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Gossip from the
/National Capital
fOR VETERANS.
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Foster ,.of Chicago
was delivering an
impassioned speech
TeceniliLJn advocacy
of a resolution of
sympathy for the
Boers, he called it-
tent ion to the fact that Chair-
man 'Hitt of thfc foreign relations com-
mittee was not in his seat. ‘
"I' wish, the distinguished chairman
of the committee was present that he
might hear what 1 have to say,’’ de- ;
dared Mr. Foster, Impressively. At
the same time he began what he *x-
* pected to.be a futile search of the gal-
-terios for the missing 'chairman.
"Jf he were here I would aay to hlm-
v that—r~”
Mr. Foster stopped short. He had
discovered Mr." Hitt sittiug in the front
row of the reserved gallery wlt^ a par-
ty of ladies. The chairman of foreign
relations had heard Mr. Foster's words,
and as their eyes met M. Hitt smiled
at the Chicago man. Foster dropped
hf* ejres and took a drink of water.
Than be continued bis speech, but he
never took the house into his c°nA-
>dence as to what he Intended to say
to Mr. Hitt had the latter not been in
lieakitfg distance.
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A characteristic story |s told of Sen-
ator Beveridges first experience with
• the.njagazlne editors, after he-came to
jf the senate. He had been approached
and asked to do an article on Boihe
stock subject. He .withheld his an-
swer, telling the retyresenitative that
he was busy and would think it over.
Then the senator began to Inquire
around among hie -colleagues to find
out how mpeb it.was supposed to be
worth for a1 senator to write » thou-
sand-word article. One ^senator bald
$23,; another said if the article was a
very good one Jt should be worth $100,
atm another said an article by a .man
Very well known, and who hgd a name
worth something might command $300.
Beveridge ijsaid. notlfing. but waited
for the magazine mhn to come round.
When he came; < ' \ -
beep thinking that over," said
nd I find I will not be able to
1th it for lesa than $1,000."
c," said the magazine man.
ut turning a hair. "1 have Just
inutes.to catch my train." and in
ent he was intojhls cab and off
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Good Stories Told of Men of Promincoco
J la tbo Legislative halls at
* - * Washington. , „
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HEN Representative The pertfhable peroration and
evanescent exordium are not
It along side of. - government
proprlatioiu U n representatives desires
to stand well with his constituents.
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Stories of x Interest; 16 pld Soldiers Who Wpre [the Blue
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for New York.
^jor One of the noted, accessions to the
5-' d-crz
viap minister. Joaquin Walker-Mar-
A WJ gtormv The. latter is one of the ablest
SuncU deHtr<Vainie$t men in Chill, and has
valuect one mi\hia country as a statesman, sol-
diplomat.
Pott Pi , Walker-MartInez la a bru-
ChioaROI V he tall, stately type. She da
oomprooi rounded, and although the
i daughter who will make
CotqufeM a deoil i*t season she possesses the
L lghtliness of a girl. Since'
Washington she . aas
fy
ivsrtfnu
tatives
isbltum
Senator Peltus solemnly arose as If
-t*/ address the senate. His tgll. and
venerable form towered above hla col-
leagulas. The senate became silent
waiting for the words of wisdom
which; should fall from his Ops.
With every eye updirtrim.-/Mr. Pettua
reached around into the tall pooket.
of his long frock coat and drew forth
a plugi of tobacco. Then he took a
chew and sat down'1 without saying a
word- Everybody smiled.
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OuAof the most promlnent’and pop-
ular cm the Western senators lif Fred
T. Dubois of Idaho, how serving Uls
first terra in thY senate. He was born
in Crawford county. Illinois, and aerved
as state audtynr before the Civil war.
In 1880 he ^eft Illinois and went-to
Idaho, where he has held important -of-
V in the Ooys of
■evening at IS* Oltl Hvn*.
Back to the hulluwcd hills which ehtwt-
h.MMl knew.
