The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-19

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make study OF reigning houses 'pfac-
tical, romantic and interesting ~
Secretary Ades. However. ~ makes
his routine life worth the living ~
seeing the funny side Of everything
and taking an optimistic view Of that
which lacks in humor.
Recently the secretary was discuss
ing with friend the claims Of cefs
tain prince Of Africa to recognition.
II have NO doubt this man 10 descend
ed from King Solomon and the qussn
Of Sheba," said the secretary.
at is entirely possible. Iremsmbsr
once q caller told President 0arneid
that he was descended from Char
lemange. Let's see,' said the prssi-
dent, 'Chariemagne has been dead
about one thousand years. Allowing
30 years to = generation. which 10
generous, that would mean over 30
generations, and calculating ut the
usual rate Of increase In families
should say there ought to be aboat
5000, 900 people in the world BY this
time Who have the blood Of Charlie
magne in their veins. It's highly
probable you are quite right conclud'
I'd the president.
THAT reminds me-" continued Mr..
Adee, 1--WE have. quite number OF
descendants from passengers Of the
old Maynower by this time. should
say, figuring It out ~ President Gar
field did, there must be about 1.000.-
900 scattered all the way from Florida
to Alaska and from Maine to Can-
fornia. Ono day Secretary John Hay
was talking to friend and the friend
asked him II he was descended from
any one who came over on that To-
nous ship. I don't know responded
Mr.. Hay, but will have an sxpsft
look It up.' An expert was called N
and the next day reported back thae
8ecretasy Hay was duly descended.
On his maternal side. from . Nay:
aower p5oneer."
On . par with Secretary Adss In
optimism stands Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury James b. Rsynolda.
. former Newspaper oNlcial and an
administrator Of the customs service
par excellence. Secretary Reynolds
was entertaining some callers recent
~ when one Of them happened to In
quire about . plaster model Of IT.
story building which stood ON the
mantelpiece In the secretary's once.
Promptly leaving his desk Secretary
Reynolds took position alongside the
cast, and, placing his thumb and index
finger on the pinnacle Of the tower. he
began:
This, ladies and gentle. IL the new
Boston customs house. You know in
Now England they never tear down
anything they ever build up. Conse-
quently, Boston having outgrown its
present building. we have been sorely
beset to increase its size. But how"
With . twist Of the wrist and a
slight Jerk Of the elbow Secretary Rey-
noids deity removed IS stories OF
the cast and there stood revealed
one-story building Of 0recian archi-
lecture, with peg In the top which
had previously held the other 16 sto-
ries in place.
"This,". he continued, "is the orig
inal Boston customs house. You will
readily perceive that It IL low build
ing Of some architectural beauty,
placed in the midst Of an environment
Of tall buildings, Of which the stock
exchange 10 one. No Bostonepe COM
ing down State street can zee the Gus
toms house. and this fact has been one
basis Of grave complaint. 1t would
hsve been exceedingly difficult to en-
large the present building on the sur
rounding ground without buryins 1t,
especially n 1t were to be seen over
the top of the stock exchange. A
council Of wise men vas called to-
gether and eminent architects con-
suited with the result you now see
the old Boston custom house buried
under 16 stories Of stone and mortar.
When they had found out what they
wanted approved the plan, but I
told them the new building looked like
q combination Of roadhouse and .
hose tower. However. these Is sto-
ries fell OF the mantelpiece the other
day and stuck bottom side up on this
bit of wire which runs through them.
take 1t that this il good omen and
that we shall go on collecting Gus
toms duties in Boston, no matter what
happens"
washington Short Of Chicken.
Owing to. the enforcement Of the
new health regulations requiring the
maintenance OF sanitary conditions in
chicken coops and barn yards and be-
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