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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07
Kansas Ships Legs TO England.
From the Topeka state Journal.

A car load of walnut logs has been
Pacific. bound for Liverpool. several more
about twelve feet long, and some OF them
81 inches thick. They are all cut in Shawnee
county and viii, be used in England for choice
tniehing. The logs are not cured here. but will
be sawed up and cured after they arrive In
Liverpool.
Kansas Is not called u ! lumber State, although
It furnishes the nuUst walnut that can be had
anywhere, but ii Is fast becoming scarce. In the
early days many houses were built in Topeka
and elsewhere that were finished inside with
walnut.
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f
FIRST of. all in hotels or bathrooms 10
the nrst good result that the agitation
against the too rapidly increasing number OF
benefits has PRODUCED There probably will
never De such another series Of morning, after.
noon, ana evening performances as we have
had this season. Still. very fsw actors of real
note countenanced them. some minor players
were made much OF and asked to stay aftor the
performances. This .g~ratihed their desire to
mingle with persons in society. But tho enter
talnnents were not very profitable, and it Ia
not likely thoy will DO tried again. An evil Of
the hotel performances that might well have led
the managers to interfere was shown by tho
methods Of what was supposed to be a club
with rigid rules as to membership. There were
the usual. formalitios preliminary to election.
u was said that the general public was not to
be admitted, and that outsiders could get in
only through introduction by members. Az a
matter OF fact, tho place was. az accessible
as any theatre. The man In the box office
explained that tho doorkeeper was q member,
and would introduce the applicant II he desired
TO buy a ticket. Then this functionary solemnly
made out an application, the stranger pnid Sb
TO = girl who was seated there. and was admitted
as freely rs II he would have vone into Roster
q Bials or the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Tho Kansas Jack RABBI. Ahead.

An Emporia man heard q disturbance In the
night and on getting up TO see what Was the
matLor found his bulldog eagaEed n 4 desperate
was dangerous To interiors. he went back Into
the house and shut the door. In q short time
was surprised to see q jack rabbit looking In
over the .transom OF the front do9r. Ia the
&0rPihS hhs i Esns S 0Ss an nf,h so1Sq shS eril sSYS
teeth all over his person. beArinE muto test.
nony to his brave and desperate struggle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07

The two branches of the Irish societies in
Brooklyn met yesterday afternoon and elected
grand marshals for the psrades ON March II.
The State street branch elected Patrick J. Nc
Carly grand marshal. with Patrick Doonan and
Thomas b. Davis as aides. They have not yet
decided upon the line Of march.
The Canton street branch elected Thomas
Price grand marshal. and his aides will be Mi
chael Kilbride and Edward Rhatigan. This
branch will parade over the same route as in
former years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07

MCPHERSON, Kan. March SIN the District
Court this afternoon an affair occurred which
might have resulted seriously to John d. Milli-
ken. The prosecuting. witness, named Gilbert,
WAS being cross-eXamined by Milliken, and in
answer to n question regarding the positions Of
the plaintiff and defendant during a shooting
scrapc. illustrating how the plaintiff seized the
him what was called n Missouri hook - throw
ing the attorney full length on the floor, his head
md shoulders striking a heavy table in falling.
1t Is thought that one OF the bones in his shoulder
is broken. Gilbert had become apgered by tho
severe cross.exaInInation OF Milliken.
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A whole Tier or Prosperity.
FrOm the Ov.rton (Kan.) Herald.

Look at the northern tier OF counties in Kan
sas. Washington, noted for buck wheat and
honey, what q combination that is; Decatur,
noted for tame hay, swine. poultry. and eggs,
entertainment for man, and beast; Republic.
noted for corn. food for tho beef steer and his
and the whole sLriug OF northern tier counties'
noted for their handsome women. 1t will be
seen by the above that the northern tier is
ahead in all the essentials,a and had Secretary
Coburn gathered tho statistics on 'possuns and
ooons and pawpaws and persimmons u would be
found that they were ahead in the Injuries of
IT,
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a Call for the "Oid nIan.n

From the Superior (Mfnn) Leader.
The Leader is in receipt of printed matter
about the =" Congress of Mothers" with a request
for gratuitous publication. Not much. This
mother" business has been carried TO excess.
1t is time to do something for " father" why
not recall from obscurity that neglected member
Of the family who pays the billsl The Leader
insists on the rehabilitation Of tho - old man.
and calls for a Congress OF Fathers." What's
the matter with papa's getting to the front occa-
sionally
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CHICAGO. March 6.-Adolph L. Luetgert was
taken from the county Jail last evening and
placed In the Stato prison at Joliet to remain
Tor life unless he gets a now trial. The Jail OIL
Gals had promised to keep. Luetgert at the
This end Of the term came yesterday. and at 4
o'clock he was told to DO ready 10 take the D
o'clock train.
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shoscu,,er nla.o ua.Es Himself.

