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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-12-06
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@ernb burH 3uiab BON btai9en Htlb llnniiseu Wate
riolieu.
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perfaut nnb lpenm eu 9dnoler einen anbereu Mrtife
auftatt beiielben 5 perfaufen n3t 10 fdl1 mon )el
fen. baB es ietne Mbbt it, esren 8roBeren PruFt 81
m0dben.
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-12-06
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@bDne lilsbiite fir Mdnner, Feoo.
ra Multer, in dei6ten uno IN buntel1
Garben, 45c.
6ubide feife 9iite nod Youman.
Gnor uno Dunlap Wlultern, 7Se.
Wei6e 4nabenbiite 39c.
8ute Winterfappen l9c.'
s96ne Yliiid Qappen, mertb 75e.,
Ifiir 39c.
Danoidube, ,uertb 50e., tperoen pers
Ifauft fir 38e.
edwere Mrbeitsioden fur Wdnner.
Ifiir 4e.
9alsbirben &c. fur Wdnner, na9
|neuefem S6nitt l7e.
Nle anberen Nrtitel gleiafalls 81
Ireou5irten Yreilen.
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$500 Selcbsttatt9!

98r perbeu ble pbige 9elobnung fir irge1b einen
6aa bon &eberieiben, 9pspepla. GopfIDmerser, lns
oerbautbfet ober geritopfuu9 be5oblen ben ipirnt)t
nit Siperita ben alsrneueiten flenen Seberptlen fus
riren fDnuen, Denn bic Sprbrften 9enau befnlst
Derben. Sic inb rein pegetobItid unb nereben ME,
SatiSiaftipn 81 geben. 25 gts. SfabteIn entbalten
100 YiGen, 10 Cts Stodbteln entbalten 40 Ytaen,
Gts Sdbahtel entbalteu Is Hi1en. putet @ncb ppr
Snbtttuten nnb 9tadbabnlun9en gGtrb per Tpr pers
iaubt. 9riefmarfen meroen augeuominen Nerbitn
NehiraI Co., ecfe Clinton nnb Sodipn ct, GbiGo9p,
SG. = gu Derfauen in Der slpptbetc BON +. 6. Wiler
q Spbn, Nep Ybiabelpbia, Sbip A
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-12-06

7 Sell iii Mosb EatDta bic beqlie.
men gDefueionngs WefeBe auf9ehoben
lino, bat Der Greluoenuertebr bort fat
gans aufasDDrt, iDorinttr Die gei1dIte
fiaiiirlib leiben. gs Miro oaber in Der
Gtaot 9ismartf, Die friiber nas 0aupt-
quariier Der Gbenliioen mar, le5baft
fiir Die Wiebereinfdbruna Der friiberen
@GeiDungs- Geiebe asitirt. @ole See.
len
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-12-06

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n &hnban psNsn Tra mt nlur ae
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smna DECEMBER wb rtgeb big Der san5 so
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-12-06
Gpesicae Staten
nod benz Meifen fur Mnlieoler unb
6pimilldhpr.

Tidets aipeiter Rlae. fit e,nen neg ooer fir bic
g9unofabrt tperben est BON ben Yennfploania.2nien
au iebr uiebrisen Yreiieu mad Denper nno anberen
Wunften in Colorado. Winneiota, gtortb Datota
Mpntaua. Wpomiug, lttob Oregon. Mafbington uuo
Britfdb Columbia perfnnft Die Staten tinb auber9e.
rbbuIidb nebris Inn 2euten, bic nit 9eringen ans9a.
ben nab bem Welten reen uolen. Selegenbeit 81 9e'
ben baelbe au tbnu 9trtets fDnnen an icoem 0ienS'
taa gefarft iper6en auf alien Statipnen ber 8abn.
Sir Ginaelbeiteu tpenbe mon fd1 OIL ben nddten
Ngenten Der 8abn ober iGretbe on 8. &. Dillon. 81.
itritt Yaiiaaier M9ent, Room S06, 4arf 9nilbtne
ItttSburu 33 ,
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MllB ltarf 1eit unb barf nielnals
einen labmen Haden baben.
0r. Nanfin'5 GiD-
neD Iabllt6
linbern bic ShmerSen unb fllri
rem permanent.

