Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 April 1909 — Page 1

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XX EEhln Vol. 51. Jasper, Indiana, Friday, April 30, 1909. No. 31.

VILLAINY AND NERVES. I ' THE COLORADO DESERT.

ENGLAND'S SACRED BEAST.

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How Sound Carries and the Way Mirages Come and Go.

Th Ret Cure Might Have Made N Harmless Faddist.

Manv overwrought villains of the' Talk about wireless telephones! ,f t'iev wen aüve now, would The Colorado desert goes science

Unwritten Law Against Shooting Evon Hen Eating Foxes.

"Down in the country the other

"w... - - b - -. - - in. -ii

, , t.-.l to a re t cure, which, one ueuer in tnai nne. Accoraiu ... o could not turn them into to travelers in that neck of sand , whldl 1 "va3 c"lled Pon to ndjudx- ' ,, im-ht make their vil- and sagebrush, you can dispense f e io the, r"lcr nswinbled in , irrat ..nal .md dangerous. , with any kind of telephone, with or th? Pr or ' the only village inn

u.T-t tvnmts of ilie middle ; without wires, at least up to a cer..,,1 then :!a;--!ne. the worst' tain distance. r, fcitxTor.-. -ecm t i - incom- Two men n mile apart can carry i-.i-ttTf f a: inu'tv. on a conversation in an ordinary

. ',.) i.i -I fr the l"u- of it. .nid iiiti! r-l.u ! ti.f.:i Seller ,.' ,:,.V..rr.l h nv liVy t' r'r ..f I;. to t!ii"it!iT ti.eir N'o tin li.t Nero. e !i if he ! , ' -o:i -lit Up ill tii' mot

ta i'tht from u child to

writes the London correspondent of Town and Country. "One of their number hnd shot a fox which had prowled about among the fowls for

tone of voice, particularly if there 60 llinny nighta that fowl keeping happens to be a small hill behind h3 """"S a ns,k' business. ,.h u-rifM Tlnrvov Ilnll Iv Alnr in The ordinary farmer doe3 not

the Travel Magazine. The prevail-!1111 lonS nn occasional hen, but

in' silence is so intense that it! s Bi ouiwuiuu nuw might be called deafening. for, th,e mcre. Peasure ? hc thmS'

Perhan, after all. the weirdest a lI,e 1111111 uoes noi always pay

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mu-n-t in nature und to ' among many strange features of the P " - ' t wholon., thin, desert is the mirage. Wo have ' point in sporting etiquette to be , , .r!l, ,1 u v,rvueful I camped perhaps and pone to bed'wttleo. 1 he fanner had shot a fox. . ,;. , T-. n H-:t miirht I early in the evening with the ther-ip did not deny it. In fact, he prejr., fo.M-t or an'mometer registering not far below 'erred to throw nut his i chest with if Unl-,-i.n'uwli.l min..r!thc hundred mark. We awake, ?ndeas ;if in defiance of al the un

written laws oi üriusn snore.

- it uf. l.v as the master of .-M. with no one to prevent

;- ni est'. .n-' :.v.i lnnKinz nai. -c or from t.iking whatever - .inw'hic-o!ie pleasure he was

to No doubt he exceeded , . r th ru an I suffered from cx- . irntsi'iibtv in con-equecee. -MMMtely he could indulge his .'''.:tv wit' o'it retraint. If hf ft-lt ri of a morning he . 1 a sena'or to die. the sena- ' die. hi. I he beard no more r. Moreover, there was always r : work upon a tyrant' nerve, ! .uip omperors betaine tyrant of that f-ar. Dnci tian was . "r to it. though a pood mm :,, If lie wore a stockof tohiv no hu!t he would !rne!f incessantly about the ..f the ma-kct. and every one . .. ! o.tv h w for his nervousness.

was a Roman emperor, we of him as a sinister villain.

. killed men for the pleasure of

shivering with cold beneath our

blankets, and look toward the east.

'Now, custom from time imme-

There is the slightest suggestion nona has decreed that the fox

nf li.l.t in tho skv there, which as"" " as sale irom gun anu irap

we

Pf'

t n'ti

it.

