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Middletown transcript., 1883-12-21
Correspondence Of The Transcript.
BOSTON LETTER.
December Is, 1888.

december 10, 1855.
No man has spoken in America for
years who has been listened to with
such mingled feelings of approval and
disapprOval as Matthew Arnold in his
lecture on Emerson. There are rea-
sons why it seems a little hurried and
out OF taste for this great Englishman
to present US with just such a lecture
upon this snbject. In truth, the heart
OF America is too sore at the loss of
this great-hearted moralist to listen
calmly to what seems like an attempt
to damn with faint praise" 1t is
undoubtedly true that Mr.. Arnold is
an able critic and sincere in his judg-
ment, but this wet blanket of wisdom
and analysis would have been more
timely fifty years hence than now
when the fires of his nobility and elo-
quence are still burning.
The economical Bostonian is saving
up all his spare change in anticipation
Of the double amount of italian opera
this seasOn-Mapleson's company COM
mencing on the 18th and Abbey's on
the 26th. Henry Irving made his first
appearance last evening in Louis XI
with a success that was simply un-
bounded, though the Boston dra-
matte critic, true to his instinct, has
clearly demonstrated the imperfeetions
that might have appeared in some
other role, all expressed in words calcu-
lated to break the jaw of the unwary
and reduce the brain of the uncultured
to the consistency of a consumptive's
Cruel
Pere Hyacinthe preached on Sunday
last at Trinity and last evening at st.
Paul's on the reform of the Gallican
Catholic Church.
Just think, here it is almost Christ
mas and no ice or snow. The HaBbites,
true to their methodical instincts, have
put on their furs, but their only pros
pect for sleigh ride is to put their
feet in pail of ice water and jingle
few bells.
| wish you would just whisper to the
philanthropists, by the way, that the
best manner to reform inebriates and
fallen women is to commence when
hey are children by giving them
good comfortable chance in the world,
md who knows but some judicious
work in this direction might not have
i healthy effect on the "part of poll
les" But probably the politicians
care to have this class i'm
roved, as their votes might be more
ificult to secure.
Alfred D. Sew, one of the New
,ngland Conservatory teachers, is So
list at the next Symphony concert.
RAY.
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THE YULE LOG.

A Christmas in the olden time,
That makes demand on modern rhyme,
To bring back from the past, the play,
The mummerS. maSque. ana rOunuelay
The laughter, and the Christmas Slee,
That echoed here from sea to sea;
When folk on all the country side
Made merry at the Christmast1de.
How can we sing it? When it seems
That Christmas only lives in dreams;
When cynics bitterly have said,
That Christmas merriment is dead;
And scoffed at carols children raise
AS foolish customs of old days.
All me There is not too much m1rth
To cheer us on this dreary earth.
Despite their sneers, with all good will
Well try to keep our Christmas still;
Be ours to cherish while they last
Traditions of the buried past;
And though the silent tears may flow
For those who left us long ago;
See how the children fresh from school
Bring in the honored logs of yule.
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Miss SABRA GIBBS, whose residence
at Norwood, R. l., goes beyond the
memory of the oldest inhabitant, has
according to the record, finished her
Tooth year. She lives alone, does all
her own housework, saws wood for her
own fire, and brings it on her back from
the woods. She is a constant reader Of
the Bible and religious books, reads
without glasses, and is always ready to
expatiate upon any passage of scripture
which she often does to those gathered
around her She is the last of her gen
GRAFTON. She has buried two sisters,
Esther dying at the age of 100 years,
and Hannah at nearly the same age.
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Kissing among men is nowhere con-
fined to the expression of displeasure
and contempt, and in some places has
positively the very opposite signifcation.
In West Africa the natives hiss when
they are astonished in the New He
brides when they see anything beauti-
full. The Basutos applaud a popular
orator in their assemblies by Kissing at
him. The japanese, again, show their
reverence by hiss which has probably
somewhat the force Of the "hush"
with which we command silence. Nor
need we go out of Europe to find other
notifications of meaning for this un-
pleasing sound. We are all familiar
enough with the hiss by which dogs are
melted to fight and cats are driven
away, with thehiss that calls the garcon,
and the hiss that soothes a horse while
he is being groomed. Exchange.
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A PRETTY little story is told, y
says Newport correspondent, : of the
Earl and Countess Rosebery, who were
here a short time since. A day or two
before their wedding took place Miss
Rothschild asked the young Earl what
he would like for wedding present
from her. 'Oh, he replied, suppose you
give me box of gloves. The box of
gloves was sent enclosed in an elegant
inlaid case. On opening the box the
Earl discovered an envelope addressed
to him in a well known hand. He ex-
pected it contained dainty little note.
1t did, but not the sort of note he i'm
agined. The contents of the envelope
was check written out and signed by
Miss Rothschild, and in favor of the
Earl and was for the modest little sum
of S1,0O0,000.''
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Mr.. ALLERToN, whose S5,000,000
were mades as a cattle dealer, is men
toned by his Chicago acquaintanees as
"Sam.'' The dear old fellow" said
Emory A. Storrs the other day, "has
instinct for discovering people who are
in trouble. L was once riding with him
in a railroad coach and caught him
watching young, plainly-dressed wom-
an who sat ahead of US. 'Storrs, said he,
that woman amt got no money
'How do you know? p l asked. 1--we
watched her each time we've stopped
for meals and she didn't get out. She
did't eat nothing, either The next
stopping place for meals Allerton ad-
dressed her in his blunt, fatherly way.
Nobody could misinterpret his motives.
He saw that the young woman was
well taken care of until the journey was
over" Similar anecdotes by the score
are told of the millionaire, once bare
footed plowboy.
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DROVE HIM AWAY.
AN OLD MAN WHO DID NOT LIKE
MUSIC AND POETRY.


