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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-27
Travellers Guide
BUTTE, ANACONDA & PACIFIC RY.
Union Passenger Station.
TIME TABLE
Union Passenger Station.
TIME TABLE

Trains leave Anaconda for Butte as fol-
No 2. Great Falls and Helena
local. via Great Northern Ry... $40 a m
No 4. Butte Express ............. IL 80 a m
No. 6, Butte Express ............. 800 p m
No. s, Atlantic Express. via
Great Northern Ry. for st. Paul
and all points East and West. 7:20 p m
Trains leave Butte for Anaconda as fol-
lows:
No. l, Anaconda Express ....... 1000 a m
No. 8, Anaconda Express ......... Los p m
No. :. Great Northern Ry., Great
Falls and Helena local .......... 500 . m
No. T. Great Northern Ry., Pa
enc Express ........ ............ O:AO p m
Train No. G connects at Silver Bow
with the Oregon Short Line fo- all points
East, West and South.
Northern Pacific Ry. trains leave Ana
conda follows:
No 1922 Pacific Express for Port
land and all points West........ $50 m
No 104. Atlantic Express. for st.
Paul and all points East ........ Sis p m
Northern Pacific trains arrive at Ana
conda as follows:
No. 101 Pacific Express. from St.
Paul and all points East....... 7:55 m
No. 103 Atlantic Express. from
Portland and all points West. 1905 D m
All trains arrive at and depart from the
Butte, Anaconda e Pacific Union Passen-
ger Station at Anaconda.
Tickets for sale for all points. local and
through. on the Great Northern Railway.
Oregon Short Line Railroad and Northern
Pacific Railway and their connections.
Steamship tickets for sale to all points
in Europe via the above lines.
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Sorry to HIVE Him Leave.

Great Falls, Feb 26.-Phil Hunt, who
has been prescription clerk for the drug
firm of LaPeyre Bros. in this city for
the past 16 years, has resigned his posi-
ton to accept more lucrative one with
Flanagan & Lockwood of Fort Benton.
Mr.. Hunt has always been popular
young man among his associates and
his friends are sorry to have him leave
town, although they are glad of his
promotion. 1t is said that he will prac-
tically become the manager of the Fort
Benton store, as Mr.. Lockwood will de-
vote his attention to the office of county
treasurer, to which he was elected last
fall
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Mcbride to Pat Mullins. an undivided one
third interest in Estelle lode, in Tidal
Wave district; Hattie NJ. Peter to d. B.
Briggs. Mann mill site and mill. with wa
ter rights; NJ. II. Lott to Joshn Cox ct
al. north half of lot II in block 10, town
of Twin Bridges: United States patent to
Henry Filling. Ruby. Standard and Stand
ard No lodes and Ruby and Standard
No. mill Sites William II. Newkirk to
Sarah A. Newkrk, lots l and 2 and east
one-half of northwest one-fourth of sec
ton I, township / south. range west;
also lots and 4 and east half of south
west one-fourth of section T. township l
south, range . west, 297. % acres; John D.
Ardrae to s. d. Pinckney. Surprise lode.
situated near Meadow Creek mining dis
trict; ]. w Mckitrick, administrator of
Alex d. McKitrick. estate, to E. s. Spar
rell, lots y and IS In block So, town of
PONY
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LEWlSTOWN NOTES.

On Monday afternoon the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Cory
was buried in the Lewistown cemetery.
1t is reported that the 10 Cattle COM
pany has sold it's stock to Omaha people
at S33 per head
The young ladies of Lewistown are
discussing the matter of organizing a
ratus and fitting up hall for its use.
The following are among those who
have signified their intention Of joining:
Misses PEBBLES. Kitchen, Supplies. Basa-
ker. Johnson, Mackey, f. Cook, l.. Cook,
Noble, Main, Lindsey, Dawes, Luton,
Jackson, Monroe and Richards.
The Episcopal guild of Lewistown is
an organization which is rapidly grow
ing and is doing much good work. 1t
has membership of over IS and has al
ready raised the nucleus of fund
which, when it shall have grown, will
be used to build church. Friday even
ing the ladies had a very pleasant meet
ing at the residence of Mrs. John c.
Webb.
i. K. Cheadle of Company writes
from Manila that his weight has fallen
from 235 pounds when he left Lewis
town to 1853 pounds at the time of writ
ing. Curiously enough the same letter
warns his friends from believing all of
the stories told about the bad food
given out to the soldiers.
DR.. Garrett l.. Hogan is talking up
the organization of a stock company for
exploiting Porto Rico. The doctor has
Travelled extensively through the island
and believes it to be the nearest to de-
sirable of any of Uncle Sans new pos
sessions. He says the natives are more
tractable than those of Cuba or the
Philippines and besides possessing a.
wonderfully fertile soil the island has
vast mines, undeveloped, of precious
and useful metals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scovel of Beaver
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Hipb Grade Ore,