V. often hear talk of that tern1 o t;u'h!:nt vitae from which Ror -i nobles snffercfl. We should ! :t nerve now, and our doctors i "re erilv a strict diet and a . - . f r:..!f or gardening for it. I. t" Roman noble did not know i. i to trc.it it. He made a feat . - .'.rv.nk dep and fast and crowni h.m-e'f with flower and the

vMrnin? must have felt it t'.ur? ever. Rut since he wa ,n roble he is a romantic fign and not a mere sufferer our modern diseaiC of ofuri London Times.

of liLht in the sky there, wmcli as"" " llTl ""' we watch crow slowly in strength. i-f, w"e sacred, lie belongs to A eravish haze marks the horizon's ;the hounds and must be allowed to

edge, which stands out more sharply türougn t ne cover, ana iarmat one point, from which broad ards at will, devouring what mav 1 orrtnn ,ita nn,1 nut bi"h ! Happen m lllS W8V. Custom, tOO,

! demands that the hunt shall pay

slowlv fade as a point of brilliant üie damages. The hunt generally light" appears at their base. This1 F., though m innumerablo cases point sron to a half circle, then! the secretary is well aware that he

breaks and runs along tho sky lino in a surging, golden lake. Upon the shores of this lake cities spring up, towers, spires and solid blocks. These fade into fields

and forests and farming scenes

fields of golden grain, entile standing in green alfalfa, sheets of water. The mountains near the edge of the lake separate from their bases and float upward, topple over and stand on their heads, their unwieldy feet in air. Soon our lake begins to contract and collect into a big round ball of dazzling brilliance hung just above the horizon. Farms and iorcst disappear. The mountains, as though abashed at being caught in such an umeomlv attitude by the broad

liffht of dav. ouicklv resume their

normal position, while nil the stark

landscape stiffens into unstirnng endurance of the garish light and blazing heat of the desert sun. The mirage is gone like a bubble. Only

the gray desert remains.

FC! i:j HAWAII.

This Peculiar Food (3 to the Native at

Brest! Is to Us.

PARIS PAWNSHOPS. I RIval Accomplishments. I A new hoy Inn I moved into tho Run by the State, They Are a Boon to neighborhood. He wn itt'ncr on All Classes of People. 4l0 jjne f.n ( that separated hu

The 'rnont-de-piete, as the particular bark arj lrMi the yard

What br.'.! . to the American or. French equivalent of the pawnshop pertaining to t'.e rt-xt door ne t-h-IiuroiM-j : im t! e native IIa- Js caUed) ig a fitate institution. Con- ,bor and was pro. vcJin ' to i n'tiv ite wu-tt-'i- -i i' complete nth- 6cqU(,ntlv lhere is not that friendlvlthe acquaint :ir..-e . f the iu t do.r

oui u, ani ' nie -:reai majori y COI,ununion between the lender and .neighbor' h.n. of the n.iiivt- it form the prmci-;tho client tlmt onc sees in London. 'Te goi - i'.-o-.t!i - rimmar pal article of did. While they prob- Thcre is no private ofiice" schoo!" he s "i c-n do ever,'

amy cou.u ai i..e preM-m uiiiv live wh(jre the on temporarily cm-1 sum m the rental r.iMiimc i iimu without this accitstomeil dish, the üarnlccot for monev may screen 'I nhvav? ret a 1 'nd -d mar!; in my time once was, before the advent of himsoYf frQm inquisitiv0 cy08. (history and . the whites to the i.datd and the in- ,,QU ure iu want of monoy and -Well," re ; .:-..l-d tho ol! or boy,

iv ik,u, , inai me have portable property of thrustmir ou; lw lover jaw, i can at lcat liave been th(J vame of 3 francs Qr more you ,novo ,v 0 r-. you cent. , t take it to the nearest branch olhce Youth's Coi-m- on.

troduction of new

without it would

precarious.

Poi is made from the tuberous root of the taro plant, a species of the cahidium fain'!, of which the

of the "inont-de-pietc."

The first thing that meets your

11C11 (im,nr,l numirMTvil" niifrnl

well known elephant ear plant is f. lln nntl d mvn ti ie nvoment out

side the entrance.

