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TWO MAYORS
Has.Columbus, O.—One Has Cabinet,
Other Keys to Safe.
Columbus. O.. April 9.—Two claimants
to the office of Mayor sat in the execu
tive apartment in the city hall today.
Mayor-Elect Hinkle occupied the public
■f reception room, where he appointed the
members of his cabinet, who immediately
(took the oath of office. Retiring Mayor
Swartz wras in possession of the private
room and the keys to the safe, which he
refused to surrender because the Council
’ had not approved the Mayor-elect’s bond.
I Tonight Mayor Swartz agreed to submit
the question to retiring Director of Law
* Crum and abide by his decision.
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN
J Is Found Dead in a Vacant Lot—Had
Mental Trouble.
New York, April 9.—The body of Dr.
William N. Guernsey, a prominent and
wealthy homeopathic physician, was
found early this morning in a vacant lot
tut One Hundred and Sixty-sixth street
ind River avenue. An examination
showed that he died of poison, probably
carbolic acid.
In professional circles, where Dr.
Guernsey ranked very high, the astonish
ment over the news of his death was
great. It is said he suffered from mental
f trouble.
WOMAN ARRESTED.
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Charged With Fraudulent Voting.
First Arrest of Kind.
Denver, Colo., April 9.—A warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Mrs. M. A.
Ratcliff on the charge of having will
fully, knowingly, and unlawfully voted
In the wrong precinct at the late city
election. She is 36 years of age and has
two children.
She is the first woman arrested for an
election fraud in this country.
Conley Arrested.
Cincinnati. April 9.—Mike Conley, the
former pugilist. and known as the
"Ithaca Giant,” was arrested today,
charged with being Implicated in the
murder of a telegraph operator, Charles
D. Gildea, who died from the effects of
a. fractured skull received In a fight In a
ialoon Sunday morning.
David Satchwell, a w'aiter. testified be
fore the coroner’s jury today that he saw
Conley strike Gildea. Bob O’Brlne. the
proprietor of the saloon, denied Satch
well’s statement. Conley claims he is in
nocent.
Veteran Suicides.
San Francisco. April 9.—A soldier who
shot and killed himself at the* Cliff House
last night has been identified ns Paul
Warren, who was one of the members of
Troop C of the Roosevelt Rough Riders.
Warren was a native of Quincy. Ills., a
son of the late William Warren, chief
justice of New Mexico. Warren served in
the Philippines with the Eleventh Cavalry
and was honorably discharged.
Favorable Opportunity.
London, April 9.—"The present is a fa
vorable opportunity," says the Shanghai
correspondent o? the Times, "to endeavor
to secure a recognition of Manchuria as
an integral part of China, and the in
clusion of the question in the general
statement.’*
Returns May 1.
Washington. April 9.—Governor Allen of
Porto Rico was with the President for a
short time today discussing affairs rela
tive to the island. The Governor said
that the low condition of the municipal
treasuries was due to the lack of an ade
quate system of municipal taxation, but
the new tax law which had recently gone
Into effedt would replenish the treasuries.
Governor Allen will return to Porto Rico
on May 1. __
Or. Harter* s
WILD CHERRY
BITTERS
You Need It
To keep vour stomach in order.
To stimulate your lazy liver.
To assist your sluggish bowels.
To clear your brain,
To brighten your spirits,
To drive away the blues
and make life worth living.
A wholesome stimulant and a
pleasant-to-take tonic appetizer.
Mad. onlr br The Df. Harter
Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio.
Btubliahed 1855.
Its Age its Guarantee
Sold Ewjrwherc.
GOVERNOR AGREES
WITH AGE-HERALD
In Favor t)f a State Exhibit at
Buffalo
HE SOUNDS THE TREASURY
Wants to Have Alabama Advertised,
But Must Protect the Treasury Be
fore Consenting to Appropria
tion for Such Purpose.
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Montgomery, April 9.—(Special.)—Gov
ernor Samford said to a representative of
the Age-Herald today that he very heart
ily endorsed the sentiment expressed In
an editorial this morning favoring an ex
hibit by this Btate at the Pan-American
Exposition. ,
The Governor further stated that he
directed the auditor and the treasurer to
make for him an estimate of the receipts
and disbursements for the year, and
should he became satisfied that none of
the appropriations will have to be scaled,
as provided under a legislative act, he
will authorize an appropriation from the
agricultural fund sufficient to make the
exhibit.
