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Show Senator Hale's Costly Boys. When Senator Eugeno 'Inle married tne daughter of Sena-or "Zack" Chandler, tho latter, who was a great lover of children, said: "Now, Gene, I havo ti) ubo for peoplo who don't Increaso tho census returns. I want you nnd Mary to raise a family, and I'll aettlo $10,000 on every boy you havo." Tlmo passed, and tho Hales wero so regularly Messed with children of tho malo r rsuaslon that the frequency fre-quency will- 'hich "Zack" Chandler vns called upon to redeem his promise prom-ise with checkB became a Jest among his friends in Washington. One morning morn-ing the president received tho following follow-ing telegram from Senator Chandler' "For God's sake give Eugeno Halo a foreign mission! His wlfo has got another boy." |