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wuz ter come an AK me, / couldn't tell
um no mo dan dat"
This was true enough. The lonely heart
had been touched without knowing why.
But Little Crotchett knew.
II reckon it's because you had the head
ache" he said.
II speck So" answered Big Sal. "It
looked like my head'd bust when you hol-
Tered at me. but de pain all done gone
now"
Pm glad" replied Little Crotchett. II
hope my head will quit aching presently.
Sometimes 1t aches all night long"
'Well, subj" exclaimed Big Sal. 1t was
oil she could say.
Finally when she had lifted Little
Crotchett to his saddle, (Which was easy
enough to do. he was so small and fraiD
and returned, Uncle Turin, foreman of
the hoe hands, remarked:
''You'n be mighty biggity now. I speck" :"
who? Me?" cried Big Sal. God
knows feel SO little and mean l could tar
my ha'r out by de hanful"
Uncle Turin. simple and kindly old soul.
never knew then. nor later, what Big Sal
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swamp was closed and Iocked-locked hard
and fast The owls. the nishthawks. the
whippoorwiis and the chuckwill's-wid
could fly over. Yes. and the Willis Whis-
tiers could creep through or crawl under
when they returned home from their wild
serenades. But everything else. even that
red joker. the Fox Squirrel. must have a
key. Aaron had one, and the White Grunt-
er and Rambler. and All the four-foOtei
creatures that walk on horn sandals or in
velvet slippers. e1ch had key. The Little
Master might have had one for the asking
but always when night came. he was glad
10 lie on his sofa ana read. or. better still.
20 TO bed and sleep. so that he never had
the need of key 10 open the door Of he
swamp after it Was locked 9t night.
10 Be COntiuued)
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The Indian Remedy Acain.

Editor CONSTITUTIONAL seems the public
did not get on 20 my snake bite remedy
Just right. ] have got four or five letters
from your readers wanting 70 know how
TO make the pouitce. SO / VIII have to tel
YOU more fully how 10 make the poGluce,
ass follows:
Take piece OF tobacco rs large as a pull
lets egg. cut it up pretty fine with COM
mon table salt IN equal portions. Nix the
tobacco and salt together. Then take a
potato masher or some thing blunt and put
an onion of the same s.ze IN che mixture
Mash the onion mp with the tobacco and
salt The substance in the onion VIII mix
up "a nice poulJ.ce Then apply the mixture
to the bitten s)3rt. Nothing to be put with
fl. such as water. as the onion viii furnish
the liquid.
Eulaula. Indian Territory. January .. 81.
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'Iiuhi Didn right?' put I'm Squire Ward
THAT circumstances I'm talk
IN about"
you Squire. hits this Squire Ward over thar
tuck occasion elme that Nancythats my
the kelest He said she
alam. she walr class cook
besides she a an fine
Wal. Squire q of his word
married Then what foered? The fust
thing knOwed weted acros the head one day fu
chopin hrewood. sick an couldn't cut no
wood Then the grub cooked could not eat she never
table but bread heavy
lead She she would TO the store
coffee backer nuthn, my heh In conse
failed mighty bad think entitled to damages
But that mortgaeed fur
Squire said what he did one
tother looks like dry hide
edge shuck Now, all want to
gon' TO let gentleman
be treated sch stle that?
This case" Judge dignity 'fs
Hit here that this defendant
victim turble conspiracy. The time
hez when law unprncipled women
matat fail properly their husbands. an
Squire be liable heavy damages fur
adm an conspiracy but he his
the thing do the protection Of
public him 81
raj beha-er.'
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Letters From
The People.
What Is the Extent of the Wealth of
CubaP

Editor Constitution: can you give mo
some reliable data as to the wealth 2t
Cuha2 JOHN MOORE.
Wetumpka. Ala. January 26. 1S9G.
The Importance OF the island in point of
cun.merce is immense to this country ;ts
can best be judged by a glance at the st.--
tiSt.cs of her resources. The wealth OF
Cuba lies. to "a great extent. in her sugar
and tobacco crops. but she possesses otiier
important products whose production and
export have been rapidly developed of re-
cent years. and which VIII constitute ia tie
future the means of payment for large M
ports Among the exports from Cuba in
1891. one of the last years Tor which tle OH
cial figures are available. were sl,tu0.@D IN
mineral products, $4,000 IN timber Sld1tyJ
in bananas. $4,000 in pineapples $i5ooUo
coffee and cocoa. $3le IN hides $zSIplo, in
wax and honey. $4,000 in sponses $4,000 ln
svet tmeats $4,000 in sweet potatoes, nn-
ions, etc. 100000 in cattle. $Sl,WU iu cocoa
nuts and $66S. 0OJ Of various other articles.
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the dirt off," said Little Crotchett laugh
ing.
Big Sal laughed. too. cleaned her hands
the best she could. and rubbed the young
ster's head for him. while the gray pony
nibbled tho crab grass growing near. But
presently. when Little Crotc1ett opened
his eyes. nc found that Big Sal was cry
ing. She was making no fuss about it. but
as she sat with the chid's head IN her
lap the tears were streaming down her
face.
what are YOU crying about?" Little
CrOtchett asked.
God Almighty knows honey. I'm des
a-cryin'. an II dc angels fun hoav m
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Turkey Hill Personals.

