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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1894)
f Bill ll 1 1 1 1'l I III M Ml I HI 11 1 1 1 HI 1 1 HI 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I'll Mil IJIW 1 i PAPER l 1,1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 I i I 1 1 I I lini nil I III I II I imiinir .. The man who tries to advertise f With printer's ink consistent, I One word must learn nor from it (urn, I And that one word's persistent. I Snii rimi 1 1 1 1 i i m imiii in iiprri i M i imiri m il 1 1 1 1 1 iuM ii OFFICIAL s The persistent wooing lover Is the one who gets the maid ; And the constant advertiser Gets the cream of all the trade. urMHil n 1 1 i i 1 1 in hi i i.i 1 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 ! id i J in uMiiitiH miii i i TWELFTH YEAR I1EPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1894. WEEKLY WO. fill. SEMI-WEEKLY NO. 291.1 SEMIWEEKLY GAZETTE. PUBLISHED Tuesdays and Fridays BY THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY. At $150 per year, $1.25 for six months, 75 eta. tor three m on cub. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. The "SB-A-a-XH," of Long Creek, Grant County. Oregon, is published by the same com pany every Friday morning. Subscription Driee $2 per year. For advertising rates, address OTlixT XL F-A.'XTEXasOlT, Editor and Manager, Long Creek, Oregon, or "Gazette," Heppner, Oregon. THIB PAPJSR is kept on file at E. V. Dake'a Advertising Agency, 84 and 65 Merchants Exohange, Ban Francisco, California, where oou raeta for advertising can be made for it. Union Pacfio Railway-Local card. No, JO, mixed leaves Heppner 9:45 p. m. daily exoept Sunday 10, " ar. at WiIIowb Jo. p.m. 9, leaves " a. m. 9, " ar. at Heppner 5:00 a. m, dally except Monday. East bound, main line ar. at Arlington 1 : a. m. West ' ' " leaves " l:ao a. m. West bound looal freight leaves Arlington 8:35 a. m.. arrives at The Dalles 1:15 p. m. Local passenger leaves The Dalles at 2 :00 p. m. arrives at Portland at 7:00 p. m. omci-a.ij DIBBOTOBT. United States Officials. President Stoym Cleveland Vice-President - Ad I ai i Stevenson Beoretary of State Walter Q. Gresham Beoretary of Treasnry John Q. Carlisle Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith Beoretary of War Daniel B. Laniont Beoretary of Navy. Hilary A. Herbert Postmaster-General Wilson 8. Bissell Attorney-General v1Lloh8rd S. Olney Beoretary of Agrionlture J. Sterling Morton State of Oregon. Governor 8. Pnoyer Beoretary of State G. W.McBnde Treasurer Phil. Metscnan Bnpt. Publio lnstrnction .K. B. MoEiroy ( J. H. Mitehei senators ) J. N. Dolph 5 Binger Hermann Congressmen.... Printer W. R. Ellis .Frank C.Baker (F. A .iw.i (It. 8 r. A. Moore Supreme Judges .... P. Lord S. Bean Seventh Judicial District. IMronit Jndite W. ii. BradBhaw Proseouting Attorney . A. A. Jayne Morrow County Officials, Joint senator . Representative. J- 8. Boothby i :nnty J nage " Commissioners J. R. Howard J.m. Baaer. Clerk... Sheriff., J. W. Morrow ..G. W. Harrington Frank Gilliam J. V. Will's Geo. Lord Anna Baloiger T.W.Ayers, Jr Treasurer Assessor Burveyor Bohooi Bup't., Coroner HKPPNKB TOWN OrBTOBBS. Mayor V.O. Borg CouncUmen O. E. Farnsworth, M. Liohtenthal, Otis Patterson, Julius Keitnly, W. A. Johnston, J. L. Yeager. Reoorder P. J. Hallook Treasurer A. M. Gunn Marshal Precinct Officer. Justioeof the Peace E. L. Freeland Constable N. 8. Whetstone United States Land Officers. THK DALLKB, OR. J. F. Moore Register A. S. Biggs Receiver LA GBANDI, OB. B. F, Wilson Register J. H. Robbina Receiver SECBBX SOCIETIES. Dorio Lodge No. SO K. of P. meet ev ery Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock in their Castle Hall, National Bank build in. Rninnrninar hrothers oordiallv in vited to attend. A. W. Patterson. C. C. W. V. Cbawfobo, K. of K. a a. tt RAWLINS POST, NO. 81. 8. A. R. Meets at Lexington, Or., the last Saturday of 4ach month. All veterans are Invited to join. ; C. Boon, Geo. W . Smith. Adintant, tf Commander. LUMBER! VTTI nAVK FOR HALF. 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Though not a fashion magazine, its perfect fashion pages.and itsarticlea on family and domestic matters, will be of snperlative interest to those possessing the Feminine Type of Thnmh. whlrh Indicates in Its small size, slenderness, soft nail, and Bmootb, rounded tip. those trait which hHlonir p.Hsentiallv to the fen tier sex, everyone or whom snouia sunscnoe co Demorest's Magazine. If you are unacquainted with its merits, send for a specimen copy (ireej, ana you will admit that seeing these THUMBS haB put ou in the way of saving money by finding in one lagazine everything to aatiefy the literary wants ( ue wuoie family. WASHINGTON WIDOWS. The Haven Par Exr ellenoe for Dt voroed People. Census Figures Which Sho That the Na. tlonal Capital Carries