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The Penn's Grove record., 1895-08-09


We were Ill telling mosquito storie,
At a New Jersey summer resort, wher
one particularly audacious man said
"Oh, that's nothing. / was off the
coast at Barnegat last summe on q
fishing trip, and while we were out Oh
deck early in the evening, smoking and
chatting, a great cloud Of mosquitoes,
all Of them monstrous birds, came out
from shore and settled on the boat;
and do you know, in fifteen minutes
they had stripped It of every inch Of
canvas, and left the masts bare as
bean-polesf"
We held up our hands in depreciation
1T this tale, when another of the party
exclaimed: "Well, don't be aston.
ished. / can vouch for that. 1t was
only a week after that l was on a trip
along the coast, and the same swarm OF
mosquitoes came out after u.s."
The first speaker didn't seem to ap
preciate this unexpected support, for
muttered: "Humphl They did, chi
Well, how did you know they were the
same mosquitoes, ehP"
SHOW did 1 know?" repeated tn,
with a chuckle. allow did I
knowf Why they all had on canvas
overalls."-Harper's Magazine.
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An uncommonly interesting collec'
tion Of Tyrian glass has come to town.
1t resembles In most particulars THE
collection Of the same glass in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Is
supposed to belong to the period OF
300 years before Christ. Some Of the
pieces still bear the stains OF o rust
which they held when buried with
the Tyrians Kings. and others show
the scratches made by knives of cop
per and bronze. 1t is even asserted
that some show aces of the per-
fumes with which the Tryians were
accustomed to enrich their wines. but
as to this There, is room for skep-
ticism. The glass is marvelously
light, and some Of the vessels are
beautiful In form, but the presence
Of air bubbles in even the finest speci-
men seem to show that the Tyrians
had not fully conquered the art Of
glass blowing. A skilled glass.blower
who saw the collection says, however,
that some of the effects obtained are
beyond the power Of his craft to-day
New York Sun.
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Tho Greatest senninary.

The Preside Is a seminary OF infinite
Importance. 1t Is important because
u is universal, and because Of the
education IT bestows being woven In
with tho wool OF childhood. give;
form and color to tho whole texture
of life.
Thorc are few who can receive the
nonors OF a college, but all are grad
yates OF the hearth. The learning OF
the university may fade from the
recollection; Its cassie lore may
moulder In the halls of memory. But
the supple lessonssof home, enameIled
upoh"the heart of childhood, defy The
rust OF years, and outlive the more
mature but less vivid pictures ofa:te'
days.
So deem 80 lasting, Indeed. are the
expressions OF early lie, that you
often Gee a man 10 the imbecility Ui
age holding, fresh In his recollection
the events OF childhood, while all the
wide space between that and the
present hour 10 = blasted and for
gotten waste You have peichance
seen an old and half-obliterated por.
trait, and In the attempt to have II
cleaned and restored you would have
seen 1t fade away, while a brighte'
and more perfect picture, painted be
meath, Is revealed to view.
This portrait, first drawn upon tn
canvass, is no inapt illustration Of
youth; and though 1t may be con.
cealed BY some otter design, still the
original traits will shine through the
outward picture, Citing II tone while
fresh. and surviving 1t In decay. Such
Is the 1reside-the great institution
furnished by Providence for the edu'
cation Of man.
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Similarity of Proverbs,

The following are familiar specimen.
II Chinese proverbs. The English yer
sion Is given also In each instance:
ITO cut OF a hens head with a bat
tle-ax. (Much ado about nothing.)
ut thunders loudly, but little rair
falls" CMuch cry and little wool.)
"A thousand chiefs. a thousand
plans" (Too many cooks will spoil
the broth.)
There's q time to fsh and a tim,
to dry nets" Crhere's q time for al
things)
zone strand Of silk doesn't make ,
thread" Zone swallow doesn't max,
Isummer.)
"If you don't enter the tigers de,
you cannot obtain her young" Noth
Ing venture. nothing win.)
'"The court IL like a ship at sea-ev
srything depends on the wind" (Pu
not your trust IN princes.)
thine dies like an arrow, DAYS an,
months like q weaver's shuttle" (Tim,
and tide wait for no MANI
"For him who does everything In II
proper time, n day Is worth three.
IA stitch in time saves nine.)
Virtue is the surest road to iongey
ty, but vice meets with an early doom
Virtue Is its own reward.)
1.-THE truths which we least wish t
bear are those most to our adyantag
to know" Che truth Is dtsagreeable.
Abstain from false accusing, tina
Ehe good and honest may DO in safety.
Bear not false witness against tn,
neighbor.)
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Oririn q ths rlhartr Cap.

