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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-03-30
RICH BONDHOLDERS.

Names of These FayOrites of Fortune
Kept Secret ny the Treasury.
The millionaire is commonly repre-
sented as engaged in clipping coupons
from bonds. This is an eggregious
error. Rich naa, as rule. do not
hold coupon bonds. Thea reason is
quite obvious. Such bonds are not
safe properly. They are always pay
able to bearer. Ike treasury notes. IL
lost the government will not replace
them. Accord ngly, for the sake Of
security, people are constantly ex.
ch angling them for registered bonds
Thus the sum total of coupon bonts
outstanding. which is now about
$40, ,O0O. .030, is al thA t:lnA dim ;nishing.
TkAy are mostly in the hands of small
holders. With the regi$t ,red bonds it
is quite different. They are rich mems
property par excellence. At present
about 500, 0oO, 900 worth of them are
held by rrivate individuals. OF this
great sum $4,000 600, or not far from
onc-haif, are ownel bys 1.Oo1 persons,
roughly speaking, whose holdings
average $50. O0a.a The names CT these
fortunate Individuals are kept secret
by the treasury. Some of the fortunes
possessed in this snaps are enormous.
Some of the greatest belong to the
Vanderbilts. Old William II. Wander
bilt had SIC ,O00, $50 in registered bonds
mt one time. # @sas aszs e
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-03-30
HEART DISEASE

There Is HOpe for Those AfIicteI with no
IL Thsy Take COnrag>. ys
Let those who are haunted WI a
suspicious of heart disease, and even
those who have COOL reason to xnow
that they are suffering from that in
,urable malady. ta1xe courage from a
short story told by the late SIR Andrew
Clark in the course of clinical lecture
~ the London hospital. s@Ta
After reminllng the young students
Of the necessity for caution in the
'prognosis.n or forecast of the pro-
gress of this disease, Sir Andrew went
On to relate an anecdote of the house
governor of that very hosp tal-a cler-
gyman who was about to be married.
His intended father-.n-law came to
him and said, You see you have got
no money. sir; you must go anl get
your life insured" At the end of the
medical exam nation the physiciana
said to him: I'VE cannot accept you"
"Why?" asked the astonished house
governor. ''Oh, we would rather not
say" "Bat," he said, ''I have never
been i'll in my life," and indeed he
was sturdy fellow. stHHeH." said the
physicians, ''if you will have il you
have got heart disease" .'Heart dis
ease? How long s'laIl live? Shall I
I've for six monshs?'" at0a, yes" re-
piled the medical men, ''yOu may do
that" eas 6,.sss ad Az-~
He west home and the match was
broken off. He wrote to the commit
tee saying that as he had a mortal dis
ease of the heart. and coul1 mot ftwe
for six months. he withdrew his appli-s
cation for rooms wherein Go dzwal1
with his wife. On the receipt of this
letter the COMMITTEES deiiberated. snds
said: A'+We must superannuate him,
poor fellow: aud.las he has bat ak
monthsstl laye, s%e w4l let HIN have
his full par sAe ,s1r In si; .ile F-vars sGa-.
pcraanuated upon his fall paw. anil
upon this sap aranauity, sad SIR An
drew. h. Tired for more than Atty
years.
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Pointed.

Clergy men are snppos ID to have q
peculiar tai Mt for Improving the 'oc- !
casion One of them did tn 3 lat
aevvitty, and. lrt us hope. an edifying
manner: In early life hs had met with
On. accident which left him with 3 I
broken nose, aleformity. about which,
In spite of his pIcty. he was known TO
bs little sensitive. 0ae day news4
inquirer propeanded. the old question: |
s'How happened yon to break your |
nose?" The minister answered sot-#
emn1y: $40 tell the truth nay ffionsl.
the accident was caused by Eay poleing.5
mg nose into ether people business . |
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AND " WASN'T REAL. q

