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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23
LIVESTOCK Markets

GElCAGO-
Chicago, Sept. -Catt.e-There was a
light supply of cattle TODAY, but the de-
mand was poor and prices were no high
er. Good to choice cattle sold at s.. 60@
$50; commoner grades at s4.30T5. 50
Stockers and feeders brought s.. 0GI4. 50;
bulls, cows and heife-s, $1.51Q3-2 %; Texas
steers, $3.25d4. .; rangers, s. 2505. 1Oc
calves, $4.50d7.50.
Hogs were in active demand. AL class
es of buyers were on the market and
prices advanced to I0c. Heavy hogs
sold at s4.15G4. %; mixed lots at 81 35G
AS; light at 81. 95Gz. so; pigs brought s.. 50
GAS, and cuiIs, g. 00I4.1o
Sheep-Prices for sheep and lambs were
particularly unchanged. Sheep sold at
s.. 25g4. 40 for poor to best. Lambs brought
S3.59Q5.89; western selling at 81. 93Q5. 80.
Receipts-Cattie 900; hogs, 1900;
sheep, 5000.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo, Sept 22-CattIe-Re-
ceipts, 5000 natives; 1000 Texans; market
steady; native steers, $4.4na6 is; Texas,
steers, s.. 1910 10; Texas cows. 50. 25d3. %;
native cows and beifers, 81. 5OG5. is; stock
ers and feeders, $4.25G5.2 bulls, s2.9O9
3.s5
Hogs-Receipts. 5000; market steady to
5s higher; bulk Of sales, "a. 3lGc4 so; heavy,
1904. 4212; packers. s432H a As; mixed.
$4,000. IS; light, 81. 1904 60; workers, 81. 501
1. 60; pigs, $4.30d4.50
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; market steady;
lambs, So. 75G6.25; muttons, 50. 25a4 Is.
ST. LOUIS
st. Louis. Mo, Sept. 22.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 1000; market steady; native ship
ping and beef steers, SO. 50Q6. so; stock
ers and feeders. $3.50 800; cows and
heifers, S2.25a5.0O; Texas and Indian
steers, SO. 15d4.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 4,5O0; market strong:
pigs and lights, 81. SCAT 50; packers, 4.45
al. 60; butchers, 81 .6064-T0
Sheep-Receipts, SOC; market weak; ma
tive muttons, $3.60d4-25; lambs. 5000
!. 10
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4.IE EAT IL :.

Wichita. Kan, sept =. lsea.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity:
Fair saturday and sunday.
During the pas; p hours the hlzhezt
temperature has been 3, the loest -
ard the mean =. with cloudy weather in
the morning but clear in the afternoon.
BY hours the temperatures were IS co.
i2ws- ~ a. n -. ct :. s.; ~ 5 e. az
6. y; at n =; AZ l. - Al = =. At
?. m. "a al = =; al ;, 5; a. !. s.; a.
:. So AZ {. - AZ :. -
on THIS Eate iast year the h'zEeSt
temperature was .. the lowest 81. ard TIE
mean. -
5 ar this month the average tan-
perature Eas been - which IS just -
normal
Sa fsr this mon1s TIE raInfsl has BEEN
40 inches. =hiez IS "a fnches above tie
normal last year Tor TIE same time 4
ygas 80 inches
FRED L JOHNSON. Observer.
Washington. Sept A-Eo-seast k7r sat-
urd1y ard Sunday.
1Aasas-FalT Saturday ard Sunday.
ssst 20 South winds
Oklahoma AID indian Te-vf10ry-rai-
Saturday and Sundav. fresh east "a so9th
winds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23
COFFEE ANDsUGAR MARKETS

