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standard among the engineers of the 

 state. A. S. Hovey, of Helena, is the 

 secretary. 



''Alas!" said the dray horse, sadly, "the 

 saddle horse can afford to dine table 

 d'oat, while I have to eat a la cart! 11 



No Fixed Rule. 



"You cawn't set down no fixed rule o 1 

 conduct in this life," said old Wiggins, 

 the Barley Mow orator. "Samson got 

 into trouble 'cause he got 'is hair cut, 

 an 1 Absalom got into trouble 'cause he 

 didn't." London Tid- />//*. 



MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. 



This Railroad has for sale the finest 

 farming and timber lands in the South, 

 at astonishingly low rates and upon easy 

 terms, in the States of Tennessee, Mis- 

 sissippi and Alabama; also Government 

 lands subject to homestead entry. Im- 

 proved and unimproved farms. Most 

 delightful and even climate in America. 

 For descriptive matter and full informa- 

 tion apply to Alabama Land and Devel- 

 opment Company, Mobile, Ala. 



Excursions at low rates run from St. 

 Louis, Mo., Cairo. 111., and intermediate 

 points as well as other points in the north, 

 on several days in each month. Tickets 

 allow stop-over at any point South of and 

 including Cairo. 111. Low one-way rates 

 also, for settlers and household goods 

 and stock. 



For information as to tickets, rates, etc, apply to 

 Chas. Rudolph, D.P.A., Room 329 Marquette 

 Bldg., Chicago, 111. M.H. Bohreer, D.P.A., 

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International Convention Young 

 Men's Christian Association, Mobile, 

 Ala., April 26th 28th, 1897. 



International Conference of German 

 Secretaries, Y. M. C. A. Selma, Ala., 

 April 26th 28th, 1897. 



For the above occasions agents of the 

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 will sell tickets to Mobile and return at 

 one first class limited fare, and to Selma, 

 Ala., at the same rate, plus three dollars 

 ($3.00). Tickets will be sold on several 

 days before the meeting convenes, and 

 will be limited ten days going and two 

 days returning,xtreme limit May lst,1897. 



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