Show CREDIT IS DUE UE I GIVEN TOO v SHOULD NOT FOLLOW RACES story teller r. r Tom Tern Ochiltree the great knows one yarn that he Is not disposed disposed B. B to repeat remarked Mr Frank Read of Dallas Tex at the St. St James In SIn unguarded moment moment mo- mo mo last evening an ment Tom told It to me me and Its It's good and I dont don't mind giving it to you It was this this this' way After the war a a. warm Gen Gene sprung up between Gf Grant Giant nt and Tom Torn Ochiltree although they had fought on opposite sides When Grant appointed a a. large number of people who had been under him to Federal offices he also appointed Ochiltree Ochil- Ochil tree tree Torn Tom had been under him In in ina a a. sense Tom was made United States Marshal of Texas Texas Well you know In those days days' Tom took a very deep interest In th the ponies and was a a. sort of patron saint of racing racing racing rac rac- ing In the new Southwest He was so much admired by horsemen generally that it became quite the thing for owners owners owners own own- ers to name their horses after him At Atone Atone Atone one time there were not less than a dozen hors horses s running under the name of Tom Ochiltree Everything went lovely until Tom came up to Washington several months after assuming his new duties In the course of his visit he he- called at it atthe the White House for a a conference with the President After talking generalities generali generali- ties for awhile Tom noticed d th that t the theP P President se seemed med to to have something on his mind didn't appear to be as frank trank and cordial as usual He finally asked Gen Grant what the trouble was was hinting that that the the Chief Ex Executive might not be satisfied with the manner mariner In which th the Marshals Marshal's office office w was b being conducted Well 1 Ill I'll tell teU you eyou said the President President dent dent I dont don't like the w way y youve you've been running about the country following the races I 1 see by the sporting columns col col- col u ns of the p papers pers that first In Louisville then youre you're In New York next youre you're in Saratoga and next somewhere out West I would rather you stayed at home and looked after atter your office Washington P Post st HE WO WON WOr-l THE GOVERNOR n A story is told of George Georgea a a sable sabe waiter who used to wait walt on Gov ov Hogg in Beaumont Tex when he h went to a a. certain restaurant Each day at din din dinner ner ncr George would receive from the Governor his is tip 1 George revelled in wealth He Me was the envied of all all' the other walters waiters He lIe was the h happy possessor of a a. good thing One day when the Governor entered the dining dining- room a strange darky Clarki st stood od b behind hind his chair Wheres George asked the Governor brusquely The new waiter bowed low lov Ise lse now sah he said softly But wh Where's Wheres res re's George again asked the Gove Governor nor Again his new retainer assured him Ise now The Governor Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor looked up from his his' paper sharply He was somewhat mystified and with willi increasing sing emphasis dem demanded to fo know where G George ohe was sas as anyhow yh w. w Well VeIl yo you see san sah began the newcomer new newcomer comer corner with some hesitation and I was out las' las night playing craps went l broke I won his his- pile pUe Then Then here here his voice dropped lower and his his' manner manner- he confidentIal he put you up agin 3 and I won So Ise lse New New York Tribune ENGLISH FORGERS The first forger on the Bank flank of England England England Eng Eng- land many nany of whose 5 notes have just been successively imitated was Richard Rich Rich- arc ard William Vaughan once C a a lin linen n draper of Stafford He employed a number of artists on on different p parts bf of the fabricated notes twenty of he deposited as a proof that he be was a aman aman aman man of means with a young lady w whom om he he- was about abou to marry No suspicion was entertained until one of the artists gave Information to the police poUce Vaughan was arrested and ex executed at Tyburn in 1758 1755 The last person executed executed executed exe exe- for forgery was Thomas Thomas Maynard Maynard Maynard May- May nard and that was In 1829 There was once a King of t the e Forgers Forgers- as as there Is in every branch of crime This mans man's name was Ralph Cooper who vho on the of March 1558 was sentenced to toi i fifteen en years' years imprisonment for forging I a check of on the London and Westminster bank hank In the spacious times of Elizabeth the punishment for forgery w was as by fine tine the pillory tl the e loss of both cars ears cut off the slitting an and searing of the nostrils the forfeiture of land and Imprisonment for life London Chronicle |