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MOTHER MAPLE TREE.

"NOw little leaves" said the old ma
pie tree, you must look your best now,
for the summer is here
And each leaf tried to do its utmost.
For each leaf knew that the tree would
not be beautiful unless every leaf was
full and big and green.
They had been sleeping all winter.
storing up food and strength in their
buds as sleeping trees will do, and
when the spring came they began slow
ly to come forth, helped by old Mr..
Sun.
They were rather frail and timid at
nrst. They didn't dare come too fast,
nor appear too large at once. But
gradually, slowly, they came and each
day made them look stronger and more
beautiful.
81 am going to tell you," said the old
maple tree, "a little family history.
You must want to know all about other
maple trees, and also the work you are
expected to do"
1T will be little like school, eh?"
whispered one of the leaves. for a
child had been studying under the ma
pie tree in the spring, just as the
leaves were coming out. 1t had been
q warm day and it was lovely under
the maple tree.
Eyes, it will be little like school"
said the old maple. ut will be maple
lesson in maple tree school"
1--WE want to learn" said the leaves,
as they spread out a little more. Tell
Us, Mother Maple"
So Mother Maple began: eve be-
long to the Sugar Maple family" she
said. "Our trees are often used In
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British Advance.

London, Aug. 20.-The British fore
es on the LyS salient have advanced
on a front of 10000 yards, entering
the town of Merville and reaching the
road rm\ng from Paradise TO Les
PuresbecqueS, through Merville, ac-
cording to Field Marshal Haig's com
munication.
British troops captured the railway
station at Roye, according TO the lat
French battle front.
The attack by the tenth French
army, under General Mangin, was
brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
All the detectives were attained. The
French entered the village of lie Ha
mel, north of Ribecourt, which repre-
sents an advance of 1& miles.
Northwest of Chaulnes the Germans
in an attack over mile front, be-
ween Herleville and LihonS, penetrat-
ed the British line at two points, but
Immediately afterward were driven i'll
by counter attack and the line re,
stored.
French troops penetrated into the
village of lie Hamel on the hills weSF
of the Disc and northwest of Rihc-
court, according to adviceS from the
front During the fighting the French
were on the aggressive, but made
only slight headway against the deter
mined German resistance between
Lassigny and the Disc.
During the fighting between the Disc
and the Aisne the principal trouble
encountered by the French was from
the resistance of German machine
gunnerS and from aviatOrs, who have
shown far more spirit and determine
ton than any other branch of the
German service
All along the whole front of the al
tack the French reached their objec-
tives in the short time allotted to the
advance.
The gains made by the French i'll
the last twenty-four hours are regard
ed here as important from the view
point of future operations. The
French won valuable high ground and
are in a position to give the Germans
the greatest anxiety both east and
west of scissors. I.
The French now hold the ridges
overlooking the Disc valley on both
north and south and large bodies of
German troops stationed along the
little river are in a position where
they are continually menaced from
both the north and south by move
ment which would pinch them severe
"
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BIG RETREAT NECESSARY
German Papers Prepare People For
General Retirement on West Front.

Paris. Aug. 2O.-The German press
is attempting to reassure its public
that a general retreat is necessary on
the western front to allow General
Ludendorff room to maneuver and 10
assume the initiative on vast scale,
the newspapers report.
A German retreat, they say, would
be a direct result of the recent allied
successes. The newspapers, assert
even If the Germans receive reinforce
ments from Austria they have lost
the power to command events, as Mar
shal Foch has the initiative and will
keep it.
German propaganda insists that the
general staff will retain the initiative
by forcing premature engagements on
the American army, before it is fully
prepared. LHomme Libre on. Glenn
enceau's paper), says the American
forces taking part in the Picardy of
fensive could not be compared in size
with those of the French and British.
1t says America will soon have first
class army in France and that twill
have airplanes which the German avi-
ators will have reason to fear.
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HUNS MAY HAVE
LANDED MEN IN U. S.
Believe Crews Of U-B0ats Act
ed as Spies.

Washington, Aug. 20-American ma
val officials now cOncede the pOSsibili-
~ that German submarines operating
off the Atlantic coast have been in
communication with persons on shore
and even may have landed members
IF their crews.
The navy department is said to have
knowledge that at least three U-boats
have been operating off the Atlantic
coast The submarines are of the
Deutschland type, mount guns fore
and aft and have a cruising radius
of 1900 miles
1t was learned the navy department
has report that an officer of the
American steamship o. B. Jennings
saw and recognized in a New York
saloon a submarine officer who board
ed his ship off the coast. One of the
three submarines off the coast has not
been heard of since she was bombed
and another seems to have ceased op-
erationS. American estimates placed
the total nuElber of German Subma-
rineS deSt- oil bv the allies at more
than 2Go number in commits
sion at lG0
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IS SOLDIERS AND SIX
MARINES DIE IN ACTION
so Other Deaths Included in
400 Casualties.

