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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-13

MEETING NOTICES.
e. CROCKETT LODGE NO. 13e, F. a
G~S and A. M.-First degree THIS
CWEpNEsDAY) EVENING at 1880 Xxx
H. FORTRIEDE, Secretary.
|" EXCELSIOR LODGE NO 166, F. n
k~D ana A. M.-Special meeting THIS
(WEDNESDAY) EVENING, Oct 13, at x ~
80 O'Clock. Third degree Sojourning/ w
brethren cordially invited to attend. By orde
OF the Master. THEO. L. SMITH, Secretary.
R@s KNIGHTS OF THE RED BRANCH
&~S Attention: \ most important meet n ID
ing Will be held al your hall THIS (WED-EsN%
NkSDATl EVENING. PRESIDENT, Sp
- NOTICE OF MEETING-THE REG u
G~S lar annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Nevada Bank Of San Francisco will be held at
its banking office, .30l Montgomery street, san
Francisco. Cal, on WEDNESDAY the 18th day
N for the purpose OF electing board of direc-
tors to serve during the ensun year and TOR the
transaction OF such other business as may come
before the meeting.
d. B. DAVIDSON. Secretary.
San Francisco September %. 1897.
re- SAINT LUKE'S HOSPITAL-THE An
H~S nuai meeting of the N EN- bers of the Corpo-
ration OF ST Lukes Hospital will be held at the
CISCO on MONDAY, the 18th instant at $3.50
O'Clock, for the election of five members of the
corporation and any other business which may
come before the meeting
CIV. S. GIBBS, President
WILLIAM DoXEY, Secretary.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE

TUESDAY Oct. l2-2PM
UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid ASsed..I Bid. Asked
E&s COUP .112A U zsreg.., Sll81
4CpeW 1ssueI15
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DOR SALE IN HAYWARDS-A GOOD-PA N
L ing busine ss all cash; require $50 capital; this
will stand Investigation Address K f., box rs.
Hay wards, Cal
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DESTAURANT AT SACRIFICE IF SOLD
LII to-day; make offer; all in running order;
count of departure, 40 second St
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COAL. WOOD AND STABLE BUSINESS FOR
- sale; owner retiring; here II years. 1928
Market st.
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HELP wANrED-Continued.

w ANTE D-A MAN AND WIFE FOR WIN e.
w yard $40 second butler. $50. Apply Miss
PLUNkETT, 424 Sutter st.
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L'OR SALE-ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS OF
i owner an old well-established grocery-store,
with bar, together with 2.story house of rooms
and bath; also large barn, horse. grocery-wagou,
etc. Apply to owner, II. ROSTER, Fourth and
Webster sts., Oakland.
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w WANTED-SITUATION BY MAN AND
w wife; city or country; woman a good cook and
man understands care OF horses ana can be gener-
ally useful Inquire 81 Mary St, OF Mission.
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CANDY-sTORE COMPLETES; MUST SELL
~ Friday; cash $175; sickness. Address box 1,
Oakland.
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S2500 LIVERY STABLE: CENTRAL
sDAOOO. location; old established: clearing
monthly 5000; full value In stock; cash, or ex-
change half for ranch. L OESTERREICHER,
$50 Market st.
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0LD-ESTA BLISHED CANDY FACTORY AND
" retail business for sale; owner will stay with
party until January l, 1898, give him full
knowledge OF business. Apply Call Office
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GES0 FOR SALE - GENERAL BLACK
eDOOO. smith-shOp; in one of the best towns of
Sonoma Co.; stock and tools worth the money:
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GoOO PARTNER WANTED IN FIRST
eDoOO. class restaurant; doing good business;
chance for good man. B. CURRA n, 26S Minna.
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IL states marine corps, United States navy;
able bodied unmarried men, between the ages Of
u and 80 years who citizens OF the United
states or those who have legally declared their
intention to become such; must be of good char
acter and habits and able to speak, read and write
English, and be between s feet inches and feet
In height For further information apply at the
recruiting Office 20 Ellis St. San Francisco, Cal,
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ROOM AND BOARD WANTED

WANTED-BY STEADY, MIDDLE AGET
w gentleman, nice sunny room and breakfast
with strictly private family, where there are n,
young ch1ldren or other iroomers preferred. Ad
dress W. w. box 4, this office
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DARTNER WITH SMALL CAPITAL; MAN
L ufacturing business large returns j. KEEL
LETT, PostOffice, Oakland
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SITUATIONS wANrED-Continued.

iNIhLLlGENT YOUNG GERMAN (2S
years. wishes work driving delivery wagon
val walt at table or anything. Please address q. H
box 2, this office
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GEE E MIL COHN BEFORE DISPOSING OF
~ furniture saloons groce ries, etc goods sold on
commission; low rates. 632 Market Tel Cav AZ
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~ ARDkNER AND FRUIrG ROVER SEEKS
VI emp oyment; 10 years experience in orange
growing. W., box g. Call Office.
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COMPANY.

