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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
A SUCCESSFUL IMITATION.
She Didn't Want Pc pie to KnosV She Vas
Just Married

She Didn't Want Pc pie to KnOsc She Vas
Just Married.
The consciousness of newly married
couples has provided so much mirth for a
heartless world that there positively ought to
be law enacted prohibtin G the dry old bach
elors. spinsters and prosy Darbys and Joans
from smiling anywhere within mile of a
bride and groom. On the other hand, it is
perhaps as well for young brides and grooms
not to err in the effort to initiate ''old mar
ried folks'' in the manner the S an Francisco
Chronicle records:
''Now," says the bride, "Henry, want
you to understand distinctly that do not
wish to be taken for bride. am going to
behave exactly as if 1 we're an old married
woman. So, dearest, do not think me cold
and unloving if 1 treat you very practically
when there is anybody by"
81 don't believe / can pass for an old mar
ried man. am so fond Of you that 1 am
bound to show it. I am sure to give the
thing away"
'sNo, you mustn't. It's easy enough And
insist that you behave just like all old mar
ried men do. Do you hear?'
'sWell, darling, rll try, but I know l will
not succeed"
The first evening of their arrival the bride
retired to her chamber and the groom fell in
with poker party, with whom he sat play
ing cards until 4 o'clock in the morning.
His wife spent the weary hours weeping. AT
last he turned up and met his grief-stricken
bride with the hilarious question:
''Well, amt 1 doing the old married man
like daisy?"
She never referred to the subject again,
and everybody knew after that they had just
been married.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
TALK OF THE TODDLERs.

A little Wiiliamstown girl had the whoop-
ing cough, and when she recovered from il
she said she was glad she didn't die while
she had the whooping-cough because Good
would not like little coughing angels. u
Montpelier Waterman.
Three-year-oli to crying baby:
''Y'u fink y'u ave yots of twubble, don
YIN, baby9"
''Hu h-hu-wah-hu-wah!n replied the
baby.
well, y'u dis wait till y'u dit bid huff to
dit dood' pankin' once, amen y'u'n know
what twubble is. "-Chicago Ledger.
Young hopeful Ito his sister)-I say Nell,
pass me the butter
Nell lin tone of sisterly reproof) If what,
Johnnie?
Johnnie-(goaded to desperation by the
delay)-If you can reach it!-Life.
"What letter is that, Willie?n
"Why, it's k, amt it!''
eyes, that's right, and now what's this!"
''Why, it's i, amt tt?''
''No, that's IL
''Sure enough; it haint got no pimple on
top of it, has it, grandpa!'
Reproachful mother to her five year old de-
quenU-NOW mary, Wnen you say YOUR prayers
tonight you must tell God of that naughty
thing you said to mamma to-day
Mutinous -year-old-No, I needn't
Mamma, taken aback-No you needn't!
Why not!
Five year-old, triumphantly-No use; He
heard it. Tabieau. Detroit Journal.
Parson Houghton, of Dallas, has little
son who is decidedly precocious. Yesterday
Mrs. Houghton said to the boy, who is six
years old:
your father brought you home such q
nice little drum for present, and you never
even kissed him for it,
"What are you thinking about, ma?" re-
plted the boy; we meu never kiss each
other. Texas Siftings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
Thousands fastened to Their Grav4
Thousands Upon Thousands.!.

By relying on testimonials written in vivid
glowing language of some miraculous cures
made by some largely pulled up doctor OIL
patent medicine has fastened thousands to
their graves: the readers having almost in
sane faith that the same miracle will be per-
formed on them, that these testi-
monials mention, while the so-called
medicine is all the time fastening them
to their graves. Although we have
of testimonials of the most wonderful cures,
voluntarily sent US, we do not publish them,
as they do not make the cures. 1t is our
medicine, Hop Bitters, that makes the cures.
1t has never failed and never can. We will
give reference to anyone for any disease
similar to their own if desired, or will refer
to any neighbor, as there is not neighbor-
hood in the known world but can show its
cures by Hop Bitters
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,

