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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

Men are funny. Nan Patterson. who
led Caesar Young ostray COR who was
led astray by him; we refuse TO argue
the question with the suHmgists) had
wife who ls away and beyond better
looking that Nan Patterson. She is one
OF the handsomest women I'm New
York and is bright and cnarming but
he broke her heart for a little snub-
nosed chorus girl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

The causes for wanting divorce are
more entertaining than the moonlight
scenes IN love story William Mar
quis, of ST. joe wants q divorce be-
cause his wife wrote a New York doe
tor that his li-year-oid daughter had
epilepsy The doctor wrote so many
questions 70 the girl to answer that
after she lad read them she was so
persuaded she had epilepsy that She got
the disease.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20
7'1's'171'1'1-1'1'177-
NEWS AND OPINION /
Hodge Podge of Stuff Of
Interest to People Now
on Earth.


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
People often read an item In the
paper ana say: Il knew that a week
ago"
when you speak kindly Of anyone.
some people believe YOU have been
brlbed
a man must take more from an inn
pudeut boy than from a regiment Of
soldiers
About one in 1000 Of the people Of
Kansas go to the penitenuary Prac-
tically the same ratio holds true for
Oklahoma.
Score one for Rockefeller A Guthrie
man was threatened with pneumonia
hst night but is an right today He
rubbed coal oil on his chest.
In every household many concessions
are made and pllns prepared for keep
ing pther good nawed Eut they never
have 10 Worry about motner she is al-
ways good uotcred.
When children are dressed i'm their
best clothes to go anywhere, their
mother walks herself 70 death TO
Keep them clean until it is time to
start
Before O. man sells q piece OF proper
ty. his friends tell him lt isn't worth
much. and when ne sells 20 at their osti-
mate, tney say he snould have had
more.
There Is one thing certain about
living ia small town when you
die there will Doe large attendance
at the funeral There are no large fun
erals in cities.
A Guthrie girl had three lovers she
was equally fond o. It finally became
necessary for her TO select one, in order
that the other two might drown them
selves. Guess how she did IT.
The earlier the refreshments are
brought out the earlier the guests
win go home. II woman didn'a serve
refreshments, her guests would proba-
/ hly stay All night and this Is perhaps
/ one reason she gives them something
TO eat.
we vor5er if "a former ever stops TO
think Of me number OF things ne buys
he doesn't take steps to increase the
amount Of his "ogg money" There Is
easy money i'm chickens. But chickens
have been neglected In the west many
wears.
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Men are funny Nan Patterson "u'
Yea Caesar young ostfay cor VINO wa
led astray by him; we refuse to "rsu'
the question win the suhifasislSl h"'
wife who ls away ana beyond pe'''
iooNihs 'ha' san fa''eiso"' 9ue - o"
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the causes ior wanting "Noiee ."
, more entertaining tH'u' .he "'oo'',,s''
scenes IN loNe STORY "-ii'"i' N''
aus OF d. joe wants . u'No'e7
cause nus Mile wrote NJ" ioiN u0e
, tor 'hot nus -o'o u'usi''e' ~
ephepSy lhe ooelor "lo'o 80
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

We wonder II a farmer ever stops to
think Of the number of things he buys
with "egg money And it is q wonder
he doesn't take steps to increase the
amount Of his "ogg money" There Is
easy money In chickens. But chickens
have been neglected in the west many
years.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

81. p. WALSH Agent.
Guthrie Oklahoma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

