The Grit-advocate., 1905-01-13
SIDE LIGHTS IN CONGRESS
CLEANED FROM DAY TO DAY

| hotels in great agony He was taken
to hospital. The doctors diagnosed
his case as appendicitis and lost no
time in getting him to the operating
table. where they cut out his yermI.
form appendix. He made good re.
covery and was cut at the usual time
Then I'll be hargea If he didn't sue
the city for $4,000 damage for tho
loss OF his appendix.
81 was stranger he said in his
complaint, and was rudely seized and
carried to hospital. There the sur.
geon did wilfully and maIiciously cut
ne open and deprive me of my vermi.
form appendix. which was the treasure
Of my life. l demanded that it be re.
turned to me. but to no avail. Where.
fore ask so 900 damages for the loss
Of this cherished ind revered portion
OF my anatomy"
| They are not sentimental over in
the Senate of the United States. and
| look ahead with cold and calculatiug
| eyes.
fact that some Senator-a Republican
whose name is as yet concealed by
the sergeant-at-arms, levied on the
seat Of Chauncey Mitchell Depew,
claiming 1t as his own in the event"
that Governor Odell shall not send
Mr.. Depew to Washington for another
term.
George Horton, the author, who was
| appointed Consul to Athens. Greece,
| by the president, is the author of sew
! eral successful novels. including Like
| Another Helen" and history of med
ern Greece. Horton was formerly con-
cul at Athens. appointed by President
| Cleveland. One day. about year
! ago, he received an invitation to take
luncheon with President Roosevelt. He
went to the White House and was
amazed to find that the president not
| only knew as much about modern
Greece as he did, but apparently had
read all "f Horizons novels and could
| converse ~bout them even down t.
the minor characters.
Horton went away in a daze an !
for year has been wondering
whether the President read the books
because he was to be guest at lunch
con or wheter he read them because
he liked them. And many another
aspiring author who has been invited
to the White House ig puzzling over
the same proposition.
The Horton story reminded some
body Of the visit Alfred Henry Lewis,
author OF "Thc Boss and "The Presi
dent" and many other novels, paid
to Judge Alton B. Parker at his home
in Esopus last summer.
why, Mr.. Lewis" said Judge Par.
ker, Il am glad to see you. I have
read your latest book. Indeed. have
a copy OF it on my library table now"
That's curious" said Lewis.
why curious?" asked Judge Par
ker.
Because" Lewis replied, you
didn't know I was coming"
One man in the West who was con.
fident President Roosevelt would car.
| ry Missouri was Representative James
| A. Tawney Of Minnesota. who was in
charge of the speakers bureau of the
Chicago branch of Republican nation.
al headquarters.
Tawney talked about Missouri going
Republican until he became pest. On
| election night the clerks in his bu-
| reau gave him Masonic seal ring set
with diamonds, ana in the place of
| the large diamond that should be In
the center there was a hole.
| What's this hole?" asked Tawney,
after he had expressed his thanks
"Oh," said the clerks, well fill that
with diamond when Missouri goes
Republican.
"And," said Tawney, telling tie
story with great glee. you should
have seen them searching themselves
for enough money for that diamond
| along about midnight"