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Schoedde Found Guilty.

SANTA CRUZ. Dec. Ism. Schoedde
was found guilty Of mayhem to-day
with a recommendation to mercy. He
will be sentenced December 9th
Schoedde is the veterinary surgeon who
was accused of being c. F. Plyler's ac-
compliee in the mutilation of Charles
Harris. The jury disagreed at
Schoedde's irst trial. They We're only
out one hour to-day before reaching
an acrearaapf
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originate with the Appropriations Com

originate with the Appropriations Com
mittee.
The army bill will be reported 10 the
fun committee in the first week after
the recess, and will go TO the House
probably early the following week. 1t
will carry a large decrease from the
estimates through an increase over the
last years appropriations.
The agricultural bin viii be finished
by the subcommittee the first week
after the recess, and VIII be reported
Immediately.
The naval bill is now pending the
consideration of the subcommittee
The Postotfice bill may be called up
Monday, If the subcommittee is in
town. At any rate, ii Will not be re-
ported until the middle or latter part
of January.
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Dubois Opposed to annexation.

BLACKFOOT Gdaho), Dec. IL
Former Senator Dubois, who is just
back from the Orient, lectured here last
night on Hawaii He took very strong
grounds against annexation. asserting
that Daniel Webster as Secretary of
State and President Tyler III 1912 not
only recognized the independence of
Hawaii, but insisted in the strongest
terms that the United States should
not attempt in any way to control their
Government, and said that this Gov
ernment would resist any attempt Of
any other nation to do SO.
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HARE AND HOUNDS.
Results Of the Coursing Races at
IugIeside Park.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec Is. = The
coursing at Ingleside to-day resulted
as follows:
Mohawk beat Magic; White Chief
beat Victor; Eclipse beat Dashaway;
Tom Hayes beat Duke of Argyle; Sem
mole beat Magnet; Lass O'Gowrie beat
Lady Campbell; Black Prince beat
Commodore Fleetwood beat Duke of
Argyle; Myrtle beat Skyball; Tod
Sloan beat Eva: Susie beat Koo Lawn;
Senorita beat Granuale; Diana beat
Firearm; Sarcastic beat Terrona; Bell
of Moscow beat Sweet Lips; White
Lily beat Mystery; St Lawrence
beat Gazelle; Beau Brummel beat Syl-
vanus; JOY Bells beat Sylvia; Move
On beat Emerald: Snowbird beat Ala
media; Blackette beat Uncle Sam.
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A Brave womau's Sacrifice.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 1S.-A Grand
Forks, n. d, special to the journal"
says it is definitely known that but two
persons. Mr. and Mrs. A c. Howe,
were burned to death in the Hotel
Dakota fire yesterday. Mr.. Howe was
afflicted with rheumatism, and when
friends urged his wife to leave, she
said She would stay with AL
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Goods May be Shipped in Bond.

OTTAWA (Ont). Dec. 1S.-The Gov
ernment has decided to permit Amer
leans TO ship goods into Alaska through
Canadian territory in bond. The same
rule will apply to other parts of the
Dominion where there are no regular
transportation companies to carry the
goods.
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Cramp Denies the Story.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 1S.-Charles
ii. Cramp, the head of the firm Of
William Cramp & Sons, said to-day
that there was absolutely to founda-
ton for the published statement that
the company contemplated constructing
a shipbuilding plant at Seattle.
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EARTHQUAKES in Italy.

ROME, Dec. fS.-Strong earthquake
shocks lasting twelve seconds We're felt
at $50 this morning At Curtma dt
Castillo, province of Perugia, the walls
of houses split, many chimneys fell
bells rang and a panic prevailed among
the inhabitants The shocks were reg
istered by The instruments here and
at Sienna and Valletri. There We're also
slight shocks felt at Bologna to-day.
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Prince Bismarck.

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-A special dis
patch from Hamburg says: Prince Bis
marck, who braced up for the En-
peror's visit, has relapsed into his form
er weakness, dependency and persist
ent insomnia. Mentally and physically
he is rapidly declining.
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ical college, to spend the holidays with

ical college, TO spend the holidays with
his mother.
Mrs. James Colley and Miss Winnie
Mulloy who have been visiting Mrs. c..
E. V. Saunders, have returned TO their
home in Nevada City.
Superior Judge j. w. Hughes left last
night for Missouri, accompanied by his
wife They viii spend the holidays
with relatives there. The Judge goes
duly supplied with passports.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Hall of New York
are at the Golden Eagle.
Mrs. Barrett, wife of -Gener-
al Barrett, is UP from Los Angeles, and
is stopping at the Golden Eagle.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-To- days
statement Of the condition of the treas
ury shows. Available cash balance.
S237, ,654, ,e12; gold reserve, S159. I59, ,211.
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A Miner Killed.

