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The indicator., 1897-05-08
4 Chinese Railway.

After using n canal for many centu-
rics. the Chinese are soon to enjoy the
convenience OF railway from 1'icn-
Tsin 10 Pekin. Heretofore it has re
quircd several days to make the jour
ncy, although the distance is only eigh-
ty miles. Travellers are towcd up the
Pciho river by men, who often wade
through the water up to their waist,
and make twelve or fifteen miles Il
day. Hereafter the journey will be
made in five hours. The railway has
already been completed to the town of
iang'1'sun, thirty miles from Pckin,
and train is running each way daily.
The rest of the track In graded. and 1t
Is expected that the rails will he laid
by the first of May. Through trains
Will not he attempted for several
months yet, however, because of the
delay in constructing II bridge over the
Pciho river, which is to be a rcmarka-
bic structure, built upon the Chinese
plan, 10 last forever, with piers of sol
id cement. eight feet square. This rail
road is being built by Chinese cngi-
necrs. under the direction of Mr. Kin
der. who has been manager of Iii Hung
thane's railway. which runs from
1fcnTSin up to the coal mines of the
gulf of Pichill, Capital is furnished by
the Chinese government.
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HOTELS IN GREECE.
Single Rooms Are Rare and the Fur
ni,hinEs Are Painfully Scant.

Single Rooms Are Rare and the Fur
ni,hinEs Are Painfully Scant.
In Greece the hotels of the interior
follow one general type-tbe Italian.
There is no common sitting room. says
the Atlantic. Why should there be ?
There is no office but that does not
seem to Interfere with the presenta-
tion of bills. The ground floor Is given
up to cafe or restaurant, il the inn
keeper goes into that line of business.
Very often, however, the master of the
Apollo has only rooms to let. The
sleeping apartments on the floor above
are often approached by an outside
stairway, and. r., is to be expected in
southern climate they are scantily
furnished. Over-furnishing Is vice
anywhere. Under southern sky it is
crime, of which the Greeks are not
guilty. There is usually mirror,
though that tribute to human vanity Is
sometimes lacking, and. like the Turk
the solitary Turkish towel bears no
brother near his throne. The bedstead
is invariably of iron and does not offer
the same vantage ground to the as
sailants of sleep as wooden frame
work would do, but the cushions are
there and the walls are there. so that
small comfort is to be derived from
that slight reduction of possibilities.
As in primitive United States within
my memory, single rooms are rare. Two,
three, four, five beds are put in one
room or strung along the corridors A
fastidious person who desires to occu-
py room alone has to pay for all the
beds therein. In some places special
charges are made for sleeping in the
daytime, and there is fixed rate for
sleeping on the floor. That a man
should wish to be private when he is
asleep seems absurd. But in athis
whole domain We Americans, who sub
nit to the abomination of the Pullman
sleepers, have no right to find fault
with any other nationalty-we have
no right to be fastidious about undress-
ing in the eyes of the world, and a
large charity ought to cover the diver
sities of different religions and differ
ent periods in this respect. In the
good old times people used to go to
bed utterly devoid of raiment. and the
bedclothes. as we call them still, were
the only clothes.
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Nails Melted by Lightning.

Somewhat recently. during n thun-
derstorm at Klausthal, in Germany, a
flash struck wooden pillar and melt
ed two nails instantly. From the mass
OF the nails and the heat required to
melt them. DIR. Grottewitz. an electri-
clan, calculated that they could only
be fused artificially by an electric cur
rent of two hundred amperes, at a
pressure OF twenty thousand volts.
This amount of energy applied for one
second is equal to five hundred horse
power. and applied for one-tenth of a
second would represent five thousand
horsepower. So If we suppose the eff
feet took place in the one-hundredth OF
II second 1t would represent u force OF
gtty thousand horse power.
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MODERN PROVERBS.