The earlier the refreshments are
brought out. the earlier the guests
win go home. II % woman didn'a serve
refreshments, her guests would proba-
hly stay All night and this Is perhaps
one reason she gives them something
TO eat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

a Guthrie girl had three lovers she
was equally fond or It finally became
necessary for her 20 select one, IN order
that the other two might drown them
selves Guess how she did IT,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20
MARGARITA

iOh, Rebeca! 81 mi infortunada vida quisiera ter
minar ahora msmo! iTengo ell corazon destrozado!
iCuAnto tempo podre vivr asf9
- iMargarita, no! iOh querida mia
espantcso!-iijo Rebeca, comenzaudo solozar histe
ricamene rcientras Margarta rermanecfa blanca, ri
gda, secos los ojos este abrose la puerta sdbia
mente, lady Juana, serena sonriente tan encan-
tadora como siempre cuando estuvese csnsada
caluross hambrienta despues de larga excursion
en- carruae, penetr6
Echo una mirsda de sorpresa sobre salto las dos
hermanas despues pareco comprenderlo tcdo. hasta
cierto grado.
-Oh, mama, gracias Dos que ha llegado usted!-
dio Rebeca corriendo su encuentro comunicandola
un fragmento de la historia de Margara VOC
baja
Media docena de apresuradas ralabras que todo
10 que lady Juana necestaba saber.
Aparto gentilmente Rebeca adelant6 kacia
Margarta.
Su hora de tnunfo sobre la hermosa ativa, DESC
bediente hijastra habia legado por fin.
i TIE Ia rassdo ESQ ?-pregunto cor su clara,
fra voz. K Tambieu hs perjudcado Rodrigo
Keith?
Mi'ady esaba preparada para la altivez. Ell reto,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20
Firna del armiStiCio
Portsmouth, Q de Septiembre.

-ESta maf1ana Sc firm6 un armis-
ticio en- ell aloiamiento del baron Xo-
mura, hotel Wentworth. Al reeves de
todos los precedentes, Ell armisticio no
tendra efecto Immediate, sino despues
de firmarse el tratado de paz. Los
rusos alegaban que un armisticio en-
tales condolences era indtil, pues fir
mada la paz holgaban todas las demas
diligencias; pero los japoneses insis-
tieron y lograron su objeto.
M. Sato, secretario y consejero del
baron Komura, explic6 esta singula-
Tidad d;ciendo que era necesario to-
mar alg1n tempo para notj6car to-
dos los Jefes, asi milltares como nava-
les, y que de este modo Sc facilitaria
el cumplimiento del acuerdo. Ade-
mas, dicen los japoneses que desde la
Inauguration de la conferencia Sc han
guardado practica mente las formas de
un arnlisticic.
Sc esta trabajando con asiduidad en-
Ia preparation del tYatado. que Sc es-
pera tener listo para maf1ana por la
noche 6 ell domingo Inmediatamente
Sc lie trausmitirA por cable, entero 6
compendiado por extenso q Toxic Y 4
San fetersburgo, para aprobacion de
los 1espectivos gobiernos. Para Ell s
ell 6 4 mas tardar, esperan Ell baron
komura y M. Witte que les llegue la
aprobacion de sus trabajos y autoridad
para poner sus fr'nas.
Habia Ell proyecto de celebrar con
gran solemnidad Ell canje de rati6ca-
clones. inclusa la presencia del Presi-
dente Roosevelt; pero Sc ha desistido
de clio, creyendose mas conducerte
revestir Ell acto de toda la simplicidad
possible. En- consecuencia, Mr.. Roo
.sevelt no vendra Portsmouth.
-D1cese que las demandas origina-
les de los japoneses eran trece; pero
que por consejo del Presidente Roo
sevelt retiraron una que 81 le pare
cio!inj usta e eimpropia. Ignorase cual
haya sido Ell tenor de esta condici6n,
Algunos opinan que Sc relacionaba
con las fortifca clones de Vladivostock.
LLAMA la atencion de los Gelega-
dos japoneses y les ocasiona inquierud
y haSta enojo ell silencio de Toxic, no
interrumpido desde aver. Su comu
nicacion enviada desde que Sc convino
en- la paz no ha tenido 1espuesta En-
la communication sconsejaba Ell baron
Komura que Sc envjase TN 'telegrama
de felicitacion al Presidente (como Sc
10 envi6 ell Emperador Nicolas) y no
llego telegrama ninguno.
Siendo sabido que la prensa radical
de Toxic esta protestando fuertemen-
te contra 10 que llama "derrota diplo-
matica que roba al Jap6n los frutos de
sus victorias" porque no Sc alcanz6
indemnizaci6n y possession absolute de
Sakhalin, y soliviantando las pasiones
del pueblo fin da obligar al Congre-
so 4 que rechace Ell tratado, sieDten los
de1egados japoneses considerable an
siedad por 10 que puede estar ocurrien-
do en- su pals.
Sc ha llegado 4 decir que los en-
viados, al regresar al Jap6n, podrfaD
ser apedreados y hasta atacados con
dinamita. M. Sato. respondiendo a
una suggestion sobre este punto, dijo
que no garantizaba 10 que pudiera
acentecerles pues tan sujetos estaban
ellos 4 Ia violencia la ftria de TN
asesino como ell Presidente Mckinley
y otros grandes hombre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20
Jglesia de San Jose