!-.e Stumped Gladstone. - -orv is to'd that at Tl.ir!i- morning little , Dorothy v refuH?d to get up. When all r mean? had failed to coax her of ted Mr. Gladstone was

get

up, my

' V. y won't you

i1 d ne asked. "Why, grandfather, didn't yon t ! T'.e to do what the Bible says?'' Dorothy. "Ys certainlv."

"W .H, it disapproves of early ris- .: ir . -as it's a waste of time." Mr Gladstone knew his Bible bet-' r t.in most men, but he was not i! to Dorothy. For once in his. Ii- wa nonplused. "i listen, then," went on I rothy in reply to his exclamation Monishment, and, turning up 1.' r Bible, she read the second verse r :h- One Hundred and Twenty- - nt'i INalm, laying great empha- - "ii the first words, "It is vain for i to rise up early." The Prnce of Grumblere. ''hen Mr. Beeton asked if he did ' ' t'nd many unreasonable people a- iu' his summer boarders Farmr .'.iv quickly assented. "Lot an lots arc never satisfied be said. "Xo matter " done for 'em there'll always '" ' nietlnng wrong somewhere. " Now, last summer," he went on, w t.i a gleaming eye, "we had a man re that was so "fond of grumblin' one day he actually called for n t" thpiek after he'd had a glass of m.!k!" Youth's Companion.

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Reasons For Being Indignant.

There was something in the at

mosphere which told him that things were not exactly the same. Silence followed soon after the usual greetings, but at length she spoke. "Are you aware, sir," she began, "that one hand of the Bartholdi statue measures sixteen feet

five inches?"

'So I have heard' he nodded,

hannv to be addressed arain.

"The thickness of tho head from

ear to ear," she pursued icily, ten feet" "Ye."

"The nose is four feet six inches

long."

"That's rifrht "

"The mouth is three feet across."

"I believe so. Just imagine it.

"Ti.o wimt thirtv-fivo feet

A " around." "Y-vc3. Why?" "Then will you kindly explain cir " she continued, "why you stated

in the poem which you addressed to

mo that I reminded you of the Goddess of Liberty?" Indies' Home Journal. Street Lighting. The streets of "N'cw York were first lighted in 1G97, the lighting being done by a lnntcrn suspended from a pole stretched out from the window of every seventh house. The lighting of streets with gas was first tried in 1S1G in Baltimore. U Philadelphia a theater was thus United on Xov. 25, 181G, tho first r f in A tnnripn 11-

!)IaCC Ol amusuiiiwiiuminated in that manner. Gas was first used for lighting houses in Boston in 1822. It had boon used thirty years before at Cornwall, Enirland. Scran Book.

he hnd hunted for many years himself and hnd never made a claim for lost heus. A year or two ago, how

ever, a fox had paid a nocturnal viait to his fowl yard and had played

havoc with the feathered denizens.

A niglit or two after it happened

again. A third time the fox came around and nmde a most deplorable

mess of a lot of fine Wyandottes

rid some expensive Buft Orping

toni.

"Then the farmer wrote to tho

hunt secretary and asked for dam

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aires. J he repiv was uiai uxu ciunw

would 1 e attended to shortly, and

nt Christmas the settlement came

in tho form ef a ham. Thereupon

the fnr:i.or declared war on all foxes

and killed them ruthlessiy. And

this v,3s the point which puzzled the

farmers on bnturdav nictit.

"Mini Crawford shot a tox Jast

vear.' said one of the men, 'and no

irnnfl hfl OOine to him SinCC. it

ain't luckv and it ain't sportsman T l.ll l.- rri,n,

Tha Mark. Eva Yes, Harold Hatband bnng3 Ethel violets at $2 a dozen

and candy at $5 a box.

like. Let" 'cm kill vour hens.. That's

what thev are there for, and if one

hunt secretary is mean there are a

hundred who arc generous.

"There you have it. bport is snort and Us rules are adamant. It

1 . , ii. ii J!i

must, however, no put xo me cruuii.

of British hunt clubs tliat tney spend millions of pounds a year in . ... - - i f it

England. Wales nnu lreianu tor me

lnkeen of the sport.

