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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09

hides and sold 7iOlO leaving a stock On
hand of $4,000 As compared with
100000 for the corresponding week
last year On the Is of Sep.
TENDER last there were 100000
sides Of leather on hand in New York,
while to-day the stock is reduced to
about 10000 sides with weekly receipts
of about 10000. In the Boston market
to-day there cannot probably he bought
5000 sides Buffalo hides have adj.
vanced from 9 IL to T. IA cents and
on Saturday "a hundred hides were sold
to arrive at L. cents, all faults.
In Boston aud New York recent sales
Of hides have been altoa Their private
and the price, cease to be reported
New Orleans was formerly large mar
ket for hides, and il still one of the
main points where hides are gathered
to be distributed Our market hos felt
the demand and is being stripped bare
at the increased prices
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
Death to the Screw worml

Buchan's Cresylic Ointment will kill the
Screw Worm every time, ana cure Foot Rot
in Sheep and Cattle.
Buchun's Cresylie sheep Dip Is m iufalu-
bic remedy for the Scub IN Sheeu being
soap, il penctrates vt once 10 the skin and
Kills the Scab.
Buchan's Carbolic Disiniecting Soap cures
Mango In Horses, Dogs and Cattle, alld kills
Lice, Fleas and Ticks on all animals
Be sure Jas. Buchan q cos name ppcars
on the labels. All others are counterfeit and
worthless WM. +. KlDDER n Co, PIinCi.
pull Depot, 81 John street, New York,
iunr2S-deOd30aS Gw3ms
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
CHEAP ADVERTISING COLUMN.
L.. 4. ERrris.

solicitor in Bankruptcy uhltG G E stn,v Street
iriG Ii0 voT rrxss. Speciality in all matters 10
ho nrI" rnptcy. Proofs of debt taken throuSih
Da, ,he United states. Charges reasohapie
annt2Nhlm
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
Dis TUT, SiRSiPAR LAAND

forming the most powerful Alternative
known to Medical science for the cure OF oli
Ulcers and sores, Diseased Joints, Foul Dis
charges from the Ears and NostriIs. Abb
secs, es, Skin affections Rheumatism.
ropSy, Kidney Complaints, EVIL affects o.
Secret practices, u seaSed : al plSoricred
liver aud spleen ant all diseases that cen
ter in the blood. II possesses the poculia
property of importing a iair conn lexlon auo
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
EXTRA ORDINARY DRAWING
OF THE
FInv ,aa Lso ttor
Only 1900 Tcketsl 2,Si0 Prizosl

q ma prlLps Amt 70 De dINIfIbuItU oIIWVV
Ibis drawing taxes place December ~, 1870
ui clcs. 90 halves, $50; quarters, s2j; tenths
slu; twruiieihs, ~.
Remember that the number OF tickets IN
Wv limited In this drawing, and that n
sreit many remain without tickets for wait.
INC iii the last days Keep also In mind
lint lie lottery IL conducte ny the Spanish
Bawarc OF counte felt tickets, aud scnd
vo,ir orders 10 MAN UkL ORRANTiA.
noy28.aw l60 Common b., New Orleans
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09

nr NJ a. Kennedy, surgeon ana n nh Ssnd
clan, pail .as,s aver Kahn q Bros. Clolning;
Llama Lamar Rssidsnce aa Young street. noVii
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
Attorneys at Law.

Thurmond, willard 4 fietS'er' nac,Sdlm
Law, 81 Main street, up stairs' "s' 49,,
4. M. Hayes, Attorney q, LAW, H neilas.
Texas. speVi" "' aprlti
w a oldham, Office in Mitches building
W. ~ The Ie(lrand hotel, Main street.
janlidu - a,Iow No
aos North side Public Square up-Stsirs'
,otOQ-fIf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
WARTS QUEaVs DELI aur /?

II 3 plant thut grows m the South and Is
he only actual bio purifier yer 1lscoy
cred, by which MI diseases that center IN the
blood can be eradiCaled vt once and forever.
Ii eXpels for life all scrofulous, Syphiliuc,
Cutaneous AMI Rheumatic ailectiO sand Is
the ONaY TRUE REMEDY for this class ~
diseases. Alon II is n searching, but wher
com bined with Hoadur ~ Sarsa arillt, Yell
low Dock and other roots and herb II be-
comes y blood purlder indispensable and
uueuualied. such Is the CON JinatlOn OF
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09

,no n Morton, M. D., Physician and p snf
com oice over First Ma ,i snd H HS sis
euca cor er san JeC mo country s promptly
alias, rexa" oa''' w oct2 I'm
-. In1.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
Causes the Body TO Gain ia Solid Flosh