O T the Laurel as a Resort for Alntr 'monial TJnfortunates- The funny writers will Have to re vise their jokes it the fipures ot the census office are correct. There is a good deal of danger that he District of Columbia will soon be pointed at throughout the country and cartooned in the comic papers as the haven par excellence for divorced people. For it is a fact, says the 'Washington News, that the figures of the latest census bulletin given to the public show that Washington city has more people in it per capita who have been through the divorce court than has Chicago, that hustling metropolis of the west, which has a world-wide reputation for the cheapness and dispatch with which the lawyers can render asunder the bonds of matrimony that were supposed to be eternal when they were riveted at the altar. The figures that are reputed not to lie are these: Chicago, with a popula tion of 1,099,850, has 1,540 men and women in its limits who have been un married that is, one divorced person to every 670 of the population. The District of Columbia, with a population of 230,392, has 400146 men and 314 women divorced people, or one in every 501 of the inhabitants. So the District carries off the laurels. Still, throughout the United States, there is one divorced person for every B20 of population. But while this is a start ling statement, there are a number of other communities that surpass the Dis trict in this respect. The little puri tanical state of Vermont, for instance with a population of 370,530 has 1,200 people who had to seek legal separation in order to kc peace in the family. Virginia evidently has a climate better adapted to domestic peace than has the District, for while it has seven times the number of inhabitants, it contains slightly less than four times as many divorced couples as does the capital. Maryland shows up still more staid, for its population is four and a half as large as that of the District, though it has less than twice the number of divorced people as has the latter. There is another peculiar thing about the district its percentage of married people is less than that which prevails throughout the country. Taking the U nited States at large and nearly 3 per cent, of the inhabitants are married. In the district less than 33 percent, have ventured upon wedlock, but more alarming than any of these figures is the presence of widows in the District. There are actually 13,629 widows here dashing or otherwise or one for every W4 of the population. This figure appears to be very large when it is considered that throughout the United S'-au.-s the pumler of lxth men and women whe nave lost thr;ir partners In lifr An ih, ruiutur rw;r than one to every twenty-one of the in habitants. et in the District the widows alone move afound in society at the ratio of one to sixteen and one half. An interesting study Is brought up in the effort to discover why it is that the District has more thau its share of divorced people, widows and unmarried inhabitants. It is answered very easily by the simple fact that one-half of the employes of the government are women. There are great numbers of widows of soldiers who were killed in the war who have sought this city and been successful in securing lucrative government appointments. Then there are thousands of young ladies who get places in the departments and con clude that it is better to hold them than to give their hearts to some fel low whose salary in their estimation 1b not more than enough to support themselves. The divorced people get there in pretty much the same way. Women shorn of the protection and support of their erstwhile husbands have tried their fortunes in the capital and in many instances been able to Becure desks in the goverment work shops. MAN NOT EASILY KILLED. The New Minister to Uruguay Has Had Many Marrow Escapes in the West. A tall, slender man, with iron-gray beard and hair and piercing eyes which roved around under a pair of heavy gray eyebrows, sauntered through the Arlington lobby at Washington the other day. "That is Granville Stuart, of Montana, the new minister to Uru guay and Paraguay," said an old-timer to a Star reporter. "He is on his way to his new post, and this is the first time he has been east of the Mississippi for a quarter of a century. He has had more startling adventures and hair breadth escapes than almost any man you ever heard of. I remember one of them well. Stuart was one of the first pioneers in the territory of Montana and was quartz crazy like the rest of them. He was out on a prospecting trip once and had dismounted from his horse, leaving his rifle strapped to the saddle, when the animal ran away. It was late in the year and that night snow began falling. He was miles away from any habitation, in the heart of the mountains, and in searching for his horse he lost his bearings. He