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SANTA FE SCHEME.
Cnless the Erie Yields Rate War
will he Wsg~st.

Nrg YogK. May li.-An evening
paper prints story creiiting the Santa
Fe Railway Company with scheme
10 purchase or lease the New York,
Lake Erie K Western Railway and
thus gain a grand tran>continental
line under it> own management. Ii
the Erie people viii not sell their road :
the Santa Fe Company have decided,
papers authority says, Ia lease it, and
IN event Of their refusing 10 sell or
lease, the Santa Fe viii Immediately
open rate war and establish IS
fare between Kansas City and Califor-
MIA points t. compete with the other
roads and compel them u combine
against the Erie in favor of the Santa
Fe Company's wishes.
DENIED or COURSE.
Bosros, May li.-The secretary OF
the santa Fe railroad says the story
that that company i trying togct con
troll of the Erie is alb soluteiy untrue.
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b. u.-Th legislature
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~omr,h,nr 20 worh For.

WssHfxsroS, Mas 1.-THE house
committee on ventilation today in
instraetsi Chairman i.andes fo report
to the house q l,iIl approIriatIng $3.50,
0ob to he paid - a bounty to Mr.. A.
DeIsausse,t. Of Chicago. when he shEii
have completed anil successfully .ieDl
onsfratesl the praetieahility OF his
xxr.stsr Of an air ship
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W. ]. BRYANT DE-
SOME SAY TT WAS s,fs
Ne Was Noticed 60 b. Very
BEFORE the Fatal Fas,-RrSs ssS"
ef His Life-For Many ~
Prominent San rrauei.Sas

Say rS>Scsso. Nay i" =
Bryant. ex-nasyar q this sS AZ
tackled with vertigo ON iarF'fs
saase ferry t-aat this nafs ne
fell into the bay and Va oA aei.
His body was recovered '"'e"
10 tho lapfg0e. -,
Considerable doubt j. sf.eS>ss' =
"a whether Hrys sssf'S dej :. a.
ciaens or suicide. and ,,. s-ss'
ory seems 10 le user,s az
ceptei. He left here fai'sia IN
the steamer Ensinal ~
this morning, and VA, "
very nervous and eNf Ns "
purchased his ,icsri. e =, III .'l-
innate friends say he rs W IsiSs,t- -
~ rescntly. and iesrss otS,ss eA-
pressed tha; he was aas ss.ss.i-
ing of the hraia. Ncs At* ~
have seen him fall ty sss o'a.. nas
his body was rirkeE as' ~ HNs'
sunk twice i,y a hefNetr" aie'n :
passing Steamer. | ss.
tsnef. hut the neg tte ,sss US.
,hst ~ ~ s,;li i when placed on
~ ,,,Ss~s So .utes later. The
body WAS afterwas 1N'"''s " '''e
morsue.
.,,,o,,sr ,,,a,,iJ ~ 10 he held To de-
i,.r,o,n. n ss,herAot Bryant had q
III.
THEORY ssi'tps'
T,,a .h.,-,.. ,aicile an,l accident
-. ,-'s,,nar.f "a soon n Mr..
R,xsr,,s I.a,ias known, hat the
'a. 80 s.esl with the ex-
,,ssr.,s So, ,at the Office of the
Sta,a Inv..,ns Insurance Company.
- ,sh;,h ~ ,,prcsident for q long
,,r,a IL :. Mat Mr.. Bryani's pri-
-. ..,;r, .1r a. known. were not
~, 80 * the man desperate.
h,, ~ heal,ead been poor for six
,,,''.,.,,., - Re. "A he was suffering
$50, p,;s.h disease OF the Kidneys
So,na ~ biad heart disease. lie
hs'i tay greatly and was sub
-, ~ ~ spells. Is is thought
nr.'h,,t,i.. u when Mr.. Bryant went
- ~ tSlfice one of these spells
~ ,,,n;son. and that he tainted
,,.L;,'. - on the rail of the boat
fs~ Nm n,;r', Natter, aud In falling slipped
;n,, ~ aa,er. When he made his
a,,,.,ra, ,at the ticket Office OF the
VarrnStige ferry, n few minutes be-
for.. .. o'clock. he was very nervous.
III bs, tremhlcd violently, and he
s.a,,a'o have difficulty in seeing
cisari,s wa also evident that he was
,acn,:. perturhei. lie walked
.Ina,, board the Eneinal. She had
s,.ar ,jcleared the slip before loud
sn;,sras heard and il was seen that
he h fallen overheard, The tide was
s,ui strongly and carried him rap
iJiybuthward until he was picked
up p boat.
SKETCH or MS lfFE.
BRYANT was born in New Uamp-
shl and was "; years of age. lie
tafs a widow and two daughters re-
s;ig here, and another in New
Inpshire. lie came To California I'm
j early davs and engaged in min
! Since then he has been p-omi-
ht in business and political circles,
4 has served as mayer of this city
o terms. between the years 1876 and
-. Hi wealth il siimated n; a he-
cen a quarter and half million
llars.
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Medical Convention Adjourned.

