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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09
Mothers Modest Demands.

Lawyers will take almost any case,
and Chicago lawyers, 1t seems, will
take anything. A Chicago woman put
her son in a childrens home there,
and is now bringing suit because they
cut off the boys curls. every curl
was worth $1,000 to me-" she says,
land they gave him a bath, too,
against my wishes. He is delicate
child and bathing makes him sick,
haven't given him bath since year
ago Christmas" She will ask $4,000
because of the curls and bath.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

ing. The rest had all run up the ridge
chasing the sheep toward the meadow.
Lew got off his horse and was close to
her before she saw him.
"Oh, it was mean of YOU" she de
clared, with wet cheeks and flaming
eyes, mean, mean"
This mix-up?" he said, smiling soft.
ly. "Oh, don't know. They can stay
mixed for all | care. It's all right"
why, what makes you say that?"
she cried, dabbing at her eyes with a
handkerchief. I'VE cant separate
them until the end of the season. I'm
less she added a little more hope
fully, I'VE could rig up corral and
fool-gate here somewhere. / won.
der If We could?"
But / don't want" said he. at
would take months work, and it
isn't worth while anyway"
Well" she said, with forced firm
ness, I'll do 1t then"
But you don't want to either"
"Why don't want tor"
Because you're going to marry me
Little Bopeep hasn't lost her sheep
They've just strayed in among her
lovers. And they are going to stay
there and never be separated Come!
| am yours and so are all my sheep!"
He held out his arms TO her. Never
had she seemed so weak in the face
of the fine, strong, insistent mastery
of his presence. But she summoned
the protesting word at last though it
came out family.
"No!"
Come"
Il won't DO it,"
He came nearer and put his great
arms about her.
You're taking me for granted after
all. You're just as mean as"
mo; I'm taking you for a dear, an
gelic little creature, who loves me very
much"
There you are! You said it! I'll
not be taken for granted that way"
She struggled to free herself
How will you be taken. them"
Not at all. You don't understand
you don't deserve-youre just as mean
as"
But he stopped her words with a
{ kiss and after a little struggle her
head nestled down upon his shoulder.
Uri, hunting for his mistress, espied
her sitting on a rock beside Lew, and
scrambled back to Zeke.
There's another miX.up over there, -
he said, grinnlng and pointing toward
the pines. Guess them sheep'n all be
a,weariu' MS next season"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09
Class EaXoritisn.

"The Indian appropriation bill puts
an end to the relations of the five
tribes, l notice." remarked Reeder,
looking up from his paper.
"Humph!" growled Grump, whose
w:fe's cousin is making a protract-
ed visit at his home. Il wish we
were Indians kansas City Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

and trouble with the kidney secretions.
This was my state when l began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped mo
from the first and four boxes made a
complete, lasting cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

my back grew weak
and lame and I
could not stoop
without a sh arp
pain. 1t was just
as bad when / tried
to get up from a
chair. l was Ian
guild and listless
and had much main
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09
POOR GEoRGE!

Johnny-I'm glad didn't live in the
time when George Washington was
boy
Father-Why not, my son?
Johnny-Why, his dad didn't wear a
plug hat for him to throw snow
halls ut
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

It's the dishOnorable parents as
much as the irreyerent children who
break the fourth commandment.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

Sing hey for the range. The spring
was in May WINDOWS blood when she
set out mounted on Fidget, her cow
boy hat Tapping in the wind that blew
down from the cool uplands and her
gray eyes alive with the thrill Of the
start She rode beside the Brokers,
while Uri and Xeke drove in the camp
wagons for the first few tame miles
along the lane from Zephi, the meek
sheep trotting passively ahead.
By evening they were well up into
the foothills, having forced the sheep
forward at n very good pace.
Next morning Uri decided to take
the trail over the ridge While it was
steep and rough it cut off about eight
miles of the journey to the Sky-Mead.
w country and when they made camp
'Aat night Zeke decided Lew Madden
was good five miles behind.
"Coo-ee! Coo-ee!" yelled Uri as NAV
Joined him. The Madden outfit must
abound another cutoff. But they'll
never get in ahead O us. See them
smokes He pointed to where two curl.
ing columns rose on the far side of the
ridge. Wen drive 'em to the top,
hot-foot, an then along up the hog,
back to the medder They won't git
in ahead o US.
The spirit of the range was strong in
May. Her blood mounted warmly, and
her horse pressed sharply upon the
sheep, while her voice rang loud and
clsar.
But when the rapidly moving mass
Of white backs scurried through the
scrub pines near the top, not half q
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

When a man boasts of being the
master Of his appetites he is apt to
be martyr to them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09
LANeuiD AND WEAK.
A Condition Common with Kidney
Trouble and Backaehs.

