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The Washington times., 1902-07-11
GIRL OF FIFTEEN
ELOPES WITH YOUTH
Philadelphia Couple Pack
Up and Get Out
Father Calls Upon Police-Parties Are
Effie Ellsler Coyle and James
Edward Burton.

PHILADELPHIA, July 10.-An elope-
ment about which clings many peculiar
and romantic features was reported TO
Captain Miller. the chief OF detectives,
this morning, by Henry II. Coyle, 1925
Cambridge Street, when he announced
the disappearance of his daughter, Efiie
Ellsler Coyle, a -year-old girl.
with James Edward Burton, FIVE years
her senior
Efiie is named after Efie Ellsler, the
actress, and is her third cousin, Mrs.
Anna Coyle, the mother. being n second
cousin of Miss Elisler. Efie is large for
her age and is extremely pretty. She
has dark brown hair. blue eyes. dimple
in the left cheek, and is of a graceful
and slender figure. Two years ago there
was talk of her going on the stage, but
Mrs. Coyle would not allow It,
Met Young Burton.
Shortly afterward Efie met Burton,
who was then employed In the GrifTing
Meter Company's manufacturing plant.
at Sixteenth and Race streets. Burton
called to see Effie occasionally until six
months ago, when he began to see her
frequently. Until she met Burton Efiie
was lighthearted. happy girl. She sang
and danced and apparently was free
from all care.
Six months ago a change came over
the girl. She became quiet, almost taci-
turn in manner. Last week Burton ask
ed Mrs Coyle II he could take Effie to
fax hntIrC The mother
gave her consent, and packed a lunch
for her daughter.
Effie wanted to wear her best gown
for the trip, but this Mrs Coylc would
not allow Instead she had the girl
wear a black and white lawn dress and
sailor hat In company with Burton.
EfIie left her home at $50 o'clock Mon
day morning. When she did not return
at night the mother became worried
and remained up all night watching and
waiting.
Has an Uncle.
After three days of anxiety, Mrs. Coyle
finally agreed with her husband to place
the case in the hands of the police. This
was done today.
Burton, Mrs. Coyle says. has an uncle
in the oil business in Toledo, Ohio. and
an aunt living in Will!amsport, this
State The mother thinks that the
young couple have eloped to Toledo, and
yesterday telegraphed the marriage Ii
cense clerks IN both cities not to grant
them a license.
Burton recently told Mrs. Coyle that
he intended going West, and showed her
$3.50. which he said he had saved up dur
ing his two years stay in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Coyle has three other children.
Eilie being the youngest.
That the elopement was long premed-
ftated is evident, Judging by the numer-
Gus small articles OF wearing apparel
that have recently been missing from
the Coyle home Effie evidently took
away with her at various times small
personal effects.
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Fire Panic Among Swiss Tourists.
BERNE, Switzerland. July 10. - Fire
today partly destroyed the railway sta
tion here and threatened several neigh
boring hotels. The blaze caused panic
among the tourists and guests at the
hotels
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Continued from First Page.)

George T. Robinson. but the deadly
gases stopped their progress. and they
began operations at the Mil Greek en-
! trance.
Mine Foreman Harry Rodgers, his as
sistant. William BIanch, and Fire Boss
es John Whitney. John Retallick and
John Thomas, were overcome by the
gases. and 1t is feared they perished in
an heroic attempt to rescue the miners.
Young Son Overcome.
The ffteen-year son of Harry
Rodgers, when he heard that his father
had been overcome with after damp,
started down to help rescue him If pos
sible. and he had no sooner entered the
drift when the deadly gas almost over
came the lad and he had to be carried
back Young Rodgers. who is employ
ed in the mine. was among those who
escaped through Mill Creek shaft.
General Manager Pierce. at p. m,
said that one mans guess was as good
as another as to the number of men
entombed There were about GOO men
in the mine when the explosion oc
Cured, but only about 100 were in the
place where the gas did its deadly work.
"a think there were not more than
100 caught In the fall. and as air is be
ing forced into the heading there Is rea-
son to hope the men are alive and that
they will be rescued as soon as they
can be reached. We have large forces
OF men at work, and we believe that
as soon as the pure air has forced out
the after damp 1t will be possible to
reach the imprisoned men and bring
them out
Take Personal Charge.
President Powell Stackhouse and Cen
eral Manager Pierce left for the Mill
Creek opening at $50 o'clock to take
personal charge of the rescue work.
They said before leaving that they did
not expect to obtain any definite knowl-
edge of the situation in the mine for
several hours. but both Of them OK
pressed the hope that the currents of
air being forced into the great draft
were reaching the imprisoned men.
They declared IL their belief that the
men were stlll alive, but this is dis
credited by persons who were under
ground when the explosion took place.
William Stibich spent several hours
at the Mill Creek opening. He said
he believed as many as $50 men were
still in the mine. In his opinion, from
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TO VISIT CAR.

