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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Youngest Soldier.

Youngest Soldier.
Henry Wise, Corning Cal. puts in mis-
claim for being the youngest soldier.
He enlisted in the 49th Ohio in Feb
ruary, 1864, and carried a musket to
the close of the war. He was born
when he enlisted. His father was In
the service.
The Ruse Worked.
Henry Oliver, Cos. d and 3, 18th u.
s.. Soldiers Home. Cal, says that when
stationed on the Tallahatchie he and a
comrade went to house for something
to eat, and the woman told them her
husband swas sick in bed with yellow
fever. They were curious and looked
at the patient, but soon concluded that
the company would be worried at their
long stay, so they left as fast as they
could. Afterward, in caimer moments,
they remembered that the patient was
booted and spurred, and it looked like
the Joke was on them.
A Lincoln Collection.
L. r. Miller, 173d n. Y, Brooklyn,
N. Y, has spent his years in collecting
everything relating to Lincoln-fiags.
medals, brOnZes and Encampment
badges of the G. A. r. He has a ban
ner of many-colored pieces of silk COW
ering rs square feet, and is composed
of Encampment badges and other silk
emblems. He has a collection of 400
bronze, silver and gold medals and G..
A. r. emblems. Comrade Miller is
member of Middleton Post.
Happy Events of Two Useful Lives.
Comrade A. r. Barnes and his good
wife celebrated the 10th anniversary of
their marriage Jan. Il, 1911, at Abba.
Iowa. 1t was also the list anniversary
of the birth of Comrade Barnes. His
father started the first newspaper in
that now prosperous Iowa town. The
son in turn engaged in the art pre-
sentative" and nowSthe grandson is an
editor in the same town. Comrade
Barnes was at the front for three years,
and after the war was mail agent or
the c., B. SC Q. Railroad, and later
Postmaster of Abba. Then he settled
down to real life again in a printing
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son.sor Lodge and others.

Charles r. Merrill. Gardiner, Me-,
says that Lodge and Weeks seem to
have no gratitude or feeling for the old
men who saved the country.
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j. W. Plummer. Laurel Grove, Nd,
says that the hearts of all the soldiers
IN that section go out in gratitude to
Speaker Cannon and Chairman SUlIo-
way.
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OLD COINS.

sT75 paid for rare date 1858 quarters $40
for half dollars; We pay a cash premium on
hundreds of coins; keep all money dated be-
fore 1884. and send ten cents at once for our
nav illustrated coin value book, size 4x7: II
may mean your fortune c. F. Clarke & Co,
Coin Dealers. Dept s. Leroy N Y.
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MARRY WEALTH AND BEAUTY-MarrIags
directory FREE. Pay when married New
plan. Box s14 A. c., Kansas City, Mo.
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Emergency Men.

Robert Armstrong, 7th Del, Will
mington, Del. thinks that the emer-
gency men who served so days should
be entitled to pension at this late day
as age crawls upon them. He is now
past 70, and says: mo one will give us
employment on account of age"
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REAL ESTATE.
HosiESTEADS.

ST. CLOUD, FLA.--A. q. Drought Lot.
bought and sold: deeds recorded: taxes paid
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office. and in Ill public matters had the
courage of mis- convictions. He Is a
charter member of Orman Post. G. ~
r., held the office of Commander for
two terms and has represented the
boys of the Sixth Iowa Congressional
District in six National Encampmcnts
of the G.. A. r. Mrs. Rarnes has been
helpmate worthy of her valiant hus-
band.
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PENSONSI BOUNTiESI Widows Claims SpeciaItN
r. W. sHoPPEIL & CO, Washington D. G.


PENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS, SCI
SuccessfrIy and quickly obtained by
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

WANTED-The address of any soldier of Co.
a. Eighth Regiment of Infantry, during 1867.
VIII pay them to answer. Mrs Bennett
porbin. Hagerstown, Ind
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PENSIONS AND BOUNTY PROCURED
Correspondence with heirs OF Union soldiers
and sailors of IS61-5 especially invited. Send
stamp for circular showing classes benefited
by bounty act of March 1. 1907. MILO b.
STEVENS CO., Attorneys Founded 1854
by Milo B. Stevens, late OF the 18th Ohio
Battery. 500 18th ST.. ~. w.. Washington.
d. c.. THE arm Is worthy Of confidence
upon the ground both of competence and
honesty.''--Nationai= Tribune. April l. 1897.
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The Bakery in the Capitol.