A little meanness goes long way.
Staying qualities are the only kind
that are worth having
Some mortals smile at obstacles and
then slip around them.
When some people come to think of
1t they do not know what they be-
lieve.
Some parents spare the rod until
their children fail them over the head
with It.
There is no other remedy for the
blues quite equal to heroic doses of use
full employment.
II you would raise yourself in the cs-
timation of some naughty mortals you
must kneel at their feet.
Before reformer makes the world
over he should consider just bow many
people he is about to leave out Of q
Job.
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NHns Ii IIer NirhI On2

A Manchester correspondent tells mt
of one of the latest developments o.
the servants craze for initiating theil
mistresses, which occurred recently. "I
was" she says, the night out of Tho
cook of friend of mine. The from
doorbcll rang, and, hearing the house
maid having somewhat angry colo
guy at the door, the lady went herself
to see what it was about. She met
the maid with a calling card in hel
hands, and on asking who had been al
the door the girl replied: Only visi.
tors for Miss - naming the cook
who carried the card to the kitchen
Out of curiosity the lady went later
on into the kitchen and found the card
"a bona-fde printed visiting one), and
on it inscribed as follows: Miss E--
W, first and third Tuesdays The
mystery remains as yet unrevealed
whether these dates represent nights
out or days at home. '"-Gentlewom-
n
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BUDAPEST.
The Picturesque and Lively Yankee City
of the Old World.

of the Old World.
| Budapest. as everybody knows, is
formed Of two cities, separated by the
Danube and Joined together like New
York and Brooklyn by great bridges
says Scribners. Buda is city hun
dreds of years old and rises on great
hill covered with yellow houses with
redtiled roofs and surmounted by for
tresses and ancient German looking
castles and the palace of the king with
terraces OF marble and green gardens
running down to meet the river. 1t
still is a picturesque fortified city of
the middle ages. Pesth. just across the
way. is the most modern city in Europe
more modern than Paris, better
paved and better lighted, with better
facilities for rapid transit than New
York. and with houses of parliament
as massive and impressive as those on
the banks of the Thames and not un-
like them in appearance. Pesth is the
Yankee city of the old world just as
the Hungarians are called the Amerl-
cans of Europe. 1t has grown rapidly
in forty years. and it has sacrificed
neither beauty of space nor line in
growing. 1t has magnificent public
gardens, as well as complete fire de-
partment; 1t has the best club in the
world, the Park club, and it has found
time to put electric tramways under
ground and to rear monuments to
poets, orators and patriots above
ground. People in Berlin and Vienna
tell you that some day all Of these
things will disappear and 60 to pieces;
that Pesth is enjoying boom and
that the boom will pass and leave only
the buildings and the electric plants
and the car tracks, with no money in
the treasury TO make the wheels go
round. / do not know whether this is
pr is not to be, but let us hope it is
Of the mind that sees nothing in prog
cess but disaster and makes advance
ment spell ruin. People who live in a
city where one is asked to show a
passport, certificate of good health,
police permit and residence card in
order to be allowed to mount bicycle.
rs | was asked to do in Berlin, can
hardly be expected to look with favor
on their restless, ambitious neighbors
of the Balkans
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4 Eurean of InfOrmatlnn.

A busy man wanting some informa-
tion concerning special railroad train
which was to leave New York next day
tried the telephone, When he looked
for the railroad station in the book he
found only one number. This he called
up and, finding the line worked well
and that he could hear and be heard
distinctly, he said;
Can you tell me at what time the
special train on which the general man
ager is to convey Mr.. So and So and
other guests over the road as far as
b will leave the station to-mor-
row?"
The answer came back very clear and
distinct:
We can't tell you anything about it.
This is the bureau of information. =
Exchange.
The indicator., 1897-05-08
a New Art Building for New York

