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eLAINE's MPRovEMENT.
He spends . Comfortable Day, and the
Family Il Much Encouraged.

He spends = Comfortable Day, and the
Family Il Much Encouraged
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. Ever since his
serious attack Of heart miinre enriy
Tuesday morning, Mr.. Blainc's condi-
ton has improved steadilyand ln a way
that has surprised the watchers at his
bedside. 1t was said Wednesday that
II would be almost impossible to CON
ceive Of q greater change for the better
than had taken place since Tuesday,
All callers at the house Wednesday
were answered III tho most cheerful
tone, and II was evident TINT the mems
bers OF. the family, while not daring tt
hope for any permanent improvement,
are yet very much encouraged by the
change This was shown Wednesday
by the fact that several members 81 the
family were out enjoying short walks
In the brisk air.
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He STRUGGLED
Slys the Father Of a Supposed
Corpse at Toledo.
Clay Hopper, = Boy, Has Been Dead
FOR . Number Of Days.
= FhysieiAa Thinks There = Lie aud
Has Hopes q RESTORING him, which
10 Not shared by Other Phy-
stcinns-A Remarkable Case.

ToLKDo O.. Jan. iS-The parents Of
the boy. Clay Hopper. who has now
been lying at his home. apparently
dead. for fourteen days. state that no
Ind commissions Wednesday morning
and the body has . warmth about Il
which seems devoid Of explanation. II
Is certain that there are scarcely any
marks Of discoloration. Talking with
Mr.. Hopper Wednesday afternoon, he
said:
Clay had . struggle this morning.
about IL o'clock. He appear cd 10 be In
a spasm, after which he looked worse.
but now looks better. His face turned
dark, his eyes moved, and the entire
conntenance changed. With the aid Of
= physician WI injected brandy into tho
arm. and Il was carried away natural
", which IL . great evidence or life. We
also tried the effect Of music, and a
change in the expression OF the face
was noticeable. lie still moves his
banda Tho fesh on the chest became
soft this morning. but Is now hard"
The physician In charge OF the case
thinks there il life and hopes TO restore
the boy. The opinion. however. IS mot
shared by physicians generally.
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Knied hr : Lncnmntlvn.

s~cIEcISsATI. Jan. ls.A-As the express
IN the o. q NJ. road flew past Traut-
man station Wednesday morning en-
route to the city the engineer noticed
q man walking down the middle Of the
track toward It He had q large shawl
wrapped about his head and paid no at
tention 10 the warning whistle. Before.
the train could be stopped II struck him
and threw him into d ditch. killing him
instantly. He was taken TO the morgue
in this city, where he wns identified rs
chas. Address, aged II, Of Ceiina, o.
He had secured q job in q fertilizing
factory, and was on his way 70 work
lrUhnn killad
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CONDENSED NEWS
Gathered From All Parts Of the c u try
By Telegraph

