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PROVISIONS ron THE WINTER.
Florida Man Gives New Tnfsrma-
ton About the Habits of AlIigators.

From the Buffalo Express.
There is an alligator farm or the Wekiva
river IL Florida. Its owner is Steve Mel
ton. Lately several loads of pine knots
have been delivered there. and some Won
der has been expressed as to what use Mel
ton would put them to. Said he:
Feed them to my aIl:gatcrs, of course.
What do you think am going to do with
the m? Doa't you Know that ailigators al
ways eat hght-wood knots before going
into winter quarters? That is the first of
six lighter. loads of the knots / have
bought. and an. going to have them taken
to my alligator farm. l am going to give
an excursion on a steamer to the farm and
will give every one an opportunity to see
the winter feeding. OF course. 1 will take
along a half dozen dogs from the city
pc, nd and a lot of catfish to whet the APP
petiteS of the gators. They will then be
In trim for the l:ght-wood knots.
Did you ever see gator swallow a
light-wood knot? No? Well, you just come
along with me on that excursion, and will
the natives of the wilds of southern Flor
ida ever witness. The knots are not
thrown into lhe water. They are scattered
over a five-acre lot Just though they fell
from the trees. After having their appe-
tiles whe:ted by CANNES and catfish, the
gators crawl out on tn. bank and begin
their feast. Each gator stretches out full
length on the ground He looks around ard
calculates the distance to the nearest knot
With quick movement of his tail the
knot Is Knocked into the air and is deftly
caught in the oren jaws. One gulp and the
knot disappears. On, it's fun to watch
them. They are experts, and seldom miss
a knot This is repeated until every knot
is disposed of. Then they crawl back into
the water and are seen no more till next
SDrinC'
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spoiled Ballyfanisk, and openly chased you
all into the sea. And I would not blame
him for that, either. And you say that
Spellan. your father. had his head split
open with a battleax. That would not be
his worst luck. 1t was more evil fortune
still for him to beget son who would be
liar and false guest
The O'DWyer tore open his gown at the
breast with his free hand, and cast 1t from
him in a heap around his feet. His thick,
supple form showed itself clad in the close
tunic of warrior. and from shoulder to
thigh he had a shirt of fire linked iron
chainwork. Out of his belt he drew long
thin dagger.
"1he false guest ate nothing under
your roof that he did not bring with him."
he said, with sharpness. THE liar warn
ed you of your fate. And now there will
be no further words. The storm is not
spent, and there Is long days journey
over the mountain before me, and will be
taking with me your head wrapped in my
gown. There is short minute to you for
your prayers"
A bold peal of thunder rolled over the
to crag along Mount Gabriel's flank The
blue lights glided again among the twigs
overhead. Turlogh shut his eyes from
them, and sought prayer. He could think
They loved him. but they would never be
Winding him. They were not wrong He
was no right man to be lord and chief
over others. His brother Conogher was
make them obey him. And sometime
somehow-he would be learning what black
ODwyer had done. Maybe it would be the
man. witch with the beard of feathers who
would cause him 70 learn it, And now
there was nc time to find out If such
a man-witch did run his CHASTITY course
| through the little oak wood and the alder
hoilow-or anything else whatever. The
towers Of Dungeakeen-he would not be
seeing them again, or the black. fat herds
in the bawns, or the pretty girls weaving
their nets, or the fall Of the evening shad-
ows on the gray waters Of Dunmanus-or
any sight at ALL He kept his eyes closed,
and bent his mind upon the familiar things
they would never be looking at more, and
waited
But now there was noise in the thicket,
which was not Of the thunder or the rush
ing wind-a noise which burst suddenly
close upon him, of savage growls and
curses, and cracking branches under foot.
The effort to take account of this gave
Turlogh a moments giddiness The spear
had been wrenched from his shoulder, and
the deep pain of 1t racked and swayed his
brain toward swooning Then, getting his
thought vaguely back from the threshold
Of death, he opened his eyes. On the in
stant. with little cry Of agony at the
woe in his shoulder. he sat upright and
stared white-faced and dumb with bewil-
derment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.


