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VISION THAT
Is DEFECTIVE.
What Causes II and the Way II May
Be Guarded Against.
Why So Many Children Nowadays Require
spectacles Is Matter of Much Wonder
and Discussion Inherited Defects.

1t is just GOO years ago since spectacles
were first invented, and it can be safely as
serted that at no time in their history have
they been SO generally worn as at present.
Formerly they were worn only by the aged
now it is quite common to see the young and
even little children wearing the universal
adjunct to the windows of the soul.
Why SO many children should require
glasse, nowadays is often matter OF dis
cussion, and to arrive at a definite eonclu-
sion On the subject requires consideration.
There certainly cannot be any doubt that
many children in former times required
glasses just as much as they do to-day, but
with the advancement of science and the
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said. She broke off the engagement-told
him he was coward and scamp and ought
to marry only that poor girl as he'd prom
THE scoundrel." said the listener. Eyes,
go on; what did he say?"
"Hie was crazy to lose Miss Margaret, but
she was firm. Then he cursed her. and
sw0re an oath to have her or revenge. if it
was twenty years to cOme-he'd never for
get his oath. All these was his very words,
ma'am, and no wonder you look pale, for l
know it frightened me awful"
you are sure of all this ?' the detective
asked after pause. Heaven Here surely
was a terrible clew and confirmation of her
susDcions-here surely the man to find.
Mrs. Pyke said Yes" on her Bible oath.
Have you ever seen these beforeT' said
Geraldine, producing two large handker-
chiefs which had both evidently been in wa
ter and dried. Look we'll"
Mrs. Pyke obeyed wOnderingly; then held
up one, eXclaiming: why, law Sakesl / I
this amt one O. them as / marked with that
there red mark thirteen years ago. Where
did you find it, ma'am? Only to think
now"
You can swear to 1t then"
why, of course, MISS" almost indig-
nantly. I'D know that red mark, all faded
if it is, out of any lot, and Leopold Lang
ton, too, I'm sure. though he be changed
Do you know him?"
NO. said the other. with glow in her
eyes; but shall find him if he is living,
and you shall test your memory Of him to
some purpose. Can you describe him?"
For answer, Mrs. Pyke, smiling, fetched
from side cupboard an old photograph
album. turned over several pages and
pointed to a much faded picture in one
corner
There" said she triumphantly, 81 found
that amongst some paper he'd thr0Wd into
the fireplace, and KEEP it. It's awful faded,
but it'll give you the idea"
Faded-yes, as cheap photos do; but the
woman, looking down on it. put her hand to
her forehead, knitting her brows in a
puzzled way, as we do when some memory
is struggling desperately to take form and
sentence. When and where had she seen
some face of which this one seemed dimly
to remind lier-ihis slight, handsome young
man with the smiling mouth and drooping
mustachp under whose fair exterior there
dWelt such a deyil-where-who
Suddenly 1t felt to the woman gazing as if
her flesh began to creep with vague horror
that each second gained in strength and
shape-that took slow form as each reDiinis-
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opportunities which we have for acquiring
knowledge. this subject. like all others. is
now better understood, and where any de-
fects or imperfections in the body are dis
covered the remedy is speedily applied Gf
posSibe.)
Besides these inherited defects and impeT-
feelions (for which we are not responsibility
brought on by misuse of the eyes Tor
which we are responsibility. To these we
wonld particularly refer and endeayor to
point out both cause and effect, which we
trust may serve as beacon light to warn
others OF the danger.
Children of tender years. when first they
begin to look ntently at near objects q. e.,
to read or write), often acquire some of the
most serious defects of vision. This is more
especially the case when the eyes are found
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Circassian women, it is said, who are
noted for the velvety softness of their COM
plexions and rosy bloom, never use ONT
ments of any kind. They apply to their
faces half an hour before their bath a
thorough coating of white of egg. When
with tepid water, and then proceed to battle
as usual in soap aud water.
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to be unequal in focus, or when the eyes ara
not quite normal, the result being that the
weakest eye frequently turns inward, caus-
ing strabismus or squint, and a gradual loss
of vision in the affected eye, or else the child,
being unable to see clearly, will hold the
object too near the eyes, thus causing on
yOpia or near-Sight, which. unless speedily
and perfectly corrected, will go on increas-
ing until the age of q.
few Illustrations will best explain the
causes and effects of bad sight in children.
A bad light; small print; a difficult
lesson. The boy hopes to get the Latin
grammar into his head by putting his h cad
into the Latin grammar. He is doing his
best without knowing it to make himself
short-sighted for life, and is very likely to
succeed.
