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SUNDAY MORNING.
CUTTING HIMSELF OFF.
The Dlout Way In Which Chaplain
Cannon Refused a Fortune.
The Rev. Edward Cannon, a chap
lain to Kin? George IV., was a dog
gedly independent man. On one occa
sion he refused to compliment his roy
al master on his singing and for a
time fell into disfavor.' His manner
was high handed and not always too
courteous, but his actions were always
on the side of right and justice. The
biography of his friend Barham, the
author of the "Ingotdsby Legends,”
contains, among other anecdotes of
Cannon, the story of how he disinher
ited himself.
A silly old lady summoned him to
her house and pretended to be declin
ing in health. She told him she had
made her will, by which the whole of
a considerable fortune was to be left
to him.
”1 don’t believe it,” said Cannon aft
er a pause, in which he eyed her
doubtfully. The lady assured him that
the document was lying in a desk in
the room.
”1 won’t believe it," persisted Cnn
non, “unless I see it.”
Smiling at his incredulity, she placed
the will in his hands. Cannon read it.
"Well,” he said deliberately, "if I
had not seen it in your own hands, I
could not have believed you were such
an unnatural brute.”
Thrusting the paper between the bars
of the grate, he continued in a severe',
low voice: "Have you no one more
nearly connected with you than I—no
one to whom your money should go,
who has a right to be provided for
first and best? Pooh! You don’t
know how to make a will. I’ll send
for a lawyer, and he shall make your
will. You shall leave me a legacy.
There’s no harm in that, hut Pm not
take it uil to please you.
ma'am!”
HOUSES.
The Simple Eriiiaiialtoii of a Very
Ordlaary Phenomenon.
An instance of nonfamiliarity with
simple scientific facts Is illustrated by
mi article that goes the rounds of the
press once or twice annunlly—iiameiy,
the story of the electrified house. The
article usually states that someone
has discovered that everything lie
touches in his house —the radiators,
picture frames. bunquet lamps, etc.—
gives him an electric shock; hence he
fears there is some connection between
the arc light wires and the water pipes
near his residence. The electric light
inspector Is therefore summoned and
reports that the wires of his company
are intact and that the electricity must
come from some other source.
It does not dawn on any of the peo
ple consulted that the discoverer of
tlie phenomenon is unconsciously per
forming one of the simplest and oldest
of electrostatic experiments, the shuf
fling of his shoes over the dry carpet
raising the potential of his body to
several thousand volts, which discharge
at every opportunity. One may even
get electric discharges from his knuc
kles against the brass lock of a hand
bag which lie may be carrying while
walking on a stone pavement during
cold, dry weather.
But, dismissing newspaper science,
it is somewhat astonishing, In view of
the many ways in which In cold, dry
countries electricity Is unintentionally
developed and manifested by spark
ing, that the first knowledge concern
ing this phenomenon did not come to
the ancients in this way rather than
by the attraction of light substances
by amber. The explanation of tills,
however, may be that the scientists of
bygone days did not reside In cold, dry
countries.—Gassier’s Magazine.
When to Knl’Frnlt.
The question Is often asked, At wbat
time of day should fruit be eaten? In
tropical countries, where fruit is the
chief article of food, the rule appears
to be that the earlier in the day it is
taken the better and the later the
worse. In hot weather many wise
people will eat none after noon, alleg
ing that the digestion then declines In
power with the decline of the day and
the fruit, instead of digesting, decom-
Iloses owing to the presence of the sac
charine matter. The objection to fruit
and certain kinds of vegetables late In
the day, he the explanation tjbat It
may. is certainly justified by an ample
experience, though some persons can
eat fruit at nil hours without feeling
any inconvenience.—Table Talks.
A. Plea For Courtenf.
We have lost the old Bowery forms
of politeness, and now we never waste
"Thank you!” on a fellow creature who
Is not of our own immediate circle. A
tradesman does, but lie knows It will
be charged In the bill. I wonder wbat
will bring us back to the old sweet
ness of manner? Why should not the
customer in the teashop or the custom
er in the postofflee say "Please” when
be gives his order and the other spare
a "Thank you!” when he has paid his
bill? It makes life run so much more
easily.—Girl’s Realm.
