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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01
CHIEF EVENTS IN BOER WAR.
Oct. 11.-War declared.


Three columns enter Natal at |
Laing's Mex, Botha Pass and
Wakkerstroom. Armored train |
shelled near Mafeking, Lieut.. |
Nesbitt and Is men captured.
Oct. 14.-Mafeking and Kim
berley besieged.
Oct. 15.-Newcastle occupied
by Beers.
Oct. 17.-Armored train ac-
tion at Spruitfontein, south of
Kimberley. Beers repulsed.
Oct. 20.-Boers advance on
Glencoe. They capture a train
at Elandslaagte with some Off
GERS and men. British storm
Talana Hill, near Glencoe, after
eight hours fighting. Gen.
Symons mortally wounded and
taken prisoner by the Beers.
Oct. 21.-Gen. French attacks
and drives back Beers at
Eiandslaagte. Col. Schiel and
several Boer commanders cap.
turcd, among them Gen. Kock,
who since died.
Oct. 22.-Boers shell Dundee,
and Gen. Yule begins to retreat
to Ladysmith.
Oct. 24.-Gen. White engages
Beers at Riefontein farm to GOV
er Gen Yules retreat. British
loss, 13 killed, 90 wounded, B
missing. Beers, 6 killed, 9
wounded pretoria statement).
Oct. 27.-Gen. Yule arrives at
Ladysmith.
Oct. 3O.-First battle at Lady
smith. British attack and re-
tire. Left wing. composed of
two regiments and mountain
battery, surrounded by Beers
.surrenders. British loss, kill
ed. wounded and captured,
2OOO. No trustworthy state
ment of Boer loss has yet been
given.
Oct. 31.-Naval brigade ar
rives at Ladysmith.
Nov. 2.--Boers capture Col
enso, completing investment OF
Ladysmith.
Nov. 16.-Boers wreck En-
glish armored train north o
Estcourt, and kill, wound o.
capture 100 of Dublin Fusileers
Nov. 23.-Gen. Methuen wins
battle at Belmont; SO killed
147 wounded and 18 missing.
Nov. 28.-Methueu defeat
Beers at Modder River, bu
with heavy loss.
Dec. 10.-British, under Cat
acre, drawn into trap at Storm
berg and 672 taken prisoner
Dec. 13.- Methuen repulse,
at Magersfontein; Gen. Wau
chope and Marquis of Winches
ter killed. Total British losses
963.
Dec. 15.-Gen. Butler report
reverse near Colenso; Britis
troops again led into trap, 1
guns being captured, 1 destroy
ed! 1897 casualties.
Dec. 23.-Lcrd Roberts lef
England
Jan. 4.-Gen French loses 3
killed, 20 wounded and 107 pris
ouers in operations about Coles
berg.
Jan. 6 Gen. White repulse
Boer assault on Ladysmith.
Jan. 20.-Buller crosses Tug
ella.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01
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SCHOOL NOTES.

The date Of the annual school
meeting approaches. Now is
the time for all interested to
plan for the Improvement Of the
schools. The habit of chang
ing boundary lines and multi
plying districts is ruinous to
best school interests. II ia kes
money to equip good schools
and to employ good teachers.
There should be fewer and
stronger districts rather than
more and weaker. Consolida-
tion is better than division.
The State Printer has been
so crowded with work on the,
Revised Statutes and Road
Laws that it has been inpo-Si-
BILE to furnish the Revised
school laws for Distribution
sooner. Within few days a
full supply will be furnished all
county commissioners. Teach
ers, presidents and clerks of
school boards, should call on
them for copies.
There is printed with the
School Law Il Course Of Study
for rural and village schools.
prepared by the State Surerin-
tendent. 1t is full and comDre-
hensive aud should be carefully
studied by all interested. 1t
may not meet with genera! ap-
proval on short acquain tauce,
but like most meritorious tn ings
will improve as it is better un-
derstood. 0Pupils completing
this course will be given Il
State Certificate Of Graduation
which will admit them to any
school of next higher grade.
Many county commissioners
are arranging for county grad
uating exercises to be held
either in March or April.
The State Superintendent Of
School has recently received
inquiries as to the cause of the
shortage in the state school
moneys for this year. 1t is not
true that the amount apportion-
ed from the State Trea Sury is
less than it has been heretofore.
If it be true that a certain dis
l trict received $3.50 public mon
eys last years and only $40 this
year, there is something ron G
;. in the county management of
S the school funds and a county
t superintendent of schools is
t badly needed to make investi-
n cation.
i Senator w. S. McClintic was in
town last Saturday and while
= here made US a very pleasant
call. Mr.. McClintic is Il candi'
date for Lieutenant Governor
and is in every way qualified tc
fill the office. He has had 1C
e years experience in both houses
a of legislature and has made q
S good record for himself; he was
president pro TEN during the
r last session of the legisla ture
and with the experience he hal
had he would max a good Lieu
d tenant Governor. - Hume wei
/. Graphic,
o William Hamilton, a tramI
who rides in the ''varnisheC
Al
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01

