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isassss P* PEACE WITH REDS IS URGED AT SPA -- V; ( 4ioyd George, Poles and French Try to Get Together on Proposition. IONBON PROPOSAL IS BASIS ^fallowing Receipt of Soviets' Offer to ' -Accept British Conditions for R«< iB-jiopening Trade, Premier Urges Allies Recognize Bolshevik!. v Spa, July 13.--Premiers Lloyd George of Britain, Millerand of fYance, jind Grabsky of Poland conferred oil the soviet problem. /Following the receipt of the sovlets' lOlfer to accept the British conditions few reopening trade, given to Krassln the bolshevik envoy, in London, Mr. 'Xiloyd George urges the allies to ree- -ognize the bolsheviki and tried to pre- "Vall on Grabsky to make an armistice ••irtth the reds. «• M. Millerand is still objecting, but * Biay consent. Grabsky Is ready to make peace with the bolsheviki If he can be assured of a suitable eastern boundary for Poland. Warsaw, July 13.--Withdrawal of the Polish lines on the entire battle front is continuing, according to announcement here, and there is little fighting except rear guard actions here and there. The withdrawal is orderly and in accordance with pre-arranged plans. The battle front is now approaching . the former RURSO-German lines through Baranovlehy, the Oginskl canal and the Styr and Sereth rivers, where a stand has been made. It Is announced the military are evacuating Minsk, which is threatened from the north and east. The Ukrainians are prepared to hold Kamentz- Podolsk so as to protect Lemberg and the Polish right flank, which is being pressed by General Budenny. AMNESTY FOR MANY ALIENS Moat of Those Interned During War -mm Since Released ta Be Given Liberty. Washington, July 13.--Enemy aliens interned during the war and since released on parole will be given their unrestricted liberty July 15, except in cases of those under suspicion. An order for their release was signed hy Acting Attorney General Friers oil. Most of the aliens interned during fife war on their release were compelled to give bond and subject themselves to the restrictions of a parole, Mr. Frierson said. • Inasmuch as a sufficient length of time has elapsed, all except those still considered a menace to public safety are to be given their full release. Determination as to those to be held under parole will be left to the United States attorneys in the districts in which the aliens live, Mr. Frierson said. Department of Justice officials were unable to give an estimate of tbe numtwr affected by the order. ADMITS KILLING HIS WIFE State's Attorney* Office at Chicago Announces Wanderer Has Mad* i'. Complete Statement. Chicago, July 10.--Carl Wanderer •confessed to the killing of his wife and the mysterious stranger who were found dead three weeks ago In the vestibule of the Wanderer home, accord- 5to a statement given out at the te's attorney's office. ' .After an all-day grilling cf the former army lieutenant in the office of the state's atfcrney, George Kenny, secretary of Mr. Hoyne, came out to announce that Wanderer admitted misleading the police In their investigation of the affair and that he had *ed all the shots in the double slay- Hlg at 4723 North Kimball avenue. "I murdered them both," he said, •Imply. • Then he began a cold recital in the Wpce of State's Attorney Hoyne that - terrified his audience. "I didn't want anyone else to have l^r if I couldn't," he said. "I wanted In get back to the army. I thought it tiould be better to have her dead." 'He also wanted to obtahi her savings--$ 1,500--he explained. HEW BRUNSWICK STAYS DRY DR. ROYAL MEEKER"-*! Referendum Beats Beer and Wine and > Ltpenee Propositi one--Only J One County Wet. i St. Johns, N. B., July 13.--The province of New Brunswick, in a referendum, voted to remain bone dry. It debated both a "beer and light wine" ||r<iposal, and a second proposal prodding full licenses. Only one county •voted wet That was Madawaska, an Arcadian district. Dr. Royal Meeker, forme* United States commissioner of labor, has resigned his oost to accept the position of editor-in-chief of the monthly bulletin of the International labor office of the League of Nations. SIGN ALLIES' TERMS Germans Agree to Reduce Army to 150,000 Men. Berlin Cabinet Accepts Terms Relating to Disarmament--Protest - eupatioit of Ruhr District* ' ' ' Spa, Belgium, July 12.