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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-02-21
GRAY PURCHASES LINDRUB.

The large fishing tug Lindrub, to-
gether with her engines, boats, tackle,
apparel and furniture, was sold at public
auction at the foot Of North Ninth street
last Saturday morning by order of U. s.
Marshal Reid. There were only few
bidders. The tug was purchased by T.
w. Gray his bid, 1926, being the high.
est
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-02-21
DOUBLE GAME.

A double header basketball game is
scheduled for Friday night at the Turner
hall. The Kaukauna nigh school girls'
team will play the north side high school
girls team and, in a preliminary game
the north and south side high school
boys will meet the west side alumni
taatp
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-02-21

A special council meeting will be held
next Monday night for the purpose of
deciding whether or not special cleo
tion is to be called to decide the ques-
ton of buying the water works at the
appraised price.
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MEETS WITH ACCIDENT.

John Anderson, an employe at the
Manitowoc Glue factory, ran two tines
of pitchfork through one of his legs
Tuesday morning. The injury is pain
ful and rather serious.
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DR.. GORDON SPEAKS
HERE TOMORROW NIGHT,

DR., w. A, Gordon, superintendent of
the Northern hospital at Oshkosh, will
give lecture before the City club Fri.
day evening, Feb, %
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DIED

Charles karnofsky, former resident
of Manitowoc, died at. his home at
Minneapolis on Tuesday, Feb. -. The
decedent was a son of Gotlieb Karnof
sky of this city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-02-21

Mrs. Annie Andrews, an aged inmate
of the county insane asylum, died at that
institution Monday morning. The
funeral was held on Wednesday morn.
ing from the Sacred Heart church.
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A large attendance is assured at the
farmers institute to be held ut Silver
Lake February 26 and q. The follow
ing program will be carried out at the
institute:
TUESDAY MORNING 10.
Soils Mr. Scott
Profitable Crops Mr.. Convey
Turkeys Mr.. Matteson
AFTERNOON 80.
Gardens Mr.. Scott
Hens Mr.. Matteson
Dairy Cows Mr.. Convey
EVENING 7:3O o'clock
Musical and literary program prepared
by local committee.
Farmers and Educators Mr.. Scott
WEDNESDAY MORNING 9:3O
Swine Mr.. Convey
Clover and Corn Mr.. Scott
Silo and Silage Mr.. Convey
ATTERNOON / 30.
Good Feeding Mr.. Convey
Dairy Products Mr.. Scott
The following educational and musical
program will be carried ont on the even.
ing of the opening day of the institute,
Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Winklemann's hall
Music
Address Hon. r. Baepsch
Singing Training School Students
Address Ed. Schmitz
Waste Of Education Supt. Larson
Song Fred Winkelmann
The young man on the farm and his
opportunities }. A. Book
Address John Chloupek
Song Eta ami Ruth Wills
Debate = Resolved, That the free text
book system is better than the one now
commonly in use.
Affirmative Negative:
+. G. Brick, Arthur Huebner
Mr.. Fitzgerald Edgar Jonas
Music
Address Fred Christiansen
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.. A. Dauforth, q former resident of
the town of Meeme, this county, died
suddenly at his home in Omro last week.
the cause of his demise being heart
failure. The funeral was held at Omro.
Mr.. Danforth was born AT Berkshire,
Vermont, in 1912. In 1853 he removed
with his parents to this county, the
family settling in the town of Meeme
When the civil war broke out, he en-.
listed in Company c, the fourth Wis
consin regiment. After serving for three
years, he received an honorable dis.
charge He taught school in this county
in 1865 and 1866. Later he engaged in
the business of cheesemaking, at which
occupation he continued until five wears
ago, when he disposed Of his property
in Meeme and removed to Omro.
Mr.. Danforth was chairman Of the
town of Meeme for ten years. For
twenty-five years he was actively con-
nected with the Meeme Mutual Fire In
surance company, holding the Office of
director and, at different times, the
office of treasurer and that of secretary
of the company.
Mr.. Danforth is survived by his wife
and eight children. His death will be
regretted 10y many friends in this county
aud at Omro.
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EDUCATIONAL.
By w. +. LARSON.