Washington, Aug. 20.-Army and
marine corps casualties announced
yesterday total 400, of which $40 are
among the Pershing forces and thirty
among the marines
The army list includes: Killed in
action, 80; died of wounds, IL; died
from airpsane accident, / died of dis
ease, 3; died from accident and other
causes, 8: wounded severely, 135 ;
wounded, degree undetermined, Is ;
missing in action, 1872.
The marine list is divided as fol
lows: Killed in action, 6; died of
wounds received in action, 6; died OF
disease, l; severely wounded in ac
tion, {; slightly wounded in action, l :;
wounded in action, degree undetermin-
ed, IL
Killed in Action.
Chester A. Graham, Newark, n. J.
Arthur W. Matthews, Philadelphia.
Robert Fl. Claymore, Somerset.
Victor A. Jewell, Beaver Falls.
Francis Regis Lunnon, Pittsburgh.
Missing in Action.
Walter Scott Clark, New Brunswick,
N. J.
Charles Groom, Duryea.
Walter H. Hoag, Jersey City, \. J.
Paul A. Martin, Nutley. n. J.
Charles p. Platt. ThorOfare, n J.
Joseph Schultz, Nanticoke.
Floyd w. Campbell, Trenton, n. J.
Stanley Crissell, Brooklyn.
Charles b. Mitchell, Jersey City, n. J.
Joseph Ruffo, Philadelphia.
Walter A. Shamanski, Mount Carmel.
Earf{pond 7 Thnll Now Rri
Louis Mogavero. Philadelphia.
William Feldblum, Newark, n. ].
Eugene F. Foster, Dubois.
Joe Gambo. Newark, n. J.
Alfonso Giola, Scottdale.
Israel Goldstein, Philadelphia.
Alfred Curtis Hagan, Williamsburg.
Raymond F. Heinly, Hamburg.
Edward P. Hunt, Jersey City, \. J.
John J. Slavick, Hazleton.
Hilton r. Snowberger, Boswell.
Samuel Tanner, Philadelphia.
Raymond Turney, Kfttanning.
Adam Urbanski, Perth AmbOy.
Wounded Severely.
Frank HOllingsworth, Palisade, \. ].
William f. Kons, Burrows.
Charles D. Keys, Philadelphia.
Mike Kostick, Frostburg.
Oscar H. Wurzback. Newark. n. ].
Albert Toeben, Paterson. y. J.
Thomas A. Beatty, Hoboken, \. J.
Henry J. Bischof Johnstown.
Joseph Mokoski, South Bethlehem.
Daniel L. Pond, Athens.
August Rosa, Woodlawn.
Died of Wounds.
Paul 2. ZakarOSka, Philadelphia.
Died From Airp.ane Accident.
Lieut. n. ID. Hughes. Philadelphia.
Died From Accident and Other Causes
r. X. Snodgrass, Princeton. \. j.
John Kucinscy, Philadelphia.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Frank r Randall, Philadelphia.
Henry H. Sneyd, Catasauqua.
Previously reported Missing-NoW
Reported Killed.
John &. rressler. Myersdale.
Frank L. truth. New Brighton.
Frank w. Reinhart, Philadelphia.
Herbert s. Clawson, Latrobe.
Anon Z. Fishburn, Philadelphia.
Frank c. Gantz. Philadelphia.
Oscar Hartwick, Mercer.
John w. Helwig, Colun ba.
George e. Lindsay. New Brighton.
Werner Mcfarland. New Brighton.
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Summer Complaint. .

