davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Z. S. HAS NO MONEY.
None That Is Available for Sending
Troops TO St Louis.

Omaha. Neb-, Feb. 27-Onicers of the
department of the Missouri are begin
ming to arrange for the movement of
troops of St. Louis to attend the cere-
monies of the dedication of the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition, April 60 It
is expected that troops from Forts
Crook, Riley, Leavenworth and Jeffer-
son Barracks viii be present General
Corbin. adjutant general of the army,
will act as grand marshal OF the civic
and military parade and it is expect
ed that he will personally designate
the troops which will be in the line OF
march The United States has no
money. available for the payment OF the
TRANSPORTATION of the troops and the
extent of the demonstration will de-
pend to a large extent upon the funds
voted by tie exposition management for
the purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
CHANGE IN BALLOT LAW.
Mr. Linton's Amendment Passes the
House.

Linton's amendment to the ballot law
has passed the house. It does away
with the square after the words. No
nomination on the official ballot. so
that people will not be fooled into vot-
ing where they ought not to. It also
provides for making the crosses IN the
squares with little rubber stamp
Last fall Mr.. Linton says a great many
ballots were thrown out in his county
because the crosses were imperfectly
made or because they were made with
an indelible pencil or a fountain pen in
stead of a black lead pencil.
Representative Barnd got an amend
ment to the bill to further distinguish
the NO nomination" spaces from the
others by providing that the words M
nomination shall be printed in a diff
ferent kind of type from the names of
candidates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Chicago Livestook nrsrl.st

Chlcaeo- FEB. 3I.-CATTLFl- Receints to-
day. $500 head. Market steady Good 10
primo steers S3.25Q5-75, poor to medium.
S3-25di.l5. stuCEers and feeders. 50. 35d45O.
cows. Sl-f0I4.6l. heifers S2.00d4 rs. Gamers.
i1.sJu2f4. bulls. s2.25Q475. calves. S3.a5a
f.l5. Texas fed steers. S350ft425
HOGS-keceipts today. . 90 head. esti-
mated Saturday, 1900 head. left over
from Thursday 5.732 head. Market I0c
lower. MXcd and butchers S6.S0Q72 20.
good TO choice heavy. Sl25N7f0, rough
heavy, s5e5al-20. light, S5.5006-s5; bulk of
sales ss.9eN7-2J
SHEEP-Receipts today. 5000 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City, Feb. -Close-W HEAT
Receipts today. 81 cars Quotations.
May, 67st n6T7sc: July. 654d655sc. Cash:
No. 2 hard, 6ad70Ac No 3 hard, 66i506Sc
No. 4 hard. 5Sd62c; rejected hard 50d5lc;
CORN-April 3S7s03S1kci May, S8ssc; Ju-
~ 3Slzc. Cash: No. 2 mixed. 37Sz040c;
No white. 39iA04lc: No. g. 39dz0c.
OATS-No. , white, 35136c; No. mixed,
34035c-
RYE-NO ?. 45c.
.HAY-Choice timothy, $500; choice prai-
RE 5000.
BUTTER-Creamery, 21G25c; dairy, fan
cy. 19c.
EGGS-Fresh. PIC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Kansas City Mo. Feb 27-CA7vrI.E E
Receipts today. 2GN head Market steady.
Native steers. S3.5oN520; Texas ana Indian
steers, S359042 Texas cows g O0n3 Id.
native cows and heifers. S1650440. stock
ers ana FEEDERS, 43-l5lt4.75, bulls So 25d8.60.
calves. S125Q6.l5; western steers S3.0Ou5 90:
western cows $2O0d31O
HoGS-Receipts today. 5000 head Mar.
AeL weak TO ac lower Bulk of sales S6 sc
aLo5, heavy S6eQ07-f5. packers S. 400
medium. S. f5Nllo' light, S65Cl6.g5. york
ers. S6.75N6.95. pigs, S5.500650
iEEP-Receipts today 1000 head
Market steady Muttons So 50u5.90. lambs
tt79ns-t9; range wethers, $3-0005.6o; ewes
S.25l5.d5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
BARRIERS BILL LAW.
Governor Bailey Afixes His Sigma
ture Today.