There was nothing In his demeanor yesterday
morning to indicate that John Blase OF 80 Nor
ton street, Newark, had lost all interest in life.
her cheerfully, but when she returned she found
him hanging dead from u beam in tho attic.
Blusc was n shoncutter, 81 years old. He had
several grown children.
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Bank rre.ldsnt ANA Ca.hler Arrested.

GRAND FORKS. n. D.. March G.-J. B. streeter.
Jr.. President. and II. q. streeter. cashier OF the
defunct First National Bank Of Larimore. wore
arrested last evening, Oh lrged with receiving
money just before the bauE suspended, knowing
that the institution WAS insolvent. Both were
brought before Justice Good win. waived exami-
nation. and were bound over to the District
Court.
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Tn. Qucon ar plcupooIets sLst.

SAN FRANCIsco, March 6.-Mabel Keating.
known as 1.-The Queen of Pickpockets," was shot
tonight In the back by Jerry Sullivan. an ex-
pugilist, after q quarrel. The woman will prob
ably die. She IL known all along the coast as an
expert pickPockot. but she had q political
%SIll "o SnS al n S15Sst S6 e ab soSs her punished for
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Fatal Fall from "A Political Platform.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
During q protracted religious meeting in a
Georgia town a Coroner's jury returned the fol-
owing verdict in the case Of n man who had
pers'siently refused to attend the meetings:
THAT the deceased came to his death by fall
ing from 4 political platform, out OF the church
and without hope in the world"
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MARINE INTELLIG ENCE.

IMMATURE AIIASAC-THIs DAY.
Sun rises. 8 20 sun sets. 3 30 Moon rises. 8 81
HIGH wATER-THls DAY.
Sandy Hook. o 81 Gov Isl'd. 9 SO He'll Gate. 8 52
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Inherited tho College Veil.

From the Chicago Nsrs.
My DEAR said the young wife, there WAS
o time when I was proud OF the powerful voice
you put into yonr college yell. but now l wish it
had been merely a whisper"
why. dearest T. asked the astonished young
husband.
Because" she replied. "the baby has inher.
tied II
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Tho Hon. Carrie CLYDE Hoii,.

From the Pueblo tCoI) sunday Opinion.
Pueblo county having a lady lawyer. and that
lady being IA Republican. the Opinion, in its list
OF candidates Tor County Judge last week. over.
looked tho fact that tho women voters might
demand that ono Of their number no selected
for this important office. and hence we mention
the Hon. Carrie Clyde Holly, whU Is competent
to MI the office in a mnnner that will reject
credit upon the women OF this county. She has
been admitted to practice In all the courts. and
does practice. She spent one term in the Leg!s-
lature, and acquitted herself In u manner that
gave general satisfaction To her constituents.
Mrs. Holly has friends who will be glad 10 urge
her name before the convention.
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Arriyed-SuSDAY. March o.

SIS La GAscoEne. Baudelon. Havre Feb. no.
IS Alexandra, Marshall, London Feb. "a.
SIS Karanran'a Craig, Gibraltar.
SIS OLDHAM. Roggeyeen. Rotterdam.
IS Panama, Curcl, Bordeaux.
IS Miramar. White, ProRreso.
IS City Of Kingston. Nickcrson, Port Maria
SIS Yorktown. Dole. Norfolk.
So Brnefactor, Townsend. Philadelphia
SIS Blucfeids. Charles. Baltimore.
SIS II. y. Dimock, Baker, Boston.
For later arrivals see First PagS.l
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Special aotiees.

CASSI ELL. MASSEY 4 co.'s
ENILSION OF COD LlN kk OIL
WITH PKPkIN a QUINlNE
8 the best Cod Liver on preparation in the world.
I is the only Emulsion prescribed by tie Medical
'Aculty. order from your druggist.
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PASSED.

SIS Arabia, from New York for Hamburg. passed
the Lizard.
SIS Colorado. from New York for Hull. passed the
Lizard.
IS Pennsylvania. from Hamburg for New York.
passed Dover.
SIS " eslernland. from Antwerp for New York. passed
PrawloP Point.
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Ss Etruria, from Queenstown for New York.
SIS Normannia, from Genoa for New York.
Ss Georgia. from Liverpool for New York.
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3usiaess Notires.

