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THE. LESSEPS CANAL.
Il Description Of the Route TO De
Adopted nu1 Tho NInin Features OF
the Scheme.

>l,n E.1,ar%,o
,aa,,o eT fra' apr* t,ma,,n !, u NO. ,h,t
a daspate', from 1,anama announces tnht
the commission OF engineers appointed by
NJ. dc Lcsseps to reaxamine the route for MI
,nrto,sr,., AMI ~ r. Hs,,,a baa concludn,,
wv '"'N ~ a'lu nt' - isst'"n '''1' ny
its survey, anu UNANIMOUSLY fepos1ee1 ulat
the work IL entirely practicable. n. de Lcsi-
seps, having now Ills report ready, was 10
WI, l,u 'x,,,,n,,, ~ .o al, ,,st ~
~ WIZ pup'1o's "t'o ~ t!lo -,.u .1''t. -
tic meantime a description OF mo canal
nninteTettiup 1"s s piup0Sss - 0ps' W." ''' l'uu
AZ IN ! aoso,,,s rou,o Ia ,roro ,r ,ceo that NJ
~, ~ issSpS G, aoa' - a,,lI ois y, isss 1sss "
inc i'aiaaslia ifal'foaa. 1ie proposea cahal
saf fss from ona Ha a % nor o 9sp' t of fsa@s npe
NJ ,fnnznnI,lo. Nv whtcl, # will In nrotcctefl
- all@..in,o, y, - ~ WI W p.uHe" ps,
ron lug slo.ens n9s1asastef1 M WINGS prevail
Ing there principally during tho dry senson-
A great dock and ptcr about 1000 metres In
length are to bc bujs md will add to tho safe
~ ~ t,,o 1,rt fln tha pnc,n, sta tho c,,,,nt
,",' H.. a1 ~ t,,a 1,a, % ~ uan,a u ~
debohehes lar OIL. mo lne Lay or tan"'na u,
wlll be 73.1 metres, Or i5:5 liIes, Including
depth Of watcr Is 'lxe! nj s,5o metres (e7.ss
fect). III hard rtHks tue width Ht the sur
f sfs Of f,y, weF d Y e1ss e e5ss s s s"ss e iii R9
30 | to 2 10 l vertical fur soft rock.
. to vertical for earth and Q. on hard rock,
While traverslng hnrd rock nle vertical sides
Of thu cnn1l will rise two metres above ie ne
water level. The minimum radius OF tho
curves Is fixed Mt ,s,ooo metres. The canal
will admit only Of the navigation of one veS-
sci, not being wide enough for two nlntigsiuo
Of each other. but at short DISTANCES II WI
nyG s ssa ssSst & n nnStsa: %hs vessel will walt f0f
Tlu country through Which THO first few
miles nf tho cnnul will cross, OIL the Atlantic
slhe, IL very low. It's fortlmtion IL Ut debris
Of cat1.ls nrtt shells: Thu cailal, hvoitlnE the
takes up tho old Ie.| Of the Cllagres, which Il
to ti,e Va|ley of tic Gat,t. DcfofIe it reaclics
tho Io.la tlcl Tlgre, on the seventh kiloine.
trs The canal crosses tho KyeT CMgres i9les
Trinidad. known ~ Ai!ller's SwGinps. To.
wards the twentieth kllmuetre tho axis. Of
the canal Is pushed nortllwartls iii 0rser TINT
II may more easily cross tl'o curve of Duhlo
lqG Tp t" t!s liis aes ths p sfoan Is sonsttns 81
Tie ifgit above tic se.l.ievcl Is thirty lnutres,
but Immediately atter thu region Is again
low; From llahlo sol,lat". tl,s c'rlal takes s's
| Valley Of tie FrijoIe md 1T TalNrnllln. 1t
! then Uses Tho River ChngrGs fur noarly. n
| quarter Of mile, a1N, after leaving inc
ChnEres, It cuts the rai!F0Mi llhn ut lerro
sea-leyel), and t!!en returns to tho Valley of
the ChagreA, With whose he'd 1t ngain con-
! fDuinfs itself, md 10 continues mola or less
III to Mntnclitn.
| AT Atatachin, forty-tl,rec Kilometres from
tho Atlalt!c terminus Of tho cn1lal, tho hight
above tic nyeragN level OF the sea Is but
fpllrtce1l metres. Thoro the region rlsGs quite
sharply to hight Of eiyl!ty;kevell metres Mt
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6pte(ds Dtspateh to Tn Chicago Tribune.
