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HE WAS MOVING,
And for Wonder His Belongings Did
Not Crowd tho Van.

As the minister says: Just an
other instance along this same line
of thought" 1t concerns young
man on the south side. He had two
rooms in fiat building and had fur
nished them himself He had all tho
comforts of q home-such as fold
ing bed, dresser and set OF box
ing gloves. His lease expired and
he had some other rooms engaged.
but he required two weeks in which
to screw up his courage to the mov-
ing point.
He hired u b:awny man to do the
packing, says tho Chicago Record.
Tho carpets, the bookcase and the
other traps, including two trunks,
made formidable showing. and
whom he teiephoned the transfer
company he said: Send one of your
largest wagons" Next morning
early there was rap at his door and
tho brawny man SAID: ''The wagons
here"
Before anything was carried down
stairs he went out in front just to
assure himself that the wagon was
large enough. He found that it was.
1t resembled storage warehouse on
wheels. 1t was as large as the Bar.
mum cage in which travel the two
hippopotamL The driver sat on tho
roof. away up in the air, and the
two horses were dwarfed into ponies.
When the back doors were opened
there yawned a cavernous interior
in which two sets could hnv" danced
o quadrille. There was no doubt
about it being large enough. After
all the earthly possessions OF the
young man had been pushed into
one corner, the captain OF the van
asked whore the rest of the stuff
was to be found.
That's ALL" said the young man.
"All! That's not enough for bal
last. Why didn't you get a wheel
barrowp"
"I didn't know they had any
wagons SO big" stammered the hut
inflated young man. His property
did make paltry showing. Whom
he paid the bill he was sorry that
he hadn't used o wheelbarrow.
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TIPPED OFF.
A Trick Turned In Chicago and Another
Ono In New York.

n TrlcA Turned In chicago anu Another
One In New York.
speaking OF restaurants" said
the New York drummer with tho
Grecian eyebrows. II had friend In
New York who made mint OF money
In Chicago before nybody dropped
TO his little trick"
ale had trick, eh P" asked one OF
the smokers.
"Why. yes. you might call 1t a
trick. suppose. He built up such
local reputation for green turtle
soup that his place was fairly be-
sieged night and day. He supplied
as high as 5000 people day with
turtle soup. 1t was an Eastern man
who finally gave him away"
''Nh hat was there to give awayps
"Oh. nothing much-only he had
been making that soup out of clams
and curry. When a man blundered
in who had actually seen green
turtle with his own eyes and knew
what tho taste of tho soup was like
the cheat was discovered and his
business was busted
.'Yes, heard of that case." said
the Chicago beef extract man, who
had boon an attentive listener. "The
soup man changed his business. be-
lievep"
ale did"
And lost every dollar he had inside
of ycarp"
81 nevnr heard that he did"
"But he did. 1t was friend of
mine who put him onto the spec.
that dished him."
What spec. P"
"Shipping prairie chickens to the
New York market He had twenty
hunters out for three months, and
was all ready to ship eighteen car
loads OF birds when Chicago man
put the Now Workers. on"
"On to what'"
"On to the fact that every blamed
bird In those eighteen cars was n
burned old crow. He shouldn't have
done it. for the New Workers. would
never have known the difference, and
it would have given us fine show to
clean out our crows, but he was just
that soft-hearted
"Gentlemen, said the man with
the Grecian eyebrows, after long
period OF silence. Il am not feeling
particularly we'll this morning. and
will go back into the drawing-room
car and try and get nap"
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TRIVIAL TALKS.

"The editor has peculiar gait"
Didn't know he had any at all
thought he climbed the fence
Business Man, hurriedly-What do
you want to get me to the Grand Gem
tral in five minutes? Cabman,
thoughtfully-A new horse.
There is one thing can be said of
Brown-he always attends to his own
business" ives, sir; that's why his
last employer discharged him.
"Somers tells me he has been look
ing for comfortable quarters every
where" Jupiter! he never strikes
me for anything less than FIVE"
Cyrus she said, reluctantly, "I
don't think would make good wife
for poor man." Then you'd make
a mighty poor wife for good man."
Satan-Set him adrift on the lake of
fire in a boat that constantly upsets.
Asmodeus-What is his crime, my
lord? Satan-When in life he used to
think it funny TO rock a boat.
A Liverpool man was SO enraptured
with n lady at a fancy ball that he Of
fered her a Is note to unmask. She
accepted the money, saying: Now
your wife can pay the servant girls
back wages" 1t was his mother-in-
law.
81 told my wife this morning that
we'd have to economic" said the
man Who talks about his personal at
fairs II wish dared tell mine that"
s.yyhy don't you?" because the last
time tried it she bought me box of
auction cigars"
Comic Opera Soprano-George, have
you paper there? Comic Opera Tenor
Yes. Comic Opera Soprauo-Well,
just turn over to the stage gossip,
will you? Comic Opera Tenor-What
forp Comic Opera Soprano-And fnd
out whether we're going to be mar.
Rcd Or divorced next tine.
-
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Selecting u College.

