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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
I gen mar. benfelben am 6. 4usuft b.S.
su berlafen.

gen mar, Dentelber1 am b. Au9u1t DIS.
au berlaRen.
$1,000 S4mer5ensgelb
perlangt in elmer i'm Common pleasa
@eri9t einserei9ten &lase annie
Wessel BON peter Miler tpegen am
gebliher Werlebunsen. &ldgertn
ma4t geltenb. bab fie elm 9aus BON
6rn. Miaer mietbete, unb baB tie in
Solge bes reparaturbebiirftisen 3u=
ftanbes beFelbsn nit ibrem Sub in
Elm God gerietb.
Sneprpprirt.
Ser Diamond Bad Club" tpurbe
fir ssfellige unb pObltbdtise 3pede
bon Dem So. Wm. s. Brandon, Sobn
$. 4rmftrons, Sbomas 6. peniiton,
@amuel s. Srantlin unb Wu1. y.
8anfs tncorporirt.
Ni9t re9tsfrGfttg.
Samuel HaGeD, pel9er bonn poltz
aeiri9ter 5albott in SreberidzGountn
auf brei Mpnate mad Dem Staats=
Mrbeitsbauie gei9idt tpurbe, neil ct
in unbere6tister Wetie auf etnem
3use Der Baltimore : Obio : 8abn"
fubt, tpurbe gsftern bonn Ri9ter
p6elps i'm 5abeas Corpus : @erfabz
rem entlaFsn, ba Der ueberpeiiungss
8efebl feblerbaft mar, inbem in bemz
felben ni6t a~ngeseben tit, baB Naaep
auf elm @srfabren Dor Sei4porenen
perai9tet bate.
aus benz Waifengert4t.
Oas Sefament bes am 4. Mai
1889 geitorbenen Moam Sbomas
purbe gsftern i'm Mutiengeri4t our
8efGtisuns einsereidt. Sn benz bonn
Is. Sebruar 1889 batirten Seitdment
perma9t Der grblaHer ieinen 9ez
fammt : 0a9lab an feline 8attin
G6riitine Maria 5bomas.
Sn benz Seitamsnte Der am "a.
Nuguit b. s. g%eitorbene Srau 4nnie
9. Deming pirb bic S9pefter Der
grblaHerin, Srau Gatbarine gropz
tier, nit $500 bebadt. Ser Reit bes
Na9luFes fdGt on lire S4peter
5rau Ga9el 8. Raine unb tbre Nt9te
Fri. Qnnie 9. Raine.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
Ginbaltsbefcbl anfgebnben.
Ser 6dnbel nit GrturitonS : gtueten
mad unb BON Buffalo.

-
Buffalo, N.>g., %. auguit. -
Der 4ntrug Der r2adatpanndzglienz
balm : @eieni6uft" auf @rlaB zines
@in6altsbsfebls, tpel9er 81 BILLET
6dnblern in Buffalo ben 9anoel NIT
panameritaniI9en Spe5ial : @rtur>
fionstidets Der genannten 8obn url>
terfagen fo1te, tpurbe pom Ht4ter
6aael i'm 8unbes : &reisSeri9t abb
gepieien unb Der erlaKene Temperate
ginbaltsbefe6l a~ufgeboben. Der HI9z
ter %erfannte in ieiner Gntlnelollll9
an, baB bic 8a9n bds Re9t babe, be-
ipnbere Gontrafte nit ben etn5elten
8Gufern Der Sidets abaui4lieben,
pel9e btefe ni9t bur9 ben 8ertauf
Der Sidets perleBten birfen, unb er
mics aud ben ginpanb tpe9en manz
geltber Surisbiftipn als unbegriinDet
3uriid. QnbererIeits aber le6nt er ben
4ntras aufGrlab bes ginhaltsbefefls
nit Der 8egriinbung ub, bic r2addz
panna : 8a6n" lei elm Mitglieb Der
rSrunt Sine MFpciation" ober oes 10
senunnten rppol," tpel9e cine 8eretnz
barring iiber bic SeftfeBung Der Sahr>
preiie untsr @erleBung Der beitebenz
ben Seiebe abgei3lofen babe unb lei
besbalb nt9t bere9tigt, Nbbiilfe in
einem @quitb : @eri9t gu fu9en. Die
alGgerin pirb besbolb auf bic fonfts
gen 3e6tsmittel berpteien unb Der
pprlGufige @inbaltsbefebl a~ufgeboben,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
Der Iutumubile bnn G5ieasn mad
Sufialp.

