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The Signal, 1893-1-19, Page 6t THN SIGNAL : GODW H ONT., THURADAT. JANUARY' It 1843. TIIE CANADIAN INDIAN. MOURN O$V$UZATION HAS MOVIE) TOO NUGH FOA NIM. tie Slams V tpptess OS -me atria= !.saes as Mums tsar tee Mesh et Ota Tr..bIq.—The tl.11eee naw Owen - mess one lr *.-saes Wile nae Ahs- wsteee. New York Resold : The lathe*. karst Wet their new is dying sea; they ea u detrsesimg a usbera every year. They lime the whit. .tae for • large portage of their misdsiNeaa, bet whet they my s altered t. shrew, .set a •.ser : they .rt refsi to their fate. They my that mos She Wise r a.bjoet to colds and Woes sad they clam that Naw are assn'• •Itesssee and the Indium of • few ett* ago knew them .oto ('..- Midas is cerW.ly killing than of I have same Mem tying diem any amp lire etpeeoaeahig Wed in ooa de.ble quaa- u tas, but this did sot seemt te diwrb their serenity. They are very fund of visiting assh other. sad whomever i patched my Seat the darty children -.f the forest sett mod to eych.age notes with the In ▪ sy employ. Just at prw.t thev are wterteg from a -.ere vtwt•4ust of No tea, and as they .re utterly hslph.m the dealt rete a hags. /aeLl'•» v. ITN THU Krtaeoi net .iteraltr. Fdou want to see abject poverty, visit the you of Canada to theft wigwams. the terms of an old treaty the Indians • flsb.ris 100511 a 14 per year from the tev..faaest, but thta is a missrwble pi' canoe, what the priers they are coos led to pay for the n.oemanes of life are taken into consideration The Hudson Kay Compile.) halm the pest driven out all opposition and although sporadic effort. are made by traders to des: with the .boragines these efforts soon die est, for the competition of tbe last nto.up (Ay u toe much for them. The Hudaoa Bey t :tatpset sells dour to Ube Indiana at ten seta a pound. 1 bought aoaue of it tor my owls .se but gave it away, the wieldy be. tag miserable. Gunpowder. which is $ in dispesib(e article to the lndtau, costs him 05 cents a pound. Ht pays fav for a parr of very poor treaders, $4 for a mares .airs and il_ for a single lsrrelled muzzle loading pa, such u are sold to the boys in for Bowery for ..i eyes... Sall the Hodson Bay t ompeov is the heat friend the !radian has, for es long as the Iodine shows any disposition to pay his deka kia credit u good with the comp•ay, and no matter what has re.ori may be be never dies of siareauoe or want. la mei test ph.oss I war kindly permitted to examine the books of the company. There is a we.derfsl uniformity about all the .c counts, for every Iodise is in debt to the compny. Some of them are so tar to ar- rears that it wall take them a year or even two years of good trapping to .snee1 their ndebtedoess. limey is very seldom used Whoa as Indian has a streak of luck so phenomenal that he has a credit to hie account he re. wires a lucifer match for every dollar. In tbe Peack !titer district quills are currency, but .either hatches iter quills will be re arrived from any one tee{,.tug the nate to whom they were paid `Yheu an (ridisa .,pens an account with the company he stipulates that he is to receive • nee suit of clothes when be did: when the has from guaranteed to him herests easily. NO greater reprusdi could be trade to an Indian then P. esti ht is so bad that he will have to be t.uried in his red clothe.. as a trot ter of fart the company does sot permit this; If 1t did 11 would soon lose ita hold on the IndIAns. Tiffs NUItk of Tut 1.111.1' The items of credit fur Inducts on the oompsny's looks consist of skins awl work, the tut of wild animals end sledging The books do not show how many or what kind of furs Aare been furnished, evert.thtng bowies been reduced to the unit stnad•rd. A mist skin u the unit and connts as one skis. A beer hide 1s fourteen skins. hot it takes ten muskrat hiaea to make one skin. if the Induu works a day for the company he is credited with a skin and • half. The work consists of carrying provisions from one point to another, as the company nay dictate, and in May of every year In for- manilas ormanilas