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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

what spirits we might 1t wasn't more
than two hours after he left that
Uncle Jink,. a dilapidated.. old colored
man, appeared with yoke of steers,
which he left in the lane while he
came plodding through the snow to
the house.
eHeerd y'an was out O. wood he
grinned, $50 1 lowed I'd come an
snake up a few logs m split fer de
fi'place m whack up some fer de
cook'n' stove"
Its very kind of you, indeed said
Aunt Laura, for we are in great need
of wood-only I'm afraid I can't pay
you for it to-day, Uncle"
''Dass all right dass all right in
terrupted Uncle Jink; Hdon't y'aH
boddah bout dat-dass all right and
he scuffed away, leaving US a little
mystified, for it was not quite like
Uncle Jink to be so Indifferent about
compensation for his good deeds.
'tOf course Mr.. Melton went and told
him to come, and either paid him or
agreed to if we didn't" expounded
Dora, and looked as if she were ready
to fall in a heap.
SIT was very good of him if he did"
said Aunt Laura.
"Good-yes; but who wants to be an
object of charity" groaned Dora, ''es-
pecially-"
sob, we'll, I don't suppose he'll
preach about it next Sunday said,
consolingly; but Dora wouldn't cheer
up very much Still, it was very COM
Portable to have plenty of wood, and
7 10 he
instigating Uncle Jink to come to our
assistance.
Of all the 365 days of that year the
three hundred and siXty-fifth was the
most dismal at Maple Knoll. 1t opened
with a drilling, soaking rain, much
more depressing than the blizzard
from which it evoluted; the kind that
dampens your spirits in spite of all
the philosophy you can bring to bear
against it. The sky was dismal gray
waste without a slit of light. Aunt
Laura had a racking neuralgia in her
face. Dora had been dreaming about
charity and wood all night. AS for
me, I had little trouble of my own
which popped up just now more ag-
gressively than ever. I never had but
one lover Ct never wanted but one),
and he was a poor young man who
had gone to the frozen Alaskan re-
gions with the avowed intention of
making his fortune and coming back
to share it with me, rebuild the old
house into stately mansion and take
care of Aunt Laura and Dora, which
was quite proper; for, you see, I had
been gathered into the family when
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I was left small orphan, in Uncle
Johns time, and he and Aunt Laura
had not made an atom of difference
between Dora and me in their love
and care. But now it had been so long
since I had heard from Frank I
couldn't help being afraid he had
frozen to death or been buried in a
snowslide. And this dreadful rainy
day I couldn't even have the satisfac-
ton of going or sending to town for
the mail, if there should possibly be
any news.
Dora and [ had an unwritten law
that the more downcast we felt the
jollier we should force ourselves to be.
To-day I think we degenerated into
Stiffness in our efforts to be cheer
full. But a lot of smaller troubles
followed each other so persistently-
such as the refusal of the cook stove
to draw, the falling of the light bread
in consequence, a slip in the mud on
Dora's part, etc., etc.-that when, to
cap the climax that evening, our be-
loved fireplace smoked sullzily and re
lentlessly, we felt that we might as
well wind up the year by going to bed
at eight o'clock.
When we were all snugg1ed down
and the lights were out could have
cried just out of low spirits, but I
wouldn't. I knew God could see far
Their ahead than we could, and I put
everything into His hands and went
to sleep.
I slept so soundly that I was greet
ed the next morning by savory,
sagey scent of frying sausages com
ing up the little back stairs before I
fairly got back from the slumber
world. Dora was down in the kitchen
singing Lightly Row. over the bis
cults, and looking as fresh as a peach,
with her rosy cheeks and clear gray
eyes And the stove was drawing
beautifully. And Aunt Laura came
down without speck of neuralgia
and feeling as spry as a girl, to finish
breakfast, while Dora and I went forth
to do the milking. And behold the
sopping rain had turned into love
~, soft snow in the night; not a biz
zardy snow like the one before the
rain, that blew in everywhere, but a
gentle, fine, thick powder. It had
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| stopped falling now, and the air felt
crispy and bracing. The sun wasn't
shining yet, but there was a mellow
| look in the sky, as if it meant to pop
out any minute.