MUSIC AND POETRY.
Joshua Peterson, a colored man, who
directly after the war recognized the
Importance OF educating his children,
sent his daughter to a refined school
where she graduated with distinction.
Shortly after she returned home, a
smooth-looking barber began to visit
her One day she went out to the field
where her father was gathering corn
and calling the old man said
"Father.''
"Yas, chile, y stopping with an ear of
corn in his hand.
!" Has Mr.. Sheppard seen you ?''
Doan know whuder he's seed me er
not, but l doan think dat Use seed
him.
" Well, father, Mr.. Sheppard is my
lover and didn't know but he had come
to ask you for me-"
Dis is news ter me,' said the old
man, turning the ear of corn around
"whut sorter man is he, chile 20
" A nice man, pa.
" AM do he know how ter take kere
o. a wife ?"
'Oh, yes, pa"
Whut ken he do ?''
"Oh, he can do anything. He writes
such delightful poetry"
"Uh, huh; wall, whut else ken he
do ?o
Why. he sings charmingly."
He do, do he; whut else ?''
He is also an excellent scholar. lie
was educated at a college,
& Dat fack Fine man amt he ?"
"Oh, he's a wonderful man."
''I'se glad o. it,
''And he's SO high-toned, too
"W'y dat fills me wild oy.'
9 Yes, he is such an elegant conver-
sationalist,n . said. the delighted girl.
Use monstrous proud o. dat fack,"
replied the old man, throwing the ear of
corn on the pile. ''I'se al'ers been
afeerd dat yer wouldn' marry dat sorter
man. -
g am so glad to hear you speak so,
father, and I know James will thank
you from the bottom Of his heart. "
Vas, chile, yas. What udder num-
erations is de young man got ?''
"You should say what other accom-
Father"
"Uh, huh, dat's so. Forgot my g'og-
'afy dat time.'
"Your grammar, you mean, father"
g Vas, chile, my grammar. Mans
o. de polar circles sometimes
lips up on him.
"Oh yonder he is at the house, father.
]ome, 1 want you to meet him. 1
now that you have seen him many a II
ime, but l want you to meet him as
~ accepted suitor, and to tell him how
lad you will be to welcome him to your
lmily."
The old fellow accompanied his q
lughter to the house. The girl proudly h;
resented her lover. lii
"Done gederin' yer corn yit ?'' the yc
d negro asked. m
Why, my dear sir, have no corn ra
gather" fiji
" Put up yer fatenin' hogs yit ?" so
II have no fattening hogs" the W,
tonished young man replied. ac
Uh, huh. Dun sowed yer wheat l
ckin ?'' eli
MY dear sir, have no wheat to bo
WI co
/" Uh, huh. Got through wild yer fall II
owin' ?'' sy
+" Father" " said the girl, "he is not If
rmer" til
9 Uh, huh. What does he do ?'' it
g am barber, SIR of
& Uh, huh. Shaves I reckon. Wall, as
L like fur yer ter shave my mule. if
e's got suthin' de matter wild his har. To-
irter dat, come heah, an I'll gin yer te
wust thrashen' yer eber had. I'll co
IN yer ter write po'try an sing. Come
singin 'roun' heah any mo- an III q
ng yer ober de fence 'mung de hogs. wi
yer. Knockin' 'roun' heah of
s. ter get me ter sport yer. Go on nc
way, de faster de better. Talk ter me N
out a niger whut sings an writes br
''try. ."-1rkansa,g TraUeler. so
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A CHRISTMAS HYMN.

