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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-02
JOHN ). o'NBInn IMPROVING

The many friends of. John J. O'NeiIl
are appreciative of the fact that he
is showing improvement. Mr.. O'Neill
has been confined indoors for the
past two weeks. suffering from the
ravages of a heavy cold.
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SETTLED THE WHOLE MATTER
Visitors Explanation for Wanting 10
Leave Were Many, but One
Really Vital.

Yes, I really must go tomorrow"
You can Just as well stay till Mon
day"
But the folks are expecting me-"
Telegraph them yor are going to
stay"
I'm sorry, but if 1 stay I'm liable
to lose a thousand dollars on that deal
| told you Of"
"oh, pshaw, the deal can wait a few
days"
My manager has written me that
my business needs attention"
Yes, but he is only afraid to as
sumo a little responsibility. The bust
ness will be all right"
There is an important meeting OF
the directors that 1 really must at
tend"
"oh, they'll get along all right with
out you"
You know how much I'd like to
stay, but the fact is my railroad ticket
runs out tomorrow"
well, in that case 1 suppose you
will have to go. Be sure and come up
to see US again In a month or two"
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ONLY A HINT OF MILITARISM
American Women Have Refused to &C
to Extremes in StyIes-New Tur-
ban Models.

Though there was, before the Paris
openings, much talk of the military in.
fluence in hats and clothes, 1t has been
accepted, especially in suits, only in
a conservative way. Today, the smart
est tailored suit is much palmer than
it has been for many seasons, for it
has borrowed line rather than trimming
of the military coats. The pocket and
the belt have been adopted, to be sure,
but in their simplest form.
Among the first spring offerings in
millinery were small dark turbans
trimmed with white wings in a rather
daring manner and turbans with a
light or white top, accented by a bow.
The well-gowned has chosen
these two models In preference to the
more somber one Flowers are Ger.
tainly worn and so are cockades of all
kinds, but the bow on a dark hat is
usually white or beige and the wings
are almost invariably white-Vogue.
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means sel-f-possession and a sense of
beauty. A Frenchwoman rarely turns
up her veil unless 1t be one of the
very heavy mourning ones; she takes
1t off, knowing that a veil turned up
leaves an ugly line either across the
brow or on the nose. Neither does
she twist 1t into a funny little knot
under her chin, because she is on.
scious that it looks untidy and Is bad
for the veil. She adjusts it on her
hat so that it can be quickly and cas-
lily taken off, and she pins it over her
hair precisely SO that she knows
where to find the pins when the taking
off moment arrives. 1t sounds such a
little thing and is, in fact, a triie light
as air, but it is n of the details that
may just as well be mastered.
Some of the wells now are Of the
finest lace, very filmy and becoming:
others are in almost invisible net and
a few ONE wear the strongly nat
termed veil. So much depends mon
which kind of a veil suits a woman
best. Some women lose all distfnc.
ton In a heavy veil; others seem to
gain their distinction from it. A safe
veil is the fine meshed one in black,
for it keeps Grant hairs within bounds.
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NEW PARTISAN MODELS
UMBRELLA OUTLINE NOTICED ON
THE LATEST SKIRTS.
May Signify Change In Forthcoming
StyIes-Lemon-Yellow Linen Prom
ises to Be PopuIar-smart Lit
tie Cherry-Red Coat.

Redfern Is making some practical
and attractive white serge suits for
seaside wear. He has always been
in favor of plated skirts, but on some
Of these white suits | noticed the UNI
brella outline, and / found it admira-
BILE, writes Idalia de Villiers, Paris cor
respondent Of the London Globe.
One model which pleased me espe-
cially had an umbrella skirt which
buttoned up the front and which had
large side pockets. The coat was half
length. with a shaped basque and a
waist belt which buttoned on at the
side seams. There was a plain roll
over collar and wide turn-back cuffs.
Both collar and cuffs were caught
down by ivory buttons and the coat
was lined with chintz silk which
showed pale blue and pink flowers on
a white background.
Some of the more elaborate Redfern
suits have pipings and buttons made
of glove kid. This idea was success
fully carried out on a large suit In
hedgesparrow-egg blue, which was ac-
companied by a shirtwaist made of
fine white organdie muslin. All the
pipings on the coat and skirt were
done in hedgesparrow-blue glove kid
and there were rows of tiny blue kid
buttons on the front of the high
necked blouse.
Redfern seems fond of lemon-yellow
lines, one of the most popular novel
ties of the present season. The Pari-
siennes are charmed with lemon-yellow
linen and muslin and they have the
costumes made of these materials fin
ished with sashes in ivory-white or
Belgian blue ~taffeta.
Lemon-yellow may be said to be the
color of the season, for dresses and
for hats. 1t is specially in demand
for dinner gowns and for picturesque
wraps which are thrown on over old
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His Own Fault.

