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Evening journal., 1894-05-04

PHILADELPHIA. TWENTY = FOURTH
AID QhEslNud I SIS Week days 5 u s o. "A
mi ll2 "a. p. 2la 3 30, 90, % 35, 81, " 80.
S sandsss % is "a 10 si.6@. 75o 900, 10 %. IL 40
ui 4 25, y 40, $50, 455, b 35, 63i. y 80,
PiHiii2,bksLPfHfiA, liz, B ia TWELFTH AND MAR
i8 40, llO a8, mn; " 40. 1 z 81. nj 90 pm,
PHILADELPHIA, Sundays, % %, i6 q, no "a
NJ; " 40, " @. ill % pm, -. 80
90, t6 fO qi5, 1913, no 8s li b0e m; %. " le.
3 30 b5. l5 rs, 81, " 30 25, 10 90, lll 90
,,S Chester le e sundays y e3 ,SSl s' 9o
" 80, s2i. 10 On. IN 10 y m.
Atlantic city, week days. l78a M; 24s.
p mi Sundays @ li,; 55; ,lr N; 3 lI4sRR y 44ssRRm.
Baltimore and Washington, week days
n AZ, 02, IS AZ. m; ii2 10, %, oA tfI
s ~ y N. N he s 3 Ss AZ o. SuEaGgf n W x r. Il IA s s % S
Baltimore and Way Stations, 7@ am.st5
Neyasrlss' Del, week days, A45, 5os = -
m. sundays "a AZ. 2 o. IS AZ I'm. fl2 TO- Z 0i.
"A AZ, 7liS, So l2, 80 80. n 10 . m.
pittshurg, 's AZ a IN, "A AZ M, daily,
Chicago IS AZ, M "a AZ, p m, daily.
Cincinnati and st. Louis. fl2 10 daily
20 5s M, daily except Sunday; 80 30 Sunday
New Orleans. via Bristol and Chattanooga
IS u m, daily. Through sleeper to New Or
singerly accommodation. 7oaam. 8O5. ? ss
Tandenbere accommodation. week day,
Z o., II % a m; 2 % and AZ D IN. SUNDAYS. . %
Trains leave Market street station:
| For New York, week days, ~ 40 m,
a m; lh, 45 p m. Sundays, $50. Ia; %,
iF For baltimore, week days. $50 m;
For Lsndenberg and way stations. +. eek
days, 8 90; 1850 a m; 55, 81 % pm. sundays.
LEAVE " PHiLADELPHIA, TWENTY
| FOURTH AND CHEsTNUr Sis, FOR
| week days,i4 05, 0O0,I -, Is 10,
| 100, ~ ~ a nj Y 20 noon; q 35, ~ 90, zgo
l6 = 10, 90 80 90, 50 II, 30, 10 40, b. " ad,
sundays. "A o5. %, fsl5. $40, 1000, 81 AZ a
mi lsV9 ~. noon aSg ~ SA ko9 10 ~ toO'
LEAVE TWELFTH AND MAItkET SIS-
Weeks day, ,5 i5, 81 90. ill "a, ~; ~ 81,
- %. IS i6 3 ~. Sundays, 70 %, " 5. I'll %
a m; SO "a, 81 22. 80 5s pm.
| Telephone No 1873.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
| other line. q. ID. SCULL, Gen'l Pass Agent.
II. B. OAMPBhLL. General Manager.
congressional Limited Express trains COM
posed entirely Of Pullman Nesubule Parlor
and Dining Cars. Noextra fare.
man Vesiibu Parlor Cars. Nostibule Pas
senger Coaches and Dining Cars. No extra
fRichmond and DanviIs ExpEess. Cso
| coachea.l
| tDining Car attached
| 8. M. PROVOST. J. r. WOOD,
General Manager General PASSENGER Agt.
WILMINGTON AND NORTH EBN RAIL-
w ROAD. Time table in effect Novembe
18th. 1893.
Trains leave Wilmington. French street
| station, for b. a. d. junction, Montchanin,
| Wi terthur, GuyencOurt, ,.GIeanoFue COseart,
Chadds' Ford Junction. FocopsOn, West
Chester, kmbreeyille. Mortonvine, Coates
vile and intermediate stations, daily, except
sunday. at 30 m. %, 4 i5 ard B b p M;
Sunday only at O a m; IS, 4 % j IN.
For Waynesburg Junction, Springfield and
intermediate stations, daily. except sunday,
at 35 a m. 3 81 and 35 p M. Sundays only at
| s or m. I 10 and 30 p m.
For Joanna, Birdsboro, Reading and inter-
mediate stations. daily, except sunday. at
735 m and 30 p m. sunday only at VI q
IN and 10 m.
Al. q. McCAUsLAND. Superintendent.
| BOWNESS BRIGGS. Gen. PASSENGER Agent.
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

