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My elastic nature rebounded at
once jumped up and hugged him.
You arc a jewel on the first water,
GIL" / cried. Whore ala you ind it?"
Before he could answer added But
first before you begin let me look 70
that cut You are hurt
Not much left those behind hurt
worse, he answered, dabbing his
wound with a napkin. 1T viii soon
heal Yes i found the paper without
much trouble following the clue had.
You remember at the White Swan,
when Jock brought in your coat
brushed and dried be laid IL down on
a chair. In your caEcrnUas 10 see the
ladies into their magenta colored
coach sou did not put .t on until you
returned % the room after their de.
partpre also went out but came
back again 10 see pretty Alice Ign
son Jump rather too snspiciuusly
quick away from your coat when she
heard me and color over her pretty
face When you said that something
was gone, ! remembered the incident,
and as ] had not forgotten the other
maid aud tho other paper well, WON
en- are great imitators but poor stratc.
gists ran them down about five
miles from tho inn l#told her In a
few words. hut TO the point 70 give
up what she had t0lcn or #he#taken
back to the constable. who. no doubt
was quite ready 10 resume operations
where they had been cut OF, and This
time she could come IN for her share
since she had winkcd nj d prisoners
escape She cried She My God;
these womenl they are born TO calole
poor men tin they eet#what they want
and then the devil may take you for a
thank you
Yes. yes what Them asked Inn
patiently
Tho crying wouldn't down "A Bit
paper or JAN, said J he continued
"Then she gave tup and ! read her
"A lesson on woman. and womaus graf.
tudc She told mo this-you must
take II for what IL worth hclIevo
10 woman She had hcen bought by
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THE HORRORS or WAR.
Chicago journal Calls Slaughter Blot
on Civilization.


History records no greater battle
than that fought between Japan and
Russia In and around Mukden. The
estimates place the number OF dead al
not less than a hundred thousand
ouls
The figure IS so great that II beg
gars the imagination. Both sides have
placed the very flower OF their peo-
pie In the field. men in the full prime
n life.
The proportion Of officers. men on
HON the state had expended It's
utmost resources 10 ~ them for their
,rade OF death. have died with those
hey led. And a hundred thousand
have gone down. In one red burial
blent."
The figure represents the effective
male population OF a city OF three
quarters Of a million people Imagine
the dlsmay that would burst from
borror.strickeu world II within a few
days that number were 10 die IN such
q city. In Chicago. for example, it
would mean the total destruction OF
three out OF the every eight mel Of
military age within lts limits
Yet, since il is war. there are no
expressions OF horror and alright at
such a loss II Is taken quite as a
matter OF course.
Had a Russian or a japanese city
been so stricken in times OF peace
here would be great mass meetings
everywhere 10 express sympathy with
he afflicted and tens of thousands OF
dollars In money and supplies would
5e raised by popular subscription In
order 20 express the worlds practical
sense OF loss
lis the world no older and wiser
for all IT'S centuries ot Christianity
Is there no sense of human interest
and proportion that can put an effect
I've end 70 this Internal Slaughter?
chicago Journal
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The stomaehless Man.

The stomach proper has ceased to
be serious problem TO surgeon.
He#can invade and explore II with inn
punity lie can even, if circumstances
demand relieve the owner Of II entire
y. and so arrange the loose ends that
the functions OF nutrition are success.
fully maintained To lac sure. the pa
tent can never thereafter derive
much pleasure from his meals he
must rostrlc@himsclf 20 n rigid diet.
but for all the other affairs OF life he
may be as compefentas before There
are to-day several stomachless men
who arc earning their daily prcdgcst.
ed ration in occupations varying from
clerk 20 express man McCluro's
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censure for Modern crItIes.

Literary criticism was a bugbcar 10
Prof Fraser when he occupied "A chair
Ia Johns Hopkins university. He
Etudiously avoided reading book re-
views and had no patience with the
spirit in which many OF them We're
written Modern criticism" said he.
when asked to explain his aversion,
seems TO me 10 consist largely In
measuring the wisdom and learning
- others by the critics own ignor.
a1ce. Why, one celebrated critic laid
down a rule that no author can sue
cced In describing what he has not OK
perlenccd lie oyerlooks the fact that
Dante had not been in hell nor Milton
In paradise"
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cHAPTER Vlll.--conl.nued.