Meek and lowly, pure ana holy.
Came the Prince of Peace 70 eaTlh.
Pale and driven, cast from Heaven
Satan greets His humble birth:
For he knows that, all undaunted;
Christ'll free the world he haunted >
He can rule no more alone,-
God has bnilt the Sayior's throne.
Men shall hope, and feel the gladness
of a life redeemed from sadness;
Day shall take fresher bloom,
Night itself be freed from gloom.
Death shall drop, and know the thrilling
OF the vanquished all unwilling;
sin shall lose its fatal sting
Christ, the Lord. doth pardon bring
Fen the grave, once clothed with terror
Loses all its ghostly error;
Now becomes the trusting place
Where we see the Savior's face.
Angels sing, and tell the story:
Hail the King, the Lord OF Glory,
Hail His reign on earth begun,
Love and praise to God the son!
MINNIE C. BALLARD. in 81. Louis Magazine
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Be gentle in the family. Oh, always
be gentle. Above all make the boys be
gentle. If we had family of boys we
should compel them to be gentle, if we
had to wear out every barrel stave in
the shed.-Rock1an9 Coarier-Gqzette.
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JEFFERON DAVIS now figures as a
humorist. A Cincinnati editor wrote
to him not long ago, trying to establish
relationship. Mr. Davis replied "Some
years ago correspondent endeavored
to trace my relationship to King George
Ill, connecting Herewith theory
that the writer and myself were the
proper heirs to large fortune in Eng
land. l replied that l must surrender
all claim to the fortune, being quite
sure that was in no degree akin to
George; but an editor is a different
thing, and l shall be very glad to be
assured that l am a relative of yours. +"
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PENNY CUPS of coffee, three-cent
stews and fiye-cent steaks and chops are
features of New York Italian restaurant
bills of fare.
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" YES" said the Texas man, q
voted for Tom Ochiltree and would
again, but I'm hanged if I'd play poker
with him unless he tied up his sleeves. y
Boston Post.
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Now THAT the government is rich
enough to carry letter for two cents,
we would humbly suggest that it stop
making the postal cards of blotting
paper.-Ne,g York Life.
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For The luiddLetolOn Transcript.
IN THE LANE.

Oh, to-day ut set of sun,
| was in the little lane;
And / found an empty nest,
Brimming with the last nights ram.
oh, to-day at set Of sun,
was in the old sweet place
But l could not hear your voice,
And could not see your face.
-LIzETTE WooDwoRTH REESE
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IT is estimated that 100000 en-
velopes day are made in the United
States.
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A Celtic fishmonger stopped his wagon
In front of house in West Twenty
sixth street yesterday afternoon. lie
jumped from his seat, took two bass from
the rear Of the wagon, and entered the
basement door Of the house. An aged
darkey shortly afterward drove hungry
looking horse, attached to recollection
of vehicular ruins, behind the fishmon-
gers wagon. He thrust his hands into
the ruins, brought forth two boxes OF
strawberries, and carried them into the
house adjoining the one that the fish
monger had entered.
In the rear of the fshmonger's wagon
was box of crabs covered with sea grass.
The darky's weird and Acknowledged
horse gazed upon the sea grass longing
ly. Then he shifted it. Suddenly he
plunged his nose into the box and got
large mouthful of grass, which he start
ed to MUNICH greedily. He stirred up
combative crab, which fastened itself on
one of his nostrils. He jerked his head
out Of the box, emitted a wild neigh, and
begin to plunge and kick with great en-
thusiasm. The fishmonger and the dar-
ky appeared simultaneously. The fish
monger seemed convulsed at the antics
of the darky's steed. The darby was
evidently displeased,
'Take dat crab often my hoss's nose" "
he shouted. t
''Take it off yoursellnf,' said the fish
monger.
''I'll smash de crab wifi dis hyar stick, !"
yelled the darby, as he picked up piece
of wood that his frightened horse had
kicked off the seat of his wagon.
Lave the crab alone, said the fish
monger. "Phat business had your horse
ating my grass?'
At this critical stage of the dialogue
the crab dropped from the horses nose.
and the fishmonger picked it up and
tossed it into his wagon. The darby and
the fishmonger then drove AWAY Y.
Sun.
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in this age of authorizations eve

