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Hoods JGrSGpGriLLG
and Pills

Make the blood pure, vigorous aud
rich, create appetite, give vitality,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have the whole family
begin to take them today.
Hoods sarsaparilla has been used In
our family for some time, and always with
good results Last spring / was all run
down and got bottle Of IT, and as usual
received great benefit" MISS BEULAB
BoYoE, stowe, Vt.
Hoods SarsaparIlIa promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-04-30
Spring Medicine

There is no other season when good
medicine is so much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
impoverished--a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions on the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack Of strength, and
want of animation.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-04-30
WOODFORD

Fred A. Stone is housed by an af
fiction of the eyes.
Sturgeon" the big black pet feline
at the home of Fred Bowles, was run
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
TRUE STORY OF "A LITTLE
MOUNTAIN GIRL.

One morning Jane (for that was tho
name OF the little girl) knocked at the.
door Of a dwelling in her home town In
West Virginia. A servant answered her
ring. Jane asked could she see the lady.
who owned the house. The servant told
her she could. So she went into the
room where the lady was.
They talked for while on different
subjects. and at last the little girl pulled
from the pocket of her coat a bag and
asked the lady did she have any darning
that she could do for her. She said. My
grandma told me to come and see II you
did, so as u might make some money to
buy some apples for the tired horses.
i always love 20 give apples to the tired
horses. 1t helps them pull their loads
eyes, my little girl used to love TO
feed her pony on apples. too" said the
lady.
4 where is your little girlnow. ! would
love to see her.
with tears In her eyes the lady said
that her little. girl was in heaven. That
God had taken her home to live with
Him.
Yes" answered Jane. II know Just
you and gave her to my grandma. SO l
belong to both Of you: but !, will have to
live sswitt grandma and keep her COM
pany.'
II will look and see II i have got any
darning for you to do,
While the lady was gone to look for
some work Jane began to take out her
thImble and needle and thread. 80 when
the lady returned she was surprised to
find that Jane was ready to go to work
While she worked she said very little.
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THE WOLF OF THE GLEN.

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Upon high hill near the mountains
was placed the village OF Benton. This
country around Benton was gradual
slope. for about O. mile and q half. AZ s
the bottom was a rugged glen, through 4
which flowed a sluggish, stream, rhd
whole slope was covered with dense for.
ests, with here and there green field \
Of tasselling corn. "
. Right In the bottom OF the glen. was
an extremely. thick forest. in the middla
Of which was a great cave. The entrance
vas walled around by solid rock. There
BY himself dwelt the terrible wolf OF the \
glen. monarch of all he surveyed" NOS
only Of that forest. but practically Of this
village also Again and again had the
people OF the village tried in every con4
-celvable way to catch or kill him; theT
had rewards out, but to no avail Theirs
was scarcely "a farm house IN the place
tut had felt his ravages.
The people at hrst regarded the story
of his coming as an Idle tale, but It soon
.ily There was scarcely any passing b1
the glen now. and whenever a traveller
found himself In these parts 4 he would
strike a brisk trot to get out. VI
Late one evening during October wheua
the ravages OF the wolf we're especially
bad. boy emerged from the forest az
the head Of the glen, with an axe. and
several knots OF ightwood. The boy was
James Wilson, proba bly, seventeen or.
eighteen years Of age, rather, small for
his age, but very strong.y having alwayus
been used to hard work. II must hurry
up. or the wolf will meet. me sure. " said
he, looking at the sun. which was nearly
down. Scarcely had the words escaped
him, when. on looking UP what should he
sec but the wolf himself coming towards
him.. sg. (, .sys E. 4; 5t3 In ~ a
Down fell his lightwo6d and; Of went
his coat Then breathing q prayer Ton
help. he stood with uplif fled axe. calmly
a waiting the advance OF the wolf. On hAs
came with a low grow!. glarlng eyes and
running fast He waa met BY a mighty
blow on the forehead. which sent him roll.
Ing on his back. He sprang UP again
and rushed forward. 81 this time nearly
Throwing James down. but he was beaten
down before he could do It, leaving the
prints OF his teeth In James, shoulder
James now made the rush. instead OF the
wolf. Crash! Crash! Crash! came tho
blows with great rapidly. They soon
began to tell. and In a few second more
| the wolf fell dead at his feet.
l The axe slipped from James hand, and
he, sinking upon the ground. with bowed
| head, returned thanks to God for his
great deuverance. Sitting there, Just at
/ The edge of the forest, the last rays Of
the setting sun playing over his bowed
head. touching the village beyond: far
below ripped the lazy. waters OF the little
creek: by HIS. side the faithful axe: as
his feet the great monarch OF the glen.
dead at last. Nevermore was he to WALK
those paths. nevermore to keeplthe wills
layers In terror; not brought down by the
swift, bullet OF a Winchester rifle. In the
hands OF the bravest of the brave. but b.
the sturdy blows OF clumsy axe. wielde
ed by a mere boy OF eighteen
JOHN WILBUR WATSON i,
Cha than, Pttsylvanin Co.. Va.
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.LAURA'S CHICKENS.

