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FIGS AND THlSTLES.

The ring of the dollar is not heard in
the death chamber.
Kind acts find a dozen friends before
kind wishes get an Introduction.
The truthful are youthful though
their cheeks are withered with age.
The rich man in hell didn't ask to be
taken out. He wanted to be made COM
Portable where he was.
Convince Il sinner that you are CON
cerned about him. and he will soon
be concerned about himself.
There is some difference between
hope-so religion and assurance, that
there is between muggy twilight and
clear sunshine.
A euchre playing. dancing, theater-
going, beer drinking church member
can do more to demoralize the Young
than full fledged devil.
The preacher who is not caring
whether anybody is being brought to
repentance by his preaching has mis-
understood the Lord.
According to the critics of emotional
religion. the penitents on the day ct
Pentecost should have been "cut to
their logical faculties" instead Of ''cut
to the heart"
People who would bow. and scrape,
and walk on their knees for the sake
of being presented to Queen victoria,
excuse themselves from the Wednes-
day night levee of the King Of Kings
the prayer meeting.-Ram's Horn.
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ISSITUDE.
The "Original Marks" Once . Judge,
In Poverty In Chicago.

-
In Poverty In Chicago.
The original Of MY name is Marks.
I'm lawyer. shake" is living in poor
circumstances in Chicago at the age of
eightythree. His name is Abraham
Marks. He says that Mrs. Stowe wish
ed to locaIize Uncle Toms Cabin"
and some one told her he was the only
attorney in the vicinity Judge Marks
he was made a probate judge by
Sam HOuston-has had a checkered ca
reer. Graduating from Union College
in 1892, he studied law, was admitted
to the bar, and went to New Orleans.
From there he went to Monroe, La,
where he established the Standard.
His conduct of that paper drew him in
to several duels and he was indicted
half a dozen times for libel In 1887
he met fire-eater named Alexander on
"the field of honor" and escaped with
a bullet through his coat After this
duel he started for Texas on horseback
At Houston he met the famous Sam
Houston, then president Of the Texan
Republic. Houston made him Judge of
the Probate Court at San Antonio. He
remained in Texas a number of years
and then returned to Arkansas. All
his life Judge Marks has been an ac-
tive politician. He was at first a
Wing. but afterwards became a Repub-
lican, to which party he has belonged
since it was born, in 1856. He says
that when he was a very small child
his parents, who lived at Pensacola.
were intimate with Gen. Jackson's fam
lily, and that he remembers seeing Mrs.
Jackson sit in the chimney corner and
smoke a pipe. He asserts that Henry
Ward Beecher once told him confiden-
TALLY that If he could see the mann-
script of Uncle Toms Cabin" he would
see that he (Beecher) had written a
large part OF the book.
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Helium In a Mine,

Helium, it will be recollected, is q
chemical element which was known to
exist in the sun and some of the stars
long before it had been discovered Oh
the earth. When found on our globe.
two years ago. it was discovered in a
rare mineral Of Norway named cleveite
Since then cleveite has been in demand
in chemical laboratories, and its rarity
has made it costly. Recently mine
was opened near Ryfylke, Norway, con.
tanning an abundance of cleveite, to-
gether with several other rare miner.
ais The cleveite from this mine, ex.
amined in London, has been found rich
in helium. and it sells for about S. a
pound.
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OUR GOLDEN TERRITORY

