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r,.riar. I doaN msan-why- wen,
,n.. thought rd ses what you'd think
of II. There amt any way to talk
about 1t to Blbbs himself don't sup
pose he'd let you. anyhow-but
thought maybe you could kind o sip
over there some day, and kind o hint
around till you see how the land lays.
and ask her
"Mew Mrs. Sheridan looked both
HELPLESS and frightened. mo" She
shook her head decidedly. 1T wouldn't
do any good"
you won't try it7'
"I won't risk her turnin' me ont q
tho house. Some way. that's what
believe she did to Sibyl. from what
Roscoe said once. No. ! cnn't-and.
what's more. It'd only make things
worse. II people find out you're run
min after em they think you're cheap.
and then they won't do as much Tor
YOU Us II you let 'em alone. ! don't
believe It's any use. and I couldn't do
1t II II was"
He sighed with resignation. "Af
right. mamma. That's ALL" Then. In
Iveller tone. ue suia- o'e uoihcy
took the bandagcs Oh my hand this
morning. All healed up. Says don't
need 'em any more"
"why, that's splendid. papa" she
cried, beaming. ~ was afraid Let's
see"
She came toward him, but he rose,
still keeping his hand In his pocket.
"wait minute" he said. smiling.
Now It may give you Just a little
teeny bit Of a shock, but the fact is
well, you remember that Sunday when
Sibyl came over here and made all that
fuss about nothin'-it was the day
after got tired o that statue when
Edith's telegram came"
Let me see your hnnd" she cried
"Now watt" he said. laughing and
pushing her away with his left hand.
The truth is. mamma. that kind O.
slipped out on you that morning. when
YOU wasn't lookin'. and went down to
ole Gurney's oiIice-he'd told me to.
you see-and. well, 1t doesn't amount
to anything" And he held out, for
her inspection. the mutilatcd hand.
You see. these days when it's all die
tatin', anyhow. nobody d mind Just
couple o."
He had to jump for her-she went
over backward. For the second time
in her life Mrs. Sheridan had tainted.
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-.NcIL and he don't lave ~ gOod
color as he was gettin' before. And
he'd begin to I'LL out some. but"
Sheridan gave forth another dry
chuckle. and. going round the table to
her. patted her upon the shoulder with
his left hand. his right being still
heavily bandaged. though he no longer
wore sling. That's the way 1t Is
with you, mamma-got to take your
fre,tin' out one way IL you don't an
otherr'
NO. He don't look well. 1t ain't
exactly the way he looked when he
begun to get sick that time. but he
kind o. seems to be losin'. some way"
"Yes. he may a lost something"
said Sheridan. Il expect he's lost
whole lot o foolishness besides his
Godforsaken notions about writin'
poetry and"
No." his wife persisted. Il mean
he looks right peakid. And yesterday.
when he was settin' with US. he kept
iookin' out the window. He wasn't
readin."
We'll. why shouldn't he look out
the Window
He WAS lookln' over there. He
never read word all afternoon, !
don't believe"
Look herer' said sheridan. "Bibbs
might a kept goin' on over there the
rest OF his life. moonin' on and on. but
what he heard Sibyl say did one big
thing, anyway. 1t woke him up out
OF his trance. Well. he had 10 so and
bust clean out with bang: and that
stopped his goln' over there. and IL
stopped his poetry, but l reckon he's
begun to get pretty fair pay for what
he lost. l guess good many young
men have had to get over worries like
his; they got to lose something II
they're goin' to keep ahead o the pro-
cessiou nowadays-and 1t kind o looks
TO me. mamma, like Bibbs might keep
quite a considerable long way ahead.
Why. n year from now I'll bet you
he won't know there ever was such a
thing as poetry. And amt be funny ?
He wanted to stick TO the shop SOS he
could think What he meant was,
think about something useless. Well.
guess he's keepIn' bis mind pretty
occupied the other way these days.
Yes. sir. 1t took a pretty fair-sized
shock to get him out of his trance.
but It certainly did the business" He
patted his wife's shoulder again. and
then. without any predatory symptoms.
broke into a boisterous laugh.
Honest, mamma. he works like
gorilla,'
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CHAPTER XXI.

