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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-08-23
Stockholders n rleeting
OF THE
ROCKBRIDGE MUTUAL
INSURANCE co.

The twenty-seventh annual meeting
of the Stockholders of the kOokbridge
Mutual Insurance Company will be
held at the COURT HOUSE, on
Saturday, AugUst 26, 1905
AT II O'CLOCK, A. NJ.
The number OF shares Of stock OF the
Company having been materially In
creased, which means a renewed effort
on the part Of the stockholders, as
majority of the number Of shares Is re-
euired to be represented in order that
q meeting can be held.
To this end there will be mailed to
each stakeholder a proxy and In case
any one cannot attend the meeting he Is
earnestly requested to appoint some
one to represent him, and mail or de-
liver his proxy to one of the directors,
or any one else who will attend the
meeting. One or more stockholders can
sign the same proxy.
ROBT. G. WALKER,
aug 2-4t. Secretary aud Treasure
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-08-23
FOR SALE

Ny blacksmith and wheel wright
shop on Henry Street opposite John
Sheridan's stable. This shop is well
located and has always had a good
share OF public patronage. also
have for sale some blacksmith tools,
and good parlor organ of latest
design. Apply to
JAMES N. SENSENEY, or
Paul M. Penick, his attorney
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-08-23
lob WORK

JOB WORK
SOf All Kinds, such as Hand
Bills, Letterheads. Envelopes
Posters. Cards. Circulars, ETC., at
REASONABLE PRICES
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. Sallie Littlepage, of
Paris, spent Thanksgiving day
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ike Greening.
Miss Lee Vandeventer and
Cicy Powers and Messrs Rube
Scobee and Proctor Sharp at
tended the supper at Stouts-
Vile Thanksgiving night.
H. r. Crigler delivered four
fat COWS to j D. Tulley Mon
day for 2tc.
DR.. Brown bought nice driv.
ing horse from Graham Mish
last week for which he paid
1925.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Walter Hagan is both 4 good
citizen and a good roads man.
Tue rocky hill just west of Lit
tie Indian Creek bridge, which
is just west of I he Nolen school
on the Monroe and Indian Creek
gravel road, has been in wretch
ed condition for nearly a year.
Monday, Walter went to Paris
and secured $l5 from the court
to help put the hill in first class
repair. He and the other en-.
terprisiug farmers near the hill
to do, or more properly, to do
nate the labor.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
will on
Thursday, the 2lSt day
of December, A. D. 1905

at the West front door of the Court
House in the City of Paris, County of
Monroe and State of Missouri, be
tween the hours of nine o'clock in the
forenoon and FIVE o'clock in the after
noon of that day and during the reg
ular December term, A. d. 1905, of
the Circuit Couri of Monroe County,
Missouri, sell 20 the highest bidder
for cash in hand, the real estate in
said decree described, as follows.
to,wit;
Ali of lot Five (5) and Four (4)
feet off the West side of lot Four a J
in Block Five (5) of Davis Addition
to Monroe City, in Monroe County.
Missouri: also the South half [ ~ of
lot Ten l0) and all of lots Eleven
Ql), Twelve (l2) and Thirteen (l3 |
in Block Five Isl Of Bailey's Addi-
tion to Monroe City. in said County
of Monroe: and also that part of
Block Twenty-eight 1881 in the Origi-
nal Town of Monroe City in said
County of Monroe, described by met
es and bounds as follows, to.wit:
beginning at point on the North
line of said Block %, which if the
North West corner of a certain tract
of and on the immediate East end of
said Block 29 of sufficient uniform
width as to contain one-half [ p! ! acre,
thence West along North line of said
Block distance 10 feet, thence South
to the South line of said Block,
thence East 10 feet to the South West
corner of said one-half II acre tract,
thence North and along the West line
of said tract to the place of begin
ming.
F. M. NOLEN, Sheriff
OF Monroe County, Missouri.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Higginsville, Mo. Dec. s.
The Board of Managers of the
Con federate Home of Missouri
held their regular annual meet
ing to-day and Colonel ]. L.
Pace for the fourth time was
unanimously elected superin-
tendent. r. 81. Benton was
chosen assistant. Doctor W. @.
Webb, surgeon, Mira. Mary II.
Pace, matron and Miss Laura
Mitchell, steuographer.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
Florida.

