The evening times., 1896-08-04
38-inch fancy
curtain scrim.
2sc a yard
for a day.
.GOLDENBERG'S
926-928 7th-706 X st.
HEARD BY-
. THE LOUNGER
ALL OLD on there; you ouoweme3o cents"
said the proprietor OF dair ylunci-

~ OLD on there; you uoweme3o CENTS"
y saidthe proprietor of !. dair yIuneh-
room near the city hall 10 one OF
his best customers as the latter had ii finished
his noontide repast- And continued the
proprietor, you are 20 cents shy ou yester-
day"
'-Oh. 1 remember now" answered the
customer, one OF the best known prartition-
ers at the bar. IF forget you tell me; for
these sinners must be converted, you know"
1T is really quite embarrassing but il
did not do it would soon have to quit
the business" said the lunch man Us his
patron departed. You probably noticed
that the reason he forgot to pay this time
was that he was talking THE money question
with that other lawyer as they started out
OF the door, andI baltedhim. Hiscompan.on
bad fortunately paid for his lunch in adj
vance. These lawyers will come here all
through the winter and 81 dow and discuss
court news, but they never grow so wrapped
up in it that the y forget to pay. But since
the currency question has become a burning
issue have TO keep the closest eye to keep
from being bankrupt. notice that thereare
about as many silver men as there a re gold
men, and each tries to convert the other.
As result they forget themselves in the
discussion. and it is only by being alert that
l manage TO come out about even.''
I'm on my way home to Alameda. Cal,
l after an absence of ten years in tho
South and Mexico" Mr.. E B. Nebeker
told the Lounger last night at the st.
James.
~ have spent ronsf,isr ahIa fi1o IN May
leo, and If some of these silver advocates
would do the same they would get their
fill of the doctrine Just to cite an instance
OF the effect OF a silver currency On the
country:
I'm the Mexican stores, as in our owa,
is displayed in the windows the nerchan-
disc, with the price OH it. Frequently
have given the merchant so cents in Ameri-
can money for an article marked 81, Mex
lean standard, nd he would be eager to
accept the United States coin. Yet We say
silver is deprecated here now. hut just
imagine its value under such conditions
as are existing in our sister republic
10 ICHARD NJ AUGUSTiN of winona,
1 MIMI, professor in the public
schools OF that city, Is stopping at
Wizards. kite flying is becoming All the
rage III WiDona," said he. willard Mas-
thews, one ofthe most prominent youngmcn
of the city, made a kite a few days before
/ LEFT home, ten feet in height. Matthews
went out TO fly the kite while Il strong wind
was blowing He tied the strong twine
about his waist in order to keep the kite
from getting away from him. Along came
an unusually hard gust of wind and the kite
carried him a way in the air in spite of him
self. He thinks he rose 900 feet from
the ground before the kite began to coms
down Then lie found that he was over the
lake. The kite came down SO gently,
though, that he struck the water with little
force. At the same time the wind fresh
ened and he waskept bobbing up and down
upon the surface OF the water, until help
came in a rowboat from the shore He got
good ducking, but otherwise was nothurt-
Before 1 lett home lie told methat it would
be some time before he tied kite string
around his waist again"
n instance Illustrating Uncle Sans
methods of ma king citizens hap
pened in Judge Hag gner's court
Friday. when Russian appeared with
two OF his countryinen To Ia Ike the oath of
feaity as the last step in his naturalization.
He spoke English very brokcply. The
clerk swore him to give true answers to the
questions that should be propouDded to
him. He kissed the New Testament.
"Why, you are Hebrew, are you not"
asked the judge. The man answered that
he was. The Judge ordered that he be re-
sworn on the Pentateuch.
DO you know anything about the Con-
stitution?" asked Judge Hagner.
"Yes. sir" answered the applicant for
citizenship.
"Tell me something about it,
"vel, de one want golG and then dc other
he de silver want
The court smiled. aud asked how tho
Senators OF The United States are elccted.
by dc vote OF citizens. like I to To
want" answered the man.
"Weil, you swear you will support the
Constitution and renounce all allegiance
TO foreign potentates.'' queried the court,
after placing half n dozen other qucstions,
that were answered about as his first ones
were.
i swear
THAT will do. don't believe you know
much about it. but the law permits you to
become a citizen. So go now, and be Q
good one.''