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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26
THREE BRIDES IN 14DAYS:
JUST COULDN'T HELP IT

PITTSBURG, PA Special John
Middleton, twenty-three, an orderly in
the Allegheny General Hospital, has
led three brides to the altar in the last
fortnight. Friday the trio saw John
led TO the police station.
Gertrude Van Horn, fourteen. who
was married to Middleton on Wednes-
day when she swore she was twenty
two, went to the hospital Friday to
visit her husband. In an anteroom she
FOUND two women glarinE at each
other and saying unkind things. Ger
trude listened and then joined in the
argument.
soon Middleton appeared in answer
to n summons from the office. and
an three women started toward him
with outstretched arms. The fourteen
Near-old bride went out and brought
back a policeman. Middleton admit
ted he had married the three women
He said he Just couldn't help it,"
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Corcoran,s Turkey Trot.

Brewer COrcoran, author Of THE
Bantam" tells the following story:
Just after l finished The Bantam l
received an invitation from an old
school friend, in whom had grounds
to place confidence, asking me to
come down TO his place in the Vir-
ginia Piedmont and rid the planta-
ton Of a pest of wild turkeys He
was very cordial. ! have seen men
act that way when they were the
bored owners of a four-card flush
arrived, but detailed a bodyguard
and some turkey dogs to accompany
me 10 the shambles. The woods were
as dry as English humor. The 'tur-
key dogs ran rabbits and freed
SQUIRRELS until they wouldn't blush
when spoken to. We climbed one
mountain five times and another
three. At last a man in butternut
shirt and one shoe said that the tur-
keys didn't seem to be usin' round
we're none this evenin'.' 1t seemed
plausible. ] didn't unload my gun
going back to the plantation. Lord,
old man! the friend Of many years
exclaimed as he met me on the porch
! m sorry YOU didn't stay with me.
Look what 1 got, out on the edge of
the orchard.
Isn't it rather sma1?' I asked,
trying to be pleasant while looking
at huge bronze turkey sprawled over
d chair.
fright YOU are he laughed. 1t
only weighs twenty. They're general
" larger here I found the side
board unaided, but it took consider
able to drown my humiliation and
chagrin."
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ten 10y Police Lieutenant Charles
\. Becker, who is accused of hav-
ing hired the gunner to kill Ro-
scnthal, after the gambler had in
formed District Attorney Whit
man that Becker had amlaSscd "A
quick secret fortune. through
selling protection TO Iawbrcakcrs.
The arrests OF "Gyp" and
Lefty" which, il had been sup
posed. ended the police invcsti.a-
ZION of the murder of RoscnthaI.
were To be followed by other ar
rests if Police Commissioner
DouShcrtY can trail down several
persons who came under his no
tiCc in his efforts TO capture .GyD,,
and Lefty"
III somebody paid these men
10 Shoot Kosenthai,' said Deputy
commissioners DOu@hcrty. Thar
same person has evidently been
pay ing their expenses while i'm
hiding. III get them and handle
Ihat money"
one report today says that n
$ai"Dlcr who hates the gunner
earned Whcre they were hiding
dhn sent word TO DOu@hcrty.
There il another story 10 tbc
erect tEat the police had for
son tiilc known where the ,-tIn-
thCn were concealed and had dc
iaNcd making the capture until
District Attorney Whitman left
me city To go TO Hot Springs.
NIX, 10 investigate the rcport
mat Bcckcr's attorneys had oh
tanned affidavits there faVorabIc
TO the defense.
= hen MIR. Whitman Offered
@.O0O FOR the arrest Of the two
Sunmen lac barred the DoIice
iroin sharing in the reward. This
was because Of his belief that the
iOlce were able 10 take Them
INTO custody ut any time. buf
were unwilling TO make the can
tuIc Tor reasons of their own.
IIlcrc is no doubt that Own,
the blood and Lefty Louie" re
VclNed money regularly from
some source during the fifty-nine
days they were in hiding. Assist
ant District Attorney Moss il
kccniy DESTROYS OF learning the
name of the person or persons
VINO supplied The funds needed nv
the GUNNER while eIudine the
private detectives empIoyed nv
the District Attorney TO hunt
them
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she Kissed out the words Tuesday. For
twenty-three years she has stalked
her husband, Louis. and her faith
less sister, Marie Macauoiere. Sus-
tanned by anticipation OF the moment
OF bliss she felt when she began the
last chapter of the tale of a mustache
by landing Louis in Ludlow street
Jail.
1T was twenty-five years ago in
Lyons" she said i'm French to re-
porter, that first saw Louis Plan
tier. He was a Stalwart grenadier
and his dropping mustaches lassoed
themselves tight around my poor
heart in what I believed TO be a true
lovers knot. So in october, 1887,
We were married.
and decided to open 4 little cafe there.
My pretty young sister, Marie Macau-
deere went along as waitress. But
those muStaCheS were Still at work.
They charmed Marie. The two ran
away. and I am left to weep. But
SAY to myself courage, hal ha, my
day win come, And I start out on
the path of revenge"
To LONDON went Nine Planter.
There She learned the pair had taken
refuge i'm this country. She followed.
To Nine. Planters quarters at 312
West Nineteenth Street came word a
few weeks ago that Louis was janitor
of the apartment house ut 525 West
one Hundred and Thirty eighth
Street. Attorney Samuel Zuckerman.
Jr.. filed for her 4 suit in divorce.
The supreme Court awarded Nine
Planter 2limOny. but Louis said he
had not the means to pay. Tuesday
Louis mustachc dropped and bristled
while portly Mime. Cath
crime eyed him through the bars.
Revenge is sweet" she Kissed.
sacred name of Il name!' howled
Louis.
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FLEEING AMERICANS DRIVE
THEIR HERDS INTO ARIZONA

