The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-26
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ward and said. blandly: so sorry we
got The Lady or the Rooster
but we can give you The Lady or the
Tiger"
Stephen Girard. the infidel million
aire of Philadelphia, on one Saturday |
ordered all his clerks to come on the
morrow to his wharf and help unload a
newly arrived ship. One young man
replied, quietly: mfr. Girard, l can't
work on Sunday" you know the
rules" Yes, know. l have a moth
er to support, but can't work on Sun
days" We'll, step up to the desk, and
the cashier viii settle with you" For
three weeks the young man could find
no work; but one day banker came to
Girard to ask If he could recommend
a man for cashier in a new bank. This
discharged young man was at once
named as a suitable person. But"
said the banker. you dismissed him."
"Yes, because he would not work on
Sundays. A man who would lose his
place for conscience's sake would make
a trustworthy cashier" And he was
appointed.
Mark Twain once attended a mission
airy meeting in Hartford, at which a
missionary made an address. After
listening to the agonizing story of suf-
fering, Mark Twain said to himself:
For Gods sake. send that plate
around, SO that / can pour my SYM
pathy into 1t. I'll give you these four
one-hundred-dollar bills, and II l can
get piece of paper, I'll write a check
for something more. can very well
spare little money for cause like
that" But the lecturer went on talk
ing, and as he talked, Twain's enthusi-
asm Gained. And when the mission
airy had been talking for half an hour"
he continues, Il had saved one of those
bills, and when he had talked FIVE min
utes more two of those bills were
mine again, and when he had been
talking an hour l had won all four
back, and, by gosh, when he finally did
! send that plate round, l borrowed ten
cents out Of it to pay my care-fare
home"
President Lincoln, when he was a
young lawyer practicing in the courts
of Illinois, was once engaged in case
In which the lawyer on the other side
made very voluble speech. full Of wild
statements to the jury. Lincoln opened
his reply by saying: "My friend who
has just spoken to you would be al
right if it were not for one thing, ant
/ don't know that you ought to blame
him for that, for he can't help it. Wha
refer to is his reckless statements
without any ground OF truth. You have
seen instances of this in his speech t.
you. Now, the reason of this lies II
the constitution of his mind. The mo
ment he begins to talk, all his menta
operations cease, and he Is not respon
sible. He is, In fact, much like littl
steamboat that saw on the Sangamol
River, when was engaged In boatin
there. This little steamer had five
foot boiler and a seven-foot whistle
and every time 1t whistled the engin
stopped"
A member of Congress was goin
home very late a few nights ago 9TH
Washington Post says, when he me
young man who was hopelessl
drunk. The Congressman happened I
know where he lived, and kindly quit
ed him home. The Congressman ha
; no sooner pulled the bell than the doc
was flung open and tall and vigoror
woman appeared. She said not wor,
but grabbed the intoxicated young ma
by the collar and gave him shakir
that fairly loosened his teeth. Into IL
hall she shook him and slammed tt
door. The Congressman was descen
ing the steps, when the door opene
again and his friend few out as
flung from catapult. He landed
the foot of the stairs, and the Congress
man picked him up. He was vel
much frightened, and he was almo
sober. He managed to gasp out: "V
don't live here. We've moved la
|. week" The really interesting thil
/ would be to know what happened
' the man who does live there.
! The late Judge Richard Clarke pl
sided in the Atlanta circuit of the S
perior Court when one of the most
markable murder trials was in pre-
ress. The evidence was conflict
(says the Washington POST, and t
j Judge was called upon to charge t
jury on some new and interesting les
L. points. The judge was rapid talk
n. In this instance it was very imports
that every word he spoke should
correctly recorded, and he so caution
the stenographer. Then Judge Ola
'e began, AS he warmed up to his char
he was speaking at the rate of t
= hundred and fifty words a mimi
- Once he glanced toward the stenog
- pher. That worthy official seemed
. be housekeeping over his work and
parently writing very slowly. ~
-, are you getting my words do
correctly" asked the judge. At
the stenographer seemed to wake
in With little concern he replied: 9TH,
ul all right, Judge, fire away. am alb
ay fifteen words ahead of you now"
L. Kind Fate having taken me to Pi
(says a writer in the Sketch, l sat
IT, a corner of the Cafe de la Palx wit
native Partisan. Soon cohort of ra
mullins invaded the boulevards "
the last edition of LIE Jour. My fri
~, stayed a painting gamin, produces
eu French penny, and took his five I
hs times change. ] stared bit, for
boy was SO poorly clad that profit
the paper might have been looked
eve are very different from you
doners," remarked my friend, guess
my unspoken thought; 'our poor b
a code of honor-they work for t