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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-03-02
NotaS pan -ameflcanaS
s nto Domingo

NasvA Yo X Fsbrsrc 90. El Nj
nj tro de Ral&cionaa Extsriorss 10
legrAfsn da Sat-, D3mi: q }, hA ke-
cho hoy { & b leo nm despacho proce..
denta del Sesyatsrio de Estado de
los Estsdcs Uaidos. Mr.. Hay, en-
que AInnc;s 81 gobisrnO d Aquel!A
repd lica q7e ell enviado dominicAno
que vendl& q ntg cisr en- WAshirg
ton las sreclAmRclones de este gobisr-
no contra squal pal ser6 debiaA
mente reeibi&o " Atendids y al mis-
mo tiempo sen ala que Mr.. Pew al,
Ministrp de estA repdbsiCa en- q1g-
liz. est& encArgado de nc gociar lGs
difararcias
Ml Secrets rio Ganeral sefiar San.
chez, sigue o. despachc, dice que los
cAsos pendieLtss NO ser4n trAtl DDS
hssta tanto que Yegrese de los Es
tados Unidos ell G 1misionsdo espe-
cial de que Sc hA hechc menci6 /; y
& este hs contests 10 Mr.. 2 W vi que
las reclamAciones pendierte: no ad-
mitsn demora que por tanto, urge
proceder 10 solucion que se dssea
ain 7 6 .&ida de tempo. Agreg6 Mr..
p. vel! que no podr& esperar O. re-
greso del Comisionado, observADdo
one on precise alcArxsr una solu
ei3n definitiva en- g curse de pc c g
dias.
In sctitud decidida que In asumi !.
do ell Ministro Mr.. Plwslt ha csido
como una bombn an les tf-culos OF :
ciales de Santo Domingo, en- doude
no era esperAaa por nAdis y alli q
cree que eli gobierno SO yag& en- el
caso de Aeseaer 10 demands de les
reclamantes, que son, en- este case.
ID Inca G yde de vapores, y II C-m
psffia Ross.
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Academic
ocurridO en- Puerta de TERRA


En- Ii mafiana de aver fn6 arrollA
do A -astasip Escsler4 por sna ma
quina aislada del fsrrocarril ame-i
cAno, al atravesRr h via en- Ell paso
ni7al de- Puart1 de TERRA, eaus6n
dole una herida contusa de 10 cen
timetros en- Ii cara externa de Ii
pierna izquierda, interasAndo ell hua
80 de 6stA otra herida de cent?
metros de longitud en- L. pa a-te in
tarna ii fsrior de 10 pierna isquier-
d., sisndo 10 primera de pror 6stico
resarvado.
Escalera, despu6s de ser asistido
pur ell doctor Ramir. an 10 aAlA de
socorros, pas6 81 Hospital Munici
pal de Pnerta de TERRA.
I'll heeho, seghn NOS relatRn, pAs6
del siguiente modo:
Iban 6 csballo Lusiano Perez y
Anastaaio Essa!erA, mo detr&s de
otro, cuando de rep ante, iuEto 81
paso 6 nivsl, foeron so -prendidos
por II locomatora. El Lucisno pudo
pasar In vfa sin aecidente, pero el
desRraciado Escalera, ya en- Ell Cru
CO, fs4 cogido por sqa6sla CON el
animal qae montAba, ain que pm iierA
evitarlo porque 10 m1qaina no
pudo oirse 81 roaar ror los carfi,es
pOr venir xislad&.
N 60 Il prim ara OCCASION que ocu
rren dasg saelas ank.ogas en dicho
paso & nivel. Y entsndemos qua 10
compAfifa 90 moral y matsri almsnte
responsible de clos, puesto que ha
suprimido, 1ntra 10 legislaci61 vi
genta en- mataria de farrocarfiles Ell
Gakria bArrerAs que antes tenfa en-
"a rel pAso 6 n.vel tan transitado
pOr los scinos de Pue to de TERRA.
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LibroS de Yenta
ES7AN A La VISTA RN
Ia redacci6sa de
<La Correspondence de r. e.,

