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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

The United States VIII retain posses
sion of the Isle of Pines. whatever hp
thc final disposition of Cuba 1t will
be fortified, and n strong garrison will
be kept there. Lying Immediately
south of the western end of Cuba. tho
Isle of Pines commands the western
or Yucatan entrance to the Gulf, and
forms IN important outpost for the de
fence of the Nicaragua Canal.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

\ letter dated March 81. 1900. has
been received from Lieutenant Pcary.
lie was ri Fort Conger, Lady Franklin
Bay. when it was written. The party
was in good health and mad plenty Of
provisions. This is th" FIRST news from
the explorer in fifteen months.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

Senator Davis was born in Hcndcr-
son, y. Y, June 16. 1888. After n
years law course at Ann Arbor he
entered the Office of former Postmas-
tcr-GeneraI Randall at Waukosha.
Wis.
He was second lieutenant OF the
Twenty y-eighth Wisconsin Infantry
from 1S6: To 1864. Later he eStah-
liShcd 4 large law practice at st. Paul.
Mimi.
In 1867 he was elected to the Lc~is-
laturc and next year was appointed
United States DiStrict-AttOrney
In 1873 he was elected Governor ot
Minnesota. lie declined denomination.
but continued as Il political adviser
IN lSST hC was sent 10 the United
States Senate. and continued Il mem
her Of that body until his death. rrcS.-
dent Mckinley appointed him 81 mem
her OF the Commission which met in
Paris September. lSgS. To arrange
terms of peace between the United
States and Spain. He WAS widely Nc
Quaiutcd with the foreign affairs OF
this country
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05
SENATOR MORGAN REFLECTED.
Receives Every Vote Cast in the Alabama
Lcgislntmrc.

Montgomery. Ala. tSpcciaO.-Thc
Alabama Legislature voted for United
States Senator. John =. Morgan re-.
cciVrd every vote east
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

Edwin r. Pepper, ono of thr wcGl,hi.
est orange growers in Florida. com.
mittcd suicide at his suburban home.
Sunnysidc, two mics east Of Lees
burg. lie lei, 10 statement ana nc
cause is assigned
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05
To Run Down Panther in rcxns.

The ranchmcn and cowboys OF La
sale and adjoining counties in Texas
are preparing for q Grand panther hunt
10 take place soon. III" people OF that
part of the State are aroused over the
killing OF two Mexican children u few
days ago by ferocious panther
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

oIvoIIl- :. NoT 3orVlco.
r, Excellent daily passenger service between
Florida and New York
Nos. 80 and A-Nrw York and Florida f:x-
pres. Draw m room slccpiug cars brtveeu
Augusta and New York.
Pullman drn&ing.rOom slccpinc cars bs,-
tween Port Tampa. .ac,snnvii!o Suvannnh.
Washington and New York.
fnIiinan sleeping cars Lctwccn Charlotte and
Richmond ljiuing cars between Charlotte
and Savannah
Nos. IS aud gu = Fnst Mail. Through
pullman drawing Groom buffet sleeping car, hti-
tween Joctspnv1ilc and Now York and P.nl-
man s.ccpirg cars let wccu Augusta and Char
Io'tc. Dining ears serve AL mf1.S curopte-
fullmnu Sleeping GAYS bctWcru Jacksonville
End COLUMBIA. curoutc daily lciwccn juc..son-
willie and Cincinnati VIA Ashcvilc
FRANK $. GANNON. JM.CT-IP
Third Y = n t,eu. Mgr Tran. I.r
Washington. u. G.. WASHINGTON. - <.
". a TURK. HAHDVIC(.
Gon pas. As't. ASH Gen. I.s- Ar';
Washington. y. =. Atlanta &C.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

There arc some things YOU must
both be ana live before you can be-
lieve
Hindranccs are the evcr-ascending
rungS in the ladder God makes for
us.
When there is sunshine in the soul
there will be flowers and fruit in the
life.
Blessed are they who are thrown to
the lions, for Daniel is there and so
is his God.
\ man is not a champion OF truth
beo0use he howls at all who differs
from him.
The power OF Il tcar-drop is in that
it ri:
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05

No less than 1000 American tourists
are said 10 have been booked Tor Obcr
ammcraau this season.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05
SENATORC, DAVIS DEAL
Expires at His Home in St. Paul,
Mimi, After Two Months Illness.
MEMBER OF SENATE SINCE 1887
lie Was Chairman of the Senate Com.
fhittee ON Foreign Relations Served,
Through the Civil war-Membcr a.
the Commission Which Negotiated the
Treaty of Peace with SPAIN

st. Paul, Minp. (SpcciaD. - United
States Senator Cushman Kellogg Da-
Wis. Chairman OF the Committee on
Foreign Relations. died ut his home in
this city after an Illness of two months.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05
RAMS HORN BLASTS.