The Mishicot meeting last Saturday
was n most enjoyable one. There were
= present at the table. Had it not been
that the sleighing had gone, there would
have been at least 100 Besides teachers
exteachers and friends were present
The address of welcome was given by
Mr.. n. Tereus, which was responded to
by Otto Drews. Fred Severs, the former
principal brought his usual good humor
with him, and, without cracking a smile
kept his hearers laughing during his
entire talk. A song had been written
for the occasion and was given as part
of the program Miss Stasia Kenney
gave very interesting talk about her
visit to the G. A r. encampment ut
Minneapolis last summer.
After the dinner was over toasts
were responded to by George Eigen.
beyer, Miss O'Dea, Edgar Jonas, Arthur
Smith, }. A. Book, DR.. Rick, L. II.
Boleng Fred Christensen, and Miss
Cheney. About 81 went ont from the
city of Manitowoc
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Sometimes this question is asked |
wrote at the coarse of study examina.
tion two years ago. Last year ! wrote
again, but did not pass Must now
write in all the branches
The answer is that pupil may finish
the course of study examination in ann
iro consecutive years. The standings oh.
tanned last year are good this year even
if the pupil wrote two years ago,
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FARMERS INSTITUTE.

A large attendance is assured at the
farmers institute to be held ut Silver
Lake February 26 and O. The follow.
ing program will be carried out at the
institute:
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What abont penmanshipY The schools
of the county present n great variety in
regard to good writing. Is your school
working for the penmanship prize. See
Annual p. ~. Here again the pupils
can do much by practicing at home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-02-21

Every school library should have n
copy of the Annual Pupils will find
announcements of the examinations on
PIP. 30 ii.
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Prof w. G. Hewitt of Oshkosh will
visit schools in the county again on Fri.
day, Mar. /, and will give an address at
ST. NazianZ in the evening.
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taper on both sides 20 that In 5emsv.
Ing them they will clear all the way
out. The pins In the bottom Of the
plugs are to at in holes In the bottom
board, which will hold them in place.
When the plugs are to be removed
take the board with the two square
holes. Fig. 4, and place over the top
Of the mold and with the handle OF
the tamper bar. which II run through
the rings in the top Of the plugs. lift
them upward. using the board ~ .
guard to prevent the block from being
broken. This board should not be
used until the block II finished and
ready to take out Of the mold.
The tamper. Fig. s. Is made OF .
piece Of iron rod about IS inches
long with a large nut threaded on one
end.
To make the blocks use one part Of
Portland cement and three parts Of
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oolne 10 .. Fined.

When George AIDE was Newspaper
reporter he was sent to write up" IN
the scene. several oncers and others
were helping the injured man into the
ambulance. Mr.. AIDE pulled out his
pad and pencil. Whats his name?"
he asked one Of the policemen.
The injured man, who had heard AIDE
and who mistook him for the time
keeper employed by the contractor.
rolled his eyes in = disguised way.
What dye think o that" he NUT
tered. I'm goin' to be docked for the
few minutes l lose Eoin' to the hos.
pital!"-Success.
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TRICK THE FOOLISH
scHGMRe OF PREMIUM MAIL
ORDER HoUeES.
STUFF s OF LITTLE VALUE
chsapsee Kind Of Goods Handled BY
Thee Concerns, and They Are
oeld. at the Highest Mar.
ket Prices.

There are dozens of premium-giving
mail order houses operating In differ
emit cities of the country. These
houses reach out for trade in all parts
Of tho country, and do not overlook
the largest cities. They gain for their
aides and their agents men. women
and children. wives Of lawyers. mer-
chants. church workers and any class
that they can Some Of them make
= business catering to the EDworth
leagues. the Sunday schools. the
churches. and have plans by which
the people are humbugged and loaded
down with inferior goods. and the
league. the Sunday school or the
church gets a little cheap furniture.
some dinky -dinky thing almost worth
less for all the trouble gone to.
These premium concerns that put
out baking powder. cheap conees. gro
ceries Of every kind and description.
generally put out the cheapest kinds
OF stun. Recently samples OF the
goods that have been received from
them have been sent to the chemists
OF the pure food departments In .
number OF cites, and universally the
goods were found to be Of the rankest
kind. The coffee the cheapest Santos.
and doctored up with roasted cereals
and chickory: the baking powders
were an abomnation Of cheap acids
and other materials; the extracts
were wholly synthetic. produced from
coal.tAr products, and 20 aduiterAtion
was carried to the extreme. These
goods were sold at the highest prices
and were OF such class that NO re-
spectacle grocer in any city or ham
let would have them In his stock.
These are the classes that The good
women. perhaps well.meaning, but
not mp to snuii, palm on upon their
neishb6rs when they become The CSC
Rotary q '.ths club" and the kind Of
dope they innocently give to their
husbands and children. and when the
little oaes become sickeasd By par.
taking q ~. stun. the dear little
woman elaAly pays some doctor four
times the anount The abomlnable
goods cost $780,. q 81
TAscs VIII Be .eeasthias ArpDoiag
pretty quick ain61I1 certain caass Of
thsse big "oomponies." Their busi.
ness 10 Of the fraudulent kind and
there IL likelihood that 1t no distant
period the government o@cers will -.
cure such evi1soes - win PIT many
OF the concerns out Of business.
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MOLD FOR CEMENT BLOCKS.

