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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

FL .CH1CAGO-N was 4 weak day in
wheat, July at one time off 12Sc and May
&c. Closing prices showed a cent decline
In both options. 1t was narrow mar
ket and the weakness was due more TO
lack OF support than 10 the news which,
however, favored lower prices. Other
markets were barely steady at slight de-
,cllnes, corn and cats closing nc lower
each and provisions declining .2kGDl5c,
pork being the weakest thing on the list.
For a few moments after the start,
wheat, compared with the weakness IL;
developed Inter, was fairly steady. July
started &c lower to &c higher at from.
S9isc to S9hc and May &c lower at 81 OF.
Letters brokers appeared to have some
supporting orders in July at the start,
and for this reason that month showed
staadincsS until May weakened badly.
Then July followed. Trading In May
was very HIGHT. There were good
many more selling orders Than the limit
ed demand could take care OF, the resul.
being q decline to 81 OF. A reaction to
IL ON followed. then the market broke
again and worse than before. May this
time going to 81 0lN. The continued In
ercaslnS production OF contract wheat
by The mixers apparently affected May,
Forty2three cars of No. l Northern were
reported out OF private houses to-day
and 2s cars from regular sources. Most
OF the routine news favored sellers. The
worlds shipments of;7,OO0.0OO bushels
were looked for next week. liverpool
was from I'd to5sad lower and crop re-
ports from California and India, espec-
tally from the latter country were very!
favorable. The days ciearances from
Atlantic ports were equal TO go. 900 bush
els. s :,
Northwest receipts were light a. 100
cara against 2i2 lnst week and $50 a year
ago. Chicago receipts amounted TO So
cars. The weakness which developed in
May was soon reflected In July. There
was a good deal Of selling out by people
who had been "talllnE" on the Letter
campaign and who had become dIscour-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

NEW YORK-The week In dry goods
trade has been satisfactory in the main,
with a fairly well sustained. business re-
ported at first hands. With ioDbers
there has been a widening OF demand
marking the visits OF buyers to the local
market which has Bothered the general
situation TO no mean degree. There is
still n very fair showing of buyers at
second hand In the market In the pri-
mary market the price tone remains
firm. Cottons are still in steady request.
Print cloths show poor results for the
week. The quotation is still 9 3-l6c for
extras. Printed cottons and wash goods
are still firm, and In fairly active re-
mast 3gslt t.tIllg 4. t aP II Li5g- rs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

some of the old held-over woods left can
be bought on the basis OF 47c. Fine
fleece %ools are held steady. but trade IS
slow. Australian WOODS are firm, but
the demand r,iles quiet. Foreign condl-
tons are strong. Carpet woods are quiet
but steady. ~, 3. 3 n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

o, HIF,aaslTeeis: The market continues
bs,se s ana n general business IS slack, A
soJI. 4 ~ tor medium unwashed fleece
10 GO6 ~" na, oeeh noted OF late, and about
ana ho ii% , one-quarter three-cighths
ion nj. MI olo9dS were. picked UP In nos-.
n" ~ t%a "eeN: The price paid was go
hE5voS' MOI snost OF the wools. the former for
erS ~, aa,nt!nkase lots. Territory wopls
Far q nMs!, but come sales ARE making;
d,snos"ayI'S;e new Wools. holders are not
tc6n y9ea 70 recedc from the basls OF zoe,
tor line medium and fine, and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

