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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Uw| No Favors Win us end no Fear 8hall Awe." IP VOL. 19. "j. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1893. 1UBINES8 OUUW. in ^*4 ^ U: ?> .• r >" . & * . Ite'. * -?/-r &${•' " p'»& %•* ' ' ' & ' ' Pv- gf, If ' ' f ^ - " • c.«. F'i? * ' « c ̂ -y - aacg . . ' J|II : f. 0. OQLBT, D, D. S», DBW*I*T. Woodstock. III. Special atten­tion paid to regulating children'* testk Parties coming from * distance would do ««l to give timely notloe by mall, Office, Kendal MMk, corner Main street aad PuhlicSQuare O. J. HOWARD, M. D. rYSIOIAN AND SURGEON. O»oe at the erslrtenoe of K. A. Howard, Wwt MoHenry, 111, a& raouBS, *. ft, DHTSIOIAM ASTD 8UR«*OH, MeHenry L211ft. Oftoe at Residence. F. E. PILCHER- - • Dental - Surgeon*. - - Qgtetwtlh Dr. Auriasrtr, Weal McHtmry, Itt. Crown, Flate and Bridge Work artistically executed at reasonable prices. Special at.ten tlen gim to the can of Children's Teeth. CONSULTATION PBBB, A. M. CHURCH, Watohtuaker aad Jeweler NO.Oni HuadredTwenty-Fire State St Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re- palrinffF ine watches and Chronometers. rail Assortment of Goods In his line DR. A. E. ADRXHGER, fSlOlAK ANDSUSOXOK. Offieei »Or neet: lids building, West «cHenry , III.' RJIMMM hnn«» tnrmmrlv nnnnni*ri hy D?: •borne, "All professional calls promptly at­ tended to, Os ; B, •. SHB1MBD.' • f. Xh SHBTABD. SHEPARD iSHEPARD, A *TOBNKYS> AT LAW. A era Office Building, OMeaca, III. Suite 512, North. M LaSalle Street KWTO«T * BROWir, A TTOKNBTS AT LAW. IT. S. BxpreseOo.'a Xi Building, 87 and © Washington St. „ ... .. CHICAGO, ILL„ _ ' . \ 1 1 1 1 • Viii'"r.»>iL»ii|f-|V'• i ,'••' . a.xuMtit. /v A ftfOftKlBY AT LAW, and Solioltor la A Ohanoery, WOODS TOOK, ILL. Office la Park House, first floor. • •• f t- . ->••• : tioa. JOSLYft * UASKY, ~~«3rKT8 AT LAW, WoodStoek III. All business will reoelve prompt atten- G. P. BABNBS, A TTORKBY, Solicitor, and| Ooaaselor, JA. Ooilectlonsia specialty. WOODBTOOK, U&nrots. JOHN P. SMITH, Wotohmaker Sc Jeweler MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. AriNR stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on band. Special attention given to repairing fine watches. Give me a call. JOHN P. SMITH. Horsemen, took Here. 1 have a fine stock of B urses, among which are •• Young Green Mountain Morgan," "Mor­ rill Oharien," and others. Call and see these Horpes before making arrangements else­ where. N.S. COLBY. MeHenry. 111., May 10.18M. PIONEER HEROES AifD THEIR DARING DEEDS! The thrilling exnloits of American border heroes and heroines, with Indians, outlaws «rd wild beasts, lr^m the earliest times to now. Lives and fa nous dee'*8 of DeSoto, StandieK Boone, Kenton. Braay, Crockett, Oarson, Cueter, Oomstor.k, Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Gens. Crook and Miles, «er >nimo, Sit- ting Bull, and other great Indian Chiefs, etc History of the War with Ihe Ghost.Daacers. and ell. 250 Eugrav.ugs. Young boys not answered. 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Price $25 for 5 yean, payable f 5 per month till $25 is paid. FREE DEED to the land, no charges to yon lor taxes or labor or trees. Address California £*aucl and Wat^r , ; Exchange. T 288 Main St., Dayton, O. W. P. ST. CLAIR, Justin* of the Peace, Insurance and Collecting Agency. OWTfOB O* HATtBOAD ST., KEiB & Otr - • KUNDA, lll« ^ > H. C. MEAD, ^ Justice qf ihe Peace and General Jn- eurdnce Agent Including Accident and Life Insurance. OrriCB WTTH B. GILBKBT, NKAB D*POT, WBST MCHBNBY. III. CUF.BOLBY, Proprietor if MeHenry Brewery, McBENRY, ILL. Always on Band with tkf !s : Bast Beer. £ ; . I MeHenry House , '"'T J f- • ' >f*i: ifcHENRY. ILL. g ;:^.y JOS. HE IMEH. Propriety Being situated on the banks At the Pox River, In the VilUge of MeHenry, special at tention will be given to the entertainment «*f Hunters, Fishermen and Pleasure Seekers generally. Spertemen Supplied with Com plate Outfit* R. SCH1ESSLE, NEAR THE DEPOT, MoHENRY, ILL Keeps oi Public a F en tor tM acoommodMtOB of tne rst-Class Saloon a&d Restaurant, Where