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Show EXCEEDINGLY SJ."GESTIYK. Haw Current PwJIlsss-, X; Appear Ap-pear la l'al.re IrCHeralfsiaK. C111CM.J, May, Ig. Special Correspondence of the DbsEnkt News Is it not iicssible to antici pate a period iu the distant future when Chicago will U- leaked upon as an ancient city? CVrtaialy it U. And in tlie year ii A. U., whicli will also be reekonetl !t E. D. S., some antiquarian cf the Dikkkt News will fish freni Om musty, I moth-eaten tomes of a Chicago newspaper news-paper Hie followiog item: A aronp of lumbermen at Ihe lumber ex cnaasreti ere lalUnff about tbereeentcstr twa fraud alleged 10 bare lakea place la tne Twenty lounb Ward. "I ncwr bad any bufiuex b lranaa-1 with lb city council bat one la my life," aid one. "That urn- Iwcnt) or more yeura acn, aimI it waont anr easier lo do bslc riui that body then, I sui pose, than at any tram since. -We wanted Ihe rouueil to grant a an onuoanre to lay a ur track up atorr-ide our yard from we rsuroad tract la front, Ilbrbl arrvs from us was anotaer lumber Crm. ami togrtber wc worked sud anrued foretour idiaaacu iliroluEu. We faflad lo try atfalu, but to j;et al,ia Wlt&cmt the convenient ftaj ur Iraek. ctns br :bt unny taominir a mn on horseback rude op to ironl of me oaVe uul wnlsded fitf-aume uf at lo frins out. 1 went out and be oM ne tie had noticed our fro! tew eiirls Xn t lut ordmaBco taroesh tec rottccu. "te., 1 Aid.'wo beeame ttacsarajred, and conelnded to drop the srbeme.' "ba"a M worth ti you?' be asked, tUapiux: tbe top ot bis boot with a ndimc whip. "1 1 dd him It would b"tp our basmeaa SToatly. "'Is it worth .- hcaaaad. "1 answered that we would be Winnie to paythstfortbespur.Hultnat we were not F-inff Inio any deal to Lay seres. -.Navcr mind my name.' be rarely re Idled when 1 aaked him for it. 'It's wortu " :e.'sMd. "The man rode aw ay I never went near Ihe rnatril chamber Ibe seat awctinr nlaht. but Ibe morniBK after Ibe mediae I saw by the 1 atiers that ,iur ordinance bad pone tbrouah like a whirlwind. "It wa perhaps a week af-rrward when tai uvytenou man rode op m front of tbe oaiee door and whisUed I went ul and ho aiid he came for bis pay. I understood what be wanted aad -saed who tbc rberk b ul 1 bo Hsado payable to. " 'treat Cuds be exclaimed. 'I want the ccrrebcy. 1 don't tave checks.' -I save him tbo rumrnry and be rode awae. lie never disuN,uotel irom ibe none either lime aad all tbfi isstM.iu we had woul I occupy leas than lea aunulrs umc. tneicrMWlbenuuairiiu. Ilewent oalol myexi-teace aa tuyatenoBsIr aa he came in, but we sot ocr pnr tract." Oa this little item our future and. quariau will pro i-j 1 tt ani'yy the statesmanship of the nineteenth century. He will show the beautiful morality of a Christian civilization, and the Initnunilale honesty of a Christian statesman, and the tiu-stained tiu-stained honor of a Ch ristian hickory merchant. Proceeding ftuther m lib researches re-searches tiie antiquarian will fish out another item whicli will go to illustrate the superior financial enterprise of the age. Het is the item: There was snui recently a you-jr bellboy employed at the la incr House who pos srs tai.ioess qualiur- (hicn, tf they do cot land him w lu rcaiteaibvry, vrdl send blm on th iop wave . f ucc -aa bijrh and dry into ibe lap of foruice. in modus operandi ot kntliioat a dollar or two extra per week with owe enesl bow many more lell VKUaw vt hu thirst lor w eail. u not anevra was simple. Tbe guest la rnrad was in the nabt: of sendnaa; him weekly to Kcboe'a for a are-pound b x of candr, gir lor; him titular for the sweetmeats', lor a urn all went wellJiuliTadaauv there was nouced a rallttu; oS in the uallty of the co da Al ttrst tha sweat altnbated .be fault lo hers If. bat later npsx carets! in-vesusa in-vesusa ton she learned that It was tbe caudr which had deteriorated she taxed Jvcboe, who cemed any intenortty in but toods. -he insisted and wbon he naked In what kind of ihe rasdtee she found rault named ajtlud whleb Keboe doc not sou. -net the candy came la your box." -Are son ., "I am certain, ffere It Is." And tbe lady predated one of hi liovea Sued vnlh aa inferior in-ferior sradc Aa uiuiry u mnou and resetted ia nnninnx to tisnt the fact that tbc boy npon recetviax tbe ti wouIdrjloKeh e'a purcnase onu pound for nf y ceals and barcitas aaaecommo dalion put into a Ave pound box. 1 hen t a cheap candy rectory, wnera with Ally reils ns'rc ho bowrbl three pounds and aued the box, thus mskinc SI dollar by usa iraesaeuoiv. The boy is now searching- for something for bite hands to do. Of course it will be found that this boy developed Into a prosperous business mau, became a deacon in a Prc-byterian church, aud a nan of standin,; and reliability with