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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

Experiments made with the native
rubber tree in Mexico have demon
strated conclusively that the cultiya-
ton of the castilloa elastica is feasible
and that, after the seventh or eighth
year, a quantity Of rubber sufficient
to make the investment profitable may
be extracted annually. Each acre Of
the ground available in Mexico for the
purpose can accommodate about 200
trees. Each tree should yield from
one to two pounds of rubber an
nually, with a value of sixty to seventy
cents a pound, United States cur
rencY.
The cost of gathering and preparing
the rubber is small, and, with freight
charges, amounts to SO slight a pro-
portion that an average profit OF fifty
cents a pound may be relied upon.
Therefore, the net annual returns to
the planter should be between 800
and 5000 an acre each year. The trees
continue to grow larger, increasing
the amount of their product each year,
Tt is estimated that on a plantation in
Mexico fifteen years old each tree
should yield an average of five pounds
OF rubber.
The only objection planters can find
against entering the rubber-growing
industry is the long time they must
wait after planting before they can
realize any returns. While it is true
that it involves much patients wait.
ing, it is considered the safest of crops,
with practically no risk of loss. The
prices quoted are top figures in the
markets of the world.
With such opportunities as Mexico
offers there is little danger of the rub
Der supply failing behind the demand
in the near future, as has been sug-
gested by some of the larger dealers.
New York Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

1.-THE boys of the present times
know many things the boys of forty
years ago did not know" remarked a
toy dealer ''but in the way of toys
they are far behind what their fathers
and grandfathers were. The boy now
is satisfied with a penny ash or poplar
top and with a string for his top cord,
and he gets all the sport out of it that
he seems to want. Now, such a thing
as a painted top would not be used in
my boyhood days here or in Balti-
more, where 1 spent some of them.
In those days nothing but q hard
turned dogwood, hickory or mahogany
top was considered the proper thing.
The little cast-iron plugs of the tops
of to-day would be laughed at then,
and the boys would be ashamed to be
seen carrying such a thing or play
with it on the streets. The plug then
was a steel bolt, was heavy, and was
strongly screwed in. OF course, the
top then cost from five to fifteen cents,
but it was rugged up to do service,
and did it, to. Such tops are not to
be had now in the toy trade, though
now and then I have had some turned
out by the old nan who made tops for
me when l was a boy, but the boys
won't touch them, preferring the
painted machine-made tops. The
leather top cord is also one of the
things of the past, and the Ordinary
boy knows no. about it than he
does of the lost arts Several of the
old shoe cobblers of Georgetown who
were so famous for making top cords
have told me that they have not made
a top cord for thirty-five years, and
that they have not had a call for them
in that time. "-Washington Star.
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There has recently been completed
ct Mans, France, a bridge which is
most curious, from a technical point
of view, and remarkable from an mr.
tistic point of view, In the town of
Mans an electric tramway had been
constructed which was to run across
the river at a certain point, The
steam railway of Saint D nis d'Arques,
in operation since 1888, crossed the
river at the same point. If the two
roads crossed ON land, two bridges
would be required. The old railway
bridge could not be used, as it was
already worn out by long service.
1t was therefore decided to build a
single bridge with two branches, thus
leaving passages for the railway and
the tramway. The structure, as a re-
suit, is X-shaped, and the two roads
cross each other in midstream. BY
reason of this peculiar structure a
saving of $2400 was etfected-a very
considerable sum, when it is consid-
cred hat two bridges would have cost
S9000.-Scientific American.
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FatSiity of Newstead Abbey.

Another link in the chain of ill for
tune which has followed the famous
Newstead Abbey was forged the other
week. 1t seems that a curse rests on
the Abbey, and that the eldest son OF
its owner has never succeeded to the
estate. Byron sold it to Colonel
Wildman, in 1908, who died child
less. The trustees sold it to Webb,
the famous sportsman, whose eldest
son died that week. Byron had the
skull which was reported to have be-
longed to the ghost which haunted the
Abbey, and he used it as a punch
bowl. Webb buried the skull, hoping
to lay the ghost.-London Correspon-
dencc in New York Tribune.
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London has a floating population
of some ten thousand Asiatics-equal-
ing that of a small town; and. if a lit
tie malodorous sometimes, and in
clined to linger outside the pale of
modern civilization, it is interesting
to make their acquaintance, note
their habits and the places they fire.
quent. Even their vices have a GER
tain element of picturesqueness, and
especially among the Chinese-some
of their ceremonies obtrude upon the
attention. For high life among the
Asiatic population you must go to
Bayswater, which is spoken of among
foreigners as "Asia Minor" Here
reside the rich Orientals who are en-
gagged in commerce or have come for
purposes Of education or pleasure.
These are the small and cultured mi
nority. For the large majority, the
Asiatics of the slums, you must e out
to Poplar and Shadwell-to the neigh
borhood Of the East India Docks by
prefer enee. 1t is here the Oriental
is to be seen in all the richness of his
infinite variety. Paris Messenger.
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.FILIPINOS IN RETRDA7.
General WheatoO's Flying Brigade
Pursues Them For Eleven Miles.
INSURGENTS LOSE TWO HUNDRED

