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CONDITION OF TRADE.

From now on during the summer busi-
ness will probably be of moderate volume.
1t lie always so in midsummer, even under
the most favorable conditions. But the
general expectation is that with the clio e
Of sum mer a good fall trade will develop.
This belief is expressed by the managers
OF the great trunk railroads, such as
Chauncey NJ. Depew of the New York
Central, Mr.. Huntington, Mr.. Gould.
President Hill of the Great Northern and
others of their class. They base their ex-
pectations on the pronounced increase in
railroad earnings which has been re-
marked Of late and on the satisfactory
crop prospects.
or course all permanent i'm mprovemsn
must originate in iudicious tariff The
whole country hsa come to this conelu-
sion. Even the old fres-trsders Of the
South see it, as is eVinced by the action OF
the Southern Senators in placing duty
on cotton. When this great fact becomes
well founded in the minds OF the Ameri-
can people and the free-trade fallacy is
laid to rest along with other exploded
theories, then business will revive, and
not until then. Present indications are
that it will be laid TO rest very shortly.
One Of the best signs at the moment is
the strong undercurrent to the wheat
market. The situation is bulllsh all over
the world. The crop outlook in France
and several other important countries is
not brilliant. In the United States q
shortage is indicated by the Government
report issued last week. Prices, however.
are slow 10 respond 10 these finer condi-
tions, but 1t is the general opinion that
wheat has about touched bottom for the
present, and that later on, after the har-
vest is over, prices will improve. Wheat
is the worlds great business barometer.
When it is up times are good, when il is
down times are hard; hence the present
outlook for this great staple is highly en-
couraging.
Merchandise Is quiet all over the coun-
try. The movement is fair, but fuctua-
tions are few and narrow, indicating an
absence OF speculation and a tendency
among business men to confine their
operations to the slow but legitimate cur
rents of trade. 1t is a safe and sure
policy, and one which tends to beget con-
fidence.
Aside from these general conditions.
trade presents no especial features worthy
of comment at the moment. We must
expect quiet summer. In the fall, un-
less all signs fail, trade ought to improve.
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THE CALIFORNIA HEN.

The San Benito AdVdnce mourns the
downfall of the California hen, as evil
denced by the fact that six carloads of
Eastern eggs were unloadsd in San Fran
cisco last week. 1t is, indeed, q gloomy
commentary. Palpably the California
hen has been neglected. While we have
been absorbed in the development of the
California vegetable and the California
lamb, the barnyard fowl, who SO faith
fully serves Us at breakfast, in conlunc-
ton with the sacrifcisl California pig.
done into strips and fried In his own fat,
has been largely overlooked. The result
is painful to contemplate.
Probably the most distressing feature
of the business is the prospect OF eating
those Eastern eggs--a selfish ground for
complaint after all. The Nebraska hen
is prolific, but there her virtues end. Sne
fairly foods the markets with eggs. but
she looks only TO the local needs. Her
eggs are fresh only in Nebraska. In
California the climate does not agree with
them. or possibly the ride from Nebraska
here over the mountains unsettles the
careful pOise which she gives TO the yelks
OF them in preparing them for local GUS
toners. Anyhow they are considerably
ratified by the time they land at San
Francisco breakfast ia BILE. and they do the
reputation of the Nebraska hen great
deal Of harm. Wherefore the Nebraska
hen is an unpopular competitor OF the
California hen and should be squelched.
Eastern eggs, it is said, can be bought
up In job lots at B cents dozen after they
outliVe their attractivenesH as displayed
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the home markets. Then they are
shipped by slow freight 70 San Frsncisco
and rstGLed as long as good prices pre-
vail. When there are plenty Of California
eggs nd the prices descend 20 15 cents Z
dozen The Eastern eggs are stored away il
cold-storage warehouses until winter time,
when they are again hauled forth and re-
tailed 81 good stiff price II the local
MARKET
This puts the seltshly unpleasant aspect
on the situation, bat the welfare OF the
California hen herself uust not be OBJ
gcuYed thereby.
She needs protection Of some kind from
tie Nebraska hen ss much as the Cali
tornis lamb needs protection from the
foreign wool baby. And really the most
practical protection, especially il g do
mestic way, is the refusal 10 pstroniEs
outside prod uctions. Give ear 10 the
esckle o. the local hen and tooth and
tongue 70 The fruits thereof, that hey
pathway 70 the ultimate frYing-Psn may
be made smooth.
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Much of the tonnage Of the respective navies
is antiqusted but upon the whole the British
navy Contains less obsolete material than
France and Russia.
Two antiquated ships OF war, the Grampus
and Menelaus, are after long years of useful
ness TO be sold out of the British navy The
Gramp pus, launched in 1784, was intended for
74-gun ship, but her lower tier came so alarm
ingly close to the water that it became neees-
sary TO reduce her 10 a 50-gun ship, and as
such she made an unsatisfactory experimental
trip aud was soon relegated TO retirement from
active service. During her uneYentfuI life of
over one century she has served as q block
ship, powder depot, and lastly been used by the
War Departn ent for siowage OF naval mines
at Portsmouth. The Menelaus was launched
in 1910, and was actively employed during
the war of lSl2-l5 between this country and
Great Britain In August, 1914, her captain
Sir Peter Parker-took the MenelAus I'D the
Chesapeake TO make diversion above Balti-
more. with disastrous results, for the gallant
captain was killed and the diversion was
on the part of the Americans. Captain Cham
ier, in his story OF "Life of Sailor" gives q
good description of the affair. After the war
the Menelaus was laid up, serving for many
years as quarantine ship at Spithead. The
Oldest ships il the United States navy are the
Constitution and Constellation, built in 1897.
The former lies in a state of dilapidstiou at
Portsmouth, n. H.. the latter since Se4 is sta
tionaTy training ship at Rhode Island. The
Independence, at Mare Island, was built tp
1914 and since 1858 has been a store and re-
ceiving ship at that station.
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NEW WEAPONS OF War

