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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. JANUARY 25, 1914.
TIE LADDER OF vSUCCESS
SOME OBSERVATIONS BY" THOSE UP NEAR.
BY SHAD O. KRANTZ.
A
TINT drop of paint, red paint.
altered the entire career of Rufus
Mallory. one of Oregon's most
eminent present-day lawyers and early
day political leaders.
This drop of red paint was on a man's
hat. That is, half of it was on the hat
proper and tho other half was on the
band of the hat.
The Hut belonged to ono George
Beall, accused of murder. It was found
in his house. The band of tho hat was
found hanging to the limb of a tree
near where the murder was committed.
The telltale drop of red paint, half on
tho hat and half on the band, when
ntted together proved to be the cir
cumstantial evidence necessary to con
vict Beall of tho crime.
Mr. Mallory was the prosecuting at
torney whose cunning and whose
knowledge of tho law secured tho con
ylf tlon.
Tho case attracted wide attention.
Daniel Delaney, a rich farmer, was
called to the door of his cabin, near
Salem, and shot down. Robbery was
the evident motive. Beall had been ac
quainted with Delaney. Other circum
stances pointed to him and his partner.
Baker, as the probable murderers. But
it required additional evidence to con
nect them with the crime.
Mr. Mallory furnished it. The hat,
the hatband and the paint were only a
few links in a remarkable chain of
circumstantial evidence, upon the
strength of which the Jury returned a
conviction.
The men afterwards confessed, and
declared that their actual movements
varied in no essential particular from
the movements attributed to them by
tho prosecutor. -
His successful prosecution of the case
Virought him into immediate promi
nence. Honors came rapidly then.
He was elected to Congress, was
made Speaker of the lower house of
the Legislature, United States District
Attorney, a special envoy of the Fed
eral Government on an important mis
sion to the Orient and probably would
have gone to the United States Senate
had not his lack of confidence in his
own ability stepped in and prevented.
Itiic Lack of Confidence Deplored.
The term "lack of confidence" Is
used deliberately and with premedita
tion, as that is the way Mr. Mallory
himself describes his own aversion for
public responsibility.
"Yes, sir," he says, "I have suffered
my whole life from lack of confidence
In myself.
"If I had my life to live over again
I should assume at all times that I
knew everything- that it was expected
t should know, and soon people would
begin to believe that I actually did
know.
"But neither should a man be full of
conceit." he advises. "Nothing hurts a
young man more than conceit. I once
knew a man who was so conceited that
people used to delight in getting hfm
to air his conceit. In this way ho would
furnish a lot of amusement. He was
the only conceited man I ever knew
who did anybody any good."
Conceit ever has been absent from
Mr. Mallory's makeup. What he de
cribes in himself as lack of confidence
is declared by his friends to be natural
modesty and a retiring disposition.
Mr. Mallory always has been noted
among his friends for his sincerity and
for his conscientious devotion to prin
ciple. He hates the shams and the sub
terfuges of the professional politicians
and cares little for the opinions of oth-
.ers if he himself believes that the
course he is taking is right.
As a. political speaker or as an orator
before a court or jury Mr. Mallory has
not now and has had few equals In the
Northwest. This disposition manifest
ed Itself at an early age.
Youth Csoe-a to Spelling; He.
As a youth he lived- with his parents
and eight brothers and sisters, of which
lie was the youngest, on a farm in
Western New Y'ork. There came an
evening when the entire family was to
attend a spelling bee in the schooLhouse
which stood on the corner of tho Mal
lory farm all except young Rufus Mal
lory, who was only 4 years old, and
considered too small. He persisted,
however, and finally was taken with
the others on condition that he recite a
poem which he had learned and which
stnrted like this:
You'd scarce expect, one of my age
To apeak in public on the static,
And if I chance to fall below
Iemosthenes and Cicero
Don't view me with critic's eye
But pass my imperfections by.
Mr. Mallory will be 83 years old June
10 next, but he remembers that incident
and that poem as well as if it occurred
yesterday. He has a remarkable mem
ory and can recall dates, names and
rlaces of his early childhood almost
as readily as occurrences of those of
the last decade.
Education in the day of his youth
was a luxury. It was hard to get and
eagerly sought. He worked on his
father's farm and went to school when
he got a chance. He managed to get
enough schooling to permit him to en
ter Alfred Academy In Allegheny Coun
ty, N. Y. He attended the Teachers'
University, too, for a time, and fitted
himself to teach school, which he did
successfully. when he was 17 years
old) ho got a. Job clerking in a general
store; The storekeeper had a set of
lawbooks and he read law after store
hours. Seven years later he went to
New London, la., where ho continued to
tach and to study.
All this time he had the Oregon fever.
