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The Detroit times., 1913-09-01
HERE ARE THE OPINIONS OF NEVER WORKED DAY
From The Man who Meier Worked In tbs Lite
~ FRED L. eoAlT

Windy Bill" Sawyer who never works, has grant
ed interview work
WINDY. shouted the bartender, heres gent
wants TO talk TO you
Windy Bits elbows hooked the bar.
standing that way is nearly as easy as lying down
'All right" said Windy without turning his
head or changing position.
Labor Day. he repeated after me. sleepy. La
bor-Day? SO IL is
Work." he repeated after me again. Work?
Certainly The bartender is workingman but
at the moment he is unoccupied. Just So
Shove 1t along-youse.
Yes ! speak as an expert. l shall. of course.
speak Of work only in the abstract You before
you"--this proudly man who has worked
with his hands II Ia not because ! am lazy that
do not work. 1t is because suffer from inertia
II went to college
II learned-and forgot-much. have not forgot
ten. however. the definition of inertia II is prop
erty Of matter by which It tends to state
of until the matter is mpelled to movement by
. force stronger than itself.
The secret OF my success is that have always
been able to dodge that forcs-always that is, but
Windy Bits voice was sad
Il have brother in Chicago. Poor fool. he is
rich. He suffers from nerves and will send me no
more money. | have neither money nerves.
ut 10 silly to work II s foolish to live in houses
fruit and wait for the ripe fruit to fall Under
present abnormal conditions make the best Of bad
business and get along nicely without working.
Il an the proprietor Of the Hotel de Sawyer II Is
houseboat the tidenats. A built 1t.
Foolish man. Then at Of restlessness seized
him and he went away am never restless
I along and took possession Of the houseboat
built by anothers labor.
AT the Hotel de Sawyer l have razor-nothins
The hotel ID convenient to the railroad yards
All the tramps on the Pacific coast know the Hotel
de Sawyer, and real tramps shave
They come to the hotel and they say: WINDY,
let's use your razor.'
Certainly I say but first you must saw wood
1.-The incoming tide bears driftwood to my door,
The tramps 1t for cit on the doorstep. Then
come other houseboat and shanty and say:
/" Windy. sell some wood.
my guests stay sometimes long q week. They
shave twice In that time They sleep the floor
Every day they driftwood.
II come. now, to the blot my escutcheon.
Some years ago wandered west fell asleep
on train in Kansas. brakeman kicked on
while the train was moving.
!. II wanted to get on to the next town. saw
farmer He was digging ditch
Finish this ditch. he said. and will pay you
and give you your dinner
81 hungry. 1t 10 miles to the next town.
I didn't want to do It. But hungrier than
had ever ever been In my life before. And-and-I
dug the ditch have to confess 1T dug the ditch"
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falls on the electric button. the coiled
wire Is sprung, and an ordinary ca
reer rises Unexpectedly to heroism
or falls as Unexpectedly by tempta.
ton. II Is the habit OF years which
has prepared the one crisis or the
other.
Francois Beaupre-Le Francois oil
VicQues-sober. laborious, had In him
a certain pig-headedness, and also
vein of the gambler which had swol.
len with use; yet because 1t had so
far brought him only good luck the
neigh bors called this good Judgment.
He was a dealer In working oxen; ne
bought and raised and sold them. and
only his wife knew what chances he
often took In buying young beeves.
II was a simple solid form OF specu-
lation, yet 1t was that. 1t had given
him the custom OF taking chances and
of confidence in his ''luck"-all VI
which 10 perhaps no bad thing, yet
II prepared a bad thing for Francois
Beaupre. Up to this time he had
been fortunate to a miracle and MS
bargains were SO lucky that he stood
highest among his neighb0rs for keen
ness and for caution. His house was
the largest, his table the most gen.
erous, his wife the best-dressed OF
the village; he planned to give his
children. particularly young Francois.
who was more than a common stu
dent, opportunities. Francois should
20 to the college at Delesmontes. No
other man In the place was % COM
Portable. and because OF his genial
and simple soul he was not euvied.
lie Francois was a popular person.
and 1t was a pride to the village that
his name and his prosperity were
known about the countryside.
On a day In September he left
yicques early I'm the morning to drive
to the market In Delesmcntss. .
league distant. two pairs OF oxen
which he had bought as calves Tor al
most nothing from poor stock out OF
farm leagues away. He had fed
and trained and cared for them till
now they were we'll set.up and pow.
erful and smooth-working--ready to
sell for a good price. Francois kissed
his wife and the babySAnd called
good-b TO the children playing In
the garden. and left the little place %
full OF hopeful life. with content.
ment in his heart. lie planned, as
he swung along the road whistlins,
what he would do with the money
which he would bring back--teight
hundred francs. he believed II would
be. Not clearer head or lighter
heart passed that day along the Ro-
man road to Delesmontes. AT the
market he found that there we're few
oxen TO be disposed OF. none which
compared to his. and his ideas Of
value went up--he would get nine
hundred francs for them. which de-
layed the sale. Eight hundred he
might have ha easily. but the other
was large price. even for the best.
However. Francois was cheerful and
obstinate and confident, and such
qualities accomplish things got
his price.
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CHAPTER VII.
Work and Hone.