The disastrous result Of the recent ex-
! pertinent made BY our Government In
testing the eTsilsbility Of shells loaded
with gun cotton shows clearly that some
81 least Of the new inventions in weapons
ot war are Improvements IN name only,
and are likely 70 be more dangerous 10
friend than 20 foe This, Of course, was
70 be expected. Ia these times Of peace,
when the nations have plenty Of money
10 provide their armies with new equip
ments, there is such s demand for n
proved weapons that al kinds Of invent
ors from skilled mechanics 10 wild
cra1ks, are trying their hands at the work
and ars tuning ont every year, and a.
mos! every month, some new form Of
6ghnng tool
Within q comparatively short period
the news ports have brought intorms-
ton q quite z nUm Der Of these invsn-
tions. II is announced from Germany
that there has been invented IN that coun-
try new mechanism sp2lica Die 70 pistols
and cErbinet which makes il possible 20
IRE ninety shots 2 minute. Its expected
that this viii work a revolution in the
equipment OF cavalry. Another story re-
cords the invention Of e bullet which ex-
pands after en tering the body and smsshes
bones ike an explosive shell.
A more curious invention is reported
from France. This is said 10 be a gun
which viii fire luminous proiectiles, the
object Of the weapon being 20 light up the
field Of battle, particularly that part Of 4;
occupied By the enemy, so as 70 enable the
tght 70 60 on after dark. The British
Govern ment IS said 70 be experimen ting
with q gun which fires 100 shots every lZ3
seconds ana is almost automatic in lis
working. In addition. there IS a story
going the rounds Of the construction Of a
dynamite gun designed 20 throw 200
pounds Of explosive gelatine distance Of
four miles. and il is asserted thst but q
few shots from the gun would be required
70 destroy large city.
The missile which our Government was
testing at Indian Head when il exploded
3 cannon worth S25, 900 was Of kina cal
c1iatsd 10 strike terror into the heart OF
the zoe II II had worked right An en-
ormous shell, loaded with gun cotton, was
20 De thrown from the cannon and then,
when IL had reached its destination, was
70 be exploded by charge Of illuminate
OF mercury. II would have been sure
death and destruction 70 everything in
the neigh borhood OF where it struck, and
1t is unfortunate that it exploded the can
non before IL started.
4 great many OF these new weapons are
in fact a good deal ike airships-much
better before they are set flying than after
ward. Indeed the sirshiD may come in
before the total snnihilstion gun and the
complete destruction missile. When il
does come in nearly ell the big guns will
be sold for pot metal and the inventors,
whether skilled or cranky, viii have 10
turn their attention TO the construction
Of automatic plows which will cultivate
the soil without the aid Of horses and the
discovery Of explosives that will lift the
scalebugs off the tencerest branches Of q
tree without skinning the bark or in turing
the buds.
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McKINLEY'S TInELY ADDRESS
FhiIadelphla 80


