BUSY SESSION COMING
FOR SECRETARY TAFT
WASHINGTON.—It is a busy season
that Secretary Taft will have from
(this time on. To discharge what may
ibe termed his political duties the sec
retary will make two graduating day
addresses, one to the graduating class
of the University of Iowa and the
other to the students who will go forth
from the University of Minnesota to
grapple with, throw and hog-tie the
various problems of our complex civil
ization. These he will give oil some
time in June—if he gets back from a
trip to the canal, to Cuba, Porto Rico
and Santo Domingo.
Why he is going to the isthmus
everybody ought to know. No matter
whether the work hereafter is to be
done by contract or by the government
without the intervention of such an
agency Taft will need to be on the
iob.
The troubles of Cuba in themselves
speak the excuse of the secretary for
going to that island. Porto Rico would
like to see the secretary just for the
sake of having a look at him. Santo
Domingo, by the time Taft is rolling
aver the deep blue Caribbean, will be
under the control of this government
and Taft is the minister for the col
onies, so there is no need of a long dis
HOW may an ambassador keep the
wolf (not to mention the social
sheep) from his official door when his
miserly government grants only a nig
gardly pittance of, say, $40,000 a year
in our coin? Anybody who knows
Washington knows that the task of
keeping the expenditures of diplomatic
households inside the diplomatic limit
requires more fine figuring thah would
be needed to repair a dozen shortages
in treasury branches.
There is James Bryce, for instance.
He had the forethought to suggest
that £2,000 be added to the annual
stipend of the British ambassador
(himself), because of the constantly
increasing cost of living at the Ameri
can capital. The German ambassador
cried for help a year ago. The envoy
from Vienna spent almost six months
■wheedling the equivalent of 10,000 a
year from the imperial budget of
Austro-Hungary. When the pitiful
tales which emanate from the diplo
matic corps become public it seems a
miracle that the men are able to wear
boiled shirts, even on Sundays.
It has been said that soon only mil
lionaires will be able to accept diplo
matic missions, since only that class
can afford to accept a first-class post
on the present salary.
It looks as if this condition were
fast overtaking the cabinet set. The
pace ordained for the counselors of the
president is one which would deplete
a fat pocketbook. Recent additions to
the cabinet are men of large means,
but the majority of the members are
RETURNS TO CONGRESS
AFTER LONG ABSENCE
JUST 34 years ago Gen. I. N. Sher
wood was elected to the house by
the Toledo (O.) district. On Monday,
March 4, he emulated the cat that
came back. As the owner of a hiatus
in public life Sherwood is the premier.
The late Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsyl
vania, came back after he had been
out for 31 years. J. Warren Keifer,
also an Ohioan, was out for 24 years,
but Sherwood has the pas over them
all.
The general is not such a terribly
old man at that. He is only 72—ten
years younger than Senators Whyte
and Morgan and 12 years the junior of
Senator Pettus. Although a Democrat,
Sherwood bears the unique record of
never having been defeated for any
office for which he was a candidate.
There are a number of statesmen in
the Toledo district who hope he will
get as tired of Washington durikg the
two years for which he was elected
last fall as he got 30 odd years'ago,
when, after two years of life in con
gress, he decided that he had l\d
&
MRS. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH may
well be called “a chip of the old
block/’ for she certainly inherits her
father's taste for outdoor life in all
sorts and conditions of weather. Let
the day be ever so stormy, neither
wind nor rain can defer the president
from a tramp over the country ways
and byways. In fact, the more beast
ily the weather is the more he seems
•to enjoy being out in it, battling
kagainst the elements. The same de
jsire and will to face a storm is in
herited by his strenuous daughter.
A soft bpt heavy snow falling
ithrough night and all day has covered
•Washington with a mantle of white
[beautiful to look at, but decidedly
isloppy under foot.
Through slush and a drizzling sleet
and > rain, Mrs. Longworth, accom
panied by Miss Isabelle May, walked
[briskly up Connecticut avenue the
Other, afternoon. The young women
sertation on why he in going there.
It's simply necessary that he should
see.
Having performed his duties there
the secretary is at liberty to return to
his home and take his flying (figura
tive, of course) trip to the north and
west to make those speeches to the
collegians.
Then he will be off on a trip to the
Philippines, those far-off, dark, choco
late-colored islands where he left his
heart. If there is one thing above all
others that Taft desires it is to see
those islands formed into a strong
autonomous government. September
15 will be celebrated in the islands.