Governor Samford appears very anxious
to properly advertise the State, but he
desires to protect the treasury first.
PURCHASE CONFIRMED.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company la
Bought By Gates.
Denver, Col., April 9.—The reported
purchase of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company by John W. Gates, John Lam
bert and L. L. Elwood, Independent of
the United States Steel Corporation, re
ceived additional confirmation today. The
following telegram has been received from
John W. Gates:
"John Lambert and myself now own
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
We will add to our present works in Col
orado twenty tin plate mills, two rod
mills and two blast furnaces. We met
Garrett today and arranged for Immediate
erection of rod mills under his patent.”
The statement that Gates and his two
associates are acting in opposition to the
United States Steel Corporation Is sup
posed to be by the absence of the meeting
yesterday of any official of the latter and
the flat denial by Lawrence C. Phipps,
vice president of the Carnegie Company,
who Is now in Denver, that the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company Is to become a
part of the trust.
DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOT.
He Had Just Been Sentenced for Mur
der of a Woman.
Phoenix, Arz., April 9.—At Yuma today
Deputy Sheriff W. A. Alexander was shot
and mortally wounded as he was being
taken from the court room to the jail
after receiving sentence of life imprison
ment for the murder of Mrs. J. J. Burns.
It Is not known who fired the shot, as it
came from the Inside of a building near
the court house. Samuel King, brother
of Mrs. Burns, is under arrest on suspic
ion and other relatives will be arrested
as soon as the excitement subsides. James
Miller and William Fox, who are also
under indictment for the same murder, j
have been removed from the jail to the
penitentiary for better protection.
CARRIE NATION CROWD.
Young Woman of Indianapolis Pro
poses to Use Hatchets.
Indianapolis, April 9.—Fifty prominent
society women of North Indianapolis,
members of an anti-roadhouse association
organized tonight and marchel in a body
to a drug store where illegal liquor traf
fic was suspected. Each wore a Carrie
Nation hatchet emblem, but no violence
was attempted. They left word that the
traffic must cease at once or more forci
ble measures would bo adopted. The
storekeeper promised to close his store
tomorrow and leave the city.
Combination in Alaska.
San Francisco, April 9.—Details of
a combination of a number of Alaskan
commercial and transportation com
panies which has been pending for
several weeks, have been completed.
The Alaska Commercial Company, the
Alaska Exploration Company, the Se
attle-Yukon Transportation Company
and the Empire Transportation Com
pany have been merged into two cor
porations—the Northwestern Naviga
tion Company, with a capital of $3,
250,000, and the Northern Commercial
Company, with a capital of $7,000,000.
Was Tarred and Feathered.
Sioux City, Iowa. April 9.—A crowd of
about fifty Ponca, Neb., men seized Alva
Smith while he was on his way home
from the theatre and tarred and feathered
him. He /was then given twenty-four
hours to leave town. Smith is accused
of ruining Minnie Ellum, a girl of 18,
who died in an Omaha hospital two weeks
ago.
$1,000,000 Endowment.
Lexington, Ky., April 9.—A movement
to endow the Kentucky University here
for a million dollars has Just been inau
gurated. Wealthy members of the Chirs
tian denomination which controls the col
lege, the country over, are to be asked
to insure their lives in favor of the uni
versity. According to the mortality es
timates of the insurance company of a
thousand policies, the fund will receive
110,000 annually.
English Instead of French.
Washington, April 9.—Emperor William
has decreed that the English language
shall take the place of French in the
high schools of the German Empire, ac
cording to a communication received at
the State Department through Consul
General Guenther at Frankfort. The
French lunguage hereafter will be an op
tional study.
Hobson on Duty.
Washington, April 9.—Naval Construc
tor R. P. Hobson has been assigned to
special duty in the bureau of navigation
and repair, navy department. He will as
sume his new duties net Tuesday.
Yellow Fever.
Washington, April 9.—The surgeon of
the Marine Hospital Service has been ad
vised by cable of the appearance of a
case of yellow fever at Port Limon, Costa
Rica.
8ewer Pipe Trust.
