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pension from the estate for caring TOT him, would have to engage several as sistants if she put into practice all the suggestions she received Tn the scores of letters sent to Blackie and to her from all over the world, but she has paid He attention to any of them, and having brought Biackie 9n since he first opened his eyes, l9 years ago. she feels capable, she says, of doing what is best for him, and of making his life as long as It IS possibje for u eat to live, Already pc is far older than most cats, and ne seems to realize his unique position as a cat of inherited wealth, for he IS stately and dignified, he does not lavish caresses upon anyone, not even his devoted attendant, Miss Ruch. Truth to tell, Blackie, as if he does not find comfort in riches, is a rather morose animal, and takes life far too seriously. Perhaps if he had to hustle for his meals like many cats who are heard at night singing their paeans of satisfaction, he might be happier.
 Blackie sits up at table, mas shrimps, Italian chestnuts and other dainties to eat, has fur-lined baskets i1 NhfciT t9 Eepose, and many eozy couchss and saft chairs ipo9" A4,tse to curl.
 Imagine his scorn when a letter came from western woman saying that what Blaclde needed was a couple of kittens to play with--kittens wA,cA would romp up and down the rooH, ppai ais shiskeEs, pursue his tail, bite his ears and claw his h9Es; She even offered to furnish the klt. tens, and guaranteed that they would give him the time of his life.
 Think of the curl of his nose when came letter from New York wom- au Wbo, preparing to go abroad with hsF aasBaHa fef soms months, wrote offering to sehd iler cal Is jesB Blackie company while she was away. and suggesting that, as her cat was a weli-bred and highly-cultivated ami mai, Blackie would be pleased, Such presumption.
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STONE RESEMBLES SPHINX.
Odd Formation of Rock Near City of
 Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.-Re of this city need not travel to Egypt to view the Sphinx, according to the imaginative admirers of the Wissahickon. Of tho many curious and famous rocks found along the ten-mile length of the Wis sahickon drive none is more promi- nent than the Sphinx-like projection near the mouth of the creek, near the spot where it empties into the Schuyl. ki5l.
 Nithepgia} this IS not one of the most prominent psillts al6h eitthe creek-be- ing just below Ridge avsRlsas @l{ere' tt crosses the Wissahickon,- from which glimpses of 1t can be obtained during the time of summer leafage and dis tjnct view for trolley passengers dur ing ts,e winter months-there are few WissahickoA rocks apparently so little known. While the Fock d0ts A0t cx:. actly resemble any one of the. mythis cal creatures of the Egyptians. 1t has been appropriately named the Sphinx rock, and its elevated position keeps
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THE rAcrFuL GIRL.
Because of What She Is, She ls Wei.
 come Everywhere.