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special
Several large herds of cattle belong
.lg to Americans in NIcNico have been
q riven TO the border between sonora
nd Arizona, and am agreement be-
tween the owners and the customs
division Of the Treasury Department
as reached today 10y which they Will
permitted TO cross the United
states. Secrecy as to the whereabouts
Il the herds is being maintained.
Consular dispatches from MorelOs
ID the State Department today report
ID the discovery OF two wagons and
arness belonging to Edward Hay
iOOr. an American citizen and q
b lember OF the Mormon colony.
Other MormOns, who went from
->ogales to investigate. reported they
round HaYmOorS clothing and evil
,ences Of looting. They judged that
IaymOor either had been killed or is
81 captive. Federal officers at Aqua
'rieta have taken no steps to inves-
gate. although urged 10y the consul
to do SO.
The consular adVices also reported
rhat the rebels had attacked El Tigre
I'll day yesterday. but had retired
18th three injured and one killed.
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on a float made contribution Tuesday
evening.
Cay Surf Avenue. it's sidewalks
loaded generously with confetti and
lScl' was in its merrieSt mood when
tile nightly parade of police. ephe-
neral sclons of royalty, gaudy floats
and the well-known pretty maidene
started on its brilliant way.
When float No. 0, its superstruc-
lure taking the form of a mammotb
butterfly got to Twenty Street.
one OF the young women who adorned
lle iIoat shifted smoke, uttered a
Shrlek and turned a neat fin fIon
INTO the street. Other maidens. OF
sJerner stuff. decided to stick alone
with the excitement. and thew cooed
10 Mounted Policeman David Dalv IA
me him to their side and put out the
horrid fire. '"'
defective insulation was. RESPONSE
pie Tor the blaze, a small, anaemic
thlns mat folded itself up and rolled
over when Policeman Daily shot it a
rev tunes with his hand grenade
edce, order and quiet were restored
Immediately.
Yet. in the mind Of a volunteer
fireman, who was one of the march
ers, the order Of things had not been
strictly preserved in permitting a DO
llceman to extinguish a fire. So
though the fire was of the past, the
fireman started for the scene of its
late existence with a fire-extinguish-
er. On his hurried way he dropped
the extinguisher and, to the delight
OF nobody, its contents spluttered over
many beautiful uniforms and dresses
that one is wont to describe as crea-
tions.
Comparatively few Of the 200.
persons present saw any of this.
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WOMAN SO TICKIISH
THAT ROBBERS FLED

