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months or even years.

months or even years.
From the foregoing it will at nee
appear that the practice Of offering
bounties Unfortunately for the
heads of hawks and owls, as has
been done by some states, is a mis-
take, and results not only in the
wasting Of public funds, but in the
destruction of valuable lives, which
can be replaced, If at all, only with
great diiilculty and after the lapse
of a term Of years. In no n partic-
ufar does the public, especially the
sportsman and farmer, need to be
educated more than in the value Of
hawks. The temptation to shoot a
hawk or owl, perching or flying, is
well nigh irresistible, and the bad
habit is having the natural result OF
so reducing the numbers Of these
birds as to make 1t impossible for
the survivors to do the work nature
intended them to do. The notable
increase of noxious rodents in the
last decade in certain parts Of the
United States and the resulting dam
age to crops without doubt are due
in no small part to the destruction of
their natural enemies, chief Of which
are the birds of prey.
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Why buy an Organ from the Peddler?

When you can buy a superior organ
from your factory representative for
less money, and on easier terms, and
have absolute protection in the guar
antee given by the makers. We make
low prices and grant from one to two
years, without interest, for settlement
and only bind the organ as security.
We save you money and supply Organs
that will prove a life. long pleasure.
Write at once for catalog and special
prices and terms to the old established
MALJNE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Pianos and Organs. Columbia, s.. c.
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BOOZE WINS FIGHT.
DISPENSARY HAS CLOSE GALL IN
AIKEN COUNTY.
With Three Small Boxes Yet to be
Heard From the Vote Stands 877
to 1922.

to 1922.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
State says the election there Wednes-
day as to dispensary or prohibition
resulted in a victory for the county
dspensary by a very small majority.
With all but three small boxes
heard from the dispensary has a
lead of So, and it is probable the
other three boxes will run the ma
jority up to 100 or more.
Great interest was taken in the
election all over the county. Al
though the weather was threatening
a large crowd was around the polls
in Aiken all day, among whom were
many ladies. About the time the
returns began to come in it began to
rain but Notwithstanding this large
crowds assembled around the bulle-
tin boards and waited for the returns
which came in rapidly. 1t was a
close election. The following Is the
total vote: For dispensary, ST.;
against dispensary, 822
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For Sale-Thoroughbred, long type,
Essex swine, from prize winning
stock. Three gifts, three young
bears and also lot of fine pigs for
April delivery. Prices right. Alex
Macdonald, B%lackstock, S. c..
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For SaIe-One twelve horse power
Blakesley Gasoline Engine, cheap.
Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc.
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg
s. G.
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Improved Essex boars, sows, pigs
with short heads, deep bodies, fine
backs and hams; prize winners;
guaranteed pig Sc, Pointer puppies
Sc; fine hunters and retrievers. j.
c. Shannon, Blackstock, S. G.
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Shingles! Shingles! Shingles-Weare
wholesale dealers; car lot orders
solicited; we are in position to fill
all orders promptly. Stevens &
Cato, Monetta, s. G..
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The good old summer time is
about here, as witness the shirt
sleeve brigade.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Teachers Wanted-Grade Teachers,
Principals, Supts., Specialists. Dr.
rect calls. Fall openings through
out Carolinas and entire South. No
registration fee required. Write
Carolina branch for yard Of Our
Record" Foster Teachers Bureau,
Clinton, S. G..
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The time you can depend On a wo-
man is when you can't on anybody
also
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For Sale-Buff Rock chickens, prize
Stock, also prize winning White
Wyondottes. Write for prices. S.
NJ. Oliver & Co., The Terraces, Ell
bertOn, Ga.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
For SaIe-Charleston Wakefield Cab
bage plants, soc to $1.0O per 1000.
Leghorn Eggs, so cents per do7an
.Cabbages, $3.50 per crate. T. j.
Hamlin, James Island, 8. G.
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Wanted-You to send US your plates
and films if you want the best re-
suits. We guarantee satisfaction.
Send a postal for u price list. r.
G. Young Co., Box187, Atlanta, Ga.
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Single Comb Rhode Island Reds only
Langford and Abberneathy Strain.
None better at my price. Eggs, IS
for $3.50. Satisfaction guaranteed.
w. d. Colclough, Dalzell, S. G.
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LAND FOR SALE.