The wise parent, In trying To reject ooI'
lege for his son, will ask first, not where the
most learned professors arc (still less, OF
course, where the most learned base ball team
is, or where most sons of mlllionaires congre-
gate ., but where the tone OF social life Is
purest and manifest, where the young men
behave neither as young monkeys nor as
moral autonomy are most fully established.
AT the same time he Will ask what college
best understands It's buslness,-whleh Il TO
iHspsrt that culture, intellectual and moral,
which is essential to free manhood, and does
not attempt 10 fusestall the university by dab
bling In professional knowledge or erudltion.
DartdSoa ijt JHly iOrum.
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LATEST IN SCIENCE.
INVENTIONS AND IMPROVE
MENTS LATELY RECORDED.
An Automatically Operating EIector for
sewsrs-A Handy Line Chaiker-A
Water Chemistry and EIec-
trieity-Notes of Progresa
An Automatically Operating Eioctor

An Automatically Operating Eioctor
In the improvement shown in the
Illustration. the valve is perfectly bal.
anced by an adjustiblo counterpoise
to remain at whatever position it is
placed by iloat which controls the
action of the valve. Fig, is a sec
tional view through the valve, and
Fig g shows the improvement in con-
nection with an eiector, as it might be
placed for draining cellars and similar
purposes The cjector may be of any
OF the well-lsnown types, connected at
one end with discharge pipe md Mt
the other end with supply or pres
sure pipe. The valve has an upper
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A Human Tomb

The only case on record of discon-
s@ate widow swallowing the remains
of her dead husband is that of Ar.
temesia drinking glass of wine in
which the ashes of Mausolus had been
stirred for that purpose. The parties
to this remarkable transaction were
brother and sister, and also husband
and wife. Mausolus was king OF
Caria, and reigned about 900 years
before Christ. After his death his re.
mains were burned and the ashes dis
posed of as related.
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Easily Arranged,

Young Wife, In tears-O Gerald!
What do you think! The canary has
gone to laying eggs!
Unfeeling Husband-I don't SEQ
anything heart-breaking in that.
Elsie. It's perfectly proper thing
for n canary to do
Young Wife-Yes, but I've always
called 1t Eenl
Unfeeling Husband-Well. you can
call 1t Ben Hur now.
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Caught 1t on both Sides.

James Payn tells, in the Illus
trated London News. OF whist
player being told by an opponent
that he could always tell by his face
when he had good hand. This he
resented exceedingly. and applied to
his partner for refutation OF it; but
he was only still more irritated by
his form of corroboration, THAT he
had never noticed any expression in
his countenanco whatever
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years ago and ordered a chicken for
dinner" "Oh, yes" answered the
girl fippantly, II remember. 1t was
/ who waited on you. How
strange how very strange" re-
marked the man in low, awe
stricken tone. WHY is it stranger"
inquired the girl ats more than
strancc ..'s wondcrful-such a coin
cidence could hardly n-r'nen twice =
sumo girl, same chicken" ana ~ u
looked reverently at tho specimen
before him. while the girl made a
hasty retreat Detroit Free Press
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HOOKING HIS BIBLE.
An Aged Mans Vain Errand In = Bow
cry Pawn Shop.

