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GENERAL STRIKE IN GLOBE AND
OMAHA AND GRANT SHELTERS

! Denver. July All the employees Of
the Omaha and Grant smelter except
three foremen struck at 11:4O O'Clock
last night. They dropped everything
and the furnaces were left with the
melted ore still in them, which solidi-
Aed and will cause considerable dam
Hge. Later the strikers went to the
Globe plant. whele 500 men were in
duced to strike.
The employees were induced to strike
by 800 members Of the Denver Shelter
nens Union, which held a meeting
lst night ut the Elyria town hall.
hey left the hall and repaired to the
maha and Grant smelter. where they
ersuaded about 800 employees to walk
1t. Three foremen alone remained
b these called up Superintendent
livingston over the telephone and told
him Of the trouble.
Mr. Livingston called up police head
i quarters and Captain Lee with ten
1 men left for the scene at once Aside
from simply abandoning the fires the
strikers did no damage and the police
were only occupied in patr0ling the
vicinity.
This policy was adopted by the Dem
yer Smeltermen's Union in order to
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POPE LEO XIII. SUFFERING FROM
SEVERE ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA

Rome. July 5.-Pope Leo is seriously
III. He is suffering from senile pneu-
monia. superinduced by a cold which
he contracted Friday while taking an
outing in the Vatican grounds. and his
condition Is such as to cause grave con-
Germ among those nearest to his person.
July 6, 4 a. m.-Reported pneumonia
spreading to left lung. Lapponi still
at the Pope's bedside. His holiness
pulse is almost imperceptible.
DR.. Maxzoni denies the reports that
his holiness ia afflicted with hemor-
rhoids and dysentery. He says there
is bare possibility that the wonderful
recuperative powers of his holiness
may save him, or at least defer death
several days. Nevertheless, Maxxoni
apparently entertained pessimistic fore
bodings.
The Pope's strength has been waning
for . fortnight His holiness declined
to conserve the remnants of his
strength. refusing frequently during
the past month to obey DR.. Laponni's
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Instructions to cease all work and es-
pecially tosayoid the exhaustion follow
ing the receptions of pilgrims from va
rious parts of the world. Lapponi for
week past has been endeavoring to
induce hts holiness to remain in bed.
but the Pope declined.
p Friday. despite DR.. Lapponi's re-
newed protest. the Pope left his bed IN
order to receive group of Hungarian
pilgrims. As Lapponi feared. the draft
upon the Pope's slender store OF
strength was too great. His holiness
collapsed after the reception and faint
ed. For the past ten days the Pope has
been taking drive daily in the vati-
can sardens. A week ago he told DR..
Lapponi he intended giving himself a
few hours daily among his beloved
flowers in the Vatican gardens until
October. Friday night DR.. Lapponi re-
manned continually with the Pope,
ministering to him. assisted by the
Pope's aged body servant. Cantrt, and
his nephew. Camille Pecci, and three
especial body servants.
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SPECIAL EAsr-soLNp ExcuR.
f 80 StONe. t=s--l.e--7a i'i.iist =
One Fare Plus Sc for Round Trip Over
the Union Pacific. L-a .

One Fare Plus So for Round Trip Over
the Union Pacific. Ete 3
The Union Pacific announces special
excursions of one fare plus $500 for
the round trip to Chicago st. Louis,
Omaha. st. Paul. Kansas City. Mime
apolis. Memphis. Peoria. Duluth and
Des Moines; also to all points in the
states Of Minnesota. Iowa. Wisconsin.
and the northern peninsula Of Michi-
gan. and to many points In Illinois,
Missouri, North Dakota and South Da-
kota.
Tickets good for return within ninety
days from date of sale. s ft..l
See that your tickets read over the
Union Pacific
Through Pullman tourist sleeping
cars run from Denver to Chicago daily,
via U. P. and c. &. N. W., leaving Dem
yer on The Eastern Express at 10: 30
p. m. double berth costs only $3.50
to Omaha, $3.50 to Chicago. or 500
for night. ffro,'ni
For further information call on local
agent or address -.
e. r. GRIFFIN.
General Agent, 941 Seventeenth Ct.
Denver.
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FIRST MESSAGE
BYPAcIFIc CABLE

