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The evening times., 1899-08-03

Ladies' fast black full seamless hose,
il all sizes, for A 1-2c.
The evening times., 1899-08-03
$3.50 black taffeta silk waists, $3.50.

The selling of them has been surprisingly great and il
should bebecuse they falls styles and because the
tafea in them the best and guarantee and be-
they for $3.50 instead of $3.50, what they'll
sell for September Made by the finest silk waist
maker in the world, yet $3.50 only.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

72 pairs OF ladies' genuine dongola
three-point house slippers, which sold
for 75c pair, for SSc.
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1 to 3.

Best quality 7-Quarter mosquito net
ting, in pink and white, in S-yard
pieces, for 19c piece.
300 yards of yard-wide figured or
dotted Swiss for curtains, instead Of
15c yard, for 7-Sc.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

pdlltiu dloO Va lihcu NJ oodp IVA
6 1-2c instead of 15c.
% pairs of ladies' shoes and misses
shoes, which sold up to as high as So
pair, will go for 25c pair, because they
are mismated in style or in size. Many
a person requires larger size for one
foot than the other, and to those this is
a splendid opportunity. Shoes become
mismated in the rush of business.
81 pairs of infants moecasins, which
sold for 25c pair, to go for Sc pair.
9 to 10. !
Lot of ladies' figured brilliantine
skirts-well made. full width garments
which sold for 81. for 99c..
Sheer white India linon, in short
lengths. but all desirable lengths, for
27sc yard.
Small lot of striped and figured
lawns. in splendid patterns. which sold
up to u 1-2e yard, for 3 7Sc yard.
All styles and sizes in mems linen
collars-i-ply 2100 linen. mind you
which sell for 15c, for Lee.
Ladies' silk puff ties, in all colors,
which sold for &c, for 10c each.
Ladies' white hemstitched handker-
chiefs, for 7Sc.
Ladies' Swiss ribbed vests, with neck
and armholes run with tape, for 1-2c.
Lot of little boys odd coats broken
from nobby little suits, which sold up
to Sc. will be closed out at 39c. There
are only Is of them all told. Most Of
them have shields and all Of them are
handsomely braided, some with the
highest-cost silk braid. All are of all
wool materials
Waterproof felt window shades, in
all colors, complete with fixtures, for
6T-Sc.
Yard-wide cream scrim, for curtains,
for 7-Sc yard.
72 pairs of ladies' genuine dongola
three-point house slippers, which sold
for 75c pair, for S9c.
All of the ladies' colored trimmed
hats which remain-trimmed with
flowers wings, chiffon, and ribbon-of
fancy braid-you would doubt US if We
told you how much they sold for in
season-will go for 99c each. All are
displayed on table in millinery par
lors.
Lot of ladies' fine muslin gowns,
trimmed with ruff1es and embroidery,
in Empire" effect, which sold for 79c,
to go for 39c. --.a
10c bottle household ammonia for
1-2c. af1
The evening times., 1899-08-03

Yard-wide cream scrim, for curtains,
for l 7-Sc yard.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

Ladies' four hands and stock ties,
which sold for 25c. for Sc.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

All-silk and satin ribbon in all colors,
which sold for 10c. yard for lie.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

Lot of ladies' fine muslin gowns.
trimmed with ruff1es and embroidery,
in Empire" effect, which sold for 79c,
to go for 39c.
10c bottle household ammonia for
The evening times., 1899-08-03

Mems non-elastic roller end suspend
ers, for 1-2c.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

All of the ladies' colored trimmed
hats which remain-trimmed with
flowers. wings, chiffon, and ribbon-of
fancy braid-you would doubt US if We
told you how much they sold for in
season-will go for 99c each. All are
displayed on a table in millinery par
lors-
The evening times., 1899-08-03

White appliqued bureau scarfs or
shams, in variety of patterns, which
sold for 30c, to go for IL lie.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

Small lot Of silk remnants which sold
to go this hour for 10 Use.
The evening times., 1899-08-03

2S-inch grass linen for waists and
dresses, which sold for 7-Sc. for this
hour II 1-2c.
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All that are left of those boys straw
sailor hats which sold for as high as
soc to go tomorrow this hour for
II 1-2e.
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Enormous sacrifice in waists.