Its value can net be too strongly impressed
npon the attention of those who h I'VE been
exposed 10 a faint Of improper character
The afflicted ara assured that this is not one
of the worthless nostrums Of the day, but IL
prepared upon scientific principles, by a
physician OF thirty years experience sold
everywhere,
saptS-deod wly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Residence cor
: Orleans aud Ohio streets next door to Kphler's
Drug Store. Office over Bensef & Thomas Drug
tore, Market Square, office hours 10 10 IL A. M to
pm. T-14d&wiy
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
Orleans Street Livery,

A HENRY, LIVERY FEED, SALE AND
~ Boarding Stable. Parties and Funerals Spe-
cialtty Orleans Street, between Buffalo and Ea-
gle. Charges reasonable. 1215dts
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
Who Intimidate Votarsp

On September 9th. Governor Chamber
hn' OF South Carolina, shipped to Charles
ton, South Carolina, 10000 muskets. the
property of the United States. and pro-
claimed by telegraph at once his disgust
with reform" and his intention to arm
the blacks of Charleston with the guns
shipped. The bare announcement of his
act and purpose was enough to excite civil
war. On the 7th procession of colored
Democratic voters was attacked, and many
were killed and wounded, while King
street, one of the main tnoroughfares oil
Charleston, was blockaded and actually
sacked for ten hours.
Are General Grant, Mr.. Taft, and Gov.
ernor Chamberlin determined to create an
American Bulgaria? Do they forget that
the whole country votes. and that every
wanton outrage in the south changes
against its perpetrators thousands of votes
in the north?
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

We hear from every part of the state
the most encouraging news concerning the
strength of Gov. Tilden with all classes of
citizens and men Of all parties. The de-
mand for reform, for the wedding out of
Grantism from the government, and for a
higher tone 10 politics, is general, aud the
people understand full we'll that to secure
these ends the only way is to elect Tilden;
that with Hayes we should gain nothing,
and make 10 reform Roadway. Tilden
gains steadily the more mature,y people
think on the needs of the time. lie viii,
roll up a rousing majority in New York
". I. San.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

is PREPARED TO DO PLUMBING IN ALL IT'S
branches. airo, Gas and Steam Fitting.
Call and have estimates N ade before ordering your
work done by other parties
THOMAS lAThS. tLeYee. Rock island.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
Gae DAILY Arsas.
The Pc ople not Blind


Fortunately the people are not blind.
They see the villainy IF the schemes which
are at work for the perpetuation of the
power of those who have brought such a
vast train of evils upon the country. They
can guage the depths of infamy to which
these men have sunk, and they are deter
mined that they will have no more to do
with them, except to deprive them of their
mischievous opportunities and punish
them for their untold crimes. The princ;-
pies upon which this government is found
ed shall never be uprooted by bayonets,
aud no despot shall hold sway over the
minds and bodies of men who have so often
sealed their freedom with the best and no
blest of their blood. mo, sir" said a
man, few days since, "Grantism and des-
pousm are the same things, Hayesism is
nothing but another name for Grantism
ms thing wont go down with Americans
ana those that went to try it on had better
stop while they can retrace their steps,"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
HAIR DYE.

BACHELORS CELEBRATED HAIR DYE
spiended Hair DYE for 81 years with beneit to the
. naf ana no injury to his heaIth proof that ii il
sne only true and perfect Dye, Harmless, reliable.
t;nts No Disappointment no ridiculous
the pair soft and beautiful Black or Brown Sold
ana properly applied &C BACHELORS wig Fac
t4r5, NO. 10 Bond street, N. Y, Sold by all drug
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

g the purchase Of
Watches to tn e gu
periority of the
Nickel Movem ent
Watches, made by
the Messrs. POBEl
b CoTGvoIsTER, OF
Switzerla Gents
and Ladies' sizes
lin Stem aud Key
| Winders.
Those Watches
have Equilibrium
Escapem'ts ChrO
nometer balance
Ku by Pallet, ten
pered and hardeF
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

