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VOL. XIII.
CLOUDBURST LOSSES
Heavy Uam.ige Wrought in Colorado
Settlement
THE LOSS WILL REACH A MILLION
Devastation Wrcjght Along the
Whole Valley of the Las Animas
fiiver, Includ ^g the City of Las
P nimas.
Trinidad, Col.. Special.?A te-iitic
Hood has struck the city of Trinidad
and the whole valley along the Las
Animas river, devestating a wide section
and causing a loss which, will
lcuch Jl.000,000. So far as known there
was no los3 of life, but several are reported
missing. Kvery bridge in the
city of Trinidad Is out, and the telephone
and telegraphic service completely
suspended. More than 110 city
liiocks in tin residence and business
portions were from two to three feet
under water along the river.
The flood was < aused by a heavy iain .
which lias born ''ailing for two <la>s. 1
At. 8 ?'clock Thursday night the storm :
assumed cloudburst proportions and at
* o'clock this mm tiin^ the Las Animas!
river went over its banks. At II::?0 it
was impossible to pet within a block
oI tb-> river bed at any point, and Commercial
street was lloodc I for three
blocks in the heart of the business dist:
L Meantime the electric light and
sea plant had h > u lh o.h 1 and th< < ity
was in complete darkness. Hundreds
of citizens thr< aged the streets oil tlie
edge of t!m suh ii' i :e I district, carrying
lanterns aucl doing their tie t t:<
provide for tin d; veu from hornet
vi'h shelter. V. rim of tlie Hood was!
; vcit when I .. riv . i .: it.; bank a, by
revolver sliots and tlie ringing of the
I'm alarm, following tin bio a ing of al!
t: ioc.oniotiv< and >.ln*p whistles in
town. Citizens u; n i > is made of sccti.
na of side wall, prddhd through ill*
streets rescuing families which were in
danger. The new Liar a Hotel, a two- |
story structure just wearing completion ;
;tt .1 cost of S20.0II0 on the river IcinTc. i
was destroyed. The water then ate its?
way Uitoin'.h &0 feet of ground t<? the
Santo Fe depot. which was carried
away. Tlie Cardenas Hotel, adjoining,
barely escaped a similar fate, an aero
ef ground being .ysished away near it.
The Rio llrande bridge. at HI Moro, is
nut and the Santa IV light of way in
n.ouy places has lx en wa bed
It was report- I that in Hood wa
due to a hre.ik in a t\ i rservolr. but
this is erroneous. Tin reservoir ^3 safeDeath
of 3 en a' iioar.
\i'on -her, Mvs, .social.- Unite I
Siatea Senator Cleorge F. Hoar died
hero last Thurslav night. Old agt v.as
th immcdiu'o cause of death.
It. understood that the funeral will
bo held Monti; y from the Church of
tho Unity, and that Rev. F.dward Kverett
llalo, chaplain of th? United
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kiiaiuci OL'iittlVJ, v? HI UC H3KCQ SO OIIICI" j
nte. Rev. Rush R. Shippen, of Brock- j
fon, former pastor of the Church of I
the Unity, and the minister who per-'
formed Senator Hoar's second marri- J
age, will l>e invited to assist. The
body v/i11 lie in state, probably at the
city hall, during Monday. The inter
merit will be made in Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, Concord Tuesday morning.
Mayo." Hlod;;. it issued a proclamation
calling upon the business men
of Worcester to close the ir establishments
during the funeral. Flags
throughout the city are displayed at
t alf mast.
Rcckwuod Hoar, son of the late
Senator Hoar, received the following
message from President Roosevelt: |
General Rock wood Hoar: Accept
my most profound sympathy. The I
loss is not yours only, hut of all ihosej
who believe in the lofty standaru of;
purity, integrity and fearlessr.ers in I
public life.
