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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-03
MT. ELAN MAT sERS.
Two Couples Married, one a
Runaway Match-At the Raj
ly-A Cat Lets the Molasses
Flow,
correspondence Of The Robesoniaa

Correspondence of The Robesonian
Mt. ELAN, Jan. 31-Miss Julia
Lawson and Mr.. Hezzie Phillips
were united in marriage Wednes-
day. January 10, at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. andMrs.
A. l.. Lawson. A few friends
were present to witness the cere-
mony, Immediately after which
they left forMr. Phillips fathers,
near here. They were given a
Serenade Of old" the following
night and Saturday they moved
to Mr.. Phillips farm, near the
Mt. Eliam school house.
Messrs. F. Grover Britt and
Rowland P. Stone spent Sunday
afternoon near Bel any.
MIR. Alfred Lawson. of Orrum,
spent Friday here.
Miss Ethel Branch is spending
a few days with her grandmoth-
er at Lumberton.
Miss Flemmie Stone and sMr.
Austin Barnes were also made
one Sunday afternoon. 1t was a
runaway affair. They went off
to ride, so they said, but never
returned.
All, or most all. of the Mt.
Eliam people, large and small,
went to the county capital We'd
nesday to be in the biggest time
ever in Robson. 1t is like the
Old negro said as she gazed at the
parade My Laxd, de whit
Peoples can do anything!" l vii
change it little and say the
farmer can do anything. 1t wa:
q farmers day and believe the,
al enjoyed It to the full land the,
are beginning to get things il
shape to enjoy life at home.
Mr.. Stalvey speaks of rat
biting his thumb. | heard a.
o'd soldier say that once Will
j.. was sleeping in an old nous
ats gnawed off his finger nail
to the quick.
No wonder The Robesonian
q good paper. it has such a 200
eiito-, and the force in the c,u
ppsing room is so good. / ha
the pleasure of meeting all In
hanJS We inaSday.
w. ncanc.S Stephens continu;
very sick.
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Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as alministrator of
the estate of Z j. johnson, deceased,
late Of Robson County, North Caro-
lima, this is to notify ali persons having
CLAIMS against said estate to exhibit
them, duly authenticated, to the under
signed at ST. Pauls, N. c., on or be-
fore the 3rd day of February, 1911, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar Of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
This the 3rd day of February, 1910.
f. G johnson,
Administrator of E. J. Johnson.
WisharJ & Britt, attvs. 2-3-6thurs.
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Mr.. J. |. Stone tells us his cat
Tom did him a sweet trick it
opened his barrel of molasses and
let 60 gallons OF near that out in
his store.
Rev. P. T. Britt, of Hope Mills,
is visiting his parents here this
week.
Miss Docia Bullock, Of Baden
horo, is visiting relatives and
friends in Mt. ELAN.
HAPPY Jack.
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is. YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE

For sixteen long years l have been
suffering with a bad case of skin dis
ease. While a child there broke out a
red sore on the legs just in back of
my knees. 1t waxed from bad to worse.
and at last l saw l had a bad skin
disease. / tried many widely known
doctors in different cities but to no
satisfactory result. The plague both
cred me more in warm weather than
In winter and being On my leg joints
it made 1t impossible for me to walk,
and I was forced to stay indoors in the
warmest weather. My hopes of recov
cry were by this time spent. Sleepless
nights and restless days made life an
unbearable burden. At last l was
advised to try the Cuticura remedies
[Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills]
and / did not need more than a trial
to convince me that I was on the road
of success this time. l bought two
sets of the Cuticura Remedies and
after these were gone l was a differ
ent man entirely. I am 10 the hap
piest man that there is at least mi
true care for skin diseases. Leonard
A. Hawtof, II Nostrand Ave-. Brook
iyn. N. Y, July 80 and Aug. 8, co."
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The Modernist In Religion.

