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First National
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,
$100.000. $60,000.
GEORGE HOCKHELL , President. B. M. FREES , Vice President. W.F. LAWSOH , Cathier.
A. CAMPBELL , Director. 5. L. GREEN , Director.
. The Cit s Bank flf McGook ,
# * , , A'&M ' . ' 'L'W ' " Incorporated under State Laws.
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Paid Up Capital , $5OOOO.
DOES A
General Banking Business ,
; vYh Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn
/ [ , directly on principal cities in Europe. Taxes paid
for non-residents. Money to loan on farming
lands , city and personal property.
| - : Tickets For Sale to and from Europe
! OFFICERS
:
; . "f V. FKANKL1N , President. JOHN R. CLARK , Vice Pres.
H " -1 A. C. EBERT , Cashier. THOS. I. GLASSCOTT , Ass. Cash.
CORRESPONDENTS :
, f The First National Eank , Lincoln Nebrska.
The Chemical National Bank , New York City.
iar Hotel. ,
H. M. WOLF , PROPRIETOR.
Headquarters for Traveling Men ,
.Electric lights , hot and cold water foaths >
free bus to all trains , and strictly first class
in all of its appointments.
IT IS INDISPUTABLE That more cases of
Dyspepsia , Indigestion , Weak Stomach , Bil
ious and Gastric Derangement are cured by
Humphrey's Specific No. Ten than by all other
remedies put together.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
THE LARGEST - * -
AND
- FINEST STOCK.
R. A. COLE
Wishes to call public attention to the tact
that he bus received more goods which makes
his the largest and finest stock to select from
in McCook. He guarantees a fit and his prices
are the lowest in McCook. Two doors west of
Citizens Bank.
IS KOT
A. MILLIONAIRE ,
BUT STILL A
DAY LABORER ,
And solicits a continuance of past favors.
Carpet Laying a Specialty. Satisfaction guar-
enteed. Leave orders at THE TUIBPKE office.
HOME MAD El
BREAD ,
PIES ,
CAKES ,
DOUGH NUTS.
ADAMS & PATR.
A. F. MOOHE. JNO. K. HART. '
MOOKE & HART ,
ATTORNEYS - : - AT - : - LAW ,
MCCOOK , - - NEBRASKA.
CSf'Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts and before the U. S. Land Office. Office
over Famous ClothinirCo. Store.
C. H. BOYLE ,
LAND - : - ATTORNEY ,
Six years experience in Gov.
eminent Land Cases.
Real Estate , Loans & Insurance.
NOTARY PUBLIC ,
j , , phillips-Meeker building.
J. BYRON JENNINGS ,
ATTORNEY - : - AT - : - LAAV.
3gr Will practice in the State and Unit-
States comts and before the U.S. Land Oflicea.
Careful attention given to collections. Office
over Bank of McCook.
HUGH W. COLE , LAWYER ,
MCCOOK , NEBBASKA.
SSf-Will practice in all courts. Commercisl
and corporation law a specialty. Money to
loan. Rooms 4 and 5 old First National bld'g.
B. B. DAVIS , M. D. C. H. JONES. M. D.
DAVIS & JONES ,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS ,
MCCOOK , NEBRASKA.
-OFFICE HOuns : 9 to 11. a. m. . S to 5 and
1 to 9 , p. m. Rooms over First National bank.
HAKE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
What it ought to become and can easily be
made by energy , faith , and labor ,
A GARDEN SPOT.
How ? First , everybody in Red Willow coun
ty should read tte IRRIGATION AGE. That
newspaper Is now recognized as one of the
strongest forces in the development of the
Arid Region ; is an encyclopedia on the sub
ject of irrigation. It contains all the news of
irrigation development , articles on the use of
water , the best crops to be cultivated , the ex
perience of Colorado , California , and also for
eign countries , departments in "THE IRRI
GATED FARM" and "IRKIGATED ORCH
ARDS , " and a hundred other things of pract
ical usefulness to the farmers of &outh-West-
ern Nebraska. It is worth
$100.00 A YEAR
To all its readers interested in arid and semiarid -
arid lands. Subscribe at once. S1.50 a year ,
50 cents for three months. Address ,
IRRIGATION AGE , Denver , Colo.