Pittsburg, April 9. — Negotiations are
now on foot for the consolidation of all
the sewer pipe manufacturers into one
corporation with a capital of 112,900,000. j
SHELBY COUNTY’S
NEW COURT HOUSE
Litigation Over Its Removal
from Columbiana to Calera
Causes Discussion
.Columbiana, April 9.—(Special.)—The
court house was crowded last night to
listen to a discussion with reference to
its removal from Columbiana to Calera.
Mr. Dryer of Talladega spoke In favor of
Columbiana and A. Latardy and W. L.
Martin of Montgomery argued for Cale
ra. Readers of the Age-Herald will re
call this agitation of the removal of the
court house.
Several days ago the new county com
missioners appointed by the Legislature
advertised for bids for thirty year gold
bonds for the purpose of building a new
courthouse and Jail at Calera. Judge A.
P. Longshore and the board of commis
sioners from Columbiana brought an ac
tion In tha Circuit Court to oust said
commissioners and prohibit the sale of
said bonds, and procured from Judge Mil
ler of the City Court of Talladega, a
rule requiring the commissioners to ap
pear at the next term of the Circuit
Court of Shelby County, which meets In
September, and show by what right or
authority they are proceeding, In the
meanwhile temporarily enjoining them
from issuing or selling said bonds or dis
charging any of the functions authorized
by said act.
rne aeienuanis n*eu a rauuuu w m
the writ on the grounds that It was Issued
without authority of law, but the judge
refused the motion at this term of court
and also refused to hear the case on Its
merits. An appeal from this decision will
‘be taken to the Supreme Court and a
lively light la anticipated, as Columbiana
has been the county seat for nearly half
a century.
Major John W. Pitts has been confined
to his room for several days on account
of granulated eyes.
J. P. Christian of Shelby, who has been
111 for several days, la Improving.
Two convicts, Joe Davenport and Tom
Horton, escaped from the county jail at
Columbiana last week.
Improvements are In evidence on all
sides. Six new brick store houses have
been constructed in the past year. A
ney cotton factory is proposed and it
Is expected to be In operation by the next
crop.
Columbiana Is enjoying a prosperous
season. The banks and hotels are thriving
and the citizens seem prosperous.
Dr. H. C. McAdams of 8helby is in
town. The attendance of farmers at court
Is smaller than ever known, due to the
fine weather in the country. Court has
now been In session over two week*.
Mrs. Alex Averett and daughter of
Shelby are visiting Mrs. Averett's son In
Birmingham.
FLORAL PARADE
WILL BE FEATURE
Great Interest Being Taken in
the Event and Contest
Will Be Sharp
The committee of Elks appointed to
conduct the floral parade have gone ac
tively at work, and it is now expected
that this will be the prettiest feature of
the great show. There will be many more
vehicles in line than were on the streets
during the floral parade which made such
a decided hit two years ago. Preparations
for decorating the various traps and car
riages have already begun, and it de
velops that there will be sharp competi
tion for the several prizes.
Work on the buildings in Second avenue
is progressing rapidly, and it is confi
dently said by the managers that every
thing will be in perfect condition on the
opening day, and visitors will not be an
noyed by the sight of half completed
booths.
Will Increase Assessments.
| Cleveland, O., April 9.—Mayor Johnson
has decided that the corporations doing
business in this city don’t pay their just
proportion of the taxes and has taken
steps to have their assessments increased.
He will make a special effort to show that
the street and electric railways are as
sessed far too low.
Ballyhoo Bey la III.
New York. April 9.—The World tomor
row will quote Mr. W. C. Whitney as
saying concerning the reported Illness of
Ballyhoo Bey, winner of last year's fu
turity:
"We fear his wind is affected, but are
not certain about It. He will probably
race this year, but he may not be the
horse he was.”
Lost Silver Service Found
Washington, April 9.—The handsome
silver service presented by the city of Cin
cinnati to the cruiser Cincinnati, which
has been missing for the last two years,
has been found stored at the Norfolk
navy yard, where the cruiser stripped
herself of all her superfluous belongings
In getting ready for the Spanlsh-Amert
can war.
Kruger to Come.
Paris, April 10.—Le Rappel, which has
already published several remarkable
statements as to the plans of Mr. Kruger,
displays the following dispatch from The
Hague this morning:
"Mr. Kruger’s departure for the United
States has been flxed for May 31. Hs will
lecture In Tammany Hall about June 8
as the guest of the Democratic party.”
