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year 1873, these "Cimarropes (wild
naen) had been terror and a. nuisance
to the EnglishFsettlers. Many laws had
been enacted especially for their repres-
sion. Packs Of hounds. were to be
maintained by every vestry to hunt the
Maroons. as they had already begun to
be called by an English corruption Of
their Spanish name.
Between 1870 and 1873 one Cudjoe
earned lasting fame by the audacity
and cunning with which he led his Ma
rooms in their characteristic methods Of
bushi fighting. The name of Cudjoe has
been preserved to this day in the legend
which makes the hollow trunk Of GER
tain gigantic cotton tree near Spanish
Town Cudjoe's council chamber. AT
last the Government of the island, act
ing for George IL, weary of perpetual
murder and robbery on the one hand
and of laborious repressive operations
on the other, sent two Commissioners in
the Kings name to the free and unsub-
dued, IL defeated, Maroons. These
Commissioners concluded with Cap
tains Cudjoe, Accompong, Johnny, Cuff
fee and Quacco, chiefs of the Maroons.
a treaty, by the terms of which the lat
ter We're to have in perpetuity, free of
taxation, to themselves and their heirs,
certain lands specified In return for
these emoluments and privileges the
Maroons were not only to keep the
peace toward King George H.. his sue
cessors and their lieges, but also were
TO kill, suppress or destroy all rebels
against the British crown in Jamaica
and invaders of that dominion This
was how the Maroon barons swore
fealty in 173S, affixing their marks to
the instrument as intelligently, no
doubt, and as intelligibly as any of
their predecessors did at Runnymede
A FORMER REBELLION.
But If, as some of the recent dis
patches from Jamaica have reported,
the ST. Mary's Maroons boasted to
Governor Hemming that their race had
never broken the treaty of 1873. they
spoke without adequate warrant of his
tory. 1t may be that that particular
settlement or sept have never be-
trayed their ancestral pact, but other
Maroons certainly rebelled in 1895. This
rising was provoked by the seizure, i'm
prisonment and whipping of a, Maroon
in Trelawney Parish who had stolen a
pig, 1t was not the seizure, nor the
imprisonment, nor even the mere whip
ping that the Maroon complained of,
but the shame of being whipped by a
common negro in the presence of COM
mon negro prisoners. Not until several
regiments of British troops had been
disastrously engaged. losing many of
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NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.

The Board of Trustees Of the CITY of
Sacramento hereby invites plans and
specifications for a High School build
ing in said city, and hereby offers as an
inducement for architects submitting
plans and specifications, a premium IN
the sum Of Five Hundred Dollars for
plans and specifications adopted by
Board of Trustees. The total cost of said
building must not exceed sum of Eighty
Thousand Dollars,s said plans to include
heating apparatus for said building. In
event Of construction of building, sum of
Five Hundred Dollars paid as premium
must be accepted as part payment of
commission allowed to architect, Plans
and Specifications must be submitted to
Board Of Trustees not later than meet
ing on Monday, December s. 1898.
M. J. DESMOND. City Clerk.
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COMMERCIAL.
WHEAT rs STEADY-MILLING
PRICES HIGHER.
Barley Market Easier, Sales Being
Made at Lower F4gures-Eair
Demand for Oats.

San Francisco Nov, 29th
During the week the Wheat market has
been on the decline; at the moment it is
steady; the spot market Is quiet. some
holders ask higher prices for milling
Wheat; there were three Wheat cargoes
cleared this week. two being for Eng
land and one for South Africa There
has been a very limited demand for Bar
ley. owing to prevailing high prices; the
ing ing made at lower prices; the speculative
market has ranged lower. There. has
been a fair demand for Oats; prices have
shown no material changes; the supply is
not excessive and the market Is in good
shape; the liberal receipts from the north
were sold to arrive and did not affect the
market Corn has ruled firm, owing to
light supplies and better Eastern mar
During the week Bran has ruled easy
scarce scar % and wanted. Hay has been dull
and uninteresting: owing TO the rain there
was no market to-day; Alfalfa and Oat
grades sS nahs have ysgn had downward tendency y;
arrivals have been light; the weather has
cut no figure in the market at all.
kef ns wet rt today There arg penay
Of Apples, which meet with slow sale;
some fancy are held higher than our
rsss Ggspss are r1ess are 0ui Gara these
sell, even at the low prices ruling. APP
pies and Pears are not as wormy as In
former years. The cold weather has
caused a slow demand for Citrus Fruits.
A. fresh lot OF about $50 cases OF Mexi-
can Lines is due in q few days. A car of
400 barrels of Cape Cod and Jersey Gram
berries arrived to-day. A shipment of
rs, 900. pounds Of Italian Chestnuts Is at
est going on In Dried Fruits: the market
Is quiet and steady.
During the week the butter market de-
some Improvement; stocks are moderate
and the demand II. good. There Il less
demand TOR packed Butter Cheese has
light supply and q good demand Eggs
have Weakened some dealers Edo not
quote oyer % cents for ranch the trade
preference to other grades-
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The JAMAICA MAROONS.
PECULIAR STATUS UNDER AN.
ANCIENT TREATY.
Race OF Mixed Negro and Spanish
dlood-The Hard Tuss1e They
Gave the English.

