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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
Implicated in the Sacra Murder.

Special to the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX. Dec. 81 .-Hamp VIII
liams, a boy about sixteen years of age,
was brought to the city to-day from the
Indian Territory by Deputy United States
Marshal Gordon and lodged in jail !,
charged with completely in the murder of
James Sacra, who was killed by Milton
OvertOn at Oakland in the Indian Terri
tory a few days ago. The boy states that
he is innocent. though he was near the
place at the time Sacra was killed. He
will have preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Ricketts, as
soon as witnesses can be brought from the
Indian Territory
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
The Cause of Statehood in Dakota.

MITCHELL, OAK, Dec. 2l.-The con-
vention of South Dakota Democrats here
to-day, for the purpose of taking action
to advance the cause of statehood was
attended by delegates from twenty-one
counties, and was very enthusiastically
i'll favor of the matter. a committee of
leading Democrats of the territory was
appointed to go TO Washington, and pre-
sent the matter to congress. As Il COM
pact statement of the ease the convention
sxlopted memorial to congress.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
4 Duel Prevented.

opVCIHI 70 INC NtIAVItt.
RICHMOND, TEX, Dec. PA diff
Guilty occurred this morning. at the South
ern Pacific depot between Kyle Terry and
V. NJ. Gibson. y few words passed when
Gibson challenged Terry to fight him with
WinchesterS. The challenge was accepted
and it would no doubt have been = serious
affair but for the timely interference OF
officers who stopped them only a short
space from the appointed place of meet
ing. Both arrived with cooked Winches-
tiers. Serious trouble is anticipated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22

CHICAGO, ILL. Dec. 20.-W. C. Whit
ney, who, as attorney for Banker S. W.
Rawson in his divorce suit, was shot and
wounded i'll open court by Mrs. Rawson
last spring, was adjudged insane to-day
and was sent to an asylum. 1t appeared
i'll the evidence that his insanity is the
direct result of the shooting. He is suf-
fering from profound melancholia super
inducesE{ES hallucination that he is
Aei2 FB1rsued by q woman who wants TO
afrfder him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 20.-Dayid B
Whiting, resident consul of Venezuela
in this city, died of hemorrhage of the
brain yesterday. Mr.. Whiting had
stroke of paralysis about a month ago
from which he never rallied.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22

ing so numbers on each side of the number draw
ing the capital prize of SIoJ, 600 500.
90 numbers ending with 7G4, being the three last
figures of the number drawing the capital prize of
$500, 900. $500.
90 numbers ending with IA, being the three last
figures of the number drawing the second capital
prize of 500 COO, 500
900 numbers ending with o., being the two last
figures OF the number drawing the capital prize
of 5000 900, 500.
800 numbers ending with a, being the two last
figures OF the number drawing the second capital
prize of 800 COO, 500.
The Subscribers having supervised the Sim
gle Number Drawing, Glass M, - Louisiana
State LOTTERY, hereby certify that the above are
the numbers which were this day drawn from
the 100, co placed i'll the wheel, with the prizes
corresponding 20 them. Prizes cashed in full
without deduction.
Witness our hands at New Orleans, La, this
Tuesday, December IS, ISSS.
G. 7. 3 BEAgEEeAnD, Commissioners.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22

No. GO 20! draws Capital prize, $500 coo. sold in
fractions at New Orleans, New York, Boston.
Mass, Washington, p. c., San Francisco and
PetalIma Cal, Denver and LeadviIle, Col,
West Hoboken, y. j., Wanatah, lind, Metre
gor and Manor, Tex, and HermosilIo, Mexico.
No. IS, ~ draws Second Capital Prize, 500, 900,
Orleans, New York, Chicago, III, San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, Cal, and Henrietta, Tex.
No; -, - draws Third Capital Pr1ze' SUI. CO.,
Mass San Francisco, Cal, and V;clisburg,
Miss. No. 1896 draws $50. 600, sold in New York,
Miss, and Galveston, Tex. Nos. 50. j69. 81. $50
draw each SIS 600 Nos. 3d. Is $685. Is 1855, ST.
$50, So, 7S5, draw each SIC, 600.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-22
Augmentation Prizes.

