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The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-23
GENIUS OF THE ROADSIDE.
How a Statesmsn's Rustic Protege Was
 Helped on Way to Fame.


 "The off horse has lost a shoe from the right fore foot, said the coachman, as he drew up opposite wayside black smith shop. "Shall l stop and have 1t replaced?''
 By all means" replied the owner Of the curricle, Senator Aaron Burr of New York. ''it is always the proper thing to keep your horses we'll shod, and, besides, 1 am only too glad of a chance to stretch my legs after so long a drive. While the smith is busy I will stroll to the top of one of these beauti- ful Ulster county hills.''
 When he returned half an hour later, he happened to glance at the side of a barn near the shop and saw with sur prise an accurate though hurriedly drawn charcoal picture of his ourricle and horses.
 "Who drew that?" he inquired.
 "That little frouzy head wonder, |" replied the blacksmith, pointing to a boy in homespun who was chopping wood in the dooryard opposite as if his whole mind was occupied with his task.
 "Halloo, my lad" called Burr, and when the little fellow looked up with the air of one who has been caught in some misdemeanor he added pleasantly, "If ever you want to change your occu- patton and see life, just put a clean shirt in your bundle and go to this ad- dress in New York" and he crossed the road to hand the boy slip of paper.
 Tue team was soon or tts hcmeward way, and in a short time the incident passed from the crowded mind of Aaron Burr Months afterward, as he sat at breakfast, @ servant brought him a pack age containing a homemade clean shirt and said that a boy at the door had asked her to deliver it as an all suffi- cient introduction. But the senator could not understand its significance, so he sent for the boy, whom he at once recognized as the youthful genius of the roadside.
 With all his faults. Burr was gen. erous man at heart, and he spared neither pains nor expense to give the youth the best of instruction in his chosen profession. From an artistic point of view the student became very successful as the great painter Wander. lyn, although he lived life of poverty.
 He painted the portraits of Aaron Burr and his daughter, Theodosia, from which were taken the fine engravings by which we know them. He died near the spot where he drew the picture of the waiting team. His career is a noble monument to the better side of the na- ture of his benefactor, a nature not wholly devoid of sweetness and light, darkened by frequent clouds through his mature life and finally eclipsed in the murky gloom of purely
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Shoes In POmpeii.

During the excavations being made at Pompeii by the Italian government the workmen disinterred lot of articles used by Roman woman in her toilet nearly 19 centuries ago. One novelty, which so far as is known is not employ ed today, was sandal to be worn while asleep. It is so constructed that soft cords or straps run from the ends in such 8 manner that when the sandal was put upon the foot upon retiring to rest 1t kept the toes apart and so tended to make them resemble those of the Greek statues; which shows the differ ence between Pompeiian and fin de sic cle standards of beauty.
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York Weekly

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 sha-L nm 1rF I'D su the language or '.Ha~s. What tiL s.at uUlcl of 5ac- .law.lo-a uc8l -aal y1u sent mel
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Up with the Emperor.

I heard the other morning in a rail- way carriage an amusing story with regard to English and German jack tars that was new to me. It was told of the members of the crews of two ships engaged in the blockade of Crete. These tars were engaged in a festal gathering ashore, and one of the Germans proposed the health of his omniscient emperor, which was duly drunk in rum by the assembled party of both natiOnalitie5. Presently the English bOatswain suggested that the name of her most gracious majesty should be toasted with similar honors, but the tars of the fatherland received the proposal with a chilling silence. "Ain't you a-goin' to drink the queens health? came the English inquiry. ''Nein, nein," was the Germanic re- sponse. "Now, then, boys," exclaim- ed the boatswain; T don't want no un- pleasantness, but we can't have this, you know; 'taint fair. Take yer time from me; two fingers down yer throats and up comes the bloomin' em- peror."-London Sketch.
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GOLFING THEOLOGY.
Derivation of Curious Terms Which Be
 long to tie Game.

