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Show J- - J X L OBEYED TIIE MJLE& v BUFFALO Show ' ta a ItfMt Cllod'. !,1 They tell etorlesin Louisville about fcek RaUway MllUoaalra Vajw. .4 the a tart which Tom Johnson, recently ' elected mayor o t Cleveland, made theie on his road to fortune, He went there i at the aye of H and secured employ-- 1 ment as an office boy at (2 a week in a foundry. His duties consisted of eep- - ins the office clean .running errand and picking up odd scrape that got into Mother peoples way. B. du Pont, who was part owner of tire foundry, saw the induatrioua office boy rusb one day t into the street, pick up a bit of iron and, returning throw It on the scrap heap Inside. When the boy re- . entered the office, hi it du Pont said to i him: . J Why did you do that, my son? Vhy, sir," said Tom, a bit embarrassed, there was no 'use wasting it. They can put it In the furnace and use it over again. . Well. I Just think I can use you, young man. In the street' car business. How would you like to come at J7 a 1: week?" Young Johnson accepted the $5 raise ' with alacrity. Mr. du Pont controlled the Fourth avenue and Walnut street lines. One bam was at Eighteenth and Walnut afreets and at Fourth avenue and Main streets was the drawing sta, tlon. All the cars of the system, had to pass there, and it was there that the, money was drawn from the big, clumsy boxes Into which the fares wertj dropped. One of the rules of the company was that as each bag of money was drawn, the drawer must carry it into the office, put It into the safe and hlose the door. To this rule Johnson. owed his promotion from office boy. Mr. du Pont was neldom at the drawing station during the day, and In time the drawer grew careless. No one bad access to the room but the draw-eraiid knowing one another to be honest, they formed the habit of care- lessly throwing the bags of money on ' the floor and piling them nil into the safe in a heap at the end of the day or when they thought Mr. du Pont might be around. One day the chief drawer was ill and'young Johnson, the Pont , office boyi was sent by Mr, du from Eighteenth and Walnut streets to Fourth and Main streets to help out. Johnson read the rules and In drawing the bag of money from, the first car, he bounded up the steps to the room, opened the safe, threw iu the money and slammed the door; 'J WhaS.ta- for?"-- demanded the bookkeeper, answered the . The rules say so, over his shoulder as he ran down the steps to meet another X.. s, fc. & w -- sub-draw- er -- ear,- The same thing was repeated a dozen times. Then the bookkeeper wheeled around and demanded: Dont you think Im honest? Do ' l any of that you think I want d d money? Dunno, answered Johnson, but Tb rule says, Put the hag in the safe and shut the door, and thats what Im going to do whether you like it or 'i. not. The bookkeeper Jumped off his stool Just as Mr. du Pont stepped in. Whats all this row about?" he asked. .This young fool is acting S3 If he thought I was trying to steal your money, the bookkeeper replied-- I was just obeying the rule, Mr., du Tout," spoke up young Johnson. Here It is," and he showed the 'president-o- ' f the company the rule. , All right, my boy said Mr. .du Pont, since you obey the rules so well Til make you chief drawer right ' now," ' Two years later, when he was 17, Johnson was superintendent of the , road. Utica Globe. . -- " r Cathedral, at. One of the show places in Buffalo Is 6L Josephs cathedral. Not long ago a priest was telling It in Gath that cathedrals were built only on the coast, and otherwise sensible persons were believing him. He would say that St Josephs is on the coast of Lake Erie. When Archbishop Hughes was laying ' the corner stone of this imposing pile the owner of the .adjoining building, a private residence of red brick, was chunking missiles of various kinds at him from the roof. The brave prelate merely crossed himself and troweled on, dodging Ilke-- a sea' target is a gale. St Josephs contains, among numerous historic rejjfg. the great organ which was emllblted at the Centennial, where millions breathed in its throbbing chorda Its carillon of bells Is the third largest in forty-thrthe world. The chime was manufac-- , tured In- - Munich and sjfcfiwn at the Paris exposition, where It took first ' The cathedral was opened In , prise. 