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A Tuckahoe.

A citizen of Douglas County
brought to the Office of an Ava paper
what is said to be called by the In
dams a tuckahoe. 1t was turned up
by the pillow. 1t is a singular veget-
able substance, seldom found except
IN the southern lowlands of the Uni
ted States. 1t grows under the
ground and sometimes attains the
size and somewhat the appearance of
a loaf of bread and is often called
Indian loaf" or Indian bread"
1t is said that it's methods of
growth and reproduction are I'M
known, it having neither root, branch
nor cellular structure, for which rea-
son it has been considered as a Sec
ondary product, caused by the degen-
Grafton of the tissues Of some flower
ing plant. 1t vas eaten by the In
dams and considered by them a very
dainty dish.-From the Mount YER
non Fountain and Journal.
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Divining Rod.

D. w. S. New York City,: Kindly
give me some information about the
witch hazel divining rod for locating
water; how it is made, used, etc.
AS usually employed, this device
consists of a forked twig, held in a
horizontal position in front of the
operator. He grasps n tip of the Y
with each hand, and the main stem
projects before him. He walks to
and fro in search of a hidden vein of
water, and it is said that when he is
over one the stem will bend down
ward. Though hazel was once con
sidered essential, some operators re-
port equally satisfactory results with
other wood, and even with wire. The
device does not work in everybody's
hands, and we do not wish to be I'M
derstood as guaranteeing that it will
succeed in any ones. Nevertheless, a
few Of the cases in which the divining
rod seemed to reveal water are now
fairly well attested.-New York Tri-
bune.
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More than 500 acres of beets will be
raised in Hancock County. O., this season.
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Baseball Brevities.

Pitcher Keefe, of New York, looks
very light for fast company, but he
has O. puzzling delivery.
They are a game bunch" says
Charles Dryden, in the Chicago Trib-
une. speaking of the New York Ma
tionals.
The shinguards of Catcher Clark,
CT Cleveland, are different from Bres-
nahan's. They do not project above
the knees, as do Rogers.
With all the changes that have
been made in the playing rules of the
game in forty years the ball itself
remains about the same.
The Boston Americans win a game
occasionally, the occasion generally
being when Cy Young is in the box.
The Boston Nationals have been
making things uncomfortable for
left-handed pitchers this S
The Chicago Nationals have the
old Baltimore knack of chopping the
balls down finer than any team that
has wandered along this way.
There is no hard and fast rule for
deciding which pitcher shall get
credit for victory of defeat when a
change is made in the box. This ia
OH the authority of John Heyd1ers
who officially decides such points In
b Rational League.
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Up Goes the Price of Milk,

The Bucks County (Pa.) milk pro.
ducers met the Mercer County milk
producers at Trenton and raised the
price of milk to the retailer from
three and one-half cents to four cents.
Change from the pound rate to the
liquid quart measure by recent acts
of the Pennsylvania and the New
Jersey legislatures made necessary
the raise in price, they assert. The
milk producers claim that the new
standard makes them lose seventeen
quarts in each 100. The railroads in
Pennsylvania have also notified the
milk producers that they will exact
the 1fty-quart rate for all cans con-
tanning more than forty quarts of
fluid. This also has a bearing on the
increased cost of milk to the retailer.
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AN OLD EDITOR
Found $4,000 Worth of Food.

The editor Of a paper out in Okla.
said: Eyes, it is true when l got
hold of Grape-Nuts food it was worth
more than a $4,000 doctor bill to me,
for it made me a well man. 1 have
gained 25 pounds in weight, my
strength has returned tenfold, my
brain power has been given back to
me and that is an absolute essential,
for | am an editor and have been for
35 years.
my pen shall always be ready to
speak a good word for this powerful
nutritive food. | had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts, but never thought to ap-
ply the food to my own use, until, in
my extremity and sickness the
thought came to me that it might fit
my case. The statements in regard
to the food are absolutely correct, as
/ have proven in my W case. One
very fortunate thing about the food
is that while it is the most scientific
ally made and highly nourishing, con-
centrated food | have ever known, it
has SO delicious a taste that it wins
and holda friends" There's a Rea-
son." Read "The Road to Wellville,"
In pkgs.
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The Origin of Single Combat.

