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FEW MEN WANTED TO PUT Up
4 e tuner, None b tho-r aoquain'ed With the
ines need sfply al al lbuane u. W stAlre. 96
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S.kOLL SAWYER WANTED AT ROSS 4
- MARoHALLs, gy.h .t aud lin ave : ,sads
hand need apply. '''
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INSTRUCTION.

AT PAlNE'S MERCANTILE COLLEGE, So
BO~ery bu-!nc. men. merchants, clerks, re-
tuthlhs soldiers TEACHERS aud pupils FROM other
IN tiaction. Bookkeeping, writing, arithmetic alse-
IRA grammar, &c, BY tho lesson, month or quar-
Ter. osS
A T TOWNSENDSC OMMERCIAL ACADE-
my, 2dJ BoNeIy, below Houston Ct Book. keen
IN. Writing, Arithmetic, Algebra Reading. spelling,
EIan mar &C. ihufht without glasses, day ami even
ms Rooms TOT ladies and private instruction Terms
muiotate NO NncRtion. Jos
II ANJO-BANJO-BY MY CHAMPION
- method guarantee the pupil 10 play perfectly,
Atei one course Of lessons-Sb-or no charge Refers
70 iorni,r pupils. j. n. BUCKLEY. No. 81 King
street IRA
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'LOAkMAhLRS AND VESTMAKERs
- usnt"i alec o. rGtois on fanuol sAiA aud
~ uuttouhoi tIHtcc. On t'-ts steady work 10
.tmt l. 81
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s'OH SALE AND To LET.

4 FARM FOR SALE CHEAP, % ACRES.
/ to' rad crop house aud barn sI,Sn ono 2t
co.'s Hofn ana larn, clop roo. one 80 acres house
rhI laIh SOCK c.oia, eAtH; one Of 80 sores, bouse
shd barn rio h. ctops, ElbUs ulc " acrcH house aud
tai az al me l'n', charus &c Also for exchange
EspLlO l2 Centre -. Ivy" is -
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EOK SALE-A FARM OF 80 ACRES on
goOd laud-2 acies cultivated, In CentiL lain,
l0nt lslind ~ miles nom .he city. VIII be sold "a
huusion e. or 70 H. ". fIHLAY, Al Mr. JNu' ST.
ElsI 1Ith al, New York ggi ~
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CRAA8EkEY, FRUIT AND TRUCK Lands
- or sale. fayOTnhle chance. Gr.t mill property
aha sets Of Grant o.iy ana fruit Andr combined
Located AZ Tomas River, n. j., 40 miles from Now
Or, ."r Delaware sEd R,ritSn BAY A. H. Commu-
nicaton twice pen day. Apply 10 DI. j H. ROSS real
estate agent, Tome River, y. j. lI9
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SlEAh POWER WANTED-10 TO 10
- hOrse pov or with rooms Oh the fr,t fooi NH,
basement II any. Also some other looms Tor t,fn,
OF eafs. Any ono having such Iooms aud powt, NAV
send lote 70 ". ii. BROWN, l9l aud I9J Chr 81,
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,. Lows MAKERS OK CARPESTERS-
Hntci iruc1iWr.y ~ the factory, bso ws.cr
q. % boz uiaaers CT 40 ot4pea.eIs. 10 strong
I' ing 20 HuTt Ieu tctdy. gs8
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'ANNASSLkS WANTED FOR THE CITY
O. c1Hut.l male o. enuc. = good business ior
sl'I% iuetl NtNts or irues. JOINS a istns ofy.
%. cssor call on POWELL & CO, a. Bible Iuuee,
cog i.ac ~. 9J2
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TO LET-N ELIZABETH, N. j., HALF.
l. hour, ride tom rev York, house oontainlu, IA
ioolas hari lots OF ground, fTuit tees &c teut
Gku1I 10 -"
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GENTS WANTED AT 1852 READE ST,
cell 1ilden's uiveisa, Flour sitter which viii
ufed BY ever family. Goo men make from -
I; 10. DAY. 81
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'OAT AND VEST HAND WANTED. AT
70 Nctoy 81 ~ VI Ioi .eac. required. Good
i..s "a 4. >. l.. I-AAt~ d AotH POI
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DEtSNMEN NANiLD.--2 GOOD HANDS
d cestom AM stOp pan .sloOns best ages and
,a4. "o'h' A'so hl'sh rs. Apply at No 257 Esst
40 '' 2lI
GuOLMAkERS WANTED ON WELT Heel
- -eA 40 t.Ates ht,c.s. Apply at EDW ARDS
Vis'S - - WV
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WONDERFUL RUSH FOR MALE AND
female heip OF all nations. at !. NELPLEl's
&c whitehall It, Wanted cooks, ~siieis boure
j. up siAis servants Tor SOD situations IA city and
IA -. AlsO coarhmsn, gard mes polteis and
o. us hantf Ihuse ae'y landed employed iin-
Tia clv This office W can recommend. 1tJ
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\ RESPECTABLE MAN WISHES TO
learn he necs-ie and collar busincss would
"a Is services for . kroslelse Of the trade, or
uid Join a uy.isht trldesruAn in opening up =
Dc. Adlres. r. T., boN Q 2 Sun offict. 6
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. NlhL WANTED w WORK On OkNA-
%, ltal hair work. Cod waRee end steA ~ en-
meat. several eits wanted TO make hair topses.
ly TO L. GKANlLi.f. Ladies. HairdresssT. lLg
mn ave. let lath and 1Gth sts.
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WANTED.

