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The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19
DOWNWARD COURSE

Fast Being Realized by Butler People.
II A little backache at first.
Daily increasing till the back is lame
and weak.
Urinary disorders quickly follow;
dropsy and finally Bright's disease.
/ This is the downward course of
kidney ills.
Don't take this course. Follow the
advice of Butler citizen.
: Mrs. NJ. M. Combs, 407 East Da-
kota, Butler, Mo-, says:
"For years was bothered by kid
ney trouble. had sharp pains in
my back and whenever | attempted to
stoop, ! suffered more intensely.
Dizzy spells bothered me and | was
also annoyed by the kidney secre-
tions. Finally | procured a supply of
Doan Kidney Pills at Clay's Drug
Store and they gave me relief from
the first. By the time had used two
boxes, was in much better health.
| know Doan's Kidney Pills to be an
excellent preparation for kidney
complaint
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other. 81 2t
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19
Better Than New York.

mo newspaper in New York City
has half as much circulation as The
Kansas City Star.
"The reason is manifest. No paper
in New York-morning or evening
is as good a newspaper, as clean in
tone, as Independent in thought, as
honest in conviction and as cosmo-
politan in its news-sense as the Kan
sas City Star. A paper as good as
the Kansas City Star in New York
will circulate by the million. Will
liam A. White.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19
Notice..

Notice is hereby given, that letters tesla
mentary upon the estate cf John Harryman.
deceased. have been granted to he un-
In Bates County, Missouri, bearing date the end
day or october, 1911.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to the under
signed for al'0wance within ak mon tbs after
,he date OF said ttera, or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit Of such state; and If
such claims be not exhibited within one year
from the date OF the last insertion of this pu6li-
cation, they shall be forever barred.
JOHN BROWNING,
MARY HARRYMAN,
52-4t Executors
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19
Cadetship at the U. S. Naval
Academy.

An appointment of Cadet from the
Sixth Congressional District to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Maryland will soon be made
by Congressman c. C. Dickinson.
The expense of the course is provided
by the Government-covering a period
of four years at the Academy and two
years at sea, after which the graduate
becomes an officer in the U. S. Navy.
The appointee must be between six
teen and twenty years of age, possess
sound body and constitution and
have High School education or its
equivalent in order to meet the en-
trance requirements. Any young
man interested may obtain full in
formation relative to the appointment
by addressing Congressman C. C.
Dickinson, Clinton, Missouri.
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Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given tn all creditors ard
others interested in 'he estate o Jesse y.
Schmidt, deceased, the! 1. j: II; Schmidt.
Hnal settlemt mt thereof, at the next term Of the
Bates County Probate Court, In Bates county,
State Of Missouri. to be held at Butler, Mis-
souri,, commencing on the 18th day of Novem.
ber, 1911. j. H. SCH HMIDT,
5l-4t Executor.
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BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS
BY supt P. n. Allison.
The Teachers Association will be
held in the New High School building
in Butler October 26-27-28. We are
very anxious that every teacher in
the County should be present.
The Frisco Corn Contest will be
held in Rich Hill October 23d. Gus
Kienberger will have charge of this
and all corn should be sent to him.
Mr.. S. M. Jordan will be Judge and
will make a talk in the afternoon.
The public is invited and Mr.. Jordan
will give you something worth while.
He will speak at Amsterdam October
oath. 1t is hoped that the farmers at
both places will turn out to hear him.
Trip school has an enrolment Of 25
and l9 were present. This building
has been put in good repair and
everything is in much better condi-
ton for school. Miss Iva Ayers is
teacher and receives $37 per month.
Nyhart has an enrolment of 20 and
26 were present. This school has
some good spoilers. May Clark and
Ruby Patterson spelled all the words.
Miss Maggie McCann is teacher and
receives salary of $45 per month.
Virginia school (No. 81 has an en-
rollment Of SO and 80 were present.
Miss Jessie Miller is teacher and was
last year, which is good evidence of
her success. She receives salary
of $40 per month.
New Home school has an enroll
ment of 81 and % were present. Miss
Sylvia Goodrum is teacher and is
teaching on her fourth term in. this
district which speaks we'll for her and
the district too. She receives $40
per month.
Old Walnut has an enrolment of
80 and 20 were present. This school
has just ordered a new library and
they are expecting to make good use
of it. Miss Lucille McKinzie is teach
er and receives a salary of $45 per
month.
Red Top has an enrolment of 2l
and lS were present. This school
building needs some repairs and is to
be soon. Miss Vera McHenry is
teacher and has her work we'll classi-
fled. She receives a salary of $32
per month.
Worland has an enrolment of 46
and 35 were present. This is one of
our incest school yards but needs a
few shade trees. Miss Ellen MULES
is teacher and receives a salary of
of $3.50 per month.
Mount Zion has an enrolment of
"a and 81 were present. This school
has very good library but needs a
case to keep them in. Miss Grace
Galloway is teacher and receives
salary of S35 per month. Lawson
Brayton spelled all the words.
Foster has an enrolment of so and
81 were present. This school is doing
we'll under A. c. Moreland as princi
pal Miss Una Judy and Miss Emma
Parlier are his assistants. They re-
ceive a.salary of $50, s35 and $35 per
month.
Greenwich has an enrolment of 20
and 10 were present. This school has
a good library and a good case to
keep it in. Miss Georgia Moore is
teacher and receives salary of s35
per month.
Grandview has an enrolment of 39
and 33 were present. This school
house has been repapered and re-
paired in general. They are good
spoilers and Ola Ayers, Doc Harper,
Elsie Engelhart and Carrie Harper
spelled all the words. Miss Bonnie
Wolfe is teacher and receives $40 per
month.
johnson has an enrolment of II
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19