Going North-lf:f Is m 1898 p. In.
Goirg South T:39 u. m; a:2s p. m,
Palace Sleeping cars, owned and operated by this
line accompany ali night trains.
CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
hat Burlington with Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw R,y
for Peoria, indianapolis, Lafayette and Cincinnati;
with Chicago, Burlington Quincy X. r., for Chi
eaeo. keosuk. Quincy and ST Louis West to Ottum.
wa and point. In X nsa> and Nebraska and with
Blu slington 1t Southwestern Ry, fer Pennington,
Bloomfield and all points in Missouri a Kansas.
at Columbus junction. WITH Chicago 4 South.
western Raj road Washington ard Lea, worth.
At Nichols with Muscatine Division &, Il q Nj.
for Muscstine
At West Liberty, with Chic GO Rock Island &
Pacific railroad, for Iowa City, Desmoines, and
davenport.
At Cedar Rapids. with Milwaukee Division of u,
r &c M for Independence. West Union, pestvilie
ana McGregor; with Chicago Northwestern Rail-
way, Tor Omaha. Council Bluffs and Chicago and
with Dubuque 81 Southwestern Rv for Dubuque
At Waterloo and Cedar Falls, wiz Illinois Cen
trail Railroad for Independence, Dubuque Fort
Dodge and Sioux City
At Shell Rock with Stage for waverly
AT Nora junction. with Milwaukee a. St PauI
Railway, for Mason City and Charles City
At Plymouth with Milwaukee IL ST. Paul Railway
for all points in Minnesota
Al ct Paal, for all points on Northern Pacific
halfway. the great Lake Superior region. ard all
points North and Northwest
e. II WINSLoW. Genl Manager.
c. j IVES. Gent Pass. & Ticket AGENT,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

The idiotic lies about Governor Til
denis record" which have been floating
about in the Republican papers for
months past. were all brought together into
the house of representatives by Mr..
Mason, OF Iowa, and flung in heap on
the floor. Mr.. Hewitt stamped or them
and they exploded with noise that will be
heard from Maine to California and re-
mem bered from now to November. The
friends OF Mr.. kasson are supposed to be
collecting such fragments of him as have
already fallen on this side of the Allegha-
MES. On the other side we shall hear oil
him probably in the form of new shower
of flesh and blood like that which, mouths
ago, startled Kentucky-N y. World.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
The Lolita Skirt Elevator.

SELF ADJUSTINGi NO FIXING REQUIRED!
attached to any dress in few seconds without
rings and tedious and perplexing arrangements ii
is simplicity itself, and perfection in its working
1t works far better AMI quicker than any other In
raising to be walking skirt or III falling t. the
trail form, and does not require genius to under
stand it.
A. w. THOMAS, 81 White street, New York; SOL
Race street, Philadelphia.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
DIR. BEALE'S.
GERMAN

will effectually'
cure all diseases
arising from a
disordered liver.
and 8 { o m O C h
such as constiI
patation, fiatu1
lence. inward
piles, fullness of
the blood to the
head, acidity Of
the s tom a C b ,
nausea, heart
burn, disgust for
90 O Il. fullness
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

ed Brequet Hair Springs Full Ruby Jewelled, ano
combine all modern improvements IN Watch-
making.
the Paris Exposition of 1851 for the best perform
Ance and greatest accuracy in adjustment; and ae
further guarantee that they equal to the
annex names of some OF the most respectable zeal
in the trade who have tested them for years an6
will vouch for the accuracy of our statements;
Benedict Bros. Y, w. +. Weeks, Bangor
Z. Marks, Troy, n. Y, Me.
j. A;smith, saratogas p's H. ". strans' Elmlra'
E.B. Booth & Son. Roch- Haskins s. Isbell, osw'
ester, N Y go,N.Y.
H. Botchkiss, Buffalo, N Hyds, & Bettys, Auburn
B. K Chase & Co.. Rut j. A. Clark, Batavia, N.
j. II. Grant, Troy, Pa. H. Coowell Co., cleve
G. w Luce, XeBia, Ohio. land, o.
A Lowell, Portland, Me. o. ii. Ford, New Hoveh-
Ohio. !icholls & Isepths To.
A. l.. Burbank, worces ledo, Ohio.
ter Mass Geo. Embry, Morrow, o
W s TAYLOR Utica New G.. Bills, Canandaigua, n
York. Y. LIE Grys s. WORTH
Evans & Manning, Bing Cambridge, n. Y:
hamton, N y d. b Buell. il Co Hart
D"~ chester 81 n. H. NO" C. Wyman, St. Albsn
T. Il. Dickinson, Buffalo, VI
George re- W. Dickinson, Ct:
Ashtabula, o. John Morriss Ci = Gin
Weld Bros, Lockpert, N. natl O.
Bailiette & Weld, Water Pa.
loo, Iowa. i. ii. Grant, Troy, N. y
Carpenter g. Bro, Bnr- N. p Kilburn, Cory
lington, Iowa Pa.
Ferguson u Capp, indianapolis, Ind.
And a large number of others throughout the
United States. For further particulars. ask youl
matchmaker to see them, or address
QUINCHE g. KRUGLER,
Wholesale Agents In the United States, Salesroon
Maiden Lane. New York.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

Second Stree, Philadelphia, and can be purcha
OF druggists. Price 25 cents per package.
Fer sale by Emil Koecher, Rock Island
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
THE
STANDARD
Lolita
BU5TLE.

