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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
LIE ConscIantions BroEar.

I heard q very clever story On a
prominent broker a few days agO-a
man whose name I am not at liberty to
discuss, though L may say that he is
we'll known as a picture buyer. This
broker had some mining stock which
he had long regarded as worthless, and
one day when he found an opportunity
to get rid of it at a pretty fair consid-
Grafton, he was very happy. That very
night, however, after he went home, he
received a telegram announcing that
this mine, of which he had sold the
stock, had developed a lead of extraOr-
binary richness. An hour afterward
the purchaser of the stock received a
telegram from the broker, who desired
to see him Immediately upon a subject
of great Importance. The buyer called
and was told by the servant that the
broker was very i'll and could not be
seen.
"But Z must see him:I have been
sent for by him not half an hour ago. "
The servant went upstairs and
brought back word that the visitor
might go up.
The broker was in bed, moaning with
pain. The lights were turned low.
When the visitor entered the broker
began:
"1Iy dear Jones, I have had to-day
another of the dreadful attacks I an
subject to, and I am afraid this last
one is going to do me up I sent for
you to confess that I have taken ad-
vantage of you in B business transact
ion, and [ want to make PREPARATION be-
fore I die. That mining stock [ sold
you to-day was really worthless, and it
troubles me that I took advantage of
you.
"Oh, nonsense; that is all right. I
didn't pay you much for it and I can
easily sell it to somebody else.
"NO, that viii not do. [ want to
take it back and pay you back your
money. I can't rest until I have made
this right.
"Oh, we'll If you feel that way, of
course I will give you it back"
cry we'll, and while I am able to
sign a check I will prepare one, and, in
the meanwhile, you can bring back the
stock"
The visitor went home, got the stock,
and returning it, received the check
which the now utterly exhausted brOk-
er had filed out for him. He went
away musing upon the vicissitudes of
human life and filed with profound
sympathy for the sOrrowing family of
the rapidly sinking broker.
And the broker? The moment his
customer was out of the house he leap
ed out of bed and gIeefuIIy danced
around the room in a manner that
would have aroused the envy of Car
mencita could she have seen 1t. But
the customer, next day, when he learn
ed of the rise in the value of the stock,
metaphoricaIIy kicked himself for his
stupidity in being taken in by a brok-
er's conscience. -Mi7l71eapOIjs TTjb-
9LlIe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
Found Wanting.

If a servant obeys orders as far as he
can, and does his work correctly as far
as he goes, what more can be expected
And yet the result is not always salts
factory, even to reasonable employers.
The Boston Courier has a story of a
woman who own a very large and hand
some dog, of which she IS very fond,
and perhaps a little proud. The other
day She sent him out to the stable to
be weighed, confding the operation to
a new servant, who looked upon the
powerful animal with considerable awe.
and apparetly with some real affec-
ton.
The man was gone a surprisingly
long time, but at last reappeared, and
announced that the dog weighed one
hundred and twenty ponds.
Gone hundred and twenty pounds &"
repeated the lady. care you sure you
weighed him right? He must weigh
more than that
ooh, yes, marin; sure an I weighed
him right. but I couId't get him all on
the scales.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

WE shall have to cease talking of
American fre-proof buildings Recent
fires have demonstrated that there is
no such thing. During the last few
years great progress has been made by
architects and builders in reducing the
combustibility of buildings, but the
best of them Will burn, and it is a mis-
homer to call any fre-proof. Some of
the sO-caIled fre-proof buildings may
resist an ordinary fire, but none of them
can Withstand a great one. The best
that architects and builders can do is
to reduce the chances of burning to a
minimum and provide simple means of
escape in case of fire.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
Manted TO Satisfy Him.