Tine tactfpa xiff is selcromed every where. She is psQaa!y sllasastEl n the home. in society and hNsiness. bG sides being an appreciated comfOrtef in times of trouble. and one who can enter heartily into another's- happi- ssssss
 TO De 1aciisi gne must be utterly free from self.conscioHsness Spd try to think only of the requirements of others. A ready listener Is always welcome in all grades of society. and the tactful girl will patiently listen to the woes and ills of other people with out letting them see how uninterest- ing they are to her. or. in return. re- heating her own troubles.
 z Agpst good can it do any one to d. vvjga 2 faIpiag secret or failing? A tsctful girl will find Ae fnterest " this kind of conversation. says New York Weekly. and will introduce a more pleasant topic She can always keen a quiet tongue in her head when necessary. and will. hesitate to spread .unkind gossip.
 When in company of the opposite sex. girl will show her usefulness 6y the interest which she takes in the likes and dislikes 9f her companion. The person who sesns Ea delight If. repeating mean and unkind gossip is not likely to become favorite with any one; but welcome will always be found for those who know how to take an interest in others concerns, and to keep their own troubles to themselves. thereby always exercising tact.
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is nleHtioYea 70 him, the lawyer as sumes an air ef seRtis deprecation.
 The most striking of lis MaHner isms are his flowing gestures aHd habit of looking at witness or intG the jury box with his head bent for ward and his eyes cast upward He i,s. . habit of holding his eyeglasses in his hand while gesturing. As he throws forward bis head and turns I'D his eyes he raises his gtssses hpri zontally and looks across them, fefH ing a picture that is distinctive and striking.
 Mir. Delmas is B years old and prac ticed law in California for thifty-0dd .years. Most of his practice has been in civil cases, and some consider him at his best in that branch of his pro fession. The suit which carried his fstss all over the country was the con test oyer the millions of the late Senator Fair. tie Eepresentetd The contestant, Mrs. Crnysb, aAa pet one of his infrequent defeats. He a1sa as. tended a libel suit against Claus Spreckels and was recently sought for the position of general counsel of the Southern Pacific railway, but de .clined.
 sSbile he never posed as criminal lawyer, some of his greatest victories have been wol A such cases. He has had l6 clients accused of homicide, and all have been acquitted
 Mir. Delmas belongs to ths ghestsI fieldian type of man. His suave speech. rounded gestures and measured peri. ods, all framed in fine English i'm tgessd those who have seen him at the Thay tfi@i, Galifornians said they had helped to Hase hiimpq famous on the Pacific coast.
 The law seems to be, consaniiAls < passion of his life. Next to that he Is shrewd financier. His love of re- tirement has been emphasized in re- cent years, since a personal episode in his life made public in San Francisco. ssysli of his leisure was spent at his cpuntly he7;le near San Francisco. He delights ip looAs, and is an omniyor- ous reader. Political n9siti8q has no allurements for him, He is in deW4qg as d speechmaker at banquets and other public functions. On these occa' sions, however, his attitude is distinct. Iy dignified and courtly one
 To his skill in the examination oi witnesses he is said to add the gift of eloquent argument. in which incisive anaiysis of evidence is mingled with oratory Of sort that appeals to the emotions. He beloaas to the old school of orators, as distinguished from the strenuous, the casual and the colloquial speakers in the more mod ern fashion. Yet, as one of his ac quaintances said last week: When Delmas wants to be sarcastic his words are like vitriol in cup ol houey
 His fee, according to the estimates of eastern lawyers who know MT. Del mas abilities, cannot te far shgrt gI $l00.o00.
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A HUMANE APPEAL.

A humane citizen of Richmond, Ind, Mir. U. D. Williams, lO7 West Main St.. says: ;, "l appeal to all per sons with weak lungs to take Pr Kings New-Discovery. the only rem edy that has. ..helped me and fully comes up to the proprietor's reccoin- mendation. It saves more lives than all other throat and lung remedies put together. Used as a cough and cold cure the world over. Cures asthma. bronchitis, croup, whoop- ing cough, quinsy. hoarseness. and phthisic. stops hemorrhages of the lungs and builds them up. Guarar- teed at all druggists. soc. and LOO Trial bottle free.
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|DE[FRIN N| DFLD|AS
skETcH OF LEADING LAWYER OF
 .THAW DEFENSE.
"N apoIeon of the West Already Has Great Record in California-Has No Desire for Political Office
 An Old-School Orator.

New York.--Delphin Michael Del mas was brought into the limeiight or metropolitan life for the first time when he assumed active charge of the defense of Harry K. Thaw. Every thing seemed to be against him. lie was called upon to stay the tide or adverse circumstances that was 1eop- ardiz IT the life of the young Pitts- burg millionaire. MT. Delmas was stranger to many details of the prac- tice in the New York courts. First he showed his daring by ruthlessly cast ing aside the debris of Thaw's case and arranging campaign of his own. Then he won point and surprised District Attorney Jerome by intro ducing testimony tending to show that Stanford White had threatened to kill Thaw
 MT. Delmas is Napoleon" of the west in more senses than one. Those who know him best say he rather brides himself on his resemblance to the Corsican conqueror. There IS suggestion of Napoleon in the po1se of his head, his profile and the shape of his temples. His facial resem- blance to Napoleon is emphasized by his habit of wearing a pointed lock of hair over his forehead, like that seen in the portraits of the French emperor His friends in San Fran cisco have twitted him on a story that he was, indeed, a descendant of Ma poleon. Some Californians even be lieye that, Mir. Delmas being of French extraction. there Is some kinship be tween the two men. When the story
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Former School Teacher Makss Sue
 cess of New Vocation.