Returning to New York he came by way
of tho Isthmus to San Francisco, thence
overlandi to Jacksonville, Or., where he
arrived January 1, 1859.
Teaching; Job Soon Landed,
"They need a schoolteacher at Rose
burg," was ttie advice he received after
inquiring around Jacksonville for work.
So he was oft the same day, on foot,
fOr Roseburg, for he was without funds.
lie taught school and finished tip his
legal training.
The following year he was admitted
to the bar and promptly elected Dis
trlct Attorney for Douglas, Jackson and
Josephine Counties. He was popular,
end in - 1862 the people of Douglas
County sent him to the Legislature.
While he was in the Legislature a
Senator had to be elected to succeed
Colonel E. D. Baker, who had been
killed at Ball's Bluff in the Civil War.
Benjamin Harding was named At that
time Mr. Harding had a law partnership
with J. G. Wilson, who was District
Attorney of the Third District, in which
Salem then was located. The Legis
lature created a new judicial district
and Mr. Wilson was appointed Judge of
that district.
Harding and Winter offered their
practice to Mr. Mallory and he moved
to Salem to accept it. Governor Gibbs
appointed him District Attorney for
the Third District, to succeed Mr. Wil
son.
Both these honors came unsolicited
The firm of Harding & Wilson was nn
der no obligations to Mr. Mallory what
ever. In fact, he had voted against Mr.
Harding and for George H. Williams
for the Senatorship. It is probable that
they gave him their practice merely on
his merits as a lawyer.
He made such a good record as Dis
trict Attorney that in 1864 the pfople
elected him to succeed himself, iLtvas
the top iOoreNrG down:
Ma.llorv
during- his elective term that the fa
mous Beall and Baker case came up.
"I am sure that the outcome of
that case was what sent me to
Congress," says Mr. Mallory, in
speaking of the honors bestowed
upon him in 1866. As a member
of Congress he participated In the
Impeachment proceedings against Pres
ident Johnson, and regards that inci
dent as one of tho most important of
his career. He was not a candidate for
re-election. He returned to private law
practice. But in 1872 the people of
Marion County sent him to the Legis
lature. He was elected Speaker of the
House.
Meanwhile, in 1868, he was. a dele
gate to the National Republican con
vention in Chicago that nominated
General Grant for President. In 1874
President Grant appointed him United
States District Attorney for Oregon.
Four years later President Hayes reap
pointed him. In 1888 he was a delegate
to the convention that nominated Ben-
amin Harrison for President.
Innocent Men Are Freed.
As a Federal prosecutor -he obtained
the conviction of many guilty men, but
what he regards as the crowning tri
umph of his legal career -was his suc-
ess in procuring the release from, the
penitentiary of four innocent men who
had been falsely convicted. ' '
Those four men had been accused of
robbing the United States mails,. which
at that time was a capital offense.
They were convicted under the Dis
trict Attorney preceding Mr. Mallory,
and sent to prison."
W hen Mr. Mallory came into office
these four men sent for him. He lis
tened to their , story and became con
vinced that they were innocent.
But to procure their release it was
necessary to find the man who really
was guilty. Mr. Mallory did this. He
brought about the arrest in California
of a man named Shepardson. The de
fense of Shepardson was conducted on
the theory, that the men in the peniten
tiary were guilty.
The . jury pronounced Shepardson
guilty, but he was acquitted under the
statute of limitations by direction of
the court. The verdict of the jury, of
course, resulted in the liberation of the
other men.
Nothing that I ever did," says Mr.
Mallory, "gave me so much pleasure
and satisfaction as the knowledge that
was able to get those Innocent men
out of the penitentiary. It Is more to
me than all my convictions of guilty
men put together." .
While he was serving as Federal
prosecutor and at various other, times
Mr. Mallory was urged by his friends
as a candidate for the United States
Senate.
'No," he would say, "I am not the
man for the place.
Hlch Standard la Set.
"My conception of a United States
Senator Is a man who measures up to
the standard of Clay, of Webster and
of Calhoun. I am unworthy to sit in
the places where those men have sat.
Ho steadfastly held to that purpose.
It was my lack of self-confidence,
15,000 MILES IN STATE;
FIRST TRIP OUT IS NOW
Louis R. Stimson, of Salem, Will Take Back by Train, to Revisit Her
Former Home, His Old Mother, Who Came by Oxen.
BY WILLARD L. MARKS.
THOUGH he has traveled 150,000
miles within this state in the past
17 years, Louis R. Stinson, of
Salem, grand keeper of records and seal
of tho Grand Lodge of Oregon, will go
east of the borders of Oregon for the
first time late this month, when he
leaves on a trip to Washington, D. C
He goes to the National capital to 'rep
resent Oregon at the "golden jubilee"
of the Knights of Pythias on February
19, when prominent members of this
fraternity from all parts of this coun
try and Canada will meet to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the foundation
of the order in the same city where It
was organized half a century ago.
