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The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
Warming Hints,

Never make tea in a tin pot. The
%tannin, which is acid, attacksth the tin and
produces q poison.
Never keep vinegar or yeast in stone
crooks or jugs; their acid ATTACKS the
glazing, which is said 10 be poisonous.
Glass for either is better.
Drinking very cold water near the
time of a meal arrests the process of di-
gestion until tie temperature OF the
stomach, which has been reduced, is re-
stored to its normal state. Too much
fluid dilutes the gastric juice, and has
to be absorbed before digestion can go
on.
Milk while swallowed rapidly by the
glassful is very unwholesome. Aquan-
tity of it entering the stomach at once is
changed from a fluid by the acid juices
of that organ into a hard, cheesy curd,
through which the gastric juice cannot
pass; it is turned I'VE and over, and, as
its surface can only be. reached, it'd
gests very slowly. 1t is sometimes fatal
to q weak stomach. 1t should be taken
slowly, eaten with something else, or
slipped by the spoonful.
Eggs should be cooked either very
soft, or so hard as to be easily crumbled
to a powder. The intermediate is tough.
ening to the albumen, and renders it in
soluble by the gastric juaee; these in
soluble portions are often delayed in the
stomach or intestines till they putrefy,
and the %sulphureted hydrogen and am
monia evolved become poisonous to the
intestinal canal. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
How VACCINATION Works.

Professor Tyndall says in Popular Sci.
ence Monthly: Pasteur had little difficulty
in establishing the parasitic origin Of
fowl-choIera; indeed, the parasite had
been observed by others before him.
But, by his successive civilizations, be
rendered the solution sure. His next
step will remain forever memorable If
the history of medicine. / allude te
what he calls ''virus attenuation" And
here il may be well to throw out a few
remarks in advance. When a tree, or a
bundle of wheat or barley straw, is
burned, d certain amount of mineral
matter remains in the Enthusiastically
small in comparison with the bulk of the
tree or OF the straw, but absolutely es.
sentlal to its growth. In a soil lacking,
or. exhausted of, the necessary mineral
constituents, the tree cannot live, the
crop cannot grow. Now, contagia are
living things, which demand certain ele.
ments Of life just as in~exorably as trees,
or wheat, or barley; and it is not diff
cult to see that a crop of q given
parasite may SO far use up q constituent
existing in small quantities in the body,
but essential to the growth of the para.
site, as to render the body unfit for the
production of q second crop. The soil
Is exhausted, and, until the lost constit.
uent Is restored, the body is protected
from any further attack of the same dis
order. Such an explanation of non-re.
current diseases naturally presents itself
to a thorough believer in the germ
theory, and such was the solution which,
in reply to a question, I ventured to of
fer nearly fifteen years ago to an eminent
London physician. To exhaust q soil,
however, a parasite less vigorous and de
sfructive than the really virllentone may
suffice; and, il, after having by means 81
q feebler organism exhausted the soil,
without fatal result, fh. most highly
virulent parasite be introduced inf he
system. It will prove powerless. This,
In the language of the germ theory. i
the whole secret of vaccination,
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A Mormon Family Circle.

Lorenzo Snow, one pf the high coun-
sellers, having reached the advanced age
of three score years and ten decided to
have a family reunion, and, considering
that he had a No. 1 wife with two
daughters, No. 2 with one daughter and
two sons, No. 8 with two daughters and
three sons, No. 4 with three daughters
and two sons, No. 5 with six daughters
and two SONG, No. 6 with two daughters
and one son, No. 7 with three daughters
and three sons, No. s with two daughters
and three sons, No. o with two daughters
and one son, making in all t~wenty-three
daughters and nineteen sons, he had q
pretty good-sized family to assemble
about him. There were in all 1874 i'm
mediate descendants to sit around the
family board, and to give them all a
dinner it took three days. This old
man is well preserved, reads the finest
print without glasses, and only lost by
death twenty-three of his numerous
family, including some of the wives
Alta California.
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS,

