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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-15

1o6 North 2lst st. Phone sO9
Birmingham, Ala, Oct II, 1899.
CITY PROPERTY.
$65o-Lovely lot, 5Ox1sO, South Highlands;
18th street, near Highland avenue.
s210-Per lot, choice of pretty 50-foot lots,
18th street and 18th avenue, North.
s900-Lot 50x190 Avenue e, near 18th street.
$500-Choice lot, 50x190, near Avenue 2.
SO, 2O0-Two-story Groom house; corner, COX
100, South Highlands.
81, 200-Six-room house on corner, 155x170,
North 18th street.
81, 4Oo-5-room house and lot 5Ox14O blocks
OF union depot
$OOo-Corner, 1OOx14O six houses; rents for
$575 a year.
$500 to $500 per lot-Several choice lots, 50x
100. elevated, near Lakeview.
81, 0O0-6-room house on elevated corner,
50x100
$1,500-5Ox14O, Avenue B, near 23d street, s.
room house and WE'LL can be made to pay
$500 yearly.
/ ss,5O0-3-story central brick, N Goth street.
A,2O0-Central corner, 40x100; S-room house
near postof1ce.
&,OO0-11-room house on lot 50x14O, near goth
street and within blocks of union depot.
s600-Easy terms; 4-room house and lot near
@. P. shops, on Avenue ID.
| 81, OOO-Lot 5ox224, with 5-room cottage, near
Lakeview.
| s4OOo-100x19o, with houses, close In rents
$50 per month.
S-room houses, three Broom houses, six
tenant houses; rents 800 a year.
| S1,0O0-Lot 100x190; fronts south, near 31st
street. on Avenue G.
| 81, 350-Lot 50x14O, on Avenue B; 4-room
house, near 18th street.
| ssOO-Beautiful lot, 50x19O: fronts south on
electric car line near 29th street; terms,
| 5000 cash, balance one, two and three
years. A regular snap.
] 5000 houses and lots near 21st avenue,
| Riruninpham. all for 5000 ulick
| buyer.
| S700-Quick cash. 8 choice lots, 50x140 each.
| one block of car line. with 4-room house
| and barn, Martin station, Bessemer dunn
| my line.
| Will try and arrange terms any of the
| above to suit.
| B. F. EBORN.
| Phone 309 106 North 2ist st.
FOR RENT
| Store house, I'd avenue, $50.
| broom cottage, 5th avenue, SIS.
1O-room residence. Highland avenue. 1t is
| ,a beauty $50.
FOR SALE.
Special Bargains.
| Beautiful lot, 50x192, Highland avenue be-
tween Vine and Hickory; $1,000.
50 feet front on I'd avenue; good improve
| ments; a bargain; $500.
| Corner lot, 50x210, cottage and store house;
| $3.50
| lOtS 0UX1Su, Avenue SoUV edcIi
| Four corner lots and four residences on Az
senue F; rents for $72O a year; only $780,
So acres of coal lands IL miles of Truss
vile; four-foot vein; only $500.
2-story residence on Northside, close in;
only $4,000.
Beautiful vacant lots on Northside very
cheap.
See our 'Elinor'' cottages and lots-they
are bargains M P. MESSER,
Real Estate, No. 117lk N. Twentieth st.
FOR SALE.
s2OO-Per foot. 321kx140 feet, one block union
depot; cheapest lot on tine market.
$S50-5-room house, Northside; white neigh
borhood.
$65O-5Ox19O feet, S-room house, Avenue G i;
easy terms
$6,5O0-Elegant place, large lot, South High
lands very cheap.
$20-Per acre, 20 acres four miles north of
city on Louisville and Nashville railroad
$25-Per acre, 106 acres near East Lake.
SMITH & STTLLMAN,
900 Twenty-first Street
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Physicians highly recon-
mend Old Hemlock Rye Whis-
key for family use and the
sick room, because it is old,
smooth and pure; Use per
quart, at VIM. Wise & Co.'S.
2O9-2ll 10th street.
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FOR SALE.

