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which both gave up an isolated possess
sion tor one contiguous 10 their other do
mlnions. Henceforth the royal head Of
the house OF Savoy was TO be king of Ssr-
DINA until he became king OF Italy.
The advance OF England after the Span
ish succession war TO the FIRST place in
petus TO her commercial development. but
conferred upon her In some respects the
place Of leader IN the intellectual life OF
the DAY. The achievements ON and and
sea OF her people awakened French curl
osiiy as to English politics and ideas.
~ ,sSlous soierssion eisi, nocry, tresnom
for the first time attracted the respectful
attention and consideration OF the first
,ona srcatps aef hev yShs M q na
and this opened the door for spread ng the
idea that they were not only conditions
OF national greatness, but fundamental
human rights.
Nnltaire eNppunded the philosophy Of
Newton and John Locke 70 Europe and
dweit with admiration on the comfort
and happiness difrused by English liberty.
while Montesuuieu deducei from the ac-
tuai principles and practice OF the English
constitution the fundamental character
tstics and conditions OF a free govern
ment. Never had English ideas exercised
so great an influence on European
thought as during the eighteenth century.
There were. on the other hand. ev!i conf
sequences nf Eneland's triumph In a war
for commerce. The lack OF an eicvatinW
religious or moral ideal as the ain, et the
conflict inevitably lowered the national
standards Nothing" says STR John See-
ley. had ever 80 secuiarixed and materf-
ahxed the English people tefore. Never
were sordid motives so supreme, never
was religion and every hiKh influence 30
much discredtci. as In the thirty years
that followed"
One finds these balcfui results illustrate
ed In the energetic development with un-
troubled conscience OF the African slave
trade, IN the rough and brutal sports and
in diffusion OF political corruption SO
general that Alexander Hamilton came
TO look upon II as an essential feature OF
the English system II II not without sig
nihcance that II was from this age and
atmosphere that there soon came the
most biting and ruthless satire on man
kind that was ever written. the, Travels
Into Several Remote Nations OF the
waFia' by Lemuci CULVER
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DEALS IN THE BOUNDARY.
Several Properties Taken Under
Boad- on the Review
and Mother Lode.

GREENWOOD. r. c.. Oct N-Among
recent deals made for boundary creek
prop~rties iS the bonding OF the Blue
Reli and J e., In Summit camp. by John
Dorsey The consideration is said 20 be
E7,eo. The Rlue Bell was bonded from
Chris Mcdonald. Thomas stack and Will
tam Shaw FOR ttO.nD. and the ! s
from Boyd Jerald on six months work
ting bond for ET..o Both properties are
spoken highly % by mining men. DR.
Dorsey has gone East with view 70
floating a company 20 operate the claims
The long tunnel on the Review mine
In she Myers Greek camp. Is now In over
so feet. and there II yet some sixty feet
20 he driven before the ledge Il encoun-
tered. on the Buckhorn. In the same
camp, a too-foot crosscct tunnel Is being
driven 20 encounter the vein at a proxl-
mate depth of en- feet,
stoping al the so aud so-foot levels on
the Mother Lode has mcnced and
daily shipments are being made 20 the
sfnelter AZ Greenwood Some 80 tens 81
ore have already been sent down. and
Shipping Will be continued until fne 1auo-
ton hins AZ the smelter arc iilei Over
10 men are on the pay rolls az the mine
and smelfcr Of the British Columbia Cop
Per Company.
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WORD FROM THE CASS|AR.
Favorable Reports From Thibet
Creek Elacers.
sLuIcINo GROUND STRUCK,
Dirt Gives Return of 1925 Per Cubic
Yard-Blg Hydraulic Plant to BE
Put I'm Operation Next Season
Miners Arrive at wrangel. After
New Workers Interested in Copper

Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer
WRANGEL, Oct. ee.-Forty employees Of
the Thibet Creek Mining Company. OF Vic
toris. p. c., operating on Thibet creek
Cassiar district. British Columbia, came
down the Stickeen In canoes yesterday.
Alexander Hanfeld In charge OF the plac-
Ing OF the immense hydraulic plant re-
ports excellent progress and says the plant
VIII be In operation early In the spring.
In ground sluicing some time ago pay
of sa.2s per cubic yard was struck, and
earlier in tho season a nugget valued at
$40 was found.
The men had a hard trip down the
Stickeen, experiencing snow and hail
storms and extremely low water on the
river
DR.. J. NJ Scott. OF New York city.
representing the New York Copper Com
pany, In which Senator Stewart Con-
gressman Sulzer. w. r. Hearst, OF the
New York Journal. and other Eastern
capitalists are Interested, went TO Hoo
kan on the mail steamer BaranofY last
Monday DR.. Scott will examine the Cop
per Mountain properties, on Prince Of
Wales island. where the company has
several claims. Several men will be put
20 work on the properly Immediately
ana u the report of the mining expert
DR.. Scott, IL favorable, work will be in
augurated on large scale In the early
spring.
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their ecrts proved fatsle and prices generally show
Losses the day 4 Sudden and characteristics
break Ia sugar IN the final hogr had a little 10
90 with the downward course Il the market. sugar
suffered from very heavy liquidation after is resent
sharp rise, which net accounted for By any
news Tcday's break equally without explara-
ton, exceTf frcm the fact 81 the previous and
the resulting realizing The drop Ia Sugar exteas-
ed TO 81 points. The weakness Vas not extreme at
other points In the hist. the profit taking proceed
ing In an orderly aud quiet during the greater
part Of the day. withcut serious eject on prices.
IN the late dealings manipulation bs bears was In
evidence, stocks making wide decline on hight trans
actions The theory which professional Operators
oner 70 explain reaction like that Of today Is That
stocE a. result Of steady and prolonged ad-
tAnee, had passed from strong and organized con
troll into the hands q weak and scattered buyers
OUTSIDE, who do not command large resources and
VINO lack great skil IN speculative methods TO pro-
teet their holdinzS The anxiety sell a this class
OF holders on any sign q reaction becomes drAg
on culi market aiwayS in due process q time To
days disposition 70 sell has no accompanying IA
Forahle news 20 explain IL unless the fAsrkrt lack
OF confirmation Of many Of the recent runors which
have been used 20 advance stocks considerably may
be called bad news.
In the railroad stocks southern Pacific was the
conspicuous figure. with extreme advance o.
nearly points aud net gain u ~.
There was nothing IN the money m&rke, 70 dis
turb speculative borrowers The bond market Was
not very active today. but prices we're arrniy held
Total sales. paf value. s. SO 0o
United states S advanced !. in the hid price on
the last can.
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Building permits acre issued BY the
rftw snEiuaer YESTERDAY az fo8uus
y G. Bishna 4 Co. engine house. 81
THIRD avenue. 1870
n n Mfi1er s~fF-et@rY frame cottage
.asuyNs addition. tE@
David Perkins, twe-ssary franc. i32 Mob
sam avenue. t1Na
" "a TaGHN eT5e~z rsd one nRfi -rf frF
frame 1851 Twelfth aTwnas evgth, f3.asa
Nnrthfvn pHti8c Railway Company. coal
she8 tss Railroad aveaue fiN
II olsen. twn-af9ry frame. i114 Boy.stoa
avenue E.&4
sare Iga East spruce street f3sa
Me- Rose &saFg. one-aTt~ane- bali 81 Org
frause -1ftart. e9rrer Eighteenth aXeuae
a. Dearborn street. f1o
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John Dorsey, OF the Mountain View, IN
Summit Camp, states that development
work II progressing satisfactorily. The
crosscut now being driven from the bot
tom OF seventy -;ive-foot shaft has been
extended thirty feet through ledge mat
ter. and he expects the pay shoot viii he
encountered shortly. On the surface the
ledge Is thirty feet wide and assays gave
average returns Of slSS per ton I'm copper
gold and silver In the order named.
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w. p. Wetsenthal has struck II rich on
the Green Star claim located on the
west fork OF Cedar creek In the Ainsworth
division. For the past five months he has
been doing assessment work on some
claims which he has owned for the past
FIVE years. On the hanging wall OF the
ledge he found thirteen inches OF ore that
carried carbonate OF gold and which as
sayed from $50 TO $40 to the ton, next
came three feet one inch OF silver-gold
bearing ore that went Sa7 80 TO the ton.
The values were as follows f23 ounces
silver and SCI. so In gold. The footwali has
not yet been reached
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Arrangements have been completed
whereby work on the Waterloo in Camp
Mckinney. is to be resumed Immediately.
syndicate composed of James Mon
aghen. former president OF the Cariboo
company; M NJ. Crowley. president OF
the Traders National Bank: Edward o.
Shea, j. F. Reddy and A. C. Jameson,
has bought 10000 shares of the treasury
stock at figure that viii insure money
enough TO demonstrate the value of the
mine to. the additional depth OF 800 feet
Machines Will be removed to the new
shaft recently sunk TO connect with the
sixty-hve-foot level and the shaft con-
tiuued 30 feet
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WIN ne Completed s.a - orsrrtisa
for samns~r of 1902

