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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
PIANOS GET SICK,
One Reason Is Lack of Exercise and An
other Is OverwOrk.

One Reason Is Lack of Exercise and An
other Is Overwork.
sometimes a piano gets sick"
SAID IN expert tuner to a Boston Post
man. This weather seems to give
them the grip Pianos, you know,
have feelings the same as anybody.
Didn't you know that? Well, they
have. This piano i have just doc
tOred was not so much out of tune
as it was Sick-run down. 1t had
caught cold from change of temper
allure. There has been a sort of cpl
demic lately, and ever so many pianos
have had to take treatment. There
are two other complaints common
with pianos: One is a lack of exer-
else, and the other is overwork."
About how much exercise should
a piano get:"
in most cases from one to two
hours a day to keep it in the best of
health. More than two hours a day
slowly saps a piano of its vital energy.
Another thing about a piano is that
il has to breathe. This fashion of
smothering a piano in clothes-I
mean %draperies and such things hang.
ing down their backs-isn't any bet.
ter for it than to jam it close up
against the wall. A piano should
stand two or three inches out from a
wall. so that it can get plenty of air
How can a piano be expected to he
reasonable, I'd like to know, if it
isn't treated like one of the family,
and if it isn't attended to when it
complains"
"Why isn't piano tuning just the
business for wOmen?' this music Thy
stefan was asked.
"Well," he replied thoughtfully.
so far as the hours and the physical
labor are concerned the business is
just the thing for women, but, al
though they have the ear, somehow
they don't catch the science of it or
the spirit of it. They don't seem to
get into sympathy with a piano. [
sup OSe it must lie a god deal like
the.ditference in doctors. Some of
ZEN understand you and you think
you are going to get well, and you do
get we'll: while others, who have Just
us good pills, DON'T help You a bit"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
An Opportunity Lost.

81 don't hear much in these days
about people taking trips a:ound Cape
Horn / n the interest of health, " said
Henry Weber to a Washington Post
reporter. 81 owe the fact that | am
a Californian to the notion of that
sort that prevailed about thirty years
ago. My parents were in New FORK
and my mothers health was 50 bad
that it was thought q good idea, by
the physicians and my father, that
she should be taken in Il sailing ship
around the long trip by way of the
Cape. We started from New York
in May, and it was more than eve
months before VT reached our desti-
nation. In that time we had y most
delightful voyage. Ny mother, who
was almost dead at the time we
started, was IA we'll woman when we
goJ to san Franc SEQ. and she is still
was ! years old at the time, but / dis
tinctly remember that we had a great
many people on board who were TAX
ing the trip in the interest OF health.
One would have TO be sick indeed not
TO be able to eat heartily after the
first few days on the water.
Sat the end OF q month there
would be no stopping the passenger
who had recovered from the ill eff
fects Of the sea voyage. With us, in
valids became strong in a few weeks
and people who were given up were
we'll on the road to recovery when
our ship got to the end of its long
run. 1t was better than all the Pull
man car rides that you get in this age
of dust and steam"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
ineart were a lump OF lead within

neart were a lump OF lead within
her.
weir" Aurora brcathlessly asked,
as she re-entered the d small old
mouse, where the neglected fire was
dylng OK the iron dogs. and a melan-
cnoly cricket chirped on the hearth.
What did he say?"
Moth ng: l haven't spoken to
MN, said Adeline, mournfully. ~
met Eustacia Bent. She's going to
DC married to him in January, and
That ends the whole thing"
She took the letter from her pocket
q threw it on the embers. 1t
olazed ftfully up, and then went out
IN a little drift of gray ashes, and
with 1t died Cut all the light and life
or Adeline Fields heart.
"les," said Aurora, ''that ends
the whole thing"
G%randaunt Miriam, sleeping under
the churchyard wall, might have
oeen content. She had had her own
way.-Chicago Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
Got His Empty Jar.