Five o'clock in the afternoon. TOO soon
to light the lamp" The good boy will not
waste his time he learns his lessons by fire.
light. Perhaps, however, il is not lesson
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badly constructed desk and bad position (;
also properly constructed desk and good

badly constructed desk and bad position;
also properly constructed desk and good
position.
bad, but common position in writing
not the boys fault: The seat is too low and
too far from the table. The table is fiat, in
stead Of sloping. The boy cannot sit up
right or keep his eyes at proper distance
from his work.
A good position in writing: The back
straight, the shoulders square, the work ex-
aetly in front, the eyes at least twelve
inches from it.
The loss of our sight is the greatest Attic
ton that can befall us, and when we come
to understand the wonderful mechanism OF
the eye and the injustice done to 1t we can
not but wonder that more people do not lose
their sight. Let those who have perfect
sight see to 1t that 1t is preserved, and those
with imperfect vision see that it be made
perfect before 1t be too late.-Philadelphia
Record.
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DECORATIVE
UPHOLSTERY.
ThG --latest FadS in the Art Of Furnishing
Homes and Rooms.
A Freak Room" Is Vision in Whits-some
Odd japanese Ideas "A Novelty in Mus
Inns, an Elusive, Fairy-Eike Texture.

From the Philadelphia Uphotstsrer.
A hundred years back it was customary
for fussy people-old maids particularly,
God bless them-to hang little bags at the
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The hair from which wigs are made for
the Judges of England comes from China,
where it is cut from the heads of beggars.
criminals and the dead.
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All the pages and bell-boys of the present
Kansas Legislature are SONS Of farmers.
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CHAPTER IL

III you don't want any particular thing or
person, that very thing or person will in
trude upon you at every turn, but the mo-
nent you want them they vanish by magic,
SO, In a small country town, it is a standing
aphorism that everybody knows everybody
and so they do when you don't care about
their knowledge of their neighbors; but try
to find outany one individual, and the par
ticular native you address has never heard
of Or seen such person. When to this be =
versity of fate is added the lapse of twelve
OF more years, during which death, mar
rage, removal and other changes have taken
place, it is easily seen that the difficulties of
the detectives research are immeasurabiy
increased. Geraldine Laval knew her task
Lawyer Carr had been dead twelve years,
and memories had waned. With skill and
tireless patience the detective pursued her
inquiries; often baffied, weary and dis
heartened, but never giving up; stimulated
vaguely, uuc6nSciously, by the eyer-present
picture OF that artist face that would not be
banlshed, nor the thought that his name
being absolutely. cleared hung ON her sue
cess. But Christmas aud New Year passed,
and at last, step by step. she found out a
very old man, who could tell her more But
out OF a lot Of garrulouS nothingS, Gerald
Inc gathered a distinct cIew to follow, and
seemingly, too, in the line of her own sug-
gestiOns. Yes, Miss Carr was that pretty
but she didn't care for nobody-only one,
when she was bout twenty. for when he
was 'ostler at Pyke's tavern-he'd seen her
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-18

WASHINGTON. sept 1.-THE exports Of
orcadstun~ from Thu country for Aaguse
nave been compiled II WAS known ~ a the
increase would be great. but such showing
~ she hgnres make u surprise even "a tho
bureau ~ statistics. Here a. the of,,elnI
statement a. completed:
August. 1871 60 -, "a
@s"e"~t- 49, .ts+---. i0.sll.lI0
~ other words. the aggregate ~ grain ana
o. Hour shipped out 81 this country last
month was n'ariy three times what Il was
during the same month last year This y
an unprecedented showing. An exanina.
ts"n 81 the figures for the two months usaxes
y appear thst the tremendous Increase IN
exports had 10 beginning IL July. bur re-
ceived most a IT, swell IN August. when the
shortage In other countries csmc 20 he fully
realized. The ofiiriai report - as follows:
July and August. 1901 "a. % sn1
Jniy nnd August. lS:0. ............. zi.lsgs,9
Reference e. the report IN d-tarl for Al.
gust reveals the fact thrt wheat u the item
mainly responsible for the surprise. The
wheat exported from this country In An
gust. 1901. reached sz2.ssssra In August. isa,.
the wheat exports were sssssssg.
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LEWIS RE,fEI. has been arrested Mt
Phillipsburg. n. j.. on suspicion OF hav-
ing attempted to wreck train on the
Lehigh Valley railroad. In n trunk
belonging to the prisoner was found =
quantity Of dynamite and other evil
dence that will probably convict him.
