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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-08-09
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9. 1899.
HIS CHECK BOOK.

I've got an ldea, bald beHlleHidh
Tom.
"If it's anythink like the larst three
you've lad, you'd better git 1t away
replied Dick, sulklly.
Have you heard OF Stephen Brockle
hurst, who lives at 1876 High st?''
NO, amt. What is he?"
Five years ago he was a poor tele.
graph clerk and he married lady
telegraph clerk. The lady's uncle
took it into his head to die and leave
s100, 900 to his niece, and Stephen Broc-
klehurst is now private gentleman
living on his wife's legacy"
And does the gent keep much OF is
ard earned money at 'ome?' asked
Dick eagerly.
No. but he has check book. and
that is just az good"
Not unless we can persuade him to
sign check piyable to us. :"
THAT is just what | intend that he
shall do"
Howe"
We'll, his wife has a little dog. OF
which she is very fond. We must first
steal that dog, and then
Three days later. as Mr.. Stephen
Broeklehurst was leaving his home ar
ter breakfast, he was met by Gentle
man" Tom, who stopped him and said:
Can you tell me where Mr.. Brockle-
hurst lives?"
Il am Stephen Brocklehurst," was
the reply.
How fortunate, | have found a
dog which corresponds to the deserip-
tlon of the toy terrier which you have
advertised as lost"
That is good news. | will reward
you well. if"
Il want no reward. SIR | am not
rich. but am rather proud. and you
may have the dog with pleasure. IL Ii
Is yours. VIII you come to my house
and see it,"
Thanks; | will"
Stephen Brocklehurst and Gentle
man" Tom then walked down street
leading to lower class district, enter
ed house, and there, sure enough, was
the lost toy terrier. Stephen stopped
to pick up the delighted little animal;
then, to his establishment. he was sud
denly seized by four strong arms. Be
fore he could offer the slightest resist
anee he was bound hand and foot, and
gag was securely tied over his mouth.
"One arf o. the jobs over. said
Dick.
Couldn't have been done better"
said Tom loosen the gag little.
Dick did as directed and then Tom,
addressing Mr.. Broeklehurst said
I'VE are badly in want of $500. If
You Will sigma check for that amount,
we will let you go. Otherwise well,
we are desperate men in desperate cir
cumstances.'
Stephen Brocklehurst flushed angri-
ly. but. calming himself he said. quite
coolly: I'm sorry, but my check book
Is ut home"
THAT is immaterial. | will fetch 1t
for you. Write note to your wife,
asking her to send il on.
III be hanged If | do"
very wen, tnrn. "tst ,Ns.,S -.
here until you change your mind.
Your hands shall be free SO that you
may summon MS by ringing this bell
but you must pardon us for tightening
the gag and strapping you more Sc
curely to this rather uncomfortable
bed"
The Two rogues then left the room.
As soon rs they had gone stephen
Brocklehurst pulled out note book.
and on one page rapidly seribbled the
following hieroglyphies;
Explanation.
GnnI
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver liis, III
iousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 2oc.
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Leave Lambertyille 700. 1922. s.46 % IS Mondays
onyl, and I'LL M. 20G, 4.30 and 700 p. IN.
sunday s.i5 a IN.
Arrive Trenton 7aa S SIS 900 and OOPS Mon
days only IN. 12.t7, 2.S9, sos aud : % N.
Sunday. . % M.
Arrive Philadelphia tKensinSton) 9l7 q. m.
ilt9 3.32 4.54, 6.25, p m sunday, 1902 IN.
Arrive Philadelphia BROAD Street Stati0nl e.i7
1000 I0aI at.I7 Mondays only IN, LOG 3.iS Geo
and % p IN Sunday. i00l am.
Arrive New York. via Trenton, 9.23. l0ss and
II 81 Il IN, r. IS Mondays only1 los. 453 lib and
y 30 IN. sunday LIS M.
Trains from Ihttadetphia dHd keto York
Leave New York, DesbTosses St, via Trenton,
SEQ, HOG N, u200 Saturdays only, 100, 500,
{ 80 and Il 0a Sunday GOO p
Corllandt Street soc. HOO M 1900 Satnr-
days only, l.6u, 500, 40 and 600 N. Sundays
& % y IN.
West Twenty-third Street Station, 1855. 10 So
and Ni55 sat urdays ouly), m l265, 2,h5, i25 and
q S. p NJ. Sundays $50 p IN
Leave Philadelphia tKensington) Gas. 7.45, 1000
a m, II. h 2.60. 4 80 and GA m. week days
Leave Philadelphia BROAD Street Station) 6 81
and 300 a IN. 1900 noon, NO3 Saturdays only,
$50. 1852, s 90 and 7.02 IN. Sunday, 7O2 IN.
Leave Trenton 1852, 9 so An, LOO so Satur-
days only, 3.2T, t.iz, $40 and 1888 Sunday,
1873 p. m.
Arrive Eambe rtvile s33, 1920 IN. l.37, e "a
Saturdays only. 4.o2, 5.O7, 62s and S1S p m
Sunday, SOB p III.
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Leave Iambertville for Pennington $40 M, 2.07
and 8 90 p m, weekdays.
Arrive Pennington 915 m, 252 and 5.ss IN,
week days.
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Pennsylvania Railroad.
THE STANDARD RAILWAY OF AMERICA.
PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY THE
IntaIorthg Ssitch and Biloxi Slgml Srtsn
BELTIDERE DID'ISION.