Prominent Citizen Slade Of Metro
poIitan Hotel has just killed another
feller-tOurist from the East som'eres.
Second Prominent Citizen-What
was the teller dom to SIade?
"Nuthin' only givin' his orders.
Wanted a fire in his room, weather
strips on the door, soap, to9el, hot wa
ter, more quilts, and I fergit what
else. An Slade shot him"
"Oh, I s'pose Slade reckOned it was
a pity that a teller who wanted
heaven SO bad shouldn't have it. -
1ElL918ey'5 WeeEJy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

FLORIDA viii soon be the greatest
1emon-growing country in the world.
Lemons weighing a pound each are
common in Florida, and along the
banks of Caloosahatchie there is a sin
gle tree which bears 5000 lemons,
many of which weigh a pound each.
But, except for show, such large lem
ons are of little value, as they
are coarse-grained and pu1py. The
best lemons are grown on poor soil,
and for that reason they are a very
profitable crop. This country con
sumes more lemons every year than
all other countries combined, and the
consumption is constantly increasing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

THE oldest officer in the United
States navy is Commodore Henry
Bruce, now on the retired list and liv-
ing in Boston. He was born on Feb.
u, 1889, and was appointed a midship-
man in the navy from Massachusetts
on Nov. 9, 1913. During his seventy
six years of life in the navy he was
forty-two years on the active list, but
had only fifteen years of sea service
and eight years of shore duty. Three
of his fifteen years of sea service,
from 1887 to 1910, were spent as Lieu
tenant on the famous frigate Brandy
wine, in the Mediterranean squadron,
and his only command was the brig
Truxton, on the coast Of Africa, in
1648. His last promotion on the active
list was to the grade of Commander,
on Sept 8, 1871. He was retired Sept.
10, 1856, but or April 4, 1867, he was
promoted to Commodore, a favor which
officers on the retired list no longer
have.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Has your husband found work yet,
Mrs. Mccarthy ?"
He hez thet, mum. He's a picter
hanger"
A picture hanger? Why, I supposed
that required artistic skill and a good
deal of taste.
paste, indade it does, mum. It
takes a dale av paste, sure. The poor
bye carries a bucket az Is wild him all
day, and then sometimes he can't make
the blissed picters stick to them ould
boards at al, at all +"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
STUFF AND NONSENSE.

SET in her ways-a brooding hen.
A swALLoB-TAIL- story OF Jonah
and the whale.
FIRST mattress-HOw do you feeI2
Second mattress-Full as a tick.
The monkey goes to the sunny side
Of the tree when he wants a warmer
climb.
PRAYERS may &C, begging for an
answer, but "Whatu you have?" never
does.
PUTIN a patched dime in the coIlec-
ton box Is like buyin' a scaIper's ticket
to heaven.
SOUP a la Jay GouId-take a little
stock, six times as much water, and
then put in the lamb.
TEACHER - " Anonymous means
without a name Give an example,
Miss Griggs." Miss Griggs-@AIy baby
sister is anonymous"
LoAFER - How are you? just
thought I'd drop in a while to kill
time. Busy MAXWELL, we don't want
any of our time killed.
BROwN-How time flies. Jenkins-I
am not aware of its speedy passage.
B.-Then you have not a note to pay.
J.-No; hold yours.
BLoODGoOD-SGby always reminds
me of a breeze that comes before a
summers rainstOrm. Travis-Why {?
Because" answered BloOdgOOd, che
is so fresh.
"THIs is little late for you to be out,
isn't it, Peck? Aren't you afraid your
wife viii miss yOu?" Mr.. n. Peek
hope she viii. She can fling things
pretty straight, though.
Mrs. HINTON (recentIy married)-
/ Did you know my husband was very i'll ?
Miss Darlington suppose hemUst be,
my dear. Before he married you ne
told me I had broken his heart.
VIsITOR- TO bereayed widow Your
husband, understand, was killed in a
factory? Widow yes; poor dear
William was reckOned a smart man,
but he didn't know much about fly
wheels.
STATION MAsTER-COme, come, my
good man, you mustn't walk on the
track. Tramp (disgustedly)-T con
ductor says 1 can't ride, and you say
can't walk. What's your blamed old
road here for, anyway?
WILLIE wonder why I can't make
my kite fly? Elder sister-Pe Perhaps
! the caudaI appendage is disprOpOr-
! tionate to the superficial area. Willie
4 don't think that's it. 1 believe there
isn't weig hit enough on the tail.
Mrs. STATESMAN you know, sir,
| that you came home last night in an ut
! terly disgracefuI condition? Mr.. States
man Swallowing about quart Of wa
| ter y" Woman, do you know that the
time Of year has arrived when the
country" has to be saved again
Mrs. SKNNPHLLNT - Josiah, don't
you think JOhnny's hair needs cutting
Mr.. Skinnhint docking up from his
paper)-How long is it till Christmas ?
A little over five weeks. CResuming
his paper)-All right, I'll give him a
haircut for a Christmas present.
A COMPLICATED FUNERAL.
o bury my arms in dear Mexico.
And bury my heart in the South.
o bury my legs in the State of New York,
In Georgia please bury my mouth.
For have been married at least four
To spouses who've laid down their lives,
And now that I'm dead I wish to be
placed
At the side Of my various wives.
BROwN-And so you have got first
Fate cook? What paper did you adver-
| tise in? FOgg-Didn't advertise in any.
My wife told Mrs. Gray we wanted a
girl, but made her promise not to tell
anybody. "WelI?" well, we had
the doOr-beu ringing for a fortnight
from morning till night. No less than
a hundred applications for the place"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
Practical.