!. New York. July 5.-The Pacific cable
was successfully completed at 1880
o'clock last night. eastern time. by the
welding together of the eastern and
western links at Honolulu, on board
the battleship Anglia. thus completing
the entire line of telegraph from San
Francisco to the Philippine islands. q
distance of 5000 miles. and bringing to
conclusion the greatest and most Diff
ficult of submarine cable enterprises
in the history of ocean tel
egraphy.
A message from President Roosevelt
to President Mackay of the Commercial
Pacific Cable Company was sent over
the new cable around the world in
twelve minutes, and Mackay's reply
was sent around the world in nine and
one-haf minutes. The best previous
time for message around the world
was made on one sent by United States
Senator Chauncey M. Depew from the
National Electric Exposition. Grand
Central Palace in this city. in 1886. It
took nifty minutes to transmit the mes
sage.
The first message sent over the new
Pacific cable was one from President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay TO William H.
Taft, governor general Of the Philip
pines. at Manila. Following Governor
Taft's reply was the message from
President Roosevelt to Clarence H.
Mackay, president of the Postal Tele-
graph and the Commercial Pacific com.
pany. Mr. Mackay's reply was fol-
lowed by number. of congratulatory
messages from governors OF states and
other public officials to Governor Taft.
The time for sending the globe-en-
circling message had been set at noon.
but the weather conditions at Honoiu-
lu we're unfavorable and the event had
to be postponed. tss
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sehoo, Of Mine. prss,dsns.

Denver, July 6.-President Victor G.
Anderson OF the State School Of Mines,
former dean Of the Armour Institute
of Technology. Chicago. has arrived
and taken charge Of the Institution.
He will remain in Denver during the
summer and has taken quarters at the
Brown Palace. Professor Anderson y
sanguire that with proper backing By
,the state he can make the school of
mines the leading institution OF its
kind in the world. There is a new deal
all around in the institution: past
feuds have been relegated to oblivion,
and with the personal magnetism and
eminent ability of the new president
It is believed that the school will enter
upon an era OF marvellous growth and
prosperity. The names Of several new
members of the faculty will be an
nounced after the meeting Thursday.
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Record Of Blind AthIetes.

lightweight inmates Of the state in
'titute for the blind at Janesville. Wis.
ield their field day sports recently.
0f the fifteen boys who competed for
prizes offered. thirteen were totally
blind and the other two could see only
moving objects. The hurdles, pole
'ault and hammer throwing were left
ont. but In their places the standing
a.Gh jump. the standing broad jump.
lie football kick, and the thirty-dve
Fard dash were contested. j.
A boy named konia. totally blind.
vas FIRST in the thirty-flve yard dash
N 0:04 fiat. The distance for the run
ming broad jump was seventeen feet
eight inches and the standing high
Jump was four feet six inches. The
football was kicked 108 feet.
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STRIKE RENEWED 80
AT STANDARD MILL

Colorado Springs. Colo. July As
result Of the meeting of the Colorado
City Mill and Smelterihen's Union, No.
l25, held last night to consider the ac-
ton of the Telluride mill In posting .
notice to the effect that wages would
be reduced July 5th. strike has been
declared on the Standard mill. operated
by the United States Reduction and Re-
lining Company. Manager Fullerton a
the Telluride agreed to take down tie
notice posted and continue the exist
Ing scale of wages for the present.
Conferences were held yesterday af-
ternoon between ofiicers of tn local un-
lon and mmbers of the executive board
,pf til Western Federation of Minsrs,
who came down from Denver. return-
Ing before the meeting last night was
held. At the conclusion a last nights
meeting the following statement to the
press was issued by the union:
"At u regular meeting Of the Colo
ado City Mill and Smeltefmen's Union
No. 125. held tonight the armistice be-
tween that o rganization and the Unit
ed States Reduction and Refining Com
pany ~ Submitted April LIST last by Mr..
Meyer to tie advisory board appointed
by tile governor was declared on and
strike formally called. taking effect
Immediately. The union states that
the reason for such action was that
only one of its men had been reinstat-
ed, in violation of the terms agreed up
on. In reference to the Telluride and
Portland mills, 1t would be unjust TO
allow present conditions 70 continue.
1.-THE union holds that General Man
ager MacNeill, by his co,lrses Of action
since the agreement. has made other
action on the part of the union 1mpos-
sible. 1t is now up to the United States
Reduction and Refining Company to
sign tho union scale. which is in effect
at both the Portland and Telluride
mills. providing 32.25 as the minimum
scale. The notice that has been posted
at the Telluride mill Of the cut IN
wages, to take effect July 9Th, has been
taken down by Mr.. Fullerton and no
cut whatever will be made. The union
has no complaint against the Portland
anG Telluride mills. They will continue
operating in their normal condition.
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Tn. Worlds Oldest Cod. Of Laws.

