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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
MODERN FABLES. S SEoqef A56.
The Modern Fable of the Seiade Hezekah and His Mes
sage of Hope to This Years Crop of Graduates.

occasionally meet in some Directors
Room, finished in Mahogany. The
Meeting would be opened with PRAYER,
after which they would discuss Ways
and Means Of putting the Interstate
Commerce Law to the Bad, squaring
the Legislature without passing over
any or the stun themselves and hand
ing the Public the Short End Of IT.
Having arrived at this Proud EN-
tnence, HeZekiah was ripe to spring
some Advice 20 Young Men. ANY
Patriarch who has slipped the Tall Nit
to the entire Universe and dealt from
both Ends Of the Deck is the Real Boy
when it comes to laying down Rules
Of Conduct for the Pale Youth who
wants an IS Job. So Hezekiah HOOPER.
the Eminent Financier, who never
smoked a Cigar, never took a Drink
and never asked anybody else to do
either was invited to address the Glass
Of Naughty-Two at the Local Business
College.
He sat at the Rostrum wearing Black
BrOadclOth, betokening Virtue. and in
addition to his ancient Trade Marks.
the White Shirt and the White Vest
he had a White Bow Tie As he sat
there in conscious Rectitude. wondering
If the Congressional Investigation
would harm the Beef Trust. il could be
see at Glance that he would never
take anything that was nailed down.
The studious Young Gentlemen who
had been preparing themselves to go
out into the Great World and draw
Car-Fare as Book Keepers and Stenog-
raphers looked up at Honest Hezekiah
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wAYBACE Township, along IN
the Thiraes. there arrived a 70
,,rn5er. When ne was three days
ia he was exhibited to a Bunch
49,. Front Room by an Old Lady
had made a study Of Collie. She
, Rabv Expert who always broke
., 55 considerable heavy standing
IND and calling of when there was
M. in the Population.
mile little Ipsy-Wipsy was being
,---s-tsd he 0raned one Eye and spot
- -.fvar HaIf-D0llar that the Hon
49,. Nr--e wore as a Brooch. Imme-
4-+srv he closed in on it. They had
y -b6Ea him TO- make him let go. In
.es- wears 10 was remarked that this
~. +bs only time that he went after
ri Coin and failed to bring 1t home.
M pahv never had any Tartrums
,-t-rs because he had overheard
80, s4v that fl cost 50 every time Doc
Va called i'm. He would lie quietly in
~ r-fb for Hours at a time. looking
% a., The Ceiling and computing Com
--,-5 Interest on the s. Cold Piece
.sst had been pat in the Bank, 20 be
s-gvr out when he should be D.
gfe Parents gave him Biblical
ysro so as to- make him a strong
r-me-On for Investors who belonged
\, fbs Pi5us Element. Hezekiah Hoop
= he what they christened him. They
-sr,sd a Name that would carry
-sfrbt on a letter. Head and reassure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

