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$1OO Reward &1OO.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased tc learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catharrh Cure is taken internally, acting dt- rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation o1 the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing It's work The proprtetors have sc much faith in it's curative powers, that they of fer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fa1ls to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O.
 Gz-S Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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vowELs AND coNsoNANrs.
A Close Look Into the Way They Arc Formed and Used.

A Close Look Into the Way They Are
 Formed and Used.
 A. Melville Bell of Washington, in his note on Syllable Consonants, "read at the second session of the American Oriental society in this city, said:
 "What is is a vowel? What is con- sonant? What is a syllable?
 "A vowel is defined as nonfriction- al emission of the voice or of unvocal- ized breath through an oral channel. with momentarily fixed confguration. Towels therefore run smoothly into one another by merely altering the shape of the oral passage without interrupting it.
 "A consonant is defined as an inter ception of the breath or voice by oral stoppage, or by emission through side channels or through narrow chinks. The change from one consonant to an. other thus involves 8 motion of the ar ticulatinR organs, producing. with more or less audibility, a puff, flap or a sib- iliation.
 "The two classes of elements meet in ee, y, co, W. A syllable is any vocal element uttered with a single impulse of voice. All the vocal elements in a syllable must be clustered together with out admixture with nonvocals, but any number of nonvocals may preeede or follow the vocal cluster without affect ing the syllable unity.
 ''The consonants l, m, D, when they are final after consonants, frequently form syllables without vowels, as in bottle. -
 ''The testN Of good pronunciation is to give each syllable it's own distinct sound, so that in the most rapid utter- ance the ear can trace the boundaries of every syllable. But the syllable sounds must be true to customary pro- nunciation.
 ''The name consonant. if held to inn ply an element that cannot pro- nounoed without a sonant or vowel, would be a misnomer, and it's use should in that case be discontinued in scientific menology. Towels are the soft and plastic substance of speech. Consonants are the artioulations or joints on which vowels and syllables turn. Their proper name is, therefore, 'articulations, not consonants.
 Phonetic elements make syllables. Syilables make words. Words are to be considered as the syllables of clauses. Clauses must be carefully individualiz- ed, for they are the syllables of sentences Divide your sentences into their logical units or clauses, and indicate within the clauses all their phonetic units or syllables, and you will fulfill the grand fundamental precepts of delivery. "- Philadelphia Record.
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VILLANELLE.

Down the dear old lano wh, r. always meet With itS hedges tall ar Es ir:tssy way, Comes Ethel blushing, her lover to greet. The bracken is tall and the wild rose sweet, And the air is scent, Il tsith new laown hay Down the dear old E.ne W htrG we always meet In simple frock, so F; city and neat,
 With d face as fresh aat fir ;.S the day, Comes Ethel blushing, II; r liver t.' greet. There's an old gray stone r.;,'; ,A q messy seat With q bank behind N ht .-,.> .iics stray Down the dear old lant Ni. r.' Me always meet Daintily tripping on ,!a!Et,', wee feet,
 With an innocent h.l.,tc tE&t Llooks no delay, Comes Ethel, blushlng, her lover to greet There es a thrill that qulckens my hclrt's quick
 beat, And fAin would think twill ever Be May Down the dear old lane where ei.4ly;sJ < meet Comes Ethel, blushing. her lover tu greet
 Holt Shafto in Chan. bel.s Journal
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ProfessinnaI Serpicas.

AS two men were looking from an office window OH Griswwold street the other morning a shriveled up old fellow passed by.
 See that party?" said one. Well, he's the meanest man ill the state. '
 "Who is he, and why is ho so mean?"
 He's a lawyer ill Che of the interior towns where they have bobtail cars, and one day while he was riding up town a lame man on the car gave him dime and asked him to pay his fare for him. He did as requested and then wanted to keep the other nickel as fee for pro- fessional services. "-Detroit Free Press.
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King Alfred once gave eight hides ot land for book. There were about 96O acres in the tract, but ths title ot the book is not given.
 salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c. per box. Sold by E. K. Taft
 Father-You must know, sir, that my daughter will get nothing from me until death. Suitor (pleasantly) )-- Oh, that's all right, sir; that's all right I have enough to live on for two or three years.
 There is great danger in neglecting Co., ic, Cholera and similar complaints. An absolutely prompt and safe cure is found in De Witt's Collie and Cholera cure. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G. l.. Phil lips, South Coventry.
 "When young man has attained the wisdom of years" asked the youth, ''he loses his foolish belief in omens, does he not?" "He loses," said the stage, "his belief in the good ones."
 When occasion demands it's use, try De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is cooling to burns, stops pain instantly, cleanses, perfect healer for scalds or skin erup- tions. Always cures piles. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G. ~. Phillips, ,xSouth Coventry.
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The Hawaiian Islands.

