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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-03
ATTEMPT TO BURN MANILA.
Mail Advices Concerning the Out
break ON Mashington's birthday,

Staff Correspondent OF the Associated Press.
MANILA, March 1. via steamer Nip
pom Maru. TO San Francisco, April q
After many false alarms and frustrated at
temps, the oft-repeated threats of the rebels
TO burn Manila and massacre every E.u-
ropean and American within its walls. cuI-
minated In disastrous confiagration and
an attempted uprising which was promptly
checked on the night of Washingtons
birthday. That preconcerted ARRANGEMENTS
had been made To fire the city i'm half
dozen different places simultaneously there
can be no doubt but, fortunately. the plans
miscarried for various reasons, and the ma
tives themselves. or at least their SYM
pathizers. lost as much, if not more. than
those upon whom they sought TO wreak
their vengeance.
A quieter day than that of Feb. - IL would
be difficult TO imagine All the banks and
leading meaautile houses were closed and.
except for the fact that the saloons were
open. IT seemed more like Sunday than "a
holiday. the excessive heat and the condi-
tion of affairs outside having kept most
people indoors. About sundown. however.
the town bestirred itself and the streets
soon filed with people takin: an airing
after dinner. it being the custom here TO
dine at o'clock and retire Immediately
efterward. Just As the long strings of car
riages which daily pass and repass each
other on the Luneta were forming for the
procession homeward a dense black column
OF smoke rolled up above the intervening
roofs and almost Immediately sfterward an
ominous red glare was reflected from the
sky. Murmurs of horror were followed by
sharp orders TO coachmen, sind there was
a wild scramble for the city Even when
this was reached. and il was ascertained
that the IRE was IN the Santa Cruz district.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-03
BritonS want to Enlarge aons-Kong.

PEKING, April 2.-The HongKong au-
thorities are pressing for extension Of
the territory ceded TO Great Britain by the
treaties OF Canton and Nanking on the
ground that more land is needed for gov
ernment buildings. They propose TO build
a custom house for the collection OF Chinese
revenues and promise TO increase the opium
duties e4O.OOO annually if the extension is
granted. In case of refusal they threaten
TO remove the Chinese custom house from
British territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-03
BANDITS CAPTURED.
NainOn, Noted Desperate, Among
Those Taken Into Custody.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April 2.-The tel
egraph line to Havana, constructed by the
United States signal corps, is completed
and will be opened for commercial messages
tomorrow. Local merchants, however, say
they do not believe the line can De regu-
larly operated during the rainy season,
which causes great damage.
Five more bandits have been captured, in
Guiding Nainon, noted desperate. The
others who have been infesting the San
Luis district seem to have removed their
operations TO the north a body of armed
men a few days ago attacked two Amer
leans in the neighborhood Of 1olguin took
their arms and horses and then went still
further north 10 rob the lighthouse ct
Gibara. Colonel Grubli, of the Second IN
munes, has gone in pursuit. The trouble
seems to have grown out of The cessation Of
public works in the province and the delay
iii the approval of the cstiml.es. Many
who became bandits during that reriod ncw
refuse to return to work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-03
SENATOR QUAY SILENT.
Holds n Conference with Friends, and
Keeps Its Nature Secret.

WASHINGTON, April 2-There was a
conference between Senator Quay. Senator
Penrose and Attorney General Elkin, OF
Pennsylvania to-day at the home of SEN
ator Quay. at which the senatorial situation
was discussed. Mr.. Quay had just come
back from the South aud Mr.. Penrose made
a flying trip over from Philadelphia to con-
fer with him. returning tonight. What the
result OF the informal meeting was is not
known. Senator Quay refused TO answer
questions about it and protested that it had
no Significance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-03

VICTORIA, British Columbia, April a.
The steamer Tartar arrived from the Orient
to-day after a stormy voyage. She brings
news of the massacre OF twenty-nine farm
ers by aborigines at Byorfetsu. Japan.
Germany is said to be concentrating a fleet
at Amo. with the intention OF seizing Fut-
sien.
Dispatches from Toxic to Japanese coast
papers charge Americans with shooting
down men. women and children in the Phil
ippines.
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shot by White Caps.

PUXICO. Mo, April 2-John Sullivan,
one of the best known men in the commune
~ shot and killed last night. supposedly
by white caps. Many rumors are astir and
the community is greatly excited.
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Shooting Caused by Politics.