That will be Taft's birthday. To the
islanders it will be about the same as
February 22 is to continental Ameri
ans. Taft will be there to advise and
comfort the little brown brothers that
appear to be getting a degree of civil
ization that is not injected with a
Krag.
Taft, therefore, for one who is said
to have presidential aspirations, will
have about as much opportunity for
looking after his political prospects as
a Patagonian has of platting the next
transit of Venus—if the lady has a
transit.
WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS
STRUGGLE WITH EXPENSES
considered poor men or only moderate
ly well-to-do.
There are those in Washington who
assert that they cannot comprehend
how the president can afford to enter
tain as he does. They believe he is
living up to every cent of his salary,
and may go beyond it. If the British
ambassador cannot make ends meet
with $-12,500 a year, and another 10,000
added for emergencies, what can the
president accomplish with less? The
British ambassador can curtail his ex
penses at will. Sir Mortimer Durand
was a thrifty individual, and he must
have put by a goodly amount for a
rainy day. He never ^five but one
large ball in his three years’ service
here, and his dinner parties could be
counted on the fingers of one hand.
The British embassy is furnished in
sumptuous style, having finer silver,
china and general possessions than
the White House. The linen of every
description is sent yearly by the gov
ernment, and a large amount is sent
to repair and renovate the interior
every season. All this and no ques
tions asked.
Now, the president of the United
States receives 50,000 a year, the use
of the White House, the furnishing,
heating, lighting and decorating the
same on festive occasions. The 30
servants are paid by the public money,
except, of course, the maids, valets,
nurses, etc., that the presidential fam
ily might need. The only dignified
procedure in Washington at present
is for those who cannot keep up the
pace, to retire gracefully.
enough.
Sherwood was twice secretary of
state in Ohio, having been elected in
1868 and 1870; twice probate judge of
Lucas county, once mayor of Bryan,
O., and once prosecuting attorney for
Williams county, and twice a represen
tative In congress.
To get back to congress this time
he had to overcome a Republican ma
jority of 18,600. To do that he had to
earry Wood county, the home of his
Republican rival, by more than 900
majority. The year before the county
had given a Republican majority of
2,300.
Sherwood is a sport. He is the
owner and editor of a horse racing pa
per published at Cleveland. He has
been running that paper for 11 years.
Before he bought it he owned the Can
ton News-Democrat. It was discour
aging work to run a Democratic paper
in McKinley's home, so he sold out and
returned to Toledo, only to get back
into the business again via the sport
lng sheet route.
\ ALICE BRAVES ELEMENTS
Y)R OUTDOOR EXERCISE
evidently were out for a good tramp,
and watted with the air and determi
nation okthose who wal k for the pleas
ure of it\
In short Vcirts and wi :h no umbrellas
they wereVmite free to get the full
benefit of treir exercise, and the fact
that they had the street almost to
themselves oiw lent additional zest to
the sport. • %
Mrs. Longwoi^wore the short skirt
affected by the BKton girl, who dares
to shorten it a »le more than the
girl of any other town this side of the
Rockies. Her lighfWtown skirt was
fully four or five Jkbes from the
ground. Above this sSjSlble skirt was
a little jacket to mat|k with which
she wore a turban to (jk'espond and
brown furs.
Many a man fails to re^B the top
because every time he stoj^to rest
he falls asleep.
Castle of Mad King.
from stereograph, copyright, by Underwood A Underwood, N. Y.
Neuschwanstein from the heights in the Bavarian Alps, the magnificent
creation of the unfortunate King Ludwig II., of Bavaria.
WILL HONOR CUSTER.
MONROE, MICH., TO ERECT MONU
MENT TO ITS SOLDIER HERO.
Famous C2valry Leader Was Born
in Ohio, But Always Regarded
Wolverine Village as His
Home.
Monroe. Mich.—Though he was per
haps the most famous soldier who
has ever called Michigan his home,
there is as yet, *31 years after his
death, no memorial within the bor
ders of the state to Gen. George A.
Custer.
To remedy this the citizens of Mon
roe are now agitating the erection of
a handsome monument to this dash
ing cavalryman who, from his later
boyhood, always looked upon Monroe
as his home.
Though Gen. Custer was born in
Ohio and though his parents contin
ued to live there, with the exception
of one year, Custer himself went to
school at Monroe and spent much of J
his time there with his sister, Mrs.
