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The stems of the PriekIy Pear.

In most plants, to put it simply, the
leaves are the mouths and stomachs of
the organism; their thin and fiattened
blades are spread out horizontally in
wide expanse, covered with tiny
threats and lips which suck in carbonic
acid from the surrounding air and dis
integrate it in their own cells under
the influence of sunlight. In the prick
Iy pears, on the contrary, it is the flat
tened stem and branches which under
take this essential operation in the life
of the PLAINTIFF sucking in of carbon
and giving out Of oxygen, which are to
the vegetable exactly what the eating
and digesting of food are to the animal
organism. In their old age, however,
the stems Of the prickly pear display
their true character by becoming
woody in texture and losing their ar
ticulated, leafiike appearance.
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FLORAHOME LETTER.
Editor Palatka News:


FIorahome's early peaches have
about all been shipped. The crop
while small has for quality been gen
orally fair and and while returns
from a large portion have been
meager, owing largely to the heavy
express charges, still the crop has ad-
ded some considerable ready cash
to our own limited pile. There have
been shipped not less than 500 bush
els, an Improvement over last years
output, leading us to hope that when
cur trees have sufficient age to bear
full crop we may look for thous-
ands of bushels instead of hundreds
and permit us to ship by car lots to
our mOnied advantage.
The abundant, almost daily, show
ers of the past two weeks have given
an impetus TO vegetable growth seen
nowhere else in so great luXuriance
as in Florida. Things do grow, even
crab grass taking advantage of lax
cultivation to put forth its many
runners to an extent often making us
too, like the Dutchman's boy, think
damn.
Some very fine tomatoes, peppers
and late Irish potatoes have been
shipped. Florahome is getting there
slow but sure, and we will doubtless
often gladden. the hearts of the rail-
way company with our products be
ing carried to the starving north
till such time that the people shall
rise in their might and demand that
the railroads as well as all other pub
lie utilities shall belong to the people
and be controlled as is the postal
service. The time is not distant and
we can but wish it God-speed.
oo,,onaoou ,houi,,o .on,o
our nluJk lanos SLY; aIg sno SardS soaie
, womue aI i tiius " than PG Tha
Dte 70 PeopeI,y cu, ,I,oe eo t'e nmd wiI III
results otI s'lom Mi'% So I% ho on" dnaima ni
De wllen Cne plaiIie s;lali pG ttin,'
IN accoro%i ~ Nun Inoiont or
nanitv 70 narnoit snv land sontb nj
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last week to attend her nephew,
John Barr, who has been very i'll
with typhoid malarial fever. With
DIR. Cole is Miss Anna Mary Barr, II
trained nurse of Kansas City and a
sister of the sick man. AT last re-
ports Mr.. Barr was considered much
better and on the road to recovery
For time he was very i'll and his
life was despaired of. Mr.. Barr
worked at Hastings during tie pO-
tato harvest and was taken i'll there.
A. D, Tucker, who is acknowledged
to be one of the best farmers at Flor
ahome, speaks very encouragingly Of
his section. Mr.. Tucker has been
shipping his peaches to West Palm
Beach with excellent results. He
also states that he has shipped a good
many Irish potatoes to that and 9TH
er points south for all of which he
has received excellent returns. Mr..
Tucker says that he has more orders
for potatoes than he is able to fill,
He disposes of great quantity of
fruit and vegetables at the Carraway
turpentne camp.
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TIE B oss WoRM MEDICINE

H. P. Kumpe, Druggist, Leighton,
Ala writes: "One of my customers had
a child, which was sick, and thew up all
food, could retain nothing on its stom-
ache. He bought one bottle of Whites
Cream vermifuge, and it brought up l19
worms from the child. It's the boss
worm medicine in the world" Whites
Cream vermlfuge is also the childrens'
tonic 1t improves their digestion and
ass imitation of food, strengthens their
nervous system and restores them to the
health, vigor and elasticity Of spirits
natural to childhood. Csc at Ackerman
& Stewards Palatka, and Lounds' Ores
cent City.
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COMO.

