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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17

which remark brought upon her mild
rebuke from her mother on intemper-
sence of language.
11tWell, go on, ~ said Katherine, I'M
abashed. s & ::
sssI merely mention this detail" con-
tinued Dorothy, as an object lesson in
honesty Never before since the world
began was there such "a case of casting
bread upon the waters as was my send
ing the 5000. My uncle appears to
have been a most methodical man.. He
fled away my letter which contained
the money, also a typewriter copy of
his reply, and when he. died it was
ton Of the legal firm who acted for him
self to myself, for my uncle had left
no will. The Californian firm com
inundated with lawyers in New York,
and they began a series of very eau
tinus inquiries, which at last resulted,
after l had furnished certain proofs
asked for, in my being declared heir
ess to my uncle's estate:'' - =
And how much did you gets How
much did you get 2" demanded Rather
u me- -. > : 0
q asked the lawyers from New York
to deposit $40, 1000 for me in the Sixth
National bank of this town, and they
against that deposit, andsSthus learn It
it was real, that I went out today" y
ssTen thousand doHars,' murmured
Katherine, in accents of deep disap-
pointment. Is that all9''
{. Ism It that enough4" asked Dorothy
With1a twinkle in her eyes. Ia
g No., you deserve ten times as much,
and / m not going to New h York laa2r
dresses. Not likely! I will attend the
ball in my calico" =
Dorothy laughed quietly and drew
from the little satchel she wore at her
side letter, which she handed to Kath-
crime -. - - H. e..
tits private and confidential, " she
warned her friend. $50. -
ooh, I won't tell any one," said
Katherine, unfolding it; She read Gag Gag,
sprang to her feet on the top of the
q Fifteen million dollars! Fifteen mil
lion dollars!' and, swinging her arms
back and forth like an athlete about
to leap, sprang TO the floor, nearly up
setting the little table, tray and all, as
she embraced Dorothy - Amhurst.
like! Why, mother, do you realize that
we have under our roof one Of the rich
est young women in the world? Don It
you see that the rest of this conference
must take place in our drawing room,
! under the most solemn auspices? The
idea Of our keeping such an helress IN
| the attic! - = -z,..>a
stI believe,,' said Sabina, slowly and
e ?ly,,; that Mr.: Roekefeller's income
ttOh. blow Mr.. Rockefeller and his
income!'' cried the indignant younger
sister. .l.,s- g. sa.-a r. : :
6 Katherine!' pleaded the mother
tearfully. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