Reed, who had married a Monroe !
man.
His appointment to the military ;
academy at West Point was given
him by an Ohio congressman, but it j
was always to Monroe that he re
turned for his furloughs during his
academy course as well as on his !
later leaves of absence during the
war. There he was married to Miss
Libbie Bacon, daughter of Judge Ba
con, one of the most prominent of
the town’s citizens, and there was the
sorrow greatest when the dread news
came on that Fourth of July of cen
tennial year of the annihilation by
(he Sioux under Sitting Bull of the
gallant, general and his whole com
mand of the Seventh cavalry on the
Little Big Horn in Montana, eight
days previous.
Since that day the federal govern
ment has made the site of the "last
battle” a national park, marked the
PENITENT PAYS FOR FREE RIDE.
Gives Railroad Price of Ticket He
Saved by Borrowing Pass.
Springfield, 111.—“This money has
been hurting my conscience for more
than six months, and I am glad of an
opportunity to refund it.”
With these words, a man the other
day tendered $4.75 to John H. Lord,
city passenger agent of the Illinois
Central. He explained that it was in
payment for a ride which he had
taken last July from Chicago to
Springfield on a borrowed pass. The
matter, he said, has been troubling his
conscience ever since, and he finally
concluded the only thing to do was to
turn over the money to the railroad
com pan}'.
After a little questioning he gave
bis name as T. E. Timmus, but de
clined to say who the holder of the
pass was or what occasioned his re
pentance.
Mr. Lord was somewhat at a loss as
to what to do with the money, but
finally accepted it and gave the man
a receipt for the amount. He has re
mitted it, with an explanatory letter,
to the general passenger agent of the
road at Chicago.
The city passenger agent of the Chi
cago, Peoria & St. Louis railway re
ceived a communication from a man
in Kansas City, asking the amount of
the fare from Pekin to Granite City.
He stated that he had stolen a ride
over that route, and his conscience
had troubled him so much ever since
that he wanted to pay the fare.
“Newsboy” 79 Years.
William H. Hyde of Rockland, Me.,
said to be the oldest newsboy in the
3tate of Maine, is 79 years old. He
was born in Portland, but has lived
for most of his life in Rockland, and
has been delivering newspapers to
customers continually since 1888. In
that time he estimates that he has
handled upward of 750,000 newspa
pers.
WEALTH GOING TO WASTE.
Cornstalks Contain Enough Alcohol to j
Run tl'e Country's Machinery.
Washington.—Professor Wiley of
the department of agriculture says
that inasmuch as every 100 pounds of
cornstalks will yield six and a half
pounds of absolute alcohol it is ob
vious that the ignorant agriculturist
has been allowing an enormous
amount of wealth to go to waste.
Say that one acre will yield from
ten to 12 tons of grain stalks, or about
20,000 pounds, and you have a quan
tity of raw material which will pro
duce 1,300 pounds of absolute alcohol,
or 216 gallons. Alcohol at the present
time is worth 40 cents a gallon.
Ground in a wet condition and
dried, cornstalks may be kept indefi
nitely, and are ready at any time for
conversion into alcohol. Professor
Wiley says that the alcohol derivable
from the cornstalks that now go to
waste in this country would not only
drive all the machinery of the fac
tories but would furnish the requisite
power for all the, railroads .and steam*
Charles R. Van Hise.
President of the University of Wisconsin.
route of the Seventh’s last march,
and erected a handsome monument on
the site where Custer himself fell.
But Michigan, on whose name he
shed luster by his command of the
“Michigan brigade" during 1863 and
1864, has done nothing toward pro
viding a memorial to his deeds.
It was Custer and his “Michigan
brigade” that during the civil war
restored the cavalry arms to the place
it had occupied in the days of Napo
leon, when the dashing cavalry
charges at Murat were an important
factor in almost every battle.
Appointed brigadier general wheD
but two years out of West Point for
gallantry in small actions as an of
ficer on the staff of Gen. Pleasanton
commanding the cavalry corps of the
Army of the Potomac, Custer was as
signed to the “Michigan brigade,”
composed of the First, Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh Michigan regiments ol
cavalry. At this time the cavalry
was rather looked down upon by the
other branches of the service, but
the tactics of Custer and his “Mich
igan boys” soon changed all this. In
stead of depending upon the carbine,
as the cavalry had done in the civil
war up to that time, Custer placed
his trust in the saber and in the effi
ciency of the sweeping mounted
charge to dismay his enemy. That
the cavalry came to be looked upon
as an effective force from that time
on was due as much to Custer and
his actions as to any other single in
fluence.