Leave Washington from station corner New
Jersey avenue and c st
For Chicago aud Northwest. Vestibuled Limited
For Cincinnati. st. Louis and Indianapolis, vessk
bEIed Limited, 3:i5 pm. Express 1901 night.
For pittsbarg and qeseand. Express daily li:Ss
For lexington and staunton. 1890 am;
For Lrray. Natural Bridr;c. Isoanose khOsyuls:
Chattanooga. Memphis and New Orleans, IL %
PA daily; Sleeping :, Cars s,,, through
fS5 Bsli%SEe. Nssk dsSs 500 ss' o q
I'D. = :o5. .s:io $3.50. $50 xS:2o go $500
SIC 100 sio:co, LIP q pm and ; ,goa
1s:os. 4s;io. go. $50. ss:oo. 1000 1850
For Annapolis 7:1o and $50 am. 1918 and
rs 2sl Pm F,.a sTayf a $40 aao 4if gn MA
For lIassrstoWn. al 30 am; and 80 pm,
ror s ia: ao az. .ass ss sos ga
2 s sn iunc,sn and way points. sos
E6Sln f Bna fnly NGw York AND
trains ILLUMINATED VIII pRssh light saa III.
East Tssk days Go pasS f 65n. SEQ SS as
G Ge' o Pnns g, ei ooo s Sse saadays
Ing carr 600 an; Dining Carr G$ 80 Dining D,.ss
S seepin &c Car open for psssenecrs 1000 PM
Re. raGs' s,s G ,a 81 a aGs 'FssS
PM Ssasay NAP, s b,I;4 P aansay, ONLY.
called er and CHECKED from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at
E ss and s at
R. B CAMPB ELL. CHAS o. scULL.
Gen Manager Gen. Pass. Agt.
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ward from the sea, the sunlight failed. A
last dismayed wall of entreaty from the men
in the boat mingled with the clatter of the
fist large raindrops and hail on the rocks
Il will not at all turn repeated Turlogh,
stubbornly. He ciambered UP the obli1ue
ridges Of powders, pushing aside with
from his path. The monk followed, lifting
his gown he came and springng lightly
from ledge to ledge.
The thicket closed upon them; the storm
burst Not much rain fell through the mat
ted canopy of twisting bare branches low
overhead. The trees writhed and ground
their limbs together, shrieking as the tenn
pest smote them. The splitting of dry wood
made endless crackle in their ears the
men went on, and the higher oaks rocked
and swurg their arms. and cried to one
another while they struck their gnarled
lesser neighbors down. somber twilight
reigned in these wild depths-illumined now
here, now there, by momentary CLEANS of
blue flame which glided downward among
the lee stems, and left vistas of midnight
blackness, veined by fiery network OF in
tertwined twigs and branches before Tur-
logh's eyes.
The young chieftain halted and drew back
with little startled cry as binding arc
of fire burst through the hanging mstletoe
just before his face and quivered in zig-Zag
lines among the creepers at his feet. He put
a hand over his eyes and CROPPED behind him
with the other to touch the monks gown.
"Yonder, under the ledge of rocks, we will
be safer from the lightning" said the monk,
still calm of voice. Il would not have you
killed that way
With a hand on Turloghs shoulder, he
guided him to one side, where dark recess
beneath a shelf of juttins boulders offered
refuge. The young man moved as one
dazed, stumbling over the strewn litter of
the storm, and sank upon his knees in the
sheltered gloom under the rocks.
Il would be saying some prayers" ne MUIR
INJURED, ''if you would tell me the fit ones"
Then spasm of shuddcring shook his thin
frame. He lifted a livid face toward the
standing monk, and his lips moved but
made no sound. A frenzy of frightened in
CURRY dilated his eyes. A long-bodied dog
sleek-coated and drab of hue, with fiat
head and broad. thick snout, had come sud-
denly to him out of the vague shadows, and
stood there th"usting his cold muzzle against
Turlogh's knee and licking it.
He would have screamed. but had no
power save to gasp in his throat. The monk,
STOPPING, beat the dog over the head with
the cross, and 1t skunk Off into the obscurty
again as 1t had come, like thing of no sub
lance.
You will be needing the prayers at later
hour said the monk. He raised his voice
to make 1t heard above the tumult of the
blast sweeping past them
Turlogh bit his teeth together and strug-
gled against his weakness.
Il am not afraid in my heart" he cried.
II would not suffer myself to turn back, no.
not for the lordship of all Ivehagh. But my
bones are like unwilling servants, and my
bowels have the terror in them. But am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
in THE SHADOW OF GABRIEL
A. D. 1850.
BY HAROLD FREDERIC.

