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ARTHUR SMITH AS A ('All DRIVER. SECRETARY UTT TAKES A RIDE. CHARLIE JOHANNES OUT FOR BUSINESS.
LINE-IT OF "THE RAINMAKERS" COMMERCIAL CLUB MEMBERS WHO WENT ON THE SOUTH PLATTE EXCURSION.
Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People
r,.v,c , r.i., 1 ..h in hinnkPt followed. His nouy horses, and will have access to all para- "All nival men have large mouths." "All a slave, and a loyal, great-hearted, loving
SI called President Roosevelt was 'staked and lost. The governor's face phernalia and trappings. Two months ago ureal men have largo mouths!" exclaim.! worshiper of his master Years went on
I "..v . mnnM wore a wicked smile. "Governor. ' said the the artist made sketches of the president 'he general; "why my mouth is not above and the war continued. On one day an olll-
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consular BDDointment. In answer Indian, "you got my money, my saddle, for his battle piece. Since men ne nas , ...e ... uC .... ..... - , , .
to the president the visitor said my blanket and my pony; now I bet you my journeyed to Cuba, going first to Havana,
te had no doubt Senator Perkins would give squaw." i ne governors expreabion m uu.. aim renm.uius utn, a ujuuiu m o.iuii..B".
bulk!
te naa no aouut Eenaior rerhnis wuuiu Bi-- -i -- - - - -- - - - Alfred licit who Is freiiiieiit lv credited
ST. adrdeon;eacondH.raTm not indulge l doubie bles-ings of this ,n or witnessed the battle. Before leaving ZJt
furlough stopped with General Humpton,
who learned that the man was going to Co
lumbia :
"Here, Sam." said ho to his body servant,
"you got married the day before you left
home, and It Is now three years since you
South Afriian affairs. He Is a highly pol- have seen your Dinah. This gentleman Is
lshed, courteous, reticent, well-balanced Knn in our old home, and 1 have asked
delighted and always after that told the Mark Twain tells the following story In "lttn "f the world. wh.Kse Ixmdon home has hlm to tnke you along. Get ready. Sam.
story to illustrate what a great man was the North American Review: "Once I was been furnlhhe.l with a s. rurulous eye to the you lu,ky Mlow. ll B a great lhluil.,. for
h''nPrmlttPd to leave the 'room after the variety; but if you will promise never to the place he mastered every detail of the with whnl he was so long associated lu
senator. I want to hear all he says, Mr. play poker at-'a'.n I will give you back your famous fight.
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story
Not the least picturesque figure at th Governor Nye. received In private audience by an emperor.
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coronation of King Edward will do maono - TT . " garded as cue of the best-dressed men in mi ertllt teflr well...! .... into h.....
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an Indian state wltn a population oi aooui inraiu.-u.-ricv. . ------ - ,
2 500 009 He will be attended by a retinue mother, a victim oi panlsn crun y, m u me wnoie episoae to nun wua cousiuerauu
of 120 persons and he has chartered an obscure cemetery In Bayamo, with a wooden elaboration and nice attention to detail
avoidance of display. He tpends a great you.1
deal of his time on horseback, and IS re- Th servant cast his even on the Kroiin.l
London, abhorring a wrinkle as much as "Are you tired of "me, Massa Hampton?
SingJ Badadur, the maharajah of Jeypore.
ith a population oi anout pres.ueui-e.ev-i i uu-. . Cecil Rhodes d. tested fine clothes. Nearly he 8ajd ..Why do you want to get rid of
be attended by a retinu mother, a victim of Spanish cruelty In an the who e episode o him with considerable al, thQ c(.rk8 ,n urc -f "ou want t0 a rl"
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vey him and his suite to London. The ma- all tokens of respect and love, he and h's Impressed me most. I said: 'His majesty!
cracy. Mr. licit was born in Hamburg tlon that Sam must want to see his wife.
forty-nine years ago of an i.l.l and pros-
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harajah Is 41 years old and has ruled ma menus . ,7fc 7; ' , R .i T T Z I'itous Hebrew family.
state for twenty-two years He Is said to In a stately tomb bearing a tablet with hU out from his presence and find tho doorknob
be descended through 140 generations from Inscr ption: "Candelarli Palma. whe 8e be- the best I could do; It was not allowable Wilkius uroorietur of the Wash
Rama, the greatest legendary hero of India, loved son Tomas has returned after thirty , face around Now. the emperor knew It ,"ndJ0
r .... r, .ln her a rhr Btlan hurlftl." u-nnlrl ho n HlfBcn I nrilenl fnr me tiern.inn '"K'n lost, sajs lliai uurillt, nis nrsi am-
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would be a difficult ordeal for me, because
of lack of practice, and so, when it was
puign for congress he went to a ratillcatlon
and that this was a good chance.
"Well, then, I don't go a step, massa,"
Ha id the slave. "I'se a gwiue to stay along
wid you."
