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ing at his desk, nor was ii of a bright
crimson color. He did not wear
graSS-green coat or red and blue
checkered trousers and purple striped
shirt cuffs. and being a rather mod
est and well-conducted young man.
the charges of snobbery and bump
uousness in the atrocious doggerel be-
low the valentine seemed singularly
fiat and inappropriate. But it was
true that he was a clerk. and though
he had never considered that dis
graceful. it somehow seemed to him
now to afford ground for the sheer
AT the least. Pooley thought. it
showed that somebody disliked him
probably honestly believed that he
was snobbish and bumptiouG so that
his maligned ears tingled and he
burned with resentment every time
the comic valentine met his eye
That was quite frequently, for he had
taken particular pains to have it
pinned above his little work table in
the sitting-room-just to- show how
little he cared. When friends came
in he was sure to call their attention
TO ii.
In addition to this, Pooley spent
much time specializing as to who had
sent the thing. He compared the hand
writing on the envelope that had con
tanned it with the handwriting of his
friends and acquaintances, and came
TO many conclusions. the result of
which was that his friends began to
complain among themselves of GER
tain change in his manner-a lack of
the old warmth and frank kindness.
and cold and cdistrustful air. The
evil influence lasted for exactly one
year For some months before the St
Valentines day following he had been
more than slightly under another in
fiuence IL had pretty golden hair and
blue eyes and its name was Margaret
Margaret was a friend OF his sister.
and had been to Pooley's house several
times
So il happened that just before ST
Valentines day Pooley spent quite an
extravagant sum of money in the pur-
chase of an arrangement of laces. rib
bons. violetE and amatOry verse. which
he directed with mis- gloved left hand
and mailed secretly. On the morning
of St Valentines day he himself re-
ceived a modest little card which
seemed TO give him inordinate delight.
HIS sister noticed IT, and wanted to SEQ
what his card was but POoley firmly
refused to crafty her curiosity
Ms another comic one declared
the sister You're afraid TO show It,"
Her remark somehow dashed Poo
ley s pleasure. He was nervousiy APP
prehensive for the rest of rhe time
that he was in the house He start
ed at the sound Of the postman's sec
ond knock. and felt an unaccountable
sinking of his spirits when he re-
turned bone that evening
1t was pleasant surprise to him.
therefore. ,ghen he .ound nothing
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PILL TRADE MARK INITIATED.
Druggist and Clerk Are Held In BniI
for Court

Charged with infringing upon the trade
mark OF Carter's Little Liver Pill Com
pany, Joseph L. Griffith. a druggist at the
southeast corner OF Eleventh and Vine
streets. was held IN $500 bail for Court
this afternoon by Magistrate Je-mon. and
at the same time Griiith's clerk. Joseph
Z. Fore, was held in $500 bail for Court on
the same charge, and also for selling GER
tam articles the sale of which is prohibited
by law.
The men were arrested this morning
upon warrants issued by Magistrate Jer-
mon at the instance of Brent Good No
$50 West FIftyseventh Street, New York.
and Charles {. Orcutt. No. II Jumel Ter,
race, New York, representatives of the
Carter Company. They stated that the
latter had spent $30OO.0OO in advertising
and getting their label known, and did not
purpose to permit others to reap the bene-
fts
The label in question is small one CON
tanning large letter J., and the one used
by Gri!hth ~ an exact copy, except that 1T
does not contain Carriers name
The prosecution showed how easily the
imitation product could be palmed off ON
the wOuld-be purchaser OF Carter's pills.
owing TO the similarity of the labels and
held that II was evidence of n deliberate
attempt to Philadelphia Tele-
graph, Jan. u. 1904.
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year was in his voice. Then he looked
down at his new valentine She was
white. and looked shocked and
frightened.
What is ii. Margaret" asked
Pooley. with much concern.
OH she cried. bursting into
tears. 'it was | sent that horrid thing
Il didn't know you then-and-and
tive were sending a lot of them
the girls-and-anyway, I-know it was
silly, but / didn't think il would hurt
anybody's feelings-and TO think that
it was you! Oh, I'm so unhappy, and
I'll never"
oh, pshaw!" said Pooley. You
don't think | minded Why. . thought
1t was a good joke-but it's a better
one this year"
Then he took down the comic valen-
tine and gazed fondly on the atrocious
clerk, then folded it up tenderly and
put 1t into his breast pocket-Chicago
Daily News
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AND HE GOT IT.
Bat IL Proved to he Sonethiax Ne
Dtd'nt Care to Hold
Very Long.

