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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,, TUTJTISDAT EVENING, OCTOBER 18. 1900,
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WHITE LOGIC
IDWTN FORREST was once drilling a stupid
"super' In despair Forrest exclaimed:
"Can't you say it as I do?" "No," said
the man ; " if I could, would I be working
for $5.00 a week?' If you asked a cheap yellow
soap to do the work of Ivory Soap the reply
might well be: "If I could, would I sell for half as
much ? " Ivory Soap, being pure, costs money, but
not more than a pure soap has to cost.
MARK TWAIN CHATS.
Humorist Indulges In a Few Inter
esting: Remarks.
New Tork, Oct. IS. "When. I said that
If I once got ashore in the United States
I'd break my legs so that I could not
feet away again," remarked Samuel L.
Clemens this morning, in his easy, pleas
ant drawl. "I meant to register a protest
against having to pack up a satchel and
go somewhere.
"The only thing1 that worries me,"
said he, "is that I may be told to move
on. I've been around so much that I
have none of those littl prejudices
against other countries. 1'feither is it
that I am not comfortable. I am. I'd
be comfortable in a coal cellar if they
would only let me stay there. But be
fore I got accustomed to my surround
ings I would be obliged to move some
where else. Still, I would be an ingT777e
to the various countries whose hospital
ity I have enjoyed and under whose flags
I have lived if I did not appreciate the
kindness with, which I was received
abroad."
Mr. Clemens said that he supposed he
would Jiot be able to vote this fall, but
that he was going to support somebody.
"I've been a mugwump these many
years," he said. "I am a mugwump
now. I shall be a mugwump until I die
and afterward- It is the only entirely
respectable party that ever existed."
With the well-known and irresistible
twinkle in his eye, he added:
i "I understand that I am the only liv
ing member of it. I will maintain its
respectability to the end. Do you know
what the mugwump platform is? It
ims one plank. Out of howsoever many
candidates there may be before the pub
lic select the best man. Don't pay any
attention to principles. If I had a vote
on, November 6 I would inquire into the
character of McKinley and of Bryan,
and vote for the one who had the sound
est morals. Everyone has some prin
ciples, I suppose, but I'd rather support
a man with morals and without prin
ciples than a man with principles and
without moral3."
Mr. Clemens was much amused by a
statement printed in a morning paper
that his drawl indicated that he belong
ed to the leisure class.
"I was born into the leisure class,"
Raid he, "but that is the most courteous
name I ever heard it called by. Usually
It is called by a pretty rude name. I
have been charged with being lazy, but
from this time forth I shall claim my
place in the ranks of the leisure class."
Mr. Clemens said he would try to live
quietly this winter. "A certain amount
of dining is fit and proper," he said, "but
if you go too far somebody gets up and
eays, 'Oh, thunder, that man talks too
much.' I don't believe it has ever been
truly said of me truly said that I talk
ed too much, and I don't mean that it
shall be. I have three dinner appoint
ments, made some time since, and I in
tend to be discreet about the rest."
Mr. Clemens would say nothing about
tiis literary plans.
"My literary projects are yet unborn,"
said he, "and as yet there has been ap
pointed neither a birthday nor a chris
tening. I always refuse to discuss per
eonal affairs. Generally I make some
sort of an answer to a question of that
kind, but what I say does not mean any
thing. You say I've been compared with
Scott in the payment of the debts of the
publishing houses in which I was inter-
Nice, but purely personal."
ested.
Said a grape to his friend: "If they
eat us
They will surely get appendicitis."
Said the friend: "You are wrong. If
they bite us
They may possibly have appendicitis."
A DETERMINED WOMAN
Finally Found a Food that Cured Her.
"When I first read of the remarkable
effects of Grape-Nuts food, I determined
to secure some," says Mrs. C. W. Ald
ridge, of Salisbury, Mo. "At that time
there was none kept in this town, but
my husband ordered some from a Chi
cago traveler.
"I had been greatly afflicted with sud
den attacks of cramps, nausea, and vom
iting. Tried all sorts of remedies and
physicians, but obtained only temporary
relief. As soon as I began to use the new
food the cramps disappeared and have
never reappeared.
