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cobana, the finest ef all eoffees, at IL 2s ]. II. Talbot X Co.
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Think your plan out to it's prolita- ble conclusion.
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Mir. E. A. Kline, of Wabbnseka, Is n visitor to the city today.
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Hoods Pills are purely vegetable and tlo not purge, pain or gripe. All druggists.
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Honest advertising will sell honest goods.
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Luck pays sometimes judgment always.
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Advertise for today's needs today
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CITY ITEMS.

Mr. |. I. Altschul is in the city.
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tor Buchanan is Scotch, and the first syl-
liable is TO be sounded with a short, not
a long, u. Mckinley is also Celtic. Van
Buren, is Dutch. Lincoln derives the latter
syllable of his name from the Latin Colo
MIA" indicating that in ancient times the
Romans held a colony in that particular
locality while the field in Garfield name
has the significance in Danish of a camp or
fort, the gar" meaning a weapon, as in
the Christian name Edgar. and the whole
standing for a battle ground Grant is SIM
ply the old Norman French grand, and
means great properly enough.
These distinguished patTonymics are not
cited because of their oddity but because
Saxon, French, Danish, Dutch and Scotch
American" names. Citizens of the great
republic can hardly hope to produce a name
like Featherstonehaugh and spell it Free
stunhay" or to spell jarvis "Jervaulx," or
Walscum ''Walsingham," but their efforts
are not to be despised when Crowninshield
In Massachusetts spells "Crunshe," Beall in
Virginia is Bell and Tallaferro in Ken
lucky is plain ''Tullifer."
Dumaresque, too, manages to get clipped
name entirely Dimmery. Moultrie is Mutry
and Bowie Buie, both with the ''u'' long, as
it is in Houston, in spite of the spelling.
Omstead as Umsted, Compton as Comton
are other New England corruptions. Dever-
eux is ''Deveroo, Henans has the ''e'' short,
Reay is the same as Ray; Deadly is Deedy,
an excellent name for a lawyer; DEMO is ac-
cented on the il, which is long; Rouse is
pronounced as If Roose Chisholm and Tren-
holm are Chizm and Trenum Hoag and
Poag are pronounced with the % long,
and, finally, Timberlake gets to be, through
the mutilation and attrition of the ages,
Tmlik.
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saiIing BeyOnd seas.

Methought the stars were blinking bright
And the old briggs sails unfurled
] said Il will sail to my love this night
At the other side of the world"
stepped aboard. we sailed so fast
The sun shot up from the bourne:
But dove that perched upon the mast
Did mourn. and mourn. and mourn.
o fair dove! . fair dovei
And dove with the white breast.
Let me alone, the dream Is my own,
And my heart Is full Of rest.
NV true love fares this great hill,
Feeding his sheep for aye;
I looked in his hut, but all still,
MY love gone away.
I went to gaze at the forest creek,
And the dove mourned on apace;
No flame did flash. nor fair blue reek
Rose up TO show me his place.
o last love, O first lovei
NV love with the true heart,
To think l have come to this your home,
And yet apart
Nv love, hid stood at my right hand
His ewes kere grave and sweet:
Methought he said: I'm this far land,
Oh, is II thus we meet2
An maid most dear, l am not here;
have no place, no part
No dwelling more by or shore,
IAlt only n thy heart"
q fair dovei fair dove
Till night rose over the bourne.
The dove on the mast, as We sailed fast
jean 1ngelow-
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ORIGIN OF AMERICAN NAMES.
All of the Presidents Have Had Local
PatrOnymics.
New York TeIeerarn

Just what constitutes an American name
is probably matter Of argument. 1t is GER
tain that many Of the greatest names in
Irish at all, nor even Celtic. but purely
Norman, like Fitzgerald, or Saxon, like
Desmond 1t would be popularity stated
that all of tho Presidents of the United
States have had American names, in the
sense that all of their family names repre-
sent lines Of descent old in the country for
certainly they have little else in common.
Washington is an English territorial
name, being, with the exception of Lincoln
and Garfield, the only one of its kind in the
list. Adams, Jefferson. Madison. Jackson
Johnson, Harrison are all true derivationS
from Christian names, meaning, respective
ly the son of Adam, of Godfrey. of Mat
thew. of John and of Harry. which last is
not a nickname in English, but the true
form of the word Henry being later and a
purely savish following of the French
spelling Of the word. Polk is an abbrevia-
ton of Pollock or Pollok, itself from Paul
and the i' in it used to be sounded
though il is now dropped for the sake of
euphony. Pierce follows the same analogy,
coming from Peter the French Pierre
Piers Ploughman.
Tyler. Taylor and Cleveland are from oc-
equations. Hayes is from an old English
word. hay" meaning simply a hedge, and
denoting in the first instance one who dwe,t
near a notable feature of that kind In
the rural landscape Fillmore seems to be
a nickname fastened to a bibulous ances-
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this incident again as long as l live--even

