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PERSONAL.

Matthew Mcnamara, for many
years national warden of the Knights
OF Columbus, died at his home In New
london, Conn.
Charles F. Phelps, formerly a judge
Of the supreme bench of Baltimore.
and widely known as jurist, soldier
and author, Is dead at the age OF sew.
enty-five years.
Bishop Dennis J. O'Connell. rector
Of the Catholic University OF Ameri-
ca at Washington, has been appointed
bishop .coadjutor Of San Francisco.
The term Of Bishop O'Connell as rec
tor expires Jan. IL.
Rev. Father G.. Lyons, Society OF
Jesus, a member Of the faculty OF
Boston (Mass.) college, has assumed
the duties Of president of Gonzago
college and rector Of st. Aloysius
church at Washington.
Robert Emmett Fisk, for thirty.fivs
years editor OF the Helena tMont.)
Herald. and confidential friend OF
President Garfield and james @.
Blaine, died at his home at Berkeley,
Cal. aged seventy-one years. He serv.
ed In the Civil war, attaining the rank
OF major.
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inals have been arrested by the troops
and are under close guard. Great re-
lief was felt here when the announce
ment WAS made that the Lipari isl
ands, which were reported TO have
disappeared with their population of
$4,000. suffered little or no damage
from the earthquake. Public opinion
Is seriously concerned with regard to
the safety Of the king and queen and
the possible danger from tottering
walls.
Queen Refuses to Leave.
The king frequently has tried to
persuade the queen to RESI- or return
to Rome. but she always refused. de-
claring that it would break her heart
to abandon her husband In his labors
for the country in its anguish.
New Years day in Italy is usually
the occasion of festivities and re-
joicing as widespread as on Christ
mas. but these ceremonies and the
festival spirit were wanting yester.
day. Instead Of rejoicings. Rome is
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CRIMES.

Indications are that there will be no
more arrests in connection with Pitts.
burg's councilmanic scandal In the i'm.
mediate future.
Lawrence w. Peters committed sui,
eide at Washington after shooting and
attempting to kill his sweetheart, Jen.
ME W. Beaudette. The woman proba-
bly, will recover.
Miss Florence Jones. grandniece OF
Rev. William Jones. chaplain for Gen.
Robert +. Lee during the Civil war.
was attacked and almost killed at her
home in Richmond. Va. by an un-
known burglar.
4 battle between strike promoting
miners and five United States mar
shals took place at Stearns. coal
mining town In Whitley county. Ken.
lucky. and resulted in the death OF
two men and the wouniing Of several
others.
Salvador Armenia. Ignacio Barrios
and Francisco Charvez. Mexicans, con-
ricted of smuggling Chinese Into this
country from Mexico. were sentenced
10 nine months imprisonment and
fined 81 each by The federal court In
Los Angeles.
+. o. Ollie, chauffeur for W. b.
Ridgely. former controller of the
currency, was held for trial In Kansas
City on the charge of manslaughte er
In the fourth degree for causing the
death OF Mrs. Eyrl Greer In an auto.
mobile accident on Nov. 10.
Judge Trieber in the federal court
at Little Rock. Ark, imposed n $4,000
fine on T, II. Bunch, a prominent grain
dealer. who pleaded guilty several
weeks ago 10 having accepted rebates
from the Missouri Pacific. st. Louis.
Iron Mountain and Southern syste ms.
Asserting she had discovered the
murderer OF Patro.man Fred Wild
mann, Mrs. win Kelley OF Waterloo.
October. Mrs. viii Kelly of Waterloo,
Iowa, attempted to kill her son-in-law,
Fred Cordell. also of Waterloo. She
called him from his home and fired
four shots, three OF which struck hin
but produced only flesh wounds. Mrs
Kelly Is under arrest.
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WATER solLs IN MiOocEAN

