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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

TTOR SALE-A CORNER 2-STORY HOUSE
Il 5ox2J. corner Filth avenue and Fifth
street. Cheap II taken at once. Hull & Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
FOB SALE.

TICR SALE-A STEARN5 RACER. IN
Il qure at Commercial hotel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Following were the quotations on the
Chicago Board of Trade today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

NOR SALE-FIRST-CLASS PIANO. BAR
Il gain. II taken at once Apply Mrs Frank
Sherman. three doors west Of Elm street on
Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
FOR RENT.

NOR RENT-TwO NICELY FURNIS HE'D
II rooms with heat. also new barn and wag-
on she'd at 1872 First avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

WANTED GIRL FOR GENERAL
w houseworiz, al 2-Cy Seventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
WANTED.

"ANTFD-BOARD CHOICER ROOMS
w and board al 222s Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee. Jan "A

MILWAUKEE,. Jan "a
Wheat-Firm: No. l northern. CSC:
No northern. CSC. Rye-F1rm: No. /.
55IzG56c. Barley-Steady: No. 2, 46c;
sample. 36444c- Oats-Steady; No. 2
white, 25izc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

JKTANTED-GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSE
w work Apply at zl2Thirteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

"ANTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR I'm ERA I.
w homework in small family AZ 2S35 Fifth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

TANTFD-A COMPETENT COOK GER
w man preferred, at el6 Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

"ANTED-TO LOAN MONEY ON OLA
w monds, watches, jewelry, hardwar
musical instruments. bicycles, clothing, dry
goods, furniture. etc Highest cash prices
paid for second hand goods of all kinds also.
The above goods for sale at half the usual
store prices All business transac tions strictly
confidential His new number and location,
1923 Second avenue. Don forget IL. J. W
Jones. Two rings I347.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
LOST AND FOUND.

OST-A FUR BOA on FIFTH A NENU e.
~ between Ninth and Tenth streets. last
Thur. day evening Finder return to ARGUS
office and receive reward.
I OST-STRANED OR STOLEN SMALL
4 white poodle dog about moe inches high
answers TO name or Clancy Last seen
Wednesday near Spence >gua hand
some reward offered for return or Information
concerning. Cal! nr address r. Roger. IuhOf.
1872 SecO-d avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

NOR SALE-PASTEUR FILTER. NEARLY
II new. with seven filteriug tubes. nickel
plated all over. Can be bought for half us
original cost A bargain Allen. Myers < Co
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
Ralway-IlckerS can be purchased or
baggage check ed at 4. l. 4 p Twentieth street
depot. or C., Z. L - Z. depot, corner Fifth ave-
nue. and Thirty-lirst street. Frank II Plum
mer. agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

Passenger trains leave c. r I s 2. moline
avenue) depot i've so minutes earlier than
time given Trains marked daily, all other
trains dailE except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

DAVENPORT. ROCK ISL and & NORTH
western railway Passenger station. X. l.
& p depot. Twentieth street L F Berry,
g, =. A. Davenport. Ia ". K JRfIray. City
Ticket Agent ''Tri-City Route" Short line
between ri Cities Chicago. Clint n and all
points via tue C. = y W railway. Through
SLEEPING car nightly between Chicago. Daven-
port and Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

NOR RENTAL 1879 SECOND AVENUE
y large rooms well furnished; gas, bath,
steam heat A first-cl1SS home table Best
location in the city. Corner Thirteenth street
Aud Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

ROCK ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY
Depot First avenue and Twentieth street
NJ y. Patterson General Passenger a. eut.
TRAINS. LEAVE ARRIVE
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04
VOLUME 40

