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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
At the Inter-Ocean Building,
5I2 Ninth St.

GrOWdSy
CrOWdsg
Never were such scenes :
witnessed as at the
Great Sale of the
:Parker & Sons Stock.
of Furniture
Bought us a Sc. on %a, the
The bargains are simply If ,
resistible. People coming in
tending to buy only one piece
OF furniture are refurnishing
whole rooms.
The chance of a lifetime.
The chance of a lifetime.
Sale continues
: Sale continues
. as long as any Of this great
S52,I48.SS stock is left.
Don't miss it.
. Don't miss it.
. Two more carloads
. Two more carloads
arrived from New York yes :
terday.
(: $3.50 Brass Beds for. $500
$500 Brass Beds for. $4,000
$32.oo Brass trimmed
Beds for. $500
$4,000 Brass trimmed
Beds for .$I4.oo
$4,000 Mahogany Cham
Der Suites. $500
: $500 Mahogany Dress
!: ers .......... $3.50
!: $1,000 CHARTERED Oak
Dressers .$I4oo
! $500 CHARTERED Oak
: Chiffoniers ......... .$Io.4o
!; $3.50 Mahogany Chiffo-
nlers .............. $4,000
!: $500 Lea he rette
: Couches .$I4.8o
; $1,000 Vernis Martin
!: Rockers $500
! $500 Reception Chairs. $500
!: $1,000 Reception Chairs. $500
: $4,000 Morris Chairs. $1,000
!; $500 Mahogany Desks.$I8.oo
; $22.oo Oak Desks. .$I2.25
!: $4,000 Maple Toilet Ia
!; bles ............. $I2.5o
S72.oo Sideboards. 80. $3.50
|: $4,000 Sideboards. -. .$24.85
!: $4,000 Sideboards. -. $3.50
$34.oo Sideboards. -. $500
!: $32.oo China Closets. . $500
(. $1,000 Hall Chairs. .... $500
SI2.oo Mahogany Rock
ClS SO.ZS
!: $3.50 Mahogany Rock
ers $5.35 :
!: $500 Parlor Suites. $4,000
!; $500 Parlor Suites. $1,000
!: $1,000 Parior Suites. $4,000
: $1,000 Serving Tables. 5000
Etc, Etc.
! Lansburgh
! Furniture Co.,
!: Inter-Ocean Building,
!: F% a5I2 Ninth St.
1t
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Laces and EambrOideries.
Wornen's NeckWear.

Choice of a big lot of Silk Neckwear.
left from the Christmas rush. including
scores of styles in taffeta, peau de sole
and peau de cygne silks. Sold 1Dc
at 2Jc. and SOC. for. ............
Another lot of Neckwear. which sold
at soc. and 68c., will be closed ROC
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Suit Cases.

Lot of Dress Suit Cases, durable
steel frame leather corners and sewed
handle, brass lock and bolts. S1 80
s.. % value.
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HOusefurnishings Dept.


s5 S"o White ass, Porcelain Fruit ahc.
$50 White Porcelain Oatmeal DILc
Saucers. fancy edge, each. :. -. S/@S'
700 White Porcelain Tea DIAC
Pla. s, with fancy edge, each.
10, Porcelain Dinner Plates. 2c
fancy edge. each. ..................
200 Porcelain Pickle Dishes Er
eacn. -...!. .........
Decorated China Cuspidors. Or
each. ............ ........s
10 Matted Pictures. I'm large variety
of subjects; sizes 20xO. 11x2I. 7c
14x19. etc. w.
81 Majolica Urn Vases, full gold
stippled and decora ted. in various OQc
subjects. Regular price. $1.49
81 90 Bisque Babies and Fig MOc
ureS at Observation-Disclosures.
4sc: B:saue Figures in vari- 35c.
10 Framed Pictures in Photo Colors.
gold frames, worth up to s125.
eighty 81 ,damasea from handling. soc.
r S1SS crs sseh Glass Table l1ac.
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Curtains, Bedwear,
Floor Coverings and
Upholstery Goods.