be will at all times keep the best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found In the market. PABST'8 Hllwiuket Lsgir Btu. At Wholesale and Retail. Beer In Large or Small Kegs or Bottlee al waysoa hand, oheaper than any other, quail ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attand«|S to. V; OOOD BTABL1NQ FOR H&B8F6 " M Oall and see us. Robert Sohlessle. West MoHenrj. III. PATENTS Gmris, Tradrmirts, Design Patents, Copjrigkb, And all Patent business conducted for MODERATE FEES. -• ^Toroistlaa'an-i -ivicc »lveu to la» hfttaas Without Cbaqga. Address PRESS OLAIMS O^f J ̂ v'UPOHII WEDOERBURN, Managing Attorney, WASHINGTON, D.C. CHARLES CU BERNKR, Boot and Shoe Maker, Cver Rtman BTOB. Jeumlry Storm, op- posite Bishop's Mill* MeHenry, Boots and Shoes manufactured of the beat material and a fit guaranteed. REPAIRING Promptly attended to. Pine Boots Md Shoes a specialty. Call and see me. i OHARLKS Q. BKRKKB. MeHenry, 111., Aug, 15, 1898. Think Deeply When you a1fo wmtpmplfltfrre a - ^purchase of anything in (be Jlna ',{of Jewelry, no matter h«m entail :,,-a,inay be the nmwuth - .- Act Wisely 1^? comlnsr to look over our large -. . aud well assorted stock of1 all that is new and aensonab'a. Decitfe Quickiy To boy of ue, the prices andexamlningthe quality of our icoods you can't resist them. It is do better elsewhere. iu No Better Values O'm be found. We £*t none but the chpicest o| the best foods on the market. -* Priees Wonderfully Loir, ~*:fe are always ready to see you and show you our astonishing bargains. W* . '• ' liepairing of all kindt Promptly Attended to. IS THE TIME TO B0|%; iewing Machine! Only $5 a month until paid. HEAMAN BR08. 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BABBIAH BARBIAN BROS. ^ Wholeiale and R«tsil FINE MtHENRY ILLINOIS, now pleasantly located In trtiT t*.ew store, formerly occupied !>y Althoff Bros., wo are now prepared to offer to the smoking pub lie a flue line of Olgars of err ovrn manufao. ture, together with Smoking and Ohewiag Tobaeeo of the beat brands, Pipes & Specialty. . We have a very large assortment aad some *ar*fcaadsome pattetas. OALL AND SXX US. •iaaiAiiXMe MoaeBnr.UU.Jaae 90l 18M. Do Yoa Know € hat ne of wecar^y: SHtr Rooms t Do Yoo Know ' That our stock of BqpTS & SHOES ia strictly Inl, claw ? Du You Know |?hat iu NOTIONS we are the People, and that we excelled ? f * Do Yon Know' That we can supply you with Hie *jest ol TINWARE at t|ie Wweet Piicts ? Do Yon Know ^ ' J ' That w© have received an lin- ipLeuse stock of UNDERWEAR, fid that thi^ is tUo cowect me to bu; Come in and )et us show you our goods. ; THE CHICAGO FAIB STOBE. tWost MoHeory. . GOLDBIAK & CO, PaoruiBTOBS. L0ND0U BY GASLIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT STREET SCENES IN g THE CITY OF THE DOCKEA& A Love of a Bonnet Is f eqnently the cause of a quarrel in Hie family, ours are not so expensive ae to cause one We hare Novelties in Style AHD Surprises in Prices combined on exhibition. Also, remember that we are pre par sd to do DRESSMAKING In all the latest styles. We aim to p'eaco. Mrs. C. W. BESLEY WBSr lloBENBT. ILL. R I P A N S ABULES REGULATC THE STOMACH, OVER AND BOWELS AND PURIFY THE BLOOD. JBIPANS TABULES »re ®&e bust »» dae kun for ISOCMUM, BUtoassieM, Headache, CmtlpaU.!, Djrapepata, Ckraah Ltrer Traitblc*, DinU<w, Bad rwtltiilts. Drse-terr, Ofcnrfve BiK.th, mmimuZ. •rdera of (he Sttsuwk, Liver aad Baweifc Slpana Tsbnles contain nothing injurious to tne most delicate constitution. Are pleasant to take, safe, effectual, and give immediate relief. m. Mar bexj Ol- by mau. Sample free fcjr maU. Address THE RIPANS CHEMICAL. CO., S 10 BPRCUE STREET, HEW LOEK CITT J •eeeeeeooeooeooeoooeeeeeeeeeeeeeol JOHN HAUPBISH'S Steam Laundry •oHenry, III. . : '& Having just put in a new Ironing and Polishing Machine, also STEAM APPLIANCES I em now prepared to do all work to the Laundry line on short notice, and traaraotee satisiactlon. All work Isft with ne will be promptly ^one.as the new machinery pat tn enables me to do my work mucb faster aod better tbau heretofore. All Laundry will be called for and delivered