Got It In the Stomach.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 9.—Sam Nave,
the millionaire grocer and a heavy owner
of Texas and Colorado cattle, la believed
to be fatally 111 at his home In this city
with stomach trouble.
Our New Warehlpe.
Washington, April 9.—The cruiser Chat
tanooga Is 27 per cent completed, and the
Galveston 17 per cent. Of the monitors the
Florida stands 63 and the Arkansas at
49 per cent.
Eaeter Collection $100,000.
New York, April 9 *-Rev. W. B. Hunt
ington, rector of Grace church, announces
that nearly 3100,000 was collected In that
church on Easter Sunday.
For straight whiskies go to
Dunker’s Saloon, 208-210 N.
20th street, between 2d anc
3rd avenues. Our leading
brands: Sam Clay, Pari;
Club, Peaoook, $1.00 pe:
quart >
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ANNUAL MEETING
First Day’s Session Proved to
Be Very Interesting
DR. ANDERSON MADE TALK
Perfect Understanding Should Exist
Between Funeral Directors and
Ministers—Many Delegates
In Attendance.
Montgomery, April 9.—(Special.)—The
Funeral Directors and Embalmers of
Alabama met here in seventh annual con
vention today. The meeting was quite
well attended and much interest was
taken In the first day’s programme.
The principle number on the programme
today was the address by the Rev. Neal
Anderson of Montgomery on the relations
of the funeral director and the minister.
Mr. Anderson spoke at some length on
this subject, and he dwelt only on its
practical side. He made many sugges
tions as to the harmony that should exist
between the funeral director and the min
ister, and how to avoid misunderstand
ings and clashes. Mr. Anderson thought
the director and the minister should first
plainly understand the programme to be
carried out at every funeral, and that
there should be no change.
At the afternoon session President
Thomas delivered his annual address, and
the remainder of the session was de
voted to routine matters.
Among the delegates in attendance are
the following:
Messrs. C. K. McMorris, Wetumpka;
J. R. Oglesby, Centrevllie; W. Z. Jack
son, Talladega; W. F. Hegg, Selma;
E. M. Blackburn, Marion; L. M. Cooper,
Opelika; T. S. Bogley, Oxford; W.
H. Tice, Montgomery; P. B. Dixon,
Mobile; E. Erswell, Birmingham; Sam
Foley, Pratt City; A. M. Woodruff, Gads
den; John Austin, Ensiey; E. T. Shaw,
Birmingham; M. P. Crow, Montgomery;
T. F. Leake, Montgomery; G. A. Thomas,
Montgomery; R. F. W'ylie, Montgomery;
O. D. Dupree, Attaila; F. H. Braune,
Birmingham; R. G. Greene, Birmingham;
Tilford Leake, Montgomery, and others.
THE RICHEST FARMER.
William Scully, an Irishman, Who Pre
fers to Be an American.
From the New York World.
William Scully of St. Louis owns a
greater number of farms than any man
in the United States. Their aggregate
area is 200,000 acres. They are worth $10,
000,000. They are located in central Illi
nois, western Missouri and Kansas. They
represent the accumulation of fifty years
of the life of their owner.
He is the richest farmer in the richest
agricultural section in the world. His
wealth is said to be $25,000,000. William
Scully came to this country shartly after
the Mexican war for the purpose of in
vesting his money. He chose to put it
into farming lands.
At the time he was William Scully,
gentleman, of Ballecohey, Ireland. Now
he is William Scully, American citizen,
owner of the John A. Logan residence
in Washington and multi-millionaire.
Ever since he came to America he has
been either Lord or Viscount Scully, al
though he never gave anybody reason to
believe that he held a title. He is not
a lord. Neither is he a viscount. In 1897
the Illlonois Legislature modified the
alien landowner law. This law necessi
tated Mr. Scully’s removal to the United
States and his naturalization prior to
1903. When the Scully agents went to
Bates County, Missouri, six years ago to
purchase farm land there people became
alarmed lest Scully import an undesirable
tenantry. This criticism of Mr. Scully has
covered a period of more than forty
years. Not one word of defense ever came
from him. Criticism seemed never to
touch the rich Irishman. His policy was
silence. Meanwhile the Scully acres con
tinued to yield great crops. Nobody ever
heard of a sale of Scully land except
a farm purchased in Sangamon County,
Ills., by former Governor Richard J.