Several of this place have
had Johnnie Newman to saw
their wood with his steam saw.
George Crabtree and Homer
Carr went to Madison Monday
to work with a bridge crew un-
til Christmas.
A two weeks protracted meet
ing at the M. E. Church closed
Sunday night with one addition.
DR.. Barnes, of Frankford did
the preaching.
The work on the south bridge
is completed and is now in fine
condition.
Misses Alice Humes and Nell
Vandeventer are spending this
week with relatives at Frank
ford.
Ora ham Mish who has spent
the last year with his kinipeo-
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. John Vande-
venter, has returned to his
home near Stanton, West Vir-
ginia.
Quite a number were invited
out to Mrs. F. A. Utterback's
Thanksgiving day to a turkey
dinner.
Mrs. Della Rankin, of near
Kansas City, spent last week
with her father, Mr.. Findley,
who was quite i'll at the home
of G.. Green.
Miss Macie Randell, who
teaches the Smell school, visit
ed Miss Pearl Freeman from
Friday until Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
List Of Letters.

Remaining unclaimed in post.
Office, Monroe City, Mo-, on
Nov. 5, 1905.
Mr. E r Allard.
Hattie F Hawthorn,
Miss Matte Williamson.
To obtain any of these letters
persons must say advertised
j. P. PATTON,
Postmaster.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

The proprietress OF the Mon -
roe City motel celebrated her
sixty-uinth birthday last week
by serving roast turkey and
other very toothsome edibles,
and her hotel guests now want
her to celebrate all her past
birthdays the same way
Brookfield Gazette. And they
say" the Thanksgiving dinner
served by the same lady would
have caused Tony Faust of st.
Louis, to turn pale with envy.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

J. D. Elliott, of Quincy, form
erly of this city, was with
friends in the Queen of the
Prairies Monday. He has a
good berth with the Gem City
Produce Co. and is having a
nice trade which is gladly Civ.
en- him by his many warm
friends.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Our big and big hearted
friend, Joshua Jarman has NOV
ed from the Little Kingdom to
what is known as the Evans
residence property, on First be-
tween Davis and Washington
Streets.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mr.. Anderson Stewart spent
Thanksgiving week here the
guest of Miss Luella Boyer.
Mr.. Stewart was elected city
attorney of Mattoon, Ill.,, two
years ago and is a promising
young lawyer of that section.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

And old school Baptist died
near Monroe City this week at
the age of "a. Whether his
longevity was owing to his be-
ing an old school Baptist or to
his having come to Missouri fif-
ty years ago is not mentioned.
-Brookfield Gazette.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Miss Fannie Hightower, of
Hunnewell and Miss Ethel For.
sythe, of Madison have been
the guests of their friend, MISS
Hattie Spalding.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
Wonder What.

The Daily Phoenix, of Mus.
kogee, I, IT,, has been excluded
from the mails. because it pub
lished the winners, ladies
names, in a social game of
cards.
The exclusion reminds us of
the famous Texan, Buck Kill
gore, who in a fit of disgust
while in congress, got this off
Benny runs the White House,
Levi runs the bar, Wanny runs
the Sunday School and d-n it
here we are"
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

j. M. Proctor has been to
Kansas City to visit his son, D.
Milton Proctor, who is getting
along nicely in his chosen pro-
fession, that of law.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

W. F. Adkins and family. of
Mattoon, ILL.,, have moved into
the Lindsey property recently
purchased by them. AS they
are good citizens they will be
cordially welcomed in Monroe,
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Node Green has moved his
insurance and real estate office
from rooms over the postoffice
to those over the D. K. Yowell
Saddlery and Harness Cr:.
place of business.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. R. l.. Yowell. of Stroth-
er, was IN the city Tuesday
with some of her fancy poultry.
She was enroute to Palmyra to
attend the Poultry Association.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. Charles Harwood. of
Kirkwood, and Mrs. M. A Nc.
knight, of Rensselaer,. have
been visiting their neice and
friend, Mrs. w II. Rutledge.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

The Monroe City DEMOCRAT
Bryan's Commoner only S1,65
per year.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mack Christian, of st. Louis,
came in Monday evening to
visit his mother, Mrs. j. T..
Christian.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
SHERlFF'S SALE
IN PARTITION.
STATE OF MISSOURI, &C
County of Rails

