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SECRET STRENGTH DEVELOPED

No medicine, no operation
Rational and sure. Mode OF
treatment sent anywhere for One
Dime. Shadow System, Box s,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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No Tax on PeddIerS

You ought to have the latest de-
cisions on this point. SEND one dime
and get them all. THE SUN, Ran
dolph building, Philadelphia, Pa
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HENRY s. GRAY.-Informatio wanted abou.
Henry s. Gray, of Toronto. last heard of in sum.
mer of 1898, when bookkeeper with smonds
Mfg, Co., Long Island City, and living at I'd.
HUGHES 4 DWIGHT, 80 Broadway, New York
City
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son Of Pssef r. So1n w'ea a. g sss East 4h s
left home, 735 East l43d st. in 1Se2 ior aoo1 roa
Col; last heard from him in April io,her I,p and
Denver WAS going 10 Stockton, Cal; sd ias any in.
mother dead; come home 70 John. ~ Set'T Tst tsd
formation 70 JOHN J. SHEEHAN, 75o De'
St. Western papers please copy,
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the undersigned, he will hear something to Nj,
advantage. GERMANY, 2l8 Herald, zd st., New
York City.
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HOWARD s. HODsON, formerly of BROOKLYN,
please send address to ACQUAINTANCE, l57 Her.
aid Downtown, New York City.
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INFORMATION wanted Of Glare Duval by nj,
sister. J. DUVAL. 15l West SSrd
New York City.
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INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts o
John Collins, last employed as stevedore. Ad.
dress MARY PHILLIPS, 910 North Sth st., Read
ing Pa.
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WANTED--By an experienced man. position
as press feeder. Address "D' sun OFFICE.
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TO the Baron Won Alvensleben, late OF Fifth
Avenue Hotel, corner of 23rd st., and 9TH ave,
New iorki-iou are particularly requested 70
communicate with j. d. b. Lewis, Solicitor, y
Bucklersbury, London, Eng. Anyone knowing
the address and communicating the same will b
| rewarded
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WANTED--John Jackson formerly butcher
in Great Hampton Row, Birmingham, England.
name of James Johnson, and traded for some
years as cattle dealer in Kansas City. Jackson
III ave), is now entitled to property In England.
Information to WILLIAM JACKSON fbrother),
THURsFIELD 4 MEssITER solicitors, Wednes-
bury, England.
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MAGGIE Notwithstanding walllen all'n,oy w.
whereabouts OF Maggie Harris, who was enlpya pon.
ed IN May 1897 at 149 West 10th St. Pleae s,re ,S
munlcate with COLE & POTTER, bS wall s"'''
New York.
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JOSEPH HUNNIS--A native OF Russia, knoMh n,Si
here as Joseph Ennis, is required to conmuIlr
cate with his brother, Major +. Huhl's ~ "
petersburg, Russia, or the Consulate Gclltiai VI
Russia. "A State street. New York.
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information from Dontery Margaret Knud
sen Flindt wife Of c. ]. H. knudsen Flipdt
would gladly be received. Please address ilo
Sd avenue, N. Y.
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IF John Martini who left the Eng.isl, r,iil nits iy
ship BellerOphon about 30 year, ago, L SSrsanseul s
ing, his mother, Jane Martin (ilee bla bianta n
would like TO hear from him. Commu,l,lcun'N ,l,,u Nss
letter with L. A., lO4 Ryeson st., Brook''D'
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WyANTED--A half-grown white girl for house
w work. State wages. Address p o. Boz
l52. city.
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EUGENE SMITH, formerly Of Arena, WEs ! rs.tsp @
heard from in New York, employed ID hv ,. corn
rant will hear something 70 his intefss. ,crneys W
municating with REESE & CARTER A''o''''
Dodgeville. Wis -
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WANTED - THREE OK sma
rooms for light housekeeping. Adress !"
Office.
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JOSEPH BAYLEss, short, brunette; ,;oH M
Oarteret, N. j., (Colwell's iron WORKS tate. W.
borrowing wife appreciate knowing MS '"'''
Ing dead. BAYIESS AL West l9tf -
WANTED-POSITION AS lNniIians M, Il ans
tor in private family by q young laIiI laaslient edu
morals and spiritual training and eko ornnutat0hI
cation, and former school teacher oi dghce ,sh
Salary wanted IL small. Address THIS oA'' ~
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VIYANTED-Married lady canvassers to sell
w private books for women. 6lS King street.
5 q. m. or p. m
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VIyANTED.-A white girl for general house
w work, must be tidy and experienced. Apply
at No. 62l Van Buren street.
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HELP WANTED-FEMALEs.

