South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 94, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 April 1916 — Page 6

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through the pr . though that is extremely valuahle, i-ut any effort ti makf people think exhil'it. lecture, lantern slides, jil.n ar!. nrHnary conversation. I Sy imhlicity tuI.eVt iiN.si.- ran he prev ented, epidemics ontr(Iled arid I. aide' lives caved. Publicity Is the one great agent of all reform. When people really know ar.out wronjr thin. when they understand thoroughly that hey are wrong, why they are wronir, and how to rlifht them, the rightirg i merely a question of time. The days of mystery ahout human ailments, their prevention and cure, are largely over. Health through publicity is the order of the new day.

THE MELTING POT

Filled Today by Stuart H. Carroll

STATESMEN GREAT AND AND NEAR-GREAT

Ily Ioi Kelly

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912.

MOVIES AND VENTILATION. Health inspectors jn New York city visited 1.000 moving picture theaters, and found that only 77 of thetn lived up t tlo- law re-juiring ft.M cubic feet of fresh air per hour f"r each patron. More than half of them were declared to be so improperly ventilated that they wer a menace to public health. Tne same conditions might be found in nearly every citv. it is surprising how little attention has been given to ventilation in the typical movie theater. There is an explanation, perhaps, in the fact that sc many of our movie houce" were built hastily, at low c-ost. to minister to a sudden demand. The newer picture thealers are fcr the most part better built more artistic-, more suited to their purpo.se and more cnsidcrate of the comfort ;nd health of the; audience. It has naturally taken time to evolve a definite type of theater for this new art. It is unfortunate, however, thnt adequate ventilation should have had to wait for suc h architect u ral evolution when, next to precautions against lire, it should have been the prime consideration. Few of the smaller c ities have the New York ventilation requirement. Nevertheless, a local movie patron needs just as much fresh nir as a New Yorker probably more, because lie is nel to more.

BIG EVENTS COMING IF THE WAR SIGNS RING TRUE. The great Oerman attack on Verdun has apparentlyfailed. The first gain? were impressive, but the blows hav1 grown continually weaker and the defense stlffer. And now the Kuss'.an guns are drumming on the eastern front and (ir.ind Puke Nicholas is .sweeping westward in Asia on a stretch of 700 miles.

The allies are showing team work at last. That (ier-j

man cirive at Verdun was meant to anticipate and destroy the spring offensive of the allies. Now that offensive has begun. The It'is.-i.ins have made the llrst move. y attacking now, before the spring thaw, they expe'-t to draw Oerman troops to the east and then hold them there. About the fust day of May we mayexpect the long delayed allied drive in the west, where the British should have at least 1.0(0,000 men ready, and the French half a million. So great an attacking force could strike the weakened Hermans a terrific blow. kittle more can be expected of Austria. Russia will keep her busy, aided by Italy on her own front when the snow melts from the All's, and perhaps by Houmania. There will be a big movement, too, from Salonica, against the Bulgarians and Turks. The allies plainly hope !o crush Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria, and then close in on Oermam'. The next three months should be the most momentous period in all modern history.

wi:iaxmi:. Widc-onie, th-ar Miss April, Your c-oinin hrtnjTs, us iln-ams Of ItninNm-coIorvd ro?. Ami vtiiinins biwhall teams.

A MOHI TO Till' WISH. "Beware of the man," warns old Cynic L. Kuss, "who tries to keep Iiis spirits up by putting other spirit? down."

A GENIUS, CRAZY AND A PAUPER, BUT FINALLY FAMOUS. Twenty years ago, the name Tlalph Albert Blakelock was known to every- artist in America. It was that of the greatest painter this country ever produced. At the zenith of his fame HIakelock went violently

'insane and 'was comm''d to an asylum in New York. ' He left his family stricken, dependent almost ! on charity. A daugi. . who Inherited much of his

genius, has also gone insane in the struggle for existence. The merit of the painter's work has been generally recognized since he became afflicted. Just recently a group of small canvasses from his brush brought $47,000 at auction. 0.e picture alone. "Moonlight," brought $20,000. Now, after all these years of madness, reason Is returning to I'lakelock, and with It evidences of his wondrous art. A noble New York woman, Mrs. Van Rensselaer Adams, has htarted a movement to raise a fund to remove the aged artist to more congenial surroundings and attempt to revive his genius. It Is a good work and deserves success. America can ill afford to have its greatest painter die a pauper in a mad-house.