Gil being wrapped iu his thoughts
and his pipe. / bethought me OF the
letter given me by my father. had
been SO busy getting ready and occu-
pied with one thing and another that
! had barely read IL, II had a great
interest for me- had placed Il in an
envelope, sealed. and marked Il with
the word Private Then ! had put
IL carefully away in an inside pocket
OF my coat
Some man possibly he might be
dead-when be wrote those few words
on that slip OF paper committed as
foul crime as any In the category OF
sins, Should ever run him down and
he DO living, would remember my
father and my hand should not fan
lightly. ! wondered II perchance there
was anything about the paper over.
looked by which the perpctrator might
be discovered. / would take IL out
again and examine il more closely
minutely.
put my hand into my pocket. which
was a deep one, IL was empty. void as
the air ] gasped with aston shment.
All! no doubt hccdlcssly had
changed II to another pocket I began
a search for g. No use. il was gone.
reinod up my horse
Gil came riding back
What is it?" he asked.
My Cod" | exclaimed. Il have lost
my letter."
Letter." he repeated, and looked
as II he thought me daft. "Why thrash
over the same ground? II the girl
who stole the paper IS not 20 be found,
and you want the lady for bride,
why Wen see what force can DO.
Devil take that piece OF paper. /
muttered In my distress "'us OF the
letter given me by my father am
speaking
"Ahh-h," he said. and his cultural
uttcrance was expressive OF many
things
1T Is OF the greatest Importance.
Gil" | said lin fact. on III hangs the
reason Lord Waters sends me To Lon
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Rutter 49, Manld -I-.arr-

Tho Grand Traverse Dairymens as
sociation held q lwo days session at
Traverse City A resolution was
passed asking the legislature for ST..
600 for state speakers and a butter
scorer at the dairy association meet.
ings for the=plrpose=o =of iustructlng the
members -n making clean high quail
ity butter George Robertson, Tray.
ersc city was elected PRESIDENT A
T. Palmer kaIkaska, vice president
Daniel II McNluIlcn, Traverse City
secretary treasurer
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UnIversItv Endowm,nt.

The Leland Stanford. Jr.. university
has the greatest endowment OF them
all. It's productive funds amount 10
100000. 900 par value. Girard college
comes next with S177i5.OO0. then
Harvard with SiG755.O00. and Colum-
bia with Sl5.Si7.O00 Al others are in
seven figures instead az eight And
the Stanford endowment Is the gift Of
single individual or estate. instead
Of an accumulation of gifts. as in the
cases OF the other colleges and uni
verslties. excepting only Girard.-
Boston Herald.
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smln,lIes blind Man

A Battle Creek blind man who sells
pencils on Tho street was taken ad-
vantage of III "a mean way recently
a man came along and handed him
what appeared 10 De a half dollar to
buy n pencil. and as tho blind man
had only a quarter In his pocket, the
stranger took that In change IL was
aftcrward found that the supposed half
dollar was a bccr check
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Home for ErIendIess WaIf.

A home has boon found for the little
waif that was#loft on the doorstep Of
Ross Giuott az Albion Mrs H. A.
Thompson Of Rattle Greek telephoned
10 Albion asking IL she might have
tho wee girl that had been left out In
the cold world alone hy her parents.
Mrs Thompson has not seen the child,
but as soon as she learned that there
was poor homeless infant iu Albion
she telephoned am application 70 he
come ts fostermothcr
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Tennessee. lie was born In Teunes-
see forty-nine years ago and Is a law
yer Ills greatgrandfather was a
member Of the first constitutional CON
vention Of Tennessee In 1896 His
father was appointed Judge OF the
criminal court at Nashville by Andrew
Johnson, and was impeached by the
Browulow legislature lie was, how
over. restored 10 his civil rights by
The constitutional convention of 1870
aud elected TO his old position
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RnrnIar ID oiIed.

A burglar attempted to gain admis-
sion. with the aid of skeleton keys.
through The front door az tho home Of
George Grcening at Monroe Walter,
a son heard tho noise for about FIVE
minutes and finally awakened his
father When they arrived at the
door burglar had made good his
escape Tho attempted burglary WAS
a daring one. the home heing forced
directly nler Am arc lamn
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co,bam.s chiId Labor rvlls.

Robert Hunter. the wealthy head
worker of the university settlement IN
New York city. declares that despite
the child labor law, and undctected by
the labor inspectors, there Is one fac.
tory In which are at work 900 children
under 10 years ~ age. In another
factory. he adds. one boy . years Of
age was employed; his sister. at the
age of Z. and younger brother. 4
years old, earning ~ cents day. In
another place rlrl Of 3 was az work.
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WILL SEEK TO RECOVER BONUS
People Of Marshall May Take steps
Against Railroad Company.