this INCIDENT again as long as ] live-even
If you will promise that faithfully, I'll
forgive you for this once. Do you proIniseE'
With all my heart" said /.
Goodnight, Gerald"
Good might, dearest replied.
/ could have sworn that the soft little
sound which followed Miss Amy's good
night was not caused by the h3nglng up OF
the ear trumpet; but before l nad time 70
try little experiment on my own account
/ was Disguised to hear the voice OF the
operator at the exchange asking whether 1
mo, - has done with me, I'm afraid. .
said /, and before the puzzled operator had
time tc ask what ! meant, rang oil,
There are some things which one cannot
explain even to a telephone operator.
! walked slowly home
There's no fool like an old TOOL,
thought as / felt about with my latchkey
for the keyhole; unless it's a young fool;
| mentally added moment later, as OBJ
served poor Gerald gazing disconsolately
into the dying embers of the fire.
Where have you been during the last
hour%' said Gerald presently.
II have been making love to charming
girl" said I cheerfully.
And 1 f1atter myself that she wasn't all
together displeased with the performance,
l added, with a self-satsfed air. LAS for
you, you young dog proceeded severely,
you ought to be ashamed Of yourself
What business have you to be sulklng here
at home while pretty girl has been wear
ing the willow for the last week on your
ACCOUNT"
How do you know that?" said Gerald,
with the nearest approach to cheerfulness
which / had observed in him for some
days.
"A particular friend of hers told me that
it was So" said l. but if you ever dare to
let her know that l told YOU I'll disinherit
you, as sure as my name is Jack Steevens.
II should deserve it, said my nephew.
OF course, Gerald and Amy Creswell met
at the Wizards the following afternoon,
and Amy's manner was so cordial to my
nephew that the dear boy was firmly con-
WINGED that she was trying to show him
how anxious she to make up their lit
tie quarrel.
A week later their engagement was pub
licly announced
The best of it is that to this very day
each believes that the other took the first
step toward a reconciliation.
Really, the possibilities Of Mr.. Edison S
ingenious machine arc but dimly realized in
this conservative old country of ours.
London Sketch.
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A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT.
The Method by Which Deaf and
Blind Boy Was Taught.