WANTED-Four business girls to work IN this
city. Can make from 81 so to s.. 90 q day. Apply
between 9and II a. m., today at No. I'LL East
Thirteenth street
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NTANTED.-GENERAL AGENTS FOR A
w new household article Just out; sells at
every house. Call at Lafayette Hotel, sos Mar
ket street. JOHN D. WILEHER.
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WANTED-To buy a or p h. p. electric motor;
must be in first class condition, at a low price.
G. +. Ribbans. l05 L. 2nd st.
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WANTED-by young lady, position as cashier
Good references Address
6. A. G. this office
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w contract sale at every door. Brassine
Manufacturing Company, "a North River street,
Wilkesbarre Pa.
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TWO COMMUNICATING ROOMS
for lodging. or suitable for offices for doctor OF
dentist. 422 Market street.
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NorE-The Historical informationcon-
tanned in these advertisements will be
fonnd to be absolutely accurate anL stu
dents Of history will do well to preserve
them for future use
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

which would not be believed did state
1t. The number of strong able-bodied
men whom Barbara has held up single
handed in true road agent style u ls-
gion. Occasionally she meets with
stubborn resistance from the lords Of
creation, and she carries more than
one wound as an evidence of her pre-
carious calling. But she never comes
cff second best. Occasionally the Rus
sian authorities take hand. Only last
year Police Inspector Eristoff dashed
on to the hills, armed to the teeth and
accompanied by three attendants. ex-
pecting to come back with Barbara
bound. The funeral of the inspector
did not take place for nearly a week
afterward, although the one surviving
attendant brought news of the death OF
his chief and the other members Of
the expedition two days after 1t had
set out.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Profits of Railways.

The report 'or the Interstate Com
merce Commission shows that last
year the railways of the United States
carried over 13,OO0.000,000 passengers
one mile. They also carried 95,OOO,-
100000 tons Of freight one mile. The
total amount paid in dividends on
stock was SS7 500, ,371-call it SSS,0OO.-
600. OF the total earnings of the rail
ways about 20 per cent. came from
freight service and 30 per cent. from
passenger service Let us assume.
then, that of the SSS.OOO,0O0 paid in
dividends, 20 per cent. or SCI 100000,
was profit on freight service and $26,-
100000 was profit on passenger SER
vice. Let us drop fractions and call 1t
$62,OOO0o0 from freight and $2G,OOO,-
600 from passengers. BY dividing the
passenger profit into the number of
passengers carried Q3,OOO,0OO,OOO) we
find that the railways had to carry Il
passenger 800 miles in order to earn
one dollar of protit-or five miles to
earn one cent. Their average profit
therefore. was less than two-tenths of
one cent for carrying a passenger (and
his baggage one mile.
By dividing the freight profit into
the freight mileage 95,OOO, ,OOO,OOO we
find that the railways had to carry one
ton OF freight 1880 miles in order to
earn one dollar. or over fifteen miles
to earn one cent. The average profit
therefore was less than One-fifteenth
Of a cent for carrying II ton of freight
Qbesides loading and unloading iD one
mile.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Morphine Habit "A Legal Defense.

A kleptomauiac in one of the British
courts pleaded guilty, and her counsel
assured the bench that she was in no
want OF money and had sufficient
means to enable her to live comfort
ably, and asked that she be treated le-
niently, on the ground that the theft
was due to the effects of the excessive
use OF morphine. According to the
testimony. says the Medical Record,
she had consumed ninety-six grains OF
morphine in single week. The mag
istrate suspended judgment, upon the
defendant giving security in $3.50 to
appear for sentence when required. De
Quincey's daily consumption of lau-
dARum was nine ounces, and there is
case on record where 120 grains were
taken at once without producing death.
The tolerance of opium and Its salts
proves In reality much more than old
woman's fables. and instances of enor-
nous doses are in the possession Of
nearly every family practitioner. A
poisonous draught of laudanum can
not be measured by cases on record.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
TRY GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Porto Rieo Telegraph an EnforssA Ell
pePlment In Socialism.