100 numbers from Sc, 654 to GO, 754 inclusive. be-
ing 80 numbers on each side of the number draw
ing the capital prize of $500, 900, $1,000.
100 numbers from IS 694 to 6, 194 inclusive. be-
ing 50 numbers on each SIDE of the number draw
ing the capital prize of $500, 900, $500.
100 numbers from A., 035 to 4, lbs inclusive be-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

The more Dick crank the more his
practice fell away. and the more business
he lost the more he drank Dr. Chalicc
used to cNpostulate with, but to little
purpose.
He was soon Il complete wreck.
His wife would not allow Ii IN to come
home, an! supported herself and the two
chlltrea by sewing. DR.. ChaIiec fur
ni>lcl him with fCol and clothing, and
finally, when lie was taken sick, brought
him to his house, where he died one
bitter winter night, shriekiug that the
devils We're carrying him away and that
his wife was setting them on. Mrs.
Challcc and her mother agreed that " hat
property Dick had left should be given
to his widow and children. The widow,
however, said she would only accept
enough to "ct 4 monument Tor hin r
She could take care of herself and the
children.
When Sic bought and set up The Shaft
with the snake and the inscription ON it
al Atchison WAS shocked. and Dick 8
mother and the thaliccS were wild with
shame and indignation. Her friends
.rieisto persuade her to remove it, but
She refused to listen % them There was
ak Of legal proceedings to have 1t taken
away, as being a libel on the dead, but
hey were never instituted, and it stands
.hcrc still. Fora long time other people
were careful to bury their dead so far
away that its horrible shadow conld not
faII upon their graves, and Tor many
wears there waS a vacant space tor several
yar,is around it, hut gradually this feel
ng wore away. Now there are graves
in most Of the adjacent los, and ever
green's and willows hide from sight thc
last resting place of poor Dick Harris
and his grim memorial stone. - thteayJ
| lAt4f- OctdH.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10
Coolest Night Ever known in America

The other day there was In the city
qutea distinguished young man, says
the St Louis Pos III .Iofct His celeb
rily consists Of bis having recorded the
lowest temperature ever obscr> cd within
the hounds of civilization. Ills name
is George A. Garden, and he was orhiS
way from Lama, Mo, to Chicago, where
he Will act as Assistant Observer in the
Signal Office. 1t WAS on New Years
morning, 1SS5, that Mr. Garden, then
Signal Service Observer 1t Poplar River
Montana, sent on the solitary tclcgraplic
wire that connected him with the world
outside this brief bat startling announce
ment: "Tempcrature 62. degrees below.
zero Il tossed about al NJ ght trying
to keep warm, said Mr.. Garden "Ihc
big stove kept nearly red hot, but still
the little room would not get warm 1t
seemed as cold as the outer air. pom
me- | had piled covering equivalent to
twenty thicknc.scs Of blankets. Army
blankets, buffalo robes, buffalo coats,
cloth coats, every thing in the shape of
protection, was hcapcd upon my little
bed, yet still shiyercd under it all No
one can form IN idea Of the cold tfat
night. | had to wear the heaviest NIT
lens, and my scalskin cap was pulled
down over my ears. once, when |
reached lnv blrc hand out Of the bed 10
thro~ another stick If wood on the fire
il VAS 50 bcnumhcsi that | had to drop
the stick. Mind YOU, all this time the
fire was roaring and crackllnS'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

Cannihal Island Currency.

