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with the horses and were branded o.
the forehead.

with the horses and were branded on
the forehead.
Contracts in Athens were bound In
two ways. One method was the In
formal handshake and the other was
the formal contract where something
was pledged. At one time men pledged
themselves, but this was stopped un-
der the laws of Scion.
Were the Athenians familiar with
apartment houses? It seems so. Wit
ness the following statement by we'll
known French economist: "People
built for speculation a sort of inn,
the apartments of which were let to
strangers whom politics or commerce
attracted to Athens, and who had no
right of citizenship there" Rentals
in Athens amounted to about 81 per
cent of the capital invested in the
property.
In the claim of Germany that she
has secured control of the seas through
the destruction of shipping, by SUBJ
marines, we have parallel case In
the history of Rome. The Romans
were never fond Of going to sea and
had q peculiar horror of commerce.
In Carthage they destroyed 500 YES
sells. Augustus, who brought victory
in a naval battle at Actium, greatly
feared water. 1t was through their
wholesale destruction of ships that the
Romans gained control Of the sea.
Ancient Rome faced the same prob
lem we do in the congestion of cities
and neglect of agriculture. Virgil
lamented this tendency and contrasted
the artificialities Of city life and the
simple pleasures of rural living.
Rome, too, had "big business" The
great bulk of her commercial and t.
nancial affairs were in the hands OF
the Equities" or Roman knights. The
entire industrial fabric was dependent
on them. Roman "big business" just
like that of today, was not immune
from attack. It was constantly being
assailed and accused of graft.
The Romans even used checks about
the same as we do today.
Today we boast of our world fairs.
But Europe, during medieval times.
was not unfamiliar with fairs fully
equal to ours. They were really an
economic necessity, as people were at
tracted from far and near, and ex-
change of products from every part of
the world was facilitated. The largest
fairs were held at Novgorod, in Rus
STA, Leipzig, in Germany, and Stour-
bridge, England. An English fair at
St. Giles covered an area Of seven
miles and lasted sixteen days.
Even in this day who has heard
of a bank with 1900 branches? Such
an institution existed in medieval
times in the Knights Templar. They
conducted a general banking business
and maintained 1900 branches.
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ATTACK OF KNITTING NERVES
Many Women Suffering From Trouble
and an Epidemic Feared, Declares
Physical Director.

Now it's knitting nerves." caused
by concentration of mind and hand
on the needles. Thousands of women
in New York are afflicted, according to
DR.. Louis II. Welzmiller, physical d.
rector of the West Side Y. NJ. C. A.,
who adds that his only patients show
ing symptoms of the new wartime
complaint have been women. Doctor
Welzmiller says that there is liable to
be an epidemic CT knitting nerves.
unless knitters learn to knit properly.
He offers the following advice as Il
remedy:
"Don't bunch over your knitting; sit
upright, and when your mind tells you
you have knitted enough, quit. There
are 3G5 days in year, and you can't
finish n sweater in day no matter
how much you love soldier or sail
or"
DR.. C. P. Christensen of the Psyche
logical Research society concurred in
the predictions of Doctor WelZmiller.
He attributed the nerve scOurge to
the failure of women folk to cOmpre-
bend "the vibrations of nerve laws"
He continued:
''The women are OverwOrking them
selves. Knitting has become a craze.
Nerves cannot stand this strain"
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A FIGHT FOR LIFE

It has been fight or die for many of us
In the past and the lucky people are
those who have suffered, but who are now
we'll because they needed natures warn
Ing signal in time to correct their trou-
BILE with that wonderful new discovery
of DR.. Pierce's called "An-u-ric.' You
should promptly heed these warnings,
some of which are dizzy spells, backache,
lrregularity of the urine or the painful
twinges of rheumatism. sciatica or lum-
bago. To delay may make possible the
dangerous forms Of kidney disease, such
as stone in the bladder.
To overcome these distressing condi-
lions take plenty of exercise in the open
air, avoid a heavy meat diet, drink freely
Of water and at each meal take DR..
Pierce's Anuric Tablets double strength).
You will, in a short time, find that you
are one of the firm indorsers Of Anurtc,
as are thousands Of neighbors.
Step into the drug store and ask for
q 60c bottle of Anuric. or send DR.. v. M.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, 10c for trial pkg.
Anuric, many times more potent than
iithia, eliminates uric acid as hot water
melts sugar.
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Road DRAG Hitch.

