Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-06-29
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Short Stories


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In bank in Philadelphia is display
ed prominently this sign: Gentlemen
will please not smoke in this building"
To which somebody, evidently a lover
of the weed, annoyed by the manners
of the clerks, has appended: at makes
the clerks sour and envious"
On one of Queen Victoria's earliest
visits to London she observed to her
friend, the then Earl of Albemarle:
81 wonder if my good people of London
are as glad to see me as 1 am to see
them" He pointed to the letters V. R.
woven into the decorations, and said:
"Your majesty can see their loyal cock
ney answer. we are"
Here is a characteristic letter which
Andrew Carnegie is said to have re-
ceived from Mark Twain the other day:
"Dear Mr.. Carnegie: Understanding
that you are blessed at present with
an unusual surplus of income, and
knowing well your generous spirit and
desire to do good to those who will
help themselves, want to ask you to
make me a contribution of one dollar
and fifty cents. When 1 was a young
man my mother gave me hymn-book
which 1 faithfully used. 1t is now,
thanks to my efforts, worn out, and l
think it should be replaced, and you
are the man to do this. Approaching
to the full the generous deeds that have
made your name illustrious in this and
other countries, and believing that in
making me this donation you will be
carrying on the spirit of your work, l
am yours faithfully, Mark Twain. P.
S.-Don't send the hymn-book; send
the one dollar and fifty cents. NJ. T."
When England's heir apparent, the
Duke of Cornwall and York, then
known as prince George" was doing
his sea service, he was stationed some
time at Halifax, and he used to run
out into the surrounding country on
little expeditions. He was returning on
one occasion by train from flying trip
to a nearby village when Senator
Thomas A. Temple Of York County,
New Brunswick, who is known as a
rather pompous individual, encountered
him. The senator espied the prince
sitting in the smoker surrounded by
a pile of newspapers, and wearing his
undress naval uniform, the cap of
which bore some resemblance to that
worn by the uniformed train boy.
Here. boyr' called the senator, sharp
ly; give me a paper" The young
prince looked up and quietly handed
the lawmaker one of his papers. The
senator fished out two of the cumbrous
Canadian coppers and held them out.
The prince took them gravely and laid
| them on the seat beside him. The SEN
ator's confusion can be imagined when,
a few hours later, he learned the iden-
tity of the 'newsboy' upon his arrival
at Halifax.
In the course of lecture in the Town
Hall at Aston-underLyne, England, the
late Henry George put his audience in
roars of laughter when he remarked:
"The man who owns the land, owns
the air as well. There has been only
one attempt that 1 have ever heard OF
to make air separate property. Near
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twelfth or thirteenth century, there
was convent of monks, who put up
windmill. One of the lords in the
neighborhood- they would be called
robbers now-fnding he could not get
any tribute from them, set up claim
to the ownership of the air, and when
they put up their windmill, said: All
the wind in these parts belongs to me-
The monks sent in hot haste to the
bishop, and told him of this claim. The
bishop got up on his hind legs and
cursed in ecclesiastical language. He
said the baron was a son of Belial;
that he did not own the wind in that
province; that all the wind that blew
over it belonged to Mother Church; and
that if the baron did not take back
his demand for rent he would launch
with bell, book and candle the curse
of Rome. Mr. Baron backed down.
But if he had owned the land he would
not have needed to set up a claim to
the wind. Men cannot breathe the all
,n1ose +hav have land to stand on"