Show SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES I Sow Dewey Silenced Long I CArmy and Navy Journal 1 Here is l a story of Admiral Dowey which i ILls i believed has not before appeared in I print When in the fall of 1S97 he was an 1 i applicant for the command of the Astatic I squadron life official request I was 1 not 1 Viewetl with any degree of favor by the I 1 department and he was politely for thpy i I always i do officIal things no matter how I 1 disagreeable in a most sublimely courteous 1 1 courte-ous manner refused the assignment Finding that hw could not make it I through official circles her I tried political ones witn the result that through influences in-fluences he revtdveti the coveted command It was not thc intention however of the department to allow him to depart unre buK u for bating forced hi orders and 1 ho was summoned oho day to the presence of the secretary who told to him Commodore Com-modore Dewey your orders ti > the command com-mand of tiie Asiatics squadron1 have been Issued but against the judgment of the department which deed J not fees that YQU hold the propel qualifications for such a portion anti which also de ate tho fact that you haVe eniployecl political in fluenoa to secure the Assignment So I replIed the commodore in a musing torte MayI Mr Secretary ask you one question ques-tion in reply to time statement you have made Most certainty Then went on Limo commodore if YOU so disapprove the use of political Influence to fescure personal ends how did you achieve your present position In the cabinet Mr Secretary Secre-tary The answer of the department Is not recorded Growing a Grandmother He was a wee little man only 3 years old but very brave courageous and uncomplaining un-complaining more courageous and uncomplaining un-complaining than anyone knew for though he was only a baby ho had trials to bear says the New York Times The family had gone to > a new country In the far wtst the mamma Itttle man and thie sister a little older It was a very new country very different dif-ferent from the city in the east where they had left many friends relatives and nearest of all a dear old l grandmother grand-mother The mamma was so busy in her new home that she had little time to devote to the babies except to sea that they were kept clean and well fedS fed-S > the little ones were loaesdme sometimes some-times as mamma found out one day in a way that brought the tears tQ her eyes eyesTh little 3yearold had been very busy and very quiet making a big hole I in the ground with such earnestness of purpose that fearing the little fellow was planning some mischief she went to see what was being done The hole was completed when alma reached the pot and in it had been placed something some-thing than she took out and examined with wondering curicrblty It was the sVingest thing to go into a hole In the groundan old daguerreotype a picture of the dear grandmamma at home Why baby exclaimed mamma What are you doing with this I fought said the little man with a quivering lip and all the pentup loneliness lone-liness of homesickneps In his voles ash as-h trieil to explain I fought mayb if i planted it anozzer grandma would STOW Looking for a Square Deal An Australian coming up on a recent steuiner fell in with two sharper who led him into many wagers says the San Francisco Argonaut They were Ii in vcriaby successful that he became sea I picGus that they were fixing the bets I but each new proportion was so tempting itI J1l ttoslO W SXttetrttl that ho could not reeitt it At last us they approached the GoWen Gate he eountetl up the remnants of his roll 1ie ely 00hh 3 Gentlemen he said to them t I find I have just 122 in American money left I Now I will risk it all if you will let me name the last bet > t Tho others were curious and knowing they could not lose much consented and asked what his proposition was It is this he said Ill bet you 22 that I can yell louder than the ships J steam whistle Of course Ill lose he added but by jingo I know the whistle cant be fixed I |