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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
rwo FOR PRICE OFF ONE.

The TELEGRAPH COURIER and Chi
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paid in advance. If
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Stopped the Criticism.

Senator Nelson Of Minnesota Is not
a Spanish scholar, and when he was
discussing the statehood bill he made
sad havoc Of some of the names he
used Senator Elkins. who speaks
and writes Spanish readily enjoyed
the Minnesota mans performance
greatly. Maria Virgin" said Nelson.
pronouncing the name according 10
English rules. "Mahreeah Veehil."
whispered Elkins to his next door
neighbor. "Jicarillas' was given ordi
nary pronunciation by the man from
the northwest, and Elkins said "Hica
reeahs" so that Nelson heard him. The
latter looked at the West Virginian Tor
moment and then lunged ahead. But
the look was enough; there was no
more audible criticism.
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STATUS OF RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Peculiar State Of Affairs In the Empire
Of the Gar

ESSu"a' 0tdte OF Anairs In the Empire
Of the Gar
We think that Russian women are
far behind American and English won.
en- In business and professional eman.
cipation Yet in st. Petersburg you can
see one of the finest medical colleges
for women in the world, aud quite as
many women doctors fourlshlng as In
London.
The pictures one gets of Russian
prison life from Tolstoi ana George
KEENAN, are terrible and revolving. But
Russia has a model prison at Arch.
angel, one Of the finest in the world.
Again, from Tolstol and from Gorky
one sees the peasants utterly without
liberty, without hope. But every vii.
lege has its mir" or village council
where the advanced doctrines Of local
option and women suffrage are carried
out two things long fought for unsuc.
cessfully In England.
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GIFT THAT MADE TROUBLE.
Unfortunate Meeting Probably Cause
for Family Feud.

When the tall lady in the sealslAIn
coat entered the car the short, jolly
woman who was sitting near the end
instantly became all smiles.
1t was only a minute before they
were hard at Il, telling all about their
Christmas gifts.
Changing somethlng?" said the tall
one, motloning to a parcel the other
held in her lap.
yes was the reply; something
some one sent me, don't know who,
and as don't like 1t am going to
change II. Isn't It homely? never
wear black, anyway" and in a second
she had the bundle opened and its con.
tents exposed to the eyes OF her com.
panion.
The tall lady said never a word for
a full moment. Then with a glance
that would have frozen boiling water
she remarked, haughtily, Il sent that
to you."'
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Clarence parrow,s Sarcasm.

Clarence s. barrow, the Chicago law.
yer addressed a meeting In Philadel.
phia the other evening on "Tolstoi the
Man" He expounded his views on
socialism in epigrammatic style. as
may be gathered from these sen.
fences: 1T is vulgar for a rich man
to work II he did worK people would
think he wasn't rich. There are very
very few rich men in jail. Having
money, there are other places for them
to 60 Most prisons have chapels so
a convict can be a Christian for an
hour once week. am reconciled to
death, because am sure the rich will
not have their pick of things in the
other world
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New Order Of Veterans.

Half dozen old soldiers were ex.
changing "reminiscences the other day
In Ottawa, Kan, and were telling each
other just how the civil war sbould
nave been fought "Curley" Harrison
a local joker happened along and list.
ened q while. Finally he became n
tribe weary and said: 81 am going 10
found a new association Of old sol.
diers' to be composed exclusively q,
those who admit that they did not
put down the rebellion and who fur.
ther admit that they got scared and
ran repeatedly. There are only thir.
~ OF us in the state so far as | know.
! expect to hold high Office in the or.
der, for outran every other man At
Chickamauga"
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Tip in the New York Press tells
Of peculiar philanthropist who has
been doing his good work regularly for
years. He goes from undertaken to
undertaken about once a month and
asks for the unpaid funeral bills. II
he can buy for fifty cents on the dol.
lar he does so; If for seventy.hvs he
does so; II for ninety he does so. II
he is asked to pay in full he does So
The undertaken is required to send a
receipt In full to the debtors, but with.
out mentioning the name of the one
who paid the bill. The philanthropis,
understands well the hard strain II is
Tor the poor to bury their dead de.
Gently, and knows the rapacity Of the
undertaken.
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Courtesy In Sweden.