KANSAS CITY Special Being
tlcklish saved Mrs. Frances Justine
tuesday night from losing her purse
TO robbers, and a meeting that might
nave been terrifying turned into am
amusing affair. She was on her Xvav
home when two armed men com
manded her to walk back with them
10 the shadow Of a warehouse.
We want money, that is all" thew
SAID. SO throw up your hands"
she obeyed, and informed them
that her purse was tucked in the tor
OF her corest, under her arm. one Of
the men tore open her waist and
thrust in hand. 1t came out i'm a
hurry to clap over the woman's mouth
as she screamed, DON'T"
Il didn't mean to cry out that
way, she laughed, as the hand
dropped and gave her a chance to
speak, but I am awfully ticklish and
1 just can't stand it,"
The continued efforts of the meD
to find the purse, while Mrs. Jus-
tines protecting arm wouldn't stav
up, threw her into fits OF laughter
which so disturbed the robbers that
as she sank to the pavement, thew
ran. The policeman who came up as
she rose and brushed her dress found
her very gleeful over her experience.
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ASTOR BABY GUARDIAN
DOESN'T PROTEST WILL

NEW YORK Special Surrogate
Fowler admitted to probate Tuesday
the Will Of Colonel John Jacob Astor
"as 10 John Jacob Astor. . minor.
with the same force and effect as
thou&h ne had been party in the
proceedings for the original probate -
This original probate took place on
May 2Zd, Mrs. Madeleine Force As
tors son being born on August 18th.
tuesdays action was based on the
report of Egerton l.. Winthrop. Jr..
who became special guardian Of the
baby on September 9Th.
Mr.. Winthrop, in his report, which
was submitted Tuesday morning. says
probating the viii on the part of the
infant" but he adds:
deem the rights of my ward re-
qulre me to state on his behalf that
nothing herein shall be taken as an
acceptance by or for him Of any pro-
vision that it may be claimed is made
for him under the provisions of the
Will. That, as ] understand the law
or this State, whatever NAV be the
legal rights OF the said infant in the
distribution of the testator's estate.
they are not adjudicated upon in this
proceeding"
1t was said Tuesday that while this
concluding declaration might leave
open a way for n contest, It was tech
nical in its nature. Strictly speak
ing, 1T is said, it may be questioned
whether Colonel Astor made provi-
sion for his posthumous heir, al
though he did make provision for
such a contingency. The guardians
present intention is to be prepared
to take care of his ward in any de-
Velopment.
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BOYS EYES I,LONVN OUT
By THE DOMB HE FOUND

Ten-year-old Frank Cassinly, Of No
1928 Paterson Plank Road. Jersey CITY,
ound what he took to be four giant
urecrackers While delving in pile of
f Fourteenth street. HobOken. yester-
lay afternoon. lie took his find to the
back yard of his home and examined it,
After much prodding with a nail in
one of the "hrccrackers," he dug out
use Placing the cracker on a box,
Ae touched of the fuse with a match
md then retrcated a foot to await the
explosion
Peavy shot that struck him in the face.
{e was hurled twenty feet uncOnSci-
Gus. The explosion ratified the win
lows and shook the neighbOrhOOd for
block The people rushed into the
street, some calling Tor the police.
lille others wanted to send for the
Gremen.
Half dozen men darted into the
''assinly yard and found young Frank.
'fhey thought he had been killed. a
i.hysician was summoned and the boy
as taken to the City Hospital. It was
iscovered there that his eyes had been
hot out and more than fifty Of the
shot had entered his face. His condi-
The Remaining "hrecrackers" were
xamined by the police, and were found
% be OF steel, two feet long and an
'nch in diameter. They contained
nuckshot and black powder. This dis
overy soon became known in the
ceighborhood and occasioned the
greatest alarm.
The Viaduct where the bombs were
f0und was dynamited a few years ago
~ the McNamaras, and the excited
sidents at once jumped to the con-
ciuslon that another attempt had been
tanned to destroy the structure. Now
st how the bombs came to be in the
lie OF rubbish.
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SDNA ALLEN GLAD
CHASE Is over
ROANOKE, VA Speci!
SoHCTT I0

