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of the lake, is isolated by a highway nA tAn runnAAr., axtrnrnifY


 at it's western extremity.
 Devils Lake City. which formerly touched at It's shores, is at present one and one-half miles distant from the lake The major portion of Mission
 Bay, an arm extending into the Fort | Totten Indian Reservation on the southern shores of the lake, has been entirely cut off from the parent body 1 and is now known as Mission Lake; another portion, Marger Mission Bay,
 is dry; while another and smaller reu1- nant, known as Mission Bay is prac- tically isolated.
 The total area of the lake approxi-
 mates 103 square miles, inclosed in a
 basin of forty miles long by eight miles
 wide, The shore line is very irregular the character in general being sim" liar to that of a marine littoral. bowl" ders. wholly or party incrusted with a white alkaline deposit. and grayelly or sandy stretches occurring through out the extent.
 The floor of the lake Is practically level rising from a depth of twenty five feet to the shallow portions near the shores or forming sandbars and stony reefs at the mouths of bays m general the deepest area is that or the southern side under the lee of the morainal ridges of Sully Hill and Fort Totten, while the entire western sec"
 fion of the lake is but three feet deep with underlying black mud support fng an abundaance of weeds and mac. cessible to all but the lightest drart
 boats. -,.S niclrerel prior to 1889. In the narrows these fish were speared and taken rom the waters by the ton. Since that year there has not been single specimen
 found in the lake. The fish taken in tbe carly days averaged five pounds
 and sorne of them reached a weight of seventeen to twenty pounds. The northern part of what is known as creel Bay. which was the largest
 spawning grounds of the pickerel' has
 The maximum depth found in 1889 | was thirty-five feet, but last summer inc deepest section of the lake was
 measured and the water did not eX- ceed twenty-five feet.
 Through the past 100 years the max ,mun and minimum stages of the great | I,aurentian lakes have alternated In | cycles of about a dozen years, dusing | which comparatively scanty average | rainfall for several years was followed by abundant moisture. These fuctu- | atfons are similar to those noted In | this section. Devils Lake thus shows | evidence of having attained about the
 wear 1880, a level of sixteen feet high | CT than at the present time.
 A portion of Mission Bay Is being
 damned and the Government will in-
 stall a hatchery in the spring to de' I ternine whether the material sub. stance of the lake is sufficient to war 1 rant the raising of fish or not. An ] other Important factor to be consid'
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THE RACES
LatOnia Results.

Cincinnati, Nov. IA handicap for two year olds at six furlongs was the feature of the card at Latonia today 'iSs winning na.i the ls event from I. M Green, with Berwick third. Three fayorites won. Track fast. Summaries:
 First race, five furlongs-Warnbro, iiS lis sias siRaRsSy to place sSp secoSd Ths Peer, 9s (Griffinl 2 to 10, show, third. Time 1:0i 4-6. Deviser, Robin Grey, Killington, Landlord, Light Blue. Ten. nessee Boy. signor. Peacock Choice and
 Second race, six furlongs-Aspirin, lO6 (Butler)s 3 to 5, place, won; Miss Crittenden, 90 (Pickens) to 2, second; iSfi third. fime me i:i4 4es. Peter Fender. AIique o'Brien, Gold Fort, Irrigator, Fioreal, Buffoons and Greenbridge ran.
 Third race mileeQrono0kaM gie9 Ma,d lyd RHi- RsIs- tant. no (Martinl 3 to 5, second; Pu- third Time I:4s s-s; Toots, Miss stone, -Admix. Little Fritz and Spring
 Fourth race. six furIongs-Miss sein. IT (Troxlerl 12 to 5. won; M: Berwick. i25 lGlasnerl ' to 10, show, third. Time 1:14 1-5. Colloquy, Hal- kel, Bucket Brigade. Dainty Dame and
 Fifth race. mile and a sixteenth Palamon, i0S CGiasner 10 to 1. won; The Shaughraun, 1o7 (Pickens) to l, second; Stone Street, 1l0 (Butler) even, third third aDe Time os iss AP MFta; GsE Mason and Washable ran.
 Sixth race. mile and seventy yards Hannibal Bey. 10S (Martinl s to 5. sSoM, TST 400T third. Time ns' 1:4s 45. True Boy. and D. c. Taylor ran.
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ADJUSTMENTS.