crScisSsri. May ii-M the final
session to-day Of the American Meti
tises. including r. II. Plummer, of
san Francisco, were appointed TO at
tend the British Medical association
next year at Edinboro, Scotland. The
meeting adjourned 70 meet at New
port. X. l., on June 9, lss).
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severe Cyclone.

CHIcsao. May if.--A cyclone II n
niendous force swept over noFths5
Indiana. The wires are pTosiTat<
and no particulars are obtain@hie.
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WAsurSeroS. May 1.-THE secre-
tary of the treasury has accepted
bonds 10 the amount of $o.35s, "a.
The rates paid were 4, registered and
coupons, 81 2tiMi21; registered 4isS.
Si.0ia .0s. The offerings amounted TO
e. ,els ypp
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oeaSTHxLIss CT EKfLLa~.
g.nnssu 81 That Famsn- hand of
pt~uds.h gatSeys-

~. Iorfs. May H. ssxsssn Of
oeasgsrrsI's os,s iansi of ggersisas hasi
: reaasOn al I.lse Sprtne~. Nj issour1.
today. xhea The roll was eAlsel !;
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large gcrrscu of tAe nesnaratsc party
bsrkri by for~sgn influence.
M lshtse. III S-snsh t,aruiina. erisi
ct~ed the Republicans for their pruyc-
srfson. that the oaly tariff dufses
xhirh shoahi t< rs~fucesi wer~ ftso>~
osa articles whsch co9ld he produced II.
the south. and fer desiring that every
shing ~hoGil t~ protected excers the
rier uf the CsroslsaaS and the sugar Of
Louisiana.
Mr.: Hsa<ra. o; wisconsin. eprosesi
the tsil- and the committee thea arose
and the hea-e took a recr~s untIl
evening
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Eo..t,~r. Gets Prison.

CHlcssa May Warden Var
neil and ex-County Commissioners
Wa~Sermsn. Van felt. HeyIen and
ochs, ths Cook county 'iscossiers,
start~i or Joliet 81 . o'clock this
Inorningio begin their terms of iSo
xrars' if,fra<aFiueff
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LeSnoS, May il.--ln the house Of
commons this afternoon. Smith. gov
ernment leader. said that the state
ment that the government had de-
'cisled io found and endow an Irish
Catholic college was baselesS.
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The siatemeas !. nasele.s.

M,ScHErKg, May ii.--Iohn Hey.
wood, the we'll known rahlisher. l.
dead
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BssLis, May 1.-THE marriage of
Prince Henry aud Princess Irene, of
Hesse, viii probably take Isa,e on the
aith inst
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rha.. Of the Harrington strike.

tHIciso. Nay 1.-Two thotisaflu
railroad men attended the meeting
lat night eails-i hy the burlington
strikes. 90 consider statements 90 the
effect that the crews of the yarsoas
roads transferring Burlington ears
we're attacked by noa-anionssts. a
committee was apfs,5aiesl 10 wai; On
the generai managers Of the vartesls
razsss and request protection. II this
rr1e~.tsor j. nat granted. the men say
isssy xiil net handle Darlington sH-i-
ness. The committee wfil try II hare
tbs revolver of b nseE esptzti-estsas-
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ST. Lprls. May 1.-THE third dis
iTict Republican eonventson has elect
ed as delegates to the national cun
vention Fred hing and Horace Il
Williams.
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noNps PrKCmAsED.

At the eyeaine sesSian the hous
passed thsrsy-seven pension hills an,
adjourned.
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NssHisGxos, May 1.-THE e5irf
Vnifesi states rossusi ,sio8sr to fise
MelissYiie International exhibfl4nq
ard the secretary ~ ihe eoHsHis s0s.
wssI all from san frsnet -. for
Me!fssirae On Nav yist The iatssr
wa continue - feueiys apE.sseatiotss
ft,y xssaee frofn tbo4s intending 10 en-
tiiaf xtssEs His address viii be No.
I-ss. Pennsylvania aSense Washing
tsp. urtn May 3ab, sfsd after that
da,s s.rare usfesi States ennsni gefse-
.as, Melbourne, Australia.
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Noted stallion sold.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky. MAY II. The
noted stallion Ieonatas. by isonrfei-
low aud Semper Felix. was sold to
ebay Il Wood, of Rnnnymede, for
<lga1
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Gone to Dunkirk.