hut the Young Lady Did Not Know He
and There Was Scene.
Those little patent affairs which
are the latest in toydom are destined
to create a great dcal@of- excitement
along crowded city thoroughfares.
One daF last weeks for instance
there was a group Of male pedestrians
gathered in close ranks with crSned
necSs abontsa fakir on a Chicago
street.
A :resh-faced, pretty girl in a big
hat and stylish wrap sailed jauntily
down the street, the embodiment of
brave and independent w0manhood.s S
This dauRtless young woman al
bowed her way ahead through the
crowd and glanced casually at thu.
fakir with little superc:liou smile,
which included the group of curious
loiterers.
Suddenly the group was &gstatad-
and swayeds in from the cnrhs and o.
small dark. object scnrried across the
pavement.
q "O-w!''
"A distinctly feminine scream smote
the circunamo:ent air and the brave
yonng woman, her eyes d.stenIed oy
terror, grabbed at her skirts with
both hands and sprang into the mid
die of the street. recklessly under the
very nose of a herdic horse. The
herdic driver said som eth ng emphatic;
the men on the pavement grinned;
the falSir dangled his patent gray
mouse and expat:ateds On its resem-
bla@ce to the real thing, and the.
yoa,n7r woman made a wade ciceuits of
the fal5,r's corner ant dived into the
crowd skurr. ing down Wa4hiDgton
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..sssza MAS cHAIRE D
Under tho Cir-umstlnrsI, tho Young
Man Was Rather Stuck ON Et.


Man Was Rather Stuck ON EE.
At the home of a popular Louisville
girl a m7st nnc orn sorsabfss half no ars
was recently spent by o. modest youth
who had called to see her. The youth
is noted for bash fulness and n srEo1a-,
ness The nigat in quss ton ha w ant
with fr:e1 to the Z ri's house. He
took a con -orsao!e SCAT in a large
armchair, AMI. as vas his habit, soon
began to nervoasp poke his fingers
into cracks al lIolos of the osna n N
tai part of=athes chair IIe Showed
his ffnger int 81 holoe IN this
manner. but found to IA disnay that
his knuck,e posit:vcly &c fusaa TO come
back through the 7hos.. Tbs NOR e
the young man worked to rescue his
finger the harier It lvai, as til. finger
became swollen. +ae "a,
The youth WIS too gbashful to mon
tion the ridiculous p-edicament into
which he had gotten himself, but
manfully lore the pain in silence. He
suffered uatol agoa9 Tor fear his
friend would 20 before he released
his finger. Finally the hostess n oticsd
his apparent uneasiness. rhe youth
with manJ Bushes thea tolt tao
cause. 1t was not until half an hour
later that the bashful youth and tho
chair parted company. The butler
finally suc:ce1e1 in releasing the I'm
ger with tile aid of a hatehet and
chisel, but the han isone char is n
thing of the nast. ~ Esesr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-03-30

1t may surprise the reader who Is .
little rusty on gcography 20 be In
formed that there Gre over 800 noun.
tains ON the North American conein-
ema that are over ID a0a feet in height,
bat such Is the case. In Alaska alone
there arc s-or.ss uf them. ana nss less
tssst,i 6rc q ,ls.at boecal regi0a exceed
Ia - fett
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-03-30
BUSH JUSTICE.
The Judges Isitagreetl ant So the sErIs-
5aM annnn Mani Erca.

The Jalges Isisagreetl ant SO the PrIs-
8@ ss g gonor Teus Free Sass sgo.
'sss There is very go d story going
the rounds respecting s'bn II jus tice ~
II it is not true II ought to be-. An
Australian Rum-di;ger had been ac-s
cusei by store zee Der of larceny of
some gun, The accused was brought
up at an improvised court in pub.
Three Justices sat in row at one end
of the room. the prisoner. constable
and prosecutor At the other. After
hearing the evidence one of the JUS.
tices, after looking at. the. justices
guide. said to the prisoner: a@ "a
1--WE find You guilty; sixlnonthss
hard" vs a8
No. . chimcd in with, you've read
the wrong pas.; it should bs paga-
and three months" while No dis
sen led from both wards, anstssaid that
under page-the eorrsct scatense was
a month ss.-z ~ .s-.-ss.
II won't have month";" said the
storclteei cr, ''it's not gopd enoughr's
''Silence in the court. ~ roared the
SWELL. then ] with .lraw. the case"
said, the prosecutor. Case accordingly
withdrawn. The storekeepe<, it is
said got the gum-diggcr into the back
ward and hammered him. Feeling
somew hat ltisfied thens he gave the
gum-diggcr one pound note as .
shinplaster,. and SO the affair ended.
81 r
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sT1Gn RrD H0Ua