To the enthusiastic golfer the game is never out of season. Fitted with "aro- tic" goloshes and a warm knitted waistcoat, he is seen upon the links on many day which appears inclement to the unini:iated. Perhaps this disregard of snow anl ice Is natural when one comes to An k up the derivation of golf ing terms. Many of the words come di rectly from the Icelandio languages others have synonyms in Gaelic ol Swedish
 The tee, or little uodule Of gravel 0l earth from which the golfer strikes of his ball, at the beginning of each link, Is derived from tia, an ICelandiO verb signifyirg to point out.
 Again. "golf'' itself evidently comes from the Scandinavian "kolf, a club, the Gaelic form being "colb" and the Icelandic form being "kolfr" Ga clapper of bell or bulb).
 The "links" come straight from the Swedish "lErka, meaning ''twist' or "crook ;' hence its application to the windings of the coast, the sandy, barren ground called "links'' in Scotland.
 To "put" (pronounced putt comes from the Gaelic "put," signifying to push or throw, as when the useful "put- ter" propels the golf ball from the putting green" into the hole.
 The "lofter" is derived from the Ice landio "loft''-that Is, shy or air-a Danish form being "loft' for ceiling or loft.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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All He Needed.

"Yes," said old MT. Gotrocks, i've have decided to let John take up litera- ture as a profession. I've built a fine study for him and bought him a library that cost $20,000. His mother picked out his desk and the other furniture he will need. Just step In and see what a fine place 1t is."
 "Ahp' exclaimed Johns old college chum, as he took a look around the magnifcently equipped apartment, 'it Is great and I haven't the slightest doubt that if you can now get some body to furnish ideas for your son he will win a proud name for himself"
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Our Own Big Tunnel.

The American tourist finds no more absorbingly interesting scenes any where than in his own country. Situ- ated at North Adams, Mass, Is the Hoosac tunnel, the second longest tun- nel in the world, and the longest on the American continent. It Is shaft four and three-quarter miles long, an aver age of 26 feet wide, with an arch 9 feet high, lighted throughout by 1,250 electric lights. The tunnel was first conceived as early as 1919, and it was proposed to use it as d canal, and the survey with that end in view was made In 1926. The piece of engineer ing work was actually commenced in 1851. and the estimated cost origin ally was less than $2,0OO,O00. The work languished many years by req son of the enormous amounts of money being expended, and was final ly completed in 1874, the first train of cars passing through on Feb. 9, 1875. The actual cost of the tunnel was $20, ,241, ,S4231.
 To-day the Hoosac tunnel Is called  the western gateway" and this is an appropriate appellation, for 1t is in truth a gate opening through an im- penetrable range of mountains for all that commerce of northern and east ern New England to the great middle and western territory. This triumph of man, however, over the power of nature needs no introduction to the American travelling public. Those who pass through 1t in well-lighted coaches and look into the outer darkness, H. lumined by myriads of electric lights, that seem like so many fireflies, little realize what years of toll, what ex- penditures of money and life were made to accomplish this gigantic un- dertaking. By reason of fire damp, gases, explosions and fires, 192 hu- man lives have been lost.-Brooklyn Citizen,
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TRY ALIENS FOOT-EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Easet It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots, Relieves and comfort. Ten thousand testimonials of cures. Try it today. Sold by ali Drug gists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent by mai for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE
 Address, Allen s. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y.
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GOverneSS-D-a-m thing to keep back water. Young Pupil-When papa says 1t mamama always cries.-Sketch
 Red. impoverished! she moaned, agon- izedly.
 Don't get red-headed" implored her father.
 But how could her hair possibly re- main auburn with their income fallen from $50,000 a month to $350 a year? |? Detroit Journal.
 III arSay. Tourist Gin railway car)-I under stand you have very good drinking water in Munich. Municher So hear.-Fliegende Blaetter.
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She Didn't Say Nav.

"Yes," said the summer girl to be as she held up two shortened skirts, one of duck. "all our gowns for exercise are short, ending at what would be our shoe tops If we wore high boots, but we shall wear low shoes. I don t know" she said shyly, whether we think we have nice ankles or if we wish to show our stockings, which are gayer this season than ever. " 'Both," yen- tured, and she didn't say nay.-Pitts- burg Dispatch.
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age, but many of the drunken savages on the floor were fatally burned. When the men came back from the lake and found so many dead Indians and saw the general ruin they were amazed, and supposed deserved all the credit of the capture of the assailants, etc., when 1t was merely an accident that had accomplished it.
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The Only One.

