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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01
PLANNING FOR THE HOT BED
1t VIII Reduce Grocery Bill Consider.
ably This Spring-kansas Way
Is One Good Suggestion.

Better think about making that hot
bed for early radishes and lettuce. 1t
doesn't cost much, and it will lower
the grocery bill. Here is the way rec
commended by the horticultural depart
ment of the Kansas State Agricultural
college:
Dig a hole two feet deep, a little
larger than the size Of the hot-bed
frame. If the hot-bed Is to be perma-
nent, the walls of this pit should be
med with brick, stone or cement.
When possible, have a shed or board
fence on the north side of the bed.
1t Will take less manure to heat the
soil. Put two feet of well-mixed fresh
horse manure in the hole, wet thor
oughly, and lamp. If the ma
nure is not well tamped, the soil will
settle unevenly when the manure de-
Gays.
Two-inch material makes a better
and stronger frame and will last long
ed. The front of the frame should be
six inches high, the back eighteen
inches. Put five inches of dirt on the
manure, preferably the richest soil
you can get. Fill in around the frame
with manure and earth and put the
cover on the frame.
Glass sashes are best for covers.
Cloth may be used late in the season.
The size of a sash is three by six feet.
The bed, then, should be six feet wide
and as many times three feet long as
desired.
The temperature of the hot bed will
be high at first. Use a thermometer.
When the heat has fallen to IS de-
grees the seed may be planted. Keep
the bed well watered, but do not soak.
Toe much water rots the manur too
rapidly. Be sure the bed is we'll ven
tilated. When sashes are used, they
must be raised to let in the fresh air
in mild weather. Extra covers should
be provided for cold days and nights.
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INCREASE IN NUMBER
OF AMERICANS
GOING TO CANADA

Although Western Canada suffered,
as did many other portions of the
west, from untoward conditions, which
turned one of the most promising
crops eve seen in that country, into
but little more than an average yield
of all grains, there is left in the
farmers hands, a big margin of profit.
OF course there we're many farmers
who were fortunate enough to harvest
and market a big yield, and with the
prices that were secured made hand
some returns. From wheat, oats, bar
ley and fax marketed to the LIST Of
January, 1912, there was a gross rev-
enue of $75,3S4, 900. The cattle, hogs,
poultry and dairy proceeds brought
this up to SOL, 500, 900 or 81 million
dollars in excess of 1910. There was
still in the farmers hands at that
time about IS million bushels of wheat
worth at least another sixty-five mil
lion dollars (allowing for inferior
grades), besides about 100 million
bushels of oats to say nothing of bar
ley and fax, which would run into sew
eral million Of dollars.
There is a great thrush Of settlers
to occupy the vacant lands through
out Manitoba, Saskatchewan and AL
berta. The reports from the Govern
ment show that during the past year
upwards of 131, 900 Americans crossed
the border into Canada. A great many
of these took up farms, over ten thou
sand having homesteaded, in fact the
records show that every state in the
Union contributed. A larger number,
not caring to go so far away as the
demonstrating area, have purchased
lands at from fifteen dollars an acre
to twenty-five dollars an acre. The
prospects for a good crop for 1912
are as satisfactory as for many years.
The land has had sufficient moisture,
and with a reasonably early spring, it
is safe to predict a record crop.
Those who have not had the latest
literature sent out by the Government
agents should send to the one nearest,
and secure a copy.
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BLOUSE is COMING BACK:
Old and Useful Friend Returns After
Eclipse Caused by Rage for
Little Frock."