Think of trayeling a distance equal
to six times around the globe all within
the borders of one state and accom
plishing it in less than a score of years.
This Mr. Stinson has done. He has
traveled this distance in visiting the
Pythian lodges of Oregon, and ids rec-
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he says, "that kept me from being a
candidate for the Senate."
His friends insist now that he would
have measured up to the high standard
that he set for himself quite as well as
some of the men who have gone to the
Senate in these later years.
Mr. Mallory's last public service was
when he wa3 sent to Singapore for
the Federal Government to investigate
the claims made by the Collector of
Customs in Portland that an article
being imported as sago was a substi
tute. sago then being free of duty,
while the substitute was not. He
found that the substitute was being
imported and his report proved an im
portant victory for the Government.
Returning from Singapore he trav
eled around the world, visiting some of
the principal cities in Europe.
Since he returned from that trip Mr
Mallory has devoted virtually all his
time to private law practice. In 1883
he joined Cyrus A. Dolph, C. B. Bel
linger and Joseph Simon In a law
partnership, which continues - to this
day under the name of Dolph, Mallory,
Simon & Gearin. Mr.- Simon and
John M. Gearin, the junior members
of the firm, have served In the United
States Senate. ,
Mr. Bellinger left the partnership to
accept appointment as United States
Judge; and was succeeded by Judge
R. S. Strahan, who had served in the
State Supreme Court. When Judge
Strahan died he was succeeded by Mr.
Gearin.
His reputation as a. lawyer has been
earned by Mr. Mallory through years
of patient effort and conscientious de
votion to the cause of his clients.
Probably his most celebrated victory
in a civil case was won only a year
ago, when he obtained a $50,000 verdict
for a woman in a breach ot promise
suit, the largest verdict ever rendered
in Multnomah County. Although the
Supreme Court later reversed the de
cision on a technicality, his line of
action in the case was upheld.
Lite Would Be Changed.
"Yes," he says, in reflecting on his
public and private career, "it should
do a good many" things differently
were I to live my life over.
"For one thing, I would have more
confidence in myself. Then I would
revise my standard of Senatorial qual
ifications. After all. Clay and Web
ster and Calhoun merely took advan
tage of opportunities as they found
them. Tney lived In a time when men
of their ability could attract ready at
tention and gain lasting fame by mere
ly exercising the opportunities that
presented themselves.
"And that's what counts, grasping
the opportunity.
"I do not believe in the idea that op
portunity comes to him who waits.
Many a young man will grow old wait
ing for opportunity to come along.
"It is necessary to go out and create
opportunity.
And forthe man who will go out
and create one there is just as much
chance in .life today as there was
when I was a boy."
ord is probably unequaled In fraternal
circles in the entire country
Mr. Stinson has been the chief cleri
cal officer of the Grand Lodge of Ore
gon for 17 years. During this time he
has visited most of the lodges of the
state each year. He has traveled fromH
Nehalem to Burns and from Baker to
Bandon. Not a city or town in this
state which has a lodge of this order
ana there are Pythian lodges in 80
cities and towns but what has been
visited not once but many times by the
grand keeper of records and seal. He
has visited most of the cities of Oregon
at least 15 times, and some of them
much more frequently.
In visiting lodges he has traveled an
average of almost 10,000 miles in Ore
gon every year. Some years he has not
covered quite this distance. In later
years this distance has been excelled
annually. During the fiscal lodge year
of 1911-1912. when Frank T. Wright
man, of Salem, was grand chancellor
of Oregon, he and Mr. Wrightman kept
count of the mileage traveled, and cov -
ered a distance of more than 12,000
miles visiting Oregon lodges.
To accomplish this remarkable record
Mr. Stinson has traveled by every or
dinary means of conveyance. He has
ridden on steam and electric trains,
ocean-srolner steamships and river
steamers and rowboats. stage conches
and automobiles and wagons and bug
gies, and he has traveled on horseback
and afoot. In reachtng cities which
have not enjoyed railroad communica
tion he has often walked, and on differ
ent occasions has covered as much as
40 miles afoot on one trip.
A few years ago, before the railroad
to the Tillamook Bay country was com
pleted. Mr. Stinson, accompanied by Gus
C. Moser. of Portland, State Senator
from Multnomah County, and now one
of Oregon's supreme-representatives to
the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
and Frank S. Grant, exrClty Attorney
of Portland and now grand chancellor
of the order in this state, walked from
Seaside to Nehalem and track, a round
trip of 46 miles. Part of the trip was
made while rain was falling.