Great Falls, Feb. 26.-News comes
from Barker to the effect that good
body of high grade ore has been discov-
cred in the Wright and Edwards mine
where the crosscut on the 300foot level
has been completed. This sets at rest
for good the old story that the Barker
mines would play out when depth was
attained. The lessees of the mine are
now decided to do more work on the
mine and during the coming summer
will no doubt materially increase their
force of miners and ship as much ore
q 9 nOSSible
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AFFAIRS IN PONY.
The Presbyterian Church Fund Helped
by an Entertainments


Special Correspondence of the Standard
Pony Feb. MISUNDERSTANDING the cold
weather which has prevailed here the past
few weeks, events in society circles have
been quite numerous. The ladies of the
town gave an entertainment the other
evening, the proceeds of which were an
piled to the Presby terrain church. The en-
tertainment consisted of music, character
sketches, etc. All the parts were well sus-
tanned and the evenings enjoyment passed
off very smoothly. Judging by the liberal
applause accorded the players, the pro-
gramme was appreciated by the audience.
The programme as rendered was as fol-
lows:
Opening overture; orchestra; "In Want
of Servant" Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. ADJ
kins; song, "Creole Sue" Miss Myrtle
Sanderson; song, II Want a Real Coon"
w H. Adkins; recitation, Miss Maudie
Williams; song, Just One Girl" chorus;
recitation, old Maids Convention Rev.
a. Z. Anderson; song, Honey That I
Love MRS. f. I. Norris; song ooh,
Ebenezef! quartette; song, my Ann
Eliza" c. F. Morris; "Cake Walk
TOT nearly Two weeks Pony has been
snowbound and communication with the
other large towns was practically cut off.
with the exception of the telegraph line
Monday the first train pulled in from
Butte that mad been here for two weeks.
trip but the two locomotives were una
Die to successfully handle the snow with
the ordinary snow plow and the train
returned to Pony to await the arrival of
the rotary. The line is now open and
travel is resumed.
The one needed feature to make Pony
one OF the prominent towns of this section
Of Montana has been a newspaper. This
long-feit want is about to be supplied in
the name OF me Sentinel, which will be
issued by A. W. Noyes, who formerly pub
nshed the Nelhart Miner. his town has
Always had IT'S light hid under bushel
wlth the exception OF a few years when
the Fohy express was alive and now 1t
Is confidently expected that 1ts light Will
NC seeh iloii every Vale ana hllltop IN
'ioii.aha.
Quite d NUMBER Oh Mania letters nave
.een feeeiVeu ny the lrlehds OF the Pony
po9e' u was iepoi 'eu mat Is. belanu or
iohs was o'ie Vi the boys VINO mad been
muut.u s. ~ ne late hsnt, put later re-
r. ~ 49,, 70 'a.e 'hi, SUM- nis.ahe was mace
49, ~ nc ii''hie anu IL Siouiu nave READ May
'' II M z,o,a t.
-n. 'eio Is a"aitlils 'he opening OF
sile roaus IN oraer that ne may snip
aiioao u ore rom the Fohv mime.
Ia iD"iieah anu sun nave oe-
20 y" 10 pulte' where lhes expect 10
''' I'M .ne'r l iutule nome.
a,>,i NJ, n''oi VIM mas peel tiie IS
euiupay accountant LOT
some 'me. mas resigned mis- position and
IS now III Suite
"A aaleWeii sermon VIII oe preached sun.
say " NeN. IL. ~. haSmohu. pastor or
WIS iesps leilah clluich mere LOT the last
seai. Aie reverend seh'leIlah VIII go TO
D ,m ~, Mill, ~ "neie ne mas accepted
eai- III piie u 'he ohi'a'iah caurches or
eh.ie CITY.
AihohS me passengers on MONDAY
tram were MI. ana MIS-. hupef. Mr.. hu-
per- VINO represents 81: Faul business
mouse, IS son-ln-laW or X. +. Bateman,
former resident OF sheridan.
Sheriff sommers came down from the
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Wild Rush of diamond Miners.