 Corinne, in "Lola From Berlin.,
 Tonight Corinne will appear at The Grand in her newest musical success Lola from Berlin" by John J. Mc- Nally, William Jerome and Jean Schwartz. Miss corinne will be supp ported by large and competent cast and chorus of very pretty girls and well trained male voices, The princi- pals of Miss Corinne's company include the following well-known comedians and condolences: Mark Sullivan. Henry Carl Lewis. Hazel Carlton, Franklin Vail, Idllie May White. os- born Clemson. Lillian Wilson, Franker Woods. Parl Beware. Freddie Stott and Bunnie Ingeborg. The piece is a new departure for both star and author, and has met with big success both in New York City. where 1t was presented last season in the Liberty Theatre, and on the road. Seats now on sale. adv.
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West End Improvements.

The paving of a number of streets in West End will begin now in few days, the engineer to furnish the grade figures to the contractors
 The paving to be placed will be similar to the paving in Birmingham and the following thoroughfares will be put in first class condition: Tus- caloosa, Cotton, McMinan, First and Second avenues. A large portion of the city, will be paved. The work is to be completed before next summer. The citizens are anxious to see the work begin on the paving.
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NOTE THE HOUR MATINEE, 3 p. m- SHARP. T-AII Star Aets--7 MAJESTIC THEATRE.
SOLDIERS ESCORT NEGRO.
wiu Graham to Be Tried for Ra

Will Graham to Be Tried for Rape.
 Raleigh. N. C., Nov. 4.-company B. of the North Carolina National Guard, today escorted to Concord for trial win Graham, alias Henry Fuggart the negro charged with ravishing a l6- year-old white girl. Miss Pearl Tudor, in Cabarruss County October 18th last.
 The negro has been kept in the pen Itentiary here for fear of mob violence and the Raleigh military company, seventy strong, was sent to Concord as a precautionary measure.
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pr Parker Elected .

Birmingham Nov. 4.-(special.)- The City Council at it's meeting tonight elected pr. John L. Parker. former President of the Council, to the va cancy on the Board of Education. Dr.. Parker is, one of Birmingham's best known citizens. He retired from city politics just a few weeks ago.
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Dental Organization.

The dentists of Southeast Alabama will meet in Dothan next Monday. Nov 9. to organize a Southeast Alabama dental association. The object of this organization is to harmonize the den- tai profession in this section and pro- mote a fraternal spirit and further ad- vance dentistry. All dentists are in- vited to attend
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ANGLE IS ACQUITTED
STATE FAILS TO ESTABLISH GOOD
 CASE.
Lack of Eye-witnesses to Quarrel Which Lea Up to Blows Is
 Cause of Dismissal of
 Waite Man.