Tratw. Icr Se,e YORK ~" th'taa~tpnta
On and after June "a. 1899.
Leave Manunka Chunk % Is IS Mondays only
and 957um 1927 rs and $50 p m. Sunday
722am.
Leave Relvidere 10 and 1904 a m. 1898, 25I
and "a pm. sunday, 30 m
Leave PhiHipsburg 7.f2. 500 (9i5 Mondays only
aud 10 81 IN, Luz a23 and 555 IN. Sunday,
500 Il m.
Leave Frenchtown f47 aud II G9 a IN, 1888. $3.50
aud 70 p IN sunday $50 "a IN.
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week days
Arrive Lambertyille s.IOa m. rs and Al m
ek-days.
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Trains from, Phitadeiphta and Ne.s York

Arrive Lambe rtville sS3, 1920 a IN, 1877, q u
Saturdays only. 1902, 5.O7 6.2s and S.2S IN.
sunday, s23 III.
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Philadelphia &
Reading Railway
Engines Burn Hard Coal-No Smoke
fIME TABLE IN EFRECT MARCH IS. 1899
TRAINS LEAVE NEW HOPE
TRAINS FOR NEW HOPE.

For Glenside, Jenkintown and Philadelphia. We
days. $40. ZIG, lilo a. m, i245 40, SOS p.
Sundays Sis q. m, 4.05, els p. m.
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FACTS BRIEFLY STATED.

The load always seems heaviest when
You have reached very near to the tor
of the hill.
There are three things in this world
which deserve no quarter-hypocrisy
Pharisaism and tyranny.
AS we have said before, the sparrows
do not like bearded wheat. Sow that
kind this fall if the little pests bother
you.
At the railway stations in Russia
books are kept in which passengers may
enter any complaints they may wish to
make.
If you ride a wheel, avoid the mon
style. 1t is not only I'M
graceful, but unhealthy and idiotic to
ape professional racers.
1t often happens that one axle of a
wagon gets into the habit of running
dry long before it's companions need
oil. Watch that axle. a washer prop
erly placed may help matters.-Far1n
Journal g. = ~
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Mrs. COL. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PlNKHAM.
[Iz77E, TO MRS. r,xxnAx no. zz,so6l

I!LAA6A Az AkS' EANAHAX NO. 7z,S9ol
>''You have saved my life, snatched
me from the brink Of the grave almost,
and I wish to thank you. About eigh-
teen months ago was q total wreck,
physically. l had been troubled with
leucorrhGa for some time, but had given
hardly any attention to the trouble.
cat last inflammation of the womb
and ovarics resulted and then I suf-
fered agonies, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano player),
was confined to my bed aid life became
a terrible cross. My husband sum-
moncd the best physicians, but their
benefit was but temporary at best.
believe I should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, If my
common sense had not intcrvcned.
Zone day my husband noticcd the ad-
vertisement of your remedies and inn
mediately bought me a full trial. Soon
the pain in my ovsrics was gone. lam
now we'll, strong and robust, walk,
ride a wheel, and feel like q girl in her
teens. l would not be without Lydia
2. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; It
IS like water Of life to me. I am very
gratefully and sincerely your we'll
wisher, and heartily recommend your
remedies. / hope some poor creature
may be helped to health by reading my
story. Mrs. Coz. E. p. RICHARDSON,
RH1NELANDE1, WIS.
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He Had His Letter Written.

