TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, FEBRUARY 13» 19Q8
LEE ANO M'CLELLAN.
An Incident of tho First Meeting of
the Two S*Jiors.
A FEAT IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
Daring Descent to Get a View of an
Osprey's Nest.
SHE TOOK HIS SPEECH.
Than ths Bright Girl Got Work as
His Stsnographsr.
THE MULE IN THE jug .
THE MONEY QUESTION.
An Inquisitiva Youngster and an In­
genious Father.
An
Arab Provsrb and Ihs
That Gave It Birth.
Lsgsnd
BRILLIANT BAIT.
Gaudy Lures by Which Salmon
Treut Ara Fooled.
«4
No one except a flslyrman or » |j
Who can affirm that the mule «n
•Tapa." began Gunston Junior, "when
dresser has the faintest conceptlou
Now commenced my work, and I de­
She was riding into the city on the government of the United States lered the jug?
a
This proverb Is frequently quoted to the enormous variety of materials uied
scended on my ro(>e to terrace after 1 the morning train in search of a po­
«11 " ver money
lu the manufacture of flfeB, etqiechjl,
show
that,
though
one
may
eonscleu
terrace, forcing my way through thick sition as a stenographer. Having began to coin gold and the
gold and
It was necessary to buy
rows of prickly pear, a most painful
tlously believe In a thing which may salmon flies.
Trout flies are made to resemble rt
operation. Aud now we found that seen the large, florid man in the sliver, wasn’t it?”
seem extravagant In Itself, it is better
“Yes. my son." replied Gunston sen
there was nobody below to signal ua seat in front of her cut an adver­
not to repeat It from fear of being dis­ rlous real insects, but salmon til«
have no likeness to anything that la
where the nest lay. The inevitable re­ tisement from his newspaper and lor rather cautiously.
“Of course, papa,” resumed the believed. It arises from the following habits earth, air or water, aud to thia
sult was that after descending more put it away in his pocketbook, she
Arabic
legend:
An
Arab
who
denied
youngster, “you’ll be able to tell me
than 100 feet I bad to signal to be was just curious enough to look up
the existence of genii once bought a day no one knows why the king #(
hauled up again, always through the the corresponding place in her own where the governme'ij got the money mule and took It home. When per fish Is fool enough to snatch at the
gaudy lures which are cast across the
prickly pear
Again did I descend, paper. Fining there an advertise­ to buy the gold and silver."
“Why—er— ot course." stammered forming his evenlDg ablutions, he saw pools above bis bead.
and again did I fall to find the nest. ment for a stenographer, she noted
the mule enter a jug. and this so
Gunston
senior
as
be
put
down
the
pa
Take such a well known salmon (j
On the third occasion I reached a re­
down the address and thanked her per and gazed thoughtfully at the boy. scared him that he ran shouting to the as the "silver doctor.” The feathers of
cess In the great cliff, whence, after
neighbors and told them what he had
“
Now,
let
me
understand
you.
The
feminine
curiosity.
five different blrdB are used to build |t
unbending my rope and securing It to
She then turned back to her pen­ government wanted to coin money, and seen. They, thinking him mad. endeav­ —namely, those of the Indian iruw.
u bush for obvious reasons, I made a
ored to appease him. but all In vain
In
order
to
do
so
It
was
necessary
to
cast along a ledge to the south and cil and notebook. It seemed as if,
He vociferated more and more, so that the blue jay, the pheasant, the turkey
reached a point which I Identified as practice as she might, she never purchase gold and sliver. You want tne authorities sent him to the mad and the pintail duck. Silver wire, jei.
l>elng not far from the nest as seen could keep her speed up to 100 to know where the government got house. When the doctor came to see low floss silk, sky blue hackle ami
from below. So I retraced my steps words a minute. She tried copying the money to buy the gold and silver?" him. he repeated the account of what scarlet wool are also necessary for the
“That's right,” chuckled Gunston
and, regaining my rope, was hauled I from the newspaper, but the motion
be had seen, whereupon the doctor or tying of this tty.
