HERA LP i I'LATTSMOUTH. FRIDAY, JAXUAKY 11, 1S89.
true but then
. ri, and whea
" ""m, men wi me
j!Tore niitH!
cornea mjrmln
ye, and smiles la high disdain
r sec iliL-ai tri0 to wake a lore long dead.
It. i:. no morot 1 cannot bear tha?!n
j .1 me of tuliira morn .m,.iui. .i .li
- tua an LUBU B.I1 -
a ,.".!"'".'"'" mor'; norsl' ny love; you know
All thut luu did within uic" -
t . . Then In low,
i hi i j.;.:J tUUj era did I strive to break
1 .it- c.: ! i nn,t nmiitli and for her dear sake
J vow l niiti.l.uniLiit of all that lire
ilt i 1 -h .-ir r.,r mo. but presently the strife
I tv-w u .n I'liil;-!-wasted; so In dull
O.M i.:i.a-ry I turn.!. And 'mid the lull,
T.i- Kiii iKD t.t our souls, she softly said:
''l-?ivr tv. to moiiru alone. I am afraid 1
Tor lovt- i.t in,. Iliay nvr ha amrlit hut ch,m.
--Ing every-
,x had been
. oadside amid
to be pools of
Here and there the sparkle of the iron
ore would gleam forth, glinting like dia
monds in the sun, and vying in bril
liancy with the pearls in the Enow.
Away off yonder over the white hills.
eo rugged and grand, a number of wood
chopiers, going in different directions,
were seen, gayly attired in their red
flannel shirts, blue woolen caps, buck
skin breeches and gray German socks
and rubbers, with the bright ax nvcr
eac
A MODEL'S EXPERIENCE.
THE CHAMPION EATER.
n
Sac'
WOMAN IN
POSED FOR
BOSTON WHO HAS
FAMOUS ARTISTS.
fche Was Slaaonna, Venus, Helen. Mag-da-l-n
and Other Celebrities Many Wo
nion. Heads Tainted on Her Lovely
Mioulders Americans Are Swindled.
A homely visaged, well formed Italian
woman, about 35 years of acre, occupies
uroene street, and
a suit of rooms on
n snouiuer and the invariable hlardr v? " """o' "j uomeiancy neeaie woric
iio in each mouth, and near them the a. ak"H lodgers. Uer name is Mar-
res. tct IvhlVh nno rii- mnra ststrro toca gliarita Campelli. Her hiLshnn1 fnrm.
Anil tiic only memory that may
J:rii!;; J. .3 i, rut-1 hi.H of yesterduy p
J ward Heron Allen in Leslie's K
BEEKUN BOB.
ewspaper.
Ho was picking up coal near the M.,
II. and (). (Marquette, Houghton and On
to:i:i;;i,i;) railway when I first saw him a
jr. r.irlorn littlo fellow, with "butter
niiiL i'ytH,"a yellow skin and hair of a
faded drab rolor.
1 hne only to look down on the carpet
near :iy fi t at a littlo piio of iron ore,
hpfi::a iih collected while sojourning at
1. !i "ii:i:.'. Mich., at that time, to vividly
n ;;ll i littlo hero (for such he was) to
iny i :;.:i:iation, although no thought
lit:.- tl.is I am suro ever occurred to Tils
imtiT.ii:. ;1 mind, and I doubt if he would
have Unov.-n the meaning of the word,
and evi-:i his parents, stolid Swedes, for
which t!s:-t section of the mining country
i.-i noted, never dreamed of thinking him
one, even when the end came.
I d not remember to havo heard the
ngo .f ilA-t weazened faced loy, but in
height ;t is. 1 size? ho appeared aboiit 10
years old. Hi face had a worn, wasted,
'tJ I; and hi small claw like hands
bl;j i m ! .1 ,"s though with age. Iloseemed
less i:..ni ordinary in intelligence and
Fpoke oi:ly in monosyllables, and so fre
quent !y t himself that my attention was
ilrawij t' hiui.
i;a?iil'ling through tho mining country
in n :uc!i of Fjiecimens, though in mid
winter, it was thus I came across him.