The Enenay's Attack on TagntE Meets
with "a Prompt ~Iiepiy-our Forccs
Sow Command the Lake - Half =
Million Dollars worth of InsurRcnts'
Property Destroyed.
MtSrLA, Philippine Islands ny cablel.-
After the attack by the FilipInos satur-
day night upon a detached post at rhguis,
Il was decided by General Wheaton to pur-
sue the Insurgents and bring matters to an
end in short order, II he could succeed 10
engaging them in battle.
He Immediately reinforced the Ameri-
cans with two companies each OF the
Washington and Oregon Regiments. The
p9st had held thee enemy in check, and the
fire 81 the reinforcing companies rePulsei
tIen, driving them across to an island
formed In the estuary. They were thus IN
front oithe TEenty-second regulars.
On discovering hat they were ~sntrapped
The rebels fonght desperately, aided ma
tacially by the jungle and tho darkness, bat
they were completely routed, with heavy
loss, alter two hours lighting. The Amsrt-
GAS lost two killed and twenty wounded
s-5oz the latter Lieutenant Frank Jones'
General Wheaton determined to punish
tie natives, and at Iaybrsak on Sunday
htz 5ri2ade started in the following orte-:
IL sixth Artillery holding the eztrs1s
right, the Oregon volunteers d5tEEg
the centre. she Washington regiment
kse-ize % the edge OF the lake ana
the TTeRtF-se9azt regulars sss1
ing :as -t21t q the Lire. ~sisa sFs-c
TIA whole e1GnsY ai1z2 * Azs Il
q ~s-l.aeriy dtrscci51 - ward Geuz-E 0TzZ-
slzss poaisiGa- TIA E.7 -z1s ex=eEI=4
900 - - - ---rA - 49,
s-@- TI-1 t1tsk E-7zs ~GtT11esst s1eva1
r Is Tie 41sGF teft- liz -asz ct =ts.n
c@Z ssez s1eE- A3f II z1s Afternoon.
surely AZ oaa III -la znE-Ekl= r4r
- tgN F4ea II -1sia-
- 3rz-z2 r@E1zl ri 11a uII killed
al '--r Egzaiat hi ne EvsurT-4sm1n5t
sz 5zs v1U3sE ABs1cH1< -I lit
q rsgs-ss - tzvat -dG1 4H Eliulnas
were Kidd
G=z=-zI 0sis SAYS IL Au+ra.al L-ur
al E-z514e= 11E e1z1Iatt -1t AKA Il
-st=s :aak 5roce--v g tie Insurgents
"a Il ~ saN5, 900 has Jean EA
z 31satisG= q rice AL szx8-. az3 81
s-zs q casA. vhtsh s FsrT TazI4aEz asrs
have hee1 captured
Many 81 the prizoEsrs represent =haz sas
Filipino soldiers are Weakening The
s-1sr1uz treatment t1st ths Americans
51li1istsr TO the native prisoners and
wounded seems to ile1e1ee tie 5nsrrSe2.
4ray powerfully. In the opinion q the
Americans, however, the Filipino leaders
vii continue to proroke lighting Just Is
iolg IS they can retain their hold upon
.lsir followers because they have every
hing 70 gain and nothing to lose.
The enemy have tgica as many men On
heir firing linss as they have arms, and
he fact that 80 few arms are captured by
lLe Americans Is because the guns OF the
wounded Flipinos and Of many who sur-
.eader are spirited away.
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A correspondent sends Us an inter
esting account of the trust resosed by
our neighhors in British good faith.
At a time when war betwe cen Great
Britain and France seemed possible,
if not probable, it was feared that it
would involve q bonbariment of
Havre. assurances were accordingly
effected at Lloyd's by Frenchmen at
Havre against any damage which
might in such a ease be done to their
buildings. Such an underwriting
contract would be unenforceable at
law, but the Frenchmen who paid
their insurance felt certain that the
British underwriters would not take
advantage of any legal point, but
would pay up-as, of course, they
would have done. After all, this lit
tie incident should serve to show that
''peride Albion" is very often not
much more than q phrase. -Westmin-
ster Gazette.
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The boy is still father to the man.
A certain prominent political hustler,
who, like the British tar in "Pina.
FORE" is ever ready with his fists,
showed his pugilistic taste at an early
age.
The first doy he went to school the
family were, of course, anxious to
know his impression of the new occu,
patton.
"Well, Sammy" said his father,
what did you learn your first day at
school?"
Strengthening up and assuming a
bellicose attitude, Sam replied:
Father, I learned that I can lick
every boy in my class"
A few days later his love of pugilism
and frequent battles led to his expul-
sion. He came home that day and
surprised his good mother with the
remark, "Well, mother, thank Heaven,
l have been turned outl"-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
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Cycling Notes.