Not to Be Inspected.
“Pshaw!” exclaimed the professor to
the student who was rehearsing his
Latin oration, “you are too solemn.
There’s no life in your speaking at all.”
“Of course not,” responded the stu
dent lively enough. “You don’t expect
it in a dead language, do you?”
The Way a Woman Begtnu.
, “Have you finished that new novel
kd?” he asked.
dear. no. I’ve hardly begun,”
K answered. “In fact. I've only read
last chapter.”—Chicago Post.
are first mentioned by Syne
bishop of Gyrene, about 300 A. I).
with Mexico in-
TOOL THAT ALMOST TALKS
Vet Its Complicated Mechanism Can
Be Tended by a Girl.
The most highly developed of ma
chine tools is the automatic screw ma
chine, and, like many another con
trivance for saving labor, its home is
New England. It is a development of
the ordinary steel working lathe, the
intermediate step being tlie monitor
lathe, in which the various cutting
tools protrude from the side of a steel
turret like thirteen inch guns from a
battleship turret. In tlie nonautomatic
screw mnehiue the turret is revolved
by tlie operator so ns to bring each tool
Into play, just as tlie turret on the old
Monitor was revolved to bring one gun
after another into action. But in the
automatiiN.machine the work is done
Without human guidance.
In making screws, nuts, bolts, studs
and other small pieces that must be
turned, drilled or threaded for watches,
cloeks. typewriters, electrical instru
ments and other mechanisms all the
operator has to do is to feed the
“stock”—a long, thin rod of steel or
brass—to the machine. Tlie feeding
mechanism carries the rod slowly for
ward into the field of action. The tur
ret advances and puts its first tool at
work on the end of tlie rod. When this
tool has done its task, the turret with
draws it, turns and advances a second
tool into action. Each cutting tool
around the turret has its distinct work
to perform—one cutting a thread, an
other shaping a head, another putting
on a point, another drilling a hole, still
another putting on knurling. The tur
ret automatically brings each of per
haps six tools into action, and when
the work is finished the completed
screw drops into a pan. while the
“stock” is automatically fed forward
to begin the complex operation again.
A stream of machine oil pours contin
uously ou the work to carry away the
heat, and the little metal cuttings col
lect in a heap under the machine.
Hour after hour this wonderful au
tomaton goes through its cycle of oper
ations, the turret clicking every mo
ment as it brings anew tool forward.
Small brass pieces, on which but one
tool cuts, are dropped at the rate of
four a second. Large screws of com
plicated design upon which a whole
turretful of tools must work are cut
from a steel rod at the rate of one or
two a minute. So perfectly are these
screw machines constructed that an un
skilled workman can operate a row of
them. All he Is required to do is to keep
them fed with “stock.” In some shops
girls tend the machines.—Success.
* **
Mixed Mein
A German lady In a town in Ventura
bounty had a daughter who was her
mother’s pride. Tlie mamma hears
somewhat of a reputation as a Mrs.
Malaprop and is also a prosperous mer
chant. On one occasion the daughter,
who assists her mother in the store,
was by dint of hard work among rela
tives and friends chosen as queen of a
street carnival to lie held in the town.
Maternal pride ran riot in the elder
woman’s breast. To a friend she burst
forth In ecstatic strain:
“Ob. mein Mollie! She vas so peau
tiful as neffer vas! Here vas no gerrel
so peautiful as mein Mollie! Und she
vas sooch a goot cook -mein gracious,
she vas sooeli a goot cook! TTnd she
vas sooch a goot tressmaker! Oh, dere
vas no gerrel like mein Mollie! Und
she vas de best clerk vat I offer haf in
mein slitore! Und she vas a goot niu
eicianer! Oh, mein Mollie vas de great
est gerrel vat efifer vas! She vas yust
a jack of all rabbits!”—Los Angeles
Herald.
Kooky Vn(ora|ili Allium.
Probably the oddest and most pre
cious autograph album that has ever
existed lies in an almost unknown cor
ner of western New Mexico.
More than two centuries before our
Saxon forefathers penetrated the des
ert of the southwest the Spanish pi
oneers, wandering through those lone
ly wilds, found a rock so noble and so
remarkable, even in a country of won
derful stone monuments, that they
called it “El Morro” (The Castle).
