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Show - A Brief Sensation. An American citizen who has Hist enough of Africa's blood coursing through his veins to give to his skin a tint a little deeper than that of an unusually un-usually dark brunette, and to bis hair a few kinks more th.au the most curly haired Caucasian can muster, lost $20 yesterday under the following circumstances: cir-cumstances: Early in the morning a young boy accidentally stepped on tho counterfeit negro's foot. The boy was not particularly to blame for what he did; the foot was on the sidewalk, side-walk, and as the boy must pass and couldn't fly, he had to set his foot down somewhere. But the galvanized black choked the lad till tho latter 's eyes stuck out something less than a foot. A short time aftrrwards the boy was riding up the titrect in his express wagon, which the negro also got into and gave the crusher of his corns another choking. Bystanders interfered, and the enraged bleached African was marched before Justice Fyper, who lined him $"0. |