"Think of tho hunters that are

bred and sold annually, the packs

of hounds, the huntsmen, the stable people, the dozens of hangers on who make a livimr out of it! With

out the hounds certain districts of

Enffland would be depopulated

shire "and the midland

counties would be almost impover

ished if a law were suddenly put in force to make an end to tho rich man's pastime. Country houses in nonhunting districts may bo had al

most for the price of a cottage in

Leicestershire, whereas in the Quorn and Pytchley country a coun-

tn- house ie as exncnsivc, if not

more so. than a Iondon mansion

Instead of diminishing, hunting has

grown in popular favor.

He Knew

riiey were country people pure

and simple, but they hau reau ine

nnnff4 .ml thouffht they were edu

cated up to all the improvements of a city. When they went to W'ashincton thev went through the navy

lepartmcnt ana saw me muucia ui

our snips ol war. j.ui.iiiö

also a member. The tuber, which

averages in -size that of a largo sweet potato, is baked and afterward pounded up with water until a smooth white paste is obtained, much re-embling a wheat flour paste, ctept that the color is a pale pink or purple, dependent upon ti.e varietv of taro used. This

paste i a'lov.-ed to slightly ferment,

or o.:r. . :.en it is ready for use. In oluc I t:.:ic euch familv prepared

its own po;, the work being done by

the men, a- in fact were most other cooking oj orations. At the present time poi factories in which machinery rrind the taro and mixes it on

a large scale iui largely supplanted the old hau l method. The Chi

nese of the tt rriton lme come to

bo the leading manufacturers of the

iroduct.

Manv of the white residents of

the islands eat poi to almost the ex-

ent as the native, but the taste is arsrelv acquired, and strangers sel

dom care for it. Poi has a high

food value, and, since it formed tho

principal article of diet of the old

Hawauans. some persons nave creu-

ited it with the splendid physical development of the race.

Poi was always eaten lrom woouen bowls, or calabashes, and was

conveyed to the mouth by the fingers, "one, two or three being cra-j

moved, according to tue consistency

of the food, which also establishes) a designation of one, two or three

finger poi. W hue poi caters now usually employ n fork or spoon in lieu of fingers, although it is still common even in the highest families to give native dinners, or luaus, at which knives and forks are tabooed and lingers only used. Thero

is as much etiquette among the Hawaiian in eatinsr with the fingers as with modern table implements, and

the graceful motion by which a portion"of noi is twisted upon the fin-

cers and transferred to the mouth

would not shocK the sensiouuics oi the most refined. An invitation to a real luau, at which poi, baked pig, fish baked in leaves and cocoanut in various forms form the principal

part of the menu, is something that

is alwavs looked forward to by every

T'ic Ctsc . h-!dc. "I like the p a .."' sa.d Mr. Xew-

liwed, "but the ra;!read fare pret-

tv hmh."

"But sure! ." replied !n- briV,

"the railroad comt anv v. ill nx ti.

0f for you whor they know.'

"When the know wiw ? "That von're tho wht

With a feeling of wholesome respect for the majesty of the law,

you now enter a large room, ot which one side is occupied by

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blc ones) and the other by half a l,u"f"t "" "V. dozen employees behind a counter. 1 hiladelpniu I tb.

Having banded your property to a clerk whose desk bears the in

scription, "Bcception of Articled," C01Up,m.,i

in exchange and then join the ranks through.

of tlie expectant borrowers on me 6Urfare i,v lnn v." I

uuiimua. mi P in :l

There arc all sorts and conditions Lr ,, t).

of men and women, from the work Ln,i

The Earth's Surface.

The surf;.

t

-The rei-rart you flat aympnthlr

! with me Is that you hnve never been

flisappolntetl In lore yotimelr."

"I haven't, eT Tüat's au you Know,

V,i- n ix "I haven U -7 Tunis hi you Know. .dna Oracioußl I sunposo that J n"T" .,'.., ,, .u

is n mark of ir.HftBr wl'J"-1 ?"U,BU lu' "

a million dollars, and I never got a sUv I

-'aes, an easy mar oi x- rcpir-ipiilladclpliia Press, fecbon. Boston Transcript. ,ßle r P J

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isitor to Hawaii and always pleas-

antlv remeuiliered afterward.