had only a small pocketknife and his fusee sale only contained two or three fire makers. The first night he was out it grew very cold and he made a lire, which attracted some small birds, Stuart caught about a dozen of them and cooked them. For ten days he wandered through the mountains with nothing else to eat but those little bims. One day an elk rubbed against a tive within two yards of him, but ho had nothing to kill it with. Then a frog crossed his path, but he was not strong enough to catch up with it. When he was nearly dead two Indians found hira and took him into their camp to have fun with him. They fed him up so as to get strong enough to run while they could beat him with tepee poles. One night he escaped, stole a horse and got away. He got lost in the mountains aguin, and dog goned if his second horse didn't get away from him! He wi ndered around again for three or four days, and then, when he had given up completely and lain down to die, some of the party who had gone out to hunt him up came across him and carried hiin to camp. 1 1 is devoutly believed in Montana that nothing can kill Granville Stuart. He was a mighty hunter in those days, too. He has the record of killing sixteen elk from one spot, without getting up. Ilo is a man of powerful mind, and will uphold the stars and stripes and all that they mean in his new position." THE YIDDISH DIALECT. A Corruption of Hebrew That Exists In Every Community Where Jews Live. Yiddish will defy the definition of the smartest lexicographer, for not any one of these could state in a few words what constitutes the dialect, which is neverthelesss perfectly clear to every Jew. It evades definition be cause of its mixed nature, and because it is a different thing according to the latitude and longitude it inhabits. The Yiddish of Poland and Germany is very different from that of the east end of London, though the latter is based in a very large measure on the former. In other words, says the Jewish Chronicle, it is influenced by its envi ronments, an expression of which the evolutionists are so fond. The basis of Hebrew words, with their ancient encrustrations of who knows what which have clung to them in their wanderings through all climes and througli the centuries, still goeB on gathering new influences day by day as it needs them, and so Yiddish is, like all other languages, an ever-shifting element, only perhaps more so. But all this we have known for a long time. It is perhaps not so generally known, however, that thiB same Yid dish in its turn exercises a consider able influence over its neighbors and flowers the language of the Gentiles among whom it dwells by many a tell ing and significant word and phrase. Marriage hy Advertisement. Marriage by an advertisement and pretty modest advertisement at that has become an institution in Japan, says the New York World. The Frank furter Zeitung quotes the following: "A young lady wishes to marry; she is beautiful, has a rosy countenance, framed in dark hair, eyebrows in the form of the crescent moon, and a small but gracious mouth. She is also very rich rich enough to spend the day by the side of her beloved admiring flow ers and to pass ttie night in singing ti the stars of heaven. The man on whom her choice shall fall must lie young, handsome and educated." The adver tiser seems to think that, this being given, enough has been done to secure the perfect life, for the next clause re fers to the end of it: "He must also be willing1 to ahnro (ha f(f fff,Y EASV-G0IXG POSTMASTER. He Let Mail Accumulate la Offloe for Twelve Years. His From the Day of Ills Appointment He Let the Office Kun Itself and Plgeon Holed the Commissions of Ills Intended Successors. There is a quaint and curious old town on the Colorado river in Arizona, situated about one hundred and forty miles above the town of Yuma, that is known to the few who are aware of its existence by the name of Klironburg. It now consists only of a lew long streets of crumbling and uninhabited adobe houses and a population of about twenty Mexicans and Indians with perhaps half a dozen whites. Hut, ac cording to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, it was not always thus. In for mer days, before the advent of the two transcontinental railways that now cross the territory, bhrcnlmrg was a plaee of some importance and boasted a population, transient and permanent, of near one thousand souls. In those days, besides being the center of a flourishing placer mining district, it was the entry port for all the freight and passenger traffic between Cali fornia and northern Arizona, a line of river steamboats from Yuma making a weekly landing and the overland stage between San llernardino, Cal., and Prescott, Arizona, crossing the river by ferryboat at this point. In 1878, when the Southern Pacific railway readied the territory, the