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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25
Farm for Sale.

Z offer for sale at bargain one of
the best grain and stock farms in the
county of Stearns. Will sell 32O or
48O acres with buildings, or $50 acres
without buildings.
Price will be made low enough to in
sure purchaser.
J. B. PERKINS,
Sank Centre, Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25

Needles, needles for all machines at
Singer Office Main st.
Buy genuine Singer sewing ma
chine of AL. KinnamOn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25

Notice to Threshers.
We keep full line of packing, oil,
betting, valves, fittings, etc. How
Bros. & Co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25
A THANKSGIVING NOTE.

Talk about Thanksgiving, with its pleasures
and its Joys
WIRE al a-looking forward to a meeting will
the boys;
And sue will come from college, and Jimmy
n'tfo"get,
And we'll all feel mighty happy that we're
this side Jordan yet!
I've seen the turkey spreading of his feathers
lair and fine
And his ''gobble gobbie, gobble' seems to dare
tho folks to dine;
The verdicts been against him, and his
executions set.
And he makes the folks feel happy that they're
all a-,iviug yet!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25

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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
ADWcE TJ Fo0IBALL MsK
Coach Brooke Says Sfanford's Team
Lacks an Effective Second
ELeYen
EIeYen.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. Oct.
This evenings Daily Palo Alto puo-
fishes the following interes Ing article by
Coach George Brooke:
The football season ut Stanford has now
begun in earnest, and all Stanford men VINO
have the success of their university eleVens
at heart aud who are paysicady quaHheC 10
play football should now turn out for the
daily raetice.
The second team so far this season has been
unable, except in few ipstan ces, to put up
game that gave the Varsity side ade-
quate practice Tor the purpose OF de-
velopment OF good team play; AT
Stanford this fall we have, | think, the
team, but they Will never learn to play the
game which they capable of playing until
there has been developed strong side to OPP
poS3 them in daily practice, AT present
w often have trouble LII getting enough men
Tor the second eleven, and when one OF
them receives an injury that lays him on. or II
the same casualty happens to the Varsity side
then the lack or men puts qu1etus on all
good practice for the resi- OF the afternoon.
These are plai II 1actS and stanford can never
hope to atfaln thesrank of q trsi-elasS football
college until there are candidates for the Sec,
ond eleven JUS as eager to play as the candi-
dates Tor the first eleven.
How are future Stanford teams to be built
up except from players with scrub expert
ence? Most OF the eleven OF this fall leave In
the spring, and the scrub mem viii be the:
Varsity players of next year, =
The second eleven is q hard school in which,
to learn to play football, but it IS the most
every player OF any note IN the East BeF ke-
ley GEMS TO have Il Superabundanee OF canilr
dates, and on this fact they GAN base Shatever
success they attain. a..
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3: An .MSAhE BRIDEGROOM.
DR.. Robert 7. Fiagg Leaves His Newiy
:: Nodded Wife to Leap From
= Hotel Window.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct. 1-Dr. Robert
I. Flagg, 80 years of age, of Yonkers, who
was married there last night, atte m pied
suicide to-day by jumping from a second
story window of the Murray Hill Hotel.
His bride was in the room at the time,
and she went 10 the hospital with him in
the. am mbulance. DR.. and Mrs. Flasp
reached the hotel ABOUT midnight and
were assigned to rooms. Both appeared
to be in good spirits. They breakfasted
at about s o'clock this morning. They
chatted with each other, and seemed not
to have care. After breakfast they re-
turned TO their rooms and had been there
only about fifteen minutes when Mrs.
Flagg rushed screaming down The stairs
tc the lobby OF the hotel, saying her hus-
band had jumped out OF the window
DR.. Flagg was picked up. His skull mad
been fractured, his leg broken and he had
received severe bruises OF the body. II e
was carried into the hotel, where his wife
met him calmly. The am bulance surgeon
SAID that the man was dying.
Mrs. Flaeg; who was Mrs. Turner OF
this city, isabout 26 years old ard decid-
edly good looking. She said at the hospi-
tai that III. conversation with her husband
the latter had become greatly excited and
rushed to the window and jumped out:
She tried to restrain him, but he thrust
her aside and jumped. AT; DR.. Flagg'
residence in Yonkers it was said that when
he left home yesterday he was ia very
nervous condition.
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DUTY QUESTION
In ABEYANCE
Has Attorney General
S. McKenna Reversed
= .- Himself?
His Letter to the Treasury
~ Officials Regarding the
s : Extra Duty.
Certain That He Has Submitted
- Another Opinion to the
Department.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Oct. 1.-There
was arcport in circulation tonight 10 the
effect that Attorney General McKenna
was not yet done with the cele brated sec
" tion % of the tariff act and that he had in
fact submitted another opinion 10 the
treasury III response 20 request from the
Board OF Appeals.
" 1t is known that a test csse is now pend
ing before the board. which was especi-
ally created ny Congress for the purpose
OF settling disputes a. 10 the rates of duty
to be i'm posed. Indeed, it is held by
many good lawyers that the authority
of this board is paramount TO that
of the Secretary of the Treasury, mas
much as tho intent OF Congress was 20
take such questions out of the hands of
the treasury by having a special board
created 10 pass on all such appeal cases in
much the same way that the Comp
troller's office was created to pass upon
treasury accounts.
