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Reptrti of Judicial Deciiici Affecting
Varied Blatiaihip.
LEGAL LIMIT ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
U A'olit Whrn l)lrnp Avin n
-it m C'uitrllitilnrj- ( nf
UtiKlnt-Kii C'lnxlflrnllou
of Oilier f t ti II ii c
ern, ond made the foundation (or the Iron
columns of 12 instead of is imb concrete,
required by the specifications, and tho
building rollapsed. resulting in the death
of plaintiff intcatate. The foundallona
were not Inspected by the architect as they
were constructed, and defendant as not
aware of the existence of the cistern. Held,
that the evidence wax not sufficient to Jus
tlfy a tindlnc that defendant war. rullt
of negligence, aa the builder was an In
his publif du'v The riu'y '! a prlate
person cease when he baa made hia com
plaint, and appeared before the grand Jury,
and secured or failed to secure an indict
aieni. 4S At. Hep.. N. J.. 900.)
ltu cnliir".
The doctrine that an inventor la entitled
to the beneficial uses of hit invention, al
though not desclosed by him in hie patent,
cannot be to extended aa to embrace an
I independent invention 01 nnu uc uu uu
relilrnt InsurRiir.
An accident poller dla not insure against
death occasioned -wholly or partly, directly
or Indirectly; by disease or bodily Infirmity.
The insured was found dead near his team,
a wheel having passed over his neck. The
autopsy showed that death resulted from
apoplexy. Defendant claimed that the apo
plexy preceded and caused the fall, while ' time for the duration of the employment.
dependent contractor, and the architect I exception. ioc Fed. Rep. 618.
was exercising an Independent calling, and l.ntidlonl ntitf Trunin,
his failure to properly inspect the con- ' When the tenant 1 in exclusive pos
struction of a building cannot be attributed ; session and control of rented premises, the
to defendant. 69 N. E. Itep. (N. Y.) 914. j landlord lc under no duty of examining
CI II l3niliifT. the same with a view to
A contract provided that. In consideration ncth" or " T
.v.. . L. . ..a a . i i requested so to do. 35 S. E. liep. toa.j
vi lilt: uujtuL ui iir unj , a utii riiKC i ltf .
neer was to lay out a sewer system for a
vlllnge and superintend and Inspect, as
supervising engineer, the construction ot
any sewers autborlied to be constructed
within a year from the date of the letting
of the contract. The contract specified no
plaintiff claimed be wan cast or thrown
down by his team, the blow producing apo
plexr. Held, that the court should have
granted defendant request to charge that
the plaintiff could not recover, even If the
death was caused by accident. If disease
or bodily Infirmity contributed thereto.
4& At Hep. (Vt.) 639.
Attorney nml Clli-tit.
Thn mere petition of attorneys and others
for the reinstatement of n disbarred at
torney -rill not be cansldcred, such attorney
not being before the court in person or by
petition asking tor reinstatement and giving
his reacons therefor. CS Pac. Hep. (Mont.)
:o2.
Until. nnd Ilnnkltic.
A party who secured a loan from a na
tional bank and given real estate security
therefor cannot be beard to deny the right
of the bank to enforce the provisions of the
mortgage because of the sertion of the
United States statutes prohibiting the tak
ing of real estate serurlty for a loan ne
gotiated by a national bank. f5 N. W. Hep.
(Neb.) C43.
flank nml ItiinUlniz.
The consignees of goods in bond. In con
sideration of u loan, delivered their note to
a bank which recited the delivery of these
goods to the bank and the establishment of
a lien thereon In Its favor. A receipt w-as
also given, acknowledging tho redelivery
of the goods to the consignees, to be held
In trust for the bank and sold for Its ac
count, the proceeds to be applied on the
note. The goods were then taken from
bond with the money borrowed from tho
bank without the delivery or redelivery
specified In the contract. Held, that equity
would carry out the terms of the contract
and Impose a lien on the goods, though
there was no actual transfer of the goods,
on tho principle that "equity will treat as
done what ought to be done." f9 N. E.
Rep. (N. Y.) 912.
Hunks nnd lliuiklni.'.