tains, and forests centuries old are
constantly presenting themselves. The
Yosemite seems but the child of this
vast, grand congregation of rocks, while
Pixies Peak Is but a strayed little
brother, for one after the other. on all
sides, mountains that lose themselves
in the sky's snow banks rise perpen-
dicularly from the smooth. level sur
face of the water, Neptune demanding
no tribute during this voyage, as one
meets the open sea only while crossing
Queen Charlotte Sound and Dixon En-
trance. A bird flying high over head.
or a seagull skimming the waters mir
ror-like face, give evidence OF the
feathered inhabitants of these unex-
plored wildernesses, while a birch-bark
canoe filed with Indians darting across
the water, add the last touches OF wild
ness to the scene. But the noble red
man" is nobler at distance than upon
nearer acquaintance, for the first set
Element where the water carriage
lands, Fort Wrangell, discloses the
natives freed from all picturesqueness,
their totem poles alone calling out ad-
miration. Before almost every hut
are seen these stately emblems, SYM
bolical of the natives pride-a pride
which humanity shares, for does not
everyone respect cOat-Of-arms! The
savage and white man here meet CT
common ground, fer each desires in
fiuence, and in Indian affairs he who
erects the most splendid pole is reck-
oned a man of wealth. for these her
aldric emblems cost the owners from
$1,000 to $4,000 of our money. A fine
cedar log, perhaps fifty feet long, is
chosen, and this, after it has been
stripped of the bark, is carved with
the faces of men, beasts and birds.
which may or may not be painted, and
to every Indian this true genealogical
tree relates plain story of the owner
showing his descent (Which is reck-
oned on his mothers side), the power
full alliances made by his family, and
the great events in the tribes history.
The day of its erection is proud one
for the savage, as the event is cele-
brated by the entire tribe, and that host
who can make the greatest display by
lavishly feasting all his guests on the
delicacies of this land, by giving them
expensive blankets as souvenirs, Is
counted the most important, and takes
a correspondingly high rank, even il
he beggars himself in the operation-a
parody on modern civilization.
Having exchanged good United
States money (Of which they seem to
know the value) for silver spoons on
the handles Of which they have carved
totem poles, and having reve!ed in their
old art work baskets made of the split
roots of the cedar, woven together by
hand SO tightly that they would hold
water, end painted with native colored
clay in rude geometrical figures, the
tourist finds himself once more drifting
through a never ending panorama of
natures arranging and painting, until
the glaciers begin to make their ap-
pearance, each one of which seems
more beautiful than its predecessor, un-
til that queen of glaciers, the Muir, is
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It is almost thirty years since the
foresight of one man secured for the
United States a land whose value is
every day becoming more and more
known and appreciated by the people
Of the Union. He brave1 ridicule.
and opposition of every sort from ev-
ely source, and with a pertinaclty.
born of inward conviction. he never
rested until he had seen Alaska be-
come the property of the United States.
The name of Secretary Seward will be
forever associated with that remark
able purchase, by which we secured
from Russia for seven million two
hundred thousand dollars territory
nine times the size of the New Eng
land states; teeming with gold mines,
rich in furs, Astounding in fish, and
clothed with forests. But at that time
no one, not even the Russians them
selves, knew what rich country Alas
ka was, and many were the jokes made
at the expense of Secretary Stewards
enthusiasm. The papers sneered at it.,
one of them suggesting to President
johnson that he visit this land OF VAL
liable snow and merchantable ice." for
the general impression was that it was
an ice-bound country, access to which
was crowded with Siberian-like diff
cu!ties, the people as a whole knowing
very little about it, and not stopping
to consider that it's thousand miles OF
coast was washed by the warm waters
OF the Japan current, thus modifying
the climate, so that winters in Si.ka
are scarcely more severe than those
in New York. while the summers are
refreshingly cool. Secretary Seward
worked with almost a seer's vision to
accomplish his hearts desire. and he
was ably seconded by Charles Sumner,
whose speech in the senate on ''the ces-
sion of Russian America" was one Of
the finest efforts Of his life. and at
length the vast district became the
property OF the United States.
Then came he pulling question OF
naming the territorial baby, because
its old name. Russian America" was
no longer appropriate. The wits ex-
ercised their inventive powers. sug-
costing such Applications as American
Siberia" and Zero Islands," but
Charles Sumner showed his fine taste
by suggesting Alaska" (the great
land), name which the Indians used
in connection with the southern part Of
the peninsula. The ceremony of the
transfer was very simple. Had one
been in Sitka a certain bright October
morning in 1867 he would have seen
beautiful Sitka bay gay with the f1ut-