The following personal items are from the
Turkey Hill correspondence to The Noun
taintown Gallon Pot:
Bud Smith walked out across tho Held
last Sunday evening. When he got to the
other side he turned around and walked
back.
Zack Hendricks has had all his teeth
pulled and now has to eat mush.
Tom Green stumped his toe last week.
A fly got on Arch HooDer's nose last
Saturday.
Nothing happened to Abe Tucker.
We are having considerable weather now.
Bob Rogers had his socks mended Tues-
day. Also Sam Williams took freSh chew
of navy at 10 o'clock a. IN.
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Don't Like the City.

They han't no peace liVin
Ir this ere smoky town.
With folks an kyars an hosses
chargin' all aroun'.
The world is full o. troubles
You're boun' TO hav enuff
'Thout wearin' out your sperits
hustlin' fer 1.-THE stuff"
Hits hustle fer grub an eat It.
An hustle fer clothes to wear
Hits hustle jest simply to hustle.
An hustle fer water an air
Jest gimme a farm in Picl<ens
With one o. them free stone springs,
An take yer blasted old city
With its hustlers an banks an things.
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meant. but ever afterward whenever the
woman had one of her tantrums, she went
straight to her Little Master, and If she
sometimes came away from him crying
fl was not his fault. If she was crying
II was because she was comforted. and it
all seemed SO simple and natural to her
that che never failed to express n deep
desire TO tear her hair out If anybody
asked her where she had been or where
she w5s going.
II was not such an easy matter to reach
the plough hands. The fields were wide
and the burrows were ong on that plan
tation, and some of mules Were nimb-
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Something for Hunters.

Editor Constitution: For the benefit of
the hunters l send the following receipt for
punching shot: Load your shells in the
ordinary way, putting two wads between
powder and shot; then cut the shell in two
between the powder and the shot. BY this
means the end containing the shot will 20
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Can't BE Without It.

Editor Constitution Please send The
Daily Constitution TO me again. Since stop
ping il / have found out how impossible IL
is TOR me To do without il. IL is necessity
in the family. and my wife insists upon
taking Ii. l.. w. CLEMENTS,
Sheriff.
Cedartown, Ca, February g. 1881
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He Wanted a Cheap Pair.

He walked into the ordinarys ONCE anu
asked. he hung him self en- one corner oA
an, office table and pulled off his hat:
whats a pair of marryin licenses
wutE ?''
"Oh. I guess we can make them to you
for l5O" replied the ordinary good IA
turcdly.
Fer jest one pair?"
"YeS."
Cant you beat that a little?'
'''That's the best we can do"
Great Scott! They use to cost that when
times wuz good. l needed pair mighty
had. but | can't pay no sich prices ez that
/ mes they hain't been no overproduction
in licenses to fetch them down like cotton.
he. they?
Not dhat we have heard Of.
Now. say pardner, hain't you got an old
secCn nd handed pair of licenses what some
body elst hez dun used wunst. you can sell
me fur about % cents?"
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From Household Words
Papa" Impaired the editors only son
what dc. you call your Office
'Mef' WIS the reply the world calls
an editorial Office the stnctum sanctOrum."
Then 1 sUppose.'' and the small boy
was thoughtful for n moment, that mann
mas Office is a spanktum spanktorum.
isn't itg''
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Fer jest one pair?"
"Can.t vou beat that a little ?'
A. Budding Genius.

Mrs. Bodxins-Oh, I'm so proud of Char,
they've got his picture printed right along
with IL.
Mrs DodkinS-lndeed! Has he written
great poem or n fine story?
Mrs Bodkins-Oh no. but he wrote such
n nice testimonial fer DR. Fakirs wonder
ful nils
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Editor Constitution: Is it true that there
IS a general decline in the number of sheep
raised? Is. u.
JesIp Ca, January q. 1897.
Statistical reports would seem TO Indicate
such 10 be the fact Australia has been
suffering from the decline in the number Of
sheep-not quite SO severely. perhaps, -
has the United States. but without having
been subjected 10 important tariff changes
The principal reason of the decline has oeen
the great drought in New South y ales and
tie snow storms in New Zealand. The los
hos been mainly in New South W ales- Tbs
following table shows the changes IN lnS
number of sheep for the past i've years. &c
c0rdin- TO reports received by the bureau
OF statistics of the treasury from London
authorities.
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Drunkenness Is a Disease.