fM@ Rnm01n MouNe Of NA3aiaM ~
shorna VIII ~ 1ssatofea
The Little Red 1Eause. I'd Itch
Nathaniel Hawfhornc wrote gie~
wood Tales, - House o ven
Gables" and otl ies, is 6 re-
stored For ms S the use,
which Is situa the s ) OF
Stockbridge 80 r the rth-
western end, I'D sIosed the
public. sEe
N desire from tE ~ and Ary
people to see it " in
charge of an old and wa Ted
almost daily throng kout the klner
and autumn season. The house was
destroyed by fire sometime Il 20 and all
that remains is the fou I'd ltion an q
@Art Of The old fasii haea eKEEnneysakE g.
d 6nsaAe south Side nf the highsTays
leading toward Stoclkbridge from Len
nox, Mass
Many relics, pieces of brick and
sawaY every yer ~ tn nuu1AroEe
eairioeikz eeaseF There pGpple
now 1fvfng VINO know when the Rouse
was hnlSheo, ana there are records
showing the room in which Hawthorne
wrote his famous works while living
there.
Thara are svers smsns houses
within r.ldiusppf af6sx mites ncluJ-
ing th Pfunkstt hpass ID lslsB .aelass
fvhich bon owns da Iaoua 81
his pOe1n. the "old Cloek en the
StaiT. & the house 81 E1srnen d Ietville.
nov OF ,rinerly owned BY 60 oncl
La hers, of New York: The PERCH"
where Fanny Kemble resided in
J4euoxsehe Sedgwiels anansion in Stock
bridge and the Bryant house in Great.
Darlington. All these are standing.
The people feel that q restor 1tion OF
the little Red. House would be 4
valuable and Inter esting additfcn TO
the number.
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TIE EIGHT KIND.
There Was no honsenss .4hoa. That Boz.
- lie Neant EusIness.

He Meant Business.
The merchant had arrived at his oil.
dce as early as : o'c1ocx. aa1 -iye min
utes. after he sal down to his desk a
foxy-looking, @br;gltface1 boy cam )
in. The merchant was reading and
the boy, with his hat OF, stood there
expectantly. but SAYING nothing. At
the end of two minutes he coughed
slightly and spoke.
Excuse m ], SIR he said, '.but I'm
in q hurry. --..r
The merchant looked up. sAs
sa ''What do you want?' he asked.
as 81 want O jo5 if you've got ons for
me- .5 e... -g .-
"oh, you do?" sn orted th, m .r:hant.
"Well, what ars you in such a hurry
sbout?'
i've got to l,c, that's why, was the
sharp response. 81 left school yes
terday evening 10 60 to wo=h ani 4
haven't got a piacs syst. AMI can't Gf-
ford TO boswlst n9 tim y II you can't
do anything for ms. say so an / IN
skip The OF y place where can stop
long In is ths place whers thay pay
me- for It," "a sa4ss az = ee
The merchant loo,Sel at the clock
when can yea CO naan h9 asksd.
3 81 don't have to co.ne,' replied ths
youngster, I'm hers now AMI I'd been
at work before this II you said sos''
Half an hour later he wa ut sis and
he's likely to havs a JOB as loa3 aa, he
wants IL,
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A Floating Island.

A floating islanl about thirty miles
long and broa1, covered with trees
from thirty feet 70 ferty feet high.
which is suppose l to rbe a detached
fragment of Sonth Amsrica, h>lds to-
gether BY the roots of its trees, has
been met with in the Atlantic several
times since last year. Il was first
Uighted on 18th Of July, 1898, in
latitude thirty nins degrees North
longitude sfxty-fiv degrees West, and
the last time ON the 18th OF Febu-
ary. having travelled !, ,075 miles nearer
Europe. as.#s e9H S. as8 o.
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stakes That Led 1wo Aaans a slsnl
4 Hand Instead OF Ton; yues.
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sAaMmL LANouAos USELESS.


