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The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-14
Annetizing Re,ishea

The taste for hors d'oeuvre, which has grown up in this country in the last few years, has introduced fiavoring butter, but we are still far from using this medium to anything like the extent 1t might be. Abroad flayoring butters are in great request for kitchen use, a morsel of one or other of them, accord ing to the preparation, being almost in- variably added just at the last to sauces to give the requisite fresh but ter flavor deemed essential to a well
 made sauce, while at the same time enhancing the appropriate and distinct i've aroma of the condiment. But there
 is further use for these buffers which
 should especially commend them to the
 notice of the housewife, and this is the preparation of sandwiches. If, instead
 of a layer of plain butter, the sliced
 bread were delicately spread with some appropriate butter, 1t would double It's attraction without giving any very ar duous work to the maker. For in- stance, the ordinary ham sandwiches would be entirely different, If made with mustard or chutney butter, while dash of anchovy or maitre d'hotel butter would similarly improve cold beef.
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Chocolate.

To those who study the niceties of de- tail in the preparation of even a simple dish it may Ee suggested that chocolate used as a drink is much improved if blended several hours beforehand. It is better even to break the Jumps of un- sweetened chocolate into an earthen bowl the night before, adding cold wa ter and covering closely. In this way the flavor of the chocolate is best ex- tracted. New York Post.
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RM oPER LETTER TO HoTpERG.
 We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and KITCHENS SCASTORIA,", as our Trade Mark I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher. ofHyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of" PITCHERS CASToRIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This Is the original " PITCHERS CASToRIA" which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is GAs kfnd ,oH hGvs GlsUays bought, and has the signature of CHAs. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper: No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas H. Fletcher is President.
 MaSeA q LSp5. eAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
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Then he Was Sorry She Spoke.

Then he Was Sorry She Spoke.
 JeSsie-DO you believe in fortune telling?
 Tom-Oh. 1 don't know. Sometimes I'm half-lnclined to think there may be something In 1t.
 Jessie-Because a gypsy once told me that I was to be married twice and that my first husband was to leave me with an immense fortune.
 TOm-That settles 1t. take no risks. Get some other fellow to be the first one and if his part of it comes true I'll call around again Goodnight.
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sIOO REWARD sIOO

..The readers of this paper will be pleased to 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 constitutional dis ease, requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, hereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollar for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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When Longfellow Came to Cambridge.

In 1886, when Lowell was sopho- more, MT. Longfellow came to Cam bridge, young man, to begin his long and valuable life in the college. His presence there proved 8 benediotion and, I might say, marks an epoch in the history of Harvard. In the first place, he was fresh from Eurone and he gave the pest possible stimulus to the bud- ding interest in German literature h the second place, he came from Bow doin college, and in those days it was a very good thing for Harvard under graduate to know that there were peo, pie not bred in Cambridge quite as well read, as intelligent, as elegant and ac- complished as any Harvard graduate. In the third place, Longfellow, though he was so young, ranked already dls- tinctly as man of letters.
 This was no broken winded minister who had been made professor. He was not a lawyer without clients or a doc- tor without patients, for whom place. had to be found. He was already known as a poet by all educated people,
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UAun IUJTn Is it Wrong?
 "IK IVFK Get 1t Right. AON Keep it Right.

Moore's Revealed Remedy will do it. Three doses will make you feel better. Get it from your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or from Stewart E Holmes Drug Co.. Seattle.
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t-'is5a, the historian, in 1e8o writes to tlo editor of Blackwood:
 TT have settled to send you for youI next number in August:
 First. article on reform.
 "Second.-A review Of Salvandy E History of Poland.
 ''Third.-A review Of Dr. Christi sons work Con poisons).
 "I will send you the Salvandy on Tuesday morning, July 12; the article on reform on Friday evening, July 15; Dr. Christison's review on Monday or Tuesday, the 18th or 18th"
 Mrs. Oliphant, whose pen has been one of the most prolific in our own day and who must have known what she was writing about, adds:
 "Three articles in week! 'Maga' has many hardworking servants with whose habits the present writer has some acquaintance, tut upon this record we look with awe. "-Exchange.
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what he knew about It.
Eggs In China.

From the diary of three Englishmen in Yunnanese China: Eggs were brought to us. They were hard and black and had strong smells. "These are rotten l' we exclaimed. "Oh, mo-" we were told, "they have simply been buried under ground for yearl- It is true eggs go bad, but if they remain long enough underground they get all right again. !" We gave the eggs back, with the obser vation: "They will probably be excel lent in the fullness of time, but they haven't been long enough in the ground. Go and bury them deep-as deep as you can. "-North China Herald.
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CONSOLATION AND COMFORT.