Gathered From AN Parts Of the c . try
By Telegraph
The Indiana legislature Is fnirly over
wheImed with new bills
The Montmorency falls neal Quebec,
are frozen solid. This has never been
known 70 occur before
There are $50 women students in the
University Of Michigan. distributed
throughout all the departments.
Some New Orleans citizens want
Mayor Fitzpatrick impeached because
he is so easy toward Sunday law VIOLA
tors.
The New Mary Housto . sunk at Gin
cinnati by the ice, was raised Wednes-
day, not much the worse for her
mishap.
1t is reported that NJ. Herbettc.
French ambassador in Berlin, probably
viii resign in consequence Of the retire
ment Of his friend, M. De Freycinet
Trains are s~now-bound in the Allie
gheny mountains, and passengers arc
in danger Of freezing to death. Engi-
neers are so stiff hat some Of them can
not handle their engines
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph remarks suggest
lively that Al yet no foreign journal or
journalist has been mentioned in con-
nection with Panama bribery.
The grain blockade at st Louis con-
tinues as bad as ever. The elevators
are full to the roofs, and It is estimated
that 1900 car loads Of grain are block
nded in the railroad Yards
The French ministers have decided to
agree to the urgency Of N. Hubbard's
request and Interpolation as 10 the
general election, and to make their re-
ply practically a ministerial deciara-
ton. =
The elevator in Aims s. Doerke's dry
goods house, Cincinnati, fell Thursday
morning. from the fifth floor to the cell
lar, carrying eight people with it Four
Of them were badly hurt, one Of whom,
it is thought, will die.
The weather is very severe at Aurora,
Ind. the mercury registering five de-
grees below zero, causing much dis
tress. A small child Of John Gasoline
was found frozen in bed. When taken
10 the fire 1t revived somewhat, but
soon died.
A reception to the American colony
was given at the U. S. legation, Paris,
Wednesday evening. The guests were
received by the U. S. minister and Mrs.
Coolidge. The rooms were profnsely
decorated with flowers, and were bril-.
liantly illuminated with electric lights.
An execution for the sale Of the With
crow iron plant at New Castle, Pa, wa
issued Wednesday in behalf Of the Tot
ten x Hogg Iron and Steel Co, Of Pitts
burgh. Mr.. Witherow has failed 70
raise money to operate the plant MS was
expected. and creditors will wait no
longer. The liabilities Of the firm are
said to exceed $500. 900.
The Sultan has paid prompt attention
to the ultimatum sent him . few days
& by the British government demand
ing the arrest and punishment OF the
Moors who some time ago killed a Brit
ish subject The three men who are
accused of the crime were imprisoned
Wednesday, and, upon conviction, their
punishment will be speedy.
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JEFFERsoSyILLEs Ind, Jan, Ia-By
the explosion OF a heating stove in
Parks drug store Wednesday morning
Samuel y. D~iffenderfer, John j. Read
and Frank Dohcrty. the hitter d drug
clerk. were blown across the room. q
distance Of several feet, and badly In
jnred about their faces and hands. The
stove had been filed with slack coal,
which refused to burn readily. Gas
from the coal soon formed In the stove.
and. when II ignited. upswentth the stove.
drum and pipe with the above result
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cLEvELASD, O., Jan. ia-News was
received here Wednesday morning from
London Of the death 81 John Hunting
ton. whose wealth mounts up into the
millions. He had been III but a few
days with inflammation Of the lungs,
and the FIRST intimation Of his serious
illness came in a cable dispatch Tues
day. This was followed Wednesday
morning by q cable announcing his
death. Mr.. Huntingdon went 70 Europe
two years ago for treatment for nm OBJ
stinate stomach trouble. which threat
ened TO terminate his life. After many
ups and downs he had fully recovered
his health. and was on his way home,
when he contracted the illness that ter
minated his life.
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stuI Another Gold fIeld.

APUEBIo, Col, Ian. 10 -ConsidcrabIc
excitement among miners and prospect
ors has been caused in this city over
the new gold camp at ophir. about
forty miles distant in the Green Horn
mountains. An assay from that camp
developed az high as 237 ounces of gold
to the ton and that only twelve feet
from the surface. The first discovery
was made in August. but II had been
kept very quiet. Over 200 claims have
already been staked.
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BRussELs, Jan. 13--Thc village Of
HcrstaI. three md d halt miles north
east Of Liege. was excited Thursday by
the explosion OK q bomb that had been
placed outside the residence Of a mine
owner. The force Of the explosion was
terrible and the house was badly shat
tered No one was injured. The po-
lice believe that the explosion was the
work Of some mon who attempted to
blow up the Catholic club at Seraing on
Tuesday last.
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uugh Dompsey On Trial.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Jan 13.-The trial
Of Hugh Demspey.d district master work
mar Of the k Of l., }. N. Davidson
and Robt Beatty, charged with poison
ing non-union workmcn in the Home
stead steel mill during last August. be-
gan here Thursday in q crowded court
room Beatty is accused Of having ar
ranged with Davidson and other cooks
al the mill to administer the poison,
which, it Is alleged. Dempsey furnished.
The serious charge Of having procured
and disbnrsed the money used in the
furtherance Of the scheme is put upon
Dempsey.
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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. ia-Ex-sn-
preme Cashier Davis, Of the Iron Hail,
made return to the assessor ii April
1891, that he had g. 900 on hand subject
to taxation The report Of the receiver
shows that he had $500. 900 at that time
Wednesday the county commissioners
made a demand upon the receiver for
els. 900 delinquent taxes. but payment
was refused. The claim viii be carried
TO the courts
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1a-The Star says
Of the late Senator Kenna: senator
Kenna's death will bring 10 the surface
memories Of the many kindly acts by
which he endeared himself TO all who
had the privilege Of being associated
with him. Fearless as d debator, and
warm In his support of what he believed
to be the right no matter how weak
the cause. he achieved popularity such
as but few public men possess"
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OMAHA, Neh, Jan. I3-postai author
titles have arrested John Mcintyre, Of
Beatrice, for robbing the mails. For
the past six years he has been a postal
clerk. and has borne an excellent repn-
.~tation. A decoy package intended TO
trap a clerk who was suspected caught
Mcintyre. Several hundred dollars
worth Of stolen articles were recovered.
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HURoS, S. D., Jan. 13-The heavy
snow and wind storm which set in
Wednesday morning Is still In progress.
Wednesday night the wind is from the
north at 4 velocity Of forty miles an
hour, and the air IS 6llcA with
Trains are from two to five hours late
and telegraph communication is some
what Interrupted. The storm is re-
ported very heavy inthc east and south
eastern portions az the state.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA statement
is publ shed here that . movement i
on foot to form . syndicate Of the thir-
weight Alaska salmon canneriess
whose main cfires are In this city. 1t
is said that the combine Is to be called
the AasSa skers' association and
have 4 capita cation II 5000, 900,
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No Hanging Undsr sov. waite