1855. New Tork Press. ee - - , time arrives they And theres no sympathy for them. For months Ben had bullied the other buffoloeg 44, Golden1 Gate park, San Francisco. , Be .had three companions, ad whtlo-hwasnt vicious merely especially ripping open a horse as he 'aa being placed In the paddock he' Was a lover of rough hou.M one Qen got 0g j,jg feed, lie- - played no practical .Jokes. His companions didnt know what to make fat It, and they still kept at a distance from him. .As the days we At by the keeper noticed hat Ben s coat was losing its gloss. tbt he was getting thin and seem.ed fhakyasn bis feet. It was at the early morning feeding one day tbat-Be- n stood at th usual place, but, he ate noL Hla companions. being somewhat used by thld time to seeing him refuse Bis . food, cantered up to the breakfast place, almost touching Ben. To their Intense surprise Ben didnt manifest any resentment. When he was- - well he would have bellowed and butted 'hf such familiarity. Just J.0 see what would happen, one young bull gave Ben a shove, and Bea walked off little way. With a snort ot'seorn the three d bulls went to feeding. After breakfast they began to feel gay. and the same brash young fellow trotted Off," then turned and faced Ben, sounded the charge ,and charged. But the old fear dot the bet- ter of him, and a few feet from Ben he executed a quick right turn and faced about. Ben, however, never stirred. This satisfied the enemy, and be made a second ehgfge at Ben that meant business. Ben went over id a heap, yet rose pretty groggy but now in the ring, for he lowered his head and prepared to meet his jubilant, antagonist. They did meet, and- If was a knockout for Ben. Then the other two bulls, seeing that nothing more was to be feared from Ben became mightily courageous, and the three took out' their aqelent grudge until the hide and head Of Ben was scarcey fit for museum purposes. The bully bad been come up with. San Francisco Call 9 London Financier tvith Rivers Wilson, president of the Grand Trunk Railroad, has Just come to, the United States for a short visit, i Sir? Charles last transatlantic voyage waa made a few years ago for the purpose of investigating the affairs pt the rod of,which he la the head. That waa the second time he visited The occasion of his first America. trip n, year previously was, as representative of the European atockhold-e- rt of the Central Pacific Road. The total foreign interest, (01,000,000, had ifiWi - GOT, HIS PAY AT LAST. SinUoMlWl Ammlnff Story ot WSoa Bo Work4 lot Coelo bo. Col. Sim" Baston, now a ; repute f millionaire o t Wyoming, tells . an amusing story of the only direct com munlcatlon he ever had with the United States government- - In 1890, he says, while on my upper in Louisiana, I was tickled to get the Job ,of census enumerator. My bill against the government was (119, and I used to lie awake nights planning how I wpuU blow the money in. I was terribly disappointed, whemtha supervisor told me 1 y, Quid. have. to wait for a government check. He said, however, that the remittance would be along In a few days, and I began to haunt the poetoffice, ex peering to gft. it In tyery. JnallI kept that up ""for about slxty.daya; and meanwhile ; missed - several - . good chances "of getting a Job. About month later the other boys received their checks, but miae failed to arrive. 1 wrote a hot letter, to .Washington, telling the supervisor general all about my troubles, and In four or five weeks got a reply from the ninth deputy ot the fourth assistant clerk of the acting superintendent of the bureau of.kleks and walla He said the records show ed that all the enumerators had been paid,' Intimating, courteously, that was a crook and a bunko man, and requested me to fill out the inclosed blank - They were forma for filing claim against the government threw the bunch into the waste basket I decided not to devote my entire life to the collection of the (119. Ill forget this, I said to myself, and try to live it down. the fall of 1894 t waa spending my vacation In Denver, Colo., when I received a letter that had been chasing me all over the country and was black with postmarks. . It contained a check for (119, and a brief, cold, typewritten statement that the census bureau had found my account I cashed the check, took the money to a faro bank around the corner, put It on the ace and lost" Utica Globe. S X ! Broker Not Happy. This is a booming market, they tell me in the street, and the outside impression is that the brokers, of whom there are some 6,000 all told, are wallowing in wealth. It cannot be. Such aa do not speculate, but confine their business to the legitimate exaction eights and quarters for services ren dered, dqspise a steady' boom. What they want Is an active market with rapid fluctuations. In which' thelg customers both sell and biiy. The present market is dangerous. It is too- - onesided. The short ..Interest has been eliminated. It is a bankers; market, with abundant subsidies. 