The entire stock of c0lOred shirtWa
and reduced to remarkable lowness.
shirtwaist reduced also. The chance fO
unprecedented-the variety is still sple
The colOred shirtwaists go thus:
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Strange Marriage Custom.

1t was an old idea that a husband,
whose Wife at her marriage was
clothed only in sheet, or in the most
elementary linen garment. was not in
any way liable for the debts previously
contracted by her. Our parish regis
ters and local traditions give us ample
illustrations of this quaint idea. AT
Chiltren All Saints, Wiltshire, is the
following entry: John Bridmore and
Anne Selwood were married October
II, l714, the aforesaid Anne Selwood
was married in her smock, without any
clothes or headgear on" Similar cases
occurred at Gorton Green in 1873. at
Ashton -under-Lyne in 1771, and at Ot-
ley in 1903. avis Birmingham Ga
zette" for 1897 vouches for an extra
ordinary story, according to which a
bride disrobed in the vestry, and ap
peared at the altar without even the
amount of clothing worn by the ladies
in the above cases.
The latest example of which the
present writer knows comes from Lin
colnshire. The register of Gedney has
this commonplace entry: Dec. I'd, 1912
David Wilkinson, full age, bachelor,
labourer, of Gedney,' to Susan Far
ran, full age, widow, of Gedney." Lo-
cal tradition supplements this brief ac~
count by relating that the bride was
dressed in a sheet, stitched about her,
with holes cut for the passage of her
bare arms.-Lore and Legend of the
English Church
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Children's Sayings.

Where is your papa, Nellie?" asked
mother of her little daughter. He's
out on the back porch was the reply.
What's he doing there?" queried the
mother. His bicycles all out of
breath, and he's putting some more in
it" answered the small observer.
One day Tommy accompanied his
mother on a shopping expedition and
seeing large candy man standing in a
confectioner's window, he paused in
front of it with a wistful look, then,
turning away regretfully, he said
Mamma, could lick that fellow with
both hands tied behind me-
Lulu, aged 4, was taking her first
ride ON the steam cars, and as they
whizzed by the farms she saw some
large pumpkins among the corn shocks.
and remembering her five brothers and
sisters at home, she said: .Oh, man.
ma, look what big oranges! Let's stop
and buy one, and it'll go all around
Little three-year-old Mabel had been
told that when it was daylight on this
side of the earth it was dark on the
other. AS proof that this astronom-
ical fact had taken deep root in her
mind. upon rising the next morning she
exclaimed: Now, they is just goin' to
bed in China, and the skeetrs is be-
ginnin' to bite 'em"
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The Old Hunting Coat.

