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OLD CITY IN DECAY
Bruges, in Belgium, Once Great
est Town in World.
Had 100000 Population Six Centuries
Ago-Was Next to Venice In Com
merciaI Observation-Disclosures
When Sea Cut OF Town.

Bruges, Belgium.-At the beginning
a the fourteenth century Bruges was
a city of 200, 900 inhabitants. 1t was
not only the most important city in
Flanders, but next to Venice the
greatest trade center in the world.
Its harbor was filled with ships, and
Its people were enormously wealthy.
Their homes were filed with every
luxury. Their churches and public
buildings were beautiful, and the in
sides were decorated with precious
gems, beautiful windows and exquisite
carvings.
Art flourished as the town grew
richer, and it produced such painters
as Van Eyck and Hans Memllnc.
Then came an awful blight upon
the city. The twin, or chanenl,
which connected Bruges with the sea
became clogged up with sand and
mud. At first it was only the larg-
est ships that could not get past, but
gradually the sand became so high
that it formed a bank across the
Irwin and Bruges was cut off from
the sea. And with the loss of trade
the town became deserted and fell
into decay. The people that remain
ed behind became SO poor that aims
houses had to be stationed through
out the city and it fell upon the
church to support them. Even to
this day out of the $1,000 inhabitants
1t still retains, 1000 are paupers.
1t is a very sad old town and seems
to be in a dreamy slumber from
which e. the gayest sunshine can
not awaken it. It's brilliant glory has
faded, but a mellower beauty is left
that is still more poetic and alluring.
The belfry alone seems to have
lived through the past, and it rises
high in the market place like an old
mother watching her sleeping chill
dren. The belfry is the heart and
soul of Bruges. In olden days a
Waterman was stationed here always
to signal the approach of enemies or
the breaking out of fire.
In the square below the belfry
market is held, and here everything
can be bought from a piano to q
collar-button. In the corner of the
market place is the famous chapel Of
the Holy Blood. In the under part of
the chapel are a number of cold, damp
cells where the people go to pray.
In the upper chapel, which Is very
~gorgeously decorated, the relic of the
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HIS BED ATTIRE, HE SLEEPS ON
Friend 0ashes Into Flames and Drags
to Place of Safety a Man Who
Refuses to Wake Up.

Atlanta, Ga.-The leading man Of
the please Go Way and Let Me
Sleep" song, SO popular a couple of
years ago, bobbed up in real life here
in the person Of E. H. Seymour, an
aged merchant. whose house was
robbed and set on fire.
Like the man in the SONG, Seymour's
bed began to burn from under him,
while he slept peacefully on. j. M.
Thompson, a neighbor, hurried
through the smoke to awaken the
sleeping man, and dragged him, still
half asleep, from the flaming quilts.
So unusual was the whole affair, the
police made Investigations to see
whether the sleeper had been drugged
or not. but the very pillow on which
his head rested was so singed with
flames and BACKED with smoke that
it was impossible to tell whether any
ch~loroform had been used or not. The
mans beard was slightly scorched.
but otherwise he was unframed.
though how he kept from choking in
the smoke is still a mystery.
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tors from whom I received only tempo
rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. have
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots andherbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs.
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E. Pinkham MedicineCO.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
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LINEN RELOCATED TO SHELF
Which Might Be Labeled "Good
Old Standbys."

AS for linens, those who feel that no
summer is complete without a suit or
a frock Of that material will find the
display Of new spring fabrics very
nearly barren of interest in that direc-
ton. OF course, there are linens;
plenty of them. But they are stack
ed together on the counters which
might be labeled good old standbys."
There is one chance. however, to sat
isfy ones craving for that material.
Rodier linen canvases, with borders
of the heavy flet net used in many
of the very newest designs, may be
bought and at a real bargain. They
sold last year at $3.50 a yard. Now
they a be bought at $1.1O a yard.
They are not leftovers from last sea-
son. That is, not SO far as New
York stocks are concerned. They have
Just been imported. And while they
are not extreme novelties, they are
in line with some of the new features
and will make effective and service,
able suits.
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C Constipation

HIS are uullke all Cth-
er ~laxatives or cathar-
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods. they
do not scour; they do
not grippe; they do not
weaken; but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
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FITTINGS FOR VANITY BAGS
OF Every Variety Of Design, They All
Carry the Small Mirror and
the Powder Puff.