Selma. Nov. A. Especial )--The pre- ltminary hearing of F. C. Angle. who was charged with the murder of Pleas Jones, eaken before Justice B. !. Gayle this morning. The trial result ed in the case against the young man being dismissed, as the state could produce no evidence against him there being no eye-witnesses to the difficul- ty between the young man and the negro which resulted in .the death of the latter.
 Pleasant Jones. the negro, MT Angle was charged with having killed, died at his home on Washington street last Saturday morning from the result of n blow from a hatchet upon his head. The night before his death the negro had entered the store of Dunklin and Driskell at the corner of Franklin and North streets. where EIr. Angle worked.
 The negro purchased five cents worth of sausage and some words be- tween Angle, and Jones were passed. The negro. picked up a large knife from the counter and made a threaten ing move. MT. Angle then picked up a hatchet and struck the negro across the head. fracturing the skull.
 Brought Large Load. The City of Mobile arrived at the wharf at an early hour this morning bringing large load of freight. con- sisting of cotton and cotton seed and miscellaneous freight. The City of Mobile left on the return trip to Mo- bile this afternoon at 2 o'clock with a large load of miscellaneous freights for way-landings and good list of pas- sengers.
 Football Saturday.
 Saturday morning on the campus of the Selma Military Institute there will be played a game of football between the eleven of that institution and an eleven from the Starke School of Mont gomery. There are a great number of the lovers of football in the city and sNe game Saturday promises to be witnSss@d by a large crowd. 4. Mrs. kaymeF Entertaina. The members of the Tuesday Bridge Club and a few other friends were de- lightfully entertained yesterday after noon by Mrs. Isidore Kayser at her home on Union Street. The parlors where the games were played were adorned with ferns and vases of cut flowers. Miss Helen Richards won a prize. lovely eenterpfece. and another trophy, a pair of gloves, fefl to Mrs. Herman UiTman. After the games a salad course was enjoyed.
 Meeting of Music Club. The members of the Music Study Club held a very enjoyable and interesting meeting this morning with Mrs. W. w. Harper as the gracious hostess at her home on Parkman Street.
 Social and Personal.
 The members of the West End Book Club will be entertained on Friday afternoon by Miss Alexina Hooker.
 An Enjoyable Affair.
 The Japanese Musicale Tea given
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yesterday afternoon by the Young Ladies Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church at the home of Mrs. W. s. Monk on Broad Street. was indeed enjoyable and successful in every way. Despite the indictment weather many friends called and were served with dainty wafers and tea by several young women who were dress- ed as Japanese girls. The rooms were lavishly decorated with chrysanthe- nuns and a beautiful musical program was rendered by some of Selma's best talent.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
oath q NoESh s,.. Ala6s1a nallEoad company.

0ffiee of Secretary,
 Montgomery, Ala. Oct. 90, 1908. The annual convention of the sharehoid- CTS Of the South and North Alabama Rail road Company. will be held ct the office or the Company a& First National Bank Building, Montgomery, Ala, on Saturday November 2e. 1908. at 12 o'clock. noon, for the purpose of electing Directors for the ensuing year, and for the trsnsaction Of such other buslneRs as may properly como be- fore said meeting. The stock transfer books will be closed at Three P. M.. Saturday, November 14. 1908. and re-opened at ten A M.. on Monday, November 30. 1908.
 D. J. THOMASON, --tf Secretary pro-tem.
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Mr. McGlatherv nurled

Birmingham. Nov. 4.-(SpeciaL)- The funeral of W: w. McGlathery. the pioneer citizen who died yesterday from hemorrhages of the brain, took place this afternoon, the Masonic fra tern4ty turning out. The intermo nt was at oak Hill Cemetery.
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commercInl CIub Commlttee.

The committee named by the Com mercial Club to attend the Tennessee River Improvement Association at Knoxville, Tenn, consists of Wilson R, Brown, J. c. Maben Sid W. Lee. walter Moore and w. D. Nesbit.
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BRICK q TILE co. Inc
 Successors Co MeMTYRE BROTHERS BRICK co.
EXCELsIOR BRECK co.

Montgcmery, Ala, Nov. End, 1908. We wish to announce to the customers Nnd friends of the above, that Mr. s. B. Htern, has severed his connection at Sales Agent for us and from this date we will Sell our products direct. s We are in position to furnish any quant- fly of HARD BRICK for immediate ship 7nent st pr1ces-satisfactory to you. Ne solicit q continuance of our old trade also Nsw business. Call ort, write. or phone us your wants and We Will talk business. Samples can be seen. ana prices had at our City office at khe Mutual Warehouse cor. Jefferson and North Perry Streets. Phone s1eA Yard Phone, e01.
 MONTGOMERY BRICK q TILE COMPANY.
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cred is the chemical character of the waters. The pebbles and powders along the shoe are, as mentioned pre- viouslY, covered with 8 deposit of
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RennI4a na Ian,nicn.