up for a third time. During this op­ I of the car made the words dance Junior gleefully, and a great joy filled dered him to be detained. He contln
There is hardly any brilliantly p|um.
his
being
as
he
thought
of
his
all
im
­
eration I passed a ledge w here a pere­
tied upon each visit of the doctor to aged bird known whose feathers are
before
her
eyes
until
they
hurt
her.
portant
sire
struggllug
with
the
simple
grine falcon was nesting. The old
repeat his statement until his friends not In demand for fly tying. Jungle
female swept close around with shrill She tried making up sentences as question.
succeeded In persuading him that If he fowl, blue chatterer, scarlet ibis, but-
"Why.
sonny,
the
government
simply
she
went
along
and
failed.
Finally
cries and eventually alighted on the
tard. swan, macaw, peacock, mallanl,
sandy shelf of rock within a few feet she resorted to taking down the in­ Issued dollar bills and bought gold and wished to regain his freedom he must Indian roller, teal, wood duck, grouM,
recant.
This
he
did,
and
the
doctor
set
silver
with
them.
Anything
else?
”
of me and. with outspread wings and cessant chatter of two women be­
“Yes," said Gunston Junior. “Where him at liberty, to the great Joy of hie eagle aud florlcan are only a few of
every feather standing on end, low­ hind her, but their talk was often
those whose feathers are stowed away
ered her head ami screamed furiously. drowned in the disturbances of a did the government get money to buy family and friends. On making his ab­ in the drawers of auy flsblug
tacklt
I have no doubt I was close to her number of young people still far­ paper for the dollar bills?"—Harper's lutions as before he again saw the manufacturer.
mule, this time peeping oux of the Jug.
young, but I had more serious work In j ther back, who were riotously noisy. Weekly.
You will also find gold and silver
but on this occasion he contented him
bund, und so I left her alone.
The young lady struggled with a
self with remarking to the mule: “Oh, wire, gold and silver tinsel, silk of ev-
I now made my fourth and last I
THE
HORSE
WON
yes. ] 1 gee
— you well enough, but who I ery color under the sun, cheullle ot
descent and found myself immediate­ tirade on the servant girl problem,
many different hues, worsted, mohair
ly over the nest, but before I could go timing herself by the distance be­ Beat the First Locomotive on the B. would believe me? And I have had
and fur of u number of different ani­
enough
of
the
madhouse.
”
Needless
to
down to it the party handling the rope tween stations—two minutes from
and O. Road.
mals.
had to work their way down toward Sherwood to Sherwood Corners.
The first locomotive on the Baltimore say that the genii to avenge them
There is an artificial gray guat used
me. since the rope was too short. Fi­ Could she do 200 words? As her and Ohio had sails attached. So did selves for his disbelief In them had
nally I reached tlie nest, an enormous hand dashed madly over the page a I the cars, These sails were hoisted transformed one of themselves Into a for trout fishing which Is made partly
mass of big sticks measuring more large wad of newspaper flew past when the wind was In the right dlrec- mule and as such entered the jug.— of mouse whiskers and Is in conse­
quence one of the most expensive trout
-Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx.
than five feet across and doubtless the her and struck the florid man in the tlon so as to help the locomotive.
files which you can purchase.
result of many years’ work. Ifrjt w ere
The
rivalry
between
the
railroads
Gaudy files for salmon fishing are no
two eggs much incubated. Iq^stand- neck. The laughter behind subsid­ using locomotives and those using
A ROCKING STONE.
new invention. Writing two aud a half
Ing on a ledge close to the nest and ed into dismayed giggles.
horses was very bitter. In August,
centuries ago. Richard Franck says:
Slowly the large man turned his 1830, an actual trial of speed was held
pressing the camera between my body |
New York’s Souvenir of the Remote
“Reuiemlier always to carry your
and the face of the cliff I was able to injured neck. He was redder than between a horse and one of the pioneer
Glacial Period.