The liberty csh. that b~ag.shaped
nesagear so often seln on the head oil
tne Goddess of Liber;y and which sur
mounts the National colors on nearly
~ our silver coins, recording to the
rniisdelphia Press, owes its origin TO
me Roman empire, where it was given
"a slaves as a sign Of their manumis,
s,on. The principal Significance OF
ne liberty cap" to the American
mind Is not, however, It's Roman orr,
gln' but rather its use as the official
cap OF the successive doges of republl-
can Venice, that ''model of the most
seaoie Government ever framed by
man" In the Doge's Palace at Venice
there is q gallery full of portraits OF
~ men who ruled the republic Tor
ioo years, and the conspicuous place
occupied by the elderly cap in these
portraits shows its importance as q Ma.
tionai symbol Of freedom. It rather
nelghtens the significance of this On,
e1ent symbol in the minds of good
Americans when il is remembered that
the emperor Frederick Barbarossa
nambfed himself before wearer OF the
liberty cap" and that Andrea Dan;
o ! wore it on the fourth crusade and
% M conquest Of Constantinople. II
occupied q place in the forefront, Of the
advancing hosts that in the early part
OF the fifteenth century swept the Dali
NATHAN towns and conquered the entire
coast from the estuary Of the Pot to the
leland of Corfu. While Columbus was
discovering America the wesrers o the
liberty cap were acquiring zante
and Cyprus, and when the first half OF
the half-starved settlements on the
Massachusetts, coast were battling for
existence the republic from which We
borrowed our elderly cap" having
successfully resisted q league Of all the
kingsof Christendom, was at the zenith
OF Its glory. The elderly cap is not
ss conspicuous in our National signs
and symbols as it was in those OF the
rulers of the Adriatic, yet in q modest
way it immortalizes the greatest re.
public OF early times.
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Why the Eagles Lave,

Two eagles have built their nest foi
FEARS In an old tree which stands moi
far from the St. Lawrence River in
Lisbon, at a spot about eight mile.
north Of Ogdensburg, n. Y, The spot
is 8 slightly one and the tall trees in
| this bit of the old forest whore the
| birds make their summer home ia
known by the dwellers for miles
around. Each year the eagles come,
md their arrival is as much expected
and TALKED about as is the date when
the ice will break up in the river which
6ovs near by. Two esglets have been
hatched each year, time out Of mind,
and it is one Of the interesting Incl
| dents In the neighborhood when the
old birds ''shake out" the young one
and give them their first lessons in
flying. The birds never go far from
home In summer. Almost every
bright day one OF them may be seen
sailing high above the blue St. Law
renee on the watch for a fish, and then,
falling like an arrow, to bury its claws
in the back of its prey and sail home.
ward for q fish dinner with its mate.
All summer they are there, and when
the autumn colors come upon the trees
they go away, to como again next
pring. No one harms them.
One day last September, as a re
porter for the New York Times was
driving neal the eagles home, one of
them was seen circling slowly several
hundred feet above the river. A
farmer near by called attention to the
bird with evident pride.
"Does no one try to shoot them?"
ne va asked, after telling how they
Name there every year.
"No," he said, never"
"Why notF' he was asked.
"The people here know the birds 60
cell that they would not allow il. I
reckon" was the reply. 'If anybody
was to hurt one of them birds 1t would
make Q powerful sight Of talk In this
,eighborhood."
Another farmer O short distance On
also fell to discussing the eagle, and
he waAasked if no one ever tried to
shoot them.
"No," he said.s 'Not once. I,
Rouldn't do. Nobody wants to harm
them. II sort o. makes everybody
feel good TO see the Nations bird
Ayin' near by. There amt no danger
of anybody's eve trying to kill eagles
IN this part of the country"
A few miles further on, another
armer, who had the reputation of
being a hunter, fell to talking about
this nobla pair of birds, which seemed
to be regarded with about the same
patriotic sentiment as the flag or the
Goddess Of Liberty.
"Why doesn't somebody shoot
hem?" the old hunter was asked.
''Wa'al." he replied. forcibIy, ga
good many would like to take a crack
It them, and some have on the sly.
But, hang it, they fly pretty high,
md of late years there's a big hne
.or KILN eagles in this State
New York Times.
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n SION
sut His Daub on Fort Sumter, but
the Beea Routed Him.