Wishing to leave some record for fu
ture generations, they traced with the
points of their swords their names up
on its rough surface. Those names
are there, with dates of their inscrip
tion—in nearly every instance the early
part of the seventeenth century.
Promfwlnjyr.
Landlord—ln one word, tfflen are
you going to pay your arrears?
Hard Up Author—l will satisfy your
demands as soon as I receive the mon
ey which the publisher will pay me if
he accepts the novel I am going to
send him as sosti as the work is finish
ed which I am about to commence
when I have found a suitable subject
and tlie necessary Inspiration.
I'npfr of the AneientM.
The interior bark of trees was for
merly used to write upon, and its Latin
name (liber, a bark) seems to inti
mate that its use was as ancient as
the art of writing itself. In nl re
spect the bark was superior to tlie
leaf. It could be rolled into a volume,
while the leaf would crack if subjected
to such a process.
The in bridged Channel.
The teacher asked the boy in the ge
ography class whose French grammar
la the one bane of tils life:
“What separates France from Eng
land?”
“The irregular verbs,” answered the
boy earnestly.
Dry.
Invalid—l understand it Is quite dry
out here?
Broncho William—Dry? Why, stran
ger, it’s so dry here that the rain is
wet only ou one side.—New York
Times.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
A POPULAR DRUG STORE-
J. E. Morgan’s Emporium is Rapidly
Forging to the Front in This City
Among the many enterprises re
cently founded in this city, few of
them have been quite as successful as
has been the popular Morgan’s drug
store, at the corner of Newcastle and
Gloucester strets.
The business was purchased from
.1. H. Polhill by ,1. E. Morgan just
about a month ago and since that
time many notable improvements
have been made, and Mr. Morgan will
shortly greatly improve the interior of
his store, and it will lie one of the
prettiest in this seetion-of the state.
Mr. Morgan makes it a point to
keep in stock, at all times, a full line
of pure, wholesome drugs, which are
dispensed with the utmost care, and
at prices sufficiently reasonable as is
consistent with the purest articles
and best service.
He also carries a complete line of
'druggist’s specialties, such as toilet
articles, combs, smokers’ supplies, etc.
Mr. Morgan has been in the drug
business all of his life and is thor
oughly acquainted with every de
partment of the business, which is
i.ireedy under his personal supervis
ion, ana is a guarantee that all bus
iness entrusted to tne establishment
will receive the very, best attention.
Mr. Morgan extends a cordial invita
tion to the general public to visit
his hanusome store. He is now in cor
respondence with several druggist and
will shortly add an able assistant.
A Fine Stock,
Mr, and Mrs. M. Isaacs have return
ed from New York and other points
where they have been to purchase
their fall and winter stock of dross
goods.
In this connection tne stock bought
for this very popular store tnis season
is an unusually handsome one and
contains any and everything usually
carried in a first class dry goods
store. Mrs. Isaac has bought in large
quantii.es and is therefore in position
to offer some bargains in all depart
ments.
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
The time for repentance Is In ad
vance of the crime.— ‘Abroad With the
Jimmies."
It is less futile to consider our post
than to predict our future.—‘‘Philip
Longstryth."
if a man admires a girl at all, he will
want to marry her as long as she treats
him badly.—" Myra of the Pines.”
Well It Is to be able to read runes,
but better yet It Is to know what the
I.ord has written in man’s eyes.—“ The
Thrall of I-eif the Lucley."
People are seldom man and wife half
their lives without wishing to Impart
their sufferings as well as their pleas
ures to each other.—" The Kentons.”
Tears and laughter well compounded
make the sweetest joy, grief and joy
the truest happiness, happiness and
pain the grandest soul. —"Ttorothy Ver
non of Haddon Hall.’’
lie she right or wrong, u woman will
not permit a man to question her mo
tives. lieiug a woman is of Itself a
good and sufficient reason for what
ever she may do or say.—“Graystone.”
“Ets er long lane that ain't got no
turnin’ whatsuanever, an’ I’ve noticed
this all my life—the longer she is be
fore she does turn the bigger turn she
makes when she finally gits to it.”—
“The Silent Pioneer.”
