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The Washington times., 1916-07-15
|HOzv One Girl Won Success
Starts at 81 Week and Pays for Schooling by Night
Work, Fitting Self for Auditors Place at $l7 Week.
BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

TO and from It each night; thereby get
ting plenty OF fresh air and having
t ire best e. tg Of exercise No matter how
Tor l knew walking means heaitn, ana
health is the first asset or a successful
business career.
Advances $40 in Five Years.
After graduating from a course In
auditing I again went forth for a new
position. I found that men were very
much prejudiced against employing a
girl auditor. l answered ads and ads, I'M
I'll one day I received an answer. call
ed at the proffered vacancy. The pro-
prietor was very much averse to hiring
any one so young. I was only eighteen.
but assured him that youth was an
asset and not liability. He said
Call tomorrow. ready for work. I like
your grit
Next morning. bright and early. I
started In my new position. as purchase
auditor. at a salary OF Sl2 per week
Today, ! am nineteen years OF age and
acting as both purchase and sales audi
tor to the same concern at a salary Of
III per week.
"in three years I have advanced my
self $40, which is due to diligence and
II a girl has no self-con-
fidence how can she expect others to
believe in her ability. I stu attend bust
ness schoob ana am studying TO be an
accountant ! shan't stop studying until
titled public accountanO after my name
"oTday anyone who wishes to reach
the top rung Of the ladder of success
I should advise; Do not give up when
met with disappointment; but persevere
success always comes to those who
really and truly want and work for
It,"
This girls stick-to-itiveness IL one ex-
ample, There are hundreds like her
about whom we don't read. The great
trouble with the average girl Of this age
Is that she takes a job Just to tide over
not prepare herself. as this one did, for
the next step in her progress. While in
the harness look to the road ahead.
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GIRL or nineteen writes me OF the
struggle she mad in securii g a

GIRL or nineteen writes me Oh ' 'e
n s.ruggle she mad in securii e a
~ position at the age OF sixteen
The success she has achieved a.
the end OF .hree years must certainly
be a source OF inspiration to any girl
who seeks Huccess. flow this young
woman had to overcome the object on
OF employers as to inexperience ana h,w
she educated herself at the time she was
working is best told In her own WORKS
AT the age or sixteen. with a nlgn
school education. l started forth 10
search for n position as booKkeeper.
but. to my CONSERVATION. 1 found that
employers wanted experience and hau
no confidence In youth. ! searched ana
searched. but met with no success. AFTER
weeks OF vain enueavor. Ill neaith over
came me and l was compelled to re-
main at home for mon'hs.
Starts at 81 a Week.
After recovery, again started In
weary search, but met with the sa!ne-
even worse-luck Employers wanted to
know what / had done with the time
between my graduation ana the pres
ent. could not tell them OF my III
health. as that surely would DETECT
from my assets. At last l secured a
position with a firm MS stenograrh her
bookkeeper, at the minimum salary or
" per week.
w lille working. acted as cashier
In the evenings In a re,ail store ana re-
ceived "a a week for this service. This
extra money L put aside, and when / ac-
cumulated enough a took up n course
In auditing. at business school-a'l the
time still working at my first position
10 do this. It was necessary Tor me TO
almost all my pleasures. /
nave found that In or'lsr to accomplish
essary. The only day 1 gave TO rest
and pleasure was sunday. On tha- DAY
forgot business entire.y
The evening school was within a walk
Ing distance Of my nome, ana waisea
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Salmon Kidredge.

Salmon Kidredge.
! large can of salmon.
large bowl Of boiled warm rico.
) hard boiled eggs.
! saltspoon Of curry powder.
1 large cup OF milk.
Cracker crumbs.
This Is n very palatable luncheon dish.
ed salmon equal In amount to a pound
canful, one large bowl OF boiled warm
rice, three hard boiled eggs cut up Mix
these together carefully. A saltspoon-
ful or curry powder may be used IL de-
sired. dash Of red paper. salt to
taste. Put this in a baking dish and
pour a large cupful of milk over. IL
must be moist when baked. Sprinkle
cracker crumbs and Jumps of butter
over top, Bake in oven about thirty
minutes. This is very fine.
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Stuffed Potatoes With Cheese.
8 medium-sized potatoes.
small cup OF grated cheese.