CHICAGO. April 2.--During a quarrel to-
day over the approaching municipal election
Paul Lund shot AID fatally wounded Arthur
Lawson. an expressman. Isund claims the
shooting was done in self-defense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-03
EARLY COLLAPSE OF THE PHILIP
PINE REVOLUTION PREDICTED.
Most Americans Confident tho Back
bone of the InsurGcnt Opposition
Has Been Broken.
SPANIARDS LESS OPTIMISTIC
SAY THE FILIPINOs WILL. CONTINUE
TO HARAss Our SOLDIERS.

Their Belief Based on Their Own Ex-
cable the Present situation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
GREAT BOMRARDMENT.
The FusilInde of Celestial Missiles
That Is Constantly Being Rained
Upon the Earth.

The regions of space beyond our
Some meet the earth in its onward rush;
others, having attained inconceivable
velocity, overtake and crash into the
whirling sphere with loud detonation
and ominous glare, finding destruction
in its molecular armor, or perhaps
ricocheting from it again into the UNI
known. Some come singly, vagrant
fragments from the infinity of space;
others fall in showers like golden rain;
all constituting a bombardment APP
palling in its magnitude. 1t has been
estimated that every "a hours the earth
or its atmosphere is struck by 100000,
coo missiles of iron or stone, ranging
from an ounce up to tons in weight,
Every month there rushes upon the
flying globe at least $4,000, 900, 900 iron
and stone fragments, which, with lurid
accompaniment, crash into the circum-
ambient atmosphere. Owing to the re-
sistance offered by the air. few of these
solid shots strike the earth. They
move out of space with a possible We
locity of 30 or 40 miles per second, and,
like moths, plunge into the revolving
globe, lured TO their destruction by its
fatal attraction. The moment they en-
ter our atmosphere they ignite; the air
is piled up and compressed ahead Of
them with inconceivable force, the re-
sultant friction producing an imme-
date rise in temperature, and the
shooting star, the meteor of popular
parlance, is the results. F. Holder, in
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
ROYAL ACTRESSES.
FOotIight Favorites Who Have Won
Their Way to Fame and
Noble Titles.

Since Taglioni danced her way into
the heart of duke many women of the
stage have been clever enough to take
the hint. From Patti, who, not satisfied
with having been Marquise de Caux,
is endeavoring to qualify herself for
another and higher title, to the beauti-
full woman who, although the wife of
the duke of Cambridge, was so modest
ly content to be known as plain Mrs.
Fitz George, the list Is long and in
teresting one. Who has not heard of
the peculiar motives that induced Chris
tine Nilsson TO become the Countess de
Miranda? Then there was Helen Fau-
cit, who was loved far and wide as Lady
Martin; Connie Gilchrist," who
skipped into the titles Of Orkney, Kirk
well and Hamilton; Lady Clancarty
who had been famous as Miss Belle
Bilton," this last girl Of the concert
halls winning no less than six great
titles by her arts. The earl of Euston
married Miss Kate Walsh, making her
the prospective countess of three lines,
as well as the actual mistress of three
regal mansions. Lady Frances Hope
Pelham-Clinton was known on both
sides of the sea as May Yohe, while she
now stands a good chance of being
duchess of Newcastle and the mistress
of $4,000 acres. But at the top Of the
list, if at the end, is Miss Kate Vaughn,
who has married Col. Wellesley, near
relative of the duke of Wellington. If
this lady succeeds to the position on
which it is claimed in marrying she had
her eye, she will, surprising all her
rivals, be the princess of Waterloo
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
Photographing "a Comet.

The astronomer, like other people,
sometimes finds what he is not looking.
for. This is especially likely to happen
in making photographs of the heavens.
Many asteroids, and occasionally a
comet, have been unexpectedly found
in that manner. 1t now appears that a
thus accidentally photographed on at
least four plates which were exposed in
November to catch the Leonid meteors.
The comet happened to be near that
point in the sky from which the meteors
appear to radiate, and although it was
invisible TO the eye, the faithful sensi-
tive plates took note Of its presence
Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27

Centuries ago, people used to fear what
they called the pestilence. BLACK Death
was the most terrible thing in the world
to them. They feared it as people now
fear the Cholera and Yellow Fever And
yet there is thing that causes more mis-
cry and deaths than any of these 1t is
50 common that nine -tenths Of all the
sickness in the world is traceable to it.
1t is merely that simple, common thing
constipation 1t makes people listless
causes dizziness, headaches, loss of appe-
tite, loss Of sleep, foul breath and distress
after eating The little help needed is
furnished by DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pei
lets. One pill is a gentle laxative and
two a mild cathartic. Once used, always
in favor If you are careless enough to
let an INSCRIPTIONS druggist sell you
something ON which he makes more mon
ey, it is your own fault if you do not get
well Be sure and get DR.. Pierces Pleas
ant Pellets
Send q cents in one-cent stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n. Y, and receive Dr. Pierce 5
zoos page Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser, profusely illustrated
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
That Was How.

