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Show AS DONE IN THE DAKOTAS Drummer Diflt Up Price, but Objects to One Family Hogging Everything. Ev-erything. "I don't exactly liko the way they do things In North Dakota," said the Chicago drummer as be was aaked about business In the west. "Do you mean niercantlluT" waa queried. "It's social and mercantile mixed together. to-gether. For Instance. 1 admired young lady In one of the village out there. I called her 'honey. 1 called her thus because her real name was Samantha. You wouldn't call me one you loved "Kamanlh.' would youT" "Never!" "My admiration grew cold, and he sued nie for breach of promise. They said that culling her honey' was the same as asking her to bo my wife. Queer country, eh? I should smile. The girl served the papers on me herself. her-self. I skipped, and she was deputized as a constable to overhaul me. She did It Come to find out her father was the Jailer, and sh camo and looked at me through the cold, cold bars." "It was tough." "The only mau In town who might have bailed me out was ber cousin. The only lawyer was her brother-in-law. The Juugo of the circuit court was her old uncle I had no show, and had to romo down." "Well, they found $73 on me, and nephew of my 'honey's' drove me outside the county In a biiey and dumped me out on the highway and said the circus w as over. I'm not kick-leg kick-leg about the price, but I do hate to see une family beg everything" o- Mi'.rM-'t'.es. rntr ruffian entered a b:ir a! VarKollb-s and ordered the wo-j wo-j man in eiiai i'e to hand over nil the murey fi.. l ad edd'n? th it If he re I i ' d they would kill her. The wiv ti-r.n (!. d. but !it-n one o the bripj ntt:'kd ber with a large knife. ip :,t'"l out a revolver and f.'tctched h'r.i dead at her feet. The !: r three !mt:d:t a! rti e took to their heels. - i Wi tiling ton. Inefficiency, mismanagement misman-agement and insubordination hate de-vli"d de-vli"d In the railway ma'l service ami is lisely to result In an upheaval, t-trhips In a reoreanlzat on of the entire en-tire senl-e. Postmaster General HUrhro k U thoroKh)y incensed and makes no concealment of his tndieni-tlon. tndieni-tlon. Recently he hss !wen conduct Ing a jerona! Investigntion. |