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KNlGHTs OF PYrHIAa.

DAMASCUS LODGE meets In Odd Fell
- lows hail every Monday evening
Members in good standing are cordisllytin-
vited to attend. .l-sf-, n, RYN0IU. e.
w. T MCCARTY, X 4. s.
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H IL

TMPORIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
IL Rooms over Emp0ria National Bank.
Open every afternoon from toe; every evenR
ship -. Annual uembershid "a Readin-
room free. d. e. AoAUR1RIB, Pres't,
j. II. STEELE. sec'y. '7
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Z FIRST PERSEVERANCE sth Ave-
nue. and Commercial street.. Preaching et11
q. m, and * p. N every Sunday Sunday
school ut 9X .. m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening. j. u. CLARK. Pastor.
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EYES.


sweet DaDy eyes,
Ihas look aronnd With such grave surprise
what 40 You seer
n strange now worid. where simpieSt tnlnB'
Engender wild imaRinsngs
rss And faDeles freef
A resting place that Is not home,
n paradise wherein 70 roam
For years, may Der
The mystery that in you lies
OF puzzles me-
Clear, boyish eyes,
whose fearless glance nnconsefOaisly deBes
x,, ITouDle anu care, "
Mnen DaDyhOod Is past ana gone
what IS u that you gaze nponr
iand most lar;
sunny shoro with pleasure rife
Anu tnas Rreats GLORIOUS GIT OF lie
=, rs biiss 70 snare
happy. trnsttul, poylsh eyes,
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EmpOria Wood and Coal Yard.

WE keep on hand large supply of corl
w wood, stove wood and sawed wood
Mc Alaster, Ft. Scott, blacksmith and Usage
coal; also, lime, sand, and the celebrated
promptly delivered to any part Of the city.
Call and see us. Office with Holmes l. Ilol-
den; yard in rear of post Office.
27-E j. S. WATSON,
ALEX. i. GROVE.
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when the disorders of babvhoo.a a4tack
your taby use a2 once DIR. Bulls Bahv eUrnn
and notice its rapid and beneficial eject.
- cents per k0tties :
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EPISCOPAL-Sk. Andrews Church, cor
ner Of 9th avenue and Commercial street.
Service on the first and third Sundays Of each
month, At II o. m and ~ p. n Sunday
Rsv. a. EEATTY. REcroH.
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OOOD TEMPLAHs.
GRANGE.

DHOENIX LODGE. No i49, 1, o. G. T.
Il Meets Wednesday nights OF easb week at
Grange hall. REV. J. III. CLARE, VIC.
L w. KINNAN, Recording See'y.. VI
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ID ESIDENT DENTISTS, will operate at
Ii the ONCE Of DIR. j. w. TrueWorfhy, Com
mercial street, EmpOria, Kas., the hrst eight
days of every month. 35-SSt
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PHOrOaRAPHIn-

DAGE makes all kinds and sizes OF Pic
i lures and also will go any distance to
make pictures Of residences, landsCapes
teams. SO. Entrance 70 gallery, frst door
south OF Wicks 3 Bennett's grocery. f3-tr
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France is blessed with excellent
growing crops this year.
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METHODIST AE--lGerehauts n.
cor. 9Th Avenue. Presiding every Sunday sk
II .. n, sad At the usual hours e nIshts Sun
day school 8t ~ p. m.s Prayer moetfnR every
THURSDAY evening. g. W.PHxs F6g5sk.
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COFFINS.

T WOULD inform the citizens of EmporIa
Il and surrounding country, that have just
received direct from the east lot of Collins
of the latest patterns. White polished collins
for children-new styles. Also the finest as.
sortment of trimmings ever brought to this
city. Give me acall before buying elsewhere,
on 6thavenue, two doors east OF post Office
lS3ml +. HEEICK, Carpenter and Builder
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SECOND CONGREGATIONAL. fwsish,-
Merchants street, betweeR ID and "a Avenses.
n and preaching - 6X p. 10. HHNEY REEaE,
ESStoHs
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SECOND PRESDYTRRIAH. (Welska-Cor.
ner Market street and 9Th Avenue. Preach
ing every Sunday at ~ and e1S p. m; esin-
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AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
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tory of the explorations and adventures of
ARCTIC HEROES to the present time
PeriIS and escapes among Icebergs; Suffer-
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Frozen North Wonderful discoVeriesi The
most interesting book ever publishedi $50
pages. splendidly Unsatisfactory % 60.
Liberal terms to canyasserS. Address
O-1y SCANNED Il CO., ST. LOUIS, Mo-
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YOung Men!