the accumulated skins to Hudrot Ray, from where time .re shipped to Ragland. Carrying gouda from one place to another I. dente by meas ,f dogs in winter. little work of thin nature being doom au the warm seams. The Indians make their own sledge/. and four hundred pounds in addi- tive to the driver are con.Idered a loud for fear dugs, if rno:c .I..gs are used • hundred pomade is added for each dog. The dap are principally of the Esquimau. !weed aaad Dose of them are magnahcent animals. L the summer swaths these dogs are kept in large corrals, their owners clubbing to- r for that purpose. When there is • sharp crust of ice on the snow. show made of caribou ekin are fastened to the feet of the dogs, being teed about their ankles. o5Yt I.A$. or THrI . oat.. P.. of the game end fish laws pared by tate varmint provinces of the lbmtnion affect the Indian. nearly every one of thew lawn wastage a provilins that it shall not apply b the aborigines This u due to the (act abu Reh and pme furnish fed for the Indian. Itut the Indian has laws of kb own on the subject, some of these laws being based on ssprstitios, others on ma- w fourteen is the limit to the somber d bears asy ase Indian say kill in • imam ; if be kills more than that number one of the numerous devils en. tituusg him mythology will make trouble for kiat. Resp are heated by meats of *eel traps sod deadfall", the latter being bated with fish. Should as ladies approach the nem - her of kowtows be wall est ashy �gh trays te rake ha eotoplishe.t is fall. H byany maiden' he .hos esptan more the. 14 be MU 'Memos all to .torr of .kat unsbor, d the bran is store of fosrtosa here hera hilted is deadfall. he expects some grave liar rt.no and it takes • great many lessors to avert it. Il as ladee is stricken with illness or snits with • serious *amidst his fellows look at him .4...,sad argue east be mot Irv- killed lose then Isertsse hears in the past esn.aa. During the setwser seethe e n Iodise .ay kaU • neer foe food bot he sweet be sear Starvation boleti* he will de as le ray trowels wit sacoaate.ed severed bon bet se they did sot eller to molest s the ladies* dselined to kill thea, although qeJ right hawe do.. r with ease. WM. ss !often kill • hear he remsvr his hid. ami thou heap the skull .e the projettiag bsaech .f • tree, if porUla war the sags of . over er Ishii, an &Snag to sur d t►.sr evil deities. These .hall•, whitened by age. give many a 1st of sweaty s pica. liar .:.poet. 11 by roams .f ose.teut hutieg er meso cher cause my epsosr of ammo' gree..".. 111 oc,.nhoer he ladies euros his pursuit ..d a t-4....eara this a abiishod by seams +.rt.•000 �. far bettor .bury.& thea ekes ▪ a.... 'totde by Legislatures i. the Ue 4sui Lams Jae► iNNIS tinge ...ewe il..10 mom PAW.deters Mita emit. *Ow der- Lei Pew WWII Mika Y..ttd..r►. ..oils Mi. Thom will&t�� ti b`:om, • mull >t.to.moy mtheis t.. she haul Mi • some tommei.M use for the walls me Who W goo. Is die wiam.sle for sport er kala plessispu U takes hem • hsadled M • ►.ached •d Gay stabile le make • biokot. Tet -rima- ere e•p. hared is the wi•w ma•Ym when the ha le •sere all white. The her is eat bate strips et the with► ei sheet en bask I these e re bLelsed tegetber, •d deer they him h Isis • week or so the squaw. Mies them into • bia.kot large o.s•gk fir ss Iodise to bwrap ecome►vs.N►vse f epy et this had m. Mea'- with age sad lea eight or t.e yams The c/uM•et est d W labile hair is .a ohjectwaabls leaner* to their ince in civiliaetige. Doge, when allowed to ria .boat, witch s never the gem with she pare f q.imaux breed on . cosat of their dessrurtivs faculties, sees to be always hoary, sad they hem a .seaktag way shoat them which diegeste the white tarn. They will eat geytktng .i.ed.d to be mese and • greet enemy thiap tat eeppesad to be Bt tor glint purpose This is W ..*eluate. 