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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-29
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Friday Morning. ~ Merchants are
iiveuinK up In the street on account
Of New Years. business has been
unusually brisk today.
Poultry prices as yet are unchsns-
ed. but will have 20 80 lover II the
present Influx continues. The live
poultry market ts giu,ted. and dress
ed stock will likely soon be In the
same condition.
The ezg market Is greatly lmprov-
ed.
Hides. pelta and wool are IN good
shape and bring good prices.
Another carload % fine Rediands
oranges arrived in today.
1900 lbs of hallbut came down
on the Ai-Ki
Corrected Dally. following
prices are being offered to the pro-
Queer by the local dealers for deliv-
cry In round lots on the dock or In
the car ut Seattle:
Grain--Oats. $40 coo n 90. barley.
iis sOGt700. wheat chicken feed.
81 %. bran. tif0 90; shorts. tiso0l
1900. rye. SCI %. popcorn. a0O per 100
lbs
taf-ANEet N0uhhf Efff tHtHi tFfeHW
10 20: Eastern Washington timothy.
TIC 00dt7 o.. alfalfa. SO %.
ERRs-strictly fresh ranch. PC.
Buiter-Fresh ranch. 2sd2sc
Poultry--spring chickens. it1f2c.
live turkeys. t2aitcs geese. i0c.
I've stock Choice beef cattle.
cows. 2ihc; steers. &C. good hogs. live.
Sc; hogs. dressed. TIC. calves. dress
"a. large. &c: small. 7c.
HID. Pelts and Wool - Heavy
sound, salted steers. over 60 lbs. PC:
medium sound. per ID. Sc. light
sound. under 50 lbs. &C.. cows. sound,
all weights. &C.. stays. bulls and oxen,
&c: sailed kips. Sc; calves. per IN.
Dc. green hides. siAa7hc; dry hides.
per Ii. 14c: dry cula. one-third less:
summer deer. per 10. isa2se. winter
deer. dry. 1920. papery deer. i0a
isc: dry elks. Zoe. green elk. 4G5c
sheep pelta. 25eafi 20. shearlinRs. 10
a25c; Eastern Washington wool. sQ
l0c; clean wool. ise. dirty or tim
her burned. Loo; tallow. 25kGte. fine
Angora goat skins. each. 75c4si 90.
mountain sheep. each. 25a5Oc. COW
tails. each. 292ho.
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LABOR NOTES.

The business meeting ~ the local
W G l. Z "Wednesday evening. was
a very short one. owing 10 the fact
81 chs being holiday week
The next monthly open meeting
Nlli b. Reid next "Wednesday even
ing Union Labels ard Their unear
ls the subject % discussion.
The Carpenters Unien reported u
new members
Arrangements are progressing ia
voFabty for the PlastsFers' dance. to
BE- given New Years night. for the
beaent % the Carbonate sufferers.
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SCANDAL IN
J xeA LIFE

NEW YORK. Dec zs.-Mrr. Lucy
seribner. widow Of J. Blair scrlbner.
Of the publishing Arm. seas visfbiy
affected when shown Los Angeles
despatch today stating that she had
been named as a correspondent Ia
.he divorce case brought there hy
Mrs. Ida Frazer against her hus-
band. Dr. ]. G. Frazer.
She said The charges Of Nra.
Frazer shock me. shall At once
consult my lawyers and defend my
good name to the last The charges
are wholly untrue and unwsrranted
BIZ any act Of mine"
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NOTICE TO smAnnHoLDERs.