The contrr.ct of the shareholder of a na
tional bank with the bunk and Its creditors
regarding Its debts Is that, to an amount
not exceeding the par value of his shares
Held, that such contract should not be ter
mlnated at any time, as being a contract
for Indefinite hire, but, In the absenee of
good ground for discharge, the engineer
was entitled to employment until the com
pletion of the sewers. 68 N. Y. Supp. 1039.
Corporations.
Where the subscription to the capital
stock of a corporation does not fix the time
for the payment of such subscription, nor
provide that It is to be paid when called
for by the company. Euch subscription be
comes due and payable at once; and the
statute ot limitations in favor of the sub
scriber, as to the unpaid subscription, begins
to run from the date of the subscription.
(29 So. Rep.. Ala . 611.)
('rrillt Slrn.
Where defendant's assignor purchased
goods from plaintiff and In settlement of b
balance due thereon executed a note, which
plaintiff accepted In payment and credited
thr account in the sum thereof, the latter
cannot maintain replevin for. such of the
goods as remained unsold on the ground
that they were fraudulently obtained, while
retaining the money and the note. 69 N.
E. Rep. llnd.) 935.
Credit Men.
A creditor may set up the statute of limi
tations against another creditor of the
debtor's estate, though the debtor himself
has not relied on such defense. 3S S. E.
Rep. (Va.) 182.
Custom nml I nte.
Where oats were sold and charged for by
the bag, according to a trade usage and the
understanding of both parties that a "bag
of oats" meant sixty-four pounds or two
bushels by weight, sixty-four pounds of
outs were actually weighed and put into
each bag delivered, the sale was a sale
by the bushel, as required by Tub. St. c.
60, Sec. 21, nnd not a sale by the bag. C9
N. E. Rep. (Mass.) 806.
Distiller.
Where plaintiffs have the sole right to
use a certain trademark, as applied to
whisky of their production, another will be
restrained from refilling plaintiff's barrels
ENLISTING IN THE NAVY
Engineer Cmij'i Rrcnminp Button it &
Bury Phct Thtie Btjt.
MANY YOUNG MEN WANT TO GO TO SEA
Intf-roBtlng enr In tlic McCncur
IllneU, here Woulil-llr Turn
Coiicrecnte to l'reent
Their A ppllt'iititiii.
of stock, and not exceeding his equal nnd j carrylnK EUcn trademark, to palm off his
rateable proportion, be will pay, at such
time and In such amounts as the comp
troller of the currency shall demand, the
debts and obligations ot the bank. 106
Fed. Rep, 43S.
A complaint alleged that defendant, a
national bank, by letter agreed that a draft
product as that of the plaintiffs. 106 Fed.
Rep. 499.
Kir utor Coitiimnlr.
The fact that grain stored In an elevator
is to be uhlpp-d out of the state does not
make a state statute requiring a license for
204.
1 l.ntnllonl nnd Trnnnt.
' Where a landlord and tenant having a
' lease for one year, but three months of
I which has run. agreed that the tenant
' might occupy the building at a fixed sum
per month so long as he should remain
therein, such agreement was valid and
binding on the parties, though the rent
agreed on was less than the rale fixed in
the lease. S5 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) 164.
Mrnfnl liiroiiiprlrnrj .
Where an action Is brought on a bcok
account and the books offered In evidence
are shown to have been kept by plaintiff's
Intestate the defendant may show that the
mental condition of Intestate made him In
capable of keeping the books correctly. 3S
S. E. Hep. (Va ) 15S.
MUslonnry Societies.
A payment of i bequest by an executor to
a missionary society out of funds that have
been paid to hlra as an attorney by a client
to be used In completing a purchase of land,
but which the attorney misappropriates to
cover up his defalcation as executor, does
not make the society liable as a trustee ex
maleflcio to such client for the amount re
ceived by it from such attorney, where the
society has no such knowledge of the mis
appropriation and proceeds to expend the
monev In good faith before it has any
notice thereof 21 Sup. Ct. Rep 395.
Plnee of Itesldencr.
