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NEwFOUNDLAND.
The Legislative Council FavorS An
neXation With America.

The Legislative Council Favors An
neXation With America.
ST. JouN (N. F.), Feb. 13.-Imme-
diately afterthe reading of the Governors s
speech at the opening of the Legislature
to-day, Colonial Secretary Bond proposed
resolutions reciting certain statements re-
garding the reciprocity negotiations,
which will cause q stir in Canada, the
United States and England.
During the discussion several of the
most notable Conservative members ex-
pressed strong sentiments in favor of am
neXation and in condemnation of the un-
friendly attitude of Canada.
Resolutions were reported by the oppo-
sition, passed unanimously, and sent to
the Legislative Council for concurrence
The preamble states that on July Sth the
Newfoundland delegates proposed to the
British Government that Newfoundland
should be permitted to negotiate a con-
yention for reciprocal trade with the
United States. On September Sth this
proposal was acquiesced in. On Deem
Der 10th q satisfactory convention was ar
ranged and accepted on behalf of the
United States Government by Secretary
Blaine. Though strongly urged by New
foundland, the British Government up TO
date has declined to ratify the convention.
The resolutions declare that the House
views with profound disappointment and
alarm the failure of her Majesty's Gov
ernment to carry out its solemn obliga-
tions to the colony, and is aware of the
interference of Canada, and cannot fail to
the same as menace to the
independence of the colony.
The members emphatically protest,
and regard the delay as evidencing an
utter disregard for the prosperity of the
colony, and calculated to permanently
disturb the loyalty for which the colony
has been in the past remarkable.
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The Contest for Administrator Of
the Johnson Estate Settled.
DEAF MUTE THIEVES ARRESTED
AT LOS ANGELES.
Suicide of an Fx-sheriff of Amador
County-No Positive Trace Yet Dis
covered of the AliIa Train Robbers
Rich Vein of Coal Discovered in
Sonora, Mexico.
Special to the REcoRD-USroS.

STocKToN, Feb. 13.-Eugene Kay,
Shefi6 Of Tulare County, and grand
nephew of the late w. B Johnson, of this
county, was to-day appointed admins
traitor of the estate, with bonds fixed at
$3.50 900.
The contest for control of this estate
was carried into the Legislature by the
introduction of a bill amending the code
to permit the appointment of married
woman as administrators.
Johnson left q big estate, worth about
quarter Of a million. He made at least
three wills, but destroyed them all, the
last one having been taken from his bank
by himself few weeks before his death.
He was Il bachelor, but many wears ago
legally adopted a daughter, who is now
married, and she claims the whole estate
ard the bill was framed in her interest
and pressed i1f the Legislature by j. G..
Campbell, one of her attorneys EX-
Congressman Budd and others, repre-
senting Eugene Kay and other relatives
OF the deceased, fought the bill in Sacra-
mento.
To-day the only opposition to the ap-
pointment Of Kay as administrator was
the Public Administrator, and before the
decision was rendered he withdrew his
petition. The adopted daughter was in
court, and testified that a will could not
be found. Her husband filed petition
tor letters as Il Son-in-law of the deceased,
but it was not recognized.
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DEADLOCK UNBRoKEN.
No Senator Yet Chosen to Represent
Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 13.-The Republi-
can party went to pieces in joint assem-
bly, to-day. All those members who pro-
tested against the Republican boom for
Representative Moore took the occasion
to admonish rebUke to the Republican
Steering Committee, which had sent out
a mandate that Lindley be dropped and
his votes transferred to Oglesby for
United States Senator. The eighty-fifth
joint ballot, the first of to-day's session.
resulted as follows: Palmer, l0l; Oglesby,
81; Lindley, l6; Stelle, 2; l.. G.. Hubbard,
l; L. b. Farwell, l; VI. w. Matthews, /;
p. II. Donnelly, /.
Several ballots like the first were taken,
when the scattering Republicans COM
menced again to vote for Lindley. and
their whole strength soon went that way.
The Z. NJ. b. A. men, however, divided.
The eigEty-siXth ballot resulted: Palmer.
l0l; Lindley, 100; Steile, 2; HinckIey. l.
~ number of other roll-calls resulted the
same as this, with the exception of a
change in one of the farmers candidates.
At this point the condition of Representa-
tive Mitchell, whom the physicians pro-
nounced i'll with pneumonia, became seri-
Gus, and q motion to adjourn was made
on the part of the Republicans. This was
defeated by q tie vote. The ninety-fifth
ballot showing no change or prospect of a
break, both sides agreed to adjourn, and
a motion to that effect prevailed
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CIVIL SERVICE.
Letter From the President to the Cam
bridge Reform Association.