Frank i. wasia~m $40 " Interested IN
fSs reernttv nrRaniKsf yaiiew.imHe ~.
sgahsi park rniiwav 4rrfvef 'n fhg rify
eAstNrsaav ffnsr fAwtaSwtsrs Mont Today
- pFg 70 intn iks 3uwfher ard - canes
far fhe rurDeae ~ making rsn'Fae's f9r
tns ne~ Wne wnan sem ~ ihs Butler,
ara askss regarding ne rev pr@ieci,
Ne $50
'sTNe Ys5iuwsfons Park Railroad casu-
-anr hss been Incorporated far 'ht uar.
s.asa - htsnssrx HE - railway shfeeFh
ses NaffuraI rsh ArfhofffF fsy ths
-.srsf ssf-stan ~ Fhs iiae hss sHsn fpesfset
sar- fse g8vsfur9enf aaf ~ me begin
TinS - ueEf sprlne wR niH have fhs IRE
evil trader Say
ss7-ae -srseaf niHn r1rirugn,sses fhw
Aa5sIas - sHaetf fftr mites - rah6 n
mri - ! fanri~fss Mns. sri Nilt 80 s@Mg
~sifh tsaeh - tNe fatigue fnSt - H8w
enussH 10 visitors AegeTs9 sta,ta4sa wiii
~ hNFfs ~ waft9as ma3HSas eMA these wiii
a. nhasa surf wssr rWsnFfN That is they
wW - NssHfH NherF frNxtieTn can *e-
a4eff a Aaw sr ~ Kaa fhps - rnsh3st 10
srsws fHaae~ rtsws ,u Ere ea~k aNa
Fave : waers reesfai time han n casn-
feHeA - rake ne togfuev ~ stage
The sae1 ~fii - rnufiaiss ~ uerE
faft ass Ell - lu ogeratiea for fhe sea.
aon 81 is1
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coal ox TaE sIaILKAsEEx.
Extensive D~po.it. Faaad At Prince
ton aad other roint..