Odds and ends OF Nottingham Lace
Curtains, sOiled and mussed and some
of them are slightly imperfect. When
in perfect condition sold at $500
to $500 a pair. Friday, choice NO.
Lot of Imported Brussels Net. Tam
bour and Irish Point Lace Curtains,
slightly soiled. sold up to S3 ~
$i.U pair, at.......... w
Lot of Wool Smyrna Rugs. size 30 by
90; slightly imperfect: sold at 2Ec
S1.7o; reduced to................... SSSs
Lot of slightly-mussed California Wool
Blankets. that sold at $500 ca &M
and 5000 pair, reduced to-. ~OsO>
Slightly-soiled Spreads. in elaborate
Marselles patterns; regular
$50 and SLIGO values, re- en- nm
Remnants OF Silk Cord and Silk
Fringe. Rug Fringe and other drapery
materials. sold from &c. to 15c. 2V/c
yard, reduced to.............. SZSSs
Remnants OF Slkolines Cretonnes,
Sateens. Swisses and other materials for
curtains and draperies: sold off the
piece from 12l4c. to 25c. a yard; h2Ar
TeuucSu TO-. .....-............-...- ~
Scroll Stitched Quilted Comforts. that
have become musSed from
handling; sold at $500: re- S1 40
3 pieces of Super Quality Ingram Car
pets. in red and green mixtures; 23c
reduced from Coo. yard to-. OOS'
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Glove Department.

3GO pairs of Women's Kid Gloves, in
black and leading colors, almost
every size in the lot. Regular AGO<,
S1.0O value. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
240 pairs of Gloves. various sorts. in
Guiding NOrsted, cashmere and Golf
Gloves sold at 25c' Ssc and l2Lc.
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1 spent an hour or more the other day in
the office Of Mr. Van Buren,. the y. 8.
consul here. and from what I heard and
saw l am OF the opinion that the consul
at Nice has no sinecure. The consulate Is
pleasantly located on the Boulevard Des
Angiais and the office Is located on the
ground floor. being the only consulate that
Is SO conveniently placed In all the others
one has to climb stairs to reach the official.
Mr.. Van Buren, has had long experience In
the consular service in other countries be-
fore he was sent to Nice and his courteous
department charms all who meet him.
I suppose while was In this Office thirty
or forty Americans. men and women, called
% get Information or advice, and those
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LIFE UPON OTHER PLANETS.
Scientists Confess Lack of Knowledge
 as to Other Existences.
Prof. Maunder in Knowledge.

Prof Maunder in Knowledge
 Upon the question whether life-bearing planets can exist in other solar systems than our own, the answer of science is clear and distinct. It Is precisely the same which Professor Newcomb recently gave concerning the possible inhabitants of Mars. 'The reader knows just as much of the subject as do, and that is nothing at all" Within our solar system we can indeed form some crude estimate of prob abilities; beyond it. nothing. All the amazing progress of modern science. all the revelations made by the spectroscope or by photography. all the advance in bi- ology have not brought us one step nearer an answer to the question, 'Is this the only inhabited world?" We stand essen tially where Whewell and Brewster did half century ago. or we might indeed say where Calico and Capoano were 300
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caught by the next pair of catches, and so on.
 A lay figure illustrates how miner or a sewer-digger may work surrounded by noxious gases and yet breathe fresh pure air. There Is helmet which is air. tight, out of which leads pipe to an air. pump above. On the faces of other im- ages are spectaoles resembling the gog- gles of the automobilist. designed espe- ciaily for motormen of street cars or stone-cutters or plasterers.
 The museum at Munich in 1902 contain ed 1923 specimens. of which S94 were for security from accident. Three large as- sociations in France for the prevention of accidents in factories vie with each other in their efforts to secure the best devices for the prevention of accidents to workmen.
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INTELLIGENCE TO HIDE FAT.
Dressmakers hear of New Triumph
 of Mind Over Matter.