The swedes are a quiet, taclturn
people There is no jostling, even
among the lower classes. When a
train leaves a platform or a steam.
boat pier the lookers.on lift their hats
to the departing passengers and bow
10 them, compliment th;.t Is returned
by the passengers. You are expected
TO lit your hat to the shabbiest per.
son you meet In the street, and to en-.
ter shop, Office or bank with the hat
on Is considered bad breach of good
manners. In retiring from a restaur.
ant you are expected to bow to the oc.
cupants. Bowling and hat.lifting are so
common that the people seem to move
around more slowly than elsewhere in
order to observe the courtesy.
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LAID IT ON roo THICK.
Beresvsd Husband Thought HE Wife
Was Too Highly Praised.

Bereavsd Husband Thought HE Wife
Was Too Highly Praised.
The Maine papers are telling a story
Of q young minister who on his first
charge was called upon TO preach a ~.
Ferel sermon over woman. II was
his first funeral sermon and he laid
himself out to make an Impression,
and succeeded. The woman had had
her faults, but the minister forgot
them. This was to be expected, but
he extolled her so highly that the poor
bereaved husband, sitting there list.
ening, couldn't recognize her by the
description. Finally in a glowing
peroration he pictured God and the
archangels and the angels and all the
hosts OF the redeemed joyously form.
ing parade to welcome to Heaven
this "one OF the very best OF all WON.
en-" The husband could stand Il no
longer, and, leaping up, interrupted
him with reckoning hand, gasplng
out: mo, no. elder; not quite that!
She was only bout middlln'."
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Last Phase of Sensation

Ernest Schilling, the coachman who
created a sensation years ago by elop.
ing with the daughter Of Millionaire
Morosini, has returned to his old yoca.
ton and is now coachman for doctor
in Astoria, N. Y. After their clone.
ment the young couple went to live IN
a poor quarter OF New York city, the
husband becoming car conductor
Seven months OF this kind of life was
enough for Mrs. schilling. who quietly
disappeared one day. Her husband
mas never seen her since. After 0
lengthy period Of living In retirement
the vile returned 10 her fathers
home.
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Parrots as Advertisers.

A London instructor of parrots
makes specially OF training them
to be advertisers. They are tassnt SO
that whenever they see anyone enter
a shop they say, Have you tried So.
and.So's MIX Porrldge?" or Hair
Restorer?" or whatever the commo.
dity is. The parrots cage, bearing a
label advertising the patent commo,
dity, stands on the shop counter and
the bird "puffs" the article all day
long, for he has been purposely taught
nothing else, Some Of the mammoth
food manufacturing firms have bought
several of these advertising parrots,
and lend them out to the shops that
pun their particular speciality.
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PeeuIIarIty Of the Lett.r ao.n

A Arm which was sued in the West.
minister tEngland) county court re.
Gently for the price of a sign defended
the case on the ground that the 90
in their name was smaller than the
other letters 1t was proved By
measurement, however, that It was a
sixteenth of an inch larger, allowance
having been made for the fact that
owing to an optical illusion, the letter
20" always looks smaller than the
neighboring letters, Judgment was
given for the sign makers.
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AMBITION SCARED TOO HIGH.
Desire for Higher Social Prominence
Caused Downfall.


Caused Downfall.
Pitt was induced by Sir John Sin.
clair to constitute a board of agricul.
tire toward the end of the eighteenth
century and make him the president
Having enjoyed his office for few
years. Sinclair began to desire promo.
ton In the social scale. Dear Mr.
Pitt he wrote to the prime minister
don't you think the president Of the
board of agriculture should be a
peer?"
Dear Sir John Sinclair" replied
Pitt, Il entirely agree with you. have
therefore appointed Lord Somerylle
to succeed you as president Of the
board OF agriculture"
Sir John Sinclair went about wiring.
ing his hands and exclaiming. Dear
me. dear met was such a wilful
misunderstanding! "-Fortnlghuy Re.
view.
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A NATION OF AppLE-EArERa
American People Heavy Consumers Of
the Sueeulent Fruit.

