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The Opelousas courier., 1899-08-05
Origin of Menu Cards..

It was the Duke Henry of Bruins
wick who was first observed, in the
intervals of a banquet, to scan care
fully a long strip of paper by the side
of his plate; and when the curious
crowds ventured to inquire into the
nature of his studies, he explained
that it was q sort of programme of the
dishes which he had commanded from
the cook, to the intent that if some
delicacy which especially appealed to
him were marked for q late stage in
the repast he might carefully reserve
his appetite for it.
! The simplicity and excellence of the
idea instantly appealed to the good
Dukes guests, and the menu card
from that moment became an institu-
ton. In its old-fashioned form the
bill vas usually written large on cards
of such dimensions that room for only
one could be found on each board.
This was in 1900; and this aid to Sc
lection must have been a boon. for the
medieval dinner was a mine of sur
prises. It vas divided into courses;
whereas nowadays the diner has a
general idea that fish will follow soup,
and the entree will be succeeded by a
roast or it's equivalent; there was no
knowing what was going to happen at
an early English dinner, or in what
order it would be served.-Philadel-
phia Enquirer.
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%om Mrs. Sumter
70 Mrs. Pmkhom.
ItEifra TO MRS. r1sxHAx no. zs,a441

ttEffER TO MES. p1NxnAx no, 76.a1xl
Zone year ago last June three doc
torn gave me up to die, and rs I had ut
different times used your Vegetable
Compound with good results, I had too
much faith In it to die until I had tried
hagain. ! was apparently an invalid,
wa conaned to my bed for ten weeks.
q believe my trouble was liberation Of
wsmbl.
AFTER taking four bottles Of the
Compound and using some Of the Liver
Pills and Sanstive Wash, Ut the end Of
Two months I had greatly improved
md weighed 155 pounds, when I never
before weighed over 1as. Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is the
best medicine I ever used, and I recon-
msnd Ito all my friends."-MRs. AxHA
EVA GUNrEn, HIsaIHsvnLE, Nc.
m. 1.r.a.r. EsjSy. In. Ono. More.
"bxAn MRs. PuKnAN-I had been
tck ever since my marriage, seven
ysars sgo; have given birth to four
children, and had two miscarriages. I
had falling Of womb, 1eucorrhes, pains
h back and legs; dyspepsia and .
nervous trembling Of the stomach.
New ! have none Of these troubles and
caa anjoy my life. Your medicine has
worked wonders for me.s-H1G @.
HA1NUAHT. NEW CASTLE, PA.
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A Matrimonial DimcuIfy.

New Zealand papers report a curi-
BUS Anglo-Jewish matrim onial diff
Guilty that has arisen in that colony.
A son of q leading and wealthy Jewish
merchant fell in love with one OF the
principals Of an opera company tour
ing through the colony. The lady
was equally smitten and announced
her willingness to become q Jewess.
The Jewish rabbi in Auckland had his
doubts and RENTED the case to the
rabbi in the capital, Wellington. The
lattar held that the conversion, volun-
tary though it was, could not be sane
toned in consequence Of certain con
ditions imposed by Cromwell, which
might still be binding in New Zea-
land rs part OF the British empire.
So the case has been sent on to the
chief rabbi in London, and the matri,
monial alliance stands postponed nm
I'll his decision has been received
London Chronicle.
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Quite o Family,

The young Siamese princes are hav-
ing a good time in Nice, Italy. It
has become the fashion to invite them
to all the receptions, aud to Judge by
their faces they enjoy being lionized.
A distinctly funny episode took place
the other day. A certain lady, after
a great deal of pains, succeeded in
getting an introduction to one of the
dusky youngsters. The Introduction
took place in a well-known drawing
room. With perfect correctness, but
rather to the surprise of those present,
especially his highness, the lady sa-
luted him with a deep court courtesy.
The little ~princeling, who had been
wearing a good-natured smile, looked
almost terrified, and it was thought he
was either going to cry or run away.
With the benevolent idea OF putting
him at his ease, the lady promptly
asked him how many brothers and
sisters he had, to which he replied,
quite innocsntly, that he did not ex-
actly know, but that the last time he
had the curiosity to inquire the num-
Der was in the neighborhood of eighty.
It was then the good DANES turn to
look frightened. Chicago News.
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An Ingenious Water Clock.