--Germany's delegates signed at«ll :45 Friday morning an engagement accepting the terms of the allies' note relative to disarmament presented Thursday. This action was taken by the German representatives under protest. The allies' note, which amounted virtually to an ultimatum, demanded that the Germans accept the terms presented by noon Friday, and stipulated that, in fhe event of the German's failing to carry out the provisions of the demands, forces of the allies would occupy parts of the German empire, including the Ruhr region. The Germans protested, in signing the engagement, that the treaty of Versailles did not oblige them to acquiesce in further territorial occupations except for failure to fulfill the treaty terms regarding reparations. The decision of the German cabinet to obey the allies' demand was reached at an early morning session, the vote being unanimous. A unanimous decision also was taken by the cabinet that the allies should be informed that Germany could not accept the stipulations concerning possible occupation of the Ruhr and other- territories, provided the disarmament was not executed according to the allies' Judgment. The final decision of ttife allies sets forth,that Germany must: 1. Immediately disarm certain of Its forces, including the security police. 2. Publish a proclamation asking for the Immediate surrender of all weapons and firearms In the hands of the civilian population. 3. r Abolish immediately coihpnlsory Service. 4. Surrender to the allies all arms, guns and cannon which it possesses above the limit fixed by the treaty of Versailles. The allied decision copcernfng disarmament reads: "If on October 1 the German army is not reduced to 150,000 the allUw Will proceed to occupy German territory In the Ruhr or any other part of German territory, and will not evacuate It until all the conditions of the present agreement have been fulfilled." Premier Lloyd George said that after the three days of discussion on the question It must be closed immediately. The treaty had not been executed, he asserted, and instead of 100,000 rifles there were 3,000,000 in Germany, and six times as many machine guns as the treaty allowed. MILITARY HONORS TO GORGAS Funeral of Former U. 8. Surgeon General, Who Died In London, Held in St. Paul's Cathedral. London, July 10.--Full military honors were accorded at the funeral of 'Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, former ^surgeon general of the United States army, who died here. The funeral was held Friday noon in St. Paul's cathedral. There was in attendance representatives of King George and the royal family, of the British, and American armies and navies, and a delegation of the Royal Society of Medicine. The services were arranged by the last named organization. f Action la Held Illegal. Lansing, Mich., July 12.--Attorney General Alex J. Groesheck, In an opinion, ruled that the proposed amendment of the state constitution designed to abolish parochial schools is contrary to the federal Constitution. One Killed, Two Hurt by Auto. 1 :j Cheyenne, July 12.--Henry C. Covtngton of Hot Springs, Ark., was instantly killed and his wife and child were badly injured when Covington's ;•automobile overturned on a hill 30 / miles north of here. I Freed of Profiteering Charge. Spokane, July 10.--The Culbertson, [rote-Rankln company, a department Lore, was found not guilty by a Jury "n.|p the United States district court on a charge of violating the Lever act Against profiteering. ' ^ Italy Honors U. S. Delegates, London, July 10.--American fcates to the international conference chambers of commerce recently held It Paris have been officially ipvlted by the Italian government to' visit !&S$nSE T. MELENCI0 ARMS; GIRLS JOIN Students Are Rallying "as Rtd Peril to Republic Increases; :V? :K-i Asks Millions for 8hlpe. tJPnlfy0, July 13.--The Japanese government has decided to ask for an appropriation of approximately $22,190,- 499, to be expended. In the construction of new warships and other naval requirements for the current fiscal year. Japs to Leave Transbaikal. Harbin, July 13.--Evacuation by the Japanese of the Transbaikal region Is scheduled to begin on July 20 and Is expected to be completed within a month. The Japanese leaving the region will be brought to Manchuria. Deny Theater Was Blown Up. London, July 10.--Reports emanating from Berlin last week saying that the Odeon theater at Phillppolis, Bulgaria, had been blown up with heavy loss of life are described by a Reuter dispatch as "pnre invention." Police Officers in Duel; One Slain. Madrid, July 10.--Police Inspector Turner of Barcelona was killed in a saber duel with Police Captain Toro, according to advices from that city. The quarrel between the two men over a question of service. - NATION'S FATE IT STAKE Manifesto Issued by National Council of Defense 8ays Struggle Is Against Bolshevism Rather * J Than Against Russia. • 'if, ' •' V* Warsaw, July 10.