Charles H. Barnes of Batavia, Ill.
wants someone to write up an account
of the great bakery under the dome of
the Capitol during the Fall Of 1851 and
continuing we'll into 1862. 1t furnished
soft bread to the soldiers. 1t was the
largest bakery in the world at that
time, and he does not think it has been
exceeded since.
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An Irish COmrade.

Pack Gallagher, 3sth ILL.,, Tories, Ar
ranmore County. Ireland, writes to
Comrade John A. King that he was
taken prisoner at Chickamauga with a
number of his regiment, and after be-
ing confined in Richmond for three
months they were sent to Anderson
vile, where they stayed Is months. He
was sent to the hospital, where he
stayed four months. He attributes his
bad health since then to the hard priva-
lions of thar period
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PAT NTS OBTAINED OR NO FEE
CHARGED. Book. advice and opinion as to
patentability. FREE Thousands of satisfied
clients.
Thomas r. Harvey, Patent Attorney 1916
kenyon St, Washington, D. c.; 31s-1S Scho-
field Bldg. Cleveland. Ohio.
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PATENTS.

FREE SEARCH Of records of Patent once
Let Us advise as to your invention without
charge. Free handbook. Milo B. Stevens
& Co. $50 14th ST.. Washington: $50 Monad-
noak Blk, Chicago Established 1854. Guar
anteed and recommended ny the Bankers
Register. Highest rating by Martindale's
American Law Directory. -
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PENSIONS.

TABER & WHITMAN CO.,
Expert Pension Attorneys.
ESQ years experience) Washington d.
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Yigor and suffering from nervous debility we
want you to send for a Full Proving Size OF
the new discovery. "HER-CU-LIN.'' Free. No
matter what You have used. or may use, all
we ask is the chance to prove to you how
quickly this Remarkable Method will secure
for you powerful Firile invigoration- Strong
est kind of Endorsements from cured men
10 cents for postage and packing brings you
Full Proving Size at once. II you are dis
couraged, let nothing keep you from writing
to-day. A. Oswald Co.. 4zd st. and sth Ave.
New York
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INVENTORS SUPPLIES.

FIRST AID sKETCHING OUTFIT, POCKET
Library" &c. 81. Library. only CSC. Saw
Ing 10 to $50. For free sample and cata-
log write Dept B, Engineer Searching
Go,t. Fleming Bldg. Washington. D. C.
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FREE! BLUE BOOK AND PATENT GUIDE
Howe & Co.. 500 Sixth St, Washington, D. C.
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MEDICAL.

ANY MAN SUFFERING FROM ATRoPHY
Tarfocele, or any form of weakness, can ind
good remedy In Turko Giant Ointment II a
harmless outward application, acts directly on
the nerves and muscles and gives strength and
vitality to old and young men A small box seal
ed in a plain wrapper. zoe: large box 81 We
guarantee to give satisfaction money back.
DEAN & DEAN-Dept- II. s34ThirdAve, NewYork
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A Land Survey.

A. H. James, 1421 Main street
Sharpsburg, Pa, writes that during the
war he found in a deserted house near
Culpeper, Va, a survey dated Oct. 81,
1921, which had been ordered by Hon.
Robert Carter. 1t gives the boundaries
of tract of land containing 22,260
acres. 1t is in good state of preserya-
ton. and he would like to know il it is
of any value to any landholder in Vfr-
Rinia -, =
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PERSONALS.

a GOOD HOME for a veterans daughter or
widow. An old veteran wants a companion
for his feeble wife in the sunny South. Ad-
dress p o. Box B, Ford, Miss
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Tobacco Habit Conquered-Safc Home Treat
ment. Physicians astounded. Greatest discoy-
cry Of century. No risk: fighting. Instruc-
itons free. Nt-Ko Works No l. Wichita, Kan.
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INEBRIETY CURED.

LIQUOR HABIT-Guaranteed lifelong homo
cure days. Absolutely best. Book mailed free.
Edw. N. Woods 534 9th ave. New York. N. Y.
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WANrED-AGENTs.

AGENTS-1o0 peg cent profit. Monksy-wrench,
plumbers. plyers. with Is other tools COM
bined Most wonderful combination of tools
ever made. Lightning seller. Samples free
Forshee Co. B 1917. DAYTON. Ohio
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n EW KIND OF INFANT
SCHOOL,.