Tin-re was something peculiar about
him; he did not seem quit right in the
"upper story," and I fell to watching
him, wiili a strange interest, as he picked
rp, op.o by one, so carefully each piece
of co.-J that had fallen from tho coal
r:r:i ; nd which tho railroad authorities
.dlawv d the poor to gather, and placed
every piece with a certain mathematical
ion 111 ins oki, battered coal bucket,
ho i.- that boy?" I asked of a tall,
Town lad standincr near me, evi-
.- an empiove about tho yards.
il l':" rather contemptuously point
ri iinv forefinger in the direction of
cal gatherer:
"Why do
his name,
rapidly
pIVCI
V
well
dentl
"Ti
i.T' ;i
tho I. Ill"
'Yes.'
Oh, that's 'Dcekun Bob' and he
laughed heartily.
"Beacon IJob'r" I repeated,
von call him that? Spell
please."
"15-c-e-k-u-n B-o-eb," he
spr lied out.
"We una calls him that 'cause he allers
ai; l.sr.t the old mine shaft with a lighted
bticfc every night, a waitin fer his dad
and the missus."
"The missusV" I echoed.
"Yr., tliat's his marm; 6he wurks in
the mine, long side of his dad."
"A woman work in the mine?' I asked,
incrediiloiisly.
"Oli, yas, lots of 'em do. That's
nuthirf."
1 n';hed.
"Why does he hold a light?"
'"Cause you see as how tho'ole mine's
H andimed, 'taint 6afe, and tho big hole
is ri.-iit near their house; he's feer'd
they'll fall in somo night cornin' home."
" Lookee, you kin see it from here."
He pointed off towards tho direction of
Lake Angclinc, where a dark spot in the
red earth was plainly visible, with bits
of lioards and planks sticking right and
lelt around it, and near it a small,
went he r beaten frame house.
"So he lives there?"
"Yas."
r "Do lus parents compel him to hold
tli? lighted torch, or stick, every night?"
"N;!v, he jest tuk it onto hisself. They
don't krer one way er tother."
"Iln.s he brothers or sisters?"
"Nary one."
Sorre" one called the 6talwart, well
r.rar.i.u lad, ana inansmg mm lor nis
infcr::-!:'.ti:":i as he hastened away, I ap
pror.r ! d "Ikekun Bob."
IIr tli 1 not see me, nor appear to hear
kv t t eps. I came close to him and
telle.': i him gently on tho shoulder.
-l;,.:-."
lie I .icked up at mo in a dazed sort of
v.nv. i:;:i.aii icatures, or lueeipressiou
of th
I
Sled
hitched, to draw the fruits of their
lalors home at eventide.
Before them in the distance loomed
the tall dark pines, like grim sentinels,
adding to tho rare picturesqucness of the
scene.
Tho air was so cold and clear and
bright, "you could cut it with a knife."
This was the last day of the old year.
I knew that to-morrow would usher in
the day of the season for Ishpeming, its
unique and wonderful dog races, which
treated nearly as much stir as the
"Derby" or "Latonia" in greater cities,
and, much as I desired to see this north
ern custom, I hoped the new year would
find mo "at home" in Chicago.
Breakfast over I hastily prepared to
"go below" or "down the road." as ex
pressed in that upper country.
My foot was on tho first step of the
omnibus to tako mo to tho train, when,
chancing to look up, I saw tho tall, well
grown lad of tho Marquette, Houghton
and Ontonagon yards, standing near and
regarding mo questioninglv.
I paused and nodded. He came up to
mo at once.
"Say, missus," squirting the tobacco
juice from his moutli.
"Weil?"
"You know Beekun Bob?"
"Yes; what of him?"
"Wall, he's dead."
"Dead!"
What was ho to mo that I should grow
ill and faint? The omnibus driver be
came impatient.
"You'll have to hurry up there or we
won't catch the train," he said.
I stepped into tho 'bus.
"Get in," 1 said to the boy; "I will
make it all right with tho driver."
Ho clambered up and took a seat by
my side.
"Now tell me all about it," I 6aid;
"How did he dio and when?"
"You 6ee, ho wuz a-holdin of that ar'
6tick 1 told you 'bout, a waitin' for his
dad and the missus, which they didn't
cum homo 'til this mornin. cause the
mine iney wuruea in caved in on em,
and they couldn't git out to onct."
He paused to tako breath.
"What then?" I asked.