glory of lihrenburg commenced to decline, and later, when the Atlantic and Pacific railway built its bridge at the Needles, sixty miles above, the old town was soon deserted by all save a few miners who held claims in the vicinity, and since then, both the town and its inhabitants have been enjoying a Itip Van Winkle re pose. If we arc permitted to judge from the results of an official investiga tion lately conducted at the Eliren burg post office, this statement must be especially true as regards the post master of this forgotten town. 1 It seems that one Jesus Daniels, a Mexican, received the appointment of postmaster to the town some twelve years ago, and has ever since held the position without the interference of postal authorities and without com municating with them in any manner whatever. The population of the dis trict tributary to the post office lias in creased during the last eighteen months, owiug to an awakening inter est in some of the old mines in the vi cinity, and the failure of letters to reach their destination through that onice led to complaints, until the mat ter culminated in Inspector George B. Waterbury Deing sent from Washing ton to investigate. He arrived there some weeks ago, and 1 is examination brought to light a curious state of af fairs. In the office were found one hundred and fifty-eight letters, some of them postmarked twelve years ago. Among them were seven registered letters, fifty-seven with requests for re turn of them; seven were addressed to Ellisburg, Wash., and had never been forwarded, and fifty-one were ad dressed to persons living in Ehrenburg, These latter the inspector himself de livered to the parties to whom they were addressed. Laid to one side were sixty official letters addressed to the postmaster, not one of which had been opened, and two full sacks of newspa per mail lay in a corner, neither of which had been opened. It was also brought to light that since taking charge of the office Daniels has never made a report or purchased a stamp from Washington. Further search re vealed the fact that three years ago Thomas J. Goodwin, an old citizen of Ehrenburg, had been appointed post master of the town, and his commis sion had been duly forwarded to him. The document was found unopened, and of course had not been delivered. OUR MILITARY RESOURCES. No Other Nation Can Muster Ho Large an Army as Uncle Nam. The United States has been said to be a warlike nation without being a military nation. It.) war potentialities are vast indeed, says the Boston Jour nal. It showed that thirty years ago, when with only a little more than half its present population it mustered more than 3,000,(KXJ men under arms in the union and confederate forces. There is now in America the enormous total of y.OOO.OOO men of military age eligi ble for military service. No civilized country in the world could place Buch a gigantic host of men iu the field in an emergency. Of course, the actual number of or ganized, drilled and uniformed citizen soldiers is only a small fraction of this, but the real available military strength of the United States Is only inadequate ly appreciated by the average Ameri can. The military Bpirit which the civil war engendered has not died out among the American youth. On the contrary, it has amply held its own, if it has not increased. Never before was the national guard of the several states so strong in numbers, so well armed, so excellently disciplined. There are 112,190 of these volunteers in all, representing infantry, cavalry and artillery. Their efficiency widely varies, being high as a rule, in the old, rich, and populous states, and less sat isfactory in the newer and sparsely Bettied communities. New York heads the list in numbers with a well-equipped force of 12,810 officers and men as large as a fighting army corps of the rebellion. Pennsyl vania has a force of a, 014, whose mettle was tried two years ugo at Homestead; Ohio has 0,125 and Massachusetts 5,000. Ah it happens, the states in which the present strike centers are well pre p'jri'd for sneli an emergency. Illinois' militia body musters 4,777 men; Indi ana's, 2,033; luwa's, 2,351; Missouri's, 2,-U'i, and Michigan's, 2,801. Illinois is p.irtii-iilarly fortunate in the character of its line city regiments. Tiie entire organised militia of the United Mates is subject to the orders of the president and can be moved and C'ncenl.rstf'd wherever r-e'.'SMon for its Highest of all in Leavening Power. ABSOLUTELY PORE presence arises. When to this great army of 100,000 men are added the 25, 000 regulars and the 2,000 or 3.000 blue jackets and marines of the warships on the home station it is obvious that there is something more than the po liceman's club between the American people and anarchy. MULEY HASSAN AND THE JEWS. He Presented to Thorn Only the Ilenevo lent SMe of