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IN THE RIFLE PITS
spsaiArds' Fiass Of Truce Amused ne
Mon n the rrsnchss

spsniArds' Flags Of rrues Amused tAs
Mon IN the rrsnohsa.
The days that followed July Sd were
filed with innumerable visits to the
Spanish lines under fiags Of truce,
writes Richard Harding Davis In
Scribner's. To the men In the pits,
who knew nothing Of the exigencies
OF diplomacy, these virgin hags were
as offensive as those OF red are to the
bull The men had placed their own
flags along the entire line OF trenches,
and though they afforded the enemy q
perfect target. and fixed our position
as clearly as buoys mark out q race
course, the men wanted the iags there
and felt better at seeing them there,
and so there they remained The
trenches formed a horseshoe curve
five miles In length, and the entire
line was defiantly decorated with our
flags. When they fiuttered In the
wind at full length and the sun kissed
their colors they made one OF the
most inspiring and beautiful pictures
of the war. The men would crouch
for hours In the pits, with these fags
rustllng above them, and felt well re-
paid for their service; but when they
saw crawling across the valley oeloW
the long white flag Of truce their
watchfulness seemed wasted, their
vigilance became n farce, and they
Knocked and scofred at the white nag
bitterly. These flags were sent In so
frequently that the men compared
them to the different war extras OF a
daily paper, and would ask, HAS that
10 O'Clock edition gone In yetT and,
as this the base ball edition coming
out now, or is IL an extry"
One Of the regulars said to me. In
great perplexity: "I can't make out
this fiag-of-truce gag. 1t reminds me
Of two kids in a street fight stopping
after every punch to ask the other
fellow IL he's had enough. Why don't
we keep at 1t until somebody gets
hurtedT'
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To determine whether a trunk has
been. hewn In winter or In
summer Is of the greatest
Importance to buyers Of tim
Der, especially as regards building tim
Der, since 1t Is well known that tim
Der cut down In summer represents
lower value than that felled In win
ter. Timber hewn during the resting
period, between October and April.
contains In its cells numerous starch
particles which cannot be found in
wood cut down in summer. Owing to
this presence Of starch the wood Ia
coarse and impenetrable. since the
starch closes the pores. For this rea-
son winter-hewn timber Is exclusively
employed for slaves, because with
slaves from summer-hewn wood the
contents Of the barrels are subject "a
evaporation through the pores. The
starch contained in the winter WOOD u
given a violet color by iodine. Hence,
II the timber to be examined IL coated
with an iodine solution and the sur
face Of the telling side appears yellow
it may be assumed with certainty that
the trcs was cut down In summer. Ths
light yellow lines are the moisture
rays. while cells, tissue and wood abera
simply take on q yellow coloring. In
the case Of winter-hewn timber tbs
amyIaceous rays form much darker.
ink-colored, black stripes on the yellow
ground.
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How TO Ride up Hi.

Mere brute strength is not required
to climb hills. There is a knack In it,
and that knack consists In getting the
right position OF saddle and handles,
and then exerting even and steady
pressure on the pedals. Stamping or
jumping on the pedals only means loss
Of power and useless straining OF the
machine. The idea Is to bring the cen
ter of gravity over the falling pedal,
and to make the fullest use Of ankle
action. The pedal must be pulled round
the dead center at the bottom, pushed
over it at the top, and the downward
thrust backed by the whole strength
of thigh and body. Sit erect In the sad
die and grip the handles firmly, and
on no account think to climb a hill by
the up and down piston stroke used by
some riders.
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Proof Positivs.

~Did Fisher have a good time on his
little outing?"
ayes, indeed. / only saw him for
minnie and had no time to ask any
questions, but / could see that the
akin was peeling from his nose, his
neck was 50 sore from sunburns that
ha could not wear q collar; his hands
we're blistered 30 that he could hardly
use them and he complained that he
had roved the boat until his arms
vere so lame that he couldn't hold q
Dsn- Oh, he must have had q magni-
ncent time. and / understand ne got
three or four fsh. too."-chicaso Posi-
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Go Live on . Farm.