New York. Sept 22.-Options opened
steady, unchanged to 5 points lower in
sympathy with weakness abroad leading
TO liquidation and bear selling. Later In
the day developed better undertone fol-
lowing a partial reaction at Havre and
on light covering. Closed quiet, prices
unchanged to points lower. Sales, $3.50
bags, including September, 4.l5c; October,
Also; December, 4.45c; January, 4.5oc;
March, 4.60d4 CSC; May, 4.70d4 .75c; June,
soc: July, 4S5c; August, 4.90c. Spot.
Rio quiet and featureless; No. invoice.
7-1sc; No. jobbing, 15-16c. Mild quiet;
Cordova, 6@idl1s4c.
Sugar-Raw quiet. easier. Fair refn-
ing. 13-16c; centrifugal, IS test. 5-16c
Molasses sugar. 9-16c. Sales, so tons
centrifugal, at above price. Refined quiet.
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BAS BALL.
BOSTON. o-s. CHICAGO. IL


Boston. Sept. 22-Wretched coaching
and base running lost the first game for
Boston today. Darkness ended the sec
ond game in the eighth inning. Attend
First game RHE
Poston ...............oo 100000 IS 8
Chicago ..............O00 1O1O01-3 9 0
Batteries-Boston. Nichols and Bergen;
Chicago, Garvin and Donohue. Umpires.
O'Day and Mcdonald.
Second game II z
Chicago ...............11O0 O410-7 g 4
Observation-Disclosures and Sullivan;
Chicago, Taylor and Chance and Dona-
hue. EMPIRES. O'Day and Mcdonald.
PTTTSBURG. Ia; NEW YORK, 20.
New York. Sept. 22.-The New Yorks
were outplayed in two games today. The
second game was called on account Of
First game RHE
Pittsburg .oO2002S0Al1 IS 3
New York ..........0 0010O1O-2 5
MISUNDERSTANDING Lever and Bow
erman: New York, Carrick and Warner
and Wilson. Umpires. Manassau and Nc
second game RHH
New York ..............-0Oo0O s I
Pittsburg .........,......-l - l
Ratteries-New York, Garoni and viii
son: Pittsburg. Ho1er and Schriver I'm
pires. Manassau and AIcGarr. Attend
auce. 90.
BROOKLYN. .; ST. LOUIS. o
Brooklyn. Sept. e2-The first game be-
tween St. Louis and Brooklyn was cali
ed off today owing 10 wet grounds. The
second was played in eighty-six minutes.
both Of the pitchers doing remarkably
well considering the condition of the
field Dunn had far t'se better Of II. shut
ting out the St. Louis men with only two
hits. Only one Of the visitors reached sec
ond base. The series between The two
clubs ended to ( in favor OF Brooklyn.
Score: X II F
St. Louis ............oeOoooooNo 3
Brooklyn ............1 0 0 o 001e'-2 I
Batteries-St. Louis, Young and O'Con-
nor: Brooklyn. Tam ard Farrell. I'm
pires. Latham nd ConoEy. Attendance.
$3.50.
ST. LOUIS, =; WASHINGTON, l.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2e-Louisvile today
tools the fifth successive game from the
Senators on the home grounds. Attend
arce. 20. Score: r Il 2
Washington .........o 90 : . 0 g. Il
Louisville ...........1 81 = 40 ~ IS >
Batteries-Wash;ngton Weighing. Ma
zee and Powers: Louisville Weeds ard
thinner. Umpires, Sryyie- and Dwyer-
rF4Tv. ADFTgPHTA. -: CINCINNATI. IS
PHILADELPHIA. Sent. s2.-PhladslphIa and
Cincinnati played q 6ouble-header today
and spTit even. The second same was
called at the end CT the fifth inning on
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23

