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Barbour County index., 1910-11-16

three or four times. Now with watch
or clock in hand. and with a glass of
water held as near as possible to the
SOIL. pour water into one of the bottles
Just rapidly enough to keep the sur.
race OF the soil covered, and note
how long before 1t begins droppin1
Into the tumbler below.
6y making a record Of the time, for
eacn OF the bottles. one may tell
which soil takes In water most rapid-
ly. and which is the most ooroGs-
Then. after waiting until the water has
ceased to drip from the bottom of
each inverted bottle, by measuring and
comparing the amount that came from
each. one may tell which retains the
water and which let's 1t through most
readily.
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An interesting method for the exam.
ination OF the moisture holding prop
critics Of different soils Is shown In a
new bulletin Of the department of az
riculture. Farmers Bulletin 4os.''
The bulletin is designed as a guide
to teachers Of elementary plant pro
duction. especially for those In the
common schools. The method Is:
Break the bottoms on i've long.
necked bottles, tie small piece of
cheese cloth or thin muslin over the
mouth Of each and arrange them In
q rack with a glass tumbler under
each. Fill the bottles to about the
same height with different kinds of
soil-gravel In one, sand in another,
etc.--and firm the soils by lifting the
rack and jarring It down moderately
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the last two years. 7 think from your
description OF internal catarrh that
must have had that also. 7 suffered
very severely.
Nothing ever relieved me like Pc.
runa- It keeps me from taking cold.
with the exception Of some deaf
ness I am feeling perfectly cured.
am forty-six years old.
Il feel that words are inadequate to
express my praise for Peruna."
Catarrh In Bad Form.
Mrs. Jennie Darling, r. =. d. L
Smyrna Mills, Maine, writes: 'T was
unable to do my work for four years,
as had catarrh in a bad form. I
coughed incessantly, and got 30 weak
and was confined to my bed.
"Peruna came to my relief and BY
faithfully using It, I am able to do my
work. Peruna II the best medicine that
] ever took"
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LET THE BOYS ANSWER.

How many teeth have you got?
Which part Of the body goes to sleep
first?
Which is the most restful position
in bed?
Why can a dog see better in the
dark than a boy?
How is tourniquet applied?
What should be done when you get
a fishbone in your throat?
What should you do when you step
on a rusty nail?
What Ia the proper way to take q
cinder out Of the eyer
What is the best remedy for Q
bruise?
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boys at Chautauqua lake which scared
to an altitude of 1000 feet and drift
ed mile across the swamps. finally
landing in the branches of a tree.
A balloon Of this type when in
fated stands II feet high, but in
reality is Is feet long, the difference
being explained by the curve. The
bag is cut in IA parts, each part is
1S feet in length, two feet in width
at the widest point and tapers to q
point.
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with q Sour lsuuh.

A Chicago editor has brought from
London an amusing story about Hum
phry Ward.
Humphry Ward" he said. was In
his bachelor days, q really wellknown
art critic. But nowi
7 met Humphry Ward at . dinner
In Soho. and he said to me. with O.
sour laugh:
When q girl wants to retire from
the world and be lost in oblivion, she
has to, enter q nunnery. But a man,
to achieve the same end. need only
marry famous woman"
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BUILDING H0T-AIR BALLOON
instructions Given by A. Leo Stevens,
Aeronaut, for Benefit of Boys
Carries Weight.

Any boy who will follow the in
structions of A. Leo Stevens, the
aeronaut, can built a hot-air balloon
with lifting capacity Of three
pounds. Some time ago Mr.. Stevens
constructed a miniature aircraft Of
this type for the amusement of some
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A ShIpIoad Of Toys

Hundreds of tons Of toys, dolls and
railroad cars. jumping jacks and auto
mobiles and flying machines, came
into Philadelphia the other day on the
steamer Dortmund. The steamer
came from Hamburg, Germany, and
carried no freight except toys. This
is the first Of many such cargoes that
will be brought across the ocean be-
fore Christmas for the boys and girls
Of America.
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That incident In Naples where two
strangers trying to give candy to chill
dren were suspected by the panic
stricken people Of spreading the chol-
era and mobbed with cries Of Death
to the poisoners" shows how little
progress has been made since the dayp
Of the plague. In some places.
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Whistllnq.

