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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-12-27

| have had a great deal of trouble in
my life, but most of 1t never came to
pass.-Sir Daniel Wilson.
The fastest way to make money in the
dairy is to keep wedding out the poor cows
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ANNIVERSARIES AND REUNIONS.


Meetings Of Fraternal, Scientific and Re.
liEious Societies.
JANUARY.
%. oath annual convention of the Nationa
Board of Trade assembled in Washington
APRIL.
10. The Missionary society Of the Methods
Episcopal church celebrated its 10Th ami
versary in New York city.
rs. Reunion of United Confederate veterans y
Birmingham, Ala,
MAY
/. The 4th annual meeting of the Natiuna
Association Of Military Surgeons opcnet
in Washington.
The 9th annual convention of the Nationa
League of American Musicians opened il
Baltimore
II. The 10Gth general assembly of the Presby
terrain church met in Saratoga.
The Southern Presbyterian general assem-
bly, met ut Nashville,
Is The S1th anniversary Of the American Bnp
fist Missionary union held mt Saratoga
JUNE.
s The 55th annual convention of the Amer
can Ne dical association opened in S'u
Franciso.
@ Both anniversary of the \. NJ. G. A. cclc
hratcd by jubilee in London.
z The 9th annual congress Of the Scotch
Irish society of America began at De
MONIES
uai convcntit n OF the Boot and
"#,.se r. International union met In
Boston
The triel" general council Of the Re
formed j pal church op,ned at Chica
go.
%. The 2sth nal convention q civil engi
neers ofa / at Niagara Falls
July.
g. The Nat'.-el Music Teachers association
began IL fu.l convention at Saratoga
IL. Christ u 's"Geavor convention opened at
Ceye- S.
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Coming Local Events.

For the benefit of our readers we shall pub
lish under this head notices of coming local
events so far we are able. To this end we
request secretaries of lodges and societies and
the clergymen of Somerset churches to send in
anything they may have for publication in
this column.
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The Somerset Reporter,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

L. o. SMITH. E. e. McNRRLIR.
10. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
l4s WATER STREET. sKowHEGAN, ME-.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATEs;-One year $3.50; SIX
nonths, rs cts; three months, 81 cts, when
ssid In advance.
Sl75 will be charged II not paid until the
nd OF year.
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AUGUST

l. Tn Zfth annual convention Il The CAthoiif
Total = -i#nouec Society Of America oi,.n
ed AT - Paul
Z The National Association Of Dcutists bepnf
it. animal esien at Port Monroe
Il. The OIL aunuM tncampmrnt u tho Gnior
Veteran ninon held at Rochester.
p TIL Sith tf1'nuIai convention If tho Poi
eral grand chapter, Royal Arch Mason
mt at Topeka
sfPTENBER
H. The Eayni ordar II Scotland he'd is an
nual meeting at Boston
ocTonEH
10 The nf convention If American banker
met nt T. ilfiuore
The natiauzl cneampmont Union Veteran
legion ol'.lied Mt Newark, n J
NoyENBER
IL Episcopal ahurrb congress opened In B1s
ton.
a. Unitarian nth annual conference began n
Baltuuar,-
The Nntiaf j Grange Patrons Of Hushandry
opened IT.. 18th annual session at Sprinp
field, Ill
10 Tho p annual convention G. r T.
opened AT Cleveland.
20 The I'll. annual session Of the Transmis-is
sippi c"neres+ opened at st. Louis.
DECEMBER
l. The American Society 1T Mechanical Eng
neers held their annual election in New
York.
8. 800th anniversary Of tho birth Of Gusttvu.
Adolphts- = Sweden. celebrated in Eurup,
and Aniericil
TO- Annual convention Of the American Fed
orution nf Labor opened At Donycr
II Annual convention II tho American tiyli
Service Reform lrieu" mt III Chicago
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MARINE DISASTERS.
Events of Interest To Those Who CT
Down to Sea In Ships.