S. V. Warner and his daughter,
Miss Carrie Warner Carter, left last
Friday for their summer home at
Binghampton, N. Y. 1t was their
purpose to spend a few days III Pa
iatka, visiting at the home of Hon.
E. s. Grill, before continuing their
journey north.
There was children's rally at the
Methodist church last Sunday night
with an interesting program of songs
and recitations by the children.
Rev. ]. K. Ford preached in the
morning to a good congregation.
Como is the active center of Oper-
ations of the Putnam: County Tenn
perance Alliance, an organization
which has been effected for the pur-
pose of intoxicating total abstenance
principles, but organized primarily
for the purpose of moving on the
county for the purpose of securing a
"wetn and "dry" election under the
state local option law. The Alliance
held a meeting at the Baptist church
on Friday evening last with a good
attendance. Mrs. 4. A. Hart made
the principal address.
The Fourth was not publicly cele-
brated.in Como, though the day was
generally observed as q holiday, and
there were several gatherings at
homes and family reunions, notably
at the homes of Capt. Taber and
Horace Prior. Mr.. Dusenberry had
the stars and stripes spread in front
of his beautiful home and other citi-
zens showed their patriotism in a
similar manner. a
There is going to be good many
oranges in and about Como the COM
ing season. The groves of w. X
and Horace Prior are among the
most advanced in the neighbOrhood
These groves are in high state OF
cultivation, the trees look thrifty
and many of them are laden with
fruit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Smith Of
Huntington spent the Fourth in
Como, visiting Mr.. and Mrs w. E.
Palmer aud family. -
No one can drive through Como
without being impressed with its
cleanliness. The are many pretty
walks. The village has an active
Village Improvement Association of
ladies to whom the credit OF this
pleasing condition of affairs Is due.
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Personal and Social.

f. j. Harper was visitor to IA
latka last Monday.
H. R. Johnson went to Palatka on
business last Monday.
]. A. Icenhour has been spending
week or more at home.
EGG. Sackett's house fronting the
Grand Rondo has been neatly
painted.
The G. H. Preston Co. is getting a
number of orders for cypress tanks
for shipment 10 distant states.
Frank Gautler is spending a good
deal of his time at home looking
after his orange grove properties.
W. S. Newbold spent the first
three days of the week in Jackson
vile. Mr.. Newbold says that he Will
have from 800 to 400 boxes of oranges
on his grove this winter.
l.. B. Curtis who has been spend
ing the past two months in the store
of Alderman & Stewart, Palatka, is
here for the month of July with his
grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. IL.
White.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Read have de-
cided not to go to New York this
summer, but will remain quietly at
home, where, as they say, they can
be more comfortable than anywhere
else in the world.
Leonard Reeves arrived last week
for a months visit with his parents,
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. ID M. Reeves.
Leonard, with his three brothers, are
all living at or near Birmingham,
Ala, and all are making rapid ad-
Vancenlent in thir several callings.
Mr.. Stone, one of the managers of
the lumber mills at Omega, has
rented the house of Miss Alice
Cowles on Main street, opposite the
home of w. M. Ritch. 1t is under
stood that the other numbers of the
firm also purpose making Crescent
City their home.
Services were held at the Groves
dale Methodist church last Sunday
morning, the pastor, Rev. H. S.
Miller, officiating. The regular
quarterly conference was held Oh
Tuesday and the quarterly meeting
service on Wednesday, with Rev.
Dr. c. A. FulwOod, the presiding
elder, present and preaching.
w. ]. Bethel came up from Day
tona on Saturday aud spent Sunday
with his brother, r. b. Bethel. He
returned to Daytona on Monday.
Mr.. Bethel is still connected with
the large mercantile house founded
by Mr.. Hill at Daytona, u business
which he says continues to increase
under the management of its present
owner.
f. r. Simmons the newly appoint
ed principal of the white school at
this place for the ensuing year is
from Orange Springs, and has had
several years experience as a teacher
In the county. For two years he was
principal Of Oak Grove school near
Aelrose. Mr.. Simmons is young
man, about 2syears of age, and has
recently been graduated from the
private normal school at Abbeville,
da' He is regarded as an excellent
teacher. The assistant teacher will
probably not be appointed until the
meeting of the school board in
August,
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RRpULSIyE FEATURES.

Blackheads, pimples, greasy faces and
muddy compilations. which are so com
mon among women, especially girls at a
certain age, destroying beauty, disfgur-
ing and making repulsive, features
which would otherwise appear attractive
and refined, indicate that the liver is out
of order. An occasional dose of Her
bine will cleanse the bowels, regulate
the liver and so establish clear, healthy
complexion, soc at Alderman u Stew
arts, Palatka; and Lounds' drug store,
Crescent City.
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Mrs. M. A. Jolley, Noble, @. t.,
writes II have used Herbine for num-
Der of years, and can cheerfully recon-
mend it as the most perfect liver medl-
cine, and the greatest blood purifier. 1t
is medicine of positive merit, and fu ly
accomplishes all that is claimed for it. p"
Malaria cannot find lodgment in the
system while the liver is in perfect or
der, for one of its functions is to pre-
vent the absorption of fever producing
poisons. Herbine is a most efficient
liver regulator. SOC at Alderman d
Stewards, Palatka; and Lounds' drug
store Crescent City.
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CuRHs ScIATICA.