During the not weather of the
summer months some member Of al
most every family is likely to be
troubled with an unnatural looseness
of the bowels, and it is of the great
est Importance that this be treated
promptly, which can only be done
when the medicine is kept at hand.
Mrs. F. F. Scott, Scottsville, N. Y,
states, Il first used Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy as much
as five years ago. AT that time I
had a severe attack of summer COM
plant and was suffering intense pain.
One dose relieved me. Other MEM
bers Of my family have since used it
with like results. ADV.
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@People Love the Shade We Give"
making furniture, and our sap gives
wondrous maple sugar which boys and
girls and ladies and gentlemen love so
much!
*And when the autumn comes we all
dress up in the most wonderful cos
tunes Of red and orange and flaming
gold. But we will not talk about au.
tumn quite yet.
'The work for us to do now is to
see that each leaf grows to be as big
and beautiful as possible. For we
have been known as one of the incest
Of shade trees. We keep the sun from
shining down too hard on people dur
ing the hot summer months. We make
shady avenues and streets and drive
ways
"Mr. Sun is perfectly splendid old
chap. but in the summer he gets so
excited that he Is very warm, indeed,
and the people love the shade we can
give. So you see, leaves, you must
not be lazy!"
The leaves rustled and shook their
heads. mo, Mother Maple, we will
not be lazy"
I'VE have many cousins" continued
Mother Maple. There is Cousin
Sycamore Maple whose family comes
from far away. Cousin Sycamore is
not very strong and its flowers are late
In coming out. Now Cousin Norway
Maple Is quite different. A fine strong
tree Cousin Norway is, and tree that
doesn't mind SCOT and dust and smoke
or insects. Many of Cousin Norway's
children are planted where there are
city streets and where there is great
deal Of smoke.
There is Cousin Box Elder which
Is relation because it has clusters of
keys or seeds, which hang on all win.
ter.
"Cousin Striped Maple is very beau
tiful with its streaked white lines. In
the winter oftentimes its bark is used
by boys for whistles and in the au-
tumn Cousin Striped Maple is yellow
and very handsome.
"As for Mr.. Mountain Maple-well,
Cousin Mountain is so named because
upon all mountains the Mountain Ma
pie loves to grow and Cousin Vine Ma
pie Is SO named because it hasn't the
strength to stand up by itself and its
stems are like vines.
"Cousin Silver Maple is very beau.
tiful but Is not strong enough to stand
the city. Cousin Silver likes parks
which are given over to trees and
green's and plants.
"And then there are the red maple
and the black maple. Cousin Black
Maple is almost exactly like US, but
its branches are orange colored and its
keys spread more widely than ours
do.
cousin Red Maple loves the
swamps and is beautiful tree, as are
all his children, but I'm glad we be-
long to the Sugar Maple family
$50 are we, Mother Maple" said the
leaves, as they all promised to be good
and beautiful and strong.
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JERSEY MOTHER
KILLS 5 bkB.ES
Woman Found TW] Miles From
Home in lvTn Fled.
SHE IS PROBABLY DEMEkTED
Four-Months- Old Twins Drowned in
Pump Box and Boy Shot on Farm
Near Pitnfan, N. j.

Camden. ~ j.. A%g 20 Three chil
dren Of ia. Oh Powell. Il farmer. neal
Pitrnan, were Sl;tii: and their mother
accused nf III" crime. has been arrest
ed
1t was first believed by The C'niic">
ter county authorities that. af.er The
staying nf ,he little ones. the woman
had ended her own life
She was traced TO Prickett'S Pona
and The water was drained off. but nc
body was found.
Later Deputy Sheriff Pedrick and
several Searchers found the woman
T. --n Il cornfield about two miles
frola her home. She was arrested and
taken to the Woodbury. Jail. pendi.@
an inquest.
Samuel and Augusta. twins. foui
months old on August :. We're drown
ed in Il pump box in a shed attached
10 the house. They had been carried
from cot in a bedroom upstairs and
after their death they were placed il
Il baby coach in the dining room.
James Steward Powell. four years
old. was shot to death. He was taken
from his bed and the shooting occur
red in the yard.
His bod. was found on a couch III
the dining room. carefully covered
The gun was replaced in Il bedroom.
All the slain children We're in their
nightgownS The garments of the
wins were wet and il is the belle!
If the authorities that the pump box
vas filed with water and that they
we're held under it until they ceased
struggle
The boy. James. was shot through
he body with charge from a single
harreIed shotgun. The charge enter
rd the abdomen on the left side ~
he border of the ribs and came on
~ the back of the shoulder.
The fact that the dead twins We're
placed in the baby coach and the body
If the older hoy on the couch leads
% the belief that the murderer tried
% convey the impression that al
theee were asleep.
The only ather occupants OF the
house beside the mother and slain
children We're Ellison Powell. nine. 9
brother of the little victims, and his
cousin, Leonard GeisSel, fifteen. q;
Woodbury.. who had been helping in
ihe farm work.
Neither of these boys. who Were
sleeping together, or the elder couple
heard any disturbance during the
night. Jacob Powell. father of the
hildren said that he left home to
ring a load of produce 10 Philadel
rlia.
Il did not take lunch with me.
he said. because my wife said that
[ could get something when / came
ack home She seemed in better
;piritS than she had been for some
me
From the time the twins were born
on April ). my wife had been melan-
choly Soon after the nurse left she
said she was going to kill herself and
the babies. We watched her closely.
Lately she seemed to be improving
rapidly.
There seems to be only one thing
TO believe and that is that she be-
came demented during the night"
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ENROLLING PENNA. DOCTORS
Public Safety Executive Committee
Will Make Canvass of Every County.

