The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20
Photograph Man Scared
By Fathers Farewell Message to His Children

From the New York Sun.
The photograph man wipe the cold per-
SEPARATION from his brow and drew sigh OF
RELIEF
We'll" he remarked feebly, that's the
queerest case yet. We have lots Of funny ex-
periences in here but that man who Jus'
went out pretty nearly scared me to DEATH
People are beginning to find that they can
come in here and talk into monograph In
stead of debating to a typewriter, so you
RAY be sure We have interesting sessions
sometimes but that man who just went out
had new kink to work.
when he came in 1 thought he acted
rather queerly; kind of preoccupied and
solemn. So when he drew his chair up TO
the table, looked at the horn with a sickly,
sentimental expression, and said, Goodbye,
gocd-b my childTenr l almost had lit.
Here's man. said l to myself, VINO 5
going to send a farewell TO his ramily auu
then commit suicide.
II didn't like the idea little bit, but l
was anxious to hear what else he had to
say, so l kept still and listened. He went on
with some more fond farewell words and |
Gained down little bit, because l happened
to think that he might be going to Europe,
CT Manila or jail. But | didn't stay very
long. As soon as he had finished his good
byes, he started TO tell his caildren that they
would never see him again, but taat he wou- d
be watching them from above, aud he wante
them to grow up to be good men and good
women, an honor to themselves and to their
dead father. Well, Il never interrupt record
ma kerr so l held my peace TIL he finished,
and then / said:
What in thunder is this, anyway
Why. that's my parting advice to my
You don't mean that you're going to
die, do your
q why, of course
we'll says I, go of and die some place
else l don't want you dying around here
Then he laughed, and said he hain't any
intention Of dying Immediately, and was just
getting q record to leave TO his chic ren wnen
his time came. 1t was square. too, que s
SO l let him have the record, and he paid
me for it. But I tell you he gave me a
bad five minutes. Wouldn't that be an up
to-date way of committing suicide? Make
your farewell speech with 4 phonograph and
then, before the thing was through register
ing whip out a revolver and bangl The
whole thing would be In the record even 10
your final groan.
aside from this man with his farewell
advice, I think our most interesting Gus
toners in that line are three sisters WHO
visit the establishment occasionally. They
have a fourth sister who is a missionary in
Africa, and they have not seen her fer aoout
ten years. Some time ago the three sisters
hero bought photograph and sent II TO ths
missionary and since thas time they come
in here at regular intervals and tai letter
to her. l suppose that sister away Cn there
listens to that letter two or three times
day for long time. Maybe she converts
the heather with it, too. l don't know. Her
sisters here sent her some b,anks. IS
we call unused cylinders, and oEce in q
while they get a record from her. They have
no photograph OF their own, so they bling
the tin box to me, have ne open i. and
put the record in one OF our machines here
I'm almost as eager 70 hear what the ms
sionary has to gay as her sisters are.
"One OF the queerest records / ever got
was Of prayer. l was 10 give photograph
entertainment IN a church, with music,
songs and talks by the Instrument. 1 hal
everything, in fact, except prayer, and, Of
course, knew that they would want to open
the entertainment that way. So 1 went to the
minister and asked him ii he wouldn't make
the prayer beforehand ana let the pnonogrsph
repeat It to open the meeting. / didn't know
whether he would but bless you, he was
perfectly willing. He had q good big vcics,
and / got fine record. The only trouble
was that his prayer was built on a bigger