The race meeting was at an end, and
all who had the price were arranging to
leave for home. In a cheaply furnished
room, up three flights back, sat a trio
of Knights of the Dreary Pill. Each
was cooking his favorite brand. All
were broke financially and physically.
When the poppy juice got in working
order the smokers abandoned, them
selves to the accompanying airy, fairy
flights on clouds of silver, lined with
gold.
Said the first:
'Well, I'm all right, all right, L am.
I'll get to Frisco, I will, and I won't
walk, either. just sent telegram for
$3.50, did,"
Then said the second:
"And maybe I won't go home in a
sleeper. I just sent telegram for ST.
OOO.'
And then the third, as he took long
draw:
"Ah, you guys are a couple of cheap
touts. I'm on easy street, am. just
wrote a letter for $4,000, but don't
know where to address it..''-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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Fie. 2.
THIS IS STILL CHEAPER.

together by cleats nailed to the upper
sides they can be readily moved to the
barn or placed against other buildings
to serve as a shelter for some other
purpose during the winter.
A cheaper shelter is shown in Fig. 2.
The roof slants towards the south, thus
securing greater protection from the
rays of the sun. One will be greatly
surprised to see the amount of time
hogs will spend under these protec-
lions. When flies are bad during Au-
gust and September a darI<ened in
closure would prove profitable, as they
could then escape from their winged
tormenters. This same form of shell
ter will answer for sheep, but they are
not so DESTROYS of escaping the rays of
the sun, as the common flies do not an
noy them to a very great extent.-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
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4 LITTLE NONSENSE.

Jackson-'.Is the minister of YOKE
chur:h going to take vacation this
summer2'' Wilson, hope SO. - -
Homer Budget.
She Father, would it hurt you
much it I married without your con-
sent?" He-"It might hurt the young
man ore.''-West End.
New Reporter Don't you think it
hard on me, sir, to have my stuff turned
down when I'm working on space?
Isn't there anything can write thatll
be accepted" tor-'H'm; you
might try your resignation" -Philadel-
phia Record. .<.. s
One day a lawyer was walking
through a street with his large bag
full of briefs, when he was impudently
accosted by boy who asked him if he
was dealer in old clothes. NO." re-
piled the lawyer, "these are all new
suits. "-Spare Moments.
"And you say that you only realized
$500 out of your damage suit against
the road? l thought the verdict was
for SO ,O0O.'' 1T was,'' replied the man
who had sued a railroad company for
5000 for injuries received in a wreck,
"but you see my lawyers fees had to
come out of that.''-Ohio State Jour
nal.
''Do you think that we will ever have
universal peace?" asked the thoughtful
man. II dunno" answered the mu
sician. IF we do, I'd hate to have thu
contract of managing the singing. or
CARNATIONS who will be assembled tt
sing anthems about it. The profes
sional jealousy will be something ter.
rifle" -Washington Star.
City Editor-"Well?" Reporter
"Can I have Is minutes off this after
noon?" City Editor Growning)-"Fo,
what?" Reporter-"I'm to be married.
City Editor-''Well, hurry up. And
(absently) get the name of the bride
and all that, and if there's anything
sensational enlarge upon it. I Shall ex.
pect half a column. Get hustle on!'
st. Louis Republic.
Il guess I'll keep you on all season.
said the manager of the summer vau.
deville 7house. 'At last I am appre.
ciated!" exclaimed the man who had
never been able to get an engagement
for more than week, trying to hide
his establishment under the air of a
man coming into his rights. ''That's
WHAT continued the manager. ''You
are so hopelessly bum that you make
the other turns seem good by contrast
indianapolis Journal.
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NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS.

-. Provide shelter from the sun. Never
compel sheep to stay in a pasture with
no shade.
If you have any yearling lambs that
won't eat very readily with the older
sheep, take them from them and feed
thrashed oats.
At an auction of the Polk county
(Ore.) mohair association the entire
clip of G,00o Angora goats was sold at
1914 cents per pound.
Sheep on the land will at least pay in
terest and taxes. Never permit piece
of ground to lie idle because it is rough;
stock it with sheep.
, Large coarse boned ewes with big
heads and thick necks seldom raise
vigorous lambs. The best breeding
eve is a medium-sized animal of the
breed in question.
a good acre of land should grow 30
tons of roots, with the right cultiva-
ttion. For ak months this crop will
support 80 sheep, and will form about
two thirds of their daily rations.
al World. =:
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Character Not Good.

