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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

LABOR and FINANCE REVOLUTION.
By B. s. Heath. Cloth, 81. 25; paper.
SOC.
New edition, revised to date. This
book, the standard authority for Re-
form workers and speakers, is now
for the first time offered at q popular
price. It should be put into the hands
OF every thinking citizen.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

AN HONEST LAWYER. By Aldrich
Milton Kerr. Cloth, $1.25; paper,
soc.
Distinctively an American Novel,
and as such, and because of the fas-
chatting interest of the story, and
the masterful style in which it is writ
ten, it will commend itself, aside from
the lesson conveyed, to all who ad-
mire the virile and original in litera-
ture.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

SELECTED STORIES. By Opie Read.
Cloth, $1.OO; paper, SOC.
"These stories of Opie Read are
admirable. The mingled strain OF
broad humor, irrepressible anecdote
and touching pathos recalls to me
wildly the inimitable Lincoln as q
reconteur. Madeleine Vinton Dahl
gren.
The cloth binding Of this book
makes q particularly appropriate
presentation volume.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

Len Ganaett. By Opie Read. Cloth,
$1.25; paper, SOC.
$50 beautiful, SO chaste, so full OF
simple, rugged honesty and pure,
wholesome sentiment that no one can
read the book without being bettered
It is full Of gentle humor that
has just enough tart in it to make it
appetizing. Some of the word-paint-
ing is almost sublime, and everywhere
there is that broad, sweet touch Of
tenderness that is part of the au-
thor's very self."- Charles Eugene
Banks.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

In OFFICE: A story OF Washington
Life and Society. By Lewis Vital
Bogy. Paper, 25c.
For the writing of this book the
author was discharged from the pub
lie service.
An extremely clever story, which is
creating great sensation, and which
commends itself to the general read
ing public on account of it's intrinsic
merit as we'll.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

Better Days; or, q Millionaire OF
Tomorrow. By Thomas and Anna
M. Fitch. Cloth, $1.25; paper, SOC.
"The authors of this instructive
and fascinating book are Tom Fitch,
our silver-tongued orator, and his
gifted wife, and their combined tai
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

ANOTHER STEP FORWARD; or, Bet
ter Times for us All. By Augustus
jacobson. Paper, 15c.
The two foregoing books are by q
writer of remarkable force, a deep
thinker and an earnest philanthropist.
As warning against the encroach-
ments of plutocracy, they deserve to
rank with the best of Reform litera-
ture.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

A MAN A1D A WOMAN. By Stanley
Waterloo. Cloth, ST. 5; paper, SOC.
"a book of tremendous vitality
and power has come out of Chicago
"a novel which deals with a life that
has been lived. "A man and q Wo-
man. by Stanley Waterloo, has the
fearlessness and vigor Of the West,
and gives the history of g. mans life
with appalling reality. p Boston
Transcript.
"A splendid and emphatic answer
to the Kreutzer Sonata Figaro.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

Ten Men Of Money Island. ByS.F.
Norton. Cloth, $1.OO; paper 25c.
cit makes the Money question,
which has bothered SO many brains,
as simple as the alphabet. tits a lit
erary wonder in this, that it makes
posting oneself on the fundamental
principles Of righteous finance as ca
sy and pleasant reading as Robinson
Crnsoe. Lester c. Hubbard.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

A Tramp in Society. ByR.H. Cow
drey. Cloth 81. 25; paper, SOC.
Thrilling and fascinating. No
one who reads it can restrain admir-
alton for the man who can write such
q story that contains SO much that
is helpful and bettering to human
ity. "-Arkansaw Traveller.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

EMMETT BoNLoRE. By Opie Read.
Cloth, $1.OO; paper, SOC.
A book containing all the qualities
which have made "a Kentucky Colo
mel" SO popular, with even greater
variety of action and incident and
character, and full OF rich and spark
ling humor.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

TIE PRICE OF THE RING. By Mar
garet Holmes. Cloth, $1.25; paper,
SOC.
A remarkable novel, in which q del
icate subject is handled in q master
full manner. A dramatic plea for So
cial purity in a realistic tale Of every
day life in an American town. Should
there be one code OF morals for wo-
men and another one for men?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

A COMMON MAN. BY Lewis Vital
Bogy. Cloth, $3.50; paper, SOC.
The lover of the intense domestic
novel will be pleased with this book
from the author Of SIN Office AN
exceedingly strong and well-balanced
story.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13
Remember

