EXPERIENCE OF MISS BERKLEY
Bhe Was Told That an Operation Wan
Inevitable. How Sho Escaped It
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When a physician tells a woman suf
fering with ovarian or womb trouble
that an operation is necessary , the very
thought of the knife and the operating
tablifclrilce.s terror to her heart , and
our hospitals are full of women coining
for ovarian or womb operations.
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TV-e are cases where an operation
Is 1 } only resource , but when one con
si < } < > -s the great number of cases o
ovirm and womb trouble cured by
l/id' E. Pinlvham's Vegetable Com
pound a-fter physicians have advi.s t :
opcrions , no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vep-etablo
Compound and writing1 Mrs. Pinkham ,
Lynn , Ma s. , for advice , which is five.
Miss Marpret Merkley of 275 Third
Street , Milwaukee , Wis. , writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinlrham :
T-'JSS of strength , extreme nervousness
jOir . > iiii pains through tho pelvic orgnns.
bpanng down pains and cramps compelled
Tin > to sock incrlirn ] advice. The doctor , after
maKiri < ; nn examination , said I had ovarian
trouble and ulceration and ndvi = ed an opera
tion To t liis I st rongly objected and decided
totrv Lydia. E. Pinklmm's Vegetable Com
pound. "Tho ulceration quickly healed , all
"
the "bad symptoms disappeared and I am
onre rnoro strong , vigorous and well. "
Ovarian and womb troubles arc stead
ily or ; the increase among women. If
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or trjo frequent and excessive if you
have pain or swelling low down in the
left side , bearingdown pains , leucor-
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And he handed her a couple of ones.
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litI vroader why it i * that the aver
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Avur t of his neighbor ?
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* Opinions of Great Papers os Snrcportafit Subjects.
TrijJ by Jury.
WITNESS in a Chicago case swore Ihe other
day that he had bribed more than a hundred
jurors. Asked if any of the jurors he ap
proached had ever refused to do business with
him , he replied that he only remembered three
who had been proof against his seductions.
Naturally an incident of this character leads
to .1 discussion of the value and safety of the jury system.
It was primarily intended to soc-ure for the accused trial
by his peers , and by men drawn at random from the body
of the people. One of its purposes wns to balk interfer
ence by the crown through coerced judges : and , in a day
when the people had to stand together against this sort of
tyranny , it did its work well.
But no one fears the tyranny of the crown now. and
we would have quite as imu-h faith in the integrity of the
judges as in that of the best jury. It , perhaps , is a safe
guard still to have it known that a jury will sit on a case
which will be drawn from the body of the people by
chance ; but it is a safeguard against possible rather than
present evils. If anything like this shocking Chicago ex
perience were to become at all common , that safeguard
would not weigh in the balance for a moment.
Still , the truth probably is that trial by jury is in more
danger from another side than from that of possible cor
ruption. And this is the hard usage to which jurymen are
frequently subjected. This leads to a great reluctance to
serve on a jury , and to a feelingof soreness and resent
ment when compelled to serve. It ought to be recognized
that a juryman is performing a patriotic duty , quite as im
portant as that of the soldier ; and the utmost pains should
be taken to make ' 'his lot a happy one. ' '
The locking up of a jury , for instance , with a view to
coercing it into reaching a verdict by sheer pressure of im
prisonment should never be resorted to. If a jury cannot
agree after a reasonable discussion of the evidence , its
disagreement ought to be frankly accepted and the jury
dismissed. Then it would seem as if the number of jury
trials might be reduced. A jury should not be called in
except where Its judgment as to fact is absolutely required.
Otherwise , the judges might safely be intrusted with the
work. Jury service will have to be given more dignity and
more comfort and more respect if it is to last in the high
form which makes it a safeguard to the course of justice.
Montreal Star.
The Preservation of the Bison.
i HE movement now on foot to save the Amer
ican bison from extinction is one which should
j commend itself to all thoughtful Americans.
