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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-17
PURNELL APPOINTED.

\ Virginia Burglar Arrested.-Wm-
ston's Tobacco Shipments Beat All
Former Records.
Winston. y. c., April 16.--(SpcciaI)-,
j. NJ. Oyerstrcet, Il white man, was
arrested here today in response to u
telegram from the sheriff at Bedford
City. Va. After his arrest, ne confessed
that he broke Jail there some time ago,
while serving sentence for burglary.
He is also believed to be member of
the gang that has been blowing open
safes IN southwest Virginia.
Judge Simontom today appointed
Judge Purnell to hold Federal court at
Statesville next week
Winston shipped nearly 10000 pounds
Of manufactured tobacco this week.
The stamp sales aggregated S3S,3S5.39.
This beats all former records.
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GERMAN AT OXFORD.
Easter Holidays Close With Charm
ing Dance.

ing Dance.
Oxford. y. c.. April 16.-(Special.) y
The german on Friday evening at the
barracks of Horncr School closed the
Easter holidays and was one of the
largest and most charming dances given
here for ii long time The handsome
han showed to advantage. brilliantly
lighted with acetylene gas. Visitors from
Durham and Henderson joined in the
festivities. The figures of the german
were led by Prof. Shammhouse and
Miss Mary Ferebee. Mrs. Henry Coope.
swas chaperone of the evening, assisted
10y Mss Mary Horner and Miss Cath
iarine billiard. Ihe following couples
Were present:
Miss lands with Cadet 1lllery; Miss
Biggs. with Cadet Mills: Miss Britt
with Cadet Clifton: Miss Coggeshall
9ory with Cadet Perry: Miss Ida Greg
Williams with Cadet Bynum; Miss
Jeanette Riggs with Cadet Bridgers;
Miss Bennett Gregory with Cadet
Smallbones: Mss Mary Outlaw with
/ Cadet McAden; Miss Maud Parham
WIFI Nduel ESileflil;lll' MISS Lena LAY
Tor with Cadet Wick; Miss Young, of
Henderson. with Mr.. Wade Britt; Miss
Booth with \. II. Cannady; Miss Isa-
belle Smith with Cadet Webb; Miss
Briscoc with Cadet Gregory; Miss Alma
Jones with Cadet Jackson; Miss Hill
lard with DIR. Davis; Miss Lucy VIII
l:ams with Mr.. III. G.. Williams; Miss
Mary +. Gregory with ii. l.. Skinner.
The stays of the evening We're ]. c.
Biggs. Leak lands, Frank Taylor and
Cadets Coz. Brodie and Capeheart and
Mcssrs. Horner and Cooper, of Hender-
son, and Messrs. Lyon and Ford, Of
Trinity College
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Easter Lilies.

Roses, Carnations and other choice cut
flowers. Floral designs arranged taste
fully at short notice. Wedding decora-
tons, Palms, Ferns, etc, for house
culture. For ornamental gardening at
the lowest price. All kinds of bedding
plants, Geraniums, Calais, Heliotropes,
plats, Geraniums, Coleus, Heliotropes,
latest varieties. Vines for the veranda.
Tomato plants, once transplanted, in
standard sorts. Cabbage, pepper, and
pot grown Egg Plants. Celery at proper
season. All mail orders promptly attend
ed to.
II. STEINMETZ, Florist,
'Phone 113. Raleigh, n. G.
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drews of Brown University, on General
Lee" an evening with Dickens by Prof.
Barbour. concert by the May Ranger
Company, and lecture 10y Mrs. S. T.
Rour.
The date of commencement this year
is May - % and oath. Reduced rates
on all railroads have been advertised,
\ large number of the alumni and
former students will attend. On Satur-
day night. May DIST. special reception
will be given in their honor
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CHAIRMAN HACKETT DEAD.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 1G.-A spe-
ciaI to the Times Onion and Citizen
from Palatka. Fla. says:
Charles w. Iackctt. Of Utica. Chair
man of the Republican State Executive
Committee of New York. died at this
place this evening at twenty-five min
utcs to eight.
Mr.. Hackett was stricken with apo
pl Ky oH Thursday morning and was
unconscious several hours before his
death
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.