THKODOKU ROOSKVULT. I
Boy Kills His Father.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.?A special
to the Arkansas Gazette from Austin,
\rk., says: John King, a farmer living
near here, is lying at the point of
i|p;tth iVnm it Mtrtuhnt wAnn-l ot ?
bands of his son, Walter, who is 1?'
years old. It is claimed that King
was abusing his wife when Walter took
his mother's part and told his father
repeatedly to cease the abuse. The angered
father is said not to have heeded
the warning given by his son. and the
latter seized a shotgun and fired, the
load entering King's neck. Young Kir^
has been arrested.
Tried to Wreck Train.
Lynchburg, Va., Special.?The attempt
to wreck a freight train on the
Chesapeake and Ohio, near hero last
nighi, was evidently planned by four
men whose purpose was robbery.
Ono of the men was on the train when
1t struck the obstruction and when it
stopped he began throwing merchan- j
disc from the car. The attompt to loot !
the train, however, was unsuccessful. I
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MEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYj
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Paragraphs of Minor Importance
Gathered From Many Sources.
Through the South.
Georgia Day was observed in great
style at St. Louis exposition WednesJay.
Capt. Mica jab Woods has consented
:o aid the prosecution of McCuo at
Charlottesv illc.
in a conference at Charlotte. N. C.,
the hard yarn spinners agreed upon a j
substantial raise in prices.
At Richmond the Western Union !
T'dcgraph Ct.mpauy substituted |
white messenger boys for tho ne- j
jroes who had boon employed about,
t year ago.
A number of daring burglars have
recently been committed at Greensboro,
N C.
There was a joint debate at Wayne,
W. Va., between Messrs. Cornwall
md Dawson, tho candidates for Gov- ,
srimr.
U. .1. A. Rorenian, treasurer of the
Wooj eouiitc Republican committee,
r ?si^n? 1 because ae cannot support 1
tin Sl-.no ticket.
Tin* death lis' of tlie Southern rail- j
wav wreck near New Market, Tenu.,
Eatitiilr.y. iemu.ued at f>2, live of the 1
bud > Doing unidentified.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Virginia Coal atul Coke Company
V'M to Iiristol, Va., the old hoard of
l.r< ctors was re-elected. The direeb
. s will meet next week.
Washington Happenings.
In a letter to the President Gcver
m r W. ignt, of the Philippines, doclarcs
agitation i i freedom for tlio
Filipino: iti this country causes rest!<
-n* -1 tie r?.
Presid-. ni Roosevelt will Issue liis
call for a second peace conference as
StK.n as he luis sounded the sentiment
of other nations.
John U. Redmond. a di.tingtnshed
Irish leader, took luneheon with President
Roosevelt.
Rev. Charles Wag; or. author of
"Tho Simple Life," s-p? nt a night at
the White House.
Tho Washington Navy Yard gun
I-Iani has started continuous work on
naval ordnance.
In the North.
Two in ii were killed in a eollision
011 tho Maine Central.
The first meeting of the First lnternatk.nal
Congress of Public Accountants
was heid in St. l.ouis.
Judge George Gray sustained tho
dccisic.r. o: Umpire Carroll D. Wright
in tlio matter of check-woighman and
< herlc-docking bosses in favor of the
antliracitc coal miners.
Hugh Carney, third secretary of
the British embassy., was arrested and
fined nl Lee, Mass., in violation of the
law giving him diplomatic immunity.
The Union Iron Works, of San Francisco.
w.t sold at am ion fer $1,700,000
to a company < outroilej by C.
M. Schwab.
Senator G. F. lloar was reported to
be very weak and in a stupor at his
homo in Worcester, Mass.
A lire broke oni in Wingate's boarding
bouse about 12 o'clock Tuesday
night at Gardiner. Me., and extended
to the Coliseum containing one of the
largest roller polo rinks in Maine. Tho
building was entirely consumed.
Foreion Affairs.
The Japanese aro maneuvering near
Mukden in such great force that an
early battle is ri garde i as inevitable.
The' Russian police trace the recent
scries of assassinations ;n that country
to a bitntl of terrorists, who find
refuge in Switzerland.
