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Show Senator Hale's Costly Boys. When Senitor Kugeno Hale married tho daughter of Senator "Zack" Chandler, the latter, who was a great lover of children, said: "Now, Gene, I have no use for people who don't Increaso tho census returns. I want you and Mary to raise a family, and I'll Bettlo ?10,000 on evory boy you have." Timo passed, and tho Hales were so regularly blessed with children of tho male persuasion tht the frequency fre-quency with which "Zack" Chandler was called upon to redeem his prom-Iso prom-Iso with checks became a jest among his friends In Washington. One morning morn-ing tho president recolved the following follow-ing telegram from Senator Chandler: "For God's sako give Eugene Halo a foreign mission! His wife has got another boy." |