HENCEFORTH ONE KING WILL DO FOR ALL AMOURS. An -ncouragement to youn men of unstable affectiops U the decision of a jury in the supreme court of Bronx county. New York, to the effect that the engagement ring in the property of the giver, and that In ease of divorce or annulment of marriage possession of the golden circle goes to him. Rightly now, indeed, may the fancy of the summer man of l'j 1 o turn to thoughts of love. One ring will do for all his amours. No longer may the canny maiden acquire a collection of solitaires blir enough to make a neckl.ne from luckless swains whom she has ensnared and afterwards jilted. The high cost of loving may be reduced by economical husbands-to-be who are able to persuade their chosen ones that there's really no sentiment in buying beautiful ep.i-'a-cments rings, since they are not gifts to their recipients, but really loans, owned in fee simple by the gentlemen. How much more sensible to buy a piano limp or easy chair for the new home, in token of the engagement. ne can't, of course, very well wear a piano lamp. But a diamond solitaire of the ln-cent variety would do a- well for a badge, since it seems merely the equivalent of a tag saving "sold. Hands off" to other prospertix e purchasers The association of retail jewelers may possibly arise to sustain the cause of feminism by an appeal frorn ihis decision. Bat the thrift societies may quote Ruskln 1 o Opla Oi m. Me. nit loo', fair ladle, vour betrothal rings art- not a our o ii.

RAILROAD EFFICIENCY NEEDED AS WELL AS MERCHANT MARINE. 'ur railroads hae al'.as boasted of their enVienoy

Tiny have .e-n cupposed to represent American administrative ability a; its highest envelopment. Railroad pan i-rs hav- been r. Warded as s a per-businessmen, and th bie t onpl a t nt lv acquiesced in that estim.tte of theiM. If other enterpris- were only handled as well as the railroads' It' the government were only managed hilf as well! The transportation lines had .roubles bat ii"t of th-ur own making. I meddlers would keep th-ir hands off. the lines would he all rUht. o'ur faith, in this a has been shaken lately by the railroads" manifest inability to handle traffic. They were excused it l.rst. on the ground that their busir.es' had sudd !.! grown t. s.ich volume that the rolling st.-ck s i:!'a ie:it for r.-rmal tr.itüc would not suir.ee. and it would take t;me to e-t new equipment. In the east particularly there is intolerable freight congestion. It is -lot niei-eb. tha' cars are lacking to carry all the gocds offered, but t h i".iiis seem to have absurdly tneft'e-. tive control of the cars available. Man i f-. ' ".r-: s and merchants everywhere are suffering. The nation" laziness js retarded. Cars loaded i.r.d started to their destination are lost for weeks. Arrived, th'v d:.--appar m der hmdy in freight yards while consignees clatu'T for their unloidmg. The t rathe man a--ers have failed t r:se to the situation. Vv'e need tailrotd ety.-aenrv tor internal trafüc quite as bad as we do the M; rc hani marine f r plowing t'ae seas

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO SERVE OR GET RICH QUICK. The Ruckenbach Steamship Co. announces its Intention of putting a .'lie of steamers Into the South American trade at once. A freight line under the American flag will he established, next month, between New York and Rio Janeiro. Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Hosaria and Ra I'lata. The company officials say it is organized for service. The Ruckenbaeh vessels were the first to enter the trade between New York and the Pacific through the Panama canal and continued it until the waterwaywas blocked. It will resume it, stronger than ever, when the canal is reopened. Seven new vessels of the newest and finest design are building for the South American trade. The Ruckenbachs believe in grasping opportunity by the forelock. A few more like them, and Fncle Sam's merchant marine will be a joke on the other fellow instead of himself.