lirhtning And now al thaE pach ,tse and
other craft On The waters aannted tha;r
lines Of fire. and the whole bay was
stNow !, said (,antain Kermit with
q chuckle, ttwateh the Britisher. I
think she IS going to show us some col
or and as he spoke there appeared,
spreading from mast to mast. a huge
sheet of blue, with four great stars
which pointed the corners of parallel
ogram, and between the stars shone a
huge white anchor. Cheers rang out
from the crew of the I. CONSERVATION,
and the band on board played 'tThe
Star,Spangled Banner"
That" said Captain Exempt in ex-
States secretary Of the navy, who wiz
be with us tonight. The visitors have
kept very quiet about this bit Of .nlu1i-
nation, but our lads got on to the Sc
cret about week ago, and I'll be very
much disappointed if thew don't give
When the band on the tsConsterna-
tion,., ceased playing. ali lights Went
on the flagship appeared from mast to
the corner a GREAT red cross dividinay
the flag into three white SQUARES. As
this illumination flashed ont the Ameri-
can band struck up the British national
t anthem. and the outline Ights anneared
] = teThat >, said tho c,n+.in ..;s +ba
British man-o war;s fac :; 'no
M 1.w,. s
,n,,, ny WhlppoorWlA speedily
~ Mnis anaI,' Inc paIty ana DINERS across
~ sPa.h!lng Wate!s 10 the root OF the
y constructed to conduct the elect from
the tide to the deck. It was more than
: double as broad as the ordinary gang
way, carpeted from top to bottom, and
on every step stood blue-iaeket, each
as steady as if cast in bronze, the line
forming, as one might say, a living
handrail rising toward the dark sky.
first, followed by Sabina and her young
man, with the two girls in their wake.
Aren t those men splendids'' Whis-
pcred hatherlne to her friend. II
Tlsn each held an oid-fashloned torch
20 o ioVs salior. :,
oh 1o W I.,c sa1o Dorothy, then
'n esf n ne,seld' ana laughed a little:
crime. Su'0' w oil No. signed ha'n-
On deck the bluff captain of the Con-
sternat1on, IN respondent uniform,
$1,000 beside Lady Angela Burford Of
Inc Br1tash embassy at Washington, TO
receive the guests OF the cruiser. Be
nm tne ne TWo were grouped an assem-
page OF oHlcers ana very fashlonabiy
ui ;th aoh women 4ha, enaG5lng .vlyaelo9sly
~ Masn e e;n o1Hea AZ Dorothy looked at
a. she ee ssh l1loy y Afgeaa II seemed
Who had stenned ont IS an 1 En mGrg Que rn
nance. Her tail nrondiv bel9 fanre
made the stont;sb eanta;n!! Sow COW sha.t.,r
than he actually was. The natnral
haughtiness Of those classic features
was somewhat modified Nv a nro tenn M
smile, Captain Kermit looked hack
over his Shoulder and said in low
voice: " ,
.sNow, young ladies', best foot for.
ward. The Du Maurier woman is to re-
ceive the Gibson girls -,
t.I know I shall laugh, and fear I
shall giggle,1 said Katherine. but she
encountered glance from her elder
sister quite as naughty as any lady
Angela might have bestowed. and ali
thought of merriment fed for the mo-
ment; thus the ordeal passed conven-
tionally without Katherine either laugh
. :
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Continued Ia The SUNDAY Journal. Nay
.. 1906.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28

som kostat en- million francs och
en- af de stora tunga hofvagnarne
hade kostat ed lika stor summa.
Hvilka otantliga summon Diet slu-
kat att bekosta parkanlaggningen
och palatsen kanner ingen menni-
ska och fortf rande kostar Diet
staten 81 obetydIigt att halla det
T. ella i presentabelt skick och af-
Iona de manga tjenstemannen.
| Versailles hade vi aran spisa
midday Diet hus, i hvilket den
beromde irgenioren, Suezkana.
lens byggmastare, Ferdinand. de
Lesseps, foddes 1905.
Lifvet har torde vara mera kos
mopolitiskt an i nagon AMMAN stor-
stad. London ej u~ndantagen. Fast
nara orakneliga hotel fnnas Diet
har och seminar har turiStsrom
men hit varit ofantligt stor, sd att
de samtliga gjort CODA affarer.
Tusentals amerikaner ha fol-
laGgre eller kortare It'd vistats
harstades och annu kommer de-
med hv,rje dag, sasom man kar
Sc af New York Herslds lista
framlingar fran olika trakter a
republican i vester. Men der
kulna hosten ar i annalkande -
Diet kunde vi tydligt Sc i gar, d;
vi for andra gangen foro genon
den stora parken Bots de Boulog
!, ne, der de gulnade lofven borjad.
ymnigt falla - och da atergar va
~lifvet har till sin hvardagliga gan!
a och turistz5na blifva mera sallsYn
. ia foreteelser.
vi resa till LONDON i alton &C
. torte jag "a tillfalle att awe
4 derihan l3ta bora al mig.
G. ". S7VaN.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28
L0snummer sc