dubbing bag about with you. wherein
take some long time exposures with j ever as he started to speak. The locomotives, which did not result In
Though
tens
of
thousands
of
persons
ought to be silk of all sorts, thread,
fairly good results. It was near sun­ words fell from his lips, hot but dis­ favor of the locomotive. The race was
set. ami the cliff was in deep shadow, | tinct, swiftly but smoothly. He was on the Baltimore and Ohio, the locomo­ yearly see the great rocking stone of thrums, tnoccado ends and cruels of all
which did not facilitate my task. Be­ telling the boisterous young people tive being one built by Peter Cooper, Bronx park in New Y’ork city, few sizes and varieties of color, diversified
realize that It Is the city’s most con­ and stained wool, with dogs' and
tween the shaly nature of the cliff, the !
seven seats back just what he who also acted as engineer.
spicuous souvenir of the glacial period, bears' hair, besides twisted fine threads
slippery terraces covered with loose
The
horse,
a
gallant
gray,
was
In
the
AN AERIAL HORROR
when all of this section was covered
soil and stones and the detestable ( thought of them.
habit of pulling a car on a track par­ with an ocean of Ice some 1,500 feet i of gold and silver, with feathers
from”— Aud he goes on with a lonj
The Very Dreadful Thing That Stroh- prickly peHrs I never bad a more un-j . 1 l>e young woman with the pen- allel to that used by the locomotive.
pleusant or arduous task on a cliff be-: cil saw her chance and took it. Here At first the gray had the better of the thick that was moving slowly toward list of birds of brilliant plumage.
achneider Did.
the
south.
But even for the noble Balmon then
A group of aeronauts were talking fore. But I have lived to endure worse i j was glorious dictation. Her pencil race, but when he was a quarter of a
That pinkish bit of granite, weighing are many other baits used besides the
experiences, allhough not so painfully flew. The speech lasted a minute mile ahead Mr. Cooper succeeded in
aeronautics.
thirty
tons,
standing
seven
and
one-
fly. The most deadly is without doubt
and a half and was cut short then getting up enough steam to pass the
“Did you ever hear of Strobschnel protracted ns were these.
half feet above Its rocky base, being salmon roe, the use of which is pro­
My very curt entry In my diary sum­ only by the arrival of the train at horse amid terrific applause.
dor?” said n German. “He did a dread
ten feet broad and eight feet thick,
marizes the whole Job thus: "Bad shale the terminal. The stenographer
fill thing once. I'll tell you alsjiit it.
At that moment a band slipped from came from the far north, carried In hibited In almost every part of the
“Strohschnelder appeared lu n cer cliffs, vertical anil dangerous. Height slapped 1><W book shut with a com­ a pulley, and, “though Mr. Cooper lacer­ the resistless Icy arms of the glacier civilized world. The “gardener’s fan­
tain village and advertised that he over sea. 100 feet. Top of cliff. 310 fortable feeling of having done even ated his bands trying to replace it, the that swept over the continent down to cy”—In other words, the common lob­
worm—Is a first class salmon bait, and
would take the landlord of the villa e feet. The worst bit ot rope work I better than a hundred words pel engine stopped aud the horse passed It
this latitude, marking its path by de­
inn up with him on n trapeze hanging ever did."
and came In the winner.”—Van Nor- positing great bowlders as It moved so Is prawn boiled to a delicate pink
minute
and
set
off
in
search
of
her
With
regard
to
the
prickly
pears,
It
hue. On most good rivers these bald
from the car of bls balloon.
den Magazine.
and leaving scratches on the firm rocks are of course illegal.