Very often on his trips has the popu
lar grand keeper of records and seal
suffered hardships, but despite occa
sional late trains and other accidents
he has met most of his appointments
promptly, putting forth unusual efforts
when necessary. On one of his trips
years ago he was in an accident In
which he and the other Grand Lodge
officers with him narrowly missed seri
ous injury.
Record for Faithfulness Long.
His companions on' this trip were
William L. Bradshaw, of The Dalles,
Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Dis
trict and past supreme representative
to the Supreme Lodge; William M.
Cake, of Portland, ex-County Judge of
Multnomah County and also a past su
preme representative, and J.' W. Ma
loney. of Pendleton, now County Judge
of Umatilla County, and a past grand
chancellor of Oregon and now grand
master of the exchequer of the Oregon
Grand Lodge. They had visited the
lodge at Burns and were traveling by
stage to Canyon City. When within
half a mile of Canyon City the king
bolt of the stage snapped suddenly, let
ting the wagon drop and throwing out
the occupants. Judge Cake and Judge
Bradshaw were both severely bruised
and sustained Injuries from which they
suffered for some time, but Judge Ma
loney and Mr. Stinson escaped with
minor bruises.
'Lou" Stinson's record for faithful
work for the order he has served so
long and so prominently has few, if
any, parallels. Is it any. wonder, then.
that he is frequently called the best-
loved Pythian In Oregon?" Is it sur
prising that at the Grand Lodge session
in Portland last October, when It came
time to select a representative from
Oregon to the "golden jubilee" meeting
at the National capital that his was the
only named proposed, and that for more
than an hour the business or the Grand
Lodge stopped while he was tendered
an ovation without a parallel in Grand
Lodge sessions, during which scores of
strong men wept openly, and men high
in the business and official lire or this
state, with eyes full of tears and voices
breaking, vied with each other In pay
ing heartfelt tributes to his remark
able work for Pythianism?
Mr. Stinson has been in the States
of Washington and California and the
Province of British Columbia, but he
has never been east of the boundaries
of his native State of Oiegon except
when he crossed into Idaho On various
occasions to travel from Huntington
to Ontario. The trip he will undertake
this month will be tho first time ne ra.s
been' east of Oregon, despite the re
markable distance he has traveled dur
ing his life.
Mother to Accompany,
Another remarkable feature of his
trip will be that he will take with him
on his tour his old mother, Mrs. Sarah
Watts Stinson. an Oregon pioneer of
1847. who will visit her former home in
Illinois for the first time since she left
it to become one of this state's earliest
pioneers. For the first time since her
arduous Journey of pioneer days Mrs,
Stinson will travel across the wide ex
panse of plains, she crossed almost -67
years ago, but this time she will ride
amidst the comforts of a modern Pull
man car instead of the hardships' of
the ox-teams of the olden days and the
limited train on which she will ride
will cover in a few days the distance it
took so.many months in the days when
the West was young.
Mr. Stinson and his mother expect to
leave Salem some time between Janu
ary 20 and January 25. En route they
will spend one day at Salt Lake City
and one day at Denver and then make
their next stop at the place where Mrs.
Stinson was born, nine miles from
Springf iel-d, 111. There will be a big
family reunion at Springfield during
her visit and her relatives from all
parts of the Middle West are planning
to gather there then In honor of her
first visit to her birthplace since she
left as a girl to brave tho dangers
and hardships along the Oregon trail.
From Springfield, where they will
spend several days, Mr. Stinson and his
mother will go to Chicago and then
will visit in turn Indianapolis. Ni-
Lonis R. Stinson, Grand Keeper
of Records and Seal of Pythian
Grand Lodge of Oregon.
agara Falls. Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia and the battlefield of Oettys
burg. They will go then to Washing
ton for the historic Pythian meeting
and three days later they expect to
visit Mount Vernon and the tomb of
Washington on the birthday of the
Father of His Country.
When Mrs. Stinson arrived in Oregon
in pioneer days her family settled in
Linn County, near Peoria. Louis R
Stinson was born in Albany, his father
being a pioneer printer of the Linn
County capital. When "Lou" was 2
years old the family moved to Salem,
returning later to Albany, where he
attended the public schools and Albany
College. " In 1877 the family returned
to Oregon's capital city and there Mr.
Stinson has lived continuously since
that time, being prominent in the life
of the city in various ways besides his
active work in fraternal circles.
Mr. Stinson became a member of the
Knights of Pythias in Salem January
9, 1884, and - four years ago received
a veteran's jewel for 25 years' continu
ous active membership in the order. He
was elected chancellor commander of
the Salem lodge In 1899 and was
representative to the grand lodge in
1895 and 1896. In October, 1896. he
was elected grand keeper of records
and seal of the grand lodge and has
been re-elected every year since that
time, for many years without opposi
tion, and is now serving his 18th con
jeecutive term.