New York, April 16.-The New York
Boston game ended in Il disgraceful
manner this afternoon. Exceptions were
taken by the spectators and decisions.
which allowed two runs being scored
against the home team, and to the put
ting out of the game of Gleason for
kicking his glove to show his displeasure
at the decisions. Approaching the grand
stand to eject spectator who had huri-
ed an epithct at him. Umpire Snyder was
met 10y Il volley Of cushions, while curses
and cries of lynch him, kill him,
rent the air. After time the game was
resumed, but on its termination squad
of policemen had to escort Snyder from
the grounds Attendance $4,000. Score:
II III f
New York. 100000 20O-2 ) )
Boston ~ % 0003 o. 8 .
Batteries: Doheny and Warren:
Nichols and Bergen. Umpires Snyder
and Curry. Time 2:05.
Louisville, Ky. April 16.-Pittsburg
won to-day's game in the first pinning
scoring three runs on two bases on
balls. a passed bali and two singles.
Rhines held the Colonies down to six
hits and but for an error by Mccarthy,
the home team would have been shut
out. Attendance, $500. Score:
X ii IL
Louisville 100000 OOO-1 6 y
Pittsburg. 100000 COOS 3
Batteries: Bowling and Dexter;
Rhines and Schriver. UmpireS, Cush-
man and He%dler. Time, 1:4O.
Cincinnati Ohio. April 16.-The Reds
were unable to hit Powell to-day at
times when hit meant runs. Both
pitchers did good work. Score:
Ri Il
Cincinnati. ...000O1 O0O0-1 o
Cleveland ... , O 600 o %-3 Z 3
Batteries: Hill and PETIT; Powell and
O'Connor. Umpires. Swartwood and
Wood Time, l 30.
Baltimore, Md, April 16.--The OPEN
ing day in Baltimore for the National
game was all that could he wished for,
as far as the weather was concerned
and 6,51S persons passed the turn-stles
to witness the contest between the
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1t is a great leap from the olu a"n
Toned doses of blue-mass aud na lawn
physics TO the pleasant little plils AI They
as DeWitts Little Early Kisses .d hi
cure constipation, sick headache M" y"
iousness Heart Il Heartt
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GLADSTONE NO BETTER.

London, April 16.-rhe condition. "a
Mr.. Gladstone remains unchanged. -
we'll known oculist has been summon
ed 10 Hawarden.
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TROOPS TO MOVE MONDAY.

Washington. ID. c.. April 16.-Generai
Miles this afternoon said that the move
ments of troops TO the South. ordered
yesterday. will not begin until Monday
morning at the earliest. There was no
special occasion for haste in the matter,
he said. and there were also certain
formalities to be observed in arranging
with the railroad companies for their
transportation
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WARsHIPs IN WEST INDIES.

Island of st. Thomas. West Indies
April 16.-A report is current here that
five war ships passed this island ycsle,-
day to the northward. They are said &c
have been going in westerly direction
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IN TOM DIXoN's CHURCH.
Senator Butler Gone to New York to
Speak There

Washington. D. c., April 1G.-(SpeciaD
Senator Butler left for New York to-
night, whore he will speak in Tom Dix
0ns church tomorrow. Congressman
Kitchen has gone to ROxboro to attend
to some legal matters.
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FOR AN ARMY HOSPITAL.

Washington, April 16.-The War De
partment made AN allotment today of
$50, 900 for the complete equipment OF
an army hospital at Key West Flor
ida
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NO BREAD IN MATANZAS.

Havana, April 16.--Advices received
here from Matanzas say there was
much alarm IN chat city yesterday
owing to Il new tax on provisions. The
stores were NIL closed and as the bak-
ers Were not working there was no
bread in town. In addition there was
q scarcity of other food of all descrip~
tons. This aroused the people and
groups Of the inhabitants paraded the
streets, shouting against the tax. The
police eventually interfered. charged the
rioters and made several arrests among
the merchants of the town.
The Spanish steamer Montcvideo ar
rived here today from Barcelona. She
had on board 800 soldiers to reinforce
the troops here. and fourteen deported
men.
Tae value Of Spaish money is going
down and the prices of provisions are
going up. There is more and more anx-
iCty expressed TO know the result Of the
crisis. Business is slow and the state
of uncertainty causes depression among
all classes. Everybody here seems eager
for quick solution of the question, one
way or the other
The evening papers continue their at
lacks on Consul General Fitzhugh Lee
in most violent terms
Tomorrow is the day appointed by
law for the elections
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PENSIONS GRANTED.