sut His Daub on Fort Sumter, Sut
the Bees Routed Him.
The experience Of a sign painter al
ort Sumter makes a diverting story
You see, 1 got a donkey to take me
,ver from Charleston In n OF those
title boats that they sail down there
loser to the wind than anything
Iver saw before. The fort was IN
coupled, except by an old soldier, who
Ihowed me all over the place. q
drink, Corporalr said to him, after
! while. No objections said he and
we walked and talked a little further.
Pretty lonesome here, eh. sergeantf
Very, indeed answered the old duck,
warming to me, as I hreveted him q
rrade higher every two or three min
ltes. .Ah,' said /, ITS a tough old
biz, the army, amt It, LieutenantY
Faith, an 1t is, upon me hfe,' said he.
Well, I brought my flask out again and
pressed 1t upon him. Now, look here,
Captain said I, you don't mind me
painting a sign around the old fort, 40
fVut EOt Dll, NY oOhf
ls ye Place he answered quite Will
ngly, and away I went to work, IN
shing the lettering before shutdown.
THAT little business nearly got ma
INTO trouble, and 1 left Charleston in
/ hurry. Nearly as bad as the time
was painting Or. Didler's Elixir OF
Life on a beehive. I was walking
along the railway tracks with my pots
md brushes, and saw the hive, which
in A No. / position, bound to be
Ieen by everybody in the trains, /
Itole up to It and shattered on the
taking care not to make much
loise. Buz-zz! one little fellow came
look at me, then another, and then
! score or more all at once. They
iidn't seem to object-in fact seemed
o admire the richness Of the coloring;
,ut in singing my leg over the top OF
he hive l upset my al Of turpentine,
md not one bee In that crowd would
listen to a word of reason. l was laid
for a week or two after that; but
can't be quiet long; It amt In me to
still; I'm an out and out Yankee,
nd It warns my heart to be of with
be paints-and 1t amt incumbent upon
10 now."-Chlcago Times-Herald.
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aoDsr. couysr's Supreme Momen.

Thirty years age next summer I went
over to my old home in England. after
an absence of fifteen years. to fnd 1.-THE
woman who most Influenced me"-my
mother. writes the Rev. Robert Collyer,
D. D., In the series Of 1.-THE Woman
Who Most Influenced Me-" In the La
dies Homs Journal. She was sitting
in the old rockingham where she had
nursed all her children. but could no,
rise at once, because the sudden shock
Of her joy held her there some mo
ments, and the years had wrought such
q change in me that she looked up with
q touch Of wonder, but when ] said
mother" she held out her arms ant
cried. my lad, I did not know thy face
but I know thy voice."
There were only q few threads OF
silver In her hair when ! left home. but
now It had grown all white. I noticed
the threads coming soon after my IA
ther died suddenly while he was work
Ing at his anvil on a blazing July day
twenty-one years before this time, and
she was much changed now. but not al
all for the worse with the years, only, ]
thought, as a sound rosy apple change
toward the perfect ripeness.
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THE PASSING YEAR

Ar, you rich in the years Of bright Gol'
Yet untoli2
Do they l~'isuroIy 70,
Like a dream that is fair
Or n prayer2
o. be wise use them WE'LL You shall know
How the years growing shorter, with good
con increase,
And y life at tho end be TRANSPORTED will
peace.
Daes the thought that SO many rev years re-
Give you pain2
o, be glad that your quest
Brings you into the light,
From the night
And the worker at last has his resti
In tho homeland above are no sorrows. nc
fears,
And the life they live there Is not measured
byyears.
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A good story is told Of the way in
Ehich one of the sturdy admirers of
Abraham Lincoln paid his tribute to
he great mans memory.
1t was In a Western hotel, and owing
% The overcrowding Of the city, incl
dent to q session Of a great religious
organization, the Lincoln adherent was
forced 10 room with q somewhat irasci-
Bile and exceedingly plain-spoken
clergyman from a distant city.
The New England man bore with pa
ienee many slurring references to va
rious persons and things dear to his
boul, but when the clergyman spoke In
sighting terms Of Abraham Lincoln,
bis Ire was reused.
II ASSURE you" said the minister. IL
. tone Of great decision, that I speak
If what I know. I was acquainted
with Mr.. Lincoln personally, and he
was avery ordinary man, sir. Honest
enough, / admit, but of no talents. sir"
We'll" said the New E~nglander. with
IS much calmness as he could COM
mand under the circumstances, Il must
say your estimate Of Lincoln differs re-
markedly from that Of most other peo-
pie. 1t is strange that people Of all
classes should have been SO mistaken.
Most people regard him as the savior
Of our government"
"Sir," foared the clergyman, "that'i
1 sin! God Almighty saved the coun-
ry. It would have been the same no
matter who had been President at the
dime"
81 know that" returned the other.
neekly, but with a twinkle in his eye,
"but then I think It must have required
less divine power to save It through
Lincoln than It would Lave In case
some other men had occupied the Pres
idenual chair at tie timsr-Youth's
Companion
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THE author Of the play doesn't like
me way you acted the part Of Kosci.
usko." remarked one amateur actor to
another.
What was the matterf"
"He says that you were q regular
tick"
WELL" replied the subject Of criti
sism, thoushtfully. "you know Kosci
uSko was B P~ole."-Washingtou Star.
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Should Be Enounh

