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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1900)
l y lb t4 w r i Pretended SffumsffMm By Will Allen Dromgoole in The Household Aunt Emmeline got up one morning with a pain In her back She had been busy all the week helping the white people prepare for Thanksgiving Pears like it wuznt made fur no body but de rich nohow she told her self as she dragged on her old shoes and set about getting breakfast for her self and little Ephraim the boy asleep In tike bed she had Just vacated The complaint was not made aloud not for the -world would she have per mitted that boy to hear her throw a auspiclsn on that season which to him was one brirt beautiful dream For every night when she came home tt the cabin had she entertained him with accounts of the great dinners she had been preparing and the boy had listened ihd asked questions until the wonder in his big round eyes would be quite extinguished In sleep For Ephraim was a cripple I little negro with a twisted leg and a mind as bright as the ono silver dollar that had been his Aunt Emmeline called him her HI man her 111 housekeeper when leav ing the cabin mornings for her work and promised to tell him all about Thanksgiving when she got back if he tended right peart to things All day the little face would watch at the window for her return although she never came until the darkness had fallen and the streets were empty Then when they had eaten their supper would come an hour of sweet content to both when the mother would take her child in her arms and tell him of the bright beautiful worldmade bright er and more beautiful by the good glad Thanksgiving And now It lacked but one day of Thanksgiving and now Aunt Emmeline must be off early Efie she called when the coffee be can to steam jump up now en eat yo brekfus Mammy got to go mighty Rooa Hits mighty nigh Thanksgibin Am it said Ephraim dragging on Ills ragged old shoe Where you swine to be at today mammy At the Mayors som I got to dress dey alis tuckey today Will dey hab cranberries too lak lawyer Duffy what you cooked de pies fur yistlddy Dat dey wil honey dat dey will De Mayor aint gwine to be outdone in Vuiffln I tell you let lone Thanksgib ln Will dey hab syllabub lak Miss ium too Yes sah en plenty ob It En reasun cake En reasun cake too En sweet plckleslack de preeher ob r gospels wife Dea de same en more The big round eyes grew bigger Mebby deyll hab oyschers fried in cracker scrops lack de resteran man T7ine hab Tea sah deyll hab em only dey stuff em inside de tuckey The boy was silent for a moment then with a long deep sigh Mammy slad ho I wisht us could fcab a Thanksgibln too Yes mebby we kin sometime Jes you be a good en tele keer de house en Efie while mammy go work an mob s y Thanksgibln gwine come long to we all too some o dese days She didnt expect it however hers had been a life of hardship romance had laded from it long ago and lived now only in the boy ffe set himEelf thinking when she bad left him alone He had heard a irood deal about Thanksgiving it evi dently belonged to everybody alike therefore everybody was In duty bound to celebrate It As to the dinner Well that was a feature of the day to be sure but he felt equal to that too He was rather late beginning with such a dinner a he meant to serve but he would do his best In a few minutes he was hard work dishes clattering kettle sing ing spoons playing The little cabin had seldom seen so busy a day the town itself held not so happy a boy as little black Ephraim preparing his Thanksgiving dinner When Aunt Em meline weary and footsore dragged herself home at dark she was greeted with the sound of singing Ephraims voice ringing out not in Thanksgiving perhaps he had never thought of that but just in joy and the gracious con tent that comes with employment and with hope Perhaps that might be a Thanksgivin hymn after all since Joy is the grace wc owe to God The cabin was ablaze with light a rich warm flre glow that went out to meet her as she opened the creaky old door In the center of the room stood Eph raim his back to the lire his slight body leaning against his crutch while he bent over something that might have been a royally spread banquet table for all the show and shine of it In truth it was a big box that had Ferved as a sort of sideboard for dishes tins and water buckets all these years A clean gorgeously pictured newspa per served as tablecloth the dishes both as to material and contents were rare as well as original The board fairly scintillated with splendor as the names -of the big fireplace mounted Higher and higher up the calmney tit - Blinded by the light Aunt Emmeline staggered forward when the voice of Ephraim rang out in delighted if frightened prote3t Look outmammyi he cried Youll smash somethin nuther Dont tetch this here dis heres de Thanksgibln dinner fur we all tomorrer Look et dat Aint dat fine Aunt Emmeline rubbed her eyes and straightway entered into his pleasures It sho