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DOCS HERDINc INSTINCT
heddsnt Illustrating How It Man
fssts Itself in Looking After
Hens a. Well as Sheen.

The way the instinct for her1,n,
comes out In sheep dogs is wonderful
says New York Sun writer. Ionce ba5
. young collie given to me. He was
only six months old and had never re-
csived any training or seen other dog,
managing a band Of sheep.
had gone out of sheep at the tina
and there was nothing about the ranch
apparently, for him to do. The puppy
moped about for a week or ten Gays
Then happy thought struck him.
There were the hens!
From that day on he never failed IN
herd the hens regularly. He would -
on the watch for them when they
emerged from their house on the side ot
the gumbo bank after feeding in the
morning and would assume charge II
them for the rest of the day.
Collecting them in front of him he
would drive them, a clucking, waGdIin-
protesting band, out about half a mile
on to the prairie. While they ran about
after insects or pecked at the weeds and
grass he sauntered. about on the ou,-
skirts. keeping a vigilant eye on every
pullet and rooster.
And punctually an hour before sun
set he would gather them up into
compact little group and drive them
home. This self-appointed task he per-
formed with the greatest system OF thor.
oughness, displaying all the highest
gifts Of the sheep fidelity. judg.
ment, tact, conscience.
He was a most engaging little rascal,
and grieved for him as If he had been
a human when, after few months, he
ate wolf poison and died.
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PILES BURST INTO FLAME.
Friction Produced by Driving
Through Sand SETS Them
Adre.

A remarkable case Of spontaneous
Ignition that recently occurred in erect
Ing the walls Of the new Rotterdam
quay Is related by the Technische
Rundschau-
Rams had been used there for some
time, which by $50 or 200 strokes per
minute caused q steady advance Of the
piles. The foundation was such that
the pillars had to be driven through
the quicksand down to the solid
ground.
On Withdrawing some piles, the
points Of the latter were found, owing
10 the enormous friction, to have been
charred entirely and heated to such a
point as to begin burning spontaneous
y on coming In contact with the air;
nor could iron shoes prevent this spon-
taneous ignition.
When leaving the piles In the ground
this ignition would not result In any
damage, the charring remaining con-
lined to the surface, and the heat rap
Idly carried away In the moist sur
roundings.
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REGENERATION OF RUBBER
Process by Which Residence and
Body Are Restored to Old
Material.

A European process for regenerating
old rubber has for its principle the sep
aration Of the caoutchouc proper con-
tanned In vulcanized rubber from the
mineral and other matters which have
been incorporated into it, such as sui
phur, etc The first operation. says
the Scientific American, consists in
dissolving the vulcanized rubber in
one Of the usual solvents, using Pc
troleum preferably either alone or
With benzine added to It After treat.
ing for q certain time the inSolublo
matter Is separated by altering under
pressure, or by Q centrifugal machine.
The solution when separated from the
insoluble matter II evaporated to the
consistence Of syrup under q reduced
pressure and Is then taken up by ace
tone. The liquid which is thus OBJ
tanned Il first boiled and then decant-
ID on and the rubber is again taken
up BY an alcoholic soda solution. Az
Tar boiling and pouring on q second
time, the rubber Is treated with boil
ing alcohol. After the alcohol IN
taken on, the rubber IL washed with
water and then dried by superheated
steam, which removes the last trace Of
alcohol and water It may contain
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ICE COATING FOR WARMTH
Fruit Cars Covered with Sheet Of
Frozen Water to Preserve
Contents.