ROANOKE, VA Special
n special from Cincinnati tells
of the passing through that city
of Baldwin detectives and tho
Allen prisoners.
Sidna Allen. hcraldcd through
the country IA a dCSpcradO, was.
according To- the dispatch. rs do
Gle rs a lamb. When asked Co sit
Tor n picture, he insisted upon a
shave, cleanup, aud clean col
iaf. aS he did not want n picture
taken i'm his work day appear
ancc.
You see 1 am Il man of wealth
as hOmc,' he said. II have been
"a country merchant and am this
day worth $4,000 TO S6O. 900.
have a home place I would not
sell for less than $4,000. have
two Of thc prctticst daughters i'm
the South.
II am glad ID il over, and will
go back without n fight and face
the music. l occupy my prCt,Snt
position at the head of n band
of outlaws because l was forced
To do il. IL all started i'm the
simplest way. We had too much
Whiskcy among the nciehbOrs. and
one night one OF our crowd in
other crowd. At least they said
lac did. The sheriff vowed that
he would wipe out the whole Al
len gang.
No CRIME COMMITTED.
Nothing up TO this time had
over been done. No crime had
been committed by our boys.
save that a chance sighting re-
mark had been dropped. We
SER VINO made the remark il
they had left il 10 Us.
- was i'm the courtroom when
tne hiring began which resulted in
me murder. know positively
who did the shooting. 1 aid nor
lead the assault. 70 was SeIf-ac-
iehSe. and I would swear thnt th,.
sh ..Sit fired the first shot.
hnd mo part Ina the start of th,, roN,
lie came I'm later. After the shoot
ing ran. We all took 10 fb,.
woods Wesley and found our
serves together, and have sfnNcd
together. 4 had a peculiar Infrrcsf
IN the hoy. lie il not a crfUiDnI
the mother of hiss Sweetheart.
,uh"ue iroIer' was once my sweet
hc"rt- hid i'm the mountains
near my home for thirty dnN~
LhcE could not have caught me
there i'm year.
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
NJ times thcN were 80 close 10
me That 1 could have. reached o,,f
ana touched the arms Of purSuers
tnr"UEh the underbruSh. could
nave KILLED several of my enemies
during that hunt. hut I had No
murder i'm my heart. 4 shall f,-bt
Tor freedom, and hone Co win NJ
"hlH renSon for running at all was
mat 1 knew la the excitement 4
would be hauled into n nounf.i,,
court and not Eet a fair trinL
- could easily have StnNed bcrc
t"reNcr without being cnueht. hut
W eSieN persuaded me to let him go
hacN and see the girl. lie droppcd
letter, which gave our hiding
place away"
W cSley Edwards story I'm The
uncle. no
II just had 10 see Miss IroIcr.~
ne said. II persuaded Uncle SfJ
Tor weeks before ne would LET me
go back. l gave the girl the money
10 c"snc OGt here, and she Nvns fol-
lONVcO.
81 am sure Sidnn killed no ono
he has frequently Snid .'PhnuI,
sod, there IL mo- blood on me-. lie
has been father Ia me here. lie
mas been quite religious at times.
ana has read the bible and Snid
prayer. Our Southern accent caused
good deal OF talk. hut no ON.
suspected we belonged To the Allen
gang"
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now SEEKING CONCENTRATES
VINO FURNISHED GUNNER AID

