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Admiral, ExpIainingHis
Doings at Santiago,
Said He Always Act
ed on His Own Re-
sponsibility w h e n
Facts Warranted -
Still Under Lemley's
Fire.

NO. in tho Yucatan channel. We
passed the Eagle soon ate. leaving Key
West"
she passed within hnil:
That Is my recollection
And reported no news!"
"Yes.'
Admiral schley said he kept close
watch at day and II night while awake.
.h!lc on Cisn,ucgos. He said he had
seen no auxiliary cruiser or sunboat near
IN. entrance to the haroor, as testified
10 10y Lieut.. Grimm.
Bro0klyn's Lox Read.
In response TO request from Capt.
IemIy. ADMIRAL Schley read extracts
from the BrookIyns log with the view
Of showing that tho Admirars memory
had been at fault when he had stated
that the fleet was closer in at night
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TWO FALL FROM
Tunnel SCAFFOLD.
WILLIAM JOHNSON AND COR
NELIUS HILLARY INJURED.
aotten Plank Breaks and They
Plunge Downward-lieavy
Tinibcrs Fail On Them.

william Johnson. twcnty-seven years
old. OF No. 33i East E!ghty-hrst street.
and Cornelius Hillary. thirty.seven
years old. Of No. 1860 Third avenue.
workers.. employed on the Rapid.
Transit tunnel at Seventeenth street
and Fourth avenue. fell from scafrold
this afternoon. They were badly In
johnson may die. having fractured his
skull. Hlllary's body and shoulders
were injured.
Tho men had slipped from ono plank
TO another. which appears to have been
rotten.
In their efforts to catch something In
their fall the two men knocked out
certain supports and tho scaffoldins
came down on top OF them.
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SOCI ETYWOMAN'S
? ARLS SEIZED.

the necklace was brought; to him. From
another source II was learned that tae
case Was not In the hands OF Social
Agent Theobald.
An appraiscment OF the necklace will
probably be made tomorrow and 1t Is
understood that full duty will be paid
by the owner
There Is Harry T. Black In the city
directory. lie lIvep at the Holland
House and 1.-The president OF the George
a. Fuller Construction Company At No.
1877 Broadwy. the firm which built the
Syndicate Building and Is now engaged
in erecting several enormous skyscrap.
crs-
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began to I'LL the grave. None were
allowed in the lot, but when the
grave was made and the prison
guards withdrew. men. women and
children broke into the enclosure.
There was nothing for souvenir
hunters to gather but the sod. and
none seemed to touch that. Boys
drove sticks into the ground and
gradually the crowd melted away.
No guards were left at the grave.
None was needed.
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HIGH BIOS MADE
FOR CITY BONDS.
ADVANCE OF FOUR POINTS
OVER THOSE LAST RECEIVED.
The Representative OF Le--!s = &c.
Makes the Top Offer nt
lO7..11

The Comptroller to-day opened BIDS for
10000 OF IL. per cent. corporate
stock. 100000 OF which Is for street
IMPROVEMENTS ana $1,000 Tor a pafs
armory sites.
Sixteen bids were received. The NUM-
Der OF over-suhscr!ptions was the largest
four points higher than the last re-
ceivrd The bid OF the Central Realty
Rond and Trust Company. representing
the firm OF Lewis & Co, was the high.
est b!9 received. j, was for i07.37i and
will probably BE- IN. successful one. s :
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DIED FOR W0MAN'S SAKE.
Couldnr Get nnil for Her. lie
Ended His Life.