Once twas little girl named Laura.
She was ten years old She had "a great
many chickens. and she took care OF
them all herself. She never troubled her
mother about them, for twas, Laura'o
work to feed and tend to them every
morning and evening"
She had one bantam hen and rooster,
With four little chickens, Just as white
az snow. The hens name Is 'Snowball,'s
and the ROSTERS name Is .Redcomb."
The. chickens are Just day old. so they
haven't been named yet but they ara
called "Snowdrops."
There are two Plymouth Rock hens and
ono rooster, One hen has ten chickens
and the other seven. The hen that has
seven chickens Is ten days old; the other
is week old One hen is named
"speckled Beauty" The other hens
name Is pet" The roosters name To-
sorter funny. but he Is q little. lame Id
one leg. SO he Is called "Gr sshopper.'A
1'he little girl also has black game hen
and rooster, The hen Is as black as tar,
SO the little girlfnamed her .Tarbahy.a
Tho rooster Is black. too. and as he -
game he fights good deal. His name u
Fighting Blacky."
have some more common chickens
but can't mention them now.
This story wqs written by Miss ElizaA,
beth II. Sparrow aged seven years.
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,ut humn,ed ! song 70 herself about 40

but hunn,ed . song to herself about INC
horses.
The lady liked James darning 50 rnuci
that she employed her to como Tor .wo
hours every evening, which. with Srea4
delight, she did.
One day the lady4.o our atory waa
going up the mountain path, and hearing
g noise, turned TO see what II was a
man was driving a one horse team loaded
down with wood The horse stopped, fo1
1t could not pull that heavy load. Very
soon she heard childish voice.
She recognized 1t and hid behind the
underbrush to hear the proceedings lana
came into view In a moment.
She had two large, red apples. She
spoke to the man and told him TO get
out OF the wagon and pat the horse. Tho
man laughed at It. but soon she persuaded
him to do SO, When the man had patted
the horse and encouraged 1t all he could
the little girl gave IL the largest apple
she had and offered the man the other
one,
The horse seemed to enjoy his appls
as much as the man.. When the horse
and man had finished eating their apples
they went on. and the little girl said:
Look, the horset can pull lots betta4
after a pat and big red apple"
HENRI ROBERTS. I
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THE MAN AND THE PUPPIES.

: /. s
A man once said to his little puppies;
Come into the house and have good
time picking up the crumbs on the table
Your mistress has gone out TO make soma
calls"
Then the little dogs said; mo- no; we
will not go, Ifthe mistress finds lit out
she will beat u.s.
The man said "She will not know any-s
thing about It. Do come. After all. She
never gives you anything good.
Then the little dogs said again: We
must not go" But the man would not
lei them have any peace, until at last
they. went. got ON the table, and ate up
( all the crumbs.
Just then the mistress came, took q
stick and beat them very hard,
When they could get out OF tho HOUSE.
what we got for doing what you told us.
The man laughed and said; Didn't you
expect lt3''
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BY MFRS, GEORGE MADDEN @MDTA.