A. D. 1850.

The cool maiden breath of dawn lay upon
the coast, and light, so soft and irrcsolute
that all shadows seemed a part of 1t. ccv-
cred the rocks and dormant waters and the
dim brown bulk of rising land beyond. with
an evenspread mantle, luist-co!ored and
motionless as sleep. A thousand cormo-
rants and guls stood silent in thick gray
lines upon the ridges of the islets in the
cove, as If they had been charmed to stone.
The slow wash of the tide on the strlnd's
edge, restrained By this same spell of the
great hush, lifted the loose weight of sea
weed and sucked at it cautiously, with
stealthy, low-drawn murmur like sigh.
Suddenly, over the high, rounded spine of
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their master-and now I have no fears any
more" He strove to smile, where he knelt
and reached forth his hand for the spear he
had dropped, and which the monk had
picked Up. Tell me-" he added. would it
have been known to you that so much evil
would happen to us f1rst?"
yet more will happen" returned the
monk. He did not seem to note Turlogh's
hand outstretched for the spear. "But you
will be remembering" he went on, II gave
you warning. 1t does not lie in your right to
say the contrary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
Had n Fine Memory.

From the New York World.
Waiter (anxiously. as guest arises)-"Hope
you won't forget me, sir
Hon. Gabe Parkinson pompously)-"Sir
I am a member of Congress from Sawbuck
district, Ind, and I'm celebrated for re-
Numbering names and faces. I'll know you
again If it's twenty years."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
A REAL BOOKWORM.
The Little Animal That Causes Havoc
In Fine Old Fo1iOs.

In Fine Old Folios.
From the New York World.
Felix Peltier. hibliophile, living on the
Schenectady read, four miles from Albany
has discovered in an old book of English
hymn a prize dear to every genuine book
lcver-a be okworn. This is the fifth book
" orm found in this country of which there
is any known record. 1t Is a small white
worm about three,eiahths Of an inch long
and oEe-eighth of an inch in diameter. Its
head is blunt. while it's tail tapers to a
sharp point. 1t is the color of water mix
ed with oatmeal. It lies motionless until
disturbed. when it raises itself suddenly,
but almost instantly resumes it's position
buried in the pa ges. Protruding over the
edge of the leaves and attached to the tail
of the worm Is conical cocoon.
This cocoon when examined under the
microscope appears to have six legs or leg
ceSes, and the white median line is barely
perceptble on its under side. In the head
Of the worm are two fine horns thinner
than silk thread. There are five rings
around the tail. The structure Of the shell
of The coco on is so thin that cre can easily
see through it.
Whether it Is due to the undesirability
of our American libraries considered from
a astronomical standpoint, or whether 1t
is or account Of the comparative youth
fitness of the majority of our American
the American bibliophile's family. W. q.
Benz min of New York found two worms
in an old copy Of Seneca two years ago,
and John Erskine Pendergrass found one in
an old copy of Chaucer year ago. The Lip
pincotts, in Philadelphia also found one,
known to have been discovered in this
country,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
II noticed" said well-known downtown
druggist to his assistant this morning, THAT
it only took you three minutes to get up a
prescription for that worian who just went
out. What do yon mean by that?''
1T was only little carbolic acid and
water" replied the assistant II simply
had to pour a few drachms Of acid into the
bottle and fill 1t up with water
Never mind, If you had only to do that"
the druggist declared, don't you know that
every prescription must take at least twenty
minutes to dispense or the customer will
think he isn't getting anything for the
money! When prescription is handed you
even for salt and water or peppermint you
must take it, look at it doubtfully. as If 1t
were very hard to make up. Then you
must bring it to me, and we will both read
1t and shake our heads. After that you go
back to the customer and ask him If he or
she wants it today. If he does, you answer
that you will make a special effort. A pa
tient appreciates a prescription that there
has been so much trouble over, and when
he takes it he derives some benefit from it.
But don't you do any more Of that three
minute business, my boy, If you want to be-
come first-class druggist. It won't do.
You've got to study human nature"
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She na. Felt Good Ever Since