The next day sheriff and his clerk
came and fixed red seals to the house
and 10 everything In 1t which locked,
and Claire watched In q deep quiet.
the baby In her arms. The children
watched, too awed, but yet pleased.
as it Is with children, to be part of
an event. Thomas Dragged openly to
Alphonse Villeneuve.
lou have no affairs at your
house." he observed. AT our house
all the neighbors are crying. and
there is very fine man, the sheriff.
who puts red things on the table
drawers and on my fathers desk. II
is amusing to have affairs"
1t came as q surprise to such hon.
est pride TO receive at this moment
blow on the ear from his older broth.
er. "Blockhead," Francois said, do
you not understand that we are los
ing our home? Is that amusing?"
The brown eyes Of Francois were
burning like Goals as he stalked away
from Tomas-quiet for once-like
tragedy hero. On his shoulders, Il
seemed, was the weight of the world.
and he could not. as he longed 10,
carry 1t. He. being the oldest son,
should, according to his code of elev.
en- years. take up this nightmare
which had turned his gay, capable
father into crushed heap sitting
there OF the table Of the great room,
and mis- happy, calm-eyed mother into
haggard statue of q woman. He
ought to lift II from them and throw
1t far away by some heroic effort, but
he did not know how to begin. The
sheriff seemed as sorry as one one:
II vas OF no use to attack the sheriff,
which he had considered And that
evil spirit. that man who had taken
their happiness In an afternoon, Dup
lesses, kept far away. His heart
swollen with affection and aching for
action, Francois stool about uselessly.
In him grew a resolve that he would
give up all that he had hoped for.
the normal school at Delesmontes, the
college after. everything, to work and
win back the lost home for his peo-
pie.
(continusd)
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1.-The Marsha
Historical Romance, By
MARY RAYMOND ShZPhfAN ANDREWS.

RY RAYMOND SE1zPMAN AM

-Copyright fsl3. By The Bobbs-Asrrin Co.
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1tsAtme totbe finished with playing
les time to pack up and 60 home
were done with our loafng and straying
On mountain top. meadow. or foam:
We've got ~ get back to our labor
And mix with the workaday mob
-fae summer times over With, neighbor
It's time tosset back on the job.
This day Is the last OF our heyday
II marks our last Hing for the year,
And now we'll look forward to payday
And know that the autumn is here:
FOR Labor Days rightly named. neighbor,
IL signals Tom. Harry and Bob,
That It's time TO 20 back 10 their labor
It's time 10 get back on the job,e -,
The season OF loahng is over -
The season of languor IN done
We'4-got to quit lying In clover.
And-get back to work on the run,
And though we may question II, neighbor.
And though we may blubber and cob,
We're pleased AZ the summons to labor,
We're glad to 50 back on the job!
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(contlnusd)
Il see the star" he said. Il see It
through q window where there are
iron bars All" The inter
lection was in the boys natural &C
cent, and he shivered violently
UGH" His teeth chartered and he
looked about vaguely. 1T Ia like an
ice-house. do not Nike those
dreams: they make me 90 cold.
Seigneur. It il late; my mother will
not be pleased. And must stop at
the garden and pick the vegetables
for supper-carrots and peas I must
hurry to get the peas and carrots"
Little ALIKE, clutck1ng her fathers
thumb. watched as the boy disappear
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ed. Then, to the generals astonish-
ment. she began to sob. II don't
know" she answered his quick ques-
ton. But IL think IL lie because
am sorry the little boy was so cold
CHAPTER VI.
Hidden In the mechanism Of char
acter are springs unsuspected by
ones nearest, unknown to ones self.
which the habits Of every day keep
polished and oiled. ready for action.
Many times the psychological mo-
Iment for their use does not arrive,
and life ends with no 'outside his
tory but commonplace; sometimes In
the midst of commonplace the touch
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||lFol(n0OKSERYES'
10 LAND A PIKE
= Lace. Completed Fishing
\ Qrtatyof Lucky Duluth
Woman