One Of the relics of s'ye ancient
Mariner" which is at Guam, one of
this country's new possessions, is o
curious measurer of time, called a
water clock. It is q very ingenious
contrivance, which can measure time
both in rough weather and in calm.
It Is simply o bucket half filed with
water, in which floats the half of q
well-scraped cocoanut she'll. In the
bottom of this she'll is q very scaall
hole, SC that when placed to float in
the bucket o fine thread of water
squirts up into it. This gradually fills
the she'll, and the size of the hole is SO
adjusted to the capacity Of the vessel
that, exactly at the end Of an hour,
plump it goes to the bottom. The
mar on watch used to cry out tho
number of hours from sunrise, and
then set the shell alost again empty.
It is a very good measurer of time, as
when tested with o watch it hardly
varied at all. It's great advantage ia
that it is easily understood by those
having to use it. It is quite in evil
dence, being rather bulky, and atten-
ton is called to its running down"
by the bubbling noise 1t makes as it
sinks.-New York Times.
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PiTH AND POINT,

A woman's ideq of being culturcdis
to look at terrapin as indiferently
when invited out as she looks at fried
bacon at home. -Atchison Globe.
Waiter-"WoulG'yo like Spanish
cream with it?" Goodman Gonrong-
Spanish cream? That's whipped
cream, isn't it?"-Chicago Tribune.
Friend-"I presume you soon found
that all was not gold that glittered."
Returned Klondiker (hosrssiy)-
Yep. Most of it was ce."-Judge.
Are the Christian powers of Europe
Genuinely chummy?
Have they really buried the hatchet,
Or only O dummy?
Detroit Journal.
"Here's a case Of a man who went
to law in order to get the girl he loved
away from her parents" "Took out
a writ of attachment, I suppose
Chicago Evening Post.
Browne-"Waiter, bring me a dozen
oysters on the half she'll" Waiter
"Sorry, sab, but we's all out of she'll
fish, sab, 'ceptin' aigs."-Rochester
Union and Advertiser.
Simes-"Here's a poor clap who
has lost his power of speech" Hikkok
well, that isn't so bad. He'll
make a great naval officer. "-Phila-
delphia North American.
Jimmy-'I wonder why they at-
ways put the preacher away back in
tho booL and oS %ha obrroL -, Torrov
THAT was done in the days when
they was Injuns around and the preach
er picked out the safest place IN
dianapolis Journal.
faint only English people drops
their aitches," said a little boy to the
new teacher. 81 never heard no Amer
lean pronounce the aitch in my name"
What is your name?" asked the
teacher. Johnny" said the little
boy. Bazaar.
College Student-"How did you
come to lose the game?" Captain
C'varsity nine)-''Why. their pitcher
and catcher had a set of. signals that
we couldn't possibly understand or
get on to-they kept calling out to
each other in Latin. Puck.
He stared at her with bullying eyes.
She had a boxing-glove on her left
hand and a hammer in her right.
"M-my DEAR" he stammered, "wh-
what are you going to do?" Idiot"
she snapped. "I'm going to drive
tacks. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tommy" said q father to his pre-
cocious f~ve-year-old son and heir,
''your mother tells me she gives you
pennies to be good. Do you think
that is right?" ''Of course it 49," re-
piled Tommy. "You certainly don't
want me to grow up and be- good for
nothing, do you?"-Chicago News.
Parent-"Who is the LATEST boy in
your class, johnny" Johnny-"I
dunno" 81 should think you would
know. When all the others are in
dustriously studying their lessons, who
is he that sits idly in his seat and
watches the rest, instead of working
himself?" ''Why, the teacher."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
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An Indian Artificial Lake.