wben done,. If word Is sent me. JOHN HAUPRISHt M. RYDI - „, BOWJS, ST9S AUDT Carriage Painter, McHENBT. ILL, Having leased the shop of P. Hsuprlsb, In the village of Mcffenry, I am now prepared to do all kinds of Painting on short notloe and guarantee satlsiactiou. Garriags Painting a Specialty W All work done promptly Sad prises reasonable. Qlvemeacall, VKRD. K. STDDK. MeHenry, Ang. 1.18BS. G. L. HUBBARD, Harness - Maker AKD DKALBB VK EAENESS. SADDLERY Bridles* Blankets, Whips, ' '^jCDTTEBS, See Potatoes I Wasted at once, at tbe carii market B. Qilbwt. k 'h , • , * ALL QOODS AT COST! Stock must be closed out in ten days from date. Single and light double har­ ness at 30 per cent off. Heavy double harness 25 per cent off Several sets of second-hand double and single harness at al­ most nothing. All goods must go. A chanoe of a lile-time. Ifnada, ZfiUi 18&9 A Break In the Fearful Dreariness That Marks the tlfe of the Toiling Thonaaads of the East Side of the Great Metropolis. Music, Songs and Dances. • The memory of a Saturday night in the City of the Dockers is like the recol­ lection of a troubled dream, for on this test night of the week the great, hot streets are filled with the pentup life of 600,000 housed (one cannot call them homes), and all the varied phases of this hand to hand struggle for existence ap­ pear. The docker is prodigal of his few shillings on Saturday night, the maxi­ mum of his liberality being shown most often in the public house and on the catch penny street conjurer, while the minimum is apparent at the stalls of the grocer and butcher. But men, wom­ en and children are out on the streets, and, whatever else it be, Saturday night is something of a break in the fearful dreariness that marks the life of the east London toiling thousands. The people love music. Their inter­ pretation of music is rather rough and loud. The bass drum of every band that parades in a labor demonstration of a Sunday gets terribly punished before the day is over, but it commands a great fol­ lowing, and on Saturday night the street musicians and singers easily gather their crowds and reap an abundant harvest. The barrel organ is found everywhere, and wherever it is rattling out the popu­ lar "Daisy" or "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" the sidewalks will be crowded, while two or three couples of little girls dance on the flag­ stones. Nearly every girl of 8 can dance, many of them have already appeared in public at the cheap concert halls, and as one watches them, hatless, dirty, but with faces beaming with delight, he does not know whether to be glad of their joy or to pity their hollow present and hopeless future the more. Often a part in these street dances will be taken by the older girls, factory girls, as they are all called in east London, who are out in crowds on Saturday night. They are an un­ tamed, fantastic lot. All wear enormous hats, adorned with feathers, and train their hair about the forehead by curling it forward quite fiercely. They are in­ tensely loyal to the customs and tradi­ tions of their own "set," and forced as they are to subsist on an income of 6 to 8 shillings per week they are a vexing problem to the east London philanthro­ pist and reformer. Besides the barrel organs, there are violins, accordions and any number of soloists unaccompanied by an instru­ ment. Blind women, old men and the poor wrecks of this awful struggle for existence here stand at the curbstone and in weak, thin voices sing their songs. The restless crowd moves on, save when some one more curious or more kindly than the rest stands near to look or lis­ ten. A bent woman, whose thin shawl was thrown over her shoulders, was feebly singing some old song in the midst of the jostling throng around a public house. I saw a strong young girl of 14 come kindly toward her, drop a penny in the little box held by the feeble hand and then hurry away out of sight. Happy will the strong young lass be if the swirl of the turbid stream of east London life does not bring her some time to the place of the curbstone singer. In deed thero is no place that I have