Jamaica, N. Y., Nov. 4s--Ftrst race. selling, six furlongs-Blacl1 Mary. TOT (Herbert) won; Queen Margurite 102 (Ural) second; Ardri. l02 (Creevy) third. Time I:14. Coincident, Riskra and He Knows ran.
 Second race, selling, mile and six teenth-Bad News, 105 (Herbert) won; Inaitator, 94 (Creevy) second; Golcon- -da. 90 tUraD third. Time 1:49 S-5. Cary. St. Joseph. Burgher and Raquet ran.
 Third race. selling, mile and six teenth-Florence II. 97 (Creevy) won Queen Lead. 97 tRossi) second; Bigot 97 llUral) third. Time 1:57 Enticing Tivoli, Frances Ray and Tennis ran.
 Fifth race. selling. one mile and a sixteenth-Jeanette. s6 (Wolkel won; Yankee Daughter, 96 (Bergenl second Prosper, 94 (Creevy} third. Time 1850 Mobility. Dandy Dixon ran.
 Sixth race. six entious 1O5 (Ural) won: Music, 105 (Lynch 5 to l, second: Midshipman, 105 (Her- bert) third. Time 1:l5 2-5. Eustacian, Rose Belle. Miss C.. Divola and Gene F.. ran.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
SDE GKAT
 Isl,.1'Z'd!.a
Business Notice.

This Is to notify the public that [. H. 4. Kent, have bought the business of the Kent Cash Market at 1e N. Perry St, formerly ewned and operated by J. c. Futile. All bills now due are payable to me at the above ad- &reHs. ,. C. Tuttle assumes responsibility for all Indebtedness contracted up to and in- EludinR Nov. g. 1908
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
NEWS OF RECORD

The Suspicion Canning Company. of stapleton. Baldwin County. Wednesday notified the Secretary of State of its Incorporation with a capital stock of s1,00o. The incorporators ate M. B. Ward and several others. The corpo- ration is banded together to grow truck and farm products.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
BIRMINGHASa NOTES.
News Of Interest Of Jefferson Count!
 City.

e City.
 Birmingham, Nov. 4.--(Special.)--A meeting of the ways and means com mittee of Congress to consider the tar fir has been called for Tuesday. No venlber 10. by s. E. Payne, of Albany, N. r., chairman of the committee.
 Congressman Underwood will leave for Washington Monday or Tuesday to attend the meeting.
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WA ~ T ED

q pair of black horses with white mane and tall to advertise DIXIE COAL We are giving away q nice fire poker Nfth each ton or half ton order for coal Provided you call at our office for It.
 n1XEE COAL CO, lle Y. Perry St., Phone 627.
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nfentinr nf Card Clnh.

Club and some other friends were charmingly entertained this morning by Mrs. Will Thompson at her home on Fremont Street. The apartments wh ere the games were played were tastefuliy adorned with palms and pretty cut flowers. After the games, two-course luncheon was served.
 Mir. Simon Metzger of Mobile spent yesterday with friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05

MOBILE AND OHIO R. R.
 Effective Nov. 2nd, this counuany will discontinue handling passenWera and baggage on all freight trains. if.
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The measure of power is in the ob- staele overcome.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05

Social and Personal. The members of the West End Book Club will be entertained on Friday afternoon by Miss Alexina Hooker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05

An EmI0ynbIe Amair. The Japanese Musicale Tea given
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

TtE SUN ROSE RED ONA BEAUTIFUL FOURTH OF JULY morn
IpEEPlN6 INTO THE WINDOW Of RELENTLESS RUDOLPH The
lREMORSELESs RuFFlAN A1ERRl5lE SIGHT MET ITS GAZE.
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DRAINAGE CONGRESS
C0NVEHES Tuesday
Many Prominent Men VIII
Discuss Recla nation of
Swamp I .ands.