"Wall, jest nuthin', only when they
did cum, all safe an sound, but a little
smothered like, they found that ar chap,
'Beekun Bob,' standin 6tark an stiff,
frozen, you know, with his eyes wide
open, the stick burned down into his
hands, and he dead as a door naiL"
I grew faint and dizzy again.
"I'oor littlo Bob, what a hero! I will
go and see his parents," I said.
I thought how terribly stricken and
heart broken they must feel.
"Please pull the check string, we will
get out here."
Tho young fellow did as I requested.
"Taint no use. He ain't thar," he
said.
"Where is he?"
"Over to the hospital."
I paid the driver and told hirn to call
for me again at the hotel to take the
next train.
He looked at me wonderingly and
drove on. We went to tho hospital.
Yes, there ho lay, dressed for the
gTave. Tho little pinched face bore the
impress of tho agony worn into it by the
hours of suffering and patient waiting.
The shriveled hands, so burned and
scarred, were 6wathed in bandages.
"His parents?" I asked.
"Oh said the hospital M. D.. "they
sent for us, and when they found out we
erly a tenor sincer. but latter v an orcan
grinder, died two years ago, leaving her
his name and just enough money to buy
a black veil. As for his burial, that was
paid by the city. But Margharita was
not to be cast down. She had 6cen bet
ter days. She would see them again.
The result is that 6ho is now comfortably
situated, and is growing more prosperous
every year.
Years ago, before time cross plowed
her face with wrinkles, Margharita was
the pride of Paris, and earned a luxuri
ous living by posing as a model for
sculptors and painters. She was able
to earn anywhere from 100 to 500 francs
a week "on her 6hape" alone, and on her
rounded shoulders and above her well
molded limbs rest the faces of some of
the most celebrated belles and heiresses,
and. for that matter, queens and prin
cesses of Europe. In short, her body
was the form in which the celebrated
Parisian artists breathed the breath of
life and beauty, and having done this,
they surmounted the trunk with the
heads of their patrons, all of whom were
pleased to be associated with her sym
metry, which none of them possessed.
THREE DOZEX MADONNAS.
When a reporter called she was en
gaged in the agreeable occupation of
washing the dinner dishes, but, although
attired in a simple "Mother Hubbard"
satine wrapper, the "human form di
vine" which she possessed was bo very
apparent that it was quite evident the
artists had made no mistake in their se
lection. "I don't look much like a Madonna,
do I?" was her smiling greeting as she
stuck out a wet hand for the reporter to
grasp. "I think I am more nearly akin
to Venus rising from the sea just now,
and I have sat for both many a day."
"Which do you like the better, Venus
or the Madonna?" asked the reporter.
"Oh, Venus, to be sure, though Ma
donna nosings paid me better; but they
were too stiff. I don't like standing all
tho forenoon on a marble slab holding a
'dummy' baby to my breast. It makes
my arms ache. I was never lucky
enough to be a mother, and this fond
ling of infants comes hard. Still, I did
pretty well. I have been the model for
at least three dozen Madonnas in my
day. Six of them are now in Rome.
Nearly twenty are still in France, and
the rest have gone to England and
America. Last year I saw myself in
three different attitudes in as many
paintings at a 'loan exhibit' in New
York. I was told the cost of those three
pictures was $20,000. I wish I had the
money, but I am no artist. I am only a
motleL Still, I like to know that the
rich people admire me, even if they do
not know who I am."
"Now tell me about the Venus," said
the reporter.
"My! but that was gay. I liked to be
Venus. I acted natural, you see. I just
sat down and threw out my arms and
gave myself up to love. One artist paid
me GOO francs, "for six days' sitting for
Venus. One hundred dollars! Just
think of it! It was the easiest money I
ever earned. But he got 40,000 francs
for the job, so he need not complain."
-nave you oeen a moaei ior anything
ted.
could not restore liim to life, they told
us to 'take him away; dead boy no good
to 13 (a fact), and we bury him, and so
save them the trouble and expense."
Heartless? WeU no. I hardly think
so. They were very poor, and very
practical, and it was "all the 6ame" to
"Beekun Bob," the hero. Mrs. S. C.
Ha:dett in Detroit Free Press.
j:.: i :
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V( !.:::
hi i
pr. in.
I f
over .
he !