There IS tall, among Marshall peo-
pie who subscribed money towards
the building OF the Toledo & Milwau-
kee railroad. recently absorbed by the
Michigan Central OF asking the COM
pany 20 refund the money given the
r. g. NJ. company. as provided by act
14i OF the laws of 1885 This law pro.
vldes that any company or corpora
ton accepting d bonus for the estab.
lishment OF machine or repair shops
shall keep the same In operation or
refund the money paid Marshall sub
scribod about S75 O0o but it was not
all paid. II Is claimed that over 500
coo was actually paid the company
ono OF the considerations being that
the repair shops should be located at
Marshall Aftcr the shops were built
they gave employment 10 large num-
Der Of men, but when the Ohio diyi'
sion was acquired much OF tho work
was done at the Van Vert shops Thcn
the road passed into the hands OF the
Vanderbilt system. and was operated
by The Michigan Central and Lake
shore The work az the shops has
gradually grown less as the changes
have taken place until now practical
ly nothing is done
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don. without II. why | might as well
60 back to Long Haut My God j
am afraid It will be the death OF him. J"
Taken in again. muttercd Gil,
"and by pctticoats.
what do you moan2" | demanded
severely. This Is no time for jok-
Ing.
ride on and put up al the Golden
Acorn" he rctorted See that there
is another horse awaiting for me /
will be back in Ave hours.
"I had better go with YOU two pairs
OF eyes are better than one Anyway,
without the paper can accomplish
nothing. / returned doletully
mo. il one isn't enough. two vii bo
no better" he replied 4 can attend
TO the business. II | am not success
ful we can then both go back home.
BE sure the horses are In good condi-
tion ready to start upon my return.
So saying he turned his horses head
and went back over the road that We
had just come
There was an old Frandiather's
clock standing in The corner of the tap
room where / sat moodily waiting.
when the clock should strike seven
the fiyo hours given Gil by himself for
the accomplishing of his purpose
would be un / assure you ! had no
hone. / had carelcssly lost the paper
on the way and this time the rain and
the mud had blotted II out OF all re.
semblanco TO the thing II had been.
| was discreet person to send upon
eerIous mission. / was loading myself
with contumely The clock began to
clang the hour. started (although
| had on an average glanced at that
clock every FIVE minutes since enter
Ing the tap room), and looked up from
tho blazing log where my eyes had
been fixed in thought whiie my ears
were strained for the sound on n
horses hoofs Gathering on the brick
courtyard.
The door opened and showed me Gtl
standing In the hallway lighting his
pIpe. Gil. in state little short OF de-
moralization; clothes half torn from
OF him. and n wound In his head from
which the blood flowed. ] was too
crushed TO do aught but gaze at him.
His condition certainly did not be
sneak success-lt was impossible that
he could have found II.
He walked over TO where sat and
laid a paper on the table at my right.
| picked Il up. II was tho paper with
out doubt. minus the envelope % feet.
IL dry only 4 little crumpled
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times its original length before We
should reach our bidlng place. but
God willing. we hoped 10 hear the
bells OF Bow church ring out their
evening chime.
We had been IN the saddle all night,
and was CALLED from riding In spite
OF the many ways / had Of easing my
self. was now riding with my legs
hanging over one side as / had seen
market men do 90 balance the weight
OF their horses.
It was yet early In the morning, the
dow was on the gossamer. Gil be-
gullcd thcse last hours OF the early
morn with "reminiscences OF the times
he had had In London. that 'hotbed OF
iniquity."
The road had been FOR miles through
a forest tract where the trees were so
dense that. although the sun shone
brightly. splashes of light were seen
only IN places We came out abrupt
~ into the open space So clean cut
was the division. 10 was as N a giants
knife had separated the woods from
the open country, We were upon au
elevation and looking down 1--WE could
see as soon as our eyes became accus-
toned TO the gIarel great lengths OF
rolling heath aud hill while the taper.
ing road wound I'm ard out like the del.
icate tracery on piece OF tapestry.
The boastings were hardly from
bis mouth. when he added Hasten,
there is trouble ahead and put spurs
10 his horse
knew from his exclamation that
his piercing eyes had caught sight OF
an object my more ohtuse ones had
not yet seen, what / was not long in
finding out going at the pace we We're.
We kept TO tho sides of The road SO
that the noise of the horses feet COM
lpg=on the turf shouldn't be heard.
When we had ridden near enough. we
stopped IN the sholtcrlng shade Of a
eump of trees II hid us from view.
To the side ol the road a post coach
WAS standing ON the two wheels OF
one side. The other two were IN the
air looking woelully out Of place The
six horses plunged and tremhled At
thoir heads#Were masked men-hiEh-
wayman bold fellows too. to be
about their business ia SO open a
spot nn the country's face
Not the Magenta colorcl coach, ="
cjaaulatca Gil
In the stiffness of tho atmosphere
We heard TIE high clear thread of a
uatrlcian voice
pray good sir go easy it said
.rla not So have heard 10 said that
fnlemen Who take 10 the road are
wont 10 trcaItho rcuuer SEX They
uae thom cmetaou.h. assure YOU" j"
Your pardon. Madame. answered
q deeply musical voice 10 came from
tho rogue standing by the coach door.
Allow nae only one moment shall
Inconvenience you. for which
ueain raye pardon
With that tie scamp helped the
lady ont of#tho coach aud proceeded
b search d.
th. SEES she said arcastlcally.
ayoa are TRULY one of those gallant
ono who lLehten tie purses If way.
farors
aHy my faith. ud#hc. some neod
relieving
That's as II may be. she rctortcl.
"Alen must take tho chances of war.
! care only where it affects myself.
Now IL you would initiate that world.
renowned hlghwayman. Claude Duval.
you would request the honor Of a
dance on the green. and in pay
mcnt She gave suggestive shrug
and wave Of her hand Then she lift.
od her dress I'm one hand 10 show her
feet and most wantonly took few
steps IN the minuet Her manner
was howitching
lTn be c0nllmuch
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Nov Mothodists had sock so.
clal The feature OF the entertain.
mont was that each attendant was
compelled 10 bring sock, age not
specified, and In tho too was placed
as many pennies MS would correspond
with the number of the shoe worn.
Several gentlemen stayed al homo and
mailed a check
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MICHIGAN STATE NEWS
PECULIAR CASE OF SUICIDE.
Mail Carrier Takes Aeonite, but Re
fuses TO Tell Where He Got Drug.


