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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19

excellent cure for lice because t.
kills the nits. Tell the little schoo
girls mother about her chiId's hair
Dear Mrs. Thompson: "a Is al.
cChol injurious to the hair?
(2) ! wish TO make set of lunch
con doilies What material should I
use and how many pieces should I
make?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19

Beautiful double Daffodiils fresh cut
right from the greenhouse Saturday MORN
ing. per dozen 29c-
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AFTER BAD Eoos.

senator Darrah is going right AFTER
tha had eggs Of the state. He mas IN
trodnced q bill which forbids anyone,
far,ner poultryman, or retailer who ,ls
engaged in buying and selling eggs OF
archangink merchandise for eges 10 :,
INV any eggs unless he shall candle "a
such eggs bought between May anu
Oct. & The bill then continues :,
aNo person, Arm or corporation snall
nv himself or as the agent Of another
sell, offer or expose for sale, or havine
- noseession with intent to sell, any
eggs without nrst removing therelrom
II, eggs UNIT for food purposes. Any
eggs 80 removed as unit for food shan
he immediately destroyed or denatured
with q sufncisnt quantity OF kerosene
nr other suitable substance to render
the same UNFIT for use in the prepara.
tinn Of food or food products on &C
count Of. the offensive favor and odor
~ the denatured substances. The hav-
Inc A. possession of any eggs unfit Tor
food purposes that have not been De.
natured az provided In this act shall
ha NINA facie evidence that such eggs
are held for the purpose Of sale as 2
food or to be used In the preparation
OF food"
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LiBERTYvlLLE.

Mrs. Gilbert swanson and son
Eugene are visiting relatives in Abba.
Mr.. and Mrs Taylor Moore returned
home Thursday from Davenport where
tloy were called by the serious illness
Of their son Roland who Is very low
with smallpox.
Mr.. and Mrs Harley Yost attended
the funeral Of Levi Moxley at Hills
boro on Friday. Mr.. Monkey was 9
cousin of Mrs. Yost's
Mrs. swartz is connned to her bed.
Mrs Fay Riggs is c6nvalcscing aft
err being quite sick.
Mrs. Tom Atkinson Is reported SER
iously i'll at her hons north Of town,
Miss Nell Warren left Tuesday for
Ottumwa.
Quite number from here attended
the horse sale in Fairfield Thursday
The Women's Homo Missionary So
ciety of the M. E. church met Tuesday
March 18th with Mrs. Clyde Morley.
Mrs. Duese was the leader and the sub
ject was THE Red Man and His White
Neishhor.
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man FINDS he HAD
STRANGE TENANT
CEDAR RAPIDS MAN GOES AWAY
FOR WINTER, RgruRNs 70
FIND HOME OCCUPIED.

Cedar Rapids, April 3.--When H. u
Witwer and family left this city for
Washington, D. c., last fall, some mis-
creants entered the Witwer home at
1917 First avenue, took up their resi-.
dence therein, and occupied the house
during the winter. They left shortly
before the return OF the family. car.
rying away with them 500 worth Of
table silver which had been hidden In
tho attic.
The trespass and theft was discover.
ed by Mr.. Witwer upon his return to
this city last Friday. The house gave
evidence OF having seen riotous living
during the winter. The beds were dis
ordered, the furniture scattered, and
the contents Of the fruit cellar misa-
Ing. Further investigation showed
the storage boxes OF the attic ran
sacked and the silver gone.
Neighbors Of the Witwer's cann01
recall having seen anyone entering Or
leaving the place or having noticed
lights or signs Of life. But - the
house ID situated In the center Of large
grounds and well back from the stroe9,
Judicious use Of window shades and
extra care In going In and out would
easily safeguard the detection Of Just
such IN occurrence.
Although the theft Of the silver waa
q serious loss. many other valuablee
were overlooked. The Witwor's are
inclined to hold It the work Of local
parasites.
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HUSBAND
CAUSES HOTEL PANIC