The crust around the crater of Vossvius
broke, rendering the present
eruption moro terrifying.
Governor Patron, a Colombian official,
expressed official regret for the
besmearing with filth of the Ameri
? an i uit.iiiiiiiu at v ai uu iim.
Pope Pius X invites Catholics to a
service in Rome for atonement for
tlio recent free-thinkers congress.
The Irish Unionist Alliance's executive
committee protested against tho
new* program of the Irish Reform
Association.
Miscellaneous Doings.
Kid McCoy won over Sullivan in his
20th round at Los Angeles, Tuesday
night.
Hon. William J. Bryan was billed
to mako .10 speeches In Indiana from
October 12 to October 22.
Tho Democratic National Committee
expects to push tho campaign
fighting from this time, (undeclared
that Judge Parker's latter would aid
his party in the Presidential battle.
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TRUSTS AND THE BAR
An Interest'iig I iscussion Sprung at
St. Louis
PRESENT I AWS ARfc NOT FAVORED
? .
The Standing Committee on Commercial
Law Reports That Until Existing
Remedies Are Further Tested
No Further Legislation is Advis- i
able.
St. Louis. Special.?Tuesday's session
of the American liar Association was
called to order by President .lames
Mzuwrmni ..< I ....to ?>?.. ? -
* ??(-?" ? ** " , \M Ul. < A/UIS. I U'll. /\ UlUa
M. Thayer. United States circuit Judge
for the eighth circuit of St. Louis had a
heavy cold, and his address on "The j
1-ouisiana Purchase; Its Inlluence and i
Development Under American ilule," ;
was read by Judge Franklin Ferris, of 1
St. I.ouls.
Following the reading of .Judge
Thayer's address, the session was occupied
with the reports of standing
committees. The report of the committee
on international law declared that
the .Japanese claim in the present war
was of a character that affords just
ground for mediation.
The committee on law reform recommended
the passage of the bill to authorize
the maintenance of actions for
negligence causing dexth in maritime
cases.
The majority report of the standing
committee on commercial law. submitted
in pursuance of a resolution adopted
at the last meeting of the association
that the i ommittee be instructed
to report specific remedies in legislative
form for any unlawful combinations
which may threaten commercial
intercourse, is based on the conclusion
that the u?s.duti.jn referred to the
Federal power to regulate inter-State
commer ial rati "r th in to tin4 State
power to control commerce exclusively
within the State.
The comtr.itlee is, therefore. r?r opinion
ih:\t 11111 i 1 t tie evlslini? eviiien; ien
I roviibd by law for (ho protection of
eomnier. .> ainst illegal conibinnl tins
are further invoked and their efficiency
further tested, it la not necessary to
propound add Mora! legislation extending
the summary procedure.
A minority report was submitted by
Waller S. Logan, stating that he was
unable to agree entirely with the conclusion
of the other members of the
committee on cem'.nereiaJ law. His report
concludes:
"I know of no better weapon that the
community has for its defender than
the weaj *jn of taxation. 1 am the
morn eonvin d as to the effectiveness
of this method of regulating large combinations
in the form of corporations
when i the opposition to it that is
made by the ombin itious and corporations
affected. Tin cm - a of sued legislation
would, 1 l.oii- ve. g i a long way
toward settling in the inter* a of the
people the important ami vexatious
trust question."
Tin se report w< re received and tiled
and consideration poitp. lied.
Benjamin !\ Abbott of (loorgi i.
mn.de an ad1: s on "T. t K'xt."iu
Will a Nation i'roteel Its Citizens io
Foreign Countri Cowhide
g Justified.
