Evening journal., 1897-12-24
THE LOST is FOUND.

he LOol 10 fOOND.
A few months ago some pretty young
girl selected some orange silk and
black satin and proceeded to fashion
for some nice-looking young man to-
bacco bag. She took two pieces of the
orange silk and two pieces of black
satin and pieced them so as to make
the colors alternate, and come together
in point at the bottom of the bag. At
ter she did this she hemmed the upper
edge and put in a drawing string COM
posed of orange and black silk cord.
Then she worked the initial 'P" in or
ange silk on one of the black sections,
and the next time that "P" called she
gave it to him as a Warren Club mas
cot, and he thanked her heartily for
her graceful remembrance. When he
got home he filed it with tobacco and
the smokes which he took from it were
the most fragrant and delightful that
he ever experienced. AS the smoke
curled up from the bowl of his pipe he
imagined that it formed the face of the
young person who had spent so many
hours in making the bag for him, and
if anyone had asked him to give up
smoking on the ground that it was in
juring his health he would have de-
clared the refOrmer crazy. He carried
the bag faithfully and used it consist
emily until last night, when he lost it.
As the Wayfarer was going home
from the theatre shortly after IL o'clock
he felt something soft under one OF his
feet on the pavement in front of the
Pennypacker residence, at Tenth and
West streets. STOPPING, he picked it
up, and discovered that il was the
identical bag which the pretty young
woman had SO cleverly fash
ioned for the nice-lOoking young
man. In 1t was quantity of good to-
bacco. The Wayfarer knows it was
good, for he sampled it at the first op-
portunity. The bag and tobacco are
now in the Wayfarer's possession, and
the nice-looking young man can get it
by calling at this Office and presenting
a certificate of identification from the
pretty young lady who made it.
AS TO TWO VERDICTS.
If we are to have many more YER
diets like those which We're rendered by
the cOroner's juries in the case of the
death caused by the falling in Of a floor
at the Armour Beef Company's place,
in this city, and the one caused by the
explosion at the new Federal building,
we might just as well do away with
the coroner's Office and the expense at
tached to it." said a prominent mem
Der of the bar to the Wayfarer yester-
day afternoon. Here were two men
killed under the most deplorable cir
cumstances. Someone was to blame,an
it was the duty Of the jury to determine
who il was in each case, not to render a
general verdict of accidental death. But
. l.. .
company in the Armour case and a few
acetylene experts in the Federal build
ing case, and left the matter of respon-
sibility floating up in the airsomewhere
1t is not right. The province and duty
Of the coroner's jury are being abused
for somebody's benefit, and if it is not
stopped you will, one of these days, find
the corOner's Office envelOped in the
worst sort Of a scandal"
WHAT HB WAS LOOKING FOR.
The explosion at the Federal build
ing was an awful thing, but it had its
funny incident, like all other tragedies.
One of the post Office employees has
only one arm, but in spite of this de-
ficiency his duties are such that he can
perform them without hindrance OF
inconvenience.
When the fremen reached the build
ing, shortly after the alarm had been
sent in. they repaired to the basement
TO ascertain what was to be done. One
of the firemen saw q brother fireman
with a lantern making a close search
of every nook and Granny in the neigh
borhOod of the gas tanks.
What are you doing, Bill?" he
asked.
Why, as l came downstairs l saw a
man with his arm blown off, and 1 am
looking for it, but III be dashed if
can find it anywhere" Bill said.
THAT man lost his arm eight or ten
years ago, Bill" answered the other
fireman, "and if / were you l wouldn't
waste any more time looking for some
thing that was never in the building.
Bill was so astonished that he
dropped the lantern and his jaw at one
and the same time.