The times., 1901-03-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

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second. and Fifty-third Congresses, as
Representative from the Ninth district OF
the Empire State. is making an enforced
stay in Washington He carries his arm
in what he calls cradle" all done up
| i'm black silk bandages. Mr.. Campbell a
few days ago attempted to alight from a
Pennsylvania Avenue car while it was in
/ motion, and fell fraCturing his arm and
/ cutting his forehead. The minor injuries
, have all healed, but the splintered bOnr
4 in mis- arm is slow in knitting together.
! At Chamberlins last night he was sur
rounded Ivy group of friends, and wa ;
/ indulging in political "reminiscences. lie
went back to the time before the war.
when Alexander Stephens was stumping
Georgia, and on down through nearly
! every campa ign with some interesting in
! cdcnt until he reached the time OF
| CleVeland'S : first nomination.
I Il was the first person to propose the
! name of Cleveland for President of the
! United States" said he. AT that time
! early in 1884. | was State Senator in tn
/ New York Legislature The session had
! Just closed, and John T. Jacobs. one of
! the Senators. had given large dinner in
/ honor Of the New York City deleE alton.
/ Grover Cleveland was Governor of New
/ York at the time. and he was one of the
guests of honor at the banquet over the
wine and cigars while the toastS were
being drunk. we all began to chaff Cleve-
idlt over ms sporting pfoCilNltleS. he
/ had said great deal about his prowess
with the rod and reel. and most of as
/ wcrc inclined to be very skeptical Of his
ability along that line, for even then he
was by no means lightweight. | was
persistent in my chatting. and insisted
that he was neither a good fisherman nor
a successful duck hunter. Why ! ex-
claimed, YOU never rowed boat In your
life | don't believe YOU could
cleveland insisted that We We're malign-
ing him, and. fearing he might become Of
"a TNN ff. rF ~. .4
the toast. Grover Cleveland. the next
president ot the United States. The
toast caught on, and the guests cheered
cleveland as the coming President. The
next day the newspapers got hold of 1t,
and from that time on his boom grew
until he was finally landed in the Presi-
DENTAL chair. ] often feel Ike saying. 4
did it, hut ! refrain. and am satisfied 10
have been the one TO start the ban roll
ing
I'VE have no trouble in collecting taxes
in Mississippi" said Writ Adams of
Jackson. yesterday at the Metropolitan
Hotel Il ought to know, because | am
the State revenue agent and all the
States bad bills come to me- | cannot
complain OF being Overworked by any
means. and that is proof of the pros
perity of the State. We are Just about
TO build "a 81, 100000 State capitol, and We
expect to do it without incurring a cent
of debt The State of Mississippi has al
ways been cautious and quite the reverse
of eXtraVagant, which is probably one ex-
planatiou of her having In the treasury
81 x1,090,o9o to draw upon for public improve
mentS. The work on the capitol has Just
begun, and il is i'm the hands of q Boston
firm. The contract provides that the
building is to be finished in twenty-eignt
months but ] hardly think the contract
ors can live up TO that requirement. The
location of the new capitol is very fine.
1t will stand in the middle of q large
park, right on the brow of the hill over
looking all parts of the city. The site
was occupied formerly by the State peni-
tentiary, which was torn down and re-
moved to one of the State convict farms.
For 81. 100000 we expect to have build
ing that Will be second to none in the
South
In the lobby at Wizards last night G.
". McAllster was renewing old acquaint-
ances. He is a Washingtonian. and was
educated here, partly at Georgetown Uni
versity. Since graduating he has been in
many parts of the United States and re-
turns to this city after having been alb
sent for a quarter of a century
1t is twenty-five years since I left
here, said he last night. 1T hardly
seems the same place there have been
so many changes. All the vacant lots on
T Street. where 1 used to play bail are
covered by fine buildings The metamor-
phOSiS has been complete, and the over
grown village has turned into a really
metropolitan city. / have looked about a
little since l returned and | believe ] will
have 10 get guide to help. me 6nd
places with which / was once familiar
The appearance of the Capitol even has
been changed by the new terraces; there's
the Library building that looms up be-
yond with its gilded dome; there's the
new Corcoran Art Gallery. and this great
hotel.
Mr.. McAlIister Is an electrical expert
and IS deeply Interested in wireless teleg-
raphy. Wireless telegraphy," he said
is no theory bat Il fact and shortly
viii be used for commercial purposes. Not
only are We about 70 have wireless teleg-
raphy, but | believe also that wireless
telephones viii some day supersede the
present system. This is an era Of great
achievements.
The business Of the tile makers Of the
United States" said Wilton b Martin.
Of Paterson. y. J., at the Raleigh last
night has increase wonderfully during
recent years. regardless Of the competi-
tion OF the older manufactures in Eu-
rope. The Americans are using more
decorative tiles in their houses every
year. Formerly all decorations were of
wood, but now there is hardly a house
Of any Importance built that has not in
some part Of it tiled floors and invaria-
bly, bathrooms and laVatories are lined
with tiles. This has built up demand
TOT DUe artlcie. Wnitn can Ne Shpplleu
much better by the American than by the |
foreign manufacturer. Cheaper labor ana !
cheaper material in Europe enable the |
factories there to produce tiles at a shade |
below the cost here. Nevertheless we
are selling tiles in the market here at
much less than the price OF the foreign |
tile. with the duty added. That is the |
result of local competition.
In the business Of making the art |
which is expended upon the product is |
the chief thing In regard both to de |
STABILITY and price. / suppose that there |
is not another article manufactured upon |
which such effort is made to produce a |
pleasing and artistic result. The best de-
signers We can find are none too good |
and, in addition TO being good craftsmen |
and color men, they are obliged to know
the technical side OF porcelain painting,
such firing and the change of coOTs |
that goes on when the glaze Is melted |
A really good tile is much work of |
art as fine vase or good picture
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