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The Mails

OUTGOING.
For S. f., Alameda, May 13.
For Orient, Korea, May Is.
INCOMING.
From S. F., Hilonian, May IS.
U. s. A. TRANSPORTS.
Thomas left Hon. for S. F., May 5.
Logan at San Fran.
Buford at S. +.
Dix at Seattle.
Sherman left Hon. for Manila, April 16.
Warren at Manila.
Crook left Hon. for S. F., April 30.
Sheridan left S. f. for Hon. May 5.
ARRIVING.
All. S. S. Alaskan, from Seattle,
$3.50 p. m.
Saturday, May 8.
s. S. Mauna Kea, Freeman, from Hi
10 and way ports, $50 a. m.
All. S. S. Nebraskan, from San
Francisco, a. m.
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u. 3. A. Transports VIM 1Save for San
Francisco and Manila, and will arrive
from same ports at irregular intervals
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PASSENGERS BOOKED.

Per S, S. Alameda, May 1S, for San
Francisco: Mr.. and Mrs. G. Gordon,
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Fine job Printing, Star Once.
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JOHN nCNQM
GIzS5A c6 on rs
Ha1 HOTEL.
By Geo. V. Hobart, Hugh McHugh y

with Persian rug trimmings on the end
of his chin squeezed up and began to
let a peep out Of him about the pie he
had eaten for dinner.
Calm yourself" said Smiling Steve,
land tell me where it bit your
Steve has been throwing keys at the
wall for some time. and he knows how to
burn beefers.
bit me, bit me-" snarled the old guy
with the tapestry chin-piece; nothing of
the kind, sir. want you to know. sir.
that your pie isn't At to eat. SIR"
Cut it OUT" suggested Steve.
Cut 1t out, sir; how can I cut it out
when I've eaten it, sir? It's an outrage,
and I shall leave this hotel tomorrow"
said Omar Khayyam.
with the exception of $31.72. balance
due. that will be about all from you,"
said Steve.
"I'l see the proprietor said the old
guy. moving away with a face on him
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~ ANY amusing as well as
$$N trying incidents happen at
the teIlers window every
day. and a bank teller
dio1oy OF