NEW YORK. Special.-Harry
Horowi;z, alias "Gyp the Blood"
and Louis ROscnzweig. alias
Lefty Louie" were arraigncd to-
uay before Justice GOff in the
criminal branch OF the Supreme
Court on indictments charging
them with the murder OF Her
man ROscnthaI.
Entering OF their plea was
postponed until September 18Th.
They were bOth held without bail.
Ms. HOrOWitz and Mrs. ROscn-
zWcig. child-wiVcs OF the two
gunner. and Samuel Kramer.
who were captured with them.
were held i'm $1,000 bail each rs
material witnesses.
n great crowd bcsicgcd Justice
GOffS court when the two gum
men and their wives were taken
from the TOmbs aud the Hous..
or Detention respectively.
The progress of the detectives.
who had charge OF the two wo-
mon. was blocked az times bV a
mob OF from. 100 to 600 persons.
who fought TO get near enough
10 the prisoners 10 Get a GOOD
view of them.
When = squadron of newspaper
BilNtOSTo DAlcTS- WHO n2U TO fight
their way through the curious
thronS by sheer force. cot into
range the women covered their
faces with newspapers.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Be-
lieVing that letters found in the
Hat at Glendale, where "Gyp the
Blood" and Lefty Louie were
captured are of tremendous i'm
portance in prosecuting the assas-
sins of Herman ROScnthaI. As
SiStant District Attorney Frank
Moss VIII demand that the D0Iice
surrender them to him.
Deputy Police Commissioners
DouSherty il said to have in his
possession about forty misSives
sent To the two gunner while i'm
hldlng. These communications
were addressed to Morris Cold
stone, name used ny the fugi-
uVes in receiving mail from con
federates who knew the secret of
their Glendale retreat.
IL Is reported today. bu6 with
out confirmation, that some of the
letters seized by the police when
the Nat was ranS;Jckcd were NyY;i =
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HUNT MURDERER
OF RURAL CARRIER
zfAN WHO STATED THAT HE
fEAktNED FOR SUCH CAREER
UNDER SUSPICION.

ADDISON, pa Special Sheriff
Charles i. Hoehard. OF Somerset and
a posse, together with police all over
his section, are engaged To-Day in n
hunt for John w. MauSe. in cOnnec-
tson with the murder of Rural Car
,ier Harrison Brown, who was shot
Town and robbed Of $575 on Satur-
cay near Beachlcy. Pa.
Bloodhounds led the officers to the
home Of Charles T.. Awley, in
iarneosville. and to a room formerly
occupied by MauSe. bOarder. The
Ulcers found bloOd-stained clothes
md a .3S-calibcr revolver with one
cartridge exploded.
Mause was missing. II is known that
-Iause frequently told Miss Grace Aw-
ICY, daughter of his landlord, that he
attended to become a highWayman
and knew where he could yet some
asy money"
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iAORE DISCLOSURES
In The GIBSON CASE

NEW YORK. Special An i'm
pOrtant new witness has been dis
covered by the officials in charge
of the prosecution OF burton W.
Gibson. the lawyer in jail i'm
Goshen. y. y, charged with the
murder of Countess Rosa McnSchfk
SzRbO.
An Investigation WAS started to-
day relative tO two more deaths
which have attached themselves 20
AN 0EerhaulinS OF the career OF
Gibson.
The first H. that of Count Szabo,
husband of the countess, who died
I'm 1904, and the second is that OF
William Schumann, for whom the
Countess was hOusekeeper, follow
Ing the death Of her husband.
Both deaths were supposed TO he
from pneumonia.
The new witness Is Tom Garri-
son, guide who brought the body
OF Countess SzabO 10 the surface
of Greenwood Lake and turned il
over To the coroner.
Much Of what lac knows has been
pun In affidavit form by Detective
Moore, of Orange county. but there
il stu more that he refuses 10 d.
NulGe, except upon the witness
stand or To District Attorney
Rogers. 80 carefully il he guard
Ing tails evidence thnt he viii not
even Intimate it's nature. except to
say that il Will take Gibson by
surprise and il sensational.
Garrison WAS willing 10 talk OF
what he had seen ON previous
trip which Gibson and the Countess
paid 10 Greenwood Lake. The
guide said that he and another
man were fishing near the shore of
an island when the boat contain
Ing the accused lawyer and his
companion approached. When
about one hundred feet AWAY Glib
son arose in the boat, nos seeing
the fishermen. At the same time
the woman stood up. As he start
ed to step forward Gibson Iurched
and fell over the gunvVale, knock
Ing the woman into the bottom.
arriSpn Says his companion
then called To Gibson and rebuked
him for endangerin@ the VvOman's
life. Gibson did siO( reply, but.
picking up the oars. rOwcd silent
IL away. Garrison did not see the
woman again ODtsl ne RShed her
body out of The lake.
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- SIZE SAYS ..NOr TO IIIW ~
SHE'S GOT TO WALK HOME;


