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THE CRUELTY OF WARFARE.

81 hate to do such a thing" said
the editress of q campaign newspaper
in a woman's suffrage community.
"But politics is politics."
"What's the matter?" asked her
husband, who was waiting to carry
some copy into the composing room.
"I've written an article that will
lose the rival candidates two thou
sand votes, at the lowest calculation"
"Have you discovered something
damaging in her record?"
eyes. I cal show beyond a doubt
that she is wearing a last years bon
net, and that her clothes don't fit her,
because she makes them h~erself."-
Washington Star.
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Parts That Youths Played in History.

Jefferson, at thirty-three. drafted
the Declaration of independence.
General Sheridan was thirty-four at
the close of the war.
Napoleon was Emperor OF France at
thirty.five.
Commodore Perry fought the Battle
of Lake Erie at twenty-eight, and died
at t6irty-four.
Nelson was forty at the Battle of
Atoukir.
Hamilton was thirty at the close Of
the War of the Revolution.
Fulton was thirty-eight when he
launched his first steamboat
John Hancock was thlrty-eAht when
President Of the ContinentGcCon-
gress.
Henry Clay at thirty-seven was
United States Commissioner to negoti.
ate the Treaty of Client.
William Pitt was Prime Minister at
twenty-seven.
Robert Bruce at forty defeated the
English at Bannockburn.
T. Daniel Webster at thirty-six was the
leading lawyer in the United States.
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be performed by human hands, and
that he hoped to live to see the day
when all alike, both rich and poor
should share equally in the advan-
tages of all scientific discoveries.
"Rut that would be practically the
abolition of poverty and riches" the
writer ventured to say.
"Precisely so," answered Tesla,
land that is what I believe will, by
and ny, be accomplished by mans in
vestigation and utilization of natures
mysteries. San Francisco Chronicle,
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AN EVERYDAY SCENE.

Observation-Disclosures all that fuss
about in that house-wedding?'
Resident-"No. A new baby ar
rived last night, and all the women in
the neighborhood are goinginto costa
sizes over it,"
"Who is that tall man all the wo'
men are c%rowding around?"
"He is a minister, come to fix a date
for the christening"
"And who is the short man who at.
tracts so much attention?'
she is the DOCTOR"
"Ah! I see. That no-account fel.
low, who is being pushed out of the
way or run over, is the hired man, ]
presumed"
"No; he's the father. New York
Weekly.
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Queer Animal Pygmies.

Pygmies are not confined to the hui
man race, but are found among the
lower animals. One of the most re-
markable of these dwarfs was a species
Of elephant which formerly lived on
the island of Malta and in various
parts of Italy, where its bones are
now found. This creature, Judging
from the bones which have been col
lected, was about the size of a sheep,
so we can imagine the baby pygmies,
a perfect elephant not muoh larger
than a cat ; an animal readily held in
the pen palm of q strong mans hand.
Dwarf elephants are not unknown to.
day, and several have been brought to
this country. where they seem to de-
velop wonderful Intelligence.
The Shetland and other ponies are
the pygmies among horses, and in the
early days there was a horse hardly as
large as a fox, if we may believe the
evidence of the rocks which have pre-
served the remains of various fossil
horses.
A very beautiful pygmy deer group
is found on the Sunda Islands. These
little creatures are not much bigger
than a cat, while the young are beau
tiful little animals, hardly the size of
a small rabbit, yet perfect IN shape
and form. The ordinary musk deer OF
Central Asia is q pygmy in every sense
of the word, and one Of the most at
t-active OF the tribe. To the natural
list it is an undeveloped creature. 1t
is about three feet in length, twenty
inches high at the shoulder, and has
in the male largely developed canine
teeth that project, so that they are
very conspicuous, and are used as
weapons in the contests which the lit
tie creatures wage one with another.
The sperm whale is perhaps the
largest, or very nearly the largest, liv-
ing animal, and in singular contrast
to it is the pygmy sperm that was dis
covered on the New Jersey sands a few
years ago and forwarded as a rare
prize to the National Museum at Wash
ington. While the real sperm whale
is possibly eighty feet in length, the
pygmy speciman is but eight. This
little creature has the peculiar blunt
head, the toothed jaw of the big sperm,
but is O very diminutive edition of it,
especially when seen with the man
who found it. Its newly born young
are when nursing not much longer
than a rabbit, while the ordinary
sperm infant is thirteen or fourteen
| feet in length. Denver Republican.
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The Secret OF Eternal Youth.