Jai Samund, OF Sea Of Victory, near
Odeypore, is the biggest artificial
sheet of water in India. It was made
by the Maharana Jai Singh at the end
of the seventeenth century. Apart
from its great size and beauty the lake
strikes any one visiting it for the first
time by the marvellous simplicity of
it's construction. This inland sea,
covering some thirty or forty square
miles of land, in some places to the
depth of over 100 feet, has been
created and kept in existence for a
couple of centuries by ons marble
wall scarcely 300 yards long. In COM
parison with the lake this ''bund" is
small in the extreme, but in reality it
is q white marble structure of marvel
lous strength and simple beauty.
Along its whole length shining steps
of pencilled white lead down to the
waters edge, at this time nearly thirty
feet below the summit of the ''bund."
On the reverse side o second wall
backs the ''bund" proper. Till re.
Gently the space in between was I'm.
filed and formed a vast sort of cavern
where both tigers and dacoits have
been run to ground in not remote
years. The present Maharana has
spent much in filling up this empty
space, with the triple benefit of GUST.
ing marauders, strengthening the
"bund" and making a promenade OF
terrace along its whole length.
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A oAY~oFF,N
I'm sorry for the lonely char
Whn hoon;k NM, h>-e

I'm sorry for the lonely char
Who hasn't any boys:
Whose folks may stop and take a naD
Without u fear of noise;
Especially when with t~ireless vim
The circus band plays free,
And Willie says I'm taking him
When he Is taking me.
l sympathize with him, I do.
With none to tell him all !
About the jumping kangaroo
And the giraffe, SO tall.
To help him spell the words so long
Which c%uriousIy engage
His eyes, as Flooding through the
throng,
He looks from cage to cage.
No curly head bends DER the print
Spread out upon his knee,
To gather some pictorial hint
OF giories yet to be. ~
No treble notes Of laughter check
His sheer at clownish skill,
No little arms glide round his neck
. When all Is dark and still.
I'm sorry for him. TITS the truth,
Fo'zn~sas lost them all,
THEE y~oufn~>l joys which only youth
..adas power to recall.
- laugh at Times reminders grim,
J A trudge the sights to see,
And Willie says i'm taking him
When be is taking me.
Washington Star.
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Queen Victoria. Interest IN COLI.

It is not generally known that
the Queen has shown some sympathy
with the game of golf. Her Majesty
has provided a course both at Balmc-
raj and Osborne for the members of
the royal household, aud I am now
told that she had decided to institute
. small annual tournament at her
Scottish links, but it is believed that
she meditates first spending some
money upon them with g view to their
improvement. Five members of the
royal family now play-the Prince Of
Wales, who is q recent learner; the
Duke of York, the Duke of Con-
naught, Princess Victoria of Wales,
and Princes Charles of Denmark. The
Princess of Wales has also made her
appearance on the links.-London
Correspondence of the Birmingham
Post.
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A Resourceful Sergeant.

On arrival Of the Duke and Duchess
of Connaught in Khartum it was
thought by the troops that the right
thing to do would be to decorate the
place as much as possible. Accord
1ngly, with infinite pains and much
energy, a triumphaI arch was erected
to the great satisfaction of all con-
cerned. A picture of the queen aud
the Prince of Wales graced the arch,
but no pictures Of the duke or duchess
were to be obtained for love Or money.
Advice was therefore sought from one
of The English sergeants there, and be
advised their placing IL notice between
the two portraits referred to bearing
the inscription: "Let 'em all comet
This was accordingly done, and their
royal Lighresses were much amused
thereby, tho duchess insisting on tax
ing n suap shot of the arch.-Egyptiar.
Gazette.
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"HARNEsslNo THE NILE.
Scheme Worthy Of . Ramosss or .
PharAOh.