Happy Hoosiers.
Wm. Timmons , Postmaster of Idaville , Ind. ,
wittes : Electric Bitters has done more for
me than all other medicines combined , for
that bad feeling arising from kidney and liver
trouble. " John Leslie , farmer and stockman ,
of same place , says : "Find Electric Bitters
to be the best kidney and liver medicine , made
me feel like a new man. " J. W. Gardner ,
hardware merchant , same town , says : "Elec
tric Bitters is just the thing for a man who is
all run down and don't care whether he lives
or dies ; he found new strength , good appetite
and felt just like he had a new lease on life.
Only 50c. a bottle at A. McMillen's drug store.
Consumption Cured.
An old physician , retired from practice ,
having bad placed in bis hands by an East In
dia missionary the formula of a simple veget
able remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure of Consumption , Bronchitis , Catarrh ,
Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections ,
also a positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all Nervous Complaints , after
having tested its wonderful curative powers
In thousands of cases , has felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows. Actu
ated by this motive and a desire to relieve
human suffering. I will send free of charge , to
all who desire it , this recipe , in German ,
French orEnclish , with full directions for pre
paring and using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp , naming this paper. W. A. Noyes ,
820 Powers' Block , Rochester. N. Y. 3S-ly.
HENRY MEYER ,
Contractor and Builder ,
CABINET MAKER.
SPECIALTIES Making and repairing furn
iture. Furniture of any description made to
order. Mail orders promptly attended to.
Shop on Dennison Street , opposite Pred-
more's blacksmith shop. McCook. Neb.
DRYSDALE
THE-
TAILOR ,
Prom New York City , has the most com
plete stock of Spriug and Summer Goods.for
men's wear , between Lincoln and Denver.
His store is just replete with the latest nov
elties from New York and Chicago , and as
he buys strictly for cash he can afford to give
you first class Clothing at very reasonable
prices. He has guaranteed every garment
he has made up in McCook for nearly six
years and has never had a misfit in that time.
Call and see him. One door north of the
Commercial House.
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Very little sickness prevails.
Ice Cream Soda and Mineral Waters.
L. W. McCoNNELL & Co.
Try Knipple for staple and fancy
groceries. Union block.
Graham flour.
POTTER & EASTERDAY.
Ice Cream Soda at
L.W. McCONNELL &CO.'S.
Humboldt flour.
POTTER & EASTERDAY.
The Episcopal brethren expect short
ly to commence the erection of a church
building in our city.
OFFICE QUARTERS.
Convenient office quarters on ground
floor for rent at reasonable figure. In
quire at this office.
ATTENTION , FARMERS !
Will you please save a large bundle
of rye , fall wheat , spring wheat , oats ,
barley , flax , etc. , in fact all kinds of
small grain ; also , timothycloveralfal
fa , etc. Cut it close to the ground to
show the heighth and bind the bundle
in three places to keep the straw straight.
Lay it away where it will keep dry.
It will be wanted at the time of the state
fair. Our county has never had an
exhibit at the state fair at Lincoln , but
must have a big one this fall. So save
a large bundle of small grain before it
is too ripe. WM. COLEMAN.
The Iowa Homestead is advocating
the detasseling of every alternate row
of corn. It claims that the detasseling
process has3 where the experiment has
been tried , increased the yield of the
detasseled rows over 50 per cent. The
philosophy of the plan is thac one row
of corn will yield enough pollen for
itself and its neighbor row. That no
process in nature is so exhausting or
causes such a drain upon the vital power
in either the vegetable or animal king
dom as the production of the fertilizing
principle , and all of this production in
excess of the needs of a given fleldisat
the expense of the corn production.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria ?
Cbadren CryjbrJPitchey's'Castona
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LIST OF LMD PffiHTS.
Kflbo following pntonta have been re
ceived at the McCook U. 8. Laud Oflice and
will be surrendered to the parties entitled
thereto upon surrender uf receiver's receipt
properly endorsed. Do not delay securing
your patent :
Jewell John R.
Jones George W.
Jewell Iltnitn It.
Ansou Orlando B. Jones Caleb T.
Alexander James W.
Adams Walter. K
Armstrong James W.