watched the sna 50 dnwn and on, al
sisht When ] iarned ny lace eMtwnd
ssd there. srpsren,ly al The very snd oI
The bossriit vas The smiling Tall N oon.
rising oul OF the sea Nsplupe himself
comine ever The bows. conla not have
startled me more,
Good evening", siti crisd. I'm elsi
10 zee yoal
Aoout midnish, The log shut aosn
again, add con,iuaed Tor number Of days
While The wiud decreased to . gale. l
ieit myself drifting into iouiiness. On Ia
sect on ssirav. lssbed tho hela, sud
my vessel held her eoutse, while che
sailed, slept.
Daring those days feeling Of ave
crept over me- My memory worked with
startling power The ominous. the in.is
nificsn., the trest, The tmsll. tho wonder
ful, the great, the small, the common
place. all appeared before my mental
vision 10 mssical succession, Pages of
my history we're recalled. 40 long for
gotten thst they seemed 10 beloug 10 .
preyioos existence. heard all the voices
OF The past, laughing. oryius, telling what
! had beard them tell 10 many corners
OF the earth,
The loDliuess OF my state wore on when
the gale was high, aud | found much
Work TO do, When foe weather retutn
%, there came the sense OF solitude
which ! could not shake OF, used my
voice oiieo at ast. giving some oriers
about the affairs Of the ship. for l bad
been told that I.should lose my speech
from disnse.
Al the meridian altitude OF the sun,
called aloud. Eight bellsl after the Gus
tom oa shipboard. Again from my osb,n
| cried 10 40 imaginary man st the helm,
How does she head there1 and again, Is
she on her coursep
Bat getting no reply. was reminded
'be more pslpsbly OF my condition. My
Voce sounded hollow on the empty Air.
and ! dropped tho practice, Why not
'ins' My musical talent had never bred
,nvy In others, bat TO reslizs weat II was
you should have heard me use II out there
N the Atlantic.
You sbonld have seen the porpoises
cap when pitched my voice for the sea.
Did turtles, with large eyes, poked up
heir heads, but the porpolses we're. on
she whole the most spprecistive, One
lay when was hummiug Baby Ions a.
'sllin', one Of them jumped higher than
be bowsptit. Had the Spray been going
little faster, she would have swooped
i'm in. The sea.birds sailed around
ather shy,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04
Consulting tho Pathfinder.

When Mr.. and Mrs. Porter decided to
go to Lowell Brook for the summer, they
began to consult time tables.
wish we'd asked the Bsnkses about
trains before they went abroad, said Mrs.
Porter. ! know there's something com
plicsted about getting there.
Now let me see II j X l. La Le here
II is. Lowell Brook e. Div. page sixty.
Eastern Division; commented Mr,
Porter
Two-thirty II leaves Boston, That's .
convenient time. isn't? Arrives at Lowell
Brook at Why. John Porter that train
only goes TO Gfeendslel
Try another column.
Well. here's . three-hfty. said bis wife
but IL has star and . letter b. before II.
Whist do you suppose that mesns2 Oh,
the star means express train md the b
Wednesday and Saturday only. / think
this iss pretty performance.
Better look at the morning trains. said
her husband.
Here is one OF niu twenty, said Mrs.
Porter. but its marked with 20, That
means Saturdays only. Why, John Por
ter think its perfectly disgrsceiul the
way these railroads are allowed to go onl
We may not wish TO go on Saturday.
And lhe only other train, said Mrs,
Porter o moment later. 10 marked . and II
A means daily ercept Monday, why peo
pie shouldn't be SLOWED to 90 on Mon
day II they wish. osn't imagine-snd
means stops only on signal. ! DOM
know how II seems to you, John Porter.
Dut IT looks to me ss II the railroad com
psny much preferred no ono should 90 to
Lowell Broo-
Mrs. Porter stopped abruptly. PIT on
,er eye glasses and looked closely st the
page.
John Porter. she said, with . gesture
n despair. this is Lowell Brook Nv been
ooking mp and, I've got to begin oil over
'gsin.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04
Tn. Aatonebiis West on,

