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Indiaus seldom Need Dentists.

can indian came to my Office and
haG q tooth filed and another ex-
tracted," said Waterville (Ale.) den.
tist. This dentist went on to say that
he had been practieing dentistry for
over thirty years, and this is the first
time in all his experience he has ever
done any work for an Indian, or had
ever known OF an Indian having any.
thing done to his teeth.-Boston Her
aid.
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LICE ON LATE CABBAGE.

Kerosene emulsion will quickly dis
pose of these pests, and if the fight is
begun early no harm will result to the
cabbage head. Some growers use one
pound of quassia chips boiled few
minutes in one gallon of water, and
then dissolve one pound of whale oil
soap in one gallon of hot water; mix
tho two and add cold water to make
fourteen gallons in all. Apply this to
the plants with spray or with q
brush broom dipped in the solution,
aiming to throw the dose into the
center OF the plant. American Agri.
culturist.
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CHARLIE WAS EXCUsABLE.

Blanche-"Charlie told me last
evening that he never before loved
any girl as he loved me-"
Edith-"Yes, but it was only three
months ago that he told me he never
could love another as he loved me-"
Blanche -"But that was before he
had seen me. "-Boston Transcript.
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4 YnsuYiuS Snectaclp

Vesuvius is an interesting sight Just
now. One stream OF lava flowing down
from the center is 100 feet wide and
from seven to fourteen feet deep, while
q hundred other smaller streams are
running down the cave and big coll
umn of black smoke rises into the sky.
Boston Budget.
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With the exhilaratingse sense of renewed health
and strength and internal cleanliness. which
follows the use Of Syrup of Figs, is unknown
to the few VINO have not progressed beyond
the old-time medicines AMI the cheap substi-
tutes sometimes offered but never accepted by
the Mell-informel.
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NO EXCUSE.

Mrs. Hoon-"I understand that
young Clarence Scoots has run away
to keep from paying his debts"
Old Hoon-"I never could under.
stand what made that boy turn out so
badly; the mothers OF both his par
ents died before he was born, and he
never had a grandmother to spoil
him"
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The Average BabY's Size.

An average child measures about
nineteen and half inches OF birth if
q boy and half On inch less if girl.
A child increases more rapidly in
length during the first week than at
any subsequent period, and should
gain an inch during the first month OF
its life. Ladies' Home Journal.
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BY local applications, as they cannot reacn the
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu.
tlonat remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in.
famed condition of tbs mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbiing sound or iHper,
feet hearing. and wnen it is entirely closed
Deafness is ths result, and unless the infam.
nation can be TAKEN out and this tube re.
stored tots normal condition, bearing will De
destroyed forever. Nine cases out Of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an In
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (cansed by catarrh) that can.
not bs cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. send 1or
circulars, free.
F. J. CaFSEY & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold BY Druggi-t Is, s5c.
HALLS EamilY Pills are the baSt.
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Are You Satisfied With What You Know

Are You SatlsHeI VIII Wnat hUu nuo"
Or would you gladly improve your STOCK OF
knowledge? You nay not have 50 or S69 you
sou can afford to pay fifty cents for q Hand
Book of General Information. You won't want
TO pay even tn $ unless you are desirous oil
Improving your mind and believe that five;
hundred page book, filled with a condensed
mass Of valuable knowledge. will be read by
you. This valuable Encyclopaedia will be sent
postpaid for fifty cents in stamps by the Book
Publishing House, lH Leonard St., n. 7. City.
Every person who has not a large encyclopedia
should take advantage Of this great offer at
Dnce and store his mind with the valuable
facts collated in this book.
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HORSE SENSE.

"Can you warrant the horse to be
perfectly gentle?"
"Gentle? He wouldn't bat his eye
If he met procession of bloomer girls
in red"
"He wouldn't? Then I don't want
him. I like to sec oven horse have
some sense r"-Chicago Tribune.
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A HAND GARDEN ROLLER.

The sketch herewith shows a useful
implement for forming the ground in
the seed bed after the seeds have been
planted. 1t is well known that seeds
sprout much quicker and grow more
vigorously if the soil is dressed firmly
over them. This is usually accom-
plished in the kitchen garden by press
ing the soil in the seed row with q
strip of board, but where the garden
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READY FOR THE EMERGENCY.