Sioux City, Ia.-Miss Ella A. Haw' kirs of this city is woman wno left the school room for the real es- tate business and has made remark able success of it. Miss Hawkins IS well acquainted with South Dakota. having taught school in the town or Spink in that state and later been a p.inciTal in the Sioux city public schools. She became interested in real estate in small way, and. meet ing with success, she later turned her attention to large deals in Dakota lands. Her first sale was farm at the end of a 20-mile drive in the heart of South Dakota. A year ago she went into partnership with her
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ssLAckiE's. PRINcELv LIFE.
The 94o, o,ooo Cat Accepts Luxuries as a
 Matter of Course.

wilkesbarrc, Pa.--Ail over the world are people who are interested In the welfare of Blackie, the famous cat of this city, which has inherited d $4O,0O0 estate, lives in son'ary grandeur in a large two-fioor apart ment. with 12 rooms to gambol m, and an attendant to care for him alone.
 When his mate, Pinkey, died a short time ago and Blackie inherited Pinkey's share of the $40,0O0 left to them both by their master, the late Benjamin F. Dilley of this clty, the news was published and is still tray cling.
 Miss Addie Ruch, who is Blackie's attendant, -.i who receives a life
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in New Carlisle. O., February [. lS45. was educated by private tutor and at Saunders institute, West Philadelphia. and studied law and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1870. He was a member of the house of repre- sentatives of Pennsylvania in 1871. lS44, iSl5 and 1876; was elected a member Of the seAate of Pennsylvania for a term Of four years in is7b and reelected in 1880; was elected presi, dent pro tenn. for the session of 1883; was reelected senator in 1884 and again elected in 1888. He was elected to congress in 1890 and was reelected to the five succeeding congresses.
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TIE TOUCH fHAf HEALS

Is the touch of Bucklen's Amica Salye. It's the happiest continuation of Arnica flowers and hearng bsIsams ever compounded. No matter how old the sore or ulcer is. this Salve will cure it. For burns. scalis, cuts wounds or piles, it's an absolute cure. Guaranteed by all druggists. 25c
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brother and another man, and while her duties are connected with the of. fee in the main, she is able to go out and make sale as quickly and with as much ease as some of the vete- rans in that line of work. Miss Hawkins says that the majority or her customers come from Illinois and Iowa, and her enthusiasm over the future of the Dakotas Is such that she has no trouble at all in making sales.
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HOLLY GROVE NEWS.