A man having a wife and children, with
whom he permanently resides In a given
county, did not, by accepting a contract In
another county, renting a furnished house
therein and occupying the same with his
family during the period covered by the
performance of such contract, acquire a
domicile In the latter county, when he did
cot intend to abandon his domicile in the
county first referred to, or that he or his
family .-hould permanently resldo elsewhere,
but did Intend that his and their stay In
the county wherein the contract was to be
performed should be temporar only and
terminate upon the completion thereof. 2S
S. E. Rep. (Ga.) 206.
roller Olllecr.
The carrying cf arms in a quiet, peace
able and ordinary manner, but concealed on
or about the person. Is not either a breach
of the peace iir wrong In Itself. Neither
does it or itself tend to a breach of the
peace, but It bicomes a misdemeanor only
because It Is prohibited by statute. The
statute does not declare It to be a breach
of the peace, nor does the statute nuthorlze
an arrest without warrant for Its infrac
tion. 29 So. Rep. (Fla.) B33.
I I'ollee O flier r.
1 Under a statute which declares every
cashier of a national bank who embezzles
drawn by plaintiff, not to exceed a certain 1 conducting the business of such elevator In j the moncy of the agBOClatlon guIUy of mlB
sum, on a certain firm, for goods shipped
to them by plaintiff, should be paid, and
that In consideration of such guaranty
plaintiff shipped the goods to such firm,
but that the draft had not been paid, and
defendant refused to pay it. Held, tbut
where a corporation has entered into a
. the state amount to a regulation of Inter
state commerce. 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 423.
I'Tre Inituruiier.
j An action on a policy was not barred by
I plaintiff's failure to flic proofs of loss
j within the required time, where the ad
juster told plaintiff not to telegraph the
demeanor, a chief of police may not arrest
, such an embezzling cashier without a war
: rant, under a law providing that a peace
j officer may arrest a person for a crime com.
I mltted or attempted in his presence, or who
1 had committed a felony, or when a felony
1 has been committed, and he has reasonable
contract not illegal, which the other party , company, as he would make up proofs of tbe cause to believe such person committed it.
ban performed, it will not be heard to loss and stnd them to the company, such
claim ultra vires to avoid performance on statement constituting a waiver of proof by
its part, and, since the national banking I insured. 38 S. E. Rep. (N. C.) 256.
act does net prohibit uch a contract, the 1 ripe Innrnnrr.
complaint staiea a cause 01 action, ana a ;
demurrer thereto should be overruled. 38 j
S. E. Rep. (N. C.) 252 I
lllre IlMt.
rialntlff, a farmer, obtained a policy ot
Where plaintiff testified that defendant's
flagman signaled tor her to cross the rail
road tracks on which she wus Injured, an
Instruction that a bicycler must, under all
"ordinary circumstances," be treuted as
subject to the same rules as a pedes
trian, and -that he must stop, look and
listen, was erroneous, as the term, "ordi
nary circumstances" might have been under
stood to Include tbe giWng of signals to cross
tracks, which, in the absence of apparent
danger, might absolve both pedestrian and
bicycler from Jooklng and listening. (29
So. Rep.. Ala., 662)
llrettlnic Coiii,iiuI'k.
An agreement by it brewing company
not to Hell beer to anyone except defendant
within a certain designated territory, con
tributory to defendant's place of business,
Is not within Rev. St. 1895. art. 5313, which
defines as trusts all combinations of capl
Insured against lightning anywhere In
Kent, Allegan and Ottawa counties. Situ
ated In Allegan county, Michigan, on sec
tion 5, In the township of Heath." Plaintiff,
while absent from bis borne with his horses
on business, stopped overnight at the house
and stabled his horses In tbe barn of a rela
tive. Tho barn was struck by lightning.
burned and tne horses destroyed with It
Held (11 that the Insurance was not limited
to the loss of stock upon the farm. (2) that
the policy covered loss from both lightning , within the boundaries of the state, and thot
69 N. Y. Supp. 266.
Where a police officer arrested a person
for a felony without a warrant and without
reasonable cause, he was liable in damages
for false Imprisonment, though the pcrton
arrested was afterwards found guilty of a
misdemeanor In carrying concealed weapons
at the time of the arrest, the subsequent
conviction for another offense being no
cure of illegality of the arrest on an un
founded charge. 59 N. E. Rep. (N. Y.) S99.
