The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
STORIES OF THE DAY.
How Representative Berry surreptitiousiy
Ate an Apple In the House.


Ate an Apple In the House.
Senator Allen of Nebraska has found
a clever way to get around the senate
rules that forbid smoking in the lobby.
AS those about the capitol know Senator
Allen is a man of almost heroic size. The
contrast is, therefore, all the more ap-
parent when the senator smokes wee
small cigar. smaller than the average
cigarette, but nicely fashioned and Of
good material. In fact, the tobacco is SO
well chosen that there is minimum Of
smoke. AS Senator Allen does not care
for heavy smoke the little cigar is
just the thing. There is such small
amount of smoke from it when consum-
ed slowly that the guardians of the
peace about the corridors would hesitate
a long while before declaring that the
senator had his cigar lighted. There
fore he has his quiet smoke without in
terruption when tramping about the
capitol.
The stalwart Representative Berry Of
Kentucky likes apples as well as the av-
erage Kentuckian likes whisky. So yes
terday as he sat at his desk IN the house,
| going over a mass Of Kentucky corre-
spondence that had accumulated before
him with every incoming mail, hunger
| for an apple came over him, it might be
| added, with force like the thirst that
very, very frequently comes over the
average Kentuckian for something
strong to drink. AS Mr.. Berry glanced
at letter after letter he thrust his hand
| from time to time down into his coat
pocket, where an apple was reposing.
The house being in session and Mr..
Berry man who always wishes to OBJ
serve the proprieties, he appeared reluc.
tant to devour the fruit.
But at last he drew the apple forth a
little above the desk, and when General
Henderson had attracted the house with
one Of his eloquent periods Mr.. Berry
stole bite, just as a schoolboy might
do when his teacher is not looking.
Finally Mr.. Berry stole another bite,
and another bite, all the while proceed
ing diligently with his correspondence,
and he continued to eat surreptitiously
from the apple till nothing was left bu,
the core. Then with spirit of relief he
attacked the pile of letters before hin
with renewed diligence.
Jimmie English, the round faced
youth of diminutive stature who is ont
| of the special employees on the Demo
cratic side OF the house. knows some
thing about Speaker Reeds ideas o.
smoking. Jimmie is given to cigarettes
and recently, when the house was no
in session, he comfortably bolstere(
himself up in mem Der S chair, elevat
ed his feet to the desk, as some con
gressmen do, and was about to enjoy
the fragrant weed.
But Just at the time that Jimmie wa
first watching the curl of smoke from
his cigarette the doors from the rea
lobby swung and the mammoth form o
Speaker Reed appeared. He stalket
along the open space in front of tn
desk, cast his eye about the house ant
discovered the youthful offender.
"That's a pretty picture, Jimmie
isn't it?' was the speakers comment
"You know it is against the rules t,
smoke in here.
"But I'm not smoking cigar, sir. I
is only cigarette" answered young
English.
"That's worse,'' said the speaker
"Get out of here" And when Jimmi
wants to smoke, "coffin tacks' now h.
seeks some other spot than the hall o
representatives or the haunts of Speake
Reed.
No man in congress can produce OF
short notice more dangerous explosive
than Representative Hilborn of Califor
MIA, the ranking Republican member o
the house committee on naval affairs
While discussing the disaster to tn
Maine in the committee room recent,
Judge Hilborn stated that the only ex
plosives in the forward magazine wer
so, 600 pounds of brown powder. "Jus
remain here for moment" added tn
Judge, land I will show you some o
that kind Of powder.
He FASTENED to his desk in the hall o
representatives and returned in mo
ment with small paper package. Un
wrapping it, he disclosed several small
solid pieces in various Symmetrical
forms. Pointing to an octagonal shape'
piece which had round hole through
the center of it, he said: "That j
brown powder such as was in the for
ward ma oazine Of the Maine. will
show you !. wv it burns in the fire..
There was scattering of spectator
as Judge Hilborn walked boldly to tn
fireplace for the purpose Of consuming
the chunk of brown powder, which
burned and sputtered without making
any explosion. Drawing from the insid
pocket of his coat long, thin strip o
brownish color, he announced that it wa
smokeless powder and again advanoe'
to the fireplace, where spark was rath
er cautiously applied and the powde
| olloxuad n, bx,vv. m, tho haorfb