Fly screens for 25 cents.
Screen doors 81 at Patterson's hard
ware store, No. 525 Madison street.
n B Rubber hose 10 cents per foot.
Ten inch lawn mowers, $3.25.
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snERIrF,s sALrs.

- GHERiFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE or A
- Of Levarl Faciss 10 me directed. will
be exposed TO public sale at the Court House
on Market street, between zenith aud Elev-
enth streets, In the city OF Wilmington, New
Castle county, Delaware,
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ON SATURDAY,
THE 18TH DAY OF MAY, 1894.

AT O'Clock p. M,
The following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot OF parcel of land situate
IN the town OF Middletown. ST.. GvOrges hum
dred, New Castle county and state Of Della
ware, bounded and described as fOllows,tO wit;
Beginningat the fOutheaHterly curb linc.C
ner for Green and Church streets, and running
thence with snid Church street southwardly
300 feet 10 point inthe intersection of Church
and Cochran streets; thence with the rb
line OF cochran street In an easterly direction
III feet 70 "a corner for lands OF William Green;
thence northwardlv $40 feet 90 a point In the
curb line Of said Green street; thence with
said curb line westwardly ~ feet TO the place
of beginning. containing E,lOO square feet Of
land, more ur less, with "a two-stOry frame
dwelling and stable thereon erected.
Seized aud taken in execution as the
property of william k. Lockwood. and to be
sold by pEtRCE GOULD. sheriff.
sherin's Ohice, Wilmington, Del, April
"a. 1874.
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CHERIFFs SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
- writ OF NenditiOne ExpOnas 10 me
directed. viii ho exposed TO public sale at the
hotel OF Armstrong a Sparks in MiddletOwn,
IN St. Georges hundred, New Castle county,
Dell
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Go to Wilmington Photograph Company
No 3113 Market street % cents per doz
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ON SATURDAY,
THE i2rH DAY OF MAY, 1894
at2o'clock, m.

az . - AiNihf D. lNss
The foil wing described real estate. viz.
All those two certain lots or parcels of land
zach with n twO-sforv brick dwcllinc-h house
thereon erected, situated in the city OF VIII
ininston aforesaid, bounded and de cribed AS
No. I. Beginning at a point on the eastoriy
eiue OF Poplar street the distance of nfty-
eight feet six inches suutherlv from the
middle or the party wall between this and the
adjoining house on the norths thence caatcrly
parallel with Twelfth street and passing
through the middle OF said party wall sey-
entN'two feet 90 the westerly side of an alley
three feet six inches wide, thence aoutheriy
and parallel 10 Poplar street. partly along
side OF said alley aud partly along the head
of q ive-feet Wide alley, fourteen feet ie "a
cntnor; thcn westerly parallel with Twelfth
Street and passing through the centre Of the
party wall between this aud the adjoining
house on the south seventy-two feet 10 the
aforesaid side Of Poplar street, and thence
thereby northerly fourteen feet 90 the place
OF beginning; De the contents thereof what
they may. With the free use and privilege
OF said alleys In common with others thereto
entitled forever. under and subject nevorthU-
less TO an equitable share OF the costs, chargca
and expenses OF keeping said alleys In repair.
No. s-hcFnning at point on tho
northerly side of Seventh street Rt the dis
.aii,e 9i lnirty tnfee rect westerly from the
westerly side of Jacks street, thence
noftnerly parallel To Jackson street and paeh-
I ing through the centre of the party wall be-
tween this and the adjoining house on the
east seventy teot, 90 the southerly side of All
eight feet wide "a ley running parallel with
! seventh street into jackson street: thence
westerly hg said alley side fourteen feet 10 a
corners thence southerly. parallel with Jack
son street and the first mentioned line add
| pht7ing Through the centre of the party wall
between TINS and the adjoining house on the
west seventy feet 10 the said northerly side
OF seventh street, and thence thereby east
/ erlN fourteen feet 10 the place OF beginning.
be the contents thereof whnt they may
/ with the free use and privilege of said alley
10 common with others entitled thereto for
ever. Subject nevertheless 20 an equitable
share OF the costs, charges and expenses of
keeping said alley in repair.
N. u Lot No. released
Seized and taken Ia execution as thu
property of Harlan Cause and tllen G.. Cause
4 his wife, lnortgagura and Security Trust and
| SnteDeposit COmunnv, {. l. ~. and 20 Dee sold b,
PIERCE GOULD. sheriff.
1894.
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LaCGS.