The ball at Indian Creek mon
day eve was a social and
financial success. 1t was given
for the purpose of raising funds
to build side walk from the
post office ito st. Stephens
church and to Rev FIR. G. j.
Kanes parichial residence,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01

G.. p. Forbis, of near Madison
was attending to business in
the city Tuesday,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01

power.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14
The Paris Exposition

AS a whole, the Paris Exposition
could not be planned SO as to present
such a splendid eoup-d'oeil as did the
Court of Honor Mt Chicago. Our
Worlds Fair had the advantage Of un-
limited space, with the opportunity of
spreading i'm all directions. AS Paris
wished to have her Exposition within
her w wallis, she was obliged to take
the largest open spaces which the city
afforded and to connect them as best
she could. The broad watedyays OF
the "White City" suggested the e1assi.
bility of using the banks Of the Seffn
far more than they have ever been
used before. The qEays have been
Widened and In places raised to the
level Of the avenues which border
them; hence the river may be called
the main thoroughfare Of the Exposi.
ton. Otherwise the space is the same
as-that occupied by the Exposition .of
1854. with the added area embraced
between the old Paiais de pTndustric.
now removed, and the Place de Ia Con-
corde. On this piece Of land the two
great art palaces and the monumental
entrances have been erected facing the
very centre Of the city.-Scribner's.
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) Base Apathy

"say, Thompson, did you ever no.
tice that I was brutally Indifferent to
my children"
certainly not. You're quitatthe con
trary, Holiness" lie
"Well, do 1 look like Riscreant
who would be only to glad ITO aban-
don them to the mercy 5 sGangers|
"Of course not. What ever put such
an idea into your headF'
"Or have I the reputation Of being
so selfish that / would aot disturb or
exert myself in the slightest to secure
their safety from the most desperate
danger?"
mo, indeed. Who's been accusing
you of such thingsY'
my wife,"
"Your wife? Why?~
"Why, little Johnny got himself lost
for a couple of hours the other day,
and all | did was to notify the police,
hire every private detective in town,
and rouse all the neighbors to help
hunt for him."
"Wasn't that enoughT"
"No. She insists that ! am a bru.
tai, selfish miscreant, and several other
things, because / refused to do ali she
wanted me to-"
"Why, what more was possiblep
"Make the Governor order out the
militia to help hunt."-Harper's Ba.
Ear.
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FOR MALARIA,
CHILLS and fever.
The Best Prescription Is Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic.
The Formula Is Plainly Printed ON Every Bottle
So That the People May Know just
What They Are Taking.

1m1tators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up IN correct
proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-called "Taste-
less" chill tonics are limitations. Al analysis
of other chill tonics shows that Groves. is
superior to all others in every respect. You are
not experimenting when you take Grove's-its'
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, SOC
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IGNORANCE or THE BIBLE.
Significant Results OF q Test Among Cor
lege Youths and Maldens.