1t has already been held by tn e courts
that the Comptroller's authority is para
m cunt to that of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and these lawyers contend that
the opinion of the Attorney General in
the case of a carload of tea delivered at
Chicago from Japan via Canada is not
binding upon the board, but that they
alone must settle this matter and all
other similar cases brought before them.
1t appears, however, that a test case
now before the Board OF Appeals was sub
mitted to the At.orney-General by an in
dividual MEMBER OF the board, and that
the latest decision of Attorney General
McKenna is likely TO raise some new COM
plicetions If itdoes not have the effect of
reversing his former opinion.
1t Is sa Id that soon after delivering his
first opinion McKenna telegraphed to the
Treasury Department not to promulgate
reached Washington from Massachusetts,,
Just why or how he could reverse his first
decision does not seem clear. ~.
Ii was suggested to night that be m light
contend that tea is not on the dutia BILE
list, and that it could not be dutiable or
have discriminating duty imposed on IT.
But in that second case The cargo is duti-
able and rules therefore that the discrimi-
mating duty can be i'm posed "in addition. %.
But thisis not likely to be the reason for
this reversal, if he has in fact reversed his
opinion, for in the cases first brought be-
fore him a consig nment of dutiable dia-
monds: from Europe (through Ogdens-
burg \. I. was involved, as well as the
tea which was non-dutiable.
1t appears certain, however, that he has
submitted another opinion to the Secre-
tary Cf, the Treasury, but whether it
amounts to a reversal is merely matter
of conjecture since The officials refuse to
discuss the question.
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he gaunt ghost Of hunger stalk broadcast
through their midst. This impression
may be erroneous, but it cannot tie dis
PEELED until definite returns are received
from the river boats now on their return
1un. In anticipation of this exodus, ana
in order 10 afford passenger accom- NJ oda a.
tion for those who desire 10 return TO San
Francis co and Puget Sound, several
steamers will be at ST. Michael within the
next ten days. They will INCLUDE the Ex-
celsior, Lakne, Bertha and Cleveland.
In view OF unexpected circumstances
the Portland will not be there. This
steamer, with its new Maxim gun, and
expecting to have the b ar a a convoy,
was to have brought down the surplus
earnings of the n. a. I. and T. Company,
which, it is thought, will run up into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars. How
ever, this money will be brought down
either on the revenue cutter Bear or Cleye-
land. From all indications steamers
should be able to leave ST. Michael south
bound by October 10. when all the river
steamers will have returned from Dawson
City. Tney all left for up river around
the 1st OF Septem Der, some before and the
last one on the 4th. They include the P.
B. Weare and the J. j. Healy, owned by
the N. A. T.. and T.. Company. and the
Margaret and Alice, owned by the A. C..
Company.
Twenty-eight days is the average run,
and it is hoped that all will eturn with
miners who desire to connect with ocean
steamers, SO that the river steamers can
again turn round and get some little dis
lance up the Yukon in winter quarters
ere the freeze sets in. Considering the
extreme cold and snowy weather already
experienced it is believed by Captain
Hays and Captain Bash that navigation
on the Yukon will be tightly closed be-
fore the 10th of October.
The new steamer {. n. Hamilton was
unable TO get more than 500 miles UP the
river, owing 10 fall of water, where, re-
lieved OF her passengers, she returned TO
ST. Michael, and will make two trips few
miles up the river. She will take mer-
chandise to the Russian mission to tacili-
tate the early transportation of provisions
INTO the Klondike In the early spring.
w. A. STEEL.
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only small proportion of supplies needed
there can be taken up.
At Circle City there are only 500 sacks
of flour. 1t is reported that at the Birch
Greek mines provisions are very plentiful
and people at Circle City can draw on
them ii necessary.
There will be plenty of supplies at Fort
Yukon. Minook Greek and all other points
below Fort Yukon, but at Dawson. where
the population is, no supplies are to be
had.
Miners there must get out of the pre-
dlcament they are now in by making
their way down the river to Fort Yukon
and having supplies hauled up to them
400 m lies. --.@+-
1t was claimed at Fort Yukon that
rains in September sometimes caused The
Yukon to rise. but there was little prob
ability OF rise sufficient to allow steam
ers 10 get up before the river freezes. 1t
would take Two or three feet more water
to get steamers over the Yukon fats.
The first steamer to leave Puget Sound
for ST. Mich ael alter The discoveries on the
kicndike became generally known was
the Portland, sailing from Seattle July %
Many of her passengers got only as far as
Minook Creek on the steamer Hamilton
a few of tem went to Fort Yukon, and
several returned on the North Fork.
These report that between fifteen and
twenty of the Hamiton's passengers
started to pole up the Yukon River to Cir
Gle City.
They were able to get only enough pro-
visions to last them to Circle City, and
what they would do after that was un-
certain. The steamer Hamilton passed
expeditions taken north by the steamers
National City and South Coast. several
hundred miles above st. Michael.
They were proceeding slowly. with no
expectation OF getting above Minook
Creek. The Hum boldt expeditions river
boat was launched September 16. All
agree that il is tine-looking boat, but the
question is raised as to her ability to get
over the bar at the Ynkon's mouth, where
the water is also very shallow. ,..
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ton is to be repaired with all possible dis