Lead vesns are thickest in limestone
thinner in sandstone and thinnest in
slate. Thb latter however, contains
the greatelt percentage of silver.
DIR. B. j. Jeffries holds that the
three primary colors are red, green
and violet; that blindness to violet is
rare. and that color blindness is prac,
tically confined to red or green.
Every plant begins life like an animal
"a consumer, not a producer. MOI
until the young shoot rises above the
soil and unfolds itself to the light OF
the sun, at the touch of whose rays
chlorophyl is created, does real CON
structive vegetation begin. Then ths
plants mode Of life is reversed; car.
bon is retained and oxygen set free. g
Flying fish do notify, is the assertion
of DR.. K. Mobius, a German zoologist
The muscles Of their pectnral fms ar
too small to sustain the weight of TIL
body inttlle air. The impulse to which.
they owe their long shooting passage
Through the air is delivered, while
they are still in the water, by the
powerful masses of muscle on both
sides of their body.
A German Psychologist, Prof. Eulen,
berg. has found that different parts OF
the body are very unequally sensitive
to differences of heat and cold, the
sense of temperature being most acute
in the forehead and the back Of the
hands, and least activein the back and
upper part Of the abdomen. AT tbs
former spots differences of about a
third of a Fahrenheit degree were
distinctly perceived, but at the other
two points differences were only de-
tected when reaching nearly 2 degrees.
A new French apparatus, called the
cylindrograph, is designed to photo
graph at a single operation a wide
sweep of the adjacent country. The
instrument consists of a camera of
semi-clrcular form with a small lens in
the centre, which moves ON an axis
The dark slide is of some material
which will bend, and when a view is
to be taken the lens is Il turned upon the
the centre from one side of the land
scape to the other. The panoramic
pictures thus secured are sufficiently
good TO serve surveying, military and
other purposes.
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A formidable Cipher.

The Nihilistic cipher in use for
sending messages in Russia is regard
ed as of the most formidable ever
hit upon. 1t looks very simple, con-
sisting only of rows of figures separa-
ted from each other by dots, but il de-
ies all ordinary methods of cipher
reading, and it 500 becomes apparent
to the examiner that something more
than asubstitution Of hgures for let
ters Is involved. The figures seeming
ly mean one thing in one part of a
sentence with qaite a different signif-
canoe afterWard. The explanation
seems to be the use Of a key word with
the message. A particular word is
agreed on, its letters are numbered,
and these numbers are continuously
added to the figures of the message, SO
that though a letter might, in the
written message, be repeated a number
of times there might be a different
figure for each new location of the let.
ter. AS an illustration, If the key
word were sliberty," the figures being
10, 9, Q, 6, Is, 90, Is, and the message
ssSend twenty pounds Of dynamite tt
Kieff," the cipher dispatch would be
81, ii. 16, 9, So, 43, 80, &c, %, q, 50
16. Is. IL, II. 20. 45, 80, 10, %, Il, Is
%, 40. 40, %, 18. z, II, "a. In solv
ing these dispatches it is necessary x
hit upon the key word as well as de
termine the tumble in numbering thu
alphabet, for of course the letters art
never numbered in sequence.
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Wprl inf

Probably no other woman in the World rec
,eivcs SO many ~'lotters of thanks as Lydia E.
Pinkhaln, of Lynn, Mass. Mrs. b, of In
field, n. H., says: "I will simply say that
your Vegetable Compound is all you recon-
mend it to be. 1t has done me Worlds of
good" Another lady writes from Ottawa as
follows; ~ nave just to-day bought the sew
enth bottle of your Vegetable Compound,
have used two boxes of Pills and several
packages OF your Sanative Wash, and think
it but right to tell you how much good l de-
rived from your medicines. They are q reg
uI0r G0d-sc1d. AL the pairs and aches
have almost disappeared. my stomach is much
stronger, too, and l feel myself improved
every Way.n
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Feeding Eskss,sO Doos.

The duty of feeding the 1 ogs Is
often entrusted to the boys, an! it is
no easy work. The most 4 nmon
food for the dogs is walrus-skM about
an inch to an inch and a hal thick.
and from a foot to eighteen inches
long. The dog swallows one oil these
strips as he would a snakes; and it
is so tough that when he has swal-
lowed about twelve pieces, it is no
great wonder that he does not want
anything more for two days. Some
times they cut the food up into little
pieces inside the igloo, where the dogs
can not trouble them, and then throw
it out on the snow; but this is not
altogether a good way for then the
little dogs get it all while the big dogs
are fighting, for these big burly fell
lows are sure to have an unnecessary
row over each feeding. If pieces too
large to swallow at a-gulp are thrown
out, the large dogs get the food and
so, between the big dogs and the little
dogs the Eskimo boys have "a hard
time making an equal distribution
among the animals. --:
One winter night, 1 remember, while
on u sledge- Journey, returning to
North Hudson's Bay, Toolooah was
feeding his dogs, with no n to help
him. He was on his knees near the
igloo door, and throwing the bits to
the various dogs, the heads of which
were crowded in the entrance. One
big dog, after it had received it's
share, having driven all the other dogs
away, seemed determined not to leave.
Toolooah grew angry, seized his stick
and rushed out after jt to settle mat
tiers. But he came rushing back even
faster than he went out, seized his gun
hurriedly, and as hastily was gone
again. Before we could surmise what
it meant, a shot was heard, and in a
few seconds more Toolooah came
crawling in, dragging a big wolf after
him, its white fangs showing in its
black mouth in a way that made lis
shudder. This was the big dog Too
looah had been feeding, but it did not
understand the customs Of the Eskimo
dogs well enough TO know that it must
stop eating when only halt satisfied;
and this ignorance cost it its life
Lieut.. Schmatka, IN st. Nicholas.
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Reminders,