vilssforda qvinnan ej kan tillfrisk-
ma, sandes hon till fattighuset att
der sluta sina dagar.
En- skenande hast. som kordes
at en- landsman vid n~amnaJohn
Olson, kom i mandags eftermid-
dag galopperande utefter Fourth
street och dref ALA fotvandrare
som agnar !or vinden. Korsven-
men hade forlorat all kontroll Of
yer Diet uppskramda djuret, och
ALA iors0k att stoppI hasten voro
fruktl0sa Da den vida SKIER
skjutsen kommit till hornet at
Nebraska street, der en- grek vid
MANN John Zoteus under minga
ar salt $. k. pop corn och peanuts.
hoppade greken Wig som en- katt
upp pi hastens hufvud ech stop
pade honom. Olson kastades
dervil ur vagnenoch ofverkordes.
II N kanner sig MI konstig i hela
kropp. n och ar dekorerad i de
valkanda blagula svenska fargerna,
men inga ben arc sonderslagna i
honom. Zoteus ar till vaxten
mycket liten och wager knappast
100 pounds, men han synes hatva
arft Diet mod, som ar $50 fore var
tidrakning besjalade hans lands
man vid Thermopyle under Leo,
t hides, ia de nedgjorde Xerxes'
skaror.
Scandinavian - American
l~iriens angare United States har
: lemnat Christiansand med 1917
passagerare och vantas ankomma
till New York den 2 oktober.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28

F6yHdfn vecka arresterades i
Leeds en- man vid MANN Warren
Grove, for haststold Han sitter
nu i countyhaktet afvaktande
grandjuryns utlatande och ar ma
t~urligtvis under tiden urstandsatt
att iorsorja de sina. Haromdagen
besoktes Groves hustru och iva
sma barn at sheriffen, som fam
att de hade absolut ingenting att
lefva pa och att Diet i Diet lila
bemmet radde den bittraste nod.
Mrs Grove har fatt en- utmarkt
uppfostran och synes hafva varit
for stolt att CORA sin nodstallda
belSgenhet bekant. ..
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28
ON aktenskap. karlek och
nyhterhet.

I den har trakten af landet, spslar ny
arsnvst en- ganska viktig och betydande
roll uti deras lif, som haugifvit sig at
k6rlekeu och b0rjat fundera pa aktep-
sksp.
Sidana menniskor, som drabbas af for
alskelsen pa sommaren eller framat hos
ten bruka gerna CORA upp med hvarandra
att de ska ga till preston och eta ut lys-
sesedeln pl nya-snyet". ON de. fOrstas-
till dessa hiuna skaffa sig 'brate (mobler)
och husvara".
S& Diet lyses int So vartt daligt for folk
lust nu ON s0%ndagarna, hvilket glader
presterskapet, som gerna ser att folk gift
ter zig och blir stadigt och dygerikt.
Men bar ga dock ~mangtaliga stackars
loser ute i o terna. som aldrig kunna ska
de nyarsnyet utan att blifva sorgsna och
hangfardiga. Ty Diet minner dem pa ON
s,ikna l0ften och brutna eder, som svuros
dem i tommar och h0stqvallar, Mantro
det. Elakhet falkhet och grymhet bo uti
poikahjertan. De ha So sablarnes latt
70; att bedara och f0rderfva de lattrogna
| ulOh5JdkOIA Ia HCOOloI lOAAOAg oOAA On" 4yAS
las pa nyarsnyet. T0serna tro dem och
ga omkring lyckliga ooh sasom uti en-
liuhig dr6m.
Men aar nyet riuDer upp har pojken
otta svara forhinder. Han har int fdtt
Diet 1iktigt passaude staldt f0l sig eller
ocksa barkar han af till Ameiika med ma
goa kanning elier slaktiug, som kommit
. hem for att helsa pa under julien. Och
sd far han af dit pa nyarsnyet, i stallet
for att ga till presten med fickan. som
han lockade at sig.
Sd Diet fl vi ALT erkaaua och vidgI
att vi karlar arc lurifaxar och drumlAr
T afven uti karleksaffirer. Hyilkvt ar en-
stor synd och EN- vlldig skam. Men 81 fl
: vi ocksa plikta fo:'et en- gang mar vi b!i
3 gifta, nagot som heller int ar mer an raft
och skaligt.
9 El och AMMAN gang fast mera slllNn
handler Diet att det Or hickau som buktar,
mar nyaranyet stralar och att friarel far
wanda hem med krossadt hjsrta och lang
nasa, i stalIet for att ia gi till preston.
T Sidant haude mel fOrsta gingen dl Diet
. pa sllvar var friga ON att jag skulle gitta
mel. bet var gubsvars sd bergfast ooh
l sakert mellan Inga Stina i Ignabo och
a mel, sd jag svor pa att OGDEN eller vcrl-
dens undergoing alleua kunde hindra yirt
= aktenskap. Pa pyarsnyet skulle det ly-
sas for oss och sa skulle vi klamma till
; att lefva t~urturdufyors lif.
h Men 81 blef jag liggandes sjuk ALT i
n fran iulada'n och duda bort till tjugonde,
dan. bet var insen d0dsjukdom, mer
jag kundei ALA fall int vara med och fol-
d" ia henpe och vakta henn0 i krokarna pd
n kalaseua och dansgillena.
c jag trodde likval pa henne som pa mel
, self, och mar jig blet kry karl iger. gick
jag ner fukladd och glad till Ingabo for
att taga till preston med Inga Sti a.
Men mar jag kom dit. satt hon aAagga
mel. ikna pa Frans i Mossebo sch holl
houom om halssn midi ibland folket i
stugsn.
Hva' Or delta for orduing a fasonsr?
frAgade jag.
r - 10. da ar 81, att vi ritvs upp
81 FortSxtaniag I "A sldan.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28
HAIR OCH DER.