Norfolk, Va. Jan. "A volcano at
sea and a field Of boiling water OF
the coast Of Georgia are among the
phenomena which British offieefs
have reported to the photographic Of.
fee here.
While the British steamer Baltic
was headed toward this coast ON Bee.
Il, in latitude 5l:l4 and longitude ai.
First Oficer Landmary observed what
he reported as an eruption apnar-
entity twenty miles distant TO the
westward. resembling volcanic ac.
tion.' The weird disturbance lasted
but few seconds.
The British steamship Lord Duffer.
in cn Dec. IS. passed an area OF boil
ing water less than 200 miles on the
Southern coast. according 10 the can.
tains report.
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performing prOdia1es. but the task be-
fore them u almost hopeless.
search Dust for Peed.
Added to the dimculty Of obtaining
food and water. there are NO drugs or
surgical appliances. Heart-breaking
appeals for help are heard on every
side, to which only the most made
quate response Is possible. Tempora-
ry hospitals are being rigged up, but
only a comparatively few can be re-
lieved and the scenes Of horror defy
description. The survivors Of the
earthquake are .suifering cruel cxtrem-
tiles, and in Messina may be seen
everywhere. vainly searching in the
dust and debris for morsels OF food.
Many Villages In Ruins.
Later dispatches state that the city
Of Palmi contains 1.5O0 dead and twice
as many injured. Two-thirds OF the
adjacent suffered as severely.
Dispatches from Catania describe
Messina as appearing like huge in
candcscent furnace. The fire spread
to the buildings that had not yet fallen.
completing the work of destruction.
Tie Strait Of Messina Is now choked
with corrses OF men and animals.
PilIage and Lootino.
Tie relief work now is we'll begun.
but hundreds of persons are wander
ing about the ruins like madmen. They
are being given food and clothing as
fast as II is possible.
At TIE ministry Of marine word has
been received hat frightful lootiny
and pillage occurred at Reggie. This
place. already overwhelmed. will have
few survivors. as It has been impossi-
bic for the relief expeditions to reach
II.
Americans Respond Quickly.
New York. Jan. 1. The work of
ors anizing relief for the victims OF the
earthquake. which was begun here al
most simultaneously with the receipt
of The first news Of the disaster. as
sumcd Official form yesterday with the
issuance by the mayor Of proclama-
tion ceiling upon the people Of the
city for subscription for the relief Of
the sufferers.
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tho vast majority OF these are soreiy
injured.

tho vast majority OF these are sorely
injured
Distress 10 Great.
Other thousands remain near the
ruins OF their homes or wander half
starving. half naked. over the land.
The forces that on Monday oyerwhelm
ed the cities also destroyed the means
Of sustenance.
Te!egraphic communication has
been established with Messina. Mes
sages which have come over the line.
though they have been meager In de.
tail. show that hope is gone. Nothing
remains OF the city but mass OF
ruins that have teen swept by fire.
A mere handful of survivors are being
cared for by the rescuing forces. but
their distress Is great. and IL has been
increased by the violent icy wind that
followed the deluge of rain.
King and Queen at Messina.
Destitution is everywhere. and ap-
palling. There is little food and less
water. OF Messina's 10000 population
it is believed that fully 10000 perish
ed. Forty thousand people died I'm
Reggio.
kinh Victor E.aF.,snael and Queen
Helena were in Messina yesterday.
The king explored the ruins regard
less of the danger to which he exposed
himself. He was often moved 10 tears
at the heartrending scenes he came
upon at every turn. The king was
loud in his praise OF the splendid work
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FROM OTHER SHORES.

