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The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-04-06
THE STORY.


WHAT q wave Of enthusiasm that
w was which swept owe q that por-
ton Of Israel whittier the messengers
of Gideon had gone The story of
his overthrow of Baal and the cut
ting down Of the grove. together with
his sall to Israel to throw OF the yoke
of the ,Midianites, had stirred to new
hope, and fighting men out Of the
tribes Of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun
and Naphthali quickly rallied around
the standard which Gideon had set
up. There Is encouragement and
enthusiasm In numbers, and as the
little nucleus which Gideon had at
the first gathered about him grew to
be 1000 and then 5000, then 10000,
then 10000. then 10000, and still they
were coming In, the spirits of the men
rose until Gideon was scarce able to
restrain them from an immediate ad-
vance upon the enemy, which at the
FIRST warning Of trouble in Israel. had
been gathering in the valley Of Jez-
reel.
1t was not strange in the face of
such an encouraging outlook, there
fore. that Gideon should have felt
some degree OF satisfaction and conf
dence as he watched his army grow.
and as he passed through the camp
and noted the eager, hopeful faces Of
his men and heard their words OF
assurance as they talked OF the COM
Ing conflict. he could not help but
say within his own heart:
Surely we could not fail to win
with such an army"
That night council Of war was
held and II was decided that an ad-
vance should be made early In the
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AIRS. NICHOLASLONG may
M well be called "a chip OF the old
block" for she certainly inherits her
fathers taste for outdoor life In all
sorts and conditions of weather. Let
the day be ever so stormy, neither
wind nor rain can defer the president
from tramp over the country ways
and byways. In fact, the more beast.
ly the weather is the more he seems
to enjoy being out In 1t. battling
against the elements. The same de
sire and will to face storm Is In
herited by his strenuous daughter.
A soft but heavy snow falling
through night and all day has covered
Washington with a mantle Of white
beautiful to look at. but decidedly
Sloppy under foot.
Through slush and q drizzling sleet
AID rain,4 Mrs. Longworth, accom-.
panied by Miss Isabelle May. walked
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studying Inconsistencies and devoted
his whole attention to admiring the
Admiralty doiphihs. she drew from
her basket sprig OF scarlet geranium
and three white daisies, which, with
a frond of the inevitable maiden-hair.
she bound firmly together and laid on
the tray of her basket whilst she ar
ranged second spray resembling
the first in every particular.
Her task was just finished when
the conductor conveniently turned
round and she handed them to him.
That's yours" she said, "and the
others for the driver"
my word! One for him, too?
Shan't we be grand! Folks will think
this here bus is a-goin' to weddin'."
It'll have to be Sails, them" said
Mrs. Bower, laughing. Cause we've
both got man at home-haven't we,
Mrs. Carp?"
1--WE have" assented Mrs. Carp In q
tone that seemed to convey the idea
that though husbands were question
able blessings yet no self-respecting
fiower-woman would be without that
appendage. II was jist goin' to tell
you about Jim last Saturday" she con
tinned as S764 disappeared up the
step with the drivers buttonhole
"You know how It poured? Well, he'd
been an bought whole barrelful o
caulifower. Real beauties. they were
You can't think what lovely sigh,
that barrel did look with them al
stacked high upon 1t! Then dowr
comes that wind an rain, an hs
doesn't get 'em covered up In time
and whole lot Of 'em gets tipped
over into the slush an gets spoiit
Just like him, wasn't it?"
"Ah, but you see, It came on 90 sud
den-like," replied Mrs. Bower sooth
| ingly. IL got lot O my flowers spoilt
The winds worse than the rain wher
Il blows like that I've often won
dered, eal." she continued. adroitl,
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the Toledo district who hope he will
get as tired of Washington during the
two years for which he was elected
last fall as he got 80 odd years ago,
when. after two years Of life in con.
gress, he decided that he had had
enough.
Sherwood was twice secretary OF
state In Ohio. having been elected In
1868 and 1870; twice probate Judge Of
Lucas county, once mayor of Bryan,
o.. and once prosecuting attorney for
Williams county, and twice represen.
tative in congress.
To get back to congress this time
he had to overcome a Republican ma.
jority of 1S,600. To do that he had to
carry Wood county, the home Of his
Republican rival, by more than 900
majority. The year before the county
had given Republican majority OF
2,300.
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ALICE BRAVES ELEMENTS
FOR OUTDOOR EXERCISE