The philosophers of old spent their
lives in it's quest, and did not find it.
Simple enough is the answer, accord
ing to ''Sister Frances" in the New
Budget. "For a man," she says, sit
Is to love one woman WE'LL" An old
man need never become older than his
son IN demeanor, if he preserves for
his old wife all the first tenderness
and first enthusiasm of his early love.
Such an affectioni is very different from
that with which old men regard their
old wives, a feeling that springs most.
~ from duty and partly from force of
hablt 1t is the love of an old pater-
famllias, and very different from the
love OF a lover that in some finely con.
stltuted natures lasts through half a
lifetime of welded life. And when the
husband remains a lover all his life. it
follows that the wife remains young
also. As for the children, they find
their most congenial companions in
such a father and such a mother, so
that the advantage to every member
OF the family is virtually priceless.
"Frances" gives several instances of
such homes of happiness. One OF
these Was that of q friend who wa en-.
Enthusiastically proud of his father, and
the reason was apparent when she had
met the family. The sisters we're
charming, the brothers were pleasant
and full of fun, and the mother was a
sweet, bright old lady, who, though q
chronic invalid, seemed perfectly con
tented with the world, and with her
share in it. Then, when the father
came home, it was plain why the old
lady was SO pretty and the children so
nice. The father, though white haired,
was still a young man, and a delight
full one. To both the girls and boys
he was the best and most sympathetic
companion and friend, and what could
better conduce to the perfect happi-
ness of such a household? "That
would depend greatly on the woman"
many people would say. Not in
"Frances's" opinion, at all events,
for she says that ''the women in these
cases were just ordinary, pleasant old
ladies, NO whit different from many we
see neglected by their husbands, or
loved in a perfunctory way" An or
binary man would have loved them in
an ordinary way, and would have
grown into an old fogy. These men
had the eyt of loving, and found it to
be the gift of perpetual youth-no
less. New York Ledger.
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THE NEW TRAVELLING GOWN.

THE NEW TRAVELLING GOWN.
A letter from Paris says that the
travelling gown Of the French mon
dame is somewhat more elaborate
than that preferred by the American
and English woman-more elaborate
and original, for she does not
cling to,indeed rarely uses, the jacket
suit for a journey. Some so-called
travelling gowns shown this week were
referred to by the dressmakers as their
earliest autumn models. An effective
suit Is built Of a roughly " wool
In small black and white checks.
About the skirt are three deep tucks
with an edge Of white silk peeping be-
low each tuck. The stuff forming the
bodice is stretched over q fitted lining,
and shows only under arm seams. 1t
does not BLOUSE" in the least, but
there are a few Fuckers where it dis
appears under the high directoire belt
of plaid silk. About the throat is an
odd collar of white silk, cut circular
and finely plated. The lower and
larger part Of the collar rests on the
gown, the upper part making a frill
about the throat held by a scarf choker
Of plaid silk tying in a bow behind.
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Theodore Lewis, the well-known
svine-raiser of Wisconsin, gives, in
Hoard's Dairyman, his method of pre-.
pairing charcoal for hogs. A n
shaped hole is dug in the ground near
the hog house, four or five feet deep-
Eve feet In diameter at top and one foot
at bottom. A sheet-iron cover is pro-
yided. A fire Of shavings Is started in
the bottom, and corn cobs added by de-
grees as they get aglow util the Dit
Is full. II they burn faster on one side.
Lift them to the opposite side with a
pole. When all are well aglow, cover
the hole with the sheet iron. and seal
edges with earth. Next morning there
should be twelve bushels of charcoal.
Store the charcoal in space salt barrels
breaking it with the shovel in filling.
Put six bushels Of it in a large box,
add one bushel Of hardwood ashes.
eight pounds of salt, and mix thor
oughly. Then dissolve one and one
fourth pounds of copperas in a pail Of
hot water and sprinkle it over the
mass with a watering pot, mixing it
through. Then make a self-feedins
box, with cover, and place 1t where the
hogs can have free access to it, stalking
1t 70 that 1t cannot be rubbed over.
THE LITTLE QUEEN OF HOLr
LAND.
The little Queen Of Hollands Dor
trait Is to be seen at every railway
station, in all the shop windows and
On nearly every article that is sold,
from q PACKET Of cigars to a tablet Of
chocolate But when you see her you
notice at pnce that these pictrfes are
poor fac amiles. Her Majesty fVilhel-
nina, Qusen of the Low Countries, is
tall and stout for her fifteen years
possessing the fair and pearly complex
lon Of her race.
Like all the Dutch, the young queens
figure is long and fat-a sign Of idel-
ity, the moralist assures US. The
mouth is often smiling with fun; the
eyes are large and beautiful, of an un-
decided color, something between sky
blue and the green Of the seattle kind
Of eyes which give to the face a sig
niHcant expression, and make ena,feel
that behind them there is aIaady a
defined individuality, as though their
owner were accustomed to act and
think for herself; in a word, one feels
that there is there a Dutch soul, full
Of energy, and always ready to fight
London Society.
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A Remarkable Collector.

Arthur Hamilton, a wealthy and &c.
centric Englishman, has just died near
Vienna, leaving behind him a remark
able series of collections. not the least
singular of which consists of 20, 000
buttons representing all the uniforms
of the different armies of the world.
Another collection is made OF the
teeth of all the most formidable wild
beasts, while in contrast to this, are
$50 fans which originally belonged to
the most beautiful ONE in the
world.
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ON q SAFE STDE

"Hello!" said the voter to the Bill
Vile election manager, "Ten o'clock
at night, and the polls still open?"
eyes," sighed the manager, Every
urgent CASE"
"Why, the law doesn't allow you"
'sThe law be hanged!" cried the
manager. "Major Jones hain't voted
yit, an he bought a new rife yester-
day, an sent word he wuz a.coming'.
I hain't got a thing ag'in the law, but
self-preservation's the fust law er ma
ture, an I'm a self-preservationlstl |"
Atlanta Constitution.
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DILEMMA,

Old Mrs. NJ, who was seriously Ill,
found herself in a trying position,
which she defined to a friend in these
words:
"You see. my daughter Harriet is
married to one o these %honieypath
doctors and my daughter Kate to an
allypath. If ! call in the %homeypath
my allypath son in law an his vile git
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WHY SHE WET.

Willy-"I found mother the other
day crying over your book of poems. "
His Sisters Fiance Delighted
sob! is that SOP" ASIDE. "Ah!
what glory. What fame awaits me !
A man who can bring tears to the eyes
of such a fint-hearted woman as that
is certainly great, and no mistake"
Ito Willy. "5he was really weeping,
Willy?"
Willy-stYes: she said it nearly
broke her heart to think that q daugh-
ter of hers was going to marry a man
who would write such rot as that
Puck.
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Wiping the gore from his g~littering
weapon the desperate looking young
man seized a piece of cloth and re.
moved, a we'll as he could, all traces
of his horrible work from the face of
his victim.
Then he Strengthened himself up,
pushed the unhappy wretch away from
him, and, in a voice of thunder, called
out:
"Nextl"
he was the apprentice. Chicago
Tribune.
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WOMEN'S PRIVATE SECRETAR.

4Ac.
Private secretaries are becoming al
most as necessary to the woman Of So
ciety as to the man of business. Miss
Helen Gould's vast correspondence,
averaging forty letters daily, three
quarters Of which are begging letters,
necessitates a helping hand, in the
office of secretary. Mrs. Astor, during
the winter, e1no loys an amanuensis,
who visits tn .'iTiouse daily to attend to
the answering Of business and social
letters. Mrs. Potter Palmer, woman OF
affairs that she is, is always accom-
panied by her private secretary. Mrs.
J. Tierpont Morgan also finds the ser
vices OF an amanuensis an absolute
necessity, as well as Mrs. Phelps
Stokes, Mrs. Havemeyer, and Miss
Grace Observation-Disclosures Star.
A Tenacious Clutch
Is that OF dyspeps a. Few remedies do moro
than palliate this obstir ate complaint. Try
Hosteiter's Stomach Bitter however, ana
you will find that it is c qr"rab e. along
with its symptoms, heact burn. tialuleace,
nervousness. AID 10 sof tG7h and yigor. Bill
iousneHs and co stipation :reQurn'Iy accom-
panv it.. The. e, besides mssiarial, rheumatic
and kidney complaints, arc, also subduacts
viii the Bitters.
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mad, an if I cali in my allypath son.
in law my homoypath son-in.law an
his wife git mad, al if I go ahead an
git we'll without either O. 'em, then
they'll both be mad, SO I don't see but
I'd better die outright. "-Detroit
Free Press.
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The SIS. f.. e. A.v Of Burmal.