Mr.. Walter Coote has described some
curious moneys Of the New liebrsieS and
the solomon Islands. On one of the ISL
ands lie noticed neatly kept house,
which he was told WAS tue money housc
Entering II, hc found a number Of maps
hanuin. from the roof. beneath which
Il fire MAS constantly kept UP. under the
effect Of which t!t., become covered with
a black, 9llstenin. coating aud adorned
with fcstoons Of >oot 1t was i mans
business to keep the lire always burning.
and 50 Ia" ~ not IL scort h thc maps. Y
we'll coIorcd Inap i worth about a much
As a We'll grown, vigorous boar. Inns Is
the stranyest Of al kinds OF money, for
IL must never be taken from the money
house, even when the title Of it Is trans
fcrrcd from one oWn'r to another The
inhabitants of Santa Cruz Island Euse for
money. rope ends, ahosit ~ lnchf thick,
and ornumcntcd with scarlet fathers,
Which are worn about the waist. The
Traveller could not obtain new celns of
this Kind, hut found them current e1ery
where The specimens lie bought were
already Oil, and the feathers grown
fllngy. The money ot the Solomon Isl
ands consisted Of neat y-"afkcd pieces
Of Shell of about the size oi our Shirt
buttons They are strung on strings
about four yards long, and are distin-
guI>hcd under the names of red and
white money. Dog teeth are of higher
value, and comparable to our gold coins.
They are usually worn on 4 string around
the neck. Mr. Cootc saw Il necklace OF
this Kind that was valued IT about 800.
Marble rings are also Worn for orna
mcnts, and as valuable money.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10
She Brought the Road to Terms.

The second railway built ~ ta'S coun-
try. Nc bclictc was 4 short line OFT wcuty
miles from Niagara Falls to I.ockport
the track made OF wooden s antllng or
string pieces with strap iron laid on top
for rails. ~ tie Way, tht,c often turned
up one end aud, catching above the
wheel, came pier ln- mp through the
bottom Of the car The engines e those
DAYS were Of ,ot,r-c very yak III power.
ON tbs railroad VA, a light @r-,lc for a
few hundred feet Near TIN, lived a
Midow Woman Who had 4 lar-e fat hog
which one day cot upon tie track and
WAS Killed. The railway pcoplc refused
to lay her fur It, on tue ground that the
hoo had no business Oh the road. Sac
had the LirI tried out. aad after failing
to get ANYTHING from the railway, ~hc
spread this Iarl I'LL. rally npon h, rails
for a considerable Distance along the as
ccnding esaic. The engine having hen
10 ',s.tndiu-" arrangement, Il was unable
tn climb the grade, ai.d =, often IS they
sprinklcti and on the track ~ hand and
laI passed bg >hc swept i oil aud al
li,eJ mqIr lard. Tie result was, the
railway compa'iy pli'l her al she ASKED
for the hog. prout f.ne>r.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

Two celebrated bandits who nourished
'n the carly DAYS Of Kentucky once lived
IN Il stone house on Tie banks Of the Cum
bcrland, near Dycushury, and there has
since been tradition that they buried a
y great store Of gold and silver near the
house. In late years many people have
searched in vain for the hidden treasure
but number of men in Crittcnton County
lave now organized Themselves for
systematic search for the buried coin.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

The house of Jacob Orth, an aged
German sold cr living in Davenport, Ia,
was burned recently, and among the ar
tlclcS consumed was II medal which he
had received from the Grand Duke Lud
Wig |. for services in the wars against
Napoleon. The loss OF the medal
troubled Mr.. orth greatly, and he wrote
10 Kaiser Wilhelm about it A few
days ago he received from the emperor
hand ,omr gold medal bearing the grand
dukes likeness.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