Albany. Cla., Special.?The trial of
Chief of Police West brook on the sensational
charges to. t preferred by Kov.
l)r. L. (!. Brought n, of Atlanta, in <i
sermon here ;hree months ago, and fol- ,
lowing which tb" preacher was cowliidcd
by the chief, was concluded late
Tuesday afternoon. Of the seven spc ;
citic charges preferred, the chief is j
found guilty of two, viz: drinking
while on duty and in uniform, and visiting
bar-rooms while on duty and loitering
at such places. The commission
imposed a fine of $2n for each of these
offenses and exonerated him on all
other charges. Of the charge of assault j
cii the minister, tin commissioners :
said: "We find (thief Westbrook guilty
it this charge, hut in our opinion the
! < . uliar clreunistan es Justified hint as
n man in pursu'hg the course he did."
The verdict is r-u " \ .1 hv West brook's
friends as an ?xoneration. as it was
not found guilty of either of the most
seriou chnrces. A feature of the trial
was the development of the fact that
Dr. Hroughton did not h ve affidavits
to sustain his charges, as he claimed
to have at the time he made his pulpit
attacks.
Not Real Boll Weevils.
Covington, (la.. Special.?the . ,.pposfd
hcdl weevil discovered on a plan
ty several days ago, upon comparison
with the veal M^xlran holl weevil, snotitneus
?>f whl'-h \v?-i<; sent here by the
Stat" Entomological Department,
proves to be an entirely different insect.
being of a different color and
very much larger than the Mexican
weevil. There are, howov* r. serious
apprehensions that ii may prove to bo
as destructive as the Mexican insei t.
A number of the insects have been forwarded
to State Entomologist Newell
for examination.
Japanese Vessel Sunk.
lx>ndon. By Cable.?A dispatch to a
news agency from Vladivostoek says
that according to reports front Port
Arthur two Japanese torpedo boats
ar\d a Japanese steamer have been sunk
by mines near Port Arthur during the
past few days. A Japanese cruiser of
the Niltnka type, it is added was ba lly
injured.
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JNKSDAY. < K'TOIUCI.
MR. DAVIS ACCEPS1
M rites Letter to Committe l)etiiim?j
His Position
HIS VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES
The Democratic Candidates for Vict
President Thinks the Times Art
Propitious for the Reinstatement ol
His Party in Control of the Govern
mcnt.
The letter of acceptaneo of lion.
Henry G. Davis, candidate for vicepresident
Oil the 1 Irmiii r:i I i. lii-lf.a li i
been made public, and is in substanci
nr follows:
Hon. John Sharp Williams. Chairman,
and Other Members oT the Committee.
Dear Sirs: In accordance with eustcin,
and my promise when notified by
onr committee at White Sulphur
Springs, on August 17. of my nomina
tion for the office of Vice President, I
submit the following observations upon
some of the questions now before the
country.
TIMES PROPITIOUS FOR A
CHANGE.
The tmieti are propitious for the refnstatement
of the Democratic party in
control of the government. The public
mind is being disillusioned of the pietension
of the Republican party, so
long and so arrogantly made, that the
material prosperity of the country depends
upon its own ascendancy.
Thoughtful and patriotic people are becoming
more and more distrustful of
the heady and personal element of the
present administration, ar.l are more
than willing to see it replaced by one
that better recognizes constitut'ona!
and other lawful t<- traiuts. 1 in y demand
that tli?' present wasteful . it iv
aganco In the i \peiuliture of the
money, drawn by taxation fyttit tiie Industry
of tin' people, sit"." ccaso. and
that economy and honost> 411 tlte inthlie
service shall he again regarded as virtues
in the high places of tlte government.
EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT.
The expenditures per capita of the
government are increasing at an alarming
rate. When tlte present administrn
lion wont into power Thorn was a largo
surplus, but notwithst Hiding tbn enormous
taxation, thn revenues therefrom
nrn not now adequate to mmt the donv.nds
made by reckless appropriation
. The revenues fell short tlur ng
the last fiscal year, of over $10 000.(100.
