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! The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME VIII. HAIiKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 189(5. NU31BEK 25. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. ESTING ITEMS. Comaaenteand Criticism Haaafl tJpoa the Happening-a of tha Kay Hia torical and New. N otr-a. The war flurry ha settled down to the conviction that the Monroe doc trine Ih a sure thing. If Utah's claim that It Is th most de lightful State to live In in well founded It should change its name to Matri mony. The best evidence that New York realizes it in no longer a rivul of Chi cago la tliat Its ntwspapers are scolding St Ixmis for wanting Die IemoTUtlc convention. Greater Boston will have about 1,000 (100 Inhabitants, it Ih estimated. Hut tlie town will not contain any more wisdom than It do-s now. That surely would In- impossible. It will pay every American citizen to reflect carefully uion how much more wcurely the United States could "Muff" England If the Nicaragua Canal were own for business and we were In control of It Cripple Creek should be excelling careful In advertising lis gold inlneH. If England finds out there Ih gold there It will be almost certain to Bend I.arry Godkin with a regiment or two out there to take possession. Great Hrltiiln concluded that It would lie no fun to run up against Germany In South Africa. After thinking over the matter a while Great Britain may determine not to run up against the I'nlted Mates In Month Atnericu. Kaiser Wlllielm Is Ihuik1 to get worm ed in his buttle with the German prow. He has already hail several warnings tlnil the people of Ids empire are angry lit IiIh vigorous attempts to suppress the free expression of opinion. Tin! sen tence of Imprisonment Imposed umii Jlerr Ilofrlchter, an editor who excised the barbarous punishments lined In the House of Correction at Hrauwcllcr, has stirred (iernmiiy to the depths, and Wtlheliu may soon feel his crown Hhaky alswt his ear unless he sis-ellly Icarus prudence. Another of the old war correspond ents. Col. Thomas W. Knox, died at his rooms In the I-otus Club, New York, where for many years he has lived a pleaHaut bachelor's life. Col. Knox was one of the ls'st ami most accurate of the war corps of correspondents of the rebel war, and did admirable work for the New York press. After the war he turned his attention to literature, and became a great traveler. Scarcely a part of the world was left unvlslted by him, and the result was a series of most charming liooks of travel and nil venture for Ihpvh, the Income from which enabled him to live In ease and without the necessity of doing contin uous work. Personally in- was a genial, relined. " courteous gentleman with a heart as big as his massive body. He will Ik- sadly missed, especially by the thousands of young renders to whom his lxsiks have been a delight. Cecil Rhodes, the Premier and big gest man of Cac Colony, has resigned, and his resignation has been accepted by Kir Hercules Kohiuson, the Gover nor npisilnted by the Queen. The Hon. Mr J. Gordon Sprlgg. the Cedotilal Treasurer, succeeds him by the Queen's appointment. Cecil Rhodes, the iIchs ed Premier, was a man of great execu tive ability and towering ambition. It is as yet uncertain whether he was cognizant of the purMsc of Jameson when he made his foolhardy Invasion of the Transvaal with only 7m poorly armed followers, without rations or sufficient ammunition, to meet L'.(ss) or .'l.OoO well-equipped ami well fed Hocrs. every one of whom Is an accomplished marksman. It has been staled that Jameson was only his tool and again that he knew nothing aliout the raid. However that may be the English Col onial Government seems to have made a scapelsmt of him so that It may climb down and get out of a bad scrape all the easier. The Governor of Virginia makes a sensible suggestion for the prevention of lynching. After advising laws for fining counties In which lynching oc cur, he suggests that the penalty for outrage on women be death In every case, and th.it an Indictment for the offense have precedence In court of all otherwise.. The usual Justlllcatlou for the lymliltig that has been going on In the South, with such barbarities nt burning nnd flaying, Is that It Is neces stiry to awe the negroes Into leaving the white women alone. This may or may not Im true, but It Is easy to accom plish the name result by legal means. If the people are united In approving such stitnmtiry punishment there could be no difficulty In (Kissing low to Re cure n short, sure and speedy puulsli incut for the criminal. If tlie ordinary court nre Insufficient It would be easy to M-t up a special tribunal whoso de cision should 1st beyond