Effective, but DnntfcronM.
To cleanse glass wises, carafes or bot
tles of any sort nothing is better than a
little muriatic acid. A tablespoonfui
rinsed slowly around in a vase or de
canter will cleanse it thoroughly, re
moving from the glass evary particle of
foreign matter. The acid can then be
poured Into another vase to perform
the same office and even then returned
to the bottle of supply for service on
another occasion. After the acid is out
of the vase or bottle the latter must
be rinsed inside thoroughly first with
hot soapsuds and then In several clear
waters. Muratic acid is a deadly poi
son and must be used with great cau
tion and only by an intelligent tidult.
A child or servant should never be in
trusted with Us use.—New York Tost.
Paper lluntlhk.
One of the most exciting of all rid
ing games Is paper hunting, or follow
ing a trail made by dropping pieces of
paper. It can be made as damgerous
as steeplecliasing or no more so than
gn ordinary gallop over the fields. The
danger Is In the fences to be ridden
over, says Country Life In America.
There is no limit to the pace but the
Speed of the leading horse and the ne
cessity of keeping the trail. The “hare,”
as the man a horseback who lays the
trail Is called, Is expected to foil his
pursuers, the “hounds,” as often ns he
can by the arts of the fox or by bis
own Ingenuity, only restricted by cer
tain rules of the game.
J Tory and Climate.
The American climate, with Its ex
tremes of heat and cold, is very trying
upon ivory, and ivory booked mirrors
of European manufacture almost in
variably crack across the back after
a few months of use upon this side of
the Atlantic. The American manufac
turers have hit upon the expedient of
leaving a space between glass and
frame in order to allow, for coutrac- ‘
t)& and wptuigioa,
r „ v-
TWO PERORATIONS.
From llay’* Enlowy on McKinley nnd
IHninc'* Enlogy on CStirllcld.
It is a curious coincidence that on
Feb. 27, 1882, and on Feb. 27, 1902, a
secretary of state of a murdered presi
dent delivered a eulogy of his dead
chief before the houses of congress.
Mr. llav, primarily a writer, showed
the essayist in his oration on McKin
ley. Mr. Blatne, primarily a speaker,
showed the orator in his oration on
Garfield. Here is the peroration of
Hay’s eulogy of McKinley:
There ts not one of us but feels prouder
of his native land because the august fig
ure of Washington presided over its be
ginnings; no one but vows it a tenderer
love because Linqoln poured out bis blood
for it; no one but must feel bis devotion
for his country renewed and kindled when
ho remembers how McKinley loved, re
vered and served it. showed in his life
how a citizen should live and in his last
hour taught us how a gentleman could
die.
Blaine’s oration on Garfield ended
with this famous passage:
As the end drew near his early craving
for the sea returned. The stately man
sion of power had been to him tlie weari
some hospital of pain, and he pegged to
be taken from his prison walls/ from its
oppressive, stifling air. from its home*
lessnoss and its hopelessness. Gently, si
lently. the love of a great people bore the
pale sufferer to the longed for healing of
the sea to live or to die. as God should
will, within sight of the heaving billows,
within sound of its manifold voices. With
a wan, feveVed face, tenderly lifted to
the cooling breeze, be looked out wistful
ly upon the ocean's changing wonders, on
its far sails, on its restless \ ives rolling
shoreward to break and die '■ ueath the
noonday sun; on the red cloi us of even
ing. arching low to the hori >n; on the
serene and shining pathway u the stars.
Lot us think that his dying eyes read a
mystic meaning which only the rapt and
parting soul may know. Let us believe
that In the silence of the receding world
he heard the great waves breaking on a
farther shore and felt already upon his
wasted brow the breath of the wternal
morning.
THE PARADISE FISH.
One of tlie Wonderful I’isrntorlnl
ItnrltiCM Found In Chinn.
