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MONDAY: JEAN. “ 5.. .1913
cather Forecast
Cloudy tonight; not. quite so
cold; moderate variable winds.
We are still offering you Fire
Insurance at the lowest possible
rates and as for Liability ilonds,
Accident, Plate Glass, Boiler and
Automobile insurance, we can
offer you the best rates and com-
panics obtainable.
Steamship Tickets to all parts
of the globe.
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' Tel. 1230
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER
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George Allen, of the Norwniit Hotel.
files gone to Providence. ii. i., where
he is the delegate from B. l. L... No
269, to the New Englnnd convention.
Stephen Kent and Philip Sherwood,
“two Norwalk lads, will play 1’. match
game of pool of 100 points Thursday
night at 8 o‘clock in Tripp's pool 11.10111
Norwulk ,l.ocnl (lalmpentws linion
will further considol the program for
the entertaiunmnt oi‘ the state convert
etion here next month :11 their meeting:
tomorrow evening. ‘
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Congressman: Hill Replies to
Mayor Wilson’s Letter Be
on :stlng Federal Aid of
$1,000,000-
WASHlNG'l‘ON, I). (1.. Jan. 22.—-It
is 'not likely—4n fact it is extremely
unlikely—that Bridgeport will this
year get Congress to provide for the
improvements for which Mayor Wil-
son asks, in his recent letter to Re-
presentative lllll.,About the most
that is likely at this session of Con-
gress, ill answer to the request. is a
provision for a. new survery of Bridge-
port hurbor with the specific projects
mentioned by Mayor Wilson in view,
the survey to be made by the urml’
engineer ~for the district.
To Take Up Old Work.
Direct from the House rivers and
harbors committee has come informa-
tion that the committee is at present
in favor of including in the bill for
rivers and harbors improvements this
.scsson 111111 those projects recom.
mended 111 the army engineerswold
projects with some work remaining to
he (loop on them
But there is likelihood that the bill
will look t’orwnld. somewhat, to the
future by providing for some new:
surveys (or new projects. And that is”
what RU]li‘0h‘t"iiillil\'(i iiill hopes to
1:11 (or Bridgeport.
To Get $66,000.
[11 11 letter to Mayor Wilson, Repro
sentntivo Hill has pointed out this sit“
luuton. There is about $(lti.titltl still
to be expended under the continuing
contract for the i111protentent of;
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”Further plans for tlu-1 smoker to he
held on Friday evening will be made
tomorrow (il‘eilllifz at the morning oil
‘Welcome Stronger Lodge, No 3613
Sons of St. George.
'l‘llehlndezlrol' Circle of the South
lilllll i1‘ Mz‘ltilous oi 111 ll out Hull
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plnyul in iii-,1 Nuttnoz, (,l 11 pool 1on1-
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round, both for li,1'st 11nd second (111111.11
Some interesting contests are promin ‘
on.
lll‘
There were nine Monsters of prop-1
orty in The Norwnlits, inst wool.' with
mortgages ol‘ $611,750. “For tho sot-11nd
wee-l1 lll J11111111r1
toll sales of [”01th 11 and luminance oi"
$50 435,
Uncea Tribe, No.21}, improved 01'-
tier of Red Men, will hold a regular
‘ meeting tomorrow night. Work
1 the new building has been delayed for
some time on account of the (‘Old
weather.
' H. W. Mather has taken the con“
lbract for alterations to 11 house in
Noi'wnlk for Charles Rogers. 'I‘hr1
Heating and Plumbing Company, ‘
. Norwalk, have the plumbing: and heat-
ing contracts.
