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Middletown transcript., 1898-11-26
Thunder In Various Regions

Java is said to be the region Of the
globe where it thunders oftenest, hav-
ing thunderstorms 81 days in the year.
After it are Sumatra, with SO days;
Hindustan, with 56; Borneo, with 81;
the Gold Coast, with SO, and Rio de
Janeiro, with 81. In Europe, Italy CO.
cupies the first place, with 88 days Of
thunder, while France and southern
Russia have 16 days. Great Britain and
Switzerland have each 2 days, and
Norway has T. Thunder is rare at Cairo,
being heard only 8 days in the year,
and extremely rare in northern Tur-
kestan and the polar regions London
Standard.
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Americas Atflrction.


s. Hanfblum, fifty years of age.
blond,gray, whiskered, volatile, and all
the way from st. Petersburg, Russia
is at the Brown Palace Hotel. To
the surprise of caller, who had never
seen tie gentleman before, Mr.. Hanf-
blum turned, and, with an expression
OF delight upon his face, exclaimed:
"Arch, my friend 1 am fIl wis
delight. You are re zhentleman
from Melboorn vich meet on ze high
mountain, ze peak of-vat you cal
heem2 Ah Pix, ze peak of Pike.
Eet ees wis ze greatest pleasir I see
you."
When gently told that he was
mistaken he could hardly believe
| it.
"Ees eet pooseeb? Veil, eet ees re-
markable ze raysambIance.
His accent and vernacular were pe-
culiar. Some times he talked like a
German, sometimes he talked like a
Frenchman. His manner was wholly
French.
Yes, sair, ,saidhe in answer to auues-
tion. 81 am resident of st. Peetairs-
bayrg. wass born in Warsaw. Pol and
but leeV in Rursia tairty yairce. NV
name ees Jairman but am not, Eet
ees only ze name vich ees Jairmau.
Deed you noteece Eat name ? Hauf.
you see, meence hemp, and blum ees
flower; Eat ees altogaythair, hemp
flower. Eat ees preety, ees eet
not?"
1t was, and his visitor admitted
it.
Il haf been in America some weeks.
and half uoteeced many things to pleece
me and some vich do not. Now, Eat
seengular custom Of eating gom,
Eat eos ze most remarkable. Eet ees
not fair me to oonderstand. Ali ze
time zey bite, bite, bite, chewing zis
gom. So many, tool" And Er. Han
fblum held up both hands and arms
like pair ofexclamation points.
ION re car from Boofalo to Neeac-
keefa zair wass young Teddy seeting
in front of me ating zis gom-wisout
ST top, sink of it ALI re time I ask:
'Vat ees zis Eat ze PEBBLE all satingP'
| vas told, l pairchase some of 70 leedle
stoff an put hem in my mouse-Pa-ha
| shpat heem out, Eet ees like medeecn
and worse. And eet ees SO ogly I
Wonder SO much at zis measurable
habeet, aud eet secmce to be ze habeet
1eesteenkteef, nayceanal - ees eet
zo?"
The impeachment was admitted
with grief.
"And ees zsir no r-raymedee, no
cure for zees ter-raible sing? No? Eat
,es sad.o
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a Greek Genius.

Diamandi, native Of Pylaros. one Of
the Greek islands, is a remarkable cal
culator. After mere glance at a black.
board on which 80 groups of figures are
written he can repeat them in any order
and deal with them by any arithmetical
process. It is said that he never makes
an error in calculations involving bill
lions, and be can extract square or cube
roots with marvellous rapidity and ac-
curacy. An eminent German specialist
declared the other day that all these
ready reckoners were idiots. This is not
the case with Diamandi, who writes
poetry and novels in the intervals Of
business and shows considerable intel
lectual capacity.
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English a. written In NORWAY,

Here is good specimen of English
as she is written abroad. We find it in
st. Martin's-le Grand. the postofice
magazine:
''The hotel for tourists on Turtegrc
(owner, Mr.. Igar Oiene), is laying by
the foot of the eminent Skagastolstin-
der, the largest field in Jotunheimen
for topmounters. The best leaders are
to be had 1t is the best place for coun-
try layers Different interesting places
for summer trips. Nearest stopping
place for steamers Skjolden. Recon-
mands as station for passage to Lom-
Gudbrandsdalen. -
"Topmounters. . as a description Of
the climbing fraternity. is decidedly
good. But what is country layera''
London News.
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A Talking Crow.