Mrs. Marie Sipfe, 4t6 Miller St.,
Helena, Mont. says: Three years ago
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hoped He Wouidn't Grow.

A well known H"nb@r O: par.a.lr} WAS aGdrcSStyG: ia agricuitGcal u.,.,. Ing in liir >oU;!. af ,.Hginna and in | course of his lc,s.ariis eNpsrs>,Hi ti4 npinion t4at ta.aac..' dc not su!.i :rni}3t vary t!ieir crops and make a m>iHAe h always sowing wheat.
 One of the aniiHnce opposed to hi4, n politics asked him what crops h. would recommend. "Eyerything iu turn" he replied. "Well,' said his interlocutor, =; Swedes don't come4up. what thent' "Sow mustard" said the NJ. F.
 And if mustard doesn't come uF what them"
 And so he went on through who!, list of crops until. the NJ. P.'s patienc' being exhausted, he put an end to hi. questioning amid roars of laughter b, saying:
 "Oh, SOW yourself. and I hope yos .von't come up"
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9ouveoira oF q Criminal Career.

A bedroom papcred with the haSs o1 all nations is occupied by an aflls' who has a hanlrring for oddities. f'N cry nationality under the sun Is rep resented by the colors on the WaiiS' and the effect upon Il person when ItS' entering the room Is somewhat ua| zlng Those ilagS," said the ali!St, 'reDreScnt q career of crime which naS extended over the entire world. In fact. an an international 1alef Whc0 l toured Africa, Asia. f.1lrope and Australia some years ago Will! two other fellow artists we each boaSted "f our ability in 'pinciing' towels from the hotels at which we stopped. The fellow who got the lowest number Was to pay the passage of the other two back to this country. l came i'll hrsl by managing to collect POT towels, many of which came from world fa- nous hotels. When l got them homo l immediately turned them into flags with my water colors, and they make good souvenirs of my criminal career. Philadelphia Record.
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Instinct In Plants.

Climbin. plants have two opposing methods of describing spiral growth The plants that turn to the right ill the northcrn hemisphere reverse this trend in the southern hemisphere, and therefore, for the sake of consistency. 1t may be preferable to describe the two kinds of spiral tendency as re spectiyely "clockwise" and 'counte! clockwise, which latter can be short, ened to "counterwise." The honey suckle and the hop turn "clockwise, y while the conyolvulus and tue scarlet runner bean twine "counterwise. EX- perlmcnts made by growing scarlet run, ner beans in opaque cylinders, to dis cover whether the deviation of the twist was innate or merely from the direction of the light, disclosed th' fact that the plant possesses an iucliaa ton resembling the instinct of animals. Of proceeding in given direction. and resents any attempt to force 1t other wise.
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Great Musicians Eccentricities.

Dolls were the idols. after his he loved Instruments. of Domenico bra gonettl. the king of the double bass He had huge collection of these pup pets dressed in various national cos tunes, and wherever Dragonetti went the dolls were sure to go. That was only one of this eccentric genius peeel iarittes. He would never play unless his dog were in the orchestra. anG ro body would hare got note out of him unless he had been permitted tt Eit in the orchestra next to the sta g. door. This was rrecautlon to enable him to save his wonderful instrument in case of fire. The instrument itself he brought from the monastery of st Pietro when on visit to TincenZa and when he died he bequeathed 1t to St. Marks. Venice, to be used at solemn serviccs.--London Standard
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hookino the Wary Trout

Trout when hungry usually face Gs. current This fact should be reinem' bered when approaching bridge o, eddy where the "speckled beauties love to hide." If possible, such spots should be approached upstream. It may take little more time to go around and come back up, but make haste slow ly' is said to be the first axiom of trout fishing As the stream becomes warmer, the trout seek the cool pool> and shaded places. They are to !+ found where a cold spring bubbles IT Into the stream or where mountain creek enters. Often a number freqlcn! he same haunt. Each additional Ii. j.
 leans two more eyes to watch for tIH
 sherman one trout is all that Is ne
 ssary to give q danger signal hy
 .artlug away. The rest Immediately
 ollow suit To catch more than one or even that. In such a place takes skill In the use of the line. But whc has said that trout fishing Is not al. art? Circle Magazine.
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Our pyomy Ancestors.