GbicagO, g.. Nuguft. - Die
Mitglieber bes r@bicagp Automobile
Club" perben bic YanzI merifanii9e
IusteGIung in 8uffulo gemeinf4aftz
li9 beIu6en. Sn ibren @utOmobilz
5a6r5el1gen tperbsn iie am Gam flag,
ben 7. September, BON bier abfabren.
Na9 genauer 9rifung Der Dege unb
2anbtraben 1T bic 8etferoute ausgez
pGblt tpprben. Die gauge @trede BON
81 Meilen min man in 8 Sa9en gus
riidlegen. Die Mebr5u6l Der Club
Mitglieber tpirb lire Srauen Ober dtz
bere 5amtlienz ouf Der
Mutpmpbilfahrt mitnehmen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30

geitern entlafen tpOrben tpuren, ni4i
pieber angeiteGt iporben finb.
Altoona, pa., %. 4uguit. -
Die Qnseiteutsn Der DPittsburg.
So6nstopn, gbenoburg unb Gaftern
8abn" finb tpegeil Ri9tbeaablunq
hires r~iidfdnbigen 2obnes ausgeitan=
ben. Der @erfebr auf Der 8a4n ii
tptdI unterbrphen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
Ierfrei6eft

Yertrei6ett
Sic bic aranfbeit bur9 redtssiti-
gen Gebrau9 BON Sutt's caterpillar,
elm altes unb beipGbrtes 6eilmittel,
bas NIT iebem Sage pOpuldrer mirb.
gs turirt ieber 3eit
&opffdmfr,fT.
fauren Masen. Malaria, gerbauz
unssbefAnerben, trdse 2ebertbatis=
feit, D~erftopfuns unb s1eRronfheiten
Der Sole.
3utt'S 2eter.HtWen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
RauPenpIu9e in B.
lamb.

2onbon, %. 4usuf. - Cine
9epei4e aus Mostau an ben vStanz
barb" melbet: rOie ruiiif9e &iibenz
ernte 1T bur4 cine Raupenplags Be-
bentli9 gei9Gbigt tporben. Ser Ser
luft pirb uuf Is BIB so proaent gez
f9Gbt."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
Gfeine Grbin entiubrt.

G6teagD, %. Dug. - Margaz
ret 2pler, fieben Sabre alt, tpel4e Die
@rbin zines 8ermDgens i'm getrdge
BON $1OO,O 900 fem ion, tpurbe geitern
aus Der Wo6nung Der Sruu M. 6.
Green babier entfi6rt. Mdrgaret's
Mlltter, pel9e Dor me3reren Sahren
BON iArem 8utten gei9ieben tporoen
mar, itarb bor elmer @o9e, unb Srau
Green erbielt barauf bic Sb6ut iiber
bas &tnb. Ser Gntfiibrer bob bu8
&inb in cine &utT6e unb fubr in fauz
fenber Garriere bappn. Sin Bolt5tit
oerfoIgte i'm Biz Rapenspoob unb
perlor bort ale Spur BON linn.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
NQtne.
6fentft6er 2Iotar.

Donma4ten, 8erai9tleia
fungen II. I. 10. mad alien
Sbeilen bes Musldnbes tsers
ben auf bas SeDiTenbsF.sks
dussefertist.
@ae Gusfunft iiber Ressa
lung RON 8srmDsens> Anse.
lesenbeitsn in 9eutfalanb.
Oetrei9 II. T. 10. tpirS urls
enta:ItIih ertheRt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30
6 benirren n.