pepSla ana 1elndie
troubles b y your
m e dicine. l mad
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors, d
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Nege ta BILE Com
pound and B 10 cd
Purifier l can say l
ON, q ,,-n1l wp,noO
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When You Think

OF the pain which women experience with ~
makes the senleness and kindness always associ
ated with womanhood to be almost q miracle.
While in General rebels against what she
fards natural necessity there 10 who would
fladly be free from this recurring period of pain.
Or. PIerce's Favorffe Prescription makes
weak sfr0n6 and sick women
veil, and gives them freedom from pain.
II establishes re6aLafffy, subdnes inklam.
nation, heals alteration and cures fe.
male weaknesS.
Sick women invited consult Dr. Pierce by letter,
free All correspondence strictly private and sacredy
eonfdena Write without fear and without fee Worlds Disr
ieal Association, r. " Pierce, M. d. President Buffalo, N Y
you book that tells al about womans diseases and
ee at home stamps Dr. Pierce to pay CO
ss and be will send free Of his
Commoo Sense Medical upto.date edition. in
In handsome cloth-bindnf, 81 stamps.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19
VISIT
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
THIS SUMMER

Much has been said and writ
ten about Colorado's beauty,
but no words or pen can ever
make you realize fully its mag
nificence. You have to 90
there-see the grandeur of its
mountains feel the bracing eli
mate-enjoy yourself in pas
times characteristic of this
American Switzerland; riding,
driving along roads that run
over the crest of lofty noun
tains-through forest covered
valleys. Besides you have ten
mis-, golf, baseball-any Of the
outdoor sports you're used to
at home. Bathing places, fam
Gus for the medicinal quality of
their waters-beautiful parks,
in the shadow of the Rocky
Mountains, where bands play,
the latest wrinkle" in amuse-
ment features is found.
The is the industrial side of
the state, too-enormous steel
works-smelters, etc.
Visit Colorado this summer.
Don't hesitate for fear it will
cost you TOO much, and when
you 60, travel via
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19

and II were present. This school
has one of the best slate blackboardS
in the county. The pupils are good
workers and will make good show
ing. Miss Luella Conard is teacher
and receives salary of $40 per
month.
Victory has an enrolment of 26
and % were present. This is large
enrolment for this school and they
are doing good work. Miss Maud
Martin is teacher and receives salary
Of $50 per month.
Eldorado has an enrolment of %
and % were present. This is one of
our very best schools on prompt and
regular attendance. They have a
very good library. Perry Ewbanks,
Maude, Ewbanks and Ruby Albin
spelled all the words. Miss Helen
Park is teacher and receives salary
of $3.50 per month.
Virginia (No. 69) has an enrolment
of 80 and 26 were present This
school has some good spoilers and
are good workers on all things. Mar
tin Park, Pearl Walker, Edith Walk
er, Josephine Simpson, Irene Lusk
and Oval Kinion spelled all the words.
Miss Olive Judy is teacher and re-
ceives $35 a month.
Belmont has an enrolment of 81
and 20 were present. This is another
good school on attendance. Ruth
and Helen Leonard spelled all the
words. Mr.. JAS. L. Park is teacher
and receives d salary of $45 per
month.
Star has and enrolment of 90 and
% were present. This school has the
finest library case in the county and
a good selection of books in it. Miss
Maude Morgan is teacher and re-
ceives salary Of $50 per month.
Pleasant Valley has an enrolment
of Is and "a were present. This
school had arranged for a program
but backed out because visited them.
Miss Kate Walker is teacher and finds
no trouble in following the course of
study. She receives a salary of $40
per month.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19

Ican't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this if youWisA."
Mrs. HERMAN SIETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia +. PiIkham's
Vegetable Compound. made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, int!am-
nation. liberation. tibroid ttlmorS, il
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, tlatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous proS.r;a-
tion.
For thirty years Lydia f. pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills. and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine trial:
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should
it not cure you?
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkhan, Lynn, Mass, fOrlt
j. is free and always helpful.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19
Averts Awful Tragedy.