am said she Hit sho am a scrumptious caslon Whats hit all fur son Hits dest a tend like dinner mam my said Ephraim Dey aint no sho nuff eatns but its a mighty fine tend like shos you bawn I sho spec it am said Aunt Em meline as she dropped for a moment into the chimney corner to warm her feet at Ephraims good blaze En we all got to be satisfied wid hit somehow becase hits all de Thanksgibln we gwine git De white folks dey aint pay me much dis time dey say dey pore too en ef dey kin git up dey own dinner hits de mos dey kin do But dey gib me some clothes en things Marrys got you a god pair secen han breeches en a shirt en a coat what aint got nar hole in it De preacher ob de gospels wife gimme dem En I got a good flannel petticoat what Miss sum gimme for whippin up her cakes en dressin ob de tuckey en scourin up de kitchen en poches Shes sort o fractious sometimes but she most alius gits ginerous fore she done wid you En de Mayor he gimme a dollar hes de bes one in dis town Wid dat dollar mammy gwine buy her chile a longer crutch en dey aint no Thanksgibin dinner gwine git a cent ob it naw sah Ephraim strolled over to the opposite side of the hearth and stood content edly looking down into the fire We got plenty anyhow said he after a long thoughtful silence Yes we got some taters en some meal fur a hoecake en mammy gwine stay et home all de day too Hoecake laughed the boy I say hoe cake en taters We gat tuckey en pound cake en pie en jelly en things Look et dat table you fergit dat table mammy You furgit de tend like There was a knock at the door that brought Aunt Emmeline to her feet in a hurry that again endangered the Thanksgiving board Look out mammy Ephraim called out sharply Dont tetch dis here dis here am de syllabub fur to morrer and he made a frantic dash for an oyster can beautifully burnished on top of which he had set a cracked china bowl filled to the brim with a rich yel lowish liquid that might indeed have been the much coveted Southern sylla bub had it not been a bowl of Aunt Emmelines own best soft soap But the woman was at the door where a young white man stood waiting ad mittance a well dressed good looking young fellow evidently used to the higher walks of life Aunt Emmeline said he a hand on either door facing mother sent me by to ask you to come over and serve din ner for her tomorrow She says she would like you to get there early by S oclock Aunt Emmeline thought of her ach ing feet her empty pocket the day she had meant to have at home with Efie The young mans mother was Lawyer Duffys wife and her dinners were sumptuous affairs It would be a long hard days work with perhaps a pail of odds and ends scraps from the feast to show for it at night She hesitated Ts mighty nigh bruk down said she at last En tomorrer hits Thanksgibin Ts done wucked all do week mighty hard en dey aint nobody paid me nar cent ceptin ob de Mayor Aldo dey is mos ob dem gimme some thin nother Yo ma aint gimme noth in en I wucked two days fur her 1 reckin Im bleeged to stay home to morrer en rest But the young man was not listen ing he had stepped Into the room and was looking with eyes that saw deeper than Aunt Emmeline had seen at the make believe feast of crippled Eph raim He was a reporter for a daily paper in the city a very new a very earnest and a very ambitious reporter He saw a story a funny a very very funny Thanksgiving story in that paper-covered box and its curious viands He was soon to see something deeper than fun In the Thanksgiving spread He stepped further into the room and stood beside Ephraim looking down upon the table Hello little boy said he What have we got here A Thanksgiving dinner as sure as Im alive Ephraims ees danced with delight He was innocent of ridicule in any form whatever Yes sah said he Hits sholy a Thanksgibin dinner Aldo if am dest a tend like t Awhat A tend like I tend like dis here box am a table en dis here paper am one ob de linen clofs mammy done up fer de white folks las week en dese things am de eatens en de drinkins I reckin hits a mighty fine dinner dest fur two niggers to eat up all by seves Aunt Emmeline tried to interfere but the reporter said - JU Let him alone It pleases him to talk Scarcely realizing that he did so the young man drew a chair to the impro vised table and began to ask questions of the moot remarkable Thanksgiving menu on record He was enjoying it too quite as much as little black Eph raim Whats this Ephraim said the vis itor pointing to a little round upturned fix box in the center of the table Dat Dats a reasun cake what de Mayor ob de town sent me fur dinner tomorrer Hits atend like cake but I spec hits a resun one And this This was a sort of oblong bit of coal slag that Ephraim Dont you see de parsley en de aigs round hit Mister Lawyer Duffy sent me dat The reporter whistled even Aunt Em meline dropped her face over her bread tray to chuckle She understood just what a surprise it must be to the starchy young reporter to hear of his grim silent aristocratic