APPLY 70 the editor Of THIS paper for tl.rse-
ktaltnS memDershlps At 6 disco1nt IA PoNDss
BusIAks9 COLLEGE. Topeka, Kan Byans.has
94hRhs the same % In other similar fugfffu
Including board $s450. - sH-IF
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ODD FELLOWS.

HNIOE LODGE, No. Is, Meets &C Odd
~ Fellows hall, over EmDoria Bank, every
Tuesday evening At 8 O'Clock. Members in
good standing invited % attend. -, +.
- 49, VIZ. CARLOW, II. g.
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NMPORIA ENCA MPNENr. No n. Hsneta
II ut Odd Fellows hall. LIST and III Tuefdays
each month. The following are the eIecie 1
oMcefs OF Enporta EncaEpInenf, No. II, fog
J.H. wAaHEKE. G. r.
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RARNES' FOOT POWER
- MACHINERY.
FOR SALE.

r WILL sell my residence, on corner Con-
= stitution street and South avenue. being
one-StoFy and half high. containing five very
nice ROOMS Kitchen pantry closet and cellar,
with two lots well filled with choice selection
OF fruit trees and shrubberys Cali and see me,
rs mean business. ED MORRIS,
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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL o..
corner Sab Avenue. Services every Sunday IS
the usual hours. .sssI.sl. - -
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30, 1877, as compared with the year
ending June 80, 1876, including the
month OF June in each year. Below is
q summary:
TOTAL MERCHANDISE AND SPECIE.
Fiscal year.
E.p asTS 5a9s ss as as7s
Exports of imports 2,2O7.9s6 25,67s,o4l
Totals $40 s75. Iss 1858 s94 SIS
Imports 4s.s9l, SIG 49l,l55, G94
Imports s7sass2 sls7, PA
Fiscal year
sse sas ssss ss75 5sss
Exports OF imports 2,547,1Sl 2l,270.035
Totals $50 esss74 1886, $50 g7s
Imports 50 .ls5,O46 81
imports $lT,lOs.s2s $isO,sls. 1Oa
Our domestic exports in fiscal year
1874 amounted to $G93 ,039 ,O54, or to
SCI, 3l7, l57 more than in the fiscal year
just closed; still, the latter fulfllls the
expectation that 1t would be the second
largest In our history. For ali that, we
are Taught the lesson that a very extern
siVe foreign trade is no measure or in
dication of internal prosperity. Our
commerce at home is fearfiIlIy derang-
ed, and it was so before the strikes.
The excess of exports over imports
in 1877 was 81, 026, 142 greater than it
was in 1876, and the aggregate excess
in the two fiscal years amounted to
$2S7 ,452, 346. Under ordinary circum-
stances this should have brought to
our shores an equivalent value of coin
and bullion, or OF that and foreign Sc
curiLies together. The reality is that
1876 saw an adverse balance of $40,-
SIS, 62l, and 1877 saw as much as $l5,-
1851 1862 against us. Here Is the de-
tailed statement:
THE GOLD AND SILVER STATEMENT.
Fiscal year.
1877. June 1877. 1877
EXports-Domestic $3.50, $50 $43, 1876, !3S
Exports ofimpOrts 1895 SS5 1926, 1876
Totals $6,9I7, 465 $56, O61 ,9s4
Imports 1,50S, 1854 ~, 736, l72
over imports s5,4O9, POI $l5, s25, 1852
1876. June. 1876
ExpOrts-Domestic $5,IIS, 446 $50. OBS ,G91
Exports Of imports 1.133,99O 6,467, 61I
Totals $6,252, 43G 81, SOC, sO2
Imports LESS, 294 1896 ,6Sl
....
Excess OF exports 81
over imports s4,9ss, JAP $40, 56s, 1921
It will be noticed that the total ex-
ports of the precious metals in 1877
very nearly equalled the exports In
1876. About all the gain in the fiscal
year just closed was in much larger
imports. To make q gain Of SIS, 243 =
$50 in the international movement of
specie, as compared with fiscal year
1876, it required an Increase of $61,-
503 ,965 in our exports coupled with q
decrease of $14, Az 1928 in our imports.
After all, the specie balance against US
was $15, 325, 762. In other words, af-
ter angmenting our exports and di-
minishing our imports to the extent of
$50 1881 ,7S8, as compared with 1876,
we were just able to settle with our
foreign creditors. An excess of ex-
ports over imports to- the value of
$lG7, 239, 244.was required for this pnr-
pose. This is certainly not cheering
condition of affairs; but it shows how
vast is our indebtedness abroad, and
what a terrible mortgage its capitalists
there have upon our industry.
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Wrap the little red flags around them,
Fold their arms upon their breasts,
They were bull-Glozed by the blue-cOatS,
Commune hummcrS are at rest.
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AFRICAN METHODIST - ssets uszesa
soath az FassEoads Services every enni59e 4
u q m. and X p. N; Sunday seIsool e .. n
frn1eg Eese1ng "Wednesday eTsaines. 1nds
leyCAF ser, Pastor: Ilsf 4s30sa asiI, cts
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EsAPoR1A eoosETtea.