A thing of stiff canvas, dirt spotted and
torn;
soiled corduroy collar; huge pockets
that tote
The game; and its fabric is crumpled and
worn;
Yet memories cling to the old hunting
Its color of tan with the ground smoothly
And frights not the timid and sharp
sighted game;
By delicate thread its lone button sus-
Untouched by the hand of the unseeing
dame.
The scent of burnt powder around it
doth cling;
And its pockets conceal but motley ar
Of pipe and tobacco, shells, matches and
string.
And many night it has pillowed the
head
That rested in peace meath a sheltering
tent
That on some streams banks, tree-pro-
tected, was spread,
Where few but Dame Natures wild
creatures e'er went.
All. if it could speak! 1t would eagerly
OF long, breathiess chase through the
thicket and thorns,
In pursuit of the elk that fought nobly
and well.
But whose antlers the old hunting coat
now adornS.
Or perchance it would whisper of morn
ing's sharp chill
And rush-hidden boat in some lake at
daylight,
And speak of the silence, and cen Of the
thrill
That it felt when the canvasback start
ed the flight.
Or Yet it could speak of the favorite
camp,
Where the brook makes sweet music
and soft breezes blow:
And the odor of frs and of wild flowers,
dew-damp,
And the leaping of trout where the slen-
der weeds grow.
The broadcloth may scorn it, the woolen
may Sneer
Aristocrats they, keeping always re-
mote:
Yet none of them offers the comfort and
cheer
And happiness found in the old hunting
coat.
Colorado Springs Gazette,
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ROHALFss FsxSss ss;;,ss
~ ABSclurEN pURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
lovAl sAkINo eowosR CO.., MIw YonN
"ob daar no and no one else. =
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"Oh. dear. no, and no one else."
'Well, I want to go to this picnic
and 1 am going"
And to Mr.. Nestoyn's picnic went
Miss Helen Montgomery. So did the
Cranbornes, DR.. Marsden, Mrs. Beech
croft and her two pretty sisters and
the whole set of Mr.. Nestoyn's bachelor
friends, and every one Of them had
either a sister or niece, who were eacn
and all very willing to join the party.
The weather, like everything else at
that picnic, was all that it should be,
and as the party was returning home
each individual declared that never
before had he or she spent so pleasant
a day. There was to be a supper at
the Willows as finale.
All the guests save one had gone on
in advance. That one, Miss Helen
Montgomery, with Mr. Nestoyn by her
side, was slowly vending her way up
the hill that led to the Willows.
They were both silent. Mr.. Nestoyn
put his hand into his pocket, drew out
his notebook and pencil, wrote few
words, then handed book and pencil TO
his companion. She read: July 4th,
1S9-. Gave picnic to Ockshott woods.
Weather perfect. Many dear friends
made up the party. Spent delightful
day. On my return home made pro-
posal of marriage to Miss Helen Mont
gOmery, which She"
Accepted promptly. wrote the lady.
-Chicago News
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one of the many profitable toys. We
may mention the Dancing Jim Grow,
which produces $4,000 a year; the
Wheel of Life" worth in all full f1O0,-
600, the walking figure, John Gilpin."
and the chameleon top" The sale OF
the last-named toy has been enormous,
and the profits also enormous. Indeed,
the Chameleon top" as profitable IN
yention, has probably excelled any one
discovery in modern times, however
valuable and important this may have
been. AS far as profits are concerned
the invention Of toys pays better than
those Of anything else. Money mas
been, and always can be, made more
easily out Of simple patented inventions
than out. of any investment or occupa-
ton. rs
Great discoveries take so many years
and cost SO much to perfect that the
fortunes made from them are small
compared with those we have in
stanced. The man who discovered that
candle, if tapered at the end, would
stick firmly into its socket patented
the idea and afterward founded the
largest candle factory in the world
Might not any one have thought OF TINS
simple device? Out of the millions who
own umbrellas, how many realize that
these unfortunately indispensable art
icleS represent wealth untold The
frame, the cover, the materials used,
all are the result of numberless expert
ments and patents. An umbrella years
ago used to be made of whalebone and
gingham. 1t weighed as much as
portmanteau. Alpaca was substituted
for gingham. then silk for alpaca Each
change meant a fortune to the inventor
who brought it about. For long
time the ribs were selid then Samuel
Fox arose, took the umbrella and cut
grooves. along it's ribs. He designed
the Patent Paragon Frame and lived
to Sc his invention used universally
At the death of Samuel Fox his heir
benefited to the extent. of 119,OO0-the
residue of total profit of at least halt
million.-Patent- Record.
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LIGHT EXERCISE.
How the Ameer of Afghanistan
Follows His Doctors Orders.