In its support of superintendent weight closing up
on sitting against chairback, and its varieties
covering every demand. Have caused diplomas TO
be awarded it each year by American Institute and
sales greater than all others combined. Beware
of infringments
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14

for weight Ill
lstomach, swim
lining at the head
hurried, or diff
scult breathing
Efuttering at the
kheart, choking
kor suffocating
Esensations wheT
lin a lying pos
Rture. dimness O
vision, &c. Tn,
Tea is prepared
land sold a
HNa GQ1 Soutl
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
WATCH BUYERS ATTENTION

The undersigned respectfully directs the after
tion OF parties contemplating the purchase OF
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-14
Enamalled Pine.

TRY THE ENAMELLEn PIPE, 1T WILL MOI
| Rust or crack and costs only trife more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HAsS
Store in Star Block
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
Every Day Religion.

We must come back to our polnt
which is, not to urge all Of you to
give yourselves up to mission work,
but to serve God more and more in
connection with your daily calling
l have heard that woman who has a
mission makes a poor wife and bad
mother; this is very possible, and at
the same time very lamentable; but
the mission / would urge is not of
this sort. Dirty rooms, slatternly
gowns, and children with unwashed
faces are swift witnesses against the
sincerity of those who keep others
vineyards and neglect their own. l
have no faith in that woman who
tells of grace and glory abroad, and
uses no soap and water at home
Let the buttons be on the shirts, let
the children's socks be mended, let
the roast mutton be done to turn,
let the house be as neat as a pin, and
the home be as happy as home can
be. Serve God by doing common
actions in a heavenly spirit,and then,
if your daily calling only leaves you
cracks and crevlces of time fill these
up with holy service.-Spwgeon.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
The Leap-Year Jug-Handle.

The leap-year jug-handle, says the
Eureka (Cal.) Sentinel, has recently
been introduced into Eureka, and is
becoming so popular that it is proba-
bic it will outlive leap-year. The
leap-year jug-handle is the name of
the style of walking wherein, instead
of the lady taking her escorts arm,
the gentleman takes tight grip on
the lady's arm just above the elbow,
which he uses rs a rudder to steer
her through the crowd on the street
A couple walking in this fashion
passed up Main street last evening,
and a gentleman who had just arriv-
ed from Cherry Creek-where the
jug-handle has not been introduced
remarked to companion that he
wondered what allied the girl.
"That's the leap-year style of walk
ing" replied his friend
"Che thunder it isw said the Cher
ry Creeker. 81 thought maybe she
had stubbed her toe"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

In the Office of q Wisconsin jol
nal there is a compositor who Sc
type so rapidly that the friction
his movements fuses the leaden 9.
blems in his stick, making them sol
like stereotype plate. The way !
prevent this is to have his case su
merged in water; and the rapid
of his motions keeps the water bo
ing and bubbling so that eggs haI
frequently boiled in the space-box.1
Pipes leading from the bottom
his case to a boiler in the press-roo
and the steam generated by the ia
compositor's movements runs Il
power press. In one day he set
much that it took all hands, fro
editor to devil, two weeks to read Il
proof, and it was not his good da
for setting type, either.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
INDEPENDENCE IOWA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "a. 1876.

the violin groans as if it had pre-
sentiment of the power that is about
to subdue it. At the second, it shud-
ders and weeps and complains, like
the magnetized patient when interro-
gated by the mcsmerizer. At the
third, it obeys the impulse of the SUI
perior will that controls it, and
breaks forth into sounds prolonged
and sonorous. The thaumaturgus
bends over it,shaking his wavy locks,
brooding it, if we may say SO, with
his gaze; the lnmost tibres of the
hollow instrument are shaken, then
waver, then yield to the irresistible
fascination; the spectators gaze up
on him in silence and astonishment,
and hang upon him without winklng
an eyelid, as he pours forth contin-
uous torrent of harmony"
And his ruling passion was beau
tifully strong in death. He had lived
for art, and he died for it. Having
overtasked his failing strength dur
ing the carnival of '39, he repaired
to Nice to recruit his shattered
health, but in reality to die. One
beautiful May evening, as his end
vislbly drew near, awaking from n
short but tranquil slumber, and per-
ceiving an unusual light in his cham
Der, he asked his attendant what it
meant.
"INaestro, it is the moon," the lat
ter replied.
"The moon? Draw aside the cur
tain, that | may see it once again
before | die"
The curtains were drawn. and the
dying musician, raising himself up
on his elbow, gazed out through the
orange groves of the villa upon the
broad zone of reflected moonlight as
it streamed over the ripping waters
of the blue Mediterranean. For q
moment he seemed lost in thought,
and then smile played over his pale
features, as he turned to his attend
ant, and called for the companion of
his many triumphs, his beloved vio-
lin. Then taking it reverently in
his hands, and kissing it tenderly, as
he commenced playing, he poured
out his departing soul in plaintive,
dirge-likc air that sounded like 4 re.
QUEEN. He ceased, and as the magic
al notes of the swan-like music died
away, Paganini was no more.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
a Peculiar Newspaper.

