The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
A Rich Man,s BIeEraphy.

A Rich Man's Biography,
 Nthan straSs aus Tas Sryns ols on tn, New York speedway. A company pro, moter. noted no less for his wealth than for his unscrupulousness, dashed
 "There is Blank. When he came tc New York in asv the ,aos he had only 2 MT. Straus paused and smiled. However" he said. there were other pockets"
 The Wrong One.
 Martin S. Decker of New Paltz is one of the Public Utilities Commissioners of New York, a body of men with sweeping jurisdiction over the street and steam railways and the gas and electric companies of the state.
 MT Decker, discussing. the duties of his new post the other day. said:
 with the utmost prudence and care. Nothing must be undertaken by us hastily, or else we shall find ourselves in the position of the new school su-
 There was, you know, a new super intendent appointed to certain school. He was a Jealous man, but a choieric and hasty one as well:
 Now. 1t happened that on the day of his arrival at the school. while he was working hard in his G omce; & q ma9t naat dening noise arose Tn the room heAe
 The superintendent stood this noise sS sSer loiS te as glass s paraition Into the roarious room, and saw amongst the noisy lads assembled there a tailtsh chap who seemed to be making ,Iasa more
 Beside himself with rage. the sn- perintendent reached out his arm, seiz, ed the tall boy Sy the ana Gob banSed hIm down in n chair beside his desk.
 "sNow.' he said, sit still there and don't open your lips till give the ~orH aThen he bent over his papers and in the ensuing auietude worked away ous Some fifteen minutes passed. Then the head of 6 small boy peered oyer the partition timidiy, and meek i'- 'ie Please. sir, you've got our teach
 The Proud Chief.
 Dr. Louis Klopsch, the editor of tne Christian Herald had been congratu- lated in his New York ofhee on @ nis new decoration, the order of the his- in Sun. This decoration -o naa Deen ns towards the relief of the Japanese fa- mine sufferers-services that resulted
 Yes" said Dr. KIopsch. "my new decoration makes me feel very proud. feel as proud. in fact. as Hignlana chief, and no one could be prouder 'hS "A certain earl" he went on. "once gave a dinner in honor of Hignland- CT who rarely came down rom the Though there were many illustrious persons at the dinner, the proud Hlgn : ed. eS In fact, he was curt and naughty "tassWhen w the coffee came on. the host, ssaing D : .r.ss gRsHd hs assS him up whs sa ne. ssSrghs esS saia a the sRs sSisfssia .theyre shssss sSoEnsS gG asa Sss psoHy sRas1i ling out hts broad chest struck Y a OST6 'But the fack is,' he cried, I never q. met a man yet wha was the equal O
 The Heaper Of Goals.
 thor m of @safe f in the Arms of Jesus and hundreds of other hymns, IS M SUI. though ST years of age, in hrst class No: Not long ago" said 2 New York slergyman, "I visited Mrs. Crosby Tn Bridgeport and found her exeeeding. ly snteFtatning gonthsni snfn memories srS1h that S" sour talk turned to children's quaint nisundsrstandlngg or and 'pnra Mrs crosby told an amusing story on this head:
 "she said that. a little boy cams s home from school one aay Innas m had given him a thrashing and nc "anIoo reSsoh? S'os. said his mother don't think ia1H Heap coals of fire on his head. Then he viii become your friend, .s,.
 Wllie s sho9g;st d;s noi 6i ssS we0!G lack Jones tIli the next day at recess. Just as ne ne was buying a lemon pie for lunch, Jack appeared and saidi .a vo,, vesterday. hut I didn't give you enough. Now I'm soa.AS aAnd T he % planted hard blow on Wi White gasped and grunted, but in. stead of striking back he extended ms Re-e Rhe s' he said, in a kindly voice. I'll give you this. make you a prssTIsets psTset G1 Cones ie in glad amazsment, fell upon the pie greedily ana IL soon uis- apppeeGsosSS eGosS. it was good:' he said. What did you give it to me for .a .ha
 " 'Becalse you struck me. said 'he heaRsrt siRnstantly nj Jones hauled away and struck him again. a,a, he
 "'Now, go and get ahosher p'e' said"
 For the Fourth.
 "One Fourth of July, said eena aTtepl dinner speech in Indianapolis. two men got into an argument about the TJbertv Bell in Philadelphia. aA.4 1t is admitted said the first: Lhae ,s,s the man who rang this bell 70 pr9SeddalHa danH liberty throughout the land dropeo ueao TOT }Reyt Ryyt' said the other. did you ever actuaIIv hear of such t a thing "s a man being killed by 1oy. hoara
 "'Well,' was the reply, once l,n nett hts of A chap who was found deao oh ms moth CT in laws grave
 
 Would Shoot the Cheese.
 "The late Gen. Thomas II; Ruser: said A Stamford man, was. hke nIanSS nnaISS army officers, an authority on sVoS S cooxinS. but he detested rank, niSn I., cbseses' At a dinner he said that HeIS raS,k cheese was once left at ms nSa4 !. ouarters 10 be called for, ana aitSr ls m hsd remained unclaimed for two uAyS ha nosted up this notice: s..., "" IF the cheese sent here aau1 s. ad to Private Jones is not caileo TUT in two days it will be shot,
 An Almost PardOnable Error.
 Iawrence Mott, the well known youns
 t6cr and automobilist, condemheO ssouoSrching at a dinner in New York. N9J condemn" he said, scorchlhg a%no % the scorcher.. but I don't condemn ,s Ine snorcher s,o unheard. don't cohoenlh tbe accused man hastily. HastS eoh- SSnUU,ratIon Is always a mistake. =. a dian railway, | got