[ That our grandest native animal , not long ago
1 the most numerous large animal of recent
( times , has been allowed to almost disappear
from the earth , is recognized as a national dis
grace , and the knowledge that there is still a fighting
chance to save him should stir every naturalist , every
lover of animals , to action In his behalf. . . . And sure
ly no animal can appeal to us for protection from more
points of view than the buffalo. As an individual it is a
creature of imposing appearance the finest hoofed ani
mal on earth to-day one of the grandest animals of all
time. It stands out a bold and picturesque figure in the
story of the conquest of the American wilderness ; its his
tory is closely interwoven with the early history of our
country with the story of the Indians and the pioneer
settlers and it would seem that it should be preserved , if
only as a grand and striking object lesson in American his
tory. But looking at the matter from a purely utilitarian
point of view , the buffalo is a valuable animal , which could ,
probably be reared at a handsome profit in any of the
States included in its former range. Careful experiments
by the Corbins at Newport , N. H. , and by others elsewhere
have proved conclusively that , with a reasonably large
area over which to roam , buffaloes are as easy to rear and
less expensive to feed than domestic cattle. Their flesh ,
which cannot be distinguished from beef , is the least val
uable part of them , since buffalo robes and handsome
heads for mounting are always in demand , sometimes at
enormous prices.
But since nearly all the buffaloes in the country are
now in the hands of private individuals , these facts are but
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A BURMESE FJRE DEPARTMENT I
It is not easy to guess what a native
Burma would think of the quick action
aiai speed of an American fire engine
ai ml its company. What an American
hought of Burmese custom at .such
rime of need is recorded by E. D.
Duming , in his book , "In the Sliadow
oi f the Pagoda. " Mr. Cumiiig was in-
erested in a mill situated near a small
Burmese village. One morning a fire
jroke ] out among the lightly built bam-
oo < huts and rapidly spread.
I ordered out the little mill fire en
gine , had the hands summoned < tnd
an the engine to the burning village ,
lays Mr. Cuming. It was blazing as
mly bamboo and dhunny thatch can
laze. One house after another caught
n rapid succession. The men at the
mgine pumped until they were tired
mt , and then I called on the villagers
o relieve them.
No one moved save to urge others.
called again. An old man who was
petty government oflioial , and so ,
robably , felt a slight responsibility ,
ose , girded up his loins and called for
nen. His son and one other got up un-
villingly , carefully laid aside their
heroots : and took hold of the handles.
rhe : rest of the population squatted
ind laughed.
I turned to and worked , though weak
rom a long fever. The old man soon
nimped himself out , and Avhen he left
he others left. I pounced on two men
md made them take hold. A.s they be-
,3.11 to work ji flight of paddy-birds
treameil overhead. The flames gleam-
rosy on their white feathers.
"Red paddy-birds ! Look ! Red pad-
ly-bircls ! ' ' shouted the population. This
ras too much for the men at the han-
lles. They squatted on their heels
ml stared up in delighted astoiiish-
noat. I grew desperate.
"Whose house is that ? " I asked ,
to one just threatened.
a menace to the race. There is no guarantee that the
owners may not at any time sell their herds to the first
man who offers a high figure for their heads and hides.
? > Ioreover , since mo t of the animals are contained in two
or throe comparatively largo herds , there is constant dan
ger of a large proportion of them being wiped out at one
time by contagious disease. In order to avoid such a dis
aster , which might easily destroy the last chance to save
the bison. It seems that the wisest plan would be for the
government to purchase three or four hundred buffaloes
known to be free of all trace of blood of domestic cattle ,
to divide them into reasonably small herds of , say , fifty
animals each , and to maintain these herds in as many
different places throughout the country until such time
as the race is once more safely on its feet Boston Tran
script.
Another Dip Into the Falls.
WO new 10,000 horse-power turbines have been
installed by the Canadian Power Company , and
the time when Niagara shall cease to run is
brought that much nearer.
You , with your love of the beautiful , cry
"Shame ! " You ask why commercialism shall
be allowed to destroy this world wonder , where
millions have marveled and been brought in thought closer
to the Power that rules the universe.