The nan IN the cub h,1 been
talking politics with n echor) inspec.
tor, until the gentleman declined to
discuss the eu' jet any more.
"We'Il talk about the Youngsters
themselves, fora change be said
DO you know that both in France
and Belgium reading, writing and
arithmetic are being omitted from
the suhjec taught in iDfant SCHOOL,
The children are simply taught to be
happy instead And when thew
brig their dinpers 10 school. the
food has, under the official regula-
tons, to be put into basket, which
must be labeled q. The school, and
put on q special shelf in clean, eiry
place. Fancy such regulations here!
Aoy old newspaper and any cup
board is good enough for our chill
dren.
"ln Germany, toys are provided
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leper Colony Of Molokai.

THE leper colony In Hawaii has not
grown any the last several years.
said 0. B. Thomas OF Honolulu IN
fact the number OF lepcrs couflned on
the island Of Molokn has been de.
creased by the discovery that some OF
them were not suffering from the dis
ease.
The district In which the lepers
live III separated from Inc ..I.,in....,..
by high range of mountains and the
lepers have regular municipal gov
ernment Of their own. They have their
schools and their amusements and pur-
sue their daily work with as much
pleasure and industry as the inhabi-
tants Of thriving villages"
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man whose cole duty it is to read
every trade journal, every technical
paper or pamphlet and everv maya
zine in order to get new ideas about
the conduct Of their business. Such
information is laid each day before
the beads Of the various depar,m nts,
who in turn p,ss it down the liue to
men under them and see tbat tie
new idea is tested. By this means )
each worker is kept in touch with
wha! other meu are doing in his par.
ticular line, and go his personal ef.
fciepcv is increased. Almost every
thing can be doLe in manper q little
better than the present way, and
modern business demands to know
and practice the best. Dior enes
carried around cup to drink water
out of till one day he saw q dog lap.
ping water with his tongue. He
threw away his cup and afterward
drank water out Of the palm OF his
hand. He got from the dog a new
idea louisville Courier Journal,
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Doeod by Doser by Arithmetic.

Before wireless telegraphy was
thought Of. and the patient could com
municate with the shore DOCTOR the
captain was the ships doctor, says
the London Chronicle He had q med
icine chest with numbered bottles
and a book Of Instructions There is q
ships carpenter still living who owes
his life to the captains treatment. It
was rheumatism. The captain read
in the book Of instructions: "In cases
OF rheumatism one tablespoonful Of
No. II three times day" There had
been a run on No. ii. But &c" and
"5" were full. Il reckon that makes
H." said the captain. And he cured
the carpenter by arithmetic.
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FOR A NEW COMMITTEE.

Alter two years Of ipcessant clam
or by the people for reorganization
Of the etate com mmistee they are told
by Chairman NJ Mattbews that O meet
ing will be held in September with
the ostensible purpose in view Of
recognizing the committee along
lines that will more nearly meet pop
ular approval. The intention of this
meeting can only be found by wait.
ing for the report Of it's proceedings.
In some quarters the belief is pretty
strong that DO we'll planned fort at
reorganization is TO be pursued bu,
simply an effort is to be made to
spply coat Of whitewash to the
present committee and let the report
60 forth that all is harmonious. This
belief is given color by the encour-
agement coming from sources, tha.
have been very loud and iDsistent for
reorganization, signifying 40 iDtep
ton Of falling in line with the organ
izs'iou provided it acts with SINGER
i,y and discretion This may satis-
fy some people but no amount OF
"siocerity'and discretion" could rally
the party back to the support of the
old committee or any alignment it
might suggest. Many of tbe iude
pendent Republican newspapers of
The state demand nothing more nor
less than square deal which means
new com mittee, and most of them
will he found demanding this until
the demands Of the people are fully
recognized and the committee when
IT meets should 60 into i,s deliber-
alions with these facts clearly before
it --Fairmont West Vrginian.
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last Sunday night in New York 1t
the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
on "How may the people know that
am Christian" He said it was
not nect ssary for a man to go abuu,
advertising broadcast that be was a
follower Of Christ.
"The true Christian spirit" he
declared, "is shown not in looking at
the dark side of mans cbarsc or but
in bringing out all that is bee, in his
nature. The average man is too
prone to sec the black marks, the
defects 10 bis fellow man g life, rath-
er ,hsa the good that there may be
in him.
The true Christian-known not bv
badge he may wear-is known by
tue manner in which be talks, by the
manner 10 which he conducts himself.
and by the company be keeps. In
all these matters he may still he IL
man among men, but win u little
care on his part may show his fellow
meu that he ia at heart II true Chr,s-
tian and follower of the Master"
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for play time, and all little children
ere compelled to bring a clean pock.
ct handkerchief TO school, and they
rn1st have bath once week.
IL Finland, the tiniest children are
taught to wash DOLE, dust. swsep.
look after 0Dwers, and so Oh: and ia
some japanese schools resting
room with bed is provided, so that
over tired children msy have nspl
--Apswers, London,
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Lace From St. Helena.