and the water, instead of standing in
the road and making the holes deeper,
sllst run off to the side-and the trav-'
elcr has a good road.
The road dragger, or "dragman," as
he usually is called, is like Il clay work.
CT when he shapes up the puddled
cart! and smOoths the road. He puts,
the surface in condition and gets the
standing water off, and the roadbed
dries in that condition instead of hold
ing the water and }ctting the traffic
worl, the ruts deeper. The dragman
could not shape this up with dust any
more than the clay worker could fash
ion his image with dry dirt. But if he
gets out right after rain, while the
earth is puddled. he can work his road
and the traffic will help him, for the
water will be forced out and off the
surface. That is why it is so import
ant to drag when the roads are not too
dry to puddle or compact. Perhaps
the traffic is sufficient to cut up the
road after it is dragged. and this dis
couragcs the man who does the drag
ging. But in thai case he should fol-
low over the road and do it again If
necessary and win the fight for good
road. If he waits until the road is
dry because the vehicles rut up his
dragged road he will simply plane Off
the surface and not remove the trOu-
BILE. If he drags second or perhaps
Il third time he will work toward &
hard surface, impcrvious to water and
with a minimum of dust, which is the
evidence of a well-dragged highway.
Perhaps. if the vehicles cut road
when it is first being dragged, the driv-
crs may be persuaded to drive by the
side, if that is feasible, while the road
is first drying out or freezing.
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BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-One
years in all parts Of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. It gives the patient good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature chance to soOthe the
infamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold in all civilized countries
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
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Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union. }
We consider ourselves very much
advanced In our control of food prices.
It might do us some good to look back
q little and see what the ancient ORR
entails did in this regard thousands of
years ago.
The Brahmanic and Rabbinical laws
fully equal the measures we have
adopted. For example, besides seeing
that not TOO much was charged for
food or other articles, the former law
provided a penalty for selling under
a standard price. Rabbinical law linn
tied stosekeepers' profits 10 16 % per
cent.
Econc1nic history-the story of
banking and business Indicates that
some of our so-called modern insti-
tutions' are in reality as old as the
hills. Some economists claim that the
"divisit.n of labor"-that is, the spe-
cializtng by one individual in single
operation in mannfacturing-is some
thing comparatively new and did not
exist to any extent prior to the eight
zenith century. But against this we
have the statement made by someone
that caste in India is division OF
labor gone to seed.''
And the socialists dream of an ideal
state is also nothing new. Plato once
proposed an elaborate plan for new
state. He figured it out very carefully
and decided to limit the population to
5,O4O. If the number of inhabitants
ran over that amount colonies were to
be established; if below, prizes were
to be offered to stimulate its increase.
Another suggestion of plato's was that
the children were to be the property
of the state and common to all. In
Sparta everyone ate at common
table. No payments of money We're
required and the products of all were
shared by everyone.
Further, in Greece factories of con-
siderable size existed. Some employed
hundreds of workmen. A factory
would be devoted to the exclusive pro-
duction of one article, such as u tunic.
Most of the labor was performed by
slaves. Even the most humble citi-
zens of Athens had at least one slave.
They were sent to the river to drink
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Famous Policemen Of the East.