Eessrs. Wright, Farnam. De La-
grange, Bleriot and Renault-Polterie.
the noted aeronauts. have promised to
take part In the international aviation
races at Breseia, Italy, in August.
1909
A Rome newspaper publishes a re.
port which has caused sensation in
ecclesiastical circles that Joan OF
Arc recently appeared in a vision to
the pope and addressed TO him solemn
words Of encouragement.
4 Roman lady. the daughter OF Sig.
nor Lollini. a former Socialist deputy.
has been called to the Italian bar.
She is Italy's first lady barrister, and
this victory of the feminist movement
is welcomed cordially by public opin.
ion at Rome.
Private Councillor Klehmet Of the
German foreign Office has been dis
placed. He was the officer who exam.
ined and passed the interview" with
the kaiser. which was published in the
London Telegraph and caused such a
stir in Germany and abroad.
The determination Of King Leopold
of Belgium 10 sell all his art treas
ures rather than let his daughters in.
herit them has taken definite form.
The king is expected to offer the old
works to the nation. II they are in
clined, he will Immediately sell them.
The financial commission OF the
duma has decided to introduce an ex-
else duty on liquor In the Russian par
lament OF the Island of Sakhalien.
The low price OF liquor in this terri.
tory has led to universal drunken.
ness among the natives and the con.
victs.
As a consequence of the manifesta. 4.
tions by students OF the medical school
of Sabonne, France. over the inaugnra-
tion of a new system OF examinations,
TO which they objected, the university
council closed the school of medicine
for the first and second year students
for three months.
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OTHERWISE

At a mars meeting In New York an
organization was formed for the pur-
pose Of raising the price OF printing.
Abe Attell retained the feather.
weight championship by knocking oa,
Biz Maekay in the eighth round at
New Orleans
While riding alone in his auto neat
Spring Valley, N. Y. Hiram b. Berry
Of Warwick. wealthy manufacturer
and formerly an officer of the Morton
Trust company OF this city. died o.
heart disease.
Heir to half a million dollars. ac
eording TO his ogn statement. and en-
titled 10 a position in Baltimore SO.
ciety, William Jefferson Powell has
been sentenced to serve $50 days In
the workhouse in Los Angeles on a
yagranry charge.
The dates for the national encamp
ment Of the G. A. r. at Salt Lake City
will be Aug. 3 to Is. This announce.
ment was made by Phil Cheek. Wis
consin's member OF the executive
council of the G. A. R.. which held a
meeting recently for the purpose OF
fixing upon the time of meeting.
Judge Knnkel. in the Dauphin coun,
ty court at Harrisburg. Pa. hxed
April as tho date upon which the
third Of the series Of trials growing
out of the scandal surrounding the
contracts for the capitol furnishings
will be started.
For the first time probably In its
history the Episcopal church In the
Unitsd States reports . decrease In
the number OF its clergy. due In part
to IN unusually large list Of deposl
tons from ths priesthood and to IN
abnornally high death rate during tfs
past yeaS.
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NEW SHOCKS ALAam SURVIVORS
Complete Ruin ef crumbllne 0vild-
lnes In Southern italy and sicily.

Complete Ruin es crumbllna Duild-
inss In Southern italy and sicily.
Rome, Jan. 8. - Although graphic
stories are coming into Rome Of the
horrors in Southern Italy and Sicily.
those are but repetitions OF indi-
vidual tragedies already recorded.
What chiefly concerns the govern
ment and the people is the progress
that is being made toward the relief
Of those who have suffered by the
dreadful visitation. Considerable ad-
vance in this respect has been made
at Messina, where. according 10 ON
cial reports received here. the supply
service is beginning to work satisfac-
torily. The different regions on the
warships and other ships as centers
from which torpedo boats and launch
es convey and distribute rations and
water 10 the different villages.
More Shocks Felt.
Tic minister OF justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Goilitti that
large bodies of troops have arrived
and are Eow occupying all parts Of
tie tawn The appalling extent OF the
disaster renders anything like a sys-
tematic search OF the ruins impossi-
Lle. lut persons are being dragged
cut ell day long and are quickly trans
rorted to tie relief ships as soon as
their wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt In the
earthquake zone yesterday, complet-
ing tie ruin OF the crumbling build
ings. Those shocks are contributing
to the keeping up Of the alarm Of the
population. Fires are still burning.
although much rain has fallen. The
latest Investigations on both sides Of
the straits make II certain that many
more than half the population Of
the coast towns and villages have
been killed
More Than 100000 Dead.
Prof. Rico, director Of the obserya-
tory at Mount Aetna, estimates that
the victims of the earthquake exceed
100000. Hundreds Of dangerous Grim.
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OF EMsezzLEMENr,