It Is pleasant to read that the work
of the st. Helena government lace
school has met with the approval OF
her majesty the queen. Since the
withdrawal Of the garrison a few
years back the historic little island
has passed through period Of severe
depression. The lace school was start
ed with a view to improving things.
It will be a godsend to the island II
it's lace becomes fashionable In Lon
don.-London Globe.
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Tho Galaxy Of Double Stara

Coburg, Lane county, a village of 300
people. boasts two pairs Of twins
born within the last six weeks, and civ
pairs OF various ages in attendance
upon It's public schools. Upon tho
basis Of these facts Colonel Roosevelt
is to be invited to visit Coburg while
In the state and say few encourae.
Ing and congratulatory words to the
parents OF the vilage.--Portland Orc
ROn!an
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Prof. PiCkenS
LaudS Manning:

l know great many white men in
this country,-and there is no whIts
man whom l know to he more de.
serving OF the respect an ! admiration
OF the Negroes of America than -
oseph G. Manning.
What do l know Of Joseph G..
Manning? i have seen him in pri-
vate and in public. l have heard
him in the presence Of black people
and in the presence of white people
and in the presence of both at the
same time. l have visited bis home
and seen bIm with his family.
Among the many "friends of the
Negro" in the white race, / have met
great bost who are fakes, but tell
you that j. G. Manning is no fake.
L know tb"t he has been rough -hau-
died by thu4s, not for being a friend
to the Negro, but for not being the
Negroes enemy, or really for beioc Q
friend to justice. 1know that he b ss
dared to live ap to his political con-
v'ct'ons against overwhelming odds-
| know that when | visited tue little
city where be used to live 10 Ala
bama, his political opponents, his
public enemies, were yet decent
enough to endorse him to me in pri-
va,e. l know that he has spoken
through his "Southern American" ss
no other newspaper south of Mason
and Dlxon's line has had the physical
backbone to speak, and as no news
paper north Of this line has seemed
to have the moral backbone to spesk.
| know that he finally moved from
his little Alabama home town, for no
reasons in his own mind, but because
bis sweet wife was in constant terror
lest her husbands life should be ia
ken by the enemirs Of human liberty.
as 1T had been 81 veral times treach-
er6usly attempted and a thousand
times cowardly threatened. And (
know that for all this be has expect
ed nothing from The hands OF Me-
grots, hut has simply been living out
The passion of his soul. In bis ex.
pectations he has not been disap.
pointed, so far as l know.
But my friend, suppose his object
in being just to the Negro was TO
win the Negro's favor, what better
reason could the Negro bave for
bestowiDg his favor? There were
oIce two white men, each keeping q
store. One was polite TO bis Negro
customers; the other wes not. Tho
one who was polite had many Negro
customers, the other few, and finally
none. Every seosibe Neg 70 knew
| bat the polite man vas polite for
tn" sake Of The trade. But II ooo
man ls polite for the sake of trade
and another is impolite in spite Of
trade, why the brain Of the animal
that brays could decide between tho
two. An interested friend Of liberty
would be dearer to me than her
dislntered enc mics William Pick.
ens, Talladega College.
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To Be WET
PROHIBITION DOOMED FOR OK.
IAHOMA IN A YEAR NOW
PREDICTION.
expect Governor Cruce to Call Speol.I
EIeetio" Before Next General
State Election.

