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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-24
BEING lpENTIFlEp.
The Trouble Sometimes Iucurred in Get
ting CHECK CsshsG-

The Trouble soznoslmes Iucurred In Get
ting Cheek CashsG-
A citizen Of Detroit, who has resided
here for nearly twenty years. and who
has for the past dozen years run a small
carpenter shop on his own hook, got q
check on one of the banks the other
day and stepped in TO have it cnshed-
Have to be identified, sir, replied
the cashier, as he handed back the
paper
'But I am John Blank. the earpen-
ter"
Possibly you are, but you'u have 70
bring some one who knows you"
''TH bring twenty in i've minutes"
somewhat tartly exclaimed the man as
he walked out
Standing on the steps Of the bank ne
scanned the faces of the passers-by, and
to his own great surprise IL was ten
minutes before he saw the Phiz of q
friend. The two entered the bank, and
the latter said to the cashier:
Il know this man to be John Blank"
But, who are yOu?"
I'm Stephen Dash"
Never heard of you He must bring
some one whom 1 know is responsible" &"
''See herel This is all nonsenser
exclaimed the owner of the check, who
was in hurry.
GA maps 81 vas L--I Nef1A 10 E'-Js
''AIr. Dash, do you positively know this
man TO be John Blanlz?"
''Of course 1 do"
''Have you ever had legal paper
with his signature?"
Moo"
Ever pay him an account or collect
one by that name?'
IL don't believe I could. I've
just heard him called John Blank
~
men, each one of whom started in with
the greatest confidence, but came out
of the little end Of the horn when asked
the usual questions At last ne re
membered a man to whom he sold a
piece OF property to three or four years
ago, and he walked half a mile to bring
him to the bank
you identity him as John Blank, do
yOu?" queried the teller.
''Ven, he signed that name to the
deed"
would you make oath that he is the
same persona
''Um! I'm! I think he is"
But viii you sign q bond to make
this two hundred dollars good if he
isn't?'
80, no! Now that look at him more
closely begin to see a difference"
'What3' shouted Blank. Haven't I
lived within stones throw of you for
ten years?''
yes" was the hesitating reply.
Didn't build your barn for yOu?"
II guess you did,
Haven't you seen me almost every
| day for years and years9'
"Weu, I've seen you or some body who
| looks very much like you. I think you
are John Blank, but OF course 1 can't
swear to it
The money was paid, and the teller
| afterwards said:
"He was the right party, of course,
! but had I carried out our rule to the
/ letter doubt If he could have found a
man among all his neighbors to swear
| TO his identity. I don't believe we have
| ten men in Detroit who can prove their
/ legal identity without taking an hours
/ time to do il. One man knows another
as Smith. Jones or Green, but that isn't
! legal knowledge, and it would bother
some of our leading merchants. to fur.
nish legal proofs to establish the fact
that they are the persons they claim q
/ be Detroit Free Press
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-24

Peoesutans interfere or rub one
ankle against the other In the case of
q horse this would be considered an
evil. and steps would 81 once be taken
to effect cure.
Every thing being normal, only about
six Esr cent. OF the men exhibit any
signs OF haste. If a goodlooiling type
writer IN g new spring hat happens to
be crossing, and is in a hurry, eighty
four per cent OF the men keep as close
to her heels as possible
A bout thirtY-tOur per cent. stub their
toes or meet with slip at the pier
steps and among the more genteel and
modern expressions indulgedin on such
occasions are;
Hang it,"
''Jerushai"
by thunderr
''Jimimyl"
Great ScOttr'
General Jaclzsoar'
"8y GeOrger"
Scotty picks up an average Of i've
handHerChie1s each morning, which are
dropped by men in pursuit of the good
looking typewriter above mentioned
He calls to them, and waves the lost
silk and linen in the air, but they never
even look back, and the goods are sent
to the poor heather in Africa M. Quad,
in Detroit Free Press
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SHAkING HANps.
A Very Curious Developments OF an An
Client Practice.


