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SCHOOL MAGAZINE. SUMMER TERM, 1915.

EDITORIAL NOTES. The School.-Our numbers are the same as those of last term, for in spite of five re-entries, we have lost five boys. The changes are as follows:Removals.-J. L. de :Freitas, F, Henderson, A. Knight, C. Lee-Own, K L. V. Ries.

Re-Entries.-J. C. Dummett, J. N. Goring, A. H. Pates, B. H. Pates, A. Rahaman.

As this is the closing term of the school year, we have to contend with three examinations-the School, the Guiana Scholarship and the Cambridge Lucais. \Ve would impress on our boys the necessity for hard, honest, individual work, especially as it will be the last examination in many cases. It is useless to regret afterwards not having applied oneself in this or that direction.

The candidates for the Guiana Scholarship are: C'lassics-:VCorris, Potter, 1llathemcttics-Chabrol.

Science-Gaskin i, Persaud i, Goring, Lewis i.

Of these, Gaskin and Morris have already made attempts at the Scholarship, the formet¡ is now sitting for his la8t time. All the others are making their first attempt on one year's specialising. '\Ve wish them all luck.

In the games section fqotball is being played, and great interest is centering in the \\-ard Matclws, for which medals are given to the victoriom1 side of six. Two fixtures for the Dittmond Cricket Match were abandonf'd on account of rain. No Football Matches of importance were played last term, so we can insert no article on Football.

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The carpPnter's shop still holds the attention of many boys, and continues under the chal'ge of Mr. Nassey, the boat-builder and designer. The importance of attending the carpentry classes should not . be lost sight of by our boys.

Our Annual Sports were quite a success as far as weather and party spirit were concemed, but the attendance, especially of the fair sex, was rather disappointing. Sir \Valter Egerton, besides presenting the prize8, kindly gave two prizes for the Senior and Junior Champions.

It may be interesting to our boys to lmow that at Harrison College, Barbados, at the annual sports, only a few special prizes were given, as the boys thought it best from a patriotic standpoint to forego the usual expenditure incurred in prize-giving, especially when it is remembered that those who would contl'ibute to the sports, have had on several occasions to subscribe to the War Fund, etc. So, at the Lodge School, also in Barbados, the Sports Committee got the permission of the boys to allow the money, which ordinarily would have been used in buying prizPs, to be applied ta assist any one, preforably an old Lodgo boy, to go to the Front. While we are on this topic, we might ah10 mention that tlw boys of Parry School, Barbados, at their recent SpPPch Day, gave up all the money granted by the School Board to the Prince of \Vales \Var Fund, the boys taking tickets instead of the usual books.

WP are indebted to Mr. F . G. Rose, Govemment Bactereologist, for his lecture to the boys of the Upper School on the care of their . bodies. We trust that 1\lr, Rose will not feel we are imposing if we ask him to repeat this lecture on future occasions, as the good resulting from such a lecture is in our opinion incalculable.

The Sta.ff.-No changes or acting appointments have taken place.

,ve !Ruder our

sympathy to l\lr. Hunte with regards to the cJear,h of his son, Robert, the Guiana Scholar for 1902.

'1.'he M agazine.-We are very sorry, through no immediate fault of our own, not to be able to publish in this term's number another chapter on the Reminiscences of Queen's College. There are many Old Boys, who may expect in the near future to be asked to write on thi~ imbject. In fact we should prefer it if Old Boys did not wait to be askPd to do anything. It is a great feature in many school magazineR to have lett('rs and article!! from old boy;1, especially from thoRe ia di8tant countries. We seem to be the exception in srite of the entreatiP,i on our pal't, practically in every issue. We had the pleasure of reading

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the Magazine of Codrin?{ton College in which such letters from the old students added much to the charm of the publication.

In reading the article "Facts about Aeroplanes," boys and friends are asked to take into consideration that no time for preparing the subject was given to the various writers, among whom the First Formers easily take the palm in funny expressions and spelling. But do not let me say too much against mv form ot· they ma.y "boo.u-doboom" me. We should be pleased to receive short, spirited articles after the nature of "The Nightmare." Many of the present boys in the Upper School would find it excellent practice in English composition by trying to contribute such tales. ·we are endeavouring to add in our future issues a column of witty ( or otherwise) sayings of the boys out of the class room. Of course, such a column is to be compiled by the boys themselves. This, we hope, will not interfere with the publication of "Genus Puer " which deals with the boys during class time.

In conclusion let me quote from the Head Master's letter in the Lodge School Record, 1914. Mr. 0. deO. Emtage there states: "No one has as yet drawn a mortality table showing the expectation of life for a school magazine, but such a t,i,ble would show: ery low expectation for the West Indie£. In the tropics generall zines come into existence, flourish for two or three issues, bre I arts (and often the pockets) of their editors, and then fade. . the magazine is a very great asset in the life of the school you appreciate more fully when your school days are over. If you hav the forethought to keep your copies of different, numbers and then have them bound when you leave school, the volume will help you to pass many a pleasant quarter-of-an-hour in recalling old .scenes, and to confound many a friendly enemy in discussions as to who played in a particular match, and what was the score. While if you c n continue the excellent habit acquired at school and remain a consta bscriber the new issues will and so add to your interests. keep you in touch with the life of the sch Further, it is yo1u duty to support the school on all occasions; as you would (I hope) turn up from a sense of duty to the school to play in many teams in which your name appears, so you should be willin~ to make some sacrifice for the magazine by writing articles or by the less heroic but equally indispensable measure of,_ buying many copie~."

We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of "The Queen's Royal College Chrouicle" for Terms III and IV, 1914.

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THE SPORTS. (By E. S. Chabrol.)

OUR Annual Sports were held on the G.C.C. ground on Friday, March 12th, in ideal weather. It will be noticed that they began one hour earlier than usual. There was a fair attendance of la.dies and Old Boys, and we hope that they all enjoyed themselves.

The sports on the whole, were undoubtedly a success. We had this year a greater number of entries than was the case for many a year, and as each event brought out many competitors, the sports were more interesting. We are indeed very grateful to the G.C.C. Committee, who, as usual, willingly lent us the ground. We also thank the Old Boys, who, by joining the Association, enabled us to get funds, without which we would be unable to carry on our sports successfully.