Joseph Neal. thir,y-,No years old. 4
waiter. was found dead In bed at the
Fourth Avenue Hotel. Eleventh street
and Fourth avenue this afternoon. lie
had committed suicide by inhal!ng gas
through II rubber tube,
He was around the hotel last night
very pdespondent because he could mt
get bail for woman friend OF his
know mas Mrs. Annie Williams Shc
had been arrested o ma charge O! steal.
Ing 50 from 4 man on the street
Meats home was in Cincinnati.
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NO ALARM BELL
VIII Be Rung Before Water Get.
Here.

clothing and oisy tn ma tho good, stylish
kind At The Guarantee Clothing Co.. Up.
town cor. l27th 81. and 80 ave. Mems suits
q 81 o. g. ana aS oS i, esa aiS
Mems overcoats In top coats. governs. in
.S fsIss 1 aS sse;E o. a.s
you'll get your moneys worth. no matter
what price you pay. az The Guarantee Cioti.
ins Co. uptown cor. Ie7th ut and ID ave. 20
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DESCRIBED BY
AN EYEWITNESS.
10y Or. w. o. Wolff, Of Roch.
ester, N. ", an Eye.Wit-
ness of the Execution.)
social 10 n. Er.nlnr word.

,speelai TO The Evening woridj
AUBURN. N. Y. Oct. al am ops
posed to capital punishment. but felt
no sorrow for the wretch that died
this morning.
When he declared he was not sorry
he had shot the President they could
not kill him, quick enough to suit me.
For an execution that completes q
tconiipued on Second Pass)
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TRIED SUICIDE AT LIBERTY ISLAND.

+: goodooking young Frenchwo1an who gave her name
as Mary Louise Repar Of No. 1923 West Twentynnth street.
attempted suicide this afternoon by mpn off the dock at
Liberty Island number of soldiers and men employed on
the island rushed to the dock and Reha employed by the
ertyIsIand FcrryL jumped in and rescued her.
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HELD FOR VETERANS DEATH
Former officer of sIxty-Ninth Req
Imcnt Dead in Bonton.

BOSTON. Oct. 29.-Edward o,connor.
aged sixty-four. veteran OF the civil
war. and said to have been an oflicer Of
the Slxty-ninth Regiment OF New KsFks
ID dead at the Morgue here. e " Il E s
He died OF g fractured skull ef5 tsE1
men arc under nrresa- II
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E..Goy. Harrison Dead.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. 2J.-Iienry
3. Harrison. Governor OF Connecticut
during the term from 1885 10 1851. died at
his home here at noon to-day.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for tho thirty.
sig hours ending : r. NJ
"Wednesday for Nesv York
City and vicinityi Fair and
continued mild weather.
to.nisht and Wednesday,
lisht to fresh northeast to
east ,vinds.
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ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL REGISTRATION.

Frank erke of No. 64 West Fortythrd street, was TO.
day held in 81 900 bail for examination charge Of illegal
registration The charge preee by Detective Dale. Mr.
Merke asked for examinations and was set for Tomorrow
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BODY DESTROYED
IN A LAKE OF LIQUID FIRE
SMUCC[ED $4,000 NECKLACE,
Then CONFESSED To HUSBAND,

HarryF Black President of the George A. Fuller Consrc-
ton Company when this afternoon by Evening World
reporter at the Holland House and asked concerning the seizure
blythe customs officials Of $4,000 necklace belonging his
wife, said
1--WE arrived here from Paris on the 1euonc oot 49, To-
day my wife, conscience stricken revealed to the fact tina
CITY, went down TO see Collector BdweI and paid $4,000
which 60 per cent Of the value Of the necklace, and was
released
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TO Care o Geld 10 Ono Nag
fake Laxative Irene oulnins Tablsts All drzs.
lsts lstasd the monsy 70 10 fails 20 euro. Z. N.
afosss Asnatufs u On saeA esx. 2se. s.s /.
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Prof samuel Mile. Hopkin. Dead.

AUBURN. =. y. Oct. :o.-SImucl
Miles Hopkins. d. D.. LII. D.. Protesso.
Pneritus at Auburn Theological Semi
nary. died this morning In his eighty.
ninth year. |
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Good. substantial homes are to be
mund by bright seekers through Sun.
dag. World Wants.
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Necklace of Wealthy
Mrs. n. E. Black,
Worth $4,000, Is
Mysterio usIy Re.
tanned at Custom.
House.

tcrnoon. declined to state how the In
formation concerning the bringing in oil
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LATE RESULTS At ST. LOUIS.
Fourth Race-Patrocus Albert r. Dewey z, Winepress
Fifth Raced L. I, Nearest 2, Sard3.
AT LAKESIDE.

