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Work of Lightning.

In ~ante-bellum days Colonel Moore.
of Kentucky, owned a large number
of negroes. He was a kind master
and never punished his negroes with
the whip. One day one of the field
hands named "Jupe" was guilty OF
some negligence, and was sent to the
woods at once to cut down and spill
up a black gum tree, practically an
impossible task. Jupe cut down the
tree and labored hard to cut the
tough wood, but in vain.
In the meantime a thunderstorm
came up and Jupe sought a refuge
under a brush heap. Directly the
lightning struck a large poplar tree
near by, splitting it into kindling
wood. After the storm had passed
Jupe crawled out from his place OF
security and, after taking a careful
look at the remains of the poplar
tree, which were scattered all veI
the woods, said: "Mr. Lightnin', ]
wish you had tried yo' han or this
black gum. Any blame fool a
split a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Monthly.
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They e d

H. B. Warner in "Alias Jimmy VAL
entine'' likes to tell a tall one.
"Once," he said, when I was still
humping the bumps of the For One
Night Only I attended a meeting of a
country school board.
"I move said one delegate i'm
pressively, that we build a new
schoolhouse on the site of the old
one; that we use the materials in the
old one for the new one, and that we
don't tear down the old one until the
new one is built
"'Well, what did they do about
it?' smilingly inquired a man later on.
"They was a little bit slow coming
around" was the reply; "but as soon
as they got their heads to working
again they sent for an architect to
figure out how the thing could be
done"
Ibid he find the answer"
"No," was the chuckling rejoinder.
HE worked on it until the demijohn
was empty, and then told the school
board that what they wanted was a
sleight-of-hand professor, not an
architect "-Young's Magazine.
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The Field of Sports.

Swarthmore defeated Annapolis at
lacrosse by a score of Z to 5.
Yale defeated Princeton in their
annual track meet by So Sc points to
A 1-6.
Holdmau, the Dartmouth pole
vaulter, has tonsilitis. 1t is not a
very severe attack
J. T. Moore, the Princeton track
captain, vas at Cornell before he en-
tered the New Jersey institution.
Miller, a fourth class man at the
Naval Academy, was timed in Is 2-5
seconds for the high hurdles in the
interclass games there.
III. R. Stolz, of Stamford, can run
440 yards in 81 seconds, leap % feet
or so in the broad jump and runs a
half mile in 2 minutes 2 seconds.
Mcconnell, a freshman, took the
measure of Capt. Palmer, the inter-
collegiate 440 yard man. in the quar-
ter in the recent interclass games at
Haverford.
The weights of the Wisconsin oars
men are: Sumnicht, bow, $50; Kerr,
2, 1876; Trane, 8, 1874; Hare, 4, 1853;
Mackmillar, s, 1876; Buser, 6, 1870;
Kraatz, q, IT'S; Wilce, stroke, 174.
This is forty pounds heavier than last
years varsity and an average Of
IAN pounds,
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Animal Partnerships.

A doctor in Canada gives a most
interesting instance of a partnership
between two animals coyote, or
prairie wolf, and a common badger.
1t is quite common, he says, for these
two creatures to go out hunting to-
gether, and he has often seen them in
his district hunting for the small
ground squirrels that live in bur-
rows below the soil.
Their snug little homes have al
ways two entrances, and while the
coyote watches one of these, the
badger digs down from the other, so
that, whichever way the poor squirrel
tries to escape, he is certain to make
a meal for Il of his foes, says Home
Notes. This is a quite true story,
though it sounds strange, and there
is no doubt that animals are often
far more clever than we give them
credit for being.
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Hygiene in japan,

AS a specimen of how practical the
Japanese are with their knowledge
of Western science and determination
to deal with disease, they have levied
a tax on every household to produce
two rats every month. A fine is i'm
posed if the rats are not caught and
produced at the time of inspection.
Every rat is examined, aand if found
to be plague infected the house from
which they come is to be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected. Twice a
year every house and shop has to
disgorge all it's effects and be COM
pletely cleaned out. The things only
go back after sanitary Inspection
Java Times. N. Y.-2O
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Virtues Double Reward.