ever seen where mirth and pathos, vice and virtue, meet end mingle as on these streets in a night like this. One sees very little begging. There is not much street begging afiyway-- there's no use begging; the people are too poor. Themendicant flees Canning town for the wealthier residential quar­ ters. Of course the children beset one. The sidewalk artist is sometimes found, but the most common form of appeal is from the ragged little fellows who turn handsprings or stand on their heads for you. They really do their athletics very nicely, and there is something so appealing and "old mannish" in their looks that it is hard to resist them. I was hurrying through the crowds in, Victoria docks one night about 10 when boy of 7 came out and ran beside me, relating some sort of verse, I thought. Three repetitions made it cliMUTi Ha'p'ny won't 'wit yer, f ' Penny won't break yer, Tu'p'nce won't send yer t' the work'us. He was evidently working on a "grad­ uated scale of benevolence adapted to the abilities of the donor." I believe by the emphasis laid on the last item that he estimated me from my gold bowed spectacles at tu'pence. The barrows of east London delicacies abound in the streets where marketing goes on. The woman who sells cold pickled pigs' feet is in fair demand. The man who retails shrimps at a penny a bag gets a good trade, but the couple who preside at the barrow filled with "cockles and winkles" have their hands full. The delectable ^nollusks are dis­ played on little dishes as large as "indi- .vidual butters," with a bit of garnishing of parsley, and are eaten with vinegar on the spot. These barrows are fonnd especially at the entrance of Victoria Docks road, a great marketing place in Canning town on Saturday night. Clothing (very cheap and shoddy and called "slops"), little tools for household use, cheap laces, fil­ berts, "red bandanna" handkerchiefs and horn combs are some of the many articles sold from barrows in the street, outside the regular shops for meat, fruit and fish. On the whole, trade is carried on with gTeat briskness, but more qui­ etly than in market streets at home. The batchers are the most noisy. They delight ia wearing tall hats and scream; ing odd calls at the full qf their 1 penny is the standard unit he: Caaning town. The buyers are _ and everything that can be called a1 penny |s. A common cry is: a pun, a pun a penny, where a pound of IqpL be {sold at this low rate. GRANDMOTHER SAID. "Always set your chair bade When yoa ai* going away; Don't leave it in the middle of tbe room or standing carelessly." „ This is what grandmother said, as often, when a boy, I Jumped up and ran out of doom a rnrlli-- hobble-de-hoy. "Always set your chair back when yoa are going away; Don't leave it in the middle of the room or standing carelessly." These words, repeated long ago, coma ever fresh to mind, When little duties are overlooked or left to lac behind. In the daily walks of busy Ufa, when we think we haven't time To be orderly and almost look upon politeness as a crime. We are quite too apt, from carelessness, to think, if not to say, - That It matters not If we forget to sal oar chairs away. But, it will be found that daily life will be more worth the living If we blend, in harmony, the precepts of re­ ceiving and of giving; If We heed the tender chidlngs dealt out la childhood's day. And always "set our chair back when we are going away." -Clark W.Bryan In Good Hooaekeeptn* A Wonderful Timekeeping Automaton. One of the most wonderful timekeep­ ers known to the horologist was made in London about 100 years ago and sent by the president of the East India com­ pany as a gift to the emperor of China. The case was made in the form of a charidt, in which was seated the figure of a woman. This figure was of pure ivory and gold and eat with her right hand resting upon a tiny clock fastened to the side of the vehicle. A part of the wheels which kept track of the flight of time were hidden in the body of a tiny bird, which had seemingly just alighted upon the lady's finger. Above was a canojfr so arranged as to conceal a silver bell. This bell was fit­ ted with a miniature hammer of the same metal, and although it appeared to have no connection with the clock regu­ larly struck the hours and could be made to repeat by touching a diamond button on the lady's bodice. In the char­ iot at the ivory lady's feet there was a golden figure of a dog, and above and in front were two* birds apparently flying before the chariot. This beautiful orna­ ment was made almost entirely of gold and was elaborately decorated with pre­ cious stones.