There had been an accident on the
worst railroad in the United States.
You know the name of the road as
well as l do, so what's the use OF
risking a libel suit by mentioning it,"
The sole survivor of the wreck was
sitting up in his hospital cot swathed
in bandages. 81 suppose you're going
to sue the company for damages"
said the friend at his bedside.
NO" said the damaged one. Il shall
do nothing of the kind"
why not? You've certainly got a
clear case against them"
Clear case, nothing! ANY intelli
gent jury in the world would bring
in a verdict Of contributory negli
gence. I ought to have known better
than to travel on the blamed line"
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Girls CAMPS.

The American girl, while she does
not aspire to large muscles, or the
athletic records of boys, is coming for
ward in these days to demand as her
right physical training that will send
her out into life with an endowment
of health sufficient to meet its de-
mands.
DR.. D. A. Sargent, director Of the
Harvard gymnasium. tell US that
some twenty or thirty years ago he
had occasion to make a physical ex-
animation of professional athletes.
Nearly every one of these men" he
says. who had become especially dis
tinguished, attributed his ability to his
mothers fine physique" Without COM
ment upon this u~nanswerable argu-
ment for the health education of WON
IN, he adds another: Although women
constitute one-half of the human race
and are largely responsible for its up
building, they have a right to a health
education for their own sakes."
The camp has opened the way for
others to follow.-Outing.
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DICTATES OF FASHION

Hat brims are of various sizes, but
they are increasing in size.
Finish the bottom of the full skirt
with n row of putting.
The latest bolero sleeve seems to be
cut in n with the bolero.
Parisiennes are embroidering their
handkerchiefs with soldiers.
White crochet ball fringe appears
on both hats and summer gowns.
Nothing has ever replaced the knit
ted golf coat for golf players.
Sashes with iower-appliqued ends
are among the prettiest novelties.
The Elton collar Of sheer organdie is
a feature Of the new blouses.
Multicolore1 picot edges to white
ribbons are among the prettiest.
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TREE IS FOE OF MOSQUITO
Professor Plants Eucalyptus, Which
He Believes VIII Help to Rid
State of Two Pests.

Mosquitoes had better give Pennsyl-
vania a wide berth in the future, If
Prof. Henry G.. Walters eucalyptus
trees begin to flourish. Recently the
professor planted 500 seeds of this
tree, which is a native of Australia, at
his plant research institute at Lang
horne, Bucks county. He says they
keep away mosquitoes and miasma.
Professor Walters is not certain
that he can induce the tree to stand
the Pennsylvania climate, but he's
going to try. Unless they are treated
chemically, they succumb usually to a
temperature below 81 degrees. When
they grow properly, they attain a
height of 375 to 480 feet.
They have other values in addition
to being, mosquito exterminators. The
oil has a fragrant perfume. From the
eucalyptus rostrata, or red gum, Pro-
fessor Walters says a delicious bever-
age is obtained by sleeping the bios
SONS in water.
The tree species planted at Lang
horne are the amygdalina, or pepper.
mint gum; the ~rostrata, or red gum,
and the globulus, or Tasmanian blue
gum.
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BIG INCREASE OF
FARM PRODUCTS
Province of Alberta Shows In
crease of Over 20 Millions.