Notice IL hereby given that a ape-
cinl meeting of the stockhoiirrs Of
the Rhodes Mining Company VIII be
held at the office Of the company.
No. 237 Burke building, In the city Of
Seattle. county OF King, state Of
washington, on the card day or Fob
ruary. 1900. AZ O'Clock =. M, for
the purpose Of increasing the capital
stock Of said company 10 Ave hung
dred thousand 050o,00D dollara&o
authorize the raising ~ fupd%or
larger development. and to nct
euch other business ne mny&E be
fore the meeting.
J. 4. Armltoge, T. ~ Olcott
Payne. W. J. Waidrip ~ A, y.
Graham. board Of trustdW
Dated Seattle, Washington, De
Gambler n, 1890.
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HIS CONDITION
STILL SERIOUS

BOSTON. Dee. =. The condition
% Congressman Boutells. who - at
the insane asylum at waysrisy, con.
tinass very serious.
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wash can b. tsusht 60 do better .srstes
Army cavalry trousers. 9. Is a pair
special small sizes. 20 and - waists.
g. %. rubber blankets and poncos.
from ti.ss up. Gen. Miles pattern
Etorm and cloud weather hooded
coat. tao. buffalo fur overcaats.
~ each. overcoats. 81 90 20 g.. can
vas hoods. tic each. chlncilla tead
and neck protectors. eoc each: soft;
black wool SLOUGH hats. zoe each
heavy ali-Nool flannel binunea. 81 q
81 each. heavy aii.wooi flannel over
shirts. s. each. dark navy blue IN
icrrhirtn and drawers. 81 each: can
vas ovsraiis and jumpers. Tsc auii
army sarbinss. cal a.. 80. prospect
ing packs. 81, grub bags. &c. heavy
canvas leEEings. 2se 10 81. army re-
volveTs. Remington patterns. 81 %
each. caniesns. &c each. mosquito
bars. SOC. shelter tents. &c. army
huEies. g.: teo sailors oyeFcnsis. at
-. 1000 aii-woul watch caps. At &c
!. 600 pairs ail-wooi socks. al isc.
100 pairs canvas l~EEinEs. az &c. 90
new regulation white sailor suits. at
81 %. navy drawers. 81 ianyards. asc
all wool sweaters. 81. government
shoes. t17s
w = KIRK 1911 rir., Ave
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Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
For San Francisco

~ For San Francisco
RN&A The company'n elegant
MT<N~N steamships Quce
A41fx Walln Walla and um-
atlila.
Leave SEATTLE Q a. m.
Doe o. TO- 10, 20. %. 30 Jan. 4, ., ~, ~.
q. 20. Feb. 3. and every htth aay
thereafter.
LslR san fTaHrIGS for ftallls 10 an
Dec 2. Z. y, Il. q. "a. Jan. !. 6, u. TO-
n. 20. II. Feb. o. and every hfth dhS
thereafter.
FOR ALASKA
Leave Seattle Q a. n.
Cottage city. Dec. II. 20. Jan. 10. 70.
city Of Topeka. Dec. 6. y. Jan. D.
20.
Al-Kt. Dec. /. is, 81. Jan 10. 30. ana
every nth day thereafter.
For further Information obtain
folder.
The company reserves the right to
change without previous notice.
steamers. sailing dates ana hourr or
sailing. ]. y. 1HOWBlflDuE.
PUGET found supt ocean D"eH'
Seattle
I'D town ticket once. eif First nv-
enue Seattle. Goodall. Perkins a
Co. General agents, san Francisco
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Reed Resting Easily.