From the New York Times.
 When you see woman sit slouch- ing in her chair you may know she has come in with her knees soft" said Miss Elizabeth White at the Dress. makers Protective association meeting yesterday. eff you set your foot down on the ball then come back on the heel and stiffen your knees; if you weigh 300 pounds you will walk like a girl.
 T am going to give you tips about walking, standing and sitting today, and am going to begin with woman who has fallen into flesh and don't know where to put 1t. This model we are going to put into corset tomor- row night and make her an elegant figure"
 A stout woman dressed in black, with double chin and a big tulle bow at the back of her neck, walked to the front of the platform and sat down in a small chair, which was immediately sent into eclipse.
 See how she leans against the back of a chair" said Miss White. That IS because she needs it, for she hasn't a back of her own"
 This was a figure of speech, for the model did not seem to the spectators to be lacking in any such way.
 Now" said Miss White, "get up and sit down again with yonr hips at the hack of the chair, your knees together and your toes on the floor. Your own back will support you and no one will know how much you weigh. You must get intelligence, and learn to move your body. If you don't sit right, you will have to put your hands on your knees to get up, and every time one sees you will say, Oh, isn't she clumsy thing, and if you don't hear 1t, they will say it behind your back. You can all have good figures if you use intelligence"
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NEW MEXICO "PETRIFIED MAN."
Giant of Apo Pass Now in Albu
 querque.

From the Albuquerque Journal-Democrat
 The Giant of Abo Pass. or at least a portion of that historic parsonage, is now in Albuquerque. He is not in a museum, nor is he in coffin, although he is very decidedly dead one. Instead. that part of him which is in Albuquerque is sus- pended by a wire from the wall of the office in w. Trimble's Second street liv- cry stable, where yesterday number of well known ethnologists examined him, and pronounced him the real thing. That portion of the giant which has been trans ported from the original resting place is the head complete, and the neck to the shoulders. w. L. Trmble and F. E. Sturges, the discoverers of the head tell remarkable story of its discovery and transfer from the pass to Albuquerque.
 Several weeks ago these gentleman made an overland trip to Abo Pass to see the work on the Santa Fe cutoff. While driving through the pass one day, thus runs the story, MT. Sturges espied a queer looking rock sticking out above the ground, and called his companions att tention to it. Mir. Tremble immediately pronounced it human skull, and In an- other instant both men were down on the ground making excavations around the II sknl, but also a solid petrefaction of an entire human body of great size embedded in the solid rock. For hours the discover CTS toled with their prize. They borrowed a crowbar and an ax, and cut away the hard flint formation around the head. After working three days and three nights without food or drink they brought the head unbroken from its age long resting place. MT. Trimble wanted to go on after the rest of the body, but Mir Sturges pro- tested that 1t would be cheaper to import set of air drills and shoot it out. So they marked the spot and came away, bringing the head with them. It is a re- markable specimen, whether genuine or not. The head is that of giant. with perfect features and having 8 distinctly Ethiopian cast of countenance, the neck is massive and the veins and muscles are perfectly outlined in the rock. Even DOT tions of the teeth show where the rock has worn away
 Several we'll known life insurance men inspected the head yesterday J. H. O'Reilly believes that in its present condi- ton the giant would be a good risk. c. w. Medler thinks that it might be dam gerous to take 1t on any but gold bond policy since 1t must have contracted lung trouble during It's long so1ourn in the ground. The face has peculiar sardonic grin that Is apt to get on ones nerves if one looks steadily at 1t for few mo- ments: the outlines of the eyes and nos trels are perfect. In fact, this portion of the giant is perfect. Science would per haps demand the rest.
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Museums of Security.
n the New York World

From the New York World.
 Museums of security exist in Amster- dam, Munich and Berlin for the exhibition of devices for the prevention of accident in the use of machinery.
 In the Amsterdam museum, which was opened in 1893, a contrivance is shown which makes it impossible for truck man to break his legs while loading or un- loading barrels. The device consists of two skids with series of ratchets or catches. so poised that they immediately fall back after the barrel has passed over them When unloading, the truckman with his hand or foot presses down one pair of catches, the barrel rolls down. is
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secutions and bigotry were a part of its beginning?"
 Ans-It is difficult to reach back four hundred years and quote names. The closing statement would be true of any religion founded in those barbarous times, and you will not need to look far to find that the Baptists suffered great prosecutions in England in the Sixteenth century.
 J. c. w.-what is molybdenum, of what use and where mined?
 Ans.-It is a rare metal, sometimes found as a sulphide and sometimes with lead. This is the extent of our informa- ton.
 D. A. Elf a family adopts a son and he runs away before he Is of age, can he claim any of the estate under the law of Iowa? @ What day was November ', 1857?
 Ans.-Yes, unless he is cut off by will. CD Saturday. We have not space to print list of the governors of Iowa.
 Correspondents who do not sign their communications must not be surprised if they do not find the anwer looked for in this column.
 s. E. S.-Pleae give the correct pro- unciation of the English game, golf. An English authority tells me 1t is pronounc- ed as if spelled "gofe."
 Ans.-The pronunciation usually accept ed is broad like ''gawlf."
 D.-Can the election of, say the Sixth district of Alabama, elect nonresident of that district to represent them in con- gress?
 Ans.-They can if they wish. A non- resident of the state may be elected, but such a case has never been reported.
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oil the Joints of Your Umbrella.