After years of effort the BARRIERS of the
state have got their BARRIERS bill enact
ed INTO a law Governor Bailey affixed
his signature to it today This was the
final touch and as soon as it is officially
published it will be in force.
The bill creates a board. appointed by
the governor, to examine and license
barbers and every barber N towns o.;
more than 5000 inhabitants must secule
a license before he can work at his
trade.
The idea of the bill is to promote san
itation and cleanliness in barber shops
and to prevent the spread of contagious
diseases
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Chicago. H., Feb. 27.-BUTTER Market
steady. Creamery, 1Sd2I15c; dairy. 14d24c
EGGS-Market easier. At mark cases
included 1llkc-
ESE-9larket steady TWINS. iz1alS
12s4c: Daisies. 13d131zc; Young americas.
13013lac
POULTRY-Market steady. Dressed tur-
KEYS. 1l0l8c: dressed chickens. leN13l2c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

ST. Louis, Mo. Feb. 27.-CATTEE-Re
ceints today, 1000 head, including 600 head
q Texans Market steady. Beef steers
s4l3n7-zo, stockers and feeders. s2.s5a As5.
cows and heifers S2.25045O. Texas steers
sas7ai.a0i Texas cows and heifers. 5000
HOGS-Receipts today 4500 head Mar
Aet steady. Pigs and lights 66001. 100,
packers S5go0125, butchers. $L0O0L35
stlEEP-Receipts today 500 head
Market strong Natives s4500530. lambs
-----ul.-- L-Nana- s .l1-A >.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
snear and Cofaa NFarkat.

New York, Feb. 27-SUGAR- Raw sugar
firm. Fair refining. SIC; centrifugal, IS
test, SAC; molasses sugar, SC. Refined Sill
gar irregular. Crushed, 1915; powdered,
S4-S5; graduated. 4.75.
COFFEEs-Alarzet firm. No. Rio,
5szc.
MOLAssEs- Market arm-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
oHanlng- LivernooI eablea: Whaat ana

Opening. Liverpool cables: Wheat and
4gIn 5sd lower than yesterday
Receipts of grain at Chicago. Wheat ,
Ears, Rraded, o. Corn, 291 cars; graded, J..
Oats. ll5 cars graded, r.
chicago. Grain markets are firm. but
volume Of business is small Good buving
Of May and July corn. Commission houses
are fair buyers of May pork
Chicago. Privileges good tomorrow. Nav
wneat-Puts. NE, calls. Csc. curb 1880.
May corn-Puts, 47cs calls, z7lsc curb,
Closing Liverpool cables. Wheat un-
9nanged- corr lsd lower for the dav
Northwest grain receipts today. Mime.
apohs, rs cars, Duluth, q cars A wear
ago; Minneapolis 1856 cars; Duluth 1e1
cars.
Estimated grain receipts Mt Kansas CITY
tomorrow. Wheat, 80 cars; corn, so cars.
oats 10 cars
neat. ~ cars corn, S. cars; oats, 81
tomorrow. Wheat. 21 cars. corn. 800 cars.
oats, $50 cars. hogs 2l,000 head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Cotton Market.