The bond mzrkec vas moderately &C.,
I've ard prices advanced IN sympathy wisa
stocks T0tai Gales. par value 3 - -
Tnise5 States old IS registered advanced
lbs IN re his price.
RADSTREET~s FINANCIAL REVIEW.
New Yo-k sepI @z-B-zss:-set-a anaa-
cisI review tomorrow vii say No-ey
continues acrn. though toward the c5ozs
y the week f5s-e vas a relaxation q ths
pressure which ths sock market has *
pscted daring IRE past fertnszat from ttiz
czase- TIE 8ecl-s q exchange rates ans
M ners 4hat a59ut SIS - % GOLD hsa
nean eze7zez z L>sadon ~ shipment -
$aE York caused somewhat aefse- 49,
lz~ - % tae aaarcfal oatlook ard t.s
market -allse3 acrs - lsss from ~ earlier
6z7ress4oa- TIE threatening aspect = tas
TrsusFasl sf,saesaa Eas snszz ne a~ar-
ish sactora - sse week ard 3; - ;heugAs
thst wafe ths danEr g Esr = ssufn
AfrSez uTeTnaaEs the Lss-zan market
saers ss llsfle lkzIfso e any Aeavy gid
imports sran rs oEssT SEE. Tae zasTs-
zzsz1 ct z.oasy t7sz New Essk . re r.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23
DRY GOODS Markets

New York Sept. demand for stap'e
cotton for prompt delivery again In ex-
cess Of supply. Advance ii raw ccttons
causing a greater reserve on the part o.
the sellers for future deliveries. No ad-
vauces recorded but general tendency still
upward Print cloths inactive. but firm.
Prints quiet and unchanged IN faucies;
staples in fair demand. No change r.
Einehams Mems wear worststs vita
drawn from sale in number OF lines.
Linens are advancing. Bur.aPs scarce
and very -f~u.
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REPRESENTATIVES, SALES.
CATTLE.

The cattle market yesterday was fully
steady, with only two small punches Of
cows and heifers. The latter came in
with a mixed car of hogs and cattle, and
were fine. well fattened butcher stock,
which VIII Wallace snapped up at once
f5r the Dold Packing company. They
came late and were in a car shipped
from Furley by Norris & Yazel and sold
VEL and were good, fat stock, selling
well This was about all that sold, al
though a few scattering hoofs Of various
GRADES came In in mixed cars
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23
SEEKERS
Coaaaue. fsoz T7-a Pss.J

Imports froza a5rsaa. wh1s eos Eksy 20
b. - aezFy yosxHs Immediately. are a
fsatare EhscA rs4y have - - 6szslb
vffh aex1 s~zr- The scarcity - A@sf caz-
-e Il Tsasessz lz Eis8 hiEheT STtres-
zad sfrenEzA = aAssez - zazsstls a.sef
whseh zlss ZEE - ings,za - steady se-
maa1 fr8aa rrza 1sazters-s - lsafes-- $e
EtseE - as4tszeas Co - s1Eav ~af R-a
. - seen. srsee-estiaax 3 arlTs ast
vr1eaz az 8szserElsses os5er Eroosasss
however. are ar=. ~ sre ms ofses
azez. zsaA .hs szeegslsz - cas@as zae
sla. ~Elea asss aarzs sAs.sE = sssss fTsz
Ia gscsz2 4zxAssss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23
New Yorlt Le.n Harket.

New York. Sept zz-aonsT o. call srm
AZ Sas PER cent: last loan 9 pr cent
Prime uerca1t.la paper = f-fHs ~ per
cent Sterling exchange arzn wish arflasl
business n bankrTs bills q. EE l-fa
sE - FOR demand and a. ts.n s-sa} =
s3r s. days. pestee rates tt1n35 - aa3
s4ss l-2a4E7s commercial bills SO 1-z3
ssI Silver certificates = i-z8ss II. bar
silver 3 -. Mexican dollars a. - Gov
railroad bonds stro-E
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BASIS CLEiErNas.

New YORK Sept = The following ab.a.
Complied 5y BracafreCt. shows the ba
cseaTings 70 the principal cities Tor ths
past week. with the percentage Of ir-
crease and decrease ss compared vita ths
ccrresp9ud.uE week .aft year.
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CASH QUOTATIONS.