1t was a full hour later when he left
her lying upon n couch in her own
room. still lamenting that the fuss"
which she was making irked him far
more than his physical loss. He per-
mitted her to think that he meant to
return directly to his office. but when
he came out to the open air he told the
chauffeur In attendance to await him
In front Of Mr.. Vertrees' house. whith-
er he himself proceeded on foot.
Mr.. Vertrees had taken the sale Of
half OF his worthless stock as mama
in the wilderness: 1t came from heav-
en-by what agency he did not partic-
ularly question. The broker Informed
him that parties were interested In
getting hold of the stock" and that
later there might be q possible In
crease In the value OF the large
amount retained by his client. It
might go quite a ways up" within Q
year or so. he said, and he advised
sitting tight" with it. Mr.. vertress
went home and prayed.
He rose from his knees feeling that
he was surely coming into his own
again. 1t was more than a mere gasp
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you 20 and do that without consulting
me?"
1T didn't cost anything" said BIbbs,
Its only until tomorrow afternoon al
two O'Clock. undertook TO convince
you before then"
"Oh. you dld?" Sheridau's tone was
sardonic. We'll. just suppose you
couldn't convince me-"
II can. though-and intend to. -
said Bibbs, quietly. Il don't think you
understand the condition of those
buildings you want patched up
Now. see here" said Sheridan. with
slow emphasis: suppose | had my
mind set about this. Jim thought
they'd stand and suppose It was-well,
kind OF matter OF sentiment with me
to prove he was right"
Bibbs looked at him compassionate
ly. I'm sorry II you have sentl-
ment about II. father" he said. But
whether you have or not can't make
n difference. You'll get other people
hurt II you trust that process. and that
won't do. And II you want a monu-
ment to Jim, at least you want one
that will stand. Besides, | don't think
you can reasonably defend sentiment
in this particular kind OF affair"
"Oh. you don't:'
NO. but I'm sorry you didn't tell me
you felt it"
sheridan was puzzled by his sons
tone. why are you sorry" he asked.
curiously.
Because I had the building inspec-
tor up there. this noon." said Bibbs,
and had him condemn both those
buildings"
WHAT
He'd been afraid to do 1t before,
until he heard from us-afraid you'd
see he lost his job. But he can't un-
condemn them-they've got to come
down now"
Sheridan gave him a long and pierre
ing stare from beneath lowered brows.
Finally he said. How long did they
give you on that option to convince
me?''
Until two O'Clock tomorrow after
noon"
"All right" said Sheridan. not re-
la1ing. I'm convinced
Bibbs jumped up. II thought you
would be. I'll telephone the Krivitch
agent. He gave me the option until
tomorrow, but told him I'd settle 1t
this evening"
Sheridan gazed after him as he left
the room, and then. though his express
sion did not alter in the slightest, a
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Ogqglp!etlal,CS|
= slNotgz; Sal 4
personal LlssRrr rx.,..:

An antinlcohol exhibit In M
town faced several saloocs a
Just across the street, the pronss..
OF which were reported to blt,.uta blstah
sent the prohibition facts ~. n
Threats were said to have hess
by them. so that the snec,s, Ise
watchman employed gave much - ~
time to careful guarding Of M. = = !
hibit. The town appears to M
thing Of rendezvous M ~
sonal liberty agitators. These ~, ~
were the first to "slze up" the e,hIH. s.
and continually some of them ve.s y.
cuiatng among the people ready ~
discussion. w
one day foreign.born citlseo !.
ut the w. g. T. u. booth and ~, NJ \.
conversation. He professed In h.s...
In temperance all right, but be ~ \
right to do as he pleased In Nh, ~ ~
home, etc. Presently he was iolDss /.
another man who talked LOUDLY ~;
the same fashion. Soon quite = NJ.
company had gathered to lIste. =; q
occasionally take part in the "free a.
ALL" Suddenly right into their ~.
lurched n man who immedlately \.
gan to take part In the discussion n
was drunk and said so, but lnfo,n.i
them that liquor wns the worst eu,,,
in the world; that though he v,, !,
drinking man he meant to vote dry =.
cry time. He was allowed to tall m.
til everyone present realized the din.
alton, then the director of the erhIbt
turned to the two defenders Of ps.
sonal liberty and remarked, 4Gent,e
men, here Is n sample Of the peu&
uct of what you nre advocating VI
defending. How do you like the a.
hibit?" There was no reply and soa
they had disappeared, seeming to ID
melt away in silence.
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nis business. eyen we.s upon MIN: MS
credit was In danger-that is, his life
was In danger. And the old priests
were as ardent a. the young Ines: the
million was ~ eager to be bigger AZ
the thousand; seventy was as busy as
seventeen. They strove nightly
against one another. and the old priests
were the most wary, the most plaus-
ible and the most dangerous Bibbs
learned he must walk charity among
these-he must wear thousand eyes
and beware Of spiders indeed!
And outside the temple itself were
the pretenders. the swarming thieves
and sharpers and feecers. the sly ras-
Gals and the open rascals: but these
were feeble folk, not dangerous once
he knew them, and he had good guide
to point them out to him. They were
useful sometimes. he learned, and
many OF them served rs Go-betweens
in matters where business must touch
politics. He learned also how brew
cries and Traction" companies and
banks and other institutions fought
one another for the political control OF
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,,,aAs1sSvgRAeLE Aae
- : ~ ler
- y - - Is ,..
11Sf ~ aarot ~ - 57
NJ Se SgSIS 1Illa & Z \ 4
+ I 4 a! 8 j! \. 4. i
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WORK For EvERYsopY.

II saw not a single man wne ~ 4.
looking for a job as the result u y
closing Of the saloons, brewenes =
distilleries," said former res'osas ~ .
Seattle, after d visit to that ciu.
the contrary. I heard on even ~ -
that there was more work thau ~
ers to do 1t. was told py
from the Industrial Brothetno1as ~
refuge for down and OUTS tnA' -
wus actually nobody without A s.Iu -,
ment who was able to WORK. io. =
that for two winters preceoins -
ing into effect Of the prohici'U. -
we had in Seattle what tney -
Hotel Liberty at which, dut,n. ~,
last winter there were housea ~,
$500 men out Of employment. ~. + 8
has now ceased to exist; III .a .. ~
told by those who know UNI J. n
winter there was no bread l'n' :
city at any point"
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or temporary relief with him, and his
wife shared his optimism; but Mary
would not let him buy back her plano,
and as for furs-spring was on the
way. she said. But they paid the but.
cher. the baker and tho candiestick
maker, and hired q cook once more.
1t was this servitress who opened the
door for Sheridan, and presently a.
sured him that Miss vertrees would
'be down."
He was not the man to conceal admi.
ration when he felt II, and be aushed
and beamed a. Mary made her AZ.
peaance, almost upon the heels Of ti,s
COOK. She had look OF apprebsnslon
Tor the 6st fraction Of second. but
Il vanished at the sight Of hin. ana -
plaes was taken In hsr syes byse spfs
bfiliiancs. whiis color rushsd = ~
cheeks. 80 a ~
Don't b snrpsiss1," J" hssaid, ssyrvlA
y = . vay ~ sest e - bse1na1II Z
49, y AssA ltu unae. 49, 4 -.
~ \ GQeaS :; ~ ~ -: ',,,,..s.ss
II y. - - c11Iugl =, /, s,ss s. Z Il &
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hey We GOT 10 Tome 0oWh NOW
sound came from him that startled his
wife. 1t had been a long time since
she had heard anything resembling a
chuckle from him, and this sound-al-
though it was grim and dry-bore that
resemblance.
She frightened eagerly. Looks like
he was startin' right well. don't it,
papa"
''Startin'? Lord! He got me on the
hip! Why, he knew what l wanted
that's why he had the inspector up
there, SO t he'd have me beat before
we even started to talk about it. And
did you hear him? Can't reasonably
defend sentiment And the way he
say U.s. Took an option for Usr
STUFF piled up on Usr"
There was always an alloy for Mrs.
Sheridan. II don't just like the way
be looks, though, papa"
-Oh, there's got to be something!
Only one chick left at home. 70 you
start to fretttn' about itr'
NNo. He's changed. Thers's . Kind
ok q ssttish look to his faee. and-s
II gssss that's ths common sense
| epmjn' ont - hin, thsn, = said ahsfi-
-. -Heu'n - Unpee9e M ~
= 4 - nsug 11n1ss osa I -
.SF t4 ;s5 q ~ \ 81 Il " E
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BAD JOKE.