--Owing to the ci leal condition of the country, voh teers for active service In the army are offering themselves from .every side. They include school and university teachers, students, boy scouts, civil servants and ministerial employees whose occupations excuse them from military service. The students are enlisting in such numbers that the Warsaw universities have been closed. Stirred by the appeal of the national council of defense for volunteers, hundreds of girls and women soldiers, with women officers, paraded the streets singing, and for the first time Warsaw saw detachments of female recruits under the guidance of women officers marching to the barracks. Many of the recruits were strong young girls in short skirts and shirtwaists with braided hair hanging down their backs. The sight of female recruits aroused enthusiasm everywhere along the principal streets. Mixed with the girl recruits were women of from twenty-five to thtrty years who swung parasols, purses and market packages In arms which will soon carry rifles. The women's battalions will be used chiefly for guard duty in garrisons and food depots and as train escorts, thus relieving men for the front lines. In response to the national council's call to arms the universities' students' unions are urging boys to join the colors and girls to offer their services as nurses or otherwise. A thousand students who had prepared to pass their vacations in the plebiscite areas as Polish propagandists now are recruiting to fight the bolshevik menace along the 750-mile front. London, July 10.--Russian bolshevik forces have smashed their way forward on the southern flank of the Polish front, and soviet military authorities" claim success In a series of battles near Stah>-Konstantinov, toward which town they are driving the Poles, according to a bolshevik offlcidt statement received here. Soviet forces have reached Litichev, 24 miles east of Prosklrov, and have occupied Mohiley-I'odolsk In their drive along the Dnieper river. Heavy fighting Is going on between the bolsheviki and forces commanded by General Wrangel on the southern flront, the struggle being particularly Intense in the region of Oriekrov, the statement says. ' r < ANOTHER VICTIM OF NIAGARA Charles G. Stephens of Bristol, Eng. land* Lost in Attempt to Navigate .Great Falls. , Niagara Falls, N. Y„ July 12.-- Charles G. Stephens of Bristol, England, died In an attempt to go over the Horseshoe falls In an oak barrel. Stephens maintaine<3jgreat secrecy as to his plans for takCg the trip, fearing the authorities would stop him, and as a result few saw him take the fatal plunge. The barrel was tossed out In the Niagara river from Snyder's Point, about three miles above the falls, at 8:10 o'clock In the morning. Fortyfive minutes later it plunged over the precipice of water at a point about one-quarter the distance across the horseshoe from the Canadian shore. For several hours watchers waited for the barrel to reappear below the falls. The Maid of the Mist, the stanch little steamer that takes sightseers up to the foot of the falls, picked u>p pieces of the oaken receptacle, and Stephens was put down as another victim of Niagara. 2 DEAD IN AIRPLANE CRASH Man and Woman Killed at Salisbury Beach, (Mass.) In 100. F&ot Fall. „ Salisbury Beach, Manu, Jtdy 12. Mrs. Richard H. Lon>? of Framingham, wife of the Democratic candidate for governor last fall, and Gordon H. Groh, an aviator, were injured fatally when an airplane crashed 100 feet to the ground. Groh was killed instantly and Mrs. Long died in Newburyport hospital soon after the accident. Groh Is believed, to have attempted to loop the loop when too near the ground. Mrs. Long was a passenger. Give Batum to Georgians. Batum, Transcaucasia, July 18.--" The British and French turned the city and province of Batum over to the Georgian republic, completely surrendering possession. The day was celebrated here as a great holiday. Market Without Middlemen. Lincoln, Neb., Jul 13.--The state bureau of securities has Issued a permit to sell stock In a company whereby farmers of Nebraska propose to market their o\^n grain without the medium of a middleman. J Ex-Kalser Fears Enemies. Amsterdam, July 12.--The ex-kaiser and ex-kalserln made their first motor trip Wednesday through the environs of Doom. They were accompanied by the commander of the Dutch constab ulary. •,, 14,000 Woolen Men Jdtp. Lawrence, Mass., July 12.--The fcmr local mills of the American Woolen company, employing approximately about 14,000 persons, closed for an Indefinite period because of lack of orders. Il( WCTOWES Joss T. Melencio, u young Filipino twenty-six years old, scored a triurjph at the Democratic national convention In bis presentation of the desire ©J the Philippines for Independence. TO CHANGE OIL LAWS President De La Huerta of Mexico Plans Reviskp, , Executive Says Five Generals Have Taken Up Arms Against New Government. Mexico City, July 10.