wild rush of excited miners is reported at
NuIlagine, Western Australia, where diamonds
have been discovered in large quantities, and it
is feared that many will lose their lives in the
mad struggle for riches In this country the
rush for gain is causing many other men to
break down in health and strength. Nervous
ness, sleeplessness, loss of flesh and appetite and
general debility are the common symptoms.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will cure them all.
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rived here during the past week, and
will be employed on this division of the
Northern Pacific.
A. c. Jardine Of the Bear Gulch Min
ing company, accompanied by his wife,
came down on the Park train yester-
day en- route to st. John, N. 8.
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Paris of To-day--the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for
delivery upon payment of SO in ad-
vance for one years subscription to
the Standard. Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte, Anaconda,
Missoula or Great Falls.
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An Honest Medicine for La Grippe.

George w. Watt of South Gardiner,
Me-, says: Il have had the worst
cough, cold, chills and grip and have
taken lots of trash of no account but
profit to the vendor. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. have
used one 50-cent bottle and the chills,
cold and grip have all left me. I con-
graduate the manufacturers of an hon
est medicine" For sale by druggists
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A Mixed Message.

From the Detroit Free Press.
"Dickie, did you give your papa and
mamma my Thanksgiving dinner invita-
tion?'
"Yes'm; ma said she'd accept with
pleasure. an pa said at he wouldn't go
if y come after him with a policeman
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TO THE EAST
Via Salt Lake, Denver, Omaha or Kansas
City.
TO THE WEST

Via Ogden and the Southern Pacific for
California.
Via Huntington and the O. r. & N. for
Portland and California.
Train for east and west leaves Butte
p, m daily.
Train from east and west arrives at
Butte 40 a. m. daily. Occupants of the
sleeping cars may remain in their berths
until breakfast time.
For tickets sleeping car reservations
and further particulars call on or address
No, 10 East Broadway, Butte. Montana.
H. o. WILSON, General Agent.
D. e. hurley, G. p. & t. A. 4ent
4 Salt Lake, Utah.
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THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes the
cause that produces La Grippe. The genuine
has l.. d. O. o. each tablet. 25c.
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The Rev. ]. A. Erwin and wife of
Newport, KY, are the first mission
aries of the American churches to the
people of Porto Rico.
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BANKS.
BANKS.
STATE SAVINGS BANK

CORNER Main and Fdrk, Butte.
OFFICERS:
John A. Creighton. .................Pr President
G. w. Stapleton. Vice President
T. NJ. Hodgens ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cashier
Paid in Capital 800 900.
Surplus and undivided profits, $50 900.
Under state supervision and jurisdiction
Interest paid on deposits. Sells ex-
change available in all the principal cit
les of the United States and Europe. Col
lections attended to promptly. Transact a
general banking business.
Dlrectors-John A. Creighton. Omaha:
G. w. Stapleton, A. II. Barrett. f. d.
Leavitt, s. V. Kemper T NJ. Hodgcns.
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City Ticket Office. No. Al North Ma
St. Butte. ]. L. Dawson. General Agent
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BUTTE.
A General Banking
Business Transacted.

Foreign exchange. We draw direct on
all the principal cities of Europe and issue
our own letters of credit, available in all
parts of the world.
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Grenoble, France, has a municipal
restaurant.
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Leaves Butte-Great Northern
Flyer, daily Observation-Disclosures. $50 p m
Leaves Butte-Local for Great
Falls, daily ...................... s45 a m
Arrives Butte-Great Northern
Flyer daily .......... ...........1o:3o p m
Arrives Butte-Local from Great
Falls. daily ..,........ ........... 4:5o p m
Through sleepers going East
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!sssSa q sL;aa;.l.A
Montana Central Ry.

