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MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
Dan Rice in His Memoirs Tells In
side Mysteries of Show Life.

Dan Rice in His memoirs Tells In
side Mysteries of Show Life.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guaran-
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public a
volume of the great TESTERS most
pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of adj
venture, original songs and poetical
e~ffusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings Of
the sawdust Arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous zone Horse Show" was more
of a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard street,
New York.
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BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

II have been a coffee drinker, more
or less, ever since l can remember,
until a few months ago / became
more and more and irritable,
and finally I could not sleep at night,
for l was horribly disturbed by
dreams of all sorts and a species of
distressing nightmare.
Finally, after hearing the exper-
fence Of numbers of friends who had
quit coffee and were drinking Pos
tum. and learning Of the great ben
ef1ts they had derived, l concluded
coffee must be the cause of my trou-
BILE, so / got some Postum and had it
made strictly according to directions.
II was astonished at the favour
and taste. It entirely took the place
Of coffee. and to my very great salts
faction / began to sleep peacefully
and sweetly. My nerves improved.
and l wish / could wean every man.
woman and child from the unwhole-
some drug-ordinary coffee.
people really do not appreciate or
realize what a powerful drug it is and
what terrible effect 1t has on the hui
man system. If they did, hardly a
pound of it would be sold. / would
never think of going back to coffee
again. / would almost as soon think
Of putting my hand in a fire after 1
had once been burned.
"A young lady friend Of ours had
stomach trouble for q long time. and
could not get well as long as she
used coffee. She finally quit coffee
and began the use of Postum, and is
now perfectly well. Yours for
health"
Read @The Road to Wellville,s In
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from dime 70 time. They
~ genuine. true, and fun Of human
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DREAM MAKES HIM MURDERER
Crazy Man Kills Wife, Wounds Sor
and Commits Suicide.

Chicago, Ill.-Awaking from a
nightmare with the hallucination that
he had beer directed by some phan.
tom of his dreams to leave the world,
Gustave Herring, fifty-four years old,
killed his wife and committed suicide
in his home, No. 218S North Fran
cisco avenue.
His son, twenty-four years old, at
tempted to disarm Herring after he
had shot the woman and Herring
MORALLY wounded him. 1t is believed
that Herring also intended to shoot
his daughter, sixteen years old, who
slept beside her mother, and was pre-
vented from carrying out this part OF
his purpose by the Interference OF the
sor.
Herring had not been in business
for almost four years. and two years
ago he began 10 show Signs of mental
arrangement. He became quarrel
some and made the home unhappy,
but his wife and children humored
him because they realized be was
not mentally responsible.
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BOY GAMELY FIGHTS
NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL
Caught in Current as He Took
a Swim.
STREAM SWEPT HIM TO DEATH
He Deliberately Turned Down the
Stream and Tricl te Swim
Through Whirlpool-Sank FL
nally After Beating Record.

Niagara Falls, N. august Spo-
rer, an eighteen-year-old boy, OF this
city, went to his death In the whirl-
pool rapids after a gallant battle with
the large waves between the lower
bridges and the pool.
With three companions Sporer
went for a swim In the river at the
old Maid of the Mist landing. He
struck out at once for the middle of
the stream and then turned toward
the bridges. His companions called
to him to turn back, for the current
is very swift at that point, but he
kept on down stream and was caught
in the great sweep, the first break
from the smoother waters to the rap
ids.
The boy battled for a time against
the current, but to no avail. Then,
evidently realizing that he was be-
yond human help and was to be car
ried through the rapids, which took
the life of the Englishman, Captain
Webb, and which have resisted every
unaided human effort-at passage, he
deliberately turned down stream and
began a fight to live through the rap
ids.
Not in all the history of the river
has such a stanch attempt been wit
messed, observers say. Although but
a frail boy, Sporer went into the rap
ids, swimming strongly. and held his
own until he struck the giant wave
which curls up opposite the old bat
terry elevator. Then he went under,
and for a second was lost to sight Of
the score of people who stood on the
lower arch bridge.
Again and again he disappeared,
only to reappear, each time lighting
desperately against the terrible cur
rent, but when within 800 yards Of
the whirlpool his strength gave out,
he sank, and was lost to view. Even
then he swum perhaps 100 yards fur
Their than Captain Webb did.
The body could be seen in the
whirlpool, where rivermen waited for
it to be brought far enough in shore
to be caught.
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Youthful Definitions.