And last, but not least, must we thap.k Messrs. Veerasawmy and Humphrey for kindly presenting us with two silver cups as prizes for the 440 yds. " Over 15 " and the t Mile Open.

In the Senior E,ents, Wong, as was expected, won all the flat races, as well as both the jumps. His jump of 19ft. 5 ins. is a very creditable performance, and we hoped to see this increased to 20 ft. next year. In the High Jump, he cleared 4 ft. 7! ins., which is also good. The Cricket Ball event was won by Hunte with a throw of 71 yds. 5 ins., w h is decidedly poor.

Among t iors, the events were more evenly contested. Hutchinson ii wont ds., Johnson i the 220 yds. and the Cricket Ball event, and n the .HO y<ls. and the High Jump. The Long Jump was won oby with a fair jump of 15 ft. 7t ins. The 100 yds. " Under .13 " was won by Pereira ii with Payne very close behind him. Payne then avenged this, by defeating Pereira in the 220 yds.

Wishart ii won the High Jump, with a clearing jump of 3 ft. 9} ins., which, considering his size, is very good.

In the Open Events, the Half Mile was won in fine style by Potter, with a handicap allowance of 10 yds. Henderson was 2nd and Subryan 3rd. The Th gged and Sack Races, as usual, provided The former was won by Lewis i and a great deal of amusem Johnson ii, and the latter y Pereira ii. In the Old Boys' Race, there were four entrants.-Gomes won. 1'he Consolation Race, won by Marks, brought the programme to a close.

His Excellency, attended by Mr. Weber, private secretary, was present during the latter part of the afternoon.

The Princi pa 1, ¡ Mr. Pope, in a short speech, thanked His Excellency for leaving some of his various duties to attend our sports; he said that we were indeed very grateful to the G.C.C. Committee for lending us their grouud, and to the Old Boys for their assistance. He had pleasure, he said, iu

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asking His Excellency to present the prizes.

After this was done, the Governor presented vVong, the Senior Champion, with a cheque for $15, to be spent in buying a prize to his own liking, and Henderson, the Junior Champion, with a knife. He said that some of the boys were promising athletes and that we should on no account neglect our sports. He also said that he hoped that in future the sports would be started a few hours later and thus give people an opportunity of coming after work in the afternoon to see the la~t events. Three hearty cheers were then given for His Excellency, and three more for Mr. Pope brought a ve1¡y enjoyable day to a close.

Appended are the Results : THRO\VING CRICKRT BALL:Over 15-lst Hunte (pen knife), 71 yds. 5 ins. ; 2nd Man -son-Hing i.

Under 15-lst Johnson i (pen knife), 64 yds. I in.; 2nd Gaskin ii.

HUNDRED YARDS:Over 15-lst Wong (pocket-book), 2ml Uittens (tie-pin). Time 11 secs.

Under la-1st Hntcl1inson ii (clock), 2nd Johnson i (tie-clip). Time 13 secs.

Under 13-lst Pereira ii (sugar bowl), 2nd Payne (pen knife). Time 12 4/5secs.

LONG JUMP:Over 15- lst ,vong (safety pin), 19 ft. 5 ins. ; 2nd Man-son-Hing i (pocketbook).

Under 15-lst Stoby (watch chain), 15 ft. 7 ins. ; 2nd Kraneuburg ii (knife rest).

220 YARDS:Over 15-Ist Wong (S,van Fountain Pen), 2nd Gittens (walking ~tick).

Time 25 secs.

Under 15-lst .Johnson i (watch), 2nd Henderson (pai links). Time 30secs.

Under 13--lst Payne (cup), 2nd Pereira ii (clock). 'f ne 31 1/5 secs.

440 YARDS:Over 15-lst Wong *(cup) , 2nd Gittens (safety pin). Time 6~ secs.

Under 15-lst Henderson (watch), 2nd Stoby (enamelled huks). Time 67 secs.

HIGH JUMP:Over 15-Ist Wong (set of cake forks), 4 ft. ins. ; 2nd Chabrol (silver pin).

Under 15-lst Henderson (set of studs), 4 ft. Oi in. ; 2nd Kranenburg ii (photo frames).

Under 13-lst Wishart ii (ink stand), 3 ft. 9i ins. ; 2nd Pereha ii (watch).

THRRE-LEGGED liACE :-Lewis i and Johnson ii. (2 stylo. pens).

SACK liACE :-Pereira ii (pair serviette rings).

OLD Bovs' RACE :-Gomes (silver mounted walking stick). t MILE OPEN (HANDICAP) : 1st Potter *(cup), 2nd Heuderson (ink stand), 3rd Subryan (set links).

CONSOLATION RACF. :-Marks (jam dish); CHAMPION ~ENIOR :-Wong, 16 points. CHAMPION JUNIOR :-Henderson, 9 pomts.

N.B.-*The two cups for the senior 440 yds. and 880 yds. were kindly presented by Messrs. J. A. Veerasawmy and H. G. Humphrey Ltu., respectively. '

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OUR ROLL OF HONOUR.

IF any names are omitted in the list b~low, we should be obliged to readers who would supply us with the same.

Bagot, Pte. B. W., Public Schools Batallion, Royal Fusiliers.

Braithewaithe, Pte. W. H., Artists Corps.

Bye, F. G., 3rd Battalion, Canadian Contingent.

Carruthers, 2nd Lieutenant W. A., E. Lothian Regiment.

Chalmers, Pte. B. C., 23rd London Battalion.

Day, Pte. C. F., 2nd Battalion, Canadian Contingent.

Day, PLe. F. A., 9th Battalion, Canadian Contingent.

Day, Pte. vV. R., 1st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. <le Groot, Capt. A. J., R.A.M.C. Dodds, Pte. J ., Coldstre:1m Guards.

Downer, Flight Lieut. G.V., Royal Flying Corps.

Downer, J., Canadian Contingent.

Downer, R., Canadian Contingent.