Iti flu- tirst sixty days of this tiscal year
the ? xpenditnrrs exceeded the re .' i ts
by $-1,000,000, ji ! if this rate of excess
should continue, the deficit for the *,r'*ent
fiscal 4*enr would be in the neighborhood
* $1 10.iui0.000. This nee llnss
deficit is due to the oxtravaKar.ee of the
administration, and can only be met by
imposing taxes or selling 'minis, thereby
Invenflina th interest-bearing debt
of tie government. Which cour-e will
the Itepnhieni s adopt? Tlie co: t of gov
ernti Mtt during the fiscal : ear was
$7.1! pet* i api'a. which me n tliat the
average tax paid in some form or
another by every family of five persons
toward the but ort of the national administration
of public afl iits was over
$2.r>. which, in the case of wage-earno. s.
is a considerable* percentage ?'f the r
earnings for the .voir No more money
should lie taken from the people l?y
taxation, direct or indirect, thar is nec
rssnry for the needs of a government
11 ononiieally administered. To show
the rapid growtli of the < ost of government
it is milv nei'i'ssirv tn i'U? tlm
total expenditures in the lost fiscal year
or me following administrations
Buchanan, 18f;o. $?!3,000,()00. Per capita.
$2.01.
Cleveland, 1802. $340,000,000. Per capita.
$5.20.
Roosevelt. 1004, $582,000,000. Per capita.
$7.14.
THE ARMY.
In answer to criticisms upon the size
ami expense of maintaining the army,
the President has said that the number
ot soldiers now Is no greater per capita
than in former times. But an army
then was necessary to protect settlers
from the Indians and to do other police
duty in th<? unsettled portion of the
country?conditions which do not now
exist. The army, however, has greatly
in* reased in cost, much faster relatively
than it has in numbers.
The expenses were:
Under Buchanan in lSt;0.... $10,500,000
Undei liases in jLiii) 3S.000.000
Under Roosevelt in 1004 115,000.000
There are strong paragraphs on the
Panama qu<?ption. Imperialism, the
Tariff. Trusts, etc. On the matter of
local self-government. Mr. Davis says:
Local self-government. that came to
u". not as the gift of the national govenrment,
hut as the legitimate outcome ,
ot the reserve powers of the State aad
o; i:i" jm'<Mm* is tno very corifr-sKinc
o? our politi ll structure and the best'
a' Huiv.iK e nf liberty rcyulated by law. ,
It ran only be maintained by strict ob- j
servance e. :b?* limitation of the Fed- 1
era I eonst i tut ion. The Democratic party ,
has always resisted, and will continue ;
to resist, the encroachment by its one- :
ni'.es upon the fundamental ri;;ht of the |
people of the several States. All power i
comes from the j?ople and should be ,
surrender! d only in the interests of the ,
people, and whenever this power is
used for selfish interests, it is not only
abuse, but usurpation.
On the rare issue Mr. Davis writes its
follows:
All lovers of their country must depreciate
the rehabilitation by the Hepublican
party of a disappearing race
issue, at a time wlu n every ef . r
should be made to promote rather tb n
retard th<} progress which was hcin ;
niade in the States where slavery had
existed, toward Kindlier relations between
the two races. The revival of this
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15)04.
Issue, with nil its attendant evils, must
c' necessity 1 etanl the development of
.lie Southern Stabs. whose people ?re
struggling manfully with conditions
left by the war. and seriously interfers
with the industrial progress of
both races.
jmr.k pauker.
The late Democratic convention, and
its* candidate for President, have given
signal exhibition of a mutual respect
r ml nnnAdonon "I 1
?. .? \ 11; ? , i i t i n ' ? 11 I J I I I ' ' I ? I T i
iii our political history. ami our party
has received new inspiration and hope
In its appeal to the people, who always
appreciate and admire courage,
character anil iTIserrMon In their leaders.
Our candidate lias these qualities
and can lie depended upon at all times
to observe that self-control in speech
and action which is so necessary to safo
reasoning and sound judgment.
With unabnled trust in tiie efficiency
of the cardinal principles of our great
party, when applied to the practical administration
of government, to realize
the blessings of peace and prosperity
for all, and believing that the peo>lo
will correct the present abuses of administration
by a change of party in
power. I await with confidence the resn't
of their ju<*~ment at the polls.
