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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Alcohol in Bread.

There has been much discussion
about the quantity of alcohol con-
tanned in ordinary bread as the re-
suit of the Preventative process to
which it is subjected before baking.
Evidently the quantity is small, but
until recently, it would appear, chem
lists have not succeeded in accurately
measuring it. Now, however, it is
announced that DR.. o. Pohl, by an
elaborate process based upon the dis
tillation of the bread to be tested in
a Papin digester, has ascertained that
ordinary bread normally contains
.O75S of gram of alcohol for every
100 grams of bread. or little more
than seven parts in 10000. 1t is
well to be precise even in small
things.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Toad Fish In Oyster Shell.

A toad fish about the size of a
human finger was received at the
museum of the Fish Commission late
on Tuesday afternoon with which
there is connected an interesting
story. 1t is stated that the fish was
found in a closed oyster shell, which
was purchased by Mr.. John II. Mil
Ter, of No. 331 G Street Southwest.
when he secured lot OF the bivalves
in the shell yesterday from a dealer.
While opening the oysters, Mr.. Mil
Ter found the fish inclosed between
the shells. 1t was alive and he car
ried 1t to the museum. 1t was
placed in an aquarium, and today
is reported to be well and thriving"
1t is said the toad fish, which is
an ugly looking member of the finny
tribe, can live several hours out of
the water. The theory is that the
fish was Matched from an egg which
became accidently imprisoned in the
oyster shell.-Washingto Star.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Dog Went To School.

A little Indian boy who attended
the government school at Keshena
had habit of going to school every
morning at s o'clock with his black
dog, Niger, and returning home
every evening at o'clock
One day the little boy became sick
and was unable to go to school, but
: Niger was on deck and went alone
at O'Clock and back at o'clock
every day for a whole week.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
PHILIPPINE "D0BIE ITCH"
Itching Pimples Covered Body-Dis.
charged For Disability-Found
Cure I'm Cuticura Remedies.

Il enlisted in the Corps of Engineers as
telegraph operator, and, while stationed
IN the Philippines, became subject to the
'Dobie Itch, as the natives call it. In
this disease small, white, itching pimples
form under the skin, generally between the
toes, on the limbs, between the fingers
and under the arms. I never knew of
case originating outside the Philippine
Islands, but have known of many cases
where it has returned in this country and
invariably at the same time of the year
as the original attack. The cause, so far
as L could learn, was some tropical parasite
or germ peculiar to that region
Il got so bad that was confined to nv
quarters q week at a time. The Army
Surgeons applied some carbolic solution,
and 1t would disappear for q time, when it
would break out again. was discharged
from the Engineers by reason of disability
contracted In line of duty, and when /
had the trouble again, my druggist Mr..
q, OF Brooklyn, recommended Cuticura
Remedies. The immediate relief was mani
fest with my first purchase, and the
malady quickly yielded to the Cuticura
Remedies. 1t has never required or both
cred me since 1 began to use and continued
TO use the Cuticura Remedies. You NAV
quote me as believer in Cuticura Rem
edies from personal experience. John s.
Woods, 22l Sands St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Oct. 81 and &c, 1906"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Live Stock.

New -Beeves-Dressed beer
quiet at Z to &C. per pound for ma
tive sides; fancy beef, az to 91kc.
Calves-Very little doing for lack
of stock; feeling steady; prime veals
sold at 1000; no Westerns or barn
yard calves; dressed calves steady;
city-dressed veals, 8 to 141A per
pound; extra carcasseJ, IS; country
dressed, to 13c.
Sheep-Sheep nominally steady;
no sales; lambs 10c. lower; fair to
prime lambs. 7.50 to 1878; no
very choice here.
Hogs-Feeling steady; quoted at
7.00@7.15; pigs at 7.15 to 7.25.
-Cattle-Market for best
steady; others weak; common to
prime steers, 4.00@7.30; cows,
2.75@4.75; heifers, 2.cO@ 500;
bulls, 2.75 @4.50; calves, 2.75 a 8.75;
stockers and feeders, 2.60@4.60.
Hogs-Market steady to 10c low
err; prime shipping hogs, 6.35 90 $50;
choice butchers weights, $3.50
6571k; packing, $500 6.55; as
sorted light. 6.52k @6.571k; bulk
of sales, $500 6.55.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31

There is more Catsrrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incuraole. For a great many
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable Science has proven
Catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutiopal cure on the market. It is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
full. 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one hun
for circulars and testimonials. Address f. j.
CHENEY & Co., L oledo, D.
Sold by Druggists. Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Invigorate the Digestion.

