A Noticeable Feature Of A Late

ti"ü of lnmbermen at Minneapolis, Minn,, was the character of the men it brougbt out. The old men were theie in (orce. It reminda one, says the editor who reported the proceediags, of the story H. ]). Davis, of the Breiman Lumber Company, told when somebody asked himwhai he thought of the times. !c suid the presen! condition f tbings reminded him of tlio colored man who o( caught in the Charleston earthinakc. Be dropped lijrht down on hifi mees in the street, and with a face as ilanched as a colored (ace will blanch, uní a voice trembling with fear, ]ie irayed: "Oh Lawd you come right luwn here dow an help dis nigger out. Ydit come yourse'f - don' you sond nobody else - dis ain't no time for boys." [t was evident that the old men thought tliis was a good time to take a hand in themselves. That story reminded Kugene Carpenter of another. He says they were working the fehird degree on a candidate in a Masonic Lodge when the eartbqoake struck. Everybody lit out, tlie candidate aniong the rest. A crowd of excited citizens were ou the corner, and one of thein, with fear and terror, ejacnlated: "Ain't thishelll" The candidato carne up about tben and replied: "Well, I shonld say it was. Did they work it on you too? "