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EY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Erfa Mesopotamia.-To this city,
..a ancient Odessa. I have come from
"..nno. over the route taken by count
loss armies of couquest-Turki,h,
Arab. Crusader, Persis1 Roman, Glf,
.a1 Egyptian. Assyrian, BabyloniaI
Abraham came over the same rout
f." tho Promised Land Jonah weB
this way. after trying TO go in the 9th
e." direction The heartbroken pro
ea#sl10 Of Jewish capuves came into
exile over this same stony road Now,
.n the same general direction are
pointed the German Bagdad railway
and the American Chester railway
project
urta Itself was long regarded as "Ur
OF the Chaldees," from which Abra.
ham came II has many traditional
associations with him The Arabs say
that he was such a good man that the
people of Urfa tried to make him stay
here and become their king, instead Of
going to Canaan. When he persisted
they finally took him up to the crest of
the hill, which is now crowned by the
ruins of castle Of unknown antiquity.
and threw him down. He was mirac-
ulously preserved, and landed on his
feet. Where each foot struck there
gushed forth a beautiful fountain
and there are the lovely Pools of
Abraham to this day. They are filled
with fish regarded by the Moslems as
sacred, and so tame that they fairly
crowd one another out of the water at
the approach Of a person, whom they
expect to feed them. SO thick are
the fish that yanked big fellow out
of the water by the crook of my cane
which proceeding I was advised not
to repeat, as the Moslems here are
very fanatical
A few hours below here is Harran,
' here Abraham dwelt for a time
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-02
LeproSy and BubOniC Germs luTk
in Hair Factories.
Many Children and Young Girls EH-
posed, Says Dr. Charles Graham
ROGERS, State Medical Exam
iner Of State Of New York.

New York-That danger Of leprosy
and bubonic plague turks in rats
and "puns" and that there are many
children and young girls in this city
and state who work in factories un.
der conditions almost certain to
cause painful and even fatal diseases,
were assertions made by DR.. Charles
Rogers, medical examiner of the state
department of labor. at the continua-
ton of the hearing Of the factory in
yestigauon commission
In the course Of his examination by
Abram l. Elkus, counsel for the com.
mission, DR.. Rogers was asked about
factories in which white phosphorous
matches are made
There arc two Of these factories
in this state" he answered zone is
in Brooklyn and the other is in Os-
wego Beyond question there are the
most dangerous factories In the state.
There is very great danger to en-
ployes who handle the matches and
work over the PHOSPHORUS paste The
7ii'9f-EsG3ca-+s arEr.iips AMY ot the
bones, particularly the Jaw bone, due
to the action Of the white phosphor5
GUS ls
"Msny women and children work in
these two factories and In my opinion
their employment should be prohibit.
ed. Although our present law says
that children may do nothing In such
places but pack the boxes. am quite
sure that they sort the matches This
exposes them TO as much danger as
threatens the grown men
Children. he said. should not be al
lowed TO work In calico print works,
In pearl button factories, in gas man.
tie works. In poucries or In chemical
factories Of any sort In ono pearl
button factory on Long Island he
testified he found 100 boys and girls
under the age Of lG
Every worker that examined In
iris place found 10 be suffering with
laryngts or bronchitis" he said
In factories where gas nantes are
made, he went on, he had frequently
found boys and girls IN state Of In
toXicaton due TO inhallng the alcohol
fumes arising from the collodlon used
In tho making Of the mantles In
some Of the places, he said wood al.
cohol was used
THE inhalation OF the fumes Of
this poison" he said, causes total
blindness In time completely and
permanently destroying the optic
nerves"
Germs abound IN The human hair
factories In his city, Dr Rogers tea
tlhcd, and he had found an kinds OF
bacteria, including what he firmly be
lIoyed TO be- germs Of buhonlc plague
Workers In human hair. he said. we're
exposed TO danger OF tuberculosis.
chronic Rasuitis, intestinal diseases
and assesses Of the stomach From
so to 30 per cent Of The employees In
human hair factories are growing
girls, be said
III woman with m abrasion or n
cut on her scalp we're 70 wear ono OF
these puffs," he continued, and II hap.
penod that the article contained any
Of the germs / have mentioned 30.
rious results would almost certainly
follow.
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PRISONERS ACT AS GUARDS
Men In Seattle jail Go to CouN N'
Alone and Return After A.
lournment ls ordered