81 saw Mr.. Polygon to-day, mamma"
said little Miss Bellefield
mfr. Polygon? don't know anybody
of that name replied Mrs. Bellefeld.
"You know the gentleman that called
day before yesterday"
His name isn't Polygon. It's Briggs.
How did you come to think it was Poly
gon?"
why, mamma, you said yourself that
ne was many-sided man" - Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
Nobody Hurt.

Reporter-Anybody injured in the
practice game to-day?
Football Captain-No; the boys went
real easy to-day; they are saving them
selves for the championship game
Gibbs got his nose broken, Russell lost
an ear, Dobson got few teeth kicked
out, Jaycock dislocated his jaw and
broke a few fingers, but nobody got
what you could really call hurt.-Tit-
Rits
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
gg-DR KuTcBIN IS NO STRANGER IN rms COUNTY.
WHAT Or. KvTCRlN
DOES NOT DO.

lie does not fright.
en- people ipto doctor
ing by hC....g up q
plea OF nspeedy death
before their eyes. lie
does not urge the sick
10 take treatment
when he knows them
TO be iucurable. Nell
Their does he by false
pretenses hold the
sicl; under his care
month after month
while doing them no
GOOD.
He does not per-
Suade helpless IN
curableS to doctor
out the last month OF
their lives, or give up
their last dime for
medicine.
He does not take
patients under O So
called faisoguarantee
pretending TO charge
only for medicine and
taking VIII teyer
amount he can got.
or make the object Of
his life to extortmon.
ey from the sick.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27

PASSENGER TRAINS.

300 a. m train out of Manitowoc makes con
nection at Neenah at 200 a. m with train Tor
Oshkosh Fond du Lac and other points south
thus giving Manitowoc people chance to go to
Oshkosh and Fond du Lac the same day % =.
m train also makes connection at Neenah at
B. 10 p. IN. for south.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
DR.. Humphreys
Specifies act directly upon the disease,
without exciting disorder In other parts
of the system. They Cure the Sick.

without exciting disorder IN other parts
of the system. They Cure the Sick.
NO. CURES. PRICES.
1-Feyers. COMPOSITIONS, determinations. rs
2-WOrms. Worm lever, Worm Colic... .25
3-Teething. Collie. Crying, wakefulness rs
4-Diarrhea. OF Children or Adults. rs
7-Ccughs. Colds, Bronchitis. ........... rs
S-Neuralgin. Toothache, Faceaehe.... rs
9-Heada che. Sick Headache, Vertigo. rs
1C-Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach. 23
IL Suppressed or Painful Periods. .2J
12-Whites. Too Profuse Periods. ........ .25
13-CrOup. Laryngitis. Hoarseness...... rs
14-salt Rheum. Erysipelas Eruptions.. rs
15-Rheumntism. Rheumatic Pains. rs
16-Malaria. Chilis, Fever and Ague 49,. rs
19-Catarrh. Influenza, Cold in the Head rs
COW hopping Cough .................... rs
27-kidney Diseases ...................... 20
1s-NervOus Debility. .....................1.0 90
3O-tlrinary Weakness. Wetting Bed. .25
57-Grip. Hoy Fever. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
DR.. Humphreys Manual of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt OF price.
humphreys Med. Co.. Cor. William & John Sts,
New York,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
WHAT Or. KuTCHIN
DOES 90.

DR.. Kutchin makes
I the first object or his
life to heal the az
! Gicted. the second, TO
get o wol!-deserved
reputation asa healer
OF diseases among the
people; the third, Is
to earn q modest COM
pensation In order to
properIy care for him
self and family.
lie does all that he
agrees TO, and Oft
times more, and when
failure does occur 1t
can always be traced
to carelessness, inn
prudence, or over
work on the part OF
the patient.
He deals candidly,
literally and honor
ably with oil alike,
taking advantage OF
none as 20 condition
or circumstance.
Last, but not least,
HE CURES after all
methods but his have
failed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27

,.(5 A. m train out Of Neenah gets connectlon
from North and South at 200 a. m. o:l5 y. IN.
train gets connection from South at 3:lO p M
w II. VANDEGRFF, Agt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
J.F. MULHOLLAND, NJ. ID.