From the Boston Courier.
do you think stand too much before
the looking glass?' she asked, as a soft
blush suffused her satin cheek.
"Oh no." he replied: "there should be ten
mirrors in the room. Such beauty as
yours cannot be multiplied enough"
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
THE wEEMs STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

THE wEENS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
FALL SCHEDULE.
Steamer Potomac will leave Stephenson's wharf,
foot 7th t.. every Sunday At pm, and steamer
Sue every Monday and Thursday at pm, for
Baltimore ;nd river landings. Accommodations
strictly first class. Freight for river landings
ceved Mondays, Thursdays ami saturdays, and
must be prepaid, Rates given on Baltimore freight.
STEPHENSON & BRO. Agents.
Office. 910 Pa. m26-th Telephone 40
WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT CO., LTD"
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS,
From 7th st. Ferry Wharf.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at .
Bay, Breton's Bay and Nomini Greek; returning,
arrives Tuesday afternoon Wednesdays for river
landings to Breton's Bay and NOmini Creek; thence
to Piney Point, st. Georges, Smiths Creek, Coan
and Yeoconico rivers; returning, leaves NoDi7t
Creek Thursday afternoon for river landings, ariv.
ing Friday morning. Saturdays for river landings
to Nomini Creek add ST. Clements Bay; returning,
arrives Sunday afternoon. In effect Nov. A. 1888.
See schedule. q. w. RIDLEY Gen. Man
no1-tf
g. g. RANDALL POTOMAC RIVER LINE
Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View Wharf
am, landing at all wharves as bar dowp az Meds
dox creek, Including Chapel Point and Colonial
Beach returning on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, pm. Passenger accommodations nfyf.
class Freight received until hour Of sailing. Isls-
phone 1765.
ASents, Alexandria. Proprietor and Manages.
GEO. o. CARPNTER, Gen. At,
A1l.1 Washington, d. O
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CHESAPEAKE AND oIII0 RAILWAY.

Schedule in effect Norcinber IL, 1885.
P.l 9th and 3 sts
Through the srandsst scenery in America. with
,he hapdsomest and lnost complete solid train
Pm. DAn.Y.-"Cucinnlti and st. Louis
sperial-Solid Nestlbuled, Newly Eluippt-l, Elec-
trlc-lighted, Stes heated Train. Pulmans finest
sleeping ears Washington Cincinnati. indianapolis
End ST Louis daily. Dining Car from Washington
arrive Cincinnati. 500 am: Indanareli:. II 80
M Chicago, $50 PM; st. Louis, 9: 10 pm. !;
Cincinpatp.
l:lO PM. DAILY.-rhe flp,cus IF. F. v Linz
tied" A solid Vestibuled train. with Diuiny Car
and Pullman Sleepers for Cincinnati, Lexington and
hoss,i lIe without Change. pullman :,eeprr WASH
inston 10 Virginia Hot Springs, withoU; change,
Wednesdays and saturdays. Arrive Cincinnati, $50
pm, III Lehnst@n 500 pm Louisville $40 pm;
Indianapolis, 11:Oo pm; Chi'ag 1880 IN; St
Louis, I 30 am, and Hot Springs. 3:I5 am. !:
meets in Union Depot for all points.
1921 AN: EXCEPT SUNpAY.-Fer Old Point
Ccntort and NoafolS. Only Iail line.
PM DAILY.-Express for 'iorionsville.
Charlottesville. Waynesboro', Staunton and prin-
cipai virginia points, daily; for Richmond, daily.
Pullman locations and tickets at coinpany's Ct
fees, 5l3 and i2I Pennsylvania avenue.
III. ". Filler.
nols General Passenger Agent.
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
tPiedmont Air LipeD
go ocneduie In effect November g. 1895,
all trains arrive and leave At Pennsylyuni