I'll Idle Coiitrnetor.
A New York statute provides that there
shall not be used on any municipal work
within the state any stone which It Is
necessary to dress or carve for such use
unless tbe same shall be prepared for use
and fire, the Immediate result of the light
ning. 85 N. W. Rep. (Mich ) 454.
I'rnternnl Inoiirnnrr.
By a policy of a mutual benefit society
the life of deceased was Insured except
from suicide His body was found shot,
with a borrowed pistol in his hand. He
was subject to fits of despondency and bad
requested that If anything happened to him
his body ht sent home. The coroner's Jury
tal, skill or acts to create or carry out found that he committed suicide. Held, that
restrictions in trade, or to prevent competi
tion in the bale or purchase of commodities.
61 S. W. Rep. (Tex.) 52C.
Iliiililinc Trndr.
Where a contract sued on provided that
the trial court should have directed a ver
dict for the defendant in an action on the
certificate. 29 So Rep. (Miss.) 523.
Indltldunl I)ut of CltUeim.
ny the common law it was the duty of
no change should be made, in any of the ' v,rv nnf, acilinRt whose ncrson or nron
materials tailed for In the specifications, crlme hRd been commitle(i t0 prose
unless by permission In writing from the
architects, It was error to Instruct that
the architects hud power to authorize a
change in such materials by verbal assent
cr by implication. 69 N. Y. Supp, 3S1.
lliilldlnu Trndr,
Defendant employed a competent archi
tect to draw plans for a building, and the
specifications were approved by the build
ing department of the city, and provided
that five iron columns should be placed
through the center, on concrete founda
tions, to support the building, and that
such foundations should be laid on a firm
bottom, and be Inspected by the architect.
The contractor built the foundation for the
cute the guilty one to conviction. He was,
in tbe discharge of his duty, often com
pelled to employ counsel, procure the In
dictment to be drawn and laid before the
grand Jury, with tbe evidence in its sup
port, and, if found, to sec that it was
properly prosecuted before the Jury ot
trials. The common-law rule is not ob
served with us. The reuson for Its adoption
docs not obtain bcre. We have public
prosecutors in every county. With us,
whatever be tho English usage, tho true
rule is believed to be that the party may
institute a separate proceeding for dam
ages as promptly as be chooses, only he
must not bring on tbe trial In udvacce ot
there shall be Inserted In all contracts
hereafter awarded by municipal authorities,
requiring the use of dressed or carved
btone, a clause to tbe etfect that such stone
shall be prepared for use as required by
this net. Held, that the stutute was uncon
stitutional, as depriving municipalities and
those contracting therewith of the right to
freely contract 59 N. E. Rep. "It.
It 11 1 1 rim d Coiniuiiile.
Under a Michigan act providing for fixing
the rate for transportation of pabscngers
upon railroads, it is compettent for the
railroad commissioner. In fixing such rates,
to Include In tbe computation the amount
of the Interstate fares earned by mat por
tion of tbe road lying within this state.
85 N. W. Rep. 466.
A pasbenger train made regular stops
at all the stations for a distance of fifty
one miles, the last 6top being about ten
miles from Its destination, and In the last
ten mllcE It passed four stations without
stopping. Held, that whether or not It lost
Its character as un accommodation train
aud became a through train, after Its last
stop, before reaching Its destination, was
for tbe Jury. 69 N. E Rep. (111.) 950.
Itullrond Comiinnle.
Reduced rates given for the transporta
tion of freight is a sufficient considera
tion to support a special contract exempt
ing the carrier from liability for loss or
damage by fire not caused by the carrier's
negligence. 29 So. Rep. (Ala.) 602.
A dozen or more young men pai-cd un
easily up and down the corridor on the
fifth flooi of the McCsgue block ycsitrday
affecting the f'castle roll and trj ihg to
keep step to something classical by ihopin I
which altered through the silken portieres j
from an adjoining studio. Some of the more
jnf Villr I u c l n l.iMil t nl,A nikflni., Uiih,ll '
VutuUn.MO.lv BUVM .v. . , II I . r J .1 .1 . . . .
struck a gait befitting an Atlantic pitch,
while the more bashful cob ten ted them
selves with a Pacific swell They were wall
ing to be examined by Surgeon R. P. Cran-
dall ot tbe naval recruiting detail, which
Is playing a week's engagement in Omaha.