LAND FOR SALE.
For Sale, 900 acres fine farming
land, Macon County, Georgia. Rail
Road station on place. Forty thous-
and bearing fruit trees, Flock. Cat
tie, feed and everything. goes with
sale. Eight Thousand Dollars net
guaranteed from fruit this season.
For particulars address Geo. w.
Duncan, Agt., Macon, Ga.
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FOR


Eggs from our Celebrated Thorough
bred Prize Winner, Black Memorials
and White Plymouth Rocks. $3.50
per IS. We guarantee seven chicks
or replace the order. Frank E. Hall,
Barlow, Ga.
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN.
WANTED.

I want to find a case Of indigestion
or constipation I can't cure. James
Wood, 372 Eighth St., Brooklyn,
N. Y.
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Cocaine Fiend.

With tears in his eyes Ned said,
"I'm de one dat's guilty of killing
dat 'owman. Mr. brother is innocent
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Birds That Eat Insects.

Birds That Eat Insects.
Many 'firds, as fycatchers, warb'
lers, swallows and chimney-swifts,
live exclusively, or almost so, on in
sects, and very many more, as black
birds, orioles, and some hawks, de
pend on them for a considerable part
of their livelihood. The little spar
row-hawk lives very largely upon
grasshoppers, crickets and beetles,
and even n Of the larger hawks
the Swanson hawk Of the Western
plains-at certain seasons destroys
enough Of these injurious insects, to-
gether with small rodents, to save
the Western farmer upwards of q
hundred thousand dollars q year
If all insects preyed upon vegeta-
ton, our inquiry into the value of
insect-eating birds need go no fur
Their, since all of them might be sc;
down as beneficial; but by no means
all insects are destructive of vege-
and their relations to each
other and to birds are very complex
and puzzling. The insects that feec
on vegetation at some stage or other
Of their existence probably encounter
all others, both in number OF species
and of individuals; but there are two
other classes of insects which deserve
attention here, the predaceous and
the parasitic. The predaceous in
sects, either in the adult or larval
state, feed upon other insects and
hence in the main are beneficial. 1t
would seem, therefore, that In so far
IS birds destroy ]predaceous insects
10 them harm. That birds do de-
stroy a greater or less number can
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staying there until late in the after
noon, when they returned to Capce
and again used the waiting room to
sleep in.
Leaving the station Wednesday
morning. he took some more cocaine
He had but one nickel left. He and
his brother started out, his brother
saying that he was hungry. They
went up to Mrs. Ellisor's and she gave
them some bread. They then asked
to be allowed to warm but she told
them not to come in. 1ney went on
in anyway and he grabbed her and
told her he would kill her. His
brother grabbed him and told him
not to kill her. He pushed her to-
ward the back oom and picked up
the axe and struck her in the head.
Brack turned her loose just before
he struck her and walked out of the
house.
Ned said he put Mrs. Ellisor's body
in the basket and covered it up and
then took a gun, a lot Of shells, coat,
ETC., and locked the door of the house
and left. He told Brack to get be-
hind him and step in his (Ned's)
tracks, which Brack did. They cross
ed the road and went through the
woods toward Brookland, passing
three men who were hunting. They
got something to eat in Brookland
after he had sold the gun to Mr.. Fox.
Brack was worried about killing the
"old woman" and told told him he
''oughtn't to have done it,"
They crossed the bridge into Co.
lumbia and stopped at the c. n. & l..
depot. They caught the midday train
out but got off up the road, a few
miles. They walked from i-mo to
Hilton, where they caught train No.
Fl for Newberry. He told of their
arrest on the train and said that he
lied to sheriff Buford about their
names and where they were from,
etc.
Cocaine Fiend.
With tears in his eyes Ned said,
"I'm de one OATS guilty of killing
dat 'oWman, MIR brother is innocent
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Find the Answer.