Eft ungt par i Yankton, SD,
hade funderat pa att gifta sig, och
slutligen hade man kommit sd
langt att dsgen var bestamd och
Diet mesta at utstyrseln anskoffadt.
Mtn i sista ogonblicket markte
den tillamnade bruden att hon O..
vilkorlig ZEN behofde cit par skor
och gick in i en- skohandel for att
kopa cit par. Men der funnos 81
nagra, som passade, och Diet visa
de sig att hon 81 kunde ia EFT par
p~assande hela stdden. Och Diet
var ej underligt heller, ty den un-
ga damen egde totter, som
krafde No. IL skor. Da hon e.
willie begagna mansskor ,maste Wig
seln uppskjutas, tills hon hurnit
IA sig EFT Par gjorda pa bestall
ming.
En- ildre form0gen farmarc vid
MANN Israel Williams bosatt mar
heten at Auburn, Nebro rakade
haromdagen i grail med sina iva
s0ner, emedan han nekade att gif-
va dem pengar att k0pa skolb0c,
ker for. Slutligen horde har dem
ur huset. P~ojkarne forsago sig
nu med skjutvapen. den n med
en- boSSa och den andre med en- re-
volvcr. Ogonvitten pasta att f.
dern kom emot dem och Vile an
falla dem med en- h0tjuga. | Diet.
Stamina skjoto pojkarne pa fadern
hvilken ned!oll d0d, och Diet pa
stas att den enc af dem elterat
anf0ll ker med boSskalfver. De
onaturliga s0nerna sitta nu ARE.
rade, och man ar i hela traktcr
starkt upprord Diver den ruskig;
handelsen. Williams hade ct
mycket valdsamt lynne oct
misshandlade ofta sonerna, hvilks
AFRO 20 och % ar gamla, De pa
sta att de handlade i sjefforsvar.
bet olyckliga t]rettontale'
skrammer manga vidskepllga per
soner. Men president Murray
vid Baltimore & Ohio iarnvager
kan bevisa. att IS ar Diet lyckllga
ste hummer som fnnes. Hal
borjade sin bana vid jernvagel
den 10 January 1872, han ar jarn
wagons trettonde president, den
ma anstallning ar hans trettonde
ordningen, hanst elefon o. kontors
! hummer arc bsda t~rstton. bygg
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28