HULL I .Ot\oN T. iNh w VI
 Bro. Patterson has several children sick with tonsolitis.
 J. 0. Sweat, of Jackson, was in H. c. last Saturday.
 Will Capps, of Jackson, was in Il. c. last Saturday
 The Vandyke brothers, Henry and Frank, were in H. c. last Saturday.
 Mrs. ]. A. Cooke is visiting in Clarendon at this time
 There were several deaths among the colored folks in this vicinity last week.
 C. P. Reed, of Clarendon, was business visitor in H. G. Mon- day.
 T. A. Saine is suffering good deal of inconvenience from a sprained ankle. |. l.. Franks, of Jackson, was trading in H. c. last Monday. pr. J. s. Washington. of Sum mervlle, Tenn, spent last Monday and Tuesday in H. G.
 BORN: To Prof. and Mrs: W. A: Owens Monday Marsh 5th, 2 ten pound boy.
 Mrs. Jesse Patterson, ef near Rag Town, was visiting home folks in H. c. the first of the week.
 Judge Kerr has spell of lagrippe and is also suffering from asthma to which he is subject. w C. Thomison, of near Memphis, Is out looking affer his farming inter ests near here.
 lay Wheelock, of Clorendon. was buying cotton in H. G. last Wednes- day.
 Jchn 5. Wall attended some busi- ness matters in Jackson last Wednes- day.
 Our gardens are very backward. On account of so much rain they cant be planted. Messrs. J. D. Parker and R. M. Miles, of near Pal|mer. were in H. G. last Monday. Rev. ]. A. Patterson left las, Sat urday for Mayvill to fill his regular appointment Sunday. It is runored that pr. R. w. Cart sr, with his lasAlly xlIl ml1ayss D back to Memphis in the near fututs, Jesse Patterson, the Mill man ef HeaasF HeaasF Rag ERaa Town was business Yisit- or in H. C. last Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Cooke, who has been on a visit to Clarendon since last Thursday returned home last Monday. As the school is increasing so fast in npalee's, fFfd5f: eGsas xIEs ss.! .saa need an assistant in his raen7.
 Sam Williamson. who has been at
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LTu iu TIVE gAHaL ZONE.

e high wages paid wake it a y Temptation to seur young artl- ko loin tn. forceof skilled work oeded to construct the Panama
 Manyage restrained however nlgaar qf levers and malaria. It knowing nes-those who have Electric Bitters. who go there
 this fear. well knowing they kSfe from nalarious influence Electric Bitters on hand. Cures hoison too. biliousness. weak ld all stomach. liver and kidney |es. Guaranteed by all drug
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correspondence from
 Forrest Etlss

Forrest City. Ark, MarcF6 ioo7. My Dear Brother: M lwant to say through yoAvPapcr that we are having a great lpeeting here. Bros Mcintosh, GallcNs3ysPnd Tatum are helping us. AlreadyWary have been converted and have jpined the church.. The house is crowded each night Forrest sCiiy sneeds a greatfevivaf and T has'come.
 The members of the different churches are working very faithfully. God has answered many earnest prayers.
 Very sincerely,
 BOONE L. MILFORD.
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Williams cdrbeiie SaIve with Araiea and
 Witch Hazel.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Pheum, Te.tcr saatged hands and all skin erupiions. It IS guaranteed ls siye satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2sc. ssIa by Converse s Brooks, druggists TS
 WILLIAMS M'F'o. Go Props Cleveland. 0.
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lI3l s joF t|1e tcno(u ot 6l>

healtn tor quiSe wuaSs tctoSA)eu home few days ego.
 Tom Null came in from his Miss issippi home last Friday and is.iooking after his farm near H. G. E. E. Trotter has enclosed his beautiful home with nice picket Hence. Mir. Ed has one of the prestiest hcmss in the town. w. A. Pace. of the Forrest City Marble Works. spent last Saturday in 1 H. C. in the interest of his business of Torres. City.
 Mrs. T. c. Trice lost another fine Jersey COW last "Wednesday night. Mrs. Trice has only one left and this one is to young to be of much service.
 There was a good deal of blowing done last week but the blows are not running any this week. the rainshaving interfered.
 The Remedy Mill, which has been located at the vandyke place for some time. is being moved to. or near, Trenton in Phillips county.
 