QulscY, ILL.,, Feb. ia destructive f1ro
OCCURRED this morning ut Edl,In, Mo-, by
which hotel and two business llolses were
destroyed. Worry little Of the contents Of the
s,rance On the property IN tho local agencies.
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AlAnlsoN, Wis, Feb. 17.-Tiso Crosby
House, In New London, Juneau County, was
destroyed by irc yesterday morning. Tho
building wns large tw04tory wooden
structure, which, with furniture and COLI
tents, was valued ut Sti,000.
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A LoulslaIsn ItrMnlRs
secne--WoEord's house. tEnter Cole. with
ptstoll ,.r, -
Wuifarl o1.i-"lf you moan business, here It
H." lEixit C6iu-duaI.l :, %
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M0RT(IARY.


Special Dtspateh to 7H1 Chicago 4flauns.
MlLwAuKKE. Fob. 17.-Cyrus r. lIawiey,
tho wealthy WestSldes, who shot himself
through tho head on Sunday, with suicidal
Intent, died Inst night,
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At uuuuOuE. Ia

AT DUBUQUE, IA.
DunuQUR, Feb. 17.-Tho residence OF john
Becker, on Sixteenth street, was destroyed
by fro Inst evening. Loss, 8l,9oo; partly !n-
Kllraj. -' " "
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for all discusses with which children are atilctod
during The process Of teethlus., rs oenta. Avoid
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Special Dtspofea to 9ns Chicago IFtbrns.
EAST SAGINAW, Mlch., Feb. 17.--A lumber
camp belonging TO Tl.oinas NesteE, III 1sos-
common County, burned last night, !nvolv-
INK loss OF 1000. with 10 insurance. md
turning out OF their homes largo number
nj 1uf.fi.
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AT GNIFF1TIIs POINT, N. 7.
JAMESTOWN. N. T., Feb. 11.-Tho largo
summer hotel at urihlths Point, four miles
from here, burned t!,ls morning. Loss OH
building and furniture, 50. .oo0; Insured for
8lHQoO
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GERMANY.


1}ERr1E, Feb. 17.-The miners at 1}rcsln'l
demolished tho buildings ut the mouth OF the
pit, destroyed tic books, md maltreated the
officials. Tho safe containing the wages wns
carried OF. The military stopped tho dis
turbancrs.
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10 ths Editor ~ Ihs chteapa 1Hbuns.
CHICAGO, Feb, la.-Thcro eau bo no greater
exhibition OF unwlsdoul, to say tho least, thnn III
now seen Ia the determination OF Conklng,
Cameron Co. to push, Indeed force, Con.
Qrant for third torn. It IL oyidcnt that tholt-
sands OF Republicans rovolt Ut this seeming dc
tAtlou, and othor thousands are irrevooably OPP
posed TO my third torn tor any one. While it 70
evident ttat Ge,. Grant WINS nOver 90 we'll quilt
lied ~ now to Act ~ President fnr tho public
benefit for Its trio interest. ald his own honor,
eti It is rot tho part OF patriotism to joopardlz6
tho suocess Of the Republican cas1se by third
term trial. ... -
Fow would contend that Gen. Grant wns
.hetter auolii for this o1a!ted pl'stoe than hr.
named Tho question ut the ltcptiblcun Con-.
vcntion hara III Juno should la" tho s.rongest
larSest. yoto. II 10 alrcady au!tes plain That
% It IL T also | |ut,oortaln a. 70 1T.
Hlaino's SUCCESS there. While NJ: Dlaine
would haYo far less opposition iu tue great
State Of New York than Con. arhnt' Xot Il Y not
certain he can; cary IT, I tAte u that @ ts, h9ta
only the highest Interest of tho country III tho
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14
The Earthquake at Manila.

