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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08

For coughing. dryness and tickling In the
throat, hoerseness and all coughs and colds
Contains no opiatss. For sals BY al drug
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08

Itehi Itchi Itchi : scratchi 6eratchl
scratehl The more you scratch the worse
the itch. Try Deans Ointment. II cures
piles. eczema. any skin itching. An drug
gists sell it.--Advs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08
CAsTINE.

Rev. Robert Douthit has rendered his
resignation as pastor OF the Unitarian
church, to take effect Jan. 81, 1912. He
has received call to the pastorate of the
Unitarian church Of Middleboro, Mass.
The church has passed vote asking him
to reconsider his action.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08

DR.. Littlefelc, Of Bluehill. was in town
Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Batcheler, who has been i'll,
IL better.
Herber. Tapley is employed at West
Brooksville.
Rev. E. 4. Small returned Saturday from
two weeks vacation.
Ray Grimm and Fred Nutter have spent
the past week in Surry.
Mrs. Susan Judge and Miss Alice Judge
have gone to Concord, Mass.
Mrs. Byron Carter, of Southwest Harbor,
il visiting her brother, Isaac Mayo.
Mrs. Julia Jackson hai gone to Lynn,
Masa., whore she will b the guest Of Mrs,
Ada Earle.
Mrs. c. G. Cousins and Mis- Louise leave
Monday for Hoiyoks, Mass., where they
will visit friends.
Mrs.. Fred Stewart and daughter re-
turned Saturday from Massachusetts,
who're they have spent the past four weeks
o. L. Fiye, Miss Lsttis Flye and Miss
Adele Mcfarland viii leave Thursday fol
Boston to attend tbs Brooklin reunion
November II.
Nov. 9. UH1 FEMME. !.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08
SOUTH GoULDsBoRo.

Isaiah Newman, of st. George, N. B., il
Waiting his daughter, Mrs. Amy Pike.
Mrs. John Strout, Of Cherryneld, was .
recent guest of her daughter, Mrs. Helen
6perry.p
Mrs. Susan Sargent is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. NJ. H. Havey, in West
Sullivan.
The c. x. rally was held here Tuesday
afternoon and evening, with good At
tendance.
81. /. Freese and wife left last week for
Ames5ury, Mass, where be will be en-
ployed this winter.
Mrs. Adelaide Young, with two chill
dren, Of Prospect Harbor, visited her
mother, Mrs. Kelley, Thursday.
Nov Q. H.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08

CHIp1,
BUCKsPORT.

Charles L. Davis died at his home on
Mcdonald street on Wednesday, Nov. l,
aged sixty-nine years. Mr.. Davis hsd
been in poor health several months. He
leaves wife. Mr.. Davis was an old
soldier and member Of James 3. Hall
post, g. A. r.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08

The seminary football team defeated
Bar HarbQr high in game here Saturday.
Score, lilo.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08
BROOKLYN.

Under the auspices OF tho Brooklin club
the Brookiin reunion will be held d
Knight OF Honor hall, 2Sls Washington
street, Boston, Saturday evening, Nov. II
g. W. Herrick is president Of the club ant
A. E. Stanley. secretary.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08
FRANKLIN ROAD.

r. 9. Graves was home from Bangor over
Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Graves and son Kermit, OF
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
Copyright. 1911, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
The Standard Yard.

The Standard Yard.
In 1855 there was completed a gun
metal bar, representing the imperial
standard yard of Great Britain. 1t was
found. however. that standards made
If bronze or gun metal were liable to
IN appreciable alteration in length
through molecular and other changes.
and accordingly few years ago. the
imperia l standard was replaced with
bar Of iridio- platinum. consisting OF 30
per cent. platinum and 10 per cent
iridium.
This new alloy is less alterable than
bronze. The new bar was made Of an
X.shaped cross-section to combine
rigidity with comparative lightness.
and for one year it was subjected to
q series of tests and measurements in.
volviLg the most refined methods
known to science. The bar has marked
on 1t the length both of the standard
yard md of the standard meter.-Har.
per's Weekly.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
You can't overwork the harrow.

