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Show TRIED AND FOUND WANTING Trouble with Colored Boy Was "All Take Hold and Mighty Littld . Raise." A southern congressman who maintains an expensive establishment establish-ment in Washington during the winter win-ter season ia accustomed to leave the engaging of servants exclusnely to the discretion of an old darky butler, but-ler, ho has for years : been a devoted de-voted servitor. , . ' "Dick,". said the congressman on reaching' Washington one day not long ago, "that yellow boy Joe we had a short time la.ft ycat Wants to come back to me again. What do 3011 think of him?" "Colonel deorge' responded the old butler, with convincing gravity, "I has tried dat boy an' he's no good, sahl I tested him in do case of movin' de pianner. I found dat when it comes to liftin', dat boy ia all take hold an' mighty little raise. Dat'a a pore sign o' character, Colonel Col-onel George, a pore sign of character char-acter !" Ilarper'a TVveklyi |