MASONIC.
TMPORIA COMMAEDERY, No.a. Il. +.
ia Meets on second Saturdays, alter second
Friday OF each month at Masonic hall.
L. u. JABoBs. &c.
EMPORIA CHAPTER, r. A. NJ Meets at
Ia Masonic hail, on the Second Friday
OF each month. Companions in good stand
ing are cordially invited 70 attend. sisI
ED. BoRToN. Secretary.
GrMPORIA LODGE, No. Il, A. =. q A NJ
ID Meets at Masonic hall, on the LIST FIJI
day of each month. Master Aascns IN coed
standing are cordially invited 70 attend.
JAMES SMITH, w. n.
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CHRIsTIAN-Corner Exchange street ana
1th Avenue. Services every Sunday At the
usual hours. Sabbath School at o'clock p. n.
All are invited. 70 80 a
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CHURCEzs Dl1sRCKORY.
CHURoHks.

oe1a. a a.. 5l1ssss,s 9 cs... Ia ~ Va,
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TO Loan. To loan. 70 IOaD,

TT You want money on long time, and easy
n terms, call on Gfllett y ForIIe, ATTORNEYS
At Law, front room (eeeond nOor) EskFidge
building, EmpcFia, Kas. They are also agents
Of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company. Give them call 9-tf
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CATHOLIC-CostonWoo s.. corner ID Ave-
me. Services every fourth Sunday. u
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Oar I'OreIgn Trade Oae Wear.

The Bureau of Statistics has Issued q
short preliminary statement of our
foreign trade for the year ending June
30, 1877, as compared with the year
ending June 30, 1876, including the
month of June in each year. Below is
q summary:
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EWING SAITH . WIRE,

j. 8. LAWRENOR, n. D.,
NCULIST AND AURIST, Emporia. Kas
~ Office over Whitley u Henson's dry goods
store. 1l-Ef - =. ~
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J.w. TRUEwORrHY. n. ID.
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Emporia,
III Kansas. Aft
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$6,9I7,465 $50, O61. 934
1,50S, 84 4O,736,I72
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J. J. WRIGHT, -. d.,
OFFICE over First National r
" Residence on West street.
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June 1877. 1877
$3.50, $50 $43. 1879
1,3G6 S35 1926, 1876
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DIR. W. ID. GENTRY,

DIR. H. BREINER. fGtF snl
OFFICE, over Emporia National Bank.
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PhYslCIAM0S

DIR. W. w. HTBBEN, faA'
OFFICE over Dunlap q Co.'S. bank.
lift
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L. D. JACOBS II. De-
nFFICE in Perley B Ryder's drug store
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1877.
EXpoFts-D0mestie
Exports ofimports
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late or As'npAis. Zsnn.1
"0M(EPATHIST. respectfully Offers hta
- professional services TO the people OF
Emporia and vicinity. Onice ut his residence
on Union st, bot 9Th and 9Th AYES. Once
hours: y to 10 g. m. and 10 -. m. ~ l7-tf
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50, 4O9, POI $l5, 1925, 762
June. 1876.
$5,1lS,446 $5O.O3S, G91
1.135, $50 6,467,61I
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE AND sP
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-08
NAKED INNOCENCE.
A Strange Freak of High-tone
Hartford MOthers.

