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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
FOREIGN.

Japan is making rapid strides. The
streets of Toxic and Osaka are now lighted
with gas.
4 great maritime canal, sixteen miles
long, connects the city Of Amsterdam with
the German ocean. 1t wa. opened on No
vember lSt with imposing ceremonies. The
king, the cabinet, and foreign representa-.
tives were present; a grand banquet was
given, the city was decorated and Illuminated.
and splendid exhibition Of fire works was
given. At the sea end Of the canal is a har-
her covering two hundred and fifty acres.
English cotton brokers make Il cacu-
ation based on figures and past experience,
that Europe will next year require >, 2,2il,0oo,
OOO pounds Of cotton, or 5602, 800 bales.
It is reported that the car, addressing
the generals and officers at the close of the
review at Tsarkosce ON "Wednesday, said
"GentlcmCn let Us wish the best success to
the commanders Of our armies" The rzar's
words were received with enthusiastic cheer.
ing.
1t stated that an order has been re-
ceived at Woolwch for 100000 cartridges,
to be ready in eighteen weeks, and 10000
ammunition boxes, in which to pack ear
lridgcs for transportation.
1t is now laid that one hundred an
twenty thousand persons persisted during Il C
cvconc which passed through eastern Bengal
on the 3lst Of October. The government is
taking active steps for the relief Of the dis.
trcssed population OF the district.
An editorial statement by the Finan-
cier is !elegraphed from London, beginning
rs follows: eve can state, not officially,
but very confidently, the course the British
cabinet has resolved upon. Ii Russia in
vades Turkey, in such case a British army
corp, will Immediately occupy Constantine
ple and defend it against all attacks. Il is
calculated that not more than $1,000 troops
are needed"
/ 1t isalleged that Russia is sraising fresh
difficulties with regard to the line Of dcmar.
cation, demanding that it he pushed further
back on the DrinG.
According to the Paris correspondent
of the Cologne Gazette, the EothschiId~ are
said to have been prompted to advance Rus
sia money. The loan will not be made
public.
The American consul at san Juan re-
ports that in the recent hurricane whic! S..
tied Porto Rico forty.fyc vessels were lest or
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
ihc object of the Attempt. to DcSpoil
IinCOin'S Grave.

" What was the object Of these men?
" Welt, these fellows had been without
any counterfeit capital for some time,
and it was necessary in order to procure
stuff, to get some Of the concy men out
OF the pcnitcntiary. TEc man they had
been dealing with was Ben Bovd They
knew that money could not get him out.
lthad daII been taIkcdup, and moneycoud
have been gotten, but il was impossible.
They are connected with Il gang Of coun-
tcrIcitcrs in st. Louis. Being men of
taIcnt-aII Of them are, in fact--somc one
this scheme to rob Lincoln's
grave. Whether he got the idea from
history, or it was original with himself,
| don't know"
" Who was the author of it?'
"Ihat don't know. Hughes SAYS he
was, but don't think he smart enough.
| bcliyc it was the contractoror Mullins,
either Of them couId do it. some one
anyhow conceived that it they could get
lincon's body, large reward would be
paid for ite return and Boyd would he
set free. They all knew that the monu-
mcnt cost over %20oOoO, and they asked
the question, What's thcu of
THE MONUMENT WITHOUT THE CoRpsE%
The penalty was looked up, and it was
discovered to be A mere fine and one
year in the county Jail. The chances of
detection were very small. Everything
was gone over carefully, and the concIu-
sion reached that there were no chances
for detection at all. There were no
guards at the monument, and all there
was to do was to 20 there, shoulder the
caskct, and carry it off, 1t was to be
taken to some place whore nobody could
find it, AMI they thought, in due course
of time, the association, or the govern
mcnt, or somebody would offer big re
ward to get it back, and then it would be
turned up for the money and pardon
for Boyd and the settlement of the case
against Hughes was also to hc one Of the
condition, II (TirGy YyiLvy,
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THE WEST.

Moody and Sankey are still oyangcl-
izing Chicago.
