The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-13

specincations for postmarking and rating
stamps run up to tho scores Of thousands,
ana tho amount of canceling ink needed
LOT enc simple purpose of spelling the nice
Jumps winch we put ON our letters Is co.
ooo pounds These figures hayo greatly
impressed our foreign visitors.
Fast Talker.
In The house of representatives NO have
u new lightning talkcr. His name is
James Hamilton LOWS, one of tho new
men from the state of Washington Mr..
LOWS has already made his mark in the
mouse. 1t was he who offered tho resolu-
ton lnstructing Speaker Reed to appoint
tho committees of the house. He made
speech In support of this resolution, and
"hiie IL dlu not h0vo any appreciable effect
upon the votes of his fellow members, it
did mako the official stenographers move
thoir pencils faster than they had ever
moved them before. MIR. Lewis talked ut
the rate of about 265 words minute for
10 minutes, which constitutes q record in
the house. Until MIR. Lewis had his I'D
vent the record for fast talking was held
by Mr.. johnson of Indiana. The WASH
ington member speaks with great case
Ihe words do not como from his mouth in
torrent, but they slide out one after the
other as II they wero creased They are
clearly spoken, too, though they follow
With stupcndous speed one upon the 9th.
er's heels. 1t Is said DIr. Lewis has often
while making speeches in court reached u
speed OF over 300 words minute There
arc lew stenographers that can keep up
with him mt this rate.
Speaker Reed and Jerry Simpson like to
get In shots mt ono another Ono dny,
while the house was in considerable tlisor-
der, Jerry thought to score IL point by call
ing the speakers attention to tho hubbub
that was going on. Standing in the mid
die aisle, he exclaimed:
Mr.. Speaker, let us have ortlcr.'
AS soon as gentlemen standing in tho
aisles have taken their seats,'' responded
tho speaker, ''tho chair will cndeavor to
restore order in the house."
Then the laugh was on Jerry. Ho drop
ped into his seat with u smile on his face,
and the house quieted down.
A Cheap Hair Cut. q
There is i'll New York city little
German barber shop the proprietor Of
which has grievance against the Irish
race that will not be wiped out for
some time. One evening in his hearty
German way he welcomed customer,
burly son of Ireland, with an enor-
nous shock of hair, who roughly cried:
"Oi want a hair cut. Do yez moind?"
Yah, Won hair cut NIT der head?''
"Yis, that's it., wan hair CUT And
with yawn the Celtic gentleman threw
himself i'll the chair.
While the barber was preparing his
scissors the Irishman nodded q few
times and in short while had appar-
emily dropped into doze. Tho barber
went industriously to work, and the
locks fell with every clip of the scissors.
Meanwhile the Irishman slept on. AT
last the hair was cut and brushed, and
the barber exclaimed:
ZACH, dat is goot You looks joost
like Won gentleman.
With start tho man of Ireland awoke
and gave glance in tho mirror.
"Say, Germany, did Oh ask yez to
cut my hair?'
"Yah, dots vot do"
whats that? Did Oh say Oh wanted
my hair cut? Did Oi?''
"Yah, yah! Dots right
With rush the Irishman grabbed him
by the collar.
Look here, Germany. Oh said Oh
wanted a hair cut. That's one hair-do
yez hear?-the long wan that was hang
i'll in front. For what do yez want to
be cuttin all of thin? Oil have tho
law Oh yez ut once fer that And with
n wrathful countcnance he slapped ON
his hat and left the place before tho as
tonishcd barber could recover from his
fright.
When the rollicking Irish wit turned
the corner, he was heard to remark,
Faith, that's IL chape way to git
hair cut. "-Harper's Round Table.