Diccionart0 EncIclopedlco DE- n 10
BO'grsHs, a4olo1fG, GeoorGfsa 81 q 5osos
30 L.St G-esoses.
La Prtn cesita de los Bresox. Noss7s pc
Eugenia Marlitt, Tomo.
Hisssria de EUROPA. por r. Castelar, On !
Iemos.
La vids de los Animalss per 81 DR.. A. y
Erehna, an 8 Tonnos.
81 Mundo Ilustrad0, en- Tomos.
Panorama Na1soasl. por Hefmenegildo
MalftIes, en 2 Tomos
Las Rasas Hamanas. por Fedsrtro Resta
en- . Tones.
Hists-ls de los Romanos. por Victor Du
rxy en- T5mes.
ohsas ssmpietas de Mariana jose dt 1a-
m, Teme
4 Travsx del Kgipto. por Eduardo T6das
Gaesl, en- IN Tomo.
Tres Poesfas, Kl An9elde Ia Muerte. Cam
Q sa Do 10 Campana y Kpistola Moral, Tsme.
La Harsidas. por Public Ovidio Mason.
2 Isme.
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DR.. Ferrer Torres.

Tratamiento de to5as las ea { srme.
dadss an general.
Eipecialidad en- las afacciones de
los ojos. nariz. ofio y 9argantA
Horss de eonsH.ta de 2k6 +. M.
d. Sol A. pa
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El matrimOniO de
anOChe en- Cathedral

Anocha 4 laa nnea "a 1lev6 4 efee.
70 ai ~ m.tr;mnrin de /. ii.t;nrnida
ssn "a drf1. Ana Otaro. .viuas a
Tnn ha. con al simpktico iovan don
Haraolio Rios Una numeros. con.
currer cia invasfs 10 casa de los des.
posados. entra 10 qua recordsmos
haber visto & ID ss Il ora doiis Maria
de h Roca de S N Antonio, de-
Carmen Co!6n. sef1o1it a Clan dio.
T.nrov Conarn Marie do II T,uz San
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PalmaS de cOcOS

propiss para trasplantar ne venden
en- peqnefias y grsndss cantidades.
InformAr& don Manuel LopeK On
Vega Baja.
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Eni 10 2 ,ls, Victor Hsg, y ell
Conde Leon Te.atoi, son los tres
palsAd~ rss mAs grandes y mas hu.
manos de nuestros siglos pasado =
prasente.
q doctor Msnendez Pelayo es nm
cAso de nemotenia; no ha compren.
dido 6 q olA, ell critario ortodoxo del
sefior Menendez Palayo 10 ha indu
cido siempre 6 ciertss pRrcialidades
censurables.
I'll hb:e exkmen trAta de demoler
10 fAtale z !, tras la euAl se AmpArau
los mfsticos heehos E fAIss escuadra,
c1mo el doctor Msnendex Pslayo.
Y como ustea, &c eubre trAs ell bal
to de nm hip6sritG s6bio; no de pn
s&bio hip6crita como oil ilustre aca
d6mico de 10 Espif d 3le. como ustsd
NO aporta en- su artfcalo -censura
ningtn otro material de cOntfaver.
sis; como quiera que con formulas
dogmAticas no ss puade 6 NO se aebe
de cOmbatir an racionasistA como
2 1la, resulta de toao este que, des.
pues de ga Artfcnlo que 20 no qaiero
deseomponer, nj Analizar por que DO
tratR de opiniones partisnlares, de
ligert z As de apreeiAci6n y de puntos
de vista, results, decfa. qua z ola. el
doctor MenenSez Pe'ayo, uated,
.CambA'', y 10 soeielAd contin1 q IN On
los respectiv0s Aitios en- que estaban
el dia Antes de usted escrib r, LIS
Anarquia de 10 plumA" etc
Z, grkcias al comps d ayo, por la
indu liz -neiA con d ne me trAtA en- su
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n b a
3 4 SENIOR
FIlUEROA MABST TRE