SAT- ana pepper.
Bake until soft five or six medium
sized potatoes. and with a sharp knife
ing the cooked potato into a bowl
Mash until free from Jumps. then add
one small cupful grated cheese and salt
ana pepper to taste. Beat with a fork
until light and creamy and heap into
the potato skins, busting the top with
grated cheese. and return to the oven
until crisp and brown on top
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It's Delicious.

Now's the time for fresh raspberry ice
cream Press n pint of clean berries
through a sieve into n bowl. Prepare a
quart OF vanilla ice cream. and when
yor pour II into the freezer add the ber-
r!es with /: tablespoonfuls OF Swiss
kirsch which you can get at any groc-
cry store. Freeze like any ice cream.
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A Bunpalode.

Poor city prisoner, covered from the sky
And sealed from all the meadows morn
ing hum.
Now envy me who from the country
come:
The sun is a commuter-therefore II
Horace doiieyL
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FAMOUS
ANECDOTES

-HE Countess OF Blessington. who
spent her fortune on the REVOLT
q ton which was ultimately to put
Napoleon III. on tn" throne of France,
suffered, like all others who had be-
friended him IN his exile. the reward Of
fiippant ingratitude.
Meeting her one day on the Champs
Elysees shortly after his coronation. he
gave her n scarcely perceptible recogni-
ton, asking with cold condensation:
How do you do-er-er-Lady Blessing
ton? How long do you remain In Paris?
ooh. about three weeks" was the re-
ply. "And your
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Sewing Comfort.

When you sew on white goods. It Is an
excellent plan to keep a small saucer or
flour at hand. Dip the finger tips In this
now and then. The hands Will not per-
spirc and you will be able to handle the
goods much more comfortably.
The Washington times., 1916-07-15

Charles James Fox, asked II he had
sent Garrick a tragedy he had written.
replied: 81 had. indeed the folly to
write 1t, but the wit to keep 1t to my
calf
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Lucius Emilius Paulius. Roman Con-
sui being about to divorce his wife,
suffered the remonstrances and re-
proaches Of his followers, who asked:
IT'S she not chaGte? Is she not beauti-
ful?
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On account of the increasing number
of suicides. n member of the British
Parliament asked for leave to bring in
q bill to make II a capital offense.
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RECIPES
New Green Corn Critters.

New Green Corn Eritters.
3 cups OF corn.
eggs.
tablespoons Of milk.
o. tablespoon of butter melted.
Salt to taste.
Mix and fry In hot lard or butter
Always run sharp knife down
through each row Of corn on the cob.
This cuts the kernels in half: and then
scrape off of cob
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For answer Lucius took of his shoe.
saying. See this shoe? 1t Is well
formed Is 1t not? 1t Is handsome. Is II
not? NY friends. no one knows where
that shoe pinches save he who wears
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Boilleau. the Fren Nh poet and satlr-
list, giving a reason for his inflexible
punctuality. said II have always OBJ
served that mans faults are brought
forward whenever he is waited for"
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Bad Temper
Often Due to
Discomfort
Many a Boy Called,a Ter
ror' by, the Neighbors
May be Made Into a Little
Lord Fauntleroy by Prop
.er Heterogeneous of His
Daily Schedule of Eating
and Sleeping.
By LAURA CLAWSON.

AT DREAD having Anna, much as
I love her. come to spend the
week end" confessed my sis
The Washington times., 1916-07-15

When the town of Grifenburg was
burned to the ground. Frederick the
Great rebuilt the whole place out of his
private purse.
In deep gratitude the inhabitants sent
a deputation to the King to thank him
for this benevolent proof OF his favcr
The reply was worthy OF the man:
you have no reason to thank me-" he
said. 1T Is NV duty TO assist my sub
Jects In distress. For no other purpose
am King"
A tiny son of one of the crew OF the
British cruiser Pea cock. during the ac-
ton with the United States vessel Hor-
net. amused himself by chasing n goat
between decks. Unaffected by the de-
struct!on and death all around him. he
persisted I'LL cannon ball came and
took of both the hind legs of the goat,
when. seeing her disab led. he jumped
astride. saying. Now. I've caught you."
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The sun., 1916-02-13
TALES OF A JEALOUS WIFE
What Myrtle Really Objected TO
By THOMAS L. MASON.