II was snowbound in Michigan a
few years ago. between COoperSville
and Nunica," said a travelling sales
man. The snow was fourteet deep
on a level and still falling. The
passengers had eaten up everything
the train boy had, including even
mixed cand es, and children were
crying for food. \ grocery salesman
offered his samples OF tea and coffee,
and these were boiled at the engine.
Then l started, ac ompanied by an
other passenger, to 60 to a farmhouse
and get some bread and butter. We
waded through the snow, and by the
t me we got there were nearly frozen,
but we could detect the OdOr of cook
ing victuals and felt that Jul mission
wOJld be successful. In answer to
our knock a woman came to the door
and fatty refused to let US have
bread at any price. Five large loaves,
lust baked, were on a table and i jar
of hutter neal it | told my friend
to 90 to the front door and argue
with them while l stole the food.
This program was carried out and l
started back Though the snow with
the bread and butter. l had not
gone far before | could hear the
farmer behind swearing at me. Then
came a race through the snow. Twice
] fell down and soaked the bread in
the snow, but l hung on to it, and
reached the train at the same time
the farmer did. There a hundred pas
sengers we're ready to help me, and
we had one square meal. l had Of
fered ST. a loaf for the bread, and
started to make the promise good,
but the passengers insisted that the
man should get nothing except the
empty butter jar."-St Louis Globe
Democrat
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
n RAZOR-BACES
A Variety of Hog Wen known in the Souti,
and They Are Terrors.

A Variety of Hog Wen known in the South
and They Are Terrors.
Alabama and some other Southern
States produce an animal known as
the raZ0r-back hog, which from time
to time furnishes amusement or an
nOyance to the travellers in the rail-
road trains running in isolated dis
tricts, says the New York Herald.
The a IOr-back is undoubtedly the
descendant. several generations re-
moved, of the ordinary domestic hog.
But what a difference between them.
Instead of the sleek, sleepy, well-fed
animal of the sly, the razor back is
as thin as a rail, as gaunt and hun
CRY as a wolf and as unprepossessing
as a shark.
Its thin side, showing every indi-
vidual rib, like a greyhound in con-
ditiOn, and the prominent spine sug-
gests its name, which is aptly ap-
piled. Along its back are a few
sparse bristles and the legs of the
beast are long enough for an ordinary
dog Of mOngrel breed.
Where the annoyance to the Jrav-
eler comes in is when the razor back
or a dozen of them-fOr they move in
drOves-get on the railroad in front
of the engine. Fleet of foot as the
beasts are, they cannot. of course.
Outstrip locomotive. They won't
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
Future of the Horse.

One can not help wondering what
is going to become Of the poor horse.
People used to pity him when he
pulled street cars, but now that a
cable or an electric wire prOpels them
one important occupation is gone.
And if the people who ride and drive
are going to give I'D what has hither-
to been considered the most useful of
animals there won't be much left for
Mr.. Horse. Still it is doubtful il he
will kick. 1t seems strange to think
that, in the mechanical age ahead,
the horse, like the buffalo now, may
become practically an extinct animal.
philadelphia Times.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

leave the track, however, but race
along IN front of the engine, discon-
certed BY the bell and whistle, but
afraid to turn aside until the train is
brought 20 a full stop
Attempts have been made to do.
mesticate these hogs, but they have
all proved unavailing. Their yield,
too, is enormous, and after a year or
two experimentaliSts give up their
efforts for fear OF being eaten out of
house and home. quite recently
Thomas Booth of Pulaski, Tennessee,
secured a male and female of tile
razor back tribe and tried to time
them, but failed. Mr.. Booth kept
his specimens for about a year, and
at the END of that time they were as
wild as at first The more he fed
them the thinner they got. Within
the period mentioned they consumed
400 bushels OF corr without yielding
in the slightest to the %fattening in
fiuence to the grain. During the in
terval the sow had i've filters Of pigs.
numbering twenty-one. Disguised
with his efforts, Mr.. Booth gave his
animals to q negro, who in the end
considered himself under no Obliga-
tion for the gift. The negro slaugh-
tered the animals to keep himself
and family from becoming Il charge
upon the county. lie was unable to
secure enough fat for soap grease.
These Semi-wild raZor-backs can 90
through a garden like a shovel blow.
No green or living thing escapes their
avage They can crawl through a
crack that would defy a cat ana lift
garden gates with their sharp noses.
The flesh of a razOr-back is too tough
to Ie eatable, Men who have at
tempted the feat compare it. for lack
o: a better substance, to rhinoceros
hide
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

s7Some n tells the story OF a ID
year-old girl Of New York City who
attempted to cross Broadway at one
of its most crowded places Il few
weeks since. Just as she got half
was across, Il carriage dashed up. and,
before the mettlesome steeds which
drew it could be checked, they hid
knocked down the little girl and
actually stepped on her prostrate
body two or three times. The
animals were soon forced back. the
little unfortunate carried to the side
walk, and some n telephoned to
the New York hospital for an am
bulance. Though the hospital was
only d block and II half away. for
some reason, no ambulance responded
for fully a Quater OF al hour. Dur
meaning with pain. a strong
young man presently wedged his way
through the crowd.
Its an outrage to allow the Door
child to lie there on the street. suf-
fering "a she is ne cried. If no
ambulance can be had, Well have to
do the next best thing" and before
any n realized what he was about,
he picked the injured child up in his
muscular arms and started on Il trot
toward the hospital. The crowd
broke out with 4 cheer, and fully
300 of them followed on the sidewalk,
keeping up with the speeding young
stranger, and cheering him AL the
way to the hospital.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
one WOMAN