NN9t1 NOOI II 4O-NS-
FJour-Steady.
wheat-No spring. nc; No. red,
"a T-2ssc.
Corn-No. :, spsa94asc; No. yellow.
S4lsc.
Oats-No. . s0,c: No. . white. 25a15I.c:
no. 5 white. 24125c
Barley-N0. >, 4sT4Sc
Flax seed-Nu. :. S.1c
Timothy seed-Prime. g 3
Mess pork-Per bbL, s. 4oe7S1a
I.ard-Per 103 lbs. s5ahT5 *
Short ribs sides loose 8. 0=95. 0s: dry
sailed shoulders. t55xed}. sae-sc; short
clear sides (5oxed}. S5-5zTs5
W-hisky-Disdlers finished Eecas. rer
gal. SIP.
Covers or. -.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-23

Mis- frankie Hathaway, of
Sixteenth Street, Holland. Mich,
says:
II am twerty-one years old,
at sixteen WIS pale and weak.
By the tine I was nineteen years
old / was so weak / could not
walk across the floor. was ter
ribly emaciaxed and nv skin had
lost all color. The doctor pro-
nounced tie disease anemia.
Being advised TO Try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, I
bought a box, and before I had
taken all Of the pills found that
they were doing me good. Ape
lite increased and the healthy
color began to show in my cheeks
and lips / continued 10 use the
pills until l found myself perma-
nently cured. Since then l have
had no. return of my cid trouble.
l know that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People saved my life
and I believe that no other med
icine could have done il. Prom
OtaGsca Iiz'cs, Holland. jficS.
DIT Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, IN q condenscd fern, all the Clc- {
rnsntS necessary 10 give new lie snd rich-
ness 10 tire blood and restore shattered
nerves They are an aefailing specific fer
such diseases IS locomotor s'axia, partial
paralysis. "a. Vitus' dance sciatica. nepral-
"a, rhcUmsglsn. nervous heacaehe, the
after-ei'ects Of the grip, palpitajion % the
heart. pale sn1 Sailov complexioas, ard al :
,1or.nS o. weakness either ia male OF feTEzsc.
g. Williams PiASsi,i Tor PAS Pco9.s sre assar :
ssoia y re dcGen or haroTed, b. siways n psck
lagos. a. all druggists. O. Street Zen tas o. Vii
ilisas Ess6.ciEs Coupa7Y. Seasnec.1eg, n. T.. 50
cssis pr sex. 6sexBS s2.5o.
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET

CHICAGO.
ranged s follows:
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sysEFEEs 81 ~ y
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-23

don't you let him do II. Don't let any
thing slip so that the boy win drop
his fortune into Raymond's hands after
all; and when it's settled you and viii
take that trip ts Europe we've been
talking about. Wen start one week
from to-day, if you see this thing
through all right. Now run home
that's a good girl"
At last he was able to lock the door
of his private Office and be alone. II
was none too soon. Thaddeus Brad
don, the white-haired head of Braddon
& Burridge, sank into the nearest arm
chair, kelplessly convulsed.
Clasping mis- own hands, lacking the
visible hand of his old friend 20 clasp,
he shook them with cordial energy
gasping, between the uncomfortable
paroXysms:
''Oh, Jack. dear old boy, Jack, did you
ever hear of such luck in all your life
Mary's boy, Jack, and my Estherl
Why, it's almost as good as il Mary
was to come back herself and marry
me. Oh, Jack, Jack, jack And just
to tAinki the two little fools don't
know what they're doing, or they't
both Of them kick over the traces aHc
balk like pair of mules"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-23