El dia % empezsra una piadosa y
solemne novena en- honor de la Vfrgen
del Rosario.
Todas las tardes a las 7 Sc rezara ell
santo rosario Y Sc cantaran las leta-
MAS: seguira la novena, gozos y salve.
Ell dfa 1 Q de Octubre, fiesta del Ro.
.sario, a las ocho y media de la mafiana
misa solemne con sermon.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20
BIBLIoTECA DEL BoLEr1N MERcANr1L

Oblig6 Margarita sentarse slla baja
coloco la rebede eabeza regazo maternal ter
nura hacienda una se6al Rebeca para que las dea-
solas.
-Ahora trata de contarme todo tu snsabor, hija
mia-dijo carhosamente
Pero el consuelo habia venido demasiado tarde.
La quebrantada criaura solo podfa mirarla aque
Hos ardientes enloquecidos ojos repitiendo lenta
mente.
II Esto es 10 peor ell fin! NADIA puede
ocurrirme ya! IIe perdido a mi maridoi iEsto es
peor que Ia muerte
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20
Bil]iOtcCa Sociological International

SIETE ENSAYOS e voldmenes) 80. ......,"......
LAS LEYES SOCIOLOGICAS q youmen) -.
PROBLEMAS SOCIALES CONTEMPORANEOS.., :.
LA DEFENSA DE LOS TRABAJADORES Y LA
JORNADA DE OCHO HCRAS q volumen)
FILOSOFIA SOCIOLOGICAL U vonmenl...
LEOPARD LA LUZ DE LA CIENCIA e vol.)
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LA EVOLUCfON DE LAS CREENCIAS LAS
DOCT4INAS POLITICAS e voldmenes) .......
LA QUESTION SOCIAL Els UNA QUESTION MO-
Ell JARDTN DE EPICURO Il volumen). 49,. -.
Ell FEMINISMO EN- LAS SOCIEDADES MODER-
LOS IDEALES DE LA VIDA. e voimenes) -.
CONCEPTO DE LA SOCIOLOGICAL Y UN ESTU-
do SOBRE LOS DEBERES DE LA RIQUE-
RAzAs "a ) sWPERf4oREs sG"EfS4 RAzAs iNFErIpREs,
O LATINOS ANGLO -SAJONES g voi). ....
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FL DESTINO DEL HOMBRE Il v"!nmen). ...... =.
LA CONCIENCIA CRIMIN0SA Il volume,i -.
LA CIENCIA DE LA EDUCAClON q vol y .......
LA SANDAL SOCIAL Y Los Oi,!,NNO q vo)
LA ANTROPOLOGIA CRIMINAL q v"! -. go.
LOS NUENVOS DERROTkROS FEMALES. 49,.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20

la ~ 9 de Ia ma1ans
III de la idem.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20

Catedral. ...s
San Jose.
San Frar1::Sco..
Corvezto de S.
Miguel -.
Santa Ana ....
Ha. de Tierra
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-09-20
SeCci6as sseaaiqi los