The oddest of all piscatorial rarities
is the paradise iisli of China. Like the
German canary and one or two other
species of bird and fish, tills little finny
beauty is the product of cultivation
only, there being no place in the world
whore it is found In a wild slate. In
the land of the dragon they are kept
nnd cultivated In ornamental aquari
ums, each succeeding generation of tlie
little oddities exhibiting more diver
sified colors. The male is the larger of
the two sexes, measuring when full
grown three and a half Inches. The
body is shaped very much like that of
a common pumpkin seed sunfish, its
color surpassing In brilliancy any fish
heretofore cultivated for the aquarium.
The head of nmcropodus (that’s his
generic mime) is ashy gray, mottled
with irregular dark spots. The gills
are uztiriuo blue, bordered with bril
liant crimson.
The eyes are yellow and red, with a
black pupil. The sides of the body and
the crescent shaped caudal fin are deep
crimson, the former having from ten
to twelve vertical blue stripes, while
the latter Is bordered with blue. The
upper surface of the body is continual
ly changing color—sometimes it is
white, at others gray, black or blue.
Tlie dorsal and anal tins are remarka
bly large, hence its generic name—
macro, large; podus, fin or foot. Both
fins are shaped alike and are striped
with brown and bordered with a bright
blue. The dull colored ventral fins are
protected by a brilliant scarlet colored
spine, extending three-fourths of nil
inch behind tlie body of the tin, Tlie
pectoral fins are well shaped, but trans
parent and colorless.
Mountl nur a Horse.
A careful bicyclist learns to mount
from either side of the wheel, since the
emergency may arise at any moment,
says the London Chronicle. One would
think that the horseman would be
equally careful to provide for possibil
ities and accustom himself to mount
ing Indifferently from the off side anil
the near side. Hut if be were to ven
ture to mount on the right side—which
is the wrong side—in a hotel stable
yard the hostler would probably de
mand the price of a gallon as the
statutory fine, and (he horse would eol
’ lapse with surprise. What is the
meaning of tills convention? It ap
pears in odd places. Not only does
the trick fcirse in the circus canter
from right to left, but the after dinner
wine passes the same way. “The way
of the sun” is the current explanation,
Which is absurd.
Wllllniff to (in Without.
Henry Clews, perfectly bald, was
once traveling on a western railroad.
Sitting directly behind him was a coarse
looking man with a rough shock of hair
the color of brick dust.
Tapping Mr. Clews on the shoulder,
the fellow remarked:
“Guess you wasn’t around when they
gave out the hair.”
“Oh, yes,” was the answer, “but I
was a trifle late, and there was nothing
left but that stuff you wear, so 1 told
them I’d rather have none.”—New York
Times.
Pa Elfirlilule*.
“Pa, what does ‘absentminded’
men n?”
“My boy, that’s easy. Did you ever
stop to think.”
“Yes.”
“And your thoughts ran on?”
“Yes.”
“Well, that’s It.”—lndianapolis News.
Ills Symptom*.
Mr. Newlywed—How did you know
I really loved you?
Mrs. Newlywed—Oh, you acted so—
so sort of foolishly!—Philadelphia Uee
ord.
An old bachelor, when lie feels blue
and discouraged, always regrets that
be has ua .wife to whine to.—Atchison
Globe, . >i
H. V. ADDERLY RETURNS.
The Well Known Dry Goods Man Has
Purchased a Fine Line of Fall
and Winter Goods.
H. V. Adderly, the well known dry
goods merchant, has just returned
from the eastern markets, where
he has been for a week or ten days
for tlie purpose of purchasing his
fall and winter stock.
He was seen by a News representa
tive yesterday and when questioned
on the subject he said that he had
purchased one of the handsomest
line of goods in the market or that had
even been displayed in this city.
Mr. Adderly says that ail of the
large houses of New York and Boston
are very much crowded with orders,
hut he hopes that his stock wil begiu
to arrive in the course of the next
ten days and he now figures on 'his
fall opening for September 15.
In this connection, Mr. Adderly is
one of the oldest and most reliable
merchants of the city and his annual
openings are always looked upon as
notable events among the ladies of the
city and, in fact, everyone else in
terested in the very latest novelties
in the ury goods line.
This year’s season promises to
eclipse all others, not only in design
and pattern, hut in the matter of va
riety from which the customer may
select, and last, hut by no means least
in the unusually reasonable prices,
which Mr. Adderly says will prevail
at his store during the entire season.