Rev. w. L. Riley, LII. D., Cuba.
New York, writes "After fifteen days OF
excruciating pain from sciatie rheuma-
tism, under various treatments, L was
induced 20 try Ballard Snow Liniment,
the first application giving my first re-
lief, aud the second, entire relief. can
give It unqualified recommendation. 25e,
SOC and Si.00 at Alderman q Stewards
Palatka; and Lounds' Drug store Cree
cent City,
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To decide between love and duty has
caused hours of worry to men as well
as towomen.
The man with a vice wonders why
so many persons think it their duty to
make public the fact.
Man often shows the hard side Of his
disposition to mark more strongly the
generous shades.-Philadelp Bulle-
tin
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Parties in Crescent City desiring to sub
scrihe for this paper or wishing to renew
their subscriptions thereto, may leave their
n.aA ,,ostofIIce who Is our authorized agent.
CpESCFNT CITY TEMPERA FOR THE
WEEK ENDING JULY 4th, l9,3-E. D.
WILLIAMS, OBSERVER.
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DIR. Cole lady physician of Lin
coin, Kansas, arrived in Florahome
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Sold by Lound's drug store, Crescent
City, Fla. APP l7-6m
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Local Card Information address Agent
J. RAINIER, AGENT ST. AUGUSTINE,
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SCHEDULES OF BRANCH LINES.
SANFORD BRANCH.
ORANGE CITY BRANCH.

which
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-08-26
AgoSto II de 1903.

Proposiciones para Ia construction de
TN edificio para escuela en- Ponce, seran
recibidas en- esta o6cina hasta las 10 de
Ia mafiana del ~ de Agosto de 1908,
fecba y ahora en- que seran abiertos los
pliegos. Las proposiciones deben venir
en- triplicado.
Los informes que sc deseen seran
facilitados en- ell Departamento de ms
trucci6n, el cual Sc reserva e1 derecho
&c aceptar 6 rechazar cualquiera de las
proposiciones 6 todas elias. En- el sobre
de remission debera escribirse Propo-
siciones para Ia construction de una
casa -escuela en- Ponce, P. r." y serAn
dirigidrs " E. w. Lord, Comisionado de
Instruction Interino". s-5
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H GDbeT1QdOT de buCG|Ou0
Ell Sr. Gonzalez RotWhos, renuncia
Las ultimaS huelgas

Nueva York, miercoles.-Un
cablegrama recibido de Madrid
dice que el Gobernador de Bar
celona, senor Gonzalez Rotwhos,
ha presentado la dimision de su
cargo a consecuencia de ciertos
rozamientos ocurridos entire las
autoridades de Barcelona con
motive de la Ultima huelga.
Ell ministro de Estado suplic6
al senor Gonzalez que continue
al frente del gobierno civil de la
provincial, dandole un plazo pa
ra responder a la invitacion que
lie hace.
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ID De5|e DID6lCQ
A puertos cerradoS
Rectiflcacion q tempo

Nueva York, miercoles.-Co.
munican de Lima que en- todos
los puertos de Sur america, Sc
han tornado grandes precaucio-
mes sanitarias para evitar la
propagation de la peste que ha
hecho va muchas victimas en-
tres rep1blicas latinas.
Ha causado extraordinaria i'm.
preston la noticia de que en- Bue-
nos Aires Sc habian 1egistrado
algunos casos de epidemia.
Por fortuna, ha sido absoluta-
mente desmentjda la noticia que
carece de fundamento.
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que en- la primera, la segunda
regatta entire los yates "Relian.
ce" v Shamrock" resultando
vencedor el primero.
Dicese que Sir Upton ha ma
nifestado deseos de renunciar q
la tercera prueba, porque esta
convencido de la superioridad
del yate norteamericano.
E] entusiasmo publico es in
descriptible. No Sc habla de
Otra cOsa en- toda la ciudad.
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ID intervention el Tu|Qdi0
Polftica de Francia
Cast arbitro de la Situacion

Nueva York, miercoles.-Des-
pachos recibidos de la capital
francesa, esta maflana, dicen que
la ammonia mas completa existe
entire los poderes europeos en-
10 que respecta a la aplazada in
tervenci6n en- Turquia.
Russia ha manifestado que Sc
cundara felmente la politica
francesa en- Turquia. en- la Sc.
gur1dad de que la gran Repu-
blica europea sabra armonizar
los intereses de los poderes, y
las relaciones complicadisimas
de la acrualidad.
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La Normal de Ri0-piedras