bankers. bank-ers. In fact, he becamo the man mentioned in the following, whose education in spelliug wan neglected. Here is the item which Illustrates this defective spelling: There was a meetlsir of the wholesale paper dealers' association la Chicago last tail which ciosou its proceeoisps with th-astiat th-astiat baaqaet. Lyman J. eisze, vice-preildeat vice-preildeat ot tne First Nalioaal Baak, was present at the banquet as aa iavited Kuest, After tbe ruvlomary loatu had been re rpoBded to Mr. cage vra called cp axsl made a brief speech. A near as 11 1 ould be recalled by ooe of tbo members of tbe association it was s f w Bc arc in theptf erb&tlneof, ho began "Ictweso.. to hancie a dtSercr . .me 11 c jjs f jta wrasplar raper Oarstocrcoa-j t 4. r 1 of las gut-coze ora.-1 o r j;t - ' a ally we fit . . tn.eni cf an inf tlor I grade, and vre w it it cj 13 tie ocst ad I vanlerc toe; a.ic:trjiSroU:owc i 1 -About a --ear a vre gst toz: r pera I amnWxwWSsmmmmmmmmnmssj front a conesrn up north lhat wa Cid oot know. It catac to tu, however, accoapaaied by a letter from one of our northern ens-I ens-I fixers who stood htgix in our esUmauoB, and who reroanaeu ted the paper assail cited. On the strength of tan reeota. meodathw ws diroanted few thon kinds. It was sot paid when due and I had my clerk ash oat tha letter from our reliable etutonwrwho bad recommended lt,tn!ac-nur lt,tn!ac-nur be cosld be be! 1 ia lbs Iiirht ot aa en 1 sent for mr lawyer and sboweJ bint tbe letter. Ilereadtloirreartfallr more carrlstly than t perbaps-and wforiBed me that we had no lecourse oa him. "'Why not' 1 fuened, nstoolucd at tne rerswt, . "Bcenuae.' Use lawyer answered. 'Iht msnMapo-rspss1r. j net notice lboUd of aelt edged paper he refers to.' -I look the paper and read It arvin. Tbe writer bad apelled lbs word silt with a a. matiBs: it read 'guilt edged' paper.' W e let the matter drop. Eyinau J. Gage Is now president of our World's Fair Association. He is one of our most prominent bankers, bank-ers, ami coustueied a sharp business man, but as a critic In spelling his education r!s had lctii neglected. But our antiquarian will find that all hrtei boys do not develop Into de icons and preachers, as the following fol-lowing item will show: Aflor clearing up tbe odds aaJ ends left ly bu twdrnsor;ibe night clerk t Ihe -nemtan House, etanemg into the roadiag-r roadiag-r om but ntath'. apsed there a man last atlrcti. Going up 10 him tbc ahrht clerk tsfsH him bat h retired not. Then tie hok bim but still be did not stir. Tbe n.-bl clerk took bold with both hands and linked bim bark st.l forth, bat ibe man stirred ao. Hat for tbe fog horn Mast thai wl'b each braalb came from ine man's nwuth ha nUgbt barn boon supposed dead. Ha was mi oead, tboucn. He waa merclc. drcsmiag beneath tbe soothing influences f a nud'arriuff Jvg. When Ihe ni'bt e ork bad ured himsnlf withoLtroa-ing vc man, be railed the porter la assl-t bim. Tbs porter, who had learned from a polremau the mst rtferelTa way of waking a heavy s'erpcr. secured a rhair leg which, with a smile ef confldenre and a svnng.be brought down with a rcjc-undtng whac4 Uoulbc sole ot tae sleeper's rlebt 'txil.wbich rca laj chair, itut the sb-eper did not stir. Wi,n both hands Ibe porter grasped the ch ir leg and struck UV root wi b recti lort-oastoiireaKtserluirleglntwo. NUI the steeper tuned not. Thunderstruck at tne fatlnte or bis bereb fore unfailing rem-dy for sle, pinsrs, tbe porlrr glared sarige'y at tbe crow I which bad gathered aad was guying him nJ eext t the sleeper. Tfien aaalcbing a h ary cane he airnck ibe toot a tremendous jw I 'ecuicd na if it w.inld Iclescopa Ibe -'ecper-i 1- The -!e-pcr t pene one cv e. glanced w an at I ia porter and mu'tered. 'flit tbi other Ice. bat leg's I hie' w. Jen.' MH the yells ol ibe crowd Ibe prter departed and tbe sluescr waa erwitrl to sleep cnl hu fag." The sleeps r liad a wooden leg, cr rather a cork one, although he was cjt a G. A. K m in. G. A. It. did nutjietsl-o itvthe ktn. The "rds." usually fired high, and that is the reason one hears of so itvaiiyr'ttit(s bill of the whining bullets and the inyster lous little holes in the crowns of their hats. The anliquatiau will 'le tuukst to know what tiie "jag' lueanl. He will litiiitthraughall the dk'tiotiarlesaudevcltqiedi'es, lutt he a ill find uosenstble soluliou of what the ''jag" means in the case ef this woodru-irfrgrd patrit t. It would be useless to tell luui Hut in Chicago English a "jan" nteaitx six incites of Ciucitiuati vi biski y piled up in the iiifftior departmtiit cf a Chicago 1 itizen. A ud when one speaks of a Q. A. K. una with a "jag on," It docs not mean a k:iaeucfc on his lock, but n eaiiteeu full of lirewatrr inside hbrilav, lAuguagenwwellas eocMy hw its lnyste rlts. Dawcs. |