The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-16

| with the exception OF a few lame ana
| blind, lined up In front OF the platform
and waited for the show. Two colored
| boys pounded out rag time on banjo and
guitar and then a girl with an abused
voice Warbled about the old folks who
would be tickled if she returned some
time later.
Then came the sensation of the even
| ing. The pensive boy over there pushed
/ In under the spotlight and commanded
silence and attention He was armed
| with a basket full of sealed envelopes
| and in one hand he carried a small
bundle of envelopes still open. AS the
crowd was willing to listen, the fakir
1 explained that he was only anxious to
| start market for his goods. He had the
| money and was only looking for advertis-
| ing. To prove he cared not for any old
! microbe-infested paper currency he an
1 nounced that he intended to right then
and there give money away
THE mayor was again invited to come
| out into the clear. The mayor again ap-
peared and the fakir handed him sew
eral $50 bills.
Are they real?' asked the man
anxious to throw stuff away.
They are declared the mayor taking
| chance.
Then the mayor was asked to shove a
| double x bill into each envelope. The
0HAfSAOPCS Will Tile DlOl10y were QuIlD6Q
| into the basket full of stuffed envelopes
and the basket was covered over for
shaking. Then the fakir explained some
| more. Every man paying one dollar for
! a bottle of the hair restorer had a right
| to draw an envelope. If he drew one
with double x inside the money was all
| his.
THAT man almost caused a riot The
| citizens fell over one another getting to
| this gold mine. In about seven minutes
| the fakir was out of hair restorer.
That was all fine and dandy, but it
came easy and the fakir decided to stay
over for chance at the rest of the
| population Right there he made a fatal
| misstep.
''The citizens while waiting for the
second night all got together and talked
IL over Not a man in the bunch was
| able to admit that he had connected up
| WIN piece OF real money and the crowd
| began to think about things A COM
mlttee was appointed and the entire town
was canyassed. Every owner of bottle
/ of hair restorer was asked If he had Sc
| cured double x, and every owner
answered with a sad shake Of the head.
| Things were rolling up fine and dandy
| for the fakir
That night the colored boys again
| supplied a duet and the girl with the
| oVefWorked voice switched to a song de-
| SOA INNS Tic UIISilI moonlight SHINING on
the banks Of some river, and then came
| the fakir.
! Dear friends he started, AS 1 told
| your Fellow citizens last night we don't
| care for the money All we want is to
advertise this medicine. Now I am about
| to get -
And then he certainly got 1t. First.
| nice muShy tomato hit him right above
MS determined looking chin and then a
tired egg spread over his left ear. Then
Things came so fast that I could not dis
| tlnguish the articles. The fakir raised
| ms arm but that only made him a bet
| ter target and then he started six Jumps
| TO the block 70 the steamboat The
crowd hurried after him, but he ap-
peared to be in training and beat them a
run square to the gang plank.
= don't know how the colored boys and
Ine glrl escaped, but when the crowd
| abandoned the idea of swimming out to
| the steamer and returned I'D town the
company and the platform had disan-
| peared
Don't think that boy over there is a