The person who does not love life
In the country has lost the best part
Of his nature by being cast out Of the
garden Of Eden at an early period Of
his life, to be artificially reared on the
sights, sounds and smells of the streets
alleys and sewers Of some city. he
knows nothing Of real home life-cities
have very little-as a rule, only num-
Der so and so, such q street; he has
very little sense Of home joys and af-
fections; the pure air and water Of the
country; its holy quietudes; its gentle
appeals to all the senses: its solltudes,
where turmoil and mob never intrude;
its delightful woods. its sports and
pleasures; its loves and friendships, un-
denied by the dust and CRIME OF crowd
ed tenements and thronged thorough
fares; its sacred pTivacies and seclu-
sions; its leisure, its freedom and indie
pendence from the intrusions and de-
mands of hurrying urban life and Its
sacred exemptions from the gross con-
facts and associations Of the busting
and shouldering streets-sll these, and
more akin to them, make the rural ex-
istence a perpetual delight. undefled by
the conditions that attend the con-
slant pressure Of mixed and crowded
population.
The farm Is not BONANZA. but It
feeds the world. To one accustomed,
its labors are easy and healthy; its In
cidents interesting, its rests, changes
and relaxations, with exchanges Of Wis
its, always full Of recreation; its crops
engage continual care and attention,
with daily vicissitudes Of weather that
never destroy hope and even cheer
with promise of fruition, and at the
last, with garnered crops, it affords you
plenty, with a roaring IRE under your
own roof-happy in being monarch Of
all you survey, despite the struggles
for bread in the cities. and the never
ending exertions and woes inseparahie
from style and its silly riyalries.
Go back to the country, young man.
Go home to the farm. Seize the piov
and become an independent and happy
man, though you may miss wealth
fashion and luxury.-Norfolk Pilot
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Tia Optimisf.

Mrs. Catherine Acerbity was the
widow of a soldier IN the civil war.
She could not understand the I'm
pulse which suddenly seized her TO
have her picture taken, but she yield
cd.
BRIGHTEN the eyes q little" said the
artist, as he popped his head out from
under the black pail which covered the
instrument
II was a new notion Of Mrs. Acerbity
that any one could brighten her eyes
by an effort Of the win.
She felt for the button which she
ought to touch, to turn on that subtle
electric light; but it was like feeling
with your foot for the bell knob UNI
der e table when an extra Leaf has
been put in for invited guests. The
effort was an ignominious failure. The
duIl and heavy look still lurked more
like a shadow than q light in those
once brilliant orbs.
Look a little pleasanter," said the
photographer, in an unimpassioned but
commanding and confident voice.
~I,ook here, mister" retorted hrs.
Aeerbfty. sharply. "f you think that
an old woman who IL dull can look
brixht, and feels cross can become
pleasant every time any little upstart
tells her 70, you don't know anything
about human nature. It takes some
thing from the outside to brighten the
eve and illuminate the face"
20. no. It doesn't It's trick TO be
worlred from the inside. Try 1t againl
said the photographer, good hunor-
edly.
something In his manner inspired
,.sth and Mrs. Aeerbfty felt for the
button again-and touched It.
sThat's goodI That's anei You look
twenty years younger. I'll put this pic
sure in my glass case outside my front
soors exclaimed the artist, a. ne
squeezed the bulb and caught the tran
sseut dow which had not illuminated
the faded and lack-lnstsr eonntenancs
sinee the messenger boy had placed
that terrible telegram in her hands .
quarter Of q century ago.
M Acerbify went home with a
creer feeling IN her heart Il was the
sr-f compliment she had received since
- Husband had placed a hand on eth
= r,de az her face and said. Catherine,
~,u are getting younger and fairer ey-
~ day." and it set her up Ike glass
Of rare old vine.
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the LsnnTHousE.