Gill, Lieut. A., Royal Engineers.

Kelly, Ji'. C., C:1nadian Contingent.

Laiug, Capt. S., Indian Army (in Dardanelles).

Mansfield, Pte. A. L., W. Kent Regiment.

Mc Connell, J"., Royal Army Service Corps.

Mc Gowan, Capt. W. H., Royal Artillery.

Newsam, B. W., Canadian Contingent.

Quick, L. H. Ritchie, 2nd Lieut. W. H., Royal Field Artillery.

Sadler, Pte. L., Canadian R.F.A. Salvador, M. F., Canadian Contingent.

Schuler, Pte. IC W., ,, ,, Simpson, Pte. C. L., 24th Division Canadian Montreal Rifles.

Smellie. 2nd Lieut. W. H., 3rd Dorsetshire Regiment.

Stafford, S. van B. Stevenson, 2nd Lieut. J ., 10th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.

Stoby, Pte. P ., Artists Corps.

Wrong, 2!Hl Lieut. C. B., 3rd Bedfordshire,

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A BRILLIANT COLLEGE COURSE. It is with much pleasure that we record Mr. E. M. Duke's success in passing his Law Finals. In this examination, he gained the distinction of coming first i,n the list of First Class Honours, thus winning the ÂŁ50 prize.

Mr. DukP was the Guiana Scholar of 1911, and has never once caused his former principal any anxiety over his application to the work in hand. Winniug the scholarship~ in Mathematics at the eal'ly age of 16, he had to remain a yeat¡ in the colony before proceeding to London. He chose to take the legal profession after having made a start at mechanical engineering.

Although we believed Mr. Duke would have shone in any branch of studies, yet we roust heartily congratulate him on his eminent successes. The pity is that his youth is still against him, as he will not be called for another year and a half. As a student of University College, of the University of London, Mr. Duke takes both the examinations of the University as well as those of the Inns of Court.

Although diligently occupied with his work, he has on two occasions found time to contribute articles to our Magazine. The second of these articles appeared in the Autumn Term Magazine, 1914, entitled, "My Summer Holiday."

We wish Mr. Duke a successful career in keeping with so brilliant a college career a8 he has left behind him. And should he decide to practise in British Guiana, he may be sure of a right royal welcome from us and from all his count.rymen who are proud of him and who daily hold him up as an example for their boys and girls to emulate.

Indeed it is hard to think of any one in Demernra, who has not heard the name of " Duke."

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IN a previous paper I wrote of" that form of English as spoken in Britsh Guiana up till thirty years ago." The ultra-purist may object to that being called " English," and yet the literary languages which we know to-day were at their Parliest stages just where the " Creole " and the much-despised speech of the Surinnmers are to-day. To take the case of the Romance languages-first Latin, them Vulgar Latin or the sermo castrensis, and lastly the literary Romance languages as we know them to-day.

In the same way we have, first English, then Creole and the talkee-talkce or the Surinam dialect. And in the same way we can suppose a Roman citizen talking of " that form of Latin as spoken in the provinci11.l comps." It is unfortunate that those few men who have endeavoured to reduce the dialect to literary form have never had their efforts seconded or even encouraged by ~~~llowcitizens. This liquid dialect played against the Dutcl'iâ&#x20AC;˘ guttural is As " like the warble of a flute answering the snarl, of a violoncello." happens everywhere, this dialect has incorporated within itself wo1¡ds borrowed from every conceivable source, and so is regarded as a poly-glot speech by even those who should know better. ":Me Gweh ! " I heard somebody shout and the person left immediately. The words were strange but the action was eloquent. Surely, thought I, this is our familiar "me a go weh." I had been seven days in the country, and I could understand nothing of the language.

But thereafter the language was no longer a sealed book to nw. IL is well-known how important a part phonology plays in effecting changes in a language, and here we find it adequately represented. It is not possible in a short paper to give all the changes of this' kind that have t,aken place here.

The principal changes are in the vowel sounds, and these are so many that I found it difficult during a short stay to tabulate them ; but those in the pronounciation of consonants are fewer and more easy to observe. For example, the liquids are interchanged : l into r, example kirr for kill, carr for call, barr for bawl, prace for place.

Ah lain (rain) ah /ah clown too many. Kirr-man means " murderer."

Change in the sound of ng : thus manya for " mango."

Vocalization of l : sapotiya for " sapodilla," notice also the softening of d to t, trubbe for " trouble," saute for " salt," fah for " fall."

Our rough breathing, i.e. h becomes f ; how is /eh: /eh yoii tan.

Me cleh boen," how are you," " I ::im well."

Sometimes h is changed to s : what becomes sah, creole wha: sah you wani ? What do you want ?

Initial s preceding t is dropped : e.g. tirre for still, tan for stand, tan tirre, stand still.

Medial t following s is also dropped, thus for sister they say sisaa. This word is not unknown among us.

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A case of metathesis is le7J for help, come lep me backka, eome help me again, notice backka for again.

The old word am, for he, she, it, is still in use as ah. Ah gweh, he (she, it) is gone, ah no true, it is not true; while cih, I, has changed its person and appears as e(n) nasal iu the third objective, singular anJ plural, dah ga purr e(n) that will pnll it or them. I may however mention that Ah for I is not absolutely a creolism, bu_t was adopted a1:1 ,ye have doue in the case of many more expressions from the Scotsmen and North country folk in the old plantation dayci.

But don;t I hear that the Highlanders use she for he. " She was a pratty shot, and a fery. tight shentlemans on a hill."

The word suma presented a difficulty to me until I recognised in it the shortened form of" some one." Me wakte suma. I am awaiting somebody. Is this a case of successful hunting after etymologies ?

They avoid the k-sound as much as possible, a fact which alone disti11guishes 'this speech from the guttural Dutch. vVhen in the original word n precedes k, a g-sound is substitused for it, pronouncing Lhe cotr.bination rather like ug in " singer" than in " finger," and adding a vowel sound as a support. Occasionally one comes across a well ,vith the lPgend printed over it, na boen /o clringi.

