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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-01
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

\, Buffalo: Buffalo. ; Montreal, g.
At Jersey City: Jersey C!ty. Ia.
Providence. >.
AT Newark: Newark. 6. Baltimore.
At Rochester: Rochester. 6. To-
rOntO. O.
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REDS FALL BEFORE ADAMS

fiiIisontsh. May Si.-wIth the exeen,,on
-. VINO made a. single and tr,nia
. Aa4't Z. had the erstwhue cheAty RED ,,,,
.nB tHroush hoops th!s afternoon. n,s -..l, 10y,
Leach ana I.ciield Ie>r ,,t.
JON me CUBS AZ Boston KIM, ,,oIr ~
20 10 ERE! clarke iaiz morning. IN. 80.
Cincinnati I,,,, sc0re'
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ONLY TWO HITS
JFF MORRISSEY
Shoemakers Fail to Find "Dea-
CON- and Are Shut Out by
Score of 3 to o.
Especial TO The Times-Dispatch.

Newport News. Va. May 81
Deacon Morrissey canic back at the
Lyncheurg Shoemakers to-day and
smut them out with two hits. Wolfe
hatted in all the runs made with
double and n triple. Score:
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I)anyilie
Totals
ibtdiS - ~
Ran for Lucia In fifth inning.
Score by innings. II

Roanoke ,......'.... O2oO1oo2'-
Danvillc ........ DOL OIL q o 0 o.
Summary: Stolen bGscs-Gardin. D..
CASTOR. Sacrifice Eits--Lafittc. Shields.
>. Castor. Sacrifice flies-iudgins.
Two-b BASE hits-Fressly. Green. ID. Gas
ton, Lucia. Left on bases-Roanoke.
<; Danville. 4. Double plays-Green
10 Garman. Struck out-By Green, 1:
CASTOR 1. Bases on balls-Off Green.
4 off CASTOR. 3. Passed balls-Lucia.
l. Time Of game-Two hours. Umpire
--Orlh.
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core by inninEs: r..
Detroit ...................-....i o0ooo-l
81: LOUISE. ........oo2 II -
summary; RuDs-Bush. Sho:ten 90. Ho-
gan. stovh!l t2J. Prau. Austin. wallace and
Powell Two-base hits-Shotten. Austin f2D.
storaii. Three base hlts-CoDb. Shottcn.
sacrifice h!is-Vallace, Laport. pouhin
p.ays-Prat; Wallace to stovalI -,
stolen bases-Joncs. stovau. Left on bas.s-
- Louis. 8; Detroit. 6. Hi,s-onf W-iIIcr,
~ IN innins.. First base on bnIIs-Or
WiNett. !: on Powell. 2: or Uo-Ls .
struck out-By Powell. :: BY WtiIet, ,
M by piieher-By Wilie;t ostovain. ,y
rir's tbushl Wild p!tch-Powcil
and O.LouEhl,n 1870 "eStN'Ne.i
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Totals go o cci II

Ran for Bowen in sixth inning.
Score by innings: r.
Newport News ..... l0000?oo
LynchburS ........ ooo 90 Go
summary Runs-Pieiss (g), Har-
rlngion. Two-basc hits-Wolfc.
three base hit-Woite. stolen bases
Pieiss (2), Tenant Double plays
Morrissey to Bates to Wolfe, Bowen TO
Oyler; Ntckery 10 Heating to Wool
ums. Struck out-By Norrissey, 3; by
Nickery, .. Bases on balls-Off Nor
r.ssey. .. off Nickery. !. Left on
hascs-Newport News, 4 lynchburg,
g. First base on errors-Newport
News, .; Lynchburg, .. umpire-Mace.
Tlmc-1:i5.
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lRSr GAME.
Boston.
BROOKLYN,
Totals Totals 80 6 "a 10 Totals 80 10 81 10 q