The Detroit Wheelmen have dropped
about $40, 900 in promoting cycle race
meets. ana will quit the field.
American wheelmen who tour in Francs
this wear will be obliged to obtain permits
from the Custom House officials at theil
French port OF entry, In order to avoid
tax and the necessity OF carrying q badSe
on their wheels.
The durability OF bicycle tires varies &C
cor3inp Ia the use to which they are put
Riders discover through the wear and teal
mat Inc rear or driving tire succumps hrst
Tile ctrcumstance has led to the sugRe5'
zion that manufacturers n makers OF OF,
ovcles should ft then out with speclai
tires for the rear wheels.
e~omnarison OF prices OF the best Amerl,
can and English bicycles shows a marke0
difTarance IN favor OF the purchase OF the
former. The top-notch Ehghsn "hooH
sell for s115 and sl2o. no,,.,or
Belgium occupies a promiheht posi'Ipt
as a bicycle country: Accordlhs 70 tue
polIca ranorts for 1898, about ninety thou
sand bicycIists paid a tax OF ~ eaeh ioi
their wheels, q pretty good record torsuc1
One Of the most recent inventions ia sad
Hes ia one composed OF wire bent TO pre-,
TENT I No oyate wings and a double-pointed
nominal The inventor claims that tht
weight a. the rider is equally distributed
on ia wings. they being free TO yield some
Ivhat 10 any increased weight put upon
fhan nv fha motion OF the body Of the
Tide. III, Tieldlng Of the wings obviatinS
thutE
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CAPTURE CAPE TOWN Trade.
Americans Sell Quantities of Goods by
Underbidding the English.

WASHINGTON, DC. (specisl).-The Eng
lish merchants have been startled BY the
heavy inroads being made by Americans
into their trade with the British colony Of
Cape Town, and there Is much talk otcon-
blnation to repress this. Consul-General
stowe, of Cape Town, points out Instances
OF the success Of American enterprise.
Two orders for American rails and tub
ing, amounting to 50, 100000, have just
been placed at a price twenty per cent. be-
low British quotations, and the Scotch
maker refusing to make the tubes as long
as required, the order went to America, A
large match factory ia being erected IN
Cape Town to use American machinery. A
consignment OF 5000 tons Of Pooahontas
coal from Virginia has just reached Cape
Town.
Tho Consul-General warns commercial
travellers that they must pay q tax OF sAs,9S
In Natal under penalty Of heavy lne and
Imprisonment. Samples are subject TO
duty, though they may be admitted under
bond. In Cape Town the commercial trav-
eler is taxed to the amount Of sl2l,os,
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There are several children in the
family, and they were talking of their
garden.
81 am goingto plant the seeds Uncle
John gave me-" said one, ''and grow
the most beautiful flowers"
az am going to grow pinks and VIC
let's" said another.
"And I'm going to have roses, said
the third.
But the little boy said nothing.
He had no seeds to plant,
And presently his mother noticed
hat he took no partin the chatter and
her heart smote her,
"And what is George going to
grow" she asked,
perhaps Georges lip trembled,
but his voice didn't.
ooh" he said stoutly, 81 expect
can raise a worm or two. "-Pearson's
Weekly.
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TORNADO KILLS A FAMILY.
Father, Mother and Nine Children Lose
Their Lives in Alabama.

