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OF testimonials are being constantly
published in the papers. The follow
ing is from Mrs. Eta Sumner OF
Goodells, Mich.
81 have been afflicted" she says,
with nervous debility for year. My
nerves were completely prostrated,
and I suffered at the slightest excite
ment, with great headache. At times
I was entirely overcome by this dis.
ease. / would stay in the house alone,
and dread the sight of my own people.
My entire nervous system was shat
tered, and my life was a worriment
and burden to me. l was advised to
try DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. and while on the first
bottle began to recover. My friends
were very much surprised.
Before I had finished the second
bottle, l could sleep with a quiet
mind, and eat with ready and refresh.
ing appetite. I have taken three bot
ties and am entirely cured of all my
sufferings. l cannot speak half high.
ly enough of 1t. cheerfully and earn.
estly recommend it to every one
afflicted with disease. What gives
people absolute confidence in it. is it's
being the discovery of one Of our best
known and most successful physi-
clans.
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy is. indeed, the greatest
of all spring medicines. for it makes
the sick we'll and strong.
DR.. Greene. of 35 W. 14th ST.. New
York City, has the largest practice in
the world, and this grand medical dis.
covery is the result of his vast ex-
perience. The great reputation OF DR..
Greene is a guarantee that his medi-
cine will cure. and the fact that he
can be consulted by anyone. at any
time free Of charge. personally or by
letter, gives absolute assurance Of
cure to all.
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OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR
LAUcHTER.PRoVoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Cold Proposition-What it Did ?-All OF
Mind - Every Little Helps - At the
Bench Show-His Bad Luck-A Finan.
cial Quicksand, Etc, Etc.
! dreamed last night that you and I
Were on a mount, high DER the crowds,
With naught above us but the sky
And naught around us bu. the clouds
SHE.
My goodness. What sorry plight!
They say that everlasting snow
Lies on the solitary height
And clouds are not so warm, You know!
Chicago Times-Herald.
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To Freshen Up Old Grape.

First unpick all stems and rub dust
off with an old silk handkerchief.
Then wind loosely around q lean
broom handle, being careful that each
piece is kept fiat. Pin and lay the
stick across q boiler half full Of boil
ing water and let it steam for three
or four hours. turning the stick occa-
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Where Ignorance Was Bliss.

"But, after all, don't you think q
good education is an essential in busi-
ness success"
Not much," replied the wealthy
man. 1T was my poor education that
gave me start. done q job O. work
for a rich fellow, and made out my
bill for too dollars Besides the bad
spellin' forgot TO cross the t. He sent
me a check for $1O0."-Philadelphia
Press.
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Stocks and Belts.

Black velvet belts and stocks to
match are worn with the colored silk
shirt waists, and for summer use
white piQue belts made with silver
there are the prettiest little stitched
eyelets AMI plain buckles to fasten
like 4 leather strap.
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Misfortune Not Ficlll

"Ah. yes" replied the moralist, for
tune is a ickle jade"
That's So" replied The plodder,
"but the deuce Of it is Miss Fortune
isn't. She sticks 10 me with fidelity
worthy of a better cause" e."-Philadel-
phia Press.
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Every Little Helps.

He-"My little income of three thou
sand seems so small, dear, compared
with your fathers"
She-"Never mind. He said it would
p."--Detroit Free Press.
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Not Promising.

"That boy of yours invented any
thing great YETI" asked the neighbor.
I've about give him up," said the
discouraged father. He's been at
work three months an about all he
has to show is lightless electric
lamp."-Indianapol Press.
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At the Bench Show.

Mr.. Dukane-"Now which of all
these dogs is the most expensivc?'
Mr.. Gaswell-"Can't say rs to that,
but I should think that the Skye ter
riers come highest. "-Pittsburg Chron-
icle.Telesraph.
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All of a Mind.

You know Will was just crazy to
marry me- said the young bride.
Yes; that's what everybody thinks" I"
replied her jealous rival.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Got His Standing.

Miss Coy-"Do you really think a
girl can find out who her husband will
he by consulting n fortune-teller?
Miss Wise-"Perhaps not. but I
found out who my husband wouldn't
be by that method, not long ago."
Miss Coy-"Really? What fortune.
teller did you consult?"
Miss Wise-"Bradstreet "-Philadel.
phia Press.
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The MfIliners' Inclination.

Milliners incline 20 the use OF two
tone or changeable taffeta ribbons 1or
garnishing spring hats and bonnets.
What could be more dainty than the
cbangeable pale greens and dull rasp'
berry pinks in these sheeny tatfetas!
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What Did 1t?