Burmese humanity to animals goes
SO far as to provide baffaloes kept in
stables with mosquito netting. The
mosquitoes are as annoying to cattle
as to human beings, but when left out
OF doors the buaa'o can protect him
self by rolling in the mud aud letting
it cake upon him
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LATE PEAS FOR HOME USE.

LA IIS&o io1S 14ON1b CNL.
There is not generally a very good
market for late peas, because after the
first new peas have satisfied the appe-
titles Of lovers II this vegetable the
price rapidly declines and it will not
pay to grow and market it. But a
fresh succession of peas until fall is
very desirable, and it is easily in the
power Of every farmer to secure it by
later paintings. The farmer ought al
ways to have fresher vegetables and a
longer season for them than the aver
age city resident can expect. 1t is n
Of the advantages Of country life that
he should not only not forego but make
The most Of. It is hard work providing
three palatable meals through the sum-
mer for men at work Gu the farm. A
plentiful supply of green peas will fur
nish food that is not only palatable but
nutritious.
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catar,.,, Cannot be Cured

With local applications, IS they cannot reach
the seat of the dIsease. Catarrh Is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
it You must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. And acts d.
rect]y on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
prescribed by one OF the best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regular prescription.
It is composed OF the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting. dt.
combination Of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free;
f.. j. CHENEY g. Co. Props, ToieSo, =.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A -ATuRAL %1NFERr"us.

"T1,hra most curious thing in the
woroa," began Bixley.g
"Hush!" hoarselyiswhispered the
Mortified JunkinsHptth q gesture to.
wards the d6 81 in'"she's in the next
room."-Rockland Tribune.
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A

81 tell you," said Mr.. Winterberry
after his return from his trip. "there's
no place like home"
"Yes, there is, pa" said little John
ny Winterberry.
"Ah? And where, my soma" asked
the father.
"Home, of course" said Johnnie.
eff there wasn't any home, there
wouldn't be no place like it. "-Har.
per's Bazaar.
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IN LUCK.

Fiegel-'I had q bit of good for.
tune at the races the other day"
EIlis-'Indeed! backed a winner? ?"
Fiegel-"Oh, no! but I discovered
when I got there that l had left my
none at home."-Boston Globe.
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DIsCouNTINd THE FUTURE.

Clerk-"What shall 1 charge Love-
leigh for this suit he is to DE married
iny"
Tailor-"Triple prices. He won't
be able to buy another suit OF clothes
for the next five years."-Truth.
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That joyful Feeling

With the celebrating sense ofrene we'd health
and strength and internal cleanliness s. which
follows the use of Syrlp Of Figs, is unknown
to the few who have not progressed beyon1
the old-time medicines and the cheap substi-
tutes sometimes offered but never accepted by
the weli-informel.
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EXPERIENCED.

She was married to her third hus-
band and they had had a quarrel.
81 guessed how it would be, Will
iam," she said. "You are as bad as
the others. Judge.
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She smiled at me as she swiftly passed
Over the handle bar;
That sunny smile was the maiden's last,
Over the handle bar;
She carromed hard on a cobblestone.
She took a header she couldn't postpone;
Her tWinkling heels in the moonlight shone
Over the handle bar.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ouaHT TO BE EXCUSED,

"Every human being should do his
share toward uplifting the masses OF
his fellow men,"
swell, I've done my share-1 ran
an elevator seven years. "-Chicago
Record.
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SURE INDICATION.

"What do you regard as the most
reliable weather report, professor"
"Thunder.'-Detroi Free Press.
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A

"Mauge, you've been married I'M
happily once; why do you risk it
again?"
"Well, you see, this is another
man,'-Chicago Recore.
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SUPERIOR TALENT.

"Does your vile understand poll
tics, Pilcner?"
"No, but when she puts up a lunch
with eggs in it she does not forget the
salt and pepper ."-Chicago Record.
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THE LAUGH SAVED TROUBLE,

"Why do you laugh at his stale
jokes?"
eff I did not laugh he would think
I did not understand the jokes and
would try to explain them. "-Truth.
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DOUBTLESS.

Little Tommy-"Why docs the
leader of the orchestra wave his stick
about in that manner, mammal"
His Mother ITO keep the flies of
the music. I suppose. "-Louisville
Post
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WHAT HER.