Events of Interest To Those Who Go
Down to Sea In ships.
JANUARY.
10. The Norwegian bark Havelock, from Pen.
sacola for Calais France, foundcrcd In .
storm in the mid-Atantic; the crew of Il
rescued by life savers from the steamship
France.
FEBRUARY
2. The famous war corvet Kearsarge wreck
ed on Roncador reef in the Caribbean sea
the officers and crew were saved.
IS Numerous disasters to shipping on the Brit
ish coast by heavy storm.
April.
o. The bark Belmont, from Boston, wrecked on
Peak Hill bars, Mass. 6 sailors drowned.
TO- The schooncrs Albert W. Smith and Kate
Markec wrecked on the New Jersey coast
10 sailors drowned
The lumber schooner Susan II. Ritchie
wrecked at Bay Head, N. j.; the crew
taken off by life savers.
g. The coasting steamer Los Angeles wrecked
on Little Moro rock, Cal. 8 sailors drown
ed, ~ of the crew and 80 passengers saved
by boats and life raft; the vessel Il total
wreck.
49, 28 schooners wrecked in a storm on Lake
Michigan; % lives lost, including several
women. AT Port Huron volunteer life
savers were drowned in attempting to res.
cue n crew from the rigging of the water
logged schooner william Shupc.
JUNE.
4. The Dominion line steamer Texas, from
Montreal for Bristol wrecked off New
foundland; loss 500 900.
"a. Fishing tug sank off Atlantic Highlands, N
j.; nearly So drowned.
NOVEMBER.
Is. The schooner Alaska, from Rockport fol
Boston. wrecked and burned at Ports
mouth, n. II.
Is. Tho schooner Antelope capszcd in Grand
Haven harhor, Mich; her crew of mer
drowned.
IS. Schooner Oracle Benson cut down in Bos
ton harbor by the steamship Reading; {
sailors drowned.
DECEMBER.
T. The schooner Clara Simpson run down II
Long Island sound by the British steamer
Dorian s OF the crew drowned
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skoWkEcAk MARKET.

Corrected Weekly by BAhrlET1 < GAINS, Gro1ery
and Provision Dealers, lss Water Street.
a E,y l. .+,.,,
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rs. O. buildings ana business concerns de.
stray,d by fire at Belle Plain, La. loss
&iJgGU
II buildings burned at Brooklyn, Ia. loss
Sl25.U1
&. 500. go worth of lumber and other proper
~ destroyed by fire At Minneapolis
Mayo college burned al Cooper. Tex. loss
10000
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ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL NATTER,
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SPORTS AND PASTlMES.

O. The j. ". Fowler Car company Of Eli
beth, n j., went into hands Of "a rrc,iy,
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-05-16

The application of the principles Of
reciprocity should be made in every
town that Is ambitious of attaining pros
perity. The mechanic or laborer who
lives in a town, and who is dependent
on the people Of that town or community
for employment, who spends his money
in another city has no right to complain
If his neighbor refuses to employ him,
but instead imports a workman from
some other locality to build his house,
lay his wall or paint his barn, as thecase
may be.
The merchant or shopkeeper who ig-
noros his townsman in o different line
Of business when he wishes to make a
purchase and goes from home to trade
is not entitled to the least consideration
from the people of his town. 1t Is tho
duty of every person residing in a COM
munity to as far as possible reciprocate
the many benefits which the community
has conferred upon him, and the indi-
vidual who fails in this regard is not en-
dowed with that public spirit which
characterizes a good citizen.
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Lay of the

Coin to build An elevator. | hear the folks say.
warn you now, stranger. 'twon't never pay.
And IL you try 1t on I'll bot my skin
You'll sink every dollar that you put In
Billville's superior. accordin 10 my toll,
And Waycross town Will beat II all lowell
Thout any talkin, you can chalk 1t down.
An elevator'll never pay In this here town.
There's people ivin about here who really say
A north and south railroads comm this way,
And boat about tho size The own'sg oin to git.
Some evon claim twill mako o city yit.
City nothinl III jest bet a speckled COW
'Twon't be this big twonty years from now.
Talk that to them. and they look ma and
frown.
But there'u be no railroad In this here town.
Tho people that live heref All q sorry lot
The preachers o hypocrite, deacon's o sot
Tho doctors all quacks, the lawyer q fool,
The teacher the biggest dolt that ever taught
a school;
Boys aro all vicious anl full Of d~eyiltry;
Gals amt Jest what they rally ought to be.
Oh, for Ineanness we've got great renown.
And it's q bad one-this here town.
They say that factories are comm 'thout fail;
Darned sight better build a good jail,
A poorhouse. reform school and penitentiary,
And let our thleyin merchants go In free.
So, stranger, you hud better take my advice
| give 1t to you 'ihout money or 'thout price
If you want to gtt lone and get done brown.
Just invest YOU II oney in this here town.
Jack Crayton.
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This Company has a Gold Bearing ledge
averaging three feet in thickness between
we'll defined wall and traceable for q dis
lance of fifteen hundred feet. The crop
pings assays from ten to two thousand
dollars per ton in Gold.
The Claim is located in the center OF
the White Horse mineral belt and is
pronounced by all mining men as a most
excellent prospect for a valuable mine.
The Company has a new house togeth-
er with all necessary mining tools, and
are at present working a force of men in
running a tunnel which will cross-cut
the ledge at depth of N hundred and
fifty feet.
For the purpose of carrying on this
work and furthur developing the prop
erty the trustees have ordered a limited
number OF shares to be placed on the
market for the next thirty days at ten
cents per share. This stock will unas-
sessable until the some OF $5,000.00
is expended on .he mine, which sum
will be used to fully develope the property
For further information apply at to
the officers of the Company, or better
etill, go and inspect the claim.
Stock for sale at the Express Office,
WADSWORTH, NEVADA.
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Reattx,s pianos and organs.

Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Or
gan and Piano man of Washington, N. j.,
is buster than ever. In 1870 Mr.. Beatty
left home a penniless pillow boy, and by
his indomitable will he has worked his
way up So as to sell so far, nearly 100, 600
of Beatty's Pianos and Organs since 1870.
Nothing seems to dishearten him obsta-
cles lay in his way that would have
wrecked an ordinary man forever; he
turns to an advertisement and comes out
OF it brighter than ever. His instru-
ments are in use everywhere. We are
informed that during the next ten years
he intends to sell 200 900 more of his
make. That means a business of $780,
600, 900, il we average them at 800 each.
1t is already the largest business of the
kind in existence. Read his advertise
mcnts.
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A1illionaires Club Rules.

No round games shall be played where
the stakes exceed 500, 600 q corner
Members will please not eat with
their knives when outsiders are present
Members are requested not TO ap-
proach the club ON foot nor in o hired
conveyance.
No member will be permitted to bring
his luncheon to the club wrapped up in
a newspaper.
No member who American
made clothes will be permitted to sit at
the front windows
Members must not swear at the club
servants, as they are all younger sors
of English noblemen-
Under no circumstances will any con-
v~ersation about art, literature or sci
ence be permitted ON the premises.
ANY member violating any Of the
above rules will be prohibited from using
the gold soup plates for one month
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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In

IN CORno0no0s
what I am going to ask you is In
strict confidence - he said to the con-
ductor ON a Grand River avenue car two
or three days ago.
Eyes, of course"
"You hate to git a license to be mar
ried in this town, don't youg'
Eyes, OF anywhere else in Michigan"
80 I've heard, but don't you say
that I asked you about 1t. Hev to GIT It
Of the county clerk. don't your
yes"
II thought So, but mum Is the word,
you know. Don't you give me away,
and I won't give you away. Is there
any limit as to age?"
mo limit"
WAL, keep awful quiet about it.
Kin a Teller of SO git a license to marry
a gal 1922
81 expect he cam"
"That's beautiful, but don't you
whisper a word to any n about it Do
we pass the city hall?"
1--WE do"
WAL, when we git TO the city hall,
you tip me the wink and femme off,
and if any of the passengers cum out
and want to know my bizness you tell
'em I've gone in to. see about a stray
boss. Strict confidence-keep mum-O.
XII Mebbe I'll see you on my bridal
tower and flip you a cigar. Detroit
Free Press.
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ADVICE to a Kansas Candidate.

The illimitable gail of some men makes
our legs ache. a candidate for congress
over III the north tier writes to the effect
that he wants marked copies" sent him
whenever this paper says anything com
plimertary of him. Now, candidates
all, listen to years Of experience: First,
when you resolve to enter the lists, sit
down and write the editor a nice, adoring
letter. Tell him you have long been
yearning for his valuable publication
and inciose Sl.5O. Ii you are pushed for
time, you may trim eli some of the yearn
and some of the adore, but iii no case
should you moderate the $1.50. Don't
say anything about being a candidate.
Editors are gifted with remarkable pow
ers of analogy, and you will be charmed
and surprised beyond expression at the
skill with which they faihom your secret.
By and by some venal Populist will as
sail your noble character. And then, ah
then, a champion will spring to your sup
port. In tie meantime, we will remark,
the dodo over in the north tier may re.
main in his sepulcher until doomsday,
and we will never roll away the stone
with marked copies."-Hays City Sen
final
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The surplus In American banks Is
much larger than 1t was a year ago. In
New York city it is $40, 1000, 900 more
than 1t was then. But 1t Is not a bit
easier to borrow % than 1t was in 1893.
Lenders Of money are so scary that they
will not trust 1t on any Of the securities
that In ordinary times pass as good.
Doubled and twisted security Is now
demanded.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-05-16