Modernism is not accidental or local,
but general and characteristic. 1t is
in the air. The modernist has no serf-
GUS definite quarrel with the teachings
of the church. He is contending, not
for a new doctrine, but for a new at
titude. What he objects to is, not
orthodoxy, but finality. He maintains
the right to examine the assertions Of
the old divines and Of the new alike
with equal freedom; he sees nothing
sacrosanct in creeds; believing in the
Holy Spirit, he expects a constant
progress in religion, out of the i'm
perfection of the past into the I'M
provement of the future. He is not in
clined to agree with Mr.. Chesterton
when he says: can open mind is a
mark of folly, like an open mouth.
Minds, like mouths, were made to
shut" He finds that a closed mouth
may belong to a man who is dumb, or
ignorant, or afraid; and he infers that
the closed mind Is a sign of similar
conditions. He claims the right to
make experiments = and mistakes.
His supreme purpose is to restate re-
ligion in the terms Of current thought
for the better application Of 1t to the
needs of current life.-George Hodges,
in the Atlantic.
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A Cynical

Poor Myra Kelley" said a maya
zine editor at the Authors club in
New York, was almost as distressed
as Mr.. Carnegie at the spirit of graft
and crookedness rampant among us.
"The young writer, at a dinner OF
magazine contributors, said that we
worshiped wealth-that was our trou-
BILE. Then she crystallized her mean
ing in an anecdote.
"She said that one man asked an
other:
"'What position does Blank hold in
the community
ga very honorable position was
the reply.
lis he wealthy?'
"'Wealth and honor said the other.
are synonymous terms in America to-
day."
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A Horse Lover.

James R. Keene, who is noted no
less as a horseman than as a financier,
said at a luncheon at his Cedarhurst
residence:
my love of horses has been a great
comfort to me all my life. l have al
ways kept my horses in their place.
though. l haven't allowed them to in
terfere with my business.
Some men carry their love OF
horses altogether too far. Such a one
was a young father who stood, with
his fair wife, before the crib of their
first born.
Isn't he wonderful the young
mother cried. Did you eve e any
thing like him at twenty-six months?
Maternal love is all very WE'LL the
father retorted, impatiently, but please
don't try to compare it with a two
year-old thoroughbred"
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Good Work Proceeds Slowly.

At the present rate of increase near
ly forty-ive years must elapse before
sufficient hospital accommodations to
provide for all the INDECENT consump-
tives in the United States will be pro-
vided, declares the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis. Although over 1000
beds in hospitals, sanatoria, camps
and wards for tuberculous patients
were established last year, there are
fully 100000 INDECENT consumptives
who ought to be placed in such institu-
lions and a total of only 22,720 beds in
the entire country. On May 1, 1909,
there were 1924 beds for consump-
tives and 294 institutions. The annual
report of the national association
shows an increase of 80 institutions
and $500 beds.
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Need of Beds for consumptives.

The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
says that in seven states, Alabama,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma,
Wyoming and Utah, with a combined
population of owe 5000, 900, not n
bed for consumptives has been pro-
vided. In nine states and territories,
Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Kansas,
Mississippi, South Carolina, South Da-
kota, Vermont and West Virginia, the
number of beds for consumptitves In
each case is less than fifty, while the
combined population Of these states is
over 1000, 900. On the basis of 400
deaths to a million of population,
which is approximately the present
rate in the United States, there would
be nearly 5000 deaths annually from
tuberculosis in these IA states. with at
least 10000 cases of this disease all
the time, and less than 500 beds to
care for them.
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Didn't Get an Interview

II have just come from the mem
bers' dining room," said Norris. Be
ing late in the afternoon, there is only
one member of the house left in there.
He is now eating his lunch. He has
gray hair and gray whiskers and
wears a carnation in his coat. You
go in there and tell him you are a
personal friend of mine and that l
would regard it as a personal favor If
he would tell you the story of his re-
tirement from congress"
The correspondent followed instruc-
lions and found the man who answered
the description given by Norris. It
was Speaker Cannon, quietly MUNICH
ing a bowl of crackers and milk
Washington Times.
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Representative Norris Rather Played
1t "Low Down" on Unsophisti-
Gated Newspaper Man.