The latest curiosity in Bethel, Me-,
is talking crow which entertains the
boys and girls The bird was found in
the woods over year ago. when young,
having fallen from its nest and broken
wing. 1t was taken home and cared
for, but showed no inclination to talk
until few months ago. It talks as
we'll as parrots, but favors words CON.
tanning so. " and "Hello, hello, Moses,
Oral Whoa therel" cause the passers.
BY to turn quickly at times.
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shake Into Your shoes

Allen's sFoot-Ease, powder for the feet
clres painful. swollen, smarting. nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out ot
corns and bunions. It's the greatest com.
fort discovery of the age Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Il
isa certain cure for sweating, callous and
hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold
by all druggists aud shoe stores. By mail
or 25c. in stamps. Triai package FIRE.
Address, Allen 3. 0Insted, u Roy. New
York.
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CAREFUL GREEK PARENTS.
Boys Were Escorted to School Just
ms Girls Are Now.

| ms Girls Are Now.
The extraordinary care that the Gre
clan boy received in his formative years
! made his moral training more effective
than that inculcated by the most careful
of modern parents. His general educa-
tion, coupled with skillful and continu-
GUS physical instruction, produced a
moral cultivation very similar and fully
as strict as that the Christian father
deems necessary for his daughters.
A pedagogue, generally an old and
trusted slave, led the boys toschool and
called for them after it closed, carried
the books, looked out for the little boys,
Kept the older ones from fighting and
falling into bad company and had a
general oversight Of their conduct and
street form. He was by no means a
schoolmaster or even private tutor, not
even being allowed to enter the school
room. Oftentimes ignorant in the ex-
treme, he was chosen simply because Of
his loyalty to the family and some
times, fear, because he was unfit for
any other occupation. Though the butt
of the boys ridieule as well as that Of
the comic poets and low wits of the day,
be did an incalculable service in prevent
ing vicious companionships and keeping
pure the minds of those intrusted to his
charge.
The child was never sent off to board
ing school, but boys attended the day
school; town life prevailed. Besides,
that sentiment that kealously guarded
the boys purity with pedadogue from
his sixth to his sixteenth year could
brook no intermission of personal over
sight. Education was essentially pri-
vate, the state having jurisdiction sim
ply over the moral and not the profess
sional standing Of the teacher.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
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William. you owe me twenty-one
cents.n
sYes; but / paid the gas bill, and
you owe me one dollar and thirty Eve
cents.''
well, but before that I paid the pa
per boy, and that made you owe me
sixty cents.n
Yes; bnt there was thirty cents I
paid on that other bill for grass cut
ting.n y
1 know II; but you borrowed fifty
cents Of me the next day. and -
Great Scottl Tals this I've dollars
land let's begin aIl over again. Puck.
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FAIRYLAND.
7ou need not travel to a star.

You need not travel to star,
The way is easy and not far
An hours walk, mile from town.
The herons Of the old lagoon
Lead you along the path: for sign
Are arrowhead blossoms, frail and finA
Beside the water; then the wood
Takes you, but only by the blood
Leaping. and by the sudden start
OF the overfull and thrilling heart.
You know you see it face to face
The greenwood bowers sunny space
For song sparrow tinkling, and below
July's green lap is full of snow,
Is drifted rich with white and pink,
OF bouncing bet from brink to brink;
The haunted air resounds between
With humming birds. obscure and keen.
Like burnt out stars that dart and float.
With but last fire to the throat.
You saw but common summer flowers7
Heard but hum that drowsed the hoursi
Your blood leaped not nor shook your
heartf
All, well. know no other chartl
The path is for your feot as far
As that which lessons to q star.
j. Russell Taylor in Century
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Effective Reaectine.

"It is SO suddenl" exclaimed the fair
haired girl, who had just received a
proposal to merge her identity in that
Of a would be protector. "You must
give me time to reflect -
"No. no, !" retorted the diplomatic
young man. Zone whose dazzling
beauty makes mirror ashamed OF
itself should never go into the reflect
ing business. Let this solitaire diamond
do the rejecting.
And the records of the license clerk
show that it was even so.-Chicago
News.
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Burton and Tobacco.

Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent
tobacco, which goes far beyond all the
panaceas, potable gold, and phiioso-
piers stones, sovereign remedy to all
diseases; a good vomit, confess, a
virtuous herb. If it be well qualified, OPP
portunely taken and incidentally used ;
but as it is commonly abused by most
men, who take it as tinkers do ale,
It's a plague, mischief, a violent pur.
ger of goods, lands, health; hellish,
devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin
and overthrow Of body and soul. An
atomy of Melancholy
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Aluminium as Paper.

Experiments with aluminium as a
substitute for paper are now under way
in France. 1t is well known that the
paper used today in the manufacture Of
books is not durable.
1t is now possible to roll aluminium
into sheets four -thousandths of an inch
in thickness, in which form it weighs
less than paper. By the adoption of
suitable machinery these sheets can be
made even thinner still and can be used
for book and writing paper The metal
will not oxidize. is practically fire and
water proof, and is indestructible by
the jaws of worms.
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Bamboo grows very thriftily in Cali
fornia bottom lands, and is found to be
very useful plant. The seed of many
species resembles rice. and is almost as
valuable for feed. The stock may be
used in the building of bridges, fences
and barns and in the manufacture of
water pipes, furniture and boxes.
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Mrs. Wickwlre-s'T wonder what has
become Of the paper. There was an
article in 1t I wanted to save III was
sbont jams.
Mr.. Wickwire-"F Fruit, log or jimi"
Indianapolis Jonrnal.
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Deserved 1t.

Sheriff, /" remarked the condemned
murderer, as that functionary proceeded
to put tho black cap over his head, 81
seem to be the sinner, sure, of all eyes. {"
Without any further delay the trap
was sprung, and the hardened wretch
went to his doom. Chicago Tribune.
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st. Georges Bay Newfoundland,
contains an immense coalfield fully 30
miles in length and 10 in breadth. II
has been estimated that If the output
were to reach $50, 900 tons per annum,
the coal bed would not be exhausted in
century
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Some old hawking gloves have the
hands and thumbs made in red velvet,
the outside Of the hand covered with
the finest embroidery in many tones Of
silk, mixed with metal threads They
appertain to the days Of good Queen
Bess.
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Visitor-"Wha kind of a man is
your nsighbor, Mr.. Flint?n
Farmer Hornbeak-tWa'sl, for one
thing. he is so stingy that he won't let
bicyclists gil their tires with air from
bis farm. .'--Puek.
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ExnIaimed.

Mrs. Bliffers-Your old friend has
such sad face. Why Is it?
Mr.. Bliffers-Years ago he proposed
to very beautiful girl, and
Mrs. Bliffers-And she refused himl
Mr.. Bliffers-No She married him.
London Answers.
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The.doctors had consultation yes
terday.
What was the resultf''
IT understand that the family law
yers are now in secret session. '- Brook.
lyn Life
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viii be served by making sure of health
twill be loss Of time and money to be
stricken with serious illness. Take Hoods
sarsaparilla and purify your blood. In
this way all germs of disease will be ex-
PEELED, sickness and suffering will be avoid
ed, and your health will be preserved
Isn't this wise course.
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christopher Columbus, who was an
admiral in the Spanish navy at the
time he discovered America, was paid
at the rate Of 1888 year.
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An Obiec,,on

"n you pass your college examina.
tions, I'll pay all your debts"
why, uncle, do you want me to
work for the benefit of my creditorsa'-
Fliegende Blatter.
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He that blows the Goals in quar-
rel he has nothing to do with has
no right to complain if tie sparks Fly in
bis face.
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The artist gets a glimpse Of heaven
in ths meadow. where the farmer sees
only SO much hay.
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Hoods Pills. are the only pills TO take
with Hoods sarsapariIIa. Price a5 cents.
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Ny son make your efforts upward,
and BY the law Of heaTe1's gravity
some return Is certain.
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To preserve peaches: surround the
orchard with q high fence. topped
with barted wire. Chicago Tribune.
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Paris sends e75O. 900 worth OF toys
10 England every year. =
"a
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Tardanier Stands.