Mis-. Richard Harris. widow Of the de
ceased, ordcrc, the monument made
after a design Of l.cr own, and placed it
at her hu>ban,i's 5 crave about two months
after his death.
Mrs Harris still lives in .ltclIison with
her son and daughter, the forsncr i youth
OF fifteen and the latter Il hand some Girl
Of eighteen Tie boy has the blonde
features and Hlvacious temperament of
his father, while the gill inhgrltS the
dark complexion and tacitllrn ,Iispostion
of her mother
Her mother, it is sad, was never
beautiful, although, even nov, il would
hc hard to ~u"ge>l IN alteration in her
features which would make ,!3cm more
nearly perfect. There i something
nhout her countcnaalr which most peo-
rle find rspcIl.nt. !.ithcl the sombrc
history OF her life in Atcisan has left
its imprint on her features or.sle assumes
cold and naughty air be. aset She pre-
1crS TO he let alone. \, Il is, She has few
intimate friends and min4leS very lit,lc
with her nci~hborss
Siic first ctneto .tfchison rom Gcor,ria
IN soc with Her mother Ter name was
Loretta lIuiletf and Sue ~as tlon IN her
nineteenth year. Her mother started i
private boarding. house. fad tI4c sIrl,
VIII" WAS Very shiilf0l with her needle
made good roncy rs Il sts,.n-tre>>. After
twelve months residence. ia hc}i,on hrr
mother Wa> tt&"n I'LL WI. Ia fever and
dlcd, ano tic -5rl va thrown upon hcr
own resources. ~he o1e ned a millinery
shop, but having no capitalize carry ON
the business W@s soon "Iil-esl to 4ise it
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

They built wisely and VOL in the old
days. The old tirrc-dcckcr, the Ir tiSh
war vessel Victory has been moorcd fore
and aft in Portsmouth larbor since So.
Whom recently examined her timber.
were found as firm and good IS when the
vessel was built.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

1t is the custom Of pcopit; who live il
the Northwest 10 declare that although
the cold Of that region is cxtrcmcl,
severe when measured by the tier
momcter, it really causes less suffering
than the variable temperature Of lower
latltudes This is III ycry well as a mat
ter Of humorous conversation on II warn
summer day, but It's force as an arsu
meut is materially injured by the nimbl,
blilAard viii. h destroys hundreds o
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

In every country there is some spcclal
drawback to The sheep industry. Here
we have dogs and wolves. In Australia
rabbits eat nearly all the grass, and leave
the pastures a bare as ola Mother Hub
hard's cupboard In New Zealand the
great enemy Of sheep is a ar@e green
parrot 1t lights on a sheep and dcvours
It's living flesh After it has eaten It's fill
it flies away But, as a rule, the wounds
If makes never heal
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10
The bio cattle ranches of the far West

The big cattle ranches Of the far West
and Southwe are reported to be break
ing MP \ year ago the Niobrara Land
and CattIc Company, which has become
bankrupt, refused 1000, 600 for its
property. Instead Of the big companies
swallowing the little ones, it is thought
that the tendency j, toward the break
ing up Of tEc big ranches into smaller
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10
Pretty Badly Broken [ p.

Small Boy-"Sar, u.l,tsr, W. yo-
please give !ne . cents 70 buy some eggs.
/ fell i0un and broke thloc.'
Gentleman, looking 81 mes on side
walk-"Taey are pretty badly broken
I'D for @ facs.'
YES. but .hey aia't bro ken Up any
mo.e'n T.! he If | don't take half dozen
eggs home"
The boy 90, tie 70 cents --Ssss TerE
,>aar
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10
Working and Sinking.

NJ boy, 4 you're wanting 20 wcra,
io4'.i :lnd q great p'er.ty .o ID:
And, Il your intending 70 shirk,
hers p.eH.Y 81 tia. On haal. To.
Nhila m1ae.e aal thrift turn - cash,
lali eo;ar.e-er.ce follows their lea /.
An Gitga2esS- effort. like = fash,
Cos out in tbs time ot your neei
-1sr2s string:
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

