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REPRODUCED IN OREGON.
The Red Sea Miracle OFTEN Seen in LinA
River.

The Red Sea Miracle often Seen in LinA
River.
It is q well-knoyvn fact that at GER
tain times OF the year Link river, n
stream mile and a quarter long, which
connects the great wGter systems above
and below this point, becomes almost
drv, saws the klamath Falls Express.
This state Of affairs. however, lasts. as
a rule. but few hours, during which
time people have been known to walk
across the river, 500 feet wide. without
getting their feet wet. The bottom of
the river has been dug out in many
places bv the action of the water form
ing large pOtholes, and when the river
becomes dry these holes are filled with
trout, which are left stranded. 1T such
times it is a common occurrence to see
men and boys knocking the fish on the
head with clubs, and in this way secure
many good meal.
There are many traditions regarding
this phenomenon among the Indians
here. but the real cause of the low wa
ter in the river is the action of the wind
The course of the stream is southeast.
and the high winds which prevail in
the spring and fall are from the south.
and blow up the river. The outlet from
the upper lake being small, the force OF
the wind keeps the water back in the
big lake, causiBg the river to become
very low.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21
lie KICK oE A RIFLE.
A Point not Always Considered In Buying
or IN IsIng Gun.

A Point Not Always Considered In Buying
or in Using a Gun
when man gets rifle for big-Same
shooting he sometimes forgets TO con-
slider one of themost impOrtnntp points
the kick. A gun which uses 20 grains
of powder and 500 grains Of lead caves
a weak mans shoulder in and makes
the flesh black and blue. If the man
has more pluck than sense, he eontin-
ues to use the big gun in spite Of the dis
comfort. and thereby sometimes ruins
himself as a shot.
When one Of the big bore, big charge
rifle cranks picks up a rifle andtire itat
a target. alive or dead. a painful eN-
preston twists his face. and just as
he pals the trigger the butt shoulder
finches from the recoil. That finch is
ruinous to the aim, and men often get
so used to finching that they dodge the
kick of % short cartridge as vigor-
ously as they do a 5O-11O-5o0 one.
Men who finch from their gun do
not know it usually, until some time
they are standing nicely balanced on a
freshly peeled hemlOck log, or some
other slippery place. and the gun misses
fire. The man flinches and his foot slips
at that, and down he tumbles. Even
then the chances are that he will not
understand the reason Of it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21
RIBBON AND LACE.

The Summer Girl Can Construct Many
Dainty Additions to Her Toilet
OF the numberless varieties of neck
wear that were brought out at the be-
ginning of the session the tulle bow aud
the fchu were perhaps the most con-
spicuous. The tulle bow, however, is
already doomed. Paris has frowned
upon it and it is no longer the mark Of
fashion. The fichu, however, has held
its own. Every well-dressed woman
has the greater number of her summer
frOcks embellished by this graceful ad-
dition, and the woman who is more
tasteful than rich has long ago devised
the scheme of making one fichu do for a
variety of froeks. The best tichu for all
round use is Of white dotted silk. It
should be trimmed with a full Tufiie
either OF wide lace or of the net edge,
with narrow yellow lace.
The deep sailor collar of cambria, lace,
embroidery, or grass lawn is still in
vogue. The grass lawn affairs are not
as dressy, but give a pretty touch to
summer costumes when fastened on by
gold pins or buttons. A dark India
silk needs hardly any other decoration
than a. yoke OF collar of white French
embroidery or of heavy yellow lace.
In spite of the profusion of lace and
ribbon, however, which is so important
a feature of the correct summer ward
robe, the severe linen collar is as much
worn as ever. Linen collars three inches
high are made to alternate with plast-
rons Of bewildering elaboration, and
the always admirable tailOr-made cos
tune is no less in demand than the
dainty fabrication OF lawn and chiffon.
Chicago journal.
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nEwsRoYs. INrulTIoEl.
Can Tell at Glance Whether a Man
Wants \ Paper.

