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ASTONISHING PRECISION OFINSTRUCTION
Remarkable Kqnlpmeat of lb Hen
Dareaa of Standard Established
bythe Government at
Waablngtoa.
lurh marvelous achievements aa the
measuring- of candla light si miles distant,
or the splitting of a human hair Into a
thousand width, are among: the accom
plishment of the government' llurcau of
Standards, recently established at Wash
ington, to supersede the office of standard
weight and measure.
The bureau la under the control of the
Department of Labor, and the public's evi
dent lack of familiarity with Its functions
may be ascribed to the fact thnt It Is the
first Institution of Its kind ever authorize 1
on this side of the ocean. ,
For years Germany has maintained at
Charlottenburg. on the outskirts of llerlln,
what Is known to scientists the world over
as the "Relchsanstalt," or the "Physlkal-
Isch-Technlsche Relchsanstalt," an exten
nlve laboratory, where standards of
weights, neat, force, purity, capacity, Telo
city, Intensity affecting; metals, minerals,
fluids and chemicals, as well as practically
all manner of Instruments and machines,
have been determined with mathematical
precision. A bureau of similar scope has
existed a long; time In Tarla, while another
Is to be found In London.
Each of these Institutions, although dis
tinctive In Itself and Intended primarily to
meet local requrements, forms part of a
so-called International system of stand
ards. The system has for Its fundamental
basis a series of unchangeable units. The
llureau of Standurds constitutes an addi
tion, In the western hemisphere, and II
actlvltlej necessarily will be governed, to
a large extent, by principles already
evolved.
Solving- Problems.
The experts of this bureau are scientist
of wide experience, and they have at their
command every approved means for further
technical study. II Is claimed that no prob
lem within the range of their Investigations
Js unsolvable for them. They are able, for
example, to tell how many thousandths of
an Inch the works of a watch will expand
when carried In the vest pocket and sub
Jected slightly to the heat of the body; to
measure the force of the feeblest breath,
and to divide and subdivide 100 times the
wave lengths of light, each wave being
about fifty-thousandths of an Inch long.
Broadly stated, the bureau's functions
are as follows
To supervise the custody of all stand
ards; to compare the standards used In
scientific Investigations, engineering, manu
facturing, commerce and educational Instl
tutlons with those adopted or recognized
by the government; to construct, when
necessary, new standards', their multiples
and subdivisions; to test and ascertain the
caliber of standard measuring apparatus;
to solve problems which arise In connection
with standards, and to deterntlne physioal
constants and the properties of materluls
A Dlapeaaer of Information.
Information concerning standards and the
methods employed to secure them will be
furnished for the benefit of the United
States government, any state or municipal
Ity within the United States, scenic socie
ties, educational Institutions, firms, cor
porattons and Individuals engaged In man
ufacturing or other pursuits.
Prof. William Hallock of Columbia uni
versity, who was a member of the United
States Assay commission which met re-
cetitly In Philadelphia, and Is identified
with the bureau of standards, explained.
the Importance of the new Institution.
"Many people are at a loss to under.
staid." he said, "how the researches and
tests of this bureau can be of any practical
value to the average citizen. What doer
he care, anyway, about standards and
decimal subdivisions? Just this much: If he
buys a thermometer or an Incandescent
lamp or a Bet of scales or a lens or a ma
chinesteam, gas, electric, pneumatic or
hydraulic or nry one of a thousand con
trivance in common use, he wants to
know whetl er it Is what It sluiuld be and
whether It conform with standards recog
nized In other part of the world.
"To manufacturers whose product are
brought into competition with those of
other countries this knowledge la of the
greatest importance. If American manu
facturers. In offering their goods for Bale
In Europe, should represent them to be of
a certain degree of fineness, or as fine as
slmJUw European products, and expert
f Ay"iiim mouw iiumu nnow mm inn IHC'lB in
V the esse had been misstated, it is easv to
see what would happen.