Verv truly yours.
H. O. DAVIS.
One Officer Kills Another.
Savannah, Special.? I'r.iiceman Zip
perer and Goodwin, of tho Union dopot
-.quad. quarreled Thursday about
how drumincis should be treated
around the depot by tho police. \
fight ensued between the policemen,
in tho course of which Zipporer win
shot and killed by Goodwin. The coroners
jury held an inquest and pronounced
the heinicMo to he murder.
Goodwin was locked up in jail pending
further legal a< lion.
Woman Convicted.
I;.... ..... .... 1 . I.. tl.rt onn.
(nd division of the criminal court
Thurudu;.- Mrs. .Jennie lingiish. the
wife of a initicr resoling at Littleton,
was convii t? ?! on tlio charge of carry
nig oik .tl? tJ weapons ami a Mm? of
r?u and < ost-s was asuo -< 1 pviiost
her. This is probably the !it t in
stance in Alabama that a white woman
has ne? a convicted on "be charge
of cjtrrymg concealed weapons.
Tel graphic Itrh-fs.
The American liar Association took n
mild stand on the trust question at Itsmeeting
in St. Louis.
Judge Parker spent the day in N'ew
York. conferring with Democratic
leaders.
The Civil Service Reform League has
;<1 both national chairmen to see
that no public servant shall suffer hocause
lw refuses to make political fund
contributions.
Georgia I 'I Weevil Scare.
Covington, Ha.. Special.? An insect
supjxrrrd to he a boll weevil has beer
found in thi- county on the plantotior
of L. F. Duke. Charles '! Smith sub
jetted the insect to a nth i a-opic ex
aminatiou and cotnpan I it with ar
enlarged pictur? of the boll weevil is
rued by the Department of Agrt ul
tttre. and he finds it to he practically
identical with the genuine Mcxieat
boll weevil. They had not been dis
covered until tne recent hot. dr*
weather, hut they are becoming quilt
numerous now.
Train Wrecker Arrested.
Roanoke, \'a., Special.?William O.
flaldwin, president of the Railway
Special A gen Is of the United States
and Canada, with headquarters hero
received a telegram from the authorities
at |)anville. 111., which stated that
John Kennedy, the convicted train
wrecker.has been arrested at that place.
Kennedy escaped from the Staunton
Va.. jail several months ago, after
having received the death sentence. Tho
description given by the Illinois authorities
is almost complete.
Farmers' Congress Opens.
St. Louis, Special,-?The annual farmers'
congress opened at the World's
Fair grounds. The meeting was called
to order by flarvie Jordan, of Monticello.
F. \V. Taylor, chief of the agricultural
section of the World's Fair, delivered
Uie welcoming addtess to which
llenehan Cameron, of Cameron, N. C.,
and Joshua Strange, of Marion, Ind.,
responded. Following th* president s
address, E. S. Peters, president of the
Texas Cotton (Jrowers' Association,
read a paper.
Dcu't Drown; Wear an Eelskin.
\ oioiv'ii mnn in ;i rsnuin sireet nan
mark* ; whs skinning cola recently, and
iv 1: removed the skins with a pair of
pincers hn carefully placed them to
one side. "What do you do with
them?" asked nn inquisitive bystander.
' I send thcin to iny brother down
at Atlantic. City," was the reply, "lie
ells them to cnloiod people on the
beach for five cents apl- c . You know
an eclskin is a sure prt ventive nga;i t
cramps. If you wrap one around your
ankle before you .,?? in bathing \ou
need have no fear of drowning. Mayno
white people don't believe in this,
hut colored folks do, and my brother
can sell more eclsklns during tlio bathing
hour than he can supply.'?Phi ladeljdiia
Record.
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NO. 28.
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Tomfoolery
Ifer
OPPOUTUNITY.