J.rdanier Stands.
Hall Stands, Hanging Hat
~ Racks.
Easles in Bamboo, Oak and
- White.
M irrors for Mantels and
Ia Parlors.
Ebony and Oak Book
IL Racks.
Dugs in all sizes of Smyrna
N and goat skin.
tands-Card, Umbrella and
- Parlor.
Ottomans and small articles
~ for ornamentation.
MewNovelties in Furniture.
Window Shades. Carpets by
sample.
The above articles, the follow
ing and many more at
J. H. EMERSON'S,
Middletown, Delaware
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Tnn TnAEsoaIrT, 81. % psE gsar.::
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"My doctor says ought to lead an
active life.n
swell. say, marry my wife's sister;
she'll keep you on the jump."- Chicago
Record.
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Tnn ThANsoRlrE, sl.OO per zear.
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In Her Mad Fury She Succeeded In
Killing Six Men and Injuring Fifty
More and spIintering Fifty Fishing
Boats.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
AGUINALDo SAYS HIS
 PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY.
He Sends an Address to the American Government and American People
 to That Effect.

New York, Sept 2o-The following dispatch has been received at the of flee of the Associated Press from Ma nila and is signed by Agninaldo
 "The Filipino government desires to inform the American government and the people that the many rumors cireu- lated regarding the strained relations between the Filipino and American forces are base, malicious islanders of the enemy to both parties, and are without any truth and are circulated for the purpose of prejudicing the appeal of the Filipinos for their release from oppres- sion and cruelty of Spain. The relations of our people and yours have been, and and will continue to be, of a most friend ly nature, and we have withdrawn our forces from the suburbs of Manila as additional evidence of our confidence in the great American republic "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20

COMMITS MURDER WHILE
 CRAZED WITH DRINK
He Kills Man. Seriously wouads g Woman and Tries to XII Two
 Other Women.

pendleton, Ore, Sept. 20. 70. 0. Gun. ningham of Milton shot and killed O. Young, seriously wounded Mrs. Julius J. Worcester at the depot here, and with cooked revolver chased Fife Worcester for about block, firing three shots at her, but the young woman ran into a saloon and eluded the murderer He ran through the saloon into the Great Eastern hotel, where he snapped his revolver twice at Mrs Johnson, the proprietor's wife.
 Young, who was an employe of the Oregon Railway and Navigation com- pany, was talking with Mrs. Worcester and her daughter, Fffie, at the depot, when Cunningham, crazed by drink, commenced firing at the group. Young was shot through the heart. Mrs. Wor- cester was shot in the small of the back. She is the wife of well known mining man. Cunningham was arrested.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
MORE TROOPS TO
 GO TO TIE PHILIPPINES.
Five More Regiments win Leave San Francisco 1t Once and Go Di-
 rect to Manila.

Washington, Sept. 20.-The five regi- ments, now at San Francisco, have been ordered to Manila Arrangements for their transportation will be made at once.
 The regiments ordered to Manila are the Fifty-frst Iowa, Twentieth Kan sas, First Tennessee, First Washington and detachment of the Second Oregon.
 It was stated at the war department that no exigency had arisen which made 1t necessary to send the troops now at San Francisco to Manila, but the order issued was i'll accordance with the gen. eral plan of the department regarding the garrison for the Philippines. That the plan of garrison duty included 20,- 900 men for Philippines, 12,000 for Porto Rico and 60,0O0 for Cuba The troops to be sent to Manila under this order will fill the compliment at that station. The troops would have been sent before, it was said, except that the department was waiting the return of transports.
 It is not expected the troops now at Honolulu will accompany these to be embarked from San Francisco, but more troops will be sent to Honolulu in the near future.
 The war department amended the or- ders relative to the dispatch of rein forcements to the Philippines so as to increase the number by 116l priyates and 36 officers these to be made up of four companies of the Twenty in- fantry and recruits for the Tenth Penn sylvania, First Nebraska, and the First Colorado. These troops were made up for the expedition under General King, which recently left San Francisco on the Arizona for the Philippines, but was stopped by department orders when two days out and returned to the port.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
THEIR JOY TURNED
 INTO MUCH SORROW
Father, Mother and Sister Go to Meet Returning Soldier to Learn
 That He Died at Ponce.

Sheboygan, Wis, Sept 20.-A very affecting scene took place on the arrival of the Second Wisconsin regiment of volunteers The father, mother and sister of William j. Triers, who was member of the regiment, met the train to greet the soldier boys. Not seeing her boy leave the train Mrs. Triers asked one of the soldiers if he knew young Triers. Ire mother was informed that the young man died two weeks ago and was buried at Ponce on Sept. 1. The Triers home, which had been decorated in the honor of the home coming of the soldier was turned into a house of mourning. The members of the family were completely overcome. Triers was member of company M, and enlisted at Camp Harvey. He belonged to the regimental band and was taken sick on the march from Coamo to Ponce
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
RIOT AT CLEVELAND.
Nonuniou Men and Strikers Fight and
 Several Men Are Hurt.