--Article 27 of the Mexican constitution, which nationalizes petroleum deposits, will be sustained theoretically, but all decrees issued by former President Carranza prejudicing prior rights of petroleum owners will be abrogated by a presidential decree to be Issued shortly. Provisional President Adolfo de la Huerta made this statement while conversing with foreign correspcfadents here. The right will be given to oil men to pre-empt petroleum claims within five yea re, but once pre-emption Is made they will have an indefinite time within which to drili, the provisional president said. He made It clear these were his present views, which might possibly, but not probably, he changed after he confers with the secretary of industry, commerce and labor and hears lawyers for oil Interests and his own attorneys in Joint debate on the subject. The provisional prifcsldent received eight North American and British correspondents at Chapultepec castle, and spoke with them Informally from his sick bed. It was the first interview he has given to the press since during a banquet to foreign correspondents he was taken ill while giving a dramatic recital of his break \ylth Carranza. Five generals have taken up arms against the new Mexican government, the provisional president told the foreign correspondents, but he declared they did not constitute a military menace, since they had but very few followers. He estimated that not more than 500 m?n had been Involved in recent outbreaks. HOHENZOLLERN CASH IS SAFE Prussian Diet Rejects Socialist Motion to Seize Wealth of Former , Kaiser. Berlin, Inly 13.--The judicial committee of the Prussian diet rejected a motion, presented by the Independent Socialists providing for state confiscation of the fortune of the Hohenzollern family In Germany. The value of the fortune is estimated at between 250,000,000 and 600,000,- 000 marks. MERE BABY KILLS MOTHER Four-Year-Old Kentucky Boy 8hoots Parent With Shotgun He Was Carrying. Greenville, Ky., July 13.--When Mrs. Willis Graham, twenty-six years old. tried to stdp her four-year-old son, Harold, from carrying, a loaded shotgun out of their home near here, the child pulled the trigger. The full load entered the mother's breast, killing her instantly. U. S. IN FINANCIAL CONGRESS America to Be Unofficially Represent, etf In League of Nations Activityi Houston Announces. Washington, July 10.--The United States will be represented unofficially at the Brussels financial congress un« der the League of Nations on July 23, Secretary Houston announced. McAdoo Campaign Cost $443. Los Angeles, Cal., July 13.--Expenses of the campaign to obtain the Democratic presidential nomination for Wiiliam G. McAdoo totaled $443, Judge S. B. Amldon of Wichita, Kan^ stated here. Three Killed When Plane Falls. Mexico City, July 13.--Three members of the crew of an airplane on Its way to the north to aid In the military campaign were killed when the machine fell, according to Zacatecus dispatches. Irish Constables RevwlL' ^ 1 Dublin, July 12.--A "police revolt" was reported from County Kerry. Members of the Royal Irish constabulary were said to have refused to make political raids and conduct searches. Greeks Report Victory. Smyrna, July 12.--"A force of 20,- 000'Turkish nationalists on the northern battle front in Anatolia (Asiatic Turkey) has been annihilated," said a Greek army coibmuniqu* About 5,000 escaped. Warsaw Reports General Budenn/ s Cavalry Defeated and ! * Soviets in Fight. REOS ALSO GUM SUCCESSES jMooctfw Wlreftess Reeeived at London Rcocmte Hits 8cored by-ltus^Ums on July 4--8ays Prisoners and Much Booty Taken. Warsaw, July 14.--Victories for the Poles in the Privet region and in !Volhynla are reported in advices received here. "* The bolshevlst cavalry leader, General Budenny, has been defeated, the advices stated,-and he is fleeing to Rortio, upon which the Poles are marching. The victory of the Pedes In the Pfipet region, is described as "compete." Enormous supplies are declared to have been taken with the occupation of the town of Owruncz, where 200 prisoners also were picked up. The troops operating against General Budenny, the advltes report, cap tured Great and Little Zyoin, taking eight guns, while a bolshevlst cavalry brigade was annihilated. Bolshevist attacks south and west of Rovno were repulsed, the message adds. London, Jnly 14.--A Moscow wireless dispatch, recounting the successes scored by the bolsheviki In their offensive, states that an July 4 on one front of 73 miles "we captured more than 4,000 prisoners, 19 guns, one tank, many machine gups, a considerable amount of other munitions and large stores of food, In addition to enormous damage Inflicted on the enemy In killed and wounded, according to Incomplete information." The statement adds: In general the enemy Is retreating along the whole front from Polesla to the Dniester."" Spa, July 14.