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Show CURIOUS. -- -'" -If a certain Utah mine owner is in his usual state of clear thinking, he is doubtless adjusting his affairs so that he will be sure to be at home 1 1 on the, 8th of November, in order to vote,for he is I a thorough American and he, holds that it is the 1 k duty of every American to be so much an Ameri- 1 can, and so true a citlasn that he will add his I ; will through the ballot, to that of all the miilipns I whose ballots control the Nation. If he is still stubborn and perverted as in the Qld days, the chances are that In will vote for Parker and Davis, decause he is of the old school of Democrats Demo-crats and he still has a lingering belief that, no matr how niany mistaken his party may make, i it really has the only safe underlying principle on i which rest free and enlightened government We have cited him merely to Illustrate a ouri- ous fact. He has been chief owner and director 1 of several valuable mines for several years. They have ben superbly handled, too, and there are no more capable men in charge anywhere than thole to whom he trusts the laborious details of the m work. - Wel now imagine someone calling upon 1 him, some lovaly October morning, and then im- . m agine the following conversation: 1 Caller Mr. , I have called to talk over 1 a very serious matter with you." k Miner "What is this sgrjous matter?" 1 Caller "Mr. , I think fqr your own good M you should discharge your superintendent and the jB whole body qf miners In your employ." m Miner "Do you? In the name of heaven, what for?" " ' '''" I ,al-';Because I an theJo 9MJS J intendgnt, and I have some hungry relations that 1 I want to get situations fpr." i Miner "Well, 1 llko your inodeaty at least. If there is anything you, want and don't see, ask ft it. But why do you think I should make a ehange?" QaJJor "Well, one of ray relations, my wife's brother, told mo that the impression vas that your work Was being extravagantly managed." Miner "What did he know about it?" Oaller "All he knew was what hia father-in-law told him," Miner "And where did his father-inlaw get his 'information?" i Oailer "I think from a tramp that your super intendent found Stealing rich ore and kicked, off the dump. He said the superintendent was too dangerous a man to be trusted in such a position." Miner "You are a first-class miner, I sup-j sup-j pose?" Caller "Well, I have been around mines a good deal, but was never under ground." Miner "You are a first class machinist, I suppose?" ;rQaller "No, I cannot say first class, but back lit Illinois I ran a corn-sheller one season." Miner "Your relations are all miners, I sup-nose?" sup-nose?" Caller "Lord, no. They are sheepherders, but think they could run a mine easy enough." Miner "What have you done all your life?" Caller ' Why, I tried clerking, but they caught me robbing the till and I lost my place; then T tried school-teaching, but the boys threw me out the second day; then I tried fishing, but they would not bile. 1 have done most everything." Miner "Have you over made a 'success at anything?" Caller "Well, I can't say I have, at least not the past few years; but things have gone against me. I tried a livery stable, but I dropped asleep one day and my pipe fell in the straw and burned ths barn down. I tried preaching, but the people (they were dull folks) thought I lacked magnet-Ism, magnet-Ism, but I have an idea that my field has become too contracted, that if I had a chance I would surprise the people; then I have some theories ' that I would like to work out, and I promise you that" But he did not live to complete what he had to say. , After the coroner had viewed the remains, ana decided that the work was thoroughly done, that no inquest was necessary; after the body had been removed and quiet restored, a neighbor passed the pfflce, and aeeing the mine owner through an open door, called to him and asked him how he was going to vote this year. The answer wont back: "How am I going to vote? Why, for Judge Parker and ex-Senator Davis, and the old-time Democratic principles, of course." And still ho had killed the incompetent who wanted a job. |