John f. Prauty, an old and widely
known farmer Of Cass county, Illinois, has
failed. Liabilities over }lOOOooO; asset,
less than $4,000.
Emery Colio's short.hom bull, "Ninc-
teenth Duke of Argyle" valued at 10000,
died at Konkakec, Illinois, Monday night,
VIM. Mckee, OF st. Louis, was re-
leased from Jail Saturday afternoon, his par.
don having been signed. 1t is tclegraphed
from st. Louis that "this action Of the presi.
dent meets with quite general approval, and
large number OF Mr., McKcc's friends called
ON him and congratulated him upon his re-.
storaion to liberty"
A dispatch from Chicago assert that at
late hour Saturday night United States de.
tectivcS lhreli and WaShburn, with the aid
of two local detectives, captured the two
men who attempted to steal the bones of
President Lincoln from the vault in Spring.
field, H., on the night of Nov. !.
A Sacramento dispatch says last night
during Il performance at Moore's opcrahouse,
the hoor gave way killing seven and wound.
ing about one hundred spectators. The
excitement was intense, hundreds crawled
from the ruins unassisted and un.
injured. On clearing the debris the
following were dead: S. W, Perry, jan.
itor Of courthouse; Frank Meyer and w. J.
Foster, compositors in the Record, union
Office Hcnra Naca Ezra Woodson, formerly
county treasurer, Michael Fcrnan aud two
unknown performers escaped with some
bruises. Eddie Peak of the Swiss bell
ringers, and Mrs. Wilson, variety performer,
being the most injured, neither seriously.
Many Of the wounded taken from the ruins
are in crippled condition, and number
will probably die.
What has long been known as one lIo.
gan, mountain gang of railroad train thieves
who have operated very extensively along
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railroad, has been etlcctualIy broken up and
nine of their number including three women
have just been sentenced by the Iron Noun.
tain circuit court to from five 10 eleven years
in the penitentiary. There are also about
thirty indictments standing against others Of
the gang.
Ohio's total vote in the presidential cleo
tion was G59,77l,againSt G35, ,O62 in October
an increase of 2G,709, The presidential vote
in Pennsylvania was 76S,o9O-S6,CCO more
than ever before.
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We are fast running "spcciaItios' into
the ground in this city, says cores
Pondcnt OF the Chicago Tribune, when
an exclusive baked beans company
is formed and put into successful opera
ton, This is ycritabIc fact, and the
wagons of the New York and Boston
baked beans company now traverse the
streets supplying the famous SUNDAY.
morning meal to the restaurants and
hotels with as much regularity as the
milk carts. They do a thriving business
Another spccalty here is the manuiac.
turc Of whipped cream for Charlotte
russo. one concern manufactures nearly
all Of this dcIicacy sold in the city. They
use machinery, and by dealing in large
quantities of materials, and using labor
saving machines, they can supply the
restaurant, and conicctioncrs cheaper
than they can make it themselves. But
the oddcsl thing, which, though small in
ITSELF is Il big thing in its way, is the
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sued to hasten the completion of The frigac
Trenton, so that she can be ready for sea By
March, Five hundred men are now employed
on her.
The permanent exhibition at PhiIa-
dclphia is now apparently assured. The only
chance for II failure now rests on the contin
Gency OF the government claiming return
Of It's appropriation Of 81 . O,OO0 ont Of the
surplus Of the exhibition There have been
already about 100000 in the centennial ex.
hibition stock, and 100000 in cash sub
scribed, which makes the 100000 asked
by the finance board for the main building
A salboat capsized in East river at
New York Monday, drowning three men.
The steamship Russia, which arrived
at New York from Liverpool yesterday,
brought G2SOOOOin in gold coin,
The Methodist Episcopal missionary
commission, in session in New York, Monday
appropriated $1,000 for the cyangeliMtion of
the heathenS in Tennessee.