"It has been necessary In the past for
manufacturer In this country to pay Indi
vidual expert fancy rates to test the qual
ity and powers of their output, to make
such tests themselves at much trouble and
expense, or to ship their goods to France
or flermsny for Inspection and measure
ment by foreign physicists. Now alt this
may be done right here, and Instead of
costing from 135 to several hundred dol
lars, the needed Information may be had
almost for the asking a fee of only JS or
W being charged by the bureau to prevent
its being deluged with nonsensical re
quests. What Standards Mean.
"I tow and where do these standards of
weights and measurements originate? The
shole International system Is built up sys
tematically from three fundamental units.
These are the unit of time the second; the
unit of mass the gram, and the unit of
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length the centimeter. No other arbitrary
units whatever are employed, all other
standards being derived, directly or Indi
rectly, from these three.
'The notion prevails In many quarters
that the bureau is a scheme n compel the
use of the metric system. This Is a mis
take. The bureau does not determine the
standard units to be followed. The.e are
prescribed by ropRress. the sclenilsts sim
ply testing and constructing the standards
already authorized. In 1W? congress defined
the meter as being; M 37 Inches, and our
yard has been declared to be 3i'i00-3937 of a
meter. Similarly the pound has been de
fined as a certain fraction of the kilogram,
and If you were lo send sixteen ounces of
anything to Washington to ascertain If It
agreed with the standard. It would be com
pared with this fractional part of a kilo
gram before bring pronounced a legitimate
pound."
"In 1S73 there was established at P:irls,
through the eo-oreratlon of several coun
tries. Including the United Stttes, what
was known as the International Metric
commission, whose busness was to manu
facture copies of the standard meter nnd
the standard kilogram. It should be re
membered that the meter and the kilo
gram were defined long ago by the French
academy, the standard meter being one
ten-millionth of the distance on the
earth's surface from the pole to the equa
tor, and now represented by the distance
between Iwi lines on a metallic rod. pre
served In the archives of the commission
referred to. Two of these meter bars nn.t
two of the kilometer bars were turned
over to the United States for permanent
retention, and are now In safe keeping at
Washington.
"To Illustrate the delicacy of the proc
esses employed by the commission:
"When comparing two kilogram blocks,
their weight was noticeably affected by
their relative position on the balance scale.
Side by side they weighed exactly the
same, whereas, when one was placed on
top of the other, the under block was the
heavier, for the reason that gravitation de
creases aa objecta recede from the center
of the earth. That process represented a
delicacy in weighing of one part In 100,
000,000, and In order to show the difference
represented by moving the blocks as In
dicated It would be necessary to weigh to
about one ten-thousandth of a grain.
Temperature In Millionth.
"It is possible to measure temperature
to a millionth of a degree. One of the re
cent doternilnatlo.n in measuring radiant
heat take as the unit the amount of htat
thrown off by a candle six miles distant.
The instrument used to record these radia
tions is an exceedingly simple affair, con
sisting usually of a very light mica dink
delicately suspended in a bulb from which
most of the air has been exhausted. When
the radiations from the candle fall on this
disk they heat it sufficiently to force It
back.
"As a rule, light lends Itself very nicely
to extremely tlno measurements. It Is no
trick at all to calculate accurately to a
thousandth part of the width of a minute
substance that Is almost invisible to the
naked eye, tills being possible through the
Interference of waves of light. If we have
two systems of waves which come together
so that the crests of one system coincide
with the crests of the other, the two sys
tems are then In step, as we say, and help
each other. On the other hand. If for any
reason one of them Is a trlflo behind, they
come in out of step and neutralize each
other. If the movement of a wntch were to
expand twenty-five thousandths of an inch
In a temperature 15 degrees above the
normal, this expansion would be equiva
lent to about two of these waves of light.
"Suppose you are buying or are manu
facturing for sale some Incandescent
lamps, which should be, for example, six
teen candle power on a 110-volt circuit.
You can send one of these lamps to the
bureau and tecelve in return an official
.certificate stating whether It Is or Is not
!up t0 the stnndard. The laws define the
11mlt of electrical strength and resistance.
na BU, the resistance or a given column
of
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mercury. The strength of an electrical
rrent Is determined by ascertaining the
cmount of silver which a specific current
will deposit In a given length of time, as in'
liver plating. All we have to do Is to
weigh the sliver deposited snd we have
the standard of current Immediately.