Figures just compiled by the public
ity branch of the provincial depart
ment show that last year, notwith-
standing that quite a third of the prov
ince was affected by the drought to
a very serious extent, the total value
Of agricultural products actually pro-
duced In the province showed an in
creas of over twenty million dollars
over that of the previous year. AL
though southern Alberta had a bad
year agriculturally, the province as a
whole experienced a period of great
prosperity, due principally to mixed
farming, which is becoming more gen.
eral with each succeeding year.
The value of mixed farming, in fact,
was never better illustrated than last
year as the value Of the animals
slaughtered and sold alone equaled
the value of the spring wheat crop,
without taking into consideration the
value Of the butter, milk, cheese, poul-
try, vegetables, and other ~by-products
Of the farm.
Oats was the banner grain crop,
1,147, 1882 acres being seeded, and pro-
ducing 3|4,397,117 bushels, or 30.15 to
the acre. Sold at an average of SOC
per bushel, these yielded a revenue of
$~17,1s8,55S. Comparatively little win
ter wheat was produced, the yield be-
ing a little short of one million bush
els, but the spring wheat crop
amounted to 1902 S3 bushels, the
yield per acre being 1926. At IN aver
age of $1.S5 per bushel, the value Of
the spring wheat crop was therefore
$~20,387,812. The total production of
barley was 7,847, $40 bushels, which, at
55c per bushel, yielded a reVenue Of
$~4,316,202.
Other productions were as follows:
Flax, 207,115 bushels. $310,672.00; rye.
261, 843 bushels, $196, $4,000; speltz, A.
7O7 bushels. $32, $4,000; hay, 200, 900
tons, $4,000, 900; potatoes, four million
bushels, $4,000, 900; turnips, three mil
lion bushels, $750,000; carrots, $50. 900
bushels. $4,000; mangolds, $40, 900
bushels, $780, 900; animals slaughtered
and sold $780, O0, 900; butter and
cheese, $1,5O0,000; milk, $4,000, 600;
wool clip. 1900, 900 pounds, 500. 900;
fish, $195,00O; game and furs. $780,
900; horticultural products. $3.50, 900;
poultry and products, $2,650,000.
The total of the agricultural prod
ucts is given as SIS, Sic. 1891, as com
pared with $5S, O98, 084 in 1913.
The statistics also show that the
value of tie live stock in the province
at the end Of the year was $40, 044,-
$50, this being an increase Of $7,762.-
845 owe the previous year. There
were 500 ,125 horses, 750,7S9 swine,
were 609,125 horses, 750,7S9 swine,
501,1S8 sheep. 1872, 905 dairy cows, 1885,
OBS other cows, 19O,92S beef cattle and
533, 020 other Observation-Disclosures.
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20 poorly that my folks thought / was
going into consumption. One day I
found q piece Of paper blowing around
the yard and 1 picked it up and read it.
It said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has done for women. I
showed it to my husband and he said,
why don't you try it7' So I did, and
after / had taken two bottles / felt
better and l said to my husband, Il don't
need any more,' and he said you had
better take it little longer anyway
So I took it for three months and got
we'll and strong" Mrs. ALoNzo E.
BAKER, 9 Tecumseh ST., Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
of many a woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and is often
helping to support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, Office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women are prone, and that is Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
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Wells AS WORN IN PARIS
Way Frenehwoman Adjusts and Wears
These Accessories Is Worth
Copying.

A close-fitting little hat on windy or
rainy days is completely covered with
a veil drawn up into the center of the
crown like a flet with which we go
marketing. A nautical person de-
scribed these young women as meat
little craft" and they really look so
workmanlike and tidy that they would
certainly brave the weather by sea or
Ian and never fear to look untidy, for
there Is 40 vulnerable spot in the hat
and veil, in the coat, or in the tight
skirt or high-laced boots.
1t is the veil in this picture which
is interesting, for the fine weather
must do away with the weather coat
and the high boots; but the veil will
merely change It's movements. Ap-
parently this feminine necessity or
adornment is to play quite an impor.
tant part in woman's dress this spring
and summer. To know just what to
10 with g veil and when tn do 1t
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cred with very fine black braidings.
The coat opened over a white linen
waistcoat which was fastened with
ball buttons made of cherry-red enam-
ell and there was an effective touch of
dull blue in the lining.
Colored linen coates are the rage
of the hour. They are worn over
linen, serge, cloth and silk skirts, and
in all circumstances they are decora-
tive and novel. Pa~nsy-purple linen.
lined with black and white striped
silk, makes a beautiful coat for wear
ing with white skirts. The same may
be said for loose garments made of
~Joffre-blue or rose Dubarry-pink linen.
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She Was No Labor Saver.