Apropos of Valentine Day verses
and love stories in general, Jerome
s. McWade, the well known Duluth
connoisseur, said at a recent dinner:
"At the approach of Valentine Day
last year 1 offered a prize of IS to the
little boys of my Sunday school class
for the best short love story. / have
n Of the stories here, and I am
going to read 1t to you"
Mr.. McWade then read:
"a poor man fell in love with a
lady whose mother was a rich toy
dealer.
"The poor mar could not marry
the rich lady, because he had no
money.
"a villain then offered him $50 If
he would become a drunkard.
"The poor man wanted the money
to get married with, so he agreed,
but when he got to the beer saloon
he said:
emo, I will not become a drunk
ard, even for great riches
"On the way home he found a bag
of gold. So the young lady married
him. 1t was a splendid wedding, and
the next day they had twins.
"Moral-Virtue is it's own reward
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ROOSEVELT AT KINGS BIER
Representing United States Pays
Respects to George v.
Following Reception, He is Escorted
to Buckingham Palace, Where He
Views the Body of King Edward.

London.-Theodore Roosevelt, spe-
cial American ambassador to the fu-
neral of King Edward VII, arrived
in London, was received by King
George at Marlborough House and
later visited Buckingham Palace and
viewed the body of King Edward,
which is privately lying in state in
the throne room.
The meeting between Roosevelt
and King George was brief, but cor
dial. The King expressed his pleas
ure at the appointment of the Colonel
as envoy to his fathers funeral.
The entrance to the city OF the
distinguished American was a quiet
one and in marked contrast with his
appearance at other capitals and with
what would have been made of the
occasion here but for the demise OF
the British ruler.
The Roosevelt party included Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt and Ker-
NIT.
Upon the station platform await
ing the Roosevelts were Ambassador
Reid, Mrs. Reid, the other members
of the American embassy, and their
wives, all dressed in mourning; Con-
sul-General Grifiths and the staff OF
the consulate; Robert J. Wynne, for
mer American Consul-General at Lon
don; Ogden M. Reid, son of the Am
bassador, and a small group of Amer.
leans resident here. There was no
music, waving of flags, or other DEM
o~nstration.
When greetings had been ex-
changed, Lord Dundonald escorted
the Roosevelts and Ambassador and
Mrs. Reid to the royal carriages,
which had been placed at their dis
posal by the King, and they were
driven at once to Dorchester House,
the home of the Ambassador. Later,
accompanied by MI. Reid, Mr.. Roose-
welt, in the capacity of special Ameri-
can ambassador, visited the King at
Marlborough House. Following his
reception by the monarch he was es-
corted to Buckingham Palace and
shown into the throne room, where
upon the catafalque reposes the body
of King Edward. Mr.. Roosevelt was
accompanied to the palace by Mrs.
Roosevelt and the members of the
American embassy with their wives.
In the course of the forenoon Mr..
Roosevelt called upon the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught at Clarence
House.
Arrangements have been made for
Mr.. Roosevelt to deliver his Romanes
lecture in the Sheldonian Theatre,
Oxford, on June 7. A c~onvocation
will precede the lecture, Lord Curzon
presiding, at which the honorary de-
gree of D. C. L. will be conferred on
Mr.. Roosevelt.
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A Play by Signs.

One of the most remarkable presen'
tations of a Shakespearian drama was
given by the faculty and students Of
the State school for the deaf and
dumb when Tanning of the Shrew'
was acted in the sign language with
success.
An audience of nearly 1000 wit.
messed the play. AS nearly all peo'
pie of Delavan are now conversant
with the sign language there was nc
difficulty in understanding the lines
as they were rapidly talked with the
fingers. = Delavan Correspondence
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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The odd One.

"As every one who has visited Lon
don knows" said a young man for
merly attached to our embassy at the
British capital, "the number of pas
sengers carried on certain buses is
limited by regulation.
"Once a kindly Irish conductor,
though quite aware that his bus was
full, had permitted a young and sickly
woman to squeeze in. The bus had
not proceeded far before the usual
crank spoke up. 'Conductah!' he ex-
claimed. You've got n over your
number, y know!'
Have l, sir?' asked the conduc-
tor with affected concern. Then, be-
ginning to count from the opposite
end, leaving the complainant until
the last, he repeated: Wan. two,
three, four, foive, six, swim, eight,
noine, tin, 'lefen, twelve, thir-so |
have, sir, an, be the Lord Harry,
ye're the wan. Out We go!
"And out he did go."-Pittsburg
ChroniclerTelegraph.
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Bad Manners.