Aastalxes That led 1wo Aanns o. ssns
Hand Ins,oad Of Tom ues.
jones went out e. the boston deaf
and dumb asylum to inspect the ms l.
tuition. On entering he met man,
evidently an ninHatssRnlfh fhs at once en-
deavoreds TO explain to the man BY
making signs upoa us myers hat he
wanted to Look througi tie place.
The man also made signs wfi h Jones
could not com rehSnd. T tef sJo.ses
made other an more elaborate ND
lions, witch set the man at work with
greater Eiolenae. andsfor the next half
hour they stood in the hall gesticulat-
ing and twisking tAe, ingcFa without
either being bic q com rchendsw
the other mea nk Fin lily Jones 6ecasnes
angry, and fn al oatbu: s. "a wrath
exciainaa:
''Oh, get out, you idiot. Tn tireo
of bothering with you.'
Thcreupol the. mIn said, 's.rhars
just what I was going TO say aBout
yon.''sss S8@8sa s. 81 - s@ssa @sA
'Oh, you can speak .scAn You? Then
why in thunder dldn't you say SO aud
not keep me standing here motioning
to you? II th hit yousgqere deafsan1
dumb = #
And 7 thougl,t you wer,..'' said The
II came here to inspect the asylum"
said Jones. and 4 took. you forsappa-
tient'' 50 ZFEs@ssF
ssThat's whatI came here for. and
thought you were an attendant"
said the man. EGGS 4S&f ssS
Here Jones and the mnn shook
hands aad hunted up a genuine at
t,ndant and went away happy.
After this. Jones w II .liw,y, uss his
toague first. no matter wh re he is.
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snlithing

Bl9cksmithi1g AMI horse shoe
ing speciality. Guarantees ftO
stop interfering, cver.reaching
or clicking. Quartz r-cracks and
corns sac.esafuily treated.
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4 Senator sOrman.s- Weaknesa.a

ssen@terssioa maaa il s5yerys free from
the weakn sssAs thai sbsset the erdi-s
nary indisidnals bat be- has one dis
tinet falling. He id IN sinEeteEate gum
chewer. He ehe,ys gun in the ssnate
chanb bsrs in the acayaG ttee-lalouas on
the -Street aal ut the IA eatarn He
does il artist:eilly AL Qlaietl =, s.nn1
there are few tiHaes dar .ngsa ia hawss4ys
when there ia not IA p.ees Of g,ss1f-
ia tis rnos1.l, lie ;th.s sun sces NOR
GE.a1s.
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TINE TABLE,, c. u 5. +. R'Y.
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nj rise

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~ EsaSAt
-. !. s,- r.,.,. aai v1th n
- - v,s,.. e.,.,r
- ,~,,o a-a -,
.,...s,.;a 80 s,.a ~ d;saaI ever,
49, - gsa5 - ,rnov
nrah,. nm ~. ta,r. 49, 81 o,n a
S,ort l. t,c II drew
49, H. lSsA d1SsI g. az n #cture
~ +t,a ~ SsRs Rsn;ta,
Z aft.,~ #s3s4A %SSs@, . m Anta
~ ,ba H4 for SBS s&as% the
ss,,roo,ss4$ forec4 n bro
res = SliiS III s.ase. 81 kont
IN 10 III an ,cdd buse
governor of that very Iosp tal--a cler-
@vman who was about to b, married.
lis inten led father n law came to
him and sail ssxDusneo.Kaa have. cot
no money. SIR 4 vol uasastRo aaa get
vour life insured IT, Al the eaI or the
medical examination the physicians
AA~ON~A~-A ~NN~--~ $1,000 E-J
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02