Rcnel has a bad record. lie caused an
explosion on the Daniel Drew on the
Hudson Ia 1872. and after serving a
seven-years' sentence. wrecked q Dele
ware < Hudson train at Plattsburg. n.
T., killing several persons. lie is also
well known as a confidence man.
THE strike on the Lake Erie & West
ern railroad Is at an end. Trains are
being run under police protection. but
no further trouble is anticipated War
rants for the arrest OF a number OF
strikers who are charged with having
interfered with the mail have been Is
sued The accused men have fled.
JoHS A. BAxDcRoFT's brick barn. NJ
Worcester, Mass. was partially de-
stroyed by fire on the nth. Fourteen
horses and several valuable Swiss eat
tie We're burned to death. Loss. $780,
600; fully insured. An employe named
Frank Wood has been arrested on sus-
picion Of having caused the fire.
On the 18th William III. Galley. cal.
orcd student IL the Harvard medical
school. shot himself IN the breast. dv-
ing In fcw minutes. because his f,-
ther forbade him To keep further com
pany with young colorcd girl of
whom he was greatly enamorcd.
Sc,uFfrHsTADr. in Rhcnish bavaria
was nearly destroyed by fire on the
'lth- The disaster originated IN the
saw mills. and notwithstanding ali a.
forts. the flames spread rapidly. con-
vcrting Furnishing town to ashes
THk captain. several Of the crew aod
forty cabin passengers ~ the Italian
steamer Taorinija were drowned. on m.
nth. ~ the sinking Of the steamer n |
collision on Cape Sunaim with thc |
Greek steamer Thcxsalia-
LoRD EswE STEWART Commas. hvc,,,.,~
o. the marquis Of Huntley and heir
70 The narquisitc, has becn declared 4
bankrupt lie has unsettled dehts
amounting 70 esi.9oO while his assets \
arc placed NJ s7.G3O.
IHE captain and engineer Of the !
Ihiliancr cruiser Presidlcntc Pinto reached
Mel. Germany. on the fith, on their
way 20 Paris 20 surrender the vessel ~
'nc representative 81 the junta &C that
place.
Mn AND MRs CLEVELAND will clc..
srny Gables their seaside mansion a
Bay. MassA. probably the
'oth' returning thence 70 New York Tor |
he winter.
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me srn~rat 1assnras Conditions ThrougDs'
out sh~ Ceunfry - Indicated BY a. "a
nss = ce's Weekly Resirw--ss usines<
fsiiare~. Esc.
NEW ioRK. Sept ar. a.. dun q
CO. = weekly REVIEW of trade SAYS
An returns of sh- condition OF business
are encour 'sing. Fr,m nearly every clsv
rer"ft.nr there comes the same cheering
information that business IL better and
prospects brighter The government rrop
report i One ~ the most favorable evc~ H.
sued. - Eoston business Il Increasing.
Win orders Tor hrot~ and shoes. larger saic<
81 leather. dr, goods fairly acilvc ani 4
better trade ~ lumber. while sales ~ wool
are fairy iar ~ aud prices arm Alfalfa
dr'phin the tone % the iron mark ~ much
i'npruved. Aari ware u more active. brtte
business u noted In liquors and tobacco.
and In grorsrlrs the fan trade opca. we'll.
while chemicals nrc steady ami wool Ia
moderate drmsn and firm. Hsu~lnes- IL
encouraging AZ BnfFsi decidedly gmnrov.
Ing ~ Cincinnati and Cleveland. Receipts
81 wheat "a Chicago are i've fiu-s
Those 81 last year. Of corn double
81 re seven times. and Of oats
and dressed beef about third
larger. with some Increase of wool. while
ccrrsAss - a third appears In barley aud
cured meats. Dry goods sales la August
we're the largest ever known. the ciotl,lng
trade 4 ycfs 'arxe. with fair co,iectio ions. an IA
IN. shoe tr4 ssxcctIcnt Money II pientifnl
Tor legitimate trade. AZ Nilw ankcc business
j. satisfactory. Al Minneapolis sales az linn
Lcr are large with prices stlff ant rccclpts
u wheat i.se'.yo bushels against sou. o., last
vear. ~ 81 Paul Improvement q seen and
prospects are BRIGHT. AZ -. Louis shin
irnt~ 81 money 10 the cotton states are In-
'rca~ing. but the msr<ct IL comparatively
trnay. AZ Denver trade Improves. also az |
Kansas CRY. Eycn nc the south the i'm 1
provement y general. especially NJ Louis
'iiie. Memphis. Savannah and Atlanta. and
q New Orleans trade IL more active. ric. 1
BEING especially strong. and money In /
God demand. The weekly oufput OF 1
ron september was i.psss tons. against
'>.57s last month. and nc the same date Ia
ear f;l..s6 tons Production has been main
aimed for three months within about iso0
pns weekly OF the largest quantity ever
raehcd larger demand i seen Tor mn
he'd products. especially for bar lron ana
ie plate mills arr full Of orders. but In rails
. change u observed. Wool Il selling
'iriy well NJ all inporfans markets and
'ere = seen better trade for dry goods. \
men gives much ENCOURAGEMENT to manu-
esurers. The boot and shoe trade q pro-
'e~~ing quite ~ we'll a. IL wn~ year ago.
