Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12
ALvAH L. REYNOLDS

Call tomorrow morning at 10 O'CLOCK.
That, l believe. was the last line Mr. Lin
coin ever wrote. On my way out of the
White House l met President Lincoln I
the lobby, going to his carriage with
wife. He stopped to shake hands and re-
peated to me that he would like to have
me call the next morning. I stood there
until he helped Mrs. Lincoln in the car
riage and got in himself"
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DR.. Carmichael, the new bishop of Mon
treal, is an Irishman-a native of Upper
airy. He tells story about clergyman
who was examining Sunday school class
and who CHANGED to ask one of his small
pupils why it was cruel to cut off dog S
tails.
One child replied that it was cruel be-
cause of tine text in the Bible.
What text, my dear?" asked the puz-
zled clergyman.
The child was thoughtful for a moment
and then replied: what God has Joined,
let no man put asunder'
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ANDREW Carnegie" said a Pittsburg
millionaire, "enjoys a joke hugely. One
of his jokes made me laugh on my last
visit to Skibbo castle Mr.. Carnegie was
entertaining at the time a Montenegro
prince. The morning after the prince
arrival we set out in a huge motor car
for q long run and as we whizzed past
an inn a great crowd of Highlanders
rose from the benches before the inn and
saluted us. The prince seemed amazed
at the Highland dress. Why he asked,
do these men go bare-legged? 1T is
local custom, said Mr.. Carnegie; "a
mark of respect for you, sir. In some
places people take off their hats to show
honor to distinguished visitors; here
they take off their trousers.
s.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee, who is
an authority on 'possums, tells this story
about an old negro in his neighborhood:
"One of the most peaceful and kind
hearted old negroes / ever knew was old
sums and also liked to eat them. One
day the old man was arraigned before
his boss for numerically beating another
negro who was a town visitor to the
plantation. The town darby had his eyes
bandageu and his nose was split while
his clothing was in tatters.
+" Pompey,' said the master, is this
the negro you had the trouble with?
OATS de Niger. master, was the
reply but didn't hab much trouble wild
him. He's de one dat had de trouble.
sah.'
But Pompey. why did you beat him
so numerically?
" Master, Use gwine ter tell yer de
trufe. He comes down here all dressed
up in billed shirt and high collar, an
while we niggers wuz er 'tendin' ter
our own business he axes me wuz err
'possum fifteen fer ter eat. An OATS de
last / members.
s.
Representative Garrett of Tennessee
was discussing the financial situation in
the cloakroom of the house with Ollie
James of Kentucky and several others
"A constituent of mine sized things up
better than anybody | have talked to. >
said Garrett. He came into Dresden
one day recently with a bale of cotton
but failed to sell it because nobody had
any money to pay for it. On his way
home he called at my office. Finis,' he
said "a hell of a fraud has been prac-
ticed somewhere. Parker surely was
elected in 1904 because If what l read
in the northern magazines goes for a
cent the times never could have been
hard under a Republican administration"
ton"
Andrew Carnegie has added the sum of
g.. 900, 900 to the $10,000,000 endowment
fund of the Carnegie institute for sell
entific research. This announcement was
made at the recent dinner of it's trustees
In washington. Mr.. Carnegie was not
able to be present. but in the letter he
sent with notice of his munificent dona
tion he said he had watched the progress
of the institution, that it had borne good
fruit and that In the hands of the presi-
dent, Or. r. s. Woodward, and the trus-
tees It was going to realize all expecta-
lions. M 4t