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Tair EL EYE ON ECONOMY An old farmer's rich cousin from the city paid him a visit. When he left he offered to send the farmer a new hat, The old farmer thought quickly. “What kind would you like, SI a8?" he said, “felt or straw?” “Straw,” be said at last. *'Cos when I've finished with It it will do nicely for a mouthful for the cows." [London Answers, Shades of Confusion Il have to be more systematic” sald Senator Sorghum, “Bothered by bookkeeping? “No. But my secretary has al lowed my religious ghost writer to get mixed up with my expert in hoss race dialect” had Lots of "Elm “Does he always keep his word?” “Yes—no one will take It!"—Lon. don Tit-Bits, Cutting and Slashing “Why are you reducing?” “Oh, to cut down expanses.” Ton. don Answers, WNU-—4 = 16-35 Fine For Digestion “SLUGGER” SMITH B By R. H. WILKINSON ©. Bell Syndicate-—~WNU Service. } 66 O MAN,” sald Elmer Stone, “was ever more proud of | his sobriquet than David ‘Slugger’ Smith." Slugger was a small man, puny, al- most emaciated In appearance—a toward whom you instantly warm with- out knowing why: a man, great of spir- it and generous of heart. “Sam Cook just called David, 'Slug- ger! It was toward the end of the an- nual baseball game between volunteer | Hook and Ladder No. 1 of Dexter and Hose 3 of Bartlett. David, an ardent Dexterites were proud, stepped up to bat in the last half of the ninth, with the score 2 to 2, and slugged out a home run. “Sam, who was seated beside me in the bleachers, exclaimed: ‘What a slugger that guy turned out to be!" The name seemed to suit David fine. It was sort of catchy and somehow sug- gestive of the reason for its origin. “There was, as usual, a celebration that night in the firehouse, and David was the hero of the hour. Sam pro- posed a toast to ‘Slugger’ Smith, and everybody cheered and applauded and thought the moniker well bestowed. “David was ordinarily a modest and reticent type of man, but that name tickled his vanity. He grinned from ear to ear, and you could tell by the look in his eyes that he was mighty proud to be called ‘Slugger.’ “That night after the celebration Da- vid went home and, emboldened by the flattery of his teammates (a boldness augmented by several generous mugs of Peter Sayles’ very best home brew) woke his Dora, from a sound slumber, and apprised her of the great honor that had been bestowed upon himself, “It was, the home brew that freed David's tongue, for Dora Smith approved not at all of her hus band's enthusiasm and interest in the national sport association with such ordinary people as myself and Sam Cook. And since the day of their wedding, years before, she had never ceased trying to convince him that baseball was a grading and vulgar pastime. “For Dora had social ambitions. She wanted be somebody, to travel in smart company, to be distinctive and aloof, At that time Dexter had no roup of people that could be classed as aristocrats, but Dora had dreams of such a group, with herself in the role of social lion. “And so when David, with boyish en thusiasm and righteous pride, told how he had earned his sobriquet, his ardor was almost instantly squeiched by cold and condemning stares, by harsh and cruel scol unsympathetic and unfair upbraiding. Fortunately, David had fortified himself with enough home brew to dispel any oppressiveness which might have been his reaction to such a rebuff, and, more fortunately still, Dora had that evening received a letter, the contents of which had ex cited her to a high fever and left little room in her mind for other matters Hence the tirade was cut unusually short, and David crawled Into bed to dream blissful dreams of slugging home runs for Hook and Ladder No. 1. “Dora woke him early the next morn. ing. Fully clothed she sat on the bed's edge, and held the letter in her hand. Even to David's sleepdrugged brain wife, I suspect, five de- to 11 9 HIE, by thing important was about to happen. He rubbed his eyes, sat up and pre pared to listen. Dora beamed. “David, it's happened! We're rich.’ “David blinked. ‘Rich? “'‘Richer than I'd ever dreamed David, just listen to this: Uncle Thom- Boston, died two weeks ago, and be queathed us his entire fortune. Near- ly a million dollars! “David looked concerned. ‘Say, that's a shame. Tom was a good egg. What galled Bim? “Dora's glance hardened for. an In stant, and then she was beaming again. “Think of it, David, a million dollars! Think of what It means! Travel! Mingling with the highest of society! Oh, David we'll be the envy of everyone in Dex. “David wasn't exactly agog over the idea, and protested at giving up his But he was a mild man- | ful look on his face, a look that bright. ened only when some one addressed | him by his newly acquired sobriquet. | If some one on the opposite side of ger!’ you'd see a grin appear that would warm the cockles of your heart. “We hated to see David go, He was a regular fellow, liked by us all, a good | mixer, an unselfish friend. He told us they were to be devoted to acquiring culture and a snooty attitude, “And despite the ‘act that none of us could ever conceive of