DEsvER Col, Jan. i3.-pcter Angus
10. under sentence Of death for the kill.
ing Of Harry Sullivan, was Wednesday
granted q respite Of ninety days This
was the first official act Of the populist
Gov. Davis II. Waite, who IS opposed TO
capital punishment and in his In
.augural address Recommended the
adjustment Of It and the substitution
AZ life m-rhriaonmn
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FaiHiag on n Cotton.

FoRT SAITH, Ark, Jan IA table
has been completed Of the receipts Of
cotton at various neighboring points for
the past two years They show that
the total receipts for 1892 At eleven
points in Arkansas and the Indian Ter
ritcry are 81, 67l bales. For the previous
year at the same points the receipts
yverseG lo9. 26l.
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PARKERsBURe, w. Va, Jan. IS. With
the Thermometer - degrees below zero,
MIRA Eliza Perkins house caught fire
and burned to the ground. The lady
was rescued with the greatest difficulty
and then nearly froze to death while
being taken to = neighbor's house.
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Rixer soma 81 LoaIslIne.

I yLouIsvn.LE, KY, Jan. 13.-From
Shore to shore The river here Thursday
morning was frozen a distance of thir-
teen miles. River men are very anx-
ious, the situation being a critical one.
The breaking Of the gorgcs above will
cause a collapse Of the one here and a
consequent destruction Of shipping
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Quay Favors So day eIosIFg.

WESTMINSTER, Pa, Jan. 13.-Rev. B.
Garfield Jones, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church and secretary Of
the Chester county Sabbath oBserva-
ton. has received a letter Of reply from
Senator Quay in which he qualities his
previous action and says he will do all
in his power in the senate toward hay-
ing the gates of the Columbian expo
sition closed on Sunday.
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MADISON, Wis, Jan. 1s.-The BIZ
ennial session Of the legislature was
begun Wednesday afternoon. Edward
Keogh,of Milwaukee, was made speaker
Of the assembly, and X J. MacBride, Of
Neillsville, president pro tenn Of the
aAnate
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Alleged jew BATH = M~i.sl,sl6pI

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. IS. 2fhere is
considerable excitement here over re-
ports Of outrages committed against
wealthy Jews in Southern Mississippi.
Mr.. ii. Hillock. Of Pike county. has
been the principal suffererat the hands
of the white caps. Within the last two
months he has lost twenty-seven ten
ant houses by fire. His Negro farm
hands have been ordered to leave the
county. At present he maintains an
armed guard at his private residence to
keep it from being burned. Mrs-Hil-
lock claims that he has been damaged
at least $50, 600, and says he will move to
New Orleans. The Negroes are being
drived from Nall plantations owned by
Jews, and labor is demoralized.
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ST. Pam. Mimi, Jan l8-Under .
suspension Of rules the house. Wednes-
day afternoon. by a strong vote, passed
. resolution indorsing the Washburu-
Hatch anticipation bill and favoring Its
Immediate passage by congress
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HAMBURG. Jan 1a-Ten steamships
were sighted of Cuxhaven Wednesday
a. they drifted eastward in tho midst Of
enormous ice-fioes All had steam up
but were entirely helpless Only the
German tank steamship Paula. Capt
Hinch, was recognized
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HARTFoRD. CT, Jan. ~ -fhe caucus
OF republican members Of the general
assembly to nominate a United States
senator was held Wednesday. Senator
Jos. r. Hawley was renominated on the
sixth ballot, receiving 70 Of the ls9
votes east.
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slnla : dhlld Trom schooI.