8o some brokers say. New York Press. ' Every now and then a mans The newest skirts from Paris, are very flat on the hips, and are made is stretched by a new Idea of aensarion, with and without very narrow folds, and never shrinks back to Its former back. dimension disappearing to nothing at the Lazineee begin s' with cobwebs Is one of the most satisal ends in chains. rertign Soni w sVeirtnimta The recent action of American capitalists In taking (50.000,000 ot the new British war bonds gives timely Interest to the article by PrOf. Uoolsey, in the May f'orum. In which he dlscuseqs the risks la all kinds of foreign bond. He points out tle fadical differences between government, bands and private loans. A government bond has no collateral behind it no property on which the creditor may levy In case of default , Th security of such a loan dspendrupon the credit and the i. good faith of the state that Jw Nor can the bondholder pfobee., against hU debtor by Judicial methods.?' His only, redress Is through the diplomatic Interference of bis government If he be a small and unlnfluential holder he may have to wait long before be can set the' governmental machinery to work, i' A I matter .of faet, all government bonds of all countries-arpurchased our of pure patriotism nothing else. The bonds sold inThis country go to British reeldentt here anxious to relieve the country, to which they owe allegiance. 7 In other WOrda, the bonds were taken by, branches , of British banks' doing . business In the United States."' gle-hand- ed ; . tain auceessful manipulation. In whicM tbe young man had been concerned la small degree, magnanimously Invited him to luncheon.. The young man Strove to be agreeable," and told t. number bf stories over the coffee,whicl seemed to aniese his employer, Then hgjold In elaboration hi latest Wall street yarn. There waa no response. I thought that was yery jfuany did Yes." the bltJVe ap rich," said the young T hope, you dont expect me to pro- man. heard It be. v - fore."' Perhaps youve pose to you?" - Why. Mamie, dear. I never gave the No, said tbe Junior partner slpw- -. matter a thought I er to tell ly, I dont think I ever heard It bethe truth. Ive only known yon for fore, but I know something about it. that Is to say t a I waa the bloke. f Im glad you did not ezpt me to The .young man la now. euty vatln propose. Im not that kind, I 'hope. the study of mnemonics. New York No, John, dearest. 1 couldnt be sotro? Evening Sun. H modest Im going to let you do the propoalng yourself. In the TOO AND JOHN BAD TO From the London Tit-B- it John," she said, as she toyed with one of his coat buttons, this Is leap year, is it not? :Yes. Mamie,, he answered, as he looked .fondly down on her golden beed that was pillowed on hi mat) y 'bosom. "This Is the year that' the proposing It done by the young ladles?" , way. The good enough fo me.. warn LONU TO way la And the gentle hrii) -- b :1 maiden gave her lover a beaming smile and the young man rejoiced that be had found such a treasure ot modesty. I . I rril THK AMERICAN WAT. From the Indlanapotlf Bun. After the duel had been fought the principals repaired to a cafe and ordered lunch. - Not exactly gourmands,, but hearty eaters were they, which caused an American who had gone to the exposition and had not yet earned' sufficient capital for the return voyage, to remark that It takes more to satisfy a Frenchmans appetite than it does his honor, Nq sooner had the words left his lips than Count do Boosleane struck him In Pie face with hla open palm. But lot Instead ot challenging the count and 'Liquid A.ir F'an Motor. wiping out the inault la mortal com The novel motor for driving a- ven- bat, the American simply smashed him tilating fan shown belbw. has recently between th eyes, caught him with ' a . .Well how 40 my poems fult you?" "Your poems, sir, will be read whea been designed by Oscar, Patrlc Oster right hand hook as he waa going down gren. The inventor states that the Ob- hnd then stepped on his face With his Goethe. Heine hd Shakespeard have , jects of the invention are the utilisa- bulldog shoes, all the time asking' tha long been forgotten!" tion of liquid air as a motive fluid for count It his honor was satisfied. The . Do you think so? Pm glad to bear you say so!" oount finally admitted that it was.. operating a rotary fan and the distriYes, but not till then!-He- Itje theMoral: no we of duel have Thats why bution; k Welt In ot land the free. ing the t liquid; about the room - r PUN PROM TIDBITS. tor cooling purpoe-b- y TONGCE TWISTERS. A It was a case of love at first sight means of the Susan Shines shoes and socks; socks fan blades. .The and shoes shins Busan. Bhs ceaseth B I thought he couldnt have got a real good look at her, of at the top globe shining shoes and socks, for shoes and He I want to know, once for all the. apparatus is socks shock Susan. used asa storage' Robert Rowley rolled a round roll who la the master of this house? She YouU be happier If you dont find reservoir for the round; a round roll Robert Rowley rolled round; where rolled the round out liquid, end may be , Charlie Your wife doesnt seem to filled - through e roll Robert Rowley rolled round. , In health. Bob No; aa fast Improve Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl and filling plug, or, in cases where a number of fans are used , In one oyster. It Oliver Oglethorp ogled an