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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-19
FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE
Farm in Brown county. Illinois. con-
tanning 100 acres, one set of improve
ments consisting of nice 4-roOm cottage,
good. small barn, splendid orchard of
apples. peaches. etc. on a well-traveled
road, 40 acres in cultivation and 90 acres
in bluegrass pasture, exceptionally hne
grass. This land is owned by man
who desires to move TO Kansas and
wants to exchange the above farm at
$4,000 for land in Kansas. Has $1,000 in
cumbrance due in three years att per
cent. VIII assume mortgage here or
pay cash difference for good deal.
An excellent residence property in
Audubon, county seat of Audubon Co.
Iowa well located, near the business
center of the town, one of the prettiest
yards in the city, worth s, 500, 10 eX-
change for Kansas lands.
Splendid Groom brick residence on Wash
ington Boulevard. Chicago, Illinois, with
in miles Of the court house worth
s. 100. to exchange for Kansas lands.
Fine farm of 100 acres. one-half mile
from bank corner at Bowen. Hancock
county. Illinois. nicely improved, every
foot nice. black prairie land. TO ex-
change for Kansas land
240 acres of land two and one-half miles
from railroad town IN Adams county,
Illinois. good house. out-buildlngs, and
good land Farm is worth $1,000: in
numbered for S.. 800. Owner wants kan
sas land for equity.
Well-improved farm, containing 800
acres. located in Butler county. post
office and store on the land, free and
clear from debt: farm is worth s25 per
acre. or $4,000 to exchange for stock OF
general merchandise.
A well-mproved farm. nicely located IN
Harvey county. Kansas, containing go
acres, splendid 7-room cottage, good
large, well-built barn, windmill. water
tank. fine orchard. in bearing; good hog
lots. corrals. and four good wells. One
of the most desirable homes 10 be found
in central Kansas. Owner Is an old man,
without help. and will exchange for good
Wichita property.
800 acres of land, located four and one
half miles from railroad town. In Butter
county. Kansas: ~ acres Of splendid val
ley land in cultivation, balance rolling.
excellent pasture land. large. open WEI.
with water standing within feet OF the
top Of the ground; orchard for family
use and Groom house. This land would
make an excellent small ranch for some
one 10 handle stock Il y free and clear
from debt. and 70 exchange for Wichita
property.
cali on or address kansas Bureau of
immigration" Wichita. Kansas. lls y.
Market street sL-lt
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SITUATION wANTED-MALE.

-~-No~-~N~-~~N-~-~N-~-N-N-~
WANrED-Any kind of work about S-9~s
Or premises Edward Schultz. Ar \
Main. So
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FOR SALE-A large hardware stock.
This is a first-class opening for party
having several thousand dollars to in
vest in this line. Call for particulars.
Israel Bros S2-1t
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NANTED-NldGIe-age man wants sim
alton with business house. ExDariencs
u groceries. Address -. n - 2l5 Fasf
Douglas.
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FOR SALE-Several very cheap farms
which eastern parties have acquired
through foreclosures. l will sell these
farms on reasonable terms and very
cheap. l have city property acquired in
the same way which l am offering at q
bargain. c. L. Davidson. Kansas Ma
tional bank 37-tf
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PERSONAL beautiful young lady and
a Young widow, both financially fixed
want to correspond with suitable gentle
men. Inclose stamp and send for terms
of years membership. keHwOrthy Mat
rirnOufal Agent sz-t
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CLASSIFIED
WAN IS

STRAYED.
hog. with black spot. weight about $50
pounds Reward. Address information
to 7. Shank, Alderman island, Wichita,
Kansas sl-2tx
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| HAVE MADE MONEY with it. Can't
you? On receipt of 81 L will send to
any address a book containing 5000 valu-
able money-making recipes for the
home farm, laboratory and workshop,
and every department of human en-
deavor This offer good for thirty days
only. Address Chas. G. Reed, Agent,
Irondale. Ohio, jeff Co. 76-Stx
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FOR SALE-Seven acres. in alfalfa. on
creek close in. Want money, and VIII
sell for sam L | Snencer Nl-ff
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FOB EXCHANGE


TO EXCHANGE-FCT land. 75-barrel
roller mill, in good town in gas belt; two
railroads; so miles from Kansas City.
Address Frank Jones, Newton, Kansas.
79-2tx-wed-sun
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NANTED-Position as book-keener. casa
Ter or salesman Address Position >.
Eagle office 49,,
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PERSONAL


