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S c a Shells
During th* spring mid munnipr
whenever the children have for
a hike along the beach, nr on mu ex
cursion to aono' of the little inlands
nearby, thev have oolleriv.1 shells,
many of which are very heautiful
uhi a 0!:r-"!. A 11 if*-* \ dloction i f
th'se shells i put up in a neat box
and offered fi r sole, p« stage pr* paid
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glass contain. r, which displays the
beautiful colors t«» better advantage,
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i*'^ repaint* i, nothing h s been done
t»> if in tim* linn in six years.
On account .if tin rush of spring
work in garri< n* and Heds, and 1 c
w»'‘ we have few. r boys than form
erly tmiii ferm wrk, it h is been im
possible to get <<nt <iiir paper on time.
Mike Ctn bitnov bought Mr Fn'sum s
< >i* v • ’.it and Kvmrude motoi; a tent
and camping utensils from Mr Mo« n:
111 i < • ik >bertsoii ’§ dog, .lack; and, e
quipped wiili chart, compass, sail and
to ds t,.r beach mining started f. r the
south end of Kodiak Island where he
intends to mnke Ids fortune.
“There is only one world in favor
<«f alcohol,sa> s Mary Harris Arm- r,
“and that’s tin- underworld. The
business world ’g a gainst it, the up -rt
ing vorld T ag»inst it, the military
world’s a e« in it it, the religious world
is against it. ”
—\\ . C T l . Press Paragraphs.
The Bi ving' oi ‘‘Seward’s Folly”
Hv Oi ix i on Kki'x. h
The t'ri iit territory of Alnskn, with
its boundless wealth, is so much in
the thought of the American people
in these duys that gome account of
the way it came into our possession
should lie of interest. As related by
Frank G. Cm: penter, the story of this
transfer of t» rritorv from one nnti- n
to another is full of stirring incidents
and well \v irlhy of recital.
Agitation in favor of purchase
dated hr far back ns 1 - >2 In Buch
anan’s administration, an oi Vr of
s.y UOO.oOO had been made by the
i 'nited ">tiiies b»r “Ruffian Atucric i,”
but hud been declined by the C/.o’s
Government. Anxious as Russia was
to convey to us this territory, the sum