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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03
Cause OF Misery.

Here is an observation from Car
lyle: "All misery is faculty mis-
directed-strength that has not, yet
found its way" This is undoubtedly
true. All suffering and failure can
be traced back to one getting out OF
the true path. 1t may not sometimes
be ones fault. Ignorance or envir-
onment may intervene and lead us
astray. But all progress consists in
one finding the true way of ones
strength; to see that the faculty is
rightly directed.
Finding this path is the end of
knowledge and civilization. This
means doing the right thing physical
ly, mentally, morally; obeying Gods
law, that's it; that is all there is to
it. That is what keeps the strength
and faculty intact and makes life
worth living. The perfectest mortal
is the one whose faculty is right
ly directed and whose strength has
found its way. 1t is that that makes
the true, manly, useful, happy life;
that makes the life last longer and
keeps it sweet and wholesome while
it lasts.-Ohio State Journal.
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HOW TO LAND A WHALE.
Hard Work to Bring the Creature to
Surface and Blow Il up.

After describing in a thrilling illus
trated article the modern method of
harpooning whales, Popular Mechanics
for April says:
Then began the work of bringing
the whale to the surface and blowing
1t Up so that it would float. Taking
hitch about convenient post. the
rope was Stacked and run through a
pulley block at the masthead to re.
lieve the strain of raising the great
body. The wench was set in motion
and for fifteen minutes nothing was
heard save the monotonous grind as
fathom after fathom of line was wound
In. When the body was brought
alongside the lobes of the flukes were
cut off and lifted to the deck. Then
a long coil Of small rubber hose, one
end Of which was attached to a pump
and the other to a hollow, spear-point.
cd tube of steel with perforations
along its entire length, was brought
into play. The spear was jabbed we'll
down into the whales side, the air
pump was started and the body slow.
~ filled with air. When inflated sui.
ficiently to keep it afloat, the tube was
Withdrawn, the incision plugged with
oakum and the chains cast off. a
buoy with flag was then attached to
the carcass, and the whole set adrift
to be picked up at the end of the DAYS
bunting"
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Hanna's TIp To Dingley.

Nelson Dingley was riding up one
day In the trolley car from the CAPT
tol with Mark Hanna. He said:
Mark, you are many years younger
than 1 am and you have made mil
lions. 1 never have been able TO get
ahead OF the game in life, and yet
my legislation has made rich men
richer and poor men rich. Now, how
do they do it?"
Hanna said: "Dingley, / can tell
you right off how to make 20 pei
cent. on your Investment"
Dingley turned eagerly to his sup
posed benefactor and said: 'FoI
heavens sake, Mark, how?"
Why" said Hanna, "these s.
cent tickets upon which we ride are
sold by the railroad company in a
bunch at 20 per cent. discount
There is your fortune, IL you invest
enough. "-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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Fox Skins From Maine.

No accurate statistics are available
as to the number of foxes captured in
Maine in a year, but some time ago
Charles E. Oak of Caribou, then lan(
agent, said at a committee. hearing
that more than $4,000 fox skins were
sold out Of Aroostook county alone
every year. Outside Of Aroostook
county, where several inca make a
business of fox hunting, perhaps $4,000
potts are taken in year, making the
total output of the state $4,000.
The price of good fox skins reached
the highest notch last winter, even red
pelts commanding $3.50 to So each, as
against $3.50 two years ago and S225
five years ago. One fox skin in 200
is from a cross" fox, and is valued
at $50, one in 10000 is a silver gray
and is worth from 5000 to $500, and
perhaps one in 100000 Is a pure and
radiant black, which may bring $500
or even $500, thus making the coat
of the black fox the most valuable gar.
ment worn by any animal on top OF
the earth.-Portland Press.
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COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
Bradstreet's says:

