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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-25
The New German Minister to Amerina.

BERLIN, Oct. 24-The Cologne Gazette reports
that Dr.. Won Hallehen, German minister to
Japan, has been appointed German minister to
the United States, to succeed the late Count
Arco Valley.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-25
Prairie Fire In Indian Territory.

MUsKoGEE, l. T., Oct "A disastrous prairie
fire is raging south OF here. Corn feIds and
orchards are being destroyed The damage Ia
ine&leulahla
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

\ prominent physician and old
army surgeon in eastern Iowa was
called away from home for n few days !;
during his absence, one Of his children
contracted severe cold, and his wife
bought bottle Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for it, They were so
much pleased with the remedy that
they afterwards used several bottles
at various times. He said, from his ex.
perience with it, he regarded it as the
most reliable preparation in use for
colds, and ii come the nearest being a
specific Of any medicine he had ever
seen. For sale by Owen q Moore
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

II you wish to do any house G can
ing, Bloch Br s can furnish you
most anything IN The carp line that
is choice and desirable. They will
oren their second iall importation in
a few days ol6,d
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

NitG;ia will be for sale By Kincau
non, son d CO., IN il I. \. Thomas
ge's his new dug ,tUe opened at the
Old Franklin Bank stand.
O7d&sWtf.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

Mrs Ella A. Bratton, Of New Ross, Ind,
says: Il can not express now much 1 owe
to the Nervne Tonic. My system was com
petoly shattered, appetite gone, was
coughing and splitting up 0lood; am sure
was in tho fist stages of consumption, an
Inheritance handed down through several
2rer tions. l began taking the Eervne
pnio and continued its use for about six
boEths, anG 6m entirely cured. II is the
lSandest remedy for nerves. stomach and
lungs have over seem"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

An the school and text books used
in The schools and colleges for sale bv
AsEeV & Edwards. S,l9,d&W,tf
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
chilled Plows

NcGehee Bros. are sole agents f0r
TIL celebrated Chattanooga chilled
pl0ws nd repairs. aug2, dWtf
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
LESSON on TUE PYRAMID


~ His obssfysfirH, 10 fts Eastern
f.aHas HE WsBbaH4i rsrmld n
Diss@ apd fhe f.as,H, 81 4asrhs4
BmDDHtgH, o,f lH Ila wa. .n.sfeual
tlga 10y tha iAsuhigH Jl0rrnaaI. flIs NOM.
inN wHa Delighted r.. HI ItIi MI render
inT W. pIa ..f ftHHN r..a Hu~ra 0u
90 neW YfRun. m iJ.mata second spotIa
no ~ ttim1n af.uou wal sha nfst
~ series bH iHfHl4H frarhirH uu hi4
eastern tpHf, suIlf.uI 'l0mtHH Pgwuids
" Nv AffDp0i.s, NJ What tNhWi n Elgpt
hhd VffeoH NuG.HHi1fY ~ tbe fsip
tuna' iiia tHtt UH inlHt xix. tG ~.
IN thaf d1Y abWtl tbffa ba H1 altar ~ ths
i1ni De- fba WIl ~ fba aud OF tggpt,
apd pillar at ffa harder t1afsd 30 inc
Lord Api W HuHll We f1F 70 aIga and fyr %
wlfHeas"
isalab ~ doubt brfa fnf.s tp tlte gfeat
gtmmid ~ eiheIG tha cbITf pyramid "
kggpt The teft hboahs " n pIlnr iu
Egypt, and tba Be- ths greatest pillar ever
linedi snd tHeiaf. Hsa J.. b. fg Boz at the
bprder ~ tbe iHfd arI tbla yymuid rs at
ths border NJ tb. I..I. nod Che taxf says 10
shall d. fpf Wi.u. md the object of
this sermon Is f0 tnIl Himt tbia plmuid
witnesses Iha snftnon We the first ~ 70
course ~ sermons entitled, "Frpm the
Pyramids ~ tba hrfpppla nv What slw
IN Egypt md Grenea tonGuuntDry of tbe
hedgtufos"
We bod. Mn 1 mpululm DnomJor 1889,
landed tp NlUal NWW lhs UDHIiuR bout
usn ~ AIr9IU1.Iu W8 bad come ashore
Hnd taken the mll train for ta0rD. Egypt,
along tb0 bHHka D' thp most thoroughly
harnenaed river NJ 900 Che world .fho river
Nile. We bod hf nsnurIdn entered fhpc.g
~ Cairo. ibn utg a..u CUIHf dVl'E while
staying iu Eggpt during Tho llFDdic per
sfcutlpH 10 HHs pur Grt night Eggpt
No drtrDY,u2 anf.. sweeping through os
0ucr, but HlI f'' sffa we're out, ADD che
skioa were filled with Nuggets of beauty and
rnRrla ~ iIIhf aud uio HIr was U1lmg as
~ American June Che next mgrningvr
we're c1fly nwH.n Hud at tlc window, lDoa-
Ing upon palm lrra .H uIl glory OF leat
age. anil upou 4r..u4 NJ fruits and lJw
afu MI tha very a.uEnu when our homes FAR
sway afa ctnppiod bg bleak s.lns and th-
last leaf NJ The forest hp gone down iu Tho
equiHoctlal4
Ffur stgw oF rHE PYRAMID
But hog rgu I .,.atiIo tHnthG'i af as.
pcctniip1, fpr tyIsY ur gr, no. .ce wIHtuI
the world h1a .n"u or VfHuts to sra.tur
pyramids. Nr Hrr wIHuf.I for 1850 hour
aud halca rJr Wr pu4 OH amd bl
zanm stuffed With rugs nud carpets, and
curious fnlI.ra 0f 900 SORTS from -mtrun.
from Nlure. from putu, from 1uraN.
and thrpusr street. where wa niece. pa1p.
~ alI colon, pud uII mrJt mr. lgadoI
with girdeu productions, priests iu gy#g..
women boz bInk sr.a, BuIugus boo bong
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
CnAWFoRnsyr1JE, INp., Aur. 90, '8l


