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Show NOTHIKG WORSE IN PROSPECT Traveler Satisfied He Had Got Over the Most Uncomfortable Part of His .tourney. W. S. liiglis, the well-known coal operator, op-erator, told a railroad story at a rail-i-oad men's banquet in Seranton. "There u.-ed to b a little line," he said, "a brand, lino about 12 miles long, that was notorious for its bumps, general discomfort and dirt. "A train on this line pulled into town one morning, late half an hour, as usual, and a man said as he rose and hrushed himself off: " 'Well, thank goodness, the worst part of my journey is over.' "'Coin' far?' said another man. "'Hong Kong. China,' said the firs! chap." |