El apreciabse 9 csmpafIar aro sefior
FlgueroA M sestre. y % an pxteuso
arsf sulo fntitui2do Ia nsa0vqu9n de Ia
puma Ia cbra de Oar7.i6n, ma dis
penaa af honor de fenEursr ~ que
no crisicAr y mi rsquftica y Eobre
hija sCnmbAn
Sin que sea mi intsncf6 3 hAcer ans
aefanas a tan ms avaDturAda ohfs !;
ere ame oblfe eado, rectifiear, 81 pue
do, aIgunss de- Ian opinionas de mi
bondaa0n0 amigo;; no ~ p0r 10 qua
s. at.fiGn s. psr q imperdonabe g
Il jn tlcia con que el Gefior FiEueroa
Maestro AtacA III incnmDArAbla pen.
sadnr Aftista E riIio Zola.
ie NCambA" es 10 prole Sborti
va de an organismo vigoroso y po'
tante. =
No tiena rsl61 el 9 mp, nero;
"OambAD es nnA criaturs venidA E
lrz en- an momento perfectamente
'6gico.
ssCnmbAn tnvo vida gsstatiya nor
NAL; I'd escrita en- nueve horAs de
labor material; fu6 sentida y pensa.
dA CON paCienC1A y CON tempo.
HCumbAo no co 10 production no..
vldA dc nm degaIeradf es la raAli ]
dad de muchaa realidades.
El antor de "CumbA" no GO nm i'm. !.
pAcients *entro de una f1rma l. gal
de desir y hAcer las cosas ha he
cho y dieho TODD euanto se contiene
en- ssCumbA. =
Sl las parties extarna iaterna
de mi obra no sAti. .cen ell gusto de
nadie, no me imports; no ha sid0 ese
nj prcp6sito
Si Siaguian ss creyess con raz5n 8
rszones para ll&merme mentiroso
que me 10 olga.
Ffente mi libro de mentirAs exi.
GO que se pongA otro libro de yer.
Csda cusl es Responsible de sus
actos; ust ss nor FigseroA Mae tire
10 90 do los suy0s y no de los MICS.
81 20 calumnio IL sociedad. 6 la
socied 4 que me lleve & nm tribunal
legRlmente constituide al di 8 que
20 NO puedo r. fsrirme quien no
cont 2 20. Ii socisdAa tai y como
10 entienden a'gunos, easi todos; no
existe. X ts on nm punto que trato
Ampliamar t On el aegundo tomo de
nCumba. =
Rsspondo an las Anteriores line.
s los calificativ ID que ustsd, amigo
Figueroa Maestro la ha puesto mi
modesto libro.
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Votaci6n pleb!Scitaria de
.La Correspondence

ID t,do de 10 votaci6n en- eata fs-
cha:
TERRlTORIO O.......... 65
INDEPENDENOIA.s....... IA
GOBIERNo TEMPORAL. 4
COLONIA .................. !
CONFEDERATION ANTI
LILA A......
r. voto ! & zero SO por C0lonio,
hACe las guisntes obs sarvaciones:
"Ms ref aro 10 Autonomfs que nos
di6 Elpbfia 10 euAl poGf& in
plar tsrse darr g ando TODD 10 le'
& slado desde ia tnma de 20 %
Ai6u de- los ~ erieanos de l. isla
para ac& y siustando las Cana
r&s la legislAci6n NJ tsrior 6 Ia
Constitution amsricanA sin mas
vAriAntes. Do esa manera crao
que seriAmos mas puertorsique
nos 81 ser mas smericanos y
por 1,timo n 81 fslices. - La
Rsz6u.
Mayse d ss, 28 de Febrero de 1908
e! voto 4 nero So por territorio
de l. ,ixs, observa:
"Por ahora, mas to de Estado," y
frma J. Sosa.
Ri voto 81 dc San Juan por terri
torio die:
"Tsrritorio, pero tai cual 10 conci
bisra el padre do la repdb is:, ell
gran WAshingt TT; de dc rbl6 CO.
mo el gobierno de ahora no ser.
virfA."
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MerCadO de NeW-YOrI

OGAAG&N1O11CS
Arenques abiertaS 500
Bacalao americana 22-W
Id. ingIes 1870
Oeb0llas sueltas en- barrtles 2-6O
Cerveza <Safo1 botellas, blancas TBS
Id i'd Id verdss $50
Uhioharos us
Habichuelas coloradas r No ha
ID i'd largas $50
Id barriles pequenas 800
Harina trigo Challenges 8-76
Id maiz en- barriles 0i0
Id Id On sacos 8-10
Jamones SCruz Roia4 1000
Keronese xPurlessS lotes 200 caias D as
Luz Diamante' Id. 100 Id. 1-s6
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ARTURO BRAVO
COMERCIANTE COMISIONISTA
II Broadway NeW-York