Black grain leather, well finished
and stoutly sewn, is used for a type of
vanity bag which will strongly appeal
to every woman Looking, when
closed, precisely like a fiat hand bag,
it holds a detachable panel fitted with
strap-secured scent and cold cream
jars, and a shirred bag holding a mir
ror, powder sheets and manicure tools.
Afternoon vanity bags are fetching
affairs of material matching the visit
ing costume, but lined with an ex-
quisite pale shade Of satin. They are
SO very small and fat that they may
be tucked under the girdle. Neverthe-
less, they hold a tiny round mirror
and a lambs wool powder puff.
~Gold-mounted hand bags that re-
semble receptacles for coin are dainty
affairs in white and gold, and another
perfectly p~ardonable feminine deceit
of the same type is a long. narrow and
fiat purse which holds q complete
makeup equipment
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EVENING WRAPS ARE ORNATE
Styles Mark the Nantes of the
Present Season.

Every wardrobe should possess a
wrap suitable for wearing over the
thin evening frocks. This season finds
those fashioned of brocaded velvet
and satin far in the lead; these are
provided with an interlining which
makes them warm enough for the
coolest night. When bordered with
bands of fur and fastened with large
buttons of enamel or rhinestones,
they are perfect examples of the de-
signer's art.
The nantes have grown in width
since last season and hang in loose,
baggy folds from the shoulders. Ere
quently they show panniers, though
many are drawn rather tightly about
the heels.
Fur mantles for those who can af-
ford them are favored by fashion.
.Chinchilla, breitschwantz, ermine, sa-
BILE, moleskin and caracul, covering a
wide range of prices, may be had by
those who admire them.
The tailless ermine mantle, with
the collar and cuffs of a dark fur, is
especially popular in the high-priced
models.
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Its too bad that we have to eat
our first Thanksgiving dinner in a
restaurant, but we have one thing to
be thankful for. We have each other"
Eyes; you should be thankful"
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HAVE YOU TRIED THIS?
Simple Prescription Said to Work
Wonders for rheumatism.


This has been we'll known to the
best doctors for years as the quickest
and most reliable cure obtainable for
rheumatism and backache. 1t has been
published here for several winters and
hundreds of the worst cases cured by
1T in a short time. From your drug
gist get n ounce OF Toris compound
Tin original sealed ~package) and one
pound. Take these two ingredients
home and put them into a half pint of
good whiskey. Shake the bottle and
take a tablespoonful before each meal
ana at bedtime" Results come the
first day. II your druggist does not
have. Toris Compound in stock he will
get 1t in a few hours from his whole
sale house. Don't be Influenced to take
some patent medicine instead of this,
Insist on having the genuine Toris
compound in the original. o~ne-ounce.
sealed, yellow package. Published by the
Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories of
Chicago.
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BARRIERS ITCH ON FACE

2121 Moore ST, Philadelphia, Pa
"About t~wenty-three years ago / con-
tracted a severe case of BARRIERS itch.
The trouble began on the left side Of
my face and extended down to the
neck and around to the right side Of
my face. The pimples came out with
great itching and l scratched and
made sores. They caused me much
pain and itching and burning and
great loss Of sleep. I suffered for four
years and tried everything I heard Of
and different remedies. I had them
lanced and it caused my face to be
disfgured and disgusting to look at.
Finally l began using Cuticura
Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura
Resolvent. 1 saw a great change from
the first. was entirely cured in three
months Of the terrible disease and
there Is not one single mark on me-"
(Signed) VIM. ]. Holmes, Apr. 6, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
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At the Studio.