Washington. April 1G-(Spec;all-
Pensions granted today: f. NJ. Stock
ton. Morgan Hill. So: Job Rice, Mar
shall. increase So to S14.
High Point. y. c., April 16.-)Specia0
The base ball game between the Gull
ford and Oak Ridge teams at Guilford,
resulted i'm n victory for GUilford. Score
. to :. Petty did the work for Guiford.
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| The proposition which the Senate plaoo,
| on the tariff bin. but which embodied H.
| measure together with practically an
| the scheme of internal revenue tova
| ton Of the act of 1866, which incluIa.
| q stamp tax on all checks, drafts. an3
NIL Instruments Of busness-(mortga~
loans aud bonds) tax on patent ami
proprietary medicines and a tax ON teln'
graph messages and express packages !
also incorporated IN the bill. ,Th;s
I scheme Of taxation is estimated to rolso
ST., 900 900
The tax on proprietary and patan+
medicines will be two cents on PACKAGE
or bottles retailing at - cents or M
der and 4 cents on those RETAILING
above that price. The tax ON telegram
messages Will be one cent OH all mos
Sagcs which cost ~ cents or less. ana
two cents on all above % cents. A dutv
of 10 cents per pound is placed upon
teas and , cents per pound upon cof
fee.
Bottled waters are to bear Il tax SINH
lar to patent medicines.
For the pressing needs of the gov
eminent the Secretary OF the Treasury
is givCn the general power to issue Ger
tiiicates of Indebtedness payable in one
year and to bear not to exceed four
per cent interest. The Secretary of the
Treasury is also authorized to borrow
on the credit of the government by
popular subscription loan of 5000. 900
600 This loan is To be placed through
the post offices of the country. the sub
treasures ana government repositories
in low rate bonds. which are to he sold
at par. They are to bear three per
cent interest and to he redcemable after
five years at the option of the govern
ment, and to be due in twenty years.
The principal and interest are to be
payable in coin.
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THE NEW YORK COMING.

Southampton, April 16.-Ihc Amerl.
can Line steamer New York, chartered
by the United States government, pass
ed Hurst Castle at 10 minutes past D
this evening. having received urgent
orders from Washington to start for the
United States without delay. She had
10 passengers on board.
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TIE REPORT DENIED.

Falmouth, Eng. April 16.-The skip
pers of all the vessels which have ar
rived here during the day discredit the
Southampton report of Spanish tor
pedo fiotilla having been seen III the
channel. Tugs which have been cruis-
ing in the channel for the past twenty
four hours have not seen any Spanish
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NovE,>IEN,r on TROOPS.

Atlanta. Ga. April 16.-Company H.
9th Infantry. Captain Bowen, left rT ~:
Mcpherson. Ga, at ) p. IN. Tor ""iii-
vans Island, Charleston, ). [.
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BATTERIES FOR SOUTH COAST.

Washington. ID. c.. April 16.-Generd
Wilson. Chief of Engineers. has bee
given an allotment of $4,000 from tn,
emergency fund for establishing temper
AIRY batteries on the coast of Georgia
Florida and Texas.
MAY NEVER REACH AMERICA
Falmouth, England, April 1G.-Naya
men here doubt that the United States
torpedo boat Somers. the small craft
purchased in Germany, will ever reach
America. They think it Il rash expert
ment to attempt to sail her across the
Atlantic. and believe Commander Hazel
ton will come to that opinion, even if he
is able 10 obtain n crew willing TO risk
the voyage which he has not yet Sc
cured.
The Torpeka. formerly the Diogenes
and the Somers put in here yesterday
the latter having encountered severe
weather. The Somers was also leaking
owing, it is said to defects in her ma
chinery.
Several Of the crew Of the Somers have
deserted, fearing the risk of crossing the
ocean in her \ large number of work
men are engaged in repairing the boat
working night and day.
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HUNTER HUMMINGS.

Sweet potato digging IS in order this week. =. Charley Wilson was iu Brinkley the past week. Will Robinson and his mother are down from III. visiting Mr. Ward. .... There is not much news this week except sickness and death, but We hope for better times. 7Geo. Gib- son is in the "City of Roses" this week attending meeting of Odd Fellows. Hope he will have a good time. :. Well Bill we will think about your question th.s week, and try to tell you some thing next time for we are awful busy just now. Rev. Charley F Wilson IS conducting 8 revival at Morton this week. The meeting has opener with far prospects.
 DIED :-Oct. 20th. 1898, as the sun was sinking i'll the western horizon Elsie Wilson aged } years 6 months and 23 days. To the be- reaved parents we would say weep not for sweet little Elsie is at rest.
 DIED Near Hunter, Ark. Jew ell Cane, better known as "Baby Cane" age 10 months and 4 days, Little Jewell was sick long time and all that fond parents, relatives and friends could do was done, but all to no avail. Her work on earth was ended, and she obeyed the summons to come up higher. To the bereaved parents and friends we would say, weep not as tho you had no hope, Jewell is safe with him "who doeth all things we'll. y
 "Safe ill the arms of Jesus, Safe in his tender care,
 Safe from the cares of this world, Safe forever safe.
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Card of Thanks.


