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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-20
FARMERS AND SHIPPING BouNrIEs.
(Chicago Chronicle.)

The Hanna Payne committee of the
two houses are hearing from the
farmers on the subject of subsidies and
bounties to capitalists who are rich
enough to own steamship lines and are
making out to survive with such govern
ment assistance as they are now get
ting.
One Illinois grange which is among
the protesting organizations, has sent
in a document containing the following
among other things: "As grain-grow-
ing farmers of the central west we have
to compete in the free and open markets
of the world and must be content with
any margin of profit afforded our pro-
ducts by the ruling prices of those
markets This we do without govern
mental aid by subsidy to increase our
profits and with the belief that con-
gress cannot justly enact special
legislation to favor one industry at
the expense of other classes of people"
What these farmers say about their
exposure to world competition, unaid-
ed by governmental favors is not theory
but fact. There is no denying it. What
more natural and reasonable, then,
than that they should protest vigor-
ously against being taxerd for the bene-
fit of class which is at least as well
able to take care Of itself as the grain
growing farmer class is?
1t is true that they have equally good
reason to protest against q tariff which
forces farmers to contribute to the en-
richment of a score of industries which
are at least as well able to take care of
themselves as the grain-growing indus
try is to take care of itself. But none
the less vehemently should they pro-
test against the pending bill. That
measure proposes an additional burden
for the benefit of a special class. The
fact that the farmers are already bear
ing many burdens should impel them
the more vigorously to protest against
the imposition of still another
There is yet another thing against
which the farmers should protest even
more vehemently, because it will add
or, rather, continue to add, in growing
ratio-to the burdens they are already
bearing for favored classes. That thing
is the colonial policy. That policy is sure
to cost the taxpayers of the country
at least $100,0OO,000 a year, and more
likely twice that, even if no bounties are
voted to people who own fleets and sail
them at aprofit.
The object of this policy was frankly
or inadvertently admitted by Mr.. Nc
Kinley nearly year ago, when he told
a club in Boston that I'VE" the protec-
tees, had stopped talking about tariff
rates and gone to looking for foreign
markets. Markets for what? For the
products of the same industries which
have been imposed as a charge upon the
American people through the tariff. The
farmers have been made to sweat to
provide those industries with home
market; now they are to be made to
sweat even more profusely to provide
the same government pets with foreign
markets. Farmers must wake up to
this or colonialism will render their
condition even more hopeless than pro-
tectionism has done. In combating the
smaller rapine they should not for a
moment overlook the greater.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-02-20
OBJECT LESSON
For All workingmen In the Rise In the
Price or OIL.
CNew York Journal.)


The Standard Oil company owning or
controlling most of the terrestrial oil
laboratories, increased the price of oil
some time ago one cent upon every gal
lon drawn from the earth.
In January the price was ii cents
Many stores are now charging 12 cents,
and there are indications that before
the end of the year a further increase
will be tackled on.
AT present, however, the increase over
the price of two years ago is about 3
cents per gallon-the price of an old
style postage stamp.
That does not sound very formidable.
The poor consumer will continue to pay
1t without question. But let us see what
1t means to the Standard Oil company.
The total yearly output of the COM
pany is approximately 1,700, ,000, 900 gall
Ions, of which 50,0O0,0 900 gallons are sold
in the United States. In raising the
price Of oil from to 10 cents, there
fore, Mr. John ID. Rockefeller taxed the
poor consumers of this country $8,500,000
a year. A raise to II cents means $S,-
100000 more, and a further raise to
IL cents means a total of 25,500, 900 a
year on Mr.. Rockefellers oil sales in
this country alone.
Double this for his foreign sales and
you have the neat sum of $51 200, 900 a
year poured by the people of the world
into Mr.. Rockefeller's Golfers. The
trust has just declared a quarterly divi-
dend of 20 per cent-$20, goo 900 profits
for three months; $SO,0OOOO0 year.
In the meantime the worlds great
army of workingmen--the ground moles
who dig coal, the hard-handed toilers
In jumpers and dungarees, men OF
myriad lines OF labor-dig on, sweat on,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26
Hab|aei DR. zeoo Gambia

