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Chicago. - Woe for the college
youth, the negro gambler and the
fiashy bartender. The tailors' con-
vention, figuratively speaking, tore
freak clothes to tatters. What was
left of the drop-front, the four-inch
trousers cuff, the frilly pocket flaps
and other innovations of the season
wasn't enough to interest a ragpick-
er. Indignation of the tailors over
bizarre garments rose to a high pitch
and they vowed even college boys
would have to submit to conservative
clothes in the fall, even if the foot"
ball gatherings came to look like a
campmeeting.
In the campaign against the cher
ished fads John E. Spann sounded a
keynote" in his speech:
Your salvation lies in stemming
the torrent of freakish garments" he
said to the assembled cutters. THE
tailors originated the so-called gin
gerbread styles for their college pat
ronage, but they have got beyond us.
They were seized upon greedily by
the manufacturers. They were Just
what the makers were waiting for,
but the curves and frills conceal de-
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DROPPED COFFEE.
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds on Postum.

A physician of Wash, D. c., says OF
his coffee experience:
"For years | suffered with period
ical headaches which grew more fire.
quent until they became almost con-
slant. So severe were they that some
times ] was almost frantic. was
sallow, constipated, irritable, sleep
less; my memory was poor, trembled
and my thoughts we're often confused.
"My wife, in her wisdom, believed
coffee was responsible for these Ills
and urged me to drop 1t. l tried
many times to do so, but was It's
slave.
FINALLY wife bought a package or
Postum and persuaded me to try IT,
but she made it same as d
coffee and | was disguised with the
taste. q mako this emphatic be-
cause l fear many others have a the
same experience.) She was distressed
at her failure and we carefully read
the directions, made it right, boiled 1t
full Is minutes after boiling COM
menced. and with good cream n
sugar. l liked tit i~nyigorated n
seemed to nourish me. $
THAT was about a year ago. NOW
I have no headaches, am not sallow,
sleeplessness and irritability are gone,
my brain clear and my hand steady.
! have gained 20 lbs. and feel am a
new man.
Il do not hesitate to give Postum
due credit. OF course dropping coffee
was the main thing, but had dropped
1t before, using chocolate, cocoa and
other things to no purpose.
Postum not only seemed to act as
an invigorant, but as an article CT
nourishment, giving me the needed
phosphates and albumens. This@is no
imaginary tale. 1t ear be substantial
ed by my wife and her ~sieter. who
both changed to Postum n are
hearty women of about 10.
II write this fo- the information
and encouragement of others, and
with a feeling of gratitude to the In
ventor Of Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wcllville,g in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON.
Ever rcad the above letter? A new
one appca5.s from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
iatclsnkL
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is that?" he was asked.
One Of the
Essentials

of the happy homes Of to-day is a vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
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Products Of actual excellence and
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and which have attained to worldwide
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the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
Worlds as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the ~well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HoNORs GROVER CLEVELAND.
Names San Jacinto Forest for Former President, Who Created the Reser.
vation--informsM Mrs. Cleveland of His Proclamation.

oyster Bay.-President Roosevelt
has written to Mrs. Grover Cleveland,
informing her of a proclamation he
has signed changing the name of the
San Jacinto National Forest to the
Cleveland National Forest, in bono-
of the late former President. The
letter is:
"Oyster Bay, 1908.
"My Dear Mrs. Cleveland-It has
recently sbeen my privilege to sligo a
proclamation changing the name of
the San Jacinto National Forest to
the Cleveland National Forest. May
I express to you the very great plfas-
ure it gave me to take that action "a
pleasure mingled with a keen sense
of the loss to our country and to or
citizens in the death of President
Cleveland. On February %, 1897,
President Cleveland signed the proc
lamation creating the San Jacinto
Forest Reserve in Southern Calitor.
MIA. The date-February 22--wes
no mere accident, since the signature
of the proclamation was timed to
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Bunyan,s Sharn Answer.