For a year he commanded the
Michigan brigade and then was ad
vanced to the command of the Third
division of the cavalry corps. His ex
ploits there attracted the attention of
the whole north and that of the south
as well, and his generalship during
the closing campaign which ended in
the surrender of Appomattox left him
with the highest individual fame as
a cavalry commander of an/ man,
either northern or southern, with the
single exception of Phil Sheridan.
After the war, when the principal
duty of the cavalry, to which he was
assigned as lieutenant colonel of the
Seventh, was Indian fighting, Cus
ter’s success was as great as it had
been against the southern legions,
and in not a single instance did it
fail, except in the "last battle.”
And even there the claim, made at
the time by Custer’s friends, that his
defeat and annihilation were the di
rect results of the failure of his sub
ordinates to obey his orders has
never been disproved, so that there is
nothing from his first action in 1861
until he was shot down in the midst
of his men on the Little Big Horn in
1876 to tarnish his fame as a brave
man, a gallant soldier and a brilliant
commander.
The citizens of Monroe have taken
up in earnest the matter of a monu
ment to be erected in the city of his
adoption and will probably go to the
legislature with a request for assist
ance in raising the money neoessary,
which it is figured will be about $25,
000. Two sites are being considered.
Makes Metal Teeth to Chew Jail Fare.
Columbus, O.—“Iron Teeth John” is
the name J. W. Rheam, an inmate of
the penitentiary serving three years
from Perry county for horse stealing,
has earned from his fellow prisoners.
Rheam is an old man, and at one
time worked at the jewelery trade at
Somerset. He has but two good teeth
in his head, and found the prison fare
rather hard to masticate.
With an old file and a piece of soft
iron Rheam supplied the deficiency
making a plate to fit over his two re
maining molars. John can chew any
thing now, for he has a set of “store
teeth” that he will match with those
turned out by any expert dentist.
At a home wedding it is faux pas for
the groom to be mussed up by sticky
children until the big doings are over
boats, run all of the automobiles, heat j
and illuminate ail the houses and
light the streets of every city in the
union.
Toes Are Worth $722 Each.
Green Bay, WIs.—A jury here has
fixed the price of toes at $722 each.
William Gussart, who lost three toes
while working for the Greenleaf Stone
company, brought suit to recover dam
ages and the jury awarded him $2,l&u.
Canine’s Grave Next Hers.
Milton, Pa.—Miss Sadie Laform,
who died here, left a bequest in her
will that her dog Charlie be cared for
out of her estate, and then, if ceme
tery rules permitted it, that he be
buried in a fine casket beside her.
Locks of Washington’s Hair.
Lancaster, Pa. — Mrs. Margaret
Snader, an aged woman, living in
New Holland, has several strands of
the hair of George Washington, given
| to ber mother many years ago by a
I member of the Custis family.
American Honored by Czar.
J. A. L. Waddell, a bridge engineer,
of Kansas City, Mo., has received from
Czar Nicholas of Russia notification
that he has been chosen to member
ship in the Society of Benefices, an or
ganization recently founded by the
czar's sister, tjie Grand Duchess Olga
This distinction has been conferred
because of Mr. Waddell’s connection
with preparing plans for the Trans-Si
berian railway. Years ago this same
engineer was made knight commander
of the Rising Sun by the Japanese
mikado. This followed Mr. Waddell’s
sojourn of four years in Japan, where
he had been an instructor in engineer
ing at the Imperial university at
Tokyo.
Interruption to Meditation.
Ye editor of ye Banner fell over a
cow lying down on the sidewalk as he
was returning from church Sunday
evening and the result was a skinned
nose and several bruises. Cows have
their rights as well as human beings
but we think it behooves the village
council to take some steps in the mat
i ter.—Hometown (Cal.) Banner.
For the Homeseekers’ Benefit |
By Theodore Wiaters Jf
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
“Did you know, Hocky," remarked
Mr. David Gimbold to his partner, Mr.
Israel Hochheimer," did you know
that just previous to his death, Ros
well P. Flower was planning a corner
in zinc?”
“No, I did not know it,” replied Mr.
