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For so Cents

Water Set, s pieces. or
] bohemian Cologne Set.
6 Decorated Cake Plates.
. China FRUIT Saucers.
l China Fruit Bowl.
| dozen Good Table Spoons.
/ Fancy Castor.
l Fruit Set. Z pieces.
] Pair Basque Figures.
Fine Decorated Cuspidor.
Fern Dish.
Card Basket.
Decorated Celery Tray.
Decorated Cracker Jar.
Canary Cage.
Good Bread Knife.
Sterling Letter Opener.
Large Fancy Water Pitcher.
Extra Fancy Clh!ld's Tray.
Bisque Doh.
Nice Picture Frame.
Nice Thermometer.
Silver Plated Napkin Ring.
Silver Plated Jewel Case.
Silver Plated Butter Knife.
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Ennis Texas, December II Tito Corst-
cana presbytery, which has N,een in session
here the past three days. closed tna SHIT.
Inc iadith' missionary society octuliea the
hour last night and after an in eresting
programme was rendered. the ladies' sue
HoeIea IN raising about $50 for their good
work. The visiting ministers VIII c,t,,nv
me different pulpits of the ely .t.mclrow
fSunduy) ~"
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Christmas
Presents at
DIENSTAGI
For Is Cents--Either

Glass Cruet Set, 4 pieces, or
6 Glass Goblets.
Glass Pitcher.
Fancy Cuspldors.
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Large Fancy Water Pitcher.
| Large Mustache Cup and Saucer.
. Engraved Wine Glasses.
Large Cake Stand
Decorated China Cake Plate.
Silver Plated Childs Set, pieces.
Dressed Bisque Doll.
Toy Tea Set.
Fine Decorated Shaving Mug.
Fine Powder Box
2 Gilt Fancy Pickle Dishes
Set go Knives.
Dozen Good Tea Spoons.
] Good Nrtcrack.
Decorated China Soap Dish
Decorated China Sugar and Cream.
Sterling Button Hook.
Hand Mirror.
Fancy Pin Cushion.
Fine Plated Pepper Shaker.
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ecedinBs IN the court OF civll appeals to-
day:
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hi, ~, 'pit', ~ w, l''sN harvesting Ma
r'',. r,,'''.is We, ''i'"pnS rom Wlchlta,
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80, ~ w SUI, srur VouIt refused MIS-
,s t,, ,N.s,a'., wv lVNas i'aNWaY 81 Texas
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9,ar,, sl"".Vu anu case sFt Tor jan
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su-NuVe company vs. Shfdrmdn, ttuS &c.
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complete.

Eastman called the councils attention to
the absence of the bond and the fact that
,he Beaumont Electric Railroad company
mad not yet been chartered In response
10 the mayors announcement w. 4 Ma
cuhe' attorney for the company, oXpls ined
mat his company had not becn fu,uisted
form of bond which would b. atceltable
TO the city and promised to have II s,eped
ny satisfactory sureties within forty eiCht
hours after it was placed in Ills Lands.
win reference to the charter. he said there
mad been a misunderstanding viii the
state department. The company was orig
inally organized with a capital of $40, COO
ana as the law required 10 per cent of il
TO be paid up before granting a chart
Mr.. Macune said the stock had been re-
duced to 100000 and the 10 per cent re-
quirement could be met. He also informed
the council that the president of the com
pany had gone North to arrange 'he fran
cal end of the concern and gave assurance
mar work on thd street rai~cad would
pegin In January All members OF tie
company except Mr.. o. H. pepnock and
the attorney have left the city.
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ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Permission for a New Channel 10
West Bay Granted.
TO CONNECT WITH MAIN CHANNEL
Mn Opportunity 10 Inspect the big
Gums Ii 10 He Given--Rcport
ON Texas City.