DorninEsr's American Cut Glass.
Some now and exclusive
lines OF table service.
No. el5 Broadway and No. 80 Murray St.. NY.
Or. Siegert'a AnEOsturA Bittera, the renowned
appetizer, Is used over the whole civilized world; ID
imported from South America.
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BORN.
DIED.

HORAN.-on Sunday. March 0, 1893. to Mrs. John
F.Horan. a daughter.
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0ew Publications.


Nelson, /" "culprit Fay. MAn0A
~ PRATT. loI oh ~.
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ARRIVED OUT.
S. PGerst Bismarck. from Now \ ork. at Bremen.
SIS Mobile. from New York. at London.
IS Chateau Lafte. from New York, at Bordeaux.
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No Expert Prices Ter BeGLsI
Ju.. fair pront prcss- Globe Co., Fulton and Pearl Sts.
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s,,S.'' decision to forbid the ap-
,.,as,' OIL actors in his companies at charitable
lb,.a"nents Ia hotels or elsewhere thar in
rpds,., 'eelHs TO be ioundcd on a sensible
p,xonu'hg OF The situation. Most of the
t,nra no nave taken part this season In tho
d,r.D eAtraneous entertainments have been
tT,a.u Thereby. In the first place, they
for ~ w. poor advantage" ono manager said,
nuso NV s'"ge facilities are poor, the lighting
bras, suu Tie audiences too close. An inn
vGoio which the public gets Is that tho
n,s,u. Snair is an advertisement in a
A,t 40 o' and the actor loses dignity from
Jaw A n"e IN the eyes of persons who
Dsx Am under such circumstances. If John
uaS. instance, we're to act on the small
i.I ~ inc Astoria. The spectators would never
hin y same way oward him when they saw
tnMipp r ro stage OF a regular theatre. All
hprivStg cure 70 professional actors. Singers
res IL concerts have quite different oondi.
kkh meet. But for dramatic actors it
- = mistake. Mr.. Erohman's prohi-
~s appearance Of his actors
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

those things Lily Petit told him!" Effie
cried.
She was putting away the paper, the dis
appearance of which had caused her father
such annoyance, when thought struck her.
Mercy, the cranberries!" she cried,
dashing downstairs to find a black, sticky
mass in the bottom of the kettle. "Ohl
what will ma say! Whoever heard of a
Thanksgiving dinner without cranberries,
and there are no more in the housed"
The traces of her carelessness removed,
the turkey in the oven and the fire "roared
up" she stared dejectedly into the yard.
ooh, how | hate Cousin James husband
and his second wife!" she cried
And why?' asked voice she had not
heard since May.
"0h, Granville! why aren't you in
church,"
Guess l wanted to see you, Fife, SO said
my arm hurt little; they'll let me do any
thing if | mention that arm"
"Oh-h, Granville, is it all right now?'
she touched it reverently.
"As good as ever, Ethe. And l carried
that housewife half over Cuba. But you
| never WfOIe
Lilly Pettitt said you guessed all the
girls would write, so /"
why, Ellie, never said that. | only
wanted you to think Of me, and"
"But you haven't told me about the war, y
she broke in, blushing. did you ever kill
a man, (iranvile?
Il guess | did-one, anyhow. He was
in tree, picking of our fellows, and took
good aim and fired, He hit the ground
pretty quick, and it wasn't the fall that
killed him. Pretty soon / went down,
though | didn't know was hit. When
came to myself, q good many other fellows
were lying about me. Shall tell you what
my first thought was?"
Efie nodded; she was crying. 81 won
dered whether you'd care il never came
back"
Two hours later, when Mr.. Hill drove
up, his daughter gave a wild cry: "The
turkey~ and ran into the house, which
was full of the rich odor of incinerated
fowl.
That was the Thanksgiving day upor
which Mr. and Mrs, Hill dined sadly OF
canned corn, pickles and pumpkin pie. Al
for Granville and Eflie, they sat with hands
clasped under the tablecloth and ate tn,
food of the gods.
ELISA ARMSTRONG.
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seemed no good nor light; no love nor
brightness in life Then why live it? Whys
+ The voice died away, and a series of pic
lures presented themselves to her mind.
y First-A lovely, happy bride. Herself?
Yes.
Then a happy, blissful mother with a
pretty baby in her arms.
y A gloomy, morose husband, wordless at
home Gay only when dining out or in
the society of those for whom she could not
care.
Two collins, side by side; father and
mother dead at once. No one now to stand
between her and the world.
She had Rugged her baby very closely
then, and had tried, shyly, lovingly and
Intellectually, to win her husband once more.
There was one picture still, the last and
snddest. Three weeks past she had been
seated rocking and grooming to her baby.
He suddenly stretched his tiny hands to-
ward some invisible thing. His little body
trembled and stiffened. He was dead. Doc
tors came. They all shook their heads, and
said something of ruptured blood vessel
and the brain. What did it matter, since
they could not bring back life into that fair
body?
A period of darkness followed this. The
poor, desolate heart! all joy had gone from
it. Everything now was but care and weari-
ness. She was fearless, apathetic, indiffer-
ent to all things; her husbands brutal neg
lect failing to arouse anger or scorn.
That dreary Thanksgiving night his clur
friend had dined there. Sho had left them
but few moments The wine they had
drank gave higher pitch to their voices
and their words foated clearly to her ears
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