''HI4slI - fNUhs-NCIIonaId tIl, kirke,
Moran C?), Daily. Daubert Wheat. Eummel
" Tcoley. Erwin. Two-bnse hits-N-heat,
fingliaE. Erwin Three-base hi;-Daubert
Sasr'nce hits-Kirke. Iinslns. Stolen bases
-Ioo!ey. Hnmmel. Wheat. Moran (o), Dnu-
ber,' Double play-Miller to Gowdy Left
on oases-Boston. S: Brooklyn. S First base
on oaHs-oH Ying!ing. 3: o2e Dickson. .; on
~ leue 8. Struck out-By Ylng!ns > Hit
py pitchcT-By iioGS. ! (Daiyl. Wild pitch
MSIigue Time OF game. 2:13 Urnplres
Bf.nnhn md Owens -
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Commencing June !. summer excur-
sion tickets, good until October 81,
Will De sold from Richmond 10 c. & O..
mountain and seaside resorts. Week
end tickets TO mountain resort stations
Old Point. Norfolk and Virginia Beach
Will be sold each Friday and Saturday
during the season, good until Monday
following. Weekend rate. Richmond
10 Old Point and Norfolk, So! and Viz
gina Beach. 1925.
sunday outing tickets sold at great
~ reduced rates to stations 3.uween
Richmond. Scoitsville. Newport News
and Charlottesv for morning local
rains out ot Richmond. good returning
same day.
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SECOND GAME.

=. '-"''''''II IUhs-MIIIcr, jackson. fIouser,
MoFan smith t2l. Daubert. Huinrnel Too
icy, Erwin IN. I'wob base hits-Donnellv.
irwin. Daley Thrcc-base hlts-Daubert
tunnel. Home run-Smith. Sacrifice hits
DaiE, hucker Double play--Mcoonald to
|owdy 10 Deviin. Struck ou,-By Rucker
.. by Donneily. !. First base on bailsE09
mSson, = or Rucker. /: off Donnclly.
- - .-N'h"e'!N' Empires Brennan
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Ill
Norfolk,


Score hy innings: II.
Portsmouth - o6Ooo0oo,-i
Norfolk " OO 0O03 q n a.
summary: Two-base hits-Cooper.
Brltton Three-ba hits-H nton
stolen bases-Cooper (e). Britton
Shafer. Double plays-Bighic (unas-
Sisted). Dodge to Bigblc Bases on
Dalls--Oif Waldron. /; off Finneran
Lee on ases-Portamouth. II: Nor
folk. D. Hit by pitched balls-Ciarvin
Dodge. Htts-Off Waldron. s In / l-s
innings; Off Finneran, in go inning
Off McCrary. in innings. struck
out-By Britton. 3: by McCrarv .
Iime OF game 80. umpire-Donohoe
Attcndancc-7bU
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Virginia League

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Richmond, i; Pctcrsburc O (tcn
inninSs).
Ronnokc. q; Dnnyillc. ..
Newport News. 3; LynchburE. o.
Norfolk, 3; Portsmouth, e.
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CENTRAL LEAGrE.

Hustiers W.. Giants. mt byrd Park.
iinrpfes VS.. Nnmhlarx, Mt East
End Park,
oubs va, Cardinals, mt Harvie
Park.
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ST. Louis
Detroit.

Totals ...33 Il q 10 Totais "a ga % /
,Bati.d Tor Wilieit in seventh.
score by inninGs: r.
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RICHMOND LEAGUE.

FkIOIfTfVND IIfsAU Z ID
Burk II Co, VS., Cherry Sninsh, Mt
Spying Hill Park.
American Clothing Company VS..
Hiii.iders, mt byrd Park,
Jacobs & Levy vs., Iniperiais, Mt
Feirmount Park,
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OLD DoMINlOy IEAeuD.

OLD DOMINION LEAGUE,
"oedail d Quaries VS., Coca Cola
Chewing Gum, ut byrd Park, Unl-
pire, Hoimes.
nnrton Heights WV. TyIer's
Chnmpn. at barton Heights Park,
Umpire. tsaughn,
Kahna rs. Horace Il. WriBhtp, at
Athletic Park. Umpire, Bottoms,
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Amateur Games To-Day
oArIrAI. CRY LEAGUE.

