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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
REAl Al55zzSAGREEMENT
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PoWE s 0 ENFORCE vENEzUE.
@ % BLOCKADE.
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Great 1r,ss..- and Germany to Carry
Out Plans as Though There Were
No Negotiations for Arbitration
Reason for Taking Vessels.

Berlin, Jan. 5.-Great Britain and
Germany came to an understanding
four days ago to enforce the blockade
OF the Venezuelan coast precisely as
though negotiations for arbitration
We're not going on. 1t was doubtless
In consequence of this understanding
that the vessels at Porto Cabello were
taken, though officials are yet without
advices that the vessels were taken
or marines landed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
cuMMINs NAMES GIVEN.
Former Supreme Court Justice Made
District Judge.

Des Moines, Jan. 5.-Judge Josiah
Given, for nearly thirteen years one
of the judges of the supreme court,
has been appointed by Governor Cum
minis to fill the vacancy in the Polk
county district court caused by the
recent death of Judge C. P. Holmes.
Judge Given will not be candidate
for the district judgeship before the
primaries or the convention.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.

German Consul Gets Authority to
Serve Writ on Princess Louise.
Dresden, Jan.5-The German consul
at Geneva has received the necessary
permission to serve a writ on the
Crown Princess Louise in connection
with the suit for divorce brought
against her by the Crown Prince of
SaXony.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.
D. j. Hill to Accept Post of Minister
to Switzerland

Washington, d. c., Jan. 5.-Dr. Da-
vid Jayne Hill, the first assistant sec
retary of state, will relinquish that
post this month to become minister to
Switzerland. He will be succeeded by
Francis B. Loomis, the present minis
ter to Portugal Loomis will be sue
ceeded at Lisbon by Charles Page Bry-
an, who has been confirmed as minis
ter to Switzerland, but who has never
assumed that post.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
constabIes Change Offices.
ICE eoReED BELOW RoNAPARTE.
Water Below the Dam Rises Rapidly
and Is Filled With Floating Ice.

Bonaparte, Jan. Especial. )-As
the result of an ice. gorge in the Des
Moines river between this city and
Keokuk, the water below the dam is
filed with floating ice and has risen
until it has reached depth of about
twelve feet. No damage has as yet
resulted, sbut it is feared that unless
the gorge is broken before the ice from
the upper river comes down some Sc
rious damage may be done.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
IOWA WOMAN BURNED.
School Teacher Receives Fatal Inju.
ries at Waterloo,

IISS dt WdteTIUo.
Waterloo. Jan. 5.-Amanda Strayer,
a teacher in the Waterloo public
schools, was fatally burned Saturday
afternoon by the explosion of gas
oline can. She was emptying the gas
oline from the can into another YES
sci when the gas was ignited. The
burning mass was thrown over her and
she was instantly enveloped in sheet
of flames. Her mother was dangerous
ly burned about the face, arms and
hands in trying to help the young
woman.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
NOT FIGHTING FOR THRONE.
Pretender Says He Is Champion of
Sultan's Brother.

Tangier, Jan. 2-The pretender has
issued a proclamation announcing
that he Is not fighting for the throne
for himself but for the sultan's impris-
oned brother, Mulai Mohammed, sur
named the "One Eyed" The sultan
has ordered his brothers release and
that the honors of his rank be paid
him, ..----- -.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
LOVE LIBERATEs CROOKS.
Sheriff's Daughter Opens Prison Doors
and Flies With Convicts,

: : e<f1S1 = ''Ss sV'eF' y S0FFV'OSos
Oneonta, Ala, Jan. 5.-During last
night Miss Eta Aldridge, % years
old, the daughter of the county sher-
iff. liberated two prisoners, Louis Cur
ley, charged with murder, and May
burn Murphree, sentenced for adul-
terry. Miss Aldridge it is said, accom-
panied one of the prisoners in his
flight.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
.THEWEATHER ER FOR low a

Chicago. Jan 5.-Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday.
Ottumwa temperature as taken BY
Weather Observer Ryttenberg:
eZ ..t'fe. - ..i.. uoouIal4B sIql HooIo,o oMJ
Nine o'clock last night III
Seven o'clock this morning ...... 9
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
QUAIL SHIPPED AS coRPsEs.