You can't overwork the harrow.
Melons require deep, rich soil.
That weed right in the hill is your
worst enemy.
Ice is an unknown luxury on alto
gether too many farms.
If the corn is put in with the plant
er, it can be cultivated before the
corn is up.
The late cabbage crop is usually
planted on clover sod land after the
first crop has been cut for hay.
If freshly plowed corn is not har.
rowed soon after it Is plowed, the
moisture will evaporate very rapidly.
Don't cultivate the potatoes when
out in bloom, or coming out, unless
you want lot of stunted little tubers.
In this country the sum total of
damage done by injurious insects is
estimated at something more than one
billion dollars
Borrowing tools and sending them
, home dull or rusty doesn't make the
other fellow grin. Better save up and
buy your own.
On many farms good system of
undertakings would double the crop
producing capacity of the farm and
overcome the off years.
On the Metropolitan tower one may
note the flash of the sun on a h.ndred
aotbeds, where fruits and vegetables
ire ripening for the tables Of New
Workers..
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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
PRESIDENT CHRISTENS
HIS GRAND NEPHEW.

Seattle, Oct. 1O.-Taft spent the
night here and rose refreshed for a
hard day. He will attend the chris
tening of his grand nephew, Charles
Taft Snowden. He rode through
streets with an escort add addressed
an open air meeting at noon, then
visited Ballinger and afterwards
sailed for the Bremerton navy yard.
He addresses a meeting in Tacoma
tonight. The president sent a mes
sage of coincidence to Mrs. Cornelius
H. Bliss. The christening was in
the presidents hotel rooms. The
baby is already famous because its
mother daughter of Henry Taft,
came back to Seattle last summer
that the boy might be born in the
United States and be eligible to the
presidency.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
HELPFUL HINTS ON HAIR
HEALTH.
Scale ond Hair Troubles Generally
Caused by Carelessness.

scale 0no HAIR rouoieS 0oneraiiy
Caused by Carelessness.
Dandruff is a contagious disease caus-
ed by microbe which also produces
badness. Never use a comb or brush
belonging to some one else. No matter
how clearly the owner may be. these
articles may be infected with microbes.
which will infect your scalp. 1t Is far
easier to catch hair microbes than it Is
to get rid of them, and a single stroke
of an infected comb or brush may well
lead to badness. Never try on any
body else's hat. Many hat-band is
q resting place for microbes.
If you happen to be troubled with
dandruff, itching scalp, falling hair or
badness, we have a remedy which we
believe will completely relieve these
troubles. We are so sure. of this that
we offer it to you with the understand
ing that it will cost you nothing for the
trial If it does not produce the results
we claim. This remedy is called Rex
all "93" Hair Tonic. We honestly be
lieve it to be the most scientific rem
edy for scalp and hair troubles. and
we know Of nothing else that equals
IT for effectiveness. because Of the re-
suits it has produced in thousands of
cases.
Rexall "93'' Hair Tonic is devised to
Danish dandruff. restore natural color
| when its loss has been brought about
by disease, and make the hair natural
~ silky, soft and glossy. 1t does this
because it stimulates the hair follicles.
destroys the germ matter, and brings
about a free, healthy circulation Of
blood, which nourishes the hair roots.
causing them to tighten and grow new
hair We want everybody who has
any trouble with hair or scalp to know
that we think that Rexall "93" Hair
Tonic is the best hair tonic and restor-
alive in existence, and NO one should
sc3ff at or doubt this statement until
they have put our claims to a fair test.
with the understanding that they pay
US nothing for the remedy II 1t does
not give full and complete satisfaction
In every particular. Two sizes. SO
cents and 500. Remember, you
can obtain Rexall Remedies only
at our s.ore-The Rexall Store.
Palace Drug Store.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
COLUMBUS DAY OCT. IL.
Governor Hawley Issues Proclamation
Asking Observance.