,~sr.lean blue;
~ Do, do not ''faii
kea re ., rambler hue
NsNreial gift al az
b. sL.n sweet ana soou,
Won from . royal ~
b., n .r,gi Of w~omanhood
D. ,, .sao q~Deenls grace
,uto tloat on n'r,
ol 'ef.' amidst the dance ~
btr inoa s,lpound with a glance :
m%rols 70 the poor
.oriowfli aver
aiu .n.ers At their noof
(mnr follows hef'
earning heights.
scsir| I. depths profound;
le' Non woman's rights
)s!nl' w. ,ender hands abound
bshs ~. h,inks from themes aostrnss'
~. n,r. o%verinuch,
".ninc- III daily use
FL Al her tolIcn.
..bar. most she loves,
,,a, desire 10 roam
nrre Example proves
p"' -anctifv I he nome.
ms le, with kindly hniid
it =. Understands the best
f"Donpy household band
! all her ple7''
r.uNaI.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

A WOMAN in New York furnishes
love letters at u dollar apiece, and
yet the world is full of people who
are not happy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

TIE man who cannot prove by his
wife that he is a Christian, has no
business to stand up when there is IA
vote taken in church.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

The friends of the devil are always
the first to get mad when the real
gospel Of Christ is preached In
church.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
Lots of Women Hoyc II.

Man-If you will cure my wife |
will give 0 $500. Sanitarium Man
ager- With what is your wife al
tllcted? Man The sanitarium habit.
j udge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
LETTER.

ErEpTED LETTER.
.,aj aurora, what shall
Er,,,y equiuoctial rain was
ohlimue Autumn sun gllnted
"A dufl, Of wet leaves and
,r,,er in the road: "A solitary
.,nt1emum lifted its tufts of
"nder the window. They
ba1 The windows wide to let
and Ugh; after Grandaunt
mneral. There were the
[rls and deep ground-rut,
|. road where the hearse had
Yen up to the gate, out the
rDory leaves, tluttering down
deu rain at every gust OF
p,e la,t ohliteratlng them.
aunt Miriam was dead and
|p.t in The sunny corner OF the
(|hmrhyard, and Adeline and
kere eft alone in the world.
kule.@ said the Widow Ais
fn.od in tine next house. 81
ow WHAT'S TO become O them
fhpa amt been brought up to
hi. And they're dreadful
looRin' gals. They wasn't
men they was young, and the
\ IN EN- is turned forty now"
hat WAS precisely the prob
bich was in Aurora Fields
hen she sat before the fire,
elbows on her knees and her
bel hands. and looked dream
Is the hcarthStODe at her sis
kIne.
can We do" said fAdeline,
IS HE meeker and less enter
b The Two.
\, got to live declared Al
h course we've got to live"
we've got nothing to live
i This Cd house and thirty
rocky uphill ground" said
"|tirandaunt Miriam's pen.
wlth her, ana she never
penny out of it-though. in
lw could She. Door old thing?
lon't that there's anything
|u> but to keep boarders."
vino viii board with u.s."
( NE. in her feeble, inefficient
n shrugged her shoulders i'm
i
never had any faculty,
sad She, and | s'pose it's
lor YOU 10 hegin to reform
But >hoUld think you might
% the common sense to put
Two together. Amt there
red-brick factory a-buildln'
Falls, and won't it be
IRIS in TWO months time?
they be glad to have a
!dce 10 Goard? I've been
: up there are four. five. six
e G lId spare. as well as not.
! d pretty decent cook if l
Il the materials to cook with.
pose you could, at least, look
rest Of the house,"
could do that, l think"
"a Adelinc, who always had a
Itierlorlty in her sisters
AT least | would try"
said Aurora, diets go
"9fA and get the house thor
leaned the very first thing
: -aSped Adelinc.
now. DO you suppose
next year, retorted her sis
THE house is full of
il and furniture, and we'll
nave half a dozen bontires
0'lofe thlngs'll be decent,y
Ut Ana we've got to do it
. Adelihe. We can't afford
Hohe to help us. And so the
oegln the better"
l suppose So" assented Ade-
lie next morning the Field
themselves diligently to
'''rora had a certain hard
eueFgy of purpose that rather
WI ana hustle, but poor AIDE
att allied within her at the
.ihe tears came into her
,"e TOOK Grandaunt Miriam's
l''othes and books and papers
=" mu>ty smelling drawers.
IT. am to put these" she
EN- was her sisters curt
{ looked aghast. Grandaunt
,'d been a stern old tyrant
was true-a dOmineering
VINO exacted everything
, anu gave her in return
the merest subsistence.
Miriam had ruthlessly
~ Tue bud that one only lit
war which she had ever
'''i she thought, that she
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

