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hat on for him and he arose to leave the room, letting the inquest run itself. Justice Johnstone first ob- served his motions when he reached tie door and asked him where he was going. MT. Drane, holding his hands down inconspicuously, looked back over his shoulder, saying he would be back in ten minutes. You'll be med $10 if you're not in your seat in a minute" said the coroner. Mr. Drane threw up his hands, the grand mailing sign of distress, and said he wanted 10 go over to the sheriffs of nee to be turned loose He was per- mitted to go.
 AN APPARENT TRAGEDY.-Some practical joker placed stuffed figure in the road in front Cs the South Meth odist church last night The Dutch Count saw it from the sidewalk and hurried to the police and told them about drunk lying in the street Before he had finished his narration George Fifield drove up furiously, ex- claiming that he had run over a man before he saw him. He urged the po- lice to get into the cab and go back with him and see if fatal injuries had been inflicted. MT Fifield was very much perturbed He feared that he had been the death of fellow man, for the unfortunate victim had made no cutcry He had not even groaned
 The figure was removed and destroyed.
 IRE OPERATOR PUNGLES.- Wat do you think the postmaster would say if about three-t thirds of the people who come iI to mail letters would say to him: Say, just put stamp on this and I will bring i. in scme time?" That is a sample of what the customers of the local telegraph officers are asking every day. The rule las been made and will hereafter be lived up to strictly, that TO mes Sages will be accepted for transmission unless a stamp or the equivalent to pay fer the same is rendered with the message. While the average telegraph oprator probably possesses as much patriotism as the next man, he does not feel like paying for the war out of his stipend. If any one labors under .ne impression thae the company will furnish the stamp if it cannot get it csa customer, let the erroneous idea be dispelled; it's the telegrapher every time who does the ''pungling."
 THE STAMP MANIA-The local manager Of the Western Union says he asks the question so often: Have you a revenue stamp" and sees so many messages bearing the green eul- 1 5lem that he doesn't feel like speak ing to an acquaintance unless he has ] revenue stamp pasted in a conspicu- ous place Even when eating at a restaurant he dislikes to accept what IS set before him unless a stamp is af- fixed to some portion Of the meal He 1 giances at every dog to see if he has a stamp attached, instead of a tag, and nesitates about donning a clean shirt until thoroughly examined in the
 search Of. the ever present in mind
 stamp" To what length this mania wlll extend before the war debt is paid, cannot now be prophesied The ten i iiona" fine which is levied in every
 case that a message slips by un-
 stamped may have something to do
 witl the strong impression that has { been made On the gentleman's mind.
 ROW ON THE RESERVATIONS
 man who gave the name of James l Hodges was arrested yesterday morn 1 ing on the complaint of a couple of prostitutes from the courty reserva- i tion charging him with shooting at
 them. He was tried in Justice Kin cald's court. The evidence Of a mur- derous assault was not clear. but it
 appeared that Hodges had only dis
 charged revolver at the sky. He
 was fined S15. That was cheap. It
 costs nearly @ hundred times as much
 to shoot off a 13-inch gun at a Span
 lard. The women made complaint
 about Hedges at the sheriff's office.
 Before that they had applied to the
 police and were told that they were
 not under the protection of the city. ] It is wishin the power Of the police. as 1t Is within that of any private cit
 izen to interfere when crime is being