The Maroons of the island Of Jamaica.
who have been making themselves so
troublesome to the Colonial Govern
nlent Of late, are a strange and re-
Hlarkable people in many ways. In
tne nrst place, ethnologically they are
lne only class or caste extant in whose
veins flows the blood of the aboriginal
race which gave It's name, Xaymaca
NLand Of Streams and Woods') to the
Island. Secondly, they are the only
known descendants of the few negro
&laves-not more than 1,500-whom the
spanish settlers left in the island when
II was seized by the English, under
Penn and yenables, in 1866.
: But this mixed origin, with the prob
Dllity Of a trace of Spanish blood, is
not all that makes the Maroons remark
able. Their history during the last two
hundred and forty years is unlike that
oI any other people in the British West
indies, and their legal status is prob
ably unique In this hemisphere
rms peculiar legal status is just what
has brought about the trouble of the
land under dispute in st. Mary's Par
1sh, on one side and on the other side
q band of Maroons. who, like their
brethren in other Maroon settlements,
are and know themselves to be military
tenants of the British crown in virtue
Of treaty ratified and signed just 160
years ago. The dusky disturbers of
her Britannia majesty's peace may
never have heard of feudal tenure, of
lief, or of Standardization, but in all
essentials their relation to Queen Vic
toria is identical with the relation of
William the Conqueror's barons to that
fstarkman.'
ORIGIN OF THE NAME.
1t came about very simply. From
the time when, on the expulsion Of the
Spaniards in 1865, the Spanish-negro
slaves took to the woods, mixed with
the scattered remnant of the aborigi-
nes, and made the hunting of wild
hogs their chief occupation, until the
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BLUFF THAT FAILED.
So He Did Not Quit the Poker Game
q Big Winner as Expected.

IL was an inspection trip over q rail-
road beyond the Mississippi. and a
large number of the high -saiaried mon
We're aboard. And among them was
one, whose name we will call i'm who
did not get the salary he expected lat
er on, and who in the meantime had q
family to support. When a game of no.
ker was announced he did not want 10
play, but the others insisted. and he
went in for blood.
For a time he lived several years In
an hour, but after awhile the sun be-
gan to shine through the clouds and
things came his way The plav was
pretty stiff and was getting sitter. and
jim trembled in the fear that the tide
might turn again and leave him help
lessly bankrupt. There was only one
thing to do, and that was to quit. But
now! He could not stand the usual
charge OF cold feet" Something bet
ter than that was wanted. The plan
uawned upon him, and, excusing him
self Tor moment, he got a telegraph
blank and hurriedly wrote:
"Confidential. Jones, Blank Junction
Wire me on special at Dashtown that
1t Is absolutely necessary for me to
stop on at your station.-Jim r."
Then he went back to the game and
nursed his pile with consummate pru-
dence, Finally the train reached Dash
town and Jim was nervous in spite OF
himself; but finally he saw the boy
bringing in the message, and when he
came to his side Jim was so immersed
in the game that he pretended not to
see him. At last. with magnificent dis
dain. he said: %. don't bother me.
Read it TO me-
And the boy broke the seal and read:
Your wire to Jones, Blank Station,
asking him to wire You that absolutely
necessary for you to stop at Blank
Junction received, but Jones not in Of
fee. What shall we do?''
And Jim has never played poker since
and he is on another road.-Judge.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

New York, Nov. 29th.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 7S1sc; March, 741ac;
May, tic.
Chicago, Nov 29th.
WHEAT-November. 65Ac; December,
e5Ac; May, Csc; July, 65Ac.
San Francisco Nov 29th.
WHEAT-December, $1.153s; May, N18k
BARLEY-December, $1.28H
CORN-Large Yellow, s1.05Q1 071k
RRAN-$14 50Q15.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING

the Road" relative to driving and pass
ing on public highways. and as obtain
Ing generally among the American peo-
and observed as the law in the City Of
Sacramento. 1T shall be unlawful to drive
any vehicle drawn by an animal or ami
mails, or by electricity, steam or vapor
power, or TO ride any animal upon any
sidewalk in the City of Sacramento. or
on any foot-path in any public park In the
City OF sacramento. d. MCKAY,
President of Board of Trustees.
Passed February 21. 1898.
Approved, February g. 1S9s
VIM LAND MavoT
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California Fruit Sales.