IN fair prices ami encouraging demand.
he financial outlook Il clearer.
The business failures occurring shron~,
u the country during the last seven DAYS.
imi'er. for the United states. Isl and TO-
'nnda. ~. ora TT 4 81 2ls. a. compared
~ total OF III last week. and 2il fnr the
'c< previous % the last. For the core.
"niing week ~ LAST year the figures u.r.
representing lC7 failures In the United
fte~ anu ~ IN the Dominion OF CaAaIl
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TERRIBLE MARINE DISASTER.

The italian steamer TnormIna sunk ,,y
Cotiision with the Greek Ss~ams :
Ihes<aIia In the .Eeean >ea or Cane
C"fonns. with the Loss az About Fifs :
Lives. Forty 81 Whom we're Passengers.
ATHENS. sep. i2.-The greatest ma
rinc disaster that has occurred in
many years took place in the
-Egean sea OF Cape Colonna yester,ia-
the first intelligence of which was
brought by the Greek steamer Thes-
salia. which has just arrived in port.
The Thessalia collided with and sum.
the Italian steamer Taormina Of the
Italian Messengers line, and her can
tain. several of the crew and FORTY mas
sengcrs were drowned The calamity
was caused by misunderstanding u
signals, and though every attemp. was
made by the officers Of both vessels To
prevent the accident the bow az The
,ihcssalia, piowed into the side OF the
italian steamer. cutting hole
through which the sea rushed in. and
IN few minutes the stricken ship SET
tied down beneath the water.
Heroic cndcavors were made bv tho
crew Of the Greek steamer to rescue
the people Of the Taormina and 4 num-
Der 81 passengers and the ships second
officer. who were standing on the
bridge when the crash came. were
taken of before the water reached
them.
Most 81 the passengers lost were In
the cabins at the time If the collision.
and went to their death without n ma
Inent Of warning. The boats Of the
Ihessalia searched the surface Of the |,
water where the accident occurred FOR |
several hours after the ship went down |
lr the hope Of saving those who might l
pc found floating. and for the purpose
81 picking up the bodies OF the drowned |
passengers, but none were found. Both
we're passenger steamers and were well |
oaded with human freight The Thcs-
ALA suffered considerable injury. hut
vas able 70 make port without much
lifiicuIty
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The TROUBLE At sRIcEvILLE.


stringent Measures Passed b. the Ten.
ne~sec Legislature In order 10 Meet tp,r
Trouble Among the Ninera-
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Sept la.-The
state superintendent Of prisons. who i
IN Nashville to-day. tclegraphcd the
warden at Ericevillc that the order ~
the state board of prison inspectors
that the convicts he put to work again
IN the mines must be- obeycd. Superin.
tendent Wade said he regarded the sit-
nation at Bricevillc ns very serious.
The senate yesterday passed. on final
reading. the hill TO appropriate SIS. 600
Tor the maintenance Of the national
guard Of Tennessee.
The house passed this bill and also
the military bill recently passed by the
senate. The latter hill authorizes the
governor 10 call nut the national guard
and every sheriff in the state II neccs-
sary and keep them IS long as he NAV
deem proper to prevent and suppress
nm awful assemblsgcA The two bills
Will doubtless be signed by the gov
ernor. The miners committee dcpv
that there il any immediate prospcct a.
trouble II Briceville.
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As THE audience was dispensing from
circus In Marseilles. France. on the
night Of the sth. staircase leading
from the upper tiers Of seats collapsed
and threw more than a. hundred people
into a struggling heap below. When
order was restored IL was found that
twenty-three persons were suffering
from broken limbs and other injuries
of a serious nature.
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Visitor-Do You suppose I can see
Mr.. Moneybags this morning?
Secretary - You'd better not try. Hes
10 = tearing bad tcmper-said he was
going 80 kill two or three Of the slim
headed dudes that were after his daugh-
ter What did you want 10 see him
about?
