The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-05
-Four wa.hinsten stories.

Stoftce.
Two army officers. known to fame
and also renowned for their fondness
for an honest wager, put up a modest
sum few days ago on the novel prop
osition that the President would men,
ton the Mississippi bear hunt in his
annual message. says the Washington
correspondence OF the New York Trib-
une. The man who believed the Pres
ident would mention the hunt in some
way naturally asked and got odds.
To-day he stood around waiting ,anx-
iously for the coming of the fateful
message. In the first copy he could
lay hands on he buried himself deep
ly. and when he put down the paper
his face wore smile of triumph. The
dinners mine!" said he. gleefully. In
CURRY reveals the following sentence as
the basis of the officers claim:
The senseless slaughter of game.
which can by judieious protection be
permanently preserved on our national
reserves for the people as a whole,
should be stopped at once.
That means that the President got
mad and swore off when he came
home" said the officer, with a note of
finality in his voice. Nothing short OF
a court-martial will shake his belief
in his prediction.
Just after the Senate adjourned to-
day a stout perspiring man, evidently
from the country, and with as was
afterward revealed, an unmistakable
Kentucky accent, walked into the room
of the Committee on Public Lands. de-
posted his silk hat on the table and
ana hfe AM of SanafnP Hans
brough's secretary. When the secre-
tary approached he said:
"A large glass of Bourbon, sab, and
don't insult me with watah on the
side
Il think you've made a mistake,
sir" replied the secretary, 1.-The res
taurant is on the opposite side Of the
hall"
Young fellow" answered the Ken
tuckian Indignantly; you simply don't
know what you are talking about. Joe
Blackburn, Senator Blackburn, if you
choose, told me this was irrigation
headquartahs,' and Joe Blackburn
never made a mistake as to the loca'
ton of irrigation headquarters in his
life. Bring me that whisky, and bring
1t quick"
When Senator Lodge arrived at his
ueSk lDlS NOON It lOull0 Il SAAAoAA
bunch of red carnations with card
bearing in laboriously inscribed char
acters the simple greeting, God bless
you
How touching" remarked Senator
Hoar as his colleague read the inscrip-
ton.
YES, it's touching enough" said the
recipient, but it means eggs, eggs,
eggs"
"Eggs?" inquired some one; and then
Senator Lodge explained. He said
that many years ago he had secured
situation for a man in the Treasury
Department, and at every opening of
a session since his protege had greet
ed him with the carnations and the in
scription quoted. But that is not all
of it," continued the Senator, He is
not satisfied with sending me the
flowers, but every week during the
session he sends me eggs. nice, fresh
country eggs, too. He won't accept
remuneration. He won't even come
after the nice little packets in which
he packs them. 1 have at least 100
of them, and still they come. These
baskets are going to crowd us out of
the house some day. l have heard of
senators being embarrassed with
many things. but I'm the only one
that ever suffered from a plethora of
eggs"
Never mind, Lodge. piped Senator
Hoar. Just thank God they're not of
the variety some actors are embar-
raised with" and Senator Lodge
couldn't see why his colleagues
laughed.
The late Col Tom Ochiitree and
Congressman Dwight were good
friends One day a few years ago
Mr.. Dwight was at the Hotel Cecil,
in London. The Derby had just been
run, and that evening Col. Ochiltree,
who had arrived on the st. Louis four
hours too late to see the race, shook
hands with Mr.. Dwight.
Il bet a good cigar with a friend Of
mine said the congressman in tell
ing the story, that the next time I
met Ochiltree in New York he would
claim to have seen the Derby which
he had just missed. Six months later
l ran across Ochiltree at the Waldorf
Colonel, said /, the last time l saw
you was at the Derby
That's right said the Texan, and
wasn't that a bully race! 1 thought
when / saw Tod" Sloan thrown that
day that it was all up with him. That
was the finest Derby l ever saw. i've
never missed seeing the Derby in
fourteen years"
He was the most cheerful prevari-
Gator 1 ever knew" said the congress
man. land I like to encourage that
kind. Dear old Tom"