County of Rails
Under and by virtue of the authori-
ty of decree and order of sale of the
Circuit Court in and for the County
Rails and State of Missouri, duly
made and entered Of record among
the records and proceedings of said
Court at it's regular October term, A.
D. 1905 and on the lst day Of Novem-
Der, A. d. 1905, and to me directed
in suit therein pending entitled:
jackson w. Rouse, Plaintiff
VS.
Sarah A. Rouse, Eliza a. Berry, and
her husband, James w, Ber-
ry, Mary F. Utterback, and
husband, Timothy 5 Utter
back, Dawley J. Rouse, Mac
ca T.. Rouse, Ida II. wager,
and husband, Thomas b. va
ger, Susan T. Greeves, aud
husband, Robert Il. Greeves,
James G. Rouse, and James
r. Thiehoff as curator for
Allen Reed Rouse, a miuor,
Defendants.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Before buying a new suit or
overcoat take a look at C)n-
ways. Tailor made garments
are the most tisfactOry.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Miss Fannie Walker left
Tuesday for st. Louis. where
she joined her uncle, Harrison
Cary and wife, and then went
on to st, Augustine, Fla, where
they will spend the winter.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. G. A. Dusk, of Horton,
Kan, left yesterday for her
home. after having a pleasant
visit in this city with rela-
tlves.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. NJ r Bowen, Of Palmy.
ra has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. D r. Campbell.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Come in and let us show you
our Cloaks. We are sure to
please you.
WILLIAMSON, YATES & Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. E. Guthrie, of Madison
Lodge, Kan, arrived Tuesday
to visit her friend, Mrs. Gait
skill.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Well made, good fitting
clothes always make you feel
good. Tbat is the kind Con-
way always makes.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

A fine line of Xmas goods on
display at Williamson, Yates G.
Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. S. E. Kysor and daugh-
ter, Miss Opal, left yesterday
for Bowling Green to spend
some two weeks with their
brother and uncle, Joseph Sny-
der.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
81 so Blankets tor 96c at
Williamson, Yates &Co.

Mrs. Joseph Smith. Of Ely.
was a shopper in the city Tues.
day.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

After a pleasant visit with
relatives, Mrs. Lizzie Davie re-
turned to her home, Memphis,
Tenn, Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

The p. e. O's. met at 2:30 p.
m. Saturday with Mrs. w. G..
Williamson.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Will Pike spent Thanksgiv.
ing with the homefolks.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Have Conway to make that
new suit or oveIcoat.
S. G. Tramel, about whom
considerable uneasiness has
been felt by his family and
friends, has written from Los
Angeles, Cal, to say lie is we'll
and at work.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mesdames James Hamilton
and j. o. Stribbling, of Clar-
ence, are the guests of their
friend, Mrs, Belle Hagan.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

G. M. Sullivan was a Gem
City visitor yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

'9oWo s!ql lp 6lddV 'e[es
ICI eu!qogm 5u!M9s pooS V
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

|. p. Stephens was d business
visitor in Hannibal Monday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

DR., Corley, OF Indian Creek.
was a business visitor in the
city, Friday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

A Big line of Jardinlers just
received at Williamson. Yates
& Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

T. G, Wiseheart and daughter
Miss Ursula, were Quincy visl-
tors Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Flannelettes worth 15c now
1910 at Williamson, Yates & Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

See our 10c Counter. WILL
HANSON, YATES & Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07
f. M. MOORE,

Physician and Surgeon
Will treat diseases of the Skin,
Rectum and Private Diseases,
Office at w. T. Ragland's old stand
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Apron ch eek ginghams 4c per
yard at Williamson, Yates e.
Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

See our Elegant line of Fancy
China.
WILLIAMSON YATES & Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Will NJ Stephens. of Bush
nell, Ill, spent Thanksgiving
with the homefolks.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Mrs. VIM Headrick, OF Pal.
myra spent Friday in the city
with her friend, Mrs. Annie
Lee.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Rohr has rented the Jackson
Studio and will be ready for
business as soon as it can be
repaired
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

r Manning Walker has plac-
ed fancy show case in his jew.
elry department.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

Pillow Top Ribbon at 10c per
yard at Williamson, Yates &
Co.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

]. 3. Gray was a New LoL-
don visitor Monday.
Monroe City Democrat., 1905-12-07

.--.a-----s------s-------s-.---
81 so Blankets tor 98c at
Williamson, Yates &Co.
Mrs. Joseph Smith, Of Ely.
was shopper in the city Tues.
day.
A fine line of Xmas goods on
display at Williamson, Yates &
Co.
The Monroe City DEMOCRAT
Bryan's Commoner only S165
per year.
DR., Corley, OF Indian Creek,
was business visitor in the
city, Friday.
Apron ch eek ginghams 4c per
yard at Williamson, Yates e.
Co.
T. G, Wiseheart and daughter
Miss Ursula, were Quincy visl-
tors Tuesday,
R Manning Walker has plac-
ed a fancy show case in his Jew.
elry department.
Mrs. VIM Headrick, OF Pal.
myra spent Friday in the city
with her friend, Mrs. Annie
Lee.
Rohr has rented the Jackson
Studio and will be ready for
business as soon as it can be
repaired
Mesdames James Hamilton
and j. o. Stribbling, of Clar-
ence, are the guests of their
friend, Mrs, Belle Hagan.
Mrs. Charles Harwood. of
KirkwOOd and Mrs M A Nc
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