tering Stars and Stripes on three Unit
cd States warships, while from every
staff and roof of the village waved the
emblem of Russia's power. In front
of the old castle on its lofty, natural
elevation were drawn up the troops Of
both countries, who silently awaited
the first salute from one of the United
State; ships, at which signal the order
was given to lower the castles Russian
flag. Scarcely had the sound of the
American guns lost themselves in echo.
when the Russian batteries doomed
forth. and the American flag gayly
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mounted to the top, while both coun-
try's guns sounded a duet, after which
the Russian governor formally resigned
his badge of Office to Americas repre-
sentative, and the land belonged to Tn
Gle Sam. That night there was ban
Quet and ball at the castle. and then
the Russian families. many of whom
were cultured. educated people, pre-
pared to leave the country in possession
of the new owner, SO that In a few
months the natives and United States
troops. together with INSCRIPTIONS adj
venturers, were the sole occupants.
Gradually the latter class was super
seeded by honest prospectors and rugged
pioneers. whose accounts of the beauty
of the land attracted the tourists who
now annually food the coast region.
where some Of the grandest scenery Of
the world can be seen.
Leaving Victoria, the boat begins its
serpentine passage among the innum-
cradle islands which, necklace-like. en-
circle the coast. In verify and truth,
they are the spurs of that unbrcken
mountain range which forms . wall
along the Pacific coast from north to
south. At first, one begins to count
these islands. but is soon lost in q
maze of figures, for there is goodly
company Of about 100. varying In size
from small. delicate patches Of green
70 great tracts Of land as large as the
state of Massachusetts,. As the boat
glides in and out of this labyrinth OF
nature, the scene becomes kaleidosco-
pic, for new combinations of turquoise
water, deece-flacked sky. granite noun
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1880
days of yore. Even the sun seems 10
pause and smile more genially' q no
sees himself reflected in q thousand
brilliant ice-facets which separate its
rays into their prismatic hues. But
linger as he may, the time comes when
derful beauty of the place, for boats
must say good-by when Soils charfot
passes on, as it is not safe for q vessel
to be overtaken by night In that Ice
dotted bay, which is so unlike that
ether bay which caresses the banks IT
Sitka, the most interesting settlement
in Alaska. A single street. at the
head OF which is the old orthodox
Greek church: with its picturesque
green minarets, chime of bells and fine
clock, divides the village into two
DECENTRALIZATION and heathenism. On
the one side is the Indian rancherie or
settlement, for the government now
compels the natives to live in houses
or huts which front the beach in q
double row, each place being white
washed and numbered. The inside
consists of one large room with hole
in the middle of the roof, through
which the smoke of the fire escapes,
the SCOT on the ceiling forming black
stalactites of the most fascinating
shape and form. In this common liv-
ing room, the entire family. including
hordes of dogs, eat and sleep, while
the only touch Of picturesqueness about
the rancherie are the beautiful canoes
covered with gay blankets, which are
drawn up on the beach. On the other
side of the graveled highway are the
trading store, custom house, barracks,
mission schools and governors castle.
which is most interesting square old
structure made of huge logs held to-
gether by iron bolts, its foundation be-
ing rocky elevation which is sur.
rounded on three sides by water, while
the fourth springs abruptly from ,he
surrounding land, thus forming a nat
ural and impregnable fortress. The
view from this commanding height dis
closes semi-circular bay which nigh,
be the twin of the beautiful bay of No
Piles, not even the fire mountain being
absent, for the extinct volcano. Edge
cumbe, far in the distance to the right,
wrapped in royal purple mantle.
guards the hundreds of emerald islands
which stud the silvery, glittering ex-
ranse of water. Back of the town arc
the everlasting hills, whose rising
slopes as blue as lapis lazuli, gradually
hide themselves in wells Of fllmy, fieecy
clouds until they change their gowns
to the pure whiteness of perpetual
snow.
Nature seems to be setting for her
picture" for everything about Sitka
presents views to fill a water color ar
fist with rapture. Even the sun fingers
long before closing his eyes on this
perfection, for 8 o'clock in August fin'ls
him still out of bed, flooding the scene
with glorious mellow light, which
gradually fades through the red of re-
gret, and the gray of resignation, to the
tender amethyst of hope, for the gentle
afterglow which tints the snow-capped
mountains. and is reflected by the IS
land-set bay, seems to be promise of
tomorrow's return, and one secretly
enyies him the sight, for ere that time
comes the steamer will have carried
it's human freight many miles from this
haven of perfect beauty, on the home
ward voyage from this land of poetic
loneliness Switzerland.
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Present Population of Joha nnesbure.