"Though the landlord’s wife made u was many months before the last of position.
beneath,
from
the
sliding,
grinding
When she arrived at the address
Some believe In anointing their balta
kick and the authorities, upholding (lie poisonous spines I had collected in
They Don't Like Funerals.
bits and masses of granite that set­ with various strong smelling oils or un­
her, forbade the man to acconqianj various parts of my hotly consented to she had noted down, she was ushered
“
If
you
want
to
know
just
how
Strobschnel.lor. the landlord rat It» come out, and then only after first fes­ into a private office, where sat the sensitive some Washington folks are. tled to its base and were pushed aloug guents. The above mentioned Rich­
slate on the trapeze Is-slde tin1 famous tering.- London Saturday Review.
ard Franck did so. He advocates put­
man of the speech. She stammered listen to the reasous some of our ten- ns It moved.
This same bowlder left Its mark on ting the worms Into a lignum vitae hoi
aeronaut when the ascension began.
a little until she saw that he did not ants give for canceling their leases,' »• the
bare
face
of
the
rocky
hill
to
the
Disinterested
Professional
Advice.
"But those nearest to him noticed
recognize her. His mind had been said a renting agent, “Here are the north of It, In which lies the crocodile which has first been anointed with
“Bring me that beefsteak potpie"—
that he was paler than a ghost ami
full of bigger things. Then she complaints from five families who pool. There the scratches are visible “tho cbymlcal oil of bays, sulphur,
"Yassah,
”
said
the
dining
car
waiter,
that his arm was thrown around Stroh
want to move because they live on ’fu­ today, pointing to where the bowlder Barbados tar, Ivy or cornu cervl.”
smilingly
told him her errand.
listening
near
by.
Schneider s neck as If In terror. And
Toor worms! One wonders how lon|
I “Do you think you can take my neral streets.’ A lot of people. It stands
and telling the story of part of they survived in such a horrible mix­
"And
bring
me
some
of
those
French
noting these things, the people nodded
seems, are sensitive about that. Thera Its travels.
dictation?
”
he
said,
frowning.
peas
”
—
ominously to one another.
ture.
are certain streets In town—those near
When the melting Ice departed from
“Yassah; but boss, maybe you all
“Yes, sir.”
“Up and up went the balloon, and
Trout will take a very wide variety
churches
where
many
funerals
are
held
“What makes you think so? I and those leading to the various ceme­ the great block of granite. It left It of bait A grasshopper Is most kill­
now a murmur of horror arose among don't know dey's French peas in dat
standing through the ages a rocking
the multitude. The aeronaut and the pie."
talk very fast.”
teries—which are usually traveled by stone so delicately poised that a pres­ ing, and so Is a blue bottle set on a
“No. 1 didn't. Thanks, George. And
landlord were quarreling; they were
“But very distinctly, sir.” She funeral parties.
small hook and used with a blow line.
Houses
In
those
sure of fifty pounds exerted on Its
lighting. High up there In the clouds, —ah and—uh, theu bring me some po­ produced her notebook and laid it
The roach fisher knows the virtue of
streets are becoming a poor Investment. most northern angle causes Its apex to
perched on the swaying trapeze, they tatoes.”
boiled wheat. The softened grains
"Yassah, boss; but maybe you all open before him. “Here’s a sample.” There Is more moving from those sway north and south about two inch­
struggled, thumped, kicked.
are taken with eagerness by these fish,
She began to read her notes.
houses than front any others we have es.—New York Herald.
“Suddenly the aeronaut, hi a mud didn't know dey’s tatehs, too, In dat
while perch will go vigorously for 1
anything to do with, and generally the
His
jaw
dropped.
There
was
his
pie.
”
burst of rage, seized the landlord by
clump of flour and water dough. A
movers give as the reason for their dis­
masterpiece
of
the
train,
complete
“
No.
I
didn't.