SOAPS-SoAPS-WANTED A COMTF-
tent ~ salesman. vho n veil acauain Ell uith
tne IHde 70 take oidsts tor a large .o.p rnnnutnr.
XI, Appv b. letter 20 Boz NO. 1881 L. o. No I.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13
Mis- ell q n v .
She S5lrrenders.

AS showing the way in which our col
diers win victories in the very strong
holds Of The rebellion, the ''last ditch, :"
as it were, will append the following
letter, from one Of the fair danes OF
Nashville, to her brother in the rebel
army. which was captured (not the
brother. but the Ictter) in a rebel mail
near Decatur, few days since:
NASHVILLE, Jan. 20 1865
DEAR BRorlIER TOW Il wrote to
you some six months ago, and feel quite
uneasy about you as not a line has
reached me since your letter last June.
I now repeat to you that matters and
things about here are getting worse
every day. You will be astonished to
hear that your friends of the female de-
nomination are dropping off every day.
Yes, dropping too as willing victims into
the arms of the ruthless invader. Just
think of it ! Mollie, the unconquerable,
who used to parade that large Beaure-
gard breastbin, and who used to sing
"Mary land. my Maryland" with so much
pathos, was married some four months
ago to Federal with but one bar on his
shoulders. Sallie, who used to sleep
with the Bonnie Blue Flag" under her
pillow, who looked daggers and pistols
at the invaders, and would not speak to
her schoolmates N and c. because
they received and treated Federal Off
GERS with due politeness, she too is gone
yes, married to a Federal with two
bars Sue. the historical one, who car
ried that glittering stiletto in her belt,
who was going to initiate Charlotte Cor
day and assassnate somebody for her
country's sake, she too, has gone the way
of all flesh, and married an officer with
that detestable eagle on his shoulders.
And now, pull out your handkerchief,
and prepare for the worst, my poor broth
er Tom. Your old sweetheart, Anne,
the one to whom you dedicated your
sweetest verses, and whose melodious
voice so often mingled with yours in days
of yore, who defed both Generals and
the whole 18th Army Corps, who was
whose rebelious temperament no clima-
terial change could have the least infu-
ence, she, too, has hauled down the stars
and bars and is about to surrender at
discretion. | should not have believed,
but to convince myself l passed her
house the other night with a gentleman
who protects us during your absence, on
purpose to find out the state of her po-
litical sentiments from her musical pro-
gramme.
Take it like man, Tom for I heard
very distinctly the words of Rally
round tue Aag," and the "Union For
ever" sung in her best style, with a
glorious tenor voice mingling with it.
Poor brother Tom you know | con-
sidered her always the very Gibralter
of the South, and now when she surren-
ders, must think that the confederacy
has gone up You had better come
home Immediately and look to your in
terest in that quarter, as perhaps it may
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13
How the Chinese Dig Coal.

