The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-17
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

' From the Pfttsburg Dispatch. @ ovERNOR BLANCHARD of Louis r lana was describing the precau- tions that certain veteran phys- clan had taken against the spread Of
 contagious disease, says the Buffalo En- quirer.
 Knowing the people he had to deal with" Governor Blanchard said, "he saw that the rules were carried out before one of these people left their homes. They had tricked him in the past. He would
 not be tricked again. He was like the Camden clergyman of my boyhood.
 "Thls clergyman once married certain
 huckster, who, after the ceremony, de- clared he was unable to pay wedding fee, and so, willy nlly. the clergyman had to let him off.
 Some years later the good man found the same huckster before him with an- other woman. His first wife had died. Now he desired to yoke with second '.The minister was willing enough to re- marry the man, but this time he would | take precautions.
 So, leading the bridegroom to one side, he held out his hand and said in a low voice: My Tee. ".Oh, yes, of course, said the huckster confusedly, as he placed bank note Tn | the clergyman's palm. Thank you, said the clergyman, with a bland smile. That is for the first time Now we will have the fee for this occa- sion, please
 | Elihu Root said at a lawyers banquet "It Is useless to urge lawyer to be | brief in his concluding argument, for oft | en that arguments length is it's sole req son for existing. By the time 1t is over you know the jury is thought to have | forgotten the evidence put forward by | the other side.
 'I know a lawyer who. on being urged | by a judge to be brief in his concluding address. got up and said with a sour smile:
 How would 1t do if confined my speech to this
 Your Honor. my opponent is wrong, I am right and you are an excellent judge"
 Attorney General Moody was discussing certain flaws in the criminal code, and certain remedies that had been suggest ed.
 These remedies" he said. ''are not log | ical; they would not be effective if en- forced.
 'sThey are singularly like the remedy l that chop house waiter once indicated , to an impatient guest. The guest had ordered chop. and
 when it was brought in to him he said with a disgusted air: Waiter, my plate is quite cold "The waiter smiled encouragngly. "'Yes, sir he said. but the chop is | hot. sir. which think you'll find it'll soon | warm up the plate nicely, sir" | The Hon. Big Tim Sullivan is the might | lest power In Tammany. save the boss | and some philosophers would make not even this exception. says Golfers Week | ly. He is strong man, though unsqueam- | sh in his ways, and when he speaks there are always signs of thought. Two | bits of celebration indulged in by him in his recent little trip abroad seem par | ticulariy to justify this praise. "In fact" says he, "as far as l could make out Irish folk are beginning to ob- l ject less to English rule than to the sup l posed Irish who rule there This statement is perhaps exaggerated but 1t reveals refreshngly bit of use 1 full truth. Tim's other prize sentence was as follows:
 l This fellow, the king. struck me a' knowing how to be popular. If he had sat up all night thinking about the best