New York is to have n new Acadc-
my of Design, to be erected on the
boulevard near the tomb of General
Grant. the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine and the new University of CO.
lumbia. and will add another to the
magnificent group of buildings that Is
now rising on the west side of the city
between Central park and the Hudson
river The committee in charge has
sent invitations to several prominent
architects in different parts of the
country, inviting them TO submit plans
for n building 2OOx17O feet in size, ar
ranged to accommodate with the most
modern convenlcnccs three exhibition
rooms of different sizes, II lecture hall,
class rooms, studios, etc. The Fine
Arts Federation will select jury TO
he composed of four artists and three
architects. All the designs submitted
will be paid for, and the successful
architect will he employed to superin-
tend the construction.
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and some

times would get so blind, could not
see for several minutes.
: could not stand very long without
feeling sick and vomiting. l could not
breathe a long breath without scream
ing, my heart panied so.
l also had female weakness, infam-
nation of ovaries, painful meustrua-
ton, displacement OF the womb. itch
ing of the external parts, and ulcera-
tion of the womb. l have had all these
complaints.
The pains l had to stand We're some
thing dreadful. My husband told me
TO try bottle of Lydia Z. PinlIham's S
medicine, which did, and after taking
it for a while. was cured. No other
kind of medicine for me as long as you
make Compound. l hope every woman
who suffers will take your Compound
and be urcd-NRs ]. 5. MCGILLAs,
l13 Kilburn avenue, Rockford, III.
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THE JAPANESE AND DEATH.
As Courteous AS They Are Theatrical and


As Courteous aS They Are Theatrical and
Artistic.
/ have just spoken of the japanese
as behaving simply at funerals. That
IS only partially correct, says st.
Paul's. They are quiet. but not quite
simple-so quiet that their manner
seems simple. AS a matter of fact.
they take an elaborate part in the pre-
scribed rites. bowling here. bending
there, strewing prayers to the right
and sweetmeats to the left. But 1t is
all done with good accent and with
good discretion" They have the art
Of arts, the art that hides art. Let me
dwell upon this thought moment.
Let me put it another way, for 1t is one
of the most beautiful things that
can be said of the Japanese. They
have learned to apply to life and to art
(there life and art are almost one) the
great art principles that Hamlet pro-
claimed to the players. They in the
very torrent, tempest and the whirl-
wind of passion have acquired and be-
got temperance that gives it smooth
ness. They are not too tame" Dis
cretion is their tutor, and they o'erstep
not the modesty of nature. And on
no other occasion is this splendid ma
tional characteristic OF smooth, discreet
behavior and appropriate action so no
ticeable or so grateful as when a num-
Der of Japanese gather together about
the deathbed, the coffin or the grave
of friend or kinsman. The Japanese
are as courteous as they are theatrical
and artistic. Their courtesy and their
art are very closely allied Their keen
sense Of courtesy and their uniiaggng
practice of it has, | believe, as much
to do with the quietness and fitness of
their funerals as has their fine artistic
instinct They are as a nation even
prouder and more studious, | think. OF
their courtesy than of their artistic ex-
cellence. Cry; it will do you goodl "
| said once to n poor Japanese woman
who, crouching beside her dying hus-
band, was controlling herself with an
effort that would feared make her
i'll. She laid her little, slim brown
finger upon her trembling red lip and
shook her head then whispered: 1T
might disturb him. Cry; 1t will do
you good" | said the next day when
the man was dead. and she seemed al
most PROSTATE with grief and over
enforced control. 1T would be most
rude to make hidecps noise before
the sacred dead" came the soft reply.
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Awful Deceit.