* LONDON-Thcre was strong inquiry
during the week in the WOO. trade owing
to short SUPPLIES OF mrinos in the hands
OF English manufacturers. A fair guam
tity was sold above the last rates. A
dlsinclinatlon among holders to sell pre-
vents large business. Cape Of Good
Hope and Natal stock suitable for.
Bradford was In good demand, and
gross breds were somewhat neglected.
There was a strong demand for sheep
skins and a quantity, was sold. The ar
rivals to date for the next series aggre-
gate 22a,23S bales, OF which 5000 were
forwarded direct. The quantity for
warded direct shows a marked decrease
and the amount available, for the series
will probably not exceed 10000 bales.
The imports for the week are as follows:
New South Wales 20.95S bales; Mel
bourne 11,0G3 bales: Queensland 24G3
bales; South Australia 1850 bales; West
Australia 2O9 bales: Cape OF Good Hope
and Natal 3,S7S bales: St. Michaels Sal
wage o.39s bales and elsewhere 1855
bales. The sale Of wool from the steam
ers Cromarty. which was wrecked at st.
Michaels. will be held at: the wool ex-
change March l. The sheep skins sales
will be held March 3.
NEW YORK-Wool quiet; fleece liz
Ge3kc; Texas 1;3sG15isc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

( NEW YoRK--The weekly oank state
ment. shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve. decreased s2,729,l25:
loans, decreased. s5,o36,SoO; specie, In
creased, S2,325.7O0: legal tender de-
creased. s7,4lS,40d; deposits, decreased.
s9.346,2e0; circulation. decreased s5O,4O
The banks now hold So. s59. $50 in sex.
cess of the. requirements OF the IS per
cent rule, $50 W
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28
Metals,

NEW YoRk--Pig Iron steady; south
ern 50 75Qll 2s, I,ortkern $40 5Oa12 co..
Copper strong; lrokers Ike. Lead
dull: brokers SO CO. Tin plates steady
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

Y, S. new Is reg. lefl
do coupon. .l24A
U. s. IS .......... ll1,s
do coupon. .1I2G
do scconds..... ggiE
U. 8. SIS reg. liz
do IS coupou..ll2
Pacific Gs OF '95. .lc3ia
Atch!son ......... 11es [
do PREFERRED. 2Tn
Bal. & Ohio. ls
Can. Pacific. -. So |
Can. Southell... Az
Central Pacific. Il |
/ Ches. C Obi -. 20k
Chi. & Alton. ..162 |.
Chi. Sur. & O.. 53;S
c. C.. c. e st. L. 3JE |
do preferred :. rs
Del. x Hudson 100
Del, Lack. & WHO |
Den. G Rio Co.. u !
do Preferred. 4f&
Erie new So. 14is
do first pre-. =. 33A /
Fort Wayne. ..16S |
Illinois Central. .lCTa |
Lake Erie & w. 1874
do preferred. 70
Lake Shore. ..lal !
Lou. 8: NASH. sly |
Mich: Central. .loG
Mo. cific. 2&
y. ]. Ccntral.... a2
N. Y. Central. .ll2n
Northwestern ..12l 4
do preferred. ..lISis
Northern Pac.. 2l;s |
do preferred. 6i9s /
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

EAST BUFFALO - Cattle about
steady. Hogs, Workers, good to choice,
? l7@4 20; roughs, common TO choice,
SO 65G3 rs: pigs, common TO choice So 90
"a 05. Lambs, choice to extra. IS $50
5 95: culls TO common IS 0045 80: sheep.
choice to selected wethers. "a sS59i 30;
culls TO common, 50 2593 80.
q CINCINNAT1-Hogs active at SO 400
40. Cattle steady at 81 50@4 rs. Sheep
strong at 81 1894 70. Lambs strong at
81 00g5 50.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

y Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Dull; winter patents 81 500
6 90: straights 81 3OG4 60;3 spring specials
IS 45@5 IS; spring patents 81 70@5 10;
straights 44O04 60; bakers 50 6O93 90.
Wheat-No. 2 Spring 9o19lc: No. 3
spring 92Sc; Noe red 81 0l@1 02h.
Corn-No. 2, 2S&c: No. 2 yellow 2SAc.
oass-No. q 25&c; No. 8 white 27S9
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28
: BONDS AND sTocK QUOTATIONS.. !.