Hattie Axe w, Colicainna, AT Christ
Church Park. CmD.rcu, o'Foole and
Hicks.
ashland rs. AthistirH, ut Rich
::onu College Park, InpircH, Mes
cOe MD Tcrhirn.
Richmond G-nYs va. Southern dell,
nj byrd rnrk. umpires. French md
HadcOek,
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Petersburg.

UTIv oH' W"th Winning run was scored.
me score ry innings II
Richmond Observation-Disclosures. ooooooo0O,
. Petersburg ..-........... 90 0o00b n a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20

Highland Park, Mich, Seut. TO-
Colonel J, l.. Smith of this place
claims the long distance running
championship Of the G. A. R., and he
Is willing to meet all corners for a
ten mile Anything less than
that he regards as a sprint. Colonel
Smith Is sixty-six years old. At the
recent G.. A. r. encampment in Los
Angeles he announced his readiness
to run against q relay Of ten men,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20

Interest on deferred payments at the
rate of four per cent. per annurn, pay
able semi-annually. or all cash upon
delivery of deed, as bidder may elect.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
q certified check for ten per centum of
Its amount, to the order of the Treas
urer of the United States, as a guar
antee Of good faith. The right is re-
to reject any or all bid and
to waive defects or informalities In any
bid, should 1T be deemed to the interest
of the Government to do so. Propo-
sails must be sealed, marked Proposals
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20

each Of whom was to do one mile.
The ten men failed to show so Colo
mel Smith started against Captain
Charles H. Montgomery Of the Ma
tional Soldiers home. Montgomery
ran for a mile. strained a tendon In
his left leg and had to stop. Colonel
Smieh reeled of the ten miles in 1
hour IA minutes and 48 As seconds,
doing the first mile in s minutes, Sc
seconds and the tenth mile in 7 min
utes 38 seconds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20

-.-. September 4, 1912.
Sealed proposals with be received at
the Treasury Department, Washington,
D.. c., up to ~ o'clock, Don on Octo-
Der 4, 1912, and then opened publicly,
for the sale Of unused Postoffice site
the City OF Perth Amboy, New Jer-
sey, located at the southwest corner
of High and Center streets, fronting
40 feet on each street. Terms of sale:
One-fourth cash, alance in install
ments of one, two and three years with
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20

for the purchase of the unused Post
office site. Perth Amboy, New Jersey"
and mailed to the Secretary of the
Treasurer Supervising Architect),
Washington, D. c. For further part1c-
.ulars apply to the Postmaster at Perth
Amboy, New Jersey.
r. o. BAILEY,
Assistant Secretary.
1O5o1 s-6. 10, 10, IT. 20. "a. 27. 1O-1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20
MippLksEx PRooREsalVES
PLATFORM,

I We, the Progressives Of the
! county Of Middlesex, In the state
/ Of New Jersey, assembled in FIRST
! county convention. do hereby de-
/ clare our allegiance to the prin-
! ciples Of Washington, Jefferson
/ and Lincoln, upon which this ma
\ ton Of the people. by the people
! and for the people was estab-
J lished.
I We indorse the platform of the
\ National Progressive party adopt
I ed at the Chicago convention Of
! Aug. 8. 1912, and Of the state
I Progressive party adopted at As
I bury Park July last.
l We pledge our support to the
/ nominees of the National Pro
! gressive convention. Theodore
| Roosevelt for president and HI
! ram w. Johnson for vice presi-
/ dent.
We pledge our support to the
I nominees Of this convention and
will do our part to have the vot-
. ers Of Middlesex county to join
. In this support.
!. We declare for the nomination
. Of all candidates for office by d.
. rect primaries, for simpler pr1-
mary and election laws and bal =
. lots, for stringent corrupt prac-
tees acts and for the enforce
. ment of the election laws.
We favor woman's suffrage.
, We declare for laws against ex-
: cessive child labor and for a mini
, mum wage for women.
. w pledge the support Of the
, nominees of this convention to
. such legislation as is framed for
. the purpose Of justly and honest
. ly promoting the welfare of the
whole people. denouncing the al
. lance between the corrupt In pol
. tiles and the corrupt In business
. for the purpose Of favoring the
. few as against the interests of
. the many.
We denounce the boss system
. In nation, state and county.
We declare for q freedom from
. machine rule.
. We cordially invite all persons,
! irrespective of past party afilia-
, lions. irrespective Of sex or race
! or creed or color, to join with
/ the Progressive party in its fight
! for purer politics, for an honest
| government and for the happi-
! ness and uphft Of humanity.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14