"From time to time I have asked the
bureau to test for this laboratory different
pieces of electrical apparatus, jch as cells,
dynamos, ratio colls, resistance boxes and
transformers. Other laboratories, as we'l
as manufacturers, have sub.nltted electric
motors, steam engines, gas engines, micro
scopes, telescopes, photographic lenses, eto.
The weight used recently by the Ausay
commission were all standardized by the
Bureau of Standards.
An Aid to Business.
"If you are about to purchase some cop
per for electrical purposes and have shown
to you a quantity of that metal, nnd are
told that It Is of a certain conductivity, all'
you need to do Is to send It to Washington
and find out If It has been correctly rep
resented. The same thing is true as to the
purity of gold and silver and all other
metals. In the course of time the bureau
doubtless will be able to test radium, tho
rium, actinium, polonium and other radio
active substances with the same degree of
skill that has characterized Its other ex
periments. In fact, In tills field alone the
bureau promises to be of immense value to
our citizens, since It Is commonly believed
that radium and like properties Bcon will
be found in abundance in the United States.
"The necessity for an institution like the
one at Wellington has arisen very largely
within the lust few years, and particularly
be cause of the striking developments in the
application of electricity for commercial
purposes. If all measurement today could
bo made with the yardstick and the bushel
we would not be likely to have much
trouble; but when w have tadeal with a
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m- ltlpllclty of electrical quantities. Involv
ing volts, ohms, amperes and kilowatts, the
need of a headquarters, a kind of supreme
court, to which we can appeal, becomes ap
parent. "The Itelrhsnnstnlt has been a godsend to
Germany and the rest of the world for a
good many vears. but It will be necessary
no longer for Americans to seek abroad In
formation relative to weights and measures,
since the bureau of stnndards Is thoroughly
able to answer all these Inquiries." Phila
delphia Ledger.
ATTACKS NEW LADING BILL
Plan of Eastern ltnllroaal Contested
by the Illinois Mannfnrtarers'
Association.
The legality of the new bill of lading to be
put Into us by the railroads running east
of Chicago October 1 U attacked In an opin
ion given the H'lnols Manufacturers' asso
ciation by Levy Mayer, Its general counsel.
The effect of the new bill Is to give two
rates, one being ar. Increase of 20 per cent
if the road Is to be liable for loss or dam
age, the second being the present rate, and
with liability greatly restricted. Mr. Mayer
declares that a railroad, under the common
law, cannot, under on express contract,
limit Its liability "for gross negligence or
willful misconduct or misfeasance com
mitted by Itself or Its servants or em
ployes." liascd on this opinion, a suit will probably
be brought by the association, which Is a
corporate body, and capable of legal action,
or by some Chicago shippers to test the new
bill In court.
"We will have to take the matter Into the
courts to get It settled," said John M.
Glenn, secretary of the association, lost
night. "But all that Is in the future, and
the association has not definitely decided on
any action."
Salient points of Mr. Mayer' opinion fol
low: "The uniform bill of lading, however, at
tempts to greatly limit the carrier's liability
at common law. The liability of the carrier
at common law Is ordinarily that of an in
surer against all losses or damage not
arising from the act of God, the public en
emy, the act of public authority, the act of
the shipper and the Inherent nature of the
goods shipped.
"This statute does not In terms prohibit a
common tarrier from limiting its common
law liability by special contract. In many
respect a carrier may, by express contract,
limit its strict common law liability. It
may by special contract limit its liability
to such loss or damages a may occur on
It own line of carriage or against loss by
fire without Its fault or against other loss
not attributable to Its negligence or that
of Its servants. But a common carrier can
not, even by express contract, exempt itself
from liability for gross negligence or willful
misconduct or misfeasance cDmmltted by
Itself or its rervants or employes. The con
ditions of the uniform bill of lading, there
fore, even if otherwise valid and even It
accepted by the shipper, will not abrogate
the liability of the carrier for gross negli
gence or willful misfeasance.