TO invigorate the digestion and stimu-
nothing so good as that old family remedy,
Brandreth's Pills, which has been in use
for over q century. They cleanse the blood
and irupart new vigor to the body. One
or two every night for q week will usually
be all that is required. For Constipation
night VIII in a short time afford great re-
Lief
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine lax
give tonic pill your grandparents used
and being purely vegetable are adapted TO
every system.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar-coated.
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN.
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.

New York;. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade says:
"A gratifying steadiness is noted
in the. iron and steel industry, mills
receiving a volume of new business
that readily sustains prices, yet
there is little evidence of abnormal
activity or speculative imitation of
quotations. No change has occurred
in standard steel rail prices, although
the roads have placed further big
tonnage, and numerous contracts are
under negotiation.
Attendance of shoe jobbers in
the Boston market has decreased,
and in another week the balance will
probably conclude purchases. Sup
Elementary spring business has con-
tinued heavy, assuring all promi-
nent New England manufacturers OF
several months full operation of ma
chinery.
Cereal prices advanced, especially
wheat. the rise starting in a better
speculative demand and finding sup
port In some adverse reports regard
ing foreign crop conditions.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
To Clean Sponges.

To clean sponges place a penny's
worth of salts of lemon in a quart of
boiling water and soak the sponge in
1t. After an hour rinse thoroughly
In warm water in which large lump
Of soda has been dissolved, afterward
boiling slowly. Rinse in cold water,
then give sun bath until entirely
dry. Rinse all the soapy water from
the sponge, then throw 1t into the
basket, which should always hang
just outside of the room door.
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NEW YORK DAY BY DAY.
Some of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.
Eluded Death.

An absorbing story OF how Rev.
William Randolph, OF West Nyack
Reformed Church, eluded death last
Sunday with the aid of DIR. Louis
Bradford Couch, was told Wednesday
when the clergyman fully regained
consciousness, after seemingly his
spirit had left his body.
Mr.. Randolph was stricken with
pneumonia while preaching, but per-
sisted In following the usual routine
OF work. The disease finally con-
quered, and he was put to bed. His
senses gradually left him, and on
Sunday moring DR.. Couch observed
that the patient had ceased breath
ing, his pulse had apparently stopped
beating and his extremities had
grown cold.
Those about the bed declared Mr.
Randolph dead. But DIR. Couch, a
warm friend of the patient, decided
TO try every means known to science.
For nine long, tedious hours, with
three nurses aiding him, the Doctor
employed artificial respiration, and
gave simultaneous injections of
strychnine, whisky, brandy and digi-
tails. He never relaxed his vigil
lance. Now and then he would feel
the minister's hands to see IL any
symptoms of strychnine poisoning
were developing. None appeared.
Seemingly, Mr.. Randolph was stone
dead.
The nurses at the end Of the nine
hours were exhausted and thought
the Doctor fatuous. But suddenly
the limp fingers of the patient closed
systematically and his eyelids Quiv-
cred Little by little his breathing
became stronger, until finally the
chest rose and fell in long, normal
respirations.
Hour after hour the physician sat
at the bedside, literally pumping
life into the man through hypoder-
mic injections. And now Mr. Ran
dolph is well on the way to recovery.
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Warned BY A Dream.

A dream saved Max link SIS, 900.
This is how it happened: link mas
been for rs years the chef at Ford
ham University. He did not believe
in banks, so he carried his savings
in his clothes. The police warned
him, and so did the college profess
ors, but he laughed at them.
Max dreamed on Tuesday night
that he was being knocked down
and robbed. The dream was so
realistic that he hurried to the bank
and deposited his hoard, SIS, 200.
While walking in a dark lane in the
University grounds on Wednesday
night he was set upon by a man, who
felled him with a club and robbed
him. But all the thief got was
links gold watch and SIT.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
New FLOWER Holders.