Gay, ana Dank teiier
must be q born diplomat
as we'll as a careful business man to be
able to cope with the situations IN wnich
he finds himself placed. especially when
dealing with women" said the oD18lng
man behind the window grating at one OF
the large local banks the other day.
'All sorts, kinds and conditions of peo-
pie follow each other in rapid succession
in front of our window. and where we
have to use tact In dealing with people
whose inexperience In banking methods
has made them careless as to their own
interests or the banks. we have to keep
sharp lookout all the while to prevent any
one Of the numerous sharpers from taking
advantage Of us. Most of the we'll known
eharpers, however, are carefully described
now and their methods are all on record,
so that II one of the old ones try it on us
II Is a pretty difficult thing for him to
make away with it. There are new ones
coming out all the time, though. and they
are the ones that tax the shrewdness of
the teller to the utmost. for the sharpers
know that 1t takes something pretty
smooth in these days to get by the mod
ern teller. But besides the occasional
joker who comes in and asks me TO give
him two tens and five. ] haven't had
single experience with a sharper for the
last six months-let me rap on wood" he
hastily said as he realized that his last
statement had been somewhat of a boast.
us there any one class Of people who
give you especial trouble?" asked the In
terviewer sympathetically.
NO" said he. smiling, 'it isn't mat
ter Of class at all. 1t is wholly a matter
Of SEX don't know why II is. but wom-
en- are VIGOROUSLY the worst offenders
Mt, io nnCf
likely that a great many women have had
little or no experience with business at
fairs. and they have hard work learn
ing them. Don't think for a minute that
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largest customers are women, business
women, and for shrewdness they are hard
to beat. But the average woman Wnen
she has any money in the bank Is like
sailor on land"
Forging Her Husbands Name.
mot very many days ago young wom-
man with the gold band still new on the
third finger of her left hand came into
the bank. looked around carefully, went
over to the desk in the corner and be-
gan to write something. Presently she
finished and made her way over to my
window, then very daintily she handed
me the pink check that she had been
making out. 1 didn't remember having
seen her before. and so I looked at her
moment longer to see If L could place her
before I looked at the check Then /
really did get a shock. The name signed
at the bottom of the check was that of
a prominent business man around town
whom knew well. and who had recently
taken to himself a wife. The check was
made out in the right order, but the name
signed was surely never written by him.
so I asked the lady. Who signed thisT
Why. l did, answered she. with a
took me back for a moment, for l had
never had any experience with person
quite SO nervy before. but then she went
on ingenuously:
You see. we were just married cou-
pie Of weeks ago. and as Jack has al
ways told me that everything that is his
is mine. too. thought would draw some
Of his money to shop with today
This was poser and no mistake. /
knew that she would never understand
if 1 tried to explain all the details Of
the banking business and that Jack
would be In for all sorts of trouble
when he got home that evening SO I
Just went into the next room and called
=, 1f1ch o nd yhn hod on11y
just around the corner, and told him all
about it. He had good laugh about it
over the phone and then hurried around
to the bank. He arrived before his wife
had begun to get impatient about the
money, and. pretending innocence,
asked what she was doing there.
Young Married Woman's Troubles.
"Of course. she told him all about 1t.
and then, after telling her that there
might sometimes be a little trouble
about her getting money that way,
fixed her up with little bank account
of her own to check against as she
pleased. She went out as happy as
could be, but we might very easily have
caused them considerable trouble and
lost a good customer If we had not
been awful careful.
Not quite so cheerfully did the trou-
bles of one girl prominent in the
younger set turn out after her father had
had to leave town on business. He de-
posted the money for her allowance
for the time he would be gone and
showed her how to make out her checks
and told her to be very careful how she
made them out, and also to be sure and
not oyerdraw her account She prom
Used to be careful-so far so good-but
in a few days her checks began to come
in with alarming frequency. They were
all made out in perfect form. and there
was no doubt about her signature. so
there was nothing for us TO do but pay
them. She had run her account down
pretty low when one day she came in
herself with a check to be cashed. 1t
was a large check. and l thought that
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of soap" said Steve.
Ring down. Low Comedy put In.
why. we lived a whole week in Pitts
burg for less than that"
You can turn the same trick here II
you carry your own choke and sleep in the
park said Steve.
What's the name of this mint?" asked
the villain.
Steve told him.