face, whence n E corner Sec 4. I 3 n, r 35
<. NJ d NJ, bears n Is deg 30 min Z, 1884
feet distant. Thence,
Second Course-200 feet s, Is deg Is min
W, TO post 4"x4"x4 long set in a mound OF
stone marked I'll. Z. s. S 1701n on w
face, Peru" on n u face, SO. L. S. S. 45''
on S e face. Thence,
Third Course-N 70 deg 16 min w, 21S $40
feet to post xxx long set in e mound
of stone marked "12. U. S. 5. 1701 Peru. -
Thence,
Fourth Course-N 4S deg % min w, 252
l. 10 feet, to a post Fx4x4 long set in "a
stone mound marked "13. L. S. S. 170l
Peru" Thence,
Fifth Courses AZ deg % min w, 100 feet
to center post of the Upton Lode, same
course to post 4"x4"x4 SET in stone mound
marked IA U. S. S. 1701, Peru, F." in all 11S
feet. Thence,
Sixth Course-N 3deg 16 min w, 839 9-10
feet to post No. Is 4x4xF set in stone
mound marked '15. U. S. 8. 1701 Peru.
Thence,
Seventh Course-N 16 deg Is min E. 1876
4-10 feet to place of beginning, containing
5.73 acres, and bounded on the North by the
Mount Diablo Lode, on the East by the U.
S. S. No. 40, on the Sohth by the Upton
Lode and Stump and Adams Lode, on the
West by the U. s. S. No. So and U. S. s. No.
SO, both owned by the Mt. Queen Mining
Co
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02
Women in Examinations.

The last report of the civil service
commission presents interesting data for
the contemplation of the pessimists and
conservatives regarding woman's status
in the industrial world. In the exami-
nations for copyist work half the men
failed, and five out Of every six women
passed. For clerkships in the classified
departmental service every third man
talled, but three women out of four
passed. In the higher technical depart
ments women scored another triumph
IN the proportion that passed. OF the
S,47e men that were examined 1850
passed. Among 1,776 women candidates
l,4l7 stood the test, and the women did
twice MS well as the men. However, in
the matter of appointments the balance
OF favor was Of course with the men.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02
MOUNT DIABLO LODE.

Commencing with corner No. 5, identical
with No. Dinero, at post 4'x4'x4 long
set in stone mound marked ~. U. S. s,
170l" on s E face "DiRero" ON the n L
face, 80. U. s. s. 170l Mt. Diablo" on the S
w face, whence the tunnel bears So deg
80 min E, 17l.6 feet distant. Thence,
First Courses 70 deg SO min E. 1888 s. 10
feet to corner No. 8, a post 4"x4'xf long set
in mound of stone marked 49, U. s. S.
III" on N w face, "Dinero" on f face,
sc. U. S. S. l70l, Mt. Diablo" on S w face.
Thence,
Second Courses l6 deg 10 min w, 1877
Lilo feet to corner No. Z, post set in a
mound of stone 4"x4"x4 long marked ~. u.
SIS. 170l" on n w face, "Mt. Diablo" on n
face whence n Z corner Sec 4, I n, X
IS E, NJ ID NJ, bears N 10 deg 30 min L, 1854
feet distant. Thence,
Third Course-N 10 deg 81 min w, 1888
$40 feet to corner No. s, a post 4'x4"xf long
set in stone mound marked "S. U. s. s.
l70l" on s f face, ant. Diablo" on n Z
face. Thence,
Fourth Course-N Is deg 10 min +, 1913
8 10 feet to place of beginning, containing
6.01 acres, and bounded on the North by
the Dinero Lode, South by the Peru Lode,
East by the Peru Quartz Lode, East Extern
sion U. s. 5. No. As West Newark Lode and
West by U. S. S. No. So, owned by Mt.
Queen Mining. Co.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02
DINERO LODE.

Commencing at stake marked in stone
mound, II. U. S. S. 1701 Dinero" whence
the NE corner Sec 4. T 3 n, r So Z, bears
so deg Al min E, 1912 feet distant, the
said stake being set in mound of stone and
being the NV corner of the Dinero Lode.
Thence
First Courses 70 deg 40 min E, 1888 $40
feet to corner No 2, post 4"xEx4 long set
in stone mound marked ''2. U. s. S. l701''
on NV face, "Dinero" on SW face, 80. U.
S. S. AZ" on the Sc face. Thence,
Second Courses 16 deg 10 min w, 200
feet to corner No. 3, post 4"x4"x4 long set
in a mound of stone marked "3 U. s. s.
1701 Dinero" ON the NV face and identical
with post No. 5. u S No. 46 and AZ.
Thence,
Third Course-N 70 deg SO min W, 1888
5. 10 feet to corner No. 4 a post 4x4"xfset in
stone mound marked 81. U. S. S. 1901" on
Sc face, "Dinero" on the NE face. Thence
l6 deg is min E.
Fourth Course-1A $40 feet to place of
beginning containing 6.07 acres.
Adjoining claims on the North Sailor Boy
and Moody, on the East Patented ground
No. Al Dinero Quartz Lode N extension,
on the South by the Mount Diablo Quartz
Lode, ON the West by the Black Metallic,
owned by A. Garrard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02
A WOMAN FOR SALE.
Betrayed Girl Offers to Sell Herself to
the Southern Medical College.


