. The street railway review . iil. Bag-gage & Express. Ten dollars per month extra is earnedfor carrying the express safe. The express companydoes all the collecting and delivering. The road makes the following report for the quarterending April: Earnings, $3,525; other income, $817:operating expenses, $2,658; other expenses, $ioS; netbcome, $1,575; surplus, $9,623. THEY CAME DOWN. T HE street car fiend sat with his legs crossed andliis thumb-hand foot covered with a No. 11boot, oscillating with the action of the carPresentlv a man came down the aisle and halted oppo-site the barrier, saying,
. The street railway review . iil. Bag-gage & Express. Ten dollars per month extra is earnedfor carrying the express safe. The express companydoes all the collecting and delivering. The road makes the following report for the quarterending April: Earnings, $3,525; other income, $817:operating expenses, $2,658; other expenses, $ioS; netbcome, $1,575; surplus, $9,623. THEY CAME DOWN. T HE street car fiend sat with his legs crossed andliis thumb-hand foot covered with a No. 11boot, oscillating with the action of the carPresentlv a man came down the aisle and halted oppo-site the barrier, saying, sarcastically: Take down thebars, please. It seemed to be very neat until thequick, angry retort came: Yes, certainly, and letthe cattle <ro throucrh. The altogether-too-prevalent incident of car robbinghas an additional chapter in Kansas City, where a carwas held up about 11 oclock at night, and $10 takenfrom the conductor. Four passengers were requestedto shell out, but produced only 15 cents. 2 56 SIOUX IINCE his most Christian majesty ofFrance joined hands with the infidelTurk against the Spanish Emperorthere have been few more uniqueexperiences in the good State ofIowa, than was recently witnessedin Sioux City. As is known to all our readers,there exists in Iowa a law knownas the Clark law, prohibiting thesale of intoxicants. The history of this law and its failureto prohibit, except as the municipality rules, is patentenough. There is also another law in the State, knownpopularly as the Sunday law. The Iowa code in regard to Sunday provides:•If any person be found on the first day of the week,-commonly called Sabbath, engaged in any riot, fightingor offering to fight, or hunting, shooting, carrying fire-arms, fishing, horse-racing, dancing, or in any mannerdisturbing any worshipping assembly, or private family,or in buying or selling property of any kind, or in anylabor, the work of necessity and charity only excepted,every person so offending shall, on
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