"Uncle, have you had many ex citing
adventures in your llfeT" “Oh. yea,
my boy. Several times I have beea
caught In motor cars driven by foal
friends who wanted to shew me that
their care could make elxty mllae aa
hour."—Detroit Free Press.
“PAY DIRT” UNDER NEW YORK
Legend Which Seems to Point to Ex
istence of Gold Under Streets of
the Metropolis.
A Philadelphia assayer, Walter
Scott by name, recently took several
handfuls of sand from a street exca
vation near Independence hall, and
after putting It through an assaying
process, extracted a small quantity of
gold He declared there was enough
gold under Philadelphia, in his opin
ion, to make hunting It worth while.
Residents of Upper Manhattan re
member Thomas Hartshorn, an eccen
tric chap who lived in the vicinity of
One Hundred and Sixth street and
Fifth avenue for many years. One of
his hobbles was absolute faith In the
divining rod. He talked about Its un
erring certainty in the pointing out
of metal for many years until he could
seem to talk of nothing else, and he
got to be known as the Rod Crank.
One afternoon several years ago
Hartshorn sallied forth from his home
and, entering Central park, took bis
way to where the McGown's Pass tav
ern now stands. In those days It was
the Mount 8t Vincent House of Re
freshment. Several boys noticed
Hartshorn walk alolig the path to the
east of the tavern and hold out his
divining rod. Presently he was seen
to stop and, after looking around to
see If he was observed, stick a small
stake Into the grass.
