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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A Lawrence paper is running a
standing advertisement OF "Peco's
valley" Mr.. Peco ought at least to
get people to spell the name Of his
valley correctly II he expects them to
believe the statements in the adver-
tisement.
Just as we predicted: John Mac
Donald read every word of the presi-
dents message to see If there were
any Gaelic poems translated IN 1t.
King Alfonso is credited with killing
70 boars in one day. Stin, we know Of
some bores that escaped him.
AS near as we can figure out. Mr.
Corey wasn't given the usual oppor-
tunity to deny that he had any inten-
ton OF. resigning.
About time for the grip to blow in
with its suit case and trunk, prepared
to stay and do business with US all
winter.
A casual view of the Christmas
shopping crowds indicates that a great
many people are determined to avoid
the rush this year. even If they have
to fight for the privilege.
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Platt's renewal Of Youth.

It IS interesting to see the reversal
to form Of Thomas c. Plat Only q
few weeks ago his picture were printed
in the papers, with something that
sounded very much like a rejection
from Bpictetus. Life is not worth
while-hardly worth WHILE" bemoaned
the senior senator from New York
state. ''If I had It to do over again
-'' There was another sigh, and
long columns of. let us call them ante
burial obituary notices. Senator Plat,
IN the reflective wisdom Of old age had
turned to the philosophers for comfort
and sOlace. and he promised to out
wit Whitman at it. But 10! there IS a
cry IN the market placel The burly
srch-enemy of the new disciple of the
servitors Of the god slouches by. cring-
ing. with a pack at his heelsi Out
springs the revivifed boss, and fastens
his sharp teeth IN the fat calf of Odell.
Oh, what a sighti It Is young Senator
Plat again. He Is full Of fight and
ginger and is bowling like a wolf.
What's the use Of being a philosopher.
anyhow. when there's a chance to lick
the other fellowi-New York CONNER
ciaL
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'7THE MERCY OF DEATH. g

There are many times when Death
is friend; the best friend a man has.
The case OF Q. J. Devlin proves it, and
also that of United States Senator
Mitchell, and It should be said 10 the
credit Of the man on the white horse
that he calls in many cases when life
has become a burden: when to go on
living Is TO face disgrace. humiliation.
and the loss Of every friend. Death
shows a rare discernment in making
many trips, which is forgotten because
he occasionally removes one from life
who Is needed.-Atchison Globe.
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ny sUNFT.OwER cTRTI.

recall the plains Of Kansas
With the harvest moon as guide;
can hear the crunch Of SHIN ring, sandy
I can see my sunhower gin,
As the shining stars unfurl,
4 can hear her
Ever clearer.
Softly s.ngings
Tenderiy she sings OF parting.
Sings to me of lovers lore
Tells me thus, IN lyric humor.
We must part for evermorei
and the winds from Ger the prairie
Seem to chime
With a thrilling
Strangely chilling
Sense Of time.
For the spirit Of my sweetheart
It was restless as the wind.
There was query in her eager, troubled
smile.
She was Of the Kansas soil.
kindred. to the knights Of toll.
OF that order.
Making future
For mankind
Oft the steel of mans oppression
OF his weaker fellow man.
Pierced her heart, as savage arrows
Waiting wounds to gritty heroes Of the
Men Of story.
On that CORY.
Sandy grail.
In the whisp'rin Of the wheat fields
can always hear her voice.
And the fragrance Of the earth in early
spring
FMS my senses with the charm
OF a little Kansas farm
Where the windmill
WEEDS the sand hill,
And the cottonW Gods
rejoice.
Once again the spring is laden
With the breath of lovers signs;
In my lonely house at even
Bancies from my pipe arise
And my dreams, in smoke ascending,
Seem to curl
Round my smiling,
Still beguiling.
Sunf1ower girl
Refrain:
e you but once had seen her
You would surely not forget;
Her hair was sunset glory
And her laughter haunts me vet
The blue and tender shadows
or the smiling Kansas skies,
Play hide and seek together,
In my sunfloWer naiden's eyes
Jessie Lewellyn-Can in Wayside Tales
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Now Is a good time to read Car
lyle's French Revolution" His pic
lures become all the more vivid in the
light Of the Russian revolution. With
all its shortcomings. and they are
many, Carlyle's work still deserves to
be called great. 1t gives the form and
pressure of a nation in CONFUSION as
no other gives it. Carlyle used btu
men and vermillon to a degree that
would have been excess in any other
writer and on any other subject.
Smoke and flame, frenzy, the mad
Sahara dance" Of q nation swept by
the whtrlwind Of a revolution that was
at once social, political and economic,
that tore down everything and rioted
among the ruins-who has depicted
them with a holder or truer touch ?
Accuracy in detail was not Cariyle's
forte, but in truthfulness in the pre-
sentation Of the revolution as a whole
he has not been excelled. Much mate
rial that was sealed to him has become
available in the last thirty years. The
light has been let in on episodes that
were very obscure when he wrote. He
makes slips Gin his geography, and is
not always careful translator. Never
theless and notwithstanding, his book
| is history. Transcript.
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Miserable lack.