7CK1pfsF II>. Tier i've y-aTs ST5nIop -
comes ENGAGE to y young lady. 70 meets
= man from the west. Richard Raymond,
and IL Induced TO try glass of wine STAN
ton Rwakous next morning at his home
and finds a letter breaking his engagement
He Is told that he was drunk the night
before and visited her home. The wine
was drugged by Raymond. Five years
later Raymond turns up as the unnamed
heir TO elcim the property on December
B 1891 The death certificate had said that
-Olmsteac died on December instead Of
December 6.
Chapter III.-After securing proofs OF
the date Of his uncle's death Stanton de-
teruhnes to marry, IL possible, before mid
pight OF December 6, so as to beat Ray
fnopd out Of the property for the trick he
bad played on him In drugging the wine
ne had given him and then sending him IN
- carriage to his hancee's house.
CnEpTcF TV--Stanr0r -auverTIses Tor a
wife and his advertisement is answered
by Z woman who agrees TO send him a
woman. Esthe- Thorrdike. to marry him
that night
Chapter v-Esther Thoradike meets him
as arranged, and they seek Rev. DR.. Bor-
Gen - perform the ceremony. They find
PIN on ms brooklyn ferry few minutes
before twelve
CnapVer~ VI--They are married on the
ferry and after landing separate He
wishes her TO become his wife In reality,
but sho refuses and asks him not to try
TO communicate with her. She refuses TO
accept money for her assistance to him,
and announces that she Is going to Europe
The other claimant for the property sees
that he is beaten and withdraws, and Stan
ton starts on-a trip around the world. 49,
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purpose.
In Bagdad he found young Persian.
Shiekali. educated in Europe. who met
him when the steamer arrived. warned
of his coming by friends in India. de
proved not only n most agreeable host,
but profound antiquary, who was just
pushing forward TO completion his dis
cOvery that the base OF the great river
wall on the old Bagdad side Of the t.
girls river was laid Of Babylonish brick.
One of these bricks was discovered
while Stanton was in Bagdad, bearing
the imprint of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. prov
ing the city TO be Of far greaterantiquity
than modern historians had been ready
to admit, and identifying it as the site
of the Bagdad mentioned in the Assy-
rian geographical catalogues of the
days of Sardanapalus.
At first IT seemed of little consequences
or interest to Stanton; but Shiel<ali had
4 faculty of eAriching a subject the mo-
ment he touched it. and before he left
Bagdad Stanton was not only an en-
thusiastic admirer of the Persian and
his theories, but an ardent participant
in his researches.
what fabulous resources for enjoy
ment are within our reach in every di-
rection, il our eyes are only open to
themi" he exclaimed. @And yet came
within a hairs breadth of living my life
out and dying in the theory that the
only interesting thing in the world was
question of law"
At last he reached Jerusalem-poor
Observation-Disclosures she was staggering
under the Christian orgies of Passion
Week.
IT is pity TO see Jerusalem then, and
Stanton sat in silent disgust in the gall
lery of the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre, looking down upon the mob of
fanatics, and wishing himself back in
| heathendom, when suddenly his
thoughts flew far away to his Office in
New York on that morning of Decem-
Der s.
He heard the voice Of his first caller,
/ speaking. He saw her eyes, bright,
| flashing, beautiful.
[ He had thought about that day as
little as possible. of late. 1t was by no
means forgotten, nor was his struggle
to become worthy of the end in view one
whit abated, but thoughts of the past
still reused only the morbid sentiments
he was struggling TO dispel.
Again and again he tried to put the
memory out of his mind, but he saw
only those eyes. he moved restly, and
involuntarily looked across to the op.
posite gallery.
She was there.
Her arm rested on the rail, her cheek
on her hand. Her head was bent forward
as though she had been watching the
: / rioters, but her eyes-as plainly az
} though they two had been alone, he saw
that those beautiful eyes were fixed OF
him. For the moment he could mo-
move Then, either because she saw
that he was looking or because she die
not see him at all, her eyes turned
slowly to the crowd below.
: Instantly he rose, and as quickly a
: possible made his way to the opposite
I gallery.
= She was no longer there.
~ lTo BE Continued
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-23