Marp Mnn 2etpis flast i'm Stabt=
Rreisseridt UNI tbeilneife Sdeibuns
BON sSobn gmmet 2efpis. nit benz fe
am IA. SUM- 1894 getrout purbe.
sgrau QetDis ertldrt, baB fie in Golse
bss 8stresens hires @atttn ssaiunlls
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30

SDpefu, S., %. 4uguit. -
Gin Strife in ben auhlengru6en Der
Big Sour" in 9ittsburg, S., pirb
4usganss bieier Do4e %ertpartet uno
sesen 1000 damn perben buran be-
tbeilist iein. gs bunbelt ii9 um bic
Mnerknnung Der rMiners nnion"
unb bic grubenbefiser baben fi9 entz
i9ieben gepeigert, barauf einauseben.
gbieago. %. Qusuit. = Ollie
tpetbli1sn Mitelieber Der 8u9binbers
Union, fpsl9e Bel Der SO. 3. Gontep
Comp" in 9ammonb, Snb.. bei9dfz
tigt tparen, i'm 9ansen etpa $50 per-
fonen, baben bic Mrbeit nieberselest,
neil ibre @aritonbsmttsliebsr. tpelae
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1901-08-30

Sn Der r@orpdrts : Surnbuue"
finbet beute 4benb bic feierli9e Grs
Dffnung Der neu renopirten Regelbahn
ftatt. Mtt Dem Yreisfeseln fir
8~aarpretfe pirb slet65eitig elm Gar
tenfeft NIT Sans perbunben fein. ST.
Sobn 2prett, ben meiften 8altimprer
Surnern tpohlbefannt. ii6ernabm lebs
te Wode bic 8ernaltung Der 9ane,
unb Bel feiner 8eliebtbeit 1T es niht
gu be5tpeifeln, bab Der r@orpdrts"
elmer sld~n5enben ssfenisen @aifpn
entaeqen5iebt.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
MeC0R MICK DAY.

As has been the custom for som.
time past, j. w. Holmes d. Son have
designated for this season, Saturday ot
this week as the day wnen they will de.
liver TO the farmers of this vicinity, two
carloads OF the celebrated Mccormick
machines. Arrangements have been
made to properly entertain their patrons
and no pains will be spared to give
them pleasant time and send them
home with the Best ugchiacs ya Earth. All
who have purchased are requested to
come early so that all machines can be
loaded by noon, then ali will fall in line
and headed by the band. will march to
the hall where dinner will be served
After this part Of the program has been
carried out, the procession will form
with band at the head and parade the
principal streets.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
Memorial and Decoration DAYS.

Decoration Day arrangements have
not vet been fully completed by the G..
A r.. but Il full program will be given
next week. Theexercises this year will
be OF simplicity befitting the occasion.
The 7eterans Of the civil war are becom-
ing fewer and fewer, and the dissertation
of the purpose of the day by the intro
dnction of q enercises of various natures
not in sympathy with the spirit of the
occasion il becoming disasteful to the
boys who wore the blue Union Mem
orial services will be held in the Baptist
church on Sunday morning, May 26th,
at 10 o'clock n, III. sermon by the pastor
Rev. N. T. Hafer, at which time the
members of the G A r., w. r. G. and
S. O. V, will march in a body to the
church, and all those who served in the
Spanish American war are invited to
fall in line. On Decoration Day, May
Both, the usual parade will be held fol-
lowed by appropriate exercises. The
band has kindly volunteered its services,
and it is hoped that all will turn ont and
help to properly observe the day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
A Musical Treat.

During the entire year, the Choral
Union, under the direction of Mrs. ST
Johns, has been studying, "The Tri-
umph of David, one Of the works of
the late distinguished American COM
poser, Dudley Buck, and propose to
bring it before the public the 2Sth, next.
This will give the music lovers Of Alma
AN opportunity for taste OF oratorio
which aside from being entertaining has
advantages educationally.
The work has many brilliant moments
and it comprises the piteable searching
into The Unknown by the sinful Soul
The Resurrection aud Words of Samuel
the Prophet of Israel, The Prophecy Of
the Gloomy Witch of Endor; David 3
friendship and lament for Jonathan and
his ultimate triumphal crowning at Heb
ron.
Other selections from the same com.
poser will be given, one of which will
be Longfei!ow's Village Blacksmith 4"
This composition has fine movement
and peculiarly descriptive accompani-
ment. In it, one hears successively the
clang of the forge, the tolling of the
ch urch bell, and the singing Of the vii
lsge choir. arranged in the contrapuntal
form of which Buck WAS n master
Miss Whiting will be the accompan-
ist Of the evening
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
ALMA DID IT TO "a TEAM.
II Was Exciting From Start To Finish
Win N0body's Game Till the
Last