Mrs. Myron (visiting boarding house
ady)-My dear, you look positively dis
ressed. Are you in trouble?
Mrs. Brown-Oh, the awfulest thing
has happened. Perhaps you remember
Mr. Morrissy who used to board here
,or SIG week?
Mrs. Myron-Yes. You said he was
such a comfort to you. He had but two
or three teeth left, If l remember cor
rectly. Ate hardly anything. Didn't
cost any more to keep than a kitten.
Mrs. Brown-That's the Identical
party. Oh. he's a rascal! He came
back the day before yesterday and let
him have board at IS week, and now
find he's got new set of false teeth
and eats like horse.-New York Trib-
une
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ltcnsts. ,.Ir.Ia n-hE-Lsl,-

EHru salmon produces nhu,T 2tutUuu a--s-.
Il i~ suId rlW iHr GrnrH.au3 whale snIHt.
tiur- UtiHlu- tbn HEo uf 500 year
In lururl kau4n- u.t nIfy fHr O. n" Hf Ur
must JAY iuu
An n"Te of good hshing srHsu1 in Ohr s"a
VIII yf''I more GuuI DO ns-pk |.IIu au
acre ~ the host luud VIII lp n d yrar
The Lurst. Whtu bruwH.uH Iz -ulHI ru
tlrry hy the upsriI- lu the rNHI,s ur UrIpcr
f"vd. aud blind buH-.- nrr urvrf known tp
make mistake IN their uIul
1hN eric, Of scI birds. var",ir.iE ~,1 5u'I-.
nrc very valuable MS fuv -igilHIS. The Niri-
cluster ON The ulinS and rptsf-. and thuIr
land.
1h" must valuable fur les tuut ur tNu gua
otter. one thousand Iullurs has been paid
for single skin uf this animal NOT murc
than two yards long by thrro-GuHrturs Of a
yard widc.-IAtlmure American.
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How Boys Marbles Are Made.

Marbles are manufactured from the
material which gives them their name.
At the marble quarries the refuse
stone is broken by hand into small
cubes. A bushel or more of them is
poured into great revolving cylinder,
which is supplied with water from a
faucet. The cylinder is revolved at a
high rate of speed and the cubes are
ground down to the tiny spheres which
give such delight to the hearts OF the
boys. From one to two hours are re-
quired to finish lot OF marbles and
they are afterwards stored according to
size and painted by hand. Tho crok-
cry marbles or '.potteries," are modled
of the same material and then are
glazed and baked. The glass marbles
containing images and flowers are
molded.-Exchange.
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,;uow an rmprc.. ncduccd IIcr Weight.

ENirrmr piumpurs- vuuu ho utu1rI 3.
ihr rpekiu5 ,'wIr W,Fr -.g.. uIl lf Women
were loss lazy they would upL grow -r -IUu..
courosr Tive woman Uuu i- Inclined rl I'd.
stout rnn -'lu d IInuI NUre". ,u I'd ..t I.au
"a" slender wuumu enl. Dog yrur- lf ls s.tII
discovered Thar hw. ual-t 1n- rraHrnE
lurguC aud tliHf hrr NeHumuN upIu.sl rH.u
was lNius it- curve. -Hp f.n uun-f hur-l.
woman In Il" world gave |Ip T.IIu- nuH
tuuE luU- wallis ryory day nuI Iu uII SOFT. uf
weather 'lp grow tHu Enu fuH-r rkrn .-.
Keep u'ud uld body busy AuHg. gI ua
u"un"" every hing lIu. 'Hu"~ irri tIu n1u
frciiuurT Ear moderately uf uulUHlau.
meat grr"u vegetable HHh.t- uIH rH..r
fruits that uru >irlug HgIl brlu. Iu- uf
tlr, hatNu n-lr'y IItm- Hu.l hHA-
tlrSh 'bau anything elsie 'iIN l.H1Iu-' llIun
journal
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rnr rlr.l n,iIrnn1in ,,n.rlc,.

