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Show fiot so Big as He Thought. It is voraciously chronicled that once upon a time, while traveling west of Omaha, Mr. Charles Francis Adams was visited in his private ear by a typical typi-cal cowboy, dressed in regulation costume, cos-tume, says the New York Tribune. He was as much above the average height as Mr. Adams was below it. Turning to the railway president, ho inquired: "He you Charles Francis Adams? " "Yes," was tho reply. "Charles Francis Adams, president cf tho Pacilic road?" "Yes." "Gracious, but lexpeeted to see somebody some-body seven feet high! You ain't as big a man as I thought you was, anyhow!" |