Show tremendous TRIFLES 88 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON ORDERS ARE ORDERS rr FERDINAND GOUGES GORGES was wag a S SIR colonial p promoter ro moter and his greedy eves looked across the sea into the uncharted territory of 0 the new nen world his dreams were concern concerned ed with colonization iniz niza tion atlon twice lie he had sent i vans lions only to meet disaster on the way tho the curl of warwick agreed to be 4 sir r ferdinands partner both ge gentlemen had heard rumors of a group in lloyden leyden who were eager to be sent into amerlia lAmerl Amerl ca this group had already purchased and manned the SpeedwelL speed well i and arid were also buying the large three mast ed ad vessel named the mayflower the two titled schemers thought that here hera was a ready made colony for the taking the rewards were viere worth risking a fortune sir ferdinand placed his bis own captain on the mayflower the banwag man was wag prie one mr jones an ex elrate his patron had rescued him from jail and andee he was ready to take orders the ma mayflower 7 left london late in july 1020 2 0 with captain jones and a rowdy howo crew of his bis gathering they were to meet t th e speedwell out from leyden and then the two boats 7 were ere to proceed to virginia or so BO weir their passengers thought the afie had other orders from his master twice the speedwell sprung a leak and twice put back for repairs members of her crew later confessed that they had deliberately caused the damage because they lin e v el vessel was headed for the hardships of new england finally in september septemo er them the mayflower sailed after a perilous trip land was sighted but it was not the tha virginia coast that the passengers baj patents had promised the leaders insisted that captain jones take them southward but he be r refused and headed for the tha dangerous waters of cape cod sir SIF ferdinands orders were orders I 1 0 tremendous STOMACH ACHE RANCE was passing through a political pov FRANCE Flit leal aphea upheaval V al after therall tha the fall of the second empire during the aranco war of the monarchists were determined to rule rille but there wa was a trong strong sentiment tor for a republic the national assembly ly which would decide the issue was almost evenly 1 divI divided did with a slight edge in favor of the monarchists the vote was to be taken on june SO 30 1875 As the tha roll boll of the assembly was waa called balled the whole hole atmosphere was tense with excitement cit cite ement mene tor for the balloting was very close there was no so sound und in the chamber buethe the grava grave valco of the he president he called the name of monsieur leu irant there was no anaw answer ee sur ased faces turned toward the chair lof of that deputy etwas it was vacant tho the absurdities that interfere with politics polities were operating to prevent h hla 19 response deputy leurant had a stomachache stoma chache that hat morning a bad one he managed to sit through the preliminaries limin aries suffering with the griping pains itco of colic alc but finally he could stand it vo no longer the president ent called his name in vain Leurant ri vote would have been for the monarchists as ho was known to bo unswerving in his devotion to this form ot of government while abil e he wis was alsenz absent the assembly wa wag s deadlocked to finally as wa was S provided for in such emergencies the president cast his vote aa favor of the republic france might still be imon a monarchy it if it been for this stomach ache LITTLE GADGETS BIG MONEY TING Q GILLETTE looking at the nicked clicked china of american me men n and g up the millions of hours bours they spent in stropping their razors devised a safety razor with replaceable blades his profits are sald to have beao pen a year for several years I 1 BT sturtevant a wooden shoe ahoi peg which was much cheaper and just as satisfactory as nails it made for him p hyman anda out ot of other persons mistakes he put a rubber tf tip on on the end ot of i a I 1 lead pencil to they could rubout their errors errors of eIlIng gra grammar amai el eleand c tand and start over again i samuel Kisch fischbaum baum a tailor had managed to save ile he invested the whole amount in a new gadget a hook book and eye arrangement tor dresses within a few years his had grown to k ereal 4 a PI umber sold his shop chop and invested the proceeds in a gas gaa mun mentis tle that investment paid big dividends to so it Is said eald joseph glidden a farmer may maj or may not have been the first to think of twisting short abort pieces of sharply cut wire at regular intervals around ether strands of wire but he made 1 I L out of his barbed wire busl 1 1 ness ns later he invented a new type of barza arm gate and within two years it showed a profet is invent a little gadget that the public wants and make big money out of it it if youre lucky I 1 ch 06 uncoil |