appeal ami whose verdict should lie carried out at onc In effect a court-iniirttat as a part of the (cnre establishment However objectionable such a tribunal may ap jsmr to the lawyers, It Is much to tw preferred to the lynching party that Is usurping the functions of courts, .nd would avoid most of the danger of gKtiug the wrong man. Americana have good reason to re joice with the aturdy followers of "Oom Paul" In the neatness and dispatch with which they flayed the Jameson free booters. They are, unless we are inuen mistaken, the first colonial people to wrest ludejeudeuce by arms from Great Britain since our own Revolu tionary war. The similarity between them and the heroes of our struggle for Independence Is strong. They are a tough, deeply religious, pastoral peo ple. They can fight and pray and keep their powder dry. Theyllve sim ply, read their Bible piously and shoot accurately. They know how to mind their own business and how to teach their ncigblsirs to remain at home. They love God. but they are not afraid of the devil. They go Into battle cry ing "The sword of the Ixird and of Gideon," and the hosts of the Mldlan Ites run like water before these leath ery soldier men. One result of their terrific defense of the republic has been the overthrow of Cecil JohD Khodes. The rocket-like career oCtblt man stunned the common sense and the conscience of the British people. Flown with riches and arrogance, there was nothing short of the conquest of Africa to the source of the Congo that seemed to satisfy bis ambition. He was worshiped In Ixmdon last week; this week he Is a fallen star, with the murder of thousands of defenseless na tives to answer for. Last week there were two great men In South Africa Cecil John Khodes and S. J. Paul Kru ger. To-day there Is but one. GREAT LAWYER'S INFIRMITY. He Generally Loat Ilia Temper and Also Hla Cane, The bite Chief Justice E. G. Ryan, ol Wisconsin, was, in many respects, the most notably able man the State ever reckoned among its citizens. He had great learning, particularly In law. Among veteran lawyers who knew Judge Kyan there are few. If any, who do not concede that he was better vers ed In law than any other man In hla profession In the State, but he was les( fortunate In his practice than many of the first -class lawyers. The late Matt II. Carienter used to win most of his cases when Judge Ilyau was the opposing attorney, but often la mented that he was not as good a lawyer as his unsuccessful opponent. Once Mr. Carpenter said: "Why, if I possessed K. ti. Ryan's legal ability to go with my good nature and skill In control ling my temper, I would not lie averse to meeting any lawyer In the world, no matter how Important the case." Yet Carpenter seldom lost a case when the opposing attorney was Ryan. "How is It, Matt, that you nearly al ways defeat Itynn, even when It Is plain that you have a poor case and he u good one?" asked one of the great Senator's friends. "Hy keeping my temper and helping Mr. Ryan to lose his," was Carpenter' prompt reply. That was so. Carpenter knew that his brother attorney was always well prepared when he went Into court well loaded, cocked and primed and he also knew that If Mr. Ryan did not lose his temper he would win his case, so he was careful to see that Mr. Ryan lost his temper, and tired off his perfect load so that It scattered and its effect was wasted. Age took the rough edges from Judge Ryan's temper, so that when he be came chief Justice he filled the high station in as able and dignified a manner as It ever hail lsen tilled. Chicago Times Herald. Polsoneil Her flroori. It has been claimed by observers ol birds, that some of the feathered trib. will feed their young If they are caged, and If they fall after a certain time t release them they will bring them poisoned weed to eat, that death may end their captivity. About a week agi at the llolsteln ranch, in Nevada, tin children captured the nest of three young orioles, ami they were Imme diately caged and hung In a tree. The mother was soon atsiut calling her young, and In a little while brought them Home worms. She continued feeding them regularly for several dayt without seeming to pay much attention to persons alsiut. lint on Sunday camt Hie tragic ending that demonstrated tin theory relative to birds. She brought tl em a sprig of green on Sunday morn lug and disappeared. In less than at hour they all died. The sprig was ex amlned ami proved to be the deadly larkspur, a weed that will kill full grown cattle. The little creatures la dead In the cage and slightly foamluc at the mouth, victims of their mother) stern resolve that her offspring should die by her own act rather than live li: captivity. Getting Krrn with Worcester. The