.oo Passenger Station.
o.W A-M.-Dauy-LocIl for Danville. Connects az
ot ior Strasbqrs, daily. except Sunday. and
Clifton Forge.
HIS AM.-Daily-The UNITED STATES FAST
i Washington to jacksonville, uniting at Char
iotte With Pullman Sleeper for Augusta; also Iul-
NAN Sleeper Ney York to New Orleans via Mont
SSHTnery' connectilg Atlanta with Pullman
i:oi PM-Local for Strasburg, daily, except SUP
SD 80 PM:-Daily-"E Exposition Flyer" Pullman
Sleeper New York and Washington 10 atlanta.
N..sti3uIed Day Coaches Washington % Atlanta.
~! !, riM;-Daily-I;ocaI for Charlottesville.
wrSI ~ !; M;yinIy nWASHINGTON AND SOUTH
rrulman Eestihnled Sleepers, Dining Cars and Day
Coaches, New York to Atlanta TuIin,an Sleepers
N New iorK TO Ashcyille and Hot Springs. y. c.;
70 New Orleans Via Atlanta aud Mont sonIery End
HeM lork 10 IaInpa via Charlotte, Columbia and
JaGksonrille. Festibuled Day Coach New York to
a,Inhta. Dining Car from Greensboro to Mont
TEAMS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND ROUND
I'LL Leave Washington 9:ol AN. daily and 4:i5
Al daily. except Sunday. and 6:25 D.M. sun
sunday for Leesbarg. and CPS PM. daily for
tter"hh Returning, a-riyo at Washington s:28
An. and 300 Pm. daily frCm found HILL 7:09
IA. Gaiiy, except sunday. from herndon and S:3l
An. dally, etcept Sunday, from Le-sburg.
ton ton O.; d:;, AM II:45 AM. go Pm; and 80
except Sunday, and $40 AM daily from Char
Tickets Sleeping Car reservation and information
furnished at Offices. oil and 1900 fcnnsy
nue.. and at Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Sls-
W. II. GREEN, General Superintendent.
j. NJ CGIP, Traffic Manager.
w. A. TURK. General Passenger Agent.
no2l L. s. BROWN, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept.
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bones, and die of the sickness. The horses
or the mountain come to the edge of the
alders, and he feeds them, and their bel
lies swell and rot, and their hoofs drop
ON In the full of the moon he climbs to
the height of the hill. and he looks down on
Dunbeakeen, and if his beim-sul catches so
much as the glimpse of COW in the bawn.
she gives blood next morning and no milk.
On, then, Turlogh, son of F'ineen, be said
by us and come into the boat, and the
friar with you, and We will be going to
cur own place. Ii is Cumara who begs
you to do that
The young man shook his bare head 81
will go into the wood he said. between
his Set teeth. land / will go without any
towards at my heels to make my back cold
with their fears. And if 1 come upon any
one who is able to stop me or do ME mis-
chief, then let him be lord in Dunbeakeen,
and not me-
With a sudden gesture he turned to his
companion. standing on the wet litter by
his side. Have you fears also?" he de-
manded.
Ii was short, sturdily- made. dark man,
in years somewhat Older than Turlogh.
who answered. He had thrown the cowl
of his brown monks habit back upon his
shoulders and the sunlight shone upon the
broad, grayish patch of his tonsure and on
the round face full of conposure and self
confidence. He gathered up the long chain
depending from his grdle. and grasped the
wooden cross at it's end i'll his hand.
How should 1 have fears?" he asked.
Have not told you would so with you?
Do not possess powers over demons and
false spirts?"
Turlogh knit his brows and his face
twitched in brief hesitation. Then, with
out word. backward glance at the
boat. he lifted his spear and started across
the drenched reach of seaweed to gain dry
land. At the third stride his foot slipped on
the treacherous ooZe, and he fell with vio-
lence among the sharp rocks. The monk
watched him rise and brush the clingirg
slime from his mantle and touch the
bruised cut upon his bare knee, with atten-
tive eyes.
TT will be your warning, Turlogh, son of
Fineen." shouted Cumara, from the boat.
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sustained low mutter of distant thunder
vibrated through the air as the old kernels
voice died away. The sunlight had grown
yellow and gave the bleached pebbles and
shells on the dry strand beyond brazen
hue. The monk, still pausng with
thoughtful face looked to the west. Vast
walls of gloomy clouds curled upward over
the face of the sky. EMBEDDING the mountains
of Beara in their coils. Below them, the
waters of Dunmanus were as ink.
"A great storm will be blowing in from
the sea- he said. AS he spoke streak of
lightning flashed in their eyes.
"Oh. then, for.sed lights and thunder on
Christmas day." clamored Cumara. Twas
never seen before! Be warned, my O'Ma-
hony!"
Il will not look behindr' cried Turlogh.
Pointing the way with his spear, he STROBE
forward. The monk. with a shrug of his
shoulders. followed.
a hundred PAGES inland. through cleft
in the barrier Of tall. gray cliffs, the ascent
began. As they entered this narrow glen. to
the gaunt step sides of which misshapen
and Stunted oaks, scarce the bigness of
furze bushes, chung with tops drawn back
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-02-21
PARA LAS PARROOUlAs. .--NOminaz