SANTOS DE MANANA
MES DE SEPTIEMBRE
Tueves 2I.-San Mateo apostol, evan
geiista. (Patron de Santurce.)
MISAS LIE MANANA.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

Mayor John Weaver Of Philadelphia
is the proud father OF boy named
Roy, who is Of an investigating turn
of mind. On his last birthday Roy
was presented by his father with q
handsome watch. The very next day
Mr.. Weaver. came suddenly upon bis
young hopeful in the act Of dissect
ing the timepiece. In his hand he
held the empty case, and all around
him, in picturesque confusion, lay the
delicate works.
Il was only trying to find out u
you had been cheated remarked
Roy. 'T read the other day that .
watch had IT'S different parts, and J
Just wanted to be sue they were all
here. New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
~ Mrs.. ALExANDER.

not-must not-speak; it is quite for
hiddenr'
She spoke with much agitation, and
letting her work case fall, stopped to
pick up the contents
II dare not infringe your order,
gnadige Frau" said Steinhausen, with
profound respect, while he built up a
little mental historiette of an unhappy
marriage, a separation a possible di-
yorce, and deriving an odd sort Of sat
isfaction from the idea.
"Your words suggest strange, pain
full ideas. Prussian foe though l be,
and rugged, perhaps, by nature, there
is something in your voice, your eyes,
your whole being, that touches rarely
awakened cord of feeling in my in
nermost soul, that compels me with a
force cannot resist"
.Herr Rittmeister," said the CHEEKY,
kindly voice of the Gerichtsamtmann,
Il am but this moment free; will you
not join your comrades and myself on
the veranda?
"Let us do our best to heal old
wounds and drink to the prosperity of
the great 'Deutscher Vaterland.
He waved his hand toward Bur-
chardt and Won Plantiz, who might be
seen very comfortably seated by the
table above mentioned.
.'Well said, my good sir returned
the Rittmeister, heartily; yours is
true patriotism"
He looked at Lies as he spoke; she
courtesied slightly and walked toward
the door,
gteinhausen moved quickly and
opened it for her, and, while the active
little magistrate was occupied in turn
ing down the lamp, whispered:
May I never hope to have the mys-
terry which interests, distracts me,
solvedY'
Perhaps" was the reply, with q
sweet smile and downcast eyes.
"Some day-when ! am presented at
Berlin" and she passed away down
the corridor.
Does the Herr Rittmeister play
whistY asked Herr Cheering, who had
rummaged out and was dexterously
shufling pack of cards.
"Yes, it is a good game" he replied.
mechanically, while he repeated to
himself: Berlin! then probably the
husband is Prussian? That may ac-
count for her hatred of us. But no, he
has Saxon uniform"
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS


1VA4C IFOA MI lNO6D bJAdJ u
Chief of Police Hugh Gallagher and
Detective Hummel, of County Prose-
cutor Young's Office, Newark, left for
Hampton. Va, to establish the iden-
tity of the man arrested in that city on
suspicion Of having murdered Mrs.
Hannah B. Ross and burned her house
on High street on the morning of Feb
ruary 3D. Late at night, when Chief
Gallagher had been notified by tele-
graph OF the mans arrest. he talked
with Sheriff Curtis, Of Hampton, over
the telephone, and the result of the
conversation satisfied him that the
man is the missing coachman. The
description tallies in every particular
with that given by number of peo-
pie who knew the fugitive, even to the
two gold filled teeth. When he wit
messed the will of Mrs. Ross ON Feb
ruary IS he signed caldwell G. Wat
son." and added the address of a res
taurant at 20 Green street, Newark. in
which he had worked as waiter. At
the restaurant the police learned that
the man came from North Attleboro,
Mass. Following this clue they got
his real name, Benjamin Franklin Pet.
tis, alias Frank Harris He said that
he passed through Providence, and
Chief Gallagher, with the aid of the
ocal police, recovered Mrs. Ross watch
and chain and two diamonds rings in
a pawnshop in that city, They had
been pawned for S11O by man an
sweTing the description of Pettis.
Tracing him to North Attleboro, the
police learned that he had started for
Hampton, Va. The arrest followed.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