Timely advice given Mrs C. Will
loughby, of Marengo, Wis, (R. No. y
prevented dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. Doctors had said
her frightful cough was was a "con-
sumption" cough and could do little
to help her. After many remedies
failed, her aunt urged her to take DR..
Kings New Discovery. 81 have been
using it for some time," she wrote,
"and the awful cough has almost gone.
It also saved my little boy when taken
with a severe bronchial trouble.
This matchless medicine has no equal
for throat and lung troubles. Price
SOC and $l.OO. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by F. T. Clay.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to an
nounce that | have been cured OF dyS-
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19

Frln. w. l.. COOnrOO,
Rich Hill.
3:15-Troubles of Supt.I
Supt. L. F. Robinson,
Rich Hill.
7:O0-Water, Natural Resource
and its Conservation.
DR.. w. C. Morris,
,Warrensburg.
High School Section.
Friday Forenoon.
Science in the High School.
(Round Table,
DR.. w. C. Morris,
Leader.
9:00-Biology in the High School.
Supt. j. O. Henderson,
Butler.
9:4O-Agriculture in the High School
Prin. r. V. Howell, Amoret.
1O:2O-Chemistry in the High School.
Supt. w. D. Miller, Adrian.
11:05-Physics in the High School.
Friday Afternoon.
1:00-Bright and Dull Pupils.
(Round Table.)
DR.. w. C. Morris, Leader.
1:30-What Our Schools Do With
Them.
Prin. Charles Bradshaw,
Butler.
2:15-How the English Schools Han
Dr.. W. C. Morris,
Warrensburg.
Which is Preferable? Gener-
al Discussion.
3:30-The Note Book in School.
Miss Katharine Semple,
Rich Hill.
Friday Forenoon.
The Curriculum. 1Round Ia
ble)
9:OO-Primary Department,
Miss Eula Shelton, Adrian.
Discussion.
Miss Josephine Steele,
Rich Hill.
9:45-Intermediate Department.
Miss Clara Mager, Amoret.
Discussion.
Miss Katie Frank, Sprague
1O:3O-Grammar School Department.
Miss nellie Moore, Adrian.
Discussion.
Prin. H. F. Coonrod,
Rich Hill.
11:45-High School Department.
Prin. S. E. Smith, Merwin.
Discussion
Miss Rhoda X. Shaw,
Rich Hill.
Friday Afternoon.
School Discipline. (Round
Table.
Prof. S. f. Davis, Leader.
l:3O-Functon of the Teacher on
the Play Ground
Miss Mary A. Pulliam,
Hudson.
l:5O--In Associating With Pupils Out
of School.
Miss Dora Rogers, Wilcox.
2:10-Reports to Parents,
Miss Helen Park, FL Dorado.
2:30-In Teaching.
Miss LYDIA Faulkner,
Happy Hill.
3:15-A Practical Lesson in Pen
'''i''s'f.pi Prof. c. W. RANSOM,
Kansas City.
7:45-Education as an Economic
y Factor in a Community.
Prof. S. E. Davis,
Warrensburg.
Saturday Forenoon.
9:OO-The Essential Things | Pro-
pose to Initiate in My School
This Year.
Miss Elsie Williams, Amoret.
9:15-Illustrative Lesson on the In
verson of the Divisor in Frac-
tiops.
Prin. F. L. Davis, Butler.
9:4O-Teaching Spelling.
Prof. S. E. Davis,
Warrensburg.
9:55-Science Below the High !
School,
DR.. w. C. Morris,
Warrensburg.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-19

1O:15-Need of Rural High Schools.
Prin. c. M. Leedy, Rockville.
10:3O-H How to Interest Parents.
Miss Emily Woodfin,,
Greenridge.
10:45-Reports to Parents. How
Often. What to Contain.
Prin. E. F. Carpenter,
Rich Hill.
The evening world., 1911-09-21

FlooR
PAlNTS-ready for use;
quart. 4ss; gallon.
Nsos; / gal S1.55
for.
The evening world., 1911-09-21