fuses to Tell Where He Got Drug.
The coroner's inquest over the body
OF Alonzo Kenny. who swallowed aeon
ite In the Columbia hotel at Traverse
City and died after having refused 20
take an auudote. tell where he bought
the poison or whore he spent the
night. failed TO throw any Hight on
his Whereabouts He was known 20
have about $500. and n search OF his
effects after death only showed $6.0l.
He had been drinking. but az no time
was intoxicated. according 10 wit.
nesacs. Tho money ho had was re-
coircd for carrying the mail from Ma.
pie City TO surrounding villages. lie
lost hs position through tho putting
on ot rural FREQ delivery routes. and
had shipped bis goods 60 East Jordan.
There is no reason advanced why he
should take his lie other than that
he lost his money III somo way that
worried him and ne became dcspond.
ent, He took almost an ounce OF aeon.
ite aud told his daughter he was tired
OF living.
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May Persuade Indians 10 Work.

Agents for the Mcnnminec Sugar
Company have tho notion that they
can yet solve tho beet labor question
with tho mid of Indians from tho Sha.
wano reservation If they can accom-.
plisb thla they viii have succeeded IN
something that Uncle sam has been
trying to do FOR many years, make
Poor o wurk.
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THE ROLL IN THE ROLL.
True Use Of the Pompadour DISCLOSED
in a Railroad Dining Car.


We live to learn. said the travel
ine man For the past four or i've
years have admired the pompadour
style of dressing woman's hair but
until recently #it had ncycr occurred
#tn me that this mode Of arranging
The locks might possess practical
utility ds we'll
II was ln the diner OF train about
au hour ont OF Chicago when ] per.
ccivcd particularly stylish brunette
with girl friend sitting at the table
just ahead of me What especially
caught my eye was the mass of bean.
tlfUl# hair piled mp on that girls head.
"Wmlo the arrangement OF 1t was
entirely becoming tn the comely
young woman. yet l.ll venture to say
that her pnmpadour rose to The height
ut pmc eight inches from the fore
head
THE Two young women had about
finished their dinner when entered
The car aud were fumbllug in#their
purses Tor the wherewithal TO pay for
the meal between them they man.
aged to rake up some SO cents.
Wei. observed the stunning
brunette with the big pompadour. ~
looks Ike | shall have to go into my
roll.
And with that the glorious creature
calmly removed her hat ran her fin
gers through the mass Of dusky hair
and nshCd out a bundle of money
There. she exclaimed when the
operation had boon completed. I have
H. ! always carry my money In my
hair when I'm travelling. It's so much
safer than any other way"
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cutr Farmers Wisdom Teeth.