story Is told of Oliver Wendell Holmes that when one of bis friend announced his Intention of delivering u lecture In Worcester Holmes cheerfullj responded: "I'm awfully glad to beai It. I always did bate those Woreestei isN'plc." jj ...THE POOR DUCHESS... IT waa really very hard on the poor Ducheaa, especially after all the toll and labor she bad ungrudging ly expended on her unattractive prog eny. Her lot had always been hard enough ever since she bad been a duch ess; even before her wedding cake bad grown stale she had been coping with difficulties, brutal difficulties which It required all her strength of mind to face, and now, when a good share of those difficulties were laid to rent with her huxlamd, the late Duke, In the fam ily vault at Ixinglands; now, when she had Just manage! to retrieve the shat tered ducal fortunes by bringing off the engagement of her ugly, dissipated son, the present Duke, to Claudlna Putnam, the richest American heiress of the sea son, now for this blow to fall upon her, It was really too bad. The only balm to her anguish was that It had fallen In Longlanda, In the wilds of Yorkshire, and that the whole thing might be hushed up and hustled Into oblivion without anyone being the wiser. Hue had gone to I.onglands to recruit after her superhuman expenditure of energy during the Imdon season; her only guest was Claudia Putnam, her son's fiancee, with whom she was busy plan ning alterations and renovations for the new regime. Hut the moment was robbed of all Its savor by the horrible catastrophe; thl what else could Hhe call it? thia driv eling idiocy of the least plain and most hopeful of her six ungainly daughters. She would have knpt the hateful story to herself If she could, blither heart waa too full for silence; besides, Claudia had her fair share of Yankee shrewdness she might suggest a brilliant solution of the problem so, as they sat over a cup of tea In her boudoir, the Duchess opened her new trouble to her future daugbter-ln-law. "I'm afraid, Claudia, dear," sihe be gan, "that we are going to have serrious trouble with Henrietta." ClaudLa was very fond of the DucJiess, so she tried to look symjMithetlc, though with Lady Henrietta, who waa wrapped up In par lull work, Who wore lmssslble clothes, and did her hair grotesquely, she had no symiwifhy whatever. "Dear me!" she replied. "I'm sorry to hear It; I hoje she's not sick." "Sick!" repeated the Duchess. "I wish she were, or anything half so sensible. The fact Is, Hhe hm been and got her self entangled In a most unbecoming love affair." Miss Putnam opened her blue eyes very wide, and set down her teacup with a Jerk. "My!" she exclaimed; "and who on earth has been making love to Henrietta?" The Due.heHs lowered her voice. "My dear," slie.'i1d, Impressively, "It Is Mr. Gibson, the curate. She vows she will marry him. Ixn't 1t awful?" "Rather awful for the curate," thought Claudia to herself. Aloud she said: "Have I ever met Mr. Gibson?" "Ortalnly not, my dear; we do not invite him here. He Is uit a gentle man." "Then where did Henrietta meet him?" "Oh, In the cottages and at the school. You see, she likes imrlsh work, and I encourage her; It sets such fl good ex ample, and we've always had a married curate before. However, when Mr. Gibson came I never thoughtof chaper oning her, because, you see, he Isn't a gentleman." "But, I suppose, Henrietta thinks he will make her a suitable husband?" "My dear," cried the Duchess, "she can't possibly think so. Why, li Im father keejw a saddler's shop! He hasn't been to the university, oh, It's altogether dreadful! And she's as obstinate as a mule alsiut It." She broke off as the door opened to admit young man In a shooting suit. He was a plain. Iimlgnllleant-looklng personage, with an air of extreme self approval. "I've Just biM'ti telling Claudia about this Nlupld affair of Henrietta." went, on the Duchess. "And wliat docs Claudia think alsiut It?" asked the plain young man, who waa Claudia's aiveptcd lover and who dcHltcd his long limbs on the sofa beside her nnd tried to bestow a furtive caress on the hand nearest to him. "I guess I'm jrretty well taken by sur prise," said Miss Putnam, drawing her Ixind out of her lover's reach. "So'm I," said the Duke, placidly. "I'm dashed If I can Imagine what he sees In Henrietta. She ain't pretty; t'other way alxnit, rather; she's got no money, and she's years older than he Is. I'm dnahed If I'd marry a woman like Henrietta, even if I waa a saddler's son. I'm dashed If I could even feel spoony on her." Miss Putnam looked at him. Hhe waa going to marry a man very like Henri etta, and she did not feel very spoony on him; slie had accepted him for sun dry reaaofi, love being by no means the first or foremost "He uiiifrt be til awfully susceptible chap," went on bis graoe, "to Ume bis heart to a girl like Henrietta. And he'a o obstinate, too, about It; seems aa If be really cared about her. I thought, perhaps, It waa mostly ambition her title, and that sort of tblEg, you know and I've offered blm all my Influence In the way of a leg-up to preferment, but be won't bear of It Funny thing, ain't It? Now, If it had been a girl Uae you, Claudia " "Duchess," cried Mlaa Putnam, sud denly Interrupting her lover, "I have an Inspiration. You Just send Henrietta away. She can go to Jertoho, or any where else, for a month or so, and whan be comes back the engagement will be broken off. I'll manage It you bet" She wouldn't answer any questions. She said she thought she understood the exact lie of the land. They might leave It all to her. Bo to her It waa left, and the next day Henrietta waa packed off to a married cousin In South Wales. The following day, at lady Henri etta's customary hour, Miss Putnam walked Into the Tillage achool-room. 8he wore a dainty blue cambric frock, whkrh fitted her aa no frock In all Hen rietta's lifetime had ever flttad her. The little boys and girla opened their eyea wide to look at her, so did the school mistress, who waa hearing the wioie sohool In It churcli catchlsm. "Good-morning," said Mlas Putnam," sweetly, "I'm staying at the Towers. I have come In Iady Henrietta's place tliia morning. She haa gone away for a few weeks, and she would like you all to know It" She lxked round the room aa the said it and finally fixed her eyes on the curate's frank, simple face. "I hope." he bewail, hesitatingly, "that liuly Henrietta la not 111. Thia absence Is so un unforeseen." "Guess not" wild Mlas Putnam. "She Isn't ill, rtlie never was better In her life; but die Duehfa thinks a change will do her a world of gooel." "Her grace Is very cruel," murmured the curate. "I beg your pardon?" said Claudia, blandly, "I was about to say," resumed the curate, turning to the expeetant eUill dren, "that as her ladyship U unable to come tills morning you will be de prived of the Interesting objeet le-saon she generally gives you. I'm sure you will all be very sorry." "Oh, they shan't miss their object les son," said Claudia, still more blandly. "I've promised Iady Henrietta to give it to thera for her." The curate had been in the habit of staying for Iidy Henrietta's object Ies sonr to keep order for her, he would have said, had the Dunnes questioned him. So he stayed to keep order for Claudia, which was quite superfluous, for If her manner of administering In struction was not of a nature to keep the attention of restless children, there were her fascinating gown and her pretty trinkets, not to apeak of the charm of her face, to hold her audience siellbound. And when the lesson was over he had got Into the way of walking with her ladyship along the school lane and through the park. He escorted Mlm Putnam to-day, because he wanted to ask how long his liege lady's banUh ment was to last . "I don't know," was Miss Putnam's rply; "I suppose she won't come back till the Duchess chooses." "The children will mlas her sadly," moaned the curate. "Guess we must make It tip to them," said Claudia graciously; "I've promised Henrietta to wtanel as much In the gap ns possible." He gave her a grateful look. "When shall I come and give another object lesHon," she went on; "to-morrow V" "Oh, no," said the curate; "to-morrow's geography day. Her ladyship always gives a geography lesson on Thursday." Ho Claudia put on another bewitching frock, varleel her trinkets, and did her bort with a geography lesson on Thurs day, which was mainly devoted to a flattering but Inaccurate description of the United Suite's. On Frklny she wres tled with sums, and by degrees she learned the whole school routine. She altto vlsiteel, under Mr. Gibson's escort, one or two of Henrietta's old women, who, bethought, would f themselves negleei(?d In her alwence. Her fia uce laughed at her. "I see what you're up to," he said; "of course, It's a clever move, but It's rather rough on a susceptible ass like Gibson." "Why do you e-all him an ass?" asked Miss Putnam, shariy; "because his fathef Is a aaddler?" "It's a splendid opportunity for you to make yourself popular in the parish, dear," said the Ducheaa. "Of course, woen you are mistress here you will like to be popular among the people." "I suppose I shall," said Claudia, musingly. Hut lu spite of her Incipient popular ity 6he would next have the marriage hurried on; she waa equally deaf to the Duke's ImpatieiK-a and the Duchess' hints. "There are such heap of things to do and to think of before anything can be fixed," she said, vaguely, when her fiance urged the matter