John Bunyan wrote "The Pilgrims
Progress" in Bedford jail, where he
was confined for his religion. A Qua
ker came to the prison and thus ad-
dressed him:
"Friend Bunyan, the Lord hath
sent me to seek for thee, and l have
been through several countries in
search of thee, and now 1 am glad I
have found thee"
Bunyan replied, "Friend, thou dost
not speak truth in saying the Lord
sent thee to seek for me, for the Lord
well knows that 1 have been in this
Jail for some years, and if He had
sent thee He would have sent thee
directly."-Scrap Book. N.Y.-3O
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coincide with the birthday IT @ur first
President.
President Cleveland WIZ one of
the first to recognize the nrffs of for
est preservation. and the MAetion of
The San Jacinto and othe, Unrest re-
serves, with a total area NJ 1885,
$40 acre7, was one of th9 Results of
his foresight in this direction.
Throughout his life no tN.k great in
terest in conserving the natural re-
sources of The Nation; AVID / particu.
larly regretted his ina biNty to attend
the meeting of the Governors in May,
because that meeting way ia part the
fruit Of seed he had WRn years be-
fore. The name OF tti1it9t tsaaYplsnd
will always be Prominently MMN,s Aaed
with the movement to prt>tf9ss tho
forests of the United Etates, and it
seemed to me eminently fitting that
one of the forests which he created
should bear his name throughout all
time.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT" :
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WOMAN POISONS BABIES.
Rector's Wife Also Takes Fatal DOSE,
at Portsmouth. Va.

Portsmouth, Va.-Mrs. Brown,
wife of the Rev. w. A. Brown, rector
of the Episcopal Church at this place.
and her two small children are in a
dying condition at her home here as
a result of the woman having fed
poison to the two babies and then
having taken carbolic acid herself
with suicidal intent.
Mrs. Brown, prior to her marriage
was a Miss Romkey. Her family is
said to be prominently connected in
Alexandria, in which city she was
socially we'll known in her girlhood
days. No reason is assigned for this
act of the young mother. Her marital
relations have seemingly been happy.
She went about her intention DELHI
erately however, poisoning the two
children and quietly waiting until
they were beyond human aid before
taking the dose which will result in
her own death.
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Tanors n Convention Decide to Make No More FIashy Clothes After
This Surne

fects of fit. Long coats cover up the
misft of the barrel trousers. Con-
sentative styles with a draping effect
that require careful tailoring will
prevail in the fall"
The cutters were urged to pad the
shoulders only when absolutely nee
essary to give the figure proper shape
and to balance the garment sufficient
ly to give the wearer distinction and
individuality" Unusual fabrics were
also selected by the tailors for the
discard. Conservatism in shades will
replace the zebra" styles and other
summer novelties.
Colors will be toned down to cou-
form to the greater conservatism OF
design. Brown, it was said, would
be the prevailing hue for fall sIits,
with a strong representation of green
ish tints.
"Overcoat Styles" said n speak
err, will be 'boxy,' three-quarter
lengths, with a tendency to shortness.
For morning wear black-braided, sin
gle-breasted frocks of vicuna or cheY-
lot will be in great demand, to be
worn with a fancy waistcoat and
striped trousers"
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Benton Harbor, Mich.-Both Au-
gust Gross, who without known cause
shot and fatally wounded an in
offensive meat pedler named James
Kirk, and his younger brother, Fred
Gross, lost their lives in a pitched
fight with Sheriff Tenant and a posse
of men who went to the Gross
home to arrest August Gross. One
of the officers was injured. The
Gross brothers are both supposed to
have been insane.
After shooting Kirk, Gross barrl-
caded himself in his farmhouse,
twelve miles from here, in Pipe
stone township, and through the
night exchanged occasional shots with
the crowd of farmers and officers who
were guarding the premises to pre-
vent his escape. His younger brother,
Fred, Joined him in the defense of the
house, and the aged mother of the
two men was also in the building.
The officers found her almost pros
trated with terror when they finally
broke into the house.
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PROSPERITY HAS RETURNED
National Association Again Ap-
peals For United Action.
Evidences of the Success of the St.
Louis Organization in EN-
p1Oyment of Men.