The use Of ice for heating purposes
is one Of the oddities Of our modern civ
Ilization. 1t often happens that train
carrying fruit from South America to
the northern states encounters a spell
OF cold weather en- route. II the tenn
perature goes below a certain point the
perishable merchandise will be ruined
But 1t has been ascertained that such a
misfortune may be prevented by cover
ing the fruit car with coating of ice
a thing easily accomplished by turning
a hose upon 1t and allowing the waterto
freeze, until the whole vehicle Is envel-
oped In a CLASSY and glittering blanket.
1t may, indeed, be appropriately
called blanket, inasmuch as it prevents
the radiation Of heat from the interior Of
the car. The fee being a good non-con-
ductor, the warmth Is retained, and the
fruit, or possibly it may be vegetables,
goes on its way unspoiled even by zero
weather.
Some trucks used for transporting
oranges are often fitted with ice
stoves" which, while useful during hot
weather as refrigerators, are filled with
ice during the cold weather.
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MASSACHUSETTS MAYORS.
All Sorts Of Occupations Represented
by the Rulers Of Her
Cities.

Massachusetts elecSs its mayors on
the second Tuesday In December. and
elects them largely on issues not con-
nectsd with national politics, says the
New York Sum- Each mayor OF Masaa-
ehusetts Ii expected to be engaged In
some gainful occupation"
Thus, the new mayor of Gloucester
b q telegrapher; the mayor of Wo-
burn, . heel manufacturer; the mayor
Of Springfield, an undertaken; the
mayor Of Chelsea, agent for the sale
OF wan paper: the mayor Of Haverhill,
anctoneer: the mayor Of Worcester. 4
physician; the mayor Of Maiden, .
manufacturer Of spring mattresses;
The mayor OF Medford, Q plumber; the
mayor Of Lowell . bookkesper; the
mayor Of Brockton, Q foreman In q
shoe factory, and the mayor Of Salem.
. tin roofer.
The mayor-elect Of Marlborough q n
native q New York eity-an unusual
Atng In . Massachusetts, mayor.
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DOUGLASS CENTER
sos2 WABASH Az.

Monday afternoon the different
clubs of Chicago and suburbs was
called with nineteen represented. A
permanent organization was complet-
ed with the following officers: presi-
dent Mrs. c. NJ. West; vice-president,
Mrs. Anna Payton; secretary, Miss
Slater: assistant secretary, Mrs. Ben
son; corresponding secretary, Mrs
Berry and treasurer Mrs. Hester
Rawls. The Federation will hold
four regular meetings a year, the next
to be the first Monday in June.
Sunday 3 p. m. Mr.. Louis F. Post
will speak on Henry George. The
music for the Sunday afternoon meet
ings is in charge Of Miss Estella
Bonds. There will be vocal solo by
Mrs. Jessie Smith and a trombone Sc
lection by Mr.. Bailey. All are invit-
ed.
Monday eve, Mar. 10 there viii be
given at the Institutional Church a
concert in the interest Of the Vaca-
toin School committee, Mrs. d. II.
Williams chairman
Tuesday p. m, the Woman's Club
will meet. Subject, Shall the New
Charter Grant Municipal Suffrage 'to
wmen?"
Wednesday 2 p. m, the Phyllis
wheatIey club meets with the pro
program in the interest Of the Liter
AZURE section Thursday 2 p. m. the
l. B. w. Club meets, at p. m the
Girls Club meets and at p. m, the
Sociology class with Miss Stewart and
Mr.. Fowler to lead discussion. Fri
day p. m. Mr.. W. H. Harper will
give the first of two talks on Art
Saturday 10 a. m. the girls sewing
class will meet At 4 p. m, the
Boys Club holds its regular meeting
and at s p. m. the English class.-"D."
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Mrs. Clifford johnson VIII contlnue
the Undertaking Business at the
Same Old Stand.

: The sudden death Of the late CHI
ford Johnson, 27I2 State street, VIII
not interfere in the least in conducting
the undertaking business which he SO
successfully established. as his wife,
Mrs. Clifford Johnson, who has for the
past three years ran the business In
every detail, will continue to do so
at the same old stand.
She has two first-class licensed IN
dertakers, and with the practical ex-
perience which she has acquired In
the conducting of the business in the
past she is capable of guiding or d.
recting them in taking charge and
completing all arrangements for first
class funerals.
Mrs. Johnson is full Of pluck and
business enterprise, and she is bound
20 meet with success.
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MEMBER OF NoTED COMPANY
The Lady Washington, in Which a
New York Fireman Gained
Distinction.