Once upon a time a-child who was
asked upon an examination paper to
define a mountain range, replied: ga
large-sized cook stove" The same
method of reasoning seems to go
with older growth. "A recent exam
inatioh paper at the Sheffield Scien-
tifc School at Yale contained the
question: What is the office of the
gastric juice?" And the answer on
one paper said "The stomach
Cleveland Leader.
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XIII Agent at His Post.

Stanford, KY. = ]. c. Engleman,
agent of the Queen and Crescent, al
Kings Mountain, was assassinated in
his office. He was shot in the back
of the head.
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Fulfilling Instructions.

The managing editor wheeled his
chair around and pushed a button in
the wall. The person wanted en-
tered. Here" said the editor. "are
q number of directions from outsid-
ers as to the best way to run a news
paper. See that they are all car
ried out"
And the ofice-boy, gathering them
all into a large w~astebasket, did so.
The Green Bag.
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MarxeIous coincidence.

While trying an old woman on a.
charge of stealing fagots a Judge who
had acquired the habit of thinking
aloud u~neonsciously exclaimed:
"Why, one fagot is as like another
fagot as one egg is like another egg"
The counsel defending the case
heard the observation and repeated
1t to the jury, whereupon the Judge
cried: "Stop; 1t is an Intervention
Of Providence. This was the very
thought that passed through my
mind. Gentlemen addressing the
jury, acquit the prisoner London
News.
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A SUICIDE.
Judge Washburn Formed Omnibus
Society to Danish Poverty.

Wellesley, Mass.-Ex-Judge Chas.
E. Washburn committed suicide at
his home by shooting himself. Three
years ago his eldest son was drowned
while skating at Lake Waban. He
was f1fty-eight years old and had
lived in Wellesley about thirty years.
He had always taken a prominent
part in town affairs and drew up the
original bylaws of the town.
He was a graduate of Cornell, and
for many years was trial justice at
Wellesley. He also had been prin-
cipal of the Needham. Wrentham and
Wellesley high schools.
About a year ago Judge Washburn
formed the Omnibus Society In an at.
tempt to Danish poverty and estab.
fish a National system of social econ.
omy. The society included all sorts
of people, from millionaires to
Chinese laundrymen.
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sUncle Tom" Court House DESTROYED

"Uncle Tom" Court House Destroyed.
Lexington, Ky.-The Court House
at Washington, Mason County, in
which Uncle Tom" of Uncle Toms
Cabin fame was sold, was struck by
lightning and destroyed. The build
ing was erected in 1894. 1t was the
sale of the aged negro that gave Har-
riet Beecher Stowe the basis for her
story.
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An Edited Personal.

The kind of personals the women
send in: Miss Jeanette Alice Marie
Evans, of Topeka, ard Miss Rather
inc Catherwood Lane Jones, of st.
Joe. are visiting Miss Louise Hyde
Brownfeld Peats, at No. 1874 Lin
coin street" The way it appears in
the paper: Misses Jenie Evans, of
Topeka, and Kate Jones. of st. Joe,
are visiting Miss Lou Peats. At
Gibson Globe. N.Y.-S4
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MONEY poIsoNs GIRL CASHIER.
Germs From Tainted Greenbacks
Cause Rash on Her Face.

New Brunswick, N. THAT Eta
White, cashier in a store here has
been poisoned by money, is the belief
of the physician who treated her for
a peculiar rash which has broken out
on the left side of her face. He also
thinks her case should be Q warning
to persons who have to count much
money daily, not to-pause and rest
their chin in their hand in the pro-
cess, as that, he believes, caused Miss
Whites af1iction.
A few days ago the left side of the
young woman's face broke out in a
rash. Her physician is of the opinion
there was poisonous matter on some
of the banknotes she handled.
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Tea Grown In Oregon.