Ing butterflies. And they told Emmy
Lou she was funny and dear also.
We've never been before" said Alice.
but we are too far from the other
school now, said Rosalie,
It was private school," said Aman-
thus.
And this is public school, said Alice.
It's very dlnerent." said Amanthus.
On. very" said kosalie.
Emmy Lou went and brought Hattie to
know the Lttie girls. All the year Emmy
Lou was bringing Hattie to Know the 1T
tie girls. But Hattie did not seem to like
the little gris as Emmy Lou did. SIC
seemed to prefer Sadie Wnen she could
not have Emmy, Lou alone. Hattie liked
to lead. She could lead Sadie. Generally
she could lead Emmy Lou. not always.
But all the while slowly a conviction
was taking hold in Emmy Louis mind.
1t was q conviction concerning Miss LIZ
zie.
Near Emmy Lou In tho fourth reader
room sat little girl named Lisa-L ga
Schmit Once Emmy Lou had seen Lisa
In q Doorway store doorway. hung
with festoons OF linked sausage. Lisa
had told Emmy Lou 1t was. her papas
grocery store.
One day the air OF the fourth reader
room seemed unpleasantly freighted. AS
the stove grew hotter, the unpleasantness
grew assertive.
Forty little girls were bending over
their states. 1t was problems. 1t had been
. digtts, integral numbers, tables, rudt-
ments, according to the teacher. in ones
upward course from the primer; but now
1t was proulems, thought in it's nature It
was always the same. as complicated as
In its name 1t was varied
The air was most unpleasant 1t took
the mind off the finding Of tho greatest
common diyisor.
The call-bell on Miss Lizzie's desk ding
ed. The suddennes. and the emphasis OF
the d ng told on unexpected nerves but
1t brought the fou4--- reader class up
erect
Miss Lizzie was about to speak. Emmy
Lou watched Miss Llzzies lips open.
Emmy Lou often found herself watching
Miss Lizzie's lips open. It took an actual,
deliberate space OF time. They opened
moistened themselves. then shaped tho
| word.
WHO in this room has lunch7"S said
Miss Lizzie. and her very tones hurt.ilt
! was as though one were dong wrong IN
having lunch.
Many hands were raised. There were
luncheons In nearly every desk.
l Ellc Wy atuc pIdtlOIu III ~ oIictb pi1H6
| Ing your lunch," said Miss Lizzie.
Feeling apprehensively criminal = of
what. however. she had no idea-Emmy
| Lou went into line. luncrt In hand. Ones
luncheon might be all that 1t should. neat
| " pinned .tr-9r fringedS napkin by Aurt
Cordelia, but 5dne felt embarra ssed carry
| Ing 1t up. Some were In newspaper. Em-
! my Louis heart ached for those.
Meanwhile Miss Lizzie bent and DELHI
erately smelled of each package in turn
as the little girls filed by. Most Of the
| faces of the little girls were red.
Then came Lisa-IAsa Schmit Her
lunch was in paper-heavy brown paper.
Miss Lizzie smelled OF Lisa's lunch and
stopped the line
open It," said Miss Lizzie.
| Lisa rested It on the edge of the plat
form and united It.. The unpleasan'ness
waited heavily. There was sausage and
dark gray bread and cheese. It was the
| cheese that was unpleasant.
1 Miss Lzz!e's nose. which bent slightly
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Ing. E1e had como for Emmy Lou.
Miss Lizzie looked at Emmy Lou. EN-.