columbus Day., made possible as
a legal holiday in the state OF Idaho
this year for the first time by the
Potts law. was officially announced
as such yesterday through proclama-
ton issued by Governor James ii.
Hawley. 1t is as follows:
Columbus Day Proclamation
In accordance with the law passed
by the last session of the Legislature
assembly declaring the 18th day OF
October, an annual holiday to be
known as columbus Day." 1 urge
upon the people of the state the hearty
entrance into the spirit of the day
dedicated to him whose service to
mankind in the discovery of new
world is beyond comparison. May
this most momentous event in his
tory be properlycelebrated in general
gatherings of our people and with ap-
propriate public exercises to the end
that by the homage paid to great
achievement and service we inspire
in our own hearts resolve for higher
endeavor and instill into the minds
of the rising generation loftier pur-
pose and an appreciation of the great
truth that as the centuries come and
90 the great deeds of exalted souls
grow brighter in the annals of time,
oOI orc not fOrpOtton
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal of the state of Idaho tobe
affixed. Done at Boise, Idaho. this
9Th day of October, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eleven.
JAMES H. HAWLEY,
Governor.
BY the governor,
w. l.. CLIFFORD.
Secretary of State.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
COLLIE PUP IS VERY USEFUL
Of Small Chores for Ohio Man.
Afraid Of Thunder.

A full-blooded Scotch collie purple
belonging to c. M. Everingham of Ohio
does most of the small chores about
the place. 1t carries In the stove
wood, one stick at time. carries the
milk pals to the stable and the slop
buckets back to the house after they
have been emptied. He carries a
small dinner bucketful OF water to his
master when working at the far end
Of the farm. He saves many steps by
carrying notes from the house to the
field and bringing back the written re-
plies He never fails to deliver any
object given to him to the person
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
MAKING PROFIT IN PEANUTS
Any Coll That VIII Raise Corn VIII
Answer for ooobers-ehould %
Used In Rotation.

Any soil that win raise good corn
will raise peanuts. but tie best results
are obtained from light. sandy soils.
II planted in heavy soils the nuts are
sometimes stunted. Peanuts should
not be planted on the same soil year
after year. but should bo used In 10
tation.
1t 10 better to manure the land In
the fall and pillow It with . disk and
harrow thoroughly the next spring.
Make the seed bed ~ fne - . garden
bed. Plant the seeds in rows about
two and one-half feet apart
The crop IL harvested BY means Of
forks. the plants being lifted out Of
the ground and the dirt taken from
the COOLERS and the vines thrown In
heap. Five or ak rows can b
placed In one winrow. The vines are
then shocked around pole thrust into
the ground and cross pieces should be
nailed to the poles and the vines piled
up lightly to provide circulation OF
air. Boards or straw should be laid on
the ground SO that the vines should
not touch the soil.
The nuts must be allowed to sit In
the shock until thoroughly cured.
They can then be taken to the barn
where the nuts arc picked by hand or
they can be picked in the field II the
weather is fine. There are machines
for threshing peanuts. but these are
not used except when large crops are
grown.
Peanuts are easy to grow and make
profitable crop. They are sold
mostly to roasters who prepare them
for eating. although large amount OF
peanut oil is made every year as a
substitute for olive oil. Peanut butter
Is also coming into favor and large
quantities Of nuts are sold for this
purpose.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
INCREASE OF HEMP CULTURE
All Fiber Produced In This County 10
Used in American Miils-Good
Market for More.

The blue grass regions OF Ken
lucky. in the center of which lies
Lexington. raises about twenty thou
Is procured.
The acreage devoted to hemp In
other parts of the United States Is
very small-perhaps six hundred acres
around Lincoln, Neb.. and an equal
number in the lower Sacramento val.
ley, California, with small experiment.
al plansings in Indiana. Pennsylvania
Wisconsin. Michigan. Minnesota. Iowa
and Arkansas.
All the hemp fiber produced in this
country Is used In the American mills.
and. as increasing quantities are Do
ing imported a market for a larger
production is offered.
Modern Slang Classical.
Canon Horsley's point that real old
slang or cant Is the cOnservator Of not
q few Saxon words. was illustrated at
some length by Hotten. who quoted
from Latham the dictum that ''the
thieves of London are the conservators
Of Anglo-Saxonisms Hotten notes
that dodge" IL from the Anglo-Saxon.
and "gadding" for roaming appears in
an old translation Of the Bible. To
call q thing crack" In the sense of
excellent. was not vulgarism In Hen.
~ Wills time. and ancient MOBILES
used to get their dander up" before
appealing to their swords. At some
time ITO bone" was quite respectable
English for Ito Steal" q clergyman in.
terrupted at Paul's Cross would bid
the disorderly person hold his CAB. 80
and "gallavanting" and "habbergast.
ed" were equally reputable.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
PiepIant Easy to Grow.