Is the speedy motor a an OBJ
stacle to punctuality? 1t would seem
so. Certainly the habit of arriving
late at the theatre and other places
of entertainment is growing with the
multiplication of the means of rapid
transportation. 1t is seldom that a
play or program is not marred or in
terrupted by these late arrivals. And
the disturbance is greater where
motor cars carry the larger number
of the attendants. Does this mean
that those who have to depend on
the street cars are more apt to give
themselves reasonable time than are
those who have gotten into the habit
of thinking that neither time nor dis
lance counts when the automobile is
available? At any rate the habit is
a bad one.-Kansas City Star.
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unhaIIoMed d

There are unhallowed kidders in
this town, says the New York CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star. The other day a voice on the
telephone asked for Examiner Hughes
at the local office of the State De-
partment of Insurance. Mr.. Hughes,
who is an Englishman and most cor
rect in habit, said ah-yes over the
wire.
"I don't are to give my name, Mr..
Hughes said the stranger at the
other end. But you may tell Super
intendent Hotchkiss for me that if he
calls on Coffin G Graves at 129 Broad
way he can get some important infor-
nation bearing on this investigation
of insurance matters he has started"
Mr.. Hughes said: Hum, ah, yes;
quite So" And then he asked If
there were any reason why he
(Hughes) should not call at once
upon Coffin & Graves.
"None whatever said the voice.
Though there isn't any hurry. They
will be there whenever you are"
The Insurance Departments offices
are on the tw~enty-eighth floor of the
Singer Building. Mr.. Hughes stumped
busily through the hall, rode down
twenty-eight floors, walked out
through the long foyer to the street,
and turned south. He counted the
numbers as he went along. "One-
ffty-five," said he. SOne-forty-seven,
one-thirty-five," and so on to No. 129.
That number is about the middle of
Trinity churchyard.
Hum" said Mr.. Hughes. chow
very odd"
A moment later he struck the iron
fence violently with his cane.
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Hard to Explain Away.
Cham Clark, discussing the latest
political scandal. said:

Cham Clark, discussing the latest
political scandal, said:
"Some of the testimony was bad,
very bad-in fact, unanswerable.
You couldn't get around it. 1t was
like the remark of the new parlor
maid.
"This girl was a greenhorn. She
didn't know the pretty daughter was
engaged to be married, and when the
pretty daughters intended called
after a weeks absence from town this
is what the parlor maid said to him:
Miss Minnie you're wantin'?
Well, I don't know whether she's in
or not. But if you're the young gen.
tleman that was here last night till
half-past twelve and got caught hug
GIN and kissin' her in the parlor,
why, she amt in to you no more and
never will be- "-Washington Star.
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DIR. HYDE GETS LIFE TERM.
Jury Finds Against the Kansas City
Physician.

Kansas City, Mo.-Dr. B. Clarke
Hyde, who was accused of the death
of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, the
wealthy philanthropist, was found
guilty OF murder in the first degree.
With the verdict the jury fixed the
penalty as life Imprisonment instead
of death.
The charge against DR.. Hyde was
that he caused the death of Colonel
Swope by administering poison, and
much testimony of experts and lay
men has been heard in the case as to
the amount of strychnine that was
found in the body of Colonel Swope
by a chemical analysis. Colonel
Swope died on October 8, 1909, and
the cause of his death was given as
apoplexy.
1t was said that he had endeavored
to kill off others of Colonel Swope's
family, with the idea of gaining pos
session of the philanthropist's large
estate, and the method that he was
suspected of was the novel n of in
o~culating the members of the family
with typhoid germs.
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A clear brain and
Steady, dependable nerves
Can win wealth and fame
For their owner.
Cfear-headedness and a
Strong, healthy body
Depend largely on the
Right elements in
Regular food and drink.
Coffee contains caffeine
A poisonous drug.
Postum is rich in the
Gluten and phosphates that
Furnish the vital energy
That puts ginger" and
~hust1e"
Into body ana brain.
There's a Reason"
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Silence Was Courtesy.