David as an ar istocrat or anything more superior than the hero of Hook and Ladder No. 1's baseball team, we felt sad the day of his departure. Somehow It he was stepping out of the role fa which we had always known him and into an- other and stranger character, “This fear was substantiated when, from one source ap another, we began elimb, nation and Initiative they had advanced far and succeeded In making an impres- slon on some of Europe's high society. “This news wus further supported when it became known that Dora had Invested several thousands of dollars with a genealogy expert and acquired among other things, a coat of arms, and a large book containing detalls of the Smith family as far back as Capt. John Smith. A little later we were advised that mall addressed to Mr, or Mrs, David Smith would be ig- nored; If we wanted to communieate with Slugger we must address the en- velope to D, Richard Smythe, which was, Dora discovered, the correct way of spelling and pronouncing the good old name. “This latter Information was disturb. ing. It forced us to admit that our conjectures regarding ‘Slugger’ Bmith were wrong. He had succumbed at last, gone high hat, become an aristo- crat, would undoubtedly look down with scorn and contempt upon his one time cronles, . “Our last remalning hope was dashed asunder when one day the traln from Boston deposited Slugger and Dora at Dexter's depot. Those of us who, as usual, were gathered on the platform to check up op the train's arrival, were saddened by what we saw. There was Slugger In a cut-away coat and striped trousers, carrying a little snow-white Pomeranian dog under his arm. He followed Dora across the station plat- form and looked right through us as if we had been so much thin alr. “It was sad. None of us addressed him, We would have felt uneasy do- ing so. He seemed strange and un- real; he wasn't the man upon whom we had bestowed the sobriquet of ‘Slug- ger’ and who had been proud of the honor, “Several times we met this strange being about town during the next few days. And always he looked through us or failed to turn his face in our diree- tion at all. We did not attempt to re new old friendship: we were too fear ful of being humiliated and scorned. “The thing might have gone on in- definitely had not Bob Terrill, who had secured a in Boston shortly after the Smiths departed from Europe, returned to town one day and confront ed David in the post office that evening. Bob of course had no news of David, was not aware of the great transfor mation that had taken place in the one time crony to us all, and at sight of him let a whoop and came across the floor, ‘Slugger! I'm a son of an ox! By all that's holy, what is this, a masquerade!” he ejaculated again, and reached out and whacked David between the shoulder blades. “And then something very surprising happened. Instead of spurning Bob's greeting with a look of scorn and con- tempt, an expression of serene happl- ness appeared on his face, He grinned from ear ear and thrust out his hand. “ “Thanks, Bob' husky, "thanks, position he out to he sald, his tone I-1 was afraid every one had forgotten about that name of mine. I was afraid to speak to any. one ; afraid they wouldn't call me "Slug ger." Frozen Grasshoppers in Glacier for Many Years Probably one of the most curious sights of the world Is 5 glacier full of frozen grasshoppers. This is known as Grasshopper glacier, and Is to be seen in Montana, observes a writer in the Montreal Herald. The huge mass of ice, under the crush of which the grass. hoppers are buried, is under the shad. ow of Granite peak, a 13.000-foot moun- tain. Millions of grasshoppers are em- bedded in the ice of the glacier, and no one knows how many thousands of years they have been there. Those near the surface are plainly seen through the clear ice. Just how the grasshoppers came to be in the ice is a matter which has long perplexed scientists, One idea Is that the Insects were suddenly killed by a cold blast of alr when crossing the mountains on one of thelr periodic flights southward. Falling, they became buried in lce and snow, Electric-Magnet Finds Tools Among the most successful ways of fishing for tools lost at the bottom of an oil well a mife and a half deep 1s a powerful electric magnet which Is lowered into the hole. When contact can be made, the magnet lifts them quickly to the surface. Broken bits, tubing catchers, spearheads, slips, bail | er bottoms, and various other metal parts are lost in drilling or later opera. | tions and must be recovered or the hole | deviated around them. The bigger the i hole the .arger the magnet that can be used with a consequent greater Mfting | power. Magnets are constructed from | 3% to 24 inches in diameter. A Oinch | magnet has a lifting power of 1.500 | pounds plate stock. The apparatus is installed in a truck on which Is mount- | ed the cable drum. Buried in Mortar Probably the principal point of In- terest In Algiers Is the tomb of St Geronimo, a Christian martyr of the Sixteenth century, who was killed by being smothered In a block of mortar. 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