OF recent dnds In the East, mono b Of
more interest to scholars than the stels
of Hammurabi discovered by De Morgan
In Susa. A study Of this important
document. from the pen OF DR.. William
Hayes Ward. will appear In the July
Century. Hammurabi reigned In Baby
lon about 1850 b. c.. ard his code car
ried back the history of law Thousand
years or more. Comparisons of Ham
murabis code with the Mosaic legisla-
ton shows the former to be, on the
whole, very much more humane. II a
man has given his wife. son or daugh-
ter to serve in payment Of debt. they
shall not serve more than three years
and shah 20 free on the fourth: the
Hebrew law said the seventh. The
conditions of the country appear in the
provision that If thunderstorm has
ravaged d Debtors field. or there has
been . drought. the debtor shall be re-
leased for that year. has not altered.
and no interest charged.
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water.pou. in Pennsylvania.

Greensburg. Pa. July Ga water
spout of immense proportions. striking
in the vicinity of lakewood Park yes
terday afternoon, created flood that
caused great loss Of life and prop
erty.
at midnight says from fifty to seven
ty-five men, women and children per-
ished. The majority were drowned or
had their lives beaten out against the
rocks on Brush creek, but quite .
number were sleetrocuted.
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To the housewife who mas not yet
become acquainted with the new
things of everyday use in the market
and who 10 reasonably satisfied with
the old. we would suggest that trial
of Defiance. Cold Water Starch be
made at once. Not alone because 1t
is guaranteed by the manufacturers
to be superior to any other brand.
but because each 10c package con-
tains is ozs., while all the other kinds
contain but IL ozs. 1t is safe to say
that the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other. Quality
and quantity must win. 4s-t,
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Let this Coupon be your Messenger Of Deliver:
ance from Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Troubles.

Tho reason You can get
this trial free il because
they cure Kidney Ills AN1
will prove It to you.
WET BRANCH. MICH
Doan's Kidney PiIls hit the
case. which was an unusual
desire to urinAte - had TO get
up five or zig tines of y night
l think diabetes wEs well I'M
der way, the feet and ankles
swelled. There WIS an in
tense pain In the back, the
heat Of which would feel like
putting ones hand up to .
lamp chimney. l have used
thu free trial and two full
boxes of Doan's pills with tho
satisfaction Of feeling that I
am cured. They are tho ren,-
edy par excellence"
b, r. BAI.LARA
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Death of Alfred C. ca.s.

Denver, July 6.-Alfred Curtis Cass
first vice president and traffic manager
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany, who was one of the strong FAC.
tors In the upbuilding of that great
industry, died at Redstone. COLORADO
on Saturday night at 1890 O'Clock
Owing to imperfect telegraph service
news of his death did not reach Den
yer until yesterday.
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First Come. First Served.

s We would rather sell our fine San
Luis valley lands to Colorado farmers
Best water rights. fertile soil. low
prices, easy terms. II easterners come
first-and they're coming fast-we will
sell to them. of course. Send for our
new booklet and see what you're miss
ing. The Colorado Bureau of lmmigra-
ton. GIG Majestic Bldg. Denver. Colo.
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Hasn't Squailop been foolfng us
beautifully How" II found out
the other day. by accident. that he has
been a member of church for TWEEN
ty-five years. without any of his friends
ever suspecting IT." f' pti
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Mrs. Eextdoor-My goodness! How
did you parrot learn such awful Lam
g,,age! Mrs. Homer-Oh, 1t happened
to be in the room when my husband re-
ceived the bill for my new bonnet
oh! "If at first you don't succeed"
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Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance
Starch 10 taking the place OF all
others.
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The Salesman-.Now here il ham
mock big enough for two The Swee,
GirlSThat won't do. want to buy on,
small enough for two
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A Chicago multi-millionaire In willing to
give n million dollars for "A model ser
want KIrl-but perhaps the girl doesn't
think him model millionaire. .lf-
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Probably the sparrow that KILLED Cock
Robin claimed that he found his victim
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Don't YOU admire the roses in Miss
Pretty's cheeks?" No. 1 never did like
artificial flowers"
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smok. BAKER. "BuIlh.Ad.. s.een, c, y,