Foremost among the revivals of the
winter will be the return to favor of
our old friend the blouse, which suf-
fered a period of almost total eclipse
during the summer, when the all con-
quering little frock' swept everything
before it. 1t comes back absolutely
in its earliest and most elementary
form. The shirt waist was the shape
in which the blouse was first made
known to US, if one excludes the old
| Garibaldi, and this year it will reign
again in all its trim simplicity.
A variety of pretty designs is al
ready to be seen. Tucks are the ia
vorite, indeed, almost the only form
Of decoration, occasionally set in
groups or arranged in varying widths,
but most of the new blouses are made
with half-inch tucks at regular inter-
walls across the front and back. Plain
sleeves to the wrist, finished by a
straight cuff, not too tight fitting, and
either a tucked or a stock collar, and
a little breast pocket, into which a
dainty handkerchief can be tucked, as
we'll as buttonholes cut on the bias,
will be features of the shirts in ques-
ton.
For morning wear the leading ma
terials will be plain and fancy challis,
nuns yelling, washing silks, silk pop
lin, and the pretty and useful cotton
poplin, better known as poplin linen,
which washes to perfection and is sub
~stantial enough to be very comfortable
wear on a chilly autumn day. 1t is
produced practically in all colors, and
has the browning merit Of being very
inexpensive. Striped challis will be
very fashionable as a blouse fabric
and looks charmingly dainty made
with a stock collar and a little tie to
match the stripe.
Even silk and satin blouses will be
made with the utmost simplicity. If
for evening wear, the sleeves will
reach only just below the elbow, and
will be finished with a band of lace
insertion piped at both edges with the
silk. Kimonos will still be worn, but
often without a vestige Of embroid-
cry, the neck being finished with a
narrow edging of the material, border
ing a tiny guimpe, with a high col
lar.
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Caution on Pasturinq Alfalfa.

Alfalfa should be pastured with
very great caution. In fact, the
farmer who holds this matchless crop
in proper regard will pasture some
thing else and just use the alfalfa for
hay. But if the alfalfa is to be
pastured about half enough stock
shosld be kept on it to keep the
growth down. By this method two or
tx cuttings of hay will be obtained
in addition to the pasturage.
Another caution to throw out is that
it should be allowed to make a good
start in the spring before the stock
are turned on, and should be allowed
to go in the winter with a good cover.
Under no conditions should it be
pastured in cold weather.
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from inflammation, and your Sanative
Wash relieved me. I am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and / will be glad
to answer letters. - Ms. CHRISTINA
REED, los Mound St, Peoria, Ill,
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Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.

Jessup, Pa--"After the birth of my
fourth child, l had severe organic infam-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though I could
stand it This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
Twas a well woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's vegeta-
BILE Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to a surgical opera
ton.
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Violet Scent.

So many inquiries have come to
hand respecting a new way Of per-
Tuning rooms that nj ventures to de-
scribe yet another and more simple
novelty which is being used for this
purpose, of making rooms fresh and
fragrant. This is known as the violet
hanger, which consists Of a group of
dainty little wicker baskets filled with
pot pourri Of violets and covered with
silk. These are strung together on
long hanging ribbons which can be
hung in front of a window or door or
any place where they catch the breeze,
so that the sweet perfume emitted
through the wicker work is waited
about the room.
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Saving a Desperate Man.

why did you get engaged to Har-
ry? You swore that you would never,
never, have anything to do with such
a man"
Yes, dear, I know I did. But-well,
I wouldn't have accepted him If he
hadn't made such a perfectly dreadful
threat"
ooh! That old stall about rushing
out and committing suicide?"
mo, worse than that"
But any Of those threats are bluffs.
I suppose he said he'd kill the next
mar who called on you, eh?"
mo, no! I've heard that before,
Dearie, he threatened that if did not
accept him he'd go and propose to you.
And l believe he would have done it,
too-he was perfectly ~desperate!"
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No True Friend,

There's a Hugh Ford and a Harry
Ford at the new theater. The SINH
larity Of initials sometimes makes
trouble. The other day a perfumed
note anne for "H. Ford" and Hugh
Ford, opening it, found 1t was from
a woman. The next day Harry Ford
opened a letter addressed to H.
Ford" Then he passed over to Hugh
the bill marked due and payable"
which it contained.
You're no true friend" said Hugh
Ford you might have paid my bill
for me; l kept your date."-New York
Letter to the Cincinnati Times-Star.
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Science Is Needed on Farm.

What we need as farmers is scien-
tifc training. scientific knowledge
and the mental discipline and ca
pacity to apply it on our own farms.
The scientific farmer or the farmer
who knows how is the man who will
succeed in the future.
Scientific farmers are just simply
men who know how to obtain the
maximum corn yield from land at the
least expense. A scientific cotton
grower is the farmer who obtains a
maximum yield from the land at the
least expense and leaves the land
richer than before. knowledge is
what we need.
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Importance of Good Doq.