Letter From the President to the Cam
bridge Reform Association.
Boston, Feb. l2.-The Cambridge Civil
Service Reform Association has received
from the President reply to their ad-
dress OF the 3lst of January, i'll which the
President says: "Your reference to the re-
cent outbreak among the Sioux as afford
ing convincing evidence of the necessity
OF a change in the manner OF appointing
officials OF the indian Bureau leads me to
say that | have not found i'll a full exam
nation OF all the facts, evidence of any de-
terioration in the Indian service. On the
other hand, the Board OF INDIAN Commits
sioners, through Chairman Gates, have,
as the result OF a close OF observation, de-
clared TO me under date OF january 10th
last that upon the whole the Indian
service is now in a better condition than
ever before.
The object of their communication was
to urge an extension Of the civil service
rules 10 the Indian service, but they were
careful to recognize that the argument
was MOTTO be found in any special or re-
cent incident, but in the broader fact that
The work among the Indians in the cdu-
cational system was philanthropic, and
should, therefore, be separated from party
politics.
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WEATHER NOTES.
RAIN IN TIE VALLEYS AND SNOW
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
1t Brings a Ray of Sunshine to
Farmers, Stockmen and
Miners.
Special to the REcoRp-uN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SoNoMA (Cal.), Feb. 13.-Rain fell here
last night and early this morning. The
cold frosty nights, winds and continued
dry weather has kept the grass back,
and, in consequence, many farmers are
feeding hay to their stock for the first
time in years. Cereals are also being re-
tarded. The total rainfall to date in this
valley has been less than five inches for
the season, as against 35 inches for cor
responding time last year.
HEALDSBURG, Feb. 13.-A gentle show
er of rain began falling in this locality
last evening, and has continued all day.
The wind is in the south, and every in
dication is that more will follow.
ST. HELENA, Feb. 13.-It has rained
here lightly the past two days, and indi-
cations tonight point to quite storm.
Sufficient rain has now fallen to insure
good crops in this county.
last night, and to-day a furious snow
storm is raging. Flakes three inches in
circumference fell. Farmers, stockmen
and miners are jubilant. There is four
feet of snow on the mountain road to Fall
River.
SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 13.-The rain still
continues. Everybody is elated over the
prospects of a good season. A strong
southerly wind is now blowing, and in
dications point to continuance of the
storm.
DUNsMUIR, Feb. BIT has been rain
ing for the last forty hours, and for the
last day very hard. Several small slides
on the road above here are reported.
RED BLUFF, Feb. ia heavy south
wind has prevailed for several hours, and
rain is now pouring down, with good
prospects of continuing. The farmers are
much pleased with the prospects.
SIERRA CITY, Feb. BIT is storminc
heavily in the mountains. Water is badly
needed for mining purposes. This has
been the dryest season since 1868.
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The Boulogne Meeting Results Ad-
yantageously tO~Him.
DEPRESSION AND APATHY IN THE
NATIONALIST RANKS.
The English Government Manifesting
Great Concern at the Outcome of
the Canadian Campaign-Unlimited
Financial Backing to be Given the
Projected Mail Routes to Japan and
Australia