New Years calling was not much in
vogue in our rural district; still, it was
Aunt Laura's way to make a red-letter
| day Of the opening one of the year, and
always to be prepared for any stray
eaRer who might chance to appear. She
! had a cheerful fire in the parlor, plen-
tifu1 supply of coffee and cake on hand,
and we all put on our pretty house
dresses and prepared to be happy
whether anyone came or not.
At half past nine pleasant melody
of sleigh bells jingled along, and the
cutest little cutter stopped at our gate,
and here came Rev. Cyrus Melton smil-
ing up the walk. We were mighty
thankful for=the contrast between this
call and his last one; but such is the
| perversity of man. I imagined he
looked little disappointed at not be-
| ing ushered into the cooking regions
| again. Still, he smiled very good-na-
turedly, with those jolly brown eyes of
his, as he fshed something out of his
pocket and handed it to me.
''Miss Nettie,' he said, 81 felt it in my
bones that you couldn't get any mail
up here on the hill all yesterday, and
| dropped in at the post office as came
| by this morning, and found you this
Maybe I didn't know. what it was,
even before saw the handwriting on it,
! and perhaps I didn't fly to get it and
scamper out to the big fireplace and
curl down beside it on a little wooden
stool to read my letter all alone. Frank
hadn't made a fortune, he wrote me,
| and he didn't know as we could have
big mansion built, but he had dug
enough gold to repair the old house and
| make US all comfortable, and he was on
his way home that blessed minute to
metamorphose Maple Knoll into the
finest little farm in the county, take
care of aunt and Dora and Incidentally
marry me.
When got back to earth again Mr..
Melton had taken Dora off in his sleigh
for ride, SO auntie and I had little
| jo1lifcation- of our own, and forgot all
about lunch time. It didn't matter,
though, for when the sleighing couple
| came back they didn't seem to know
much of anything. I fell on Dora in the
hall and told all about Franks letter,
| and she Rugged me black in the face
and said she was tremendously pleased,
but he wouldn't have to take care of her,
because that was going to be attended
to by Rev. Cyrus, who was the dearest
man in the world, but crazy as loon,
because he confessed that he had fallen
more in love with her than ever the day
he came and found her baking hoecake
in the fireplace.
We celebrated that night by having
the biggest fire of the season in the old
fireplace, which behaved splendidly,
and we sat up till all kind of hours,
Aunt Laura, Dora and I, with no light
but the mellow crimson and gold bril-
lance of that big old black cavern,
roasting nuts and red apples, talking
about the new paths opening before us,
and telling each other how grateful and
thankful we ought to be for this happy
opening day of the new year.-Hattie
Whitney, in Farm ard Fireside.
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FOR THE ORCHARD.
How to Build a Pruning Boat for
Hauling Away Limbs and Tvvigs
Cut from Trees.

The pruning-boat is a handy, home
made necessity 1 noticed in a Washing
tor. orchard. 1t is used for hauling
away the limbs and twigs cut from the
fruit-trees to a convenient place,
where they are burned. The boat Is
nothing more than a sled eight by
twelve feet, with a platform of inch
boards to receive the prunings. Three
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And the world looks dark and drear;
I'm short of breath. so pant and wheeze,
And SILVER and shake, and cough and
MY limbs creak mournfully in the breeze
For 1 am the poor Old Year.
Twelve months ago I was young and fair;
ruled the world with regal air,
And every one welcomed me, here and
there,
without frown or tear.
The boys and girls hurrahed for me.
And was as happy as happy could be;
The world around was fair to see
For 1 was the glad New Year.
The merry thrush and the bold cuckoo
Gave me a song and a welcome true;
The white puccoon and the violet blue
Peeped slyIy. into my face;.
The tulip gave her rich perfume,
The larkspur waved her azure plume,
The red rose opened her velvet bloom,
My royal court to grace.
The brooklet burst its icy bond.