Since the day when Representative
George w. Norris of Nebraska intro
duced his resolution deposing Speaker
Cannon as a member of the committee
on rules and charging that august
body correspondents have felt that
their days work is complete I'M
less they look up the Nebraskan to
get the news from the Insurgent camp.
A member of the press gallery saw
Mr.. Norris coming out of the house
restaurant a day or two ago and
asked him to express his views about
the retirement of Senators Aldrich
and Hale. Mr.. Norris did SO in his
characteristic language, intimating
very plainly that the people of the
country ought to be glad that the
power of the regulars in the senate
was being broken.
asked the correspondent, preparing
to go upstairs and reduce the observa-
tons of the Insurgent to print.
Il have nothing else myself" re-
marked Mr.. Norris after a moments
thought. Il think, however, / know
where | can put you on to a good
story, but I rather hesitate to do So"
What is the yarn about?" he was
asked.
"Oh," observed Norris, ut is right in
line with the retirement of these two
distinguished senators. In fact, it re-
lates to the retirement Of a distin-
guished member of the house. On
second thought, I hesitate to do SO. I
don't think the member wants the
fact to become known just yet"
The correspondent pleaded earnest
ly for the tip. and finally Norris agreed
to give it to him.
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tary, but always made amazing blum
ders in attempting to repeat what had
been told them. The womanly ignor-
ance of such matters charmed the
young officers all the more, and at the
same time put them off their guard.
But, as a matter of fact, they were
very clever women, and their informa-
ton was speedily forwarded to the
Japanese legation at Picking, which,
in turn, forwarded valuable reports to
Tokyo. By the time their true char
acter was known the French actress
es, who were spies for the Japanese.
had left Port Arthur far behind.
The arms of the Russian Third Sec
ton are clasped around the globe, al
though its cleverest representatives
are those bright women who abound
in Europe, who exist on the excite
ment to be derived by battling their
wits against those of others equally
clever, and by taking part in the del
icate intricacies of European diplo-
macy. For this particular work it has
been found that women are far more
valuable than men. They are quick
witted. fearless and full of resources,
able to instantly detect a move and
it's full import, able to checkmate at
tempts to destroy their work, and
always outwardly the lovely. intellec-
tual woman, without a care in the
world.
These women are to be met with
wherever fashionable people and off,
Gals congregate in Europe-Monaco
and, in fact, all along the Riviera.
There are hosts of Russians in exile.
In Paris the Nihilists meet unobstruct-
ed by police; but their every move
ment is reported to the Third Section
in St. Petersburg. A few years ago
a certain Mile. Sense" was in Wash
ington. She spoke the purest Paris
ian, and readily passed for a French
oman In Russian she is Nine. Sitz-
XII, n of the cleverest Of the cars
women spies. She is a woman of
great beauty, of high birth and per-
feet breeding. While she was in
Washington she gave lessons in
French to children in several Of the
embassies, and, no doubt, learned
much to interest her government.
Nine. M~acaborivitz, who is said to be
the widow of a Russian officer, is gen.
orally considered the most beautiful
of the white cars women spies. She
has been all over the world, and has
also used her eyes and ears in Japan
to the satisfaction of her government.
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His Pull.

Does that ere thin, stoop-shoul-
dered, dyspeptic-lookin' drummer that
you bought SO much from today sell
any better or cheaper goods than the
fat one we turned down so hard yester-
day." inquired Hi Spry.
Cd know as he does" confessed the
Squam Corners merchant, but his
views on the criminal rapacity OF the
trusts are a whole lot sounder."-
Puck.
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Casey al the BAT.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ca,
on receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also O p of their booklet 1.-THE Truth
About Coca Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why !. is
so pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever hot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and %quenches the thirst.
At soda fountains and carbonated in
bottles-5c everywhere.
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Reasoning of Youthful Mind.

A schoolmistress whose hair was
of the blacklist hue, was one day CIV
ing a lesson on a coal mine to a class
in Suffolk, England. To make the les
son interesting as possible she went
on to say she had herself been in a
coal mine. A little lad put up his
hand, and when pointed to said:
Please, teacher, is that what made
your hair so black?"
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Those Complexion Beautifiers.