Teacher-"Let us take up now the
impersonal veros. In the sentence,
1t rains what is it that rains?'
Johnny Upjohn-"It."-Chicago Tri-
bunc.
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THE REALM OF FASHION.

sionally so that each part may be
thoroughly steamed. When done, rest
the ends Of the handle on two chairs
so that nothing shall touch the Grape
and let it stay till next uay.
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Pride In His Work

Chicago Millionaire Showing his
library TO distinguished novelist)-"See
them books"
Distinguished Novclist-"Yes."
c. M.-"An bound in calf ain't
they?"
D. N.--"So they arc
C. NJ. (prouGly).-'Well. sir, killed
all them calves myself. ."-Topcka
State Journal.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
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Every mineral and metal of value in the
arts and industries is found within the
limits of the United States.
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q. n. GREENS Sons, Of Atlanta, Ca, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertisement
in another column of this paper.
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Woman is a conumdrum that man lever
seems to give up.
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His Bad Luck.

"People are always giving me toe
much change by mistake"
well, doesn't that make you cheer
ful?'
No: I'm so honest that I have to
give it back."-Chicago Record.
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Indigestion is bad companion. Get rid
it by chewing bar Of Adams Pepsin Tutt
Frutti after each meal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-17

In times Of war the number of individual
homicides always increases.
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Tell dignifed individual to pull down
his vest and you raise his choler.
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New York City.-The waist with
bolero effect and narrow full front is
very generally becoming e and iS essen
tially smart. The attractive May
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In five years the exports of this country
to Mexico have doubled in value.
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PuTNAM's FADELEss DYE produces the fast
est and brightest colors OF any known dye
stuff. Sold by all druggists.
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do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton las an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN
F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
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See Could Tell.

did your husband enjoy the holi-
day." asked the caller.
YES" answered Mr.. Sirius Bark
er's wife, "he must have enjoyed it."
what did he say about the dis
play"
Nothing; but can always tell. He
acts very differently from what he
does on most holidays. lie hasn't
beaten the dog or threatened to dis
charge the cook once. cc."-Washington
Star.
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Narrowing a mans feelings won't help
toward cultivating his acquaintance.
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A Financial Ouicksand.


would you like an increase of sal
ary, Mr.. SMITH"
mo: it's no use"
mo use"
"If I had more money, I'd have to
pay more debts."-Detroit Free Press.
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The AutocYat.

"Of course 1 ain master in my own
house, said Mr.. Meekton little in
dignantly.
How do you manage it?'
81 tell Henrietta to do just what
she pleases. And SIZE goes ahead and
docs t."-Washington Star.
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Cured.

"No," said the man in the mackirl.
tosh, my wife doesn't give away any
of my old clothes or sell them to the
ragman any more. l cured that habit
effectually once
How was that?' they asked him.
"When found she had disposed of
n coat l hadn't worn for several
weeks I told her there was Il letter in
it she had given me TO mail the last
time I had it on And that was no
lie, either" he added. with deep sat-
isfaction.-Chicago Tribune.
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dium size eleven yards Of material
twenty-one inches wide, nine yards
twenty-seven inches wide, or six yards
forty-four inches wide will be required.
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The Hon. Geo. Starr Writes
No. 8 VAN MSS PLACE, NEW Yol

No. VAN NEss PLACE, NEW YORK. :,
De. RADwAY-With me your Relief has worked
wonders. For the last three years have had
frequent and severe attacks OF sciatica, sometimes
extending from tho lumbar regtons to my ankle,
and at times to both lower limbs.
During the time have teen afhicted have tried
almost all the remedies recommended by wise man
and fools. hor4ng to find relief. but all proved TO
be failures.
have tried various kinds Of baths, manipuds.
tions, outward application Of uniments too numer.
ous to mention, and prescriptions OF tho most
eminent physicians. all Of which failed to give ins
relief.
LAST September. at the urgent request Of friend
(who had been afflicted as myself was induced
to try your remedy. was then suffering fearfuIy
with one Of my old turns. To my surprtse and q
light the first application gave me case after b tn
ing and rubbing the parts affected, leaving the
limbs in a warm glow, created by the Relief. In .
short time the pain passed entirely away. Al
though have slight periodical attacks approsch.
ing change Of weather. know now how to curs
myself, aud feel quite master Of the situation.
never travel without bottle in my vsllse.
Gfo. STARR
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A woman finds it much easier to make
fool of a man than to make man of
fool
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-10-25

Boer invaders 500 strong reached
Saldanha Bay, rear Hopefeld, after .
march through Cape Colony.
The Bulgarian government refused
to enter into any negotiations to pay
ransom to Miss Stones abductors.
A plot of Samar rebels to surprise
and massacre the American garrison
was discovered and frustrated and 80
natives were arrested. A vigorous
campaign was in progress to restore
peace to the island.
M. Santos-Dumont circled the Eiffel
tower in Paris with his airship and won
the Deutsch prize of $4,000.
Fire at Sidney, Cape Breton island.
destroyed 60 business houses and con-
tents. Loss, 81, 0 900.
American agents are unable to find
the abductors of Miss Stone in Bel
GUM in order to pay her ransom.
The high protective tariff imposed
by Australia against foreign manufac-
lures alarms English shoe manufac-
turers. f,@
Ocean island, near the Gilbert
group, has been annexed by the Brit
ish government.
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LATER.