Ing. F1e had como for Emmy Lou.
Miss Lizzie looked at Emmy Lou. En-
my Lou looked straight ahead.
Then Miss Lizzie looked at Tom. Miss
Lizzie could do good deal With look
ION became uneasy. apologize, guilty.
At $3.50 he knocked at the door. again.
He gaye his message from outside me
my Louis papa had come.
Emmy Lou heard papa. who came
hund ed miles once month to see ner;
Emmy Lou was hot hot sorry. she could not
Miss Lizzie shut the door In Toms
Later Aunt cordelia. bonnet on. re.
Her s' brothter-ln-law regarded her
thoughtfully through his eyeglasses; He
Of classifying people while they talked
While Aunt cordella talked he was put
' flns he her in a p'seon-hole marked "oulle-
Brother s s'f0e ar 3' SAID 9dsp Aunt cerdea
quite flushed and breathless with the
qHS ye ers wcman to R Riea e sss
i case for discipline. She said she would
allow no interference. My precious baby!
And kept on giving herF lron--- J.
Uncle Charlie had come out with the
buggy to take his brother-in-law driv-
swhat did you come back without her
Aunt Cordelia turned on1Jncle Charlle.
'iou 20 and see why" said Aunt Corr
ut Truly an Aun, cordelia is the last one.
to stand before Miss Lizzie.
Uncle Charlie took his u other .in-inW
d, tho buggy and they drove 70 lne
sclool. Emmy Louis father went IN.
unse Ghal'e 81 wondered npEgy W ana
:!shf Miss Lizzie was one OF three. one
was In an asylum. One was Kept az
home. And Miss Lizzie, with her RACES.
But could one speak. and take work and
, bread from Miss Lizzie?
When papa came down ! no had Emmy
Lou. white checked. by. the hand lie
had also G sterness about his mouth.
got her; you sec," he explained ,:,t,
with Limitations. She's got to say she's
s>rry,F or she can't conc udlK. IN
.l'n. rot sUrry." said Emmy Lou weart-
", but with steadiness.
"Stck It out" said Uncle Charlie. who
knew his Emmy Lou.
."she needn't go back this year, said
Aunt .cordelia, when she heard. my my,
II viii teach her at home" said Aunt
%There must be other green and gold
! books" said papa. growing on that same
''E But Uncle Charlie, with brows drawn
Into a frown. was ondering.-Copyrtght
by Mcclure. Phillips s. Co.
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toward her cheek. had a way of dilat-
Ing. 1t dlated now.
Go open tho rtove door," said Miss
Lizzie.
Lisa went and opened the stove door.
Now, take 1t and put It in" said Miss
Lizzie
LISA took her lunch and put It In. Her
round. soap-scoured little cheeks had
turned amottled red. When she got bat k
TO her seat Llsa's head went down on her
arm on the desk. and presently even her
yellow plaits shook with the convulsive-
ness of her sobs.
5 1t wasn't the loss OF the sausage or
the bread or the cheese. Emmy Lou was
a,loiS girl now. and she knew.
Emmy Lou went home. 1t was at tho
dinner table.
81 don't like Miss Lizzie" said she.
Aunt Cordclia was incredulous. scandal
ICED
You mustn't talk so.''
Little girls must not know what they
like, said Aunt Louise. Aunt Louise was
apt to be scntentlous, She was young.
Except In puddngs..' said Uncle
Charlie. passing Emmy Lous saucer.
There was pudding for dinner
LSAl ntoh6 VI llOtp EMILY l1Ou hltSW. SJit1l
1T was So she knew she did not like Miss
Lizzie. 81
one morning Miss Lizzie forgot the
package OF trial paper. The supply was
out
She called Resale. Then she called Emmy
Lou She told them where her house was.
then told them to so there. ring the bell,
ask for the paper. and return.
le seemed strange and unreal to be
walking the streets In school time. Ropa 10
Skipped. So Emmy Lou skipped. too. Miss
Lizzie lived seven squares away. It was a
cottage-a little cottage. On one side its
high board fence ran along an alley. but
on the other side was a big yard. with
trees and bushes. The cottage was almost
hidden. and 1t seemed strange and far
off,
Resale rang the bell. Then Emmy Lou
rang the bell
Nobody came.
They kept on ringing the bell. They did
not know what to do. They were afraid to
go back and tell Miss Lizzie. 30 they went
around the side. 1t was narrow. paved
court betWeen,ythe house and the high
board fence. 1t was dark. They held each
others hands.
There was window. Some one tapped.
1t was lady-a pretty lady. There wae
flower in her hair-an artificial flower.
She nodded at them. She smiled. She
aughed. Then she put her finger on her
lips. Emmy Lou and Rosalie did not know
what to do.
The lady pointed to her. throat and then
to Rosalie.,1t seemed AS II 1t were the
blue locket on the golden chain she want,
ed.
Then some one came. It was an OH
woman. It was the. servant Miss Lizzie
had said would come to the door, She
came from the front. She had boer
away somewhere. ssi,
She looked cross, She told them to ~
around to the front door. AS they went
the lady tapped. Resale looked back.
Resale said the lady had pulled tho
flower from her hair and was tearing
1t to pieces.
The old woman brought the trial-paper.
She told them not to mention coming
around in the court. and not to say they
had had to walt.
It was strange. But many things are
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AcR;;.,os:T!!..!!c.

My frst is In cat. and also In rat. L
My second Is In tat and also In at.
My third is In land. but not in band,
My fourth Is In hand and also In ard
My fitth Is In nag but not In erag.
My sixth Is lii tag. but moi In leg.
My seventh is In Katy. but not n cltys
Y J. = ALlcE p, GA4N
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The bell had rung at 2 o'clock. At 8
Tom came. Tom was the house boy. He
was suave and saddle-colorcd and smil-
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(. And then Emmy Lou had laughed bo-
cause Aunt Cordeia did not know that
/ wee bear We're gone into the past. and
! the green and gold book .come..to take
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27
Bought Into Nevada Nine.

A deal involving a one-third inter
est in a valuable group of copper
claims at a point not far from Eureka,
New, was closed in this city yester-
day, says the Salt Lake Herald. r.
f. Hoock of the firm of Hoock &
Francis being the purchasers. The
price at which the interest was land
ed was not made public. but the prop
erty is understood to contain n
of the greatest masses of high grade
copper ore in the State, it vas prob
ably a pretty stiff figure. The own
ers were John A. Hunt, Henry Kohn
and E. B. Johnson, the latter being
the vender in the transaction just
closed. The ground consists of eight
lode claims and two water locations.
the latter covering some very valu-
able springs close at hand. Surface
developments have disclosed a mon
ster vein, loaded with copper ore that
many samples have proven to run
sensationally high in the red metal
and silver and gold as well. A tun-
mel is now being driven to tap the
vein at depth and another 200 feet
OF work will see connections made.
The property is in an unorganized
mining district, and the owners,
while they have been determined the
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27

