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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
Lincoln's History Of Mtmaelt,

I'm the papers of tho late Charles
Lanman," eays the Washington eorre.
spondent OF the Chicago Record. "there
IL III autobiography Of Mr., Liaeoln
written In his own hand. Mr. Ian.
man was editor Of Tho Congressional
Directory at the time Mr. Llncoln was
elected to congress and, according TO
the regular custom, forwarded 10 him
NJ well as 10 all other members elect
\ blank to be filled out with facts ami
dates which might DO made tho basis
for \ biographical sketch In The Dl.
rectory. Mr.. Llncoln's blank was 70.
turned promptly, Allied up In his own
handwriting with tho following infor.
nation.
+" Born Feb. ~, 1900, In Hardin
county, Ky.
Education defective.
"'professl0n, lawyer,
"'Milltnry service, captain Of voiun'
teers In tho Black Hawk war;
"'Oficcs held, Postmaster al 4 very
small Office, four times a member Ut
tho Illinois Legislature ana elected 10
the lower house OF the next con-
grcss.'"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
sou,h Amevlews Wey0IWUNWur

WhonNvNr tho A0ulll NMhVl0Nhs Ape
sire u change ~ administration ihey
hoist u NAg ON u polo and march Int
tho main street NJ tho eltys " NV
crowd hecomes to0 formidable W Nv
overcome by " military demonstrations
tho administration %pApltulRtes, ann w
outs take tho place NJ Ihe lAs, " "
often, tho only WAY NJ changing mo
administration, hepaNse the iRs have
tho military AMI can carry pleptlans 70
suit themselves, Baltimore american
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

Messenger Here's q package foF
y0N, slr,
Weaerly- What ID III
MesseRger--l'm not sure, sir hut
think II Ia A birthday present from
your wife,
Weafrly-Qh, very well! Just leave
tue bill, and wv send q check for the
RmaHRt araHHd In the marnlAg, ~
Louis Post Dispatch,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
pvsywlsvee M tbs Lvtng WsAtt,

Aid YAN pNnr eahnt w now many
times In the paArse al a day vow tell
4 la even Though yaH consider EanF'
self n truthful RersanY Ven tell n W.
when n friend asks " a new hat V be-
pQMlHg, WHEN vow praise samRthtng
yANV hostess eaaks and when yaH say
yaN had = gaaA time In bidding her
gaadhy, Won must lie az affeRa \ hun
area n dag, and yan naturally prefer IA
Ilp, In effects may he a. had m these
al giving Alfonso, hut they are not ~
sptR aren't, --ArpAisaR Glahf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
vhs 0vs MANS Wstavt,

"y0n d0a't have my ruins y tAM
hla visited pounlpg,n said tho british
apian 10 his future fatheriA1lRW,
mNa," said The old man. 1--WE alAN,
And F0M wen't have any lpfl W. HhR'
land " yNW R0hle army III. utlea paw
pavs pAa marry enough rleh YANKEE
gIpls N pNt now Fnafs an faNp NM eRA'
tlsR, 'rzN Cleveland Plain AfAlarr
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
Young Mothers.

Group Ia the terror OF thousands Of
young mothers because its outbreak is
&C agonizing and frequently fatal.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
acts like magic In cases Of Group. 1t has
never been known to fail. The worst
cases relieved immediately. Price IS
cts" 30 OTIS. and Sl.O0. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
What IL shiloh2

A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds
and Consnmptlon; used through the
Vulnerable cases OF ~incipient consump.
ton and relieved many in advanced
stages, II you are not satisfied with the
results we will refund your money.
Price 25 cts, so cts. and sl.W. Sold by
Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
,Ile Needed shave.

