Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-20
THE PASSING THRoNG.

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.,,,a yesterday. 1t was from the local
ranresentatives of Rocky Boys band Of
wondering American Indians, OF which
~ senator has been made chief. sue
i ceeding to the title and emoluments of
the office. 1t reads as follows:
Dear Rocky Boy. we thank you much.
| For what you've done Is hne:
| Now get ii through the lfo'iSe d KEEPS,
| And he our valentine
This netition owes its origin to the
| generous aid given by the Senator to
| the homeless Indians in getting their
| hill through the Senate, and Is a call
| upor him to extend his efforts to the
| House of Representatives. 1t is only
| one of the many calls made upon the
| Senator by the noble red men, who in
their childish and mtutOrcd way have
| come to the conclusion that the honor
! they have bestowed upon him in MAX
ing him their chief entities them to ex-
pect all kinds of Legislative service
The valentine was decorated with rude
Indian characters, intended to repre-
sent the Senator and the bands COM
mittne. Indeed the Indians made
their signatures in the shape of pic
lures of themselves. The Senator was
represented as n statueSque brave
carrying tomahawk. bow and arrows
Il huge hunting knife, while from his
ample belt swung a round dozen scalps.
That however, the red men do not
consider him wholly Il man of war. wlS
made evident by the fact that he is
also represented as smoking huge
pipe of peace.
Indians to have the bill passed by the
House.
"Many years ago. said Mr.. M. II.
Walker of New Orleans. recently, "a
correspondent for one of the leading
newspapers of our section wrote about
Il Congressman from the South, that
he appeared in the House wearing Il
clean shirt This was about all there
was to the item, but it reused tremen-
dOus ire in the breast of the Repre-
sentative. and he sought out the news
paper man. intending to make him
apologize or fight.
"'All | said about YOU answered the
journalist. when taken to task. was
that You had ON a clean shirt. | can't
however. if you insist on a retraction
/ will make it: l will write my paper
that the statement was incorrect, and
that the shirt YOU wore was soiled
one instead of Il clean one
"Thc whimsicality of this answer
struck the NJ. G. as so ridiculous that
he burst into laugh and holding out
his hand. said he guessed there was no
need of Il retractiOn."
The "Buffllo COmmcrcial' has a
memory. "ThoSe who listened on Sat-
urtlay TO the splendid address from DR..
Luther Of Trinity College at the Uni
vcrsity Club" it says land who We're
old enough TO recall the protest made
by certain ecc.csiastics against the
manifestation CT any greeting to Pro-
fe~Sor Huxley in Buffalo when the
American Association OF Scientists met
here. must have been profoundly inn
pressed with che fact that the world
has moved a long atap ahead in the
past twenty-five years"
Senator W. A. Clarke Getests nothing
more than 10 bn interrupted when busy.
in 4 business conversation when
petite woman carrying a black bag en-
tered With 4 compelling smile and an
inSinuating manner sho approached the
s,irly millionaire. Utterly insenSible to
his repclant mood AMI Indifferent to
his abrupt manner, sh" drew from the
depths of the lag Il handsomely bound
volume. the merits and beauties of
which she began to eloquontly descart
upon.
Failing to emharraSS her with arctic
frigidity and impatient at her persis--
tenCe under -ebuffS Ill but vulgar, he
turned suddenly upon the chattering
woman and asked:
Madame, 40 you know what my
time IS WORTH
She confessed it was a conundrunl.
We'll" he said, petulantly. its
worth $50 an hour.
He turned away with the air of one
who had settled the matter definitely
beyond any luther controversy. But
he diCn't know the woman.
80. Tn SO grateful to you. Mr..
Clark" she replied with a tone of
pathos in her voice. Thirty dollars an
hour. did you say"
Yes; that's what l said, and it's
cheap ut that" and h smiled cynically.
20. l know it is dirt cheap she
| chirruped with winsomc blitheness. II
| nm 50 glad you told mo" rumaging in
her reticule from which she quickly
| fished out a PARSE Eorgei with cur
rCncy. Moving near to the astoniShed
| millionaire. who regarded her move
ments with uIfnigned curiosity, she
| counted two bills, a ten and n FIVE off
the roll. These size pushed toward the
| top of the slipping desk toward him
| and said: Yes. | am glad you told
me. because I hadn't expected to get it
so cheap. There is SIS. Now, I want
half an hour If your uninterrupted at
tcntion while l talk to yon about this
| book
| Clark pushed back the money and
subscribed and paid for two copies of
the book.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Berlin possesses n successor to the
late lamented chimpanZee Consul. in
the shape of Consul H., of which the