The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-09

Prince / ever heard of. He didn't come
up in chariot drawn by white horses
at all. He rode in a carriage just like
ours. / don't think he's much of a
Prince" the small boy shifted. 'He
looks just like any other man-made of
meat, you know
When Senator Tillman came out of the
Senate Chamber the afternoon he and
Senator McLaurin had their flsticuffs he
met Senate employee and said:
"Well, did 1 make fool of MYSELF"
The Senate employe fidgeted and &c
piled:
ST cannot answer that question Sena-
tor Tillman. If said Yes / would not
be showing proper respect to Senator,
and if 1 said No would be liar
The strained relations between Sena-
tor Vest of Missouri, and Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama, are we'll understood by
those who "know the ropes in Wash
ington The story is told of a new Sen
ator who had been offended by col
league and who approached Senator
Vest and said: isn't Jones the worst
ass that ever broke into public life::'
The frail and venerable statesman from
Missouri is reported to have replied: Il
can't say. You know 1 am pretty thor
oughly committed on that proposition to
Morgan"
When Prince Henry was at the Ger
man Embassy DR.. Won Holleben asked
him if he was enjoying himself.
Indeed" replied the Prince. II am
having the time of my life. AT home,
you know. they use me mostly to send
to funerals"
If the Congressional Record yesterday
had been an accurate report of every
thing that was said in the Senate on
the day before the name of Representa-
tive Grosvenor would have appeared as
participating in the Senate debate.
During Mr.. Hanna's speech on the
shipping dill. Mr.. Tillman took occasion
to ask the Ohio Senator's if the tariff
helped the producers of staple agricul-
tural products.
do you mean wheat, corn and
oats?" asked MIR. Hanna.
and barley" suggested Mr.. Grosvenor
i'm voice that was plainly audible in the
galleries.
And barley" obediently added Senator
Hanna.
This story is told at the Navy De-
partment When Admiral Evans was at
Kiel. i'm command of the New York, some
years ago, the German Emperor visited
his ship frequently. The Emperor was
greatly pleased with the table set aboard
the ship and asked many questions about
the steward who was a negro, in whom
he took an interest because of the eX-
ceIlence of his dishes.
AS he was leaving the ship one day he
CHANGED to pass the steward ana
thought to do him honor by extending MS
hand for him to kiss. The negro looked
at the Emperor with outstretched hand
for moment then in true American
STYLE grabbed it and gave it a pump
handle shake.
The Emperor readily appreciated the
joke and was pleased.
In meeting Dr. Presley NJ. Rixey, whom
President Roosevelt has named TOT tne
post of Surgeon General of the Navy
made vacant by the voluntary retirement
of Admiral Van Reypen. one realizes
what it was besides his professional
skill that endeared him to President NC
Kinley. Gentleness and kindness are
Doctor Rixeys predominating traits.
Doctor Rixey,' said one of his col
leagues made many trips with Presi-
dent Mckinley. He can count as his
personal friends many of the most dis
tjnguished men in the United States. In
Washington his patients include Cabinet
officers, Supreme Court Judges, Diplo-
mats. Senators, and other eminent men,
but a stranger meeting Doctor Rixey
would not suspect that he had diagnosed
the ailments of celebrity, for he has
remained throughout the unassuming
man of science.
"a sailor from an Admiral's flagship
went to Doctor Rixey for treatment, and
in telling of his experience said
why. sir, he felt me pulse and look
ed at me tongue just as If he was or
binary NJ. D.
".Well did you expect him to go about
it by an act of Congress- growled the
cockswain.
us the Doctor allopath Or homeo-
path?' asked listener.
"sI don't know was the answer but
I do know that his path is much longer
route TO the grave than most OF them.
..If some ONE added Doctor Rixey's
friend could induce the Doctor to re-
late incidents of his association with
distinguished men it would make high
ly interesting volume. but Doctor Rixey S
reticence keeps him from speaking often
of these things. Occasionally, however,
he entertains his friends with some
anecdote of President Mckinley
Doctor Rixey recalls that when the
Presidents mother sat down for the first
time to a White House dinner what
seemed to impress her most was the
prodigal supply of cream, and she COM
mented on it's abundance, and then added:
Well william, at last | know what
they mean when they speak of the
Cream of Society,"
1.-The President laughed. admit,
said he, that there seems to be an ex-
travagant array of cream on the table,
but you know. mother, we can afford to
keep a COW, now.
Senator Hoar gave luncheon at the
Capitol, at which the guest OF honor