Present Population of Joha nnesburg.
johannesburg, according to the lat
est figures, has now 136 900 inhabitants.
81, 600 Of whom are whites. There are
1926 British, 1886 Russians, 2,26s
Germans, S19 Dutch, 442 Frenchmen.
81 Swedes and Norwegians, FOG Ital.
ians, and GAS from other non-AfricaD
countries; the others come from the
Orange Free State and the British
South African colonies.
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A scientific Dane CLAIR mat a Sleep
ing plant exposed for some time to thu
fumes of chloroform or ether is aroused
into activity. the effect Of an anaes-
thetic on . plant being the reverse Of
what II Is on an animal.
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
"A MOMENTOUS QUESTION:"
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Text, James WA:
What Il Your Life:-Yes, Life 10
Worth Living IL People VIII Only
Live for God.

F we leave to Tie
evolutiOnists to
guess where We
came from and to
the theolOgians to
prophesy where we
are going to, we
still have left for
consideration the
important fact that
we are here. There
may be some doubt
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Very rough, hard work to coax !lv-
ing out of &. Mighty tug to make two
ends of the year meet. The boys go to
school in winter and work the farm in
summer. Mother is the chief presiding
spirit. With her hands she knits all
the stockings for the little feet, and
she is the mantuamaker for the boys.
and she is the milliner for the girls.
There is only one musical instrument
in the house-the spinning-~heel. The
food is very plain. but it is always well
provided. The winters are very cold.
but are kept out by the blankets she
quilted. On Sunday. when she appears
in the village church, her children
around her, the minister looks down.
and is reminded of the Bible descrip-
ticn of a good housewife-"Her chill
dren arise up. and call her blessed; her
husband also. and he praiseth her."
Some years go by, and the two old
est boys want a collegiate education.
and the household economies are Sc
verer, and the calculations are closer,
and until those two boys get their edu-
cation there is hard battle for bread.
One of these boys enters the university,
stands in a pulpit widely influential.
and breaches righteousness. judgment.
and temperance. and thousands dur
ing his ministry are blessed. The other
lad who got the collegiate education
gees into the law. and thence into leg
islative halls. and after q while he
commands listening Senates al he
makes plea for the dowrtrodden and
The record-union., 1897-07-12

L
To Fifth Grade-Mabel Doty.
To Sixth Grade-Elmer Doty.
To Seventh Grade-Ethel Milne.
To Eighth Grade-Arthur Doty.
VICTORY DISTRICT.
Sarah G.. Ellison, teacher) To Sec
ond Grade-Pearl Carter. Lloyd Haus-
kline Orton Cotton, Alberta Rowe. Lii
liam Coons.
To Third Grade-James Keane, Olive
Fowler, Gertrude Lewis, Hazel Gra-
ham, Robert Mackey.
To Fourth Grade-Bessie Graham.
Robert Mckee, Ril Baker, Harold
Dickson, Willie Keane, Howard Free
man.
To Fifth Grade-Annie Horst, Jennie
Carson, Walter Thompson, Osborne
Mackey, Norman Baker Everett Haus-
kins
To Sixth Grade-Walter Thompson,
Addie Barry, Hattie Freeman, Myrtle
Carter, Nellie Carter Blanche Fowler.
Thomas Keane, Tillie Wheeler, Maude
Mackey.
To Seventh Grade-John Lewis, Char
lie Mckee, Fred Redding, Verda Mack
ey, Ernestine Springsted. Nellie Barry.
L eiiIAlAC IDcthCl, IAtOHe Berry.
To Eighth Grade-Harry L. Coons,
Ruth Hall, Nora Carter, Elva Baker.
WILSON DISTRICT.
Qda NJ. Fisher, teacher) To Second
Grade-May Murray and Edna Wilson.
To Third Grade-Julia Talbot, Fran
ces Tavener and Frank Conner.
To Fourth Grade-Emma Thome.
Reuben Schulp, Peter Baglioni and Ed
ma Murphy.
To Fifth Grade-Walter Murphy and
Edna Wirts.
To Sixth Grade-Annie Vaughn Vic
tolla TaVener, Pauline Thome. Clarence
Wirts and George Talbot.
10 Seventh Grade-Edith Wirts. Olive
PIerson, Myrtle Bagwill, Myrtle Schulz
and Lottie Schulp
To Ninth Grade-Maggie Pickett Eva
Pierson and Mabel Vaughn.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT
(Pauline Spencer, teacher). To Sec
ond Grade-Clarence Miller, Alice Har-
low, Albert Waderwitz.
To Third Grade-Rollie Warren.
Monte Millard, Peter Rooney. Earnest
WaderWitz, Reuben Casselman, Annie
Waite
To Advanced Third Grade - Louis
Pugh, Willie Pugh, Leota Miller, Edwin
Casselman, Mary Rooney.
To Sixth Grade-Myrtle Rotsler. Eva
Millard, Herbert Harlow, Edgar Camp.
Fred Waderwitz.
To Eighth Grade-Harry Murphy,
Asa Warren, Avery Millard, Mabel
Menke
WHITE ROCK DISTRICT
(Elnor c. Heintz, teacher). To Third
Grade-F'rank E. Euer.
To Sixth Grade-Louis Euer, Daisy
Bence, Charley Bence.
To Ninth Grade-Myrtle Butler Lau-
ra c. Wilson.
WALNUT GROVE DISTRICT
(Alice Magann, teacheT. To Second
Grade-Willte deBack, Roy Palmer, Ed
die Durand.
To Third Grade-Hans Jorgensen, Ma
tallie Cox.
To Fourth Grade-Alice Brown, Carol
Wise, Harry Koeger.
To Fifth Grade-Della Holttum. Dell
Cannon, Fred Yearnshaw. John Nell
son.
To Sixth Grade-Clara Lord. Castle
Cannon, Joe de Back, Harry de Back,
Fred Greene.
To Seventh Grade-Gilbert de Back.
To Eighth Grade-Daisy Brown, Ray
mOnd Snowden, Leo Jackson, Lille
Greene
To Ninth Grade-F'rank Brown, Milo
Dye.
WEST UNION DISTRICT.
Miss Jean PrOvan, teacher). To Sec
ond Grade-Sarah Franklin
To Fourth Grade-Albert Franklin,
frankie Curran.
To Fifth Grade-Ada Peterson, John
Franklin, Chester King, Hugh Cur
ran.
To Sixth Grade Nellie Dase. Alice
Curran.
To Seventh Grade-Nellie Welsh.
To Eighth Grade-TIarrie Curran,
Louis KlOtz.
To Ninth Grade-ROmie Peterson.
Try McMorry's Blend Coffee, Soc.
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BUSINESS CARDS