I leave the reader to translate this, only remarking that boen is the French ban with the vowel sounds adapted to the Dutch pronounciation.

Jlfasra is " master" with the difficulty of the double consonant got ovo1· by dropping the t and slurring over the e, a well-known device, and the addition of tlrn supporting vowel-sound " ah." The word may have graduated as follows : master-mastera-mastra-mrissra. massa, wltich lrtst was the form known here, we of course carrying the process a step further as a matter of right.

Manlcairy puzzled me until I indentified it with the French " ma11quer," to lose. Me feni (find) you mankiciry one sani, I find that you want something. Lookoo boen you fnh clonn drap-peh, you kiss mankairy. Take care you fall down there, you will hurt yourself.

Dmp-peh, that place, is another case of metathesis ; it is meant for cla prace, but the r has been removed to clct making rlra, and leaving prace as 71eh with the sibilant dropped. Kiss is English " catch, get," creole " ketch," in which last the tch has been softened to double-s.

Fot· English " kiss " they use bu,ss, a word well-known with us, Come buFs nanga (and) bra.<sa me, come kiss :ind hug me.

Brassct is I have heard, though " embrace," and the changes here are obvious. not in Surinam, that familar Scottish line rendered facetiously, " Gin a body buss a body." · Sani is ,1, shortener! form of " something." Nci carry a,h sani, don't bring or carry that thing. They always use " carry " with the double meaning " carry, briilg." Compare Freuel1 " porter.''

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They say pickin where we s,1id " pickney," itself an adaptation of the Sptmish word " pequeno." But while we used it to ·mean merrly "child," they have extended it to mean '' little."

Jlfe kiss one pickin sweet .,ani. ..M£tria, £t me hab a pickin, Maria is my child.

Where a word originally ended in a con~onant, they, like the Freuch, either d1·op the com1011ant or use a voyelle d'appni of like sound to that in the body of the word : e.g. duoro for "door," mofo for mouth, and many more examples will be found in the sentence!:! or words given above.

They find it difficult to stop short at a consonant, and so adopt the devices just noted. 'fh1,re is no exception to this rule.

This is also the case to some extent with us, i.e. Li1e repetition of the medial vowel : e.g. moto for " motor," kolo for " kola." Jlfe go wa!.ka (walk). It may have been observed how difficult it is to get the creole boy to sound final consonants, he is inclined to stop short at the preceding vowel, and probably someone acquainted with the speech of African races may be able to show that the tendency to end most words with vowel sounds is one of the traits of their languages, and this wouid explain the difficulty mentioned above as well as the fondness of the creoles of Surinam for their voyelle d'app11,i. The Englishman on the contrary finds it ditiicult to halt at a final vowel and is inclined to add a supporting consonant. \Vhen the British soldiers returned from the Indian Mutiny they declared that they had been fighting Sir Roger Dowler, and the Englishman still dotes on his " .\1ariar." To show how necessary to the Surinam dialect the voyelle d'appui here is the Dutch word " schreep " which the t.alkee-talkee pronounces schreepe, but this last is the direct decendant of English " sleep."

It is not too much to say that in searching for the origin of our old-time negrn talk, it will be found among the Northern Scotsmen who formed the majority of the original overseers on the old plantations, · and to whom we are indebted for much more than language.

Worrum Scots for worm " is still heard in Surinam."

There was a wo1·d "wirri-wirri," used by us, which I remembered specified a very fine grass, wirri-wfrri grnss. I found the word used iu Surinam to mean anything that is Ion~ and fine, as hair, etc. Phmtains with us are bananas with them and our bananas are their bacoubas.

This last word is gradually falling among us into disuse.

Foto for " towu " ill ou1· wo1·d "fort," an<l in itself gives a little. history of the city us being built aroud the "Fort ; " i.e. it followed the fort, not the fort the town.

Boubou though obsolete here is still in use among them, and has the same signification which it had with us, i.e. something undesirable or fearful. We use<l the word to mean sometimes dirt in the eves, and the expression " boubou-man '' weant sowethiug like the ·English "bogie-man." Probably b<J'ubou is in itself an adaptation of "bogie."

In Sul'inaw among othern it has the meaning " filaria." Boubou -man

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a go frairlfl yon : will frighten you. Note aho thP changed significA.tion of the word "afraid." Doch boubou, is a greeting to ·a n objectionaule person.

They throw their accents (the tonic vowel) forward as against ours backwards, giving these familiar expressions an elegance they did not have as I knew them long ago. This is particularly noticeable in the case of children, and I delighted to stand by listening to them while at their play. It is remarkable that the best educated of the Surinamers though beginning a conversation in High Dutch must end it up in talkee-talkee. The trills and liquids of the latter speech are too seductive to allow them to prefer the deep gutturals and spittings of the Dutch langua.ge. The Surinam gentleman is much addicted to ubiquitous expectoration, this charaeteristic of the language accounts perhaps for it. Here also we must note the tendency to restore in some measure the pronunciation of a word 011 its contact with the original word from which it is drawn. Thus we now hear brudda and sista in place of the old brarra or barra and sis.~a.

Nor must we deride them for their unconscious changes of pronunciation and application of our words. The Greeks recognising their eretmos in the Latin ratis may well be pardoned for exclaiming with surprise: "Well, I never-. ,vhat is our language coming to ? " But is not ratis a recognised literary Latin word? Little boys in Surinam jeer the speech of people from British Guiana, but they would, I am sure, be horrified if told that they are speaking the language of the Guianese, not the Guianese theirs, and moreover, pace phonetic laws are taking great liberties with it .

It has been a matter of surprise to me that the English language so effectually replaced the Dutch not only in Demerara but has held, its own so long and effectively in Surinam, and this phenomenon has not hitherto been explained.

I make no attempt to do so now.

But this unconscious similarity of language has made for an imperceptible simila1·ity of sentiment. They readily adopt En,glish ideas as understood by the settlers from British Guiana, and they think in _English though unconsciously. In Paramaribo I met several persons who though they had lived for many years in the country, never thought of identifying the speech they hear around them and which many of them speak fluently with that they used to hear even in Georgetown not very many years ago.