Lion-tamers find lionesses good deal
harder to manage than lions.-Louisville
| Courier-Journal.
If beauty is only skin deep, the rhinoceros
| should have the inside track at beauty
show.-Cincinnati Merchant Traveller.
Carefully review the tail my pen doth
tell" said the poetic pig as he pensively
twisted it through crack.-Pittsburg Chron-
icle-Telegraph.
In Canada hogs are singed instead Of
scalded, to get their bristles off. Some human
hogs do not lose their bristles in either way
that is, not in this life.-Burlington Free
Press.
NO" said the smart pig, just before
butchering time, as he declined the farmers
invitation to come up to the trough and have
something; ''no, / thank you kindly; but
where there's swill there's weigh '-Bur-
dette.
| The old fable is that the bear had long
tail, but while fishing with it through the ice
it was frozen off. The true story is, however,
the bear, who is devoted fisher contracted
the fisherman's habit of sitting down so much
that he wore off his tail.-Pittsburg Chron
lcle-Ielegrapn.
| Only looking over the manuscript find
there is great deal about hogs in the scien-
itfc column this week. 1 can only account
for this on the ground that have been tray
cling nearly all week in company with two
or three English noblemen who own 10000
acres of grazing land and aswhole eternity of
wire fence in Colorado.-Brooklyn Eagle.
A hog in Huntingdon county, Penn, has
not tasted food since last November. And
why people go right on calling it hog is
more than the total abstineut old porker can
| imagine. These cases of prolonged total
abstinence from food are otunusual among
hogs. There was hog in Missouri that did
not taste food from the 18th of December
until the 4th Of July. He didn't taste any
then. He was killed on the 18th Of Decem
her-Burdettn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
FUNNY MANS FINAL SIGNAL JOKE
The Ruling Passion Of Punning Strong
Eren ia heath.

The Ruling Passion Of Punning Strong
Eren in heath.
retired humorist ventured one day into
a cotton mill, and while in an unguarded
moment he was perpetrating some of his old
and shop-worn jokes upon an innocent op-
erative he was drawn into some Of the pom
derous gearing and dreadfully crushed.
They combed him out of the machinery after
a spell and speead the effects on the floor.
"Who is it? Who is itl' was the an xious
inquiry as the crowd gathered around. No
body knew.
Then the humorist slowly opened his eyes
and moved his lips. a sympathizing by
stander bent down his ear
There is good reason why nobody recog-
nizes me-" the humorist whispered painfully.
Why is it!'' the sympathizing bystander
asked
Because" the humorist explained, as he
saw chance to steal home" because have
been travelling in cog"
And then q smile like summer cloud
played for an instant over his features and
was gone He never spoke again.-Boston
Journal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
Notice to Creditors.

State OF Minnesota, County of Ramsey-ss. In Pro-
bate Court special term, February 81, 1885.
In the matter of the estate of Joseph H. Semper de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the Judge of Probate of
the county of Ramsey will upon the first Monday of
the month of April, A. D., 1885, at ten o'clock, a.
m receive, hear, examine and adjust, all claims and
demands of ali persons against said deceased; and
that six months from and after the date hereof have
been allowed and limited for creditors to present
their claims against said estate at the expiration of
which time all claims presented not proven to
its satisfaction shall be forever barred unless for
good cause shown further time be allowed.
By the Court,
[L.sl WM. B. AICGRORTY,
Judge of Probate.
DELPHINE E. SEMPER, Administrators.
feb2j-5W-Wed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
CHARACTERISTIC OF A CLA1RvoANT.

s'You must have your fortune told while
you are in Chicago" said young lady resi-
dent to her guest. ''Mme. B., on Wabash
avenue, reveals many wonderful things"
is she the seventh daughter of the
seventh son!''
''No, she is the seventh wife of a seventh
husband. San Francisco Ingleside.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18

in the house. And now Jones is president
of bank and owns about half the real es-
tate in his neighborhood, while his wife lords
it over us in satin and diamonds. 1 wonder
what it all means, anyhow9n
"Why, don't you know-haven' you
heardan
Il certainly have not"
'Her husband is now great inventor"
"What did he invent?n
"a fastening for roller skates. ''-Detroit
Journal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
A Losing Joke

Appointment physician of Pittsburg said tos
lady patient who was complaining of her contin
'ued i'll health, and of his inability to cure her
'jokingly said: ''Try Hop Bittersl'' The lady
took it in earnest and used the Bitters, from
(which she obtained permanent health, She now
laughed at the doctor for his joke, bit he is not
$50 well pleased with it, for it cost him goot
patient,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
Fees of Doctors.