Artnle Joseph E. Keef Elizabeth.
Anderson Mads. Kelley Oscar N.
Andrews Thomas M. Kelly Eliza A.
AtkiuBou Sarah , heirs Kenworthy William P.
Ackcrman William H. Knotts William W.
Kirkman David A.
Buffington Wm. Edw.
Burdett Minnie I. Lofton Ira A.
Belknup Win. P. Lawyer Orlando.
Baldwin John 6. Lcshley Oscar W.
Banner Leonard T. Lindsay jamcs S.
Burtls Azubah
Beauchamu Charles M
Branscoin Ida L.
BallSorrilduJ. McNiece William
Buchanan Thomas R. Modrell john S.
Bell J. Dwignt. MoAtee William
Byrnes Mahala. Miller Peter
Boyd Thomas. McCandless Isaac S.
Barrett Byron B. Metzker Joseph
BircballAdaG. Miller John W.
Bley Anna. McGowan Frank L.
Baumgardner John.
N
Nolhnagel Charles.
Cooper Chancy Nowlin John
Callaway James E. Newton Polly Ann
Cooper George
Cobb William C.
Clark Charles R.
Cretsinger Henry Oliphant May.
Cooley Asher. Owiugs Charles M.
Carter John T.
Carper George W.
Plasmyers August.
Pugh Samuel M.
Duncan Robert C. Palmer Marcus N.
Downs Eva. Peeler Deaious
DunbarJohn A. Plants Lemuel B.
DyerJonn C.
Dutcher Austin
Day Jasper N.
Davis John W. Ruh Lucy.
Ritchie William W.
Rose Ella.
Roemershanser Phil.
Elledge William R.
Eisenbargcr Adam
Eaton Jacob
Shilinger Charles L.
Skiuner Moses
Swim johu F.
Fuqua Wm. H. Straus George A.
Freeman Oliver. Shaw Ellsworth G.
Fair iiavrerence E. Shaw Emma S.
Ferguson Sidney A. Stumbaugh William R
Fowler Bert O. Sailers Cbaries A.
Foster Al vina Sheeks Milton E.
Farr Clarence A. Schneider George H.
Sw&isgood Wilson K.
Scott ZaebariaT.
Skinner William H.
Garlick John Shaw Josepn j.
Girt James E. Storm Leverette
Gillcspie William G. Scranton Charles G.
Goodwin George Sturtzmun Susan C.
Gillilaud Samuel M.
Green Eli
H Thomas James W.
Toothacre Jasper.
Hail Henry C. Tunney Nancy.
Hurt Lizzie. Tmdall Richard T.
Homer Robert W.
Hughes Sarah V
Honge Severt
Herman Amos Viland Anna B.
Hapner William II. Vaughn Mary H.
Howater John
Hursh Samuel A. W
Hartley Jackson
Hieber Wm. A. N. Winston Louisa C.
Hiney John M. Winchester Huston C.
Weikal William F.
Wilds Arthur C.
I Wolf Grant J.
Johnson John P. Wain Melviu P.
James William T. Wilson Lewis E.
Jones Henry T.
NORTH DIVIDE NUBBINS.
Mrs. R. H. Hanlein of McCook sojourned in
ne country over the Fourth and Sunday.
Several of the North Divide people hied them
away to the pleasant shades of Spaulding's
3rove and tried to make themselves believe
they were celebrating the Fourth and having
a nice time.
E. O. Scott who has been connected with
the Hartley Inter-Ocean for the past six or
eight months is assisting Gco. Haulcin with
his farm work for the present.
This is the proper time of year to murder
sunflowers and other tame weeds. The act is
said to be committed bv cutting the roots off
ust below the surface of the ground.
A. J. Hanlein of Bartley and Miss Clara
lanlein of this place returned Monday even-
ng from Akron , Colo. , where they had been
on a brief visit to their brother Henry.
There was quite a gay assembly of people
that gathered at the home of Wm.X.Johnson ,
one evening last week , in response to an invi-
ation to drop in and surprise Kev. Mr. and
Mrs. Hutchins of Stratton. The time was
pleasantly spent with singing and instru
mental music , after which the company par
took of an elegant repast. Itev. Hutchins
formerly presided at the Box Elder M. E.