That the conversions to the great cause of Human
ity muet now be BY reading. Get at least Four OF
these books and keep them loaned out They are
converters. That is your missionary work.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

An Indiana Man. By Leroy Arm
strong. Cloth, $1.Oo; paper, SOC.
eft bears the same relation to the
fight against the saloon that uncle
Toms Cabin did to the fight against
slavery" John p. st. John.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

An HEIR Tc MILLIONS. By Edgar
Fawcett. Cloth, $1.25; paper, SOC.
A powerful story of New York SO
cial life, and considered by Mr.. Faw-
cett himself to be his best and stron-
gest work.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

PZARRO and JOHN SHERMAN. By
Mrs. Marion Todd. Paper, Csc.
"This book handles the money
question both historically aud
argumentatively, and when the read
or laws it down he will have acompre-
hensive knowledge OF this momentous
topic. Farmers Voice,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

A Member Of the Third House. By
Hamlin Garland. Cloth, 1925; pa
per, SOC.
"a novel with a sting-a brief
trenchant, hard-hitting story, bear.
ing on current methods of infuenc.
ing legislation. Recent American
fiction can show nothing better than
Mr.. Garland g work. Chicago Times
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

A Kentucky Colonel. By Opie R cad.
Cloth $1.25; paper, SOC.
Hon. Henry c. Caldwell, who is not
only one of the greatest of American
lawyers, but one OF the best of liter
airy critics, says: 81 have never read
a better story. It is the most beau
tifully written, the most striking in
character, and, upon the whole, one
of the most thrilling and yet chaste
pieces of fiction that. has been pro-
duced in many a day."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

ent has produced a work which is far
superior to anything that has ap-
peared for years in our literary
world. San Francisco Newsletter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

Protective Tariff Delusion. BY
Mrs. Marion Todd. Paper, Csc.
"The best book ever written upon
the subject for the general reader. p
Col. B. s. Heath.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

Caesars Column. A story OF the
twentieth century. By Ignatius Don
nelly. Cloth, $1.25; paper, SOC.
Swedish and Norwegian editions, pa
per, 75c.
"The most remarkable and thought
producing novel that the disturbed
industrial and social conditions of
the present have produced. Arena.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13

The CRISIS OF A PARTY. By Au-
gustus jacobson. Paper, 25c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-13
D DECLARATION
: OF INDEPENDENCE
adopted at the Omaha Conference Of Loboing People
JULY 9TH, 1892.

