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Show 1 : ZU f)an MMt Com ONE must travel thousands of miles to find prettier public grounds than those which surround the city and county building. They arc not only well planned, but are well kept. Visitors are liberal In their pralne of the Joint building lawn. It Is a beauty. In a headline which a Logan exchange ex-change employs to attract attention to a spicy news Item the following Jingle is found: Mary had a billy goat Its tall was short and bent; And every place that Mary noes The goat was sure to went. It followed hur to school one day And made her hot as fire, For Mary rode upon her bike And Billy chewed the tire. " " "Former Secretary Root knows con- slderablc about bugs, as his convention conven-tion speech would indicate, but he knows a whole lot about other things." remarked a Salt Laker, "He Is a good story-teller. ""I remember reading a story credited to him that I think was especially fine. According to tho former Secretary, there Is a Judge out West who Is not like tho average Justlce ho Is devoid of sympathy. "A criminal was on trial and was found guilty. He was told to stand up and the Judge asked him, 'Have you ever been under sentence before? " 'Not In my life, your Honor,' said the criminal, bursting Into tears. ""Well, never mind,' said the Judge, 'don't cry; you're going1 to be now.' " , "Tho writing of wills is a thing which men of means nre always concernod about, but which Jo the simplest thing In the world," remarked a lawyer. "Of course, an attorney Is glad to be called on to prepare a will that Is law proof, for the fee is usually a liberal one; but the faot Is, any man of ordinary intelligence intel-ligence may write a will that will stand the lire of the court's Inquiry, as well as a lawyer. Tho main tiling is to have the will so slmplo that it may be understood, un-derstood, and to have It wltnenncd. " 1 will that at my death all my proporty prop-orty go to my wife," will hold good in any court In tho land. Tho intent of tho devisor Is so cloar as to not be misunderstood. mis-understood. Yet thero are men who think that If they do not huve a will that mentions specifically all their proporty it will bo open to attack." Up In the National park lc said to be a petrified foroet. Soveral years ago a Boston party vlalted tho park and was dlreotcd to tho wonders of that foroet wharo tho trees had turned to stone. Ono of the myriad of guides who aro always ready to relieve tho tonderfoot of hlQ money was approached and asked if ho could pilot tho party to tho petrified petri-fied foreat, Hp declared ha coqld, hot added that was not a circumstance to the ptny forest In tho part of the country )t k camo from. "Why," sold he, "'most ev6r?tii j, down there lo peetcrtled. Thetrtati not only pcetcrfled, but thehoiiaii g cattle and tho people Is peeterflei WtJ I know a caso where a hunter westw j, to kill a bird for a sick frl?ct tj q there he stands to this day, peettrM i- "The hunter wus vlolatln' tb ui T: and he was peeterncd Just ae tt w ehootln the bird. The sn:okt irop M rifle was peeterfled, een. Yea It w for sure. And the bird, It waspeettrW Just as the bullet hit It nnd U k In the air to this day Just where lt killed by that hunter." ' l "Nonsense:" declared the Bostcsua "If it had been petrified it would i have remained in the air, Wff; have fallen to the ground Gravida would have caused it to fall' , c "Well, maybe It would Iriu. t you folks come from." the guide rep l undaunted: "but down whers 1 -T t gravitation Is peeterfled, too. ' ; 6 Somo of the cities of the Ealt ( States preeervc the pelts of Wj P) V' death by the pound-keeper. The are said to bring a conrfderRDie re,fw . Speaking of dogs reminds ra ij sinco the health department I a narrow escaie convincing "i f that a neglect of duty wa ou J encounter with a white bull wr Z has been no complaint that the nu unfortunates have been wlecvl; ,u Even battles with bulldogs haeiw compensations. 1 .. A dog Is not always mad wh jjf'Jj , down the street looking to the nV" J to the left, with frightened er - 1 frothing chops. He may be MgMeuj and thirsty. , , . . (Mt i c Let the report be circulated W ' c dog is mad. and a crowd W"!. A ouit. the best dlsposltloned- dog State will make out a n himself. He will become frlgjtnj first time anyone hoots at mm. j wlU start a foot race as soon as w j an attempt to follow Mm. e . u V persons Join the chase, the "a , will become, and the first W knows some fool will begin sfeMjg tho dog or pelting him with u ; Nino chance out of ten the dS i frightened. He may -ha c (been , ing for water. His fr.otll'nn beoflC tracted attention. So"lcn scared. Imagination Euppljd tne A chase resulted and wound up dead dog. , -vi, H3K Few dogs have hydrophobia. " dreds of dogs aro klllod as sitspeci r- to Councllmen are to rf !a Jt World's fair In a .Lef their comfort. Bait Lakera a aM tho members do not toll In i mJU of tho gentry which Mr - Folk lg going after. Somo of the ltbe men aro a little too HA oxohaquer without, any. |