King Victor Emmanuel Leaves Rae
conigi for Russia.
ROME, July l0.-King Victor Emmanuel
left Racconigi tonight. en- route to st.
Petersburg on a visit to the Car. He
is accompanied by S.gnor Prinetti, min
lister of foreign affairs.
The public is manifesting the greatest
interest in his majesty's journey.
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EDUCATIONAL.
SUMNER SESSION $40

Special course from now until Sept. !, day or
evening. WOODS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
81 East Capitol Street. je25eod-u
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Clearance of Mems Furnishings

Mems White Madras Shirts, with neat figures in
Black, Blue and Red: also several striped ef- n n
fects, each with separate cuffsand SOC and 75c NJ
values-clearine ~
Mems regular zoe open-work Half-Hose 4 n r
in lace patterns; Blue. Tan. Red and Gray. III
clearing at ...--..-..-.-.----...- ..---.------.-.
Mems Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. fancy
stripes and plain Blue, Pink and natural colors;
Shirts have silk fronts and French necks; n - n
Drawers with double seats. Full SOC value ( NV
for ST. or each garment .......................OO
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Refused in Midst of We'd
ding Ceremony to Be
come Mrs. Mitchell.
HAS SINCE LEFT THE CAPITAL
Rich Young Woman Found Matrimony
"Too Serious" a Proposition-Rela-
tive of New York's -Mayor-Pros-
pective Groom a Railway Clerk.

romance was enacted in Washing
ton last week. in which Miss Happy The
odora Van Wyck, OF Lincoln, Neb., and
MIR. Frank Mitchell. of this city. were
the principals. After obtaining license
to wed on July ., the couple. on. the
following morning went 10 the residence
of Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe to have
the nuptial knot tied. While the clergy
man was going through the solemn cere-
mony, Miss Van Wyck suddenly balked,
declined TO make the required afirma-
tive responses, and insisted that the
wedding be declared OF, much to the
disappointment of the would-be groom,
and the utter surprise Of the pastor.
Up to that time Miss Van Wyck. who
is a vlvacious. spirited, and daring
young woman, had apparently regarded
the whole affair as joke, quite the op-
posite view from that taken by the
young man. The long black coat of the
clergyman, and his solemn demeanor ap-
propriate to the occasion evidently
caused her to realize that the matter
was serious one. and declaring that
the ceremony was too serious" she in
terrupted the proceedings, and declared
ii "all Off"
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Clearance in Mems Straw Hat

Choice of Mems Smooth and Rough braid n - n
Straw Hats. in all the latest shapes that x NJ
worth up si75, for. Observation-Disclosures. w
Choice of Mems Straw Hats. in Sennt. 4 4 e.
Rough. Split, and Mackinaw Straws; latest y ! N
shapes worth up to $780, for. r.............. sIO
Choice of all the Boys and Chidrens Straw Hats
in the house. matters not what style grade cost;
domestic or imported novelty
Worth. soc s1.oo $500 $3.50
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OF course there isn't every size
in every lot: at such a time that
would be out of the question.
But there's a splendid assortment
of Fancy and Mixed effects; half
lined aud the making that insures
satisfaction. These Suits are
every one of them taken right out
of OUR REGULAR stock.
The Washington times., 1902-07-11

We've simply taken the bal
anee Of those Fancy Flannel
Wool Crash Two-piece Suits that
we bought TO such extraordinary
advantage and marked them ex-
actly half of tie actual value.
While they've been besieged
these hot days there's still a good
variety of patterns for choice.
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Genuinely reduced-and every
one of them our famous Fit Re-
form" Suits. They are the Half
lined Fancy and Mixed Cheviots,
Cassimeres. and Worsteds; i'll
Single and Double Breasted
Sacks. With absolutely none to
compare with them at their origi-
nal prices-how can there be a
parallel bargain7
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
CHURCH SERvICEs.

