One of the things which all newspa
pers boast of with pardonable pride is
their age. And it may be a little sur
prising to some to know that in that
regard tne "Heathen Chinee" had all
the papers in the world beaten to a
frazzle until recently, according to the
following excerpt from the Scientific
American:
The president of the Chinese Re
public, Yuan Schi Kai, recently sup
pressed the newspaper King-Bao,
which undoubtedly was the oldest pa
per in the world. For 1,500 years it
has reported the more important news
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silk neatly tied together, and was thus v.ill
sent to all the high officials of the Chi
uese Empire.
THE J.M CROW BOOMERANG,
sorry that, tho damages were not ?10,-
concerned one of the alleged "supe-
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OUR FRIEND RESIDENT TAFT.
Who Will Be Re-elected President of the United States in November.