and sides are fastened to the base
with hinges. which permit them to be
turned down to take out the completed
block. On each end, explains Popular
Mechanics. is placed a fat iron bar
with a bend or notch In 1t to hold
the sides together. These bars are
the same as hooks with the ends ex-
tended to form handle for con-
venience. The end pieces have a thin
piece OF board fastened In an upright
position on their inner surface to
form key between the completed
blocks.
The bottom board. Fig. 2. is to be
f1tted In the bottom OF the mold loose
ly and can be blocked up from the bot
tom to make the right size block.
The plugs. Fig. 3. are made with .
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good. sharp sand. Mix we'll and put
enough water on to simply dampen the
whole mixture. Close up the mold and
put In the plugs. and then NIL
the mold one-Quarter full Of the
mixture and lamp down hard. Repeat
this until the mold Is filled and then
scrape of the surplus material. re-
move the plugs. turn down the sides
and lift out the finished block. The
block should remain ON tho bottom
board until It il hard enough to re-
move. II will be necessary to have
a number Of bottom boards. The Nm.
ished blocks must be sprinkled with
water from day to day for duration
Of Is to 80 days to properly cure them
before using. A barrel Of cement will
make about 80 blocks.
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cateh-Psnny Schemes.

Those who make q habit Of answer.
ing Advertisements in the cheap
mail order papers are sure to bite ct
the bait" held out to them sooner or
later. One Of the common gratis 10
advertising for men to distribute cir.
culars" and offering from three dol
lars to f,ve dollars 4 day for the serv.
ices. These concerns generally charge
. fee OF from two dollars to I'VE dol
lars for registering" and In return
send . number Of printed blanks IN,
names Of companies who want adver.
Using matter circulated. After some
dollars worth Of postage stamps 10
wasted In writing to the names sup
piled. the person anxious for . Job
concludes that he il out Of pocket.
A common form Of fraud II the ID
vertisinE for men to become dstec.
lives. There are few OF these rank
humbuss doing business. and In Q way
20 shrewdly devised that the authori.
ties cannot deny them Tie uss Of the
nails. In few cases fraud orders
have beea issued AGAINST them. but .
change was quickly made to another
city. and The same old graft put n
operation. In these cases Q Iee =
charged for commission and badge
aud Instructions. The IL q aieaeled
brass sent out - . badge 10 familiar
in nearly every police court - .
source Of trouble for green youag men
who think that its possession Gives
them o@cial authority. II
Business men should b ON the look.
out for . new game which has besa
played In . number Of parts q the
country Of late. A stranger entaes .
store. buys . small bill Of goods, not
exceeding ten or fifteen dolArs. says
that he win call for them later. and
gives . check for 80 or moro - .
hank. receiving no change u retus1.
He remains away for Q few days, tAsa
calls for the goods. He 70 told that
the check 10 no good. Aftss ruundly
'cussing' the hank he pays fos IL
goods. takes the check and oosA b .
few days moro the check comes % the
merchant. paid 1t the hank. bscsuse Il
had the merchants endorsement q T.
This was the ed to b oetainsA -
on tAe lookout for this game.
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REFLECTED svML,our.

An interesting photographic expert.
'mont will shortly be made at the sug.
gsotioa Of several captains Of the
North German Lloyd on the nreship
Wiser. Daily experience shows that
sunlight reflected from glass plates
will make houses and the like visible
70 great distances. which without this
lumisous renex would be dia.cult and
sometimes Impossible. Starting from
this principls. the promoters Of the
experiment In question will place at
the top Of the Arsship polished glass
10y compsisins . number OF plaas
polyhsdral surfaces. The apparatus
itself. sxplains The 9eisatiac ADert'
con, y vsfy simple h coastruct3ou,
ee0peisiag . frame aboat two test h
aiA0stss. n watch phase glass plates
oeated with nsseusy are 1ttel, q ~
~ telt 70 ehaaoe Whea some g1asa
souP1Aee viii b struck b. sun ray,
.1hAo Appasatns viii WORT q Q hello
u4AaA h . )ew mist o. b hasy weasA
- 0oAy snllea onal1leaa1Ao - Z
- egteat ~ teeaeiAg 6 ~ ~
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Lava PVT - ossd use.

