DESERVED TO LIVE.
In a rural justice court in Georgia recently an old negro, whose testimony had been questioned, said in his own defense:
"Jedge, I'm a good man. I been a-livin' roun' heah ten years. I ain't never been lynched; en de only horse I ever stoled throwed me en broke my two legs!"—Chicago Daily News.
SENATORIAL COURTESY.
"I suppose you will bow to the will of the people," said the friend.
"Of course I will," answered Senator Sorghum; "I'll bow and take off my hat all they want me to. As long as there's no chance of their having their own way it's as little as I can do to be polite."—Washington Evening Star.
The Nation's Conscience Fund.
For Ninety-five Years Persons Who Have Succeeded in Defrauding the Government
Have Coined Remorse into Gold and Sent It to Uncle
Sam, Who Has Received $400,000 in This Manner.
An original article written for The Scrap Book.