To Atlanta.
Wo will run another excursion to
Atlanta August 30, in order to attend
Laoor Day exercises in that city on
Monday, September 1. Fare for round
trip) only $3.00; special car for whites.
Best of order guaranteed. Rate to Ma
con and return, $2.60. Turn will be
the last excursion of tne season to
these points. Tram leaves Brunswick
at 9:30 am., Saturday, August 30.
i ickets good for three days.
HAMP SCARLETT and RANDALL
BROWN, Managers.
New Methods
Are always being adopted for the
benefit of customers at Jim Carter's
clothes-cleanlng sstablwhment. King
telephone -032.
The lleusle line wnl mans doubt*
-ally trips to St. Simon pier Sunday
leaving Brunswick at 9,30 a. m. and
2,30 p. m. returning at 11 a. m. and ti
a day at the island and a large crowdl
will go.
NOTICE.
Save your umbrella frame as J. Bx
trowitoh, 422 Newcastle strept will
recover it for SI,OO and guarantee it
to be equal to any new $2,60 um
brella. He also makes umbrella* to
order.
Rob Roy Flour h&a no equ&i.
ALL KINDS OF CALIFORNIA
WINEB 25 CENTS A BOTTLE, AT
H. SELIG'S, 225 GRANT STREET,
TELEPHONE 272-2.
If you want your bicycle repaired
right bring it to an experienced work
man. B. J Oiewine, 6ui Gloucester
street
New Workmen
of a higher grade and improved fa
cilities make Jim Carter the leader
of clotnea cleaners Phone 268-2.
Until further notice tbl* company
will close its office at 6 o’clock p. m.
and no deliveries will be made after
that hour.
BRUNSWICK IOE MFO. 00.
W. M. TUPPER * 00.,
Forwarding and Shipping Agents,
Lighterage, Towing and Marine In
surance. Correspondence Solicited.
BRUNSWICK, GA.
Wanted.
We would like to ask throught the
columns oi your paper, if there is any
person who has used Green’s —ugust
Flower for the cure of In-.gestion,
Dyspepsia and Liver i'rouoles that has
not been cured —aim we also mean
tneir results, such as sour stomach,
to 'mentation Oi food, Habitual costive
ness nervous dyspepsia, headaches, de
spondent feelings, sleeplessness-—in
fact, and trouble connected with the
stomach or liver? This medicine nas
been sold for many years in all civil
ized countries, and we wish to corres
pond witu you and senu you one of our
books free of cost. If you have never
tried August Flower, try one bottle
first. We have never known of its
failing. If so, something more serious
is the matter with you. Ask your
druggist.
G. C. Green, Woodbury, N. J.
YVnen you want a load of good wood
for 75 cents, ‘phone 138-3, or call at
yard, corner I street and ave.
The Dirt Comes Out
In stead of going in, when you send
your clothes to Jim Carter. Let his
boy come for your clothes. Puone
2532.
The steamer Hessle will make dou
ble daily trips to St Simon each
Sunday, leaving Brunswick at 9:30 a.
m. and 2:30 p. m., returning at 11 a.
m. and 6 p. m. Thigi will afford the
people of the city a good chance to
spend the day at this popular resort.
You can't afford to miss it.
Why pay $1.50 for a whiskey when
you can get Wilson’s at Julius May’s
for $1.00?
Something new—quinine shampoo
for ladies Get It at Clark’s barber
sfe op.,
largest load of wood in the city for
75 cents. Ring pho.ie 138-3 or call
‘phone 138-3 or call at yard, corner
avenue,
A NEWSPAPER SCOOP.
How it was Obtained Without Any
Department Leak.
"Every once in awhile one reads in
the newspapers of the determination
of someone of the high government
officials to discover the source of ‘the
leuk’ of a piece of news which it was
not desired should be given out at that
particular time,” remarked an old
Washington correspondent, “and with
out giving tlie solution to the secret
escapes of public information, as they
vary, I will tell you of one instance
which serves to show how news ap
pears in print in what is considered by
all concerned to be a very mysterious
manner. Like all mysteries, when un
raveled it is wondered that it was not
thought of before. My story Is en
tirely a part of the secret sources of
Information which all correspondents
have more or less at their disposal
and which often comes from the out
side and not from the inside of the
departments.