Porto Rico Telegraph an EnforssA EI
pertinent In soclaais0.
The situation in Porto Rico promises
to force ON this government for q time
ut least, the experiment Of federal own
ership Of telegraph and telephone lines.
The War Department now controls
all lines in Porto Rico and in the evacu-
ated section of Cuba. The latter, how
ever, is looked upon as merely tran
sient. In both places the lines are be-
ing repaired and the government is
handling commercial messages after
government matter.
The signal service in charge Of this
work says it is too soon to draw con-
cluslOns us to the expense Of the SER
vice, as the cost of maintenance and
long delayed repairs is just now more
than the income from the lines. But in
six months from the LIST of January,
the signal service expects to be able TO
furnish interesting data as to the profit
In the insular wire service.
This enforced object lesson In federal
management is naturally expected to
have considerable influence pro or con
in the agitation for like control in this
country.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
a.ra Luck for rhI. so,ep,l...

A scientific gentleman told little
tale worth repeating at British asso-
citation meeting the other day. He Is
engaged in collecting material for a
book on magnetism, and heard OF a pa
per on the subject in a German peri
odical. Not knowing the Teutonic
tongue, he sent the article to trans
lation bureau. In due time the trans
lation was handed to him. and when he
scanned the lines he became very
wroth indeed, for the article was SIM
ply a German rendering Of one from
the gentleman's own pen, which ap-
peared in an English paper year aso.
Insult was added to injury when the
scientist had to pay for the translation
exactly as much again as he received
from the proprietoYs Of the journal In
which the article originally hsursA.-
Invention.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
IN HENRY v,,rs TIME.
He seieaa Carrots. rsr.Ips o. 0tAsr
Edible Roots.

Ne seAeAas Carrots, rsrsIDs % OtAsr
Edible Reo<s.
According to Hume, there were not
TIL the termination Of Henry VIII. s
reign either salads, carrots, turnips or
other edible roots produced in England.
says the Gentleman's Magazine. He
adds that such of these vegetables
small proportion and only by the
wealthy-as were used were imported
from Holland and Flanders. and that
Queen Catherine. when she wanted a
salad could only get one by dispatch
ing . messenger thither on purpose.
Hops were first introduced from Elan
ders in this reign and also artichokes.
Apples and pears, however, though In
different in quality up to this era, had
for centuries been acclimatixed, and
strawberries and gooseberries were
plentiful. AS to salads. however,
Hume's remark must be construed with
some modification, for In a homely
sense salads had always been procur-
able in England. Winter and water
crosses abounded; the people had also
common alexanders," eaten as celery
Is: rampion, rocket. borage and goose
foot, or Good Henry" are mentioned
among herbs, while sprout kales served
for greens, which, indeed. must have
been much in request, seeing the guam
tity Of salt meat eaten perennially. On
the whole, however. until in Henry
Wills reign the Flanders gardeners
exported their vegetables, the kitchen
garden in England-save In the case of
the monasteries-was very limited
The reign of the second Tudor saw
many novelties and so the art of gar
dening and variety of flowers and vege-
tables improved and increased, till cul-
minating in the long reign of Elizabeth
Pippins seems to have been introduced
in 1925 and the damask rose in 1922
had been brought to England by Lin
acre, the kings physician. Currants
were brought from Zante and planted
in England in 1888 and in the same
year Cromwell, Nsarl OF Essex, intro
duced the musk rose and several sorts
of plums from Italy, while apricots
are contemporaneous with cherries in
1910. So that by the time Bacon wrote
his famous essay both the Tudor flower
and kitchen garden were we'll stocked
with beauties and dainties. Undoubt-
edly the first general Improvement in
gardening is due to Holland, about
1909. and the Dutch experts found apt
pupils enough in garden-loving Eng
lishmen of various ranks.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
A Long Felt wan. Supplied

Mr.. Ed. Jack of Wyandotte, Kansas
has applied for patent for contriv-
ance to prevent snoring. 1t is based
on the theory that no one can snore
with his mouth shut. Mr.. Jack has ar
ranged n bride of rubber webbing to
accomplish this purpose. band is
passed over the forehead and around
the back of the neck and ears above
the ears. while another goes under the
chin with cross band over the jaw
to keep 1t in place. There are buckles
to adjust the bride to all sizes of heads
Mr.. Jack also claims that his invention
can be utilized to keep babies from
crying and women from talking.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