I would express almost a regret that this beautiful speech should he allowed to die af! it certainly will thirty years hence, and I feel it would be useles~ to appeal to the youths of Surinam to preserve it.

I l1ave hPard that a policeman tii.lking to an Inspector was roughly requested to "ta'!.· you rimddrr, tak ." 'l.'o the 8urinamer I would, like the PolicP Inspector, say, " tak you rnudrla tak," lest in the near future some well-meaning friend may remind you that you are not

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Hollamlers. The speech itself being a <lirect descendant of }i~nghsh would furni~h the philologist with all the exemplifications of the laws of a language in the making.

In writing the sentences in talkee-talkee I have spelt the words according to English pronunciation as much to preserve their identity as to render the sentences intelligible.

A passage from this speech would appear to be in a foreign tongue only because the spelling has lately been adopte<l to the soun<l8 as they are in the Dutch langua~e.

The tricks of etymologists have been for long the amusement of the public, especially when they have persua<le<l themselves that the public is then dupe.

It was such a case that produced the epigram at the hea<l of this paper so eftsy that it has nut been translated, and in conclusiou let rue sa;r that I am awaiting iny epigrom.

THE N IGHTMARE. IT was once upon a time ~s in most stories. There had been a gran<l dinner, a glorious dinner. · The menu rnn-but why make the reader's mouth water, by calling up in vain, daiuty an<l delicate dishes.

Sufficient to say, there had been a glorious dinner, a grand dinner, at which were nine of U8 teachers. As wine was p:1s::1ed, gradually tongues loosened, aud out poured tales of the class roum in which the various reciters, h,i.d by sharpnes.s of wit 01· quickness of grasping a difficult situation, got the better of a score or more of intriguing manlets.

Each of us thought himself the sole possessor of the genuine and only article for dealing with the vagrancies and oddities of recalcitrant youth. There were all shades of theories propounded as the only ones possible to give the world the men it needed. There was a certain teache1· present who believed in the use of the cane. " Flog, flog, !log " was his moUo, he said, thumping the table with a huge fist each time he uttered the key-note of his pet motto. I can see him now, eyes flashing, nostrils dilated, and beard streaming in two clusters over each shoulder. He was a fat, and, at ordinary times, a pleasant old man, but with a little wine in his head, and observed by his pet motto, he looked a verit::tble buccaneer of the penny-dreadful type. I pitied the poor brats who were under his kindly paternal care.

The other theories and their supporters 1 need not <loscribe, but to say th'.tt no two of us held the same view on any impo:tant point of the profession, but all _agreed that the dinner was granrl and

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glorious, and the wine was in keeping with so worthy a function a!! the dinner of nine pedagogues. Just fancy, nine M.A.'s and B.A.'s and B.Sc's and D.D's !

It was 9 a .m., 30 minutes before school time. Seated in my study, working a few riders, which had beaten the Upper Sixth Form, I was lost to all my surroundings, when a knock at the door, followed by another, and another, and yet another, and a shuffling of feet, aqd whisperings, b1¡ought me back to earth. " Come in," I said with all the due dignity of the Headmaster of a large board school.

In came the head boy of the school, closely followed by the Sixth Form, then the Fifth form boys came forcing their way in. I started to ask the meaning of this mad intrusion into my study, that most sacred room in any school, but my vq,ice was gone from me and only a choking sensation resulted from my efforts to talk.

I tried to reach for my cane, but my arm refused to move ; to ring the bell, but the same infirmity had apparently attacked my left arm.

I seemed bound under some sorcerer's spell and strove in vain to assert my authority.

All the time the study was becoming more packed with boys. I could distinguish the individual faces of all the boys of my school in that small .room. I seemed to see them all at the same time, all . around me, in front and behind me.

They all appeare<l to be growing fatter and broader under my very eyes, and I thought I felt that the opposite change was taking place in myself. They, however, retained their class room faces, only more class-roomy, if po11sible. They leered and danced about and kicked, and shrieked, threw their arms about in front (!f my face, picked at my clothes and jeered at me. Many seemed to be shouting something that sounded like " Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-," at the same time holding their hands claw-like in line with their lips (which were drawn apart showing horrible-looking rows of teeth) and shaking rapidly their heads from side to side.

Suddenly there was a dead silence, and a big Fourth Form boy, ¡ Redmond, by name, whom I had had cauim to flog about a fortnight previously, stepped forward, my cane in his liancl I "Now sir, I am sorry to tell you that I have to trash you," he began, " there have been many complaints brought against you by these gentlemen, honest gentlemen, whom I should like to see you imitate in a good many points.

These gentlemen, I am glad to say, are good citizens, loyal subjects, who nPver stoop to do a mean deed, who never cause their parents the slightest regret.

These gentlemen, I repeat, are excellent models for yon to imitate. And to think, sir, at your age of life,-aud let me remin -1 you with all the yearnings of my heart, that time lost can never

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be recalled,-to think, sir, at your age, you know no better than to insult these praiseworthy gentlemen. I am glad to see tears in your eyes, they show a contrite heart. I am indeed thankful to notice ihat you show outward sorrow f_or your manifold 8ins and trnnsgressions. Now I shall proceed to do what, pains me, but which, were it omitted, would in my humble estimation amount to a crime. Did not :::iolomon of old say, "spare the rod and spoil the child ? " So, sir, you may prepare yourself for a flogging the memories of which I hope you will bear to yom· dying day !

First, how·e ver, I shall ask certain of these gentlemen to evidence to your ungentlemanly, obscene, and utterly execrable conduct."

For two or tlll'ee minutes deafening cheers filled the room, till out stepped a Third Form boy, little Gedford, who said: He told me, I was a fit 8pecimen for the Zoo, as he had never heard or read in all his wide experience of such a type of fool as I had proved myself.''

(Groans) .tl1:n·eupon Redmond again lectured me upon the danger of hell-fire for calling my brother " Fool," for so it is written in the ~criptures. Then he called for another of .the offended gentlemen who cared to say a word.

This brought out Jones, the bully of the lower school, a lazy, good-for-nothing boy.