MAN(i IX C)RI)i:X DAYS. Anent the recent discussion as to the origin of the popular phrase. "Nobody home," we came across the following epigram by Alexander Pope. It was addressed TO A RONEHEAD. You beat your plate, and fancy wit will come; Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.

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WASHINGTON. April 2. Vice- j CoFNTY FST. JOSRPH ' Pres't Marshall is the most popular! H(-fore me. a Notary IuMic in and for the Mate and cur.tv at. to..;!.

diner-out in Washington. This is ' 11 'n-ul "ppearea John Henry Zuvor, who, h ivir-g bet n lulv

INC I OR HOC. "It would be noted," said Reie, the poet, "that a dog license costs more than poetic license." "Well." answers Cecil,' "it's worth more." "Why?" queries Reggie. "Because all poets are fords," Cecil asserts.

! partly becaus every nostess feels ; that it sts off a dinner party to have

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! more because Marshall is good comj pany and never fails to keep the guests amused with his merry quips and cute little snappy bits of Inj diana philosophy.

Mrs. Marshall was recovering from

! according to law. deposes and says that he is the Kd:tor r.f th , Rend News-Times and that th following is. to the bt of bt V;t.

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... , , an illness when congress convened my dear Cecil, proves that all fools , . . ,, i last December, and the vice-presi-

! dent dodged a good many social en-

are not poets.

MAYONNAISE. Woman is like salad, We don't mind confessing, HcH'jiiLst she no cU'pends, I'pon the kind of drotslnjr!

FAMOUS STvOC.ANS. "Public Re Damned."

AXD SWTMMIX AXI) MARRRIIS AM) XI-: O'OAT. April showers Bring May flowers; April rains. Rheumatic paln.

AliSO TIIH PARK IIKXCIIF.S. Eddie reminds us that since gasoline has gone up another notch, porch swings will be In greater demand this summer.

IIi:iM"S A ITiAT ONE. News Item Miss Jennie Pancake, was elected first vice-president of the Parent-Teachers' association of Elkhart. We will wager that she is a gruelling teacher.

"A XAMI7S A XAMK." Ills middle name is Valentine,

Sr.Yi:X-YOKI PLAYLETS. Life. Sammy Susie Spooning Spliced Fam Jr. Scrap .Split.

old ixh;k's focus. (Ily J. I. F.) O why the commotion Across the blue ocean, O, why all this haJly excite? , Why doesn't the kaiser Stick to his Hudwelscr, And call oil the hlKmln' old fipht? Why doesn't Faroes Get his cans at the Hague An! call tlie whole fracas- a draw?

An appellation phncnogomlc. With preparedness! poise If you should see this friend of mine And this Mexican noise. You'd think indeed ho was a We'll all be as nutty as Tliaw. "comic." Ilaw! Itawl With Other Editors Than Ours

gagem-nts. Otherwise he would have had either a speaking date or a dinner date every single night from the first of December until along in March, when Rent sets in. Imagine never having a night to yourself for throe months at a stretch never a chance to stay in and do nothirg but just mooch around the house! There are nuny days when Marshall has much less privacy than the average window trimmer. "Sometimes," the vice-president once told me, "I'm half tempted to

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The hard coal operators were Incredulous when the miners assured them that they would dig about as much coal in an eight-hour day as in a nine-hour day. Hut as a matter of fact, that's the way it usually works out when labor's day is shortened. Employers always object to "paying nine or ten hours' wages for eight hours' work," but they generally find when the change is made that the added strength and zest of the men under a short day regime makes up for the loss in time, and eventually saves money.

The death penalty has received another body blow In the law enacted in New Jersey allowing Juries in first degree murder cases to recommend life imprisonment. That is practically the same as abolishing capital punishment, inasmuch a.s hardly any jury nowadays will vote for the death penalty if there is any way of .- -cape.

New York is convinced that the way to unify our population and solve our national problems is to get on the job of Americanizing our immigrants. And the New York board of education, which upends $40,000,0'Ki a year on public instruction, says it hasn't any money for night schools for the foreign population.