Oglesby. Nobody ever heard of a mort
gage on a Scully farm. At Butler, in
Bates County, Missouri, there are 125
Scully tenants, and they lease their lands
for cash, paying from $1.25 to $2 an acre,
and make their own improvements.
The Scully agents are particular about
leases. The farmer* who applies for one
of them must be a practical farmer. His
stock must look well fed. His machinery
must show good care. He must have a
good reputation, be temperate and indus
trious and pay his debts. He must not
quarrel with his neighbors.
Three years ago Mr. Bcuuy increased
his holdings In Bates County to 43,000
acres, all purchased for cash at from $26
to $37 an acre. None of this land Is en
cumbered. 'William Scully has visited
Bates County several times. He has In
spected his farms and carried away sam
ples of their soil In little paper sacks,
leading his tenants there to believe he
must have at his home samples of every
piece of the land he owns. A year ago
the people of Bates County voted on a
proposition to build a new courthouse at
Butler. Mr. Scully's agent wrote to him
and Inquired to know what he would ad
vise his tenants to do. Mr. Scully an
swered that they ought to vote for It. The
proposition carried. This richest of Amer
ican farmers Is a modest man of simple
tastea He dresses simply In dark clothes,
with an old-fashioned black bow tie. He
doeB not drink or use tobacco. He Is a
member of the Episcopal Church.
Mr. Scully spent several summers In
Lincoln, 111., on one occasion bringing his
family. One of his sons married a Lin
coln girl. The family lived very simply
and became popular. Mr. Scully devoted
his whole time to his lands and his books.
He was never known to come to Lincoln
or to depart from there without having
with him an armful of books, principally
devoted to agriculture.
Mr. Scully permits no detail of his bus
iness to escape him. He even sees that a
new generation of scientific farmers will
be on hand to take hts place and the
places of the men who work with him.
He puts young men at work on the farms
and then sends them to college at his
own epense.
Jesse Smith of Butler, Mo., Is now at
the Missouri State University at the ex
pense of Mr. Scully. He will assist, the
men who look after the Scully farms In
Bates County. Three men are constantly
at work looking after the Bates County
farms. They sec that sowing and har
vesting are done In their proper season.
They see that the Scully farmers sow the
crops that are tried and sure, letting
others do the experimenting.
NATURAL HISTORY OF CORNS.
Their Growth Is Nature’s Attempt to
Alter First Intentions.
From the New York World.
In the April number of the North
American Review Dr. Louis Robinson,
the author of the well-known papers
on “Wild Traits In Tame Animals,’'
has a discourse on the natural hUtory
of corns. When man was savage and
vent barefoot, nature provided a pro
cess whereby the waste of the outer
kin on the parts of the foot which
were most subject to friction could
be repaired, and so long as man went
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Great Embroidery Sale
TODAY!
Values that anybody can appreciate during these special
sales. We do not consider the cost price. We put these
extraordinary values on bargain tables at prices that will
enthuse you.
EmDroidery.
LOT /.—Very pretty Hamburg Embroidery
Edgings, from 4 to 6 inches wide, excellent
qualities ; 15c and 20c values; special re
duced price
10c.
Embroidery.
LOT 2.—Very wide Embroidery Edgings,
elegant qualities and patterns; values that
cost you from 20c to 35c a yard, reduced to
12 l-2c.
H EMBROIDERY
Any of the Embroidery Flouncing up to 12 inches wide, worth up to
50c a yard, exquisite values ; special reduced price.....
READY-TO-WEAR.
Perfectly plain black Taffeta Skirts, finely
finished, lined with best percaline P QQ
Ladies’ Mercerized Chambray Waists, all
the new colors, new sleeve and sailor | QQ
collar effect.l<Zv
Groceries.
To introduce our exclusive brands of Cof
fee, we will sell you
20 Lbs. Granulated Sugar for $1.00
if you buy three pounds of Mocha and Java
Coffee for $1.00, or with five pounds of Battle
Axe fine roasted Coffee for >1.00.