las
red
BILE
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his
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the
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hat
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the
the
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81
to
toll
toll
lie OF
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turn
man
the
they
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rued
the
and
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men
and
con-
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eper,
iron
! on
ears.
W hat
ulned
ways
have
10th
II the
leg.
Ster''S
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made
went
time.
never
b. get
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a toll
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

e for
Upton
NSkin,
d this
Tine
hide
/ hair,
barter
4OOd is
Hskin,
+-quar'-
lG2 ~
teeth
ey are
and d
cows
bone.
e hind
i have
Some
black.
Cows
are
night
bucket
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24

l'Ss
lace in
,ect to-
it ap-
gilded
have
Very
kh COL
They
foreign
foods,
doing
30 the
They
], men
bme of
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t being
bguage-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-21

Sncciel 10 thc Loader
CnANnfrR Nov 10. The district
court at this place has closed after
clearing MP the docket Judge Dale
dispatched business rapidly and kept
the bar and court officials pn The go.
Fred lobe, charged with grand
larceny, was convicted and sentenced
To three years IN the pen. O'' the
Uritod States side District Attorney
Hoffman sustained his record for good
work. There were $50 federal cases
called and convictions were secured IN
over half Clerks Adams and Niblacls
are deserving Of praise FOR the ciiici,
cnt manner i'm which they discharged
their duties Judge Dale and the
other court officials viii leave for
Guthrie tomorrow.
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YER AKED IEN KUN.
This Yer Dolngs is Coin I be sum punk


This Yer Dolngs Is Coin tiBe sum Pnnk-
lns.
Yew are axed tew soahul that us
folks or the l.. A. Society ov the Con-
gregashunl church IL goiag to have at
L. p Burlingame's, No 2l2, Broad
streat, Wednesday, mite. November 2l.
Rules and RegnIashuns
Chap l. Every woman what kums
must ware a kalikcr dres and apern, or
sumthin ekally approriat.
Chap. Z. All men must ware ther
ok hanniA shirts No man what has
got on billed shirt and stand up
Dickey will be allowed 10 KUN onlcs
they be durtyed.
Chap. 3. "A fine will be aXed as fol-
lows: Women warm old dres, SC; silk
dres, l0c. Men warm stand up collar
and silk tye, SC; shined up boots, SC;
fyne Sunday. SUITE. 1Oc other fynes
cordin as committy beside. A prize
will bly, to the worst loolSin rig in the
house. These rewls will be inforced
too thee letter. The hull T. A. Society
will interduce strangers and look arter
bafhfull fellers. There is going to be
speekin and singin by snch members
of the L. A. Society as can speek an
sing Phuu vii commense at p. m.
Victtles, s,-Twisted donuts an coffey.
| thev'l cost yu tenn cents.
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ELEGANT.

At the cost of cheap quail
ties, our millinery stock is the
finest and best selected ever
shown in Oklahoma. We guar
antee all Of our goods TO be the
very best grades, and styles the
most fashionable. We are now
crowded for room, aud to pre-
pare for the many novelties in
holiday goods, soon to arrive,
will sell millinery cheap--yes,
less than cheap. Please call
and we can convince you that
the above is no mistake.
MRS. A. p. SAUNDERS,
The Leading Milliner,
Southeast corner Division
and Oklahoma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-21