President Mckinley Z Is always been tsllc5-
tous IN his pubic speeches, and he never wss
more SO than IN the addresses ne delivered II
this city during the ceremonies q 1naugurGt
ing ont great u useuns. He could have spoken
eIoquently and said little, but he spoke slo-
oueutIy and said much, ana his inclslTe sen
tsn ess clearly prove that he meant 20 speak
pointsdly and impresEively.
One OF the most gratifying features o. PreE1-
dent MeEinIey's addresses is the entirely COL
fdent tone in which he expresses his faith in
American advancement and early prosperity
He Justly denounced the pessiD1st, ana ne
SPEAKS from The optimistic standpoint. not
reckIessly, but with reason De uuderst tHnds
the boundIess resources Of this country, the
ex sptionaI energies and RdsptaolIlt1es Of II
American people, and he spoke for them when
lie declared that "tne country Is not going
backward, but forward.
There were many sentences uttered by tnt
President in the several addresses he delivered
IN he city which are well worthy Of the CArs-
ful study Of sll fGfr-Lnin0 0ed citizens. There is
not the trace Of the art Of the deDEgogus in
any Of his oeliveralceE- They are manly pa
TriOtlC and sta atesmen1ke. However Amer
leans nay differ with MIN as 70 his political
theories, al u pst confess that as chief mEKis-
trats Of the American people ne has tRlrly re-
6ectsd their abilities. heir resour rceE aud their
conf dence i1 themselves.
The mere politician may rRrp Gnd criticize,
buI the 5EpasEiODEte American citizen who
desires only the advancement gnd prosperity
OF the republic VIII heartily CON mend Lhe pg-
trIotjc Urter6nces o. tbs President during LIS
late visit % Pm. .ECelphie.
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TBR GoOD TINES ARB COMING

According 70 the Chicago Times-Hersld the
outlook II that city Is good. Il SAYS: Retail
business for May showed an encouraging 10
ward Trend- Many houses reports & 81 5stg1-
tle1 increase over So ies Of The same month isEt
year and IN some cases The gain is remarkable
Already there are indicate Of improve
meot n many directions, says The Washington
Post Let Us al get over the Ebit Of looking
for trouble ana let as take hold ofthe habituEI
c-Osker with 3 ostsrD InHI1on 70 reform hin
There is no other country On eertn G rich Is
CurE IN al The elements Of prosperity.
The Detroit Journal says: At the moment
he promised prosperity is csYorting al ever
the great State Of Texas There the farmers
are Offering high wages 20 harvest hands
After the Texas crops are harvested pros
perity VIII swing around northvErd and west
ward, and N due time the whole country VIII
experiences the relief 50 much desired.
The Topeka Capital remarks: The West is
already booming along under al sail and
plORing ahead al the rate Of more knots per
hour tben for twelve years past The wave
Of prosperity may be e little slow n making
itself felt IN the East but Il viii come The
prosperity Of the producer Is the only true
prosperity; II viii spread Until Il takes II al
classes and sections.
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NAv.R5

The five dockysrds in Great Britain employ
little over $4,000 men, Of which one-third
are IN the engineshops.
Austria viii adopt Ysrrow Ester-tube boil.
ers in & torpedo cruiser OF 23o0 tons building
at Pola. There will be eight boilers Of eollec-
lively 5000 horsepower, and each boiler will
have $500 square feet heating surface They
viii be built al the stsbilimeuto Tecnico,
Trieste.
The state Of the Turkish navy is on a par
with that Of Chinas before the late war. A
story is told which illustrates the corruption
existing IN the Ottoman navy. A couple OF
months ago one Of the old ironclads was taken
into drydOck to get rid OF the oysters on her
bottom, but before the work was completed a
British merchant steamer came along in need
Of repairs and for a douceur OF E25 the Turkish
naval authorities took the ironclsd out and
admitted the merchant ship. The latter re-
mained in dock for over month, and in the
meantime the naval vessels were unable to
get the requisite docking preparatory 10 their
cruise against the Greek navy.
According to Brsssey the comparative ton
mage Of Great Britain and the collective navies
Of France and Russia Will be at the end of
1897 as follows:
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: round here TO say that I had nothin' agin
you" We'll" said the Judge, "glad 20 see
you so well. Many returns of the day.'-Bos-
ton Transcript
They say that Batch hasn't dollar to his
name"
That must be the reason he has never been
sbls 10 get any woman to accept it.''-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
I'VE had TO quit keeping postage stamps.''
"Well, Of course, there is no profit in them -
"It wasn't that; but every woman who
bought one expected Us TO throw in a cake Of
chewing gum Chicago Record.
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JUST FOR FUN n