Just where and when the first af-
faire d'honneur took place is not
known, and obviously cannot ever be
known. Homer makes frequent ref
erence to single combat, and the story
Of David and Goliath is only added
biblical testimony that duels were
known to the early Hebrews and other
ancient Asiatics, as they were known
to the Arabs at the time of Moham-
med. 1t remained, however, for the
barbarians who overran the Roman
empire to apply the first touch of poe
try to what had previously been mere
brutal conflicts, for they conceived
the idea that a wager of battle was
an appeal to the decision of the gods
and that success was a proof of right.
From Louis j. headers "Duelling
in the Old Creole Days." in The Cen
fury.
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NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Fatal Auto Crash.

A large touring automobile belong
ing to A. Maurice Brown, of Media,
Pa, after a collision at Barnegat, ex-
ploded and was destroyed. The party
which left Pittsburg were Mr.. Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Brown and their
children and Mr.. and Mrs. B. Brown,
of Mount Joy, Pa. They were on
their way to Atlantic City. After
dinner on the outskirts of the town
their machine collided with another
automobile. Laura Brown was
picked up unconscious. She was bad
ly burned and suffered from a frac-
tured skull. The girl was hurried to
a private hospital at Lakewood,
where she died. George Brown, an
other of the children, was severely
burned and bruised. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Brown were also burned, but not Sc
riously, while A. Maurice Brown, in
addition to receiving several cuts and
bruises, was seriously burned.
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Death For Peacemaker.

Essaying the role of peacemaker
between two negroes fighting over a
woman in a den at No. 2O02 Railroad
avenue, in Atlantic City, John Cla-
gett, another negro, fifty-six years
old, became the victim of a brutal
murder. Stabbed and his breast laid
open by a slash from a razor, Clagett
was found in a pool of blood by the
police. An hour later Garfield Mann,
tw~enty-six years old, the alleged slay-
er, was captured and acknowledged
his completely. The alleged murder
er, it is said, became enraged upon
finding John Broughton in the COM
pany of Luella Davis. The latter's
screams when the two rivals clashed
brought Clagett to the scene, where
he met his death, the police say, at
the hands of Mann. Mann is in Jail,
and the woman and her companion
are held as accessories.
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ROOF GARDEN VAUDEVILLE
ON A CHURCH.

Philadelphia. - When the Rev.
Charles R. Mcclellan, D. D., pastor
of the Fair Hill Baptist Church, Of
this city, suggested to his congrega-
ton that the church should be sur
mounted by a roof garden, where a
vaudeville show could be held in
warm weather to attract men, women
and children to Gospel services, those
present manifested their approval by
subscribing $4,000 for the project.
The Fair Hill congregation is COM
posed largely of mill workers.
DR.. Mcclellan said: TOO man
of u people find the church unat-
tractive. We must offer something
to draw them from the playhouse, the
poolroom and the saloon. If neces-
sary we must supply a free lunch,
which attracts so many men to the
saloon"
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Prominent EseODIc.

District Attorney Jerome is an in
veterate cigarette smoker.
Karl Blind, the German patriot,
died in London from heart disease.
He was born in 1926.
A letter of the late M. Pobiedon-
ostsef, Procurator-General of the
Holy Synod, tells how, but for him.
the present Cars father would have
granted a constitution to Russia.
Maxwell Evarts, son of former
Senator William NJ. Evarts, is a big
lawyer who lives in Vermont, prac-
tices law in New York and raises old
English sheep dogs for fun.
William Alden Smith, who sue
ceeds the late Senator Alger as Mich
igan's representative in the upper
house, got his start in, life as a news
boy.
Governor Cummins, Of Iowa, has
announced that he will be a candidate
for United States Senator at the next
years primary election.
Augustus st. Gaudens has been
commissioned by the Treasury Dc.
partment to execute a new design
for the $40 EDld piece.
Secretary Taft has Travelled over
100000 miles on Government bust
ness since he became the first Gov
ernor of the Philippines.
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FTSHED WITH HONEY
FOR ANT IN THROAT.

Shrewsbury, Mass.-An ant almost
caused the death of Edgar Smith, Of
Shrewsbury.
Smith is an athlete and takes long
walks, carrying his lunch with him.
An ant dropped on a sandwich he
was eating aid lodged half way down
his throat, clinging to the membrane
by it's m%andibles.
Two Shrewsbury physicians we're
unable to release it's hold, and Smith
was being tickled to death when
taken to Worcester.
A waxed thread with honey on it
was worked down Smiths throat by
a doctor and the ant finally seized II
and was pulled out.
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TIGER DODGES BULL
AND CROWD.