well, dis guy dat I caddied fer
youse had two guesses at his name. 1t
wuz Percy or Etelbert. But t lydy-
say, gents, Were does t purity lydies
get dose freaks? Amt youse got no
Winnin' numbers?
We'll Percy wore kid gloves play
in Jeez, but he was cute. Say, j
wanted to asst him 10 trade dolls. Dey
goes out to t lydies' tee fer to drive,
an after t lydy had driv, Percy has
me fix his tee Den he hits t ball a
sassy slap wit t wrong side o { club.
"'Oh, sugah.' he SEE. T lydy gives
me { wink. Sir, she SEE, 'yOuse very
profane,' she SEE. Percy swells up.
Thinks he's real devilish, see? But he
wants to make good wit t lydy fer
his bum drive
"Deah me- he SEE; e club twisted
in me hans he SEE. I'm suah I've
fractuahed me fingah nail he se8.
Isn't dat provokin',' he SEE. Tt makes
me so angry he SEE.
'Say, wudn't dat make guy zap fer
his mamma?
Den Percy takes his glove off'n ms
lily wife an lamps t nail. He had
anodder guess. T nail wuz all dere.
well dey plays tree holes an t
lydy wins EN- all An say. she kidded
Percy till he looked like nine spot.
" 'Wud youse believe IT, he SEE, Tn
pehspiahin' quite vi'lently.' he SEE.
'Wudn't it be dweadful II I should
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/ ketch cold? wud wuin me voice. he
SEE.
Dat puts me to t. bad fer keeps.
Pinky was wit T. lydy, an Wen Percy
gets set fer t drive, and Wiggles
around tinkin' he's maxim good wit {
real profesh form, I kicks Pink. Pink
banks like a yeller dos. an Percy, say,
he jumps like q mouse was dom rag
time on his wife stockin's. Den we
gets ourn.
" Were wUz yOUse brung up he
SCI to me an Pink. In a stable?' he
asts. Has youse no mammals? he
asts.
It shall indulge in veal vi-tu-per-
ashun, he SEE, tUrnin' TO t lydy. Say,
watts datT'
That's a new drink" replied one Of
his listeners.
Huh" drawled FreckHes. dat guy'd
take two. an it wud be Percy to L bug
cure.
But { lydy. Say, she's a queen. She
grins out O Z corner o. dat purity
nout O. bern. Givin' US { big dope
dat Yves ace high wit her, see2 AS
7 was sayin', dere's some things about Z
game dat youse can't get Wit a meal
tickut. But Wen dat mammals Joy
wants a caddy agen, wy, F'reckles has
{ smallpox"
He'll believe Il" was the comment.
"1Ieanin' desc beauty Spots on me
mug" grinned the boy.
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Stomach-Ache, while Hez would have
20 cents salted away in the Tin Bank.
When he was still a Young Man he
made the Important Discovery that the
honest Laborer who digs Holes
for II Hours at a Stretch gets SIPS in
the Currency Of the Realm, while the
Brain Worker. who leads out a Spav-
ined Horse and puts IN 20 Minutes at
tall BunkO Work can clean I'D s1450
and then sit on the Porch all After
noon, reading THE Lives Of the
Saints"
Also Hezekiah got into the Corral a
Hold-OveE whose Eyes refused to work
as a Duet and whose Figure had all Of
the graceful ms and Outs Of a Flag
Pole, but she owned half of the Land
in the Township. Hezekiah said some
thing about the Beauty that fadeth
even as a Flower, and then he con-
nected with her Property.
When grim-visaged War showed its
awful Front. Hezekiah went down to
the Court House and hOllered for the
Union until he was black in the Face.
He showed all the emotional Farm
Hands were to sign their Names and
promised to keep them supplied with
Blue Overcoats, Beans, Navy Plug and
Hard Tack until the whole Works had
been saved. Every time there was a
new Call for Men, he took a fresh side
hold on the Commissary Department
and began to gouge the Government in
new Place.
The Heroes who came home fail Of
Malaria and Lead were met at the Sta
ton by Hezekiah. who had grown a
Chin Whisker and was sporting &
White Vest. He gave each one a Card
announcing that all Of our country's
Brave Defenders who had failed to be-
come wen fixed on SO per would get
what Money they needed at 2 per cent
Month. with Real Estate as Security
BY going through Bankruptcy, side
stepping the Assessor. working the
Farmers for a Railroad Bonus, hand
ling the Funds for UNCONVENTIONAL Col
leges and putting the double Hammer
Lock on the Small Fry who had Notes
falling due, Hezekiah accumulated a
Wad that put him into the Millionaire's
Division
He and other old Gentlemen with
pink Jowls and cold fishy eyes would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

and said: This is where he puts US
next to the Recipe for Getting There. %
At last the HOnored Guest arose and
told the Class that the Young Man who
wishes to succeed must be Upright,
Frugal Industrious and Patriotic. He
considered it the Duty of every Young
Man to accept whatever Compensation
was offered him and be Content, for as
soon as he began to earn more his t.m-
ployer would come around and put it
in his Pocket. Above all, he must love
his country and let Integrity be his
Watchword and remember that a '5o0d
Name is better than Riches, even if
other People don't think so. Then he
sat down without batting an Eye snd
every member Of the Glass Of 'O2 knew
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