Personal - Undergraduate Doctors.
Dentists. Pharmacists Lawyers, pTsc-
ticing: soon graduated home. Box les,
Tbfca Ot-Z5f
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ship 26. range 2. west All fenced and IN
der cultivation; 120 acres of growing
wheat, in good condition, goes with the
land. Also the E. y of the n. E. Il OF
sec 9, township 26, range 2, west. Pas
ture land Call on or address w. NJ.
Glass. Colwich Kan 69tf
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ghe aaha Daily Eagle: Sunday ornro Febrmaru 1899

CLASSIFIED
WAN
FINANCIAL-s1Oo.o 600 to loan on farms in
easy terms. Sc, go TO loan on choice
Wichita property. Hewlett & Wheeler.
ole court house building lo-So-eod-I
MONEY to patent your ideas may be OBJ
tanned through our aid The, Patent
Record. Baltimore, Nd o0-Zotx
SHORT TIME MONEY to loan. DR.. A
B. Butterield, III y. Mailn St 1'-etx
UNLIMITED FUNDS TO loan on choice
40l-4o3400 Sedgwick block Whine &
Winnie 1N-tf
SHORT TINE MONEY to loan on dia-
monds and jewelry. DR.. A b. Butter
field, 147 n. Main. lS-6tx
MISCELLANEOUS.
COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVED Calling
Cards, at a reduction of % TO 40 per
cent The Eagle Office. 2-u
IF YOU WANT TO illustrate your sta
uonery or advertisement with cuts. zinc
etchings, half tones, &c. you don't need
TO send east. Quality, prices and prompt
ness guaranteed by the Wichita Photo
Engraving Co., over 15T y. Market
street. Wichita Kansas. S2-tf
Statesmen $50 A MONTH,
WANTED $50 4 MONTH
$50 a month earned by all our active
men. taking orders for our POPULAR
PRICE, MADE-TO-MEASURE Cloth
ing; cheapest line in the United States.
TROUSERS FROM 81. UP.
SUITS FROM $4.95 UP.
Also. complete line OF men and women s
macintoshes. We furnish a handsomely
bound book, containing large cloth sam
pies, complete outfit and advertising
NO CAPITAL REQUIRED; send US the
orders and We express the garments. 10
your customer c. 0. D.; collect your
selling price and remit your pront week
~. NO CHARGE FOR THE OUTFIT
but to protect ourselves against people
wanting it to buy their own clothing,
but not to take orders, the applicant
must remit 81 as evidence of good faith,
which we refund when his orders
amount to $40.
We manufacture the TURNIP BICY-
Gle dong PANTS. convertible in one
minute into knee pants and back again
without taking off. You make big pront
on them. Valuable premiums given 10
statesmen. STEWART G. CO,
2-12-2t
SEE those Always Burn Fire Kindlers
at Ketchun & Ketchums, and run no
risk of explosions from coal oil. SO-St
GENUINE FIRE SALE-Two car loads
carpets and furniture just received from
Kansas City, slightly damaged. On sale
for cash at one-haif price.
2,00G yards of carpets and mattingS, from
&c TO 39c per yard. Administer, 65c yard ;
Hartford brussels. Csc; top brussels, 46c;
body brussels. SOC; union carpets. 25c;
cotton chain, S3c; all-woolS, 39c; hemp
carpets, 15c.
200 rockers, oak, mahogany and will
low, $165 to s2.75; bed room suites, $3.50
to $16. $3.50 best steel springs, s1.S5;
woven wire cots, s1.25; oak cane seat
high chairs Csc; book cases, S3.S5; wood
seat chairs, s1.9S set.
One 7-drawer new Domestic machine,
golden oak, S19.75. Others from s. up.
GILBERT & MATTHEWS,
1873 and $40 n. Main Street.
79-4tX
HAVE MADE MONEY with it. Can't
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Splendid tract Of grazing land. fenced
and well supplied with pure, clear,
spring water. for sale at hard times
prices. Call and get particulars.
Splendid ranch. containing 2l30 acres.
for sale at prices that viii astonish the
public.
4 fine tract Of land containing 800 acres.
within six miles Of Wichita. nicely i'm
proved. worth So per acre. Long time
and easy terms on half
Ranches in short grass district in good
propositions to suit any customer.
Cali on or address kansas Bureau OF
immigration" Wichita, Kansas. lie y.
Market street. Kit
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IF YOU WANT TO illustrate your sta
tionery or advertisement with cuts. zinc
etchings, half tones, &c. you don't need
TO send east. Quality, prices and prompt
ness guaranteed by the Wichita Photo
Engraving CO., over 15T y. Market
street. Wichita Kansas. s2-tf
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FOR SALE-On Waco avenue. east front.
150X200 feet, good 2-story, S-room house,
with barn, 81. 800.
Dwelling : rooms. 2-Story, barn. car
rage house. fenced. city water, good re-
pair only sS25.
South of Oak street, Groom house. fine
barn. fence, cistern, fruit and shade,
a nice place. 81. $50; easy terms.
TUCKER & DICKSON, 2J2 2. Douglas.
-o-1f-thu-StIn
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FOR SALE-By Israel Bros:
: W. OF 29-29-4w. Price. Sl,ss, 800
cash. balance terms 10 suit
r L OF the Y W and y. Z OF the y. z
Of IS. and the 5. r % the 5. ". and the
:. ". % the :. z. OF l2-2-le-. 30 acres
improved. 81 per acre; one-hsif cash
50 acres lying miles from town, i'm
proved. Price. $3.50.
80 acres. highly improved. miles out
Price 1850. g. 30 cash
10 acres fine land. : miles OUT Price,
House 10 move. 100 5. Washington
Price, SI+'-
IL y. Usage $50.
~ Meade avenue. S2fE-
- Meade avenue $2ie.
81 Meade avenue. > rooms 80
- Meade avenue. Il rooms ~ o. VII
sell lsst two houses together. RltG = or
so feet Of ground. running through from
Meade 10 Fiftn avenue. facing both the
Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads, for
30 5. Empor.a. cost $50 Price. E5o
cash.
81 y Waco. u rooms modern convert
ences - feet Of ground So 20 cao-c1
small fruit. $50. half cash
- feet Of vacant ground. cLaSonA-+f
across from No 2 hose house, $50
- feet Of vacant ground. - teei solia
% Twelfth west front o. - -. 81 > =
Srt
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AGENTS WANTFn