close fisted father sending a Thanksgiving turkey to a little crippled negro But she saw no meaning in the suggestion that the turkey was a stone as the young man saw He sho did Ephraim was say ing En dis here am de graby en stuffins A little fat black finger pointed across the board to a bowl of sawdust plentifully enriched with peb Dles and old corks that he had found among some empty cobwebbed bottles under the house What makes you say Lawyer Duffy sent the turkey asked the reporter with peculiarly sensitive interest Case onct fore my brudder Ben died de folks all say he stole a tuckey en dey put him in jaif furhlt En law yer Duffy he say he didnt do it En he say hit till dey let Ben out o de jail Didnt he mammy The woman looked up from the hearth where she was kneeling in the act of slapping the corn cake upon the hoe Yes Lawyer Duffy cleared Ben said she Ben worked fur him in his office long es he libed after dat Dar said Ephraim aint I tol you so Hes a mighty good man I tell you The reporter smiled a queer sort of smile and Aunt Emmeline did not say that Bens years of service were paying the great lawyer his fee for defending him but the young man understood Dis here now Ephraim went on with his bill of fare dis here box top o salt am de mince pie what de preach er ob de gospels wife done sent Dis here plate o shells hits rice en de dish o splinters dats macaroni en dis here string o spools deys sassages De gro cry man on de eas cornerob de public squar sent dem all ob dem Hes a fine man I tell you Onct when I fotch some sassages to Miss Tilsum when his boy was gone he dest tuck en gimme a whole one a big fat one all fur my sef Didnt he mammy Aunt Emmeline nodded and set the smoky coffee pot back upon the hearth where it would not boll again Dis here bowl o syllabub now said Ephraim indicating the dfsh of soft soap Miss Tilsum sent me dat Miss Tilsum That cross ugly old maid Do you mean her asked the thoroughly amused reporter Naw sir said the boy 1 mean dat ar purty good ginrus lady what libes on the corner ob Chisnut street DatF de one I means The reporter broke into a laugh But she wouldnt I mean do you really think she would said he Yes sah I mos know she would She gimme a piece o pie onct en onct she gib mammy some buttermilk to mek up de bread wid Didnt she mammy Twicet said Aunt Emmeline soft ly The young man rose a hand in either pocket You havent told me yet what those marbles scattered over the table mean said he not willing to lose one item of the strange feast Dem Deys de good wills what des goes lung wid presents aldo dey might be unges ef dey wuznt mables The reporter studied the table care fully the tend like was pretty well complete He would like to have a part in It somehow Ephraim rhe said you need yes T am sure you need another cake Yes sah said Ephraim but dey aint nobody lef to gib it to me Well fix up one somehow out of flour or dirt or cornmeal I dont care what and you can say the reporter gave you that one- Yes sah Ill mek it out o flour en den hitll be a white one said the boy already getting out another plate The reporter turned to Aunt Emme line Heres a dollar for you Aunt Emme line aid he and the next time moth er forgets to pay you you just come to me Youll come tomorrow Yes sah Ill be dar by 3 oclock ef de Lawd spars me A moment later the reporter was at the grocers whence Ephraims Imag inary donation had been sent As he went in he met a gentLman cominc out Mayor he cried I was just going to call on you Will you come back a moment t The Mayor tntoahe -grocery -V J Mayor find Mr Johnson both ef jrou 1 have turned missionary The Mayor and the grocer smiled That means you are out beggingl said the former I believe all mission aries beg For others yes sir I am not pre cisely that sort of a missionary but 1 attended a Thanksgiving dinner this evening to which you two gentlemen were both contributors I have come in here to tell you about it And when the story ended the Mayor was blowing his nose with all his might I reckon I am an old fool said he A soft old fool the very plckanninies have found it out As for you sir you get out of here with your reasun cake before I fine you for contempt The reporter went out but he went laughing At the door he put his head in again to say And dont forget to put In an orange both of you He said the unges were good wills The Mayor turned to the grocer When you send the rice and maca roni and sausages send down the cake for me Select a good one and be sure it has raisins in it All right Mayor laughed the gro cer Ill get it there by 8 oclock to morrow At the door the Mayor turned back I say dont forget the oranges I wont one apiece If Thanksgiving and Christmas did nt come along once a year he told himself as he walked toward his home I reckon we would all forget what it is to remember the poor They kind o pull us up with a halt and a prick at our selfish hearts and set us thinking of others The reporter meanwhile was telling his story to the pretty