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wire and the like. put out placards at the doors
inscribed with the names Of people who have been
inquired for vainly, like this:
DOES NOT LIVE HERE: he RESIDES At
pa$a 7nTn


Peter y. Jefferson, -,
=. FIatt Somefs, Dot4 tEaHu a'enuc'
! "You see tie principle Of the thing: When you
to the door YOU ook at rue t a1 nna ,a pn
where person of that name liyes it is considercd
rather roundabout why, no., he said, al
some OF the houses downtown they nave aogie gGis
WHO don't ire there. have just put a
thrcc.story extension and bay window on my
s]aie which contains the names Of eso people wiso
dresses appended Yes, but. said !, wouldn't
it bc much hnndier to have the name Of ths man
well. lie replied, that's new idea. shouldn't
| wonder if there was something in IT, lie has
called meeting at the new Eh4napes Of commerce
to consider tic matter, and the names Of great
many prominent citizens are attached to the Gull
~ learn, however, upon investi ;atlol else
wher that people generally M ks e1e n }s
n'ose on the 1st Of May their creditors have sucn
difficulty in following thcu, -,,,,-
- As you we'll know, there has been considerable
difficulty about maislns lhc mortality tables and
the pUpulut:on'conkist. 4 convention OF prontl-
ncnt citizens was ca!led to consider Inc MATTER ort
it developed sreeoncilable differences OF opinion
and interests and broke up in row- One proni-
dent citizen sail that there had got to DC more
deaths: for the present low rnte Of mortality
didn Indicate population enough; but Iuothrr
prominent citizen objected to this, 'Eccausc, Fad
Ae III we say many people arc dying in s.;
think there is an epidemic in the city and will 20
deaths have the best Of it, Every druggist has
:So quarter: Last week man was brought up
for killing his wife aud ehdreu his defense
was that vt rate Of fourteen dca!s rer GOO IN
Without Without ~ leaving M t their D' seats & 4 Tue Judge
'Etys H 3 for a,sue s benefit 81 hint it
upon the bridge, and be will probably be run for
Mayor on q Citizens ticket next year. .When! y
door after getting him prescription from drug
clerk who can mistake earbolic ac,d for carbonic
acid oftencr in given number Of times than any
room adjoining mine died last week. I heard him
pleading with the hotelclcrk and doctor to spare
hls life. and he made some impression on the
hotcl-c1efk by showing that his uamc TN the regis
ter would count one III the next directory alive or
dead, but the doctor said Tint his name on the |
mortality list would count r. n tat the rnte OF
So it is with repeating. They found ont that |
Chicago east more votes than ST. LOUIS and we're
Democrat was arrested for repeating, and it was I
proved that he had voted hfty-threc times. He /
eioriaea in il. sWhy. you M idiota lie sud. don't
you see that have been doing the city service:
Can't you rise superior to party and figure out that
people, l have just increased the population on
this basis 662, william, Tell aud George Washing
ton have been canonized for less: The Court dis
missed the prisoner at once, and nominated him |
for Congress on No-Pasty ticket, amid the wild
est cheers of both ward committees and delcga-
ion OF prominent citizens who had been appoint |
ID to take steps to secure purity Of elections.
- So, too, as to children. Premiums nre paid
or twins and tripets long they live till they
:an be caristcnel and entered by tho enumerator
or the census district heard very affecting
tory last week which will show the strength Vi
his passion. 4 prominent citizen, who had
oyely and accomplished daughter, learned recent
= to his horror aud shame that she had been de-
ciyed and betrayed by scoundrel. lie dlsinher-
'oor girl found refuge in all asylum, where she
ave birth to triplets. On receiving information Of
his fact the father sent for Ter to return to his
ouse and heart, and settled ST, 600, 900 on each |
I the children. who Nc,e christencd Rutherford |
layes, Samuel Tildcn and Pater Cooper"