briskly up Connecticut avenue the
other afternoon. The young women
evidently we're out for good tramp,
and walked with the air and determi.
nation of those who walk for the pleas.
ure OF 1t.
In short skirts and with no umbrellas
they were quite free to get the full
benefit of their exercise, and the fact
that they had the street almost to
themselves only lent additional zest te
the sport. M
Mrs. Longworth wore the short skirt
affected by the Boston girl, who dares
to shorten 1t little more than the
girl OF any other town this side Of the
Rockies. Her light brown skirt was
fully four or Eve inches from the
ground. Above this sensible skirt was
little jacket to match, with which
she wore a turban to correspond and
brown furs. ,Ss
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"Come, SAL git In here along with
u.s." said Mrs. Bower as she hoisted
herself and her large flower basket on
to the footboard of a London omnibus,
wherein one of her companions with
similar burden had already found
seat.
But Sal shook her head and re-
NAMED standing on the curb outside
the station-yard at Charing Cross.
He won't care to take more'n two
Of u.s. she said, looking doubtfully at
the conductor. I'VE crowd him up 80.
I'll wait for the next"
That's all right, MISS" cried the
conductor. Give us hold O. yer bas-
kit an jump In! The more the merri-
er's my motter, even when it's fidgety
old ladies' who relieve the tedium O
the journey by pokin' at me with their
umbrellas, bless their hearts! There's
next to nobody in the bus this morn
in, so in ye git. Drive on, Charlie!"
and springing to his accustomed stand
he gave resounding pull at the bell.
and the omnibus curved round to
Whitehall at that exhilarating pace
only INDUCED in before nine in the
morning.
The next to nobody" referred to
was bronzed, bearded man In the far
corner, whose face was partially hid
den by a large felt hat Of the shape
known as Colonial" and yet further
screened by the open pages OF the
Morning Leader. He glanced up, how,
ever, when the three women were
settled, and noted the broad shoulders
and strong hands which, with the
black bonnet and feathers, loosely
pinned shawl and coarse white apron,
are SO characteristic OF the humber
customers at the Covent Garden flow'
er market.
Hes a decent chap, he is," re.
marked Mrs. Bower. giving shake OF
her feathers in the direction OF the
conductor. II always follow up his
bus"
Its a bit frosty this mornin'," OBJ
served 8764 by way of acknowledging
the compliment which had reached his
ears.
"'Tis So" responded Mrs. Bower
with confirmatory nod. Then to Sal
In a loud whisper: "Give him z
button-hole bouquet"
"I WILL" replied Sal, promptly. and
whilst 8764 turned his back with
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Horses saved by a poa.

A New Jersey farm laborer went to
Egg Harbor City to do some shoppins
and when he emerged from a store
his team had disappeared. No one
had seen the driverless horses 60 and
II was thought that they had been
stolen. The man walked home and
discovered that the house dog was
also missing. Some days later the
dog returned to the farm, got some
food and drink and started away, bark
Ing furiously. He was followed and In
piece OF woods several miles away
the team was discovered. The horses
had wedged the wagon between txo
trees and there they had stood nve
days without food or drink 1Apy
had gnaved the bark from TIE typ>n
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sERMoNETTE.