Probably one Of the oldest meeting
houses in the world is the Bangund
500 years. The i'agoda ike structure is
covered with shingles and an inch or
two Of tar. Iiunic inscriptions, interest
ing 70 schnInrs. are on the hllild lng
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10

tcrs sctnstrcSS, loretta iiuliett
one OF Dicks few literary accomplish
merits wa al ability to read Spanish
With considerable skill aud to ~reak it
with lie fnency of natiyt When lie
Wa, youth ol seventeen, ani full of the
love for wild life on the frontier Incl
| dent to that a@e, his father sent him toa
ranch which he owned in Sothern Cali
| .olai3 and .,tyc the establishment iuto
h.s charoe
Alth@d@h his management Of the con
Germ was by 10 means 50 successful in
the way ol financial results as tEe>eIdcr
| Harris desired, Dick, Nv constant asso-
F! cation With the men about the place, all
| ot whom were Nplniar,lS became almost
aS proficient IN their Itngua@c rs il he
!, bad never known any other lie was
t CHARMED WITH the smooth cadence Of the
/ tongue, and wien he subsequently, went
! To colcte he devoted some time and at
tcntion to the study of It's grammatical
construction pom his return II
/ Atchi>on lie discovered an Old Spanish
/ glnSlnith namyI /4nthcs, and useT
! to make almost daily visits to the
! old.man's sliop and spend hours in talk
/ ing l. him. Il W., bat d short time af-
i pioycd at Dr. Chalicc's house until he
discovered that She, too. could talk
! = ali sh, and his visits to he old gun
! smith suddenly ceased As reticcnt with
! hlm rs she WAS with every one else in
regard 10 her past history, he was left
IN Ignorance rs 10 how or where she had
acquired it. He manifested 10 undue
curiosity Gn THIS point, however, and
.contcntcd himself with the tfact that
she could speak it tluently.
1t first he con>crscd with her merely
as al amusement lie used to spend an
nour, sometimes more, in the sitting
room where she worked almost every day
before going ba k to the office after
meals, or while waiting for them when he
came home too early. Their convcr 81
ton for the most part was made up OF
ordinary smalt talk about people ana
events in tn" c.ty with which botli hap
pcncu to be fam lIar Neither made ;r:v
attemt at con@caImcnt, because neither
felt that there was anything to coHcca}.
Iicl, : mother ana the hal ccs frequent
vs found hem chatt ~ together, but
paid no attention 10 X. and III tact was
rather pie t>gd iilat III X sccmct!to prefer
this TO some other occupations III W(n@h
he had bccM accustomed TO find anllIsc-
ment and entertainment. 1t was not
lone, however. before these conScrsa-
tiuns began to last tive, even three hours.
Not iulrelucntly Dick failed to 80
down to The Office at all in the afternoon
and spent the me talking to .thc Girl, y
IL she was dc~i ignatcd in the household,
and Watching her nimbc fingers while
l. Ia IL "A L Int
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10
4 JaVauese Dreamer.

To transform men into all sor:s Of be-
in-s IoJn vegetable anu animal, from
sweet scented flowers 10 pigs an pred
aIury EnlIals, Yea even mo rocks OF
salt, was a iaVOriIe paStlme with all the
ulNIuIJgy- ANN masIciaNs OF OLD. But the
transformation OF = happy couple INTO
pair OF cannon is something lnOOmEar-
aule- reserved 10 the rci2nlns divinity OF
the i~iani u Java, IN The l.ast Indian
archipe.dgO Setama was the st OF
the VS.. men OF Java, and PRIME min
lister ami governor 1t the SAG unle. and
his wife, a.Omi, the most beautiful and
lost SdurAn.a OF women and an Iuyalu-
able nell i5nJtr IN all her husband : oner-
Gus ua,.es oI government
One nisnt ning Sari had dream that
the Javan -. :sOu had nadr him i Pres
t.nt Of I par oI the most beautiful can
non IL tao world. lie called on his
prime minister an sent him OF 10 find
the cannon. Ihe minister took ms faith
ful with him, and they wandered Tor
wears without finiIng the cannon. At
last they went into = temple and prayed
ierVen.ly 10 their eol to let them mi
the promised cannon, as they could not
r, turn TO the king without them That
sam. uiyIit SetaI..1's son had dream
that he could hul Ia cannon IN the
same tempe whore his parent- hAd taken
refuge. lie goes thlre, but sees no race
of ether h.s parents or the cannon. At
lat he goes to the couch where his
parents hal been sleeping and--lo and
behold there are the two cannon,
wrapped up IN countcrpanes like sleep
ing Ueautirs. After that the cannon
were set up IS miracle workers in the
temp.e-the he cannon Tor the male
population, the she cannon fOr the fe
faa4i--S
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10
TIT S--GT7'J AIMS. \