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"LITTLE STORIES BY BIG MEN"
CONTRIBUTED BY NATION'S LEADERS
Anecdotes and Amusing Episodes of Personal Biographies of Prominent Personages Come to Light in New Vol
ume Which Woman Writer, Annabel Lee, Compiles in Interesting Style.
THE volume entitled "Little Stories
by Big Men," which G. P. Put
nam's Sons have Just published,
is one of the novelties of the Christ
mas trade. It Is unique. In that this Is
tho first appearance In the history of
literary undertakings of a volume com
posed entirely of short stories and
anecdotes from the world's big men,
and signed by them. Not the least re
markable feature of this compilation
lies in the fact that these stories have
been told to a woman, and frequently
at the narrator's expense. Not a few
of the stories are concerned with cam
paigns, inaugurations, and after-dinner
speeches, and record conspicuous land
marks in the careers of the men who
relate them. While the reader Is
laughing, he will discover that he is
gradually gaining a better idea of the
men upon whose shoulders rest. In
their work-a-day hours, the burdens of
our republic, or the weight of the
world's finance, commerce, science, and
other affairs. '
This volume is especially interesting
to men, and as a text-book of humor
will be a valuable aid in the prepara
tion of speeches.
Ambassadors, President Vice-presidents,
Admirals and Generals have re
lated. In their inimitable style, bits of
their own history. The volume is ani
mated by not a few Instances of amia
ble self-satire. How the stories were
gathered is best told by the compiler.
Annabel Lee.
'In the pursuit of my calling as spe
cial writer, during the last ten years, I
have had an unusual opportunity to
study, both at work and at play, the
men who have so generously contribut
ed to this volume.
Popular Idea Misleading
I found that not infrequently the
popular conception of these men was.
on oloser acquaintance, proved mis
leading. . For Instance, when during
the last year of his Speakership, 'Uncle
Joe' was so mercilessly grilled before
the House, he would often retire to
his room in the Capitol, mop his .brow,
and indulge in reminiscent yarns. The
world pictured "Uncle Joe' at this time
as the raging lion, striding the office
floor. Instead, he was smoking his
famous cigars and recalling scenes of
the past. At such a time he told me
of the man who arranged his own "Con
gressional funeral." He began: "Illi
nois can boast of many great men in
the past, but I don't believe if you
search her history, you will find two
more Interesting characters than Wll
liam M. Springer and William R. Mor
rison, two of her former Representa
tives in Washington. They were both
Democrats and both bitterly antagonis
tic. They never agreed upon any ques
tion and were, to tell the truth, mortal
enemies. During one of the sessions
of Congress word was brought to us
that Mr. Morrison was ill at his resi
dence at the Ebbit House and, of
course, all his friends rallied, about his
sickroom to cheer him up a bit- He
was very low-spirited and insisted that
he was about ready to cash in. We
all Jollied him and tried to persuade
him that he had the wrong view of
his case, but he still stuck to his Opin
ion, feeling convinced that ho was
ready to cross the river. He conclud
ed that while he was on the subject,
he might as well make arrangements
for his expected obsequies.
" 'I am a very sick man and I may
die soon, and I suppose you fellows
will want to give me a Congressional
funeral," he began.
" "Now there is Sunset Cox. He will
probably want to say something. We
both came to Congress together and
have always been the best of friends
ever. If Sunset Cox wants to say any
thing, that will be very agreeable.
" "Then there is Bill Holman, of In
diana. I suppose he will want to make
a few remarks. Our relations have al
ways been very cordial. Wo both came
from the same part of the country, and
anything he will want to say "will be
very acceptable.
" 'Then there is Dick Townsend. If
he wants to say something, it will be
particularly agreeable to me, because
he can weave the flowers of the Eng
lish language into prettier bouquets
than any man in Congress. He is fond
of listening to himself; there is no
harm in what he can say; let him talk.
Bill Springer Target.
'But, boys, if Bill Springer attempts
to make a speech, I want one of you
to move to adjourn.' "
In the more sober history of this
Nation it will not be- recorded how
Congressmen sometimes make their in
itial bows in Washington, nor the Inci
dental embarrassments which attend
them during the first part of their
terms. One Congressman had the good
humor to laugh at his dilemma in tell
ing the following:
"When I raached Washington, I guess
my lines of elevation and specifica
tions were not such as to mark me
down as a Congressman to those who
gazed upon me, but I felt all right! My
hair was a trifle too long and my coat
not of the latest cut, but as I reached
the Capitol of my country and started
down' that long corridor toward the
door of the House of Representatives,
looming in front of me, I felt that
God's elect were about to come into
their own! But unfortunately, when I
reached the doorway in the Capitol,
they had a couple of guards stationed
there to keep out the profane. One of
these fellows grabbed hold of me and
said: 'Stand back there! Stand back!
