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SHE SECURED HER PICTURE.

A Telltale Work Of Art Bought BY On EN-
bsrrsssed Young womsn.
From the Philadelphia Press
The usual routine duties OF the Philadelphia
customs officers were broken for several Of
them the other day by the public sale Of seized,
unclaimed and warehoused merchandise which
had been allowed by consignees to remain in
the bonded warehouses after the expiration OF
three years from the date Of its receipt VERY
few Of the purchasers obtained bargains. The
greatest bargain. at least what was probably
considered by the purchaser to be the greatest
bargain at the sale, was portrait in oil OF a
lady and gentleman taken in very affectionate
attitude which was purchased by the lady
chiefly concerned for 10 cents. It had been re-
ceived by mail from Japan In 1887 and was
seized and held a. dutiable as foreign work Of
art, ut an appraised value OF esq, by
the customs officials and plnced in the
custody OF the United States storekeeper
Inc young lady was among the first arrivals
ana wanted to make some arrangement whereby
the picture could be purchased and delivered
to her without being exposed to the public
gaze. This was impossible, however, the law
requiring that all articles must be exposed to
view and sold to the highest bidder When the
turn OF the portrait to be auctioned of came n
united and spontaneous shout Of ''Ah-h-h,'
and "Ain't that sweet" arose from the assem-
bled crowd. The poor girl, her face crimson
with bushes, stood close BY the auctioneer, too
much embarrassed to speak.
An unsentimental bidder offered cents for
the portrait. This was more than the young
lady could stand and she raised the price to SO
cents. Then somebody else made an offer Of
cent more. and in this way the picture was
run up to 70 cents. When the young lady bid
80 cents the crowd, thinking they had enough
fun, stopped bidding, and angry and almost in
tears she was allowed to carry Of the coveted
portrait.
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The second illustration presents pretty pic
tus of summer life and might be entitled
'N)-ning and Midday" II Is great consola-
ton for a woman Of fashion to feel that her
sceper will not be suffered to drop to the floor
and arnish with age; that q fair daughter will
soonbe able TO pick II up and rule the same
empire made glorious by her mother. This
little princess may play with balls now, but
how blg will Ii be before she will toss with
men hearts and iaugh at their reboundi Here
she isdressed in plain little morning iroek Of
eeru linen. set off with yoke and epaulets Of
coarse guipure. while her mother wears Z
styli-l blouse trimmed with embroidered gal
loon. nth belt and collar Of moire ribbon,
which IN the neck forms bow at the back.
The e'ifs and bottom Of the basques are orna-
menie' with small pleating. This blouse
may bsmade up in almos: any material and
co.lnr L. anti
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How Two Attorneys CsntrivsA 10 AAlsusn
Court for . Ball Game.
From the Indianapolis Journal
A well-known young attorney Of this city tells
good story on two older attorneys, who are
also prominently associated with the Indianap-
oils bar. According to the young attorney
story these two gentlemen were the opposing
counsel in Q minor civil suit, not involvin Z
any great amount Of money or any very dizacult
legal problems, shout three years ago, II time
when indianapolis was represented In the
National Base Ball League. The case wAs "a
come up in Judge Taylor's court and was set
for a certain afternoon. It happened that on
that day what was supposed would b. an
unusually interesting game Of ball was 10 Be
played between the home team and one Of ths
eastern clubs in the league
A both Of the attorneys, aside from their
legal acumen, were known 10 be base ball ersnks
Of the deepest dive, they held q consultation
and prearranged to have their case continued
in order that they might be able to
go out to the bah park and enjoy the
how or other Judge Taylor failed 10 sons down
to the court house that afternoon on time
The jury had been impansled and fhe attor-
news were there, expecting 70 have the case
called and then have ii continued. Al the time
for the judges arrival went to Join the un-
numbered hosts Of the past they bscans un-
easy and fdgeted about in Q manner 70 attract
the attention Of the witnesses and others In the
court room Finally whispered consultsson
was held.
III You win take the judgs's sssa ssd EN- Up
cur ease, sid one, I'm make mostou ~
the case be continued, and W cen 20 - ~ ball
game"
1t was no sooner said than done; - attor-
ney scrambled into the judges chair, the mo-
ton was made and sustained by The court-ths
seif-appointed Judge pro tems-end ths wit
nesses began to leave the room. Tbe jury vss
also hustled out Of ths ny. snd in sheet tns
not soul remained in the court room.
A half hour later Judge Taylor sppsassd on
the scene and when be ssceftained how jus-
tice had been Administered during ~ skort
absence he va thandsrstruck. The attor-
neys, both Of whom are past middle ass.
presumably had an enjoyable time 81 ths
ball park, but The next day, when they toak
n Retrospective view Of their unusual proceed
ings in judge TAyior's presence, the joks didn't
strife them ~ being quite % good - Il had ap-
pearsd the day before. Judge Taylor couId
have fined both for contsmpt Of court, ana
would have been justified in % doing, but -
allowed the matter 70 pass aftsr severe rspri-
maud.
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What We Want in Sounds.