According to the philosophers every
thing has two uses, a lower and a
higher. Some very common people
find this out for themselves, so far, at
least, as the practical application Of If
is concerned.
The daughter Of the rector of a
parish In East LondOn-Over-the-bO border
taught the choir boys a new tune at a
Monday evenings rehearsal, TO be sung
on the following Sunday. Sunday
morning came.
@WeII, Johnny" said Miss K, 81
hope you haven't forgotten the new
tune, for we depend much on you.
"Naw, mum, not q bit. I've been a
skeering the crows with 1t all the
week
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

IN private letter New Orleans
teacher declared that the pupils in
Southern schools obey only when com
PEELED by force or fear, and that they
have little sense of right or honor.
Somehow or other the letters got pub
hshed, and now they are making it hot
for the teacher.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY.
The Names of the Fortunate Fifteen in
the Lottery Partnership.

Inc names OF the fortunate ElEBe8u
the Lottery Partnership.
OswegO On. y Palladium, January 2.
Mr.. 3. D. HoughtOu has been engaged
during the past few days in presenting
S1,666.OO to each of fifteen OswegOnians
who were so fortunate as to be implicated
in ar6nership on Louisiana State Lottery
tickets. The following are thelucky invest
Ors: j. McChesney, Chas. Mcdowell, W. j.
Rasmussen, Chas. r. Lewis, Jules Wendell,
U. A. SOuthwick, Geo W. Hartman, Albert
Fitzgerald, Obediah Wiley. Alonzo Adams.
IL. Churchill, David Wright, Theo. Warden,
Aaron COlnOn, Colbert Cooper.
The lucky ticket was No. 30 961. Tt drew
the fourth capital prize of 100000 IN the
December drawing, of which $4,000 fell to
the OswegO gentleman, they holding one
fourth of the ticket. Mr. Hough5on sent the
lucky ticket for collection on Thursday 18th,
and received the money the following Fri
day week. This is the second similar draw.
The occurrence has greatly stimulated the
local trade IN Lottery tickets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

A YOUNG lady of Augusta, Ne, has
received a bill amounting to over 800
that tells a little history. The bill
came from Peter Clark. of New York,
and in it she is charged with twenty
two yards of silk dress goods, two gold
bracelets worth so. one diamond ring,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

We have used your Aliens Lung Balsam in
believe, would have died with Consumption
had it not been for the use Of it. take pleasure
in recommending IT'D. M. SKINNER, Lock
leVen. Val
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

A YOUNG lady near Clayton, Ca, a
few days since prepared a wedding
supper and invited relatives and
friends to be present and witness her
marriage to a young man of the neigh
bOrhood. The company assembled,
the bride was attired in her wedding
costume and the supper was in wait
ing, but the bridegroom did not ap-
pear. At late hour, however, he &C
cidentally happened along, dressed in
his everyday clothes, and. being made
acquainted with the object of the as
semblage, expressed great surprise,
stating that he had no notice whatever
of the intended wedding. The we'd
ding was postponed. but the supper
was highly enjoyed all the same.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

