The Washington herald., 1914-03-22

imagining that he Is going to die. hurries
away 70 Doctors office. providing there
Is one near by. II the doctor tells ths
man he isn't sick. the man gets mad.
Thus the doctor loses a fee and a ma
nent Tneretore. he looks at the mans
tongue ieeis MS pulse, asks him few
questions. and writes him a prezcription
that no one can read but the drurxist
and even he has hard Job on his hands
sometimes.
still medicine Is necessary occasion-
ally. The same can be said OF dynhni,e
Ralph Isham. of Chicago, was INV doctor
for forty years. He charged me sI5o FOR
coming TO Marinette. but he Womb nav.
preferred to stay In Chicago even at that
figure. / would telegraph him and hs
would come. thinking i needed him Then
would put him to work on some one els.
ono of my boys. usually.
Doctor I said to him one nnorn-
ing at breakfast. I can't eat crane, ,nv
more with comfort. j am afraid Of an
pendicitis.'
Eat all you want TO and swallow the
seeds he said. There Is very little gen.
uine appendicitis he went on to say
It's all a. Then he stopped. But
completed the sentence in my own MIND
my adding the word fraud
Trotting Horses and Fine Cows.
You own three farms?''I said
More than three Senator Stephenson
answered, but he did not mention the
number. ''I live on a farm at Marfnette
little Dane is the manager. He has
been with me for twenty-eisht years
When I get awake at O'Clock in tho
morning. no matter where I am. know
he is milking the cows He is a very
reliable man. All of my boys are reliable.
A German has been I'm my employ forty
eight years. He told me the last time I
saw him that he wasn't much good any
more.
Just keep your eyes open, Jake
replied, and see that the lumber ward
doesn't get afire'
Il have raised trotting horses at Mari
nette for fifty years. I let the BOYS cam
paigp some of them once in a while. but
have never bet a dollar on a horse race
ana 1 never will. I have a farm OF 90
acres near Waukeska, which is Just west
OF Milwaukee. Ex-Gov. Hoard an au-
thortty on agriculture, says there Is NO
better managed farm in the world. Paul
Inc. the COW 1 gave President Taft, vas
raised on that place. / have fifty-three
fiolsteins just as good as Pauline.
also raise Percheron horses at waukeska.
am fond of that farm, although 7 don't
get TO see 1t sometimes, but once in two
years"
You have sawmills, too" I said. lat
Marinette?"
Yes; but our largest property 10 in
the Escanaba region. The manager of the
j. Stephenson Company there is a remark
able man. He has been working for me
since 1s7s-thirty-fve years. -Four thou
sand hands are employed and they scut
more than 100. on 90 feet Of lumber a year
and manufacture. besides. 40.eoe.oo9 shin
giles and as many lath as well as a good
many poles and posts
Aren't You afraid of running short OF
raw material?'' I inquired.
Not at present" Senator Stephenson
| replied with q queer little smile. We
own 10000 acres Of land Forty thousand
| cords Of hard wood are annually used I'm
] making alcohol. We manufacture I,5Sp
gallons of alcohol a day at our chemical
works and 20 tons of pig iron at our
blast furnace. Part OF our products are
taken 70 market in our own ships The
l. Stephenson Company is probably the
greatest organization Of its kind in the
United States"
(Copyisht. ls14. By Jams B. Mcro~)