Seattle, Wash.-HearIng OF me eW
in the appropriation for bis once u
made by the county commissioner
and realizing that he must con''nIs
to be shor, Of deputy sherifs sAe'l
Robert T Hodge has adopted 'hs a
pedlent Of sending prisoners 10 a'ens
court unaccompaned by deputies '''
on their parole to return
The other day the sherllf sen' 'VlA
w Dalton. charged with aOd|uOA'
down to Justice r. R Georges cUul, '
on parole, and he reported DIS arIna
at court by telephone and later ssss' s
for permission to take dinner O'''
town ., l.. ,o
mo, you come to the JAIL 10, Wv
nor, weli TX you up a warm wv ". !,
said the sheriff Dalton was Ua', ~. !.
fail In seven minutes after ne Wv
phoned
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PLANNING TO CHECK Babe,
Western Railroad Aims to esabr,n
Nurseries on All Trains With
All Comforts OF Homs.

San Francisco.-Attention, man
mas and papasl
II this legand, Check Your Baby'j
lures your glance when you enter i
passenger station don't pinch yOul
self to see II you are dreaming
Just take the baby over 10 I'D
white-garbed nurse that smiles ID
you from the portal Of the spctss|
nursery under the allurng legend gs|
your check and enjoy yourself vhlA|
baby is having the time Of lts I'D
before train time.
Or, II you are tired, you MOTH
that same nurse will 'eaeefg- h'|
comfortable couch,
The idea OF a special room d ms
being tried out by the soutAs1
Pacific at Sacramento II the ~
perience proves successful the rcCa
viii probably be established at u
the larger stations, II Is the ain .
the company to equip the rooms VIII
all the comforts Of a home,
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EscS' f'yss' y H. | StNaz
Jury Int kaYe foa rvlA for First
Degr n , ,rim 1t Did Moth

Western n N.yspa%H W. News Service.
Dewitt. l. ssjn erin, convicted
for the murder o.. mis- wife a few days
ago, was sentenced to q years in the
pententary,
The jury intended to return an IN
dlctment for murder in the first de.
gree against McFerrin, but their yer.
dict read as follows: 1--WE, the jury,
find defendant guilty Of murder as
charged in the Indictment" The In.
dictmont covers the several degrees
OF murder and The law requires that
the degree be named in the verdict.
on account Of this defective yer.
dict, the attorneys for the defense
filed a motion In arrest Of judgment,
which was sustained by the court
The defendant pleaded guilty and ac.
ceptcd a sentence OF q years
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When Fathers Are HumbIed.

Euclid entered the stadium looking
blue and dIscom6ted
His associates held aloof for a
while, expecting the great problomIst
to throw off his gloomy air
But they waited In vain
When they continued together and
finally selected T,mmyanus to ap.
proach the master
"What is II dIsqulct8 you. great
onco" Quotb the messenger IN his
sof'cgt poIononogIan
Euclid looked around
arm tell you Tlmmy" he replied.
My little girl came home from school
last night and asked me TO show her
how 10 do one Of her geometry prob.
lens an by iInPs, couldn't do &c."
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ex.Gabn Boy, Ruler Of Wa.khkuku
Tribe, Retlrea TO More simple
LIto In English Metropolis,

London Tho pbdleated king OF tho
VA. A.KisRuku, n tribe OF horeo, treaeh'
crouB East African sayages, has come
to London and n strange tale he has
to tell OF his three years reign.
He In not, ms one might suppose, a
big painted and bcfoatherod thick.
Tipped black warrior, with n name
that no white man could pronounce,
but n short, dulotspoken Yorkshire
man, named John lioyos,
Boyea started lifo M cabin boy
and cook on board North Sea hshlng
smack, but, passing that over, ho
said,
1T was 20 get cereals from the
Ri'kuRu country that | first mnde nm
expedition into the country that /
was destined TO rule for three yeara
II got what came tor ana prom.
ieed TO come bnck, which ana this
time with the intention OF staying"
lie started by drilling tho nat,vs
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A.. mn. n. NnrthMestern.