Thanks
again,
Georgo.
the throat, thrust him backward and
A Considerate Reporter.
perch has been taken by an angler who
flung him Into space, Down the poor It's mighty nice of you to keep me and unabridged. It really sounded satisfaction the fact that the sight of
When the Maine was blown up the had run short of bait with the eye ot
so
many
hearses
gets
on
their
nerves."
from
buying
a
lot
of
stuff
1
wouldn
’
t
very well, so full of fire.
fellow dropped like a i tone, turning
wife of Lieutenant Commander Wain­ a previous capture stuck upon the
—Washington Star.
over and over. lie u'lglite.l on Ills want."
wright wns at her home In Washing­ point of a hook.
When she finished, he looked at
"Yassah, Ah reckon It’s mahty nice <f her sharply. His face was very red,
head.
ton. She had heard nothing of the
Thames fishermen will tell you the
The Saragossans.
"Tho people, mad with horror and uie t' do dat, boss. Ah’s Been so many, but his eve twinkled.
news when she was awakened about
It is said that the queer, composite 4 o’clock In the morning by a violent virtues of cheese paste as a bait for
rage, rushed to the rp it. And there, to many people—nice gemmens, lak you
“The job
'’ s yours,” he said in a race of people that dwell upon the
chub, and these rather shy fish cm
their amazement, i food the landlord, all—waste money fo’ veg'tables dat
subdued voice.—Youth’s Compan- waterlogged hulks of the Saragossa knocking at the door of her bouse. Fi­ also be taken with a very ripe cherry
Innghlng heartily. ’»he figure th.it had might Jus' as well 'a' been handed
nally Mrs. Wainwright rose and looked
sea. In the mid Atlantic, have a pretty out of the window, asking what was tn which a hook Is artfully concealed.
fallen was a manikin dressed lip iu Ills over to th’ walteh. Yassah, Ah sho* ion.
Almost all fish bare cannibal pro­
has.’*- Judge.
theory about death. They believe that the matter. A voice called out, " ire
clothes.
pensities, so that the young of theft
Not
Much
Progress.
those
to
whom
the
messenger
comes
“Ami tills," the spea'.er concluded.
you the wife of Lieutenant Command
Bactoria In Butter.
Such l an exchange of courtesy as when the sun Is shining brightly are er Wainwright?" "Yes. What do you own species prove an irresistible bait
“Is the only prac:I al Joke that has
for the older and larger members This
"Bacteriologists
have
shown
us
that
transported
straight
away
to
a
heaven
ever lM>en played from a balloon."—
was chronicled in a German paper
want?" “The Maine has been totally
ordinary butter is swarming with not long ago would hardly suit the of warm fresh water only four feet in destroyed. We are reporters and w ish Is specially true of trout, and many
New Orleans Times I emo r.it.
an angler has known of eases where •
germs," declares Good Health, “A sin- taste of brisk Americans. The ex­ depth. In which they may wade and
for some Information about Mr. Wain­ small fish booked has been seized be­
gle teaspoonful ot tuilk generally con­
disport
themselves
to
all
eternity.
On
Perils of Crinoline.
wright."
Only
this
and
nothiug
more.
change was in the form of two ad
the other hand, those who receive the The shock caused the poor lady to fall fore It could be brought to land by >
The dangers of the historic crinoline tains from 2,000,000 to 10,000.000 germs. xertisements.
call of death In hours of darkness In a dead faint, from which she did larger one of the same variety.-F1J-
are illustrated by a story told by I.ady The number may even be much larger
“The gentleman who found a must needs endure a probationary pe­
Dorothy Nevlll tn her ' Itemlnisvemes." than this. In the removal of cream
purse
with money in the Blumen­ riod before they can enter into the not rally for several hours, and. fortu­
Deaf Elaphants.
from
the
uillk
the
germs
are
takeu
with
Going too near the fireplace, tier vole
nately for ber. It was then known her
Solitary elephants, not necessarily
It,
aud
lu
the
process
of
churning
the
strasse
is requested to forward it to future life. The Saragossans are in busband
miaous skirt caught Ore. and in au
was
not
among
the
lost.