Very few people credit chickens
with having much sense. rut at least
one young rooster pro- ed, without
doubt, that he was wiser than he
looked Thla eockerel has habit OF
rufIling w his feathers during feedi3g
time and as he was about twice as
fat as the rest OF the fowls, his owner
DECIDED to watch him and to try to-
find out the cause of his queer be-
havior, One day. as. the fowls saun-
tered off after, being fed, the rooster
carried hfs portly self TO secluded
place by the wood pile, and shook
himself vigorously; wheroupon down
fell more .tnan half pint of grain,
which his rufiled feathers had cauene
at feeding time, This he proceede,e
to eat at his leisure. AS he contipradr
to rufiie his feathers and to saupter
off to the wood pile after meals ana
gained In size daily, his owner hal
every reason to believe that the roos-
ter had more than his share of com.
mon chicken sense. A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14

ception az my immediate surrauydines.
Ii WAS eaisy dawn. tie eastern SKY
| that shade Of pale gray hitch pre-
ttedes Gie sun. Il few, white. neecy
clouds sailing high above, alrelcy
! tirged with red reflection. | must
have been in that earth prison since
the morning CT the previous day; 1t
seemed longer, yet even that explra-
ton Of time proved that those who
had imprisoned me there had eft mo
to die. God! couldn't believe that
not of her! Clear as the evidence an
pearcd, yet fought down the thought
bitterly, creeping on hands and knees
over the edge Of the bank, to where
| could sit on the grass, and gaze
about In the growing light The house
was to the left, an apple orchard be.
tween, and a low fence enclosing a
garden. l could gain but glimpses OF
the mansion through the Intervening
trees, but it was large, imposing, d
square, old-fashioned house, painted
white, with green shutters. 1t APP
peared deserted, and no spirals OF
smoke assembled from the kitchen
chimney" Apparently not even tho,
servants were yet stirring However,
there was smoke showing farther TO
the right, but had to move before
could see the cause clearly---the
remains Of what must
have been large barn. | advanced in
that direction, skirtlng the orchard,
and a row Of negro cabins. These
were deserted. the doors open, and
two OF them exhibited evidences OF
fire. A storehouse had its door bat.
tered in, a huge timber. evidently used
as ram, lying across the threshold,
and many of the boxes and barrels
within had been smashed with axes.
The ground all about had been tram
pied by horses hoofs, and only a
smouldering fragment of the stables
remained.
| sttSed about perplexed unable to
decipher the meaning of such de.
struction. Surely Grant would never
dare such a deed with his unarmed
force. Besides Elmhurst was the
property Of loyalist, ay! the colonel
of his regiment. Not even the mad
ness of anger would justify so wanton
an act. Whatever the mystery could
never hope to solve it lettering there.
the house itself would doubtless reveal
the story, and | TUNED In that direc-
ton, skirting the fence. yet exercising
care, for there might still remain de-
tenders within, behind those green
blinds, to mistake me for an enemy. I
saw nothing, no sign Of life, as I
circled through the trees of the or
chard, and came out upon the grass
plot facing the front porch The sun
was up now, and could perceive each
detail. There was a smashed window
to the right a green shutter hanging
cejectedly by one hinge; the great
front door stood wide open, and tho
body Of dead man lay across tho
threshold, 4 dark stain Of blood ex-
tending across the porch floor.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14
LAND OF DISTURBED SLUMBeR
Mosquito and the Sleepy
Punkah-WalIah.