The Agricultural college first team
went down to defeat again last Saturday
afternoon at3he hands Of Alma college
in the first college game this year on the
home diamond The day was an idea
one for baseball, with the exception of 9
strong northwest wind which interfered
considerably with the oall in long hits
The gsrle was calledearly, to enable th'
visitors 10 catch the = 30 train in the
city. The two teams We're evenly
matched. and the game was exciting
fron start to tiuish. neither team beinf
able 90 claim the victory until the fi1ish
Both pitchers were freely hit, only two
strife outs beine scored for zach.
The features of the game were home
rru by Miller Of the ". 4 c., sensa
ttonal three. base hits oy Norton OF NJ
l. c. aud Beecher of Alma, and IN.
very small errars for either tearl Scor'
tn 81 eight in favor Il Alma state
Republican " ay l3;h
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
Attention Coos PeOE1e

Whi's we whisper something IN VpuT
ears. We have come so Your city with
"A CoL Blast feather renoyator and are
ready 90 do tirst.ola-e work ~ cleglinp
feath,rs. We have ,soir michine on a
wagon ana we haul il TO y0yr honae, Sc
YOU ,-lii zee the work done. We first
wasE the ,'eathors with hot steam until
ali gaoths or any disease - destNOyed,
thox we dry tiom with esd air which
tcmghene the feathers and brings them
hacS, r. Sheir natural size, giving them
"A fluffy appearance and the feather will
nTa bros k down. as they ,ao whsa done
by hot air machines.
We guarantee our WORT TO give perfect
sstisfaationo)r no pay. In driving t.
vsur house YOU hive a chance to set
sSour fentherS before and after they are
eaeanel and then if you:are notsatisfied
you need net pay sls a cent. The price
Of cleaning is as follows: Chicken
feathers. ,sir cente per pound; geese and
dnck feathers, ten cents per pound.
We weigh the Feathers after they are
washed ana dried, so you do nr pay for
sny Of the dirt that was in the feathers.
Give us trial and we know that you
will be more thar pleased. Our agent
will ,call un YOU cor you can leave order
at RotelF Fern. w. A. 'CRAw.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
A||n0 S|aIe S0VIDgS D1nE.
Another New BuSir eSS Industry
to he Added TO Che Many
Coming Our WAY,

Among the new institutions dt or
lVillage is the organization OF -'The .Alm
state savings Bank Another bank
has been cor templated herr for SOM
time, but not until recently nave acti e
steps been token TO perfect s'ach corpo-
ratiua.
TIE stakeholder of TINS bank re
nearly ali residents of this village.
Where mon residents are associatcO, 1t
wa the view of The promNNors tnat s'.ch
action would ID each instance add
strength - the enterprise. The lis as
fu rnishtG the RECORD is Us follows
Arthur Mulho land, Geo z Shsr rar,
hester "a HatU, George :. Young, fred
fR. Hathaway, Mary c. Hs hike, kaCc w.
Carpenter, William A. Bahike, James
n. Mieoiyell, Jay Clizbe., byron S. Webb,
FEdgar NJ. Bagley, Nels0n F 1oChnton,
fdirix1r G.. Tinker, James Fl. lancash hire,
Jothkm Allen, GeorgeC. Parsons, Daniel
IL. Sharrar, Clinton Nelson and Eva
HolmsS- The non rem mdcntstockhg lders
consist Of JarNes H. Ruel'snd Samuel
W. webber; we'll known bankers Of Mt
Pleasnat, Lyons and elsewhere James
w. Rbbinson Of VessaSurg; and 'Chas.
II Lsfambcy, of Mc5srsdes, Mich
The capital stock rs S25,eo0O0 The
bank a. organized uEaec the state bank
ing is,1, ano will do both a commercial
and savings tank business The new
instirr tion will be placed in the new
BUILDING being constructed 10y Wllliam
A. bahlke, and will re ready foz bust
ness bDout june 90, 1901
GeO-ge Moore, the assiesart' cashier of
the Commercial Bank OF 81. Loais, has
beer employed az csshaer, and.he will
moyeao this ,, ace soon These having
had business dealings wTsh Mr. Moore
speak 5or him iany words on praise, and
he no doubt s-ill make an efficient and
obliginy officer
The bank ms purchased one of the
Jelelra1 ed Mosher burglar proof screw
door safes, which will be placed i'll fire
proof vault alr eady constructed and
will securely protect the hank aad its
patrons from al possible loss from such
causes The directors and cfiioerG will
b. cheeen from the list of stockholders
nj mee5ing to5e held soon
The RECORD wishes to oongratulate
the stock holders upon this enterprise,
and prebct for ii success. The village
and community s-e to be congratulated
upon having in its midst another enter
prise of this character, and particularly
because it is composed of so many of cur
well known and reliable citizens, the
success of the organization would seem
assured. That it will receive ita share
af support W. have 40 doubt.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
Notice.