A citizen Of Hubbard, Peter Loer,
has demonstrated the fact that the
nnest quality of Japan tea can be C
cessfully grown in Hubbard and in all
parts OF Oregon. He has a large
patch of land planted to tea, which is
growing nicely and is very thrifty.
He raised a small quantity of tea last
year, which he readily disposed of to
Portland merchants at 81 a pound.
The merchants offer to pay that price
for good tea raised in Oregon.
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France worried Over Tariff.

Paris.-The announcement that
the present tariff agreement with the
United States will come to an end
October 81 has caused much anxiety
here. The hope is expressed that the
Government will avoid a tariff a.
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Scared the Fish.

Argyll fishermen protest against
torpedo practice being carried on In
the Firth of clyde and the Kilbran-
nan sound by warships.
They contend that it scares the fish
from the firth and that the herring
fishing is being gradually ruined. At
a mass meeting at Campbelltown It
was declared that not a box Of her.
rings has been landed since the fleet
came, whereas the weekly average
before raj f300.-London Graphic.
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times my arms were numb. l was
dull and miserable all the time and
hoped for death to relieve me. Doan's
Kidney Pills soon brought improve
ment, and finally made me a well
woman"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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BY CABLE.
Miss Eliins' Marriage

Miss ElkinS' Marriage.
London.-King Edwards aid is in
voked to overcome Queen Margher-
ita's opposition to the marriage Of
the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss
Katherine Elkins, by Americans in
the Kings set in London.
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UMBRELLA CAUSES DEATH
Hides Trains Approach and Man Car
rying 1t is Run Down.

Hackensack, N. Eugene Caro-
nina, who was employed in the Office
of a fire insurance company in New
York City and who lived in Ridgefield
Park, was killed at the Ridgefield
Park station as he alighted from a
Susquehanaa train. He started to
cross the tracks of the West Shore
Railroad with his umbrella up, and
that prevented his seeing or hearing
an express train which struck him.
He was alive when picked up, and
was brought to the hospital here, but
soon died.
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GOV. CONFER SIGNS INCOME TAX
Act Makes Alabama First State to
Ratify Amendment.

Montgomery, Ala.-Alabama State
is the first to approve the proposed
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
tion which provides for an income
tax.
Governor Conner signed the ratify-
ing resolution recently passed by the
Legislature. He is in thorough ac-
cord with the movement. The resolu-
ton was passed unanimously by the
Senate, and in the House there were
only two votes against it.
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H. z. Kehs, rural mail carrier of
Schwenkville, Pa, witnessed a novel
fight between three ~blackbirds and
a snake. After a fierce but unde-
cisive fight, lasting fully a half hour,
the birds flew away and the snake
crawled into its hiding place.
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Lake vanishes in a Night.

Beautiful Lake Como. in Hokah.
Mimi, a suburb of La Crosse, disap-
peared during the night, and when
the residents of the village arose next
morning they saw only the sandy
bottom. A dam 300 feet long at the
foot of the lake had broken.
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SHOT IN DUEL WITH WOMAN
Man Seriously Injured and Sister-in-
Law is Arrested.

Orange, Texas.-E. H. Rice and
his sister-in-law, Mrs. A. Smith,
fought in the street with revolvers
as the result of domestic troubles.
Rice vas taken home with three bull
lets in his body and the woman was
taken to jail.
Mrs. Rice and her sister, Mrs.
Smith, were at the Rice home when
Mrs. Rice announced her intention of
leaving her husband. He followed
the two women to the street armed
with a pistol and the fight followed.
Several shots were exchanged.
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Having taken your wonderful Casca.
rets' for three months and being entirely
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia.
I think a word of praise is due to
'Cascsrets' for their wonderful compost
ton. ! have taken numerous other So
called remedies but without avail. and /
End that Cascarets relieve more in q day
than all the others I have taken wouldin
. year. James McGune,
9 Mercer St.. Jersey City, N. ].
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken Weaken Or Grjne
10c. Csc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The PEN
uine tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. 9l9
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Enraged because he had been tilted
Harry Bliss, of Portsmouth, Ohio,
eighteen years old, shot and fatally
wounded Miss Minnie Clarke, seven-
teen, at 2 crowded street corner.
When Miss Clarke refused 10 return
a ring Bliss drew a revolver and shot
her through the back, the bullet PEN
etrating the right Iusx
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BY way of expediting the trans
mission of letters, the Belgium postal
authorities have recommended that
all letters intended TO: Brussels
should be enclosed in red envelopes,
those for other Belgium points in
yellow, and foreign letters in green
envelopes.
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A Western school journal is re-
sponsible for the story that a youth
full pupil in the history class wrote
the following statement: "The Amer
lean war of independence took place
because the colonies refused to SUBJ
NIT to taxation without temptation
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"sHoRT," sCRIBBLEs PARALYTIc