JACKSON, Dec 1S.-John Levaggi,
an Italian miner. was killed to-day by
falling down the shaft of the South
Eureka mine near Sutter Greek.
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PUEBLO (Col) Dec. 1S.-Rev. L. s
Rockies, late of Steelburg, Neb., where
he was pastor of a Methodist Episcopal
Church. ard Mary Johnson We're mar
ried here to-day It is alleged that
they eloped from Steelburg, Neb. where
Mr.. Rockies left his wife aud three chill
dren. The man VIII be prosecuted here
on a criminal charge, and the girl viii
be sent back to her home Mr. Rockies
is 45 years old and Miss Johnson 10.
1t is said that Rockies was tarred and
feathered several years ago at More
land, Kan, on account of alleged inn
moralities.
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Q. W Erlewine. who was recently
elected at Los Angeles Grand Patriarch
of the Encampements OF Odd Fellows
OF California, was given a unique and
enjoyable reception on Tuesday even
ing by the Encampments and Patri-
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De Quincy was but feet 8; st. Fran
els Xavier, 4 feet 6.
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p. f. Hoffman. son and daughter {
Newcastle are visiting the city.
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Walter j. Hennesey is up from San
Francisco, where he is attending q med
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The second anniversary of the local
lodge CT EIks occurs on Tuesday even
Ing next, and win be celebrated by n
theater party at the new Orpheun1.
Two hundred seats have been reserved
in the orchestra for the use Of the
members. their wives. sweethearts and
friends
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Miss Lottie Krebs was the hostess for
the Wednesday Night Whist Club The
rooms We're beautifully decorated for
the occasion. Mrs. DR. Weldon ana Mr..
hunt carried OF the first prizes. and
Miss AIable Crandan and DIR. Todd the
second prizes. After refreshments were
served. dancing was INDUCED in until
wee sfna'' hours
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It vas Gounod and Sgambati day at
the Saturday Club yesterday and the
programme was one of the best of the
season. and was highly appreciated by
al in attendance. 1t was as follows:
Reading. Mrs. Frank Miller; vocal solo.
"Parlate damor'' Faus0, Gounod,
Miss Merkley; piano quartet, waltz and
chorus tFausD, Gounod. Miss oatrnan.
Miss Gwinn, Mrs. Steinmann. Mrs.
Blanchard; vocal solo. Easter Eve.
Gounod Mrs. Frank Bergman; vocal
SOLO. cling Mars" Gounod, Mrs. ]. A.
Moynihan; piano duo, sDanse des
Bacchante." Gounod Mrs. Turreli Mrs.
Neale. vocal solo. Heavenly Light, +"
Gouno1. Mrs. Ida Clinch-Lester; vocal
SOLO, Forever With the Lord" Gounod.
Eugene S. Elkus: piano solo. "Nocturne
op. 20. No. ,. sgamhati. Miss Waite:
vocal solo. Glory to Thee Ny God This
Night" Mrs. Walter Longbottom; pi-
ano quartet, "Passacaille," Gounod.
Mrs. Steinmann, Miss Mott, Miss Rich
ardson. Miss Lewis: director. Mrs. e..
B. Willis.
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Al the residence Of Mrs. H. M. Ia
Eue. ltt'2 II street. the annual keranic
ART reception was held by Miss Hugh
son and pupils on December 9th. 10th
ana iith from 10 q. an. to 10 p. m. The
beautiful works of art exhibited were
admired by many who called during the
DAY and evening. Miss Hughson has
certainly talent Of wonderful order and
deserves great credit for the artistic
work displayed.
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A Minister Elopes With a Girl.

The capital stock is s4,0OO.0O0.
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A Textile school.

