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name,
as
a guar-
antee
of good faith
The editor cannst
be
responsible for the views of hiscorrespon-
dents nor does he necessarily endorse
them
An
elderly
chureh
warden
in shaviug
himself
one
Sunday
before
chureh-time
made
a slight
cut witn
the razor
on the
extreme
end of his nose.
Quickly ezlling
his
wife,
he
asked
herif
she
had
ary
court
plaster
in
the
house.
“'You
wil
find
some
in
my
se’wing
basket,””
she
said.
The warden
soon
had
thz cut
cov-
ered.
At
the
churveh,
in
assic g
with the
collection,
he noticod everyone
smile
as a2
passed
the plate,
and
somwe of the
young-
er people
laughed outright.
Very
much
annoyed,
he asked
a friend if there
was
anything
wronyg with his
appearance.
“Well.
1 shouli think
there
is,”” was
the
answer.
‘‘What
is
that
on
you
nose?”’
“*Court plaster.”
“*No.”’ said his friend; ""itis
the
label
of a reel of coston.
lisays,
""Warranted
200 yards
long.”’
A
congressman
who
was
to
have
ad-
dresced'a meeting
was
uaable
to reach
his
d2stination
as
a
poruon
of the
rati-
way
had
been
destroyed
by heavy rains,
He sent
this
message:
"‘Canuot
come;
wash
out
on live.”’
Back
came
the answer:
‘‘Never mind..
Come
any
way.
Borrow
a
shird”’
Customer
(to tailor) I've called for my
gult.
Pailor:
I'm
sorry,
sir,
but
it
is
not
finished.”’
**Why, you said you would have it done
if
vou worked all night”’
s "Yes; but I didn’t work all nizht.”’
*3lmile!”’commanded
the
photograph-
er.
‘You look too
mournful.”
*““But I’m going t® use
this in my busi-
ness advertising,’”’ the subject
protested.
“*Well, don’t you think it would
be
bet-
ter
for
your business
if you
did not look
so solempr?”’
**No,”’ was the surprising reply.
"*Who
would
employ
a grinning
undertaker?”’
“What birthday present
are
you going
to give your husband?”’
"*Oh,
a hundred
cigars.’”’
:
“*What did you pay
for them?”’
“*Nothing!
For
the
past
few
months|
have
taken
one
or two from his box daily.
He has
not
noticed
it, and will be delight-
ed with my taet
in getting the kind he
al-
ways smokes.”’
®
®
Publication.
lT
is hereby
brought
to
public
no-
tice
that
the
President
of
the
United
States
has,
under
date
of
October
25th,
1923,
issued
a
pro-
clamation
deferring
the application
of
the
Coastwise
Laws to the
Vir-
gin
Islands
of
the
United
States
until May 1, 1924,
Government
House,
St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands
of U. S.
31 Oztober,
1923.
HeENRY
H.
HOUGH,
(Gevernor.
Publicati
uslication
T
is
hereby
brou:zht
to
publie
notice
E that satisfactory
evidence
having
been
exhibited
to
the
Government
of
the
United
States
and
His
Excelleney
the
Presilent
of
the
United
States
having
recognizad
MR.
H.
A.
DELEMOS
as
Honorary
Viee Consul
of
the Dominican
Republie for St. Croix, Virgin Islands
of
tne
United
States,
the
Government
of
the Virgin Islands
does
now
hereby
de-
ciare
him
free
tn exercise
and
enjoy
all
tfunctions,
poxers
and
privileges
as
are
atlowed
Honorary
Viece
Consuls
by
the
laws
of
mnations
or
by
the
laws
of the
United States.
Done
at Government
House,
St. Croix,
Virgin Islands
es
the Urited States,
th:s
18:h day of Qectober.
1923.
HEMRY H. HOUGH,
(yo:vernor.-
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tyres
with the
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time
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wheels
go around,
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sharp
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blecks
of
this
powerful
tread
bite deep
into
the
road
and
grip it
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hang
on,
and
drive
forward
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waste
of
el
and
the
rucking
strain
cet
up by spinning
wheels,
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them
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