Pieplant Is easily produced in
commercial way. yields immensely.
and is easily gathered and put into
shape for the market. 1t can be
shipped almost any distance. Then.
too, the demand for 1t on the market
makes it one of the two best vege-
tables for commercial use. Pieplant
is usually set in rows four feet and
two and one-half feet In the rows.
Like asparagus 1t should be care.
fully tended and heavily MANFRED. 1t
should be fertilized every winter.
No pieplant should be pulled for the
market for the first year. no matter
how healthy and vigorous 1t may seem.
After the first year it may be pulled
for the market at any tine a. soon
a. frost Is gone.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
Bio saIIach on French Coast.

Big SailHch on French Coast.
A huge sailfish. fish rarely met
with in the Atlantic, has been cap
tured by fishermen off Concarneau.
France, and towed to that port. The
fish measures eight meters long and
four meters in circumference and
Weighs four tons.
The fishermen are greatly disturbed
over the presence in the vicinity of
the fish's female companion. who fol-
lowed her captured lord throughout
the whole OF the night ha was being
towed to por!
Self-Defense.
Are you going to have a garden
this year, Mr.. Subbubs?"
"Yes, I've got to. As long as l
have a garden l can make 1t an ex-
cuse for not taking my automobile out
Of the garage and piling up expenses
for new tires and things"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
100000 seaaars In GOTHAM.

One hundred 'housa.1 beggars, OF
whom 5000 are professionals, infest
New York city. the worlds richest
city. at present. according to Charles
X. Blatchly. superintendent of the
Joint Application Bureau of the Char
ity Organization society. This means
that vagrancy Is more widespread in
New York than ever before, present
Ing a situation that is viewed with
considerable apprehension. James
Forbes, secretary of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Prevention of Men,
delaney, estimates that the 5000 pro-
fessional beggars easily average IS a
day. The 10000 others probably
average 81 a day. SO that the metrop.
oils pays daily vagrancy toll In
money alone Of close to $4,000.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
BY A. w. Macy.
CHARLES II AND HIS DOG.

Charles u, King Of England,
was great lover of dogs, and
always kept several of them
about him as pets. On one oc-
casion he was quite distracted
by the disappearance Of one Of
his favorites. An advertise
ment prepared by one Of his
servants was posted, but 1t did
not have the desired effect. So
Charles tried his hand, with this
result:
1--WE must call upon you
again for a Black Dog between
a Greyhound and Spaniel, no
white about him only a streak
on his Brest and his Tayel a
little bobbed. 1t is His Males
ties own Dog, and doubtless
was stoin, for the Dog was not
born nor bred in England, and
would never forsake his Mas
ter. Whosoever findes him may
acquaint any at Whitehall, for
the Dog was better known at
Court than those who stole him.
VIII they never leave robblng
His Majesty Must he not keep
a Dog? This Dogs place
though better than some imae-
Inc, is the only place which no.
body offer to beg"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12

small enough to prevent the gravel
from escaping. and the load is trun-
died to hydrant equipped with q
spray head. The water is turned on,
and as 1t filters through the stones, 1t
carries with 1t the dirt mingled with
them. BY spading up the gravel dur
ing this washing process the water
gets a chance to permeate through
the entire load and purify it. The
gravel is then wheeled to the concrete
mixer and dumped in, with the assur.
ance that 1t is free Of any matter that
will spoil the building material.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
WELL KNOWN PASTURE GRASS
ca and Thrives Best In Moist
9oils-valuabie a. Hay.

Red top is a we'll known grass and
Is found in most parts Of North
America. It was introduced into cul-
tivation from Europe. but was prob
ably native in the northern areas Of
this country as WELL 1t thrives best
in moist soils. and while valuable as q
hay grass, its greatest usefulness is as
a pasture grass, especially when
grown with other kinds. 1t yields an
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
Daily Thouoht.