VIII send free book of particulars how
to Cure Drunkenness or the Liquor Hpb-
it, with or without the knowledge of lhe
patient. Address DIR. j. W. Haines, 80
Race St., Cincinnati. Ohio.
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BILL JoHNsoNs OPINIONS.

BILL JoHNSoN'S OPINIONS.
I've allus notissed. fellers.
Hts a risky thing 70 do
To kallxalate accordin'
To how things looks TO you.
The man at talks the incest
Don't hep you up the hill:
The one 'at prays the loudest
Don't allus pay his bill.
Sometimes the biggest fishes
Bites the smallest kinds o. bats;
An mighty ugly wimmin
Can make tho best O. mates.
The smartest lookin' fellcr
May be a reg'ler fool.
You're allus kicked the highest
BY the meeloest lookin' mule.
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SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER
cause Throat Diseases. There is no moro
effectual remedy for Coughs. Colds. etc.
than Browns Bronchial TEoches. Sold only
IN boxes. Price - cents.
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"Oh. did you
~ u','s,oreit.
sion lecture 1
night?"
Dear. no.
was it?"
"Oh. II wa.
cute ST. sweet
thing 1 ever IA
1t was all about
different races
people. don't
mow
How lovely"
"Oh, ! just tel
Il was delightful
lecturer told as an
about the develop
ment of tho Caucas-
ian. tho Mohogony.
the-the Cerulean
and the Meteoric
races. 1 tell you It
was just too lovely
for anything. "
"Oh, l just know II
Vas"
"Oh. YOU must go
next time"
"Oh, l Will"
"Oh. do"
Two blocks away
the little blonde left
the car. remarking
orriblest weather she
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Mrs. Long. the wife cf Ex-Governor Long.
of Massachusetts,. says that SIrs. McKtn-
ley must be % gccd woman 20 let her nus
band be president, when she needs his care
SO much herself. on account Of her inva-
hdity.
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DULL IN PUNKINVILLE.

Hodge-IIelo man. what's gon o Pumpkinvle7"
PodgeNuthin. Wy blamed dull house rent
stopped what Teller hez plum
quit
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with them 70 their destination. carrying
the entire load in wad the same as II it
was a ball Try il, rabbit hunter
!. W JACKSON.
pudleyviIIe. Ala. january Q. 1871.
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JUST A BIT PERSONAL.

The distinguished Berlin astronomer,
Professor -ur- Arthur Auwers. has recciv-
"a from th- German emperor a gold medal
Tor his SERVICES TO science.
Mrs Saia IS about 20 edit the much talk
ed-or "CommonDiace Book Of her hus-
band When thc work is published the
oHsinal volumes arr 10 be presented TO the
British museum.
Sir Francis brakes lart male descend
ant h'is dtea At the asc of cighty-nine. In
t-u Bristol nlmShou~-. OF which he mad
been an inmate for many years. His fatn-
er fought III Trafalgar
General e.. W. a. Lee. who has lust re-
sis,lle4 tns presidency of Washington and
80 -EAvfali. Was the oldest sop of X
- itts ..it through his mother was a
.i-'tt lz.tli'itht 20 George Mashington's
father.
james Iayn. the welI known novelist
and tn.iAa zlue contributor of England is
"a great u-kot,t- Di whist. and white owing
u physical iniifmiiies he is unable. to deal
the cards hc plays regularly and is a
shllllui opponent 90 meet
Senator John sherman once said nf the
new -papcr reporter. lie is the greatest
enigma - the nineteenth century. Z am
interested in him always. respect him gsn-
erstiiy and fear him sou-tifuts sut 1
never cease L. wcmder at DIS resource
fDlneSs in seirchius FOR rcH--
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Mistaken i'm the Material.

Teacher-Toby. why do so many young
men who start out to make great men Of
themselves ingloriously faii2
Tcby-BelSasc. dcy undertakes er impos-
s.ble job
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AFTER THE LECTURE ON ETHNoLoGY.
BY J. A HALL

They dear bits of humanity in fur cloai
wrappers and they got the the junction {
,ama and Whehalsrces the with the blonde curls
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The changes in the grand total for both
Australia and NewZealand show n increase
from 2JO0a.0G0 sheep In 1869 10 @.90Ueo in
to To- 0.0o0 I'm 1890 and TO le1.5SSlo3 IN lSS2-
The totals for the succeeding tour years,
repre- senting the aggregate uf the items IN
for 1854 123 .2l3 for 1882 and 10 $3.50 Tor
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A Smooth Concern.