Con"cida r> ia lompete'ria ne
u;ca del Dir ZenO Gambia
us conocimient0s profunlos le
han colCcado, entire los primeros me
dicos puel torriquenos y sus ems enan
zas en- la prensa, en- el iibro y en- la
tribuua, le han hocho acreedor al
tulo de maestro:
Habla pues, un maestrO
sHago constar que habiondo usa
do las <Pildoras Reconstituyentes
del Lcdo D. Martinez, en- mi practi
co mGdica, obtuve de- elias excelen
tcs resultados en- casos de depression
organica por enfcrmcda les agudas,
anemias, cloro anemias, en- gene
raj en- casos de discracias y p6rdida
de las fuerzas,
Ell uso de tales pildoras, va Sc
guido de pronto alivio, sin dnda de
Dido a 10 asimilable de las substan
cias componentes de las mismas, y
no vasilo en- prescribirlas, cada vez
que nuevas energias es neceoario CT
municar q organismos debilitados
empobl ecidoss.
DR. M ZENO GAMBIA
Ponce AgOStO de 1900:
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26

La compaf1la del Tranvia pre-
sent6 una proposition con un pliego
de condolences suyo, y la Compania
Espa11o,a hizo su proposition de
acrerdo con ell pliego de condicio'
nes Official pero, q causa de algunas
irregularidades en- la publication de
los anuncios, ambas proposiciones
fueron rechazadas y Sc ,orden6 anun
ciarse nuevamente.
El nuevo pliego de condolences
permite al Alcalde reducir las horas
de alumbrado segdn su deseo, y es
pecifca tacitamente que ell alumbra
do debe suministrarse por corrien.
tes continues de baja tension, siste'
ma tri6liar de Edison. Sc demues
ira un gran menosprecio de los re
quisitos constitucionales en- la clau
sula en- que Sc especitca que 81 Con
sejo Municipal dicidira Ia nulidad 8
valdez del otorgamiento sin que ha
va apelacion & su resoluci6n
Tales prOcedimientos como los
anterioros no ayudaran elevar a
los Puertor1iquef1os la extimacion
del mundo exterior, y los Puertoari
quef1os de conciencia deben opener
Sc a tales demostraciones de parcia
lidad y prevensi6n de parte de sus
empleados municipales. Quizas ell
Gobernador Allen Sc encontrara
cohibidO de tOmar una medida con
ira tai modo de proceder..
Otra fase del asunto aparece en-
| un ataque periodlstico contra todo
sistema de baja tension. FL "San
Juan News publica un telegrama
que dice haber -recibido dc New
York y que dice asf:
New York, Agosto u.
News, Puerto Pico.
Ell redactor-director Harrison
del "Electrical Age" y ell redactor
Hedemberg dc "Electricity' los mas
| prOminentes eXpertOs del mundo, en-
electric.dad, airman que ia instala
| ci0n del sistema de cOrriente alter
nativas seria menos que un crimen
Mr.. Harrison mostr0 que este siste
ma seria menos costoso al principle
pero mucho mas caro- con el TEMPO
| declarando que ell sistema de baje
tension era mucho mejor por todos
| respectOS.
FL s.stema de alta tension es pc
ligros(simo donde los alambres Sc
pasan por sobre los techos, y es CT
81 criminal. Siendo~ este asl espe
cialmente en- San Juan donde la gel
te usa sus azoteas para tomar e
fresco con frecuencia.
La primer semana de esta: er
operaci0n este sistema, causaria MI
chas muertes.
Ell <shocl, producido por g
contacto con los alambres de la CO
rriente dc bajo voltage no mata
siendo los incendios ell unico peligr
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26

PAYABLE " \E.ANG|.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26
inipatcial, eco de ia oprn.5n y de la pre-, ,sa
Galveston.