Your great ma shines before 4.
populace in vain-without the news
per. He spread eagles the coustitnt,s
in vain-without the newspaper Il
clarion voice wakes Up tie universe .
vain-without the newspaper. II
most astounding financial enlerpri>
serve him in vain-without TIE news,
per. His scientific researches a.
achievements are in vain-witEout Z
newspaper. His success in every W
of life is in vain-With0ut the news.
per. The newspaper is the famemak,
of the age. OF curse. some Of II,
fame is cheap, but it satisfies the livil
wearer Of the cloak even though pc,
terity change it.-New York Press.
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merits of the proposition, have been
keeping their own counsel. When the
time comes, however. they promise
information that will show their de-
termination to keep quiet was fully
warranted by conditions. Other mat
ters are pending with relation to the
future disposition of the property, but
or that question the owners are not
at liberty to talk.-Salt Lake Herald.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27

The most general punishment TO
criminals condemned to death in /
eighteenth century was the wheel. :
victim vas laid out and bound t.
large wheel, the executioner break;a
the bones of his arms, legs and thi-h
with a heavy iron bar. his deXteruu.
manipulation of which was always az,
plauded by the crowd. In recomocn>
for his unthankful task he received a
fee of % livres.-Paul LacroiX
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27

A melancholy author went to Dumas
and moaned that if he did not raise 800
francs he was afraid he would have t.
charcoal smoke himself and his two
children. Dumas rummaged his cof
fers at once, but could only find 200
francs. But | must have 300 or | and
the little ones are lost Suppose you
only ~suffocate yourself and one of
them then" said Dumas.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27
Mrs. Laura S. Webb,

the change Of Life which W
fast approaching. While =
ting with a friend ] motor
that she was taking w
Wins Of Cardui, and shs v,
50 enthusiastic about ftaa''
decided to try a bottle i1|
perienced some reli<f ID. ~
month. 20 I kept on takif
for three months and n0s
menstruate with no paiaS
I shall take II off and % D.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27
DAILY WEATHER REPORT

Weather Bureau report q. S. De-
partment of Agriculture:
Report for the ~ hours ending 8 p.
u, 18th meridian time or 5:O9 p. m,
local time:
Winnemucca, April 26:
Mean barometer. 29.S3.
Maximum temperature, As.
Minimum temperature. SO.
Mean temperature. 40.
Normal temperature. so.
Prevailing wind. west.
Precipitation for "A hours. trace.
Minimum temperature, Apr. q, 30
Tonight rain or snow. Tuesday
cloudy warmer.
J.. c. HAYDEN.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27
Mysterious circumstances

One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. She who is
b~lushing with heath uses DR.. Kings
New Life Pills Il maintain 1t. By
gently arousing the lazy organs they
compel good digestion and head off
at Brown Bros.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27

Ascum-Well. then, what is the diff
ference between a rhymester and a
poet?
Newitt-Usually a poet is one who
calls himself a rhymester, and a rhyme
ster is n who calls himself a poet
Philadelphia Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27
Making Sure.

Softleigh-Are you quite sure Miss
Banks is not in?
The Maid-Of course | am. She gave
me n of your photographs in order
to make me doubly sure. - Chicago
News.
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Leeches as weather Prophets.

A common leeeh makes a good ba-
rometer. Fill a tumhler half full Of wa
ter, put the leech into it and tie a piece
of muslin owe the top to keep the leech
from getting out. All you have to dc
to find out what sort of weather w
are going to have Is to watch the little
creature. For example. when the day
is to be fine the lecch will remain =.
the bottom of the glass. coiled up IL
spiral shape and quite m%OtionleSs. +.
rain may be expected. It VII creep Ia
the top of the glass and stay tEera III
til il clears of. II The le 'ca t0i-t;
self and is very restless. thnrc Is Z =
TO be a windstorni. ii ii hee,- uu
the water for several days. lo3.. cut T.
Il thunderstorm. Tie indications +
frosty weather are the same rs fos Ii
and for snow the same as Tor rain.
Toledo Blade.
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cloudy warmer
]. c. HAYDEN.

Extra choice canned table fruit.
peaches, pears, blackberries. etc. F.
G. Robins & Co 1856
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27

To be good and disagreeable is high
treason against the royalty of virtue
Moore.
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Everyone should subscribe for the
Silver State.