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GLARE, MICE. FRf^, AUGUST 8, 1890.
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Boston ahd the Q. A. E.
Excursion rates to the national encampment of the Grand Arjcny of the Eepiiblie to
be held at Boston, Mass., August'llth to 16th,
1890, is only $20 Irom CSare-rtielcets good for
the return trip. Tickets n\ay he purchased
August8,9 orlOilimitedto return August20.
-Ajrangeinehts.haY'e' been made by the ter-
"minal lines at Boston whereby tickets can
be extended until September 30th by presenting them at joint agency for that purpose in
eity of Boston on or before August 19th." •
Toledo is designated .as. the point of ren"- {
dezvous.   • -.'".-'
Official route ' from Toledo^—Wheeling   &
Late Erie Ry, New* York, Lake Srie & Western By, and the Ifew York & New England
By.  The headquarters train will leave Toledo at ll'o'eloek-p. m. on August 9th.  Passengers may-return by same route .or via New
London & Norwich line of steamers, as in-
.dividuals may elect,, to New YorkGity thenc'e
'over the Erie Bail^vay and connections, or
-viaNiagaraEalls and Ohautaugua Lake.
' Persons going desirous of securing sleeping ear accommodations should make applications at once to make sure, of berths.
W.K.Taskee,
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..-. F.OB'vSAiiE^A gtMDd buggy and a single
'harness iri" good condition. Inquire of
Frank ^Whitmore, atthe Exchange Hotel,
Clare.
WOOD  FOR SALE:-
-Having
purchased -fche entire cut of hard wood slabs
ab Lester & Archambolt's mill, which
makes excellent fuel, I will deliver same
fco any part of the yillage for 75 cents a
cord*     .     Jay R.-Rogers, Drayman.
PATRON'S' PICNIC!:—All patrons of
industW'and. everybody are inyited to
■attend apatrons' picnic to be held Thursday ^ August 14th,vin Saul's grove one
mile'east of .Dover.:. A. S. Partridge,'
grand-president of the P. of I. order, will
be present; and deliver an address.'
Everybody come.      By Order Com,
FOR SALS OR TRADE:—1 haye the
best broke and well mated yoke of young
oxen in these parts which I ofier for sale
at $150; or will exchange for mare colts.
The cattle are dark red, 0 years old - and
Can't be beaten. Enquire of Oliver
Beemer, Clare, Or
H. 1ST. McKinnoit,
54-tf Sheridan Tp.
' LOSTs--On Tuesday, August 5th,
either on the streets.of Clare village or
on the i;oad leading north to Pratt's
farm, an old leather wallet, containing
three $5 bills and a note of $30, beside
other papers. "The note is drawn payable; to the undersigned,-given by John
Evans and'endorsed by Burt Evans and
George Miller. - All persons-are hgreby j
warned against purchasihg the said note,
as payment thereto has-been deferred. A
reward of $10 will be giyen for the return of the book and contents to
Richard Joyce,
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Coleman, Mich.
Pencil and Shears.
Berrying parties are  numerous  these
days,
E. B. Horning, of Mt. Pleasant, was in
town Monday. „
"   E, L. Pratt was in Saginaw last Saturday on business.
Yonng*partridges are reported numerous in the woods.
Mrs. 0. Beemer is in Saginaw for a
couple of weeks3 stay.
Destroy all thistles and weeds growing
on or about your premises.
Mrs. James Boyd yisited with her parents at Marion over Sunday.
County and state politics are beginning
to be discussed quite freely.  "
A drover with a herd.of mustangs for
sale haye been in town this week.
Douglas Meeksis at Grass Lake, for a
two weeks' visit with his parents.
A. J. Doherty made a business trip to
Saginaw and return on Wednesday.
Miss"Sarah Malloney visited, with
friends at Mt. Pleasant oyer Sunday.
Last Saturday night was the' first uncomfortably warm one of the season.
Tatman & Schilliug will commence
buying wheat on Tuesday, August 12.
S. A. Sutherland is attending M. E-
camp meeting at Reed City this week;
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Goodman, of Loomis, visited with friends at Clare on Sun»
day.       . "    .;,.  .        .