He had been out NJ lNte tho night
before that no did not know NJ what
hour ho hAd come home, When hs
swoke, no was curious 70 learn Just
how "r0cky" no locked, lilo accord
ingly reached out for tho silver backed
hand mirror that lay Oh the table no.
side hls bod,
Instead OF tho mirror he got hold OF
tho silver backed hAiphvNsh, Not reGF
0gniglng HIS mistake, he took the brush
up ana gased NJ tho bristles for q
moment, 'rhen he folt Ut the silver
hack ana thon stared hack " tho hFts'
ties.
"ulo0d lenyons," no murMuGed NJ
last, "hut | mood u shayeW~tkaR NgaR'
cisco ArgOnnnt
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
Vasv WAY NJ Gstting II,

Wifi tearnestlEi Geersa, dear, l
have ppaNnd w farsaNllF af lAte Wv \
taller mazda GAVIN thai feel " WaAld
ba AaiAG In lhp fRep ~ ppaylaeaee Hat
10 ~ and No, measured ~ aaaeesz'
RroaklyN Llfs,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

Lots NJ Rfaple claim heaven ~ their
right and yet have not learned haw to
make any right use ~ the EARTH kea'
kNk Gate Oily
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25
yhyawsA msv Msss,

r,NAughy gets out OF all patience With
.his wifa, He rays she cant 9et \
thlNg through her head"
WVllst,a funny, He told ma every
thing no said 10 hev went IN one eav
and oil; a the other,"-~ philadelphia
Bulletin,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

In RarliA TIN pawHshaR IL n royal
end Rhilanthr0pip institution AM,
RFaat tlst IL made " spent ~ eharltH
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

Tas cemeteries arapRA taRaap pavel
a,l0N AaFas, and the lHAa tAAy aeeARS
F~eRVessRss y eapltal al klQA,AAr0M
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

Owty The atNasv's Wee,
does sInGlag tle song "Qh. tv0mlne
Al wedding, premise anyNe6v
! aNythlaxy -AseAlsoH 0shs,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-25

Che smallest kRawn insect, q paF.
saits At thp lizard, ID hHt aRsralaetletA
o. On lneh IN leAStAr ,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
An Awful Ordeal.

Once in year, and at one place in
the world, there is a crush that sur
passes anything else Of it's kind in the
world. 1t is the great fair of Bawa
Farid, which is annually held in the
town of PAX Pattan, in British India.
1t is held in honor of the famous st.
Farid-ud-D surnamed Shakar CAM,
or sugar store, from the fact that his
body had become so pure by continual
fasting that whatever was put into his
mouth, even earth and stones. was in
stantly changed into sugar.
The principal ceremony consists of
passing through an opening made in a
wall adjoining the shrine, measuring 5
feet by 2A feet, and called 1.-THE
Gates Of Paradise"
Whoever between noon and night is
able to pass through this opening Is as
sured of paradise, and when there are
$4,000 striving to pass through at the
same time the crush is something ter
rifle. Women faint, bones are broken,
and the heat is sitting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
A Town of Consumptives.

Forty years ago the inhabitants of
Mentone, France, and neighborhood
were a healthy, happy race of splendid
physique, to whom consumption was
absolutely unknown.
Then Mentone became the Mecca of
the consumptive. The peasants left
their farms and their healthy lives to
wait on the wealthy invalids. Farm
ers' wives and daughters became wash
erwomen, constantly handling clothing
impregnated with the germs of con-
sumption. Thousands of consumptives
died there, impregnating the soil and
the water with the germs Of their dis
ease.
AS result, the earth, air and water
of Mentone are infested with the tuber-
Gle bacillus, and the once healthy peas
antry are consumptives almost to a
man and a woman. No more complete
or startling proof Of the truth of the
once derided germ theory of disease
could well be imagined than this.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
The Company stood It.

On one of the trolley lines leading to
a well known amusement park they
have system whereby the cars are
stopped at certain points to allow uni
formed inspectors to count the pas
sengers, presumably as check on the
conductors. Among the passengers on
the car was well dressed young fell
low with penchant for cracking
Jokes at other peoples expense. When
the car stopped for the count up, he
bad Lot of fun thrusting jibes at the
Inspector, the conductor and the troll
ley company people in general Final
~, just as the car was about to re-
sumo its journey, he called out:
sSay, Mister Inspector, you missed
me-"
The inspector turned and looked the
young fellow over very carefully.
'Humphw he re&orted. II guess the
company can stand it. I didn't miss
much"
Then everybody laughed, the young
fellow got red in the face, the motor
man turned on the current, and the
car sped onward. Philadelphia In
Quirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
A Curious Ear.