All dumping on the Village dumping
grounds shall be on Tuesdays and Fri.
days of each week (only) All violators
of this order will be prosecuted
BY order of the
COMMON COUNCIL
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-05-17
BAND CONCERT.

The band was unable TO give the con.
cert last evening as previously an
nounced. but will be on hand this even.
ing at 40 local time Following is
the program:
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-29
Dnrtmoor superst,,ior..

In no part of England is superstition so rife as in the west of England, and especially so on that tract of barren land known as Dartmoor. One angler who had great luck on the river Dart discovered this last year. He made a big catch, but 1t was made on Easter Sunday. It consisted of 56 trout, the largest 115 pounds and three of one pound each, besides several of half a pound, a phenomenal catch for the up- per Dart. When he tried to have some cooked at the farmhouse where he was staying, the old moorland cook refused to have anything to do with them, deeming them devils fish" or "vishe," i" as she pronounced 1t.
 Another superstition Is that if one picks piece of broom while fishing that one will assuredly be drowned be- fore the day is out.
 It is general for the moormen when doing a quiet poach when the streams are in food to spit on their first worm for luck. It Is thought unlucky to look into the water before making a cast. The most curious superstition Is that if one Is fishing and for some time catches nothing some one Is wishing him Ill. and the only way to counteract the ''ill wishing" Is to kneel or ''sit on your knees" as they say on Dartmoor, and bite of the top of young bracken fern. The fish then will be found to bite with most peculiar and surprising ayldity.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-29
CREDULITY OF THE WOMEN.
Are Prone to Believe the Yarns De-
 signing Men Spin for Them.

Are Prone to Believe the Yarns De-
 signing Men Spin for Them.
 It seems strange that young women will trust themselves to men about whom they know practically nothing and that their parents do not make a more rigid investigation into the ante cedent life of the suitors for the hand of their daughters. The latest disas- ter resulting from feminine credulity and parental carelessnesS has befallen Miss Emma Seaman of Brooklyn. who was married to Charles Telfor Smith about six weeks ago and on Tuesday discovered that he had a wife and babe in New Rochelle and that she was not wife at all. The plight of this young girl-she is only IS years old-is pitiable. Her dream of happi- ness is ended. The young man with a fine presence and taking manners who talked about his wealth had inn pressed her and she had married him while on a visit to Utica, where he had followed her. And now she learns that he is a scoundrel who betrayed her.
 It is not surprising that she should have been impressed by the young man or that she should have been little in- uuisitive about him. Young women are not in the habit of thinking that the men who propose marriage to them have wives already. Their confidence and their trust in the goodness of the world are too great for that They know that bigamy Is crime and they do not think that a man of good man ners will deliberately be guilty of vio- lation of the law, much less be guilty of the greater offense against the in- nocence of unsuspecting virtue. But the parents are rot unsophisticated If they have lived long enough to have marriageable daughters they must know that there are scoundrels in the world and that it is easy for villain to pass himself off as saint for a short time in large city. It is notori- ous that there is no better place for man to hide than in crowd and a man can conceal not only himself from his pursuers, but he can move from one part of the town to another and his new associates will know nothing about his character and will make few if any inquiries Indeed, he can live with one wife ln the city and woo an- other woman and marry her without
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-29
The Mayor Who CouIdn't Spell .TG.'