"The shipper is not, however, obligated to
accept the uniform bill of lading. He Is en
titled to have his goods carried under the
strict common law liability of a carrier.
The carrier can, aa already Indicated, by
special contract limit Its common law lia
bility. Where the carrier has two rates for
carrying goods, one If carried under a spe
cial contract at reduced rates, arid the
other, a higher rate. If carried under the
common law liability, the shipper must
have real freedom of choice in making his
selection. If the carrier affords the shipper
no opportunity to contract for the transpor
tation of freight under its common law lia
bility aa an Insurer, but receives It under
a restricted liability, a contract containing
such restriction is void. The fact that such
contract was knowingly entered Into by a
shipper and without demand for a different
contract makes no difference. And if the
carrier accepts freight without notifying
the shipper of a provision in the shipping
contract limiting the carrier's liability. In
consequence of a reduced rate, or that he
can pay a higher rate with unlimited lia
bility, uch provision limiting the carrier'
liability will not be enforced." Chicago
Chronicle.
PRESERVING MEAT BY STEAM
An Australian Method Which Is Sac.
eessfally Employed by Steamship
Companies,
"Keeping meat sweet and pur In a re
frigerator by means of steam sounds a bit
queer, doesn't it?" I was asked by George
L. Cameron, superintendent of a meat
packing establishment, who continued in
explanation without awaiting my answer.
"Vet that is a method now In vogue on the
big steamer which carry meats from this
country and from Australia to Europe.
Meat placed In refrigerators where the at
mosphere la kept continually at an average
temperature of from 3ti to 40 degTeea will
remain fresh, but not entirely untainted,
tor an Indefinite frlod.
"I think the Australians solved the prob
lem first. They worried over the matter
for a long, long time, and adopted expedient
after expedient, tried experiment after ex
periment, hut all without avail, until some
one thought of using steam to volatilize
the gazes which caused thes annoying
conditions and draw them off. A steam pipe
was placed in a ""oden duct at the bottom
of a refrigerator chamber stored with
meat; the gases of this kind ar low lying,
and the duct led directly to the brine tanks.
Thl experiment occurred at Sydney, and
for elghty-nln day th refrigerator com
partment wa kept closed, at the end of
which time It wa opened, the meat drawn
forth and every piece thoroughly tested. It
wa as fresh and pure, without the slightest
b a btibz a- jrarmv mm m
suggestion of bone odor or mold, aa on the)
day it was packed. The gases had been
volatilized by the steam, carried off by the
wooden duct and t!ie entire noxious condi
tion purified by the brine tanks. With this
aid to the refrigeration process, provided
care be taken that the temperature never
falls below freezing point, save occasion
ally, so that the meat will not become
frozen, meat may now be kept for years,
and be perfectly fresh when taken forth for
consumption." St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
MODERN RAPID-FIRE ARMS
The Infantry Maaailne Rifle, Machine
Gnn and thei l,ona IMstmnce
Small Arms Fire.
All armies are now at work trying con
stantly to perfect the Infantry arm ,and It
Is probable that sooner or later the auto
matic rifle will replace the magazine arm.
The adoption of protective armor shields
by the field artillery has led to experi
ments for the purpose of giving to the
projectiles of the Infantry arm a greater
power of penetration. To accomplish this
It has been proposed to use In the Infantry
bullet a central steel core, or to make th
ogive (pointed end) of steel, or finally to
make the entire ball of ateel. Effort are
also being made to obtain a more powerful
powder, which will give a higher muzzle
velocity. None of these projected Improve
ments, however, will Interfere In any way
with the early adoption of an automatic
gun.
In view of these probable Improvement
In the Infantry rifle, the question arises,
will the machine gun any longer be reeded
when every man Is provided with an auto
matic gun capable of a very high rate of
fire for at least some seconds.