The Earl Fruit Company's sales of Cal
ifornia fruit In the East yesterday re-
suited as follows:
AT New York: Tokay. e5c0s1 40. average
Cornichon, $115Q2. .05, average 81. SO; Mus
cat, 81 04; Ferrera. $1.25Q1, 40. average 81. 80.
At Chicago: Red Emperor, s1.27; Clus-.
peror, H.30.
At Boston: Red Emperor, s124; En-
peror, $1.21. Two cars sold. Weather fine
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 61!4@6Ac; second
10. 17&e.e -.
vEAL-SQShc. for large and s@Shc
per 10 for small
&c per 10.
/. LAMB-sQS1hc per b.
medium, 3AQ31ac for small. 4@41Ic for
large; dressed, 6Q7c per 10.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco No

San Francisco, Nov. 29th.
Morning Session. & b. 36c; Caledonia,
zee; Chollar, 25c; G G ", $780, q & c.
81 15; Union, 22c.
CLOSING Quotations-Alta, l2e: Andes. &C.:
Belcher, 22c; B & B, 22c; bullion, Sc ];
Caledonia, zee: Challenge, 18c; Chollar. 23c /:
c c ". $50; G Imperial, 1c, C Point, 1Se:
G & G. 16c; II & N, $1-35; Julia, 1c; JUS
tice, Tic; Kentuck, Sc; Mexican, 27c: Occi-
tosi. ISc: Savage. iSc: Scorpion. 3c;.s Ne
yada, $1.15; Union. 25c; Utah. l2c: Yellow
Jacket Ice; Standard. H.75
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The Board of Trustees Of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to cause or permit to be carried,
hauled or drawn on any. dray, wagon, or
other vehicle, on any public street of
the City of Sacramento, any animal ban
ner, transparency, frame work, or any
other device, having a tendency to fright
en- horses upon the public streets of said
porting to be used as an advertisement, or
for the purpose of advertising any busi-
ness, amusement, exhibition or place Of
amusement or entertainment, without
first obtaining permit so to do from the
Chief of Police of said Sacramento City
Section O. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person on a dray, wagon or other vehicle,
on the public streets of the City of Sac
ramento, to beat upon a gong or gongs,
any drum or drums or musical instru-
nerts, or make any noise having a ten
dency to frighten horses upon the public
streets of said City of Sacramento with
out first obtaining a permit so to do from
the Chief of Police of said city.
Section 8. Any person violating any OF
the provisions of this ordinance shall
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of
not more than One Hundred Dollars or
ceeding five days, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment
Section T. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed September 20, 1897.
CFIAS. E. LEONARD.
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved September Is, 1897
G. H. HUBBARD. Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO. 4s2.

An Ordinance to Regulate. Control. and
Direct the Movement in the Streets.
Alleys and Lanes of the City of Sac
ramento. of Vehicles, of Certain De-
scriptions, and of Certain Animals,
and Amending Ordinance No. IL.
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The Board of Trustees. OF the City OF
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section !. Section of Ordinance No.
324 of the City of Sacramento passed Oc-
tober 8, 1893, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 2. No awning shall be con-
structed within the limits of the City of
Sacramento without the owner, agent,
company, firm or corporation owning or
being the agent for the premises in front
OF which Ii is proposed to construct an
awning. or the contractor for the con
struction of the said work having first
obtained permit SO to- do from the Chief
Engineer Of the Fire Department of the
said city, who shall first inspect and ap-
prove of or reject the PLAN proposed under
the regulations prescribed and contained
ia. the SPECIFICATIONS. governing the con-
struction of all awnings constructed or
to be constructed in the City of Sacra-
-mento,", and which said Specifications
We're duly. approved and adopted Septem-
Der II, 1893. by the Board of Trustees in
and for the City of Sacramento.
$ Section 8. This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed July 9, 1897
CHAS. E. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees
Approved July 8, 1897.
c. II HUBBARD Mavor
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California Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, Nov 29-California Dried
Fruits steady. Evaporated Apples-Com-
mon, 7Q1Sc; prime wire tray, S68lkc;
choice. 9G9Ac; fancy shc, Prunes. 40
13@17c. Peaches-Unpeeled, 8h@l211c |;
peeled, 18@20c.
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The otter is the fastest swimming
quadruped known. In the water 1t ex-.
hibits an astonishing agility. swim.
ming with speed equal IL not superior
to that of many fishes.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4ss.