An indulsent mother of the Tuxedo col.
ony was travelling on a local train one day
IN company with her three-year-old son.
his nursemaid, and copy of a society.
magazine which absorbed her attention.
relates the New York Times. The son
Was occupying the seat behind her with
his attendant, who attempted every once
IN awhile to curb his restless and rebel
nous spirit by gentle denial of his lat.
est whim, but each time the mother. no
tcing only that some argument was in
progress, and without looking up from
her book, would remark: Let HIM have
Inc nnrsemaid thereupon would yield
TO this double demand.
FINALLY strong and rather venomous
looking wasp flew against the window
pane, and the youthful hunter reached out
TO grasp 1t, and walled dejectedly when
he was once more restrained by the watch
fui caretaker. Again the fond mother.
without raising her eyes. exclaimed:
oh, do let him have it,
And the howl which followed the
nurses compliance caused an amused
smile TO pass around the car.
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CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BY

Neb. He has done much to make II what
II is. serving on public boards number
or times. He endorses Peruna in the
following words:
Il am 6S years old. am hale and hearty.
and Peruna has helped me attain IL.
Two years ago had la grippe-my life
was despaired OF. Peruna saved me-
j. II. GULL.
4 Relative OF Abraham liocoln.
Mr.. Silas s. Lincoln, who resides at
913 l. Street, N. W., Washington. ID. o..
has the honor OF being third cousin to
Abraham Lincoln. He writes:
II had la grippe Ave times before
using your medicine. Four years ago
began the use OF Peruna, since which
time l have not been troubled with that
disease. l can now do as much work at
my desk as l ever could in my life.
have gained more than ten pounds in
weights. S. Lincoln.
Pe-ru-na Not Only Cured La Grippe but
Benefited the Whole system.
Miss Alice M. Dressler, 1913 N. Bryant
Ave. Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
Last spring l suffered from la grippe
and was partially cured, but the bad
after effects remained through the sum-
mer and somehow did not get strong AZ
was before. One Of my college frienda
who was visiting me asked me to try Pc
runa and l did so and found IL all and
more than had expected 1t not only
cured me OF the catarrh but restored me
to perfect health, built up the entire sys-
tenn and brought happy feeling OF buoy
ancy which had not known for years"
Alice NJ. Dressler.
An Actress Testimonial.
Miss Jean Cowgirl, Griswold Opera
House, Troy. N. Y. is the leading lady
with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes
the following:
During the past winter OF 1901,
suffered for several weeks from n severe
attack OF grippe, which left serious
catarrhal condition OF the throat and
head.
Some one suggested Peruna. AS a
last resort, after wasting much time
and money on physicians, tried the
remedy faithfully, and in few weeks
was as well as ever. "-Jean Cowgirl.
A Southern Judge Cured.
Judge Horatio J. Goss, Hartwell, Ca,
writes:
Some five or six years ago had a
very severe spell of grippe. which left
me with systemic catarrh. A friend adj
vised me to try your Peruna which
did. and was Immediately benefited and
cured. The third bottle completed the
cure."-H. J. Goss.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DIR. Hartman giving ~
full statement of your case ard he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
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FOOTWORK ON THE PIANO.


Clifton Bingham, the author of I'm Old
Madrid, is not himself a musician, but
his ear is delicate and sensitive, and moth
ing annoys HIM more than to hear bad
singing OF bad playing says the New York
Tribune.
He was visiting cousin of his in Lon
don, and this cousin has son, boy OF
IL or ID, who practices on the piano every
morning. The muscular lad. banging false
notes from the instrument with ire
mendous vigor, tried Mr.. Bingham not u
little.
What on earth are you playing there.
Jimmy! the song writer called from the
next room one morning.
An exercise from First Steps in
Music, the boy answered.
Il knew YOU were playing with your
feet SAID Mr.. Bingham, but would you
mind stepping little lighter on the
keys"
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/ A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
- spares no class or nationality. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
and the pauper, the masses and the class
es are alike subject to la grippe. None
are exempt-all are liable.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is well named.
The original French term. la grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Ameri-
can TO read grip" Without intending
to do so a new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS If
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men.
women and children whole towns and
cities are caught in the baneful grip of a
terrible monster.
The following letters speak for them
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plant, but without deriving permanent
relief. Often when alone in the house
the backache has been so bad that it
brought tears to my eyes. The pain
at times was 50 intense that was com
PEELED TO give up my household duties
and lie down. There were headaches,
dizziness and blood rushing 20 my head
to cause bleeding at the nose. The
first box of Doan's Kidney Pills bene-
6ted me SO much that ! continued the
treatment. The singing pain i'm the
small OF my back the rushes of blood
to the head, and other symptoms dis
appeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dea lers. 90 cents per box. Foster
Mnburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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ST NnIentiEe,s Day.