Another item of interest.
Just a few prices for the pres
ent-White and Ecru, Point
de-island-prices ranging from
&C., Ioc., I2%c, I5c., ISc.
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NN IN 4 hbhlt
THE 18TH DAY OF MAY, 1894,
at 2 o'clock p. m

Nt O'CLOCK n. M.
The following described real estate. vizi
. All that certain lot oi land and thrce-story
brick dwelling thereon erected. situate ga the
city Of Wilmington. bounded and described
as follows, 20 wit; Beginning on the south
one hundred and forty. seven feet westerly
from the westerly eide of Adams street,;
thence s0utheriy and parallel with Adams
street and through the middle OF the division
wall of this ana the adjoining house on the
east onf hundred feet TO corner; thence
westerly and parallel with Ninth street twen-
ty-thrre feet 10 another corner; thence north
erly aud parallel with Adams street one hun-
dred feet 90 the aforesaid aido Of Ninth street
aud thence thereby eastfrly twenty-three
feet 90 the place of beginning.
Seized end taken In execution ns the prop.
erty of jackson and sharp Company and
Eugene ID. Messick and Martha }. Messick
it's, and 20 bee sold by
PIERCE GOULD, Sheriff
SHERIFF. Onlce, Wilmington, Del, April -
1898.
This real estate is sold as the
property of Eugene d. Mes
sick. The Jackson & Sharp
Company has no interest there
in, being joined in the pro-
ceedings as a necessary party
only as a former owner at the
time the mortage was made.
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

DR.. and Mrs. w. II. Hancker Entertain
the Trustees and Their Wives at Din
ner-The First visit of the WIFE other
Events OF Interest to WILMINGTON
Readers.
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

- HERIFFS SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A
- writ of Levari faCias 20 me directed, will
be- exposed 90 public taie at the Court House.
nn atket street, between Tenth and Flew
enih streets, Ia the city az Wilmington, New
castle county, state of Delaware,
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

BANKIN0 Avn FINANoIAL.
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

DAiiriMOhE n
ID OHIO RAIL
ROAD. schedule IN
effect Fob. Is, 1894.
Trains leave Della
ware Avenue Depot
East Bound.
iorf Express trains,
New York. week
days, % Oh. 90 2li7 90,
lH 20. ilO6bR m; il2 "a
" 40, % 3l, VI de.ul 90
p. m. Sundays, i3 90,
10 n $40 30 a m;l2 40,
l5 35 NJ 30, IN 90 d M.
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

John Pilllng, Jr and wife, of Newark,
are registered at the Clayton House.
Evening journal., 1894-05-04

The last social Of the season Of the
Railroad Employees Social Club viii be
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17