81. O0O-2213 5th avenue; modern brick resi-
dence, stable and servants house in rear,
or will rent furnished or unfinished af-
ter November l.
Three cottages for rent-Nos. S24 and SIG
Goth street, North, and 2213 Sth avenue.
North.
Property in Bessemer, Ensley, Pratt and
suburbs, as we'll as bargains In Birming-
ham. Call for information at NO4 Sd ave-
nue N. III. SEWALL.
10-13-tf
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REAL ESTATE


FOR RENT-SoUTH HIGHLANDS.
7-room dwelling, in splendid repair; mod
ern conveniences and servants house, s35
NORTHSIDE.
4-room dwelling, good repair, 2224 ID ave-
nue., $3.50.
rooms, rpstairs 2122 and 2124 I'd avenue,
$25. A. R. DEARBORN & CO.,
Agents,
1921 1st Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.
9-24-sun-tues-t hur-sat
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DIR. 0. 7. DOZIER
SPECIALIST.
Genito Urinary
Surgery.

othitO OTInaEy
Surgery.
Cutaneous and
venereal diseases.
All delicate dis
orders of sexual
organs and pei
vic viscera Of
men and women.
Cystitis, structure,
sexual weakness,
prostititis. irreg-
ularities Of Wo.
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FOR RENT-soUTH HIGHLANDS.

FOR RENT-SOUTH HIGHLANDS.
7-room modern house, first class condition,
No. 1913 Avenue X, $4,000
s-room modern house, first class condition,
No. 1880 Avenue X, $500.
800.
Groom modern house, No 1921 Sycamore
street, $500.
NORTHSIDE.
1716-17s First avenue, $1,000 each. -
FOR SALE.
$7OO-3-room cottage, Smithfeld.
$1,650-3 houses, Avenue d, between 18TH
and 18th street. good bargain.
$500 houses, lot 100x140 Atm avenue De-
tween 10th and 18th streets. Pays IL per
cent. -
a. 5oO-Nice modern 2-story new house, 18th
avenue. Easy terms.
CHICHESTER, YANCY & ORR,
Tel. Cos. N4 zst street.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
Store room 1903 I'd avenue, next to the cor
ner and opposite postoffice. All of these
stores are less than block from the new
opera house
w. A. SMITH.
1916 9Th avenue, or 1S011s I'd avenue.
S-20-tf
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-15

WANTED-An experienced salesman to
handle the well-known and extensively
advertised Planters ''Old-Time" Rene
dies liberal commission paid New Spen-
Ger Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
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WANTED-Faithful gentleman or lady for
office work; salary, $500; car fare paid to
offices; steady place; references Enclose
self-addressed stamped envelope. Treas
urer 1903 Caxton Building, Chicago.
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WANTED-A large modern fire-proof safe,
second hand. Address, with price and in
side dimensions, Box 672, Admission, Ala.
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WANTED-A position in a drug store as
prescrptionist by registered pharmacist
of six years practical experience; refer-
ences. Address Box ID, care of Age-Her-
aid. W-lo-ot
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BARGAINS.

BARGAINS.
$50 acres in Limestone county, near Athens,
with fine improvements; cheap.
Groom house and lot at Woodlawn; price,
$500; can be bought on easy terms.
The incest store house and lot ON the South
Highlands; can be bought cheap. Invest
ors call and see us about it,.
Lot 22Ox2S5 feet, with a two-story Groom
house and two 3-room houses, at Pratt
City, $780,
Two lots with 4-room house, barn and
other outhouses, at station on dummy
line: price. $3.50; easy terms.
SCOTT & HILL,
12O North 21st st. Real Estate Agents
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-6-room cottage, newly paper
ed and painted with all modern conven-
fences; No. IA South Goth street, near Az
enue G; rent s25 per month. C. III. Reed,
706 South goth street. 10-1o-tf
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SITUATION WANTED

A POSITION wanted by an experienced
young man in grocery store. Good refer
ences. Address L. H., care Age-Herald
10-1o-9t
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THE MENAGERIE
Two Great Special Features

10 be seen only with John Robinson's Big
6hows-a School of Sea Lions, the only ones
on exhibition. Just received from Manila,
Luzon Island Philippine Water Buffaloes.
The only ones on exhibition.
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FOR RENT-Three rooms, newly papered
and painted edge of South Highlands.
Address III South 18th street, city.
Or thrc
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FOR SALE.

