The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT.
Some Interesting Notes About Those
in the Public Eye.

= L. S. Elmer, Assistant Chief Clerk of
the Postoffice Department, Is known as
an authority on postal laws and regula-
lions both of this country and of foreign
countries. He compiled the postal man
ual, which enables clerks and business
men to learn quickly the rates of post
and gives briefly the salient points of
the postal laws. Mr.. Elmer has been in
the service about twenty years.
Some of the greatest men in the Amerz
lean world of finance never became MEM
bers of a stock exchange. j. Pierpont
Morgan, John ID. Rockefeller, James r.
Keere John w. Gates and others are
but not one of those named is a member
of the Stock Exchange there. Probably
no body in the country scrutinizes appli-
cants for membership more closely than
does the institution named, though doubt
less all of the men mentioned would pass
muster should they make the attempt.
A claim has just been put forward by
Count Hochberg, the Director General of
all Emperor Williams theatres, and a
distinguished archaeologist, to the erect
that the name of America Is OF German
origin, Count Hochberg declares that he
is able to prove that Amerigo Vespucci
belonged to a German family of the name
of Emmertch, which in turn was derived
from Haimerich, and of which number
of descendants are still to be found In the
Rhine district. Haimerich and Emmerich
mean Lord of the home" and Amerigo
is merely the Italian corruption.
Secretary Shaw went over to the Treas
ury Department one morning accompanied
by a friend from Iowa. While the pair
were seated in Mr.. Shaw's private office
the Secretary found letter whieh par
ticularly interested him. Leaning back
in his chair he put one foot on the cor
ner of his desk. In half a minute n man
dashed in, revolver in hand, and. cover
ing the visitor said is this man try
ing to rob YOU. MIR. Shawn" No, no."
shouted the Secretary. He is my friend. ="
After some further excitement, 1t devel-
Oped that when he put his foot on the
desk Mr.. Shaw had pressed a button that
calls a Waterman. The man came in a
hurry, just as he had been ordered to do.
Elmer Dover, Senator, Hanna's private
secretary, went j. me to Cleveland for the
holidays and waite there met n Toledo
lawyer named ppar. In the course of
q chat Cooper declared that he could
name every man now in the United States
Senate and every man who had served in
the Senate at any time in twenty years;
also that he could name two-thirds of the
present members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, together with their States.
Mr. Dover laughingly offered to bet him
box of the finest cigars on this propo-
sition and a number of others made the
same offer. Cooper accepted all bets
and called for a pad of paper. In just
half an hour he made good his boast end
now he has cigars enough to last him ali
summer.
In rear of the representatives. hall-in
Washington Is probably the most sump-
tuous smoking-rOom in the country. All
the furniture rugs, pictures, ETC., are of
the finest, and here the congressman re-
tire TO smoke ana gossip, SAFE from pro-
fame eyes. for in the center of the wall
hangs the sign, ST angers and ciga. ct les
not permitted in this room" This rule Is
religlOusly Obeyed, though no one seems
to know who promulgated 1t. Inc most
atrocious cabbage cigar is permitted to
exhaust itself. but the finest Turkish CT
garette is not tolerated for an instant.
Recently Congressman Joy of Missouri,
who is a confirmed consumer of paper
pipes inadvertently lighted one in the
Republican smokilg-rOom. Before he
Aad taken a second Whit several of the
members ordered an assistant sergeant
alarms to read the rules to him. Mr..
JOY dropped his cigarette and made his
way to the House restaurant where ev-
erything goes.