"rf you find II impossible 70 keep open
Your line Of retreat" said the Instructor
To To the "itssy 'Snso iwhss esEhs you
was the prompt reply ~
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-he mildest tobacco that grows Is used
in the mnke-up of Bakers Bullheud 5
cent cigar. Thy one and see.
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10 BOT believe Piso's Cure fer ossssmpt,o,
he's an equal for coughs and coids.-JoHN ?
Boyna. Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. Is Ieoa
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The secret of the popularity of Baxter.s
.Bullhead" Scent cigar " revealed In ons
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No chromos or cheap premiums.
but better quality and one-third
more OF Defiance Starch for the same
price Of. other starches.
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Aistrsxs-.l hope you'll suit. I've had
eleven cooks In the last three months
Cook-That'r nothing. I have had twice
us many places.
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A man may be called silly drunk when
mobile. FT-asF sSifls
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1T beats air how good cigar you can
buy for cents = you buy the right brand
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Bird stores may ssmetines cut prices
but a golden eagle Il always worth ten
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TELEGRAPH OPERATORS IN DEMAND
IeleKraphy ihoroughiy taught In the CENTRAL
BUSINESS coLLkiik. Denver. Write for Joarliai.
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How do you like my new slippers?'
said the up-to-date girl. "Oh. they are
simply immense" replied the silly fnnn.
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FITS rermsrsnsvCafed. No II. ssvoss nsss afts,
brat Gay m.s 81 Dr. klas' = 8rset Nerve R1.,o
esnd for FREE $500 trial sntsla nbd. ts~ atIss
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II you have smoked n BuIlhead 5-ceni
cigar you know how good they are: n
you have not better try one.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup.
For children teethin9, softens the gums e1uces In
aaumsiion sllays pain. cures Hsnd coc. ~ bottls
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A smile of satisfac tion eoes with one Of
Raxter's ,"Bullhead' scent cigars
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II there II anything the real smart man
doesn't know he doesn't know 1t.
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impose "A license on cats. ~ has been
suggested. they would doubtless precipl-
tate IA catastrophe.
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The strictly up-to-date man refuses I,
drive m '02 mobile In 'o3. Il Z EFT :
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Hereford and Shorthorn Bull
MODERN SCHOOL of BUSINESS
18th and Cuftis Streets, Denver, Colo,

Drpartmentr:-TslezrAp bookkeeping tthe
shorthand lGrAham and Gregg -ysteuisi Tyue-
writing tTouch method \. prnms u-hip lind
students completing the com bined cour--. En-
pericneed teachers In e~-ry department. Fall
term 0pens Sept. ,. 1909. send for free
illustrate catalogue. A. N. kEARSS. Pre-.
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@ Nails catsrrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price. 7se.
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Jubilee for a Library.

Manchester. England, is soon to Gel
citrate the jubilee of its free library
During the fifty years over $4,000, 900
books have been drawn out.
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Stops .tfse C1uRh antl
Work$ Or the Cold
axative Bromo CniNfno Tah5ats, Price .
Evening journal., 1903-09-23
Delaware CITY

Special to the Evening Journal.
Delaware City, Sept 22.--Mr. and
Mrs. George Green are visiting rela-
tives in Lockport, n. Y.
Lieutenant Lincoln of Fort Monroe Is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hines and Mrs. Ida
Creed have returned from a visit to
Cenueville Md.
Mrs. Alexander Farrell is spending
some time with her brother in Ohio.
Miss Lucy Hutton and Mr.. Hutton
have returned TO their home in Dover
after q visit to friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller and son. Or. Wal
ter Miller, of Philadelphia, are spend
ing some time here.
John Money Of Philadelphia spent
Sunday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Roberts OF Chester
have been spending a few days in town.
Miss Martha Cook Of Germantown is
visiting relatives in town.
William Keane Of Annapolis, Nd.
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Keane.
Mrs. William Jester Is spending some
time with her son, William Jester OF
Philadelphia.
Miss Annie Ayres. who has been Wis
iting friends in town, has returned to
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1903-09-23
HOSPITAL TO BE ENLARGED
Much Needed Addition to the HOmeo'
pathie Will Soon be Made.