A small number of men armed with auto
matic rifles can produce In a given time aa
great a hall of projectiles as a machine
gun. Hut It is not for this reason that
the military world is Inclining to an auto
matic Infantry gun. In choosing a new
arm for the infantry it Is a mistake, ac
cording to the best authorities, to lay too
much stress on rapidity of fire. The manu
facturers of Infantry rifles, like those of
automobiles, have fallen into the error
of supposing that an Increase of rapidity
alone la the basis of all progressiva im
provement. Tlio adoption of nn automatic gun Is not
engaging the world's attention because of
the possibility of thereby attaining a pro
longed rapid rate of fire, but because It will
furnish the means of delivering rapidly a
comparatively small number of shots with
out taking the gun from the sh.-'Ulder. This
will Increase tho chancee of hitting a com
paratively small or a fleeting target at some
distance, because the scldler can fire a
series of shots without lowering hi piece
or changing his sight.
It Is evident, therefore, that along with
the automatic Infantry arm armies can still
utilize machine guns for obtaining a con
tinued rapid fire of long duration.
But there Is another difference between
the two arms, In that tho automatic firearm
of the infantry will always be a light affair,
while the machine gun, because of its
mechanism, accessories, tripod, etc., is
neoessarlly more or less lioavy.
In the construction of the Infantry gun
the first condition to be fulfilled is that of
accuracy, and the ranges to be considered
are primarily those at which comparatively
small targets (skirmishers kneeling or lying
down, for example may be still so clearly
visible as to be fired on with effect. This
arm Is therefore intended, above all, for
comparatively short ranges.
The machine guns, on the other hand,
are so constructed as to give a prolonged
rapid fire, and their cone of projectile Is
sufficiently dense to admit of their effect
ive us at comparatively long distances.
Accuracy is therefore not so Important,
end hence this arm Is better for long range
fire than the Infantry rifle, and another ad
vantage lies in the fact that it may be
fired over our own Infantry advancing to
the attack, even on level ground. This
does not exclude the use of the machine
gun at short distances, if the circumstances
require It, although in general he well
aimed fire of Infantry armed with an auto
matic gun is then more effective.
The distinction between iong range and
short range fire is not new. Indeed history
proves it to be very old. Even In the time
of Frederlak the Great light guns for firing
at the longer ranges were attached to the
Infantry, and In several armies since that
day specially trained marksmen have been
utilized for the longer range.
At present It is held that the machine
gun will In future actions be charged with
the fire at long tange, which recent cam
paigns have shown to be so effective. The
circumstances In which it will come into
play are caay to determine. For example,
a body of troops on the defensive should
force the adversary to give up his close
order formations (which facilitate his ad
vance) as early as possible, and should
break down the morale of the enemy. In
both case the machine gun will prove
effective. Mori-over, If the defender forces
the enemy to open his fire prematurely he
again gains an Important advantage. Hero
again machine gun would be of use. In
the attack, on the other hand, firing at
long range may attract the fire from our
own troops advancing in front, which will
be an advantage for the attacker, since the
advancing troops can thus more readily
reach their position for decisive action
without too great loss. The co-operation of
several firing lines, made possible by the
use of machine guns for fire at long range,
will also contribute to success in the final
assault.
The machine gun detachments are to be
attached to th Infantry In the future. The
fire of machine guns Is Intended to con
tribute only Indirectly to the result, th
fire at short range by Infantry being still
the only direct decisive element in battle.
The main use of the machine guns will be
to permit the infantry of the attack to
advance more rapidly to th principal firing
position, and from there to attempt to gain
the superiority of fire. This appear to
be th latest conclusion of the authorities
on th subject New York Sun.
NEW YORK'S SUBWAY CITY
BlK an Little Store Openlnar Into
the Tnnael Mark Daslaes
In Cellars.
With the approaching completion of th
subway system a luxurious city of the
under world Is springing into life, at which
New York, accustomed as it Is to th un
usual, may be astonished. Heretofore un
der ground shops lu New York have always
been associated with dampness, darkness
and even dirt. Now there seem to be a
strong tendi-ncy toward them a the sub
way system approaches completion. The
Idea that because a place of business la
beneath the street level it must of neces
sity be dark and given over to a cheap
class of business I disappearing, and un-
durgrouud stores are being fitted up for the
flrst lines of trad.