Die Jprmula, mad welher bieie Cab
letten bsrseltellt lirp, 1T Die pes beriibnl=
ten Mr3tes, pelIen Namen lie fiibren unp
pclIen wunpertare gntpedung pteler Sur
fur Die Brisbt'ide &ranttcit leinen Na-
men IN Der san3en rioiliirten Welt be-
riibn,t 9enad,t bat. Sic perDen unter
elmer ab1oluten 0arantie perfauft, baB lie
5clsenpeS furircn, nd,niih:
9risbflde aranfbeit, 5arnru9r, Cries,
6arnlhipahe, Ratarrb Der Blale.
& Die Iabletten linb eth liAeres 6eil@
mittel fur Niidenfbmersen, genpenz
,ceb, N,eumatiemus, trdse geber,
5arntrutel. sic llnb p9ne Jebl
Elm rrahtiget acknowledgements
uno Gin Meiniser pfs Syltems.
Granee ser polt, 30 Gents Bic
Shahtel, Norefe: Nanfin Drua
81. 9rcwn Bros. Blbs., Clinton
gtr4 Gbicaoc, Ja,
grrtaaft III s, g. Miler u. @cbp's
NpptDftr, Nfp pbiIapslpbia, 8.
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K I. :
piiniht 2lusfunft uno
1 erhdIt eirle Nntmort.
8olgenoe iiltereilaate 6orrelponoens
'es Serrn $. M. stiiilel, 1906 Bar-
eft Str, st. gouis, no.. rn0hte
,ielieibt fir piele unlerer 2eIet bon
Sntereiie ieii1. gBir aeben oesbalb.
luf grluAen bes gisentbiimsrs bpn
sprni's Nlpsnfrduter glutbeleber ben
Brief perbatin pieper.
st. 2ouis, no., 10. Geb. 1900.
Or. peter 6abrnep, Chicago, esa.
gSertber Ssrr! Der 3ped mei<
nes S9reibens 1T, sic, seebrter
perr Dottor, Jim Mustunft gu bit.
ten. ipelhen Wea i'd einidlasen
mub. um Gleiih 5u aerpinnen. Sd
min Sbnen meinen SAD tlar ausein=
amber iebsn. 2ebtes Jriibiabr muroe
i'd trant. Ger HopT tbat mir tpeb
uno ih fiiblte miioe unD abgeipannt.
SD 3os einen Nrst su &atbe. ,pelder
mir nod sineebenoer llnterluduna
mitibellte, bab meine @onltitation
gdnsli1 berunteraetommen lei. Ut
nabm mid In Bebanoluna bis I'M.
aeid5r Msitte Nopember. als fA
6dmersen II, meiner linten 6eite
e;nfelten. Ser Dottor iaste, es
tudre Neuraleia unb nerp6ie Dns-
peplie. Den einen Gag fiiblte id
jiemlid gut, oenn ndbfen tonnte id
taum auf ben 8einen teben. Den.
nod peyiab i'd mein Geiddft. sa
meine Stelung meme Mnipeienb.it
beoinate. Den Sag nod Meibna1.
ten traf i6 Mr. Steee. einen Na1.
bar bon mir. ST bemertte, id fdbe
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einmal nit Gorni's Mlpentrduter
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-fiinf Monaten In Eottors 0dnoen
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mem Mr5t nibt oerloren babe unb
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2. Sanuar nit 6orni's Mlpentrduter
8lutbeleber an. 8on ben piQen
bes DOttors mar nod e,ne balbe
@9abtel poll iibrig. 5hon ben 4.
Sag fiiblte i'd beiier. slm Is. San.
feierte id meinen 34itsn @eburtstae
unb lSreunoe, Die erlbienen ,paren,
tpunoerten li1 iiber mem gutes Nus.
ieben uno iiber Die geiieruns m.ines
3uifanoes. Sd er3dblte ibnsn nun,
mel6em aliidliden 3ufaa i'd meme
gelierung susulbreiben babe. Sd
bin nun an Der oritten iSlaihe.
Mein Beiunobeitssuiiano 1T gut, i1
babe feline Sdmerse,l cine aeiunoe
@eIidtsfarbe, nun m0bte id aud
ettpas 5leiI9 sulegen. Sd bin Der.
beirattet, mdBig III meinen Getpobu-
beiten uno gebe gut auf msine &C.
lunoAsit oba6t. Sn ben lebten 3ebn
Sabven mar mein @eluiAt niht iiber
l25 gfuno, nun luieee i6 1913
piuno. mObte ieoob msin Gspi9t
auf $50 piuno brinsen. Dos mub
i'd lasen, 6orni'S Nlpentrdtter glut-
beleber 1T cine quite, superldIlig Me=
bi3in. NAtunssboa,
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Der Bel anoereu bas @esent5sil Der Gal
1T. .Sobalo oas GDften, in normalan,
3uitanoe lit, iuiro lid Elm getuilier pro=
jenlaB bon ElsiId anIsben, ie nad 9fa=
uno syehingun9en.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-12-06

