Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-04-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence.l

guards of tie National museum were
excited to a high pitch the other day
pver the appearance of about the most
spectacular individual that the institu-
ton had seen in years. He was a Pa
pago Indian. and a wealthy one at
that, from Phenix. Ariz.. and it was
evident that he imagined he was put
ting on an immense amount of style.
at all events, he succeeded in attract
ing attention wherever he went.
To begin with, he wore a plug hat
over a mat Of long hair neatly plated
down his back and wrapped with
strips of bright green and flaming red
flannel. He wore a standing collar and
a ''boiled shirt" with a red tie. Over
this he wore a beaded buckSkin vest,
the beaded designs taking the form Of
american and Mexican flags, flowers
and other objects. Over the vest he
wore q plum colored sack coat and a
fawn colOred box overcoat. The trou-
Sers that he wore were of the most vo-
cfferous type of English checks, and
the concluding feature of this remark
able costume was a pair of patent
Feather shoes
He wore earrings, sported "a fantastic
watch chain that locked more Ike a
hawser OF an ocean greyhound and
smoked q cigar of the quality warrant
ed to kill at forty rods In addition to
all this he carried a beaded zane.
Mason ON Executive Sessions.
Senator Mason has written an article
about 1.-THE Farce of Executive Ses-
sions." After telling of his awe of ex-
ooI1fivo sessions when he u-a q rADra-
sentative he describes his first closed
session after he became a senator:
"a senator from New England arose
and solemnly and earnestly moved that
I'VE go into executive session. The bells
all over the senate enc Of the capitol
rang and made music to my ears The
chief page clapped his hands three
times, and the pages all rushed from
our sacred presence. Amid the ringing
bf bells and rushing Of feet HI people
were all moved out, h doors were
closed, and we were alone.
"Thereupon the senator who had
moved the executive session struck a
match in b usual way and lit a cigar,
audibly Informing his neighbor that 1t
was the only one he had. He then
moved that John Smith be confirmed
y" OIS SSN" AoAA1So OO44d1 pOSLOi4CO
In Podunk. The vice president OF the
United States said. Without objection
1t is so ordered a motfen to adjourn
was carried. In one moment my dream
was broken"
Has Entree to Great Libraries.
MFR. Samuel D. Hicks, a wholesale to
bacco dealer Of Washington, is one
among a few men Of lis city who are
members in full and complete standing
OF the fol great libraries of the WORLD
namely, the British Museum library,
the B~ibliotheque Rationale OF Paris,
the German National library of Berlin
and our own Congressional library.
DIR. Hicks is a first cousin of Sir Mi
chael HickS-Beach, one of the British
peers. Mr.. Hicks father, a younger
san, who dc not succeed TO the Hti~e
and estates of the house of Hicks,
came to Virginia soon after the war OF
1872, and his son, Samuel D. Hicks,
was born in Richmond, where on
reaching his majority he succeeded 10
the tobacco business established by his
father and which he eventually no cd
to this city.
A Great Maprnakfng City.
Washington is the greatest mapmak-
ang city in the world. There was a time
when Geneva, Switzerland. was the
great map producing center of the
globe, but this is no longer the Ca -.
This city is turning put more and bet
ter maps han u other city IN the
globe. Twelve bureaus Of b United
States government are engaged in tie
work of printing and issuing maps OF
the finest quality and requiring the
highest class of workmanship, and this
has resulted in attracting to his city
the best photographers 4 map en-
sgraveIs in Europe. The maps turned
out by the government are Of every
quarter Of the globe and are not. as
some might imagine, solely of North
America and it's parts
Root and Shaw.
Secretary Shaw. the new head of the
treasury department, was standing on
the White House stairway talking to
a number of newspaper correspondents
when Secretary Root passed on his
way to the cabinet meeting which Mr..
Shaw was to attend when he had fin
sished his discourse on nance. The sec
iretary Of war rubbed elbows rather
roughly with the secretary of the treas
:Wy, glared at the careleSsly dressed
man who had been in his way and
rushed by without speaking. Mr.. Shaw
evidently saw some humor in the stu
alton.
~Boys," he said as he watched the
rapidly moving form Of the war secre-
tary, ''if / ever get in that fx after l
have been secretary awhile just stick
R pin into me-"
Sanitary Barber Shops.
BARRIERS must keep their mouths shut
while working in this city, according
to the rules adopted by b boss bar
bers. At a meeting last night it was