ptAgcs
Improvement Is more In evidence
this week. but irregularities In
weather and crop conditions and ebb
and flow movements In trade and
Industry prevent definite general
Characterization OF the situation as a
whole. House trade with jobbers and
wholesalers Is not usually active at
this season and efforts to attract bus
mess by clearance sales and liberal
advertising have not been altogether
successful. There is a further ap-
parent gain In the optimism with
which the outlook for the more dis
tant future is viewed. contrasting
rather sharply with some of the re-
ports indicating backwardness of de-
mand for immediate consumption. In
the leading industries the strength of
demand for iron and steel in most
finished forms is notable, and the
railways seem to be buying more free
ly. The shoe and leather trades are
in better shape. due partly to the
great strength of hides and the fin
ished products OF sole and upper
leather. Higher prices for shoes are
being paid. There are reports of
further gains in demand for wooden
and worsted goods. Yarn mills cater
ing to this demand are said to be
running full, and raw wool Is very
strong. High prices OF raw cotton
are said to curtail profits on goods.
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OVER THE FENCE
NeighbOr Says Something.

The front yard fence is a famous
council place on pleasant days. May
be to chat with some one along the
street. or for friendly gossip with
next door neighbor. Sometimes 1t is
only small talk. but other times
neighbor has something really good
TO offer.
An old resident of Baird, Texas.
got some mighty good advice this
way once.
He says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly
dead with dyspepsia, kidney disease
~and- bowel trouble, with constant
pains In my stomach, back and side,
and SO weak could scarcely walk.
zone day was chatting with one
OF my neighbors about my trouble
and told her believed coffee hurt
me. Ncighbor said she knew lots Of
people to whom coffee was poison
and she pleaded with me to Quit II
and give Postum a trial. did net
take her advice right away, but tried
q change OF climate, which did not do
me any good. Then ] dropped coffee
and took up Postum.
My Improvement began immedI-
ately and l got better every day I
used Postum.
My bowels became regular and in
two weeks all my palms were gone.
Now am well and strong and can
eat anything want to without dis
treas. All Of this is due to my hay.
Ing quit coffee, and to the use OF
Postum regularly.
MY son. who was troubled with
indigestion. thought that IL Postum
helped me so. it might help him. II
did. too. and he Is now we'll and
strong again.
We like Postum as we'll as we
ever liked the coffee and use II alto.
gcther In my famiiy-in place or cSUee
and ali keep well. There's a Rea.
SON. Road -Tbe Road to wal
VILE, IN pkgs. J
Ever Rad the above letter? A neu
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true. and fall OF human
INTEREST
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it. Before had taken one bottle /
was better, and now 1 am completely
cured LENA V. HENRY, Route No.
8, Adrian, Ga.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out sickly,
balf-hearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the Joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound2
For thirty years 1t has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, fbroid tumors, Irregular
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential,
and the advice free.
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just In Time.

A German shoemaker left the gas
turned on in his shop one night,
and upon arriving in the morning
struck a match to light it. There
was a terrific explosion, and the
shoemaker was blown out through
the door almost to the middle of
the street.
A passerby rushed to his assist
ance, and after helping him to- arise,
inquired If he was injured.
The little German gazed in at his
place of business. which was now
burning quite briskly, and said:
mo, / aindt hurt. But / got out
shust in time, h?"-I4ippincott's
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lost Wife And Child At Cards.

Jack Dan today owns John
McCash's wife and child, as well as
ali his property, as the result Of a
card game engaged in by the two
several days ago.
The cards were played fairly.
McCash lost first his little ranch,
then his wife and then his child. lie
gave possession without a word, and
all appears to be serene in the little
Indian settlement of Quartz Valley,
where the game was played.-San
Francisco Call.
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Wholesale Markets.