supplied with money and jewelry If
he wishes to see the fair Barbara at
her best At such times she is bub
bling over with vivacity. wit and good
cheer. She may insist upon his drink
ing a bottle of wine with her, and If
he takes his losses in the proper spirit
she may even advance him sufficient
money to see him back to his friends.
She is herself of gentle blood, and she
appreciates the usages Of polite So
ciety in others. Barbara is now about
IS years old. Ten years ago she dis
appeared from her home In the village
of Bandze, In the government Of Ku-
tais. Just why she left the surround
ings which she had previously graced
90 charmingly is not known. The Sc
cret is securely locked up in her heart
She has been identified, but never be-
fore a law court, for she is still very
much at large and snaps her fingers at
Cossacks, governments and police with
the same confidence in her own good
luck which has accompanied her ever
since she took to the mountains. Not
that the course of her strange love of
adventure has always run smooth. Bar
bara has had downs as well as ups in
her curious career. Four or five times,
for instance. the lady was surprised
or betrayed and arrested. But her luck
never left her. Once her prison door
1T was a manor house-was opened
at night, If not by an angel Of the
Lord, at least by friend of the lady,
whereupon she rose up and walked
away before her accusers could bring
her to trial. Another time her jailer
set her free and went with her to the
mountains, where he is now one Of the
most fearless daredevils Of her band.
The third time that Barbara found
herself in durance vile nothing hap
pened to help her and she was duly
sent to trial. Her jailer would prob
ably have fallen in love with her had
he known that his sympathetic prison.
er belong to the female sex. But as
Barbara has invariably worn the pic
turesuue costume Of male Georgian
since she took to the hills the jailer
entertained an angel unawares and
conscientiously looked after her. The
trial therefore duly came on, and ow-
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
TO EDUCATE CUBAN BOYS.
AA3ss General Whselss's Plan Finds Read,
Acceptance In New York City.


The Cuban Educational Association
OF the United States has been organized
for the purpose Of organizing and car
rying out the offers made by the Ameri-
can colleges in response to General
Wneelers suggestion that these col
le9ee each give free tuition to two or
more reputable Cubans.
Tne association announces that the
responses received from Cubans desir-
ing 70 accept these offers are numer-
ouS, out that allotments now being con-
sidefed include the young Cubans who
can pay their own board and incidental
expenses. No young men will be al
loted who do not promise to make their
home in Cuba after their education in
the United States.
The cost of board and incdentals fol
young Cubans in the educational insti
tutions in the United States will vary
from 800 to $3.50 per annum.
Inc association makes an appeal fol-
funds for the maintenance of Cuban
students and announces that the fol
lowing have agreed to receive subscrip
tions: Major General Joseph Wheeler
Huntsville, Alabama; General CaliXtC
Garcia, Cuba; Alexander Il. Ors, pres
ident Chamber of Commerce. New
York; Professor Nicholas Murry Butler
Columbia University, New York; DR.
Albert Shaw, editor Review of Re
views, 13 AstOr place, New York; vii
liam II. Baldwin. Ir., president Ions
Island railroad, 81 Nassau street, New
York; Gilbert X. Harroun. treasured
Union College, $50 Fourth avenue
New York.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Louis Ahern, alias Gehrike. was re-
Gently taken from Chicago to Peoria to
be tried for the murder Of William j.
Mahoney, alias Manning. Ahern. alias
Gehrike. was arrested in connection
with the murder of w. ]. Mahoney at
Peoria. He is in the last stages Of con-
sumption. 1t was with difficulty that
Ahern told his story to Inspector Shea.
He admitted having served two years
in the penitentiary at Joliet for bur
glary. He said he lived at the Bruins
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Electric signaling on RAILWAYS.

Quite series of remarkable inven-
tions have recently been announced
from Austria. but the latest is one OF
the most practically useful of all of
them. A young man at Prague named
John Sacek has invented an electrical
signaling apparatus for railways. 1t
is acknowledged by specialists to be a
very important improvement. The in
vention causes the ringing of an au-
tomato electric bell attached to the
engine when danger is threatened by
an approaching or q preceding train.
The discovery renders certain signal
stations unnecessary, and notifies
danger to the engine-driver without
obliging him to attend to signals while
driving.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

wick lodging house. owned by Ma
honey, without cost to himself.
81 did not know why Mahoney went
to PEORIA" said Ahern. He asked me
to go with him and did. He told me
l. had some business to transact, and
l asked no questions. We registered at
the Farmers hotel. l remained in bed
all Tuesday and all of Wednesday, but
Mahoney was out nearly all the time.
We occupied the same room. He met
nobody as far as l know. On Wednes-
day evening l parted with Mahoney
at the railroad depot and returned to
Chicago, arriving Thursday morning at
about 1880 o'clock. Manning remained
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
pe.fn... Cannot Be Cured

BY LEGAL applications as they cannot reach tho
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by consti-
tutlonal remedies Deafness is caused by an
innaned condition of the mucus lining OF tho
Eustachian Tube, When this tube is infnmed
Ing and when It is entirely closed deafness is
tho result, and unless the Inflammation can be
takcn out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing out an intiamed condition OF
the mucus surfaces.
Wewill give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness (cRused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Liquor Laws In Alaska.

