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Show ' annnniaruuinnfuanrinrmnnrutitJi-ri I gurious features of Lift. J tru innnnnruti uwnnnnm ntnt uoxb Drew Money on Ills Laundry Mark. The Initials of his name Inscribed on Ihe Inside of his collar seived as Identification Iden-tification for a traveling man ut the pistofllto jestorday nnd enabled him tn secuio ensh on a $i0 money order. He had letolved a letter from his house directing him to go to Grind Ilaplds, Ml.li, nnd Int losing the money order Hi pa ked his grip and slopped nt the posioillce on his way to tho rnllwa) station He had but n few minutes, und when the clerk demanded Identification Identifi-cation the ninn whs unahle to furnish It and delay meant missing his trnln After itppeullng and nrgulng with tho clerk In Willi ho was tnken beforo Assistant As-sistant Postnitster Hubbard At that ollltial's request tho traveling man le-moved le-moved his collar Theie woio the Inl-tlils Inl-tlils (orrespondlng with the mine on the mone) ordt r ndvlce It was considered con-sidered BUlllclont Idenlllltatlon nnd tho rush was turnetl over. Chicago Tribune Trib-une A Good Witness. Several dus ngo there wns a trial In ono of the tourts, and a lawyer was engaged In cn.lenvorlng to shake the lestlmnn) of nn old lady who wus one of the print tpal witnesses for the plaintiffs plain-tiffs rinall) ho asked, 'Who havo oli talked about this case In ' ' N'obotlj ' Dldn t Col Hl.ank, the lawyer, spenk to ou ubtuit It?' o sh " ' Didn't Mi' Smith the plaintiff, ask ou what )ou would testify to?' No " "Ho )ou menn to tell this Jury that vou hive talked to nobody about It?' ' Yes. Jr." "Well, how did they know what you would tell? ' "lhey know I'd tell the truth." Memphis Scimitar. An Interesting Divorce Question. COLUMIIUS, Ohio, Jan. SO Mrs Ihntnt Dorn todnv brought divorce proieedlngs ngalnst William I". Dorn. a l.romlncnt merchant. Mrs. Dorn cotnplulns that when hor mother camo tn vllt hor her husband would not visit the house except at night, when It was time to go to bed Tried Suicide by Smallpox. AUSTIN, Tex, Jan 2S There Is n. moBt petull ii story going the rounds In this clt) nnd which Is vouched for by some who clulm to know- It Is that of a jcuing girl who has Attempted suicide sui-cide b) the Miinllpox route Her lover died nlmost a jeai ago from smntlpox, and she has wilfully exposed herself tn that disease. In a small hut In tho settlement known as "Mexico," In tho southern portion of tho city a Mexlcnn woman has been sick with smallpox. This Soung girl camo to the shanty, and at llrst wus refused ndmlttnnte, but was admitted later when she represented that she cofild euro the patient Onco insldo nnd In contact with the victim, she told ot hor real purpose and sad storj The Mexicans tried to persuudo her to leave, but she would not go. Instead In-stead lying down on the pallet wllh the patient nnd spending tho night there. Tho nttendlng ph)slrlnn quarantined the oun? girl with the Mexicans, and though It has been ten days slnco tho llrst visit, she has not contracted tho disease. Galveston Dilly Nnws. Trnycr Stopped Illm. AI.LHNTOWN, P.a , Jan. 20 A fast New Jersey Central passenger tinln that never heretofore stopped at Coal-poit Coal-poit was brought to n standstill today nt that point by prnyer. A clergyman who had In en called to nttend a funeral nt Conlpnrt was told that Iho latter was no stopping place. 'Then, III pray for tho train to stop." said he; and he did so silently. As the train np-proached np-proached Coalport lhiglneer Lowe flowed down nnd brought tho train u n standstill nt tho station lie said a secret Influence Impelled him to stop there. Philadelphia Record. Went to Sea In n Store. TACOMA. Wash , Jan. 55 During tho forty-elght-mllo wind last night n section of wharf In Old Tncoma wns washed from its piling nnd Moated out to son, On tho wharf st mils n small grocery store, owned by n man named Johnson. Tho piopiletor nnd two cus-lomcrH cus-lomcrH worn In tho storo nt tho time the tlock floated away, taking the building wllh It. Tor sovnral hours tho grocer) man nnd his customers wore at tho meicy of tho waves, but the dock did not overturn, nnd finally wns cap-Hired cap-Hired by a tug, brought to ehoro nnd safely moored. Orcgonl in. |