Socupa del ebaque provisones geneo mercanca
amercanas
Recbe azucar cafe
cuenta las mismas ades que cuaquie otra
dtada de mercado.
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Or. Leonard. Eandes.


y
GARANTIZA LA OURA PERFEOTA
sfas de Heuiaet
los s6rganos
maspu
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II t,ao de Ia votaci6n en- eata I !
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
Cause and Effect.

II. H. Vreeland of the Metropolitan
Traction company. who, it is said.
Will so to London to manage the
Yerkes underground lines. rose from
the lowest Of the street railway bust
ness, and will occasionally unbend
enough to crack joke with subor-
dinate.
There is an aged New York con-
ductor whom Mr.. Ireeiand likes, a
Boston man. with great deal of
learning stored in his gray head.
About this learning Mr.. Vreeland likes
to banter the old fellow.
why does hanging kip" he said -
this conductor one day.
Because the inspiration is checked
and the circulation arrested, while
there is suffusion of blood to the
brain and consequent oaphalic con-
gestion." was the prompt answer.
Il thought hanging killed because
the rope was always too short to let
the feet touch the ground" said MI
Vreeland
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
GRANTS OPEN DOOR
INTO MANChURIA

Washington, July 18.-The Manchu-
fian question has been settled satisfac-
torily to this government. Assurances
have been received from the Chinese
government that it will soon open, as
treaty ports, several ports now closed
to the worlds trade. The Russian gov
ernment has conveyed formal assur-
ance to this government that it will not
in any way oppose such opening.
The ports to be opened are not yet
specified. but 1t is supposed they are
Moukden, the principal port of Man
churia, and Ia Tung Kao. at the mouth
of the Yalu river. The State Depart
ment is highly gratified at this out
come, feeling that 1t has secured not
only for American commerce. but for
the commerce of the world at large
substantial gain.
The meeting of Russian officials at
Port Arthur just concluded. was one OF
the steps, though an important one.
which the st. Petersburg government
had planned In execution of its purpose
to place matters of international ad-
ministration in Manchuria in such con-
dition that the ports desired by the
United States and Japan could be
opened to trade without causing dis
turbance or involving undue sacrifice
of proper Russian interests.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
PROF. LANGLEY PREPARING TO
TEST HIS AEROPLANE AIRSHIP

Mr.. Manley. In order to superintend
the work he was frequently Obliged to
walk out distance of twenty feet on
a narrow beam from forty to fifty feet
above the river. Through the win
dows, in spite OF painted mosquito
screens. n partial view of the hylnB
machine could be obtained.
The aeroplant is cbout sixty feet in
length. At the sides are planes con-
structed of thin plates of steel and
high-grade quality of strongly-made
silk. The sustaining surface of the
planes or wings is very large.
When the time comes for the actual
tests to be made. the airship VIII be
carried through large door at one
end of the large house-boat and hoist
ed into position on top OF the craft.
To do this big float will be used. On
top of the house-boat experts were
busy yesterday getting into position
the various parts of the track.
On this track catapults will be EN-
ployed to give the airship good start.
There are two catapults at each end
of the track. They consist of large
brass cylinders containing coiled
springs of great power. The catapults
are attached to the sliding car or
track on which the airship will rest.
They will be sprung probably by ma
chinery worked by gasoline motor
inside the house-boat The catapult Is
practically gun and the flying ma
chine huge missile.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
STREATOR, ILLINOIS, WRECKED
BY A DEATH.DEALING TORNADO

stroyed. At the driving park about
fifty carpenters had just stopped work.
There four persons were killed out
right and about fifteen injured.
At the dairy farm of A. J. Dough-
erty, on the edge OF town. house was
blown down and several people badly
injured.
The Indiana Illinois and Iowa bridge.
costing sl.000,C00. was partly wrecked
and the hoisting works and buildings
at Spring Hill shaft were wrecked.
Many buildings in Kangkley. four
miles west Of Streator. were blown
down and several persons were injured
there.
At Emington several houses were
utterly demolished and four persons
were seriously II not fatally injured.
At Campus one man was killed.
while two others sustained injuries
which may prove fatal.
The tornado was accompanied by a
terrific rainstorm which washed out
bridges. culverts and thousands of feet
of railroad track. The loss of crops IL
very heavy.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22