SPRISGFrELD.o., Jan. 1a-MeL Brown
cloped Thursday morning with Alice
smith. aged Is, taking her from school
He obtained a license by perjury.
Whereabouts unknown.
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~

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 1a George Williams,
. ten-year-old colored boy, Wednesday
afternoon fatally cut with a knife Will
son Parker. another colored boy. twelve
years Of age. Williams and Parker got
into q quarrel over q game OF marbles
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WAsHIKaroN. Jan | 8-Mr Robinson.
OF Pennsylvania. introduced in the
house Wednesday a bill increasing from
81 TO y per barrel the internal revenue
tax on fernented liquors
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THE DALLAS. Ore. Jan. 1a-Juic Eds
munds, postmaster at Grizzly. was
killed in . quarrel ~ Heck Wheeler.
The men fought with pocket knives.
and Edmunds was literally cut to
nieces.
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FlREBuc.s REVENGE.

He Did Not Get Far Pay and Com
fesses His Crime.
New York, Jan. IS, -Thos. MeKenna
and Mrs. Mitchell b. Sullivan. of East
Chester, West Chester county, were ar
rested Thursday charged with incen7
diarism. McKenna confessed that he
was induced by Mrs sullivan to set fire
to the Sullivan house while they were
at a party. McKenna was to receive
$500 for doing the job when the insur-
& money Of ss, 900 was received. In
stead Mrs Sullivan paid him but 500,
and he told the story to the police out
Of eyenge. McKenna sent a dispatch
to the Sullivans after he had set the
house afire, informing themSof the fact
and this will be produced on the trial
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Az u dererouad uiaze.

IRoNw0oD, Mich, Jan. ia-Fire was
discovered at o o'clock Wednesday
morning on the fifth level, No. Z shaft,
Norrie mine. The fire IS 50 situated
that much d~ificulty was experienced in
getting at it The fremen's work was
retarded by the dense smoke. The Nor
RE is the largest iron mine In the
world, It's output for 1892 was i.0OO,-
900 tons
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The Improved Stock Breeders Associ
alton Of Kansas, in session at Topeka,
Wednesday indorsed ex-Gov. Click, for
secretary Of Agriculture ii Mr.. cleve-
lands cabinet The Kansnastate board.
Of agriculture willytake similar aston.
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Rather Iatercsti Z Reports Made IT the
Boston Meeting.

Rather Iatercsti Z Reports Made ~ the
BostDn Meeting.
BosTON, dan. 13.-The twenty-ffth
annual meeting Of the woman's board
Of missions was opened In Park Street
church. Delegates were present from
New England and Middle states and
foreign countries. The treasurer re-
ported receipts during the past year
Of. s15s. 361, Of which $si, 100 was
from legacics. Mrs Erainard Pratt
gave a survey Of the foreign work. re-
porting successful work in the eastern
countries, q good outlook in Micronesia
and that in Fnsai the missionary houses
are connected by telephone. Mrs
Sarah +. Holbrook of the Zulu mission
reported that witchcraft was the most
difficult problem I'd combat among
those people. Miss Caroline f. Bush,
of eastern Turkey reported sixty sta
tons which missionaries visit each year
as often as possible. During the alb
sence of missionaries female societies
keep the work moving.
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EIGHr hundred and s,x~ty-three per
sons were killed and 7,4is injured On
the railways in the United Kingdom
during the nine months ending Septem-
Der 90 last
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Will The BANKS Loser
The Eject Of Hunt gto = Death ON tn
lntge ForgsrieA.

