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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-22
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at ST. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati ard Other Places.

ST LOUIS, June 21.-Flour dull and I'M
changed. Wheat-Futures dull and lifeless, clos
ing considerably under Saturday. Spot easy; No.
3 red. cash, elevator, SOC asked track 7SGlS0c
July 67kc bid; August, e615c September 6624 c
asked. Corn-Futures dull, but steady to lower
than Saturday. Spot lower; No. 2 cash, 22ss0
23lbc; July, 225sc asked; September, 237sc asked.
Oats-Futures duh and easy. Spot steady; No.
2 cash, 17Lc bid; July 1850 bid; September, 1Sc
Rye nominal at 311zc. Barley nominally IN
changed. Corn meal Sl65G170. Bran dull but
unchanged. Flaxseed steady at 7212c Prime
timothy seed, $2.5OG260. Hay dull. but steady
and unchanged. Butter steady; creamery, 10GD
l5c; dairy 6d1lc. Eggs steady at ne Whisky
Sfl9 Cotton ties and bagging unchanged. Porf,
firm; standard mess jobbing S7.30ds Lard
higher prime steam. $3.50; choice, 50. 621a Bacon
Boxed shoulders. S545; extra short-clear S. 35:
ribs $5.15; shorts. $3.50. Dry-salt meats-Boxed
shoulders, 4.S5; extra short-clear, $3.50; ribs
s4s5; shorts. S.. Recepts-Flour 5000 brls:
wheat 5000 blu; corn. 81 coo bu; oats, IA 600 bu
Shipments-FIour 1000 brls; wheat 900 bu:
corn 5000 bu; oats, 1000 bu
BALTIMORE. June 21.-Flour dull Wheat
quiet and easy; spot 7614G76l2c; September ESQ.,
6l6S7sc; receipts. 1,05l bu; Southern wheat by
sample, 73d7Sc, Corn easy; spot. 2S7sG29c: SEN
TENDER, 29l2G29&c; steamer mixed, 273sM27Ibc: re-
cepts, 1857 bu; exports, 1l2. 99I bu; Southern
white corn, 31c; Southern yellow, 31hd32c oats
easier No. white, 25lRG2612c; receipts So s46 bu
Rye steady; No. Western 36l2G3894c: receipts
SIS blu. Hay firm for best grades: choice tim
othy. slS.50Gl4. Grain freights very quiet and
demand light; steam 10 Liverpool, per bushel,
I'd July; Sd. August Cork for orders. per quar-,
ter Is AID, June; Is 412dq2s Cd, July; Is Cd. Au-
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Pensions for Veterans.
Certificates have been issued to tn
x,,,,oo6 TnHfapianc.

Certificates have been issued to the fol-
lowing named Indianians:
OriginaI-(Special June H. Henry
Schmalfeld. Stoutsburg; Orzo Lamm. IN
dianapolis Thomas Smothers, National MIL
itary Home. Marion; Jacob w. Stal<ley,
dditional-William w. Freeman, Lar
will; Christian Bates Lafayette.
Renewal and Increase-Dickson johnson,
Landess.
Increase-James f. Smith. Indianapolis;
Noah Farmer, Harlan; John Youngmeyer,
Lafayette: James Sommeryille, Leota !;
Frank Erunner Messick; Thomas M. Dick
SON Indianapolis; Leban Sparks, Lafayette;
Elijah Lewark oxford; William D. Ewes
Merorn; George w Goss Warren; John H.
Cashdollar, Muncie; James w Brown. No
blesville; George w. Allison, Lafayette
Jacob Hoffman,, Lawrenceyillei Henry c.
Reed Twelve Mile; Robert Pain. Win
chester; William Lincicum, Fleenor; John
A. May Ellettsville.
Reissue-John Wntergerst, Indianapolis
Joseph w. Nicely Freedom; John Eagan,
Avoca.
man. Butlerville.
Original Wicows etc.--Catherine Fire
stone Elkhart. Aiidy McClain Evansville
Hannah Grow den, Coal Creek; minor of
Flavius Froft, IdttleI Geissue,) Emily
Quicker. Freedom
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Washington Special to Chicago Record.
llhIisha ed in A 70,