"Alcohol as food is a Joke, nd
rather n bad joke at that" afirm D.
Woods Hutchinson.
"Alcohol does not do for US snde
one Of the things we think Il doa
and II does n score OF other thing
which we have no idea Of when "
drink 1t. 5
'"Thirty years ago we were blandy
confident that alcohol was food b
cause II could be burned In the body.
Now, We know that the tOtal amc1at
OF alcohol which can be burned In b.
body in "a hours Is only TN
ounces, which would be about the nm
amount of energy as one good slice 4
bread and butter; thnt is to say. abost
one-tenth of the fuel required b ke7
US alive.
''If we were to attempt to use d
cohol MS a serious source Of nosriA-
ment we should be blind drunk y
fore we had taken more than w.
Nth of the amount needed for dayS
rations.
Moreover, even in the small snoss
which can be daily consumed "
burned up in the body, Its polsoeos
effects are Mt least SO per cent sfee'a
than its food value.
1t throws the body engine OH
gear almost twice as much ~ -
fuel into its 6re-boX. The amou@ =
malt taken with 1t In beer and NJ
sugars In wine are SO triaing q ~
not worth counting in our days ~"
supply." F :
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THAT stufrs oeader'n Adams cat!"

nat St0HS Oeaoef n NoamB Iat!
the city. The newspapers. he discov-
cred. had lost their ancient political in
fuence. especially with the knowing.
who looked upon them with a skep-
teal humor. believing the journals
either to be retained partlsans, like
lawyers. or else striving to forward
the personal ambitions Of their owners
The control of the city lay not with
them. but was usually obtained by Civ
Ing the floating voters" gin money,
and by other largeSses. The revenues
of the people were then distributed as
Der of men who had assisted the win
ming side. Names and titles OF Of
fees went with many OF the prizes,
and most Of these title holders were
expected to present a busy appearance
ut times: and. indeed, some among
them did work honestly and faithfully.
Bibbs had been very ignorant All
these simple things, so well known and
customary. astonished him at FIRST, and
chat he was done with writing-he
thought that IL he had known them
and written Of them. how like a satire
she plainest relation OF them must
have seemed! Strangest Of all to him
vas the vehement and sincere patriot
Ism. On every side he heard 1t; It was
q permeation; the newest schoolchild
'aught 1t. though just from Hungary
rnd learning to stammer a few words
# the local language. Everywhere the
PEOPLE shouted OF the power. the size
the riches and the growth of their city.
not only that, they said that the people
tf their city were the greatest, the
finest" the strongest. the Biggest
PEOPLE on earth. They cited no au-
n,orities. and felt the need OF none.
.inS themselves the people thus ceIe-
'ated. And IL the thing was ques-
toned. or II 1t was hinted that there
Dight be one small virtue in which
tIey were not perfect and supreme,
faey wasted no time examining them.
selves to see II what the critic said
was true. but fell upon him and hoot-
ed him and cursed him, for they were
sensitive. So Bibbs. learning their
ways and walking with them, heark-
ened to the voice of the people and
served Bigness with them. For the
voice of the people is the voice Of their
god.
Sheridan had made the room next
to his own into an office for Bibbs, and
the door between the two rooms usu.
ally stood open-the father had estab.
lished that intimacy. One morning in
February, when Bibbs was alone, Sher-
idan came In, some sheets of typewrit-
ten memoranda In his hand.
"Bibbs." he said. T don't like to butt
In very often this way, and when I do
usually wish hadn't-but for heay-
ems sake what have you been buying
that ole busted inter-traction stock
forr
Bibbs leaned back from his desk.
For eleven hundred and flfty-nve dol.
lars. That's all 1t cost"
"Well, II amt worth eleven hundred
and nfty-dve cents. You ought to
know that. I don't get your idea.
That stuf1's deader'n Adams catr'
ut might be worth somethins-some
day" ~ IS
.Howr Il
ut mishtn't BE- % dsaA-not II n.
vsnt Into It" said Bibag eooliy.
-ohr khsridSn teodsidersd ms mus.
lasiy; thsa - sat4 "wbgd yes bsy Il
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CHAPTER XXX (con.inued).