--St. Louis Republic. ' , ^ ; High Explosives. -.." V' There are certain explosives of high power which, when heated, burn quietly if freely exposed, or if confined explode only at the spot where heat is applied without the whole mass taking part in the explosion. Nitroglycerol, dynamite, gun cotton, picric acid and the new German military powder are examples. This is said to be because they are bad conductors of their own explosive wave. If, however, the same substances are subjected to a violent shock by the ex­ plosion in their midst of initial charges of mercury fulminate, the shock seems to affect all the molecules of the explo­ sive at once, and the whole mass of the latter explodes with enormous violence. --New York Sun. The Pearl Oyster. Very few people are aware that the pearl oyster is not in any way like the oysters which we eat. It is of an entire­ ly different species, and as a matter of fact the shells of the so called pearl oys­ ters are of far more value to those en­ gaged in pearl fishing than the pearls. There are extensive pearl fisheries in the gulf of California, and some of the finest peiu is have been taken fro-a those 'wa­ ters. In 1881 one pearl--a black one-- was sold for $10,000, and every year since that time many pearls have been taken from the beds in the California gulf valued at over $7,500 each.--Chicar go Herald. '• ' >>'; '* < She Loved Him. Single Man (to himself)--I ain sure that darling little angel loves me. She takes me into her confidence and tells me all her troubles. Same Man (some years later)--Con- sarn it all! From morning till night, and night till morning, when I'm home, I hear nothing but tales about the serv­ ants, the butcher, the butler, tike baker, the candlestick maker and all the rest of 'em.--New York Weekly. Hot to Be Considered* Mrs. Chugwater (after an unusually spirited engagement)--Josiah, if we can't get along in peace, we'd better separate. Mr. Chugwater (shaking his head mournfully)--It wouldn't help matters any, Samantha. I can tell you right now you'd never get another man that would endure your cooking as meekly as I do.--Chicago Tribune. Switzerland's numerous waterfalls have proved a means for the generation and supply of an abundant amount of power for a comparatively small expen­ diture of capital. At the end of last year there were in that country 552 electric light installations and 52 plants for the electrical transmission of power. _ Roots of all trees draw large quanti­ ties of moisture from the soil, which is discharged into the air through the leaves. It is estimated that an oak tree with 700,000 leaves would give off some­ thing like 700 tons of water during the five months it carries its foliage. In British India the number of persons adhering to the sects of the ancient Brahmauic religious belief is estimated at 211,000,000. There are 7,000,000 Budd­ hists, 90,000 Parsees, 57,000,000 Moham­ medans and 9,000,000 of the anciOft pa­ gans or nature worshipers. it i was reeently given in Denmark irt that may be regarded as abso- unique as regards the instruments The instruments included two >m the bronse age, to be at least 2,500 years clothes A Wonderful Little Hundreds of Tears to Fcrf| Opem your watch and look at4 wheels, springs and screws, c dispensable part of the whole1 machine. Notice thebusyjittls l wheel as it flies to and Jto un day and night, year in and This wonderful little rnarffelw |̂g]̂ suit of hundreds of years of *sttdhr i experiment. The watch carriedt average man is composed of ## ] and its manufacture embracesnuM» -rr 2,000 distinct and separate omtMioUL Some of the smallest mM. minute that the unaided eye < tinguish them from steel filings oci of d'jt. Under a powerful glass a perfect screw la revealed/^ slit in the head i« 2-1,000 *£:• wide.