Significant ignorance About the
Bible" as shown among college stu
dents of both sexes, is the subject Of
an article in the Century by the Rev.
Charles f. Thwing, president Of West
ern Reserve University.
II sometimes ask myself" he writes,
whether the American people are real
ly aware how far the Bible has ceased
to be @ force In both their literature
and their theology. The Bible might
continue to be a great force In theology
and cease to be a great force in liter
AZURE; or n can easily think that
the Bible might maintain a high place
in literature and yet lose its primacy
in theology. The critic is causing it
to lose its theological value, and, ap-
parently, among the people it is ceas-
ing to be known as q classic should
be known.
Sin the early part of the college year
Of 1S94-95, as the rst exercise in q
course Of study in the Bible, / set
for the members OF the freshman class
an examination-paper composed Of ex-
tracts from Tennyson, each of which
contained O biblical allusion not at oil
reconcile. TO each Of these thirty
four men twenty-five questions were
put, which would demand seven hun
dred and forty-eight answers. The
record shows that out of a possible
seven hundred and forty-eight correct
answers only three hundred and TWEEN
ty-eight were given.
$50 much for the first test. Five
years later l made q like test of college
| girls. The questions were identical,
with a single exception. OF all the
questions, every one was answered cor
rectly by just n girl, and, what is
rather more remarkable, her knowf-
edge was so exact that to her replies
to a good many of the questions she
added the book Of the Bible in which
the reference is to be found. Another
girl omitted the reply to the reference
to Hezekiah, and gave incorrect an
swer to the one about the miracle at
Cana of Galilee. Another omitted the
references to Hezekiah and to Peters
sheet, and answered Incorrectly the
question of Pharoah's darkness.
1.-THE Bible societies may print the
book by hundreds of thousands, but
the people do not read it, or if they do
read 1t, they are not impressed by 1t.
Its history, whether received as
yeracious or as fabulous, is not known.
Its heroes are less familiar than Jack
the Giant-killer or Jack the House,
builder. Its poetry is not appreciated.
The majesty and the magnifcence of
its style, its defthess Of phrase and
sweetness of allusion, its perfection of
literary form, rs we'll as the profound
significance of its ethical and religious
teachings, are ceasing TO be a part of
the priceless possession of the com.
munity. Explain the condition as best
we may, point out the results as one
ought, yet the first emotion is one OF
grief over this impoyerishment Of hu.
mainly"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14
RELIGIOUS F3natiolsu,.

A dispatch from A~paldoorn, Hol-
land, gives particulars Of a terrible
tragedy arising out Of religious fan
aticism. There exists in the neighbor-
hood a peculiar sect, and its members
decided to offer up a sacrifice to God,
preceded by a service Of praise, in
which two young girls led the singing.
While the service was proceeding, one
Of the congregation, a peasant farmer,
seized his woman servant and killed
her. following this up by numbering
the two girls and his wife. The wor-
shippers made no attempt whatever to
interfere with the fendish work. and
even gazed calmly on while the muir
derer washed his hands in the blood Of
his victims. He has since been ar
rested by the police.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14
Is Americas Greatest Blood Medicine.

"A few days ago." said Harry Cum
ninghapn, OF Montana, at Chamber
lain's, "the late Charlie Broadwater.
OF cur state. gave a banquet to about
4 score Of his personal friends. It waa
an elaborate spread. and n Of the
chief items was some twenty-yeaF-old
brandy that cost Mr.. BroadwateR .
fhbnleus price and regarding which he
speke with much enthusiasm. AZ the
Wind-up of the feast coffee and Reque-
fort cheese were brought IN, though the
latter was not commonly down ON
Montana menus at that psri6dta'Sit
ting near the host was one Of his spe-
cial friends, who, after eyeing the
ReCuefort q triHe suspisiously, tasted
tit, made a wry face and showed his
plate to one side. You don't seem TO
like that remarked Mr.. Broadwater.
Tndaed, i do not, Charlie. Your twen-
t~y-year-old brandy il ell right, but I'll
b I'd II I like your twenty-yeay.
old cheese Washington Post.
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DRINKING.
Eew OEloans Drunkard Saw . vsrbssu@
Report of His Meuologues

