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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
Century Club to Have New Home.

At a meeting of the Century Club next
week a proposition to lease the premises
known as 925 Vermont avenue for the fu-
ture home Of the club will be considered.
Owing to the fact that the present club
house at Is Lafayette square has been pur-
chased by the Cosmos Club 1t will be neces-
sary to make change The new location
Is on the square adjoining to the north, OBJ
posite the Arlington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers. 1919 St, members New York
stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board Of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
MAY BE SIGNED TODAY.
The Hague Protocol on the Venezuelan
Controversy

In the event that Senior Mayor des Plan
ches. the italian ambassador, reaches
Washington in time The Hague protocol
on the Venezuelan controversy will be
signed this afternoon at the British en-
bassy. Otherwise the signing will take
place tomorrow. unless some unforeseen
hitch occurs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04

Assigned to Quartermaster's Depart
ment.
Under instructions from the President,
Capt George A. Nugent. Artillery Corps,
has been detailed to I'LL vacancy in the
quartermaster's department and assigned to
duty in the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
Steamship Arrival.
Bomb Explosion at Salonica.

At New York-Cymric, from Liverpool
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
Washington Stock Exchange.
Baltimore Markets.

The exchange adjourned today In respect to the
memory Of Mr. Horace G. Ffoulke.
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A Thunter-sto

II Is day In August. The earth is dry
and parched. Over hills and valleys tho
sun pours down with terrific force. Tho
thermometer Is well on Tho nlneties.
we look at the garden, the corn Is
shivelled and all the vegetables are
patchetl from want OF rain. The corn
field and meadow are In the Same pre-
ulcamcnt. Tho pastures are brown. Tho
cattle lilo In the shade. Everything seems
to whisper; "send US RAIN Il
4 In the town the dust rises IN clouds.
Al! lonutiish In the shade. Above us the
sur potlrs down With relentless fury.
Here and there neccy white cloud floats
By; above this nothing appears, but the
great expanse Of blue atmosphere.
Branches and creeks have gone to moth
lrg No rain falls.
The day wears on; it's 9 o'clock; still
the sun pours down In fury; but back
yolder IN the west, bank Of clouds
I'll pear, which Is quite certain to mean
rnin. Hark! what sound ls that7 Can
Ii be distant thunder the slow, moving
or train. or the low rumble OF coun-.
try wagon? Everybody stops to listen.
There 1T Is again; no more doubt now; It
is certainly thunder. Far behind the
western hills, the low rumble grows loud
cr and louder: and now above the horizon
appears heavy black cloud, The sun
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is hid; streaked lightning runs through,
tho cloud The cattle seek shelter.
People hurry to and from their homes
glanclng now and then at the angry
cloud, and hoping 1t will not go around.
Straight forward comes the cloud stop
ring for nothing; tho thunder crashes
moro and more. Hero comes the fore
runner OF the rain. mighty wind; the
clouds unroll and the wind blows IKE
4 hurricane. The dust rises in clouds.
tees sway and fall; hats and umbrellas
Flow across the street, the lightning
flashes; the thunder roars. and the rain
begins to fall; down It comes In tor
rents, blowing in sheet across the
country. Woe to the person in such STORM
Now comes vivid flash Of lightning,
followed instantancously by loud crash,
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ny OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. :
..s Stories Continued from Eighth Page s