Iie Blnbe5bampfsr. Si. bie1tr
9aae rlah ben pbilippinen obgingen.
batterl 3dblreilbe Msibnahtsgei6ente
lfiir unlere bort Hationirten GolDaten
AN Barb. Menil nl,fh oer 0anpel Der
iSlQa9e nidt fol9t, 10 tbut e bod
Santa Claus. Gs Is
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
Cab1cUFuTn

Colonel J. ]. Dunno Of this city"
says the Philadelphia Record, who
has lust returned from Europe, is cred
tied with having sent the first bona
fide commercial cablegram ever re-
ceived in this country. This was In
1853. There were other messages pre-
ceding it, notably the congratulations
of Queen Victoria addressed to Presi-
dent Buchanan, but Colonel DUNES
cablegram was the first paid message.
"A few weeks ago, when was In Lon
DON be said, 4 had occasion to send
n cable from there to Nevada City.
There were 20 words. and It cost me
Sc This recalled to me my earlier ex-
perience. On that occasion my mes
sage also consisted Of 20 words, and 1t
cost me 500. Dispatches, II | remem-
Der rightly. were limited to that num-
Der Of words"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
Senator chnndIer,s plnrIes.

Last winter a friendly dispute arose
between two senators concerning an
occurrence Of some 16 or II years ago.
They were not able to agree or to ma
any one whose memory was equal TO
the task OF deciding between them. FL
nally some one suggested that they try
Chandler, and, sure enough, Senator
Chandler was sure he could settle the
matter.
"Wait TIL ! go home tonight and con
suit my diary" he said.
Next morning he walked into the
senate chamber primed with the very
fact his colleagues had had their argu-
ment about.
eyes, have kept diary for 20
years." said Senator Chandler, "and !
wish I'd kept one all my life. ! never
20 TO bed without first jotting down
the principal events OF the day-where
! was. what I did, who ! had confer
ences with. what was said and done.
l wouldn't take 81 900 apiece for those
90 diaries They are Invaluable to
me."-Tacoma Ledger.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
RELIGION In Europe.

The Rev. DR.. S. p Henson of Chica-
90, who has Just returned from three
months visit to the continent OF Eu-
rope. thus sums up the results of his
observations of religion:
"As far as l could see, evangelical re-
liglon. as we understand il, is in low
condition on the continent There is a
great deal of religion In architecture
and a great deal of low down condition
in morality The towering architec-
ture and groveling humanity profound
" impressed me. There were many
saints on marble pedestals, but few
walking on the streets. The Protestant
churches there are in precarious con-
dltion. attended church of our own
denomination In Paris, and, although
it was a beautiful Sunday morning. the
congregation numbered exactly 30. SO
far as Professionalism is concerned
there has been n great deal of expend-
iture. with little results"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
THE SCHEME WORKED.
A scheme by which brown Quoted
His Wifc's suspicion.


To be perfectly honest. Brown does
not 90 to his Grswold street Office
every night that he tells his wife lie
is going there. The business which he
says is pressing is frequently '1agi-
nary and the man whom he IS going
TO meet does not exist. lie belongs
TO n club. and clubs have their attrac-
tlons. He thought that his wife was
growing suspicious. and Brown Is re-
sourceful.
On the evening in question, as the
lawyers would say, he told her that
there was q matter Of business that
could not possibly be deferred until the
next day. About Q o'clock she answer
ed the phone and Was asked II Brown
was at home. and she replied that he
was ut his office.
Guess not was the alarming re-
Spouse. 81 was just down there and
all looked dark
She rang of vlclously. II women ever
do such things, ordered coupe, told
the driver TO go as fast as the ordi-
nance allows, kept taking on temper as
she went and few up stairs to the
office as though a mouse were In hot
pursuit Her husband met her smil-
ingly, Insisted that she had given him
n delightful surprise, put his easiest
chair near the light, handed her a pa
per and apologized for having to re-
sumo work that would possibly keep
him till 3. She could not explain, she
could not keep awake, she was asham-
ed Of herself. and after lamely telling
him that she had dreamed that he was
III she left.
In ten minutes he was at the club
and shook hands with a man who smil-
lngly asked If the scheme worked.
He replied that it was MS good as ready
money for at least 60 days. aud then
each bought a stack Of chips that pass
in the night Detroit Free Press.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
ROYALTY ON DRESS.
what Kings Have 90 Say About sRr-
tOrIai Art.