ie Ia asgnsc6n de gastos dc faca ipeso OisntO
nnaa de personal peso 81 100 De yeRta en- eta mpEent
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-06
q. =. Il. to ! Ouisviile.

1t has been decided to have the
through cars for the G. A. X. excur.
sion to Louisville leave Rock Island
Monday, Sept. instead of Tuesday,
sept. 10. as previously announced
The change is necessary in orde,
to avoid the usual crowd and af.
ford the veterans ample time tc
select quarters at Louisville. The
train will leave Twentieth street de.
pot at sos q. m. on the above date,
arriving at 9:O5 the same evening
at Louisville.
The Davenport and Moline posts.
accompanied by drum corps of l.
members. will go on the same train
Through rate is only $S IS; tickets
good to return until Oct. 6. As
tickets are on sale Sept. to II. per.
sons not desiring TO leave on Sept.
.. can 60 on either of above dates.
regular train service afTording good
connections.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-06
Modern WOOdmen Notes.

The Fulton papers are much dis.
tracted because the officers of the or.
der of the M.W. \. have in obedience
to the will of the order. filed al
Springfield articles of incorporation
for the newly organized order, whose
head office. it is stated, is hence.
forth to be at Rock Island.
Members of the order will
be interested in learning tha,
George w. Fraker. the story of whose
arrest for swindling life insurance
companies as has been told in the
telegraph. had $4,000 insurance in
the Modern Woodmen, which insur.
ance was paid to the clerk of the
United States circuit court in Kan
sas City on the 10th of last month
1t is probable that the money is still
in the hands of the clerk and will be
recovered.
Six clerks, all of Fulton. excepting
one, were discharged from the head
Office of the Modern Woodmen in
Fulton Saturday evening. The rea-
son given was that as there was nc
assessment levied for the month OF
Septem ber there would be no neces.
sity of keeping all the clerks. The
clerks were told that they could
make application for position the
last of September. but if they had an
opportunity to accept position they
had better accept.