Accounts in detail are at hand OF the
earthquake that took place at Manila
on the 18th of July. Although the
town was almost entirely destroyed.
the loss of life happily was small. But
ten persons are known to have been
killed. and there were twenty-nine
wounded. The shocks continued for
about a minute and a quarter only; but
in that time were wrought the most
tremendous disasters. The Palace, Ca
thedral, Admiral'S house and every
building of note in the place were over
whelmed in the twinkling of an eye.
Nearly all the inhabitants were made
homeless and great suffering ensued.
The next day the volcano called Tai
burst into eruption. and this, although
near Manila, treasured the people. who
thought the outlet thus created would
prevent a recurrence of the shocks of
earthquake. Captain Talbot, Of the
British steamer Esmeraldl, has given Q
remarkable description of the catastro-
phe, his ship having been near enough
to Manila t. render the crew eye-wit-
nesses of its destruction. The Esmer-
aida had cleared aud was on the point
of leaving the ~roads:ead when the
calamity occurred. What was deserted
from the vessels deck is thus in part
set forth:
1.-The Cathedral spire and several other
conspicuous buildings were seen to
topple and fall in one inglorious pile
with a terrific crash. clouds of dust COW
ering the whole town in = few seconds
afterward. and obscuring the view OF
everything. This shock was distinctly
felt in the bay. where the EsmeraldA
was lying. The water bubbled and
boiled up noisily all around her, the
vessel tossed rs il in a heavy gale. and
was bumped heavily as if the bed of the
river was also concerned in the general
state of excited ~upheaval. The wreck
of a ship which had been sunk near the
beach was thrown right up out Of the
water bodily and one of her iron masts
was seen to give way. She had been
sunk for some time. and the raising of
of the vessel had been given up as an
impossibility. The condition of all the
shipping in the river was something
frightful. and all those who were in the
midst of it will pray earnestly that they
may never have TO 60 through the Tx
again. The sensation both OF board
ship and on shore vas . fierce. ire
mendous strain on the nerves; the
shocks came with remarkable unpleas-
antuess, and the feeling they engen-
dered, beside the movement of the
ground. more particularly on shore,
was that of being suddenly connected
with agalvanic battery strongly charged.
Their frequency was as great as their
unpleasantness."
The shocks of this earthquake were
far more severe Is well As more pro-
tractei than those of the last similar
visitation in 1868; and had they ended.
rs did the earthquake Of 1868. with the
dreaded .'rotary notion" it Is asserted
that not one house wonld have been
left standing in Manila after the
shocks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14
WIT \ WISDOM.

We should suppose the best thing
for a bathing dress would be 4 duck
suit.-BOstOn Post.
Life is full of bitter lessons. the
simplest of which is that one mans fall
makes forty men laugh.-DetrOit Free
Press.
Church choirs are put NJ the back
end of churches TO accommodate the
timid worshippers who cannot face the
music.-N. o. Picdyune.
Take Back the Heart That Thou
Gavest,' is a popular ballad. As moth
ing is said about the liver. it is proba-
BILE that she kept it.-Chiay1 Tribune.
The bathing suit worn by the boys
along the river front hts well and i
very simple and inexpensive. IL on
sists of a wad Of cotton in each ear.
Philadelphia Chronicle Herald.
When an up-country conductor
struck in the smoking-car n boy pulling
a big cigar. and the lad rendered him a
half-fare ticket. it rather took the rail
road mans breath away.-BoStOn Post.
There is no apple tree however watched and
but the small boy is there.
-Amirclrs' BEIr.
THE fruit he eats, and soon his form IS
In wild and keen despair.
MIru'h1n Independent.
1T always sounds pretty 10 say:
'sThe sun had sunk beneath the western
horizon" but \ moments reflection
shows that that is about the only hori-
zOn he could sink beneath under the
circumstances. When he feels like
sinking he always selects the western
horizon in this section--ROchcSter Dam
Ocrdt.
