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would have killed 1t in q few years, but Ie-
course was taken to an operation that Is
now very frequently applied in free sur
scry. The decayed portion was scraped
off and a covering of asphaltum was placed
over 1t to arrest further decay. Inc Tree
is row we'll off as would be man VITA
limb amputated and properly dressed
with antseptics. In the course of time the
wound will probably be healed and the tree
will be perfectly healthy again.
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bessie Only Dog is the inscription
on a wooden hesdboard over a small mound
by a high fence at the corner of South Cap
itol and streets. Dessie's fate was very
similar to that of man. The dog had a ca
reer of popularity, and when she died her
owner shed a big tear and couldn't think
of throwing her carcass on the ash heap. He
went 10 the official in charge of the reser-
walton, which is used for various purposes
in connection with the Capitol, and begged
to be allowed TO bury Bessie in the corner
of the fence. Permission was given him to
do so, and new-made grave was added to
the relics of the place. The man got
headboard and put it up, and he had the
grave sodded. Then the employees became
highly interested in his affection for the
dog and they began taking special care or
that fence corner, so that he might see 1t
looking neat and the grass green when he
came to mourn for his canine friend His
devotion to the animal was touching. ana
he said he would be there often to look on
her grave. His feelings were perceptibly
moved by the sympathy of the men who
work about the place. That all happened
several years ago, and he has never come
back Desse's grave is sunken and some
what neglected, but the man has other
things to occupy his thoughts.
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Out at the head of 14th street the martial
spirit prevails among the schoolboys to
wonderful degree. These days the streets
of Columbia Heights sound with the tramp
of infantry and the sharp orders of COM
manding officers whenever the public
schools are not in session. The secret of
it all lies in the superior organizing ability
of one particular young student. Not long
ago he raised a squad of boys about his
own age, equipped them with wooden guns
and persuaded them to have made at home
a suit of blue overall stuff with a stripe
down the trousers. In less than two days
half the other boys on the hill were clamor-
ing for admission to the company.
Now the young trust promoter has COM
mand of over fifty boys, organized with,
perhaps an overplus of officers, but not
without a sufficient number of enlisted men
to give every officer something to do. The
other day one of the superior officers of the
District militia was riding to the end of
the 1ith street line. when the company
plete disregard of the motorman's claims
on the right of way. The militiaman looked
after them for moment and then ex-
claimed: There go future National
Guardsmen.'
No indeed was the reply from one who
evidently knew the history of the COM
pany, there goes a future John Pierpont
Morgan with his prospective customers
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The velvety-voiced politicians who go to
the White House get some jolts from Pres
ident Roosevelt. When the executive meets
the callers in the morning he has them
rounded up in the reception room, and
sometimes there are a score In the room
at once. Mr.. Roosevelt buStles in and ropes
at the first short-horn he sees, finishes with
him in short order and goes down the line
in the same brisk manner. No condolences
are exchanged. The sly politician grasps
the president by the lapel, puts his lips
close to the executive ear and whispers his
little tale. The President replies in a voice
audible throughout the room, gives the
whole snap away, not only revealing the
object of the visitors call, but discloses
his action. In the case of a 'turn-down'
this is Very painful.
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. One of the local girls boarding schools in
ciudes among its day pupils a young miss
of seventeen years who represents the con-
centrated affection of her parents, a sister
and a number of older brothers. She bub-
bles over with merrlment, is healthful to
degree that alarms the family physician
and speeds through her lessons as thought
fully and regularly could be expected of
a girl who takes music lessons and must
give half an hour a day to each member of
a large family. The other day she went to
school in good spirits but succumbed to a
toothache at the end of her first study
nprin In he urh 'to
work to nurse her-possibly out of recogni-
terest in the school She was taken up
blankets were heaped on her until she al
most smothered, the superintendent came
in the room and lowered the blinds, the his
tory teacher came and offered wine and edi-
bles and every girl in her class poured in
after each recitation period to inquire how
she was. But gave her any remedy
for her toothache. She lay there two or
three hours, suffering bravely and counting
the figures in the wallpaper design, when
suddenly the pain ceased. She accordingly
arose, put on her wraps and walked home
Yesterday she vouchsafed to tell her home
folks something about it. "Why in the
world didn't you tell us before?" they all
asked. Then the sly little school girls eyes
began to twinkle and she replied demurely
We'll. you see, 1 knew If l did you would
have my tooth fixed for good and ALL And
it's a mighty lot of fun being sick in a
boarding school. specially when you don t
know your lessons"
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