NNN 0NNNaANNh tAfa
The latest estimate places the tota
number OF apple trees Of bearing agg
In the United States at something over
two hundred millions. This is nearly
three trees to every person. These
trees yield more than one hundred
and seventy.iive million bushels. mol
all these apples are consumed at
home, for In years of full crop more
than three million bushels go abroad.
Yet, the apples kept at home are more
than two bushels for every adult and
child. We are a nation Of Applicant
ers. This fact may not be to our cred
II, however, when we remember that
good part OF all these apples are
Ben Davis and other kinds that re.
fined and cultivated taste would not
choose for It's dessert. Yet probably
half our people never raise an apple;
and Of the half who do raise them, but
a small percentage grows for market;
and Of these who grow for market,
only a part make a profit from the
business. Yet there is money In ap.
pie growlng.-Country Life in Amer
oa.
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Had the Knot Safely Tied.

Mr.. and Mrs, James Brazis, llyine
nearly Klngnsher, Ok, were married
three times In the same day, and prob
ably hold the record. Then went to
Kingfsher to get married and after
getting a license were united by the
old Probate Judge, S. E. Sanders. The
groom thought that perhaps II might
be well If j. NJ. Graham Probate Judge
elect, should also perform the cere.
mony, so Mr.. Graham frightened up the
nuptial knot. The bride still had a
lingering doubt as to the legality of
either marriage and the services Of a
clergyman were called into reQuisi.
ton. After the third ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Brazls went home.
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The Production Of Aluminium,

The reduction OF alumira to metal
Is now progressing in America on
what would have been regarded ten
years ago as a stupendous scale. Win
1000 horsepower operating at Mag.
ara falls and 5000 horsepower at
shawinigan falls, in Quebec. America
possesses 10000 horse power devoted
to producing this metal. This will
produce aluminium at the rate of 900
tons yearly, or production twice as
large as the rest OF the world put to.
gether.
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kInals Visits 10 lrsland

King Edward VII has paid in all
seven visits to Ireland. In isAs twbep
ne was made earl OF Dublin and again
In 1859 he accompanied the late oueen
and the prince consort; in loss ne
was attached to the Grenadier guards
at the Curragh camp, while he visited
the island again in 1864. 1868 1871
and 1888 His majesty made his frst
speech In Ireland in 1853. ON the pres.
entatlon OF new colors to the ROYAL
Hibernian school, when he was not
yet ~ years old. NV
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Typewritins Telegraph Apparatus.

The Stelies typewriting telegraph
as used by the London police. is an
apparatus for sending a message sim.
ultaneonsly and in typewriter charac.
tiers to several places at once. The
battery is a powerful magnet and the
paris are actuated by springs Tho
operator at one end touches the KEYS
representing the letters and agures
at the same time turning a handle
and the message is received and
printed automatically by all the 70.
cordlng instruments on the clrcu,t
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RgLIcs oF pARkER rIMEs.
ignorance in Many Forms sim Works
Mischief.

ignorance In Many Forms stu Works
Mischief
All England has been indignant At
the crime and at the insufficient pun
ishment Of a mother who punished her
daughter brutally for bad habit"
Almost every one can remember such
an illustration of furnishing children
for being III which occurred In his
neighborhood or family during his
childhood. The fact arouses the
thought that the old-time punishments
of the insane, of the aged, etc, are by
no means past. To every oculist's
office are frequently brought the pitt.
able victims OF stupid school teachers
who are still often publishing children
fnr the astigmatism, myopla or hyper
opia which has prevented them from
seeing figures on the blackboard or
from studying diligently, or from being
as bright-minded as the teacher wishes.
We know of one railway superlntehd'
ent who Furnishes his men who are
growing presbyoplc by discharging
then II they wear glasses. One won
ders II the detestable superstition OF |
the evil eye, and the horrible punish.
ment inflicted on its supposed posses.
sor has not arisen because of strabls.
nus.-American Medicine.
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FuNERAL SIMMONS FAR ApAAr
Twenty Years Elapsed Between Sup.
posed and Real Death.

