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Bellefonte, Pa., December 5, 1913.
JUST BEING HAPPY.
Just being happy
Is a fine thing to do;
Looking on the bright side,
Rather than the blue;
Sad or sunny musing
Is largely to the choosing,
And just being happy
Is brave work and true.
Just being happy
Helps other souls along;
Their burdens may be heavy
And they not strong,
And your own sky will lighten
If other skies you brighten
With a heart full of song.
Ripley D. Saunders.
THE BOY TRAINED TO MIND.
At quarter of eleven the night express
north, made up entirely of cars,
and known up and down the as
“Number One” pulled into Sherwood
twenty minutes late,
Instantly the inspectors were gliding
swiftly from car to car, tapping wheels
that gave out a clear “all right” to the
frosty air.
and along the road-bed the fi
torches threw huge and monstrous shad-
ows. On the plationn, Duly, the con-
ductor, stood with his watch in his hand,
frowning impatiently at the
who were heaving up a truck-load of
mailbags and trunks. Hardly had the
last bag cleared the sill of the car when
be Pisa we i She 3 to a slow
panting of the engine a
titanic co the drivers spun round in
a shower of sparks, Daly stepped aboard,
and Number One was off.
The last sleeping-car had hardly ground
its way past the station, and the “mon-
key-lights” in the rear were still twink-
ling in the mist and shadows of the
night, when, as stealthily as a t, a
great black shape stole out from sid-
ing opposite, and turned its head to the
main track.
The shape was the larger part—twenty
cars—of a train-load of pulp-wood that
had been waiting jor a track afer
passage of the night express. It
stood upon a down and under the
jarring og Nines ne a weak draw bar
or coupling: given way.
So pling and so slowly moved the
shape that Mitchell, the night operator,
heard nothing till more than half its bulk
had passed from the siding 10 the main
track. Then the rumble was loud enough
to reach his practiced ear; and since no
uffing of an engine accompanied it, he
oy instantly what the sound meant.
He leaped to the door, back to his key,
and started the persistent, monotonous
call for Lakeville, ten miles below.
“Le! Le! Le!” Quickly he told the
story. “Twenty cars, broken freight
running wild, out of Sherwood ten-forty-
nine.”
Gardner, the night man at Lakeville,
sent his "O K” and Mitchell felt that all
would be well.
But at Lakeville all was not well.
Garner, out across the tracks,
found McFadden in the cab of his new
Mogul, reading the newspaper. McFad-
den's run would not begin for half an
hour, but he was a forehanded man, and
the steam in the engine was already up,
the finger of the gage was trembling, and
the safety-valve throbbing.
“Where's Kelsey, your fireman?” cried
Gardner.
“He's back at the bunk house eating.
Why? Do you want him.”
Gardner read the dispatch from Sher-
wood. McFadden thrust his head out of
he window, and called, “Hey! Donald,
“Aye, feyther!” A tall, lanky figure
from the roundhouse and came
forward.
“Climb up. Take off your hat, and
put on Jim's cap. There's work for ye
this nicht.”
The elder McFadden gave no explana-
tion; but the boy obeyed unquestioningly,
and his heart leaped within him. For a
year he had been trying to get a chance
to fire, but his father w recommenda.
tion would have had much weight, had
refused to say the necessary word.
“Going to take that boy on a trip like
this? asked Gardner, in amazement. He
Sant firs, What experience has he ever
“He’s quite experienced in keepin’ his
mouth shut and doin’ what he's told,”
the old man answered dryly.
Then turning to Donald, he said, “Pull
your coal forward, and break it up well
wi’ your bar.”
e boy jumped to his task. His fath-
er glanced at trembling finger on the
and at the water. and then,
satisfied, thrust his head out of the cab
window to listen.
In an instant it came—the low, far off
growl that his ears were strained to
catch. Steadily it rosc and spread until
it dominated the whole valley, and the
very mountains seemed to roar in rage.
heh cathe the rush of the black shadow,
from grinding wheels,
its length mysterious and indistinct;
RAsage ¢ of ainonster, vague, uncontrolled
ble.
“Now, lad!" said McFadden, and threw
the throttle. ;
He knew the course. On the t lay
the rock-ribbed hills, from the of
which much of the road-bed had been
carved. On the left, far below, the tor-
ing Mh IB By
ver. pass t
Burnham, wn, Ba oh can,
down grade all the way, and most of it a
heavy grade at that.