He said ; "Yesterday because I said my Geometry in a way he does not understand, he made me stand on the form before all the smaller boys, and lectured me thus : " Do you not see that _YJur head nearly touches the roof, but in8ide is petty and black. Yours is clearly a case of the growth of the physical to the detriment of the mental and moral, a sad case ! Your poo1· mother's hear.t must bleed when she sees her future hopeful not heeding her sacred bequests.

How sad, lad, to allmv the acclamations of a few .Jaiy, indolent, loutish boys, to turn your feet from the path traced out for you by that worthy man, your honoured father. Ah, Jones, I don't mind so much your being a fool, I expect that, and so am prepared for that, but I do mind your sitting ·at the bottom or the class, and making monkey faces in so asinine and idiotic a manner."

As soon as Jones stopped and before Redmond could .s andwich in his lecture, Ralphs, a Fifth Former, asked to be allowed to say a. few words on so momentous an occasion. before the flogging was administered. " This fellow," said he, waving his hand in my face, " had the gro,is impudence and cheek to tell me that my ignor:ince on ordinary matters was phenomenal, and suggested that an advertisment of my mimrn qualities in the daily papers would receive in the minimum of time the niaximum of replies from all the lunatic asylums in the wide world, Tibet included."

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Things began to get more excitable for two or three came forward to hurl some more of my pet huffs in my teeth. At last by barn yelling, Sedley ii, made himself heard. " He called me " screamed he, " a sickening creature, having no ambition but that of obtaiuiug the world's records for sucking sweet,s, and for highest number of hours of continued sleeping, judgiu,g from the adipose tissue on my body, especially about the eyes, brain and abdomen."

Here Redmond called the mob to order, as everybody seemed willing to speak, by giving my table about half-a-dozen sharp taps with my cane.

He then addressed the school, saying, solemnly " Gentlemen, what need have we for further evidence. How sad, gentlemen, to see, nay, even to think, that one of that noble race, man, could become so degenerate as to use such inelegant language to his brother man, to hurt the inmost feelings with brutal words, and on occasions to back up his authority by inflicting actual bodily punishment on some of us. What need .foL¡ further evdience ! \-Vell, sir, you have hea1¡d, and now you must feel."

Here he paused and rolling up the sleeve of his right arm, brandishing my cane, said : " May I ask some of you geD;tlemen to assist me by stretching him out, while I apply the correcting rod on, the spot intended by nat,nre for such unavoidable occurrences."

I stood aghast, while 6 pairs of eager hand8 grasped me, and in no time had me laid over my own tnhlP-. I fought and kicked and tried to scream, amid the boisterous laughter of the now half-mad boys.

But the words all seemed to &tick in my throat. And-there was that cane coming down. Down- -down-down-it was coming.-At last a scream left my throat, like the screak of a pig being butchered.

What's worng, John," said my wife awakened by my yell, shaking me eagerly, "Where's hurting you? What's the matter ? tell me quickly, John." " Oh that dinner," I said, dripping with perspiration and trembling all over. '- I must have had a nightmare."

PACTS ABOUT AEROPLANES. FORM III. AEROPLANES are sometimes called air-ships because they fly in the air They fly in the air by the chief constituent, the propeller, which is something like an electric fan and which revolves at the swiftest possible rate and ruakes all the noise that an aernplano does in the air. Before any aeroplane is bought the purchaser gets a certificate from the firm

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from which he buy!'! it guaranteeing the machine to go at a certain spe~ per hour, without anything happening to it, i.e., catching on fire, turning over, etc.

FORM II. Aeroplanes are locomotives which are propelled along by two parts called wings.

They are air crafts, worked by tlie power of Hydrogen, which is pumped into them. They mount up because Hydrogen is lighter than 11i r. It has air paddles by which the conductor can conduct it in any direction.

An aeroplane is a machine exceedingly like a carion. It has two wings, a tail with a wheel atta<'hed to it, feet with wheels attached to them, and a propeller.

Before it flies up from the ground it hops on its wheels and then rises up iu the air.

Before dl"Opping on the gl'ound it gives two hoµs like . a car·ion, so it does look like a earion. They are very frail craft, if at any time a sudden gust of wind hits them, they are done for.

They are somewhat dangerou;; to aviators, but sometimes they are useful in life anJ pleasu1·e. bowe aeroµlaues are rouud aud shaped like a nut ; others are opened like two lines parellel to one another.

Souie ae1·oplanes are swifter· than others. Ge1·many has ;;ome so swift that there is much trouble to shout at them, theRe they call zeppelins.

Sometimds when the ael'oplane;i are flying about in the air, two gasses come toget,her and the force will be too much for the aeroplane which will sma;ih up in pieces, the aviator will be thrown out and will pel'l1aps die when he reaches the ground.

Some times two of the pieces crush the aviator betweem them ; of course, when he reaches the ground he is dead.

If anything goes wrong with an aeroplane, it will suddenly pitch over or descend with frightful rapidity, and it will be the last of the aviator. Although it is really dangernus to fly in tham, some brave men would still venture to fly in them. Once a Frenchman went in one of them and flew in different directions, up-side-down and side-w::iys ; but sad to sqy, he wa<i killed with a fall from it. They are often the ()ause of great danger for occasionally the suppo1·ts by which they are driven get broken, and they fall to the ground.

FORM I. An aeroplane is a very curious thing, which is very useful in times of war. It is a very risky thing to try to fly in one of those things .

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It is a very large locomotive, and can enable one to get acl'oss the seit that a steamer could ; for this reason they are used in wars in carrying soldiers to different parts of the enemy's empire. It is shaped like a bird, it has two wings like a house.

If when you are going across the sea, and your petrol gives out, it will be the last of you. Most aeroplanes are built like a fish, so that the speed is very great.

Sometimes when the aeroplane is charging upon another one, the pilot has to make a loop, so the enemy is helpless. Sometimes the pilot when cha,¡ging down has to lie down in his seat.

An aeroplane can go very high up in the air very fast without stopping anywhere. An aeroplane is lectrical and flying machine. In a few months ago the British aviators had dropped shells on the shed of Dusseldorff, where the Germans zepplius are kept, but it did a slight damage. Sometimes the aeroplanes explored in the air and kill all the people who go up in it.