Fargo. Jan. Il In the embezxle-
ment case against Ober lverson of
Aneta, the jury In the United States
court acquitted the prisoner without
leaving their seats. Iyerson is sew
enteen-year-old boy. who has been \
clerk in the postofice at Aneta. and
was charged with embezxling Sass.
The shortage occurred IN connection
with stamp sales. and the defense al
legged II was q case Of mistake In max
ms change AMI not criminal intent.
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BONES POINT TO MURDER.

Chicago, Jan. 3. 4 murder in
which the body OF the victim. believed
to have been Mrs. Annie Rarity. a
nesro servant. Was burned In the fur
mace OF . fashionable apartment
building. was disclosed by the police
Yesterday by the finding Of human
bones in ihe ashes Of the furnace.
The police are searching for the WON.
ans husband. who Is said to hare dis
appeAred.
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MAINE TOWN FiREsWEPT.

Skowhegan. Me-, Jan. Sire dam
aged three business blocks and burned
ave tenement houses in Water street,
in the heart of the town. early yester-
day. Two OF the houses were dsna'
mited TO check the progress OF the
flames and il was only after eight
hours, work that the department. as
sisted by apparatus from Wintersiiis
and Fairfield. succeeded In bringing
the IRE urder control. The loss Is
SAoO. .O0c.
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filled with lamontatioAs: pictured on
the countenance Of all IL uief for the
destruction Of two beautiful regions
Of the mother country where thou.
sands now lie dead.
King supsrvises Work.
King Victor Emmanuel has been In
defatigable. He has shown wonder-
full activity and endurance, leaving no
Coint In Messipa unvisited. He has
supervised fhe entire work in the fall.
en- city. and the presence Of his mai
esty has infused new courage and en-
ergy into the rescuers. hungry and
wounded as they are.
A touching feature Of the materiai
aid offered by all classes Of the peo-
pie in Rome il the donation Of cloth
ing and bedding. which the workMen
are freely giving. Reports from all
parts of Italy indicate the same gen.
erous spirit The king has placed the
royal palaces at Naples and Deserta
at the disposal cf the injured.
Carry Refugees Away.
Vessels loaded with refugees con-
tinuc to stream into Naples anil faler
no. and each day sees the arrfva! of
additional stas meys in the Strait Of
Messina. II is the governments in
tcntioa to remove all the survivors
possible 10 Tie various pots in Italy.
As an instance Of his quick grasp
OF The si;u1tion. King Victor Emmaa.
uei soon after his arrival at Messina
wired 10 Premier Giolitti: Send ships.
and Il en-: above all. send ships loaded
with quickliTe."
Burn and Bury Dead.
So far as has been possible. Gnic';.
line las been used on the dead.
many bodies have Eeen burned and
others buried In the relief work the
officers and men of the foreign war
ships have been untiring and their
courage is beyond words. The crew
of the British cruiser Drake gave up
everything they possessed 10. the bca-
eft CT the refugees, and practically
forgot rest and sleep for mere than
thirty-six hours I'm their devotion to,
duty.
Reports are published that 1t is the.
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thousands of Survivors Wan.
der Half Starving, Half Naked
Over the Land.
DfSTITUTIO1 IS EVERYWHERE
Rescue Parties Are Performing Prod,
isies, but Task Before Them Is
Almost Hopeless.

Rome. Jan. ]. - The immensity OF
Mondays earthquake in Southern
Italy and Sicily can only be measured
by the fact that II is now estimated
that 11a,o0o people perishel in Mes.
sina and Reggie alone. A number OF
other towns have been devastated and
thousands OF victims In these places
must be added 10 the roll. In the
face Of these awful totals all Italy
stands appalled,.
Nor has the full death list yet been
reached. Shiploads Of fusiiives have
arrived at Naples and other ports. and
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Short in Accounts.