CThe branch office of The Post In Gal.
weston h, at the fremont hotel where
stems of news, subscriptions ana adycr-
easements wiA be recetved9
Galveston, Texas, December 1.-THE
secretary OF war has granite, tho West End
Dock company Of this city permission TO
sxcavate channel through West bay TO
connection with The main ship channel
IN front OF the properly of the Galveston
Wharf company at fosty-first street.
A copy of the order o. lbe department
was received here this morning by Lieu
tenant 9. S. .,lchc, corps OF engineers, in
charge OF the work here. II is as follows.
This Is 20 certify thar the secretary
of war hereby gives said West End
Dock company permission to excaYatc
an afea In Galveston hay within 1000
feet OF the established harbor lines and
outside thereof, for the purpose VI OBJ
tanning material for filling IN adjacent
flats inside the harbor Zines, ard to
connect said channel with tho deep
water OF Galveston channel IN lfoat
of the property Of Tho Galveston Wharf
company, upon the following toudl-
TONS
Il. That none Of The material 30
excavnted shall be geIeqositel outside
OF the exisllnS harbor lines, and The
for any Jan,,,o tbot nav bn ca'ief1
to adjacent uronert, ~ n rn,,IIt or eoId
escavation
- That no t1ia .balI evor bc
CHARGED for mo rsa NJ ',nv cbcnr,is
formed Lv exrayatiops beretn ncrn,it-
led
g. That the WORE herein permitted
s1,narviginn ,na o,,,,.o,.J ~, 80, n,,
sinocr ofGoer ~ H., iT,iSnd Sia,rs
army il, .na,se Of ,he ,oc,iitv
Witness nv banI ,b's Ifh ,iav r. r.-
cembot 1907 n A. ilrsr
uSo,r,,sr, al WI -
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co-opERArfvE ASSOCIATION.

At a meeting held at the Cooperative
association this morning many new Ideas
were odopiod among them being the es-
tablishment of a bureau OF information
1'1is tx designed for women who want oc-
equations aud those who desire TO engage
thein-teacherr, geamstresses. nurses,
cooks and all women who need work OF
any sort. They will be charged 81 a year
TO have their names In the books.
The circulating library Is 4 special Tea
ture a prominent man In speaking OF 1t
said: THE people OF Galveston are always
eager to accept fake II astonishes me
to find That they don't take advantage OF
something good when they do find It.
Any one can be a member Of the circulate
ing library by paying % cents u month
All tho new magazines, periodical ana
standard hooks are In the library Twenty
two new names were enrolled today
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
Child Fatally Burned.

Celeste, Texas, December lV-iu
ing while the 1S-year-old daus''
Richard Riddles was standins
fire her clothing caught fire ~
1t could be extinguished she u
burned that she is not expec'e1 !.
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\ Teacher Fatally s,,h,.d

Buaalo' Texas, December io.News has
Just reached here from Dewy Prairie. ten
miles west OF this place, hat j VI. Lyon,
the teacher of The public school at that
plate, WAS fatally stabbed by voting man
Yesterday evening, Particulars can rot
be obtained al this writing.
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For rs Cents Either

Fine condiment Set. 4 piec.. /.
Fine Breakfast Set. 1 piece. 4
Fine Punch Bowl.
Fine Biscuit Jar.
FINE Ice Tub.
Pair nice Candle Holdera
Nice Jardeuiere.
Fine China Chocolate POI
Shaving Mirror.
Sugar SITTER.
Large Cake Box. N
II Engraved Water Ttimb,.r.
Engraved Water Pitcher
! Large Toy Tea Set.
Brass Canary Cage.
Cut Glass Vase.
Fine Hand Mirror.
Cut Class Cologne Bott,e
/ Cut Glass Handled Tunbl,,
Large Bowl and Pitcher.
Hand Painted Tea Bell
1 Decorated Tea Pot, Sugar ~
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For $l.OO-Either

i Decorated Vase Lamp, or
Cut Glass Cream Pitcher.
Cut Glass Sugar Bowl.
6 Cut Glass Knife Rests.
Cut Glass Cologne Bottle.
6 Cut Glass Celery Dips.
Set Good Table Spoons.
1 Set Good A. ID. Coffee spcs,
/ Set Good Knives and Forks
l Decorated Cheese Dish,
! Decorated China Celery Tray
] Decorated China Cracker lar
l Decorated China Salad Sci
6 Fine Finger Bowls.
! Large Jardeniere.
] Decorated Water Set.
j Engraved Wine Set.
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Damage. Awarded.