The Muy0r Who Couldn't Spell "TH."
 During the several terms that Tim Campbell served in congress he was al- ways prominent before the house. One of his colleagues from Manhattan was Colonel Jack Adams, who, a lawyer, while he and MT. Campbell were in congress together spent most of his time working of practical jokes at the expense Of the cast side statesman. Hall several times, those changes de pending on whether his claims were sccogniZed or repudiated.
 A very hot political canvass found Tim one Of the stanchest adherents of the Hall. Colonel Jack had had fall Ing out with the powers and was just ns strong on the other side. Tim took this very much to heart, as his admira- ton for his fellow congressman was very strong. He concluded that, where Ill others had failed to bring Colonel Jack back into the fold, he (Tim) could succeed.
 Now, Jack" Tim said insinuatingly, what do you want to go and fight the mayor for? Sure, he's fine young fel- low, bright and enterprlsing and one of the best educated men in America"
 "Educatedp' exclaimed Colonel Jack contemptuously. Educated, did you sayw
 Sure, he's one of the very best edu- cated young fellows in this city"
 Educated" reiterated Adams, put ting an extra dose of contempt into his voice. What would you say, Tim, if told you that he was so little educated that he spells if with only one fY"
 Docs he do thatY' responded Tim in n heartbroken tone.
 He does."
 ''N'cll, then, l have nothing further to say. don't blame you."- Saturday Evening Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-29
CHEATED OUT OF THE CLAIM.
Successful Trick of Quartet of Land-
 BComing Swindlers.

Successful Trick of Quartet Of Land-
 BComing Swindlers.
 Many things occurred during the opening and settlement of the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma in 1893, the like of which had never been seen or heard" said a Joplin printer, who was mixed up in the race at the opening, and se- cured a number of town lots at Paw nee. 'I remember young fellow who came down to Perry from Iowa and staked out nice corner lot. And, by the way, merely stalking out a claim did not give one the complete right of possession. You had to sit down on 1t and hold it fast, and the Iowa chap was a stayer. He ate his meals on the lot and rolled himself in a blanket and slept on it at night. Interruptions schemers were ever present, beating the unwary out of their claims. But the Iowa man held his base and played safe.
 "One night four men silently ap- preached the sleeper. They carried a tent, a table and four seats. They quietly erected the tent over the Iowa man, got out a deck of cards and be- gan playing seven up," quotes the Jop- lin, Mo-, News-Herald. '"The Iowa man slept on. After awhile one of the players gave him a poke in the ribs with his foot. The man in the blanket awoke, rubbed his eyes and stared about inquiringly, and In very much bewildered manner. What the = are you doing here, young feflOw?" de manded the man who had kicked him. sWhy-why-I don't exactly know faltered the Iowan, as he extricated himself from the blanket. IT must have been walking iR my sleep Right sure you ain't trying to steal this lot from me? demanded the other, scowl ing in a threatening manner at the Iowan. No, sir; I am not. I had no tent or anything on my lot and I do not wish to beat you out of this claim I believe you're lying to me, young fel- Ter, an Pm a great mind to fix yon right now, but I won't. If you will hold up your right hand in the presence of these three men and swear this is not your lot and that you will not try to claim it an make trouble. I'll let
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-29
Wa. Reaay to Compromise.

A very small pile of coal lay on the sidewalk In front of house on A street southeast. A correspondingly small son of Ham was sauntering along and, seeing it, scented job. He rang the doorbell.
 ''Am dat yo' alls coal?" he asked the lady at the door.
 "Yes."
 Want it toted in?' "Yes." ts ''Kain't git de job?"
 "Why, you're pretty small, and then you might charge too much. You might ask more than could pay"
 How much is yo' got?' asked the small man of business. "Kin yo' raise a dollah?"
 "Oh. my goodness, nov'
 "Seventy-five cents?"
 "No; run along and don't bother me. And she started to close the door. "Mebbe so yo'll glib 90 cents."
 "No. no; run along"
 "I reckons yo' all ain't got CT qua. tah?"
 "No."
 "Ner a dime?"
 "No, not even a dime" replied the woman, beginning to laugh.
 "Well, how much is yo' gotY' Ques- toned Ham, showing his worries. "I sut'nly does wanter git de job." "I've got just q nickel"
 Well, I'm jus a-lookin fer nickel jobs." And he straightway began Washington Star.