Arizona republican., 1897-12-19


 of whiskey. He told me the whiskey was sent to him by friend in Owens boro, who kept him supplied gratis with all the liquor he needed.
 After supper we smoked some ve y excellent cigars, which he said had been presented to him by a Kentucky tobacco manufacturer. Along toward 10 o'clock we resumed out attacks on the cask of whiskey and once the senator turned to me and asked if I would enjoy a little sport. I told him that ordinarily I would not ob- ject, but I thought it was rather late to go down town.
 "'Oh, we don't have to go down town he replied. We can have all the fun we want right here
 With these words he drew out | large box from under the bed. When he opened the box I saw it was divid- ed into two compartments. One was occupied by a magnificent black rooster with red feathers on his head and neck. In the other compartment was a white rooster with yellow head l feathers. Both chickens were evi- l dently of the gamiest stock and were very much excited over the prospect of being pitted against each other.
 Senator McCreery hastily con- i structed a pit using some straight backed chairs, which he brought from an adjoining room for this purpose, i and in few minutes one of the most exciting cock fights I ever witnessed l in my life was in progress. The fight i ing was fast and furious and was kept up for nearly an hour Finally | the black bird seemed to be pretty ! NV h a cd nd ha turned both chickens to their quarters under the bed He told me that it was his custom to read at night. but that his eyes were beginning to fail, and as he did not like to go to bed early he had adopted the plan of hav- ing cock fight in his room every night for the purpose of preventing monOtony
 ''The experience of the first night was repeated as long as I remained his guest. This remarkable old man with his extraordinary mental attain ments could not help saving money His tastes were simple and they were gratifled without any expense to h.m- i self. He was fond of an occasional l glass of whiskey; he liked to smoke a good cigar and he thoroughly en- i joyed cock fight. The whiskey, to- | bacco and game chickens which he used were presented to him by his 1 faithful friends and devoted political i followers at home.''
 1 Actor Richard Mansfisld's .exDer.- ences with his dresser in Philadelphia ended in manner somewhat different i from his usual disagreements With h s 1 ,r,1r frequent enough to make many per- sons hesitate before any business as- i sociation with him, although MT. Mansfield has never been able himself to discover any reason in the wcrld why anybody should quarrel with l him.
 Quarrel with me?" he asked once in the presence of group of his ] friends. Why, 1 am a little ball of | dancing sunshine. Who could quar- rel with mel"
 A great many persons hava quar-
 relied with him, but it must be sad | that he usually gives a fair wsrn ng to everybody likely to become con-
 necJed with him. One story of this
 kind exhibits Mir. Mansfeld's meth ods. He was on the point of engag-
 ing as secretary a young man with
 whom he had been in negotia ion for
 several weeks. One night when he
 was acting in New York he invite1
 the prospective secretary to go h-me
 with him to supper, and he theater
 was quite remote from the place at which they took supper. After
 they were seated the actor suddenly
 called for his valet and asked him
 where certain ring which he wore
 habitually then was. The man said
 that he had placed it as usual in the
 pocket of the coat which Mr. Mans
 field had worn when he came into
 She dressing room. That was the , place in which the ring was regularly put. But that explanation did not satisfy the actor. He irs.sted that
 the valet go down to the theater and : see if the ring were not in the dress
 ing room. "But it is after 1 o'clock, the man protested. But he o5eyed
 and after a few minutes MT. Mans field drew the ring from his pocket , and put it on.
 q realized as soon as he spoke, , he said, 'that had forgotten to look in that pocket for my ring. But never allow myself to feel that any body in my employ can do any hing but my own will. What I say must
 be done, and that valet's D otest
 against going to the theater and look ing for the ring made it certain that
 he would have to go. 1 realized that = I might have the ring i'll my pocket
 But in any case my will had to bs t obeyed.''
 The allegory was a little too di 5 rect for the would-ha secreIary ana ? his negotiations with the actor end | ed that night.