Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

tour becomes holder as the stars 90 out
and the colorless sky takes on a grayish
tinge. Then slowly the rosy flush of morn
ing rolls up from the horizon and over
comes the gray; the haze in the fore
ground melts away; the flame at the top
OF the dome vanishes like the light Of a
candle snuffed, and the mass Of the capitol
stands forth as a mammoth block Of mar
BILE on . terraced pedestal of green-the
detail Of the facade barely visible, but the
pound outlines sweeping down and dis
appearing In q tangle of roofs and foliage.
Faint sounds float skyward from the
streets-the first yawns Of . waking city.
They are presently drowned In echoes
which come whirling up the hollow shaft.
These repeat the exchange Of greetings
between the Waterman mounting guard and
the colleague whom he IL relieving from
. nights vigil. The morrow is here, and
life is astir again even in the Washing
ton monument.
I'm regard to the proposition Of raising
the q OF congressman, 1 recall a CONVEX
satton held SOM years ago between two
noted representatives from my state" said
William H. Sargent OF Texas to the Wash
ington Times.
Both, alas! are dead. One was the big
Drained and ~good-hearted David B.. Culber-
son and the other his colleague, Colonel
Buck Kilgore. Kilgore was in a discon-
tented mood one night, and remarked to
his friend: 'Culberson, I'm getting tired
OF this congressional life. It's stale and
nat, and very Improbable. A man can't
save q dollar of his salary. I'm going home
to resume my profession Confound It, how
do they expect a fellow to get along on
$1,000 a year and live decently?'
Il know it's mighty little, Buck-mighty
little quoth Culberson, but remember,
Buck, it's powerful regular"
The other day a member Of the house
asked Representative Lacey of Iowa. dur
ing a chat in the cloakroom to tell him how
Ex-Governor Shaw obtained his remarkable
reputation for integrity in business.
Lacey INDUCED in one Of his character
istic wrinkles, relates the Washington Post,
and very gravely replied: "Ill tell you
just how 1t happened. as I know all the
circumstances in the early life Of this dis
~tinguished citizen OF Iowa. Shaw started out
as . very poor young man. In fact he was
SO poor that he was unable to pay railroad
fare from Dubuque to Des Moines and so
walked all the way. When he got there he
wal wholly out Of funds and realized that
he had to do something to gain a livelihood.
So what did he do but strike out as ped
der of fruit trees. Shaw had such an i'm
presive way about him that he sold the
farmers Of Crawford county all the fruit
trees they could possibly plant, and then
right in defiance of fate. settled down in
Denison to practice aw. Well, sir, In a
short time Shaw built up a very large
practice and among his best clients were
/ fhn0A IN Ruh0Rn h. haI &All N-aA - g.
1t goes without sayinG that any man who
peddles fruit trees and then settles right
down In that community must be a man of
the highest integrity. And that explains
the mystery"
Senator Berry of Arkansas came into
the democratic cloakroom and heard half
a dozen other senators telling stories about
liars they had met, says a New York World
letter.
THE best one I over knew" said sena-
tor Berry, when It came his turn, was
a man named johnson, In Pike county. nv
state. johnson couldn't tell the truth on
the most ordinary proposition. Once he
was a witness in In important lawsuit.
Although he was under oath, he lied out
rageously. Finally the lawyer who was
examining him said:
"Mr. Johnson. why do you prevaricate
SO, even under oath?'
"Johnson's manner OF speech was be-
tween a stammer and a sneeze. He drew
himself up In his chair and replied in
dignantly:
from prevaricatin' when he's lost three of
his front teeth?'"
The task Of licking so. 900 envelopes is
one which confronts the United States
pension once once every three months. AT
one time this was a herculean under
taking, but ths Inventive genius Of man
has now made it easy.
BY means OF an electric automatic seafer
the envelopes containing the check and
voucher which are sent to the so, 900 pen
sioners in the western district OF Penn
sylvania each quarter are '1icked'' and
sealed at the rate Of %. 900 q day. This
daily capacity is not reached, however, as
not so many envelopes are ever ready at
one time. The daily run during the quar-
ter's pay is from 5000 to 10000.
This machine. which Clicks" and seals
envelopes as fast as they can be fed into
It, is simple in design. The envelope ID
fed. nap open. 1t passes between tive
rolls. the under one Of which is damp
Cuc0 W an auSomhllC lOuulalu. IN us pab.
sage through another set Of rolls the mar
Is dextrously turned over by means Of Z
small catch and a third roll presses 4
firmly in place.
All this Is done In the ~twinkling OF al
eye. as fast as the operator can drop tn,
envelopes into position to be caught b,
the first rolls. The machine. which 4
equipped with an electric attachment, 4
} longer than a typewriter. but not so bulky
? II also has a foot-power attachment.
Before this machine was Installed Il
the pension ONCE a man was employees
/. specially each quarter to seal the en-
Velopes. Il was a tedious Job. The flick
ing process was done with q sponge, an
the folding and pressing by hand. Lon
, before Il was completed the operate
: usually had the skin Of his fingers worI
: through. Now one Of the regular clerk
takes Zach days batch and runs 1t throUg
. the sealer in short order.
= The strained relations between Senate
. Vest Of Missouri and Senator Morgan q
? Alabama are well understood in Washing
: ton. The other day senator Clapp, who
Z . newcomer ana consequently not well in
! formed regarding the feuds and animositie
9 existing between the members Of that bod
approached Senator Vest Just after a thir
|. senator had stirred Clapp's ire. The Min
q rosetta statesman said 10 Vest: