The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-22

bumped an made to s~,ryc in tn
stretch IL cud run tn Pris.dint Lim-
sllf 10 q head.
"Iv eporse. Hiunis,y. that vas ~
@clro" j." In diplomats an they Lad
other g~ricfs. II va hard t. dance
TIA tWo-etep IN essaDo cuttiu OH their
legs with tneir -,erds. their gloves
busted at times. an NOW an hin Il
Southren Congressman tapped wan tv
Thin ON tn shoulder aH' says. snow
BAN. dash back 70 th' pantry am
fetch ma another slice in this here Yie
an he quicE bout il or I'LL blow yc'cr
back head off That was unpleasant.
but in life gin'ralAy Was Il cheerful
wan. an if they cad read tn pa-apers
they often knew what they were doin'.
But lis. all changed now. TIL
Ambassa1Gre has ~ snap. He's got
to keen trained To tn minnyit an
Whiu ne goes up 10 TIA White House
hc wears fightin' TRUNKS undhef his
unyfoIm an carries tennis bat.
fencin' masks. wrestlin' toys. an box
in gloves in his bae Whin tn
Prisidint come into office he looked
in Diplomatic Corps over an says he,
= hey need h.althful exercise. They
ar-rc an anenic lot. An thin yc
began to read in Ia pa-aDcrs: Tn
arrival ~ Baron :Spe k Won SternburS
as Germml Ambassalurc at Washer
ton has stint Il thrill through diplo-
matte circles. I'r 4 long time tn
infiooncc ~ Germany has been WaHin'.
III former Anlb@Ssadurc was a larned
man. but tn most exercise ne liver
took was polishing his eyeglasses. IN,
German lmprof was in despair fr tin
Fr-rinch AmbasSaduIe M0oSOO Jus
serand was at tn White House ivry
day conductin' important negotiations
with d tennis bat in tn back yard.
tn Fr-rinchman is a fine tenniser,
but ~sthrange to say tn Prisidint can
just beat him iyry time. 1t suddenly
occurred to tn Kaiser to sind over
Speck. who is wan iv tn best soords-
men i'm tn German army. TIL
change was instantaneous. YiSter~
DAY tn Fr-rinch AmbaS>aduro was
seen Wcepin' aud beatin' on tn White
House durc with a tennis bat while
In German Ambassadurc made faces
at him through tn window Baron
Speck has lost wan car fir tn father
land. but he has negotiated 4 thrcaty
fr tn free export iV dachshunds into
this country.
Former fav-rite Ambassadures
! ar-re secretly delighted with tn
change. but there ar-re fears that inn
pOrtant developments may follow. TIL
J~ap-neSe Minister has not been him
silf since he taught the Prisidint jiu-
jitSOO an was severely cut be tn glass
iv a skylight through which he was
brown. TIL Fr-rinch AmbasSadurc
may go home an his Governmint is
negotyatin' with a prominent handbalI
player. Til swedish GOVernmint will
make an ATTEMPT to have Hacken-
schmidt riprisint Sweden at Wash
'ntOn. Last night at tn diplomatic re.
ception. where he showed tn British
Ambassadure q new "Trip. 1t Wint off
very well. Th' Ambaszadurc on'y said
NV word as he sat down on an and
iron. TIL Eyatalian Ambassadure is
lookin very gloomy afther an unSuc-
ceSsful attinpt to teach tn Prisidint a
new game IL eats cradle. TIL PriSidint
said it wud be all right if We used
wire cable an WhoiVer lost a hand lost
tn game too. He is threatened to es-
tablish closer relations with tn south
American ~raypuplics an he has chal-
len2cd tn ~dark-hued diplomats to q
grand rasslin' match. whin he Will take
thin all on at Wanst. TIL Ministers iV
Chile, Peru, Argentine. Brazil, Uru-
quay nc I~cWadoor have hurridly left
town. TIL Turkish Minister has asked
to be relieved an have mis- head cut
off. He says he prefers to die at
home. TIL Prisidint is very much
pleased at tn appintlnint OF oscar tn
Rooshyan Joynt as Ambassadure firm
Rooshya. He thinks he can make wan
hundred an eighty pounds be tn
time the representative iv the Car pri-
sints his credentials.
$50 we see, Hinnissy. It's no aisy
thing for tn epiled darlin' iv Europeen