Church and bis many friends in this neigh
borhood were pleased to see him again. Mrs.
lutchins is an accomplished player on the
organ and favored her hearers with a number
of choice selections. She is certainly a lady
of more than ordinary character and worth
and must be of great help to her husband in
his religious work. CONNIE.
BANKSVILLE BUDGET.
Fine weather for corn tending and the corn
s getting there.
A. Peters is sick and C.T.Kelly went for
he doctor to-day.
W. W. Cooly is working for F. Cain , helping
cultivate his corn.
W. H , Benjamin got his pension allowed last
veek and gets 514 per month.
The rye is as well filled as at any time since
he country was settled and the wheat is a
complete stand , but don't know yet how well
ts filled.
The Dry Creek Fourth of July celebration
vas a success and a large attendance. They
celebrated all day and danced way into the
vee small hours of the night.
Julys. OBSERVER.
We Caution All Against Them.
The unprecedented success and merit of
3Iy's Cream Balm a real euro for catarrh ,
my fever and cold in the head has induced
many adventurers to place catarrh medicines
bearing some resemblance in appearance ,
style or name upon the market , in order to
rade upon the reputation of Ely's Cream
Balm. Don't be deceived. Buy only Ely's
Cream Balm. Many in your immediate locali-
y will testify in highest commendation of it.
V particle is applied into each nostril ; no pain ;
agreeable to use. Price 50 cents. ( ! .
La Grippe Again.
During the epidemic of In grippe last season
3r. King's New Discovery for Consumption ,
coughs and colds , proved to be the best reme
dy. Reports from the many who used it con
firm this statement. They were not only
quickly relieved , but the disease left no bad
after results. We ask you to give this remedy
a trial and we guarantee that you will be sat-
sfled with results , or the purchase price will
> o refunded. It has no equal in la grippe or
any throat , chest or lung trouble. Trial bot-
les free at A. McMillen's drug store. Large
ize 50c. and 1.00. 4s. .
THE OLD CLOCK IN THE CORNER.
Of the morn of life long years ago
We've memories sweet and tender.
In days when youthful hopes were bright ,
And means were small and slender ;
When lummer's heat and winter's cold
Were met and passed by lightly ,
When friendships dear brought welcome chew.
When evening lamps shone brightly ;
When at the fading hours each day
Toe old clock In the corner ticked away
When the old clock ticked in the corner.
The present is ours , with health and friends ,
With blessings new each morning ,
. With bread and meat each day to eat ,
And for comfort and adorning ,
Apparel to wear , enough and to spare.
In cold or sultry weather.
And whether It snows , or rains , or blows ,
What matters when we gather
Where lamps fresh trimmed burn clear and
bright ,
While the pendulum swings to left and right
And the old clock ticks in the corner.
Then let us forward look with faith
In planning future duties ;
Let's seek out pleasant walks and ways ,
New life , new loves , new beauties ;
Till heart and soul with noble thought ,
Swell voice with joyous chorus ,
Walking ahead with steady step ,
Along the way before us ;
Then , now and hence , going hand-in-hand
While the clock ticks off Time's hour-glass
sand
While the old clock ticks in the corner.
Good Housekeeping.
WITH THE DRtMMEKS.
Tales They Tell of Life on the
Road.
A Gay Chicago Drummer "Who Exchanged
Ono of His Own Tectli for a JCady'e
How It Changed His Tastes
Otlicr Amusing Incidents.
"Well , yes , I might relate something1
that is rather extraordinary , " said a
drummer for a Chicago boot and shoo
house to a Chicago Herald reporter , "if
you will pardon me for narrating a
Btory which chiefly concerns myself. I
was down in a Central Illinois town
drumming up trade one day when I
was attacked with the toothache. I had
an unsound tooth that had troubled me
for quite awhile and I determined to
have done with it then and there. I
sought a dentist's chair and told him to
pull it out. He tried to convince me
that several dollars' worth of gold fill
ing would make it good as new , but my
ire was roused and I was bent on hav
ing revenge. I would not be satisfied
until I had convinced that tooth that I
could do without it. So I commanded
him to pull it out , and with protesta
tions he reluctantly did so. It occupied
the place that this tooth does , " said the
traveling man , tapping one of his incis
ors , "and when it was once out I saw
that I looked so strangely that some
thing else must take its place as soon
as possible. I asked the dentist if he
had nothing else he could put in the
place of it as I did not like my appear
ance at all. He was thoughtful for a
moment , when a light seemed to dawn
on his mind. He took from a cabinet a
bottle in which was a tooth immersed
in a liquid of some kind. 'I have here , '
he remarked , 'a crood. sound , healthv
tooth that will almost exactly match
the rest of yours , that I can plant in the
one just extracted and it will grow as
though nothing had happened. ' He per
suaded me , without much opposition on
my part , that it would be better than a
false tooth , and it was the work of only
a few moments for him to put it in place.