"My old attacks of sick stomach were
a little slower to yield, but by continu
ing the food, that trouble has disap
peared entirely. I am today perfectly
well, can eat anything and everything I
wish, without paying the penalty that I
used to. We could not, and would not,
keep house without Grape-Nuts.
"My husband was so delighted with
the benefits I received that he has been
recommending Grape-Nuts to his cus
tomers and has built up a very large
trade in the food. He sells them by the
case to most of the leading physicians
of the county, who prescribe Grape
Nuts very generally. There is some sat
isfaction in using a really scientilically
retired food,"
DEAF MUTE FOOTBALL.
Team Prom Olathe to Flay Topeka
High. School Saturday.
The Topeka high school team plays the
first game of the season on the home
grounds next Saturday with the team
from the state school for the deaf mutes
at Olathe at the Washburn ball park.
This game will undoubtedly draw a
large crowd, from the fact that it will
be quite unique and something new in the
way of football for Topeka, as all the
signs and signals on the Olathe side will
have to be given with the hands and feet.
The Topeka high school have what is
considered about the best high school
team in this section and are confident of
becoming the champion team of Missouri
and .Kansas valley. The matter lies be
tween the Kansas City team and the To
pekans. Last year each of the team se
cured a game from the other. ICansa
City has beaten everything they have
played with in Missouri and the Topeka
team has done the same In Kansas. Hence
a great deal of interest will he attached
to the Kansas City-Topeka games.
Last year only one home game was ar
ranged for the high school, but this year
they have been more successful and have
four games scheduled.
All the games will undoubtedly prove
to be well worth going to see. The To
peka boys play with a snap ami vim rare
ly displayed on a high school team and
there will be some hard struggles, in
the coming game with the Olathe deaf
mutes the team from Olathe is 2 lbs.
heavier on the average than the Topeka
team. The weights being: Olathe, aver
age 145 pounds, and Topeka, ave,' use
weight 142'a pounds.
The gate receipts go to help pay the
expenses of the visiting team and what
ever deficit there is will have to come
from the high school athletic association
fund and it is urged that lovers of the
game turn out and help make a good
showing in the treasurer's account book.
The admission has been placed at 26 cents
and season tickets for the four games to
be played in Topeka at 75 cents.
The home games are as follows:
With the state school for the deaf. Oc
tober 20.
With the Atchison county high school
of Effingham, November 3.
Wilh the Campbell university of Holton,
November 17.
With the Kansas City, Mo., high school
November 24.
ODD CAUSE FOR JEALOUSY.
Mrs. Huletts, of Cleveland, Telia Why
She Asks For a D ivorce.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 18. A wooden
image modeled after the pattern of the
Venus of Milo was a feature of the hear
ing of the divorce petition of Mrs. Mary
Huletts before Judge Dellabaugh today.
August Huletts married Mary, his pres
ent wife, in 1890. Mrs. Huletts says
their home was a little paradise for
many years. Her husband took to wood
carving. Mrs. Huletts said he unveiled
his work one day and she. saw the image
of a woman. She testified:
"It was then that our trouble began.
Until that time I loved my husband, and
I thought that he did me. But after
that image was completed he would
spend all his time gazing at it. He even
bought clothes and dressed it up. These
clothes were better than the ones I could
wear. I became jtaious of that wooden
figure."
POPULISTS DON'T OBJECT.
Won't Prevent S. VsmDyko Posing as
Socialist Congressional Nominee.
Republican papers announce that the
Populists are planning to bring injunc
tion suits in the counties of the Third
district to prevent S. VanDyke from
making the race as the Social Democrat
ic nominee for congress in the Third dis
trict. Chairman E. R. Ridgley of the Popu
list state committee said of this rumor:
"There is no truth in it. Mr. VanDyke
has a perfect right to make this race if
he so desires and the Populist state
committee will make no effort whatever
to prevent people from voting for him or
to prevent Van Dyke from being a candidate."
HONORS FOR KRUGER.
IIIS FEE $30 A MINUTE.
Lawyer Owen Awardei $27,000 For
Service in S. S. Stone Will Contest.
CePumbus, O., Oct. 18. Selwyn N. Ow
en, a former chief justice of the Ohio
supreme court, was awarded a decision
by that tribunal today which gives him
the largest fee ever received by an Ohio
attornty in a similar action.