"Those are the sort who would expect
me to pray, suppose. That is religion. To
pray? Why should II"
Yet, when the long walk brought her to
the waters edge, she did kneel and, stretch
ing up her arms through the biting, snow
fecked air, cried out:
''To whom can pray? have no friend,
parent, husband, child, lover! No, nor even
God! / am all alone For me there is only
death. Welcome! Welcome! Thou sweet,
black, silent death! With thee comes
peace" She arose, stepped to the piers
edge and threw off her cloak as she pre-
pared to spring.
A sound of music arrested her attention.
The Salvation Army was turning the bleak
corner that led river-ward. Sister Alicia's
voice brought these words clearly to her
dull ear:
do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take 1t to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He'll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find solace there"
The slender figure stood quietly, calm, a
moment; then trembed violently. She
saw the better parts of life; the happier
oogo pcioiC Sduucss udu ciOuueQ ner IneUl-
DRY and dulled her soul. She realized the
sin of this; and sank to her knees praying,
hoping; imploring the God whom her lips
had just denied.
Help me to be strong" she cried "To
bear my life, o Lord, as it is ordered. Help
me to leave my death to Thee, that nothing
be lost"-and there fell on her spirit peace.
1t was as if Gods hand had rested on her
head
AS she rose, brave and trusting, and
turned her feet steps toward home, in an
other part of the city, the Army" was dis.
persing. The tired soldiers were impine
forlornly. II was bitterly cold, yet Sister
Alicia never noticed it, and her face shone,
bright and happy, under her ugly blue bon
net As she passed Sister Mary, her shapely
little hand rested a moment on the older
woman's arm:
Goodnight" said she-then added, hall
, shyly: God bless you, sister. | feel as
though it had been worth while this
Thanksgiving night"
ELVIRA FLOYD FROEMCKE
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UNCLE SAM THANKFUL THIS YEAR