st. Louis, Mo.-Under the caption
Back to the Full Dinner Pail and
Regular Dividends" O. pamphlet, de-
scribing the present conditions of
capital and labor as contrasted with
those of last winter and spring. has
been mailed throughout the country
by the National Prosperity Associa-
ton. This association was organ
lied in st Louis two months ago to
further the return of normal bust
hess conditions, and was responsible
for having June l named as EN-
ploymeht Day." In part the article
says;
Thirty days after we had begun
work the spirit of encourage
ment had developed such strength
locally that between 1900 and 20,-
900 men were put to work in the
industries and commercial estab-
lishments of st. Louis and it's sub
urbs, and orders for $5,OO0,OOO
worth of goods to increase stocks
were given.
"The unemployment idea proved
widely infectious. Cincinnati, Cleve-
land, Chicago and many smaller
places took up the proposition, adopt
ing dates to suit each community.
Results are evident. Business
activity has been accelerated. There
Is a cooperative expression of con-
fidence everywhere. There is less
recklessness against business and in
dustrial interests. There has been
more improvement in sixty days than
has followed any preceding panic in
a corresponding period. We believe
that if level-headed, common-sense,
straightforward business men will
pull together we can get back to a
healthy and prosperous condition in
six months iAtead of taking from
three to 1--WE years to complete the
restoration, as has been the case
with former panics."
Rubber Factories Employ $4,000.
New York City.-More than ff-
teen thousand employees of the
United States Rubber Company, as
ISOLATED with seventeen factories con-
trolled by the Trust, have been made
to understand that business condi-
lions have improved by an official
edict from the officers of the Trust
restoring the old rate of wages.
Since January 1 the men employed
by the, United States Rubber Com
pany have been wording under a cut
Of fifteen to twenty-five per cent. of
their time, which was equivalent to
a cut of wages in the same proper
ton. The thousands of families which
existed under short rations following
the reduction are represented by sew
eral communities where the rough
product is turned into serviceable
material, and for six months they
have been ~anxiously waiting for this
action.
Edison Plant Runs Full Time.
Orange, N. Thomas A. Edi-
sons big plant has started up on a
full ten-hour schedule with 1000
men. The works have been running
on an eight-hour schedule for
months.
1900 Hands Return to Work.
Salem, Mass.-The Maumkeag CO..
ton mills has resumed operations On
full time, giving employment to 1900
hands. t.
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ITCHING HUM0R ON BOY.
His Hands were a Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured in 4 DAYS by Cuticura.

"One day we noticed that our little boy
was all broken out with itching sores. We
first noticed it on his little hands. His
hands were not as bad then, and we didn't
think anything serious would result. But
the next day we heard of the Cuticura
Remedies being so good for itching sores.
BY this time the disease had spread all
over his body, and his hands were nothing
but a solid mass of this itching disease. l
purchased a box of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment, and that night
/ took the Cuticura Soap and lukewarm
water and washed him well. Then l dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment and
anointed him with it. l did this every
evening and in four nights he was entirely
cured. Mrs. Frank Donahue, 2OS Fremont
St, Kokomo, Ind, Sept. l6, 1907"
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Such is Fame.

The secretary of a periodical pub
lished not far from New York City,
and noted for the literary flavor of it's
editorial pages, recently received a
letter from a subscriber asking for
the address of George Meredith. The
secretary had a careful examination
made of the long payroll of the COM
pany, but the search was in vain. A
reply was, therefore, sent to the sub
scriber, couched in this language:
I'VE are very sorry that we are
unable to give you the address of
George Meredith. But if you will
write to Joe Meredith, of our st.
Louis office, perhaps you can ascer-
tain it from im.''-Success.
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wire and Cable COMBINATIONS.