good generous Miss Tilsum In her stiff little sitting room on Chestnut street Send syllabub to a lazy nigger shall I she snapped Theyre an ungrate ful lot I can tell you Syllabub Well I reckon This one isnt ungrateful said the young man He said you gave him a pie once and he declared you were the pretty good generous Miss Tilsum The thin lips of the old woman came together in a manner that might have meant either a snarl or a smile Defended me I reckon said she when you called me cross and ugly The reporter gasped and absently stammered Yes mam And the next thing he knew he was on the pavement outside getting away as fast as he could The old woman closed the door upon him and stepped over to a mirror that hung over the mantel Then she began to laugh and she laughed and laughed until the pale thin cheeks grew pink as youth itself She laughed at the negro and she laughed at the mission ary separately and together Then she laughed at herself and her good pretty ginrus record Then she rang for the cook Can you make another bowl of that syllabub early in the morning Mar tha said she Yessum but deys enough alraidy made fur half de town Then make as much for the other half Martha said the mistress Mar tha theres some one in this town who believes that I am a good pretty gen erous woman and please God he shall not discover his mistake at Thanksgiv ing thats all The reporter missionary was now at his hardest task He had seen the min isters wife that was easy enough She understood and was crying like a baby before I got half through said he God bless her she knows what it is to be a begging missionary But be approached his father with some dread he told his story poorly there perhaps because the thin stern face showed no response to the tale ht was telling When he finished the at torney looked up gravely soberly cold ly Well said he what do you want me to do about it The young man bit his lip there were tears in his eyes Nothing said he nothing I am sorry I mentioned it Good night sir Walt said the older man quietly Where are you going To tell mother not to expect me home tomorrow I tell you this is a farce a miserable farce in which 1 will take no part Thanksgiving to God when our own hearts are crushed with selfishness like ice It isnt Thanksgiving its nothing but selfish feasting and Ill be no party to it Never in my life did I have one serious thought of the true intent of Thanks giving until this night and hereafter Ill keep it the true way or not at all The lawyer looked at the fiery young fellow before him and something stirred in his heart He did not wish that boy to grow hard and selfish Nor did he like the thought of his feeling that Thanksgiving in his own home was a farce or a feast only Yet he had come very near the truth It hurt him and touched him I dont know much about giving aid he his hand in his pocket but we all need a Thanksgiving or a Christ mas now and then to crack the ice of our selfish hearts Now If you will at tend to the what was my part A turkey sir laughed the young man With stuffing and gravy I will see to it for you Heres a dollar then for the turke and fixings But I want five cents more if you please for the good will He said the oranges were the good wills The lawyer laughed and handed him the extra coin And then the young reporter did that which made Thanks giving in that house and In that cold stern mans heart a Tlianksgtvlng in deed and truth He stepped to his fath ers chair and stooping quickly touch ed his lips warm with the blood ot youth and Impulse to the older mans brow And Thank you sir said he and God bless our Thanksgiving There will be no tend like in this house No said the father there will be no tend like in this house The next morning old Miss Tilsum tasting the syllabub she was pouring into a bowl said with satisfaction No tend like about this syllabub at all events The grocery man dropped an extra string of sausageji Into the basket he was sending out and said with a laugh No tend like about them Solid meat And this cake Its as genuine and free sfrom sham as the old Mayor himself The Mayor was humming a tune as he walked down the street a tune of hi own far away youth time Well said he its a fine day to day 1 feel good and theres no tend like about It And in a cabin that evening a little negro with round white eyes wa watching his mother raive a juicy tur key which adorned a carefully spreac table As the broad white slices fel slowly over the carving knife he broki out with jubilant lmpatlece Gimm de drumstick mammy gimme de arum stick quick When I eats de mea off n it Is gwine to git de tin pan er tend like 1s de brass band sernadin de white folks what sent all dis here Glmmecdrtwae drum sticks mammy auicki - i -- Jz - THE CZA RUMORS THAT NICHOL1S HAS BEEN POISONED DONE BY THE NIHILISTS Cablegrams Rebort Suspicions and a Nihilist In Omaha Confirms the Rumors Omaha Neb Special Cable dis patches have been received from Jtome and London which give color to ru mors that the