chIcopo-A new "slow down "s'
was erected the other day along W
speedway Of love at Northwestern WV, ~,
yorsIty. In segregated chape, - NV ~
MARY potter the new dean OF 'ne " ',
eds. announced that hereafter !, ,,,. w,.
callers at willard dormItory WIN .,,. .a.
10 provide themselves win two cns, y,
one for tho colleo aud the o'ne' J, ~. ~
herself. II the dean approves .. ...,,, A.,
visitor he will be admitted oIne,,% ,,'0,,o,
and Miss Potter made the sl,u'0v' ,''
oul,o cloar-ho will stay outside W
dIgnntIon over the new rullng " S's% ',".
among the goods and the men y"
dents affected,
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after leaving the city Of Ur, down be-
low Babylon Here he sent for a wife
for his son, and Rebeccas well. is
favorte place of resort for pious Mos
lens. Its genuineness is quite prob.
able, considering the unquesuoned
antiquity Of many wells in Asia.
An American Womans Fame.
Looming larger than even Father
Abraham In modern Urfa is Miss Shat.
tuck, a missionary Of the American
board, who spent about thirty years
OF her life here, until her death last
spring Miss Shattuck was an ex.
.raordinary instance Of how an Ameri.
can woman of force can carve out a
unique career for herself in a foreign
land Her name is easily the best
known in the city and all the varied
work Of the American mission sUll
goes by It. She was the head Of the
municipal school board, as well as the
manager Of series Of Industrial
schools maintained by the mission,
and an elaborate system Of home In.
dustries by Armenian women who had
lost their husbands IN the 1896 massW
ere. She also ran an orphanago and
a blind school and did direct mission.
airy work besides.
For the past twenty years this Spar
tan Massachusetts woman did her
work With only one lung Yet she
spared herself mo- rrora she slept ON
r.#go bed n her Office and lived
m.". un native food When travel
|. ... would .hwo her fare with the
....... She has been known TO
.... .. N.r work. lU order 20 nurse
..... ..a through The crisis Of Tho
#H. aho bad plenty OF dig
... ... .I0u CHILLED for g. a
.Hu wU. visiting her want
.. H..na0lH Well but the
.... ont of pure cussed
IN. escort of soldiers "a
.... are entitled when
dangerous parts OF The
" a.HImoN with flashing
.. H.. hu. and coat and
.Ornt into the mutosarif'
.. whom he was holding coun
..r0uH Turkish she de
. explanation Of The insult
.... u true oriental fashion
nur blamed 90 olI ON the my
.#.u cUmur the lotor of
.."n u nIn lnooD IN the pobcneYo
mn. wU.r u0uuao.lar8'
WHnnI MISS shottuek waa onP
woman and I'm Turkey whore wfmei
have mo- standing The recent basfa
ere of Armeulans broke her hoaft an'
fastened her death. She crifd owe
II almost continuously, after be me-"
reached her, 4
Armenans and ReVolutlen'
There are those IN this ptri OF IN.
world who bunuy say that u g Armen'
ons are not worth any sucn snorlno'
as h'ss shOttuck and hott OF otho
nmefeen missionaries haYo MADE 10
nom VI here, on the odte OF the ao
ui'n, slteeom OF Armeyia, The a.
me- ian aa perennial QUESTION, lie u
nimpie wltted--tar moro 80 than an
OF nls nelshbors- --pro) )grosslye an'
prosperous lIe veta ! along bette
th"h the Turk or the lturd or the jew
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7~rS0~NSN-N-e11.
ton she learned that the ,,..,
were plotting to destroy pets,,ssa
oy name, She rode at b,e,s'a
speed to the Union camp ANA .,.]
tears In her eyes petitioped , way
lieutenant, named Samuel Io,,
this city, to send a force o, nj, ~
TO Interfere with the busbvb,.t'.j
and save her parents and bome II,l
tenant Long granted her reOves, ~
the young woman, with the Uplor n
icer, led the men back to the h,.1
and routed the plotters.
Lieutenant Long became great, :,
tached to the fair soutren lass "a,
parents, however would not cOow,
to the match on account Of IOns h.
ing a northerner. Finally she decide
to marry Long without her parent,
consent.
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Laky Tom