the Battery, OF which one hears so much. has
nothing TO boast of except the view over Staten
Island and the river. It has not even trees to
protect one from the hot sun" He shook the
dust OF the town from his shoes with little delay.
He had cast in his lot with the new republic, in
tending TO become a farmer. but visit 10 !
fellow countryrnan in Casenovia ended that
dream He found that the conditions of pioneer
farming in America cid not march with those
Of Holland. Very good land could be bought at
from 50 to 81 an acre. to be sure; but there the
pleasant prospect stopped. Long afterward he
wrote:
with ie r,JDpe % It a not Exactly realize the beau
ideal which had formed to myself Of 4 territorial
had taken about s4oee TO make his farm what it
was. became sensible that was not rich enough
20 become 4 farmer
In Casenovia and in the adjacent village of
Olden barneveld he found several of the Dutch
gentlemen to whom he had notes Of introduc
ton, and there he began that connection with
the Holland Land Company and with the land
business in which he tells US in his auto
biography his whole life was spent. He reminds
Us by the way Of the curious origin Of the
Agency in the belief Of u group Of HoiIanders
that sugar might be manufactured from the
maple under such conditions as to supersede
the West India sugar ard 70 thus cast damper
on the slave trade. Of course, the experiment
was a failure and their twenty-three thouand
acres. mostly covered with maple trees, We're
finally cut into snail lots and offered for sale.
a part Of the autobiography is taken up with
more or less entertaining notes Of his travels
as agent Of the company through the forests
and scattered villages Of New-York and Western
Pennsylvania 4 large part of the compauy's
Ian6s II this last region was finally placed
under his superintendence. and he settled down
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

'n me struggling new town Of MeadvfIle. One
VI ms earliest friends here, and one before whom
many OF his land cases were TO be tried, was
Judge David Mead. and of this pioneer at an
earlier day the editors tell this story:
one OF the first cases % come before him as
J1suce was an action OF his Cwu for debt, brought
s-s-1lst Robert FitZ Randolph. At that time no
constable had been appointed Mead both Judge
alo pi1Inllf1, decided that he must be his
Stftbie he issued n summons, served il Ran
uolph, sat IN Judgment, rendered a verdict in his
o~n favor, made out execution, served that
7t11ed one of RandoIphs horses, advertised IL for
is put up the horse at auction himself. paid HIM
h'sihdOlph the money that remained
Law and lawyers soon became familiar to
Harm Jan Huidekoper for he entered upon
desperate struggle with the squatters or ''in-
truders.' who were determined to possess them
selves Of the Holland Company's lands, and who
found some assistance in an III construed pro-
Vlncial law. The Supreme Court came to the
rescue of the Dutch Proprietors, but the final
pacific settlement of the matter was largely due
10 the tact and right feeling Of Harm Jan. Tax
ing methods il the haIf-wiId country also in
Voived him in trouble galore. The Commits
sloners," he wrote in 1904, are a kind Of bird
or prey that devour great part CT the money.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

They are allowed 4 certain sum Of money for
every day they spend IN arranging the fiscal
concerns OF the country. and che Of this honest
brotherhood in Westmoreland actually delivered
an account Of 3S5 days Labor done by him as
Commissioner II one year. These affairs, too,
were Strengthened out; and the young gentleman
from Friesland. with a good house to his credit,
a dourishing business and every thing couforta-
bic about him. became conscious that fair con-
sort was in the offing. The pleasantest part of
the volume is devoted 70 his courtship Of the
wise ind charming Rebecca Colnoun, a young
Pennsylvania Of Scotch descent, who knew
her own value and kept Harm Jan swing
ing on teEter hooks fer long and painful pc
riOd. She was lovely in person, but it was the
qualities of her mind and heart that fixed his
affections he told his brother in the quaint Ian
guage of his time: ITO an understanding cuItI-
waited with care Miss -. Unites that sweet
affability Of manners which makes our inter
course with her so engaging In her are asso-
ciated the lively sensihility which flows from
a heart naturally good. with that happy
equanimity of temper which IS perhaps the first
requisite TO insure felicity ii the connuhiaI
state" The lady, having tormented him suf1i-
centIy, capitulated with all her own sweet az
fability," and they began 4 married life Of rare
harmony and beneicence. We commend to the
housewives Of to-day the chronicle of young
Nine. Huidekoper's duties and responsibilities
in a time when grocer, butcher and baker were
not and the provision Of food for Il great house
hold depended on the energy and long sighted
ness of the housekeeper. There are some inter
esting details here taken from the manuscript of
one of Harm JAMS sons.
OF Harm JAMS career as loyal American one
can hardly write too adnirinsiy. Here was
citizen whose brotherly kindness to struggling
men was as great as his business sense and his
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30
THE PITT DIAMOND.
F-o- Memories Of Madras.


