The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-15

I GOSSIP!

l1g
Had TO Read 4 postst eafds il sss
u They We're Ptepss.
WAsHINGToN p eli apSi
stranger visited the Postolise lie
partment the other day ma askad
70 see q copy of the spostni rt1ess
When asked what he1roible I'D said
that he wished simply satisfy him
self on q point which had been raised
by a woman postmaster In a Nov
England town Where he Wal visitink
some days ago. He had occasion 10
call ut the postotlce lust AIS tie mai
arrived. and the postmaster being an
invalid his wife attended to me ais
t%rlbptoin of the mails. The man
watched the woman at her work. and
noticed that she pat All THE letters
In the proper boxes bnt laid all THE
postal cards aside When she had
finished her work size wrapped fte
postal cards up and started no carry
them home. The man said lie WIS ii
torested, and stopped the deputy post
master and asked her Why she lid M
nut the postal cards in thc boxes. fco
I've got to- read them INST S
said, and I haven't time nov.
..Read themig exclaimed the mar.
why must YOU read tbem
4 have 70, she replied so
TO sec that they are proper M d
rule Of the Postotfiee Department
TO satisfy myself as "a this rule,
said the Snian, and being IN Washing
ton, thought would cali In and
look over the postal rules 10 see il
there Is any rule authorizing post
masters 70 ryend an postal cards lie.
fore they VIII deliver them.
Up to- date tho man has foltd !
such rule,
A great many people are woDaef
ing why the horses usedsbS the Pras
ident and his family are Seemingly
not afraid ot anything In or out 81
tho stables While they ore spirited
and full OF speed nothing seems to
Brighten them, nor are they given
10 shylng at automobiles or fright
ening at steam cars. Investigation
shows that the White House horses
have been put through course OF
training to bring about this result
There is q goat In the Presidenf
stables that ibroRses about among tile
thoroughbreds IN q homeltke way. He
has free entry TO every part of Tic
stable. He knows eghorges md they
Know him The goat is moi a plas
thing OF the Roosevelt children hit
he Is there to help train lie horses
in true Western style Away ori
West, there the cowboys have high
spirited animals that have hal ibtie
training, they have special need for
methods sof bringing Tie steeds into
subsection III Is customary To- Put !
goat in tho stable with The animals
and allow MI. Goat toEroam whereger
he pleases. He browses about and
butts his head against Everything xits
which he comes in$contact. HE goes
among the horses, and they get 40
clstomed to having their sides and
legs punched with pair OF horns
The high:splrited steeds at irst 10
nearly wild when they feel their sides
being punched but this does not In
terfere with$8the billy goat He work.
his waySamong them and get To
iSnow him: After the horses become
accustomed to having goat arnbis
around them and under them IL Is
said they are disciplined | almost
everything By thisgsame method
Roosevelt horses are discipline I'M
when they are through with M Goat
they reGresarded as not being scared
by any ordinaryEmeans
Edward Markham, who ii fanions
all over he country Is the aathos *
The; Man WtthSa Hoe was here
few days ago g delissr a lectts9 be
fore the National Council il Women
MI. Markham IS great feIisssr IN
women's rights He q he beileyes
ne time Is coming when women uiii
Yote and VIII enjoy eqlah rights WITH
men. men rs He says there vas time Nhen
wasanecessary Tor the strong ann
Of man 10 take he leadership ana MIN
himself and his kind up iron ths Mld
sayagery but that lime mas oas
si the world has now reached that
state 9 civilization that must al
nit the development Sof man ana NJ
-.-N- ~, &rEFT9GALg r6kWTH