The Ameer of AfghaniStan has been
ordered by his doctors to take exer-
else. and he has probably discovered
the easiest way of taking it that was
ever thought of, says the London
Mail" The Ameer is getting fat, and
has been suffering from indigestion,
and that is why he has got to take
exercise.
He has ordered from a famous car
riage-making firm of Oxford street
peculiar vehicle for exercising pur-
poses. The carriage has a light body
and is propelled by an arrangement or
bicycle wheels from the rear. Two
stalwart Afghans sit on saddles over
these wheels and pedal with all their
might to drive the fat King over the
terrible roads of Afghanistan. When
the Ameer feels inclined to take a lit
tie exercise more violent than merely
sitting down in the carriage he does
SO by pushing two pedals arranged in
front of him. In this way he can add
about half small boys power to the
efforts of the stalwart Afghans pedal
ing away behind him. The carriage
is handsome one and the body is pat
termed like an old English Georgian
phaeton. 1t is fitted with silk cushions,
rather luxuriously.
Besides the carriage for his personal
use the Ameer has had another built
for the use of members of his harem.
The carriages have cost 81 900 each,
and are capable of maintaining a speed
of twelve miles an hour.
1t will be relief to everybody at
Cabul, the capital of Afghanistan, II
the Ameer's health should improve. In
his present state of ill temper he is
very apt to cut off peoples heads. He
was a great soldier in his day and IS
very capable monarch, but his tenn
per has lately been very uncertain.
Some time ago he had a bad toothache,
and the English dentist who accepted
an invitation to go to Cabul and pull
it out felt very nervous until he had
secured the tooth and got out of the
country.
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KLUNE & FLOBERG..
E2a X Street.
The Automobile.

Nearly every newspaper in Paris is
organizing big motor car race of some
sort.
Motor cabs, carriages and the like will
be in vogue at popular summer resorts
this season.
7 Automobiles for the collection and
distribution of mails and parcels are
sworking very satisfactorily in Lon
don.
i An automobile electric ambulance has
recently been presented by some prom
Iinef1t Chicago citizens to the MichaeA
Reese Hospital of that city. M
f, In certain streets in Paris q goedly
number of motor vehicles are always in
sight-during the busy hours several
a minute passing given point.
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books. The good Humphrey Chetham,
founder of Chetham College, was the
donor OF 1t and similar collections at
Bolton and Turton. The Mimborne-
minister library almost excels in point
OF interest that of Hereford Cathedral.
Side by side in the church lie the Duke
and Duchess of Bedford. the parents of
Lady Margaret, Countess of Richmond.
mother of Henry VII.-for more endur-
ing fame, patroness of Caxton. Above
the church is the sacristy and above
that the library. You reach it by
spiral stone staircase worn hollow by
the feet of monkish students. Here the
sacred relics were kept-two pieces of
the true cross, some hairs from the
head of the Savior, part of his crib,
fragment OF the alabaster box, a bone
of Melchisedec and a thorn from the
crown of thorns. The library is on
shelves round the walls Almost all the
books are chained. They were so done
In the year 16S6-a breadth Of time to
croSS!-Chicago News
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Strength for the Dax.

Strength for the day! At early dawn I
stand,
Helpless and weak, and with unrested
eyes,
Watching for day. Before it's portals
Hes
a low, black .cloud-a heavy iron hand.
slowly the mist Is lifted from the land
And pearl and amber CLEAN across the
skies.
Gladdening my upward gaze with sweet
surprise.
own the sign: I know that He whose
hand
Has fringed these sonber clouds with
ruby ray
And changed that iron bar to molten gold
VIII to my wandering steps be Guide
and Stay,
Breathe Ger my wayering heart His
rest for aye
And give my waiting, folding palms to
his pressed morning boon-strength for
the day. Rachel G. Alison
The record-union., 1899-07-24
A Sailor Joke.

A Kansas boy with the regulars go
ing to Manila writes thus to his folks
For time this morning we were very
badly frightened because we thought
we were lost at sea. One of the sailors
told us that the Captain had neg
lected to wind up the compass the
night before: that it had run down.,
and that nobody knew where we were
or which way to sail. After a while
we found out it was one of those fool
sailor jokes. kansas City Journal
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Value of Small Inventions.