Whitewater, Va, July 1s.-By the
light of the moon about 1 o'clock yes
terday morning. Professor S. p. Lang
ley and his party of Smithsonian sci
entists came from Chappawamsic ISL
and in n swift steam launch and board
ed the house-boat anchored on Wide
water, Virginia, in which. under mill
tary guard. his yet untried $4,000 air
ship Is concealed.
Members of the flying machine expe-
dition seized the opportunity to make
headway in the work of preparing the
airship for Its flight. The sliding car
upon the superstructure of the house
boat was tested. and the band toiled
until daylight. On top of the house
boat. experts under the direction of
G. NJ. Manley. assistant to Professor
Langley, erected smaller running
way. or track, parallel to the main one.
Experiments with flying machines
smaller than the $4,000 airship will
first be tried. The house-boat is an
chored in such n way that the airship
track points nearly southeast and
northwest. This will allow an eXpanse
of open water for the flying of the ma
chine of about five miles in either di-
rection.
Professor Langley did not 20 to the
house-boat yesterday after the early
morning trip, and the men on the Buz-
zard, as the house-boat has been
named. were under the direction of
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
CLIFF JEWELLERS OF FRANCE.
Whole Communities Have Habitations
in Rocky HilIsides

We have often heard of the cliff
dwellers and are accustomed to think
of them as a prehistoric race, the re-
mains of whose few scattered dwell
ings are matter of curiosity to tour
lists and prize to antiquarians. Few
people know that at the present day
there are whole communities in
France whose only habitations are
followed in the rocky hillsides and
whose entire business life is carried
on in caves. We are riding on the
road to Vouvray when suddenly, at
a turn near RochccoTbon, this first
town of cliff dwellers burst upon us.
High above us lowered huge mass
of overhanging rock. strata upon
strata, bearing upon its summit a
most peculiar tower, supposed to have
been watch tower in age gone by.
Its foundations. hung over the rock
upon which they were built and it
seemed as Though it would crash
down at any moment upon the village
beneath. Scattered over the face Of
the cliff. doors and windows narrow
stairways and little belvideres could
be seen, habitation upon habitation. in
most picturesque disorder.-Scrib'
ncrs Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
PRESENT RURAL
DELIVERY POLICY

Washington. July 1s.-The PostofIlce
Department yesterday made public the
following:
There seems to be wide misunder-
standing as to the present attitude Of
the department regarding rural free
delivery. The statement has been
published quite generally, particularly
in the West, that rural routes that do
not handle 1900 pieces of mail per
month and supply 100 families, are to
be discontinued.
'It is not the purpose of the depart
ment to disturb the routes already es-
tablished unless they are manifestly
unnecessary There are now on file in
the department, petitions for more
routes that will supply more than 100
families than can be established with
in the present appropriation. This be-
ing the case. the department does not
lish a route supplying less than 100
families to the exclusion of routes that
will supply more than 100 families, tho
greatest good to the greatest number
being the fundamental principle upon
which rural free delivery is being es-
tablished.
"As long as all of the routes that
are asked for cannot be established
because of the lack of sufficient money.
the routes that will supply the greater
number of families should certainly
have the preference"
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22

Colon. Colombia. July 1S.-The text
OF President Maroquin's message. sub
mitted to the Colombian Congress. has
reached here. The part referring to
the Panama canal says:
There are two alternatives before
the government. First. the curtail-
ment of Colombian sovereignty in
consideration of certain pecnniary ad-
vantages. and second. to vigorously
maintain sovereignty and demand per-
emptorily the money indemnity to
which we consider ourselves entitled.
"In the first case. the wishes of the
inhabitants Of the department of Pana-
ma would be satisfied. but the govern
ment may be afterward accused OF fall
ing to defend the sovereignty of the
country and of sacrificing the interests
of the nation.
"In the second case. If the canal is
not built via the Panama route. the
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
LPND yN EN
GLACIAL EPOCH