A certain young man took his best girl to the heater. During the evening che complained of not feeling well, and they left before the show was over. He took her home, and when he said good night the girl was pretty sick. Next day 1t turned out that she had dlphtheria. Then the young man began to wonder if he was booked for a siege with the disease too. He called on $ physician he knew to ask about it.
 The physician heard the young mans tale. "Well," said he at the conclusion of 1t, q think your chances to catch the disease depend on how you snid good night to the young lady" 1, The young man was quiet moment Then he said: Doctor, Pm much oblig. ed. If that's the case, Pm not in dan. ger"
 The young man went out. A minute later he stuck his head in the door Say, doc" he said, "diphtheria don't go very hard with strong, healthy young men, does it?'-Denver Post.
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The iok. Wa on Her.

A woman member of the bar in New York gives to our correspondent tle following correspondence with the res ervation that no names shall be Quo'ed 'I am one of the few women," she says, "who can see Il joke even if tim cd at myself l do not feel that in this case I cane off first best
 The first letter was from man law yer and was as follows:
 Dear Miss Blank--We agree to the com promise as proposed in your favor Ui th!s date. Not becanse your client has jus. right to such settlement, but from th' fact that we do not care To open q con test with a woman lawyer.
 To which this reply was sent:
 Gentlemen--T note yours agreeing to 2 settlement, although I cannot eongratU- ate you on your galantry in begging the question. Like the original Adam, you seem inclined to hide behind a woman 3 petticoat.
 And the following letter closed the correspondence:
 Dear Miss Blank--H you will turn to the early pages of Genesis you will discovss that Eve did not wear a petticoat.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Testinu the Insane.

Sir Douglas Straight told an anus. ing story at the dinner of the Journey. men Hairdressers' Trade society. He remembered, when young barrister going into barber shop to be shaved He was little startled to see the 'yo man behind the counter staring at him from time to time through the glass door. When he got outside the shop 9 policeman said. II am very glad 10 6nd you have come out" explainin . that his anxiety was due to the fact that the barber came out of a lunatic asylum the previous week. and as he had been acting queerly again his rel,,, lives were wondering whether the. would have to send him back to thr asylum.--London Standard.
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H-iins sia,s Tapestries.

Que fe..., tue in.u.Iof Ci lseinla |. .heur..! tn ,.e i......tl41e without SCu,C. mg tic g,!l..eut,uA TOT actual figures .c4l, Ill uAv .-elsa.. OLS iee4.5 1T lo o spcn>iil Wjeba.t ioCiiin, at the n@la. .f tie pt:.~-,. '4.is tAeir gliUed Cap
 |: ..s. ...,. .,f4,- N:l. lt.lte ,! tAe ftoI, lA |! T.. s,--.=.t.s, N..A n Us simple isfllis ..4e .....u",s bhiA.-.. ,yil4 roya. hies trus :,:.!; .,; in til. thirteenth centar, %heh t.,.,,ti't gi;io tNcncd LIS tui ,eaQty tie ..e>,. ...s eso" i!is even t tAeir taaes ...s}4! These tapestries q: ways seemed lo 4Ae the distinctive fei. .ure Of EeiIils, the fast touch of ma. uiiccnce to a cathedral already ma. nfcent. They hans all along the aislcs on each side of the nave-Gobelil tapestries, Pcrpersack tapestries, tapes tries rarely seen anywhere nowadays gave safely stored in museums. 1t k like the sumptuousness of Reims t. display them as if they were as entire ly part of itself as the sculptures c, the facade, the angels and monsters of the Elizabeth Robins Penuell iD Century.
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Tho Goat's Change of Faith.

Near small Baptist church not far out of the city there lives an old Irish. man who keeps goat. One day. find. Ing the church door open, the goat wandered inside and browsed around among cushions and books, much to the detriment of those articles. The pastor chanced to catch the animal at his mischief and lost no time in going to the owner to complain. You will have to keep that goat tied up,". began the minister "He went into my churc', just now and"- But we was allowed to proceed no further. The old Irishman held up both hands in amazement. "Wint into your church, did he? Thin I can't be responsible for him no more. tn ongrateful haste. If that goat has turned Protestant I wash me hands of m."-New York Times.
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nasno and How to Cook (t