The fern uncoiled her greenest frond,
The daisy waved her yellow wand,
To give me welcome meet;
And summer brought her glowing days,
Her bearded wheat and golden maize;
The wild bee hummed a song Of praise.
And slipped the cloVer's sweet.
Then autumn poured her rudy wine,
And shook the cluster from the vine,
And dropped the needles from the pine,
To scatter in my path;
The milk-weed burst her silky pod,
The partridge piped from the turfy sod,
And ueen-of-the-meadow and golden-rod,
BIoomed gay in the aftermath.
But now, alas! my time has come;
I'm weak and weary, and cold and numb,
And sour and sad, and cross and glum,
And the world is dark and drear;
No blossoms spring as pass along,
No warbler sings me welcome song;
But the bells ring out merry ding-dong
To welcome another year
Helen Whitney Clark, in Golden Days.
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unsuitable monster.

unsuitable monster. Yet we cOuldn't t.
make up our minds to close it up and
put up a stove instead, because of it's
radiant cheerfulness. How jolly it was,
Just when the first touch of a winters
twilight stole on, to pile fresh hickory
Hogs on the old andirons and watch thei
Flames dash up the chimney's throat
and light the whole room with mellow
crimson flame.
But the wood! Of course, we three
women couldn't very well go out and
chop and haul it, and our funds did
mot always warrant hiring large quanti-
ties laid in, besides which the neigh
boring help we could get was not very
dependable on at all times.
Maple Knoll was lovely place, but
didn't bring in much revenue, worked,
as we were obliged to have it done, by
any Tom, Dick or Harry we could pick
~s1p; and the old house was picturesque
but leaky as a sieve. Still, we man
aged very well about everything else,
but for fuel we were obliged to depend
on getting load hauled now and then
when some neighbor had the time and
INCLINATION to undertake it.
December though it was, we had had
a streak of regular Indian-summery
weather. mild atmosphere inter
woven with a soft smolziness. Our stove
wood had run out, and the neighbors
had all been too busy hauling cordwood
to attend to our needs. Our chip yard
was in good condition, however, and
we had been levying on it for cooking
purposes, using what little wood we
had for the fireplace, as we didn't need
no To- -,
an easy, grasshoppery way, as if the
pleasant weather were going to last all
winter.
We woke up the morning of December
80 to find the world nearly lost in a
most beautiful blizzard of whirling
snow. Not only was the outward world
"A white desolation, but there were lit
tie drifts all over the inside of the
house.
~Dora." shouted, bouncing out of
bed and landing with one foot in a
snow bank, show many chips did we
bring in last night?"
about enough to cook breakfast
with Dora answered, with the calm
ness of despair, as she shook little puff
of snow out of her shoe. Ihopped out
of my drift and rushed to the window
Meantime, let's go down and make
a fire and get a good warm-up if we
do perish afterward.'
<'We'd better save the sitting-room
wood until after breakfast counseled
Dora, ''and just have a fire in the cook
stove till then, and eat in the Kitchen -
Sure" said I, 'that'n be lark
In spite of the dismal outlook we had
a cheerful fire and a cozy kitchen when
Aunt Laura came down, and then while
she began to prepare breakfast Dora
and did ourselves up like Laplanders
and plunged out into the blizzard to
feed and milk the cows, after which we
sbraved the winters blast long enough
TO transport my treasure stump to the
house, which we did partly by Juggling
and partly by rolling it over and over.
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Radish seed viii keep in the ground
through the winter. If little place is
prepared in some out-of-the-way corner
and sowed late this fall, the plants will
be up and growing with the first warm
weather next spring. They viii prove
most acceptable then.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Roots stored in boxes or barrels and
covered with sand are much better than
when left to shriyeI in dry cellar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

BY planting a few fruit trees of dif-
'ferent varieties each year the orchard
viii never be old.
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LAST my: time has
nearly come:
I'm weak and weary,
and cold a n d
numb,
And sad and sour,
and cross a n d
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

E WERE always
getting out Of
wood at Maple
Knoll.