_ Mrs. ll, M. Richards and daughter,
_ {Miss Anna Richards, of West street,
have gone to New York today. to see.
friends sail for South America. This
n :a noon the party expert-to see Da
vld Warficld in The' Return of Peter
cum.
ncas,,_Trlbe of» Red Men held its
éeidy dance Saturday evening at
their wigwam in Washington street
‘1‘ e members at that time entertained
a. urge number or their friends and
lilstrons and the evening resolved it-
. 'nell’ into one of rare pleasure
The’repairs" being effected in the
Hope Hose house in Water street were
started again this morning after the
cessation because of "Sunday. Contrac-
tor H. D. Cornell, is doing the work
and the papering of the upstairs quar-
tors was begun this morning."
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harles S.;leeman, of the Dikeman
n factoring Company. of Merwln
, t. is resting comfortably at the
orwalk Hospital after his operation
pendicitis. The operatlomw which
successful, was performed a Week
lust Saturday and Mr. Dikeman
1 ini‘proved steadily.
The aununl 'pino'chle toui‘nament be
can Cook-once Tribe 1and Uncas
be; Norwulk and South Notwalk.
"1y, will start tumorrow eve-
lions Tribe quarters. Much
‘ossna‘ putting up the banquet.
horwalh (‘ollsl‘egzntlonnl (.‘hurt'il \villi
meet Wednesday .‘1i’toi‘111nlll 111 Ill
o'elmk k, at the 1 sill-1111.1 oi \lle. \\ il1
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is b'elpp taken in the tourney.
" toome means is sup r for all
no 1" are in favor of 11a mahtout pen-
Hilton system, paid entirely out of tho
Bridgeport hurl lot; but nil that money i
must be e\p.1nl1 11 ill ("'utllilu.y out the
o1-i:.:i11:1l project uhich has ill\Oi\ti111:
or will lil\tll\'t' ‘111 the curl ill nil. an IT
(\Ilt‘lltll' 11111 of about unsound 1;
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Need Survey Fl1st. ,1
ii 111 work win 1111 M. nor Wiintlll lulu
enchanted lilit’li‘i’llil! 1111 1xpmuiitnte oi'1
1-1,.1111 $1,111,111.1uln, is up entirely new:
tonil'utm and before (‘ox1yrmstuiwsi
up my. 111113111111 hit,l1lll points out ‘
n surw1 1n rhou the need 11nd (out of}
tin iiill,l1i\(l!‘.t‘lli5 111 the 111111) cnuln- 1
1111's i111 rorptlred, i
To Urge Committee‘. ‘
111‘ the House rivers und
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('onuloss in turn »»»»» to make |ir$()\'i:1i0li‘:
fol ti survo), tronttmll lilting the 15111th i
ion of a 11111 and (‘xlt‘ilrlilt‘l projt t of
11211110111! improvement it will he .1 bill
mop in the direction 111 lie ultiulnte:
1 o 111 11 let ion. "
Commits Congress.
And ltopl'esolltzllivo liill will 11min-
nn effort in that line 111 this session.
If the survey is 11111110 and the army
engineers 11111! that improvel‘ncnts uro
needed end are justified by the ship-
ping ironic. that. practically commits
Congress to toe cxecutiou of the 1111)-
ject.
in his letter to Mayor Wilson, which
should ho received in Bridgeport tr»
day, Mr. Hill also suggests that he be
ildvised it” the work under the present
contract has been done sntinfnctorlly
and it’ it can be completed with the
sconce remaining available. in case
more money is needed for the com-
pletion of this present project, the
House rivers and harbors committee
would plobnbly make provision for it
In the hill. 1
Many Want Jobu.
Representative Henry has rec‘eiyed
a letter from First Aselstnnt Poet-
master General Charles P. (lrau’t‘ielcl
formally notifying him of the death
of Alfred W. Converse. postmaster
at Windsor Locks, and asking Mr.
Henry to recommend a new man for
postmuster.
“There are several candidates," Mr.
Henry said today, when asked as
to his recommendation. He has not
made a definite selection ‘as yet and
will probably .awalt some advices re-
garding the several candidates and
their qualifications, before acting.