Samp Is one Of the most delicious and Appetizing of all corn products or by products.
 Give us thS bowl Of sa1np and milk
 By homespun beauty poured!
 So sang Whittier. Whittier didn't know how to eat. He lived on air. The very suggestion of milk with Samp is nauseating 1t is worse than mnsh and milk and grlts and cream. Roger Williams knew all about samp, and this is how he had 1t cooked: Crack the corn into about four pieces to the grain. Soak 1t all night in water. 6ki-n off the skins which float in wa ter. Boil on slow fire until tender. with a piece of salt pork in the pot When the water Is dried out, introduce some good butter, some salt and pep per and serve hot. The Indians Of Massachusetts used any kind of fresh meat for a flavoring and called the dish "saupac." You may have all your oatmeal, hominy, grita, mush, meal 1 polenta, etc., but let me have the sami when can't get ''lye hominy. New York Press.
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A Rebuff For Or. Johnson.

Dr. Johnson called enc morning O. Benjamin West to converse with hin on American affairs. After some time Mr. West said that he had a youne American (Gilbert StuarD living witt him, from whom he might derive some information, and introduced Stuart The conversation continued Stuart he Ing thus invited to take part in iu when the doctor observed to MT. Wes' that the young man spoke very goo0 English and. turning to Stuart, rudel,r asked him where he had learned 1t Stuart very promptly replied: "Sir, can better tell you where I did not ary."
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4 Standina Rule.

Jones had just run over to sec F Mr. and Mrs. Blank would go to tlt theater with them. Mrs. Blank wa awfully sorry-she would so much like to go-but unfortunately Blank was out. Probably he was at the club She would telephone. The following conversation ensued
 "213A Gerrard. please. Hello! Is this the club? Is my husband there? Hello. Not there? Sure: We'll. all right then. But hold on. How do you know? !, haven't even told you my name"
 'There ain't nobody's husband here -never" was the wise attendants re. ply.-London Tatler.
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Tn. Old Ensii.h pamss' Schools.


 The descriptions of some of che James and other schools of the early part of the nineteenth century are cx. ceedingly interesting. Many of these ancient teachers were unable to write an intelligent answer to a simple ques ton. One on being asked as to the terms on which she gave instruction replied: Mot understanding the Ques. t1on, I answer thus: With . view o' reading the Bible" We have the au. thority of the late Lord shaftesbury fos the statement that one of these poo, creatures, being asked if she gave moral instruction to her scholars, re- piled. No, can't afford 1t at 3 shil lings a week." A more amusing an swer, however, was that of the teach. CT who was asked whether proper at tention was paid to the morals of the boys under his care. His answer was that "they did not teach morals there. as they belonged to the girls depart ment" t"-Westminster Gazette.
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MEMS MEETING
 AT THE Y. M. c. A.

Reverend Ross Moore will be the principal speaker at the mems meet ing to be held at the Y. M. c. A. Sun day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Spe- cial musical program has also beer arranged for that occasion. w. T Traweek will sing Hold Thou Mine Hand," and a quartette composed oi J. D. Harnett, D. T. H. Towner, RalpI Harris and G. W. Martin will also ren' der several selections
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What the Noise Did.

Of tlre noise of London streets caused
 by the hackney coach Taylor, the old water poet. wrote: Ut makes such q hideous 'umbling in the streets by many churches doors that peoples ears are stopped with the noise, where by they are deparred of their edifying which makes faith so fruitless. goo1 works so barren and charity as cold at midsummer as if 1t were a grea, frost. By this means souls are robbed and starved of their heavenly mama
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An EQa In a Bottle,

A chemist has discovered simple means of getting an egg \(with nc broken shelD Into bottle of, say, th' ordinary kind, used for ginger ale All you have to do Is to soak boiled egg In vinegar for three days. Tht shell becomes so soft that 1t can easily be forced through the narrow aperture of the bottle. And once 1t is inside if 1t ia soaked Tn water for little while the eggshelI resumes it's original hard ness-and there you are!
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4 Curious Fact.

T have sone very strong letters ol Introduction" said the caller.
 My friend" answered Senator Sor. ghum, "I don't rely too far on com, munications of that kind. A man will give you letter of introduction de. scribing you as possessed of every no ble quality in human nature and in tie next breath refuse 10 indorse your note for 800. Washington Star.
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A Mcns.er Encinn.