One young man with a natty checkered
cap strolled through the hall softly hum
ming.
When 1 was a lad I served a term.
As office boy to attorne) a firm.
I cleaned the window. 1 ocrtibtied the floor
And polished up the handle of the big front
aoor.
I nollthed un the handle to enre'fullr
That now I am u ruler in the queen's navjf.
It was weary waiting, as the curgeon de
voted more than an hour to each applicant,
and the candidates spent the time casting
6heep's glances at the young women who
passed in and out of the studio. It was a
case of "Sing ho. the merry maid and the
Jolly tar"' Perhaps they hoped to some
day rival the record of Lieutenant Hobson.
who kissed 417 girls In one day.
A 111I1I Crent romp.
Inside the recruiting office the details ef
enrollment were being carried on with 1
great pomp and circumstance and amid an
unuftial display of gold braid and wlr. j
flowing trouiers. In nil that brilliant as
sembly Yeoman H. H. Asbby. clerk, pre
sented tbe most striking figure. On each j
sleeve ot his peajacket was a spread-eagle.
embroidered in red. white and gold, with a
couple of pens crossed beneath It, while his
trouseis resembled a pair of twin mega-1
phones. He was required to leap to tho
halyards every few minutes to take the
name, address and age of tome new appli
cant. Chief Boatswain J. J. Crandall and
Chief Muster-at-Arcm Charles Carlisle were
also resplendent in rating badges and navy
blue, but their regalia of oillco whs more
subdued In respect to their higher rank.
Lieutenant D W. lllamcr, Surgeon Crandall
and Examining Engineer C. H. Casey, the
three highest officers of all, appeared In
citizens' clothes, while the two hospital ap
prentices stood at present arms at the door
in brown ducking overalls
lie I n l'rrlstriit Clinp.
A very dark young man in a canvas
blouse and a spotted vest was conducted to
tbe desk of Yeoman Ash by.
"Do you want 10 enlist in the navy?"
asked Engineer Casey.
"Yes. sir."
"Where are you from?"
"Well, I came In trom Denver this morn
ing, but my home is In Milwaukee."
"We were In Denver last week. Why
didn't you enlist while we were there? '
"I didn't get there in time. I tried to
enlist In Milwaukee, but when I went up to
the office they told me you had gone, so I
took a train and followed you to Pueblo. I
didn't get to Pueblo until after you had left
for Denver and whesi I started for Denver
I got sidetracked, bthefe I am at last '
"How have' )ou tj-'en traveling all this
time? On the Drakeheams""
"No. sir. Brakcbcaras are dangerous and
uncomfortable. I always ride In a freight
car."
The applicant was told to stand in line out
In the corridor and await bis turn with the
surgeon.
AVuj- 1'relKlit Are Mow.
"There arc lots of 'those fellows." said
Engineer Casey. "They follow us all over
tbe country, nnd miss us' usually because
we only stay a week In a place. You see
these way freights don't make close con
nections." Since the recruiting office opened last
Monday some fifty young men hae ap
plied for enlistment. The naval station
Is much more popular, apparently, than
the recruiting station for land troops a
block away.
Last evening Chief Boatswain Killin went
to Minneapolis to secure quarters for
a station there, and the other members of
the detail will follow him Saturday nlgbi.
"Shipwrights and carpenters' mutes are
In greHt demand In the navy Just at pres
ent." said Engineer Casey, "as nearly all
the vessels in the service are short in the
carpenters' gang For this reason the gov
ernment will oflcr unusual inducements to
men bandy with tools. Shipwrights get
?25 a month and ration, and carpenters
mates, first-class, get $40 a month and
ration."
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Lighting the Home
Novel Effects of Muffled
Glass and Electricity.
