The Washington herald., 1907-01-02
HEARD AT HOTELS.

After all. remarked Mr. ". G. Conrad
Of Montana, at the New Willard, 1T is
from the little acts Of kindness that we do
ia life that We derive the most pleasure
Once. rs I was coming out Of the
Parliament building in Ottawa, ragged
urchin came ~ 20 me and beseeched me-.
to set him W in the paPer-seiling bust
ness. l was walking toward my hotel, and
the lad followed me all the way to thu
door Rather admiring his Dersistency. J
inquired Of him what it would take 10 get
the start in business, and ne told me s
would be enough. / gave him the money.
wondering if he had told me the truth. or
merely had perpetrated a clever touch.
Well, IL so happened that q couple Of years
later had occasion to visit the Dominion
capital again. Walking along the leading
thOroughfare with a cabinet officer. a.
newsboy rushed up and thrust paper at
me. saying. Take IL, Take il" in such an
emphatic way that # rather annoyed me-
and | told the boy 10 get away, that 7 did
not want to buy a paper
"Oh. no, sir. ne said. I did not wish you
20 buy II; I meant 10 give il 10 you. for
sou are the man who set me I'D in bust
ness
Hon. W Aubrey Thomas. who repre-
sentS the old Garfield district of the Buck
eye State IN Congress, Is AT the Raleigh.
this being his first appearance at the Cap
ltal since the session opened. Ills absence
Vas due 90 III health. brought on by over
work \ man Of intense energy and q 4
manufacturer on large scale. the strain
on his system caused nervous trouble.
and his physician imperatvely demanded
mat FOR time he should take an abs0-
lutte rest, both from private and public
business The rest cure was a decided
success. and Mr.. Thomas complete restor-
alton O. health followed
Il think" said be 20 a Herald reporter.
that The New Year viii BE- q repetition If
the old one, so far as business is con-
cerucd. and that the prosperity which
marked 1855 viii be- enjoyed in equally fun
measure IN 1So7. In the iron business. IN
which ] am ged. things are at high
water mark and orders have been taken
for deliveries FAR into the year
Wall street is INDUCING in some pref
" vigorous anti-Ro0seyeIt talk these
days, said Mr.. s VI. Mayer a Manhat-
tan financier. at the Arlington
The men OF that historic thor0ughf5re
are saying that the cause OF the deprecia-
ton Of stocks is directly due TO the dras-
tic policies of the administration. and es-
pecialy 10 the campaign against the
railroads They are very bitter IN their
Utterances. and lay an the blame al the
door Of the President. The course OF the
market has put good many Of them To-
the bad financially, and makes the money
market so tight that cash even at y per
cent interest is hard 10 obtain"
Many delegates TO the meeting Of the
American Pathological Association and the
Archaeological Institute Of America an
rived ut the Shoreham yesterday. These
affiliated bodies which viii be in session
the rest of the week include in their mem
bership some of the most famous scholars
in America. The president Of the latter
Prof Thomas Day Seymour. Of Yale Uni
versity. is recognized as the greatest
authority on the Greek language and lit
erature in the country. and one of its vice
presidents, Prot George F. Moore Of
Harvard is equally renowned for his at
tainments as a Semiti. scholar There
will be more than 100 delegates in at
tendance
"Curiously enough" said Hon. Smith
". Bennett Of Columbus. Ohio at the
New Willard. the State of Ohio did
not collect one cent Of revenue from the
liquor traffic from 1852 until 1854 For q
period OF thirty-Uwo years there was alb
solute free trade in rum. except the tax
paid the Federal government This came
about through the operation Of the law
which prohibited licensing saloons
The issue was made that lhe saloons
should be taxed and Senator Foraker
was elected governor thereon. defeating
Gov. Hoadly. Ever since a tax has been
imposed, until now the amount paid by
the whisky sellers is S190 q year. but
stlll it is as tax and not a license that
the money IS collected When the present
law increasing the tax from $50 90 $I.l)
per annum was enacted. oue-third OF the
saloons in the state were put out of bust
ness. The gross revenues from this source.
however, are far greater than ever before.
and amount for the current year 10 about
s. %, 0O0"