"Of course" says the first fair
young thing, II am not at all conceit-
ed about it, nor am / unduly proud,
but / think it is something to boast
of when l can say that poems have
been written about my eyebrows and
my hair and my lips and my cheeks
and my hands"
How nice!" ZOOS the second fair
young thing. II have read those
POEMS"
"You have? / didn't know they had
been published. Where did you see
them?"
"On some street car cards, as adver-
tising."
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At the Bovine Faucets.

II sent my little boy on his first visit
to the country last week." said a Wash
ington Heights milk dealer. although
my boyhood was passed on the old
farm, Willie has grown to the age OF
eight in the city. He had been watch
ing Uncle Hezekiah milk the. cow on
his first evening, and when he re-
turned to the house his aunt asked
him:
lis Uncle Hezzie through milking
yet, Willie?'
"tNot yet answered Willie. He
has finished two faucets and has just
begun on the other two"
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or walking down the stairs q few min
utes afterward to the apartment Of the
party In hiding.
The amount of these personal debts
runs up into large figures. One con-
Germ that handles nothing else. not
even touching mercantile and bust.
ness accounts, receives an average Of
$4,000 a day, Of which only about one
half can be collected.
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There is one section of New York ex-
tending about IL blocks north and
south and three blocks wide that is
known to tradesmen and collectors
as 1.-THE dead beat section" It is
built up entirely with elevator apart
ment houses and a dishonest debtor is
as safe from creditors in n Of these
houses as he would be in a castle with
moat and portcullis.
The in~variable rule is that no n
shall be taken up in the elevator nor
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uallyNand before long / was suffering
from dropsy. My body bloated and
my flesh was soft and flabby. I tired
easily and suffered severely from pain
in my back. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me and | am today in much better
health" Ut
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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A ChiId's View.

Scarlet fever was in the house next
door and a little girl of eight had lis
tened to the recital of what was hap
pening. A caller came and the child
attempted to entertain the stranger
until her mother came into the draw
ing room.
She told about the trouble next
door, but in the telling broke in" and
broke out" got tangled in her child
brain.
"Johnny's got scarlet fever. because
his face is all red and his chest Is
broken in" she announced.
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Refuge For Dead Beats

allowed to walk up without first tell
ing whom he wishes to see and the
name being sent to the apartment by
the telephone operator, and II the
name is unknown to the tenant he is
always out. The writer asked the
collector how he ever reached 4hese
people and found that It was only ac-
complished through bribing the eleva-
tor boy to make a mistake or by To-
eating some one else in the same build
ing who could be called on, the collect
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urinary troubles re-
suit. To eliminate
the h and pains
you must cure the
1 n e VS. Doan's
Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, and
cure them perma-
nently.
j. N. Markham,
Montesano, Wash,
a Kidney trou-
BILE came on me grad
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His Excellence.

II tell you," said n man to an
other as they emerged from the dimly
lighted corridor of a concert hall, Il
envy that fellow who was singing"
Envy him!" echoed the other.
well, if l were going to envy a sing
er I'd select somebody with a better
voice. His was about the poorest l
ever heard"
Its not his voice l envy, man."
was the reply. Its his tremendous
courage."-Ladies' Home Journal.
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erarr OF ONO crrr or ro1rpo. |

STATE OF ONO CITY or TOLEDO. I
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY & Co. doing
business in the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said frm will pay the sum OF
ONE DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATARRH that cannot be cure by the use c.
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence
this 9Th day of December. A. D.. 1885.
~ A. W. GLEASON.
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC
~
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally and act9
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
vstem. Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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An AVERAGE.

Doesn't it annoy you to be bald
headed?"
Not at ALL" replied the genial citi-
zen. when we go out evenings my
wife wears more than enough hair for
two"
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Jimmy's Definition.

What is geography" asked the
father, who was testing his sons prog
ress in study.
Geography" replied little Jimmy
Jiggs, lis what you put inside your
trousers when you think you are going
to get a whipping."-Sunday Magazine
of Los Angeles Times
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A Most important Crop.