aa ahe gains strength she uses It up be owl and oyster, where are the owl telling people what is the matter with building, the may supply her. obtain el Srata and oyster Oliver Oglethorp ogled? reservoir. .ntrat Client Well, did I make a good witTo . set ' 1 the faa TH Wotfoir esmuij BhoramKhTraw-- s shrieking the valve underneath the reservoir Is youngster. If Sammy Bhoesmlth saw a ness? Lawyer Yes between you and opened when the liquid will pass down shrieking wheres the that stupid Jury you took some pounds youngster, through the pipes, vaporising by shrieking youngster Sammy Bhoesmlth out of my pocket, Client Why, I won the case, didnt I?Lswyer Thsts' aw? absorbing heat from .th. atmosphere the point; 1 wanted a chance to just The products of the vaporization will I went into the garden to gather rise through fhe return coll to th top some blades, and there I saw two pret- appeal Little , Harry had been Of the reservoir, where the pressure is ty babes. ' Ah, babes. Is that you his father for telling a whipped utilized to force the liquid continuousbabes, braiding blades, babes? If you falsehood by and he ran to bis mother for ly Into th discharge pipe, in addition braid any blades, babes, braid broad to driving the fan.Thhi latter result If blades,' babes, or braid no blades consolation. When I was your age I never told a falsehood," said his - , babes." Boston Herald. accomplished by allowing the commother.; When did you begin, mampressed f vapor to pass downward ma?" asked Harry. ; through the central tube to a small WBT BE WAS DETAINED, . turbine Just above the fan blades, , From the London Spare Moments. . THE SOCL or WIT. when Its force is expended against the Why In the world did you keep Is an announcement in Tbs following wings As the vapor is of a very low that errand boy so long, Janet" retemperature it la desirable to utilize it cently asked a lady of her servant, who the advertisement columns of the after It leaves the turbine for cooling has Just taken In a siphon of. sods latest number to ' hand ot the New York Herald: the room, and this Is accomplished by water. ' ' t, n. As useful Companion, Dally or Flea a,1 maam, he waited for the extending the outlet pipes Into th Wanted, sit by thorough eompj arms carrying the fan blades, where bottle!" glibly answered the damsel the air Is discharged in advance of the - Waited for the bottle?" queried her sup. yng per.; gd. Fr. Germ. Engl . scholar; typewr. gd. seamstress nd , blades, being driven about by the fan mistress , , t and mixed with the warmer aJr of the Please, maam, he wanted to know pack." 1 room. Evidently our contemp. charges Its if he could have a returned empty, so I drawed off all' the aoda waterTnto advtsrs. accord, to amt spice occupd. the Brain. a Jug and let him ave itl I drawed It tn ettng.. up thr. annocemta. The efStunting In many countries the heaviest burall off, maam! was the reassuring re- fect is deddly. plsng., and mt with dens tha people have to carry are borne ply, - W.. advntge. be lntrded, into other depts .a of tha paper. London News upon their beads. - In Mexico boys are 4 1. . early taught to carry heavy loada in "01 WAD SORB POWER. , this manner, hug water Jars being AN EXTINCT SPECIES, T say, Scribbler," said Sappy, how balanced with wonderful skill. In A lecturer in Hastings Inquired on earth do you think up all these many Mexican localities months and chawacters Can any one In this about? write dramatically, you sometimes years go by without A drop room tell me of a perfect man?" 1 take them from real life," reOh, of rain, and all the water the people There was a dead silence. nse baA to be drawn from wells and plied Scribbler, but they never susHas any one, he continued, heard for character the Instance, Take, pect often carried long distances. In the of a of who is Britten, Woodby perfect woman?" always picture Is shown a Mexican boy water Then a patient-lookin- g little womaa saying dooced this and dooced that Now thats a fellow 1 know very well rose up at the back of the room and but be doesnt know Im using him.", answered: Oh, come now, I say. How dooced There was one. Tv often heard oi elevah of you; dooced stupid of him, her, but shes dead now. She was my husbands first wlfa" Answers. though," Catholic Standard. -- CHARLES R. WILSON, been Intrusted to his care. Until recently Sir Charles Rivers Wllsoh was comptroller general of the national debt of Great Britain. In thta capacity he had charge ot 2i0, 000,000. The Income of this sum waa entirely lit hla control for Investment, and his management ot the important office' 6t comptroller waa In all ways excellent. This' London financier le not unknown to American men of affairs: Although somewhat unlike the financial leaders ot New York and Chicago In personal methods, he is yet a very shrewd and accute manipulator ot capital It was ha who .straightened out the famous Egyptian financial ts.ngle of 1876, His present visit is for the purpose bf trying to prevent the floating of the loan, in this country. An A.ncicnl Village School. Pocahontas, III.', the. otjier day cele'celebration brated. commemorative bf the erection in 1851 Of the .vniage 'schooT house, stll standing and In excellent, condition fot a frame' bifildlng half, a century old,--TbStructure was built before the days of public schools in that section, ot the country, and was consequently a private enterprise at the i semi-centenn- ial s fiv.