AssUR METHoDlsT EPIscOPAL-Sunday-P Preach
ing at 1880 A. and $50 P. NJ. Sunday School
?. NJ. Epworth League Prayer Meeting,
I.SO P NJ Prayer Wednesdays at Z 80
P NJ Rev. Vaughan S. Collins, pastor.
ST. PETERS CHURCH.-Rev. G. Valerie Gilreath
Rector.-First Sunday, Holy Eucharist 10 80
q. m; Evening Prayer and Sermon at ~ P NJ
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth SUNDAYS
Holy Eucharist, . a. NJ; Morning Prayer and
sermon, lO.% A. NJ. Evening Prayer and Ser.
mon, ~ P. NJ. Holy Days-Holy Eucharist
~ A. NJ. Morning Prayer lO% A. NJ FRIDAYS,
evening Prayer and Litany, ~ P. NJ. Sunday
School, 2l5 P. NJ
-Sunday-Preaehing at 1O1% A. N
and ~ P. N. Sunday ySchoOl-111& A. NJ. Prayer
Aeeting-Wednesdays at ~ P. NJ. Rev. J. i
zstlin, pastor.
PoLYeARP CATHOLIC CHURcH-Servieesev every
other Sunday, by Father WaldIon. SUNDAY
school Immediately after service.
sMYRNA CIRCUIT.-Preaehing services, Friend.
ship in the morning. SeversOn's in the after
noon. Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.30. Rev. G.
L. Hardesty, pastor.
OKNrENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (COlOred) -
sunday-Preaching at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ
sunday SCHOOL, P. NJ. Rev w. C. Dick
erSOn, Pastor
BETHEL 4. NJ. (. CHURCH-SundA y-Preaching
at IL a. M, and p. m. Sunday School a.
p. m. Christian Endeavor, 6% D. m. Sun
DAY. Praise meeting, at S o'clock Wednes
DAY evening. Rev. D. W. Wisher, Pastor
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A GOOD CHANCE TO BUY.

But He Hadn't the Nerve to Pay the
Price Demanded.
A handsome bachelor of Baltimore
well known in social and educational
circles, acknowledges the truth of the
following story: He was driving with
a very pretty and attractive young wo-
man when on the outskirts of the city
they met a lad of about twelve years
leading by chain a singularly ugly
but finely bred bull terrier The pretty
girl went into raptures over the dog,
and her escort determined the animal
should be hers.
"Say, sonny" he called. what will
you take for your dog?"
''Nawthing," replied the lad.
Nonsense" cried Mr.. Blank, Here's
S. for him.
"No, l won't. This here dog amt for
sale.''
''Ten," said Mr.. Blank, and then,
growing desperate, Fifteen, twenty"
But the owner still refused.
All the time the conversation was 60
ing on the youth, although talking to
the man in the buggy, kept his eyes
fixed on the other occupant of the vehi-
Gle, and at last he said gravely:
Il don't want yer money, but if you'll
just give that lady there a kiss you
may have the dog"
Mr.. Blank was speechless. He stared
at the boy an instant and then put the
whip to his horse. starting him off at
run.
The story goes that a mile was gone
over without word being spoken,
when as the horses rapid gait became
slower as it turned down country
lane the pretty girl turned ever so
slightly and said shyly, "Oh, Mr..
Blank, why didn't you buy that dogT'-
Baltimore Sun.
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Mans influence.

The only responsibility that a man
cannot evade in this life is the one he
thinks of least. his personal influence.
Mans conscious influence when he is
on dress parade, when he is posing to
impress those around him. is woefully
small, but his unconscious influence,
the silent, subtle radiation of his per-
sonality, the effect of his words and
acts, the trifies he never considers, is
tremendous. Every moment of life he
is changing to a degree the life of the
whole world. Every man has an at
mosphere which is affecting every 9th
er. So silently and unconsciously is
this influence working that man may
forget that it exists.-W. G. Jordan.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, Ne. 6, 1. o. O F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 7.S0 O'Clock.
Mcdonnell ENcANPMENT, No - D. O. O.F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at $50 o'clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. 13, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
at7.30 O'Clock.
sMY@E - LODGE, No. 5, I. o. G. T.-Meets every
Wednesday evening, at S 90 O'Clock.
SMYRNA CoNcLAvE, No. As. ORDER OF HEPTAsOPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 o'clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No. II, K. G. E.--Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 7.30 o'clock.
dIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. U. w.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 o'clock in odd Eel
lows Hall.
AIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. 161&, ADHESIVE MoGUI.
LIANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
moHth, at 90 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall.
GENERAL WINFIELD 5. HANCOCK POST, No. %.
G A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. J..
T. Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26, JR. o. U. A.
M.-Meets at 500 .. m. every Thursday In
Odd Fellows Hall.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. S. X of g. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening at o'clock, at
the Golden Eagle Hail.
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A VAST SALT FIELD.