M. Rouvier, the new French Prem
ier, is dangerous man about whom
to prophesy, says the London Globe.
When he was a young man he left the
Marseilles bank in which he was a
clerk, his employer telling him that he
would never get on in banking OF
finance. Since that famous valedic-
tion he has been Ave times Minister OF
Finance and President Of one Of the
most successful banks in France. Not
a bad record for man who was de-
cIared TO ''have no head for figures"
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
In All Parts of the State.

7. G. Emmons was appointed post
caster at Kingwood.
Cape May cottages are renting rapid
ly, and there is an unusual demand.
George Iverson, a Keyport IN. j.
farmer, hanged himself at his home.
A building boom has struck Millyille,
and almost every mechanic is EN-.
ployed.
A new organ was opened with con-
cert in the Hammonton Presbyterian
Church.
Checker players of Millville and
Bridgeton have been arranging for a
tournament.
The annual appropriation bill passed
by Woodbury. Council carries total
of $25,350.
Jurors for the April term of the
Camden County Courts were drawn by
Sheriff Somers.
The Moorestown Improvement Asso
citation has been arranging for flower
show in Town Hall.
Cape May Council has authorized the
sale of the issue of $4,000 five pei
cent city bonds at l05.
Vineland farmers are getting So a
basket for sweet potatoes, which is al
the rate of Sc barrel.
The steamer Sylvan Dell win be re
placed on the line between BridgetoL
and Philadelphia April |.
A number of workmen have been
laid off at Carney Point Powder
Works because of shortage of coal.
The Hospital Committee of the Els
sex County Freeholders has temporar
lily discontinued the investigation of ths
County Hospital for the Insane al
Newark, so as not to create prejudice
in the case of the five asylum attend
ants charged with having beaten q
Dafient TO death
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
ALL IN SAFE PLACES.
Woman's Many and Varied Recep-
tacIes for Vali,zhle Rocuuen4s.

Woman's Many and Varied Reccp-
tacIes for Valuable Documents.
A Germantpwn householder who
had given various valuable papers to
his wife to take care of recently
hunted all over the house for the in.
surance policy on his furniture and
could not find it. When the wife came
home from tea he told her mis-
trouble with considerable perturba-
tion, lest the domucent should have
been lost.
rs that all?" said the wife, looking
with disgust at her very much dis
turbed desk, where the husband had
been rummaging why didn't you ask
Ene?" and going to picture on the
wall she pulled the policy from be-
hind it.
And where" inquired the hus-
tand, after he had recovered from
hic surprise, do those shares in the
Pullaback Valley Railroad and Tim
ber Development company happen tc
be?"
They're safe enough was the
answer. They're in the closet under
the stairs behind the grape juice"
And the deed to the house?"
That's upstairs in the spare room
packed away under your summer
suit"
BY diligent cross-examination the
husband found the locations, scattered
from cellar to roof, of numerous other
documents of value. "And now" said
he, whats the answer?p
Why" said the wife, who was
used to his slang. Il don't mean that
any robber shall ever come in and
clean us out in a one hour search.
He'd never think OF the places I've
chosen, and il he did he would be
heard going up and down stairs and
knocking over bottles. Philadelphia
Record.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
81. Pau1,a Island Park.

