Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-24
UNCLE SANS ExACTNESs.
four Feet of Copper Wire That Made
a Lot of Trouble.

four Feet of Copper Wire That Made
Lot of Trouble.
"No, SIR" said Philadelphia who
supplies the government with necessi-
ties of life, you can't do business with
Uncle Samuel in the spirit OF con-
tract; you simply must obey its letter.
If you put in specifications amounting
to steen dollars and 81 cents and then
bill 1t goods under the contract and the
total amounts to the same steen dol
lars and 10 cents you've got to take 1t
back and make up the other 2 cents, or
you don't do business.
Let me give you IN instance of Un-
Gle Samuel's character for exactness.
We were awarded contract for 1000
feet OF copper wire for League island.
We sent the order to the manufacture
ers, and they turned In the stuff. In q
few days we got letter from the Is
only 0s5 feet long.
I'VE answered that we knew II, that
the copper ingot did not yield any more
and that we charged them only for
9S5 feet. Would that do7 Not n bit
Of 1t.
"They sent us word that IL that wire
was not brought up to 1000 feet the lot
would be rejected. Then we had to get
a permit from the l.. A. to send man
down to join on enough to make the
demand good, and he went down and
did the work.
"In a few days we were notified that
the piece he put on made the whole
length 1904 feet. We wrote back that
we didn't care for the four feet and
Uncle Sam could have 1t.
Next morning up comes an order to
cut Off that four feet or the whole
bunch would be rejected. Then we
had to get another permit for our man
to go downAnd lop It or, which he did.
WAS II all plain sailing then? /
should say not. When he threw the Of
Tending excess upon the ground the
guard said:
"'Pick that up. That's against the
rules
"He picked 1t UP and was about to
toss 1t into the river when he was
stopped In a mandatory way:
"'Herc, you do that, and you'll get
Yourself into troublei'
80, thinking he'd find n resting place
outside Of the government reserves, our
employee walked to the gate, where he
found sentinel.
"'What have you got therer
IA piece of wire
"'You can't carry 1t out without n
permit
"'All right. I don't want to- and
cast II down.
"'You pick that up said the sentinel.
You can't throw things around here
"'But | don't want the blame thingF
"'Go back and get u permit
"And he really had to do 1t to get
that four feet of wire outside of Uncle
Sans fence. cc."-Phlladelphia Telegraph.
&c. Patrick's Purgatory.
Medieval songs and legends, which
are rich In all sorts OF mythical and
fantastical lore, locate tho entrance to
ST. Patrick's famous "purgatory" ON
the island of Lough Derg, Ireland. The
opening itself was through cave. tho
existence OF which was revealed to the
saint by Christ who informed tho good
Patrick that any one with the moral
courage to 20 down into the cavern
would DO saved the pangs Of the real
''purgatory" after death. Patrick built
monastery ut the entrance OF his
earthly "purgatory" and secured the
way to the pit by an iron gate prcvid-
cd with strong chains and locks OF
peculiar and intricate workmanship.
Lough Derg. next to Jerusalem, was
the most celebrated spot on earth dur
Ing the middle ages. Thousands visited
"purgatory" every year, and tho whole
island had tho appearance OF popu-
Ions city