A motor stopped in front Of the
photographers, and a woman lack
Ing none Of the artificial accessories
deemed necessary to looks" entered
the studio.
A couple Of days later the photog-
rapher submitted proofs for her ap-
prevail.
Not M Of those pictures looks
anything like me-" the woman insist
ed.
The photographer tried in every
way to pacify her, but finding this an
1mpossibility. lost control of his tenn
per:
Madam" he exclaimed, did you
read my sign"
Yes"
We'll! 1t does not say cleaning,
dyeing and remodeling.' 1t says 'por-
traits"
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Improved with first application

Il sent for samples and after the first
application the itching and Inflammation
was improved, n 1 kept it up night and
morning. and by the time the sample was
gone she complained very little, so 1 got a
fifty cent jar, and before that was half
gone the trouble had entirely disappear
ed" (Signed) Mrs. Maude Schmechel, 27S7
P~resbury Street.
Nothing we can say of Resinol equals
what others, such as Mrs. Schmechel, say
of it. If you are suffering from itching,
burning kin troubles, pimples, black
heads, dandruff. chapped face and hands,
ulcers, boils. stubborn sores. or piles, it
will cost you nothing to try Resinol Oint-
ment and Soap. Just send to Dept. 1S-K.
Resinol Chem. Co., Baltimore, Nd, for a
free sample of each. Sold by all drug
gists or by parcel post.
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As to the Wedding carb.

Colonel Watterson occasionally
turns his attention from dressing
down candidates to dressing up in
quiring correspondents. Listen to
this advice from the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal:
There are two reasons for being
married in a dress suit. young man.
It's fashionable and it's your last
chance to get a dress suit"
This a be considered good advice,
founded on observation and expert
ence, even if it is a little pessimistic
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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TORTURED BY UGLY
ITCHING ERUPTION
Doctor Recommended Resinol.
Half of a SOC Jar Cured 1t.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. S. 1912.-'My little
daughter was taken with a very small
spot on the back of her hand. It grew
larger and caused her more trouble. When
she would scratch it, it would bleed and
get very ugly looking. SO I doctored 1t
myself for about a year, and at last it
broke out on both knees, and when she
would go to bed she would scratch, and
was so tortured and suffered so from the
itching, that I took her to our doctor,
who recommended Resinol Soap and Res
mol Ointment
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Knew II All.

An old but sturdy Irishman, who
had made a reputation as a gang
boss, was given a job with a raiiroad0
construction company at Port-au !
Prince, Haiti. One day, when the SUI
was hotter than usual, his gang OH
black Haitians began to shirk, and as
the chief engineer rode up on his
horse the Irishman was heard to-
shout:
"Allez-you sons OF guns-allez,"
Then turning to the engineer, he
said: Il curse the day I liver learned
their language"
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How

Here is a Chinese idea of prosper-
ity in a nation: When the sword is
rusty, the pillow bright. the prisons
empty, the granaries full, the steps
of the temple worn down and those of
the law courts grassgrown, when doc
tors go afoot, the bakers on horse
back and the men of letters drive in
their own carriages, then the empire
is well governed.
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Guaranteed.

W. N. U. NEW YORK. NO. 7-1s1s.
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One Raw of Sunshine,

John, you are sure it is safe IL
this yacht?"
Yes, my love-"
"And you know how to sail it,"
"My sailing master does"
How long will it take US to
CROSSE"
About two weeks"
ooh, dear, there's SO much to worry
about on a yacht"
There's one thing that needn't
ause you any worry"
What is that?"
THE cook cant leave until we get
to Liverpool" - Louisville Courier.
Journal.
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Surprise for Mother.