AGENTS W ANTED-G0od live men N
every locality 10 represent a large
manufacturing company and INTRODUCES
their goods. Steady employment and
large income In good legitimate bust
ness assured TO men that are honest
ana willing 10 attend 70 business. Ref
erences required. Send self-addressai
Stamped envelope for reply to Tba Pav
Manufacturing Co, No. o2S Chartres 8
New Orleans La -4os,
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FOR SALES. e =. 32-27-2e. close TO
Wichita, 4-room house, cellars, large
barn. for L horses; granary. spr.ng
water. Rents at $500. Price 8. $50; s. 600
cash. Dean Gordon 6l-thu-su-tu-f
FOR SALE-Ffty lots. bottom land, and
large barn. Garner Hydraulic and Sew
enteen.h: lots Of fruit and other I'M
provements $3.50; terms 70 suit. Or viii
sell barn. 10 move, r. S20e Dean Gordon.
S1-sur-tf
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FOR SALE
We have just had placed in our hands
for sale the properties of an eastern
loan company. consisting of improved
and Well-lOcated business and resident
property, with instructions TO sell. VIII
be pleased 10 show same 10 those intend
ing to buy.
An elegant east front residence on Law
renee avenue, south of Central. g. 900.
A modern home on Topeka. near Oak,
81 500. Good terms.
A beautiful cottage on Emporia avenue.
south of Second street, rooms. good
cellar. Price, s1.050 The lots are we'll
worth the money.
Six per cent money 10 loan on farm and
city property.
S2-lt
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FOR SALE-Or wTl trade FOR tns.3e pop
s-tv. acres q LAID Of College = .--
Young bearing orchard o sane sir
q " B-sstow Masonic Hone ~
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CLASSIFIED
WANTS


FOR SALE@The south L Of section p and
lots 5. and I, in section g. township 81
range 4. west. One OF the finest river bot
tom farms in Reno county. Kansas.
known as the Charles W. Shelton farm.
Three miles from Haven; IL miles from
school; one mile from United Presby-
terrain church. $40 acres, all bottom
land: 500 acres IN cultivation; 20 acres
in pasture: 5 acres in orchard. House OF
s rooms besides 3 closets, bath room.
milk room, large cellar; two barns,
granary; two corn cribs; hen house All
fenced and cross-fenced with hedge and
wire fences Three wells: TWO wind
mills Arkansas river runs through the
farm. The corn raised on this farm was
given the premium at the Worlds Fair
in 1893 Price, $1,000: easy terms. II
YOU want one OF the finest farms in
Kansas, investigate this. Whine &
Winnie. Wichita, Kansas. 19-f
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from Cheney, s.. $50. The crops on this
land for 1898 sold for over $500 actual
cash. The landlords share as shown by
our books was S113 cash, being one-third.
Dean Gordon. 22-sun-wed-tf
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-07
MOONLIGHT IN MUSIC.
story of HOW Beethoven Created His
Wonderful Sonata.