der where II came from r.
And tho Kitten said: New. si5 5s
Then GRANDMOTHER Green took II QUE
Into the Kitchen and gave It some milk
She had one COW that gave rich milk.
After 1t finished Its milk. It ran to Grand
mother Green, who was In the next
room. Is SE
The first thing It did was to 60 to the 8
y orls basket and Ike tneddleson1e mat
tie, It turned II over.
Tibet, she unwound the bali OF cord and
got her feet ell tan glad r., Il ii e fi5 N Vi D
Then she rolled over on O needle, which
stuck her, and she cried "AEe-ow--ow; y
new" .5
grandmother picked the little animal
up, and took the tangled cord from Hills :
prssy's feet, %
Then she put 1t down, and It put its
nose Into. the snuff box that was on the
floor. Sl sj
The poor little eat sneezed and jumped
al, around and cried: '"'Mew; mew"'$
GRANDMOTHER Green said: Such bad
little cat!. You are always up to some SONS
thing" a3Sa VI v. "a
And uhe put It in the kitchen and shut
the door. *.
\ And the cat Jumped. jumped. jumped.
and cried New and got up on the I
table ana knocked some dishes oyer and
broke one saucer and a cup s55t.;
Grandmother heard the noise and jun p
cd and said: "ohl my what can that
A lie 2" III # is eJ
She ran to tho Kitchen and said: -
thought II was D burglar. breaking n TO I
the house, H s'tsi
she picked the broken pieces OF dishes
5up anu threw them out OF the window.
She slapped the cat and It said: New
Then In camS Grandmother Green, who
sa!d. This lis a nice little cat, and !
he petted It. ~,
LIT has broken soma dishes and It Is
in.eddlesomo MATTE cat. u,
Then they had supper and went @
bed. # 81 l 55i5 .ssS
The cat got up on the stool and went to
sleep. !3&s i
grandmother Green went to sleep, too
grandmother never had any more trou-
bic with her cat.
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y 4 T., I Il
happens to make you forget to ask me-
III nbthing Happens? r said Nancy; S"oh,
We shall not forget to- ask you. whatever
happens.
dAnd what should happen?" asked Dr..
I.tttlepump, In dIgn1ed tone a5
There was now silence for a few min
utes, as Il the children were, all think
ms, during which Uncle Abraham, who
sometimes went to bed very early slow
ly rose from his chair lighted his candle,
carefully snufred 1t land, as he did so,
his eyes gave a twinkle), and walking
round the outside Of all the circle. wish
cd them goodnight and away lie went
to bed. 8 81 5s VI
"Dut what" SAID little Valentine. what
should happen, Gretchen, dear?'
CHAPTER u.
Knocking and Ringing. ss5
1t was about: eight O'clock In the even
Ing, and tho snow lying deep upon the
ground when a stout gentleman, In a
very rough coat and fur boots, got down
from the outside Of the Dresden dills
gence, which had stopped just In front
Aof Dr.. LIttlepump's door. The large
street lamp. that hung In the middle, Of
the street by chain, fixed to the upper
part OF the Doctors house and the up
per part OF the house opposite, was o
very fine lamp with large renectors In
side, and an ornamental top Of Prussian
blue and gold. All the children were
crowdlng round the windows In trice,
to look at the diligence. sand the gentle
man who had got down.
Besides his very rough coat and fur
boots, the children now perceived that
the stout gentlemen had also "a short
cloak, and pair Of large fur gloves. and
that he wore white hunting hat win
tho usual rou..d crown and broad brim
hut with an uncommonly green cord and
tossel. Tho hat was pulled down al
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the hill. 5t
She had two rooms In this ottage;
one she used as a dlnng-room and kitch-
en-, ana the other as sitting-room and
Bedroom. !.
One day Grandmother Green heard
q little scratching noise at the door. f
She was sitting by the fire knitting,
ana 1t scared her. She put aside her knit
ting and got UP and went to the door.
It was nearly dark; she looked gu a1'd
saw aslittle kitten on the steps.
She called to It:
,"Kitty, kitty, kitty.
T II said: New, NEW and It came into
tho room.
III was a little white fluffy kitten. and
Grandmother Green said;
E..What a pretty white kitten. won
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boonerang The old earth quivers; the
windows rattle: houses tremble, and peo-
pie quake In their shoes. Still q louder
peal Of thunder, and n great oak tree.
the landmark Of the village, Is torn 1T
orally to pieces BY the lightning. Tho
heavens seem on fire; the thunder roars
iLcessantly; the rain still comes down;
until the whole country seems system
OF rivers. running In every direction.
But the longest day must end at last;
Sc. now the storm abates It's fury. The
cloud passes 10 the east to refresh some
other part Of the country. The thunder
gradually dies away. The clouds break
In the west, and forth comes the sun
pouring flood OF glory fun upon that
dark gray cloud still n,uttering ~ the
west. Everything looks green. The
plants lift their heads hcavenward, rs i 4
thanking the great Creator, who knows
when 10 send the rain and sunshine
rho rain drops gllsten like diamonds
all Is still and qulet, for 70 calm fol-
lows Storm
@ JOHN. WILBUR WATSON,
Chatham, Pttsylvana county, Va.
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HE KNOCKED AT THE DOOR.

most over his eyes. SO that his face could
rot be seen. and he had an immense
orange colored WOODEN comforter round
his throat which the yellow CLEAN Of the
lamp shown upon.
ri The diligence now drove on, and left
the stout gentleman. standing In the mid
die OF the street. 81 It was fine clear
winters night. but he had, no doubt.
foGnd It very cold travelling outside. not
withstanding his rough coat, his fur boots
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A Thanksgiving Story.