ED~wARDsvTLLE, Ala. (SpeciaD.-The tor
2ado which passed near this place satur-
Jay night destroyed five houses, log struc-
tures, and killed ten persons in n family.
The dead are Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Coffee
aud nine children: Leila. twenty-five;
James, twenty; Lulu, eighteen; Jack, thir-
zen; Bessie, twelve; Doliie, ten; Daveroe,
sight; Grover, six; John, four. About a
iozen persons were injured.
Coffee, who had only one leg and who
aas q Confederate veteran, was at
home with ten members OF his family when
he storm came on. From all indications
the house was torn asunder and the in
mates we're violently thrown up and down
and against the ground until life was ex-
:inot and then were dropped 200 yards off.
The body of n Of the girls was al
most completely wrapped around a
lump. The funeral of the family took
place on Sunday. All the bodies were
placed in one grave.
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A pESERTER AT MANILA.


infatuated With a Native woman.
SAN FRANcIsco. Cal. (speciaD.-The Ma
ALA American. a daily paper which has
been published at the Philippine capital
since the occupation of that city, says in
It's latest issue which has reached here:
"Ex-Corporal John W. Hays OF Company
D, First California Volunteers, traitor AMI
leserter, has found his just end. His body
now lies in a trench dug to bury the enc
mics of his country who fell In battle, with
no slab at his head, his name forever hated
by his own regiment.
Hays was a member of the Old Guard,
and came with his regiment to Manila.
Last October he married a Filipino woman,
and two days later deserted to the insur-
gent line. This was the last his regiment
heard or cared to hear about him until yes
terday. when, IN burying dead insurgents,
they came across his body, riddled with
bullets, with the clothes Of a first ~lieuten-
ant Of insurgents. The sad feature of tie
story is that Hays was one OF the best men
In his and was slated for promo
lion. His captain felt his loss keenly, and
could only ascribe 1t to infatuation for .
native woman"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24
A Billposting Machine.

Successful experiments have been
made in Paris with a new billposting
machine, which does away with the
use of either a ladder or paste. II can
be used to post bills at a height OF
fifty feet from the ground, and is be-
ing puti into practical operation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (SpeclaD.-Rob Roy, a
o Of 800 inhabitants eight miles north
II here, is in ruins, every building ia the
place being leveled with the exception OF
The Cotton Belt Railway station. A lorna
10 struck the town at noon on Saturday
and in a moment blotted out the place.
Only one man was killed, a negro named
Cen Grant, who had taken shelter from the
storm. Several persons were injured, but
l0ne seriously.
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AMERICANS INVADE THE sovoAN
Have a Contract to Build a Bridge Over
the Atbnra River For the British,

the Atbara River For the British,
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. tspecial). - An
erecting gang from the Pencoyd Iron
Works will leave this city shortly for
Africa for the purpose OF building a bridge
across the Atbsra River In the Soudan,
near Khartoum. The seven spans Of tho
bridge, with q total length OF 100 feet. ii.
ready have been shipped.
The order was placed with the Penooyd
Iron Works by tho British War Once less
than six weeks ago, the company agreeing
to build the structure In seven weeks, The
peneoyd Company obtained the preference
over the English bridge builders because
the latter firms had stated that Il would
require seven months TO complete the
structure. The War 0f1ee was anxious to
have the bridge completed before fall in
order to facilitate the operations OF
General Kitchener against the khalita.
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German railway receipts in January in
creased 81 COO cyer January, 1888.
How's This J

We gE.- 0as Hundred Dollars Reward for
tsv gsSsc GAssETa that cannot be cured by
La "a sz-rE Gre
F-r- CarSEr & Co, Toledo, Q.
We. a1a E-sL haVe known ~. Che-
IeT tr 5ua Ass : gas-S and believe him per-
cscss Memorable = 81 5GSinsss transactions
and fssselHT Aszs 70 Gs-ry out any obliga-
Egn- snHEs 81 Esr Era
Wssr L EzrG W1ale Druggists, Toledo,
EnlE.
WAlrzy& E-ySAv 4 MARVIN, Wholesale
-ructsas TsLB5a 1s3N
E@s-rt EH-e : Es5faternaly, act
ltt GSse1L ZyClr 1hs aataz and mucous sur
lisss 81 Glf sTsazrG. Easa1melisls sent free.
SreHs 1t, 1er 4tHasA Sga2 ~ al Druggists.
1AL& f1lr- Esls E-s sAs best
rtss1Fv EA-G Xfga- u belfast, Ireland,
5 : >frsn44I .sv
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KILLED His wife and Himself.

Jealousy caused William Lang to kill hi
wife and then fatally shoot himself at his
home, In Chicago o few days ago, Lang
waning and 1t was said the husband be-
came enrag6d because marked attentions
we're maid ia his wife by one OF the youns
men At the affair. He shot his wife In the
ioit temple and himself Just above th'
heart. He died a few hours later.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

While sitting in n draft without knowing
It we may become sore and stiff from cold.
We feel soreness and stiffness all gone
after using st. jacobs Oil, hardly know
ing when.
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An American Mil, For China.