1 ar need •t wbe. • pair d Mem er dray de- voured half • boatel of WE pewees est of my ,mem sad by war at desert pit • ew with two ben el es.ilt NO CROWDING IN TEXAS. roeft seaes.ri.g rrtg.swe. natfaed Vg mho' Area a/ the a.... near +Nate. A recently printed statelesst that the weeern atwes of .lmence are beaoun ,. croirded is dteproved by tiguros that, tbrosigli venous tnaatpuletaons. tell • most wonderful story of the length toad breadth of the magnificent empire Tying west of the Mississippi ever elf tbe vast area of the larger western state..,poopk who Dave not wted them and tneefkd oter them have no coospreheasite idea. Texas, the largest of the United stater, has am erns of 2ft2,200 square miles. To the cannel reader, says Kat.c bend* Wahiagtoa, these figures mean but sera httk tbey .bow, however, that the lone star stele is awe than nifty four times se large as the state of ('oalnectucet 1f it were possible to rue a railway train from Connecticut ye Texas and back in a day..sd if the train could take the satire pored/eta/no( the ant - meg state, as given by the Lest .'mans, at every trip, and, upon 1u return, there should he as enemy permits is the state as there were before the train left with its cargo, and if each one of these people were Owed upon au acre of ground upuo Ws ar- rival in Tessa, tate train would be obliged to make tape, kr to depopulate Can - n octicut 2s.4 cisme, before accompltslung ite mission. and then there would remain in Texas 703,010S empty acre.. It may be of paring into rest to know that such a train, made up of cache, twenty feet long, capable of accossmodati.g fifty pvseagers each, would extend over a distance of more than fifty-six miles. If the entire State of Texas were planted with corn and the hills were two feet ripest and the rows were three feet apart, and if every num, woman and child in the State of Connecticut were lett to work in the field to hoe the corn, and each porton war able to sad did hoe two hilts in five mia utes, it would take this army of laborers seven years -', days end .even hours to hoe every hill of corn to the state, laboring co.tmnnusly day and night :MI days each year. To those persons who have meter stopped G. consider how great • oountry they are firing in these figureal may he of Internat. The nlan who fears that be could not elbow his way around in the crowded west with- out ch.fing the nap of hts coat sleeves may gather some enlace from the statement that the entire living population of the 1.40(1,000 ,000 souls, divided into families of five persons each. could be located in Tesler, each family with a hoax o. a half -acre Int, and there would Mill remain 50,0014,001• vacant family lots. _— -- FIFTY THOUSAND RAGPICKERS. The Arany of People Who Explore the 1" aubbiah ..n Pari. 'Streets. Fla wealth of Paris is so tonndlesa that the rubbish and refuse of the city are worth millions, eats • writer in Harper's ].agates. There are more than 50.4101 penmen who earn a living by picking up what others throw away. Twenty thousand women asd children exist by sifting and sorting the gatherings of the pickers, wbo collect every day in the year about 1,1(Mi tons of mer- chandise, which they sell to the wholesale rag•deakrs for some 70,0(5' franca. At Haight 100 nee men with Mathew sped on their barks, a haters in ince haW _and 111 the other a suck with an iron hook on the sad. They walk along rapidly, their eyes fixed on the ground, .wee which the lantern fling. • sheet of light end whatever they find us the way of paper, rags, bones, grease, metal, etc. they stow away in their baskets. io t_he morning, is front of each house, you see men, women and children sifting the dose. bins before they aro emptied into the sca- vengers* carts At vriow hours of the day you may remark isolated rsgpiekas, who seem to work with lase method than the others and with • more independent air. The eighare t pickers generally novo m ices ; en who having bees thrown out of weak, are obliged to hunt for their living like the wild beast +. The morning pioken are expennaosd sod regular workers, who pay for the privilege of rotting the deist -bis of a certain number of buses and of lead- en with the results The rest, the major. icy, see the eoureura, the rummers, wbo et. mamas their profession freely and without control, w-orktng when they piss.. and loaf ing when they plwe. They ate the p►il n and adventures of Ws profeenion, sn their chief object u to sjoy life sod nseditata upon ita problems Engaged Ce.ptee 1. reams. After • girl has paged hes eighteenth birthday she u thoeghtte be nae demoiselle •mercer, het it is cosidered bed meta for the pare.