Portable enough In the Comets brig,
an now here was a-sittin' astriae a
bloody old sea hog, with my head an
shoulders just above water, a-kitin'
along the lonesome, dark waters with
nary log to get my knots an nary q
beacon light to tell where my harbor
was. On tore that bloomin' hog
with the spray all a-dashin' in my face
until thought my eyes was pickled.
But all things have an end, as the
monkey says when the crocodile bit of
his tail, and when the daylight come
see little island standin' close off our
port bow; captain sea hog makes his
observation at the same time, an off
he starts on q starboard tack, but
bein' sort Of 'fraid about intrudin' my
presence on him any longer, slips of
his back an makes by swimmin' for
the island. which l reached in msyhap
an hour. But no sooner had l looked
around an taken my bearin's than l
said to myself: Clap on all sail, you
twisted marlin spike, and pull off, for
as sure as duff is duff the bloomin'
snakes will make a bloody fine meal
off you for salt horse For, sir, give
you my word as truthful sailorman,
that island was jest crammed full O.
snakes, big snakes, little snakes, and
Jest snakes, snakes. all punched an
squirming about as if they didn't know
whose tails belonged to which. They
was SO busy among themselves they
didn't notice me, but knew, as soon
as they got untangled, there wouldn't
be enough of Bloody Bill to put in a
scuttle butt. Nateral-like, / didn't
want that, so casts my weather eye
about until claps 1t ON q bamboo
clump agrowing near the water. With
my knife, cuts enough bamboo tc
make fair-sized raft, but arter did
that l found l had no tackle to lash the
logs together with. Like the lady in
the book You give me last week, L
liked to weep with despair, when sud-
den-like thought of the snakes, an
runnin' to where they all squirmed an
twisted, grabbed five long ones by
their tails; pullin' away hard got 'em
from the rest O. the tangle an runnin'
back to my logs got me logs in shape,
and lashed 'em firm like together with
the snakes.
well, l launched my craft, the wa
ter only maxim the snakes curl tight
er, and riggin' up my shirt as a sail,
steered due east, takin' bearin's by the
sun. My only grub was a little hard
tack had in my peacoat, and my only
water little grog in my flask.
sailed an sailed an sailed. until
begun to think I'd wear the bottom
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17

OF THAT wATERSPOUT."
touched the bloody blazin' wall at my
side, but didn't feel no fire at all, but
all my hand seemed TO be covered with
the same fire which didn't leave no
more feelin' than so much slush. Well,
Sir, that bloomin' stuff was nothin' but
the phosphorus you see in the ocean
at your wake; just plain phosphorus,
an that big cave, every square inch of
it, was covered with that bloomin'
blazin' phosphorus. Even the river
was the same stuff, an thought to
myself as looked: Here's a rum go,
for young Bloody Bill to be standin' in
the place where all the phosphorus
comes from. a-feelin' an a-seein' of it,
with the old Comet clipping along per
haps a hundred miles above his head
An you should have seed what was
hoatin' down that bloomin' river! Shells,
sir! TREMENDOUS shells, sir Shells as
big as the after-hatch was there, with
now an then Portuguese men-o'war-
nautiluses, mayhap you call 'em-as
big as the dingy, with all their feelers
and sails out, just as you see 'em float
by at sea, only, as tell you, as big as
the dingy. Bein' as how l was tired o.
walkin' and crawlin', l determined to
make . wage in one o. the bloody
things; SO carefully pickin' my way
down the precipice, l got to the river,
an layin' hold o one of 'en, climbed in
an was sailin' down that bloomin'
river as happy as you please, Tor there
were plenty O. mussels an oysters
clinging to the shell which served me
well enough for grub. l slept often,
an each time I'd wake I'd find myself
in crszier place than the one before.
You'd hardly believe me, sir, if was
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17
whirlpocls funnel, which must have

whirlpooYs funnel, which must have
come together some place beneath it.
Gas l said, this here whirlpool, this
buster, had this bloody crag comm
ont through, an thinkin' might find
q better restin' place than on that
bloomin' wet seaweed, which of the
dampness was already givin' me symp-
tonians of cold, burrowed down
through it close to the rock, and was
more'n surprised to find. half choked
by the weed, the openin' Of a dark pas
sage way. I wriggled in it. and as
went along, it come to be broader an
higher, till at last / could walk up
straight on my legs AS walked, the
whirlpool's bloody old believing got
stiller an stiller, till ! couldn't hear
nothing but my own feet steps. 1t was
very lonesome like, walkin' along in
that dark passage 80 many miles under
the sea, an was almost goin' again
for to give way to despair, when see
afore me little CLINT O light. begin
to run then, an as run the light be-
came bigger until tumbled out into
the middle Of it.
''As an honest sailorman, I can only
say that never before, or never arter,
have ! seen such a sight as met my
bloomin' eyes when got enough used
to the light to open them. There,
reaching afore me. as far as 1 could
see, was q tremendous cavern. all
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17