Para que nuestros lectores ten
gan una idea del emporfo de riqueZa
que era la poblaci6n que hoy es ruiz
ma y desolaci6n damos conocer los
siguientes datos estadiaticoA.
En- 1895 las importaciones por
ell Puerto de Galveston representa-
ron un valor de 1857 347 y las expor
taciones de S36 1872, 382: mientras q,
en- 1899 las importaciones alcanza-
ron & So, 243, 40Oy las exportaciunes
& SIC 143, 069
Los malecOnes consIruidos poI
ol Gobierno de los Estaaos Unidts &
la crtrada de Ia bahia de Galveston
h1cleron muy seguro el puerto, aun
para buques de mucho calado. Uua
gran parte del algod0n que sc pro
duce al oste del rio Mississippi Sc
exporta por Galveston, y tsigo y
maiz en- grandes cantidades Sc tx
portan tambien por el mismo puer
to. Sc calcula que Ia cant. dad de
granos eXportada de Galveston du-
ranto Ell dltimo a71o econ6mico fue
de 100000 d 20 900, 600 dc <bus.
helsn. En- los muelles de este puer.
to sc emplean durante la estaoi6n
de mas actividad como 1000 rabaja
dores y Sc Aico que tiene mas conner
clio que n:nguna otra ciudad de su
tamafo en- el mundo
Hoy Pto REQ contribuJe con su
0bolo & remed'ar Ia desgracia que
anige aQuellos b rmanos y dando
muestras de g at ud por los 5000
:ros re ;ibido> cuando q nostt,os
nos t'rturo el doIor, acuds en- lctio
dc "a lnisn;'ia 8 ponef 81 lonat}vo
modesto; pero brint{alu dc orrazIn:
para Ell nju@ar algunas l>im&s
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26

de temerse Ell Senor Hedem berg
fue tan enfatico al denunciar los pc
ligros del sistema de corrientes al
ternas de alta tension.
eEsos alambres> dijo, debeu ser
subterraneos en- San Juan de 10 con
trario causaria destrozo q la vida
propiedad.
SUN.
Nos parece probable que xlos
mas prominentes expertos del nun
dO> han sido falsa mente repreS enta
dos que Sc les ha olvidado algo.
Es casi innecesarjo senalar que el
aserto contenido en- la anterior frasA
es ridiculamente falso.
Una gran proportion, probable
monte mas de las tres cuartas parties,
de las poblaciones de los Estados
Unidos del mismo tama1o que San
Juan, estan dCtadas con corrientes
alternas de uua tension en- cualqier
punto de 900 $4,000 5000 volts,
y generalmente todos ellos tienen
corriente directa en- sistema de ARGOS
vOltalcos en- series que alcanzan va
rios miles de volts. En- la practlca
no existe el peligro en- una instala'
cion bien hecha de corriente alterna
de 2 200 volts, de seguro, que no hay
mas peligro que en- una installation
tritiliar de 40 volts con los alam
bres fojos.
No hay tanto peligro en- niugu
na de ambas que 81 que eXiste en-
una installation de gas 1luido como
ordinariamente sc pOne en- las casas
dc vivienda
Probablemonte clos mas promi
uentos expertos del mundo, Sc olvi
daron que un voltage de 5000 en- CO.
rrlente alterna es un voltag sc ordina
rio Ell la Ciudad de New York. Ge
neralmente tOdo su alum bradO arran
ca de tales circuitos. Es de sentir
Sc grardeme que Ell nombre de.
New York eSun, un peri6dico Gu
va seriedad inpide la imposibilidal
de que su servicio de correspOnsales
| envie <iuterviewss c.n personas
desconocidas ;rresponsables, per
| mlta que aparezca su frma eu ell te
legrama que Sc cita.
sSera possible que les metodo:
del antique regimen espanol todavi;
| prcvalezcan en- Puerto Rico, y qu'
Sc esten contaminando con ellos 10
/ Americanos que tienen negocios
publican peri6dicos ALI?
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26
Gran Hotel y Restaurant
INCL = IERR +
TETUAN 10 IL CRUZ 2 Y FORTALEZA 81.
HOTEL de i 0RDEN

tlfco consruido exprcsamente para Hotel
Capacldad para 200 PASAJEROS.
Sltuac0n la mas c6nrca
Vlstas la bahia las GALES de Tetuan,
tI mas frcsco venlado de la Capital
III comelor mejor de las Antillas.
Departamentos Independence para tamias.
ies'e de Agosto ge ademas del plan nguo ell omi-
das, cl slstema americana; guso del favorecedor
Iren de carruaj jes de lujo.
Interpreters Traluctores de Ter. ordeu.
preclos al igual de los demas Hoteles.
Sc hacen abonos para comidas.
installation dc banOs a la moderna
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26
Ardid
de COn1edia.