Misses Myfa'LoiiCh and Emma Ramey
visited with fripnds at Marion over Sun-
flay. ,
1 Mrs, J. R. Rogers and Mrs. Burt  Francisco yisited at Campbell City over Sun-
f day,
Mrs. O. S. Richards, of Colemau, was
the guest of Mrs. J." Louch in Clare, yesterday. *,
Dr. B. Corning Shaw and wife,- of Calkinsville, visited with friends at Clare
Sunday,
A boy baby was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Sharp, of near Loomis, last week
Tuesday.
Why wouldn't it be a good idea forthe council of this village to enact a fire
limit ordinance ?
Compel the public to "keep you in
mind" by continuous advertising, in the
Democrat -Press .
Tatman Ss Shilling's store front has received, a fresh coat of paint. Mack '&
Crest did,the work.     .   •" --."".
- Mi*', and Mrs. J.'WrH&ms -and' family
are attending the M, E. camp meeting at
Reed City this week.
The stranger who comes around your
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farm, to buy it, is a swindler,
a swift kick in the rear.
Give him
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Fine Groceries.
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-We carry a very Complete Stock of
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Everything in, the line of Choice
.  Family Groceries.   Also Provisions
of all kinds, Hay, Oats, Flour, Feed, etc.
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We are doing practically a
Cash business, which enables us to
Give our customers   the   Best Goods   and
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Greatest Quantity for the money.    Don't fail to call on
Us. as we assure you Courteous treatment and Great Bargains.
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Respectfully Yours,
MASON & BOYD.
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It is generally believed that the gro
ing apple crop in this state will fall
short of that of last year. .
When a man marries he fully inten
to be Xo. one in. the family, but oft
the period drops out and he is no .one.
Mr. and-Mrs.' S.   C. Zeiter   drove
from Loomis and visited with Mr.; a
Mrs. Jacob Mason in Clare on Sunday,.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Calkins ancl Gharl
visited with friends in Saginaw Sathrcl
and Sunday, returning Monday-eyeriin
The new boiler and part ofthe machu]
ery for the Wooden Ware Factory' U
arrived and is being placed in  positip.
George Calkics has rented a buildli.
on west 4th street, fitted it up'^ath
neatly and. will start a barber shop; ther
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Mrs. R; M, Musseli went to Reed Git;
Wednesday  evening to be absent  o'y
Sunday in attendance at the M. E. eatri
meeting. ' - - *    •.''■'
James Warren returned yesterday afie
a week's absence in the upper penirisul:
on business for the firm of F. i). ■ Patter1
son &Co. -     V   :
The Ladies'Aid Society will  se'rye
ten cent supper at the home of  Mrs.
Friedeborn next Tuesday. .evening,
areijayited. • ',-
-. Mrs. C. W« Sterns departed last Satii
day for a' couple ■ bf  weeks'' yisit, wit!
friends andj^latives'at Mt. Morris,-Flin
and Lapeer.     'V '.- T -\ -
W. H, Browne and W. A. Burritt
Harrison, and Elmer Deuel, of Meredit
were among  the yjsitors  at  Clare
Wednesday.'
* John T. Horning, of Ann  Arbor, h
been in town during'the  week.    He
purchasing, and. shipping  con&iderabl
lumber at present.
The Ladies' Union  will  serve a
cent supper next Wednesday, August 1
at the residence of Mrs. A.  J.  Dohert,
Everybody invited.
Farmers are so very busy"' these   day
that only urgent business induces  th<
to cotne to town, hence our streets   pre
sent a quiet appearance. 1-
•The republican county convention, \
elect delegates to the state convention
Detroit, will be held  at 'Harrison  ne
Wednesday, August 13th, .-. ^
Mrs. Moliie Chambers and daughter,
Clio, arrived in Clare  Tuesday  eyenirs
for a couple of weeks', visit.    They  ar
guests of Mrs, Will Goodman,   -
Eel. Whitney-; an' old tiflae- r^si^e^ttTo^
Clare who is now making,his home near
Ithaca, visited with his brother ahd
friends in this vioiuity over Sunday. . ..
