Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
Tom Taaoart Great Joker.

Tom Taggart Great Joker.
A good joke to Mr. Taggart is as the
breath Of life itself; II he plays 1t, the
premier joy of the seventh heaven, and
/ ne Is no respector of persons when he
Is out for amusement. Witness the
| way he treated Judge James McCabe,
the Hearst boom manager In the
Hoosier state. when he 1ourneyed to
Indiana to see how his opponent Tom
Taggart was getting on. T.
! Mr.. Taggart walked up to the Judge
| in hotel corridor, greeted him effusA
lively. and while talking with him ex-
pertly lifted the judges fine diamond
stick pin. Then he turned the CONVEX
sation.
Judge" said he, II know you're
great admirer OF diamonds. I've pin
here I'D like to show you"
| But" said the Judge, swelling with
pride, I've a fine pin myself. ! fancy
you can't beat it, and he reached for
| 1t, to be COMPOUNDED with dis1nay the
next moment over it's absence. Mr..
Taggart let the Judge worry all even
Ing before he went UP to him and SOL
EMMY stuck the pin back where II Be
] Observation-Disclosures Star.
| The late British ambassador, Sir
Michael Herbert, had a horror OF in
terviewers. He once told Senator De-
pew, says the New York Times. that
he lay awake nights thinking OF meth
| ods or escape from them.
once on my return to America
from London" said Sir Michael to tho
senator, Il knew ] would find small
army of interviewers to meet me at
the pier seeking news OF a political
crisis In England. / fretted all the
way over until the last day of the voy-
age, when happy thought occurred
to me.
II wrote on dozen sheets of paper
I think 80 and slipped them into en-
velopes These / handed to the re-
porters as | left the ship and hurried
| TO lNy carriage. / rode to my hotel
chuckling over my cleverness.
Bat" added the ambassador rue
fully, when got the papers next
morning read column after column
/ of Interview In which / was quoted as
answering, IT think So to hundreds OF
startling questions. l never repeated
that experiment"
i While strolling one afternoon on the
deck of steamer a certain bishop OBJ
served couple Of particularly seasick
individuals, says the London Times.
The woman was reclining in big
steamer chair and exhibited all the
signs of that utter despair and indif-
ference to life common to such suf-
ferers. At her feet crouched q man,
apparently just as Ill as the lady her.
self.
His head was in the woman's lap.
The unhappy couple presented such a
woebegone appearance that the good
bishop inquired whether he could rem
, der her any assistance.
: The lady shook her head sadly
: mummuring, mo, thank you"
Il am very sorry" added the hihhop
!, Then, after a moments pause ask
). ed: Then perhaps can be ...sic
!, to your husband"
> The wretched woman, without al
much as moving her head gave al
Indifferent glance In the direction o.
the man whose head was In her lap
and In tone that betrayed not tthe
, least interest in her unfortunate col
: league in misery, she replied family
He isn't my husband. IL don't
, know who-who he u.s."
!, An old farmer, who by hard work
v and parsimonious habits, had got to-
gether a little fortune, decided that
the time had at length arrived when
he was justified in ordering a family
carriage, relates the Scottish Ameri-
can. He went to carriage builder
Q and described in detail what kind OF d
d vehicle he wished to buy.
!. Now I suppose you want rubber
d tires" said the carriage builder
mo, sir" replied the old farmer, In
d tones of resentment. my folks ain,
t that kind. When they're riding they
: want to know it."