Los dos famosos c6micos fran
ceses Legrand y La I,horiIliere, qua
eran lntimos amigos tuvierou que
hacer juntos un viaJo de Paris
Bourges, para resolver un asuuto
que ambos interesaba.
Ginetes en- buenas cabalgaduras
(por aquella epoca nj aun Sc so1laba
an construir ell ferrocarril de Or
leans) iban Hacienda su viaje s pc
quenas jornadas, dislrutaado las
hermosas perspectivas campestres
del canine que fecorrian, dandose
vida de pr1ncipes deteniendoSe
donde les acomodaba; asf Sc les pa
So dulcemente Ell tempo, de- modo
que la excursion fu6 prolongandose
mas de 10 que oensaban.
Como q uuas cinco leguas de
Bourges le entrarou las prisas LIE
grand, y propuso q su companero
que picaran espuelas para llegar s
Ia capital antes de que cerrase Ia no
che, con 10 cual podrlan descan$ar
en- una buena pOsada, dcdicafse des
de la manana siguiente & sus Dego
clos, spacharlos en- IN par de dias,
estar de vuelta Ell Paris aates de
que la Come Francesa Inaugural
ra sus tareas de invierDo.
Acordes quedaron en- realizar
aQuel progIama; pero he aqnl que
POGO despues, ? al entrar 4 todo ga
lope por q cal'e principal del pue~
blecillo dc n, par6 ell seco La Tao
rilliere su caballo, y exclamo
-iVot0 Il tai! No hab}a caido
70 en- la cuenta dc que teniamOs que
pasar por aqu(. Que recoerdos
me evoca este Galicioso lugarejo!
ives al final de Ia cal!e una casita
pin1ada dc verde, que tict!e por de
lante un jardincilIo cJu su bonita
yeria, una fl onte eu medic, y dos
leones dc yeso en- ia puerta, y una
tapia....?
ST, 81, la veo. " que?
Que alli vivo maIame BOur
don, 6 Berta, como la uamaba mos
antes lie que SO casara con Mr. Bour
Con. ,U..n mujer encantadura, que
rido L.egrand que conoci en- Pa1lI'
y con la que ue pa,o una sabrcsa
aventura.
-BueHO, va me Contara5 ESQ eF
ell canine En marcha
La Th0rillie1e no sc mOvi6
Els que 70 no sigo mi camino,
dijo luego, sil hacer una vista q
Berta; hace dos amos que enviudo
me cOmplazco en suponer que no le
desagradara vefms,
-: Ahcra me sales con ESQ? iTt
estas loco, Aparte de que va no hay
tempo que perder; bonita facha dc
conquistador tienea! Lleno de pol
vo, con unas barbas de ochO oras-
Ia que eres tan presumido
Ell espantoso crecimiento de
mis- barbas no me apura; preclsa
mente q ounce pasos de aqu1 estoJ
yiendo una refulgente bacla de bar
bero.
La Thorilliere, DEBATE de bro
mas Y sigamos nuestro canlno.
TIE dlgo que necesito hablal
con Berta.
" 20 te aseguro que no lras.
En- cuanto me rasuren.
-iEres un im14cil!
-iVete al inferno!
No hubo man era de convence
al testarudo adorador de Berta,
dandose 6 todos los diablos tuvo LIE
grand que apearse con su amigo
la puerta de una barber1a, donde e
diligente Figaro sali6 q reciblGio
, poniendose sus 6rdenes.
Pusieron las riendas de los ca
ballos en- manos de IN palurdo, La
Thorilliere Sc sent6, dispuesto a SO
portar con resignation, en- 10 o" I
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26
lntereSante.