The first novel ever published in America
was entitled '''Phe Power of sympathy, "
printed at Boston by Isaiah H. Thomas in
i7S9 The title page says that it was
founded in truth" and gives the name of
the author as 'Phililenia," which was the
nom de plume of Mrs. Sarah Wentworth
Morton. wife of Perez Morton, banker
and lawyer of Boston, and one of the most
eminent men in New England in those
of safety. was speaker of the Colonial Leg
islature. and delivered the eulogy over Gen
eral Warren after the battle of Bunker Hill.
Mrs Morton was descended from one of the
old Puritan families, and is described as a
woman of great personal attractions as Well
as literary ability. She was constant
contributor of both prose and poetry to the
MAGAZINES of the day, and some of her
HYMNS are still to be found in the church
collections.
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Trade Opens the Week Active and
Prices Ruling Firm.

On the wholesale streets it was a busy day
yesterday and in all lines firlnness in prices is
the Characteristic. In dry goods there were no
changes, but some lines have advancing ten
dency. Sugar is still moving actively the ad-
vances of late having increased the demand.
Hardware men report trade good. The leather
market is active and prices easy on some de-
scriptions Provisions are moving freely and
prices firm at the revision of Monday. The seed
merchants report trade still very satisfactory.
On Commission row usual on Monday less was
doing than will be done the week advances.
Commission row has seemingly struck more ac-
tive turn and there is complaint of the trade
of the last three weeks. The wool market con-
tinues strong to prices, but the receipts of
this years clip not by any means as large
as in the spring of 1896.
The local grain market is active es regards
oats are in better request. Track bids
Wheat-No 2 red. 7Gc. No. 8 red 72q74c; No. A
red, 65@70c; wagon wheat 7Sc;
Corn-No white, 2612c; No. white, 26l2c; No.
white, 26;2c; No. white, 2412c; No. white
mixed, 24c; No. white mixed, 2ac; No. 4
white mixed. 21$c; No. yellow, 24c; No. 8 yell
low, 24c; No. a yellow, &c; No. 2 mixed, 24c;
No. mixed. 24c; No mixed. &c; ear corn,
Oats-No white. 21c; No. 8 white, 19c: No. 2
mixed lSc; No ,3n mixed .e sod d71sc No timothy
$S.50@9.50; prairie. $6Q6.50.
Poultry and Other Produce.
prices paid by shippers.)
Poultry-Hens Size; springs, 1Oc; cocks, 2hc;
young turkeys, &c; toms, Sc; old hen turkeys, &c;
old toms, &C; ducks, 612c; geese, Acc for full
feathered 30c for pucked.
Butter-Country, choice, 7c mixed 612c.
Eggs-Sc.
Feathers-Prime geese, 3Oc per lb prime duck,
10d17c per Id.
Beeswax-3Oc for yellow, 25c for dark.
Honey-l2Q14c per- h.
Wool-Medlum unwashed, 15c; fine merino, I'M
washed, 10011c; tub-washed, 20@25c; bury and
understandable, sc less
HIDES, TALLOW, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. l, TIC; No. 2, 61ac; No.
1 calf, S12c No. calf. &c.
Grease-White. 2%c; yellow, 2Ac; brown, 2hc.
Talow-No: 1, 2Ac; No. 2. 2Ac.
Bones-Dry, $12Q13 per ton.
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ged as follows.

Cash quotations were follows: Flour steady.
No. 2 spring wheat, 69Q7Oc; No. spring wheat
62Q65c No. red, 73Q76c. No. corn, 245s@
241sc: No. 2 yellow corn, 24a4 @25c. No. 2 oats,
f. o. b.. 2o4 Q22i1c. No. 2 rye, SAC. No. barley
nominal; No. g. f. o. b., 2SQ32c; No. 4, f. o. b.,
26$c. No. 1 haxseed, 75la@76c. Prime timothy
seed s2.771a. Mess pork, per brl, $7.S5Q7 40 Lard
per 100 lbs $3.65q3671a. Short-rib sides loose,
$4.20014 As; ry-salted shoulders, boxed, s4.75@5;
short-clear sides, boxed, $4.623Q4.75 Whisky
distillers' finished goods. per GAL $1.19.
Recepts-Flour, II, 900 brls; wheat 5000 bu:
corn, 2SS 600 bu; oats, 30l 900 blu; rye, 1000 blu;
barley, 21,C0O bu. Shipments-Flour 1000 brls;
wheat 600 bu corn 1888 600 bu; oats 242 900 blu
rye, q, 900 bu barley, 5000 gu.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Four Transfers, with "a Total Con-
sideratiOn of $1,000.