Two of our most famous gunboats
won their laurels in the East. The old
side-wheeler MonOcacy, says writer
in st. Nicholas, which has handed
down her Indian name to her Yang
tse successor, was for years one of the
most familiar sights in Chinese waters.
She burned wood, and was unwieldly
as a berry boat, but did yeoman service
even as late as the Boxer troubles in
1900. The Petrol, one of Admiral
Dewey's famous squadron at the battle
of Manila bay, is now used as Il station
ship in Cuban waters. The CallaO.
Don Juan de Austria. ElcanO, Isle de
Luzon, Pampanga, Quiros Sandova'.
Samar and the Villalobos once flew the
flag of Spain, for they were captured
from the Spaniards ut Santiago or Ma
Mia bay. The VillalObOs proved too
much Of name for Yankee tars, SO
they have rechristened her the Village
Hobo.
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Government
Financing Of Past
Present War Taxes Mild In
Comparison; Nations at War
Must Make Sacrifices
By S. W. STRAUS
(Pmminent New York and Chicago Bsaka)

Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.
To you who are hit by the new war
tax legislation read the following and
cease grumbling:
BY Sydney Smith, an Englishman
Tin 1850.
1.-THE school boy whips his taxed
top; the beardless youth manages his
faxed horse, with a taxed bride, on a
taxed road; and the dying English
man, pouring his medicine which has
paid Z per cent in spoon that has
paid 20 per cent, makes his will on
an 92 stamp and expires in the arms
Of an apothecary who has paid a H.
cense Of G1OO for the privilege of put
ting him to death. His whole proper
ty is then Immediately taxed up III
per cent. Besides the probate. large
fees are demanded for burying him In
the chancel. His virtues are handed
down to posterity on taxed marble, and
he will then be gathered to his fathers
to be taxed no more"
In England ut that time there were
taxes levied on lands, houses, horses,
carriages and windows. There was
also an income tax. During the seven
teenth century England was us rabid
in its policy of tariff production as it
Is now in favor of free trade.
In ancient Athens taxes were very
nigh. So Jealous were the Athenians
in the collection of revenues, that a
public debtor could, ten days after a
judgment was obtained. be condemned
and banished forever from public af-
fairs. The children and grandchildren
then became responsible Slaves were
employed to take care of private ac-
counts, because if the government sus-
pected that a citizen was not making
truthful statement to the tax author
tiles. the slaves could be tortured to
give evidence of their masters affairs.
Athens extensive taxes were largely
due to the immense OfiicialdOm. EnOr-
nous numbers of public officials were
dependent upon the government. There
were puDilC l"SSiSitiiH, "ItIStS. uo
fessors. The Atheni;;ns were very fond
of holding great banquets and festi-
-als, the expenses of which were paid
out Of the public purse. At religious
gatherings rs many as three hundred
cattle would be sacrificed and distrib-
uted to the people. A public speaker
would be paid for his efforts in ora
tory, and the people paid for listening.
Today, the problem of raising money
for government expenditures occupies
the time of some of the keenest finan-
cial brains Of the country. We are how
participating in the greatest war Of
history. We are fighting side by side
with nations which are years ahead
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of us in military preparations. We are
facing an enemy whose military estab-'
lishment has been so highly developed
that it brought on the war. To carry
Cd our part successfully and bring the
war to a speedy conclusion, billions
have been and will be spent. The ag-
gregate total of the two Liberty loans
has defied our comprehension. Yet
this amount, in proportion to our
wealth and resources, does not equal
the burden placed upon US in the pre-
vious wars.
In the Revolutionary war the Cont
mental congress was forced to depend
upon credit bills and acquisitions
drawn against the colonies. Our 6rst
interior war loan was made in ITO,
1t amounted to about $4,000. A year
later IL second loan of $5,OO0,O0O was
authorized, but only $3,7S7,OOO was
subscribed. Then paper money was
issued and by the end of 1879 congress-
had authorized $500, 100000. An equal
amount was paid by the various states.
80 per cent in value. Robert Morris
came to the assistance of the govern.
ment and by his great ability financed
the war. He even made personal
loans.
In the Civil war the financial diff
culties were also great. The country
was suffering from business depres-
sion when hostilities began. One of
the first efforts to raise capital was
IN issue of $15O,OOOOOO of legal ten
der notes, and bond issue of $780,
100000. The bonds bore interest at
per cent and were issued in popular
denominations Of from $50 up. AS in
the Revolutionary war, a financial gen.
JUS appeared in the person of Jay
Cooke, who was extremely active in
making the loan a success. He adver-
tised extensively and employed 1850
agents. The same year congress is
sued another $150,OOO,0O0 in treasury
notes. In all, the aggregate amount
of government loans during the Civil
war was $1,000, 100000. About 6 per
cent was paid on most of the loan.
Certainly, we are now in an infinite
~ better position to finance the pres
ent war. Where the interest rate was
6 per cent on the first Civil war loan
the initial rate on the first Liberty
loan was 3h per cent. Our wealth is
many times greater in proportion to
the population than in 1861. We can
afford to, and will, push this war vigor-
ously to a successful conclusion. Any
strong nation that hopes to endure
strong cannot shirk it's duty.
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Cottonseed Oil for Canads.