upon her. "Well, get on with the heap of things, then,"heretorted,"and don't trifle away so much time at that confounded school." And Lady Henrietta was still In ban ishment In South Wales. Finally, Miss Putnam's stay at Long lands came to a rather unsatisfactory end, for ahe went away to London leav ing the wedding day untiled and the hangings of the new drawing-room un choseu. The day after her departure there were two letters for the Duoheas one from the curate, the other from Mlas Putnam. She opened the former first because ahe felt more curious as to Ha contents. "Madam,". It ran, "although your grace did not seriously entertain my preKaJ for the hand of Henrietta, I fed inyaelf in honor bound to let you know that my eyea have been opened to the folly and unsuitabllity of the marriage for which I would fain have bad your sanction. I have written to Lady Henrietta, explaining, as fur as I can, the folly of our past, and begging her to forgive me If she be in any way a sufferer by our mistake. I am leaving Longlands at once, therefore the em barrassment of any further meeting will lie avoided. Yours, faithfully W. Gibson." The Ducheas 'heaved a sigh of Intense relief. This was Claudia's deng. Olau dla was a right down ciever girl. She had certainly spent a great deal of valu able time lu treading in Henrietta's footsteps, but she had dlseuehanted Mr. GIImou and lifted a horrible Incu bus off tlie family alsiulder. Sha was really far too good for that stupid, mud-dlehe-JuliHl son of here; still, she (the Dueiiesw) supposed that a title was an Infinite attraction to a born demoe-rat, so things were, after all, not so very uneven. Then sho took up Claudia's letter. "D"ar child," she murmured as she broke the seal. "My dear Duchess," she read, and with each stK-ceM'dlng line her dismayed astonishment increased; "I'm glad I came to stay at Longlauela before I took the Irrevocable stp to the altar. I don't want to say anything nawty or mean, but, really, I never did c-are alxnit the Duke. I only accepted him because I thought yem'd make up your mind to have me for a elaughter-ln-law. I should have made him perfectly miserable if I had married him. Mr. Gibson finds, too, that he made a great mistake in thinking he cared for Henrietta. He ex plained It all to me, and I am quite sat isfied. He and I are going to be mar riml before Advent. I shan't mind hav ing a saddler for a father-in-law. Yours, always, Claudia Putnam." The Duchess threw the letter across the table to her son. "Read that South down," she said. "We've gt Henrietta out of her scrape most splendidly." It mi.lly was too hard on the poor Duchess. St. Paul's. He Wanted the Brst. A little story, which emphasises the fact that there Is a great deal of human nature where one would scarcely expect to disK'over it, is told of an old Quaker. Many years ago, when church organs were regarded with disfavor by many people, It was projiosed to Introduce ono Into a New England meeting house, one of the pillars of which was an old man of Quaker bleiod. He was one of the most violent op ponents to the plan, and expressed his views so strongly that the person who was collecting money for the organ, when It was at last deeided to have It, did not venture to call upon the old Quaker for a subscription. He met him on the street one day, and was greatly surprised when the old man took out a substantial-looking wal let, and presenter! him with a most gen erous sum to add to his collection. "Why," stammered the young man, "I I am greatly obliged, sir; but I hardly thought, you would care to be asked to contribute." "My won," said the Quaker, with a suspicion of a twinkle In his serious eye, "If thee will worship the Lord by machinery, I would like thee to havi a tlrst-rnte Instrument" Followed the I'sual Course. "Isthey any way I kin git a receipt for this here letter?" asked the thin-haired mail with the crocheted tie. "You can get It registered for eight cents extra," answered the delivery clerk. "If the letter la one of Impor tance and Its delivery Is of particular consequence, registration Is advisable." "Oh, the letter ain't of no particular Importance at least not. eight cents' worth, 1 don't think. I merely allowed mebbe I could git some kind of a re ceipt to show I had mailed It to gfvc the old woman. I guess I'll save the eight pence an' put up with beln' called a ole liar, os usual." Count Tolstoi on a Wheel. Count Leo Tolstoi, the famous Rus sian author, Is an enthusiastic bicy clist. So great a devotee of the wheel has he become that his daughters, fear ing that the strain will prove too much for him, have also purchased wheels and accompany him on hla trips to look after him. Tolstoi Is now 07 and la tireless worker, "As