Several Connecticut post-office em-
ployes are ‘ln Wbshlngton in attend-
ance upon the annual convention of
.the Ulted States Civil Service Retire-
ment association. Among those who
have already registerd as delegates
are Pierce Matter, assistant superin—
tendent osmotic of the New-Haven
melodies, and ‘George W. Murphy,
superintendent of malls in the stam-
ford post-office.
This organization is working for
the passage by confine s of a general
civil pension bill, u that veteran,
.ouperannuated and
”ployes of Uncle Sum may be retired
jon pensions. iMdny' of the delegates
hnrltors :
11nd ‘
"reasral‘ treasury; others one in rotor
of a contributory plan. under which
salaries would be docked a curtain
1.11.1111 umou‘nt each your to lay up out
Clearance ‘ Sale
of Ladles’ Suits, Coats, Dresses,
Skirts, W aists,
Corsets, Finn and For Coats-
This sale offers you the very finest ready for wear
ments in the world, at the price of commonplace kind.
your own fault if you don't take advantage of the opportutn-
ity. We want to close out every garment, and we are will-
ing to sacrifice on what we have left in order to do it.
The values are big enough to make them go fast. so stop
livel if you want to save money. You'll buy if you see the 1
Come and come quickly.
goo s.
CLEARANCE SALE IN
wn ALTER FREE
The Paris Cloak 81‘ Suit House
THE HOUBE OF GOOD CLOTHES
33 So. Main 51., South Nor-wail:
515'Main St., Stamford.
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White Goods,
If;
BOTH STORES.
White Shoe Store
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90 Washington Sire I
et South Norwalk
Corner Atlantic and Worth Streets. Stamford
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Women’s Queen Quality Boots
in i‘uteni Colt. (Z1111 lictni. Ruskin ("‘nlf. \‘loi
reg11i.1r $23. $:l.:‘.tl pull it,
$2.55. 12.95 and 113.35
. ~Wm~.m~u~.¢ 1.,
200 Pairs Women’s Shires, Burt’s
and W1. lk Over, $1.95
Regular 1115 103 $3,110 and $11.01).
These are all new pooling
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‘ Boys’ and Girls’ Slices
and llluck Suede.
Snip pt'it'o .
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1 field goals and lnglis. the other guard.
Troy Bouts Stamford. 49 to 28.
There was a big crowd to greet the
Troy team when they played at Stam-
ford fluturday evening. The world's
champions easily wan the game, 49
to 28 being the score. By halves the
Troy team led. 29 toll and 201017.
Goorzo Smith and ”Cilia!" Muller
had an interesting mlxup, the basket
total layering Smith 4 to 2. but the
board screens all the evening. 11311..
Wachtor was with Troy and played a
guard position. Wachter caged seven
made seven. iialpin, of Stamford,
turned an ankle early in the game and
was-relieved by Rledell.
The Troy team plays the Nor-walk
five tonight at the armory. and as the
Sixth Company will be reinforced by
Lamb, in addition to the clever Clin-
ton. it promises to be a fine contest.
The details of the Stamford game
were as follows:
STAMFORD. TROY.
Morrison ............... Davey
Right forward.
l-laipin, Riedell .............. Muller
Left forward
Hogan .............. (lt‘imstead
' Center.
Smith ..................... \‘i'nchter
Right guard
ileil ......................... luglis
Loft guard
Field goals 11111 Morrison 4, Hogan 2,
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;Smith 4. ilell l, Davey vi, Muller
‘Grimstentl ii. Warbler ‘1'. lllglls 7
i-‘oul gonle»~Smith 6, Wnchter 1’1.
Olliclulw-Mr llnlmer
Owners of Bridgeport Baseball Team
._ Want to Sell Franchise.
llilll‘ltiEl’ORT. .lun. 22.-~.lohn it
jgi-reeuulu and (loot-he F (‘ol'bett of
Vol.1 York who owns the Bridgeport
gilllselluii club nnnounccd today that
ithey are ready to soil their franchise
"l‘hey 5111' they hate no compininl re
'1'g111diu1; the ntteudnuec 11nd admit that
they hurl1 (undo money in this city.
i They have up many other business in-
great "Chief" had trouble with the
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vote the rqoirctl time to illlsbuil. li a
purchaser is found for the club it may
‘munn the retirement of ii. Eugene
)lrtiann, the prompt llllltulucr.