FifthRace-GoIden Glitter Autumn Leaves e Hoodwnk
Sixth Race-Andes |, Eva Rice 2, Free Pass 3.
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Yoiiers' Organizations Condemned by
Reformed Presbyterians.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 1.-Discussion of
the report of the committee on secret So
cieties took up nearly the entire morning
session of the Reformed Presbyterian
Synod OF America. The resolutions in re-
gard to labor unions were subjected 10
some argument, especially this one: Eve
look upon membership in many of these
unions. as at present organized and con
trolled. as dangerous, and warn our men,
bers against joining a union which has an
immoral obligation TO keep inviOlate rs
long as life remains the rites and regua-
tions. the issue OF which he is necessarily
ignorant"
Several speakers, including ex-Moderator
Foster. denounced labor unions. asserting
that they did not leave a free field for la
bor held their meetings on Sunday, an /
that they are pernicious in their influence
and wrong in principle.
Y. and j. c. McFeeters and T. p Stephen
son offered resolutions claiming the laws
favored capitalists and that the laboring
classes were forced 10 organize for protec-
ton
A standing vote 10 recommit the resolu-
tions and have them made stronger was
then carried by vote OF IL to "a. The COM
mittee changed the resolutions to read as
follows: That we reaftirm our testimony
against all secret, oath-bound societies and
that we regard membership I'm most of the
labor and trades unions at present or
ganized and controlled as dangerous. and
remind our members that the law of Christ
forbids joining any labor union which has
either an immoral obligation or promise
to keep inviolate as long as life remains
any rites or regulations the issue OF which
ne is necessarily ignorant.
The report OF the trustees OF Geneva Col
leee showed 215 students enrolled during
the year and twenty-four graduates. The
endowmnt fund now amounts 10 Sl2i,O0O
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THE POPE'S LITTLE BLACK 3"
Death of William WiIlyms, Who
Studied for the Prtc.tbood