Elcctrlrlt is becoming rapid.) dom-stl-cnted.
especially as tin lUunrnaung mcdum
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1IAU, AND V LUANDA LIGHTS
of private houses, where a few seasons ago
Its hard, white light was unwelcome utid
molded Nowadays the manufacturers of
electric lumps, bconeca, drop lights, oic,
have .discovered, or Invented. meanB by
which the glare of the Incandescent lamp
ean be tempered to u wax' light softness
nnd tiHvo set artistic wits to work to design
lamps and burners thai will decorate arid
not, as was formerly the case, disfigure
beautiful rooms.
To the manufacture of what Is called
muffled glass Is due thla vast improvement
in the methods of lighting by eleetrl-lty.
This material la so treated In Its manu
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the escape of light sufficient for the wuH
Ing of a cambric needle, it nevertheless ro
clouds tbe Incandescent burner's lnttjne
brilliancy that the mot sensitive eyes are
not strained by it. Muffled glass Is toned
with every color, can be bought in ihe
most lovely opulement tints. In the soft
gray green of ancient vitrified glann. or It
witl show the strange glint and sheen of
mica.
In muffled glass there are mm- sprlal
qualttleK made fir table lights, lor draw
ing room lump", hall lanterns, conservatory
sconces, bull room chandeliers and, lest
sndtnot least, fur ftudent and iiurry
lights. All these grades of glnss are sclvn
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be tilted to suit tho eyes very much us
spectacles are selected
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Improvement In the upholstery, so to
speak, of these same lights. Ilronte
nymphs, holding sprays of flowers, have
been relegated wisely to conservatories,
where the prettiest sconces yet seen are
cjusters of huge fuchsias depending from
the wall. Just now the most approved Ux
ture for a hall Is a polished Iron lanto n
of Flemish shape. Its panels filled v.-lth
green or amber muffled glass, and the
whole hangs from a gibbet arm or iron
fixed to a plain Iron shield that Is made
fast to the wall. In burnished copper cf
vurlouB colors they arc now making hand
some standard lumps for hallways. The
arm of such a metnl frame usually s.p.
ports a handsome old English or German
lantern of glass and metal and the feet cf
the tall frame arc made fust to the flour
Along stnlrways and Ht landings it is the
fashion of the up-to-date house decora.
to lasten to the wall handsome carved uk
brackets, from which, by chains, copies of
old flat-bottomed Venetian stair lanterns
hung. Kor the table elaborate Moral pieces
in glasM and siher are made, the light
shod through the flowers rerle-tlng h'
exact color of the pftals. that are eopled
In crystal and fold over the electric burner
iVheti the floral plwes are not adopted
electrl. rundleu with florsl shaaes of muf
fled glass take their place.
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The consideration was not named The
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To ttiime npnilltiE u the nenrent correct uin of tlie
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Second I'rlit One Ma nil ol In 25.00
Third 1'rlic Lot In Council IlluflH $1(10.0(1
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Fifth FrUe A .ev Homo" .cIiik Mnclilnc 0(1
tilth The null Tup.
J4th to Hth Prize 10 bottles Cramer's Kidney Cure ... .S10.00
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111th Prize Carving feet K.'-O
130th Prize The Parrot.
l illh I'rlcr-A fine basket ent, rubber tired, end
sprinir Kuu-A hout $100.00
1nh Prize-Ono Watch J)-00
2iPlh Prize One Runjo
1'lOth Prize One Photo Album UM
I16th Prize One Toilet Case . Jf
2th Prize One Cut Glass Water Bottle and 0 Tumblers $11 Oil
J50th I'rlrc Pocket Koilnk IflO.OO
275th Prize One Set Rogers' Best Spoon 2.2.'i
2i0th Prize Two Pounds Candy II 0
l.Mli 1'rlie 1 Mnndiird IMetlonnry $lii.OO
290th Frize One Ton Coal !5.&'J
HOtlth PrUc One Wheeler mid WlUon Mtnlutt
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37Mh Prize One set Rogers' Best Spoons 12.25
4"uth Prize One Standard Dictionary I12.W
IjOtri Prize Two Pounds Candy
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Intermediate Prizes Art Pictures and Books I720.OO
Total $1,500 and a Bull Pup.
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This Contest Closes at 5 p-.m.,
Wednesday, May 29.
The correct eurn and list of prize winnera
will be published in The Sunday Bee, June 2
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