Novel Method Used inyFrankIin Ccun.
to Evade Game Laws.
Carbondale. ILL.,, Jan. 5.-Quail are
being shipped from Franklin county to
st. Louis in collins to escape the game
laws, according to the confession of
Noah Moore, who is under arrest for
violation of the game laws. Moore
says 1,200 quail are packed in coffin
and shipped as corpse. Arrests are
promised by the game warden
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
SULTAN MAY QUIT.
Ruler of Morocco May Abdicate in Fa
vor of Brother.

Madrid, Jan. 5.-A dispatch from
Tangier says the sultan of Morocco is
disposed to abdicate in favor of his
brother Mulai Mohammed who is ac-
claimed whenever he appears in the
streets of Fee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
KILLED TURKISH LEADER.

BuIgarianS and SuItah'S Troops En-
gage in a Conflict
Constantinople, Jan. 2.-In recent
fight between the BulgaMrian and Tur-
kish troops at Drenovo, in the Monas
tir district, fifteen of the latter were
killed or wounded. The Turkish com.
mander was among the killed. The
Bulgarians, who We're barircaded in a
house, also sustained losses, but the
survivors escaped.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
MARRIED IN LONDON.
English Official Welded in Presence
of Fashionable Crowd,

London, Jan. 5.-War Secretary
Broderick and Madeline Stanley,
daughter of Lady June, We're married
at ST. Georges church this afternoon.
Premier Balfour was best man. The
church was crowded with fashionable
people.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
couNTERMAND ORDERS.
Spanish Government Will Send No Re.
endorsements to Fez

Gibraltar, Jan. 2.-The dispatch of
Spanish re-enforcements to Morocco
has been countermanded. Latest ad-
vices from Fez say the city remains
calm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
MEETS DEATH IN MINE.

Aged F1iteman Wan Is Killed by Fall
ing Slate.
Abba, Jan. fSpeciaD Pet
erson, employed in the mines at Hite-
man, was killed Saturday afternoon by
falling slate. Mr.. Peterson was about
SO years of age and for several years
had been employed in the mines in
this vicinity. He is survived by a
large family.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
A. A. seifert, Prominent Busi-
ness Man Becomes Ill
and Perishes.
FOUND THIS MORNING.
Passerby Discovers Lifeless Form
in Yard.
MADE FRANTIC STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
Was Subject to Heart Trouble-Pre.
sumed That He Was Attacked and
Was Rendered Too Weak to Call for
Aid of Family.


Eddyville, January 5.-(SpeciaD-f
A. A. Seifert, prominent business
man of this city, was frozen to death
last night. His body in the rigid emf
brace of death was discovered at
O'Clock this morning lying in the snoi \
in the rear of his residence by a pass
erby. He had evidently been seized
by illness and was rendered too weak
to call for help and perished within
fifty feet of warmth and safety.
Found by Passerby.
This morning as Harry Oldham was
passing the Seifert residence on Mill
street his attention was attracted by
an object in the back yard. Making a
hurried investigation, he notified the
family and the body was brought into
the house. Life, however, was extinct.
Subject to Heart Trouble.
Mr.. Seifert was subject to heart
trouble. His mother, Mrs. J. w. Sci
fert, heard her son leave the house by
a rear door at 4 o'clock this morning.
He returned in a few homegts and
fshe Tell asleep. He again left the
house, this time without her know
ledge and perished in the cold and
snow. 1t is supposed that he was seiz-
cd with an attack of heart trouble,
temporarily disabling him. In his
weakened condition he had crawled
through the snow on his hands and
knees away from the house. Had he
taken the other direction he might
have been able to attract the atten-
ton of the inmates of his home and
been saved.
Struggle for Life.
When found this morning his hands
and knees and face were bruised, the
skin being off in many places, show
ing the desperate struggle the man
made for his life. Becoming exhaust
ed. he froze to death.
Was Engaged in Business.
Mr.. Seifert was about 81 years of
age. He had been engaged in the har-
, ness business in this city since 1880.
Recently, however he had disposed Of
his interests. He was unmarried. He
leaves a mother, Mrs. j. w. Seifert
and two sisters, Mesdames NJ. B. Hal
loway of this city, and Howard He'd
| rick of Des Moines A brother also
survives him.
| Mr.. Seifert was born in this city
| July 16, 1865, and has resided here ev-
er since. He was member of the
| Modern Woodmen of America and car
lies insurance in that order. The fun
eral will be held Wednesday, the hour
not having yet been set
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE.

indianapolis Men Demand Increase
From 80 to 40 Cents an Hour.
Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 2.-All the
electrical workers in this city are on
strike. They demand an increase
from 321A to 40 cents an hour,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
MORE COAL IN IOWA.
New Vein is Discovered Where None
Was Thought to Exist.