Colon.-The arms-carrying habit
in Panama City came in handy at the
last tiger and bull fight.
Three thousand persons, one-third
of them Americans, were in the
grandstand, when the tiger broke
out of its pen and made for the
crowd.
There was almost a panic, but a
fusillade of shots ended the career
of the beast after he had gone
through the first ten rows of seats.
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MISER SPENDS $4,000 IN
FEAR OF BEING SLAIN.

Pulaski, Tenn.-Stricken with the
fear that he would be murdered for
his money, Willis Smith, e%ighty-four
years old, has flooded the country
with 100000 in quarters and half
dollars, which he has been hiding in
fruit jars for many years.
The money was coined two genera
tons ago, but is not worn. Many
years ago Smith put some money in a
bank and the cashier at once paid 1t
out on a check. Smith saw this and
withdrew his money, saying he would
not do business with a concern that
would not keep his money better
than that"
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Thieves Swallowed Spells.

A well-dressed man was arrested in
Kieff, Russia, the ether day in s
state Of i~ntoxication, and in accord
ance with the usual custom was taken
to the police station. When he re
turned to his senses he stated that
his possession. AS there were five
other prisoners in the Jail they were
searched and the sun of 5000 was
found upon them. What had become
of the other 500. Recourse was hac
to the x rays which revealed the pres
ence of the missing gold pieces in the
interiors of the five thieves. They
had swallowed them in the hope Of
co%ncealing the theft.
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Woman Killed by Train.

An automobile containing four per-
sons from Philadelphia, in trying to
cross the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railroad on the Westfield Turnpike
at Dudley, was struck by an express
train. The car was demolished and
one of its occupants SO severely in
jured that she died soon afterward.
The others injured were: Mrs. Eliza
beth M. Henderson, thirty-one years
old, of No. 21O1 Sedgely avenue,
Philadelphia, died of a fractured
skull; Mrs. Frank Blockson, twenty
one years old, of No. 2O19 North
Nineteenth street, received internal
injuries; C. D. Henderson, husband
of the woman who died, received in
ternal injuries, and w. NJ. Brommel,
ffty-five years old, has a broken arm.
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Small Fine For Each Leg.

my horse amt got but three good
legs, and he couldn't do as much
damage as a four-legged horse" said
Edward Kenney in the police court at
Trenton when charged with allowing
his horse to roam about the open lots
ear his home. Judge Harris re-
piled: 81 will fine you $1.66 for each
of your horses good legs and two
cents for the bad leg" Kenney paid
the fine and took his crippled horse
out of "hock."
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times scanty and again very profuse.
My limbs, feet and ankles bloated
dreadfully, and sometimes my whole
body. My heart palpitated and l had
smothering spells. A weeks treat
ment with Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me and a few boxes cured me. At IS
l am strong and we'll"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents q box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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CURES WIFE'S
INSOMNIA BY STAGE DEVICE,

Cleveland, Ohio.-James Benham,
a grocer, has cured his wife of ner-
vousness and insomnia by a stage
device.
He saw in a medical journal that
the patter of raindrops on the roof
would cure sleeplessness. Getting a
theatre employe to help him, he
rugged up a thunder and lightning
maker on the tin roof of his house
near his bedroom. When darkness
came he sent his son out with the
garden hose and urged his wife to
go to bed, saying it looked like rain.
Soon the rumble of thunder and
flashes of lightning were followed by
the patter of raindrops on the roof,
n in a few minutes Mrs. Benham
was asleep. Benham say the trick
has worked a complete cure.
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WHOLE TOWN BUSY


Sandy Hook, Ky.-Marble playing
is monopolizing the time of men,
women and children at Sandy Hook.
Everybody is playing the game.
Gray-haired men and women enjoy it
as much as children.
Even Judge Hargis, who is ready
for trial, charged with killing DR..
Cox, plays in the courtyard with
other prisoners all day.
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The Difference.

What is the difference" be-
gan the conundrum fend.
By the time he had go so far most
of the crowd had found excuses for
departure.
But the human goat remained and
butted in with, whats the differ
ence between what?"
Between stopping a street car, a
horse and a railroad train"
Needless to say, the h. g. gave 1t
up.
"One stops when hailed, another
when refined, and the other when
due. Judge.
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r ON STRIKE
FOR LARGER DOWRY.