EaW Orl0ans DrunkaHd Saw . VsrbssuW
Report Of His Meuolegue.
'"There goes a man whom / reclaim.
I'd from the Demon Rum" remarked o
New Orleans court stenographer re-
eently. II happened in this way. He
b Q tip-top fellow. and has no end Of
ability. but four or ave years ago he
began 70 let liquor get the best Of him.
lie had q nne position at the time, and
{ don't think he exactly neglected his
work, but 1t got to be q common thing
90 zee him standing around barrooms
In the evening about two-thirds full
and talking foolish. A few Of his close
friends took tho liberty Of giving him
. quiet hint, and as usual In such cases
he Got highly indignant and denied
point blank that he had ever been in
the least under the influence OF liquor.
AL the same he kept increasing the
pace, until It became pretty easy to
predict whore he was going to land.
and u was &t IAls stage Of the game
I aaa my great reformation act. ] was
sitting Ia o restaurant one evening
ghen no came In with sone fellow and
esek the next table, without seeing me.
He was Just drunk enough TO be talka-
tive about his private affairs. and on
the impulse OF the moment pulled out
~ stenographer's mote book and took
Q full shorthand report Of every word
he said. IL was the usual maudlin rot
Of our good fellow half seas over, shad-
ing OF in spots to booty pathos, where
both gentlemen wept In their beer, and
including numerous highly candid de-
tails Of the speakers daily life. Next
morning / copied the whole thing neat
" on the typewriter and sent Il around
to his ofics. In less than ten minutes
he came tearing In, with his eyes fair
" hanging out Of their sockets. Great
heavens, Charley he gasped. what is
this anyhow It's O st~enographic re-
port ef your monologue at Is last
evening I replied, and gave him q
brief explanation. did ! really talk
like that?' he asked family. ] assure
yen It 10 an absolutely verbatim re-
pert said ]. He turned pals and walk.
Cd out, and from that dag to this he
hasn't taken a drink. His prospects at
present are splendid-in fact. he's one
Of our eoming men. All that he needed
was to hear himself % others heard
Ainns
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14
lack Euteetaias Visitors.

Jack il the genius OF the family. He
ID ten years old, an omnivorous read
q. and always on the hunt for infor-
nation. Occasionally he breaks out
with questions when visitors are
around. and causes CONSERVATION in
domestic RANKS, although to Jack 1t
seems that he always puts things with
. dne air of imlartiality. Recently
i neighbor dropped III to spend the
evening. jacks mother said that she
would ssbe down in 4 minute and
meantime Jack too It upon himself to
entertain the company.
aThere is one thing that ! would
like to Know said tile quaint little
fellow
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

81 think it Is my duty to write o
letter to you in regard to what Lydia
c. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
for me. / wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. 1 am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
l would say to all suffering women,
Take Mrs. Pinkham's advice, for a wo-
man best understands q woman's suf-
ferings, and Mrs. Pinkham, from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
car give you advice that you can get
from no other source. '"-CLARA KoPP.
Rockport, Ind, April -, 1899.
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,TNs "proEoN CURE in PAIRS.
= Casious Popular craxe-Crusl e. IL
10 Ee~nseless.

= Gasious Popular craEe-Cruel O. IL
10 senssless.
II the following facts were not
Seuehe6 for by a highly distinguished
ehyeician, DR.. G: Legue, 1t would be
permissible TO regard them as an In
Sention suggested by sundry Of tina
parvelous ~"cures" in vogue In the mid
aie ages. says . Paris correspondent
Of the Pail Mall Gazette. Or. Iegue
@ss put on the track Of his curious
discovery by n Of his patients. who
Informed him in the most casual man
her, and as it there were nothing ex-
efaordinary about the statement, that
she had tried the pigeon cure' for
meningitis and for the first time with
limited success. DR.. Legue had to
sonfsss his entire ignorance OF the cure
IN question and to ask for an explana-
lion OF its nature. It was then reveal
cd to him that in this skeptical age
and in Paris. of all places III the world,
there Are people who believe in the
ef96aciousnesa, as a remedy for certain
maladiea, Of the blood Of a freshly
killed pigeon. The head Of the patient
10 be treated Is shaved and then the
breast OF the pigeon lie ripped open by
the operator" and the warn and
bleeding carcass Immediately applied
to the barred skull. The believers In
this cruel and s~enseless cure imagine
that all fever is drawn out Of the body
By the hot life6leod and the q~uivering
Hesh Of the pigeon. The extraordinary
thing Is that faith in the cure is wide
seread and recourse to it frequent DR..
Legue, who has thoroufhly iavestigat-
ed the matter, has been able to obtain
the address OF a shop in the Central
market at which nothing else Is sold
but live pigeons destined to this
strange purpose. The business done Is
go brisk that the late proprietor, Mime.
Michel, has been able to retire, after
making a small fortune. Her successor
declares that the pigeon cure Ia consid-
cred . sovereign remedy for Influenza,
since The appearance OF which she has
been unable to meet the demand that
has arisen for birds. They are also
used. Il seems. In cases OF typhoid fe-
ver, but in this instance two pigeons
are necessary.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

! The duke Of Saxe-Coburg and Gothic
has the finest collection OF model ships
In the world. They are nearly all
made of silver and are perfect in every
detail. AS a boy the duke took a keen
delight In modelling vessels, q pastime
which with him really became an art.
His collection Of silver ships" is con-
stantly being added to, not only by
private purchase. but by those who
know what may be considered ta DO
the dukes hobby.
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He whe is willing to be O failure, rather
than be falls e. will never be ether
Elecsrioitx in Capsules.