Ing handsome young laay any 'iie
awkward J o. pfesehaea sea.,lien'
say oh 2 pana' ~ oay
ne nag ANNOYED her WIN ms a'eenalon !.
n1s0
"o.0A -
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Ho,g sossaa,.ese Dress their Haii

HosU SossgG7ese Dress their Hair.
The Ababdeh Arabs, who hold the
short cut across the Nubian Desert
from Abu-Hamed northWard to Kor-
osko, twist their hair into long spiral
curls no thicker than a quill, which,
being intertwined with slender skew
ers OF ivory. make the Whole head look
very mucE like a monstro,ls porcupine.
The B~ishareens. again, who lie a little
to- the southeast of the Ababdehs, in
the desert between Abu-Hamed and
suakin, comb the hair of the crown
straight up into the air to a hight of
several inches, while letting the res
hang down on either side. The great
Kabbabish tribe stretching westward
through Kordofan into Darfour) vary
this arrangement by ga herring the
crown hair into an enormous knot,
while the side locks fall down upon
the neck to right and left. Their
southern neighbors. the Baggarras, ac-
tually shave the head altogether and
walk bareheaded under the burning
sun. confident in the impenetrable
skulls given them By nature. A SINH
Jar custom prevails among the Yemen
Arabs Of Southwestern Arabia, who
shave the fore part of the head, while
allowing the hind hair TO stand out IN
one a.oat bush nearly half . foot in
sight.-NeU Fosk Times.
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u EsalkiaaM RasQ.

jim johnson and Tom Pitcher, OF
Union Point. went fishing . few days
ago, but il ! short time their bait
gave out and they had caught no fish.
They scutled around and found q
large black bug and hitched him By the
oable erd to their hook. Then they sat
down. both holding 10 the pole. and
patiently waited 70 catch z whale, but
cot no bite. Finally they concluded 70
examine their bait. 10 their astonish-
ment the bug was much larger than
when they put him On the hook, 70
they cut him open and found tfat ne
had been fishing himself, and caught
and swallowed ! half dozen nainnoWs.
rlaa voslng men locked " each otilef
sin silent d. i~t.-Macon Sc. re-
grQph
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Elephants Rssied Ou Fear.

3Es ~ - & &%%T &E@& = A@%N.&&E WE 8&
George Artingstall, the noted ele-
plant trainer, now managing twenty
elephants in Barnum's circus, saidto a
New York Mait and Express reporter
that for twenty-three years hemhad
done nothing but train and manage
elephants. / rule them all through
fear and not affection. They are nat
uralIy very affeetionate animals at
times, but are sure to take advantage
of any concessions granted them on
that score. IL / see a keeper becoming
kind to an elephant I discharge him
and hire another. The first thing ]
teach a baby elephant is his name.
Then / compel him TO come when his
name is called. IF he is tardy about
learning / punish him severely. The
course Of training is long and arduous,
and depends on the amount OF intelli-
gence the elephant possesses. Th.'
African elephants are more tractablv
than the India elephants. and If any
thing have more intelligence. Most
Of the trained elephants are from AT
RIGA. / have some elephants that are
! disposed to be fakirs, j. e., to make II
pretence Of performing without actu-
ally coming up to the excellsnce re-
quired. I punish them severely, and
perhaps two Or three performances
will pass before they get back TO their
old shyster tricks. ] have succeeded in
breeding several young elephants in
this country, something which was
never done before. A time may come
when the species will be propagatec. in
America, and the plains OF tho West
be filled with rowing herds Of e1e.
plants. But it win be a very long
time think.
In captivity they attain the age oil
rs years, and rowing wild In their ma.
tive forests live oyer 100years. AT q
years old an elephant is easily trained
The older they get the harder they are
to teach and the more mischievous d.
they become. An elephant trainer
life is one of constant care and uncer,
tainty."
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

