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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
F1.AGsTONE, SINKS Is FEET;
Girl. DISAPPEARS IN SUBWAY


NEW YORK. August 25.--Miss Graco
Dougherty. of No. 1o1 SANFORD Street.
Brooklyn. yesterday had all the sensations
OF falling off an Alpine peak, right here in
New York City Instead of landing between
sharp. Jagged rocks, she can,o to in the
dark. dismal Subway.
Miss Dougherty is seventeen years old.
ysartold sister. Florence. and thew ars com :
PEELED to pass through Delaney Street twice
daily from their home to their place of en-
ployment.
frent OF No. lis. near Ludlow Street, yes
to-day, when one of tho fasstones suddenly
gave way under Grace's feet. She dropped
into an excavation for the Subway loop
fifteen feet deep. In going down she made
a grab ut Florence's skirt and tore 1t off.
Policeman James Corners rescued the girl.
unconscious, after a lot OF searching around
for ropes. She was treated by n surgeon
from Bellevue Hospital and sent homo in
an ambulance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
"CURIOSITY SHOP"
NOT DICKENS, S
Little Old Building to Be Razee
in London Not That Made
Famous bY Novelist.

LONDON, August 25.-Alany unsus-
pecting American visitors in London
have had their attention drawn to a
little quaint and red tiled building in
portsmouth, Street, Lincoln's Inn
Fields. which is labeled "The Old Gu
riosity Shop, Immortalized by Dick
ems
The building is to be demolished for
street widening. 1t is not, however.
the original Dickenss "Old Curiosity
Shop" but legend has imposed on thou
sands OF people who have bought SOU
venirs of Little Nell there.
An old fellow named Tessyman,
Thackeray's 'boolll nder, once occu-
pied the premises as q sort of Curl
osity shop. He was we'll known to
Thackeray. Dickens. Jerrold and other
writer's, and 1t may be that that tlc-
tlonrdates back to mis- occupancy 1t
is reported that the premises at one
time formed part OF a dairy house be-
longing to the Duchess of Portsmouth,
the French favorite of Charles H., who
had q mansion close by.
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THIS WOMAN HAS
a DUAL. PERSONALITY

ROME, August "a remar ]. ,sle
spiritualistic medium. Eusapia Palla-
dino, is astonishing the .savants of the
Naples University with her powers,
which are unlike any manifestation
that has ever been exhibited, and
which. moreover. have been proved to
be, beyond doubt genuinely super
natural.
Some marvellous and inexplicable
manifestations We're made by Eusapia
while She was under observation by a
committee of professors, trickery being
Impossible. because her hands Were
rigidly controlled.
Among her feats were causing finger
marks to be made in a dish of clay
by rubbing her fingers on table dis
tant from it. switching on and off an
electric lamp out Of her reach, and
causing visible tangible human hands
to float about and touch persons in
the room, and then fade.
1t is suggested that Euspadia has a
"dual personality" Professor Galeotti
declares that he distinctly saw q double
figure in place, the arms of one being
held In different position from the
other pair.
agreed upon by the professors is that,
while they exclude any supernatural Or
spiritual explanation. they can only
suggest that the manifestations arc
geological phenomena, dependent on
the organism of the medium, who at
will can double or increase the range
OF her pyychic personality. and even
Of her physiological personality"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
GIRL GARDENER
IN MALE ATTIRE
Pretty English Miss Finds Trous-
ers Only Garments in Which
She Can Work Comfortably.

LONDON, August 25.--Young and
pretty. girl gardener In Norfolk
village has adopted male attire. She
learned gardening in a college for wo-
men. gardeners and cultivates flowers
and grapes on a piece of land several
acres in extent. Several men work
under her, She says,
'In ms opinion 1t is impossible For
woman clad In skirts to work hard
in a garden and on land aid be COM
Portable. Firat l tried skirts that
reached only to my knees and high
,eggins, and then leggins and brooches
and sort Of skirt apron, but both
costumes We're pronounced far from,
elegant and were failures in other re-
spects. So nothing remained, there-
fore, but to give up the skirt altogeth
en-. Needless to say, 1T is. only while
an, working In my garden that wear
trousers. AS soon as my work is oyer
I get back into my skirts as quickly
as possible aud, again whenever ]
have to go any distance beyond my
garden boundary T first change and
don my skirt. AS we know, It was in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
HAZED RECRUIT sTABs
TWO OHIO MILITIAAIEN

TOLEDO. O., August 25.-Enraged
because he had been hazed. new re-
@cruit in Company II. Second Regiment,
Ohio National Guard. crept into the
tent of commissioned officer Brad
ley, of Bowling Green. and another
member of the same company at Camp
Perry last night and stabbed them as
they were sleeping.
Bradley's wound is in the stomach
below the heart. The other man was
stabbed In the back and side. They
were taken to the post hospital and
are said to be in a critical condition.
Owing to strict discipline at thu camp
the name of the assailant and second
man injured could not be learned. The
assallant is under arrest in the guard
house.
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SPANISH CABINET
NOT HAIR MONIOUS
Members at Variance Over Atti-
tude Of Government in
Morocco Affairs.