me pIunging storm flies farce against
the pane.
Aud Jam our cottage with redoubied
shocks,
The chimney mutters and the rafters
strain;
without. the breakers roar along tie
rocks.
See, from our nre and tsper-ligktsd
room,
How savage. pitiless and uncon-
troiIed
The grim horizon shows its tossing
OF waves from unknown angry CULTS
uprolled;
Where, underneath that black, porten-
tous lid,
A long pale space between the night
and sea.
Cleans awful; while In deepest dark
ness hid
All other things In our despair agree.
But 10. what star amid the thickest
dark
A soft and unexpected dawn has
made?
o welcome lighthouse. thy unruhaed
Pieroes the turmoil and the deathly
shade.
BY such a glimpse DER the distracted
wave
Fun many soul tonight is re
possest,
OF courage and Of order, strong to
And like effect it works within my
breast.
Three faithfurmen have set themselves
to stand
Against all storms that from the sky
can blow,
Where peril must expect no aiding
hand,
And tedium no relief may hope Il
know.
Nor shout they. passing brothers to in
form
What WEAKNESS they feel, or wha
alright;
But TRANQUILITY in solitude and storm
Abide from month to month-an'
show their light.
william AlIingham-
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lonely, who listened to his suit AZ iass,
because the other man was eone-tae
OBSTACLE removed. A chance bullet had
oone II; even as that thought came TO
Nm, he raised his revolver and took
swift aim and fred and shot the other
N the back. He saw him reel and fall
out OF the saddle; and then, with the
deed done all the horror Of It swept
over him. There was no longer any
woman In the mental landscape; this
man alone filed it-this man who was
mis- friend. and whom he had traitor
ously slain. With an oath OF despair
ne set spurs to his horse, and flung his
sword aloft and rode through them and
Fought his way to where the man lay.
he got him out; how, the dispatches
attempted to show afterward; with q
Wondrous valor, he fought his way
singie-handed, bearing the other man,
and brought him to safety. But the
aim had been sure, after all; the man
never recovered consciousness and
died within an hour.
Thereafter this history hurries At
speed to Its ending. A grateful coun-
Try hung on the murderers breast the
Victoria Cross for yalor In bringing
out his wounded comrade under FIRE;
q grateful woman, with tears In her
eyes, tried to thank him for the splen-
dor OF that devotion which had risked
% much In the endeayor to save his
| friend; in all tenderness, and purity,
and admiration, she offered him the
love she had before denied. And the
man stood before her, and wept the
bitterest tears that surely ever man
wept yet.
The world has never ceased to won
der at two circumstances-why thi;
gallant oficer refused to wear his V,
C., and why he shot himself through
the heart in his dressing room on the
morning Of his wedding day.-Pick'
Me-Up.
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eminent pension. Ghe took long look
In the glass. and said. In an audible
voice: There may be something In
It. But I'll wait and see the picture"
She die, and she could hardly believe
her eyes. II was like a resurrection II
was as II some fine old lady had nd-
denly stepped down out of frame In
q picture gallery and danced q minuet
until her countenanee was all alive
with the lost fires Of youth.
She gazed long and earnestly. and
then said. in q clear, Arm voice: "If
/ could do Il once, I can do 1t again,
and then she kiesed the beautiful face
upon its lips. and laid the picture
down.
Approaching the little mirror above
her chiffonier, she said: Brighten up.
Catherine" and the old light flashed
mp once more.
Look q little pleasanterr and q
calm and radiant smile diffused itself
over the features-and then she kissed
the mirror.
what an old fool 1 ami" she said
with q blush, and the blush was the
sweetest thing Of all.
Well, everybody noticed the differ
ence.
Why. Mrs. Acerbity; you are get
ting youngl How do you manager
they asked.
Its almost all done from the In
side. You just brighten the eye, and
look pleasant" she answered simply
Ex-
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,Ilner.l. OF En-. Phnlppln...

Admiral Dewey has transmitted to
the navy department the results Of an
investigation on the mineral resources
Of the Philippines. This investigation
was made by Professor George F.
Becker, of the United States Geological
Survey, who conducted extensive re-
searches as well as consulting all the
available authorities on the subject.
Following Is a showing OF the mineral
bearing islands and their resources:
Luzon-Coal, gold, copper, lead, iron,
sulphur, marble and kaolin. Cata-
anduanes, Sibuyan, Bohol, and Bana-
can-Gold only. Marimudquo-Lead
and silver. Mindoro-Coal, gold and
copper. Carraray, Batan, Rapu Rapu,
Semarara and Negros-Coal only.
Masbete-Coal and copper. Romblon.
Marble and Samar-Coal and gold
Panay-Coal, oil, gas, gold, copper.
iron and perhaps mercury. Biliron
sulphur only Leyto-Coal, oil and
perhaps mercury. Cebu-Coal, oil,
gas, gold. lead silver and iron
Mindanao-Coal. gold. copper and
platinum. Sulu archipelago-Pearls.
Speaking OF the coal found in the ISL
ands, the professor says that 1t is an
alogous to the japanese coal and that
OF Washington, but not to that OF
Wales or Pennsylvania. II might Bet
ter be characterized as a highly car
hDnized Ignite. likely to contain much
Psulphur as iron pyrites, rendering
them apt to spontaneous combustion
and injurious to boiler plates. Never
theless. he says. when pyritous seams
are avoided and the Ignite is properly
handled, 1t forms a valuable fuel, es-
pecially for local consumption
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isn't It rather annoying for you to
have them both call on you at once?
asked her dearest friend
mo; perfectly delightful" said the
younz woman with two devoted slaves.
~You see, dear. seat one on each
side Of me-"
~well?"
-And there is such delightful cool
ness between them"
-aohls-cincinnati Enquirer.
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Art Of Whiting.