IN Ordinance, Amending Section s. of
Ordinance No. 324 entitled: IAN Ordi-
nance Providing for the Removal of
Porches, Balconies and Awnings
Sidewalk, Declaring the Same Unlaw-
full and Providing a Penalty Therefor,
and Prescribing the Mode OF Con-
Projecting Over Sidewalk in the City
Of Sacramento. Passed October s,
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Coronado water. STOCKTON sarsapa-
rilla and iron. champagne cider. ginger
ale. orange cider. J. Memory. agent. :
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ORDINANCE NO. 474.

An Ordinance Relating to Public Streets
In the City Of SACRAMENTO. and Prohib-
Or ini Vehicles With Animals, Banners.
Transparencies, Frame Work, or Any
Other Device, and Prohibiting Also the
Beating, upon Gongs or Ringing OF
Bells, or Playing of Drums, or Mus
teal INSTRUMENTS on Wagons, or Other
Vehicles, in the Public Streets in the
City Of Sacramento.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12
BLOOMSBURY RACE MEET.
Will Include a Match Between Krich
and McMichael.

With the month OF August comes the
race meet of the Bloomsbury wheel
men. This year the 20th of August
they will hold their fourth annual
meet on the grounds of the Columbia
County Agricultural society, and it bids
fair to far excel all previous meets
which have always been standard in
the quality of races and attendance.
The programme with an aggregate of
over $400 in prizes, all being dia-
monds, follows:
/, class race, time 2.45: 2. one half
mile open; 3. trick riding; 4, two-mile
lap race; 8, special race, local; 6. one
mile open; z, match race, Krick and
McMichael; s, trick riding; 9. three
mile handicap.
The match race between Krick and
McMichael, two of the best riders in
the state, is creating widespread in
terest and promises to be the greatest
ever seen in this vicinity. 1t will be a
one-mile race, each contestant Ia
choose his own pacemakers, and one,
at least, and quite likely the other
will use quads as pace. The track
which is a good one with an unobstuct-
ed view, will be put in the hest possi-
ble condition and all expect to zee the
record go to two fiat, or under.
All wheelmen and their friends are
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12
ANTHRACITE STATISTICS,
Reasons Why Demand for Anthra-
cite Has Decreased.

Owing to the cheapness of bitumin-
Gus coal and the growing use of gas
stoves for domestic purposes, accord.
ing to Robert Brownlee, chief of the
bureau of mines, the demand for an
thracite coal is steadily decreasing.
The market reports show that soft
coal may be bought in New York for
the same price that anthracite sells
for at the breaker. The anthracite op-
orators claim they are running their
mines at small profit, owing to the
reduction in prices and the heav,'
freight charges, and many of them
will shut down the next thirty days
until business is better.
The returns to the bureau for the
first six months of the current year
show ninety fatal accidents to have
occurred during that period inside the
mines and seven outside in the btu
minous regions of Pennsylvania. The
number of non-fatal accidents inside
was l44 to seven outside. Eighty-four
of these accidents were due to the care
lessness of the persons injured. Forty
eight of the victims left widows with
a total of nipety-two orphans.
One hundred and fifty-four of the
inside accidents during the same per-
iod in the anthracite regions We're ia
tai and 1856 non-fatal. Fifteen fata
accidents occurred outside the mines
and seventy-four ron-fatal. One
hundred and ninety-two of these acct
dents were due to the carelessness of
the person injured, The victims leave
eighty-two widows and 25i orphans
Mr.. Brownlee is keeping close tab on
the mines of the state, ard is kept
fully posted as to accidents, etc, by the
inspeCtors.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12
PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Board of Control Has Advertised for
Proposals.