It Was lu the Fifties," by "Kim Bllar," a story of a young Englishman's unsuccessful quest for fortune In Brit ish Columbia, has been published. A little book, entitled "Ancestry ," has been compiled by Eugene Zleber. It Bests forth the objects and the require ments for membership of the hered itary societies and the military and naval orders of the United States, and contains a transcript of the acts of Con gress relating to the Insignia of the war-hereditary societies. A new edition of Robert Louis Ste venson's "A Child's Garden of Versea" has Just been Issued, with .new Illus trations by Charles Robinson. The verses are well known; many have read them, not because they are good poetry, but because Stevenson wrote them. The Illustrations do not add to tha byok; they aie In Walter Crane's man ner, but badly drawn. How completely the Black Cat Bos ton's new 5-cent magazine, has captl TaDed the story-reading world Is shown by the fact that in three months It has already readied a sale of 150,000 copies. And the favor it has found with the press Is equally well Indicated by the editorial comments of leading papers throughout the country. The New York Mall and Express, for Instance, refers to It as "the literary pet" while the Louisville ComrwTcial says: "We predict that this delightfully original and Interesting magazine will have the largest sale ever reached by any publi cation. Its cleverly told stories of mys tery, exciting detective tales, and thrill ing stories of adventure render the Black Cat a delightful new departure In story-telling." Until the present day, the only occa sion on which the Monroe doctrine was Ktively asserted by the United States was when Napoleon the Third and the Austrian Maximilian attempted to found an empire in Mexico. It was fleetined to fail, even without the inter vention of the United States, and Its memory is kept green by the pathetic fate of the Empress Oarlotta, who is now dying lu the close confinement Dieted only to the hopelessly mad. The itory of her affliction is told anew In (he memoirs of the Baron de Malortlo, i gentleman of her court, which ha1 lust been published in Paris. Much of It is the narration of his own expe rience, and what he did not see or hear was dictated to him by Mme. del Bar rio, a lady-ln-waitlng to Cartotta, who has remained with her Imperial mis tress to the last. It Is a book of unus ual Interest, and presents some start ing facts about Napole. n's treatment of Carlotta. Courteous Hints. Perhaps there is no greater strain tileu "neighborly feeling" than livim; next door to a poultryyard whose in mates are allowed to "run" making pxercise ground of the adjacent flower and vegetable gardens. A San Diego young lady who was subjected to this annoyance politely asked her neighbor to keep his jiets at home. She asked It several times, and still no attentlou was paid to her grievance. Finally She hit uiKin an Ingenious method of pro tecting herself. She prepared grains of com by tying to them, with strong carpet thread, small cards bearing the weirds, "Please keep your chickens at home!" and dis tributed the grain about her flower beds. The chickens came to feast as usual, and groe'dily swallowed the corn, not perceiving the thread until the card was against their Jaws. Then they could neither swallow the card nor rid themselves of the swallowed corn. Twenty or thirty of the marauders ran home, bearing the pellte request to their culpable owner, who, strudj with the method of the hint, promptly cut the threads and cooped up the birds. This was forcible, but a delicate hint upon a like offense was conveyed from one aggrieved relative to another where stronger measures would have) been out of place. The suffering victim of hens was tak en ill, and the perhaps unconscious of fender slew his chole'est birds and sent them to tihe Invalid. The Invalid feast eel thereon, and sent back a message of thanks to the effeet thnt the fowl was delicious, and tasted of her violets! The Flrat Iiawyer Lord Mayor. It may be of Interest to lawyers to know that although the ancient cere mony of the reception of the lxrel Mayor of Ixmelon has taken place regu larly for the last 800 years, this last Is the first known case lu which a prac ticing niemlsT of the bar has been elect ed as lrd Mayor. Chief Justice Rus sell made an address to the new Mayor,' In which he culled attention to the fact that there Is no longer any real ground for complaint of the law's delays In En gland. An Error. "I want to pay this bill," ho said to the hotel clerk. "But I think you have made a alight error here In mj favor. I've Aeen reading over the extras, and I cannot find that you havo charged me anything for telling me you thought It might rain."