Pauwels. the bomb thrower of the
Madeleine In Paris. was identified large
ly by means of anthropometric measure
ments. Measurements on his dead body
were taken by the new French system
and found to correspond exactly to those
made OF the living nan last year. At
that time he was measured and a record
Of him placed on file In the Paris police
headquarters because Of his suspected
connection with anarchistic demonstra-
tons. We ought to have that system of
anthropometric measurements quickly
brought into requisition here.
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Old Funnyman lat boarding house
breakfast table)-This chop, Mrs. Hash
ley, Is quite appropriate to this weather.
Indeed, Mr.. Funnyman?"
Eyes. So very raw, you know"
"And l think this weather will also
go well with your last months board
bill, Mr.. Funnyman."
"Ahl How SO, Mrs. Hashley?"
unsettled, Mr.. Funnyman. B,
K. &. Co. IS Monthly.
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"A Lazy Boy,

Teacher-You are the LATEST boy I eve,
saw. How do you expect to earn a liv.
ing when you grow up?
Lazy Boy yawning)-Dunno. Guess
I'll teach school.-Good News.
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ElevatiKg.
He drew her closer.

He drew her closer.
dearest, :" he whieperod, don't you
think that in our love we have risen
above u former ~selves?"
She Struggled trustingly.
Il am sure of it, " she answered en-
Enthusiastically. II never in my life liv-
ed above the third story before we were
married"
And as they sat thus and communed
they plainly heard the elevator boy as
be paused without their door exclaim:
"Elevenr'-Detroit Tribune.
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Cioseiy Allied.

Barker (musingeThere's very little DIFF
ference.
Foster-What's that?
Barker-Oh, | was wondering what diff
ference there was between a son of toll and
O ton of s~oil.-Truth.
-. - S~~ @@-~ 80 80 $500
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EXCURSION TRIPS.

EXCURSION TRIPS.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO to other points in
California will be slowed purchasers Of speci-
al M%idwinter Fair tickets at the following
round trip rates:
To Stations under 100 miles from San Fran
r~ancisco, One and One-third one-way fare.
To Stations $50 miles or more from San Fran
Francisco, One and One-fifth one-way fare.
For exact rates and full information, inquire
of G. A. MACPHERSON, wADswoRTH.
Or address the undersigned
T. H. GOODMAN,
Gen. Passenger Agent.
RICHARD GRAY,
Gen. Trafic Manager,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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A Legitimate In
VeStnlent.
GOLD MIN
ING
INCORPORATED
Under the Laws of Nevada, Aug. IL. '93
TRUSTEES:

w. H. A. PIKE, Pres. r. II. Sec.
JAS. MAYDERRY, Supt. L. v. JULIEN
T. w FITZGERALD.
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Whether you have money or don't
have it, you worry about it.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-05-16

1--WE Germans fear God, but nothing
else in the world" said Bismarck.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-05-16

Beatty's Pianos s SIS a Dhe Wans
agt. Cat'lg Free. Address Daniel +.
Beatty, Washington, New Jersey.
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Beatty's Pianos o op. MsFra sss
ed 10 years. Catalogue free. Address
Daniel +. Beatty, Washington, NJ.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-02
HIS OWN WORST CRITIC.
La Fontaine Left the Theatre After
the First Act of His Own Play.

La Fontaine Left the Theatre After
the First Act of His Own Play.
Boston Post.
La Fontaine attended the first
presentation of his "Astree," and
sat near some ladies who did not
know him. At some of the impor.
tant passages he exclaimed:
"That is wretched! That is
absurd ~
When they protested that it was
good and that it was by the great
La Fontaine, he rejoined:
"That makes no difference. The
piece is bad. l know that La Fon-
tame you are speaking Of. He's a
stupid fellow. He's myself"
Then he went out and entered a
cafe, and went to sleep in a corner
Some of his friends found him
there, and enquired why he was
not listening to "Astree."
"Oh," said the author, rousing
himself and sitting yawn, 81
just came away. The first part dis
pleased me greatly. No one agreed
with what said about it, but !
didn't care to hear more. l admire
the patience of the Parisians."
Someone adopted one Of his sons
when the child was a baby. Know,
ing that the boy was in good hands
he seemed to forget all about him
Years afterward, at dinner party
he met a young man whose wit
and charm of manner pleased him
greatly.
"Why, that is your son ~ he was
told.
"Indeed! l am pleased to hear
it ~ was the remarkable reply.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-02
HE TOOK AWAY THE SAMPLE.
How a Clothier Lost His Favorite
Sample Coat.


