HIS ATLAS IS OFF A LITTLE.
M. M. Sweetman's Book Tells Some
Queer Things About Kansas City.
At the meeting of the Manufacturer's and Merchants' Association last night, M. M. Sweetman said that he had been induced to subscribe for an Eastern publication on the representation that with a little added money from the regular subscription list an atlas of the United States, accurate and complete to date, would be furnished.
"Consider my surprise," said Mr. Sweetman, "upon receiving the atlas and perusing the pages. I found Kansas City credited with 163,000 population, that it had four public parks and that the Missouri river is a bee hive of navigation, and hundreds of steamers dot its placid waters at Kansas City."
"What did you do?" asked a member.
"I wrote to the publishers to return my money or I would have them arrested for false pretenses," replied Sweetman.