Il was awfully exasperated yester-
day" said Mrs. F1ippendyke.
what happened p
why you see, had been owing
Mrs. Dullson q call for months and
months. Wen. along IN the afternoon
I saw her starting away. all dressed up.
and I thought TO myself, Here's my
chance So hurried across the street
to leave my card, and-and-"
IBID you find when you got there
that you didn't have any7"
mo, it wasn't that Just after had
pushed the bell button she came home,
and, of course. there was nothing for
me to do but go fn."-Chicago Record
Herald.
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a PARENr.s PLEA.

Ny little boy is eight years old
He goes TO school each day
Re doesn't mind the tasks they set
They seem to him but play.
He heads his classes at rafiie work.
And also takes the lead
At making dinky paper boats
But wish that he could read.
They teach him physiology.
and. oh. It schiIls our hearts
TO near our prattling innocent
MtZ UP his inward parts.
He also learns astronomy
And names the stars by night
OF course he Is very up to date,
But wish that he could write
They teach him things botanical,
They teach him how to draw,
He babbles Of mythology
And gFavitation's law;
And the discoveries Of science
With him are quite a fad
They tell him he's a clever boy,
But I wish that he could add.
Life.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

from the Chicago News.1
a prosperous locker isn't always q
prosperous feeder.
Men applaud your good judgment
every time you agree with them
Love may be blind. but the average
mother-in-laW is an eye-opener.
Only the compositor begins ''settins
'em up" as soon as he gets Job.
Wise is the courageous man who
knows when It Is necessary to be
afraid.
A genius ts asman VINO can Induce
some other man to paddle his canoe
for him.
Before returning favor see that Il
is IN as good condition as when you
received II.
Once there was q girl who admitted
that another girls hat was prettler
than hers. OF course. she was hone
lesslY insane.
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No. nTalEe a Cod Dinner.

A clever old lady who went INTO
society IN the days when conversation
was more important than cooking
asked q niece on her return from a
recent function II Il mad oeen enjoy
able. Very, replied the niece ~ q
menu was greatl's MY dear said the
old lady severely. 'it isn't the menu
that zaakesa good dinner; Il Is the
menu Sit next to. Cleveland Plain
DsaIez.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
EBrom the New York Press

LbFOIn nc new OK Fress-
A girl would almost as lief write q
novel as have curly hair.
There is more money IN not spend
ing what you make than IN trying to
make It to spend.
It's good deal Of fun to surprise a
girl into thinking you aren't roine "a
kiss her and then doing It
There is no time when a baby really
seems to enjoy a long cry the way he
does at o'clock in the morning.
When a man can't sleep because he
ats loDstel ss-aasd Aor supper, he thinks
u = 3 st~s<s a9eA warning "a his brain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
SOME GOVERNORS.