Galveston. Feb. 7.-COTTON-Market
firm. a l5-16c per ID.
New York, Feb. 27.-COTTON-Sales to-
day 1870 bales. Spot cotton closed steady
Quotations rer 100 pounds Middling up
lands, $685. middling gulf, Sl050
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

New York. FEB. 27.-Noon-AIONEY-
Money on call firm. at 31z per cent; prime
mercantile paper, 5d514 per cent; sterling
exchange steady. with actual business ia
bankers bills at s4S7ss plus to s8.s71s for
demand and at S4S41s plus to S4841z for 50
days; posted rates S4.85d4 S51s and S4.SS1a;
commercial bills, s4S31zd4s4.
SILNEF-Bar silver 48c; Mexican dol
lars. 3Sc.
Government bonds steady. 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

wethers S5.08d5.50. fair to choice mixed
81 006i4-75. western sheep. S4T5d5.50: native
lambs, s4.75a690; western lambs, $3.50
$50.
OnIciaI receipts and shipments Thurs
day Cattle Hogs. Sheep
Receipts 1890 ..--..--lV,sz3 zol49 S'5s2
Shipments 500. ...... 4.039 zoos $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Bowling Records Broken.

indianapolis. Ind. Feb. I'd. A. Jones.
of Milwaukee. broke all bowling records
this afternoon with the following score:
232 248. 203-totaI. 6s3. The record last year
was SAC. made by Fred Strong Of Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Rance Of Prices On stooe.

lFu. nished BY J. E. Gail. Commissions.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Onice 10 West Sixth street. Telephone
AS6. Correspondent Christie Grain anc
Stock Company, Kansas City, MOI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

ST. Louis. No. Feb. 7-wooI-Market
dull and unchanged Territory and west
ern mediums, 1601sc; fine. 13d161zc; coarse,
13915c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Iowa CITY. Ia. FEB. I'D B. Bestor,
cashier of the Lone Tree Savings bank.
shot and killed himself in the bank early
today. No cause is known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Topeka Hide 1Tarkat.

Topeka. Feb. 2.
Prices paid IN Topeka this week, based
on Boston quotations.
GREEN SALT CURED FLAT
No. ! TALLOW ......................s...51
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Furnished by j. z. Gall, Commissions.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Onice 10 West Sixth street. Telephone
4s6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
stock Company, Kansas City. Mol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
LEGISLATIVE SIDELIGHTs

The house ways and means commit
tee has recommended an appropriation
of 100000 for the purchase of additional
land for the Topeka hospital for the in
sane.
The bill for a $500 appropriate for a
G. A. r. museum and printing the an
nual reports of the G. A. r. of the state
has been recommended for passage by
the house ways and means committee
Archie Williams has introduced a bill
in the house to give the city council of
Topeka control of the state house
grounds so that bicyclists can be pre-
vented from riding on the state house
walks.
Senator Simons' game bill. which
was suggested by State Fish Commits
sioner Haughey. which makes the FISH
commissioner the state game warden,
and contains stringent game provis-
ions, has been knocked out by the
house ways and means committee.
Billings bill to give every farmer a
rebate of IS a year on his taxes if he
maintains a pond of at least a half
acre in extent, has been favorably rec
commended by the house taxation COM
mittee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
GOEBEL BILL PASSED.
House Adopts Measure for Deposit Of
State Funds.

Goebers bill providing for the deposit
of state funds in the banks of the state.
under the direction of the executive
council, passed the house today by a
vote of SO to ;. The five members vot-
ing no we're Friar. Kirkpatrick. Martin
of Woodson, Mendenhall and Tatum
April is one OF the best months in the
year to visit California Wait for the
Cclonist rates to California points via
the Santa Fes April l to June IL. 1904
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Kanaaa Citv Grain.


FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. COMMISSIONS
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
ONCE 10 West sixth street. Telephone
$50 Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Company Kansas City, MOI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Avoid tan. smarting. rough, red skin
applying Satin-Skin Cream and Satin
Skin Powder before exposure. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Doctor J. Albert Berry. speciality dis
eases of digestion rs Kan ave. Tel. 76a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Chicago. Feb. q.
lpen IIigh Low Close Yes


FURNISHED by the A. 6. Goodwin Commits.
sion Company Commission Merchants
and receivers and shippers of grain.
Room No g. Columbian building. indie
pendent telephone 1851
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27
Topeka Market