Can Tell at a Glance Whether a Man
Wants \ Paper.
1.-The newsbOys," said man to New
York Times writer, possess much
lkeener powers of observation than are
perhaps credited to them. From long
way off they can tell whether a MIN
intends to buy a paper or not, AMI it is
not often that they are mistaken IN
their Judgment. A newsboy will hold
up the paper under a mans nose, so
that he may read the headlines and be
enticed into making a purchase. The
boy invariably follows the mans eyes,
and if he shows any inclination 20 read
more than the headlines the little fell
low will walk alongside for nearly a
half block, still holding the paper up.
Sometimes, however, the boys are mis-
taken. They will let the man read all
me headlines on the front page only to
end that he has no intention Of buying
a paper In the end the man gets the
worst of it, for the boy never fails to
invite the attention of the passer-by to
his meanness in language more forcible
han polite"
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Free Delivery Can he Had BY Payins
for It


Small communities. denied letter-car-
rier service by the post office depart
mont en- have such service legally AT
eomparntivelv SMALL expense to the
beneticiaries. This has been demon
strated at Berwick, Columbia county,
Pa.
Berwick. says the New York POST
was one of the &C post Offices selected 70
test the practicability and expense o.
extending the free delivery service TO the
smaller nost Offices. When the service
va suspended July l, after having been
in operation for five years, the patrons
Of the most Office were quite willing 10
provide for its continuance at their own
expense.
This was done under an old reguin-
tion OF the postal department when
makes it the duty Of postmasters 10 us-
liver to any private letter-carrier iet'eis
and papers for all persons who nave
given such carrier a written order l"l
their mail matter. This regulation had
not been used anywhere, IT Is helieNe'''
for a general system of delivering "'-
tiers.
The post office department. although
not resembling the regulation mas no,
favored a private carrier system anu
has given as a reason that II AIMS d
deadly blow at box rents" The carrier
system in Berwick had cost the govern
mept se25 a year. No trouble was eN-
perieuced in obtaining the consent 81
- families 10 have their mail delivered
twice daily forone dollar per annum.
So anxious were the business rreh 10
have carrier system that many offered
TO pay enough to give the carrier boys
twice their old salary.
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SECRET OF LYING ABLY.
Short Dissertation Upon the Art of Sue
cessful Mendaclty.

Short Dissertation Upon the Art OF Sue
cessful Mendaclty.
In treating this subject it should be
clearly understood that It is not my in
tention to speak of the man who lies
to benefit himself, or the one who lies
maliciously. The other grand division
of this great genus. whose talent is
along the line Of poetic and picturesque,
is by far the most interesting. A liar,
says the Louisiana Commercial, can
never lie so well unless he thinks you
believe him. Whenever he becomes con-
WINGED that you are swallowing every
word he says, he throws his whole
soul into It, and lies with all his might.
New scenes and conditions rise rapidly
in his fertile brain. one after another,
and his active tongue sets them forth
in glowing words.
Now, there is nothing more entertain
ing than q good, well-told lie-one that
does not draw too largely on the SUI
pernatural. In nine cases out of ten
there is as much entertainment in lis
tening to q good lie as we are led to uii-
derstand there is in telling one. So
good liar at his best is really q sort OF
a mutual benefit arrangement, furnish
ing entertainment for both himself and
his fellow men. He also runs the risk
Of getting caught, which to most of the
fabricators of the first class is dis
agreeable. The best liars never build
on airy nothingness. Far better re-
suits are obtained by taking a subject
and charging on it. In this way the inn
agination can act with more freedom
than when it has to hold the original
lie in sight all the time.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21
NORWEGIAN THRIFT.
Smoke Cigars in Homeopathic Doses an6
save the Ends.

Smoke Cigars IN homeopathic DoAeh anu
save the Ends.
An English traveller in Norway says:
st had read that the Norwegian chill
dren we're exceedingly fond Of sweets
and owing to the heavy tax on sugar
have few opportunities of eating them.
So bought pound in Bergen, and this
/ hand round.
1.-THE whole family sOlemnly help
themselves. and, with deep gratitude
depicted on their faces. come mp TO us.
shake hands with both the doctor and
myself and say: TAX
81 give some cigars to the farmer
and the two sons, the latter having
never before smoked such n thing. The
thrift Of the Norwegians is shown in
the treatment Of these cigars by the
youths. They smoke for five minutes,
then carefully extinguish the burning
end and place the cigar away in some
corner of the house.
1.-THE next morning see them having
another five-minutes' smoke, and these
cigars actually last for over two days,
being taken in homeopathic doses at in
tervals of about two hours. Finally the
ends are cut up and used in GRANDPA
theirs pipe"
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RATrLERs IN THE ROCKS.
Big snake Hunt in the Lumber Camps OF
the Allegheny Mountains.

Big snake Hunt in the Lumber camps on
the Allegheny Mountains
W. !. Harvey, lun Der contractor OF
some Of the five lunoer JcUs oi' IL! M
run, in the Allegheny mountains '1lI9
tale of rattlcsnakes that inishl Sem
incredible, says the Pittsburgh OoI'-
mercial Gazette. were II not hi'oW" 80
be true. For some time past the ioc'i-
ity around these camps became 80 IN
tested with ruttlers that the NoouS ',p-
poared perfectly alive with thei.'' anu u
became extremely dangerous 10 WorN
near where there were any rocks OF
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A GREAT DINNER.