From BlackwoOd's Magazine.
We have no symbols to represent the sound
Of . sigh, a kiss, a chirp, groan, though char
actors expressive Of these would be Of great
service to novelists, but. on til, other hand, We
have three distinct characters-f, Il and phi
expressing exactly the same sound.
Then, how imperfect and arbitrary we are in
the use Of those symbols which We possess; II ia
all we can do to express the initial sound Of
thing and thine, though Welsh writer can
show the difference by making the former an
aspirated t. the latter aspirated d; yet in this
respect we are better off than the French, who
cannot employ tho aspirated dental at oil
Engiishmen nre inclined to wonder why the
Chinese, with all their ancient civilization, have
no symbol for the consonant r, and arc apt 70
forget that, except at the beginning of syIla-
bic, that letter has become in their own lan-
guage mute redundancy. The following sem
tence, for example, might be perfectly well sx-
pressed in Chinese characters: ''Sour barts are
more alarming than certain earls," for, In coll
Ioqnial English, not ono OF these seven re-
would be trillsd.
When the Portuguese FIRST explored Brsxil
they made great fun Of the natives OF that
country because they had In thsir alphabet no
r, or !, . people. the invaders declared, with
out fe, Icy OF rsy-wifhout faith. law or king
The Aohawks, again, have no labials, and vowed
IL was absurd when the missionaries tried to
teach them TO pronounce and b, "fOr who, ;"
saad they, "csn speak with his mouth shut2"
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Yrom the rurb ADsffoan negfster.
AZ hst-wfn IL remain the last and final dis
covery-tAe uncertainty - to the birthplsos q
Christopher Columbus has been settled by senior
Don Francisco de Uhagon, N Official in the
archives OF Madrid u b the little town Of
sAvona, near Genoa, that gave birth TO two
popes, and where that indispensabls article,
soap, W. hrst invented
Don Francisco states that the valuable docu-
nasnt foand 10 deciAration under o~sh Of .
fellow traveller IL Columbus. Diego Mendsa BY
name, dated March 8, 1856, and adds that Mis-
dseln1nton u further corroborated BY tbs net
tlns Columbus, evidently in grsssfal rsmsms
brancs Of his native place, christsneA one Of tho
newly dbcoversd islands @lsla esvona."
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Disraeh. In his "curiositiss Of LiSsrssurs,"
gives what he considered : unique specimen II
mordant papa WI. which, Aevsvss, asss moi
compare in readiness, saussScity e. essvsrnssu
vita retort Of De present psps's, qsessd BY
Mr.. ,. Asesstus O'shsa's most sujeyabss and
TONS" =
Ats dinner IN Brussels, where Mouaeuss
brutality 70 pofns ous 70 M, opon Dc IA Of !
- box, . nnAsa 81 inAsssoS hewo e vuUus,
The nuasfo. hnwiaU IeohsA - q unhis1nsbs<
by H. s.othersd hnGA1ss q - narQub and
= ss :.ss.I''s as.dsf hssss = . - q, 2:
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THE MAN WITHOUT A SHIRT,
A New Confidence Scheme Now Being
Successfully Worked.

