The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-12
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Stories Borrowed From Col.
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When Governor Cummins Of Iowa
vas approached by a notorious office
seeker AM political panhandle for q
If,olitical promise a few days ago, h
INDUCED in the following st3:y. says
the New York Times.
a colored preacher whom I cncc
listened to made a strong appeal t.
save his church by increasing It's
membership. The Sabbath preceding
contribution hat had been filled witt
buttons and mutilated coins. So he
pleaded:
"'Bruthrun, l am tryin' to prove alb
strepuously that de Lord God had :
d~espitable hate for a deceiver and 4
falsifer, and you can't propcgast hin
by NO mutilations, and | solicit eager
IL and %pointedly that de pussons what
put the mm~utilations and deceptitudea
in the contribution hat last Sunday
will not come forward when | calls
for those who wish to pledge them
selves to support this church and is
pastor
The entire congregation took the
pledge"
The ofice-seeker enjoyed the story
but felt so embarrassed that he wen
away with out any pledge.
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller has
always shown a marked tenderness
for children and when he visits the
city is usually the guest of some in
stitutiCns devoted to their interests
says the New York Times. A clergy
man of the Presbyterian faith was
orce showing the justice and his party
about an orphan asylum when the
children assembled and gave an enter
tainment for them.
The justice responded in a speech
which was marked by applause. =
politician who accompanied him
spoke in laudatory terms of the adj
dress, but added:
Say. judge, l was much pleased
with what you said, and know you'll
do them good, but I'm darned puzzle
about one thing, and the more l come
to this place the more puzzled ! am.
Ter years ago, when l first came here
them little fellows was just the height
they are now. Why in heavens name
don't they grow"
The Justices reply was not recorded
His mother was giving a musicale
and he had been put to bed ever ear.
lier than usual, says the Philadelphia
Record. The indignity ranked in hi
~iIfantile breast. He was very fonC
of music, and besides he wanted to Sc
all the people who were down in tn.
parlor. He tossed and tumbled abou.
in his bed and tried all the expedi
ents to fall asleep, but it was useless
Finally he could stand it no longer
and he got out Of bed. A bottle c
violet extract on his mothers dress
ing table caught his eye. This h,
held above his head and let the con
tents trickle all over his small body
When the bottle was empty he crep
stealthily down the stairs, reveling i
the delights Of the perfume. Their
was a lull in the music as he conceale.
himself behind a curtain and tn.
guests were startled a moment late
when a shrill, piping little voice cam
from the diminutive bundle of scentet
pajamas: IF you smell anything, it.
me-"
F. Norton Goddard, the conquero
OF New York's political evil, told a
the recent dinner given in his homo
at the Savoy hotel an odd story of
maid servant, says the Boston Post
This maid" he said. had jus
come out from the old country, AM
she was very green. Everything sh.
did proclaimed her greenness. On.
of her habits was TO always com,
down stairs backwards.
Il assure you, 1t was a funny sigh
to see her descending a staircase slow
ly in that way. Her hand grasped tn
balustrade for safety, and every littl
, while she looked around to see hoy
much farther she had to 60"
why do you conn down stair
backward. Kathleen" some one ask
ed her.
: Sure. SIR she answered, that
the way we always come down stair
in the ship ccmin' over. Isn't it IL
!. fashion in America -"