MADRID, August a5.-The newspa-
pers here agree that there is DIFFER
ence in the cabinet as to the Spanish
Eoyernment,s attitude Iii MOROCCO,
While certain Of the ministers indorsa
the course that is being pu,sued,
others, 1T is alleged, claim that the
role created by the Algeciras confer
6ence differs from that's actually being
played by Spain. According to the
Liberals, Premier Maura announced t6
the members Of the cabinet that Spain
would take the offensive only III her
troops were directly attacked, aud that
otherwise she would rest merely as a
rpectator OF the Internal conflicts that
are rendins Moroeco, and of what
France does II the troops Of that colil-
try advance into the interior. & .,s
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EXPECTED
ANY DAY FROM Upton

LoND ON. August 25.-Sr Thomas
Upton with Sir Thomas Dewar motor
ed to Southampton Yesterday, boarded
the Erin and steamed tn Dublin where
Sir s rhomas '' # is ' eSpect s VIII SEIZE
the opportunity to be dramatic by is
suing challenge for the Decauville,
going to ST. Moritz. EX-Judge Upton
report but his friends say he has
formulated a plan.
Coates. of the Scotch thread trust. is
waiting to see whether Upton chal-
lenges. If he does not. Coates may.
The report that Scotch syndicate
intends to challenge is unfounded. The
Scotch yachtsmen are not milltonaires
and fear the cost of n challenge.
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(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 25.--
A friend OF Charles C. Carlin to-day
told an interesting story of how the
Democratic nominee for Congress from
the Eighth District came to be APP
pointed postmaster at Alexandria dur
ing the Cleveland administration. He
was telling about Mr.. Cleveland, and
cited this as an instance OF how he
had his own way. He said:
"a party was going UP to the White
House to see the President and urge
the appointment OF an Alexandria poli-
tician as postmaster of the city The
delegation was headed by the then
representative of the district Elisha
Meredith. On their way they CHANGED
to be Joined by young man from AL
exandria. who had never met the
President, and who was anxious to
meet him.
After the members OF the delegation
had been presented to the President,
Representative Meredith urged the APP
pointment of his man with great
deal Of force. Mr.. Cleveland replied
Mr.. Meredith was indorsing, but that
he had little judgment of men by
meeting them, and that be would
agree to appoint any man in the dele
cation which had accompanied MIR.
Meredith.
"a Whispered consultation followed.
and each man in the delegation passed
the job up until 1t came to the young
man who had accompanied the dele
cation to the White House Just to
meet the President. He was in po-
sition to accept the place and did.
That man was Charles C. Carlin, who
is to be the next Representative from
the Eighth District
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
EMPERESs EUGENIE MAKES
GIFTS TO MUSEUM IN PARIS

PARIS. August 2H.-The Empress
IEugenle has presented to the Museum
OF Decorative Arts valuable col1ec-
tIon of color drawings made bv differ
ent artists, which were executed many
years ago for the decoration of her
private apartment at the Tulleries
Palace.
Anart from their artistic value these
as regards the history of the paSace
under tire Second Empire
Another gift of Her Majesty is a
quantity Of carved woodwork from the
old Castle Of Bercy which was de-
stroved In 1850 for the construction
|of the Vincennes Railway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
FRANCE TO START a
SCHOOL OF AERONAUTs

PARIS. August s5.-A school OF aeronau-
tics is TO BIO started in France on the model
LOT the Naval College at Brest. 1t is the
lfet of q number OF engineers and
asGonnuts and is the direct result of the
successful work OF the Patre.
Now that models of the famous Siderable
belloon are to be repeated. 1t will ba neoes-
sary to have aerorauts capable OF guiding
them. and hence 1t is that the state has
been asked to establish an academy for
the teaching Of aerial navigation.
On leaving this college the pupils Will
spend term in the corps OF military
aeronauts of the engineers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
SIXTY HOURS ASLEEP, HE
49, CANNOT BE AWAKENED