Just n ra, of sunShin" thai ii,,, c1cas;u.ialiy
into the darkest live.
M>rtlc--his own Myrtle va, now resting IN
hi, arms, after he had rather nca,i, and skill
fully rescued from his wasicoat pocket four
pure HaNanaS.
50 Myrtle Pcascly went to the reception her
anxious heart quicted by her husbands de
ightful snccrity--but more 80 by the Grabbed
handwriting OF Nanny.
She got To the reception at 1880 O'Clock. and,
her vigilance relaxed. abandoned herself for
tn" next few minutes 10 the social instinct,
plungins into a regular orgy Of gossip pink ten
and trap music. suddenly, however. q ser
lcnt, in the gui>" Of beaded and bespanged
young woman Of rs, gded up to her aud said:
"Oh. Mrs PcaScly, never mind my name. but
| have wanted to meet YOU and congratulate
You on Your dear sweet, handsome husband.
And he plays such tennis ! did enjoy him so
last Thursday afternoon al the indoor court.
It."
Mrs Peasrly waited to hear no move She
had now been off the trail for several hours.
The flower. the whistcle>S postinan, the letter,
all faded. She flew To the door.
Meanwhile Pcascly, arriving home at the an
pointed time. cnsconsccd himself in his favorite
armchair. lighted one Of the Hayanas he had
saved from the oSculatory con1ac acraton Of that
morning and with "A siphon and mysterious
bottle at his elbow waited for dear old Nanny.
Al 43O the bell rang pcaScly wishing
to greet the old dame herself sprang down
stairs aud opened the door. A handsome young
woman of about thirty-hvc (Which was just
the age he prctcrIpd) stood before him. pcase1y
muttcred tn himself "a peach" But that is
only a SubronsciouS habit with some men. They
don't always mean anything by il.
'Mr. rcasey:"
YES"
IL am Miss Mc';rc.or. Ny mother was to
have visited YOU this afternoon, hut she was
suddenly taken with bad attack Of the grip
A"u know NAV i over siNty-and she could not
.ot up. She did not want to disappont you,
She sent mo here to explain
Pcascly, who was feeling in excellent trim,
held out hoth hands.
$50 You the daughter Of my dear old
nurse" he exclaimed. 9TH" little yirl I used
to know My! My! Come right in
lie dragged her into the house In his usual
hearty manner.
'W"mI"rfu. Sorry about Your mother, Have
- chair. Have sofa. llav" cigar. Have II
hlghha' TAX" some ic" cream, Ny, hut YOU
ar" "h~rn"r Kitty, that's lour name. I rc-
member. Ny >tars. Kitty It. good to see
.ou'"
"i> YOU. wifo home" .Uo said ,tiifN
wife. W her" nave ! heard tnat nam" he
fore: No, Kitty. >hc isn't. never think II
my wife when She isn't home. Sh" might Just
a> We'll bc AN INV hi>trd whistle. And tn think
YOU ar" ia" daughter of my old college chum---
tax" couple uf "hair~--"Ncu~.' me. ! mean
my dear old Mamie Rocked me I" sleep When
! was a kid. II it hadn't been for her. Kitty,
hre,c m"--wc might mot l." together now. -
Ica~"Iy. "isiug toward her, h,.au rcln"vin.
hi remaining cigars t" u pa"" of safety. while
The sun., 1916-02-13

Lawmaker Tillman spoke piece
Applauding Mr.. Daniels.
But what is more important, THEY
Are wearing water spaniels.
The trouble with this human world
Is lack of solemn thinking.
French hens, we hear,
Are very dear;
And Villa has been drinking.
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Fothergil Finch and go into the silences.