MAIDEN ar tretton vaningar hog och
och rymmer 1900 personer. |
trots af ALA dessa olyckliga num-
mer har Murray blifvit ledare for
en- af landets storsta %jarnvdger.
En- landsplaga, varre an Egyp.
tens, i form af loppor. har i da.
garna drabbat staden Philadelphia,
Pa. ALA delar staden och ALA
klasser ha drabbats utan atskill-
mad. Man kan ia sc de NEST lu-
stiga episoder ute pa gatorna, da
snyltgasterna bita, men Diet ar
Ell sd roligt for den bitne. We
tenskapsmannen forklara. att det
ar Diet langvariga varma. fuktiga
vadret, som trambringat de million
tails besvarliga insekterna.
Folkmangden i New York
ar 1910. Tolf milliener invanare
kommer staden New York att ega
ar Io4o enligt de berakningar'
som DIR w. H. Guilfoy, registrar
Of records, gjort, och i dagarne
tillstallt stadens Acknowledgements.
Dr. Guiltoy. en- mycket framsta-
ende statistiker, har basarat sina
berakningar pa de sanare arens be-
folkningssiffor, SAINT kommit till
/ Diet resultat. att stadens folkmangc
, okas med 3,r5 procert pr ar. Der
1 juni d. a, anslogs folkmangder
: till d. millioner i rundt tai. och a.
| 1912 kan den antagas vara 5 mil
? l%ioner, ar 1927 omkring 8 millio
: ner SAINT ar 1910 omkring II mil
lioner.
Il Polackerna forlora all respek
Il for kyrka och prest da de komm;
till Diet religionsfria landet. Fla
der' A Gartska i G~lassport, Pa.
har kommit i delo med SRA for
samlingsDor och da en- faktion a
dem begarde ia Sc kyrkans boo
ker nekade han blankt att utlem
:, ma dem. En- komite besokte no
h nom haromdagen i hans studel
a kammare och begarde genom orc
h forandea Kiayenski att ia becker
t. na. Da preston vagrade, grep e
e komiteledamot honom i krage
y och Diet blef slagsmal at. "Fadel
Garstska hck fatt i revolvern oc
It eft skott fran denna traffade Kis
81 yenski i underlifvet sa att han t0l
Preston angaf sig och forbes Ii
arresten, som var smart on. gifven
ct en- hop vredgade polackar. hvill
n kanske smart stormat bastilJeI
m hade ej polisen fatt forstarknin
fran McKeesport, som tog homo
g med sig och inq~varterade homo
1T hos en- embetsbroder. Den sklu
i ne forbes till lasarettet j Glas
port.
y En- b~eklAgt'g olyckhan delse i
;, traffade i lordags a. d. i rekt
. Gustav Andreens hem i Rock
land, ii, i Diet hans yngsta dot
genom of0rsigtighet under It
blef mycket lila brand. Hon f6
:" des genast till St. Anthony hosI
g tai, der hon dock trots den bas
lakarevard ahed inom nagra tit
:. mar at skadorna.
n Harom dagen hoppade maj
A.. rem Thomas Urell fran Brookly
~ bron ned i vattnet. Han sy
8 ties komma ned i vattnet med +
.St men forst, och kom efter en- stu
)s upp II vatenytan. En- bogserb;
- som var i narheten, skyndade
en- UrelIs help, och han fskad
GA smart upp omb ord pa baten.
1T
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28
Resebref No. 10,
Paris den 7 september 1906. g