Who is it that does not wish to be out in the open air or alive in some field of sport, whether it be with the bat, rcd or the gun whether we go coasting over the hills and wales on the wheel or sailing over rough and the springing muscles seem to need it. It is bound to happen that some mishap willoccur. Thus itis,t that we have sprains in abundance. Light sprains, sprains that cripple, sprains that give great pain spralns that rob us of our sleep, but sportsman of all kinds have come to know that there IS nothing better than the cid, reliable St. Jacobs Oil. Have it with you for use; you may rely on its cure of the worst spraln and restoration to the comforts of life.
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cred with layers of molding flour paste to to absorb the moisture of respiration, and
 an animal glue culture ground on it's face for disease germs this having strong cOlors added, like colored shirt, to hide the dirt {;
 then think of "the nasty practice" of re- beating this papering, without removing the old, and number of times, at that, as many do. Then think ofa room coated with pure, porous, permanent Alabastine, which is retinted with but little trouble or ex- pense. and is purifying and sweet-smelling and fills cracks. Wall paper free would
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-14

Do not buy law suit or an injunction with cheap kalsomines, which are ali im- itatiOns of Alabastine. Dealers assume the risk of suit for damages by selling an in- fringement. Alabastine Company own the and sell wall cOatings adapted to be mixed with cold water. Alabastine Co.,, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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standing, and. v,h-- l5 best C- tA, 4s does the work promptly and well
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HONG LOOK AHEAD.

The politicians are even now beginning to weigh the possibilities involved in the next Presidential election. The papers are full of electiOneering gossip, and venture predictions as to the future which are somewhat too self confident. But it is safe to say that a syste- matic course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will renew health in the malarious, bilious, rheumatic, cOstive or nervous.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-14
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder for the feet 1t cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of cOrns and bunions, It's the greatest comfort discov- cry of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-fighting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp, Sallus and hot rot tired aching g feet: we we it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address AllenS. Olmstsd, 1e Roy, New York
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FIRE HORSES.
The Quickest Ones In the World Are Said
 to Be In Kansas City.

to Be In Kansas City.
 F. s. Dellenbaugh writes of "The Quick Forse" in St. Nicholas, his article telling of the training of horses for the fire department. Mr. Dellen- baugh says:
 The quickest horses in the world were at one time in Kansas City at the head quarters of it's fire department, directly under the office of the chief, MT. George c Hale. To NIT. Hale's genius more than to any other factor the quick horse owed his first development, for Mir. Hale is the inventor of the earliest swinging harness which made the quick horse possible. When MT. Henry M. Stanley and his wife were in this country, they witnessed an exhibition driii of the Kansas City fire department. The drill so impressed the visitors that an account of it was published in Lon don journal, and this English article brought an invitation to MT. Hale to visit England as the representative of the American fire service at the interna- tlonal fire tournament. MT. Hale and a picked corps went to England, talk ing with them the remarkably quick horses Joe and Dan, and they became world famous. AS the quickest harness ing time of the London fire brigade is 1 minute 171a seconds and the Kansas City horses were harnessed in 1 2 sec
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Britain Was kBOwn to the Phpnicians as Barat-Anac, or ''the land of tin, as far back as the year l037 B. c. Some 500 years afterward the island was al- luded to by the Romans under the name of Britannia, which subsequently, be- came shortened into Britain.
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4 DiahnlicaI schenla.

First Poet am going to have my revenge upon tho editor.
 Second POet-HJwg
 First Poet lin hoarse ewbisper)-I've sent him poem, and I've poisoned the gum on the return envelope London Fun
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competition. h Kansas City four tia, bays were harnessed to the hook and ladder truck almost as quickly as even Joe and Dan could jump into their har- nesses. It was a pretty sight to see these four we'll kept horses spring to their places at the stroke of the gong and in two or three seconds stand ready to run with the apparatus. Joe was killed by an accident, but Dan, with a new mate, Is still in service, and as quick as ever
 The record for quickest time from the engine house to the throwing of water on the fire is held by Kansas City company. In this instance the horses were harnessed, run of 9, 194 feet Ga little less than half a mile) was made, and water thrown from the hose in the wonderfully brief time of 1 minute S1 E seconds.
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Cheap Irritation

Fruit growers and Farmers can save their crop by prompt action. The Hercules Gas Engine Works of 405-i07 Sansome street, San Francisco, build q very efficent Hercules Gas oline Engine and pumping plant, at very small cost, which can be used for irrigating spraying, or detached for general puspOses. We advise those needing the best and cheapest power for all purposes, to write the above l to 200 horse power.
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The Sequel.

