Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27

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| Was cnuf ter make yer sick. Ut did Paw.
William E. Curtis. the Washington cor
respondent Of the Chicago Record, at the
risk of his life has compiled the follow
ing short but interesting notes of the
present members Of the United States
Senate:
The oldest senator, Mr.. Pettus of Ala
bama.
The youngest, Mr. Butler of North
| Carolina.
The tallest, Mr.. Allen of Nebraska.
| The shortest, Mr.. Mason of Illinois.
The handsomest, Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode
| Island
The homeliest, Mr. Tilman of South
| Carolina.
The most Industrious, Mr.. Cockrcll,
| Mr.. Cullom.
The LATEST Mr.. Wetmore Of Rhode Is
land.
! The wisest, Mr. Allison.
The wittiest Mr.. Vest, Mr.. Chandler.
The most learned. Mr.. Hoar
The least leaned. MIR. Heitfe!!t of
Idaho.
The most influential Mr.. Allison.
| The most eloquent. MIR. Wolcott.
The most popular, Mr.. Jones Ok Ne
vada.
The most unpopular Mr.. Pettigrew.
The most frequent talker. Mr. Allen.
more.
The best debater, Mr. Frye.
The richest, Mr.. Clark of Montana.
The poorest, several senator's have moth
ing but their salary.
| The best dresser. Mr.. Depew.
The poorest dresser. MIR. Masol.
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Al a patriotic meeting in British Co
| lumbia the artist who was reciting THE
| Absent-Minded Beggar' was struck on
| the head by g valuable piece OF ore which
a stalwart miner lad III his enthusiasm
| thrown upon the stage on the third repe-
| 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 $1000.-Weekly Telegraph.
Congressman Charles b. Lands Of In
diana, whose speech against Brigham
H. Roberts caused him to be dubbed the
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 | got up and faced the first public
audience of mine | had spoken Il 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 ap-
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
f,slo I;-h III
brought about. [ got to laughing, and so
did the crowd. 1t was easy for me
then. for | abandoned all my set phrases
and told a 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
great | did not have the heart to scold
| him. for | had learned, through him, the
great lesson Of success in public speaking
the getting in touch with ones audi
ence by talking to them, not at them
| | was standing in Maine drug store
| up country a few days ago, says Holman
came IN and bought Journal from the
pile on the counter and stopped a minute
| to read the headlines.
well, Mike" said the clerk. ''hcw do
the war news look to you tonight?'
.".Oh, | giss it's only so-sor," said Mike,
! Il
| dom But, aw, wouldn't there be the
divvle's own time IL the Thransvalley
was up side of Ireland?''
An Irishman had been obtained at 4
pinch to blow an organ, says Longman' $
magazine. The player was ready and
| the 81 gnal was given, but no wind came
! The signal was repeated q second time,
and again third time, but still without
result The delay was becoming awk-
ward, the congregation was getting un-
easy; what was to be done? Choristers
| and organiSt now united in shouts of
BLOW. blow! bloww Not the slightest
zephyr stirred within the windchest Al
length the organist FASTENED to the blow
er's sanctum. And what a sight it was
that met his eyes. Clingng 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-sailor blowers is not so funny.
but it is in keeping. The old tar when
he went 10 blow took off his boots and
his coat and-if it were warnl-nearly
everything else: for said he in expla-
nation, Il can old on better
Once at a dinner party, where Gen \.
! b. Forrest, commanding the Confederate
cavalry, had been invited as the guest
! Of honor a loqua ciOuS widow with hair