There's story being told .. The q
penss Of q veil tnosn MAJ Who calls Ia
qnenlly upon 90 equally well kaos'
young woman Who 10 snmmeting Of A
linston, near the Connlry Clnb.
The gentleman, 30 the story soes. ei
gagged % electric automobile iof the ttii
ore Afternoon last week. and armed will
9 new book. boz oi cspdy aad bunet
OF roses, vent speeding ont Fiilh-syo. iol
. long afternoon visit.
Just ss the tara was made on the road
leading towsrd the club the manipulated
OF The automobile discovered that somt
trifling dissnspsement OF the brake would
prevent his stopping the machine. II
sped alops not withs,spdipe the call Of
the passenger 10 stop st the fret house
on the right.
Finally the motorman Was forced 10
confess that he could not stop until the
electric charge In the storage battery
he'd exhausted itseli,
That seemed funny eDonsh for the
fret trip or two around the block, but
riding about in circle under the circum
stances got exceedingly monotoDous after
= while.
Then the young woman, II is said. be
came curious and was Ut 9 loss TO know
why her caller preferred TO ride aimless
ly around in that fashion. She went to
the front door and down the road in ans
wer to the gentlepan's signal.
He explained the beet he coull as the
automobile flew past, and after u half
dozen more turns she began TO under
stand the situation.
1t seems the battery had two hours
more to run, and II 1t oil ran out at Ar
lingtou there would be no way OF getting
The machine to town. Then they srrapg
ID . sort OF railroad station mail catcher
plan and the gentleman passed out the
book, then the candy, aud finally the
'oses to the young woman as the vehi
Die whlzzed past her.
1t took trip for each article and few
more trips to say goodbye. when they
vere warned by the operator that he must
tart for town or risk being stranded some
where without motive power.
A few farewell waves, ard amid the
m used shouts and laughter OF the Airing
on resorters, who had gathered by this
ime, the disoblisipg and obstreperous
Machine disappeared over the hill to
own.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04
STATE NEWS,

The state fair at White River junction
has not besn ssuccess In point Of attend
snce or exhibits this year. Taking out
few aolsbIe exhibits the show wss
small 10 nearly every department. The
special attractions we're oil good and pless
ed the crowd. The races we're fairly
good. The iree-ior.sll was won by Chss
Taylor, the veteran horsemen, who drove
Robert b,
Col. LIE Grand B. Cannon q Burling
ton has msde srsngemen.s With j, N
Slower, general mspsgsr Of the Chstesu
gay r.iiiosd, TO carry ont = scheme plan
ned by Col. Cannon for the protection
and preservation OF tbs grave cf John
Brown near North Elbs. N. Y, 1t having
been neglected until II vas slmost lost
sight Of Tue grave is sitasted five miles
from North Eibs 10 tbs open fslds,
which John Brown olssrsd Tor tie use Of
nsgroes bsiore be made bis raid upon
Harpsrs Ferry.
Bspi.mia Cfoss. sn iassDs msn perish
"a 10 flames al 81 Johnsbafy hondsy,
~biea be il Supposed to hsye started.
Es vac removed itom tbs building sfisr
tie hfe was discovered, bat rushed back
aud wss Dol seen siise sgsin. The hfs
occurred sboo, boon sbd qaistly barnsd
the house to the groand. Halt doxso
families sre homsless and most Of them
hsve losi ell their belongings. The boass
vas insured for $500.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04
.isr isa OF the perry go, TO the .op and

later iwo Of the psriy got 10 the .op and
ioand The ice-lrc,
Experience tsashi the explorers that
there vas only one posi,lon of rect ia
tbese bish attitudes, Stating OF lying
down csused relslips OF The N ascIes OF
The legs, which acted dissstrensly when
the ascent vas resumed for the lover
limbs seemed TO have los, power, aud
alters step or two were rscked With = dull
aching, The only position OF res, was 10
stand with the legs apart. the body
thrown far forward the hands srsspins
the bead OF the ice-aIe, while the for ehesd
rested on the hsnds
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04

II wss C.pisil Joshua Bloeum who ~
Gitsd Al sp,iqssted sioop, called The
Spray, snd SET iofth ID her "suspgs
countries for TO see.' He tells bis sdver
lures 10 = delightful book called. "Ssil
ing Alone Aroand the World" spd tbi.
vas bos very big universe looked 10
bin when be sac In the open sea Of Ssbls
leland;
AThe fog lifted iut before dark. spd
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-04

1T musi be sso1rce oi great ssiisisc
,ion TO yoa. remsrked the millionsire's
fneud. to be able to eive these large suns
to these struggling installations Of learning.
You rotioe. replied ,hs nillionsire. ny
gifts are generally made on condition that
the beuefsisri,s rsise 90 ea7sI sum ai,bin
q esrlsia time.
Yes.
Well, 1 ihisk &c, more satisfaction
ircls seeing the managers stiu round si
ter that money than ! d. IRON anything
else.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
FIRE AT BATAVIA.
Methodist Parsonage Destroyed The
Church Narrowly Escapes.