bIoomin' hair, an then scuttle UsSay- as
! would call to them; the bloody old
devil-fshes, all in q bloomin' tanEle
with themselves; the tremendous star
fishes as big as mainsail clingin' to
the walls-oh, it was a wonderful
sight, sir, an one shall never forget!
Well, sir, l was that dazed that
never thought where 1 was a-comin'
to, when one day fmayhap it was
night, though, for it was all the same
to me) heard a lot o quick. sharp re-
ports just like our little gatling gun
aft there when she's speakin' in a
hurry, an the water began to jump
an spout in places as though some one
was sittin' on the bottom an shootin'
a squirt gun up at the surface. The
reports got thicker an louder, an the
jets O water higher an stronger.
Billy, my boy says l. there's trouble
goin' on below. an if you don't look
sharp you'll be in it.
'.Them's the identical words l saws
an no sooner had.I said 'em, than sure
enough there was bucket O. trouble
First came one bang an spout which
capsized my craft an spilled me in the
water No sooner had I stopped
spoutin' the bloomin' fire, than
there was one most outrageous noise.
All the cavern seemed to fall outward.
The sea come runnin' and jumpin' in,
the roof blew off and great, bloody,
bloomin.. -blazin' spout @ water burst
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17

surfer material when You think how
fast we was goin'," he answered. Il
can tell you something wonderfuller
than that" he continued, dropping his
voice to an impressive whisper, "'bout
me and when went down to the bot
tom of the sea an staid there for nigh
onto six days"
.Impossible." said, with startled
voice, You really don't mean that, do
you, Bill?'
''When | says thing, I means it,"
bottom of the bloody sea an staid
there for six days"
That is very remarkable" said. 81
never heard Of such a thing"
Well" said Bill, slowly, as he
whitfield off few shavings from his
plug of navy, Il amt much of yarn
spinner, bein' as how i sorter hate to
talk about myself, but if you wait till
get my bloody old pipe filed I'll tell
it to you the best know how.
"'Way back in 40 when | was a gay
slip of lad an ready Tor anything I
shipped on the Yankee clipper ship
Comet which piled between New York
and Frisco. The hawse-holes on
board the Comet was as big as gun
port, and when had nothing to do
and was tired of myself ulster hang
out of the hawse-hole and watch the
Comets stern a-cutting through the
water like six-inch she'll riclxeting
over the swells. Many'sa time hung
out the hawsc-hole an watched the
bloonin' backs 'gainst the Comets
btern-you've seen 'em mayhap, your
self, sir?" he inquired.
''If you mean the porpoises racing
alongside and just abow the ship,
have" replied.
Yes. them's wot I mean" he con-
tinued: sea hogs sailormen call them.
Well, as | said, the bloomin' beggars
uster come up every night an race
water so as to get a good scratchin'
from the ship as she tumbled along
srter EN-. One night. as | was feelin'
particularly desperate. an hung out
watchin' EN-. ! took notice o one mon
strous big sea hog which cavorted along
as II he was old Davy Jones himself
Says l to myself. as l watched his big
bloomin' back keep along so steady be-
low me. SAYS l TO myself, / say: old
feler, Id just like to drop on your
back and take ride on YOU saws I,
an eein, as say, young spark with
out much sense, no sooner had saws
that to myself that saws again to nv
self: Blow me if don't do itrn
MOP" l cried.
''Yes," answered Bill. an I'm
blowed if no sooner nor I'd said il. 10
! hadn't squeezed out through the
hawse-hole on to the jib STAYS to the
dolphin striker, an the next minute
I'd dropped down all astride or to tha,
bloody old sea hog! Well, sir, you'd
cave laughed to see that old sea hog
jump. Jump? Why, the bloomin' beg
gar almost jumped out o his bloody
skin. an ii l hadn't a-dug my heels
under his fms an my hands in his gills
he'd have thrown me afore you could
say Jack Robinson" Then off he
started on long port tack. so fast
that the water burned my legs. until
the lights of the Comet was doused en-
tirely. You may well look surprised,
slr: was myself. To think that few
minutes store ! had heen safe and com.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17