THE parent who sends his son into
the world uneducabed and without
skin IN a7v art m. science docs q o-raaf
injury to mankind as we'll as to his own
family, for he defrauds the comuni' Of
useful citizen and bequeaths to 1t a
nuisance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Two little gir1s were going To Eshool.
Both little girls were rosy and sweet.
One little girl had Co walk by rule.
For her shoes were hurting her fest
One little girl could skip and jump.
For Morse's School Shoes fitted her right
On the foot of one lttle girl was a bump.
On account of her shoes being much too
tight,
One little girl missed winning a prize,
Her feet were hurting her every days
Each wore shoes OF the very same size,
But they were made in a different way.
One pair of shoes was made too narrow,
The ones made by Morse were wider and
neat;
One girls toes were like those of sparows
Badly shaped shoes had deformed her feet.
One parent bought shoes everywhere.
The other bought shoes made Q Morse a co.
They make and warrant every pair
To be properly shaped. and of good stock
you know.
". ". MORSE & Co.
Shoe Manufacturers, Omaha, Neb.,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

a hat and several other items. Clark
was a rejected suitOr Of the lady, who
claims that the above named articles
were presents from him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

A PoCAHoNTAs COUNTY West Vir-
ginia) ghost in the shape of woman in
white wearing a belt stuck full Of re-
volvers turns out to be nothing but the
shadow of tree as thrown against a
wall by a street lamp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

LADY FORESTER, of London, is a
practical philanthropist. Each week
she sends to the factory girls of Lon
don upward of two thousand punches
of flowers gathered by the servants on
her estates.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Satisfacbory.-She 'You are very. kind
to invite me to 90 sleighing, but-dld your
horse ever run away?''
He: Gotten. You see am careless
about horses, and often let the reins fall to
the bottom Of the sleigh and drive with my
feet"
She: 'T'u go.'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

SECRETARY BLAINE attributes his
good health to the fact that he has
given up his habit of eating meat three
times a day. He eats eggs for break
fast, cracked wheat for lunch, and
roast meat for dinner. Since he adopt
ed this regimen his health has been
greatly improved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

JUDGE MARK BLANDFORD, of the
Georgia Supreme Bench, is a firm be-
lever in the zodiac signs. He lost an
arm at the battle of Mcdowell, Va,
In May, 1862, and he declares that he
and every other soldier who got wound
ed in the arm in that combat recovered,
while all the leg wounds proved NOR
tai. He says he had occasion to take
particular notice of that fact.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

THE operator of an electric car at
Pittsburg, Pa, reversed the current
very suddenly few days ago and the
iron work became so heavily charged
that two passengers received severe
shocks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

In a little town Of Schleswig-Hol-
stein there is a tax exemption for dogs
shat sleep with their masters and mis-
tresses and so preserve them from govt,
rheumatism, and like pains"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

The old gunboat Condor, which, IN
der the command of Lord Charles
Beresford, did such efficient service at
the bombardment of Alexandria, has
been condemned and sold. The Condor
will be broken up for the iron that is
in her. Lord Beresford takes com
mand of the cruiser Undaunted, and
will do duty in the Mediterranean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

OVER half a million "Ietters that
never came" are reported for last year,
all due to careless and insufficient ad-
dresses and to lack of postage stamps.
This shows that the public is itself
responsible for a good deal of the fault
that it finds with the postal service.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

A SCIENTIST says that there Is such
a thing as hoop-snake, but that it
doesn't roll like a hoop. It simply
makes a succession of loops, like the
inch-worm, but so rapidly that it seems
to roll around like a hoop.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Any man or woman who is afflicted with
nervous or general debility, kidney com
plant vital weakness or any other chronic
or lingering complaint, shoJld send to DIR.
j. z. DYE, Buffalo, N. Y, for a copy Of
Health Helper, free.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

NOTHING that has happened of late
in ConstantinopIe has excited so much
comment as the action of the Sultan in
driving about In an open carriage with
the German Empress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
NOW I Ran MIRO mATRIMOEY.
Rv CHARLES s. BLACKBURN.

