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didn't come up to his expectations. That
didn't make me feel any too happy, so
said something about the state OF the
weather and he agreed with me. and then
there was a little intermission of CONVEX
sation
AT last he asked me II ! smoked, and
wasn't going to say | didn't, SO ne says;
Light up your cigar II You want to-
II told him that I hadn't got one with
me. and he said: Blamed II believe I've
got one i'm the house, either j guess he
was tryin' to work me.
II kept on wondering where the little
girl was and why he didn't say some
thing about her to put my mind at rest,
ANYWAY Instead of that he said: II
looks as If there was going to be trouble
in China.
FINALLY he says: I'm sorry / can't
stay with you this evening, but I've got a
rather important engagement I hope We
shall see you again some time thought
that the girl and I might possibly manage
to get along without him, so I told him
that WIS all right. and l thought that
when said that he would get up and so
away, but he just hitched around in his
chair and coughed and stayed there.
n was so ratified that started to talk
about the weather again. and then. like a
ohump I said that | guessed that | had
said that before.
mo says he. you're mistaken about
that. What YOU said before was that
these storms would probably keep UP for
week or two yet. or course, it's any
mans privilege To change his mind.
though, and IL you think now that we've
got to the limit and there's likely to be a
spell of settled weather you've got good
reasons for II. suppose
Before ! could get over that one he
handed me another. He says: Did you
want TO see me about anything particu-
lar?
We'll, that was pretty early in the
game, II seemed TO me. but / braced up.
! wasn't going TO let any man corner me
on short notice like that. I said. No.
sir l called to see Miss Piper. l thought
she expected me-
Then why In thunder didn't you say
SOP he says. THE girl brought in word
that you wanted TO see me. and 7 sup
posed II was something special Yes, she's
in. an / guess she must be expecting
somebody, the way she's fixed up. I'll
send her in to YOU
.'Well, he went out and sent i'm the girl,
and I kind of thought, from one or two
things, that she thought | had been see
ing the old man about something speciai,
ton."
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There wasn't anything much to it,"
said the young man with the extremely
high collar II suppose II might have
happened to any of you fellows just as
easily as 1t did TO me. If IL had don't
suppose, you would have seen anything
very funny about it,
iii all depends on the point of view"
remarked the prematurely gray clerk
from the tie counter.
Were there any mitigating circum-
stances?"
IF knew what YOU were talking about
I would know more than you do. and then
l could tell you,' said the young man,
brushing neck of cigarette ash from his
coat. Here's all there was TO IL: | went
up TO the house to see her. and the girl
asked me TO take seat in the parlor AMI
wait In about five minutes bald-head-
ed old fellow came in wiping his mouth
with his napkin as II he had just got up
from the dinner table.
I'm Mr.. Piper he says.
II said that my name was Tobin, and I
was glad to make his acquaintance. That
wasn't any lie, because l knew I'd have to
meet the folks some time or other unless
/ got over It,
.'He said that he had heard his daugh-
ter speak of me, and he looked as If /
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Joe MulhattOn, Peer
Of Ole Worlds Liars

Joe Mulhatt0n, who has recently been
committed to an insane asylum at Phoe-
nix. Arix.. was long a resident OF Louis
VILE. Ky. and was well known to hosts
OF citizens BY whom he was greatly
liked. Probably no man In the country
had wider reputation as practical
Joker than this genial drummer. The
hoaxes OF which he was the author had
the virtue Of being both original aui
startling.
while IN Louisville the genial Joe acted
as a drummer FOR number OF local
hardware firms. And In all his broad ae-
guaintance he is not known 20 have had
an enemy. despite hts practical Jokes
Everybody speaks wen or him, and each
when they heard 81 his misfortune, seem
ed to vie With the other ia telling the best
things Of him. This Is caused by the
fact that Mulhatien was What Is known
AZ good fellow" IN the broadesi sense
that the term indicates and while he
Was practically this greatest liar ever
born, HIS lies we're white lies. t0ld ana
written as Jokes. and his jokes were al
ways harmless.