The armor of the knights of the lniu de ages is too small for their mod"rI descendants Hamilton Smith recor.' that two Englshmen of average q. mensions found no suit large enou:s to fit either of them in the great rts1 lection of Sir Samuel Meyrick. Ii. head of the oriental saber will not Id unit the English hand nor the braeer. of the Kaftir warrior the English ann The swords found in Roman tunGl have handles lnconvcnlently small, arc the great mediaeval two handed sword is now supposed to have been used only for one or two blows at the tjr>t onset nnd then exchanged for small CT one The statements made by Flo mer. Aristotle and Vitruvius represent six feet as high standard for ful! grown men, and the lrrefutable evi dence Of tue ancient doorways. bet? steads and tombs proves the avera.' size of the race certainly not to hnv, diminished In modern Lond"r Hospital
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SWedenhoru In Ruffles and Mic.

SWedenborg was q great deal ill Lon don, where he was known and admired and had several good friends, but h!t small knowledge of English and tht impeainen, in his speech precluded him from ;4:ly real intimacy. His slisii figure. with it's fine features and haze eyes, was %r.i ,:::}oWn in the neighior hood Of ColdbatA fields. where he loa. ed, and he was often seen stopping to talk to the children. for whom he used to carry sweetneats. He was always dressed in an old fashioned suit with lace ruffles and wore full botto9ed wig, carrying a sword and gold head ed cane On Christmas eve. 17.l h. had a stroke of apopiexy. and oH March %, 17112. the day he had fore ibid, he died at the house which he hat himse}f named.--Occult Review.
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Story of a Clever JackaaM.

In q S:nai! cottag. in Ierefor,lshir. there lived Il family v'l!o owned |, yer. large but clever jac':iHW " N'lir!. r';' noted for its very n..ty sayings UA> day the jackdaw saw the Id of thG stewpot iart!. E%. z. $" thinking k, should like a meat dinner he won't nn end caught Il frog and put il i.i ,9 boiling water in the stewrot. whir, had in some pieces of beef. After lh:. the jackdaw went quietly back tu L.~ perch and waited tiii dinner time Al went wei! till the cook began to >h;.r. the dinner out Leiore ii4e tat ,.
 Every time she pul!2d piece of meat out of the pot the jackdaw said That's not mine: that's not .l:at." II at last the cook pulled out the fro. when he exclaimed in a very triumph ant voice, That's mine; that's mine The shock nearly made the guests fain! away. but nevertheless the iackdav " got his meat dinner. while the other did without for change. London Ar sWprS
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Circumstantiai Evidence.

Chick Bruce was q famous .Adiron Jack guide, who accompanied Grove Cleveland on one or two of his huntin. trfps in those mountains. Chick lief MT. Cleveland sitting on log on, morning while he went out to driT' down deer should he chance to finy one. When he came back he saw hi. distinguished employer still sitting "' The log, but with the muZzle of his gn. pointing directly at the presidenti: chest.
 Here" shouted Chick, quit tha' aod gast ye! Suppose that gun haa gone off and you had killed yourself what would have happened to r!e' Dern ye, everybody knows I'm Rf pu0lican"- Saturday Evening Post.
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A Queer Coincidence.

While Il serial story was running it' a certain magazine q lady in Johannes whether Christian Iys Qhe author nom de plume) was assumed or not She herself was Mrs. 1ys. who was trying to trace an ancestor of her late husband, who was a descendant cf Joan of Arc. Mr. Brebner, the author in question, wrote assuring her that his pen name was a family one. hls forbears having come from AberdeeH Strangely enough. it came out that h. family came also from Aberdeep aaf7 their name was Brebner.--Pall Ma' Gazette
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The Vanishing Trick.

Into the groceI's shop walked an sa yeent lady with slow and hal,'n2 s31ead and carrying on her arm q ha>. beot containing a large cartllenwarc p., with a lid. Placing thc basket on tho ssounter, she made various purchases which she put carefully in the pot, and aed her bill made ont
 'By the way" she said before payiu. 'shis. "do you mind keeping this puI with the purchases in it until I cone back and pay for thr!u. as EHve t" lDuy other things some distance otf Rnd it will he more convenient for IT., :sc leave the things here. till later:
 This request was willingly accrdrG GN, and. lifting tue pot ca@c+nl@ oDf fsf the basket, the oli dame placed i; with an effort. in corner; t!:"n. plac Eng her basket on her aiH4, Jeff t..e sshop. Hours went by, dHy ri,'@nel. Unto evening, and eveuiGg gave WI to night, but the old woman did ne iaeturn. At last the proprietor tli.r@,t fa4 examining the earthenware pot l. sSee if by any chance l. had it's owner :. address upon 1t, and great was his a> Punishment, not Untinged with dis hnay, to find that 1t possessed no bot.
 anm.-l london Answers
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An Horticultural Surprise.

