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ffSSI.W SINCE 1791.
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CHINCH BUGS NO CINCH.
Btulcr Bin Writ., th. Goterum.ot
au<]
Give. Lp U1, Claim.
-TEgy OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF | After having lhed
„ govvrnnient
SOME FAMOUS JEWELS.
. claim for a year and finding that he h"l
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Tb? Bl— •» M"’- ““ U“rrT 1D
. ... Five Men With the Properly
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IJ”la’-nt<lon«|
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ter to the g ivernmeni:
T lv
BttoavtLix, Kan., Juli the 3, is-
Xtttrrr *•’ue
Io London.
O kku tovt-i don't want yer Claim no more
,r.
„re Mme. Du Barry’s jewels?
l am tard uv lain an „xual
-,t r, tard Lv
«.uouisti-n 1» puzzling many pawns , wxt.n for rain ».. turd of raisin chinch bugs I
Tb nt Though she has been dtwl for
««»dueti» a sp, rimcntiurta*
*'’rears this famous Frenchwoman .bun at ml own expense. When 1 tuck thl.
®‘“-'adcnlv iM-oome an object of great in- . lain. I un.l. ratood that you waa join ter dig
. throughout Europe, and all that con- mt irrygatyn ditch ao we caul I water
f„ro
tcri her romantic life is regarded as of crop», so thinkln you was guin to <lo
th.ng 1 subscriLe fer yer paper. Ev ry turn.
“o’^'ihriL'i'ry '' <« VT wealthy, nnd !• 11‘S com Hooked f. r someth . about the
o.tch. an . m-htimu i aaw thutyou W.C. l»,rryin
. the present hardly any one seems to
wore money uv J. Peerpunt M ,rgan ter
UP
„„le the slightest effort to lay hands strengtbin yer <relit. When i read that i
^ tte f 'rtuno which she unquuntl.n-
went over tur Old Duck s, t owe l)m k fll.uo.
*bl|\Jfrs,g'"t'1’ the bottom of the sea in 1 asked bint to lone nte IK.uO more ter
sirengthln mi credit. 'Do you take me fer a
k ‘•’■J’1«“» m z he. ‘Ar y„u smarter
, ,,f bullion, others si>cnd years In
after legendary wealth, but until an the gov. rim nt?’ tea I. ‘Ye u d___ d
sight
s.uarter!'
sei be. That s.r'thd it. 1
b““?,‘,’,, one s.vnis &> have given a thought
di In’t git tho money. yer .keen, won’t work
b0 M,ne Bn Barry’s let cashbox, with
nt wi“' 1.*rtkou i’11 bafter com., east ter
£<on<lerfid collection of diamonds nnd lie. When j. Peorpunt Murgan
. t :■ < , t
his bona g;v him mi min a an tell him i want
'»W««»« to give it clear < lew ns to t.r stnngtbin ml .relit. W. I, v. 1., n I .o:..»
Arcwnt l'satlon of these gems. On the back from Ducks 1 rote you a loir.» h tti r t r
a -of .It»- Id, I"'11- Mine. Du Barry bar put in the It. chord, which i sintd lutxtw
S theostle of Louvecleuntw in order to sul scriber, i asked all nbout tho ditch, an was
sl.uro you'd publish in the next paper, hut
mra.visit to tile Duo de Brlssiic, Iler In- y. It (lldli t. I guess you was tew liizv. M.ibby
.Lriou being to return on the following you don’t care nothin fer a pore man sene you
I “ During her absence burglars entered g -I that money from j. Pe< rpunt Morgan. But
S'bedroom and carried off l.er jewels. wlnl yer prmain approprlutln bills an putlin ..n
Vorir Mme. Du Entry's faithful servant, stile on b rryel money, .1 n'tput it In v. r . ul-
I i heard no "ols0 1:1 tho hou8<'’ a,ld tho cerliishun» that I'm out heartei.din a quarter
„Idler who was on duty In front of tho tmekahun uv buff. 1-, waller» t.r help pay off
yer lions. You are bavin yer .lay now, but the
¿¡towns found Intoxicated in » neigh- s.p otter's goin ter huv Lisscnwtinie. You're
l.v-i ill pease now in wearin yer good close an
hiriiiff wineshop.
The list of tho stolen jewel« Is Rtill to bo cuitlvatin the acquaintance uvthe 400, but the
found in tbe French archives and reads lurrl thing you know you'll kick up a war
i Ike a chapter of “The Arabian Nights,” wlthSpayn.. Then you'll hafter tako off y. r
' wiv,vilderingistho long catalogue of dia- g -od c’.nso an look round fer some, pore men
I juoiuk rubies, emeralds, pearls and other t r do tl.o i.glitin. you 11 send out yer recruit
in offyaer» while the 40> sales f. r urip, ....
■ precious stxmes.
you'll tneok spoeh. s, play y.r fife nil t: Ik
' When the theft was made known, the ubout savin the counrry. t'.;e:i you'll t urn t, r
I French public smiled in incredulity. me an when yen i:.-k mo I r bju tpacysh tar
Mm’. Du Barry was not popular, and the get f. rSlil.uOn mouth yon'i) find 1 haint fergot
revolutionary j) urnate were unanirn ms in ! about that i rygatyn ditch.
chiming that the former favorite of Louis j There’s a lot more ji-t like me out hear, nn
| XV had invented the whele story. Ac- whil 1 don’t want ter tall cat with the gover’-
uieut, i think it’s well enuf t r till you now
«riingto the London Public Advertiser, that when you git in another war n:i look over
I published ar. the time, the men who had yer muster roles, don’t expect ter fin<\ tho
t)! u tho jewels came straight to London name uv
D adgek B ill .
| with their booty.