The newest flower holders for the
table are beautiful vases in the shape
of cups in gold and silver, mother of
pearl, enamel, etc. The idea seems
to be to keep the design quite simple.
Some of these vases come down to
very slender stem and undercut with
a fairly large cup. This is a favorite
design for the silver vases. Among
the onyx and enamel cups the de-
signs are even more cup-shaped. One
such cup, in white porcelain, was
supported by a gold frame with four
feet. Others have a single standard.
The loving cup and baskets of last
year are decidedly passe
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31

THERE are host of petty ailments
Il which are the direct result of the
weather.
This is more true of the excessive heat
of summer and the intense cold of win.
ter, but is partly true of all seasons OF
the year.
Whether it be cold or q cough, catarrh
of the head or bowel complaint, whether
the liver be affected or the kidneys, the
cause is very liable to be the same.
The weather slightly deranges the mu-
cous membranes of the organs and the re-
suit is some functional disease.
PeTlsnH has become a standby in
thousands Of homes for nttllOr all
Dtents OF this sort.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Pcr1GnG
Almanac For 1907.
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Are said often to be buried six feet under
ground. But many times women call on
their family physicians, suffering as they
imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from
heart disease, another from liver or kid
ney disease, another from nervous pros
tration, another with pain here and there,
and in this way they present alike to
themselves and thei- easy-going or over
busy doctor, separate diseases, for which
he, assuming them to be such, prescribes
his pills and potions. In reality, they are
all only symptoms caused by some uterine
disease. The physician, ignorant of the
cause OF suffering, Keeps up Ms treatment
patient gets no betteN hs1fTasoa- b, the
wrong treatment. but probably worse. "A
prQper medicine Like DR.. -Rierce,s EaYnrita
PrescrlptiOn, dtrectcd To the cQlSR- Would
have ehLITely rSRQYed the disease. there
by dlspel1Ing all those dIscreSSlng symp-
toms, and instituting comfort instead of
prolonged misery. It has been well said,
that "a disease known is half cured"
Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription Is a
scientific medicine, carefully. devised. by
an experienced and 'skillful physician,
and adapted TO woman's delicate system.
1t Is made OF native American medicinal
roots and Is perfectly harmless In its
ELECTS an -dhlL- -co1alLlQll- QL-thG- tEl2QLs
As a powerful invigorating tonic ga
vorite Prescription" imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
worked, "worn-out," rundown" debili-
tated teachers, milliners,. dressmakers,
seamstresses, "shop-girls,D house-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gen.
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
IS the greatest earthly boon, being I'M
equaied as an appetizing cordial and re-
storative tonic.
AS soothing and strengthening nerv-
Inc "Favorite Prescription is unequaled
and Is Invaluable in allaying and sub
DUNG nervous excitability, irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
dance, and other distressing, nervous
symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease of the
uterus. It induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets fnvigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three dose. Easy 70 take as candy
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Cleaning Rhinestones.

A dealer in rhinestone ornaments
says that the proper way to clean
these stones is to take some dry
chalk - common, ordinary chalk,
such as school children use-either
powdered or simply in the piece, and
rub it well around and on the stones
and in the setting.
Let it remain a few minutes, then
take a moderately stiff brush and
dust off, being careful to clean thor
oughly in all the interstices, so that
none of the chalk is left. Polish with
a chamois skin and you won't know
your rhinestones from diamonds.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Men OF 75 At Fisticufrs.

When Adam Rupert got the job
of night Waterman for, the New York
Construction Company, at Seven
teenth Street and Ninth Avenue, he
displaced Michael Phelan. Since
then both have been enemies, despite
the rs years that each has to his
credit
Phelan, after visiting several sa-
looms on Tuesday night, decided to
pay a visit to his successor. The
two had an exciting argument. Phe-
Ian cast reflections upon Rupert,
which the latter resented. Then the
two white-haired men came to blows.
Rupert caused the arrest of Phe-
Ian, and he was held I'm $500 bail
and locked up.
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a terrible condition, at times a COM
plete stoppage occurring. 1 began
With Doan's Kidney Pills. and soon
telt better. Keeping on. found COM
plete freedom from kidney trouble.
The cure has been permanent. owe
my good health TO Doan's Kidney
Sold 10y ali dealers so cents box.
13es- Misburn Co. Bu;fAlo. N. Y.
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Cream.