A New Confidence Scheme Now Being
Successfully Worked.
From the NeY York Recorder.
Lady, dear, good lady. for PHYS sake--not
for the sake Of common charity, not for COM
mon ordinary kindness, but for PHYS sake,
can't you give me a shirt"
This is the well-worded, imprisoned plea a
big man with hard visage. battered derby,
torn clothes-and no shirt-made to the wife
Of . prominent downtown business man in West
Seth street yesterday.
In the temporary absence Of house servant
she had answered the door bell herself and was
confronted by the big tramp. As he spoke
these words he pulled ont q nail which an
swered the purpose Of a coat button and ex-
nude BODY from collar to waist.
..For PHYS sake, lady" he said, al must have
q shirt. have been unfortunate and it would
shock you, lady, 10 tell how. have too much
respect for real lady to shock her finer feelings
But just think wha: . Ak am ina Respectable
man going around without q shirt"
She is q woman Of good nerve and she WASN'T
scared Involuntarily she broke into a laugh,
which quickly turned 10 pity. She said:
why. poor man; this is really hsrd case.
What size will At your
ANY size, lady, any dze," the fellow said
eagerly.
She laughed again, this time heartily, for be
was so big that he would need No. ~ collar al
least, which not one man In ten thousand coulc
fill.
Very WELL" sid she, kindly, EAST wait here
and I will see what l can do"
In i've minutes she returned. bringing . bic
linen night shirt belonging TO her husband
Here, poor man," said she, compassionately
take this; it's the beat can do
God bless you, lady; by this act you have
laid up . treasure In heaven" And having
said this he moved on.
The Lord's sake, mem, and was the dirthy
tramp here, too-the dirthy tramp wild nc
shirt" This was what the lady from below
stairs said as abe came in. The tramp was Just
disappearing. why, bless you, mem, he's
worked 1t al along the block, an a you live
he's got four shirts stufEsd insidsu his troussr,
this bhssid mint sayin' naasht Of what b.
worked We fer, mem"
"Ellen. you don't man ite' exclaimed the
lady. "Why, what win he do With them?'
Whist will hs do wild 'em 10 it7 Well do
know What hs'n do Wild EN-. Yolly HIN I will
sure sme name is Ellen MulcaAy. To ths dagt
ca.s.oss yin be 90. mem, - sfsigAs - track
And there's where hs did goes Starlight q,
trscks could take him. for the lsdy from be-
low stairs nv II with her own bright oyes-tc
the hsadquartsn On 9th avsnus, Just . few
blocks down. Of the Itakm dealors IN cast
OF clothing, Who 90 shout in that part of the
town mornings dreaing out musiesily, but in
coherertiy, AYE kaass ofe; hsss ofe clo.
He probably gos . quarter apieee for d. shirts
1t ID new pAass q ~ ''east-olv basuaIk
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Written for The Evening Star.
The Golden Rod.

