Judge — August 25, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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SYLUMS FOR OOM PAUL. Oshkosh, Wisconsin (special dispatch). —Paul Kriiger, president of the South African republic, may make his home in this city when the war is over. He has a forty-second cousin here named Winkels, who has invited him to come and bring his fifty million dollars with him. No an- swer has yet been received to Mr. Win- kels's invitation. Sassafras, West Virginia (special dis- patch)—Three strangers were in town yesterday, ‘asking the price of land in the vicinity, It is supposed that they were looking for a site for the colony which Oom Paul is to establish in this country. Painted Post, New York (special dis- patch).—It is not generally known that a nephew of President Paul Kriiger settled in this town about eighteen years ago. He is now a pros- perous farmer and has hogs to sell every winter. It is the é supposition of the people that are aware of the relationship en ee HON eat EO.HIM: that President Kriiger will find a refuge with his relative Guest—" You've made a mistake, I guess.’ This seems to be a bill-of-sale of the hotel when he is compelled to leave South Africa. and fixtures, golf-links, tennis-courts, iron pier, bathing-houses, dancing-pavilion, toboggan- 98 slide, merry-go-round, electric fountain, and liv- ® ~ bay og ery-stable. I don't want to pay for nothing but one room for two days.” Piney flats, North Carolina (special dis- patch).—A tract of five thousand acres of barrens (that is, land from which the timber has all been cut) was sold to-day for six dol- lars an acre, ostensibly to a New York man, who says he intends to put it in order and build houses for a winter resort; but this Project is ridiculed by the prominent citizens of the neighborhood, who insist that the pur- chaser was an agent for President Kriiger, and that the tract was acquired for the pur- pose of providing a home for that gentleman. This belief was strengthened by the circum- stance that the purchaser wore a beard like Kriiger’s. WILLIAM WENRY SIVITER, A HANDSOME TURNOUT, TWO city girls, with joy elate, Went on a farm to rusticate. ‘The wagon they rode in one day Upset and spilled them by the way. COULDN'T STAND THE CHANGE. ‘The wagon was old, the horse was gray, Lit! Luzu (holding the baby)—"* Why don’t yo'r mammy wean dat baby? Mah mammy she done weaned ‘And yet the farmers’ boys all say dis heah chile long ‘go.”” It was the finest turn-out they Liv’ Corpetta— Mah mammy she say when yo’ wean a coon baby he wants ‘possum an’ watermelon Had chanced to see for many a day. an’ chicken, an’ she say hit’s trouble ‘nuff ter git milk, No, ‘ndeed ; she got expenses ‘nuff now.” CRONGE BIRDAEYE, Kennebunkport, Maine (special dispatch).—An important secret was imparted to your correspondent to- day by Hans Wolfer, a reputable resident of this town. Mr. Wolfer said that he was related to President Kriiger, and sympathized with him deeply in his present distress. He added that it was not unlikely that Oom Paul would consult him about a plan to settle near him and spend his last days in the woods of Maine. Blimmer’s cross roads, .Penn- sylvania (special dispatch).— The liveliest interest was manifested here to-day when it became known that President Kriiger of the South Afri- can republic was distantly connect- ed with Emil Topperdorf, a worthy citizen of this neighborhood, and the largest sauerkraut producer in Pike county. Mr. Topperdorf acknowl- edged the relationship when your correspondent taxed him with it; but when he was asked if Oom Paul intended to spend the rest of his life cet ings on Mr. Topperdorf’s farm as an RIGHT IN LINE. honored guest Mr. Topperdort de- DEAKIN. CoRNHI -al, I never! You bean't goin’ tew meetin’ in them pants?” 0 Deakin PoraTonuc—"'Sartin! Them's white-dack trousers, Silas writes thet they're all the rage down at the clined to say yes or no, beach, so T hed ma make me a pair.” comicbooks.com