The catfish uses his lungs as an organ
of hearing. The needless lung becomes
a closed sac filled with air and COM
monty known as the swim bladder. In
the catfish. as in the suckers, clubs
and most brook fish, the air bladder
is large and is connected by slender
tube, the remains of the trachea, to the
oesuphagus. At it's front it fits closely
to the vertebral column. The anterior
vertebrae are much enlarged, twisted
together, and through them passes a
chain Of bones, which connects with the
hidden cavity Of the air. The bladder
therefore assists the ear of the catfish
as the tympanum and its bones assist
the ear Of the higher animals. An ear
of this sort can carry little range Of
variety in sound. 1t probably gives
only the impression Of jars or disturb
ances In the water.-Popuiar Science
Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
skylark,. Glorious song.

Need say word about the slylark
and its wholly joyous song? It In
spired one Of Jeremy Tayior's most
beautiful and best known passages
the lark rising from his bed Of grass
and soaring upward, singing as he
rises and hoping to get to heaven and
climb above the clouds; singing 4as if
it had learned music from an angel as
he passed sometimes through the air
about his minister1ng here below"
And it Inspired, too, one Of the finest
odes in the English language, Shelley's
finest work. his supreme ode" But,
as may be said Of another ode, It Is
mot in tune with the birds song and
the feeling it does and ought to
awaken. The rapture with which the
strain springs up at first dies down
before the close into Shelley's ever
haunting melancholy.
Like Keats lode to the Nightingale"
It is no key to the birds song. It does
not teach US anything Of the thought
and feeling which inspired that quiver-
ing. ascending embodiment Of joy, that
pilgrim Of the sky, hiding itself In the
glorious light Of the summer heavens.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
An Eve Eas,Ix BIinded.

Here is funny little story from far
away Ceylon. A tea planter who had
a glass eye was DESTROYS of going away
with friend. but he knew that as soon
as the natives who were at work on
the plantation heard that he had gone
they would not do a stroke of work.
How was he to get off? That was the
question. After much thought an idea
struck him. Going up to the men, he
addressed them thus:
Although / myself will be absent,
yet l shall leave one of my eyes to see
that you do your work"
And much to the surprise and be-
wilderment of the natives he took out
the glass eye and placed it on the
stump of tree and left. For some
time the men worked like beavers,
now and then casting furtiye glances
at the eye to see If it was still watch
ing, but at last one of them, selling his
tin, in which he carried his food. ap-
preached the tree and gently placed it
over the eye. AS soon as they were
not being watched they all lay down
and slept peacefully until sunset.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
tho diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbIlng sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition. hearing will be estroyed
forever nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh. which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of !; Deafness caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
re- Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
Birds as YentrfIoaufsts.

Many birds form their sounds with
out opening their bills. The pigeon is
a well known instance Of this. It's
cooling can be distinctly heard, al
though it does not open its bill. The
call is formed internally in the throat
and chest and is only rendered audible
by resonance. Similar ways may be
observed in many birds and other ami
mails. The clear. loud call of the
cuckoo, according to one naturalist, is
the resonance Of a note formed in the
bird. The whirrfng Of the snipe, which
betrays the approach Of the bird to the
hunter, is an act Of ventriloquism.
Even the nightingale has certain notes
which are produced internally and
which are audible while the bill Is
closed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
The Laugh Wasn't on the Boy.