Hemos recibido el prospecto para el
afio escolar de 1903 oo4.
Los profosores de la Normal sou
Paul G. Miller, Principal Felipe Janer
Vice-Principal; Susan Huntington. Do
mingo A. Rubio, Elizabeth F. Hall
Jose Janer, Ruth A. Gottlieb, ]. H. A
Smith, Lima Estella Test, Francisco
Oller y f. M. Pennock.
Los profesores de la Escuela Modelc
son: Susan D. Huntington, Principal
Grace Mowry. Julia H. Hoffman, AL
berta B Campbell, A. Blanche Stone y
Violet F. Ward.
Comisiones de Profesores -Exame-
mes y ca1i6caciones Don Felipe ia
ner, sefiorita Huntington, sefiorita Hail.
Plan de estudios y textos-Sehorita
Goftlieb, sefior Rubio, don Jose Janer
seflor Smith.
Ejercicios literarios y retoricos-Se.
fiorita Hall, don Felipe Janer, sefior
Eubio, sefiorita Test, sefior Oler.
Juegos atleticos- Smith. sefiori.
ia Test. sefior Smith.
Sociedades literarias y musicales-
Don Felipe Janer. sefiorita Hall, Sc
fiorira Test. Sefior Smith.
Reception de alumnos nrevos-Don
lose Janer. sefiorita Gottlieb, sef1or Ru-
bio, seficr Oller.
.Asuntos de Disciplina-Sefior Rubio
sefiorita Gottlieb, seforita Huntingdon
don Jose Janer.
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ID pO|ldC1 C(|O|iQ|
Y ell nuevo Secretario de la Guerra
lie cay6 que hacer

Nueva York, microbes. = En-
los circulos politicos de Was
hington, seg1n dicen los tele-
gramas recibidos aqui, Sc cree
frmemente que el nuevo minis
tro de la Guerra imprimira TN
nuevo rumbo a la politica que
sc viene siguiendo en- Filipinas.
Con motive del nombramien-
to de Mr. Taft, para desempef1ar
la Secretaria de la Guerra, Sc
arraiga la esperanza de que ter
mine muy pronto la campara de
Filipinas.
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sEKVlcs0 DE eAROTAJE

Un vapor sale todas las los por e.
ESTE los VIERNES ell OESTE las d" ia manaHa
Sadra Dor el ESTE: Vernes Agosto 7, Septiembre
Sadra por ell OESTE: Martes Agoso 27y SepembTe TO-
Los vapores CoAMo oNcE sadrn de San uan para Ponce
directos puertos) hacia Agosto Sept
Un vapor pasae de sale de San Juan New ork
Martes guendo la ada del de sus vae
por ell ESTE -
Un vapor de pasaJe de ega San Juan de New York
ueves de la sada del cosanero an sus v1as @
Ell OESTE.
Ocina en- San Juan Gale dc Teuan esquina de Ia Tanca
No. 8
0ficna de Nuevs FORK Ndm Broadway.
Oflcna Oeaus w. tiuck, Agent, o9 Common st
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E1 dia 81

Ciudadanos que habitais en- el pinto
resco Santurce. salud Y cocos de aqua.
Que niguas traidoras no penetren en-
vuestros hogares.
Que no oigais por mucho tempo el
monotone canto del c0qni.
Dicho todo este. con el mayor dist
mulo possible os pregnntamos:
mo pensais en- celebrar "a fiesta de
San Mateo1
Vecinos de Santurce: desde el pal
mar de Escalera veinte generaciones os
ccntemplsn.
JHay fiesta 6 no hay fiesta
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Conocido tanto en II isla coalo On 81
sxtranjero 4 magni6oos ,pnoducto Do h
mejof fkbrics puestorriaue6a d alce-
hNlss pneden hacerse 10 pedldes1
"'''' AFED1KIC0 CATEIL..
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La casa de prestamos situada en- Ia
calle de la Fortaleza nt1mero 2S hace
renate de prendas ell dia zo de los CO.
rrientes 4 las dos de la tarde
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De Venta

I DeseaaVd. comprar muebles bara-
tos ?n4D Diffjase en- esta setnana & Ia ca
lie de San Francisco 81. sercer pisa
, -" 3~H3
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
a Modern cannery.