Furnished by s f. Lux. successor to W.
o. Anderson & Co. 210 Kansas avenue I
ANGES-Calilornia Washington ma
vel. best sizes. S2.50G260 extra choice.
$3.50 2. 40: off sizes. S--00Q225: California
budded fruit. S1.75Q20O
LEMONs-Caifornia. $50 size. $500
PES1Malaga, owing to quality. s5.os
$3.50 per Dbl.
BANANAs-Lower. 2lzasc per ID. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

Kansas City. Feb. q.
Omen Eigh Low Close Yes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-27

AS the tax bill now enters the house
it contains some important provisions
that it did not have when it left the
joint committee What the house will
DO with them can hardly be guessed.
The principal features as it now stands
are: The exemption of 5000 worth of
personal property; the election of the
tax commissioners by the executive
council, the exemption of money not
drawing interest The proposition to
exempt mortgages from taxation ad-
vanced by Bale Waggener is not in the
bill
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
BY Vim. T. Williams.

Dear Uncle Mingo won't you please
you talk with so much? You never
once said what the walters name is,
and L would like very much to know.
Yours truly, Dolly"
When the above note was handed to
Uncle Mngo he laughed.
IVY bless my soul" he said, Il
dunno rightly wot de young Teller
name is, dey calls him by so much
name.
Sometimes even de boss git a little
Impatient an tink he amt shuff1in'
roun' fas' nough he say Hurry up
dere, Ice-Waggn, git move on you.
But l don't s'pose Ice-Waggin is his
real name.
Den some fellers wants to git fun
ny. an calls him SNOWFALL or maybe
'Sof coal'; cen fac, some calls him
one ting, an some anudder. l think
his true-true name is elder Jim or else
Ned, dat is, if it amt Ben, or maybe
Sam"
You don't seem to be very strong on
names, Uncle Mingo."
Oats a fac" said Uncle Mingo;
IAN Use gittin' wuss an wuss sence
dey is gittin all dis new-fashion way
OBJ spellin' de names like / see cen de
paper. Specially gals names. De ole
way amt good 'nough no mo- so dey
got to hunt roun' for a few mo- extry
letters an curlycues to look fancy.
DE udder day l see Miss Jane Some
body. | is always use to see Jane
spell de good old time way, jain
Jane. Well sab, dog gone if she amt
spell it J-E-A double NE, Jane. Den
again l see name like dis. S punctua-
ton mark Z-A-double NE, like dis !:
8 Uzanne. Wot kin o. name you
call dat?"
Il guess, Uncle Mingo, that was
meant for Susan.
"Geemaneddy!" said Uncle Mingo,
you don't say! l spec I'll hab to
change de spellin' OBJ my name, too;
Mingo, jis plain MI-N-G-O, don't
look 'stinguish 'nough."
How will you change it, Uncle
Mingo?"
Il tink I'll put it like dis, MY
| double N-G-E-A-U-L-T, Mingo."
That will look quite stylish, Uncle
| Mynngeault."
"Gee!" said Uncle Mingo, laughing
Il wonder wot de ole oman would say!
l spec she'd say she always know
was half-crack, an now l gone plumb
| crazy!
Il thinks good deal like a ole fellel
l hear bout once wot lib way up de
| country an was on a visit to town
He amt nebber been to no sea-po't
city befo', an he gone down to de
w'arf an was lookin' at all de ships
He git to studyin' out de name OBJ eh.
| BILE one, an bumbye he come to nice
| trime little wife yacht an spell out de
name on de stern-'P- S-Y-C-H-E.'
Well well, Well! he say, dat ain't
no bad name for no boat; but I'll be
dog gone he says, if dat amt de
| blamedes' way to spell Fish 1 ebbel
did see!'
Dat ole Teller 'spress my 'pinior
zac'ly," continued Uncle Mingo; de
old fashion way o spellin' is gooc
| 'nough for me-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
INvIGORATED
HOW A WOMAN GOT
HER STRENGTH
BACK.
She Took Our Vinol with
Good Results.
WE WANT EVERY ONE TO
KNOW ABOUT IT.
READ WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.
COME AND SEE US.