lore. R. & Nav. Il
pittsburgh .169
Reading ....!... lSL
Rock Island. -. SSH
lSt. Paul .......,. s2h
do preferred .li5A
lSt. p. &c Omaha. Il
! do preferred. .i5G,.
Southern Pnc... 49,
Texas & Pnc... lO1s
Union Pacihc... 3Git
Wabash ...... -. 81,
| do preferred. l6
jWhcei'g & L. L. 2ss
! do preferred. 9;s
Adams Tx. :. ...il2
American Elk. .l25
~. s. Express. az
Wells Fargo. .ll5
Am. Spirits. ~. ia
| do preferred. ISL
lam. Tohncro ssh
do preferred. .l12,k
Peoples Gas. 9sI1
ICol. +, & IRON. 20K
do preferred. rs
Gen. Electric. u
IIlliHols Steel. 4G
lead ...,.........., 307s
! do preferred. .l03ls
Pacific Mall. p
Pullman Pal. III
Silver Ger. 55ss
Sugar ......... ..1225S
do preferred. .ll0iE
Tenn. Coal & L. 1915
III. s. Leather. Gis
| do preferred. 6l
Western Union. SCI;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28


10 good siis O DC: chickens, fancy large.
100 l0isc. good to choice do efisiic:
common and scnlded do Seiec: turkeys,
fancy. l2fi1se:i choice do 10a1ic:t fair to
GOOD do saloc. ducks, good 70 choice.
So loc. y y y. B. q n - yyiS
i 4 I3ALTIMoRE-Flour inactive and
ports sl.fs9 barrels. Wheat weak, spot
and month ssh ds9c: May s9iiesJic;
steamer No. 2 red "a, Tglike receipts
81, e5Ss bushels. exports 900 buahcls:,
southern wheat by sample pStelti 90 (
do on grade,p5 w q 90, e. 3 Co.r. easy. spot
and month 49,, q sag April SSH Il ,Sfsc;
steamer mixed BY o 20 Gc; reeelpts $780,.
0I6 bushels; exports l63,ieS hushels:i
southern white and yellow corn 33d slc,
irnts.stcndyt NJ. 32,WlIlt T. tSte:h 81 tSGl
$40. No. 2 mixed do q Y. q - j. rost,pty
7I,ssU bushels, exports $500 bishets.I
stock 3SI .s9S bushels, Rye dull and
easy. No . nearby 65iic; No. 2 west.
lern 66ise. receipts ls,bSS bushels, ex.
ports ~ .1jS bushels, lIaY firm for Tho
better; grades. choice |, notify Sls Goa
10, co. Grain freights quiet and I'M.
changed. Butter FIRM and sunchnnsed.,
Eggs qulet., fresh he Cheese steady
and unchanged. Il
.cINCINNAT1-Flours firm, Wheat
nominal; No, 2 red 97,,sc. Corn easier,
No, 2 mixed 3l4c, oatr easier: No. 2
mixed Csc Rye firm No. 3. .J2c. Lard
quiet at 50 W. Bulk meats easy ut
IS IT, Bacon steady at SC 90 Whisky
firm at 81 20. Butter firm. EGGS. weak
at 12c. Cheese steady. m J1ffl
ToLED o-wheat dull and lower; No.
2 cash 97c: May s7Ac. Corn active and
steady; No. ? mixed 30isc. 3 Oats dull
but steady; No. 9 mixed. cash and May
&c. Rye dull No. 3 cash tic. Clover
seed easy: prime cash 50 io5 bid. W.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

Nos2 and daily between Cleveland and,
S Masss,lon. All other trains daily except y
! .TAssensnrs between Wheeling. Martin.
E ,r Hi1eslnlre.nnd bridgeport. take Eieo. \
NJ. q. cARREL, q. PA.
81 Q; R@Woop. II p. A. sNs'aiu, sstss OR y !!
Wheeling. Wv. Va. ~; rs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