Waco Texas, December 1.-The jury In
the case OF the Michigan stove company
against the Waco Hardware company gave
the plaintin a verdict Of $1,000. Defendant
had INTERVIEWED, asking Tor $1,000 Ilmases
on account OF an attachment rum by plain
tins but the jury held that defendant vas
not entitled to damages.
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AWARDED DAMAGES.

county Judge Ed. P. Gray returned last
night from Houston. where he had been
attending the convention of county Judges
and commissioners, and this morning
the commissioners appointed in the con-
demnation suit filed by the Port Arthur
channel and Dock company against the
Jefferson County Channel and Dock com
pany made 81 report. awarding the defend
ant damages in the sum of 1855 The
sun was for the purpose of CONCERNING A
risnl OF way for the Port Arthur Channel
ana Dock company's proposed channel Tha
q PENDANT company is not satisfied with
Inc award and viii appeal to the courts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Terrell, Texas, December 1.-THE gath.
er'ns OF peeans has this year been aritc
On Industry and s,ill the gathering cor
t'nues The market Is now 4 lit,,c crowd !.
81 Some farmers are making more monex
" pecsns than cotton.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Denton. Texas, December ia. II.
Wells house ON Sand street was burned
tins morning at 3 O'clock loss unknown,
insured for $1,000 in tho Hamburg Of Bre-
mon. Claude Wells was arrested his r.orn-
ing, charged with burning tho lous,, but
VAS released this afternoon on bill.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
THE GRAND JURY.

Ihe present grand jury reached a re sting
place yesterday afternoon and took n re-.
cess until Monday, december 20. This
grand jury has already established the
reputation OF being the most ipGuttIious
in the history of the county. The men-
oers were sworn in and charged on Noyem-
Der - and, with the exception OF ln;rks-
Swing lay thelr session have averaged
seven hours daily. The result OF their
ianors are seventy nine indictments the
largest number ever returned at any one
Term OF court and twenty-five OF these are
lelohles' The misdemeanor indictments
NUMBER ifty and cover nearly all the com
ilou oHehses named in the criminal sint-
utes, gaming and disorderly h)uscs
ne work Of the grand jury mas e.erted
mo surprise To the contrary 1t has done
Just what was expected when /, va.
learned that the Jurors were sucb man a.
George w. Carroll vice president OF the
beaumont Lumber company; " s nav
ldson president OF the First Nl.ioual banL
5u"h - keith, vice president of The r
l., wilson hardware COMPANY; W.
fletchor, president of the Texas Tra,, and
Lumber company; Joe Broussard mnnaper
o. we beaumont Rice aud Cvist Mills;
, Muliam Wless' president of the Reliance
Lumber company; h. c. Hebert. Re hert
burieil, Jack Beaumont John l'i.sgibbons
Nnarles Wakefield and Lovan HAMPSHIRE
az prominent, influential and law-ablding
ciuzens OF the city and county.
THE ELECTRIC STREET RAILROAD
ihe Beaumont Electric Railroad ,nmpanv
has not yet filed $4,000 bond as required
ny action OF the city council when A fifn-
year franchise on the streets Of Beaumont
was granted it. This bond should have
oeen filed within ten days after this fran
nlse was granted The company fled
osha' hut Alderman Dawson, chairman
d the hnance committee. advised .lp,s Ihe
,ureues we're insufficient and it was there
lore not acceptable.
AZ me meeting Tuesday nisnt. Mayor
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Bastrop. Texas, December ll--Max Bas-
si3t, dealer in general mercantile business
at Eeln. iled an assignment today in
the county clerks office, with Curt
Schneider assignee with the following pre-
ferred creditors Heidenheimer, Strass-
burger & Co Of Austin aud w. II. rivers
" Elpin TpNnR.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Corpus Christi, Texas, December y
George Reynolds, Sr. aged q y
well known and wealthy stocklnen !
section, died at his ranch near u.
mis- morning at Z o'clock after y !.
illness and an operation performea
day.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

waco, Texas, necerSe- Lion Black
was convicted and givon two years In the
penitentiary here goiay for the murder OF
Alex FRED two Years ago. Fred was a He
h. a dificulty in his store N'N'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

tNN3Arltl
which is expected to sail TN
Pass December 25. Ted
"A. Thompson, general manssfi
Kansas City, Watkins and Gai u
returned this afternoon from &arl
where he had been on buslness w,z
with the proposed eXtensionsd vi
from Lake Charles to that port
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Wharton, Texas. December II Yestcr-
day Messrs. A. n. Frank 20. ot san
Antonio garnished the trustee OF the
Adams stock OF goods. Mr.. j. Ct. Rorbee,
in the amount of S603S, So.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Wharton, Texas, December H. 'Messrs'
w. +. Schultz & Bro yesterday gold thelr
grocery and furniture business on Gurleson
street to Mrs. D. l.. Ford; consi iciaaon'
S5giT
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THE FlRE RECORD.
Residence and Contents burned