A travelling man was eating in q
stuffy little restaurant one very hot
summer day. There were no screens
at the windows or the door. The pro-
prietress herself waited on her Gus
toners and shooed flies from the table
at the anne time. Her energetic but
vain efforts attracted the attention
and reused the sympathy Of the trav-
cling man, who said:
Would it not be better to have
your windows and the door screened?"
We'll, yes, l s'pose that would help
some" replied the woman, after think
ing a moment, "but 'twould look
mighty lazy like" = Youths Com
panion.
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The handles of the bag are made of
cord securely tied to the pieces of
cane and 1t will be noticed that there
Is one long handle and one short ham
die. The long handle is slipped
through the short handle in the man
ner shown in diagram A at the top of
the illustration, and when the bag Is
so closed, it a be carried by the
long handle and cannot possibly come
open.
Initials of the owner or the words
Bathing Dress" a be roughly EN-.
broidered upon one side of the bag.
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Two negroes were arguing over a
close decision of the umpire.
"'Tain't right, Sam. Dat umpire's
decision was all guesswork."
How you mean, all guesswork?
Amt he seen watts goin' on?"
Sure he seen what's goin' on, but
dat don't make it right. Here's de
way it oughta be done, Hen. De UNI
pire oughta hab a photograph man
wild him, to make a picture of every
play, and when he wasn't sure if de
player wuz out or not, postpone his
decision till he saw de photograph"
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SIMPLE HOME TREATMENT
FOR SWOLLEN VEINS

Ask your druggist for an original
two ounce bottle of Moone's Emerald
Oil (full strength) and apply at night
and morning to the swollen, enlarged
veins. Soon you will notice that they
are growing smaller and the treatment
should be continued until the veins are
of normal size. Generous sample on
receipt of 10 cents from Moone Chemi-
cal Co., Dept. w, Rochester, N. y
Adv.
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The Effects of oniatae
Without PreiudIce.

A party of 7oung men and women,
members of a sketching club, were
motoring along a country road. Just
within the fence on the left grew in
Vulnerable graceful stalks, each bear
ing globes of pale green that shaded
into gray and purple.
How enchanting!" exclaimed one
young woman.
DO tell u.s." said another young
woman, equally enthusiastic, to a
gardener, standing near, what those
beau-oo-tiful things are?"
Them? Them's onions gone to
seed" - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
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LOOK YOUR BEST
As 20 Your Hair and Skin, CutIcura
Mill Help You. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
of the skin under conditions which,
If neglected, tend to produce a state
of irritation and Disagreement.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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world muslin frocks. Cherry-red
linen braided in fine black silk braid
is another summer novelty.
l have illustrated a particularly
smart coat made of this material
which was to accompany a skirt of
white linen embroidered a IAnglaise.
The coat was rather short and semi
tight, with a raised waistband COW
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The home team had a two-run lead
at the end of the eighth inning, but
when the visitors went to bat in the
ninth, a base on balls and two fla
grant errors by infielders filed the
bases with no one out.
AS the champion slugger of the Wis
iting team stepped to the plate, Mr..
Phan rose from his seat in the grand
stand and hurried toward the exit.
Where are you going?" asked a
friend. THE game isn't owe yet"
Il know it," said Phan, disgustedly,
I'm going home and eat my dinner
before those bushers spoil my Ape
tite.
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l attribute the little l know to my
not having been ashamed to ask for
information, and to my rule of con-
versing with all descriptions of men
On those topics that form their own
peculiar professions and pursuits
Locke.
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HOLDS THE BATHING DRESS
Bag for Conveyance of Costume Nee
essary for the Open-Alr AbIu-
tons of the Season.

With the warm weather, open-air
bathing once again becomes possible,
and in anticipation of holidays it is
well to prepare a bag for carrying a
bathing dress. 1t should, If possible,
be made Of some waterproof fabric.
It is cut out in two pieces which are
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New Use for a Policeman.

