The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-05

know what It meant or what to do.
What do you suppose l did dO2 Wen.
III tell you I walked into the bank
with the notice of 0Verdraft, drew
check for the amount, handed both to
the paying teller and started out or
the bank / was called back, and MAJ
tiers were explained to me, much to my
humiliation. Since then L have Kept
a little closer tab on the stub end OF my
check book
General John NJ. Wilson, who recent
" retired as chief OF engineers, is
very courteous gentleman, and in Office
hours especially expected To be treated
With that Difference by visitors that ne
accorded them One day Anthony
Higgins, then a. United States senator
from Delaware. who is not exactly
Chesterfield dropped in to see the gen
eral on official business. He entered
with his high hat stuck carelessiy on
the back OF his head. and. without
into a chair and opened UP the CONVEX
Sati0n. General Wilson was much per
tUrbed by this familiarity, and made
no pains to conceal the fact Finally,
he pressed his finger hard on the cleo
trio button, and his messenger ap-
peared-
William" he ordered, sharply,
bring me my hat" When William re-
appeared the general put the hat on,
cooked it saVagely over his left eye,
tinued to talk. Senator Higgins ap-
peared totally unaware of the signia-
canoe of these proceedings, but General
Wilson was not yet through with him.
AS the senator arose 10 go the army
officer touched the button again, hand
William, you may hang 1t up again;
I don't suppose III have any further
use for it today until so home"
1t is only fair to Senator Higgins to
state that even this pointed remark
seemed to fail to make any impression
on him.
Pap" Pender has been a doorkeeper
at the White House for upward Of
forty years, and he is writing a book on
his experiences there. He is the man
who assisted President Lincoln to his
carriage on the night of the assassina
ton at Ford's theatre, in this city
thirty-six years ago. PendeT also es-
cOrted President Garfield to his car
Tiage on the morning the latter was
soht at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
/ ton by Charles J. Guiteau-
The other day a Hebrew was Wis
itOr at the White House, and Pap"
Pender was showing him through the
! building. Pap" is very fond of tell
ing people how long he has been en-
plOySd atsthe executive mansion. When
had besn there nearly forty years the
latter, looking at him in great astOnish-
ment, exclaimed:
And you don't own it yet?"
A husky-lOoking one-armed gentle
man, wearing the slouch hat that de-
notes the southeTner to the manner
born, was entering the Arlington last
week, when he came into head-on col
lision with a dapper, bewhiskered gen
tleman who was making his exit at a
/ 2;40 gait. AS each recoiled from the
| impact, profound excuses were made,
and nothing would content the south
erner, who insisted that he alone was
at fault but that the other should &C
company him to the chamber of con-
VITALITY.
My name is Oates. suh-William c.
Oates-ex- member Of congress from
Alabama" said the one armed man. as
he released his hand from his new ac-
quaintance's.
And mine" said the bewhiskered
one, lis Hay-John Hay-secretary Of
state
"Ha, ha, ha," laughed the bluff Ala
bamian, shaping the premier on the
back, "a good team, surely, suh-Hay
and Oates. I think can see the horses
in the carriages out front there sniff
hng the air hungrily. But this time
welI reverse the rule and consume one
of their kin. Waiter, bring me a pony
whisky