Assessments Pending.
Following is list Of assessments now pending:
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HELP WANTED-MALE.

E1XPERIENCED SALESMAN FOR FLOWER.
II store, $40: waiter. helps hail, $25: z waiter
boys. S. week; short-o der cook. country S25;
pantryman, S25; Lorter boy, $l5: ironer, Tyler
machine, $50; starcher, $25; washer, $685. 4ranch-
board: 3 lumber-pilers, S26; and wife for
dairy, $40; ranch transfers $50; BurIeigh
drill man, $50. c. r. HANSEN & Co, 1OS Ceafv
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EIRST-CLASS CHA ANCE FOR A FIRST-CLASS
grocer in new market, cor. Grove and Laguna;
opened next Saturday; all fixtures put up by the
corporation. Inquire at the market of CHRIS
MERCHANT, or 706 Ivy ave.
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SALOoN; 5251a SANSOME ST, NEAR POST
~ office; sickness cause of selling.
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DOR SALE BA kerry AND DAIRY PRO
Il duce with or without route. 9 Guerrero ST.
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@cn A GREAT BARGAIN: 56 NICKEL
tDOO. slot machines; worth $780, must be sold
to-day; best speculation to mas e money; they are
easy sellers. Apply WILKE, 7s3 Market St.
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GO00 GROCERY AND BAR; ROOMS
246 Eleventh st '
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HELP wANTED-FEMALE.

: . RESTAURANT MATTRESSES, s5 WEEK;
W mattresses, $40 and room; 6 mattresses, SIS
and room; Mattresses for San Jose, CAL; 3 wait.
resses, $4 a week. MARTIN & CO., TAO Market.
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WA Ant E - POSITION AS TEAMSTER
w with some city firm; frst-ciass reference
Address A ", box 124, Call Office.
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BOARD SALES,

Following were the sales in the San Francisco
Stock Board yesterday:
The herald., 1897-08-29
GROUP OF TYPICAL INDIAN SOLDIERS

event of All uprising, what of the native
troops will remain faithful to the Brit
ish cause? Those who claim to know
say that the troops that are in the terri
tory governed by the Mem of Hyder
bad, 900 in number, will probably act
with the British. Eight thousand of the
troops mentioned are under British Of
ficers. The Mem has always been
friend of the British, as have his ances
tors. He is now surrounded by the very
officers whose pictures are shown in an
accompanying illustration.
The Indian contingent, as it is called,
is composed of exceedingly well-d drilled
men. With some Of these men military
service is hereditary. The rank and file
come of the best fighting stock in the
east. the soldiers being made up of
Sikhs, Dogras and Pathans. Those that
have had to face them during the Brit
nah have had good cause to know their
capabilities in this respect. The cham
pion shooting team of the TwentysiXth
Punjab regiment of Bengal infantry,
shown in one of the accompanying illus
trations, is fairly representative of the
sodiery of the Indian contingent.
Whether it is war or not, British pow
er in India lies trembling in the balance.
Only the exercise of the greatest sagac-
ty and the most rigorous discipline can
save this country from plunging into
war that will certainly be one of the
most sanguinary of the century.
The herald., 1897-08-29

Black Mountain, Indus, Kohistan and
khyder districts and among the Afridis
and Orakzarais. While the Mullahs'
emissaries did their very best, they were
aided much by the agents of the ameer
of Afghanistan.
Today arrests are being made on all
sides. Never before, since the day the
French government inaugurated it's
lettre de cachet have such high-handed
measures been in vogue. Native digni-
taries are seized at night without the
slightest warning and hurried away to
places, where no one knows, except Brit
ish officials. Time and again it has been
reported that these men were murdered,
so sudden has been their disappearance,
and yet the British government is try
ing to make these same natives believe
that it is their guide, philosopher and
friend.
That the British appreciate the terri
The herald., 1897-08-29