Louise venton was the only child OF z "
very wealthy family, and was spoiled
very much There was a poor lame girl
that lived In the same block with her, sick III
n other Louise desplHed her and treated
her with scorn. al iiSSs
Every morning Gretchen. (for that was
the girls pnt1le), would cove and ask
Mrs, Venton for some bread and milk. ts
Mrs. Ve,1ton, who was very kind. would
ask about her mother, md would so1ne--
times slip two or three pieces Of meat n IN s.
the little basket,
LOUISE did not like that at all, she said *
to herself, 7 will stop =" But this she $S
could not do. One dny she said 4 to her
mother; M
.f ..Mother, what do you give your bread
to that little old Gretchen for? III y iS
}..Why, Louise" said her mother, the
Idea Of your spenkng Of Gretchen that "a
way, Mi 5it$sr3 ss US @
..Why, mother, exclaimed Louise. 's,ls
has not cent In the world, NJ 4 33$55
E ..Well,,,. said mother, I'VE must remem-
Der that the poor are better than the i rilchE
sometimes. . !, ". R. "
you know that Jesus Christ was ypoor.saS
said ma NINA. 32lis
after long silence. 3ss.a
'.Of course" said mamma. II am sure sur; I
II was the day before Thanksgiving,
when Louise came I'm with q bright smile 4
on her face. 4. III
Mamma" she exclaimed. IT have
thought OF a nice Thanksgiving present:
for Gretchen and her mother; mayfl5 give u
TIP
Eyes, 2 answered mamma. What Is It ="
(, trpl fot on, n
Louise,
she had gotten out her little purse, and j
with 1t she went running out the gate
Mamma smiled after her. Louise went
over to Mrs, Boyd s and asked for Helen.
Il ..Helen," she said. when Helen cams i.
out. 1--WE thought Of something nice.
"What Isl asked Helen. & 55s 5s5
Lets go down to the grocer's and set
something for Gretchen Taylor ana neg
mother :,
sic and Mamie. too"
"r,ye got $3.50" said Louise How much
nc dollar and sixty cents. believe.
said Holcn, "Sit down on the bench TIL Il
get ready.
Soon ali four girls were down in Mr.
c,hump's store Investing around. About an A
hour later Mrs. Taylor and Gretchen Were
startled by n wagon stopping " 'Hs,1
door. In came Mr.. Chumps clerks VITA &
a bag o! potatoes. n basket OF apples, 9 M
barrel OF flour, sugar, meal and many "A
other things.
meanwhile the four girls had made their
way to Mr.. Browns, the olothier. ana 4
we're buying other useful things. Is
The next mo ming when Gretcf en- open Vs
tho door she found many bundles outside a
marked !, q,
sf"Miss Gretchen and Mrs. Taylor Will
ha ve the pleasure OF these things
she carried them into her mothers bed
and opened them. First there was oloaK 3
for Gretchen, q dress for Mrs, Taylor. &
a hat for her. and dress and hat Tor
Gretchen. Then at tho bottom they found:
IA Thanksgiving gift sent by
LOUISE 3VENTON,
HELEN BOYD,
"BESSIE MARCH,
'N.ANNIE MITCHELLIh
"Hope you will enjoy It"
And so they did.
VIRGINIA G. BUCHANAN.
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Twas the poor children's tree.
Given every year.
Anc 1t always brought
sR Lots and lots iof good cheer,
by ELEANOR C. SCOTT, aged 1S years,
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The Stout Gentleman Shakes the
Snow From His Cloak.

T. .
should have mature appearance. and
he only wished he could make himself
look a tlousand! He sat In one corner OF
the room, with his elbow resting upon q
little table smoking large Dutch pipe.
ard saying nothing, and not seeming to
ECtice anything nor anybody. lie was
very busy with his own thoughts, and
row and then his eyes gave twinkle,
as, is he was pleased With something In
his mind,
The children now all asked Gretchen TO
sing a pretty song. which sho did at once
In her own sweet voice: but the words
were very odd, This was the song;
There came rpugh-taced stranger
From the leafless winter woods.
And he tod Of many danger
From tic snow-storm,'s' and BLACK 4 floods,
on his back he bore the glory
OF his brothers, who were lett
In a secret rocky cleft
Now guess his name. and story!
CHORUS.
There came lough-taced Stranger, etc.
but who was the rough-faced stran-
ger?'' asked Nancy.
"And what was the glory he carried
pick-a-b ack?" cried little Valentine.
"And who were his brothers, and where
was the rocky cleft?" cried three OF four
more Of the children.
"And who was?--Where from?-When
did her" cried all the children together.
"oh,n said Gretchen you must
Euess!"
So all Of, the children began guessing
away at the snhg -riddle; but they could
make nothing Of 1t.
Gretchen laughed when they all said
lido tell u.s. and promised to tell them
another time.
But this only produced more requests
TO be told now, till at last Gretchen said
"Well, / promise to tell you all about
the Stranger IN half an hour, y nothing
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GRANDMOTHER Green.
once upon a time there lived an old
1ady named Grandmother Green. She
lived In little cottage at the foot Of
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Hush-a-byye, baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough bends the cradle will fall,
Down will come baby, bough, cradle, and all.
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For up at the hall
Was a great Christmas tree.
And present was given
TO each child SO wee.
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The Night After Christmas,
twas the night after Christmas,
And an through the street.
Came the prance and the patter
or many small feet
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JOHN. WILBUR WATSON,
Chatham, Plttsylvania county, Va.
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The Landing Of the Pilgrims,