Residence and Contents burned.
WaXahachie. Texas Dccc Der 1.-THE
home Of w Il. Dorr burned last night
Hid carried insurance on the house the
amount of $500 and on the furniture to
that Of $500, Nothing was saved. TIE
family hArely esNaped Min thor, Nvcs.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

cieourne, Texas, December ia.--Msrioa
howk. who lives three niles west of Pleas
ant FONT. was badly hurt yesterday. He
vas throwa from a wagon. striking his
neaa violently, which may result fatally.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Elegant lines of Haviland Dinner Sets and john
Royal Semi Porcelain Dinner Sets exclusive sbans|
decorations. We the only house in the city ofd
Queen Anne Dinner Sets, Special Holiday Sale 100 u1
at $3.50. Make your selection early while the std
complete
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ferrcd; Asa Chapman, burglary OF rost-
office, eighteen mopthgi John buckley
burglary OF a postoffice, eighteen months.
buckley Is the man who WIS shot by the
uillsbcrp officers while arresting him.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
KILLING Al ORANGE.
George Merriam Fatally Shot gl
bert DunIDu,

"e"fSe Merrihm tutaily bhet vi
bert Duninp.4
Grange, Texas, December u. -iea
Merriman was shot and Killed this ~
noon about / o'clock by Absrt Da1
The shooting occurred in Dunlaps
in the southern part of town, parl'
OF the affair are not available, lno0
Is supposed to be a eulm.nation q y
ticulty earlier in the day. Dunlap
In and surrendered to the officers
that he had done the shooting
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
BUSINESS MATTERS.


Cleturne. Texas. December ii.-Walier
oliver. doing grocery business mace
trust deed today for about $1,000, naming
Tom Shaw as trustee.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Louis Smith, So years. cirrhosis OF liver:
philis Perkins. 70 years colored. asthe-
mia.
Annual death rate per 1000 for week.
ais w. c. Fisher, NJ D..
Heath Physician.
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Gainesville, TANas, December A. The
residence OF Con Monegan burned today,
loss about $1,000 fully insured.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Alice. Texas, December H..
Reynolds, aged II, one OF the mos u
nent stocltf&en of this section d's y
home, Ventanes Ranch. this moTn'A'
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Con,ictlon. nt Mn.a

Waco Texas December 1.-THE fol !.
'lowins were convicted IN the United state.
court today; John reralns. sentence de-
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~ Free with every purchase, no matter
the price, nice decorated China Cup
Saucer or Plate.
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CThe branch office of The Post In Gal
weston Is at the fremont hotel where
stems OF news, subscriptions ana adyer-
easements win be reccived)
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-20
Fire Engine Signals.

The experimental use of signals by
the BERLIN fire department for its APP
palstus while OH the way to fire has
been found to work so we'll that the
system has now been definitely accept
ed. 1t consists in the use of an appara-
tus looking much like IL small sema-
phorc. now in use OH the railroads.
Tho appliance is rugged up OIL the
drivers seat. and is visible for quite Il
distance. When the vehicle is to go
straight out the arm of the semapl,ore
is placed straight up; if to go to the
right or left into another street, the
arm of the scmaphore is inclined in
that direction. AS the signals are al
ways set for the next corner, drivers
of other vehicles know at once what
they have to do in order to get out Of
the road of the fire engine or other
appnratus.-Philadclp Record.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-20
Found Health and Wealth.

AS showing the possibilities of IN
tclliSent farming in California, the fol-
lowing from the Santa Cruz Sentinel
is interesting. The piece of ground
six acrcs-is IL little larger than two
San Francisco city blocks: when f.
\. Stocking came to California he was
in search of health and n living, but
Encouragement stared him and his
family in the face. 10 find employ
mcnt seemed impossible. SO he bought
OH the Branciforte Creek six acres of
land. lie put the land out in vcgcta-
bles, berries. and tree fruit. and a
chickcn-yard. With the combination
of thrift, industry. and economy, those
barren six acres of few years ago
now fairly bud, blossom. and ripen.
Last year three hundred and sixty-five
dollars were harvested from II patch of
strawberries OF one-Quarter of an acre
and two rods. Just think of it, We men
who let the pennies slip away. and who
cry hard times! In the winter he con-
fines himself to raising chickens. Ev-
cry inch of ground is utilized. and a
happy, contcntcd family is the re-
suit
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-20
"tsut you are living for sandwichmen