NEW YORK. Dee. ss-Actor Ro.
land Heed was resting easily this
morning.
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and Elgln. gSGa0o
Cheese Oebblngl Native wash
inrton. itut6c. Eastern. ilqfi5c.
Egga tiobbingl fresh
ranch. s6d sfc, Eastern. ls1e2c.
Honey white comb. t3dlic.
light amber, iac dark amber. Toe
strained. S9site.
Poultry chickens. live. is8ise.
live turkeys. i5uiGci ducks, he.
geese. ii9lse live weight.
Seattle wheat Market.
wheat tcxporO-No. I club. Toe
blucstem. lac. No / hluestem. biHe
milling No, ! club. 62c.
fruits.
Green Fruit Uohhinsl Hack figa.
sS-lb boxes. t,25al IS. new dates
GAa1c. lemons. s100ut 90. cranher-
rlea, 81 b0uSoo. native erauherrlra.
81 u0g6o0 white cartoon fgz. 10 pkg
box. s5Cafsi 90; cooking apples. i5ca
81 % box. fancy rcd apples 81 ioef
500. fancy spllrenberg. 81 fims 60.
bananas. ts.2s8260. peraimmnns
81 eoat %. japanese oranges u3l
per pkg navrla o. a5Ga75. ceilings.
g. e0ug sts tanEarinea. 81 sba 90
pears, iae pee box. p.neapplrs. 81 2sa
$50. grape fruit. S2s00too
nay Grain Ana feed
Hay UobhinEl Puget sound. per
ton. ts o01iao0. Eastern Washing.
ton timothy tiAoo. mixed. 81 90. al.
faifa. fiaoo
oats Oobhingl Per ton. fsIo0.
Harley steam rolled. go 90. whole.
fls0o.
Carn-whoie. So 60. cracked. $500.
feed meal. per ton. t27oo
Feed wheat SO 90. oil cake meal.
So 90. mlddlings. 81 0ou sa0o. bran.
tideo shorts. tiioo. chopped fed.
ns.oegsi 90. dairy chopped feed. SIC.
Meat Prices
Fresh Meat OohblnFl-Cow beef.
5U7tsc pes 10. steer beef, 5isc per 10,
mutton. wether. 7ise per H. pork
q per ID, veal. large. D. pcF ~. small.
To-.
Provisions OobhlnEi Hams. large.
tgsc. hams, small. i2Ac. breakfast
bacon. : to 10 lbs. isse. dry saltcd
backs she.
Lard OobhinFl-Ksttie rendered
tlrreea. se; white Star. Sc. Coin
special. slse. lard compound. tlerees.
re
Fresh Fish jahhInK1 Perch. 60
s.. hailbut. tausAe. chum salmon.
Sc. founders sgtc. solck. e..
rock cod. sgee; sTnet,. t8se: oysters,
0igfuuia "a as4f4TB usf Harhg q %
per gallon; clans. 81 esdi.7s. lins
cod. sasc. black cod. sHiocs salt
Chinook salmon. 300 10 bbia. tioo
herring. sutc.
Nuts
wainn,.. issnisc; peean~. isuisc
niherin. isc. soft shell almonds. $50
lac. nrasil nuts. ioe. hickory nuts.
t8Te: oocoanntH. ss0sac per dor
Eastern ch~-tnuts. isBlse. pine nuts.
io8tic. black walnuts. sese. Pea.
nuts. sisc,
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SEATTLE.

Paid up Capital. $4,000.
General banking business tranacted.
James u. Hogc, President
Maurice McMicken Vice President
Lester Turner. .Cashler
Il. +. Parkhurst Assistant Cashier
sight and ;elegraphie exchange
payable In all the principal cities OF
the United states and Europe.
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Potatoes 0obblng)--Nativc pota-
toes. fls O0d20 90, Yakima potatoes
$40 00M2i 90. beets. 5On60c per sack
carrot. per sack. 5oc sweet potatoes
50 25Gf275 per 100 lbs; native onlons
al GOAL SIS: fancy California cnull-
flowers, 800 per doz.. lettuce, iOc q
doz. turnlps, SOC per sack. radiah.
ea. tOc; pumpkins. An%c per 10,
squash. &c. horsc-rndiah. &C. celery
s0a4oc q doz. garlic. &c: cabbage, 506i
75o per 100: red peppers. zoe; huska
t5c
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PRUNING
AUTHORIZATIONS WANTED.