New Haven ApalustFight.
NEW HAVEN. .iun (“New lin.
1.11111 is nn Reno, and the public would
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AT GREATLY REDUCED PRIOEE
RUBBER BOOTS, FELT BOOTS AND ARCTICS .AT COST
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litiiifillEGATiiili SGOR‘ED l
Hill 1111:: suloul
NE“? HAVEN. .inn. 22.~~Commont-
ing on the small number of baptlsms'
in the parish during the past year, Rev.
Fr; John D. Doyle, of St. John‘s Ro-
man Catholic Church, administered a
sharp and pointed rebuke to his cum
gregntlon yesterday on the subject of;
race suicide. He said that the number
of births during the pnstycar. 76. were
too few a number for a congregation
of over 1 300.!119 feared, he said, that
his people were showing a tendency
to absorb the spirit of uncalled 1.11.11.
ern progress “which seeks to thwart
the designs of Providence lndow or no
birth rate. " He continued:
“The couple who deliberately seek
to prevent the propagation of the race
are guilty of the blood of little child ”infirm”; YARN COMPANY RE»
ren, and terrible will be their punish-
ment. The Catholic church does not
null cannot have any sympathy with
this modern family disintegration the-
ory of‘quaiity not quantity regarding
offspring. and the hope of the nation,
no less of the individual, lies in its:
children.
bear with one another in Christin
"enmity, rush to the courts to separate
them. what becomeo’of the children?
“The unfortunate pawns of oil-cum?
stance. they are 111.111.; into the baud ~
of first one, than another. with no
“Divorce ls blasting family life and . ' ‘
eating at. the vitalu of the nation, be-i-
cause incompatible couples. double to. .
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congregation;
money on themselves.
dom seen since the full of Rome."
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RECORD BREAKING iCE CROP.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 ~The ice crop
on the Hudson river and. throughout
Newmgland ls'the best in a'decade,
according to a‘istatement by Wesley
M Oler, president of the American ice
“The ice is thick and of
clear, title quality." declared Mr. Oler,
“and We expect to have all our storage
He
declined to make any predictions
company.
houses full within a few days.”
about 1131068.: .
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PAWTUCMT, 8.1.. Jan. 22
a shutdown oi six months boo up of
unsatisfactory business c
the American Yarn Company ..
work in all depurtments today.
nulls manufacturing cotton yarn
"The men complain,‘
he acid. "that the women are too on»
E travagant. demand too runny luxuries
before they will marry, but the fault
;is not entirely with. them. The men
are just as selfish, spend just us much
No marriages.
and the resultdsn‘n age of liccutious»
nose and indulgence in passions eel-
not. stand for a bout which Wliilid he
lectured by Jerk Johnson hone," said
étlhiei‘ of Police Cowlen. answering 1111
fluunlr)’ repnrding the proposal of a
local tlrhtpromozur to stage 11 mattiil
in this city with the champion us one
of the principals. “A hunt, in which
Johnson would figure is highly improb-
able. Open air fighting here is not
conducive to police. This open ,uir
boxing question has been taken up he
lore and l have llzul to turn down lilt‘
pmpomtlon. A mulch hetwecn John
son and nnyono is not probable here.
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South NorWaik 1:11-11 Police Pool.
At the SouthNorwnlk Fire Police
pol lournnment Suturday night. ’1‘. .J.
Murphy, rated 90, defeated Fred Wil-
liams, ruled so by the score of 90 to
to. This evening J. Henry Schaub
1 and Philip Schaub will cross cues for
the elimination of at least one Schaub.
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8ET3 1le REFUGE FOR CATS.