ment of kites for scientific purposes and
| especially the study of aerial navigation,
are the subjects of constant discussion
in the rooms of this queer club The
club is costly housed in a modest little
building at the far end of Boylston
street, and the chief ornaments of its
rooms are naturally kite and flying ma
chine models and portraits of such stu
dents of aerial matters as the late Prof
Lillienthal, Prof. John Eddy Prof. Max
i'm and DR.. Wolfert. A valuable library
of volumes dealing with problems inter
esting to the members of the Kite club
shares the affections of the latter with
a perfect model in miniature of Andree's
famous balloon ship, now on its way to
the heart of the Arctic circle. No club
with a purpose similar to that of the
Kite club is in existence outside of the
Hub city.
The Old Curiosity club of New York
is, or, rather, was, an organization of
art enthusiasts. with no unwholesome
motive, but with strange fatality that
places it in the fore rank of the freak
clubs of America. Of.the original eleven
members, eight have died suddenly
within the last two years.
The Fat Mems club of Milwaukee has
twenty-four members, with an average
weight of 250 pounds per member, MAX
ing a total human weight of 5000 pounds
when the club is in full session. The
Kelley Cure club is a product of Phla-
delphla. Every member is an ex-drunk-
ard. At regular monthly dinner given
by the club the beverages served at table
are strictly of medicinal nature.
Everyone has heard Of the Million
aires club, which in reality is named
the Metropolitan club of New York, ev-
cry member of which can draw his check
for a cool million of dollars and not "go
broke" after such an unusual act
There are other eccentric clubs, like
the Gridiron of Washington, the Lam
thorn, Trolley, Summing and Uncut
Leaves clubs of New York and the
Mountebanks' club of Baltimore. Amer
lea is truly land Of clubs, and the nu-
merous grotesque and exaggerated or
ganizations such as have been enumer-
ated add not little to the picturesque
feature of our social structure.-Wash-
ington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-08-29

tive is no better than dog, and in In
dia nothing more degrading can be said
of a man than that. The natives say the
British have violated their most sacred
rights. No resident of England itself
believes more firmly that every mans
house is his castle than doSs the Hindoo.
In fact, the latter is almost o mono
maniac on the subject, and no one can
offer worse insult than to force his
way unbldden into a natives home.
1t was this sentiment and nothing else
which caused the tragedy at Poonah.
The plague ragged with virulence and II
was borne to the ears OF the government
health officers that the natives, resenting
the regulations and restrictions of the
Poonah board of health, not only hid
cases of the plague from them, but con-
cealed the pestiferous dead in their own
homes. in order that their bodies might
not be degraded by the touch of the in
The herald., 1897-08-29
ALL SORTS OF CLUBS
How Various Persons in Various
Cities Exploit Their Fads

There are $50 clubs in the United
States. Nearly 100 of these are of the &C.
centric order, and they represent the
strangest fantasies that the human
mind could possibly conjure up for IT'S
social entertainment.
The Cat club of Chicago stands alone.
in clubdom. 1t is an association of we'll
known society women of the windy city
and their favorite cats. Club quarters
have been regularly engaged, and cush-
ions of the softest down are provided for
the comfort of the fair members pets.
At the weekly meetings of the Cat club
the relative merits and behavior of each
tabby and grimalkin are descanted upon
while tea is served to the ladies and milk
is set for the cats. Invitations to call
from one cat (presented, of course, by
its mistress) to another are exchanged,
and as much formality is observed in
introducing a new feline to the assem-
bled cats and clubwomen as at an i'm
portant social function. Small fortunes.
in the way of silver collars, engraved
bells, perfumed baths and the like, arc
expended upon the restless, caterwaul-
ing company, and the fee of admission to
club membership has been placed at a
pIOHluItINe inquire u prevent LNOSe VINO
are not in the social swim" from partic-
ipating in the clubs unique pleasures.
Another aristocratic eccentr club is
the Kat Bote Klub of Newport, r. l.
There are forty-nine members of this
unique organization. Every member is
an officer. While the ostensible purpose
of the club is the furtherance of the royal
sport of yachting, very few of the MEM
bers know anything about boats and
things nautical. The numerous officers
Of the Kat Bote Kiub are, for the most
part, representative members of New
York's social 400" Among the more
prominent Kat Boters are Royal Phelps
Carroll, Herman Oelrichs, Winthrop AS
tor Chanler, Prescott Lawrence, Louis
Lorillard, Oliver Belmont, John S. Too
ker and Sidney Wollett. New Yorks
commissioner of street cleaning, Colonel
George e. Waring, is also an active men,
ber The official titles of the members
have in nearly each case a humorous
twist. Colonel Waring, for example, is
dubbed white Wings" Peter H. Dur
yea is called BELL Buoy" f. P. Garrett
son is the Powder Monkey" and dignl-
fled Isaac Townsend is the clubs BAL
last" Other designations such as "Sky
Pilot" "Swab," Captain with a Cold
The herald., 1897-08-29
A Bogus Drama AL Fresco