Office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at p. m. June q, 1897 as
furnished by Theo. Stein, abstracter of titles,
of Market and Pennsylvania streets, In
danapolis, Suite 229, first office floor, The
Lemcke Telephone 1850:
Thomas A. McClintock to Anna NJ. Basket.
part of Lot Z, masters subdivision OF
Temple c. Harrison & Co. addition, $340
Ann Tomlinson to Daniel Cassel ct al, part
of west half of southeast quarter and east
half Of southwest quarter of Section 6,
Township Is. Range NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 300
Mary NJ Farman ct al. to Potentia
Rauser, Lot s. Ellis & Mays subdivision
of Outot 1SS 14OO
The Travellers Insurance Company to the
Indianapolis Water Company, part of
west half of Section 3D. Township 16,
Range II, 900
ransfars A. consideration s12 O4n
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Mondays Bank CIearings.

At Ciricago-C1earings. s14 414. 602. New York
exchange. 55c premium. Foreign exchange
steady; demard. $4.S712; sixty days, A.S61z.
AT New Orleans-Clearings. S7S1. SIS; New York
exchange bank, sl.50 per $1,000 premium.
At Memphis-Clearings. $2501&; balances,
$92, 444
At St. Louis-Clearings. s5.442,2s5 balances,
81, 020, 597.
At New York-Clearings. sss. 172, 431; balances,
s4,142.012.
At Boston--C1earings, $12. 500, 6sl; balances,
S1,6s4,716.
At Cincinnati-Money. 21aG6 per cent. New
York exchange, 65@75c premium. Clearngs,
s., $50. 500.
At MISUNDERSTANDING, s2,OOo,4o4; balances.
S326, 23S.
At Observation-Disclosures s., 192, $50; balances,
ACT
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extra lambs, s27505 fair. sa5oaa.so; stock ewes

extra lambs, s275a5; fair, sS.5OQ3.6O; stock ewes
and wethers $2.2sG2.75
EAST LIBERTY, June 2.-Cattle lower on
common and medium grades; prime, $4q510
common S3Q3.50; bulls, stage and cows, S2q3 49,
veal calves s5.75Q6.25
Hogs dun and lower: pigs, $3.50; best Workers
and good medium weights, s3.4543.50: common to
fair Workers, $S.40q345 heavy hogs, S525aS3o;
roughs S2.25@330.
Sheep lower; choice, sS.sOd4; common. $500
3lO yearlings, s3d4.15; spring lambs, S345qS 90.
CINCINNATI, June 21.-Catte steady at SIPS
GAS
Hogs active and higher at s2.s5G3.40.
Sheep dull and lower at $2qS.65; lambs stronger
at 3.5O65.
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A Cloud of Dr.
New York Sun.

New 1UTh ouII.
Every indication that has proved trust
worthy in the past now points TO the con-
clusion that many days ago the pendulum
of good times silently began its irresistible
swing Jokes about the advance agent OF
prosperity will soon be out of order. There
is a cloud of dust up the street. and we
hear something that sounds very much
IKE music. 1t begins to look tremendously
as if the show was about to arrive.
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Oils.