Customer-I bought a plaster of you three weeks ago to help me get rid of the lumbago.
 Drug CIerk-Yes, I remember It.. Didn't it do the work?
 Customer-Oh, yes; but want some thing now that will help me to get rid of the plaster.
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The Cheerful Idinf

Poverty" said the platitudinous boarder, 'is the cause of most crime" "
 Strange. isn't it," commented the Cheerful Idiot, ''hOw straitened cir cumstances will make a man crook ea H,-IrEl.u.nnlis Tnnr..,
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A Bad Investment.

Mrs. HOlden-JOhn we'll never be able to save a cent if you don't quit be ing so eXtravagant.
 MT. Holden-Why, my dear, I'm not at all extravagant.
 Mrs. Holden-Yes, you are. There's that accident policy you bought nearly a year ago, and you haven't used 1t once; If that isn't extravaganza don't know what Is.
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Slowly Improving,

The Minister-I am told that your husband spends much of his time play ing checkers.
 Mrs. SOftleigh-Yes, but let us be charitable with him, doctor. He Is i'm proving in his ways. He used to play golf.
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Will Be Seen.

He-What is the use of putting all that trimming on the back of your hat? Do you suppose any man can see the back of your hat when he meets you?
 She-No; but every woman will when she Cassas me.-London Fun.
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A Natural Conclusion.

Editor-YOu interviewed Mrs. Blank on the subject, l suppose?
 RepOrter-Well, not exactly; I saw the lady but she refused to talk.
 Editor-Refused to talk! Why, when did she die?
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IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE.

It's the quality that's high in TEA GARDEN DRIPs, ToBOGGAN MAPLE SYRUP and PELICAN LOUISIANA MoLAssEs. For said by first class grocers in cans only. Money refunded if goods are not sRtisfaciory Don't Hcccpt an initiation See that the manuiacturer's name is litho- Fraphed OB every can
 THE PACIFIC COAST SYRUP co.
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Worst nf Them All

Iraveler-DOn't you get tired an swering so many foolish questions? Ticket Agent-Yes.
 Traveler-Which one tires you most; Ticket Agcnt-That one.
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whiting, etc., are stuck on the wall with de- caying animal glue. Alabastine is cement, which goes through a process of setting, hardens with age, can be re-coated and re- decorated from time to time without having to wash and scrape off its old coats before renewing
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Papa's Definition.

"Pspa, what is meant by taking Time by the forelockr"
 "In most cases, my son, 1t Is worry. ing about things that never happen"
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Following Instructions.

Lamchop-Waiter, two eggs, please: boil them four minutes.
 Waterfall right, sir. Be ready in half a secOnd.-BOston Traveller.
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ETC Permanently Cured. No its or nervous AiIS ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, Send for FREE S2 .OO trial bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. 9S0 Arch St, Philadelphia. Pa.
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AFTER being swindled by all others, send us stamp for particulars of King SolemOn's Treas ure, the ONLY renewer of manly strength, MASON CHEMICAL CO. P. o. BOX 747. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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Hlxon-I understand you had 8 fire in your library last night Much Of . loss?
 Diyon-Oh, no; only a few unbound volumes of smoke.
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HOW LACES ARE NAMED.
Design of Pattern and Locality of Manu-
 facture Make the Distinction,

Design of Pattern and Locality of Manu-
 facture Make the Distinction.
 Orlena l.. Shackleford, in Centuries of Lace,' in The Woman's Home Com- panion, gives these interesting facts on lace manufacture:
 "The nomenclature of lace is decided by certain peculiarities of pattern, mesh or stitches that belong to certain locali- ties, and it is retained even when the localities have long ceased to produce their distinctive fabrications. Valen- ciennes has not for many years wrought the laces that bear its name, their man. ufacture having long since been trans ferred to Ypres, Belgium, while the chantilly laces are all made at Bayeux.
 The finest French laces are made in Normandy, the cheaper ones come from the Auvergne, which was the first French province to produce pillow lace. Bayeux, with her tributary surround lngs, IS the largest and best producer of black laces. Her chantilly is par ex- cellence the finest ever made. Caen is also center for black faces. Normandy produces good black and white blonds Guipures are made in the Auvergne, but the finest come from the Vosges. Mire- courtfurnishesfi fine point and pillow lace. Brussels furnishes most of the Belgian needle points, though east Flanders, Brabant and Hainault now supply large --@rlt;-i~~ T~~ ol1 laoos for which Biucby huses and Flanders were once so celebrated a15 no longer ,4e mode. though still much prized by connois- seurs. This is also true of malines, or mechlin, lace and valenciennes, though the latter Is returning tofavor. Bruges makes round mesh yalenciennes, not so beautiful as the lozenge ground, and coarser qualities come from Courtrai and different parts of Flanders Lille and Valenciennes formerly belonged to the Netherlands, which accounts for their early proficiency in lacemaking.
 "Flemish guipures are noted for their excellence. The Belgian and French laces are the finest, in point of fabrica- tion, in the world. Paris is to a large extent an emporium for Belgian laces. She is the birthplace of fashions and novelties and dictates lace designs, keep ing alive emulation and rewarding merit through her Society of Decorative Arts. To France must be accorded the palm for black laces, while Belgium may claim it for the vaporous fineness of her points, nothing equaling in ethereal del icacy her famous point de gaze"
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Somewhat Different.