every girl has the right I" select liir father of
her children. and told her "Mnmml, wW
marry the Supcrman If ! feel like it! 80 there!
| viii. will!"
You s.c, poor dear Mamma has heard my
little group discuss many phases of modern
thought that she is apt to get one thing con-
fused with another
She gets the SuImrman all mixed up with III"
Cave Man. YOU know.
And really they aren't the same AT all
or course, n person might marry CAV"
Man. If he picked one up in his strong. vrile
arms and bore one screaming Ia his lair--hut,
well, there's II difference, II YOU get what |
mean.
oh, to he understood! To he understood,
think the most Precious Gift in the world
Is sympathy, don't YOU?
Nearly every night before 90 to he'd | ask
myself, "iIavc been sympathetic to-day: Or
have fdiicd:'
Sympathy Sympathy. I>n' sympathy Won
drrfu! Just simply wonderful.
| am very sympathetic, II you get What
mean. Psychic p"opl" usually are, you know,
and am wonderfully Psychic,
Am 81 Pslchi" that every now aud then
can tell what n person is going /" >aN h"for"
hr or she says ii,
only the other evening F"lhcrg Finch
Fothcrgl is n New Poet, you know, and one uf
my little group uf serious thinkers was talking
To me of Psychic Allniics. nnd right in IN"
midst If the conversation ! positively startled
him by telling him what he was going I" say
"Hcrmionr, he began, has any one ever
told IOu---"
And then he paused.
And then finished the sentence aud startled
"rold m" ,ha, am an intense sort of per
SOM" said
You could have knocked him over with n
feather. II was positively ecre! uncanny, II
you get what mean.
The sun., 1916-02-13

Eu.rui>i shall ever cross her threshold! Fancy!
Sll" is always seeing Eugenics In places where
they aren't intended, you know.
only the other evening, at my home. the
lOyclicst man was giving us talk about Hedon-
ism-lecturing to my own little group OF ser
ious thinkers. YOU know--Rnd Mamma actually
made Il scene.
"Hermionr," she said to me, just before the
talk began what is 1t that this man calls him
"A Hedonist," ! said, "a Modern Hedonist,
Mamma"
"A Helonist!" she said. Indeed! And what
sort Of Modern Sex talk is HedOnism:'
And before she would allow the lecture to
proceed we had to explain to her that Hedonism
isis. well. you know. we had to explain 10
her that 1t has nothing to do with Sex Hygiene
at all.
Though. | must say the more subjects |
take M the more | how some of the Al.
vanced Movements may shock the older genera
tiOn.
One can 90 too far. don't you think: III
never get over the surprise got when we took
mp Biology little group, YOU know--and |
discovered that flowers had sex!
lust think of IT, And had been accepting
them from young men for years, and allowing
them lo remain in my room, over nigh', quit"
innOccnlly, and without the slightest thought
as TO whether they were male flowers or female
flowers
Not that I'm AT all PrudiSh. Don't you just
hate I'rlldeS:
How any one eau bc n Modern Thinker aud
stil he pru,lish is more than l can understand.
As the rucc Evolves there are fewer and
fewer Pru'ics don't You think;
Isn't Evolution Just simply wonderful:
dote on II myself!
The more ! study Evolution the less l soc
how the Human Race could have got along
without 1t.
1t is the duty Of US Leaders In Thought to
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He settled down to wait.

