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Show Thu husband of scrubwoman In thuTreaiury having w rltten to Beuatcr Hoar, mournfully complaining that tils wife had been employed I'lere four jeara, atid then hal been dltmliscd Is cause "her lufliicnie" had "died," thuBenator wreto the following note to tho appointment clerk of the department: depart-ment: "Can you resist the athos ot thu acesuipauylug note? Can you not takuflty onri oor woman whose Influence' In-fluence' la dead? I am occasionally a pealed to tiy orphans who have lost their father or mother, and wt Jowa bereft be-reft of their hushandi, anl parents who have been compelled to I art with Ihelr chlldnn. I suppose your htnrt I well vtceled to appeals even under such melancholy clrcumstancss, but I think the poor woman who has survived sur-vived her MulliioticV Is untitled to your profoundealcommlssrrsllon." The late Prof. Couch Adams, one of thodlscovrrersol tho plauet Xepluni, good natuitdly remarked to Ida old hciKrkitporatlho time of his great achievement! "Janet, with Iho next l'auitl dlscuver 1 will give you a gull ea." Yean after thu astronomer aald to a friend, In rospousu to an Inquiry! In-quiry! "Thu only result nf my rssh t romlse Is that now I can never go out at night lul that sho suict ma of dlicovi ring 1 lansl on Hit ly," |