posed and Real Death.
Roy. T. E. Phillips Of Pennsylvania.
who Is on visit here TO bis brother,
r. s. Phillips of this city. Is tho hero
Of strange adventure. He preached
two funeral sermons, at an interval OF
twenty years, over the body Of the
same man.
On the first occasion Mr. Phillips
had just finished his ramrks at the
grayeslde when the supposed corpse
knocked on the coffin lid and asked to
be released from his prison. Twenty
years later Mr.. Phillips again stood by
the grave OF the sEme man. This time
he preached second funeral sermon.
The corpse did not knock on the coffin
lid; the coffin Temalned unopened. The
man stayed dead
A number OF persons who lieard the
hrst sermon also heard the last. II
was remarkable colncldence.-St erl.
Ing, ILL.,, Correspondence Chicago Rec.
ord.Herald.
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Senatorial Amenities.

During the speech OF Senator Nelson
OF Minnesota against the admission of
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona
as states the senator said that 30 per
cent OF the population Of New Mexico
IS Spanish and Mexican. Delegate
Rodey Of New Mexico. who was list.
ening to the speech, scrubbed a note
and sent 1t to Nelson It said Dear
senator; | recently had occasion TO
inquire into the matter and much TO
my surprise find that 81 per cent of
the population OF Minnesota ,s Nor.
weglan. How on earth did that state
get in?"
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penuneIatIOn Of Liquor rrattiO

Rev. d. ]. o'sulllvan, a member of
the Vermont state legislature. is the
first Catholic priest ever elected to
that body. Mr.. o'Sullivan was invited
to attend a dinner given by the anti.
prohlbitlonists, but was unable 10 nj.
tend. He wrote a letter in which ne
said; Personally am not irrevocably
welded to any system Of regulating
the liquor trafTic. have never said
one word against the prohlbitory law.
but | am heartsick Of the sanctimoni.
ols hypocrisy, the lying, the private
and public corruption and the whole
train of evils connected with its en-.
t,,scement."
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Valuable 10 cardsr.,.

The planter" is device for the
assistance Of the gardener II loot,o
IKE a pair OF large curling tones
which when closed form a boIIoy
tune and taper to a point. The nlont
to be inserted into the prouna a.,
placed In the tube portion. which &c
then forced into the earth when no
implement is withdrawn. The onero.
ucn OF planting and transplantlbr i,
rendered easy, and the contrlvanre %
carried as conveniently as A mar -,
scissors. P"ir Ot
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LIzard-catohlna In New orlsan,

Nearly half the boys in New orIeors
are catching lizards and making good
pocket money by doing so. The nrIco
started at twenty-five cents a hundred
and the dealers found many bows viii,
Ing to catch them at that figure. hn,
the price has lately gone up 10 st,y
cents a O1ndred, They are wantad by
a San Francisco man who expects ~
make the lizards useful by CATCHING
the insects which are hurting the
fruit In California. "'
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How "JOen Cannon chews Gum

Congressman Cannon is not an ha.
bitual gum chewer, but when he does
indulge his performance is simply as.
founding. One stick Of the stuff lasts
him about a couple Of minutes, or I'm.
I'll the sweetness has begun to dlsap.
pear. Then he throws 1t away and
takes another, so that the ordinary S.
cent package never lasts him more
than a quarter Of an hour. When Il is
all gone Uncle Joe generally bites
of a fresh chew Of tobacco and takes
genuine comfort.
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MIIIlonaIres serve on I,,,u

With a view to raising the standard
Of jurors, Judge j. A. Evans of Pitts
burg had the names OF a number oi
wealthy men put in the wheel from
which jurymen are drawn. Amcnp
the lot were several multlmilllonaires
and some OF them will doubtless he
working for the county at $3.50 per
day Judge Evans declared that AZ.
cuses would not avail. and limited that
the sheriff would be sent after those
who fail to come to time.
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Women Guard Railroad crosslro,

In France there are 1919 women
employed as gatekeepers at the rail.
road crossings. They get very small
pay, but the railroads provide each one
with a house and small garden patch
rent free. These women work every
day in the year. They may not leave
their posts for day OF, even on Sun
days and holidays, and their working
days are from fifteen to eighteen hours
.ong.
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Characteristics Of Alfred Bel.