Des Moines. April 3.-A jsalous hus.
band caused panic In the Manhattan
Restaurant in the Iowa hotel building
last evening when he drew revolver
and tried to shoot first = waiter In the
restaurant, A. P. Hon, then his young
wife, waitress. and the proprietor, q.
H. Leighton, when he ran to helv the;
girl. r. D. Charboneau. the man who
started the trouble, failed to do any
harm. though he snapped the revolver
four or five times in an attempt to dis.
charge 1t. Leighton followed Char.
boneau to the street when he hed.
caught him and took the weapon from
MIN. Omcer Mcdowell at the Rock r.
land station saw the crowd catherine.
ran up and took charge Of Charboneau.
The wife, Daisy Charboneau. who IL al
Girl Of "a, and Mrs. J. H. leighton went
to police headquarters and swore out
An Information charging the husband
with assault with intent to commit
murder.
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ALBA

j. o. Warner, East Fifth street.
passed away Sunday morning, March
20. and was buried Tuesday, March
100, In Oak View cemetery. Mr.
Warner was one Of Albia's Oldest busi-
mess men. For many years he trav-
eled for McCarroll Co He also ran
|a harness shop in Abba. For the
past twenty-five years prior to two
years ago he was In the mercantile
business. He was member Of the.
M. e. church and member OF Momar
lodge No. 81, i. o. O. f. Also mem
Der of Abba lodge No. s265, "A. o. u. w.
The Odd Fellows had charge OF the
funeral service. The Rev. Caldwell of
the M. e. church delivered very Inn
pressiye sermon. In 1865 Mr.. Warner
was married to Sara Jordan at Chilli
|cothe, Iowa. To them we're born two,
sons and three daughters. He Is sur
|vived by his wife and two daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Hoyse OF Abba and Mrs.
Nugent Of Oskaloosa.
Mrs. G. p. Lambertson was. sud
denly taken last Monday with acute.
stomach trouble. At this time she II
seriously i'll at her home, 322 West
ID avenue.
Mrs. L. H. Lewis OF Bluff Creek
township, died Tuesday. Mrs. Lewis
lis daughter Of James NJ. Powell, one
Of Monroe county's old settlers and 1t
present a resident Of Abba. Mrs.
Lewis Is a sister to Quitman Powell
Of Wapello county. 81
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FORT MADISON MAKES
I ALL PLANS FOR PLANT

Fort Madison. April 81. M. c. Ham
ilton has completed all Of the plans
OF procedure that will be followed by
the city in effecting the municipal own
ership OF the water works system OF
this city.
The plans as arraigned by Mr.. Ham
ilton will outline the course to be fol-
lowed by the mayor and city council In
presenting the proposition to the vote
Of the people at special election to
be called soon. That 1t will be neces-
sary to at first gain the consent OF the
majority Of the citizenship before the
measure could be voted upon is known
and the mayor and council will attempt
to gain that expression OF sentiment
OF the citizens, which will be followed
by action against the water company.
However 1t is the intention OF the
mayor and the council to take up the
matter Of the water proposition at
once, and they intend to effect munich
pal ownership of the plant as soon as
possible II the citizens 80 desire II.
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will become stronger mentally, morally
and physically as result.
Enough information has come from
Germany to make 1t certain that meas
ures have been taken there, too, TO-
ward enforcement of temperance IN
the use of alcoholic liquors. The splen-
did German military organization
knows that only sober men are amen
able to the strict discipline and capable
OF meeting the exacting efficiency tests
of the German army.
And now England has awakened 70
the need for temperance. King and
chancellor, army and navy leaders, ana
employers OF men as we'll have found
that when real mon are needed to car.
nv on the plans OF the government OF
to do the mass of work that the great
war has caused, sober men alone stano
up under the strain. Drink has been
der ounced by the chancellor 40 great.
or enemy to Great Britain than either
Germany or Austria. So now In Eng
land the king and the people are oas-
Guessing and planning temperance
The war has shown the nations OF
the old world that temperate men are
the ones upon whom the dependence
o fthe nation must be placed; that the
Incorporate man cannot meet the re-
auirements imposed by such Crisis
as now faces the nations OF Europe.
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TICKET ISSUED IS
FIVE FEET IN LENGTH