Ladies’ White lawn Waists, two rows in
sertion in front, and made of good qual- 7r.
ity lawn, $1.00 value.(wG
Mercerized Chambray Waists, beautiful
patterns, cluster tucks back and front, O rtr
bought to sell for $3.00. Special.Z*Zw
Gandy Department.
Wednesday and Saturday will be bargain
day in Candies. Just received 1,000 pounds
of Fine Candy to sell at
10c AND 15c A POUND.
Cream Peanut, 15c; Fig Jelly Rolls, 15c; Co
coanut Bon Bons, 10c; Cream Peppermints,
Peanut Brittle, 10c; Cocoanut Crisp, 10c a
pound ; Stufled Dates, a pound box, 25c.
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barefoot the process served that pur
pose only. But when man shod him
self the same process continued in
operation with very uncomfortable
consequences. He says:
"The thickened cuticle over each
new papilla, instead of being rasped
away, as in the case of the barefooted
savage, is at first heaped up upon the
surface like one of the horny cones
covering a dog’s paw. But, being un
able to get any further in an outward
direction, on account of the unyield
ing boot, it presses inward upon the
tender and vascular tissues of the
papilla itself, and at length penetrates
them in the form of an inverted cone
of corneous matter. By this time that
slow-moving autocrat of all the body
whom we call ’I,’ and who as a rule,
knows even less about the workings
of his remote frontier departments
that does the Czar of Russia himself,
ilnds it impossible to stand the thing
any longer; bo he removes his boot
and takes the matter in hand (more or
less) secundum artem.
"But, whatever he may think or
do, and however much he may assert
his sovereign rights over his own ex
tremities, he gets no help or counten
ance whatever from his staff of per
manent/offlclals, who obstinately and
insolently continue to make believe
that their lord is still a wild savage
running barefoot in the woods.”
NEW DEPARTURE IN MAST8.
The Herreshoffs’ Defender to Have
Hollow Spruce Spars.
From, the Springfield Republican.
The Herreshoffs are making a new de
parture this year, Inasmuch as some of
the upper spars of their cup defender will
be of hollow wood. Three of these Iden
tical spars are In course of construction.
Three topsail yards are from 40 to 60 feet
long. The round spar Is about 60 feet
long and Is practically completed. Spar
No. 2 Is undergoing the process of haring
the diameters accurately proved up. The
long, square sticla Is also for a topsail
spar In the first work of rounding. The
great advantages of these hollow spruce
spars are that they are built by a pe
culiar method. While being practically
of the same llameter as If of solid wood,
they are from 60 to 60 per cent lighter, as
well as much stlffcr and equally strong.
Such a saving of weight nloft Is of enor
mous benefit, greatly Increasing a yaoht's
stability, hence materially adding to the
speed.
The sheets of the spars will vary from
three-fourths of an Inch to one and one
half Inches in thickness, and are built
In two longitudinal pieces, square on the
outsides, each of which Is grooved out,
every precaution being taken to keep
the Interiors absolutely true In cycle and
taper. The four edges of the cylinders are
then cemented together, after which the
same expert care Is exercised In rounding
off and truelng up the outsides, so that
the shell Is rigorously kept to Its true
tapering thlcknes ethroughout. A highly
important factor toward the success of
these spars Is the cement or glue for join
ing the two longitudinal pieces, as well
as another hardening and stiffening prep
aration used on the Inside of the cylin
ders. J. G. Fraser, after many years of
experimenting, perfected a composition
known to himself only, and which he
claims Is the only thing of Its kind em
bracing all the requirements for hollow
wood spars. Not only Is the cement ab
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such an extent that It Is often Impossible,
without an exceedingly close examination,
to find the seams It Joins.
Till quite a short while ago hollow spars
were not attempted on anything much
larger than a canoe or skiff, but the pres
ent date finds them on most of the suc
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to J. G. Fraser. When Naval Architect
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Shamrock I) was her* In 18*9 he was so
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impressed with these hollow spars that
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Might Have Been Worse.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Ma—Gracious! What's the matter with
the baby?
Pa—Oh, he bumped his head against one
of the pedals of the piano.
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Adversity’s Round-Robin.
From the Detroit Free Press.
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clothes."
"Well, that's logic."
"Logic? He can't get a good suit of
clothes unless he has a Job."
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Wednesday, April 10th.
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Presenting
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My Friend From India
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