s.uu yuu, pa thinks l ought be there. lou
won't mind, will you? 1t amt as if you
had anything special t go for
Tears sprang to Etfie's eyes. She turned
her back silently, and her mother accepted
silence as assent.
"She don't mind" she said to her hus-
band, as they drove out of the yard. II
guess she thinks it might rain an spoil her
new dress. Well, do want to see tn
woman Jane Hills husband has married.
Oh, Effie" she called back, don't get t
studying and forget tn cranberries. The
herbs for tn turkey are on the right-haud
shelf" her voice died away in the dis
lance.
Alone, Efie dropped her head on the
table and cried. She must wait three more
interminable days before seeing Granville!
After awhile she went upstairs and, after
listening moment, though she knew there
was no one in the house, she raised loose
piece of carpet and unearthed her greatest
treasure. 1t was tear-stained copy of the
Weekly Clarion, and it described the land
ing of the gallant Third and the subsequent
skrmish in which Corporal Granville
Barker, of this township, who had dis
played great bravery" was shot in the arm.
"And suppose he had died believing all
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zDew dress again. No time to stop now, With
All this Thanksgiving work t do. Land
zEIiVei are those pies burning?" Effie heard
Esr dash to the cook stove and open the
<SsFen door with clang
She improved the opportunity to mufflo
TIC new dress in the old summer one which
Ftrotected it from dust and hang it hastily
grsson its peg in the closet. Then her
zz7pther heard her sweeping the front stairs
with all her might.
hrs. Hill shook her head. "I'll just bet
sc was standing still in the middle of the
GAaor doing nothing, if she wasn't admiring
tsat new dress. She's that absent minded
uaw, what'll she be when she gets grown
szE and thinking of beaux?"
Efiie was almost 10 and her mother had
sbasn married at Is herself; yet she always
zzssDught of Fife as a schoolgirl.
Ellie was cleaning the parlor now. 1t
wAs the day before Thanksgiving, but warm
~ late October. The dead leaves rustled
III she light wind and patches of green here
EsS there showed that the frosts had been
&ssht. Effie began to decorate by pinning
Samnches of pressed ferns and autumn leaves
ssz the Nottingham lace curtains. She re-
laasrsed a scene to herself as she did 80:
sol course we'll get to church early to-mor-
irSw; pail manage that" she said. We'll
gs traipsing up the aisle when only the
aid folks are there. I'll know when Gran
yale comes in, though; I'd know his step
zzyt here!" She stood with bunch OF
8Ty leaves poised in air; 81 do hope pail
aaEf back in tn corner of tn pew, as he does
ss5metimcs-then Granville can see me right
s;agSay in my new blue dress. He didn't see
1hnything like it in Cuba, if Lily Petit did
Esiy the Cuban girls are so pretty. never
rsaned for such dark compilations myself. To
Ese sure, Granville is dark himself, but that
IL different I'll not look when he comes
in no, I'll not turn my head even tiny
b. Then, after awhile, I'll just glance
Abzzuss and smile at Dan Archer-not much of
Il emile, but it will seem a good deal to
Gs1anville!" She started and ran pin
6fSc her finger, as her mothers voice
REACHED her:
~'NVhat you doing now, Effie' Pinning
1giT leaves on TIL curtains? OH l didn't
5E1Dw but what you'd got t studying again
IL was so quiet in here. Well, now, it does
S.sob nice"
Ellie was working with guilty haste now
":S5ranville II be waiting to see us go out;
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e know that" she said to herself. "To
as5Esink he's been back two whole days and
Il invent seen him yet! wish we didn't
sns 50 far ] wonder if he's got the house
wEils gave him yet? Lily Petit says he
1sald her he was afraid l was kind of
tfiir4. Well goodness knows, he can let
laAs alone ( he's afraid of me! l can't help
,6Ess if Dan Archer does like meat least,
-rGon,t suppose | could, and-yes, ma, I'm
asguiing right nowl"
Thanksgiving day was clear and colder.
HIr Hill limited at the possibility of snow,
Eosit then he had no new dress to wear to
: church and could think calmly of falling
r1a Gather.
Oh Evidently Mrs. Hill had something on her
1,pind all during breakfast she kept clear
If Ian her throat, and several times while
II were washing the dishes she made as
where o speak then closed her mouth once
be grere SIS she hung the dishcloth on its
m, al. she tarned 50 her daughter: See here,
Azfie." she said, II guess you'll have to
ries. " at home this morning and get dinner
tana ton wants me to 60. his cousin, Micah
dressed 70 Tu2g over with hia second wife,
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She realized that she was the subject they
discussed.
Il have fairly grown to hate her! With
her superior ways and cold indifference, she
is detestable!"
"Why don't you swear at herr" advised
his friend. "You would soon cure her of
that sublime air, and bring her to earth"
81 wonder / do not kill herl" cried the
husband, passionately. Sometimes wish
she were dead and free"
His friend laughed. They rose. The
wife heard the push of chairs over the hard
polished floor. She pitied her husband.
This wicked woman, herself, should be dead.
1t would be better. Oh, yes, and happier.
Having found cloak, she wrapped it
about her and erept quietly out. To kill
this woman-how should she do it, Ger
tainly, the river-that was best; and she
hurried on. At the corner of a dark street
she paused for the Salvation Army to pass.
They tramped along in an uneven way,
shouting lively melody, that sounded but
half a hymn. 1t annoyed and ditgusted
The crazed woman. Sister Alicia was not
singing.
Many Whittesly looked after them a sec
keds
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

'There is one thing which should make
this country celebrate Thanksgiving day
with great deal of enthusiasm" remarked
Hojack.
what is that% asked Tomdik
Congress isn't in session yet. "-Detroit
Free Press.
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A rhnnk.gi,ing Cinch.

She latter Eyes" has been said What
did you wish when you pulled the wishbone
with me?
Hell wished that you would accept me
And yous
She-0h, l wished that You would pro
pese.-N Y. World.
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An Onininn Indorsed.

what folks orter do" said the old col
ored man, is ter try ter glib ebrybody aroun
EN- some 'scuse fob bein' thankful"
Yes cried Erastus Pinkley, with en-
phasis; "da's whit dey orter; Std o buy
in new locks fob dab chicken coops."-
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