Opportune.

It was iust at the curtain was be-

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ing rung up that kind hearted Mrs. firev snddenlv remoniborcd the in-

onirv that f he bad intended to make j . . ... I-., i i

nhniit a suk nei 'hhor. sue leaneu

back and aecost'! Mrs. Bascom, who

had just moved in next door to the sick friend.

"Can vott to!! me," she queried

hnltilv. "how oi l Mrs. Davis is.""'

A puzzled rd reflective look stole over the e of Mrs. Bascom

ns she türm 1 for a whispered con

sultntion wi'.'.i a third lady, directly

behind her. Prescntlv die 1 mbed back to ward Mrs. V:rn her forehead puck

erd. "I re.iüv am not quite cer

tain," she n ported apologetically, "but 1 belie- e she is at least seven

ty-five." l'a rper's W eekly A Crest Change.

Several car atro Lord Clonm"1

brought !"thi? country a string of

Ol iL e

I'r ,lt Wl . in.iMcr It". 101i -.i'.;'-on.' v, lull t'.iu It I -i that i"

i.- f';s e i

girl who brings her Sunday hat to pres- ire of tho great lady who brings her n,.A ,.,

jewels and whose motor car is wait- fro.M ,t.t!

m WIU Mia AS Villi I .111

Jiut it there is no iraicrniiy m i... .... , M .l( , ;il ..

the ' mont-ne-pieto tnero is nt icasi Krf, y... . i,

equality, and no precedence is given h,, vo(.;in

to wenltli or lashion. nr the int.

1'I.A 4-1. Ä .nl.m C . . m i v .wartrtrkr! t I . .

uuu luv .iu.- ui yuui liiuiju!., tno piirtn I

has been estimated m anotner room :n ii,0 rfni,.r

a clerk culls out your number and modiate en noni

IIIU UlilUUIIl U11U1UU, Ui.ii iuu v.iii tliinir MRO IUI III C

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accept or retuse. it is never more ftPn,. i?ht- u-i.ni.-e

than half the lowest selling price of earth's interior matter i the object, as the valuer is responsi- i,n x. teinnerature-

. - . - ri

ble for any loss arising from unrc-Uhnrn it dissolves, and bei

deemed pledges, n you accept nis R;dcrai, 0 ,VI1er ,n ,t tha'

offer your name, address and pro- through volcanic craters in -t io

lession arc taKon uown oy nnoiner profßssor a be ;. Columbia I m

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clerk, and you must produce papers vcrsity. to establish vour identity.

The interest charircd is only 7 per & rcasuc

cent nor anninn. and there is no Thcre is a certain iimm rton

doubt that the state pawnshops ron- business man, of a rather vag"i.-h

: l A 11 l..-r. nf LlifnnsilSnn ii'lin imnlnnilc iliilt 1)14

French people. London Standard, wife has no imagination. At dnner

one night he chanced to mention

tracic circumstance he had rend

Unjustly Blamed. in the evening paper on his way

Sneakins ofthe unreliability of home. A passenger on a trr.r.satlan

circumstantial evidence, a lawyer tic steamer hndjallon overboard in

snid: nudocean. and he had never been

"Sanders McDowell, a coal heaver seen airain. "Was he drowned i

of Peebles, said anjrrily to his wife asked his wife. "Of course not,

one night: answered the irrepressible Hubby,

Ilnvers. Lisneth. hoo many "but ho snramed his ankle, 1 be

times am 1 to tell ye I winna hao Heve.M Argonaut.

tho children brininn' up coal m my

ton hnt!' Just Her Habit

"'Hoot. Sanders, mon. be ren- A widower was being married for

coonblo.' said Lisneth. Te've spoilt the fourth time recently. During

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the shape o' tho top hat wi' ycr lun- uie ceremony one oi me guubis is nv head a'readv, an', since ye're surprised to hear violent sobs pro-

henvin' coal all day, wot can a little ceeding from a woman in a corner extra coal dust in the headpiece of the church. matter?' "Wl0 13 tliat llltty wll is cr)'luS