VVEAny DE N6"Oo0B OF .
Pharaoh.
Engineering skill IL to rearrange na-
lures surface On the Egyptian frontier,
and pond back into Nubia q body OF
water lao miles long. crossing the tro-
pic OF Cancer and extending southwark
nearly to KoTosko-a goodly step on
the journey to Abu-S.mbel and Wady-
Halfa-by means OF a great dam across
the Nile at Assuan, says the Century.
The pyramids and the Sphinx have
born testimony through the centuries
to the grandeur and power of execution
which d~elt within the Nile valley;
4 what more fitting now that the
same valley beethe theater Of a gigan-
tic exploit, audacicus perhaps, but GER
tain CT success. and ministering to
mans necessities, rather than to his
vanity? AS a building achievement
the scheme Is On a scale worthy OF a
Rameses or a Pharaoh. To create IN
the heart o. the African desert a lake
having from two to three times the SUI
perfcial area CT Lake Geneva, in Swift
zerland, and control it with scientific
precision, SO that the impounded food
may be turned into distant channels
al viii, Is a stupendous undertaking,
But the engineers claim that their
plans can be carried out to the letter:
they have estimated the exact cost OF
the dam, computed almost to the gal
lon the volume OF water hat will be
imprisoned, and figured the necessary
resistance to be provided at every point
OF the masonry. In Cairo, the experts
OF the ministries CT public works and
finance, likewise, have calculated to a
nicely the sum from taxation that will
come into the public treasury through
the country's augmented productive
ness. Subordinate to the great dam, a
smaller one. not unlike the barrase at
the apex OF the delta, ten miles north
OF Cairo, is to be made at Assiut. IT'S
functions will be to give a sufficient
head to the river to force the water
into the system OF irrigation canals
that vein hundreds OF thousands OF
acres between Assiut and Cairo. The
completion Of the Cairo barrage Git was
begun by Mehemet Ali Pasha, from
the plans of a French engineer, but not
made effective until England took the
country in hand) SO developed cotton
culture as to add to the public revenue
Of the country at least SO, 600. 900 annu-
ally. It may be safely concluded that
the Assuan reservoir is but one OF a
series which will in time be construct
ed southwark to the Victoria Nyanza.
The re-establishment of khedival au-
thority at Khartoum will determine
this.
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.o&.S
b to Shake Haod..

A0uU
Here are some simple rules ,or .
hostess to observe in the matter -
shaking hands:
A hostess should shake hands with
svsry guest who comes to her housa
whether her own friend or thu friend
OF her friend, both on arrival and DE-
Vartpre.
i 4 young girl introduced to an older
woman should await the action Of tha
elder, who, If kindly disposed, will
shsks hands.
; Any man presented to a woman nm
less he is decidedly elderly or di,tin-
guished, must wait for her to make a
movement toward shaking hands. and
when q woman presents to another
the man accompanying her, it ia the
duty OF friendship, as well as hospitai-
aty, for the nan to be met with a cor.
diel handshake.
, Ordinarily, however, women are M,
supposed to shake hands with men
when they are presented to them.
This holds good even at a dinner mar.
II. where a woman for the first time
meets the man who is to take her Ia
dinner.
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: sTRANcEsr OF ACCIDENTS.
APony Engine Explodes and Miraculous
ly Leaves One to Tell the Tale,

&n0 AoAGs
zone of the strangest accidents in
my experience" said q boiler expert,
occurred a few years ago ct a small
sawmill town over in Texas. They
had q narrow-gauge road on which logs
were hauled by a pony locomotive.
One day the two forward wheels of the
little machine jumped the track and
the crew of seven men went out to
jack it into place. As the engine
stood, it had a cant forward, which
threw all the water in the boiler to the
front end, and as there was a lively
fire in the box it soon got the other
end red-hot. This triding circum-
stance was overlooked by the crew,
who proceeded calmly with the jack
ing, six of them working at the sides
and one lying fat on his stomach I'M
der the rear trucks. As the engine
slowly assumed q horizontal position,
the water ran back to the red-hot por-
ton, and bang! the whole thing dis
appeared in space. 1Ae six men also
disappeared. They wae distributed
in small sections over at-~ test
acres, and there wasn't enough left Of
either engine or crew to make a re-
spectacle souvenir. While this disinte-
grafton was in progress the man who
had been lying fiat on his stomach was
experiencing the surprise of his life.
He had heard a hideous clap OF
thunder, and when he looked up, lc
and behold! he was all by his lonely.
His comrades and the pony locomo-
tive, which was but just then standing
over his back, had vanished like .
dream. All that was left was the land
scape. He was wholly unhurt."-
New Orleans T1mes-Democrat,
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Ronaparte.s Sugar Bowl.

A Hampden Me. woman, Mrs. E. B.
Maddocks, has in her possession .
sugar bowl which was once the prop
erty of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was
given to her mother in 1912, when
Napoleon was in camp at S~tausberg.
The bowl is made of earthenware and
Is silver-plated and is considered no
less valuable because of q nick in the
cover of the howl, IS the story runs
that Napoleon was passing it to a
friend one day when he accidentally
dropped it on the floor, making the
aforesaid nick.
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4 Enra Bird in Germany.