Quantity Versus Quality
Man trusts In numbers. God de-
pends not on the number OF
men, but the kind Of men.
We can we'll Imagine with
what pride and confidence Cid
con passed through the long
ranks Of lsrael's army-Thlrty-
. two thousand mon who had re-
sponded to the call.
! Gideon saw victory In that
army. God saw defeat. Gideon
saw $4,000 mon ready to fight.
God saw $4,000 men with fear
!. fui, frightened hearts ready to
turn and run at the first ap-
proach Of the enemy. Yea, and
as he looked further he saw
9,7o0 men who were not down.
right In earnest-9,7oo men who
would not endure hardship and
danger.
zone shall chase thousand,
and two shall put ten thousand
to flight"
"Why? Because one with God
10 a majority, always. Victory
In tho world over evil 10 not do
pendent upon the strength Of
man, but the power Of God. One
man In whom the spirit Of God
rests Is better than whole
army whose confidence is placed
In tho arm Of flesh, alone.
Had not Gideon climbed up
to the heights of faith where he
could see with clearer vision
and feel the heart-throb Of God,
he never could have stood the
test of seeing over two-thlrds Of
his army melt away. Had he not
stood heroicaIIy by Gods side
and felt the heart-throb Of his
power he mover could have pick
J ed out that little band Of 800
by the brooks side, and gone
} with them to face the vast army
Of the enemy.
How many men are needed In
a community, In a city, In a
state, In a nation, to rout the
forces Of evil, and establish
Righteousness therein?
. II was two men, strangers In
that great city Of ThessaIonlca
who could so work the works
, of God as to cause the evil to
cry out and declare that "these
that have turned the world up
side down are come hither."
at was a Luther, prosecuted
and opposed by both church and
state, who could bring about a
reformation. II was a John
|. Knox in Scotland and Wilber-
force In England, and. Moody
|. In America who could change
! the currents Of life towards
. Righteousness and truth.
. Learn this lesson then from
Gideon that II is by the few In
. whom the spirit Of God rests,
; rather than by the multitudes
) that are called together by the
2 popular movement that victory
) Is to be won over the hosts Of
; the evil. II ls quality and not
> quantity that counts.
Gideon's Methods. - II o W
7 seemingly foolish from the hu-
; man standpoint. Trumpets,
pitchers and torchesl Did ever
: army 90 forth to war with such
foolish equipment? Hero was
. the Divine wisdom manifest.
: Here was strategem which only
9 faith In God could have made
: possible. The man who real
9 Ices that he must fight In Gods
5 strength and not his own 10 the
9 man who 10 willing to use the
; simple, insignificant things to
3 confound the mighty.
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Lepers In Colombia,

There are about 1000 lepers In Co
lombia. or one to every 1000 inhabt
tants. Most OF them are now isolated
Cases are rarely found among thu
classes living with bySisnic care.
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The Other Passenger
By Augusta E. Mansford

Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles)
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-04-06
THE VICTORY
OF GIDEON
4 sroaY Or TIE PERtop or rnE JUDGES
IN ISRAEL
b. DE ''Fiishway and Byway" Prssshss
iso7. By the Author. ". 5. kdson.j

Oopynsh" A"'' ~ inc Autnor' ".o AosonS
Scripture Authority:-Judges. chap
ter z,
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The night Is dark, such q night as
brings oftentimes the forbodings Of
danger to the wicked, and to the
righteous the confident tone Of as.
surance that God rules in the dark.
ness as he does In the light. The
vast army Of the Midianites are pass
ing the hours In troubled dreams,
while Gideon and his faithful little
band is surrounding the camp.
Suddenly upon the quietness OF the
midnight there sounds the trumpet
blast; there comes the crash of the
steel of mighty army; there flares
forth all around the mountain-si the
torch lights Of an advancing host. And
then there rings out the cry:
THE sword OF the Lord and Of
Gideon!"
In mad terror the hosts of the Mid.
ianites flee In the frenzy Of despair,
and every mans sword is raised
against his fellow, 80 that there was
slaughter in the camp Of the INDIAN.
ties such as was never known before
or since. Thus did Gideon and HE
band prevail against the mighty en-
emy and bring deliverance to Israel
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FALtS
FROM 5THFLOOR,
BUT IS UNHURT
Four-Year-Old Robert Fischer
Crawls to Fire-EScape and
PlungeS of.