Nearly every farmer has several
dogs, and in nearly all cases they
are not worth their feed. A pair OF
good Scotch c~ollies, shepherds
bea giles. fox terriers or any other
breed to which you may take a fancy
cannot only be made to pay for their
keep, but will add a nice little sum to
the farm purse, as young dogs of a
pure breed can always find a ready
sale.
To have all the stock on a farm OF
a pure breed seems to some people
to be impossible, but the farmer will
find hat his stock are not only bet
Ter in looks, but with careful manage
ment an increase of from 25 per cent
to so per cent. In his profits can cas-
lily be made.
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When Mamma Failed to Beam

A little girl, who attracted all the
passengers on the tram car with her
singular sweetness, was asked by a
lady who sat next to her: And did
Santa Claus bring you a dolly at
Christmas?"
Eyes, indeed" said the little girl,
and all the passengers smiled, while
the mother beamed at the attention
her child was receiving.
he brought me two dolls" contin-
ned the child to the strange lady, land,
do you know, the hair on n of my
dolls heads comes right of-just like
mammals"
And every one smiled again, but the
mother did not beam.
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He Mas Shown In Missouri.

"An Englishman who recently ar
rived in this country went out into
Marion county to visit some of the
Lord Scully lands, and while wander
ing about ran onto a small white
skunk" says Tom O'Neal. after
wards, on making inquiry as to what
kind of animal it was and the name of
it, he was told that it was a polecat.
After he had changed his clothes he
sat down and wrote to his family back
in England as follows:
81 have been out looking over the
country today, and in travelling about l
met with an American cat, a beautiful
little creature, but l think 1t had the
most offensive breath, don't you know,
of any animal l ever saw in my life.' "
Kansas City Journal.
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Evil of ldIeness.

Work develops all the good there is
in a man; idleness all the evil. Work
sharpens all his faculties and makes
him thrifty; idleness makes him lazy
and a sp%endthrift. Work surrounds
a man with those whose habits are
industrious and honest; in such so
ciety a weak mar develops strength,
and a strong man is made stronger.
Idleness, on the other hand, is apt to
throw a man into the company Of men
whose object in life is usually the
pursuit of unwholesome and demoraliz-
ing diversions.-Darius Ogden Mills.
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Of the Same Mind.

The bishop grasped the purser's arm
with a gentle, ecclesiastical pressure.
Il would explain to you," 70 began,
that l am very much pleased with my
mate. That is, I find him a
gentleman in every respect, and l
wouldn't have you think-er-my com
ing to you with these valuables is-er
AMY reflection upon him, you
know. His appearance is-er-in ev-
cry way"
"Oh, that's all right" interrupted
the purser, the gentleman has been
to me with his own valuables, and he
says the very same things about you
Hampton Magazine.
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Chlldren's Dancing Frocks.

Wool embroidery is very much in
on some of the dainty little
dancing frocks for children The
frocks are made of net or chiffon, and
until one really ees a dress of this
description it is difficult to realize Just
how effective the popular worsted trim
mlngs may be arranged. Some of the
frocks have bands of wool flower work
about the bottom of the skirt and on
the girdle, and one dress of white
chiffon had a blue tunic effect, Dor
dered with worsted flowers resembling
roses and forget-me-nots.
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Back In Good Old Bowl Days.

A man of apparent means brought
two boys into a barber shop for a hair
cut. While waiting for the compile
ton of the job he said:
Il never sat in a BARRIERS chair when
l was a kid. My brother used to &C
over to the engine house and borrow
the horse clippers. Then my mother
would put a bowl on my head and cut
around it. Until I was u years old
always looked like a window washers
brush"
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draW-string shirrings are run in there
VIII De a narrow frill finishing. This
opening Is the only portion of the bag
winch need be handled when looking
ior a special waist, for one glance into
II Will reveal the character Of it's con
tents. Any blouse which is ever so
silgntiy starched a be placed almost
latiy IN n of these bags. but one
that is or net or wolfe must be braced
with tissue paper, as otherwise the
materials VIII fall into creases and be-
come shapeless.
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Strenoth In CaImness.