II do not snow that I ever mel a bet
ter fellow" said l.. ". Hart. senior
member Ok the Arm OF the Hart Hard
wars Company "fIe WAS With IA lar
years and 0aS an up-to-aats. fine drum
mef. thoroughly honest. sober and can
able u increasing this business Of any
house. We secured him from Pitts
burg afm. Re came 70 see me and gaS
90 persistent in trying TO sell me the
goods and Was 50 nice about II that I
asked him 10 come here and work for us
The end was that he worked for thls
irm about six years, moving his family
here He was a temperate man reared
~ two old-fashioned sisters. who were
largely responsible for his uprightne~s
Nearly every boy aud girl IN town knew
him and liked him. as well as all the
men Of his acquaintance. and 1t IL said
inst even the boys in the country towns
knew and liked him. He was certainty
one 81 tne most popular men ever CON
nertea with the business intsRests OF
Louisville"
MT, Hart tnen drtfted into reminiscent
mood regarding Joe Mulhatton. The fol-
Owing incidents OF his career were NOT
All related Of him. He remembered a
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suits this directory
script, and can be bou-es
large edition at : 80
our money. 60 cents ana 1, =
edition Is called the p.ss
large one the Grand jss
means the little ana ~ y
big game book is mara
and Is the beggars' ''wkrs-
good and bad points u -.
lie life who gives "a ~
down here. The two 49,.
vised and up to date ~
pays so ceptimes TO tKc
brings 10 him auth<ntie ..s w i
information as 10 new 49,
dresses.
The beggars' store - Z. Il
Paulian. the place whe,e "
kinds Of begging outGtp
to babes who ought to y f. =
These contractors or s1sr'S
farm out the advantar,e,s I, t..
which beggars may stanS <
OF selling some tribe. resn
cessful touches all. day ~
the night.
And now. after havine
this knowledge. Paulian 4 n
wise ways and means - =
legislation. which win uak4
cult for si.e beggars 10 ~ Z
believes that as soon a. Il 4
them that IL is cheapor. ~
work honestly they viIl ~ r
work and quit begging.
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scared by the nioTraph.

One OF the features of an entertain
ment on sunday night IN the Hudson
county New jersey, insane asylum for the
benefit OF the inmates was biographic
exhibition N which the picture of the En-
pire state express was thrown upon a
screen. As the swiftly moving train
rounded a curve and apparently bcre
down ON the gathering several Inmates
screamed, jumped from their seats and
tried to get out of the way Dr. Charles
King. superintendent Of the asylum. made
a little speech in which he tod his pa
TENTS that they were in no danger of
being run down BY the express ard gfea'-
Nv Gained their fears. The insin men
and women gave a vote of thanks to the
members OF the BROOKLYN Dramatic ST.
ciety. who were the chief entertainers.
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''rhe renewal OF the agitation against
the professional card sharpers who In
fest the ocean liners recalla tony mem
ory poker incident that occurred on
one OF the biz liners on which I was .
passenger In the fall Of ga" said we'll
known club man. who frequently goes
abroad AT that time. az at present.
the steamship companies we're making
strenuous efforts 10 drive the profess
sonal gamblers from the ships. without,
however. meeting with much success.
The companies could never absolutely
prove that such and such a suspected
man was swindler. on account OF the
natural unwillsngness % the voyAgefs
who had besn chis~ied out OF their
money 30 make formal complaint. and
thus subject themselves 10 the rtdicale
of their friends
There was a htg card OF warning
against professional gamblers hanging in
the card room ~ the liner on which l
crossed in Octoher. fSaa. bat most OK tho
men SuysgrrS who read the warning sim
ply laughed at IL Is one Of the cock
sure characteristics 81 men who play
even a gsnne that Is only moderately good
at cards that they hrmiy believe them
selves caashle Of withdrawing all Of the
tricks Of professional gamblers.
They viii rot admit even 20 them
selves that they can be done ia just
Ike 60 clap eyes on The wise deck rider
who can pun the weed over any eyes at a
game OF draw. or Any professional cheat
Who fanrics hs can pat me in the hole
by cns,loyinE unfair methods Is welcome
to all VI my money that he can get are
remarks You'll often hear men make
who ought TO know better Nevertheless
the warning card hanging In the card
room Of this vessel had the effect OF put
ting the passengers ON their guard
against the possible appearance OF card
sharks and they were on the lookout
from the moment the steamer pulled ont
into the stresm
"The passenger list. owing TO the late
ness OF the season. was not over fuu.
and on he hrs; day out there were only
few small games IN the card room
hoSi W Them. apparently. among men
wa0 knew one Smother quite we'll THINKS
began 70 hVen up in the card room on the
second DAY out. however. and the chaps
Who didn't appear TO know anybody go,
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good she will tell him of Rogers pres
ence, and Roger can plead his own
cause. She promises not to. tell Charles
unless there is hope. for any delay in
Fairfaxs plans viii leave Olivia power-
less 10 defer her marriage to Rochester.