"Never mind." said (he friend, soothingly,
"you'll waki' up some morniitg
ami 1111< 1 yourself famous."
"Not much!" growled the pessimistic
poet. "It would be just my luck. to
oversleep myself that morning."?Philiulelpliia
Press.
ON1-: MX PI..\NATION.
"It's funny that when n man starts
smoking cigarettes he seldom slops."
"Simple enough. When a man lias
so little intelligence ks to start smoking
cigarettes he couldn't be expected
to have enough intelligence to stop."? ,
Philadelphia Public I.edger.
THAT WtH I.I) N 1*5Vlilt DO.
"There is ? great deal nt wisdom
in that old injunction, "Know thyself.'
"
"Yes. but after you gain such knowledge
it's best for the sake ot your reputation
not to share St with your
n.'igi.b -rs." Philadelphia Ledger.
11ASTH.
"IT"'s a p: r. and I'm going to tell
him so riglu away."
"You'll have to wait ten or fifteen
mina. - Ill's engaged now."
"No, s.r. I'm going right back to my
otliee and do it. TiterVs it teleplioiia
there." Philadelphia Public Ledger.
AN Ultl I'.N'TA L It A Til.
[?r?rwr re.wi.i.f..ri^r?i?)y?if>'iv'" 111 tl [Tj
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A liW mSi
M&l m
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Monkeys "Talk aloui your swell
1 shower baths!" Now York American.
a i:ki*r11:i? woin i! Noticing.
I
' 'I'llore is a man in i*.S > ninglon, 111.,
who ale forty bananas in foriy niln*
ul."."
"Ti at's i.it .ing w Iumi you're talking
a" >:11 n My wis" " I' .1 thirtyon"
s a'\. 11' girls in thirty clay.?."?
Chicago Keren! 11 rahi.
it MASON IN Al.Ti things.
nicks "(Hi, hy the way. I was awfully
glad in s o your friend Gnoodle
last oveniiiK."
Webber -"Why, ho didn't any anything
ahoilt seeing you."
1 licks -"No; 1 saw him lirst. That's
why I say I was glad." Koston Transcript.
AN IMI'OHTANT I'KItSONAGE.
Caller "Well, the nerve of that!"
Merchant "What?"
Caller "Didn't you hear that snip of
a lioy referring to you as 'Hill?* "
Mi-rchaut "'Sh! That's our office
liov Sli k n < 1 ?"iii nt'nltMl/1 I jlislii'i
hear liini it's all right."?Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
ih'sinkss vir.w or it.
Esmeralda "Why, how odd! Hero's
the lirst message ever sent over a telegraph
wire. It's just lour words?
'What hath*? "
(>weudolen(interrupting) "Only four
words? How ridiculous! They could
have sent six more without paying extra."?
Chicago Tribune.
DUTY IIKKOKK PLIOASlJltK.
Hostess (to new curate) "We sects
to be talking of nothing hut horses,
Mr. Southern. Are you much of a
sportsman V"
<'urate "It ally, Iaidy Ilet'y, 1 don't
think I ought to say that I am. I used
to collect butterflies, hut I have to give
i up even that now!"?London Punch.
1 AI.ttnST Hl'U AM IV'I'MI r.iniPKf.M
I.ontr Tailed I>og "Don't you got
i tired of everlastingly wagging dial lit?
! tl.? stump of yoursV"
Stump Tail"d Dog "No; it feels as if
' tie- tail v?.;s all I here, ami I gel jusl a*
I mueli fun out of the exei.-iso as you
r >. with a irood ileal less work."?Clf
[ ? a o Tribune.
TOOK TO 11 PH.
"I nut i v. .Mrs. Pi.ink got any
! one to >p >.? t.? Ik r, she has sucb a
sour disposition."
"Wliy. lllank, yon know, used fo be
I given to temporary aberrations of tb?
j mind, siutl at the time he asked her to
! marry him lie though:, lie was a lemon
squeezer."?Detroit Free Press*