Mrs. yo=>5shtns Fsshoher had 10 20
out efnS noon 10 buy food for tho noon
day meal. and after shutting DOWN tho
window leading TO the front nre-escapa
shs lsct her children. Robart. four
or~ars Old. and Mary. two and a half
years Old. in her rat on tho nrth noor
Of No. zSa East Eighty second strset
Robert was too activs a lad To re
main prisoner long and after 9orciaE N
the front window hc crawted out on IN.
iron nre-escaps platform. dragging a
lin bucket WITH him. The pail oc,cupiei
one hand and eatts~a him to sip ana
fHil through ths hatcsrvay OF the plat.
form
TIE little fellow str7ook the riatnorm
on uss fourth no0r and bounced OF
fAlinE on h.h side to The sidewalk be-
low. His mother returned bone in
time bo sse the Sflld failing and u,,h
a scream she dropped her purchaAe.
and ran 70 him. He was very nuca
alive and crying bitterly, but whom Po-
hoeman Dengie summoned IL. Goodwin
In an ambulanos the surgeon aaid th.
child had only scalp wound and CON-
tusiona.
He bundled Robert into the arnh,I.so.
and took him 10 the Presbyterian Ho.-
pltal. Whsre Y was said the child would
be out In few days The doctor 80
MA escape was miraculous.
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Chapter VI.

Passengers on the 1870 express Tor
home and mother might have observed
. sunburnl young man sleeping eio-
Quenily on tho shoulder OF a young
woman IN almost white.
The train was rafting over some I'm
Droved property with a nourlshinn
trop Of rtaf estate ads, when the younF
man raised himself abruptly,
fTe Be Continued Next MondayD
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ScomS to Notice Youth Who
Butted In and Made
Remarks.
BUT TWAS A WARM DAY.
And When Coney Train Re-
turned His Head Rested on
Her Shoulder.
Chapter I.
-TIsy, Name. you're u1eltinEf-
seiannt n ENreHhr

-TIsy, Name. you're naeltinKr-
BEAT n, Frsshr'
Thus did young man call from car
window of q ConSy-bound train on Sun
AAy. ana thus did a young woman a;
ths Brooklyn Bridge station answer his
cry.
Even thus
1t IL presumed he ala not know her.
IN fact. well be a dollar he didn't He
was ono OF those sUddsn young men
who come from nowhere and 90 somS-
whNre on Sunday.
shs, Ell. shsi was all In white She
vas alsS In o hurry. And her undue
sxsrtion In her effort to catch the train
that even now was elanking over the
switch had caused her wsA ther map TO
Indicate = rising tsnperaturs extending
as high as the upper Marcel wave
region She wAA warm, but sae wasn't
exactly mailing. And she wasn't 90
warm that she couldn't give Fresh" q
frsssing hook, she gave 4 70 him coed
Chapter III.
when Bath Beach Bill. tho daredevil
Of mo b, r. T. pulled his traia into the
coneT LslAnd yards only thirty Ave min
utss S4te. there stepped from tho ntst
epsnwork car the young woman whom
the reader knows an Name" and With
her I1Enis Myers. who goes everywhere
win hpr. and Flossie Carpenter. who
sometimes goes along. too.
With light step and spirits 81 the
same material. the three happy girls
danced along the platform and squeezed
s1sS,.,a,.,1, ~. ~afs Mana hnA q sr,ad
start. but there was another comsng 10
her. She gave an awful start when a
younf man who had been leaning nom
chAiantly against thc ket-offics put
hAn new yellow shoes In motion and
planted himself Ia her path.
II thought I'd walt for you said he,
''You' We got another think coming.
Rn.nh [" Aaid aha
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TEN INJURED IN
CRASH OF TROLLEYS.

NORTH ArnDBoRo. Mas. Jun.
A-ons person was fatally ana nIae
Others moro or less seriously injured
here to-day In a collision between two
open cars, one OF them well nued xi,b
passenger. on tho Interstate ConSois-
dated Street Railway Company lines
Ihe most severely injured was Motor.
the Rhode Island Hospital al Prov.
dence. sinering from internal in,urie,
ard fractures Of both arma and leEs-
Tue Aocidsnt happened at a oatr-va
oetw cen North Attleboro and Aftleboro
standing
Tue Interstate Consolidated IN q part
OF the Rhode Island cornpAny's systrrn
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Chapfer V.

