The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-07-16
IN HARD LUCK.
Two Men Who Were Peculiarly Cheated
Out of Square Meals.


Out of Square Meals.
EYES," said the reformed miner, II
am back from Cripple Greek. and that
is the best Of my luck. got away.
Here is a sample Of the i'll fate I had
to contend with: I struck the camp
without cent, for l hadn't done any
thing but lose all along the1ine. hunt
ed up Johnnie Costello, and the best he
could do was to get me meal ticket at
the Blue Bell-one of those 81 meals
for 81 affairs and every time you eat
they punch figure. wasn't long U.s.
ing it, and stepped out on the sidewalk
containing the first resemblance to
square feed I had held for some days. A
gust Of wind came down from between
Tenderfoot and Mineral hills, where ali
the puffs originate, and blew the meal
ticket out Of my hands. It landed face
up on the sidewalk, ten feet or SO away,
and before could recover it a big 900
pound Cornish miner stepped on it. He
wore heavy boots, with hobnails in 'em,
and as sure as I'm living man the
nails in his heel punched out the re-
manning 20 squares. T"
A similar melodrama, whose plot
swung and ratified about restaurant
ticket, had its scene in Chicago. 1t was
before the days when gold cures offered
temporary relief to those addicted to
the rosy. One young man, naturally Of
q thrifty habit, reached point in his
life when he learned that if he became
thirsty he became very much so. In
quelling this thirst he was apt to squan-
der all the money he had saved since
the last time So it came that, being
philosophic, he rose superior to his pro-
pensity for thrift and disposed of his
salary as fast as he earned it Thereby
he got due and proper action for his
money, and also appreciably shortened
the length Of his DRINKS. Having no
reserve fund. he could not continue his
liquor consuming career for long. One
Monday he detected the stealthy ap-
proach of the thirst. He had become so
wise that he could tell it Is hours away.
It was his salary day, and, knowing
full well his weakness, the first invest
ment he made was In meal ticket
On the Thursday following the next
he saw the sun. The interval was part
blank and part confusion Of red lights,
cabs and schooners. He had not cent
in his clothes. and was as hungry as
shipwrecked sailor. He dug up his meal
ticket and went around to Calhoun place
the restaurant was situated therein
but Calhoun place was blockaded. Fire.
men were half way up the alley play
ing their hose ON the smoldering ruins
Of the restaurant Chicago Times-He
old
Mark Your Wheel.
John D. Carroll, chief detective Of a
wheelman's insurance company, said
recently: EVERY owner should have q
private mark upon his or her wheel
By this don't mean a simple mark
upon the saddle post or on the saddle it.
self, as those are the very places where
thief will look for such mark, and
should they be there both saddle and
post will be removed. IF you want to
make the private mark on any part Of
your frame, say on the underside of the
top tube, turn your wheel upside down
and remove portion Of the enamel, say
inch by l inch, and clean we'll till the
metal is freed from any part Of the en-
amel Then cover the space so cleaned
with a greasy material candle grease,
for instance-then take pointed instru-
ment Of some kind and wet the point
with carbolic acid. Proceed to write
yOIlr initials or private mark on the
tubing, being sure that you have sufi-
cient acid on the pointed PEN before
you begin. After allowing the acid to
leave its trace on the tubing, you can
rub OFF the grease. and one application
Of enamel will cover all trace of the
mark you have made. "-Philadelphia
Ledger. @
will not be concerned at mems not
knowing me; will be concerned at my
own want Of ability. 4 onfucius.