Keep this way clear. Tou can't go
in there: nobody but Members of Con
gress are allowed in there!'
I said. If you please, sir, I am a
member."
He said, 'Tou are a what?"
"Why," I said, 'I am a Member of
Congress and my name is Cushman."
"He took out a long printed list, ran
down that list, and said, 'Is your name
Francis W. Cushman?"
'I said, 'That's me.'
'The fellow bowed clear below his
garters, and he said. 'Pass right in, Mr.
Cushman." As I went through the
swinging doors, he turned to the other
guard and said, 'Good God, Bill! Did
you see that?" And then he said, 'I
will never have the nerve to stop any
thing else that shows up!
Nothing can surpass the good nature
with which these men have turned the
jokes upon themselves, and the "cloak
room," where the members go to enjoy
aqulet smoke after the heat of stormy
sessions and debates, is often the arena
of wit and repartee. Some of the
stories there told have found their way
Into "Little Stories by Big Men."
President Woodrow Wilson has cour
teously offered three of his best anec
dotes, one of which Is as follows: "A
man got In a cab at the Richmond rail
way station and said, 'Drive me to a
haberdasher's.'
" "Taas, suh," said the driver, whip
ping up his horse. After driving a
block he leaned over to address his pas
senger, "Souse me. Boss, whar d you
say you wanter go?'
" "To a haberdasher's.'
" 'Taas, suh, yaas, suh.' After an
other block there was the same Inquiry,
'Scure me, boss, but whar d' you say
you wanter go?"
" "To a haberdasher's,' was the some
what impatient reply.
"Then came the final appeal. "Now,
lookahere, boss, I be'n drtvln' In dis
town twenty yar, an' I ain't never give
nobody away yet- Now, you jes tell
dis nigger whar 't is you wanter go.' "
Another anecdote that President Taft
presented me for my book is the fol
lowing: County Tipperary always recalls a
story that was told to me by Lord Jus
tice of the Court of Appeals of Ireland.
He said he was holding the Assizes In
County Tipperary, when a man was
brought before him under indictment
for manslaughter. The evidence showed
that the deceased had come to his
death by reason of a blow from a
blackthorn stick in the hands of the
defendant.
"The Jury found the defendant guilty.
"An examination by the physicians
disclosed the fact that the man had
what in medical parlance is called a
"paper skulL'
"The defendant was brought before
his Lordship for sentence and asked if
he knew of any reason why the sen
tence of the court should not be pro
nounced upon him. The defendant said:
No, your Lordship, but I would like to
ask one question."
"""What is it, my man?"
" 'I would like to ask what the divvll
man with a head like that was doing
in Tipperary?" '"
Hon. Martin B. Madden told me of an
amusing experience he had at one time
when he accompanied Mark Twain on
a visit to King Edward. It is best told
in Mr. Madden s own words: "Once,
while in London, I stopped at the hotel
at which Mark Twain happened to be.
I knew Mark Twain very well, and had
occasion to meet him frequently while
there. He was on very friendly terms
with King Edward, such friendly terms
that he was admitted to the King's
presence almost informally at any time.
One day he met me as I was enter
ing the hotel and said: "Madden, do
you want to see the King?"
Sure, I answered.
' 'All right, wait a moment, I'm just
going over, but I'll telephone him. first
that I want to bring you along."
"Away he went to the 'phqne and as
unconcernedly 'as if he were telephon
ing for scats at an opera. Presently
he returned and said: 'It's all right.
Madden, the King will be glad to see
you."
"The visit was entirely informal and
with no more ceremony than one would
expect at a downtown office.
King Swaps Stories.
"The King and Mark Twain swapped
stories. Here is one of Mark Twain's:
'An English rural school teacher, while
giving a natural history lesson to her
class, explained that sparrows were
originally imported into England be
cause the worms had become so num
erous that they were destroying the
trees, but that now the sparrows had
become so numerous, it was a question
which was the more destructive, the
sparrows or the worms. And upon the
teacher asking the class what they
thought about it, all hands were raised
eagerly, and each pupil, with the ex
ception of one little boy, was impatient
to volunteer information.
"This little boy was conspicuous by
his diffidence and the teacher singled
him out.
" " "Johnny White, what do you thinlc
about it? Which are the more destruc
tive the sparrows or the worms?"