The pupils had got "a far as the
word .'hypOcrite." None of the chill
dren could explain what it meant. One
guessed hat it mean big feeling"
and another thought n ~''hypocrite' was
a "big animal that walters in the
mud" So the teacher explained: "a
hypOcrite. children. is n person who
pretends to be what he is not; such a
one NAV be pleasant to your face. but
speaks i'll behind your back" please.
marm," cried a little boy eagerly, rails
ing his hand, ..then my pa amt a hyp-
ocrite. cause he said You was a con-
founded old maid. and he'd just's lives
tell yer SO to yer faee!"-BOs,on Tran
script.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14

peted. He owns great NUMBER a
horses and . good many cattle and
sheep. and when he goes out. rides In
. carriage which vas . present ON
Ex-Governor McCook- He hires labor
ers from smong the Mexicans and In
dams. and also expects his wife TO do
her share Of the farm work. Ourays
present wife. Cbopeta. IL kind-hearsed
and very much like Oursy In her nature.
being kind and well disposed toward
the whites. The Chief had become
very much attached TO his present a
ner of living. and il is said was disposed
To remain on his farm and surrender
the reins II government 20 some younger
man. Speaking before the Commis-
sion. Of which he vas . member. re-
Gently in session NJ Los Pinos. on the
10th Of November Of the past year.
he said:
IL do not want 10 be chief. ] grow
old and am tottering. Let some young
man with the fire Of youth in his veins
take my place. | have my farm which
| would rather cultivate and watch The
seed planted By me grow up to maturl.
ty than to be head chief. They all
come 10 me with their troubles know
everything and have all their burdens
To bear. Washington no want me TO
give up nv position; wants me to stay
and govern Utes. I want only TO DO
known As 0uray. thsfriend OF the white
man"
So far rs the late difficulty. resulting
in the White River massacre and the
Milk Greek fight, was concerned. Ouray
continued from first TO last friendly 20
the whites and an advocate Of peace.
As o ~ he learned Of the Thornburg
fight he sent unner TO White River
ordering that hostilities cease. he also
did everything in his power to secure
the surrender OF the captive
and when there was a prospect OF the
Southern Utes breaking out. he sent
timely warning to the white settlers
near. He pursued 4 straightforward
and manly course and deserved the
honor which the Government conferred
upon him in making him a member of
the Commission to settle the trouble
Denuer Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14
Our Oldest Inhabitants.

James Stone is a Louisville (Ky.)
man, lob years of age, who has had
eleven wives.
Tucson, Arizona, has two gentleman
ians, Mexicans, born in Sonora
Bascual Cruz. 10 years old, and Jesus
Obledo. 100 years old.
Mrs. Margaret Dodson, OF Houston
County, Tex, glories in the fact that
she has tifty-one great-grand-children
living.
The Sixth Ward of Saginaw City.
Mich, claims a French woman 10
years of age, who planted. cultivated,
and dug two acres of potatoes last sea-
son.
Mrs. Sarah Moseley. of Madison,
Ind, is enjoying q visit from her son.
whom she has not seen in forty-seven
years. Mrs. Moseley is Ill years old.
Sixteen soldiers met in Paris, Ky.
recently, whose united ages were 1880
years, or an average of 500 years. The
oldest was SO, and the youngest 80.
I'm not at all tired" said Mrs Alio,
of Tylersburg, Pa, as she sat down in
her sons house, after a walk of seven
and a half miles-and she is in her 10th
year.
Mrs. Hannah Cox, of Helderness. N.
H., has Just celebrated her 10th birth
day. She goes all about the house
without assistance, and reads without
glasses.
Mrs. Rebecca Frost. Of Hart County,
Georgia, tells stories of the Revolution
ary War. She is 107 years of age and
still in splendid health, retaining all
her faculties.
When the grandmother of N. b.
Doak, of Stockton, Cal, wa a century
old she made him a pair of wOOllen
socks. She died recently at Wythe
County, Va. aged l03 years.
Mrs. Eaglin, a Kentucky lady of Car
roll County. was always a great lover
of the circus. She is 80 years of age.
but recently walked two miles to attend
one.
Mrs. Mary Walker, of Phillipsburg,
N. j., claims to be l07 years of age,
and says it is all owing to her remain
ing an old maid. Family cares, she
says, are the ruin of the health of
thousands.