Kitty, her pretty face flushing WAS backing
away. when the door flew open and Mrs Peasely.
who had exceeded the speed limit on her way
home and was closely foowei by a motor cycle
cop. ca1uput"d into the room.
so this is Ndnnp'" She screamed
"\o--it'S Kitty" said PcaScly. always ca m
in crisis, partly hecal>" he had had much
practice. Nanny couldn't come Kitty came
In her pla"r.'
Mrs PraScly waited tu hear no more liter
ing n d"spairing cry, alId with tn" supcrhumnn
cunning of loves deel">t agony. she suddenly
reached down and grabbing III" gun out Of III"
motor cops rear pocket, pointed II at herself
"LoN" on, wicked ones" III" cried II die
that you may hereafter reap Your reward" Say
ing which she fired and fell
Pra>"ly sprang forward, too late. The motor
cop grabbed him.
"Inn't worry" he whispered "It'> an right
! found ! WAS Milling - many >pcHi"r~ last
on lu hHni cartridges. She may think shes
Pca>rly lrauwl down nui rlas ped tn" form "r
his alleged d,ing wife in his arms, again shift
in. III" cigars.
"Mlr", darling" hc whispered, "Smak T."
mo, II WAS Nanny had III" rrp not the post
mans whistle. Kitty is her daughter And d.
vorc"d from a taxicah driver, ! can tell by rne
look on her face she has l"cu paving double
fare, Speak 10 me: say You forgive me for all
tho wrongs haven't don" A",l.'
Myrtle straichtcned M.
"rhnt may hc true" sh" answered douhtfully,
a, she began to glare AZ him in the olL familiar
way. "l.r that pass; but how in the world did
YOU ddrc play tennis last Thursday afternoon
with woman had never met beforei"
The sun., 1916-02-13
THE THOUGHTS AND
ACTIVITIES OF F1ERMlONE
A Very Modern Young Woman
BY DON MARQUIS.

give Evolution u Slammed d" ">"lN" NJ Ia. don't
!uu think:
For III. sake Of til" Masses. YOU know. ON,
the sacrifices we make for the Masses. And
the way they fail to appreciate IT,
Four cooks have given warning ami lcft IN
the last year because have tried (" elevate and
uplift them. The ungratefu creatures!
You know when We discuss various phases
Of Modern Thought my own little group "t
serious thinkers you know-in the draw Ing
room the question frequently arises, But how
will this Movement affect th" Lower Glasses!
How will the Masses take this course
And whenever ~uch 2 question comes M
always s"nd for the cook, or Que of the maids
and put II up to her.
Not long ago the question came NJ as Ia
whether when the Siprrnan arrives h" will
he received 10y the Best People
'Of course he WILL" | said zone buds So
cialstS and Anarchists and people like that
asked out 10 dinner now alay> quite generally,
aud II viii he the same way with the Supcrman
when he arrives"
Mamma in tn" room ami she said. very
decidedly. NO Supprman shall ever cross this
threshold! No Sulerman shall ever darkcn my
floors 80
And then She went ON tn say that she WOULD
rather me in my grave than married to Il
SupermAu
1t made me quite angry. for | hold that
The sun., 1916-02-13
JUST A LITTLE CONVERSATION

(H6iW,CU TrO IHi
+ ~. Beginning met the End aud talked
Things over.
Well" said the Beginning after they
'''' 'hr"~ird ont n number Of important ques-
'''- II >npi"'s" YOU r"nlzr that am rcspou-
a." f." .,.!:'
@sil. dop't know said the End.
wouldn't it he better for you to wait until You
i'nrn how ! am going to turn out before you
".in t" bragg"
Any one would think, said the Beginning.
'"a' Nou were not II settled fact. You must
" >rt'lt'i fact because ] created you when ]
"-hu, Otherwise you would not he here"
on, don't know shout that" said the End.
~ hear you talk one would suppose that you
The sun., 1916-02-13

DOrfnHt ChdrdGCrs.)
were n settled fact | would he willing 10 make
n fair wager that you don't know who you
were"
"IIont know who | am? How absurd!
am the Bogintng."
'WhO named you; Did YOU name !ourSelf?'
~ didn't have to nmme myself ] simply
was, just the same as you atr.'
But ] am not. You think ! am. hut am
going to hc"
"HO! HO! That's tho way you talk, Is II:
! suppose pretty soon YOU Will begin tn qucs-
tion as to whether I have been"
~ am leading up To that. Let mo give YOU
n piece Of advice. Don't talk about something
Of which you know nothing 0ood'by; ] may
see you later"
The sun., 1916-02-13