If there is a custom which is supposed
by our neigh bors on the Continent to
be essentially British, it is that Of shalz-
ing hands They speak OF the English
''shake-hand" as if it were a practice
only indulged in by that eccentric ISL
ander whose manners and customs
they affect TO despise. and yet not un-
frequently initiate. It is certainly the
case that we are more given to shaking
hands than other nations are. Where
the FrenchInan or German would con
tent himself with a comprehensive bow
that includes a whole company of peO-
pie in one courteous sweep, the English
man, especially if he is cOuntry-bred,
will patiently and perseveringly shake
hands with every one who is present
| Perhaps it is owing to a feeling that an
unnecessary use OF the practice is pro
! vincial, that we may trace visible de-
! cline in it to the present day. But it is
| difficult to say to what cause is attrib-
! utable the present extraordinary form
/ which 1t takes among certain people
| when they do practice it--a form which
! is essentially prevalent among those peO-
pie whose ambition it is to be known as
smart term, by the way, which
is at once curiOusly inclusive and
exclusive, and which can only
| be earned by rigid perform
ance of certain social lites and q
strict obedience to mysterious and un-
written rules, rules that are unknown
even to the rest of the world. When
! two mem ers of this class, or of the
far more numerous class that initiates
them, meet each other they go through
/ a ceremony which certainly bears a
faint resemblance to that Of shaking
hands, but is in all real essentials abso-
| lutely different. The lady lifts her
/ elbow as high as a tight sleeve will per
NIT her, and bangles a little hand be-
fore her face, carefully keeping the
! wrist as stiff ard as high as possible.
while she allows the fingers 70 dFOOp
| down. The man contrives to lift his
/ elbow little higher, and, by dexter
Gus turn OF the wrist, touches her I'm
gers-that is all That is the whole
ceremony; it sounds little awkward,
| It looks very awkward, and il is diff
| cult enough to require a good deal OF
! practice before it can be performed at
4 all It is a very curious development
| Of an ancient practices; but the reason
! that is assigned for this, its last devei-
/ Opment, is more curious still. It is said
/ that ladies who are hidden to court.
/ and whose privilege it is to exchange
! greetings with royal persOnages, find
/ it difficult to combine a courtesy with q
! shake Of a gracious hand without rails
! ing their own hands to the level Of their
faces Hence their too frequent COM
! Inunications with illustriOus people have
/ corrupted their good manners; they ac-
quire a habit. and are SO fOrgstfnl as 70
/ introduce it into their ordinary life and
their relations with more ordinary. .PeO-
! pie. 1t may be so; but it is strange, at
/ least that they should remember to for
/ get the courtesy, while they forget 20
remen Der to lower their hands--LOn-
don Spectator.
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sCoTTlos sTATlsTfcs.
Ho Keeps TAB on the PecuIiarttIes % Pea
pie Who CrOas the Bridge

He Keeps TAB on the PeCulIaEttieg q Pea
pie Who CrOEs the Bridge
ScOtty, the bridge policeman, has a
notebook fuu OF interesting statistics
from which he yesterday permitted me
to select the following:
Seventy men out Of every hundred
who cross the bridge on foot carry one
shoulder lower than the other
Eleven men in every hundred have
red hair and whiskers.
A bout seventy out of every hundred
have Roman noses, and at least one
half of these are more or less tinged
with the luxurious color OF the Long
Island strawberry.
About sixty-five in every hundred
men walk because they feel like II, and
vet they are mad because they weren't
fools enough TO ride
Only thirteen men in a hundred carry
canes. and only four out of the thirteen
carry them gracefully. The others
handle them as II they were clOthes-iine
props borrowed from @ neighbOr's back
yard
A bout ninety men out Of every hun
ured look 20 the left or down the bay in
crossing from Brooklyn
Eighty-five men out Of every hundred
either toe in or toe out, and could
neither learn to waltz gracefully, nor
vet achieve success as sprintcrs
At least seventy per cent of the male
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Carrying Ten 'Possums by one Tau.

carrying a en- r osauA py Oue AaaLLa
A man came down from Coehranton
the other day with a queer example OF
natural history in his possession. It was
a mother O'pOssUm and ten little ones
The man carried the mother suspended
by her tail and the little ones complete
" covered the old one, hanging on by
their feet and tails to any part Of the
mothers anatomy that would afford a
hold. The man stated that he had car
ried the whole family from the woods
where they We're captured to Cochran
ton, over two miles, and not one of the
babies lOOsened their grip in the whole
journey. City Derrick.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-24

''This deviIed Kidneys avfulIy hot,
waiter"
'sd'sieu should take something to
drink wiz re kidney"
Don't know but what you are right.
Bring me a couple OF those hard gre
uades."-Munsey' Weekly.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-24

At Anso--- Me. a black bear walked
up 70 the house Of Daniel a bbOtt, looked
IN at the =itting-rooTu window and then
proceeded 70 Inspect the Pig-Pep and
IeeP-6eld.
He Was His Equal -smithers says
you're not mis- equal" ''Hss= lying
sneak I ~ -Spr.n .gf.5sid LirapL4e-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-24

"A Division--''Hen enry," sho whis-
pered. ''let US take for our motto, Work
and Pray" ''Au right, my dear" he
answered, az can pray pretty we'll
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-24
ON THE BRIDAL TRIP.