ITO the towpath.' said Barrett Mac
ready; we're outside the lifelines. We
thought il was the Liverwust hotel. where
they throw things at your appetite for 81
a day, double. To the left, wheel. For
ward. march,
/ followed those two troupers out to the
dingy barroom. because the moment
saw them L knew it was cinch they'd
couple OF CUFFS.
The woods for ours, Isn't this a bird
of place for a show to get stranded?"
groaned the low comic. as he gave the
Reub bartender the high sign. and the
latter pushed forward two glasses and
a black bottle.
1T wouldn't have been so bad II The
show had gone to pieces in some burg
where the people have insomnia in the
daytime" the Juvenile growled. But,
here. Mike the men go to work in their
pajamas. and the town hasn't any street
cars because the conductors bell sounds
too much like an alarm clock, and IL
might awake the mayor"
I think that will hold you for tonight,
Bunch. It's enough for me, and IL I'm
strong enough tomorrow I'll hand you the
balance.
Same as ever,
]. H
Copyright, 1905. by G. w. Dillingham; Coz
Next week: John Henry on The Barn
StormerS.
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ton and Nubbinsville before next Sunday.
so he tossed the train gag just to show
Steve that he knows there's place called
New York.
lat 7:45 over the D. L. and O." said
Steve
whats the next? ?" inquired Willie.
"At S:1O over the H. B. and NJ" Steve
answered.
(Which gets there first?" Willie asked.
1.-The engineer" sighed Steve.
"Oh. you droll chap" said the pickle
pusher; "give me some toothpicks.'
Then Sweet William went over to the
big window. burrowed into a big chair.
stuck his feet up on the brass rail, ate
toothpicks and thought he was IT.
When got back to Steve he was dealing
out the cards to a lady from Reading,
Pa.
Her husband had been up in the air
with a bum automobile, and when he
came down he was several sections shy.
They found a monkey-wrench imbedded
III MS let shoulder, winch ne couiuh re-
member using when he tried to fix the
machine.
She was travelling for his health.
MY room is Immediately over the
Kitchen" she informed Steve.
1.-THE cook hasn't made a kick up to
now" Steve went back at her.
But they've been frying onions ever
since we took the room yesterday after
noon,' she snapped.
Yves, madam" chortled smiling Steve
this is local option town, and the onion
is the only pickle that's allowed to ap-
pear in public
She started to get back, but her indig-
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like four dollars in bad money.
We get 1t good and plenty every day."
said Steve. and just then something
about six feet tall, wearing SLOUGH hat
and gilt mustache. fell against the coun-
ter. grabbed the register and buried a
stub pen in its pages.
After looking over the result, 1 decided
the strangers first name must be Skate,
because 1t looked like one on the regis
ter.
BATH" queried Steve
only during hot wave." said
Skate.
Steve went to the ropes, but he came
up smiling. as usual
American or European" asked Steve.
Neither said Skate. Don't you see
I'm from Jersey City
Going to be with us long?" inquired
Steve.
Say. Bub. you're hellanall on asking
questions. now amt your" answered
Skate. You just push me into a stall and
lock the gate-Tm tired"
Front! show this gentleman to 49.''
said Steve, side-stepping to avoid punish
ment.
Then Sweet William, the Boy Drummer,
hoped into the ring for the next round.
Willie peddles pickles for the fun he
gets out of 1t.
1t is Willie's Joy and delight to get a
ginger-ale bun on and recite "Osler Joe"
When trained down to 95 fiat, Willie
few Shall Not Ring Tonight"
When Willie gets a strangle-hold on
'Sheridans Ride you can hear horses
galloping outside.
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1t wouldn't do any harm to say a few
words about how near she was to over
drawing her account. 1 aid so as care
fully as I could and she turned her face
toward me full of amaZement.
What she said. I about to over
first check l have drawn. There must
be a mistake somewhere. You must
have me mistaken for some one else
Maid Knew a Good Thing.
1T was my turn to be astonished, for
if we really had made a mistake as she
said 1t would be a pretty big mistake.
So I asked her If she would mind wait
ing a few minutes until could get the
checks that we had cashed. She waited,
and 1 hurried through the book and
found the checks in a very short while,
for I was beginning to feel rather pale
1 tell you.
why. where did you find these?' she
asked, innOcently, as I laid them out
before her.
do you recognize them?' I asked
feeling rather relieved.
why. yes, indeed said the fair one
not at all abashed. These are the
checks I wrote out just for practice
and 1 thought they had all been burnt
up
What would you do in a case like
that? When 1 explained TO her that we
had cashed the checks as they had been
made out. In regular order. and that
she would have to stand Tor it, she was
perfectly furious and insisted that las
she had only made out the checks for
fun that the bank ought not to take
her money.
"Of course we couldn't do anything
like that. and so she depar led in a rage,
saying that she was going to tele-
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!. WO MEN Who Know
Nothing About Business

