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Show Hor$e Gpis Life-Titus Life-Titus Gets. Steed City Commissioners, Confronted With Knotty Problem, Employ Em-ploy Unique Solution. That old puzzle about the man who came to the bank of a river with a fox, a goose and a bag of corn and was confronted con-fronted with the problem of taking each across separately without leaving the goose to the mercy of the fox, nor the corn to the goose, became a tame affair indeed last night as compared to ttie feat propounded by Commissioner Heber M. Wells and executed by the city commission. com-mission. , Recently "Dr." Titus, a well-known character about town, applied to the commission for ?100 damages for the killing of a horse by the humane officer. Titus declared that he was nursing his horse back to health when the humane officer interfered and killed the animal. The claim was taken under advisement. In the meantime. It fell out that one of the city's horses at Liberty park became be-came ill with the heavel, and on recommendation recom-mendation of the park custodian a decree de-cree went forth that the animal should be duly relieved of Its troubles by being relieved of its life. Fortunately the decree de-cree went astray, and the ailing horse went to the estray pound, where he began be-gan to Improve without the beneficent aid of a pistol bullet. The other day "Dr." Titus renewed his claim and threatened to sue the city. The same day word reached Commissioner Commis-sioner Wells that the city horse was stilt alive. A happy thought struck the park commissioner, and he propounded It to the commission last night thusly: Why not revoke the death order against the city's old horse and settle Tltus'u claim by turning the decrepit animal over to him. It was done. Titus has agreed to the settlement, and so a damage suit lias been averted, a faithful old horse has a new lease on life and "Dr." Titus Is satisfied. Commissioner Wells was the Recipient of congratulations. |