The inventor of the roller skate made
fgOO 900. The gimlet- pointed screw has
been responsible for more wealth than
most silver mines One hundred thou
sand pounds in first-class securities
would not represent the fortune made
by the man who first thought of cop
per tips to children's shoes Even a
little thing like the common needle
threader is worth f2.OOO a year to its
owner. while the return ball''-a wood
en- ball fastened on string of elastic
Yields f1O.OO0 per annum: this is only
The record-union., 1899-07-24
Minds Well.

Uncle George-No, Tommy isn't so
bad. He's what I calr a good boy.
When he asks liberty to go out to
play and 1t is refused him he never
makes any fuss.
Aunt Hannah-And sits right down
in the house?
Uncle George-Oh, no; he goes right
out and has his fun, just the same
as if he had been given permission
Boston Transcript
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The Good Doctor Quibbles.

Mrs. Fourthly-What did you mean
by telling Mr.. Bingo his boy had "the
making OF great man" in him? You
know you have told me hundred times
that his boy is the meanest and most
worthless youngster you have ever
seen in all your experience
Rev. DR.. Fourthly-My dear, I was
merely considering that boy in his re-
lation to the grand scheme of evolution
1t will be interesting to the antiquarian
of some future generation to point to
Mr.. Bingos boy as the particular brute
from which he Chicago
Tribune.
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circumstances.

'Is it true, Professor. that the Eng
lish caH hornets swasps ?'''
That depends, my dear young lady,
on circumstances. An Englishman
stung by a hornet is apt to call it about
the same names an American would" !"
Journal.
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A Fatal Mistake.

Wigg-Brown is smart and well off,
but he doesn't seem to have much of
a social standing.
Wagg-Well, you see, he made a fa-
tai mistake and purchased his ances-
tors from secondhand dealer instead
of buying the best.-Cleveland Leader.
The record-union., 1899-07-24
Married for Money.

Street Sweeper Katy-Did you hear
Sewer Digger Jake has married Ped
dler Mary? She's just won $6.25 in
the last lottery.
Bootblack Widow Lottie-You don't
say so. Another marriage for mon
ey!-Fliegende Batter.
The record-union., 1899-07-24
Weekly
Union

Is a f2-page family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
Sum of 81 its subscribers receive no
less than GA pages of choice read
ing and news matter in a year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people in
these times 81 stringency the fullest
to have the Weekly
The record-union., 1899-07-24
A Friendly Tin.

Parke-Did you see that scurrilous,
nasty attack on you in the paper?
Lane-No; you're the first friend Eve
met to-day.-Town Topics.
The record-union., 1899-07-24
No Place for Bickering.

"A balloon club has just been organ-
ized in Paris.," fss
'sWell, let's hope the members will
NOT fan cut. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The record-union., 1899-07-24
Mrs..
A[OlniSOn j

is very fond of music. She never
fails to pack her little camp stool
to the City Plaza to listen to the
Sunday evening concerts. Next
to good music she loves good tea,
and she gets all her teas and cof-
fees at Curtis & Co.'s Market,
3O8 K street, half a block below
WeinstOCk, Lubin & Co.
The record-union., 1899-07-24
Diamond Talk

Frequently a pure white, per-
M fectly ! S cut dian diamond dis Is wanted: ~f i
and weights in stones of this
class. We buy and sell them
for spot cash. Certain of our
people having made a life study
of precious stones, are thor
2 oughIy competent judges of dia-
monds. We handle them at the
smallest possible. margin of
profit. We know we can give
you the biggest diamond value
for your dollars.
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ing to give picnic-you? No, I think
not; bachelor picnics are not to my
mind
But I am inviting Mrs. Beechcroft." P"
Are you? But she won't come. She
is very particular and would, I arn
sure, highly object to being the only
LADY,
But she won't be; others are COM
ing; at any rate have been invited"
That is to say, Mrs. Cranborne and
her sister,"
Yes, they have been invited. and
Others replied Mr.. Nestoyn, with dig
nifty.
In the mean time the subject of Mr..
Nestoyn's picnic was being discussed
at Riverside.
DO you really mean to accept the
invitation, Helen?" asked Mrs. Gram
borne, anxiously.
Certainly 1 Do. Why should I not
when I firmly believe this picnic is be-
ing given solely on my, or at any rate,
on our account?"
THAT is just it.. do wish, dear, you
would be careful. Is it not cruel to
encourage Mr.. Nestoyn?"
And, pray, why should Mr.. Nestoyn
not be encouraged?' questioned the
young sister, with merry gleam in
her dark eyes.
Because 1 have heard that years
ago he had a dreadful disappointment
Jack says he was treated very badly
and that all the trouble changed him
and made him what he is, $3.50 unlike
other people. don't know what the
consequences of another affair du occur
would be-
Most probably to him all the good
in the world. What delightful addi-
ton it would make to that notebook
Of his! How I should like to look
into it! Have you ever seen inside It,
violet?''
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-12-14
New Appointments.