HE Christian can
only find satiSfac-
ton where he finds
salvation.
The hyDO,rite
says. Leave my
sins alone and
chase those here
tics"
II you have re-
lis.on by proxy
you may have
heaven in The SAME
way.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05
Sleoni-r Car Sorvicn.

IThlnS 43 ana II ImiEcd except Sunday
arrive and depart from Hamburg
tDailY except Sunday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

which he said he'd bet l couldn't open
after he had showed me how. l took the
bet and lost IS. The railroad will give me
that back. won't they?"
mo, sir. No railroad takes care of i'd
lots who travel replied the officer.
Don't, Ell? l thought they did, but II
you say they don't that settlesst It. A Teller
on the train had three keerds. and he fung
'em around and bet me 81 l couldn't pick
out the ace OF hearts. l took the bet n
lost. Do l get that backg"
mot much. You seem to be a soft mark
for swindlers."
do you mean I'm easy to work."
For sure"
WAL, guess 1 am. So I don't git
nuthin' back?"
mot a thing. It's n wonder you got
here with your watch or a dollar in mon
ey.'
But l didn't" replied the man with n
sad smile. II bet watches with a feller
on the train and lost, and l haven't but 10
cents in my pocket"
well, you are the biggest greenhorn in
the state Of ohio.' replied the disgusted
officer
Am I? 1 thought I was. but didn't
know for sure. WAL, goodby. I'm goin'
up town, and I shall probably meet a fell
Ter and lose this 10 cents before l git
thAraI'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

bottle of claret, with which he was
making free. Mr.. Bowser WINGED a
little, but gave him Is minutes more.
At the end of that time there was still
a piece of the second loaf7ef bread left,
and it was about ten minutes more be-
fore the tramp had finished. A barrel
of food and a bottle Of wine had re-
stored the gall of the equal" to its
pristine glory, and, showing back from
the table at last with a sigh OF con-
tentment, he pounded on the board
with his knife and called to the girl:
"Hey, slavey, bring hither one of the
old mans perfectos and let the wrap
per be speckled!"
"How dare you talk that way to me?"
demanded the indignant cook.
"A perfect pot wrestler, or out you go!'
Mr.. Bowser heard from the head of the
stairs, and his hair began to rise. Run
ming down, he said:
Look here, but amt you rather overdo-
ing this thing?'
mot at all, old Bird" was the smiling
reply. I'VE are both men and equals. You
have the dough, and I'm dead broke. It's
your business to divide. How are you
heeled for cash?".
"Ill show you how I'm heeled, sir!
There is the door. L want no more of
your society,"
But you can't turn me Town that way,
old man-oh, no! My name is Jim the
Sticker. When 1 gifts a good thing l hangs
on. Don't go pack on what o said about
all men bein' equal"
Mr.. Bowser again ordered him out, but
as he refused to go he was taken hold of
to be assisted. He didn't propose to drop
the equality business without a struggle,
and there was a row in which the dining
room was almost wrecked and Mr.. Bow
ser was badly pummeled. By the time
the cook had brought a policeman and
Mrs. Bowser and the cat had got down
stairs the tramp had filled his pockets
with knives, forks and spoons and got
away. Nothing could be said to the man
left lying on the floor or his back. He
had 'leveled all distinctions and been level
ed himself.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

gate. He didn't have to wait there
long. A tramp who had been loafing
on the corner below and striking a
score of persons in vain for bed money
soon came shutting along. He was de-
batting whether to strike or not to
strike when Mr.. Bowser observed:
my friend, you are a man."
81 expect l am was the reply.
"And as a man you are just as good
as | am. Because l happen to be bet
ter off in this worlds goods than you
are 1 have no right to look down ON
YOU"
"Say. old man." remarked the tramp,
as a grin spread over his face, unless
you are drunk you are talkin straight
from the shoulder. l like to hear it,
81 am neither drunk nor a snob,"
continued Mr.. Bowser. Il say you are
a man, born free and equal, AS a man,
you are entitled to my respect, wheth-
er you are a millionaire or a laboring
man."
And you don't set yourself up as be-
ing above me?"
mo, sir"
And I am as good as you are?'
Just as good
Shake. old man. You don't know
how you encourage. me. If I'm as good
as you are, then mebbe-mebbe-"
Come right in and have dinner, and
after that We'll talk. There1l be no
a~ristocracy built up in America if a
man of my size can prevent It."
you amt goin to git me in there to
give me the boot?" asked the tramp as
he hung back and wondered over his
good luck.
81 am going to use you as an equal.
Come along"
The man was taken into the base
nent ard the cook ordered to give him
his dinner at the table. She looked in
wonder and establishment and demur-
red, but Mr.. Bowser insisted, and she
reluctantly complied. When the fell
low had got well at work, Mr.. Bowser
went up stairs to explain what he had
done and what was to follow, but Mrs,
Bowser had gone to her o He was
minded to call her down and ask her
to play the piano, but on second
thought he decided not to rush the bus
ness too much at first. After 20 min
utes he went down, but the tramp was
still heaving it in with knife and
fork. He had asked for something to
''wet it up" and the cook had put on a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
ne LAUGHED LAST.
Everybody Smiled at This Young
Mans Absurdity and Then Admired