SEND 10 cents for months trial
subscription TO Poultry. Fruit and
Garden. 5i2 Hail building, Kansas
CITY.
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SECOND HAND GOODS

A FULL LINE of Heaters. cook
stoves and furniture Of every de-,
scription at f. Chapin's. 9Th d Pike
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Butter Cheese. Egg, and Poultry

Butter - Washington crenmerles.
pound prints, 3OQ22o. Eastern Iowa
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Nut.

wainn,-. isn9isc: psean-. i7uisc
niherin. isc. soft shell almonds. $50
isc. nraril nuts. ice. hickory mute
tgTe. oocosuntH. ss1se per dos
Eastern che-tnuts. iiHlse. pine nuts
io8tic. black walnuts sese. pea
nuts. STAG.
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Seattle whes, Market.

wheat fcxporO No club. toe.
milling No. ! club. 62c.
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GOVERNMENT GOODS

! VI ttustssr seuhtrf sad hsra
n can 10 tssus 1T Co do better ssfs -.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18
why Reed Didn't Go to Lunch.

Every old congressman remembers the
debate on the Mckinley bin, says Amos
Cummings in the Saturday Evening Post.
1t ran for a fortnight. night and day. The
hot weather heated the participants in the
discussion. Among these was the Hon.
Joseph II. Walker of Worcester, Mass.
The heat sent streams of perspiration
down his face, and his shirt collar began
to wilt.
Take off your coat" yelled one of his
friends.
The suggestion was quickly adopted and
he drew off his double breasted frock coat.
continuing his argument in his shirt
sleeves. The House was in committee of
the whole, and the speaker was not pres
ent. On the following day Mr. Reed re-
NAMED in the chair until the hour for
lunch had passed. A friend mounted the
steps and said: II thought you always
went to lunch at clock. You're man
of regular habits. If they become irreg-
ular your health will suffer, and the ma
ton may lose a statesman. What's the
matter with your"
'Wa-al," the speaker replied, 'Tn tell
you. I'm afraid that if 1 leave the chair
some graceless scamp may get up and
take off his trousers. It's a laundering
sight hotter to-day than it was yester-
day"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18

As 1 rested at che top Of a long hill and
opposite a farmhouse, the farmer came
down to the gate 10 give me a goOd-day
says a writer in the Baltimore Herald,
and after a few words about the weather
he broke into a chuckle and said:
Stranger, don't you want to come up
20 the house and have a look at my son.
SAM"
What is the matter with sam?'
asked.
Jest step in and see Nobody won't
hurt YOU
l followed him up the path and around
the house into the kitchen. A young man,
about 20 years cd, sat in a rocking-chair
with bandage over his eyes, and as We
stood before him the old man said 10 him;
Sam, I've brung a stranger in 10 see
your face. Let me take the bandage of" ."
When the bandage was removed l saw
that Sam had pair of eyes which had
been BACKED by a blow and were swollen
shut, and his nose was skinned the whole
length of II. The father replaced the
bandage with a chucke, and as l asked
how the young man had been hurt he
turned and explained:
You see, Sam has growed up until he
thinks he kin wallop his father When
am workin' in the field and a tramp comes
along / ailus try to pick a fight with him.
and if he don't run he is a licked man.
NdllOll
want 10 pick a fuss in the field So he
goes to town and dresses up like a tramp
and when 1 sees him comm along 1 yen
and throws a club He don't run. / yelis
agin and he dares me over the fence He
looks sassy and hefty, but l climbs the
fence and tackles him. That's what he
was after, and he sails in to lick his pop
You expected to git away with your pop
in about three minutes, didn't you,
SAM =
I surely did" replied the son.
You was gon' to thump me till I hol-
Tered wasn't you?"
4 was"
But You didn't know what you was up
agin. You off with your coat and come
for me, cryin' out that you'd knock my
head clean over the fence, but 1 swung
for you and landed on your nose, and
you sorter went to sleep for an hour.
Samuel, tell the stranger about your SEN
sations when l landed on your nose"
II thought I'd been hit by a barn
stammered Samuel.
"A big barn sonny"
Yes a powerful big one"
and you had a sorter dream?"
Yes, 1 dreamed of bein' run over by
cattle"
And when you awoke you was here in
the house, an you couldn't see daylight
nor smell skunks? Samuel. do you want
TO wallop your old pop some more?"
"Noap."
care you acknoledgin in the presence
of God and this yere stranger that you
was fairly lcked?"
Il am"
"Wall. that's about all" said the father
as he turned away You had the big
head and got it busted, and I reckon you II
leave it to me to boss this roost for some
years to come. 1 thank you, stranger,
for your trouble. He's my boy, and he's
a purity good boy but l sorter wanted to
rub 1t in on him SOS he'd remember it
and look up 90 his pop with respect"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18
THE 10 TO IDEA.