Residents OF the district round We.
0avius have put 70 practical use The
lava which has flowed from the vol
cano In the past and recent eruptions.
Naples and IL Vicinity appear to b
. world of Lave. The streets are pavsd
with It. There are lava staircases and
statues. drinking troughs. bric-a-brae
and even jewelry. The guides make
. profit out Of 4 By pressing coins or
other objects o. partially cooled frag
ments and selling these TO visitors.
On the ashy saoss q thseDoantain
there 10 enough lava 70 build . large
city. In appearance Il resembles .
shosoless frosea 80 Of dell HACK that
shlmmers strangely purplo IN some
lights. 49,
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LEARN HOW TO FLU.
What Will % Necessary to Solve the
PeobIom2

Although great advances have been
made In the art Of aerial navigation.
the problem has not been attacked
systematically enough. The first thing
needed Is trained body Of men who
shall become familiar with everythine
already accomplished. and then de-
vote their lives to the sole aim OF
building upon that foundation the air.
snip which Ii to be perfectly safe and
under control. For obtaining such .
corps OF experts there must be schools
OF instruction In the whole subject of
aerostatics. supplemented by labora-
tories containing ample facilities for
practice and experiment.
A beginning has been made In that
direction. The United States depart.
ment OF commerce and labor has oh.
tatned reports on the situation In Eu-
rope. which show that In France there
10 NO real school OF aerostatics. nj.
though the greatest progress In navi.
eating tho air has been made In that
country. What has been accomplished
there has been done chiefly In an ex.
psrimental way by the army. whose
object 10 war. and by nine balloopiug
clubs whose object IL sport.
From Chemnitx. Saxony. comes
news OF the hrst attempt to estab
. real school OF aerial science. with
regular courses Of instruction extend.
ing over . year. ending with an exam.
anation and certificate Of proficiency.
1t opened May I. 1907. under the d..
rectiou OF an aeronaut Of 20 years. ex.
psrience and 600 accents. The outline
given OF the curriculum shows, how.
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Waiting Tor Nj. Frohman.

Waiting for Mr.. Frohman.
when I was = very young GIRL"
said Miss Louise Closer. the actress,
Il had . wild desire to go upon the
stage, 20 left school in Boston. came
to New York and went to Charles
Frohman's once on Broadway.
"Is Mr.. Frohman in!' asked Of
the once boy.
"'No, he is not was the reply.
"'Well. I thought, I'll wait until he
comes
1.-THE boy became absorbed In the
book he was reading. and apparently
was quite unconscious Of my presence.
Fifteen minutes passed: . half hour
passed: and grew weary Of waiting.
But I thought Of the long distance I
had come. and at the same time 70.
called IN old maxim had once
learned: Reward comes through con.
stancy Of purpose repeated this
again and again, until an hour and Q
half slowly dragged itself ont. Finally
could endure the waiting NO longer.
With ~ much courage ~ could com.
mand I addressed the once boy Q sec.
ond time.
"'Will you kindly tell me when Mr..
Ffohman will be in?'
In six weeks answered the boy.
Hes gone to Europe
"A few seasons ago." concluded Misc
Closer. when was . member Of Al.
mold Days 'Canida' company, I one
day related to him my Arst experience
when calling upon . manager. When
I finished telling the story. Mr.. Daily
oaid:
How long ago was thAtf'
Twelve ysass aso.' I rspaisd.
Twelve years ago. unused Mr..
Daily. Yes. ! remember: I was that
o0co b0y.' "-0uccoss NaeAxine.
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MUST av,Lo Up BUSINESS.
Country Merchant Can uss the Local
Press to Advantage.

The sentiment exhibited in the nu-
merous articles now printed in coun-
try newspapers for the purpose Of In
ducing people to trade at home In
stead Of sending their money to mail
order houses II good and noble, but
We doubt II 1t appeals to the multitude
who patronize these mail ordsr
houses.
The best way in which the NOR.
chants in the towns and smaller cities
can tight the mail order houses il to
advertise. They know most of their
patrons personally. can show them the
goods before they buy them, have
many other advantages over the mail
order houses and in almost every in.
stance can sell Just a. cheap, II not
cheaper.
II the home merchant lacks fore
sight and II too penurious to proper
~ advertise his goods. why should the
publisher exert himself to keep the
trade at home for him? II solicita.
tons on the part OF the publisher fail
to educate the merchant to the fact
that he must advertise II he wants to
keep mp with the procession. then
nothing IL left to the merchant but
to learn In the school Of experience.
and II the teachings Of that renowned
school are Ct no effect on him. then
there IL no place for him and eventu.
ally his place In the commercial
world will be taken up by some
more enterprising competitor.-Buck'
eye Informer.
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lNM6651lRYx@R5<
:1SANtCdk4l3S
CEMENT BLOCK MOLD.
How You Can Make II and Use II
Yourself.