Marshalltown, Iowa. Jan. 5. - Not
until note was found confessins that
he Was short in his accounts and an
nouneing his intention OF committing
suicide. was the disappearance Of
Charles d. Swick discovered yester-
day
Swick Was a trusted employe Of
President George Gregory Of the
lowa-Nebrasks Coal Deaiers' associa-
tion. and handled much Of his employ
ers' funds. As far as discovered his
shortage il only e30o.
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CASUALTIES.

While skstin. On a pond near Tren.
ion. n. J., Albert Blanchard and Carl
Hildebrand. each twelve years old.
broke through the ice and were drown.
ed
Fire hroks e1t in the Paramonoh
nine IN Russia and IS a result $500
miners are Idle. II has been neces.
szry to seal up three shafts OF the
mine.
Rev. Wilbur |. Davis was stricken
blind while delivering a sermon In his
pulpit at the High Street Methodist
church at Springfield, Ohio. The burst
ing Of a blood vessel was given as the
cause.
Fire, which for a time threatened
the whole business section OF Ono.
onta, N. Y, destroyed the Arlington
hotel and seven other buildings In the
heart of the city, causing loss OF
100000.
The fertilizing plant and tank room
Of the Nelson Morris packing plant at
ST. Joseph. Mo-. was destroyed by fire.
The loss is about sl25,00O. The fire
will not interfere with the working Of
the plant.
w. T. B. Allen, aged sixty-seven, one
Of the best known Englishmen In
bed at Sioux City, having accidentally
turned on the gas stove in turning OF
the gaslight.
Oscar Herr ignited with a cigarett,
stump bottle containing mine pow
der at Fairmont. W. Va, and he an,
three companions were probably fatal
ly injured and several others were ss
riously hurt.
As a result OF a Wild automobil
race On the Foothill boulevard. at Oak
land. Cal. one man was instantly Kill
ed and another man and two younI
women were severely injured. Tn
accident occurred short distanc
from San Lesndro.
Leo Bosworth. aged thirty, was Kill
ed al Charlotte. Mich. by the explc
son OF gun In the hands OF a hunt
mk COmpauiou, Who csSdpcu uHHuIS
Part OF the barrel hit Bosworth In tn,
neck and severed his jugular vein. HI
died in al hour.
A FIRE which caused loss Of $1,000
occurred In the Occidental hotel build
ing in Los Angeles. An explosion Il
the basement. where q decorating CON
pany stored paints and oils. caused tn
nre. Two fremen were injured. Tn
hundred guests in the hotel escape
without injury.
In . collision at New York betweel
trolley car and an automobile Georg
C. Hurlburt. the aged librarian Of tn
American Geographical society. an
his daughter. occupants Of the auto
mobile. we're crushed In the ruins Q
the machine and fatally injured.
Nrs. Bertha vacha and her three
year-old boy we're found dead froEn q
phyxiation In their hone at Cleveland
Yfaak vacAa. tAs husband. vas uncoG
seioua buA may recover. 0o0s tim
daring ths nigAt ~ eseapea In u
honsal AA investieatioa b bsiA(
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NEWS Of week SUMMARIZED
Digest ef Tie News Worth Telling Cos
Sessed for The Busy
Reader.
FROM the CAPITAL.

Some OF the foremost composers OF
.he country are in attendance In
Washington at the annual convention
II the Music Teachers National asso.
citation.
Carrying out its efforts to reduce
ne number of fatalities in coal mines.
the United States geological survey is
about to establish rescue stations In
the principal coal fields Of the coun
try.
Announcement is made that the
postofice department is now prepared
to issue limited quantities of postage
stamps in rolls of 500 or 1000 for use
In stamp-vending and stampaffixing
machines.
Inspired by the sale Of Red Cross
Christmas and New Years stamps
this year, officials of the American
Red Cross in Washington already are
planning to make this innovation a
permanent American institution.
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One of the Paris newspapers states
that Wilbur Wright. the Ams.ican
aeroplanist. win shortly go to Rene
10 give instruction to three Italian
pilots in the work of his aeroplane
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Admits His Guilt.

