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KERR Is TENNIS CHAMPION.
The Brawny Celt Defeats Pettitt
With Ease,

NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 29.-The pro-
fessional tennis match between the
champion of Ireland, George Kerr, and
Tom Petit. the American professional,
came off this morning before large
number of spectators, and was won by
Kerr. 6-5, 81, GIL. Kerr'S playing at
all times was the hardest hitting ever
seen in America, and his judgment was
unerring. He smashed and drove hard
down the side lines. and at other times
would make short play just over the
net impossible. In serving he used
mostly forehanded cut service with
terrific force from over hand. Pettitt
did not seem to play in his usual form.
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STRUGGLE FOR FIRST PLACE.
Giants Make a Gallant Fight, but
Are Defeated.

New YORK, Aug. 29-The grand
struggle for first place between New
York and Boston was begun in earnest
to-day. Had the Giants played in any
thing like what the can do they would
have won the game. WEIGH was re-
sponsible for the defeat. In the eighth,
with two men on bases, Camel hit to
WEIGH, who made wild throw to Whit
ney, and the Bostons tailed two runs.
Another hit gave another run and the
game. Clarkson and Welch were both
effective. Clarkson was hit oftener
than WEIGH. Score:
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West Side Park Races.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Result of races
at West Side park to-day:
First race. five and half furlongs- Crest
Ter won, Palisade 2. Pilgrim g. Time. :O9.
Josephus won, Steve jerome 2, Robin 8.
Time, :55.
Third race one mile-Cora Fisher won,
Unite 2 Prophecy g. Time. :434.
Fourth race, seyen-eighths of mile-Fan
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NEVER IN THE GAME.
PhiIlies Made a Bluff, but 1t Cut
No Figure.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Figuratively
speaking, the Phillies were never in the
game to-day, and the Senators ran
things to suit themselves. They began
hitting the ball in the opening inning,
eaSed up in the second. but in the third
fairly knocked the cover off the ball.
Gleason was batted hard throughout,
while Haddock was quite effective. The
best feature of the game was sensa-
tiOnal catch of foul fly by DAILY. Score:
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Cuticura is Great,

B ,cause great things are required of it. Cur
I'M skin diseases is no easy matter. Every
sufferer from torturng, disfguring, itching,
burning. bleeding, scaly, and pimply diseases
of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of
hair, will admit this in view of the almost
total failure or the usual remedies. CuTIcuRA
is the greatest Of skin cures.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30
Levy Breaks His Record.

ALBANY, n. T., Aug. 29.-Benson NJ.
Levy, of the New York Nonparil Row
ing club. who started out from New
York Thursday to row to Albany, ar
rived tonight, having made the dis
lance in thirty hours and thirty-fve
minutes, breaking his previous record
of thirty-six hours.
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Earned runs, New York 2. Boston 3; two
base hits Tiernan, Kelly, Nash; first base on
balls Nash 2; first base on errors, New York
3, Boston 4; left on bases New York 6, Bos-
ton d: struck out, Herman, Conner 2,
O'RourSe. WEIGH, Smith, Bennett Clarkson;
double plays. Whitney, Ward and Conner,
Whitney and Richardson; wild pitch, Clark
son; time, SO; ump;res, Powers and Nc
Onail
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Earned runs. Pittsburg /, Chicago l Two
base hit, White; Stolen bases, Hanlon. Duffy,
Ryan. Arson 2; first base on balls Carroll
4, Fields; first base on errors, Pittsburg T.
Chicago 2: left on bases, Pittsburg g. Chi
cage 6: struck out White, Pteffer, Farrell,
Van Haltren; Gouble plays. Pfeffer and An
son; passed ball, Carroll; wild pitch, Tener;
time 80: umpire lynch
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30
Donna Is Dead.

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 29.-The high
bed and valuable mare Donna, four
years old. by Mambriuo Patchen. dam
by Richelieu, owned by the Chrisman
Bros, of Jessamine county, died yester-
day from the effects of an accident,
which she met with last Saturday while
running in lot. She was valued at
5000.
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Scraps of Sport.