An Aged Mans Vain Errand In = Bow
cry Pawn Shop.
In Bowery pawn shop tho other
afternoon man shuflled up to one
of the clerks with big bn- 1l.s
which he wanted to pawn. The man
was old and decrepit His hair and
board were long. white and unkempt.
His clothes were as ragged as the
wrappings OF his bundle. He laid
the bundle down on the counter.
pulled off tho wrappings and dis
played bible Of what is known as
the family sort. 1t had large heavy
covers stamped in gilt and looked
as II 1t might be illustrated with full
page steel engravings.
"What'll you give me on that?"
said he to tho clerk,
Nothing" replied the clerk, with
the most taiscouraging accent imagin-
able. and apparently without even
glance at the bible.
''Oh, yes, you will" said the old
man. "PIease give mo something ="
NO." answered tho clerk; mot a
cent"
"But Two got to have it." pleaded
the old man. II haven't had any
thing to eat to-day. Give me fifty
conts"
Nothing to drink. you mean. :"
with another glance at the trembling
old man. "I won't give you any
thing. We don't tako biblos any
way"
The clerk turned to walk to man
Nuh 20
says the Now York Sun. The old
man hesitatcd minute and then
removed his effort.
..Woll, give me twenty-five cents,
then" he said. "I've had more
than that on this before"
mot here" answered the clerk.
al tell you VIC don't take bibles. Go
on. now"
The old man gathered up his bible
and shuffled away. The man who
was pawning tho ring looked on with
evident interest He was thinking
of the many stories he had heard OF
men who would pawn their family
bibles for drink money. and reflect
Ping that hero was pawnbroser
Whose heart was not as stony as tra-
dition makes believe. who had some
1aint OF sentiment II not OF rcver-
3nce. left in him.
''ls that rule OF the house?" he
aid to tho clerk who was making
put the ticket.
WHAT" asked the clerk.
That you don't take bibles"
NO" with a laugh. That was
lst bluff. We take anything. But
lat bible was worn ont and wasn't
orth q cent"
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Tie Zeal pem.n of the Marsh

is not a spook, hut rcni!t; :, i7 neither 3
"oogien "kcpic" nor any other q 'Foss
spirits which the CrcduloG, have supposed 10
haunt tho banks ofrycrs md streams nftcr dusk,
Its name is ma!aria. and though invisible, il is
very terrible ahl tenariors when It seizcs you.
IIostetters Stomach Bitterl dives It away. nor
will 1t attack those whose systems fortified
with the great medicinal defensive ucrHt Tie
miasmatic mists Of carly morning the vapors cS-
hailed at Cycntdc mny he safely brcathcd by those
protected by the Rittor-, In the truples where
every form OF mH'arAl disease threatens The So.
journer and Is particularly Nrulcnt when duvci-
oped the Bittcrs is The best reliance Of the iuhHbi
tant. For dyspepsia, l,tr complaint, lack Of
yigor. appetite ard sleep; fJr fheuinhlsn sud nor
yousness the Btttcrs nrr sue and safe REMEDY.
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There. no Place rik. iI7me.

Tom, with euotion--Jim. ! wuz
born in this hcpse. my grandfather
killed my grandmother in it. and my
twin brother left it to end his day 5
In Sing Sing, and return from my
term on tho island to find the old
place occupied by heathcn lauu-
dryman (GurglinrJ DO you won
der at my show Of fcclin'2 tAfter 4
pause Let's 90 In an rob him'-
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True Equality.

Little Ethel-Nellie Nexdor Is tal..
ing painting Lessons. and tho teachers
say she is perfect genius. Mayn't
take painting lessons, too?
Mother-Do you think you have any
talent for painting?
Little Ethel-Of course. Our family
is just as good as Nellie NeEdoor'a
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,Iond.sn,nl,lnr T-Iephonc.

Mr.. Graham, the great British
has invented a cloud
speaking" telephone, an apparatus
which gathers aud mntcriasi2os the
wasJ4 al sound to such wonderful
degree that they can be heard any
place In u large room, oven after
travelling over the wires for hua-
dreds OF miles.
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A Conscientious Harkeepsr,

Policeman-Yous say you always re-
fuse to sell man liquor after he has
had as much as is good for him?
Bartender-Thats my rule. When
he begins to see double bounce him
IAN good rule it IS. But how do
you know when he begins to see
double?"
when he hands me cents for 10
cent drink and insists that he paid me
TO-" C.si
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An independent Girl.

In large girls boarding school ons
of the students has recently hung up
on her door, II darn stockings nc.tl I
for cents pair" Not only Is this
very moderate in its demand, but It
shows a spirit that is bound to sue
coed in this world. A young woman
who will thus help herself deserves all
the help that others can give her, and
doubtless will receive it.
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Where Terror May lie seen.

''l've passed through frightful eH-
periences, said Jaeger, proudly,
land seen the most thrilling cXhibi-
tions of human terror. Once IN
Africa / saw Il couple of tourists
overtaken by two enormous and
ferocious lions, and oncen-
That's nothing" interrupted
Staggers. "Wcre you ever in an
elevator with a couple of women
when it stopped between floors 2n-
Chicago Record.
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TTnnrIaonRti,

Mother-That's Mr.. Poorchap IN tie
parlor with your sister, isn't il?
Small Son-Yes
Hum! wonder what that poverty
stricken fellow thinks of that $40 do!-
lar bouquet Mr.. Richfcllo sent herr
Guess he don't like it much. Sister
has been holding his hands nil the
evening SO he can't hurt it."
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pas,a "Iamarlana."