"EasterE visitors to the west u.' generally prepared for any phenome!s,l showing in the line of agricul.u., stock raising and the like" says Ca orado man. but once in awhile the, are taken by surprise A New Han,i shire man who was spending his Nac: tion on ranch of a relative in Cobra do went out one morning to inspect / large incubator In which the youn. chicks were matching In one corner o the incubator q neglected peach set. encouraged by the warmth of the as mosphere had burst, and tiny sprp; several inches long was growing OF of 1t.
 Suffering Caesar" exclaimed iii. New Hampshire man as this cau%h his eye. DO you hatch out your peach es in this country:' '"-Kansas City IT. dependent
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A t-arqe Order.

The proprietor of Il certain reStau rant "leascd' tue reverse side Of l. bill of fare to q carriage manufacture
 who prints advertisements thcree.
 The other day a customer in q grea
 aurry. ran into the restaurant, sat al :; table and was handed a bill wr0n. side up by the Hurried waiter Tht customer put or hls pincc-ne2. curiN his mustachc with his left h2u4l au shouted in voice of thunder BriAs 1ne fly, laudau. two vietorias and , nogcart. Got any funeral carst" II. waiter fled-London Graphic
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leqend of the Moss Rose.

A German tradition gives the origIf of the moss rose as follows: An angc came to earth in mortal guise. H. sought place of shelter and repo9. after his labors of love- but every do" was shut against the heavenly visito At length the angel. being very weary sank upon the ground and over him . rosebush spread like tent. It cau:;!! upon it's outspread leaves the fal!;r dew which would otherwise hay. drenched the messenger of love. Wal ing, the angel said to the rose: '"rhou hast yielded the shelter that rn@-
 denied
 A proof of my love shall with the ahd" And the green moss gathered about lN'
 stem
 While the dewdrops shone like g diadcM Browning .he blushing flower.
 --Circlc
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Cochineal.

Cochineal. so much used for colorin table jellies and also given to infaG, as a domestic remedy for whoopins cough, Is the whole insect of a clas: called coccuS. but only the females art used. Why? Because the insects are captured by sufrocutlng them with thc smoke of fires below the trees on whicl! they live, and as the males have wings. while the females have none, the gen tlemen take to flight when the atmos phere becomes unpleasantly warm leaving their ladies to their fate.
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Pilgrims and Puritans.

The pilgrims. or as they are ofte1 called. the pilgrim fathers we, eight women, members of the Jo!,i Robinson's church. who sailed in t. Mayflower from Leyden to Nor;' America and landed at Plymouth Rock where they founded a colony Dec. 2.:: 2:: 1920. The Puritans were the Englis nonconformists who came over late: the name being given to them CD i count of their supposed great purits of doctrine, life and discipline. Nev York American
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Story of a Greek Saint.

A member of the Royal Geographic: society gives this lir3le story of Greek saint: "Onr good St R!a:iu gave us the phrase dunk as Bl0.ct for this saint was pleasantly done 1 death by having his flesh torn off |, tron of the English wool combers. a'. as high feast was kept up on his dH and the people who frequented t1 feast were called Blazers so the sayiu grew into the English tongue and rt mains there fixed and useful"
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Judon,ent Reversed.

Schoolteacher-I am sorry to com 5olain, but Johnnie Jones has ht'A very Princlpal-You st be more patient, Miss Howard. Teach ihe children to respect you as they do me, and we shall have fewer complaints What did he say? Schooltear He said you were the skinniest O. ,aajd elive.-Brooklyn Life.
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tt Was His Ooa.