. The Burr street nine defeated Kellerman's
nine by score of 10 to 5. Batteries: Fisher
and Fallen for Burr street and Davis and
Buck for Kellerman's. The feature of the
game was the base running of Fisher and
Maxwell,
The Dayton's Bluff sluggers defeated the
Burr Street Kickers by score Of 8 to 3.
Batteries: Bluffs, Philips and Bishop; Burrs,
Smith and Rogers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30

Earned runs Columbus z, Athletics 1 two
base hits, Fennelly, WEIGH; three-base hits,
McTamany; stolen bases, McTamany, Green
wood, WEIGH; double play Widner. Green
wood and Orr: first base on balls by Seward
5, by Widner 8: hit by pitched ball, Larkin :;
struck out, yesterday, Widner =. WEIGH,
Seward; passed balls, O'Connor 1, Robinson
l :; lime l :49; umpire Ferguson.
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Stewart Is a Sharp Shooter.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 90 The
competitive carbine practice between
the cavalry of the departments of the
Missouri and the Platte concluded to-
day at Wingate, N. M. Private w. I.
Stewart. of the sixth cavalry. made the
highest score and best all-army record
heretofore made by either infantry or
cavalry. He made COS out of possible
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"A Irwin and Hoy declared out also Glea-
Earned runs. Mashington 5. PhiladelI

Earned runs, Washington 5, Philadelphia
4 three-base hits, Wise, Hoy; stolen bases,
Wilmot, Beecher. Haddoek, Mack, Fogarty 2,
Myers; first base on balls, Hoy 2, Haddock,
Daily, Farrar, Wood; first base on errors,
Washington 2, Philadelphia L: left on bases,
Washington 9, Philadelphia = struck out,
Wise Haddock Clements, HOLMAN, FogartY;
passed balls, DAILY, Clements; time, 1:55;
nm Dire CJrry
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First base on balls, Radford. Stricken. Me-
Aleer, Gruber, Seery, Buckley; First base on
errors, Cleveland 2, Indianapolis 2; Left on
bases, Cleveland 9, Indianapolis s; Struck
out, Mexican, Gruber 2, Seery, Denny 2.
Hines. Buckley, Getzein, RHsie 2; Passed
BAH, thinner L; Time, hours; Umpire,
Ktnin
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BrasfieId Reinstated.

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 20.--President
Johnston, of the National TrottIng As
ISOLATION has issued an order, re-instat-
ing temporarily. W. r. Brasfeld, who
wasexpelled by the Paris Trotting As
ISOLATION for INSTRUMENTATION All.
this righ.s and privileges are restored
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30

Earned runs, Brooklyn 2; two-base hits.
Tucker, KiIroy: double play, Griffin and
Shindle; first base on balls, by Terry z: hit
by pitched bail, Mack: struck out by Kilroy
l, Terry 8; passed balls, Clark 2; wild pitch
es. Terry 2; time, 2:05; umpires, Gatfney
and Kern
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two teams will play postponed game
tomorrow. Score:

Earned runs, Denver 2, Sioux City 5; two
base hits, Tredway 2, Black; three-base hit,
Dalrymple: home runs, Brosnan, Glenn;
bases stolen, Denver z, Sioux City 3; bases
by ball, Dalrymple; struck out by McNabb
2, by Flanagan l; wild pitches. McNabb 1,
Flanagan 8; left on bases, Denver l, Sioux
City g; time of game. 2:U5; umpire. Hurst.
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DESERVED DEFEAT.
Old Anse's Crowd Plays a Misera-
BILE Game.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 99.-Both
pitchers in to-day's game were hit about
equally hard. but the Chicagos put up
miserable fielding game, Williamson
at short was simply awful. The only
feature of the one-slded game was Van
Haltren's work in left field and OH the
bases. Score:
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Kins won, Tom Stevens 2, Lueerne 5. Time,
1926.
Fifth race, one rnile-Alphonse won, Ten
Like 2, Quotation 3. Time, :42l2.
Sixth race, three-quartcrs of miie-Con-
tempt won, Kittle r 2, Little Bess 3. Time,
1:l5a4
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Racing on English Turf.

LONDON, Aug. 29.-At the York Au-
gust meeting to-day. the great York
shire stakes was won by G. Perkins
colt Chitabob. W. l.. Anson's colt
Lockhart won the Gimcrack stakes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30
MADE 1T THREE STRAIGHT.
Cornhuskers Wallop the Carbon
ates Again.