"The season Of the summer girl is
one Of roses" said n noted Atlantic
City lIfo guard 81 overheard yoster.
day conversation between two sum.
mor girls. stretched on the sand un.
der red parasol that chccrcd me up
Hike the sight Of the first swallow In
spring. Don't you md Tom rather
rough" said the older summer girl
Yes, ! do replied the other, and
yet ho says he gbayos every day,
tool"
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wife Murderer 10 Hana

Pine Bluff w. r. Nichols, who
murdered his wife, Mrs Minnie E
Nichols, by slashing her throat with
pocket knife when she went To her
homo on the Warren ro0d near this
city on the afternoon Of Scptombor
l6 10 got her lhroo children, was son,
lonecd to 0o hanged by Judge A, u.
Grace IN the Jefferson circuit eour,
The date Tor his execution was fixed
Tor January 3. Nichols was convict.
cd Of n first degree murder charge
by jury on october 20
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chsap and Cynical.

MIag Virginia Gldorrlcoyo, dean Of
Barnard college, said oDcc' There In
nothing | dislike moro than cheap
oyniclsmg at the expense Of mAtrl'
mony Nothing Ia easter than to ey,
cite the mirth Of the foolish by some
such giib ergram ma Rogers. It
makes no difference whom you marry,
for you always nnd next day that you
have married somebody else"
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nnnnrd al plano,