New fast time between St. Paul. Min.
neapolis. Helena. Butte. Anaconda. Spo-
kane Seattle and Portland. Close con-
noctons for kootenai country. Oregon
and California points. Alaska. Japan and
China. Connections at Twin Cities for all
points East and South.
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Line
Southern Route to the East
and West

Passengers by purchasing tickets via
the Short Line to the east and west have
the choice of several routes.
Direct connections are made at Ogden
and Granger with the Union Pacific and
at Ogden with the Rio Grande Western
for all points East. Enjoy the comforts
of Pullman vestibuled train. consisting
of elegant new sleeping and reclining
chair cars, always fresh and clean, as
the entire train is made up at Butte hence
always ON TIME
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Cfas. s. Fee, q. P.&T.A
st. Paul. Mimi.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-20

There Will be a union meet
ing of Catawba River Bap-
list Association 1T Mount
Home church. january 18th
and 10Th. At this meeting
plans Will be laid for holding
a series of mission and educa-
tional institutes with all the
churches composing the a>>o-
citation. Steps will also be
taken toward holding SUNDAY
school institute in the early
spring. t j earnestly hoped
that all the pastors VIII attend,
and all the churches be repre-
scented BY delegates.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-20

THE News wishes to he put
down as ~favoring graded
schools for Morganton. believ-
ing that they would prove a
God->end l. the place. We
learn there i some opposition
to the movement. but the op-
po>er> we believe are greatly
in the minoritv. The almo>,
unanimous verdict from towns
which already have graded
schools i that thev have
provenagreat blessing. WHY
cannot they be run a success
fully in Morganton!
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/. /. DAVIS

Has 4 new circular out this
week. If YOU didn't get one
be sure to call for it. The
advantages it offers have al
ready created quite an inter
est in them.
The new things in our stock
this week are a line of Shoes
for IS cents: Andro>coogin
Domestic for I cents: aTable
Cover for 90 cents.
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|. |. DAVIS.
Brothers.

The second week Of our Grand Clearing
Sale will eclipse all former sales of fine goods
at extraordinarily low prices. We are deter
mined to sell every article in our stock, no
matter what it cost. They must go, as the
new spring goods will arrive shortly, and we
must make room for them. This sale will be
intensely interesting.
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-
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urddN.
81. II T a. b,no
Ln ,.nrL >, \Innda, ,ft,.r
.,,, dn,n 90 n.,rIy fnnr
81. f.rtb. HOLIDAYS f,.k
taxing and repairs.
T,.1. Car1tnn ci1.. fell
1..l If b., go. lav
- ,...k md va, n,infnuv
~ H. 81 aft; .i'.n,1v re-
..I Ia. ~ nm. -
!
Larkin MsGailiard .anc2r",
~ ''I2''NN ny 80, III
- ~'+i',N, 80
- ~ -
'~i'>''' -
''' 9',''-,.'
$50 ~ NM
Mr.. NJ. l.. Jubin. chief en-
oineer of a bio cotton mi, at
Whitney. :. G.. spent sever
nj DAYS thc past week IN Nor
canton. hi, old home. Mr..
'','l' W. 'e'i>e ''''' :
"'>''', -
,Ih.r. ~ n~rlin,n.,. nrn-
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% pounds : We tdii TINS
very good.
D.,
h1Iu MarD
-. c,,,a,, +ha
largest III It's history. the
members present numbering
So
IL. .a.;t;nn Rro..
. farn.rIv M J., N;-
", 49,, 9, ,..r,l
upon the duties yesterday
morning.
NJ x R,11..r 1;varvm,n
,n,ad b.. f,m;l,. Wednesday
!" pr,m .or,a,
anoir
80. p.um,r ..++,u ,,,,
-. Nn,nt,in bn+.i
Mr.. George II. Battle has
returned to Morganton to take
4 position with the burke
u;u mara -. f,n,;lv .hnr+h
from Sb.1hv 70 Nnrr,nton
The marriage OF Mr.. 3. ).
Gather and Miss Mary ! Dung
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The Burke County News,
FRIDAY. J.AN. %. 1900.

Nj. Henry Webb. Of Col
l~ctt-&lll,. wa, III town Oh Sat
urdaN.
The NJ. VI. < T. Co.. shops
began work ON Monday. after
4 shutdown Of nearly four
weeks for the HOLIDAYS. stock
taking and repairs.
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LARGEST CHECK EVER DRAWN.