q CHIcAGo-There was the usual Sat
urday small supply OF cattle. Most OF
the offerings were OF only medium
grade. Sales In all cases were at yester-i
days range OF prices. The market at
present Is in rather poor condition and
large receipts are not looked for next
week. Receipts OF hogs were light but
there was no Improvement In prices. On
the contrary, light weights and light
mixed declined on an average of.he;
prime assorted light hogs selling ats l95
a. 90. Hogs sold at an extreme range
OF 50 S0G4 or chiefly at SO 95fp4 05 and
pigs went largely at 50 60a3 IS. Most OF
the receipts of sheep and lambs were
consigned direct to local Strengthening
concerns and there were not enough Of
fered for sale to cut any important fig
ure., Sheep sold at 50 DOGS 80 for the
poorest up to "a 5094. 60 for choice .flocks,
not many going under 81 90 and year
ling sheep brought "a COCA as. Lambs
sold at 81 50q5 60 and goats brought
81 0094S60. Receipts: Cattle 800 head;
hogs 5000 head; sheep $500 head.
EAST LIBERTY - Cattle steady;
prime 81 COOS 90: common SO 50@4 90:
bulls. stays and cows 81 0o44 90. Hogs
steady; prime medium 81 20; best York.
ers 81 1904 IL; heavy hogs 81 1904 10:
pigs and light Workers. So 90G4 05; good
roughs 81 1908 Co.; common 10 fair 81 so
@3 20. Sheep steady: choice 81 S094 90;
common So 1904 90; choice lambs s5 10
05, So; common to good 81 7595 10. Veal
calves SC 50GT. 25.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

( NEW YORk-Wool quiet; fleece liz
GeSkc; Texas 1;3sG15isc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28

Cottonseed oil quiet and stendy: prime
crude 201sI2le; prime summer yellow
23@2SLsc: off summer yellow 22Is 923c;
butter oil 2GN2sc. prime winter yellow
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
Great Scott!

All ballet-girl jokes are out of date,
especially those that aim to raise a
laugh on the subject of her age. If she
is as old as are the jokes at her ex-
pense it is only fair to assume that
she has partaken of the fountain of
youth, because her antiquity is well
concealed, even if we do hear her wish
bone snap occasionally when she is in
action.
1t seems strange to say the least that
Paris should laugh over an American
ballet joke, unless ironically, when
the French capital is the home of this
form of optical delight and mystery
After a while all Paris will go frantic
over the mistake of the country woman
who took all her children into store
in the window of which appeared a
card bearing the legion Kids Clean
ed
This joke is not so old as it will be
when it reaches Paris, but it is so old
and feeble that at last advices it
couldn't get a hand in England
and that, to put it mildly, is the badge
Of antiquity.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
Tricks of the Types.

A Writer in Macmillan's Magazine
offers in an article on printers errors
some superb mikes" as blendings OF
alien paragraphs are called. We bor-
row a couple. The first owes it char
acter to an interpolated line from a re-
port of a public meeting:
On the Sd inst, at ELLINGTON, the
wife of J. S. Terry, schoolmaster, of a
son. He spoke indistinctly, but was
understood to say that on the Sd inst,
at Ripon, the wife of Joseph landseer
tailor, of a daughter.
The second occurred in description
of the campaign of Roman Catholic
missionaries in Central Africa:
They are. accustomed to begin their
work by buying heather children ant
educating them The easiest and best
way to prepare them is to first wipe
them with clean towel, then place
them in drippings pans and bake them
until they are tender. After which
cut them in slices and cook for several
hours.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
About Proper Drainage.

In the eight chapters OF the Book OF
Jobe, the elventh verse, we read these
words: "Can the rush grow without
mire or the flag without water?" Any
man of experience knows that they can
not, and that that fact is responsible
for the appearance of these lines even
at so early date as they were written.
Drainage has brought infinitely more
land under cultivation than has the
ak. The ak cleared the hillside and
made it available for the plow, but it
was rough and hard work; the tile
cleared, so to speak, the lowland, the
swamp, the valley, which are easy to
till and fertile beyond comparison.
Much land that was practically worth
out in the sprig .Telinl. .BmjPrldwfhy
less before being tiled is now most
productive and valuable. Much land
that is not naturally wet is slow to dry
out in the spring. Tile it; it will
advance the season at least two weeks,
and often more than that. Land is inn
proved by the admission of air. There
is no better way of admitting it than
by the underdrain. which. wnen it has
carried off all the surplus water, car
ries back to the earth a current of
warm air-ideal treatment for cold,
clammy soils. What shall you use?
Well, the most durable, the Nnost eff
fective and the cheapest material in the
long run is tile. Henry P French, in
his admirable work on Farm Drainage,
says: "The simplest, cheapest and best
form or drain tile is the cylinder or
merely tube, round outside and with
a round bore" Our readers will no.
tice that just such tile is in general
use for such purposes. Measure up
your land that needs tiling and lay the
sufficient amount. In conclusion let
lis say, drain your land; use tile pre-
ferable, but drain anyhow. If you ever
follow this advice you will thank us for
having brought it to your notice.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
Something Like 1t