T::
Cili!' i"
::i. rather, nearly ooscurea Dy me
: ri of hematite dust 6preaa on
His hands and clothing, as well
own, were smirched with it.
loo!; a long, deep breath and in
:.r:!y placed one hand to his side,
ivht ad contracting as though in
.v r.t once that the boy was ill or
.:r!:ed. and tho patient way that
. 1 touched me.
i!.:v w-.-ji a very cold one, and the
i Lands were cramped and blue,
ryvi !.! tue.s protruded turougu nis jrer
ry:::i sock and rubbers.
Haven't yoii all you can carry?" I
askc.2, ljokiiig towards the heaped
bucket.
!.. nodded in the affirmative, but still
c::'i-!".ted to add more,
:"C'. ::ie, let me help you up the hill,"
r:V.! I placed my hand upon the handle
cf i'f iiUCllCt.
L"iur:i. umm;" he grasped the handle,
r-: i ;-'!ch a look of doubt and indigna
ti ; i 1 ir.'vcr want to see on a child's face
p-t Li. Lifting tho bucket, and with
K licultv he piaced it resolutely behind
h'f i ami stood I fore it grim and stern
r-il half defy big. I smiled in spite of
k- y ! :'- He evidently thought I wanted
till" coal, and had learned his lesson from
lx in- wronged in this way before. Not
an.-.', r word could I get out of him, and
w u ii.i.Jc saddened I moved away, throw
in" i-.U. coin as I went, trusting he
would hereafter have more faith in his
X, II nv Leings.
That night was a bitterly cold one, but
Tveari'sl with the day's tramp, I slept
fnt;nijy and comfortably in my warm
L The Rim was shining brightly when I
r.woLe. and from my window at the Nel
son hoiie, 1 watcnea ine ousy mining
thronging to their daily toiL
flo w picturesaue the old town looked,
A Foar Footed Thief.
On the Baldwin farm, about two miles
north of Fillmore, Mrs. Baldwin went
out to look after her poultry. On open
ing the chicken coop 6he was horrified
to find all of her fowls slaughtered and
an enormous wild cat occupying the
premises. Instead of fainting and let
ting the intruder escape, she concluded
that he also might take a joke; where
upon 6he quickly closed the door and
called to her son s wife, who lived near
by. Tho latter came with her husband's
riile; then setting the door a little ajar
the iwo ladies in turn dispatched half a
do;:en swift messengers in the direction
of his catship. which was a final settle
ment of the whole affair. But Mrs.
Baldwin thinks that his scalp and pelt
are rather meager compensation for her
eleven and a half of chickens. Salt Lake
News.
Never Ont Alter Dark.
The gas furnished the city of San Anto
nio is of a very inferior quality, and
consequently the streets are very poorly
lighted, but the 6treet lamps are allowed
tr burn after day fight. A stranger asked
a prominent druggist:
"Why do the gas lights burn all night
1:1 tins townr
"I'ecause dose gash lights vas so small
dot dey vas afraid to go out ven it vas
dark." Texas Siftings.
'The Original Yankees.
The regular down east Yankee pro
nunciation, according 10 a writer in
Notes and Quries, must have come from
LLtcx. The same twang is observed in
the speech there as in New England,
sue 1 1 words as blue, true or through being
pn nounced blew, trew and threw with
a double e.
An Ancient ChurcU Bell.
The Methodists of Lumpkin, Ga, have
a new church bell, the old one being
cracked and worn out. It's time the
old bell had a rest, for it was cast in 1600,
and has in its time summoned to worship
men of varying creeds in the Nether
lands, Portugal, Spain and America,
but Madonnas and Venuses?" was ask
WELL LOADED SHOULDERS,
"ies, indeed. Let me tell you. I
went to Paris in 1873 and danced in a
theatre. Daytimes I sat as a model for
at least twenty artists, and had my fig
ure painted in all kinds of postures and
attitudes. I was Proserpine in two pict
ures, Helen of Troy in five, OZnone in
two, Hecuba in three, Rachel in one,
Minerva in four, Andromeda in one, and
so on through all the list of celebrated
historical, biblical and mythologio char
acters. I worked as a model and got
good pay until 1884, when I was mar
ried, and my husband objected to my
getting a livmg that way."
"What was your husband's occu
pation?" "He was a musician."
"How long ago did he die?"
"Last year. He heard there was a big
field for musicians in America, and came
over, hoping to make a fortune. His
failure broke his heart. Since his death
I have tried to get work as a model here,
but your artists do not seem to care for
me. I am afraid I am getting old and
embonpoint."