Des Moines Jan. 5.-Along Panther
Creek, FIVE mile southwest OF Adel an
excellent vein of coal has been dis
covered at a depth of sixty feet. The
vein is three and one-half feet thick.
This is the farthest west coal has been
discovered in this latitude in Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
ASK RAILROADS FOR MORE PAY.
Grievance Committees Meet in chica.
90 Representing Railroad Men.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-Grievance commit.
tees representing every railroad GEN.
tering in Chicago, met here today and
negotiations were started which are
expected to result in an increase in
wages for thousands of conductors
and brakemen of western roads. 1t is
understood similar committees met in
every railroad center west of Chicago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Matters of Interest to Hawkeye Peo.
pie at the Nations Canital.

Washington. Jan. 5.-John w. Will
son has been appointed rural mail
carrier at What Cheer, With John Tur-
ner as substitute.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
BISHOPS WIDOW DIES.
Mrs. Elizabeth Falley Ninde Passes
Away in Detroit.

Detroit, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Elizabeth Fal-
ley Ninde, widow of the late Bishop
William x. Ninde of the Methodist
Episcopal church, died at her resi-
dence here today of acute bronchitis.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
HERRIcK is CANDIDATE.

Cleveland Man Wants to be Governor
of Ohio.
Cleveland, o., Jan. 5.-Col, Myron T.
Herrick today announced himself a
candidate for the nomination Of gov
ernor of Ohio.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
Fire Fiahters Injured
NEW OFFICERS ASSUME WORK.
Supervisor Reinier and County Attor-
ney Seneca Cornell Take Seats.

\ ~ 7
ney Seneca Cornell Take Seats.
From Mondays Daily.
At noon today the terms of Office of
several of the county officers expired,
and in two cases new men stepped in
to the places or those who for the
past two years. have served the coun-
ty. The terms of Auditor /. H. Ham
mond, Clerk H. w. Michael, Recorder
George H. Smith, County Attorney D.
H. Emery, and Supervisor j. H. R.
Spilman expired, and all except the
last two mentioned were reelected at
the election held in November. Today
Seneca Cornell, who was chosen to sue
ceed Mf. Emery as county attorney,
took his seat, as did also Thomas Rel
nier, who was elected member of the
board of supervisors, to succeed J. H.
R. Spilman.
constables Change Offices.
George Blount, who was elected to
the Office of constable last fall, took
his seat, going to the. court of Justice
j. A. Ballard, Constable E. NJ. Camp
bell, who was formerlgsin Justice Bal
lard's court going to the court of JUS
tice o. L. Campbell, Constable A. w.
Peck retirinp from Office TODAY
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
Struggle for Life.

When found this morning his hands
and knees and face were bruised, the
skin being off in many places, show
ing the desperate struggle the man
made for his life. Becoming exhaust
ed he froze to death,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06

The answer says that after the ap-.
pointment of the strike commission
the company asked all their oldl men
to bring in their brass checks and a
rumor was started that the men were
to be made to sign an iron clad agree
ment. Mr. Markle admits he was un-
willing to take back the men without
an agreement that they would abide
by the finding of the commission. He
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
To Fumigate at Sea.

Plans have been presented by the
general manager of the Mexican-Amer-
lean Steamship Co. to the surgeon-gen'
eral of the public health and marine
hospital service which provide for the
establishment of a floating fumigating
plant, the time required for fumigat.
ing vessels while in transit being de.
Quoted from the five days they are re.
quired to remain in quarantine before
being allowed to come up to the city
of New Orleans. The adoption Of the
scheme would, it is asserted. greatly
facilitate the intercourse between New
Orleans and Central and South Amer,
ican ports. This Is Of particular con-
sequence just now since the Chinese
Commercial Co. has adopted short
route to New Orleans by steamers sail
ing to Manzanillo, instead of to San
Francisco, as heretofore. = New York
Medical Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
Vuicanized Timber.