A Strange Freak of High-toned
Hartford Mothers.
Nude photographs of children
are being taken for proud Hartford
mothers, according to the CORE
spondent of the Boston Herald.
Only a short time ago a lady
brought to a leading photographer
two handsome little girls, aged four
and six respectively, and had a
number Of stereoscopic views of
them taken in a nude state, the
little ones first being poised in va
rious attitudes. From the ease
with which they placed themselves
it was evident that they had re-
ceived preparatory training at
home. With a strong light thrown
upon them, splendid effects were
produced, the figures standing out
as clear and distinct as statues of
marble. At other times photo
graphs of three or four younger
children of a family have been
made in varied groupings, the little
youngsters, both boys and girls,
being quite as we'll pleased with the
results as their admiring parents.
When the practice first came into
favor infants only were photo
graphed, and their pictures were,
and are now, frequently displayed
in the photographers Showcases.
AS the custom grew in popularity,
elder children were thus photo
graphed, but seldom beyond the
age of five or six years, after which
period, as they begin to grow
rapidly, they lose some Of the beau
tifully rounded outlines of early
childhood, and develop angles and
sharp lines, which detract from the
pleasing effects of the pictures.
Care is exercised by the parents in
the case of children who have
passed babyhood to prevent the
pictures being seen beyond the sa-
cred privacy of the family circle,
and in the case Of the two little
girls above mentioned, the negative
was demanded and taken away by
their mother. The whim which
prompts this practice is singular
one, and those possessed of it seek
to and do deprive it of all features
of indelicacy. The mother, proud
of her little one, seeks to perpetu-
ate by the camera the teauties
which time and advanced growth
will destroy. 1t is a whim attribu-
table solely to maternal pride, pure
and above reproach, guarded as it
is in its developments by true deli
cacy in preserving the picture from
the public eye.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-08
Adah Isaacs sIonken.


Oela LOBan.I
Our family was intimate with
theirs, and one evening Olive and
| were at child's party, at which,
Of course, there we're many elderly
people, and on this occasion first
saw Isaac Menken and his wife.
There had been trouble about his
marrying Adah, the reason of which
| was too young to understand, but
the old folks had concluded to make
the best Of it, and this was the
pround young husbands presenta-
ton Of his bride to his family.
Never shall | forget the hush which
fell upon even the children when
the pair paused moment at the
door, as if to ask permission to en-
ter Adah Menken must at that
time have been one of the most
peerless beauties that ever dazzled
human eyes, while Isaac himself
was a remarkably handsome man,
with a countenance as intelligent
as the expression was noble. How
little any of these happy people
present that night foresaw the
gloomy fate awaiting that strange
and gifted grill In after years.
whoever threw a stone at Adah, it
was never Isaac Menken, and, no
matter what other ties she con-
tracted, she always retained his
name, only adding a final IS" to
the Isaac, so much Of glamour of
the first love hung over them both
to the bitter end. Their happiness
must soon have fitted, for, before
| reached womanhood myself, they
had separated, and to support her
self, Mrs. Menken was editing a
small newspaper in Cincinnati, for
the first time giving evidence of
that fine intellect, and especially
poetical talent, which helped after
ward to make her distinguished
mark, but not to keep her from
self-ruin. Her theatrical career is
too fresh in the public mind to make
a resume of it interesting. Nature
was lavish in her gifts to Adah.
Every charm of mind, face and
form was hers by birthnght. What
led her to ineomprehensible reck-
lessness is a mystery which she kept
to herself-eyen at the last she told
no pathetic story of early wrong at
the hands Of man. "0nly inscribe,s
she said, con my tombstone, Thou
knowest, I"
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81 MEMPHIS TENN: FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE s, 1877.

haired, puggest.nosed, bullet-head-
edest, and generally homeliest of
infants. Of course when they are
produced by wholesale the best and
prettiest may be placed, like apples,
upon the top, and thus Musser
may come, it over us, but the fact
is not changed thereby. AS to the
neyer-ending companionShip there
are differences of opinion. There
are men-brutes, of eourse-who
have found the never-ending COM
panionship of one woman slightly
wearisome, if not destructive to
hair and peace of mind; others
have gone down the hill, like the
late Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson,
"my Jo," with every evidence of
mutual satisfaction. How it might
feel if a fellow were to descend the
mountain with some two or three
hundred seals trotting after him,
We are totally aud deplorably un-
able to say. We do not desire to
wound the feelings of one redund-
ant female upon the face of this
beautiful earth; there are such
things as redundant men, and we
may know how it is ourself; but
we do think that the tottering saint
might occasionally feel inclined to
sigh for a quiet corner where he
might enjoy in peace a pipe, and a
glass of me-brewed- -blue-l lick
without a desire for the reverend
ing companionshipo of which Musser
speaks. Musser says that his sys-
tenn bars the social evil, promotes
longevity, and gives every woman a
husband and a home. 1t may do
so, but we fear that the redundants
would rather take their chances
slim though they be-of getting a
whole man, than to divide Father
Musser up among them, even
though his bones are consecrated
aud his flesh partakes of the sanity
flavor. The girls are obliged, thank
yon, but they will wait.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-08

