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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-26
T Perpetual
Spriing tin1e.

Youth is the springtime of life. There is delight
tul charm about this of the year-a brightness
and buCyancy-an era Of happiness and good feeling
that is known at other time The STRENGTH and
vgor of youth with its boundlcss energy make this
season of delight and pleasure that in most cases too
soon past Just how long can enjoy this season of
buoyancy and happiness depends entirely upon our
physical condition. Some peopleare old at FORTY they
have allowed Impurities to accumulate in the blood
absorb the energies, break down their nerves, and
totally unfit them for the sharp competition of life.
Others arc young at sixty their step elastic their
minds free from the worries of physical ls-they arc
full OF energy and vgor They keep their blood pure
and enjoy perpetual physical springtme This can be
the experience of all who will rely upon
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Christ crucincd .. He touches the
water with his hand. praying that it
may be free from all Impressions OF
evil spirits. ). He Signs i, thrice with
the sign OF the cross. 20 bless i'll the
name of the Holy Trinity. 1. He scpa-
rates 1t with his hand. ana casts GU;
some OF 1t towards the four parts of
the world. to instruct us that The grace
of baptism, like the rivers of paradise.
flows all over the earth. . lie brcathss
thrice upon il in the form of Il cross.
desiring God TO bless il with the infu-
sion of HIS holy spirit, tina; II may re-
cetVc The virtue of sanctifying the soul.
o. lie plunses the paschal candle thrice
into IT, praying that the Holy Ghost
MAJ descend upon II. as he aid At the
baptism of Christ i'll the waters OF Jor-
dan. :. lie mixes holy oil ana chr!sn
with it. 70 signify that baptism conse-
crates US to God, and gives spiritual
strength TO wrcstlc with ana overcor,e
all thu enemies of the soul
After the hcnedictiou Of the font. the
Sacrament Of Baptism, is solemrly adj
min.Stercd To such rs are prepared for
it, ana the Htany and mass are sung
In obtain Of God thot the new bapti:oG
mag pcrScVere in the grace they have
received. Incense is used AT The gospel
to represent the perfumes carried by
the women to our SaVjour's monument
but no lights are used. IS 81 other
times. because they uTd the apostle did
, ,.ti,:, ~ 80 ms iuSCrfecuon' Tor
~, 49, '''su ne CIeep Isl not
and tho antiphOa. called the commun-
ion. are omitted hecsuee The r5iihfrI
ala not receive the blessed Eucharist
at this mass, bat waited TIL Easter day.
The hours of service in ~. Marv's
ard the Sacred Heart Church during
the week VIII lie rs follows:
Sr. MARY'S CHURCH.
s. Mary's, CORNER of Chapel ana Holt
streets. Key Father D1hcr.y pastor
ram sunday: iariy mass at IL III. :;
childrcn's mass at $50 a. m: high mass
AZ l Il; M. The palms will be blessed
and distributed before the II o'clocll
service. Nespers and henedction of the
blessed sacrament NJ j.. IN.
Monday-La:iy mass at G:30 and $50
n. IN.
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OR Lining Sale.

=. DI.,g,G9as3makolS' very best Kid Finished
Inv Twlled slcs'a Lining. ward
WIDE. worth loc. Special 57.c
Na2l Enr,sh Hair Cloth. fun width.
regular .'a. irddc i9c.
~ E"fi-y Is American Russlc Lining. tic
,E"u,ful Ncar-silk Lining. yard wide
all fancy Colors and black i.i.r yn-d
ENi!1 Emo jean Waist Lining. Use.
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SO FINE TAlLOR-MADE SAMPLE SUITS.

We have bought for cash manufacturers samples of
Ladies' Fine Iailorade Suits two alike These will be
on sale Monday at big reduction from prices These
beng line OF samples very superior in finish style and
rare chance for buying fine suit very nominal price
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LINEN SPECIALS.
Bought as Bargains Sold as
Bargains.

25c. H afs. 6e5 Ss tihc Ba max m
Heayy S,emi-B-each DaulasG with
red border.
lSr IIeayy Flax Linen Damask.
~ Good Turkey Red Damask.
3lc.. Gleached Fine Irish LINEN parrasl5.
ayc., l2-inch German Linen Hamask.
Zoe. Extra Fine German Damasl
inches wide. worth si2j
2Sc. dozen. Fringed Linen Table p-y-
zoe. dozen. Fine All-iInen Doylies.
15c.. 800. sl.25. large Write Damask
Dinner Napkins. spec!al bargain.
Towe!.n=. &c. Sc. loo. yard
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&c. Window Shades.

or cTaque Fc,t. on strong spring roll
lors, Stats and bra cke.s. worth l5c
Zoe. llO,arI Linen Shades with or
without f-ngc. aii cC.ors and white.
mounted OF lIirtShCrne'S best surirs
rollers. with fixtures complete, worth SIS
each
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69c. Colored Silks. 69c.
Corset Specials.

25c. pair, Good White Corse:s. worth
sc. Nursing Corseta, worth 10.
4ac.. Our Great T. Il Corscts. perfect
:se.. +. & G. Short and Long Waist
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Curtains to Sell.

:ot Lac Curtains. about 20 pairs. 49,.
] lot Fine Lace Curtains. Sl1o to $2.2a
lot Lace Curtains, 20 to s. IS.
lot Tapestry Curtains. NJ ST de.,-s hIo
colors. Sl.59. $27s TO $5.0J n pstr.
! lot Heavy Chenille Curtains sls9 TO
$3.50 Iair ~
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HOSIERY NEWS.
Reliable Qualities. Low Prices

f0ILc Ladies' Hermsdorf Bla *
- Hos, Ladies Richclcu Kin
pea lioSo. Ch.ldrons Heavy Double Kuct,
Heel and Toe Ribbed Hose.
8 c. T.bbt 'i'l II iN sige HAY az blrfk
same usually sid at i2}:c. 4 pair.
zc I.adls5' ras, Hack s.a,rlc.s
=, - Hcae. The kind usually sold at
TO- Ladies Fancy Hose reduced
~ from Sos. ana &c
1Sc Ladies Richelieu Rlb Six rr-
10. brodorcd Hose. worth Zoe. Iadi"s,
Fn i ilmhp?f; I'd. Isle Thread Hose, pain
Yarn-dyed Cotton Hos. black and fincV
rove!iy co!ors. w-rth sc
3 PAIR FOR si.oo-Ladies Fine silk
plated Imported Hose all new s2r.ng
colors and black boot These ere worth
75.c- 4 pair.
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Bargains in Wash Goods.


cis s Sn5 MaT h H@yaT gatte FeE
This is Il l25.c. cloth.
r. $50 yards Large Plaid White
~ Muslin. assorted patterns. ~ real
1oc. number.
* $50 yards Percales. yard wide
~ good Patterns. worth Zoe.
1zSc Another case. 1900 yards. Light,
che regular, Sc. c9-th. Mondays price
21Sc. yard.
3zoc Best American Indigo Blue
- o.. Dress CII.co. numerous patterns
"a usual &c. quality. Price Monday. 37sc.
H.. l case White Check Mus!!ns. as
r. sorted patterns usual price di4c.,
our special. &C.
X 200 yards, A Shooting Cotton
~ to 10 yards in piece. THIS i
Worth REGULAR s. a yard
7hc SO yard. P; X. all colors. white
for l2,9c Special nc.
A. bales Heavy a. Brown Co++.n
&c This never under &C. Here lfen-
Gay &c. yard.
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Confined on PAGE Thir;een.)
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or six Progress has been marvel
3.iI success our. prices prove what
nrsh and VIII combined with capital and
opportunity can accomplish
25c. rieees Navy Blue surah.
-. c9nbls warp Can't bc matched
5Oc New arrival, 2i-inch stripe
e - ) iks, make beautiful waists
5Of 20 new pieces New Checks ana
- P!".d IIabut,a Washable Taretr
,. lhs. suitable for chiidrcn's dresses and
SOC. AA Monlaay only. :. : pics 2i-ineh
.,r, ,,., H', r.,!', son Finith Surah. The
PINK. lemon and black.
40. 2s-inch Iieavy Twill Lining silk
0/C' newest shld,s.
I'VE. li1id nsss s,R. is wo1sn %g s Serge
p .uO Gronnd win iiaack or b hii'
s;rincs, ~ siyles ard black ana blue
grounds IN white stripes 10 styles
full = inches wide, worth Sl25.
sc. Black Silks. &c.
,2a,!!NcH ALL SILK black rAr-
p, ?2,INcII BLACK HEAVY MORE AN
Al:iIsILll eO-lNcH HEAVY BLACK
!, rl ,l,I,.,, SILK si-INcu MOURNING
riNE ArL-slLll BLACK rEAu DE
g-lNNclI AL1~sInN ROYAL AR
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Black SILKS -CoIorcd.
E N.IE:sX7OIT.DT!IRTES

our SIX Progress has been a marvel
us success our prices prove what
nrsh And VII combined with capital arC
opportunity can accomplish.
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CHAPTER I.
SHADOWS FROM CHILD LIFE.

The full African moon poured down
its light from the blue sky into the
wide. lonely plain. The dry, sandy
earth, with its coating of stunted "kar-
roo" bushes few inches high, the low
hills that skirted the plain, the milk
bushes with their long, fingerlike
leaves, all We're touched by weird
and an almost oppressive beauty as
they lay in the white light.
In one spot only was the solemn
monotony of the plain broken. Near
the center small solitary "kopje"
rose. Alone it lay there, heap of
round ironstones piled one upon an
other. as over some giants grave.
Here and there few tufts of grass or
small succulent plants had sprung up
among its stones, and on the very sum-
NIT clump of prickly pears lifted
their thorny arms and reflected, as
from mirrors, the moonlight on their
broad. fieshy leaves. At the foot Of
the "kopje" lay the homestead, first
the stone walled sheep kraals and KAT
fir huts. beyond them the dwelling
house, q square red brick building
with thatehed roof. Even on its bare
red walls and the wooden ladder that
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THE sAcRl aycn

The farm by daylight was not as the
farm by moonlight. The plain was a
weary fiat of loose red sand, sparsely
covered by dry "karroo" bushes, that
cracked beneath the tread like finder
and showed the red earth everywhere.
Here and there q milk bush lifted its
pale colored rods, and in every direc-
ton the ants and beetles ran about in
the blazing sand. The red walls of
the farmhouse. the zinc roofs of the
outbuildings, the stone walls of the
kraals, all reflected the fierce sunlight
till the eye ached and blenched. No
tree or shrub was to be seen far or
near. The two suntiowers that stood
before the door, outstared by the sun,
dropped their brazen faces to the sand,
and the little cicadalilie insects cried
aloud among the stones of the ''kopie."
The Boer woman, seen by daylight,
was even less lovely than when in bed
she rolled and dreamed. She sat on a
chair in the great front room, with
her feet on a wooden stove, and wiped
her fat face with the corner of her
apron and drank coffee and in Cape
Dutch swore that the beloved weather
was damned. Less lovely. too by day
light was the dead Englishman's child,
her little stepdaughter, upon whose
freckles and low. wrinkled forehead
the sunlight had no mercy.
"Lyndall," the child said to her little
orphan cousin, who sat with her on the
floor threading beads. show is it your
beads never fall off! your needle?"
81 try" said the little one gravely,
moistening her tiny finger. '.rhat is
why"
The oveTseer, seen by daylight, was
a huge German. wearing shabby suit
and with q childish habit Of rubbing
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CHAPTER II.
PLANS AND BusHMAN PAINTINGS

A''S fANb bGoHhhN PAINTINGS.
AT last came the year of the great
drought, the year 1862. From end to
end OF the land the earth cried for wa
ter. Man and beast turned their ewes
to the pitiless sky that. like the roof of
some brazen oven. arched overhead.
On the farm. day after day, month
after month, the water in the dams
fell lower and lower; the sheep died in
the fields; the cattle. scarcely able to
crawl, tottered as they moved from
spot to spot in search of food. Week
after week, month after month, the
sun looked down from the cloudless
sky till the .'karroo" bushes We're leaf
less sticks broken into. the earth, and
the earth itself was naked and bare.
and only the milk bushes. like old hays.
pointed their shriveled fingers heaven.
ward, praying for the rain that never
came.
1t was on an afternoon of long day
IN that thirsty summer that ON the side
of the "kopje' farthest from the home.
stead the two girls sat. They were
somewhat grown since the days when
they played hide and seek there. but
they We're mere children still.
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questtoner was not evident, for he
made no reply and turned away from

questtoner was not evident, for he
made no reply and turned away from
her.
Drawing closer to Lyndalls feet. he
said after awhile in low voice:
"Lyndall, has it ever seemed to you
that the stones were talking of you2
Sometimes" he added in yet lower
tone, II lie under there with my sheep,
and 1t seems that the stones are really
notwithstanding Of the old things,
of the time when the strange fishes
and animals lived that are turned into
stone now and the lakes were here.
and then Of the time when the little
Bushmen lived here, so small and so
ugly, and used to sleep in the wild
dog holes and in the 'sloots' and eat
snakes and shoot the bucks with their
poisoned arrows. 1t was one of them,
one of those old wild Bushmen. that
painted those" said the boy. noddlng
toward the pictures ''onc who was
different from tile rest He did not
know why, but he wanted to make
something beautiful; he wanted to
make something. so he made these.
He worked hard. very hard. to find the
juice to make the paint. and then he
found this place where the rocks hang
over. and lie painted them. TO us they
are only strange things that make uD
lapgh. but TO him they were very beau.
tiful."
The children had turned round and
looked Mt the pictures.
He used to kneel here naked. paint
ing, printing. painting. aud he WONDER
ed at the things he made himself" said
the hoy. rising and moving his hand in
deep excitement. Now tile l.oers have
shot them all. SO that we never see q
little yellow face perping out among
the stones''-le paused. n dreamy look
coming over his face-.and the wild
bucks have gone and those days. and
we are here. But We will he gone soon,
and only the stones will lie on here.
looking at everything rs they look
now. ! know that it in / who am
thinking."I the fellow added slowly,
'but it seems as though it were they
who are talking. Has it never seemed
SO to you. J.yndall?"
NO; it never seems so to me-" she
answered.
The sun had dipped now below the
hills, and the boy, suddenly remembers
ing the ewes and lambs, started to mis-
feet
LET us also so to the house and see
who has come, said I'm rs the boy
shultled away to rcjoin his flock. while
loss ran ct his heels, snapping at the
ends of the torn trousers as they fut-
tGred in the. E'.7-,sJ,, s.
Tt be. Continued
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OLIVE scHREINRR GRAPH IRoN,,).

~ OLIVE HCHRElNKR RALPH IRON'D.
led up to the loft the moonlight cast q
kind Of dreamy beauty and quite ethe-
realized the low brick wall that ran
before the house and which inclosed q
bare patch Of sand and two struggling
sunfowers. On the zinc roof of the
great open wagon house, on the roofs
OF the outbuildings that jutted from
dts side, the moonlight glinted with a
quite peculiar brightness till it seemed
that every rib in the metal was of
FURNISHED silver.
Sleep ruled everywhere, and the
homestead was not less quiet than the
solitary plain.'
In the farmhouse, on her great wood
en- bedstead, Tant' Sannie, the Boer
woman, rolled heavily in her sleep.
She had gone to bed, as she always
did, in her clothes, and the night was
warm and the room close, and she
dreamed bad dreams-not of the ghosts
and devils that SO haunted her waking
thoughts, not of her second husband,
the consumptive Englishman, whose
grave lay away beyond the ostrich
camps, nor Of her first, the young
Boer, but only of the sleeps trotters
she had eaten for supper that night.
She dreamed that one stuck fast in her
throat, and size rolled her huge form
from side to side and snorted horribly.
In the next room, where the maid
had forgotten to close the shutter, the
white moonlight fell in in flood and
made it light as day. There were two
small beds against the wall. In one
lay yellow haired child, with low
forehead and n face of freckles, but
the loving moonlight hid defects here,
as elsewhere, and showed only the in
nocent face of d child in Its first sweet
sleep.
The figure in the companion bed be-
longed of right to the moonlight, for
1t was of quite elfnlike beauty. The
child had dropped her cover on the
floor, and the moonlight looked in at
the naked little limbs. Presently she
opened her eyes and looked at the
moonlight that was bathing her.
.Em" she called to the sleeper in
the other bed, but received no answer.
Then she, drew the cover from the
floor, turned her pillow and, pulling
the sheet over her head, went to sleep
again.
Only in one Of the outbuildings thaS
jutted from the wagon house there was
some one who was not sleep. The room
was dark. Door and shutter were clos
ed. Not a ray of light entered any,
where The German overseer to whom
the room belonged lay sleeping sound
ly on his bed In the corner. his great
arms folded and his bushy gray and
black beard rising and falling on his
breast. But one in the room was not
asleep. Two large eyes looked about
In the darkness, and two small hands
were smoothing the patchwork quilt
The boy. who slept on box under the
window. had just awakened from his
first sleep. He drew the quilt up to
his chin. SO that little peered above 1t
but n great head of silky black curls
and the two black eyes. he stared
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what Was killing Hin.

Heggar-Will you please give me SKIS
pence, sir? I'm on my way home to-.
die?
Geatleman (handing him the money!!
y don't mind giving you sixpence for;
so worthy purpose as that, but your
breath smells horribly CT whisky.
II know ii does. sir; wkis.y's what's
killing me. "--Londcn Tenical Tines.
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A TALE OF LIFE IN THE
BOER REPUBLIC.


visible, not even the outline Of one
worm eaten rafter, nor of the deal ta-
BILE, on which lay the Bible from which
his father had read before they went
to bed. No one could tell where the
tool box was and where the fireplace.
There was something very impressive
to the child in the complete darkness.
AT the head of his fathers bed hung
a great silver hunting watch. 1t licked
loudly. The boy listened to it and be.
gan mechanically to count. Tick, tick,
tick-one, two, three, four! He lost
count presently and only listened.
Tick, tick, tick, tick!
1t never waited. 1t went on inexora.
bly,, and every time it licked a man
died! He raised himself little on his
elbow and listened. He wished II
would leave off.
How many times had it licked since
he came to lie down? A thousand
times, million times, perhaps.
He tried to count again and sat ur
to listen better.
dying, dying, dying" said the
watch, dying, dying, dyingw
He heard it distinctly. Where were
they going to, all those people?
He lay down quickly and pulled the
cover up over his head, but presently
the silky curls reappeared.
Dying, dying, dying" said the
watch, dying, dying, dying!'
Ho fho,,rh< NJ +1o -a.1. -.
had read that evening, "For wide is
the gate and broad is the way that
leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat.'
Many, many, many" said the
watch.
Because straight is the gate, and
narrow is the way that leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it."
"Few, few, fewr said, the watch.
+ The boy lay with his eyes wide open
He saw before him long stream OF
people, a great dark multitude, that
moved in one direction. Then they
came to the dark edge Of the world
and went over. He saw them passing
on before him, and there was nothing
that could stop them. He thought OF
how that stream had rolled on through
oil the long ages Of the past, how the
old Greeks and Romans had gone over
The countless millions Of China and
India-they We're going over now.
Since he had come to bed how many
had gomez ssv h s,l,59{ 80
And the watch said, ETERNITY, eter.
nifty, eternityw ~ S%r
"Stop them! Stop themr' cried the
child.
And all the while the watch kept
ticking on, just like Gods will, that
never changes or alters, you may dc
what you please. i
Great beads Of perspiration stood on
the boys forehead. He climbed out OF
bed and lay with his face turned to
the mud floor.
20 God, God, save them,". he cried in
agony, "only some, only few, only for
each moment am praying here-oneH
He folded his little hands upon his
head. "God, God, save them"
He groveled on the floor.
Oh, the long, long ages of the past,
in which they had gone over! Oh, the
long, long future, in which they would
pass away! o God, the long, long, long.
eternity, which has no end!
The child wept and crept closer to
the ground.
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before 1t gets quite dark. You, Waldo,
70 and hide on the 'kopje.' Lyndall
and will shut eyes here, and we will
not look"
The girls hid their faces in the stone
wall Of the sheep kraal. and the boy
clambered half way up the "kopje." He
crouched down between two stones
and gave the call. just then the milk
herd came walking out of the COW
kraal with two pals. He was an Ill
looking Kaffir.
All" thought the boy, perhaps he
will die tonight and go to hell! l must
pray for him! must pray"
Then he thought Where am going
tor" and he prayed desperately.
"Ah, this is not right ut ALL" little
En- said, peeping between the stones
and finding him in a very curious pos
ture. whit are you doing, Waldo!
1t is not the play. you know. You
should run out when we come to the
white stone. All, you do not play
nicely" ,.}.
I'll will play nicely now" said the
boy. coming out and standing sheepish-
ly before them. Ell only forgot. 1
will play now
He has been to Sleep" said freckled
En-.
NO" said beautiful little Lyndall,
looking curiously at him; "he has been
crying"
She never made a mistake. "a
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The board Of agriculture of Eng,
land has promulgated an order forbid-i
ding the landing of dogs from Ireland
in Great Britain. under penalty of
eco. This done toprevent thcsPreadi
OF rabies, which is common in Ireland
Just now-Albany Argus.
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Gronnds for Action.

saftleigil-7T aw-had me mind wead,
by professional mind reader wecent-
ly, doncher know?
Miss cutting-fadeed! And what did
he charge you?
''Foah dollars"
What an Outrage. Why don't you
have him arrested for obtaining money
under false pretenses ?'- Chicago Even-i
ing News.
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Toinntncs by llctn.t.

+ In the cunning factories tomatoes are,
bought by weight, not measure. They
are washed md scaldcd by machiacry,i
peeled and cored By Land. Then they
are sorted, packed il cars By machin-.I
cry, sealed and stsa,ncd - about an!
hour. The cu:s ne next soldered,i
cooled, lahsicfl ars packed il cases.
Philadelphia PR zs.
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His Opposite.

He-I shall never marry until me
g woman who is my direct opposite. =
She (encouragingly)-Well, Mr.. Duf-i
fer, there are numbers of bright, intel-I
ligent girls in this neighborhood. -Syd-l
ney Journal.
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Mrs. Van Piper-What! you 70, MAJ
jor? You don't look it.
The Major--And. don't feel it, MAJ
dam. When l look at those daughters
of yours 1 feel ten years younger
Town Topics.
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LiAe rs Nan,cealsc.

Landlady-1'd have you know, Mr..
Highball, that this is tenderloin beef.
Mr.. Highball-Wcll, that's fact; Il
did notice that it was rather tough
section.-Chicago Tribune
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James Gardner, OF Charlton, went
ona protracted spree, winding up with
taking twelve bottles of lemon extract.
He died within short time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-16

No Cabinet Meeting Records.
At meetings Of the British cabinet
no official record Of any kind is kept
of the proceedings.--N. Y. Sun.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-16
&c s1vipca Them,

Admirer--1sn't il awfully difficult toI
find melodies for your songs?
Song Writcr-No. the hardest part
is to disguise the melodies iind.-N.Y.'
Journal.