The calm man, having learned how
to adapt himself to others; and they,
il turn, reverence his spiritual
strength, and feel that they can learn
of him and rely upon him. The more
tranquil a mar becomes, the greater
is his success, his influence, his
power for good. Even the ordinary
trade will find his business prosper
ity increases as he develops a great
er ~self-control and equanimity, for
people will always prefer to deal with
a man whose demeanor is strongly
equable.--James Allen.
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PREPARATION OF A SEED BED
illustration Shows Implement for Mel
lowing Surface and Also for
Smoothing Roads.

An implement which may be used
to mellow the surface is made by TAX
ing four pieces of seasoned hard
wood, each six by six inches, and
eight feet long; bolt together so that
the corners, or edges, will rest on the
ground, with three eye-bclts of three
~quarter-inch round iron, about 80
inches long, one through the middle
of the drag, the others each six inches
from either end of the timbers. Use
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pretty touch and an ornament OF
metal can often be used to advantage.
The changeable taffetas are most
often seen in green and blue, green
and red, blue and gold and good COM
binations of bright colors and gray.
These silks make the long, wing-like
horns that trim the moderately small
turbans and hats of nacre braid which
are shown everywhere with much sue
cess.
JULIA soTToMLEY.
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WOULD THAT EVERY FAMILY KNEW ITS VALUE
The Wish of the UrsuIine Sisters of WaterviIIe, Me, in Indorsing
Father Johns Medicine for the Cure
of Consumption.

I'VE, the undersigned, cheerfully
recommend and indorse the use of
Father Johns Medicine as a sure and
immediate relief for all colds, throat
and bronchial trouble, having used it
with success for one of the members
Of u institution who was threatened
with consumption of the throat. Hear
ing Of the many cures by Father Johns
Medicine, we made a trial and are glad
to state that after taking three bottles,
a decided change took place, the patient
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01
GLASS SASH FOR HOT BEDS
Latest Invention Is So Arranged as to
Allow Air to Circulate and
VentiIate Beds.

The newest invention to make win
ter gardening easy and successful, is
a sash for hotbeds or cold frames
that have two layers of glass instead
of one. Between these layers is a
cushion of dry air about fi~ve-eighths
of an inch thick. The glass on both
sides is Tapped and adjusted to lie as
close as possible, but no putty is
used. When the weather is warm
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having recovered her voice, which had
been impaired for nearly two years.
Would that every family knew its
value" (Signed) Ursuline Sisters,
Ursuline Convent, W~aterville, Me.
Remember, Father Johns Medicine
is free from opium, morphine or pois-
onous drugs in any form upon which
so many of the so-called cough cures
depend for their temporary effect and
which are dangerous-we again warn
you against them. Not a patent medi-
cine. Fifty years in use.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01
Good Roads
GEaImMOzeS

A liberal use of paint means a great
deal to the farmer.
Sharpen and repair the garden tools
for next seasons use.
The successful garden is started in
the fall, although not a seed may be
planted.
Keep all the tools that are used
around the barn in convenient and
safe places.
A little paint goes a long ways to-
ward making a home out of a group
of buildings.
How much does 1t cost to have that
machinery standing out in the
weather? Shedding is cheap!
While planting your garden give
due attention to the color of
the flowers so that they may harmon
ize.
Many a new and valuable nipple
ment is left out all winter more
through carelessness than anything
else.
, Tobacco dust worked into the sur
face of the soil just before setting the
lettuce will help to keep the aphis
away.
Lime is generally considered one
of the most efficient disinfectants, be-
cause it possesses the ability to de-
stroy organic matter as we'll as bac-
terra.
These days can be put to good use
in getting the ~grindstone into serv-
ice and sharpening up things gen.
orally.
Ashes are best applied in the
spring, separately or in connection
with phosphate fertilizers as a top
dressing.
Cabbage is one of the easiest vege-
tables to start from seed and to
transplant, and to be made to grow in
the garden or field.
Before laying a cement stable floor
care should be taken to have the
ground below properly drained and
the foundation we'll constructed.
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All the Same.