VIM. Z. Ellis writes a paper for the Octo-
Der St. Nicholas on ''Heien Keller and
Tommy Stringer," telling how the we'll
known blind girl secured means for the
education of little boy similarly afflicted.
BY personal appeals to the public Helen
raised sufficient sum to send little Tommy
Stringer to the Kindergarten for the Blind
at Jamaica Plain. Mass. Mr.. Ellis says of
his education in this institution:
Thither, on April 10. 1891, came Baby
Tom as Helen called this f1ve-year-old
child 1t was a pitiful spectacle that greet
ed his Boston friends when the boy was
brought to the kindergarten. His life had
been spent mostly in bed dt was the easiest
place to care for him), and he could not
walk at all. nor even stand with confidence.
OF signs for indicating his wants he had
none. He was a little beast, tearing and
DESTROYING his own clothes and all else de-
structible that was within his reach. His
temper and stubbornness were fearful.
TO the appalling task of giving the first
rays of light to this child Helen and her
teacher set themselves until permanent
instructor could be secured. With almost
irconcevable patience and love, kind
friends, Hegan the education ,u OF this 5, un-
regular habits and obedience had to pre-
cede and accompany the teaching of man.
How could this child. who had not the re-
hottest conception of any sort of language,
be taught to talk?
The method simply stated, was this:
Every time that bread was given TO him the
letters ''b-r-e-a-d'' were formed in the man
ual alphabet on the boys own fingers. and
teacher Again and again this was repeat
ed. thousands of times: 1t was slow work.
The mind had lain too long without knowl-
edge to receive easily the idea of speech.
Even after the teachers were sure that Tom
understood the definite connection between
the word bread" and those finger motions,
he refused to use his knowledge, because of
his strange perversity. At last, after nine
months of teaching and waiting, the little
fingers voluntarily spelled "b-r-e-a-d," and
the beginning had been made
Other words soon followed, and ere long
the mystery of speech was comprehended'
Tom took his place in the kindergarten
classes and learned all that was taught the
other boys. Reading, writing, arithmetic
sloid gymnastics. and other studies were
undertaken; and to-day, in almost all re-
spe save such as are entirely dependent
upon eve and ear. he is as well educated
rs the average boy of his years.
L4eien remained only a short time at the
kindergarten, assisting in the searching of
her charge. Before very long she removed
to another city and while her interest in
him continued undated, she was unable to
be with him or to meet him.
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ed aspect in which the touching Is strange
ly mixed with the grotesqEe. There are
about two hundred tombs in the inciosure.
The plots are Civ gratuiious'y. The stones
and the inscriptions are pat up at the ex-
pense of the bereaved families Some of the
inscriptions are worthy of notice.
The first stone that meets the eye OF the
visitor is erected to the memory OF be-
loved Roby, died 10Th of August, 1886, aged
thirteen months and half"
Then comes Flick faithful friend, ana
Maudie, an old friend
on another tombstone are the words:
Dear old Priny."
But real grief is silent, or nearly So and
the word Jacob" upon another marble siaO
doubtless covers a heap of regrets.
Farther on there is another superb TOMB
upon which the name of the dog is m
scribed in very small letters and that OF
the master in enormous letters, 1t is as
follows: "Pompeii, the fayorite dog Of Mss .k
Florence St John. ana 1 under TINS tue
following quotation from Byron
In life the frmest friend,
First to welcome,
Foremost to defend
But here is a still stranger inscription.
It is to the memory of Dearest Topsy, the
firnest and most devoted of friends and
companion of her mother
Anotner is to the cne OF died slst Of
August, 1895, aged fifteen years. lie was
| the most intelligent. devoted gentle ten
with the best of tempers. He was adored
| by his devoted and afflicted friend, Sir ii.
Seton Gordon, Bart.
Here are others:
Dear and affectionate Duke, and Tippy,
| his beloved grandmother.
Dear little Peter who died suddenly"
On the tomb of she dog is the follow
ing:
''She brought ray of sunlight into our ex-
iStence,
But, alas, she carried it away with her.
'Adored Spot" "Our Friend, Darling
Chin Chin" and Sweet Carlo lie close
to each other.
Dear Minnie, brave, intelligent. singu-
larly beautiful, loving and loved has a
splendid monument
But, as if to prove that race prejudices
necessarily disappear with death, in this
cemetery of dogs there is a stone erected
''To the memory of our dear little cat
Chinchilla, poisoned July 81
During my visit a live dog somehow got
into the cemetery, and was chased away by
the keeper for irreverenty attempting to
bury a bone on one of the graves of his
felloW-creatureS.
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Single Fares.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

OIGVtIdNI IIdIH DttI0T.
She was the daughter of a street railway
magnate.
And the good-looking young man had just
kissed her.
A moment later he looked In her eyes
with disappointed expression.
Cant you pay that back? he muir
INJURED.
The lovely girl tossed her head.
Il believe. she said that you favor
lower fares?'
Yes" he reluctantly admitted, ''I do"
Then" she said haughtly, you need
expect no transfers on this system.
And the young man knew that the mag
mates had won another round
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LoNDON's DOG CEMETERY.
Queer Inscriptions Beautiful
Stones-No Race Prejudices.

Paris Figaro.
Near Victoria gate, In Hyde Park, there is
an Enclosure reserved as a burying ground
for dogs Life is always full of Contrasts
On one side here we witness the pleasures
and the Joys of life, and on the other we
find the vanity of all existing things That,
at least. was the opinion of the old keeper
who brought me through the burying
ground connded to his care. The dogs
gravedigger is an honest fellow with face
thirty meters in length and twenty in
breadth, and granite and marble monu-
ments with the names and characteristics
OF the departed, are very numerous. This
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His Pertinent Question.
Chicago Post.