From the Wilkesbarre Leader.
 A former peddler, now a rich insurance man, stod in a sheltred corner during a big storm and watched the umbrellas go to pieces as the wind hit them full force. Probably all those umbrellas are wrecks because of the lack of a little oil" he said. That's a trick learned as a ped dler. An umbrella is primarily thing of joints, and to keep 1t in good condi- ton the joints should be oiled. I found that nearly all umbrellas break in the joints first, and why shouldn't they? The joints are never oiled, and yet are ex- pected to respond easily to sudden open- ing To get the best use out of an um- brella the joints should be oiled first with coal oir or kerosene. to clean off the rust, and then with a lubricating oil to make them work easily. Thus treated an umbrellas framework will last indefinite ly."
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years ago. We can indeed spin out the dis cussion at greater length than our pre- decessors, and can introduce a far larger number of more or less irrelevant facts. but of serious argument, either for or against, we are entirely destitute.
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Denmark will have at the Words Fair large exhibits in the departments of az rieulture liberal arts. manufactures and transportation.
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WORLDS FAIR NOTES

Porto Rico has added $10,OO0 to it's worlds fair appropriation, making $SO0oO in all
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REDUCED RATES
To California and Northwest Via Queen
 and Crescent Route.

Tickets on sale March 1 to April 30 in- elusive, and September 15 to October 15 inclusive, at greatly reduced rates. For p. A. Queen and Crescent Route, Bir-
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This column is open to readers Of The Are-Herald. Anyone desiring informa- ton should address questions An swered," care The Age-Herald.
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hereby announce myself a candidate for the Board of Revenue. subject to ths action of the democratic primary.
 D. A. HELMICH
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Germany, Japan, Mexico, Great Britain, Canada, Honduras and Egypt already have exhibits placed in the forestry, fish and game palace at the Worlds Fair.
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The bill adding ss5,O00 to Rhode Islands appropriation for the Worlds Fair has been recommended for passage by the committee on finance.
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Seven hundred and sixty-five cases of the German exhibits have been received at the Worlds Fair for installation in seven different exhibit buildings.
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Colonel Miranda of the Mexican Hurdles will exhibit his famous vaquero saddle at the Worlds Fair. This saddle, which Is work of art, cost go, GOO and has been eight or ten years in course of construc- ton.
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All. LA man dies leaving wife, but no children. mother and one brother survive him. In the absence of a Will who gets the property under the laws ot Ohio?
 --.A ..a.. 4n the 1uidnR.
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I hereby announce myself candidate ror Board of Revenue. subject to the ac- lion of the democratic primary.
 HUGH MGEBVER-
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hereby announce myself candidate Tor reelection to Board of Revenue. sub lect to the action of the democratic pri- mary. H. w. CROOK.
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The Aoe-HeraId Engravlna Depart ment makes good cuts.
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Gas stoves sold for @l6. co
 You pay S3. % down, balance
 in monthly installments of &l co.
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Ear Tax Cnllenfor.