30 the Great South american Medicine Co.,
DEAR GENTS Il desire to say to You that I
have suffered for many years with Il very seri-
Gus disease of the stomach and nerves. ] tried
every medicine l could hear OF but nothing
done me any appreeiable good until was adj
vised to try your Great South American Nervino
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since
using several bottles of it must say that am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system. II every
one knew the value of this remedy us do, you
would not be able to supply the demand.
j., A. HARDEE,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

Ed J. Brown, Druggist, OF Edna, Mo-,
writes: "My health had been very poor for
years, was coughing severely. / weighed
s,,iith Amerioan Neryine. Ihaye used two
bottlN" and now weigh 100 pounds, and am
much stronger and better than have been
for five years. Am sure 1 would not have
lived through the winter had not secured
this remedy. My customers see what II has
done for me and buy IL eagerly. 1t gives
great satisfaction"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

Take stock in the Tennessee
Nuti, mai b. d L., Of GAINESVILLE Ii
T. growing rapidly. j23,dtL
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
a SWORN CURE FOR ST.

CRAwFoRDsvILLE, IND, May 49, 1886.
NY daughter, twelve years old, had been af-
Hicted for several months with ChorcH or st.
Vitus's Dance. She was reduced TO a skeleton,
low anything but milk. / had to handle her
like an iniaitb. Doctor and neighbors gave her
up. commenced giving her the South Ameri-
can Nervine Toniei the effects were very sur
prising. In three days she was rid OF the ner-
vousness, and rapidly improved, -Four bottles
cured her completely. | think the. South
American Neryine the grandest remedy ever
discovered, and would recOmmend II to every
one. MRS. W. b ENSMINGEts.
State of Indiana, (.,.
Montgomery County, COS
Subscribed and sworn to before me this May
19, 1887. CHAs. NJ. TRAVIS, Notary Public.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
THE ETERNAL PURPOSE

As in Egypt that December afternoon
1889, exhausted in body, mind and soul
we mounted to return to Cairo, we took
our last look of the pyramid at Gizeh
And you know there is something in the
air toward evening that seems productive
of solemn and tender emotion, and that
great pyramid seemed to be humanfzed
and with lips of stone it seemed 10 speak
and cry out:
Hear me, man, mortal and immortal
My voice is the voice of Goo. He designed
me. Isaiah said | would/be a sign and a
witness. | saw Moses when he was lad.
| witnessed the long procession Of the Is.
realities as they started to cross the Red
sea and Pharaohs host in pursuit Of them.
The falcons and the eagles of many cen
turtles have brushed my brow. | stood
here when Cleopatra's barge landed with
her sorceries, and Hypatia for her virtues
was slain in yonder streets. Alexander the
Great, Seostris and Ptolemy admired my
proportions. Herodotus and Pliny sound
ed my praise. | am old, | am very old.
For thousands of years | have watched
the coming and going of generations.
They tarry only little while, but they
make everlasting impression. | bear
on my side the mark Of the trowe and
chisel of those who more than four
thousand years ago expired. Beware what
you do, oh, mani for what you do will last
long after you are dead If you would be
atfectionately remembered after you are
gone. trust not to any earthly commemora-
ton. I have not one word to say about
any astronomer whG stuffed the heavens
from my heights, or any king who was sep
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