ST. PAUL. Angus. .25-Gabrfel sackro. a
lakorer. twentyfour years old. has bean
sleeping continuously sixty hours His
friends We're unable to arouse him. and he
was taken to the City Hospital. There are
no symptoms OF poison or injury. The pa
tient has been in the United States only
few month";
Sackro received n letter from home a
few days ago announcing the death Of his
mother, 1t Is thought that that may have
something to do with his condition.
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vented at time when women per-
formed little manual labor
Undoubtedly there is fortune
awaiting the person who can give us
women toilers suitable garment to
take its place. a woman's feelings
when first she finds herself In trousers
are horrible. 1T all events. have worn
trousers for many years and am still
ashamed of them"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
NEW xvAnSHIp rsAJTNrHEn.
BIGGER THAN DREADNAUGHT

DrvoNPopT. ENG. August a5.-The
battleship Temeraire third of the
class. was successfully
launched at the docltynrd here yester-
day eyening, The c nv was vas, per pc
witnessed bv thousands Of people. In
Guiding MANY nntabil'tins. The new
battleship will cost sH 100000 eyrl'l-
siye Of her arman,ent She will be A:c-
ger than the Dreadnausht as regards
tonnage though OF the Same ds-'an-
sions Her dsnlace-ce emit will he 1860
tons, 700 moro than the Dreadnaught.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
AUTOMOBILE.AS
RABBIT KILLER
Coursing in the Glare OF the
Headlights a Recognized Form
Of Sport at Etretat.

ETRETAT, August 25,-.Automobil-
lists arriving from Paris or making ex-
cursions in this region report having
enjoyed night sport With rabbits. which
are blinded by the glare of the auto
coursing with automobiles has become
almost recognized form of sport. One
man tells me he killed with his auto
mobile ten rabbits during recent
night run. That is the bigge bag
thus far reported.
Mr.. Deming Jarves, Of Santa Bar
bara, Cal, is among the visitors here
He is accompanied by his family He
has been doing much automobile tour
ing and is something of crank on
Insurance. lie holds all kinds Of poll
cies against damages caused to or by
himself or his machine.
Mr.. Crane, of the American embassy
In London, is passing his vacation
here. He thinks Etrctat ono of the
finest places on the earth,
Mr.. vanduzer, OF the American So
ciety, OF London, is also among the
visitors. Mr. vanduzer remarked:
I'm London we are breaking up
bands of swindlers who, in the guise
OF American hard-luck victims. have
been proving on respectable Americans
for a long time. We have discovered
men who haye charitable London
mapped ont, and who, by touring the
city twice a year. made very good
living.
1.-THE American Society Is managing
as much as possible all distributions
for charity. Last year we helped 500
deserving persons. but We have dla-
as much as possible
American college men and others In
their favorlte plan of coming over In
cattle ships. believing that life is easy
over here"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
SLEEP WALKER KILLED
BY FALL DOWN STAIRS

NEW YORK. August as.--owen Kane
Newark NJ. j., died in st, James's Hospital
Yesterday from injuries he sustained while,
Walking in his sleep Friday night
Kane Got out of bed unheard, and While
still asleep sarted to walk down stairs,
He lost his balance and fell headlong down
ths flight, landing on his head Mt the bot
ten. He was unconscious when found,
some tire later tyS
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kailrpans.
Southern Railway
TRAINS LEAVE RrcuAtoNp

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
B-Follcwihg schedule figures pub.
iithed only AZ Information. and arc not
guaranteed
7iou A. Nj - Daily - Local for Charlotte.
connecting at Keysvillo for chaso City
and Clarksvilie
HIS a. ACCOMPLISHMENTS put.
man TO Atlanta and BIRMINGHAM, New
Orleans, Memphis1 Chatthnooga, and
n all tho South. Through coach for
Chase city, Oxford. Durham and
NJ Raleigh.
900 M.--Ex. Sunday--Kcysville Local.
lliSV r. M--Daily--Limited Pullman ready
$3.50 NJ. for all the South.
YORK RIVER LINE.
1880 p Mex. sundny---Limited--To West
Polnt--Connectlng for Baltimore.
2:15 p M.--Ex Sundayr
a'fS a. NIX. sunday-Local to west
Point.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
6:5I a. NJ. 40 p. M.--From all the South
4no =. M.--From Charlotte Raleigh. Dur.
nam Chase City and local stations
$40 A. M-From Keysvlle-Local
9i2o a. M.--From Baltimore and West
Point
1915 4. NJ. Sis P. M--Local from West
Point
Nc. W. wEsTBuRY. D. F. A..
o2o %. Main Street. Richmond. Va.
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Virginia Navigation Co. 5
NJ JAMES RIVER DAY LINE
y To Jamestown Exposition.