Everybody Smiled mt This Young
Mans Absurdity and Then Admired
Him.
"'Slimson," said the young mar who
delighted in golf. was heart~broken
when he lost the sixth golf ball the
other day, when we were playing up IN
Duches county. He is a serious minded
individual, and when he saw the last
hard rubber sphere go into the drink
he sat down on a bunker and looked at
me very soIemnly and deliberately.
This was ~inexcusable.' said he.
when a man loses golf balls In such a
way as this he either ought TO find
them or give up the game for good.
1t shows very weak character
THAT last ball had gone into a pond,
and there seemed to be something so
ridiculous about the idea OF a man
searching a place like that for a ball
that all OF us, the doctor, the student
and /, began to laugh.
THE pond was near the end OF the
links, and 1t was a Shiny bit OF water.
1t was Of that annoying width that II
was just about We enough to get a
ball over 1t. There might have been
no trouble provided that 1t was dry
land for that distance, but the shine or
the water always made you pause and
wink and think, and as a result the
bali generally made a gentle splash.
and you stood on the bank expressing
your feelings as best you could.
THE caddies grinned behind their
hands as Slimson slowly took on his
variegated stockings and rolled up his
abbreviated trousers. He was a sight.
The edge OF the pool was lined with
black slime, and as Slimson went in
he nearly fell into the pond. He caught
himself just In time, and started at
the exploration again. He had a sap
ping in one hand. and he looked for
all the world like an Indian wading a
stream to hide his trail.
He stepped on a tin can and rolled
and pitched like an Atlantic liner II
heavy seas. The water was above his
knees. He stopped down and plunged
his arm down To the shoulder. The
sleeve OF his Respondent shirt had been
insecurity rolled. 1t slipped from It's
moorings and was dyed by the black
ened water. He lifted up his clinched
fist and brought up what looked like a
bit of coal. He washed the black thing
about in the water a little. and there,
sure enough. was a golf ball
well said ], I hope that you are
satisfied Do you think that It paid for
all the trouble7'
HE did not say a word. He went
cropping around the bottom Of that
pond and brought up another ball. He
kept right at It, and when he was
through he had rescued thirty-seven
balls.
Yes said he. I think taht is was
worth while New York Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

China. How vhas der weather oafer
dere?"
81 dunno"
"How vhas house rent in Peking?"
Il can't say"
What! You live for five years in Pc
king und can't say? Don't monkey
NIT me, old mans. How much you have
to pay for liver und bacon in Peking?"
Il w bought some"
well, how was beefsteak and cod
fish?"
Il can't say"
"But you must know about potatoes
und cabbages?"
Il don't know holdings. I vhas nefer
in China in my life"
IF you vhas nefer in China Why do
you put oop dot sign?"
ITO draw some customers"
"Oh-ho! / see! You nefer was in
China, but you lie and deceive und
swindle! Cobbler, l hat my eye or
you for some time. You vhas a bad
bad mans. You vhas a liar, a cheat
1 und a swindler, und you ought to &C
by some shails. What you mean, eh?'
Il mean peesness," / says.
so do L." he says, und he jam ms
by der wall, jabs m in der ribs unt
Whir1s ma around bv dor paol +iIl
falls down und can't speak to my wife
for ten minutes. / goes to find do
leetle Sherman tailor, but he sees me
coming und runs away, und all del
poys cry oudt:
"Belly well, chop stickee cobblel
allie same as Boxert"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

the poor man to-day. We are trying TO
class him with the animals of the field.
is this shoddy ~aristocracy drawing
S skirts away from the laboring man
hat makes socialists and anarchists.
BECAUSE we happen to have a few
bousand dollars in the bank we are
etter than our wash m or the
ian who takes out the ashes?'
81 haven't heard of you inviting them
to \dinner or sitting down to tell them
stofles."
'Ehen, by thunder, but you will,
and this very night, too" he roared
as he kicked over a chair and went
stamping around. THE people of this
country want to know who are the
snobs. I'll soon prove to which class I
belong!"
He started for the front hall and had
his hat on before Mrs. Bowser could
ask him what he was going to do.
Without replying to the question he
passed out of doors, and from the par
lor window she saw him hating by the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
DER GERMAN COBBLER.
The Little Tailor Comes to the Res
cue with More Advice.