They used to say a whistling girl
Was like a Growing hen,
That whistling was as out of place
AS petticoats on men.
Give me the CHEEKY little girl
That plays and sings and shouts.
A whistling girl is better far
Than one that scolds and pouts.
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A Connecticut man fired ten bullets
In his head without fatal results. Il
Is hard to tell which was greater
the persisting force of his determine,
ton or the resisting quality of his
brains.
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Grandma Was Better.

Don't you think you have a good
mamma, to spread such a nice, big
slice Of bread with jam for your" ask.
ed the visitor.
"Oh. yes" replied little Lola, but
my grandma Is gooder: she lets me
spread the jam myself"
Barbour County index., 1910-11-16

Bob Evans tells US that an airship
a. q plaything and would be Of no use
In war. But what will Bob do when
thOse bombs begin dropping down the
chimney?
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The walters now ask to be divided
into classes. Excellent idea! Walters
who wait. walters who make custom
0rS wait. walters who are polite and
walters who are otherwise?
Barbour County index., 1910-11-16

Eighty-two pounds Of sugar for
Overy man. woman and child last
pearl The men may offer thanks
that the women and children not
theirs.
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A Kansas City woman. suing for d.
vOrce. charged that her husband quar-.
relied with her for going to q funeral.
Some men are so mean they hate their
wives to have any pleasure at al.
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The greatest authority on love in
The world is dead. Calm yourself, la
dies-it's an Italian professor. The
Authoress Of Poems Of Passion" still
lives.
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ODD LITTLE ANIMAL FOR PET
West Virginia Miss Makes Plaything
of Woodchuck or Groundhog-
Tame and Loving.

This is a picture of West Vir-
ginia girl and her pet woodchuck or
grounding as they are generally
called. She says that woodchucks
are very interesting pets. This one
soon got very tame and even affec-
tionate toward his mistress. He al
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A Stitch In Time

Dorothy was visiting her grandpar.
ents in the country for the first time.
Seeing quantity Of feathers scat.
tered about the henyard she shook
her head in disapproval
Grandpa" she said gravely. you
really ought to do something to keen
your chickens from wearing out 80"
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It may be none of our business, but
We trust that the sororities will deal
gently with the eighty-one-year-old
woman who has entered the Ohio
state university as a student.
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A little while ago the cheering
word was passed that Holsters would
become more plentiful. Now It In
Threatened that there will be a short
age Of salmon and sardines.
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A woman Of sixty years swan five
miles in the Mississippi river at st.
Louis the other day. 1t is needless to
say that she did not wear a hobble
shirt
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As a general thing when a girl
wears such an extreme hat that a man
has to dislocate his neck to look un-
der It her face Is not worth the effort.
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Chicago man marries for the first
time at the age Of ninety-two. He'll
have to do some tall hustling to catch
mp With the average Chicago record
from now on.
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That Poughkeepsie society woman
whose pearl necklace was conflscated
By the customs officials might have
had It yet II she could only have kept
q under her hat.
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An Odd Pet.

ways sits in the position shown in tho
picture when taking his food. He iS
dainty in his habit. He is fond Of
apples, pears, candy and cakes. HD
went away once and stayed five
weeks. finally came back and is now
as gentle and affectionate as before.
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ED GEERs.. 1.-THE grand old man." he,
= called for he is 30 honest handling
EPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for IL
years, always with best success Il ID the
only remedy know to cure all forms OF
distemper and prevent horses in same sta
BILE having the disease" SOC and 81 q bot
tie. All druggists. or manufacturers. Spohn
Medical Co.. Chemists, Goshen, Ind.
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II shark meat ever crowds beef in
ne worlds markets a shortage Of rain
IN the great plains will make no diff
terence in the quality.
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BREED
CATARRH
Her Terrible Experience Shows
How Peruna Should Be in Every
Home to Prevent Colds.