Hochheimer, reflectively, gazing out
of the window of their Wall street of
fice.
“I’ve been thinking, Hocky,” went
on Mr. Gimbold, “that we might take
up the matter where Flower laid it
down. I have a notion that we might
corral the necessary funds simply by
modifying Mr. Flower's methods. In
fact, I believe we could get the gov
ernment to help us.
“Nearly all of our zinc comes from
Arkansas and Missouri. There is a
trust., but it is a puny affair, down at
Joplin, with a paltry half-million at
stake. For a peculiar condition ex
ists. Most of the land in the zinc
country is government land, subject
to the homestead law. The govern
ment charges a fee of about $14 for
every 160 acres of land, but every ap
plicant must live five years on the
land before he gets his title. Now,
if we could get that government land
we would be able to control almost
half of the zinc output of the district.
And we could force the trust to buy
us out.”
“Very good,” said Mr. Hochheimer,
as Gimbold paused for breath. “But
since no man can secure more than
160 acres, and since each applicant
must swear that he intends to estab
lish a home, and is not taking the land
for purpose of speculation, how are
we to get around it?”
“Hocky,” replied Mr. Gimbold, wav
ing his hand around comprehensively,
‘there are many poor fellows in this
city who would be glad to own land
in Arkansas or in Missouri. You
know a great many, and so do I.”
“Well, then, if we showed those
poor fellows how to get land free in
Arkansas and Misouri—if we paid the
government fee for them, and bought
them railway tickets to their new
“I Guess You’d Better Give Them Up,”
Said the "Plain-Clothes” Man.
homes, don't you think they would
be grateful enough to assign us the
right to mine whatever ore might be
under the surface of the land?”
"Davy,” said Mr. Hochheimer, feel
ingly, “you are a wonder.”
“But that isn't all,” said Gimbold.
“I believe there are many benevolent
old persons in this city who would
be delighted to subscribe to a fund
which we would be glad to manage,
and which would be used to transport
those poor fellows to their new
homes.”
“Beautiful," said Mr. Hochheimer.
“Simply beautiful.”
“Of course, it would not be neces- !
sary to say anything about the option
on what is under the surface, either to
the benevolent old persons or to the f
poor fellows, until after the latter
had started on their way.”
“But how would we hold them, in
case they refused?” asked Mr. Hoch
heimer, anxiously.
“Well, you see," replied Mr. Gim
bold, “as managers of the fund we
would go to the railroads and secure I
transportation in bulk. There ought !
to be a good commission in that. Of ■
course, those poor fellows will want \
their household goods sent on ahead. '■
We will be glad to do that for them, !
but we will not give each one a ticket !
until just before the train starts. I i
am sure that not one of them would ;
object to signing the option on the i
spot. In case any one refuses, it will !
be very easy to have one of our ‘in- j
vestigators’ suddenly find that under >
the rules of the benevolent fund the
ungrateful fellow is ineligible.”
Gimbold went into the churches and
the charity bureaus and among the
old gentlemen, and appealed in the
name of all that is kindly and true
for the relief of the suffering poor.
From the moment it got fairly launch
ed, the scheme began to take care of
itself.
“Great Caesar, Hockey, look there!”
It was the morning after that mem
orable Sunday when the three color
prospectus had formed the basis of so
many sermons. Hochheimer and Gim
bold had come down town together
somewhat late. They went up to
their office in a crowded elevator, and
when they got off at their floor the
crowd went with them. The corridor
was jammed from wall to wall with
an indiscriminate mass of humanity—
male, female, respectable,disreputable,
well-dressed, unkempt, native, for
eign—pushing and crowding, bab
bling and gesticulating.
There was no turning them away,
those poor fellows, for not only were
there clergymen among them, as Gim
bold had seen, but reverend gentlemen
were in many cases leaders of special
contingents of home-seekers, and many
others in. the crowd carried letters
Sram contributors to the fund which
were not to be ignored. It waa late
in the daj- before the last application
was received, the last dreary explana
tion made, the last golden promise ut
tered. Day after day the crowd surged
into the office and out again. And it
grew not only in size, but in its ex
actions, for humanity in general it
very insistent in the matter oi its
rights when they involve free-for-al
schemes. Then the notoriety which
the newspapers gave the scheme not
only increased the size of the crowds
but it brought in a couple of govern
ment inspectors, who wanted to know
if it was being thoroughly explainec
to each applicant that the non-specula
tive clause in the government con
tract would be rigidly enforced. It also
brought in a “plain-clothes man” from
Mulberry street, who caused the part
uers additional concern.