Miss Wellwood-Yes, l belong to the Daughters of the Revolution, and pride myself upon being the most distin- guished member of the society.
 Mir. Hargreaves-Indeed! I suppose you trace your lineage back to some man who was lion in his day, eh?
 Miss WellwOod-No, my great-great- grandfather was only a private, but from all that can learn he seems to have been the only one in the whole qrmy.-Cleveland Leader.
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I have heard" she replied,
She Explains.

He (yawning)-Excuse me, please.
 She-Certainly. I'm glad you did 1t. He-I don't quite understand wh- what you mean.
 She-Nell Washington told me that you didn't open your head the evening you called on her. Now I can truth fully say that you didn't act that way when you came to see me.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-23

The principal varieiiez = thn oval are the precious Cor uoble}, the giraso-, the cachelong, the hyalite, the hydro phane, the astoria and a kind exhibiting deudsltis markings, generally called the moss When the c0lors are broken into small masses, 1t Is sometimes called the harlequin.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-23
Weyier's Invasion.

"Do you think Weyler seriously thinks of ever trying to Invade this country?
 q wouldn't be surprised if he did. That fellow Is just inhuman enough to want to come over here and lecture about 1t after the trouble Is ended"
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A Bewildering Conjunction.

The havoc that had been wrought was awful! Everything seemed to have been literally torn to pieces. It was evident that a crush of matter had occurred.
 But 1t was not the scene of great battle. No, the paperha1gers and the dressmaker had operated in the hou& on the same day.
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Cheap Irrigation.

The best and cheapest irrigating plant, from to 2o0 H. P. is the Hercules Gasoline Enging and Pumping Plant, built exclusively by the Hercules Gas Engine Works, 405 Sansome Street, San Francisco, the largest builders in the west.
 Write for circulars and information concern ing their Special 215 H. P. Engine and Pumping Plant. Hundreds sold this year; just the plant for prompt, efficient and economical irrigating service. A plant of this kind may save your crop.
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Sympathizing.

Mrs. De Fadd (whO cannot stand the odor of turpentine)-I would have sent for you to have done this cleaning last week, but we have been having the out side of our house painted, and 1t made us all sick.
 Mrs. McScadd (sympathizingly) - Sure, Oi don't wonder. Thin colors is enough to make any one sick.-New York Weekly.
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Times Change

She-Fortune favors the brave. He-It used to. She-Used to? Why, whom does 1t ia gOr now?
 He-The brazen.-Up-to-Date.
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Fliegende Blatter.
Another Patriot.

"T understand that Bindle Is going to apply for pension" A
 Upon what grounds, should like to know? He never fought for his coun- try"
 "No, but he came over on the Paris and his nervous system was complete ly upset"
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f1ounce which trims this foundation skirt. Flounces are tucked, plaited and out in vandyke points, and ruffles are put upon ruffles. By this means the new dress skirts are held out without any stiffness and the full founce effect the petticoat gives delightful frou frou about the feet.
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They Can't Help 1t.

Willie-Pa, why Is it that every man who succeeded at anything advises ev- erybody else not to try it?
 Pa-That's only a roundabout dem- onstration of the fact that everybody thinks he's the smartest fellow on earth.
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SAILORS AND THEIR GRIEVANCES.

The grievances of sailors examined by the authorities in ports of entry, where the sea- men belong, often turn out to be imaginary or greatly exaggerated. But there are plenty of cruel and cOnscienceless shippers who abuse their crews Violence is always objectionable. and pOintedly so when 1t is exerted upon an unfortunate liver, stomach or bowels by dosing with drastic purgatives which weaken the intestines. Use Hostetters Stomach Bitters
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-23

AZ mercury will surely destroy the sense of when entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. s. Cheney & Co.,, To- ledo, O., contains no murcury, and is taken in formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls Catarfh Cure be sure you get the genu- inc. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney X Co Testimonials Free
 Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle
 Halls Family Pills are the best
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-23
The Post Danger.