Sealed proposals for furnishing a
small part of the immense quantity OF
supplies used in the public schools will
be received at the office of the secre-
tary of the board of control until
Monday. Aug. o. at y. m. The form
al advertisements for the proposals
are issued today.
Bidders will be asked to give prices
on the following for use during 1889
$4,000 pencil pads, so reams of CONNER
cial note paper, $50 of foolscao, 100 of
ls'tcrhead, 20 dozen thermometers, 300
grosa of crayon, so dozen board erasers,
~ gross of pencil erasers, 500 tross OF
eagle rupil pencils or 500 gross Of Dixon
high sciCol pencils 25 gross of Dixon's
cabinet CT eagle mel camille pencils, g.
100 gross tt pens and 20 boxes of elastic
bands.
The quantity of supplies used is
much greater than is indicated above,
but there is now on hand in the supply
rooms enough stationery and similar
supplies to stock good sized store.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12
TO BUILD A sANITARIUM.
One Is to Be Erected on Water Gar
Heights,

On the picturesque Water Gap
Heights, a stones throw from the Gap
house, DR.. William Erwin, of Reading,
has purchased about six acres of land
and intends to build g. sanitarium for
the treatment of the sick 1t Is stated
that work will be commenced imme-
diately. The building will have twen-
ty-five rooms, but will be constructed
so that additions to II may be made
at any time without destroying its
symmetry. 1t will be a modern insti-
tuition, equipped with latest facilities
and thoroughly up-to-date in every
particular.
The contract for the erection of the
building is to be given out very shortly,
and the structure is expected to be
completed and ready for operation by
November next.
The site of the new sanitarium is one
of the most commanding at the Water
Gap, the region of tall mountains. The
view from that point is superb, taking
in the whole Delaware Valley for miles
and the surrounding picturesque coun-
try in other directions for long dis
tances
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

Charles w. Fetherolf an ex-member
of the Tribune staff and now with the
First New York infantry, writes as
follows to the Binghamton Herald
from San Francisco, Aug. IA: 1--WE are
having a fierce time here and are
anxious as can be to leave for Hon.
olulu, or any other old place. Are
wearing overcoats every day and
even then the fog that is always roll
ing in through the Golden Gate goes
through to the skin. They're laying
soldiers away every afternoon and
when we hear the volleys we listen be-
cause we know some poor fellow is
going to his last resting place There
is much speculation among the men
as to the likelihood of an early muster
out for the regiment. AS we are to
do garrison duty without the probab-
ility of any service more exacting, it
is presumed by some that the termin-
alton of the war will not alter our cir
cumstances. On the other hand il is
maintained that by the terms of our
enlistment we are to be discharged as
soon as peace is declared and that the
retention of our regiment, for a duty
suitable for regulars, would be in
ilSliHS unnecessary HdTuSnlDS on the
volunteers, many of whom are jeopar-
dizing their business interests by alb
sence from home, as well as foregoing
the pleasures incidental to the custo-
mary home-life among those most dear.
1t is one of the problems which time
alone will solve.
An idea of what the boys at the front
have to do is indicated in a letter
written from Guanica, Porto Rico, by
Charles +. Dubois, of Hallstead, who
is with the engineer corp. He writes
under date of July 26 Arrived from
Guantanamo, Cuba, Monday morning,
gunboats began shellng the hills
around the entrance of the harbor. We
were the first to land and Immediately
began advance in skirmish line, we
surprised the enemy with a rysh and
captured a number of prisoners All
| the heights commanding approach Ia
| town were taken. l was on guard "a
hours after the fight and immediately
had to go out on the skirmish line "a
more. Had some pretty close calls: it is
not the finest fun in the world to have
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12
IN THE YEAR 1880
Date of Naturalization Papers of q
Contest Witness.

Yesterdays hearing in the Langstaff-
Kelley contest at Carbondale ended
with the first witness. A snarl bobbed
up that was brought before Judge
Archibald for a ruling.
Patrick Kilcur, of Mayfield, was the
witness. He produced naturalization
papers dated 1885, issued out of the
Schuylkill county court, which were
duplicate papers he claimed he received
in 1896 to replace the original certifi-
cate, which got lost.
Attorneys Donovan and Mcdonald,
for the respondent, cross-examined
Kilcur to fix the date of his original
papers, and Mr.. Holgate raised the OBJ
lection that the record of the court
could not be corrected by parol testi-
mony.
A hearing was held in the afternoon
before Judge Archibald, who decided
that Kilcur must get new certificate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-12

1t was a Stroudsburg girl who COM
menced her letter to her lover i'm the
Ninth at Chickamauga in this way:
Il take my pen in hand to let you know
that / am well, that sister, Sallie, has
a baby and l hope these few lines will
find you the same"
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Its Fate Is Sealed,

There" said the poet to his friend the
humorist, II have just finished pro-
duction worthy of Shakespeare.
1.-THE title?" asked the humorist.
The Cat"
You'll not be able to sell that"
"Why not?"
York World.