The governor Of Indiana is a pecul-
lar man. He does not seem to know
any kind OF politics but to do his duty.
Missouri has another such a governor
and Wisconsin has had such an one
for some time. Kansas has a good
man for governor, but he is a little
slow about some things. However, his
heart Is right and the people are get
ting to see his strong points.-Law-
renee Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Israel W. Durham. long the ruler OF
Philadelphia and a perfect example Of
the political boss, has left for the south.
And not soul but cried Good riddanceg
Well, Mr.. Durham accomplished the I'M
possible: he woke up Philadelphia
BROOKLYN Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Uncle Joe Cannon had to swap
committeeman TO do 1t. but word
comes from Washington that he has ar
ranged to have the house ways and
means committee composed of a major
ity OF ssstand-patters." He is afraid to
have the tariff question come
before the house. But the interest is
growing. and sooner or later the trusts
and combines will have to stand on
their merits.-Beloit Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

This Is hrst-elass time to abolish
football in the colleges. The season IS
now over and nobodys cares whether 1t
IS abolished or not. and by the time the
next season comes we win be over our
anxiety TO abolish it. By ali means let
81 be abolished now when everybody is
WILLING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

It seems that Mr. Ryan, as well as
ar McCurdy, was benevolently in
clined. At least he says he bought the
Equitable stock merely to prevent a
panic. But for some reason or other
he objected to Mr.. Harrtman's assisting
him Tn his benevoIence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

while the Pennsylvania railroad has
decided to issue no more passes to poll
ticians. very likely there are politicians
IN some states touched by the PennsyI-
yania who imagine they know Of a
way to extract a few hundred passes
Just as soon as the next legislature
meets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Tt IS q noticeable fact that under
municipal ownership we get nearly as
much real estate in cur drinking water
as we did under private ownership. The
city iB almost as generous in this re-
spect as was the old Topeka water COM
4oauw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS.

With q banner corn crop safe, and
prices of farm products ruling strong,
there is no longer any need to revert
to the good old times. The average
farmer considers the present times good
enough for him. The man with bad
liver is. of course, not rage.-Prince-
ton Clarion News
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ne LONGEsT.

President oRosevelt celebrated the in
auguration Of economy IN the govern
ment printing office BY writing the
longest presidential message on record.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Now that Senator Elkins has come
out in favor of rate regulation. we viii
not be surprised at anything. We shall
even suspect Senator Aldrich Of being
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Are we to be disfllusioned1 A cores
pondent IN the far east now asserts
that the Russians really did better than
the Japs In many ways in ManchuFia,
and that our war reports were. doctored
by the laps for the political effect they
would have. Is it possible that st. Pc
fersburE was really more correct at
times than Tokio1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

If LaFollette waits two years before
making a speech in the senate. On sec
ond thought It VIII not be necessary to
hold your breath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

It won't be long now TIL we can fig
ure up the damage done by the gay
little wax candle when 1t comes in too
great proximity with valuable articles
hanging near 1t on the tree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Uncle Joe Cannon says the lower
house OF congress never takes orders
from a boss. Is Uncle Joe Joking, or
doesn't he recognize himself?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

In view of what Mr.. Hartman told
Mr.. Ryan, perhaps Mr.. Hartman isn't
wearing his young life away with grief
over what has been happening in life
insurance circles.
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KANSAS c0MNENT
HhIRY BONE.