“rogues," may be met with in all Jim-
instant she was In a blaze. Tlieie germs are collected with the fat. so in the address of the loser, as he is addition flrm believers In premoni­
gle country frequented by elephant*,
tions, omens and foreordinations.
were no men present, aud tile women the butter we have the concentration recognized.”
Hippophagy.
declares Harry Storey, the author ot
A day or two later appeared the
could not help her, because If they of a large part of the germs contained
Hlppophagy being In low water In “Hunting and Shooting in Ceylon.” A
had gone near enough to Is- of use their In the milk from which the butter was response, which, although so cour­
Instincts of a Woman.
these later days, somebody has set
own skirts would have been ignited. derived. So In a pound of butter de­ teous, had an elusive air, to say the
A little girl who had for some time himself to show what an exceedingly "solitary,” he says, is rather fond ot
Fortunately latdy Dorothy had sultl rived from twenty pluts of milk the least:
wanted a dog was taken very 111. One respectable history attaches to the taking up Its residence In the neigh­
borhood of a village and helping Itself
clout presence of mind to roll herself number of bacteria must be almost be-
"The recognized gentleman who day when much better she told her practice Among the ancients, especial contentedly to the villagers’ produce.
In the hearth rug un i thus sulslue the youd estimate. A brief computation
mother
of
her
desire
and
begged
her
ly in China, eating horseflesh was
will show that the number of bacteria picked up a purse in the Blumen­
Elephants In Ceylon have In general
flames.
to ask her grandpa to buy her one. general, and It was only killed tn Eu­
contained lu a pound of butter might strasse requests the loser to call at
The mother answered that grandpa rope by a papal decree of Gregory III., acquired a contempt for the preseac*
easily
reach the enormous sum ot five his house at a convenient day.”
A Judge of Land.
did not like dogs and probably would though why horseflesh should have of the ordinary villager and will walk
I’roud Father Welcome hack to the to ten billions.’*,
not be willing to buy one. Then, see­ tieeu Interdicted does not appear. It through a fence as soon as look at It
Only Hearsay.
ol<i farm, my boy. So you got through
ing the little Invalid look sadly disap­ was only the famine caused by N’apo- and help themselves to growing crop*
A Touch of Vanity.
college all right? Farmer’s Son Yes.
Magistrate—How old are you, pointed. she said, "Well, wait tin you Icon's Invasion that revived the prac tn spite of the watchers’ presence
Un Nov. 25—81. Catherine’s day—
shouts or even firing of guns. A good
father I'roud Father Ye know. I told
madam ?
get well, my dear, then we will see.”
tice in Germany, where It baa survived deal of this indifference Is due to th*
ye to study up chemistry ami things, Frene h girls who have passed their
“
Oh,
no,
”
answered
the
child,
whose
W
itness
—
According
to
your
own
ever since.—Loudon Globe.
so you'd know tiest what to do with twenty-fifth birthday and are uumar- ruling, I don't know.
fact that there are rnauy deaf el*-
few years had taught her some wis­
different kinds of land
hat do you rietl wear a little cap made of flue mus­
phants to be found all over the coat-
dom
"The
more
sick
I
am
the
more
Magistrate
—
Why,
how
is
that?
Net
Broadened.
lin.
the
symbol
of
maldbood.
As
the
try, tiore than people imagine, a®1
think of that flat medder there, for In­
"They say that travel broadens a such animals are quite indifferent 1*
Witness—You stated that hear likely he will be to buy it for me."—
stance? Farmer's Son Cracky, what day approaches the millinery shops
Exchange.
man."
said
the
dark
woman.
show
these
caps
tn
great
quantities,
say was not conclusive evidence, did
a place for n ball game! Kansas City
any amount of noise. Let an elephant,
"Well, I don’t know about that.” re however, once become aware that be
and their manufacture by young girls you not ?
Imle|>endent.