Railey--How do you like lard reflning2
Dailey-Oh. it's a pretty slick business.
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refeu said;
nat ) : got to
sam ?"
yal. Squire, I've
a set-off agin
a."
What kind Of set
Off?"
THAT his job did
not give satisfaction.
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Editor Constitution: In your issue OF
the lst instant under the head of The
Leading Southern Ports" the business Of
Darien, which We think IS considerable. IS
omitted, for some cause. probably an over
sight. 1 am unable to obtain the exact
figures for the year just ended, but / am
told by the custom house official that they
will not vary much from 1895 probably
larger During the year ending December
81, 1895, the following business was done
in Darien, Ca:
Yes Tons Crew
Arrivals cOaStwise e. ......1 13l 65.Sl7 l,l21
Arrivals American vessels
from foreign ports. ....... 3 122S g
Arrivals foreign vessels
from foreign ports. ........ As 44.123 ZOE
$50 uoe6s 1Sl6
Yes. Tons Crew
Coastwise vessels cleared. .l2i 55.S29 $40
American vessels cleared
for foreign ports. SIT 16
Foreign vessels cleared
for foreign ports.......... 50 5l.599 SIS
17S 1os.2i5 1854
Timber ship. Value eX.
Foreign .......... 80 t02 963 424,4J1
Coastwise -. E. :. =. ...4f66o0O0 So5.SS0
S4.262.s6 $1.22s. .Ss1
From custom house books
AS soon as | can secure the statement
for the year 1896 will forward 1t to The
Constitution. From the above figures it
will be seen at a glance that the port of
but does not blow over 1t. our river is
now fun of timber awaiting the arrival of
chartered vessels. a. +. DIAIMOCk.
Darien. Ga. February 3. 1ST.
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TALES OF A Cp(DRCIA CRACKER
PLEADED FOR A SET OFF.


Top
QtItre
ought
Dlletst
was
tJIire
ned
Of
hire
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY

were locked up in the county Jail They
will be taken before Commissioner Knoles
tomorrow.
When the steamer Carlos Pacheco ar
rived at Cedros island the other day it
found bad state of affairs. For long
time DR.. f. G. Powers and his mother have
been on the islands in charge of the prop
erty of the Cedros Island Mining company.
and an occasional steamer or schooner
has supplied them with provisions. But
the schooner Ida was wrecked there early
In May and three sailors helped to deplete
the Powers family's larder Dutch Gus"
one of them, decided to remain on the
island. DR.. Powers, his mother and "Dutch
Gus" had been living on a scanty supply
of provisions for some time, eked out by
little flour left by the Orizaba. Then the
most rigorous economy was practiced, but
in spite of all efforts the flour gave out
and also the other provisions. For two
weeks before the arrival Of the Pacheco the
three people were reduced to practical
starvation. Dutch Gus f1shed and fished.
and sometimes supplied the table with
meat, but oftener not. DR.. Powers took
to the hills and managed to kill a wild
goat. This goats meat lasted almost
week and kept the trio from starving.
From some of the species of cactus on the
island they secured edible roots, which
served as vegetables. The Pacheco took
down full supply of provisions and the
greeting by the Islanders was cordial In
the extreme
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POMONA

POMONA, June 20--(Regular Corre-
spondence.) A mass meeting in the inter-
ests of Pomona college has been called for
1:45 o'clock tomorrow evening at Armory
Hall opera house. Music and songs by the
Glee club and students at large of the
college will be interspersed at intervals
so as to "whoop up interest and enthuse
the audience, besides addresses by Presi-
dent Baldwin and others who have at heart
the success of this institution of learning,
in which the people of this city and valley
take deep pride, will be delivered during
the evening, and upon the whole it is in
tended to make 1t worth your while to be
present.
On Saturday morning a telegram was re-
ceved by Mrs. Stoddard Jess in this city
announcing that her mother had been
stricken with severe paralysis at the old
home in Wisconsin. She and her husband
left by the next train for Monroe, Wis.
1t is understood that the wages of labor
ers in the various departments of handling
and drying fruit this year have been re-
duced to $1.25 per day-lower than ever be-
fore in this community
The police department has issued a cir
cular regarding fireworks, flrecrackers and
the like on July Sd. 4th and 5th and request
that only Second street be used for said
purpose, so as to guard as much as possible
against fires and the frightening of teams.
1t is also urged that all private families be
prepared for an emergency in case of
fire.
Mrs. G. A. Lathrop and children left
Saturday evening for Los Angeles for an
outing of several days.
Berries of all kinds dropped in this mar
ket Saturday to six boxes for 25 cents.
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Hotel Arrivals