DrsIs. May 1.-The trial II John
Dillon. charged with melting tenants
not to pay rent. was eoneiadrd today.
Dillon was convicted and sentenced to
six months imprisonment without
hard labor.
The Emperor Of Brasti IL Wsvse.
MiLss, May 1.-The emperor of
Brazil bsr bad relapse. He shows
symptoms Of neuraigie cerebral eun-
gestion. Doctors tbasiot of Parir.
and Giovanni 81 Padua. have bern
summoned 10 attend hi. majesty.
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Contested Election Case.

wAsnrxeTos. May 1.-The senate
committee on privileges and electigp-.
in considering the Turpie ca-e. today
came to the unanimous coDeiusion
that the determination of the Indiana
house Of representatives. under the
particular circumstance of tbi< ease
a. 70 the title OF IL. msmters 20 their
seats, l. eonslu i've evidence 10 the sen
ate that the persons shn voted In the
election for a senator must lie pre-
-uined 70 lie entitled to vote, and con.
seqaenfly Mr.. TurIds may he entitled
to his seat.
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DIR. a. q. WILL A MS.
DHyHcIAN AND stRGEoS--FoRaER-
! y sareron city Hospital. y. Louis, Me-
otiiee- Room 6, No. Lsfais Front street. se.
attic. W r.
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IokoNfp, My If,~-Nt Iast nights
session of the Railway Conductors
convention. the subject Of the rnei-
neers' strike ON the Chicago. Bariing-
ton & Quincy railroad was fully dis
cnssed in il. bearing on the interests
Of conductors. The report uf the
grand Officers condemning the strike
and expressing the approval of the
course adopted by the uasmber~ Of the
order was endorse,s hy vote of fst 20
~. Great interest was taken, ewing
To the preSenre of forty conductors
from the "Qf road A strous effort
was made. principally by men from
New York. Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. to prevent the adoption of the
clause ,lcaiiny with the strike
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snrR - NEKTISs rEFfNFa.

Before the debate hrgAn tAs. morn
ing Mg Nils. of TexA-. ircm the esra-
providing th2; the car at dally meet
inz ol sfss hcs~e shall hereafter b- II
the hsase stsa ! Al cum each day
i. ~. IAe rsas lstioa ~as tioTsea- *1
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LONDON, May 1.-THE kenpton
park spring meeting begnn today.
ne 'uIe =, ,os ,, .',e ss,p'on .s iaIa sa an.
starters.
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LEXINGTON, KY, May H. Nia. III
lev. 81 Chicago. a bookmaker. leIos-
itsd his cash box in the Phrpis hotel
safe las, night, the box containing
about s-.Do. When Riley called for
the box this morning when IL xa-
gone II is supposed to he the work Of
a sneak thief.
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&. r. CASE. NJ. ID.
4 BDoATSAI SURGEON AND aYSE-
- coi.zsst
TACOMA, VT
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~ura., liaaor Law Enfsrfea.