A Chicago school teacher tells with
great gusto of the shrewd little "col-
ored brother" who once arrived at
school provided with a most unusual
excuse for hardness. 81 couldn't help
bein' late, please, teacher" he dubbed,
shrilly. "Somepin happened to us las
night. My NAV, she went ter bed wit
a headache, and when she wakes up
dis mornin', dere's two little quins
(twins) n on each side OBJ her, and
she don know muffin bout 'em tell
she wakes up. An my nav, she so
s'prised, she CANT get up ter get me
ready for SCHOOL,"
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Roman Relics In ENGLAND.

Great interest has been aroused in
the Roman discoveries at Kenchester,
near Hereford, England. Many coins
dating back to the reign Of Constan-
tine between 800 and $50 A. D. have
been found. Pottery similar to that
made before the destruction of Pom
peii, in 70 A. D., and attributed to the
potters who worked during the reign
Of Antoninus Ftus, has also been dis.
covered.
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Ever read the above letter. A nev,
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine. true, and full of Shuman
intarest. Adv.
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Evening Matters Up.

Mrs. Marsh took a bite of the cake,
and laid it down hastily.
"Norah," she said, did you follow
the recipe, or do as you usually do
and guess?"
Sure, mum, l followed the recipe,
only l put in six eggs instead of four,
because two a bad, and 1 wanted
TO even 'em up."-Youth's Companion.
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BE CAREFUL WHAT
YOU TAKE FOR COLDS

The danger in
u g patent
m e d ic e s is
from the stimu-
lants and dan
gerous drug 5
which many Of
them depend on
for their tenn
porary e Fl e C I.
Because it is
free from alco-
h ol, narcotics
a n d dangerous
drugs, Father
Johns Medicine
b a 8 b a d SO
years of sue
cess as q tonic
and hndv hnfId-
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Occasional Visitor.

A notable housekeeper of the past
generation, before the days of screens
had just announced with decision that
she never had any flies.
But, Aunt Augusta" faltered the
timid visitor, "it seems to me that 1
saw a few in the dining-room."
ooh. those" replied her aunt, with
a majestic wave of the hand. were the
neighbors' flies. They will come in
occasionally. But l was saying, we
w have any of our own."-Youth's
Companion.
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ineomnetent Georoie.

Little George was six years old and
the family a much interested in
having him start to school, but he in
sisted that he was not going.
One day his grandmother said to
him: George, you are going to
school with sister this winter, aren't
you?"
mo, grandma, I'm not going to
school at all. 1 can't read, nor l
can't write, nor I can't sing, and I'd
like to know what good I'd be at
school"
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More Deadly Than the Gun.

A small country boy was carrying a
dead c%ottontail by the ears.
Hello, son, did you shoot that rab-
bit?" inquired a city man who had
hunted all day with no success.
NO" sarcastically replied the ur-
chin, 81 scolded it and and it died of
modification"
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Surely a Good Cook.

Mrs. Champ Clark was engaging a
new cook. The applicant, a nice
looking woman, made a fine impress
sion on Mrs. Clark. After the usual
preliminary questions, the speakers
wife asked;
Can you really cook?"
Can I cook" exclaimed the appli-
cant. Il should say I can cook"
But are you a good cook?"
Am I a good cook" echoed the
woman. 81 go to mass every morn
ing."-The Sunday Magazine.
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Jewel Cases of Leather.

Cases of leather designed especially
for holding jewelry come In many
sizes and styles. Some have the vari-
u compartments velvet lined, while
others are finished only in the leath-
er. Some are provided with a cushion
for stickpins, while others have a leaf
with ribbon holders for the pins.
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h She ean

so you think l smoke too much?"
he asked, just to keep up a
ton that seemed to be languishing.
Not at ALL" she answered, not
very skilfully concealing a yawn.
you said you thought So"
Pardon me. don't think you are
smoking too much"
Didn't you say that I'd die If /
didn't cut it down."
"Yes-that's what l said"
1t took him a long time to get It,
and then he was quite angry.
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Too Much for Him,

The elevator passed the homely
mans floor.
Here, boy" he cried, "let me out
on the sixth. l thought you knew
that was my floor"
Excuse me, sah," returned the
boy, stopping the elevator and return
ing to the sixth floor, Il ought to know
your face, sab, but de tSouble is 1
have to remember 81 many OBJ EN-,
an you's am SO complicated, sah."
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EuIIer'a Earth.

