The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01

beyond hair and clothes. Hitherto Hon.
Henry u. johnson of Richmond, Ind, was
considered the fastest talker in congress-
but he cannot hold candle to Mr. Lewis
The latter pours out words at the rate OF
a rapid typewriter-300 a minute-wheneVer
Speaker Reed will give him a chance. AL
though it is almost impossible to keep
pace with his words, he is never wrapping
nonsense round with pOmp and darkness
till it seems profound" His sentences
are always welcomed. his enunciauon
Gear and his ideas good. In short, there
is no discount at all on the Hon. James
Hamilton Lewis. In the language of a
western colleague he would assay 50 per
cent fine. He went from Georgia to the
state of Washington when a mere boy and
began work as a stevedore a rs ceTNs
day. He studied law at night, and with
in two years after his graduation came
to the United States supreme court and
pocketed fee of $4,000. Out in his sec
ton there is nobody more popular, and if
he does dress like fashion-plate it is
because, so he says himself. he has a right
to wear the very best clothes that money
can buy.
Speaking of matrimonial engagements
rumor has laid so many at the door of Hon
Lucius n. Littauer, a jolly bachelor rep
representative of the Twenty-second New
York district, that the quid nunes are
sadly mixed. Mr.. Littauer is undoubtedly
the finest catch in the present congress
About 40 years Old, of medium hight
blonde, bald and a trifle portly. He is a
manufacturer of gloves at Glovesville N
Y. and has no end of money. He is a
Harvard graduate, and an all-Iound ath-
lete.
An amusing incident occurred at re-
cent fashionable wedding in one of the
most prominent churches of the capital
which, every time it is recalled, sends cold
chills up and down in the spinal column of
the principals in view of the horrors of
what might have been. This is the story
with only the well known names suppress
ed: The organ was pealing forth minor
symphonies, the church was crowded with
an ultSa fashionable audience the bridal
party was, as usual, a little late and
three-fourths of the ladies had cricks in
their necks already from cranng them
toward the door At last the door swung
open and the customary vision in white
satin and tulle appeared, attended by a
young gentleman. A clergyman was at
his post, and as the young couple advanc-
ed toward him, the spectators began TO
guess that something was amiss, for no
man came forth from the vestry where IL
is well known bridegroom hide themselves
and their trepidation until the fair OBJ
Jects of their choice have nearly reached
the altar. Step by step the couple advance
ed, the brides eyes taking on an oblque
angle toward that vestry door, and the
young man beside her betraying spasms of
nervous excitement apparent TO everybody
in the church. The reverend gentleman,
all primed with the service and ready to
begin, took no notice of these symptoms
which are very common al such moments
and proceeded with the usual formula
which Unites two souls in the bonds Of
holy matrimony. AS the first words fell
from his lips, the young man made an
agOnized attempt to speak and the bride
to-be nearly tainted But their state OF
mind was as nothing compared TO that of
another young man. on the other side of
the chancel door He was the real groom,
and when he heard the music increasing
In volume, and knew by that token that
his sweethearts feet were at the church
door, he turned to mis- "best man only
to find that weak support conspicuously
absent Rushing to the door, there was
the so-called best man" half way down
the block engaged In an animated CONVEX
sation with his sweetheart! A frantic
beckon brought him to the spot and the
TWO, having paused a minute TO collect
their shattered nerves, tried the vestry
door which should open into the chancel,
only to find 1t locked The groom could
distinctly hear the service going on which
was marrying his bride to her own BROTH
er, and knew that the latter could never
explain in time. because he Is a terrible
sufferer. Another door was found which
afforded access to the chancel, the belated
pair dashed through it-and IN less time
than IL takes to tell, the scene changed
before the eyes of the astonished clergy
man and the ceremony went on smoothly,
II not solemnly 10 the end.
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