A Pew Suggestions for the Benefit OF the
Young Wife
brides first lesson TO learn on the
bridal trip is to respect the extreme
CONSTITUENCIES OF her husband, who
doesn't want people to know he has
just been married; consequently she
viii be wise if, after her first Journey,
she assumes a gown that has seen wears
if she viii forget to look around in
startled manner whenever her husband
Is gone from her side, as it is not likely
that he is either going to be lost or
stolen.
The next thing for her TO learn is that
no matter how fond she may be of her
husband, she should reserve all mani
festatiOns OF this for their own apart
ment, and that holding his hand, kissing
him before people or putting her head
on his shoulder really and truly become
indecent when done in public A man
can show a woman every attention
possible, and a woman can make him
understand her love for him without
their laying themselves open 20 be made
jest and bywOrd for their travelling
companions
The next thing for her to learn is.
when she is at a hOte' not to grow con
fdential with the Dermaid, not to
give her "A piece of her wedding-calce
and tell her all about the marriage cere-
mOny, and tell her how she looked.
You think this is never done2 Ask at
some large hotel
The next thing for her TO learn, is TO
like to eat what her husband likes.
She may have some decided tastes. but
If she IS a wise woman she viii leave
the ordering Of dinner to him and he,
/ being a gentleman, will find out some
OF her particular likes
The next thing for her to learn, is to
| address her husband as ''Mr. Brown"
| before people; she can call him Oar
! ling Harry when they are quite alone.
1 and only then.
The next thing for her to learn, is not
/ to giggIs or look surprised when she
/ gets a letter from her mother addressed
/ 20 her in her married name. Men are
| particularly sensitive creatures about
! something's, and they are rather given
/ to think woman don't want a name
| when she acts in this way.
The next thing for her to learn, and
/ the most important OF all, is that her
/ bridal trip is only the preface to her
/ married life and that In IT, while she
/ may read some suggestions, she has
/ only the book open 20 her when she gets
! Home Journal
Incorrectly Diagnosed
! HAS Martha White been crossed iP
| love?"
No. Why?''
| ''She looks So"
You're no physiOguom!st- That looE
/ is due 20 a number shoe on number
/ z foot ''-J ury-
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Sot "A One-RinE Circus
Tack-I know Ethel loved ne.

Jack know Ethel loved ne.
TOm-But you had no show with her
father, eh2
Jack-O. didn't - 1 had a regular
circus with him Thas's where tie
trouble came in.--Puck
New York city consumes between
two and three million eggs every day
They are dra-- u n~t only from New
York state, it from several OF the
neighborIar stat tes and half dozen
western s-s-Jea, including Indiana Ohio.
Michigan aud Iowa The 6rst-named
-tate is said 70 produce a larger mum
Der OF eg.s th-p any other state in the
Union.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
PLEASURE SEEKERS IN A WRECK
Two Passengers KILLED and Many
Badly Injured I'm "a Railroad wreck

A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Ensley City dummy line in Brmng-
ham, Aln. A train fell down an enl-
bankment ten feet high.
A. l.. Brown and Bob Taylor. two
negro passengers. were instantly
killed. All Rigsby, the engineer. was
caught under the engine and horribly
crushed. His suirerings are excruciat
ing and death is momentnrily expected.
Mrs. DIR. Ramsey was badly crushed,
and IL is said her back was so injured
that she will be an invalid for life.
About ten negro passengers were hurt
more or less. Two OF them. u Is said,
will not recover. The engineer was
trying to make up time, as he was be-
hind the schedule.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
EIGHT LIVES LOST IN THE SEA.
Heroic Efforts OF the Life-sayers Re
wardcd by Rcscuing Ten Persons.