The 14th of February is observed in
commemoration of St Valentinus. a
bishop of Rome noted for deeds of
kindness and beneficence Shake
speare refers to the day as one on
which birds choose their mates. From
whatever source the day derived its
origin. IT appears that sending friend
ly or sentimental messages on the 18th
Of February is an ancient time-hon-
ored usage 1t is pleasant and
harmless diversion. If not abused.
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willing to Take "a Chance.

A pous citizen has l5year-old son
who does not promise TO be exactly "a
chip off the old block" Not long ago the
father discovered to his sorrow that his
boy and several others OF the neghbor-
hood had a habit of matching nickels.
The wrathful parent led the erring lad to
the time-honored attic, where hangs a
certain strap. The boy didn't have any
agreeable impression oi what was to come,
and, on the ground that 1T is only the first
plunge that counts, he called out: Say,
dad. Ill go you heads or tails for two
lickings or none" -Chicago Chronicle
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GIrIIsh Cnnndenne..

You told Charley Chubbins Won
thought he sent that beautiful valen-
,inc,"
Yes. Charley is very nice young
man. with good prospects"
But you know well enough that he
didn't send it,"
"Of course. But IL diGnt do any
harm to let him know that ] shouldn't
have been bit angry If be had. g.
Washington Star.
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Quite Another Matter.

Uncle George Instead of wearing dia-
monds, don't you think 1T would be more
becoming TO pay your tallors bills?
Harry But II / paid my tailor's bills
how could ] afford TO wear diamonds ,
And n people didn't buy diamonds what
would keep the diamond merchants from
starving to death!
But you don't pay for your diamonds,
either"
All! now you are wandering from the
point. "-London Tit-Bits
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Tessie-Papa got an awful valentine
that said he was an Old mule-and
he thinks you sent IT,
Willie-Why. I don't see how he can
suspect me.
Tessie-But surely you remember
how he helped you on the front steps
the last time you called - Detroit
Free PretS
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Are You Going to Florida.

Winter Tourist Tickets are now on sale
via Queen a Crescent Route, Southern
Railway, and connecting lines to points,
South, Southeast and Southwest, good re-
turning until May 81, 1904.
Tickets can be purchased going TO Flor
ida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta. and
returning via Asheville and the Land of TIE
Sky, giving a variable route. For informa-
ton address, w. G. Rinearscn. y. j.. a.,
Cincinnati o.
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Bess-The sending Of valentines en-
ables us to secretly rewsrd our frie nds
and get square with our enemies
Nell-Sure thing. It's poor val
entine that fails TO either please a
woman or make her mad. -- Chicago
Daily News
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Sister Lillian Well, Bob, how's the rival
football team snaping up:
Brother Boo Aw, SAY, Lii, they're lot
Of rag. We eot up scrub eleven and
wiped the floor with them.-Judge.
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Have any trouble with your pipes freez
ing!" NO; they freeze all right; the
trouble comes after they thaw out -
Cincinnati Times Star.
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II don't take any stock in these trusts.
anyway" Don't believe there are such
things" "Oh, yes; but haven't the
money to buy the stock. N. .. Times
Democrat
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What il the difference between the
northern and southern shores Of Long Is
landE' ON one sue YOU hear the sea
and on the other you see the Sound. -
Princeton Tiger.
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Rather Lively.

Tingaling Hello, old chap. Haven seen
you Tor some time. How's business
Jogalong On the jump. I've got three
frog farms IN Missouri Chicago Daily
News
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Carrie DO YOU think a woman is justi-
fed III marrying man she doesn't know 80
Aunt dne She certainly wouldn't be
justified IN marrying a man she did know -
- Boston Transcript
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Il am doing my best TO convince George
that | am economical" What have you
done?" II have worn the same dress
twice."-New Yorker
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cases OF la grippe or it's after effects.
After Effects OF La Grippe Eradicated
by Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. Fred Weinberger. Westerlo, AL
bany County, n. Y. writes:
Several years ago | had an attack of
la grippe which left my nerves In, a
Frustrated condition. Then | had an
other attack of la grippe which left me
worse. | had tried three good physi-
clans but all in vain. / gave Peruna a
trial. In short time was feeling bet
ter and now | am as well as anyone
Mrs. Fred Weinberger.
Hon. James r. GULL OF Omaha.
Hon. James X. GULL is one OF the
oldest and most esteemed men OF Omaha
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stopr the Cough

and works of ,be cold Laxative Bronze
Qulnine Tablets Price IS cents
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DO an Old sreethenrt