ton is to be repaired with all possible dis
patch.
Yesterday there were 1155 men on the
payroll at the navy-yard and the mum Der
at work to-day is within 100 of yesterday IS
total. The continuation of this immense
force, with nothing definite known re-
garding the Philadelphia, is ample proof
that no time is to be lost in getting the
Charleston ready for sea. Quite force OF
men was at work on her to-day, and by
Monday it is expected her decks will
swarm with laborers as thickly as those
OF the Baltimore have done during the
past few weeks.
The Char eston is lying at the quay just
ahead of the Baltimore III a dismantled
state. Extensive work is necessary on her
hull, engines and machinery. and with
work rushed TO the utmost it will require
several weeks TO get her ready for service.
Considerable work must also be done on
the wooden corvette Pensacola before she
can gointo commission as a ship,
TO which duty she has been assigned.
Captain Henry Glass, who will be in
command Of The Pensacola, said to-day
that it was very uncertain when she would
be taken In hand, but that il was quite un-
likely that anything would be done for a
month at least. Captain Glass is anxious
TO have the ship placed in commission at
as early, date as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
RETURN OF PROSPECTORS.
With the Backward Rush Come
Stories of the DeplorabIe Condi-
tions In the @ old Fields.

TACOMA, WASH, Oct 1.-The steam
schooner North Fork, which towed the
Mare Island from San Francisco to ST.
Michael, arrived in port tonight, fifteen
days from st. Michael, with thirty.three
DISCUS ted gold-seekers
The representative of the Alaskan News
Syndicate aboard the Portland at Dutch
Harbor sends the following letter by the
North Fork:
DUTCH HARBOR, UNALAsKA, Sept.
22-The backward rush of prospectors has
turned from the Yukon Basin.
With the arrival last evening of the
steam schooner North Fork came a crowd
OF disappointed and disgusted klondikers
from st. Michael, bringing with them en-
phatic confirmation of the de eplorable state
OF affairs in the gold fields of Alaska and
the Northwest Territory.
1t is the oit-repeated pre- fiction of
famine based on shortage of supplies and
oanger OF death from starvation and dis
ease. Famine, typhoid and scurvy
are horrid triumvirate that lurk
IN the nugget-stCdded gravel of he north
ern Pactous, and in the iengthenin e
darkness OF the polar winter will
prepare desolation and destruction for the
arEonauis who toll under the gems OF the
aurora, along the rim of The Arctic circle.
dhe prospectors brought here by the
North Fork return from a fruitless
attempt TO ascend the Yukon, and
they declare in unmistakable terms that
the transportation companies, which en-
gagged heavily in the liquor traffic early in
the season, are chareeable in no small de-
gree with the blame for the shortage of
supplies. Expeditions have been baff1ed
on every turn, and the failure Of the
miners to get through 10 Dawson has re-
suited ih the formation of large camp on
Minook Greek below the Yukon Flats.
1tis reported that the shortage in Daw-
son may to some extent be overcome if
the miners can reach Circle City, 800
miles away, where there are said to be 5000
sacks of flour left over from last season.
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THiRTY-FOUR PASSENGERS
Twenty Are Returning Cold
Hunters Who We're Unable to
Reach Dawson This Year.