--The Polish delegation at the conference here Is understood to be very much dissatisfied with the terms of a note sent by the allies to the Russian soviet government proposing an armistice between the bolshevlst and Polish armiea They feel, however, that they will be obliged to accept It. The proposal for the armistice was made on condition that the Poles rtf tire within their natural Polish frontier. It is set forth that the armistice will be followed by a conference of representatives of all the countries on the Russian border, and that If the bolsheviki attack the Poles within these frontiers the allies will go to the aid of Poland. The Polish representatives appear to be rather stunned by the announcement that Great Britain has concluded arrangements with the soviet concern-' Ing commercial Intercourse. / mm SAYS LLOYD 13 LENINE AGENT Prosecutor Pictures Illinois Millionaire as American Aid to r Soviet Leaders. i Chicago, July 14.--William Bross Lloyd, WInnetka millionaire, and his fellow members of the Communist Labor party, on trial before Judge Hebel for conspiracy to overthrow the United States government, were pictured as agents and followers of Lenlne and Trotzky, In the opening statement of the state to the jury. Assistant State's Attorney Lloyd Heth told the Jurors that Lloyd and the other defendants had repudiated the Stars and Stripes and had adopted the red flag of Russia. They advocated the dynamiting of armories and banks, the placing of rifles In the hands of the proletariat and a bloody destruction of the agencies of law and order so that the country would be governed according to the third International of Moscow. PLANS TO MAKE MEXICO DRY Provisional President de la Huerta t» Propose Legislation to ,. ConOrSSS. ' City, July 14.--t^te1.Nation making all Mexico "dry" 4s being prepared for presentation to the next congress at the office of Provisional President de la Huerta, says the newspaper Universal. "The provisional president has decided on this step," says the newspaper, "as a means of accomplishing the regeneration of the Indian and half-breed races, which are great consumers of alcohol." New Brunswick Remains Dry. St. John, N. B., July 14.'--New Brunswick voted to retain prohibition by a majority of 21,000. Two Die in Plane Plunge. Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 14.--Louis F. Waltemate, pilot of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Clarence Caraway, passenger of this city, were Instantly killed when their airplane fell 3,000 feet here. The wings collapsed in midair. Park Closed by , Gypsy Moths. New York, July 14.--James B. Duke, tobacco millionaire, has announced that h!s 2,000-acre park near Somei* ville, N. J., would be closed to the public indefinitely owing to the di» covery of gypsy moths. Bfclt Kills Father and Girt. Tampa, Fit., July 14.--J. B! Gorman and his seventeen-year-old daughter were killed and 12 other perw sons knocked unconscious by lightning striking a schoolhonse at Envllle, 40 miles from here. » u'.-. %: Japan Government Gets O. K. Tolcyo, July 14.--The government eelved a vote of confidence by a larg# majority in the house of representatives. The house defeated a resolution oi want of confidence In the ministry by 283 to 145. How Many Women Are Like This? Qfcu anything be more wearing for woznen than the oeaselea round of household duties? Oh] the monotony of it &U«F» work and drudge j no time to be aick; tired, ailing, yet oao> not stop. There cornea a tixne whea something "snapa" and they find themselves * simply worn oat," and to make matters worse,have contracted serious feminine disorder which almost always follows the constant overtaxing of a woman's strength. Then they should remember that there is no remedy lika Ijdla XL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound--the rlence of these two women establishes that fmett Ssodasky, Ohio.--" AlterthebMh of my baby I had organic trouble. My aoetor sail It was eause* ' too heavy lilting and I wcu have to have an operation, would not eensent; to an operation aad let it go Urn over » year, having my sister Ho my work far me as I Cedar Rapids, la.