 BLAcKToN, ARK, Oct. g, 1898. Messrs. Spurlock-Nea < Co.
 DEAR SIRS :-I wish to acknoWl- edge the receipt of the express pkg. containing the bottle of per fume, calenders and blotters. Many thanks ] did not recon mend the Chill Tonic with an eye to a reward (from a financial stand point) but because l had tried it, and wanted my friends to have the benefit of it. It is certainly the best chill tonic ] ever saw. It is new to the people of this country, and you wesi lltat de | 6 we'll tto put ;tIl advertisement in the leading conn- ty paper, The Brinkley Argus You may use my name as a wit ess to the fact of it's merits. I certainly appreciate the present and shall be your friend.
 N. w. Womack.
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Goy. Jones on Thursday last ap-

Gov Jones on Thursday last ap- pointed Hon George N. 9hapline circuit judge and Hon. l1 F Brown prosecuting attorney of the Severn teenth Judicial distrlct foHs- the term ending Oct. 3l, 1898. Judge J $. Thomas rendered his reslg- nation as circuit judge several days ago. At the September election Judge Chapline was elected for the four years term beginning October 31. Judge Ghapline IS prosecuting attorney, but he re signed and Mr. Brown, who was elected to that place in September will fill out Chapline's unexpired term. Thus the courts ill the Sew enteenth district will suffer no in- terruption between now and Octo- Der 31.
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The Pine Bluff Fair.

THE Pine Bluff Weekly Com merclal reports the State Fair at that place a grand success On the opening day all the principal business houses closed at noon, and everybody turned out to wit ness the trades parade which took place at II o'clock,
 The parade was .headed by the order of Elks, wearing their en- blelns. Next came the Red men royalty decked. Close in their rear Followed the city fire depart ment in .sred white and blue. 7 The famous Boston Ladies Mili- tary Band furnished the music. The floats prepared by the various mercantile houses, the industrial department of the Normal college, and others added greatly to the interest and attractiveness of the procession. All this goes to prove that Pine Bluff is not dead and should inspire Brinkleyites to be on the go if they expect to get in the race of progressiveness.
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is not a handsome tree, either when young or aged the branch es are short, the spray less gracez ful than the coast redwood, the leaves small and awlshaped, but the cones are several times larger and the woodis of a duller reddish hue The forest were first seen by white men in the spring of 1852. when a hunter named Dowd conducted party of miners to the locality where the big trees grew. In several groves where they have been found there are many trees from 275 to 335 feet high and from 9 to 34 feet i'll diameter. The area of Mariposa Grove is two miles square, and it contains 427 of the monster trees. The largest in the Calaveras Grove Is "The Keystone State" and is 325 feet high, and it's girth 6 feet from the ground is 45 feet. There are some in the Mariposa Grove which are not so high, but which have a greater circumference. 1.-The griz- zley Giant" :" for example, being 93 feet at the ground, and over 64 feet, eleven feet above. The Fres- no Grove is said to contain about 600 tress, the largest Sl feet i'll circumference. Careful computa
 tions have been made of the ages of these trees, and some cautious scientists admit, in regard to one of them, that fits age cannot have eeavd l;3GG years l' As some one i'll Roe is writing for the Times and signing Marguerite l will tip my derby hereafter as
 EUREKA.
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JNO.C. BLESSING.
Does Wheat Growing Pay i'll
 Arkansas.

Montgomery county farmers raised 100000 bushels of wheat this year. From this crop will he realized $l00, ,O00. Garland county raised q good deal of wheat, and most of the mountain farmers are in good condition. More wheat should be raised in our county, as our farmers would find it more profitable than cotton. .-Arkadel- phia Siftings Herald.
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HHof.I1yY Hoof1y GROVE NEWS

Henry Dial one of H. G. worthy young men went over to Pine Bluff to attend the fair last week =. Miss Bessie Branch one of Holly Grove scharmIng and sweet young ladies spent Friday in Clarendon. Ben Woods of Springfield. Mo, is here on a visit to his uncle, Dr. J. F. Taylor and family. John NJ. Kerr attended the farm CTS mass meeting which met in Brinkley Oct, 21st. -. Miss Ger trude Patterson visited the city of Clarendon one day last week. Mrs. J. T. Morris, of Dicks, Miss. who has been here on visit to her father and other relatives re turned home last week. :. Mrs. sB. I. Lambert spent last week with her son R. l.. Lambert down in the country .E. D. Patterson one of II. c. $ gallant young men spent part of last week over at Sherril, Ark. with hls many friends. Brit Ables and son, Sam, spent Tuesday in Helena on business We are sorry to note that John W. Campbell IS on the suck list this week. We hope he will soon recover Rev. J. K. Farris preached very interesting sermon Sunday A. NJ. his text will be found in Mat. 6: :.. Yes C., Thisbe can make most any kind of pie if she has the material to make them with :. Mrs. Sam Cohen and daughter Sarah return ed home Monday morning from Little Rock where they have been on a visit to relatives and friends. ,. Sunday was rally day at the Methodist church and the children did we'll, for which we offer con- gratulations to Mrs. J. K. Farris, Misses Georgia Lambert aud Ada Cooke for training them. It was a success every way and all who attended seemed to enjoy 1t very much.
 1'ufSptt
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W HEATLEY wHIsTldNGs.