Story of How Beethoven Created His
Wonderful Sonata.
Beethoven s famous composition, tho
Moonlight Sonata'' is snid to have
been composed under the following cir
cumstanCes:
One evening. as Beethoven and
friend were hurrying through the
streets of Bonn, they heard the familiar
notes Of tho Sonata In f. 7" Something
in the musicians touch attracted the
attention Of Beethoven, and he stopped
and listened. Suddenly the music stop
pod, ard the despairing words Of tho
musician came to them through tho
open window, "Oh, if could but hear
some really good musician play this
wonderful piecel" and the words ended
in sob.
"Let us go in" said Beethoven
They entered and found tho player q
young girl, poor and blind. Beethoven
Eat down at the old harpsichord and
played as he had never played before.
His listeners were spellbound. "Tell
U.s. they begged, "who are you?" For
answer be played the opening bars in
tho SONATA In T. I" ut is Beethoven !"
they exclaimed in awe and admiration
Suddenly the candle hickered and
went out. Beethoven ceased playing
and bowed his head upon his hand. His
friend threw open the shutters a flood
of beautiful moonlight entered the
room. It's TRANSPORTING light touched
up the poor old instrument and rested
upon the noble figure bowed before it.
The profound silence was broken at last
by the musician, who said: Listen! /
will improvise sonata to the moon
light I" Then was created this wonder
full sonata, beginning in sad, tender
movement, the embodiment in sound Of
the gentle moonlight transiiguring and
clarifying the dark earth
Suddenly the music ceased, aid with
brief farewell Beethoven hurried
home to put upon paper this famous
composition. -Philadelphia Saturday
pOct
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ROMAN WEALTH AND WASTE

Pearrp Dissolved IN Wine md II Re-
lay of Dinners For MnrlS Antony.
E. Fl. House, writing on bright
Sides of History in ST. Nicholas. tells
this story Of ancient extravaganza:
"The pearl which Cleopatra drank
to ADtony's health was valued at nearly
$500, 900, so ut one mouthful she dis
posed of as much as the cost of Cali
gula's supper. l suppose that was the
most valuable pearl we have any knowl,
edge of. Though Julius Caesar owned
ono worth $3.50, 900, which he gave to
the mother of Brutus-the same Brutus
who af!erward helped to kill Caesar.
Pearls seem to have held out partiou-
lar temptations to people who took
pleasure in wasteful follies, perhaps DO.
cause no other jewel could be so easily
swallowed.
cleopatra prank was not the first
of its kind The same absurdity had
been committed by a silly fellow i'll
Rome named 1Esoo-not your favorte
fable teller for he lived centuries
earlier. ard was a very wise man. The
Roman 44ISop was the son of rich act
or, and, just to make himself talked
about, he took pearl from the eardrop
of C;rcilia, the wife of the tyrant Sylla,
and, according. to writer's of that age,
drank it in vinegar. believe that the
possibility of dissolving this kind of
gem is disputed by many modern au-
thorities, but the nncients appear 20
have had no doubt on the subject, for
the instances recorded by them were
numerous and were attested by men of
scientific standing. a Japanese natural
list, who has studied pearls infinitely,
states that he has found them of such
various quality and structure that the
existence of specimens which might be
melted does not seem to him inconceiv-
able. But whether Esop liQuefied his
pearl or not the performance certainly
cost him sum equivalent to $40, 600
quite enough, though nothing in COM
parison with what Cleopatra squander-
ed Hers was the widest piece of ex-
trayagance that can recall.
at was tho fashion to be extravagant
then. Mary Antony was not far bohind
the Egyptian queen in that respect,
though his fancy was not for beverages
favored by trinkets. Substantial food
was more in his line. A visitor who
once went into the kitchen of his palace
in Alexandria saw eight wild boars
roasting mt the same time and thought
there must be an immense number of
guests expected, but the cook told him
only 10 persons would dine that day.
and the reason of the extensive prepare
tions was that no one could say exactly
when Antony would go to the table.
But whenever he gave the signal the
meat must be just in proper condition
at that moment. SO it was the rule to
get ready a series of dinners, overlap
ping one another, you might say, at in
teryals of Is or 20 minutes. Only one
could be eaten, and the rest were wasted,
but the waste did not matter Antony
was never kept waiting, and that in
his opinion, was the thing to be consid
cred !"
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NY LADY NICOTINE.
The Alleged Effects of Tobacco ans
Its Enormous CONSUMPTION.