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
copyright, 1891, by n. Y. Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 13.-It is the general
opinion that the balance of advantage re-
suitilg from the Bouiogne meeting re-
M ms with Parnell. Mccarthy and his
colleagues publicly say they are satisfied
with their position. Privately, they are
in\ignant at being checkmated by the
tactics of the Parnellites. Their meeting
to-day disclosed a depression and apathy.
Only fifteen members We're present, and
they appointed committee to organize
the party in Ireland to combat the Par
nellites. The latter say they are rapidly
gaining strength, and the bulk OF the
Nationalists viii resume allegiance to
Parneu.
TO REVIVE CANADIAN TRADE.
The Canadian situation attracts muclp
attention here, ana the Government man
ifests great concern at the outcome OF the
campaign. 1t is felt that Canada is about
to decide a momentous question affecting
all the English colonies. The Govern
ment recognizes the fact that active meas
ureS are necessary to revive the dropping
trade between Canada and England.
Last year there were only twelve mill
ION POUNDS worth OF Canadian imports.
while from the United States, England
took seventy-nine million pounds worth
AS means of weaving Canada from any
longings after reciprocity or absorption,
the Government has decided TO back to
an almost unlimited extent the projected
mail routes to Japan and Australia, via
the Canadian Pacific Railway. In con-
nection with it. it is proposed to run
line between a port III South England
and Halifax, under Government sub
! sidy. and to Immediately proceed to
fortify Esquimault as u first-class naval
station. The new route, it is claimed,
would affect a saving in time of thirty
hours between England and Chicago, as
compared with New York Eleven days
after leaving London passenger would
| bein Vancouver. Its competition with the
San Francisco route would be important,
in view of the fact that the new route
would be nine hundred miles shorter to
and from Europe. 1t is also claimed
that in the event of war it would help the
British ships to control the Pacific Ocean
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The National League.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The Board of Con-
troll, the supreme power in baseball mat
ters, met to-day with closed doors. Rep
resentatives of the League and Western
and Northwestern Associations were
present. The first work before tn, board
is the election of President, ana when
this is disposed of, the constitutions OF
the three associations and the rival Gains
of clubs to the services OF various players
will be considered.
This afternoon the board rendered the
Presidency to A. G. Spalding of Chicas o.
He thanked the board for the honor, lait
said for personal reasons he must oecline,
and that his decision was final.
Afterfurther consideration of Mr.. Spald-
ing's answer, the board decided TO elect
Allan w. Thurman TO the, place. Mr..
Young was made Secretary and Treas
urer, and the board proceeded To audit the
reserved lists,
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Miss Helen Dauvray at her brothers
chambers, No. 2 Prince street, Hanover
Square, to-day, respecting the announce
ment that her husband, Ward, had sailed
for England with the purpose of etfecting
reconciliation. Miss Dauvray was
buslly engaged helping her brother pack,
as he viii sail for New York tomorrow.
She said there was no truth in the re-
port that Ward was coming to London
for the purpose reported. IN fact, SO far
as she knew, he would only stay a day or
two. and then proceed direct to where he
intended to remain for some time for the
benefit Of his health. He would i'll no
way be connected with her coming pro-
feSSional ventures in London.
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Deaf Mute Thieves.

Los ANGELES, Feb. 13.-It turned out
to-day that the arrest of three deaf 1nutes
Charles Lowell, Cyril Vincent and Eliza
Critzer-last night. is probably the break
ing up of gang of thieves. all deaf mutes,
who have been carrying on perfect sys-
tenn of thieving in several OF the coast
cities, including the cities of San Fran
cisco, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, etc.
Their method here was to go around to
houses selling needles, and stealing arti-
cles in the absence Of the family or spot
ting the house for later burglary The
officers here secured trunk full of plum
descriptions. Correspondence was also
found revealing their plan. 1t is said
that Lowell has confessed to having OPP
Grated under as many as five different
names,
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SENATOR sTANroRD,s GUESTS.
PRESIDENT Harrison and Party VIII
ArriNe in AnIil Next


WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Last summer
the California Associated Press made the
exclusive announcement that President
Harrison would in the spring visit the
Pacific Coast as a guest Of Senator Stan
ford. The latter is the authority for the
information that President Harrison will
start on'his Pacific Coast trip about the
last of April. The party will consist of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs
Mckee, Russell Harrison and wife, Mrs.
Dimmick, Secretary Proctor and Secre-
tary Tracy.
They will go via the Southern Pacific
route, spending one day at New Orleans,
thence to Los Angeles, where they will
stay day, one day at San Diego and
thence to San Francisco, where they will
stay one week.
They VIII travel in a special car, and
will be the guests of Senator Stanford. 1t
is understood that Stanford invited the
President, and let him select his own
party to accompany him.
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COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK.
He has Concluded to Renounce His
Political Career.

Political Career.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Reports from
Berlin announce that Count Herbert Bis
marcl1 has renounced forever his political
career. After his return late in the
spring from visit to Italy, Corsica and
Corfu, he intends to make his home in
Schoenhausen, and devote his time to the
administration of his ancestral estates and
the arrangement of the proposed Bis
marcll museum.
Everything relating to Prince Bismarck
and his career will receive
place in the museum. One of the
largest rooms will be used picture
gallery, and will contain numerous
portraits presumably presented to the
Prince by the soveregns OF Europe, as
we'll as those of the famous statesmen
with whom the Chancellor came i'll con-
tact in his long and eventful career. The
place of honor will be given to a repre-
,sentation of the Congress in Berlin,
painted after sketches made by Empress
Frederic when she was Crown Princess.
The walls will be covered with diplomas
and addresses received at various times
by the ex-Chancellor.
The arrangement of the museum will
require, it is said, at least two years.
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Union Pacific Railroad.