How the Product Is Obtained In the
I Middle of the Colorado Desert.
J In the middle of the Colorado desert,
a little to the north of the Mexican
border and 264 feet below the level of
the sea, lies a field of crystallized salt
more than thousand acres in extent,
presenting a surface as white as snow
and beneath the monday glare of the
sun so dazzling that the naked eye
cannot stand its radiance 1t stretches
away for miles and miles about Salton
Colo, an ocean of blazing, blistering
white.
Here daily throughout the year men
are at work Overturning the great de-
posit with massive plOws and scrapers.
getting it into great ples preliminary
to putting it through the refining proc
eSs. The salt plOws used to secure the
harvest are great four wheeled imple-
ments driven by steam and managed
by two men. The salt crust is thrown
up in parallel ridges; then laborers
with hoes work it to and fro in the
water, washing out the dirt prelim-
| mary to stacking it in mounds to be
taken to the mill
Salt springs in adjacent foothills are
constantly contributing to the deposit
and so heavily laden are they with al
most pure salt that the plow has hardly
passed on before a new crust has
formed in the furrow left This fact
renders it unnecessary to operate more
than a small portion of the vast de-
posit.
As may be supposed, work in these
fields is performed under the most try
ing conditions. No white man can
stand the intense heat, and for this
reason the work is done wholly by
Japanese and by COahuila Indians. Of
these the Indians are by far the better
adapted to the work. the Japanese per-
forming only one portion, sewing the
sacks in which the salt is shipped. The
atmosphere, laden as it is with parti-
cles of salt, gives rise to a painful
thirst, and the only available drinking
water comes from a single well. 1t is
warm and i'll tasting.
Beautiful mirages frequently appear
above the great salt field In the day.
time, Sky pictures of magnificent cities
and flower dotted, tree shaded fields.
The moonlight, too, produces won
drously beautiful effects upon the
great field of cleaning salt. For sew
eral weeks in the year the thermOme-
ter on the salt field averages 40 de-
grees, and the reflection of the sun
produces a glare like that from fur
mace. The deposits vary in thickness
from ten to twenty inches and form
a solid crust over the great marsh. 1t
is estimated that about 700 tons are
now plowed up daily.-New York Trib-
une.
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THE NEED OF COURTESY.
1t Is to Business and Society What
Oil Is to Machinery


If young people, especially in small
towns, would form courtesy clubs" or
graft this idea upon existing Organiza-
tions, it would result in great advan-
tage not only to the young people be-
longing to such associations, but also
to the towns themselves.
We find a great many men and wo-
men side tracked all along the path
ways of life because they were not
taught the value of good manners and
of a fine, gracious courtesy in their
youth. The result is that they have
grown up hard and coarse and repul-
sive in manners and have not been able
to win favor or attract trade or busi-
ness. In other words, their bad man
ners and repulsive ways have kept
them back and handicapped their ca
reers.
1t is astonishing how fine manners
and politeness in children develop into
ease and attractiveness in manhood
and wOmanhOOd. Other things being
equal the employee VINO is selected for
advancement is the one with good man
ners, fine, gracious demeanOr, good
presence. These qualities are the best
kind of capital, even better than
money.
Everywhere we see young men and
young women drawing big salaries
largely because of their superior polite
ness. The fine hammered are wanted
everywhere as superintendent, as
statesmen, as travelling representatives,
as clerks, as private secretaries or as
credit men. In fact, agreeable depOrt-
ment is the one Indispensable quality
sought after everywhere.
There is nothing else which will so
quickly open the door to opportunities.
to'society, to the hearts of all.
Courtesy is to business and society
what oil is 60 machinery. 1t makes
things run smoothly, for it eliminates
the jar and friction and the nerve rack
ing nOise.-Success.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
MateriaI For a whole chnpter.

Have you-aw-ever thought what
you would do" asked the literary for
eigner as his cable train entered the
tunnel, ''if this structure should cave
in when you were about half way
throughT
"Often," replied the Chicago man.
Il should demand the return of my
nickel"
And the literary foreigner made a
memorandum in his notebook He had
discovered another interesting peculiar
ity in Americans.-Chicago Record
Herald.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
A German Custom.