The picture Of Harry Bone In the
Capital shows q man without 8 hair
on his head. a great Injustice to Mr..
Bone. He has several hairs on both
sides of his head.-Iola Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Pennypacker by mistake the other day.
The governor might readily be mistaken
for a quadruped, but quite a different
quadruped than a squirrel.-Atlanta
| Constitution
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Perhaps Plat and DepeW are playing
Alphonse ard Castor about resigning.
Zach is anxious to give the other q
chance to resign first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

The cruss de against Thanksgiving
football brutalities may be all right, but
crusade against over-eating on
Thanksgiving day would do away with
more misery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

timist viii point to the fact that the
10 men were saved ana argue from that
that it is really a lucky number. Which
q rlEhtq
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

How discouraging 1t must be TO MI
George W. Perkins to be compelled to
RESIGN from one job and then step into
one with larger salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

It is said that it cost Mr.. Whitney
$4,000 to run for lieutenant governor OF
Massachusetts. but look at the adver-
Using he got out Of 1t afterwards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
TIE sERPENT IN EDEN.

I Mark Twain has recently revived both
Adam and Eve for literary purposes.
but has not yet threatened to raise
/ Cain.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Possibly the woman who held the fort
In a cold car so long at Girard was not
crazy. but, realizing that she was IN
Kansas. wanted to act 50 that they
would take her for a native.-Chicago
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

James H. Eckles says that the null
tiplicity OF laws works an injury to
business. That depends on whether
your business Is that OF lawyer or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
80 arII.I. I've HOPn.

When Norway voted she perhaps had
not seen the Ohio and Pennsylvania re-
form returns. Over here we haven't
despaired Of the republie--St Louis
Post-Dispatch-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Admiral RojestvensHy IS said to have
been appointed comnander-ln-chief Of
the Russian navy, and ne is now trying
to think where he put tt--Brooklyn
Union
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Captain Amundsen claims to have
discovered the magnetic pole as well as
the northwest passage. but you will
notice that he didn't bring any of it
home with him. not even a silver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Isn't it about time for another &c
Curdy TO resign7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

It Is stated that Senator Depew has
had his vanity injured. If 1t was pluck
ed entirely out there would be de-
cided Improvement. DepeW has done
more egotistical business on less sub
stantial brain capital than any other
man IN public lIfe.-Lawrence Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

There are over 100000. 600 invested
in theaters in this country, at which
the public spends s5o,OOO,OOO a year to
be amused. Do We get our moneys
worth 2 e-
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TuE DAY THAT IS NEEDED.

NOW tnat a, VIE = @ cIa.Ilss tEis
Russian calendar he certainly viii win
more popularity If he throws in few
extra pay days.-New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
SOURCE or KNOWLEDGH

There was an agent here the other
day trying to sell US an encyclopedia
but we blurred him out Of It, When
ever we want 70 know anything we
just ring up one sof the Senior class
Washington Republican Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13
a GOOD OMEN.

It is & good omen for the country
when the demand for lawyers grows
less and less and the howl for car
pentsrs grows louder and 1ouder.-Jew-
ell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Mark Twain's seventeen birthday was
euch a great success that he is liable te
have 1t over again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

Some day. let US hope. the college will
produce a graduate who is a happy
compromise between the football player
who is all Drawn and the physical
wreck who is all brain.-Eiami Repub-
lican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

MR.. CLEVELAND'S LANGUAGE.
Melancholy pessin1isra' IS one Of Mr..
Cleveland's latest Mr.. Cleveland's com
mand Of language Is absolute, and some
times despotic.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

The pessirnist wiz point 70 the fact
that there were IS men IN the crew Of
tl,e slqbtahiV that was wrecked Off Nan
ereRst Monday. and ne win contend
fhat Is Is therefore unluciky, The op-
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II you are going to avoid the rush It
% time you were getting at It
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HUMOR or TIE DAY
SOME RESULTS.