Washington, Dec 1.-THE SEN
ate. in executive session today
confirmed the presidents appoint
ments of ministers to foreign coun.
tries as follows:
Bellamy Storer, of Ohio, minis
ter to Spain; John Irwin, of Iowa
minister to Portugal; Lawrence
Story. of Pennsylvania, minister
10 Belgium; William P. Lord, ol
Oregon. minister to the Argentine
Republic.
The appointments of number
of secretaries of embassies wert
also confirmed.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-12-14
Advertised Letter List.

Following is a list of letters re
naming uncalled for at the post
office at Florence. during the weeI
ending Decem Der l3, 1899:
Burnett, Mrs. Virdie.
Berg, Chas.
Beinker, Mrs. Daisy.
Baker, j. w.
Bowman, Jos. w.
Cortes, Miss +.
Cook, c. 4.
Chavis, Ricardo.
Davis, Geo. s.
Dean, w. T.
Gould, J f.
Gould, A.
Girley, Chas.
Hughes. NJ. S.
Haley. Geo.
Hall, Mrs. Flora +.
Jones, E. A.
Kiuchird. NJ. G.
Ketzoe, >, j.
Loyal, Miss Kittie.
Lock. 0. w.
MacCom Der, Mrs. T.
Nelson, Bernard.
Phillips, Miss Rachael.
Rowell, w p.
Rowletie, Frank.
Randall, Fl. R,
Smith, S @.
Smith, G. S.
Smith, Mrs. Lille.
Stivers, Mrs. Jennie.
Trugillo, NJ.
Teacher, Mrs Warner
Williams, Miss M.
West, Jasper.
Wire, Mack.
Waller, Mrs. p. j.
Zimmerman, CO.
National hotel, Box 557
Parties calling for same will say
advertised" j. w, RAMBo, p. NJ
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-12-14
Beaver Creek.

Our revival opened Monday ev,
ening with thirty nine persons out
to listen to Bro. Wilson. His text
was BE Ye Also Ready" A JOY.
GUS hour was had, after which SIX
souls declared for God and Christ +
kingdom. Among them we're two
of our school students, Otis and
Perry Kelso. Bro. Wilson is a
very plain, forcible and spiritual
speaker and one never tires of his
logical reasoning.
Benona Woods sickness has de-
veloped into typhoid fever. Ben
ona is much missed by his school
mates.
Quite the whole of our church
people visited and held a Bible
and spiritual meeting with Grand
pa Calan, who is too feeble TO at
tend our meetings. being past three
score and ten. We met at his
home at 3 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. This old pioneer expressed
his thanks in feeling words for
meeting with him thus in his de-
clining days,
Jesse McCurry, in company
with two other young men, went
to Pueblo on horse back the other
day. He was taken very sick and
could no. return as he went. so one
of the other boys came home with
him on the train, arriving at the
schoolhouse Just as his mother did,
when he was assisted into the
wagon and taken home.
Cobb" Green, with his corps of
aides, is doing good work on Ere
mont county's roads in this dis
trict, Our commissioners have
the right man as pathmaster in
Cobb" Green.