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Show Jim Root Leaves the Stage. Jim Root, tho locomotive engineei Srbose heroism at Hinckley caused him to fall into tho hands of a theatrical manager i Now York city, has retired from fee stage and is homo again after playing a brief engagement at a salary of $500 per week. "I don't like this acting business, ' he said. "It may be all right for young fellows, but I'm getting too old to start In acting. It keeps a man up too late nights, and I never did likoa night run. The only thing that caught me was the salary, and I couldn't refuse that" It is nnderstood that Mr. Root will return to his vocation on the St. Paul and Duluh Una St Paul Globe Mrs. G. M. Fowlor has secured tho j ! appointment of overland mail carrier between be-tween iillport, O., and Gavers post-ofSco, post-ofSco, a distance of 17 miles. When thia route was advertised for sale, Mrs. Fowler Fow-ler put in a bid with a large number of competitors, and her proposition beiys the lowest she was awarded the con" traoj;, She will be obliged to make the round, trip daily, ggndays egcwitsd, ' ' t |