)liiODilG UdSUeU dlOOR IUO country roSl. Turning q curve, 1t came suddenly upon a man with q gun on his shoulder and q weak, sick looking old dog beside him. The dog was d- rectly in the path of the motor car. The chauffeur sounded his horn, but the dog did not move-untl he was struck. After that he did not move. The automobile stopped and one of the men got out and came forward He had once paid q farmer $io foi killing Il calf that belonged to anotllet farmer This time he was wary. Was that your dos?"
 Yes
 You own h;m:'
 "Ycs"
 Looks as if we'd killed him."
 "Ceftainly looks $o.
 'Ner} valuable dog"
 Well, nyt so very
 VIII $, satisfy you:"
 Yes
 "Wtil. then. here you are He hand ed Il $1 bill to tle man with the guE and ad.lcd pleasantly. I'm sorry tC have broken uI' your hunt
 Il wasn't z .ing hup.:.,s.' replied the other as he pnckrted the til.
 Not going hunting? Then what wrl, you doing with thc dog and the gun: Going down to Ihe woods to slioo, the dog. Youths Co!npnnion.
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.Mitoheraft In ths Nineteenth Centur

x xNitohcraft In ths Nineteenth Century , Most people believe that witchcral1 among civilized people ended when the ,aSalem witch mania" ran It's course sand died out in the year 1892. It did Gs3 far as America is concerned, except among savages, but in other countries rho belief in the superstition did not t1Se until much later date, even if i' .sAn be truly said to be dead now. H. .yyance an old beggar was tortured t. death as late as 1907 on the charge O Soeang one who "cOmmuned with e:i HYarits," and in Spain witch was Murned In 1908. In 1850 in France | man and hls wife tortured q susprrte'' witch to death, and nothing at all Wa. done with them by the criminal courts rbn account of the lingering belief ili ,sorccry. Four years later a witch wa, drowned in England, and fin 1860 one was burned in Mexico. In 1874. lS.9
 .06O and again in 1850 witches wer' publicly burned ia Russia. and evei'
 AS late as 1890 regular judicial tria'> If witches were had in Prussia. P',
 And and Austria Hungary.
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Both Deceived.

Customer-You have deceived lat outrageously! You told me tha would be provided with q good w"'cl as long as I lived, and now after bare ly fortnight it Is quite good for moth ing! Watchmaker-But 1t Is not III! fault that you were so thin and sick looking!- For Transatlantic Tales From Fliegende Blatter.
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He. Postscript.

"Why does woman always add |, postscript to her letter."
 Well" answered the ungallant wretch, "she probably figures out l. her own mind what her letter h9 : made you think and then tries t. have the last word"
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Warnings.

Mrs. Stubb-I notice 80 many mar ried men save the receipted milllne: bills. What use do they make of them MT. Stubb-Charity. Mrs. Stubb-Char fly? MT. Stubb-Yes; they are seni around to the bachelor clubs to warn any reckless member who might be thinking about pIunging into the sea of matrimony Chicago News.
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Advice They Heed.

"Yes, I'm going abroad at once. gotta go."
 "Oh. you mustn't let the doctor scare your
 II got this from Il lawyer" Vast ington Herald.
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A Niuo Present.

Vt Is said of champion mean mar fEhat the only present he ever made te his wife was on the twenty-1ifth ami Iyersary of their wedding, when A3 rave her four yards of cotton c!oth with which to make him a shirt.
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Inorat:tude.

One of the passengers from wrNc' ed steamer who was saved by 3'. swimming ashore with life line - bacon for breakfast as soon as he $. rived at Sydney Exchange.
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The Trouble.

Jones-l understand there Is trouh.r between Mrs. Poet and her husbals! Smith Yes. He couldn't sell iii> poems. and she couldn't eat them. so she left him.
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No ChasinC.

Jeweler-This ring is ] shillingS in,, than the plain one OH account of the chasing. Buyer-But you won't have to chase me. I'm going to pay for what l get.-London Lady.
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The man who gambles Is a deludel fool, but the man who gambles whep he continues to lcsc !s 2 colossal fool Henry Sutphin.
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looicai Result.

{ Teayher-What happens when a per sons temperature goes down as far as i4 can 60? Tommy-Then he has coll
 feet.
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The Disadvantages of Sen

''Why have you taken ~9'.- OAR of school without askin. d Father ia grocery - B .er, guining him. l wish to bl. -p l. carry on my business. anu tley were Aeaching him that there are sixteen aunces in a poul.d.-Motto Pu Riderc.
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No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself --Greyille.
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1 The world knows nothing of IT, wreaeest men.-Van ArteveldA
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Mahoney & Govoner.

Hats blocked, clothing cleaned, re- paired and pressed Work called for
 and delivered.
 Corner Fourth Avenue and Pine Street