Norfolk. Va.. telegram: The Norwe-
gian bark Dictator, from Pensacola, Fla,
10 West Hartlcpool, England, laden with
pine lumber with crew of fifteen and
the captains young wife and little boy OF
3 years, came ashore In a strong easterly
gale four miles south OF Cape Henry and
two miles north OF Virginia Beach hotel
The weather was SO thick that the vessel
was not seen until O'Clock and then She
was in the breakers broadside ON, within
n uuarter OF mile Of the shore.
Full crews from two life saving sta
tons, those OF Cape Henry and Seatick,
under command OF Capt. Drinkwater,
were promptly on hand and began firing
lines TO the ill-fated bark The guns could
not deliver the lines so far, though they
were repeatedly fred.
The ship finally succeeded in getting a
line ashore tied Co n barrel, which the
surf carried 10 the life.savers The
breeches buoy was quickly rugged aud
sent 20 the vessel. but unfortunately the
bark's crew was ignorant OF It's use and
the rescue was delayed until Capt Drink.
water of the life saving crew wrote i'm
structions, put them I'm bottle. and sent
IL 10 the Dictator by the line connecting
the vessel wi IA the shore.
The men on board broke the bottle at
once, as could bc seen by glasses from the
shore. and proceeded To carry out the
directions The first man was delivered
ashore in eight minutes, and seven others
were rescued Four OF them came ashore
i'm alife- boat which was cnpsi ed, but tho
men succeeded In reaching the shore in IA
half-dead ,onditi,n. One man had his
arm broken
rhe captain had urged his wife all dur
ing the day 10 take the lucy and come
ashore, but she steadily refused. as she
would not leave her husband and child
aud only one could take the buoy at
time. The bark finally went 10 pieces
and the seven that remained on her have
been lost including the wife OF the cap
tain The captain, just before the ship
went 70 pieces sprung into the sea with
his son strapped TO his lack and reached
the shore alive, but the boy was lost,
making a total OF eight lives.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
SHOT TWO ACTRESSES.
JEALOUSY CAUSES A DOUBLE
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
supposed Case OF Poisoning AT Omaha.
Neb.-MrS. Niedcntr's Murder
en- StiIi at Large.

A double murder and suicide occurred
at the Casino variety theater at Spokane
Fal s, Washington. Charles Elliott. a
faro-dealer. who was occupying box
near the stage, drew pistol aud fired
several shots at the people on the stage.
One bullet took effect in the left breast OF
Mabel Debabinn. killing her almost in
stantly. Another ballet lodged In the
back o. Carrie Smith, also variety
actress, inhicting "A fatal wound Elliott
then placed the muzzle OF bis revolver in
his mouth and blew his own brains out.
His shots were intended for an actress
named Lulu Durand, who was on the stage
at the time, and Of whom Elliott was in
sanely jealous.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
Canadian Pacific Let Into New York.

New York telegram: The Canadian
Pacific is now full-nedged trunk line
Chauncey Dopew and III. Walter Webb
have completed the deal by which the
New York Central railroad lets the
clities as the New York, New Haven
K Hartford railroad gets. The Ca
madam Pacific will come down from
Brookville over the new bridge which
is 10 he built at that point by way OF
the Rome, Waterfowl x Ogdensburg
10 Utica. After the main points OF the
agreement had been reached Mr.. Van
Horne declared the war at an end, and
returned 10 Montreal on the night train.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
TO ENLIST INDIAN SOLDIERS.
Orders to That Eject Issued from
General Merrfttss Headquarters.

Orr ers were issued from Gen. Merritt's
head, ua-tcrs In 81. Louis 20 begin enlist
ing Indians in the regular army. In that de-
partment OF the Missouri, Troop l. of the
Fifth Cavalry and Company !, Twelfth
Infantry, are 10 be COMPOSED
wholly OF Indians recruited from
the Cheyennes, Arapahoes and
Kiowas and win be assigned TO duty ut
Fort Sill. Troop l., Seventh Cavalry, and
Company !, Seventh Infantry, recruited
from the same tribes. are 10 be assigned
Infantry, filed from the same tribes and
the Comanches. will be- assigned 90 Fort
Supply, l. T., for duty. The Indians are
To be enlisted for Ave years and receive
the same pay as tho whites and negroes
now in the service
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
CATTLEMEN DISMAYED.
Notified That Their stock VIII Not Bc
AIinMcd tn a.rnzc on Osnrc Lands

No small amount ~ excitement among
catilcmen has been caused bY the an
nounccment that Government Agent
Niles las sent marsbas 60 the Osage
Nation ia the Indian Territory Co notify
the stockmen that they will not allow
cattle TO Craze In that reservation. The
cattlemen have leased large tracks OF
grazing lands in the Usage Nation at a
heavy expense. and for the last two weeks
n small estimate places the number Of cat
tie ship eel there at 100 600 head. No one
seems TO know why tie government has
taken this action, aud the cottl-mcn are
at loss as 20 what disposition 90 make OF
their large herds purchased with a view
OF grazing on these lands until fall.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
CENEhAL Iosrrm z. InIINsrnN.

