Do You Eat Many Of These Things?

In speaklng ot the mischief-ruaking propensity of Senator Garland, the Washington Star relates the foUowiogexcrnciating anecdote of the Scnator's beinjr victimlzèd: "Butler, of South Carolina, Is anothcr mad wilg In the senate, ind he and (arland are constantly playlng jokes, more or less outrageous, on each other. Not long ago, as the Star learns, Garland hit Butler prelty hard- that is to say ho frot a very good one on him ; and Butler "kiid"for" the senator from Arkatisa-. Knoivin Onrlnnd's foixluees for candy lie proeured some caramela and also some cubes of brown soap, whicli, wfaen wrapped in t li X ii tissue paper, precfcely resembles, to the eye, caramela. Butler knew Chat if he tried to put the cubes of soap off on Giirlainl lic wmild fail, as the latter of eourse was on the alert, so far as he was concerned. So Voorhees, of Indiana, who sits uext toGarlaiid, was chosen for the confedérate. Said Butler to Voorhees, "here are two renuine curaraels - these others are cubes of soap. Go to your seat, lay the soap cubes on your desk, eat the geuuine enraméis, put your trust in provldence and say nothing." yoofhees did as he was told. Garland obperved the cubes on the desk, and Baw that Voorhees was e u t i m ir lomethifls with appareut rellah. "Helio," said Garland, "what are yon eatin?" "l've got a cold and am eatíog some tandy," replied Voorheea, very mucb absorbed In uoine apers in bis band. Garland looked at the couuterfeits wistfully for a moment - Hum," he said tinally, as he picked one up. "I've got 8omethin of a cold myself," and he popped the piece of soap In his mouth. Taire was a crunching 01 bil jawi and - he MW that he was eaught. Voorhees watehed him out of the tui 1 t bis eye, as did ¦ dozen of the o ld boys sitting arouml. Garland knew he was UUderflrei but he was determiued not to álncb. Aller ohewlnft bis soap for a ínoment he looked up to Voorhees with the Inimitable air of innocent eurnestuess that i characterlatlc of bitn, and softly askcd: "Do you aal many of these things when you have a cold ? " As Garland kejit on chewingand au almost imperceptible strip of lather formed on bUlips, Voortiees betaiuc alarmed and wentto Butler. ''The fellow's actually eatinj; thltt ttuff! Why, it will kill him, WOM t?" "No-o-o," drawled Huiler, "1 don't reckon anytbinj; will kill that man." Garland was 'game. He linislied his soap; and no man could ay that he looksd ai if he didn't en)oy it.