Nell finds Charles gloomy and suspici-
Gus Jenries has told him that Fairfax
has returned to seek his life. Nell sees
that this Is not the moment to plead
Rogers cause. and when the Duchess Of
portsmouth, Lady Castlemaine and other
guests are announced she conceals the
King. who is in no mood to meet the la
dies in Nell's house. in the opposite room
to that in which Roger Fairfax is hid
den. There Is a merry war of wits be-
tween Nell and her rivals She gives the
almshouses to the aldermen and van
quishes the naughty ladies. who are ieal-
Gus OF her. until they turn on her with
unveiled hate. At this point an agent of
Lord JefYries enters and whispers to JEFF
fries that Roger Fairfax Is concealed in
Nells house.
Instantly the chief Justice sees his
means Of winning Nell and destroying
Fairfax by making 1t appear that Nell,
out of love, has concealed the man who
has returned to. assassinaie the king.
Nell. too sees the danger of Fairfax II
ne Is taken, and starts fnvohintartty TO
prevent the guards from entering the
room where Fairfax ~ hidden. As she
taxes . step, all turn to that door. In
stantly Nell turns, crosses to the door of
the room I'm which the king Is concealed,
and. standing before 1T. forbids Jeffries
and all to pass. She is flung aside rudely.
Jeffries throws open the door, charging
Fairfax to surrender, when. TO the
Amusement and horror of all but Nell,
he lets Mel! lead him from the room, all
bowling low with many apologies to her.
As she re-enters, Nell says she will for
give them II they will withdraw their
guards. The place Is cleared of all. Fair
fax enters. At this moment Olivia en-
tiers, brought by Tfffir to meet Fairfax.
She has been seen by FERRIES. who re-
enters with his guards, and the curtain
falls on Fairfax's arrest. Jeffries tri-
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oosr or BRITISH HEROES.
Millions of Dollars in Pensions and
Grants 90 Celebrities.

Now that we are all thinking q heroes.
Il Is interesting to note that heroes arc
sometimes very costly observation-disclosures
this heroism OF the c. l. v has been very
cheaply purchased. The Duke 81 Mari
borough cost the country something like
a round million Of money sn cash aud
palaces. Ia Iio7 a pension Of et.eo tsz1 a.gj
a year WAS granted 70 the duke and was
paid TO hts Successors tiil seventeen
years age, when IL was commuted for
Ei07.SS0 Cszs. sou. Nelson's herotsn has
been paid for at about th. same rate
Up 10 now the hero OF Trafalgar has cost
England E5sa GO (s2.sassl IN pensions
and grants snd as there II Esgos fs2s ,DesY
n year waiting Tor all the Lord Nelson's
for ever and ever the Nelson niil viii rum
Up 70 5000" for every century the title
lasts Up TO now the Duke Of Wellington
has cost the nation mere ia hard ca Al
than Nelson. over es50.so 1sl3.5ooeD hav-
ing been paid to aim and his dcsce ntS
but as the pension was limited 10 two
generations the present duke is the last
of his line who will profit by bis aness-
ter's keroism.-LoHdon Chronicle
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few. Others were recoliected by Rhodes
Rankin. w. J. Abram. W. r. Beiknap
and others They all show that Null
nations chief pleasure was for harmless
lying.
once upon time, while making his cir
cult as hardware drummer. he had
printed large number % big posters
Advertising himself as the agent OF
great furrier OF New York In thi- an
nouncement he stated that ordinary
house cats were ia great demand ana
thai he would pay The largest market
price for eats " they Nere delivered In
Lfitchiieid on a certain day. On the dsy
mentioned II seemed as II every farmer
In Grayson county had secured All tho
cats IN his nssghborhood, had hoxed them
snd hauled them to town. for fseltrhfleia
was fun % wagons loaded with cats.