Judge Owen represented several heirs
in a suit to enforce the partition of the
estate of Silas S. Stone of Cleveland,
valued at more than $1,500,000. He won
the case and demanded a fee of $18,000.
His clients contested this. After seven
years' litigation he has been awarded
the fee and interest $27,000. He was re
munerated for actual services in court
at the rate of $20 a minute.
BR El DE N T II A L AT HOLTON.
A IJarga Audience Listens to the
Gubernatorial Candidate.
Holton, Oct. 18. J. W. Breidenthal
spoke to a large and enthusiastic audi
ence here . yesterday afternoon. He
spoke at considerable length and Was
given close attention throughout his
address. Many Republican business
laea. were noticed in the gathering.
France Will Receive Sim as Head of
a State.
New York, Oct. 18. It is stated on ex
cellent authority, says a cablegram to
the Times from Paris, that ex-President
Kruger will, after landing at Marseilles,
pass through Paris, and that he will be
received with all the honors due to the
head of a state. The municipality of
Marseilles is making preparations for a
grand reception for Kruger, and it is
quite certain that he will be enthusias
tically welcomed by the population in
general.
The recommencement of active de
fense in the Transvaal has reawakened
Kuropean interest in the Boer cause and
the French government, in common with
other Kuropean governments, is not
sorry to see this reawakening of sym
pathy, as Great Britain's hands are all
but completely tied while the Boers re
main active. In China, and in the settle
ment of any difference with Great Brit
ain, her rivals can therefore take an
advantage.
It is quite likely, for this reason, that
Europe, and especially France, will give
a semblance of encouragement to Mr.
Kruger and will hold out a vague hope
of intervention.
A well informed politician has stated
that this will be the policy of the French
government. Kruger will be well received
and the Boers will be encouraged as
much as possible. The end of hostilities
need not therefore be looked for at pres
ent. Mr. Kruger's friends are still hoping
that he will visit America.
ISTHMIAN CANAL REPORT.
It Will Not Be Ready For the Meet
ing of Congress. '
New York, Oct. 18. A special -to the
Herald from Washington says:
The Isthmian canal commission Is at
work on its report, but it is evident that
it will find it impossible to do more than
submit a preliminary statement to con
gress when the session begins.
This report will present facts and fig
ures referring to both the Panama canal
and the Nicaragua route. A vote has
not yet been taken by the commission
as to which it will recommend, nor will
a decision be reached until further in
formation has been received regarding
both projects.
H. Hustin, president of the Panama
Canal company, has arrived in Wash
ington and paid his respects to the com
mission. He came to Washington in
compliance with the request of Rear
Admiral Walker and will stay here until
he can be spared, when he will return to
Paris. He will come back to Washing
ton during the session of congress.
Notwithstanding the commission has
not taken a vote as to route, it is ap
parent from the trend of its investiga
tion that it favors the Nicaragua water
way. Because of the dimensions and dis
placement of modern steamships, it has
been determined that a canal 30 feet
deep would be too small, and the com
mission is preparing estimates on a ca
nal which shall be 35 feet in depth and
have a minimum width of 150 feet. On
the 30 foot canal the majority of the
first Walker commission estimated the
cost at about $125,000,000. The increase
in depth and width projected will neces
sarily make the projected canal more
expensive. Borings are being made to
ascertain if the increased excavation
necessary will require the removal of
rock or soft dirt.
Advocates of the Nicaragua canal are
getting considerable comfort out of the
fact that the examination of the route
recommended by the first Walker com
mission has, except in a few instances,
shown its entire practicability.
The engineering parties sent out by
the commission have gone over ev
ery foot of the route. They have rec
ommended that the sites of several locks
be slightly changed, and the commis
sion will adopt their recommendations.
The general impression seems to be,
however, that the commission will fa
vor the Walker route, provided the bor
ings being made for a larger canal
should not show that the cost would be
excessive.
Mr. Lampse, secretary of the Panama
Canal company, who is in this city, said
last night that the company was pre
pared to meet any of the conditions
which might be laid down by the Isth
mian commission and was ready and
willing to conform to any of its recom
mendations. It was a matter of impos
sibility, however, for the Panama Canal
company to outline its course of action,
as everything would depend upon the re
sults that would be reached by the commission.