Secretary Gage, in dealing with
Alaska and the abuse of the liquor law
in that territory says in his report:
1.-THE remedy for the situation, 1t is
believed. may be found in the repeal
of the present laws and the provision
by Congress of high license system
for the territory. 1t has been demon
strated that the sale of liquor in Alas
lla cannot be effectually prohibited un-
der present regulations. by reason of
the almost universal adverse public
sentiment, and 1t would seem, there
fore, the wiser course TO coniine il
within such bounds as would insure
its regulation by the government"
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Of the drawing room, her conversation
is a delight to the ear. and the trav-
eler who has met her comes to regard
himself as person specially honored.
II am delighted to have had this op-
portunity of meeting SO amiable a gen.
tleman," says Barbara, after the trans
fer of property has been completed.
And the gentleman will probably as
sure her that the pleasure is all his.
The American tourist who ventures in
to that wild country in the south of
Russia should not neglect to go we'll
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Hov F.r the E... r.,..,

\ contributor to the Philadelphia In
Quirer has reckoned how far ones eyes
travel In reading. He says: The dis
lance will not startle you. perhaps, for
100000 letters in ordinary type would
measure hardly more than a mile
placed side by side. In q lifetime,
however. the average reader wends his
way through 1000 miles of print, The
average novel Of 800 pages contains one
mile Of reading; that is. the eye travels
1,766 yards in reading the book
through.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

The firm of ]. G. Gotta of Stuttgart,
which published the Bismarck me-
lnolrs, during the first week after pub
lication issued and disposed of 3s5,OO0
copies of the work. 1t is now asserted
that the publishers only paid Prince
Bismarck 100000 marks volume.
whereas they have made sales to the
amount of 100000 marks.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Railroad Teams to Run Slower.

Railroad officials claim that 1t is very
expensive to run lneir express trains,
and are talking about reducing the
speed. 1t is likewise expensive to the
health to struggle and compete in bus
iness affairs as men do nowadays. The
whole system gives out. For restoring
strength Hostetters Stomach Bitters
is the proper remedy.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

ARBARA Danelia
is the Dora Cox of
the Russian Cau-
cacus. A most pic
turesque. polite and
altogether charm
ing creature Is Bar
bara, If those who
have met her in u
business way are to
be believed. Her
manners are those
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

The proceedings of the anti-anarch-
list conference of the powers at Rome
are kept so secret that what rumors
are current as to the drift of the bust
ness in hand are thoroughly unrelia-
BILE. rf
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17
Perfectly Harnlsss.

Dix-I once knew man who smoked
nifty cigarettes daily without any par
ticular harm resulting therefrom. Hix
is 1t possible7 Dix-Yes, and the
only noticeable effect was the death of
the smoker.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

The total receipts up to date for the La
fayette monument exceed $50, 600 with
thirteen of the largest states to hear
collected through the superintendents OF
education. The collections from Illinois
amounts to about s.. 600.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

"Well, enjoyed the Thanksgiving
turkey and the stuffiin'-the turkey
stufiin', that is, though 1 enjoyed my
own, too"
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Mr.. Osmond is what l call a true
friend" why, Miss Jimp?" He knew
| was selling tickets to the charity show
and he brought six young men to call"
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Ny doctor said I would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kslnsr, Cherry Valley, ILL.,, Nov. 2s, 's5.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Cleanliness Is next to Godliness-
use Diamond &c" Soap in the laundry
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

10 get husband to take down a screen
put II up.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Never coniide your weakness to your
herit them.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Wisdom is better than good looks be-
cause 1t saves money on photographs.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

Frying doughnuts and n love affair can't
go on without everybody in the house
knowing 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

ia B COUGH DROPS made by Bowman 4
Burleson Denver.
The Meeker herald., 1898-12-17

MRS. Wins1ow-s Soothing syrup
for children tcething the gums
nstioa, ,alsys pain. wind collie 70 cents bottle