The Alleged Effects of Tobacco and
Its Enormous CONSUMPTION.
Probably no pleasure of life has had
it's praises so much sung as smoking.
Here is the other side Doctors say
tobacco used in excess produces:
Palpitation of the heart, muscular
tremblings, weakness and paralysis of
the legs, dizziness of the head, noises
in the ears, cold perspiration all over
the body, colicky pains in the stomach,
inability to exert the mind, congested
and sore throat. burning of tho tongue,
dry and parched mouth, tartar and
blachness of the teeth, confusion o.
sight, catarrh of the stomach, catarrh
of the throat and nose, sallow complex
ion, very lad dyspepsia, lopsided
mouth, nervous anxiety, cancer Of the
lips, diminished appetite, pale ard
anamic gums, loss of memory, omis-
sion of every fifth pulse beat, ruin OF
the will power, irritability of temper
extreme and incurable melancholy, rest
lessness and sleeplessness. blindness and
deafness apoplexy aud paralysis. con
vulsions and death.
III the case OF children :. stunts their
growth when a person is consnmptive
it hastens his death, when the heart is
weak it almost completely stops the
beating, when you have a cough tobac-
co keeps it going for weeks, and 1t IN
terferes with singing and swallowing
Yet about 1900, 600, 000 pounds Of
it are smoked every year. New York
Wnrld
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Worthy of Whistler.

AS an artist Jack Gamble is consider
ed as independent as he is successful
He possesses an unlimited quantity oi
candor, upon the expression of which
he places no restraint He is mucE
liked Notwithstanding, and was mol
long ago offered commission to paini
the portrait of a certain wealthy man,
whose features are more remarkable TO,
their bloom than for their refinement
Jack critically scanned the broad fea
lures of his proposed subject.
Upon one condition will | paint
you,'' be declared dramatically.
"Whatl" gasped the amazed Croesus,
speechIess at the efIrontery of this pow
erty stricken artist.
Yes, pursued Gamble, with easy
grace. Upon condition that | shall bt
allowed to put in little intelligence.
And the funny part of it was tia;
Jack got the commission.-san Fran
cisco News Letter.
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Old John BRYANT.

John Bryant brother of William
Cullen Bryant, is living in Princeton,
Ills, in good health a relative livirg
in Belloyiew. Fla, writes of hini:
John Bryart Wis 81 years old last
Jaly. think He writes l,e quite oftea,
though it is sor.e time now since hare
heard, not siuce he went north in Ia
spring suppose if he is veil be VIII
be in st. Nicholas, near .iGc6sonvi q
this winter That is where be usually
gees. His mind is bright as ever. and
for his age lie is quite active; cannot
see to read evenings, so some of us lsed
to plan to have few games Of whist
every evening TO while away the long
hours for him.
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She Studied French.

Four young women were walking TO-
gether on Charles street today and en-
gagged in animated conversation.
"What do you think ] done today,
Clara?" said one II translated 40
pages of French exercise Wasn't that
fne?''
"Fine," said the other, II should
say it was. wish l had done as good
I only translated 90"
Comment is unnecessary, but one
feels like asking, Is this sign of the
times? Is what Nine. Butterfly called
"United States American English" be-
ing neglected for the so called accom-
plishments?
One can forgive the woman who,
gazing at some renaissance lace, bland.
" remarks, "Ab, that is the Kenny
SAINT, but for the girl who assiduous
ly studies French and murders English
meanwhile, as Macbeth murdered sleep,
there seems no possible excuse.
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A ninainr CLinexe onth.

We are accustomed 20 all manner or
swearing-that is. of course, legal oath
taking-in this country, but we do rat
recollect hearing of so queer a medium
of attestation as "guillotined black
cockatoo. :" That is what the police OF
country district i'll New South Wales
had to provide the other day for fin
licking Chinaman, who obstinately de-
clined TO swear on anything else. Head
less fowls were brought but in vain
Even black swan, luxury surely for
a Chinese witness, was declired.
After many days dead cockatoo OF
the required hue was discovered i'll G
hut Of one Of the other heather, as
they call the Celestials who mulcted
the officials 10 shillings for a fast decom,
posing bird Then the solemn and pe.
culiar oath was duly administered, when
the difficult witness blandly declared
that be knew nothing about the case
and sat down smiling. London Chron-