"Are you worrying about your son that has enlisted, Grimmer"
 'No. It's the one that has contracted IS a baseball umpire for the season hats bothering the life out of me- Detroit Free Press.
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Hurried Along.

Dentist (to assistant, who has just admitted a young woman from the waiting room)-Was 1t her turn?
 Assistant-NO; but I hurried her along because she said the pain was passing away.-Jewish Messenger.
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Maternal Trials.

"Edie," cried the mother from tht hall below, whats all that noise III stairs? It's shocking. "
 "Oh, it's these two dolls of mine, mamma I'm going to put them right to bed and see if we can't have little peace. "-Detroit Free Press
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Modern Methods.

Mrs. Watts-YOu folks are dreadful slow. We are using individual com munlou cups at our church.
 Mrs. POtts-SlOw, are we? Next week we begin using capsules.-In- dianapolls Journal.
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A Foolish Prnnnsitinn.

What do you think of q man who will parade around with q military company in time of peace and then re- sign when war breaks OutT'
 NOW what's the use supposlng such a case? No real man ever did that"
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A Cruel Wretch.

Mrs. Milliken-George, if should die, how long would you promise to remain single?
 MT. Milliken (cautiously)-What Is the shortest length of time you will con- slider as an inducement?
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A Man of Parts.

'Mr. Fizzington is quite a nnguist, isn't hep
 q never knew It." "Oh, yes, he talks three languages" "What are theyY Horse, baseball and golf"
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Silk Petticoat Elegance. The newest silk petticoats are marvels

of elegance. The richest and most ex- pensiye silks are utilized for making these dainty and delightful accessories of the feminine toilet. All of the new pe.t.co1ts are much Bounced and va-y full. Tbs foundation skirt Is narrow.
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ManiIa's Pre-emInence.

''It Is said that Manila has the larg- est cigar factory in the world"
 ''Is that so? Then that makes two of the largest things in the world that Manila has,"
 What's the othcr?"
 ''The largest submarine fleet of war ships."
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An Unfortunate Admission.

She-John, were you very greatly 1us- tered when you proposed to me?
 He-Yes. To tell you the truth, l was so rattled that night didn't know what was doing.
 As yet he has not succeeded in get ting her to listen to an explanation.
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Base Deceit.

She-How came you to q1,s0""t th"t the landlady was decel,fult
 Uc-Why, sine had plIow-shams on the bed and false-halr mattresses Yonkers Statesman.
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HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
 OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and LauGhable Phases of Human Nature Graphically For trayed by Eminent Word Artists or Our Own Day-A Budget of Fun
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Wasted.

Yabsley-YOu look as if you must have had a good time last night.
 Mudge-I hope not.
 You hope not? WhyT
 Because, If I did, 1t was wasted. I don't recollect a thing about it."- Indianapolis Journal.
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ETC Permanently Cured. No its or nervous iiAS ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Resterer, Send for FREE $2. .OO trial bottle and treatise. DR R. H. KLINE, Ltd. so Arch St., Philadelphia. Pa.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-07-23
MODERN NAVAL WARFARE.
Horrible Ferocity of Attacks with the
 New Rapid-Firing Guns.