TX Z H. 4 i 7 Ii
Fort Dodge, April "A ticket nifty
eight inches long, the longest ever is-
sued at the union station here, was
completed Monday by City Passenger
and Ticket Agent F. A. Dodds. The
ticket Is for Storm Lake man and his
wife who, after travelling through
Europe, decided 1t was time to see
America First" The transportation
is suficient for 1882 miles and the
route selected will take the travellers
through every city west Of the Mis-
souri, river Of any importance. The
trip will be taken on sixteen different
railroads, fourteen Of which are rich
est In scenic beauty in the United
States. The cost Of this long trip was
a little over / cent mile. amount
ing to $72.40 each.
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Our conception Of cleanliness has
greatly changed with our advance in
knowledge Of the kinds of dirt, the
degrees Of dirtiness and the nature
of these dangers. W. can no longer be
satisfied with visible or esthetic clean
liness, but must insist upon biological
cleanliness. For example, q tetanus
spore will produce lockjaw. This
spore is 10 tiny that It cannot be seen
with the naked eye. One such spore
upon the shining blade Of the sur
geon's knife makes that instrument
filthy, whereas many such spore on the
skin Of chicken may be harmless
when eaten. We cannot see the in
lection upon the common drinking
cup, or upon the roller towel, or upon
the point Of . pencil that has. just
been moistened with saliva, nor can
We see the infection In water, milk
or food although we we'll know the
danger Of such invisible dirt that
these objects may harbor.
1t takes bacteriologist to tell the
difference between clean dirt and dirty
dirt. We lack sixth sense, q micros-
copic eye to see the harmless germs.
The mistake should not be made that,
simply because dirt does not breed
disease, it may be neglected; because
the filthy garbage can does not emit
diphtheria, 1t may be tolerated, and
because foul odors from decomposing
organic matter do not carry with them
the effluvia Of any known disease, they
may be permitted! No mistake could
be greater cleanliness is still next to
godliness and 1t is still just as import
ant 40 ever from the standpoint Of
personal hygiene. Cleanliness Of mind
and body, cleanliness Of home and
surroundings, cleanliness Of city and
country. cellar and garnet. wharf and
shop, markets and roads, cleanliness
OF the air. we breathe, the water We
(Copyri1ht 1915 by The N
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- ~ b 4 r . - e &.
That night. when they had both re-
tired for the night, q distinct, suspi.
cious rafting OF furniture was heard
Jim, Jim!" exclaimed WHEY breath.
lessly. Get up at once! I'm sure
there are burglars In the housed"
Get up YOURSELF! came the NUT
tered reply from beneath the blanket
you didn't marry policeman"
The suffrage parade was rounding
the plaza. A jeering youth with hia
velvet hat far back on his head and
a pair of large yellow shoes, made
facetious remarks as the marchers
|trailed by.
pack to the cook stove!" he cried
An elderly man looked around at
rs your mother in the parade?' he
asked.
"My mother" gasped the youth,
well, should say not! My mother
amt got no time for such foolin,' she
goes out washin'."
These people may have culture,
said Representative Stanley Heflinger
in war discussion at the Cleveland
Republican club. Their culture,
though reminds me Of the ham sand.
witch.
"A messenger boy in . quick lunch
joint said, reproachfully. to the girl
behind the counter:
81 don't see no ham in this here
sandwich lady
"'oh. you amt come to it yet said
the girl.
"rhe boy munched solemnly on
Then he said:
"'Still no ham, lady
oh said the girl, you've bit over
it now. I"
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Wan FORCES TEMPERANCE.