II was y. M. A low-down mist erspt
IN from tho ocean. and with Il came a
brOsIs that was too cool for the cOm-
fort OF the bathers.
Name beat II for tho beach. and Ais
asr Johnson came shivsrinE after.
shake the going makeup. Name. q"
be advised. and l'll meet you In my
regular suit with a good IDEA"
Fiftsen minutes later when Name
vas back In white. Mister Johnson
asksd
Are you chlllyr'
We'll" answered Name. with a mis-.
ehievous smile. Il ain't exactly melt
ing"
Fla" laughed our hero, ''iet'H thAw
oursslYea out with hot dog
"Finer said Name.
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thu San Juan Hill district The brothers
drvhs alike ana afe 20 aukc iu features
tnht uey cannot ue tod apart The
resemblance b. heightened hN tho fact
spades
William r. spahr. OF 81. 30 Wcst
SIXTY second kttect. Was ABOUT tu enter
hls home tu-uAy when Boz Ent into a
nght In "a cruNd ana NaA siaaurd acluss
the race with "a razor Ito reprited ut
tho statiuu-house tnat one of-thu Ses-
brookes had out him. but he didu
know which Detective kaf-a. to be- un
the safe side, arrested both of them
Paul and silaH were dofnnt a. Head
quarters, Each OF them bad an nlip
lnaHtnuch as Spahr cnnnot tel Paul
from S1las and the alihl Witness cam
not tell sllas from Paul. Kahn is uf enc
opinion that ho will have TO send hofh
tho SeabNookcs TO prison so order 60 be-
sure he has the right one
Spahr II badly hurt and tho twins
were held 10 await the result Of his
injuries.
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ACCUSES HIMSELF
OF KILLING RICH
MR.ROSENHE|MER
Prisoner Has a Bad Character,
hut Is Not Believed to Be
the Murderer.

Bsnsds.tto oentile. arrested FrsdA 3
niEls at Firth street and The Bowery
on suspicion usAt he was implicated In
the murder OF Julius T. Roseuheimsr.
at Pelham. as1Isad himself Of the crime
in Yorkvills Fo.Los Court to-day. bs
accusation wa vonpeu'hAs dt.Dountsd by
the fact that ths man appearu 70 be
mentally unbalanced. but LssS Pc
,rossno. who has been looking him up.
says that he has . bad character. and
that his picture u No. BS. .7S in tho
Ros-ues' GALLERY.
Sidney RossbiAst q iaw,-eTs clerk and
m amateur slSuth. caused ehs arrest
Of oentfie. wAo1n ne bad followed fz7osn
tile was intoHios ted and the pol,oe could
get very little information from him. II
was decided 70 hold nim- until to-day.
80 that the Italian HEADQUARTERS men
could question aim.
When thsy got at Gentle yesterday
Or. MOGuire. ths Tomos phosictan'
ss4d the man waa on the verge Of
deiir1um tremena The detectives recos
niSed him as q man who has been ar
rs.ted several times in Black Hand
a MARS and who was sent 10 Blackwel's
Island last November for two month";
when Arraigned In ~tlts police court
to-day Gentle was plApfy under great
mental stress He said tiSs hs killed
rioh man In Pelham hst wseS with
Gtlletto. Mr.. Rosenhskmsr was killed
with a stone or a blackjack. GENTLE
said that he had killed another man
recently.
He gave the BLACK Hand death
en" in court. placing the index hnssrs
OF 10Th hands sgiinst Ms forehead and
then drawing me fngsrs Of hiA right
hand across hls throat At the request
o. Policeman Sherry who made the ar
rest. AIax.strAts Barlow sent osHtile 10
ae aleoho9c wand at Bellevue tor OBJ
servation.
aentiie Is wsiI acquainted with West
chester County IN the vicinity OF Pei
ham He has lived In that locality and
was one Of tho men picked up on Eus-
pscion on the day after the murder and
later released. Benjamin Scott. the
Mount Vernon ioeman who was held w
IN the nfiEltofnQpl OF Ano fho9ohHNAhN
mansion a snort time before the mur-
der by two men VINO are believed to
l,Av. committed the crime. went TO the
Tornb- yesterday 70 Identify GENTLE, n
possible He tsiled 10 pick the man
out OF line OF prisoners.
Although Gentils's mental condition is
bAd. Capt McCafferty has ordered that
his whereabouts on the night Of the
murder be looked up. on the chance
that tyre might be somsthinG in his
story. Gentle IL the second suspect
who has accused himself OF me killing
OF Afr Rosenheimer. The other was ar
rested At North Pelham on Saturday
lie ed to be a lunatic.
The inquest viii be held tomorrow
Among the w!tnesses summoned IL JO-
seph Murray a contractor OF Wake
neld. who f. said 10 know the name OF
an sx-convicf under suspicion This
man told Mr. Mnrray on Monday night
that hs has been approached BY a welt
known Westohestsr character who pro-
posed that he Kill and rob a rich man
of Pelham. The murder was done In
iust the manner that the eN-conylct
outlined 70 Mr. Murray twenty-four
hours before 81 occurred.
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UNDED WATER 6 MINUTES.