FoR RENT The Magnolia House,
corner Third and franklin streets.
Apply to w. NJ, Daniel. sepl6,d
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
NERVOUS DISEASES.

for every class Of Nervous Diseases remedy has able
compare with the Nervne Tonic which pleasant and harmless
Hits effects the youngest child the Oldest ndvd
a Nneenhs Of all the ailments to which the human family heir
dependent exhaustion and impaired digestion When
sufficient supply of nerve food in the Blood general of debility of
he han spinal marrow and the result Starved like
d muscles become strong when the right kind of food supplied and
thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear the AS the
system must supply all the by which the vital forces the
Ordinary food contain sufficient quantity Of the Kind of numen
repair the present mode of living and labor imposes
upon the For this becomes necessary that food be
supplied This recent production of South American Continent has been
analysis contain the essential elements which
formed This accounts for its magic power all forms Of nervous
arrangements
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA.

UF6dC NBFVIH5
Which offer the only absolutely unng remedy dscov.
cred for the of Indigestion Dyspepsia and tho vast train symptoms
and which the result Of disease and debility of the
ach No person afford this jewel fincacube value who
affected disease of the Stomach because the experience and testimony of
that this the and great
world this universal destroyer There unmagnant
which the wonderful curative powers the South
American Nervine Tonic
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

Nervousness and
Nervous Prostitution,
Nervous Headache and
Sick Headache,
Female Weakness,
All Diseases of Women,
Nervous Chilis,
Paralysis,
Nervous Paro-ysms and
Nervous Choking
Hot Flashes,
Palpioacion of the Heart,
Mental Dependency
Sleeplessness,
St, Vitus's Dance,
Nervousness of Females,
Nervousness of Old Age,
Neuralgia,
Pains in the Heart,
Pains in the Back,
Failing Health.
AL these and many other co
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
THE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN
s..aa.......-... AND.
NLiVeP Cure


country by Medicine Company and vet its
value curative agent has long been known by the nhb
nts Of South America who rely almost wholly upon its great medicinal
form of disease by which they overa
This and valuable South American medicine possesses
queo hitherto unknown to the medical profession This medicine has
completely solved the problem of tie of Indigestion Dyspepsia Liver
Complaint and diseases Of the general Nervous System also all
forms Of failing health from whatever 1t performs this by the Great
Nerne Tonic qualities which and by its great curative powers
upon the digestive the stomach the yea the bowels No remedy
with this wonderfully valuable Neryne Tonic builder
strengthened of the life forces of the human body and of
broken down constitution 1t also of more real value in the
and of diseases of the Lungs than consumption
eds used this continent It is marvellous for
females all Ladies who approaching the critical period known
change in life should not fail this Nervne Tonic almost
constantly for the space of three years twill carry them safely
danger This strengthened curative of inesmabe
value Me aged and n because its great energng properties will
give hold life will add ten fifteen years the lives Of
will half dozen bottles the remedy year.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
ST. VITUs'S DANCE OR CHCREA.

CRAwFoRDsvIILE, IND, June %, 1887
My daughter, eleven years old, was severely
afflicted with 81. Vitus's Dance or Chorea We
gave her three and one-halt bottles OF South
American Neryine and she is completely 70.
stored. believe 1t will cure every case OF st.
Vitus's Dance. have kept II in my family for
two years, and am sure II is the greatest REM
! sla, all forms OF Nervous Disorders and Failing
| Health from whatever cause.
JOHN T. MIsH.
State OF Indiana, L..
| Montgomery County, SS'
Subscribed and sworn to before me this June
%, 1857 CHAs. W. WRIGHT,
Notary Publie.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19
c. R Z S