Following are the opinions Of some
Of Europes potentates In the matter OF
masculine dress. The Prince OF Wales
once said to the emperor Of Germany:
NO man has right 10 be sloyenly In
his dress, and no man who can posi-
bly, afford ii has a right TO be glaringly
out Of fashion as regards his attire.
A well dressed man, even as taste
fully dressed woman, is a pleasing
sight; a slovenly dressed man, even rs
n dowdly dressed woman, Is an eye
sore. For instance and his royal
hlghness laughed good naturedly-
what right has any man who pos
sesses more than one suit Of clothes to
appear in public with light coat and
vest and black trousers? Or what
right has any individual to make life
abominable for those around him by
wearing a frock coat and little straw
hat? TO dress well Is an art, and an
art that ought to be studied by both
men and women
The king Of the Belgians, on his last
unofficial visit to England, said to the
Duke of Cambridge when ! am IN
my own country. can always distln-
gush an Engllshman In two ways
firstly. by his abomluable French; see
ondly. by his charming style of dress
ing" "Your majesty" replied the
duke. eve can always tell Belgian in
our country firstly, by his charming
style OF addressing; secondly by his
villaInous style Of dressing
The emperor OF Germany once said
TO his great friend and admircr, the
Earl of Lonsdale; "When see man
careless about his dress dressed in III
fitting. out Of the fashion clothes, /
say to myself. You are either deeply In
love and have been refused, careless
about life or else no tailor will give you
further credit"
The venerable emperor Of Austria,
though very far from being perfectly
correct himself In his style Of dressing
Is nevertheless very particular about
the correctness OF his courtiers' dress
and those who daily surround him 4
certain well known count, recognized
I'm Vienna as one OF the most learned
OF men IN Austria is also recognized as
one of the most careless and slovenly
as regards his attire once at court
he appeared before his emperor even
more untidy than usual. "Sir," said
the outspoken emperor, much study
has. | have no doubt, considerably
adorned your mind, but | should take
It as the greatest favor II you would
allow some tailor to adorn your body
as well."-Modern Society.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
CLOSED THE FACTORIES.
What an American Circus Did In n
German Town.

German Town.
Aix-la-C hapelle is a busy manufac-
turing town in Germany, close TO the
Belgian frontier, on little tributary of
the Meuse river II has nearly 100000
Inhabitants and its numerous advan-
tages make it a very busy aud thirty
ing city. Its sulphur and thermal
springs originally made It's fortune, for
Charlemagne was SO pleased with them
that he made the place the capital OF
his empire, and, though the town hall
now occupies the site Of the marble
palace he built, the chapel that he
erected and in which he was buried
still exists as a part of the cathedral
Nearly 10000 visitors flock TO Aix-la-
Chapelle every year TO take the wa
ters, but the springs are by no means
the only source of its prosperity. 1t
has large elements Of wealth In its
coal, lead and zinc mines, in its metal
working establishments and I'm its cloth
mills and manufactures of needles and
pins. A large part of the people work
in the mills
Late in September last the inhabit-
ants Of the busy town Lad n new SEN
sation. II was an American circus.
and curiosity was aroused to the high
est pitch by such advertising as the
people bad never seen before. The in
terest in the billboard display and in
the circus itself when it entered the
town with a great blare of trumpets
was so great that Consul Brundage
thought it worth while to send report
about it TO the state department
The art display on the billboards
was a revelation to everybody. The
thrilling and marvellous scenes to be
witnessed under the canvas were de-
picted in the most expansive and high
" colored style of American circus art.
Nothing like the magnitude and stun
ming character of this billposting had
ever been seen in the town before, and
the free show given on every dead wall
was the talk Of -Chapelle for a
fortnight before the circus arrived.
Thousands thronged around the circus
grounds when the big wagons ana tent
hands arrived, and the way the rings
were prepared and the tents erected
caused even more establishment than
the spectacular bIllbOards.
In fact, by the time the canvas door
flap was turned back and the ticket
seller was ready for business every
body In the town had taken hand in
advertising the great American show.
There was no work for the factory
hands that day. Not workman went
TO the factories. and every spindle In
the town was idle. AT every perform
ance." writes Consul Brundage, the
tent was full. The vague antipathy
felt by the people for the United States
has been turned into respect and awe.
The people now say, Anything is pos
sible to Americans
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
Honorlng John Bunynn.

