Show THE HE WIDOW SHEARS S EARS AND ALL SHE HEARS I an says mine A young friend of the repair charged with hman Lord Loru of the rear of telegraph wires in were Roberts's army when the Boers particularly active on the line of communications communications com com- black boys one or 01 two had one chief ask a a. sick and decided to of hundreds who was In charge of some his tribesmen repairing the permanent way to supply them The witha with a a. hat on his head was sitting the corner of a a. with his back against truck smoking a short pipe To him loud and very our engineer speaking clear In words of one syllable said V We W Ww want two vo e w want a two boys two boys telegraphers V We W Ww want two vo e w want a two boys two boys telegraphers two fingers fingers fin tin I at the same time holding U up gers and pointing with the other hand to certain boys near The The auto Ba-auto swell took his pipe out of his mouth and slowly repeated the request You You want want two two boys and So our engineer engineer engineer en en- friend said It all over again Th The auto Ba-auto without changing his expression expression ex ex- in the least replied in incisive and rapid parliamentary English I dont don't know how far my Instructions authorize authorize authorize au au- au- au me to detach two boys from the repair of the permanent way to assist assist as as- you in the telegraph department However I will stretch a point and do domy domy domy my best to accommodate you the editor edi edl- We Ve recall an Incident say tor of Zions Herald of Boston which occurred many years yeara ago and which was very influential in helping the writer to correct notions concerning the daily dally pr press ss In a private te circle of friends made up largely of ministers the daily dally ne newspaper r became the Subject subject subject sub sub- of conversation mainlY conversation mainly of severe criticism criticism and condemnation Among that company was an Governor ex-Governor a aman aman man of large experience in public life able honored and revered and familiar for fifty years with Journalism Finally Final Final- ly after patiently listening to the the- criticisms criticisms criticisms he said gently but firmly Gentlemen Gentlemen Gentlemen Gen you are mistaken The public press is indispensable for the nation of information and for the direction direction di dl- of public In the main it is right and beneficent It is almost miraculous in its alertness in going to the bottom of things and usually it is correct and can be trusted trusted The hold that Holland has on It its East Indian colonies is rather ous The Archon war stretched over well nigh thirty years is having a a. period period pe pe- nod of recrudescence that will sadly try Dutch resources The Tambi war war- h has s also kept the the Hollanders busy Strange to say in both districts the Dutch troops are doing what the Dutch condemn In South Africa Africa burning burning farms They are even destroying y yng ng whole h ie villages Europeans are just waking up to the fact lct that the pressed steel freight cars of American railways present great ad ad- vantages An American firm has delivered delivered de de- livered since isso 1896 more than cars of this class which are now in in us use in inI America Australia China Japan I I India dia Egypt Mexico Mexico beside beside a a very few in South America m ric an and Eur Europe pe The Bri British tish East coast will be be the the scene of the the next next exhibition of wireless wireless wireless wire wire- wire less telegraphy A mast feet in inh h height Ight with Marconi l apparatus Is being being being be be- ing placed in position at Withernsea from which messages will be flashed to Stavanger the nearest point on th the coast of Norway An unconfirmed report from London says that when ex Hogg of Texas now in that city was told that when presented to the King he would have to wear wear court dress he exclaimed excl Either I go as an dressed American-dressed Hogg or I stay home New New York Tribune |