A modern cannery is a marvel of
mechanical ingenuity. After the fish is
cleaned, automatic machines do nearly
all the remainder of the work. even,
in some instances. filling the cans with
a motion for all the world like that of
two human hands, one holding the can.
the other crowding it full of raw fish.
l shall not attempt to enter into de-
scription Of the machinery. The can
OF fish is started rolling on it's way,
and one has the impression that it con-
tinues to roll through machine after
machine, hardly touched by human
hands. 1t rolls into the cooker and out
again-even rolls itself into bright
colored lakeland finally. somehow. it
rolls into packing box. ready to be
loaded in car waiting at the door,
Ray Stannard Baker in June Century.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
3 ~ ~ ~ ~ = N v N NJ NJ
Noted YaquI. officer Dead.

Recent Sonora papers contain ac-
counts of the death OF Loretp Villa, a
noted Yaqui chieftain, which occurred,
as result of gradual decline from
many wounds received in warfare, at
Tetiacombate. on the Yaqui river, upon
the 21st ult. At the time of f-'the sur
render of the Yaquis and treaty at Or
tiz in 1897, Villa was the third in rank
among the Yaquis. He accepted the
amnesty there granted and lived faith
fully to its provisions. When the dis
affected among their number arose in
1899, killing their head chief. Tetibiate,
who also stood for the observance Of
the treaty, Loreto Villa. with a band
of 200 followers. took the field against
his rebellious fellow tribesmen. and has
done most effective service ever since.
His command was organized as bat
talon of the National Guard. and he
was commissioned as major He had
been also awarded the '''cross of MILL
tary merit" for his valiant services. In
his demise the federal government
loses most faithful and valorous off,
ce- and soldier.-Nogales> (Arizl Oasis.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16

They are catarrh of the organ which is
affected. These women despair of re-
covery. Female trouble is so common. SO
prevalent. that they accept it as almost in
evitable. The greatest obstacle in the way
of recovery is that they do not understand
that it is catarrh which is the source of their
illness. In female complaint. ninety-nine
cases out of one hundred are nothing but
catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
Chronic invalids who have languished for
years on sick beds with some form of female
disease begin to improve at once after be-
ginning DIR. Hartman treatment.
Among the many prominent women who
recommend Peruna are:-Belva Lockwood,
of Washington. d. c.: Mrs. Col. Hamilton.
of Columbus. Ohio: Mrs. F. f. Warren wifo
of U. S. Senator Warren of Wyoming.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac.
tory results from the use of Peruna. write
at once to DIR. Hartman. giving full state
ment OF your case. nd he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman. President of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16

whole place is rigidly clean, an ex-
traordinary contrast to the filth of the
Egyptian villages. The streets are we'll
laid out and scrupulously swept. and
shady avenues of trees are springing
up. Halfa is the railway terminus of
the Sudan. 1t is twenty-eight hours to
Khartum. Nothing can be more COM
Portable than the well-appointed sleep
ing-car train, whicn runs twice week.
Starting at eight in the evening, you
strike right across the Baynda desert,
The stations have no names, but are
known merely by their numbers. In
the morning you come to Abu Hamed
back to the Nile once more. Here
was the scene OF one of the stiffeat
fights in the Sudan campaign. when
Gen. Hunter made his dash from Kor-
Xxi, and here are the graves OF the
white officers of the Tenth Sudanese
battalion, round which the black sol
diers who died with them keep ghost.
ly watch and ward forever. and SO re-
deem the credit CT the regiment, which
came back from the battle without its
leader
From here onward the journey is full
of interest. Berber is springing up
again from its ruins; it even boasts
two stations. Then comes the At
bara, with its famous bridges, and
then Matiner. where there is this year
a camp of exercise for the Egyptian
army. The camp had most business
like appearance. Just as we arrived a
train came steaming in with bat
talon of infantry, all in full marching
order; it was exactly like regiment
detraining at the front in real war.
Shendy is the Crewe Of the Sudan,
and, an hour or two later, we -an into
the terminus at Halfaya.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
LIFE AND LOVE BOTH
CHEAP in THE CAUCASUS

In the northern Caucasus nearly half
the death rate of the inhabitants Is
caused by vendetta. and at least three
fcurths of the vendetta cases are the
result Of curious marriage custom
which is now decimating the popula-
ton. The native of those parts who
wishes to take unto himself a wife
cannot arrange the matter in the sim
pie offhand manner in vogue in west
ern Europe by popping the question. y
He must go home. sell his belong
ings, and buy her fairly ard squarely
of her parents. the price ranging from
$175 to 81 900. This is a costly custom
fl many ways, for 1t is not every young
man who can afford to invest such
large sum in wife. however accom-.
plished. What generally happens In
such cases is that the INDECENT candi-
date for the order OF Benedick induces
a few stalwart comrades to seize the
maiden and carry her OF.
What too often follows then may be