Several things are very necessary IL
one wishes to get good results In whit
Ting. says st. Nicholas. First OF all.
he must have q knife with rather
small and very sharp blade. 1t Is
not at all requisite that it shall
be q high-priced knife; indeed. ex-
pensive knives are usually Of very hard
steel. dificult to sharpen, and 50 high
ly tempered that they are much more
brittle and not 50 good for the pur-
pose as one OF moderate price. Tne
latter, It Is true, does not hold its edge
50 well, but, on the other hand, II
much easier to keep in good condition
Every boy should learn TO sharpen his
knife, and should do It frequently. II
il not necessary to grind the edge away
upon q grindstone unless the blaze Is
very duh indeed; but 1t should be care
fully rubbed upon q milestone or oil
stone. Even q smooth, nat pebble OF
some slaty rock may be successfully
used as q milestone.
In choosing a piece Of wood TOR
whiting several points are to be
noted. The hard woods are much pret-
tier than the soft kinds, and II one
has q good stock Of patience and IL
content to make slow progress, they
are to be preferred. Perhaps black
walnut is the best Of the hard woods.
Its grain Is usually straight, and when
perfectly dry 1t is not nearly so hard
to cut as oak or maple. It Is only the
heartwood Of the black walnut has the
rich, dark-brovn color, and is mucn
used for furniture and cabinet work.
In the growing tree there is an outer
layer of sapwood, as 1t Is called. which
is quite as white as maple. This white
layer In a good-sized tree may be an
inch or even more In thickness, and Is
sharply contrasted with the dark
heartwood. In a lumber yard where
black walnut is kept 1t Is often pos
sible to md boards or blocks which
have both kinds Of wood In them, and
II they are used in carving this natural
contrast In the color Of the wood may
be used to give very pretty effects; In
deed, a sort of wood cameo can be
made from them, the white sapwooc
being used for the figures and the darh
heartwood below forming the back
ground. This sort of work, however
is more in the line Of carving than
whiting, and is rather difhcult for the
beginner, especially as the sapwood II
harder than the heartwood.
OF other hardwoods the buttGnu'
and cherry may be mentioned a. es
pecially attractive In color and gain
Some kinds of wood, too, which ar
seldom used for lumber or cab.ne
work, but are still abundant enough II
our forests, especially In the middle
states, will repay q boy for expert
menting upon them. Thus, the cofee
nut tree has q very pretty brown Woot
with a fine grain. The Usage orange
50 often cultivated for hedges. has
beautiful yellow wood. taking a higl
polish, but IL is 30 hard to work con
yeniently. Indeed, II q boy wishes Il
make rapid progress, he had bette
be content, especially in his first few
efforts, with the soft woods. These ar
, nine, far and spruce; or. as the Ger
mnns call them, from the shape o
their leaves, the needle-woods. Fo
our purposes the best wood of all is
straight-gratned piece Of white pine
well dried, but free from the crack
30 likely to come from q rapid season
ing.
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Tnero Il more CataFrh IN this section Of tne
country than All other diseases pus together,
ineurables For . great many years doctors pro.
nouneed Il Q local disease, and presented Local
remedies and by constantly falling 70 cure
S1ience has proven eatarrh 10 be . ccnsttsu-
houal disease and therefore requires consul
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man
Il the oniv eonstitutionaf cure On the market
n is taken Internally 4 doses from 10 drops %
4 teaSpoonfuL Il acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system They oner
ons hnndred dollars for any G. eft fails 20 cure
send for circulars and testimonials ADDRESS
y. J. CHENEY co, o...
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A Strange Hero.