The Hawaiian Islands have been found to be richer in animal life than was for merly supposed. As the result of a years investigation by the British association, through it's committee, it has been found that of birds there are 78 species, of which 57 are peculiar to this group. All the land and fresh water shells are pe- ouliar. and of 1000 species of insects 700 are not found elsewhere. It thus seems that these islands have by no means been populated from the oonti- nent, but have been centers of independ- ent creation. on.-Independent.
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Like a Scotch Verdict.

Chancellor Henry Bathurst was helc in low esteem by the bar on account o1 his ignorance. At tho close of the trial of the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy he gravely addressed her grace in the following terms: Madam, the lords have considered the charge and evidence brought against and have likewise con sidered of everything which you have alleged in your defense, and upon the whole matter their lordships have found you not guilty of the felony wherewitk you stand charged, but on dismissinG you their lordships earnestly exhort yor not to commit the same crime @ second time. "-Green Bag.
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How Ha Waa Wounded.

Pension Agent see you have been drawing a pension on the wounded list when the record shows that you were drummed out of the army for desertion.
 Pensioner-Yes. That is so
 Pension Agent-Well, how were you wounded?
 Pensioner-My feelings, colonel, my feelings. Journal.
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Too COnsiderato.

Pat aooligan, while slating the rooi of one of our highest buildings, lost his footing and fell
 Over and over he went until within % feet of the pavement, when he struck Q telegraph wire and managed to grasp it, first with one hand, then with both.
 Hang on for your life. Patl'' shout ed his fellow worklnen. and the bystand- CTS rushed to the nearest dwelling for 8 mattress.
 Pat held on for few seconds, when suddenly, with cry of "Sthand from undhcr!" ho dropped and lay senseless in the street.
 Whisky was used, and Pat finally came to
 When asked why he didn't hold out longer, he fecbly replied:
 ''Oi wuz afraid the wired break!"
 He recovered.-New York Dispatch.
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London Mud

An ingenious person has been analysing samples of London mud. His researches have shown some curious results. He found the mud shows distinct traces of London's life according to the part of the town it comes from In the city, for in- stance, there are found traces of gold and silver from the wear and tear of the coin age, and also good deal of animal mat ter, especially bones, no doubt from the meat eaten. In poverty stricken parts there are no traces of gold or silver and very little of animal refuse, but the vege- table refuse becomes considerable, clearly pointing to the scarcity of money and of
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meat among the inhabitants of those parts.
 The annual cost of repairing the silver coinage is a81, 900, which represents si tons of silver scattered over the surface the Kingdom every year, or R86 of waste each day. The waste from the gold coin age amounts to about 916 daily. Of the SC, 900, coo pounds of bread baked in Lon don daily, it is computed that 1, 750.U (half an ounce for each pound are thrown away as waste. It Is also said that e60o worth of vinegar, 9100 worth of sugar, eSO of salt, e300 of gas and e1o0 of mus tard are wasted daily in London. -Bos- ion Post
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GRlzzLY MtlPPIo RY N coM.
Bos-7 Roa~'.a to Terrible Rage In Dsfen.'