—Will Lisenbeo in Up to Date.
lhero were five of them, and on their
The Philosophy of War.
i irrhalthcy v -”’.t to a flr.-.t class hotel and
' aired a first < >ass dinner. Their lack of
The man with the barbed wire beard
I lug/aire and seedy clothing did not tend look d thoughtfully over a spoonful of
! to inspire confidence in the hotel keeper, vegetable s nip.
i but they succeeded in convincing him that
“I havo noticed”—
thev had plenty of cash and only needed
Evidently his mind was grappling with
to get it changed into English money. On some weighty problem, for ho continued
Ae following day they went to Mr. Simon, to hold tiie spoon poised in midair.
I oneot the richest jewelers in London, and
—“that in troublous times it is the
i offered to sell him sonic precious stones at voting unmarried men who are most anx
, i price which was scarcely one-sixth of ious to go forth and face the guns of the
their real value. The jeweler bought all enemy.”
I of them, then asked them if they had any
“Yes”—
[ more of the same quality.
The man with the V shaped nose cough
Tncysakl that they had, whereupon the ed significantly.
jewekr, finding some pretext for leaving
—“ the married men know what war
his shop, hastened to tell iris story to the is. ”
police. The latter had little difficulty in
Taking advantage of the preoccupied
tffectlnfthe arrest of the five men, who, air on the faces of all present, a < roton bug
liidirg themselves discovered, attempted on its way back to the kitchen hurried
»throw the diamonds in tho Are. They safely across the table.—New York World
I failed toaccomplish this purpose, however,
and the police took possession of the treas
It Wa< the Cat,
ure. One of tl.e thieves was an English•
mar. who had before been frequently ar
rested on various charges.
Being informed of the arrests, Mme. Du
Barry came to London, accompanied by
kr jeweler. The latter identified the pre
dous stones, and his testimony was so con-
tincing that nothing seemed to remain but
to punish the malefactors and hand back
the property to its rightful owner.
In
those days n crime of the kind was pun-
febed with hanging. Mme. Du Barry,
however, was not to recover her property
1 recBily. The thieves positively refused
toplead guilty.
the beautiful Frenchwoman went to
Newgate prison, where they were confined,
thinking that she could fascinate their
leader into a confession of ills crime, but
in this Instance those charms which had
worked wonders with so many men proved
| utterly fruitless. The ottllous thief remain
ed stubborn as a mule and refused to go
to the scaffold at her behest. Tno result
was that the lord chief justice decided in
Jones —I
I'm
a victim of insomnia. I
jones
’m »
their favor. The charges against them, he can't sleep if there's the least noise—such
•id, had not lieen proved, and further
as a cat on a back fence, for instance.
more no English tribunal was competent
Doctor—Got this prescription for a pow
to inflict a penalty for a crime committed der made up. It will be effectit e.
lnaforelgn country. The five thieves then i
jones—When do I take It, doctor?
were discharged. As to the jewels, the 1
Doctor-You don't take it. You give It
| eourt was rather in a quandary.
to the cat tn a little milk.—Collier's
I The thieves had evidently stolen them,
hut if they were not Mme. Du Barry’s Weekly.______ ______________
! l^'Perty, whose were they? Tho matter
Thoughtlessness.
was ingeniously compromised. The jew-
Wheeler—What made you kick that ba-
I
were placed in a cashbox, on which nana skin out into the street? Don't you
was damped the seal of the city of London, know it is liable to git” s-tine one a fall.
ind were then placed for safe keeping with
Walker—That Is why I kicked it off tbe
Messrs. Ransom, Morland & Co., who did
I “ hrge banking busineM in Pall Mall, ^Wheeler—But on the walk It Is only
i fear Marlborough House. The understand- dangerous to pedestrians.—Cincinnati hn-
| “J was that the jewels would roniain
_ ________ _________
I «ththem until the court had rendered a qulrer.
«¡nite docision as to their ownership,
Nefarious Scheme.
une hundred and five years have elapsed
“You say y°a
even
that silngy
^fethey were handed over to the bank- relative of yours by giving Ills hoy a bicy-
| **1 Mid no definite decision has yet been
•le? How is that?”
>«dcrv<l
••Don't you soef It'll cost hint more to
But on the HHirning after the theft Mme. buy the extras tlmn I paid for the wheel.
harry promised a big reward to any
••whowould find her jewels, and the —Chicago Tribune.
|2*der who had denounced tho thieves
The Cricket aud His
■ ‘»sodeil this, and the lord chief justice,
Within tho stone wall gray
^‘•outany hesitation, decided In his fa
That winds tho road along
¡Maras Mme. Du Barry was concern-
i JdJe case endeil here. She never saw her
ln <lue time she was con-
death by the revolutionary tri-
nirwi °n ^8 gtound that “she had con
.
Against the republic and had fur-
the success of those hostile to Franoj
'
them immense sums of mon-
!
the frequent journeys which she
•r^Englaml/’
s tk’phew of Mme. Du Barry and
L ,
the Imperial guard endeavor-
I
in vain, to establish his claim to
nn^ fibice then no new claim
•»<7° f11* f<’nvnrff- ftnd it te difficult to
¿
t“44* become of the treasure, which
a*u<Hl at £25,000 in 1791. Then- are
’bo believe that it is still hidden
cellar or vault in Pall Mall
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He spill" h*» "trl 1, nt nt“*
Which is en-niirh to pierce
The can within the go»»-
His hinder nanilx M '1’“’
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Ensues, and then be is
A Chine« vio in-
V7ono&-'^b“*-
Oh, while berulelr seraf-
With wild, uncanny »» •
Tbispr.r.ra.rooi.rsbxp-
Itaelt within my bean.
••Oh, bit him on
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