London has a large weekly nes
paper called the Obituary, devot
as its title shows, to obituary u;
mortuary proceedings. 1t has !,
immense circulation and columns
splendid advertisements. Underti
ers who get up funerals in every \
riety; cremationists, embalme
vault makers and grave diggcrs, !;
have their say in its columns, vii
the makers Of humble tombstonl
and the sculptors of gorgeous ms
uments are ready to decorate the Ia
home of the man. Grape make
manufacturers of all sorts of funel
appliances, and especially mourniI
mantua makers, claim the attentie
of the afflicted in their special adv'
tisements.
Wills of distinguished individu;
are given, and lost wills advertise
the cards Of attorneys drilled in pl
bate matters, and advertisements f
absent heirs, make up a portion
its patronage.
The reading matter is all suited
the subject, while the obituary n
tices form a staple item, and, if ne
essary, choice notices are written |
distinguished writer's for the afflictt
friends and relations, SO as to mo
them to appropriate grief and lie;
them to gentle consolation.
Many people are afflicted with
morbid love for such reading, and
them this paper furnishes the che
cest matter.
A travel through its columns
like solemn promenade through
splendid graveyard, with half
dozen funerals in sight, with Il
truthful utterances of the epitapl
thrown in.
1t takes all sorts of people to NAL
a world, and there are those wi
strive to please each sort of peopl
The London Obituary has serio'
mission to fill, and it seems dete
mined to fill it. Though devoted
the dead, and somewhat sepulchr
in its tone and sentiments, it is e,
IDENTIFY thoroughly live newspape
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24

l have thus shown you how valu-
able such a claim would be, properly
carried out. If l were to work it
down to March 4th, 1877, the figures
would go all over the paper, and go
half way cross the table to boot"
"Why, my son." said the old man,
"that claim for that hen alone would
bust the United States. There isn't
money enough in the country to pay
for it,
"Then they will have to increase
the volume of the currency SO as to
make it equal to the necessities Of
trade-that is al" rejoined the young
man imperturbly. "Besides, l ex-
pect that legally l would be entitled
to charge compound interest on the
several items. Then, similarly as to
that mule. She would have had one
colt In lS63-that's two, and those
two two more in 1s64-that's four
or six in all, and those four would
have had four more in lS65-that's
eight, or ten in all, and SO on like
the nails in the problem about the
horses Shoes"
"But, Theophilus," said the old
man, "mare mules can't have no colts,
and if they did, half of 'em would be
males, anyhow"
"That makes no ditfcrance," the
son went on. "Congress won't stop
to consider that; besides, there is
one recorded case of hybrid breed
ing. SO, besides, as to that fence.
Suppose it was yard fifty yards
square, then 5Ox4-5oo; call it a
mile for round figures, and add on
the money it would have cost to re-
PAIR it and whitcwash it, and COM
pound the Interest," tell you, old
man, there's millions in it."
elbow many?"
"Well," said the son, 81 may have
made mistake of few million dol
lars here and there, but that don't
amount to much. / should say my
claim'll amount to about the sum of
s245, Isl, ,9s7 1904, 800, ,461, ,266, ,99o.90s.
Knocking off the odd cents and what
it'll cost to get the claim through, l
shall at least be assured of a moder-
ate competence. Even though my
winsome Evaline had nothing but
her beauty and virtue and this claim
for her dowry, l would gladly take
her to my arms"
"Well, l suppose then you've pro-
posed to her?"
"No, not yet. I've got her and
the ex-revcnue officials daughter on
a string, ;.nd I'll wait till after the
October elections-then l shall be
free to follow the dictates of my af-
fectons."
"Bless, you, my son." said the tond
parent, as happy tears bedewed his
countenance and blinded his spec
tacles.