" 'Johnny arose bashfully at his desk
and said:
' "'I don t . know, teacher, I never
had the sparrows." ' "
The stories and anecdotes above cited
are typical of those contained in An
nabel Lee's "Little Stories by Big Men."
Stories of a character so Intimate, told
by men in the public eye today, should
have a biographical value in addition
to achieving their prime purpose, which
Is to amuse. For the interest of the
reader of this article certain additional
representative stories taken at random
from the volume are quoted below:
When "Uncle Joe"Swapped
Tobacco Across Line
BT OSCAR W. VA'DERWOOD.
United States Representative From Alabama
I
AM going to tell a story of "Uncle
Joe," which, I have no doubt, he has
forgotten, though I have not, because
In those days ho was a commander in
the political lines and I was only a
private In the rear ranks. Uncle Joe
has for 40 years been a political war
rior and he has sometimes swapped to
bacco across the line. It was the real
soldiers, not the coffee-coolers or de
serters, who swapped their tobacco
across the lines In times of real war
fare. An appropriation was needed to en
tertain distinguished guests. Uncle Joe
and I lived at the same hotel together,
and,, although w-e differed in" politics
greatly, we had been close friends for
many years.
When this subject of a needful ap
propriation was becoming urgent.
Uncle Joe one night Invited me to take
stroll. In those days there were no
houses out at Sheridan Circle; there
was nothing but a circle. This was a
cold moonlinght night and we walked
out to Sheridan Circle, and then Uncle
Joe invited me to take a seat on the
curbing and we "got down to business.
He said:
"My boy, you have heard of the trou
ble we have been having over the
proper entertainment of distinguished
visitors.. I have been thinking this
thing over and tomorrow afternoon,
when 'most everybody has gone home
and the House is thin, if I get up and
ask unanimous consent that an appro
priation might pass for the purpose of
entertaining these distinguished guests.
and you vigorously oppose it at first
and then allow me to convince you.
we might get it through:"
So Uncle Joe and I swapped tobacco
across the line In that case. Now all
I have to say Is this. AVe have had
great men in Congress and Uncle Joe
Is one of the greatest. He has never
swapped tobacco across the line for
his own benefit. He has always been
willing to swap tobacco across the line
for the glory and the honor of our
great, republic, and he has left an ex
ample that we may follow. It gives
me great pleasure to say that he is
one of the great men who will live in
the
history of our country.
"Rubbing It In"
BT JOSEPH C. S. BLACKBURN.
Ex-United States Senator From Kentucky.
D
URING one of my campaigns In a
certain section of Kentucky, I had
an engagement to speak at a small
country town, and the place where it
had been arranged I should speak was
beside the county jail. In this jail a
white man was confined who was sen
tenced to be, hanged on the same day
and at the same hour at which I was
to speak. In fact, the gallows had
been built next to the grandstand in
order to accommodate the same crowd,
but the idea of such a grewsome ac
companiment as an execution filled me
with dread and I spoke to the Sheriff,
who was a friend of mine, about the
possibility of delaying the execution
until I had finished my speech.
The Sheriff had authority to fix the
time of the execution at any hour be
tween sunrise and sunset, and could
see, when I spoke of it. that the execu
tion. If occurring before my speech,
would mar my reception. He promised,
therefore, to speak to the condemned
man about the stay of execution for a
few hours.
The Sheriff visited the death cell and
addressed the prisoner: "I have heard
you say that you had supported Sena
tor Blackburn in his various campaigns,
and since he Is to speak here at 2
o'clock, and as youc cell overlooks the
grandstand, I have come to propose to
you that we postpone your execution a
couple of hours, which will give you
a chance to hear another of his fa
mous speeches. Anyhow, the law will
be satisfied, so long as your party
takes place beJore sundown."
The prisoner was in a rage and most
emphatic in his reply":
"Tou know It is usual on the last day
of a man's life to humor him in many
ways. You let hJm eat what he likes;
you allow him to choose his spiritual
comforter, whether Protestant. Cath
olic or Jew, and I don't mind in the
least telling you what 1 think of your
request.
"It is true I have killed the man for
wnose murder I am convicted: I com
mitted the crime in cold blood: I have
had a fair trial and I think the pun
ishment which Is coming to me Is Just;
but, notwithstanding all this, I am an
American citizen, a Kentuckian and a
gentleman, and I know I am entitled
to certain rights. I have been pun
ished on various occasions heretofore,
listening to Joe Blackburn's speeches,
and I consider you are adding insult
to injury by trying to punish me
further with his oratory. I want my
last hours to be spent in peace, and I
demand that I be executed promptly at
2 o'clock rather than have to llBten to
the Senator again."
Unexpected "Come Down"
BT ANDREW CARNEGIE.