CHESHIRE, Jan. ‘22.wa the rest.
dents of this and neighboring towns
should find their homes suddenly dc-
sorted by their feline pets. and if they
should further find that the cats have
been making pilgrimages to a designat-
surprised, but it will be only until they
they have been acquainted with the
fact that there has been set up in the
town a "city of refuge".for cats. Wal-
ter Scott, former proprietor of the re—
cently burned Waverly Inn, is the man
11.110 has established the refuge. He
has fitted up a1 warm room, in his cat.
iar and here, he says, cats that have
strayed or have been discarded. who
are dissatisfied with their home co‘ndl~
lions, or who may have no grievance at
all will find a welcome, and a perma-
nent or temporary abiding place just
as they choose
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_ TRIBUNAL.
PARIS, 1.1.... 22 "—The Italian govern
ment has promised to the Mach gov:
ernment tho submission: to The Hagué
111.111.111.111 of till the Questions relative
to the oocent seizure of the French
steamers Carthage and Manouba
A special meeting or the French
' citbi at. has been called for this even-
WILLING ‘TO LEAVE TQ HAGUE.
ed spot in the resin they may become .
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Come Tonlght Come Tonight
Some of the Many Bargains at
the January Clearance Sale
FRUiT or THE LOOM MosLm .. ......... . ............... 5%.: yd.
50c SHEETS .. ........................... . ................. 29o
$5.008iLK WAIBTS ......... .............. $1.93
$4.00 CHIFFON WAls'rs ........... . ........................ $1.39
31.00 TAILORED wms'rs ..... ................................ 691:
$3.50 and $4.00 sacs ........... .. .................... $1.911
$1.50 to $2.00 uAcs .......... . ...... , ............. . ........... 99c
791: LEATHER anus ...... . ..... . ..................... 59c
60c swearsns ........... .................. . ..... . ..... 39o
$2.00 SWEATERS ........ . ............... , ................... $1.49
scooswsarsns...................... ....... 1 ....... ‘ ........ $1.93
“$5.00 swen'rsns .L ................................ . ....... .. $3.50
$6.00 swearsns ........ . ...... . ........ . ..... . ......... $3.93
25.; Museum H08§ ...................... ‘ .......... ...... 17c
12c HOSE . ....... . ............................................. 8c
121: views socxs ........ .................................. sc ..
29.: PiCTUREs . .................. ... ................ , .......... 19o
39cPiCTUREB ......................... 29c
59:: PICTURES ? .......... 1 ................ L ................. 39c
cement-11203125 ................. $1.93
50c cms BLANKE'rs ........ . ........ ..................... 29:
$10.00 and $12.00 01183353 . ........................... 35. so
So COLORED FLANNELETTE .............................. 6c yd.
$3.00 cons ................ .. ........................ . ..... $3.93
59.00 coars ............. .. ................................. $4.98
$12.00 cons ........................................ . ...... 36.98
(315.011 cons ............................................... $8.98
$15.00 to $20.00 cons ...................................... $9.98
$12.00 CARACUL cons .............. ....... . ............. $7.98
$12.50 solrs . ........................... . ................... $7.91;
$5.00 HATS ...................................... _ ............ 31.98
woo and race HATS ....................................... s2. as
$3.00 and 33 so smm's ...................................... $1.93
25c uscstnn ...................................... ~ ..... 15c
25c MUSLIN unnwsns ......... . ............................. 19c
39c onnwsns ................................................ 25c
25c conssr covsns .......................................... 19c
1 50o cones-r covens ..' ....... ... ....... y ....................... 39c
50c oowus ...................... . ............................ 39c
9o AMOSKEAG GINGHAM .. ..... _ ........................ (ii/2o yd.
$1.00 coessrs ................................. . .......... 79c
75c conssrs ...... 1. ............ . .............................. 59c
29c nlaeou......s. ...... ....... ......... 19cyd.