1t is reported, notes the Critic.
that copy. in excellent cond .tion.
of Poe's "Tamerlane" Q827), one Of
the rarest books In the world, has
recently been discovered and Is held
at 81, 1926. It Is said to have been
picked up In q secondhand book
store in Boston sixty years ago and
to have remained In the possession
Of the purchaser ever since.
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into thin layers, which breaks up the
light rays into their component eolors
As the play Of colors in on opal is due
to that gem being composed OF layera
of quartz superposed one upon another
these layers breaking up the light
into different hues-a similar result
follows the placing OF the layers Of
silver in the film, which, through the
operation of a curious law, reproducas
the tints Of the object photographed
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u,a s,rdI,a M. r.,,n,

Miss Brightlie-oh, Mr.. Search,
there's young lady here tonight /
know you will like.
Mr.. search-I feel extremely fat
tered that you have made such close
study Of my tasteA Please describe
her.
Miss Brishtlis- -shs's worth . nill-
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-14

The Gold Mrcr" Is The name Of a new 10
page monthly paper tessutly started in Den
yer. il aims 10 give cCuds1sed report and
summary OF NIL the principa. mining events
Of ibs month, dryotin. especial sttcntlon to
the new gold strikes, The subscription price
Is but so cents yRar. Sample copy furnished
for five cents IN stamps, Address Gold Miner,
Denver.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-14
Not Impr,,ycd yy,th Arc,

A travelling man dining at q
restaurant ordered broiled chicken
for his dinner. 1t was placed before
him and he tried In vain to make an
incision with his knife and fork.
Turning TO the girl who had waited
o. him, he ssid, Il was here Ave
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-14
puoklor IN. a..a in water.

Bathing Is often answerable for
aural disease when duokinR the head
ID praoticed The ear IL intolerant
Of cold water, and. In addition TO
Ahis, the stimulating properties of
~ water render II irritating 70 the
soes - 1iAlas - sst up i1iaanA.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-14
Mlrn IrnYcIlng

Whether on pleasure bent or business, take
on every trip bottle of syrup of Figs, as it
sets most prasanlly and eiIectuhlly on the
kidaey.. liver and bowels, preventing feyers,
headachee spd other form, Of sickness. For
sale in 5Ue aaG 81 bottles by all leading drug
rists Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co only.
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A slmp,. an EASILY Clc.ped rllto,.


The filter shown in the illustration
i. designed for either high or low
pressure, and is especially adapted for
fltering water for drinking purposes
b,,ing arranged to facilitate the thor
ongh cleaning of the fltering material
whenever necessary. The cylindrical
easing is closed by heads connected by
screw bolts Rods extending up
Bhort distance from the lower head
support ring on which is seated re-
voluble screen on a vertical shaft
whose lower end turns in step on
the upper side OF the lower head. The
screen is readily removable, being
held between collar and jam nut on
the shaft, on whose upper end is
hand wheel, by which the screw may
be revolvcd, collar secured on the
shaft by set screw abutting against
the under side of the upper head, and
preventing the screen from being un-
seated by upward pressure. The
screw is preferably made of two
perforated plates with wire
netting between them us shown
in Fig .. and on it is
placed the fltering material. The
water to be filtered is passed through
one of the Waived pipes into the upper
end of the casing, the filtered water
being withdrawn by a Waived pipe
leading out from the space beneath
the screen. To clean the filter, the
valves in both these pipes nre eloued,
and water under pressure Is admitted
to the lower side of the screen from
another waived pipe, the water pass
ing upward and out through cor
responding outlet pipe at the top
While this process of washing is going
on, the hand wheel is turned to re-
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THE FILTER.