- ATf, May ii.-Ihe ri rpn-
Ser the : Sgnasy i4ucr szw
kelsy ia the tcrt esss q
.ssrs.ck- eisz-gs~a wsih keep
b szIa=aa CA -sEsssAy. lie
III 10 I'm days wegt % TIE
yestioa ana SO isne. Ihr
kkss.i enforce the iAw q
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virsss. May Emperor Francis
Joseph and Count kainoky Yesterday
visited Queen Natalie. of Scrvia, who
Il in Vienna. Count kainoky after
wards had long interview with tho
Seryian minister, the reported object
vi which was 10 arrange a reconcilia-
ton between Queen Natalie and King
Milan without public scandal. Queen
Natalie in-ist+ on returning 70 Bcl-
grade. but King Milan strongly op-
poses this idea.
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nEsTfST. u ASSOCIATED WITH bR.
~ j e.. Grasse. IN -alt4yaa's Block, Front
street. Nitrous oxide gas administered, n
desired
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pasf.. May ii~-fsenersi B<yilsnger
rrpudiaies the electoral piaeard eireu-
lated In his isehalf to The department
of fssre asking the suffrage Of the pso-
,sle. lie says he ~ not a eandkiatr. and
he threatens to prosecute the Irrs0ns
using hss name.
F~nIss Element rromin~nt.
- ~ IL The Times sass
81 ! :! =! :! J ! =
by the Tnrbis6 -
turned to hi 20 I. Tbs -
pri .ofssi IN eanusefion xitb the fftsnS
riot. have been rriea esi.
asiifuae Of the Irish Btsise~-
Drslss. MAY 1.-THE irid, Iimss
Il. .tlsrzi., sssi zssrya1iyft -ays thai ~ the
saeetiDs ~ the Iffeh eatisplie u hpP~
on "Wednesday to fen isser tise I-sntir-
cal 70 erips II was re eiyesi tissf ne
. ssari,Ass sf the rr@eEiId which n'tsf
sse gsssl irI,m q s.a.tso opaisal. tistoiar-
ieal sr pssiSsl.si ir,ias el-sSss fsa bs
n N .issexea In h9 b wfts us -
a cirfT,sx<6n6cle Gcrefprs. Wills
,csassag fft2z, &fsls eyerv se-
{ y e. they fsft 6pN ~ estfsii'aisiss1
sith t,ss hois xFs kexar,i @ i.
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BrnIfx. May 1.-The bsiIietiB this
morning says that the eHperor's con-
,iithoa during the last fes days has
been relatively good. His fever has
been slight. Iii- sleep though aces
.ionaliy broken has been refreshing,
and his strength has improved.
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Nsw YoRg. May H.-iaerrero. ii he
can keep his present gait until to-mor-
row night. Viii win the six days rare
and beat the record. lie covered les
miles Yesterday. and at midnight he
was only four miles behind Little
wood. Noremae passed Hughes dur
ing the night At IA. IN. the score
stood Li,flewood 31s miles, Guerrero
A., Herty AS. Golden AIS. Noremac
il0. Hughes "a, Dillon 3ss, Campana
9a. Al 3 o'clock the score stood
Iittlewuod sa5 miles. Gnerrcro iss,
Herty tsl. Golden AS, Norcnne i55
Hughes AZ. tampana 2il
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l.oNnoS, May friar's llalram
has been scratched ifJm both the
Derby and grand l,rise OF Paris.
Conductors Condemn the 20" sfrihr.
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stakes Cor the Glover NJ Aaiiaf gioss
contest, ~ take psace ~ the California
eitsh on the 2Izi in-iant Nefe pat ~
to-day. the asnSan, besns $50 a ss.ie
which. IN addition to the amount tss'
fore ported. naafe4 $500 in ! This
Is In adsiisl.rB 20 the s.0f,hy offered tss
the riul..
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 1.-The
Democratic convention reasseinbied
at 10 O'Clock, and resumed balloting.
On the tenth ballot Taylor received
s-i votes; no election. The consen-
tion then adjourned until 5 o'clock
n. M.
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4 Hotel SQmnamhulist.
From the TORONTO World,

From the Toronto World.
Have you ever had any patrons
who were somnambulists?" / asked
a hotel-heeper.
"Have 1? l had one last week"
'"Tell me about it,
"One night as was about to
leave the Office" said the Boniface,
II noticed g man coming down
stairs with his bag in his hand. He
was staring straight ahead, looking
at nothing, just like a three. weeks
old baby. l followed him till he
reached the outside door, and then
caught him by the collar
Observation-Disclosures the matter?''
he gasped, acting just like q man
who had been suddenly awakened.
ooh, nothing" said l. "Where
are you going?"
"Why, am l not in bed? "he ex-
claimed.
''Not at this present moment" ]
replied.
murmured, looking like a dog that
had been caught in the act ofchasing
sheep.
Maybe you were," said I, "but
you can bet the amount of your
unpaid bill that I'm wide awake. So
/ brought him back to the cashier
desk, and made him settle up. Then
the porter and l thoroughly awoke
him by kicking him out"
From the above anecdote, infer
that somnambHlism doesn't pay-at
least, in a hotel whose proprietor is
wide awake.
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Old Phrases.

