The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-03-28

Ihe Youngest, Mr.. Butler of North
| Carolina
The taliest, Mr.. Allen of Nebraska
| The shortest, Mr.. Mason of Illinois,
The handsomest, Mr. Aldrich of Rhode
| Island
The homeliest. Mr.. Tillman of South
| Carolina.
The most industrious, Mr.. Cockrell
| Mr.. Cullom.
! The LATEST, Mr.. Wetnore of Rhode Is
| land
| The wisest, Mr.. Allison.
The wittiest. Mr.. Vest, Mr.. Chandler.
| The most learned. Mr.. doar.
| The least learned. Mr.. Hcitfe,Jt Of
idaho.
| The most influential Mr., Allison.
| The most eloquent. Mr.. Wolcott. f}-
! The most popular, Mr.. Jones o. Ne
/ vada. $3.50
1 The most unpopular. Mr.. Pettigrew.
| sThe most frequent talker, Mr.. Allen.
z The least frequent talker, Mr.. Wet
more. !N>
| y The best debater, Mr. Frye
The richest. Mr. Clark of Montana.
The poorest, several senators have moth
ing but their salary. .sS-
| The best dresser, Mr.. Depew.
The poorest dresser, Mr.. Maso1..
AT a patriotic meeting in British Co
| lumba the artist who was reciting 1.-The
Absent Minded Beggar" was struck on
the head by valuable piece of ore which
Il stalwart miner had in his enthusiasm
thrown upon the stage on the third repc
tition of the injunction to PAY, pay,
pay!" He lodged nearly all the subse-
Quent articles flung toward him by the
exuberant articles flung toward him by
the exuberant audience; and finally put
ting them up to auction secured fancy
prices for every missile, obtaining more
than $1OO0.-Weekly Telegraph.
Congressman Charles B. Lands Of In
diana, whose speech against Brigham
III. Roberts caused him to be dubbed tho
new Demosthenes of the House, tells in
an exchange the following story of his
first experience in public speaking:
1T seems but yesterday" he told me,
''that l got up and faced the first public
audience of mine. had spoken a few
sentences in fear and trembling, compli-
mentary to the farmers on taking so
much interest in public questions when
my brother yelled, Good! Good! Bravo!
Hear! Hear He wanted to encourage
me, you see. When he grew quiet | pro-
ceeded. A few minutes later, when
had scored good point-in Johns opin-
ion-he broke loose again in such APP
plause that it sounded like a fractions
horse in livery stable The effect on
the audience was magical. No one knew
he was my brother. What my speech
failed to accomplish Johns enthusiasm
brought about. / got to laughing, and SO
did the crowd. 1t was easy. for me
then, for | abandoned all my set phrases
and told few good stories such as all
country audiences enjoy. When the
meeting was dismissed John was the
first one to rush up and say, You. did
him, for / had learned, through him, the
great lesson of success i'll public speaking
the getting in touch with ones audi
ence by talking to them, not at them"
:. -:o:-- !.
| was standing in a Maine drug store
up country few days ago, says Holman
z. Day in the Lewiston journal. A man
came in and bought Journal from the
pile on the counter and stopped a minute
to read the headlines.
well, Mike" said the clerk, thew do
the, war news look to you tonight|'
'Oh, | giss it's only so-sor," said Mike,
with lovely brogue. "Nawthin' mooch /
dom. But, aw, wouldn't there be the
divvle's own time If the Thransvalley
was up side of Ireland?'
An Irishman had been obtained at q
pinch to blow an organ, says Longman's
magazine: The player was ready and
the signal was given, but no wind came.
The signal was repeated a second time,
and again third time, but still without
result. The delay was becoming awk-
ward, the congregation was getting I'M
easy; what was to be done? Choristers
and organlst now united in shouts of
"Blow! blow! blow." Not the slightest
zephyr stirred within the windchest A,
length the organist hastened to the blow
er's sanctum. And what a sight it was
that met his eyes! Clinging with heels
and hands to the long wooden hand of
the bellows. there hung the son of Erin,
his eyes staring from their sockets and
his cheeks distended and crimson, blow
ing as if for dear life into the end of
that long wooden handle! The anecdote
of the ex-salor blowers is not so funny,
but il is in keeping. The old tar when
he went to blow took off his boots and
his coat, and-if it We're warm--nearly
everything else; "for," said he in expla-
nation, Il can old on BETTER
Once at dinner party, where Gen. n.
Il. Forrest, commanding the Confederate
cavalry, had been invited as the guest
of honor, loquacious widow. with hair
Of raven black, interrupted the CONVERSE
ton by asking Gen. Forrest why it was
that his beard was still black, while his
hair was turning gray. With great polite |
ness Forrest turned to her. II fear I
cannot give you satisfactory answer"
said he, unless, possibly, the reason is
tnat nave used my brain a little more
than | have my jaw
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When Lord Kitchener joined the Royal
Engineers, now nearly thirty years ago,
he was tall, slim, very handsome young |
man, says the New York Telegram. The |
fcrmer sirdar did not at first take to |
the army, but had serious thoughts OF |
going on the stage. and was one day,
While in London, introduced by com
rade to the late George Honey. Young |
Kitchener consulted George on ti.e sub |
iect of his histrionic ambition Honey
looked critically at the officer, and re-
marked:
Il could get you an engagement IN
five minutes as walking gentleman
but. let me tell you, you'd be better off |
as sapper in the engineers
Then. very seriously. Honey gave the
other an insight into the seamy side of |