Hugh Bonner, deputy fire commits
sioner, became a member Of the old vol
unteer fire department in 1860, and as
a member Of the Lady Washington En-
CINE company gained his first distinc-
ton as a fire fighter, relates the New
York Sun
The Lady Washington, known to all
New York vamps, was a Fourteenth
ward company. stationed In Mulberry
street, between Broome and Spring, in
the heart Of a neighborhood which de-
Veloped more active politicians at the
period Of its prominence than any other
ward Of New York except the Sixth
From It John Kelly, Daniel O'Reilly.
Judge John Hayes, Judge Clancy and
James J. Hayes came originally. Itwas
q district noted for IRE fighters as well
a. for politicians, and sometimes the
two were combined.
The Lady Washington was the chief
Of the engine companies In the -Four
tenth ward, as the Columbian mo. %,
having its house with 40 on Mulberry
street, was the hose company, and the
Hibernia 1s), on Mott street, was the
hook and ladder company, or truck, as
the present designation Is. The Lady
Washington engine had a variegated
history, being. In fact, the lineal de-
scendant, as II were, Of a company es-
tablished in the same neighborhood in
1872, which after so years Of activity was
disbanded, to be reorganized ten years
later
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LAST CARGO OF SLAVES.
Were Landed on the Coast Of esor-
gia Some Thirty-Fivs
Years Ago.

Tho very last vessel 70 bring car
70 Of African slaves into this country
landed on the coast Of Georgia in 1860,
said Col. william Youngblood, Of At
lanta, according TO the Washington
Post.
The vessel, whose name ! do not re-
call, was operated by two southern
men, Corrie and Lamar. l think Cor
RE was from Charleston and his part
ner was from Savannah, and member
Of the celebrated Lamar family. They
brought over between 500 and 600 ne
groes from the shores Of Africa, and
proceeded up the Savannah river to
Augusta before attempting to get rid
Of the slaves. There was lively bidding
for the blacks by the planters Of Geor-
gia and South, Carolina, and they sold
like hot cakes at prices ranging from
$500 to $500. Gen. bearing, a proml-
nent citizen Of Edgefeld county, South
Carolina, bought 20 Of them.
AT that time l was going to school
In South Carolina, and happened to
pay a visit to the home Of Mrs. Till
man, the mother Of the present United
States senator from that state, who
also lived in Edgefeld county. 1t seems
that Mrs. Tillman had been a purchas-
er at the sale Of Corrie and Lamar, and
I have q distinct recollection Of being
shown one Of the young Senegambians
that she had bought Of them. He was
black as midnight, and when spoken
to could only grin and gesticulate. He
had not learned q word Of English"
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THE IRISH AND COLORED
AMERICANS.
Concluded from Page u

the Irish race, who repeatedly told
such a far-fetched and disgusting
yarn about some poor but hospitable
old ignorant Irish woman, not before
Irish audiences, but before Yankee or
better English audiences, and did so
after Irish newspapers, and clergy had
objected to It? Yet intelligent Color
ed men of ability advise their race to
accept the race leadership OF that
kind Of a Colored man-because he
is popular with white Americans. Ye
Gods!-The Guardian Boston, Mass.
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Dog ana Snake Fight.

Two Ballarat sportsmen while on .
shooting excursion to Lal Lal encoun-
tered a large snake that was attacked
By dog that accompanied them The
reptile wound itself around the dog
md an exciting fight ensued. during
which the animal bit on the tail Of
he serpent The sportsmen, anxious
10 save the dog. decided to shoot the
reptile II an opportunity presented It
Belk This occurred when It thrust out
~ head over the hind quarters Of the
Bsttsr. The shot, however, instead OF
hafting the snake, entered the body Oh
Ne dog, the death Of which was In
Btantaneous. The snake was then dis
patched. -British Australian.
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Ialandrs LEAVING.

Owing to the emigration Of 1909
persons during the past thrss months
from ST. Pierre and MiQuslon-islands
Immediately south Of Newfoundland
out Of q total population Of $500, ths
French authorities are beginning to
fear that the colony is threatened with
extinction. The rush Of emigration In
likely to continue. The poorer inhab-
itants advocate the transfer Of St
Pierre By France to Newfoundland,
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Easered Vt the Post Office st chicasA
n +, a. Seeond-Glas Matter.
Our coIored Landlords and Their
Tenants.

The first of May will soon be here,
and everybody is asking everybody
seIse, Are you going to move? Many
tales are being told on our Colored
landlords out south who are holding
meetings and discussing "how to
make their tenants pay for the prop
erty they are trying to buy" Tis
said one tenants rent was raised IS
because his wife requested the own
ere 90 wife to close the front door
upon entering" Serves him right.
His wife should have known better.
The idea Of her addressing her land
lady In that manner this time Of the
year! Another tenant was forced to
move because he had never thought
to consult his landlady, who lives up
stairs, concerning his wife's after
noon teas, or invite her to meet their
friends. The rent Of that fat will be
raised $3.50 If taken by a Colored ten
ant, but If a white tenant should ap-
ply, well the rent will drop. $500.
Several tenants have been raised from
two to I'VE dollars simply because the
landlords are forced to live IN the
basement in order to meet the pay
ments on the property, and while, so
living they are so often mistaken for
the janitor.
One landlord has the good fortune
to have two buildings-one tenanted
by white people, the other by Colored
people, and the neighbors say 1t is
amusing to hear him tell of "the great
properties he owns" The joke is tho
property belongs to his wife and her
people, while he is sent to collect the
rent. To the Colored tenants he Is
> n~t 10 say, +'Your rent viii be raised.
-1rg ma ] win do no cleaning or re-
pairing" 70 the white tenants he in
..i, 3 III hat in hand, as there any
repairs or cleaning needed? VIII you
keep our house another year,"
One miss Newrich" bought a shack
on Vincennes avenue, and authorized
her agent to rent it, and then to test
her new authority as a landlady, or
dered the tenants to move for making
a noise Of crying nature" at night.
It required a justice Of the peace to
ten this new landlady how to act
towards her tenants. The saddest tale
is told by a tenant whose wife's poor
health compels her to be out Of the
city most Of the time. His landlord
thinks he should be where his wife
is, notwithstanding he has a good pay,
ing position here which enables him
to keep up expenses at both ends;
hence he must move or stand rent
raise"
We love to hear Of our folks buying
property, but If the foregoing tales
about them are true-as landlords
they won't doc"
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one Way . Cook : Quail.

A guam, as every one knows. Il nat
orally one Of the driest Of birds, and lt
b always . question with cooks bow
best 10 preserve It's juices. To take on
ne skin h to take away the greatest
part Of the juices, and such . quail
broilsd or roasted would Be little better
eating than cottonwood chips. InEortn
CAROLINA thsY cook quail n the middle
u q big potato. This atfls receipt y
wofth q COMMA on aLinning quail
Ecsest ~ DlrssR
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Pockst savings 8anlI.