The first textile school in New Eng
land, that at Lowell, has been well at
tended thus far, although, to the dis
appointment of the management, nc
women have yet sought admission. The
students are largely young men, fresh
from school, and so per cent. of them
are sons of workingmen. There are 3
few men of college training supposed
to be fitting themselves for positions
awaiting them in mills controlled by
their families. The course at the
school covers three years of two terms
each, with a tuition fee of fifty dol.
lars for each term. Applicants under
fourteen years of age are not consid.
applied. Those who have completed
an ordinary grammar school courss
are admitted without examination. AL
others must pass an entrance examina-
ton in the ordinary English branches
An important branch of the schools
work is the evening instruction. This
is intended principally for those meI
and women who are engaged during
the day in mills and workshops in this
Merrimac valley. The course enables
those who wish it to perfect theil
knowledge of the branches in which
they work, or to acquire knowledge Of
other processes than those in which
they are engaged in the daytime, SC
that in the course OF several winters
they may obtain a thorough technical
education without interfering with
their daily labor.
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Yes said the sprightly old lady,
II remember Edwin Forrest when be
was a mere boy. AS for Charlotte
Cushman, she was like a younger sis
ter to me-"
The young reporter scented a two
column reminiscence for the Sunday
supplement.
Are you visiting in town, ma am p
he asked the venerable dame.
The dear old lady laughed merrily
Visiting in town." she chuckled; !;
that's pretty good Why. I'm the sou,
brette of the 'Fizzhang' company, and
don't you forget to come up and see
my new dance tonight, Charlie
Then pironetting on her left bunch
of toes she cast an arch glance over
her right shoulder blade and playful
" trotted up the street Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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A Joke on 1Ir. 1Iabie.

Mr. Hamilton w. Mabie. the we'll
known editor, spent last summer at a
quiet mountain retreat in the interior
of the State. He WAS accompanied by
Mrs. Mabie and a number of intimate
friends. As soon as the aborigines
found out that Mr.. Mabie was in the
neighborhood they proceeded to over
whelm him with attentions For miles
around and from all directions the
country folk came just for the sake OF
calling upon him; sometimes merely to
catch a glimpse Of him. OF course this
was all highly fiattering to the editor,
but it lad its amusing side as well,
and it was the amusing side that ap-
pealed most strongly to his family
and friends. 1t is always hard to re-
alize that ones own may have a pub
lie as well as private value. One day
an old countrywoman came to pay her
respects to Mr.. Mahle with even more
of adulation than the rest She stayed
a long, long time. and so showered him
with compliments that it was really
quite embarrassing. At last she bade
him an affectionate farewell and pre-
pared to leave. But the end was not
yet AS she descended the piazza she
gave her hero one last look and cried
Now. Mr.. Mabie, do take care of your
self. Remember, all our great men
are dying" To the friends and fam
lily grouped on the piazza it was the
last straw. Poor Mr.. Mabie. For the
rest Of the summer he couldn't stir a
foot from the house without some one
calling after him: Now, Mr.. Mabie,
do take care Of yourself Remember,
all our great men are dyingi" Even
when he tried, as he often did, TO stink
off unobserved, his wife would be sure
to hail him: Hamilton. have you
your oyershoes on? Oh, you must be
more careful of yourselfi Remember,
all our great men are dying. New
York Evening Sun.
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Wade a mistake.

The burglar had entered the house
as quietly as possible, but his shoes
were not padded and they made some
noise.
He had just reached the door of the
bedroom when he heard some one NOV
ing in the bed, as if about to get up,
and he paused.
The sound of woman's voice 'foated
to his ears.
If you don't take off your boots
when you come intos this house" it
said. there's going to- be trouble and
a whole lot of it. Here it's been rain
ing for three hours and you dares4o
tramp over my carpets with your mud
dy boots on. Go down stairs and take
them OF this minute"
He went downstairs without a word,
but he didn't take on his boots. In
stead, he went straight out into the
night again, and the pal who was
waiting for him saw tear glistel in
his eye.
Il can't rob that house" he said
1T remainds me OF home. &C Chicago
Post
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ssThe wayside-,s

A little beyond the Emerson House,
on the left side of the road leading to-
ward Lexington, IS The Wayside,
Hawthorne's home long after he had
occupied the Old Manse, and, indeed,
his final home. TIE main part is old,
says the Chatauquan. but the addi-
tions have given II something Of
modern air.
1t had come into Aleott's hands from
the elder days. and he sold it TO Haw-
thorne in 1852 From time TO time the
owner improved IT. After returning
home from his Liverpool consulate and
his journeys through England and
italy, and dreaming out his Marble
Faun, he set big square room. like
box right on top of the main build
ing. This he called his tower, and
it served him heneeforth as a study
This house was the place in which,
more than anywhere else, he achieved
the largest work Of his latest period
Here he spun out his sweet Tangle-
wood Tales, his delightful pictures OF
English scenery and life which we
read in Our Old Home, and, last, and
saddest of all, -Septimius FELTON,. oy
er whose unfinished pages fell the ma
gician's wand HawthOEne's son-in-
law, George Parsons Lothrop, sold it
in 1888 to Daniel Lothrop. the publish
er of juvenile literature. to whose
widow, the Margaret Sidney Of nc
tion, it now belongs
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The Penny of 1856.