New York - Wheat - Receipts,
none; exports, 55,9S3 bu. Spot ir-
regular; No. 2 red, 147c. asked, ele-
vator; No. 2 red. 147 asked, I. o. b..
afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1873
nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard
winter, 1898 nominal f. o. b. afioat.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2, "a " C.
white, "a ", and No. 2 yellow, S4h
T. o. b. afioat, all nominal.
Oats-Spot easy; mixed 26@32
lbs, &c. nominal; natural white,
26@32 lbs, 6215 @66; clipped
white, "a q AZ lbs, 60 a 60.
Butter-Steady. unchanged; re-
ceipts, $3.50 pks.
Cheese - Steady, unchanged; re-
ceipts, 1881 boxes.
Eggs = Steady, unchanged; re-
ceipts, 2O,6S7 cases.
Poultry-Alive steady; chickens
broilers, 2S a S2c.; fowls, s@1Sh.
3Oc.; fowls, 151k @16A.
PhiIadeIphia-Whe but
firm; contract grade, May, 1860
14Sc.
Corn-Dull. 1ac. lower; May. 80
@SO15c.
Oats-Firm. fair demand; No. 2
white natural, 65@6515c.
Butter-Steady; extra Western
creamery. Csc; do, nearby prints,
%.
Eggs-hc. lower; Pennsylvania
and other nearby firsts, free cases,
23c. at mark; do, current receipts,
in returnable cases, % at mark;
Western firsts, free cases. % at
mark; do, current receipts, free
cases, 81 022 at mark.
Poultry-Alive, dull; fowls lower.
Fowls, 16 a. 1619 c.; old roosters, IL:
spring chickens, 26030; ducks, 10
OLA.
Baltimore - Wheat - Receipts
none; shipments from elevators AZ
bu.; stock in elevators, 98,00S. No
receipts of Southern. No. red afloat
nominally at 1.49h per blu. at the
close.
Settling prices were No. red
Western, 1.49 u; contract spot.
Lac Y; steamer No. 2 red, 1.45h !;
steamer No. 2 red Western, Las ".
Corn-Western opened easier;
soft following lower Western ad-
vices and at the midday call spot was
quoted at Soc, and July nc.
Oats-We quote, per bu.: White
No. 2, Ga "; No. 8, 63@64; No.
4, Gil u 062. Mixed-No. 2, 620
62k; No. @61M; No. 4, 591s
a go.
Butter-Creamery separator, per
H., &c a &c; imitation, h., 22023;
prints, Il lib, per h., 81 90 29c.; do,
lib, per h., 81 a 29c.; blocks, 2-lb.,
per h., 81 a Csc; dairy prints, Mary
land. Pennsylvania and Virginia. per
h., 16@ lie; Virginia and West
Virginia, store packed. per h., $50
16c.; Ohio, store packed, per lb, 16
Ollie; nearby rolls, per h., ITO
1Sc.; Ohio, rolls, per H., TO 1Sc. /;
West Virginia, rolls. per H., 800
Tic.
Eggs-Maryland, Pennsylvania and
nearby firsts, per doz., 22c.; Eastern
Shore, Maryland and Virginia, per
doz., 22c.; Western firsts, per doz.,
22c.; West Virginia, per doz., 22c.
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Willing To Obiige.

For many years DR.. Francis L.
Patton, ex-president of Princeton
University, wore side whiskers.
there was q division in the family.
One morning he came into his wife's
dressing room, razor in hand, with
his right cheek shaved smooth.
How do you like it, my dear?"
he asked eff you think it looks
well, / will shave the other side,
too. "-Everybody' Magazine.
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says: Six years ago
a pain in the back
almost toppled me
over. My back got
weak and ached
most of the time.
Sediment in the
urine changed to
small grains and
then vrn vel hnCnn To
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03

than q minute at a
time. My doctor
said an operation
was the only
chance i k& and
Threaded TAmost
as much as death.
One day 1 wac
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
md LootIol - -.
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Same Locality.

Aboard the stage coach in the
Virginia mountains an old man and
an old woman were fellow-passen-
gers. The old woman kept staring
at him as If trying TO remember At
last she said:
Stranger, pears to me seen you
somewhat"
The old man eyed her rehectively
and scratched his head.
"'Spec' you have" said he. "Ab
been thar. Dispatch
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cause terrible painful attacks. l lost
~ pounds. and as specialists did not
help me I grew respondent.
thought / would try Doan's Kidney
pills. and can't express my delight at
nnding they helped me. kept on
until the trouble was gone, and
though 10 years old feel strong"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03

In sawmill on a portion of the
battlefield at Spottsylvania Court
mouse, Va, few days ago the saw
came in contact with a solid cannon
snot, which had been fired into a
large pine tree, evidently on the day
OF the battle, May 10, 1864. The
saw was shattered into atoms and
the mill wrecked.
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Rnrc Gift.