The Landing Of the Pilgrims
The hrst coiony to reach this land sN
was on cold December day
They ware a very noble little band,
For they said they would surely stay
They were by Wnd, ana wave tossed
That noble htlal hand, sassg ..e
And all thought that they We're lost
Until they had Feaeehedl land,
Their captain was u sturdy man
Miles Standish. you know.
Fur he projected their little band
From their savaS1 foe'
That was tho little band
The indians fought 50;
But they made strong stana
Against their red Zoe.
when they came they would not have
But tor their religion to hold.
And when they had their ehuFehes
In prayer did they then then hands
Rv EAIyr. oHHL sCHLAEoEx.
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Good Natured Bear.
How He Told His Story; His Childhood; His Mother
and Father His Trying Experiences

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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-06-19
States .......... s2.2 81. O e. 1[g7. sI7

The total reported area in oats is about
81, 1872, 00e acres, a reduction of O,ON0 acres
or 80 per cent, from the area sownt last
year. The average condition OF. oats on
1902; S5.S at the corresponding date ini190l,
and a ten-year average Of 9O.2..
Barley Shows increase. s54 ssaS;
The acreage as reported under barley
exceeds that harvested last year. by 100000
acres, or IL per cent. The average coiidis
ton OF b~arleyiis 91.5, against az. 81 on June
/, 1902; 81, at the corresponding date in 1901
and a te1-year average Of SS.T .@tsit .f{;a
The acreage under rye shows a reduce
ton OF 3.6 per cent. from that harvested
last year. The average condition. ofgrye
is 90.6, against ISL on. June j, 1902: 1913 at
the corresponding date In 1901, 4and SO the,
mean of the corresponding averages of the
last ten years.
The acreage Of clover for the country as
Ia whole. cannot be satisfactorily deter
mined, but all the principal clover states
except Wisconsin report deereasesttn acre.:
vania, Michigan and illinois; toss pei cent.
In Iowa and Kansas The condition OF
clover exceeds the ten-year average In
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Wis
:consin. So.
or the fourteen states having 100000
and Tennessee, report conditions above
their ten-year averages, the average icon-
sdition Of the other important apple pro-
ducing states ranging from 2 points In
North Carolina to % points in West Yir-
GINA below such average
I The present prospects for the peach crop
are decidedly unfavorable, Oklahoma alone
the important peach growing states
condition above its ten-year
average. In the remaining states having
1000, 600 peach trees and upward conditions
range J. per cent. in C~aliforniaSto AZ An
Arkansas below the ten-year averages.
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RESTORES OLD DYNASTY.
Whether Europe Will Intervene Is Not
Yet Possible of Determination.

VShcSneF europe WIFI intervene Is NoI
Yet Possible of Determination.
Paris, June 1.-THE startling
nouncement of the assassination of the
king sand queen of Servia has caused a.
deep sensation here, particularly in
governmental circles. Officials of the
foreign offices say it is too, soon to in
dictate clearly the effect of the situation
in Servia on the European situation.
Servia's dynastic troubles have been
long impending, the present uprising
being due to animosities growing out
of the propaganda of Pretender Kara
georgevitch.
1t is recalled that when the Kara
georgevitch dynasty, secured a brief
rule in 1858, the European powers in
tervened and established a protectorate
and thus terminated that dynasty.
Whether there will be similar action by
the powers at this time officials are I'M
willing to predict, saying the shock of
the tragedy is principally occupying at
tention. 1t is generally believed the
assass1nations are the sequel to the
kings coup d'etat two months ago,
when he suspended the constitution,
resulting in the disgrace and retard-
ment of a number of senators and Lead
ing officials.
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a TROUBLED KINGDOM.
King Alexander's MesaIliance Was
Never Forgiven by His People.