Tie congress OF - National Drain
age association, VIZ en- IS 10 meet ia
the assembly han a the New Willard
tuesday morning az 10 O'Clock. promises
70 be q notable gaC lering OF prominent
men Representatiy f. men from All Sec
lions Of the couEtr. r. Senator's and Pen
resentatives, and many governors o.
many States win be present on he
opening day.
lnt C1r--nission ers OF che District. as
ven IS delegates representing the Board
OF Tra1e, are = xpected 70 attend The
congress, End CO mmlssioner aIacfarian1
VII deliver the address OF welcome 10
Inc ce-esates- Secretary Garfield also
VIII deliver an < address,.
William j. Br yam has sent vord thar
he may not able % arrive until
Tuesday afJern 3on. but wiz speak dur
ING the afternoo session Of the congress
Among the oIhe r speakers e-lI be Seua
t3r NeWlaHds. Representatlve Burton OF
Delaware, Nu Newell director OF the
Irrigation Sc -v-ce; clifford Psn-ror
cE-ef OF the Forestry Service o =
Austin. chief cif the Bureau OF Statistics
Representative Rams6eL Of Louisiana
1Ir- Blanchard, sta=istIeIan Of the T-rr-
cation Bureau, and several OF me GOV
errors.
Tie benefits THAT win accrue 10 agE-
culture through draining swamp ana
overflow lands -Eiu be the addition OF
's,o15,ez. acres 'azieh are now not only
un2roducyive- r at more or less q threat
e7lns clement as against prouer health
fdI sanitation
The drainage congress win hold three
sessions TUESDAY ire first beginning a.
10 o'clock @l1d ending Il. 4, the second
session bes1nu-uE al O'Clock and end
Ing N 40, and The third beginning At S
clock at night A banquet mas been
arranged Tor Wednesday evening by TIE
Beard or Trade
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Three GO on RafleSnake HINT
TO Wild Bay State Mountains

mystery. 10 avoid wholesale slaughter Of
the reptiles which live mostly in the
dense underRrush OF the mountain
range
Armed with long pole s with a prong
at one end, Snyder and HE companions
win climb 20 the led ses where the
snakes sun themselves The method OF
capturing the rattiers, though danger
Gus. IS quickly carried Osgt. once q snake
is discovered The pole with the long
prong is brought s2ddeEly down on the
big snake before. It can spring. and the
prong pins the reptile TO the carta tn
Snyder or one o. his companions can
approach end grasp fl aruly just back
OF the head.
with a hold so firm that the s1.aEe
cannot shoot its POISON into the body
of It's captor. the man lifts the snake
ana throws Il quickly iEuo a big can
vass bag.
AFTER a sufficient number Of rattIers
have been captured. Snyder and his
party viii hang their snake bag or tina
middle OF a long pole and make their
way down the mountain baci, ~ the
little hamlet Most Of the snakes cap
tured IN the locality thev are 70 eareh
have been from four 30 6ve feet IL
length
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NEW YORK. May 9.-On a search for
deadly rattlesnal1es. Charles f. Snyder.
first keeper Of the Bronz Zoo, and two
men who are greatly interested in rep
titan lore Of every sort started this aft
eraoon on the third annual Zoo ex-
petition TO replenish the stock Of yell
low and black ratters IN the reptile
house. Eif;hteen Of these big snakes
we're captured last year. but all died
after being placed in captivity.
Mr.. Snyder's little party will 20 direct
20 a little railroad statitn IN the wild
Taconic mountain region in south
western Massachusetts. where they
viii take a vehicle and drive twelve
miles through the hills. At a small
hamlet they viii leave the vehicle be-
hind and begin their CLIMB Of 2.OcC feet
10 an unfreq aented mountain. on tho
steep sides Of walch. Tar above a:iy
human hablt,t;5n. hundreds OF larger
as rattlers pack IN the warm sln on
ireclpitous sy--k lelS+s.
Few persons know the haunts which
Che party viii visit, and it is seldom
that even farmers in the vicinity climb
the steep mountains IN search Of game
50 far as possible the Zoo authorities
here have Kept the snakes haunts a
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the annual reports and papers on the
subjects which the association has had
under consideration during the last
year.
in The evening the families ard friends
Of the delegates will be escorted through
the Congressional Library by a commit
tee appointed by the women's Press
Association. This affair viii be under
the direct charge Of Mrs. Johnson. who
Is in charge of the ladies' -receptio1 com
mittee.
Excursions Planned
Including some Of the excursions
which have been planned for the Wis
itOrs are trips 10 AT Vernon. Indian
Head, Marshall Hall. and various other
places Of historical interest
TIE annual election Of officers viii be
held wednesday morning. All business
postpored from Tuesday VIII be taken
Up at the wednesday afternoon session.
The maj three days Of the meeting viii
be devoted TO the consideration Of mat
tiers Of national Importance. and those
Questions relating 10 the management
OF watervorls. filtration plants. mains,
and the maintenance OF the same
The local committee for the conven-
ton is NJ. o. Leighton, Chairman: ".
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WATER ENGINEERS
TO MEET TOMORROW
Washington Society H a s
Arranged for Weeks
Sessions.