T We had ~ friyb,fully hurried week; just
simply ri0httniID 50. The city l'rauii-
i ful Movement. and the Eugenic Society.
aud the Friendly Visitors to the Poor. aud
the Rahindranuth TagOrc club aud the Psychic
circle. and-wrll. between them all I've scarcely
had time to breathe.
II IL were not for the thought that I'm Doing
Good to the World don't know how I'D keep
going
But the Consciousness of Sacrifice i. self
sustaining. don't you think!
We took NJ Nrtzs,he last evening my own
little group of serious thinkers, you known
quite thorough way.
Isn't it dreadful about him having started
this var:
lie did. You know. with his ideas about
ahout--wc,--cr. with his IDEAS YOU know, If
you get what ! mean.
Isn't the power of Ideas inar>clluu>I Just
simply WONDERFUL Dout you just loy" Ideas; l
do!
or course. to the Unframed Mind, advanced
Ideas are bound 10 be-wcll, ddHyCro0s II YOU
:ct what | msau
Take Eugcnics. for instance. The right sort
of mind win get only good out II them. Eut
for the Unframed Mind. what could be more
dangerous:
Poor dear Mamma Mamma i rcyy unilu
Nancrd. YOU knuw-iS 80 preudicrd against Eu-
c"ncs and all that sort of thing, that she says II"
The sun., 1916-02-13

ElRTIE PEASELl had slept wei! the
II night imforc and cam. down To tn"
: v / breakfast table looking very ht Her
husband noticed IL instantly aud was
about to pat her on the cheek in his usual rhi,-
alric munncr when her face dar,encd aud she
said:
ton hole"
'Iia Tlut's II secret" hc replied gnyly ~"
could not possibly have said anything worse
lhan this. of course But in his blind. wholly
ingenious way he was only kidding her.
method which he adopted with such universal
success with other ladies--and yet harm
cssly
"A secret she repeated. "What do You
mean: Explain yourself Who gave you that
flower: You did not have II on when You
came in last night. After You had gone ~ bed
The sun., 1916-02-13

The Belgians plan Ku Klux Klan.
With secret jurisdictions.
Sir Hedley said that subway seats
We're but a pleasant fiction.
lvette Guilbert is in despair
Because our spats are white ones;
Such thoughts as these
Are sure to please;
We ,riu not print the trite ones!
A worthy movement is on foot
To uplift working horses.
lis said that one should never dine
On more than seven courses.
An old Madonna came to rest
In turbulent Manhattan.
Haig holds the foe
In statu quo;
How well it sounds in Latin!
The suftragettes will soon lombard
Their congressman with verses.
The lower cost of golf balls is
\ pleasure to our purses.
The sun., 1916-02-13
BY DANA BURNET.

ve'' while Mrs tips waitress.
An heiress of romantic bent
Was married to her broker.
King George. they say,
Has learned to play
A splendid game of poker.
Some person stole Sir Woodrow's gloves.
Twas naught but petty plunder
Next month Will Bryan aims to steal
The Presidential thunder.
Ny Lady Wilson tipped maid.
Which broke the law completely.
The Thompson probe
Will shake the globe.
And Barnes is smiling sweetly.
The sun., 1916-02-13

TIME German fleet is leaking out
AS per the illustration:
We'd gladly cork it up again.
But we're a neutral nation.
The Writing men of Gotham town
Are diligently drilling.
Scotch plaid now decks
The gentler sex.
And aren't the bomb plots killing?
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-09-12
CHRISTOPHER BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT

Caldwell. Sept. "a O.
Christopher, deposed county as
SCISSOR of Canyon county, was
bound over to the district court
for trial today by Justice George
Stovel upon the charge of having
failed to turn over to the county
funds of the county, alleged to
have been paid to him as coun-
ty assessor, in a sum i'm excess of
100000. The preliminary hear
ing of Christopher upon this
charge was held the first of the
week i'm Justice Stovel's court
but the decision of the court was
not arrived at until this after
noon. Justice Stovel i'm his de-
cision arranged that the bond of
the defendant should be for the
sum of $1,000, which was fur
nished.