Kansas City journal., 1898-01-25
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

But. ah: her is hid from me-
William ]. Henderson.
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
The Cherche Midi prison. where first Of
all Dreyfus. and after him Esterhazy, have
been confined. at one time was the home,
according to the Marluise de t'ontenoy. of
the lovely Nine. Recamier. who frequently
held receptions in the then sumptuousIy
decorated rooms. Every celebrity of the
restoration at one time or another must
have done homage within its walls to the
celebrated beauty. The place was built to-
ward the end of the seventeenth century
by the great architect. Daily. for the Coun-
tess de Berne, and in the early part OF the
following century 1t became the property
OF the Count of Toulouse. son of Nine. de
Montespan. In the early part of the pres
ent century the state acquired the building
ana converted it into military prison The
secretary of the first court-martiaI which
sat in its walls was NJ. Foucher. and it was
to WOO his daughter that Victor Hugo came
daily to this gloomy trysting place. The
lady was married from this very prison. and
the wedding feast took place in the hall
! where Colonel Esterhazy the other day
went through the mockery of a trial.
Many stories could be told of the alert
| ness which senators display in securing
well-placed desks. but the experience of
Mr.. Vest is especially worth relating.
When, in 1883. the civil service law was
being discussed. Mr.. Pendleton. an Ohio
Democrat, and Mr.. Dawes had presented
bills. BY a shrewd bit of politics the Re-
publicans abandoned their support of the
Dawes bill and voted for MIR. PendletonS
measure, their votes, together with the
votes of the Democrats favorable to the
measure. being sufficient to pass it. AS
the bill was about to be voted on Mr.. Cock
rell moved that its title be changed so as
to read, "A bill to retain Republicans in
office" AS soon as 1t passed Mr.. Vest filed
a claim for Mr.. Pendleton's seat. The au-
thor of such a BILL said he. will never
come back to the senate" Mr.. Vest was
right. the Post adds. and at the beginning
of the next congress he moved into MIR.
Pendletons vacant chair.
Three men went into a drinking place the
other day. according to the Philadelphia
Record When they reached the bar they
| were asked what the" would have. III
take tin roof" replied the first. Lets
| have the same" chimed in the other two.
The bartender was in n quandary, as he
had never before heard of a mixed drink
with such an extraordinary name. Well,
give me Il bottle of whisky. gin and apol-
lnaris. and I'll mix the drinks" finally re-
marked the first patron After the men
had taken three drinks the bartender ask
ed: Now. why do you call that ii tin
roof'?' Because it is on the house." re-
sponded the trio. Good day." and they
slipped out of the door.
1t is curious to notice what reputation
for humor has grown up around ST. Peter
The good stories told about the apostle
of the keys are many. On nearly every
subject he is supposed to have his good
thing to say. The latest fashion and the
newest human weakness receive the appro-
pirate treatment from him. The following
description of his reception Of a bloomer
girl has its own excellence:
When Peter her coming near.
His hair rose perpendicular
Skirts are not worn like that in here"
said he in her aurcular.
You'd better go below. my dear,
Down there-they're particular
When Sibyl Sanderson was married last
month to Mr.. Terry. the nuptials took on a
new character. as. instead of wedding a
divorce, he was a widower, thanks to the
French code. which forbids a marriage less
than six months after the final decree. The
former Mrs. Terry was kind enough TO die
and give Miss Sanderson a chance to wed
according to Partisan rules and regulations
Hence she was thrice married. first in her
PARISH tiuECll, tIleIl at tne GlSlrlct mayor
atty. and finally at the chapel of a convent
boarding school, almost next door to her
mothers residence.
respectable-looking man of about 20
years. whose attire was somewhat tha
worse for wear. stood for over two hours
on Broadway. in New York, the
other day. with this placard pinned to
hi, coat: ''Wanted-Employmen of any
Kind by an honest American" Thousands
walked by the man with never more than
look of pity curiosity. The honest
American" hopped around. first on one foot
and then on the other, to keep himself
warm. ANY luck" aueried a big bluecoat
of the man with the placard. Not yet but
| guess I'll catch on before long" WAS the
cheerful reply.
Rudyard Kipiing and General Booth, of
the Salvation Army. sailed away from
Southampton on the same day recently
which recalls the fact that some years
ago. when people first began to talk about
Kipling, the young author was a fellow
passenger of the general on a steamship
and in a spirit of fun he offered to conduct
to General Booth some reporters who
boarded her. supposing that they had come
to interview the general "Oh we've seen
Booth before" said the reporters the
man we want to see is Kipling''
A woman specialist in dialect stories ad-
mits that since every one is becoming so
educated she has been forced to invent
much of her dialect Il write much about
the New York samin.'' she says. But I
never write what he really says. nor the
way he says il, for, as n matter of fact
there is new gamin. and he speaks al
most good English as I do myself. lie
may not be purist, but he's entirely too
understandable for dialect story
A New York company has received an
order for thirty-two electric locomotives
for the London underground railroad I'VE
suppose there will be the same sort of
protest." suggests the Sun. that was made
when it was discovered that the rails for
a Glasgow line were to be made here. No
wonder manufacturers abroad are getting
anxious about US as competitors