The Dickinson press., 1897-05-29


Very Small Samples.
Washington is full Of people who are
seeking the influence of the Legislators.
Now and then business schemes are
planned to appeal to them.
Every senator and member Of con-
gress was the recipient recently Of a
letter from o Kentucky distiller, con-
tanning an order upon a local liquor
seller for bottle Of new brand Of
whisky. The orders were in the form Of
handsomely engraved drafts, such as
are used by banks generally, and were
numbered with check perforator to
prevent counterfeiting. Not all senators
and members called to secure the afore-
said bottle, but some. Of them did, and
very few orders indeed are there that
have not been presented by some one.
Congressmen's clerks in many cases
have presented them, and now and then
a page, who has picked one up from
the floor, besides few colored tonsorial
artists and an occasional bootblack.
"Was it good whisky, and how big q
bottle was it?' asked one congressman
Of friend who had "cashed in'' his
order the day before.
''The iquah was all right enough,
sub, was the reply, "but if a man had
been thusty he would have needed two
or three bottles, suh."
Morgan and Reed.
Senator Morgan's new name for
Speaker Reed, "the great white filibus-
tel" seems likely to stick to the speak
er. for it is being quoted and repeated
all over the country. This reminds one
Of the fact that Senator Morgan occa-
sionally hits the bullseye with phrase
that sticks. No one, says the Washing
ton Post, will ever forget his utterance
that certain senators were cuckoos, who,
every me the White House clock struck
the time Of day, put out their heads and
repeated the hour. It is not known,
however, that the senator got his sug-
gestion for his famous saying from q
cuckoo clock in the house Of personal
friend in this city. One night, while
the senator was calling upon his friend,
the cuckoo came out of the clock and
uttered its plaintive note. The senator
made no comment at the time, but on
the following day he used the simile
which Travelled over the country like
wild fire. II
Transfer Of the Chinese Seals.
The ceremony Of the transfer Of the
seals from the retiring Chinese minis
ter, Yang Yu, to the present minister
plenipotentiary, Mr.. WI, took place in
the annex Of the Arlington recently.
Mr.. Yang Yu aud his suit came down
from the legation on Fourteenth street,
bearing the seals with them. They are
made Of brass, stamped with the impe-
rial signature, and bearing the words,
'Manchuria and China" They were
inolosed in q handsome leather case, and
with them were the documents which
Mr.. Yang Yu signed on taking Office.
Minister WI and his suit met Mr..
Yang Yu and the others in his parlors,
and there the seals were solemnly trans
ferred, Minister WI signing the papers
Of state, which were then placed in the
case with the seals in place Of the doo-
uments bearing Mr.. Yang Yu's sigma
ture. After this ceremony was over
Minister WI gave the retiring minister
some very handsome presents Of jewel
~ which he had brought from China.
Yells That Cost o..
It costs money to yell even in a bust
ness way in the streets Of Washington.
The vocal powers Of Alexander E. Simp.
son were the cause of his appearance In
the police court the other day, and he
left the building % poorer than when
he entered it. For many years Simpson
has been selling crabs to the residents
Of Capitol hill, and he is familiar fig
ure in that section. To invite attention
to his wares, Simpson exercised hii
lungs to such an extent that complaints
resulted. These complaints took the
form Of an information, and the judge
decided that Simpsons outcries would
cost him g.. CARL ScHoFIEID.
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