And Commercialism says : "Here is the beat and cheap
est power the world knows going to waste. It will turn
the wheels of a thousand factories ; It will run railroads
and light cities. " There is logic on both sides of tile ques
tion. It is a fact that what has been done and is planned
to be done will sound the doom of Niagara Falls.
But there is a bigger question. The falls are public
property. By rights they belong to no one man or set of
men. And yet the public has gotten little or nothing out of
the commercial transformation of this great torrent.
Private capital Is now invested in ten companies that
have diverted much of the water from the falls. The av
erage citizen has been blessed with llttler if any , reduction
of traveling expenses , notwithstanding that the falls fur
nish the power for his trolley line.
Last year a "grab" bill was introduced in the New York
Legislature. Had It become a law , little would have been
loft of Niagara to attract sightseers. The bill was fought
tooth and nail by New York newspapers , led by the World ,
and , backed by public sentiment , they were victorious. The
measure is to be again pressed and a still stronger fight
to rob the people.
Only aggressive vigilance will prevent the grandest nat
ural spectacle in this country becoming a curse and a scan
dal. Kansas City World.
Japan is Aiding Russian Reform.
HE chief Interest in the great war In the East
concerns not so much the ability of the Japs
to whip the Russians , but their power to help
forward the cause of Russian liberty. It had
long been understood that the Tall of Port Ar
thur was inevitable , but still , when it came ,
It came with a jar that the Russian autocracy
felt. Three years ago Tolstoi , when he believed himself tr >
be dyiug , wrote to the Czar , warning him against his ad
visers , "whose cruel and strenuous activity is arresting the
eternal progress of mankind. " lie warned the Czar that
autocracy was an outgrown form of government that
would no longer serve for an enlightened people living in
touch with enlightened nations. He entreated him to heed
the desires of the Russian people , and especially to free the
working people from tho special laws that deprived them
of the rights enjoyed by other citizens , and to give them
freedom of removal from place to place , freedom of edu
cation , of conscience , and in tenure of laud. These re
forms are coming , and the .laps are helping vastly to bring
Diem. Somo of them have already been granted by the
Czar , and though what the Czar gives he can take back ,
or the next may take back , the great reforms , like the abo
lition of serfdom or the concession of these great rights that
Tolstoi spoke for , once they are fully established and en
joyed , are irrevocable. The Japs will bring Russia down to
modern times if they hold out long enough. More power
to them in that good cause. New York Life.
"Your honor , that is the house of
Pho Foo. "
"Where is ho "
"Here , ' ' pointing to one of the men
I had driven to pump. lie was crouch
ed on the root of a tree , smoking.
"Is that your house ? " I asked him.
Fie nodded and smiled pleasantly.
"It will be on fire in a moment"
"Yos , your honor , I think so , " he re
sponded affably , looking at his dwell
ing with a disinterested air.
I burst out laughing , ami the natives
joined , rocking to and fro , roaring with
amusement , as if the idea of trying to
put out a fire was the greatest joke in
the world. I told the men to coll up
the hose and take the engine home , and
I resolved not to spoil the Innocent
pleasure those light-hearted , people took
in witnessing the destruction of their
village.
PLANTS GO INTO HYSTERICS.
Harsh Treatment Causes Them to Act
! Likc Highly Nervous People.
According to an expert in the
botanic gardens at Washington , recent
experimentsthere tend to confirm the
theory that plants are possessed of
nerves and that some species are irrita
ble and nervous to a marked degree.
The genus mimosa comprises about
200 species and most of these exhibit
peculiarly irritable natures if touched
or handled in the wrong way. The
mimosa pudica. the botanical name
for the most sensitive of all plants ,
is so highly organized that it is kept
in a state of neurasthenia most of the
time. A puff of wind , the tramping
of heavy feet near it , or the rude
touch of the hand will cau e this plant
literally to go into nervous hysterics.
It appears that the exciting noise or
commotion strikes the nerves of tho
plant and causes it to close up or
droop its leaves. Hundreds of sensi
tive plants have been diagnosed in the
botanic gardens and the observers of
the plants have traced the nerve cen
ters to their foundation.