You cannot circumVent the mosqui-
TO as you can the fly. SIZE has toe
many brains, wherever she may stow
them. But she is frail ard fesblo On
the wing, and you can get her there.
Fer example, in India it is we'll known
that mosquitoes will not bite under
the punkah, therefore exiles in that
land Of the twelve plaques sleep IN
der swishing punkah for the six
SPINNER months, and unCer a mos
quito net for the rest Of the year, for
there is no closed season Tor mos.
quitoes III India. One sleeps as sweet
ly as may be in that hot. intermittent
gale, lulled by the creakilg ropes as
the punkah aops and says: sleeps
fairly we'll until the purkah.wa
pals the punkah by a string through
the wall, himself begins TO do2e, ana
finally mods as the punkah flags, and
slowly, after a spasmodic jerk or two,
sinks to rest. The hot air settlesI
down upon you, The mosquitoes sep
tie down on you, too, not singly, bat
In battalions. | have counted seven
teen separate Bites on q siI-5Ie finger.
And then you wake, slowly, confused
~, as souls VIII awake in purgatOry,
wondering what Is wrong Finally
you awake enough to discover what
IS wrong, and realize that tine punAah
has stopped, and that in consequences
you are threatened with an accumu-
lation OF heat apopexy, malaria ana
blood poisoning complicated by ap.
preaching nervous prostration. YOI
might as we'll resign yourself and
make your will But If you are TN.
resigned and choieric you take a corE-
screw from the shelf, as the White
Knight said to Alice, and 20 TO wake
him up for yourself. Then, for the
rest OF that night and for several
nights to come the punkah blows a
gale. Or If you are diplomatic rather
than choleric you calculate that the
punkah-wallah has almost certafniy
gone to sleep with the punkah-cord III
his fingers You reach up In the mos.
quito-haunted dark for the slack OF
the cord n4 your side of the wall, pull
In the SLACK as cautiously as If you
were playing a salmon In a pool, not
a punkah-wallah on a veranda, and
when the cord is fairly taut you give
one long, quick pun that whirls the
punkal.wallah half way across the We
randa, where he wakes in cold
swea'. thinking the long.nailed dc
mono nave got him at last. Your
sottc voce remarks carry just that
meaning you hope they have.-Har.
peTa Weekly. -.,H1ff
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14

ITS a Rockefeller axe" said o
Philadelphia broker ole Of those in.
Vulnerable Rockefeller fakes that float
around the country, but, fake or not
I'll tell it to you.
W. John D. $50 the fake runs) got a
very suspicious looking cake by mail
the other day He wrapped it up in a
newspaper and took it to a chemist
Is this likely to be poisoned% ha
asked.
ct certainly looks like poisoned
cake to me, said the chemist. Leave
It here And he smelled it, then he
tasted and spat out very tiny cur
rant. Leave 1t here, Mr.. Rockefel.
Ter. I'll analyze it for you "t
How much will the analysis costT
Ten dollars, sir
John D. bundled up the cake In
the newspaper again.
'Humph" he said, as he tucked It
under his arm. ft'!l be cheaper to try
1t on Archbold's cat"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14
LEVEE DISTRICTS
ASK COMMISSION
FOR REPAIR AID
Body Hears Arguments and Adj
!. journs to Work on Annual
Congressional Report

ST Louis, Mo, jane l3.--The
Mississippi River Commission heard
arguments, today, as to what the
leVee districts from northern Mis-
souri, to New Orleans need to repair
the damage done by the food this
year, and to prevent a repetition of
the devastation
Although the Commission has no
funds it expects soon to receive
$2.5O0,000 from Congress,
The Commission is in session,
preparing its annual report and de-
eided to hear delegates from the
flooded districts. now that appro-
priations are to be made as soon as
the money IS received, No decision
will be announced until the funds
are read for distribution,
The Commission win continue its
work on the report tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14
(To be Continued.)
AWAKENED TRAIN OF TH0UCRT
Little Incident That Would Savn
Made Almost ANY Man Super.
stitious.

