Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1893 — Too Cunning. [ARTICLE]

Too Cunning.

A man and woman found themselves wedged in a crowd in one of the streets of New York, says the Herald. They had come out to see the parade—it may have been at the recent Columbus celebration —and as things were they could 6ee nothing. The man had a bright idea. “When I give the word, Julia, you scream and faint.” Julia waited. The signal came, and she flopped over into her escort’s arms. “Give me air,” she gasped. “Airl air!” cried the man. The crowd parted, and the man and woman emerged at the front. The woman revived, and the pair made ready to enjoy the show. • Just then, however, an ambulance dashed up Some had turned in a signal. “You can’t be too careful about these cholera cases,” said the surgeon, with a wink. “I’d better take you both along for inspection." And they did not see the parade. Since the Cape diamond fields were discovered in 1867, 50,000,000 carats of stonee, valued at *350,000,000, have been exported. These "would load up two big coal trains.