WO M EN- Who Know
" Nothing About Business
a Source of Amusement and
Concern to the Bank Off,
cial - The Sharpers Are
Known and Their Tricks
Are Watched-The Good
natured Joker Who Wants
Two Tens for a Five-When
Hubby's Promise to Let
Dearie Have Everything
He Owned Didn't Count
Young Woman Who Prac-
ticed Writing Checks Found
1t an Expensive Undertake
ing-Dainty Maiden Who
Wrote a Separate Check for
Each of Her Future Pur-
chases.
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It's the rest Of the community getting
out of harms way.
ANY mail?' inquired Willie.
All the mail that Willie ever gets is
a postal card from the pickle factory
along his route have all lost their appe-
tites.
NO literature for you,'' Steve an
swered.
Strange" said Willie: my lady friends
are very remiss, aren't they?"
Yes. it looks like they were out to
drop you behind the piano. said
Steve.
Willie tore off a short rabbit laugh,
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Began to Let Peep Out OF HIM. "
Co.." and the way had been long and
weary.
What have you got-double?" asked
the villain of the piece.
1.-Two dollars and up" said Steve.
Nothing better?' inquired Low Com
edy. He was making a crack, but no
body caught him.
-Four dollars, with BATH" Steve sug-
gested.
"Board?" asked the villain.
Nothing but sleeps and a fresh CAKE
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face once they have been presented at
the window for identification. But this
one was a perfect stranger to me. and
when she presented check on an out-of-
town bank l knew that / should have to
refuse her. She seemed to be highly in
suited at my refusal to take her word
for who she was. L replied that personal
ly l would be only too glad to take her
word but that the bank as institution
could not very well afford to do so.
Why, L have all sorts of letters and
cards with me to show that I am Mrs.
- and then she brought out her purse
and took out some cards and handed me
one. took it and glanced at the name.
1t was not the name on the check. how
ever, and 1 mentioned the fact to her.
Collecting Her Alimony.
why she began in confusion. as If
She had just thought of something, why.
have just been married again; had
forgotten that the check was in my for
mer name, but you see that check is ALI
mony from my former husband, and he
always uses the other name
But she couldn't get over the fact that
I couldn't cash the check for her. And
saying that 1 was not a gentleman, she
left.
do we ever have any trouble with abb
sent minded people? Well. 1 should say
so. but the most amusing case that ever
dealt with personally happened about a
month ago. 4 dainty. pretty looking
woman came in just around closing time.
She got a deposit slip. made it out at the
desk and brought it to me. 1 noticed that
she looked rather preoccupied at the
time. and then L saw that she had hand
ed me the slip without the deposit.
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By Geo. V. Hobart

