' He got out of patience one Sunday when
the missing button had made him late for
iparade, and cNclaimcd:
"Hotlicr the woman! I'll see if I can't
give her a hint this time, anyhow."
He then took the lid of a tin blacking box,
about three inches in diameter, drilled two
holes in it with n fork and sewed it on to the
'neck of the shirti that was next to bo
washed. When hit washing came back he
found that she had taken the hint: she had
made a button hole to fit it. Detroit Free
Press.
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An Old of Jotirnnllsm
Hie Virtue of n New
Metllulnnl Variety.
There are only n few of them left.
Since Clias. A. Dana's death, Joseph Me-dill,
the of the Chicago Tribune,
is the chief suivmng icprescntntivc of the
old school of virile, aggressive editorial
giants.
To have mud thrown at them was part of
the profession at all timesj but to find health
in mud is rather a modern innovation. That
is what Joseph Mcdill has been doing of
late.
Mr. Medill is an investigator and when
the stories of the miraculous at
Indiana Mineral Spiings began to spread
over the country, the great editor became
interested and eventually decided to try this
mysterious substance on his own rheumatic
limbs and weigli its value. Ho was accompanied
by his private pliysician, n young
Armenian scientist of high attainments.
The great editor was daily
for several weeks nnd gained visibly in
weight, strength and vitality.