up right under me. and snot up, up, up.
with me on top, it's bloomin' force cut
tim through the bloody ocean like a
knife through cheese. don't know
how long kept goin' up; pretty near
an hour, guess, an mighty uncom-
Portable hour it was. with me boldin'
my breath all the time.
"All at onct, just before I was again
about to give myself up to despair, the
bloomin' thing burst through the
bloody oceans top, an with me on top,
like ball on top one O those juggler
feller's feet, that bloody waterspout
tried to reach the bloomin' sun! You
can imagine, sir, as how l felt very
queer lyin' so comfortable like on top
o. that waterspout, with all the bloom
in ocean at the other end, but just as 1
was gettin' nervous like that mayhap
that bloody old waterspout would
reach the sun, heard gun fired, and
looked just in time to see a clipper ship
'standin' off from the spout. / hadn't
more nor time to wonder what ship she
was when shot struck the spout, an
the next minute it had dropped. busted
to smithereens an left me swimmin' in
the ocean. Raisin' myself high in the
water. / hailed the clipper, but she
was out O hearin'. l didn't know wot
to do then, bein' as how / was too tired
to swim, when all at onct dead fish be-
gan to come to the surface-thousands
of 'em, millions of email killed,
s'pose, by the bloomin' explosion
which sent me from below, but bein'
as ain't t no scientist l can't positively
say as to how they died; but there
they was, so thick for a mile that all
had to do was to climb up on them,
an run from fish to fish as easy as if
was runnin' along this very deck. As
I run I waved my hands, an the clip
per seein' me put off boat to where
the fish ended and waited for me to
come up.
Imagine my surprise and delight,
sir, when 1 found that ship to be the
identical one l had left eight days be
fore! Yes, sir. it was the old Comet.
and you may believe my mates were
glad enough to see me, bein' as how
they thought I'd fallen through the
hawse-hole an been snapped Up By
sharks. Only eight days away, but. I
tell you, sir, it seemed like year"
STEVENS VAN.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17

off my raft, but nary a sail did speak.
One day | had the misfortune to lose
my safl, for a bloody old bos'n's bird
and prob'bly thinkin. it was a new
sort O. fish swooped down and carried
the bloomin' sail way up again with
him. He dropped it arterward when
he found out his mistake, but too far
away for me to get it. / pretty near
gave up then, with nary rag to keep
my steerage way; but as l looked de-
spairing-like Chats pretty word the
lady used, l kinder like it): l saw that
the bloody old raft was goin' along as
well without sail as she'd done with
one! Here was rum go, thought Il
wot's givin' me all this bloomin' wayi
An, I'll give you my divy, if while ]
looked the bloody raft didn't keep a
goin' faster an faster, the remarlxa.
blest part of it bein' as all the drift an
seaweed was goin' the same pace. I'm
in a current says I, but not current,
says L; no bloomin' current chases
along at a ten-knot gait for that's wot
l was a-goin' at, an goin' faster all the
time.
Then / knew where / was at, why
was goin' SO fast an why all tina,
drift was comm from all directions! ]
had been caught by the current of
tremendous whirlpool, an even then l
could not see in the distance the great
cloud o spray it caused an hear iti
terrible roar.
"Seein' myself so close, an almos,
goin' ont O my head with 'mazement,
l give one powerful screech an
jumped plumb amidships into that
bloody hole in the bloomin' sea. Faui
Well, you might better believe it! j
fell, an fell until thought I'd falleB
through to Inja. but never drop o
water touched me, though could see
the bloomin' walls of 1t all around me
all filled with the twistin', twirlin' mas,
o. wreckage. Arter had fallen. for nigt
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17
Like a Frenchmaa.

The Boston Courier has new story
CT French politenes;- At an evening
Gathering the subj ct of ladies' ages
came up.
And how old should you take me to
be?" asked fnelooking dame of the
gentleman at her side.
Pardon, madame, but l cannot
guess" he answered.
Then. monsieur. / will tell you.
Yesterday was my birthday, and l am
just
Indeed. but you don't look it, said
the gallant gentleman. with an elo-
quent shrug breaking in upon her be-
fore she could finish the sentence