The lumber necessary to make this
mold should be Of selected white pine
or hardwood free from knots and sap.
The base board. A. Fig. l. should be
II inches wide by "a inches long. well
battened together. The sides are
made as shown with cleat on each
end. which overlaps the end pieces and
holds them in place. Both the ends
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AlaAleanea M RitAoA1aea.

PittsAusg 10 troubled With tho iroa
orc dust nuisaAoe - veil - With
smoke. anA ~ former 10 psoviAg ~
harder 70 eradicate. Ae0bsrs e or.
tala residential distriets broueAt -.
tioo asAlast oae company oVnl1g
furnaces valued at eS.eee. - h i'm.
0lnos that tine ~ company AaD
sveat osee. 80 n tAs s9set % Deeveat
he emieoioa Of tAe dust md he's beea
uasueeeseful The rsaasylvaala ~
pso0s coust hes Aec11ed hat ~ oWn-
ess q ~ Mills muee cease % opeeAao
u tAsy eanAot ahate he nuisaAoo.
Capital anosntins % nearly eloey ~.
~ 70 Affected BY ~ aeeree.-0pelaa.
0e1d Republican.
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Il has besa fouaA that more tAaA
% per cent. a Tie groceries soA ~
travelling aceats VITO cell Alreet -
consumers ase q ~ aAultsroee0
classes. Exaalnat3oas made q eoe.
fees sold By saeA ooeeesns PROVED
that there vas - pee ceae adaltesa'
ton. The cheapest kiaA Of oaatos
10 used for baDe. aaA With tA1s
grosnd cocaanat SHELLS, bss.t eesn
and chicory ase eonbiael. oucA ESQ.,
eoctioas are AaAooeoas. ed . saak
Imposition upea ~ pso1ses TIE
spices that are eoA by nay q TIE
alleged pure tod eooeeens tAat have
assats workiag aDoag ~ Deeels u
small towns ase 1AAooeoeD - health.
Many glasses esae1st q ground
bark. nut aAso1s ~ otAee DAtesaals
aad aavorsA witA ast1eeaa1 1avors
that ore coal ~ peodustA Jt = ~
safs to buy fsea ~ eeaeee.s tAat
Gaia their buelsses thseaeA 60.
vasssrs, or vAe - . sseoualve nlall
order hustnooo.
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Not Lest In Aeetla.

Rumors OF disaster seem ihevitabls
In arctic exploration. Recently vs
referred TO the probable loss OF w, q.
Bruce. who was prospecting for coal
fields In eastern Spitsbergen. There
was strong presumptive evidence that
he and his companions had been last,
but word now comes OF their safety,
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Why animal charcoal removes the
color from colored liquids. while wood
charcoal has no effect has not been
understood. A European chemist now
finds that the action Of the former 10
due to the presence Of i've to seven
per cent OF nitrogen.
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allowed TO fall slowly over Q series OF
poles. where. by the natural process,
1t freezes In the form Of gigantic
icicles. These icicles are broken ool
~ last ~ they are frossu and carted
away to storage quarters.
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Te6oeeo.

Tobacco sooeeve1 ~ aamo fto0 70.
baeeo. . peovi1ee 10 Yueataa. otAoss
~ that it Was aamo1 eoe ~ Ia)oal
q Toeaoo, o0s q ~ Oafibbeea. Whlje
stil1 oeAofo elalm that Il vas NAncA
1oe Toeaseo. - ~ 0xlf e vleet1A Il
y sa1l tAa4 toeaeeo wao 1soG eeoogvoo
e - 99elsls g. = ~ -
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n>u n p~,e,

In Paris dogs are treated % ven .
human beings are. They wear aato.
mobile toys whsa they 90 motoring.
they have hospital. and they svsa
have . eoodsissd esnsstefy. With 1o0.
unsnts and hsadstoass. and inscrip-
tioas a1A nortnAsy Wreoths.
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ever. that 1t deals with ballooning
only. which Is merely preliminary to
the main problem. Perhaps We can
establish the real thing over here.
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The clergyman is the only member
of. society who can marry for money
and congratulate himself afterward.
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No language is more eloquent than
q life Of love.
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MANUFACTURING ,c,cLes.

"stIek" Ice . Commodity Much In b
saand In Auetrla.
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stick" lie 10 . commodity much In
demand In upper Austria. Water IL
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