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Show A SELFISH THOUGHT. Apropos of the suits for damages that are continually being- brought against railway companies. President Francis of the St. Louis exposition said: "Many ot these suits, of course, are mere cases of unjust extortion. It isn't often, though, that the victim of an accident ac-cident Is as alert and resourceful as a man of whom I heard the other day. "A man and his wife were riding in a car that was derailed. Crash, bang. , it went, and then bump, bang. bump, down a steep hill. The man howled with terror, but the car soon came to a stop. He examined himself all over carefully, and found that he was quite unharmed. Then he thought In the same breath of damages and of his wife. " 'Are you hurt at all, old girl?1 he asked. " 'No, thank heaven!' the woman answered. an-swered. " "Then. said the man, I tell you what. Let me black your eye, and won't we soak the company hard for damages! dam-ages! It won't hurt you much. I'll Just give you one good punch.' " |