A considerable amount of interest,
says Scientific American, has been
aroused by the announcement, as the
result of prolonged series of expert
ments, of a method of so treat ting tim
ber as to secure even from soft wood
q largely Increased toughness and
hardness. The process is described as
one of vulcanizing, comparable In some
respects with Bessemer's process Of
converting iron into steel, and is the
invention of Mr.. Powell, a Liverpool
merchant. The treat tment to which the
timber is subjected is, roughly speak
ing, that of saturation at boiling point
with a solution Of sugar, the water be-
ing afterward evaporated at high
temperature. The result Is to leave
the pores and interstices of the wood
filled in with solid matter, and the
timber vulcanized, preserved and sea-
soned The nature of moderately soft
| wood, it is claimed, is in this way
changed to a tough and hard sub
stance, without brittleness, and also
without any tendency to split or crack
It Is also rendered remarkably imper
vious to water. Hard wood similarly
treated derives similar benefits. More
over, 1t Is claimed that the process
may be completed and timber turned
out ready for use in a few days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19

THE GREAT PARIs-MADRID AUTOMOBILE RACE RESULTED
90 AGING In automobiles has become practically
IN SYNONYMOUS with suicide and murder. Some OF the
victims of accidents which happened during the
furious run from Versailles Bordeaux, France, were
competing vehicles and were innocent
bysanders. eight were killed, three Oh
being burned death under overturned machines
That mortality small is wonderful The owners
reached their destination without mshap
really culpable those who ran down and fata
injured spectators They knew what they about
dher failure say must be regarded more as
skill The winner Of the race trav
eed 343 miles a speed Of 4O4 miles an hour and
his average city and village limits Is said to
miles. Few railway expresses do so
WELL large number of fatal accidents which have
already occurred in the three years from fast
running ought to have warned the participants in the Paris
Madrid race of the danger attending their venture 1t is
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
"DlxiE.' CHEERED EVERYWHERE.
North No Less Enthusiastic Than the
South on Hearing It.

North No Less Enthusiastic Than the
South ON Hearing 1t.
"a singular thing about the tune OF
Dixie" said a Washington man who
does a good deal of travelling, sis that
it arouses quite as much enthusiasm
when it is played above Mason and
Dixon's line-far above that line, in
many instances-as 1t does when 1t Is
played down South. 1 have often no.
ticed this and wondered over 1t. In
the Southern towns and cities, or even
in Washington, where Southern sen
timent predominates, it is the natural
thing for the cheers and the hand
clapping to begin when, for example,
a theater orchestra or musical per-
formers on a stage strike up the tune
of Dixie but precisely the same thing
happens in the Northern cities. An Or
chestra never gets into the swing OF
Dixie in a New York theater that
the audience doesn't almost come to Its
feet. They cheer Dixie vociferously
every time it is played in San Fran
cisco. They yell in approval of it in
Detroit, and St. Paul, and Cincinnati,
and in Chicago they hum it along
with the band or orchestra. Even
in chilly Boston they wake up and
give a hand to Dixie It's a lively
and inspiring tune, of course, but
don't think that fact exactly explains
why it is that 1t arouses enthusiasm
in communities in the North, where q
Southerner would scarcely even expect
to hear it played, much less cheered.
Maybe it's because there's lingering
love all over the country for the old
South, and maybe it Is because there
is a pretty general and wholesome
sentiment all over the land for the
section that came out of the big fight
good deal like the under dog; but,
at any rate, 'Dixie's' the tune that gets
the biggest hand and the widest ac-
claim, no matter where it's played
from Michigan to the Gulf, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Washing-
ton Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19

DOZEN FATALITIES AND MANY INJURIES
amazing the French should have given
slightest encouragement France already mas
strcter regulations than any yet adopted in this country
and these were deliberately suspended official permit
without which there would have been no contest
The effect of this disgraceful episode Will be to array
both sides of the Atlantic more strong
y against any approach whatever to racing on
common highways Speed competitions should be per
mitted only special tracks speedways. from
which all other types rgidy excluded, and
to which pedestrians should not be admitted Con-
automobiles should be conducted only under
substantially the conditions between horses The
restrictions because the former in
In far greater peril than the latter The
steps prohibit that form Of sport which sacrifices
the life of pigeons Why should scrupulousy protect
human beings from hazardous amusement auto
mobile racing utica Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
eARrER AT THE CROSS ROADS
Two of the Natives Talk Two Days to
Make a Deal.