R. M. Musseli attended M. E. camp
meeting at Reed City, Tuesday and
Wednesday. He will go np again Saturday evening and remain over Sunday.
Hose Co. ISTo. 1 will give a dance this
evening in the main building of the
Clare Woode.n Ware Factory. Prof.
Stickle's string band will furnish music.
Miss Rose Zoeller and little sister returned home to Saginaw on Tuesday after a three or four weeks' visit with their
aunt, Mrs. Charles Friedeborn, at Clare.
Mrs. Joseph Brayman has gone to St.
Clair, near which place she will be absent for the next four weeks
with her mother and friends at the
farm home. .
Wm. Wolsky is  here  from   Chicago
performing the duties of cashier at the
Clare county bank during Mr. Sutherland's absence. He will return home the
first of the week,
Mr. andMrs. C. H. Sutherland and, son
Roy departed Wednesday to be absent
until after Sunday. They will visit with
friends at Saginaw, Durand and Lansing
before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F- GiUinari went to
Midland Wednesday morning expecting
to be absent ten days or two weeks.
Mrs, Gillman's mother resides near that
place and has been quite ill of late.
Mrs. Thomas Dwyer and children went
to Muskegon on Wednesday for.a couple
of weeks' visit with. her sister. Miss
Anna Laneen, who has been the guest of
her aunt, Mrs..Dwyer, during the summer, returned with her.  .        ...
Rev. E. Miller;of Big Rapids,is in Clare
and will occupy the Congregational pulpit Sunday morning. He will preach at
Dover in the afternoon. Mr. Miller is
state superintendent of Sunday schools
and mi ssionary department.
Mrs. J. D. Garland and Myrtie departed Wednesday to be absent until next
Tuesday or Wednesday. " They will- attend theM.E. camp meeting,at Reed
City and visit with friends at Chase and
Baldwin before returning home.
An exchange suggests that slates he
hung in the yestibules of our churches to
enable the young ladies to register their
names on entering. If this plan be
adopted the young men won't haye to
wait outside until church is out to see if
their charmers are present.
Mrs. T. H. Lavery, of Harrison, and
neice, Miss Mabel Anderson, of McBaln,
were the guests of Mrs. J. Louch on' Friday and Saturday of last week. They
were on their way to Harrison from
Detroit. They will start for Wisconsin
in about a month, where they will take
up their residence. .
visiting
old
fine-tenths of . the. people who -. use
ips neglect to clean the burners.    If
e burners are thoroughly cleaned once
reek there .is no. danger whatever,    if,
|weyer^ the holes become clogged the
ie will smoke*, the heat will be drawn
^irn the wick into the oil and danger is
Ver absent.    The burners   should   be
saned..
feury Razek, of Lansing, the gentle-
uiwho has leased the south half of
shorty's new. brick block for the purse of putting in a stock " of clothing
ge'nts' furnishing goods, was in town
psdnesday afternoon on his way to Har-
son.s. He expects to be doing business
jh this-town about.the first, of September.    .-'•'■•■
A couple o'f street venders with fiain-
Ijgjorcties and ^oft-soap succeeded in
llingajarge quantity of pins, needles,
id pencils/ cotton handkerchiefs,. etc.,
this yillage last week. Its surprising
I the' number of suckers to be found in
?ery .small town.- The authorities
£<?uld be taken to task for granting them'
"lense,
[The case of the people vs, Henay Orth,
roprietor of ihe Exchange hotel, who
charged with  assaulr • and  battery
jk>n an inebriated guest, was  tried in
istice 'Carpenter's court last Saturday
resulted. in the Jury acquiting him.
jsecuting Attorney Cummins appear-
l±Qi the people and John Giberson for
i^lef^ndant. ."
?b*$ bsard ,oi school examiners and in-
. -•' ■. -. • * .>j ■ ■ -. , -.
actorS lor Clare.county met at Harri-
dn Tuesday to elect a member to the
jiinty board in place of Thos. W. Aver-
. whose term had" expired.'  X.L.Kel,-
j", of Farwell, was the. successful can-
Jate and the result was quite a surprise
^some that had been, pulling wires in
lOther direeton.
r.'and. Mrs. J. C. Rockafellow spent
adayafc the  mineral   springs  at St.