NEW YORK. June William a VII
lyms. the sacristan of the Roman Catholic
Church of St. Benedict the Moor Is dead
The sacristan was known throughout the
United States for his learning and literary
attachments 1t was the great object of his
life 10 become priest His father was q
slave and lived on plantation at Mount
Vernon, adjoining the home of General
Washington. Young Willyms was in Wash
ington ID. C.. for a few years and then
through the influence of friends who were
impressed by the aptitude which he showed
in study. was sent 10 Rome. He was about
twenty wears of age in 1886 when he a.
rived at Rome He studied in the props
ganda for several years. Mr. WILKINS was
IN the same class with Archbishop Corri-
gan. When his Grace visited the Church
Of ST. Benedict the Moor he always met
the sacristan and talked TO him in Italian
OF the days I'm Rome.
Mr. Willyms was i'm Rome in the DAYS
OF Pope Plus TX. He was known as the
Pope's little black" The outbreak of the
civil war made II impossible for Mr. VII
lyms 10 return 10 this country al a priest
He was never ordained. He saw that IL
would be a mistake Tor him TO attempt TO
10 teaching and 10 literary pursuits. He
spoke Latin. Italian and French with
iuency. Several years were spent as as
sistant Librarian OF the Pratt library in
Baltimore. he was afterward sacristan
and assistant librarian in the Catholic Uni
sacristan at the Church OF ST. Benedict the
Moor extended over eight years.
Mr.. Willyms was regarded by persons OF
his race as ar oracle. He knew all about
IN old families or the South and their his
tory. Ii is thought that among his papers
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WATSON. BASSEL.
IndianapOIitan Goes to Clarksburg
w. Va, for Bride.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CLARKSBURG. W. Va, June 1.-The
marriage of Miss Genevieve Basel daugh-
ter OF Mr. and Mrs. John Basel, of this
city, and Mr.. Philemon Mitchell Watson,
of indianapolis, took place at s o'clock this
evening i'm Christ Episcopal Church. 1t was
of unusual brillancy and was distnctively
the society event of the season. The Rev
Thomas W. Cooke officiated Miss Martha
Basel. sister of the bride. was maid Of
honor and Miss Mary Wadsworth, of Dav-
export. Ia Miss Mary Russell, of Win
chester, Va, and Miss Corneia Basel. sis
ter of the bride, were bridesmaids. Mr.
Thomas GrlggS, of Davenport, was best
man. Among the out-of-tOwn guests were
Mr.. ard Mrs. II. F. Frazer. John Thorn
son, Mr.. and Mrs Marvin Rice Maxwell
and Booth Harrington. of Indianapolis
Wallace krag, of Detroit; Thomas Griggs.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wadsworth. Miss Mary
Wadsworth. of Davenport; Miss Mary Rus
sell. of Winchester. Va; Mrs. Glass and
Mrs Strathman, Of Wheeling. and Mrs
John Y. Basel, of Columbus. o. Mr.. and
Mrs. Watson left for New York on their
bridal trip. The bride is a member of one
of the most distinguished and influential
families of West Virginia and is talented
and highly educated
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HOME RULERS REVENGE.
Hawaiian Legislators Cutting Sal
aries of Territorial officials.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, May % via San Francisco,
June 1.-The grand jury called to investi-
gate charges of bribery in the Legislature
il still in session and has made no report
so far. Circuit Judge Humphreys has re-
leased Attorney General Dole and Treas
urer Linsing from testifying on the ground
that all they had heard on the subject
about which the grand jury questioned
them was hearsay and they had given the
names of those from whom they heard the
reports. In the case of Acting Governor
Cooper and the ex-superintendent of pub
lie works, both of whom were also cited TO
appear before Judge Humphreys and show
cause why they should not answer the
questions put to them, decisions have not
yet been rendered The grand jury is call
ing many witnesses.
The Legislature is still IN session, con-
sidering appropriations. 1t has received a
letter from Acting Governor Cooper. giving
new estimates, but the nome rulers prob
ably will cut them, as they are now en-
gagged in making heavy cuts OF salaries OF
government fficialS and clerks. The House
tabled the estimates of the acting Cover
nor. with a message to await decision as
to the legality of his status as acting Gov
ernor. a question having arisen In Judge
Humphreys court as TO his rlSht 10 oc-
cupy such position
Attorney General Dole has rendered an
opinion that he is legally acting Governor.
Governor Dole is still at a mountain re-
sort. and his physicians have ordered MN
to stay there longer
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rem and Montgomery streets. He was then
thfty-two years old. tall athletic and
handsome, moving in the best social circles.
His jet-black hair. dark complexion an1
dark eyes made him strikingly handsome.
since no one then guessed their origin. To
this he added a charming personality.
The expected happened. Miss Lizzie and
DR.. Wilkerson fell i'm love. About a year
ago their engagement was announced and
met with cordial approval They were 10
have BEEN married in the coming summer.
But two months ago DR.. Wilkerson told his
fiancee a story that wrecked their happi-
ness. He acted as a man of honor, black
He told Miss Lizzie that, generations
back, there had been strain of African
blood in his family. 1t was the sad old
tale Of slave days. Ever since the time of
his grandmother the black strain had been
lest in the white till all remembrance of il
had been lost. He had lived the life of
white man among gentlemen. To all prac-
teal purposes he was a white man in man
ners, in habits. i'm looks. But he felt that
honor demanded that he tell this woman
OF the faint i'm his ancestry.
1t is probable that Miss Rector coming
from a family of doctors, knew Of the way
even slight strain of African blood some
times concentrates in a child of some later
generations. IL may be that her brother
told her There was no reproach. They de-
cided that they could never marry. To the
man came the comfort OF knowing that he
had played the gentleman. but the girl has
such comfort She only knows that she
has lost the man she loves, that an I'M
SuFmOuntdDle barrier mas come between
them. There is no possibility or hope. She
has withdrawn from society and is seldom
seen outside her mothers home.
YES" said DIR. Wilkerson last night, 81
engaged 10 Miss Rector. and the en-
gagement has been broken Off II is al
ways better TO tell the truth. and will tell
it to the public, as | told il to her. nv
Parents were not known TO have negro
blood in them. but II showed i'm my grand
mother ] have tried TO live a reputable
life. | have studied hard and have built
up large practice. 1 was educated in the
Presbyterian College and graduated from
the dental department of the University of
New York. | have many friends. and
do not think have lost any of them. But
to the woman loved i could not sail under
false colors. 1t is better that she should
know every bit OF truth now. rather than
learn 10 repent after our marriage We
both love each other. but we can never
marry
DIR Wilkerson's friends believe he has
acted with scrupulous honor and are all the
more loyal TO him. | know now all about
the ancestry of Dr. Wikerson." said Fred
erck A. Mollenhauer principal of the New
Jersey School of Music. II honor him for
what he has done. We are all proud TO be
his friend. White or black. he is a gentle
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TAINT OF NEGRO BLOOD.
Ii Spoiled the Romance of q Young
Woman of JeIsey City.