“Some time ago—the precise time Is
not essential to the story—a very im
portant public matter was up for de
termination by the president. All of
the larger metropolitan dailies were
particularly interested, ns it did not
have to do especially with Washing
ton, and the entire correspondents’
world at the capital was on tho qul
vlve to ‘get it,’ including myself. All
channels which were usually tapped
by tlie Initiated were found to be as
barren as a desert stream in midsum
mer. Telegrams from the home offices
poured into our various bureaus here
couched in imperative language that
the news ‘must’ be obtained, evidently
in the belief that all correspondents
have to do is to go out, ask officials
for the desired information and re
ceive it, coupled with a good cigar nnd
a bottle of wine. Asa matter of fact,
when officials wish to keep secret a
piece of information, all possible loop
holes of escape are securely padlocked,
and It is the exception that it gets out.
“I hnd about given up hope of secur
ing a ‘beat’ in this particular instance,
though I was, of course, ns vigilant ns
ever. The time for the maturing of the
project was close at hand, and any day
it might by official announcement be
come public property. One night as I
was sitting idly in the lobby of an up
town hotel, half dozing in my chair,
waiting for the appearance of a senator
with whom I had an appointment on an
inconsequential matter, I overheard one
of two gentlemen who were sitting be
hind me drop the words ‘the president’
The high backs of our chairs nearly
touched, and by instinct my drowsy
senses became clear and 1 woke up.
“ ‘The president.' remarked one of the
gentlemen, ‘said that it was his inten
tion to adopt that course irrespective
of the consequences either to himself or
the party.’
“ ‘But you pointed out to him what it
meant to us—that lie was clearly in er
ror?’ replied tlie other gentleman.
“ ‘Elaborately,’ responded the first
speaker, ‘but the president said that he
was convinced that accruing results
would prove that we, and not he, were
in error.’
“ ‘Then fte may as well go back to
New York tomorrow,’ was tlie answer,
nml both gentlemen arose and walked
toward the cafe, apparently in a very
despondent frame of mind.
“I was an involuntary listener to this
scrap of conversation, In which, it will
be observed, not a single word was
dropped as to the subject matter there
of. 1 at once jumped to the conclusion
that the government, through the presi
dent’s action, intended to take the af
firmative of the proposition, tho news
side of which the correspondents had
so long and earnestly endeavored to
ascertain. With a straight tip as to tho
course of the government the corre
spondent could do the rest, while with
the wrong tip he could not only make
his paper ridiculous, but would In all
probability lose tils position; hence the
care in making a scare head, page wide
story.
“In the furtherance of my conclusion
my paper had the ‘bent’ of the season
the following morning, ns I stated the
facts ns though they came from official
sources, ns, indeed, such I considered
them. To my mind, as a correspondent,
it was as clear as if the president him
self had given me the information. Two
days after a member of the cabinet
gave out officially wbat I bad wired
over and with it the announcement that
the ‘leak’ had occasioned much ‘annoy
ance, and its source would be investi
gated thoroughly.’ It is here glveu cor
rectly for the first time.”—Washington
Star.
Wliat the Hair Tell*.
Women who are the possessors of
fine black hair are emotional and of
very sensitive nerves. Coarse black
bair Is said to denote great energy,
but an unenviable disposition. Wom
en who have brown hair make the
best wives, for they are almost Invari
ably full of sentiment, impassioned,
“high strung,” loyal and easily af
fected. Red haired people are nearly
always keen in business transactions,
quick of perception, high tempered and
witty. The woman who has blond
hair is impulsive and loving, but usu
ally fickle, although au agreeable com
panion.—Pittsburg Press.
An Appetiser.
Gentleman (at restaurant)—l say,
waiter, your customers are a fearfully
noisy loti
“Yes, sir, and yet they are so par
ticular, you would scarcely believe.
Why, that same turbot you are eatiug
Just now no fewer than six of them
refused before you came in.”
“Cent*lflve.”
“An Albany man has sent a cent to
the treasury conscience fund.”
Must have a centsitive conscience.”
PlaiA D
AUGUST 31.