~ course Mutation Was not there. aud
the farmers, becoming sore" turned nh
the cats loose on the town and f,eltrh.
neld was SO ovsfrun with fel.nes thar 4
shotgun quarantine aas put IN operation
uBtii all OF them we're externinated
However, some merchant OF I,eltchfleid
who knew that Mnihstton worked Tor !
local hardware company. boxed mp a Rig
crate o. cats and shipped them 10 the
hrm. No one Ia the Arm knew what ~.
box contained until Il Vas opened IN Inc
store, The building was al once f;ll4d
with scared cats. which gave the pron,t.
etors much trouble before they were dis
posed o..
Another Joke on the Leitehdela peouie
occurred. when Maihatton telexrapt,ea q
special 70 I.ouisyilte paper 70 the 81
rect that he had been waylaid and robbed
on bridge near the town BY two men
According 80 the story. which was uuh
hsned al the time, Muihafion. after Il.
mad BEEN robbed, dre~ a large butcher
knife and made both hl9hwaymen iumn
over the bridge into the creek,
the people OF Leitchfieid did not like
lhis story. and the next time Mulhatton
made that town a big countryman drew
a six-shooter and compelled him 10 drink
peer until he vas so drunk he vent 10
bed with his boots on. We was a tenn
pefsts man. and few drinks made him
WAT Is known as psraIyzed." IN which
things.
one Of Mulhatton's Jokes was worked
oil oil on the farmers along the C., o. 5.
w. rairoad-now this Iilinsis Central, He
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Players 5 u . p . e . d Of
Cheating Were CHI arlie
Fair. II. RID . = HASGArd
and 6te Marquis de R1ores

vious mountaineering with one another
all became suspicious at once. for along
toward the close OF the third days play.
when the three OF us were all TO the
bad and II seemed impossible for any
one OF US 10 outdraw any of the ether
three, We found ourselves exchanging
slances. ] think. too, that the three Of us
noticed at virtually the same time that
the three strangers invariably got the
biggest hands when one or the other OF
them was doing the dealing
We didn't give any further Indication
that We were suspicious OF the three
strangers than the quick exchange of
glanees when one % them appeared 20
have particularly phenomenal bit OF
luck Shortly before midnight We Quit
play. however, and the three OF US got
together 30 do little talking among our
selves. We agreed that we had been up
against brace game. and each one OF
AS declared his firm belief that The three
chaps With whom Ne had been playing
were professional cheats
We got into the game again on tho
following morning. and from the outset
the chaps whom we suspected got ali
the money. and the fact became more
OBVIOUS than ever that they were doing
almost al ~ the winning on their own
aeais-for when any one OF the three u
ns who suspected them dealt they rarely
After We had been playing Tor a can.
yla 81 hours the Nell-bred Enatishrnan
having the buck. dealt iack Nas
sitting on his left. and passed out Nv
former Washington friend, who vas next
90 me also threw up his hand The New
York politician, who was next. opened il
ior tse limit. and the chap with the
French accent and the bearded vounz
man who said he was from California
STAYED alone The Enslishman raised II
before the draw. and the other three
stood the raise NJ friend the New
YORK politician. drew 10 hts mines upon
denees and caught another nine.
Then the Frenchman ana the Ca,ifnr-
MAN dropped cut. and Il was between the
middle u the table. when the politician
they raised IL back and forth BETWEEN
theln "nih each had about $40 in the
middie OF The table. when the politician.
with queer look IN his eve. called Tn.
hnghshman showed up his ace fun on
queens and ysnksa down the - Tho
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U/ords Fay
- Failed too
The Wlesn

Here's a little Dolly DiaIe
overheard In a $34-a-mon1H
mansion one evening last ~
She--Why. o, why. did ~
you? "
He-Because I was a good ~
She-You are becomlu1 |
coarse.
He-Association
she-You pay no attentica ~
my little wishes.
What's the use o. G Y
after you've caught II?
Shell believe you have ~ 81
again
He--No such luck.
She---I'm in rags. <S<
He--Weli do a sketch-a6l n III
Shell haven't been to " -
two weeks. IS Il
He--Yours Is a sad story y II
She-Brute,
He--Ours IL a peaceful hucu
She--Are you going down IL
i1e--ti cdi SWhiS WV A<1 -
Shell have only s. In nv ~ !
Hs--FIetty Sreenl \
Shell saw a pair Of MG11
feathers today-reduced t.
and shall have.