A friend of the late Lord Gran
Vile, noted for his badness and
avarice, was speaking one day about
a mutual friend who was going to
be married 81 would like to give
him, my lord" said he, something
rare. but not expensive"
Present him with n lock of your
hair" Granville whispered, sweetly.-
Argonaut.
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He Knew.

do you know how to use a chat
ing-dlsh?"
EYES," answered Mr.. Sirius Bark
er. 81 have some novel ideas on
the subject"
what are they?"
1.-THE best way l know OF to use
q cbafing-dish is to punch a hole
in the bottom of It. paint il green.
and plant flowers in it."-Washing-
ton Star.
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At present the reaction from the
inflated speculative conditions pre-
vailing In Egypt from 1904 to 1907
has brought about period OF liquida-
ton and trade dizziness which In gen.
eral merchandise, is likely TO con-
tinue for another year.
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ADVERTISEMENTS
PHOTOERAPsI.

A RTISTIC DEVELOPING AND PRINTING
n tho kind difficult 10 obt ain clsewhere-is
our speciality. Try US and be convinced. Sat
isfaction yours or money back. Prices always
the lowest consistent with best work We are
recognized Kodak and Photo headquarters
Mall orders attended to properly and promptly.
Cntalog and Price List on application. THE
8. GALESKI OPTICAL Co, Richmond, Va.
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At Night School.

Teacher-Give me an example OF
what is meant by mastery mac
tivity.''
Boy with the PTognathous Face
A baseball pitchers delayin' game
so it'll have 10 be called on account
OF darkness.-Chicago Tribune.
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at Apollo Rehearsal.

Director Tin a laundering voice)
Why on earth don't you come in
when 1 tell you to?
First bass (meekly)-How can a
fellow get In if he can't find his
key.-Yale Record.
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The Limit.

Madame-Jules, we have been
married six months, and now you
no longer love me.
MOnsieur-My deari l.
Madame-Oh, it's no use attempt
ing to deny 1t. You should have
married a stupider woman than 1 to
make such a denial convincing.
Monsieur Ga little huffy) - Well,
it's not my fault. / couldn't find
one.-Le Rire.
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Consul General Thomas Summons,
writing from Seoul, says that there is
an established market for grass
cloth in Korea, men, women and
children wearing large quantities of
this fabric
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TORE HIS SKIN OFF IN SHREDs
Itching Was Intense-Sleep Was Of
ten ImpOssible-Cured By Gu
ticura In Three Weeks.


ticura In Three Weeks.
AT first an eruption of small pustules
commenced on my hands. These spread
later to other parts of my body, and the
itching at times was intense, so much so
that l literally tore the skin off in shreds
in seeking relief The awful itching inter-
fered with my work considerably, and also
kept me awake nights. / tried several doc
tors and also used a number of different
ointments and lotions but received prac-
tically no benefit. Finally settled down
to the use Of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint-
ment and Cuticurs Pills, with the result
that in few days all itching had ceased
and in about three weeks time all traces
of my eruption had disappeared. 1 have
had no trobule of this kind since. H. A.
Krutskoff, OLA Wabash Ave, Chicago, H.,
November IS and %, 1907"
Potter Drut & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
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A Poor Memory.

Have you forgotten that you owe
me seven dollars?"
Dear me, / have forgotten. My
memory is miserable-but wasn't it
only S6.39?'-Fliegende Blaetter.
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Over City years of public confidence and
popularity That is the record of Hamlins
Wizard Oil, the worlds standard remedy
for aches and pains. There's reason and
only one-merit.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03

Under exceptionally good condi-
tons of weather and clouds vessels
of the Navy have exchanged search
light signals at a distance of 65
miles
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For COLDS and GRIP.