--" After the bli&h of mv last child I had each painful spells that would unlit me entirely for my housework. I suffered foe months and the doctor said that my trouble was organic ukex* and I would have to have an operation. That was aa awful thing to mo, with a yoongVaby and four other ehildrso. so one day I thought of Lydla ft Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and how it had aelped me years before and I decided to try ltagaia. I took fire bottles of Vegotable Compound aad ased Lydla B. Pinkham's Sanative Waah and since then I have been a well woman, able to take eare ci my house aad family withoat any trouble or a day's pals. I aa ready aad thankful to swear bfr •our medicine anytime. I am fact*. lour years old andhare not had a day^e illness of amy kind for three yean." --Mrs. Hr&oaxia, 617 Ellis Bird, Cedar Baplds, Iowa. Die. was not able to walk. One^iaj ay aunt oame to see ma and kl thing. B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com about your medicine ssld it cued her of the same ItoakL; aad ased Lydla 1. Pinkham's family aad also do sewing li people. I still take a bottle < table Compound every spring for a tofVege- I reoommend year medicine to others who have troebles similar to mine and yoa eaa use my letter it you wish;'1--lbs. Pim Ptfn* rOsa,133S Stsoe •t.,BM>duakytOM«. All Worn Ont Woman Should Tako iti'A i \ ' ' V LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound • in M•:m;:j T r «••• HIS DESTINATION NO OBJECT COULDN'T LEAVE DEAR DADDY As Example of Perfect Freedom From Cara, Colored Boy Would.J|p Hard to Beat. Sitting In the rear end ef coach on a jerkwater road In Texas, my end of the car being a smoker for white passengers and the front end being reserved for the accommodation of colored persons. I--looking through the open door of the dividing partition--saw the conductor stop In the aisle alongside a half-grown negro hoy who had boarded the coach at a flag station. "I ain't got no ticket, cap'n," I heard the darky say. So saying, he hauled a handful of silver dollars out of a pocket and extended the hand, Its palm covered with coins. **Well, then, where do yoa want to go?" asked the conductor. "Cap'n, It don't make W difference," quoth the boy. "Jes* you tell me, please, sah, when dls yere money Is done ridden up an' den 111 git off effen I lak de looks of the place, an' effen I don't lak It I'll give you some mo' money an' keep on a-ridln'."-- Irvia S. Cobb In the Satnrday Evening Post The Prloe of 8ilence. * The negro preacher had successfully concealed the fact that he had served a term in prison, but long years of upright living had not destroyed his fear of exposure. One Sunday, on rising to begin his sermon, his heart sank on seeing in one of the front pews a former cell mate. Quick thinking was necessary^ Turntng the Bible round a couplet of times to gain time he fixed his eye on the stranger and delivered himself slowly and Impressively as follows: "Ah takes mah text dls mo'nin' from de slxty-fo' chapter an* de fo'- hundre'th verse ob de Gospel ob Saint John which says, Dem as sees me, an' knows me, an' says nothln', dem will Ah see later.'"--Exchange. Itinerant Herself. The Maid--Mistress has a new husband. Dw Cook--Do you think hell stay? A married man's idea of heaven Is a place where wives do not ask their husbands for money. Sweat Girl's Affection Must Have Be»n Vary Comforting to the , * 1 * Old Qentleman, Yea! The blushing girl leaned ovef-'lw# <r father's chair and put her arm around his neck. "You dear old papa!" she cooed. "You've been very good to your little girl since her engagement." 'Tm always glad to make my sunbeam happy," murmured father fondly. "I want you to think sometimes of your foolish old father and remember that he did everything he could to make home pleasant for you before yon left him In his lonely old age." "Oh, you dear, sweet man! What would you say if I didn't leave you, after all?" . "Eh 1" exclalmed tha startled did man. "How can I be so selfish after yoa have been so good to me, and done everything for me?" said the girl tenderly. "I don't care so very very very much for George. I'm going to tell him It was all a mistake, and that he can find somebody else, for Tm always going to stay at home with you. . . . And then yoa cav aA* ways give me nice things!" He Knew. A Western youngster who attends an Eastern college came home recently for a few days. His mother, of course, cooked up all his special dishes and the youngster rejoiced as he sat down to th» well-filled table. "I'll tell you. John," began his father, beaming at the boft "the happiest time In most people's lives Is right when they are eating. Isn't it?" John looked at mother, who had acted as cook, and then at the rest of his family. "Yes, it Is," he agreed, "provided that they are eating with some people for whom they actually care." The New Poor. "Good morning, madam. 1 deal Ilk cast-off clothing."* "Oh, how lucky! Do yea think yoa have anything that would salt my husband?"--From London Punch. The Surprtae. Stella--Why such preparations? Bella--I'm expecting a nominating committee of one. • Food For A July v Morning --and every mornin of health enters tm DreDaration , when the thought > the meal time .i This easily digested food needs not: sugar, yet It has a most pleasing sweet flavor, and is fhll of the sound £po<$» nes© of wheat and malted barley. 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