In certain of the plants the ends of
the nerves have been located. Thus ,
if mimosa pudica is touched with ever
so fine a point at the base of a pinno
or along its axis , the most remote
pair of leaves will shiver and begin
to close. Finally , when all the leaves
have closed the pinna which has been
touched will droop. The shock has
been so great that tho whole nervous
system has been temporarily disarI
ivinged. However , like all nervous ,
irritable _ people , there is a point be
yond which fright reacts"and a control
of the system begins to manifest itself.
If the sensitive plant is shaken for
some time it recovers from its attack
of neurasthenia and some of the leaves
will begin to open again.
Finally , It is said that che most
sensitive part of the plant is at the
base of the secondary leaf stalks , *
where 'an immense number of nervous
corpuscles of delicate tissues are lo
cated.
Pay of Canadian Militia.
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An order lias been promulgated by n
the dominion government increasing (
the pay of tho militia as follows : Col- j.
onels , from § 4.3'J ' to $5 a day ; majors.
$3.90 to $4 a day ; captains , $2.SO to
Jj ; a < lay : lieutenants. $1.5S to $ 2 a u
day ; provisional lieutenants , $1.28 to
$ l.r 0 n day. Recruits Avill receive the
first year 30 cents and if their conduct p
is good they will get 70 cents a day c
the second year. Privates will get HO e.
cents and if their conduct is uood DO a
cents Hie second year and the third St
year 00 cents and if their conduct i.s fc
good $1 a day. (
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"So she fell in lovovith the critic. "
' No ; Phe is just going TO.marry him w
to dictate what he shall say about the1
p
other actresses. " Illinois State Jour- &
naL si
J-hc Thought So Too. tl
Grace lie's just crazy to marry no
me. ' di
1 \ think so too. Detroit Free C
Press.
AJ > a rule people do not take kindly ; . .
to the man who weara gaiters.
Sunday Tor Chinenc ,
The observant may notice that mere
Chinamen rlc'c on the street cars on
Sunday than all the rest of the week.
TJe reason is that Sunday is the one
. day of recreation for the Chi
nese. Most of those in the city gather
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intercourse and to lay in provisions for
the coming week.
All day long Chinamen may be seen
on cars : in < l late at night they may
be seen going home , singly or in groups
of two or three , every Chinaman with
a bitr paper 1m full of Chinese vege
tables and other special provisions.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Wonderful Discovery.
Broadlands , S. D. , April 17. Quite a
sensation has been created here by
the publication of the story of G. W.
Gray , who after a special treatment
for three months was prostrate and
helpless and given up to die with
Eright's disease. Plight's disease has
always been considered incurable , but
evidently from the story told by Mr-
v'Jray , there is a remedy which will cure
it , even in the most advanced stages.
This i.s what he says :
"I was helpless as a little babe. My
Wife and I searched everything and
read everything we could find about
Bright's disease , hoping that I would
be able to find a remedy. After many
failure ? my wife insisted that I should
try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I praise GoJ
for the day when I decided to do so.
for this remedy met every phase of
my case and in a short time I was able
to get out of bed and after a fen
weeks' treatment I was a strong , well
man. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my
life. "
A remedy that will cure Bright * . * dis
ease will cure any lesser Kidney dis
ease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certain-
Ijthe most wonderful discovery which
modern medical research has given to
world.
A Quiet Tip.
"John , " queried Mrs. Gabhloton.
"what kind of talk i ? 'newspaper talkV "
"It's the only kind of talk : i man can
indulge in without heiiifr interrupted by
some woman , " answered her husband.
But Justice Is Blind.
She Paragraphers' sentences are al
ways short.
Ho Yes ; but some of thorn ought to
get the full extent of the law.
3Tany School Childrcu Are Sickly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children ,
by Mother Gr.iy. u nurse in Children's Home ,
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PASSING OF THE CHINESE.
How Nature Is Solving Problem of the
"Yellow Peril" in America.