Fond memories of the long ago
 Come back with songs 1 used to sing; But when songs 1 send to publishers
 Come back to me-'tis another thing.
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Henrtlrss.

Darling" he exclaimed, If you should say no t would kill mew
 Come. then" she replied Tets get as far away from tLc house as po-si- ble before I give you your answer"
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MUCH SICKNESS

Particularly throat and lung difficulties,
 wrongly attributed to other causes, is the result of unsanitary conditions of walls and ceilings. Think of having bedrooms GOV
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Her Suppestiou,

Aged Suitor-My dear Miss Flypp, l can't find words to express my love for you.
 Miss Flypp-Then why don't you turn the job over to one of the express companies?
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ALABASTINE IS WHAT?

Alabastine is durable and natural coat ing for walls and ceilings entirely different from all kalsomine preparations, made ready for use in white or twelve beautiful tints by the simple addition of water (latest make being adapted to mix with cold water) put'up in dry powder form, in 5pound pack ages, with full directions on every package
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The Randsburg district is now pro- ducing gold at the rate of $7,000.00O a year and the output is increasing rap idly. The permanency of the camp is assured. Colorado has it's Cripple Creek and Southern California it's Randsburg. It takes time to develope gold camp, and Randsburg promises as we'll as did Cripple Creek in it's earlier days.
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A True Friend.

Well, old chap, it's all settled. am going to marry Miss Mills next month, and I want you to act as best man.
 Wells-All right, my boy; you can count upon me. never desert friend when misfortune overtakes him.
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The Long and Short of If,

Smiles-I dislike the month of Febru- ary more than any other.
 Giles-Why so?
 Smiles-Because I work by the day and pay board by the month.
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LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF
 VARIOUS HUMORISTS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-Sayings that Are Cheer full to Old or Young Funny Selections that You Will Enjoy.
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plan away, do you?
How to Arouse Interest.

How to Arouse Interest. He-They say your minister is creat' ing a regular furore.
 She-Yes, he has a stereopticon and charges an admission fee now, so we have to have the police every Sunday to keep the crowds in check.
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OYER S00a IN USE E
Hercules Gas Engine Works

A man may float in salt water with out moving his hands or feet if he has the presence of mind to throw his head back and allow his body to sink to the position which it will then naturally take.
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Test of Fidelity,

Wont you please weigh that parcel, sir? Those are the letters that my Fritz sent me last year. and want to see if he has written to me as faithful ly as he did the year before-E
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As a Substitute

Diggs-My wife has throat trouble and the doctor told her she must not talk for a week.
 Biggs-How can she manage to keep from talking?
 Diggs-Oh, she chews gum all the time.
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The Proper Classification.
Weeks-Did you hear about the high handed villainv of your friend Blake?

I-|-|-----I FifF'F'IN UT FVOI ILIOLII A11tIAAC . AfeeEs-E0; what did he CJt
 Weeks Deserted his family and e'oped vi-s bis ste70EraDher.
 Meeks-Ihat seems more like short handed than high-hauded villainy.
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clouds is extremely hazardous. and, un- supplemented by waters from stream distribution, it is not generally reposed.
 But west of the ninety ninth and east of the one hundred and twenty first meridian, throughout the whole breadth of the country, from Canada to Mexico, there is a district in which nothing needing moisture greater than that re- quired by the artemisia or the cactus can be planted and grown. It is re- zion aggregating about 1 ,340, 900 square miles, a territory larger than Arabia, as large as and not more arid than the combined areas of Persia and India, with their united populations of 250, 900. 900 souls. ls.-Lippincott' Mag. azine.
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We EiI forfeit g o0C # any Of our pub lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. TIE PIsO Co.,, Warren. Pa.
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Encouraging Her.
could

Myrtle-Oh, dear! I wish could think of some new way to say no. I've had to refuse so many men lately that l am positively becoming weary of the old way of declining.
 Alice-I wouldn't worry about that, dear. The follows probably enjoy the joke just as much as if you said some thing original each time.
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A Turkish turban of the largest size contains 20 yards of the finest and soft est muslin.
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Bob-e-Link (the American jail bird docs nothing but SingSing all the year round.-New York World.
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East Friends.

Martha-DO you believe that Renee's hair is dyed?
 Jane-Isn't 1t nice of you to say such things! Pm sure 1t isn't dyed.
 Martha-HOw do you know? Jane-I was with her when she hOurlt i'm rik CauIofs