N 49, w.
Broken Constitution,
Debility of Old Age,
Indigestion and Dyspepsia,
Heartburn and Sour Stomach,
Weight and Tenderness in Stomach,
Loss of Appetite,
Frightful Dreams,
Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears,
Weakness of Extremities and
Painting,
impure ana Impoverished Blood,
Boils and Carbuncles,
Scrofula,
Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers,
Consumption of the Lungs,
Catarrh of the Lungs,
Bronchitis and Chronic Cough,
Liver Complaint,
Chronic Diarrhea,
Delicate and Scrofulous Children,
Summer Complaint of Infants.
cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-19

| Mr.. Solomon fnnd member Of the Society
Of Friends, OF Darlington, Ind, says: II havo
used twelve bottles q The Great South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure,
and consider that every bottle did for me ono
hundred dollars worth Of good, because have
not had good nights sleep for twenty years
on account Of irritation, pain, horrible dreams.
and general nervous prostratiOn, which has
been caused by chronic indigestion and dys-
pepsia of the stomach and by broken down
condition Of my nervous system. But now can
lie down and sleepal night as sweetly as baby,
! and feel like a SOUND man. l do not think
there has ever been medicine introduced into
this country which will NJ all compare witr
| ~ w-vi r.af 90 . os.tr
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23
Sympathy for Natalie.

BUDA PEsTH, May 2O.-Dispatches
from Semiln, Hungary, where Queen
Natalie stopped yesterday, after having
been expelled from Servia say that
great crowds gathered about the hotel,
where she was stopping, awaiting an
opportunity to see her and make a
demonstration OF their sympathy Tor
her. Many OF the leading ladies OF the
fashionable circles visited her at her ho-
tel last night and presented her with
bouquets. They welcomed her to Hun
gary and expressed their sympathy
with her in her recent troubles,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

e The late James Redpath believed
himself to have been the first person to
put the verb ITO boycott" in print. As
She story goes, one night during one Of
his visits to Ireland, he sat writing q
dispatch to New York paper, when
suddenly he found himself at q loss for
aword to express what was then hap
Fsning to:Captain Boycott use Boy
eDkFs name as q verb" said q priest at
1ih elbow, and Redpath accepted the
suggestion. Next day Redpath met
Ia Irish speakers, then just starting
- upon . series Of campaign meetings,
~ suggested to them the use Of the
void TO Nqycott." The suggestion
~ accepted, and shortly after the
word had wide currency in both Ire
- and America
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23
MADAME BLAvATsKY is dead. s.

MADAME BLAvATSKY is dead. She
V&s a student Of theosophy, which is a
mild kind Of lunacy into which people
Of wealth who lack ambition to indulge
in the practical affairs of life, or taste
for any kind of social dissipation, drift
She was reputed to be brilliant, disin-
terested and learned in many languages,
hut died an enigma, because the world
could not interpret hsr mysticism, and
and neither could she make herself UNI
deFstood. There are a few like her left
m Garth.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23
American Cattle,

LONDON, May I8.-The trans-Atlan-
tic cattle trade committee to-day COM
pleted avolumin0us report upon the sub
ieCt, which they have been investigat-
Ing. After an elaborate review OF the
history and present condition OF the
transatlantic cattle trade, the report
gives an implied approval Of the United
States regulations for the inspection
and shipment Of cattle.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23
A BERLIN cable conveys the follow

A BERLIN cable conveys the follow
ing information: The Kaiser has given
great offense to the orthodox commun-
ity by ordering the court chaplains to
curtail the length of their sermons,
which in the future must not exceed
tan minutes. whatever may be the occa-
sion. The emperor instances several
occasions upon which he has been de-
tained in churce from FIVE to seven
minutes beyond the time allotted for
divine worship, and he adds: "This is
not to occur again."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

Two YOUNG Washington lawyers,
each %, Eugene E. Stevens and G. D.
Mitchell, will leave New York, May
18th, for a bicycle tour of the world.
They will first do the British Isles.
China will be avoided because OF Thorn
as Stevens unpleasant times there. II
the gentlemen stick to the trip they
will be gone about two years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

TIE latest and corrected report from
the status OF the jury in the holland
case, shows that there was but two re-
puhlicans on the jury, and that they
were both for conviction. They were Of
course actuated by political considers
TONS and the only disinterested and
non-partisan jurymen were the six dem
ocrats who voted for acquittal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

THE Woman's Art Club, Of Chicago,
has appropriated 81, 300 for a scholar
ship to be taken by woman. The fund
is to be held by the directors OF the art
Institute, and the object is to help wom-
sn through a course OF three years at
the art school, which boasts of more
than 500 pupils.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

PARTISAN scientists have ascertained
that the air in the central parts Of the
city contains about nine times as many
bacteria and disease germs as the air OF
the parks. This only goes to show that
every city should maintain a liberal
mark system.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23
GENERAL COMMENTS.