His Character. The Jewish subjects of Muley Has san will sincerely lament his sudden death. Nothing, it is true, could be much worse to our ideas thnr. the con dition of the Jews under the late sul tan, but a lower depth may yet open in the deep. Muley Hassan pre sented to the Jews only the benevolent side of his character. He showed no countenance to the oppressors of the Jews, says the London Jewish Chroui iele, and when, well authenticated abuses were brought under his notice he did something to remove them. About a year ago an occasion arose when Muley Hassan displayed at once his genuine love of justice and his ori ental dislike of foreign interference. The governor of Morocco citadel had displayed more than usual vigor in ap plying the bastinado to the Jews. The latter applied for redress to the minis ters of foreign powers at Tangier. The sultan resented this appeal, but reme died the abuse. "Conduct thyself," wrote Muley Hassan to his over-energetic officer in Morocco, "towards the Jews in the same way as thou aetest toward Molinmmedans under thy ad ministration; in civil affairs do justice to them, and iu religious matters leave absolutely to their rabbis the task of deciding them. This friendly disposi tion was more than shared by the Jews of Morocco. They had an almost ex aggerated fondness for Muley Hassan, forgetting that while his active good will was but spasmodic the cruelties and oppressive exactions of Ins depu ties were a constant and never-failing factor in the life of the Jews of his do minion, it mav tie tnat ine oeain oi Muley Hassan may urge forward that irrowth of self-consciousness wlueli has always preceded progress in Juda ism. The Jews of Morocco should not let the opportunity slip. Let them seek equality before the law. If that were once granted to them they would show themselves unworthy of the great race of justice lovers to which they belong were t hey to allow their righto to be snatched from them by the small fry of local oppressors. THOUGHTLESS CRUELTY. Heartrending Scenes Witnessed In South' em Frttnce. Normandy and Brittany are full of scenes heartrending to the true lover of animals. The author of "France of To-Day" describesone form of thought less cruelty which is regularly prac ticed in the Pays de Caux, even by peo ple who are really kind and well mean ing. She says: To my thinking, tho Pays de Caux is very depressing. Each homestead stands amid lines of beach and oak, formal as toy trees of a child's mimic garden. The trees, regularly planted and cut at intervals, form a parallelo grain affording shelter to farmhouse buildings and apple orchards. You enter this somber inclosure to light upon an .unwonted and heartrending spectacle In the open space between house and trees is a pen, perhaps two yards square. This is the lifelong prison of the trusty watchdog. Incredible as it may appear, no one sees any cruelty in thus keeping a dog cooped within iron palings from January to Decern ber. In fact, from its youth to old age, never for a single moment is it al lowed to escape. My kind host agreed with mo on the unnaturalness of such treatment. "A dog, in the eyes of these good folks," he said, "is a barking machine nothing else." The White and Ulark Cross fish. Both China and Japan have long been known as lands where rare forms of both vegetable and animal life exist, but I don't remember of ever having seen anything in print until lately con ccrning the "cross fish," a piscatorial wonder which abounds, in the fresh waters of both countries. The rarest specimen of the two is the one known to the Jans by a term signifying "the fish of the block cross." It is a pink colored fish (belonging to the goldfish family), only about four inches long and seemingly almost transparent with the exception of a jet black cross extending down the back, with side arms pointing down and outward to ward the lateral fins. The "white cross fish" appears to be but a variety of the above described species, resembling it in ifcneral outline of form. In this variety the skin is of a more decided red and the tail broader and more flat tened. It takes its common name from the fact that both sides arc marked with perfect figures of white crosses. Halutlng the Princess. An amusing scene occurred In Stutt gart the other day. The king's daugh ter, Pauline, always goes about in very plain uttirc. On this occasion she passed a sentinel who did not recog nize her and neglected to perform the proper salutations. A sergeant across the street made violent gestures to make liim grasp the situation, where upon the guard baid to the princess: "Say, miss, the (HirtfeiM uynf there wapts to set you, Latest U. S. Gov't Report Bakin; THE GAME OF GOLF. Favorite Old Pastime of the Sootoh People. t It la Now Very Popular with Americans Who Have the Time and Means to Play It How the tiime Is i