Nc mail or teieph0nc orders for SOAPS and powders tomorro
GRuENHUT Buuding-Nain Floor and BasemenD
The evening world., 1911-09-21
Wines & Liquors % 40. r ss,%yaov

SCHlEDAM l. b
GIN guaranteed strictly
pure and OF great medieina.
value. large bottle. more
than quar-, req. price
$50, reduced to Too
siiO, DOC bottle. '"S
YALE COCkTAllS-Mln
haitian and Mariipi; made
OF tho finest old liquors
s sISs quart CSC
The evening world., 1911-09-21
Friday at Our Pure Food Show 4

DELICIOUS TEAS - sny variety; blended
s ss'f.;''S to ORDER ''le' e'ddy. 60c
PURE BREAKFAST CoCoA-ln bulk; OQn
4 lbs. 81; ID, COZ
The evening world., 1911-09-21
Floor Paints

PERMANENT" PAINT
quart. ass; l..gailon,
$50; gal 81 20
ION.
a LIZ RADIATOR
GOLD AND SILVER
DC 40; TIC
O BATH TUB
Csc, 40 40 75c
SAP0LlN FLOOR AND
VARNiSH STAINS
HoC, and SCC
SAPOLIN GOLD ENAMEL
PAiNT-washable;
15c, 2 :sS 75c
a very interesting DEM
ors,ra,ion OF ali Gersten-
dorfer's makes Of paints.
Narnishes and enimcls.
The evening world., 1911-09-21

G E s r n DORFER'S
ALUM.
NUN ENAHEL-unyar-
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
PATAeoNIAN INDIANS.

Customs of the Remnants OF Ones
Powerful Tribe.
Normally the Tehuelches. as the
Patagonian Indians are called, are q
peaceable and kindly people. yet they
are impulsive. capable Of strong preju.
dices, very revengeful and-often
with good neutrality-suspicious. Of stran'
gers. They are not to be trifed with
and when under the influence Of drink
are brutal and dangerous. They show
love for their children and wives and
kindness to their old people. They are
divided into numerous tribes or groups
each having Its chief or cacique. upon
whom the burdens Of government rest
but lightly.
They believe in a good and an evil
spirit, whom they propitiate, and have
many stories. myths and supersdtioni
connected with the sun, moon and
stars, while the staying Of horses and
drinking Of blood form a conspicuous
part of their superstitions, birth. mar.
rage and death ceremonies, many OF
which are most repulsive.
When Magellan first passed through
the strait there were perhaps no fewer
than 10000 Patagonians roaming from
the Rio Negro to the strait, while to
day, driven back from the httoral to
the high pampas and the foothills OF
the Andes, altogether they would
probably not total over 500-Harper'f
haeazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
BOY SCOUTS
Of AMERICA.

Vacation Is here. The boys who
have been reading the manual and
getting ready for the summer are now
in camp or engaging In various other
activities outlined for boys. 1t Is esti-
mated that two or three hundred
thousand boys who are scouts will 60
into camp this summer. The encamp'
ments vary from a troop Of eighteen
to twenty-four boys to many troops
including thousands Of boys. Thou
sands Of boys have been taking tests
to qualify as second class scouts In
anticipation Of the camping and blk
Ing expeditions. Many young mer
have obtained certificates as scout mas
tiers to be prepared to take boys into
the woods. The reports sent into the
national headquarters Of the Boy
Scouts Of America Indicate that the
boy scout movement Is spreading rap
idly to every village and city in the
country.
Judge Lindsey Back Of Boy Scouts.
Ben B. Lindsey. Judge Of the juve,
nile court of Denver. who has be-
come famous the country over be-
cause Of his enthusiastic work In be-
half of boys. sees great possibilities
for good in the boy scout movement
He is closely in touch with the boy
scout activities in Denver and Is nd
yising the scout masters there as to the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
To the Honorable County Commissioners for the

To the Honorable County Commissioners for the
County Of Oxford
The undersigned John A. Putnam Of Peru
Maine, respectfully represents that public con
venience and necessity require the location Of 9
town way In said Peru hereinafter described
and on the I'd day Of September, 1910, he peti
toned the municipal officers Of said town Of
Peru to lay out said town way, q copy Of which
petition Is as follows:
ITO the Selectmen Of the Town of Peru:
The undersigned Inhabitants Of the town OF
Peru, respectfully represent that public con
venience and necessity require the location Of q
town way In said Peru as follows:
From q point opposite Charles ]. Howard's
house to the road leading from the main road 10
Aiyah Curtis dwelling house.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that after due
notice and hearing, said way may be laid out, IN
accordance with the provisions OF the law.
Dated this second day Of September, A. D.
1910.
Signed by John A. Putnam and others"
And your petitioner further represents tina,
said municipal officers of said Peru have un.
reasonably neglected and refused and still un.
reasonably neglect and refuse to lay out said
town way as prayed for In said petition.
Wherefore he petitions your honorable board
to lay out said town way In said Peru a. fol.
lows: From Q point opposite Charles j.
Towards house to the road leading from the
main road to Alvah Curtis dwelling house, and
prays that after due notice and hearing said way
may be laid out by your honorable board In &C.
cordance with the provisions of law.
Dated at Peru this twenty sixth day OF May,
JOHN A. PUTNAM and others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Hair That Fascinates'
Who Wants Lustrous Hair
Full of Life and BeautyP