worried looking stranger stepped
up to crossing policeman yesterday
morning. and said:
viii you kindly direct me to the
Matthew. Mark. Luke and John rail-
way depot?"
"What?"
The stranger repeated his request.
There isn't any such depot in this
town" replied the officer. What are
you givin' me?"
That isn't the name of it, OF
course" rejoined the other, but it's
something like it. My heads all tan
gled up this morning, and can't get
anything right"
A sudden thought struck the police
man.
DO you mean the Big -Four depot p
he asked.
That's It'll" exclaimed the stranger
delightedly. Il was sure I'd know it il
/ heard it again. Where is it?'
The officer started him in the right
direction, then went into brown
study. At the end of half an hour he
emerged from it, and said to himself
in audible voice;
Il wonder if that guy wasn't havin
fun with mel"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Prof. Troop. of the Indiana Expert
ment Station, gives the following di-
rections in recent bulletin: In look
ing for this insect persons will pass it
by unnoticed on account of its very
small size. The female scale is only
about 1-25th of an inch in diameter,
while the male is only about one-half
that size The shape of the female is
nearly circular, while the male is more
elongated. The female is sharply con-
vex or conical in the centre. This last
character will help to distinguish it
from many of the other more COM
mon species Its color is nearly like
the bark on which it is found. Anoth-
er distinguishing character is found in
the reddish discoloration of the bark,
Immediately surrounding the scale. ex-
tending through both the outer and in
ner bark. These characters will en-
able one with an ordinary pocket mag
nifying glass to readily detect the pres
ence of the insect.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
All Were Present.

There had been football game in a
smart Western village. 1t thad termi-
mated without any fatalities, and vic
tors and vanquished had met at the
principal hotel to eat dinner together
n token of restored peace and concord
Are the boys all here, landlord ~
asked the captain of the victorious
eleven, as the proprietor of the hotel
came to him to announce that every
thing was in readiness Have you
counted noses?" yes, sir" replied
the perspiring landlord, i've counted
them. Some of them are good deal
put of shape. but they're all here
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

r. B. Terry, of Ohio, made an inter-
estlng experiment with a potato last
season. This potato he cut into seven
ty-four pieces, each piece having one
sixth of an eye. The pieces werd
planted in seventy-four hills thirty
three inches apart each way. The land
was clover sod, the planting being done
late, after a crop of clover had been
cut. and the crop suffered from lack OF
moisture, but by the time the potatoes
had matured the vines covered the
ground and from an exact square rod
the yielding was over five pecks of large
tubers, at the rate of 200 bushels to
the acre Mr.. Terry does not recon-
mend the use of one sixth of an eye in
planting, but he thinks that one eye to
a hill is sufficient; his experiment
ought to prove this. He says only po-
tatoes of strong vitality would be cap
able of making such yield as his po-
tato made.-Ex.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