DR.. Justus Ohage became, few
years ago, health officer Of st. Paul
He noticed BIT Of shoai in the Missis
sippi visible only when the river was
low, but accessible within ten minuteS'
ride from the City Hail. Securing pos.
session. by gift, of as much as he could,
and by purchase of what he could not
beg, he had the city's clean waste
dumped upon this little island. thus
rapidly bringing it above high-water
mark. On the four and half acres
thus ingeniously wrested from the
ssFather Of the Waters the city of st.
Paul now maintains, within easy
reach Of a majority of its population,
children,s playground, small "Zoc,"
vegetable garden ito support the
forty uniformed attendants), public
baths, with modern sterilizing plants
for the bathing suits, day nursery, 4
boys gymnasium and girls gyna-
siun-and all united by small but
satisfactory park The Worlds Work.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

A medical man who gave evidence
in a London Chancery Division case
testified as to the connection between
brain work and longevity in way that
charmed the lawyers and will charm
other brain workers. One-third of the
laborers in rural districts, he is re-
ported as saying, die of brain softening,
ana the average vegetative rural la.
iborer dies much earlier than the hard
thinking lawyer, simply because his
brain rusts from lack of exercise.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

Another American invasion Of Eng
land. London Graphic says: 'gThe Civ
ing of luncheons for women by women
has reached our shores. The scarcity
Of men during the war caused us to
adopt the practice, bridge increased
the habit, and now women seem to ac-
commodate themselves most easily to
the absence of mans society," British
paterfamilias will wake up some day
to find that he is no longer head Of the
house.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

The question: To farm or not to
farm? often depends upon the amount
of capital the individual has to invest,
his experience. pluck and many other
contingencies. but the fact remains
that with all its drawbacks farming is
the most independent means Of gaining
livelihood, says the National Fruit
Grower. Night and day, summer and
winter, his crops or stock are growing
and he does not have to depend liter
ally upon that clause Of the Lords
Prayer, "Give us this day our daily
hread'
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
4 New Sunshine Recorder.

The new Dawson-Lauder sunshine
recorder consists Of drum on which
silver chloride paper is fastened uader
dlm Of celIuloid, says the London
Globe. An outer cover is rotated by
clockwork in twenty four hours, and
narrow slit is thus directed to the sun.
A hood protects the slit from diaused
light. and allows an error Of about
half an hour in the clock before sun
light is cut off from the slit. The
drum with the sensitive paper travels
along the axis of the cylinder, so that
the record Of q number of days is OBJ
tained, one below the other The chlo-
ride of silver paper makes possible a
standard Of intensity Of sunshine
which can be reproduced The same
size OF paper Is employed at oil sea-
sons. and the instrument can be used
IL nolar as wen as temperate latitudes,
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

The new alloy called invar, consist
ing OF steel mixed with about thirty
six per cent Of nickel. which is prac-
tically invariable in volume with or
dinary changes of temperature, has re-
Gently been adopted by Swiss watch
makers for making balances in the
majority Of their best timepieces, the
New York Tribune states. The com
pensation for temperature thus OBJ
gained is superior to any hitherto
known. For many years watchmakers
have struggled with an outstanding
trouble in the best compensated chro-
nometers, known as Dents error
siue principally to the nonlinear varia-
ton Of the elasticity Of the steel Of the
hairsprine. BY the use Of invar Dents
errog may be practically eliminated.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
Pnts Merchant in Jail.

Charles w. Smith, prominent
Bloomfield. N. j., resident, was arrested
at Newark on the charge of having
used the mails to exploit an automo-
bile lottery. Smith and his friends ex-
pressed indignation because the United
States authorities made the arrest so
late in the day that it was impossible
for the prisoner to obtain bail. AS
result the merchant passed the night
in Jail. The complaint against Smith
was sworn out by Anthony Comstock
before United States Commissioners
Bigelow, on the ground that Smith
induced him to participate in the lot
terry under a fictitious name. Smith
asserts his innocence.
The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21

The output Of cured fruits, not in
cluding prunes and raisins, is esti-
mated by the California Fruit Grower
at 49,4OO, coo pounds in 1904. as against
75.5Oo.ooo pounds in 1903; 114.360,ooo
in 1901, and 94, $4,000 pounds in 1900.
The pack of canned fruit in California
for 1904 is estimated at 100000 cases
compared with 2,733,504 in 1903, 2.252,-
100 in 1902, 2677, 7,O72 in 1901 and 2,775,-
S66 in 1900.