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man being lowered in the boat. on
its reaching the water he releases one
end of the boat, causing 1t to swing
round and ride, facing the gale. At
tached to the davlts will be a canvas
shute to lower passengers into boat,
the crew, who will have to pull the
boat. going first, and taking their
position at the oars. The passengers
will then be lowered until the boat
has her full complement, when the
man at the bow, at a given signal,
disconnects the boat from the davit
the davit springing up clear of boat
by the action of mechanism aboard
the ship, and the boat pulling to sea
It is the intention of the inventor to
offer this clever device. to an Austria
-lian syndicate. A number of old maui
tical men and retired master mariners
have expressed thorough confidence in
its practical working, and admit its
necessity, as all previous !, tnventions
to provide for the launching of boata
at sea have failed to secure the Ger;
tainty' of a boat floating free from the
side Of the vessel. =
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sovEREIGNs' LIVES. PROLONGED

In no class has the, average Of life in
creased more remarkably iH the last
half century than among reigning
princes. In 1s4s there. .Mere fifty-one
European sovereigns.y qf whom only
eleven were over sixty and of these only
one was septuagenarian.s OF the for
sovereigns of today, etwenty-eight are
over sixty, and of these seven are sep
tuagenarians, five are over. eighty and
one (the Pope) is in,shisS ninety-frst
year.-London Chronicle.
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Notice to shipndasters.
u, 9. Branch Hyarpgfapnic once,

q, 3. BRANCH HydrQEfapnic ONCE,
San Francisco. Cal
By communicating with the, Branch Hy-
geographic Office in San Francisco. cap
tains of vessels who win Cooperate with
the Hydrographic ONCE by recording the
meteorological observations suggested by
the ONCE, can have foBwarfed to them at
any desired port, and free of expense, the
monthly pilot charts of the North Pacific
Ocean, and the latest Information regard
ing the danger to Navigation In the wa
.ers which they freQuent
Mariners are requested 10 report to the
Office dangers discovered .aor any other
Information which can besutslized for cor.
recting charts or sailing directions. or in
the publication of the pilot charts Of the
North Pacific. C. g. CAEKINS,
Leut.-Comdr., u. 8. N. In Charge
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
VESSELS m PORT
. ARMY AND NAVY.

AIM AM s4S<Ak L.
U. S. Tug Iroquois, Pond, Midway ISL
and, August 5. :.u4Ra
U. s. training ship Adams. San Diego
via Hilo, December IL. 4.Ass
Br sloop- p-of-war Icarus, knowing, Es-
auimault via Hilo, December Is.
MERCHANTMEN
Crhis list does not include coasters.)
Archer, Am. bktn., Calhoun San Fran
cisco. December Is - s,.'.s.s
Alice Cooke, Am. schr., ,Penhallow, Port
Gamble, December 7.a ,rsx
Andrew Welch. Am. blk, Drew, San
Francisco. December s.
Bossuet. Fl. bk.. Lodonier, Nantes. No
vember 18. ,..'s
Enterprise, Am schr.. San Francisco,
August a. - sas s.
tie, December 8.
Iroquofs, Am. sp.. Thompson, from Sc
attic, December z.
Jennie Wand, Am. scfr, Christianson
Eureka, December ~ ~
James Nesmith. Am. sp.. Warner, New
castle, November %,
J. e. Glade, Ger. bk..' stese,-. Bremen. No
Jabez Howes; Am. sp. csapp; Tacoma
December 2. > assv+ ,aazs &
j. A. Campbell, Am. achr., Smith,. Por'
Blakeley, December ,6..rsA al s.s4s...
Mildred. Am. schr., Rose, Seattle, Pc
cember g.
Mauna Ala, Am. bk.!. SAM Francisco
z December g. So 80 f:es ~. tt'rn
Olympic, Am. bk., Gibbs. San,Francisco
December Z.
|Okanogan. Am. schr.. Reuch. Port ,Lud
low, December Is.
|Rosamond. Am. schr.. Ward, San fran
cisco, December g. -, ~ re & - y =
ISt Katherine. Am. BIZ Saunders Sar
Francisco, November p, ssrFs ~, 4
Standard, Am. sp.e ,Getchell Tacoma
W, 3. Flint. Am. bky. johnson, sa.
Francisco. December 6n
w. H. Dimond, Am. bk., Hanson, Sal
| Francisco, December 8.
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C., BREWER & CO'Lp
Queen Street, Honolulu D.

AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Compan, srn
mea Sugar Company, Honoins Hornsuy
Company, Wailuku Sugar sa. C ~
American Sugar Company, Msn" pIsay
gar Company, Ookala sugar fPIa
tion Company. Haleakais voIoI
Company, Kapapala Raneh'
Planters Line, San Francisco - Soas
Charles Brewer & Cos Line u w.
AGENTS Boston Board Of Unoel"SI Us ~ %
Agents for philadelphia BosFo "
derwriters.
Standard Oil Company
LIST OF OFFICERS
G. N. Cooke, President; Seohs oRi,hs
Robertson, Manager; E. ~, ~ ". J.
treasurer and Secretary, ~ Wsur
Ai,en Auditor; P. C. Jones. o.
honse. q. R. Carter, Director
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Branch Of Yokohama Specie osn.
New Republic Building. Honolulu 4 =
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Change. for a.o.,,rl Law.

Frankfort. Ky. Sept 3 Representa-,
tive Holland today Introduced bill
IN the House To repeal the Goebcl elec
tion law and TO .narf new one
II provides for "A state board OF three,
iwo Ia be appointed by ihc contrplline
authority of the TWO leading political
pnrties, the third ia he appointed by
the secretary of state. until after 1892.
nnd then "a bc elected by the Legisla.
inrc. he third member to have no vote
except in ease Of n tie
County boards of three are provided
for similarly. The third member to be
appointed by The state board.
Election officers are fo he equally di.
vided between parties.
Registration is provided for, and bal.
lots arc to he provided for by the sec.
retnry Of state with no device or des.
ignating mark.
The clerks OF election are authorized
to assist Illiterate persons In preparing
their ballots.
The bill is said to meet the views Of
Governor Bcckham.
The Senate has adjourned until
Tuesday and the House today took
the same course.
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new Record of Deutschland.

New York, Sept. 3.-The steamer
Deutschland, of the Hamburg -Ameri-
can line. has again eclipsed all pre-
vious records for fast transatlantic
travelling.
She has broken the eastern and west
ern records.
Her time on the voyage just ended
was five days. twelve hours and TWEEN
iy-nine minutes between the mole at
the entrance of cherbourg harbor and
the Sandy Hook lightship.
AT noon of the 31st she passed the
record for the fastest days run, max
ing 5Si knots.
Her average speed was 23.O2 knots
per hour.
The Deutschland sailed from Ham,
burg August 18th. Southampton and
Cherbourg 26th. She passed the Cher
bourg mole at 9:J5 the evening of Aug
ust 26th. arriving nj the Sandy Hook
ligh'ship at 5:224 n. IN. September 1si.
ON the trip she had head winds and
rough sea, with occasional hazy
weather.
Her daily runs We're 337, 566. $40,
$40. 5S4 and 423 knots
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GRAND ARMY MEN WILL
MEET AT DENVER in 1901