The United States food administra.
ton has completed arrangements with
the food controller of Canada, whereby
cottOnseed oil and it's products may
move into Canada for local Canadian
consumption. There will be no re-ex.
port of these products. AS Canada
raises sufficient hogs for it's own uses,
export licenses for hogs will not be
granted for an indefinite period. The
policy of the food administration is to
see that Canada is supplied with GER
tain necessaries from the United
States required for feeding their own
people, but no more. Regular licenses
will be required on all shipments as
heretofore, but no licenses will be is
sued without the approval Of the food
controller of Canada.
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Justifiable Adoption.

The big, fat-footed, hungry negro
was up for theft
Il caught him nippin' Il fresh-made
pumpkin pie from the MacGregor
house, on Marguerite street" explained
Officer Casey.
did your" demanded the judge.
Oats a rough word, yo' honah-
sayin' All done stole hit. Now as ter
de truf-dat punkin pie was settin' dar
on de winder ledge. abandoned, jedge.
Nobody nOwhar nigh hit, jedge. Hill
was a case of 'justifiable adoption,
brought on by de Christmas sperrit."-
Philadelphia Star.
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ing beside me. what shame! Why
did he do that?" "Tm so sorry" said
the captain in a small, meek voice. Il
told him to do it. We think it such a
good cure for seasickress!" And, says
Mrs. DAILY. it did cure her, for she was
SO indignant that she forgot her un-
easy feelings, scolded the man roundly
and felt much better.
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Sure Cure for Scasickness,

In IAN Irishwoman in China" Mrs.
De Burgh DAILY tells of an amusing in
cident that she witnessed on the jap
anese ship Sendai Maru. A young
lady. after long seclusion in her cabin,
came on deck and walked about a lit
lie. Presently the breeze freshened,
The ship began to roll. and she turned
oale. To my astonishment, says Mrs.
DAILY, saw q japanese sailor go up to
her and slap her violently between the
shoulders with his open hand. "Oh,"
I cried to the captain, who was stand
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medicine for woman's ailments I ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, r. No. /,
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vege-
table Compound, trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
UoLydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience is at your service.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System: Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an inflamec condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube Is inflarned you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result, Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases Of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which Is an inflamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
Be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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kent His Word.

II thought you said you'd make me-
a good price?'
$50 l did"
But YOU have charged me more for
this suit of clothes than I have ever
paid befOre!"
"Well. you can't say I didn't make
It q good price while I was at 1t.
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Mistaken Identity.

"What have you in gentleman's
gloves?" asked the excited shopper of
a well-dressed man who had laid his
hat on the counter while he mOpped
his bald head.
Both my hands, madam" he re.
piled. I'm not Il floorwalker. I'm
simply waiting here for my wife,"
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best MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.
Portsmouth, Chio.-"I suffered from
Irregularities, pains in my side and was

so weak at times /
could hardly get
around to do my
work. and as I had
four in my family
and three boarders
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
was recommended
to me. I took it
and it has restored
my health. It is
certainly the hast
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Soothe itching ScaIps.