Astrangcr bought 10000 feet oftlm.
Der from n Portland farmer, borrow
cd what amounted TO 81 thousand
on the purchase. and after instructing
tho farmer 10 haul the logs TO the sta.
ton. left saying he would be back 10
scale the logs The transaction was
very instructive 10 farmer in the
WAYS of the world
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name -marden- -lnaea- suIt.

Stato Gamo and FHh#Wardon chan.
man personally conducted tho case at
Alpcna against Casper Alporn and one
of bis tug captains charged with hav.
ing iu tbrlr posse ION lake trout IN
the closed season Mr Alporn's at
torney made the point that the statute
says nothing about the possession %
illegally caught FISH and the jury
promptly acquitted hotl 1efendants
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GOVERNOR TO DE SENATOR.

James q. Frazier Chosen to succeed
the Late ocn.=W. q. Bate.
Gov jane B Frazier was nomi-
mated by acclumatiou in Joint demo
cratic caucus for Democratic senator
from Tennessee TO succeed the late
Cen. w. Il. Bate. Robert T. Taylor
and benton Mcmillan refused TO go
into the caucus. The nomination Is
equivalent 10 an election
Mr Frazier has served two months
ot lis second term as governor OF
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80 Honor ID Masnn-

The remains OF Chos o. Dcog.
young and highly esteemed man who
died at Lansing of typhoid feyer. lay
in state at the Masonic temple and
were viewed hy several hundred
friends The funeral was held 10y
Lansing lodge Masars, No 33, ni
which tho deceased was amcmhcr An
honorary escort of Kn'ehta Tcmplars
accompanied the body to the grave.
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WlII Voie on RnndInn-

on March 2s the taxpayers OF The
Ann Arbor school district viii vote oil
thr question of bonding the district
for 100000 for new high school
building GOV Warner has signed the
enabling act and the school board de.
cided about holding the election
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Ynnnn- -Lnn,Inn onenders.

Charles T. Miller. arrested for forE-
inr his fathers name 10 a check for
s23 pleaded guilty Ia the circuit court
nj Lansing Frank Jordan a small
boy who broke into popcorn stand.
also entered plea OF guilty 10 tho
charge ~ burglary
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Plan Biz Boulevard.

The supcryisors of Alger county ara
planning TO build n boulevard thirty
miles long around Green Island. which
A owned by tho Cleveland Clns Com.
pany, and have set the island apart as
new township.
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FIsh ComnanN ID soId.

The fish company that has operated
AZ Rogers city Tho past three years
and was controlled hy y. Lincoln and
Capt n Ferguson, Of Alpona, was sold
10 Henry PLATE and Charles Vogelheim
Of that place The new company will
continue fishing az Rogers City.
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John " Kirkland died AT Lake.
view. A post norton was held and
among other things found IN the OK.
animation was n hard stone 2iax2M
inches taken from his bladder Dr.
Kirkland was about GO years OF age.
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EnnIoaLve ii 40 -Enrnacc-

Dynamite or some other explosive
has played hobs with a furnace Ia the
house rented hy w y. Ashley at Ann
Arbor There was sudden explosion
in tho furnace which ruined it and
shook the house as II there was an
earthquake Just how the explosive
sot nto the coal is a mystery
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A Norway shoemaker has been
working industrlously az his trade for
some years in that village and Is now
accredited with being "heelcd" with
about 100000 to last him until his
sole llts over tho river
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ueId for s,abbino Man.

Ira Manning. Rlassworkcr who Sc
riously stabbed stephen Duval at
Monroe vas charged with assault
with intent 10 do great bodily harm.
Ills bond was fixed at $4,000, In de-
fault of which he was remandod TO
the custody OF the sheri1
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Mrs Marii Navarro. school teacher
aged 43. who By mistake used raeo.
line instead #of# kerosene. ia attempt
Ing#to tart hro 10 the cook stove,
the can exploding and seriously burn
ing her dlol at Monroe Sho#is=sur.
vlved by three children
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President Lancaster OF Oliyet col.
lcge believes that n young people get
nothing else out of their college life,
they arc repaid for their four or six
years work by the big lunches Of en-.
thusiasm pumped into them as a side
issue 10 the curriculum
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The Ionla County Ministerial asso-
citation has come 10 the conclusion
that 20 Is much opposed 10 Sunday
baseball and has notified the sheriff 10
be on hand ara stop such games.
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Indians living near standish were
caught shooting deer recently aud
when arrested explained that II was q
necessity. as they were starving.
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The little town of Alto has got tho
spirit" and IS experiencing most
wonderful religious and psychological
awakening Scores Of persons have
their faith