Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-28

pensed change. In tones which bore a trace of tears he made his little speech and with bated breath awaited reply. The cashier hesitated a second-he thought 1t week-and calling waiter directed him to summon the proprietor. Before the waiter could move in obedi- ence to instructions the young lady stepped to the front and with a. merry twinkle in her eye said: You need not go to that trouble; I will settle the bill and with that laid a $10 bill on the cash iers desk. Instantly the world became bright and altogether lovely for the young man, who felt as if the weight of continent had slipped from his shoul- ders. After the return to the hotel the forgotten pocketbook was secured ana the money was rendered by the young man to his fair rescuer, but despite his insistence she refused to be reimbursed. holding that between the dinner and her enjoyment of his temporary discontinue she was more than repaid for the ex- penditure
 If this was fiction this would be the point for wedding bells and orange blos- soms, but this is an Incident from real life arfd that makes a difference. There is a sequel, however. The members of the party returned to their various homes and the joys of that particular young newspaper man resumed his plod- ding, and in due time he was married, but not to his companion of the carnival dinner. Four or five years after his mar riage the mails one day brought him a square envelope which contained let ter from his partner on that occasion. It told him that she was interested in build ing a church in her little town and de- string to raise as much money as possible in the good cause she would allow him to return the $6.95 advanced to him some years before in New Orleans, with the understanding that it would be portion of her contribution to the building fund. The young man did the handsome act in response He figured the interest on the sum from the time she relieved him from his perplexing position to that date and enclosed a check for the amount. The church has been built and up to. the present writing everybody is happy.
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 For years the funny photographers on the newspapers of the land have had their filings at the Congressional. Record, and this much abused publication has never once retorted. The Congressional Record is one of the most valuable, and at the same time the least appreciated, of all publications in this country. In it's pages may be found information which could not be obtained elsewhere in life time, if at all. Much of this information is of very great value, and 1t is collected and presented to the reader without re- gard to expense, covering in many fn- stances important matters rom remote portions of the world. In a measure the E Congressional Record Is daily history of the doings of this government, and it contains in its pages the most brilliant thoughts of many of the brightest men of the country. The young man who will read the Congressional Record reg ulariy and carefully will find in the course of few years that he will know more of the policies, plans and methods of the government of the United States than any of the paragraphers who waste time making fun of the publication. One of the most brilliant young lawyers of northeast Alabama said recently: "I know of no publication in this country which is as great an educator as the Congressional Record. I know of more than one poor boy who made it text book, and every one has much more gen. eral and accurate information about our government than the average college graduate. To cite a case in point: About twelve years ago had been recently ad- mitted to the bar and was doing the practice which falls to the lot of the aver age young lawyer. Cases were few and far between with me- Twas employed in case to be heard by a justice in a littles cross A roads town some distance from the county seat, and to attend the sitting necessitated trip