Seeking to dispel the pangs OF lone
somcness occasioned by the absence
OF his wife, who had been away for
several days visiting her parents in
IaHother city, fashionable and we'll
known resident OF the East side in
ytted a number Of his men friends 90
his home one night last week to play
cards and ciink glasses.
Being fond OF music the host en-,
gagged iourpiece orchestra and whn,
his guests exchanged deals and raised
the cut glasses to their lips he ioum
more pleasure in reclining IN q favor.
lite leather cushioned chair and listens
ing to the music,
1t was nearing the time for 6epaC.
tcfe when one Of the nerfy-makers
proposed that each guest drink toast
to the most and that he respond. When,
all had '"iloved the suggestion they
turned to"9-3 the most. Tell w whs.
you ere thinking OF your WIFE," ono
suggested as the party giyer hest,
tGted,
Raising hts glass to level with his
lips be was about to respond. Il was
thinking and wondering
Just at that moment the orchestra
began It's rendition OF Il Wonder
Who's kissing Her Now"
The guests never heard the re~
spouse, but II they had fingered OUT"
side and peered through the librark
window they would have seen hing
writing letter which was later en-
closed in an envelope bearing sIpes
clal delivery stamp. Tho contents Se
the message have not been made pub.
lie, but the wife came home two days
later-Karsas "'ity journal 4
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14
Poisonous Snuff,

All sorts Of odd ways Of being pol
soned by lead are recorded in medica'
history: The man who regularly took
the first glass Of beer each morning ir
q saloon, the beer standing over night
in the lead pipe running from the koa
to the bar spigct; the maid using th5
FIRST glass Of water from the tap sup
piled by a lead service pipe; the
painter who ate his luncheon every
day with paintcoverad AandE; this
painter apprentice who slept in the
back room with the paint pals and
white lead kegs. 1t night reasonably
have been expected that the possibiI
tiles in the way Of su1reptitioIs lead
poisoning had been exhausted Not
so Il was recently discovered, after
the death of a woman who had been
suffering from q, mysterious case Of
iead poisoning not affecting any other
members of her fagffly taat she was
an invetorate snuff taler The snuf
was examined and found to be badly
contaminated with LEAF from the foil
in which 1t was WrapI u.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14

St Paul, the second largest city
of the great north, is located in
Minnesota, fifteen miles from and
uualterably opposed to Minneapolis
These two cities are regarded with
pride by all Minnesota, and are
called The Twin Cities But they
set a bad example to all other twins
by lighting twenty-four hours q
day. One OF the diversions Of Min
uesota Is TO set a citizen of st, Paul
talking against a citizen Of Mime
apolis By the. time the st. Paul
man has slusged his enemy with the
state capitol, the Catholic cathe-
dral. and Jim Hills house and has
been battered by the census stats,
tics an few flour mills, and hat
cGme back with the New Hotel, and
has gotten the State University and
the standing Of the American Assoc
citation under the ribs. and has
couutered with Summit Avenue and
IT'S old families, and has been
soused with Minnehaha and the
Falls Of ST Anthony, rhe Oxygen
tank Is usually called for both ties
81, Paul is an ancient town as
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14

Net a s.agle little Chinese hat wifi
button is to be seen In Wuchang to
day, but such an assortment of caps
upon badly barbered ueads-caps q
ordinary English make and strange,
varieties made from native fabrics,
felt hats of every description, from
the soft green, called Alpine, to Eng
lands familiar billycoch. One coolt
was seen carrying water with bis
bamboo over his shoulder glorious II
a silk topper. Nearly ia the queue;
are gone.
hear Of Chinese gentlemen on al
sides Fastening to discard their char m
ing silk gowns, white socks and pic
turesque shoes for ordinary prosai,
European dress. begin to fear tina
! may never see a gorgeous mandarin
IN all his grandeur OF robes and Jim