"How many faces are now on your
shoulders, do you suppose? was asked.
"Over 800. It is somewhere near 400,
if I remember rightly. There are three
of the Rothschild women, Mrs. Mackay,
Judic and the ex-Empress Victoria of
Germany among them. Bernhardt
wanted me to act as a model for her pic
tures, but the artist convinced her that
she was too skinny. Sarah Bernhardt is
a beautiful woman for all that, and just
as liberal as sunlight."
"Did you ever act as a model for an
American woman?"
"Yes, five or six in alL Mr. Bennett
brought a woman to Palero's studio while
I was a model. I think her name was
Bell, and she was a sister or relative of
dir. .Bennett. I also sat as a model for a
relative of Minister Bancroft when he
was in Germany."
"Anybody else?" "
"I remember a few more, but the
names are gone. The Americans who
go to Paris to get their portraits made do
not patronize the best artists as a rule,
though they pay big prices. It is shame
ful how you people are deceived by
cheap artists. They have plenty of
money, and should get the best The
fact is, they are imposed upon by cheap
work." She chatted pleasantly about
French art for a few minutes longer and
then resumed her household duties.
Boston Cor. Globe-Democrat.
Devours Totato Custards and
Cane by the Cartload.
On tho plantation of Capt. W. II.
Stokes, in Twiggs county, there resides,
a white tenant who promises to become
the champion eater of Georgia without
any opposition. The man's name is Ebb
Floyd, and he is said to be a short, stout
man of U0 years of age and of a jolly disposition.
Floyd first attracted the attention of
his neighbors at a log rolling which took
place alxmt a month ago. On that occa
sion, after finishing tho work the work
men sat down to a supper, and before
them, among other, tilings, were placed
fifteen largo potato custards. Tins dish
was a favorite of Floyd's, and the fact
was known to several of his friends, who
were present at tho supper. One of them,
In a Tbanter, offered to bet with Floyd
that ho could not eat half the custards at
the same meal, and was very much sur
prised when Ids farmer friend took him
up, and agreed to eat ten of them with
out stopping.
i ning up the dishes in a circle, he
commenced upon the spread. Five were
soon eaten, and then the fun began with
a rush. One after another disappeared
slowly but surely, until the magic num
ber of ten came to hand, and all present
were in an uproar.
Straightening himself out for the fray,
tho farmer commenced on the home
stretch. Ten large sweet potato custards
inside of him and five awaiting tho at
tack presented a ludicrous scene. It
was agony, but three soon sped away on
their journey to meet their fellows, and
gradually tho last of the fifteen found it
self on the way down to the depths. He
had accomplished the feat, and the prize
offered in the bet was his, and his only.
This was, however, only a 6tarter for
Mr. Floyd, and so, therefore, he chose a
day for another effort, and again he
came out victorious.
This time it was a chewing contest,
and sugar cane was the object of his at
tention. After a day of frolic and fun, and after
indulging in a hearty dinner, with turkey
and stuffincr to his heart's content, he
visited a house where ho expected to eat
surier and remain all night.
This time a crowd had gathered to see
the Twicres wonder, and an abundant
of good, juicy cane had been 6et in the
room ready for the contest.
As a preliminary, fourteen full stalks
were chewed before supper, and then all
hands sat down to an old time Thanks
giving supper, with 'possum and yams
and plenty of rich gravy.
Finishing supper, the host announced
to his friends that the contest was ready
to be opened, and asked if any one pres
ent wanted to make bets on the result.
A school teacher in the crowd sug
gested that a speedy trial be made, and
offered to wager that Floyd could not
chew three stalks in ten minutes. This
was accepted, and the schoolmaster set
before him three large, fine stalks and
called time.
Two of them were disposed of in five
minutes, and tho third one saw its fate
in two more minutes, making the farmer
the winner by three minutes.
This settled the question of speed, and
then some one offered to bet two to one
that Floyd could not drink a nuart of
the juice down without stopping. He
was a wiser man in just a minute later,
for, catching up a jug, Floyd drained it
of three pints of the sweet stuff.
Every one was satisfied and he was the
hero of tho hour, when a small hand
cane mill was brought into the room and
twenty stalks were crushed, giving out
three gallons of juice.