Chicago. Auc- 3i--Nfth fhe selection
OF officers and ih. choice Of Denver for
the national eneanprnent Of 1901 the
thirty-fourth national encampment OF
the Grand .Army Of the Republic prac-
tlcally came to close yesterday. The
officers chosen are:
CommG mGnder-in-cbief = Leo Bassieur.
St Louis
Senior Vice Commander f. c. MILF
ken. Portland. Maine
Junior Vice Comsnander-Fr Frank Sea
mon. Knoxville. Tennessee
Surgeon General-John \. wilkins
Delta. Ohio.
ChapIaln-In-ch Chief Rev. A brahms.
San Quentin. California
The program a. mapped out by the
reception committee includes TWO days
more before the yeierarrs are supposed
TO return to their homes. Nothing in
the way Of business remains to be
transacted. the next two days being oc-
cupled entirely In excursions. patriotic
concerts Ia the parks and other affairs
Of social character
When the convention was called 10
order to-day the committee appointed
to consider ihe annual report Of the
comimander-in-chiefa approved OF it with
the exception of his recommendation OF
an effort TO secure the change of the
date of Memorial Day from May Both
10 the last sunday In May. The report
was adopted and the delegates took up
the yeaed question of pensions. Over
the report Of this committee. and over
various amendments and substitutes
which members had prepared TO offer.
a rather warm debate was anticipated.
hut the report as submitted 10y the
committee was adopted without amend
ment and practically without debate.
The main feature of the somewhat
lengthy report was the petition to Con-
gress 10 pass q bill providing for
court Of appeals to at Immediately on
the thousands Of pension applications
now pending. and which court Of APP
peals shall have final jurisdiction.
y resolution WAS unanimously adopt
ed asking the railroads ceniered at the
point decided upon for the next annual
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One thousand physicians from yari-
nus parts OF the United States and Eu-
rope are going TO Chicago the latter
part Of August to Investigate the mer-
its Of goats lymph as a curative agent
In human disease. They will witness a
number OF experiments conducted by
Chicago experts who have made n
study OF the lymph. DR.. Joseph +.
Hawley. former professor OF physical
diagnosis In the Chicago clinical
school, has been deeply Interested in
the lymph since his attention was
drawn 10 1t two years ago by DR.. b. r.
Roberts OF Green City. Mo-. the dis
coverer OF the medical virtues Of the
lymph. DIR. Hawley has conducted ex-
periments on wide scale. and claims
that the lymph can be used successful
ly In the treatment Of a variety OF dis
eases. One preparation Is now used
for diseases OF the nervous system and
for chronic degenerative diseases, and
another for thyroid afiiictions Incident
to goitre.
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RUSSIA PROPOSES
PEACE FOR CHINA

Washington. Aug. 31.-The course OF
the United States in the pending Chi
nese negotiations was made more clear
to-day by an important note. embody-
ing communication from Russia, and
advising the powers of the action tax
en- by this government.
The Russian note declared the inter
diciion of Ii Hung Chang's communi-
cation with the Chinese government
was ''inexplcable" and asked that the
powers direct their commanders to va
cate the country. The United States
coDcurs with the position of Russia
and informs the powers that instruc.
tions have been sent to our representa-.
tive in China In the spirit of the Rus
sian note.
The United States government, hav-
ing acted In the Russian proposition AS
to the withdrawal of troops from Pc
kin. is now quietly waiting for re-
sponses TO the notes which have been
sent TO our various representatives for
presentation to the powers. Judging
by the rate of progress mad,. In the pre-
ceiing negotiations. several days and
perhaps n week may pass before all
these replys are received
According to their formal expres-
TA'fi'. hii VI 'iit lrbNfir slTt ieTttu uIbOU
this one point: They do not desire to
enter into formal war upon China.
The United States government Is try
ing 10 bring about this result. For the
moment 1t finds itself side by side with
Russia. whose earnestness cannot be
questioned at this time.
The object now in view IL to bring
about situation in Chinn that will
admit OF the beginning of negotiations
looking TO the re-establishment Of or.
der and the cessation of hostilities
with the issuance Of protection 10 for
eign life and property. After that the
negotiations may touch upon other
I questions that remain TO be settled
II Is with this object that Russla has
suggested the withdrawal from Pekin
I In order that the Chinese government,
may resume the rclns of power. for tn,
Chinese people. being guided by ex
ternals, are not apt To yield fcalty 10 q
! government not In possession Of II,
own capital
The United States government hn.
been earnestly champloning the caus,
OF III Hung Chang from precisely
similar motive. namely. n desire t.
speedily rehnbllItate the Chinese gov
ernment, In order thni 1t may carry ou
lts express desire 20 settle the difficul
ties which have arisen. This has beer
the object OF negotiations Of the las
few days. and the Russian note and tn,
United states response were but part,
OF the general plan.
The japanese legation hears tha
having been Informed by the Jnpanes.
consul nj Annoy thnt he has been ns
suref by the Chinese authorities o
their readiness to AFFORD full protection
to the foreign residents and thei
property mt that point. the Jnpnnes,
government Inns nlrcndy ordered IN,
withdrawal Of the marines detailed I,
protect the japanese property In IN,
native town. nnd are prepared TO with
drnw the rest Of the marines as s00i
ms they are satisfied that the pence nm,
order OF the port are assured
II IL understood here that German,
nnd Italy alone oppose The Withdrawn
OF troops.
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statement of Go,ernmeu, r,n.nc...

