Evening star., 1902-05-31

Senator Dryden of New Jersey has fully
established reputation for modesty and
courtesy since he has been a member of the
Senate. As the president of one of the
greatest life Insurance companies in the
world and a man of affairs, who is known
In the business world hustler" the
New Jersey senator might be expected to
have a bearing indiea tive of hurry and inn
portaucc. The fact is exactly the oppo-
site. Until the doorkeepers of the Senate
became well acquainted with the New Jer-
sey senator the latter always politely in
formed them of his identity as he requested
the privii &c of entering the chamber. This
is in odd contrast with the conduct of an
other senator. who, before he was known
To the doorkeepeTs. was frequently stopped
at the door. In his impatience, and with
an idea of humor. too. he held up a door
keeper. who informed him that he could not
enter the chamber.
Il am Senator - he declared. Now
Hook me over Note my every feature. and
for the love of heaven, don't forget who L
am
That the third time he had been
stopped by that particular doorkeeper
but the fourth time never came
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'I'm looking for the place where they is
sue warrants" a middle-aged white man
said on entering the clerks office at the
Police Court yesterday. He was informed
that he was on the right track.
''What do you want a warrant for?' he
was asked by one of the clerks who makes
e speciality of issuing warrants.
For Iynching.' he answered. who was
Iynched?" the clerk inquired. mo one that
! know Of. but l guess l came near being
lynChed,' was the response.
Continuing the man said he was near the
rast office the day before when rope was
thrown over his head by an unknown per
son. who took to his heels. AS he was un-
able to furnish any names the clerk refused
10 issue the necessary paper which Womb
cause the arrest of the supposed would-be
1yucher.
Pa;lI TnmuIIer a Frenchman residing in
New York. happened to see in a copy of
The Evening Star of May ; a news nara
graph to the effect that a French Jesuit
priest named Lemouler had been murdered
In the province of Chi Ii. The paragraph
contained other entertaining informa ton
to the further effect that his head had been
taken to Yuen-Chen and hung on a tree
Mr.. Lomuller did not at the time think
anything of the paragraph any more than
to remark on the slight similarity of the
names. although he knew that at the timn
his brother, who is French Jesuit priest
was IN the vicinity of the occurrence in
China A few days later he received a let
ter from another brother in the west in
forming him that he had also seen the
paragraph in The Star and that institutine o
Inquiries. he had found that the murdered
man was indeed their brother Mr. Io-
muller was requested to get another copy
OF the same and forward it, as his brother
had lost the item which he had clipped
MI Lomuller Immediately came to Wash
ington from New York and secured several
copies of The Star containing the news of
his brothers murder
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why is ii that the ordinary haberdasb
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congressman: a representative from
Texas, who still clings to the conventional
statesman's dress of the southeast. asked
friend of his in the House. as the two
were conversing in an uptown hotel a few
evenings ago.
Can it be that clerks who sell us COL
lars and cuffs. and cravats receive salaries
that would warrant such suggestive ex-
travagance?" the Texas representative
Continued. Il have been for wears puzzIed
over the question l know | have a greater
income than these clerks. yet it is impossi-
Bile for me to look WELL
The Texas mans colleague listened at,
tentively. He admitted that he, too had
given some thought to the subject. but had
never been able TO bring about a salts
factory solution. The following day the
subject was again brought up 1t came
10 the attention of wag in the House who
has been known to daily with the muse
and he evolved the following apostrephe to
the haberdasher's clerk:
'.At the theater within a box
He sits with her;
But what of that. he earns the rocks
Six dollars per-
The Texas man has had the gem framed
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People are constantly referring to the
small number of senators who listen to
speeches in the Senate chamber as an evil
dence of their lack of interest in what is
being SAID on important public questions
Recently member of the House of Repre-
sentdtiE's recalled the small attendance in