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...messenger chosen in each state to carry the ballots to Congress is generally one of the Electors, although sometimes a prominent politician gets the job. He is paid 25 cents a mile traveling expenses by the Federal Government -a neat sum, especially for him who comes from the Pacific Coast...
...this overwhelming offer is appended a condition. "Mind you," says he, "I'm not looking for a job. I absolutely refuse to accept any salary for the work. All I ask is railroad fares back and forth and a raccoon coat...
...have, excellent prospects of being later in his career Senator, Cabinet member, President or, at least,Vice-President, would handle those cases? Either the wets or the drys would surely be alienated, and then what would become of his political future? It was inevitably a woman's job...
Some heroes court the danger even more daringly. Antonio Montes, who was killed in 1907, let the bull come to him for the coup de grace. Captain Canedo, who is still alive, kills a! rejon ?that is, he rides first as a picador, then dismounts and finishes his job as an espada. And there is Gaona, of Mexico,* who fights without a muleta, relying solely upon the suppleness of his hips to elude the bull's furious charge. It is Gaona's boast that the horns seldom miss him by so much as the breadth of a finger...
...just as fast, and throw a ball as hard as the major league man, but usually his mind is not as alert as the man in the higher league. Most ball players must play for serveral years in the minors before they can find a permanent, job in one of the major leagues. This is not true so much in the case of college men, because they can learn quicker and they usually remamber what they learn...