The Peoples Vegetable Tonic, VINE
GAR Buffers, is playing the mischief
with the DEVILS beverages, fired up with
cheap rum. All the diseases which
those demoniac nostrums aggravatc
under pretence of relieving, such as lndi-
g~estion, Sick Headache, Constipation,
Rheumatism, Govt, Pulmonary affections,
and Fevers, are cured by this Great
Herbal Antidota,
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Am t,n1v Cured of CONSUMPTION

When death as hourly expected from Con-
ST. James was experimenting, he accidentally
made a preparation of indian Hemp, which
cured his only child, andnow gives this recipe
On receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp
also cures night swea.s, nausea at the stom-
ach, and will break a fresh old in "a hours
Address Craddock g. Co, 1882 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa, naming this paper.
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Character.

That which we shall teach, not vol.n-
..arialiy, but fundamentally. Thoughts
come into cur minds by n which
VIC never left open, and thoughts go out
of our minds through avenues which We
never voluntarily opened. Character
teaches over our head.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver
Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh,
healthy livers, upon the seashore. 1t is alb
~solutely pure and sweet. Patients who have
orco taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
cians have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market. Made by CasWell, Haz-
ard & Co., New York.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11

The former proprietor of DR.. Sage's Catarrk
Remedy, for years made q standing, public
1ffer in all American newspapers OF $500 for
\ case of catarrh that he could not cure. The
present proprietors have renewed this offer
ALI the druggists sell the Remedy, together
with the sDouche," and all other appliances
advised to be used in connection with il. No
.atarrh patient is longer able to say II can,
not be cured.n You get $500 in case Oh
lailnra.
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Rrawn,a Little .Iaka.

'sWhy, Brown, how short your coat is
aid Jones one day to his friend Brown, who
wittily replied: eyes; but it will be long
enough before / get another Some men spend
50 much for medicines that neither heal nor
help them, that new clothes is with them liks
sngels' visits-few and far between. Internal
levers, weakness OF the lungs, shortness Of
breath and lingering coughs, soon yield to the
magic influence of that royal remedy, DR.. r.
v. Pieree's Golden Medical Discovery
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II N U 25

Ftvers, Blood, Ltver and Kidney Diseases.
Dyspepsia or indigestion, HEADACHE,
Dizziness. Sour Stomach, Eurrcd Tongue, Bilious
Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Coughs, Colds
andPneunlonia are cured by the use Of the Bitters.
Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter, salt
Rheunl, Pinples, Boils, R~ing-worIn, seaId Head,
Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, S'curfs, Hunlors and
oil Diseases of the Skin are literally dug up and
carried out of the system by the use Of the Bitter.
EtEnyi@orates tiac StoEsaeils stimulates
the torpid Liver and Bowels, and lmparts ne"
life and yigor to the whole system.
No Person can take the Bitters ana remain
long unwell.
PIN, cape and other worms, are
destroyed and removed from the system;
Cleanse the ViGEafed Blood Whenever
impure. No other Medicine so effectliai'y
purges the blood of deep-seated diseases, -,
Give the Eittc~s q trial. One bottle VIII
Droye a better guarantee than a lengthy adver-
tisement.
R. III. Mcdonald Drug Co. Proprietors,
San Francisco, Cal, and 528. 5a1 Il 533 Washington St,
Cor. Charlton st, New York.
Sold by all Dealers and Druggists.
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How am Gld MAN Way ProFOmy His

An old man must clothe warmly. At
ter the age of sixty, any idea of hardi-
hood and of facing weather must be laid
aside; neither the skin nor the lungs bear
cold. Cold is, in fact, the great enemy
of old people, and it is a fact that, if a
man of sixty or sixty-fve goes to a
warmer Climate than that to which he
has beeh accustomed, his life is pro-
longed. WARM flannel clothes should be
worn nen:'it the skin day and night, and
there sEPuld be plenty of winter gar
mcnts. If there is the least tendency to
asthma .5r attacks of bronchitis, two or
three folds of a 81 k or wooden handker-
chief shi ,uld be worn oye the mouth,
and if t fe weather b. very cold, over the
nose al %. Rooms also must be kept
warm, Epr the animal heat in the man
past sefenty is often deficient, and in
very old people even drinks should be
taken warm, as the sources of animal heat
are being dried up. Old people will
often like rooms kept alta temperature
of seventy degrees or higher, when
younger people are half stitfed in them.
Herald Of Health.
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HaDDinesss

To be happy the passion must be cheer
full and gay, not gloomy and melancholy.
A propensity to hope and JOY is real
riches; one to fear and sorrow, real pow
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HE HOME DOCTOR.
Fastn, liz Inn Acute rheumatism.