Henry Wilson, the postmaster at
welshton, Florida, says he cured q
case Of diarrhea of long standing in
six hours with one small bottle OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrh@a Remedy. What pleasant
surprise that must have been TO the
sufferer Such cures are not unusual
with this remedy. In many instances
only one of two. doses are required TO
give permanent relief II can always
be depended upon. When reduced
with water it is pleasant To take. For
sale by +. b. Lille & Co.
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Sergeant Kelly, celebrity Of the
Irish bar. had remarkable habit of
drawing conclusions directly at var
ianee with his premises, and was con.
sequentiy niellnamed Counsellor
Therefore. In court on one occasion,
he thus addressed the jury: The
case Is 50 clear, gentlemen, that you
cannot possibly misunderstood il, aud
l should pay your understandings a
very poor compliment II / dwelt upon
Il for another minute, therefore,
shall al once proceed TO explain il to
yoa as minutely as possible
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-21

that many women owe their beauty to
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription
The reason-beauty of form and face.
as we'll as grace. radiate the form
from the common center-health. The
next bodily condition results from
good food fresh air, and exercise
coupled with the iudicious use of the
prescription" In maidenhood, wo-
manhood and motherhood it's support
Ing tonic that's peculiarly adapted to
her needs, regulating, strengthening
and curing. the arrangements of the
sex.
II there be headache, pain in the
back, bearing down sensations. or gen.
eral debility, or IL there he nervous
disturbances. nervous prostration and
sleeplessness, the "Prescription"
reaches the origin of the trouble and
corrects IT, 1t dispels aches and pains
corrects' dispiacements and cures GA.
tarrhal inflammation of the lining
membranes. It's guaranteed TO bene-
fl or cure, or the money paid for il is
refunded.
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Mrs A. r. Saunders gave "a delight
ful high Eve party last night at her
residence on Cleveland avcnnc to
about thirty OF her friends. Seven
tables were limmcd and some pretty
prizes were awarded
The refreshments comprised some
OF the choicest viands go be found IN
the party caterers list Mrs. Saun'
ders is vivncisus and hospitable lady
and understands the art OF entertain
ing To- a nicety.
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IN HONOR Of MISS SHEREa
Mrs. Havighorst EnteFtslns at Hisi, rive
Complimentary 80 Her Niece.

Mrs. Hasighorst fnteFtains at Hsess Five
Complimentary 80 tisr Niece.
Mrs, J. Il. Hasighorst entertained a
merry rarty of young people last night
in honor Of her charming niece, Miss
catharine Sherer. OF Havana, Ill The
seductive game of high five was the
feature of the evening. and a delicious
collation. was served. The ladies prize,
handsome flower vase, was won by
Miss Hunter. and the gentlemen's
prize, silver-mounted photo-frame,
was captured by Harry Pentecost.
Mrs. Havighorst was Assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs. f. d. Nix, and the fol-
lowing were present;
Mrs. W. F. II. Searcey, Mrs Scott
Robinson, Misses Hunter, Gregory,
Anna and Dell Seeley, Alice and Sadie
Paine Messrs. searcey, Horsfsll,
Golobie, Felts, Deal, Hunter, Harry
Pentecost Tarlton, Williams HAvig.
horst
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-21

Judge BIerer delivered decision Ia
the case of Tom Seward vs.. 8. II. Hsr-
ris, county attorney of Noble county
yesterday, involving possession OF the
Office to which Seward had been
elected. The court held that an elec-
tive oftice was paramount TO an ap-
pointive one and that Seward was en-
titled TO at once take charge of the
Office.
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This May Account far Many Thing.

Physicians are sometimes slightly
put 10 their wits TO find a suitable ex.
euse for neglecting an Office patient
when wishing TO devote few min
utcs TO something else, but Phila-
delphia specialist quite distinguished
himself in this line with one OF his
lndy patients the other day. He was
about 10 treat her foot with electric
ityi and She had just removed her
stocking in preparation, when the
mail arrived. DESTROYS of reading
one of the letters Immediately, this
diplomat gracefully secured time by
saying in his most professional tones:
Just expose your foot TO the atnos-
phere for a little while"
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smallest ohlld Known On r.hibltlon,

The little wonder is here. The
smallest known living child in the
world, almost year old: weighs five
aud half pounds, is ia perfect health
io every respect This midget is now
on exhibition at the vacant lot west of
the Victor block. Admission aud
10 cents 2Ot3
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EMPomA, Kan. Nov. 90. Whils suf.
fering from rheumatic pains last
night at his home Henry King, one OF
the Oldest and best respected resi-
dents Of the city, and member of the
firm OF Armour & King, accidentally
took an overdose OF laudanum and
died from the effects.