1t was the big;
fireplace in the
sitting-room that
ate up all the fuel
we could get. L
never saw such an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-04

jacksonville Fla. Oct. 3.-Entered
steamships Atlas Rubeli. Philadelphia,
and cleared same port; Algonquin, Chi
chester. New York
Cleared, schooner Emily r. Northam.
Penniwen. Philadelphia.
Charleston. s. T., oct ARRIVED.
steamers Iroquois. Kemble, Jacksonville.
and proceeded to New York; Seminole.
Bearse, Boston via New York, and pro-
ceeded to Jacksonville; schooners Fannie
Reiche. Buckaloo. Baltimore; S. s. Mars.
Holloway, Baltimore
Port Tampa, Flo. Oct. 3.-Arrived.
steamer Mascotte. Miner. Havana.
Fernandna, Fla. oct. 3.-Arrived.
schooner james Davidson. Rankin New
York: schooner Harold G. Beacher. Lowe.
master from Alphabetical to New York
loaded with lumber, put in in distress.
Vessel leaking badly In crossing Fernan-
dina bar vessel struck. which increased the
leak Now ashore on mud Nat opposite
city.
Key West. Oct. 3.-Arrived. steamers
Dacia (BrD. Havana; Oltvette, Smith. Port
Tampa and sailed for Havana.
Pensacola, Fla, Oct 3.--Arrived, bark
Ragna (Nor), Andersen. Pernambuco,
sailed steamships B,enhem (BrO,
VIII .eman. Liverpool; Highlander (Br),
Medium, Hamburg.
Cleared steamships Buckingham (Br),
Cole, Venice schooner Fiducia Qtal),
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton - Savannah to Boston, per
bale. Sl25; 10 New York, per bale.
800; TO Philadelphia. per bale, $1.0O: 10
Baltimore. per bale. $1.OO; va New York
Bremen, soc; Genoa, Coo; Liverpool, 45c
Havre 47c; ReVal zoe; direct, Bremen, soc:
Barcelona, COO; Genoa, soc; Liverpool SIC:
Havre, 40c; Reval, soc.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights strong Sa-
vannah to Baltimore, per NJ. $3.50; TO Phila-
delphia, $500; to New York. 500; 10 Boston
and Portland, $50; crossties, A feet base,
to Baltimore. TIC; TO Philadelphia, 17l5c; to
New York, lSc.
BY -Lumber-Savannah TO Balti-
more, $500; TO New York, $500; TO dock,
IS. IS; lghtered-to Boston, 10 dock. 500.
Naval Stores-The market is firm; me-
dunn size vessels. Rosin-Cork for orders,
SIS per barrel of $40 pounds and j
per cent primage. Spirits As Sd. Larger
vessels rosin. Is Cd; spirits As. Steam
10c per 100 pounds on rosn; 90c on spirits
Savannah TO Boston and Sl2c on rosin and
soc on spirits TO New York.
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GRAN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York Oct. Flour moderately ac-
tive and steady without quotabe change
Rye flour steady. Buckwheat -four
steady; $2.50d265 Buckwheat steady
Cornmeal steady Barley quiee; feeding
Ha43c. Barley malt duh. Rye steady.
Wheat. spot, easy; No. red,
7SAc. Options opened easier. with
prices &c LAWYER; cables being dis
appointing and weather in the Northwest
favorable TO The movement of supplies
Later the market advanced Ac on re,
newed war talk and claims of increased
export interest regarding cash wheat.
Again the market turned easier, following
the publication of Bradsueets visible
supply statement and disappointment in
the amount of cash wheat taken by eX-
porters Prices sold off ia@%c with the
market finally easy at net decline of 1sc;
March closed Size; May, Size; Decem-
Der. 7Si4c.
Corn. spot, easy; No. ,. Ale; f. o b..
afioat, 40lsc, elevator; options opened firm
at an advance of sc for December on
strong cables, bur turned easier under
heavy receipts. which exceeded eXpecta-
tons. The market was finally easy, with
December sc net higher and May sc net
lower; May closed 37Isc; December closed
| S7izc.