DENVER, COL, Aug. 29.-The Corn
huskers won their third straight game
from the Denver players to-day by
Glenn knocking out his customary home
run chasing Cline in ahead of him. The
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Omaha...... "a 0 o 0 o O O.
ST. Joseph. o o. O 90

Runs earned. Omaha 2: tWo-base hits.
Willis 1. Strauss home run, Cleveland;
double and triple plays. Ardner to Knell, to
Cartwright; bases on called balls, by Mich
OILS 8: by Devlin 2; bases from being hit by
pitched balls, Nichols ., Devlin 1; struck
out, by Nichols, 10; by -Devlin, i wild
pitches, Devlin, l.; time Of game, 1 %; UNI
pire Doescher.
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BUCKEYES IN THE VAN.
Columbus Defeats the Athletics
With Ease

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 29.-Columbus
won easily from the Athletics to-day.
Widner pitched phenomenal game for
the home team and was well supported,
the visitors only making four hits.
Seward, for the Athletics was hit heav-
ilV Scnrh.
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WILL WIND up TO-DAY.
The Minnehaha Fall Meeting
Closes To-Day

ClOScS lO-Ddy.
1t was rather slow work at the Mime
haha races yesterday getting the ami
mails out. but once upon the track the
fiyesr showed their heels in fine shape
and two as good races as were ever held
on the track were seen. These were
the 1925 trot and 2:30 pace, the latter of
which was left unfinished by close
decision of the judges. White Cloud
had won two heats in the pace
thing in the third, having passed
all competitors down to within stones
throw of the wire. Dick G.. came on
behind. whipped hard by his driver and
apparently gaining very slowly. The
driver of Silver Cloud playfully
fourished his whip and fourished it
round ''for little joke" he afterwards
told the Judges. 1t proved a dear joke,
as White Cloud was set back place for
Illegal whipping, whereupon some
dozen individuals who mad from 90
cents up to $3.50 on the race got out
Oh the track and told the Judges
they were good fellows and had done
well. 1t was apparent. however, from
the press stand, and should have been
from the judges box, that the alleged
foul did not affect the race one whit.
White Cloud had it easily and Dick c.
might as well have been behind as
where he was, as far as results were
concerned. Senator Clough said he did
not see anything wrong, but the other
two judges overruled him. The unsatis-
factory result of the last heat made
poStponement necessary until to-day.
The final heat to-day will be for blood.
THE 2:25 TROT.
The first race on the card, the 2:25
trot, was the second started yesterday,
and proved the prettiesU race of the
day. It was holly contested between
Lew White and Sharper, who took first
aud second in every heat and came up
the stretch invariably so close together
that it was matter of uncertainty
which would win until the wire was
reached. Lew White, however. proved
the better slayer. though the Winnipeg
horse never lost his feet but once. and
that only for an instant, in the three
heats. The advantage of the pole was
the only thing that saved Lew White
in the last heat. The summary, 2:25
trot. for purse Of $500, divided; Few
White first. Sharper second, Bob NJ
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Earned runs, Milwaukee 1, st. Paul 4:
home run, Carroll: three-base hit, Meekin ;
tWo-base hits. Sutton 2, Lowe; bases on
balls, off Davies. six off Meekin, 3; umpire,
McDermott
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-30
ST. PAUL's LUCKY Squirt.