It was sore for a short time but soon
grew firm and solid , and to-day it is as
good a tooth as I have.
"But now for the stranger part of the
story. Before the dental operation I
speak of was performed I had been ad
dicted to the use of tobacco. I smoked
and chewed almost to excess. From
the day I got my new tooth my love for
tobacco began to decrease , and by the
time the tooth had become firm and
solid I couldn't use the weed at all. A
chew of tobacco or smoking a cigar
made me very sick. In fact I became
opposed to the use of tobacco generally
and have remained so till the present
day. But as my love for tobacco waned
my love for chewing gum increased , and
I'm never without it now. I "became
passionately fond of ice-cream also , and
during the summer season I can scarce
ly get enough of it , and a strange feat
ure of the case is I want some other
man to pay for it. There seems to be
something about that tooth that makes
me crave for ice-cream. It is with great
difficulty I can pass a millinery store
without going in and pricing all the
goods in stock. Sometimes , when I'm
in a great hurry to catch a train , I find
myself stopping in front of some millin
er's window to inspect the latest style
of hats. "When I pass a lady wearing
an attractive gown or hat on the street ,
it wouldn't matter if there were a mad
dog after me , I'd stop and look around
to see if her dress and hat were becom
ing. It didn't take me long to surmise
that the new tooth was in some way to
blame for my strange antics , and when
I visited the dentist's town again I wtmt
to him and told him every thing. 'Oh , '
said he , 'it is even worse than I feared
it would be. That tooth used to belong
o a young lady. ' "
A CONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
"Up in a little town in Wisconsin , "
remarked a trade seeker whose sample
case bears the name of a Chicago
grocery house : "there used to be two
merchants who hated each other as
they hated poison. They were both re
tired farmers who had gone into busi
ness to while their time away as much
as to make monej- . Their stores were
directly across a little open square
from each other , and , trade being very
slow , they had plenty of time to watch
each othei * . They were opposed to
each other in business , religion and pol
itics. Thej' avoided meeting on the
street , and when they did meet they
never spoke. Aside from the hatred
they bore each other they were genial ,
friendly men. Their friends used to try
to get them to patch up their troubles
and differences , but each was firmly de
termined that the other must take the
first step toward a reconciliation and
all efforts to amicably adjust matters
"ailed. Finally one of tha men became
veryilL When told that death might
come at any moment ho expressed de
sire that he be permitted to make peace
with his enemy. " He sent for him to
cone , and presently the two men
had bated each other for o long1 were n
brought face to face. 'We have been - I
enemies for a long time. ' said the sick .
man , 'but they tell mo now that I am
going to die , and 11 I do bear in mind
that I forgive you every thing you have
ever said or done against me , but ii I
should by chance recover remember 111
keep up the fight just as bitterly M
heretofore , and don't you forget it' "
MEETINO AN EMERGENCY.
"A rather peculiar incident occurred
on a car in which I was riding out in
Iowa a few days ago , " said one of Chi
cago's commercial tourists. "On the
car was a lady and her four-year-
old boy. He was a sweet , attractive
little fellow and at once became the fa
vorite of all the passengers , who be
stowed a great deal of attention upon
him. He wore a neat little fur-trimmed
overcoat , from which a button had be
come detached. As a matter of course
the button found its way to the child's
mouth. Suddenly the mother uttered a
wild scream and the passengers were
all greatly excited. The child's face
grew pale. It had swallowed that but
ton. The mother exclaimed that her
child was clyimg. There was no doctor
on the train. What was to be done ?
