Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

OF gin. Upon the walls are signs which
I beg the rougher element not to start
| anything before strangers. and which
/ announce that the price of whisky is
/ 80 cents. paid cash. in advance.
4 Almost fainting with his long ride
young civil engineer Topped from his
\ horse and entered Blue Necked Pete's
| hosiery one August day. and as he stag
gered against the pine bar he said
/ hoarsely:
| Give me some whisky"
| Blue Necked Pete grabbed one OF his
| bottles by the neck. slammed it upon the
bar, placed goblet of enormous size by
\ its side, and pulled whisk broom from
| his hip pocket and banged it down in
\ front of the stranger.
| The whisk broom staggered the young
| man. He did not know what to do with it,
although he supposed it was placed there
4 for him to brush the alkali dust from
his clothes. Yet he was bit timid to
ask its use.
| He was saved embarrassment however,
| for at that moment there entered
| brick-faced cowboy, with bearskin
breeches. two large revolvers SLOUGH
/ hat that had cost $50 in Mexico and was
trimmed with heavy silver. spurs which
| tangled and mustaches which dragged
! down about six inches.
| Whisky. he roared.
/ The bottle was transferred to him. He
/ tossed out a drink that would have in
| toxicated a bronze statue He threw it
/ into his upturned face.
! Then he grabbed the whisk broom and
upon the floor.
And then he lay down in the clean space
and had a fit.
| During his career as senator from
! Texas saws Austin Cunningham. the late
| Richard Coke who was the first duly
elected governor Of the Lone Star state
+! following the civil war. was bothered by a
| lobbyist who had been longtime friend
/ of the senator. This friend-lobbyist took
| liberties with the senator's time Coke
| might be holding conference with fell
! low senators on some important matter
i and the persistent and pestiferous lob
/ byist would thrust himself into their
| presence and brazenly participate In the
| talkfest.
One day. when the senator was deeply
/ engrossed in accumulated mail in his pri
vate office. in came the lobbyist-friend-
| he was friend-lobbyist at first, but. hav-
!, ing become a nuisance. is now lobbyist
| friend. = and irritated the aged Texas
| solon. Perhaps he startled the senator by
| tp-toeing up behind him and quietly lay
| ing hand on his shoulder in that conf
| Dental and affectionate maner that some
| lobbyists carry around with them.
| you should not inrrude in this way.
| said Coke. sharply. I'm going to have
I done with Your unannounced visits right
1
| outside and send in Your card. Do it
now.
| Taken down a notch. the lobbyist-friend
| retired 10 the hall. and in compliance
| with the senator's instructions. sent in
| his card at once by the secretary
CHANGING at the card in formal way,
| Coke turned to his secretary and said
| brusquely:
Tell the bald -headed old codger that |
| am not in. and haven't been in all day"
*
| Representative Barnhart of Indiana is
| a congressman who does not take him
| self so all fired seriously that he refuses
| a long winded debate. During the dis
| cussion on the tariff on wool Barnhart
| listened to the shedding of what ne called
''copious crocodile tears on the repub-
!! lican side and then arose TO present in
| his own original Verse just what he
| thought of the seriousness of the situa-
| ton. This was the verse:
! There a named Joseph Gable.
| Who bought goat. just for his stable:
| One day the goat, TOO prone Ia dine.
| Ate red shirt, right Oh the line.
Then Gable to The goat did
.'ionr time has come; YOU u die this day
And took him the railroad track,
And there he bound him on his back.
The train then came. and the whistle blew:
Aud the goat well knew his time Wa due.
| Rut with mighty shrek Of pain.
Coushed up the shirt and tagged the train