Deaf Mute Lover speaking through
finger signs)-"Please sing for me.
dearest"
Deaf Mute Loved One ditto, re-
gretfully) 7f'sI can't dear; l have a
ore thuml. Judge.
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Dobbins' Floating Borax Soap contains all tho
good properties Of DoLbins' Electro. combined
vita these of the best floating soap. No chapped
hands where this soap is used. Same price as adul-
terated soaps without Borax. Red wrapper.
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MRS. HENRY NJ. STANLEY'S FAD.
Mrs. Dorothy Tenant Stanley, wife
of the explorer, has a peculiar fad. She
collects parasols, and has a unique col
lection, from milady's sunshade no
larger than q small fan, popular with
the bellies Of long ago., to the carriage
parasols of the present day, with jew
eled handles Of priceless value and
canopies Of rare old lace.
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The devil hates beauty, but having learned
its power, he uses it to help turn people to-
ward the pit.
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A Four.L.eggsd Duck.

Down at Fardham's duck ranch on
the Peconic River a curiosity in the
shape Of q four-legged duck was
Matched out a few days ago. The four
legs were perfectly formed. but the
outfit was oox reduced to three, as the
other ducks, moved perhaps by a spirit
Of envy, pecked away at the fourth leg
Intil it was destroyed.-New York Ad-
vertiser.
Has Slept in Paris Streets for Ten Years.
An interesting character was un-
earthed by the Partisan police the
other day.
His name is Raphael Benoit, ana he
enjoys an independent income Of 5000
francs a year, but finds sleeping out in
the streets of Faris the most agreeable
way of living there.
He stated that he had not slept under
a roof for ten years. and that he kept
his spare clothing in a handbag In a
cloak room at one of the railway sta
tions. He spent the days either walk
ing about the city or reading at the
national library, while his evenings
We're usually spent at the theatre. AS
for sleeping, he found a bench in a
park or under a bridge quite good
enough. The police did not know what
to make of him. and, as there was moth
ing against his character, he was re-
leased.
Lady ir 2 Trap.
We have all met people whose pride
in their own possessions is so great
that they a see TO charms in those
Of others. A young botanist was show
ing a party of ladies and gentlemen
through a conservatory, n explain
ing to them the properties of some OF
the choicest plants. Among the visitors
was a would-be-young-looking, middle
aged lady, who at every description
volunteered the statement that the
plants and flowers she had at home
were quite equal to anything exhibited
here, or, indeed, anywhere, says lid
Bits.
Just as they were passing a giant
cactus she was tt heard to exclaim:
wen, TINS is nOsninS extraordinary.
/ have a cactus at home that is still
larger. I planted and reared it my
self"
"Reared it yourself" the professor
gently observed. How remarkable!
This specimen is sixty-three years old,
and if yours is still larger-'
The lady did not stay to hear any
more, but executed a strategic move
ment to the rear.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, reduces inflammar
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc. q bottle.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your LiIo
Away.
II you want to quit tobacco using eat I ana
forever, regain lost MANHOOD ces rherelgen,
strong, magnetic, full af. n~eNttleH has tilAor,
take So-Io-Bac, the VIE final proof nat
makes wenk mon starat said prAIwG.1 bfhn
ggeanPd aI IN ter d days 81 ,c@ al & '1 ,aaa.s
f-es. Address sterlisll "1'.'Chioago
or New York.
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FITsstopped free and permnnentlycured. No
fits after first days use Of DIR. KLINE GREAT
NERVE EsroRER. Free s. trial bottle and treat
Use. Send to DIR. Kline. OBI Arch St.. Phfla.s Pa.
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One difference between heaven and earth
is, that in heaven everybody belongs to the
same family.
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There would never be a straight furrow II
formers plowed as aimles-ly as some profess
ing Christians live.
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True faitl can never be destroyed by being
disappointed.
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stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
els. Never sicken, weaken or grippe. loo.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Over the Handle Bar-Sure Indica-
tion-Superior Talent-A Differ
ence-The Laugh Saved
Trouble Etc..
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SAVANNAH. GA.

UA.
j. T. SHupyEISE. City,
Dear Sir :-'Several physicians treated me
without success for What Tley pronounced a
stubborn case of eczema; addition to this
l have tried every so-calledycemedy that was
suggested to me, but no ling did me the
slightest good until in saeer desperation
tried your lETrEpINE. This effected what
seems to be a PERMANENT cure, and take
pleasure in testitying to its, merits" Respect
FULLY yours, sTA"- nFsAAC G. HAAS.
l box by m ii Tor SOC. in st-nps.