Start now madam, September is just
the mouth to begin to acquire glorious
head of hair of which you will be justly
proud during the social events OF winter
time.
II you haven't used PARTISAN SAGE
you aren't on the high road to hair
beauty. PARTISAN SAGE Is the most
delightful preparation that destroys the
dandruff germs and by so doing removes
in short time the cause of dandruff,
falling hair, itching scalp, faded and life
less hair.
Dandruff germs are obstructionists
they prevent the hair from receiving it's
proper nourishment by ravenously de-
vouring the same nourishment. Use
PARTISAN SAGE for one week and note
the wonderful improvement. Chas. q.
Howard Co. guarantees 1t, so cents q
bottle. 1858
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
[sRAL.l -
CnIrNTY nE nYENRn a.

Board of County Commissioners, May session,
isii; held BY adjournment Aug. 8, 1911.
UPON the foregoing petition, satisfactory evi
dence having been received that the petitioner
are responsible, and that inquiry Into the merits
Of their application 10 expedient, IT Is ORDERED
that the County Commissioners meet ai
the Post Office at West Peru, In said County,
on Tuesday, the 3lst day Of October, 1911. next
at ten Of the clock, A. NJ, and thence
proceed TO view the route mentioned In said
petition; Immediately after which view, 0 hear
Ing OF the parties and their Witnesses will be
had at some convenient place In the vicinity
and such other measures taken in the premises
as the Commissioners shall judge proper. And
It 10 further ORDERED, that notice OF the time,
place and purpose Of the Commissioners meet.
Ing aforesaid be given 70 all persons and cor.
porations interested, by causing attested copies
Of said petition and Of this order thereon TO be
served upon the Clerk Of the Town Of Peru In said
County and also posted up In three public
places In said town, and published three weeks
successfully In the Oxford Democrat, . news.
paper printed at Paris, in said County Of Ok.
ford, the first of said publications, and each of
the other notices, TO be made, served and posted,
at least thirty days before said time Of meet.
ing, to the end that all persons and corpora
lions may then and there appear and show
cause, II any they have, why the prayer Of
said petitioners should not be granted.
ATTEST CHARLES r. WHITMAN, Clerk.
c,.t true 1Ss copy Of said Petition and Order of
ArTEsr-CHARLEs r. WHITMAN, Clark.
1870
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Hyomei for Catarrh.
Worlds Greatest Remedy Free From
Cocaine, Opium and All Habit
Forming Drugs.

Start right now, before the cold
weather comes, to kill catarrh germs
and get rid of catarrh. It's the best
time.
Breathe HYOME1 pronounce it High.
o-me), Chas. Il. Howard Co., guarantees
1t. 1t Ia made of Australian eucalyptus,
thymol and other sntiseptics, and be-
sides destroying the germs it soothes
and heals the sore, raw membrane and
prevents mucus from forming In the air
passages.
Breathe 1t few times day. It's an
easy and pleasant treatment and results
are quick and certain.
HYOMEI is guaranteed for catarrb,
asthma and catarrhal deafness, or
money back. A complete outfit, includ-
ing hard rubber inhaler, costs 81 90.
Extra bottles II afterwsrd needed cost
but so cents. 80 s
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
The Smallest Pension.

Great Britain's pension system Is as
liberal as may be considering the vast
plumber Of persons carried on both the
military and the civil lists. but in one
case the record for smallness Of pay
ment has undoubtedly been establish
ed. Various factors enter into deter
mining the amount to be paid sailors,
and these factors 80 combined against
one old salt that It was found that he
could draw pension Of not any
more than fourpence-S cents-a year.
Promptly on each quarter day there
comes an official communication trans
uniting the amount due in the form OF
postage stamps. and he Is granted
leave Of absence in order that he may
convert this into money at the post
Office. Then, after the proverbial man
ner Of sailors. he promptly proceeds to
blow" the entire amount-New York
Tribune.