Bossy Reused to Terrible Rage In Defense
 Of Her Offspring.
 ..Usuaily COW does not stand much chaneo whcu slie engages i'll hand tC hand conflict with grizzly bear, i" said Michael Ayers, a Colorado stockman, tc writer for DumbAnimals, "but several years ago one of my COWS killed one oi these anim Is and came out of the strug. gle without scrtch. The COW had re. cently given birth to a calf It being her firstEorn, the mother was exceed. ingly vicious, and it was unsafe for q stranger to approach her, as her horns were long and pointed. The cattle shed had a thatched roof and was scooped out of the hillside short distance from the house.
 "One night bear, having smelled thC presence of a COW and calf, mounted ths roof of the shed and proceeded to force an entrance by scratching through tho thatch. The COW at the same time de tected the presence of the bear and helC herself in readiness to receive tho in truder The noiso of terrible struggle aroused me, and grabbing a lantern rushed from the house, and opening tho shed door found the COW in a frantic state, bunting and tossing to and frc some large object, which evidently hat lost all power of resistance.
 ''It turned out to be good sized griz zly, which had been run through apC through the body by the courageous mother. The littlo calf was nestled in { corner, sleeping peacefully, and seemed unmirdful of the maternal struggle. suppose that as soon as the bear gained an entrance through the roof it wal pinned to the ground by the COW s horni before it had time to do any damage. |"
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We recommend De Witt's Collie and Cholera Cure because we believe it a safe and reliable remedy. It's good effects are shown at once in cases of cholera morbus and similar complaints. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; c. L. Phillips, South GOvanfYv
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Fnnd For Man and Beast.

i've read sometimes, said MT. Bill tops, t'of people eagerly devouring' a newspaper, but horses sometimes do that literally. Twice lately have seen horses eating newspapers. Perhaps this might come under the head of taking in every word. ''--New York Sun.
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Whenever you see ingratitude you may as infallibly conclude that there is a growing stock of i'll nature in the breast. as you may know that man to have the plague upon whom you see the tokens.
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TONIGHT.

Tonight almost envy you
 Your quiet bed that seems Too narrow for the coming in Of any noise or dreams. So when the earth is Lot too hard A moist and pleasant mold With dandelions here and there, Like scattered bits of gold, Then maybe shall break my way The earth and grasses through, And smiling with my drowsy eyes Shall come to sleep with you. -Bertha O. Davis in Ns Fields Washington.
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WOnleD'S Ages.

Somebody has discovered the curions fact that the reluctance of women to tell their age is no piece of modern sen- &tiveness. It is as old as the hills. Ill the Old Testament, although great num- bers of women are mentioned, there is but one - Sarah, Abraham's wife - whose age is recorded. York Times
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Negotiations Not Complete.

Customer (female and unfair)-I or. dered ten yards of dress goods here yes terday to be sent. Has it been cut yet?
 Shopwalker-No indeed. The assist. ant said you hadn't been in yet to change your mind. London Globe
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Blood-purifiers, though gradual, are rad. ical in their effect. Ayers SarsapariIla is intended as a medicine only and not g stimulant, excitant or beverage. Imme- diate results may not always follow it's use but after reasonable time, perma- nent benefit is certain to be realized.
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Tha worst forms of

The worst forms or 6crofula, Salt rheum, Tetter, Eczema, Erysip elas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged Glands, Tu- lnOrs and Swellings, are cured by it.
 Mrs. JOHN G. FOSTER, of g ChlfOiqg Street, CG7l- GmddigltG, W. F., says II was troubled with eczema, or Ralt-rheum, seven years. I dOctored with a number of our home physicians. also with Rochester, New York, and Philadelphia doctors, and received no benefit I paid out hun-
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KIPLING's KIND ACT.
Story About the Famous Author That
 IT. Tat ITwv

A oCOEy ADOu1 GnO E@AnOuS AuCn0x That Is Not Unpleasant.
 It has become the fashion of literary paragraphers to print whatever stories of a disagreeble nature concerning Rud- yard Kipling they can hear or find. h. cidents showing the other side of the man-the true side, in fact-are rare, but that this wonderful author is not quite the literary barbarian which he is so generally made out to be finds but
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Bicyclers are likely to get cut ,scraped sprained bruised, or some way hurt. No matter which take away the smart and paiu, and cure the trouble in hurry. Thousands of whether never go on the road without it. Why should you? 25 cents buys it of any druggist. Handy box for your pocket.
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A Real Saving.

