The Press., 1903-07-02
TWO OBLlGiNl MEN.
Each Was the Victila fn y Street Ca
Fare Transaction.


It was in Boston street car. When
the car stopped at crossing, lady
got ND and went to the door. AS she
rose there was the chink of coin on
the floor, but before it occurred to any
one to stop her she was out of the car
and across the street. Two ladies who
had sat next to her looked with anx-
ious Indifference ON the floor. One of
them leaned slightly forward, but said
nothing. Just as the conductor was
reaching for the bell rope young man
spied the coin and dashed out of the
car He caught the lady who had left
the car, handed her the coin, ran back,
caught the step of the car as the mo-
tors began to sing in crescendO and sat
down breathless. One of the two ladies
opposite him leaned forward and said
coldly, Young man, what did you do
with the nickel l droppedY The pas
sengers Uttered. An old man at the
other end of the car turned to his
neighbor. ''That reminds me-" he said.
.of something that happened to my
wife years ago. .....
at was before the days Of conduct
ors, when we used to drop our nickels
into slot, and they ran down a groove
to the box behind the driver.
"My wife had started out with n lit
tie change and one of those trouble
some five dollar goldpieces which used
to be more commonly in circulation
than they are now. Her eyes were not
good, and so she was nervous about
her goldpiece and had it ON her mind
all the way downtown.
"When she took car for home, she
met friend and grew interested in
conversation with her. She put her
coin in the slot absentmindedly. The
driver turned as it struck the box. You
remember the coin fell into a glass
compartment first, and then the driver
pushed a lever which sent it into the
strong box below.
"As my wife heard the click of the
lever she thought Of her five dollar
goldpiece. She looked in her purse.
Sure enough, it was gone. She went
forward and spoke to the driver. He
said he hadn't looked very carefully,
nickels in the glass receptacle when he
pushed the lever.
"My wife insisted. The driver said
If she would ride to the end of the line
the cashier at the station would open
the box. This meant journey of two
miles beyond our street, and my wife
was in hurry
IAN old gentleman who sat by the
door said he was going to the end of
the line and offered to give her $4.95
cents and get the goldpiece at the sta
ton. My wife thanked him and took
the money. When she got home, she
found the five dollar goldpiece in the
lining of her purse.
'Next day went to the station. The
cashier said an old gentleman had made
him open the box. There was no gold
piece. The old gentleman had left in
rage, refusing to give his name. He
said he had been swindled and did not
want to be known for a fool.
1--WE advertised in the papers, but we
never heard from him."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Old Testament records show,
Notwithstanding the various revisions
through which these venerable books
have passed, many indica tons of ami
NAL worship among the Israelites,
which must have lasted for ages be-
fore the prohibition inculcated in the
second line of the DecalOgue was for
INFLATED. At comparatively late date
Jehovah was worshiped under the
popular symbol of a bull, while the
twelve oxen unfolding the laver in
Solomon's temple, as well as the horns
adjoining the altar, were drawn from
the prevalent bull worship"
Modern research has also proved that
the cherubim were represented in the
form of winged bulls. NJ. Lenormant
in his famous book on the beginnings
of History" says that during the time
of the kings and prophets "most as
suredly the cherubim, as there describ-
ed, are animals"
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