With pale, haggard face; with wild,
despairing look and tears literally
streaming down her hollow, sunken
cheeks, Maud Fambro, once innocent
country girl, entered the Southern Med
ical college yesterday afternoon. APP
preaching Uncle Robert Pierce, the kind
ly disposed old janitor, she asked for the
ladies' reception room.
After having seated herself, the young
woman in a dazed sort of way sur
veyed the room and its contents with
evident fear and dread. After a mo-
ment's hesitation sheinquired OF the JAM
tor if the college wanted to buy sub
ject. If SO, she had one to offer for sale,
which, although alive now, would in the
course of month or two be at the dis
posal of the college if terms were agreed
upon.
"Where is the subject, missY' he asked,
bowling lowly.
"Why, here it is-right here. Do you
see me? l am the one. Do you think
they will buy my body?" she went on,
looking the janitor squarely in the face.
II am going to die, and l know it, and
what / want to do is to arrange for the
future. My history, will say at the be-
ginning, is familiar to all where l live,
and rather than go back and face my
degradation and shame prefer to die!
Won't they buy my bodyT' she almost
pleaded.
upon what terms would you make
the Disposition inquired fiendish look
ing medical student.
81 will sell it for most any price,
What want to do is to make future
provision for my baby. I haven't but
one copper in the world and am here
without place to shelter my head. I
thought by coming to Atlanta I'd make
trade by the college agreeing to take
my body after l am gone. l do not know
where to go or what to do"
It is the same old story of mans per-
fidy and woman's worse than weakness.
Six months ago she was highly respect
ed country girl, living on the line Of
the Atlanta and West Point railroad
near pretty little town of 300 or 1900
inhabitants-now an outcast and wan
derer upon the face of the earth. A once
poor, innocent country lass, she seeks to
make horrible and CHASTITY disposition
of her corpse that she might make proper
provision for her future offspring. 1t is
indeed sad case.
The girl, not meeting with what she
thought proper consideration, left the
college, saying she was going to carry
out her intention or commit suicide. She
was entreated to go home and was given
enough money to pay her railroad fare
to the little town from which she came
yesterday. 1t is not known where she
went after leaving the college.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02
A Polite Girls Ouandary.

The old saying, st pays to be polite"
has been illustrated again in the Tacoma
postoffice in favor of Miss Margaret j.
Reese, the stamp clerk, pretty young
woman of twenty-one. l.. o. Landers
grizzled, grabbed, one legged old fell
low, has fine farm on Vashon island,
near Tacoma. Although he lives the
life of a hermit, it is believed that he is
rich, for the Vashon fruit lands are
among the most productive in the state,
and his farm has been under cultivation
for number of years. He visits the
Tacoma Office every week or two, and
he always asks Miss Reese to get his
mail, for she went to considerable
trouble in looking up letter for him
once, and he thinks no one else in the
Office is to be trusted.
Some months ago, after she had handed
him his mail, he laid 5000 in gold on her
counter, saying, That's for YOU" Be
fore the astonished girl had compre-
hended the act he was gone. She was
so indignant that she wept, and when
Landers returned she gave back the
money, telling him she supposed he had
forgotten it. He was much hurt, but later
he left at local jewelry shop an order
for diamond necklace and earrings
for her, and in explanation he said to
the shopkeeper that she was the only
person who had ever spoken kind word
to him.
The jewelry was refused also by Miss
Reese, but Landers was not to be
thwarted in his desire to make her un-
derstand his gratitude, for a day or two
ago he stumped into the postoffice and,
thrusting a paper into her hand, re-
marked that it was something she could
not return. Miss Reese, on opening the
document, found that it was deed for
five acres of land, which, she has been
told, is worth 5000 an acre. She is at
present in quandary as to what course
she shall pursue.-Tacoma Letter.