In fifty years perhaps less than
fif'y. if the present laws remain in ef
fort and are rigidly executed the Chi it
nese population of the United States
will become practically extinct , says a
writer in the World's Work. From
185)0 to 1000 they fell away from 12C.-
778 to 119OoO , a decrease of nearly
.000. or more than 0 per cent. In the
li-scal year ending June CO , 1900 , more
than 4,1)00 voluntarily left the port of
San Francisco for the land of their
birth , the total deported and returning
voluntarily beinsr o,020. A very large
majority of these Chinamen were ad
vanced in years and went home to die.
A generation ago there were in San
Francisco from 0,000 to 40.0CO China
men. The Chinese Consul General
there told me that , counting men , wo
men and children , there are now not of
10.000. The same proportionate do-
crease is seen in other place5 ? . It
-should be borne in mind that the total
number of Chinese now in rhe Tinted
States includes * 20,7 < > 7 in Hawaii and
. " . .1115 in Alaska , o that , at the begin-
iiii ; of this decennial period , there
were livinsr in the United States prop to
er only SO.OOO. A generation ago there
were at least 130.000.
According to the most liberal estt- lO
mate there are not more than 1-30 le- fO
irul Chinese wives in San Francisco. wi
But the number of Chinese womenis Ch
estimated at between 1,000 and ,000. ll.a
Tho main adult tin
population is male ,
is unmarried and is rapidly approach-
ing old age. Thus by lOIJO or 1940 the
main ] Chinese life in America will have
become extinct. up
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HONEST CONFESSION.
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A Doctor's Talk on Food. *
There are no fairer set of men on ,
f
earth than the doctors , and when thev
fc and
lind they have been in error they are
usually apt to make honest and manly ' .
confession of the fact. A\
A case in point is that of an emi,1
the
nent practitioner , one of the good old
school ' , who lives in Texas. His plain ,
abi
unvarnished tale needs no dressing up :
"I had always had an intense preju
dice , which I can now see was unwar
rantable and unreasonable , against all i
muchly advertised foods. Hence , I 1O-J
never read a line of the many 'ads. ' of
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drape-Nuts j , nor tested the food till
the
last , winter.
and
-While in Corpus Christi for my and !
icalth. and visiting my youngest son ,
who has four of the ruddiest , health- j
st little boys I ever saw. I ate my
wr
dish of Grape-Xuts food for sup- are
per , with my little grandsons. I be-
en
came exceedingly fond of it and have
of
eaten a package of it every week since , rar
and : lind it a delicious , refreshing and this
strengthening food , leaving no ill ef mo
fects whatever , causing no eructations doi
with which I was formerly much trou wii
bled ) , no sense of fullness
, nausea , nor wife
distress of stomach in any vway. zero
"There is no other food
that
agrees mind
with me so well , or sits as lightly
or went
pleasantly ] upon my stomach as this three
does. I am stronger and more active there
since I began the use of Grape-Xuts of
than I have been for ten years , and am cago.
< longer troubled with nausea and in \
digestion. " Name given by Postum car
Co. , Battle Creek , Mich.
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There's a .
reason.
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pkg. the famom truly.
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HOW HE GOT BID OF HIS OSSTI1TATE
MUSOULAB EEEOTATTSM.
lllr. : Jones Tolls of tlio Vay Ly "Which He
Trcntrd llimsc-lf Successfully
When I > octors Failed.
Six physicians , all of them good , one of
"
them a "specialist , had clone their best
for Mr. Jones afc different times during
three years , and still ho suffered fear
fully from tho tortures of rheumatism.
The rheumatism that had been dor
mant in his system was suddenly
brought to an acute stage by exposure
while ho was drawing ice in February ,
1901. From that time on for a period
of more than three years he was a con
stant sufferer. Ho tried many kinds of
treatment , but the rheumatism wouldn't
budge. When regular doctors failed ,
and one remedy after another proved
useless , many said : "I should think he
woum give it up and save his money. "
Of his condition afc this time , Mr.