few days ago il was stated in specials
from Chicago that ex-Gov. Argeld of Hi
nois had declared that he no longer in
sisted on having the 16 to i idea in the
Democratic national platform for 1900 A
little inquiry disclosed the fact that he
never said anything of the kind Now it
is asserted in specials from Des Moines
that Mr.. Bryan, in his speeches to the
great gathering of Democrats there dur
ing the meeting of the Democratic state
convention, this week, indicated three
lines that he no longer insisted on making
the IS to 1 ratio the measure of party
fealty. He urged Democrats to put aside
all fractional feeling and unite in winning
a great Democratic victory on the issues
of trusts and expansion.
It may be that Mr.. Bryan said some
thing like the foregoing. but the chances
are that those who quoted him didn't
fully understand him, and reported him as
saying something chat he didn't say
If Mr.. Bryan were willing that the Chi
cago platform should be so modified as to
contain no mention of the 16 70 ] idea
when reaffirmed in 1900, he wouldn't hesi-
tate to say so In words that couldn't be
misunderstood, and over his own sigma
ture. He isn't at all backward in giving
his views to the people on public ques-
tons In fact, he talks a great deal for
a candidate for the presidential nomination
of his party.
He couldn't consistently abandon the sill
yer issue 1t might be said that to leave
out of the platform all mention of a ratio
at which gold and silver should be coined
wouldn't be an abandonment of the silver
question. 1t might not be- it is true but
it would so be understood. MIR Bryan
couldn't stand on a platform of that kind
and retain the hold he has on the voters
who make up the Democratic party. If
he should accept the nomination on a plat
form which didn't contain the Is to ra-
ito il would be said at once that he had
abandoned the issue on which the cam
paign of 1896 was fought. No matter what
other issues might he put before the pub
lie, they couldn't drive from the public
mind the belief that MIR. Bryan had aban-
doned silver.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18
ANOTHER PHASE OF THE RACE
PROBLEM.

That phase of the race problem which Is
causing trouble in the vicinity of Green
wood, S. C, is rather uncommon. Negroes
by the score are being whipped by white
caps in order 10 make them leave the coun-
try. 1t is understood that the whi'ecaps
are farmers who rent land from the large
land owners. and who are DESTROYS Of drv-
ing the negroes out of that section Of the
state, because they are willing TO pay
larger rental for land than white farmers.
The land owners very naturally want the
negroes to remain. because they are bet
ter farmers and more thrifty, and, besides,
they pay a higher rent for land. The land
owners are very anxious to nave an end
put to the whitecap outrages. They have
appealed TO the Governor for assistance,
and have even threatened to undertake the
defense of the negroes themselves.
IT is certain that the whitecaps will have
no sympathy in their attacks on the ne
groes. If the negroes are the better farm
ers, and can afford to pay more rent for
the land il is probable that they will get
whatever land there is to be had. There
may be trouble for awhile, and there may
be considerable disorder in the vicinity of
Greenwood, but ultimately the negroes will
win the day. Land owners have no senu-
ment. They want all they can get for
their land, and they will not let white
farmers have it for less than can be OBJ
tanned from negro farmers.
We do not understand Senator TIman's
plan for settling the trouble. In a speech
at Greenwood on Wednesday he is quoted
as saying: 'If you want to uproot this
evil kin the snake go kill the TOlberts, but
don't abuse poor, innocent black wretches.' 80
The Tolberts are the Republican leaders of
the section Of the country in which Green
wood is situated. But what have the Toll
berts to do with the renting of land? Are
they advising the negroes to pay more rent
for land than white farmers are willing to
pay? That is hardly possible. Therefore
it is difficult to understand Senator Till
mans reference to the Tolberts If our
dispatches contain the truth there is no
politics in the matter.
This trouble at Greenwood is but another
phase of the race problem. We have all
ways contended and still contend that
the two races cannot get along together if
they have the same civn and political
rights. They get along well enough in the
North where there are but few negroes,
but if the whites there were crowded by
negroes as they are here in the South, the
race problem would force itself on the pub
lie attention there as persistenuy and as
aggressively as it does here.
The white farmers near Greenwood find
that they can't compete with the negro far
mers unless they live as economically as
the negroes, and that they are not willing
TO do. Hence the movement to drive the
negroes away from the lands which the
white farmers want at their own prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18