Visitor-Oh-cr--1 guess Ill call
again. Fact Il. ] was going to ask HE
consent to my marriage with Miss
Money bags. ~ Munsey's weekly.
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A DELEGATION Of twenty-six prom
ipent citizens Of Augusta, Ca. left
that city. on the 9TH. for a tour Of the
north and east, the route including a
visit 70 New York. boston, Lynn. Low
ell, Fall River and other manufactur-
ing centers. The object Of the trip Is
20 extend to the various boards Of trade
invitations 70 attend the Augusta expo
sition In November. They will also
visit Montreal and probably Toronto.
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The British ambassador at Constan-
tinople. Sir William White. some DAYS
since dispatched vigorous note to the
porte demanding an apology for az
fronts offered TO British merchant yes
sells in the Dnrdanelles.
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Mrs. y Wilcox. now a clerk in the
treasury department at Washington.
was born In the White House during
the term o. her grcat-uncle. Andrew
jackson. was president Her father,
MAJ. Donaldson. WINS the presidents
private secretary and her mother was
mistress Of the White House. She was
christcned IN the east room. ten. Jack
son and Mr.. Van Iiurcn being her spon-
sors- Her father was minister To Prus-
sin and was q candidate for vice-prcsi-
dent on the Fillmore ticket. Her ms
band was Col. Wilcox. member AZ
congress frora Mississippi. who dice, !
mesr,'er d The confederate congress.
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LABOR day was generally celebrated
BY the working people OF the United
States and Canada on the 18th. Parades,
picnics, pcech-making, sports and
games, and in some places balls ut
night. occupied the hours.
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SENIOR LAzcASo. the CHILEAN minis
ter, on the eth. officially informed the
state department that he will be alb
sent from Washington for some time
and that In his absence he has desig-
mated Senior Jorge. secretary OF the le-
cation. As charge d'affaires.
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VISITORS to the beach at Asbury Park,
~ j., on the 9th were treated 70 a
novel sight An immense waterspout,
fully 300 feet high was seen to form
and move seaward in a southeasferly
direction. narrowly missing a fisher
man in his boat. who pulled out OF its
course only just in time.
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OLIVER c. WILSON. JR-. paying teller
OF the Produce national bank o. Phila-
delphia, was arrested. on the 9Th,
charged with embczzling 81, 500 Of the
banks funds.
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LIEUT.. c. c. BRANDT. formerly an Of
fcer in the service Of the British gov
eminent, but now a son-in-law Of MASH
rina, king Of the Umbongrato nation.
Africa, who has about $500, 600 sub
jects, Is in San francisco The licutcn-
ant. while exploring and soldering In
central Africa, was employed 70 organ
lie military system for Masirina. an a
married Princess Umxein. heir appar-
ent to the throne.
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The London Times says that syn
dicate Of European capitalists has Of
fered 70 advance 900. 600 to the Gillian
Junta to meet pressing requirements
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HSuuet5oh q Itme Betwoea Chlcaro ~
Denver.
CHICAGO. Sept 1s.--Anothcr rcfluc-
lion In time between this city ana Drn.
yer has been effected ~ q result Of the
settlement Of the Omaha bridge con-
trovcrsy- Heretofore the Rock islands
train which arrived az Denver at a.
n. LEFT Chicago II s:a5 p. m. Under
the new arrangement. which will GO
into effect next Sunday night. the
train. going BY way Of Omaha and LIN.
coin. leaves Chicago st 10 p M. arriv.
Ing In Denver as s:l0 q m. This Il =
snsi1gof about IN hour. aside from the
advantage Of direct ronfe
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IT now seems probable that social
istic discussion. II not action. will play
prominent part in the deliberations
OF the trades union congress ut New
castle, England.
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COMPTROLLER LACEY has sent a cir
cnlar letter 70 banks holding ~ per
cent. bonds. notifying them that they
are no longer available as a basis for
circulation. the interest having ceased.
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MAJ. BuSDy, Of the New York Mail
and Express, who has been in Paris for
some time, died on the evening Of the
sth' as the result OF a stroke Of apo
plexy.
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>. SLoAr FAssErr was nominated for
governor OF New York on the first bal
lot BY the New York republican state
convention in Rochester on the 9th.
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FRANCOIS PAvLE JULES GREvY, ex-
president OF the French republic. died
At his home in Mont-sous- Vaudrcx. ON
the 9th. of pneumonia
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ALL the state and federal courts in
San Francisco were closed. on the sth.
out Of respect 70 the memory OF the
late Judge Sawyer.