Real Estate—Everywhere good corner lots can be had for prices asked. Skyscrape buildings is acting very valuable. Some empty lots still continues to remain in Canada and suburbs of Nebraska. J. Furo, Japanese hardware, who is dead, is renting second story of store to O. Jiijuwaki, Japanese undertaker.
Mr. Editor, because you are conductor of great newspaper I desire let you have some news which will surprise you. It happen in Japan 2016 years formerly. Following is it:
During that year I say about there reside in Hokadate, Japan, very sweet singer name of Obi Obi. In order to keep him in good voice for songs, which he could sang like nightinglory-bird, this man was oblige to take considerable rice brandy by each evening. Then he would sing pretty fine till stopped by friends and police. He continue this exercise for several years and never get tired out of it.
Come time to Happy New Years on the day before is. Obi Obi declare: “To-morrow will be January One on which all good Japanese are respected to reform theirselves. Therefore tonight must be the night.”
So Obi Obi order to house large kag-barrel of rice whiskey, together with many friends to hear concert. After 2 qts of these was drunken up Obi Obi sing very fine from Japanese opera. Friends applause for more and decry: “Too sorry this music-song must be stopped up to-morrow which is swear-off New Years!”
When midnight time arrive, Obi Obi, too tired to sing no more, so he fall to slumber under table and this he dream:
He dream that Angel of Dying drop to him out of sky and carry under wing one large literary Book.
“Obi Obi,” she command, “these here Book is that Life which you been leading around this several years.”
“My sakes!” commute this Obi Obi, “what disgusting literary job of writing is put down on them pages—such blots and woggly-letters with swear-and-tear places all over it! Who wrote them disgusting records of life, please Mr. Angel?”
“Obi Obi, sweet singer, it was you that done it all these years you have been songing and whiskey-drunking,” devour that lovely Angel.