Old Man Sheridan goes to eibbs'
room to console the boy about Mary
ver.rees' rejection Of his proposal of
marriage. Instead, against his will,
the father rants about his sons need
for hard work-and suddenly halts his
abuse ia the middle of a sentence.
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EVEN PENNSYLVANIA.

That supposedly impreghav"sp psossl
hold of liquordom, the state or =. Il b
vania, is, like every other Ststs s.S,sads
Union, Union =. giving way before aas,. .is,, &;
prohibition sentiment. Five yesiIs + y;
it had two dry counties .o ons salosai
eleven. In 1911 there was " ~ thsts u
for every es1 persons; to toaas .s.-s ~.
one for every 1877. In lSil Az a., I'D
about 700 square miles $ ,oo OF II IA iaItI
tory; today there are l2,soS; . S,,ed d, :,
10000 people Of the sta.s l mare -
a.soo,ooo, lse1ss nearly one-hfth q .s.. ~ Z d
population. 1t Is stateI ,,h,s. ~ -
100 saloons in Philade,pd ~. .dyseslG
ON the market. One p.oA
that he has 100 for saie' s.sss
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wnAr aALooN sAYA !.

Today the saloon ssys = ~ ~!
eminent, .Don't bother me. - = ~
workers Of this country ~. ~ H.
600 In their pocketooos.s = 4 ~ 4,
to nick. You let me ~ 1rI1 wi
divide ths swag with Joe ssl
day. 4 q
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SHOW STARTS AT 1880
20 and 35c


REPORT OF THE CONDITION NATIONAL
OF BUSINESS DECEMBER
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might be applicable to a man bird,
even McAdoovian Imagination
spurred to frenzy by a bankrupt
treasury would balk at applying it to
a bird-man.
At length deputy was sent to look
over the machine. The broker mad to
put up a bond OF $4,000 for Outside
examination" and another of $1,000
pending proof of outward shipment OF
the bi-plane. This helped the re-
venues out to the extent Of $500 paid
tor internal revenue stamps under the
emergency, or horse-fy revenue law.
Mileage for the deputy came to $500.
The aviator then had to make out
passengers baggage declaration, an>
probably satisfied the deputy that he
was not smuggling in Chinese. AS
all his possessions were not in excess
of 500 they could not get duty from
him on that score. Then they tried to
stick him for violation of the law be-
cause of failure to get clearance pa
pcrs, but it was decided that did not
apply to airships.
Finally they let him go with an ad-
monition for which he has as yet re-
ceived no bill. but the incident sug-
gested to the fertile mind of Collector
Malone that here was a chance to ado
to the present federal bureaucracy by
the appointment of few deserving
Democrats" as aeroplane inspectors
and examiners, and Secretary Nc
Adoo will be called upon to fill the
vacancies.
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THEY NEED THE MONEY.