In Lyons, in tho mart OF that French town.
Years since, woman leading : f-iI
child
CEavel q small aims Of one who, walking
down
The thoroughfare. caught the child's
glance and smiled
To see behind its eyes q noble soul
He paused, but found he had no coin
to dole.
His guardian angel warned him not to
l0so
This chance Of pearl 70 do another good;
SO, as he waited, sorry TO refuse
Tho sskeL-fOr penny, there aside he
And with his hat held as by limb the
nest
He covered his kind face and sang
his best.
Tho sky was blue above. and all the lane
or commerce where the singer stood.
was filled,
And many PAUSED, and listening, paused
again
To hear the voice that through AID
through them thrilled.
Ithink tho guardian angel helped along
That cry Tor pity woven in 4 song.
The singer stood between the begglrs
there,
Before church, and overhead the spirc
y slim. perpetual finger in the air
Held toward Heaven, land OF the hearts
desire
As ii an angel, pointing NJ, had said:
'NoudcV crown awaits this singer
head.
The hat OF its stamped brood was cnpticl
soon
Into the woman's lcp, who drcnchcd
with tears
Her kiss uVCn the hand ofholD twas noon,
And noon iu hrr glad heart drove forth
her fears.
The singer pleased, passed on and
softly thought.
Men will not know by whom this decd
WIS wrought"
Eut whom ~ night he came upon tho stage
Cheer after cheer went up from that
wide thrUuy.
and flowers raiuet on him; nought could
gsS,.l-C
The tuuuIJ otthc welcome save tho song
That hc had swcetIy sung, with COW
rre,l face,
For the two tcssars IN the marke.
place
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10
Eow Fashions Originate

Saws "Entrc Nous in the Boston c.17IGy
Eruii: ''s>omeDoIy at Newport put her
elbow through the sleeve OF her Ia -
gown by some mis~hancc, and TO hide
the fracture tel a bright ribbon over II.
In -tgn'iv the bright-color-d bows caught
on 10 other elbows. and what WAS origin
ally intcn e a. 4 cute little remedy has
become new II shion. / saw a slender
NTrD,r's Ba-Gr girl looking rs though she
hal Just - pped out OF that femin ne
Publication the other DAY Youngs, AMI
til about h.r Tisht elbow in very
Fr-nchy how was a bit OF nasturtium rel
rib 1on, - / presume the caprice has AZ
tucked Boston. Girls have gone about
all summer with ribl oaB tied pusSy-c.tt
style arpGH tn II ucrks, and EoE why
Sl1uiI they no. vary the place, while
keepin. tn. CoIue.tish ribhnnS p"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10
booksellers OF Paric.

In Paris, they will not sell you a book
Tor five hundred francs and let it GO
alterYarj at your own auction sale for a
hundred dollars. II they have sold you
"pcachblow vase" sort OF q book, their
dignity as well as their interest will make
them redeem IL az the price they have
made you pay, or not much less. 1t is
the ambition 81 every bookseller not TO
become wealthy in ten or twenty years,
but to become a bibliophile; perhaps be-
cause in that realm of equality every
Dody's desire is TO be of the privileged
few, perhaps because honors are priced
more than riches there. 1t is silly 10 run
mad alter a bit Of red ribbon Tor the
lapel o! ones coat, but it is not Tor the
bibliophie who runs mad after book
kindlng, to say SO. Moreover, the man
who would rather have a red ribbon
than a fortune, if bookseller, is the man
for a bibliophile. Valuable books are
not 10 be sold like old boots; there must
be some show of feeling about it.