Oats, spot, firmer; No. ?, 29l4c; options
| quiet aud featureless.
Petroleum firm.
RosiR steady.
Turpentine firm.
Rice steady.
! Beef steady; cut meats firm.
Lard firm; Western steamed, $5.Si2; re-
! fined firm.
Pork firm
| Cotton seed oil shade easier; prime crude
! 22a24c
Butter firm; Western creamery, 17q24c
! state dairy. l5@22c.
! Cheese firm; large white 1ldlll2c.
Eggs strong; state and PENNSYLVANIA
2Ois@2lc; Western ungraded at mark, n
! ulsc.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys, $1O0d1.4O; New
| York, Sl.25M140; Long Island, $l25d1.62i2
New Jersey sweets. $l75d2.00; Southern
sweets S1.0d140.
Cabbage dull; Long Island $2.00a5.5O pei
100
Cotton, by steam 10 Liverpool, 26Ac.
Coffee options opened steady. with prices
unchanged 10 ) points lower, but immedi-
otely developed Inherent strength on To-
| cal covering, improved demand for spol
coffee, favorable foreign market news and
| scarcity of' sellers; closed quiet, with Oc-
tober points higher; others unchanged
| 10 net lower; sales, 1880, including Oc-
tohor. T. 25c; November, 4.30c; spot Rio dull
| steady; mild steady.
Sugar raw, weak and nominal; refined
dull. barely steady.
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Raisins-L. l.. S.75c; iz-box. 800; loose.
0-Dound boxes. &c pound.
Peanuts-Limited stock. fer demand
market firm; fancy hsndpicked. Virginia.
per pound. Size; hand-picked, Virginia.
4465c. fancy North Carolina 4tka5c.
Eggs-Marke- steady, with good demand
for moderate supply; candled, 17dlSc.
PoulJry-Steady; in fairly good demand
half-grown. $4,000 per pair; three-quarters
grown 45dJ5c per pair; full-grown fowl IS
Chensl. Gj6i75c per pair; ROSTERS. 40c pair.
Fish-Mackerel, half-barre!s, No. /. - 80;
No ,. 40; No. @. s. %; kits. No l, 81 p;
No. O. 81 90: No. soc. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks. 6l4c; 2-pound bricks. SC. Smoked
herring per box. lie: Dutch herring in
kegs. 81. 10; new mufIet, naff-barrel s. 20.
Syrup-Markei quiet; Georgia and For
ida syrup buying at 23c; selling a pc;
sugar house a. 101l5c; selling at
lraight goods 23q20c, sugar house mo-
Honey-Fair demand; strained. in bar
RES. j0055c gallon.
Salt-Demand is fair and the market
steady; carload lots, (. o. b., Liverpool,
compound sacks, CSC; do job lots. 1880
common fine salt. l25-pound, in burlap
sacks. carload lots, l4lsc; common fine
salt. ll0-pound burlap sacks, carload lots.
3SIzc, common fine salt, l00-pound burlap
sacks 36c Same in cotton sacks, &c
higher.
Hides. Wool Etc.-Hides-This market
firm; dry flint. 14l4c; dry salt l21ac; green
salted, Tee. Wool, nominal; prime Geor-
gia. free of sand. burrs and black wool,
zoe; black, lie; bury. 10u20c Wax, 23c,
ta.low Sc. Deer skins. 15c.
Oil-Market steady; demand fair; signal
l5GJOc; West Virginia, black, Sale; lard.
5Sc, nealsfoot. GOd75c; machinery. 16025c;
linseed oil, raw, 47c; boiled, soc; kerosene,
prime white. 1l14c; water white, 12l4c,
Pratt's astral. 1312c; deodOrized stove gas
oline. in drums. 12lAc.
Gun POwder-Per key Austin crack
shot. $500; half kegs. $2.25; quarter kegs,
125; Champion ducking. quarter kegs.
s. %; Dupont and Hazard smokeless, half
kegs $11.35; quarter kegs. 1851; 1-pound
canisters. S.00: less . per cent; Troislorf
powder. SOC and S1.00 pound.