"a, Sept. L-That II re-
- experience or any .special
4 ROCKS and bait to catch fish
enis f1vor 10 vouchsd for by
go Duluth people. The fish
!ser ore 20 plentiful. they say.
- - Ordinary button hook
- when other tackle IL lack.
= Sullivan. with : couple
Wooe up the river In 4
ms what kind of q hook
49, 70 induce the hnny
me ~1D jo&ingly told
with a'bend ION one end
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forward with strides which lurched
drunkenly, But he was not drunk
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enio eavice she inquired
ny button hook would
! M that u would she
Z - ed Of . long shoe
6rag In the water.
~ oterNction % ~ hook
y tHe yeeng woman
~ e vos ths shiny
- h0oG. q, any rate,
q AluuAs . pike.
The Southern herald., 1913-03-14
MOTTO FOR CHRISTIAN HOME
IDEALS Which Consistently Lived Up
to- Cannot Fall to Make for Hap
piness in Life.

This home is dedicated to good will
II grew out of love. The two heads
OF the household were called together
by power higher than they. To its
decree they are obedient. Every tone
OF the voice, every thought Of their
Delng, is subdued to that service. They
desire to be worthy of their high call
ing as ministers of that grace. They
Know their peace will go unbroken
only for little time. And often they
suspect that the time will be more
snort even than their anxious hope.
Ihey cannot permit so much as one
hour of that brief unity to be touched
by scorn or malice. The worlds judg-
ments have lost their sting inside
this door Those who come seeking
to continue the harmony which these
Two have won are ever welcome. The
rich are welcome, so they come sim.
ply The poor are welcome, for they
have already learned friendliness
through buffeting. Youth is welcome
for 1t brings the joy which these two
would learn. Age is welcome, for II
will teach them tenderness-Collier's
Weekly.
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BAD CASE OF HEMORRHOlDS

Okalona, Ark.-"I had bad case
Of itching and burning piles, and tried
many remedies without relief. could
not sleep nor rest at night. The affect
ed parts were irritated, also inflamed,
and my family physician said l would
have to undergo an operation.
II bathed good with Cuticura Soap
In pure water about fifteen minutes,
then l applied the Cuticura Ointment.
l did this four times a day for two
weeks, then three times day for an
other week, and in the space of three
weeks 1 was cured sound and well.
One box Of Cuticura Ointment with
Cuticura Soap cured my case of piles
Of six years standing. When l com
menced to use the Cuticura Soap and
the Cuticura Ointment, only weighed
one hundred and twenty-eight pounds
Now l weigh one hundred and eighty
eight pounds" (Signed) Floyd Welch
Dec. II, 1911.
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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No NostaIuIa,

H. Atterbury Smith, who, with his
open stairway plan promises to revo-
lutionize the tenement house, said In
new York:
THE open stairway tenement, with
its abundance of sunshine and fresh
air, will make tenement apartment
actually home. The tenement dwell
er of the future needn't feel like Capt
Salt.
"T've sailed the seas for 81 years,
Capt. Salt, a seasoned old 'shellback,
boasted.
Don't you ever get homesick, cap
tain? lady asked.
'Homesick? Me homesick? sale
Capt. Salt. No-sir-ee! l amt home
enough for that"
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Compound and I purchased bottle.
Before it was gone the bloating left me
and l was not so sore. continued TAX
ing it until had taken twelve bottles.
Now am stronger than l have been for
years and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth its
weight in gold. / cannot praise it
enough. If more women would take
your medicine there would be more
healthy women. You may use this LETT
ter for the good of others. Mrs. D.
H. BROWN, 800 N. Walnut St, lola, Kan.
Change Of Life is one Of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
80 successfully carry women through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (COnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
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He Filled the Bill.