A cup of fresh cream is a delicious
and, of course, an expensive addi-
ton to tureenful of onion, potato,
cream OF rice, pea soup or other
PURGE. In the country, where the
good wife is often at a loss to dis
pose of the abundance of cream at
hand, this Will not be in any way
an uncalled for extravaganza.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
His One Hundredth Sea. Trip.

Capt. Adolf Richter, who on Tues
day took out his ship, the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm, from this port bound
for Bremen, is now on his one hun
dredth voyage. This centennial of
Atlantic trips will be celebrated
when the steamship reaches her
home port. Captain Richter has
spent all of his seafaring life in the
service of the North German Lloyd,
and is one of the most popular Of
all the master mariners in the trans
Atlantic service.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
India Death Certificate.

This was the way native physi-
clan in India filled out death GER
tificate: II am of mind that he died
Cor lost his life) for want of food
ings or on account of starvation.
Maybe also FOR other things for com.
fortables, and most probably he died
by drowning"
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HomemaI1ers' Creed.

We Believe
That home-making should be re-
garded as profession.
That right living should be the
fourth ''R" in education.
That health is more the business
of the individual than Of the physl-
clan.
That on the home foundation is
built all that is good in state or indi-
vidual.
That most illness results from care
lessness, ignorance or intemperance
Of some kind.
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Sow YORK CHRIS Dome BLUSH.

NCN AOAA SALEAS OOH LiuSIl
Its funny,'but it's true" sighed
the gray-he'red man, that most all
the blushing that is done in New
York nowadays is done by men.
Novelists ought to make a note of
that. If they want to be strictly &C
curate in their attempts to portray
contemporaneous New York life they
must cut out that old-fashioned
phrase He blushed like girl That
doesn't mean anything now. Girls
don't blush any more; that is New
York girls don't. Not for an age
have I seen a feminine face suffused
with the flush romantic. But I've
seen men blush, lots of EN-. 1t be-
hoves authors to bear that physiolo-
gical change in mind and whenever
they write about a G. b. S. epigram
or anything else that proves a little
too strong for feminine sensibilities
they will have TO describe its effect
on the abashed auditor by saying,
She blushed like a man. IN. Y.
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The Authors Hone.

''I can't see anything of special in
terest in that manuscript of yours"
said the publisher to the aspiring au-
thor. 81 didn't anticipate that you
would" replied the author. But I
thought possibly your readers might
have more intelligence. "-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Brushing Clothes.

Brushing dusty clothes is a daily
performance by the members of near
ly every family. Although the dust
thus removed was probably collected
in streets, Offices and shops frequented
by all sorts Of people, yet it is quite
thoughtlessly set afloat in the atmos-
phere Of sleeping rooms.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
A Lemon Sent To Hughes.

A full-grown lemon came in the
Governors mail the other morning.
Attached to it was a tag bearing the
address and the proper stamps. 1t
had been mailed in this city. There
is no clue to the sender, but some
people believe that it is one of the
very large number of lemons that
have been handed out 10 Republicans
at the capital since New Years COM
ing back
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Wholesale Markets.

