New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-04
THE PASSING THRONG.

No IN public life probably had more
justly deserved reputation as wit than William
NJ Evarts He dearly loved a joke.
WILLIAM NJ So dearly. indeed that once when
EvARTS Secretary OF State. he came nigh
AS A WIT. upon being the death OF one OF his
subordinates. A consul IN the West
Indies wrote home stating that his health in that
climate bad and asking for a transfer. At that
time there happened to be a vacancy n Northern
Sweden, and to 1t the astonished and dismayed
consul transferred instanter by Mr.. Evarts II
was not what he had bargained FOR and as an ice
bound winter change that would have meant
translation for him to another sphere. the Secre-
tary finally relented and gave him a berth else
where.
At time in the Department of State a new
elevator man had been employed who did not know
sign TO the ese that bv n oTd ear OF te ser.ry Of
state smoking was prohibited. Late in the day the
famous Senator. the latter smoking a cigar The
new man promptly touched the smoker the
read that sign? Mr. Rvarts promptly tore down
the offending notice and turning to the elevator
man said: What sign? I don't see any" The al
tendant suspecting something wisely held his peace
ne door s the e c5 char w s ns bea
was The guard told. him.
A. B. Sweetzer Of St Louis told story yester-
day the Hotel Imperial, Illustrative Of that
phase OF the human character
HOW A MAN that leads deceive them
FOOLED selves "A number Of years ago"
HIMSELF. said Mr.. Sweetzer." men
came from out the West to float
scheme in Wall Street. One OF the most successful
brokers Of that day asked to take II up and
he, after consideration, agreed The agreement
was that the stock 10 be placed in pool con-
trolled by the broker. This stock 70 net Is
to its owners, and the broker TO have what
he could get above that figure. and ques-
tons TO be asked inquiries made 10
s TaqT ne so Ta d9g So the sd a6 pFf
stock, and they were very rosy stories as TO what
IN the mean time considerable trading had been go
Ing on, and finally il became for the time being
one of the stocks that occupied the attention OF
brokers and customers alike. The treasurer IF the
COMPANY whC had pu5 1000 shares in the poo one
his belief that the stock was going 70 90 stated
that he had Just purchased a thousand Snares
the intrinsic value Of the stock and the inside
workings Of the company as the broker did and
which he himself had ordered staTTted and which
he himself knew untrue fooled himself, and
had actually bought the stock at an absurd figure
things First he laughed and then he went out
which Ultimately landed it at three then passed
into the hands Of a receiver and has never done
one thousand shares he purchased than he made
the two thousand he put in the pool and yet there
right when be created the epigram that there was
a sucker born every minute.
A. L LawIor, Of Kansas City. at the Grand Ho-
tel yesterday said: Many people think that Of all
the accidents that can happen 10 a
SOME COM human being the loss OF eyesight
PENSATIONS is by far the worst This I grant
FOR PARTIAL you. when eyesighr I. completely
BLINDNESS. gone but where a loses
single eye there conIpensatiQg
advantages. We all know Of the man whom the
untutored savage about TO burn the stake;
when he removed the artificial eye he carried he
was straightway released made a mighty medicine
man OF the tribe. and finally escaped with every
thing portable OF value belonging his captors
Then there's the who bet 70 a standstin a
large circle of who were looking for good
thing and found II in themselves. His bet
that could stare steadily for FIVE minutes with
eye at the in the full glare of midday. and
never wink He won hands down These two
cases where glass eve OF distinct advantage
20 its owner. and can bear personal witness TO
is usual in poker games. the jackpots did not
come often enough and the inevitable suggestion
that the services of a buck be enlisted i'm
mediately forthcoming buck Is object
When the deal reaches that particular man il is
jack pot, the buck again enters the ring and
other jackpot ensues. when that particular winner
is reached. and ad ilfnitun, and generally.
to a portion of the party. ad nauseam. This par
ticular evening the suGgestto met with approval
and were hunting FOR something TO
buck. when Of our number extracting MS arti-
fetal orb put IL the table in front OF him with
the words. How will this do for a buck? It
wouldn't do at all fastened to assure him. but
he accomplished his object, for he blUred every
one. We couldn't separate united gaze from
that eye. and when the evening ended he had to
hire a wagon 70 carry his plumber away There
IS no doubt" concluded Mr.. Lawlor, that the
possession OF glass eye IS not wholly without its
compensations