Whether Maj. Jen. Leonard Wood is a great soldier or not. he's certainly a great publicity strategist. And if congress doesn't hurry up with Its army enlargement plan, the general will have so many private soldiers drilling the congress can stop talking and go home.

New York ministers have condemned the '"brutality" of the Willard-Moran right. And John L. Sullivan has countered with the retor: that the only brutal thing about it was the prices charged fo: seeing the boxing match.

Peace talk in Europe is once more flzzlinc out. Germany savs the allies rnrst he crushed; the allies sav Germany must be annihilated. Pluff, bluff, bluff! What dandy poker players those war lords would make.

PROPOSING AN EPIDEMIC OF HEALTH AGITATORS. IMward A Mor-e. in the American Journal of Public Health. s..vs paMb nv will sae more lies than any d Ii r sit i: If ai.'enev. Wt.iir; ii.- a Ivo- of numerous friends whose judgment i a! ',' vos Mr Moree. "I have adopted, as . s. iiptsv- of m own work, tb;- t!tle 'agitator.' I !..':. - that is the most apt w ord m the English language to d. s- ib.- a publb !." An aifit.itor. c ori! t: ds Mr. Motee. is simply one who !-t;rs tl,!i..s i.p ts po;v ,, think and talk about

With "polite expressions of regret" the entente powers

unanimously decline to disarm their merchantmen. It now is observe! with how much politeness Germany proceeds to sink those merchantmen.

OUGHT TO LIVTC A HUNDRED YIIAILS. (Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch.) A prominent Canadian financier went to England the other day "in the interest of his health." There wasn't anything the matter with him at the time. He had reached 65 years of age, and had acquired a goodly fortune, so he thought he w ould consult the best physicians he could find in an effort to learn how he could live to be 100 years old. He had ample means to live any way that it might he necessary, and ho was willing to undergo any sort of training th physicians might prescribe. The physicians "looked him over," and pronounced him in a perfect condition of health, with the chances In favor of his living a long time. Rut whether he could live to be 100 wa problematical ,.the physician said. Certainly he would have to do one thing in order to reach that age and the banker was ready to do it. That was to go to work, and work a little harder than he had than he had been accustomed to work of late years. In other words, he could live to be 100 only In the event he did not "retire." Then the physician told the banker a few things about "retiring." He said he had no record of any man living to extreme old age after he had given up work. All of the centenarians, in fact, were persons who had continued to work. No man who led an active life to 7B or 80 and then retired had lived any length of time, and few men who had worked until they were 65 and retired had lived to 70 or 75. The? advantage of succeeding in life and acquiring a competency Is that it enables one to do the sort of work he loves to do and thus also enables him to escape the details that are unpleasant. But It does not promote longevity to acquire money unless one continues in the harness. Work that one does not care to do kills at times; that is the burden of toll to do somethingyou. do not want to do. Rut work that one wants to do. work that he enJoys that Is play, and we can play ourselves along for 100 years or more If we pay some attention to the diet.

privileges and yet remain In heart citizens of the country from which they Immigrated. This la being clearly demonstrated In the United States as the outgrowth of the present European w-ar, and those men who are attempting to arouse a nro-Engllsh, pro-French, pro-German. pro-Austrian sentiment in this country' aro disloyal to their oaths as citizens and are unworthy of the confidence that the nation has reposed in them. We do not censure these citizens for favoring the side of their native land, we in s'milar circumstances would feel the same, but it is certainly not to their credit that they should attempt to embarrass the administration of the government that affords them protection that they have sworn in their oaths to support and if need be to fight for. Although this country today is a neutral nation still with serious trouble impending upon the Mexican border, and with the grave diplomatic relations being conducted with foreign warring nations, every' ounce of loyalty in every citizen of the country should be given to the country of his birth or adoption. N'o individual citizen should let the stain of pro-anything be fastened to his name but that of pro-American. Let the spirit that actuated the men of 1775 be the same spirit of today; let the tlag that they created and died to uphold, be our inspiration for a more solidified national life, and a truer Americanism.

put on my overling clothe? as soon a.-- I get up In the morning and just slip on a nice set of blue overalls to work In." Ther is cne important difference bet wee.-, inviting the vice-president to dinner and inviting the president. It is not good etiquette to ask th president to dinner unless the invitation is accompanied byr the list of guests who are to be present. The theory is that when you can land as good a job as that of president of the United States you are entitled not to have your evening spoiled by being at dinner with somebody who might try to buttonhole you and discuss something of individual rather than general interest. A mere vice-president, however, s obliged to Take his chances.

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and t.elief. a true statement of the ownership, manneement (and if daily paper, the circulation K etc . of the aforesaid publication for the dat shown in the above caption, required bv the Act of AugaiFt -4. 112. on -iodie-d in section 4 4. Postal Law? and Regulations, printed or. the i-verj-e of this form, to-wit: 1. That the names and adares.ss of the publisher, editor, rnar-.acin? editor, and busines-s managers are: Publisher and I?n?inrs Manager. Ga-briel H. Pjmmrrs r-uth pn.l Ind. Editor and Managing Editor. John Henry' Zuvor, South Rend. Ind. That the ovv ners are: The New s-Times Printing Co ( Incorporated . hWith Rend. Ind. Stockholders holding one per cent of stock or more: Gal r.el R. Summers. .South Rend. Ind. That the know n bondholder?, mortratrcvw, and other -;; it v holders or holding 1 per cent or more of total anvonnt of bonds, mortgages, or other securities areJohn R. Stoll. South Rend. Ind. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, gtvin? the r.ajn-rs of tr owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appr upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or -oi:rlty holder appears uxon the books of the company as trustee ( p In any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation tor -whom s ;k h trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain state ments embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief a to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders h. do not appear upon the books of tho company as truMee-, hohl stock n:i 1 securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this alflant ha-s no reason to believe that anv 'thr neison .-LsoMation o,

in the -aid .dock, bonds ,,r

corporation has any interest direct or indirect

other securities than as so stated by him.

5. That the average number of cojM s of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, throtrgh the mails or otherwise, to j. aid s .bscribers during the six months preceding the date show n above is 1 r, . 7 s .'. . JOHN HENRY ZUVER. Editor 8wom to and subscribed before me this 2 1th day of March. 11-.

(Seal) My commission expires Jan. 17, 10 IS.

CECELIA HAOKKTY. Notary- Public

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1 j .la b a!th rv u to be an agitator. Manuf.otur-p-od.e s. iinir. i.t. h sav .. is impossible. l'.at it eau !- :. I.t rat e 1 C-r fc'',-.,..! or re-foci sed. And tn.it is v:,t he w.tr.ts put!:-- health officers to do, by rr.e.u. of publicity. Ii i-uuht.it be iutans not oj.ly that r"aich comes

Col. Hoosevelt returns and promptly announces his discovery of a neu kind of bird. P-irdie tlies by night, tats nuts and is much like an owl. We cuess it belongs to the speeies Indiana iliticus.

A New York magistrate insists that "poker isn't gambling it's a gentleman's gi.:ne." Which seems to be simply a new form of the old argument that '"gambling is a gentleman's sport."

Hearst's press service reported that Villa had been ahnest captured on the Hearst ranch. Francisco was bound to get into trouble, if he hadn't puit lifting the Hearst chickens.

Gen. Matkenzen went to Constantinople to present the teultan with (he baton of u Prussian field iairrvbl. l or the Turks' victories oer the .ruienianal

LET US HE PJ.O-AMKTIICAX. (Mandan, N. D., Pioneer.) There has never been a time in the history of the republic when it was so essential that every citizen, native-born or naturalized, should be distinctly pro-American, as right now. Peopled with a transplanted cit

izenship representing almost every foreign country, the government has a different problem to face in a crisis like the present one, than any other country- would have. Amalgamation with other races, and the first, second and third generation of those peoples who have not so readily amalgamated, ha brought about a citizenship that can strictly be said to be thoroughly- American. The great majority of naturalized Americans, although they still have a love for the mother country that a native born citizen can hardly appreciate, are loyal to the country of their adoption, loyal because they have found here better conditions for gaining a livelihood, a freedom of action that they never knew before, free Institutions, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, and an opportunity to have a voice in the

affairs of their adopted government. 'et there are some naturalized citizens who have accepted all thesa