Marsac, the old French trader, died in
Bay City, Mich, recently aged 100 years.
He was an old stager, knew the trails
of the Northwest when they ran
through an almost unbrOken wilder
ness, and fought on the staff of General
Lewis Cass.
Half a century ago Elder William l..
Benedict, of Warwick, n. Y, Graded
and bound a field of grain. On the
same farm he performed the same work
during the present harvest. He after
ward drove fifteen miles to fulfill an
appointment to preach. He is over 80
years of age.
Kentucky has a number of honored
citizens who have lived nearly a CEN
fury. Louisville presents seven men
who are over 80 years of age. They
are: DIR. G. c. Graham, 90; II. IL.
Wilkes, "a; Asa Emerson, 81; Thomas
l.. Butler, 80; William Giyens, 90; John
p. Young, 81. 1t also has twenty-five
that are 80 and over, and seventy-seven
that are 20 and over.
A census enumeration of San Diego
found an old blind man who claims to
be one of the men who helped build
the "Old Mission los years ago. He
believes he is 120 wears of age. At the
~rancheria below the Court House was
found an old Indian woman who claims
to be also 120 years of age. Her flesh
and skin are so withered that she re-
sembles rather an animated Egyptian
mummy than a human being.-M. I.
SIM
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14
{ AND FIGURES.

Ii 10 said ;ha; the State q oregoo
will furnish . surplus Of $4,000 O q II
wheat this year.
An approximate estimate - ih.
cotton crop Of Texas this year phases il
as l.SOo.0oo bales
The English language ts spoken in
the civilized countries OF the world BY
over l.oo.0o.oOo poople.
-Newspapcr and periodical Pablssh.
ers daily pay about 81 Do for postage
q; the New York Pus,ofics-
The Delaware Pen nsalN. = part 81
the State most devoted ~ trait-raising.
shipped i.0oo,ooo baskets Of peaches IN
. single week.
Oshkosh. Wis. has The largest
match factory in the world Il cut up
?.0s1.0c0 feet of log. into matches. and
used $4,000 worth 81 rysnu stamps
during 1879. Besides. IL manufactured
one-fourth Of al the merchant ~oTk.
sash. blinds and doors made in the
United States
Prof. Thurston. testing pieces o.
the wire cable of the Paramount Sas-
pension Bridge. recently taken down A.
Philadelphia. after being IN use about
forty years. found the iron 10 be fully
equal in tenacity, elasticity and dacult-
" To the best wire of the same size
found in the market
In coming So. 600. 90 in silver and
S22. Oo0.o 90 in gold at the san Francis
co Mint in 1875 there was lost only so.
The carpet. which had been down i've
years was taken up last spring. cut into
small pieces, and burned IN pans. The
debris was put through the same pro-
cess as mining dust and yielded $500.
The first steel rails made in this
country were rolled at Chicago in 1855.
In 1867 the manufacture If steel rails
was begun in Pennsylvanis at the Free
dom Iron and Steel Works. which
failed after being run two wears. Dur
ing the wear 1870 three establishments
Of this character were put into opera
tion-namely. n at Harrisburg. one
at Troy. y. Y. and one at Newburg.
Ohio. There are eleven mills in the
United States at which steel rails are
made, five OF which are in Pennsylvania.
three in Illinois. one in New York. one
in Ohio and one in Missouri. In 1861
the entire product was 2.27I tons. and
the price was Sl66 per ton. The
product has more than trcbled itself
every three years. and in 1879 il reached
606, 1897 tons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Province of Ontario has 9
Superannuated Teachers Fund.
"A leading ecclesiastical property
agent in England estimates that about
200 livings are yearly offered for sale.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks is said to
be the first American who has preached
in Westminster Abbey before the
Queen.
The average attendance in the aid
ell schools of England and Wales now
amounts 10 rather less than one in nine
of the population.
The Pope has given permission to
unauthorized religious corporations in
France who wish to do so to submit Ia
the regulations required by law; but he
does not enjoin it.
Miss Anna &. Bracket, the famous
New York teacher of young women,
has been elected a member of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the National
Council OF Education.