* Memories@ to oaks say effort to whores • d•aghter'• marriage. Yonng men, excepting an the country, where far greater liberty le allowed, ere seldom shed to visit • family when Nen aro grows n p daughters, and sales as&sr stem e.a- ese. ere suer asked to cone to Nadi ss dimmer. 0. .. •comsat would • Fresah mother .flow her don w to speak to • n ae of known bid or dei...ly unfit to become fres husband Marais a le as ever preseet psssibtlity is Tram* or pieng aro e.eeer.od, shad, as may he easily ima0i.sd, this bas both dm mime - =sad Nom •ad dia dwansagea Noof these apply to sear eslataose. Abroad Mei. liftsea • greet deal of ow smother, slid eausins hardly over develop ism husbands, mole MJ they .d t.....o Wee Qessesan, llri�—I ea Mem Mho, hep .tier da�r Is my .mw suit, .ed whoa i Wei- galledd her she was quite idipmet,...til I Laid Ise it walways the see en te shriven a vow mit i1 that waywas Oaiq - Thee whet did she say urs ted so know time was reff/a rma1W. - gip �UAI?t 1WSJ D' TO K TAKEN FROM THE NOVA SCO- TIA MINIM .tomes megmet mel *wow Teweee•tt s 1. Wens see .geek-ateele4 Cba..- imimee. we tie ret T. tale Mimi .ladles seta resew *assts. Marna 'L. Jas. la—Messrs. N. M. Wbdtsy .d hh. pertaar. *r. routes, bee as.. a i lestss se sake arraage- aseNi ter the esespleeias et the by Nees iesth. real deal referred M in Ns Cana. dim prom ler the lose tew den Speak - lag Ilea reporter, Mr. Whimsy said: I as soar -.d with • m.a►erof mo— ws GLesdhas and sass Amylases—who famed to take over a sashes of those vie. iag properttsa The s.dselyial idss of the trials seem. is to being tato ono Wge es- paiatisn with aleph. eapif•l • tgeidsr bl.- ao *ober et these p aprUse, ss sett of "Anal operated samosa, las loge able w teaks this Wps espeadiesw aseasary to the most e.e.ocN4 peoduct/ea mid tram- port•tiee of seal. 'Oars bowies superiority seer the old and imperfect methods now as vogue, simply by the adoption of the best-kaowa preemies and applia.ns by • large a.d systematic numeric of works. will image us to extend the coal trade of the couatry enormously. We contemplate the exte.sios of the coal trade in the Walt Indies esti pert of South Amero*, and I Wlheve that tb.• enteronee w111 have an .mien**t bearing on the execution of the ``.aero. %rade of ('soda is that direction. them of the largest savings will bo iu the improved tr neportatiom facilities in the I:elf and River St. Lawrence. For Instance, 1 ne staamsts new it use torr brtagteg (ape Kretou seal to Montreal are mostly tramp stesrners, built with 00 specul reference to this weak .al harem • carrying capacity of 0000 tons or there- abouts. Now, a steamer earrying 3000 er 4000 tons can be run warty as cheaply as on- car: ring 'Jf 000 tons. and if such a stweter had the power sod aemesnry equip. iweau for towing ons or two barges of equal capacity, a, u the custom i. the Staten awl on the lakes, it is arty so ars that gad buuner can be done withal& at least any Increase au the pressn oast of coal to the people of Montreal. "By oceans of the best and moat simple fa:Attie* for transferring .cat at this port, we expect to be able to distribute (ape Breton coal through the country west of 'l..treal far beyond any potal it has reached in the pest. The methods cow in use in Canada for bandits( Lod tr.ssport- ing coal are very much leabied the times se compared with those is nee else- where. This is partly dee to the small output of the indi- vidual isines, wha.