Mrs M. R. West, of sRaymend, stopped of at Whcatley on Mon day of last week on her way home from the Baptist Association. .... M. w Izard of Forrest City, was in town Tuesday of last week..... Will BroolSes is at home and has gone to worS for l. Goldberg as clerk. Henry Wolf, aprominent merchant of Brinkley, was here Wednesday of last week .. Mrs. Billy Brookes has been quite sick fer several days with slow fever. G. B. Hix has moved into town. F. c. Nicely, who has position as clerk for Sol Lewis. at Forrest City, is moving there this week. |. Goldberg's two little boys, Alfred and Mo zart. were OF the sick list last week. Miss Carrie Johnson, who, since last spring, has been visiting in Tennessee and Ken lucky, was called home suddenly on account of the fatal illness of her brother Dixie. Mis- Carrie is very much improved in health.
 CUBA.
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NEWS FROM kEVILE.

Dr. ". E. Bronte is having the chills. He had the misfortune of losing his last horse Tuesday night The horse was struck by train. School opened at Allendale and at Banner on Monday but the attendance Is rather light so we learn. Mr. land Mrs. IA. Dick son were called to mourn the death off their little babe on Saturday last 7. Miss Mamie Vici paid Brinkley visit on Tuesday re- turning Wednesday Two gentle men by the name of Ross have moved into our neighborhood from Texas we hope they will like our country and our people and will conclude to settle down as they appear to be the kind of men we we need. Lots of room for honest working men but not an inch for dead beats and loafers. <. Our Farmers are men of pluck and courage notwithstanding the wet weather and sickness they keep the gin pretty busy.
 .-rrr,
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ROE'S BUDGET.

Rain Rain Rain :. We had frost and ice on the 22nd. .... Mat. Davidson, of Ethel, was Ill Roe last Saturday. W. A. Thoma- son was in Roe last week. =. Mir. Jordon left last Sunday, for Chi cago, III. his old home. Quite a number of Roeites were in Clar- endon fast week. ...I. 5. Turner and sister, Mrs. Duke, are on the sick list this week. Doe kelley spent a few days ill Pine Bluff last week taking in the Far.
 Mrs. k. J. Kelley who has been spending a few days with her mother in Arkansas county IS now at home. Our people who are yelling hard times can always rob their pockets of few hard earned dimes to see some little old worn out good for nothing fake show Friends you had better appropriate your money to something that will benefit you. We are indeed sorry that we could not attend the farmers mass meeting at Brinkley last Friday. We hope they en' dorsed the wheat industry ane cast aside the 4c cotton idea. Cot
 ton is now or aught to be now {; back issue. Our idea of farming is to plant wheat, corn. potatoes peas, clover etc. What say yol Bros. Gny and Bill. The biI trees of CaIaveras and Maripos
 counties. in Cal. belong to th
 snnle genus as the common red
 ood. This giant of the Sierra
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Bishop and Drummer.


 Bishop Watterson, of Nebraska, was once mistaken for a travel ling salesman by drummer who met him in ? railroad car The Omaha Chronicle tells the story "Do you representa- blg house9" asked the drummer of the bishop.
 Biggest on earth, replied the bishop.
 "What' $ the name of the firms'3 queried the drummer
 Lord and Church, 7 replied the imperturable bishop.
 IIuml Lord and Church. Never heard of 1t Got branch houses anywhere
 'BraDch honses all over the worldn
 That's queer. Never heard Of 'em. Is it boots and shoes2"
 nNo."
 Hats and caps
 Not that either
 ~Oh ! dry goods, suppose!'
 "Well'n said the bishop, some call ltnotIons.
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If your child has thln, pale checks, uncertain appetite ard unrestfuf sleep. 1t has worms, and curing with strong medicines only makes conditions worse, by irri- tating it's delicate stomach. White $ Cream Vermifuge is mild but cer- tain in effect. and is superior tonic as well as positive worm destroyer. At Dr. V. D. Sump- tar7e