The fee of doctors at SO visit would tax a
man for year, and in need OF a daily visit,
over 81, 900 year for medical attendance
alone. And one siugle bottle of Hop Bitters
taken in time would save the $1,000 and ali
the years sickness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
THERE'S MILLIONS IN 1T.

in Tnrentfom That E"adtes Hon to Rot,
ar TeGtth.
'Just look at that lovely dressi Mrs.
Jones is easily the most extensively dressed
woman at the ball Ignorant, spiteful thing
she is tool Why, can recall time, not a
year ago. when the Jones family didn't know
what IT meant to have whole loaf OF bread
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
4 Count Wh Counted the Cost.

Rockland Courier-Gazette.
An editor hired an escaped italian count
to shovel the snow off his sidewalk for stip-
ulated price of 25 cents, the editor to furnish
the shovel. The Italian worked faithfully fol-
few minutes until it occurred to him thai
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18

the shovel was worth half dollar, where's
upon he made off and put it up for drinks.
After the editor had got done mourning the
loss of his shovel he made an item of the
rascally transaction and put it under For
eign Intelligence"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18

The war against dudes borrowing clothes
is unjust. A society man has as much right
to hire a dress coat as he has to hire hack;
but in truth he shirks both. He takes his
friends coat and walks to the ball.-New
Orleans Picayune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
DEPARTING TRAINS.

DEPARTING 1AALAS-
La Crosse, Dubuque and
st. Louis Elk -. -.
Prairie du Chen, Mil,
and Chicago Ey.
Calmarand Davenport e
Mason City, Abba and
Kansas City Ex.......
Pickering and Council
Bluffs Elk
Milbank & Fargo Elk
Milwaukee and Chicago
Fast Elk ..........
Mason City, Abba anC
Kansas City Elk 49,.
Des Moines and Council
RluiTs EX.....
La Crosse Passenger
Aberdeen & Mitchell Rx.
Milwaukee and Chicago
Fast EN
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18

- None genuine without bunch of green
hops on the white liable. Shun all the vile, p1is-
onous stuff with ''Hop'' a. 'sHnns" in their
name.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
WHOLESALE HARDWARE.
GRATEFUL-COMFORT
EPP 81 COCOA
BREAKFAST

''By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations OF digestion and nu-
triton, and By careful application OF the fine
properties Of well-selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps has
provided our breakfast tables with deicately
favored beverage which may save us many heavy
doctor bills. 1t is by the iudicious use of such
articles Of diet that constitution may be gradu-
ally built up until strong enough to resist every
tendency of disease. Hundreds Of subtle mala-
dies are floating around sready to attack WHEREBY
er there is weak point, We may escape many
fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified
with pure blood and properly nourished frame"
Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold
in tins only n % and ID by Grocers, labeled thus
JAMES EPPS & CO. H0m Gospos S Gnsnss,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18

II assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
and only ten days ago his doctor gave him
up and said he must die, from kidney and
liver trouble
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18

Paper books and briefs printed promptly and
with the best of supervision at the GLOBE Job
Office.
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GIVEN M by the Doctors.

ISIS it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a rem
edy?''
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ARRIVING TRAINS.
chicago and MiIWau kee

- - " - - -
Fast Elk. 80 80
Davenport IL Calmar Elk
Kansas City, Abba and
Mason City Elk.
Council Bluffs and Des
MoiHes. ..............
Mitchell & Aberdeen Elk
Chicago and Milwaukee
Fast Elk.
Fast Mail and La Crosse
Ex.
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chen Elk.
Kansas City, Abba and
Mason City Elk.
Council Bluffs and Pick
ering ... ........
Fargo & Milbank Elk.
St. Louis, Dubuque and
la Crosse Fly
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DOCTOR T. j.
Fl 4 I2,CH,
5ee jackson street. st. Paul. Miun.

All forms of NERVOUS DEBILITY resulting in
Mental and Physical Weakness, Mercurial and
other affections of the Throat, Skin or Bones,
Blood Impurities and Poisoning, Skin Affections,
Old Sores, Pains In the Head and Back, Rheuma-
tism Ulcers, Piles Affections of the Eye and Ear,
Disorders of the Lungs, Stomach, Liver and
Bowels and all Chronic Female Complaints and
Irreguiaritie are treated - newnethods with
rerlast, 49, success. Offices and parlors pri-
vate. Write for circular. Terms modo 9 p
Consultation free. Office hours a. In. terate.
m, Sundays 10 a. m to 5 p. N.
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means Daily. Except Sunday.
Additional trains between st. Paul and Minneaoo-
lis via "Short Line leave both cities hourly; Tor pa:'
ticulars Short Line time tables.
st. Paul-Chas Thompson, City Ticket Agent IL
East Third street. Brown & Knebe, Ticket Agersa
Union Depot. ,,,,-. ... No -,
EicoIlet Honss. A. B. Chamberlain. Ticket Agena
Denny
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BRIDGE MATERIAL.
ST. Paul Foundry Co,
MANUFACTURERS o2
CAST And WROUGHT IRON
Blilllg&BridgGNOr