bethlehem. Pa The worlds l'Vv,s v,s
for "long.dIstance" piano play,"sa a,uls
taken from Charles Wright o. p ~s,a
Creek, Mich, lew days ago ,,' 'Iss he
Harry A Bennett OF Boston Os" .sccut.
record by ono hour and 'hreo 's,S s,Ssvr
then almost collapsed from ., sI"S ao"r,
tIon The former reeoro WIS
and 10 minutes ,oo.l store
Dcnncl performed IN " ,aOC. lOC" ,oIns
window and kept both "''''
continuously
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and covered like prairie schooner
Without baggage or If content to go
at an araba's pace, one may ride
horseback. The nights are spent in
khans, and these afford no accommo-
dation except the shelter of bare
room, without he'd, table or chair The
foreigner, II he arrives early enough,
can generally secure a room to him.
self, such as It is, and not reckoning
the eyer-present yermln
Some Of the roads are fair; some
stretches are worse than the worst
America knows, Most of the traffic
Is by donkey and camel caravans, and
these patient beasts, .th their deep
sounding and musical bells, bearing
great loads Of hemp and grain, may
be passed at all hours Of the day and
night They travel In companies, for
mutual protection. Foreigners are ex.
pocted 10 have an escort of one or
more 2epuehs, or soldiers, but those
unkempt fellows are a nuisance, and
mere petty grartcrs. No American
would count much on the protection
Of one Of them A 2epueh Of mine
dropped his rife In the road and
wagon ran over II! He wanted me to
buy him a new one.
one Of the most picturesque Of the
ruins on the way here Is at MombIL
the Old Bcmbigie. from which bomba.
zine cloth takes its name. The Ro.
mans called the city uorlopulls. The
abundant memorials Of ancient great.
ness are now used TO make houses and
fences, columns, corUIcos, capitals, IN.
scrlp,fus and great cut blocks OF
marie are all employed IN the miFcr.
abb, buildings Of the present resi-.
dents The reason for the fences IN
the lonceloss east IS that the govern.
mQut has settled a colony Of Moslcm
| Cfcasslans here, and they represent
| O type Of European ways, as contrast
" with Oriental
Ii Hghwaymen Out OF Work.
y This region In the past has been
| famous for lb lawosuoss. Here IL
was that David Fraser London jour,
lualist, was shot by 0u Arab, a short
I time ago, Everybody goes armed,
and a good part Of the foreigners
protection Is the display Of hls mod.
orn weapons The Arabs at the cross.
uR Of the Euphratos are particular
! ly ylllOnous looking lot The worst
Of them all wore u ministerial frock
coat. along with his other ralment, be.
meath his Arabian abeyah fear that
In its better days that now green and
shiny coat kept n missionary warm,
hope when II was taken away from
him the poor man was left with some
other raimont. II IN q fayorltc Arat
trick 20 leave their victims clad only
IN the Edeno fashion, This was espe
eially embarrassing In tho case o
two tourists, n lady and n gentleman
comparative strangers 10 each other
who had strnycd together n short dis
taneo from their hotel, when tb'
Arabs held thom AZ,
This particular thug with the froel
coat carried, In plain sight, dagger
a sword, n pistol and shot gun, IA
turned out 10 be an of'lcer OF the ham
idieh, or irregular police, and he ~
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sured me that | was safe under his
protection. a gratuitous remark that
did not elicit the expected backsheesh.
1t is true that the road is notably
safer, since the advent OF the new
regime at Constantinople.
1t used to be that Ibrahim Pasha,
the great Kurdish shiek had name
higher than the governments herea-
bouts. He terrorized the whole coun-
try, destroying entire villages at his
pleasure. Of course, he paid back.
sneesh to Abdul Hamid, who winked
at his highwaymanry. From all that
can learn, Ibrahim Pasha played a
fairer game than the sultan. He had
thirty thousand men under his com
mand, and ruled them with an iron
hand. The Young Turks properly ne-
cided that there could be but one pow
or in a civilized government, so they
broke Ibrahim Pashas sway by meas
ures more severe than any he ever
adopted. He was slain, his sons i'm
prisored and his family practically ex-
tirpated, while the villages of many OF
his followers were destroyed with the
rapine and cruelty for which the Turk
is noted
An American Habit-Ar Asiatic In
dustry.
That there should be a direct rela-
tiouship between the American habit
Of chewing tobacco and the prosperity
of thousands Of natives in Asia Minor,
Syria and Mesopotamia, is one of the
many paradoxes Of this world that is
daily growing smaller Chewing tobac-
co requires licorice, and licorice grows
here, so thousands Of natives make a
poor livelihood by gathering the root,
which they sell to the agents Of the
McAndrews, Forbes company, branch
of the American Tobacco company, at
the rate Of one cent for two and
three-quarters pounds. This company
has introduced not a few innovations
out here, one Of them an automobile
which has gone even to Bagdad. AS
it scoots about the desert, the natives.
lost in wonder, cry: "M'sh Allah"
Huge stacks Of licorice root, des-
tined to find its way into the mouths
of American children, by way of the
drug stores or Of their elders, by way
of the tobacco shops, are stored out
side of the city Of Aleppo This city.
by the way, one of the oldest in his
tory, IS already in process OF rejuvena-
tion, since both the American and
German railway projects make it a
junction point of the first importance.
Among the signs Of new life is an
elaborate new Hotel d'Amerique,"
which is really a hotel, and not a
khan. Aleppo will bear watching.
Copyright 1911, by Joseph b. Bowles)
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looked to him for the ram ,""' Aim
not come they sought to Inuruv' ,SS, I
Ru, the proyldcnrlol capture Of '.Io.d ,ss@
chief saved his llro Then tne 'V"S, y" S,r
Tor rain came and all we're nr'OI l'D q, If 4
suodcd ,ho, hc was responsible ''' "
Thon Mr. Hoyos Qull
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Paris s,-The farmers are practically
through gathering this years cotton
crop, great Natt OF which Ia being
held for better prices, From all In
dlcntlons this scrtlon win not mako
more than three e'ourths OF last years
crop,
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sheridan.--Ths Arkansas Natural
Gas Company ts laying pipes IN
Sheridan, and within q short time the
inhabitants win Sc supplied with
natural gas ron the Lbuisiana fields,
Nearly ali ta citizens will use the
gas, and I'd is fa a that many farmers
along the hha are auN ogsly awaiting
the time when VII be furnished TO
their homr Nbic9 he gas company
officials So vfAshe done in the fl.
tura fN
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e,v.csn, stores Mefvs' =,