Though the penny of 1856, observ-
ed numismatic, was issued in great
suficiency, the coins soon disappeared
from circulation and are held as rari-
ties. They are seldom offered for sale,
but those which have been offered
brought large price. There are sew
erai theories existing among coin ex-
perts as to the disappearance OF this
penny, being of the older style and
large, but the one most generally ac-
cepted is that the penny was gobbled
up in consequence of runner which
was started on the authority of an em-
ploye of the United States mint where
the pennies were being made This ru-
NOR was that in making the compost
ton of the metals for the coin bar
of gold was melted up by mistake for
a bar of nickel. and that the reason
why the penny disappeared was in con-
sequence of its intrinsic value. The
result of this and other stories about
the 1856 penny is that though there
were just as many coined as there were
of 81, '55 or 81 pennies, one of the '56
pennies will to-day bring nearly 100
times as much as those of the other
years mentioned. Some nunismatists
have even gone so far as to test the
composition. They found no trace Of
gold 1t is one of the many peculiar
things about the scarcity Of some
coins
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sHoRT-LIvEp Fun.
The Rusty RuraIite Was Not SO Green a.
He Looked.

The Rusty Ruralite Was Not SO Green as
He Looked.
ExGov Jackson of Iowa for many
years was the Hawkeye secretary Of
state, and employed in his Office quit
a large clerical force. One afternoon q
rather rusty ruralite wandered in and
Mr.. Jackson Immediately saw in the
newcomer opportunities for fun.
Eiev ye got telephoneg" stammer-
ed the caller.
Certainly" replied Jackson; there
it is On the wall Help yourself to it. -
Then, as the stranger slowly walked UP
to the telephone and began looking i;
over, Jackson passed word among the
clerks to watch the experiment of a jzJ
in trying to use telephone for the
first time
The visitor looked at the instrument
carefully, as if trying to figure out how
to use it. The entire office force was
watching him with unconcealed aInuse-
ment. Finally he tinidly took down
the receiver, looked at it with evident
curiosity, tapped it gently with his
fingers, and then, giving a glance about
the room, blew the dust off the receiv-
er and putting his lips close to it, softly
said Hello
This was too much for the clerks.
The office force burst into roar Of
laughter and Jackson promptly went
to the assistance Of the old man.
Hold on he cried, don't talk into
that. That is the receiver, not the
transmitter. Hang it up again; then
turn the little crank on the right, place
the receiver to your ear and wait till
central answers"
The visitor was looking at Jackson
as curiously as one might regard an es-
capped lunatic. Say he drawled,
what's the matter with you, anyway !?
I'm an expert sent over here by the
Bell Telephone company to find out
what's the matter with this instru-
ment.'
And not clerk dared look up from
his work for the next hour.-Chicago
Times Herald
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-08-26
Mrs. Lease to Lecture In New Jersey.

New York. Aug. 11.--Mrs. Ellen Lease
of Kansas City, announces her inten-
tson of spending the rest of the summer
Iecturing 10 Jersey farmers. Il like the
Atlantic coast cities in summer, she
saws. "and the Jersey farmers are so
nfhusiastic-people after my own
heart. she intends to speak mostly in
the omen air. Her 19-year-oid son
Charles win accompany her and act as
business agent for the trip. Mrs Lease
saws she viii not accept the invitation
Of the Topeka citizens to be queen of
fra harvest festival and wear a $4,000
ieweled crown. Il have no leisure for
such things, she says. "The cause Of
reform takes all my time"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-08-26
wELLINGToNs RUsE
Ky the Use Of a Little Finesse He wona
Battle Against Marshal souIt.

Ky the Use Of a Little Finesse He Won
Battle Against Marshal souIt.
A story Of Wellington that rests up
on the unimpeachabie authority Of Sir
William Napier shows how he Won a
battle by little turn Of strategy that
IS not in the books, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean. It was when he was fight
ing the French in Spain in 1873 Gen,
Picton, commanding English and Span
ish troops. had retreated before the SUI
perior French forces Of Marshal Soult,
stopping at Huerta-
Marshal Soult was pursuing Well
ington, who was with Hills division,
a dozen miles away, he no sooner heard
OF Picton's position than he mounted
and rode to him accompanied only by
Lord Raglan, who was then Lord Fitz-
roy Somerset. Hills division followed
as far as it could, but when Yelling
ton arrived he saw that the battle
would be lost unless time could be
gained for Hill to come up, but Marshal
Soult was as sure to want to fight be-
fore reinforcements had time to arrive
as Wellington was anxious for delay
How to change Soult's mind was the
problem The armies were in the im-
mediate presence OF each other. The
French columns OF attack were form
ed, and only waited the signal to
charge Wellington, through his field
glass, could see Marshal Soult arrange
the onslaught, and knew that he felt
sure Of victory.
But. sure as he was, not victory, but
4 bloody repuIse awaited him Why2
Because Wellington just then took oc-
easion to gallop up in front of the 36th
English regiment and wave his little
glazed cooked hat Such demonstra-
ton was so unusual in the reserved
great English General that it drove the
men wild with delight, and one great
cheer after another arose, and was re-
echoed along all Of Picton's line. Well
ington then ordered an English regi-
nent to the support OF Spanish corps
already smartly engaged and then said
aloud, musingly. not particularly adj
dressing anybody, but in the hearing Of
several officers:
Soult is skillfuI but cautious com
mander; he'll not attack in force till
he has learned the meaning OF those
cheers: this will give time for the Sixth
division to come up. and / shall bear
him"
And it was as Wellington hoped and
said SouIt supposed those thunderous
cheers meant. must mean, reinforce-
nents, and he did not attack till it was
too late, till reinforcements really had
come.
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HUMoRoUsLY INCLINED.

