Evening journal., 1907-08-26
Personal and Pertinent

President Hadey Of Yale coming bacl, TO New Haven
late night got into one of the cabs m the station
was
Drive fast cabby"
AN right sir" replied cabby The horse started Off
with plunge, kept up rapid rate for half am
hour going up one street and down another ~
Finally Or Hadley. seeing he was being taken in
the wrong direction head out of the window,
and asked Are you not going IN the wrong direction
where do you want to gog-Phadelphia Ledger
Walter Rothschnd the richest bachelor in England
@ haa close call with matrimony when he young
man. designing mamma had managed TO get the heir
TO the Rothschild millions interested in her daughter
and the daughter did all she could lead the interest
up to the point OF marriage proposal.
one night at watering place Rothschid had re-
ufea 70 ms room he heard voices under his window
which he recognized those Of the young lady her
mamma
Has he proposed YETI" asked the old woman
mot yet" answered the daughter but I'm have him
hooked before long, IL only endure his conversa-
ton Tonight he bored me almost death talking
Il am sorry" said Rothschld putting his head out OF
the window ito have bored with tales of my ami
he never did-London Echo
Jacob Hope the head Philadelphias famous phono-
graph school for parrots said the other day.
There are worse things than a swearing parrot and
one one was brought over on German boat last month
His owner sailor that this travelled bird knew
no profanity, and lady bought him,
But she had to bring him to me The parrot, though
ne didn't swear. had evidently spent of his time
on shipboard in the ladies' saloon for would
do this:
For hours at time he would choke gasp ana hc-
cough as II he'd never stop. and then he'd sing out
ieebly, Steward-bucket' Washington Star.
grocer guilty Of rather sharp practice on
world-famed pipe manufacturer day, and the
latter stamped out of the roaring:
You're swinder, and III never enter your store
againl"
Next day though he back and bought five
pounds Of sugar.
Dear me- said the smiling In a forgiving way
thought YOU were never going to my doors again.
well, didn't mean to- said the customer but Yours
Is the only shop in the place where get what want
am going to pot some bulbs and need sand "Beu,an
correspondent sends the following interesting bit Of
testmony TO Harpers Weekly: In connection with the
animal controversy being discussed by prominent
naturasts and nature writers OF the country would
IKE 10 cite the following I'm support OF DR. Horna
days belief in the reasoning powers animals that
they do reason from cause TO effect
Mr. William Roberts who drives the stage from
mere 10 Quartzite has dog who accompanies him on
ms trips When the dog gets tired Of running along
beside the stage he jumps into the stage between the
seats When the sage IS moving solwly, he Jumps into
the stage from the side just clearing rear wheel
put when the stage Is moving swiftly jumps from a
position little 10 the the wheel allghts ON
the rear wheel and the momentum throws him into the
stage II surely was not instinct natural impulse
that led the dog TO Jump to the swiftly moving
wheel But when we think OF the little we know Of the
workings OF the human brain it not too much 10
presume to anayze that Of an animal?'