- rwY-T- i - ... -- ' , , Per--ma- . POCAHONTAS ACADEMY, start - Later the building was turned lover to the public, and for many years 'retained its old name of Pocahontas Academy. The first name of the village for Amity, and by, some of the oldest inhabitants, the school was .called Amity Academy. A few preferred the name Hickory Grove Acad emy, because of the fact that for several years the official name of the town waa Hickory Grove, but majorities ruled In those days, and the majority,, among whom were the founders ot the school, gsvs It the namf by which it was known most widely and longest Pocahontas Academy. It will be observed that all insisted that the school should be called an Academy.' Pocahontas is now but a small place with A few hundred inhabitants, and it was much smaller in the early 60s. Pocahontas Is in Bond, one of the original five counties of Illinois, and on the 'Vanaalla railroad, about forty miles from SL Louis. . REVENGE. LITTLE Bypoerbe Iipwit . , ' J I would willingly give yon the money If I only knew that youd spend It wisely "Dont worry on that score, unde. The only beer I ever drink comes from the brewery where you hold the hulls of th stock. Heltere Welt1 A4 Panama Canal Heretofore all propositions for the transfer of the Panama canal, contemplated making this government a large stockholder In the enterprise without giving-- lt actual sovereignty over the water way, which, of course, could not be seriously entertained by Congress. It la now reported, however, that the government of Colombia, through Its minister at Washington, has offered to permit Ihs Panama company to transfer Its rights to the United 8tates, which leaves the way open for a direct bona fide sale of all property and rights. Mora RrUS f. ley- - It Is reported from Washington that ownership. Pt "How did you like my sermon thli morning?" asked th Rev. Dr. Fourth- - Panama Canal for Sale to V President Hutln of the company has made a formal tender of the canal, with all rights and concessions, to this government unincumbered by any provisions for Joint LACGHS. The youthful waiter has Just been Ignominious! discharged. "Landlord!" says he, I'm a guest now bring me a glass of beer!" Flle-gseBlaetter. - - de MEXICAN BOY WATER CARRIER, earner. Yon can see how be tarries the great vessel, the only the Jar a , MM OOOD STORE. ' This young man has a good place with a Wall street firm, and is anxious ; to get along." He also Ekes to shine as a raconteur, but hr has a very bad Old Painter Still at wo Thomas Sidney Cooper is said to memory as to details. However, the bt the oldest painter germ of the story sticks in his mind, actively engaged In and the pursuit of hi. he is able to make a good bluff He Is 98 art at years old and telling it Recently he beard a aa was early street Wall funny Nothing ,hl Uring aa a theatrical but the story end of story." scene Painter, It stuck to him. since then he ex- blbited 230 pictures week or so later th Junior partner, at the English A ta high good humor because of a cer Royal Academy. means for balancing single rope. , TWell." replied the candid communicant, there was one part of it that I thought you might have brought more ' to the front" ' What was that?" The preroratlon." Philadelphia: ? Presa, ' I i A QwitnIU Jwh. Mann Hatton What! Yonr not go lng to move? Brooke Lynn Yes, were obliged toj Mann Hatton Why, your wife tol4 mine you had the cutest little Hal - v Imaginable. Brooke Lynn 1 know, but tome' friends gave os a rubber plant aV Christmas, and its grown so that wWtm got to move to give It more room- .- Philadelphia Press- - r 1 1 - e - bb factory pleasures. ipit once-bullie- la Amtat Navlgattaa, M. San ton Dumont, who more nearly than any other aeronaut has ap- -i preached a solution of the problem set by the founder of the Deutach prizeI O; 4,000 for the most successful navi Mortality to G. A. R. Grand gable the since time airship, has been awarded first For the Army of the Republic was organised by the Aero club In recognition of the mortality in the order last year effort during 1900 to fulfill the went beyond 19.000. Within four or tlon of the competition, writes a p of the 400,000 mem- correspondent The contest during five year one-ha- lf have will 1890 passed from the coming summer promises to be bers in dally Interesting. rolls of the living. 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