Secretary McAdoo's customs
sleuths at New York were
decidedly up in the air re-
Gently, both hguratively and
literally. The trouble started when an
attorney came into the Office of the
New York collector and announced
that he wished to make an aero
plane" entry and declaration on be-
half of his client V. Carlstron, who
had landed on the meadows of Ridge
field, N. J., after fight from Toron-
to, Canada.
Collector Malone called his GUS
toms experts into conference on the
matter and there was great pow
WOW. lnasmuch as the aviator came
over in Curtiss bi-plane, manufac>
tured in the United States. it was de-
cided that duty could not be assessed
on the plane, and besides, there was
court decision to the effect that a
ship arriving under its own power !,
not merchandise and could not there
fore be dutiable as such.
Chagrined at the thought of allow
ing the bird-man to escape without
contributing something to lessen the
treasury deficit, one expert suggest
ed the levying of 50 per cent ad
valorem duty under paragraph 227 or
the Underwood tariff law, as a game
bird, dressed. After carefully ponder
ing that suggestion, Collector Malone
decided that while paragraph 227
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CIVILIAN RIFLE CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

At the annual election of Civilian
Rifle Club held at the Armory last
tuesday evening the following men
were chosen to conduct the business
of the club for the year 1916:
John J. Plowhead, president; Sam
Webb, vice-president; Judge Harry
treasurer; G. ]. Barker, executive off,
Ger.
A vote of thanks was rendered to
the retiring officers for their efficient
work during the past season. The
club was organized in the latter half
OF the year and from a start of IS
charter members the club has grown
until the present membership consists
of fifty men.
During the shooting season fourteen
men qualified under the class of ex-
pert, sharpshooter and marksman.
This is considered very good as the
season for shooting was short after
the complete organization and the
club lacked great deal of equipment
necessary to carry on extensive range
practice. A full quota of equipment
is now on hand.
The following are the men who
qualified: Experts-Walter Cupp, w.
S. Church, M. G. Mcconnell Joe Burk-
holder; sharpshooter-Chas. Sandbere
Rev. Geo. R. Varney, c. Elerick, C. ].
Barker; Marksman-W. B. Church,
Sam Webb, Jas. Gipson, John Plow-
head, Mason Greenfield, Sy Emery.
After the election indoor large,
practice was taken up with the result
as follows. The score in each position
is the score out of possible SO.
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Expression Class to Give Recital.

Next Friday afternoon, January 2lst
at four o'clock, the College Express
sion class will give the second recital
in Sterry Hall chapel. The program
promises to equal the first recital. Mu-
steal numbers and readings will be
given. The program is as follows:
Piano solo-"Twilight" ..... Frinl
Martha Rice
Reading-"Rebecca's First Journey"
cutting from Rebecca of Sunny
Brook Farm. Kate Douglas Wiggin
Lois Rice
Reading-"The Coquette Conquer
ed" Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Frieda Elerick
Vocal Solo--"A Dream" HEARTFELT
Elmo Peterson
Reading-"For Dear Old Yale.
Vocal Straightforward" ................
.......................-....Le dru Williamson
Reading-"The Burgundian De-
'hance," cutting from "If l were
King" ...,................-.Justin Mccarthy
Ethel Long.
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w. c. T. U. Program.

A mothers meeting will be held at
Mrs. M. A. Barney's, 9lS Everett ST.,
Friday, January 14th, at three o'clock
in the afternoon. Following is the
program:
Hymn-White Ribbon Rally Song
Crmade Pslam in concert
Prayer for the Y. P. B. and for the
tempted ones.
Special music
Three-minute talks on mothers of
the bible
Sarah
Rebecca
Hannah
The Madonna Mother
Mary the mother of Washington.
Reading-"The Little Old Woman
in Gray" .......................Mrs Fowler
Ten minutes discussion of home
problems.
Hymn-"Bles't be the Tie that Binds"
Members are urged to come at
ESQ for business meeting.
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session opens at nine o'clock while
the afternoon session commences az
ILLS o'clock. "
Kew. Ewing gave a talk to one of
the history classes at the Lincoln
school on the Catacombs of Rome.
one day this week.
Hight school was dismissed Mon
day afternoon, due to the death of
Earl Dustman, who was a member of
the Freshman class.