France is on in the suburb Of
Granges-le-Roi, near Paris, where the
girls are "out" demanding a larger
marriage dowry for the annually
elected "Rosiere," or Queen of the
Rose.
The "Rosiere' is chosen from
among the industrious unmarried
women under twenty-five, and the
lucky girl receives from the COM
munity $50.
Six girls elected in succession this
year declined to serve, saying the
sum was too small.
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Self-Restraint.

Hawkins-"Oh, well, Bjenks isn't
such a bad fellow, after ALL"
Dawkins-"What makes you say
that?"
Hawkins-"Well, he wouldn't lend
me the $40 that asked him for, but
he didn't take advantage of the OPP
portunity to give me good ADVICE
Somerville Journal.
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How His Wife Viewed 1t.

whats the matter? You look
glum."
Il made my estate over to my wife
to save it from the creditors"
well what of that?"
"She's sold it and gone abroad with
the money. She says she can't live
with a man who cheats his creditors"
-Slowo.
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Celebrated 1880 Birthday.

Miss Rachel Martense of Brooklyn,
who is said to be the oldest oma in
Kings county, received a number OF
visitors Wednesday at her home, Flat
bush and Linden avenues. on the occa-
sion of her 103d birthday. Her visi-
tors included relatives, intimate
friends and acquaintance. She re.
ceived presents of flowers and fruit
and messages of congratulations from
many parts Of the country.-Boston
Globe.
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SNORER SHOT FOR
WILD BEAST IN IOWA,

Oskaloosa, Iowa.-Richard Hard
ing's ALCOHOLICS snoring, while sleep
ing behind a hedge at Durfee mining
camp, caused him to be shot and
killed by friends, who mistook the vi
brations of Harding's uvula for the
snorting of a wild animal. The slay-
ers surrendered to the Sheriff.
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Ii You Know How to
Handle Them Properly.

in that time neces-
sarily had to ex-
pertinent and spent
much money to
learn the best way
to conduct the
business-for the
small sum Of %
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BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered With In.
famed Skin-Doctors No Avail
Cured by Cut1Cura RemeUiCs.

"My baby's face and neck were covered
with itching skin similar to eczema. and
she suffered terribly for over a year. l
took her to a number of doctors, and also
to different colleges, to no avail. Then
Cuticura Remedies were recommended to
me by Miss G.. l did not use it at first,
as l had tried SO many other remedies
without any favorable results. At last l
tried Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement. After
using three boxes of the Cuticura Oint-
ment, together with the Soap and Pills, l
am pleased to say she is altogether a diff
ferent child and the picture of health.
Mrs. A. G. Brestlin, III N. Lincoln St.,
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 20 and 80, 1906"
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Fatal Haste to Reach Circus.

Adjusting a belt to make his ma
chine, at Bloom & Godley's bedding
factory, in Trenton, run faster, so
that he might complete his work and
go to the circus, Hugh Pugh, seven
teen years old, was killed. He was
grabbed up by the belt, dashed
against the ceiling and picked up
lifeleSS.
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Boy Drowned at Trenton,

William Daran, nineteen years old,
a bellboy at the Trenton House, of
Trenton, known to politicians and
travelling men all ove the State, was
drowned in the Delaware River when
his boat was carried through the
foodgates of the canal into the river.
Daran's head struck a beam and he
fell into the water unconscious.
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Life Sentence For Assault.

The first life sentence ever imposed
in Indiana for criminal assault was
given to George T. Anderson at Shell
byville. Anderson, who is forty
years old, was convicted of assault
ing his nine-year-old niece. The law
making such a sentence possible was
passed by the last Legislature.
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Foresight.

Magistrate-"You didn't steal this
watch?"
Prisoner-"No, sir"
Magistrate-"Then how did you
get it?"
Prisoner-"I won it on a bet"
Observation-Disclosures was the tet?"
Prisoner-"I bet a friend that I
could take it away from the man who
says / stole t."-Illustrated Bits.
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wild Excitement in a Mountain City
Last Monday at a very early hour
our attention was called by hearing
the cry of monkey! monkey! Look
ing out on the streets we saw a
strange looking object grinding out
music, we all rushed to the spot men,
women and children and its reported
that the editor and typesetter were
among the crowd that saw the monkey
street performance. Two monkeys
and three Italians composed the hole
out MT, but we laughed to u salts.
faction.-Hyden Thousandsticks.
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The Always-Ailing Kind.