In the older writer's the heels take
the place of the toes. Decker, in his
Wonderful Yeare," 1903, speaking
of person attacked by the plague,
says thai she chad like to have
turned up her heels upon it,
and four years earlier, in Nashe's
'sLenten Stuffe," there is descrip-
ton of a great sickness at Yarmouth,
when, in one yeare, seven thousand
and fifty people toppled up their
heels there" TO chop the twig" to
''peg ou5,'' to Elay down ones knife
and fork" and the like ars more
flippant than humorous. To ''hand
in ones checks" is one of the many
phrases of playing-card origin i'm
ported from Western America. To
Ego off the hooks" is a modern syno-
nym fos dying. but Mr.. Pepys uses it
with the meaning Of vsxed OF put Of
sorts. In his "Diary" of May %,
1865, he says: 'In the evening by
water to the. Duke of Albemarle,
whom ! found nightly off the hooks,
that the ships are not gone out Of the
river, which vexed me to SEE" All
the Year Round. :
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The Old Game Cock Was AstOnished.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
An amusing test of the difference OF
disposition in barnyard fowls may be
made by placing piece of looking
glass against the trunk Of q large
Tree and laying a trai n of corn in
ront oft. Some hens will discover
what they all take for a new arrival
With mild curiosity, and merely look
1t it intently, perhaps peering
around behind the tree. and then
walk quietly away.
Others peck the grass angrily, and
insist upon fighting, while a few nerv-
Gus females show much the same
noisy excitement that SEXES upon
hens when they spy snake. We
tried the valiant old autocrat of the
barnyard with this trick, and he was
at once reused to fury. Dropping his
head when some ten feet in front Of
the glass, he began the eau
tious advance by parallels which
every one familiar with poul-
try has seen before a fight. But Of
course, he soon lost his enemy by
moving too far to one side. After
growing fiercely and looking around
uneasily for a few moments, he re-
turned to the train of corn, and al
most instantly saw the strange cock
nearer than ever. More stealthy ap-
proach, another failure to keep sigh
of the foe, and greater excitement t,
and third time he began to eat,
only to be startled by the hostile
presence nearer than ever.
At last he worked right up to the
glass and braced himself for the shock
of combat, the counterfeit, of cour Sc
following his every movement with
ominous celebrity. There was one
fierce peck at the angry head in thf
glass and then q crash as orr infuri.
ated champion hurled himself ag ainst
his ikeneness, breaking the glass in
to a hundred fragments.
The mingling of establishment
rage and triumph in this birds ap
pearance as he whirled about startled
J at the cracking noise and bewildered
at the total disappearance of his
enemy, was comical to behold. Then
he rushed around behind the big
pear tree, evidently thinking that
the cowardly stranger might be hid
den there. Not finding him the vic
tor strutted about, too excited tic
eat, and crowed long and loud over
his unprecedented triumph. The
other cock was entirely wiped out 81
existence, and our old fighter, who
would crow defiapt1y in our arms
whenever he found himself being car
pied off the premises, knowing from
experience that a set-to was coming
could scarcely credit his senses.
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4 Photographers story.
Photographer in New York Press.

photographer in New York Press.
II was alone in the store one morn
ing when there entered a very charm
ing young lady. She asked to see
, some pictures of favorite actors and
selected quite a number. Then she
started to go, but coming back as
though sudden thoughtstruck her,
said. ooh, by the way, have you the
picture of Mr.--?" naming some
one had never heard Of Upon my
answering in the negative she contin-
ued: Now, that's really too bad.
Cannot you get the picture for me?'
'But l do not know who the gentle
man is you refer to, l said. She
looked at me in apparent astonish-
ment. why, he's Mr.. So and So,
and he's an actor in such and such a
theater,,' naming one of the best
known. Indeed / replied, l must
look into the matter
'The same day l hunted up the
pedigree of the famous actor and
found thst he was a young man
comparatively new to the stage who
was filing a three-line part in a pop
ular play then running He was q
very handsome fellow, though. In
a day or two she came again. Did
you get that picture for me?' she in
quired. told her that it would be
foolish of me to add to my stock
the photograph OF young man who
was so little known. But l must
have his picture she said, and
looked so disappointed that rather
pitied her. l told her that l would
have the young mans picture taken
and put it on sale if she would pay
me $50 as a quarantine against loss.
It's BARGAIN" she said, when can
| have some?"
"Well, l saw the actor, and the
poor fellow was almost overwhelmed
with delight when l told him that l
wanted to add his picture to those
in my window. 1t seems that he had
been in very hard luck, and getting
out of an engagement through
sickness, had accepted the minor
role, in which he was then act
ing Inside of three weeks
his picture was in my window as per
agreement, and, to my surprise, sold
well from the start. But the strange
part is to come. One day a gentle
man sauntered in, and while looking
over some pictures came across one
of my young men. Heappeared sur
prised. Before he went he ordered
some pictures of the young man and
handed me his card.
"On it was the name of the mana
ger of the very theater at which the
young man was playing. Not long
after the managers visit / noticed
that the sale of the young actors
photographs began to boom, and
then l learned that he had been Civ
en- more prominent part and was
fast becoming a favorite. Then l
told the young man about the young
lady and he was all interest at once.
He wanted to know everything about
her, and made me describe her to him
over and over again. After that l
didn't see him for nearly a year.
when one afternoon who should come
in but the young man, and who
should be on his arm but the young
lady. ALLOW me- he said, proud
and happy as could be, to introduce
my wife to YOU Well, sir, you could
have knocked me down with a feath-
er. Heis now well known popular
New York actor"