OFT Of practically every war some
~oo1 has come. Who can say at this
tims that q world wide recognition OF
the,necessity for temperance In the use
nf alcoholic beverages, may not be one
\ a. lie fruits OF the present awful strug-
sle that il raging In Europe. Already
two OF the great nations involved IN
the war have adopted stringent meth
DDS for enforcing temperance ana so
briefly among the people and third
"a N the verge Of doing likewise. A
fourth is cutting down the drinking
I az 1ouor a much a. possible and 9TH
era are coming to see that alcoholic
Dirk and ehiclency are strangers.
The vodka soaked government OF
Russia found shortly after the war
started that 1t would have to forego
the millions in profits it took In from
the sale OF vodka, II 1t wanted efacient,
healthy, sober men in the ranks OF Its
great armies. And q decree Of divorce
from vodka was signed by the car and
Russia IL today . hundred times more
temperate and its people many times
more efiicient - result.
France, early In the struggle when
the Germans were forcing their way to-
ward Paris and when the French
annies seemed unable to stem the tide
! recognized the fact that absinthe does
not help to make good soldiers. In
fsct France found that because Of alb
stlthe, many men upon whom the gov
eminent had depended for help in crit
ical emergencies, were totally unequal
ID the tasks they we're expected to &C
cpinplish. So France divorced itself
from absinthe and It's leading men ex-
ness the hope that the whole nation
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eElkNAP.

Funeral services for ]. T. Mum
were held here Monday at l p
M, at the Methodist church, conducted
by Rev. w. n. Slack Of Drakeville. Mr.
Mum passed away Friday morning al
8 o'clock at the home Of his daughter
Mrs. v. D. Bell OF Helena, Okla, and
the remains were shipped here to his
old homo. Interment was made In the
Drakesville cemetery by the side OF
his wife who preceded him In death
about two years ago. Mr.. and Mrs
Mum we're highly respected for their
large crowd was present to pay its
last homage Of respect to the depart
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McCreery OF Of
tumwa spent Sunday at the g. H
Hughes homo.
The Methodist Sunday school Is pre-
pairing to give an Easter program.
Mr.. and Mrs. h. M. Garrett OF
Agency were guests last week ct the
John r. Hart home.
u Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Van De Grih
Of Los Angeles, Cal. wore called back
here by the death Of Mr.. Van de
Trips father at Selma. Mrs. Van de
Griff came in yesterday for visit
with her mother, Mrs. John r. Hart.
Sherman England left this morning
for Moberly, Mo-. whore he has en-.
ployment.
Intelligence Of the very sudden
death OF Peter Likens Of Kirkvi1le
was received here Sunday. Mr.. Likens
dropped dead while at the supper table
Saturday evening. He was . cousin
by marriage Of T. d. Mum Of this
place.
Miss Haynes Of this place and Mr..
Archer Of Bloomfield were united In
marriage Sunday at Bloomfield.
Mrs. ]. A. Prather spent Q few
days last week at Floris with friends.
J. b. Painter WAS called to Illinois
Sunday by the death OF his uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Carson and SON
Marian are very III.
Mrs. Elsie Haley of Bentonsville,
Ark, is the guest Of her sister. Mrs.
J. B. Painter.
Miss Xeia Swinney left this evening
for few days visit with. her sister
Mrs. Chas. Harvard OF Floris.
Mr., and Mrs. w. A. Wishard, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Wishard and Mr.. and
Mr.. J. b. Mccormick were entertain
cd at dinner Sunday at the 7. =. Put
nam home.
J. A. Prather was on the sick list
Saturday and Sunday.
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HIGHLAND