did you hear that the daughter OF
he late Hon. Eriehdtoall, one Of the
founders of this town, Is suffering for
the necessities Of lifef The people
ought to subscribe q fund for her SUP
port"
well, that's too bad, but the town
,as just built a $4,000 monument to
ner father. l should think that ought
to satisfy her."-Bufralo Express.
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Uncle Hays SCANNING the paper)-l
tell yer this country's gtttin' crowded.
The last Indian reservation Ia bein'
thrown open and 10000 people waitin'
to rush In where there's only farms
enough for a quarter Of that number.
Aunt Mary with deep interesD-Foa
the lands sakeI-New York World.
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"Wen have to put a mortgage or
our house, said MIR. Cumso. 'Oh,
why?" asked his wife In dismay.
'Has your business gone wr0ng?'
mo; but didn't you say that you
wanted to 20 to the Worlds Fair
when 1t was open?"-Detrolt Free
Press
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Asserted Herself.

Coroner-You say you told the
aired girl to get out of the house the
minute you discovered the fire, and
sne refused to GO Mrs Burndout-
Yes, sir. She said she must have d
months notice before she'd think OF
leavin9.-Puck.
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eyer look bad, Jim. Been camp
In out?" ''Sorter. To-day's the fust
time I've been out er doors in three
months" "What was the matter
with yer?" "Nothin', but the Judge
wouldn't believe it."--Comic Cuts.
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They cam nj Oxer,xork,

Business requires a clear head; yet how few
business men-with all their sense realize what
Is the troublc with their heads. They call 1t over
work, worry. anything but what 1t really is-in-
comes disguised as something else. Wouldn't
you be convinced II q box of Ripans Tabules
cleared your head and frightened up the bust
ness outlook
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She-I don't believe YOU love ME
as you used to. He-That's just like
a woman. Do you suppose that !
would be staying at home, boring my.
self to death, night after night, II /
did not love you?-Scribner's Maya,
zine.
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Judge-So the prisoner tried to In.
luce you not 10 give testimony. Tell
me, now. how he proposed to close
your mouth. Witness-With two
pair of old trousers and three tattered
'hirts Fliegende B~laetter.
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For months he had tried to coax
Tho papers to print his ioax,
But twas an In vain;
10 bis mammoth brain
In alcohol now he soax.
kansas Cisy journal.
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Two New York public school teach,
ers who are twins look 10 much alike
that they are obliged to wear different
colors to avoid embarrassing situa-
tions,
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Mrs cCordle-It strikes me that
t Is awfully disrgreea6le for you to
talk In your sleep every night
MeCordlc--I agree with you, my dear.
but l have to improve my opportu
uity, you know.-Puck.
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ONE ENJOYS

O&@
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn e~8ectually, dispeis colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitunl
constipation. . Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro
ducee, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptsble to the stomach, prompt in
its acton and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend 1t
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cur it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute. . a
CALIFORNIA re syrup CO.
SAW FRANCISCO. cal.
LOUISVILLE. ~. NEW Y0Rx. Nv
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Prospective Tenant-I like the top
door best Why doesn't the FIRE escape
20 lower than the third noorf
Agent-It isn't needed. The hrs,
three doors are smpu.-Harper's Ba.
~
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They said she looked good enough to eat,
And in thiH they didn't lie,
For 1t Is q fact that the maiden sweet
Could eat q whole minos pie.
York Press.
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III, llll
~ Z II
LEAVES IT'S nARK

every one of the painful irregularities
and Weaknesses that prey upon women.
srhev fade the face, waste the figure, ruin
the temper, wither you up, make you old
Get we'll: That's the way to look well.
Cure the disorders and ailments that beset
YOU, with DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
II regulates and promotes all the womanly
functions, improves digestion, enIiches the
blood, dispels aches and pains, melancholy
and nervousness, brings refreshing Sleep
and restores health and strength.
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Felt Lost.