John Kelly, chief of the Tammanyde-
mOcracy, was married in New York ycster.
day morning, the bride being Miss Teresa
Mullen, niece Of Cardinal McCloskcy. The
affair was very quiet
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

1t estimated that the total vote for
president win reach 7,6lOOOO. The New
York Graphic estimates Gov. Tillcn'y ma.
jority on the popular vote at $4,000. over
100000 more votes were cast in this clcc.
ton than in lS7?.
The last heard from the Franklin on
which Boss Tweed was being brought back
to this country, she was at the island Of 81.
Thomas.
The advance sheets of the postmaster
generals report for the last fiscal year show
that the receipts from all sources during that
period were increased nearly $2,OGOOO0, as
compared with the previous year, while the
decrease in expenditures for operating the
department was nearly $3lS,0Oo. The total
300, a dccreas" from the previous year Of
over 81 100000.
4 decree waa issued in the district
court at Washington, u. C., Saturday, in the
ease Of Admiral Porter and others, Of the
North Atlantic squadron, against the rams
Texas aud Beaufort and ten other confcd-
crate vessels, i'm which $l,55o 900 was claimed,
declaring that for want of proof, the cap
tors are entitled to but one-hali the proceeds
of the prizes, and that the value Of the
Texas was $500, and that of the Beaufort
$4,000,
The annual report of the solicitor Of
the treasury shows the following as the re-
suit of government litigation during the
fiscal year ending the seth of Juue last;
Suits commenced 2,339; suits decided in ia.
vor of the United States, 1909; suits de.
cided against the United States, -; suits
otherwise disposed Of, 800; amount Of iudg.
ments obtained, exclusive Of dccrecs in re.
mission, $780, S2l.93 amount of collections,
$685., JOSH.
4 gentleman who saw Tweed, in an
swcr to inquiry said: ole is crushed and
broken. He has lost his old buoyancy and
defiant sPrt IN fact, he is suffering from
pleurisy now and is actualylll. lie seemed
wcaried, and only anxious to know about his
old acquantanccs. lie seemed disconSolatc
and dcSirous of compononship more than
anything else. lie is mere wreck Ci his
former self. Why, his vest is a third too large
for him, and his features are Shrunken and
pinched. He has suffered intensely. He is
entirely in the dark as to what to do, and
even is without legal advice. He needs med
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desire of the war department that the
road be kept open have led the company
to build between forty and fifty miles of
snow fence in Dakota, and to arrange Il
winter time table between Fargo and
Bismarck which will give tri.wcckly
trips, u train going one way each week
day. The principal points west Of Fargo
are Maplctou and Cassclton, the center
Of extensive Dakota farming operations
and Jamestown, a government post, half
way TO Bismarck. There are four other
points which have been named and ten
Sdings which are not ut present the
sites of human habitstions. The Pacific
section, already completed from Tacoma,
ON Pugcls sound, is hcing extended
thhty miles to the PuyaIup coal fields.
The company is about TO establish Il
stage line and teams to run between
Bismarck and Dcadwood City, in the
Black IIills.-PHsLUy Coawpc'M,
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damaged, and that the crews Of some were
drowned.
The Belgian steamer Dclloyc Matthew
has been wrecked near the island Gothl0nd,
in the Baltic. Eleven persons were drowned.
At the opening Of the Italian parlia.
mcnt Monday, the king said that the cXtpn
Syc liberties granted to churches ought not
to imparc the public libcrticsand thcgoycrn.
mcnt therefore would propose bills for max.
ing efficient the reservation in the laws re
spccling the papal see.
The Spanish minister of war has pre-
sencd in the cortcs q bill making military
service obligatory, and providing that the
standing army shall never he less than one
hundred thousand men, The period Of SER.
vice is fixed at eight years, four in the stand.
ing army and four in the reserve,
\ dispatch from Madrid reports that
two protestant ministers, one Of them a cit.
2cns Of the United States, were recently for.
bddcn to hold religious services by the
marc OF the village Of Llancrs, near the
French frontier, in the province Of Santan.
der. They were subsequently d tanned, al.
though the prayer meeting they held was
conducted according to law. Ouy eighteen
persons were present,
Russia has given official notice that
the harbors Of odessa and Scbastopol the
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!nimal and Vegetable Life at the Pole.