one % the most valuable assets tire
sintikswieen cour'ry. possesses E enar-
rnnus deposits % coal. says the S1rulika-
ws~sp star. Starting AZ Princeton, TIE
coal seams owned tr the Nerwiilion Forks
contrary arr within stones thTaW ~
the town Development shows about eight
feet vide % solid clean coal Travelling
un the SirniixAmeen river for ten miles.
strong groupings are ne, with or either
bank The same showtngs are tound on
the Tuiamesn. Leaving Princefon. about
fhsea miles np the river, the f~lfs now
being vrospectei ~ George Mccaskcxy's
syndicate are showing some good seams.
Ter vnslss further IN some - the hest coal
in the country Is found.
svnSeate q Vancouver Eeatlsrnen
hss iocasea $50 acres. and George ~
wslf F. = s. % Nancouves. las nsaae =
thorough examination - the propsrtY. Hc
claims there IL enonxh coal n sight 20
warran; the early construction a. 4 ran-
road % the district. even n he coal vas
tire only iniaremsnt Offering Severai ~es
frg tests are heiug maze rom samples
taken from different properties. From an
ANALYSIS ~ several samples the coal ass
epesr found 70 contain from "a 20 = per
cent carbon. II "a nre3ictei that the coal
Acids os the Sim'isarneen viii rival the
Crows Nest Pass coiliertss.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP Of THE MINING WORLD.

stated that the winters supplies would
be rushed in as fast as possible He has
now eight men at work, part in the up
per tunnel and part in the lower. The
three tunnels aggregate a length Of 100
feet. Mr.. Stanlslawsky says that the
mine is about four miles south Of the
boundary line
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A hrynsr MARKET prevailed for TIN IN LcDion.
which caused similar snFn for the better her.
The NET advance for the Oar ns@s points, a;
~ ss1@ Tar spot
An u the iron markets duii add fcstnreless
iAke enrper WAS dun - SIC TbaI5
spetcr and LEAD were both dnn ard unchanged.
AZ 81 ioaa IS and - ~. respectively
The brpseH' Price FOX lead wAs ". aud Tor copp.s
N.EA,
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Money can finn at skasH per cent. last
loan. per cent. Prime mercantile paper S7s per
in bankers bills at A3t. for demand and
siSA az .so% for sixty DAYS. Posted rates Nsief
i2h
silver certificates ssisasszc Bar silver. &c
Mexican dollars. 9s. C.
Government bonds, strong State bonds. inactive.
Railroad bonds. firm
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ThR past-fntel EeureT has secured the
exeirs,Ee rsEht for WaahinEteH 60 Rnnd.
N-~aIfy q Co'a latest fodder map -
Cshtra and ASIA Thsse NAY he secured
AL sg-futeihEencRr business pfsices q.
10 cents each
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Jack Bertrand and O. Hopkins have
left Sumas with a ton ~ supplies
for stanislAwskys camp, on the
pnst.LamAert properties Among the
supplie. were the gasoline engine.
which will hc used 10 onsrats the
blower IN the long tunnel and 100
gallons Of gasoline. Mr.. Stanislswsky,
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e. tb Victoria and return on steamer
rlessiia Leaves Car Victoria and To~n-
seua cd 3 a. N
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ufsff,REz eTexIsHses. fssnfanabse 81
ea.sTtra ssensfVe; comfortably afiux,.
IA correctly s&;ed MiNa wtElask, Oge
tleian. ~ ChfrrF
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9kwE time ard money ~ taking fha
~.
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WASHINGTON oct 3.-Todsys statement q
treasury balances shr~s.
Available cAss t&isres .s..... ...,..... SIS go o.
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LONDON. oct - AtaAiss1. Us rsnssl4a -
esef 60 rniea psasse rzvfsTrss. ~ Nesthcsn
Fsossc rFsfsfTe1. ~ 0assf Tra1a- tai Ara.
rqatA, -.
raf s1rer=E1 Tef azScs
Ma~fv-fA per arHs
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NEW YORK Oct. She carnnsscisi Afrer-
tiss4s Isacddu HnAneaai rstasxrsus ssys-
Hrarinrss and tuifssst 5asrasteriges ths rsKrkstt
hffs tosi&g. insared ~ fears q hishss rates -
funsey AwFrfcans Nara 1uieieg thaa fissf
havE len rersrtlf snf f4aataa gnerttics kni
ireiiufa - ehnfsnut frs}tsang s41es feaganE nat
~ f-snIrnisfars 81 NeN fnsk wpais nnina8 hsinss
ths sisetinn Tls> hsnk lest 9Na s saaa to Hagsasa
Mensf Nghtns nasfaif e@iH.z a. fAs sssiar
ussntt and espa - ths faaHsk srransfravnia. whns
ths hsns wRs reported g. he hcrsrsins 10 bAresa
fsa uaFket.
Murh tsTrnTrr msAsnfrs thaa ihis wia h~ rsasrsi
70 aorcs7sfe5sh thSt eNses4
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FOR Men 81 Brains"
Cortez Key West Cigars.
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FINANCIAL AND
STOCK REVIEW.
SPOKANE.
Mining stocks.