OIL DOMINION WHARF MONDAY, WE'D
MES DAY AND FRIDAY. STEAMER EfANsP-
TON ROADS TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY at 4 A. NJ, for Norfolk Ports
mouth, Old Point, Newport News. Claremont
and James River landings connecting al
Old Point for Washington. Baltimore and
the North. StateruotiS reserved for tho
Electric cars direct to the wharf, Tiekets
on sale at Richmond Transfer Co., Sla e.
Main Street, sos East Main Street or on
wharf or steamer Fare to Norfolk one
way $3.50. Round Trip, $3.50
Steamers stop ut Exposition Grounds Pier.
10th Street.
Freight received for aboye-named plcss
and all points In Eastern Virginia. North
Carolina and the East
JOHN =. MAYER, Agent.
j IRWIN WEISlGER. Cent Mgr.8'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
OLD MAIDS PARADE WOES.
Garry banners Inviting Plainneld Young
Men to Pop tho. Question.

PLAINFIELD. IND. August 25.-There
hasn't been wedding In Plainfeld for
fourteen months. and the list Of old maids
is growing alarmlngly large.
Last evening 100 Plainfeld girls, clad In
old maids costume OF days long gone by.
pnraded the streets carrying banners, some
OF which bore these legends: "Oh, Lord,
TO- Man. "rll Sew Your Buttons On"
~ Once Was Young, i've Got My Eye
on YOU" ASK Papa This Is So SUDDEN
One sweet young thing walked apart from
her companions carrying banner which
bore the words, II Don't Belong With Tha.
Bunch"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
LORD SEXTON STOPS THE
SCOTCH TIP NUISANCE

the usual prorest this summer against
the extortionnte tips demanded by SER
wants at tho Scottish houses, An esti-
mated DAYS grouse shooting costs the
Lord Seton, who is opposed to tips,
declaring a host ought not to- expect
his guests to pay his servants wages,
has, placed a card in all guests rooms,
saying:
mo gratiuties are to be paid to SER
wants, as they are paid generous
wages.
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I'd there to-day. Kemp disappeared
July 5th, and examination Of his ac-
counts disclosed shortage OF about
$4,000. An officer left for Logan to-
night to bring Kemp here to meet the
charge of emhezzlement.
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FIND AnsCONDING POLICE
CLERK IN WEST VIRGINIA.

WASHINGTON. ID. g., August 25.-r-A
dispatch was received at police head
quarters tonight from Logan, w. VA,
stating that James Arthur Kemp, the
ahsconding chief clerk Of the WASH
ilngton Police -Dspa rtment ,was crest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-26
FOR NEW YORK

Via Night Line Steamers >xcept satur-
day. making connection Ia orfok with
Mait Line Ship following day at p M:
also Norfolk and Western Ry, at ~, Nj
and 3 p. NJ. and Chesapeake and Ohio Rs
at 8 A. NJ and 400 2. NJ. making connec-
ton daily Except Sunday at Norfolk with
Malr Line Ships sailing p. NJ. Tickets
sOS II. Main ST.. Richmond Transfer Co.. $40
Il Main ST.. Tho Jefferson. Murphy's Hotel.
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I'm. u. 0 FREDERICKSBURG
e POTOMAC r. r.

& foloSlhC ~
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND NORTH.
WARD.
s a. M.-Daiiy-Byrd st. Through.
200 a. M.--Daily--Man st. Through.
800 A., M-Week Days--.Eiba. '.shland
Accommodation
$40 A. M.--Daily-Byrd Street Through.
ia:oi Noon-weels Days-Byrd ST. Through.
1880 M-Week Days-Elba. Ashland
400 P. M--Week Days-Byrd st. wash.
lngton accommodation.
b:45 y M:-Sunday only-Elba Washing
ton Accommodation.
$50 r. M.--yveek Days-EIba, Ashland
Accommodation
6:45 r M-Daily-a1ain ST. Through.
$3.50 p M.-Daily-Byrd st. Through.
TRAINS ARRIVE R1cHMoND--souTH-
WARD.
$50 A. M.---week Days-EIba Ashland
Accommodation
$50 A. M.-Daiiy-Byrd ST. Through.
$50 a. M,-Week Days-Ryrd ST. Wash
inston Accommodation.
lo:do a. M-Sunday Only--Elba. Washing
ton Accommodation.
1o:4o a. M.-Week Days - Elba. Ashland
Accommodation.
1920 p M.--Daily--Main ST Through,
PAS P. M-Daiiy-Byrd St. through.
S:45 P. M.--week DaYs-Main st. Trough.
Washington-E Exposition Special"
$40 =. M.--Weeek Days-Eiba Ashland
Accommodation.
.:lS P M-Daily-Byrd st. Through.
o:0o P. M.-Daiiy-Byrd st Through, Lo-
cal stops.
o:15 P. M.-Dai1y-Maln St Through.
Note Pullman Sleeping or Parlor Cars
on all above trains. except local accommo-
dHtions.
All trains to and from Byrd Street Station.
Time OF arrivals and departures and con.
motions not guaranteed.
c. w cULp. w. P. TAYLOR.
Gen'l supt. Traf. Mgr.
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Seaboard Air Line Railway