As for the Pitt diamond. II was first en-
pIOyed- after L became one Of tn crown jewels
Of France In the ornanlentation of the crown
that vas made FOR The coronation OF King Louis
XV Fl 1-@o. IN 1871 IL was entered in an in
vertory OF crown jewels that was compiled by
order Of The National Assembly during the
Revolution. and i was deposited az the Garde
Meuble, after he Assembly had determined TO
sell il If a buyer al a suitable price could be
found But offer was made, and so il hap
peled that in September il was stolen with other
jewels by q band Of uen who broke into the
GarGe EeUble t was Secreted by the thieves in
= hole il the timber work Of 4 gar-et in 4 low
lodging. and there i remained some time. It was
- length discovered by the Republican authorl-
lies and deposited n the national treasury.
Il was not again disturbed until 1904. when IL
vas set Il the pOurnel Of the sword which
Napoleon wore when he crowned himself En-
perOr az Metre Dame, in Paris The Empress
Marie Louise carried il off with other crown
jewels 10 BIois. after the Emperor Napoleon was
balished 20 Elba; but her father. the Emperor
Francis q Austria obtained IL from her, and
sent il 20 Louis XVIII That King on Napoleons
return from ElEa, fed with il TO GheTt, but al
ter Waterloo returned with IL 70 Paris. In 1880
the diamond was used by King Charles y At
LIS coronation, but since then Il has not been
employed ~ any ceremonial Shortly after the
tzl OF the Second Empire many Of the crown
Jewels Of France were sold by the Republican
g0FeTI-ILE-t for the benefit OF the State. But
20 buyer was found for the Pitt, or Regent.
diamond, AID Z remains II safe custody at The
L5-ETe
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30

scrupulous uprfghtness. His dealings with tho
farmers who bought his land and were often IN
debt to him were marked by 4 remarkably wise
nIendlng Of strictness and leniency. As he grew
older he became the friend and adviser TO whom
men turned, sure of help as we'll as counsel The
Fugitive Slave law grieved him. for it brought
ms sturdy. law abiding nature into conflict with
his big heart:
One day. his granddaughter says M Huide-
roper and Mr.. Clarke (James Freeman Clarke MIS-
sSS-a-iaW1 while out driving together upon Of
Sne country roads. were deep in of these very
SSlSIC.n9sslons, and Mr. Huidekoper strenuorSty
noidIng 10 the position that IL was dangerous to
!!etch that the law ought to be disobeyed At that
instant, at turn in the road. they suddenly met q
party or fugftIves, just escaped from the South
ana nurry1ng on their way to Canada. Mr.. Huide-
hoper stopped his horse and questioned tlIenn and
Mneh ne grove on all the money that he had bad IN
1lS POCKETS had somehow found its way 20 theira
Hls GRANDDAUGHTER affirms that he never was
ahis 10 read Uncle Toms Cabin because the nah.
ana ana cruelty described in it distressed him He read
tile DeglnnInS. but when he the separation
threatened between Tom and his wife and children
ne quietly laid down the book and did ever take
IL up again.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30
VICTOR HUGO,S DOUBLE.
m The London Academy.

from The LONDON ACademy.
Hugo had a real double. in flesh and blood.
who exploited his physical resemblance TO thf
of genius. He cut his beard ike HuSoS
copied the masters dress in its smallest details,
and so for eighteen years, divided with the
master the admiration Of the public. His espe-
cial delight was to pose in pOetical attitude
in front of a Punch and Judy show. He did this,
at particular spot, every Thursday afternoon
for years thoroughly enjoying the murmurS CT
curiosity and applause proceeding from the
gaping crowd which he deceived We 60 net
hear that he reaped any other reward but mis-
pleasure.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-30
IN OXFORD B4NKNOTE.
From the Sketch.

From the Sketch.
The Clarendon Press once made 9 bid for
printing the notes OF the Bank of England. It
was about seventy years ago when the ferger
was abroad in the land. and it desired To-
make his task more difficult. y sample Oxford
note was adorned with Il number Of uniDtelligihfs
quotations from OEt-Of-the-Way languages
Arabic, COptiC and others. 1t was thought no
forger could reproduce them. and elaborate
argument was given in with the sample note TO
that effect. Nowadays any note may be copied
by photography. and the unique quality OF its
paper is the security of the Bank of England
against fraud :