Grdlry Irlnuf- a ryiI engineer In 1s9G
projected lhr nr-t railroad 400 the United
States n wH~ built for tlu purpose NJ rat-
rylus grant" from the quurrle- of quincy.
Massachusetts to rhr nearest tid"wuirr. It-
length WAS -four mllr-. including branches
and It's first rusi S5upp The >Irepcrs
were NJ stone HHd were luld across the truck
eight foot apart. puu rails uf wood sN
Inches thl"E- wrought Iron plates, three
Iuchr, wide aud % puurirr uf lu inch thlck
were spiked Al the crossings stone rails
We're u-rh aud AS the WurIru rails became
they were replaced 10y others
u stone May Ladies' Home Journal
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Till some far-off lone admirer
Wrote him for his autograph.
Ii.
Oh. that moment full of rapturel
He had touched human heart!
Easy now the task to capture
All the stony sleeps of art.
What to him the meagre stipend
That his lubrications brought,
This was fame more satisfying
Than the guerdon that he sought!
Ill
Fame has since quite overlooked him
Somehow in the passing show,
Cruel fate. however, booked him
The admiring one to know;
And his autograph she often
Now demands. but not spcck
Does he feel of proud elation-
For it's always on cheque,
f. D. Pierson in Twinkles.
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An Ill.TIlnesi .Iesi.

The man with fiorid complexion on
his nose was evidently in an irritable
mood.
Not on your life!" he exclaimed, i'm
retuously.
"oh, of course. sir!" answered the
suave insurance agent; mot on mine
but on yours!"
The rest Of the conversation and
more especially that part where the in
surance man hit tho sidewalk by means
of his left ear, was too painful to dwell
upon.-Baltimore News.
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OUR BUDGET OF Fun.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
% Tcmpors Mutnnter.-Just u Hint
Sensitive Deceit Theory and
Fact-A Bureau of Information-An
Ill-Timcd jest.
q Teuipnra NIutanter!

; HEN he first en-
gagged in sprint
ing
In pursuit of litera-
ture
And his efforts into
printing
Slowly found their
way. but sure.
The delights of au-
thor-izing
He had not begun
The indicator., 1897-05-08

Tale Casrar7fT CuU4E D.guart|c Zoe or 10
II @. G. @ tai 20 cure, druggist, raiuul money
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In Trade,

Mrs. A, Quit-"So you cleared that
poor NJ. Liftem from the charge ol
stealing that turkey? Well I'm GLAD
of it, but he's such worthless char,
acter that don't believe you will ever
get cent for your pay
A. Quit tthe famous criminal lawyer
II may not. but I've got blamed
good turkey out in the woodshed. -
Truth.
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scHEmEp TO GET WIVES.
How Early Settlers In oregon Induce

How Early settlers In Oregon Induced
Women tn Go to Their State.
There are plenty of women in Ore
gon now" observed prominent Ore
gon politician who is in Washington to
see that the state is not forgotten in the
matter of patronage, but it is within
the memory of many of us when wom-
en- were scarce there. We gave it out
that we wanted them for school teach
ers and the like, and encouraged them
to come out there, but the truth was
the men wanted them for wives. I re-
member once We sent u young man to
Massachusetts, where he was well nc
quainted, with orders to collect one
hundred young women and escort them
back to Oregon. We guaranteed every
one of them one years employment.
The active man in the matter was a
fine looking young man, who after
wards served two terms in congress
from our state. He spent two months
in selecting the party and started west
with them. On the trip out he courted
one of the school teachers on his own
hook, and actually got her consent to
a marriage on the arrival of the train
at Portland. The boys howled consid-
erably about it, claiming that he had
treated them unfairly in having first
choice. but there was a lot of fine mar
riageable material left Some of these
women arc today the leading ladies of
the society Of the state. More than
three-fourths of the hundred were mar
ried inside of three years, and many in
less than one year. A few of the lot.
however. are teaching school here to-
day, not that they did not have any Of
fers, but because they would not accept
any of the fellows who offered them
selves. Now that Senator Mitchell has
about given mp his contest to return as
senator, he will likely be succeeded by
a gentleman who married one of the
party of school teachers to which ! re-
| fer. He will bring his wife here with
him. and your Washington folks can
see for themselves the kind of ladies
we had out there for school teachers.
They can't be surpassed even If equaled
anywhere. | may be an interested
| person. though, for it happens that my
wife was one of the party
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BUNTING FLAGS mafe ~ the bc.t
1S83HkS., wool bunting with the full cnmpl tment
Sa4AS-s,. Of -tnr- snwed on each union, & Il nag,
@SS Il - rurh ~ lot IS, i2t4, Il s., 10 t1.il
T lst7 IS, 81 sglu. 20 il2.7u = St1l. 20
SS-O7U. 81 2-2yau, ~ s-h1 ~ $50 81 ,'l
] H. FISHER l4ar-3G Larimer street Denver
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Valuable Hnrlin EcnI Estntc.