 New Rapid-Firing Guns.
 The modern naval battle must de velop an entirely new type of courage Nothing like the ordeal to which the crew of a ship under the fire of bat teries of the present type is exposed has ever been known before. In Nel, sons time a ship was subjected to a broadside of round shot once in five or ten minutes. Thirty or forty cannon balls would rattle against the side of the vessel, cut through its rigging, blow its decks, or pass harmlesSly in the air. Between times the men would have a respite, except for the popping, more annoying than dangerous, of musket balls from the enemy's tops.
 But now the decks of ship in ac- ton are swept by a storm of projec- tiles, ranging from rife shots to half ton shells, but every one propelled with a vicious energy that expresses a determination to clear Everything out of its path. Taking great guns, rapid-fire guns, and machine guns to- gether, a f1rst-class battlesbip can fire at least 5000 shots a minute. That means that fifty projectiles, large and small, go hissing over the enemy's decks every second. Under such tor nado of steel every weak spot is searched out. To stand mp in such a meteoric shower is like facing a bliz- 1ord Wholesale clonrbrgr ic o cor t~i-+". "nd every man can feel a req souaole 45sn~once That he will furnish part Of the material for L.
 The man who takes part in q modern naval battle must not only hold his own life worthless, but he must be prepared 10 endure without q tremOr the scenes of horror around him, and to do his duty as coOlly when his com rades are falling on every side as If he were on parade. Take this incl dent, for instance, described by Philo McGiffen in his account of the battle of the Yalu:
 "The Captain of one of the twelve inch guns, while training or laying it, lanyard in hand, had his head dashed off, its fragments striking those about him. AS he toppled over, a man on the step below caught his body around the waist, passed it down into the arms of those below, and, catching the lanyard from his stiffening grasp, took his place, corrected his aim, and fred"
 A single shell, in this battle, strik- ing the Japanese flagship Matsu- shima, killed forty-nine officers and men and wounded over fifty more. And the Chinese were poor marks men, compared with American or Brit ish gunners. Imagine 5000 projec- tiles striking a ship every minute, with such possibilities of carnage in a single one, and it may be possible to appreciate the quality of courage re- quired of the modern man-of-war's man.-New York Journal.
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How It's Done.

Friend of Dealer - Hello, Saml What's up? Never heard you stam- mer like that over price before.
 Dealer-Well, yer see, George, when I dun know 'em jis says, hun-un-un undered-gives me time to see how they takes it. an if 1t don't surprise lem too much I jis claps on as much of GI9CI-. . - +htnke they'll
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She Knew Him.

He-And would you believe 1.-the parrot took the words right out of my mouth!
 She-Yes, I know; some parrots swear :erribly.-Yonkers Statesman.
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Animals are often able to bear yer! protracted fasting. In the Italian earth quakes of l79o two hogs were buried in the ruins of a building. They wert taken out alive 42 days later, but very lean and weak.
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Red.
H arsay.
A Mean Advantage

''The girls are taking a mean advan- tage of tue norrors of war.'
 "HOw so?"
 "Well, they look so deuced teary and pitiful when they hear that a fellow Is going to the front that he can't help engaging himself to them. I'm engaged to seven myself" Plain Dealer.
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Second Boy-Pve got to go right over 'Ammersmith bridge to Barnes, then I've got to go to Putney and back by Pullman road, then to 'Igh street, Ken singtOn.
 First BOy-Why, I've got to go to 'Igl street. You go on. I'm in a bit of 6 hurry, but I'll wait for yer.
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A Good Law.

A law has just been passed in France forbidding any one to give solid food to infants under a year old without the written authority of a physician. In France. too. the long rubber tubes to feeding bottles are forbidden under heavy penalties. Everywhere people are warned not to use them, the reason be ing that tt is impossible to keep them properly sterilizpd
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Inever used so quick a cure as Piso's Cure for Consumptlon.-J. B. Palmer, Box 1171, Seattle, Wash, Nov. 9. 1895.
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The Poetry Of 1t.

awalLow.-Landau nnncn.
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Curious Profession in China.

In China the detection of false coins is 6 skillfui, prosperous profession, known as 'shrOf1ng," and Is taught ID sDeelRi schg0l8.
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The trouble with most men who tals well Is they talk too much.
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A HeartIess Man.

O'Bach-Well, now that you're mar rind do you find life a grand, sweet
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BEWARE OF CONTINENTS FOR CA TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY.
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''The eyes" he said, ln a fine burst of poetic elOquence, "are the windows of the soul"
 "So l have heard" she replied, "but-"
 "But whatT he urged, as she hesi- tated.
 You needn't try to sit so close to me just because I happen to be a little near-Sighted."
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Bencdict-Ob. no. The first thing J 1id after We got back from our we'd ling trip was to hide my wife's music.
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the florist until the end of the month. The Manhattan.
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Every time a man swallows dC tors advice he has to cough up $2.