Walter Hadley and family haye
moved into town from the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder have moved
here from Pleasant Plain.
Some of the farmers are gettinK
ready to SOW oats.
Miss Freda Cowgirl ID teaching the
spring term OF school at the Boston
school house.
Mrs. Logan Brown visited near Clay
last week with her daughter, Mrs. W.
A. Ward, and family.
Mrs. w. d. Meeker OF Ottumwa,
who visited her sister, Mrs. Milton
Bales. has returned home.
Mrs. Lydia Hinshaw IL entertaining
q sister from Pleasant Plain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Stalker have
returned from visit In Gyinnell with
their daughter Mrs. Green Lemley,
Word has been received by Joseph
Dazzle that he has been chosen as one
OF the Judges at the Chicago poultry
exhibit next winter.
Eugene Parks OF Brighton was =
business caller in town one day last
week.
A collection Of $26 was raised In
town last week and sent to the Or
phans' home in Council Bluffs.
The Women's club was delightfully."-
entertained 4 Mt the country home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chacey.
j. G. Johnston OF New Sharon has
been visiting his mother and other
relatives.
v. w. White OF Fairfield, who visited
the VIM. Harkins family, has return
ed home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christie Beauchamp
Of Brighton were calling on friends IN
town Wednesday. n
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EASTER PROGRAM AT
BIRMINGHAM M. e.

Birmingham, April 3.-The Easter
program at the M. e. church Sunday
evening follows:
Voluntary-Carrie Winslow.
Anthem-"Lift Your Glad Voices"
Scripture reading.
Prayer-Rev Lambert.
Sone-"Sing Little Children"
Boys exercise-The Story OF Seven
Pupils.
Recitation-Easter Welcome, Wan
da Waltman.
Recitation-Easter Eggs, Carrie
Greggs.
Acrostic Easter Primary boys.
Recitation Am Glad Its Easter
Day, Maxine Burch.
Exercise Giving Gifts, I'VE girls.
SonR-There's an Angel at the Door.
Recitation The Easter Message,
Edith McMullen.
Recttation-T The Bells Easter Praise,
Aletlia Johnston.
solo-All Through the World, Tob-
itha Shott-
Recitation The Empty Tomb, Beu-
lah Hadgel.
Male auartet-He is Risen.
Recitation Spekle Gets Fooled
Vida Harness. -
Recitation-How Much More, Viz.
ginia Funk.
Enercise Easter Eggs, six boys.
Observation-Disclosures Byers.
Recitation How Easter Is Reckon
ed, Lynn Phelps. ,,,
Exercise-The Crous Bed, Willing
Workers. -.
Bees. 49,
Anderson.
Recitation Blue Birds Easter.
sonR-Edith Kirtpatric.
Recitation-The Gay Little Brook,
Nellie Shot. ,,
exercise Good Night, four little
girls.
Collection.
hem-Nature's Easter.
Benediction.
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drink, the food we eat, the habits We
cultivate, are the substantial founda-
ton blocks for an enduring structure
of preventive medicine. The dearly
bought experience Of the ages has
taught mankind the lesson that clean.
illness makes for health while the re-.
verse encourages disease.
It would be impossible for the pres.
emit day sanitarian to improve upon
the oft-quoted sentence. Cleanliness
Of the person Is the threshold to
cleanliness OF the soul and hence the
door to Righteousness" We need on.
ly to refer to the Levitical laws to
become impressed with the fact that
the practical value Of cleanliness is
not new thought. Thus We read In
Deuteronomy, "Thou shalt have a
place also without the camp whittier
thou shalt 90 forth abroad, and thou
shalt have q paddle upon thy weap.
on and 1t shall be whom, thou shalt
ease thyself abroad thou shalt dig
Herewith, and shalt turn back and
cover that which cometh from thee. "
This is an instinct of many animals
and may be seen daily in the habits
Of the domestic cat. Even Wild AMI
mails take the greater pains not to foul
their nests. Yet how different It Is
with man in the civilized state. II the
above primitive Injunction concerning
camp sanitation had been followed by
our troops in the spanish-American
war, it would have saved thousands OF
cases of sickness and deaths from ty.
phoid fever. 1t took man long time
to awaken to the fact that the mex
pressibly nasty habit Of drinking vat
er polluted with sewage was not nice
but dangerous.
Cleanliness is the heart and soul OF
sanitation.
M. J. RosENAU.
ltional Editorial Service)
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SILVER LITTLE USED.