He declared there are no obstacles
which engineering skill cannot overcome
in making the Panama canal acceptable
to the Isthmian commission, and that a
canal of 35 feet in depth, with a mini
mum width of 150 feet, is perfectly feas
ible at the Panama route.
Idaho Irrigation Scheme.
Boise, Idaho? Oct. IS. The state has
segregated 249,000 acres of land on the
Snake river near Shoshone Falls.to be re
claimed under the Carey act by canals to
be taken out of the river at the head
of the canyon leading to the falls. The
undertaking will cost $1,500,000. This is
the greatest irrigation undertaking ever
projected in this state and one of the
largest in the country.
SypY AT NOME.
First Fall of the "Beautiful" on Sep
tember 28.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. IS. Advices re
ceived here yesterday state that Nome
had Its first fall of snow on September
28. Each morning the tundra is caked
with ice and pedestrianism is attended
with as much discomfort from cold as
will probably be experienced when the
thermometer is much lower and the air is
dryer. ,
Cold weather has brought mining opera
tions to a slow-down, some mines stopping
work altogether.
A mammoth pay streak has been found
in the bnach on the right limit of Glazier
creek. Pans have been taken out running
as high as $2. The pay streak is deep and
very wide.
Nome-beach miners are inclined to sing
with selfish jov: "It's An 111 Wind That
Blows No One Good," for if the late tidal
wave and storm did cause a property loss
of $750,000 to others and drive 1,000
people from their homes, it also reriewed
the wealth of the world-famed ruby sand.
Not to its old-time richness, 'tis true, but
sufficiently to make it profitable again to
work over.
in some instances the storm deposited'
a layer of ruby sand on the hard surface
of the beach, which, when run through
a rocker, yields excellent pay.
The richest finds under these new con
ditions have so far been at Topukuk,
where, in sand that was worked twice
before the storm, men are now making
from $30 per day up.
BIGlMIL theft.
Fire Bags of Registered Pact
ages Missing In Gotham.
New Tork, Oct. 18. It has become
known that five bags of registered mail
enclosed in one large pouch, were stolen
from Station H, at the corner of Lexing
ton avenue and East Forty-fourth street
on Monday night last, and so far the
postofnee inspectors have been unable to
locate the thief, although suspicion has
tauen on one man.
The pouch, which was so heaw that
only a strong man could move it, was
stolen before it reached the delivery
wagon and while it was still at the sta
tion. It had been duly checked off,
sealed, and locked with a numbered key.
With another pouch of registered mail
it had been deposited on the floor near
the employes entrance. When the wagon
called for it Station Clerk Nathan dis
covered that it was missing. Search in
and around the station failed to reveal
it.
The payment on the checks contained
In the bag has been stopped. The amount
in cash is not supposed to have exceeded
$1,000, but the value of the -contents of
the registered letters, which were di
rected to many parts of the globe, can
only De guessed at.
DIES OF YELLOW FEVER
Major Peterson's Death Follow
ed by His Wife's Suicide.
Washington, Oct. 18. The war depart
ment has received the following- cable
gram: "Havana, Oct. 18. Surgeon General
Washington: Major Matt R. Peterson,
U. S. V., died of yellow fever at Los
Animas at 9 o clock October li. Mrs.
Peterson, his wife, killed herself an hour
later GORGAS,
"Chief Sanitary Officer.'
Major Peterson was of the commissary
department and held the rank of captain
in the regular establishment. He was a
graduateof W est Point and was appoint
ed from North Carolina.
ONE SPEECH A DAY.
Mr. Stevenson's Work la New York
is Limited.
Watertown, N. T., Oct. 18. Adlai EL
Stevenson arose at 8 o'clock today, ap
parently in excellent spirits, and he
seemed refreshed by his sleep. He spent
most of the day quietly, receiving many
calls from local Democrats.
Mr. Stevenson declared that the re
ports that hi3 health was broken were
exaggerated. He said he was a little
hoarse, but the defect in his voice was
of slight moment.
Mr. Stevenson will leave Watertown at
C:05 tonight for Lowville, where he will
deliver a speech this evening. Friday
he goes to LJtica to be present at a dem
onstration to be held that evening, sat
urday he leaves for Chicago and will
spend the lemainder of the campaign in
Illinois and Indiana.
Many New Freight Engines.