A stranger when dining at foreign
hotel, says the Boston Traveller, was
accosted by detective, who said to
him: BEG your pardon; we are in
search of an escaped convict, and, as
a matter of form, will you oblige us by
showing your passport"
do l look like a convict?"
Possibly not. In any case I shall
require to see your PASSPORT"
The stranger feeling annoyed, pre-
sented the officer with the bill OF fare
and the latter commenced to read:
Sleeps head, neck of mutton, pigs
feet"
VERY good" he observed, "the de
scription tallies. You will please come
along with US"
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p energy for another years on
Taught against Chinese apathy.
al travellers to Kuling must go by
a5 of the Yangtse to Kiukiang, the
lrsr port, whence they go over and
b the hills toward the south for sew
- niles to Kuling, and these jour
eea to and from that Mecca OF
eaIlh are as interesting and helpful
he residence there.
Luxurious Boats.
8hile American consul at Marking
took this journey. Lazy John" had
to bespeak the coming of the
oI hmmer months, and one early
ng of June found myself at
wan, the port Of Marking, the
|d southern capital of China, await.
re up-river steamer toward Han.
F1ese boats are models of luxury
1Laterooms are large, the berths
bic beds, your servants are al.
lowed free passage, wine is served
at meals, electric bells, fans,
hta vie to be nearest at hand-in
every convenience and luxuary
hoands.
hen our vessel docked az the
ulh native passengers began crowd,
% board, and luggage-caTryins
Q1zes were clamoring for pay
1aps of card-playinG oplum-smok
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A Chinese pdSodo

capital of Nganhui province, which
contains one-third as many inhab-
itants as the United States. Just at
the waters edge is a beautiful pa.
CODA, a most interesting type of that
peculiar class of buildings that rise
three, five, seven, nine-always an
odd number-stories high in the form
of a narrow and polygonal obelisk,
which is tenanted mostly by idols and
bats. The stiffness of the lines of this
pagoda has been toned by time; de-
cay has thrown off brick here and
there; the lightning and winds have
robbed it of several corners, and, Ma
ture has dropped seed on its roofs
which the fierce tropical sun has
warmed into maturity.
At so frequent intervals on both
sides of the river are seen these pago-
das that they seem almost a natural
feature of the landscape. From them
magnificent birdseye views of the sur
rounding country are obtained; but
not all are open to ascent
The purpose Of erecting pagodas is
the same as that for which we mora
civilized nations install systems OF
sewerage. The pagoda secures health.
old age and prosperity. The winds
may blow, but they bring no harm,
floods may come, but thay cause no
damage.
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ing Chinese were scattered here and
there on the hulk, and If the vessel
sailed before the game was finished it
made little difference to the traveller
he simply waited for the next boat. :
Scores of coolies in their eagerhess
to make few cash in unloading the
cargo Of rice sacks, tea, -four, cotton
goods and bales Of silk, leaped from
the hulk to Che vessel before it came
to a standstill, and l was told that
some we're drowned in the effort to be
first.
Little attention is paid him who
thus falls dnto the water. A rope is
sometimes thrown, but before this
life-thread can be availed Of the vessel
often closes in and he Is heard Of no
more.
The Chinaman's idea is that the
dragon wants those who are thus un.
fortunate, and it is tempting the de-
mons ire to interfere with his de-
signs, not to speak Of the responsible
ity Of the rescuer for all the future
life Of the rescued.
When the cargo is handled, mails
exchanged and the passengers aboard,
the steamer pushes itself away from
the hulk and twists its nose on up
river, past every conceivable kind OF
craft.
The Pagodss.
Farther on up the river, on the
north side, was passed Nanking, the
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unpleked Grapes Go to the Poor.

A curious old law, which dates from
1879, has been used to sentence the
owner of a vineyard at Capestang,
near Beziers, France, to a fine and
costs for picking her own grapes. She
was picking the grapes which had been
left on the vines in her vineyard after
the fall gathering, when the policeman
told her that she was committing an
offense against the law, as all grapes
left on the vines after the harvest
were the property of the poor. The
court at Beziers confirmed the police
mans opinion, and the woman was
convicted.
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ET US put aside the official gog-
giles of Peking and the jere-
miads of Chinese worthlessness,
and notice some of the ripples
stirred by the little white stone
western progress that has been
'op0gE into the well-nigh stagnanr
Dol Of Chinese thought. The point
impact is small, but the ripples are
panding.
aeographically, almost in the very
BART of the yellow empire, nestles a
sautiful summer resort. The lovely,
hitc bungalows, imposing churches
ID SCHOOL buildings, telephones and
legraphs scattered over this garden
slley 5000 feet above the level of
a sea, seem as though dropped from
9 hand of some giant fairy, and the
ore 30 when we consider that a
lndred years ago there was not a
HCtestant Christian in China, writes
1ornWell Haynes in the Philadelphia
scord
But during the hot, trying days of
Hery year at this summer resort Of
uling, just off the great yellow
angtse, over 100 miles below Han
3w, the Chicago of China" some
500 foreigners, consisting mostly of
ssionaries, interspersed with Amer
an, English aud German government
1cials and tourists from all over the
st gather for two or three months
regain depleted strength and store
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Distinction.