volvc the screen. causing the loosen
ing of the Gltcring material and the
breaking u, ef previously formed
chanpela
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The g!rl Hho can stand four hours at the
front gate waiting for her fellow twho is see
ing some other ElrlJ can't stand Eve minutes
in 4 gtrset car
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Send Two 2-cent stamps to The Road Pub
ishiug Co., Denver, Colo, and get a sample
copy OF The Road and one OF their great Eng
l.sl Oetopus NAV. free.
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Derviah means lone who lies at tho door"
not proper to call a returned fisherman
vlsh, Tor he begins II as soon ns ho gets on
ferry boat.
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DENVER BEST LAUNDRY soar.
Unczcrllcd In quality. A BEAU lfCL PIC
yUBE free upon receipt Of p wrappers.
GEysERITE Soar Co., Denver.
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An imported actress has brought over with
her Il shot silk dress. This looks ike she is
nImLng WITH Ecr wardrohc 10 mike a hit.
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A man likes 10 have good neighbors when
be mu.t love NJ. nelEhhnr as hLmseH:
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A young lady iu Philadelphia IS said to
have i've luycr-, all mined Samuel. Her
photograph album must be a book OF sams
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'HnusOH', Mage Corn ~sive."
Warranted 10 cure, or money refunIei. ASK
yCGr druggist for It. Price Is cents
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A number of witty paragraphs | y Hieroclcs
who wrote In the fifth century, are going the
rounds OF the prsss. The audacious up
starts
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Karl'- Clover Root Tea, ,-
10 tc and cure, COO. Ap'Iiot 'ocsi-
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II Il the young dude thin as pane Of glass
who frames himself in sash.
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Railroad employees do not consider It a red
letter day when lbHy get their blue envelopes
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fatl's cntnrrh Cure
Is constitutional cure, Price, 75c.
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A Western newspaper says that two freight
cars can so press Il man shat ho wont be over
six inches thick at say spot, That's too
thin
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a stitch 10 time saves nine," as the sur.
said when he sewed up the baseball cap
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: z E|||!IllAI[21l
TIE LINE CUAIKFR

phalk chamber may be readily re
moved when it is desided to use tlna
device without challeing the line.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-09
FROM Till; LABOR PRESS.

Look at the patches. the rags. the look
of hunger, the thousand actually starv.
ing, and then behold the wOndrOus
beauties of thirty years of protection"
o yes! the men vino make the laws are
losing much sleep OH how to benefit the
working people!
President ingalls,, of the Big Four, is
pieasilring in Europe, drawing his
so, 900 year, while section men are
raising a family and keeping up his
road OH So cents day! And still some
railroad men are not in favor of the
nation owning the railroads so they can
have voice in its management!
Does any sane man believe that if the
nation operated the railroads, telegraph
and coal mines. that the public would
permit itself to be disgraced by the beg
carly wages now paid to the employees?
Not by a long shot. If the boys want
decent wages and decent treatment they
can get it by voting for the nation to
own these monopolies.
Only Republican editors are qualified
to teach the laboring people what is
good Tor them! Any one else vino has
the audacity to express his views on
public matters is all anarchist! A man
who does not know the difference be-
| tween socialism and anOrchy telling the
people how to vote! Taking the adyice
| of such men has reduced the workers of
| this nation to hunger and raggedness.
Edmund Burke's definition of states
| man was this: "He who SO frames the
| laws of his country as to promote JUS
! tice. increase happiness and unity the
| nation" Obviously the United States
! has no statesmen. 1t has lot of poiiti-
clans who have permitted heartless and
| gluttouous capitalists to strangie JUS
tice. destroy happiness and dismenber
| the nation.
Machinery, considered alone, short
| ems the hours of labor. but when in the
service OF capital Iengthens them; in
itself, it lengthens the labor, but when
employed by capital hightens the in
| tenSity of labor; in itself, it is victor
of man over the forces of nature. but in
the hands of capital makes man the
slave of those forces; in itself. it in-
| the hands of capital makes them pau
pers.-Karl Marx.
We hear great deal about the sa-
credness of property. Is i: not time
that word be uttered in behalf of the
rights of man? The divine right of
kings is nightmare of the past. But
| the theory of the divine right of prop
erty has been carried to such point
that the rights of man are well nigh
forgotten in the presence of this nine
| teenth century fetish. which has ig-
nored justice, protected class interests
and plundered industry of the wealth it
had created.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-09
DIED.

fERRY-ID st. Paul, Sept. Z. 1894. Helen
Perry, aged nine years, daughter OF MIR.
and Mrs. A. w. Perry. Funeral from RESP
dence, 574 Marshall avenue, 3 O'Clock d;
M, Sunday, Sept 0. Friends invited.
McCARTHY-In st. Paul, at late residence.
No. $40 Sherburne avenue. Friday, Sept.
Z, at 5:45 y. m, Patrick P. Mccarthy aged
seventy-three years. Funeral from above
residence Monday, Sept. 10, at SOD a. M:
services at ST. Vincen.' 8 church at a. IN.
WELLER-In this city. Aug 27. Willie W.,
beloved son of William W and Kate We'll
Ter. q native of San Francisco, aged ten
months-From The Examiner. Aug. 20,
1894, San Francisco, Cal.
PIERCE-In st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 6, 1894. at
family residence, corner of Braiuerd ave-
nue. and De Soto street, Olive daughter of
Benjamin and Julia Pierce. aged twenty
four years Funeral from residence at 2:30
p. m. Sunday, the 9TH inst. Services at
Pacific Congregational church. Acker street,
at Z p. m. Friends invited. y