He had taken his punishment like a little
man. and for some time afterward had
been buried in thought.
Mamma" he said. finally.
well. Willie?"
"Do you really spank me because you
love me so much?"
That's the reason punish you, Willie"
''And don't you love papa at alp"
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What His Load Was.
" HIT n
Louisville Post

Employer-Patrick, I am sorry to learn
that you were arrested the other day
What was the charge against you?
Patrick-Foive dollars or tin days. sor.
Employer-No, / mean, what were you
charged with when you were hauled be-
fore the police sergeant?
Patrick-Oirish whisky and mixed ale
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A Strong Habit.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Dukane-My daughter has the bicycle
bell habit very strong.
GasWell-So?
Dukane-Yes she has. She was out driv-
ing with me the other day, when another
carriage approached on a narrow road in
Schenley Park. She exclaimed, "Oh, papa.
please ring your bell! There's buggy
coming
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How Cruel.
Judge.

Blanche-Have you made any conquests
this summer?
Maud-Oh, yes Mr.. Cathcart proposed
the day before we came away.
Blanche-Doesn't he pop the question in
the most awkward manner imaginable?
They meet as strangers.
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Unreasonable.
Yonkers Statesman.

Mr.. Dearborn-How are you getting along
with your new wife?
Mr.. Wabash--Oh, there's trouble already
WHATS wrong?"
why she insists on having a new wheel,
and 1 think the one my last wife had is
good enough"
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How He Remembered 1t.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

PIttSburg ChrOnlcIe-IeIegTapn.
''You keep Thomas Carlyle's works,
suppose?" he asked Of the clerk in the
book store.
Eyes. sir. Do you wish to get the entire
set?"
mo. 1 want the book entitled Summer
Resorters.'
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Offensive Hobbs.


Chicago Record.
II can't stand Hobbs; he is the most Of
fensive Anglomaniac ! know"
How does he show it,"
"Ee laughs at English jokes"
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| Judge.

Miss Chatter-I knew you would be here
to-day to see sister.
Mr. Cuddler gatively)-Intuition?
Miss Chatter-No; observation. You al
ways appear on the same day that Ethel
| refuses onions at dinner.
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It's Main Purpose.


I OItVGIdIIU LCdUtI'
"You say Binkers has written a novel
| with a purpose. What was the purpose?'
His purpose was to try to get some
thing with which TO buy bread and butter;
| but I guess it failed. He tried to borrow
ten from me Yesterday.
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Offended.

Household Words.
Teaspout-Why are you so angry at the
doctor?
Mrs. Teaspout-When told him had
terrible tired feeling, he told me to snow
him my tongue.
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BrOOkIyn Lie.
And why did she choose him among so
many admirefs?
'',The others did not propose"
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The Writer.
Detroit Journal.

Does he write books?'
"Oh, no; he devotes himself entirely to
literature of the better sort.
"Ahr'
yes: he writes nothing but rejected
rnanuscriptS."
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HUMoR OF THE DAY.
Eis Theory.
The Way of 1t.

1.-The mills of the gods grind slowly" re-
marked the philosopher.
Cleared too low, eh?" queried the cyciist.
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taxable property is an indication oi 'a a.
fact. and If his word to that ensos 1.,as
true. and 1t has not been questloheo' 80. 80
books show that he is due the cry
Is cents in taxes for the present
When the taxbooks closed JACOBS n so'a
failed 10 pay the little sum OF Is cents ~
the corporation by him. NOW no na
been served with a notice that ne mus -
pay the taxes and in addition pay sn.~
palmer the city charges $50 for collecting
is cents.
Jacobs now presents to the councii
petition setting forth that he Is q poo.
man; that he Is unable to pay tne 20
nAnf- tAxAa dnA tina city; that he cannot
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pay the $50 costs; that he may be able
to borrow 10 cents TO pay the taxes il the
city viii relieve him OF the costs and
ne prays that the costs bill be RENTED.
He says he has suffered from misfortune
and hopes the council will help him In
this predicament.
The petition OF the thirteen-cent tax
payer was granted. He will be relieved
OF the cost OF collection on his pttance
of taxes. He will now borrow 10 cents,
or attempt 10 and wipe out his obligation
TO the city; his pitiful. weasly little
handful Of coppers will be taken and cast
In with the millions. and poor Jacobs
will work and labor day and night to re-
pay the IL cents which he must borrow
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Robbery Mt Forest Hill.

Thieves broke into the store-room at
Forest Hill Park some time this week.
Mr.. Rita Ship, the manager, went there
Wednesday night and found that the
door had been broken open and num-
Der Of things stolen.
The stand has not been opened for
business since the cold weather set in and
It Is supposed that the robber knew
that there was no one on the place.
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Transfers of Real Estate.