never had a right good selfish 1ncen-
tive. Misery drove me TO il, but il
surely did make others happier I be-
heve it was the first time I'm my life that
ever attempted TO make others happy.
and il surely made me less miserable.
too. There's an idea there that is good
straight philosophy. If 1 think con
tinuaily of myself, I've no time TO think
of others If 1 think sometimes Of
others, I've less time to think OF my
self. brought myself into fine con-
dition, thinking only of myself. 1t is
high time 1 took the hint. 1 don't
wonder Esther ThorndylSe didn't want
me, but il may be, il 1 make myself n
different man, that may yet be worthy
of her as real wife. 1 will try"
Instantly the world about him began
TO assume an attractiveness which only
his office and profession had ever pos
sessed for him before.
He found humanity IT intensely in
teresting study the mc@cnt le looked
upon it as anythi''. to pro-
fessional comfoi It, he
was astonishcJ , " re-
ciprocative. CT unto
him. till be had 80. e pre-
cisely the same commodity which he en-
deavored to import.
His enthusiasm for the new idea con-
stantly increased as he went on through
the orient. following the itinerary.
date for date, with careful precision.
Increasingly the new theory worked
wonders with the world as he saw it and
it saw him.
He was passed along from friend to
friend, by letters and kilograms in adj
vance of him, till it soon became evident
to him that there was no possibility OF
taking the initiative, and that at the
best he was only reciprocating. Strang-
est of all to him, he found himself en-.
| joying the condition, especially each OPP
portunity to reciprocate.
He was conversing with a Brahmir
scholar, in Delhi, when the argument
| turned upon the value of men.
Surely we are all but atoms,' sale
the pundit. 1--WE are aiding to the ulti
mate If we make men happier and bet
ter, and we retard the progress o
things when we wrong ourselves o.
others. An atom is of value to the ulti
mate, and to itself, only as it is of valu
to others. The men who built thes
walls, thousands of years ago, aided t.
the ultimate. Do not you?"
Il hardly know" said Stanton. &c
late l have been trying TO follow vagu
hints, at least, in that directions; an,
confess If 1 had known, long age
what Twas losing by not following ther
before, i should not have lost SO much.
| Happiness is the highest state al
tainable," said the pundit. ''It is tn
highest conception Of which the mind
capable, and the time to be happy
surely now. There is but one way I
be happy and that is in making othe,
So"
Stanton grasped his companion
hand as he replied:
THAT is neither pagan nor Christian
: 1t is simply Truth"
Even in the heart of Persia-even
Bagdad-he found himself maxim
friends, appreciating them, and paine
at parting. They were new and d.
lightful sensations. Even the pain w,
q counter-irritant that served a GOO
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week, but that man basn't smiled since
he came on board"
1t was difficult to believe, but the
three watched and waited, only to dis
cover that the captains eyes were
sharper than their senses.
He was the source of many a merry
peal of laughter, but he never smiled,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-22
He Saw Her Home,

On a rainy afternoon not long ago
n Of the pretty young matrons Of
Connecticut avenue left the car from
which she had ridden up town and
darted through the drizzle toward her
home, a few doors from the corner. She
had no umbrella. A Willie Of the char.
acteristic type, who was riding In the
same car, noticed that she had no um.
brella. He was right after her with his
own umbrella up and extended.
MAY l see you home, missY he III
CURED languishingly, stepping ur
alongside Of her.
She turned to him with a dazzling
smile. '
"Certainly," she replied. watch
me-" And she run up the steps Of her
home and entered the vestlbule door
without looking back.
"The rude thing!' muttered the VIII
lie, b~lushing to the roots Of its wayy
hair, as Laura Jean would say, and
then It took the next car.-Washington
Post,
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Paid II In Hurry.

Some years ago a woman was re-
turning late at night from a social
function down nj the lower end Of the
Old Colony railroad. She took to the
track III the shortest way home. hut ~
crossing u small trestle above the coun'
try road she made u misstep and IN
falling broke her neck. The next day
her husband called on the superin.
tendent. and while not appearing 10 be
very deeply grleved over his loss. yet
he felt that he was entitled 10 some
compensation for the untimely ending
Of his wife.
4she was trespassing." replied the
superintendent, (which relieves the
company from all responsibility"
II know It." replied the man. "bu'
she was a good woma about the
house, and | hardly know what ! am
going to do without her"
"Well, on what basis will you set
tie"
"She fell how many feet"
about IL | should say"
"Do you think a dollar a foot Il too
much"
The superintendent nearly fell from
his seat. Upon recovering he paid the
man $12. which he charged 10 his own
account. as he felt that the experience
wat we'll worth the price.-Boston
Globe.