The s~-year-old daughter Of Reynold
Ludeman, living neal Clayton, Wis,
was burned to death after rescuing two
little children, aged 2 and 4 years, from
a section of burning grass in a field
ear the homestead. Mr.. Ludeman
had set fire to the grass and cautioned
the children to remain away from the
field.
The agricultural interests of the
country are trying to persuade General
Henderson, who will again be speaker
OF the house, to appoint q new chair
a of the committee on agriculture
in place of j. w. Wadsworth of New
York. They claim he is not q friend
OF the Grout bill to tax oleomargarine
and to forbid the use Of coloring mat
ter in its manufacture. -
Letters received from Panama say
the Colombian rebels lost heavily in
battle near there last Tuesday. The
rebels are concentrating in a camp in
the neighborhood and both sides are
preparing for q clash which, it is said,
will largely determine the fate of the
revolution.
A sensational robbery, which netted
the perpetrators $74,61O in stamps, was
discovered in the wholesale stamp de.
partment of the Chicago postofice. A
rapid investigation developed hat the
burglars had crawled under the floor:
ing for about 800 feet, bored a hole in
the bottom of the vault, secured the
stamps and escaped, carrying their
booty in a wagon. They did not mo,
lest the cashiers vault, where there
was s35, 900 in cash.
A daughter of Peter Bell, of st,
Marys, O., was rescued from a band Of
gypsies, who had held her a prisoner
for nine years.
The failure of the Boden Credit bank
at Oedenburg, Hungary, led to a sin.
gular suicide. Manager Schladerer
whose extensive d~efalcations caused
the failure, made a confession to his
wife, who handed him a pistol and ad.
vised him to kill himself, which he did.
His wife will be arrested as an acces-
sorry to the act.
Ex-Sheriff Harris and his ION were
shot and killed in a street duel at
Waco, Texas. DR.. j. G. Lovelace and
his step-son, q. I. Reynolds, are under
arrest for the crime.
Lord Kitchener has wired an urgent
demand to the war office for more
trained mounted men.
James Saylor was sentenced to life
Imprisonment for the murder of VIM
Davis neal Arcadia, Ok.
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FOREIGN.

Mussolino, the famous bandit, wa!
captured after a desperate fight a
Urbino. Italy.
Students wrecked the government
house at Kitchener, Russia, anc
fought the police, who killed II anc
wounded SO of them.
The Philippines were swept by g
typhoon and 20 persons were killed
in shipping disasters in Manila bay
and many vessels damaged.
Gen. Chaffee cabled the president ad.
vising against a reduction of the force
now in the Philippines as proposed by
Gen. Corbin.
United States senator's and congress.
men who have been touring the Philip
pines sailed for home on the transport
Sheridan.
The Beers have occupied Malmes-
burg, about 40 miles from Cape Town.
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender,
has been ordered to leave Italy for fear
of compromising the government with
Spain.
Rich deposits of gold and precious
stones, thought to be the long-lost
mines of the Pharaohs, have been found
in Egypt. (
To check encroachments of Ameri-
can packers British capitalists have
formed a company to build a large
meat plant at Bristol.
Ismail Hudjo, who claimed to be the
oldest man in the world, died at Kruti.
Albania, aged 100 years.
A tobacco trade war was begun in
England by the American trust re-
ducing the price of cigarettes.
The Josephine Ann. las fshings ssel
belonging to Fecamp, France. was lost
at sea with her crew OF, 80 men.
In a fight with bolomen on the 10
land of samar, in the Philippines, ten
American soldiers and 100 rebels were
killed.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
Kansas City is troubled with a gang
of female footpads.