Richmond-Cocke * Wilson. special
commissioners to l.. N. Waring. ID fee'
on west side OF Twenty-fourth street.
Is feet south OF Clay. AlO0.
William G. Stokes trustee 10 First Ma
tional Bank OF Richmond. life estate OF
William G. Stokes in 30 feet on north side
OF Franklin street. a2O feet west OF snaier'
s3.i75.
Charles f. whitlock's ex'ors. 10 MARY
V. Yarbrough. Is &c feet on north siue Oh
Grace street 80 IA feet west OF Henry.
Williams and Collins. special commas
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HIS TAXES 10 CENTS.
He Did Not Have the Money With

But He Did Not Have the Money WIN
which to Pay Up
An illustration of the working OF Az
lanta's defaulting tax system was given
in the heading OF a petition for relief
presented to the council by A. I. Jacobs
The remarkable spectacle OF the costs OF
collection amounting 10 eleven times
more than the original amount OF taxes
due the city by Jacobs was presented IN
his petition.
Jacobs Is perhaps one of the poorest eth
gems Of Atlanta, II th> ~--~'anf or his
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sioners and First National Bank OF Rich
mond TO Mann S. Valentine. Jr.. % feet
on north side Franklin street. 32V feet wesi
OF Shafer, $4,000.
Henrico-Christian and Caroline vi.
Evensen's trustees to James T. Vaughan.
60 feet on south side Grove avenue. 90 feet
west OF Auburn avenue. $50.
Maud f.. Perkins TO =. r. Winston.
present ard future interest In 20 feet on
north side Cedar street. 2i0 feet west
OF Baker, SIS.
N. a. <. E.. and w. y. Snapp 10 Miss
c. r. Shields. certain personal property
on farm on Wilton road. $3.50.
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Georgia and Alabama.

NE following are the approximate
earnings Of the Georgia and Alabama
Railway, for the fourth week in Octo-
Der:
1897. mileage, 45S: 1896, 1862; 1885, 265.
Week ending October 3lst, 1897, S3l, go;
1896 S25.954; 1895. Sl47OO.
MONTH"; of October, 1897, SllO,S59; 1896
1913 $50: 1895. $57.3O5.
July 1st to October 81, 1897. sSS5,27l; 1896,
S342 670 1895, s1S3096.
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TAX NOTICES.

~O.~.~J0-~.0-~-c-C~~-~- ~~0~0~~~0~~~N.O~NN~~
Treasurers Office, Nov. l. 1891
State taxes for 1897 are now due, and
should be paid on or before November
Both, after which date per cent. will be
added TO all unpaid bills All persons
having trustees will please name them
when applying to pay their bills. Fidu-
Charles will please settle for the taxes
charged against them.
CHARLES II. PHILLIPS.
Treasurer City of Richmond.
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Amount turned over TO Commits
sioners of the Sinking Fund I'M
der act of March 3, 1S94..........N,61
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@.s2S75s 80

The coupon bonds under these
acts are transferable TO reg
tered bonds. and registered
bonds TO coupon bonds. at the
pleasure Of the holders, on
the payment of fee OF hfty
cents for each new bond Is
sued.
The amount Of each class out
standing October ], 1897, is
as follows:
connon bonds ........... So. 200. 80
REGISTERED bonds ............ 3.O9s. 90
Fractional certificates, ........ z'oS
To,al ..,.....s Sc. 80. IS
Amount reported as ahove.... 6,32S, rs
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TAXEsl

TAXES! TAXES!
am now ready to collect the TAXES
DUE FOR 1897. My office will be open
TO December LIST from A. Nj. to =. M.
20 receive the same.
THE LAW ADDS 3 PER CENT. on all
bills remaining unpaid after LIST December.
Lands delinquent for non-payment OF
taxes for 1896 can also be redeemed before
the sale w. II. BRAUER,
Treasurer Henrico county.
no4-eodtno30
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Saks' Wonderful GeneraIship
HAS TURNED .......

depressed bargains their The mild weather the
the hopes the manufacturers Their anxiety to the retailers NAB
boono outlets have enabled
extraordinary cndonsand the flood of unparalleled opportunities thu
the pockets of the people of Richmond
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to square his debt to the cIty.-Atlanta
Constitution.