Philadelphia, Aug. 20.-All Pennsyl-
vania physicians are to be enrolled
in the volunteer medical service corps
before the new draft becomes effect
i've
This is the plan of the medical sec
tion of the committee of public safety
and council of national defense. A
meeting is called for August % to
29 to enlarge the state executive COM
mittee and arrange for a representa-
tive of the committee In every county.
Every doctor in the state is to be
visited. He will be given an appli-
cation blank and if he does not sign,
his reasons are to be forwarded to
the Washington headquarters The
campaign is to enable doctors to vol
unfairly tender their service before
the draft law reaches them.
Registrants In the volunteer medical
corps are not to be called until actu-
ally needed. They will be assigned to
special duty when circumstances re.
quire. In every instance, it is prom
ised, reasonable notice will be given
to the physicians so that they can ar
range personal business matters be-
:Ore entering the service.
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CatafTh Cannot Re Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
case. Catarrh is a local disease,
sIeatly influenced by constitutional
ooaditioLS. and in order to cur, it
You must take an internal remedy
Halls Catdrrh Medicine is taken IN
tcrnally and ac's thru the blood on
the mucous SUI faces Of the system.
Halls Catarrh Medicine was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
IN this country tor years. 1t is COM
POSED of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some Of the
Lest blood purifiers. The perfect
combination of the ingredients in
Halls Catarrh Medicine is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in ca
tarrhal conditions. Send 20: testi-
free.
j. CHENEY C CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ti0n.-Ady.
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London, Aug. 2O-The Lithunisns
demand the right to name their own
king and refuse TO recognize one Of
German appointment. according TO an
Amsterdam despatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. General I.uden-
dorff is in receipt of a solemn protest
from the Lithuanian diet against any
attempt to name King unacceptable
to the people of Lithuanis, who threat
Ell to revolt in case such action is
;aken
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GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach ,ner-
vous indigestion, fermentation Of
food, palpitation of the heart caused
by gases in the stomach August
Flower is gentle laxative, regulates
digestion both in stomach and intes-
tines, cleans and sweetens the stom-
ach and alimentary canal, stimulates
the liver to secrete the bile and JIM
purities from the blood. Sold by
McAllister's Drug Store.-Adv.
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Nab Hun Sympathixer.

Cniontown, Pa, Aug. 20.-Alleged to
have asserted that ''the German flag
soon will fly over the capital at Wash
'ngton, d. c." JohG Yanchus. an Aus
rrian of Newton. near Brownsville.
was arrested and lodged in the
brownsville lookup to await the ar
rival of department Of justice agents
The statement, according TO witnesses.
was made in the store Of the NJ. c.
Frick Coke company, at South
C:-:ownSville. Yanchus is miner.
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u.re,s a New Hun Offensive.

Washington, Aug. 20.-An official
despatch from France quotes tele-
gram from Zurich This says Berlin
papers are announcing that great
German oratorial offensive will shortly
take place 1t is stated that three
German ministers will speak to ex-
plain the most important problems to
"a German DeODle
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Ask Anyone Who Has Used Ii

There are families who always aim
to keep a bottle Of Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
house for use in case it is needed and
find that it is not only a good invest
ment, but saves them no end Of suf-
fering AS to it's reliability, ask any
one who has used it.-Adv.
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Former Governor Killed.

Sherbrooke, Que, Aug. 20.-G. Ii
Prouty, formerly governor of Vermont,
was instantly killed when the motor
car in which he was riding was struck
by a Grand Trunk train near Water
vile. Mr.. Prouty was on his way
from Newport Vt. TO take a train at
Lennoxville for Jackman, Me. The
chauffeur, J. w. Blay, failcl Il .
Se:'ve the engine owing 10 = 'aaI
Blay is In the hospital with concus-
sion of the brain.
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More Americans at vladivostok.