How do you desire to be u~plifted?" '
is the question a writer in the New
York Sun puts into the mouth Of the
commissioner at the farmers door.
"Wal," replied Farmer Hayrick, we
might start In by growing a better
class of city ENTHUSIASTICALLY Com
panion.
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She Is a woman whom 10 man could
refuse anything, and consequently has
artfully acquired a knowledge OF inter-
national politics of surprising value.
There Is also in the list of clever
women Madame Midge-Hune, a pretty
coquette, who has been on the Riviera
for years. where all the men have fall
len at her feet. Once it was reported
that she was engaged to an English
nobleman; but It appears she fitted
him, for, B~ritish-like, he had taken the
beauty too seriously. The Countess
Karolewitz and Madame Soski-Hune-
gen are other women who have pried
into the the secrets of many interna-
tional ~intrigues with c
During the period when the rela.
lions between Russia and Japan were
becoming more strained with each
successive day, st. Petersburg society
discovered there were several very
beautiful Parisiennes in the city.
They were not only very beautiful,
but charming, and most Of them fell
in love with young officers of rank.
They had letters Of Introduction and
were warmly welcomed In official cir
cles.
One night at a ball given at one
of the legations, one of the charming
French women was present. She was
very friendly with the colonel of a
Russian regiment and several times
she Intellectually attempted to draw
him into a conversation, the burden
Of which was the length Of time he
expected to be detained in st. Peters
burg, for 1t was a frequent occurrence
for a regiment to be sent to the far
east. At each attempt she was inter.
rupted by a dashing Russian woman
who happened to be in the vicinity OF
the pair. Finally the French woman
noticed the peculiar circumstance and
inquired of the officer the name of the
woman who seemed to hover around
them like an eagle yer prey. He told
her, and then she knew her mission
was at an end, for she had been de.
tected by n of the ~cleverest Rus
sian spies.
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AN ACHING BACK
Means Weak Kidneys.

Well kidneys filter the blood Of uric
acid and other impurities. When the
kidneys are sick, waste matter accu-
mulates and backache, headache and
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The grandeur of life may come
through its combats, but its sweetness
comes through the CHEEKY portal OF
content.-Robert Collyer.
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Let us be worthier of our friends,
who trust us mor than we dare to
trust ourselves, and give them a bet
ter loyalty.-Kelman.
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You will not get to heaven any
quicker by provoking your neighbors
to wishing you were there.
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Some good men fear the world will
forget they are shining if their lamps
do not smoke.
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A Wonder Worker.

Sapleigh-Ah, speaking of cleo
tricity, that makes me think
Miss Keene-Really, Mr.. Sapleigh?
Isn't it remarkable what electricity
can do!
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It is a mistake to say all the world
is a stage. Some Of 1t Is . baseball
diamond.
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Mrs. Wipslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething. softens the gums, reducesin-
nammation, allays pain. cures wind collie. 2c a bottle.
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Different.

Windig-Do you mean to say you be-
lieve that story Blinks told us this
morning.
Hobert-Sure I do.
Windig-Well, I'm surprised. Why,
I wouldn't believe it if had told it
myself.
Hobert-Neither would I.
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When a man dries up like q mummy
he usually thinks he is q saint.
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PERRY DAVIS, PAINKILLER
for all sorts Of cuts, bruises, burns and strains.
Taken internally IL cures diarrhea and dysentery.
Avoid substitutes. Csc, Sc and DC.
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Still ! Chance.

Still a Chance.
"Have you ever loved and lost?"
asked the sweet young thing.
mot yet replied the man who had
been divorced three times.
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Not the Reply He Expected.

Not the Reply lie Expected.
do you object to smoking? he
asked.
Not at all. Have you a ~cigarette?!"
she replied.
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Who has a favorite sin has a hard
master.
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For Any Disease or Injury to
the eye, use PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, abb
solutely harmless, acts quickly, Csc. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
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C-lergyman-Remember, my friend.
whom God. hath joined together, let
no man put asunder."
Seeker After Divorce-Er-it was q
Justice of the peace.
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Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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tracts u Kills gil hiee
Neat, clean, ornamen,
tai, convenient {, cheap
All 5 n.
ha'ie Of metal cannot
spill or tip over, viii
not soil or injure any
thing. Guaranteed ef-
fective. Ofnll dealers
sentprepaid for20o.
HAROLD S0MERs
$50 DekaIb Ave.
Brooklyn, New York