Sexton (from the vestry.room)-
cdr. Blank-Dr. Blank-the church
is on fire."
DR.. Blank (from the pulpit livery
we'll, William I will retire. Perhaps
you'd better wake up the congtega'
tion. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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KNEW ALL ABOUT IT.

"Your mistake" said the man in the
macintosh. "Ihe college campus
had clump OF trees i'll the northwest
corner and a"
;'You can't tell me anything about
it," interrupted the man who had his
feet en- the table. "I'm un alma mater
of that college myself. Chicago
Tribune.
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swings as one door. During the day
the upper part of the door can be
kept open, and shut at night for
warmth. This not only affords good
ventilation during the day, but per-
mits the occupants of such stalls to be
seen at any time without opening the
stall doors. The same arrangement
is useful for poultry houses, sheep
pens, etc. In the case of small AMI.
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ing is done on large scale this plan
would be too laborious. The lmple-
ment shown is a wooden cylinder two
and one-balf or three inches in diane
Ter, mounted upon light handle-an
old rake or hoe handle-and held as
one would hold rake. In this way a
large amount of seed can be closely
imbedded in the soil easily and quick.
ly.-New England Homestead.
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NEED FOR ACTION.

Mrs. Brown-"We ought to try to
have the minister's salary increased.
Why, it isn't enough to supply his
large family with the necessaries of
lifer'
'sNo, indeed! I don't gee how they
manage to keep their wheels in re-
pair. PUCK.
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THEY 60 TO EXTREMES.

"Women are foolish about their
clothing. I don't see how they keep
warm in winter"
"That is simple. They put on all
the clothes they leave off in the sum.
mer. Truth.
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AFTER DrE PREPARATION.

Bloomfeld-"Mrs. Homewood can
make some cutting remarks"
Bellefeld-"E ESPECIALLY after she
has ground her teeth IN anger. -
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Dobb'ns FloatinR- -Borax soap is the only
floating soap that contains Borax. For toilet or
laundry use 1t is Incompatible perfect soap for
all uses. Try it once. You'll use it always. Order
Of your grocer. Red wrapper.
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NO REST.

Brown-"I felt very tired when
woke up this morning"
Jones-"Went to bed late?'
Brown-"When. to bed early and
dreamt made century run. PUCK.
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NOT AT HOME.

Caller-"Is your father at home?"
Little Daughter-"What is your
name, please?"
Caller" "Just tell him it is his old
friend Bill"
Little Daughter-"TLen I guess he
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ART FOR ART's SAKE.

"Guilty."
Upon the word the counterfeiter's
head fell upon his breast and hot tears
coursed rapidly adown his face.
THAT" he walled, sis what I get
for trying to be an artist rather than
a mere copyist. detroit Tribune.
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At Richmond, No., a thorn from a
hedge he was trimming few into the
BYE of a gardener, and, the point
breaking off in the eyeball, sight was
destroyed.
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WEIGHING HER MERITS.

First Boarder-"Is she going away?
Too tad-she's nice girl"
Second Boarder-"Yes, she's attrac.
tive and agreeable. On the other hand,
she plays the piano. Town Topics.
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MENTAL TRAINING LACKING.

"The college you have been attend
ing has quite an extensive curriculum
I am told"
"Yes, indeed! 1t is fitted with all
the modern apparatus; trapeze, hori'
zontal bars, punching bags, and all,
and has an elegant plunge bath. -
Puck.
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Bluff City, Tenn. boasts OF pumpkin six.
ty-flve inches in diameter which is still grow.
Ing on vine belonging TO Mrs. William Ber-
~.
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NOT FLATTERING.

Bigson-"I once possessed splen-
did dog who could always distinguish
between a vagabond and respectable
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FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.

"Why, Jimmie" said the gracious
hostess, ''yol have taken half pie on
your plate"
"Yes'm. Mamma said must have
but one piece when I was visitin'."
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C. E. Dugger, of Decatur County,
Georgia. was carried over the Oceana
Falls, forty feet in height, while
bathing recently. He escaped un-
hurt.
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TAXES TIME.

