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Show turn to the ring, but was never so clever agaiu At one time he received a salary of $1,000 a week. "HANDSOME HARRY" GOES TO AN ALMSHOUSE New York, Aug. 20. Harry' Myletle, an oldtlme clowu. who was nco known to circus goers fro rut he Atlantic At-lantic to the Pacific as Handsome Harry, has been committed to the New York almshouse. He has been crippled for manv years, and when hi siendor savings gave out. be became a public charge. Mylette received his Injuries at a performance per-formance which President Garfield attended. at-tended. The clown tried to excel himself, him-self, aud in one of his feats, a leap over three elephants, misjudged the distance and fell between two of them. Ho recovered sufficiently to re- |