“Crooked asa dog's hind leg, the whole
of it,” said the old man to himself, “but
there's one good thing ~the sharpest
turns are out and not in.
of Duncan passed. For Andrew McFad-
den and his son Donald there was only
the instantaneous impression of a group
of staring on the platform—a man
a woman clutch.
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and one begins to think that dark dresses
and jackets might exist some place in
the world, although not truly necessary
for one’s comfort here. The country is
80 beautifully green and the later flow-
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ing their blackened “poui” stained teeth,
and they had on a “chuda” (head cover-
ing) of some dirty looking muslin. The
elder woman, the mother of one and the
mother-in-law of the other two, had on |
pajamas, of dark blue calico, slippers, no
stockings, and a shirt of some coarse,
plain material. The others wore a “sau-
ri” wound about their bodies. We sat
down to eat and through my interpreter
(nurse) I started in to chatter and suc-
ceeded in interesting these women for a
time at least. Iwas then asked if I
cared to see their jewelry, and it was
brought out in arm-loads. As things of
beauty, these did not appeal to me in the
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
{ "Tis the hand you clasp with honest grasp
| That gives you a hearty thrill.
"Tis the good you pour in other lives
That comes back your own to fill.
"Tis the dregs you drain from another's cup
That make your own seem sweet.
And the hours you give to your brother man
That makes your own life complete.
"Tis the burden you help another bear
That make your own seem light;
'Tisthe danger seen for another's feet
That shows you the path to right;
"Tis the good you do each passing day
With a heart sincere and true
That brings best returns to you.
one can just sit and enjoy it all. And
when I look at my calendar and see it is
boy, with streams of sweat fur- | October 20th, I can scarcely realize that
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rowing the grime on his face, bent again
least, but so unique and wierd looking | Again, as Christmas time draws near,
I have never seen their equal. I looked | We see 2 ar ne oft-reiterated admo-
: | nition “Shop y.,"
over each one, tried on the armlets and | Many, indeed, do heed the cry and do
neck-chains, but the anklets and toe rings | their shopping in good season. More,
ad got kk that it you are staying in doors and that last
did not apeal to me; they were all heavy |
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disaster almost inevitable. If the train
should leave the rails at Newfield, a
dozen houses would be in its path.
Just before they reached Blair, the
long, hungry fi of the headlight,
stretching forw. touched a black bulk
slipping round a point of the mountain.
the | this place.
year this ti come.
Lig fis the SH Ho) SGHls, So | 28 cumbersome. They then brought
| oring, truly the intense biue sky, the gor-
Again the moon is giving us such beau- 4
| tiful nights and getting into the brains of | 880US green of the over-hanging trees
' the wrong doers about Jhansi. I have |
| food supply of the nurses, and now for | :
| several nights the miscreants have been | 2" whom [ went So uce yi in fe
| trying to frighten the nurses by throwing | : Having exhausted all t was : en
| stones into their “compound” and so well nvited to have tea and the white cloth
| have they succeeded that those poor girls, | W2 removed displaying an enamel plate
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' who have always been shielded and treat- | with some meat cakes, another with rice
| ed like ten year old children, are simply | made in native fashion with green color-
panic stricken and tonight Dr. MacMil- | ing, horribly suggestive of cholera; eggs |
lan and her dog have gone down to give fried so brown and so full of black pep-
what comfort and protection they can | Per that I did not appreciate the luxury;
to Miss McClean, for she seems to be i some fruit, a loaf of bread some native
| out their beautiful dresses and as to col-
and the dead white of the buildings were |
| told you of the attempt to steal, or in. | 28 Nothing in comparison; the edgings |
| deed the actual act of stealing all the ' all in silver and gold galloon, but none
| pretty like those shown me by the wom- |
about as badly frightened as the others. |
It all seems so strange to me but were I |
cakes called “chapatties”
“ghe” or native oil, “meti”
dripping with
(candy) also
however, put off the fulfilment of their
errands from day to day, until a sudden
realization that Christmas is close upon
, them drives them almost in a state of
panic to the shops, only to find the coun-
| ur crowded and buying anything a bur-
en.