IddSG GCH L dS''AlSS SJoISS
vi vart intrade / Paris, och under
den It'd al sa nara en- vecka, vi vi
stats har, ha vi gynnats at den
ha,ligaste vaderlek, sd att vi kun
nat val amanda tiden. Och Diet
ha vi ocksa gjort tidigt och sent
och ha alltsa hunnit att taga /
narmare skarskadande en- stor del
af denna beromda storstads man
ga seyardheter. Men Diet ar ju
vanskligt att pa sa kort It'd forso-
ka.se oiver Diet markvardigaste /
en- stad med, som Diet uppgifves,
Diver ire millioner innevauare och
med en- So rik historic, som Paris
ovedersagligen eyer. Att Diet ar
lif och rorelse pa de manga breda
staden genomlopande boulevar-
derna saval som pa de dessa 1
smart sagdt ALA riktningar korf
sande smalare gatorna, behofver
Jag ju ej sarskildt framhalla. bet
ar sannerligen forvanande att i
denna trangsel ej iera olyckor
ske. l ingen AMMAN stad torde
automobilen hafva kommit till sa
stor anvandning som har, 81 blot
for befordring at passagerare
utan for ALA slags korslor, men
hasten ar derfof icke en- lyxarti-
KEEL utan far slita ondt matt och
dag som dragare at omnibussar,
oroskor, sparvagnar och framfor
ALT at tunga karror, pa hvilka E.
norma lass forslas genom gator
och grander. Att Diet har dess-
utom 6nnes elektriska sparvag-
mar SAINT pelarbanor och under
jordiska pa hvilka med angkratt
samfardseln formedlas, torde vara
bekant. Staden tacker en- yta
som ar nastan rund och som ON
gives af tastningsmurar FL mi.
langa och 20 fot hoga. Nagot e.
gentligt affarscentrum kan mar
knappt saga att Diet innes har, ~
man kan ga ellsr aka initials a
olika hall, och a~ffarshus, lif ocf
rorelse ser man ofverallt. En- SAX
som resenaren marker ar den. at
de manga affarspalatsen lang
gatorna nastan utan undantag arc
af Stamina hold, de fiesta sex va
ningar hoga. l regeln anvande;
forsta vaningen for nagon Stag
afarsrorelse och de ORA vanin
game for boningsrum, och de
forkiarar huru Diet ar mojligt 70
en- sa pass stor folkmangd att in
rymmas a en- jemforelsevis lite
areal.
vi ha pa omnibussar. automo
biler, sparvagnar och droskor, sd
val som till fots, tardats vida ON
kring dessa dagar och ON en- de
af hvad vi sett skulle jag nu sok
beratta EFT och annat. Att i dc
tall s0ka beskrifva ALT kan ju {
ems komma i frSga, och jag "a
noja mig med att som hastigas
omnamna nagra at de lorema
som vi beskadat.
For att da borja med kyrkorna
som sarskildt i katolska lande
forst komma i fraga, ha vi inor
och utom ganska noga beskada
fcrst och tramst den beromd
d~omkyrkan Notre Dame, sor
borjade uppforas 1903, SAINT den
nyare It'd byggda ocksa mycke
beromda Magdalena kyrkan. sol
ej har nagot enda ionster oc
hvars tax uppbares al 81 korint
ska pelare. vi ha ocksa besol
kyrkan vid Hotel des Invalides,
hvilken den store Napoleon
hvila. efter sina manga segrar oc
blodiga nederlag vid Waterloo
SAINT Pantheon, i hvilken iera
Frankrikes beromda forfattar
funnit slit sista hvilorum. En- ht
del andra, saval aldre som nyar
kyrkor maste jag forbiga, men
delta summarizing torde jag Dor
mamma, att vi ! sondags bevistad
gudstjenst i den Amerikansk
.Protestantiska kyrkan och de
- horde den .framstaende oehsie
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28

MAIDEN ar tretton vaningar hog och
och rymmer 1900 personer. |
trots af ALA dessa olyckliga num-
mer har Murray blifvit ledare for
en- af landets storsta j%arnvager.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-28

rem Thomas Urell fran Brooklyn,
bron ned i vattnet. Han syn
ties komma ned i vattnet med be
men forst, och kom efter en- stund
upp t Il vatenytan. En- ~bogserbat,
som var i narheten, s~kyndade til
UrelIs help, och han fskades
smart upp omb ord pa baten.
, 1906-03-10