Snipe arc scarce in Germany. They
cost 81. IL apiece in the market, and
Sl25 apiece to amateur hunters. At
any rate it is known that 100 amateur
hunters spent $4,000 last year, near
Munster, bagging altogether twenty
birds.
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+. Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all in
purities from the body: Begin to-day to
ban'sh pimPles, boils, blotehes, blackheads,
Cascarets,--beauty for ten cents. All drug.
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed. l0c. 25c. Soc.
It is wonderful how near concelt is to vani
tv-Jarrold
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In fact, letter. rfngwo,m and all skin diseases
are cured by Tetterine. Mr.. Lee D.. Martin. OF
San Antonio, Texas, says: II am suffering with
q violent case of eczemafn my feet Please send
me a box of Tettertne. Mr.. Moore. OF Moore 4
Mcfarland, Menu his, Tenn, says 1t cured him
of a similar case" Sold at druggists foc. q box or
sont postpaid by J. 7. shuptr1ne, Savannah. Ga.
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To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To'
Bac. the wonder worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure g-.ran.
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy % Chicago or New York.
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Old Churches In London
.
OF the thirty-fve churches built BY
Sir Christopher Wren in London nearly
ons-half have disappeared.
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An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling n
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and SUBJ
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front Of every package.
FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N. p.
For sale by all Druggists. Price Soc. per bottle
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Mime. Nevada, the prima donna, who
was . Miss Whom of Nevada. and IL
now Mrs. Palmer, is a god-daughter OF
Mrs. John Maokay.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness atter frstday's use of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveR estorer. 32trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. r.. Il. KLINE. Ltd. Gl Arch St. Phlla, Pa
Nothing succeeds like an ofliceholder's
successor
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Father Time has to face smokcless powder
in his battles with women.
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Are You Using Aliens Foot-Easo.

1t Is the only cure for Swollen, Smartings
Tired. Aching Burning. Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease,a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. Sold
by all Druggists and Grocers and Sho
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen s. Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
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Pso's Cure Is = wonderful Cough medlc1ne.
| Mrs. w. PrcKERT, Van Siclen aud Blake
Avas. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Oct %. ..S04.
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The majority Of the walters In restaurants
are guests.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup FOR children
teething, softens the gums, reducing infamms
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. $50 q bottle
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s. X. Coburn, Mgr. Claire Scott. writes
II find Halls catarrh cure a valuable rem
edy." Druggists sell it, 15c.
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The higher q man rises the more he has to
on others to hold him up.
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To Cura 6,nnatinatian

After q rough lie has been polished 1t is
called hypocracy.
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The name of Diggles does not roll on the
lips but it is on the roll of fame.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

The woman who hesitates at an auction
sale sometimes wins by losing.
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Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Zoe. 2sc. II G. c. fail. druggists refund money.
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Beauty In Blood Deem.

Alarm clocks are among the most sta rtlins
signs OF the times.
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"BeHer Be Wise
Than Rich"

WISE people are also rich u,hen fhev
&now = perfeS remedy for al ANNOYING
DISEASES Of the blood, Kidneys. Ever and
5oSsls. IT'S Aoods Sars.pa,aa. uheh
= pefsct IN its action 50 r~esulstes the
enhas system as to bring rigorous heath.
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To- Bao for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggista
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T1A streets Of New York give emplovm.,,
10 Ay0o0 rag.picksra e
Weak Evea

weak Eyes
Are made strong By Lsen.rd,'s Ego Lotion, ]
ssmm 81 70 snrs % rishons psia in one day. i
shs eyes in working trim. nmakss stron. n svIns
Guaranteed or moAasy refunded. brusststsssi,
y O. V cts; or forwarded repaid on recssn,
Of price by >. b. Leonsrdi d Co, Tampa, Fla.
Every time q doctor ~colIanta a e..
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To Cure Constipatiou Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. loc or CSC.
Il {. c. C. fail to cure. druggists refuad money.
Everybody believes in dreams-but not in
their Significance.