''sh'sS&A AH NO 1feuiHk CteF.
The Golden Rod.
The golden rod swayed In the morning sun,
With its giistening load of dew,
And smilingly bowed in friendly way
To the modest violets blue.
Gently the xephyrs played about
The beautiful golden rod,
Which gracefully bent its stately stem
With proud and queenlike nod.
The golden rod dipped Its feathery head,
As 1T waved from side to side;
vi am the National flower" 1t said,
With very becoming pride.
The MONDAY sun fell full upon
The radiant golden rod,
And nursed its roots and drank again
The moisture from ont the sod.
The golden rod grew contented aud calm
In It's bed by highway wide;
The kind sun kissed it fond goodnight,
And the golden rod smiled and sighed.
The sun In its glory had ned,
And the twilight dim had come,
And the golden rod went to sleep
To the sound Of the crickets' hum.
The golden rod woke from Its peaceful sleep
BY the ringing OF laughter gay,
And soon 1t was plucked from Its happy hom
And merrily borne away.
In hall of splendor and art,
Where gathered noble men,
And women fair and children bright,
The golden rod lives again.
Twas q banquet spread for the President
OF the grandest Nation known,
And the gaslight fell on the ,lden rod,
And with pride 1t revived and shone.
"Here's to the beautiful Jlden rod,
Our National nower,' one said;
And rather than be . rose alive
1t would be the golden rod dead.
Lizzie Magic.
Washington, D. c., July o, 1899.
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The First Organ 30 Go to Sleep.

It 10 said by scientists 70 be fact that all
our senses do not slumber simultaneously. but
that they fall into happy stsse of insensibility
one after another. The eyelids take the lead
and obscure sight; the sense Of taste lie the
next 10 lose its susceptibility, then follow SMELL
ing, hearing and touch, the last named being
the hghtest slsspsr and most easily aroused.
II b curious that, although the sense Of smell
h one Of the FIRST 70 slumber, il is the last to
wakA Hearing, after touch, soonest regains
consciousness. Certain muscles and parts Of
the body begin 70 sleep before others. Com
mencing with the feet, the slumberous influence
works fts way gradually upward 10 the center
Of nervous action This viii explain the neces-
sity q having the feet comfortably warm b.
fore sound slsep b possible.
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Prom the g. Lsub GLOBE Dsmocss1
~ was present at the autopsy Of noted old
'rounder, Of my town few weeks ago." said
John A. Holiday Of Troy. N. r., ct the Linasll,
''and was startled and shocked at what saw.
The dead man wsa about sxty years old and
had been tbs town drunkard for forty years.
The doctors had susmiseA that when they cut
his bead open . pronounced smell Of alcohol
would issue from the skull I thought IL only
one Of those grim sort Of Jokes that the
Esculapians indulge in sometimes when they
are carving fellow man TO Dincemest in the
intsrept Of their science. But I. soon learned
that y was no Joke, for whom the surgeons saw
had cut Oh the top Of the man's skull the
odsr d sleohol that AllAd the rpon was strong
enough to stmost sicken ono. Thsn one of the
snrUeons struck match end heId Il closs to ths
brain. ImpasdiA&slf blue dame euvsleped The
entire portisn Of tks cerebral organ exposed,
End the quivsring Aesh sixsled - II % : exidr
Iron. That experiment aAd diAeloouro 1T -
10 very seriously tAinkdng about tie error Of
my way. am not temperance lacturer nor
prohibiticn politician, But must most re-
spectfuliy and firmly dsclins year tAsitatssa 70
1--we sosDsthing. dosf wsa1 nv 80 70
Aoat around IN - of s1eolsoa = IA NJ q
ths peoe oA to~n dsualnrd Of Troy. nsgs =
No tsnmg how many other m6pt hseiun vil ~
yssl II nme eondilisa Has est6101 -
~ 49,
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T Is MORE THAN
twenty-seven years ago
since the war closed,
and Il 10 odd to see how
the men who went to
the front then and rose
tocommand have stayed
ut the front since and
occupied the first posi-
tons. A member of the
G. A. r., who has taken
the trouble to make the
curious calculation, tells
~ - =
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UMMER POETS AND
seaside correspondents
have great difficulty this
season in describing the
dresses wora BY the
-fashionables on
account Of the dehcste
colors-indefinite In
tone and impossible In
classification. One
must be an expert to
give names to what IL
called a faded pinkish
flesh tint . faded
crushed raspberry" or
to distinguish between
silver, nickel or piatf-
mum drabs. Greens
and reds, too. defy def
milton, and one is only
mystihed tobe told that
a gown is an indefinite
moss green. However.
some ofthe most charm
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CoLoRs FoR SUMNER.