@. Soft Mark who was about to sink
t Funds In a Mining Venture with a
Garantee Of As per cent Dividends.
At the age of 4 Hezekiah sat down
ali figured that If he devoted his Life
% Physical Toll he might some day be
ths Owner Of a six-room cottage fully
protected by a Mortgage. whereas. if
be- wore a White Shirt and kept busy
with the Pencil he might De Rich
enough some day to land in the Senate.
So he went out looking for Work TO
hand 90 other People. thus becoming
what the Campaign Orator calls a
Captain Of Industry.
II man wanted the Weeds pulled
from his Garden then Hez would take
The Job for 25 cents He would buy 3
cents worth Of Stick Candy and place
3. juiiciousiy, so that at Nightfall the
other boys would have Blsters and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

on an ace full He was playing a few
weeks later. and on his first hand, the
pair of treys coming, he recalled his
dream and whispered it to the man next
him Then he began to whOop things up,
and on that hand he came out $500 to
the good, for his dream, you see, came
true in every detail.
e. Berry Wall. the New Yorker, was
told by a palmist that he ought to play
the races, betting on horses whose names
were those of cOlOrs. He looked the pa
pers over that night, and Scarlet was the
only oolored nag entered for the next day.
Scarlet was a 50 to 1 shot, and Berry
Wall laid $50 on him. Wall drove away
from the track that night with LOCO
tucked in his clothes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
DREAMS COME TRUE.
Some Popular Superstitions Believed
Among Sporting Men.
lPhiladalnhia Recnrd.

The gambler. waiting on the corner. to
get a car home, yaWned, for it was so
early that the morning was still pink and
the gambler had been sitting up all night.
There are many we'll known supersti-
tions connected with poker" he said. IT
am acquainted with half a dozen cases
where. in this game. dreams have come
true. Jesse James, the outlaw. dreamed
one night that he held on the deal a pair
If treys, discarded three and won heavily
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
CAN'T DO BOTH

50 Iong as gfrls are interested q thelr
complexion they'll never be interested in
solar astronomy" said the man who sell
dom made a suggestion
What difference does that maeof" be
was asked
Not much, perhaps; but they'll doubt-
less think spots on the face o. the sun are
always less important than freokles Oh
the 6auRhtsp.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
1T SEEMS STRANGE

I don't see how they manage TO get 50
much money from the policemen in these
campaign assessments
They just get it, that's all
But think Of a mere copper collection
amounting to such sumsF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

hooks on t game o golf,
quoth Freckles, as he unceremOniously
dumped his chum Pinky out of the iron
chair and appropriated it for himself
'Us caddies gets t harpoon t'run into
us so of'n dat we feels like a porkypine
sometimes. A guy wit bleached wis
kers an bum lamps makes a hole in
tree t. first time around. Den he gets
t jiggers an takes nine t mex time
wat does t gent do? Does he bust
into song? Not on yer last years
straw hat. He hans it to t caddy like
dis-'Nine? Wy don't youse go to
school? Six, youse mean. Wy don't
youse look after t ball% he SEE. Wy
don't youse go after it? Wy don't
youse keep still wen I drive? he SEE.
Watts Z matter wit youseg Den he
turns to { ctr gent.
Il makes t hole in tree t first
time. he SEE. Dis caddy makes me
sick He puts me offn me game he
SEE.
IVY don't a guy like dat take a fell
Ter his size? IF US caddies shoots back
at dem we gets t boots. But wunst in
a vile dey gets it handed to EN-. Den
we chOrtle, see?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
A CUNNING PLAN

The doctor blamed me, she said. after
the physicians departure. for not call
ing him in sooner"
Hes ike al OF them complained the
patient Wants TO treat me when my
case isn't SeSiOus. 50 he can earn his
money eaSilyY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
PASSING REMARKS

A police stati0n-The street corner.
a ship spar-Sailors boxing.
Room Tor doubt-The place where the
jury rstIros 90 deliberate
mere are no famous whispering gall
.oI.es n this country. as there are abroad.
nlt everybody knows what the church
choir ISL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
THE LESSER Fvrr

--- ll.aT That noise. George2" she cried
vav mere. "E'E' he cried, IN a scared
..~7-, . ana after moments listening a
--.t-Lt won't over his face 'ft's
AN 5--. only burglar trying to get I'm
awake" '''- oaoy had got
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

Policy goes by dreams and supersti-
lions altogether. Ny servant girl dreamed
she had a gold tooth last month, and the
next morning she put a weeks wages on
the gold row flat and Won $500
These are all authenticated cases, >
said the gambler, "and I can couch for
them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
BROUGHT HIM ROUND