Reach Dawson This Year.
TACOMA, WASH, Oct. L-Thirty-four
passengers came down from ST. Michaels
on the steamer North Fork, which arrived
tonight. She brought no Klondyke mi
ners nor gold.
Two dozen OF her passengers had been
up the Yukon River as far as Fort Yukon,
but decided TO return when they saw they
could not reach Dawson this year.
The other ten passengers sre carpenters
who went to st. Michael on the steamer
HuC. boldt to assist in building Mayor
Woods Yukon River steamer there. They
will remain on the North Fork until she
reaches San Francisco with cargo of
lumber TO be loaded between now and
Monday. Her passenger list is as follows
For San Francisco-Peter Diercke J..
W. McKinnon, r. Keany, J. :Pakamany,
]. keshnan, o. o. Sen, A. Ross, J. Brandt,
@. Ii. Weir, A. McKalach.
For Puget Sound Points-H. C. BaIler.
W. H.. Morse, ]. Byron, w. Billings,
D. Ellis, ]. Mulligan, Eta Hand,
Mrs. ]. Mulligan, Mrs. Kennedy,
J. Bloomingdale. P. c.. Richard son.
Morgan Bailey. Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. WEI
LCA4t -. itiilihS, L. NJ. IL.
Burns, w. E. Laughton, C. T. Tippili ppy,
c. Black, H. Meheny, j. C. Petteman, c.
A. Sweniger.
The North Fork left Dutch Harbor Sep
tember % Purser Marks reports that
she was unable to get any coal there, the
300 tons of fuel then on hand being Ike ut
/ for the revenue cutters Bear and Corwin.
The North Fork had enough coal to last
her with favorable weather and she
reached here with five tons left in her
hold
Passengers who got up the Yukon River
to Fort Yukon, 400 miles below Dawson
City, report most serious condition OF
affairs there.
Only a few inches of water were run
ming over Yukon flats, which commence
two miles above Fort Yukon, where the
river widens TO width of many miles.
1t was utterly impossible for another
steamer to reach Dawson this fall and
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ton will be presiding judge. and Colonel
Jack" Shinn will handle the starter
flag.
Ter,e Houte,s IMeefaaa Closes.

TERRE HAUTE, IND. Oct. 1.-The
meeting of the Terre Haute Trotiing AS
sociation closed to-day.
2:1s trot. purse $1,000 (unfnished Thurs
dayl Mackey won. Captain Hanks second,
Harry Barrett third. Best time, 2:l3H
2:13 pace. purse $1,000 (unhnlshed Thurs
day) Pinewood won, Hlubsrt Wilkes second,
Fra Banks third. Best time, 2:11h
2:25 pace, purse $1,000, sada SAppers won >
Nora L second, Forest Herr third. Best time'
212 trot, purse $1,000. Elloree won, Pray
Tell second, Fred D third. Best time, 2:O9H.
2:20 trot, purse $4,000, Eag,e Plannigaa
won, King Warloek second, Edmonia third
Best time. 2 i 12lI.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
New Dock for Mare Island.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. IA re.
port has been received from the officers in
charge of Mare Island Navy-yard recon-
mending that a new stone drydock, $50
feet. long and capable of docking the
largest battle-ships, be CONSTRUCTED at
that place. The estimated cost of the
dock is 81, zoo, 600. " The recommendation,
which is entirely separate and distinct
from that made by the Bunee board, will
probably be presented to Congress at the
next session.
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. At the chess 1o,.rnan.ent.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Oct. THE sev-
enteenth round of the International
Chess Masters tournament to-day re-
suited as follows: Alb II was beaten by,
Winawer, CharQusek defeated Caro-, Schif-
fers beat Zlnki, BIaekburne drew with
Burn Cohn defeated Teichmanu, Schleeh-.
ter and Janowski adjourned, Marco drew
with Metger and Aiaplu won trom Snsch-
ting; WaIbraHt and Tsehigorin had byes.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
Ipinrea an a Cotfi,ton.

TOLEDO. OHIO, Oct. 1.-Half dozen
.nersens were. seriously hurt in collision
betweentwo;ca ON the Toledo and Bowl
ing Green electric road this evening.
ISIS Mary. Waite, daug hter of the late
Chief: j Justice Waite, one of the injured,
may die.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
Lntonin,s LII l,eetin.

CINCINNATI. ONO, Oct. The fall
meeting OF the Latonia Jockey Club will
begin tom orrow. Over 700 horses are
quartered on the track and SURROUNDING
barns, including some Of the best-known
racers IN the We,I. Colonel L. P. Tarl-
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Conditios If me 1rra,uru.