I'm this age of authorizations even
comparatively primitive Spain has not
escaped. One Spanish magistrate, at
least, has hit upon a highly original
mode of dealing with them. A French
paper quotes the proclamation OF a GER
tain Alcade whom Dogberry himself
might envy: "All articles" runs this
precious document, Gin the shape of
wines, groceries and provisions, which
upon examinatio and analysis are
proved to be injurious to health, will be
contiscated forthwith, and distributed
to the different charitable institutions. :"
st james Gdzette.
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The poet Bowles was in the habit of
daily riding through country turnpike
gate, and one day he presented as usual
his twopence to the gate-keeper. "What
is that for, sir?" he asked. "For my
horse, of coursep' "But, sir, YOU have
no horse" "Dear me p exclaimed the
astonished poet, Gam walking?" Mrs.
Moore told me that anecdotes She also
told me that Bowles on one occasion
gave her Bible as birthday present.
She asked him to write her name in it:
He did 30, inscribing the sacred volume
to her as a gift "From the Author. -
retrospect Of a Long Life IS. c. Hal.
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According to return issued the
other day at Berlin, 218 persons were
condemned in Germany to decapitation
between 1864 and 1868, of whom only
twenty-six were executed Between
1868 and 1873 no fewer than 428 were
condemned, but in no case was the SEN
tence carried out. In 1878 Hodel was
executed for his attempt on the En-
peror. In 1879 and 1880 there were no
executions, and since 1881 there have
been only three.
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neIicate and Feeble YAdies.

Those iangud, tiresome SENSATIONS eaeHnS
vo,,-to feel scarcely able to be on ysUr 1eegs
that constant drain that b taking from yvsr
system all its former elastiefty; driving he
bloom from your cheeks; that ccffinuai strsln
upon your vital forces rendering you frrits<
Bile and fretful, can easily be removed y mo
use OF that marvellous remedy, Hop Bftssfs.
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Nome receive 80 much benefit, and none are
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terest In recommending Hop Bitters Is Eomen-
Feels Young Again.
"Mv-mother was afflicted q long time with
Neuralgia and dull, heavy, Inactive eoudt-
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prostration and was almost helpless- Nc ply
sicians or medicines did her any good. Three
months ago she began to use Hop Btters with
such good effect that she seems and feels
young again, although over seventy years old
We think there is no other medicine At to use
I'm the family."-A lady, in Providence
BRADFORD. Pa, May 8, 18Th
It has cured me of several diseases, such ~
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ly troubles etc. have not seen q sick lay in
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neighbors use them. MRS. FANNIE GREEN.
$4,000 Lost tour of Europe that cost me
5000, done me less good than one bottle Of
Hop Bittcrs; they also cured my wife of fif-
teen years nervous weakness, sleeplessDess
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High Authority.
Hop Bitters is not, in any sense, an alcoholic
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use except to persons DESTROYS of obtaining .
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GREEN B. RAUn. q. .. Com. Inter'l Rev.
SouTH BIooMINavIIdK o. May 4 ~
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WE SHOULD HELP ONE ANOTHER.
Mr.. NORMAN HUNT, of No. 1es Chestnut St Spring

Mr. NORMAN HUNT, of No. 1859 Chestnut St. Spring
field. Mass writes April TO- 1883, saying:
Having the atfiiction caused by kidney and liver
Diseases and after enduring the aches palms, weakness
and depression incident thereto until body and soul
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from my trouble, and told by a friend, who had
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cure was Hunts Remedy, and upon his recommends
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my friends in Springfield have used It with the most
gratifying results, and feel It my duty as well as a
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To Consunprives.