This was a startling announcement,
and it had the effect of making Floyd a
lion among his friends, when they were
taken aghast by the statement that he
could chew twenty stalks before he re
tired and not feel the result.
Every one laughed at him, and all
thought him to bo jesting when he laid
out twenty of the largest stalks of cane
near his chair and commenced on the
work of grinding out the juice with his
molars.
One by one the stalks were taken up
and stripped, chewed and the pieces
thrown aside, and in exactly one hour
and fifteen minutes the little pile was
exhausted and the man was ready to
quit and retire from the field.
The news of his feat 6pread far and
near in his neighborhood, and now he is
the wonder of the section.
His friends in Twiggs county pit him
against any man in the world for the
championship and a prize of 8100.
Petip
The iiiott., "What is Urine without a Mother," exists in many
happy homes in this city, hut the eflect of what is home without ll
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comes to stay. It ma'ces the family circle more cheertul and keeps its
readers "up '. thi
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abroad.
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a choice piece ot Vocal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of
idded to our 1 it diu'ng
of sill import-
con tain i n;
Superstitions of Negroes.
Burn old 6hoes and the snakes will
6quirm away from that place.
Shoes must never be put on a shelf
higher than the head of the wearer.
To keep shoes, even after they are past
wearing, will keen erood luck about
place.
if you stub the rient toe von will ha
welcomed; if you unfortunatelv Rtnh
the left you may know that you aren't
wanted.
Burnt shoe soles and feathers are cood
to cure a cold in the head, 6ay old aunt
ies, and parched shoe soles and hogs'
hoofs is a good mixture also for coughs.
The older dusky maids believe that
when their shoes come untied and keen
coming untied it is a true sign that their
sweethearts are talking and thinfcino-
about them.
Good luck to the child who drawn nn
her stocking wrong side out. It she
takes it off and rights it before 12 o'clock
she may feel, assured of getting soon a
nice present.
A more absurd fancy is to believe that
when any one accidentallv spits nn th
.1A ..i
ouo vujau w tan a iiua gives assur
ance tliat the child will soon nave brand
new footgear. Exchange.
Miscellaneous Heading Matter. Advertising in it brings profitab
retur.is.
Our
ob
epartment
ot patrons
DeiAiled Ins tractions.
New Girl An' how long should I leave
thi.! thing called a "blower" tight -up
agin the open fireplace?
Experienced Servant Lave it until it
do be hot enough to burn the skin off y'r
fingers when ye touch it. Thin lift it off.
' --Philadelphia Record.
The Supreme Court Fiblo.
The supreme court Bible Is a small,
black, velvet covered octave. It has
been uped in the adminjstratioa of every
oath since 1808. Every chief justice and
every associate justice of the United
States has held this little sacred tome in
taking oath of office. Many thousands
of lawyers have held it, and to write the
names of the men who have touched its
covers would be to name the men who
have made the bench and bar of the
United States illustrious. It was printed
in London in 1799, and is today but littla
the worse for wear. Pittsburg Dispatch, hmta Chronicle,
Exchanged W(yes for Better or Worse.
In Washington county two married
couples were living only a short distance
apart, and by neighborly intercourse
each man became enamored of the
otuers wite, wnUe the ladies soon
learned to love the other's husband, and
thus became estranged from their first
love. When matters took this shape it
came to be noticeable by all concerned.
&jiu many evenings passed wrote each
husband was at the other's house pour
ing out his tale of Jove and fidelity into
the willing ears of the listeners, finally
one of the husbands, a little bolder than
the other, proposed an exchange. This
was met with gladness by all the parties
interested, and the proposing party con
sented to the trade on, condition that the
other would allow him $3 in cash and
seven bushels pf Quaker peas. This was
readily consented, to, and the trade was
made, each wife going to the other's
home, carrying with her the children,
and are now living in the sweetest do
mestic felicity. They will try to have
the courts make the trade legal. At-
Is equal to any, and does work to the satisfaction
from all over the county, and receives orders by mail from a distance,
which are promptly filled. We have facilities for doing all kinds of
work, from th ; plain calling card to colored work, books and blanks.
"Work neatly and promptly executed.
Legal blanks for sale.
Large
stock kept on hard.
otitis
to
Office Cor. Vine and 5lh,
Dp
Telephone 38.