Played. ( Golf is fast becoming popular. Among society people it has got to be quite the thing This favorite Scotch game can be traced so far back that the exact date of its origin is lost. While its adoption in this country has been Blow, it is now firmly rooted, says the Cincin nati Enquirer, and this season promises to be its greatest. In their search for something new the society folk have seized upon it, and many are learning the game. Golf is not limited to any particular class of individuals, Ladies and chil dren can play the game as well as men, and in nearly all the golf clubs which have reoently been organized the wom en show as keen an interest as the men themselves. Its devotees claim there is no game under the sun like golf, and as a thoroughly health-giving exercise it possesses all of the necessary quali ties. The first regular club organized In this country was the St. Andrew's Golf club, whose grounds are now situated at Gray Oaks, a short distance above Yonkers, but within the corporation limits. This club was organized in 1888, and for the first few years the members played on various fields around Yonk ers. Tins year, however, new grounds have been secured at Gray Oaks, where the game can be played on a more sys tematic basis A farm of about 250 acres, has been secured, and the old- fashioned farmhouse has been con verted into a comfortable and cozy clubhouse. The grounds, or links, cover a space of about two miles, and there are in this circuit nine holes. The holes are about four and one-fourth inches in di ameter, and are placed in what are colled putting greens. These putting greens are wel leveled plots of ground from forty-fivr to sixty feet square, and the object is to drive the ball into the holes with the fewest number of strokes. The circuit leads over hills, sometimes across streams, ditches, rail road tracks, as tho case may bo, and the skill of the player is shown in lofting his ball over these difficult places or hazards, as they are called, to a position where he can get a good stroke to send it down to the next hole Each time tho ball is "holed" it is taken out and placed on what is termed the "teeing" ground, a short distance from the holes. Tho player, in start ing his ball again in play, may, if he desires, take a little soft earth, and, making a mound about half an inch to an inch iu height, place his ball on top of this, which is the "tee," and then drive it as far as he can toward the next hole. While in play the ball must not be touched or moved from the spot where it falls. Should the ball land on one of the hazards, as in the bottom of a ditch or close to a railroad track or a stone wall, it may require several Btrokes to place it in a more favorable position. It will bo seen that such a state of affairs may count seriously against a player, since it is desirable to make as few strikes as possible. The balls are made of gutta percha, very hard, and about one and one-half Inches in diameter. They are struck with clubs, with long, slender shafts, at one end of which are projecting heads of hardwood, backed with lead or malleable iron. There are Beveral different Bhapes of the striking ends, adapted to tho varieties of play, as long drives, raising the ball in the air to clear an obstruction and others. When these various features are un derstood, together with the fact that before finishing a game the player walks fully two miles and sometimes more, and that, too, over hills and many rough plaeos, there is no question about the exercise afforded by golf. Then, as tliero is no time limit, the players can rest as much as they please in going tho rounds of the links. HER OBNOXIOUS ATTIRt. It Was Tob Mneh for the Nerve of This Poor Woman. Had nerves are frequently very troublesome. Experience proves that it is always advisable to nip their dem onstrations in the bud before they get too audacious and assume control of the whole system. At a garden concert the other even ing, says the New York World, a very flue-looking, elderly woman in a high ly desirable seat seemed to be laboring under a mysterious malady. She j twisted about, she wriggled, she rubbed her hands together excitedly, she leaned back and shut her eyes as if in desperation. What could be the mat ter with her? She did not seem warm, for she did not fan, and she looked too well to lie on the verge of a Btroke of any kind. Suddenly the mystery was Solved. Before her sat a lovely summer girl clad in a charming fluffy gown of silk gauze. The perturbed old lady leaned and touched her on the shoul der. Then Bhe said: "Young lady, your gown is beauti ful, but it is made with the stripes run ning bias on your back, and they drive me nearly frantic. Would you mind changing seats with run, so I can't see them? If you don't I shall certainly have to go home." KM tltt (liorinlng girltb(?J vvlt'i