 R. Abramscn. who has spent most of the month of February at Hot Springs. returned 10 his home atsH. C. last Tuesday. looking greatly. i'm proved in health.
 Last "Wednesday at the home of the brides parents, pr. Case, of Turner and Miss Lille Miles were quietly married. Rev. J. A. Patterson officiating. We wish for these young folks long, happy and prosperous life.
 Rev. R. B. Cavett, of Clarendon. preached at the Presbyterian church at H. 6: last Sunday morning and evening, MT. cavett is fine epFeaeh- ar and Is much loved among the people ot H. G. He. never tails to have a full house.
 February closed out with a rainy spell but was not anything to compare with the predictions of the weather wise man, Fury. We had the mild est, most open weather for February we have had in many years-we had no snow, no hard freezes and no rain until the last week of the month. Jo- Jo himself was off several times in February. / Hast Thursday a big crowd of people, both white and colored. gather sd near ths dspos ia sss !s Dnjss hitched to enc wagon. fhe wagon was loaded with the big boiler of Kenedy's Mill which he is moving to Trenton. The roads. are ir such bad fix that it took l8 of the best mules MT: K coalldd cgld find ind to pull !,u the the lead
 We are told that there has not been as much difficulty for tenarts in: making arrangements to be supplied in many years, and the outlook is that sa' good many who have had no trouble ], hsfetaf9Fs iR making n aSangments VII tali sa aa S lhis yaar, These who have their own teams sufficient to work the crop With pay be able to get furnished; otherwise they will have to work for wages on the half system.
 a. srgA :
 Here. is the way to make good crops: MT. J. c. East has 6. or acres of land which he has rented for a'nHlntsf ei years. He has a, good vagsn and ieam and hss hauled fiafG the barn wards in Fl, G i00 loads of
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TIT aoosEyEt1's WEDDING

.Ss son,ething to be recorded in the
 xSoIs soi history. Heroine mas been oulsdeed the greatest of liver s-., nlofo, A positive cure for Bilious
 sces. Ca7afipation. Chills and . kSwsf 6nd alI liver complaints. J C. 11h IlfIe Rock, Ark, writes. < .s..1'i isxSirs " ne greatest liver rnsdi
 soxr ave used it for years
 :. s {;e ulork Brooks Pharmacy.
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S6I9n1Id IIl(I9 FdIIE u Rent, Nelr Holly Grove.

For rent, 60 acres of good tillabie land on public road within three miles Of Holly Grove, Ark. The place Is well fenced, has three dwelling houses and plenty of wood and good water on same.
 Apply to F. K. MAasToN, Clarendon, Ark.
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'' Fotted mn, pat of ground. plates making 7s
 acre 'n place Of IS
 o' cotton in placs q oa'e Doubtless h.
 o'f of one acre as n'
 will get from4 ac,.,
 wish to make is .h,,,
 make more from IA
 worked and handed {. z acres managed a. 'arms are these ds,, of having slso.oo ,,s only have s6o.oo ,.n difference in the rsa, would almost support ,'
 in the place of mssa. lon you make 10 b,h, are a few pointers to |,
 We find that a sssd are opposed to the lsu We believe it is one < ever enacted for Moa,,. find that those who are mostly those who We find also that ths ivery scarce in this ps.l ana itcosts nearly as up fencing around a su,I little farm is worth. ib,' people can't afford to i. farms against hogs. r1 we need the four'wire i,,s notice that those who k. up have plenty of meal, who let their hogs nun oa little.
 It isdeoiared by ps.,a to know whereof thsy s75.ooo have been speat and that the roads ar. eendition! than eye! h We'll 1 shall net esIilsls, reflections en any one. that Judge Milvee las daa he could possibly do to lss in passable fix. This slaN naturally brings the quesdoa be done to better the does seem that $75.oQo spent4for mere -expsfisass roads are still worse ailet that great sum and there, to have them worked at what Is the use of such Now my motive is that | that has been spent on lhs ting a lick here and th6fs. to build as much perlnaueul this amount of money VI Mses. ltwoulq have ssqs tire county. As 1t is. hs all gone and not even on n manent road can be sAUs not high time that the psc1 roe county get together ' people and devise ways II p*Ah' sss s%wls7 ss1 making every dsllar st sqaa toward permanent raaa Let 1t te agreed bJ all m made at some given point ' the roads asw go, 50 thal mile is built if will stay with 'iifns: Judge Milyee. M VII es-ohefste ts caFFy suI Rlan. We afs greatly iR M these good Roads conysnl .inaugurate some system by s money that is to be used one will be applied to construct pe roads. 1 am not opposed tax. no no; but 1 want us tot money so that lasting, bsnd rived Let me repeat that pretend to crjticise ANY ONE ! shIy iKtdviq5 oat'a 2 fay all| me mead
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FROM TURNER.