It is always curious to know how they
do things in the Celestial Empire, the
land Of pig g-tails, little feet and almond
eyes. They are not slow people but
ingenious, foxy, patient, enduring and
industrious; they achieve wonders for
an oriental nation, and a race hampered
by iron conventionalities. The manner
of their coal mining is we'll described in
the appended article from an Anglo
Chinese paper: "The only coal mines
in China of which we have any account
are located about five miles north of
Kub-shan- kan, and not far from the city
of Pekin. The editor Of the Chinese
Mail recently visited these mines, and
makes the following report, which will
be interesting, as showing the manner
in which the Chinese carry on mining
operations at homo: There are but If
teen shafts open, each of their entrances
being enlarged into room, where the
golfers eat and sleep at times, though
more comfortable dwellings, have been
built for overseers and contractors
We engaged miner to show US down
the large shaft, which measured on the
average only A. feet high by feet
wide; it is cased with willow weeds in a
secure manner, and the roof is particu-
larly well guarded. The bottom is lined
with the same to form ladder, up and
down which the miners travel In their
daily labor. This shaft is about $50
feet deep, and the ladder down to the
diggings is, perhaps, 900 feet long The
coal is secured on small wooden sledges,
and drawn, as the miner slowly crawls
up along the narrow and slippery steps,
by strap passing up over his forehead,
each load weighing eighty cattles. One
workman brings up six loads as his days
work The sides Of this shaft showed
the width of the veins Of coal, but the
top and bottom were not dug out. The
whole was very dry, owing probably to
its elevation up the hill; but some shafts
had been abandoned from wet and bad
air, and their mouths closed. The la
borers are hired out by the contractors,
who sell the coal to the dealers from
Pekin and elsewhere it is all carried
away on the backs Of camels or mules,
and it is painful sight to see the un-
wieldy camels coming down the rocky,
uneven roads, bringing their loads OF
coal. 1t is delivered at Pekin at about
three piculs for dollar, and large part
Of the price is for carriage. The coal
is hard, but such examination as the
time afforded, disclosed not vestige of
a stump or leaf to compare with the fos-
sils Of other coal regions; more careful
research will doubtless bring to light
some indications Of this kind, enabling
scientific men to compare the numerous
deposits Of soft and hard coal in this
part Of China with the European coal
measures.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13


THE BIBLE-We find the following
as the commencement Of criticism on
a new work, in the Chicago Tribune:
The Bible is the most important OF
all books. It's own circulation is prob
ably thousand greater than that of
any other book, and its circulation, to-
gether with that Of the books founded
upon it, and deriving from it their in
spiration, doubtless vastly exceeds that
of all other books combined. Indeed,
the ancient classics and the pure math
ematics are nearly all we have wholly
unaffected by the influence Of the Bible.
It permeates our literature, tinges our
science, peryades our arts, affects our
laws, moulds our manners. 1t is the
most ancient and venerable monument
of the past the most powerful agency
in the present, and gives promise Of still
more expansive and peryadlng influence
over the future. While laws control
our actions, and conscience our motives,
this, by going back Of both action and
motive, moulds that secret heart faith
which is the fountain from whence flow
our motives, conscience, manners, laws,
and other forms of outward life.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13
The Letter P.

This important member Of the Eng
lish alphabet stands sixteenth in order
as we are gravely informed by Mr.
Webster, in his voluminous and humor-
Gus dictionary It is however, a very
useful letter and fulflls duties which
render it invaluable III some Of the
most important relations Of life. How
could we, for instance, enjoy the bless
ing of Peace, Plenty and Prosperity
without It's aid? Upon the letter 2 de-
pends Power, Property, Political Pre-
ferment and Petroleum. Our Presi-
dent in Washington would become but
a resident in Washington were it not
for the protection Of the letter ?. It
is also indispensable to the formation
of some sentences, As, for example
(and, O, reader, ponder the points per
severingly, that are contained in these
pregnant proverbs,( Prompt payments
are the practice Of prudent persons and
purchasers please parties by the panct-
uo! performances Of promises.
The absence Of the letter 2 from ita
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13
Artemus Ward Tnsures his Life

I kun to the conclusion lately, that
life was so onsartain, that the only wa
for me to stand fair chance with other
folks, wuz to git my life insured, and SO
j kal'd on the Agent ov the "Garden
Life Insurance Company" and ansered
the following questions, which wuz put
to me over the top ov pair ov gold
specks, by slick little fat old feller,
with a little round gray head as emmy
man ever owned:
QTEsTIoNs.
1st. Are you male or femail? II
so, state how long you have been SO.
I'd. Are you subjec to fits, and if so,
do you have more than one at time?
Sd. What il your precise fiteing
weight?
4th Did you ever have emmy ances-
tors, and if so, how much ?
9Th What il yure opinion ov the
constitutionality Of the 10 command
ments 2
9th. Did you ever have emmy mite
mair ?
7th. Are you married and single,
or are yu bachelor?
9Th. Du yu believe in future
state ifyou do, state it.
9Th. What is yur private sentiments
about rush of rats tu the head can it
be did successfully?
10th. Have yn ever committed sui
eide, and If so, how did it effect yu?
After answering the above questions
like man, in the confrmatiff, the slick
little fat old fellow with gold spycks on
ced wuz insured for life and probably
would remain 50 for term Of years. |
thanked him and smiled one Of my most
pensive smiles.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13
How to Fall Asleep.