Of last month, at the Palace Hotel.
The rumor that Senator Sharon
acted as godfather is pronounced
false. The child is named for its
putatiye father-Winfred Helena
Lillian Barnes. If it survives that
name, it may be considered that it
has passed over its worst troubles.
In the birth certificate its sex is set
down as woman's rights girl
color, pink and white" AS a mat
ter Of justice, it would be proper to
state that the free-loying Loomis
family hail from the immoral land
of Brooklyn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-08


San Franciscs Cor. Chicago Times.l
About two years ago one of our
free-loying women, Mrs. Loomis,
attempted to shoot a prominent
lawyer Of this city, who ia also an
ex-Hayes elector. The story ran
that the lawyer and the free-loyer
put in practice the latter's theory of
promiscuous bliss. The lawyer was
married, Of course. 1t is the mar
ried men that do all the deyilment.
The free-loyeress had a blooming
daughter, a variegated blonde, Of
about sweet eighteen. The little
blonde made quite a reputation as
a fancy dancer Of jigs, hornpipes,
etc, at the California Theater. The
story ran further that the lawyer
loved little George Loomis =.
whether for her mothers sake, or
because she danced SO we'll, de-
ponent allegeth not. "Coming
events cast their shadows before"
and George toNk a trip to Paris
there to probably hide the result of
shame IN a Partisan foundling asy-
lum. Returning,sh was met at New
York by her mother. They Jour-
neyed as far as Chicago, landing
there broke. George came on as
the advance courier, while her
mother remained to negotiate with
their mutual uncle, who is ever
willing to oblige the needy provided
they have the collateral. From a
generous-hearted broker on
the east side cf Clark street, she
got two hundred and fifty dollars
on her trunks and love letters, and
lit out in hot haste for San Fran.
cisco, to have money OF blood from
the man who seduces by families.
She arrived in due time, and
with bouquet in one hand and a
derringer in the other, moved on
her enemy, He saw blood in her
eye, and caught her eye as she was
about to pepper him. She was
charged with attempt to murder.
She threatened to produce " certain
letters" that would make things
odorous. She was never prosecu-
ted. News of the /" daring attempt
to murder one Of our best citizens"
by a "female adventures" was
telegraphed East. The feminine
actors in this averted tragedy were
tolerably well known in Chicago,
and your correspondent and anoth-
er able-footed reporter pounced
upon the pawn-broker at one fell
swoop. In the most sensational
manner possible, the uncle with his
three brass balls related that he had
loaned Mrs. Loomis $3.50 on her
trunk and some "valuable letters"
and that he would send them to
her on receipt of the $3.50 and in
terest, and-that was all he knew
about it. His action was one of
kindness and friendship for the
lady-a friendship of a purely pla-
tonic nature. AS pawn-brokers
loan money only on collaterals, his
story was accepted as true.
After the dismissal of the charge
of attempt to murder, matters and |
things progressed lovely, as Of yore,
until recently, when, for the second
time, coming events began to cast
their shadows before. This time
Mrs. Loomis tried what virtue there
might be in a lawsuit, instead of
the pistol. She brought suit for
the seduction of her daughter,
placing damages at $4,000. Her
own alleged seduction was not men,
toned in the complaint. Probably
because it was difficult to estimate
the small amount of damages. The
$4,000 was paid before the suit was
filed. The child, a female straw
berry blonde, was born on the 10th
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Large and ola Trees.

A new grove of giant trees has
recently been discovered in Cali
fornia, about one hundred miles
south Of the famous grove of Yose-
mite and 5000 feet above the level of
the sea. Instead of being a small
cluster of thirty or forty acres, like
the Yosemite grove, it contains
over 10000 trees, and covers a Sec
ton of country six miles square.
The ages of the largest are esti-
mated at between twelve hundred
and four thousand years, while
there are thousands of young ones
from one hundred to one thousand
years old. Excavations at the roots
of these trees have revealed their
buried ancestors, some of them
thirty feet in diameter, and esti-
mated to be eight thousand years
old.