Mrs. Hicks-I believe III go and ~
urn q few calls this afternoon.
Hicks-I wish you would; our sub
tcription to the paper has expired and
I feel lost without the neighborhoof
gossip.-New York World.
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Their Respective Wnr.h.

Clara qanguldly)-My iance is 10
ears old and is worth a /. million.
lary-Mine is rs and / wouldn't
AXE a hundred MILLIONS for him
IExe&anGA
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No Doubt About IL

lawyer am sorry, but in such a
doubtful case / don't care to defend
, prisoner. Client-What do you
mean by doubtful? Why, l am sure
TO get six months IN any event.-Flie.
yende Blaetter.
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Necessary Asiunots.

Cow, bring me . ladder and chair. my child.
And . vhitewash brush that's damp;
Give me plenty Of room, for In going to use
2 Ths new Columbian stsmD.
Washington News.
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Mother-Your little sister has been
pulling YOU on your sled for the last
half-hour. Why don't you pull herr
Little Johnny-Tm afraid shell
catch cold.-Good News
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Mr. Window Soothing syrup for children
teething, sottsns the gums. red uces imam ma
tion. nllnys 1ain. cures Wind eotc x5c- y bottls
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A bird In the band 10 worth two In the buah.
Though gorgeous their plumage and regal,
b9t, instead Of an oriole. robin, or thrush.
Lev that bird be . bright, golden eagle.
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DR.. Parkhurst on Woman's Rights,
Certain women are talking a good
deal about their rights, writes the Rev.
Charles n. Parkhurst D. b., In a *efy
forcible article defining the position OF
women Without the Ballot" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. 1t seems to me
that n Of their most precious and
conspicuous rights is to 90 in among
the down-trodden women Of our cities
and towns, who have even fewer rights
than they, and by the touch Of their
own womanly vigor create within them
the Inspiration of a clearer vision and
q larger hope. There will be no need
Of legislation or Of amended constitu,
ton In order to the extension to them
Of this opportunity. There are tens Of
thousands Of women in the city Of New
York who are as ignorant of the true
genius Of American institutions and Of
the spirit Of American civilization az
though they were living in another
century and under the pressure Of o
Russian or Turkish despotism. And
these women are sensitive to the touch
of ameliorating influence. That was
phenomenally demonstrated here last
autumn. l am not ~aueagonizing fe
male suffrage. but the fact remains that
women have q great many more rights
than they are using, and are standing
ct the threshold Of innumerable door
of opportunity into which they have not
yet entered. The improvement Of so.
cial conditions is a very serious and dis.
couragtng business. 1t is to be effected
only by the medium of personal agency,
and for that kind Of ministry n WON
On L. the equivalent of ten men,
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Dr. Kilmer's SwAMP-Roor ourH
all Kidney and Bladder trouble4
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory B~inghamton. n. Y.
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The Japanese begin building their
houses at the top. The roof is first
built and elevated on a skeleton
frame. Then It affords shelter to the
workmen from storms.
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The Greeks have two places of wor-
ship in New York City, where the SER
vice Is carried ON i'll the Greek tongue.
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Jacob Fogel, of Perry, Ind, has
been exhibiting with pride a hens egg
weighing a quarter Of a pound.
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suffered with Oatarrh for fifteen years,
Halls Catsrrh Cure cured ma" Sold by Drug
Qists, 15c.
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The Ferris wheel is being put up
again in Chicago, and will be ready
for business by fall.
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scrofula. salt rheum, and all disease Of thu
blood, dyspepsia, headache, kidney and liver
complaints, and catarrh, are cured by Hood
sanaparills, the great blood purifier.
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THE PEACH FIGURE.

til,
son and grand
son OF Govern
m e n t m
,ployes, I hal
no more thai
fairly go
started in tn,
same careel
than I resigned
my position OF
account OF two
peaches
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Hood's Pills cure jaundice. biliousness. sic
headache, constipation and all liver Ills.