Within a short time it is expected
that a large addition TO the Homoeo-
pathic Hospital will be erected. AL
ready several large subscriptions have
been made. including two of $1,000
each, one of which being received from
Mrs. w. c. Pennyoacker.
Plans have been prepared by Archi-
tect +. James Dallett. but it is not
known whether the new addition will
be fashioned after the drawings sub
mitted by him or new plans be secured.
The specifications drawn up by MI.
Dallett provide for a two-story addi-
tion with a disDensary in the base
ment. The two floors of the annex are
TO be devoted entirely to private pa
tients. as in later years there has been
a graf demand for private rooms.
The managers Of the institution are
not at present able to say when the
work of building the addition viii be-
gin. They are awaiting the result OF
the canvass for subscriptions now be-
ing carried on before making any state
ment that may be definitely relied on.
Evening journal., 1903-09-23
Social and PersouaI Notes

General James II. Wilson tomorrow will
entertain A. J. Cassatt, president OF the
Pennsyivania Railroad Company and a
plarty of friends
Miss Sara Sands is visiting relatives
4 Chester.
/ Miss M. Myrtle Miller. Of Warren. Pa.
Is visiting at the home Of her brother,
NV L. Miller. No. 1016 Wawaset avenue.
william Baxter Jr., has gone TO New
Haven, Conn. where he Is Yale stu-
lent. Mr.. Baxter was accompanied by
'his sister Helen. who VIII attend the
sBur:iham school at North Hampton,
MassA
William ]. Gallagher. ". and family
nave moved to St. Louis, Mo. where he
mas accepted a position as engineer in a
. steel plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. John TAFT win start on
Friday on ten days trip 70 Niagara
& Falls, Thousand Islands and Montreal.
Frank Taylor. president of the
EAmerican Vulcanized Fibre Company,
who has been i'll near Benson. Nd, for
Hmore than a month. has returned TO
Nhis home in this city.
Miss Carrie Chalfont has returned to
philadelphia after a visit of several
lays here.
The3Rev. ]. ]. Huston and David Nc
b Henry went to Troy n. Y, last even
81 ng to attend the New York synod OF
81 The United Presbyterian Church. DIT
4 huston is to make an address before
he body in the interest of the Board
81 # Education.
Miss Margaret II. Griffith and John
/. Kemp were married by the Rev. H.
zis Dulany in Asbury NJ. E. parsonage
asst night.
Evening journal., 1903-09-23

spending several days with friends in
Philadelphia
Miss Ida Johnson, Of Milford, is a
b. or'no ,fs'for
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Sudler speE a
pai1 OF the week in Georgetown.
Oscar Sudler. of Cape Charles, speni
short time in Bridgeville this weeiS
en- route to his school in Vermont
II. Fl. Morgan, Jr., Of Seaford, was
Ia recent visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis and son Harold,
of Camden. n. j., are being enter
tanned by her mother, Mrs. Mary
Adams
John Trout. OF New York. has re-
turned home after a visit to friends at
this place.
II. L. Cannon was in Philadelphia re-
Gently.
Mrs. D. ]. Lyons, Of Greenwood, was
in town this week.
Charles Wiley Of Wilmington, was
home recently.
Misses Amy and May Jones, of Har-
rington. who have been visiting Ms.
William b. Truitt, have returned
home.
Mrs. E. E. Ward was a seaford visi-
tor on saturday.
Mrs. Lucy Hanson and Mrs. Nellie
Jones' Of Harrington. who have been
visiting Miss Laura Layton. have re-
turned home.
Miss Helen Hazel. of Philadelphia
has returned from a visit to her sister
Mrs. William Cannon.