The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-29
SOME WASHINGTON STORIES.
Especial to The Post.)

Especial to The Post)
Washington November as.--Thst presidential
bear hunt will be long fruitful OF anecdota cxer
else. Frank Barnett. an expert cabinet maker
from New York who has been here engaged in
the completion Of the repair work on the White
House, tells ths
"!Nhilc covering one OF the doors OF the
state dining room with piece OF leather,
visitor came TO nc and said: oh please tell
nc the history OF that leather you re using 2
The newncss OF the hide made me hesitate
about declaring II to have been a part Of the
cargo long years ago of the Mayfower---or even
that II came from cattle raised by the immortal
Washington Knowing however, that IL must
have an uncommon history to satisfy cxpecta-
tons, and determined to account for the lack OF
signs OF age, / replied that as fast as President
Roosevelt shot bear in Mississippi he was hav-
ing the pets tanned that what l was lacking TO
the door was from the skin Of one Of the vic
Tins OF his rife
The woman begged earnestly for piece of
the stuff, and her eyes beamed with triumph as
she went away, no doubt ecstatic over adding
this fresh specimen to her collection of rare
relics
Chauncey Depew, United States senator from
New York, was talking politics with man who
declared that the price of everything depended on
the law of supply and demand
That is not always true, said the senator.
Il asked German butcher the other day the
price of sausage.
Fifteen cents pound, he said, adding after
moments pause but l haint got none alretty'
Il asked him why he quoted price when he
could not deliver the goods.
-" Oh he explained; if l hat some, der brice
would been dvwendy eends. But l hat none got,
so | yoos make der brice low. 1t geef me
rebudasions, und it COST me holdings
SO you see the prices went down when there
4 l. -
sausage, and had asked merely TO crafty my
love Of talking
Mr.. Depew's love Of talking esteemed as it may
! be at dinner parties, is, as far as demand is
concerned. not much ahead OF that Germans
| sausage when there was any Of the meat in
! supply. The other day on the avenue at an
auction of books fresh apparently from the pub
! fishers elegant volume OF "Chaunccy Depows
Stories" which auctioneer said was a "two-dollat
! book sold for cents, and the purchaser
sneakcd out the back way. A copy OF "Unclc
Toms Cabin" a book that looked like a Christ
mas gilt in its gilded binding, sold to a Negro
for cents at the same auction and there was a
large crowd in the place whose purchases ranged
from Shakespeare to Kipiug.
Uncle Joe Cannous speeches before the hous,
are said TO possess flaw which might prov,
injurious TO his reputation an orator, II th,
iefNlQ olu gentleman Duoydnt Zeal ana gOOt
nature did not offset it, And he knows this az
well any OF his critics.
A few days after his speech on the status o
National finances last session went into the Con
giessional Record friend went to him witt
the remark:
That was mighty good speech of yours, Unc
Joe"
Yes" was the responses Courts gets up
good speech
Courts-Jim Courts-is the clerk Of Mr. Can
mons committee on appropriations, and is al
p eminent celebrity as such at the capital
e Did Courts write that speech,' was the ob
vious question
Mr.. Cannon lighted his cigar and the
answered; Certainly. You might have know
it was not mine. The sentences are all com
pleted.'
The news from Arkansas that the bellicos
governor OF that State, Hon. jeff Davis wa
called liar by his attorney general recalls a
Y insult which lew years ago vas offered IN
thiukngly 10 the fierce Mr.. Davis by Hor
Thomas Bracket Reed. Davis at that time wa
attorney general of Arkansas. He had come
Washington official business, and while sttin
; in the corridor OF the Shoreham hotel espied tn
Brobdignagian ex speaker of the house lolling j
: a chair close by. Announcing to a friend tina
( though Tom Reed was a blank Yankee hanke
. ~ blank still he regarded his as one of III
r great men OF the time" the Arkansar shuttle
+ over and introduced himself to the big man frot
r Maine
/ My name is Davis-Jef Davis. Of Arksnsa
sir" said he, extending his hand TO Mr. Reed
From Arkansas you sayi" drawled the es
i. speaker. We'll, how are the neVers in Arkar
y sas? ?" the Maine man inquired, with mschevot
twinkle of the eye.
The niggers" calculated Hon. Jeff Davi
y Damn it, sir, know no niggers to speak 70
e Arkansas. sir That's what a gentleman sc
8 for introducing himself to a damned Yankee"
t. And Mr.. Davis stalked indignantly away, lea,
J. ing Mr.. Reed couvulsed with laughter Whe
IL the name Arkansas was mentioned TO him. II
ex-senator's mind was filled with bitter though
OF certain events at the St. Louis convention
=. 1896 when he was candidate for the presidents
\ nomination against Mckinley, and when Il
y Arkansas ringers" though instructed for hin
threw their support solidly to Mckinley at Il
-, critical juncture.
is YOUNG MRS. MoLlNEUx.