Vladivostok, Aug. 20.-A seconf
transport, carrying American troops
has arrived at VladivOstok.
The transport bearing the first con-
tingent of American soldiers entered
the harbor on Thursday last. A third
troop is expected. All the troops came
from Manila.
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Nav Defer Prohibition Vote

Washington, Aug. 20.-Senate Pro-
hibitiOn leaders announced that the
pending wartime prohibition legisla-
tiOn which has the right of way far n
final vote in the senate next Mon
day will not be permitted 10 Interfere
with the passage of the man-power
h;H. Senator Sheppard, Democrat,
-a> al # II is found impossible
!" draft measure by Satur-
day. there might he no opposition to
laying aside the prohibition uestion.
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CHINA TO GUARD BORDER
Prisoners Aiding Russian "Reds" Are
on Frontier, -

Washington, Aug. 20.-The Chimes
government has sent large force o
troops to the Siberian border TO pre-
vent a threatened invasion of Chinese
territory by German and Hungaria,
prisoners of war who join with the
red guard and other elements of tn
Bolsheviki against the Czecho- -Slovake
in the trans-Balkal region
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FRENCH ADVANCE
To LASSjCNY
Also Push on From Scissors
and Take 1900 Huns.
BRITISH GAIN At ROYE
Haig Attacks Lys Salient on 1000
Yard Line-French Command Ridg-
es Overlooking Disc Valley.

Paris, Aug 20.-The French troops
north of the Disc river have reached
the western outskirts of Lassi-ny. ac-
cording to the official communication.
They also have made their way out
of the Thitscourt wood, and further
south have captured the village of
Pmprez, on the NOyon-Compeigne
road. Northwest of SCISSORS the viii
lage of MorSsin has been captured.
and 2200 Germans have been made
prisoner in this region
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Can't Nr-~" >''@H"e Bill through.
WaShf":'"n &c Advancement of
the SS OHo o'0 'n' venue bin by the
last of Sentemher as requested by
Secretary McAd"o. is IN impossibility.
chairman Simmons of the senate f.
nance committee. declared upon his
return from his home in North Caro-,
hna.
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Mary had 4 little lamb with which
she used to play, but her brother
feeds little pig to fight the meatless
DAY.
Chronic CONSTIPATION.

1t is by no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be
done in most instances by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets and complying
with the plain printed directions that
accompany each package.-Adv.
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Stomach and Liver Troubles.

No end of misery and actual suf-
fering is caused by disorders OF the
stomach and liver, and may be
avoided by the use Of Chamberlain's
Tablets. Give them a trial. They
only cost a quarter.-Adv.
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U-BOAT SINKS RK
Norwegian Vessel Sent Dow. VIr.
ginia Capes

Washington, Aug. 20.-The Non
gian bark Nordhav was sunk by a
German submarine 125 miles off the
virginia cepeS at noon Saturday.
Her crew of twenty-six men escap-
ed in small boats and has been brought
nto an Atlantic port by an American
warship.
AdvfceS 10 the navy department fail
to say whether the bark was torpedoed
or <'Hcd. ST. registered 1923 net
tons. She saileh June Is frcm Buenos
Aires. Argentina. Captain Brown was
her master.
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Seattle Nurses at Stock Exeh...

New York, Aug. 2O.-One hundred
nurses OF the Seattle, Wash. army
hospital unit headed by Miss Bella
MCKAY Frazier on their way over
seas. were guests of the stock ex-
chang" at the opening. They were
received with cheers.
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R,chard Cleveland Named For Officer.

Boston. Aug. 20.-Richard F. f1eve-
land, son of former President Cl"ve-
land has completed preliminary train
ing here and left for the Boston navy
ward for QuanticO. Va. to enter the
oficers' training school connected
With thu marine corps.
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MeatIess Oavs in Vienna.

Washington. Aug. 20.-Three meat
less days IL week have been ordered
by the prime ~ authorities at Vienna.
according to an official despatch from
Switzerland
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lndenendence

"Why did you leave your last placer"
"Because," answered the cook, "the
missus asked me too many questions
about where I had worked before
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Forecast for this section: Fair to
'ay and probably tomorrow: north
.'ast winds
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Groves TasteIess chill Tonic

destroys the malaria germs which are
transmitted to the blood By the Ma
1aria Mosquito. Price G0c.--Adv.
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terested in getting his bite than in Civ.
ing his bit