Make Deal.
At Carter's cross roads I came upon
two native Tennesseeans who sat on
log and whitfield while they talked. One
of them had an old silver watch and
the other owned the poor old mule
hitched to a post. They had come to-
gether to make a trade and had been
talking for an hour and as I rode
off one Of them said:
"I'll trade yo' even up, Jim, and II
that don't hit yo' it's no use to talk
furder."
II can't do 1t, Tom," replied the
other. THAT there mewl is wuth two
sich watches"
1t was dark when I returned and
there sat the same two men and there
stood the same old mule. They were
talking trade as vigorously as ever
and as l rode away the man with the
watch was saying:
"It's even up or nothin', Jim; jist as
1 told yo' before"
"Tom, 1 can't do it-can't possibly
do it," replied the other.
Along toward night next day rode
over 10 the Same SIOFo Oh Ill ca ldASA
for Mrs. Williams and there sat the
very same two men. I couldn't see
that they had moved an inch. They
weren't saying word, however. On
the contrary, both had their legs
swinging over the edge of the plat
form, their chins in their hands and
were looking down on the ground. 1
saw the old mule lying dead on the
ground and between the two men lay
the watch. It had stopped dead stil
and both hands were off the face.
"Do you know that your mule Is
dead?' 1 asked the owner of the ami
NAL.
"Of co'se," he replied.
"And your old watch has gone to
wreck?' 1 said to the other.
Eyes, sah."
"Did you sit here all night?'
"We did," they answered in chorus
'But If the mule is dead and the
watch busted you can't trade"
"Oh, that trade was off at midnight,
said the owner Of the watch, land
what we are dickerin' about now Ii
/ that yere saddle again my dawg."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
An Excuse.

Balcony seats!' shifted the naughty
beauty. 81 assure you, Mr.. Stinjay, I
am not accustomed to sitting in the
balcony"
"Wel1-er-you see," stammered Stin-
Jay, ito tell you the truth, 1 would
have asked for seats downstairs, but
didn't know whether it was pro-
nounced 'parket' or 'parkay,' and I
hated to show my ignorance. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
They Wanted Her to Go.

"Yes, daughter is going abroad to
continue her studies in singing"
"IndeedY'
Eyes. Everybody in our fiat con-
tributed to fund to send her to Ber-
lin. They were all so kind. They
wanted her to go as soon as possible
and some of them said they'd be glad
to send her still farther. And when
1 asked them if they wouldn't miss her
voice they admitted that they would
for time. And then they quickly add
ed that of course this mustn't stand in
the way of her going. And old Mr..
Bascomb said, in his serious voice:
What is our gain is Berlin's loss.' OF
course he meant it the other way. He's
SO ny"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
The conspicuous Medal.

Pianist-You see those small medals?
Well, 1 got those for playing the piano
when 1 was in Germany.
Chorus-But the large one, Herr
Hair, how did you get that?
Pianist-Oh, that one, the people in
our fat gave me that for not playing
around home
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19
In the Cleaning.

They were sitting all alone on the old
rustic porch.
The young man was very bashful.
Don't you know" he said, finally,
more to break the monotony than any
thing else, "some people are mean
enough to think 1 am freak"
"Well," replied the pretty girl, with
a yawn, 81 think you are something of
an 'armless wonder myself"
He took the hint.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-19

"You seem to be enjoying unusually
good health" said the friend of the
family. 1.-THE last time I was here you
were up against a severe attack of
dyspepsia"
That's right" replied the joyial head
of the household. 81 bunkoed the un-
dertaker out of a job, all right, all
right"
''How did you manage it?" was the
friendly interrogatory.
81 got hold of my wife's cookbook
and made a bonfire of it," was the sig.
nifcant reply.