The Washington herald., 1908-01-02

- Is a doctor, who
lSERWASnlTK has an uncle liv-
ing In the country
about twenty-five miles from any rail
road. The doctor had been attending
scarlet fever patient. and on his return
home had hung his clothes in one Of the
| small rooms to be disinfected, using for-
maldehyde for that purpose.
His country uncle had come for a visit
and the doctor took great pleasure in
| showing him his home Reaching the
room saturated with the disinfectant, the
medicine man showed his visitor ia, hold
ing the door shut for a willie. Soon there
was a great hubbub, and the frightened
man rushed out.
Doctor doctor I am nearly killed.
cried he What Is the natter" asked
the doctor
q. THAT room-the smell is awful, and 1
am burning up inside"
"Oh, that's all right I have used FOR
maldehyde for disinfecting my clothes"
'Formaldehyde-wh is that? / have
raised all kinds Of cattle. but never heard
Of that kind Of hide, and such a smell;
it's just awful"
.
John Williams, the popular file and
journal clerk Of the House OF Represent
atives has been spending the holidays in
his home town. Scranton, Pa. John blew
in yesterday, and was exultant over the
jolly time be had while there.
When asked about Scranton Williams
got busy at once.
"Oh, there is only one other town IN
/ Pennsylvania, and that is Philadelphia.
and we don't bother much about that.
Only four hours % New York. YOU know.
six or seven trains daily each way; so
when We want to do business we Just
take q run over.
Greatest town on earth" continued
brother John; business good. everybody
happy, and just the place for a husuing
youngster'
How about prohibition
Prohibition in Scranton Sure thing;
we prohibit temperance"
Senator James B. Frazier. Of Tennessee.
Will get the desk in the Senate made
vacant by the death Of the late Senator
Mallory Of Florida The seat falls to
the Tennessee statesman by reason Of the
fact that his was the FIRST application
made for the place formerly occupied bv
the Senator from Florida. William James
Bryan. the man who succeeds Senator
Mallory win draw one Of three seats
No. q, which is the last seat on the
north end OF the minority side in the
long row, OF 81 or %. which are also
vacant, and which are at the north end
Of the short row, the last OF all. and
farthest away from the President Of the
Senate.
The custom OF fling for seats in the
senete is one that differs much from the
methods in the House. where places are
drawn for by lot In the Senate. any
Senator who has a seat that does not
appeal to him, may cast his eve about.
decide which Senator with good seat
stands the least chance Of returning the
next term, either because OF political
reasons or because Of physical infrmities
and file on the seat. BY fling. he simply
makes application 10 the SerEeant-at-
arms Of the Senate for that particular
seat when IT becomes vacant.
Senator Beveridge. who now occupies
Senator Spooners seat, got it by fore
~
] man from the Senate. At the time the
Indiana Senator indicated his preference
for SpooneTs seat. there was no indica-
tion that the Senator from Wisconsin,
would not be a member Of the Senate
for many years 10 come. Yet a few
! months afterward Senator SpoOner de
cided he could no longer afford TO stag
I'm the Senate, for financial reasons. and
Mr.. Beveridge got the place.
Samuel w. Smith, Of Michigan, who Is
chairman of the House Committee on
, District Affairs. is small man physi-
cally So is his clerk. Lewis Miller. OF
r Lansing. Thereby hangs a funny little
r story Illustrating Mr. Smiths magnitude
- in other respects a good mary years
! ago Mr. Miller was a candidate for the
clerkship Of the Michigan State senate
Z Mr.. Smith was a newly elected member
OF that senate. and Mr. Miller sought
, him out to solicit his support They had
z never met before. but after Mr.. Miller
had laid his claims before the new sen
] ator Mr.. Smith answered: eff we little
men do not stick together what will be.
come Of us?" That was all he said, but
: Wnen the IiiQe came. MI. Miller got his
] place with good safe margin. for thC
7 then Senator Smith figuratfvely took OF
his coat and made things hum for hi.
candidate. who was one OF the little
fellows"
n Under the subhead, cheese" on The
= bill Of fare IN the House restaurant, ap-
= pears the sentence, "Doorkeeper Igor
a full cream" Visitors who get that fal
a down on the culinary score card pause.
b The description does not wholly explain
a the kind of cheese, for, as a matter ot
fact, it is about the same as any othel
. cream It has, though. the distinction
h of coming from Cuba, n. Y, which is tn,
n home Of Mr.. Lyon, the doorkeeper Of tn,
i House of Representatives. Furthermore
T. Mr.. Lyon has nothing to do with TT
Z manufacture so the appearance of hi
y name on the menu card cannot be con
strued to be an advertisement.
1t is only a compliment to Mr. Lyon
''Sure, it's good cheese" he says. How
could ii be otherwise, coming from wher,
it does and bearing the name it dOes?'
! One Thing or the Other.
L From the Portland Oregousn.