form for that purpose.
coLoRs For SUMNER.
White 4 everywhere, and especially at the
races, with variations in ecru and creamy tones.
As for the rage in scarletand crimson, which was
predicted early in the season on account Of
their success in the old world, it has not come,
the reason, no doubt, being that with our
almost tropical sun the glare would be too
trying both to the wearer and the looker-on.
have waited in vain, too for the red shoes and red
silk stockings that were to be so much the fad
at summer resorts but August IL not here yet,
and the fashionable girl may yet startle Us with
novelties. week at q summer resort is like .
whole month in dull town life; men come and
go, women appear and disappear, and It seems
to you that you have seen a generation pass, %
many and 80 varied are the faces, forms and
fancies Of people who frequent these places.
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COL0RS FOR SUMNER.
Effective Combinations to Be Worn
at Resorts.
THE SUMNER GIRLS RIVALS.

Popularity % the Young Married Woman
and the widow-The Future BelIes-Soms
Comfortable and Pleasing Costumes for
Lawn and Garden Parties in August.
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Prom the R1sasbuzu p1sps&ch.
Thsy vrs going 70 The seashors and intended
70 leave TIE house In care Of the servants, md
Of eswss, worried sboat IL sorts Of thingze
yhns - ves sesrsvstiney unyupsthstio.
MhAs sasa Do Nth !he mall eoInen ~
aasvs - (irA vsecinased, s. he replied esimlys
'WhyT "rAsu nAybs 0sy voai t.ks L.
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@ N OCTOBER, 1856

N OCTOBER, 1868,
President Lincoln is
sued a call for 500. 900
more men. Illinois had
so far exceeded her
quota on all previous
calls that less than
5000 were needed to
make mp her proper
ton Of this one, but the
records of the War De-
partment were behind
and it was not known
inst how many were
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TALES BY STATESMEN.
Veterans in Congress Relate Their
War Experiences.
HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT.

Twenty-Five 0ener1ls IN Both Hsusss--Jim
smith-"Csnr All Think Aliks"-From the
Ranks to Major 0enersl-Tsibatss 70 the
Mimic BaII-A New Orator.
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A RAW RECRUIT,
Recollections of a Youthful Private
in the Union Army.
IN TENT AND BARRACK.