Washington, Sept. 1.-The monthly
stat Hment of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that during
August the total receipts Were S43,-
jSS.155 and the expenditures SJO.JOO,-
l9S. an excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts of SS11.443. In August. 1899.
there was n surplus of nearly 5000
900. and the treasury officials say this
surplus would have been exceeded but
for extraordinary civil and miscellan-
eous expenditures during August. on
account of the census. redemption OF
Porto Rican coins. payment Of Ha-
waiian postal savings bank deposits
under the annexation act and Increases
in war and navy expenditures
The receipts from the several sources
Of revenue Were: Customs, $2l. .3Si .494 /:
internal revenues. S26o5i.O7i: miscel-
laneous. S2,249.5 .525.
Expenditures for the month We're:
Civil and miscellaneous. S11. $50. 1872.
increase S4.305.331 war. S15.231 200,
Increase 100000: navy. S5.456.55:s. in
crease $4,000: Indians, S99l ,262. de-
crease $4,000: pensions. S13.7S0.T99.
increase S6JOOOo; interest, S3.1OO.OS1,
decrease $sO5,OOO.
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Prime. Chlns to Ac. - Regent.

81. Petersburg. Sept. 2.-The Official
Gnzctte publishes the following dis.
patch. dated Pekin. August aNh. from
the Russinn minister. NJ. de Glers:
There In IN unconiirmed rurnor that
Prince Chang has been appointed re-
gent. but is afraid 10 return here un-
less the forclg ncnvoys Will guarantee
his liberty. Ten dlgnitarIes remaining
In Pekin have consequently resolved 10
petition the diplomats. In the Interest Of
nn nmelioratlon Of the situation. to in
vItc Prince Ching 10 return 10 PckIn
ana give explanations"
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THIRTEEN KILLED IN
A RAILWAY ACCIDENT