Seven huns in the Seventh Win
the Game.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. est. Paul had
lucky streak in the seventh, and won
the game hands down. Score:
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GA Is IU-UAl.
Des Moines at Minneapolis.
81. Joseph at Omaha.
Sioux City at Denver.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Boston at New York.
Chicago at Pittsburg.
indianapolis at Cleveland.
st. Louis at Columbus.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Louisville at Baltimore.
Kansas City at Brooklyn.
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THE 2.03 TROT.
The 2:3S trOt was settled in four heats
in favor of Robert, who took three out
of four. There were six starters, Ida
r, Roebuck, Robert, Black Victor,
Zarina and Alkali Nut. Ida r, Roe
buck and Victor were distanced, and
the contest speedily settled down be-
tween Robert, Zarina, and Alkali.
There was protest against Alkali's
driver, and he stepped down in favor of
w. H. Mathews, who drove him the last
heat. but was not much of an improve
ment on the former administration, as
Alkali broke three times around but
was still a close third, showing that
there was some trouble outside the
horse accounting for his poor work.
Robert took the last heat without dis
tressing himself, and captured first
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Earned run Des Moines 1 tWo-base hits,
Maeullar, Hudson; stolen bases, Miller 2,
Hanrahan; double plays, Hengle, Hanrahan
and Minnehan; bases on balls. by Hudson 2
by Roach /; hit by pitcher, Dugdale; struck
out, by Hudson 3, by Roach 6; passed balls,
Moin1es =; : time, IS; umpire, Briody. '
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LOST BY ERRORS.
St. Joe Stock SIumps Heavily at
Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. CIT was an in
teresting and exciting game between
Omaha and st. Joe to-day, and was
errorless on both sides after the first
inning. Score:
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iluS, 'OOf4 "a, tf2, II.
At the fin Sh of the 1888 trot Mr..
Beaupre, of st. Paul, drove his famous
pole team around the track practice
mile. The team will go to-day against
its record of 2:22, and yes terday's spin
was merely preliminary to to-day per
Torrance. The beautiful steeds went
the mile in 1924 with apparent ease ana
were loudly applauded.
The last race of the day was the $3.50
pace. which remains unfinished for the
reasons explained above. The entries
were White Cloud, William j, Belle L,
Big Ike and Dick c. They got away
with William at the pole. William
did not hold it long, however, as Dick
G forged to the front, and then Big Ike,
who was Oh the outside, made
a gigantic squirt at the quarter
and attempted to take the pole. He
fallen, but White Clouds driver saw
the opening and pushed his PAGER into
the breach. and the white gelding was
soon neck with Dick G, then ahead of
him and lastly the untrammeled victor
of the field coming in several lengths
ahead. This performance was repeated
in the second heat. In the third, Dick
G got splendid start, and held half
way round, when White Cloud broke,
SllSully Trying u oVeTldke' HUI anu
Dick G pushed OH to the goal. The last
heat was won by White Cloud, but
given to Dick G on foul. Summary:
$50 pace. for purse of $500 divided:
unfinished.
Dick c. br g, John Garnun. .3 2 IL
White Cloud, VIII g. Henry Shaw. L 2 9
William j, g, E. S. Easton. 500. 2 8 8 4
Belle l., ch m, Abe RohrDach. :. d dis
Big Ike, G, r. f. Jones. .......5 4 4 8
Tiyua 80 2.22i, 2.9el,
To-day will wind up the racing. The
events will be the free-for-ali pace, the
2:22, Mr.. Beaupre's team race against
time and other snecial attractions
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Cresco Calcimined.

Sneeial to the Globe
DEBORAH, Ia. Aug. 29.-Decorah won
the second game of the series at Cresco
to-day. Score, 30 to o; batteries. Cresco,
McGonegal and Fewer; DEBORAH, Lind
say and Caller; hits, DEBORAH 20, Ores co
2; errors, DEBORAH 2, Cresco Is. This
gives Decoran the purse of S100 and the
champions of Northeastern Iowa.
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Remember this is but one
Bargain out of the Thousands
we are now showing. Our
great fall stock is now in and
is so rich and varied that it is
worth going miles to see.
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I4Iuoi -NTZ, . 20, 'sOTZ, n -OT2s
To-day will wind up the racing. The
events will be the free-for-ali pace, the
2:22, Mr.. Beaupre's team race against
time and other special attractions.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-26