NEW YORK. Sptcial.-"I still want
e wife, bat iu bc hanged If III send
NY more rouna-trip railroad tickets
candidates FOR a share of my home.
lid Richard J.. Shaw. OF Oceansidc, a..
l.. Friday night.
Shaw has been married twice. lie
lot his second wife through an adVer-
'sement When he recently tired of
&c lonely existence he has been lead
i1g since her death he appealed TO the
,dNertisinS columns again 20 help him
e said he would send round-trip
fcket TO Oceansidc TO every applicant
nd show her the place by driving her
round the village in his carriage. He
lceiNed many answers, and sent q
icket TO every writer. Then. dressed
"A his sunday best. he met her at the
station with his carriage Then came
ne establishments.
4 sent tickets 20 these women" said
haw. and then I discovered that all
tney wanted was a ride around Ocean
g. de in my carriage. They took the
next train for home. Some OF EN-
ouldnt even talk marriage with me.
low I'm going to send only a one-way
icket. If they don't like me, and tell
tne so. they can walk home"
Shaw was "A bayman before he made
comfortable fortune by inventing a
ure for corns.
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DERELICTs FROM
NOAH'S ARK, MAYBE

BOSTON, Special. An unknown spe-
cles OF fish with a body like a balloon
covered with short spikes and with a
tan eighteen inches long, like a Bleriot
monoplane. was among the curiosities
on the Rottenfels, from Calcutta, which
cooked here Friday. The fish was
stuffed and hung in the captains cabin
taxing the place of pet canary, which
in mid-ocean with full Mohammedan
rites.
Another curiosity on board was a
white cat, with all the feline character
islcs, except that it barks like a dog
The fishing schooner Buena had on
BOARD the weirdest specimen or bird
Ire that the fishermen hereabouts
have ever seen. The bird flew on board
off the Cape. IT is about the size of a
pigeon, with black spots on the breast
web feet, a red comb like a rooster and
crows enthusiastically.
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BOUND HAND AND
FOOT, SHE SWIMs
PHILADELPHIA. Snecial-Follow-

PHILADELPHIA. Special.-Follow-
ing the long swims by Philadelphia
Wallace, twenty-year-old Boston
girl, set them all agog Friday by
swimming across the Delaware with
her hands and feet tied. Her brother,
Jack Wallace. and Frank Vicity. ac-
cOmpanied her
Bound hand and foot she was forced
to make her strokes with the muscles
of the back and shoulders. as she could
bend her knees but little. She made
most of the distance swimming on first
one side and then another. Several
times she showed signs Of firing, but
went on pluckily to the finish.
Five thousand people gathered at the
pier to see her accomplish the feat.
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COURIER TELLS GREWSOME
STORY ABOUT MEXECANS' AT
TACK ON MORMON COLONY.

DOUGLAS, ARIZ- Special A
courier has arrived with the infor-
nation that part OF SalaZar's rebel
force raided the Mormon colony
Thursday, killing Edward Hanimore,
an American whose body was found
later partly devoured by hogs.
The rebels sacked the ranches and
burned many homes.
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Still Consistent.

Consistency Is a jewel" said the
ready-made philosopher.
YES" replied Senator Sorghum
but it isn't good form for a man in
my position to wear much jewelry.-
Washington Star.