Fast tg Inn Acute Rheumatism
DR.. W cd, professor of chemistry in
the mediRl department Of Bishops Col.
.lege, Maltreal, reports in the Canada
Medical cord a number of cases in
which lite articular rheumatism was
cured b[fast:ng. usually from four to
eight da In no case was it necessary
to fast mSre than ten days. Less positive
results we e obtained in cases of chronic
rheumatisrt. The patients were allowed
to drink freely of cold water, or lemon
AIDE in moderate quantities, if they pre-
fcred. No medicines were given. DIR.
Wood says that from the quick and
almost invariably good results obtained
by single abstinence from food in more
than fdAty cases in his own practice, he
is inclined to believe that rheumatism is,
after all, only a phase of indigestion, to
be cured by giving complete and con-
tinued rest to all the viscera.
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Structure of the urethra i'm It's worst forms,
,peedily cured by our new and improved
Methods. Pamphlet, references and terms,
two three-cent stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Associations S Main street. Buffalo,
NJ Y
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Pretty Women.

Ladies who would retain freshness and vivac-
ity. Don't fail try Wells "Health Remover"
Freckles, Pimples, Salt Rheum cured. Ad'ss
Lr.M Hutchinson, 10 Clark St, Chicago, Ill.
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CHApPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made
by Ca5well, Hazard u Co.. New York.
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When you visit or leave New York city, save baggage
exptessage and So carriage hire, and SOP 81 'hs "rahn
1Iniou Hotel. opposite Grand Central Depot
go elegant rooms, fitted up at n cost OF one i'"ilnn
dnlIa~s 81 md inward par day. European plan. Eia-
vatcr. Restaurant so ppi,ed with the best. Horse cars.
stages aud elevated ra,lroad 10 al, d thn e;raca sa Wnlsn
Hotel than at any other frat class hotel IN ths ctY
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Life FreServers

If you are losing your grip on life, try Wells
Health Renewer.' Goes direct to weak spots.
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lures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching, Pro
truding, Bleeding Internal or other. Interna
and External Remedy in each package. Sur
cure. .0c. Druggists.
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81 Rough ON Itcii.o


Trough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions,
ringworm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet,
chllblains.
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A SINGULAR ROOM.

scfntiilating with Sarcasm md Brilliant
with Truth.
Ne,n York Correspondence American Rural Home.
Chap. /. "Has Malaria" goes to Florida.
Chap. Ii. "Overworked;" goes to EuptDe.
Chap. III. elias Rheumatism y goes to Ems
Chap. ". Has a row with his Doctor!
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"Rougla ON Piles.v

Servants belong to the hire types of hu
manity.
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The French are a very Frank people.
Hostetter's Sto m

.HoStetter'S Sto m
zach Bitters c%onquers
and prevents malarlal
'fevers, dyspepsia,
chronic constipation,
a tendency to kidney
and bladder ailments
and rheumatism, and
is Of the create st value
in cases of d
trouble arising from
~weakness, Old people
are greatly aide by
it. and it is highly
serviceable to Conga-
lescauts and ladies in
delicate health. IL 10,
moreover, q efui
medicine to take with
one on long journeys ,
and counteraGts the
effects of mental ex-
haustion. For sale by
all Druggists a u d
nasIers va laTaIY-
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The Only temperance DtltefS Nnuun.

i5 ~ Et w Efs
FEade srosm
70 S and
her bs, free
from ABso-
REolic StiInu-
lailts, APEf--
gatiVc and
TOnic.
This Bitters
cures c.
EtaSkt tpfl~
pla in In
HammatoFy
ind Chronic
"a lid ssf "a
ftsass, Govt,
Bilious, Re-
init tent and
Tntarmitten
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s'I'm just immersed in my business" said
he teacher OF swimming.
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Be content with your lot, especially if it
d lot of money.
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rpaaar Araa Erenae.

EFHADE A4KU 49, ..a
The Frazer Axle Grease is better and cheaper
than any other, at double the price. ASH
your dealer for it, and take no other.
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West sSgEee.

are yon supplied this morn
ed Fatman of the Milkraar.
cans are wen filed replied
HfIIkman.
that's what your customers
aHapisin of,s said Fatman.
the Milkman droye three
AEs squares before The sarcasm
NAaag through his mind
than 40,Do0 persons III New
dspend npon gambling or
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The mosquito always makes himself tt
hum.