Send for cuts OF columns. All kinds of cast.
ings made short notice. Works on St. P, M
g. NJ. R. r., near Como avenue. Office, Fourth
tNSes corner Robert, st. Paul. II. w. TOPPING,
'. c. n. POWER, Secretary and Treasurer
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CHICAGO.
milwaukee C st. Paul R'y.
1HE FAST MAIL LINE

Pullman Sleepers with Smoking Rooms and -,
finest Dining Cars in the world are run On ali
Main Line trains TO and from Chi
caqu and NiIwauLaa
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City Office. St Paul, S2s (old No. 43, jackson street.
City Office. Minneapolis, No. TO Nicollet housa
CHAS. s. FEE.
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A 6:9Oa. m. A T:15 q. n.
E 10:35 L. IN. 3 10:45 q. n.
B 1885 a. m. B 1o:45 a. lu-
B 1885 a. m. B1o:45 I. m.
A 5:S5 p. II. A 5000. m
A 1:9Op. m A 2:15p. m.
B sos p. m. B 4:Oop. n.
B gap. m. 3 6:5op, n.
B s:42p. m. B e:5Op. n.
B e:42 p. m. p 6:5Op. m.
B S:15p. III. B 7:25 p. N.
II 10000. m. 2 1855 p. IN.
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Leave Leave
Minneapolis. St. Paul.
b 5:05a. m. p 5:40a. n.
B 1920 an. P $50 a. m.
B $50 i. n. s:SOa. m.
B $50 4. n. IS:sOa. m.
B s;2oa. II. B s:3Oa. n.
B S;15 a. II. B 7:SOa. N.
A loop. N. A 1:4Op. m
2 4:3op. n. I 4:so p. n.
b 4:sop N. B 4:sop. m.
B 1870 ,. II. B t:05p. n.
A S:4s p. M: 4 7:0Op. N.
A $500 D. m. A s:4op. n.
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A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY

of intestates goes to the city only because
not fully enough advertised at the time.
England improves upon our methods in this
regard. have book in press which will
give lis of unclaimed moneys in the hands
OF British executors at present, which can
readily be had by the heirs in this country by
proving their heirship, but have no faith
in claims to estates like the Townley, the
proof of which rests on tradition.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-18
lEST YOUR BAKING POWDER TO-DAY.

1EE TEST:
Place top down hot stove until heated ther
remove the cover and smell. chemist will not be re-
CURED to detect the presence OF ammonia.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-02
Remarkable Success by irrigation.


At the recent meeting of the ensilage
congress, in New York, Mr.. A. N. Cole,
of Wellsville, in that state, told some re-
markable stories of his success in farming.
He ignores phosphoric acid, ammonia,
potash and other standard fertilizers and
regards pure water as a cure for every
agricultural ILL., Cole has constructed q
lake on top of Il hill, and the water is con-
Quoted from this by means of subter-
raneaR pipes to the roots of his plants. 1t
is said that the world never saw such
plants as this system of irrigation pro-
duceS. Strawberries the size of peaches,
and peas the size of frost grapes in pods
six and seven inches long are among the
results
1t is objected that vegetables produced
by Mr.. Coles system will be lacking in
substance, and of coarse, watery flavor.
caused by too much acid and too little
sun, but there seems to be no doubt that
great size can be attained by the products
of this liberal irrigation, AS big vege-
tables are in demand. and bring fine prices
it is likely that many farmers will follow
Coles meth DDS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-02
Collecting W it'll a Hot Poker.
LHawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch.l