Mrs. G. s..
Sage r 8 Q r,
1911 Wood.
land Ave.. .
K q n o g. 8
City, Mo-.
writes:
II feel It
o duty to
you and to
others that
may be at.
dicted like
myself, to
speak Z O z
Peruna..
my trou-
lie a r o {
came after
La gr ipp .
0 1 g h t or
nine years
ago. q gain
ering In my
head q n d
neuralgia. ]
eu # Q r q d
most all the
{ 1 m e. My
nose, ears
and Q y q 8
were badly
mnntnd far
Barbour County index., 1910-11-16

Venezuela consumes 100000 gal
lone Of kerosene a year." Why doesn't
somebody start an electric light plant
down there?
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When the aeroplanes dash around
ne course at the rate of a mile q min
ute they never kick up any clouds Of
Dicrobe-laden dust
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In South Norwalk, Conn, lives .
heroic young woman who played ten
mis- In q hobble skirt Naturally she
broke her leg.
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Joy riding in the air has this advan-
tAge-there are no chickens to be run
over. The birds have 80 far succeed
ID In lodging.
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The doctor who thinks that the
Adams apple is responsible for insan-
ty may be on the eve Of a great dis
OUvery.
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New York bank thief collapsed when
he was arrested. He was a close sec
pnd to the bank.
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Someone has estimated that the
Darth weighs seven trillion tons. But
cheer upl You're not carrying It
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Cove overeoat..

One day little Margie saw a drsy
loaded with hides passing. the house.
"Oh. mamma" she exclaimed
there goes q man with a whole stack
Of cows overcoatsi'
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orIoIn Of seaIInu WAY.

Master-Who can tell me what use.
ful article we get from the whale?
Johnny-Whalebone.
Master-Right. Now, what little boy
or girl knows what We get from the
seal?
Tommy-Sealing wax.
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The average man would not per-
1ure himself II he pleaded guilty TO-
the charge Of amounting to but little.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-16