SOUTHBOUNDs TRAINS SCHEDULED TO
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
9s5 a. M.-Loca to Norlina, Raleigh.
Charlotte. Wilmington. 1880 r. M.-Sleep-
ers and coaches, Atlanta, Birmingham, Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville and Florida points.
9:2k p, M-Sleepers and coaches Atlanta.
Birmingham. Memphis, Savannah, Jadkson-
VILE and Southwest.
NCRTHBouND TRAINS SCHEDULED 10
ARRIVE RICHMOND DAILY.
$3.50 A. NJ, 6:S5 p. NJ. 7:06 p, NJ.
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Steamboats,.
nLD, DOMINION
. STEAMSHIP CO
.Nieht Line for Norfolk

Leave Richmond every evening (foot Ash
Stleet) at 7 p. NJ. stopping at Newport
Nows en- route. Faro. $3.50 one way; $3.50
round trip. Including stateroom berth; meals
extra. Street cars to steamers wharf.
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NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN GAMER JUDGMENT NOW
VOLUME OF BUSINESS RULES STOCK MARKET
THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK
THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK
Hallway and Aifsccl1ancous shares

.Giowng table
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q. W. wEsTBURY. D. p. A.,
o2o %. Main Street. Richmond. Va.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-06

The simplest eand plainest laws of
health are outraged every hour of the
day by the average man. Did Adam
smoke? Did Eve wear corsets? Did
Solomon chew tobacco? Did Ruth
chew gum? Did the children of Israel
make for beer garden after crossing
the Red sea? Did Rebecca eat gum
drops and ice cream and call for soda
water? Adam was the first and was
made perfect from head to heel How
long would he remain so after eating
a mince pie before going to bed? Sup
pose he had slept In bedroom FIVE by
seven, with the windows down, the
door shut and two dogs under the bed
Suppose Eve had laced herself up In
a corset, put on tight shoes, sat up all
hours of the night eating her fill Of
trash and sizzled her hair When you
come to look at the way a man misbe-
HAYES himself you can only wonder he
ever lived to get there. Verify, the av-
erage man behaves as If he were little
better than a fool-Woodbury Conn
Reporter
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-06
BETRAYED by CIumsiness.

1--WE have to constantly keep on the
lookout for people who, in order to get
trade prices, pretend to be in the bust
ness" said the head Of one of our
wholesale wall paper houses. "They
are not always easy to detect, either,
for some are pretty well posted on the
subject and are hard to trip up. But
l caught one the other day. He
claimed to be paper hanger from the
west and he wanted something bang
up in style at trade prices. He talked
SO knowingly about wall papers that
had about made up my mind to give
him the discount, when a little thing
happened that put me wise He at
tempted to roll up again some paper
he had spread out on the floor to ex-
anime. The way he did it was reve-
lation. He took hold of it and mauled
1t about as if he were kneading bread
I never saw anything less like the pro-
fessional way of doing it. 1 gave him
the discount all right, but up instead of
down. "-Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-06
He Was a Good aoo.tar.

A minister was assigned to a small
New England town not long ago and
upon his arrival found his new field Of
effort almost all that could be wished,
with one exception, this exception be-
ing old Bill Johnson. Old Bill was
very much addicted to looking upon
the wine when it was red, and the
new minister at once announced his
intention to bring him to see the error
of his ways.
'Waal, of course, we know you mean
right, parson,'' one of the elders said
slowly, stroking his white beard, "but
1t would be a mighty bad thing for the
town If old Bill was to quit drinkin'."
why, what do you mean, brotherY
the puzzled minister asked.
WAL, parson, it's like this" the
elder explained There amt a more
convincin' talker nowhere than old
Bill, m every time he gets drunk
and sobers up he gets somebody to
sign the pledge with him, an the other
fellow pretty nearly always keeps It."
-Harper's Weekly.