EAR Bunch: I'm doing a hot
foot over the state for the in
surance company I've hooked
up with. and I'm having the
time Of my life-believe me not.
Say. aren't some of these Reub beam
cries the WOODY limit.
1 blew into the Commercial House at
Spoonsburg day before yesterday, and
his nobs. the hotel clerk. certainly staked
me to a fine bundle of homemade laughs.
Did you ever make Spoonsbury,
Bunch?
Oh. It's on the map. all right.
Spoonsbury is a railroad junction where
careless people change cars and wait for
the other train.
I fell for this change cars" gag and
went over to the Commercial House to
kill time.
was deep in conversation with Steve
splevin,-the hotel clerk. when an old guy
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He HAD HIS NONEYN
HIS HANDS

said: L believe you must have forgotten
something. madam.
She looked up startled and asked.
What is it2
money. and then for some unknown rea-
son she turned a fiery red. That blush
was the nearest thing to a sunset that
have ever laid my eyes on. didn't know
what the blush was for then, but / soon
found out. for with a hasty. Excuse
me- she ducked out of sight for a mo-
ment. l caught glimpse Of a futter OF
lingerie as she must have reached for
up with the money in her hand. The
blush was still there, and staid there un-
til. without word, she picked up her
things and left hurriedly.
A Pathetic Incident.
Now, just for little pathos I will tell
you the following: Some time last sum-
mer one of our oldest depositors died, and
then there were the legal changes OF the
account standing in his name to that OF
his wife. who was his only heir. We no.
titled her after the change was made and
said that the account could now be check
ed against by her. There were no checks
from her for quite a while, and then one
day one came in that overdrew the ac-
count by about so. / paid the check and
then sent the old lady a notice OF over
drawal
Hc i'Al 0ty SHe was OOWn mere
bright and early. with tears in her eyes
The story she told us was pitiful In the
extreme. The poor old couple had a mort
gage on their home that had been early
paid off when the old man died. Just a
few weeks before he died. however he
had told his wife that In two months
there would be enough money in the
bank to pay off the mortgage. Well. he
had died, and his good wife had waited
the two months. remembering her hus-
bands words. without thinking OF how
the money was TO find its way into the
bank. So she had dutifully made out a
check for the entire sum and sent IL to
the holder of the mortgage And now she
found out that she was just as bad of as
ever. when she had thought she was
clear. We Quoted her down a little and
told her that it was all right: that they
had made a mistake She left very
happy, for. although she wasn't told OF
it, one Of the directors of the bank, who
had known her husband. paid the money
himself to keep the old lady from worry
ing
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CdTcIuIiy COuHtS tIllS over over, per
factly happy that he has his hands on the
money again. He never knows that ii
isn't the same money that he actually de-
posted and thinks that we always keep
his money where he can get it any time
he wants It.
And then there was a real fluffy rIlff1es
of a girl who came in a few days ago. She
was at the desk for nearly half hour
before she finally got everything to her
satisfaction. When she did seem to get
everything right she brought about twen-
ty-five checks over to my window to have
fixed up.
Separate Check for Future Shopping.
THE girl had been identified a short
while before by the cashier. so that was
all right, and 1 glanced over the bunch Of
checks which she handed me. They were
made out right, but every one was made
out to self. Wondering why she had
taken the trouble to make out so many
when one would have answered the pur-
pose just as we'll. l made bold to ask her.
Make out one check? why the idea had
never entered her head She had made
tended to buy while she was out shop
ping and so what was more natural than
that she should write check for the
estimated cost Of each article.
Il tried to explain to her how easy the
other way would have been. but [
couldn't seem to get her to catch my
idea Finally she got angry with me and
Now you've mixed me all up and l
think you are perfectly horrid.'
II was running into hard luck that day.
for right behind her was a lady whom l
had never seen before. Yes. I have
very good memory and rarely mistake a
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EVERYTHING Thar IS HSlS fNE.

graph her father and he would surely
do something awful
Her father did try to make trouble for
US. too. but we managed to explain 1t
discovered how the whole affair came
about. 1t seems as If the young lady
had a maid who, when she was given the
checks to throw out, had recognized their
value and had at once made use of them:
then, seeing that she was In danger Of
getting into trouble over it, had quietly
disappeared. leaving no trace.
Showing Miser His Money.
There Is an old man who comes in
here regularly the 9Th Of every month who
creates quite little amusement for the
clerks. They say that he is a miser and
escape from a burglar. who nearly killed
him for his money. he kept his savings
hid about the house. He comes in just
at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 9Th
with his little deposit. He makes out
his deposit slip very carefully and glides
up to my window as II he were afraid
some one would see him.
Il enter his deposit for him and then,
looking around again, he asks in a hoarse
whisper. is my money still here?
Il always manage to whisper in nearly
the same tones yes. 1t humors him and
the boys are always around so that they
can hear, SO when he looks relieved and
asks II he can see it, look at his book
again to see how much he had and then
a chance to tell the amount for he always
gets 1t out before 1 can. I reach in the
drawer then and count out the number Of
bills he has on depOsit-he never deposits
anything except twenty dollar bills-and
let him have 1t for few minutes He
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all Of them are that way, for some of our
largest customers are women, business
women. and for shrewdness they are hard
to beat But the average woman when
she has any money in the bank Is like
sailor ON land -
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-12-11

THE Little Rock Gazette has sent it's staff correspondent, "The Arkansas Traveller"-who, by the way is good one-over to Oklahoma to investigate the workings of the guarantee bank
 ing law, and it is not necessary to read between the lines of his articles to see the law is not a "ho wiling success" The friends Of the measure are principally nu mbered among the state bank
 CTS who have been able to secure increased deposits on account of the workings of the law, but even those who have been thus benefited are not all willing to say it is an unqualified success The objections are many, chief among which is the advantage it gives to reckless and mex.
 perieced bankers. A broad and fertile field has been opened for speculation of questionable character. Like the "law' oi perpetual motion, no scheme can ever be invented that will bring a material benefit to the people that does not cost something