WASHINGTON. 2. C.. Oct. 1.-To-day's
statement OF I condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance $215, ,9l2.-
7S7; gold reserve, $147 .663, 105.
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PORTLAND WILL RETURN.
Scarcity OF Coal Prevents the
Steamer Reaching St. Michael.
Boat-Building at Dutch Harbor.

UNALASkA, ALASKA. Sept. 90 (via
steamer North Fork 10 Tacoma. Wash.
Oct. 1)-Contrary 10 general expectatious S
the steamer Portland will not AGAIN this
year prove itself the treasure vessel upcn
which the returning miners from the
4nkon fields will find passage to the
States. With their golden dreams turned
into glitterlng realization they will find
other means OF exit from their northern
homes. In view OF the loss pf the schooner
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Michael to Dawson, Showing Minook Creek, the Late
Discovery, and the Yukon Flats, Where the Steamer
Hamilton Ran Aground.

of
O uone
to
of
float the steamer fore freezes
first tbrought
n sissueof
o n the Exeelio
had
their
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Six fnlInnzs selling

Six iuIIpngs, Selling
Mordecai LA "a orrison), TO
*Ben Frost 93 (Kitley), to 5 .......''..:. )
Da, eehota sS (Shephard) 20 to 1.....,.........s l.
Time. ID. Mamie Callan ll6 Gnome e3 ma
Tom Toher 93 also ran. *Favorile = NNN
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TERRIBLE
CONDITIONS
AT DAWSON
Continued from First Page.

"Return to st. Michael. discharge your
liquor and take on grub"
Iti stated that after a conference o. The
officials of the two transportation COM
panies and the officials of the Canadian
Government az Dawson in August the
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one and quarter miles selling
Gold Band 100 u. Woods). To
Harry McCouch l0l e. Murphy) to 2
Eyanatus 10l "a. Barrett). 10 1,......
Time, 2:US Three starters. '
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Seven furlougs, selling
sCharles christ 100 CT. Murphy even.
Queen safe lu3 (Donaldson). s to l:.: J
- dowa l03 Connolly. A TO ...:... : !
lime. 1:2712. Fonc iff l06. Forfeit IOS Bar
nato lO6 and Little treasurer 1O3 also ran *Fa,
vorte.
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One mile SelIlng-
Sea Roboer los (T. Murphy. 2 to 1......
&Little Land ia (Cay wood), to 5. 5.:......; >
CASTOR l05 (keitZ) s to o1.....-.........:...., l. :
Time, ] al. Dan Huger log, Little Music 81
sandoyal 106 and Lettie 90 also ran *Favorite
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ON EAsrEkN TRACKS.
Harry Mc Couch, at to 2. Runs Secon
90 GoId Baud.

CHICAGO, ILL. Oct. 1. = Numerous
scratches in the different events of to-day
at Harlem reduced the mum Der of starters
materially. The surprise was the beating
of Harry McCouch, selling at l to 2, by
Gold Band. Weather clear and track fas..
Five furongs two-yenr-oIds--
*Rnskin 110 (.r Burnsl, to 5............,......l
Surmount l1G [Nostrand), 10 o1................2
Baliverso no (H Shieos), II 10 1............. 8
Time, :02I4 Nathanson ITO Moline 10Y
Gutter l05, Mamie Davis 1O2, May Charleston
107 and Chauncey Fisher lot also ran. *Favorite.
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Five furlongs, two-year-olds.

Five furlongs, two-year-ods- =.
Candeblack no (Cay wood), 10 e I
%Lepending 10 (Connoly), 4 to 5......
Daily Racing Fo m ll0 q. Gray, to
Time. i :0Z Judge Quigley llU, ister, Fila iOS
and Judge Nap on no also ran. sFavorite.
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DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1.-Results at
Windsor:

Six fnrlongs, selling, The Planet won. Prfma
SECOND, Nellie Baker third. Time, 1867
tlve turIongs, Jim Lisle won, Royal Festival
second, Early fonso third. Time l :O3
Mile, selling, Backing Brush won, Traveller
second, Elsket third. Time, 1 :431%
Slx iuriongs, selling, Bonanza won, Farm
Lille second, Laura May third Time. l:15L.
Seuily stakes, six turlongs, Merry Chimes
1:l6. N-Al
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POSTMASTER'S EXPERIENCE
He Tells Something of Interest to
Many Others Hereabouts.

1'IS oNTI5f , faSF GdDO us.
POSTS, CAL.-W. b. Posts, postmaster
at this place, has made public the follow
ing statement which should be of interest
to many in this section:
Ny wife and l were suffering with
severe colds and were run down in health
| procured three bottles of Hoods sarsa.
pariila which cured us and took awavtbot
tired feeling" Get HOoDss