New York Press Local
Blood has told again. This time IL has
told a tale that has brought misery 70 a
woman and 70 a man who love each other.
but who have broken their engagement be-
cause in the veins of the man there flows a
drop or two of negro blood from an ances-
tor generations in the past. So In the
famous old Rector homestead, in Jersey
City, pretty Miss Lizzie has tearfully put
away all hopes of the coming summer day
when she was 20 have been married TO
young DR.. Thomas T. Wilkerson, whose
dark eyes and black hair are now signif-
cant only of that strain OF negro ancestry
that no one had suspected TIL his own
honor had made him confess II.
The Rectors are one OF the prominent
families in Jersey City. Or. Pierson Rec
tor. who died seven years ago, was one of
the leading physicians Of Jersey and his
home AT No 100 Grand street, the
center of social life. His son. DIR. Joseph
NJ Rector. followed in his fathers profess
sional footsteps Young Dr. Rector has "A
large practice having married and made
his home in the most fashionable neighbor-
hood One OF the Rector girls married
pr Charles u. Hill and lives next 10 the
old house in Grand street Miss Lizzie. the
second daughter. who Is now twenty-one
wears old is a favorite In the society of
After DR.. Rector's death Mrs. Rector
turned the homestead IN Gfano street into
a fashionable boarding mouse. Two years
ago young Dr. Wilkerson went 10 board
there having been introduced oy one of the
sons. Dr. Wilkerson was the mead OF the
United States Dental Association. at War
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NEXT POPE NOT CHOSEN
REPORT THAT LEO HAS SELECTED
HIS SUCCESSOR DIsCREDITED.
Another Consistory to he Held This
Month-Reformed Presbyterians
and Labor Unions.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK, June 1.-Those in position
10 know pronounce as absurd the reports
that Pope Leo XIII has selected his sue
Cessor and that he is 10 be Cardinal Ram
polla. Were a Pope of Rome to presume
10 name his successor he would both de-
feat any chances the cardinal whom he
named might have had and render him.
self open TO as grave an offense as Ro-
man prelate is capable of. Cardinal Ram
pOlla is on record saying that he stands
mo- chance of being chosen successor to Leo
XIII because he Is too closely identified
with the latters policy. If ii happens that
Rampola and his chief fall out and the
secretary of state resigns it may be that
the Siclian will be chosen. Parties in the
college pretty closely drawn, and as a
Pope ages the party in opposition steadily
grows Leo XIII is old that il has been
several years since he has been in any
thing but a hopeless minority, of which
Cardinal Rampolla is the nominal leader.
Unless the diplomatic quarrel between
Rampolla and the Pope comes TO pass it
can be stated on the highest authority that
Cardinals Svampa. Gotti, the elder Vanu-
tell and Ferrara, especially the last named,
stand far more chance for the succession.
stands some chance, ii is said more indeed
than Rampolla under present conditions.
There is to be another cOnSiStOry in June,
probably on the 24th. when two more cardi-
nails will be created and proclaimed, max
ing the Roman Catholic college of cardi-
mails 10 consist of sixty-eight members, or
within two of the traditional seventy. 1t
is said the new cardinals will be Mon
signors EmediO Taliani and Rinaldini, the
former the papal nuncio in Vienna and the
latter the same in Madrid. These would
hax- hoe "A
but for the fact that pending matters H.
Austria and Spain required their presence
there for time. At this cOnsistOry Cardl-
nal Martineli will receive the red hat.
This is conferred only by the Pope, the re-
cent Baltimore function bestowing merely
the berretta Ii is now said that Cardinal
Martinelli's successor at Washington will
be Monsignor Zaleski, the recent apostolic
ablegate to India. He is native of Po-
land where he was born i'm 1852. After a
fairly successful diplomatic career he was
created titular archbishop of Tebe and sent
10 India in 1892. Just at this moment he is
i'll in Rome.
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ANTI-KISSING CLUB.