"is.   It is 32 years since  Mr.  Rocka-
ow first visited that  town,  driving
re with horse and buggy, the inhabi-
s at that time telling him he was the
person to drive a .carriage into the
n.   Many and. great arg' the  changes
e that time, however.        / '
^ of the,boys are talking .xipJmat-
vwith the hopes bf arousing sufficient
st to hold a firemen's' tournament'
yillage sometime during the'com-
on4^v Th&y aniaeipate a hig^feim^
if a\rangementS"Can l)e pei-fected. Lib-
eral^rizes will be offered and invitations extended to the firemen in all the
neighboring towns, far and near.
A recent decision of the courts maintains that if a man wants to go faster
than apiother ahead of him on the road
he hasa right to pass him. If he is prevented by the other and, an accident happens thereby, the man thus obstructing
the road is responsible for the damage
done.. *N"o man has a right to infringe
on the rights of another in trying to pass.
A young lady of Sheperd, Isabella
county, lost her gold watch and chain
last Sunday, while at Coldwater Lake
with a party of friends. Upon the case
is engraved the word "Eva," a yery
pretty name. And now if some good
looking young gent can only find that
watch and restore it to its very pretty
owner, he can secure a yery liberal reward.
There is jio such thing as contentment
in this world. If men were contented
with their lot there would be social stagnation. They would make no effort to
get ahead. -The spur to activity, 'enter-*
.prise, investigation and public zeal
would be gone. They would be torpid
and the race would die out. For it is the
discontent of mankind which leads to the
increase and the progress of the world.
Wm. Dwyer, who has been cooking in
one of F. D. Pattisoii & Co.'s camps,
(Thos. Dwyer, foreman,) came home
Sunday, the crew haying finishing oper-
ations* His vacation was of short duration, as on Wednesday he engaged for a
year to cook for.C. K. Eddy, of Saginaw,
who has 10,000,000 feet pf logs to put in
on the north branch of the Tobacco. Mr.
Dwyer will take .his family with him to
camp.
Cornelius Bogan, of Calkinsyille, called
upon us last Friday while we were printing-the paper for the purpose of sho^r-
in^vand explaining the workings of the
machinery to liis little son, Curtis, of
wlion* he i*s extremely fond and takes
great pride. Mr. Bogan reports the mercantile business quite brisk at that place.
He is buying considerable wheat this
season for Cadillac parties, having already purchased over 2000 bushels.
• On Tuesday evening ye editor and
wife accepted an invitation from Mrs.
Geo. W. Lee to call at her pleasant home
on west 7th street.and inspect her loveiy
assortment of houseplants. They are indeed beautiful. One object of interest
wa^ a night blooming cereal, a rare and
curious plant whose blossom is as deli-
cat$ and lovely a thing as ever created.
A crystal lily is another fragrant and
beautiful plant' among large and choice
collections.
Some folks have queer ideas about a
newspaper. They imagine the editor is
delighted to receive any thing to fill his
paper with. The fact is, he wants news
items, not bosh; and the person who furnishes him with.items of news he considers a good friend. As for something]
to "fill up with" he can pick up an ex-
change.'and get a better article than most
of the stuff that is handed in to him; besides he has "inner consciousness" to dig
from when everything else fails.
• Yesterday morning Sheriff Doty
changed cars here on his way to Farwell,
having in charge John Herman, Wm.
Sherley and Herman Gath who had been
guests at the Hotel Doty for a few days.
The former was arrested for "an assault
onMr. Graham at Crooked Lake,. plead
guilty aud is serving a 30 days, sentence.
Sherley and Gath were arrested for the
same offense, but the evidence would
not warrant a conyictiou, and the cases
were nolle prosequed by Prosecuting
Attorney Cummins.
Clare is assured of a first-class hotel be-
»
fore another year rolls 'found. J. W.
Calkins, our enterprising townsman, is,
the projector of the scheme and will
erect the building on his property at the
corner of Main and Sth streets. The
plans and specifications are now being
drawn. The building is to be a three-
stoiy brick structure, size .hot less than
66x100 feet, with basement- underneath.