bribery The
mus public sence business FRUSTRATED
homes with labor and the land en-
imported paupe1sd labor beats
down TIER hssn standing armv nr our Laws
European conditions The fruits
end
y: % % snS injustice We breed
m
Silver which has accepted history
s n I'll to add 20 5 H
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great political parties and plumber while have
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We be identical with the the nation
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While whole people othsr the
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country by conditions
the history the
to ans oo sm
18th existing make this
pledge
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pie @ s the as 'as
shal Justify ths end that injustice and poverty
rHREEro1D DECLARATION.
every proposition tsssn{
as
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upon which administered believing that forces reform this
s % 5
Fs labor forces United States this day
It'll
robbery any work.
Third We
the work owning and all rail
the shall placed civil
power the BY the such additional
~ list WE aov = and s a%S nd
pss" sq
s1esns cent sdSs:ury the
IL tn Ss pos % a BY payments discharge
W. Coinage gold
OF circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
the should be
AID national shall be limited the OF the
economically and honestly administered.
savings established bY the
msn for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and facilitate
exchange
being change public
% the should and the railroads the
of Che people.
telegraph and telephone like the postoce system being
Of operated by
she government in the interest OF the people.
including all the wealth. is the
heritage all the people, ard should not be monopo for
ownership land should prohibited All land
held other corporations their actual
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tho rest OF the evening. She played
for him as she only could play. and
chatted of books, his work. the theatre,
all with her matchless charm. Dora
must be intimate with Josephine when
they We're married; he could not give up
his friend even for the dearest little wife
in the world, he thought.
The next morning came n letter from
Agnes, n JOY OF joys! She wrote him
that she was engaged to be married.
BLESS that cent" he exclaimed &C.
statically, this makes all clear sailing.
Dora will be home tomorrow. and III
be an engaged man before another
week. Thursday night is the Beldon
ball; I'll settle ma alters there"
Thursday night came. Dora was be-
~witchinGly attired in a floating mass OF
pale yellow gauae which mace her look
like an escaped sunbeam. Towards the
close of the evening he managed TO get
her away from the circle OF admirers
into the conservatory, hat paradise OF
lovers, where he poured out his passion.
What was bis astonishment and indigna-
tion 10 meet with n decided refusal. She
was engaged already, she assured him;
her lover was poor and she was young,
and 1t had been thought best not TO an
nounce 1t ut present. He reproached her
with unfair conduct TO himself, and she
replied: Il am sure l never dreamed of
your meaning anythin~ by your little at
tentions to me. Every n thinks you
are engaged to Miss Ferrars. and Mrs.
Grytan old months ago that
she was sure there wa an UNDERSTANDING
|5etwSen Won and SsNru Hs--'s--" E
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So he hid his trouble and brooded over
it. He spent evenings at the Paines'
vCNing to decide before he went home:
he came home more deeply in love with
Dora thar ever, to find "A letter from
ASres had still all its old power over
him. lie was growing hin. Where was
this matter to end?
one night at the Club he said to n
brother member: Hal. what do you
do when you can't decide between two
apparently equally good courses of ac-
tion?'
Toss up. Settles things every time.
feeble brain over decisions that won't
decide. Here you are Gus, heads or
tails p"
Heads" For Agnes, he said to him
self.
Hal threw up the coin. He watched
the result eagerly.
Tails" exclaimed Hal. and tails It
was.
Thank you, I'll follow the coin. Good
night, have an ngc cement"
lie started for the Paines' cursIng
himself all the way tor his treatment
OF Agnes, yet happy beyond measure
in the thought hat the matter was
finally settled. lie would write to Asnes
tomorrow and tell her Of his engage
ment to Dora, but no n else must
know 1t for the present except Jose
phine.
No one was at HON at the Paines',
Stupid OF him to forget that they left
town that day to attend a wedding and
were not. to be home TIL Thursday. He
went around to Josephlne's and sperS
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Wat was he to do? He puzzled over
thet'elative merits OF blonde and bru-
nett weighed in the balance the nu-
merts virtues of each, tried every pos
sibldlnd impossible plan for finding u
one1own mind-all to no purpose. He
was ~ thoroughly ashamed of himself
to tap anyone into his confidence. Mrs.
GrytaPwas his nearest matronly friend,
but st stood in too intimate relations
Will Anes to be considered for a mo-
ment. 1t were any other matter, he
would to Josephine. but he could
never ON himself such a fool to her.
He hav known Josephine Ferrars all
his life. Dnly a year his junior, she
seemed qPte passee compared to the girl
TO whomhe paid his addresses nova
days. Hetvas t~hirty-fivc now, and he
rememberN with what impotence he
had waitcNfor the day he attained his
majority. Vat he might lay his for
tun at Yer feet in true heroic
fashion. was twenty then. and
how she NJ laughed at him for n
sily boy. Tf!r friendship had remained
unimpaired, Pwever, inc Josephine had
gone on teaAg and lectuIing him just
as she had DE since they were babies.
In later yearsheir friendship had grown
to be a very hasant one and Josephine
seemed TO hinpike an olde" sister. He
went to her iiall his perpleXit.es, and
she had had nebttle share in his profess
sioi al success. lut he had never spoken
to jher OF love1fairs; indeed, till his
present dilemmAhe had lever had any
si1ce his boyisa~ devotion to Josephine
| hdrself,
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r"'hy ana pity In their faces and Il
n'hac me feel worse thnn ever. could
look Into the ewes OF my family and read
the pitifui expression az u they were
saying they were sorry to SEQ me die so
soon; TINT they would help me ir they
could, but they knew they were po wer.
less TO do anything for mr.
fo" do not know and I hope you
never will what n pitifni feeling IL IL to
see those around you mourning for you
yet helpless to do anything for you. to
know that they are expecting your
death daily and yet.they don't dare to
tell you how they pity you. 1 have seen
tears start into the eyes OF those talking
with me aud seen them try to hold them
back. Often I have wished tho end
would come and let me out OF my misery
and save my friends from all this sor-
row.
YES, I wns nenrly-a skeleton when
my daughter read Of the mar vellous
cnrc Of Rev. Father McIRy, OF Jersey
City. A. n last hope my daughter and
my cousin carried me to these physi-
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days when he was free to picture an
ideal home of domestic felicity. But II
Mrs. Middleton did nothing else for her
husband. one thing she did with entire
thoroughness, she took the conceit out
of him. He was a much smaller man In
his ow nestimation than when he had
offered his name and his fortune to
Lillian EdCerton. He knew now that
he had never loved anyone but Joseph
inc Fcrrdrs; and he felt himself to have
been an GORGEOUS fool that he had not
tried u win in his mature manhood
what she had denied to his callow youth.
lie did not suspect the truth. though
his wife did, that he would have been
entirely successful.
To end in the regulation way, Mr..
Middleton ought to nave found himself
a widower at the end OF the year, with
a tiny baby Girl dependent upon him
for love and care; and Josephine on her
return from -lrope should have been
prevailed pom 20 be a mother to the
little creature. but things do not end In
the regulation way in real life.
on the contrary. Mrs. Middleton pre-
scented him with a bouncing boy and
was soon in the full tide OF fashionable
life once more. and he scarcely saw
Josephine again. She married an Amerf-
can artist whom she had met abroad,
and removed to a distant city, while
Mr.. Middleton devoted hia life TO his
profession and to his children. and found
IN them some OF the happinf N q.
~ S~~s = ddt
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phine Ferrars? I hope it will make a
match"
"~1osephinc,' he exclaimed in an an
noycd tome. "Impossible." He had come
10 regard Josephine AS his own especial
property. surely his trioaI was not 60
ing II desert hir1. TOO.
why lmpossihlc'' demanded Mrs.
Mid ilston, sharply. she is no older
than / and much more agreeable than
most of those hits of girls
she is thtrty-two. l thought you
were twcnty-tour"
so | ann to the world at large. You
don't supuos' any woman out OF her
teens tells the truth about her age, do
yolr'
Mrs. Middleton had no intention that
the intimacy between her husband and
Miss Tcrrtrs should continue, and she
spoke her real sentiments when she said
she hoped for the match. II was not
made. however. and a month later Mrs.
Ferrars and her daughter left town for
an extended trip abroad.
Mr.. Middleton, having married in
haste. now had time to repent at leis-
ure. lie found that his wife was a self
ish. worldly woman, With not a little OF
the shrewd in her makeup. She cared
nothing FOR him, and for his home, only
that she might exhibit its beautiful APP
polntments to the outside world. He
missed his old friends, with whom his
wife would have nothing to do. and he
could not endure the fashionable circle
with which she s~urroundNA herself 80
.la 1900
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HAD TO Be CARRIED TO The OFFICE.