Alfred Belt, the South African mil.
lionaire, now very III and said to be
the richest man in the world. has the
air OF confidential lawyers clerk. All.
ways dressed in almost shabby clothes.
with a meek air, mild eyes and low
voice, he is a great disappointment to
those who expect to see a SNOWY az.
gressive parsonage, He went to Kim.
berley when but 90 years old and
backed by his fathers capital from
Germany bought mines which made
him fabulously rich, He and Cecil
Rhodes, tho latter backed by the
kothschilds, formed the great De
Beers diamond trust, which now prac
tically controls the market for these
precious stones.
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The announcement Of Prof sor.
magni OF Pavia that he has discov.
cred the microbe Of hydrophobia Is 70.
specially referred to those who de.
clare that there is no such disease as
hydrophobia.
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Max Nordau will please accept the
thanks OF American citizens for select
ing China as the scene OF the final
great contest between the world pow.
ers.
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Inventor Edison declares that cleo.
tricity win eventually Danish disease
and abolish the drug stores. Nr. Ed.
son is now looking for a suitable name
for his elixir.
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A Brooklyn iantress has inherited
$4,000 from a tenant to whom she
was kind. Paste this item up some.
wi -e so that the janitor OF your fat
WI be sure to see IT,
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The Moroccan pretender says he
doesn't want the throne for himself.
He probably wishes to reserve the
right to keep on pretending in case
the new arrangement isn't satlsfac.
tory.
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ABoston scientist has been trying to
find out what makes drunken men
see double. Heretofore It has been
generally supposed lha. it was the
stun they drank.
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A member Of the Missouri legIsla.
ture on arriving at the state capital
proceeded to blow out the gas. But
he'll know more before the SESSION
ends.
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It's strange that the anarchists who
want to get rid Of young King Alfonso
haven't thought Of sending him a box
Of doctored candy.
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A Nova Scotia firm is planning to
pump coal from the bottom OF the
ocean. This is point the coal trust
must have overlooked.
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Sweden has two crematorles. but
the average Of cremations In that
country is less than one per annum.
The authorship Of Swedish crema
tory would seem to come under the
head Of light. easy Jobs.
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No doubt China will have sense
enough to heed the powers warning.
A lot OF desirable loot was left behind
on that first trip.
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The man who writes sage advice
on the way to win a woman is pretty
apt to be either a bachelor or hen.
pecked.
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IN NO HURRY TO WORK.
Young Man Had Faith in the Ability Of
His Father.

Judge Morgan J. O'Brien Of New
York was recently chatting with a
Harvard student, a son Of prominent
business man and a close friend Of
the judge, about his career at college
The youth complained that, owing to
his "paltry allowance OF but $4,000 a
year he was getting heavily in debt
The judge condoled with him and then
remarked:
y suppose after you are graduated
you intend to enter into business?"
We'll, no Judge replied the young.
ster; mot as long as father has his
health"
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Now for wireless telephony" says
greedy exchange, "and a voice from
space declaring that the ether is
busy"
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Publicity is suggested as a remedy
for trusts. Yet the householders talk
more OF monopoies than of anything
else nowadays,
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The absorption Of tropical countries
by the United States has not tempered
the American winter to any appreci.
able extent.
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In Russia a bridegroom.elect is ex.
peeted to send his fiancee a present
every day Which must be very con.
dueiye to short engagements.
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santos'Dumont is figuring as core.
spondent In a Boston divorce case.
This looks like another bad fall for
the celebrated aeronaut.
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The Moulin Rouge has been closed
Tor good, but probably enterprising
Americans will continue to find some
wickedness in Paris.
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NEW MEXICO.

Corhett will fight Jefrrles for S2O,.
600 Few others would.
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The Duke and Duchess of Manches.
ter are coming over to pay Pa Zim.
norman visit and let him chip in q
little something for the baby.
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Alcohol is likewise scientifically ad.
judged a relish, too, when taken as
other relishes are, sparlngly. We
rather suspected as much.
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A Missouri man has been arrested
for stealing tombstone. Perhaps he
thought 1t might burn II soaked in oil.
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Time is money. A venturesome man
can get a thousand dollars by staying
four rounds with Jim Jeffries.
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Nothing that has happened, how.
ever. has shaken Castro's sublime con-
idcnce in himself.