Captain Mares, in his report Of the re-
cent English expedition to the North
Pole, says: "SiX musk oxen were shot
at the Alert's winter quarters, and three
half way between her position and that
of the Discovery, while lity-four were
shot near Discovery bay. The crmiue
was seen and owls we're found on the
Greenland shore opposite the Discoy-
cry's quarters, the young ones ON their
appearances being mostly dcvoured by
wolves The remaining items in the
Alcrt's game list at her northern station
show, seven harcs and ninety birds, Of
different kinds, the latter shot only in
July. The birds certainly do not mi
crate beyond Cape joseph Henry, Iati-
tide So 30 min. y. Very few besides
those accounted for by the sportsmcn
passed the Alert. Very few seals were
found north of care Union, and no bears,
doyekiSc, or looms, it is stated, ever reach
the Polar sea. Water animals were no
tablv absent, and it is surmi,cd that
those that do witt the Arctic sea come
from the SOUTH
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
Railroad Law.

A recent Canadian case was for 81 COO
damages for Mr.. Mcintosh for being
turned out of Il Great Western railway
car. The Toronto Globe reports it:
The action was an important one and
is fully explained in Mrs. Mcintosh 5
evidence. She deposed that at the time
her pass was refused she was engaged in
the stock business, having got loan OF
$4,000 from q number Of gentlemen to
carry it on; that She had frequently got
drover's ppssc~ from the station master at
Nylmcr; that she was goiug to Toronto
with cattle. and by b ing rutoh the train
the contemplated sale wa'io-t. Her pass
was refused by the conductor, who de
clared " No woman can ride on a drovcr :
pass" III. lordship (judge Burton)
gave Judgment for plaintiff, re,erving fer
consideration the amount Of damages.
The decision is 80 manitestly just that
IL is not one OF importance.
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The Latest Engineering Triumph.


The greatest feat in engineering since
the construction of the Sucz canal was
brought to Il successful termination n
few days since in the completion of the
North sea canal. As early as 1919, when
the fury of wind and river was filling
with saud-hanks the channel connecting
the Xuydc Zee with the North sea, the
merchants Of Amsterdam iorcsaw that,
to save their city from the dcsolalion
that has belaIlcn the now dead cities OF
the Iuydcr they must opeman outlet to
the sea, A cutoff but fifteen miles due
eastward would have connected them
with tide water l. is true there would
have been difficulty in establishing a
secure harbor at the sca.cntrancc there,
but, as compared with the magnitude OF
the whole undertaking, that difficulty
WAS inconSiderahc. But, with that
astonishing stupidity that can he born
only Of provincial sVlGshncss, the canal,
which William l., when the plans were
submitted to him. declared should he
cut on the route of that Just opened,
was run from Amsterdam to the lIeldcr
the main entrance Of the Xuydcr Xyc
fifty miles. For a time the north
canal served its purpose it took Amstcr-
dam to the sea, But it takes two days
for vessels by that route to reach the
city from the Ilcldcr the harbor there
is much Of the time exceedingly difficult
to make, and the canal itself is too shall
low for navigation by the ships OF this
era.
1t was these considerations sthat led to
the projection Of the present canal in
1868, to again avert the peril there was
Of AmStcrdam's being cut off from the
sea Since then the work has been
steadily pushed through, considering the
outlay ut what in this country would be
considered a very slow gait, since the en-
tire cost Of the canal has been but e.,
OOOOOO, or about $4,000, coo in our
money The first difficulty encountered
in the work was that the level Of the
country, except for short distance, was
from twelve to twCnty-ScvCn feet below
sea level, and, instead Of digging chan
honl,s LnJ tn Lr nilcJ nm tn nrovnnt thr
"y"rnnw ,'' % oi ,hn ronntrv thrnnch which
!, nos.rL mis- rerion--that il what
Of + w,s mot rnvcrrd Nv watpr-h,d been
u' rrcI,imoJ ~ @ ~, hy JyEes ,nJ % one M of tbr
,L;"cts ,o hG ,ttcincj tbrouch tI.r North
..S o.g' 'conoI " w"s ' tn drain SntirrIv His
iuI,nj ~ I"to tbr. rociain,iur mora land
Thj. 'rI,i %,, '.' %,on Jnrn nmJ Nv Tnnmnirr @ omt
~ ,Ln ,', "nriont % IaIe. inf into ,hn ranaI al
rrajy ~ .l50 acres or land have hcrn
ro",5{meI yown nr which has hcon Sold
~, %i',h '';',I -. I rI5n W. aGnN ner ocro
to Thr"o n Ct" r,iIrs fr"m ,hc wcst cnost fine
r,,,ta. ~ I,,. ,hn n,naI law ,hromrh tho .onJ-
Jmrn. T J,.ar, .harrrnS lowered with shift.