The Lady Shopper What? Ply 8 for a lamp like that? It's outragsous, and won't pay 1t
 The Astute Salesman You forget, madam, that the price has.s-@.sHced to $4s 90 90
 The Lady Shopper (reaehipg fof her pursel-Oh, very we'll then n take it.--Chicago Record.
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De Witt's Collie and Cholera Cure never disappoints, never fails to give immediate relief. It cures just as sure as you take it. W. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; c. L.. Phillips, South Coventry.
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1 Augustus paid for grouse 30 cents dove, 24 cents; partridge, AS cents Auck, 60 cents; fat goose, $9; hare, e2. 20 pheasant, $1.6O.
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"We had an epidemic of dysentery in jthis vicinity last summer" says Samuel $. Pollock, of Briceland, Cal. II was taken with it and suffered severely until some one called my attention to Chamber lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Rem. edy. Iproeured bottle and felt better after the first dose. Before one-half oi the bottle had been used was well. recommended it to my friends and theil experience was the same. We all unite in saying it is the best.'' For sale by w.
 ". Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. l.. Phil lips, South Coventry.
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Domestic pets should be excluded from rooms where there are infectious or con- tagious diseases, as they have been known to spread disease when allowed to roam through the rooms and neighborhood.
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i No kind of wheat now known exactly resembles that found in the collins of the old Egyptians.
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varies.
He Didn't Catch On.

May I-may kiss those ruby lips?" "Sirl Do not think of such thing for one moment"
 Well, I-,I could hardly help asking. I beg your"- Don't you think, MT. Hoppy, that one moment is up by this time?'-New York Recorder.
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Niobrara, the name of 8 river in Ne braska, is said to mean s'wide water. y
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The Writers Froods LlI.el.

Whom do you rank as tho first of modern English prose writers2 asked
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 How shall we serve that new mission ary ?" asked the chef. As hash, } guess" said the King of Mbwpka. "He told me that the presby- tery had roasted him just before he left horne.n
 Travellers find safe companion in De " " iisst s Colie and Cholera Cure. A change in drinking water and in diet often causes severe and dangerous complaints. This medicine always cures them. W.D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G.. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
 The wearer of a disreputable-l looking pair of patent-leather shoes remarked that they were all right originally, but the patent had expired on them.
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When it rains cats and dogs, it may
 Rfairly be called beastly weather.
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W REs CORD

of cures such as no other medicine can boast of, has been won during the past 25 years by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
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dreds of dollars to no purpose. I have taken ten bottles of the Discovery and am en- GEely cured.
The Princeton union., 1895-12-19
Impressing IN Error on His Mind.

Parent( Christmas eve)-No more
hobby-horses, drums and toys for you
to destroy in day, young man. These
Indian clubs strike me as being the
most non-destructible gift.
The Princeton union., 1895-12-19
THE SANTA CLAUS COMPANY (UN-
LIMITED.

These days of corporations it would truly
seem to be
A splendid plan if Santa Claus would look
about and see
If he could not incorporate himself, and so
expand
His usefulness to cover every corner of the
I've noticed, as I've looked about on Christ
mas days gone by,
A lot OF little children who have failed to
catch his eye,
Who when the Yule was at it's height had
not single toy
Or bit Of peppermint to fill their little souls
with joy.
And there have been some persons who
have ventured to remark
Ut credence in his being they had not the
slightest spark,
For had there been person of his kind
twas very sure,
There'd be some signs of presents in the
novels of the poor.
Which Is point he'll have to meet, with
many of that sort
IT he shall ever find himself hailed up be-
fore the court.
But l. who've always found him most at
tentive unto me,
Am certain that he does exist and works
most faithfully.
But certain, too, am that in these Christ
masses of late
He's found his work, unaided, for his
strength by far too great;
And hence 1 think that he'd do we'll to
form a company
And everywhere throughout the land to
place an agency.
And all who love him for his labors in the
days now past
Can put their names down in his books
the stock should go right fast
1t doesn't seem that it could meet with fail
ure, just because
They must be few who would not take
stock in old Santa Claus.
CARLYLE Smith, in the Editors Drawer ~
IN Harper's Magazine for December.
The Princeton union., 1895-12-19