The sensational wild west show given
by some southern cowpunchers for the
edfication of eastern tourists calls to
mind a little trick that was perpetrated
on some other guileless travellers by
couple of Salt Lakers a summer or two
ago. Mortimer Allen and Albert Allen
not brothers, no relation-were on
hunting trip in the wildS of Wyoming.
Their wickiup was in picturesque little
spot near Blacks Fork, where deer and
antelope grazed and where no white man
save an old trapper-had come to mar
the natural beauty or disturb the dumb
inhabitants.
About once week the young men rode
over to Piedmont, the nearest railroad
station, for CRACKERS and cheese" and
mail and anything else that was handy.
One afternoon they had reached q
crossing on the track where the train
slows up on account of the curve. They
heard it coming in the distance and
quickly formed a plan. Riding away
from the track, they awaited the, coming
of the train, and as soon as it was in
sight they began gesticulating wildly,
cursing and shaking their fists at one
another Their garb was very charac-
Blue flannel shirt, a worn sombrero,
overalls, schapps, etc, while al Allen
wore brace of pistols. Their faces were
tanned and carried a scattered weeks
growth of whiskering, and all in all they
looked as tough as campers do. OF course
they attracted attention, and window
room on that side of the car seemed to
be a a premium.
Finally Mort lifted his arm and
brought quirt down across AIS back,
assuming as he did so a terrible express
sion. Bang, bang, went couple of shots.
Mort dropped to the road, the murderer
put spurs to his horse and was soon lost
in a cloud of dust A hundred cries OF
"Help!" Road agent" "Murder!"
came from the car windows while the
engineer stopped the train.
Most of the men jumped off and headed
by the conductor ran toward the pros
trate man. Mort lay on his side and
watched them until they were Within
twenty yards of him, then jumped in the
saddle, and waving his hat he rode
The herald., 1897-08-29
How He Made His Start

"It doesn't seem to me that the young
doctors have the get up and go that had
when started in" declared the old prac-
titioner who had just been requested to
take a chair in the faculty of new col
lege of medicine II started in a little
town without money or friends, and 1
was not long in getting all the business
in my line that was to be done.
"How did I manage? Well, it won't
harm anyone to tell now. First, bought
a horse, saddle and bride on time and
established line of credit with the drug
gist, to whom 1 gave certain percentage
1 made from the customers he sent me-
He had an enterprisng little wife who
went a good deal into society, and it
The herald., 1897-08-29

the stable, act as my own groom, mount
the venerable steed, and go plunging
through the principal streets and out
into the country as though on a cavalry
charge. The druggists wife found a
hve-year-old paper telling of an epidem-
lc OF smallpox in an adjacent town and
quietly got the clipping into circulation.
l vaccinated people for forty eight hours
straight, and then won fame by curing
case Of measles that fortunately broke
out al the time, and leaving no marks.
Between the druggist, his wife, the hosre
and myself things went so we'll that
was very comfortably off and sufficiently
celebrated to get into the city. Young
doctors now seem to lack VIM Detroit
Free Press.
The herald., 1897-08-29

fidel. I suppose the stories of what the
health officers found have been retailed
far and wide. Certainly nothing could
be more horrible than the reality, far
worse than tongue may describe or artist
depict.
Thus, when it is considered that in
taking the action they do and assum-
ing their present position the natives
are as firmly convinced that they are do
ing that which is only right as it is pos
The herald., 1897-08-29

BILE gravity of the situation is apparent.
Throughout the country there is a gen
eral military activity. A concentration
Of troops on the northwestern frontier
shows that the officials are very appre-
hensive of movement by the ameer
Of Afghanistan in aid of the native up
rising. Not before in the history of India
has there been such a concentration of
troops as there is today in the section
referred to. All leaves of absence have
The herald., 1897-08-29

ments of range and power. The eighteen
active members are all enthusiastic per-
formers on the mouth organ. The most
difficult compositions of the masters are
essayed, and concert in which all the
numbers will be played upon the har-
monica is one of the cherished ambitions
of this club.
There is club of kite flyers, with
headquarters in Boston. Anything and
everything which concerns the employ
The herald., 1897-08-29