Il hate to bother you, pop; but, rss1-
ly, Ia like to know" We'll, whatg
How it happens that baby fishes don't
get drowned before they've learned to
swim?'
An astute little boy was asked the
other day what was meant my sins
OF omission and he responded, with
out any pause or hesitation, the sins
we have forgotten to commit
Asker Ito Fisher. who is returning
emptyhanded from a fishing trip with
a dog at his eeis)-What do you call
your dog? Fish. z Why, that's fun
ny name for a dog. What made you
give it to him2" Because he won't
bite.
Il wish you would suggest name
for our whist club, she said. Ger
tainly," replied the young man. How
would The Cheerful Takers do?1
Not until then did she realize that he
had been in an adjoining room during
one whole session Of the club
Mrs. Shopper-Do you believe that
any of these mark-downs are genuine2
Mrs Seizem-Some of them are.
know. My son got one of them. What
was it?" "a wife. He married a girs
in combination store. She was twen-
ty-four marked down from thirty
nine"
A clergyman was preaching upon the
Parable Of the Prodigal Son. and
when it came to killing the fatted calf
he endeavored to heighten the inter-
est by the following touch; Not q
calf. but the salf; the old familiar calf
that had been in the family for years
and years
What's this 2g exclaimed Taggers,
as he came to the end of Browns mar
riage announcement; no cards?' Oh,
that'H do very well while the honey
moon lasts; but Brown isn't tie man
who can give up poker indefinitely.
He'll be back to 1T before six weeks
have gone by.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-08-26
Saw 1t ON the EXPRESS wagon.

Mr.. Commutor-It's getting along
pretty near summer now. Harriet. and
there's no reason for you to be culti-
waiting the acquaintance Of the Frosts
any longer. We shan't want their
snow shovel any more.
Mrs CommEtor-But we must have
some neighbors to pass the time of day
with.
Certainly; what's the matter with
the Dales? I noticed that they have
got new lawnmower. l saw it on the
express wagon last night Trans
cript.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-08-26

Tennis has been played in England
more and less for 400 years: it is or
French origin and it was in that coun-
try that it gained its greatest popu-
larity. Charles " was an enthusiastic
player and at one time there were. it
is said over / 800 courts in Paris alone.
In England, Henry VIII was the first
royal patron of the game, it was dur
ing his reign that there existed COW
cred court al Richmond and fourteen
other in London, while the famous one
at Hampton court, which still exists,
though partially rebuilt, was constructs
ed by Henry after 1921. In later times
Charles L. when duke of York, used to-
play Pepys, the diarist, refers to
Charles L playing in court II s.
James street, which was destroyed a.
late as 1866 The civil war did m1eK
to check the game. and the pre- 1f
royal line OF England has done n11c17
toward renewing interest Ia It. Ihi3|
style of the game. however, Is not the7
familiar lawn tennis seen SO muth ~
America. but is played In coyere4
courts. with stone floors generally ax4
galleries for spectators Z
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-08-26
I'VE ALL KNOW THEM!

rhe engine puffs, the whistle blows,
And to and fro the truckman goes.
1t "An aboard.7 the trav' Iers rush,
except the two that ever gush
and kiss and part and kiss and cry,
Above all others roar, "Goodbyer'
''Weli, goodbyei1 "Goodbyevs
"Goodbyei
Well, goodbye"
With cultured pitch or common baWl,
1t church or market, hut or ball.
At feast or funeral still are heard
The pair who speak one more last word
And start and wait and amplify
rheir parting with a Well goodbye!'
well, goodbyey' "Goodbye!'
"Goodbyel'
ss-z-- ''Well, goodbye"
40 Judge.