The best residence on 9Th avenue; new
house, close in; 9 rooms; perfect in every
appointment, equipped with all modern
conveniences.
Call for prices and terms.
S. E. THOMPSON,
Phone "a 223 21st Street.
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Give your boy a chance that
is to say, put him III the Massey
Business College.

day night vacations Students enter at any time
goth ST and h AYES Birmingham Ala
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Bulbs, every variety. Godden's.
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urer 1903 Caxton Building, Chicago.
WHEN in a hurry you don't have to hunt
match in the dark, you simply turn the
button and your room is brilliantly hghl-
ed when you use electric lights. s-SV-lI
WANTED-To buy old debentures, any
company. Address b., care Age-Herald.
WANTED-You to know we challenge the
world to show as light running sewing
machine as the "Ball-bearing' Wheeler
and Wilson No. 9. William j. Tucker,
Agent, 3O7 goth street. Phone 1888.
10-15-1m
WANTED-A secondhand engine and boil
er and sawmill, fifteen or twenty thou-
sand capacity; must be in good condition.
Address 'Sawmill,'' 527 23d street, BIZ
mingham, Ala.
WANTED-Occupants for several nicely
furnished rooms, with board. ZIG 9Th av-
enue, North
WANTED-Bright office boy u or 10 years
old Address, in own handwriting, w. b.,
care Age-Herald. 1O-l5-3t
WANTBDlThe public to take warning ana
not trust their hats to solicitors, as we 40
not employ any, but remember that the
only original expert matters for cleaning,
reblocking and retrimming hats are at
the Partisan Dye Works yellow 'front.',
207 21st street lV-lo-d
WANTED-A young man (mechanic) with
large acquaintance among mechanics OF
the city would like to invest about 4,OVo
in established hardware business. Ad-
dress X u, care Age-Herald
WANTED-Every man in Alabama to
smoke Texie cigars. They are made oy
hand, of pure clean tobacco, and are the
best quality for &c. S-K-zm
WANTED-Partner with $1,000 to $4,000 IN
paying jobbing business in Birmingham.
4 9 rA Or
10-14-2t
WANTED-Customers for show cases
Simmons, Durham & Co. S-o-ti
WANTED-Day boarders and occupants
for furnished and UNFINISHED rooms at
S29 North 18th street. W-lo-ot
WANTED-At once, the whereabouts of
Green Hayward cook; telegraph Weld
mann's Cafe, Meridian, Miss. 1o-l3-4t
WANTED-Two young ladies of neat APP
pearance to take orders. Salary to right
party. Address A. N, this office lO-lz-St
WANTED-You can get the best board and
nice room at 2416 4th avenue, N O-lzot
WANTED Customers for fire-proof safes;
low prices Simmons, Durham Co.
10-11-tf
HELP WANTED
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. solicitor of expert
ence and some money to work best ad-
vertising scheme of the century. Address
Barlow" care Age-Herald.
BOYS WANTED everywhere to distribute
samples; good pay. Royal Gum Co., Chi
cago.
THE GULLETT GIN COMPANY desires
to employ three or four first-cass GIN
ming machinery statesmen. Address their
office, Amite City, La. lO-l4-2Wk
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. meat cutter at
once; must come well recommended. APP
ply to Price & Elard Avondale. N-l3-3t
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with $1,000 to $4,000 in
paying jobbing business in Birmingham.
Address S. S. s., care Age-Herald
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WANTED-Every man in Alabama to
smoke Texie cigars. They are made by
hand, of pure, clean tobacco, and are the
best quality for &c. 9-ll-zH
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ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING
GEORGE B. KELLEY, Civil and Mining
Engineering; Draughtsman. Room I'll.
Hood building Phone 2S. 10-7-tf
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REAL ESTATE