OMAHA, Feb. l3.-A circular was issued
this morning entirely reorganizing the
freight department OF the Union Pacific
j. A. Niunroe, present Assistant Traffic
Manager, becomes General Freight
Agent, relieving II. b. Whitney, and will
have general supervision OF the entire
system; Campbell, the present General
Freight Agent of the Pacific Division,
viii be General Western Freight Agent,
with headquarters at Portland, Or; f. 5
Whitney, present General Freight Agent,
becomes FIRST Assistant. Assistant GEN
eral Freight Agents are appointed at Dem
Yer, Salt Lake, Portland, ST. Joseph,
Kansas City and Butte. The change goes
into effect March lst.
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Romance in ReaI Life. Z

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.--Sadakichi Hart
man, a well-known German actor, re-
Gently went to German hospital for
treatment for nervous prostration
There he was nursed by Elizabeth
Blanch Walsh, whose face seemed famil-
lar to him. She solved the riddle for
him by telling him that she had met him
in Munich, when he acted at the Royal
Theater. She was then studying at a
convent school at Huelting, and had
fallen in love with him. Recently he
lett the hospital and they were married.
He is the son OF a German soldier, who
married Japanese lady while serving in
Japan.
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THE SILVER BILL.
Testimony AddIced Before the House
Coinage Committee.


Coinage Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 - Chairman
Wicilham this morning laid the following
telegram from Charles S. Smith, Presi-
dent of the New York Chamber of Com
merce, before the House Coinage Conn
mittee,
application has been made to-day to
the Assay Office for 81 5000 gold for
shipment tomorrow. The Clearing
house banks have to-day more than So
000,000 in excess of the legal tender re-
serve. Money on call is a drug at two
per cent. per anntlm. Currency in the
shape of bills is now accommodating in the
New York banks far in excess OF de-
nland.'
Extracts from a letter from Seligman &
Freres, bankers in Paris, to Representa-
tive Hit, depicting the evils which would
follow free coinage, were laid before the
committee.
Francis G.. Newlands declared it to be
untrue that money was now easy and
plentiful. The whole country was now in
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AIiIa Train Robbers.

STOCKTON, Feb. 13.-Sheriff Kay, of
Visalia, who has just returned from
chase after the Alila train robbers, says
he firmly believes the men are in the
Coast Range, and surrounded by officers.
He sent a wagon-load OF provisions out
to the officers last night
Sheriff Cunningham, of this county,
returned from the south last night, hay-
ing spent several days on the train-rob-
bing case. He believes the men are not in
the hills, and says he has good reasons
for such opinion
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Mexico Coal Fields.

Tucson (Ariz.), Feb. ia Star special
from San Maria, Sonora, Mexico, says:
At depth of four hundred feet, twenty
two feet OF solid anthracite coal of the best
quality has been found The diamond
drill is still in coal. This is the seventh
vein struck from the surface, at four, six
and two at five feet. The coal fields are
sixty miles from Guaymas. This is the
only coal in the State.
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SILVER MEN MEET AT POSITION.

Boston, Feb. 13.-About 500 people
gathered in Faneuil Hall this evening at
the call Of the committee of citizens to
hear the other side of the silver,ouestion
from Senator Stewart OF Nevada, and ex-
Representative Warner of Ohio. Senator
Stewart, during the last half of his speech,
was applauded IN nearly every sentence.
is only an incident of the money question.
Money is essential to civilization. The
value of money, like that of everything
else, depends on the law of supply and
demand. The gold contractionlsts would
change every contract to one payable in
gold alone.
"Phey say quality is more important
than quantity, but quality depends on
quantity, because the price of money is
governed by the law of supply and de-
mand.''
EX-Representatiye Y Warner expanded
and illustrated the proposition that the
silver question was entirely one of guam
tity.
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Another Pioneer pnssos AWAY

SAN JOSE, Feb. 13.-WaTen II. Patton,
a pioneer resident OF this county, died at
his residence on Storey road this morn
ing. He was man of fine ability and
has from time to time been prominent in
political affairs of the.county. He served
in the capacity of Assessor, and later as
Supervisor. He came to this city from
Missouri forty years ago.
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Not Guilty.