FIVc'Cont o'V'N IA eofi,hlnk
Now yore-A WORLDWIDE 'V with 4
tlon OF 3 and lO'cen' s.o,' .oO ,os beeu
capitalization Of $4,000 OVV V,,,""oolyorth, "o
announced by Frank W WON, IN As
/, viii embrace coo stores ..a N can.
United states, Great llrlla,u ,1u,slaeu S d
ada These are dolns p0'"
$50 ,000,O 900 a year,
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Rogers s-Ths opening OF the new
100000 Rogers high school wus cello
brated herc with an Appropriate pro
gram, A parade df 200 school children
marched from the Main street TO IN,
school building.
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Reaaon Tor Belno.

"You seem surprised to see me1"
81 am"
why, don't you remember prom.
ieod TO come In today and settle that
bill7"
"Yes that's why am aurprisod,"
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Worries oyerbalance our Joys be-
cause 30 few OF us are content with
just bearing the burdens Of today;
we insls, on pillng on our shoulders
M many cares Of the future M we
can ltek on,
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Forrest C3tv &0ePWr Sheriff Guy
ADDel of lie, fut-. arden a. c.
Smith Of The sale fr enuary ana
Superintendent ,8oX 'n has charge
of the Lee couIy road york, passed
through Forrest sty sn ute to Mari
anna, with q gaIs Of onyicts' VINO
will be put 70 FORK b the olneF
conyicts on Che county Dads Of Lee
county.
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Little Ir.E-V. r Alt er, FORMER
money o.n erik in e ArseAIa
postofice, who plead 81 .ty 10 one
count and s aviCJed Ga 70 otners
in the Tn Sltes dlstr ct court Oh
the charg g sing app icauons loi
money orc "a emDe17 emenL was
sentenced J tiyl years Imprisonment
in the fec ral isou at .tlanta Ca
by Judge frieh1.
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Jonesboro.-C Ar bishop p years
of age. brother 4 Connty Treasurer
George Bishop. & shot ard instanu!
killed at 15. tbs tr9tdy oeiHs
due, it is cal3, 10 fanny trouOIes'
A man named iller is charged Wi'H
the crime and 11eers are 4 hot pur'
suit.
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Jonesboro -Tlk jurg a the case OF
Mrs Della Jones rs. t Ohio Handle
and Manuftcaur be- c. Dany in the
second division IL Ill :" ircuit court,
returned yersici 81 ayor OF the
plaintiff for s5,9 2 action was
brought BY no rlaSi as a result
Of the husband Of Mr Jones being
killed about .wt years go by being
hit with piece # timbe' while work
ing for the -aUIany
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sss.ss.ses psssssss
: All Oya rarkansaS {:
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Sherida a l endemic OF hog
cholera prevails n and around SheFi,
dan. Ma pe .e have .ost all OF
their mea hogs 7nG uow ne smaile'
ones are reccn1g affected with the
disease.
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Fort 81 LIZA 81 that in all
probabilit txsAs whether boards OF
eQualizatl 500 members have
been appa & aglder the disputed
Turner-Jae, sSc FeveAue measure are
legal was hled ID tire circuit court by
I. H. Nakdimera salisaw (Okla)
banker, in whlca Ha ssAes the court
to set aside an assess,aent Of s32,500
on his Garrisop avenae building there,
The tax assessor assessed the build.
ing at S22500.
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NEx<skzzaHzzx1 zzzzzzxz11SA
cheAvMKNG
r,l[7(=l45E5s

Over the Worlds Oldest 7oute-The
Ancient Highway Across Mesopo-
tamis VIII Again Be a Main Artery
CO Trade and Travel