The MORNING NEWS is published
every DAY in the year. and is served to
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5000 for one year.
The MORNING NEWS. by mail, six
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three months, 500; six months, S400, one
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The WEEKLY NEWS, Issues a week,
Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year,
s1.OO.
Subscriptions payable IN advance Remit
by postal orders. check or registered let
ter Currency sent by mail at risk Of
senders.
Transient advertisements. other than
special column, local or reading notices,
amusements and cheap or want column, lO
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EASTERN OFFICE % Park Row. New
York city, c. s. Faulkner, Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18

Here is an entirely new story about the
late Col. Ingersol which Is quite as good
ana fully as genuine as the usual run Of
them, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When Ingersoll was.sa young man he
went into a short order restaurant in Pc
oria and called for an egg.
You are an agnostic. ] thlnk2" said the
waiter, who was also a college student in
the winter and had just associated him
self with the restaurant business.
Your habit of thinking has not be-
rayed you this time-I am" replied In
gersoll.
Then you do not have faith in the in
togrity OF this egg2' quoth the walter.
Il have no faith in its iut-egg-rity." re-
piled Bob Il have no faith iu anything.
/ believe only in what see, or In what is
proved 20 me
u have faith in the egg said the stu
dout and he regarded the colonel with sad
eyes My faith tells me that h contains
yolk."
My doubt admits nothing Of the kind.
said the aEnofiie
So the student broke the egg and. 10, %
contained "a chicken,
But tle fact is tle HHn0-tle took au un-
fair advantage of the student.
lie hal eaten a that reaiauTant before
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-18
One Pay Day Too Much.

Talking about five pay days in a month,
as suggested by a poem in the Chicago
Chronicle" said the much-experienced per-
son, some years ago in Omaha I was
one of the struggling owners of a not
oo-sound-fnancially publication, which
was doing the best it could to keep the
sheriff from posting a notice on its front
door
This was in 1888 We paid our print
ers and pressnen and office force on Satur-
days. That is, we paid them, pro rata
what we took in. They had to wait for
the rest and we proprietors got nothing
at all. We subsisted on orders and our
future prospects.
well, you know what tough month
January always is with a newspaper
which is living from hand to mouth-holi-
day advertising is all over, trade is duh
merchants won't even think of talking
about spring contracts-January is awful
We got through heaven knows how, and
then, oh, then, what think you happen
ed?"
Every one looked sympathetic, as the
venerable man bowed his head, choking
his long-pent emotions. Presently he re-
sumed
FEB. / was Saturday So was the Sth
and the 18th and the 22d and the 18th
Leap year. you know. Some one called
attention to the fact that in that miser-
able, little, insignificant month there were
five pay days. All the overdue landla-
dies house renters, grocers and butchers
who had done business with and advanced
credit to our employees besieged them and
us, Five pay days in poor old February!
Why, it was a snap. They wanted piece
of it.
1--WE fought with fate for four Satur-
days, and then threw up our hands I've
never been back beyond the Missouri river
since, and the thought of leap year fairly
nauseates me-"