"M'hm. Ida's husband is awfully
stingy, but she gave superb presents
last year-they came late, too. Ida
has no tact. She generally gives such
mean little ones that I had only a
sachet for her-I shall have to make
1t up this year, so there's another nail
IN my coftin!'
"How did she get the money?'
1.-The husband is awfully supers''
tious, so She told him that she had
dreamed three times that she would
not live month, and she wished to
make each one of her friends a pres
ent to be a memento after she was
gone"
But she is as we'll and strong as
ever"
Yes, and that is going to make it
awfully hard for her to- get any money
for Christmas gifts this year, 1 can
tell your
The Princeton union., 1895-12-19
COAXING FOR CHRISTMAS CASH.
How Some Young Matrons Displayed
Their Serpentine WISDOM,

How Some Young nIatrons Displayed
Their serpentine Wisdom.
"Oh, dear, dear me!' sighed the
9aunty young matron, II wish that
hadn't friend in the world!'
FOR mercy sake, what are you
thinking of to say such a thing?"
cried the BRIDE
christmas gifts, my dear. When
you nave been married as long as /
have you will know now difficult it is
to persuade your husband annually
that people will think his businers
affairs are in bad way Il You don't
give each of your friends a handsome
present"
The bride looked anxious: ~rhere
are all of my duplicate welding pres
ents, you know"
'Take my advice and keep item TN
til next year-you will find it 50 much
easier to get the money out Of Ned
this year than next. I managed to do
pretty we'll last year. l told Arthur
that l wanted to have all mis- people
to dinner Oh Christmas day and that
everything must be lovely because his
mother is such perfect hOusekceper.
He was so pleased that he gave nle all
the money I asked for to prepare in
elaborate menu, and I saved enough
out Of it to buy nearly all my Tres
ents''
"What a good idea; hall make
note of it. My sister Susie gave lovely
presents last year, though her hus-
band refused to give her q cent for
such purpose when she asked him"
'Do tell me how she mauaged.'
"She pretended to be wildly jealous
of his pretty typewriter. She is SO
homely that such a thing neve" hap
pened to him before and he was So
pleased that he petted Susie Instead
Of scolding her, and finally gaze her
$500 to say no more about It, and never
even asked her how she was going to
spend it,"
'But she couldn't use that idea more
than once.'
"That's what Susie said herself
This year she wrote a Christmas story
and sent it to one Of the leading mag
aZines. Then she told Earl what a
lovely present she intended to buy
him with the money. When the story
came back she cried whole evening
about it, and he gave her what they
would have paid her to make up for
her appointment"
But she might have known--:'
"That they wouldn't take tile story =?
She did, dear, but she didn't know
how else to get Christmas money out
Of Earl"
"Susie is smart woman; tell ber so
for me. NelPs latest idea IS a rather
good one. She told Eer husband that
she hated to spend tile money, but
she must go to the dentist"
"Why on earth didn't she wait Until
after Christmas for that?"
'"There was nothing wrong with her
teeth, DEAR but she got the money to
pay an imaginary bill and lot of
sympathy as well-whereas, II she had
told him what she really wanted it
for she'd have only gotten half as
much and scolding for extravaganza
beside"
eyes, you can't convince a man that
the only way you can get any Christ
mas presents is by sending a lot your
self. always send mine early, too.''
$50 do I. 1t gives people time to
get you ono if they haven't already"
The Princeton union., 1895-12-19

Father calls me William, sister calls me
VIII,
Mother calls me Willie-but the fellers call
me Bill!
Mighty glad amt a girl-ruther be boy
Without them sashes, curls and things that's
worn by Fauntleroy!
The Princeton union., 1895-12-19
The First Christmas

And Joseph also went up from Gal
lice out Of the city Of Nazereth, into
Judea, unto a city of David, which is
called Bethlehem; (because he was Of
the house and lineage of David)
10 be taxed with Mary his espoused
wife, being great with child.
And so it was that while they were
there, the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her firstborn
son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in manger; be-
cause there was no room for them IN
the inn.
And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping
watch over the flock by night.