''But you are living for sandwichmen
and matchboys."
Mrs. Newlyn bit her lip.
"Jackw she murmured after pause.
My DEAR
"Pro-promise me you won't"
Il can't. gave my word to Barnes %
His wife twisted her lace-fringed
handkerchief in desperation.
'I-Ill give up the sandwichmen if
YOU WILL" she murmured at length
"4And the matchboys and cabtlrivers?,
''Ye-es.''
'Thcn on that condition."
20, you dear fellow
"And we shall go back to the old
life:"
Yes, o. yes.'
",rhat's right And he bent his head
and kissed her.
"Newlyn." said his friend Barnes as
they sat at lunch the following day,
you're Il genius. The idea was splcn-
did. only I'm afraid you've ruined my
character with your Wife,"
20. Ill make it all right" the young
bnrrister rcioined: "I'll tell her you've
given UP the scheme" And then they
looked at each other and laughed bois-
terously as if at some hidden jokc.-St,
paul'S
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-20
Had No Use for Anthracite.

Edmund Carey. of Benton, is in this
city this week attending court. He
was one of the early residents Of
Willlesl.arre. ard was born Aug. II,
1922, on a farm at the lower end OF
town. now known as Carey avenue,
which has been named after the fam
lily. His father, George Carey, was
one of the settlers who had the hand
ling of the first anthracite coal in Wy
oming valley. He helped open strip
ping in Pittston township. now known
as Plains township, in 1915, and in the
spring of that year loaded raft with
several others and took it down the
SusQuehanna to Harrisburg. where
they sold the raftload of forty tons Of
anthracite for $40. They We're discour-
aged at such remuneration and left
the transportation of coal dormant un-
til 1920, when they took another raft.
load down and failed to find buyer.
They were so discouraged that they
dumped their load of black diamonds
into the Susquehannn at Harrisburg,
and as far as these early pioneer ship
pers We're concerned, the opening up OF
a coal market was endcd.-Wilkesbarrs
Record
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-20
Sound Blindness.

We have all heard often enough of
color blindness. Many people, although
they possess perfect eyesight for read.
ing or seeing long distances. yet can't
for the life OF them distinguish green
and red, and many other pairs of colors
Lately it has been found that some SUI.
fer from an exactly similar affection Of
the hearing powers-that is. an inabil.
ity to distinguish particular shades Of
sound arising from some obscure af.
fection of the ear, yet quite distinct
from deafness. One boy, in doing die
tation, always spelt very" "voght."
He could not distinguish ut all between
the sounds of "very." perry" and
polly" and yet he could hear at as
great a distance as anybody. Another
youngster would spell different" "drif.
ent." He said that was how it sound.
ed. And several others ran the letters
''r," "n' and "l'' together in hopeless
wly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-20
SIX MONTHS FOR AN Aust.
A Sample of Justice as It Was Once
Administered In the West.

A Sample of Justice as It Was Once
Administered In the West.
"Don't question anything you hear
about the administration of justice in
the early days of the West" advised
the man who had dug and prospected
over large part of it in search of u
fortune. i've seen men out there act
ing as magistrates that could neither
read, write nor talk with an approach
to correctness in any language.
II recall one instance up near the
head of Bitter creek. While miner
was down at the saloon one night ell
joying himself after the manner Of
such men. some one stole into his tent
and dug up the bags of dust he had
buried there. Upon discovery of the
theft there was a great hue and cry
raised, u sheriff's posse was called in
and n young fellow from the East, lit
tie better than tenderfoot, was ar
rested for the crime. He didn't look
guilty or act guilty and there was
good deal of sympathy for him among
the boys. Otherwise the regular for
mula of justice might not have been
observed.
''When the trial came on the young
man had a lawyer that lie had sent for
and who made it interesting for tho
prosecution. who relied largely upon
lung power and sledge-hammer blows.
Inside OF two hours it was proved by
evidence that could not be questioned
that the accused had spent the entire
night with II friend at his sllanty three
miles from the camp. Outside of what
the friend swore to a number had seen
the prisoner going out in the evening
and returning in the morning. Even
the prosecution was gracious enough to
admit at last that perfect alibi had
been proved.
"'Thar's no mistake about it, roared
the court, in order to emphasize his in
dignation; 1T has been proved that this
sneakin', slick-tongued hypercrit has
committed a aleibi. sentence him
10 six months hard labor
"And it took half day to get the
sentence annulled."