Office of B. f. Eborn & Co.,
106 North 21st st. Phone 300.
Birmingham Ala, Oct. H. 1899.
CITY PROPERTY.
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AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS Something new; permanent in
come; 100 per cent; sample free; no
satchel required Edison Chemical Co.,
Department s., Cedar St, New York. ~
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WANTED-A young man (mechanic) with
large acquaintance among mechanics OF
the city would like to invest ABOUT s4oVV
in established hardware business. Al
dress X u, care Age-Herald.
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THE GULLETT GIN COMPANY desires
to employ three or four first-class GIN
ming machinery statesmen. Address their
office, Amite City, La. 1O-l4-zwk
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WANTED-Day boarders and occupants
for furnished and unfurnished rooms at
S29 North 18th street. lV-lS-ot
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. meat cutter at
once; must come well recommended. APP
ply to Price & Ellard, Avondale. 10-13-3t
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WANTED-At once, the whereabouts OF
Green Hayward (cook) telegraph we'd
manns Cafe, Meridian, Miss. l0-l5-fr
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WANTDD-The public to take warning and
not trust their hats to solicitors, as we do
not employ any, but remember that the
only original expert matters for cleaning,
rebocking and retrimming hats are at
the Partisan Dye Works yellow 'front.',
o07 o1st street 10-15-tf
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AGENTS make SO day; cheapest reliable
portrait and picture frame house on
EARTH most excellent work; send for free
catalogue. Nonpareil Portrait Co., Box
C, Camden, o. 10-1o-sun-3t
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WANTED-Customers for show cases.
Simmons, Durham & Co. s-o-ti
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WANTED-Every one to know that we are
the leaders for fine cleaning, dyeing, re-
pairing and altering. BE sure you find the
right place. Call or write. Partisan Dye
Works (yenow 'front.', 207 21st street.
10-1h-tf
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COULD you stand prosperity? Large prof
its selling our patent, which has real
merit No canvassing. Moody Mfg. Con-
cern. Shreveport, La. 10-1-3t-sun
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Godden's Drug store sells bulbs cheaper.
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OPIUM, MORPHINE, wHISKY-If inter-
ested in the cure of these habits, write
for my book these diseases. Mailed
free. B. M. Wooley, M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Jy 2-26t Sun
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-15

AGENTS WANTED-For the Wright Bust
Form, the only successful substitute for
a corset; has no steels, and is particularly
adapted to slender women; gives perfect
figure without padding. Wright Bust
Form Co., st. Louis, Mo.
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STRAY ED-Frday, Oct. 49, from Martin
station, Bessemer dummy, sorrel mare;
has wart on neck. Will reward for re-
turn to B. #. Eborn, Martin station. or
1O6 21st street, or for information. Phone
800.
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WANTED-A secondhand engine and boil
er and sawmll, fifteen or twenty thou-
sand capacity must be in good condition.
Address "Sawmill, 527 23d street, BIZ
mingham. Ala.
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WHEN in a hurry you don't have to hunt
match in the dark, you simply turn the
button and your room is brilliantly llght.
ed when you use electric lights. s-5V-tt
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-15

BOYS WANTED everywhere to distribute
samples; good pay. Royal Gum Co., Chi
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ROOM AND BOARD for two; all modern
conveniences; terms reasonable. 500 n.
2 ed street. 10-l5-3t
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-08

Gin Abfhito.
Rn HnooIpb prrsbsr.