The Eject Of Hunt gto = Death on the
Iaige Eor9srieA.
CLEyELANn, o., Jan. 13.-Great inter-
est Is manifested here in the effect
John Huntington's death viii have up
on the famous Paige forgeries David
r. Paige, il will be remembered. placed
more than $500, 900 Of paper bearing the
alleged endorsement OF Mr.. Hunting
ton. who was Pages brother-inlaw
and a Standard Oil millionaire, which
Mr.. Huntington has pronounced 70 be
forgeriess
Huntington was very i'll at the time,
and Paige's course Is generally consid-
cred by Mr.. Huntington's friends a.
one of tile most infamous conspiracies
on record. Had the paper not come to
light till now there conld have been no
proof OF its fraudulent character.
AS It is. some doubts are expressed
about II, and many believe. the banks
which hold the paper stand . better
chance Of collecting than before Mr..
Huntington's death. His representa-
tives here say, however. that he has
foiled the conspirators completely by
leaving afidavits which fully protect
his estate against the forged paper.
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GONE merchants let their lines OF staple goods
run down in order to lay in a stock Of toys,
dolls, ETC., for the holidays--not so with Emmert
4 Fiery for their largest trades isin dress goods
and coats. They carry these lines full SO that
you'll find Just as great a variety In their dress
goods as you did early In the season and their
assortment Of coats was never better.
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coMRTHINGfo for you up stairs. Old Kris Is
- waiting anxiously to deal out his Christmas
bargains a p. HERRING,s Toy Department,
corner Queen and Martin streets.
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LIVERY body knows when they go to Bur
~ dette's Book store for Xmas p~resentso or
standard goods that they will get good solid
goods for their money. Nothing shoddy goes in,
Or comes out of that store
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you want to make a present of a handsome
dress or coat go to Emmert q Fiery, a great
variety of the latest STYLES and patterns Mt
bottom prices. Is.
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TIP STAIRS-You are wanted by Kris. Come
u at once to G.. Z. HERRINe's Toy Department.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Mrs Mason-''Your wife does a
great deal of fancy work. doesn't she,
Mr.. Miggs?" Mr.. Miggs-"A hem, yes
that is, she has always objected to
doing any real work Inter Ocean
Gone Into Seclusion- - Young
Dudley has entirely withdraw from con-
tact with the common herds Of this
mortal sphere How so?" He now
wears an eyes glass Chicago Dispatch
The simplicity of expression natural
70 a child was freshly illustrated by a
four-year-old a day or two ago who sud
denly cried out: oh, mamma, ate up
my mouth he had bitten his tongue.
y y Times.
Ma" said newspaper mans son,
Il know why editors call themselves
We" "Why?" SOS the man that
doesn't like the article viii think there
are too many people tor hlm 10 tackle.
Washington Star
President :. ?. c C.-''Here, little
one. we cant let ron 20 onto the stage
again Where Is you- mother? Little
Oue-.'Oa. she's the BABY tigAt-rope
walker. and I'm vSaitin fur her 70 get
through and 90 home. Inter Ocean
You want me ID get on the ROOF d
that tover?" said the workman Yes
DO YOU notice there's a clock IL the
tower y know Il What difference
does that Inake2-' -Fll hare 20 charge
vou for working over time Washing
ton Star.
His ExDectatio8s -O,d Creases-
You want 10 marry nv daughter. en-
Well. what are your prospects, young
rnau?- Young knu-ve--.I hope Z
come into fortune some daT.
Whose fortuneg~ Yours bingham
ton Leader
-Hicl-s-'.Your wife. of course. IS q
lover ot the beautiful Wicks--tieu-
orally speaking. yes: bu: she doesn'
particularly dote on TIE women / con
slider beautiful A: least ! gather a.
much from her conversation E:osto1
Transcript
-Thev Never Cease Going Up-A-s
Wanting. Diamonds are cow tazer
from : depth ot neA-.E -5s2 tset Il tas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07

south African mines" Mr.. Wanting
''Yes; but they're high enough By the
time they get into an American jewel
ers window "-Jeweler's Weekly.
This Is an English writer's late
definition of the varieties of the refined
sport of football It was as follows:
In the Rugby game you kick the ball.
in the association game you kick the
man If you cannot kick the ball; in the
Irish game you kick the ball il you can
not kick the man. Evening Post
"A provincial paper calls attention
to a feeding bottle Il. e, nursing bot
tle) advertisement which concludes
with the words: When the Oaby Is
done drinking it must be unscrewed
and laid in cool place under tap. II
the baby does not thrive on fresh milk,
il should be boiled. london Truth
Shows He's Thinking About It
"rm sure Bozzy is about to be en-
gagged"
''Why?"
Because he keeps saying that he'll
never, never get married. y Chicago
News Record