Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-07

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Dental reception. Besides the physi
cal exertion required, the monotony
Of the thing must have been weari.
some almost beyond endurance unless
1t was broken, as no doubt it otter
was. by Some amusing incident.
At one time Mr.. Cleveland was re-
ceiving a delegation of teachers at the
White House.
"Dr. Lucky of Pittsburg," said the
introducer as a gentleman stepped
forward to shake hands.
It had been intended that the other
teachers should follow in turn, but
somehow a dilapidated looking old
tramp had slipped into line just be-
hind Dr. Lucky. AS he shuffled up to
the president there was a pause. No
body knew his name, and even the
tramp seemed to feel embarrassed.
The president mended the difficulty
He extended his hand, and, with more
than his usual cordiality, he said in an
encouraging tone:
How are you, my friend? Your
name is DR.. Unlucky, I presume?"
The tramp's face relaxed into a
smile.
Got the Cold Shoulder.
Ex-president Cleveland used to fish
and gun a good deal in the Barnegat
bay district. John Camburn, Ware
town guide, said that one cold, wet
night Mr.. Cleveland got lost. He wan
dered through the mud and rain and
darkness, trying to find his party for
more than two hours, but not a house
could he see, not light, not road.
Finally, though, he struck a mar
row lane, and in due course a house
appeared. It was now late. Mr.. Cleve-
land was cold and tired. He thought
he would go no further. So he bang
ed at the door till a window on the
second floor went up and a gruff voice
said:
who are you?"
"A friend" said Mr.. Cleveland
meekly.
What do you want ?"
ITO stay here all night"
"Stay there, then"
And the window descended with a
bang, and Mr.. Cleveland, shouldering
his gun again, resumed his journey
wearily.
Sample of His Wit.
Grover Cleveland was on his way to
the grand central station in New York
one morning several years before he
became president Of the United States.
At the farther end of the Madison ave-
nue. car were its only other passengers,
several saucy specimens Of the genus
small boy. They Uttered and whis--
pered as they noticed the future pres
idents great size Then they became
bolder and said to each other some
thing about being "fed on yeast"
Mr.. Cleveland seemed to be much
amused at the impudence Of the lads.
Yet as they left the car at Thirty
fourth street, he could not resist a
joke at their expense.
Its pity, my boys" he said, that
your mothers couldn't have fed you on
yeast. Perhaps you'd have been bet
ter bred"
Feared For Her Father.
The story is told Of Esther Cleve-
land that when she first heard her
father telephone from Chicago to the
White House her expression changed
to wonder and then to fear. 1t was
surely her fathers voice, yet she was
incredulous After looking at the tiny
opening in the receiver Esther sud
denly burst into tears. '"Oh, mamma,
mamma" she sobbed, "how can we
ever get papa out of that little hole ?"
Most Painstakine.
Mr.. Cleveland took great interest
in pension legislation. Observing a
discriminating attitude, which was
most important both for the public
treasury and from the point Of view
Of those veterans of unblemished rec
ords, it was his custom to examine
eaCn act anu dll Tic l1SlS SoiiiiCSSSN
with the claim Of the beneficiary with
the greatest care. If he found flaw
in the record, he would put a veto on
the back of the act in his own hand
writing. Cleveland rarely dictated.
He found his ideas flowed better when
his pen touched the paper. His hand
writing was small, but clear. 1t was
like copperplate. Probably no presi-
dent of recent times used a pen with
as much frequency as Cleveland.
The painstaking character OF Mr..
Cleveland's work will be realized when
1t Is known that he made personal
examination of every paper that came
before him. This particularly was
true of the records Of courts martial
Of officers of the army and navy.
Whether the defendant was an ensign
or an admiral, a lieutenant or a gen.
eral, he could depend on Mr.. CleVe-
land to give fair consideration to the
report of his trial. 1t frequently hap
pened that Mr.. Cleveland detected
flaws in the proceedings CT the court
in which case the officer benehted
either in the way of modification of
his sentence or a new trial.