Cruel Jokes are often played,
Just for fun;
Oft FOOLS whole stock In trade
is 'tiust in funl"
Cries OF "hre" have been raised
Nervous women have been crazed:
Rusty guns n folks are aimed,
Many a man is killed or manned,
'Just for funF'
Loving hearts have often bled
"Just for fun:
Eyes are oft made moist and red,
"Just for fun;
Many and many thoughtless fool
X as ignored the Golden Rule;
Many and many q breast Is sore.
Many a mans a stupid bore
"Just for fun!"
Ah, the fool must have his way
Just for fun;
He Is with us ana 10 stay,
AUST for fun;
But IL there's fiery hole,
For the lost-the outcast soul
What JOY will Satan take
When he sees IL burn and bake.
"Just for fuup
Cleveland Leader
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Prince Bismarck, as Is well known, on his
retirement devoted himself to agriculture, his
chief hobby being the exploitation OF his for
est lands. From all parts of Germany he re-
eeived applications for oak saplings from his
domains and these oaks have been planted in
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mpfrs. wina1ows soothinr srrnu..

9Ars' "-SAO " SOobA1ns syEup
HRs been used ever cry years By mEhozs q
mothers for their children while TeethiDg with per
feet success 1t sooihes the child softeus II rr EX
Allays Pain. cures WiBd Collie regulates tse Bowels
and Is the be remedy fer DiErrhcsAa whether ara
Ing from ;ee.hing other causes Fer sale hy drag
gists IN every pa-i Of the world. Be sure and AsE
ter MIS- MiRsioN's Soothing sy<un 25e bette
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al from"
bys Tn me
ito time dig
SUM-
L rou g pate o. h gsuteu uybos ar
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0 II ~ cross ld5 vg1sca
he court leaving ii gaudro
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COAST EXCHANGES.

The Capitola Sunset is one OF the latest ar.
rivals in the newspaper field. II is published
by ssnborn Barney and gives all the news
of the pretty seaside resort
According to the Republican efforts are being
made to secure public park IN Fresno. The
Chamber OF Commerce of that place has taken
hold of the matter and the chances are the
scheme will go through.
The Salinas Owl is agitating the question OF
building an electric railroad from that place
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i viii be noted that although the Dem
Ocratic organs continue 70 assert N edi-
Io-isls mat Bryan's tour is successful their
news columns do not devote II uch space
10 his speeches or 70 the receptions that
are given him.
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S26 Rate to Chicago via the Great

The low rates made for ChristiSn Enae1vo-s-s
will be open 10 the public as well Al opporrU-
nifty 10 visit the East before enjoyed bT Cal
ifornians- Pullman Palace Draw nE-rpor Sleep
ingcars Of the latest pattern Modern upbolBter
tourist sleepng-cars daily through from OAK
land pier TO Chicago see Timetable In advertis-
ing column. San Francisco ticket oE5ce 6zA Market
street, Chronicle building. TelephoDs Main 1881
Oakland, 11lS Broadway
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equipped win 90 many modern improve
ments that il Is believed the average citi-
zen will just a. soon die and 20 there as 10
live n z fat
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Queen Victoria has TWENTY-FIVE state car
risges, which are kept in the coachhouss at
tacbed 10 Buckingham Palace. In addition
10 these she has great variety Of ordinary
road carriages, such as clarences, barouches,
sociRbles, phaetons, etc.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is perfectly DRY So,
and mild, being entirely free from the uists cor
mon further north Round trip tickets BY steam
ship including fifteen days board Al the Hotel del
Coronado, $50; longer stay 81 SO per day. Apply
I New MonigoEery s.reet. san Frsncsca
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Emperor william refuses 70 allow mem
bers Of his household 20 ride the bicycle.
Mem bers Of hiE household have retaliated
By making the fact public
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$50 so to St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Chicago

Tickets win be on sale July IL to the l7th Good
final limit, August Is; stopovsr allowed Its 8
splendid opportunity take a trip TO chicago and
stop on at the famous Yellowstone PErK- send
cents in stamps for iuustrai ed book. ~ ondsr-
land 10 7. & stateler, general agent Northern
Pacific Rallway. 63s Markel s1resL san Erane-soa
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''WeD, whom did you gossip { bout At yeur
whist club to-day2'
Every woman was there; We hbo 70 plEy
Whist"-ChIcago Record
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You viii find in California exactly the
kind q summer resort you wish Il you
read our advertisements
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TASK THAT DISCOURAGED MR.. LINCOLN.