SPOKANE. Oct $--Ths closing hids Tor mir
noen today were a. follows
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san FRANCISCO.


sterling Exchange.
SAN FRANCISCO OFT = sseTitzz 90 Laasan
SIXTY 5aFs as s,xhs. As9
Financial.
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fEfsfis-S.xht. aac t.'ssTagA. GNE
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NEW YORK.
The stock Exchange.
NEw YORK. Ort g ~ AFosrssns e ~ ssrsrs
4 tsas rrctsssar4l ffNsf-s ln stpskA Teacstaa n
rrevs was thsrsestssilg 60 sasiaE. To- feec1saa
80 ssrs7zssasiy -aas-slea - sAs s=a ezs=sat tss
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DIVIDING THE INHERITANCE OF SPAIN

BY
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co to SPINNING i0r bieyels repairs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-13
PHILADELPHIA
CONVENTION
Republican Administration Forces
Generally Successful in the
Legislative Contests.

Philadelphia, Sept. 12-Republican
county, judicial. congressional, sena-
torial and representative conventions
were held here today to nominate cam
didates for the November election. The
city treasurer's convention named j.
Hampton Moore, secretary to Mayor
Ashbridge. There was no opposition
to Mr.. Moore. Jacob Singer was unan-
imously nominated for register of wills
and Hon. Thomas X. Finletter was
renominated without opposition for
common pleas court judge. The vig-
orous contest in the E'ifth senatorial
district between William II. Berkle-
bach, the organization candidate, and
former speaker of the house, Harry f.
Walton, was practically ended at the
primaries last night, when a large ma
iority of Berklebach delegates were
elected. This added to the fact that
Walton declined to go into the conven-
tion, caused a moving of interest and
forecluded the possibility of a fight on
the floor.
In the legislative district contests the
administration forces We're generally
successful. Geo. Won Phil Jones, the
choice of the organization in the Twen-
ty-llTSI NdIu' lIlc lHtullClu ulSlIlCl,
defeated Representative =. II. r. Nyce,
an anti-Quay member Of the house,
who sought reelection. The Twenty
first district fight between John f.
Keator. anti-Quay member of the leg
islature, and John T Harrison, the
Quay candidate, was won by the lat
ter. In the Twenty seventh district,
the four wards of which are included
in the Fifth senatorial district Messrs.
Palmer Laubach and Chas. w. Boyer,
the candidates who were on the anti
Quay ticket with Walton. suffered de-
feat.
In the Twenty eighth district, the
Twenty ninth ward, the battle was
made directly against the leader, Chas.
+. Kindred, in the endeavor to dis
pose him from control of the ward.
While claims of success were made by
, both sides the anti h inbred candidates
| were nominated by the convention. In
| dependent contests in several districts
will be the inevitable outcome of these
contests for the legislature, based upon
| the charges of fraud in conducting
the primary elections.
Following are the nominees for
| congress: First district. II. II. Bing-
| ham; Second district. Robert Adams,
! jr.; Third district. Henry Burk:
Fourth district, James R.Young; Fifth
! district, Edward Dew. Morrer
Mr.. Eurk will run in opposition ia
| William McAleer Democrat, and pres
ent member of congress from the Third
district. Mr.. Morrell is nominated To
succeed the late Congressman A. C,
Iiarmer.
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They Came Here.