How a Clothier Lost His Favorite
Sample Coat.
Boston Post.
"Thirty-dollar overcoats for &c."
was the way the advertisement
ran. In the windows hung some
really handsome articles of cloth
ing, (Which were calculated to make
the passer-by begrudge the $50
spent for an "order coat" before the
blessings of closing out sale came
in view. On the tables within the
shop were piled coats almost in
Vulnerable.
On the front table and on the top
Of the pile was coat which the
prospective customer regarded
with great favor. 1t seemed to be
a 1880 coat for $lO,"in truth. 1t was
the first one he picked up on enter
ing the store. He put it on, but before
he had had time to see himself in
it the salesman had dragged it off
with the remark, "That won't do at
ALL" and offered him a garment Of
faded blue, which looked like S.
coat for $40. The visitor asked for
coat similar to the one first no.
ticed.
"Sorry, but these are broken lots,
and we can't just fit you in that"
was the reply. "Now, what do you
want in this?" and another cheap
coat was brought out.
The customer tried on several,
and then came back to his first
love. 81 want to try that on again."
he said.
ooh, that won't fit you at ALL"
said the clerk, but he helped the
visitor to don the coat, and the lat
ter thought it fitted very we'll.
Then the discovery was made that
it was already sold. The customer
didn't see it in that light, and in
consequence a conference Of cloth
iers was held in the back part of
the store. A man came forward
and said:
"There's a man in the back room
that wants that coat"
81 want it, too," said the GUS
toner.
"But it doesn't fit you"
"All it needs is to shorten the
sleeves, and you say you do that
for people,"
"Well, we can't do it on that
coat. We don't want you to take
it. We don't want such a looking
thing to go out of our store" said
the proprietor.
The customer persisted, however,
and amid scowls and protests bore
off his coat in triumph. He says he
is used to decoys, and that it is
dangerous for the dealer to throw
in his way expensive samples not
made to sell.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-02

hundred men, and every week we
used to go out to practice. The
cap'n would draw us up in single
file and set a cider barrel rolling
down hill. Each man took a shot
at the bunghole as it turned up.
The barrel was then examined,
and if there was shot found
that didn't go into the bunghole,
the man that fired it was expell-
ed. l belonged in the company
ten years, and there amt been no.
DO dy expelled yet"
The eXaggeration is often so
pronounced as to elipse the humor.
A Californian hearing a Brazilian
tell'of the wonder full fire flies Of his
country, so large and luminous
that ladies wore them on their
persons inclosed in gauze, replied ;
"That's nothin.' Why, in Califor-
ny, the fire flies are so large that
they use nthem to cook lby
They set their kettles on their
hinder legs, which are bent for the
purpose like pot hooks, and their
bodies give out heat enough to boil
potatoes"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-02
AN OLD WELSH CUSTOM
That is Not So Unmodern as it
Reads.

Boston Post.
A curious Welch wedding Gus
tom among the peasantry of that
country, that of "bidding," still
survives. When young man and
woman become betrothed, a circu-
lar known as "bidding letter. is
printed and distributed at market
and outside the churches on Sun
day, that all may know of the
event. There is regular form Of
this letter, which runs as follows !:
Gas we intend to enter the mat
rimonial state, we are encouraged
by our friends to make a bidding
on the occasion at the young mans
fathers house"-here follow the
address and date of the entertain
ment-"when and where the favor
of your good and agreeable COM
pany is most humbly solicited, and
whatever donation you may be
pleased to bestow on us will be
thankfully received, warmly ac-
knowIedged, and cheerfully re-
paid whenever called for on a SIM
liar occasion by your obedient SER
wants, John Brown, Jane Smith"
When the day arrives the count
ing of the gifts is an important
feature of the occasion. These are
usually in money, and vary from a
shilling to a half sovereign. A
"bidding clerk" is duly appointed,
who carefully enters in book
every item, with the donors name
of each, and the gifts are religious
ly repaid in exact degree when a
similar occasion arrives to the
givers.
Which, after all, is only making
a business arrangement of what in
the present wedding-gift scheme
of society is tacitly recognized
the obligation to return value re-
ceived.