Made Sacred groimd by hbb«hum-U>s. sweet
■J. and true.
[/wandered .listlessly one summer jlay.
1 blotted ou,t the wsnteef woury years.
Folded the pnges that were Stained with
.....tfih ’ \ -
And fancied I was but a chlt.r at phay-
Hut when the evening came aim Twilight
Above the, gray-roofed home I lored -*•
■' - well, w 1
And-still no voice called frjun the vtne-
«Ud door,
I wept as only they ran weoi> who know
The loving voices of long ago _____ ,
Will call them from their childish sports Some trouble broke out In
no more. /■
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teET. arrow
(Irand Army Twins.*
Nashua, ff^TL. ha* on* of another
pair of living Grand Army twius In
the person of Warren A. Peabody
The other, Edward A..Peabody, is a,
-reatdrtrt- of Danversport,
They were children of. Warren and
Lydia pale Peabody, and were born is
WeDham, Maas.. In 1823.
Both are In good hsfclth except for
rheumatism, which was cou)ra(teil
during the war. Warrenv who lx
standing ia^the picture, was In ' the
Ninth/ New Hampshire,':’regiment,
which left Nashua, N. Ihi In Augupt.
'62. being in tKe-'hattles of South
Mountain, Anteltam/ Fredericksburg
and at the aelgVtJf Vicksburg,
He was injured at South Mountain
and later discharged near Neely, Mlap.
He oanjie direct to’ Nashua, where he
was in the boot and shoe business
for many years.
’.Cd ward went with a Massachusetts
regiment* which was stationed for
some time at a fort in Gloucester har-
bor.
Both are married. Edward having
s-evaral childrei). The photograph Was
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Sees and done much valuable service
for the state.. .Ia politic Senator Du-
bois U .a silver Republican, being ond
of thosf who withdrew from the con-
vention‘in 1896, after the adoption of
the gold standard platform.- His home
is in Blackfoot, Idaho.
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made many friends and gaiiW
admirers, both in and put of tQ
matic corps, and the promit^
come a prime society favorite. Ovd
“This session I make no spe
said Representative Owbman
com* in bis odd way while d
the question with * treasury HB*
who asked him why kd had remsl
Senator Burrows -of Michigan was
detained late one ’afternoon recently
at his committee room. As he had
dinner engagement for the saind even-
ing at 7 o'clock, be concluded he would
not go hppit, but would kend for hla
evening clothes and dress Tir hla -com-
[rltfee^rOom. So he telephoned home
for .hlsjiraMS salt case and hat box.
Promptly at 6;30i hla servant ap-
peared at the committee room beariiig
the deaired articles.' ‘Senator Burrows
thanked him, aud the mau departed. A
few minute* later the Senator. Anally
dinsing his desk, started to prepare
tor dinner. ~ ... 7"*“7
Sequel: Both the dress suit cage and
hat box were ertiptly. , His order had
been literally obeyed.
A dozen United State* senators are
condemned'-Tu occupy rooms in what
ia known as “the terrace." a subterra-
nean part of the capitol only reached
after • long/descent down the elevator
shaft and a lengthy walk tkrough dark
and ill-vent Hated passages. It Is ba<
enough to be- located there without
having to Suffer the aewnf~of~mbre
happily situated senators.
'For instance, when'Benator Scott, of
l^gst Virginia,- was emerging from bis
’ UungiWs-UFe location yesterday. Sen-
ator Clark, of Wyoming, hailed him.
“Hello, senator," he said; “how are
the cliff-dwellers?” s
And what Senator 8cott replied
ought not to be printed.
Speaking of seeds. Representative
Lacey, of Iowa, had a funny exper-
ience. He sent A packet of seeds to a
rural constituent, the franked envel-
ope, as usual, bearing the words, "$300
penalty for private use.”
The recipient ot the seeds was in
great distress of mind.