Seattle. Wash. Jan. 3.-Wanted In
Chicago on charge of embezzlement
Of money intrusted to his care for de-
posit In the hank three months axo-
Herman Paley. theatrical agent. was
arrested in Seattle yesterday BY a de-
tectise.
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Mms. Nerdiea IN.

10. Angeles. Cal. Jan 3. Nr..
Nordica II suffering from an attack OF
bronchitis and In cnnflned to the home
Of her sister. Mrs. Castillo.
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kings intention to sell his property
In Sicily and devote the proceeds TO
the assistance OF the sufferers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-07-23

Miss Muir of Lake St. Joseph
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bonds
Ratcliff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Levy are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a son.
Miss Estelle Hunter of Water
proof is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
C. G. Skinner.
Mrs. Elliott Coleman and in
FAINT daughter are visiting in st.
Joseph this week.
Mrs. A. E. Bass spent Tuesday
in st. Joseph; while here she was
the guest of Mrs. NJ. f. Lewis.
Hon. p. C. Reed, a prominent
attorney of Wagner, Oklahoma,
was Il visitor to St. Joseph this
week.
Miss May Young has been spend
ing the past week at "Live Oak"
plantation, with her sister Mrs.
Elliott Coleman. y
Miss Susie Watson, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Sid
ney Watson, in Sharkey county,
Miss, returned home on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitson jones
(nee Miss Hyacinth French) Of
Nashville, Tenn, are receiving
congratulations on the arrival of
q boy baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. M. Davidson
left, last week, for Chattanooga
and Hot Springs. Mrs. Davidson
will spend the heated term with
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Il. Baxter at
their summer home on Lookout
Mountain. Mr.. Davidson will re-
main at Hot Springs during the
month of August, where we trust
he will regain his usual good
health.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-07-23
Attend the Parish High Schools.

NEWELLTON, La, July 18Th, 1909.
To the Patrons of the High Schools:
As our High Schools are to be taught
by exceptionally strong faculties, ! wish
TO urge upon the patrons of these schools
TO continue to send your SONS and daugh-
tiers to them. We are thoroughly eq-
uiped to do high grade work and ! am
confident your children will be given the
very best instruction.
Every patriotic citizen should feel Il
pride in building up home institutions,
50, as Superintendent of your schools, !
appeal TO you not to send your children
to neighboring States, or institutions in
our State until the High School course
has been completed
From close observation and informa-
ton received from the Presidents Of our
State institutions, | feel no hesitancy in
saying that it is great mistake to send
student to one OF these institutions I'M
Ill they are thoroughly prepared to meet
the strenuous work imposed upon them.
| learn that Il large per cent Of students
that drop out of the University is caused
from the fact that they fail on the exam
nation. Rather than go over the work
the following year they withdraw from
school. 1t takes great tenacity OF pur-
pose TO overcome this failure, a. most
students look upon it as stigma.
Thorough preparation is the only RENE
dy, and feel sure that our High Schools
are now in better position than ever to
give this preparation.
THOS. NJ. WADE, Supt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-07-23
Begin Your Fall Garden.

July is the month to start plant
ing your fall garden. Anticipat-
ing the wants of our patrons, we
have just put in a stock of fresh
seeds from that reliable seed house
The American Seed Co. We will
appreciated any orders entrusted
to us.-St. Joseph Drug Co.
Jockey Club, Mocha and Java
Brand Coffee, Parched in Bean
and Ground, 3 full pounds, $l.00
Best coffee on market.
Fresh shipment White Dove
Hams at Karpe's.