Managua, Nicaragua.-Soen after
the Honduran rebels evacuated Chol-
uteca they attacked Nacaomer, in the
same department.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-Despite
the denials of M. Kokoytseff, Minister
of Finance, it is r~easserted with the
appearance of truth that a large Rus
sian loan will be issued in England
and France in the autumn.
Wellington, New Zealand. - The
Socialists in Auckland are threaten
ing to hold a demonstration of unem-
pioyed as a protest against the pub1ko
expenditures incidental to the reQkp.
tion Of the American feet.
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GIRL DIES OF RABIES.

Bitten by a Stray Cur Six Weeks Ago,
She Expires in Commissions.
Brooklyn, N Y. = Hydrophobia
caused the death of Florence Kirk
man, a s~ix-year-old daughter of Ralph
Kirkman, bookkeeper, of 994 Putnam
avenue. For hours before the child
was removed from her home to a hos
pital her cries could be heard all over
the neighborhood where she lived.
Six weeks before the girl was bit
ten in the right hand by a white and
black spotted mongrel dog. She was
playing in the street at the time.
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BROTHERS TRAPPED, KILLED THEMSELVES.
Posse Stormed Home of Man Xhe Had Slaughtered a n lnoffenave
Meat PedIer.

The Iosse drove to the Gross farm
In two automobiles from Benton Har-
Dor. Shortly before their arrival the
Gross brothers had rushed from the
house and taken position with their
guns near the front fence. After
about dfteen shots had been fired at
the officers, who replied with rifles
and shotguns. August left his cover
and ran for the house. Fred was
wounded through the leg, and when
he found that he was unable to fol-
low. fired a bullet through his own
head, dying instantly. Expecting Au-
gust to open fire momentarily, the
posse closed In on the house, entered.
it and found the crazed man dead on
his own bed. A single shot from a
shotgun had pierced his heart.
August Gross was a well educated
man. Worry over his failure to get
financial returns from a sight which
he had invented for military rifles is
said to have unsettled his mind, al
though 1t is declared that insanity Is
hereditary in the family.
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House of Seven Gables
Now Girls Settlement.

Salem, Mass. Miss Caroline O..
Emmerton, n of Salem's richest
women, has just purchased the cele-
brated House of Seven Gables, about
which Hawthorne wrote.
She will use the estate in settle
ment work. Speaking of her plans
she said:
For years a settlement house,
where young girls of the city can en-
joy some advantages, has been need
ed. BY this purchase will one of the
landmarks be preserved"
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So many peanuts are eaten in this
country that the native supply is not
sufficient for the demand, and about
$4,000 worth of the African nuts were
imported from Marseilles in 1906
and over $4,000 worth in 1907. The
west coast of Africa produces quanti-
ties of peanuts.
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Dog Seizes Wire and Dies
to Save Young Master.

Colorado Springs. Col.-Apparent-
ely seeming danger for George Brad
bury, aged seventeen, should he Sc
cure a firmer grip on a live electric
wire. a bulldog made a leap at the
wire and tore it from the hands Of
the senseless boy. The dog was killed
instantly, but his master escaped with
a severe shock.
Bradbury started to push the wire
from his hand when the dog made the
leap to save his life. The boy was
unconscious for i've minutes.
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Suicide ON Brink of Niagara.

The body of Frederick A. Poehle, OF
Toronto, Canada, shot through the
head, was found OH the Second Sis.
ter Island. 1t was evident he was a
suicide and had stood near the waters
edge, possibly hoping he would tum-
Bile into thu river and go over the
falls. No cause for his act is known.
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no cure for me and l was given I'D to
die. Being urged, l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Soon | was better and in a
few weeks was about the house, well
and strong again"
Sold by all dealers. 50cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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Overload Skif, Two Drowl

Two men, Steven Marlin and Will
lam Goddard, were drowned and five
others swan to safety at St. Mary's.
w. Va, when q skiff in the Middle
Island Creek sank under the weight
of the load. The seven men were oil
field workers of Newport, Ohio. They
wanted to cross the creek, and, not
finding the ferryman at the wharf,
started out in a small skiff.
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A Difficult Lesson.

