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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 403, 28 January 1904, Page 3

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I A few months ",ia|r6,';-\fr '.^•• J who is employed la.one..of road offices of tbss •is*y Jsamsst a «$| small poi£:6sr.pup. Hie s•§', fe. the,,head .&n§Mg relates the Ivrtland Oregdnian. The : •lady-, of.'■'-,-the household, like many; ' newly married women, was making a thorough test ■■'.'of, her husband'* digestive powers; by baking bread for; the family. The pointer pup was now, ■ taking on the appearance of a genuine dog", and- put in-most of his time looking for something to eat. He. found just what he was < r Newly-Wed containing three .loaves, in of dough under* the' ?ktto'he J it*%j«ove ~,-. and had gone upstairs.for a few minutes. Like many new- bread-makers, she was generous in the use of yeast, ; and her bread'was usually 'lighter ' than a sponge. When she returnee! . the dough had been transferred from th«? pan to the interior of the pointer, who was already showing signs - of distress. The yeast wasjgetting',. in its deadly .and; gradujflly the dog's body began J|he headr?yrhicb* hadj f most prominent feature (oi*ms othcsup, was quite eclipsed beside the bursting body. The legs looked'like toothpicks supporting a beer, keg; The,poor pointer was now writhing Jn.ikgon.y, and after several neighbors, had • proposed, jjxfedusi;, strenuous measures, an application of saleratus Srater brought Belief. ~ j* .

TRUSTS IN FORMER DATS. | M rmartswl T^iiiiiji.Miimnifiriltjilii sjwj ii?&. ..-.,..:*,.^«•*«*»«*»# ""A^ti-iiJii IXB« of i oodatuLffK by m©tt» irch« and»tbeir agents i* said tohava been the earliest form of trust that eve* ■existed and as h'ad&e powen to prevent anyibear movement in. 05* position their deals could not help.be-' ing successful ones. Accounts of sucbl transactions -are..to be found in Assyrian records dating back 7,000 or 8,000: years; and the Bible desoribes a very] large operation 6f*tbi*kind carried ou{ by Joseph, when, out of the wealth of the seven fat years, he provided for the; poverty, of ihe seven lean ones. 3«% Romans did the same their tax farmers', who itfriri ' waiba^g* ml on the food supplies of t**>rovi»e*« against arrears of taxe*,iafi*'tbeprobability is that similar operations were also conducted with, regard, to manufacturers'. •. -= .- 1 '( ; Another,,.form of monopolies, known asj trade guilds, has existed from x°-"f, early times, and these, in the.micfi&e *ges, amounted practically to the cor-nering-of certain arts and industries «» well as means of distribution. The greatest of them was the famou« league of the Hanse towno. • So close * "combine" was (this that it possessed its* own fleets of armed luercbantmett and even armies of mercenaries' in or* der to guard-its monopoly—a lengthitf which not even American eapitajiLrtfi have yet ventured to proceed. *, ' , gt

GEOGRAPHY AND FINANCE j Monctes Re parte* BettwMHt m**An»St* do«* and a Britiahar Owe fkUHUi rt ■ ..... I J'" Wndovr Wotaie*. '■ J ,,J. g^g.--'An, SMaatrioaa and an Eng>ll«liitul*S met the other day before a show wiad'ow in Broadway,, in -which • wa* displaced' a large lithograph in color* of Cincinnati,' showing how that city; looked 40 years agio, my* the Near. York Times'. V "'"' ""'*"" 'What is. the town no*eßi Sk*i?.'* as-toed the Englishman. "0, a lot. oif thiings," we# the reply. Pork, whisky, kilia, hot weather in .summer, big music halls, and then, it's the hora & of Senator F^raker." "I da-re say- either would *make it f* mou«v "Bui you-1I excuse 7 rife when I -~~ say 1 never heard' of the town before." "Well, it's the town where oldt man. Zimmerman lived, and hi*' daughter; married the Duke of Manchester.'* "Ah, yes. You Americans, with.the.-~-U assistance pf our have "your. • geography on, the ends' of your, tongues." : ' ; •-■ : - ; *■ ■ , - "And' you Englahmfen, with the assistance of our girls, have your bank accounts at the ends of your finger*/* CHINESE DUPLICITY,' j Mongolian, mm A Itnle Hav* nwt Littler. Roear/f Jo* -tSie K©e»dJ»a ©j,.. :•.."; frheir'W«*di;;' : :. .l,fflH& : \ ?*: ' '/. . "' '■ ' " :-■ .' ■' H'?& - A South Sea islander s&idof hif*£tf|e, •; "As: soon as we open our lie is born." The, '"'< edge without shame the same of themselves*. It-may be true aniopg west- ' em nations that "the affair's of/life ; idnge upon confidence.-'' but*in the-■-"? east, especially in China, they hinge , apon suspicion. There are few Chinese who attach any importance to,.' - keeping an engagement. ; Jfosi of them ire like the man who. being accused f breaking his promise, replied that was of no consequence, as he could - .tike another just as go'ouY The Chi- : it':-e say that one blkmi Id'never .relijf a request, in fni abriipt'uiahheiK i: \\w contrary, he -'.should ••£■ ;i fdi-in. aiii.M''iijii wr.ti-. no intention- . : ;).:'(10..>-o.'!in siu.:- : !:: ii<v. "Vut him off, /t ; ill to-iho: row V.ik! then mit il another \_ o-morrow. Thus you comfort- :M» ; j : ieart," they s'ay. •''■ , -. : f •'._* _■'.■*£ :■.: Advice to Klni; Alfonso. V"' ■' Kimr Ali'i.nso wants to rebuild the ■ V Jiunifii f!;;vy. 'Alt i'i'g!>t? Aifey; re-' '■",■ •■■.-;'. !U1 ii if yoti \v,-.iil !;;. '.;v.i. f=:;ys the . ' . i>k :: ■<'.<■ iu'v-''- :!• !!"i';iM. w!'.i.>n v<mi have J *' y '•>':: •: ; lw - .'■• v eful lliaf it ,ul ail lievw-"*^';