Jess-"This paper tells Of lawyer
who took an hour and twelve minutes
to ask question" =.
Bess- "That's nothing Jake started
six weeks ago to pop one to e.
Puck.
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Twenty-seven foreign ships carry
guns having g range of ten miles
each.
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goneath nv sweetheart's window
I play my soft guitar,
And sing there, while the tomcat
smy echo from afar.
Bnt hush! an echo softer
Forth from her window 3reeps-
A lonc-drnwn sound that tells me
She sleeps-my lady sleeps. ~
-Up-to-Date.
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am entirely cured Of hemorrhage Of lungs
by Piso's Cure for Consumption. LOUISA
LlNpAMAN, Bethany, Mo-, January 8, 1894.
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New Pullman Service to Texas, Mexico
and tho Pacific Coast.

Commencing October lst, the. Southern
Railway "Piedmont Air Line" will inaugurate
new Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car Linz
and Washington. and Galveston. Texas. Con-
Meeting at New Orleans with the trains 0t the
Southern. Pacific R. R., carrying Pullman an
francisco and City Of Mexico. The new sleep
Ing car service will be operated on the
limited States Fast Mail" leaving New York
p.15 midnight, and Washington, D. G., ll;l' III
western Vestibuled Limited continues TO
leave New York daily at 4.So p. NJ, carrying
Dining Cars and Pullman prawi1g;room
Sleeping Car, New York to New Orleans
For further information call on or address,
General Eastern Office, 27l:Broadway.
FITSstopped free and permanently cured. NO
NERyEREsToRER. Free 81 trial bottle and treat
ise. Send to DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
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DISQUALIFIED.

Judge-"What excuse have you to
offer for not desiring to serve upon the
panel?"
Talesman-"Your Honor, think
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Deofness Cannot be Cured

Just try l0c. box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
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7 | a ke

Care OF your health at this season. See that
your blood is pure, appetite good and ALT
organs in healthy condition. Hoods sarsa-
parilla Is the great building-up and blood
purifying medicine and therefore 1t is the
best medicine to take in the fall, when the
atmosphere Is laden with disease germs from
decaying vegetation Hoods sarsaparila
prevents colds, pneumonia, bronchitis, fevers
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Judgs-"Your excuse is satisfac'
tory. You can go."-Boston Trans
cript.
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WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret-
candy cathart.c, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FRoM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The Serenader's Horrifying Discov'
ery - Weighing Her Merits -
Ready for the Emergency
Takes Time, ETC., Etc.
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Every man who has great faith,
has great power for good.
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amt at home. heard him tell mamma
if any bill came he wasn't at home. -
Washington Times.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
II you want to Quit tobacco usins easily and
forever, regain lost mannood, le made well.
strong, magnetic, full Of new life and vigor.
take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker that
pounds pounds in eSH :sn days. % Over 10000 cured. Buy
No-To-Bac from your own druggist. Under
absolute guarantee to cure. Book and sample
free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
or New York.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces indamma-
ton. al(nYs pnin. cures wind collie. 26c. bottle
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CAscARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
els. Never sicken, weaken or grippe. lOc.
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lfafflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thompi
sons Eye-water. druggists sell at 25c per hottie
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St. Vitus' Dance One bottle DR.. Fenner's
Specific cures. Circular, Fredonia, n. Y.
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Bigson-"Oh, 7 was obliged to give
him away. He bit me. Tit Bits.
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BRAVE SPIRITS BROKEN.

How often women wake up in the
morning cheerful and happy, deter
mined to do 50 much before the day
cp5c op6 ret.- ~
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That joyful Feeling

Sold by Druggi-ts, .5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Jigson-"Well, what became o

person.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05
E!rs OF WISDOM.

4 good laugh is sunshine in house.
--,fhne!.eray.
In ingv nytliing Is certain bur the eX-
pcrar.--S;. Butler.
G'ss agv.ous man grows lean 81 the
c.lcess of !ia observation-disclosures.
@nf.ips i somewhat li,,s roetry;
raen AK; 10 be born so.-Jzaa'l WaIton.
Sow good services; sweet remem-
hraucss VIII grow from thcm.-Alme.
lc stas!.
WHO r,iays for more than he can lose
with pleasure stakes his hcart.--ller-
bert
SoIae Who afTe,t to dislike Aattary
may We; hc battered indirectly by u
weli-scasoned abuse and ridicule or
,ncir rirals.-Col,on.
Thosc vio make us happy are al
ways thaulsiul to Us for being SO: their
grrt;tutle ls ne reward of their beuciiis,
-al;ae. Svc;chine
The spirit of persons life is ever
shedding some power, just as q flower
is steadily bestowing fragrance upon
the air.-T. Starr King.
Tines gradual touch has mpldereA
iIto b.auty rlany 4 tower, which, whca
it frowncd With all its battlcmeIts, was
only fcrriblc.-Mason.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05
NOTES OF rhs CAY.

Nearly si.5co,ooo worth OF articles
arc Fav-ned in London wes.ls,y.
Tr.a-c .foposea TO follow Eraly's cx-
iiI.l ia ard taS the income from tac gov
or!s 20 bonds.
Ainrfoan ebony is one OF the heav-
les. woods known, weighing sliS
pounds to the cubic foot.
The nauk of England has 1900 OIL
c;ais Oh lis rolls, and 1900 clerks If
. clerk is late three times he receives
= y'asnini', and the fourth i.ne be is
discharged at once.
irr5er. Wyo.. town Of ncsrlv 2.e0o
iahaaita:'s, Enjoys the distinction OF
= ilg t,-e .srthest removed f,onl q .aii-
way q aay Incorporated town IN the
United States.
Ger. s!r John Adye, in pica.ii1g that
old soiaicrs should be emnloy2I in The
postal ssrvlce OF Great Br.ia,r. lays
ihar ,.toEt 5000 men every year return
t-ora 80 army to civil life Al IN as rage
a--c 81 -f,.
Cineirsau wheclmcn arc ra';ing
s..tu-s7 r.iorts 10 have an nTi.1auec
l';-sasd r--.;ica shall regulate III arriEk-
liE- @ STREETS. 1t is sugscste1 that -
rgth tira. feet wide shall b. left n
Citacr s.Ge OF the street"
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05
GRAINS OF WHEAT.

Italy raises 1o2,ooo,OOo bushels OF
wheat.
Russia ra;ses 1s6,oOo,ooo bushels of
wheat.
The ssheat crop of India is 2s5 ,ooo,o 600
bushels.
France raises about 2s1 900, 900 bush
els OF wheat.
The ~hsat product of Hungary is
11o,oC0,o9o bushels.
The wteat fields of South Australia
yield 70 bushels per acre.
Greet ari;ain produces 100000
bushels. ~ consumed at home.
The aecrase wheat crop in England
is C ips'!cis rer acre.
II tle what belt OF India The average
proalc 'on Per &C, is % buanels.
The average yield of Wheat in Kew
Sogta f5lcs is 15 bushels 10 the mere.
MGF-ip'a. the great wheat farm OF
British -fTae-ica, raises 1a.T bushels to
the ncee.
He'g Esaland is more productive than
New so''h Wales, yielding 2G.5 bushels
per :fcre.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05
been curpasscc
TIE "aEnTLsMAN
serTnnt ATTENDED to Everyth:ns3 Except
the Hooking of the Fisii.t

servant Attended to Everythsns U-ccpt
the Hooking of the FisiL
Henry Il. Hawkins, deputy lUn;tri
States revenue collector, is true
sportsman. Whether with a rid arc.
reel or nnn, he is in his elcInenl Even
ero7s country run on Il wheel after
the Long Island .'moonshigersi 81 tis-
iies his sporting appetite at ,iralt.
But ne WAS disguised o few Gts aro
wheh he 81" Il fellow who thott BIT he
knew something about fishing ii.tir,-
on the banks of Il stream daujiar u
hook in the water. Here's the WHY Ny.
Hawkins tells the story:
Il too,i run down on L.ur jauti j
few days ago and made up iny .tlnd IL
catch mess of fish. was sittirt- II, !.
s1nan boat when young feil5I a,.-
reafcd on the shore. He was drrss.rel il,
sporting suit that know Was eexsi
intended TO be worn within an ya,ds Of
bait basket. The bewitch ing thing
was accompanied by colored man.
who selected nice com fogta..ie ,,Isce
for his master, and then ca-eiu.y
brushed the spot before the geLslc r;.i,
fisherman would seat himself. That
was iin: tilc commencement.
THE colored attendant got out his
masters rcd and put it together lie
fixed the line and then the hook and
finally the bait. In the meanwhile my
ycnng gentleman gazed at his placid
s;oclsEs7s and at the water. Once he
condcscended to look at me. The scry-
ant. when he had everything com pletcd
except catching the fish, handed the rod
and line to the sport
You would have thought the at
tendant was young society fellow
handing bouquet to his lady love. aud
then to see the fisherman take the rod
between his finger tips. well-however,
he really threw the hook into the
water without the aid of the attend
ant.
"Of course there was no reason why
he should not have caught a fish. as the
stream was a preserve, and the fish had
been fed carefully all winter. and 20
the fellow got quite mess. Every time
n fish was hooked the gentleman would
pull it out Of the water and swing the
line inshore, 10 that the colored nnan
could remove the fish from the hook
and rcplenish the bait.
The whole proceeding nearly
spoilcd my sport. was 30 disgusted
that pulled my boat out toward the
sound. Y. Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05

Major G. L. Picton is manager of the
State hotel. at Denison. Texas. which
the travelling men say is one of the best
hotels in that section. In speaking of
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy Major Picton says: Il
have used it myself in my family for
several years, and take pleasure in say
ing that l consider it an infallible cure
for diarrhoea and dvsentery. / always
recommend it, and have frequently ad-
ministered it to my guests in the hotel.
and in every case it has proven itself
worthy of unqualified endorsement. For
sale by Hay & JoHantgcn.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05
AMERICAN WHEAT.

Wheat threshing costs little in Fiori.
da, 72 cents per acre.
Wheat land in New York commands
S4.55 per acre for rent.
The cost of harvesting wheat in Con.
necticut is $3.50 per acre.
In North Dakota wheat land is said
TO rent Mt S1.63 per acre.
There are in this country 1000, 900
acres annually sown in wheat.
In Massachusetts farming land for
WHEAT is rented at s4.0s per acre.
WHEAT raising in Massachusetts, is o
luxury Iosting sa3.s2 per acre.
The laAQr of preparing an acre of
wheat land\p North Dakota is SLIGO.
The rent on cheat land in South Caro-
lima is estimat@ Mt se.46 an acre.
The consumptfNp, per head, of wheat
in this country was, last year. about
3.+1 bushels.
In Maine an ncre Of wheat costs the
farmer $21 before the wheat is placed
on the market.
W
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05
GREATEST GREAT MEN.

The greatest theologian was St. Au-
gustine, WHOSE body of theology it pres
ent constitutes the majc; ra:1of The
doctrine Of Che Roman Caihoiic t.u~ch.
The leading Experimental phildoaael
was Bacon. who deemed that TT adb-
stance Of all philosophy lay IN taiing
the accuracy of the knowledge ;fready
gained.
The most learned philosophical his
torian was Buckle. 1t is est;,na| sd that
n single foot-note in his '.Ei3ory OF
Civilization" must have cos; fe ycarG
of research
Virgil was the greatest pastkn poet
who ever lived. Standing next Homer
as n writer of epics, he nevcrtt bless, IL
some passages, excelled his fan&us r,as
ter.
The greatest of nll dramatisk in any
age or country WAS Shakespeare. Uc
e:scellel in every line of drama, tragedy
comedy and history, and in dch WIS
equally good.
The GrSt and, in most res,1 BITS, the
greatest OF all tragic poets Ms Aes-
chylas. His dolineation OF ~ tragic
eioIAgrts of human conduct hts never
been surpassed.
The Meeker herald., 1896-09-05

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