"It is next to impossible for a man
to teach a pretty girl how to whis-
tle," said a musician who is a good
whistler.
"How is that?" he was asked.
well, providing she is not your
wife or sister, when a pretty girl gets
her lips properly puckered she usu-
ally looks so bewitchingly tempting
that he kisses her, and the conse-
Quence is she doesn't have a chance
to blow a note."-New York Press.
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1t is calculated that London pro-
duces $4,000 tons of SCOT yearly,
which would be worth as fertilizer
about $225,000. There are always
fifty tons of SCOT suspended above
London in the form of smoke.
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For years l was
weak and run down,
could not sleep, my
limbs swelled and
the secretfons were
troublesome; pains
were intense. was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
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Sweet Sorrow.

Il cant please my friends" sobbed
the young bride.
What's the matter, pet?"
They insist that l can't be happy
with a fat-head like you; but, oh,
husband, 1 am!"-Washington Her.
aid.
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Proof of Prosperity.

Among the multitudinous proofs
of returning prosperity it is not pro-
per to belittle the fact that hogs are
at record prices in Chicago.
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Thomas Kinney Dies in Manila.

Thomas Kinney, one of the leading
lawyers of the Philippine Islands,
died in Manila of peritonitis, follow.
ing an attack of appendicitis. Mr..
Kinney was born in Virginia and
lived in New York before going to
the islands.
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Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot Ease
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and lngrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At
all Druggists and Shoe stores, Is cents. Ac.
cept no substitute: Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
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Many important drainage projects
are under way in the marsh land of
Louisiana which will ultimately make
1t a great agricultural country.
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School For Training ConsuIs.

A training school for newly al
pointed Consuls has been established
at the State Department, Washington.
d. G,
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c FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively uredthousands of
women who have beentroubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-downf feeling, f~atulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ,ornervous p%rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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London's SCOT Production,

Mrs; Winslow'H Soothing Syrup for Children
teethlng, softens the gums, reduces intamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colo, 25ca bottle
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AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED

KTR. SYLVESTER e. SMITH, Room
lv1 21s, Granite Block, st. Louis, Mo.
writes: "Peruna is the best frienS a
sick man can have.
IA few months ago I came here In a
wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my once robust
health. 1 had catarrhal affections of
the bronchial tubes, and for a time there
was a doubt as to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which I did and in
a short time my health began to i'm
prove very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble gradually disappeared, and in
three months my'health was fully re-
stored.
accept a grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
Pe-ru-na for Ills Patients.
A. w. Perrin, M. D. S., $50 Halsey
St., Brooklyn, N. Y, says:
"I am using your Peruna myself, and
am recommending it to my patients in
all cases of catarrh, and find it to be
more than you represent. Peruna can
be had now of all druggists in this Sec
ton. At the time I began using it, it
was unknown"
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An Iowa man has invented a machine
for paraffining butter tubs.
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FITS, st. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. H. r. Kline, Id. 93l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
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American butter" is the name given in
Syria to oleomargarine.
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%BED-BoUND FOR MONTHS.
Hope Abandoned After Physicians
Consultation.

Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash
ington SITS, Centralia. Wash. saws.
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Spells Prosperity.
The July crop report is an excel
lent one and spells prosperity.
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rArAr.AxiA RoeosAla

Cartoon by Trggs, il, the New York Press.
There has been introduced into Che Georgia Assembly a timely bill relating to
the "wes and Establishments" of omen The measure provides that if In woman,
whether maid or widow, shall beEay into matrmony any umuspectng male subject
false hair, iron stays, cosets pads or padding hoops or hghheeled shoes, VcIt
waists, lace varegated, dropsdtched, or rambow hosiery, Dr. by any oherd ecehfl
means OF aIW pracINeS me mar Ee, pom cohVRtdoh, snn De ni M VOID. As
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dining room,
sic e room
and all places
where flies are
troub Ieeom me.
Clean, neat, and
will not soil or
injure anything.
Try them n ce
and you will new
er be without
them. If not kept
by dealers, sent
prepaid for zoe.
"a. Bro0klyu. q. z.
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The value of dairy products for 1907 was
$500, 000, 900; of poultry, 5000, O0O, 900.