A man in West Newton, who has
many friends, was puzzled the other
day when one of them called him to
account for neglecting his wife.
"What in the world Is the trou-
ble?" said the friend. "You used to
be madly in love with Mrs. Blank.
Don't you care for her any more?"
81 surely do" said the husband.
well If you love her, how does it
come that you haven't spoken to her
for the last fifteen years?"
"Oh, that" said the man. "The
fact is, 1 hate to interrupt her,
Boston Traveller.
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virtues and values OF Munyon's Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
Juice of the. Paw-Paw fruit. | I'M
hesitatingly recommend these pills as
being the best laxative and cathartic
ever compounded. Send us postal or
letter, requesting a free package OF
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., SD
and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia. Pa.
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Socialist Won't Pay Poll Tax
and Will Have to Stay in ia

Grafton, I'LL. J. Keen, a social,
list in jail here, who has refused to
pay a poll tax, has been informed
that he will have to serve six months
for each of the three years he is de-
linquent. Keen has served six weeks
of his first sentence and has sacrificed
more than 500 in salary rather than
pay a tax which he calls unjust. The
city of Grafton already has expended
more for meals than the tax
amounted to-, but Mayor Journey in
sists that he is enforcing the law.
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Character in Chins.

The minority who have square
chins and big lower jaws say that we
of the receding chins have neither
will nor strength of character, which
is absurd, as anyone may know who
remembers that General Wolfe and
Mr.. Pitt had practically no chins at
all, to say nothing of living soldiers
and statesmen. To judge a man by
his chin is no less foolish than to
judge him by the bumps of his skull.
London Spectator.
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Real Fact.

An almost totally bald gentleman,
dining one day in a restaurant, called
out in anger, waiter, there's a hair
in my soup?"
The waiter was a tactful man, and
he replied, "Ah, re m~agneeficent
hairi Undoubtedly from monsieur's
head!"
And the much-f1attered diner
smiled blandly and remarked, "Ah,
well; accidents will happen!"-Hu-
man Life.
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SENATE FOR INCOME TAX.
By a Majority of One, 1t Adopts til
Davenport Resolution.

Albany, N. with a majority of
just n vote the Federal income tax
resolution, introduced by Senator
Frederick M. Davenport, of Oneida, at
the request of United States Senator
Elihu Root, passed the Senate, after
a debate which lasted all day and I'M
til II o'clock in the evening.
Senator Edgar Truman Bracket, Of
Saratoga, allowed his name to be
passed on the first roll call, but
jumped in at the last moment
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A Package Mailed Free on Request oil
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS
The best Stomach ant

IN6 UGSC 0COmdCH anu
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation,
Indigestion, Jaundice.
B%iliousness, Sour Stom-
ach, Headache, and all
ailments arising from a
dfsordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concen-
trated form all the
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family doctor said | had Bright's dis
ease and could not live three weeks.
/ had run down from 1876 to 1876
pounds. I began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills as a last resort and was
cured. / have had no kidney trouble
in over two years."
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Editors Dilemma.

Eggs for breakfast,
Eggs for supper,
Eggs for dinner time and lunch;
Eggs between the dainty sandwich
That at noon we stop to MUNICH.
Eggs in omelet,
Fried and scrambled,
Hard boiled, soft boiled,
Eggs brocette;
Eggs to pick with,
Plain or colored;
Eggs to eat,
And eggs to set,
Eggs of Easter,
Heaven help us,
If it keeps on
This way long,
Well begin to put forth feathers,
And to cackle
Forth our song!
Baltimore Sun.
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ness was so Sc
we're that | stag
gered as if drunk.
My back was so
lame that often
couldn't stir.
Three or four
doctors had ex-
amined my urine
and all had found
NJ
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Canada's public debt on February
%, 1910, was s32S,65S,SS0 net, an
increase of $2O,600.0OO in twelve
months. The increase is small COM
pared with the great railway work
Canada is doing or aiding.
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LEPER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Dependent by Her Affection, Woman
Tries to Lean From Window.