Tho noisy waves are failures, but
the great silent tide 10 success.
Do you know what 1t 10 to be falling
every day and yet to be sure that your
life. a. whole. In its great movement
and meaning. H. not falling but sue
ceeding Phillips Brooks.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12


spris Of Alfalfa, natural size; (2)
Larvae, Much Enlarged; (3) WseviI
Much Enlarged.
vised soon to exterminate or control
the insect. its ravages will extend over
the entire agricultural section west Of
the Tooth meridian.
1t is an imported pest. and supposed
to come from Asia. With the coming
of spring the beetles make their way
forth from their hiding places and at
tack the young growth Of alfalfa a.
soon as there Is sufficient food for
them. In ordinary seasons they may
be expected to appear the latter part
Of March. and the egg-laying period
usually lasts from early April until
early July.
Some idea Of the abundance of the
eggs may be obtained from the fact
that In one case a single plant has
been found to contain 127, $50 puno-
lures. As one puncture may contain
anywhere from q few to over 80 eggs.
probably ten or fifteen on the average,
this single plant presumably con-
tanned between 1900 and 1900 eggs at
the time 1t was observed.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
EXCURSIONS EAST
October 4, November 8, and De-
lcember II and o..

Via Oregon Short Line and Union
Pacific for benefit of HOME VISI-
TORS. Tickets sold on October date
limited to December 3lst. Other tic
kets liniteb to 50 days from bate of
sale. See any .O.S.L. Agent for rates
and further particulars, or write d.
f. Burley Gen. Pass Agt., Salt City,
Utah.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12

WOMAN'S WORLD has a circu-
lation of nearly 1900, 900 copies an
issue. The best magazine for gen.
eral reading. Our solicitor is in
Blackfoot taking subscription. Price
25c a year. Subscribe now. ltp
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
SCALING Fish,

The busy housewife will have no
further dread Of preparing fsh for any
size family II she will try dipping the
ash in scalding water-the scales are
then removed with no dificulty and
much time saved.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
USE WHEELBARROW AS SIEVE
Perforated So That Gravel Can Be
Washed Free of Loam-Excellent
Device in Mixing Concrete.

A wheelbarrow that is also sieve
has been devised for use in concrete
construction work. To make per.
feet mixture the gravel that is used in
concrete should be absolutely free
from loan. The perforated wheelbar-
row provides a means Of washing this
gravel with the least extra trouble
The perforations in the barrow are
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
HOME VISITORS

Excursions East Via. 0. S. L.
October l4th. Limited for return to
December 3lst. November 18th.
and December 2lst; and 22nd limit
rates anb further par ticulars, see any
Oregon Short Line Agent or write,
D.. E. Burley' General Agent, Salt
Lake City.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
Learn to Dance Correctly.

New classes forming for Tuesday
and Saturday evenings. Reduced
rates till October IA. Now is the
time to enroll. Prize Bon-Bon Dance.
Friday Evening October ID.
Private lessons.
McVICAR's DANCING ACADEMY,
Boyle Building. vt
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
HOME VISITORS

Excursions East Via. O. S. L.
October 14th, Limited for return to
December 31st. November 18th.
and December 21st; %; limited to
90 days from bate ofsale. For rates
and further particulars, see any Or
egon Short Line Agent or write, -.
E. Burley, General Passenger A
gent, Salt Lake City.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
ALFALFA LEAF WEEvIL PEST
Insect Recently Discovered Threatens
to Become Serious Menace to
Farmers Of West.

The alfalfa leaf weevil is a recently
discovered pest that threatens to be-
come as great menace to the farmers
of the west as the boil weevil is to
the south. II some method is not de-
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12

abundance Of smooth. soft stems and
leaves which give rather light
weight hay. In rich. moist soils 1t
becomes two to three feet high. but
in dry situations 1t Is much shorter.
The open. spreading head is usually
reddish or purplish in color when
young. but becomes green or pale
when older.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
9elf.Preservatjon,

80 you have sold your pair Of
horses and bought an automobile?"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. ~
have concluded that 1t IL better to be
the cause OF a runaway than to be
In It,"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
A keener Pleasure.

Griggs-Whenever we quarrel my
wife declares she'll never speak to mo
again.
Briggs-Mine doesn't. She couldn't
forego the satisfaction Of telling me
what she thought of me.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
laziness Expensive,

The machinery men just naturally
love a lazy farmer who houses his
binder in a fence corner and leaves
his pillow standing in the ground.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12

Ample Proof.

Il see where a veteran newspaper
man died the other day who had
founded 157 country weeklies."
"A great old trouble maker. wasn't
hof"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-10-12
Nonsense.

"A little nonsense now and then
IL relished by the best Of men,"
Unless they learn before It's done
That they are paying for the fun.