Philadelphia. Sept. 3.-2Thirtecn per
sons were killed aud over thirty injur-
ed is the appalling record Of rear
end collision between an excursion
train and a milk train on the Betlilt>
hem branch OF the Philadelphia Il
Reading railway this morning at Hat
field. Pennsylvania. twenty y-<even niles
north OF this city.
The wrecked train consisted OF ten
day coaches. which was The first sec
iion Of large excursion made up OF
people from bethlehem. Allentown and
surrounding towns TO Atlantic City.
This section carried only persons who
lived in Bethlehem and Allentown, and
laf; the Union depot in Bethlehem at
eos a. m. exactly thirty-five minutes
behind the milk train. The latter
train consisted Of Two milk cars and
two passenger coaches and stopped at
every station along the road from Beth
lehem en- route 10 Philadelphia AT
6..,4 the milk train drew up at the milk
platform nj Hatfield and in less than
two minutes the excursion train, run.
ming at the rate OF thirty-fiye miles an
hour. crashed into the rear OF the milk
train.
The locomotive ploughed through the
two passenger coaches and crushed
them as If they Were egg shells. The
milk car Immediately in front was al
80 badly wrecked. Four persons, God
fray Kaelin. his daughter Mamie, Har-
old Landis and William Blackburn on
the passenger ear Of the milk train
were almost Immediately killed. For
tunately there We're but very few per-
sons on this train.
The excursion train was a picture Of
indescribable horror. The locomotive
was mass of bent and broken iron,
and firmly held the bodies of its engi-
neer and fireman beneath its great
weight. Behind the engine six of the
ten cars Were also n mass of wreckage.
The first car was broken in twain and
the other five ears We're thrown on
their sides. completely demolished.
Nine persons We're killed in the first
two cars, and the others in those
coaches We're badly MANNED.
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Students Of the revolutionary epoch
will find In the Paris exposition many
relics never before exhibited, private
collectors experimenting the historic
treasures Of the Musee carnayalet A
souvenir Of Robespierre Is crayat OF
carlyle's sea green incorruptible''-a
narrow band Of white muslin having
tiny folds. and now yellow with age.
Who knows how many times this bi,
Of muslin may have been lovingly
starched and ironed by the sisters "a
whom Robespierre was so dear? Oi
more pathetic interest are some trink.
cts worn by Lucille Desmoulins on hei
way 10 the scaffold
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According to a letter from Frank
fort-on-M Main the people Of Denmark
have resolved 70 exterminate the rats
in that kingdom. the citizens OF Cop
enhagen having killed 10000 Of these
rodents. OF an average Of 925 daily.
That pretty nearly equals the exploit
Of the Pied Piper Of Hamelin. the
music of whose pipe led so many
Great rats. small rats. lean rats
brawny rats. brown rats. black rats
gray rats tawny rats" to fatal bath
in the River Wsser.
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English cour, stop. tn. wa,1,nr p.,.....

London. Aug. .:O.-A verdict against
picketlng during strikes was rendered
to-day In the high court Of Justice,
which cDjolncd officers of the Amnlgn.
mated Society OF Halfway Servnnts
from wntchlng and bcsettlng the Grent
Western railway stations nnd mp
pronclics. with View To inducing non-
unionistr 10 refrain from tnkIng the
places Of 1nR vnle railroad strikera
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The Automobile Club OF Paris has
added theats- 10 its house. which is
shortly TO be insIgursted by two per
formancss. The interior Of the thea
ter is entirely white. with the excep-
tion Of the club monogram in gold on
the panels. The electric lighting Is in
visible The club occupies The house
formerly belonging 10 the Marquise du
Plessis-Belliere and numbers two thou
sand members.
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A costly example Of building removal
has Just been completed al NeEeastle.
Pa John Stevenson. steel and iron
ulagnste, took down. stone By stone,
his sixty-hve thousand dollar man
sion in Newcastle. and had 1t removed
TO Sharon The cost OF moving the dis
tsnee. p miles. vas about equal to the
valve Of tre hoa.e-
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encampment to grant rate OF l cent
mile. II this should be refused by
the railroads. power was by the resoiu-
ton vested in the commander to re-
move the encampment 10 some place
where the rate could be secured. or to
abandon the parade entirely.
There was no coures; for the honor
OF entertaining the veterans in 1901.
Denver apparently being the unaDi.
nous choice Of the delegates. and the
western city met with no opposition.
The installation of the new officers
then took place
These officers were elected by the
women's Relief CorT.s-
National Presideni-Mrs- Mary l.
Carr. Loncmoni- Colorado
National Senior Vice Pr,sideni-Mrs.
Belle NJ Safferiec. St Louis.
National Junior Vice PreSident-Mrs-
Abbie Il. Flagg. Battle Greek. Michi-
gan
National Treasurer Mrs Sarah f.
Phillips. Syracuse. New York.
The new president immediately ap-
pointed Mrs. Fannie u. w Hardin Of
Denver. national secretary.
The Ladies of the q. \. r tonight
elected tnt IoiloWuS Objects
President-Mrs. Eta Totey, Logans-
port. IndiTpa-
National Councillor-Mrs. DIR. Julia
+. Schade. Philadelphia
Senior Vice Presideni-Mrs. Julia Ell
lis. Chicago.
Junior Vice President-Mrs. Mary
Jameson. Marine City. Michigan.
Treasurer-Mrs- Annie Sage, Dayton.
Ohio.
Chaplain Mrs. Lizzie Garvin. New
Jersey.
Officers elected by the Ysughters of
the Veterans were:
National President Miss Lillian l..
Phillips.
Senior Vice Elizabeth
Pardsley
Junior Vice Prt-sident-Carrie West
brook.
Chaplain-Clara Martin.
Treasurer-Ada ]. Allen.
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There are today but three bands o.
seminoles left in Florida So COM
pletely have these people been disin-
tegrafed that no tribal relations now
exist between them: they have no az
knoxledged chief and they recognize
10 mans authority They number
about eoo
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A Florida man has purchased 300
acres OF swamp land near Swan
Bridges and will turn II into n breed
ing place for alligators These reptiles
are becoming scnrccr owing to the ac-
tiyity OF northern hunters. and, as
there In steady demand for alligator
skin. the Spectator hopes to do we'll.
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The Prince Of Wales. while abroad
this year will il il said. always 90
armed as well a. guarded by the usual
detective Since the recent attack
upon his life the prince has awakened
70 the necessity Of renewed precsution.
and, as he Il hrst-rste pistol shot an
encounter with a wouid-oe assassin
would not now be 20 one-sided as has
hitherto been the case.
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I'll. Nicaragua Canal.