CENEkAL JOSEPH y. JOHNSTON.
OF tn. service wns Ia keeping with tho
character " the nnn. There was no Is
play of uai 'orms OF hattie fngs o. miilnry
tral ring, nnd as the family OF the do
.ccascd had carried OCT che spirit of lis in.
junction ond declined the request ot a
number OF confederate veteran associa-
tons 20 participate formal Y, there wns
not ing % distinguish tho funeral from
"a private iutorment beyond the large at
PENDANTS OF distinguished persons.
There we're no services at the residence
Of the decreased. bat just before o'clock
the remains were taken quiety 60 St
john pis opal church, opposite Lafny.
etie square. accompanied by the fani
aud near friends
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
DROVE OUT THE RuM-sELLERs.
Bloomviile, Ohio, People Determined
10 rid Themselves OF n Nuisance.

Tifiin, Ohio, telegram: The temper
ance warfare at Bloomville continues
with additional riotous demonstra-
tons. After tho demolition OF his
saloon Tuesday night William Miller
procured new stock OF liquors and
established himself in other quarters
His place was again visited by
company OF thirteen men and eleven
women, who assaulted the proprietor
and his bar-keeper, iniuring the latter
severely. They gave both Of them half
an hour TO leave town on penalty OF
more severe treatment. Among the
leaders OF the mob was the local Meth.
odist minister. Miller came 10 this
city, but announces his determination
10 return TO Bloomville. when fur
Their serious trouble will be unavoid-
able.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
A CABINET MINISTER KILLED.
The bulgarian Minister OF Finance
shot Down.

At S o'clock In the evening, while
Premier Stambuof and Baltchieff, Min
lister OF Finance, OF Bulgaria, who had
been walking together, were about 20 en-
ter their official residences. which al DIN
each other man suddenly confronted
them with n revolver, and fred three
shots point blank at NJ Baltchieif who
fell dead. The assassin succeeded in
making good his escape. a mum
her OF persons who witnessed
the murder report that the assassin had
three accompliccs who assisted him 70
escape. No motive has been sugge, ted
for the murder of the minister uf
finance, but IL is presumed TINT
the conspirator may have intended
10 take the life OF Premier Stambulon.
but that In the darkness Of the evening
they mistook NJ. Baltchien for the man
they had marked as their victim.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04
BUILT A SALOON IN SECTIONS.
Novel Scheme OF Iowa Liquor-seIlers
10 Evadc the Law.

Peter McCafrey aud Jack Doyle,
borh OF Barnum, Iowa, have new
scheme for evading the law During the
holidays they had constructed saloon
building in sections so that II could be
taken apart and stored away Recently
the district court granted an INDUCTION
against the saloon, and the other night
the proprietors took down their building
and stored IL away In warehouse, so
that when the sheriff of Webster county
comes 10 serve the injunction he will find
no saloon. During the trial OF the in unc.
ton the saloon men hung one of the lead
ing citizens In efilgy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-04

A KANSAS FARMER MURDERED
IN HIS OWN HOUSE.
shot Down by Masked Wen for steal
Ing wheat for Mysterious
Murder Near Mitchell, Ind.

Topeka, Kan, telegram: Gov. Hum
phrey has offered "A reward offs 90 Tor the
arrest and conviction OF each of the muir
derers of Thomas Duncan, q settler living
I'm Cheyenne county dug out. The muir
der was comm tied March 16, but tic let
ter OF tho prosecuting attorney TO the
governor gave the first details aud con
firmed the many stories OF White Cap
outrages which have recently come from
the extreme northwestern part OF the
State.
For some weeks past there have been
rumors in Topeka of White Cap punish
ments in the sparsely settled outlying
counties OF the State, but they ave eked
official confirmation and no further atten-
ton was paid TO them
According 90 the present attorneys let
ter Duncan was accused OF pilfcring grain
in small quantities from his neighbors in
order TO get IA sufficient amount of seed TO
plant his spring crops. Two days before
the killing occurred one OF the neighbors
potitively identified Duncan as he was
making his way from n grain bin.
The neighbors were informed and about
S O'Clock ON the evening of March III
about twenty men with white-cap masks
rode up 20 Duncan's house and were met
at the door by his wife. The victim had
heard them coming and had crawled into
n storage-room leading from his sod
house. The white caps started 90 raze the
house. and Duncan announced that he
would come out. He started TO go into
his yard, when fire was opened on him.
One bullet pierced his heart and another
his right side. The men rode on leaving
their victim lying across the threshold OF
his own house.