stones have increased in value nearly one
half there is sure to be outbreak in
that direction which the Illicit diamond
buyers will take advantage Of
Although the |. d. b. traffic has been sup
pressed to great extent the Kimberley de-
tectives are kept very busy and the sur
gcons at the hospital in the compound have
plenty of sore legs TO bandage. While
visiting there recently L saw a Matabelc
boy dying of lockjaw caused by a terrible
wound in his right leg. He had cut open
the calf and concealed diamond weighing
81 ca:ats in the flesh.
This seems to be the favorite place of
concealment. Formerly the boys did a
thriving business by swallowing the dia-
monds, but Mr.. Williams has put stop to
that by pennng up these II 600 natives in
one great Enclosure called the compound
and il is safe to say that no such a habita-
ton like this is to be found on the face Of
the earth
II is built in the form of a square and
includes about five acres. Along each side
of the square are built one-story CORFU
gated iron buildings divided into rooms
holding twenty natives each
A high iron fence is erected around the
compound, ten feet from the building, and
guards armed with Martini rifles patrol
thereabout.
Even with this arrangement however. it
was found that many diamonds were being
hiched and 1t transpired that the boys
stole them in the mines. concealed the
until they got in the compound and then
pi'tHed llleHl over the renee TO a cOnfeJ-
crate on the street. Mr.. Williams there
upon had the entire compound rooted with
line wire netting. and this terminated the
thefts of that sort.
Many Are Recovered
There is very little opportunity these DAYS
for native to dispose of a gem He is
never permitted to leave this compound
and when his time of service Is approach
ing he is kept for two weeks in a special
compartment absolutely naked along with
fifty or sixty brothers. If the boy has con-
cealed in his anatomy somewhere a prec-
lous stone 1t is bound to make its appear
ance In that time. A surgeon goes over
each boy every two days and if he looks
sick puts him through a sort of third
degree that generally ELECTS a diamond or
TWO The company RECEIVERS about f4OO OOO
worth OF diamonds in year from the ma
tive employees in this way
The boys in the compound are a ioilv lot
Inc convict laborers. on the contrary. pre-
sent sullen appearance and look like mur-
derers- These men are employed mostly in
sorting the diamonds as they come FROM
the washing machines. Renewed guards
with instructions to shoot the first man
who attempts to escape, watch every move
ment of these unfortunate beings The 10
against /. D. B.. in fact, is terribly strsr.
/ gent. Any person caught in Cane Colony
with a rough diamond in his possession and
no certificate OF registry gets short shrift
If white man he IL sent to the Break,
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tons that the high-water mark has not
been reached. Every few weeks the syn
dictate makes a 10 per cent advance, and
the buyers must pay it or leave their con-
tracts untitled. which is a costly proceed
ing.
Enormous Profits.
Meanwhile the De Beers Consolidated is
going right along paying 40 per cent diVi-
dend, and the following financial state
ment for the year ending June 80. 1898
shows just what profit is being made from
humanity's love of display.
ANN realized from dla-
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Pulled His Aching Tooth.
n the New Orleans Times-Democr.t

rioH the new orleans Times Democrat
IA friend of mine invited me to take din
ner at his boarding house the other day."
said the bachelor bookkeeper of New Or
leans insurance office, land as we sat down
at the table II struck me that it was a
rather jolly place to live. The other board
ers were mostly bright young professional
men, with two or three married couples
VINO seemed to enter thoroughly into the
spirit Of good-fellowship which evidently
prevailed throughout the establishment
Inc only thing that marred the pleasure of
the occasion was the abominable careless
ness OF the negro waiter. The fellow ap-
peared to be sulky or distraught, and made
so many blunders before the first course
was over that 1 really thirsted for his gore
Finally, strapping young chap at my
right beckoned him to his side, exchanged
a Few words in whisper, and the two
withdrew to the outer hall. Instantly a
heartrending howl echoed through the
house. 1t was yell of mortal agony and
1t startled me so that I nearly upset nv
soup. Strange to say, nobody else seemed
to notice 1t, and In moment the young
man and the darby returned and resumed
their respective places exactly as If nothing
had happened 1 observed, however that
remarkable change had come over the
waiter His surliness and inattention had
vanished. and for the balance of the meal
he was as polite and skillful a servitor as
anybody could have desired. The only con-
clusion I could form was that our athletic
neighbor had taken him out and slugged
him, and to say was surprised only family
expresses my feelings. After dinner was
over the men folks gathered together on the
gallery. and, finding myself next to the
strapping young man. 1 couldn't restrain
my curiosity. Pardon me- said, but
can't help wondering what you did to that
negro when you took him into the hall.
The young man smiled. I pulled one of his
teeth, he replied. The poor fellow had a
bad case of toothache. and being a dentist
y know. The finished the sentence nv
producing an enormous molar from his vest
pocket. But the other people, said, they
didn't Didn't notice he Interrupted
Yes: we never notice anything unusual
here; it's one of the rules of the horse
You may stand on your head, If you ike
without exciting comment That's what
call q delightful boarding house. I'm think
ing seriously Of going there myself'