Evening journal., 1902-03-03
STORIES FROM
HERE AND THERE

- NlltAl All tut bO9lOn journal KNOWS
man. an intense American, who be-
lieves in The superiority of the most
Stupid American over tine most learned
or brilliant foreigner. He calls all
foreigners, Of whatever country they
lmay be- "Dagos. The Emperor VIII
liam, the Gar Richard Strauss. Sar-
dou lbsen, Maeterlinck, the Chinese
minister. Marc0ni-uhey are to him all
| "DagOs, as were Goethe. Peter the
Great. Columbus, Omar Rhayyam, Con
lfucius, George Sand. He always refers
TO Americans as Gods own
No, said the Hon pussyfoot
lStaytesmann IL cannot vote to confirm
your appointment, because 1 under
stand THAT i'm the fall of 1898 you in
dulged in a nefariOus poker game in
whiClh you won a large sum of money
from a COnhding Easterner.'
But" D. tested Plug Perkins. the
Arizona Office seeker. you hadn't
Ought to hold a little thing like thia
leg'in a feler That's only one o Uhe
customs O The country an, besides.
the tenderfoot had TO lose the money to
someone"
is that so?" asked the Hon. Pussy
fcct Staytesmann "It may come as Il
distinct shock to you to be informed
that | was the person to whom YOU
refer SO casually as a tenderfoot.'
The scarcity of fish in old times in
llnland made it difficult Tor the pocl
Ito keep Lent Pepys remarks: 1.-The
talk of the towne now is
whether Lent shall be kept with the
Isudcknesse of the Kings proclamation
which is Thought cannot be, because of
the poor who cannot buy fish" He also
says Notwithstanding my resolution
yet. for want of other victualls, / did
eat flesh this Lent; and again "OuI
dinner was only sugar sopps and fish;
the only time we Eave had a Lenten
dinner all this Lent"
The city urchn has no cause this
winter to envy the country boy in
plentiful opportunities for every imagi-
nable kin of sport i'm the snow Tun-
lnels and caverns in the drifts, slieh-
ing and shedding without stint. snow.
lhalling and the elaborate construction
lof frozen tatuary-think of every con.
lceivable enjoyment of childhood wher
white garment, and since then see il
the lads in town have been worse of
since the end of last autumn than the
Young fellows on the farms have been
The Rev j. A. Kring was witness
in trial at Fort Scott Kan. the Obhe
day and before he was sworn me asket
the justice If he might be permitted t.
open his testimony with prayer. Th
lmstice responded that IL the jury haJ
mo objection ne would have none
lThereupon the preacher walked over &,
4 1.-THE jury. kneclcd down before then
land offered up a supplication. He pray
ed that the Lord would keep them from
,Iall evil and guide them to a right un
lderstanding. and he prayed that Cacl
{ witness would be made to realize dha
aif he swore falsely he would be visiteI
= Iby ;he wrath of God. When the tria
came to q conclusion, the church ant
the preacher lost Apparently it wa
& another OF those mysterious dispense
. tions through which the wicked some
! times triumph.
Representative Wilson. of Brooklyn
is reducing his weight and alread.
he is pCrccptibly thinner
How are YOU doing il. doctor?
asked Representative Shattuc, of Ohio
who weighs moro than 200 pounds
Riding in the trailers on the eleC
! trio cars. replied Mr.. Wilson. The
"a SWAY so much that person gets abou
: the same exercise as he would ridin
= horseback.