We don't want any one in this city
to drag themselves through life in pain
and misery for the want of enough
strength to feel well and happy.
If you feel listless, without ambition
and run down, it is bad sign.
You are running grave chances. You
are in a condition to be attacked by
most any disease.
This feeling of debility is symptom
that your system is generally democrat
lied. You should take tonic.
You should take Vinol, which we
know and will guarantee will restore
your strength.
Following is one case where it did
this. Mrs. T. H. Boyle, of Sc Chestnut
St., West Newton, Mass, says:
Last spring l used one bottle of
Vinol. At that time 1 was all run
down and sick. 1 find that 1t did me
lots of good, and by its use my strength
came back to me-"
Vinol is delicious preparation, con-
tanning the active curative principles
that are found in cod-liver oil, dis
solved in a delicate table wine.
Vinol acts directly on the stomach,
aiding digestion and at the same time
creating healthy appetite. 1t gives
strength and vigor to every organ of
the body.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20

eventual exposure. There was a case
last year which the customs officials
admitted formed one of the most in
genious and artful instances of snug
Cling within their knowledge. Iron
bulkheads on board ship usually have
a protective wooden lining designed TO
avoid the unpleasant consequences of
Sweating" An enterprising seaman
cut this lining, constructed nice lit
tie cupboard for cigars and tobacco,
restored the timber to its place, and
carefully whitewashed it. Yet he was
found out. So was the seaman who hid
tobacco between the wood flooring and
the iron deck of the forecastle, and
stuffed cigars into his mattress, which
he afterward sewed up again. Con-
viction also followed the action of the
individual who put his tobacco into a
couple of old oii-drums and a pickle
jar, and weighted them so as to keep
them under water. A false bottom to
a bunk is much too thin" a dodge
nowadays, and the habit of taking du-
table articles ashore in a bag, as
dirty Clothes" is also believed to have
been stopped. But customs officers
are but human. The seaman who went
ashore day after day with a cigar box
full of banana peel soon found curios-
ity so satisfied that he was at liberty
to pass when the box was filled with
cigars. This familiarity with cigar
boxes, as well as with bundles of hay,
eventually breeds contempt.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
The Danger in FormaIin.
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.
When a few weeks ago formalin was
heralded as a new remedy for blood
poisoning the midecal profession was
surprised to learn that such a simple
and well known agent could accomplish
what had heretofore baffled the best
directed efforts of old and experienced
practitioners.
Under the circumstances it was
quite natural for such men to express
their doubts as to the real signlfl-
canoe of a single successful case.
That such conservative Judgment
was well founded is now proved by
some careful experiments made by DIR.
W. II. Park, the psychological expert
of the Health Department.
AS the result of his Investigations it
now appears that formalin is not only
useless in cases of septicaemia. but is
positively dangerous in it's action on
the vital constituents of the blood.
Further, it was evident that formalin
instead of increasing the resistance
of the body to the invasion of bacteria
actually lessened il, as was shown by
the fact that the infected rabbits into
which the ISOLATION was not injected
lived longer than those subjected to
the formalin test.
1t was quite true that the remedy
acted directly on the bacteria by CO.
agulating them, but the same effect
was noticed on the blood corpuscles.
which more than offsets the alleged
benefits Of a mere bactericide
The great care has always been not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20

