The Coconino sun., 1909-07-16

bluff on the wolf at your front door, and l went down town early next morning to look for job I knew Rogers on the Times and went there
 I haven't thing but a bookkeep- CTS job at SIP a week, and that won't keep your family he told me, when I had stated my case.
 Isn't there anything I can do bet ter than tbat?' inquired. Haven't you something l can work up-some story, or something at space rates%
 He thought while, and then took me upstairs to the managing editor. When he had told Mir. Blank what l wanted, they talked together for a moment and Rogers left. Then the managing editor grew confidential and told me there was big story in the city hall, if could dig it out.
 "Tf you get 1t, said he, I will give you s25O If you don't, I will pay you for your time
 Then he mentioned three or four men who might help me, and bade me good morning.
 When I left the newspaper office, one of those wise lunches that come to man now and then, took posses. sion of me, and instead of going to the men referred to by the managing ed itor, stopped in the office of police desk-ser geant I knew, and confided in him what l was after. Luck was with me that day. He advanced me one step in the right direction and for three days l climbed the stairs of ef fort to the sacred chamber where re- posed the archives l sought.
 On the evening of the third day, appeared in the managing editors room unannounced, placed my story on his desk and waited He read the manuscript carefully, and laying it down, said:
 'Unl-that's all very good, Mir Skinkle. but If we were to print 1t, we would have a damage suit on our hands in less than 24 hours. What we need now is the proof
 presumed you would replied, reaching into my coat pocket Here are the afiidavits!'
 When l laid those documents on the table, you should have seen him sit up and take notice. In a minute he had summoned three or four men and was giving orders to rush the copy and make way for the special
 And the funny thing about 1t all was, as I learned later, they never expected me to get the story at all It was just a friendly act performed by Rogers. He put me on the pay roll because he thought I needed the mon. ey and the story was his only excuse.
 Since that day, | have never bro ken out of the editorial game. That little bit of quick success was fatal. ! am newspaper man still!"
 Caterpillar Fever.
 The symptoms of the ailment known b doctors as caterpillar rash" are h. iense irritation on the palms, and some times on the face, accompanied by . number of blisterlike swellings which, when they occur round the eyes, some times have the effect of obstructing vision. The preventive Is to leave nairy caterpillars alone. As the palmer worm" the hairy caterpillar of the gold tail moth. one of the com honest and most beautiful objects of the country at midsummer, passes from hand to hand, 1t leaves on every palm few of Its loosely attached hairs, and those hairs are possessed, for the protection of the caterpillar against birds and browsing animals, of what scientists call ''urticating prop critics" "Urtica" is the Latin for met tie" Many other hairy caterpillars are almost as bad as the palmer worm" and as general rule the less you han