La Empresa de coches de don Jo
Sc Ramirez de Cayey tiene estable
cda su Agencia en- el Els Sablecimien
to <La Lunas San Francisco 35 de
los sefores Zalduondo & Mier; esta
mopresa cuenta con constante y
buen servicio y en- competencia con
las demas en- cuanto q sus precios
por 10 cual llama la atencion de los
sef1ores viajerCs.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26
A DOLORES.

M&dico injerto on poeta,
di6me un dia la mania
De no taCrr ,tIa receta
nu c"t~e9uo & la poesla
y ahapQu#a la lanceta.
w 0 SOY, ri pucdO scr
f,'},. lnrNu "trUS dtCtOros
N,;dje :u-de comprender
10 que yo pad eco a ver
i IN ain go con do ores.
Pero aver, Lola, te Vi
lbA cUntIgo tu espOsO,
y Jay. entOnceS cOmprendl
cue con sDolurea, asf
nuedo an hOmbre ser dichOs0
VITAL AN.
En- eGts. i'm prt' : - vende pap
g peri6dicos viejos q g DO el qui
Il. s-5-5
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26

De la revista Electrical Review New
York Septiembre IL de 1900. -Restau-
racion espanola. Alganos datos intere
santes acerca del alnmbrado electrieo
en- San Juan
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-09-26

la litnpieza y tersura de su cults, los
consabidos paSes de uavaja
Legrand, callado de pe5i.no
humor, media la e>t2ncia 4 grandes
pa>os, buscando tn III caletre aigu .
medic de lrnpedir que 81 amigo viei,
tara liz ca~ita verde.
ACostumbrado { hacer come
dias, conocedor de los recursos es-
ceuicos, vislumbraba liz ptoibi|idad
de idear IN ardid iugcn;o<o Q2e le
dlese la victoria
Iii mundo, comoGiia Is; Ell teacrO,
representation ficticfa Il. - vida: H.
que pa>a on e.o9na, ;>,: ..3t- tA'nb2Hu
pasar ell La ii Ia rt'aI ....
Busea quo te bU>cH.....r IT ii St
q c>uIrl6 uu ar5ul.:s. l;5:o IT,, saline.
'e que 6! (t'uf cu>tulohre) t.yiljih VI
e-c~fIs,> Y >:srIjOjh ma nu,ilutu. g..
- hAct:: yabjaF ~ an}&.s, iy-yttiu
s"lc, tai como apur>.-o cOntluua
ci0n:
Gsc1ua Ia (God4.l
La TIl0riIliere y Lagrand-Este
hace muJl4 per ei furu Ell otro sc
mira al espejo con eiucruataciu,e e
&c noecas, y t0tarea un couptet es
perandO &: rcgre5o del r.uaOaro4>
que ha iao q la cociua por aqua ca
llento.
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Escena "a Zen la cocina.(
Legrand y ell Barbero,

Legrand ed tono confdencial]
Boen amigo, Suuereis ganaros aho-
ia mismo dos Iuise>?
Barbero- [cuirando con terror 4
LagrAnd J M vals 6 proponer IN
asesinato?
Legr,-iQue di¶te! Sc tra.-
tn 1nicamGnte ae...,.N. grand la
bls* u,. iatU al lao uei Uat bern
Barhero i Nada IA que ESQ:
Vengat. To- dos iuiste!
Leg -Tomad urn; e otro, !! Il
nal de Ia Ohr!
E~ccn} "a
L. Thorilliere L2grana fli Barb To
zen la harbarfa.)
BArl2.r--(er uso dc s1s fuce::1nes
depilantos) 6C0nQne >us scnorias
sou de i7ar1~> All l.4. IL I. como
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-24

seem to be that not even the degraded
foreigners whom the operators brought
over from Europe some years ago are not
over willing to offer Inducements to state
authority either to hang or shoot them,
as one of the agencies toward settling
this strike the way the operators want it
settled.
The enlightened sentiment OF the coun-
try will be averse to taking sides in the
controversy 1t will insist that the fuel
of so large proportion of the people
shall not be withheld in the accomplish
ment of any private purpose. either of the
miners or the operators. Arbitration is
the easiest. as it now seems practically
the only. way out of the difficulty Pow
erful as are the operators, 1t is not at
all open to question that they will be
driven from their position by an outraged
public opinion if they persist in refusing
to accept arbitra ton as a means of set
Element.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-24
Study IN LOGIC.