The great point to be gained, says
q writer on this subject. in order to Sc
cure sleep, is escape from thought, es-
pecially from thai clinging, tenacious,
imperious thought, which in most cases
of wakefulness has possession Of the
mind. I always effect this by the fol-
lowing simple process: Il turn my eye
balls as far to the right or left, or upward
or downward, as can without pain, and
then commence rolling them slowly with
that divergence from a direct line of
vision around in their sockets, and con-
tinue doing this until fall asleep, which
occurs generally within three minutes
always within five at the most. The
immediate effect Of this procedure diff
fers from that Of any other have ever
heard, to procure sleep. 1t not merely
diyerts thought into new channel, but
actually suspendsit. Since have be-
come aware of this, [ have endeavored,
innumerable times, while thus rolling
my eyes, to think upon particular sub
ject, and even upon that which before
kept me awake, but | could not. AS
long as they were moving around, my
mind was blank. IF any one doubts
this, let him try the experiment for him
self. [ wish be would let him pause
just here and make it. | venture to as
sure him that, if he makes it in good
faith in the manner described, the
promise of "a penny for his thoughts, y
or for each of them, while the operation
is in progress, will add very little to his
wealth. Such being its effects, we can
not wonder that it should bring sleep to
nervous and wakeful man. The phil
osopby of the matter is very simple. A
suspension Of thoughts is to the mind
what suspension Of travel or labor is
to a weary body. 1t enjoys the luxury
of rest; the strain upon its faculties are
removed it falls asleep as naturally as
the farmer in his chair after toiling all
day in his fields"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

not be too late yet to produce a favora-
Bile change in your favor. Tell the boys
down in Dixie, if they do not return
soon they will not find a single girl or
widow below conscript age in these parts,
as the watchward now is ",SauUe qui
pent," which means ''Marry who can. P"
Ny principles are unchanged, and [ am
as true to the South as ever. We have
captain boarding with us merely by
way Of protection, who appears to be a
clever fellow for Federal. He takes a
sly glance at me at tie table sometimes,
but Of course [ do not return it. You
know me too we'll for that Let me hear
from you soon, and believe nae, ever
Your loving sister,
MARIE.
P. S. I, Do you think it would be a
violation of my Southern principles to
take an occasional ride for my health
with the captain?' He has such nice
horse and buggy. You know there can
be no possible harm in that
P. S. II, That impertinent fellow act
ually squeezed my hand as he helped me
out Of the buggy this evening. We had
such delightful ride. want you to
come home and protect me, Tom, as !
don't like to live this way much longer
?. S. III, IF ever l should marry a
Yankee, (but you know my principles
too we'll for that, [ would do it merely
as the humble instrument to avenge the
wrongs Of my poor oppressed country
Little peace should he find by day OF
night; thorns should be planted in his
couch; his dreams should be of Helofer-
nus, and my dry goods bill as long as the
Internal Revenue Law.
P.S ", Come home, brother Tom
and take the amnesty oath for two
months or thereabouts. I want to tel
you secret On due consideration
have come to the determination to make
a martyr of myself! Yes, brother Tom
[ am going to marry the captain on pa
triotic principles
"Marie" wont die in the last ditch
not much dunno
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

accustomed place would produce some
ridiculous results. Without it the. hon
orable plow would be called low, take
it from the head and tail Of a pup and
u are left solitary and alone. Extract
it from hops and hos is the remarka
Bile residum. Tear it from the small
pox and you are rewarded with small
OK for your trouble. Its presence pro-
duces effects equally astonishing. 1t
will make an ass pass even in good soci-
ETY.. Apply it to one ear and lol you
have pear. We might extend the GU
rious examples of the advantages, uses
and benefits Of the letter ? to an indef-
mite extent.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

The ANTIDorE FOR PoIsoN,-Dr J.
Edmonds, prominent London physician,
writes as follows to The London Times
II enclose simple, safe and accessible
prescription for the whole range Of acid
corrosive po;sons, which, if promptly
used, will almost invariably save life
Mix two ounces Of powdered chalk or
magnesia, or one ounce Of washing soda.
with a pint of milk and swallow it at one
draught; then tickle the back of the
throat with a feather or finger SO as to
produce vomiting. Afterwards drink
freely of milk and water, and repeat the
vomiting so as to Thoroughly wash out
the stomach. Any quantity of chalk or
magnesia may be taken with safety. but
soda in large quantities is injurious. |
may add, that the narcotics are except
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