And late shopping is not only a bur-
den, but it endangers one's health, as
doctor Neff and doctor Dixon have point-
ed out. And then the late-rush shopping is
| so unnecessary. Everything is being done
to promote early shopping. The large
i department stores have adopted a plan
of entering upon their December ac-
counts, payable the first of January, all
; purchases made subsequent to the mid-
|dle of November. In this way early
' shoppers are given the privilege of defer-
ring payment for Christmas presents un-
til proximately the time they are
needed.
If unselfish motives do not prompt
. shoppers to early buying should at
least be influenced by self-interest to
pect them. Flying fish t
rings are found in all the
there Ix the tiying fox, the
fruit eating bat. which the Malays call
“krmapg.” They way be seen almost
any evening winging their steady
fight often at a great elevation well
out of rauge of a shotgun. The fying
squirrels ax evening twilight comes
are also seen. They glide down from
one lofty tree to the buse of another,
up which they scramble to the level
they started from. Wide expansions
of skin between the fore and hind
Jiubs act in parachute fashion and
sustain them in their glide. They are
of some size, but are quite harmless,
The tying lizard is seen in the heat of
the day in the jungle gliding down
with an flash in much the sume manner
us the squirrel. But he Is wuch small
er und it requires a quick eye tv dee
tect him. The natives kill him with a
clay ball shot from their blowpipes.—
North Bornes Herald.
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Spiders That Hunt Fish.
There are certain large sea spiders
two feet from toe to toe, called Collo-
sendels gigas, that live in the water
and feed entirely upon mollusks and
worms.
‘Tbe carnivorous wolf spider, an am-
phibious inhabitant of the tropical re-
ions of South America, is sald to pre-
fer a fish diet. though it is not averse
to eating mice, young birds and even
snukes, resembling in thix respect the
theraphosidae, or bird catching spiders,
of Indin and Queensland, some of
which equal a rat in size.
- make their purchases when they may do ‘The collosendeds is the most formida-
struck the curve at the point, even the i
stood |
the ri And they ack Shutty 4
ver. were ng sixty
miles an hour. Fire streamed from the
purchase I would make would be a gun, | but thank goodness made with boiling
and I surely would learn to use the arti. Water. that much used concoction, tea.
cle; not that I am blood-thirsty, but if Well, knowing that these women never
| humans wished to become beasts I would | wash their hande and also that without
| give them the same treatment I should | @ doubt the children had all their fingers
. | give abeast that persistently annoyed me. | in the stuff as well, my poor brain went
Monday night.—Nothing happened to | to work on the jump to find some excuse
change the report and truly not even a! for not eating and I did some “tall bluff-
expecting to spend my life here the first | AriPPing grease onto everything, and iast ' 50 with greater convenience to them-
| selves.
Fur hats are handsome and luxurious,
| but by the side of a black velvet, they
seem to grow heavy and stiff, whereas
i the small black velvet hat is chic and
charming. Either draped on a frame or
put on tight, the effect is good so long as
the shape is becoming and the hat is
' well posed. All hats cover the head, be
neer call was given to frighten the maidens.
boy jumped to the l-can, and | i
With his oop al ang a : Today a superintendent of police was |
ing mass; and on it he 5 gy coal, | called in and he promises to keep all |
and stirred and prodded. | quiet and charming along the way—exit |
“Now, lad now! Before they turn robbers. |
back!" | I was invited to a very elegant ladies’
Wo the an oh ong, Yi 3 i house to tea today but either the native
away climbed and now by leaps the mind or else I, got mixed up as to the |
Mogul SHerhaujed it. The freight was hour and instead of coming for me at
coming to a stop. four-fifteen they never came until after
Donald dropped his shovel and leaped | rclock
from his seat. Swinging himself out, he five 0 andl By by Shas ame both: the
worked his way along the running-board, | "Urse and myself had taken off our good
and climbed down on the pilot. His | clothes and gone back to our various jobs,
father’s hand on the throttle was curbing | thinking that they had forgotten all about
the Teil o} she Mogd La. = € | us, when up came their “tonga” I was
BO Pe lop into place. Thon | really disappointed for you see I am still
e climbed back and took up his shovel, | interested in telling you how the natives |
Andrew McFadden reversed his lever, | live.
and by a long pull on the whistle-cord,| Tomorrow night I am going to a din-
Felcased 5 Sriumpliant Dost, Then he | ner and afterward a little affair at the
my lad! Ye'll make a railroad man. Ye club. I scarcely know I am not in Amer-
know enough to take orders and obey | ica, so much gayety seems to be going
them." — Youth's Companion. on—something nearly every night, did
— { one accept all the kindness shown; but I
Cruikshank at Eighty, | am afraid I am growing tired of it all.