Tries to Leap From Window.
Baltimore, Md.-Mrs. Providencia
Mascara, the leper, respondent by her
affection, tried to commit suicide, her
husband restraining her just as she
was about to leap from a window OF
their home.
Mascara says this is only one of
several attempts his wife has made
during the last few weeks to end her
physical and mental suffering, which
has been intensified by the annoyance
she has been subjected to by the GU
rious.
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Suez canal has proved to be one
of the most profitable commercial
undertakings in the history of the
world, and the Manchester ship canal
is now accomplishing all and more
than was promised at first.
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A metal seat, hinged and suspend
ed by chains from a window casing,
has been patented by an Ohio man
for window cleaners as well as for
use as a shelf on which food may be
placed to cool.
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Member of Parliament Ousted.

Frederick Edward Guest, son-in-
law of Henry Phipps, of Pittsburg,
Pa, has been unseated for the East
Division of Dorset in the British Par
lament on the ground of excessive
expenses in the election.
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could not do any OF
my homework. My
sickness was called
Retrofexion. When
/ would sit down i
felt as if l could not
get up. / took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Veget t a BILE Com.
pound and did just
as you told me and
now | am perfectly
cured, and have a
big baby bow
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PERHAPS He Does.

Mr.. Pinehot has gone to Denmark
to study dairy methods. Perhaps he
wants to know how to keep the milk
Of human kindness from souring in
a critical Observation-Disclosures
News.
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Simple,

Mistress-"Why, Lizzie! Now you
have broken another valuable vase!
You have done more damage than
your wages amount to. What shall ]
do?"
Maid-"Raise my wages, ma'am!'
-Fliegende Blaetter.
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GeoeranhicalIY Speaking.

The class was being questioned OF
the cardinal points of the compass.
"If l turn to the east and look at
the rising sun, what is behind me?"
Boy-"Yer shadder. Manchester
Guardian.
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Hoods.
SarsapariIIa

Cures all blood humors, all
eruptions, clears the complex
ion, creates an appetite, aids
digestion, relieves that tired
feeling, gives vigor and vim.
Get it today in usual liquid form or choco-
late coated tablets known as Sarsatabs.
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Free Dentistry Advocated.

ct the Dental Hygienic Conference,
in New York City, Health Board ply
sicians advocated free dentistry in the
public schools as a means of eradi-
eating disease and w~ickedness.
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H. H. GREEN'S Sons, Of Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column of this paper,
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Consider This Advice.

4AAAAA
Consider This Advice.
No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
|has for thirty years proved to be the
|most valuable tonic and invigorator of
|the female organism. Women resid-
ling in almost every city and town in
(the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
|E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
ut cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are i'll, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it a trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
Invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
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Taft Denies Charges.

President Taft denies that his let
ter generating Secretary Ballinger
and directing the dismissal of Mr..
CLAWS was prepared for him.
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Ostrich feathers to the value of
$~8,69O,000 have been exported from
the Cape of Good Hope in one year.
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TO HEALTH.

Another Remarkable Cure of Serious
Kidney Trouble.
H. w. Solomon, 22S Market St.,
Harrisburg, Pa, says: kidney dis
easa afflicted me for years and diZZi-
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The city of Frankfort has not only
established a municipal fish market,
but supplies housewives with a fish
cookery book free Of charge.
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Japan is

The London Daily News blames the
Anglo-Japanese alliance for Japan's
attitude toward Korea,
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Miss Margaret Ashton, sister-in-law of
James Bryce, has been elected a town
councillor in her native town in England.
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For Red, Itching EyeIids. -Cysts, Styes.
Falling Eyelashes and All Eyes That Need
Care, Try Murine Eye Salve. Aseptic
or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softens the gums, reduces infamma-
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In the United States the percentage of
railroads which are not engaged in car
rage of mails is very small.
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ANOTHER
WOMAN
| CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Black Duck, Minn.-"About a yea1
ago I wrote you that / was sick and
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This win interest Mothers,

Mother Gray Sweet Powder for Children,
cure Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, Regulateth Bowels and
Destroy Worms. They break up colds in "a
hours. Pleasant to take, and harmless as milk.
Neverfail. AtDruggists, 25c. Samplemailed
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy,N.Y.
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Germany, Great Britain and the United
States produce four-ffths of the worlds
supply of Dig iron.