Aeroplanes are famous for their good works.

An aeroplane has a small boiler in the centre of his machine which steams and by that he could travel many miles without landing to put in freRh water. 'l'here are different kinds of aeroplane machines, also there are another useful kind, one that is called zeppilins, nonoplanes, biaplanes, etc. The avator has to be "ery careful when he is going up in the air because sometimes the aeroplane goes far up in the air becase sometimes the aetoplane goes far up in the air and it burns and the aviator ends his life up there.

They have an oil tank to keep in the oil, they also have a propeller in the front, which goes round with a velocity of swiftness when they al'e flying. The man inside is called the aveater, who sometimes fall to the ground and is killed or ingred. The bypl11.ne is more important because it could be flying in the air and it gives out over the sea, it falls on the top of the sea and floats and fire on the enemy.

The following First Form paper is untouched by our blue pencil : Since the war began British aeroplanes and a droop sheels and one of them droped a sheel on a building 20 minuites the Kaiser had gone and another time the aeroplane dropped a sheel as soon as the Kisar had gone a corner. All knight from 12 midknight to 6 a..m. next morning until he saw the zepiline shed was boomed to the earth, and again the German aeroplane always droop shells on Belgium and one knight 8 ome of the British aeroplane caught some of them one knight a 8 helled a good many of them.

The German are very frighten people they send a Tarpeado Boat an<l fired Bourn-do¡ boom on Scro burg in England and the told a story on the British they said that the British saw them but they were afraid to fire at them, but they did not see them or if they did see them they would have fire and killed and sink of all ."

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OLD BOYS' CORNER. N.B :-The figures in brackets denote the year of entry in the College.

B. J. Ries (1901), who graduated in Classic'> at Durham in 1912, lmd just before the war been appointed as French and English master at Goding, Moravia, Austria. He at one time acted -fo1¡ the English Master at Deal Gramma1¡ School, Kent, and refused on another occasion a post in Constantinople. Although a British subject in the enemy's country he has not yet been imprisoned.

We are sorry to record the death of R. L. Hunte (1893), the Guiana scholar of 1902, and son of our Second Assistant Master, Mr. Hunte.

E. M. Duke ( 1907) has our hea1ty congratulations on his brilliant successes in his Finals.

Our best wishes accompany J. U. Hing, (1905), who married -Miss Florence "\Vong, on April 28th. Hing, on one occasion, presented the boys with a Champion Cup for the Annual Athletic Sports.

J.E. Pereira (1904), son of Mr. J. N. Pereira, has also our best wishes on joining the rank of Benedicts, the happy lady being Miss Louisa Gonsalves, daught,er of Mr. U. C. Gonsalves, of J . P. Santos & Co., Ltd. E.G. I-I. Payne (1908) and I-I. J. Dingwall, (1910) both of whom are studying medicine at Edinburgh, have been successful at their First Year examination.

F. J. J . July (1903), was married on the 3rd of April to Miss Daisy Mc Connell. They have our best wishes for a long and happy married life.

W . E. Davis (1893), has been promoted to the rank of bombardier in the Artillery Company.

Dr. Lewis (1897), who for some months has been acting at the Public Hospital, has been permanently appoiuted to the staff of the Hospital.

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E. L. Farnum (1909), gunner in the ArLiller_v Company, die<l afte1路 a severe spell oi illness and was buried wit,h wilita1路y honours. vVe tender our sympathy to his relative<,.

T. H.K. Moulder (1883), hM recently been appointed Inspector of Schools in St. Lucia, when at Queen's he came first for the Guiana Scholal'ship in 1889, but was diRqualified on a technical point. He was, howeve1路, voted one of the lapsed scholarships by the Combined Court.

GENUS PUER. Tliese liowlers are purely local.

The " lay " means " the life."

A lay is a man who carries the lm.rp for a minstrel.

A 1uinstrel is a kind of poet who composes a Lay for himself, which he goe~ about tuning on his harp.

William of Delontine was a wiLrrior, anJ husband of :Margaret, murdered m streets of .Edinburgh by a b,Ltl,le between the Scots and Cal'l's.

When ,villiam of Deloraine had to cross a river, he plunged in.

At the first plunge he went down low but he rmie again, sank and rose until he crossed ove1路.

A barbican is a heap of dry wood which is lighted when there is war.

Fleur-de-Lys is a country on the border of the Tweed .

Cresset is the top of a high tower.

When William of Deloraine reached the abbey, he met the monk who carried him to the priest who carried him to the tomb.

The crescent of the star is the light and shape .of the star.

MonmouU1's hloodv tomb means since Monmouth's Jeath there was nu power nor pri<le 'hut beauty.

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ArLhur's slow wain means his slow walk ; and a palmer's amice means his staff.

The wightest steed means the swifte'3t steed for white horses are always the swiftest horses.

The entrance of Branksome Castle can be pulled up and down to prevent the English from attacking it.

The crescent and the star is a kind of cross worn by the Scottish King.

The custom of Branksome Hall is as follows :-The chief of Branksome always has his sword rusting on the wall, and his spear broken because he seldom fights.

The two following come from the First Form and show the muddled state of youngsters starting a new subject. (i) Define a right angle-If a straight line stand on another straight line so as to make the vertical opposite angles equal, the two straight lines are parallel. (ii) Write the future and the present Subjeuctive of avoir : Futm·e Subjunctive :-avoirbam, avoirbatis, avoirbamus, avoirbant.

Present Subjeuctive :-avoirabo,. avoirabit, avoirabis, avoirabamus, avoirabunt.

Here are some of the queer trnnslations to the following sentence in l:iemi Bue's ]'irst French Book, Ex. IX :-fl est le mains ricJ.e des deux. (1) He is the least rich of the two (2) He is the · richest of the two. (3) He is the most rich of the two. ( 4) He is the less richer of the two. ( 5) He is less richer than the two.

There are a great many people who believe in this deadly quality of supe!·stition: Such people who possess superstition are really in need of courage.