Hiclx's CAPUDINE Is the best remedy
relieves the aching and feverishness-cures
the Cold and restores normal conditions It's
liquid-eTects Immediately. l0c-. 25c. and
5oc.. at drug stores
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A domestic Eye Remed1

Compounded by Experienced Physicians
Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
gists for Murine Eye Remedy. Try Murine
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In forty years (1S6S to 1909
Japan's foreign trade increased from
2G,OOO,OO0 yen to 814, 100000 yen.
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The vineyards of Algeria produce
the greatest yield to the acre.
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Dysentery, ChOlerAmOrbu Cured
BY trial OF DR.. Biggsrs Hu sSleberry Cor
dial. at Druggists 25s and 51s neg bottle
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For HEADAC CAPUDVNE
Whether from Colds. Heat Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudiue Will relieve YOU.
It's hQuto-pleaSant to takc-a acts immcdi-
ately. Try It. iOc-, &c. and SEC. at drug
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OPERATION
HER ONLY
CHANCE
WasCured byLy diaE.P Pink
m'sVegetabIe Compound

Adrian, Ga. -"I suffered untold
misery from a female weakness and
disease, and L could not stand moro
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-03

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
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The TuiIleres hydro-electric works,
the largest of the kind In France, is
nearly completed. 1t is built on the
River Dordogne, where nine 2,700-
horsepower turbines produce $4,000
electrical horsepower.
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Live Stock.

Kansas City Cattle - Marker
steady to 10c. higher. Choice export
and dressed beef steers, $6.25@7;
fair to good, $5.25 @62O; Western
steers, $5.40@6.75; stockers and
feeders, $3.50@5.60; Southern
steers, $4.70@ $50; Southern COWS.
$2.75 @4.80; native cows, $500
$50; native heifers. $4.5O@6.75;
bulls, $3.40 a $50; calves. $3.50
Hogs-Market 55c. higher; closed
weak. Top, $3.50; bulk of sales, 81
"a 7.45; heavy, $7.3O@7.5O; packers
$685. @7.22h; pigs, $5.65 $3.50.
Sheep-Market strong to 10c
higher. Lambs, $7@9; yearlings,
$5.75 @7.50; wethers, $4.25 6.25;
ewes, 81 q 6; stockers and feeders,
1925 @5; Texas muttons, $4,000
6.25.
-Cattle-Market steady.
Steers, $5.5O@725; COWS, $4@6;
heifers. $3.6O@6.75; bulls, $4.25@
5.75; calves. 1907; stockers and
feeders, $1,000 5.65.
Sheep-Market $50 Csc. lower.
Sheep, 1918 a $50; lambs, $3.50
9.65: springs. $8@11; yearlings, 81
OTIS.
Hogs-Market steady to &C. higher.
Choice heavy shipping, $745 @7.55;
3 butchers, $40 OF .50; light mixed.
$40 @7.25; choice light, $7.250
7.35; packing, 7.45; pigs,
1925 OF; bulk of sales, 1925 o.
7.45.
-Cattle-Choice, $500
OILS; prime, $6.75 OF.
Sheep-Prime wethers, $500 %
6.35; culls and common, $3.50 4;
lambs, So q $50.
Hogs - Prime heavies, SITS;
mediums, $7.65; heavy Workers
$3.50; light Workers, $7.35 TAO;
pigs, $7.15M7.25: roughs. S6m6.75,
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The wholesale price Of q male can
airy is about 10 cents In Germany,
while a female costs only II cents
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AS a rule white blossoms are the
most fragrant. B. N. u. D.
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WONDERFUL RESULT.
Gravel and Kidney Trouble Of Years
Standing Cured.

Theodore OFT, r. Il. D., No. 2.
Elkton, Md, a large property owner,
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Ginger and chowchow, the latter
composed of melon rind, small
oranges and berries Of different
kinds, are the chief articles preserv-
ed by the Chinese. These two ar
ticles are preserved in a primitive
manner, first being picked in the
brine tubs and then boiled and i'm
mersed in sugar syrup made of the
common raw Java sugar.
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Trees Show How the Wind Blow,

1.-The widower has ceased to
pine"
How do you known"
! Cant you see he has begun to
spruce?"-Puck.