Philadelphia, Oct. 18. The Baldwin
locomotive works, whose shops have
been exceedingly busy for many months,
have booked two large domestic orders
for engines. One is for 30 freight loco
motives for the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad and the other is for 32
ensrines for the Union Pacific company.
A member of the firm states that the
report that an order had been received
for locomotives irom tne uireciui ui me
South African railway is not correct.
LIEUT. H. H. CALDWELL,
Who is to Command the Submarine Boat Holland.
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AYL1IER.
1 From the Chicago News.
Hillary Lance and Edith Morton were
betrothed and all their world agreed
that the match must have been made in
heaven, so perfectly did they appear to
be fashioned for each other.
At the Tale reception given by Mrs.
Hollis they were standing together when
Edith spoke:
"Do you know that man who just
came in, Hillary? That tall, fair man
talking to Mary Nelson I mean. He has
a wonderfully striking face."
"That's Aylmer, don't you know?"
"Your old chum."
"Yes. He just came today. I'll bring
him over. I want you to meet him."
Edith stood half concealed by a clus
ter of palms and watched the two men
as they made their way toward her. She
saw Hillary introduce his friend to a
number of people and thought Aylmer
looked bored, but her eyes followed him
with a sort of fascination. Hillary was
handsome, there was no doubt as to that
but he was distinctly of this world,
wordly, while Aylmer
Her reverie was interrupted by the
man's voice.
"I count it a very great pleasure to
meet you. Miss Morton. My friend.
Lance, has long pormised me the priv
ilege, but circumstances have always
prevented. The fates are unusually kind
to me tonight.
"One might question the kindness,Mr.
Aylmer. I am not generally considered
amusing and Mr. Lance seems to pur
pose leaving you entirely at my mercy."
"And is amusement the sole end and
aim of existence?"
"It seems to be with most people. For
unately there are a few to whom the
rule does not apply.
"To which class to you belong, if I
may ask so personal a question? If you
must be amused or perish I will surren
der my place to some one else, for I am
not amusing, either. Hillary is, how
ever, if we may judge by the faces of
those young ladies."
"But he isn't frivolous though, real
ly." Edith exclaimed, and then flushed
angrily as Aylmer smiled:
"Not really?"
Instantly the man's manner changed.
"I have known Hillary Lance intimate
ly a great many years, Miss Edith, and
never once in all that time have I
known him to swerve one inch from
what he considered right. A loyal
friend and a right royal fellow he al
ways will be."
Each of these two people had known
the other so long by heresay that the
commonplaces of ordinary first ac
quaintance would have been superfluous
and they talked Instead of things and
people of aspirations and ambitions, of
life and its purposes, finding a wondrous
community of interests and ideas, the
real heart-sympathy for which every
soul yearns. Sitting in the shadow of
the palms, with the glittering thron
passing and repassing before them, they
drifted into a companionship so perfect
that speech was a nonessential. To
Edith it seemed like a bit of some old,
half -forgotten dream, and it was with a
visible effort that she brought herself
together when at last Hillary appeared
before them.
"Well, you two precious people cer
tainly must have found each other en
tertaining," he exclaimed. "I have had
my eyes on you for fully 15 minutes and
I really don't believe you have said half
a dozen words to each other in that
time."
"Oh, but you are mistaken," said Ayl
mer. "I can safely testify that I, my
self, have said at least seven."
After that Hillary found it almost im
possible to bring his two choicest friends
together and his loyal heart did not once
suspect it to be because of the self-distrust
with each felt and the fear of the
enchanted but dangerous land into
which their feet had once almost carried
them. He was at first puzzled and then
provoked at the indifference, almost dis
like, which each manifested toward the
other.
"I don't understand you at all, Ayl
mer," he exclaimed hotly one evening
when after he had raved at length about
Edith, the other had drawled non
chalantly, "She does seem to be pretty
nice sort."
"I didn't kribw I had talked in rid
dles," his friend responded.
"You haven't. You haven't talked at
all. Hang it, any way, I believe I must
have sated each of you with my de
scriptions of the other before wou ever
met, for Edith acts just as abominable
as you do. I never thought she would
be so ungracious to one of my friends."
"You didn't want us to go into rap
tures over each other, did you?"
"No, but I wanted you to see what
any other fellow with half an eye would
have seen, that she is just the dearest
girl in the world."