Hoarding.
piled the light woman. "My husband la being bunted, and he becomes ••
is always accompanied by Joies at the
Magistrate—Yes, but—
Hoarding Is not only an economic
been a conductor on a trolley car wary and alert as possible.
expense of old maids; but. strauge to
Pdy th« Poor Wolf.
Witness (interrupting)—Well, I mistake, but an economic crime as has
"Why Is It," asked the fox. “that you relate, these caps, because they are be­ am told- that I am so many year* well. It Is. In fact, a survival of the for reven years and see how thin he
I once beard of an elephant that <*•
Is!”—Yonkers Statesman.
coming to all. are worn on St. Cather­
always look so gaunt "
making havoc among the cattlemeo in
old; but, as you know, it is only evtl days of maladministration. It
ine
’
s
day
by
young
girls
as
well
as
by
"Oh," replie.I the wolf, "It's nil due
the great swamp of Dlwulanl and ta*<i
comes down to us from the time when
hearsay.—Chicago News.
Economy.
to the biisinera I'm In. 1 always have old maids
been “proclaimed” for destruction. I
nearly all governments were conquer­
Small
Gilbert
—
Papa,
dMn
’
f
I
bear
to keep away from the door until
ors which considered themselves en­ you teli mamma we would ha ve to made a forced march by night lu f»*°*
Where It Doesn't Apply.
Justifiable.
there’s nothing left In the
to
moonlight, tn course of which I walk­
titled to plunder their subjects. Thus
Sion un<| Mure,’* remarked the man
The cat hail eaten the canary.
economi«? Tapa-Tew. my son 8mali ed slap Into an elephant In a daft,
tat " t’atholk- sta mia ni and
hoarding Is founded upon distrust of
with the quotation habit. ‘Ms a ifixxl
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motto.”
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al»ut it, either,' she said, picking
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protected
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thoughtful
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her teeth with her claws.
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or the elephant. Anyhow be made rec­
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thinker, “there to one thing that can
know anything about the rest of the never be »low and sure.’*
couldn't eat the pianola on the first The Elder Matron-You shouldn't
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country." said the visitor
down to let my nerves recover a b*»
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think, when I told them we wanted t*
it- gas rau^e and went to aleep.—Chi­
fact. -Bal me.
visit
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Landon Scrap«.
The first meeting between General
George B. McClellan and General Bob-
ert E. Lee happened In Mexico duping
the war with that country, McClellan
was a lieutenant of engineers, and Lee
was a major on the staff of General
Winfield Scott.
One day McClellan was walking
across a field when he saw Genera'
Scott aud bls staff approaching on
horseback. As they drew near Ma-
Jor Lee reined up his borse and asked
the lieutenant If be did not know
that he was disobeying orders. Ills
toue was sharp aud ungry. McClellan
answered that be was not aware of
uny disobedience ami usked for an ex­
plan itlou. I.ee replied that all ofllccrs
had been to' 1 to remain In their quar­
ters, awaiting orders, and asked for
the lieutenant's name.
McClellan gave bls name and said
that no order of that kind had reach ■ 1
film. But Lee In a peremptory tone
ordered him to g, to Ills quarters a il
remain there. Then he rode off and
rejoined General Scott and the staff,
who hud iro stopped. McClellan went
to bls quui’iers, as lie had been dlrect"d
to do. but v as quite ludlgnunt nt t ie
way In which Lee had treated him. for
be had not knowingly committed a
breach of discipline.
lie had just finished telling bls broth­
er officers the Incident when be was
Informed that an officer was outsl le
the tent asking for him. On going o H
lie was mu< b surprised to see Ma.or
I.ee, who saluted him with respect.
“Lieutenant McClellan,” the major
salil, "I am afraid that I was not cour­
teous In my mauner to you a llt.le
while ag'% and I have culled to upil
oglze.”
”1 assured him that It was all right."
said General McClellan In telling the
story, "mid lie ro le off after makl'i-’
a low bow, leaving me lii admiration
of a autierlor officer who so promptly
and generously repaired an error."—
Chicago News.