Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-05-09
BY THE WAY.
A Pew Interesting Observations Picked
Up Here and There.
THOUGHT IT WAS LOADED.

young men, including The Rambler"
we're seated. Hastily thrusting a pack.
age into The Rambler's" hands, he said:
I've got TO go up town and don't expect
to catch this train. II l don't, | wish you
would throw this OIL at Florida" Then
he was gone. The package had evidently
come from q dry goods store. Il was a
paste board box about sixteen OF eighteen
inches long and as wide as il was
high. As BOON as the owner had departed,
there began coniectures in the little par
ty ne to what the box contained. None
knew for certain, one thinking IL
might contain a pistol, another neck
ties or ~suspenders, a third was pos
itiye II was q joke, while another
whispered something about q Spanish
bomb, and then "The Rambler" tenderly
laid it down. The discussion was at its
height and growing more interesting,
when the conductor came TO collect fares.
He was q married man, and when his
attention vas attracted 10 the curious
looking boz he said: "Well. you're a lot
Of blooming jays who will know more
about these things when you have TO 20
out and buy them. Why. the box con.
tains an article OF feminine wearing
apparel commonly known "a q corset"
"0f eors ct does" chimed In the peanut
boy, who just then put in an appearance,
and then had TO fee for his life. The
box went of at Florida station.
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The writer is a Kentuckian by birth,
and whenever he sees a building with a
tx. Y. key" sign Of any kind attached to
It he wants to patronize that establish
ment right away.
Last week at Deming he saw a store
with the sign Ky. Restaurant" written
across Its front, and Immediately hied
himself thither, as 1t was about dinner
time. and he thought of the pleasant
time he would have talking TO mine host
about my old Kentucky home.
Taking a seat at one Of the tables, he
was soon In a very chagrined state by
having the Chinese proprietor coming in
and asking: what you wantp"
Up the street another half block an.
other sign reads: "French Louie's res
taurant." French Louie proved TO be
another Mongolian, John Is getting to
be az great a deceiver a his Caucasian
brother. In Silver City the English
Kitchen and the American Kitchen are
both run by Cinnamon. Silver City. by
the way, has a slant-eyed laundryman
by the name OF Wah Shing. What's the
matter with that name for one engaged
In his businessI
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Sitting at breakfast in the dining room
Of the Rio Grande hotel at Las Cruces the
other morning was a party OF volunteers
who were on the way to the front. The
conversation was upon "going 10 Cuba"
certainly, and IN Of the young fellows
was overheard to say: "0hl IL will be a
nice trip" and others thought 80 too.
And yet We read that General Sherman,
who achieved victory in more than one
engagement, said; "War is hell"
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Going to Belen the other morning "The
Rambler" was one OF two passengers that
were permitted TO ride In the cabOose OF a
freight train. The other was a Spanish
American lady. The ride was tedious
and to while away the time he thought
that he would like to smoke.s cigar. But
there was that lady present, and much as
the desire grew on him to have a smoke
yet he wasn't going to do anything that
was going to be offensive to her. He re-
sisted the temptation TO have a smoke
about as long as he could, and was about
to 90 TO the rear platform where II was
very unpleasant riding when he heard
the crack Of q match. Turning, he saw
with surprise that his fellow passenger
had calmly lighted a cigarette. and she
was putting contentedly away at II, OBJ
lIyious to the fact that she had been
causing Inconvenience to anybody.
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Railroad men will appreciate this lit.
tie experience, II nobody else does: The
writer was sleeping In a rooming house
at San Marcial the other night, and az
there were two locked doors between the
outside world and himself he slept sound
ly. IL was s0me time after midnight,
when no was rudely awakened by having
a lantern flashed in his face, and a voice
coming from back OF the lantern, hur-
riedly said: Extra west, engine 1886,
come, sign up here" At the same time
a blank book was showed under his nose.
"Eh. what's thRtP" he managed TO blurt
out, being still in a happy medium be-
tween sleep and w~akefulness. whats
wotr' came the rejOinder from the young
man who was now lighting the lamp in
the room, didn't say you we're to take
an extra outp Are you a Wrinkle, and
want to sleep a twentyP" ~ guess you're
mistaken in the room" answered "The
Rambler" who now saw that It was a
call'bOy who had come after some rail-
road employe TO take a train out. "No,
Pm not, nuther. Amt your name
SpragueS Course 1t air. Put your name
down here, and quit your monkeying."
1t took half an hour to convince that
youth that he had entered the wrong
room, and then he left In disgust.
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did you hear that story about the
stove piper" asked a drummer at Los Luz
mas, yesterday. NO, go ahead and tell
it," said the stOrekeeper. 100 smutty,"
returned the travelling man,
THE RAMBLER.
For over Finy Years.
AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY.