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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08

CROCERIES-MONEY SAVED BY PAYING
NJ cash ~ Conner Bros.
Baking Powder. Royal. 10 oz.........,.... az
Raking Powder. Roy al, oZ......,,,.. %
baking Powder, Prices. Is oz.......,,,,. "a
Baking Powder, Prices, Soz............. %
nutser Iowa creamery 20 and 30
Butter Iowa Creamery, 5-lb tubs = rs and so
Butter Iowa Creamery, lob tubs. ......
Beans, small white. per ID ....... 3
Coffee, Roasted Mocha and Java :. IS and 40
Coffee. Golden p. Berry. very strong 3 lbs 90
Coffee. Arbuckle's and Midland, . lbs for as
Cheese. Full Cream Eastern, Bricks perlb II
Flour. best California brands. per Dbl .. rs
Flour. " Arlington brands per Dbl 40
fiour, Graham, lob sacks 80
flour. Graham, 50-lb sacks. ...........,.l 10
money, gal cans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
Lard. Pure Leaf 5-lb pals ..,,.,,,... 80
Lard. Pure Leaf. lob pals lis
Corned or Roast Beef. 2ib cans each IL
Corned or Roast Reef glib cans. dox - go
Maccaroni and Vermiceili, per box so
Maccaroni and vermiceili, Lib pkgs.,.. 10
Matches California blocks ........... os
soap. savon. 20 bars in box. per box.-..... 90
Rolled oats, per ID. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. OF
Rolled Oats Quaker, packs......... -. rs
Goldfish, Best Eastern, Glib Bricks. EACH. 20
Jams and Preserves, 5-io glass Jars ..,,,., 90
crackers, y boxes. SIS
Yeast Cakes, 6 boxes for. IS
Condensed Mix, per dor- ........... 81 40 to 90
NN..S, PSt as" .....ss.--......--. 10
y : ~
Rice. very best, per lb................. OS
syrup. per ksg. ...................... an
Best Native Potatoes per loo pounds ~ / 90
New Wheat, per 100 pounds ........... 1 so
CONNER BROS. III Yeslar Aveuns
Half block of
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08

PIANOS. ORGANISE For !. CASH -
commcdaiins terms: Steek Hartman Voss e
!ens Ieweit and krell pianos; Chicago cottage
hsht expenses proportionately low prices; speciHi
snaps n pianos re possessed. where considerable
nas oeen pad. often on hand Z. Christianer. SIT
Third street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08

LfOR RENT-CLAREND HOTEL, CORNER
L Second and Depot streets; desirable tenant
can secure this recently built house very favor
able terms Apply Charles Louch, 1,412 Front
street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08

NJ iSo ALICE FAY GIVES MASSAGE
AsA treatment and sponge baths The III house
cefass Front and Seneca streets. parlors and 4
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08

HYGIENE STEAMIN0 AND FACIAL MAS
sage: treatment Of hair and scalp; facial bleu-
lShes OF every description such as warts moies
ireckles moth. tan, pimples. 6iAckheads, etc, etc
permanently removed without the Of harmful
compounds; the face treatment teaches one how
10 care for and keep the face free from Iruperfec
lions, TIE capillary treatment strengthens weak
nAf ahd prevents It's falling out Parlors 81 Mrs
A. HArte, rooms AZ and 40 Ye kenii~ orth Inn
1.11ss Front street '
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-08

DRESS WAKING.
MADAME TAYLOR, EASTERN DRESS
Avn maker, l.AlSs Third street
Miss \. FELINE. DRESsMAKTNG, SIT
4A Pike street
STORAGE.
4 PPLf WASHINGTON IRON WORKS co.
"A Town Office escoad street. neaT Jackson
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
TROTTERS AND PAGERS.

Scott Mccoy is driving Arion daily.
General Turner is wintering Santa
Claus, 2.174.
Isaac Woodruff, the veteran trainer, is
70 years old.
j. A. Morehouse will take some
Roslyn horses to Fleetwood this year.
Jean Vatican has been the boss Of the
road while Boston had good sleighing.
Nancy Hanks's first timed mile was as
two-year-old to break cart in 3.O35.
Dean Sage, by Hambletonian 10, nine
teen years old, fetched S1,O75 at a
Chicago auction.
The Palo Alto plan IS to boot COM
pletely even the weanlings which are sys-
tematically exercised.
The Palo Alto Superintendent claims
only ninety-nine trotters in the list to the
credit of Electioneer.
Miss Russell, dam Of Maud s., has just
foaled a colt by King Wilkes, sire of
Oliver X, 2.164, and Minnie King, 2.17.
After all is said, the overhead check is
less torture than the old-fashioned one,
and in common-sense hands it is of great
value.
There will be sale of trotters at
Buffalo, May TO- Jacob Beier is to sell
out, and Gerhard Lang is to dispose OF
some.
Alcantara is insured in an English
company for $4,000. 1t is said that
syndicate has offered Mr.. Davis $4,000
for him.
Miller & Sibley, probably on Marvin's
Judgment, have paid $4,000 for Belle
Flower, three-y ear-old filly BY Elec-
tioneer, out of Beautiful Bells.
Nelson, while being exercised the
other day, got one leg over the crossbar
of the sleigh and went down. He llmped
on getting up, but it is not thought he is
seriousl y injured.
Nellie w, 2.144, by Rolla Goldust,
was bred, developed and drivenin all her
races by her owner. She has two half
brothers by jack, SO commonplace was
her dam considered.
The Mr.. Brown who owned Mary
Mays, dam of Ralph Wilkes, sold her at
five years old on the public square tor
$40 after she had kicked q pillow to
pieces and used up her hind legs.
Of all the families recently founded
by the union Of the two main lines of
blood, the Hambletonian and Mambrno,
none have been more fruitful of results
than that formed by the union of Pam
coast and Beatrice. : American Trotter.
John Minchin, of Goshen, in letter
to the American Horse Breeder, says
that he saw the Charles Kent mare, dam
of Hambletonian, trot q mile to saddle in
1916 at Union Course, in 2.42. She was
then being used daily to Kent's butcher
cart.
Andy WEIGH, of Hartford, Conn, has
booked four mares to Aron, for $40, 600.
They are Directress, 2.2S8, six-year-
old by Director, 2.l7; Fay NJ, full
sister that has shown mile 2.273; Ala
hoa, by A. w. Richmond, dam of the
two mares mentioned; and LurIine, q
four year-old by Red Wilkes.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
How the Loon Lives.

have been preparing the skin of a
loon, writes a trappcr. | now understand
how loon keeps warm and enjoys life
even in icy waters. His white vest is
lined with a double thickness of fat,
stitched and quilted in among the roots of
his feathers in an amazing way. The
warmth inside cannot get out and the
cold cannot get in. How huge are his
muscles and how stout his bones! He is
at the same time sternwheeler and
sidewheeler, for under the water both
feet and wings play their part. His out
fit is perfect for his business.
Twas astonished to find nothing in his
gizzard but gravel stones and mud ana
hits of roots-not trace OF organic
matter. Yet he seems in good condition
and the men who set the net declared
that the night before his death he was
heard several times to laugh. If any one
suggests that a looms laugh does not
mean enjoyment, what, let me ask, does
it mean? will entertain any sugges-
tiops. Meanwhile shall believe that
loon can laugh and be happy on an
empty stomach. If so, his secret would
seem to be worth finding out Forest
and Stream.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

NEW SOUTH WALES is fortunate in
the possession Of a jurist who for a
clear insight into the principles Of
justice out-Daniels Daniel. The bio
graphical encyclopedia dodge for max
ing money out of the vanity of men is
as popular in that antipOdean region
as it is here. Into the court of this
worthy judge came the publisher of
Australian Men Of Mark" suing a
subscriber. The defendant pleaded
that he had subscribed for the work
on the representation that it would
contain his biography, but found it
did not and refused to accept it. The
Judge, however, took comprehensive
view of the case and ruled all con-
tracts for the work void on the ground
that its title Men of Mark" was a
humbug and a fraud, as the biog-
raphies were those Of nonentities
willing to pay the price. Carried to
its logical conclusion that decision
would make life miserable for the
atrical managers who advertise COM
petent actors and clever comedies.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
The Use Of the TOnsils.

When one gets q sore throat he is apt
to wish that he had 10 tousiIs, but medical
science, it is sud, has lately demonstrate
ed that in such q case he would he i'll a
very sad state. The tonsis are the
factory where the white blood cells are
made, ana whence they start on their
benehccnt mission through til" system
to destroy the enemies of health More
over, it has been discovered that they
stand at the very entrance of the throat,
ready to challenge every enemy that
enters through the breath or food. This
explains why so many of the germs
which enter our mouth do not perform
destructive work. They are met, chal-
lcnged and killed by the white cell SEN
tries in the tonsils. 1t appears from this
that people who are subject to 1ulnsy
and inflammation of the tonslIs are not
50 well protected as those who have
strong healthy tonsils, Weakened tlom
some cause, the work shops of the SAM
tury agents are attacked by the enemies
and yield to the inroads Of the very
germs which they are intended to XIII.
Extreme caution in the winter time to
preserve these glands from colds and II
ritation might be the means OF warning
off many diseases of violent nature.
These discoveries are not only interest
ing, but of great hygicnic value. Here
toforr medical science has marked the
use Of these glands as 'unknoWn' -
New Orleans Pcayunc.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
Wild Mustangs in Pennsylvania.

On Black Island, five miles from the
City of Philadcl phia, on the Delaware
River, are drove of eighty or more I'M
tanned mustangs, not one OF which has
ever been shod or touched with a strap
of harness. The island is bleak waste
Of meadow land, covered by a heavy
growth of thick grass. Here the mus
tangs live, as wild and uncared for as
though on the Western plains. The
horses are owned by Messrs. Richard and
Lewis Wistar, two wealthy and eccentric
PhiIadelphians. In 1873 they took a
couple Of Chincoteague mares up from
the South and placed them on Blacks
farm, Just below Fort Mitilin. Both the
mares were in foal, and they were turned
out on the island and allowed to run
wild From that beginning the herd has
increased as stated. The ponies are at
perfect liberty all the year round land are
without shelter in winter as we'll as sum-
mer. In fact, they are to all intents
and purposes, as wild as the widest
mustangs in the West. The colts are
foaled without shelter of any kind, and
grow up strong, rugged and as wild as
though hundreds of miles from civiliza-
ton. During the winter, when the
ground is covered with snow, the horses
are obliged to paw holes in the snow in
order to get at the dead grass under
meath. After the manner of wild horses
they divide themselves into smaller
herds, each having stallion for leader.
There appears to be rivalry between
these herds, and royal battles are waged
between the stations. In color the horses
are mostly bays, creams and piebalds,
and range from thirteen to fifteen hands.
Although the Wistar brothers have not
visited the island for thirteen years, they
steadily refuse to part with any of the
ponies under any consideration.-[Phila-
delphia Record.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
Good Health Aids the Memory.

w. II. Burnham in discussing the
question Of memory, says that If trust
worthy memory is desired the prime con-
ditlon is health Not only ar" the more
serious forms Of purnmncsln pathological,
but even forge fulur~S, wiIen unusual,
Indicates disease. In point OF fact,
memory forms most delicate gauge OF
ones physical weIl-bring. The power
of committing t. memory varies notably
with fluctuations of onos physical con-
dition: and, Us everybody knows, recol-
lection is rendered difficult by fatigue,
and is usually easier in the morning than
at night. The physiological cause seems
to be that retention is conditioned by
processes of nutrition, while recollection
depends largely upon tho circulation, as
ia shown not only by many cases OF am
nesja or forgettuIness due to detective
circulation, but also by the hypermneslas
of fever and other diseases. where there
is an increased rapidity Of the cerebral
circulation. In the second place, the
trustworthincss of memory depends upon
attention. 1.-The true art of memory,
as Johnson said, lis the art of atten-
ton. "-lChisago News-
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

An efficacious way of stopping the
dangerous practice of carrying canes
and umbrellas horizontally has long
been known to the people of Berlin.
There a man no sooner tucks his walk
ing-stick under his arm than he feels
a quick blow on it behind. 1t either
drops to the pavement or assumes the
only safe and proper position in which
stick can be carried. There is no
use in the owners getting angry with
the person who struck the blow, for
public opinion is with the regulator
of the barbarous and indefensible
nracfd0as
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

THE latest thing is a repairing
outfit" of shoemakers' tools that en-
ables the thrifty father Of a family
to do his own sloe mending and dis
pense with the services Of cobblers
entirely. The worst thing about this
invention is that it seems to be the
work Of some experienced shoemaker
who wants to get rich at the expense
Of his brethren.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

WHEN men, weary with the worlds
battle, return to the shelter of their
own home, they need the kindness,
the refinement, the high cultivation,
the usefulness, the gentle piety which
woman as she was meant to be knows
how to afford him. The cultivation
of woman's mind cannot be a Guilt
walton proper to her-to her constitu
ton, her marked gifts, her work in
the world
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

THE numerous accidents which be-
fall people who contide in the happy
pO-lucky ministra tiosanar. ,es..s9,
ee,,-sr--:srrIcT f1fas hsaS1Uns OF BOY drug
sS Sssssks ought to serve as warnings,
but they do not. Some additional
legislation seems needed before the
public can feel certain that no ig-
noramus or person of immature judg-
ment will be found in the position of
a dispensing clerk. Children cannot
be allowed to clerk.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

AFTER a flve-years' term in the
penitentiary. Mr.. J. Finley Hoke, the
thrifty bank cashier who robbed a
Peoria bank Of 100000 and fed to
Canada, is now free and can 60 where
he pleases with his money. Forty
thousand dollars year is good sal
airy for a man to earn in prison.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
A WORTHY SON.

81 just had a pleasant chat with you
friend, Col Gilkerson."
$50? What were you talking about?"
1.-The colonel was telling me what fine
family of children he had. Eight sons,
l think he said, and every one an honor
and comfort to his father
"Why, the old liar. His eldest son is
serving five years in the penitentiary for
gilt edge embezzlement."
Eyes, SO the colonel said; but he didn't
give up the money Detroit Tri-
bune.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

WHAT will Stanley Africanus say
to the news that Emin Pasha claims
to have discovered the real and only
Simon-pure sources of the Nile?
There is a touch Of bitterness in
Emin's triumphant announcement,
as much as to imply, ooh, yes; you
thought a bughunter couldn't find
sources! But here they are, and all
the others are spurious" Having
thus set his trademark at the springs
of ancient Nile, Emin is getting war
like, and talks of engaging the Mahdl
of the moment in battle. But .'twere
well to be prudent, for the Mahdi is
bad man with a bad eye, and he
and his have already brought more
than one white exploring expedition
to grief.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
THE MARCH OF SCIENCE.

THE MARCH OF SCIENCE.
"They've got a scheme for maxim
rain now, Maria" said Silas.
"Lawsy me- What'll they dew next
returned Maria. ave hurn tell O boys
raisin' thunder, but l never thought
they'd make rain. - Epoch.
CAUGHT BY COMPLIMENT.
She-I was reading to-day of lady
who proposed to gentlemen.
He-This is leap year, you know.
She-I know it, but | don't want a
husband who has to be proposed to. You
are not man of that kind, | am certain.
He-N-no-er-will you have me,
Jennie?
She-This is SO sudden.
AN EXPEDIENT.
Husband-What are we going to do
about that hand-organ that plays in front
OF our windows every morning and al
most drives me wild?
Wife-We might take a trip to Eu-
rope.-[Epoch.
NO SUNSHINE IN HIM.
Mr.. Murray Hill-Mr. Jones affairs
don't seem to improve any. He is con-
tinually under cloud.
Mr.. Manhattan Beach-Yes: the last
time | saw him it was raining pitchforks.
i Texas Siftings.
THE SONG OF THE HEART.
Lady Gin music store)-Have you got
"Sweet Belle Mahone?''
Clerk-No'm; but I've got sweet Sarah
Simkins and we're going to be married
tomorrow.
GEORGE UNDERSTOOD.
"Katie," he said timidly, IL have
allowed myself to hope that you regard
me as something more than q friend. )"
"George," she answered softly, with half
averted face, "you-you are away Oft. ]"
And George understood. He came
nearer.
HIS FATAL REPLY.
~ dreamed said she, most archly
smiling,
~~~FThat you proposed the other night
Her voice was low, her glance beguiling,
Her profile turned towards the light.
"Indeed!' said he, of leap year thinking,
And how she yearned to catch a
His untired soul from that fate shrink
ing
"Dreams 60 by contraries, you know. :"
$50 l have heard,' she whispered,
musing;
He hoped she took the proper view
How his thick wit he 8 now abusing
"Well, then, L must propose to YOU
i Brooklyn Life.
THE PROPER VEHICLE.
Weed see by the newspaper that
rich deposits of meerschaum have been
discovered in New Mexico.
Reed suppose that pipe line will
be laid to bring the product away
Puck.
THE UNKINDEsT CUT OF ALL.
Clara-Do you see how the shape of
this gown could be improved ?
Maude-You might get some other
girl to wear t.-[Cloak Review.
THE WAY OF 1T.
The burglar has a taking way
Away his way he takes;
But the way he's taken on his way
Gives other burglars shakes.
II Puck.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

THE conduct of that spirited girl
in a town close to New York City,
who publicly horsewhipped a man be-
cause he had followed and accosted
her on the streets on every possible
occasion for three years, will meet
with general approval. But it is too
much to hope that it will serve as
salutary lesson to the race of "mash-
ers." Those unworthy persons are
possessed of such overweening CON
ceit that each thinks such a mishap
could never occur to him. Yet
horsewhips are cheap and American
girls are plucky.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
WHAT HE COULD DO.

He looked up and down the street fur
lively two or three times, took in the
sign over the door once or twice, and
darted in as if afraid of being caught
at it.
''This is an employment agency, amt
it?' he inquired Of the man in charge.
EYES," snapped the person in charge.
"Get work for people, don't your
"Yep."
"Any kind of work."
yep"
"All kinds:"
"Yep."
Got something for me to do?"
"Yep."
''In a restaurant"
"Ye-what in thunder can you do in
q restaurant" exclaimed the boss, catch
ing himself.
Cat
Then he got the bounce.
FAMILY PRIDE.
"In writing up the burglary" said
the excited caller, "you can say the
thieves in their hurry overlooked $3.50
worth of jeweIry and solid silver plate
in one Of the Closets
'Might that not bring the burglars to
your house a second timer" suggested
the city editor.
Il don't care if it does!" exclaimed the
other 81 don't want the public to get
the impression that gang of robbers
can go through my house and only find
$25 worth Of stuff worth stealing. -
Chicago Tribune.
STRATEGY.
He-I am in love. Will you be my
confdante?
She-Certainly. | am at your ser
vice.
Howell, would you advise me to
propose to you.-L Life.
NOT QUITE TAKEN.
Jako-My breath was fairly taken
away before came in.
Cora Curling her lip)-Pretty fair; but
you might have taken one more Glove
New York Herald.
UNAVAILING.
He sent bunch Of roses sweet
Un'o his Sunday girl,
Also u verse about her eyes,
AMI cen her hair a-curI
But oh! what woe when next they met,
With manner warm and mellow,
She bowed and smiled and passed him
by,
Ard thanked another fellow.
HE KNEW HIM.
"Algernon," she said dramatically, SIS
a man after my own heart
NO, he isn't, my dear" replied her
practical father, "he's after your pocket
book"
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

PUCK has been cut off the list Of
papers in the reading-rooms Of the
Boston Public Library, because it is
not considered healthy reading for
the young. Boston takes life too
seriously to laugh at jokes.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

THAT war cloud in Europe has be-
come so dense and threatening that
there is no telling what might hap
pen if an American rainmaker with a
few bombs should 60 over there and
begin experimenting.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
premiums.

THE man who has the courage to
fail in trying to do right, rather than
succeed in wrong, is the real hero, no
matter whether he wears a paper cap
or crown on his head.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
DAYS AND NIGHTS.

Higher the daily hours Of anguish rise,
And mount around me as the swelling
deep,
Till past my mouth and eyes their moments
flow,
And am drowned in sleep.
But soon the tide of night begins to ebb:
Chained on the barren shore of dawn l
lie,
Again to feel the days slowrising food,
Again to live and die.
-[Anne Reeve Aldrch in LippincotU.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
BLISS OR WOE.

Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts supremely blest,
A minister, nuptial knot,
And-who can tell the rest?
New York Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
St. Landry Democrat
by I. l. aANDoE,-
OpeIousas, Louisiana.

a FEW theatrical men are talking
of abolishing bill boards. If they
could do away with board bills it
would be more to the purpose.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

BERNHARDT, Langtry, Patti, and
Mary Anderson are writing books
They will be offered to the soap
trade at liberal discount for use as
nrnmillnns
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

Mrs. Hicks That girl | hired this
morning is a secret to me.
Hicks-Thats too bad.
Mrs. Hicks-Why is it too bad?
Hicks-You won't be able to keep
her.
A WORD OF CAUTION.
Spatts to Miss Num- Mabel, love,
dote upon you wildly.
Miss Munn-Thats all right, but don't
let papa know it.
"Why?"
"He's violently opposed to young
mems wild dotes."
AN UNEQUAL DIVISION.
First Pickpocket-How did you come
out last night at the Neighbob's ball:
Second Pickpocket-Nothing i'll it; the
detective recognized me.
First Pickpocket-Did he squeal!
Second kpocket-No; but had to
give up two-thirds.
SHE WORKED AROUND TO IT.
"What fortunate thing it is" she
said, that do not have to earn my own
living like some girls
II should hate to see those little hands
soiled by labor" said he.
81 don't mind that so much," she said,
as she looked dreamily at the fire, "but
if | had to earn my own living | should
be obliged to get up early in the morn
ing"
"True," he said, shuddering. pray
do not mention such thing
"And if had to get up early in the
morning." she continued, with q lance
at the clock, II wouldI.' get half of my
natural sleep. -
Then he arose and took his hat and
went forth into the night and meandered
slowly home under the silent stars
New York Press.
A NATURAL FEAR.
Ethel-Father is afraid he will not be
able to get rid of this place if you come
here so often.
George hat has my coming got to
do with it?
Ethel-He thinks it may get to be
known as q haunted house.
NEVER IN REPOSE. i
Mrs Robinson-I have been sitting for
a photograph, you know. Here are the
proofs. Are they good likenesses, do
you think:
Mr.. R.-How can | tell, my dear?
You know l never Saw your face in re-
pose.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
TESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Bliss or WOe-The March Of Science
Caught BY Complimcnt-An
Expedient-Unayailing, Etc., Etc.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

Mrs. Hicks girl l hired this
morning is a secret to me.
Hicks-That's too bad
Mrs. Hicks-Why is it too bad?
Hicks-You won't be able to keep
her,
St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30

They've got scheme for maxim
rain now, Maria" said Silas.
"Lawsy me! What'll they dew next"
returned Maria. ave hurn tell O boys
rasin' thunder, but l never thought
they'd make rain. "-[Epoch.