Show k jg 13 the old canal which was constructed I 1 a an many an years ago between tampico and IS buxpan apan mexico at great expense Is to 0 abe S ba cleared and dredged and opened for fk traffic c an american company hu has a US V lor for operating the enterprise I 1 3 fl the canal passes though the country sich rich in dye woods and native tropical t products which will be taken in boats boa f to tampico and exported to the united states and L europe z q modern progress does not spare even a toad land so rich in traditions and memories as the holy land the me wandering z bands of arabs along the shores sh of the jordan have been surprised and horrified at the intrusion Int malon of a busy little uti liti ll 11 i I 1 steamboat upon that hi historic A 7 stream astrea it plies piles bet between a point near jericho and the sea of Tib biberias berlas Ti erias doing 4 what business it can w find to do and incidentally upsetting all ones ideas A 1 vc at the te fitness of things mr justice harlan of the united states supreme court has a bible class f to ft a washington sunday school A 5 former awre secretary tary of state mr john I 1 I 1 W poster also teaches in that school TU the highest intellect can find and an ex f baust left opportunity for acquisition in the word of god and the largest i practical ability can have full scope ta in expounding the books that are a revelation of the divine will it is entirely I 1 reasonable rea to say that the bible I 1 i is studied by more people and in a wiser way than ever wore before legislation for the restriction of tle the sale eale of cigarettes has generally proved ineffective but as a result of a city or dince din ce recently passed in chicago by which retail dealers in cigarettes are I 1 obliged to take out a license costing one hundras dollars the number of places where they may be bought has fallen from A five thousand to about one hundred dred the margin of profit upon cigarettes t it la so eo small that the smaller dealers r cannot afford to purchase the license this is not an ideal way to it combat comba the cigarette evil but elpe i fience seems to prove it the most effective yet devised I 1 I 1 I 1 f rt I 1 through the liberality of the postal union or through some other favoring a king in dire want of a E postage stamp bias bas been able to communicate iril muni I 1 cate with a distant manufacturing 14 concern king quannah Quan Quain sah of tan al u uee tree ee ts is somewhere in africa aul NI N I vioto to a cordage company in massachusetts K chu sats inquiring as to the cost of 7 av come jeome of its wares and excused himself I 1 V forit for or it neglecting to put on a stamp on an the k C ground that he be was in a hurry seeing it that he is a king we the excuse was accepted cepter d but probably the goods will no not k be forwarded toi warded until it is known whether 02 ills haste will prevent hini him from 1 promptly prompt li remitting I 1 1 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 ir 3 2 V rg the following are the statistics statistic of et 1 I 1 1 actions in california during 1896 gd borax MONO pei p IQ Itro leum e andt bitumen over lOO OOOO i if j laatt mineral waters A W RF R F gas quick silver brinl e 30 flanks beet sugar augir I 1 E E 1 me m X pounds wheat bushels bu lw T brandy bt distilled from grapes nearly 1 t 4 lOO OOOO gallons barley Z or beans be ians pounds raft 6 4 jc W V pounds dried fruit 1487 ai U K M 00 pounds dried prunes I 1 r n 4 bounas rp po unas s canned aed fruits eases cases tt rv i je wool q 00 pounds bopa over SOTO ado ball bales I 1 oranges ua 1896 87 estimated V fo xi caf carloads loads log 1896 boxes bes I 1 ra batter tr annual product WO ma I 1 ar ix pounds U cheese pounds wine vivo 1 ra gsa 1 receipts aft 4 at san Pran daco lw A 7 A gallons brandy lid Sal gallons lons pro t i vla I 1 tans value of cats 4 boo AMON paim pounds total t 5 M 1 I 5 i M V I 1 e 0 91 sace abie 1848 t M i I i 1 q u ac ki allver since 1877 2 flaska flasks 54 g V 1 A 8 nd 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