A policeman, with more than usual
a~voirdupois and expanse Of shoe
leather. had just passed a little terrace
house in Jersey, with a bit of garden
In front, when a little boy ran after
him.
Hello, kiddie," said the copper, gen.
tally, what can l do for your"
Mother sent me out" answered the
youngster, Ito ask you If you would
mind walking up and down our path
for a minree or two. It's just been
graveled and we amt got a roller"
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He who is discontinued with things
present and allotted by fortune is un-
skillful In life. But he who bears
them. and the consequences arising
from them, nobly and nationally, is
worthy to be esteemed a good man.
-Epjctetus.
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Eievating the Standard

"You don't seem to have the trou-
bic owe your baseball games that you
used to have" remarked the visitor
at Crimson Gulch.
mo-" replied Three Finger Sam.
we made c new rule that keeps
everything nice an orderly. Nobody
but the umpire is allowed to carry a
gun"
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The furniture man drove up to the
door. and the new extension dining
room table was carried in.
Little Willie stood watching as his
father and mother, n at each end,
pulled the table apart. His eyes grew
big as his father put one board after
another in place until the table was
double its original length.
"Gee!" said Willie at last. i al
ways thought addition tables was only
something in the arithmetic book"
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Hazel-But do you really and truly
love me, Harold?
Harold assure you. Hazel. I love
you as much as I love myself.
Hazel-Then / am yours, dear.
Greater love than that NO woman could
v Q dare to hope for.
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Had His Limits.

First Boy-My fathers been every
where.
Second Boy = Has he been to
heaven?
First Boy-Well, no. But he's been
to every place of more than 5000 pop
ulation.-Life.
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Sewing With Two Needles at Once.
1t will facilitate sewing to use two
needles at the same time. In shirring
two rows can be u in almost the
same time as one, and in sewing a
braid fiat on the bottom of a skirt a
saving both of the skirt (Which Is
handled less) and of time will be &C.
complished by the use of two needles.
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wo,,d w..,. Notbiro

A woman was engaging a cook, and
having almost brought the interview
to a successful termination, said:
There is one thing, Mary; ! dc
hope you are not wasteful."
"Wa0teful, mum! Why. Lor' bless
you, I'd eat till l busted rather than
waste anything"
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Too CAPABLE.

What? you've fred your chauf-
feur? l thought you considered him
a very capable man"
so l did, but it's only lately I've
found out some of the big things he's
capable Of"
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All Reasonable.

Human suffering and human sorrow
all came because sometime, some
where, some soul forgot God; and If
you or l forget him, somewhere in the
future someone will suffer for that sin.
Rev. L. E. Johnston.
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Gould Hide Himself.

Volunteer r%eservist (hoping to be
contradicted)-I shall look an awful
fool in this uniform.
Tailor-Well, sir, you can always
wear a Observation-Disclosures Punch.
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Quick Way to Thread a Needle.
To thread a needle when the light
is bad and it is hard to find the eye,
put a piece of white cloth or paper
back Of the needle. You will be sur
prised to see how quickly the thread
will go through.
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Life Much as We Make II.

II we could only maintain a genial
attitude, if we could look at life in a
way really well-disposed. we should
find each day bathed in sunshine.
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Good Habit TO Cultivate.
The habit of viewing things cheer
fully, and of thinking about life hope
fully, may be made to grow up in US
like n other habit.-Samuel Smiles.
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-Iynportant seMlce.

Cant you drive your own cart"
"Oh, yes. But l employ a chauffeur
30 that my family or CHESTS won't be
able to blame me when anything goes
wrong with the trip"
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God has given us tongues that we
may say something pleasant to our
fellow men.-HainA
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sewed together at the base and half
way up the sides; above this the ma
terial is bound at the edges with braid.
The opening of the bag Is stiffened
on either side with pieces Of cane, the
material being turned over and
hemmed down and the cane run
through.
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COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Adrian, Mich. &c suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and

got 80 weak that /
could hardly do my
work. b /
washed my dishes /
had to sit down and
when I would sweep
the floor / would get
SO weak that / would
have to get q drink
every few minutes,
and before / did my
busting Iwould have
to lie down. / got
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She talks like a book"
Yes, the volume of her speech
Is truly wonderfuli"-Judge.
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dor TO the Point.

MOTe 70 INC F0Int.
Jack Dashaway is a dreadful flirt.
l wouldn't trust him too far"
"Humph! l wouldn't trust him too
near!"-Puck.
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Difficult crosslno.

Bacon see Japan is considering a
plan to bridge the Shimonoseki
straits at a cost exceeding 500 0 900.
Egbert-Pm not surprised at the
cost. It's an awful name to get over.
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The number of things a man knows
about women is equivalent to l per
cent Of What he thinks he knows.