Cleveland, Sept 2O-As result of the attempt by p nonunion men to enter the works of the American Wire com. pany where strike has been on for some time past, pitched battle took place between the strikers and the non- union workmen Clubs, stones and slungshots were freely used; while no one was seriously injured a number of men were severely bruised and cut It is alleged the trouble started by non union men throwing pepper into the eyes of the strikers who were endeavor- ing to prevent the former from entering the works. The strikers closed i'll and for few minutes there was mass of struggling men. The approach of the police dispersed the rioters. Only one arrest was made The nonunion men did not get in the works.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
ABDUCTION CHARGED
 AGAINST MRS. BEARD.
She Is Arrested For Taking Girl From Her Parents In Kansas
 Two Years Ago.

St. Louis, Sept 20.-Mrs. o. H. Beard, show woman, whose stage name is Madam Rosila, and two children, Let and Grace Beard, aged respectively IT aud j3 years, who are known on the stage as the Franklin sisters, are under arrest at the Four courts. The woman Is charged with abducting the girl known as Grace Franklin from her parents, Mir. and Mrs. James Nation, in Elwood, Kan, over two years ago.
 A few days ago some one saw the ehil- dren and became impressed with the conviction that the youngest was not the child of the woman, but was the child of MT. Nation. He communicated this in- formation to Mr. Nation and the police were notified A good description of the child was rent, together with seVe eral birthmarks on her. This information led to the womans arrest Mir. Nation is on his way here from St. Joseph, Mo-, to identify the child.
 Mrs. Beard is a typical gypsy. She said that at various times officers had tried to get Grace from her but she had fought them every time. She claims the child is her own
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For Congress
SECOND DISTRICT HON. JOHN s. LITTLE.
Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all de- linquent subscribers that on Octo- Der l, 1898, all parties who are in arrears for subscription to the Daily GRAPHIC will be cut off without fur ther notice and their accounts placed in the hands Of collector. Our terms are cash in advance, but q few have been allowed to violate this rule, but henceforth all sub- scribers must pay in advance. The GRAPHIC pays its labor every week, and those who want the paper must nay for t. Neither the GRAPHIC nor any of it's subscribers are objects of charity, and will not be considered as such
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
A ROUGH TIME
 REACHING PINE CREEK,
HamIin Garland and His Party Nar- rowly Escape Starvation and Death
 In Alaska.

San Francisco, Sept. 26.-A Chronicle special from Seattle says
 Hamlin Garland, the novelist, has reached Pine Creek, newest gold camp in Alaska, after narrow escape from death by starvation on the terrible Spokane route. He has been months on a 1000-mile journey, and owes his life to good luck rather than anything else.
 He started for Dawson from Ashierft, expecting to make a hurried trip into the interior. With every mile that he put behind himself and the trail grew worse until at last 1t was impossible. At last the trail faded suddenly from view. For days Garland's 8 party wandered on through swamps and timber land, none of them knowing where the end would be. After being on short rations for several days they stumbled into Hudson Bay post. They replenished their outfits and started again on their journey. The distance was misrepresented and their grub be. gan to run short while the end of their tourney seemed none the nearer. Gar land put his men on short rations and kept moving on At last they reached the Glenora, very much exhausted From there Garland took the steamer to the Pine Greek country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20
HaskeI Laid at Rest.

Columbus, O., Sept. 20,-The last tribute to the memory of Brigadier General J. T. Haskel was paid by Co., iumbus this morning, and the body shipped to the National cemetery at Arlington for interment. The funeral was held in Trinity Episcopal church. The church was packed with citizens and the streets lined. The escort con- sisted of local military, secret orders and the Seventeenth infantry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-20

Meeting of national Association oi Merchants and Travellers. Chicago H.. August I0-17 and September 14.2t and November 2.S. The Cotton Belt Ky. will for this occasion cell round trip tickets for one and one third fares, on the cer9 critic plan Tickits on sale, Aug. 6 to II inclusive, return limit Aug. 20. 1898; Sept. 10 10 16. inclusive. Return limit Sept 2S Oct. % to Nov. inclusive.