The Laugh Wasn't on the Boy.
It is said that Professor Blackie Of
ten told this anecdote ION himself"
This genial old professor used to form
very picturesque feature in the Edin-
burgh streets. He was wiry old pa
riarch, with handsome features and
hair falling in ringlets about his shout
ders. No one who had seen him could
possibly forget him. One day he was
accosted by very dirty little bootblack
with his ''Shine your boots, sir?" The
professor was impressed by the filth,
ness of the boys face.
81 don't want shine, my lad" SAID
he. ''But if you'll go and wash your
face I'll give you sixpence."
"A' RIGHT, SIR" was the lads reply
Then he went over to neighboring
fountain and made his ablutions. Re.
turning, he held out his hand for the
money.
"Well, my lad," said the professor,
''you have earned your siXpence. Here
it isl
81 dinna want it," returned the boy,
with lordly air. Eye can keep it and
get yer hair cut"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
How They Saved Cable Tolls.


Every American travelling abroad
knows that he is able to notify his
friends in America of his safe arrival
In Paris by registering his name at one
of the newspaper offices. The names
are cabled over every day and appear
on the following morning in the New
York editions.
This custom struck two smart bust
ness men as being open to large posi-
bilities. One of them goes to Paris
every spring upon business, and, In or
der that the one who remains in New
York should be kept posted as to what
his partner is doing, large amount Of
cabling is necessary
4 In order to economic in this matter,
it is said that the two partners ar
ranged cipher, made up of family
and Christian names. Every day that
the partner in Paris transacted Some
business he walked into the newspaper
Office and registered there under some
name and address that conveyed to his
colleague in New York an exact idea Of
the progress he was making.
The name, initial and place of resi-
dence registered represented some item
Of information which the partner in
New York learned next day upon read
ing the newspapers list of arrivals in
Paris.-Shay Stories.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20

i Good stories of William Morris are
told by ]. W. Mackail in his Life"
Morris went to Jones' on Sunday
night" runs q note in Miss Pierces
diary, while they were here, and his
hair was SO long and he looked SO wild
that the servant who opened the door
would not let him in, thinking he was
q burglar"
Morris had a temper, also sound
teeth. Once, in fury, he bit a silver
table fork all out Of shape. On anoth-
er occasion he hurled a fifteenth cen
fury folio at workman. The book
went through the workshop door. In
his fits Of anger Morris would drive bis
head against wall or bite deep into
the window frame.
Morris was honestly socialist When
his workshops and their contents We're
worth $4,000, he surrendered all prof
it's and took foreman's wages, thus en-
abling the business to pay $15O per
week better wages to each man.
! Morris began designing wall papers
and decorations by accident, because
be couldn't find any fit. to buy. Nor
did he use in designing, except at first,
sad colors. Once he showed a rich
customer some bright Hammersmith
carpets.
care these ALP asked the buyer
"But I thought your colors We're sub
dued?'
IF you want dirt" said Morris, ''you
can find that in the street"
And to the street the customer went.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20

ga word to the wise is sufficient" and a
word from the wise should be sufficient, but
you ask, who are the wise9 Those who
know. The oft repeated experience of
trustworthy persons may be tsken tor know
ledge. Mr.. w. NJ. Terry says Chamberiain's
Cough Remedy gives better satisfaction
than any other in the market. He has been
in the drug business at Elkton, KY, for
twelve years; has sold hundreds of bottles
of this remedy and nearly all other cough
medicines manufactured, which shows con-
clusively that Chamberlain's is the most sat
sfactory to the people, and is the best. For
sale by Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
WESLEY a Vegetarian.

John Wesley, the founder Of Metho-
dism, seems to have been not only a
pioneer of the temperance movement,
but also an apostle of vegetarianism.
He states in one Of his sermons that
for several years he subsisted on pota-
toes and found that doing so conduced
largely to promote that splendid health
which he enjoyed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
r. Fenner's Kidney and
Backache Cure

1t you suffer from kidney, bladder or
urinary troubles take this wonderful rem.
edy ,it is prepared by an eminent physician.
writer of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on med
ical questions. Old gentlemen troubled by
too frequent urine always find cure result
from using it. Scheldrnp & Flesler, sole
agents, will refund your money if not salts
fed after using the first bottle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
Drink Gratn.O

After you have concluded that you
ought not to drink coffee. 1t is not a
medicine but doctors order it, because
it is healthful, invigorating and APP
petizing. It is made from pure grains
and has that rich seal brown color and
tastes like the finest grade of coffee
and costs about one-half as much.
Children thrive on it because it is a
genuine food drink containing moth
ing but nourishment. Is and Is cents,
at grOcers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
His Way Out.