“I cannot put the seeds to public
use,” he wrote, despairingly, “and I
cannot afford to pay $800 for using
them myself."
I can get a good man to attend to tho
bnslneaa?’ ,
"Senator Washburne was silent
a moment and then exclaimed;.
•"'Tie veTy man tar the place! i
hav$ him! CapL Grant et Galena!’
''*vFor heavena sake, send him ai
.quickly- as you can.’ . T’ "I
"Capt. Grant reported for dntyfat
Springfield, was placed In the adjutant
ggneral's office, and began bringing or-
der out of chaos.
"A reg!ment--the T.wenty-thlrd—
wan raised In Chicago '* and Quincy.
Hannibal.
Mu., and fte Twenty-third was or-
dered there to quell the disturbance,
ihe gulncy men refused to go, claim.-
ing TfStf lhey cfldT not enlist tq Wght
their neighbors (Quincy ris Juat aerhss
.the river • from Hannibal). The Col
ohel of the regiment was a weakling,
thoroughly Inconfpeterit. Gov.- Yates
sent for Capt. Grant.
" 'Can you take the Twenty:thtrd
regiment to Hannibal?' Inquired . the}
governor. - --
“ T can,' replied the captain.
*' ‘You are in command, sir. Do it.‘
"CapL. pow Col. Grant, had neither
horse to ride nor uniform or accrou-
trementa to wear. He Anally obtained
an ordinary animal off William Cul-
derwood, a liveryman,, on credit, for
$150, and hla father's partner, Mr.
Perkins, loaned him the money to b\iy
his uniform and sword. '
"Then Col. Grant. In the gathering
sheAe of ntght. Issued his Ax»t order
In the" War of the Rebellion. ‘It was
for the Twenty-third Illinois Infant-
ry to appear the. following day for In-
spection parade. Thla made It neces-
sary for the men .to. have their -knap-
sacks packed ready " for the march.
Ordinarily such an order would mean
little, but when the Inspection parade
terminated the Twenty-third regiment
Tas twelve miles frgm Spring ibid on
the road to Hannibal with Aagona and
camp Impedimenta following In their
wake. , > -
"The npen did not/ealize wliat was
up and went into camp without a
murmur. The march was Continued
until Quincy wap reached. Hannibal
was Invaded and the disturbance end^
ed. Down the river the regiment Jour-
neyed. .and participated In tha battle
of Belmont, opposite Columbus, Ky..
and Grant’s career as a soldier started,
en route i5)r Appomattox.’’-^Mllt'au-
ke^ Sentinel. *•
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Kdwarrt W. and Warrsn A. Trsbody.
taken some eighteen ye^rs ago. Both
are members of the O. A. R. and
l. 0. .0. F.
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■rsssAtucky t
„)tRAL 'PV of
A* omnivorous reader down in Ksn-
wrote to Senator Deboe for a
every public document Issued
the government was established.
J'm sorry," answered ^Debos, "but
freight cars hereabouts are
^ «d credit U|
humanity and
loan aoldiara.
hatlrtfenly laid d
on tho country*
gar-
!or appropriation* for|
re made g))'’mfndtl
1 ^ ‘-r aecur* for my <lj
r. • - mol
£ 'mmm
enr-puBlIc build I
lighthouse will
r out my way
-A ' Oihes after the
Can." Grant's Opportunity.
How 6ld do you thLnk I ■ am?
asked J. H. Evans of Plattsvllle, Wl*r
In the'roftirse of a conversation remi-
niscent In character. '\
"Slxty-Hve.”-
"8evehty-one!1h
“I knew -Gen. Grant before, 'during
and After.the war," continued Mr.
Evans. He used to drive from Galena
to Plattevllle as s salesman for Grant
ft Per kin*, trying 4o sell leather. He
was not a successful business man.