King Alexander VS. born in 1876 and
became king in 1870, on the abdication
OF his father, the corrupt and wicked
King Milan. The young king was
rather popular at first and his reign
started auspiciously. But in 1900 he
married Dfaga Maschin, a daughter of
a peasant, who had been a serving
woman for the kings mother. Draga
was almost ten ear the senior OF the
king, had bad and a worse
temper, and, coming of the humblest
origin, the people did not esteem her
fit to share their throne. The Servian
royal family was repeatedly snubbed by
European royalty because of Draga.
and soon it became evident there was
an estrangement between king and
queen.
The queen, perceiving her influence
waning, brought to the palace a few
months ago q younger sister, about IS
Years old. beautiful as Draga was ugly,
and With winsome She had
been educated and had learned the re-
finenents denied to her elder sister.
The king promptly fell heels over
head i'll love With her, and this made
matters worse than ever. chat a
palace revolution or a tragedy of some
sort would end it all has been accepted
for q long time by those best Informed
on European politics. 1900
The king. who might have been popu-
lar, lost his hold on his people partly.
because of his marriage and partly be-
cause of his recent re~actionary. dis
position. He dissolved the Shupsfltiha,
the national legislative body. a few.
weeks ago, subverted5by proclamation;
the constitutions ofs190o and d~eclaredfthe
prior constitutionain effect. This was a
violent assault on political liberty and
added fuel to the flame Of popular
hatred. d. #.n+ .#ss
I Servia is one of the little southeast
European Kingdoms! that Stevenson
studied before he wrote "Prince Otto"
hat Anthony Hope must have known
all too we'll before he wrote the rPris-
oner Of Zenda,'' and that George Barr
McCutcheon#is said to have Known as
thoroughly as it's own ministers knew
it, before he wrote "Graustark., u 1t
has one-third IoWa's area, about the
same populationsas Iowa, and is popu-
lated by an almost exclusively agricul-i
turalt people -{sHt Gst
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The GRAIN CROP IS
CLOSE TO AVERAGE
Governments June Summary
Reports the Condition as
Whole Is Fair.
IOWA ERA is LOWER
However, General Position is Moro Fa-
vorabie Than Usual During Past
Decade Nebraska Wheat
Crop Above Average.

E ~ $50 W. EI
Washington, Jun 12.-Preliminary re-
burns to the statistician Of the department
Of agriculture on the acreage Of spring
wheat sown indicate an area Of 17,257,00
acres, a decrease of $4,000 acres or 81 per
cent. for the revised estimate Of the acre
age sown last year. An increase of 10 per
cent. in North Dakota Is accompanied by
a decrease in Minnesota and South Da-
kota, co~nservatively estimated at 6 per
cent. in the former and 5 per e in the
latter.
The average condition Of spring wheat
on June l was 95.s, as compared with 1854
on the corresponding date last year, 81
On June 1, 1901, and a ten-year average Of
a2,s.
The following table shows for the five
principal spring wheat STAKES he average
compared with last year on a percentage
basis, and the condition on June l In each
OF the last three years., with the ten-year
average. 1e&a e @@N
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AFTER n TRUST.
Butter and Poultry Dealers lin New,
..5..s York Win 4Eiaht Cleo Trade. .....6.

Butter and Poultry Dealers siin New.
York. Will Fisht oIeo Trade.
Men. York, June l6.-Rronainent, deal-
ers in butter, poultry and eggs. are
Behind a request to the Washington
authorities of the internal, 1evenuesot1i-
GERS of New York and New Jersey, to
arrest and prosecute agents of the beef
trust who have been selling oEeomargarL
inc contrary toalawa in theitwo states
This step is in retaliation fol. the. trust,
entering the New York butter, egg and
poultry Observation-Disclosures have been
working several weeks and .havetse-
cured ample evidence. @sSss
The effort Of the meat trust to- corner
the market for poultry eggs and butt
ter. have. caused great losses to indie
pendent dealers IN these lines. There
is plenty Of wealth back of the. inde-l
pendents, however, and they are will
ing to fight to a f:lish. Their r,evela-
tons concerning the sale Of toleo-i
margarine, with the color and label Of,
real butter, are said tt. be sensational.
and the evidence has been secured At
large expense and in careful detail. The
independent dealers claim that one.
large reason why the trust wants to
the New York market is to en-
able 1t to retail its own bogus butter
without SO much chance Of detection.