Washington, Sept. .. The Costa RI
cnn minister announced to-dny that his
government and Nicaragua are prepar-
Ing 10 negotiate with the United States
for the construction Of tho Isthminn
cnnal by the United States govern
mcpt.
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The results Of the experiment with
negroes as operatives in q Charleston
cotton mill are no, encouraging TO
date :'ae trouble appears TO be not
in the inability of the negroes 10 learn
TO run machines. out II their disin-
eiiration TO steady and earnest WORK
With $500 negroes In ths city It has
been found necessary 10 advertise FOR
operatives
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The Pasteur institute OF Paris was
recently invited to reduce the number
OF rats in the drains OF the city By
means Of cultures Of virulsnt microbes
placed in their haunrs. The coco-ba-
eillus was chosen and spread on corn
or bread 4 contagious malady vas
thus introduced, and the remedy mas
been effective.
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ing away toward the notorious
Browns Park country.
The baggage car was badly
wrecked and its contents seriously
damaged by the explosion. but the mail
cars attached suffered very little. The
postal clerks Were not molested in any
way. Indeed. they did not know that
anything was wrong until they heard
the explosion
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roothpicks prepared by nature are
produce OF Spain and Mexico. A com
parativcly small plant In Kew gardens
was estimated 20 have 17,c00 and
lnrge specimen In the same place
could not have had legs than 81 900
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oo,s x.A., Aw.ra.a waite. ''ss'. :.

Gold Medal Awarded walter bss.
Paris. Aug. 20.-The judges
Paris Exposition have Just n~A
gold medal to Walter Bake!
Ltd. Dorchester. Mass. U. .. =.
their preparations Of cocoon anu
late. This famous company. ~
largest manufacturers OF COCO
chocolate In the world. have M N
the highest awards from the I
iernati0nal and other cxposl
Europe and America Tnm
third award from . Paris Esp
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SILVER STAR
Quhnnhs1 Wos1dVl
- u % WIFI. D11as - ~
0oLO0 COGO0A0Q.
Tu1s: - - Nae

The soft hat was introduced 10 Am
erica about 1850 By Louis Kossuth-
The army campaign hat and the rough
rider hat had their origin in Tyro-
lean hat that was brought here By an
American traveller
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An unusually bold burglary came TO
light at Cleveland During the as-
sence from home OF a family the bur
glars lit up the house and had q feast
The neishbors thought party was
going on