Batavia. April 11.-(Special) Fire
destroyed the parsonage of the Meth
odist church Monday afternoon. The
church which stood a short distance
away narrowly escaped, When the fire
was discovered the citizens of this
place turned out Ell masse with buck
cts and such other utensils as would
hold water. After a hard fight the
church was saved but the parsonage is
a total loss. The fire is supposed to
have caught from a defective fue.
Most of the household goods were
saved with the exception of the cloth
ing of the pastor ard his wife, Rev.
and Mrs. A. L. Thornley,. The loss on
the building is estimated to be about
$1,000 with $500 insurance. The loss
to clothing and household goods not
saved is small, on which there was no
insurance. 81
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
SALOONS FOR osKALoosA.
Eighteen Applicants Given Permits t.
Open Liquor Establishnents.

Oskaloosa, April 19.-The board of
supervisors of Mahaska county yester-
day afternoon declared the statement
of consent for the sale of liquors in
iOskaloosa sufficient. A meeting of the
city council was called Immediately
and permit of sale granted to eigh-
teen applicants. The canvass OF the pc
tition was bitterly opposed by the an
ti-saloon league. The petition was FIRST
canvassed on the basis of last tails
election and the petition was sufficient,
but the anti-saloon league compelled a
canvass of poll books of an election
that was cast in December on water
ordinance. The petition was again suf-
ficient and a statement TO that effect
was recorded in the proceedings of the
board. A question as to whether the
persons signing the petitions of consent
had q right to withdraw their names
from the same was raised, but as the
petition was sufficient without the de-
cision Of the question, the board did not
rule on the question. Oskaloosa saloons
opened at 5 o'clock this morning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
THE "pEAD LINE .

We are asked to say something fur
Their about that dead line" referred to
as applied to settlement on our west
ern prairies. 1t means that invisible
and somewhat Irregular and fluctuating
line Of longitude which runs from
Manitoba to the gulf, east of which it
is safe to pillow up and cultivate the
soil with assurance of crop to har.
vest and west of which it is not. The
presence of the buffalo grass very
accurately determines when a man
gets west of this dead line" This grass
is the Almighty signboard that the
soil in which it grows Is not suited for
cultivation and that its uses are limit
ed to grazing purposes. There is a
belt of territory about rs miles wide
on this dead line" where the buffalo
grass of the plains and the blue joint
grass of the well watered prairie re-
gions blend and intermingle. This ter.
ritory is debatable ground, sometimes
producing good crops and sometimes
not. West Of it lies failure; east of it
success. Look out for the dead line. !"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
SHEEP AND RAPE.

With the restoration of the sheep in
dustry on northern farms there comes
to the front what is to very many
farmers new forage plant having
special uses and value where sheep are
kept This is rape. Of which there
are several varieties. Sown with
small grain. it makes a luxuriant fall
growth when the grain crop is remov.
ed and furnishes the sheep ration
upon which they will do their best. L,
may also be sown in the cornfield after
the last blowing and the corn and the
rape be very economically fed by fenc.
ing off an acre or two at time for
the sheep to clean up. this method be-
ing specially good way to finish lot
of sheep for market. If you have a
flock of sheep, it will pay to try a
patch Of rape for their use.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
Passing Of YelIowstoue Park.

1t is stated upon good authority
that the geysers which have made yell
lowstone Park famous are gradually
declining. Spots once the scene of eN-
traordinary phenomena are now COW
cred by buildings, showing that ma
lures work has become exhausted.
Tourists who have never visited the
park are advised to do so soon, before
they have passed forever. This inform
alton brings 10 mind rather pointedly,
the fact that decline is the law of the
world, both geographical and physical.
Health is the most precious possession
in the world and too great care cannot
be given to it. In the spring YOU
should renew your strength and revit-
alize your blood and nerves with the
best of medicines-Ho stetter's Stomach
Bitters. Tt also cures stomach disor-
ders. Try it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
CONDEMNS THE NEAT BILL.
Berlin Commercial Union Deems 1t a
Ban Upon Trade.

Berlin, April THE Berlin Com
mercial Union, which is holding its an
nual session here under the presidency
of Mr.. Trentzel, reported yesterday in
favor of the navy bill and against the
meat inspection bill, which in it's
amended form practically amounts to
a prohibition of meat imports. The
secretary of interior affairs, Count
Posadowski, objected to the assertion
that commerce, was of less importance
than production. The sources Of both
he declared, are German intelligence,
German ability and willingness to
work, and only the maintenance and
preservation of these qualities win dis.
close new fields of activity and in the
end gain the victory in the Commercial
competition Of the nations.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
Iowa Fruit Crop Report.