This new compound, which is made from
cheap chemicals, Is put UP IN capsule form
wlll furnish electricity enough TO light a house,
drive an or even a railroad train.
but this is nothing cOmpated TO tine strength
ming power contained in q bottle OF Hostel
ter's Stomach Bttters. 1t cures indigestion,
dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney
troubles end fills the system with the vigor OF
health.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

pHtsKe 1AtU yVuE sHOos AlloH EUUt-Ease,
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, smarting and Sweating Feet
a2d 1ngrowing Nails. Sold by all Druggists
and shoe stores, rs cts. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and Is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood and
testimonials, free Manufactured by
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O..
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1t requires no experience to dye with PUT
EAM FADELEss DYES. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye Ii all that's necessary. Sold
BY oil druggists.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness
after first days usc otD r. Hines Great Nery'
hestorer. g. trial bottle and treatise free Dr.. Il
IL KLINE, Ltd, s31 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
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Goodwin is German or Saxon. the man vic~
forious in God.
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queen Wilhelmina has preserved her
dslls and adds constantly to her col
lection.
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Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs.-WM.
o. EEDSLEY, Vanburep, Ind, Feb. 10, 1850.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums. reducing inflama-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colo, &c a bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

Al d single railroad station In Ber-
lin, Germany, 1900 different kinds o.
tickets are sold.
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Indigestion is a bad companion. Get rid
of it by chewing a bar of Adams PeEsin Tut
ii Fruit after Q tch meal.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

Jane and its several combinations is the
fem nine Of john.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14
To Cure o Cold in One Day,

Bernice comes from the Greek, the one who
brings victory,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

Jonathan was a jewish name, meaning the
gift of the Lord.
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The Bost Prescription for Chills
and Fever fs a bottle OF GROVES T~AsTRhEss
CHILL TONIC. 1t Is simply iron and qulnine In
a t~asteless form. No cure-no pay. Price QUO.
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Chloe comes from the Greek, and signife
a green herb.
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Fl. 81. Green's Sons. of Atlanta, Ca, are the
only successful Dropsy Spe :ialists In tn
world. See tn If liberal offer in advertise
mehkin anotRer column of this PAPER.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

The goodness of God Is not limited, but on
definitions or illustrations of it are.
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SUMMER RESORTS.
TATE %,Esst tennessee.

THE CARLSBAD OF AMERICA.
Most delightful health and ples~ ure ~resortf IN
the A~lleghanys; all the comtffts and alnuse-
ments; best water in the wnad for stom ch,
Address THOMAS [XSON, Prop,
II .ate springa E. Tennessee.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

Louis r. waibel, Phi. G., st. Louis, Mo-,
wrote: / have commended TEETHIEA when
the doctors gave up the child and it cured at
once.
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burn9

Simon a Hebrew Rame. may be ted
the obedient one.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-14

Emma is German. The first Of the nam
was q nurse girl.
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Eudora is from the Greek, one who pros
pers in her way.
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pnoTpAITS LARGEST and oldest h ouse in tbs
Unf nRl1S Sonth. Twenty years In business.
81. up. Jobbers in frames, always in stock. Solar
lrints and Arc Material az q low price. AGENTS
should write at once for big Inducements. Enclose
stalup for reply. Residence, Store and Studio,
Parker Station. Woodlawn. HELM PORTRAIT
co, P. o. Box 80, Birmingham, Ala.
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Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUrNINE TABLR1s. All
Y w. GROVES signature is on each box. 25c
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Vivian. q Latin word, may be translated
the loving one.
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O SPRINGS, VA.

New Hotel Alphin, capacity 100; rates $3.50
TO q. % Eer day; Sl5 ~ per week and upwards. L.
c. ALPHlN, Proprietor.
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Ind, Sept. 27, 1893.