All OF the maahiaory for q WOODEN mill
to be set up In Tlen-Tsin has been made In
tho United States and sent out. This will
be the first wooden mill In China. A num-
Der OF persons tried to get tho contract,
which was awarded by Chinese officials,
but Philadelphia enterprise secured 1t,
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The Russian Government has made a
contract with the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, at Philadelphia, for eighty-ntne To-
all OF them to be delivered within the next
two yenrs. Tho same company has O con.
tract to furnish twenty locomotives to the
government OF sweden, ten for France, m.
teen for Egypt and ton for the Midland
RAILWAY Of England.
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Finland Petition Rejected.

The deputation OF 500 persons who went
to st. Petersburg, Russia, to present a
petition with 500, 900 signatures relating to
the imperial decree OF February Is concern
ing the Constitution OF Finland have been
ordered to return home Immediately. In
the event OF their failure to comply Wit
Ibis mandate force was threatened.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

Mrs. PINKHAM-A year
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhoa, My
appetite was variable.
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular, and
was subject to pains like
collie during menstruation.
! wrote you and began to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. Youcan't
imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general health improved"
Mrs. MAMIE ADKINS,
La Due. Mo, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-
/ feel it my duty to tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time of menstruation be-
fore taking your medicine
but the Compound has
- - z-
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Wire nails are SO cheap, it is said.
that if a carpenter drops n it is
cheaper for him to let it lie than to
waste his time in picking it up. One
key out of every five sold is never
used, but simply goes to waste.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GEArv-Og 1t is delicious and nourishing,
and takes the place OF coffee. The more
GsAfS-O you give the children the more
health you distribute through their sys-
tens. GRs1S-O Is made OF pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
she choice grades Of coffee. but costs about
Z az much. AL gr0eers sell it. Use. and Csc.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

Take LaNative BrOnO QUlniue IaDIeta At
Druggists refund money fit fails TO cure 25c.
Before 1910 men almost universally had
their faces clean shayen.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24
Cough. lead 10 consumption.

Kemp's nAlsam will atop the cough at
once, dato your druggist to-day and get
. sample hottie FREQ. sold In 20 n on
cent bottles. 90 at once; delays are dan
EcTOua.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

DR.. Seth Arnoid's Cough Killer the best ever
used In my famiiy.-THOMAs NJ. UTTER. Cor.
10th and Locust SITS, Phila, Ps,, Nov. 2, 1897.
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A Human Nature Pastel.

The newsboy had stood on the
corner holding an undiminishing
bundle of papers for half an hour.
An unvarying and meaningless
sound issued from his lips, but
neither he nor anyone else thought he
was saying anything.
Suddenly the cIang, bang and rattle
of a fire engine divided the traffic.
"All about the fret All about the
frel" he shrieked.
And every NTH person bought a
paper.-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24
To Cure "A cold in One Day.

E~ighty-nve per cent. Of the people VIII.
are lame are affected on the left side.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

Boston banks and trust companies have
gained sl06. 600, 600 iu resources in four
wears,
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After The Cooling process.

Don't cool of too quickly after being in
an overheated room. If you do, You will
need St. Jacobs OIL to cure Lumbaso,
which sets in very often after the cooling
process. 1t relsxes the stifened muscles,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

China exports to Europe and America
II 900, 600 fans annually,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

An Ohio Judge has decided that n
cannot be prosecuted for forging q
document unless a revenue stamp is
affixed to it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

Machinery exports from the United
States to Mexico in the last six months
were SO, 720, 900.
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IEn Atfcnds 10 RMaIncsa.

BE attends to business who goes straight
to work to cure Neuralgia by the use OF
st. Jacobs OIL, and saves time and money
and gets out Of misery quickly. Hes oil
right.
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"a c,n-s c1nnssrn,n,nn y,-.y.

HErs @thsWy Snp-tlne ssyrup lar children
7ssrln4E EntErifs siss gums re6uass iniarnma-
.Nl. NLLaIk Ia.-r. Num- t..nE nRlI.. 2as. 8 bottle
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Moves the bowels each day, In order to
be healthy this Is necessary. Acts gently
on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price 25 and SOC.
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Russia has about 25 5000 miles OF railway
besides 1000 now in course OF construction.
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IN TANY a dutiful daughter pays in pain for her mothers
MI ignorance or perhaps neglect.
The mother suffered and she thinks her daughter
must suffer also. This is true only to a limited extent. No
excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-03-24

California Fails to Elect a Senator.
The California Legislature has Adjourned
sine die without electlng a United state