VIM. T. BOWMAN, CARRIAGE TRIM
rner, 1109 j street, between Eleventh and
Twelfth Cap. phone 22e. Sacramento, Cal
ROOT. NELSON & CO. UNION
Foundry: Iron and Brass Founders and
Machiuists. Front street. between n
and o. Castings and Machinery OF all
AIEx. NELSON, j. DRISC0iI so1
CURTAINS DONE UP. IS CENTS A
pair and upward; fine fannels laundried
without injury TO the garment. French
FOR ROOFING. TIN AND SHEET
iron work w. d. Bessey can't be beaten.
$50 ] street Sunset Tel. no. 773.
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OPTICIAN.

WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF
optical goods; eyes tested free by
competent graduated optican. kLUNE
& FLOBERG dealers in jeWelry and
precious stones.
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SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOUR
friends in the East.
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SPIRITUALISM.
DRESS AND CLoAKMAKING.

THE KELLOGG SYSTEM OF DRESS
making. suits made for 81 and up. 120G x
DRESSMAKING BY THE NORMAN
system; summer suits 81 so. 1918 l.
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CARPET CLEANING. R5S +

does the best work at the lowest prices.
Steam carpet-beating &c per yard; is an
equipped with most modern machinery
and facilities for carpet renoyating. TeIe-
phone 292- Southwest corner Twelfth aad
o streets.
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THE WEEKLY UNION - THE BESE
weekly on the coast.
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FOR RENT-A FURNISHED HOUSE OF
seven rooms. 2201 J. street: rent reason
able lyl0-5t
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MUSIC AND ART.

HOLBROOK & LOTHHAMMER. PIANO
Tuners and repairers, 1927 Eighth street.
SCHOOL OF ART NEEDLEWORK-
Lessons in all the latest designs, stamp
ing etc: work TO order. MISS l..
SCHUBERT, 1014 Eighth street.
GROCERIES.
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TO LET OR Rent.

321 n ST-SEVEN ROOM HOUSE; NEW
ly fitted up; rent reasonable.
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HIRES ROOT BEER, CARBONATED
pint hotties. ready to drink 81 dozen, al
LYNN'S. corner Fourteenth and o SITS
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SELECT SCHOOL.

II o YVES ACADEMY - GRAMMAR
grade, high school, normal and business
branches, elocution. French and German
are taught. Ninth and | streets
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. Soc. s
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WASHINGTON MARKET

Ripe California and Spanish olives. per
quart, 25c; large can mustard, SC; sardines
Sc; fruit and vegetables. Sunset, 404 blk;
Cap. 444. Pankost & Wake, 120S j.
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IF YOU WANT GROCERIES. HAY OR
feed try J, j. Wingard. He will always
treat you right. Twenty-fifth and O.
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THE HOME BAKERY AND RESTAU-
rant-Strictly home cooking; delicious
coffee (Mocha and Java with pure
cream; don't fail to try it. 631 NJ cor 7th
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CRYSTAL PALACE, 906 J STREET
The choicest of wines, liquors and cigars
Call and be convinced. Schneider 8
Freygang, Proprietors.
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C0Af DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
~ AL wood. coal and coke. Prompt
delivery guaranteed. Yard and office I420-
1922 street. Telephone 1SS. Thomas
Coulter
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PAUL SCHMIDT,S 15 FRUIT II,

dy store. Delicious coffee and cake, 10c;
ice-cream parlor: lunches put up; cigars
and tobacco; open day and night. 326 K.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

VIAVI-
Local office 903 Tenth street, S. E. cor.
Office hours l to 3 D. m.
TRY THE 5. F. MARKET FOR CHOICE
fruit, berries and vegetables 504 X