TOO MUCH ILM PITA SIS OX FIIKAK LEGISLATION". (Duluth, Minn.. Herald.) The fashion calling for skirts most decidedly clear of the ground, somebody has Introduced a bill in the Virginia legislature forbidding any woman to wear a dress the .skirt of which Is more than four inches from the ground. For good measure, this freak throws In the provisions that no woman may wear a shirtwaist or evening gown which shows more than three inches of throat. And now there will be much talk of freak legislation. Too much attention is paid to freak legislation. The practice of talking about it has discredited legislatures and undermined respect for law. Legislatures are bad enough but they do not deserve half that has been said about them because of such measures as this Virginia folly. The fact Is that this measure will not become law, and that very few freak bills ever do become law. Xot

all laws are wise; but not one per

George Holden Tinkham is a new bachelor congressman from Boston, noted or at least he ought to be noted, and doubtless soon will be for having the most horrible signature in congress. When he signs his name it suggests the signature of a careless hen dashed off hastily In a radish bed. Only once in hia life has Tinkham ever written his name In a way that made it even half legible. That was when he prepared a sample signature for the purpose of having a facsimile made to go on his otficlal envelopes. Tinkham worked for more than an hour on that. And when he got through it was no more like his regular handwriting than if he had hired a stranger to do it for him. When Tinkham first came to Washington he inadvertently caused all the other Massachusetts congressmen to answer more telephone calls than they ever had before. The reason was this: Various government departments kept receiving letters from some Massachusetts member whose name they were unable to decipher, and they were obliged to call other members to learn who it was that signed his name with h!s foot. . Today Tinkham's secretary wisely typewrites the congressman's name right beneath the signature. In that vay anybody who receives a letter from Tinkham can easily tell who has sent it. Afdde from his ohirography, Tinkham seems to be all right. There are persons who claim to be able to read character from handwriting. Such a person would put Tinkham down for a dissipated yeggman. But he would do the man a grave injustice. The reason Tinkham writes the way he does is because he is eager to get at something else. He is a brisk chap; always in a hurry. Nothing distresses him so much as a slow train, or in fact, any slowmeans of transportation. Every morning he becomes almost apoplectic In his annoyance at the easypace tlken by the street car which

conveys him from his home to Cap

itol hill. It happens that Tinkham it on the District of Columbia committee and he declares that the committee could perform no greater work than to tpeed up the street cars in Washington. Tinkham's habit of doing things at high speed includes getting dressed in the morning. He dresses in

such haste that he never knows just

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out includes a red necktie. He will wear a red necktie -rvery day for two or three months und then suddenly he will appear in cne that is bright green sirnp'y because he found the green or.e tlrst. Nearly every day Tinkham spends

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ever get Into a statute book. Lawmakers courting publicity have found that an easy way to pet it is to devise some startling measure which the papers will take up. So they devise and Introduce such a bill, and there, usually, Is the end of It. Yet these freak proposals

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the people get to thinking of the ! rninnin himself, boxintr. and such average legislature as though it eig. j things. This keps him in such exerly paused every fool proposal put I cel,ent Ph-VfiIcaI trim that he teems up to it. j wltn energy, and that is why he Legislatures and legislators are fiastPns at suh a great rate from bad enough though they are Just 1 onf pot to anther, like a hu?e hat the people make them but i tr'cket they are not that bad. For ev?ry -ays Tinkham conveys the lmfool law that is passed there arc- a i fression that he is on his way to thousand fool bills that, after at- ,,otif' !ne authorities that the white tractlng notoriety like this silly Vir- n',;,fi is on firHjrinla measure, die the speedv death 1 they deserve. i K ISS PKODl CEIts. I "I wish mistletce were in seaPrepare for gardening; that is ! -wn a11 tho time," said he.

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