EyGy hired girl In Germany has q
little blank book. wherein b pasted
sFgy week stamp worth about nve
eents, Tie gin Of her mistress, says
Dvsrybody'B Magszins. Ths govern
ment ths all-doing government. YIN
rs1ssm thsss stamps ct their fnce
vaiua II tie hired girI fans On her
stamp book YIN hslp pat her az
pe1sse. Or shs can kssp 4 e . rrD-
nixon frr ~ ed go
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Randel voolfolk, 1920 State st., Is
an all around mixer, and he conducts
one of the best Bullets In the Town
Of Lake.
Mrs. William Macy 51s3 Grove
Ave, is still looking the picture OF
health, after her extended trip through
tie west.
Alderman Thomas J. Dixon, seems
to be gaining new supporters every
day, in his fight for reelection to the
City Council.
Mrs. Bertha Duncan, go West 57th'
street, is q very refined and sensible
woman and thoroughly honest, and
she is one Of the neatest housekeep-
ers In Chicago.
Attorney Charles n Stevenson 100
washington St, who Is a polished gen.
tleman in every sense Of the word.
would make an ideal candidate for
Judge of the Municipal Court.
Alderman John J. Bradley win put
Nike Walsh to sleep in the Alder
manic contest.in the soth ward, and
continue to represent its best people
In the city council after the Sd Of
April.
whatever may be the outcome Of the
Aldermanic contest In the s1st ward
The Broad Az win so up or down
with Edward Carroll, for this paper
was never known to go back on one
Of its true friends.
Justice Charles n. Callahan. the
honorable and straightforward Pc
lice Magistrate at the Hyde Park Pc
Ice station, win be nominated and
elected as one Of the Judges OF the
New Municipal Court
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Entitled to Honorable Mention.

You believe In old-Age pensions, do
your" said the passenger with the
skull cap. well. that depends. Take
your case. for instance. What claim
have you on the countryI What have
you ever done or suffered for it,"
1--WE got the tobacco heart from
contributing to its internal revenue de-
partment," said the passenger with the
sandy goAtee, and I've raised II boys.
b'goshI"-ChIcago Tribune.
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THE PHYLLIS WHEATLY WON
ANS CLUB WILL CELEBRATE. /.
ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY.

The Phyllis wheatley woman's
Club has reached the 10th mile stone
Of its existence and viii celebrate the
event at Quinn chapel Sunday eve
ming, March Is at D. m
Rev. D. P. Roberts VIII deliver the
birthday sermon, the President viii
give. q history Of the club and its
work.
Appropriate remarks win be made
by other distinguished persons.
This Club deserves the hearty CO
operation Of the public in carrying On
its good work The Day Nursery at
155 18th st. is under It's fostering
care.
The members are now endeaYoring
to carry out the work they have had
IN mind for years; L e.. the establish-
ing for Club home in which worthy
girls may be housed; 3 women's Ex-
change and Glasses In cooking, sew
ing. millinery. lace-making. etc. win
be some Of the features
It Is hoped to make this business
enterprise worthy not only Of the
members. Of this club but of al won
en- in chicago interested in the mp
Mt Of others.
The public Is cordially invited to
Be present at Quinn chapel sunday
Night.
The Grub meets AZ the Frederick
Douglass Centre sOs2 wabash Ave-.
wednesday March II, at 2 p. N
Program under the auspices Of the
Liieiafrre Section.
Ans. =. Lynn win talk On The
pises 1ctlon occ1ples n Iiterature.
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Fortune Made Missr.

Father Aeby, q noted miser, has died
at Berne, age 70. When he was - .
fortune was bequeathed him, and from
being q spendthrift he at once became
q miser. He lived on bread and wa
ter at q cost Of three csnts q day, and
left $4,000. The sum Of 100000 In
gold and silver was found under his
bedroom floor.
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big Wlrsles. Station.

A wireless telegraph station which
Is being established At Nofddeich,
Germany, on the shore Of the North
sea, is expected to do business with
Germany, Austria. Switzerland,
France. Great Britain. Denmark. the
greater part Of Italy. Sweden and go.
way and smaller parts Of spain,
Russia ana TIE states Of the BaIks1
usninsulA
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Little womsn,s D.x.

This is undoubtedly the day Of tn
little woman Thsrs II q dash and Q
90 about her impossible to women OF
larger growth. In many instances she
Il as nimble In mind a. she 10 agile
IA body. Her thought flashes from one
subject to another a. her restless body
dashes from this place to that. She
combines the quickpess and -alsrtnea
Of the bird with the easy playfulnsss
Of the kitten.-Madame.
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Silver from Volcanoes.