WAS Sc tting
type in a South
ern State. The
editor of the pa
per was a Know
.nOthin' fellow
who made up for
his lack of knowI-
edge by the free
use of big words.
He knew nothing
Of the printing
bu sin e S s, a n d
could learn moth
inp:if alive now
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

OF the seven weeds which the tweed
law" of Wisconsin requires farmers,
under penalty, to destroy, only one is
a native of the United States, all the
rest being naturalized importations
from Europe, where they are common
wild plants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

THE United States bought over
1900, 600 worth of eggs from Canada
last wear.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFoRD was
once a newsboy, and he is now earnest
" urging some action looking to bet
terment of the condition of the waits
of the streets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Somebody's Practical Joke.-D Jay. 81
say, Hawwy, wheah the deuce did you get
that cOuah?'
Harry: cts the vewy latest style, deah
boy"
Delay: 'But, its-ha! ha!-its-ha! hal
hag'
Harry: ''We1, speak out; how does it
lCOk?"
Delay: 'Tts-hal hal ha! weally, its wi
diculOus.'
Harry: ''What is the mattah with it?'
Delay: ''Why, ha! ha! toll ne, deah boy,
was that 'pOst-n0-bills' sign on it when you
got it?''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

There's a spot which men oft seek;
A spot of which with JOY they speak;
A spot which ne'r grows sad or drear;
A spot, in short, where they sell beer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

JANE DETHERDGE, of Kingston,
Jamaica, has refused thirty-seven
offers Of marriage. Jane has 81, 900,
600, and is an orphan. She does not
think she can afford a husband who
cares only for her money.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Mrs. CLIFFORD, of New Haven,
Conn, has given $4,000 to societies
and institutions for the prevention of
cruelty to animals. She has endowed
a home in Boston with $4,000 for
stray and starving animals.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

WHEN a clergyman at Pennsburg,
Pa. handed his wife the envelope
which contained the customary present
from groom, she found it contained
only six cents. The minister had been
called out of bed to perform the cere-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31
i is 50 Everywhere.

E. B. Rail, druggist at Hiattsvile Kan. has
this to write about Aliens Lung Balsam ''Itis
the best selling throat and lung remedy, and
gives general satisfaction. / cheerfuily recon-
mend it' Buy the large $I.OO bOttle for Lung
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

Young MIR. Harduppe: 81 might have
known you we're too old to marry me before
I was foolish enough to propose.
Miss Ann Tique: "And yet one would
not have to be so very aged to have that
much sense, either
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

A SHARPER is making a good income
by advertising q sure method of killing
insects. When you send him fifty cents
you receive a card with these words
"Get your insects to smoke cigarettes
1t viii kill them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

First travelling man: IS that house
over there?"
Second travelling man: eyes"
F. T. NJ. "Bilson, the novelist, built
Uhat'
SIN. otis a fine building"
F. T. NJ. He pad for it with the pro-
ceeds of one story
S. T. NJ ''Oh, it's pretty high for one
story house,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

TIE only privilege of the original man
is that. Ike other sovereign princes,
he has the right to call In the cur
rent coin and reissue 1t stamped with
his own image.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

THERE are some good-sized families
in Maine to-day, but probably none so
large as one mentioned in the histories
of old colonial days. It is told on the
authority of Cotton Mather that the
first royal Governor at Boston was one
of family of twenty-six children, and
was born in the woods of Maine near
the mouth of the Kennebee, in 1851
His mother was left widow when he
was a child, and is said to have had all
she could do to provide for the wants
of her family It is hoped that when
the Governor got $1,000 a knight
hood, and a goblet valued at $4,000 as
areward for finding Spanish treasure
ship that had gone to the bottom half
a century before, he remembered his
mother and made her last days easier
than her earlier ones had been.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

4 Scientific mjnd.-Joues; care you
fond of Wagnerian opera, Mr. Eiint?''
Flint: yes; never cared for music
Won know
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-31

A GREAT outcry has been raised in
the Swiss Canton Tessin against the
prevalence there Of bribery at elections.
The political workers are constantly
racking their brains to devise new
means Of buying votes. The Mayor of
a small city near Locarno recently,
while running for reelection, invited
every man who would promise to vote
for him to eat and drink at his ex-
pense for three months at certain
specified taverns. The success of his
plan is shown by the fact that he was
reelected, and that his bills at the
tavern in question amounted to $4,000
francs. Votes bought in the oId-fash-
toned way cost from 20 cents to S.
each. Even the clergy are said to
bride electors right and left.