%"', in, .nnI. W. lilo ,hn.e alon" thr Suny
mT nanai ,' Tho JioirnI,v tn I've nycrromn
hcrn 90 in thr Surz cnternrisr was to
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
FACTS AND FANClES.

=, I' c,,,oI r'ii't ~ ki ,', in"" ,'"',,',
w. 1r ''aov" =" n,o w" III T' IiI ri,,'S'Svi iGv
,"''I', ,I t4'I''",''' I ,l W az N'''' WIN"
''',' " "'' ''' "",''' 49,.
AN oId lady from the rural districts
aSionIShcd cIrrk III one OF ihc stores 4
.'M .,Iy Im''y' hEo ny lnIu''''H II ne li'u "iy iiy,
sT',v, t,nT,i,"P"'''''' =, nc" ~ '"'! VI"
UP ''''''A '"'
SrEIGG wlle woke HIM up at three
o cIocE IN tnc morning 1" say mat she
nad decided, ON the whole to nave Il
dark green Sult ana green velvet bon
''' .ll'S winter
HAVE you poochcd eggs? inquired
a customer ct Il coIored restaurant Keeper
IN MISSISSIPPI Yes, san all our eggs
Is poachcd. -lcaStwayS dc chlcScnN dat
laid INN is was the reply,
\ UousGKEErER sent Bridget out one
morning to buy some heads OF lettuce,
Nnr returned Wilh postage stamps
when asked how she made the mistake
she pcrlIy answered, " An sure WASH
! told TO get heads OF letters
\ CENTENNIAL critic being asked by
Graphic correspondent which he liked
best, the stotoos or the pictcrs, replied
~ | donno hardly rev, hut on the huII
prapI | like the staiooN best cos you Kin
go all round the statoos but you can't
see only one side o the pictcrs'
one Bull can't understand why the
papers should interest Ih'MSrIN'' ;" per-
SlHlVlll'N WIN ms ''iIl''E "II"'I7' ll' lA'
h"I lelI ms WH',ailu mas gone 10 EuI"P''
tnu Is I"''l'E giving concerts u! '",'''"
lnrN 40 say, however lII'I MS Is Itar'
Iu' case "I mo'IeI-IIi'Ia"'
WHILE the bIack-bird shooting was
going ON at the san Antonio lIcNa~)
fair the other day Il lady deprecated very
much the cruelty of shooting the birds
ON the wing. She said Why don't
they shoot little birds on the ground, 50
they won't fall and hurt themselves,
An old negro man from Icnrico coun-
tv was approached vcstcrduyon the street
here by one Of his race with the question
how hc had voted at the recent prc~idcn-
tal election. "Mcll. tell vou what
'tis. ain't voted vet. and ain 1 rwmr
f., a., #, ,Il .,n ,,hn !. 'I,rt.i pGJ-
'o,'.y =" ,y'I uT;a ~, ''' "''' - ''''' ''''
Gyx y II r,,r,rp molo an o,,icial
visit to the "Soldcrs' homc' at Togus
Springs and received welcome ut Ban
cor on his way to the "homc,' and
among the sccGrations in that city was
one stretched across the street with this
motto: "Wccome to Gen. Rutlcr, the
hero of five forks, and God knows how
many spoops,"
y YOU n" ''uy rT""'r "','c' Us WV,
sh' Is gong TO patl' ana ASKS -. W "a'
snail ! wear 'Wr '0I"'o" 'o'''r ,1
cut ol town, ana III ii'r "n'rn'' we 'I"..I
answer TN" question ny advising our 'I,r
qucstlohrr TO wear cIolh'' TO III" "a'l'
iShc mIghl aINo wear Il sweet SII'I'r '"r
her partners ana a i 'Iow'I u !'r ,, u',L,
o.-Ilavt SoIIlr II I I' 'n' toP o' YOUR 'jG'N V
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EnormouS IIcncy Productions in Cal.