Tess than one-eighth Of the standard
silver dollars in the United STATES
/ ware ~ actual circulation during the
Mast Ascal year. according to Jonn
lRnrke treasurer OF the United State1,
In his annual report just issued. a.
the close OF the fiscal year. 1917 sne
stoct az silver dollars was 1850 :
11a ~ which $70,3O0.4sb were IN GIT
cristion and S4sb, 532.993 were ne!d IN
inc treasury. with 3490,650,OOO OF Oh.
,,ar certificates outstanding asslnst
tham The amount of silver dollars n
!. e;rc,,i.tion decreased $1.826.70S our
Ting the year. ~. o4har
h.nd crow steadily In outstanding "
taI. T;ver since 1908 the average an.
rm.i ,rcrease In them has been apout
az 700 900 Tho total in circulation ~
the end Of the last year W ss..,on sl
s65.e9s, while $22,04o,sss aoaaauna'
were held as assets In the .ressu.s Wv.
The report on minor COINS - , 80
nrisinx to the ordinary eitizen. usv ,t
I 10 meeting only with the proh11 ~ Se ~
and the nickle five-cent pieces. ln..e
wac outstanding, last July, more .ns.
$4,000. 900 In copper Genus spp.a
half-cents. copper nlckel ce ac.rt
recent pieces and nickel tnree-cen =,
n,eces None OF these five classes no, =.
cn,ns "a now being produced. lne
STOCK Of them decreased 3SS4.s7 our.ns
t +he year. The stock Of bronze on one
cent pieces increased from ~ 100 o. o. q,
~ 10 s22.so1, 4s112, and the stock &c Of
ri.rs, nve-cent pieces grew IRON $o7'
475lss.so to sS5,s23.o3s.4b.
| az tho old copper half-cent pieces zee
+bere remained in circulation 1920.
- The copper nickel cents amoun nt
- 81 .2o3,2s9.66. Bronze tWo.cen,
niece. totalled 3671, 413.02 ana nicAel
thT e pieces 1857, 1885.
treasurer, Burke tells 9 rev tnlns ss
a,a,' concerning the making OF paper 9.
c,,rrancy. For instance, the cost 81
MAKING issuing and redeemins 'n ne
averaae piece Of paper currency, - I.
5the form Of a note, is 1,526 cents: La eaa
u ne there were issued 2SS. 7So saS
nsece. Of paper currency, while 49,,
co. All pieces were redeemed. On = =
totaI outstanding paper currency =.
e. o2o e44.SS5 last year the total cos.
~ maintenance was 1851, 1000 "
.237 per cent.
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AsRANp NEW SERIAL.

The Courier has secured announcer
serial story. It 10 called Nothing Dut
the Truth and will rival In interest
the other good serials that have ap'
reared In The Courier. Just imagine
the difficulties you would get into II
YOU made q wager to tell nothing but
the truth In reply to all questions for
q period of three weeks. Wouldn't
some people hate you after you told
them what you thought Of them Well
the hero in the latest serial story to
appear in The Courier, tells Nothing
but the Truth" for three weeks and the
complications that result are thrilling
to saw the least. The opening chapter
OF the new story will be printed satur-
day. Don't miss 1t.
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known to his men. The battalion was
formed, and as the commanding oficer
gave the order, Advance In column, =
the band struck up the regimental
march, with the result that his horse
plunged and kicked furiously, and he
very nearly was unseated.
AS the leading company was near.
ing the saluting base the captain glanc.
ed around to see IL his men were
marching well, and was Mortified to
see the whole Of the front two ranks
punched UP in the middle and every
man watching the commanding officers
efforts to retain his seat.
Ease of. there!" he shouted an
grily.
mo ZEE ain't.' said a young recruit,
''but ZEE son will bel!
In skaneateles there lives an old
char known AZ Uncle William. Uncle
William is SO famed for his wisdom
that whenever anything extraordinary
happens the townstolk always ask: