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The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
TREES AND LIGHTNING.
The Oak IL Said to Furnish q Favor
able Target for the Discharge
OF Electric Fluid.

The person who in storm seeks
refuge under a tree should beware
of the oak. It is a dangerous shelter.
Its stout heart furnishes favorite
target for the thunder bolt.
The German government has been
making systemat tic inquiry into the sub
ject of lightning-struck trees. Over
seers of nine forestry stations, scat
tered throughout an area of 100000
acres in the district of Lippe, have
made thorough investigation of the
forests in that locality.
They report that the oak is the most
susceptible to lightning. The beach
is the most seldom struck, and next in
exemption comes the pine. In that To-
cality the forests are composed of trees
in the following proportion: Beach,
10 per cent; oak, II per cent; pine, 13
per cent; fir, per cent.
There have been 275 trees struck in
this acreage within three years. Ex-
animation shows this to be the ration:
Fifty-eight per cent. oaks, 81 per cent.
frs, 8 per cent. pine, 2 per cent. beach.
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ANSWERS FOR THE ANXIOUS.


! Glorianna B.. Of Westport, writes: Il
have young gentleman caller who is al.
ways tryIng to kiss me. How shall ! dis.
You should, dissuade him with hatpin
or AJAX, Glorianna, but as an all-around
entl:klss argument there is nothing 60 dis
suadinE and at the same time painless as
Aneeriean. You shbuld eat one OF two or
thrke before the kiasing bug Aies around.
"Mneician," Of sWaverly, wants to know
HOY: 70 diacover whethersor not her piano
keyl Are ivory or celluloid. @
4o1eh them carefully with 4 lighted
match: # they are cellnloid you should
then call the fire department. =
l"Hphsewife;" of Roland Park, asks:
''How can / keep reaches out Of lard >" :
rAes the butter near by. They piefer it.
hair brush shows good many FILLING hairs
Soak the brush in glue over night.
/. H4ee:" 1t certainly was inhospitable of
your friend whom you were visiting, to re.
t4se 20 allow you to use his tooth brush.
However. we should cultivate sweetness
OF disposition which will enable us to over.
s'bsk such traits in others. .E. z I
Worried, =, Of Catongxille: The quickest
way to remove sindelib!e ihk from a carpet
is to pour muriatic acid on the spot. Any
carpenter can mend the hole it will make
IN the floor.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
NO MORE THE GRAND MANNER
The Gentleman of the Grand Air In
No Longer I'm Evidence in
English Society.

The "grand manner" has gone from
the world and the world seems littleput
out at it's departure, says the London
Spectator. Time was when It was token
at once of breeding and education. Schol-
arship unadorned with it was held
up to naked scorn as naked pedantry;
manners with no touch Of the grand
air could pass muster in polite circles;
literature saw in it the sum and SUBJ
stance of it's being. 1t did duty for a
whole lexicon of qualities. but it's out
! ward aspect was unmistakable, depend
ing upon very simple theory of So
ciety and human life. If men are to
wear honors and successes lightly, the
background of ease will come into
prominence, and they will study to
amuse. And so came that social finesse
which our great-grandmothers adored,
those bowings and smirkings which
their grandchildren scoffed at, and the
whole pleasing science of the beau
monde.
The tear of sensibility may be
dropped over it's tomb, but there can
be no question Of it's revival. The most
| it's admirers can do is to write the his
tory of it's f1oruit. 1t belonged to an
age when wealth, leisure, culture and
all the good things of life were con-
fined to Class, and it dropped and
withered at the advent of democracy.
Our modern seriousness and our mod
ern. businesslike air killed it, and they
| chose the cruelest of weapons. 1t
might have survived frank opposition !;
it could not endure being made to look
ridiculous.
But with the rubbish went much tha :
| was admirable. At it's best this grand
| manner meant an exuberant vitality, a
genuine zest for life. Its exponents
might fail, but they failed gallantly
1t all worked out to a kind of intense
self-respect, which might 5e ludicrous,
but was rarely ignoble.
Mostgreat me n have been many sided,
but with the gentleman of the grand air
it was social duty, and all traces of
the process must be hidden from sight.
Disraeli was almost the last of the
grand manner" disciples, and th'
abuse of him which was current for
so long shows how people had come
to regard the affectation. For an af-
fectation it was, though charming
| and sometimes a noble one. Versatil-
ity can never be abolished, but a pre-:
tense of ease and insouciance and pa
rade of divers accomplishments may
| easily be discredited. The splendid
impassiveness of the great gentleman
has succumbed to modern worry and
haste, and for the most part we frank
ly confess that dignity is nuisance
and an anachronisnn. But the other
side of the thing-the taste for liberal
culture-shows signs of revival and
we may see return to the grand man.
ner, brought up to date and purged OF
| it's Stiffness
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A LITTLE NONSENSE

II wonder why women are Is
anxious to get together and sew for
charity.'s;.'As it were." What p II
mean sew to speak, Philadelphia
Press. S @ 5 0
Signs Of Antiquity.-It is said that
Koquefort cheese dates back to
Pliny's time. Some of it smells as If
it were great deal older than that.
boston Transcript. 1s @
Editors are so inconsistent, said
keediek to Fosdick. whats the mat
ter now?'' "Here is one editor that
has put "A Quiet Corner on the wom-
ems page.'-Town Topics.
Here comes The Man with the
Pick,'''', said South Illinois street
fruit vender, as a policeman lifted a
peanut from his stand and walked of,
without even winking or blinking
Indianapolis News.
At the Summer Hotel.-"Who is
that good-looking young waiter who
is tossing the plates across the room
Is he a student, too?" Eyes. He
holds the record in Harvale for dis
cus-throwing." - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
More Wrangling in the Choir
''Why can't you be obliging?" cried
the facetious music rack. ''The bells
play when they're tolled. Come! give
us tune" ''No," grumbled the or.
gan, in deep diapason, ''I'll be blowed
if do!"-Philadelphia Press.
Special Service.-''Big fire down on
the street," said the sub-editor on the
thirty-ninth floor of the new office
building. "How do you know?" asked
the chief. "Just got a special dis.
patch from our staffr-correspondent
on the first floor" - Philadelphia
North American.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
Lincoln Talk That Didn't Go,

That altruism has no place in end.of-the.
century politics was illustrated in the last
aldermanic campaign. One night it fell to
the lot of William E. O'Neill, the young at
torney who was recently honored with the
Third district, to address a meeting Of COL
ored citizens in behalf of his friend, Will
liam Hale Thompson, who was running for
alderman in the Second ward During the
course of his eloquent speech Mr. O'Neill
took OCCASION to remind the brethren Of the
party. and to. its patron saint, the martyred
president, who had stricken the shackles
from the limbs of their forebears. "Jes'
stop right heah, Mistah Speakah," inter-
rupted a man in the front row. 'They's
no doubt about the gemman bein' a powah-
full oratah, but / want to tell him this heah
Lincoln talk doan' 60; it doan' buy no
clothes for the missus nor no shoes for de
chillun. ."-Chicago Chronicle
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TOO LITTLE: DEBATE.
ice. Held in =. Ep,.eop.l
Church. y.

Seeator Benton, of Missouri, one of the
most conspicuous figures of the century in
either house Of congress, had formidable
antagonist in natorJames Stephen Green.
Congressman Hit, according to the Chicago
Chronicle, relates this anecdote of the two
gladiators:
Senator Green was not only man of
splendid genius, but of charming manner.
He boarded at the National hotel, where he
was popular with men and women. The
latter found out that the senator was not
much ola churchgoer and insisted that he
should mend his ways in that regard. One
Sunday he was late for dinner. The women
asked him why.
~ have been attending divine worship
replied the senator, gravely.
ITO what church did you 60, senator?
asked q woman.
"I don't know answered the courtly
Missourian. I walked up the avenue, turned
up Fourth street and entered church on
the left-hand side This was an Episcopal
church.
How did you like the services? asked
another woman.
1T appeared to me- answered the SEN
ator, that there was too much reading of the
journal and too little debate
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I concluded to try yodr medicine and
I can truly say it does all that you
claim for it to do:
Ten bottles, Of Lydia, F, Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and seven pack
ages of Sanatives Wash have made q
new woman Of me. ! have had no
womb trouble since taking, the fifth
bottle. weigh more than l have in
years; can do all my own housework,
sleep well, have a good appetite and
now feel that life is worth living. 1
owe all to Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. feel that it has saved
my life and would not be without it for
anything. l am always glad to recon-
mend your medicine to all my sex, for
know if they follow your directions,
they will be cured."-MRs. ANNIE
THOMPSON, South Hot Springs, Ark.
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cepting where art and plate glass il
shown.
Composition carving is used for the
front gable. All floors are double.
with felt paper between them.
Sheathing is of fence flooring; sid
ing, inch O. 6. One layer of build
ing paper is used beneath the siding
Cedar shingles for all roofs. Veranda.
porch and balcony floors must have
their joints we'll loaded. The front
gable is cemented, being fastened on
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
Worried Half to Death.

"Oh, John," exclaimed the fair
young mother, II am glad you're
home. have been so worried"
"Why, DEAR" he asked, what is the
matter?'
"It's about the baby. I tremble to
think of it. You know they say; chill
dren that are smart never grow up"
"Yes, yes" he cried, ''go on! What
has happened? Go on!"
"John," she said, putting her arms
around his neck and sobbing upon his
breast, 'he said: 'Da, da' to-day, and
he is only nine months old!"-Tit.
Bits.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
Our Annual Drink Bill.

An estimate made by the American
Grocer showing the comparative con
sumption of alcoholic and other bev-
erages in the United States for the
year ending June 80, 1890, places the
total cost to the consumer at over
$1,eoo,0oo,00o, or, to be exact, $1,146,-
897,s22, as follows: Alcoholic drinks,
$973, 3,5s9,0so; coffee, $134.695, ,154; tea,
$s3,613.sss; cocoa, $5,ooo,o 900. Total,
81, LAG, ,s97,s22. This means a yearly
per capita expenditure for beverages
of SIS for the 76,o11 900 inha abitants 81
the United States, or about Az cents .
day. Iii a
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5000.

N. Z. A. Convention at Charleston, S. c.,
in July. Tickets good going via Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Asheville and Spartansburg, and
returning via Norfolk, Old Point Comfort,
Richmond and White Sulphur Springs, Va.
For ma ps, time cards, etc, address j. G..
Tucker, '234 Clark street, Chicago.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
On the Tip Of Hls Tongue.

A young Irish lad on a market day
in an Irish town was minding a
donkey attached to a cart and had his
arm around the neck of the animal
when two recruiting sergeants passed
One of them, in an endeavor to be
funny, said: "What are you hugging
your brother so tightly for?"
"'Cause," was the rejoinder, II was
afraid he'd ."-Evening Wisconsin.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

Closets are fitted up with drawefs
and Shelves Sliding door pockets are
lined. . All openings are cased. Use
tile fue lining for all flues. The en-.
tire building is piped for gas and
furnace.
Concrete the entire basement floor,
and divide off into laundry, store
room, fruit room, furnace room and
coal bins. When the house is com.
plete, see to it that it is left all ready
for occupancy. GEO. A. w. KNIT.
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True state Of HI. Mind.

The Old Friend--Say, it looks to me as
if you.were putting on lot Of extra dignity
of late. :. -
The Recently Enriched Person--You are
badly mistaken. / am now in position to
allow my inherent and native dignity to
come to the surface.-Indianapol Press.
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Dessert for To-Day.

You need not worry about it if you have
Burnhalns Hasty JeIIycon i'll the cupboard:
Only necessary to dissolve in hot water and
stand away to cool TO secure the most deli
cious, jelly, Absolutely pure. gelatine, sugar
raspberry, strawberry. wild cherry, peach.
also untaavored ''calfsfoqt" for wine and
coffee jelly. Your grocer sells it, -,
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
Fourth OF. July Rates.

Be patriotic and take holiday trip on
Independence day Cheap rates in every
direction are offered by the Chicago Great
Western railway. One fare and third
for round trips, children half rates. Tickets
on sale July 3 and 4; good to return July s.
For further information inquire of any
Agent G. G. w., or address +. II. Lord,
G. p. & I. A.. ll3 Adams street, Chicago.
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TO Meet the scenery.

Mr.. T. Errihleigh Swell told his stenog.
rapher to write note to friend of his,
asking him to dine "al fresco." The young
lady put her Libby novel where she could
reach it, and tapped off,:
"You are requested to dine with Mr.. AL
bert Fresco at my home tomorrow evening.
Yours as ever, T. Erribleigh Swell"
For she was young woman who believed
in being respectful, even when speaking of
scenery.-Baltimore American. .
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

When rich man marries poor girl, she
likes to give the impression that, though
only a wild flower gathered under way.
side hedge, she puts to disadvantage all
the hothouse plants that now surround
her.-Atchison Globe.
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The Sentence.

"A stolen kiss" said the janitor phi
losopher, ''is sometimes punished by q
married loife sintince av har-rud la
Dor. Chicago Daily News. -
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When Humor Ceased.

Casey "a .bachelor)-Isn't it funny
thot woman will sometimes strike the
man she loves?
Cassidy--Yis; it's funny until ye git
married!-Puck '.-
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

The man who is too proud to beg isn't al.
ways too proud to hint or proud enough to
refuse what may be offered.-Somerville
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
A Poetic Mind.

Lulu-Aren't the peach blossoms
lovely?" .:.
Flossy-Oh. yes; they always make
me think of peach ice cream" ."-Chica-
go Record. /
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
The Cornfed Philo.opher.

- Woman" said the Cornfed Philosopher,
will never succeed in her demand for the
came. nay as man for doing the same work.,
The only way to get the same bay for the
same work is to howl for more pay for less
work. .''-Indianapoli Press. r- 's'
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
NEW GAS IN THE SUN.
What the Solar Spectrum Has Re.
vealed and May Yet Bring
to Light.

The announcement was first made by
Norman Lockyer that certain bright
lines in the solar spectrum indicated
the presence in the sun of hitherto
unknown gas which he proposed to call
''helium." In 1895 Ramsay isolated the
gas. "But at the same time," says
Cosmos, abstracting an article in Pro-
metheus, ''Lockyer found in the spec
trum of the corona other colored lines,
which he attributed to the presence of
another element, to which he gave the
name ''coronium." Neither Ramsay
nor any other chemist has yet been
able to isolate this body. Neverthe-
less an Italian spectroscopist has dis
covered the lines OF coronium in the
gases thrown out from: the crater of
Eesuvius. This has encouraged physi-
clans to search for this pearl of all the
gases, present, past and future.
But this is not all. At the same time
other physicians have had their atten-
tion directed to other lines of the spec
trum and announce that there will next
be discovered two new metals that ex-
ist in the sun. They have given these
elements by'anticipation the names of
"aurorium" and ''nebulnm." The posi-
ton occupied by these bodies in
the atmospheric layers of the sun
leads these scientists to think that
they are lighter than hydrogen. For
chemists this discovery will be q
veritable revolution. In fact, it will
destroy Proust's hypothesis, which
states that all the molecular weights
OF bodies are whole multiples of that
Of hydrogen. However, as no trace OF
either aurorium or nebulum has vet
been found on the earth, the existence
OF these elements is yet far from con-
elusive demonstration.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
q powder for the feet. Itmakes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy: Cures Corns, Itching,
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
The Rlght Spirit.

what did Col. Stillwell say about the
branded cherries sent to cheer his con-
valescenceWs ~ s.. Il i
enough to eat at the @ ft rened re the sitd tte
Cir, "but that he appreciated the spirit in
which it was sent t''-St Louis Republic. !
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Tie RourA ana the so.ere.

The large, imposing woman found her
J, ]. "Wells1'v rounded you up at last!" she.
s.9h, 4 can square myself, all right!"' ex-
claimed the man, with a thin affectation Of
nohchalance.s -
He even affected to laugh, which rendered
him a more pitiful spectacle than ever
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
A PuPist.

"Meet me-" he wrote, "on the korner
1T 8 this evening, without fale!"
And she replied: y
"There is no such word as 'fale'"
She was a purist.-N. Y. World.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. rhos:
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

\. A favorite good wish in Ireland used to
be, inlay you live to eat the hen that
scratches over your grave"
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
MQudie AERin.

Maud Muller, raking hay one day..
Was caught in rainstorm, so they say;
The rain came down in perfect food;
Said Maud: Il guess my name is Mud!'
philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
Bathing without shouldcr straps.

The rank and file on the Modder river
were short time ago forbidden to bathe,
and sentinels were posted on the banks to
look for surrepttious swimmers. One of the
sentinels caught sight Of swimmer, who
persistently ignored his summons to sur.
render to arrest. 'At'last the bather emerged
from the river; the furious sentinel ad.
vanced upon the dripping figure and claimed
a prisoner. "Confound yon!" was the re.
ply, cant You see I'm an officer" ?"-London
Chronicle.
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Many a supposed pessimist is a man who
hopes Others will deny his gloomy assertions.
indianapolis News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES produce the fast
est and brightest colors of any known dy'
stun. Sold by all druggists.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
The National Conventions.

Prohibition at Chicago, June 1928, 1900.
Tickets on sale June 1921.
Democratic at Kansas City, July 1, 1860.
Tickets on sale July "a.
The road to take to attend these Conven-
tions is the Chicago Great Western Ry.,
the popular Maple leaf Route" with its
vestibuled trains, free chair cars, satisfac-
tory dining car service, and its unsurpassed
sleeping car accommodations.
Ony One Fare for The Round Trip.
For further particulars Apply to any
Agent Of the Chicago Great Western, or ad-
dress F. II: Lloyd, G. N& I. A., ll3 Adams
street. Chicago.
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1t is not work that hurts man; it is wor.
ry.-Atchison Globe.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

Persistence in: doing. ones duty ends in
liking it, something like acquiring taste for
olives.-Atchiso& Globe. -sssaseza. ss.aaa
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

What an artistic pipe you have" said
Miss Hicks to Barber. "Artistic ?" returned
Barber. ''Not a bit of it. You can't make
it draw."-Harlem Life.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

If you want "good digestion to wait upon
your appetite" you should always chew
bar of Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

Uncle Sam uses the best of everything.
Uncle Sam uses Carter's Ink. He knows.
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xspEclALLyyo FOR 'r,iis pArHl,

with wire nails, and wire criss-crossed
to each nail to hold the cement in
place. r.. S 4 i 80
Stone caps for chimneys: Chimneys
showing above the roof are laid up
with press brick. Wrought iron
brace supports side chimney r ts.
Cutters, down spouts, flashing and
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The man who hesitates is lost, hut the
woman who hesitates is won. - Sydney
Town and Country Journal. , q. :
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nrst story, . feet inches: second
story, 9 feet.
The sizes of all the rooms are shown
on the floor plans.
y The veranda extends across the en-
tire front of the house.
Use 2 by 10 inch joist for first and
second floors; studding by 10
inches; roof rafters, 2 by inches.
American glass, for all windows, ex-
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Tom-"Did you ask old Gilfoyle's consent
to your marriage with his daughter?" Dick
Yes" Tom-"How did you come out"
Dick-'1 really don't know. 1t all hap
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! Shelf it wasn't for the old bachelors
there would be no 'Airts" He-"Ifi it WASH t
for the hirts there would be no old bache.
lors. Sydney Town and Country Journal.
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The veracity of figures often depends upon
the honesty of the statistician.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

Persons that fail to see a joke should
not always be sure that the fault is with the
News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

It is hard for crooked man to tell .
straight story.-Chicago Dispatch.
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THE TEN-RoOM home here illus-
trated can be erected for the sum
Of $4,000. T.. 81
The foundation is built with rubble
:. stone, IS inches thick.
The foundation showing above the
ground is of brick, IL inches, thick.
The height Of basement is z feet;
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For shooters and rishermen.

. Tho new 1900 edition Of .'shopting and
Fishing Along the Line Of the Great North
ern Railway" is without an equal amongst
books of this class. It is HANDSOMELY bound
in c0lored covers, Of new and attractive
design. It is printed on fne plstepaPer.e
In two colors, is beautifully illustrated;
with. photographs reproduced insha1f-toney
and is in all respects q magnificent specfl
.men OF the printers art. 7r Il
Complete informationais given. about all
sorts and conditionso of sport, from lion and
grixzly bear to ..cotton-tails,'' y andeihclud-7
ing every fish that swims intae many lskes
and rivers Of the wide Mort state&
ii AL the little details Of lakes, boats, bait,
distances, etc, have been, carefully coip.
piledsby .practdcal posfsulsn, and will d
found 2 great nvcnienos TO anyone plan
ming "trip. ANEW map ofs Minnesota H.
three colors f bound into each BOOK. = s.
= The hunter or fisherman who is the for
stunate possesser Of this encyclopedias Of
sport in the Northwest needs no further
guide to tell him where to 60 a-fishinE OF
shooting. >By mail for twocen from, f. Z
Whitney, General Passenger Agent, st.
RAUL Al00. :: ~ 1 II - | &1', Z
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Fishing is a matter Of bait and wait. Chi
caso Democrat. " 4s..5.
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A Rexular Bird

The burglar sometimes becomes iail
bird, because he's a robin.-Phi!ladelphia
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Over 100 stokers are required 70
feed the fires OF fast AtlAntic liner