r. E. Stevenson, Cashier of Rose City
Bank, Becomes SPECIFICS.
Little Rock, Ark.-"Short," scrib-
bled r. E. Stevenson, cashier of the
Rose City Bank, when stricken with
paralysis.
Stevenson's wife handed the paper
to the bank officials, who announced
S~tevenson's shortage as $4,000.
Stevenson had not regained speech
after six days.
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Baseball Causes Boys Death

At Chicago Benson Smith, four,
teen years old, was killed by a pitched
baseball that struck him on the right
ear. He had been catching in a game,
and as he turned to leave his post the
pitcher, Martin Bailey, pitched an
other ball That hit Smith. He died in
2 few minutes.
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MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

Medical Examination.
II you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease mail US a postal re-
questing a medical examination blank,
which you will fill out and return to
US. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and IL you can be
cured you will be told SO; II you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to us in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you e fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to us as promptly as possible,
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Sc WOMEN TAXPAYERS VOTE
Cast Their Ballots to Bond Waterloo
Village For Sewers.

Waterloo, N. Waterloo had a
taste of woman's suffrage when fifty
six women taxpayers were allowed to
cast their ballots with I'll male
voters on a proposal for a 100000
bond issue to provide a complete
sewage system for the village.
The election passed without Incl
dent, and only fourteen spoiled bal
lots were discarded by the tellers in
making the count. The bond issue
was approved by a largo majority.
The election was made necessary
by a legal technicality which invali-
dated a similar election three months
ago, when the proposed bond issue
was Endorsed by the people.
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The Road to Her Heart.

But what made you irritate her
father"
Il had to do It. I wasn't any too
popular with the girl until her father
forbade me the house."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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2s5.7e7 swedes on strike.

2S5, 767 Swedes on Strike.
Stockholm.-The striking work
men of Sweden continue to return to
work. Out of a total of 100000
workmen engaged in Swedish indus
tries, 285,762 are on strike, put
small groups of these men are con-
tinually returning to their labors
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en- suffer untold mis-
cry. Ailing kidneys
are the u Cure
them. Mrs. e. G.
Corbin, "a N. Depot
St.. Dalton, Ca. y
my body was racked
with kidney h
and pains, and m
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N1ASo IxAH1llo IIHIAAhSOs
London.-King Edwards aid is in
voked to overcome Queen Margher-
ita's opposition to the marriage of
the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss
Katherine Elkins, by Americans in
the Kings set in London.
Regent Rules in Abyssinia.
Adds Abeba, Abyssinia.-In view
of the precarious health of King Men,
elk, full powers of regency have been
granted to Ras Tesama, the guardian
of Prince Lidj Jeassu, the heir pre-
sumptive to the throne.
No Jap. Warship For Fulton Fetes.
Tokio.-Vice-Admiral Saito, Min
lister of Marine, expressed regret that
Japan cannot be represented at the
Hudson-Fulton celebration, owing to
the distance from Japan to New York.
Mrs. Parkhurst Coming.
Londen.-Mrs. Parkhurst, the suf-
fragette leader, will make q trip to
the United States and will deliver a
series of addresses in the larger cities
there.
China Awaits Japan's Proposals.
Pekin, China.-China has agreed to
the Japanese proposition to reopen
the negotiations regarding the An
tung-Mukden Railroad at Mukden at
such time as Japan selects and awaits
propositions from Japan relating to
Manchuria.
2S5, 1877 Swedes on Strike.
Stockholm.-The striking work
men of Sweden continue to return TO
work. Out of a total of 100000
workmen engaged in Swedish indus
tries, 285, 1852 are on strike, but
small groups of these men are con-
tinuaIly returning to their labors.
Turkey is dissatisfied.
Constantinople.-The Porte has de-
cided to address a more energe.lc
note to Greece, In which 1t VIII pc
stated that Greece's reply 10 the
Turkish note concerning crete is I'M
satisfactory.
France Worried Over Tariff.
Paris.-The announcement that
the present tariff agreement with the
United States will come TO an END
October 81 has caused much anxiety
here. The hope is expressed mat the
Government will avoid a tariff war.
Bolivia's New President.
La Paz, Bolivia.-Ellidoro Villazon
was inaugurated President OF the Re-
public Of Bolivia to succeed lsmail
Monies.
President Gomez Acclaimed.
Caracas.-Acting President Gomez
was enthusiastically acclaimed Pro-
visional President of Venezuela.
Ambassador White Entertained.
Beriin.-Henry White, American
Ambassador to France, and Mrs.
White were entertained at luncheon
by Emperor William and the Empress
at Wilhelmshohe.
Leopold tc Sell Royal Paintings.
Brussels.-King Leopold has an
nounced that he will place q Q
ern paintings in the royal gallery on
sale next November.
New War Minister.
Berlin.-General 0 Heeringen.
commander of the Second Army
Corps, was appointed Prussian Minis
ter OF War by Emperor William.
Aviation pof $4,000.
Parisx tx continental Daily Mail
nnnon~ ! nrize OF 5000 for the
aviAto erine the greatest distance.
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New American Vessels.