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Yer nitt pcrgsi'tu mtretn oari III
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Die erlte yiebe eingt'argt.
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lluo mtlB e wobl: and ou gtotutlti
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lluo in Nln ldugit utrlaN'ucu Nuus
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-08

betonnt 81 meroen. Sine @ele9enbejt, Gielo III eripuycu
al leoem Nrttel, Ser oetuuit wiro BEL
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-08

rS>err Mcier, tOrntcn Sic mir nitt
Die 20 Mart Surildgeben, Die i'd Sbnen
Dor mcbreren MOnOten gclieben? Sic
bubcn ppbl gan; oarGuf pcrgeiien?"-
.gHp oentcn Sic bin ! Sd babe Is mir
oamals iofort auf Dem Salcnoer
uptirt v@obl aui Dem G~breibta!en.
ner2"
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Auauulr1uafuu,

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Gin AnuItJtitn,.

nSenten Sic nur, 6rau Waier, mein
NeIie, Der Misunderstanding, iiel 9eitern
IN einen 9rOBen Seimbottih uno tpdre
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-08
CARL KROPP,
ap.GrntracteY

e'norehlt ltb I'm s%uperlaihaer &u.
ttrr'9en 0 Sci.eran'tld,ea fl:
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81 q luub. NFtnn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-08

SIR cine Winterblumen=
@ushelluns wiro i'm Jebruar 1900
Der 3oologiihe 8arten in Berlin ben
Sbauplab biloen. IS tperoen nur @lus
men 3~uSelaiien, Die ent,peoer in Seuti1s
lamb ge3p9en ODER aber bort CUR Blitbe
9sbraHt limb.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-08

z. Z. NREACZ.
Contractor iNr Sdnpi. unn Se,snoiies.
SeRurqsaopordte. SUITE luo super.nii,s,
artett Ttets saraniirt.
Ct. Etouo. Wian.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-11-27
Dumb Heroes.

Having reached the firing line, many
officers left their horses tied to the
brush on the sands of San Juan River.
says Frederick Remington, In Harper's
Weekly. Baggage and gun mules
were turned loose. and stood stupidity
about. There was constant tweet Of
bullets coming through the trees from
the Spanish position. One horse caught
three almost in bunch; another
passed through him, and he lay down
on his side, painting desperately. A
big gun-mule lay ON his side gasping,
and another horse sat down Ike dog,
giving every evidence Of great pain.
A ball cut the skin on Q mules knee,
but he only stampe-. the leg as though
to get rid Of troublesome fiy. Why
DO not horses die for their country :?
They do not have previous intention
Of so doing-the act is not voluntary.
Well, possibly. Neither does a con-
script die voluntarily, or a man put
war stamps on checks voluntarily, but
its for the country. just the same.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-11-27
ANOTHER MEAN MAN.
ls a Bachelor and Gets Sewing Ma
chine Agents to Do His Mending.

Hes the meancst man | ever had
anything to do with" said the sewing
machine agent IT received a note
from him the other day saying that he
desired to view one of our matchless
machines with the view of purchasing
If found to be satisfactory. In these
piping days of competition 1t is nov
city for sewing machine agent to be
invited to call and show goods so
when I had recovered from my sur.
prise, promptly loaded a machine in
my cart and started for the address
the man had given.
can old man met me at the door and
invited me to bring the machine In
side so he could more closely examine
it. did so. setting the machine up
in the sitting room and calling his at
tentions to its fine points. He was an
attentive listener, and | talked with
the confidence of man who consid
cred sale certain. Finally. having
exhausted all my arguments, he asked
TO see practical test of the capabil-
tiles of the machine. l agreed, and
asked him to bring me something up
on which to work. He left the room,
returning a few minutes later, his
arms filed with damaged linen.
Il sat down at the machine and
showed him how easily rents and tears
could be mended, making the gar
ments as good as new and saving in
a short time the price of the machine
The man seemed very much interest
ed. and kept handing me garment af-
ter garment that needed attention l
worked for two solid hours mending
the old mans garments, and at last,
having nothing else that needed at
tention, he commenced to find fault
with the machine. Finally he told me
he guessed he wouldn't buy a machine
right away.
II was so mad that didn't dare
trust myself to speak, and l was glad
afterward that | didn't, for when
learned the whole truth realized my
total inability to do the subject Jus
tice. The miserable old sinner, who
happened to be a bachelor, had
brought me up there simply to do his
mending. He has worked the same
game on other agents. IN. Y. Sun.