In some rural districts of England
there are held annually hiring fairs,
where farmers and others attend to en-
gage servants. At one held in Glouces-
tershire last autumn farmer opened
negotiations with a lad who seemed
suitable for his purpose. Various ques-
tions having been asked and answered,
the farmer inquired at last: j.; =.
Hast got: a character. from thy last
place?'' :; - i ~ ...@' ~
NO. replied the boy, "but my old
gaffer be about somewhere, and I can
get he to write; one, .g.>..1.
VERY well, J" was the reply. ."'thee
get it and meet I here again at four
o'clock" ~ ~ ~. - 80.
The time came, and SO did the farmer
and the boy.
Hast got thy Character" was the
query. The answer came, short and
sharp: ID
mo; but ha' got thine, and bean't
a-coming."- detroit Free Press.
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Bees THAT DO Not swarm.

A paying feature in breeding bees is
to produce nonswarming strain, or at
least breed out of them to. great sx-
tent the swarming mania. Swar1ning
with the apiarist is usually objection
able, since the profit is in the honey
crop, and not in the increase of bees.
Little if any surplus honey will be oh,
tanned from a colony that turns its at
tention to swarming, SO that it is very
5desira BILE to have colonies continue to
store honey right along without at
tempting to swarm. Good results in
this respect have also been obtained and
the sWarming notion largely bred out of
some of the most carefully bred strains.
Journal of Agriculture
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HE WAS REJECTED
But He Stuck t. his lei sra ~ =
Lucky nit wen the Csvetea
Prise.

TT was such good joke OF. me-" said the
girl in the gray velvet toque to the girI IN
the blue velvet shoulder cape, 90 they
stirred their hot chocolate, chat I must teil
you.
You know how John has been proposine
to me at regular intervals ever since &c was
out of knickerbockers.. Well, he did e aaain
the other night, and, with his usual facilitY.
chose an occasion when was very cross.
He did it Q little more awkwardly than
usual, too, deliberately choosing. the old
fashioned method Of offering me his hand
and heart
Here she paused to drink some chocolate
and the girl in blue asked breathlessly what
she said.
"Oh!" remarked the other, in the tone Of
one relating an event Of no Importance, II
told him that believed was already pro
vided with the full quota of bodily organs,
and that wouldn't deprive him"
And what did he say"
well, Belle, that's the funny thing. He
seemed to brace up, and said, politely, that
at any rate there was no doubt about my
having my full share of cheek! And I wa.
50 delighted to find man capable Of even
that much repartee on being rejected-that
I accepted him. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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FILINGS AT WoMANKIND.
Some OF Which Smack Just q LIt.
tie BIT Of the TRuth-SOEse
Are CalumnieS.

A girl is visiting in town who has dress
trimmed with four miles of lace, and her
hostess is thinking of giving reception
for it.
A woman who knows how easily the men
can be fooled tells everyone who kisses her
that it is the first time she was ever kissed
by man.
1t occurs to man with some wonder that
his wife never got up as much enthusiasm
over him when she was bride as she gets up
over the new little red baby.
When woman doesn't know of anything
else nice to say. about another woman she
says she has such 'cute little ways"
Every unhappy woman takes pleasure in
thinking of the time when he will come
back, and it will be too late.
A good many girls have the notion that
some day they may be compelled to sell their
hair and pay off the morris gage on the family
Atchison girl who had very beautiful hair
became very poor and agreed to sell it for
three dollars. After. the hair had been cut
off the purchaser refused to take it, saying
she could get a switch for two dollars in
Kansas City that would answer.-Atchison
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Exporting Eggs to Havana.

A New York firm has been expert
menting with the shipment of eggs and
poultry to Havana, but not with encour-
aging success. Two carloads of live
poultry and rs cases of eggs were
shipped, the stock coming from Ten
nessee and going via Port Tampa, Fla,
taking two days to reach Havana. The
breakage of eggs was remarkable. One
lot brought 10 cents per dozen; another
is cents. The poultry was carried in
the hold Of the vessel - dark, hot and
badly yer:a;ated-and of the first lot
100 died; of the second, 200. The price
at Havana could not overcome this loss.
Chickens brought 81 a dozen. Still the
demand is such that shipped in cool
weather, and with better facilities,
there will be profit in the business.
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THE PASSING OF THE HORSE.