The intentions are that the ground will
be broken and the stone foundation laid
this fall, and the building completed as
soon as possible next spring. Mr. Calkins is just the man to take the matter
iu hand. " .
Some editor has disco tered that this is
a sort of a, topsy turyy world. No man
is satisfied. One man ' is struggling to
get justice, another is? flying frpm it.
One man is saying to build a  house, an-
r
other- is trying to sell his building for
less than cost, to get rid of it. One man
is spending all the money hie" can make,
in taking a girl to the theatre and, sending her Ilowers in hopes eventually to
make her his wife wftile his neighbor is
spending all the gold he has got to get a
'divorce:   One man," escapes. all diseases
come.    From ^Gainesville, to
pleasant eity wliterel Btoppedoyer ni,
man is heir to and1 gets killed:on.the rail-
Toad,:anotlier'gbes'through a^"dozen "wars
without a scratch, and dies with the
whooping cough.—Ex, :; :; II ,-.:\, 'i
Will the merchant who is  wisfc; "evel*.
grow upside down; when, a beggar wears
a crown; when ice forms upon the sun;
when the sorrows weigh a ton; when the
woman secrets keep; when" gold dollars
get to cheap; when fish fOrget to swim;
when the girls go back on gum; .when
the small boys hate- a drum j when no
politician schemes; when mince pie
makes pleasant dreams;' when its fun to
break a tooth; when all lawyers tells the
truth; when lake water will make you
drunk; when you love to smell a skunk;
when young people cease to wed; 'when
the human race is dead; when the drummer has no hrass; when these things,
come to pass, then perhaps the man that's
wise will neglect to advertise.^-Ex.
Thp meeting of the voters of Grant
and Vernon fractional district at the
high school room last Friday eyening to
Vote upon the proposition of bonding
the district for the sum of #1500 for the
purpose of purchasing the Mse ball park
for a school site, resulted in the proposition being voted down. This action oh
the part of the voters of Yernon, who
are largely responsible for the result,
does not necessarily place a quietus on
thes purchase of the above property for a
school site, as we understand at a pre-
yious meeting it was Toted to instruct
tfie school board to; purchase a school
site,-which power still remains in their
hands* and they are at liberty to purchase
the ball grounds if they ^o choose. ' The
proposition voted down last Friday eyening was simply that _ of borrowing
money and issuing bonds of said district
to pay for said seliobl site. The school
boar,d can, it they choose, purchase the
site and the money to pay for it can be
raised directly by tax.      ,
Thomas Dwyer and OliyerBeemer had
iheir mustangs harnessed together and
-hitched before a buggy this morning that
they might enjoy a little pleasure. They
were driving down Main street and when
in front* of Herrick & Harris'store the
pole camo loose from the /buggy which
frightened-the ponies and they commenced to plunge, Mr. Dwyer jumped out,
i but ■* before he could get to their heads
they had thrown Mr. Beemer from the
fow£gy« He dragged by the lines a considerable distance but they broke away
and made a dash down the street, the
pole flying about their back and heels
and iirging th^in on. They ran into Hiram DeFoe's horse and buggy hitched in
front of his store,and the buggy and three
horses, were piled np into a confused
heap, succeeding in breaking another
buggy standing close by. Hone of the
horses were very badly injured, but it
will take quite a little sum to replace
buggies and harnesses in their former
condition.
FB0M AB&ANSAS.
A better l^rom a JHCiclnigati 3£axi
Wlio Is traveling ita five Sotttii.