How He Enlistea and the rrenxmeut Hs Got
Before He Was Sent to the Frout-FiVhtins
for Food and Sinking Police WORT
Swindled by Sutlers.
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From tAs Indisnapoais 1oaraaa.
Weary Wstkins-"Suu vorkin' The fts
rsekss7-
Dismai D~wssn-'Evsxyvhsrs bpt Chieate.
The las' time tried u tAsrs u crowd ~
doW1 q aa' piahod NJ poalpse bes g 60
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Nkw YoRK, July 90, 1881.
TIMER pOETS AND
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horse killed and we heartily wished we had
chosen some other arm Of the service, but we
soon learned that these stories were invented TO
make the recruits feel nervous We moved into
the BARRACKS when room could be fonnd, and
after few days there q couple Of hundred OF N
were started on our hrst march.
THE MAncH TO CAMP BUTLER
We were two hours going the sx miles to
Camp Butler, and ~ we had never carried
knapsacks before We were tired lot Of fell
lows when We reached there. had sent homo
all the stuff thought I could spare, but still
had enough TO load o mule, and would not have
been able to get through If my comrades had
not helped me. The general arranGsmeut Of
this place was Like the other camp, except on .
larger scale, and there were fifteen barracks
and quarters for battalion Of infantry guards.
These bsfracks we're large enough 70 hold $50
men each and hsd room partiti0ned Oh where
the cooking was done. In sach barrack some
fellow would assume the rank Of sergeant and
take upon himself TO supervise the drawing
this tAsss is . ersss dssi Of work 10 do; che
streets must be kept clean, drains dag and
many ISuch tlzings do1e, and the recruits had 70
do th9n. The fhsoxy Was 1Aas eoch m should
do his share, End 1t Afst IN 0easriy used 10 20
70 sseh barrack and order ~ ssrsssst 10 de-
inst lesson. not n the books that
. recruit learns A 10 DO q hide
work - ponibls and wAile We were wfniAg 10
recognise tas baxsAck ssrgeant su1Ac1eut 10 ~
low him - draw our FAtiona Ne knsw - bad -
authority TO enforce any order distasteful V %,
and whom he trisd 10 order - out 70 work We
dshed him. very soon de way sdopted 10 get
msn for detail wAs 70 ssnd squad Of infAn-
try % eash door q : b4rraek and setss the d.
sared number. Each baErank had three deem,
and Il the epnrds we're ssen before hoy
reached - doom soms Ssaew would yeh
"0uardr and : Tnah would - nad6. II Ne
got the alarm h tEns - vould Secaps, bat
very eftaa W Ronh run into . squad coming
non eno1Aw 1lrsetlua. Ihis psrzoenanee ~
rsPee&e9 Il sxuy heEfAak un1fl ~ euaeds 1sd
goe ~ auuhee. n 80 Gtue y vsse ~
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elected since Appomattox no less than az were
oldsoidiers. A large majority Of the members
Of the present Congress were in the army dur.
ing the strained relations which may be said TO
have existed between the various extremities
Of our common country. and this description
includes every man from the south in both
houses who was born prior to l64S.
OF these veterans from the north and south
ten were major generals and twelve were briga-
dier generals, and field officers are numbered
by the score.
The history Of these men Il the history Of the
war. Wouldn't history OF the war by living
major generals, each one contributing ten
pages, be . marketable book!
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Washington, D. c., July %, 1sea
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When the slsrk asked me II wanted an over
coat said yes. Boota? Yss. 6Aosse Yes, sud
70 through the entire list, taking everything
be named, and when he got through had .
tremendous pile OF stu6, which learned later
nearly exhausted my years allowance. In one
corner . veteran was allowing some Ut tie nsw
men how 70 pack their knspsaci., and, taking
to show ma how to pack sAsm. He aid
needed faSWee wagon, bus he did his best,
cad whom We were called upon TO fAil in man
aged to stakger forward. was wearing my
Sscf wa az insesaot ned S q beesa9 ,nS
rolied On TOP of Il wsS my blue ovsreos} md
pstr u blAnketr, suxmounted BY pair each Of
booAs and shos@ n ny hand cs1sisd vIliss
and under my arm . bundle. Wills pair Il
- sss g 2 - 80 sss.pzsd g. 49, - 80
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-06
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Comparative Directories and Their OBJ
ject Lessons-The Exhibit.

Comparative Directories and Their OBJ
ject Lessons-The Exhibit.
J. T. Steward sends to the chamber
for exhibit copy of the city directory
OF Los Angeles for 1886. This is a small,
thin volume of about 2S3 pages, con-
tanning about 25O0 names. Contrasted
with this is also directory of 1890. a
bulky volume, which has been recently
displaced by one still larger for the year
1892. These two books illustrate in a
very striking manner the story of "be-
fore and after the boom in Los Angeles"
Mr.. L. H. Schultz brings in from the
Lankershim ranch samples of orange
cling peaches that, for size and flavor,
equal the finest specimens which have
been brought in this year. Mr.. Schultz
remarked that he wanted to bring some
thing to the chamber OF commerce from
man who had been in this country
only one year. He came from Holland
little more than a year ago, and pur-
chased an improved ranch in the Lam
kershim district, from which he is sell
ing all varieties of fruits in quantities
that would make his neighbors in the
old country green with envy if they
were to see the returns from them.
The Jersey COW is quite a drawing
card in the chamber of commerce.
The premium list of the coming agri-
cultural fair is now ready for distrlbu-
tion at the chamber.