Friend-"Why did you pass that
man as a good risk? I heard him
tell you he had over ten different
kinds of chronic diseases"
Insurance Doctor-"Yes; but, you
know, those kind of fellows never
die. Judge.
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Hope For Him.

"But," said the lawyer, "your case
seems hopeless. 1 don't see what I
can do for you. You admit that you
beat your wife"
"Yes," replied the defendant; "but
my wife's testimony will discount
that. She'd never admit that she
was beaten"
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The Present-Day Estimate.

"How far are we from Chicago?'
asks the passenger, plucking at the
sleeve of the conductor as that official
passes him.
Three wrecks, one misplaced
switch and a washout," nswer the
conductor, fastening on, lighting his
red lantern as he goes.-Life.
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Nathan w. G.. HAYS Dead.

Nathan ". c. Hays, former post
master, former sheriff and one-time
prominent politician of Burlington,
died at Frankfort, Pa. He had been
critically i'll for some time, and his
death vas not unexpected. Mr.. Hays
was born in 1912.
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years l was run
ming down with
kidney trouble
without knowing
what it was, and
finally got SO bad l
was given up. The
urinary passages
Mnrn nninfn1 Como
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Are you RNPtured d?
Why not have il Cured Send at once lutteI
or postal, with your address and principal facts
We will mail trial ~reatment, without cost 10 you,
that will give immediate relief from the effects oi
cumbersome and dangerous trusses. We also send
our free book on the "Cause, Care and Cure OF
Rupture" This explains how you may be En-.
tirely Cured by small cost by the
Hernia III cnier Co. IL w. $. Eric. Pm.
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The Reason.

whats the reason everybody's al
ways quarreling with Butts?"
Hes always quarreling with every
body else. "-Detroit Free Press. ga,
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Prisoner Commits Suicide

Arthur T. Hammond, of Boston,
committed suicide in Jail in Philadel-
phia, where he was arrested on a
charge of robbery.
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tuberculosis in Milk.

In a paper read before the Nation
al Anti-Tuberculosis League Nathan
Straus declared hat a diet of raw
milk, without pasteurization is a
"diet of cOnsumption germs"
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Shifting the Same.

Model Housewife-"Are you sure
this is a full pound of butter?"
Gracious Groceries, madam;
right to a hail. yale Record.
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Faithful Attendant

Mrs. Crossway-"How many lodges
does your husband belong to-"
Mrs. Kawler-"Only one, 1 think,
but it meets six nights in the week. :"
Chicago News.
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Friendly Act Cost Him His Life.

Just after he had said: This is
the last time I can help you," Asa
Van Keuren, a sawyer, was killed at
Pine Bush Hill, N, Y, by being
caught under a log which he was
helping a friend to take from a
wagon.
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Mary and the Flea.
O

Professor-"Do you believe in tax.
ing breweries?"
STUDENT do; to their utmost
capacity. Harvard Lampoon.
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Exports of iron and steel manu-
features in 1906 amounted to $172.-
100000, against s143,00O,00O in
1905, $12S,500,O00 in 1904 and $780,
100000 in 1903.
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A movement has been initiated to
commemorate the services of the
late Lord Salisbury by erecting a
statue in the Foreign Office.
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Naturally.

Judge--"You said the defendant
turned and whistled to the dog. What
followed?"
Intelligent Witness-"The dog"
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knew 1t.

Redd-"Tha- ! machine coming
now!"
Greene-"Why, can you tell your
machine Is far as you can see it,"
Redd-"No, not as far as I can see
it, but as far as 1 can smell it,
Yonkers Statesman.
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DIED IN ROOM WHERE
HE WAS BORN.

Wilmington, Del. - Born seventy
years ago in the house at No. 4O5
Shipley street, William H. Jack, one
Of the best known men in Whining
ton, died from paralysis in the room
in which he first saw the light of day.
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A British company has obtained
permission to run three steamers on
the Tigris, the famous river of an
cient Nineyah. N.Y.-24
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6s, BUT PERFECTLY WE'LL.
The Happy Experience of a New Cas-
tie, Pa, Woman.

Mrs. John Mansell, GA So. Jeffer.
son St., New Castle, Pa, says: For
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FITS, st. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr.. H. r. Kline. Id. 03l Arch St., Phila., Pa.