WICHITA, Kan, June Thirteen men
of Mount Hope, a small town near here.
are adherents of the belief that men should
not kiss women. All of the thirteen are
married, and they have just formed a club
known as the Mount Hope Married Mans
Anti-kissing Club. The members are b. X.
Wilson, president, |. j. Cox, secretary, A.
l.. Rite, +. n. Johns, l.. r. Densmore, j. b.
Smith, s. w. Karnes, G.. A. Snow, +. y.
Jones, =. T. Burris A. l.. koren, b. q.
Chains and T. V. Quincy. All the members
are quite prominent in business circles of
that place, and the organization of the
club has been kept under cover for three
weeks, but the secret has finally leaked out.
In statement TO reporters. President
Wilson said: "All this talk about our wives
going TO for divorce because
have pledged not TO kiss them, Is rot of the
worst kind. We went into this with the UNI
derstanding that il was TO be carried out
experiment, and we Will stick to IL If
the women uphold us in it. OF course, every
member has taken a pledge not to kiss his
wife for one year, but there is proViSo
that IL We all get tired of the proposition
we can diSorganiZe the club and no one will
have broken a pledge. j have been into it
now three weeks, and am perfectly salts
ned with the arrangement. as II my wife. L
find that kissing is filthy habit and with
out 1t man can love a great deal more
strongly. All of the boys have kept their
we VIII make this club thing of perma-
nence''
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hain't sayin' anythin fur or ag inst the fe-
male sect. eXplainin' which | Will say that
IN Twin with my third wife and | wouldn
make no afferdaVid now that any one of EN-
was alike. FAIRS l been able ter cackerlate,
every woman's a vari'ty jist in herself. An
hens, so fur | been able fur to observe Is
all members of the same sect, but diff rent
Now | got a hen what don't seem to have
object but fur TO fight the cat. All the
layin' she does is a-layin fur him, an when
he gifts in sight there's the doggondest row
ever you see. There's another hen in the
lot is allus lookn' fur"
But what's all this got to do with the
price of eggs? | don't want the history oil
your hennery. I'll pay you what paid last
week. and not a cent more.
But I'm tryin to explain If hen Is
hghtin' cats, understan or detectn chick
en- hawks, or lowin' any outside issue fur
TO occerpy her mind she's not layin eggs
That's plain 'nough. She's not layin eggs
That's where the immuter bic law of supply
an deman comes in. Ask your man bout
il; he'll understan'. Fur instinx, If thirty
hens outen a hundred is not occupied by
business. they is less eggs an IL they was
all producin Them as eats eggs
For goodness sake. Give me six dozen.