Des Moines, April 10. Secretary
Wesley Greene, of the Iowa State Hor-
ticultural department has issued his
regular report concerning the general
status and prospects for crops in. this
state at the present time. Using 100
per cent as basis OF perfection the
following specific estimates are given:
Apples, %; pears, s5; pllms, 95; cher
ries, So; peaches; 45; grapes, So; rasp-
berries, Sc; blacllberries, 60; strawber-
ries, IS.
The short grape crop will be on ac-
count OF the severe winter of 1898 and
from which the vines have not yet re-
covered. The strawberry crops will be
small, as result OF the drouth during
last fall. =
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

If a crop Of grass seed or clover is
the thing mostly desired in field. the
surest way to succeed in getting good
catch is to sow the seed without any
nurse crop. On all lands where the
growth of nurse crop is likely to be
heavy it is almost useless to SOW grass
seed unless one can be sure Of plenty
Of rain Immediately after the grain
crop is removed. A good stand of clover
can nearly always be obtained by SOW
ing the field to rye the fall previously
and the grass seed early in the spring
and then pasturing the rye down.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
ABOUT THE SHEEP.

The sheep business is offering many
attractions to the average farmer at
the present time. 1t is we'll to remem-
Der that no kind Of live stock is sub
ject to such violent and frequent fluc-
tuations in value as the sheep and
that it is Invariably the wrong time to
so into the sheep business when WOO!
and mutton are high. The sheep re-
quires a special training and fitness in
the man who would make it protita-
bic. Ten men can handle cattle, hogs
and horses with profit where one man
can sheep. We think that the time
has come, however, when the sheep
can be looked upon more with refer
ence to it as a maker of meat than as
grower of wool, taking place side
by side with the hog and the steer as a
machine to convert the cereal and for
age products of the farm into meat
as a finished product. The demand
for mutton as food is constantly on the
I, increase, and it is well settled fact
that pound of mutton can be produc-
ed as cheaply as pound Of either beef
or pork. So, if starting in the sheep
business, do not lose sight of this fact
and select your sheep more with refer
ence to their work as meatmakers
rather than as wool growers. The av-
erage quarter section farm should car
~ from year to year, no matter wheth-
err wool brings 10 or 90 cents, flock
of about IS ewes. and they will be
found to be among the best money
makers on the farm if properly cared
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The best ground for a potato crop is
a piece of hazel brush land just broken
up. The next best is a clover sod
The best potatoes are none too good
for seed. The more barnyard manure
there is in the soil the more scab there
will be. The two best varieties at the
present time are Early Ohio for an ear
ly potato and Burbank for late. The
quality of the soil in which they are
grown very largely determines the
quality of the tuber and the rainfall
the quantity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

America will be as much interested
in that "corn kitchen" which is to be a
marked feature Of the Paris exposition
as in any other thing to be seen there
The common people of Europe could be
fed on corn products properly prepar.
ed at about one-half the cost of their
present rations. Ignorance of how to
prepare corn foods has always barred
its use in Europe save as stock food.
At the corn kitchen" it is proposed to
demonstrate the value of corn as ra-
ton for the masses.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
Prominent Fort Dodge man Dead.

Fort Dodge, April "a telegram was
received in this city, Saturday morning
announcing the death Thursday night,
at Passavant Memorial hospital in Chi
cago, of C.. L. Granger, of the firm of
C. L. Granger & Co., Of this city. Mr..
Granger was one of the most promi-
nent citizens OF the city and held in
high esteem by the entire community
During his career as a citizen he has
served the city in the capacity of may
or during the years of 1885, 1856, 1898,
1894, 1895 and, 1896. He was identified
with every public movement and many
of the present substantial institutions
of the city are due in measure to his
public spirit and liberality.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
TRAMP LAHOR.

1t is not far from the truth to say
that the employment of tramps as
hired men on the farm is usually los
ing game. # not absolutely vicious
their nonadic type of life has totally
untitled them for continuity of resi-.
dence or labor. They are generally
monumental liars and thieves by in,
stinct. While it is possible for honest
labor to take the road in search Of EN-.
ployment. it very rarely happens, and
tramp labor may safely be set down as
unreliable and in every way disap-
pointing.