OuTtot Illinois adjoining the o
arise
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ks soon ss the tariff pill Is adopted Con
gressueu will scatter ike Z college class
after graduation day.
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The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL
TnE summrR moNIrs.

IRE you going % the cosn,ry o. a vacation p
20 u is ne trouble .0y us . torwEr5 THE CALL &
,our address DO 10. LEI . miss you for yoo wfl
~ lss It Cr6ers given % the esyrler o. left A.
business Once VIII receive proDpi ate ntiens
30 EZTEA CHARGE Fitty ceUls per monk
fer srxueF months
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FEvERIszNEss Of the scalp soon causes bald.
ness. Ayers Hair YIgor cooIs ana clsauses Ina
scalp and clothes it with beauty
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The story that the Sultan sent special
agent 70 keep a watch On Edhem Pasha,
and that Edhem arrested him as spy
and sent him 70 the Sultan 10 be killed
furnishes good plot for comic opera.
II was most amusing situation for the
agent.
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There are not go many carnivaIs tbIs
year as lssI. but there are enough 10 make
lie suunoer lively.
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sPFCGL information daily 20 manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Pras
Clipping Bureau Aliens. $40 Montgomery
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The fact that Chandler Of New Hamp-
shire and Tiilman Of South Carolina have
com 5ined 20 defeat any pooling bill which
may be INTRODUCED into the Senate may
not be significant Of n ucb, bat IL is the
most oddly matched team that ever
prsnced together in L he field OF American
politics.
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Commenting on the recent exercises at
" est Point, the Boston Herald says the
cadets IN deeds Of daring and skill on
HORSEBACK can Guido the COW boys or any
other class Of equestrisns IN the world"
are We maintaining circus7
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Lakeport invites you thfs week

All tbe-fIee traders in The present Con-
gress can 20 home after adjournment OF 3
single handcsr.
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Pritchard Morgan. member of Parlia-
ment who has just returned from a voyage
around the world, says that inside ten
years there will be in the United States
1.-The most awful revolution that has as
founded the world OF late" The predic-
tion is not worth much, but, coming from
an Englishman, the Bryanites will prob
ably count IL as a straw.
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Philadelphia assessors, who are also
census-takers. report this year an increase
Of over 1000 in the voting population and
decrease Of about 1000 in the mum Der Of
school children; and now some good citi-
zens are asking how these things can be
and Others are answering that the assess.
ors are liars.
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According TO the tales that are going
round the recent legislative proceedings
in Illinois cost the Chicago gas compan nies
$4,000 and the streetcar companies
$3.50. 600. II is therefore pleasing TO recall
tnat the chaplain Of the Assembly on one
occasion made iervent prayer to the Al
mighty TO "help the Legislature remem-
ber the poor tax-buTdeBed people"
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The report that Chemist Brice OF Chi
csgo, who claims 70 have discovered q
process Of turning baser metals into gold
coHtemplates experimenting on Mr..
Bcyan's brass is probably unfounded.
Nj Bryan would probably never consent
70 letting his brass romain still long
enouPh
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Years ego, when Judge Lowell had opened
court stranger appeared at his side, saying
Judge IL Is just five years ago yesterday that
you sentenced me to prison, right here in this
room, and as had nothin' to do Just loafed
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al quarters Of the fstberlsnd and are known
Is Bismarck oaks"

The death Of Prince Yoshi Hito Hsru-No-
Miya. the heiT 20 the japanese throne, makes
Prince Arisugswa gskuhito, now in his thirty.
ftth year, the hsir apparent
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Olive schreiner's scsthing polemic, Trooper
Peter Halket," is disturbing South Africa
nightly, and Durham has excluded 1t from
the public library shelves
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MEN AM WOMEN.

John Bright, though a Quaker, kept diary
parts OF which his eldest son is going 10 have
published
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There has been formed in Chicago an
association calling itself "The British
American Queen Victoria Coronation and
Anniversary Medallion Presentation Cor.
poration." 1t Intends to congratulate the
Queen on her jubilee, present her with a
medal and ask her to pardon Mrs. May
brick. II the name can be used as pole it
will be long enough to reach every per-
simmon aimed at.
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The School Board Of Joliet, Ill, finding
itself hustered by the appearances ofnearly
300 candidates for the Office of Superin-
tendent Of Schools, extricated itself from
the Tray by electing one of its own mem-
bers to the position, and then explaining
TO the outsiders that all we're SO good it
was impossible to choose between them.