WILMINGTON, June 21.-Spirits of turpentine
steady at 2414G24%c. Rosin steady at $1.25Q1.30
Crude turpentine steady at $780, $3.50 and $780,
Tar firm at $1.05
NEW YORK, June 21.-Petroleum dull; United
closed steady. Rosin steady. Spirits of turpen-
steady at 274027Ac.
OIL CITY, June 21.-Credit balances, SIC; GER
tificates, offered; shipments, 307 brls;
runs 1872, 101 brls.
SAVANNAH, June H.-Spirits of turpentine
firm at Z5c. Rosin firm at &c advance.
CHARLESTON June 21.-Spirits of turDentine
quiet at 24Ac. Rosin firm.
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Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, June 21.-Californa dried fruits
steady; evaporated apples prime wire tray, 412c;
wood-dried prime, 44s@414c; choice, 4Ac; fancy,
sc; prunes, 21s@7c, as to size and quality;
apricots, Royal, S@11c; Moor Park, lie; peaches,
unpeeled, 6QSc; peeled, 11@114c.
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Metals.

NEW YORK, June 21-Pig iron dull; Southern,
$925Q1050 Northern, s10@12. Copper steady;
brokers, 111sc Exchange. 11q11.15c. Tin easier;
straits 1S.9GQ14c; plates easy. Spelter steady at
4.25@4.S5c. Lead firm; Exchange, 34OQ3. Acc;
brokers, 3.20c
ST. LOUIS, June 21-Lead strong at 32OQ
3.221ac. Spelter quiet at 41405c.
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Wool.

ST. LOUIS, June 21.--Wool frmer and better;
fair to choice Illinois and Missouri WOOL 16417c
medium, 13a@15c; light fine, 1112Q14c heavy fine,
91h@10Rc; tub-washed, 17Q2312c.
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS, June Election firm sales.
800 bales; ordinary 5-16c; good ordinary
11-16c; low middling, 71sc; middline, 9-16c;
good middng, 77sc; middling fair 5-16c.
MEMPHIS, June 21.-Cotton firm; middling,
71ac; receipts, lis bales; shipments, 1880 bales;
stock, 20,916 bales; sales, 1925 bales
NEW YORK June 21.-Cotton closed steady;
middlng uplands Use; middling gulf, S1sc; sales,
1851 bales.
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and Firm-HOgs Slow
and LOwer-Sheep Stronger.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 1.--Cattle-Receipts
none; shipments Nothing here for sale.
The prospects favor stronger market than was
indicated at the close Of last week.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, June H.-The dry goods market
opened weak with an increased number or buy
ers in the market, and trading was more snappy
than has heretofore been the case. The tone OF
the market is fully strong as it was last week
and in some cases of favored goods there is
better price prevailing although not enough OF an
increase to warrant advanced quotations. job
bling houses also feel an Improvement to-day,
due TO the presence of local and nearby buyers
who have succeeded IN moving their stock OF
strictly seasoEable goods with greater rapidity
than previously, owing to the warm weather
In staple cottons there is a gradual undertone
of increasing business though, as was the case
all last week, the progress is very slow in
bleached, brown and coarse colored cottons. The
export demand brown goods is still somewhat
advanced. Denims firm at an average price
Of 91bc for nine-ounce goods. Printed goods are
activ. and wooden and worsted goods are without
feature or change of moment.
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Hogs-Receipts, LOO shipments, 1000. The
market opened slow, with prices a shade lower
than the close Saturday. Order buyers were
the only buyers packers being entirely out of the
market The closing was quiet at the decline.
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Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, June 1-Butter-Receipts, 20. 300
packages. Market quiet; State and Western
creamery. 11q15c; Elgins, l5c; factory, 71z@loi3e
Cheese-Receipts %, $50 packages. Market quiet;
State. large, SAQS2sc; small, 712Qsc: part SKINS
4Q612c' fun skins, z12Q2c: Eggs-Receipts. 15,2S7
packages. Market steady; State and Pennsyl-
vania, 12d121ac; Western, l012q1l12c.
KANSAS CITY. June 2l-Butter active;
creamery 1012@1212c; dairy, SQ10c. Eggs-The
market is steady; receipts were moderate to-day
the demand is fair; fresh candled Kansas and
Missouri stock, cases returned, &C.
CHICAGO, June 21.-On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market firm; creamery,
12Q14l4c; dairy. 9G1l2c. Cheese quiet at 7qS12c.
Eggs firm; fresh, 61zc
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.--Butter easy; fancy
Western creamery, 15c. Eggs steady; fresh near
by, lie; fresh Western. 1O1a@l1c. Cheese IN
changed.
ELGIN. June 21.-Butter active; offerings,
AZ, $50 pounds at 141zc.
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Route of Golden Gate Special