"Oh, no, old fellow, you didn't want
anything of the sort. You'd have got
jealous instanter if I had hinted that I
thought such a thing."
The days went by uneventually, Edith
and Aylmer meeting always on the
ground of cool indifference, but some
times a word, or look or touch of the
hand would startle each with the knowl
edge that they were again near the dan
gerous territory. Each knew and un
derstood, but neither permitted, even in
secret, a thought of the other which
would have been disloyal to the man
who loved them both so trustfully.
One night the three attended a con
cert of which Hillary was one of the
patrons. They sat at imc side of the
church. About half way through the
programme there came an odor of burn
ing wood, and, just as it was becoming
noticeable, the electric lights flared up
and went out.
"Just excuse me a minute," Hillary,
said, "and I'll go and see what's up."
Just after he had gone, however, some
overtimid person in the room caught
the scent of the burning wood
and cried "fire!" Instantly there
was a panic. Aylmer and Edith
were swept out into the aisle, where they
were turned and jostled and crushed bj
the frantic crowd. Catching Edith in
his arms, Aylmer forced his way out
of the current and they found them
selves alone in a niche near the stair
way. Then, standing there in the dark
ness, eveything else was forgotten.
There remained for each but one real
ity, and that was the presence of the
other.
"Edith." the man whispered, "Edith,
my Edith."
The girl lifted her head and their lips
met in one long kiss.
"Stop!"
Hillary's voice rang out in the dark
ness, and the surging crowd stood still.
"There is no fire, and has been none
except in the furnace. The janitor had
just put in some wood to hurry the heat
a Mttle. The lights wiu be all right in
a few minutes; ah. there they are now.
Now if you will kindly return to your
seats the programme will be continued."
Meeting Edith and Aylmer as they re
turned to the room, he was shocked at
the pallor of the girl's face. "You poor
child," he said, "were you frightened
about me? -There was no danger. Do
you know, Aylmer, I believe I shall have
to take this little girl home. hhe is
trembling like a leaf. Will you go with
us?
"No. I believe I will see the thing out.
But I will say good-by to Miss Edith. I
think I shall go down east tomorrow.
and from there there's no telling where
my feet may carry me. If I don't get
back in time for the wedding, remember
I gave you my congratulations and well
wishes beforehand. Hillary is the best
fellow in the world. Miss Edith. Take
srood care of him."
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"A HAND SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO
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Bookkeeping, Shorthand. Telegraphy. PeaaiaBt'nio. Phone il. 5ZISZ3 Quincy SL
EIGHT DAYS' SESSION
Of Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety is In Progress.
Chicago, Oct. IS. The board of man
agers of the Woman's Home Missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
church are holding an eight-day session
in this city.
According to the report of Mrs. Delia
I,athrop. corresponding secretary, six
rew conferences have been added to the
84 of the society in the last year, and the
total membership is now 2,642.000, dis
tributed as follows: Thirty-seven con
ferences north of the Ohio river and east
of the Mississippi. 1,700.000: .thirty con
ferences west of the Mississippi river,
407.000; fifteen white conferences in the
south, 214.000; eighteen colored confer
ences in the south, -240.O0O; sixteen con
ferences, German, Swedish and Norwe
gian and Spanish, M.OfO. The s-. i'iy ha
also sent missi':!iari"H to llniu!u ftinl
Porto Kico. The society ntrrt-.-d two
years aso to raisf $200, om of tin- K'O.otxi.
000 twentieth century thank-onwif '
the church, and has secured 4Ki".
The report of Mrs. (.;.-or?e H. Thomp
son, the treasurer. -showed tti receipts
to have been $240,011. as rtMlnst ti.M,4..(J
last year, an incr-ase of f.".t;.4l.
The new officers will be eiw tcd next
Monday. The anniversary 8ldrf-s will
delivered Sunday. o tol,-r 2.1. by Mrs.
Kverett, of the New Kngland southern
conference.
San Antonio.Tex., and Return $24.05
via Santa Fe Route.
Account Inter-National Fair. Tickets
on sale Oct. 17-1S-13. Hood leaving Sun
Antonio as lf.te as Nov. 4th. Throuth
Bleept-rs and ( hair cars. See T. X Ku.tf,
agent, for particular