iiDTuiH,

California is becoming the houey.pro-
ducjng state of the union. Two hun.
dred thousand,ppuui, reached New York
city from there one day last week. The
money product Of San Diego county will
he fully six hundred tons. One million
two hundred thousand pounds of honey
is prodiguou~ for an industry only about
four years old. Los Angeles county is
making Unprecedented advances in honey
culture. and in few year the two couE-
ties will surprise the world. The honey
Of southern California is without 4 rival
in quality and !Iayor.-thicoyo JouraA.
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4 Temperance Puzzle.

The secret i to discover how many
different ways you can read the warning
words Red Rum and Murder Altcr
You think you have the solution correct
ly, look it over again carefully and see if
YOU are not at least a thousand out of
the way.
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MR. EHvrr the German iron and steel
manufacturer, has given To the Washing
ton museum a large part of the articles
a ,.' made up his display at the cen
Lrnriul exhibition.
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Respecting the activity in Brooklyn
navy yard, it is said that orders have been is.
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Plaid stockings are coming into
fashion.
Cardinal red silk boots will be worn
with bail dresses this winter.
Ba,Qurs buttonrd behind continue in
fashion for very young ladies.
Paris ia,hions,' like olive wood arli-
cIcs from Jerusalem, are of New York
manufacture.
An attempt is being made to intro
ducc the Partisan fashion of metallic solcs
ON ladies shoes.
4 thrcc-corncrrd ncckcrchicf is now
wolu outside OF fall wraps, instead OF the
luug scarf of lace.
Looping the ovcrskirt at oncsidc to
display the cardinal red bamoral is the
latest device Of the fashionable.
Sitting down in dresses composed en-
tircly Of flowers will be an impos,ibility.
Ribbon, form the only trimmings ON
such toiIctcs, neither jrwclry nor orna-
men, hcing admissible
IT is roughly estimated by the New
York World that five thousand western
girls have taken husbands this year for
the only reason ihat they were thereby en-
ablcd To visit the centennial ut somebody
elsc's expense.
As stcru-whccl steamboat was pass.
inc up the Ohio river the other day, a
little rirl who was standing on the hotel
,toup ran into the house to her mother,
calling out: Mother, mother, come
and see this stcamboat-it's got hustle
on"
Miandy who has been abroad now
adopts the foreign plan. and has her foot
man stand in the lobby of the thcatcr when
the performance is over, with his arms
filled with wraps and his eyes with dig
nifty. Curious how many wrinkles we
get in Europe.
\ Paris correspondent ofthe New Cen,
tury for women writes: In the new sys-
tenn of female education the boarding
school does not occupy the position tC
which it has risen i'll America. They
allow too much liberty, too many oppor
tuniticS to escape surveillance, to please
people among whom it is popularity
said thatifayoung girlisonce seen cross
the street alone no man will marry her.
Hence in the higher and the upper md
lie classes girls ave either sent To converts
or Taught by goycrnc-scs ut home.
.r>-rtt,IN in VIRGINIA City, New,
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A GENTLEMAN in Virginia City, Ncv,
whose Chinese cook left him. was unable
tn retain any OF numerous Johns Tor
over dav. until he induced one ot them
TO explain that some apparently mean.
ing'c.s strips of red paper on the kitchen
wall contained the Chinese inscription
" Bosswomcn, long time tongue. Muchce
law, Jaw"