They Are stili Alive
The greatest dinner that ever sat
down 10. saws Watterson in the Courier
Journal. consisted Of leg Of mutton.
dressed with mustard, q bit IF hot
wheat bread. and some fresh butter.
with half a jug Of fine whisky to wash
II down. It was in front Of New Hope
church in the summer of o. some
one had sent Eustis q leg of mutton.
Some one had sent Yeatman a large
pill box of butter. Bragg. Cen Polk
cook, had some -four. Eustis and Yeat-
man invited Gov. Harris and myself.
The governor happered to have key
which fitted Gen. Folks medicine case.
All Of us united in making the robbery
Of a vial of Irish whisky. the general
himself being absent, and that was the
dinner! Glorious dinner.
Please God. the quaItette still survive
to tell the tale, which they do when
ever fhev meet and can get an audi
encc. Eustis is in Paris, ambassador.
The same cool, self-possessed man in di-
bIomacv he used TO lee under fire; able.
brave and lazy. HaTris-touching the
eighties-is the dashing. brilliant. inn
1etuous boy he was % years ago-and,
silver or gold. or neither. look to-
ward him as I write. Yeatman, obtru
sive only in his courage on the battle
field. lives the life OF cultivated leisure
and unambitious rusticity which de-
lighted him most when he was both
younger and richer than he is, though
he still has his ancestral acres.
Tint WIS n dinner.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

cyenst with = broken Leg Wins .
Race.

Race
A fatal cycling accident happened re-
Gently at Maison LafIitte. Two young
Fnglishmen. F. Morris, the steepiechase
hockey. and F. Davis, first stableman in
the employ Of L. Robert, the trainer,
had arranged a bicycle match Of six
kilometers from the Maison Iafitte rail-
way bridge to the Croix de NoaiAes and
back. They had almost completed the
race when Morris. who was little
ahead. looked back to see how far Davis
was behind, and in doing so hd lett his
machine run against the curbstoHe- The
unfortunate rider came to the ground
and broke his leg below the knee. Nor
ris, who was following close behind,
could not avoid his fallen opponent and
was thrown heavily to the ground,
where ne remained insensible.
Designating both his own broken leg
and his friend lying modonless on the
ground. Morris, in his anxiety to win
the race. mounted his bicycle and soon
reached the winning post, with one foot
on the pedal, the other hanging useless
on the opposite side. Davis was then
carried home. but he died during the
night.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21

Make quart of calf's foot jelly, flavor
it with orange and keep in a liquid
state; peel four oranges and divide into
small sections. being careful not to
break the inner skin; place the oranges
in a fiat dish and sprinkle powdered
sugar over them and set aside for two
hours. Pour about a teaeupful of the
jelly into q plain mold; let set and ar
range upon it a layer Of oranges; pour
over these some jelly; allow it to set;
then some more oranges, and so on till
the mold is quite full. When quite firm
turn out on a dish and surround the
base with a border of whipped cream
and sprinkle the latter with chopped
piAtachios.-Good Housekeeping.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-21
LAsI 81 rAg 90 oAPTAINs.
Capt. Tom feathers. Of mississippi RIVER
Fame.

Fame.
The death Of Capt Tom" Leathers
~Oid Pushtamaha.r as he liked to be
called. after one of his carly friends
a Chocfstw chief-removes the last and
greatest Of the old Mississippi river
steamboat captains and closes the finai
pare in that part Of the history OF
The southwest says Harper's Weekly.
Il was 60 years ago. during the
flush" times OF river boats. that Capt.
Ieathers went into the steamboat busi-
ness-the era of big and fast steamers
and of gay life on the river and the
era. also. Of river gamblers, and races,
wrecks and explosions.
From the very start he was "the big
man" on the river. the builder OF seven
steamboats,. all named Natehez. and
each erander than its predecessor, y
firm believer that the Mississippi river
afforded the best means OF travel and
TRANSFORMATION for the entire Valley,
he stuck to his boat. like "Jim llud-
soc" 10 the very end. Il was brave
fight. but very much like that the
plueky Texas bull put up against the
first locomotive that invaded the state
Can't. feathers ran his boats against
the railroads long after it was foriorn
hope and when it meant a steady loss,
season after season. He gave the rail
roads a great deal Of trouble, fought
every proposition for bridge over
aavigable stream and every other fran
chise asked for by them. and sunk most
Of his money in the struggle.
And so. when he was killed by n
.'scorcher" the other day there were %
carriages Of pall-beacers at the funeral
for every man who had ever been in
the river trade" turned out to honor
him
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Persons wishing to visit the city either TO
pleasure or businr-,) will fl trip by ibis route
very ghfui and pleas sui.as they will get 10 en-
isy the pieasi ant sea breeze, besides having .
.p.cndd view ~ the scenery long the by and
river
Passenger accommodations irst-class,
I.adpas' saloon. genileman's salOcn and private
-iale rooms. New dining room esDeci lily for
iasse . ~
All handsomely furnished aud lighted with
ELECTRIC LiGn.S,
Fare to Philadelphia 81 Round Trip, sl-a1.
Meals IS cents
Fins -ciass accommodations under covert for
HORSES. ard all kinds Of live Stocs
MEALS. IS cents.
ddfe.~ PIN udelphia commune ltinns m care
Giihons. Rexsamer X co. % south FIoH' SIR ct.
Lebanon Navigation Co.,
Oscr- RISlNGSUN DELLA ARR
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a delegation of Indians from the
Grand Ronde reservation make an an
nual outing trip 70 Portland. Ore. every
wear in time to attend the Fourth Of
July celebration, and if possible q
circus. They have tents and come in
wagons. some having two horses ard
some four. The ostensihle purpose Of
thcir visit is 10 sell baskets. These
they make from hazel twigs. heated in
the IRE till they are rendered tough
and pliable.and the bark peeis on easily.
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Good Enough without bibles.

