Evening journal., 1898-01-25


At the organ sat the young organlst,
swaying to and fro as he softly played
the oftettory. The plates were handed
to the men whose duty II was to take
mn the collection. With becoming so
lemnity they began their task.
In one Of the front seats was a we'll
known business man who had been up
late the night before, and whose eyes
had closed more than once during the
service. He was almost asleep when
the platebearer reached him. Recalled
TO himself, he put his hand In his
pocket. pulled II out again and placed
his contribution on the plate Then he
relapsed into his old condition OF
sleepy indifference.
A smile lighted up the face Of the
plate bearer He passed the plate from
worshiper to worshiper, and wherever
he went the smile spread until 1t en-
braced his section Of the church. Com
pleting his work he stood waiting for
his colleagues &c finish theirs. They
glanced at his plate and the smile
spread TO theln faces.
Suppressing Il, they marched with
solemn strides down to the altar The
minister glanced over the plates and
his face broadened perceptibly.
On one Of the plates was a round
brass dog register check with milled
edges, and bearing the inscription: "R
1897 7--5.435" The sleepy man had de-
posted IL there thinking that it was
quarter OF a dollar. He was exceed
ingly mortified when the person who
had collected Il from him took It to
him after service and told him that
possibly he had made a mistake fie
frankly admitted II and explained that
he had; the day before, gone to the
City Hall and had his wife's pet water
spaniel re-registered While there he
removed the 1897 tag from the dogs
colan substituting the triangular one
fer 1898. and then foolishly put the
round tag for 1897 in the pocket in
which he kept his change. As an evi-
dence Of good faith he paid a dollar to
redeem the brass tag which he had un-
Willingly contributed to the church.
THE SENATOR'S DEFICIENCY.
United States Senator George Gray is
regarded as one of the ablest members
Of the Senate He is respected by his
colleagunes OF all shades of political be-
lief. and his name is well and honor
ably known all over the country He
is a we'll informed man, and. when
aroused one Of the best speakers in the
land. His well-rounded periods carry
with them lots of sense and meaning
and he is never known 20 use MS
tongue as a vehicle for conveying RI
dicplcus thoughts lie IS ? Princeton
man, and the pCssCSsCr OF lan excellent
education, but there is one branch oil
il which has been sadly neglected Tt
fully equip himself for legal work In
this nineteenth century he must take Z
graduate course in slang. This
was demonstrated in the trial of Cap
tain. Murphy, whom he defended witt
signal ability and success, and VIII,
was acquitted Of the crime Of filibus
tcring.
The Wayfarer was not present at tn,
trial Of Captain Murphy. but the fol
lowing amusing incident occurred an,
was not grasped or used by any Of tn
reporters, consequently Il is as goo,
now as when Il happened for sucl
things never grow cid. They live afte
the more solid substance of a case /
forgotten.
The star witness for the governmen
in that trial was George Cowley. of tn
Laurada. Mr. Vandegrift, Unite
States district attorney put this ma
through the direct examination, an
his testimony was of a character quit
damaging to Captain Murphy. Afte
he had asked him all the questions n
deemed necessary he turned him owe
TO the tender mercies OF Senator Ora,
with the remark.
Take the witness"
The senator began by asking Grow
ley when he went aboard the Laurada
with whom he made his agreement I
perform certain Duties and whetht
he could see the names of the tug an
the barges which met the Laurada an
transferred to her the munitions
war alleged TO have been shipped +,
Cuba. To those questions he receive
answers more or less satisfactory.
Who seemed To be doing most
the talking on the barges and tug
asked the senator" and could v,
catch the drift of the conversation? %
We'll, as far as ] can recolleCt," I
piled the witness, there was a m.
they called the captain who did sor
OF the talking. He was tall man.
dark complexion. Then there was a
other man with him whom they call
FL Capitan,and he seemed TO be kiddii
the captain
seemed to be doing what?" asl,
the senator.
'He seemed to be kidding the m
they called the Captain" replied [
witness.
If IL please your honor the with,
has the advantage OF me- said
senator addressing Judge Bradfo
Il don't know what is meant by k
ding man. never heard that W,
before"
Judge Bradford smiled, and the r
Of those present laughed. The sena
gct red in the face. for he felt that
occupied foolish position without
alizing the true extent Of il. The in,
instructed the witness TO explain
meaning.
Mr. Gray's colleague. Mr.. Wa
thought it time to come tc the res
of his chief
The witness means that this IA
El Captain was jesting with this n
they called the Captain" he expiair
'Yes. that they were fooling v
him. volunteered United States !
trict Attorney Vandegrift.
oh. yes; see" said the sena
lie scratched his haad cnflad fo;,,