Under date OF Aug. II the secretary of
war cabled the Philippine commission that
..the president wishes you to report by
cable the general conditions in the ISL
ands, and reference was made by the
secretary to ''the probable continuance
of guerrilla warfare, and the influences
operating to prolong it; how it can best be
brought to a close" The commission I'M
derstood very well what was most desired
in the report, for the gentlemen would be
dull indeed if the demand for g cable re-
port, which could serve every reasonable
purpose by being sent by mail, did not
reveal to them the main purpose of Wash
ington, even had no explicit mention been
made of influences operating to prolong"
the guerrilla warfare.
Under date of Aug. 81 the commission
cables a report which, at best. is hastily
constructed and incomplete, but what
there is Of it reveals the reluctance with
which even a brief reference to political
conditions in the United States is incor-
porated. Very little, If any, attempt is
made to justify it in the logic OF the re-
port as a whole; 1t is out Of harmony with
the rest of the statement, and not wholly
consistent with itself. considering the
purpose in view The following should
be read with critical interest by the
American public:
Policy OF leniency eliminating in am
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-24

Within a month the people of the en-
continent will be confronted by the grave
problem of their winters fuel supply.
In all the cities of that region the stand
ard fuel is anthracite coal. In those
communities farthest removed in north
erly direction from the coal fields of
Pennsylvania even the most favorable
conditions prevailing in the coal mining
industry are attended by grievous finan-
cial burdens to the ordinary household
er, consequent on providing the neces-
sary fuel for his household. In the con-
ditions which now prevail, if the dispu-
tants are to be allowed to work their
own sweet will, the alternative for most
of us lies between being frozen and be-
ing robbed.
The air of placid self-content with
which the mine operators send out to the
country their assurance that every pit
in the anthracite region win close down
and be kept closed, rather than that the
miners organization shall be recognized,
is quite impressive in its way. The edict
IS equivalent to the declaration which any
private citizen might make Of his choice
of means of handling or disposing of his
own property. There is not suspicion
existing, evidently, in the minds of these
very absolute gentlemen that folks are
called on to do or not to do with what
they claim to be theirs, so that their do
ing or not doing shall not work injury to
society. The principle of public law and
economy finds no place whatever, appar-
entity in the understanding which the
hard coal mine operators of Pennsylvania
entertain of their obligations.
Since ii happens that the executive head
of the miners organization has publicly
declared that the men do not ask for the
recognition in any way af their organiza-
ton By the bosses, it may become neces-
eary 10 state some more convincing rea-
son why arbitration of existing difficult
ties cannot be accepted by the operators
try, so far as it has been or is likely
to be heard from, will unite with the mel
in tic demand. There is no alternative
save hloodshed and strife. The readiness
with which hloodshed has already been
resortcd to is entirely characteristic OF
that section of tho United States. There
has never been any disposition shown tc
tcnporlze with ignorant or troublesome
miners III that region. Where the hang
mans Moose has rot been available Il
meet a given emergency the rife of 6
deputy she:iT has served its turn in good
order. The Indications thus far. however
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-24
SAME OLD STORY.

London Answers:
They had Just got married, and wer
starting on their honeymoon. The brid
had got the nan she loved, and sh
didn't care who saw her put her head o
his shoulder. The bridegroom had go
a farm with his wife, ard if he wante
to squeeze her hand or feed her Wit
sweets, whose business was it? A ETH
old man sat opposite the couple, and !.
looked at them so often that the your
husband finally explained:
We've just got married.
81 knowed 1t all the time chucl1lc
the other.
And VIC can't help it, you know"
No, you cant; I'll be blowed il yc
can't
Il presume It all seems very silly to a
old man like you?"
Does it? does it?" caekIed the Old fe
low. We'll, I can tell you it does no
then. I've been there three times owe
and now I'm on my way to marry
fourth. Silly? Why. children, it's la
adise boiled down.