HOLLENBECK-Mrs. ]. H. Underhill,
Mojave; Mrs. C. B. Preble, Mojave: ]. A.
Kiser, San Francisco; A j. Stenhouse,
Altadena; F. B. Findlay, San Francisco;
Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Denver; II. W. ver-
million, Pasadena; w. w. Eckles, SPRING
field, Tenn; William McMurray, SPRING
field Tenn; Leon Honigs San Fran
cisco; c. o. Alkire, Riverside: H. D. Sears,
Boston; j. G. Darden, San Francisco: w.
Kellard, San Francisco: Charles j. Shep-
ard, New York; r. F. Wilson. Santa Mon
lea; c. o. A. Lyckburg, Chicago; Mrs H.
w. Blaisdell Yuma; w. H. Groat New
York; A. r. Jackson, Boston; A. P. Fuller,
Chicago: H. Tapke, Cincinnati O.; Mrs.
f. w. Calkins, Denver: Miss Edna Calkins.
Denver: Miss Maud Calkins Denver; H.
l.. Billings, Chicago C. x. Bonestell, San
Francisco; E. e. Painter, Sheboygan E.
j. Caldwell, San Francisco; j. H. Frost,
San Francisco.
VAN NUYSl-James f. Bropty, San
Diego; Thomas c. Ryan, Lost Horse Mine
R. j. Ryan: Lost Horse Mine; Frank Will
son and wife, Randsburg; w. S. Seecombe,
Peterboro. N. f.; c. ID. Lanning. Boston;
w. Russell Ward, wife. child and maid
Santa Monica; Mrs. L. Walcott Conquest.
Pasadena Mrs. John J. Bagley, Detroit
Mich; Miss Helen Bagley Detroit, Mich. /;
Mrs. Herman Eppinger, San Francisco
Miss Eppinger. San Francisco: Oscar A.
Trippett, San Diego; w. p. Mathews, Sac
ramentO.
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SAN BERNARDINO

SAN BERNARDINO. June 20.-(Regular
Correspondence 1t is rumored that Prof
s. D. Briggs, for the past two years in
structor Of biology at the high school, will
not return when the fall term opens, al
though reelected to the position by the
new board of education. The reason as
signed Is that he does not care to spend
his time teaching chemistry and physics
which the false economy of the board in
failing to re-eect an instructor for these
branches would force him to do. His loss
would be q serious detriment to the effi-
cheney of the institution.
The matter of the boiler explosion at Orc
Grande. which wrecked the smelter there
and killed two men and wounded others,
trict Attorney Daley will himself go there
Tuesday and conduct an inquest over John
Coleman, the last man to die, and he will
at the same time make thorough investi-
cation of the catastrophe and locate the
responsible party.
Civil Engineer Koebig laid out six-lap
track In the Athletic park yesterday, and
the proper grading will be done imme-
diately. The hammer and shot have also
arrived and are ready for practice. These
sports will not injure the grounds for base
ball purposes, and 1t Is well, as visiting
teams say that they are surpassed by very
few grounds In the state.
The commencement exercises of the high
school this year cleared in the neighbor-
hood of 500 for the high school library.
This amount was possible as the board of
education paid the house expenses out of
the general fund and left the gross pro-
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A Story About a Kansan

Here is a letter received a few days ago
by a firm dealing in bicycles:
Deer SURF: live on mi farm near Ham
ilton, Kan, am 81 years old and just lit
tie sporta. My neffew in Indiana bot his
self a new bicycle and sent me his old one
by frate, and i've learned to ride sumo. It's
a pile of fun but my blsicle jolts considera-
BILE. A feller come along yesterday with q
bisicle that had hollow injun rubber tires
stuffed with wind. He leet me try hissen
and mi, it run like kushin! He told me
you sell injun robber just the same as his
sen. How much will 1t be to fix mine UP
like hissen? Mine Is all iron wheels. Do
you punch the hollow hole threw the injun
robber or will have to do 1t myself? How
do you stick the ends together after you
got it done? If your injun robber is ready
holler will 1t come any cheaper empty?
can get all the wind want out here in
Kansas free.
"P. S.-How much do you charge for the
doodad you stuff the wind into the robber
with and where do you start t?"-Chicago
Chronicle,