Fuller's earth, SO named from Its
earliest use in fulling wood, is 9
rather rare, soft, friable rock whose
value depends altogether on its tex
ture and its 4iltering and absorbent
properties. 1t has no definite compo.
sition, internationally, it's physical
properties rather than a chemical an.
alysis determining its commercial
value. Fuller's earth was first pro
duced in the United States in the
early nineties.
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WOMAN SICK
FOURTEEN YEARS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind.:-"I suffered for four
teen years from organic inflammation,

t emale weakness,
pain and i%rregulari-
ties. The pains in
my sides e r in
creased by walking
or standing on my
and l had such
bearing down
feelings, was de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ovaa T bod e;v doc
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We've Done Our Share.

Woodby-Is there any money in
writing for the magazine?
Scribbins-Sure! the postal de-
partment is about half supported that
way.-Boston Transcript.
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Millinery now being prepared for the
sunny south shows a great many flow.
ers, also net and ribbons. Satin, wood
and bright yelvets are used in these
flowers.
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This Will Interest Mothers.

IHT5 Wit IHtNIOSE
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
relieve Feverishness. Headache, Bad Stom-
ach, Teething Disorders. move and regulate
the Bowels and destroy worms. They break
up Colds in "a hours. They are so pleasant
TO take children like them. Used by moth
ers or % years. All Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address. A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n.
Y. ADV.
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He Meant Wall

Fond Father-Well, we have o new
baby at our house.
Motor Enthusiast (absently)--What
horse power?-Puck
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corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
They invigorate instead of weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
it Price rs cents. All Druggists
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One at a lime.

She-When we are married, sdear,
l must have three servants.
He-Certainly, darling. But try to
keep each as long as possible.-St
Louis Post.
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ENCOURAGING Her Father

81 can't understand how you have
the presumption to think | would per
nit my daughter to become your
wife,"
1T does rather surprising, I
suppose; but cheer up. You're not
half as badly upset as l was when she
suggested it to me-"
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er, for healing throat and lungs and
In the treatment of coughs and colds.
Father Johns Medicine is a doctors
prescription,-pure and wholesome.
Guaranteed.
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Don't think for one moment that a
feather must be placed in one line or
at n angle. The line Of adjustment
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Sometimes Thew Are Stolen.

SOihS1iHHSS ihCy HIC 0IOiCHs
AFTER all, you ought to buy an
auto"
Buy one, child? That would be
difficult. But l might try to get one"
-Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich.)
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limitations

"Is your wife a suffrage4te?"
yes" replied Mr.. Meekton. ITO a
certain extent. She thinks she ought
to have the ballot, but she knows a
lot of of ome who she is sure do not
deserve it."
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Result

It'll hurl the insult back in that
fellows teeth"
Then he'll have to eat his words"
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Comnromisa.

Senator Fletcher of Jacksonville
apropos Of the recent peace confer
ence in London, said:
Such conferences usually end in a
compromise, and the people con.
cerned depart homeward with sour
smiles.
"A compromise, you know, has
been accurately described as an
agreement whereby both parties get
what they don't want"
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The love of money is the easiest
Of all roots to cultivate.
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important TO motnara
The Kind.

This head work of yours is some
thing Of a tax, isn't it?"
Yes; something Of a p~oll-tax."
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
etion, allays pain, cures wind collie, CSC a bottleAs
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When a merchant assigns" he gen.
orally assigns the wrong reason for 1t.
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PILES CURED IN g TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT.
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 8 to IA days. Soc.
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ITCH Relieved in 80 Minutes.
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for all kinds Of
contagious itch. At Druggists. Adv.
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Stealing away from bad company is
justifiable larceny.
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He's a good man who sleeps all
the time.