THE reformed code Of italy forbids
girls to marry under fifteen, but most
Of them feel the torments Of love at
twelve.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

IT is reported and is probably relia-
bic, that the last of the Borgias died
last week in Germany poverty-strick-
en- street beggar. This degenerate de-
sccndant OF an infamous ancestry was a
photographer by trade, and his wife o
washer woman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

In Winnipeg they ask 800 foot less
for a corner lot than they do for an in
side one, because it costs so much to
clear of the snow in winter around
corner lots that people don't prefer
them
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

PROBABLY the rarest stamp in ex-
istence has just been sold in London
for ESQ. II is an American scent
stamp issued at Battleboro, VT, in 1910.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

DIR. MATHEWS, who has been study
ing suicide, finds that it pertains ex-
clusively to civilized countries, and in
creases in accordance with the degree
Of civilization.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

THE city council of Cleveland, Ohio,
have reduced the price Of gas in that
city from one dollar to sixty cents per
thousand feet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

KANSAS CITY, May pa special to
the Star from Topeka, KS, says: The
Botkin impeachment trial viii conclude
tomorrow. The result e already
known, - . majority Of the senators
have expressed themselves In favor OF
acquittG.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23

Judge-weIl. wihnsAt WhY do yOu
hssitatsf
WItnen-PlssA yure hoRoE o. Wa
thrying 70 rslmsmbor that O didn't 10
member aHything about til bu1insR-
Puck
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-12

Mrs. Cleveland is taking lessons on
the violin.
There are in China societies of young
women pledged never to marry.
Maria Chattoway, formerly custo-
dian of Shakespeare's birthplace, is
dead.
"A bright little woman said the other
day that If she had to choose between
all the gifts of beauty she would choose
beautiful complexion.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley's manner is
gracious and gentle, and her perception
keen. She exercises much tact in her
intercourse with men and women.
The Queen of Madagascar formerly
took the sacred bath, an annual cere
mOny, in the presence of the public, but
the progress of civilization has changed
the custom of the royal lady.
-Tolstoi's niece has transcribed War
and Peace" for the use of the blind.
The book, which the outcome of two
years constant labor, is in raised char
acters and numbers 5000 pages.
Miss Frye, school teacher, has dis
covered method by which better tiles
can be made than has ever been made be-
fore. She has a patent, and is likely
soon to turn from school teaching to fl
nancierng.
"A new kind of rouge is to be had
which is waterproof, \ girl who has al
ways been accused Of painting com
| p aimed of being faint the other night nj
a dinner, but did not change color, "EX,
cuse metz she said, ''it is nothing and
dipped her napkin in her tumbler OF
water and wet her face. Grand defeat OF
enemies. The napkin remained white.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-12
A VALUABLE DIAMOND.

There were five or six of Gus boys" in
Il coach on an Erie train one day last
summer, when a young man wearing a
big diamond pin came in. AS he seemed
to take special pains to show off, we
presently began to talk about diamonds,
and how people were deceived in them,
and he at once cooked up his ears and
became interested The agent of a Buff
falo wall paper house had a magnifying
glass with him, and we selected him as
an expert to test what jewelry we could
pass up. He passed all the stones as
fair to medium, and then the stranger
came forward and said;
"rd like your opinion on this stone.
got it at what consider a bargain"
"Do YOU call this q diamOnd?" asked
our expert" after long look through
the glass.
Certainly
"Where did you get it?'
''Of an advance agent who was hard
up"
"Oh, well, might as well tell you.
gave him $40 and its worth $3.50 OF
$780,
as il? / shouldn't like to offer $50
for it. You have been made victim"
what! Isn't that diamond?''
Eyes, such diamond as my house sells
by the pint"
The stranger was knocked all tC
pieces 10y the information, and, after
considerable swearing, he went off anC
sat down by himself. At Salamanca hi
saw someone on the platform he knew
and hurried out to speak with him
When he returned the pin was gone
and one of the crowd asked if he hac
lost it.
Not any loss" he replied when
found out that | had been taken in anC
done for, determined to do somebody
else. | have just sold the pin for S35 t.
sucker friend of mine, and will charge
up the $105 to experience.
Every one of us turned cold, but M
one spoke. The stone was genuine frs
water, and worth $500 unset,