In some parts Of Germany the girls
have a pretty custom in which the
queen of flowers plays a part. If a
girl has several suitors and wishes to
know which of them would be true to
her, she takes rose petals and drops
them into bowl Of water, giving each
the name Of one of her admirers. The
leaf that remains floating longest repre-
sents the man whose faithfulness she
may rely on and whom she would
therefore do well to choose.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12

The Government Fish Commission,
at Washington, is now shipping fish to
stock the streams of the country, Alto
gether so, 200 bass and $4,000 crappie
will be shipped this season from Wash
ington.
The change in sentiment since the
18th century IS illustrated by the fact
that Princeton College was founded
by lottery. In Europe they ll.raise
Church funds by lotteries.
A pr ointment society girl of Evanston
Ills, is confined to her bed, in Wash
ington with typhoid fever. She and
her parents are Christian Scientists
and they will permit no physician to
attend her.
Assistant Secretary Allies, of the
Treasury, who is known in Washing
ton as the buffoon of the Treasury De-
partment, recently distinguished him
self by attending, as the guest of
honor, a darky wedding in Washing
ten.
In 1900 the people of this country
used $500, 900, 900 pins and 1,131, 1924
gross of hooks and eyes, 2,232, 1874
gross of needles of all kinds, 1,1S9, 1O4
gross of hair pins and 1000, 900 gross
of safety pins. We also imported a
few.
James r. Keene says the era of pro-
sperity in this country has just begun.
Mr.. Keene still has a few shares of
stock to distribute and the era of pros
perity will not eliminate for the
Keene one until some time after he is
out of his long stock and heavily short
Of the market.
A Kansas man has a row of corn
over twenty-five miles long. He be-
gan fifty acre field in a continuous
circle. His object was to attain cur
iosity but he has found that his long
row was a timesave as there was no
turning at the ends of the rows.
As result of the strike the people
are using substitutes for anthracite
and there are 400, 900 tons of English
coal now engaged for American con-
sumption. twas a strike of education
and the people, as we'll as the operators
and the miners, have been educated.
The society columns of the New
York papers are filled with accounts Of
"a social week Of slaughter" during
which q party of fair women and
brave men" ruthlessly killed. for
sport, 1000 practically tame pheasants.
which had been preserved and fatted
to be thus slaughtered. We suppose
the idle rich must be entertained but
we would like to see the laws againsi
live pigeon shooting amended to pre-
clude this wanton form Of cruelty
Let the rich confne their pleasures Il
entertaining royalty and their simial
bretheren.
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a Preiaaicea oninion.

Is II true that men Of genius do not
know the value OF money?g
IN afraid it is" answered Mr..
seormlngton Barnes. Most men Of
genius see so little Of It that they never
nave chance to form any definite
ideas on the subject Washington
Star.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
Nothing PecuIiar

Il told the boss that l would like an
increase in my salary" said the clerk
at the neckwear counter to the floor
walker.
''What did he say?"
HE said that everybody would."-
Pittsburg ChrOnicle-Telegraph.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
MiIxe,s pood,o

Hogan-An' is he a blooded dog,
Mike?
"Blooded? 1 sh'd say he wuz. wy.
when he wuz a pup tn doc had to bleed
him to kape him from bein' a blood.
hound, Chicago News.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12

Wood intended to be made into plan
os requires to be kept forty years in
perfect condition. so it is asserted.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12

Daily. 9Dally except Sunday
"a Stops TO leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Demar
"e Stops to leave passengers from New York
Division.
"f' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal
and points 1uth.
and beyond
p Stops to leave passengers from points south
OF Delma r. or take passengers for Wilmington
and points north.
son Saturdays arrives at .25 pm.
+Arr1ves daily except Saturday and Sunday
NEW CASTLE ACCoMMoDATIoN TRA1Ns-Leave
wilmington s.l3 a. m, 304, 400 and 65s D m
weekdays. Leave New Castle sSl, 9.53. 10 SO
a M, al p N. week days.
Express trains leaving Harrington $40 a. m.
ana arriving at 6.10 p. m. week -days. run
and Newark.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

TO WN OFFICIALS.
President of Couneil-James C. Robinson.
secretary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
Town Treasu.er-Ezekial V. Cooper.
Clerk of Couneil-Samuel ]. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugcne Crow.
Chief of Police-B. w. Turner
Couneilmen: LIST ward, DR.. T. G. Moore; 2nd
ward. Samuel ]. Reynolds: 3rd Ward, Harry B
9rieves; 4th Ward, Jos. H. Wright: 5th Ward
= Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward, James c. Robinson
and Henry S. Anthony.
n each month.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-12
Earned II. In Chicnrn

How did he ever get the title Of
'HOn?"
He declined a nomination for alder.
man once."-Chicago Tribune.