present illness of the czar of Russia is caused by poison admin istered through the machinations of nihilists London reports that the Eu ropean capitals considered the czars illness as more serious than is reported by hi3 physicians and that suspicions are afloat that the hygiene and water 3upply at Livadia may be faulty Rome goes further and it is there as serted that the Vatican has received se cret dispatches telling of an attempt to poison both the emperor and empress but that In the case of the czarina the plans failed The czars illness appears to be clothed in mystery as even the European capitals can obtain nothing definite concerning his condition The same startling theory of the ill ness of Czar Nicholas of Russia is con firmed from the views- of Dr George L A Hamilton of this city who resides at 2205 Farnam street and who is a native of Russia leaving there twelve years ago Belonging to the Nihilist society which has given the rulers of Russia a great deal of trouble in the past years and having been driven from Russia by the military because he was teaching among the lower classes as a member of the Nihilist propaganda his views are taken as having considerable svelght He now wears on his leg a tear from the bullet of a Russian se ret service man who winged him as- he was crossing the frontier Into Austria 3n a certain dark and memorable night That Czar Nicholas is likely to meet the fate of his father Alexander IH ieems very likely said Dr Hamilton last evening to the World Herald I bave been watching the reports in the newspapers of his illness and they re call the sickness and subsequent death of his father at the health resort in ialta in 1895 The cause of Alexanders illness at the time was ascribed to Brights disease but It was commonly reported that some of the Nihilist offi cials in the czars house in disguise idministered poison to him through his food That report was generally be leved and circulated among the Ni ifiists although it was of course offi cially denied by the royal physicians That Alexanders death was due to fiow poisoning was given to me by a authority and I have no reason q discredit it The czar lingered for nany days but his physicians could jiot ave him In the czars household he finds nany to distrust and in spite of his suspicions members of the Nihilist pro paganda will secure positions danger ously near him It is likely that if the present czar is poisoned It has been done by some one regularly employed in his kitchen who has been long wait ing the opportunity The agent who may in fact never be known who at tempted his life Owing to the strict censorship of the government absolutely nothing escapes from the empire itself regarding the growth of the Nihilist propaganda which is growing stronger every year as the people become educated in the se cret schools The Nihilist of today has learned to be more cautious in his meth ods and his work is more shrewd Bold attacks on the imperial family are not now made for the reason that safe guards against them are too easy nd punishment is too swift and sure By administering poison to the ruler the Nihilists hope to make the throne a place dreaded and in no demand for tmbitious princes The Nihilist hopes to see the tri umph of the republic in the not far dis tant future Violence is deplored but it h one of the means deemed necessary by them to accomplish the downfall of such tyranny Americans can under stand something of the feeling that ac tuates an educated people In the most absolute monarchy of the world Dr Hamilton expects to hear of the death of the czar and believes that the royal family already knows that the lorror of all the czars since the time ot Uexander II Is upon him He was the irst victim of the Nihilists BARLEY KIH6 IS DEFT FREE Chicago 111 Special Barley King Henry J ONeill who gained fame through his daring speculations in bar ley in all the cereal markets of the world -was discharged of debts amount ing to almost 1500000 by order of Judge Kohlsaat In the United Stales district ourt today Of the liabilities sched uled by Mr ONeill about 50 were dated as having been contracted joint y with his wife In addition to Mr ONeill more than 100 other bankrupts svere discharged Among the names sras that of John Vance Cheney libra rian of the Newberry library and a well inewn literary man tVAR EXPENSES REACH 500000000 London Special Parliament will assemble December 3 to vote the ex penses of the war In South Africa which are now expected to amount to fully 5500000000 Before Christmas an ad journment will be taken until the end jf January The Times announces the following ippointments Lord Raglan under secretary of state for war -Earl of Onslow under secretary df 3tate for the colonics Earl of Hardwicke under secretary of 3tate for India It seems ceitain says the Times editorially that the cabinet will con sist of vwenty members the largest re corded in our political auaorv r v r - -a r y - i W JSiiSii Si sLHfc jSvWiA1 rit i j i I gJJ JWi I immm PORTEH INVOLVED X lie 6UI SCAKiAL Paris Special The following fx traordlnary statement is given prooJ nence in the evening paper La PresTOi A personage who claims to be thor oughly acquainted with what Is going on behind the scenes In the matter l the divulgence of the secrets of the lat est French field gun to the United States makes the following statement This affair connected with the sudden departure for Gibraltar of an officer of the United States navy who waa em ployed at the foreign sectlan of tfca exhibition after having fulfilled bla functions as naval attache at the em bassy The field gun incident was also the cause of the sudden handing over of the affairs of the embassy to the first secretary by General Horace Por ter and his departure for Spain The former naval attache in ques tion who was born of British parents and devoted above all to the embassy In the Faubourg Saint Honore acted almost openly as spy for several pow ers The person who gave this informa tion makes a still graver statezaent which we publish under all reserve H says General Horace Porter has been him self indirectly affected by the Incident in question His departuret which is given out as temporary Is really final and he will be replaced in Paris by Mr John Leishman United States minister to Berne a diplomatist of the highest character whose Independence vis a via the English embassy can be counted upon for maintenance of good relations between the French republic and th United States The naval officer referred to tn th foregoing dispatch can be no other than Lieutenant William S Sims wrho waa assigned to special duty at thu Paris exposition BEEF TRUST RAISES PRICES OX KEATS Chicago 111 Special The beel trust puts the screws on with the Aral touch of winter When meat Is mos needed the prices go higher so thai the poor become the heaviest sufferers The trust has ordered sharp advancei all along the line Beef pork rauttoa cost the retailer from a cent to two cents a pound more though the gen eral advance is one cent a trifling sum of Itself but adding 40000000 to th treasure of the trust if kept at the pre vailing prices RETAILERS FORCED TO ADVANCB Nearly all retailers have advance prices to consumers from 1 to 5 cents a pound Your butcher -will show lhesa figures as a comparative table of la crease Old New price prica Tenderloin - 18 4 Sirloin 1 M Rib roasts 14 U Round 10 ir Mutton chops 16 29 Bacon H M Moreover there are no hopeful aigas The trust people say that the chang has been coming for some time but nevertheless the retailers -were aghast when the general advance upoa all lines was ordered The packers say they have advanced the prices to retailers about 10 per cct The increase in beef is from LS t H per hundred fresh pork has advaa66 l a hundred and mutton 2 cants a pound f The packers say that they have feea selling dressed meats at a loss for sev eral years There was nothing appar ently to warrant the present advance as the price of choice beef on the cool remains at 6 per hundred Retailers on the inside say that the beef trust has had the advance in con templation for some time but that iha trust waited until after the election o HcKinley fearing that an advance be fore would endanger a continuance of prosperity The trust will enjoy renewed prosper ity but at the expense of many tfiou zands of poor people who will b obliged to live on less meat or nont at all BIG CARPET WORKS GUT WA8ES Yonkers N Y Special A rumor which rapidly spread through tha xit Tuesday to the effect that the eniplaye of the immense Smith carpet works would suffer a reduction qf wages waa confirmed this evening by an official or the company The cut amounts ta 1 cents on 110 worth of work an at present will affect only the settlnc department of the tapestry mill The Smith mills are the most -extensive carpet mills in the country em ploying in the aggregate about 70M people Two large additions have late ly been added to the works and will when completed call about ldaaor employes to the roll The cut as ordered will for the pres ent only affect the cutting depariarent of the tapestry mill or about 00 ar 70t employes all women At the preaenf time their wages average about 96 jpe week and the cut will amount to Irora 1 to 3 per week according to the abil ity of the employes to turn out th work When a reporter asked for General Superintendent Clark he was referred to the general office of the company Here one of the officers consented tr see him and when asked if the re ported reduction was to take place he equivocated and tried to dodge the an swer When asked direct if he would deny that the reduction was to take place he replied that he would neither confirm nor deny the report He ad mitted that trade was never better and prospects Tor a busy season were good It i3 less than a year ago that the em ployes were reduced from SL20 to 1 which with the present reduction means a total of 25 bents In less thaa J a year - v - S Basga -3 K ii ii MiwihUiiii