Cup;d's work overtime, which caused the wedding ef Dr. Will B. Case and Miss Lilly Miles to be solAmnized at the Methodist Church. "Wednesday afternoon at3 o'clock. Exactly al the hour appointed. as gentle hush fell over the large audience, the happy couple approached the hymeneal altar. where Rev. ]. A. Patterson said the cersnony which pronounced them snan ssa wife. The bride wore gown of AHss stis satin and carried 3 boquet of brides se.sz the groom was dressed in the conyentions Ssack. f,f Case and his accomplished bride sfs well known throughout the county ana DS1S 3 host of friends who extend their congratslations and hope that henceforth life to them ssiay be ..ase6jed arlsrl foag
 SASpOlg thS out oi-toyn guests were Mrs. RsaSs1ts of Clarendon. and Mrs. Robert Case. 0 Batesvlle. mother of the bridegroom.
 Dr.and Mrs. Case arc nov at home flo friends in Turner.
 aArs. I. M Cartwright entertained a few friends with birthday dinner On fhe 22nd, in honor of her husband. The rooms were decorated in the national cclors --it being the anniyer- : ssary of Geo. Washington's birthday also. SThe guests were: MT. and Mrs. J. T. Ward. Mr.s and Mrs. Coot- Ter. Master Freddie Ward and Prof. Owsns. Of Holly Grove.
 Jbssppd e0pis of Turner were
 by ths death of MT. W. A.
 <A occured last Saturday jze svss good friend.
 aling fsi ssr snd a man of
 He vas mDsA cx~
 III. | wing erected the
 in rSansas and in
 5e Ye SC father more
 Q i111 {nonas more sacrifis- N his l1von one Hs leaves Shs sspiafive e dren who will greatly .s,,ourn md miss his kindly presence sbul mn He that has promised to care Tor the ..widow and orphans. be their cqrdsstsr D the shour Of darkness and His lcye balm for their broken -ltesrts.
 .ut1lis eldest darghtes. Lily E attend ! Dl,ooIsin Ohio. and our hea'ts go
 s3yspaatty to her as she hears
 vief stricken news of her fathers
 5<s NS TURNER.
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Philadelphia. .=--John Edgsr bsyptp!n. mayor elect of Philadelphia, was boTu
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MAYOR ELECT OF PHILADELPHIA.

J. E. Reyburn Has Been Member of s- Five Congresses.
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DTS. StimSOn & IrVdn, Resident Dentists,
 Prices RedsOaaD!e
 All Work GudIlnteed.

Ciiiaa over Bank of BrinkIey. BRINkL EY ARKANSAS
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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-25
SAYS CHILDREN ARE SOLD.
California Congressman Tells OF Siav
cry Among Chinese.


Chinese boys and girls are sold in
the San Francisco markets every day
like horses and mules" was one of
the statements made by Representa-
tive McKinlay of California before the
house committee on foreign affairs
which is considering the Perkins bill
to modify the Chinese exclusion act.
Mr. McKinlay urged that only few
great companies, which brought such
young children to the country in prac;-
teal slavery would profit by any modi-
ncations of the exclusion act and said
the majority OF Califcrnians are OPP
posed to any tan1pering with the pres
ent law.
He expressed the belief than any
changes would indicate to the Chinese
that this government was weakening
in it's position towards the Chinese
boycott against American products
and might result in a renewal OF the
boycott.
1.-The idea that the anti-Japanese
and anti-Chinese movement is the
work O. labor agitators, is erroneous,
said Mr.. McKinlay.