^ It .takes 308,000 of these s to weigh a pound, and a pntmA ig i._ $1,585. The hairspring is a strip olflhe finest steel, about 9^ inches long and 1-100 inch wide and 27-10,000 inch thick. It is coiled up in spiral form and ftSair tempered. The process of tempering these spriuar was long held as a secret by the fjswjfeiv tunate ones possessing it and evw Sow is not generally known, Th2s|S2 facture requires great skill aad eire. The strip is gauged to 20-1,000' inch, but no measuring inst yet been devised capable of gauging to determine beforehand textile size of the strip what the strength o|?the finished spring will be. A t-2O,O0O*&rt of an inch difference in thickne«i ttpiie strip makes a difference in the running of a, watch of about six minutes per hour. The value of these springs wlgflft fin­ ished and placed in watches is enormous in proportion to the material from which they are made. A comparison will give a good idea. A ton of steel nmdoiiup into hairsprings when in watdhai is worth more than 124 times the vafee of the same weight in gold, wire weighs 1-20 of a grain to the indL One mile of wire weighs less than half a pound. The balance gives five vibratipei ev­ ery second, 800 every minute, i&ffllO ev­ ery hour, 432,000 every 680,000 eveVy year. At each viS||Stit rotates about 1£ times, whioj^tipkes : 197,100,000 every year. Itt erolKlhat* we may better umlerstand tJT^ dous amount of labor performed) tiny works, let us make a comgnipi* Take, for instance, a locom<<|i|j||ip|th 3 foot driving wheels. Let tt»w||Msle be run until they ha*> give^Hjlfime number of revolutions that aV in one year, and they will haV a distance equal to 28 complete^ of the earth. All this a watdt; without other attention than once every 24 hours.--Locomoff̂ l neer. Effect of Lightning on the Body. Id describing the recent death boy by lightning a dispatch Stated an accurate picture of treea in the vicinity of the accidi^ |||| on the boy's body, which was supposed to have bees the lightning in a manner that of making pictures or _ This, however, is not correct. such marks are observable on the bodies of persons killed tiMQT no relation whatever to ftilljpiflj rounding trees, although thcy.Mar a' tain resemblance to those is really no piiotographingo# ^ of the trees en the body. That ilMi tual cause is quite different can be;" by experiment in the iaboratqgy. electricity *s dic?hargc i 3* high as lightning is, on the surface of b:. Jug a poor con<».actiz.3 minous arborcscent image is showing the path of one or mos# sparks resulting from the This was most beuri^Qjr the experiments carried out tension currents in London by burne. The current would tered lines of light that w into most exquisite tracery i form of plants or trees. 1 this phenomenon is that f courses taken by the spark to the compression of air tn the discharge, or to superior ity of some parts of the Sjpgj'.--St. Louis Glohe-Bamoopt. j', Wise Advice. • the "Life of Bowland Mr. Charlesworth, publishedi some years ago, there an dotes of that remarkable BUHDb At one time when preaching for the bencfift of ) note was handed to Mm, which asked whether^ We for a bankrupt to conltlbite tP cause. "No," said the preacher after be 1 read the note, "fcut»anr Ma advise you wlio are j pass the plate as-peop will be sure to saye 'There goes « bankrupt.' "--Youth's Companion. Algiers Haa a Stream offKataral.Wter.f In Algiers, there is a small stop which the chemistry of nature verted into real ink. It is the union of two rivulets, one of Is very strongly impregnated jnth while the other, mea tuUring thrw peat marsh, imbibes gallic add, i ingredient in the formation of ink.^ ters and manuscript matter Jre i torily written with this singfcJaiN compound ot iron and gallic acid.- change. , QuleJt, hut Seldfljjpk* • Mrs. Watts--Goodnessl • afraid you will ruin eating at so rapid a rate? 1 oa < eat more slowly. Hungry Higgine--J assy . mtun, but I eatmigfetyi apolis Journal. Will--1 Scribbler^