DRACTICE limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and
Z Throat Office hours. to Y a. M; to l,
m and to p. m. Office over Mendlik Null
hollands \ Sth street, ManltoWoc' WISCONSIN,
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q. w. KENNEDY,

t~ONTRAC TOR AND BUILDER. House NOV
~ ing. raising and re-silling. Heavy work
speciality Smoke stacks raised bl3 \. oth ST.
Telephone No 81 Manitowoc Wisconsin
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DAILY. Only cAVtpI 0UH,IaN.
Nos 3 and 4 are limited trains making
very fast time and have through sleeping cars
between Milwaukee, Chicago and Bessmer, IRON
wood Hurley and Ashland. Breakfast going
SOUTH and supper going north are served in
dining cars between Chicago and Milwaukee,.
Nos. 5 and 6 have through sleeping cars be
tween Chicago and Milwaukee and Wausau and
parlor cars between Kaukauna and Ashland.
Nos and run between Milwaukee and An
tigo with parlor cars between Milwaukee and
Wausau.
Nos and run between Milwaukee and Kau-
kauna
All trains make close connections in Union
Depot at Milwaukee to and from Chicago,
For information or tickets inquire of
c. II. HUCHTHAUSEN, Ticket Agent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
CHICAGO & North Western Railway

New Trains and Fast Time.
Leave South Bound Arrive.
Manitowoc @459 q. m milwaukee - - ~ a. ~
Manitowoc TS 10 a. m ! milwaukee, Tiu:ma' m
Manitowoc flOl u. m. ! milwaukee, 7o'yl p ~
ManitowoC 1851 p. m. milwaukee, "o'lV p ~
Taave North Bound Arrive.
Mantowoc F4:20 p. m. Amigo f9:1l p. m.
Wanitowoc 70: 80 D. IN. Ashland "a a. IN.
Mantowoc 9:31 a, IN. Appleton ll:OS a. M
Manitowoc $40 a. m.
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DR. r. NJ. JACOBS, Nj. ID.

HOMEOP physician AND So RECON.
III Office over Wagner Cos, Department store
Office hours 9 TO 10 a. m. ! to 3 p. m ana 90
D. m Residence $40 SO. eth street ManltoWoc'
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II il
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EXAMINATIONS FREE 10 ALL.

diseases. Cases given up by othe~ doctors and
1 pronounced incurablc, he most desires TO gee,
EXAMINATIONS FREE 10 ALL.
1 stopping NJ place, Gro Wd9 gatnci 20 con-
suit him, al1 IL Is not 10 BE- wondered az when
II Is remembered that I'm diagnosing tt disease
he never asks question but describes the ulf-
ferent Diseases better than the sick can them
selves It's W wonderful l;iaa Tor anyone TO
possess, and Dr. Autch,n' o diagnostlc overs
have Croated wonder throug hont the country.
lie adopted the following plan which Is Pc
culnr TO the large hosptois, ard Ia not and
mover has been tho practice Of country doctors,
patient, ana ascerJains tho condition OF The In
ternal organs, all OF which he carefully records
In his register for future reference. In CHS
way he a9cortail1 tho true nature of the dta-
him no readily tells thom whether ne can cure
or helpthem, or who thor they are beyond hope.
HIS IMPROVED METHODS OF TREATMENT
Arc mild and pleasant; agree perfectly with
tho most delicate Lady or Child; DO not reduce
tho greatest possible benefit In the shortest
possible tlmo. Patients can consult him or
communicate with hin as often as they choose,
during the whole tme required for the cure.
out extra charge, thus rendering the treatment
as successful and satisfactory rs though they
were living next door 10 each other.
Persons unskinfuily treated by ignorant
prctenders who keep tritiing with them month
after month, giving poisonous and injurious
compounds should call and sec the Doctor.
SPECHAITEES Catarrh, Skin Diseases,
Cancer. Piles and Difoasos OF Women Quickly
6nd Permanently CIrod by the late9t approved
treatment as pursued by leading specialists of
America and Europe.
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CHRONIC DISEASES.