"What for, Sam? Don't b foollHh."
"What for?" the servant answered in
l.arned English time to part, he turned, with exceeding ''"'"8 " bmall town and found to his nh.er astonishment ; "what for? Why, if I
When the late Congressman Cummings
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was a Washington correspondent ne re- v. arm a. ...a. ..... .,. - . "-. -""V " . -" "-;:; . ? horror that none of the ext.e. ted sneakers go ami h ab vou. w hat vou Ewh,p to do. u id
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;m hi. .rrlv.1 in this country an old In my own way without fata seel. me.' He r""1 : ra'ra '. ." " " " " " ,D al
not be bothered. Cummings drew himself woman called at the delegation upon some struggled along inwardly for quite a while;
up and said very deliberately: "You seem matter or minor Importance and was granted then he said, with the manner of a person
to forget Bir that there are three parties an audience with the anable apoeiouc aeie- who nas 10 say someming ana mmn i any
seekine this 'interview vou. the secretary gate. Then ehe startled the people of thing relevant to say: 'You Bald he had
take keer of you, and what you gwine to do
tempt a speech. He did su, talked for about widout me, uias.sa?"
of state- the correspondent of the New Washington by assuring them that the new handful of special brand cigars lying on
York Sun. who comes to you on a perfectly delegate was an Irishman. "Indeed, then, table?' 'Yes; I never saw anything torn;
proper errand, and an American citizen, he Is Irish," she said, "because I heard him them.' I had him again. He had to fur
who considers himself the equal of any man talk. And
on earth, and who will not be Insulted by Kelly?"
you or any other person." Mr. Seward
promptly Invited him to sit down and gave
him all the Information he wished.
Bure, isn't
fumble
his name Man In around in his mind as much aa another
twenty minutes and then gave out. Not a
si.ul in the hall applauded, and to mak't
in alters worse the chairman rose and said,
,.. solemnly: "If there is anybody present his bag and went home to Columbia to walk
match ,n!lt can make a speech we will be glad to humbly behind the faithful servant's body
near irom mm. at tne funeral.
Sum died while the general was in the
United States s nate, and his master, hav
ing word of the loss by telegraph, packi d
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minute before he could play; then he said Kiits,; anglers and every year the latter So1 s,lll,h I'ussel ued to tell of three
$ ,n mean wy ever neara a person B,.s trout flsllig i Vermont at sunrUio mtl "tC1'8 r "ni he waa very fond.
Vassili Venetchagln, the fain us Russian "y anything: 'He could have be. n count- on the ist ot May The other day Mr. Thev liv'd In Kansas City and one after-
Frye was sitting in his chair in the senat-; """" n" lo"K 1118 youngest tot for a walk.
gazing at tho ceiling when he waa handed He also bought her some candy, saying
artist now resident at Washington, has es- lug the cigars, ycu know."
tablished an open-air studio Just outside
n iik In the '60s Governor Nve of Nevada of Fort Myer, and proposes to spend the Besides being a royal gourmand and t the following note: "Dear Frye: How she might have It when they reached home.
was an inveterate poker player. One time summer there painting a picture of the person of unusual size General Wlnfield can y0U 8t there when the Ice is out of Tno ,hlla tirgi'd: "Let's wun, Uncle Sol,'-
while at Stillwater he was playing poker battle of San Juan In which Presid nt Scott was probably as vain a man as may the lake? Proctor." Senator Frye sight d out he P'eaded that he was tired. Then thi
In the presence of Capsue, peace chief f t Roosevelt, then co'onel or the Rough be discovered outside or the realm of litera- BO loudly upon reading tbl missive that little one plumped down on her knet-ss on
the I'iutes. Capsue asked the governor to Riders, bcre a conspicuous part. The spot ture. General Keyes, author of "Fifty his colleague felt sure he bad received ,ne sidewalk and prayed: "Oh, Dod, p'eane
play with him and the request was granted, was chosen because of Its pleasant sur- Years' Observations," was reading to him bad news. make Uncle Sol wun." The actor thought-
The play was two bits ante and a dollar roundlngs and the near vicinity or a garrl- an article on Henry Clay. In which the size i "Well, It's a question or my losing my dig.
limit. The Indian's capital was $10 and son where many veterans or the Santiago or Clay's mouth was rererred to, and the Win n the civil war broke out and Wade nlty or or her losing raith in God." And
the governor, who cheated outrageously, campaign are stationed, aome or whom the writer had added that Burke, Mirabeau and Hampton went to the front, relates Julian so the pair ran as fast as they could,
soon won all the money. Capsue then put artist will use as models. He will, too, be Patrick Henry all bad mouths or extraor- Ralph, he took a negro body servant with "But we walked together no more," be
up his saddle, which quickly went with his permitted to make studies rrom the cavalry dlnary size, concluding with the remark: him. The man was a companion as well as used to add.