They set out upon their task with
callous disregard of the consequences
They were sending a horde of unfor
tunates thousands of miles away from
familiar associations, to mountain
fastnesses which in many cases would
yield nothing to the plow, and in re
turn they were exacting the only prod
uct which made the land worth the
acquiring. Summoned to their office,
the home-seekers came one by one.
and in the private room the question
was put to each. Some of them, poor
innocents! were eager and willing to
do anything in return for the boon ot
a promised home. Some had to be
coaxed, some wheedled, some threat
ened, and a few, who saw through the
whole business, placated. But on the
morning of departure Gimbold and
Hochheimer had secured signed op
tions on mineral rights from three
fourths of the home-seekers. The rest
were considered too risky to approach.
On the morning of the departure
they went over to the railway station.
Nothing but the fascination of seeing
the last of their handiwork took them
there.
in the depot they were given a rous
ing reception, and they beamed from
one to another of their dupes, and
went among the mothers and their
children, helping them to seats in the
train and bidding them Godspeed with
a benign courtesy that was beautiful
to behold.
In the end they were compelled to
make a speech—Gimbold made it from
the rear platform of the train—a
speech so inspiring in its patriotism,
so tender in its pathos, that the en
thusiasm invoked was tremendous,
and the people struggled with one an
other to get to the orator, who was
forced to retreat into the car. There
he met the government inspector face
to face. Back of the inspector stood
the “plain clothes man" from police
headquarters.
“And now, Mr. Gimbold,” began the
inspector, without preamble, “and
now that you have excited those inno
cents until their feelings are at the
breaking-point, what do you think they
would do to you if I were to tell them
that those options of yours rendered
their homestead claim invalid?”
“Why, I—I—” stammered Gimbold.
taken aback, 'T—I—don’t know what
you mean.”
"Oh, yes you do,” replied the inspec
tor, calmly. “You have with you
signed options on all the ore bodies
underlying the claims of these people.
Suppose I tell them they have invali
dated their titles?”
“I don’t believe it,” blustered Gim
bold, hotly. "It’s a point of law—it
would have to be proved!”
“Granted,” said the inspector; “but
those fellows wouldn’t wait for the
law to settle it if 1 told them of m>
doubts.”
“Well, what are you going to do
about it?” demanded Gimbold, revert
ing to that time-worn defiance.
“Why, I’m going to tell them, unless
you hand over those options."
“Never!”
“I guess you’d better give them up.
Gimbold,” put in the “plain-clothes
man.” "I d*n’t believe the chief would
like it to be found out that you had
disregarded his advice.”
Gimbold thought a moment. Then
the futility of resistance must have
struck him, for with an imprecation
hp pulled a thick wallet from his
pocket and handed it to the insDec*
tor.
• The crowd outside surged up the
steps and into the car, calling loudly
for Gimbold and his partner. The peo
ple wanted to see more of the men
who had done so much for them.
While the enthusiasm was at its
height the conductor called 'all
aboard.” The crowd instantly forgot
its gratitude and rushed for their
places in the train.
“Well, what do you think, Hocky?"
asked Gimbold at last.
“I think,” replied Mr. Hochheimer.
bitterly, “I think we have been work
ing for the benefit of the poor.”
Horses Saved by a Dog.
A Xew Jersey farm laborer went to
Egg Harbor City to do some shopping
and when he emerged from a store
his team had disappeared. Xo one
had seen the driverless horses go and
it was thought that they had been
stolen. The man walked home and
discovered that the house dog was
also missing. Some days later the
dog returned to the farm, got some
food and drink and started away, bark
ing furiously. He was followed and in
a piece of woods several miles away
the team was discovered. The horses
had wedged the wagon between two
trees and there they had stood live
days without food or drink. They
had gnawed the bark from the trees.
Peculiarly Unfortunate.
“Darn that bore!” exclaimed Sal
lery, after the-caller had gone. “I was
just beginning to write an article
when he came in and began to talk
and he made me lose my train of
thought.”
“That's too bad,” said Spacer, w-ho
was hammering away on a typewrit
ing machine at the next desk. “Your
next train, you know, may not come
along tor a week.”—Chicago Tribune.