will be via Denver, Colorado Springs. Royal
Gorge. Marshall Pass, Black Canon and
Salt Lake City; returning via Portland
Shasta Route), Yellowstone Park, st. Paul
and Chicago, This train will be. in charge
of Charles F. Patterson of the Inland Ed
ucator.' who will personally attend to the
requirements of its passengers and par
ticular attention will be paid to the COM
Berth rate for entire trip of 80 days in
chartered sleeping cars will not exceed
$100 per day or so cents each person per
day where two occupy one berth Sleeping
car space should be reserved at once, as
this is a strictly first-class train and only
a limited number can be accommodated.
Circular giving complete information
mailed on application.
w w. RICHARDSON, D. p. A.
E. A. FORD g. p. A.
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gust. Butter steady; fancy creamery, 15G16c
Cheese steady. Eggs steady; fresh, l0izc.
CINCINNATI June 21.-Flour steady; family.
S325Q3.5O. Wheat fairly active; No. red, sic.
Corn firm; No. mixed, 2612c. Oats quiet; No
mixed. l9i5c. Rye steady; No. 2, S5c. Lard
steady at $3.50 Bulk meats easy al 4.45@4.50.
Bacon easier at s5.S0a5.35. Whisky quiet at Sill
Butter easy. Sugar firm; hard refined 3606D5. 60c
Eggs quiet at TIC. Cheese easy; good to prime
Ohio fiat 7q7l3c.
TOLEDO. June 21.-Wheat active, but weak
No. 2 cash, SIC; July 705sc. Corn active; No. .
mixed. 25lzc. oats dull but lover; No mixed
1sl2c Rye dull, but steady; No 2, cash. S5c
$3.50.
DETROIT. June 2L-Wheat-No. ] white and
No. red SIC: July, T0$4c. Corn-No. mixed
Csc. Oats-No. white, 2212c. Rye-No 2, SAC.
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San FranCiscO==Cheap
Vandalia=P pennsylvania
LINES -
FARE 5000 ONE WAY
$500 ROUND TRIP

Returning via Northern Route, $500 to
$3.50 additional. Children, half fare. Five
and one-half days in Yellowstone Park, in
Guiding meals conveyances and guides,
$40 IN Additional
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Transfers, 4; consideration ......
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Sheep and Lambs-Receipts none; shipments
none. But little doing for want of stock. The
market was stronger for the week.
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C,lover-Choice recleaned, 60 lbs. s4G425; prime
81 25d4 so: English, choice. $450a4 49, alsike
choice si75@5; alfalfa, choice. $4,000 SO; crlm-
son or scarlet clover, S2.T5Q3 timothy, As lbs
prime ST. 306D1 40 strictly prime. 1901 60; fancy,
kentucky. IA lbs. s155GDL6s; extra clean. 70Qsoc:
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Nails and HOrseshOes.

Steel cut nails s1.75 wire nails. from store.
81. 90Q3 rates from mill. $1.75 rates. Horseshoes
per keg $3.50; mule shoes, per key, $3.50; horse
nails S4G5 per box. Barb wire, galvanized, 81;
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-23
MISS "A CASE OF PINTs."