Mrs. Hoskins of Lookout is in the
city.
Knud Knudson was in from Mandel
today.
William wahl has arrived from
Fort Worth.
Reuben Jackson was in buying some
supplies yesterday.
q. H. Hall of Centennial was a guest
at the Johnson last night.
Jonas Berglund returned to his
ranch yesterday afternoon, after a bust
ness visit to the city.
w. E. Sterne, manager of the cleo
trio light company, is looked for this
afternoon with the February pay
checks.
d. A. Preston, an attorney of Rock
Springs, was among the visitors to the
city this morning, a guest at the Union
Pacific.
p. McCabe and Mrs. d. N. Sudduth
left this morning for Walden by the
stage. The wind was to their backs
and they anticipated little trouble from
the storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Wilson of Como
were in the city last night and remain
ed yer until today, that they might
make some purchases at the stores
for their home at that place.
w. H. Peeps of Denver, formerly an
architect of that city, who is now the
designer for ]. P. Paulson of Denver
is in Laramie, looking after some con
,templated improvements at one of the
National banks. Mr.. Peeps was the
designer of the Cook, McMurray and
Dawson residences built within the
last year or two.
, 1906-03-10
FAR AND FAST
TRAVELLER HAD SMASHED ALL
KNOWN RECORDS.
Borne by Cyclone, Kansas Mar Was
Altogether Too Busy to Notiee IT
He Had Any Companions With
Him.

Their was a fair In the town OF
Douglas" says Senator Clark Of wy
oming, and | happened to be there
during the event. The boys had made
some miscalculations, and were los
ing money, when some n suggested
a prize fight. Some good pugs were
sent for, and the prize fight brought
OIL crowd enough to save the fair
from being a financial failure to the
boys. In fact, with the prize fight
feature they made some money.
The day following We had the
| Commercial League of Denver for
guests, and | was obliged to make a
| speech of welcome. | told them about
the fair, and said that everybody in
Douglas had attended the prize fight
but me. | said that l had been all
alone in Douglas for some time, when
l happened to meet with a gentleman
Unlocking fellow who was a few points
more than half inebriated. He asked
me if | was going to the prize fight,
and when l told him. nc he asked If
there was any other amusement in
| lONu VI COIlluEt anu L loiu hiIh thaI
the Commercial League of Denver vas
coming on the following day.
What kind of a bunch is that?"
he inquired, and | tild him that they
were as lively as the Kansas traveller,
he said that there was a strong man
in Kansas who vas picked up in a cy-
clone, and carried away over into
Iowa and landed in a graveyard. He
was a little dazed when he picked
himself up, and brushed the dirt off
his buds. A minister visiting the
cemetery addressed him and asked
him where he had come from. The
strong man said!
az have come from Kansas
"'When did you leave Kansas?' in
quired the minister.
About four minutes ago.
-Four minutes ago? Why, my
good man, you cannot have travelled
these 300 miles il four minutes
But did. came in a cyclone
"'Oh, that might be. But, of course,
your heavenly Father vas with you
"Mebbe. dunno. l was too busy
to see if anybody was with me; but,
If they was, they was goin' some, I'll
tell YOU Los Angeles Times.
, 1906-03-10
Makinn Sure of Their Shoes.

They were on a Summing expedi-
ton. Two chop suey establishments
had been graced by their presence
and they thought they were seeing
much of the under world. They had
drifted down State street and had the
holiness to enter a saloon that is
much f%requented by negroes of slen-
der means. And the sight which met
their gaze was a peculiar one. They
saw twenty or thirty negroes asleep.
They were sitting in chairs and the
chairs leaned against the wall. But
the peculiar fact was that all were
without shoes. In a moment they saw
the shoes on the floor. And a leg of
a chair stood in each.
How PECULIAR" queried one.
Yep" was the short answer of one
of the proprietors.
"Why do they place the chair legs
in their shpes?"
Very simple. If they didn't they
wouldn't have any shoes. We don't
guarantee lie hol esty of our custom
ers.''
And if they slept with their shoes
on?'
Some man with a poorer pair
them of"
And ii they stood them near the
chair?"
Some envious man would take
would eZchInre. = Chicago Chronicle.