Organizers were sent into the LaCka-
wanna and Wyoming regions, and in
the course of year they had the min
ers fairly well organized. a conven-
tion was held in this city and the oper-
ators We're invited to come into con-
ference with representatives of the
union. The operators took no heed of
the invitation furthen than to state
through the papers that they would
deal with their respective employees,
but not with any outsiders.
When the day for the conference
came and passed and no operator put
in an appearance the miners delegates
decided to call another conference and
accompany it with a notification that
if the invitation was again ignored
other steps would be taken to enforce
recognition. The operators paid no
heed whatever to the second invitation
or its alternative and the miners had
to content themselves with a confer
ence among themselves.
Talk of a combined movement was
strong in the lower region at this time
and it was not long in reaching here
and meeting with favor. At once the
national officers of the Mine Workers
union began to nurture the movement.
| 1t was their grand opportunity of re-
coupling for their experience in 1898 in
| the Hazleton region, and establishing
| their organization on a strong basis
throughout the whole anthracite field.
The Hazleton convention and the
general demand for .edress of griey-
/ ances, with the alternative of a strike,
! was the result. The ten days grace in
! which the operators should grant the
! demands expired last Saturday. The
| operators We're not heard from. The
request for permission to strike in
! case the concessions We're not forth
! coming was not acted upon by the
natioAai board when the ten days eX-
! pired and since Thursday, when the
board was scheduled to meet, all at
| tention has been riveted on Indian
! apolis. When the executive board ad-
! journed sine die Saturday, without or
dering the strike, there was much dis
! content among the pro-strike element,
and a general relief Of the tension
which affected the region at large.
Alter six days delay the order came.
Whether II was delayed, as the mine
| workers officers claim, by hopes held
out to them by others of a peaceful
settlement. or whether it was a case
of spaning for wind and trusting that
something would happen to save them
from plunging their organization into
a very doubtful conflict, is question.
a mass meeting Of miners is to be
held at Laurel Hin park Saturday
evening, 1t will be held under the
auspices Of the Central Labor union
and is practically the postponed mass
meeting Of Labor Day.
Among the speakers will be such
well known labor leaders as w. d,
Huber, president, and +. ]. Mcclure
secretary of the United Brotherhood
Of Carpenters and Joiners; j. ]. Pol
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thy of David Harum.

David Harum was a good horse trader, but a
recent transaction in horsehesh which was made
by a we'll known Memphian shows that there
are others who know how TO get the long end
Of horse trade. Several weeks ago the Mem
phis man saw a fine buggy horse which he
thought he wanted He located the owner and
asked the price. zone hfty," was the reply.
After locking the animal over closely and try
ing her speed, he concluded it was a good trade
and without more ado wrote check for the
amount The next day he found that the mare
was as blind as a bat, but this did not hinder
her speed nor detract from her general appear
ance. lie drove the animal for several weeks
and succeeded in attracting the admiration Of
another lover of horsefesh, wno made a pro-
posal to purchase.
We'll" said the Mcmphan, ~ gave one
fifty for her, but W let you have her for one
sixty.hve."
The prospective owner looked the animal
over and concluded he had bargain lie paid
over the money and took the mare When
the animal was embarrassed, the first thing she
did was 70 run against post, and then, by way
Of emphasizing the fact that she was blind, fell
over a barrel The next day the buyer came
back to the Msmphian with blood in his eye.
Colonel, you know that mare you sold msS'
he began, "Well, she's stone blind"
81 know il" replied the colonel, with an easy
air.
"You didn't say anything to me about it,"
said the purchaser, his face reddening with
anger.
We'll, IN tell you," replied the colonel.
"that fellow who sold her to me didn't tell me
about 1t, and | Just concluded that he didn't
want II known. Memphis Commercial,