Ine IlttIe lal1OF SOsHCS u thC
cue With More Advice.
copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.)
Peesness vhas so poor l don't make
some salts, when dot leetle tailor comes
aroundt und says:
"Vhell, Hans, l see you don't catch
on yet. You vhas in America two
years, und yet you vhas greenhorns.
A fortune vhas at your feet und still
you don't pick her oop."
"How can l pick him oop?" I says.
"Shust so easy ash tar. You know
about dot troubles in China, of course?
Eaferbody vhas interested in China
shust now. If you say you vhas a cob
bier for fife years in Picking. more ash
two t'ousand peoples Will come in to
see you und bring some shoes. l Will
put you oop some signs of Dot Cobbler
From Peking,' und you shall see how
her Will be- ssiA9s1 H.
But l vhas neffer in China nor Pc
king" l says.
dot makes no deeference. You shust
go right ahead und tell all about it,
und you vhas all right. 1 vhas neffer
in South Africa, but don't l tell my
customers all about dot Boer war?
Why, / talk for an hour sometimes,
und you should see how der peoples
r,Sh in dor coofc uud panfc III ho
pressed. Man alife, don't you miss
some good things"
I vhas a ieetle scared, und my wife
says / shall get my head knocked on.
but dot tailor he puts me COP . sign
und says | vhas : rich man II two
weela. It soas n der newspapers dot
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
Mr.. BowsER's TRIBULATIoNs
He Leveled All Distinctions, and a
Tramp Leveled Him.

Tramp Leveled Him.
downright, 1900, by c. B.. Lewis.)
Mr. BoWser had come home not ex-
actlv mad. but he was in that state of
mind known as 'echy." He found
Mrs. Bowser so pleasant, the dinner
SO good and the house looking so well
that he couldn't find fault with any
thing until he sat down to his even
ing paper. He hadn't been reading
over fiye minutes when he burst out
with:
ABy George, but l have always saic
1t would come TO this, and here it is
"Has another king been a~ssasinat-
ed?" asked Mrs. Bowser without much
interest.
mo there hasn't, but there has been
an attempt to assassinate the constl-
t,ption of the United States-to murder
enualitv. to stab our Democratic re-
public in the back. A Chicago million
a;ra who took a street car for a short
ride found himself alongside one of his
EMPLOYEES. What do you suppose he
did,"
eRowed to him and offered to pay
his fare probably"
HE did, Ell? That's all you know
about it. 1t SO happens that he called
the conductor and had the employee
bounced off. He said he didn't propose
to ride along with the riffraff. BY
hen. but I'd like to have been there!
Because the man had accumulated a
few thousand dollars he slooked upon
common humanity as so much DIRT. lie
wouldn't even ride in a street car with
a man who had to earn his daily bread
by the sweat Of his brow
at was silly for him to make such
al exhibition If himself" said Mrs.
Bowser, "but there is no call for you to
get a stroke of apoplexy over it.
But don't you see the attempt to
create an aristocracy in this coun-
try-don't you see it?" he shouted
as he waved the paper ON high n
brought the cat out from under the
lounge to see what the row was about.
sWell, what of it? Why should you
carer
81 care because all men were born
free and equal; because one man IS
as good as another; because money
don't make the man. That's what ails
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GObbler.