Jones ( says : " My rheumatism started
in mj right thigh , but in time ifc ap
peared in every muscle of my bodI
lost the use of my left arm en
tirely and nearly lost tho rise of my
right one. My feefc were badly affected ,
especially the bottoms of tho heols.
When my right side was affected there
was swelling , but the left side didn't
swell when tho disease settled there.
Tho internal organs didn't seeni to be
involved at all. The trouble was all in
the muscles and the nerves. "
Among the few who still encouraged
Mr. Jones to think that a cure might
yet be found was a friend who had rea
son for great confidence in Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills , and noting on her
advice ho bought a box of them in Sep
tember , 1904. The story of what fol
lowed is brief , bufc nothing could be
more satisfactory.
" When I was on the third box , " says
Mr. Jones , "I could realize a change for
the better. I felt sure then that Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills were tho right
medicine for my case. I kept on with
them for several weeks longer and now
I am entirely well , and everybody ii
asking what I took. "
Mr. William Jones lives afc Oxford ,
Mich. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills effect
wonderful cures in rheumatism , becausia
they work directly on the blood which is
the seat of the disease. They are sold
by every druggist.
"What Mamma Said.
Mother What reason have you fot
not wanting to marry Mr. Oltiboy , thn
capitalist V
Daughter I don't love him.
Mother Pshaw ! that isn't a reason ;
it's the rankest kind of rank nonsense.
Matter of liength.
Husband ( glancing over bill ) Why is
you pay three times as much for
stockings us I do for mine ?
Wife Oh , that's all right I wear my
stockings three times as long as you do.
"MY WIFE'S PEOPLE COMING. "
We Have Had a Splendid Winter"
in Western Canada.
Canada's inrush this year is
dcrfully great and considerably s
of any previous year. It is always
interesting to those Avho contemplate
moving-to read expressions of opinion
from those living in the country. It is
therefore our pleasure to reproduce the
following written to an Agent of the
Government and forwarded to the Im
migration Branch of the Department
the Interior at Ottawa :
Birch Hills , Sask , Canada ,
Feb. 1st , 1905.
Dear Sir :
I take pleasure in dropping you a
few lines to let you know how we are
uettinj along up here and how we like
the place. We have been here close on
a year now and think the place is
tine. We have been out every day this
winter working in the bush getting out
logs for buildings , etc. , getting rails
for ] fencing. We have not suffered
with the cold as much as we did in
Chicago. My little boys are out every
day with their sleighs having a good
time. The lowest the temperature has
been this winter is o-l below and it is
very still , no wind.
We had a splendid summer : we put
about 50 tons of hay and will have
about 30 tons to sell : hay brings $8 per
now and will be higher in the _
spring. : We have 20 acres broke and
ready for crop. We worked on the
Can. Xor. Ry. for awhile this summer
i am just 3 miles from the railroad
and ' townsite. The steel is all laid to
.
within ! 2 miles of the river and wo
often see the train bringing supplies for
bridge.
My wife's people are coming up
about May. I wish you wouldmite
them and if there should be anyone
coming to Prince Albert that could do
with a half a car let them know. The
homesteads are all taken up within 12
miles of us. I often think if this land
were only in the States what a rush
there would be : it is tlie richest land
) the most productive I ever saw ,
( the climate i.s OK.
I know that people back there that
write to do not believe me when I
write them what a splendid winter we
having , they thinkwe are all froz
up. We have only about S inches
snow , and there are cattle on the
range that have not been rounded up
: winter. Day after day the th r-
mometer raises up to 50 and 60 and I
don't believe we have had a day this
winter that it has stayed at zero. My
says that we used to think that
was cold in Chicago. But we don't
it one bit. Christmas night we
out and drove 5 miles with or
little boys : it was 20 below , a
was not a whimper from any
them ; I'd hate to do it in old /
cago.Well
Well , I guess I will close , ar f f j \
tell anyone In the U. S. thn | .
cannot do better than come < ; ,
Prince Albert District. I remain , * "
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Sign d ) J. D. HEt'
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