•h is .gain is tort rine to the fact that the precut mining Maws Imre tt to the dtserotios of the pro- vincial Government tt' change the royalty front year 10 year and teepees new condi- uos. This of roars. has effectually pro- vide I the development of .bees proper - 1‘111111 • SOFT COAL. MERCHANTS. Nova *esti* coal bar ltd. Their !new Englaa.. Trad.. N a:w Vomit, .las. Itf. -'The soft coal leen ars moth concern.' over the program nib.. h the ambitious Kearliog president sad the ,.perawra who are backing him have laid out tor soft steal dealings i►epite to res d of vigorous deai•in it is g.aerally ac- knowledged .bat the Reading people. with help from Prince, Whitney and others el the Roston financial circle, have been mak- iag heat y purchases to Nava Scotia coal properties. They have figured the :cat of haulage from Used., mines sad see a pro- bable market in New F:agland over the territory covered by the Restos and Maine and the New York and New England roads. The l'auadian Pacific is to do the feeding of the product to these compa.ies from the mums to the border, and it is churned that oven with the soft coal deity of 50 cent. per inn there still would be • proet against the Western I'entievIvania and Virginia soft coal btnsght to fiampton Roods and other .hipping seaboard points, sent by water to New England porta wed then reshipped by rail to Use consumers. A btg effort will be rade to have the dn'y throwu off colt cool. The offers of cheap mai to New England factories will be relied epos to bring • strong pressure from these section of the new Congress. There is now a large and esteb.uhdd trade up the coast. (►.e objection to the plea as that much of the Nov. Scott* coal is of inferior quality Sr compared with tbe Pocaboates and other ,vale from the Virgiara section. Still, there are eery good noel outputs from Cape Breton sod other provincial 4.lda, a.d if the syndicate hon secured theae the plan may work. The opposition will email from the water 'wrier*, both Canadian and American, while the Norfolk sed Western. Baltimore and Oho and Pennsylvania Railroad will suffer largely. It wall be • Particularly sharp blow by the itoadin at Its old fee, the Psnn ylva.ta road. and the Readies shooters are maki.g mach ado over the outlook. REDUCED TO DOLL RAGS 4 C. e, ....ter Nye Mile C.ttearwe. Mime Thu. Treated the Wearers fieetstp. WAAHItr0Tos, Jan. Ie.—la the Steak Rseerday then wee dismission over the expense of the Nicaragua Canal Company up to daft lab. Morgan of Alabama iso vaired what simmer* world seers Mhe s U.itd States by the project, age thee stated that if the easel compel week! ask Great Britain t.. furnish the mosey tae eosstructiou purposes and Great Britate 'bosh& accept the .per the Usitod Skate. wield hare bus one paltry pHs (►e weeld o ft call it paltry) oro .sssealatod plea, and that was chi worn aad mire Meares dactyl** which the states of the Caked Suites had succeeded is kicking litarelly tate doll rap. OR. 8P'00ISM. A Prse•Irt.r4. trt.t..ov Wine Oe. tree Pull With tee Aseetehay. New Vona, Jas. IS. —The Rev. Dr. Rd - war 1 (lark, D. D., who hoe fee the peat MI veers hest the paster d the Marsh of the Puritans, yesterday publiely re.eee.ed his allegcaw to the Presbyterlaa f le.era! Aa. "I assent endure the t army of leo General Asesshly," Mr. Mirk said. "i1 e..'t distals what I shell think .mil believe, or rather I osmosis Nick kid Wives wheal it may dictate. I am doss with 6t." Waste ae.oi tree a Meter aiwstM. • at,. as nae, ted., . J. I& --Dead' Da leash. s harbor h shin Stay, has Woe meds the0s g h. as settee of IM , M Obersaslor Maw that bio newaehe� ed by sarialesesses w the part d the deiadeat V Irimdes 1► ..*sari. stator. •,.P„ wad, LMM.►.1.. *—ff.e.s'Isw Aid Isit dol• M lie look.. Aaveds14 Maim AVER'S sarsapar II Is superior to W other lions 1aimueg to be First of all, because. the principal ingredient need in it is the extract of genuine Honduras sarsaparilla root, the variety richest io Medi- cinal properties. Mao, because Cures Catarrh ddo k,ybl ng raised expressly for the Company, is always liresh and of the very best kind. With equal diacrimina- tion and care, each of the other ingredients are selected and com- pounded. It is THE Superior Medicine because it is a1ways the same in appearance, flavor, . and effect, and, bring highly concentrated, only small doses ere needed. It is, therctore, the most economical blood -purifier in existence. It Cures makes food nour- ishing, work SCROFULA pleasant, sleep refreshing, and life enjot able. It searches out all impurities in the system and expels them harmlessly by the natural channels. AYER'S Sarsaparilla gives elasticity to the step, and imparts to the aged and infirm, r•: netted health, strength, and titality. AVER'S Sarsaparilla S..53 -a.i br.Dr. J C. Ager Y C... Lova. ll.a.. Scdd T :.11 Drel4rt• • Tar.