Cora was fond Of all-inclusive pray
ers, and one night she offered the fol-
lowing discriminating petition: Lord,
please bless mother and father and
all of us, and give US everything good;
and please bless our friends, and give
them what is good for them!"-Har.
per's Magazine.
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WIRE FENCING

Both welded and wrapped for stock,
pigs, poultry, garden and lawn, all sizes
per rod. Send trial order. ROOFING Of
all kinds, galvanized and painted steel
rubber and gravel coated. We have a
good rubber roofing for 75c square, all
complete. Send trial order. Mention this
paper. Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., 1896
N. I'd St, Memphis. Tenn. ADV.
The Southern herald., 1913-03-14

Old Subscriber-You and the editor
of that paper down in Lonelyville in.
dulge in a lot of cheap jokes on each
others town.
Editor (of Drearyhurst Argus)-Yes,
sir; we're going to put a head on
them and call them "Interurbanites."
The Southern herald., 1913-03-14

lore elJooK your med
icine l could not
bear the weight Of
my clothes and was
bloated very badly.
Idoctored with three
doctors but they did
me no good. They
said nature m ust
have its way. My
sister advised me to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
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"I hear that in the club Miss Old
girl was considered a bone of con-
tention."
Law, no, Name; they don't think
she's that thin"
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Insufficient.

Knicker-Do you treat your cook as
one of the family?
Observation-Disclosures, no; we treat
her like three of the family.
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lts Natural Place

Where is this site you're talking
about for your suburban cottage?"
"As yet, it is all in my eye"
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Where He Got II.

"The Grst time my little boy fen
in love he got it in the neck"
"She snubbed him, eh?"
"No, but he started in to washing
his neck without being told"
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apply at once the wonderful old reliable DIR,
P0RTERS ANTlSBPTIO HEALING OIL, q surgical
dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same
time. trial will convince you that it is an
infallible remedy for Wounds, Old Sores Burns,
Granulated Eyellds, Skin and Scalp Diseases, etc.
26c, b0c, Sl.00
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Extremes Meeting.
What makes your husband SO mis-
cradle today?"
"a joy ride yesterday"
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tGething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton,allays paln,c cures wind collie, ,25c bottlelA.
The Southern herald., 1913-03-14

ITCH Relieved In 80 Minutes.
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for all kinds Of
contagious itch. At Druggists. Adv.
The Southern herald., 1913-03-14

Robbery is robbery, no matter
whether it is done by the sandbag, or
a trick in trade.
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Force Of Habit.

What pushing way Tibbets has" ="
"No wonder; he used to be lawn
mower drummer"
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PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails 20 euro any case Of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protrudlng Piles in 70 IA days. 50c.
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Charge for the advice you hand out
II you want people to take 1t.
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HOW MRS, BROWN
SUFFERED
During Change of Life-How
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Made
Her a Well Woman.

lola, Kansas. -" During the Change
Of Life was sick for two years. Be-
The Southern herald., 1913-03-14

1t never makes sin any whittier
to call 1t q mistake.
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Some people seem to lie unneces-
sarily in order to keep in practice.
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There are some good fish in every
sea.
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Sore of One Thlno.

q tell you, the man is dipsoman.
iac."
There! knew he was something
dippy."
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Only One "BROMO OUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROM0 QUlNINE. Look
for the signature of H. W. GROVE. Cures n Cold
in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days, &c
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The Pauodss.

Farther on up the river, on the
north side, was passed Nanking, the
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Misunderstood.

colorore goods brighter and faster colors than any
dye any garment without ripping apart. Write for
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RRRhHHRgA or THE SEWING HACHNR Even
UWMMuENS darner guaranteed. Samples a
D0aaAauhau3 with directions. Agents wanted
Address Marsh 1901 West Fifth ST. Oklahoma City, OAl