Silver has been thrown out By vol
canoes In two instances recorded by
J. W. Melee- Ash from an eruption Of
Cotopaxi In 1885 showed one part Of
silver in $1,000 and that elected In
1855 BY Tungurague, In tho Andes Of
Ecuador, contained one part Of silver
In 1o7, 200.
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Four and Six Room Flats 10 Rent
Four and six room fats to rent from
SO to SIS per month, COS w. 18th St
win rent to Colored people. Apply to
+. q Ross q Company, real estate
and renting agents, room sos Roanoke
Bldg, 145 La Sale St Tel. Central
SIS.
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The shadow Of q dangling skeleton
On . window shade created great ex-
element in . London street the other
night An inquiring policeman learned
that a ambulance doctor was deliver
ing Q lecture on first aid to . room
full Of railway employees.
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MRS. J. s. Madden, 5Sth and Dear
born streets, left the first OF the week
to visit friends in Cincinnati. Ohio.
Mrs. r. A. J. Shaw and little r. A.
]. Shaw, Jr, have gone on a, long
visit to her mother in old Virginia
Mrs. ]. B. Jackson. $50 S5th street,
left the city this week for the South
to transact some real estate bust
ness.
The Appomattox Club gave memoir
ial exercises at Bethel Church Mon
day evening, in honor Of Paul Lau'
rance Dunbar. The church was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity, and an In
teresting program was rendered.
Attorney Pher w. Nilsson, 112 8
Clark ST., is being heartily supported
by Alderman NJ D. Dougherty. for
one Of the judges OF the new Municipal
Court. With such strong backing Mr..
Nilsson will be one of the winners.
Rev. and Mrs. VIM S. Braddan, 500s
Fifth avenue, mourn the death OF
their little son, William. Jr., who de
parted this life last week after a long
illness. The Broad Ak extends its
sympathy to Rev. and Mrs. Braddan
in this sad hour OF their affliction.
The United Afro-American Odd Eel
lows of Chicago. this week purchased
the new three story stone front
building, on State street opposite the
Mecca fats. The consideration was
S32, 700. The sale was negotiated by
Capt. James s. Nelson.
Major Franklin A. Denison, who
could tell a rich story II he would in
connection with Miss V-S..-is in the
dark still acting as the Attorney for
Col. Pony" Moore, and The Broad
Az will not do a thing to the hand
some major II he should make up his
cowardly legal mind to bob up as a
candidate for Judge Of the municipal
Court
The United States Cupreme Court
at Washington, d. c., the first of this
week handed down its long looked for
decision in the traction question or
litigation, and the street railway COM
panies in this city were considerably
worsted, for the court has decided
that they were in the possession of no
fundamental rights which the city
was bound to respect, and the court Of
last resort has paved the way for mu-
nicipal ownership Of the street car
lines In Chicago.
Miss Susan B. Antony. Rochester. ".
Y, the noted woman suffragist, died
Monday at her home of heart failure,
induced by double pneumonia She
was one of the last of a group of the
most remarkable women that have
ever lived at any period Of the worlds
history. She was prominent In the
Anti-Slavery movement, and on nu-
merous occasions she took her life in
her own hands while contending for
the freedom Of the slave and denounc-
ing the institution Of slavery. Her
labors in behalf of the elevation OF
women, and placing the ballot In
their hands to use as a weapon to de-
fend themselves against the many
wrongs which they are subjected to
can never be estimated, and her name
should live for all time to come in the
hearts of both men and women.
THE IRISH AND COLORED
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Garibaldi's Cater.

According to La Tribuna di Roma
one Of the CATERS worn by Garibaldi
when he was wounded in the battle Of
Aspronoate. August %, 1862, has been
presented to the mayor OF Rome.
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un-tonatA indiana

The Indians Of Elko, New, have
abandoned the dances Of their fore
fathers, have built q dance hall, and r.
Gently gave q ball, at which they and
their squaws and many invited pale
faces waltzed in the most modern fash.
ion.