- t.. .. bettf.a. �. Cure Wen, will curs you K Wes om atarl.ld.e pare. First City Child- Where did your puff• go last Salitmer ! Second City Chill To Frog 0011.w. I never heard of that place." ! i pose not. lt's t -cry exclnaive. " • Isit!" " Awfully. Then wasn't anybody there but use." 1'be wives of two pceaiaent men in I:et maatown attended • greed hell recently. and e::h tell in a faint.og tit upon catahiug sight of tes other. peach had ordered • new, costly and ultra.fasbaonalde costume from Parte, and the two coalmines were alike in material and style. The latest feat is epooe-esrviue is report- ed from the capital city of Iowa, and was secomplirbetf by S. E. Wilook. He took • twsmmo12 lows souvenir spoon, one he•nag the lows chat of arts ea its handle, a.d wrote tI a wont. of the Lord's prayer in its bole'. Every letter wed comma, is In its proper place and can bestially read with the naked eye. DR. WOOD'g" orway Pine Syrup. es= the*teas Mame Pine sad mipssio psspsetha of atkarkt hobs mut huhu not i.A/,OT OINef /toil OOUQH8 AND COL SD amid all niAlldifitoeT. BRONCIDITS= assess' MAY tenni PESOS eao. stet. .poo. nose a111Tha. WK. r s a e.eosww.. —CITY— COAL AND WOOD YARD. • Coal, Wood and Kineling deli- vered to all parts .of town with Cuick despatch, JAZZ) GOAL. 1 handl the hest atls4s of hard iso l the merttet, vb : the New Tern. Osta.M R Wasters Wyss. Cwt's UStebnted laobawauns Valley (Jeal in tour .tees. vis.: Chestnut. Stove pg mad Orate. 307T 00AL. Beet Shawano Lump Coal far we 1a prates, Moves, furnaces. etc. >t[.aoTP"T3 OOA.L. Ewaquallty resale* Blese►srph smith las meal always es hand. Seeeyf *.cels Om gime te coaster trade. woo—. Cs. see split weed. N beim and f test I. sheays to mask, Dea't Penes tam tan smiles wood. cut mad mplk, ee.cheep s yes as lay Hag wooden the maeket- AS v was k "see W the earl d t! fest or had nerd loss IMIDIMO WOOD. .J t est bad. the net sad sole. IS beim Iasi. VM1 S* ^. added l my *.s+ etpped ...1 .sr weed yard • new . mss w.lgh nub. Ai Asher emir caseoses seeweeaN Orrice, Yams ADD 0051. Saiw is die drill shed. N(tiaseet, fest of Hr iltee.L maws ems. JOHN B. PLATT, Prot., SIG SALE ON • AT ERASER & PORTER'S FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS. LOOK OUT FOR NEXT WEEK'S ADVERTISEMENT 1 REQUISITES OF THE SEASON Cold Cream with Vaseline, Nothtsp butter for chaps said i?Mathias. Vaseline Camphor Ice, 10 cents, Da ons Witch -hazel Cream, Our Acme Cough Drops, Black Cherry Balsam, Our Cherub's Honey Cough Cure, lsoalleist for oemeba, mitts. erase. oto.. le oh4tbes, 1 k, A11 The Leading Patent Medioinee. Prescription work a specialty. W. 0. GOODE - nit. Excellent awl oa y *come a peokarre. The ole re hitt eoagb mew FALL TRADE ter which we aro wow pri ate& In BUILDERS' SUPPLIES .1104. mrNhg.s51g. e In FENCING MATERIALS PAINT and OI L le resulrod smil as palm we Nal *Mak you most .gt•iss qct w have est .tot is '. dimarsnest, The is where skies-csrrs(stl rw .lost ae eploss Wee la u county. Ipl�e .teed Is the stars. taati.aDe Me Mmeted mee is snot complies and well bough• Our prices settee at R. P. WILKINSON & Co. NOW TAIECE BOOTS :AND : SHOES FOR INSTANCE. It makes little differ- ence what others say, the leading place in the trade for years and years has been occupied by E. DOWNING, Gar. ilest'51. sod &imam P.B.—The latest and best designs for Winter wear just to hand. NP11OE TO THE PUBLIC. We have just received a'sey Ades let et NEW EAS! BLACK, GREEN AND JAPANS Whie,' we gauss Is sell aft neem. 10 Cents per pound Cheaper Than ova be betrit.frezak=s 0 1 this etre order w itl ew- 'tassel . ll tie beet owns REES PRICE & SON.