der vhas among 'em. If you lived in
China for fife years, you must know
about missionary work. Did you see
some good influences from herr"
q did," says 1. More ash 100000
Cinnamon don't bet on der races no
more after one prayer meeting"
Album! My name vhas Ricketts,.
Maybe you meet by orudder in Pc
king?"
81 know him like some books. He
looks shust like you. After some Chi
m heal him preach once nopody
gets drunk or whips his wife. l belief
your brudder safes more ash 10000, 900
souls in China"
"Ah-um! Den you belief my brudder
does some good?"
81 belief he makes angels of all Chi
namen."
Dot preacher looks at me in some
curious WAYS. und den he says:
IF you lived IN Peking, MAYBE you
can tell me der names of some streets?"
Il can. Dere vhas Fulton street.
Green street, Washington avenue, State
street. First place. Rag alley und lots
more. l haf my shop in Main street.
"Cobbler, did you hat some sun
strokes dis summer" he asked.
"Of course not"
Den it vhas natural for you to be
some liars. l guess, but / don't belief
o Will make her pay. Good day,
sir!''
He WAS only gone avhal when / take
dat signs down. but 1t vhas too late.
De tat policemans on der beat comes
in und says:
s'vhell, nov. oobbler. maybe / vhas
bounced al d.. sorcs und liks i . 70
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

vhas a Observation-Disclosures
| cobbler, und ash queek ash | open my
| shop in der morning a mar comes in
und say:
by golly. but so you hat lived in Pc
king, eh?"
Il haf," 1 says.
dot vhas nice. Let me hear you
talk some Chinese language"
Il cant did it,"
'qBut how do you get along in Pc
king if you can't speak some Chinese?"
81 shust keep quiet und don't speak
to nopody."
Can you make some Chinese ahoes?'
mo"
Look here, cobbler," says dot man
ash his smile goes AWAY, don't you
try to play some roots on me! I vhas
no kid. You say you yCaas in China for
fife years. What vhas der name of dot
river by Peking?"
"He vhas called der Mississippi riv-
err"
"You Was a liar by some clocks!
You vhas no more in China dan vhas
in Russia, und if you Will step out
| doors l shall hat some pleasure in
knocking your head by der middle OF
! next week."
1 don't go out, of course. says l
| vhas werry busy und he must oxcuse
me, und ne swears und blows around
und goes AWAY. 1 belief l shall take
dot sign down, but along comes a man
who says:
Shelly well, belly well! Choppy
| stickee allie samee cate rice. So you
vhas in China! You vhas shust der
| cloh1espin l vhas looking for. How
high vhas uat stone wall in China?"
''One t'ousand feet" / says.
"Vhat? How you make dot oudt?
Who can build a wall so high? Maybe
you mean 80 feet?
81 mean one t'ousand. When you
vhas on top of dot und look down,
a dollar bill don't look SO big ash a
postage stamp"
ION What ocean vhas Peking?" he
says after a awhile.
ION dot Lake Erie ocean, of course"
ooh, she vhas, Ell? Cobbler, your
head vhas either filled NIT sawdust, or
you vhas an Internal liar! vhas 60
ing down town now und don't Ike 70
J sweat my collar, but if dot sign vhas
still oop when l comes back | Will step
! in und knock your head Offer your heels
: und put in two kicks for nottings!"
My wife cries oudn dot we vhas bust
! ed to bankruptcy und some poorhouses,
und l belief l shall go oudt und brace
| oop on some beer When dot preacher
who lifts around der orner m in.
He smiles und shakes hands und says:
"Cobbler, dis 'vhas sad peesness In
China. More ash ten t'ousand mission
aries vhas killed, und MAYBE my brud-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
are provided for can go to the modest
and humble public.

The little scrap between our fighting
dog Jim and a cur from Rose Hill. which
took place at the Rink Wednesday night,
as advertised, put $50 more in our pocket
toward the project of bringing out a Daily
Kicker next year. We own the dog as an
individual, and not as editor, mayor, post
master or state senator.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
Back.

Copyright. 1900. by c. B. Lew4s.)
He was q man with a safchel. a cane a
lame leg and . troubled countenance as he
landed from q train at the Union depot
and inquired who was the boss around
there. The special on Ger was al hand 10
- him what wks wanted. and he promptly
replied:
* changed ! ~ biu for I fsllsr On tn
tzbin. ard = = : eeunferxszs. and / want
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21
ARIZONA KICKLETS.

Copyright, 1900. by C. B. Lewis.)
The vigilance committee over at
Lone Jack seems to need an instructor.
1t has hung n nan three different
times, and yet he is walking around to-
day in good health.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

We understand that certain parties
in this town have written the post
master general that We play poker.
Yes, we do, but we play 1T as editor
and not as postmaster and would like
to sit down in a game with the P. g.
himself If he's inclined that way
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

Old Joe Wheeler claims to have seen
a silver tipped bear a Sailor creek
last Sunday. If he is telling the truth,
then he struck something at last he
couldn't ask to buy him a drink of
whisky or lend him a quarter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

Il wish / had studied law" she said.
.regretfully.
TT would have been a bitter ex-
perience for you" he answered.
why so7" she demanded.
You would have had to let tho
Judge have the last vord."-Chicago
Post