How enormously real estate in the
main business portion of Berlin has
risen in value was seen this week
when lot in Friedrichstrnsse, meas
uring but twenty-threc square rods,
was sold Mt 1,o5o,O00 marks. The small
house that stands on il is occupied by
II druggist named Radlauer, and he
had to pay 100000 some years ago for
the privilege TO his predecessor. Yet
he makes money-a proof how high
drugs are sold there and how valuable
an Investment Il drug store with good
trade is in Berlin.
The combined age of five couples who re-
Gently celebrated their golden weddings at
Wazcmmes, In Belgium was just 500 years.
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DON'T DO 1T.
Avoid Discussing irritating subjects at
the Dinner Table.

Avoid Discussing irritating subjects at
the Dinner Table.
Why is 1t that in most households
the dinner table become dumping
ground for the wholesale plants of its
members? Probably because this is the
only meal of the day when the entire
family meet together and each one
feels it a duty to air a few personal
grievances in order to seek consolation
from the others, says the Boston
Herald.
Out of Difference to digestion. if for
no other reason. dinner table conver-
sation should be of the spiciest, but
this fact is lost sight of in the general
desire of everybody. from papa down
to the youngsters, to serve up only
those topics which have marred rather
than made the days happiness. Hard
ly has the man of the house finished
his carving duties before he falls into
an animated financial discussion with
his wife. Household expenses are re-
hashed, bills grumbled over and the
cost of living recalculated with tedious
regularity. Mother in her turn eager
ly pours into any listening ear her do
mestic woes. The days errors below
stairs are minutely recorded She sigha
over Bridget's butter waste, declares
that the butchers Indifference to her
order is becoming intolerable, and SO
on. Then the small boy (poor little tar
get for family Gaw-picking) comes in
for his share of criticism. His failures
at school are relentlessly raked up and
all sorts of punishments threatened un-
less there is speedy reform. If there
are guests present this talk of the in
ner circle is, for courtesy's sake, given
Il less personal flavor, but only then.
Good cheer and plenty of 1t" is not
the motto of the average family din
nor
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VIII 1t Come to This, p,

Youthful Male Applicant know
i've been pretty tough lot, sir, but"
st. Peter-"Oh, never mind that;
walk right in. Young men are so ter
ribly scarce nowadays that we can't
afford to be particular.
Plain Dealer.
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kI.sinc Cnn,t Iic Wrong.

If kissing We're unlawful lawyer.
would not allow it; if it were not holy
ministers would not do it: if it were
not modest, maidens would not indulge
in it; and If it were not plenty poor
folks could not get it. All OF which
is embodied in an old saying of Scotch
dialect origin.
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physirians Wis, in Their ccu,r,tinu

The above class Of scientists recognize aud
have repeatedly borne testimony 10 TIE NJ
rcary Of lluStettrr's Stomach EittprS Us a
remedy and preventive uf fever aud aGup.
rheumatism. want pf vilsor liver complaint
and some other ailments aud iuurm ruudl
tipnS of the system. ENporiruc" and oh-ur-
walton have taught them its value, Thry
Int echo the verdict long since pronounce!
by the public and the prcS~. only the hr-
nishtol now nrc Ignorant of America tonic
md Alternative.