DIR. Schaff says of the revised New
Testament 500 to be published: 1.-The
revision will SO nearly resemble the
pICSCHb ftlSlpii lliiN tslC fli1S VI itdti
ers and hearers will scarcely perceive
the difference, while a careful compari.
son will show slight improvements in
every chapter and almost every verse;
The Reformed Congregation o!
Friedrichstadt. in Schleswig-IIolstein,
Germany. OWNS SO much property that
the members do not need To pay any.
thing for the pastors salary, or to meet
other expenses. Each member re-
ceived last year the sum of Sl5 out OF
the annual surplus.
There are in Minnesota seventy
five Baptist Churches which have nc
houses of worship. Instead of being
troubled with mortgages and floating
debts, these churches simply hire halls
or rooms in which TO meet, and conduct
their affairs on 4 plan which combines
economy with Independence.
-"lndolence is the worst enemy
says Bishop Huntington, "that the
Church has to encounter. Men sleep
around her altar. Life has no signiii-
canoe, eternity no a%wfulness, enjoy
ment no obligations, bereavement nc
solemnity, holiness no enrapturing
beauty, but they stretch on beds OF
ease, and sleep amid the most stirring
revelations of Providence"
The books, letters and manuscripts
belonging to John and Charles Wesley,
with about n thousand Others illustrat.
ing the history of MethOdism. have
been presented to the Drew Theologi.
cal Seminary. The collection was made
by a clergyman living ear London,
and was lately purchased for the Drew
Seminary by a New York merchant in.
tereSted in the schools.
The yearly incomes of the heads OF
the Anglican Church are as follows;
The Archbishop of Canterbury, 49,.
600; the Bishop of York, $50, 900; the
Bishop of London. so, 900; the Bishop
of Durham, $40, 900; the Bishop OF
Winchester. S35. 900; the Bishop of Ely,
S27, 800; the Bishop of st. Asaph. $40,
600; and the rest not less than $40. 600,
and not more than S25, 900 each. Each
Bishop has. moreover, a palace" Oh
official residence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-14
Sixty Days without Food.

A citizen of Cass Avenue was smok.
ing his cigar over the gate the other
evening when n "go-as-you-pleasc,"
who looked unusually thin. came scuf-
fling along and halted and asked:
"Do you keep posted on the news?'
..Yes, / think So" was the reply.
know all about the Tanner case,
don't you?r
Yes"
al was down in Indiana during his
first ten days, and since that I've lost
track Of him. Did he hold out for forty
days?"
"Oh, yes"
STOOD it right through, did hep
Yea
SAY" confidentially remarked the
tramp, as he came closer. lido YOU
know I began to fast same day as Tam
ner didP"
did you?r
"Yes. and il is now over sixty days
since | touched food. That beats him
by over twenty DAYS. and | could put IN
another ten as well as not Say?"
Yes"
"Do you think such things are Of any
real scientific valueT'
"No."
That's Just nv opinion. can't see
where nor how science il to gain =
cents worth of practical information
DO you think Tanner will ever become
Presidentgn
No"
..Nor I either. and I haven't any
hopes Of myself Do YOU think il will
upset any established theories concsr-
ing the treatment of the human
system?"
"No."
Nor 1. either. Say7"
Well"
'T've been thinking this thing all
over, and I can't see how il pays me TO
go on with this fasting. IL wouldn't
prove anything in particular II should
put in one hundred successive days.'
..No."
Then 1 guess I'll come to the con
clusion 10 stop it"
There was a long and uncomfortable
silence. The tramp finally We OF,
but halted and returned and said:
Say IL a man had tasted for q
hundred straight DAYS in this town you
wouldn't offer him a much rs an old
crust when his time was up. would
your
'.No, SIR" was the decided reply.
'.Nor you wouldn't give him any Of
your old elothes?"
mo, sir"
Nor lend him ten cents to pay for .
lodging?'
"No. SIR"
That's just the conclusion I had
resched aud III be darned IL / don't
fast my hundred DAYS out just 10 show
you that n get sioag without any q
your ~assistAncein
And the indignant faster walked Of
with his head up and his heel having 3
firm grip Of the pine plaaks.-Dar0I
IRE Hxsl