VISITING the operating staff at our
Steel works to say vgood-bye, pre
paratory to taking my usual sea voyaga
across the Atlantic for the benefit of
my health, I addressed the corps. I
stated somewhat apologetically that in
my youthful telegraflc career I had
only two weeks holiday per year, but
now-a-days I felt that I had to be much,
more careful, and as the warm weather
proacht, I had to obey the doctors,
who warned me that owing to the sun
stroke received when in Government
servis In Virginia as Assistant Superin
tendent of Military Railroads and Tele-
grafs, I must especially avoid the hot
Summers. "But," I continued, "no mat.
ter how poorly I feel, two hours on
the bow of a steamship, brestlng the
wild Atlantic waves, always gives me
perfect relief." To which Captain
Jones, our famous superintendent of
the works, murmurd, "And, Oh Lord,
think of the relief we all get." The
boys had me sure. Roar after roar
came forth.
The Emperor of Germany wlsht he
could meet President Roosevelt. 1 ex
plained that our Presidents never left
the country while in offis and askt
why he did not coma over, as his son
had, and visit our President an Em
peror could do as he pleased. He
promptly claimed "his country could
not spare him," and I told him my
experience when I had indulged in a'
similar delusion. He saw the point
and lauft consumedly. He enjoys a
story. A man who does not misses
much, especially if the story gives him
a wipe, for we are all the better for
an unexpected "come down" now and
then.
A Texas Introduction
BT JOHN" SHARP WILLIAMS.
United States Senator From Mississippi.
I
N the early days of the Republic of
Texas, some English 'noblemen were
traveling through that country. They
were entertained by one of the local
magnates who had settled there, and
he took the English noblemen down
to the only "gentlemen's" club exist
ing at that time within the confines
of the republic the public barroom;
and while down there, he concluded
that he would impress the barkeeper
with the magnitude of his social stand
ing. So he turned to one of his guests
and said: "My lord, I believe you are
a marquis In your own country?"
"Tea."
Then addressing another gruestt
"And, my lord, I believe you are an earl
at home?"
-Tes."
Thereupon. turning to the bar
keeper, he said: "Jim, theso are mar
quises and earls. What do you think
of that?"
Jim said: "Oh, well. I don't cars
much about that. There ain't but two
classes of men in this place. One Is
them that takes sugar In theim, and
the other Is them as alnt mo durned
particular."
ROSY CONDITION PAINTED
Italy Said to Be Decreasing Imports
and Increasing Exports.
ROME, Jan. 22. (Special.) Slgnor
Tedesco, Minister of the Treasury, has
painted a rosy picture of the financial
condition of the country In the Cham
ber of Deputies. Speaking on the cost
of the war In Africa, he said that the
budget of 1912-13 had been closed
with a surplus of $22,600,000, that the
budget for 1913-14 was expected to
leave a balance of $9,000,000 and that
the surplus of the budget for 1914-15
had been calculated at a little short of
$5,000,000; this In spite of the very con
siderable sums to be devoted to publlo
works or spent on education, as well as
the Increase in some of the Civil Serv
ice salaries.
Although imports into Italy had de
creased in value by nearly $10,000,000,
her exports had increased by more than
$18,000,000. On the other hand, the
cost of the war up to date is stated to
be .$191,400,000, over $160,000,000 of
which was incurred in 1912 and the rest
in 1913. Of this sum $52,500,000 would
be met, it was hoped, by the ordinary
resources of the budget, $50,000,000 by
an Internal loan, and the remaining
$88,900,000 by drawing upon the aug
mented resources of future budgets.
It is understood, although the fact is
not given out, that the Pope has do
nated large sums to the government on
account of the African war.
How to Beautify a
Weatherbeaten Face
(From Beauty and Health.)
It's really a simple matter to reno
vate a face soiled by dirt, wind or
cold. Ordinary mercolized wax, used
like cold cream, will transform the
worst old complexion into one of snowy
whiteness and velvety softness. It
literally peels off the. outer veil of
surface skin, but so gently, gradually,
there's no discomfort. The wornout
skin comes off, not in patches, but
evenly, in tiny particles, leaving no
evidence of the treatment. The young
er, healthier under-skln forming the
new complexion is one of captivating
loveliness. One ounce of mercollsed
wax, to be had at any drugstore. Is
enough to remove any coaxse, chapped,
pimpled, freckled, faded or . sallow
skin. Apply before retiring, washing
it off mornings.
Many skins wrinkle easily with every
wind that blows, with heat, worry, etc
An excellent wrinkle-remover, because
it tightens the skin and strengthens
relaxed muscles, is a wash lotion mado
as follows: Powdered saxolite, 1 o&,
dissolved In witch hazel, one-half pint.
This gives immediate results. Adv.