It would be interesting to ascertain
the ideas that prevail in Wales with re-
gard to the religious conditions of the
United States. At a public sale at
Swansea the other day a number of
family Bibles were put up for auction
on the ground that their owner had no
further use for them because they
were emigrating to America"
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HBut, Herbert" she said, "think of
the future. You are poor, and you can
not surround me with the luNuries to
which have been accustomed.
"But your father"
sHe would do nothing for u.s."
docs he play poker2"
mo"
.sFhen I'll teach him. Trust in me,
darling. and have no fear Of the flu
asare.ss-Tsmna 4kftex-
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s67enf-SIIpded.

The story is told Of a famous mathe-
matician that he was frequently guilty
during his couI tship of walking the
greater part Of mile with the young
lady of his choice without speaking.
One evening she took advantage Of his
absent to play him trick.
She slipped her hand from his arm and
hurried home a nearer way. He contin-
ued TO hold his arm in the same position.
walked up the steps of her fathers
house and rang the bell. when, 10 his
establishment. she herself opened the
door He stared in an ineredulous man
ner and exclaimed: "Why, s., how
in the world did you get on that side Of
the door?"
According to the statistics of the
department of agriculture wheat land
in Kansas rents at $40 per acre.
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thxpress Trains.
New YORK week days. , Os Is, 9.'l, ~, 10 =
A. si.,i2y1 2a.3 2S,5 81 80, Ito p, m. sundays
3 Os IS. II 30 a. m, is, 5.s2. 7.s9' il.O p. m
Phiadelphia, Twenty Fourth and Chestnut SIS
week days. Is Ce, IS, 1910, ~, tl'o - ts-3s
~ 3ii02s,tii am 1921, y az 292 00,4 5o5.S2'
$50 80, = lO.el: lies Pm Ky % IN
ttsO. So sas i.55, 5.s2, $50, 7.s9' ss5. 10 no.
i1.Oa p.m
Chester week days Os ~ s, ei9 8. rs . sos /,
; 82,6 So 80 s.25, 1000. lilo. ,. m
Chester. Sundays. 8U5, 780. 30, ii;25
q, m. 12s0. ESQ, IS, 45', 5.s2, $50, . 80 s2o,
'O stan'ic CITY. week days, 15s NJ 1921. 2s9,
D. m Snrday, In a m 70 p IN
Cape May, wees days, = IS an, "s29, p. m
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, 20, z 02. s IS Il RS
A M IL IS. o., 81, g. s.. u, o.. 80 p.nl.
sundays 2i. o. s.4sa.m-, Il 5a' o. s-oi.4 a.
Bas siia r. aud way stations 7O2 a. m. 81 p.
Sswsrk. Del. 20, o. 4s,ti o5 am $50 s.
5.o5. s4sam ig.55. asa I So. .O5, 500. 9i5 p. m
Pittsbure. 6is D m. daily. Sundays, IS p. m.
Oh cinnati and st. Louis, - IS p. m, and 9.l5
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and Chat
tano "a 500 o. m daily 1hr UGh eieepefs
Wa-Lin 70 Memfhls ana New OrieAnr.
Singerly accommodation, o. r. m, 81, %
D. m sundays " m; , 81 " pm
Iandenherg accommodation. week days, w.
10 x q. H.. "a and 50 p. IN. Sundays. ~ % am
4 % :. n.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET. eta
TlON.
For New York. week days, 20 81 am
For Philadelphia, week days, 50, an, ? 20,
p m.
For Laudenberg aud way stations, week days,
20, 10 20 a. m, go, q .. N, Sundays, % A.
m. 20 D. N.
LEAVE PHILADEL1uIA CTWENTY- FOURTH
aNn CHESTNUT STREETSl FOR IL
MINGTON.
DaIIy.s 49, O5.6 257 1c,s 1879 30lC 81, "a 80 a m
u s3 1876, l.50. 2.45, 81, ~, 4 30, Is, 5fi,
500 8 80,7 y. $40, 1910, aud ii.s5p.m.
sunday 3 40, o. SIS, goo. II 30 g. n,
l22i 1856, I.sO. 4.sO, 4.s0 800, rs. $40,
1910, and li.S5 pm,
Telephone 1893
Ra es to estern points lower than via any
nfher line q 81 ULL, tienh Pasa. A C Mt,
w. n. GREENE, General Manager.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
ID Schedule IN effect July 10, 1886,
TEAMS LEAVE DELAWARE avenue DEPOT. W IL
MINGToN, DEL.
EAST BOUND