How did they work Il so that the Old
man, in spite OF his deadly opposition,
dnaliy gave mis-. consent 20 the marriage p
They. pretended that both his WIZ and
rnothsr-ln-laW were against Il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

just how to go out and pile up Mil
lion.
MORAL: What's more, they believe
it themselves.
Copyright. 1902, by Robert Howard
Russell.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
DOCTORS ARE SLOWER

These would-be smart sayings about
doctors and death make me tired. There's
no relation between them"
Nor
Certainly not Death only makes one
visit to settle the matter"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
AMRlGnOuS

Yes. thaA dog - trained very veil Hs
obeys every word
'"YOU don't say sOr
Il certainly do II want b take wax
al rye got TO say Is 'Spot, VII you 90
with me or wont yOU2 and he eiEhsF VII
~ be MAJ
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
SHE NEVER DECLINES

They say a woman never becomes 50
old she refuses 20 accept an offer."
TT grows out of the seV's love OF youth
10 means, no matter what her age. sha
doesn't want 70 think she's 10 her deciin-
ing years"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
0LD-FASHIONED PFNANcE

%. LN o.a times when man made a mis-
'as ne was put IN the stocks
---s somethl1- that way now with
r.-i...,- replied The man who had sad ex-
SOCKS these days means Won have done
7,nl7g yoI shouldn't have done
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
READY EXPLANATION

No uri was ever more innocent
And what's this little hammer for7-s
sle asked. picking up a c0rk-screw from
DIS Office table.
tHat DE answered. 'fs for putting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
CANUTE,S NTENTTON

King Canute was Joking when he threw
a usfr OF shackles into the sea waves"
not recessarily. Maybe he had en- idea
that III gna slave could be held IN By them.
somefhfnE might be done with the surf. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
FEMININE NATURE

ct seems so natural 70 me for q wo-
man 70 hrst read the conclusion Of q
story"
lHrng for having the last word"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
LUCID EXPRESSION

r-.-. .s o. be the end OF this human
1arr asked the sporting reporter ioc-
the rs-fr.-... .tI ior good many" was
."..Hr only Comment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
FULFILLED HIS GENTUso

do you bsIlHVe "a early genius show
ing itsalf7"
Sometimes Way"
The SOC o. q friend o. EItzB Gssd - be
an the tine II the plano when child, Al
cd musician once SAID: 'NEach that boy.
Ee make 8 noiB5 In the UnTld
Weir
''N0w be phys ths bass dFaR m q VII
age band
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
A Dark ana MUDDY Complexion

A Dark ana Muddy Complexion
Does not become a neat woman. Lanes
Tea will cure constipation, clear up
the skin, sharpen the appetite and
make you look and feel like a new
person. It acts gently upon the stom-
ach, liver and bowels. For sale by
Godbe-Pitts Drug company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
100 GREAT A SHOCK

,-r+ y. &C con mean 70 say that on being
--,- W.. W.. h- 1ai been left a million the
bis hah-- Gu was losing
''1. was aL he simply died Of joy."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
Law OF NATURE

It's easier for ten wise men
Their knowledge not to show
Than Il rs for one fool not 20 hid8
That which he doesn't know
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
MYSTIFTFD

10. I don't paint portraits repeafsd
the artist; Il am an animal patnter,"
Then I wonder why my wife tuld me
to be particulsr and come 70 yOn"
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VERY DISASTROUS

sss.a--a mills shut down it means a great
i-r lis ,--l..y does. Any schoolbov study
d.us- ana 4... can tell YOU how pennies
'.a.e Erow out Of the mills p. {
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
A RISE IN LIFE

since ~ -L. an. and he's gone up in the world
&c be N.Y., ~ me- has. When ne was sin
and nov b- 10 .3 yake seats in the parauet.
TN+'Ilihe6 the gallery
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
OBVTOUs LOCATTON

Did you hear Of that suggestion about
having preaching OF Sunday tratnsT'
Yes; but where VIII they hold the sew
ices2"
, whats the matter with the sleepersT-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
WEALTH IN EVIDENCE

7 can partly understand why the gfri
IN the song said her face was her for
tune"
And the reason Was?'
she may have had very rsch com
P3sz1oA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING

.. No wonder be turned against her. She
.1T-W herself at hts head"
-h. women generally, when they do
aimed at "i'e' ''lo
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OR-IGNC

rf 80 give me something" the tramD
Mn L--S,.Le came into the Office "a1vtbile
man gave him his boot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
HIS URGENT MOTIVE