SoRTHBoRo. Mass. June Awhile
bathing IN solomon's Pond yesterday AZ
,ernoo, Amadss MArtel. seventeen. a
Marlboro HlEh School boz. sank and
remained under water six minutes.
lie Was taken out, apparently dead.
by Archie Cormler. nineteen years old
but was reEusdtated.
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The World printed more i'vassaion
Reson' Ads IN 1900 than any other
New York newspaper Remember this
when you 81 . wssk or . month Off .
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ONE IS DEAD, ONE
DYING FROM FALL
Bricklayers Meet with Terrible
Accident on ST. Nicholas
aAvenue.

Two bricitln yers working on tho nfth
story OF the building going up AT One
Hundred and sixty-nrh street and St
Nieholas avenue. to-day fsh through
an airshSft 70 the cellar
one q them was hil,ed Instantly and
the othsr one was taken TO the wash-
insbnn Heights Hospital in q dying con
tition.
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Chapter ".

A=sSnE those present IN the glad sea
~.uvas we're a young man with pleased
szpresSion and = young woman with
ahs curl out OF her hair,
1Attls by little he Isd her 10 A. the sea
rolling in and showing willingness 10
meet them moro than half way,
Name" said Fresh. for II was he.
..you deserve a ducking for AL the
khinga you've Aaid To me"
Mister Johnson" SaSped Name. with
n note OF alarm IN her voice. ~ you
Aare 10 duck me I'll never speak to
you again AZ long as ID p-b-l-l-l-l-u-b''--
Only bubbles marked the place where
Aamo had been.
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q q - HEALS
O.0.O. OLD SORES

An old ulcer Is only outlet for the impurities
which blood aud
this impure contaminated state the place will heal The app
OF saves washes powders etc. the ab but
fresh oupoung OF diseased matter from the blood starts again and
gradually slowly affecting the
blood
contaminated poisoned long spell Of sickness breeds disease germs
the emuatye
and waste matter Of the body the excessive Of mineral medicines In
diseases all infect the blood with morbid matter and which
manifested that refuses heal Persons with
inherited blood ant be afflicted with and ues
dormant during when middle
reached passed and the natural energies begin weaker
the tissues Point break down and chronic omed
aud kept by the constant drainage impure matter from the blood
the the
into the flesh fostering dehagng and slowly undermining the
constitution 8 S heals old by going down the very bottom
OF the trouble driving the impurities building the entire
aion When has removed the the blood becomes rich
aud healthy the begins heal flesh formed and the
place cured Do depend external applications which do not
reach the blood but begin and the and then the
heal Book medical
THK sWHE aPEcRIc CO.. ATLANTA GA
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BOTH DUSKY TWINS
HELD AS ASSAIlMT.
Injured Man Can't Tell Them
Apart, Nor Can Witnesses
Called 10 Prove Abb.

There was case Of dArf. duuble
mystery at Police HeaddtnrtsrH to-day
whsn Detective Fcahn. Of the West
strty-sighth street station. brought in
Paul and silas seaorOoks. twins twenty
ON. years old. who 1--we somewhere In