Except in melodrama, 1t does not
often happen that a man has the op-
portunity neatly, and without fear OF
after cousequences-Of removing from
his path any human creature who may
chance to stand In the way Of his per-
sonal happiness or ambition Ano
even where the opportunity Is gwen
and seized, It may happen that the VIC
tim springs up ghostlike and accusing
with q power greater than It WELD
ed in the nesh.
The two men who figure In this BRIEF
history were officers In the same cav
airy regiment; they were further INK
ed-or divided-by the fact that ootn
were in love with the same woman
Let II be said at once that she was
woman worthy Of alteration; that no
vorship men could give her could De
too Rreat or too absorbing. As may
perhaps. be anticipated, however, she
gave her love, wholly and completely
to the one man to the other she ex-
pressed-with all gentleness-her sor-
row, and her pity for his dfsappoint-
ment. In q mad desire to heal MS
wound. she tore It q little wider BY or
fering him her friendship.
The unsuccessful lover took the mat-
ter badly; in all his dreams there had
been but one woman In the wide eartn
for him. and he felt he was now but
a sorry wretch, struggling alone In OUT
er darkness. Despite the fact that an
other man held her heart. and was 70
marry her on date that had been
actually fixed, It Is safe to assert that
he never gave up the hope OF possess
ing her-never abandoned his love Is
q really impossible thing.
The projected marriage was post
poned by an unexpected circumstances
the regiment was ordered to the 'front.'
and both men had to 90. OstensiDEy
they went as friends; the one smotn-
cred his feelings as best he mignt
when the troopship sailed. and the
woman waved q handkerchief TO the
other, and shed tears which were ror
love Of that other slso.
II Is unnecessary to describe the
campaign; It was hot work. and deadly,
and weary. The happy lover seemed
to bear q charmed Life through It all;
perhaps the thought Of the woman
who awaited his return nerved mis-
arm. In more than one fierce and aW-
full moment the two msn rode side By
side, with their lives literally in their
hands.
Once. the unhappy man heard the
lover murmnr the woman's name-ii
might have been talisman-while nc
rode In the thick Of the fight And
then 1t last one day the devil rode at
his elbow, psucking his very sleeve
and pointing out the way that Is Of
fered rs all, a. some time or other,
If We win but take It. and stifie con-
science.
It was one q the hottest lights they
had known-mere hand-to-hand work
with men springins up. yelling and iar-
ing an about them. Blades we're rash
ing. bullets whizzine IN every direction
in the dust ana smoke Il vas scarcely
possible to distinguish friend from
foe. The rejected one saw his brother
ofHcer, Cheering on HIS mea, and fight
ing splendidlF. scarce = dozen yard
away. And there. even n the act o
Wsrding o. blow. and cutting down
dusky 6enre. he saN HIS way clearly
and shuddered Tor = moment, and tool
Il
he had had : vision q q vomsr
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Tn. World.. supplr Of wheat.

An English expert claims that the
wheat producing soil Of the world Is
unequal to the strain that VIII be put
upon II. Even now when the food sup
ply Is ample, thousands die because
their disordered stomachs fail to digest
the food they take. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters strengthen and tone up the
stomach and digestive organs
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IT i reported that the Chinese gov
eminent has made . concession Of It's
coal fields 70 . syndicate Of English
capitalists: the fields are said to con-
tain inexhaustibls quantities Of an
thracite coal
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Mn. Good-My poor man. are you
married.
SPOILED spconer-No'm; I got ais
hunted look nom always bein' CEASED
nom place to place By de polies.-
Iudge.
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IN. ora Hu.ks.

Mr.. chugwater-Josiah. did you
- notice how common It Is for girls
- look IKE their fathersf
~ churvater-Of course I hEye-
Most Of them look like their fathers
That.s Why so many girls feces are
.,.s,- fortunes.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
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Denver Directory.
HARNESS.

The best 80 dou-
bic Concord Har-
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for SIS With
breeching. 80; IS
double team har-
ness, with breech-
ing, SIS: IS steel
horn stock saddle
for SIS: SIS single
buggy harness for
81 Do not Be
deceived by worth
destinations, but
order direct from
Us and get the
lowest wholesalo
prices. Catalogues
1. FRED MUE[
Denver. Colorado
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,r...-Is Il true that Bullion's
s. mr eloped with his ccaehnani
sssck-I suppose Bullion Il furious
Wyld-1 should say 30. He 50. ne
c.r never set another coschman nat
Mn suit him as reil-brookiyh lne.
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els Shis an intellectual neighborhoodr
eyes: the residents often spend whole
evenings together without playing cards
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rfra rsrmAnsntlyCurod- rohts ognsrvousnsss aftsI
krst days use Of Dr.. Klins's Great Nerve Rsstorsr
send for FREE ea.o0 trial bottle ano treatise
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We win forfeit q 900 IL any e eur pub
Hshed testimonials are proven % Be not
genuine. TEE PBo Co, Warren Pa.
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ssHow did Stubs poem get such famer
had snatcbed II from the waste basket
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Diamond &C" Soap does not shrink
fiannels md 1t leaves all fabrics IN
the most desirable condition
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"T have saved a lot Of money" TN
what wayY' Lost my Job Just before
Christmaa"
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Harry Higgins Is either very fond Of
his wife or very close-hsted- WHY
HE goes Christmas shopping with her.
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at always want introductions to long
haired men sWhy?' 81 like to discoveI
what subjects they are foolish on"
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Sold BY Druggists, &c
HaIl's Family pills are the best
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Mr.. Wlnslog.s Soothing syrup
Dor hfidrsn tssthing soflsns the srsducss inha
nakicn, aliAys pain. curss vtnd cole - esnfs oostl,