drove my old horse Dobbin, full slowly
toward the town., I6s
One beautiful spring morning. The rising
sun looked down
And saw us slowly jogging and drinking in
the balm
OF honeyed breath Of clover fields We
heard in Natures calm
The chirping squirrel, whistling bird, the
robin and the wren: fG.A~
The sound Of life and love and peace came
DER the field again. ~ y
Way back behind the wagon there came
tandem bike, 9,
A ped-nng long to beat the wind; 1never
They started blythe road was wide, old
Dobbin feeling good,
The quiet calmness Of the morn had liV-
ened up his mood, {. .@. -s
And stretching out adown the road chased
those cyclers two,
ana Doobin In his younger days was dis
tanced by but few i
We sped along about mile, it was q
merry chase,
But Dobbin gave it up at last and. drop
ping from the race.
He looked at me, as If to say: "Old man,
I'm in disgrace.
The horse is surely passing by. the bike
has got his place."
AND al that day, while in the town, old
Dobbins spirits fell;
Ills stout old pride was shaken sure; the
reason I could tell.
But when that night we trotted back from
town, below the hill
we met two weary cyclers who waved al
US bill
mat had big v on it, and said it would
be mine
IT l would let them ride with US and nut
their bike behind,
And SO I whistled softly, and Dobbin
winked at me:
Il guess the horse will stay, old man; he's
puncture proof-you see?"
Harness Gazette,
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Repairing Rottcd Posts.

50 Mostly when a post rots in the ground
it is just at the surface, where the COM
bination of moisture, air and soil makes
the conditions right for rotting. Often
both ends for two and half or three
feet will be found sound enough to use.
Such posts can be made serviceab BILE by
cutting away sone-half of each post,
leavinga a. fiat surface, and putting two
or three bolts and nuts through to. hold
them together. and then setting the
posts in the ground again. A post thus
repaired Will often last as long in the
fence as it did when originally set and
new. I'm most places, unless man is
very handy with tools, the labor of
splicing two old posts would be worth
as. much. if not more than. the cost of
buying a new one.
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CHEAP SHELTER FOR HOGS,

shelter much will be saved and COM
fort assured to these animals.
In Fig. is. shown a cheap shelter, de-
viscd by L. d. Shock, for four or five
grown hogs. The length of shelter need
not exceed eight feet and the length OF
boards on each side is also about eight
feet, or 16-foot boards may be sawed in
two: The, supporting posts should be
four feet above the ground, and should
be set firmly, as the hogs will use them
for rubbing posts. The ground end of
the sides should also be fastened down
by wooden stakes driven in lis shown.
If the boards of these sides are fastened
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10 lar
LIGHT AND DI1RAR1,E CAT

A LIGHT AND DURABLE GATE.
height of gate by laying them on one
of the cleats, and nail with six penny
nails to hold in place, and then put on
the other cleats, and nail with ten
penny and clinch tight, using four nails
at each end of every Stat. Fit the
braces as illustrated, and fasten with
wire nails and clinch. End cleats NAV
be made by saving two Stats in the mid
die. Use wire nails throughout. The
gate may be hung on either end.-L.
M. Van Meter. in Farm and Home.
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THE HOG IN SUMMER.
It Needs shelter and shade Quite ~
Much AZ Any OthersAninanl
&5= ON the Farm.

BY far too many farmers follow the
plan Of not providing any shelter for
their hogs while at pasture, but force
them to root up space in a fence cor
.ner or some other equally undesirable
place in their attempt to escape the
direct rays of the sun or pelting
storms. When they can and do stand
the heat and the chilly storms it is at
the expense and loss of the owner. BY
providing even a cheap and temporary
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Lucid.

A German, who had taken great in
terest in the completion of the Saenger-
fest building, and who watched the
tearing out of the false work in the in-
side last Wednesday evening, went to
his home, near the big building, ate q
hasty supper, and then returned. Wish
ing to know if all the false work had
been removed, he approached Lieut..
Hall and asked: We'll, ees all of dot
insite on dot outsite, yet Cincinnati
ENQUIRER. @ss IS. i.
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Rich-Yct Starving.

Doctors frequently have very wealthy
patients who are starving to death They
have money to buy food, but their stomach
has not the strength to digest it. 1t lies there
dyspepsia, nervousness and biliousness. The
surest remedy to cure a weak stomach is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t will restore
vigor to the digestive organs. Nothing is
lust as good.' See that private Revenue
Stamp covers the neck Of the bottle.
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Eggs and the Drama.

"After mature reflection" wrote the edi.
tor. of the Locustville Star of the West and
Voice of Truth, 1--WE have decided not to
publish any more notices of extraordinary
large eggs. We find that the notices tend
to create the impression that louisville is
not good theater town."
OF course, it was likely to hurt his circu.
lation, but art was art-Detroit journal.
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.Biggs-;The corruption among public off,
Gals is shameful
Boggs-I should say so. I had to tip the
custom house inspector FIVE dollars just to
bring q. few diamonds in without paying
duty.-N. Y. Journal.