ANDREW l.. McwILLIAMs.
 F,r Tax Collector.
 hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic party. P. B. BOWERS. The Age-HeraId is authorized to an- nounce George B. Tarrant of North Bir- mingham candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county Subject to the action of the democratic party.
 William J. MIms of west End announces himself candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic party.
 For Solicitor.
 hereby announce myself candidate for Solicitor for Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic party.
 WILLIAM K. TERRY. Tre Aee-Herald ia authorized to ans nounce that Fl. P. Henin Is a candidate for reelection as solicitor for Jefferson county. subject to the action of the dem- ocratic primary.
 For Solicitor Tenth Judicial Circuit. The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounce Frank Cahalan a candidate for Solicitor of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 The Age-Herald Is authorized to an. nounce John Mcqueen a candidate for solicitor of the Tenth judicial circuit. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 The Are-rferald is authorized to an. phy, fuh vdf lat fav re-eieotion for solicitor of the Tenth judi rial circuit, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 For Probate Judoe.
 The Ase-Herald is authorized to an- election as Judge of Probate of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the Democratic primary. n-e-u g. E. Greene is candidate for judge of probate of Jefferson county subject to the action of the democratic primary. For Superintendent of Education. hereby announce myself a candidate Ter Superintendent of Education of Jef- ferson county. subject to the action of tho Democratic primary P. M. M'NEIIA I, W McAdory ,s a candidate for county superintendent of education. subject to He action of the democratic primary.
 For Associate Judge.
 I hereby announce my candidacy for lhird associate judge of the circuit court pf Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 2. T. RUDULPH
 Register Of the Circuit Court. John s. Gillespie is candidate for re- election, to the office of register of the circuit court of Jefferson county, subject 10 the action of the democratic primary. For Chancellor Northwestern Division. John C. Carmichael Is candidate for re- election to the office of chancellor of the northwestern division. embracing Jeffer- son, Blount and Tuscaloosa counties. sub ject to the action of the democratic pri- mary.
 For County Treasurer. I hereby announce myself a candidate for treasurer of Jefferson county. subject
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Most of the equipment of the intramural railroad at the Worlds Fair are closed vestibule cars. There are ffty-seven cars. ffty-one closed and six open. Their length is AS feet ? inches and their width feet 6 inches.
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The Age-Herald is authorized to an. nounce ". B. Burton a candidate for member of the Board of Revenue of Jef- ferson county, subject to the action of tho democratic primary.
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John M. Sims announces his candidacy for Board of Revenue of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
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hereby announce myself candidate Tor Board of Revenue of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
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ReqIster of the Circuit Court.

John s. Gillespie is a candidate for re- election to the office of register of the circuit court of Jefferson county. subject 10 the action of the democratic primary.
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For County Treasurer.

I hereby announce myself a candidate for treasurer of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 H. c. MILLER
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ANNOUNCER MENTS.
For Board of Revenue.

The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounce John T. Reed as a candidate for board of revenue. subject to action of democratic primary.
 hereby announce myself candidate for reelection to the Board of Revenue. subject to the action of the Democratic party. ]. K. P. LAIRD.
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For Chancellor Northwestern Division.

John c. Carmichael Is candidate for re. election to the office of chancellor of the northwestern division. embracing Jeffer- son, Blount and Tuscaloosa counties. sub ject to the action of the democratic pri. mary.
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Hyman.-what is the religion Of Russia. :. (2) What Is the pay is the pay and al lowance of non-commissioned officers Tn the United States army?
 Ans.-The religious divisions Of Russia are said to be as follows; Catholics B. soo, GOO; Protestants, S,4oOOOO; Orthodox, 7s,- BIO 600; Jews, 3,4oO,OO0; Mohamedans, s.ooo,- 900; uncfassified, ss0,0Oo. @ he pay ranges from eighteen to forty-five dollars month In the new territories the pay of officers is ten per cent more, and that of enlisted men twenty per cent mode
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E. J. S.-Why does the needle of com pass always point to the north?
 Ans.-Because 1t is magnetised. In sus- pension the magnet is drawn toward the north pole. Why it does so cannot be told
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I hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic party. P. B. BOWERS.
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Ans.-Real esate goes to the widow.
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We make the best c US Tn town. Age aarald Engraving Company
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The states that have begun the install lation of exhibits in the palace of fores- try, fish and game at the Worlds Fair are Arkansas, Connecticut, Minnesota Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Penn sylvania and Virginia. Some of Oregon's exhibits for that building have been re- ceived as have some of Alaska's.
 The Ramsey family of Kansas will hold family reunion in the Kansas building at the Worlds Fair. August 26 1904 The postal service has 125 employees bearing the name of Ramsey. Members of the family are numerous in every state of the union, though they disagree about the proper spelling of the name, Ramsey and Ramsay being the favorite styles
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o. K. H-where is the Eleventh United States infantry stationed?
 Ans.-We are not sure. Write the Wal Department, Washington.