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baiir gently but firmly took MIR. Wey
rich by the shoulder
I'm assistant prosecuting attorney"
protested Mr.. Weyrich.
Wen see about that later" announced
the bailiff, opening i cell door.
Send for Lum Harper if you don't be-
| ieye me-, said Mr. Weyrch. and Mr..
! Harper was called. Now he enjoys
| joke and when lie saw the situation in
! the cellroom he recognized the humor of
| it Without cracking smile he looked
| at Mr.. Weyrich.
Il never saw him before" announced
| Mr. Harper.
Mr.. Weyrich was too dumfounded to
| say anything for a minute. Meanwhile
Deputy Marshal Cash happened into the
| CellroOm.
Trying the cells from the inside Wey-
rich" Cash asked.
DO you know him." the bailiG asked.
quickly.
Why. yes; he's in Prosecuting Attor-
Cey tiiVen's office"
Explanations We're in order: but as Mr..
Weyrich understood the situation he
, asked for none. and now he visits the
cellrOon whenever he wants.
X * * X
A Treasury clerk who is noted for his
dry wit and who takes the keenest delight
in playing practical jokes of a harmless
nature on unsUspecting humanity. recently
scored a good on Cymbaline. the col
ored woman who is employed at his home
| as maid Of all work The woman had en-
gagged in a wordy war with another colored
girl. It appeared and the latter had threat
eHcd to git de man after her. This, in
| the vernacular of the alleys and byways.
! meant that she would have the offending
woman arrested.
"Cymbaline. exclaimed the Treasury
| clerk at the breakfast table the other morn
Ing. I'm afraid that girl is going to make
serious trouble for you"
What is she bin DON now. Mr.. Will
| LAM asked the frightened servant.
Why was the reply. she has taken
out a writ of annimiraculous against you
| and says she is going to have you horns
wobhed.
Laws a-mercy." shrleked Cymbalne as
she fled in terror to the kitchen.
X X X X
Down in North Carolina" said Wash
ingtonian the other day. "a well-known
family has had the habit for generations of
having the baskets for the various men,
bers of the family prepared years in ad-
vance of the, anticipated demise of any
member. A special room has been provided
for the collins and for arumber of years
the women folk have packed jars of pre-
serves in the baskets as the sweets kept
We'll when so packed About two years ago
one of the members of the family died and
after she had been placed in one of tAe
Cask"tS it was sealed and placed in the
,
the funeral cortege wendell its way to the
neighhoring cemetery and deposited the
casket In vault preparatory to later
interment. The next day one of the mem
bers of the family went to the coffin
room to get a jar Of preserves. opened the
/ top of one of the collins and reveale,. the
| features of her relative Now it is said
the stores of preserves and jellies are
packed in another part of the house..
X
Gov Harris Of Ohio one If those n
! citizens and conservative gentlemen who
! find 1t impossible to sound the depths of
| finance to get any intelligent idea as to
what causes stocks 10 go UP or down. The
governor has never invested in securities
! beyond the realm of real estate. and his
entire holdings are in good farm lands.
! He owns a section of land near his Ohio
home. and he drives out every now and
| then to look it and to see that the
tenants are taking good care of it.
The governor freely admits that he has
failed IN his estimate of stock values. and
to illustrate his failing in that way tells
how he once failed to make a clear profit
of 100000 in Southern Railway, common.
He had completed his term a member
of the industrial commission in this city
and had listened to a great deal of testi-
Inony concerning al sorts of corporations.
| including all the great transportation lines
of the country. He had at the close of
| his labors surplus of salary of about
$1,000 ana one OF his friends advised him
| to buy Southern Railway, common stock,
which was then selling at $40 share.
The governor accepted the tip with thanks
and proceeded to make a further investi-
cation into the affairs of the Southern sys-
tenn He re-read all the testimony that had
been offered before the commission. and
got vast amount of other literature the
subject. He finally became an authority
on the subject of that stock and could have
made 100 per cent in examination TO
show his familiarity with all the details of
the railroad so far as the records We're con-
Cerned.
He came to the conclusion that the COM
mon stock had no future and promptly
acting his judgment invested his sur
! plus cash in farm lands. Then with the
same promptness Southern. common, began
to climb, and it went up step by step to
$50 share, and all within a few months
of the day the governor decided not to
invest in il.