Washington, D. c. During last
month 143 sail and steam vessels OF
1858 gross tons were built in the
United States, according to a state.
ment issued by the Bureau of Naviga.
ton.
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Admiral Thomson Dead.

Seattle. - Rear Admiral Judah
Thomson. U. S. N, retired, died at
Providence Hospital after a long i'll.
ness, aged sixty-seyen.
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Five Children KiIIed NV T,.;r

When driving to church in Frisbee
Station, Mo-, five children of a II.
Hyde, Q farmer, were killed by a st.
Louis n a Francisco train which
struck their wagon.
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Chicks Doing Well :?

If Not. Learn Why from a Book Costing
Less Thar the Value of One Chicken.."....
Whether you raise Chickens for fun or profit, you wan to do it inteIigenhy and
offer a book telling all you need to know on the subjet-a book written by a man
who mad hsE living for % years in Raising Poultry, ant in that time necessarily had
to experiment ad spend much money to earn the best way to- conduct the business
for the small sum of Is CENTS in postage stamps. 1t tells you how to Detect and Cure
Disease, how to Feed for Eggs, and also for Market, which Fowls to, Save for Breed
ing pumpC ssSa a6 IND "a a6O f. eEq TyRTp you g aust GE neg z he ST T NPs 70 make a
Book PUBLISHING HOUSE. 1s4 Leonard ST.. ~. y. City.
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Don't dope yourself for every little pain.
1t only hurts your stomach. Such pain
little rubbing with Hamlins Wizard Oil
will stop it Immediately.
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The largest locomotive in the
world has been built in Chicago for
the Southern Pacific Railroad. 1t
weighs 1875 tons without the tender.
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American Killed in Monte Carlo.

At Monte Carlo, Italy, Ned Mar.
shall, who is described as an "Ameri-
lean millionaire" was killed by a hos
pital guard, who escaped.
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La Paz, Bolivia.-Ellidoro Villazon
vas inaugurated President OF the Re-
public of Bolivia to succeed lsmail
Monies.
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The Cause Of Insomnia.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softens the gums reduces indamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle.
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General Funston Ruvs a Eorn

Leavenworth, Kan. - Brigadier.
General Frederick w. Funston has
purchased a farm at Highlands, Ala
media County, California, which he
intends to make his home when he
retires from the army.
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DISCOURAGED WOMEN.

A Word Of Hope For Despairing Ones.
Kidney trouble makes weak. weary,
worn women. Backache, hip pains,
dizziness, headaches. nervousness,
languor. urinary troubles make wom-
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Postal Man Heads Chicago Police.

AOstc1 HHNH 1ICauS OIICdgU TUIICe.
Colonel Leroy T. Steward, super
i~ntendent of carriers in the Chicago
p%ostofice, has been appointed Chief
of Police by Mayor Busse, of Chicago.