Reader, can you believe that the Creator
afIliets one-third of mankind with disease
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" has
cured hundreds of cases of consumption,
and men are living to-day-healthy, robust
men--whom physicians pronounced incura-
BILE, because one lung was almost gone.
Send two stamps for DR.. Pierce's pamphlet
on Consumption and kindred Affections.
Address WORLDS DIspENsARY MEDICAL
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Il entirely different from all others. 1t is
as clear as water, and, as its name indicates,
is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. 1t
viii Immediately free the head from dan
druff, restore gray hair to its natural color.
and produce new growth where IL has
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Lead and Nitrate of Silver preparations
have done. 1t will change light or faded
hair in few days to beautiful glossy
brown. Ask your druggist forit. Each bot
tie is warranted. JOHN d. PARK q Sons,
Wholesale Agents, Cincinnati, Ohio, and
G. N. CRITTENToN, New York.
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7. G. Ccyle, of Clarksburg, W. Va,
writes: am quite familiar with ScovILL's
SARsAPARILLA AND STILLINGIA, or BLOOD
AND LIVER SYRUP, having used 1t for the
past fifteen years as an Alternative medi-
cine, and can safely say that it is superior
the market for the cure and control of those
diseases of the blood that have baifled the
skill Of the masters Of the medical profes-
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dnd the cold chisel and yet l placed it in
this closet myself only yesterday" eyes,
nice place that was to put it such weather
as this, and close by the kitchen range,
too. Why, it would not stay cold two
minutes. It's down cellar in the refriger-
ator. Philadelphia Ne,os.
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You've or middle aged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory,
premature old age, as the result of bad
habits, should send three stamps for Part
VII of Dime Series pamphlets. Address
WORLDS DIspENsARY MEDICAL AssoCIA-
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An English critic thinks that the
Hebrews have an inherited appetite for
music, because the chosen people praised
the Deity with musical instruments.
This was Disraeli's opinion.
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agricultural resources of the country, says
that the mineral wealth Is a matter
of secondary Importance. Yes, mineral
wealth of a country is generally a matter
OF miner exds iSiftings.
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INVENTORS HAND BooK-FREE. out.
How great fortunes have been made. His.
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and think. Order it by postal card. N. w.
Fitzgerald, Solicitor, Washington, d. G.
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Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Renewer'
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
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AN old lady in Georgia, having lost all
her patience, has sued a neighbor for eight
dollars for coffee borrowed a cupful at
time 1t is in order to suggest that she
has ample grounds for the suit.--Lo,ceU
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o time should b.

No time should b
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liver and bowels ara
affected. to adopt The
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ter's Stomach Bitlers-
Diseases of the organs
named beget others
far more serious, and
q delay 10 therefors
hazardous. Dyspep
sia. liver complaint
chiIls and fever, enYfy
rheumatic twinges.
kidney W e akn ess,
bring serious bodily
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Lose no time in using
this effective and safe
medicine.
For sale by all
Druggists and Desl-
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HAY-FEvER. Since boyhood have been
troubled with Catarrh and Hay Fever, and
was unable to obtain relief until used
Elv,s Cream Balm, 1t has cured me. E.
L. CLIcKEYEK, New Brunswick. N. J.
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NO HOME EXEMPT.

THE umbrella is the check-rain of the hui
man animal.--Boston Transcript.
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VELVET lawns are so called because they
must be kept veil vet foreman so.-Bostoa
IranScript.
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CIRCUMSTANCES alter cases. There are
times when things are not themselves any
more than men are. A tooth is not tooth
when it is a-king.
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Wells Rough on Corns.o 15c. Ask for it.
Complete. permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
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| IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac
l Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
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A PLAGIARIsT's apology: at is true I
steal from the ancient authors, but give
it all back to the public. "-Fliegende Blat-
fpr
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OLD pi1ns are not poetica1, and yet
they've all been metaphor.-.P Philadelphia
NeUs. fl
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FUNNY, Isn't it, that you always see the
hight-fall before any stars begin to shoot
The JudQe.