McCurdy's salary's cut IN two,
There's no more fees for c. Depew.
Tom Plat Is sly. and yet. and yet,
He, too has been caught in the net,
With Ben Oden and Davy Hill,
Two big headliners on the bill.
Graft has been stopped all over earth.
.sTo Let" is on the House OF AGirth,
The good old days Of lots OF dough
Are now replaced by ones OF Voc,
II. ". J.. in Brooklyn Times-
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CHARACTER

The only thing that walks back from
the tomb with the mourners and refuses
to be buried is character. What man
is, survives him. It never can be bur-
led. It stays about the home when his
footsteps are heard there no more. It
lives in the community where he was
knOWn.-LaHarpe Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

King Christian Of Denmark has I'VE
thrones In his family. That seems to be
introducing the McCurdy tdea into Eu-
rope.-NeW YORK world,
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NOT NECESSARHY

Bourke Cochran is to be made grand
sachem Of the Tammany organization.
Don't know just what that Is. but sup
pose it isn't a purely religious Office
Marion Record.
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It's about time Tor the Democrats II
congress to begin to view with alarm.
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gTAMPFDEU.

The railroads may own the senators.
but the man in the White House has
got them tampeded.-JeweH Republi-
can.
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FROM OTHER PENS
CANNON.

"Economy'' is said to be the watch
word Of the coming congress. But who
will watch the watchword and keep it
in sight Springfield Republican
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L. OeneW.
He, too. has been caught in the net,
With Ben Odell and Davy Hill,
Two big headltners on the bill
Graft has been stopped all over earth.
.sTo Let" is on the House Of AGirth.
The good old days Of lots Of dough
Are now replaced by ones OF woe.
It ". J.. In Brooklyn Times-
"Ah. ma foil how he Is ike his father
A chip Of ne old bIockhead. Is he not7''-
The Gentlewoman
'Tisn't Everybody thot loikes Chopin
avn Wagner said the Janitor phiIos-
Opher, lawn to some young min tn music
" the oirining board sounds swatsr thon
tn music iv tn poinny. Chicago News
First Rabbit haven't seen your broth
er for several. days. I'm afraid that goat
Second Rabbit-why do you think sol
First Rabbit heard ono OF those
ter this Observation-Disclosures Herald.
BingsI onee ate that girl out of q
Bungalow was that9
Bings-She used to work in a bakers
SHOP I19 used to cal to see her there and
on angel cake at his expense and he fred
her.-Buf1alo Enquirer.
Hold-up Pete-shoot me for cata-
mount, but them tenderfoots IN that
coach have nerve. They don't seem bit
Bad Biil-They amt slzeered Of nothing.
That's a bunch on their way to the d.
vorce colony.-Puck,
Chippendale was inventins the side
board.
provide my wife. with another place to
hide my present in,
SAD to relate. the testimony Of any hus-
successful.-New York Sun
The 'ossihed man" has his piacs
In natures benehcent plan,
His shell Is external and so may be par
But the fellow whose heart and con-
science are hardened
He's your true ossihed man.
Chicago Tribune.
The experiment of municipal owner
ship viii prove a failure"
THE bosses who have been running the
big cities at q profit don't seem to ind It
so.'-Baltimore American
DO you think poets are born or
nader" inquired the idiot who butts in.
m not sure which,, replied the sage,
| but I've arrived at the conclusion that
most OF them were never intended Nil
S1aukee Sentinel
She-Its strange that you are so tan.
Your brother is short, isn't he7
He (absent-mindedly)-Y usually
| Philadelphia Bulletin.
And she's still wearing the same
cheap hat she had last year"
you understand why, don't your Be-
cause she's got the same cheap husband
she had last year. FLORIDA Times-Union-
he certainly has the lovelIest man
ners. Where did he learn 50 much polite
( ness?"
Didn't you know why, he's one Of
\ the best known players of reformed foot
/ all."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
| The tears coursed slowly down her cheek,
The eyes and nose a hue,
! More violent at once took on,
/ AS very oft they do.
| No noise she made. To tell the truth
Not IN my life had I
| Known up to them the paradox
| A soundless "hue and cryi"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Z" 'Tisn't Everybody thot loizea Chopin
avn Wagner" said the janitor philos-
opher. AVN to some young min tn music
~ the oirining board sounds swatsr thon
tn music iv tn poinny. Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-13

"Ah, ma foil how he is ike his father.
A chip of ne old blockhead. Is he not 7''-
The GentleWoman.