"She has lots Of landed property"
mo wonder then he shows sgch a real
interest IN her.
More than that he slows a READ estate
traarssA n her.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
A COMMON TRAIT

An authors are alike"
''In what respect?
LET one q them write any Kind Of
volume ana he magfnes he's booked f1r
immortality"
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AQUATIC DIVERSIONS

when a. the shore some f0lkz espae-
taTv enjoy having fheir sldns tanned
But RS not 50 eu1cvalDle as undressed
lid a thu pubfio hachaoases"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
m SUMNER TINE

Drowning men catch at straWs-"
If the straws are in cooling beverages
and the men drowning IN perspiratioa,
there's 10 zszsou zazy they shoal11't-S
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
PROFIT EITHER WAv

dealers ling Up high prices the coal
srogad sS5- AMY want to get in on he
hs ane t Ib55.iar floor, which amounts 10
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QUITE NATURAL

Curious, the odd, unmeaning thinrs
people say sometimes in their sleep.F
What is Ii but kind Of talking through
their night cas-"
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WHY IT'S WICKED

Bagley-"Well. how does Poe's poem OF
The Raven teach a bad moraI?'
Gagley-"The bird was on a bust at the
time"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
DIDN'T HIT THE MARK

you refused him?'
I did His aims were not good He
wanted my hand, and yet be threw him
self at my feet"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

If you want to build a substantial
house, buy your brick Of Improved
Brick company, 347 West Second South
street
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NOT lie CANDIDATES

srVvhv % shay say the nations nag
etsnds for MS or that prtnclpie9'
That's easy. It stands simply because
Il wont and can't run
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n DOES ROrE

Money fr'ks~
tells should say it did. and, what's more. It
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18

NE frien' Mr.. McGurrin
SEE, dere's some redeemin'
features has der mud
hnnI-e ON (, game o. golf."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-02
ROOSEVELT MEN ARE BEATEN.
Fight Over Platform Results in In
dorsement of INSURGENTS.

The adoption of the platform, straddling every
issue, before the people. developed row when the
convention arrived at the clause touching the Cuban
reciprocity situation which, as generally predicted
let President Roosevelt down easily and indorse 4
the attitude Of the Minnesota delegation in congre S.
A fight expected by the platform builders
They had experiesced a taste of it in the commit
tee room, where the several panks incorpora.c by
the select committee which met Monday night were
produced for ratification. There were several gem
tlemen on hand with vigorous protests against any
thing but square-toed Endorsement Of the presi-
dent. They were quietly snubbed in the commit
ee but reading the signs on the wall Mr.. Grim
shaw, chairman or spokesman Of the committee and
the original architect of the platform delayed de-
livery until after the nominations were completed
and the great majority Of the delegates had left the
hail.
The directors were not dismayed by the dilat ory
tactics and waited With about 200 delegates on
the fccr, Grirshaw read his platform and asked for
its adoption The Cuban reciprocity plank sets forth
the conventions approval, If the scheme may be
worked out by plan Indefinitely dss gnated but on
itsface not the plan of Roosevelt, which would me an
Reputation of the congressional insurgents, in
Guiding the entire Minnesota delegation.
Dr. Watson, Of Cottonwood, o ected to the plank.
He wanted it all cut out and an unequivoca indorse-
mont OF the Roosevelt policy substituted He was
assisted in MS reform work by Charles w. Johnson
and Frank Hall, Of Minneapols. Crimshaw did the
best ne could. raising technical points, AMI was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-02
Cartridge Box Is BADGE.

Commander-i in Chief Torrance of the
" a. T., who has been here comforting
with local committees about the Ma
tlonal encampment to be held here next
dail, tells this story of how the Fifteenth
army corps got its corps badge:
n The badge of the corps was not adopt
ca until 1864 A struggling Irishman was
corps he belonged to. &c
a,,h Faith t Fifteenth Corr" he responded
~ But tut where is your badger" persisted
Badge, is it? Devil a bit do we know
ABOUT no badge. Phat's badge sure ~
why, It's an emblem that shows where
f fan Ipelong' replied the officer rather
!, An imblim, is it? Ooh! Sure an
rounds, be jabbers an be eH an1 10 IRIsng
Inc off1cer reported the Irishman to
zen. Logan, who was immensely pleased
with the sentiment of the thing and at
I InGe ADOPTED as the Fifteenth Corps
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