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 13.-The jury in the
case of Gust. Brennan, charged with the
murder of his brother Eric, to-day rem
dered verdict of not guilty. Several
months ago Breman's cabin was burned,
and among the ashes was found the dead
body of his brother. 1t was claimed that
Gust. Brennan had murdered his brother
and set fire to the cabin in order to obtain
the insurance
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Two Fatal Explosions.

GosHER (Ind.), Feb. 13.-Thc combina-
ton pulp and straw board mill at Elk
hart exploded last night with terrific
force, demolishing the large brick mills
and utterly running the plant. Schuyler
Neswander and George Hickman were
killed, and two others badly hurt.
WINDSOR MOI, Feb. 13.-By boiler
explosion in Ousley's flour mill this
morning, Hugh l.. Smith and Thomas
Tilbery, boilermakers, Were killed.
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An Illicit Distiller Arrested.

Tucson, Feb. 12.-Francisco Castro has
been arrested here for illicit distilling
carried on i'll the Rincon Mountains,
thirty miles east of the city. He has been
at the business for years past and was
watched of late. He was arrested by
United States Marshal Paul in the night,
leading a pack-horse and riding another.
Two more Mexicans are implicated.
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Death of a Veteran Actor.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13.-John II. Nc
Cabe. the veteran actor and stage mana
ger, died here to-day. He came to Cali
fornia in lS49, and played III stock COM
panies here for many years. He had a
collection of play bills Of every dramata.
performance ever given in San Franchises
He was well known in New York before
com snp west
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THE FATHER OBJECTS.
A Man of Fifty Weds Girl of Four


teen.
New YORK, Feb. BIN October, Dam
iel jacquard, aged so years, of Hillsdale.
n. j., married Clara, the fourteen-year-
old daughter of Albert l.. Rowson. She
is the granddaughter of Laura Keene.
the actress, and he owns large ranch in
California. A Justice of the Peace mar
ried them upon the statement that she
was eighteen, and the couple agreed not
to live together for several months.
When the father was informed of the
marriage. he said: ''If you undertake to
live together until you are sixteen, / will
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have you put in prison for fourteen
years.
The girl says she viii remair true to
jacquard, but he is not pleasei at the
delay, and has warned the public not to
trust his wife on his Account.
The father talks of securing a divorce,
and jacquard proposes to remain here
until the matter is settled. The girl. he
says, proposed TO remove to some other
State, but he wants her to live with him
in New InrsnV
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iillquldatlon. He saw no objection to linn
lung our silver purchases to the home
Edward r. Holden, a meter and miner
ol colorado, ,ssinsisted that the question of
silver coinage was an internal one. and
there was demand for more money and
better money. He declared it an alb
surdlty for the gold advocates to repre-
sent this question as one of international
importance, and said the United States
was IN a position to demand from foreign
countries payment for our products in
any kind OF money desired.
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Judge McCormick suic;das1

CLIFTON (Ariz.), Feb, i3.-Judge w. r.
Mce ormick killed himself last evening
III 3t tie office of Hon. H. NJ. Thurmond.
The cause is unknown. He was well
known on the Pacific Coast. At one time
he was Sheriff OF Anador county. He
was forty-niner and prominent Ma
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The old lady from the country had
priced nearly everything on the I0-cent
counter and the salesman was growing a
nttle weary of her custom. At length
she reached for bundle of wire tea
stralners and asked: Land! What's
them for?'' ssrrhose are mi1zzles for
bologna sausages, ma'am. .''-Sp,4naieLd
Onion. LIE
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sentence Postnoned.

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 13.-Lee Doom, the
murderer of William Shenton, appeared
before Judge Murphy to-day for sentence,
but was granted a continuance until next
Friday
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Death ofan army omcer.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY tS. d., Feb. 3D.
First Lieutenant John s. Mason, First
in the army since 1879, and leaves a
widow, daughter of the late General
Ord
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Miners, Strike.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 13.-The miners and
cokers' strike in the Cenhellsville region
is assuming still greater proportions. All
of the men at work at Rainey Paulls and
Fort Hill works dropped their tools to-
1aV
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THE FEELING IN PEoRIA.
Jay Gould Well.

RICHMOND (Va.), Feb. 13.-Jay Gould's
car passed through Richmond tonight
DIR. Mum said: Mr.. Gould is not sick at
all. He is perfectly well, and walking
around all day just the same as you or -