Evening star., 1898-12-03


resulted in my defeat by less than fifty
majority said a weiI-known representa-
tive to "a Star reporter and if one of my
friends had not been too Jealous l would
hav.. been elected. There was precinct
where | expected Jo receive about a nun
dred votes. and | feared there would he
som. fraud in the precinct that would in
iure me. So l got an old man who had
never participated in politics. hut who had
almost paramount Influence in the district.
tp take charge Of my interests there. in
>trucuug him to see that every friend Of
mine voted and that the votes were count
Ell.
-WHau the returns came in / had not
received 4 single vote IN that precinct. and
tHv next day a bulky envelope was handed
mc containing 12J bali OTIS. together with 4
letter from the man l had left in charge
saving that he had seen every friend Of
mine and taken uD their ballots 50 tnat
none would he missed, and as ne wcuidn
trust the judges of elections. he had sent
them To me himself so / would be sure to
get them Since then / have seen to it that
men in charge Of my interests Were not
only honest. but knew something about
politics.
The clocks in the White House. re-
marked an official clock winder to a Star
reporter. are by no means the most upin-
1rrestiHg things about the house though
huj little has ever appeared about them in
the newspapers. Strange as it may appear,
but one Of the Old clocks there is of Ameri-
can manufacture. though all that have been
purchased Of late years are. The one clock
referred To was made in New York and was
purchased when James Monroe was Pres-
dent 1t is one of the permanent fixtures i'll
the green room and has been there ever
since it was purchased As a timepiece it
compares favorably with any of the foreign
made clocks hough it was made at a time
when America was not as famous for its
timepieces as il is now. The most interest
ing clock there, Of course from its history
is The clock in the blue parlor, which was
once the property OF Napoleon Bonaparte
who presented it to General Lafayette. and
the latter presented il to General Washing
ton. The frame Of it is made of alaDaSter
and French gilt bronze. 1t has to be wound
but once in month. 1t keeps time today
as accurately As when first made. What Is
known as the LiuCu clock purchased
when FgHS3aeu- Lincoln was in the Whi-e
House. Is IN object of interest in the red
room ard = of ebony and gold. 1t strikes
tlr quarters. halves and hours. In Mrs.
VI. kiuity'@ room is clock which has been
rulGulI.- without the slightest interUisSipu
for nearly thirty years. The clock d the
i'1, of Tho stairs leading UP to the Prezi-
dents uttire is tn" one that the public gen
orally ~,eS- 1t is rather modern in con-
>irErl'n- "T the regulator pattern, and j.
very reliable The clock in Private Secre-
tJ~y Fprt-T-~ room Is admired for its ca
tHrd~al gong rather than anything else bur
IL is "a good clock and has 50 proven Itself
f'c th. t-i or fifteen years it has been
there
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My opinion IS that people DO not drink
sS much water during Inc fall and winter
season as they should observed a well
known physician to a Star reporter cor Is
much IS is positively necessary for them
having health in view. There are thou
sands M people who DO not drink one glass
Of water during the entire day. people too.
who drink from three to six glasses daily
during others seasons Of the year. Water is
~ necessary during the cool during the
warm seasons, and those who keep up their
HsGa! quantity regardless of seasons are
beneh- ed thereby in their general health
do Not believe In guping down water
just because it Is convenient to drink il,
but l do believe that drinking a regular
liberal quantity of water each day is de-
manded by the system, and that what are
known as water drinkers have on the whole
much better health by so doing. There are
many people who have such a horror OF
growing stout that they never drink
drop of water except that which goes into
tFe!r cVuteS. teas and soups, and many of
them carry ii so far a to give up these
50 as. 10 avoid using wafer 1 have
Yet 10 see the man or woman who
while j know many who have grown
stout by avoiding il. The kidneys cannot
properly work unless there are liquids con
sumed- Stimulating drinks, beers and the
like may furnish the liquids, but the stimu-
iati0n they cause and which is unnecessary
for perfect health more than counteractS
the benefits derived from their use. Take
any OF the animals and it will be found
they drink a regular supply Of wafer every
day in the year that is. when they have
any choice in the matter 1t is Il pretty
safe rule To follow the habits of animals.
am sure mons OF them grow fat on water
alone.
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THE French are not in il as far ds the
telegraph Is concerned observed & Wash
ugton merchant who has just returned
from hurried trip abroad. to q Star re-
porter on my arrival at Havre three
weeks ago 1 sent telegram to Paris to
my hotel engaging a room. At the Same
time ] sent Il cable to my family ir Wash
ington reporting my arrival Three hours
afterwards I arrived in Paris to flEd my
answer from this country. But the tele-
gram / sent from Havre did not reach
Paris. or al least was not delivered there
Until after ! had been al the hotel over an
hour. In one case it was a matter of but
few miles and in the other a distance ot
several Thousand. The telegraph wires
worked rapidly in one case as in the
other. but in the service the delivery was
where the trouble was. The French make
no special effort at rapid delivery of mes
Sages and indeed make no claim in that
direction. They are accurate enough, but
very slow. Thinking | would save time in
Paris by using the telegraph. l sent a num-
bar OF messages to friends and business
people In different parts OF the city. In
nearly every case the messages Were de-
Uversd after l had mad time enough to
make my visits in person Ny experience
is Ike that Of others, for all found out
that such thing rushing is unknown
u the telegraph service there. l also found
uut something Of the operation of the war
Internal revenue during my trip. for on
purchasing my ticket for the steamer at
New York l found l had TO buy and can
eel IN the presence of the steamship agent,
which was placed on my ticket. an internal
revenue stamp which cost me an additional
five dollars. This stamp tax. though pro-
Vided for by the war internal revenue law
l had never heard of before. 1t was a
surprise also to the other passengers on the
steamer. not one OF whom had ever heard
of II until they were about securing their
steamer ticket There was no kicking as
that word is generally understood for we