The Doctor treats no acnte diseases, hut
makes 8peci. lily of chronic and long-standDg
diseases. Cases given up by oLhe~ doctors and
pronounced incurablc, he most desires TO GEE,
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w. l.. CONWAY, VI. ID.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office South
I sth street opposite Schuettes store. Resi-
dence $40 North 9Th street. Telephone lU3,
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BAENSCH & CHLOUPEk,

ATTORNEYS At LAW. Office over Savings
n Bank Money loaned on real estate secur-
ity.
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SEDGWICK, SEDGWICK & SCHMIDT

AWYERS Office in Torrisons brick block
L. north end Eighth street bridge, Manitowoc,
Wisconsin. Collections promptly attended to.
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A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT FLAW.
~ Office over National Bank, Eighth street.
Collections promptly attended to-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-06
The Streets IL reking.

Picking is the most incredible, impos-
sible, anomalous and surprising place
in the world; the most splendid, spec
tacular, picturesque. and interesting
city in China; Central Asian city Of
the far past; fortified capital of the
thirteenth century handed down in
tact.
Picking is the capital of all China,
yet what interests and piQues one most
gives Picking its own individual char
acter and distinguishes it from the
other cities of the empire, are the
things that are not Chinese, the con-
trasts and the contradictions Picking
is by first intention q permanent Tar
tar encampment, fortified garrison
of nomad bannermen surrounding Pal
ching, the northern palace of the con-
quering Khan of Khans. The Tartar
ruler Of 4OO,OOO.O0O of subject Chinese
is closely surrounded by his faithful
Manchu clansmen from beyond the
Great Wall, who scorn and hate and
secretly fear the masses of Chinese
more than any outer enemy; who have
thrown themselves into the arms of
Russia through fear of the Chinese;
who have bargained that, Russia shall
send soldiers to their aid when needed.
who have held back and turned back
the wheels Of progress, with certain
prescience that the new order would
relegate them to poverty and extinc-
ton. Every Manchu is borne on the
rolls as a bannerman, and receives his
stipend, even if he never bends a bow
or hurls a stone in military drill. But
the Manchu bannermen are no longer
the fierce warriors their ancestors were.
nor their Khan even hardy hunts
man like the early Manchu Emperors.
There had been three cities there be-
fore Kublat Khan did his stately
pleasure-dome decree" and
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round
to make the splendid capital Marco
Polo first described The plan, the pal
aces, the walls, all date from MOngol
times. the thirteenth century. The
same quaint military customs Of the
middle ages are observed The soldiers
are drilled in archery and quoits. and
the nine city gates are changed to at
sunset, shutting Chinese subjects out
in a separate city by themselves, as II
their conquest were just accomplished.
Eliza r. Scidmore, in Century.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-06
Her Thoughtfu1ness.
Beautiful, my dear!"

Beautiful, lily dCdA.
The elderly millionaire who had mar
ried the famous beauty regarded the
watchchain admiringly.
"a very delightful birthday present, =
he continued, beaming upon his fail
young wife. 80 massive and yet IN
such excellent taste"
"I am so glad you like it, she OBJ
served 1T was SO cheap, too. Just
think, it cost only SIS
"Only $15!" echoed the millionaire
in astonishment. Fifteen dollars fol
this solid gold chain!''
"Oh. of course it isn't solid gold,
she fnterposed. You could never gel
a solid gold chain for that price,
what is it. then?"
why, gold filled, to be sure"
"I see," said her husband, strokine
his chin ref1ectively. But why this
sudden streak Of economy? Don't you
think I can afford to wear a solid gold
chain?"
"Of course you can" she assented
but this one is guaranteed to last fol
ten years-and-and-"
"Well?" said the millionaire, inquir-
ingly.
well, DEAR she concluded, after
some hesitation, "as that is quite as
long as you are likely to live, thought
it would be foolish extravaganza to
pay any more!"-Woman's Home Com
paniOn.
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Thev All Have It.

II suppose" he began, as he entered
n railroad ticket office-'I suppose you
sell tickets to New York;"
Certainly, sir" was the reply.
You have direct line?"
1--WE have, sir"
'It is the only direct line
ut isl
ut is down on the map as the only
direct line?"
"As you see, SIR replied the agent
as he opened a folder.
Yes, see. You land passengers
in New York ahead of all competing
lines, of course?"
"Of course"
Luxurious coaches-no dust-fnest
dining cars-scenery unexcelled?"
Yes, sir"
by taking your line I avoid delays
and reduce the chances of accident to
the minimum"
Yes, sir, you do. Have a ticket to
New York over our line, sir?"
Cant say yet. I'm going to see
five other agents, each with the short
est and most direct line, and if I can
find a liar among the six I'll ticket
over his road!"