In progress here are responsible for
the gradual sinking of the coast lines
of Holland, France and other Euro
pean countries.
There can be no doubt" seid N. II.
Darton of the Geological Survey. who
has been making n special study OF
this subject. that all the Eastern and
New England states as far inland as
Washington and as far south as the
Carolinas are undergoing topo.
graphical and geological change. In
vestigations along the coast from
Maine to South Carolina show that
there is n gradual but constant subsi.
dence of land below the sea level
which has been going on for an In.
definite period. or course. 1t is diff
cult to ascertain definite figures be
cause OF the great range Of years
necessary to make observations and
because we cannot rely upon registra
tions made one hundred years ago. II
will require many centuries before tho
sea line will encroach upon the cities
But there is no reason to believe tina!
this subsistence will not continue. -
New York Herald.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22

ply and formerly member of the
Metropolitan Water Board of Mass.
achusetts. made a report on the
poposed Charles river dam at
Boston several days ago. in
which he states that Boston is slow
ly sinking into the sea. and that
territory In and about the Hub is ap-
parently subsiding at the rate of one
inch in eight years, or one foot in
each one hundred years. There are
variations in the rate Of sinking. but
the network of so-called benches"
established by the coast survey from
Maine to the Caroliras registers a
general subsistence. Similar investi-
cations have been pursued in inland
waters, and the downward tendency
OF the earth's surface has been plain
ly established by measurements and
researches along Chesapeake and
Delaware bays. the Delaware. Hud-
son. Potomac and Susquehanna rivers
and other waterways and inlets.
These evidences, based upon scien-
tlfic investigation. are confirmed by
tangible changes in the coast and
river lines as well as by tidal varia-
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22

Streator, ILL.,, July 1S,-Five persons
we're killed, nineteen were fatally in
jured and property loss estimated at
$1,000, 900 Was caused by tornado here
last evening.
The first building struck was the
Western Vaulcain works. which was
entirely destroyed. causing loss of
$l50.000. The fifty employees had left
the place. Only one man, Richard Pur-
cell. the night watchman, was In the
factory. and he was killed.
A quartc- of a mile northeast Adolph
Stauber's Clothing factory was razed
About 100 people were employed there.
but all had left half an hour before.
Next the tornado caught number of
small houses, wrecking some. turning
others half way around. twisting huge
trees and breaking them of at the base
The baseball park, the street railway
park and the driving park were next
in the storms path. All the buildings.
fences and grandstand at these three
places, including a $4,000 amphithea-
tre in course of construction. were de-
The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
AN ODD ODD FELLOW.
Paid to Learn the Signs and Was
Kicked Down Stairs.

Kicked Down Stairs.
"Of all the mean swindles I ever OBJ
served" said an Odd Fellow, the
meanest was one down in Texas a
couple of years ago. was living
| there at that time. and one of my
| neighbors was little German saloon
keeper. He wanted to join our order
the worst way. but he didn't like put
ting up the initiation fee.
"One day while the little fellow was
dealing out beer in his place seedy-
looking individual entered and asked
him If he was an Odd Fellow. The
| saloon man said he wasn't. and then
the seedy-looking chap offered to tell
him of all the inner workings of the
order for S.
"'You look like pretty good fel-
| low said the visitor. and as long as
don't attend lodge meetings very
much any more, ri give you the grip
and all of the secret passwords, so
that you can attend the next session
held here.
THE saloonkeeper put up the five.
and the seedy-looking man explained
a queer grip to him and told him of
all sorts of queer motions to make
with his hands as soon as he entered
the lodge hall.
well, on our next meeting night up
came the little German. When the
doorkeeper stopped him he grabbed
his hand and began going through all
sorts of antics. Then he put his
thumbs to his ears and began wiggling
his fingers.
"At this stage in the proceedings
| the doorkeeper threw him down stairs.
When he learned how he had been
swindled he swore ont John Doe
warrant for the arrest of the man who
taught him the signs but that indi-
vidual never appeared in town again"