John Bertram is the proprietor of the
big entertainment hall at the corner of
Fulton street and Brooklyn avenue,
Brooklvn. There is a telephone CON
nected with his place. [ had lust con-
cludcd an entertainment given by the
Rravura council, ROYAL Arcanum. and
was the guest of honor at pleasant
reOast given by its members. BY my
side were Joseph Carey, the mimic;
James McKernan. the popular song
writer. Frank Harlioan, Harrison and
Wheeler, MAYS and Hunter. the banjo
kings. and other lesser lights known in
the higher class OF vaudeville talent I
resolved NV toast into an exploit, and
moor Betram was the victim.
"Betram," called o voice from the
telephone. Hello, Betram!"
"Hollo. hollo!r responded Rertram in
good Teutonic dialect. as he entered the
room. "Nho is it?"
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wherein the genial Fred figured as the
inciter of mischief.
Fred is a great favorite among his
friends, and takes and gives joke
with becoming grace. He determined to
get square on certain friends in way
that would leave no doubt as to who
was the most practical in perpetrating
a joke. So one Saturday evening he
said to me; Say, Mr.. Hartley, come
over to my place l want to get even
on some jokers who have been MAX
ing life a burden to me-" I consented
on condition that, if discovered, he
would guarantee me full immunity
from the attacks of the victims.
You see,' he said, Il have put in a
speaking tube leading to the upper
floors. l want you to run my party up
against it, and make them think they
are talking to some one" 1t so hap
pens that this is one of the easiest of
all my exploits, for it requires the
use of that voice resembling the sound
we hear over a telephone. l stood
quietly smoking and chatting with a
friend near the tube, when loud call
issued apparently from the tube. Bun
ger Immediately responded and called
back: What do you want?"
1T Frank Horn there" came the
voice from the tube. Mr. Horn bit"
with alacrity, and, going over to the
tube, cried out: s
Yes: here | ami"
"Who is there with yOu?" Horn gave
the names of Creger, Stone, Harkins,
Nelson Rogers, Mertens, Haines,
Simpson, Dale and Morris.
Very we'll. Now, we are going to
give a quiet little card party, and we
want you all to come up. Tell the 9TH
| ers to wait. You come up right away"
| piped the voice from the tube.
"All right" he cried, and off he went.
| The voice was heard by all in the room,
and one by one l called all the others
| up to the tube, and one by one they
| quickly made fer the upper floors.
| 1t so happened that the families above
| knew nothing about the affair." but
| when they saw the halls of the flat fill
| ing up with strange men they all rushed
down to learn the cause.
| The joke was too much for poor Fred,
| and he rolled on the floor in his merr-
| ment. | softly stole away, but from
| across the street I heard load peals of
| laughter which seemed to leave nc
doubt that Fred had got square on his
| friends.
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Practical Jokes of q
Clever Vemtril0qmist
Charles A. Hartley Writes i'm the New York
journal of His Amusing Experiences.

Hammerstein's big Olympia was
thronged the other evening when l
strolled in. Not a seat was to be had
at the Olympia that night. While
awaiting for the curtain to go up l
amused myself at the expense of
part of the audience standing about
me.
Hats Off" I shouted as from afar
off. A hundred hats were Ndoffed.
Everybody sit down." / next called
in a voice which, l gathered from the
expression on the faces of those near
by, came from the stage. Instantly the
balsony tiers responded. All sat down
but one man who hugged the brass
rails, and who doubtless, thought that
to surrender his position for a moment
meant q supreme effort to recover it.
THE gentleman standing will sit
down." l called again. He moved
about uneasily.
sit down." / commanded peremptor-
lily, while the crown around him urged
him to obey. He stood his ground.
BY this time the commotion had at
tracted the patrons of the boxes and
the upper tiers In a voice loud enough
to be heard in any part of the immense
theatre l cried:
John, go UP in the second tier, and
tell that man with the white overcoat
to sit down."
Say, do you hear up there? If you
don't sit down, I'll go up there and put
you out!" He sat down instantly, amid
the laughter of the audience. He was
an obstinate subject, but l mastered
him.
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Twelve O'clock" shouted Ward.
Il can't hear you"
"TWelve O'clock" shreked Ward, and
he raped on the pipe, as if to restore
to the wires some dormant Voltaic
energy.
Il can't hear you," 1 called again.
"Speak louder"
Twelve o'clock, twelve o'clock. Do
you hear that? T-w-e-l-v-e!" thunder
ed Ward. He had grown hoarse from
shouting.
"Oh, yes, I understand" said the
supposed Dickson. l will look for you
at twelve. Good by"
"Goodby," said Ward: "I'll be there
Dickson"
An assuming climax to the Ward cpl
sode happened the next night that
Ward was assigned to the station. He
had not been let into the joke yet. Op-
orator Collins was much alarmed when
he heard from his inner office a loud
pounding in the waiting room. He
rushed out to learn the cause of the
unusual noise. There he beheld pool
Ward belaborng the gas pipe with q
poker, shouting between the blows;
Hello, DicksOn!"