Soothe Jtchth3 ScdJpS.
On retiring gently rub spots OF dan
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint'
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. x
Boston," At druggists and by mail
Soan 25. Ointment rs and 5O.-Adv.
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Cannot Live a HaIf-Life.

No man can live half-life when
he has genuinely learned that it is
only half-life-the other half. the
higher life, must haunt him.-Phillips
Brooks.
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All AuloW.

"Ncw they say the brain is radiOaC
tive"
"Um."
"And emits faint glow"
II don't know about the brain, blu
I've seen the nose do that"
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Does your wife care anything for
baseball?"
"She never did until one day she
learned they were going to play two
games for one admission"
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Drsuui1u Public Roads,

It is not difficult to prove that drag
ging The public roads regularly at the
proper time probably is the most eco.
nornical method of highway improve
nent.
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covery' and know it to be splendid
remedy for the blood, liver and stOm-
ach or deep-seated coughs and brOn-
chial trouble. I have also taken the
Pleasant Pellets They clear ones
system of all impurities and in very
mild and easy manner. I know all DR..
Pierce's remedies to be good."-M. H.
NEAL, SO3 Virginia Ave.
All Enthusiastically.
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Concrete CuIverts PonuIar-

On account of the decreasing cost
of cement and the ease with which
sand and gravel my be obtained in
most localities, concrete culverts are
becoming more universal Zach year.
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Women employed in the Detroit au.
tomobile factories receive $65 to 500
per month.
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Bermuda's 1916 imports aggregated
$3,575,S0 in value; exports, 1891.
1888. 4,
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Cyrus Nelson, ninety-One, conducts
potato farm near Newberg, Ore, un-
aided.
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RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add I OF. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound
and 4 OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this Ii, or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Earbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, IS not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
No Patent.
'Have you Il talking machine Ct
gOur hOuse?"
Yes; have had one for the past ten
gears that has never been out of or
1er never ran down and hasn't stopped
once"
"Where did you set it?''
II married it,
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A postal card to Garfield Tea Co., Brook
lyn, N. Y, esking for sample will repay
you. Adv.
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A man is never too busy to listen
when the lady on the silver dollar
talks.
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Thrift is the exercise of the will, the
development of character. the daily
practice of sensible living.
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Prof. III. ]. Hunt of Bangor, Me, cx.
plOrer, believes land exists in the Are
tic ocean.
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Constipation, indigestion, sick-headache
and bilious conditions are overcome by q
course OF Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring.
Adv.
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important MiIepost.

An important milepost on the road
to manhood is then mother finally
agrees to let you lave cup of tea.
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The United States has several gold
fish hatcheries, the largest of which is
at Thornburg, Iowa, where there are
II ponds.
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Road Dragging Is Ahead.

Even ut maximum costs road drag
ging is ahead of other maintenance
both as to results and for economy.
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Mrs. Dorothy StOckham, eighty, con
ducts large farm near Litchfield
Conn.
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DR. Peery's Dead Shot, not only expeR
Worms or TapewOrm but cleans out the
mucus In which they breed and tones up
the digestion. One dose sufficient. Adv.
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Five-seventhc of all the women in
New York city are in favor OF woman
suffrage.
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Cloqued Cui. ct.

A clogged culvert or water passage
will often defeat the whole purpose of
an otherwise good drainage system.
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"Have you a fireless coOker?' mo.
but we have 4 cOalleSS cellar"
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True happiness consists in the pur-
suit of thing rather than the catch
ing thereof.
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For every wise thing in law some
cwyer has fool reason.
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To keep clean and healthy take DR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu
late liver, bowels and stOmach.-Adv