A young wife recently went into a
g%rocer's shop and addressed the grocer
thus: 81 bought three or four hams
here a month or so ago and they were
fine; have you any more of them?"
Yes, ma'am," replied the grocer,
there are ten of those hams hanging
up there now"
We'll, If you're sure they're on the
same pig I'll take three of them" re-
piled the young wife meekly.-Ideas.
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RuYina suppIementarY Feeds,

The farmer who has an abundance
of corn and no other grain will find
it greatly to his profit If he will sell
a part of his corr and buy other feeds
to furnish a variety of rations for the
animals, as their systems thus would
be supplied with all the essentials
necessary to proper growth and de-
velopment, and yet not require so
mich feed
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Profitable Wheat Yield,

A wheat field owned by a Russian
farmer, comprising 20 acres, at Chero-
kee, Okla, yielded 1921 bushels, an av-
erage of Al bushels of 62 pounds. The
farmer sold this wheat for STOP per
bushel, the crop bringing 1885, exact.
ly 1886 more than the entire quarter.
section comprising his farm cost five
years ago.
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The hired man on the farm who
has mastered his business is a skilled
\ laborer, and should be SO treated, yet
it is usually impossible for him to get
a small amount per month, a mere
triHe, over the price paid the inefi-
cient laborer.
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Couldn't Use II.

Agent Ito sour-faced but rich old
lady)-Madam, 1 am soliciting funds to
start a benevolent enterprise for the
poor blacks of Africa, and I thought
Sour-faced LADY, can't give you
money, sir; 1 have been swindled too
often. All I can do is to lend my
countenance to the scheme.
Agent (sadly)-That would simply
ruin it, ma'am.
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Certainly Not,

Mrs. Styles-Don't you think this
new hat improves my looks, dear?
Mr.. Styles suppose so.
But what makes you look so
CROSSE"
I'm thinking Of the bill for that
hat. You can't expect that to improve
my looks."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Gives Frenchy Touch.

A single revers Of black velvet en-
broidered in white wool is sufficient to
give a French touch to a gown of al
most any given shade and is not diff
cult of accomplishment.
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SAVED FROM
IN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, ILL.,,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.
Peoria, m.-"I wish to let every one
know WhatLydia E. Pinkham'sVepetahle

Compound has done
for me. F~ortwoyears
l suffered. The doc
tor said l had a tumor
and the only remedy
was the surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
| today I am a well and
| healthy m For
montha I r11ffarac
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PILED WITH RIBBONS
FASHIONS DECREE IN HAT DEC.
GRAFTON FOR THIS SEASON.
Late Winter and Early Spring Mill
merry Shows Ribbon and Silk Bows
In Abundance--Many Fanci-
full Forms Seen.

1t is surely becoming the fashion to
confine the decorative finish on ats
to one material, but this must be
used in abundance. For instance, on
late winter and early spring millinery
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Raislnn Lixina at Home.

The first thought of the farmer
should be this year how to raise his
living at home. Begin now to get
everything in readiness for an early
start,
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Catherine Seaweed-

A new farming is being developed Ia
California, that Of gathering seaweed.
Last year 500, 900 worth of this crop
was shipped to China as food for oxen,
sheep and pigs.
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Ban on Worsted Flowers.

Trimmings of worsted flowers which
threatened to invade our shores and
deck our ready made hats have been
severely censured.
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DO Won Use Eve SaIve1

Apply only from Aseptic Tubes to
Prevent Infection. Murine Eye Salve In
Tubes-New Size 25c. Murine Eye Liq-
uid 25c-50c. Eye Books in each Pkg.
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Relics of BarberIsm

notwithstanding or relics OF bar
barism--
Jewett-I noticed them; you ought
to shave yourself.
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The Car.

Knicker-Thought Jones bought a
runabout.
Bocker-Yes, but after the bills
came in he called it a runup.
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Good SIGN.

Mrs. Knicker-John never remem.
bers to mail my letters.
Mrs. Bocker-Perhaps he Is cut out
for a statesman.
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ribbon and silk bows are very popular.
They are made unusually large, wired
to stay in place and designed in many
fanciful forms.
Changeable taffetas, striped satins
and m%essalines make brilliant bows,
light in weight, in spite of the abund-
ance Of ribbon and silk used. From
five to eight yards. of No. so ribbon is
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Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces nham1na-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle.
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1t sometimes happens that a man
who talks like a book is a plagiarist.