$12.00 to $15.00 ossssss .. .................................. $7.113
25o1GL0VES ........................................ . .......... 19c '
$1.00MANNI9H stoves.............. .............. . ...... ...79c
29c LADiES' UNDERWEAR ................................... 211:
so: LADIES” UNDERWEAR ................................ 39c
MORE EPiSCOPAL BISHOPS.
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'House of Bishops to Meet on April 11
in New York.
..Another special meeting of the Epis-
copal house of bishops has been called.
The date is April 11 and the place is
New York.’where the special meeting
of last October was held. There is in
the call for this second meeting a
phrase that is attracting attention it
is this: “vacancies that may occur
during the special session.” The in-
ference is that some bishop or bishops
are. to resign and that vacancies not
now existing will need to be filled be-
fore adjournment. '
The unusual situation. supposed to
demandthe second special meeting is
the case of Bishop‘Rowe 01 Alaska.
in 1894 this samevhouso of bishops
elected him to the Alaska district, J.
Pierpont Morganunderwriting his sal~
dry for. three years. Last October the
house elected him to South Dakota.
lie declines and says that he will re«
main in Alaska. Canonists are asking.
What next? A few weeks since Bishop
Kendrick died, and Bishop Tattle of
Missouri as presiding bishop, appoint-
ed Bishop Mann of North Dakota to
the vacancy. That is, be assigned him
to the change. how it is assumed that
he may contemplate resigning North
Dakota lhorrd'er to accept New Mexico.
if elected to it. A vacancy would then
exist in Nonth Dakota.
. Bishop Vim Burch of Porto Rico has
resigned giving as his reason the ad-
verse effect of the cit-mate upon his
health. A new bishop for that district.
is to be chosen There is a vacancy in
l
must remain vacant until the house of
deputies is also in session. and that
will not occur fOr two years. The 1...
1.11.1.1... one is also uneducated. Three
new bishops will be elected and per-
hops four There are rumors of oddi-
, tional rosigmtlons, one because of vu-
rylng construction of the Episcopal 1
Panama. but it has been decided it
than in South Dakota, along with the
and the other becaus'oof ill
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DALTON GOES TO JAIL.
Threatened to Knock Officer Dornuy'u
“Block" Off. ,
Benjamin 'W. Dalton, of Franklin av-
enue, approachbd Officer Thomas J.
Dorney, Saturday night, and offered
to “knook his block off." in the twink.
ling of an eye Elf-r. Dalton found him-4
self icoking between the steed bars of
a cell in the Norwalk police station.
1 This morning he was repentant, no
he had been arrested several times in
the last half~yenr. but this had no ef-
fect upon Judge Edward M. Lockheed, ,
who knows the“ nuisance Dalton has
been to theNorwalk police. His honor
said “thirty days and costs.” and then
Dalton received due warning of- longer
vacations for future disturbances.‘
He was taken to Bridgeport later ‘
today '
DIDN’T TREAT HER RIGHT.
Prof Jonnpewey,’ 0.101111111111111, was
talking about is
turned traitor to the suffrage cause.-
“A‘ man who could be so mean to wo-
man," he said “must be the original , 1
or the Clayton jail story. AcOnVict j
in the Clayton jail, you know, man. I
aged to do' allttie flirting over the
Wall He flirted for some weeks with
a girl who milked the com in a field
adjoining the 19.11 and one evening he:
called to her and they struck up u
conversation Every day after that 1'
for a'year or more._.the girl name to ‘
the wall.“ Then the convict,» getting
tired of her, told her it was no use
waiting for him, as he was in for life."
~Kunsas City sun: ‘
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RONG WAY To WATER.
-In a land where the only wells are "
arteslan. the national? “but of these '
sources 0: supply is something appulF
1113.1- commercial traveler the other
afternoon told us that the loot. a farm» "
or in the arid 1.1.11 recently hustling 3
load 0:111:11... " 1
"thre do you get the water?"
“informant asked ,
legislatOr who 1111.111 : '
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