The Brazilian capybara !s large stoutly built rodent. Imagine raj weighing 2S0 pounds with 2 huge head an upper Ep q feet lon@ and q 9Se &c. eyes and one has an idea of the beast He is the largeat of the rodent tribe and has harsh. ro:r5e |. r iu0ra Dkt bristlcs than lu" This hair is nize, black and yellow. of li2.y appearance In his native h"uars the cary bara has huge. fSt stomach which a;0aos drags on sae ground. He Is w&te! loving 'a'llnai and can dive and sta, under for eight or ten minutes at |; time. The iaguar of South America preys upon the capybara, and the In dians kill him for his flesh. which when smoked is said to be as delicious as Kentucky ham. although 1t has 2 certain husky flavor. The capybara makes sound when alarmed some what between dogs bark and pigs grunt. He was once called the hydro choerus. or water hog. and lives on q vegetable diet
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He Told Her.

A good highland minister was eli deavorine 10 steer boat load of citr young ladies to q landing place. \ sQuall was bursting. The steering was difficult. One of the girls annoyed him by jumping up and calling anxiously, "Oh, where are we going to?" If yo1 do not sit down and keep still, ny young leddy," said the minister pilot succincrly. that Will vera greatly de pend op how you were brought up."- Dundee Advertiser.
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--O|O

Bryan is making no hit with Wall street by announcing that In Roose- velt's position he would be just like him. only more so.
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"The farther South one goes, the less nervous are the people," says Dr. Worcester: whereupon the Bos- ton Transcript cites prohibition" as an evidence to the contrary. Stin. there's Maine, you know.
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Condemn Bucket
 Shops in Meet

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
 Dallas, Texas, Feb. 20.-At the annual meeting of the Southern Cot ton Association today strong rese- lutions were adopted condemn;ns bucket shops and plan was ap- proved to fight them in the Stat legislature.
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Miss Whitney
 10 Wed a Count

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
 London, Feb. 20.-It was official ly announced today from Buda Pest that Count Paul EsterhaZy is to we'd Miss Dorothy Whitney, daughter of Harry Payne Whitney.
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-----.----otO-

MT. Bryan goes to New York and says something about a Subsidized press Murder. fire, police, riot, and ruin! MT. Roosevelt sends a message to Congress mentioning the matter. Lovely. grand, sublime! At least. that Is the way contempo- rAry sizes 1t.
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.-.-OlO

Since the disccvery that Congress Is costing the country s150 min cte the visitors to ,be House gape.- ses have right to expect perform arce that will look little more liEe their moneys wor.i.
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IT'S "DADY" CLARK
 NOW-AND A BOY

A young physician arrived at the home of Doctor and Mrs. o. ". Clark yesterday. Mrs. Clark was formerly Miss Willie Jean Atkinson of this city. Doctor Clark is the proudest Daddy" who has ever walked the streets of Pine Bluff.
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Performed . Miracle.

Her Husband (angriiy,-l was a foo when married you.
 His Wife-Aren't you fool still1 'No; I am not"
 '"Then you should congratulate mt upon my success as reformer."- Spare Moments.
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.--O$O

One-fourth of what we eat. says one writer, keeps Us. That looks like pointing the way to economy. but most of us will continue eat'n" th. other three-four,hs because they keep the folks who need the money.
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How He Caught Them.

Archbishop Whately had a true sense of grammar. says an old English man who remembers him. and delight sd to spring catch questions. One was: What is tue vocative of catT'
 Generally the assured answer was o cat''
 The ;try.hblshop would smile then and say. "No: puss. puss!'
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While Harry Thaw is insisting that he is sane, he probably is sat- isiied that the other inmates who talk the same way are as mad az March hares.
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A Bad Outlook.

Mother Dorothy, have to be scold. Ing you all the time! Dorothy-Well all can say, mamma. is I'm sorry for the man who gets you for mother-in. law.- Smiths Magazine.
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His View of Nature,

Huxley was once talking to Sir Vii liam Gull about the healing power ot nature. Stuff" said Gull. Mine times out of ten nature does not want to cure the man. She wants to put him in hiS coffln."
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NiD,o

A member if company playing Ten Night in Da: Rcom' has been arrested in Kansas. He must have showed the effec.s of it.