built and the lines extended in every direc.
ton, so that they now have 135 miles OF
track, 1900 horses, 1000 horsepower OF
cables and over 1000 large cars. During
the past year or two a syndicate organized
by Mr.. Holmes has secured control Of the
leading street-car lines of indianapolis, Ind,
St. Louis, Mo-, Los Angeles, Cal, Daven.
port, Ia, and Rock Island and Moline, Ill.
That during these years Of enterprise he
has accumulated snug fortune goes with.
out saying; and as he has always tried to
please the public which patronizcs his
street-car lines, he has perhaps fewer enc
mics than any man in public life. Mr.
Holmes hobby is, as has already been
stated, a Sunday school which he organized
about eleven years ago in the North divi
sion of Chicago, a portion of the city inhab.
tied chiefly by poor foreigners. The school
at the present time has over three thousand
pupils, who are divided into regiments and
companies and are addressed by Mr..
Holmes and others every Sunday afternoon.
Connected with the school is relief bureau
which does much toward relieving the
necessities of the pupils, hundreds of them
being supplied with clothing by The patrons
of the bureau, chief among whom is Mr..
Holmes. 1t is always pleasure to honor
an honest, self-made man, but it is not often
that one finds as ample ground for praise az
in this instance. G. ". WEIPPIERT.
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manages with skill that proves him to be
as much of financier as a theologian. In
personal appearance DR.. Withrow is a noble
specimen Of manhood Heis free from affec-
tation and can't, and as earnest out of church
as when occupying the pulpit. That man
of SO many virtues should win the love of an
immense congregation and the respect of
an entire community will not surprise those
who have had the pleasure of listening to
one Of his old-fashioned, but good-natured,
sermons.
A man differing from DR.. Withrow both
as regards personal appearance and pulpit
manners, but just as earnest and success
full as his Presbyterian brother, is the
RightReverend Charles Edward Cheney,
D. D., senior Bishop of the Reformed Epis-
copal Church, and rector Of Christ Church,
Chicago. DR.. Cheney is a native Of Canaan
daigua, New York, where he was born on
February IL, 1886. After graduating from
Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y, he entered
the Protestant Episcopal Seminary at Alex
andria, Va, and was, in 1860, ordained
presbyter by the Bishop Of New York. A
few weeks later he was called to Christ
Church, Chicago, over which he still pre-
sides. On December "A, 1873, he was conse-
Grated Bishop. DR.. Cheney always was
what is called q church man, and as
early as 1884 had trouble with Bishop White
house, Of Chicago, the most pronounced
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rltuallst who ever presided over all Ameri-
can diocese. When, in 1878, the Reformed
Episcopal Church was organized, Christ
Church, under the leadership of DR.. Cheney,
espoused tho new cause; but not before the
rector had been suspended by Bishop
Whltehouse. A fierce legal war which
lasted some years was waged between the
ecclesiastical authorities Of the old church
against the seceders, which terminated in q
complete victory for the Reformers. DR..
Cheney is good man who believes in that
kind OF faith which lives by works and not
by the observation Of ritualistic regulations.
Ho is adored by the members of his flock
and by the thirty thousand commandments
of his sect, but has never won the affec-
tions of the people at large.
Unlike DR.. Withrow, who has been called
the most unaffected man in the pulpit, DR..
Cheney makes a painful impression on
hearers not accustomed to his WAYS, by
dealing in far-fetched metaphors and by
drawing out his words to a seemingly end
less length His friends claim that the
Bishop is FREQ from affectat;on, that he
acts and speaks in tho pulpit Just as he
would in u parlor. If such is the case it
would seeIl-to q man up in tree, at least
that he would make avery tiresome and
nerVe-trying companion at surprise party.
DIR. Cheney's greatest virtue is charity,
and hundreds of poor people have been
saved by him from hunger, soualor and
misery. In this labor of love the Bishop
employs no agents, but takes it upon him.
self to comfort the homeless and the father
less. He has always ''donc good by stealth,
and now bushes to find It fame" That q
man of such q disposition should gather
around him q host of personal friends is
natural, and that he has succeeded in
making the Reformed Episcopal church re-
spectacle in point of numbers as we'll as
principles, must be gratifying to all who
love fair play and love to see devotion and
enterprise rewarded
Turning from the pulpit to tho Sunday
school rooms, every man acquainted with
Chicago affairs will think of Charles 8.
Holmes, the general manager of tho greatest
street railway syndicate ever organized,
and the superintendent and teacher of the
largest Sunday school in the world. Mr.
Holmes was born in Springfield, VT, in
1910, but removed to Illinois with his
parents in 1856. He received a thorough
common-school and academic education
tie earned his first money as a farm hand,
IN which capacity he worked for twelve
dollars per month. Aftcrwurd he engaged
in railroad surveying and farming in North
ern Iowa. In 1868 Mr.. Holmes removed to
Chicago, where he became manager Of tho
Union Line Transportation Company and
later the superintendent of tho Chicago
City Railway Company, which owns all the
surface strcct-car lines in the South uiyis-
ion Of Chicago. Under his management
tho magnificent cable system OF roads was
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Burdette and tho Collector.

eve were sitting in the sanctum of the
Burlington Hawlzeye, Bob Burdette and T."
says Hon Frank Hatton, "When a collector
came in. Bob sat on one side of the table
and sat on the other. The collector came
through the door with bill in his hand and
blood in his eye as he asked if Mr. Burdettc
was in. Bob looked sadly at him, and an
swered in the affirmative. The collector
presented coal bill, and Bob locked at it
very deliberately, and finally said: Il be.
lieve that this bill is all right. This is Fri
day, let me see, next Monday is our pay.
day. Please be kind enough to be. here
Monday evening with your BILL The suave
manner and confident tone disarmed the
collector and he bowed himself out, but
promised very sincerely to be on hand Mon.
day evening" AS soon as he was down.
stairs, and the rattlety bang of his hob.
nailed shoes ceased to sound in our ears.
Bob looked up from his manuscript, and
murmured: by Jove, Frank, I fear I shall
not be here to meet that gentleman, for
lecture in Peoria on Monday evening" His
earnest manner Of regretfulness was Sc
well assumed that hurt myself laughing.
1t was one of Bob's best practical jokes
and the collector was it's butt. Bob dom,
go off lecturing nowadays, though, to dodge
collectors. The world realizes his genius
and pays we'll for his talents"