A certain Irish member of parlia
ment, popular and bachelor, had beer
very polite to the daughter Of the
house where he was visiting. Wher
the time came for him to go, the toe
anxious mamma called him in for a
serious talk. ''I'm sure l don't know
what to say" she went on. "'Tis re.
ported all around that you are to mar.
ry Letitia."
"Just say that she refused me-
quietly advised the parliamentarian.-
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
What the Jury Thought.

During a trial for assault in Mel
bourne, club, a rail, an AK handle, a
knife and a shotgun were exhibited as
the instruments with which the deed
was done.
1t was also shown that the assaulted
man defended himself with a scythe, a
revolver, pitchfork, chisel, hand
saw and dog.
The jury decided that they'd have
given sovereign apiece to have seen
the fight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
Another View of the Matter.

Another View of the Matter.
''I firmly believe" she said, 'Ithat
pose"
"Of course" if woman proposes" he
replied, "she would give an engage
ment ring and other presents, instead
of receiving them"
'tOn second thought" she answered,
perhaps it would be better not to
change existing conditions. Chicago
Post
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
III. R..,,.on For Remorse.

Dr.. Poundtext-You say, my friend.
that you killed man in duel?
Mounshine Jim-Y Yes, sir; he wus my
rival fer the hand O. the ole CONAN
wot married.
DR.. Poundtext- That was terrible
deed, sir. I hope you are sorry for it.
Moonshine Jim Sorry! You bet your
life I'm sorry, parson. If hadn't kill
ed him, mebbe he'd "a married the ole
'ooman.-Kansas City Independent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
No Alternative.

Prison Visitor-Wasn't it rather a
cold blooded thing to do-shooting the
man down while he was praying?
Mountaineer-I had to do 1t, pOdner.
If I'd let i'm pray little while longer,
he mought O. won the Lord over to his
side. An then whar would of benz
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
Does Coffee Agree with Your

If not, drink Grain-O-made from
pure grains. A lady writes: 1.-THE
first time 1 made Grain-O I did not
like it but after using it for one week
nothing would induce me to go back
to coffee" 1t nourishes and feeds
the system. The children can drink it
freely with benefit 1t is the strength
ening substance of pure grains. Get
package today from your grocer.
Is and 25 cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on 50 cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails
to cure your cough or cold; We also guar
antee agent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded. Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20


For External Piles, Cuts, Burns and
Bruises, Old Sores, Eczema and all skin
diseases, Begg's German Salve stands today
without peer. 1t is an old reliable rem
edy, and if used freely, wounds will heal.
without scar. Be crreful TO get Begg's
]. b Perkins.
In 1883 my wife went East and was at
tackled with rheumatism. She receivee no
relief until she tried ChamberlrIn's Pain
Balm. Since that time we have never been
without it We find it gives instant relief
in cases of Burns and scalds and is never
failing for all rheumatic and neuralgia pains.
I'D. C. BRANr. Santa Yuez, Cal. For
ale by Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
Choice of Evils.

"Mrs. Smith, you don't seem to mind
your two boys quarreling."
mo. When they're quarreling, know
they're too busy to hatch up mischief"
Chicago Record
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20

Her Dear Friend

Emma Charley asked me to marry
him last evening. and had to refuse
him, the dear fellow.
How did it happen?
Emma-Of course like Charley, Dur
as to marrying him
Ella-I mean how did It happen that
he asked Won ?-Boston Transcript
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
An Awful Blunder

At Rosenthal recital in Seattle a
young pianist Of considerable social
sat in a stage box and fol-
lowed the performance by means of
the scores Of the several morceaux
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-20
A Note From Dublin.

s'Dear Tim, I'm sending you my old
coat by parcel post, so I've cut the but
tons off to make it lighter. But you
will find them in the inside pocket.
Yours truly, Pat"