Texarkatca, Ark., Aug. 4,1300,
Bemockat-Pkess, '■
Friend Eaton:—One week ago I
wrote you from the third story, of Mc-
Leod Hotel, Dallas, Texas.' Today I am
writing from third story, of tlie Huckins
House, Texarkana, Ark. You will think
that I am partial to upper stories, and so
I.am in this hot region, as in order lor. a
breath of cool air one must climb as far
up as possible. 1 lef fc, Dallas Tuesday
morning for Fort Worth, Texas, a ride
of about thirty miles; The road. ;runs
through a beautiful - roiling country
coveredbjr immense- farms. ' But the,
whole country"lopks as if.:it had been-.,
burned over. *N"othing green but cotton
and "oak trees. Corn a failure and pastures dried up so that feed-for- stock is
gone. ' /;
Week has followed week and ,no rain
has come to bless th£  perishing vegetation.   In short the crops excepting cotton are a failurehere.   There is no fruit
in northern Texas.   A.late frost  in. the
spring killed it all.    Fort  Wo^th  is  a
busy bustling city of some forty1 ihousr ^
and inhabitants.   It seems to be growing
rapidly, and is putting en all  the. styles   .
of larger cities oi the later days, especial-- ,/
ly of charging big prices at the hotels? ,
My next visit was to" Dejiten, a' - small
city of some four or five   thousand  peor
pie.   Some two weeks since a large part.
of the  place  was    destroyed by fire. >
Countrv around in about.the same  con-
dition as recited above.   Through m re-.
gion of farms  burned  and  blighted  I
.went from Denteu to Whitesboro,-about . .
30 miles.   I was not very pleasantly impressed by the town, aplace of some 2000
inhabitants.- it  is  dull- and still   and
seems as if.it was in the*sear ajid yellow
leaf and not likely to recover its youth
or vigor. .       •       ,
From Whitesboro to-Gainesville* a run.
of 14 miles, and what a change... ^ A city
of 12,000 and every man full of business,
Gainesville is booming, not a spasmodic
boom as is too often the. case,. but' a
steady,, healthy. • growth. , G. . will - be
heard'from,as one of the most important
places ih 'northern  Texas,' in ^ years  to
Haye been, in many places of public"
tertainment, but never visited one where
greater efforts to please -were made than
at the Peterson.        .    ■
From Paris to Texarkana to spend the
Sabbath. This is a city of cities of some
8 to 10 thousand people. It. is diyided
by an ayenue which forms a part of the
line between Arkansas and Texas, about .
one half the city being in, the one state
and one half in the other. One* can enjoy the sport of calling for his mail at
one post ofiice and then go •" andv inquire
at another three block's -away both of
same name but in different states. Rather
a nice city, many fine business houses,
some good hotels, of which the Huckins,
on Arkansaw side, is away at the. head.
Send a copy* of the Democrat-Press
and when down this way call^and see for
yourself. .   Yours,
R. Ambler.
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The state teacher's institute for Clare
county being held in this  village  this
week has been the largest eyer held in
this county.   It is being  conducted Tby
Prof. Estabrook, assisted by Prof; Clisbe,
of Ionia.   That the interest is yer j great,
is evinced by  the  large  attendance- of •
teachers from all. parts  of  this county* .
northern Isabella and. some from "Midland county.     On* Wednesday  evening
Prof. Estabrook delivered a yery interesting lecture at the M. E. - church.   ..At
the  same place last  evening a large
audience assembled to hear Prof. Clisbe's-
lecture, which also proved very interesting.   The attendance has been over-fiftyv
and much credit is  due the  committee-
and those who have had the institute in
charge for the vast amount of good -that
has been accomplished. -    — ■■
A short, swarthy man and awli'ite-hau^'v
ed yonng woman, bearing a six-mbnths-
old babe in her arms, appeared upon the
streets last night and uttered articulations
intended to be palmed off for \ singing  ■
upon the good sized audience "that. con- ..
gregated about them.   The man passed
the hat among the crowd and succeeded
in picking up quite an amount of small  .
change af tei" having told a well-learned
and pitiful story in a tremulous arid well-
trained voice.   They claimed they hailed
from Detroit, and had just learned that
their property at Ihdianoplis had "been
destroyed by fire, leaving them penniless
ancl   destitute  and that they wanted fco .
reach the latter city.   It must be confess- .
edthey were taking a yery roundabout  .
route to reach their desired destination..
If they are not a pair of professional
beggars and  first-class frauds, then we
are sorry for having written the aboye
words.
- My experience* has' left no doubt f»f
theyalueof newspaper advertising.—L.
S.Metcalf.   .
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