Shot-Drop. Sl.6O; 3 b and large, s185;
chilled, Sl.S5.
Iron-Market very steady; swede. Sc
base; refined. $3.50 base
Nails-Cut. S2.S0 base: wire $3.50 base
Advanced national list Of extras adopted
Dec. /. 1896
Barbed Wire-s3.9O per 100 pounds.
Lime Calcium. Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia line in fair demand
and SELL at 75c a barrel bulk and carload
lot; special caiaSned plaster, $3.50 per bar
rel; hair. 4d5c. Rosedale cement, s1100
100; carload lots, special Portland ce-
ment. retail. $3.50; carload lots, 500.
Lumber. #. o. b., Vessel, Savannah
Minimum yard sizes. 12.5Od14O0; car siIls
SlS50Gpl500; difficult sizes, $16 00d25.OO; ship
stock S250O45O00; sawn ties, $10.5Od11. 90;
hewn ties 33d36c.
Cotton Bagging- steady-Jute
2h-pound. &c; 2-pound, 61kc; 1A-pound
6lsc; sea island bagging 9Ac
Cotton Ties-Standard, 45-pound arrow.
large lots. $1.25; small lots, $l.35.
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Manila Correspondence Chicago Post.
Dogs in Manila, and all over the Philip
pine Islands, are long and white. with ears
bodies that are not over fat. Their ribs
stick out bit, and they are always hun
CRY. The dogs that creep back into the
towns where the American soldiers are
howl when the tattoo sounds at night.
and again when taps and lights OUT
is given by the buglers later in the even
ing. They are up early, too and if any one
is awake their howls can be heard when
the buglers sound revielle" in the early
morning.
on April p. the day of the fight between
the American and Filipino armies at Bag
bag, the dogs played an important part.
The signal corps was back along the rail-
road track strnging wires, so that Gen.
Otis could be informed of the progress of
the fight Not a gun had been fired. Sud
denly a white dog went streak,ng along
through the grass at the side of the rail-
road. The signal men called to him, but he
paid no attention.; just kept his head due
south and ran as fast as his legs could
carry him. How it was he knew bullets
were going to fly over that place is more
than can be tod by dog experts. But he
knew. for it was but a few minutes after
he passed when shot rang out on the
still air. 1t was signal for the beginning
of the battle.
More dogs came running past. Bullets
knocked the dust in front of Them and
stuck in the bamboo trees over their
heads They could not run faster and they
dared not stop No one knows how far
they ran. Perhaps until the din of bat
tie was entirely lost to their sharp ears.
There was one dog wiser than all the
rest Had he had human intelligence he
could not have found a safer place We
found him as we hurried along the railroad
grade in the river lying in the deepest part
of the ditch. covered on one side by the
high embankment and protected on the
other by a grass covered mound. We
thought he was dead he lay so still and
some passed on with their bodies bent for
the bullets still whisted in the air though
the enemy had been routed ana was on the
retreat. / looked closer. The dogs eyes
were wide open But when he was spoken
to he only winked, never stirring a muscle
The look which came into his eyes asked
as plainly as human tongue could speak
that he be left alone. He was left behind
this wise dog was, but he saw the charge
of the Kansas voluuteers-they rushed
past him. lie heard the shrapnel explode
and the bullets cut the air. But he was
cafe. and knew it,
That night he came 10 the camp timidly,
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pretty bad all the same. The common
saying on the coast is that there are nlne
"drunks" for white man in one bottle
of African gin. We use the gin out IN
Africa in lieu of turpentine when the sup
ply of the latter runs short, for drying
paint 1t makes an excellent varnish. Al
though the gin trade in the Rivers is very
much greater than in the Niger COmpany's
territories, 1 have seen the company'S
steamer Croft bring up gin to Abutshi-
10000 cases at a time. Every case has
TO be opened, as the native will not buy
unless he sees for himself the bottles have
not been tempered with Custom may
differ according 10 the locality, but
wherever l have traded the gin was sold
to the natives untouched since II left Ham
burg, and drunk by them neat