Deck" "Wee Wee" and Fog Horn" are
borne with as much dignity as such titles
seem to require. AT least $95, 100000 is
represented in this grotesque circle of
make believe sailors, and they are banded
together for the sole purpose of squeez-
ing a drop of humor from even the most
melancholy fact or circumstance
The herald., 1897-08-29

the two places the rawlings of the Mad
Mullah are household words.
The rising Of the Swats. the Peshawur
raid, the Molokand disturbance, and a
cozen other events of a similar nature
indicate only too well that the food
tide Is on. and that no man knows when
the ebb will set. Never since the British
gained supremacy in India have they
been confronted with such a crisis as
exists today.
The herald., 1897-08-29
O1oubAe Er Gngll

been stopped and every man connected
with the British army in India has been
ordered to report for duty, regardless
of what his capacity may be. War is in
the air. You can feel it, just as you can
the wind when it is damp.
The great question that confronts the
queens representatives here is, in the
The herald., 1897-08-29

wasn't long until she had me one or more
patients in each of the best families. All
she had to do was to tell this friend that
she looked run down and needed little
toning UP, or that one how her complex
ion would be improved by judicious
treatment of the blood. 1 can say hon
estly that was not party to her specu-
lative methods. but must admit that I
was not better When things looked
particularly blue to me I would rush to
The herald., 1897-08-29

Despite the fact that it is very long
time since Queen Victoria became en-
press of India, the majority of the peo-
pie here consider her of less Importance
than one of their own gods To them her
name is an empty one, always thrown
at them by men in red uniforms or civ
ilians who claim to believe that the ma
The herald., 1897-08-29

sible for men to be, the gravity of the
situation is apparent. That is why the
Mad Mullahs' proclamation summon
ing the natives to rise in holy war has
had so tremendous an effect. The proc
lamation was just the one spark needed
to fire the train, and it was scattered
broadcast throughout the Bajour, Swat.
The herald., 1897-08-29

The Harmonica club Of Cincinnati is
an organization given over to musical
recreations. The Harmonica club
means to develop the crude instrument
for which it is named, and hopes some
day to place it in artistic competition
with the best wind and string instru-
The herald., 1897-08-29
swiftly away toward the setting sum-
Salt Lake Tribune.

In recently patented clutch to throw
wheel into action on shaft or connect
two shafts, a pair of electromagnetic
are attached to levers which force the
jaws to grip the shaft as soon as electric
current is turned on, the wires being
strung on shaft with a metal ring at
the end to connect them to the switch.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-26
Astronomical Dlscoverles.

That the best attainments are not the
result Of chance was eXempliiied in the
discovery Of the planet Neptune, the
fGtieth anniversary of which event was
recently celebrated in France. Tele'
scopes had long swept the sky without
discovering this shy outer planet; but
when astronomers noticed how Uranus
hastened in one part of its orbit and
moved with less rapidiay in another,
they knew there must be an attracting
body that held him in check. Lever
rier, therefore, after minute calcula-
tons, wrote to the astronomer of the
Berlin observatory, requesting him TO
point his telescope TO particular spot
in the sky on an evening indicated, and
said: "You will see q planet which l
have not seen, and which no human eye
has ever seen, but which nevertheless
must be on the spot No one would
venture to call its discovery that night
an act OF chance.-Youth's Companion.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-26
TIRESOME OLD-TlMERS.
Phrases and Expressions You Wish YoI
Might Hear No More.

7 Inrases ana Expressions AOu WISH AOG
Might Hear No More.
Were you born sensitive us to the
effects upon the intellect and nerves of
"chcstnuts?" Then you were born out
of your time. This is the age of"chest-
nuts" observes the New York Herald.
Ardently, but in vain, do you wish
that every rose you see might indeed
be 1.-THE last rose of summer so weary
are YOU of hearing them declare it,.
Make a rcmarl, about q name and they
arc painting to put the question:
"What's in Il name?' with an air of
conscious and original wit. 1t seems
as if to their constitution a suppressed
quotation We're as dangerous as sup
pressed gOut, and We're they to enter
Il darkened room with a companion
without reference to darkness Wis
ible" the quotation might<Strille inward
with fatal effect.
Speak of an object of beauty and they
must throw out Of their system a thing
of beauty is a JOY forever like rash
that it would be dangerous to suppress,
Should you mention any sight or sound
seen or heard little way off they will
trip up your last words by reminding
you that "distance lends cnchantment
TO the view" If they call at your house
but seldom they viii infailibly assert
that their visits are like those of the
angels "few and far betwren;" if they
come often, that they return 10 You
''like a bad penny" Is the practice Of
QuOtatiOn, then, TO be rurhlcSSly sup