Mrs. Lizzie NJ. McCurdv wn< found by
the writer at her home, 325la Halliday
street, Jersey city. she said, "If you
Ind only seen me when I was taken to
DrS. Copeland and Gardner you you'd
who In speaking to YOU now. I don't
rare how much faith You miHht have in
ihesc:pby %sicinns. neither You nor any one
else would believe IL was possible for
one 40 reduced ms 1 was, so emariaicd.
so thin and feeble and weak ms ! wns, TO
be aEnIn n strong. healthy omn
81 had been brought back from tho
country where they had sent me in the
hone that ! might get some comfort aud
relief. Instead Of getting help nv trouble
got 20 bad that my friends thought 7 had
best be taken homo to die. 1 couid rend
In their faces TINT they had no hope for
me. Doctors ] Ind tried without NUM-.
Der. They old me my right lung wns
affected. I could not sleep or rat. MY
breathing was lnbored, aud 1t seemed ms
i'll had not strcuGth to draw my breath.
Terrible pains would Inkc me in the
chest, running through to the shoulder
blades.
"Airendy feeble md wrak, 40 weak
Tint i hardly Ind strength to walk across
the room. that terrible cough whica
fastened itself upon me seemed to rob
me OF whRt little strength I Ind left.
When I cOughed l could feel the mucus
tearing loose from the sides of my bron-
chtal tubes. Night swents came on.
Every night 7 would sweat until the bed
linen would be snturntrd-
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MARRIED in HASTE.
Mr.. MiddIeton'S LOVe affairs Which
Emded DisnstrOWsIy.