Jeese Grant, the father, who resided
in St. Louis and was the senior mem-
ber of the Arm of Grant ft Perkins,
wrote hie partner telling him they
would have to give Ulysses Grant a
chance. ‘I know he Isift worth much,’
wrote the generai’g parent, 'he has
proved a failure in everything he baa'
undertaken. However, put him on,
pay him what you And he is worth;
and If it is not enough to support hlni
and his family I will pay the differ*
ence.’
Mr. Perkins put the future eoin-
mander of the largest army In ' the
world at work, traveling about the
neighborhood selling leather, and after
time concluded that he was worth
M45 a mdnth, paid him $90. and charged
Jesse Grant With half the amount.
This was told me by Mr. Perkins him-
self.
Gen. Grant was In Galena only a
short time when the war broke out.
A mass meeting was held, at which
John A. vRawllns, an eloquent young
ioy of \he le.
r
Sui
Ing
|u caused the social lights of
u,n mas/ heartburn* They
hla start coat and sloueh
Is h*yt of jrearlhg hla riding
Is not on horseback,
of tftllors has driven these
president intd the very
tmlMstlpn by advert lain
of Wa*Wi4%.
lent
m'
ol ^ft^ipeaklng Orant deciaretrThst.
having been educated M‘ the govern-
meut at Weet Point, he shn^iild Aght
for the government. He indVRa«rlinv
started In to raise a cotwp»ny\
“Before the ranks were
- ever. Gov. V'*•>»!* met |f<
ftjechi«9/
Fisht ll«* fore r<Unlmr(.
At ^ reunion of the Fifty-eighth
Massachusetts, regiment, the atta
Petersburg was told with tbrlUfl
feet, in which the regiment faced,
enemy in front of that city, capturing
190 prisoners, several ‘ cannon, * one
stand of calora, stc., for which achieve-
ment It was highljC'-oomplimtmied by
Gen. Burnside.
During the seige of/ Petersburg,
which continued for nine and a half
months, the Fifty-eighth tot *t\vo
months whs at the extreme right of
the line', and-was exposed to the ene-
>my’s Are every day,.*Th» Union Maes
ran'up three^sides. of the tHIl. witSTa
which was the mouth of the tunnel
.Chat led to the foot of the rebels’ fort.
When the explosion occurred s mats of
earth, mingled >sltb'over 200 human
bodies and many caupon, rose high
In the air. spread out like a fan and
then fell to the ground.
~ Two hundred Union cannon belched
forth and the Flfty-etgnth was or-
dered forward,. It found great diffi-
culty in getting to the front. When It
got there it rescued several rebels who
were burled in the debris./ The Fl/ty-
elgbth in getting to the crater charged
ovet{ the breaatworkdtithrough an open
Aeld and then charged a battery.
The enemy recovered from its panic
and opened several batteries upoq th*
Fifty-eighth, right and left. The firing
was too hot for the bravest, and the
line broke and fell back. Orders cams
to charge again. The men hesitated
for a moment, then obeyed, but only
to faU'back. A third order to charge
was given, and again we were obliged
to fall back. In the last rout the regl -
ment got scattered and most of It was
taken by the rebels.
The colored troops In the rear were
commanded to charge, and they fixed
bayonets and ruabed the enemy. When
all was ovsr there wars layers of white
and black men lying dead together.
