Twenty years a fakir

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PRICE, 50 CENTS. “ Know ye not who would be free themselves must strike the blow. ”— BYRON. TWENTY YEARS A FAKIR Gate City Book and Novelty Company, OMAHA, NEB. PRICE, 50 CENTS.
S. J. W.
Gate City Book and Novelty Company,
Omaha, Neb.
Copyrighted 1899,
THE GATE CITY BOOK AND NOVELTY CO. ,
Omaha, Neb.
Starting Out—Becoming Ambitious—Leaving Home—Hotel Porter—Card Business—Lightning Rod Agent—Traveling Men—The Accident.
Busted—Soap Signs—Walking—The Two Actors—Free Theatres—Jumping Bills—The Other Fakir—Pen Schemes—Street Talk—The Friendly Haystack.
Meeting Prof. Carter—The Music Scheme—Flowers and Novelties—The Ladies—The Soap Racket—Street Gags and Jokes—The Sinking Vessel.
The Contemptible Piano Tuner—The Biographical Write-up Fake—The Flattered Black-smith.