"On our city streets one sees many
strange and ofttimes touching sights
as one goes hurrying along in the pur-
suit of business or pleasure said the
thoughtful woman For instance, one
day recently as I stood at a busy corner
where car lines crossed each other ]
heard voice lifted in song. CHANGING
around, the singer, little old wo-
man, clad in simple but very decent
mourning, was seen seated at the foot
of a lamp post near by.
Altogether different in style from
the ordinary corner musician, an air
of reserve and gentility clothed the
singer, who on closer inspection was
found to be blind. And as she turned
the crank of a small music box gently
not in the noisy and rapid manner com
mon to the street musician, the thin
but pure, sweet old soprano voice was
heard chanting the beautiful and com.
forting words of the beautiful psalm
The Lord is My Shepherd
Hundreds were passing, strong Of
limb and keen of sight, and no doubt
great many of the passes by did mo-
catch the words or even see the singer
in her lowly position Few stopped
and yet what history of life-witl
its sorrows and needs, its lights and it.
shadowsi What turn of fortune:
wheel or cruel twist of fate had brough
this genteel little woman to this lowl,
and humble way of earning few pen
nies to exc out living? A certain
beauty of character must be there tt
enable the singer to sing, and above al
20 sing psalms on street corners, even
if the day were bright "-Chicagt
Times-Heraid.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24
Won the Debate.

"Put yourself in my place, young
man. Would you want your only
daughter to marry penniless youth ?'
Put yourself in my place, sir.
Would you want me to remain pen
niless youth when there were rich
mems daughters to marry?"
"You confess then that you marry
my child simply for her fathers
wealth ?"
And you confess that you Withhold
her from me simply because of my
poverty?''
What other reason do / need?"
what other reason could influence
you?"
This talk is quite useless"
"Quite."
I'VE have nothing to gain by it,
Absolutely nothing"
'You take it philosophically"
why shouldn't L? Your daughter
and | were quietly married month
ago"
Great Scott!"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24

Feed cattle by cutting up the shock
ed corn. 1t is economical.
The hog that quietly eats and keeps
on eating is the hog for profit.
Defective eyesight is often cause
that, will it?
One ounce of Scotch snuff to pound
of greese makes a good application for
lice on cattle.
Shorts, corn and oats. with some oil
meal, will keep the fall pig growing
during the winter.
Feeding cattle on large scale can
not possibly be done so economically
as on a small scale.
1t is best to feed cattle only long
enough to get fair profit on them and
then let them 60.
When horses have scratches they
may be cured by washing with soap
suds and applying beef brine.
The habit of biting is almost impos-
sible to cure in a horse. Either get rid
of the animal or muzZle it.
The farmer who only feeds a small
number of cattle has the advantage OF
being able to get the best feeders.
Stopping pigs through the summer
is a good thing. Hogs can be brought
to the fattening or finishing period on
alfalfa alone.
1t is hardly practical to feed an ex-
actly balanced ration. Come as near
to it as possible. under ordinary man
agement, and let it go at that.--West-
ern Plowman..
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-24


The secrecy of the original Dreyfus
4 trial was bad, and the semi-secrecy of
the Esterhazy trial was worse. The
public was permitted to know only of
the evidence that looked black for
Major Esterhazy, but the evidence on
the strength of which he was acquit-
ted and the guilt of Dreyfus practically
reaffirmed, was kept secret. 1t is clear,
however, that the case turns very
largely on a question of handwriting,
and the chances for deception in this
are notoriously great. 1t must be said
that some of the inferences of the
French tribunal on this subject were
Iuncommoniy like the reasoning in the
famous trial in Alice in Wonderland. /"
/ 1t will be remembered that there, too,
letter, containing a set of verses, was
the chief thing.
Are they in the prisoners handwrit-
ling?" asked another of the jurymen
mo, they're not, said the White
Rabbit, "and that's the queerest thing
about it." (The jury all looked puz-
zled.)
'He must have initiated somebody
else's hand. said the King. (The jury
all frightened up again.)
please your Majesty" said the
Knave, Il didn't write it, and they
cant prove I did; there's no name
signed at the end
IF you didn't sign it, said the King,
that only makes the matter worse.
You must have meant some mischief,
or else you'd have signed your name,
like an honest man.
There was a general clapping of
hands at this; it was the first really
clever thing the King had said that
day
THAT proves his guilt" said the
Queen. New York Evening Post.