Our men were bayoneted and were ut
terly helpless, so dense was the mats
of human beings in the trenches. Only
20 men came out of that battle atuf
gather. Our regimental colors were
captured, but Q«n. Meade decided that
R of the reglmfluy
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»UU Functionary*
A poor Parisian poet napied
/.during the reign of Napoleon
tdrcased an ode to Prloeees
jNapo Jeon's favor it* sister, i
lo the poet being waiting’ma
[princess, presented the od*. „
result that Pauline asked tor
°r M- Dubois, a man of superior
InUtor .Foucpe, delighted to p>$
the princess, called at ^he pbet'a
ble attic. The poet put hi*,
of the window of hit garret and
ing'a carriage escorted by gendsi
concluded that the holdouts of hl^
marks with regard to
peace had been badly received by
emperor .and" that they had co£i
arrest him. .Prompted by hla t
Dubois considered it most prudent
hide under his bed. The poet was
put and was sent to Elba-aa comm
jsary general of police. It wa* I
/time ere Fohohe and Pauline met,
the iprlncesa had difficulty in ren
’bating.the request that kJie
for Dubois. "Does not your ht
recollect-a fitter sent to me
three, months ago* most p
recommending a M. Dubois, a man of
letters, 'in whorii your highness took
the greatest Interest?" "On# mo-
ment," said the princess; and then
smile overspread hfr beautiful fea-
tures. "My protege. M. le Due! was a
poor poet, a relative of one of n.y
maids, . who sent ole an ode, Whai
have you don* with him? Hav* to
given him a stool In one of your
psrtments?" The minister,' net
st haying bees duped in that
ttjok particular cafe to suppress the
fact of his having made a grand func-
tionary of Dubois. Unfortunately,
Foucbe’a.-frlend* *t court got wind of
the thing amt thexe wus an end of'the
secret. Napoleon Himself was vattl
amused at It and bantered his n»:
ter. Dubois was recalled; but slrealTy^
300.000 francs had been paid to him.
HE MADE A TOO GENEROUS OFFF ’
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Dr. Knenos Wat Too
Klodfy Dit l.
Dr. Edward W. EmeVaon, the s ,)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, was wucj J
rtie victim ut his own generq*
the New York Tribune. I . * | .
where Dr. Emerson lives/?
best known characters 1#' ^dBlmple-
mlnded old fellow, whose Actions fur-
nish the villages with an Inexhauatibl*",
fund of amusement. Among the oddi-
ties of tho old codger, who ia locally
known as "Charlie," I* * fondness for
reading. No one has ever discovered
how much of his reading is for pleas-
ure, but "Charlie" is never seen with-
out at. least one book under his arm.
The other day "Charlie*’ came to Dr:
Emerson, and ,sa*id Sorrowfully: "Doc-
tor, they wor t let me t*ge books out
of the library nay more." T
I>r. Emerson has a fine private li-
brary, and, moved by the sadness in If /d
"Charlie's" tone, said kln^y ."''•Nbv^r RJ |
mind. Charlie.' You may take
book’ of mine you wish."
SatlsAed with this assurance, “C?b
lie departed, and did not return
several days. Then he cam* back, and
said doubtfully: "You said I might
take any book of yours I wanted,
didn’t you?"
The doctor assented, wonder!
what was coming.
"That means any book you o
doesn't it?" queried "Charlie."
Again the doctor assented.
"Well, then,” said "Charlie,"
umphantly, "let me take your mile
book."
EASY VICTIMS 'OF*
High-Rolling flayer*
IninMDH A
In the old days of gambling
who played highest
quentlyJ the ■ most easily
Wrothesly, duke of Bedford,
famously robbed by a g
era of whom Beau Nash
The duke had been pin
over $350,000 at hazard,
pectin* the dice to be loaded, |i
In a, passion, put them in
and t-efused to play or pay fn:
t|I he had examlnod them. H
to another room and fell
fording the conspirators the cl
pick hi* pockets and substitute
mate dice for the loaded. The di
on awakening and finding the i
correct played again and lost a 1
ther $160,000. Beau Nash, not gettl.
a sufficient share of the plunder, in
formed the duke, a sl“*'—" ^
venture befell a duke, of
In the last century. He
I he same ceremony of ct
dice and falling a*|eep
his possession. In 'this instance.'
ever, the thlevys got a notoric
perado to go JAto the room
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Work* af Clock Frozen.
The i’Hrerpool town hall clock was
(topped during .♦*»*
Jggt ,rtopped during *
latter werT^\wakt tea i
dice If ^ ^ -
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