Lewis Single Binder cigar. Original
Tin Foil Smoker Package, 90 straight.
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Let US have only denatured automo
bile races.
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Clear white clothes are O sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue,
Large or. package, 3 cents.
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That war in Nicaragua cost 1000
hives. Men have not yet discarded
the blood-letting system in politics.
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Connecticut woman earned $4,000
Inst year selling eggs-the real thing.
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A Buffalo man was given five years
Dor stealing a cent Something Of a
centence, that.
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All the pessimist can see in an aero
plan flight is a big crowd and q stin
neck
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30 far none of our aviators has been
successful enough to break into vaude-
Vile.
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But it doesn't take long to tame q
social lion.
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Still. at its new price, radium VIII
hardly be a substitute for coal.
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The new IS bills will be smaller.
That's appropriate-theya act smaller.
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Lots of women dress as II they
were hard Of hearing.
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Are the auto races trying to make
bull fights appear humane?
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Said the little dog with the long, long tail.
''Why is your tail so short?"
Said the little dog with the short. short
tail,
"Rude questions are wrong. I've been
taught.
"If you'll wait long enough. you'll surely
find out
Whatever was meant you should know"
So down in the road the two doggies sat
To wait-just these two in q row.
An automobile came dashing along
Running over poor doggy's tail.
I've found out all that I wanted to
know.'
Said the curious dog with q wall.
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Jones writes of the following exper.
fence;
"Iou will remember that in "A Psy.
chic Autobiography which was lately
passed through your hands on its way
TO the printers, ] credited my mother
with the faculty. occasionally exhibited,
of forecasting events in sleep. Usual
ly these dream prophecies were of 4
solemn character, as, for instance, her
symbolic dream of a great white OK
wounded, during the night when Abra-
ham Lincoln lay dying at the national
capltal-related carly the following
morning before the news arrived and
believed by her 10 have been signifi-
cant of an immense national disaster !"
i wrote for further details, if there
were any, and received the following
reply. dated February 10, 1910:
You ask for more details of my
mother 3 dream the night Abraham Lin
coin was dying. ] gave all but one
further matter, though / could not con
vey 10 any her deep solcmnty as she
told 1T. She dreamed that there were
moving crowds but she did not know
whv they were moving. nor did she at
tend TO them at all. Her attention was
fixed upon a great white OK bleeding to
death, that had been made a sacrifice ;
also she saw after this that two other
creatures not so great were lying wound
cd, but not dead (Scward and his SOM +;
but her mind dwelt almost wholly upon
the great white OK, and in relating the
dream before breakfast she said that
a great national disaster was signiiicd,
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1.-TWO pieces Of good fortune will
come 20 us today, if my dream last
night has the significance ! attach to
it. First your father will receive word
that he is wanted for work in the wool
en- factory. Gle had been superintend
ent of such works during many years. }
Next, the two girls will be sent for 10
run looms and will begin work t0mor.
row morning. | am confident that this
is the meaning of my dream.
''This is what ] dreamed: 1t seemed
that ! was standing by a running brook
of very clear water. a flock of wild
geese came swimming down stream. /
knelt and reached out hoping to catch
one as they were passing by. I seized
two at once; but no sooner were they
in my hands than they changed, BY
some miracle, from live wild geese to
dead tame ones. ] rose and held them
up for inspection. They were great fat
geese dressed ready for cooking and
tied together by the legs with n blue
string. ] laid them down, knelt again
and reached out for more had Just
clutched two when I was pulling them
in, when I awoke. Now within ten
minutes there came knock at our din.
ing room door | myself ran TO open
il. There stood a bachelor uncle OF
mine. not seen for four previous years
He stepped IN and held up To our view
two great fat tame geese, dressed ready
for cooking and tied together by tho
legs with n blue string He said: q
bought these as ! came along (hat
morning, not the night before) Wher
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or that the nation would be called upon
for some immense sacrifice -
Two of the witnesses besides Miss
Jones, who might confirm this incident,
are dead. ] have the corroborative
statement of another Sister regarding
this dream. The witnesses agree as
to coincidenial dream and ITS relation
to bull, but they differ on certain
points There rs no Inconsistency of
importance affecting the main points in
the separate accounts. but the differ
enees suggest the critic S natural diff
Guilty with the story Possibly the fact
that Miss Amanda r. Jones wrote a
poem on "Service and Sacrifice with
the dream and the OK in mind NAV ac-
count fer both her recollections and
non-rccollections.
Another Premonitory Experience,
Miss Jones also reports another pre-
monltory experience from the same
source. 1t is apparently less symbolic
in its character, though possibly con-
tanning elements of this in its charac.
ter. 1t is also second hand, and came
in the letter dated January 30, 1910.
In 1916, j being then IL years of age.
an unforeseen business trouble brought
about such money dearth in family
finances that we could afford but the
plainest food. and my mother made no
preparation for the usual elaborate
Thanksgiving dinner. Something of her
regret, therefore. may have worked its
way (but very obscurely) into her sleep
ing mind. During our break fast on
! Thanksgiving morning. mother saids
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utes to her great alarm, she saw the
baby pulling himself bv his hands up
on the broad window sill, and she lust
prevented fall. In her mind she
then went over all the agony of a fall.
the sending for doctor, the telephon-
ing for her husband. A little later
the telephone bell rang and her has.
band called up; Are YOU ali right.
dear1 And the baby?' sYcsi OH /
nave been frantic for the last fifteen
minutes, and couldn t get to the phone.
thought the baby had a fall
PARDON my having written at great
length. Hoping that your investiga-
uons VIII be satisfactory, with regard
TO the dream, ] am, with great respect,
sincerely yours.
CELIA A. HUGHES"
Attack on Seward.
The following incident is second hand
out comes from a reliable source. Tt
Is told by Miss Amanda T. Jones. the
poet and author Of "Ulah,' "Atlan-
tis'" " A Prairie Idvl," Rubaiyat OF
Solomon and other poems. The in
cldent occurred in the experience of
her mother and the time of the events
with which it was connected indicated
when 1T occurred. Miss Jones has in
press her Psychic Autobiography y
which VIII contain life time of inter.
csting experiences for herself, and i,
seems that her mother had also psvchic
powers OF similar type In a letter
TO me, dating January %, 1910, Miss
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>lncolns Assassination Foretold in Dream