A striking illustration of th way this
"underground" movement has affected even
the arts Is afforded In a new building at
Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street,
where luxurious art galleries have been
fitted up beneath th sidewalks. Th rooms
are so well lighted that they have been
selected by th Society of Illustrators for
its third annual exhibition. On the face
of things an underground art gallery seems
an impossibility, but a step lnsld th
pretty room beneath the sidewalk at Fifth
avenue and Thirty-fourth street will soon
convince on that th underground gallery
la far from Impossible.
Xhs quarters ar entered front th Thirty
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fourth street Bide. A short flight of steps
leads down from tho level of the sidewalk
to a small areaway, from which the en
trance to the main part of the store opens.
Another short flight of step leads from this
stors down to that beneath the level of the
walk on the Fifth avenue front. From this
room one passes through a doorway into
the room beneath the sidewalk on the
Thirty-fourth street side of tho building.
Contrary to what might be expected, the
arrangement is not In the least unpleasant.
The celling ar so arranged that they ar
fully a foot below the sidewalk Itself, and
so well has the sidewalk been supported
and the celling arranged that there is no
vibration and no sound of the constant
foot travel back and forth that is going on
overhead. At convenient points great sky
light run through the celling to the aide
walk. Considerable daylight Is also ad
mitted through these, and also through
small windows opening into the areaway
on the Thirty-fourth street Biflo. This, sup
plemented by electricity, makes thes un
derground shops as light as th rear part
of many on the ground floor of downtown
skyscrapers. The us to which the rooms
are being put as art galleries is the best
test which could be applied to their light
ing. The only noise from the busy street
to disturb the Quiet ot thes subterranean
room 1 th occasional rumble of a passing
crosstown car a it bowl along through
Thirty-fourth street. Heated, lighted, well
finished and attractively furnished, no one
would think, to step inside them, that just
th other aid of the wall Is a conglomera
tion of curbston base, sewer pipes, gaa
pipe, water main and other thing long
ago burled beneath th street surface.
A rush for sub-surface stores is predicted,
but, as on man put it, "What a 'com
down' it would be for a man with an office
on the top floor of th Flatlron building to
move Into one of them." Among other
things. It 1 pointed out that It would be
vastly more convenient for a woman going
hopping to take a subway car, get oft at
a subway station and make her way to
th subway entrance of one of th great
department stores than to go by way of
th present day elevate system, and prals
I being sounded over th manifest ad
vantage of curb a ytera on a rainy day.
Indeed. If all which the advocates of th
sub-surface city predict comes to pa, th
New York merchant of a few year bene
will not only have bl address specified aa
to th east side or west side of th city,
but th upper or nether side aa well. Nw
Tork Tribune.
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and $3.00
effects absolutely rHin-prnnr.
absolutely rHln-prnnf.
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' Onoto Watanna, author bf "A Japanese
Nightingale" and "The Wooing of
Wistaria," writes a lively description of
how war news is disseminated in Japan
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thing or anybody except Toinette. As for Toinette, there is no as
trying to describe her, but you will be as captivated as everyone else if you
read the. love story of these two high-spirited young people, worked out
against a dramatic background of frontier courage and savage cruelty.
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manufacturer proudly. "Good work.
Isn't It?"
'Not bad," replied th visitor, "but you
can't hold a candle to tha good we make."
"Oh, are you in thl line .too?"
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Sud Fatef a Library.
"Ytm," said th citizen, "w had a circu
lating library, but it doesn't circulate round
here no more.
"What's th reason?"
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circulated It away from here stole the
whole business!"
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'Pilgrim' Progress,' a BlbU with a
bras clasp to It, six almanacs, en ten
pounds o' Webster's plctlonary the on
without bridge to it. aa' I reckon cf It
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fronts of fine em
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Atlanta Constitution.
Gets ftoo.oou a Year
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vigorous body. Electric Hitlers give both
and satisfy or no pay. Try them. 60c For if
sale by Kuhn & Co
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week. Bee coupon on page two.
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rourt: Nellie H. Miller against Krederlea .
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mipiKiit; Frank ilium ngxlnat liarbiirn,
M.iu, desertion: Mary Williams aKiiltist
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