Honest John Bunyan, IL he could rise
from his grave, would be not little
astonished, we imagine, TO find a sery-
ice being conducted in his honor by a
bishop, his praises being sounded by a
dean and stained glass window being
erected to his memory I'm an Anglican
cathedral We expect he would be
more scandalized than pleased. The
window he would denounce as fiat Idol
airy, and the dignitaries Of the church
in surplice and cope would incur his
sturdy denunciation. Rather than ac-
cept such honor he would return to
Bedford Jail. None the less, we are
glad that a memorial of the author OF
the grandest allegory ever penned
should be placed at Southwark close
to those commemorating Shakespeare,
Spenser Fletcher and Beaumont-St'
James Gazette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
To Abolish botany nay.

As there is an inevitable propensity
in the English speaking world to as
eociate the name Of Botany Bay with
convlctism, a movement has recently
been started in Australia which has for
its object the abolition of that name
and the substitution Of Banks Bay In
its stead. The Sydney Sunday Times
suggests that the change be effected
before the new century, that the new
commonwealth may start under the
best and brightest condition without
the faint on its fair fame now suggest
ed by the name Of Botany Banks.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
FIGURES AND EYES.
An Indication OF Advancing Age
That Admits OF No Compromise.

An Indication Of Advancing Age
That Admits OF No Compromise.
AS we grow older," remarked the
man who was doing that at the rate OF
a week every seven days, I'VE begin
TO observe that we seem TO need more
light when we read or that the print
OF the newspaper that we have been
reading with ease for ever 80 many
years is not quite as good as II used TO
be. or that we can distinguish the let
ters little better II we hold them far
Their away than usual, but we are very
slow indeed TO observe that the real
cause Of IL IS that we are growing old,
and we rather resent the suggestion Of
some kindly friend that we need
glasses.
1--WE resent glasses especially be
cause they are the visible sign Of our
weakness. and all the world may know
by them what we fondly think they
have not yet discovered to wit, that
our eyesiglt Is failing. l am that way
myself or was and | stood the glasses
off rs long rs could, and really /
could get along very well reading al
most any type. OF course. ! could not
make ont every letter. but | could get
enough 10 complete the word. and Of
tentimcs | could supply whole words
that were indistnct by the sense OF
what was reading.
"But It was the figures that got me
down ut last Al. those fguresl There
Is no context there. and when | saw
dates or numerals Of any kind the blur
Of the years shut out al their outlines,
and TO save me ! could not tell what
was before me-. made mistakes 40
often IN reading aloud 10 my wife that
she would laugh NJ me, though she
never caught me on the letters, not
wlthstandlng many was the time |
guessed mt about balf / was reading.
But figures would not stand any fool
Ing Ike that, ana at last ! acknowl-
edged that II wasn't the type or the
paper or The light or anything Of that
sort and got myself pair Of glasses.
Now can tell a figure as well as let
ter. and ! discover they are printed
quite as plainly as ever, though | was
sure they were blurred before. New
York Sun.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
Fined the Limit.

According to a dispatch from Rome,
Prince Chigi, who was found guilty OF
having violated the law against the
selling of valued works Of art in dis
posing of BotticelIi's famous painting
'sThe Virgin and Child" was arraigned
in court the other day and sentenced
to pay a fine of 100000, which is the
price he is said to have received from
a London dealer. The masterpiece got
past the Italian custom authorities by
painting over the picture of "rhe Vir-
gin and Child" another picture that
could easily be washed off.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
A Kings Fear of woman's Beauty

4 kinR's rear OF WOmhnh beautgs
Charles MI Of Sweden feared only
one power In the world, the power Of
beauty; only handsome woman could
boast Of making him quail-she put
him to flight. He said: so many he
roes have succumbed to the attractions
of a beautiful facet Did not Alexan-
der, my pet. burn a town to please a
ridiculous adyenturessl want my
life TO be free from such weakness;
history must not find such a stain upon
It."
He was told one day that a young
girl had come to sue for justice on be-
half of a blind Octogenarian father
maltreated by soldiers. The first In
clination Of the king a strict discipline
rian, was to rush straight to the plain
tiff. to hear the details Of the INSIDE
meanor for himself. but suddenly stop
ping he asked, us she good lookingT
And being assured that she was both
very young and unusually lovely, he
sent word that she must wear a veil,
otherwise be would not listen to her,
Countess Potocka's Memoirs.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-27
nn.tnn Pride sntIsned.

The Rev. Edward Everett Hale has
uttered a shout Of jubIlatiOn over the
fact that five of the heroes selected for
enrolment in the Hall of Fame were
Boston Latin school boys. zone In
six" he says, sought to satisfy even
Latin school pride, and this in a list
which can afford to leave out John
Hancock, Henry Knox, Lothrop Mot
ley, Wendell Phillips and Charles Sum
narO