wire to The Tribune.
|ToRK, April o.-The following
iii have public and historical
Had psychic research been
Al in 1905 and if records of
had been made we
ro had a more scientific story
The present one, the old, will
rsIue for the general phcno-
.o;ucidences that may not be
,snee The defects of memory
Hn,;ye IL of use in the establish
w new point. but ii is not
IA such Illusions, which have
'p 'rr moi TO be always applicable
'~st;on with similar phenomena,
mn the main integrity of this
vcspect Of the point at issue,
Nv similar cases have stood the
Here Is the Letter.
- H. Hyslop, ESQ, Dear Sir:
,ssr was Mr.. S. e. Bugbee. an
.s-having an office at SO Wash
',rpet Boston, prior TO his COM
Slifornia in 1860. Our family
..pbers of tho Howard Presby-
,5urch in San Francisco,
A. d. Fiske, ID. D.,
pastor in 1875. Some
.5c the blood of our revered
.arrd president, Abraham LIN.
z ''blotted each kindly thought of
-1lcs Booth from the hearts Of
.is. and the horror of his crime
isd each kindly word of him on
4 we made the acquaintance of
n family. There are probably
them living at present to be
iby anv incidents to be recalled.
4 passing of forty years not one
family is left TO refresh my
these remembrances of them
NECESSITY, from child IS view
They may, however. he of in
or connected with them is n
,xplicable dream. After n long
in California / went with my
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shouts of laughter had subsidized, mother
said: THAT accounts for the first part
Of my dream. But there were two more
geese caught that were alive. They
signify the two calls from the wooden
factory
''And truly before our supper time
messenger came from the factory ask
ing my father to go to work on the
following morning, and l think by a
second messenger from the weaving de-
partment came demand for P and
E TO put in appearance at the same
time as weavers. F. is yet living,
but far awav.O
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Corrcborative Testimony.

At my request for further informa
tion / received this letter:
81 cannot give you very salts
factory answers TO your questions,
[ was twelve years and six
months old March 81, 1865, old enough
to be viyidly impressed by events of
Importance. To the best of my knowl-
edge and belief my mother told her
dream TO the family at the breakfast
table the next morning, l heard her
tell it repeatedly to friends from time
TO time, so that my recollection OF 1T
is perfect My mother died December
20. 1879. [ am quite sure that the dream
was told before we received news of the
assassination. ] was not up when the
family heard of it, On my way to
school (probably) ] saw Captain Law
ton Of the coast survey running up his
flag al half-mast in front of his home.
In answer to my questions he told me
the terrible news.
"None of the family had heard di-
rectly from the Booth family for a
long time previous TO the tragedy
think nv mother had DO knowledge of
the whereabouts Of John Booth except
what might have been obtained from
newspapers. Mother did not report any
feeling that she was in Washington at
tho time. Nothing was done to ascer'
tain the time of the dream. L am quite
sure that the dream was on the night
of .he assassinatIon-so the story was
told over and over.
HMv brother, my youngest brotncr,
and / left New York October %, 1868,
steamship Champion, for San Francisco;
we called in New York on Edwin Booth
and received from him walking doll
to take from him 10 his little niece,
Mary Booth. in San francisco Her
father. famous Brutus Booth, was there
M that time; but ! am certain that he
left there for the east before 1860, we
visited his home in 1870 Manchester
by the Sea and met Mrs; Agnes
BOOTH think she aud his daughter,
Mary Booth, are living.
.IMy father was the best architect
of his day in San Francisco. A com
mittee of architects and artists tew
Years ago pronounced the residence OF
General ID. d. Cotton (the work OF my
fathor) the most perfect piece of archl-
tecfuro in San Francisco. IL was de-
sfroyed bv the fire Of 1906. Ny mother
was highly educated in an English
school in Maine, warm hearted and splr.
itually minded. but not sentlmental
dreamer I remember that sometimes
for an evening diversion she would take
part in the tipping of tables, etc, much
to NV childish fear and discomfort,
! She was often told that she would
make n good medium. In these days !
suppose She would have been called
| psychic,
| .sThis little item is along these lines.
| Nv daughter placed the CRIB with her
six or eight months old baby in 1t. near
an open window, that he might amuso
himself by looking out, In fcw min
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Rheumatism,

More than nine out of every ten cases
of rheumatism are simply rheumatism
of the muscles, due to cold or damp, or
chronic rheumatism. In such cases no
internal treatment is required. The free
application of Chamberlain 8 Liniment
is all that is needed. and it is certain
to give quick relief. Give it trial and
see for yourself how quickly it relieves
the pain and soreness. The medicines
usually given internally for rheumatism
are poisonous or very strong medicines.
They are worse than useless in cases of
chronic and muscular rheumatism. For
sale by all druggists.
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