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Freight received on wharf in Philadelphia on
.aIling dly- uHiil y hpuT before leaving time
Tn. steamer ha= lately been femodel.ed and
greattv .larued VOwulful new buile sind ms
chiueTy put in greatly incre sing ner speed. and
has ben thoroughly averhsn'ed ard made as good
nvr in eve-y Uaricula,-
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Larkin-Your candidacy is not awals-
ening much enthusiasm.
Mullins-My constituents are solid
for me.
Larkin-Yes, frozen solid. - Up-to
Date.
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SCOTS
Emulsion
Of Cod-Ever Oh with
Hypophosphites, can
be taken as easily IN
summer as IN winter.
Unlike the plain oil It
is palatable, and the
h7pophosphitesthat
IN it aid IN digestion
and at the same time
tone up the system.
For sickly, delicate
children, and for those
whose lungs are affec-
ted, It is a mistake to
leave It off IN the sum
mer months. The
dose may be reduced
if necessary.
We recommend the
small size especially
for summer use, and
for children, where a
smaller dose is required.
1t should be kept IN a
cool place after it is
once opened.
For sale at soc. and 500 by all drugslsa
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Willieave Barker. = hours later than LIB inGI
"a ~ leave Mahoas 1 hnur later than Bowers
Beach.
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st. Jones River and Phil
adeIphia.
go AUGUST. go
J.c. purooroagS.csptain.
AUGUST, 1896

LEBANON. pARKgR'S. BOWERS, and n
IONS Del. a. fol we 6urinF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-09
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1900.

Madison Journal: When it
comes to the crucial tests the
strength of governments rest main
ly in their armies and financial
systems. A government cannot
be safe that is in an unsound fnan-
clal condition. 1t is therefore of
the supremest Importance that a
sound financial policy be adopted
in order that the public credit may
be maintained.
The present campaign is there
fore an unusually important one.
There is a crisis in our affairs Of a
magnitude approaching the crisis
OF 1860. The present campaign
is not alone an industrial one, but
IS a stormy and desperate battle
for financial strength and independ-
ence. To secure this our indus
tries must be stimulated and made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-09
THE GOOD MAN ADAn.

The Republicans Of Wood
County ought to feel greatly
obliged to Adam Paulus, Esq. Of
the MarShheld News, for his
timely and unseIfish services in
their behalf. There can be no
doubt but that Adam is striving to
secure harmony in the Republican
ranks. Republican harmony,
means Republican success, in the
county, and that is what Adam
really a0autsI To this end, Adam
will have Republican harmony
even though he shall be compelled
to fight for it. Adam is justly
indignant that a majority of the
Republican central committee
should dare to call a county con-
vention while Chairman Cole was
in ST. Louis. What if they did
consult Cole and ask his co-opera-
ton before he went? He told
them there was no hurry. That
should end tie matter because Cole
is greater than majority! The
three or four other members of
| the committee amount to nothing;
at least not without the endorse
ment Of Adam. They are merely
an "old ring" whatever action they
take is at best low "trickery."
Just what their trickery consists of
lis not plain. 1t does not appear
that any locality or interest is
Wronged or Inconvenience in any
way. No one pretends that any
right of any person, party or fac
ton has been in any manner
infringed upon, or threatened.
But what of all that? 1t was a
base trick" for a majority-who
could easily and rightfully have
controlled the whole matter if Cole