In this emergency , as in most all others ,
there was some one capable of meeting1
it. While everybody else were wring
ing their hands in helpless agony , one
man , who under ordinary circumstances
would not attract special attention ,
was cool and collected. While the
other passengers told the mother to
pound the child on the back , shake it ,
stand it on its head , and other non
sensical things , he told her to calmly
wait a minute and all would bo right.
Taking a piece of string- from his left
hand vest pocket he attached it to a buttonhole
ton-hole , which he inserted in the child's
mouth and induced it to swallow it.
There was a composed look on the
man's face that seemed to assure the
rest of us that he knew what he was
about , and he certainly did , for when
he pulled the string and brought that
button-hole to our view again there was
the button in it , sure enough. In a few f
minutes everybody was laughing and j
chatting again , but the calm , quiet man
was looked upon as a hero for the rest
of the journey. " J
WHY HE L1KKS WETTER. i
"I'm glad winter is here , " remarked
a bald-headed commercial man. "You
can't imagine how the flies bother me |
during1 the summer. If it were not for
the fact that my business keeps me }
here I believe I'd move to Labrador , |
where the fly season is not so serious }
an affair. I am so constituted that I
j
must keep my head cool , and in warm j
weather I go bare-headed as much as
possible. An artist friend of mine said .
he could paint a spider on my bald spot '
that would look so natural the flies
would not dare to come near it. At
first I laughed at the idea , but as the
season advanced and the flies became
more troublesome I got desperate one '
day and told him to paint it. He did j
so , and you can believe it or not just as I
vou like , but it fooled the flics everv
time. The moment I would remove my / -
hat every fly in the vicinity would start
for my head , but just as they were H
about to settle down they would see the , I
spider and dart away in the wildest ' j
alarm. But for all that the scheme was
not a success , for while it fooled the
flies it also fooled other people. Every
time I'd remove my hat everybody
would be slapping my head with all
their might trying to kill that awful
spider before it had time to bite me.
When I'd lift my hat to ladies on the
street they would see the insect and
either shout 'murder1 or faint away.
And so I had to have it removed and
fight the flies as before. But I tell you
I enjoy winter weather and hope it
| I will last to the middle of August. "
UNCLE SAM'S ROAD.
A Military Highway Used by Early "West- '
eru Settlers.
This military road was constructed
by the United States Government to J
connect the military posts of the far /
West with one another. Beginning at i
Fort Leavenworth , on the Missouri
river , it passed through Fort Eiley at
the junction of the forks of the Kaw ,
and then , still keeping up the north
side of the Republican fork , went on to
Fort Kearney , still farther west then
to Fort Laramie , which in those days I
was so far on the frontier of our country - i
try that few people ever saw it except 4
military men and the emigrants to Cali- [
fornia. At the time of which I am writ- j
ing , there had been a very heavy emi- j
gration to California , and companies of
emigrants , bound to the Golden Land ,
still occasionally passed along the great j
military road.
Interlacing this highway were in
numerable trails and wagon-tracks , the
traces of the great migration to the El- 1
dorado of the Pacific ; and here and (
there were the narrow trails made by j
Indians on their hunting expeditions i
and warlike excursions. Eoads , such as j
our emigrants have been accustomed to
in Illinois , there were none. First came I
the faint traces of human feet and of '
unshod horses and ponies ; then the
well-defined trail of hunters , trappers '
and Indians ; then the wagon-track of
the military trains , which , in course of
time , were smoothed and formed into
the military road kept in repair by the
United States Government. Noah
Brooks , in St. Nicholas.
Snoir-Shoes in "War.
In the early wars with French and In
dians many a whiter campaign could
never have been carried on but for the
snow-shoes , which alone made march
ing possible. In the winter attacks of
the savages upon the settlements in
Northern New England and inthe ex- >
pcditions of English and French troops f
snow-shoes were * a necessary part of
their equipment , their baggage being 4
hauled on sleds or toboggans. N. Y.
Star.
Where the Bequest Came From.
Manager ( to leader of orchestra ) 1
understand that that figure of yours was
played "by request. "
Leader Yes , sir. * v
Manager At whose request , may I
ask ?
Leader At mine , sir. Puck.
s-