Superstitions are objects which people say they see, but which cannot be seen. For instance, people say they see ghosts or spirits, they see bodies of dead people, but these cannot be seen.

Example of alliteration :- l:jrst .[.orm Teacher (in despair) " I feel !airly ,u·antic to find five fat fools in my First Form ( read slowly ';ith due emphasis on-the f's.") • -

Right : What is a gorilla ? Hutch : Oh, nothing to eat, so you won't understand, never mind it."

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If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and bl:tming it on you ; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too ; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about don't deal in lies.

Or being hated, don't give way to hating And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise ; If you can dream, and not make dreams your mtster ; If you can think, and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disa,ter A ml treat those two impostors just the same ; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twi8ted by knaves to make a trap for fools; Or watch the things you gave your life to broken And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools ; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss And lose, and start at your beginning And never breathe a word about your loss ; If you can force your heart and nerve aud sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone,And Ro hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them, "Hold on ! " If you can talk with crowds and keep your vi1 tue, Or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loÂĽ4-ng flliends can hurt you, If all llHlll count with you,. but none too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty-seconds worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And which is more-You'll be a man, my son !

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THE MILITARY REVIEW. Hark! the sturdy bugle plays In the crowded city ways, And the drum's deep-throated beat Marks the thread of gallant feet .

Endless tides of khaki flow, â&#x20AC;˘Tis a brave, supernal show, But it brings another sight, Mothe1¡s weeping in the night.

Minatory guns of brown, Rumble through the breathless town.

Bayonets, a fearsome sight, Flashing in the radiant light Chargers dancing, proud and high, ,Tis a show to glad the eye ; But, alas, it brings to mind Gentlewomen left behind.

Heroes ? Yes, serene and bold, Gallant men with hearts of gold, Crossing leagues of land and sea That our country may be free ; Cheer them till the echoes rise 'l.'o the stars above the skies, And we look with keen delight On the panoply of fight.

Heroes ? Yes. But every lad Leaves a home depressed and sad, And the mother, 'ere he went, Gave a heroine's consent.

Cheer the boys who risk their lives, Cheer the sweethearts and the wives, Tis the curse of war, that Fate Scourges those who weep and wait.

NOTICE. Old Boys are asked to send in their sub. towards the magazine to the Editor at Queen's College. So far 60 Old Boys have consented to pay one shilling a year to help with the publication of the magazme, and we hope to get 60 more by this time next year.

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In these days when the struggle of life is ,;;o great, an effort shoul<l be put forth to instruct and better prepare children for that struggle.

We must give attention to the fact that the school days of a child are few, and he must be instructed in those things which pertain directly to his existence. ' · Now boys, I want to tell you that when leaving ~chool, your future success is assured, if when aoing so you -have a few dollars you may call your own.

How can I accomplish that? It is easy to be done. Here you have an institution-THE BUILDING SOCIETY-placed in your midRt for the purpose of teaching thrift. If shares are taken you are compelled to pay in monthly $1 for each 7-years' share, or $1.50 for each 3-years' share.

These shares at the end of 7 or 5 years are worth $100, respectively; and besides this you share in further profits which are called a Honus; this gives at present about $7 per share, so that your" little by little" savings become the basis of your future prosperity,---;a nest egg.

Let me show you: Tell father-I would like you to help me monthly with 50 cents as I propose taking one share at a dollar in THE BUILDING SOCIETY. I shall make up the remaining 50 cts., as I shall not waste all my pennies in sweets, soft drinks and picture shows, I am going to save a part. Again, why can't brother and myself join and take one share; it will mean, say 50 cents each from our pocket money? This is hard for the two of us, tllen bring sister iu and we three can do it.

What a glorious innovation to you-the chance of becoming members of the Society, a,cquiring the habit of savin_g, having something practical and tangible to think about, a connecting link between your school room and every-day life.

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First-CJass Materials used Jffi\HIS Office has been made up-to;ir date with the addition of New Machinery and Types. It is complete as any-and more complete than m:tny.

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"()EPAIRS a Speciality by men of :ll:1b hard years experience. No Yesterday Johnny to handle your valuable bike. Our workmen know a bicycle when they see it ; they know an INNER TUBE is an inner tube and not a German Sausage.

Always on ha:q_d-Cricketing Bats Balls, Leg Guards, Gloves, etc., etc. '

w Give us a look up, We're all there.~

Advice Free to

PARENTS. Do not neglect your

DLTTY to your Boys.

Bad Teeth are the cause of many ailments.

Have the Teeth examined every (6) SIX MONTHS.

Dr. A. L. HYMANS,

con\?tnce~.

w. A. D. HE~DRICKS

- - Proprietor.

Dentist.

'1iddle Street.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE SCHOOL MAG.AZINE.

FOGARTY~S ., NEW STORE. FOGARTY'S CORNER. QUOTATIONS FOR

Cambridge Local and CoJlege .Class Books, the lowest in the Colony.

OUR ASSORTMENT .-DF '

ATHLETIC GOODS will greatly interest both New & Old College Boys.

WE ARE OFFERIN'G

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ProsseP's Black. Gut Times Tennis Racquet, at $4. 00 e·ach.

The follow ing articles are offered at special quotations to Students of Queen's College:-

CRICKET BATS & BALLS LEG GUARDS, WICKET =KEEPING and BATTING GLOVES FOOT BALLS & TENNIS BALLS ~

We Solicit inspection of our Stock. .

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· ·pOGA.~TY'S NEW STORE, POGARTY'S .CORNER.

Q(TEF.:S'~ COLL1W~ 80Ht>OL :\L\.GAZ1~8.

GET IT AT

BOO.llERS' EVINRUDE DETACHABLE MOTORS.

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GUNS: Single and Dotible Barrels, 12, 16, 20-Bore.

Powder Block, Diamond Grain,

S.IJOJ(RJ,ES!{

Cartridges: ALL KL" L>.:, A-:SD GENERAL ASSORTlIENT INCLUDING

Spoon Bait, Reels, Flies, Lines, Traces, Etc.

Fishing R.ods made to order.

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