One HawkinsvilIe guano deader has q
novel but effective way of enforcing pay
ments. Occasionally purchaser of gu.
ano may delay paying for the same, but
he won't deny the debt or defer settlement
when the new method of collection is
brought into requisition. Recently a
misunderstanding occurred between the
dealer in question and a tardy purchaser.
The agent insisted that he had sold the
party last spring nine sacks of guano of a
certain brand.
But never got that guano.
you did get it, and can prove it to
you.
We'll, bring up your proof, and if I
got it will pay you for it. !"
At that juncture one of the guanO
agents partners pulled out of the fire
red hot poker three feet long, and giving
it flourish, as it scattered the sparks,
swore that the man did get the guano.
Yes, sir, got that guano, and am
ready to pay for it, was the response.
We happened round the other morn
ing, and picked up the item, and looking
into the fire we discovered three iron
pokers being heated for use during the
daV
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-02
FACTS FOR SKATERS.
The Dangerous Results of Injudicious Ex
ercise Rollers.

minneapolis Tribune. ]


ercise on Rollers.
minneapolis Tribunel
Said I, the other day, to one of our
leading physicians: doctor, what do
you think of the present roller-skating
mania?"
"WeIl," he replied slowly, sits very
good thing for the doctors, surgeons, and
specialists, too. Oh, yes, indeed. It
brings on high-priced class Of COM
plants. muoh more lucrative than COM
mo mon e measles $50 or rheumatism In In
of motion quite unnatural, and
entirely different from anything to which
a girl is accustomed, calling into most
violent play muscles which are but little
used If It were not craze which seems
TO admit of no moderation, no gradual
inuring Of the muscular system which
might grow tolerant of the exercise, the
case would not be so bad. But this is not,
after all, the worst feature. The prevalent,
and all but universal mode of dress, is
really the greatest cause of trouble. The
average girl-though you may be sure she
will Indignantly deny it-could not get a
real, full, free breath inside her corset to
save her life. Oh, yes. she thinks she
does. because she doesn't know what
it iis-a full, free breath. which
reaches clear down to the waist line,
and demands free play of the abdominal
muscles. Those muscles, and others so
important to locOmotion, are cramped
and restricted, while all the time trying
to respond to to the violent and unnatural
strain upon them, and as a result some of
the more delicate organs of her complex
system are sure to suffer, and suffer Sc
verely. 1t is with physicians no secret
that there is great increase of maladies
and weaknesses among girls directly
traceable to this sport. l would rather
my daughter should run up and down
stairs from cellar to attic forty times
day than become devotee of this kind of
amusement. The consequences are similar,
but worse in the latter case.
But do you consider it worse than
skating on ice?"
Skating on ice is not a good thing for
many girls-for none but the heartiest
who are accustomed to vigorous exercise
and not for them unless properly
dressed. But the outdoor is, of course.
an improvement on that of the rink, not
only because of its purity and invigorat-
ing qualities, but because the cold puts a
limit to the number of hours devoted to
the amusement Then, too, there is usu-
ally plenty of room. and, consequently.
less liability to accidents of one sort and
another. But, the one fact is, that girls
can never profit by the present popular
rage for physical exercises and pedestrian
feats until they conclude to dress sensibly
SO as to allow the free use of the muscles
they are ostensibly seeking to develop.
1t is perfectly absurd otherwise, and
nothing can prevent its working an in.
jury. I"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-02
Breathing Illuminating Gas.
scientific Journal.l

The injuriousreffeet produced by illu-
minating gas is due. according to Grubes
researches, not to the continuance of its
action, but to its concentration, or the
percentage of it in the air. 1t is asserted
that air containing five parts in 10. 900 can
be breathed by men and animals for
hours, and even days without any in-
jury to the health; from seven to eight
parts in 10, 900 cause indisposition; twenty
parts cause difficult breathing, loss of
power, and uncertainty of notion with
twenty to forty parts drowsiness begins,
and when there is still more carbonic OK
ide in the air, the poisoning is attended
with violent symptoms; brain and spinal
column are especially affected. cramps
seize the victim, yet he may recover if
brought quickly into fresh air. Breathing
air heavily charged with carbonic oxide
for long time may likewise cause death.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-02
william NJ. Evarts' Wit.
New York Tribune

A story Illustrating the great lawyers quick
ness is a favorite in circles of ''applied fl
nance" Not long since he stood with party
of friends on the soil of Virginia near the
famous Natural Bridge. There is a legend
that once on time George Washington threw
a silver dollar from the stream to the surface
of the bridge. 1t is big throw, so big in
fact that some of the tourists were inclined to
disbelieve the legend. Mr. Evarts being APP
pealed to for his opinion instantly replied as
he measured the distance with twinkling
eye: swell, we must not forget that a dollar
went good deal further in Washington's day
than il does now