1ulsa, Oklahoma.-Some time before
tne next general state election in Ok.
lahoma Gov. Lee Crucc, following a
demand by the initiative petition. ia
expected to call a special election an
that Oklahoma can vote itself from n
dry to wet" state.
The United States su~reme court.
IN the Guthrie-Oklahoma City capital
removal case, held that concrese
might not impose restrictions not MI
ehor1Zed by the federal constitution
upon the admission of state to the
union. The Oklahoma statehood enab-
ling 'act required thct tho capital
should remain at Guthrie until 1913.
lt also required that the Indian Terri.
tory portion Of Oklahoma should have
prohibition for twenty-one years.
Reject Restrictions.
The people and the state Legislature
OF Oklahoma have ignored the proyt
Slons relating to the capitol, and the
nti-prohibitionists contend that II
congress has no right to interfere in
the internal affairs of the state regard
ing the location Of it's capitol, It has
no authority to impose special liquor
laws upon a state.
On September II, 1907, the amend.
ment to strike prohibition from tho
Oklahoma constitution lost In an cleo
tlon by dry majority of 26,19O. In q
second election on November 8, 1910,
the dry again won by majority Of
30,995.
Territory a "Wet."
The Indian Territory half Of tho
state Is wet by preference and prac-
tice, but went dry through prot est
against congressional coercion while
the Oklahoma half was free to be wet.
The belief exists in Oklahoma that a
vet town Is thriftier than dry town
Old Oklahoma-the western half Of
the state-had saloons during it's terri
torial days.
The Indian Territory half Of the
state has never had saloons and is in
clined to try the experiment. In the
election in 1907 the dry majority IN
this half of the state was 1851, and In
1910 the dry majority dropped to 1884,
Usage county went wet by 429 In 1907
end by 1876 in 1910.
Law Never Enforced.
The enforcement Of prohibition in
Oklahoma has never been stringent.
The state is overrun by bootleggers
and "clubs" flourish to an astonishing
degree. Occasionally there is a spas.
modic effort in towns to suppress the
liquor traffic, but these often are the
result of strife between city and coun.
ty officials over a division Of the
spoils.
AS a rule, 1t is easy to obtain liquor
in most Of the larger towns. In two
days, during a convention last month
In smaller Oklahoma town, it is said
that $4,000 bottles of beer were con.
sumed. The whiskey was not esti-
mated. The requirements for admis.
sion to drinking clubs" are said to
be that the applicant be fairly well
dressed; that he be vouched for as
not being 'spotter" and that he pay
fifty cents for an admission card.
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WHOLESOME aADvICE.

A contemporary gives the follow
ing advice to delinquent subscribers
~'If you have frequent faIntipg spells,
accompanied by chi|ls, cramps, corns,
burions, chijblains, epilepsy and
Jaundice, it is siga that you are not
well. Psy your cubs cription in ad %
vance, and thus make yourself cure
of good obituary notice."
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Father Of His Country Had the Grip.

Father OF Hts Country Had the GRIP.
AS the Father Of His Country had
the grip 1t is not surprising that It
should run through all the family Oh.
yes, George had It, Witness the pro-
ceedings Of the Lexington Historical
society, Vol I. page so: And how
thereby he incurred most vile
grippe, which his loyal subjects there
upon took to themselves, being only
too happy, 80 they declare, to share
even the infloowenza with the noble
Washington. boston Transcript.
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AneCdota|
Literature
REST In PEACE.
By w. q.

A travelling salesman died very
suddenly In Kalamazoo. His rela
tives telegraphed the florist to make
"a wreath, the ribbon to be extra
wide, with the inscription, "Rest 10
peace" on both sides, and if there is
room. I'VE Shall Meet In Heaven"
The'foris. was out of town, and
his assistant handled the job, and it
proved to be'a startling floral piece
which turned up at the funeral bear
tiDg the inscription,
'"Rest in Peace on Both Sides, and
If There Is Room, We Shall Meet in
Heaven"
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BRAVE FRENCH PHYSICIAN
STANDS UP FOR ALCOHOL
Says Uncivilized People Use Water
Largely as Beverage.

Paris.-Dr. Havist, Of the Academy
of Medicine, has been telling Parisians
what they ought to drink. Water, as
he says, is nearly everywhere. 1t 10
In wine, beer, milk, and 80 on, as also
in vegetables, and uncvilizcd people
have used 1t '.rgely as a beverage
The learned lecturer boldly declares
that alcohol is poison, and that man
weighing one hundred and fifty
pounds can take safely thirty-fve
ounces, or even little more, daily If
be goes in fc rather hard physical
toll.
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The MISSING UMBRELLA.

On railway journey Mrs. s.,
the wife Of an M p. discovered that
her umbrella in the care of her hus-
"baDd was missing.
"Where is my umbrella?' she de-
manded.
II am afraid I have forgotten it,
nay dear, meekly answered the Nj.
EP., sit must be still in the train"
''In the traipr snorted the lady.
"and to think that the affairs Of the
nation are entrusted to q man who
doesn't know enough TO take care of
q woman's umbrella''
Henpecked husband had nothing
ito cay.