It's time for valentines. my dear:
You Tilted me. ] think last wear
And should now revive the flame.
sut' goodness, I've forgot yoLv name.
Detroit Free Press
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Waste no time skinning fints or split
ting hairs Farm Journal
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To pay compliments IS much easier tran
to pay debts.-ChIcago Daily News.
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Piso Cure .or Consumption is an infaIli
pie med rene Tor cough and colds.-N W
Samuel. Ocean Grove. y. j.. Feb II. 1900
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Dyeins is as easy as washing wheL Put
nam Fade - Dyes are used.
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Let IDLE disclaimers mourn Oyer the de-
generacy OF tho age. but my opinion Is
that every age Is the same Goldsmith.
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A WOMAN'S MISERY.
Mrs. JOIN La Rne. Of 115 Pat.

hFt3 II dJtI
son. N. j. ,
says: 81 was
troubled for
a bou { nine
ear a n d
W n n I / suf.
fered no one
w i'll g We r
know. / used
n b out every
known RENE
dy that's said
90 be good for
kidney com 70
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II time is money. it may be doubted n
castle 10 the air " apt TO be worth the
cost OF construction Puck
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Teosinte md BmIIon dollar cra...

The two greatest fodder plants on earth.
one good Tor ~ tons hay and the other 50
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where, 80 does Victoria Rape, Welding
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JUST SEND 10c u STAMPS TO TIE
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lots OF farm seed samples.
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Only large growers Of grasses and HWAye
cloyers for seed In America. EWIHal
operate over 800 acrca. our t=yHH nv
seeds are warranted. we make NJ Nv
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tatoes, Onions, Cabbage and ali Nt|sV<
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halzeT's Teosinte produces If3 rich, juicy.
sNeet, leaiy stocks from one kernel Of seed N
feet high IN 20 days; yielding fully 10
tons OF green fodder per acre, doing lSZzN
vel cyerywhere, East, West. South nv j.
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Gritaunltd)e Gemci5e.
SIMMER treTen mod ueue 3eusniITe

Simmer trefTen nod ueue 3eusniTe elm,
pelhe Dr. &inss Stem Discovery eeseu
ShwinbIudt, 5uiten, Grfaltunsen uni
gunsenleipen fur bas einsg ii6ere Nittel
ertlaren. Cine fiir3lide Grflaruns scu
S. S. gBe1arlanb. 8entcreille, 3d., mag
ais Beilpiel bienen. Gr iAreibt: sd
erlitt unertrasltde Qualen tpssen 8ron.
hitts unp pabrenp eines Sabres prubirtt
i9 9llles, pOson ih 9Srte, befam atel
feline Grlei6teruns. Cine Jlalde Don
Or. &inss ,,glew Discovery" peridaits
mir iepud ipfo Grtei6tsruns nno be.
rirfte f,lra haranf pSliise 5eifnns.
Nebnlide &uren srn SAwinpluht, Gun.
senentsanpuns, aitbma unp Ga Grip,
iinb sablrsid. Sepe SOC. unb sl.0G
Jla1Ae 1T sarantiert BON 6. 9. Stains.
berger, Npotbefer. Yrobeilaiden fret. 8,
Rainsbersers Npcttete piro beutiG sc
iprchen.
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e6limmites Der Ggperisemte

&ann irsenp etipas fb!immer lein ale
bas Gefiibl, ba6 iebe Minute beine lebte
iein ,pirp? Dies mar. baS Experiment
Der 6rau g. $. gfewlcn, Decatur, ala.
,,Seit brei Sabren," lhreibt iie, ,litt id
nnausaebliAe Shmersen bnrh 1nper-
baulihfeit, Wasens unb 2eberleipen.
Der Sob IAien unausbleiblid, ais Dot.
loren unb alle Mr;neien oer1eblten.
56lieBlid ipurpe Id be:rcsen electric
Bitters gu sebrauhen unb ber Grfols
mar runperbar, bic in elmer tpunberpol.
len 6eilnns reluttirts." electric Dittere
1T politip sarantirt fir Nerspiitdt, Hbeu-
natismus, gleuralsie, Malaria, Ser.
bauunesbelhwerpen lnb 5artleibi9feit
Sur SO Cts. Sci 6. Q. Nainsber8er
Mpctbefer.
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Mimoma GATE. SmDiatta.

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betrefs abrpreiies uo Mbfabrtsseit beI 3lae penoe
mon ifd5 an ben EicfetsMgenten Der yenniplpdnio
qitjeu pber an 81. Ban Dufen fs9ilfssGeneral'
WofIaaier.Mgent Wittsburg, aNd
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ipiro auf Anfraae bon g. 6. Sidep, Gefredr unb Sc
{stditsfubrer Wtnnna &ofe. Jno., geliefert Is