Kansas City is troubled with a gang
of female footpads.
Senator Hanna's secretary says that
since 1896 500 children have been
named after the senator.
Gov. Wood notified the secretary of
war that the Cuban presidential cleo
ton has been set for February "a.
Arrests for drunkenness in 1923
cities of the United States are said
to aggregate $4,000 during the last
fiscal year.
At the close of the fiscal year 1900
there were 76,6ss post offices in the
United States, or n to every 1000
inhabitants.
John D. Rockefeller gave Barnard
college in New York 100000 on con-
dition that the trustees of the col
lege raise a like amount by January
/, 1902.
Walter N. Dimmick, formerly chief
clerk in the San Francisco mint, has
been sentenced to two years impris-
onment for misrepresentation of pub
lie funds.
A noted French critic predicts re-
form in the dress of women, saying
that, short skirts are to become the
fashion and that corsets and wells
are to go.
The New York Bar association
adopted resolutions declaring Mayor
Van Wyck conspicuously unfit for the
judicial Office for which he has been
nominated by Tammany Hall.
English electricians declare they
have discovered a sure method of
transmitting electrical energy with
out wires and are able to control sub
marine torpedoes with certainty.
Miss Helen Gould has been selected
by the federal commission to be a
member of the board of lady man
ayers of the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position to be held at St. Louis in
1908.
Estimates of English, French apd
Hungarian authorities on the worlds
wheat crop of 1901 agree that it is
larger than that of either of the two
preceding years, the principal in
crease being in America.
President Roosevelt told a delega-
ton of South Carolina republicans
that he would like to succeed himself
as president, but did not care for the
nomination if he had tt cater to any
political clique, combination or move
ment.
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r. G. Dun & Co.'S review Of trade
says that business this year will ex-
coed all previous records.
Five men were killed and two in
jured by a fall Of rock in the rapid
transit tunnel in New York city.
J.. B. Burdett won an automobile
race over the 40 miles from Chicago
to Joliet in / hour ~ minutes and 10
seconds.
The steamer State of Michigan was
wrecked by q broken shaft and sunk
off White Lake, Mich. No lives were
lost.
Two employees Of the Merchants' ma
tional bank of Lowell, Mass, disap-
peared after ~embezzling an amount
that may reach 100000.
The department. Of state denied
that the United States had offered to
arbitrate between Venezuela and Co.
lombia. -
Lieut.. Col. William Auman, now in
the Philippines, is to succeed Col. Van
Horne at Fort Sheridan, III.
Anarchists are said to have threat
ened in letters received at Petoskey,
Mich, to kill 100 society women if
Czolgosz is executed.
Col. Brodie, of the rough riders,
Ia been appointed governor of Ari-
IONA.
Dollie Richards, who was kidnapped
ten years ago in Brazil, Ind, is to be
restored to her parents. The woman
abductor in Chicago confessed.
The hrst monument erected at Valley
Forge in memory of the revolutionary
soldiers who died there during the
winter of 1777-177s was unveiled.
Yale university began the celebra-
ton of the two hundredth anniversary
of the founding of Yale college in New
Haven, Conn.
Fire destroyed the New England
building at the Pan-American exposi-
ton in Buffalo.
AT Barbourville, KY, James Meridy
was divorced from his thirteenth wife
and married his fourteenth one hour
later.
A lunatic who declared his mission
was to kill President Roosevelt was
arrested in New York after a desperate
struggle.
According to DR.. Allen, of the agri.
cultural department., farm products
can thrive in Alaska.
An epidemic of bank robberies in
northwestern Ohio is believed to be the
work of tramps.
Admiral Dewey, as presiding officer
of the Schley court of inquiry, has
created a favorable impression for his
impartiality, business and promptness.
Prof. Hill. of the geological survey,
reports that Texas is fairly flowing
over with prosperity as a result of oil
discoveries.
The steamer John J. Albright and
tug Christian collided near Detroit
and Capt. Harlow and the cook and
one sailor of the steamer were
drowned.
The isthmian canal commission will
estimate the cost of the waterway at
5000, 0O0, 900.
The steamer City of Cleveland, car
rying 176 passengers, struck a sunkeu
anchor in the Detroit river and sunk
all on board being rescued.
The Pacific Mail steamship Siberia,
the largest vessel eve constructed in
America, was launched at the New.
port News (Va.) shipyards.
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Personal AND POLITICAL.

John S. Pillsbury, governor of Min
nesota from 1876 to 1882, and one of
the foremost citizens of the state,
died in Minneapolis, aged 70 years.
Mrs. Edwin II. Conger, wife of Min
lister Conger, left Des Moines, Ia, for
China.
Gen. W1lter S. Payne, former COM
mander in chief of the Sons of Veter-
ans, died in Austin, III.
Gen. James A. Walker, ex-member of
congress from the Ninth Virginia dis
trict and a brigadier generalin the con-
federate army, died at his home in
Wytheville. Va.
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, re-
tired, died at Hartford, Conn.,, aged
IS years.
Speaking at the opening of the Ohio
republican campaign rally at Della
ware, Senator Hanna announced that
he would not retire from politics Or
resign the craftsmanship Of the ma
tional committee.