0dlllnOTe"fl OuT-OuA dhu uh
changed; receipts, 1.O2S barrels;
exports, 168 barrels.
Wheat-Firmer; spot, contract,
75% @757s; spot No. 2 red West
ern, 7S@7SA; January, rs q %
79H @7915; steamer No. red,
Tx OTIS; receipts, 6,162 bushels;
Southern by sample. 50@71; South
ern on grade, 7OA orc.
Corn-Firmer; spot, 4Sk OASIS;
4S% @4Sk; March ASS @4Sk;
May, 40; steamer mixed, ASH @
4615; receipts, SS,941 bushels;
Southern white corn, 461s q 40;
Southern yellow corn, 515 @4S.
Oats-Firmer; No. 2 white. 43
bid; No. white, 400 4211; No. 2
mixed, 4OH q 4O%; receipts, 49,
102 bushels.
Rye-Dull; No. Western domes-
tic, 1906; receipts, 1852 bushels.
Butter-Firm and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 25@27; fancy
creamery, $40 SO; fancy ladle, 22@
%; store-packed, IT @ 20.
Eggs-Fair demand for choice
fresh stock and market steady. We
quote, per doz., loss off; Maryland,
Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 24c.;
Western firsts, "a; West Virginia
firsts, %; Southern frsts, 81 q %;
guinea eggs, Ito -.
Cheese - Market steady. We
quote, per Id, jobbing lots, Is a
Is &c.
New -Wheat-Receipts, 6S,-
900 bushels. Spot f1rmer; No. red.
791h elevator; No. 2, 81 (. o. b.
afioat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, coz
f. o. b. afloat; No. hard winter,
S5& f. o. b. afoat-
Corn-Receipts, 1O3,2O bushels;
exports, 123,512 bushels; spot.
strong. No. 2, 521s elevator and
50% Z. o. b. afloat; No. yellow,
50%; No. 2 white, 81.
Oats-Receipts, $500 bushels;
exports, $50 bushels. Spot strong.
Mixed oats, &c a 80 lbs. 40; natural
white, 3O@33 lbs, 42643M; clip
ped white, SO 04O lbs. 421k
Poultry-Alive, easy; Western
chickens, IL; fowls. 1879; turkeys,
IS; dressed. firm; 'Ves-ern chickens.
12@17; turkeys, 14@1S; fowls,
SOFA.
Butter-Firm; receipts, 5,7S2;
street price, extra creamery. %;
official prices unchanged.
a-Wheat-Firm an /
1kc. higher; contract grade, January,
741s @75c. Corn firm and nc.
higher; January, 47% Case. Oats
firm and 1sc. higher; No. white.
natural. 43c
Butter steady; extra Western
creamery (official price,, 29c.; street
price, 80; extra nearby prints, 50.
Eggs firm and in good demand;
nearby fresh and Western fresh, csc.
at mark.
Cheese unchanged; New York full
creams, fancy 141h; do. choice.
1416; do. fair to good, 10 OLA.
Potatoes quiet; Pennsylvania,
choice. per bu. SIS a. 60c.; New York
and Western, choice, per blu. $50
55; do. fair to good. 4S@50.
Live poultry firm; fowls, 1919 %
14c.; old roosters, 9 " @1O; chickens,
10@131 "; ducks, 14@15; geese IS
a. IA; turkeys, 16 OBS.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Inter-Borough Raises Pay.

The directors of the Inter-Borough
Rapid Transit Company voted to in
crease the wages of nearly all the
employees of the system. Motormen
who now receive $3.50 a day VIII
not be affected. The increases aver,
age about one cent an hour to all
employees, and will aggregate about
$500. OuO q year
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Only One Danger.

At the crowded downtown corner
the frightened pedestrians were sour
rying out of the way of street cars.
automobiles, delivery wagons and
policemen on horseback.
GOSH" exclaimed the window
washer, looking down on them from
his perch on the narrow ledge of a
fifteenth-story window. I'm glad
i saipt, in that crowd. "-Chicago Tri-
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First Mother am extremely we'll
satisfied with my sons tutor.
Second Mother-But didn't your
son fail to pass his exam?
First Mother-Yes, but the tutor
is going to marry my daughter
Ron VivaOt
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ia. s.5H Of SUNBuRY
says Pe-ru-na Is "a Good
Medicine.

hon. {. g. Brooks, Mayor of Sunbury
Ohio. also Attorney for Farmers Bap1
and Sunbnry Building and Loan Co.
writes:
Il have the utmost confidence in tn,
virtue of Peruna. IL is a great medicine
have used 1t and ! have known many
OF my friends who have obtained bene
fetal results from its use. Il cannoi
praise PerssItd too highly.
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lS,R,N 6A HOUSEHOLD. EcTNIA2
'SiiBEY$ rlNrrERS GZI&i.'
ASXS&m gap 80 &IAVAl
For Largo Families.

A household hint from the mother
of six children is:
Women with large families will
find their weekly mendings very
much smaller IL they sew buttons on
gloves, shoes and all articles OF attire
as soon as the things come from the
store"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-31
Dies of A sNfusicaI Heart ;,

Alvin Shaw, 81 years old, of
Poughkeepsie, died from musical
heart" medically known as mitral
stenosis. Shaw had gone to that
city to arrange for entering a hos
pital. While talking to a friend his
heart began it's customary banjo
humping" as he called it, and then
came quickly the last tune.