this matter" Girton said in a shaken
voice
He wanted to get away. but Aunt
Maria stayed him. saying sprightly,
with her hand on his arm:
Il hope, Granville that you can
spare me a moment. Life is so I'M
certain that l shouldn't sleep a wink
tonight if I had not provided against
this new responsibility. OF course, l
hope to live many years yet. Still one
must prepare for anything"
What do you wish me to do2" Cir
ton asked, sitting down at the library
table again. Miss Maria stood with
her head lightly aside, her eyes down
cast, her fingers locked together. an
attitude which said to her familars
that she was wrestling with some
grave and intricate social problem.
After minute she frightened and
said briskly:
oh, you just write out another
deed of gift. and make it to be opera
tive whenever I choose. Absolute?
Why, yes. of course. Leave the bene-
ficiary spaces blank: they can be
written in after the document is ready
for witnessing"
Girton wrote. his hand shaking
nightly in spite of himself. He was
deeply amazed. 1t seemed to him THAI
some eNll SptI lay over THESE, MS
friends. He had not meant to be taken
up thus shortly, but pride bade him
to speak one word of protest. In the
briefest space he had the second deed
ready, and turned, with pen poised, TO
say:
Names, please. Unless they are writ
ten fully before the document is read
over to the witnesses it will not hold
in law"
The names are Catherine Taylor
Maxwell and Henry Gait Maxwell two
Of the dearest and most deserving or
phans | know" Aunt Maria said. hud-
ding Kitty against her breast, while
GirtOn wrote on like man in a dream.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
SOCIETY GIRL A BOOTBLACK.
POlishes One Shoe of a Broadway
Messenger Boy on n Wager, and
Cries When She Wins,

-HCSBchBCE hoy On n wager a M
Cries When She Wins
From the New York Times.
A cab drove up to the office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company's
office in Broadway, near Thirty-first
street, at II o'clock last night and
three young men in evening dress
jumped out. They We're followed by
young woman, apparently a negress,
who was dressed in a long raglan
coat and a large white hat. She car
ried in one hand a green bag and in
the other a brown hat box. She hest
tated a moment, looked up and down
Broadway, and then walked into the
telegraph office. She approached Night
Clerk Shubert and burst out sudden
ly:
DO you want your shoes Skinned %
Shubert looked at her in amazement
While at first she seemed to be a
negress, he saw after a closer look
that she had her face blackened with
burnt cork.
WHO are you?" asked Shubert.
why, I'm a bootblack, and l want
to shine somebody's Shoes" said the
young woman. And then, as if to en-
courage him she added:
And L will not charge you any
thing"
Shubert singled out one of the mes
senger boys who had gathered near
the young woman.
Here, Jocko." he said, this lady
wants to shine your clods.'"
Sure" answered "Jocko," with a
broad grin.
The young woman shuddered, but
opened the hat box and brought forth
a bootblack's outfit. Placing that on
the floor she dropped down on her
knees and started to shine She had
produced a good polish on one shoe,
and was about to start the other.
when she dropped the brushes and,
putting her hands up TO her face, be-
gan to sob violently. A crowd had
collected outside, and at the sign of
her breaking down one of the young
men rushed into the office and assisted
her to her feet
You are all right, Nell" he said,
land you win the bet You can have
hundred pounds of candy, if you
want it, now"
Covering her face as best she could,
"Nell' rushed to the carriage.
The young man who entered the Of
fee said that he was her brother.
He picked up the bootblack outfit.
saying that they had been hired.
we live on the upper West Side,
near Riverside Drive, he said, in way
of explanation, land tonight there was
gathering of young people at our
home. My sister is known for her dar-
ing and, as one of the boys said: Il
dare you to dress up as a bootblack
and go out and shine somebody's
| shoes
My sister f1ared up in a minute.
| I'll bet you an even hundred that I
WILL she declared. The young man took
her at her word and said he would
add a five-pound box of candy She
said it was go, and Immediately left
the room. To our establishment she
| appeared few minutes later with her
! face blackened.
Now order a cab! she demanded.
We thought we'd let her go the limit.
SO we got the cab. We drove to
Broadway, but had to come down to
| Thirty-fourth street before we could
hire this bootblack's outfit. You saw
! the rest"