REMARKABLE Works OF HUMAN
LABoR.-Ninevah was fourteen miles
long, eight miles wide and forty-six
miles round, with wall one hundred
feet high, and thick enough for three
chariots to go abreast Babylon was
fifty miles within the walls, which were
seventy five feet thick and one hundred
feet high, with one hundred brazen
gates The temple Of Diana at Ephesus,
was fou, hundred and twenty feet to the
support of the roof It was one hun
dred years in building. The largest OF
pyramids was four hundred and eighty
one feet in hoight, and eight hundred
and ffty-three feet On the sides The
base covers eleven acres. The stones
are about sixty feet in length, and the
layers are two hundred and eight It
employed $780, 600 men building the
labyrinth in Egypt, and it contains three
hundred chambers and twelve halls.
Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins twenty
seven miles around. Athens was twenty
FIVE miles around, aud contained $780,
eco citizens and 100000 slaves. Tie
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

How to Move a Raulky Criminal

How to Move Baulky Criminal
The first Sheriff of 10 Daviess County
Illinois, was Capt. Orin Smith, then q
young man. He once got criminal on
bis hands who refused to be taken to the
log Jail, in Old Town He was large
portly fellow, and determined if he went
Smith should literally carry him, and
for this purpose lay down on the landing
fat on his back. Smith tried to per-
suade him for awhile IN his usual coaxing
way, but it had no effect There was
an OK team standing near with log chains
attached, it was ordered into position,
and Smith took hitch with the chain
asound the mans neck, and ordered tho
driver to whip up and haul that man to
jail. The eulprit was not slow to inter
pret the meaning Of the firm and imper-
ative tone OF the Sheriff, neither was he
slow in bounding upon his feet, and
walking off to the calaboose with the
utmost GOODNESS and docility.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13
2 O @ t ry.
Our Captive Soldiers.

THE following affecting piece was writer
oy Union Soldier while in prison at An
aersonville, Ga.
twenty-five acres Of homestead,
Meadow, orchard and spring,
And amid the laden fruit trees
The voices of song birds ring.
Where the ripling stream glides lightly
BY the fields Of rustling corn,
And the wintry hearth shines ruddy
When the summer days are gone.
left that dear old homestead
In the north, to join the fight,
To brighten our country's honor,
Or die to set her right
To.fght mid the smoke and rattle,
Where the deadly bullets hiss
To find death in battle,
But not such a death as this.
Twenty five acres Of mire,
Cut by filthy trench;
Stumps, and swamps, and briar,
Vermin, offal and stencil,
Through that black ditch is crawling
The DRAWINGS Of a sink,
Rippled with living corruption,
And this we have to drink.
Thirty thousand wretchcs
People this region Internal;
Fathers, brothers, husbands,
In misery seeming eternal
Twenty five acres Of white men
ooh, happier those who fell J
Whenever new comers enter,
They whisper rs this hell 2"
Naked, with nothing to shelter
Against the hot suns rays;
Hunger, wasting, starvation,
Dying hundred day.
Horrors no tongue can utter,
Horrors Of which could boast
No black hole of Calcutta,
No pen on the African coast.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

A MAKEUP BLUNDER--A laugha Bile
mistake is shown in the following mix
ture of two articles one concerning a
preacher, the other about the freaks of
a mad dog-which occurred in hurried
''make-up" in newspaper office.
"'Rev. James Thompson, rector ofSt.
Andrews Church, preached to = largo
concourse of people on Sunday last
This was bis last sermon. In few
weeks he Will bid farewell to his congre-
cation, as his physician advises him to
cross the Atlantic He exhorted his
brethren and sisters, and after the con-
clusion of short prayer, took whim
to cut up some frantic feats. He ran mp
Trinity street to the college. At this
stage Of the proceedings couple Of boys
seized him and tied tin kettle to his.
tail, and be again started. A large
crowd collected, and for time there was
grand scene drumming and confusion.
After long race he was shot by po~
liceman.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-04-13

A SCENE IN PRINTING OFFICE
A patron Of village newspaper once
said % publisher:
"Mr Printer, how is it you have not
called on me for the pay for your paper?"
"Oh' said the man Of types, 1--WE nev-
er ask a gentleman for money
'.Indeed" replied his patron, "then
how 10 you manage to get along when
they don't pay y
Why" said the editor, "after GER
tain time we conclude that man who
fails to pay for his paper is not a gentle
man, and then we ask him
"Oh, ah, yes | see, Dir. Printer.
Glands him two dollars) make my name
I'll right On your book.