He--D'Je see any meA'e
s1a9? Il
She--Why don't you ~
He--waiting for pay doyt
She-Don't you know ~
gas win be due this pay 44
Hc-Then ri cut out the n
she--I wish had never
! do.
Neutrality-suspicious..
She-I have good n0(lc1
back TO her this minute.
He Have you got an N y.
She O, you--you = 4
c-c-clerk. Tears. CuF(
ton Pest M h E
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A case which came befoee
lice court the other day ~
trates the maxim, "0(net
manners" There IL auno1
utes a law vigorously ~
kisses or other amatory ~
public places as being c011
rhis statute. though dste
of the Sforzas. Il stu
forced that only the othef
perfectly respectable love-
before the tribunal for r.
Ing an embrace In q Q1i1
park when they thG1o
looking. Upon this csee
adjudged that though ~
circumstances could NJ
contrary to morals. 4 -
with Me ideals OF advAnte
TO decorum, A fine Of y = |l|
fiicted. b
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had a number II poateee
these he distributed fru~
TO Vine Grove, distance
cen or twenty miles. The~
cd that Mnlhattop was q
Gus and wanted hay IA
Offering an enormous ritce
good hay. On the apr1'ss
wayssde station was 4iu9
heavily loaded Ray waaeHA I
that the hay was 70 ftsa \ r.
and I, IL said chat tbey -
days FOR the circus trtin.
unnecessary 70 stale fhst
haitan nor the circus sbes
Mulhatton once upon = -
ed a story 10 this effect seeS r
messed the fall 81 as sf'3l
in a certain part Of Texea
the details. the name Of ~ ~
etc. and stated that the W
meteor had destroyed the "a
about Neatly all Inc r.
In the country sen; profsse
20 make acientifie isvesiikat
from hundreds Of niiss - s.
ed 10 the scene. huf 70 dsn
discovered exactly wh<fe ~ r
Muihstfon also sfsrtsd ~
effect that gold IN es9e1 W.
had been discovered nsas
KY. and the ci;ixens 'lf'q
miles went there Hike -
ross 10 a fire. but no Gnl
Gated there by any 81 i
on one 81 his trips Au'
u large Number ~ cpals ~ -
somewhere. and on HE rets
he tried 70 dispose Of ffee
but failed 10 receive heu ~,
for them. He lad svtos113
posed on hy some shafp<f
These are. Of course. only
nations Jokes. bnt they wi
character Of the man.
fore ne left Louisville e ss.s
fui story about a comet
Indiana. lie stated that
acres and vas Of q bius-
had torn % the ground ~ {
mile in Its descent Il y ~, ~
OF the people OF that Ioee
yet returned from the ~
Mulhaiion IL probably
Ha Is small man Win
was married.
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Carrier Pigeons In Old Egypt.

Carrier pigeons were employed in early
Egyptian DAYS. navigators taking them
on their galleys and liberating them when
they arrived at their destination in order
to announce their safe arrival TO their
copntrymen.
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JESSE MOORE IA r.
at ~ Z. he priEsleal. Is IN
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0Be Orange Girl W h .
Gained the Friendship
~ the Hin6 and Saved
Her Friends Life - -
- - - - - - ~ - -
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Author ~ Scores 4
StArtlinG and Iape
Tales 10 N . ~ In c.
Arix ON . Madhouo
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For Thirty -
Has b . en- A..
6be Secrets een....
Skillful Me-
in Paris >>>~
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-25
ENORMOUS
Liabilities Of Price, Mccormick & Co.
Assets Unknown.

New York, May 25.-(Spl.)--Price'
Mccormick & Co., brokers OF NO. ~
Broad ST., failed Thursday with lih-
bilities of S13,000,000 and unknown as
sets. The crash announced at noon on
the stock and cotton exchanges sent
tbe latter into a short lived panic, and
ON the stock exchange stocks broke on
the news. Wall street as well as the
produce exchange, took the failure
calmly.
The firm, composed oil W. u. McCor-
mick of Chicago, Theodore Price Of
New York, Il. NJ. Stuart-Wortley of
England, a son-in,law Of Rear Admir-
al Schley, and George Crocker, had
tried for months TO corner cotton and
failed. Well known as one of the old
est and biggest private wire firms In
the country it was represented on the
New York cotton and stock exchanges,
the produce exchange and the Chicago
board of trade. 1t had branches in
more than 80 cities, and thousands of
correspondents scattered all over the
country.