The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-11

The Lincoln County News tells this
story OF a Fayetteville salesman with
the Lyles-Black Company:
Rob Rawis was travelling through
the country. It was about noon and
he had eaten his lunch, and was very
thirsty. He saw little fellow stand
ing in front Of a cabin home.
little man." said the drummer, lis
there a well anywhere about herr"
yes, sir" was the boys reply.
Where is it?p asked Rob-
Round the house." said the boy.
Rob hoped out of the wagon and
waded through the weeds to the rear
Of the building, where he found a
bore well without sign of a rope or
bucket
Where is the rope and bucket?"
was the drummer's next question.
Amt got nair'n," drawled the boy.
How do you get water out of the
well?" inquired the thirsty traveller.
There amt none in it." was the
astonished response.
Court etiquette in Austria is more
stringent than in other European
courts.
The attendants come in for large
perquisites, as comestfble articles are
never allowed to appear twice on the
royal tables. 1t must be a good thing
to be one OF these attendants, as to
one man falls all the uncorked bot
ties, to another the wine left in the
glasses, and the game fish, and sweets
are equally divided in the same way
Each morning a market is held in
the basement Of the palace, where the
Viennese come to purchase the re-
mains Of the banquet
The custom is a revival OF one that
obtained great favor in the middle
ages Then the great lords of the
land were not above accepting the re-
mains of feast and the Lord Chan
cellor was entitled to the ends Of one
large candle and forty small ones
each day.
He in his turn made capital of this
perqufsite and undoubtedly his ex-
chequer was greatly increased by it
at the end of the year.
'sThis is my first visit to Washing
ton since 1865" said ]. H. Ramsbury.
a Chicago manufacturer. "At that
time was a sergeant in the twenty
fifth Illinois. I shall never forget the
night Lincoln was shot. / was at the
corner of Tenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue when a man came run
ming up to me with the news that the
president had been killed at Ford's
theatre / ran to the theatre and
found hundreds of persons there, the
news having spread like wildfire. /
arrived in time to see the body Of
Lincoln carried across the street to
the house where he died.
Il was one of the soldiers who
stood guard on Tenth street and kept
the crowd back. l am glad the gov
eminent has acquired the house in
which President Lincoln died About
ten years ago I met the former owner
of the house in Chicago, and he told
me something of the history of the
place before and after the assassina-
ton of Lincoln. Andrew Johnson was
sworn in as president in the front par
Tor on the same floor as that on
which Lincoln died. and two years
before John Wilkes Booth was q board
er in the house, occupying a room on
the top floor. While It is true that John
SON was sworn in at the old Kirkwood
house, where the Raleigh now stands.
the oath was first administered to
him in the Lincoln house
Connie Mack, as every one who
knows him Will agree, IS mighty con-
siderate manager, and the best friend
that any young player ever had.
Connie Is noted for the deep inter-
est he takes in novices and for the
generous manner in which he ladies'
out his advice to them. This advice,
though appreciated in most cases on
the recipients part, has also been the
cause Of getting Connie real vexed on
more than one occasion, for when you