Beginning with an elaborate program
tomorrow evening, tie American Water
works Association OF the United safes
viii be in session at Arlington Hotel.
and continue throughout the remainder
Of ths week The delegates 10 this the
twenJy-seventh annual convention. to-
gether with their relatives and friends.
viii number more than I-O00
There viii be but one session Mon
day, in the evening. Every other day
during the week there ViH De at least
two sessions. one in the morning and
one in the evening. Discussions re-
lating to the technical features OF
waterworl1s throughout the country win
be taken up at these meetings. The
Washington Society of Engineers,
through a committee appointed by the
head of that organization. has an the
arrangements for the convention in
hand. Besides the regular routine bust
ness program. a varied social program
has been completed. These social func-
tions viii be neld every evening.
Fairbanks VIII Speak.
Vice President Fairbanks and Com
missioner Afacfarland viii make the
speeches Of welcome which viii FORM
evening. George II. Felix. president Of
the Waterworks Assoc. alton. viii re-
spond. Following the speeches a re-
ception will be held IN the large ball
room at the Arlington Hotel BIZ Vice
President Fairbanks am the president
and other officers Of the association
Immediately after the reception there
viii be a bah, at which all those at
tending the former ceremonies. together
with members Of Congress and others
prominent in social and Official life. viii
be present The Marine Band has been
engaged for the ball
Following the reports or the secre-
taries OF the various committees Tues
day morning, the election OF members
viii be held With the presidents adj
dress. the morning session viii adjourn
20 meet IN the afternoon. after a rcccp-
zion by President Roosevelt at the
White House. The afternoon session
viii be taken up with the reading oFI
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WOMAN PLAYS HORSE
TO ASSIST HUSBAND

CHICAGO. May s--Harness ed be-
tween the shafts OF a wagon heavily
iaGen with Old iron. bottles a.1d rags
Mrs. Frank MulcaskI. hfty-fv e years
Old, wife Of an Evanston 5uns dealer
has taken up the task left of by the
family horse at its death tus5 weeks
ago
Supplied with especially fitted. harness.
she has made lt possible Tor .her hus-
band. who pleads that he is too poor
10 rerlace the dead horse, 20 continue
in business
Daily she draws TIE wagon through
the streets OF Evanston and V-llmctfe.
responding 70 her husbands cries or
whoa ''Giddsp.' Gee and -FIav---'
Residents are puzzled as 10 now 90
stop the spectacle.