intellectual gifts, He had known her
only a year. but they we.a On terms OF
the most friendly intimacy. He was a
constant visitor at her fathers house
and her ready attendant at places OF
social amusement. He felt ,Aat he must
become either less or more at once;
his manly instincts demanded that he
should delay the matter no longer. But
there was Agnes Moulton. During the
preceding Winter an old friend OF his
mother had visiting her a young or
phan girl by that name. Agnes was in
great sorrow, and Stunned all gay So
ciety. Mrs. Grytan begged him to come
often TO help her cheer her ~''isitor, and
this cheering process had led to his sec
ond in~fotuation. lie had corr Responded
with Agnes aver since she went back
TO her brothers home: and he was sure
from the o n OF her letters that she
returned hts affection. A
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Mr.. Middleton was in love, hopelessly,
irretrievably in love; and he felt sure
that his passion was returned. That
being the case. and his financial condi-
ton ~warranting him marrying heneve
and wherever he pleased, one might eX-
pect him to be a very happy man, in
deed; instead OF which, he was plunged
into the lowest depths Of despair,
The trouble was this: Mr.. Middleton
was in love with two women, instead OF
one. and he positively could not decide
which Of the two he wanted to marry.
He loved them both with all his heart,
n he was certain that each OF them
vas only waiting for him to make his
declaration in due form,to tell hin how
much she loved him in return.
The first young woman at whose shrine
he ~worshlpped was Dora Paine. a
sprightiy little brunette. with charming
manners, q beautiful face and unusual
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NOW THEY REGARD IT A MIRACLE.

"There IL not one among nv R%cauRint-
ances who doc. not know that DIS. Cope
land and Gardner saved my life. ] am
rs well to-day as I ever was in nv life.
II i state simply that Drs. Copeland
and Gardner saved my life that would
not be expressing oue-hnlf 1 mean.
II i. not SO much my own life for
watch I am grateful TO them, but when I
see how happy my children and my fam
lily and my friends are TINT l am strong
and well again, feel that I Gun never
repay my debt of gratitude To these phy-
%sicinns. OF curse. l am glad 10 make
this statement. OF course, I will be glad
TO have every one who reads this come
and see me md talk with me about II
because I can talk of nothing else.D
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At FIRST THEY DARED NOT HOPE.

"My family could not realize Il. I know
what they thought. They thought I was
brnced up for n while by some tonic and
that ] would be stronger for n few day,
hut that the Improvement would not
continue. did not feel this way myself,
however. ] felt that I was getting well,
md I told them so. They tried TO answer
ginEly, I know, but I could see
In their answer and by the way they
talked that they did not dare TO hops.
"Set, 1 was right. I was getting we'll
the improvement vas no emporury
delusion. After n time the cough ceased
entirely and IL never returned. within
n tow weeks ! was able to move round
md go out and visit. ] sleep a soundly
and rs restfully as ! did when ] was a
child. I gained In flesh and strength
until before I knew IL I began TO look
like my old self again. Tho pains In the
cheat ceased entirely. I breathe eu-iIy
and freely. Now INV friends realize that
my restoration is indeed u complete one.
They look upOn 10 as n miracle,
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bridge players and ranks In the Hub
as high as the Crescents do here.
1t has been decided to make the
two-mile bicycle race of the Twenty
second Regiments Thanksgiving Eve
am open to military organizations in
stead of to the Twenty-second Regiment
only. The object of this Is to receive en-
tries from the Seventh and other regi-
ments which claim to have fast riders.
team race at a mile and a three-legged
race.
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WEAK She COULD NOT WALK.

"Ttcrc were days that I was so wcnk
and feeble that ] could mot walk Mt nil.
! lost flesh until i was almost IA skeIc.
ION. My cheeks were hollow aud my
face pale. 1 could NOT bear TO have any.
body look Mt me. i could sec the ~ M.
The evening world., 1893-11-01

WNN' TTEEIE W. W7CUNU1s
ciaus. The ex triton of going to the ofire
on my first visit was almost TOO much
for me, aud when ut last 1 got home
Thought 1 would die. The Medicines that
l took with me, however, seemed to
strengthen me almost IA once. Fio I'm the
very first day after I had been TO their
office I began TO get stronaer.
The evening world., 1893-11-01

,krhe management of the Crescent Ath;
ltNc Club has arranged a Sood football
mftch for next Saturday at Eastern
INK. The Crescents are to meet the
B4eon Athletic Associations team.
TIE latter includes many crack Cam
The evening world., 1893-11-01

NOVELTY, style and durability In FURNITuRE
can be had, with lowest prices, at FLINT S, lo4
West 18th st. ~