" 'Woman, vc dinna erasp ma ar-no bitterly?' Ho asks oi tue by-

gyment,' said Sander. '1 only wear utandcrs. fimt ton hnt in tho cvouiu'. an' if "Oh. it's only Martha, our cook,

I'm oot an' 1 tak' it off it leaves a answers onc of the bridegroom ft

i i ri ... i-.i i.

l.lnnl- ,nm nround ma torclicad. children. "Mic always umunurti

Whnt's the rasoolt? Why, I'm nc- when papa gets marric(ti l.onuon

cuscd on all sides o' waslun' ma faco Mail.

wi' ma hat on!"' St. Louis Ulobc-

Democrat.

Ought to De Thankful. "Doctor." growled tho patient,

Bobby's Unfortunate Delay. "it SCC111S to 1110 that $u00 IS 11 big

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iTn wn five vears old. On tins chanre for that operation ot nunc.

larticular dav mother had dressed It didn't take you ovor mm a nun

lim with unusual care and was very ute,"

uch displeased to have him come "My dear sir,' replied tue inmous with clothing dirty and torn. specialist, "in learning to perform Sh hnd so often told him he Hint operation in half a minute I

must take his own part m the boys' have spoiled over eleven pocKS oi i i i .1. l.l il. ....Iiiin ...l. .to H1HI1.J " C.iwncn M.iif.

SCmpS nglll SllOUlU UIU i;wiaiuii ISUUH vjua us juuim """''' ""rs

demand it. This he would, not do. azine

i i 1. ,'.,ii,wlrwl in Ttiniah I

Ann now sou iji-.v4 v .

I r- -

mm.

uut J hn men ho: os. and at the close ot the

companion lauuer u5 , - , ft .

side ot one oi u oou, . . - - q her better half what it was. m s ii

M0h, that's the lire escape," rc- -iplifld tho husband.-Lippincott's. speech (

He Got tho Girl. counlr." mid Dunn. "I was a poor He had gone to ask her father for Irdi lad, and me dear old mother,

her hand in marriage. .ou rwt i t-r . y - i

k A

Bob became very nd gnnnt and Jieunun ; s v.T .X. J;, . A i i.A ii.Jlion.lwnters of he Ihinhraten, with

d, "wen, mamma, i.u - . , . in(ii(,llf.5nni.

I wasn't ready to light, ana V" ., ' . V . L i."" l.

i.- nn n n l moo in niu liiiii.-?, iuu .

sai

bov

when I got ready

me." Delineator.

. ..i.i i " pTinnnni tiiiij nnniiiTii 111 mini: 11 u uivi. '

out the old man. "licracmbcr, I am here I am tonight sitting check bv ? n, of few words" 1nwl with Lord Clonmel himself 1 T" "don't a , It you arc a man.of Why, me friends, back in the old ,.A :t ui !, T-.nM onA." 'fifVnerarv davs I couldn't get near

oniv one nuiu il i a un. ö-

replied the suitor.

He got the girl.

enough to his lordship to hit him with a shotgun!" Everybody's.

Manly Little Fellow.

canthropus changed his mind and . ii 1. ,1.1 4.. V.,K TI!

lrniiKiy aiimoieu i, u "u. " ninnner that of a chastened and

"Now, my manly little man," snid soflened person, r. Mlldun, laving his hand kindly 'You monkeyed too long, said the boy's sV.ouldcr, "you didn't the patriarch. "We gave you tv ,1 i ' 1 .luinnn In POIIin in with us. and vou

drop inai oaiianii uuc-i iiiuiu uii """".. . .1 xt 1 poce to make mi slip on it, did wouldn't take it Now we have nrL..9 rnnired for all tho stock we euro

Mr

on

..n 1 , 1!.l 4t. .......If I nKnll frVUKf tO tlOnt..

"Uourse not, repuuu ui mmn. -r . , cr nut The irenera muulntion w

utile mini, iwiKKiiuK ii wj. 1 , v , . ' 1 t- 1 . u thnri. fnr vor noarsichtod brother, lowed hnd tho usual c hoot u

who wouldn't V dodged it" Kan- but the inmder.- Puk.

hieb fol-

pon all

sh3 City Times.