“Among the many people whose ac- | The various phases of native life are still
quaintance | made in Richardson's | full of charm, even if the actors are not
rooms was old George Crulkshank. | | admirable and no longer form the back-
bappened incidentally to remark that ground for my fairy tales of wonder. You
I wasn't very well. when Cruikshank | remember how many wild and wierd
in his genial manner exclaimed: ‘What? | : : :
Not well? A powerful young fellow : stories have had their settings in India;
like you ought to be ashamed of your- Some day I am going tolook them up and |
self to talk of being unwell! Here, ! see if 1 can find one of those charmed |
let me see you do this.’ ‘spots I used to know through books. |
“He sprang up. took the tongs and These missionaries tell me that they
poker from the fireplace, crossed them love the native. Mother dear, can one
on the floor like two swords and then. ove a thief, a murderer, a liar, a deceiv-
whistling his own air, danced a high- er, a di and the most unclean
land sword dance with great agility J ever met? Or, do you
and accuracy, keeping it up for at least |
a quarter of ap hour As he threw | think that they may be so enthusiastic
himself oto a chair. somewhat ex: | that they are in love with the missionary?
then, when I'm dead you can say you . ings and native life at two different plac-
saw old Cruikshank when he was over | eg. It is this: The British are the con-
eighty years of age dance the sword 'querors, and therefore the rulers, but
dance In Dr. Richardson's room.’ "— | never for one instant a mixer with the
From “Pages From ap Adventurous ' native, and even rarely sympathizing
Life. | with them in any way. They are all,
Pun the Ora. {even to the Rajahs, looked upon and
The Punished "a Sih ¢ says the | treated as servants, so that if youare so-
_ cially inclined, you can find it within the
London Standard Geneva correspond |
ent. was overcrowded the other day | military or the civil lines. But ifyou are
and several travelers bad to stand in ' desirous of studying native life and con-
the corridors of the second class | ditions, you must drop your English ac-
couches. One tourist saw a seat vacant. | quaintances and go to the other side of
but covered with luggage, and asked | town, for in no way are the whites inter-
a passenger sitting near whether the | ogteq jn the least. These nurses are, of
ing” (that is slang but I haven't yet got- the latter large or small. The woman
ten back to normal after that effort.) I! 28 Short Mee se a mistake jb wear
did drink some plain black tea, eat an | .¢ nane of the neck. From a distance
apple and some other fruit while these she appears most unlovely, as though she
women sat around and watched me. } wate 2 head, in Shouilars, with no
They never use anything but their fin. | 8raceful 'stem” between. We see views
gers, and a horrid. messy sight it is to Syyoich i", Faris and they render the
see them feeding themselves. As soon | P wy:
as I could do so, I decided I had to g0| (Crooked teeth in children are now
home aud got up to take my leave but coming under the watchful eyes of
my hostess had me take my food with Scientists a any o¥il effects are being
me, at least she packed up two plates, | traced to this class of deformity. Care
with her fingers, and tying. them up in a Sb TveSUGatgn of 0 cass of criminals
black kerchief insisted that we take them ' 40 of the 50 were with irregular
with us. Leaving the chickens and chil- | teeth, Tesulting ih deformed Moukne and
i i i . + in many cases hi aces. con-
dren in undisputed. possession 1. was tak. ; lJ}, IVA) SUSE HC ted To rede
en to see their store house where, with |; ind |
, in poor nutrition with the resultant in
great pride, I was shown earthen bottles complete physical and mental develop-
galore, a few little tin trunks and stacks
of clothing. After duly exclaiming at |
such affluence I made my escape and was
thankful when that burlap curtain drop-
ped between myself and the last “salaam.”
I got back to the hospital, making my
round at six o'clock, and then came on
up home. I was to go out to dinner and
so went up to dress. The dinner, sol
learned, was to be followed by a dance
and when I got there I found ten men
with but three women. Dinner, just the
same old thing, went through with arush
and at nine o'clock we started to the
club. I suppose it was a very nice dance
and I must say the men were very kind
to me, a stranger, but I don’t want any
more until I get back to you all. Such
perfect bores I simply can’t waste my
strength on and would much prefer stay-
ing at home reading, or going to bed so
that unless something very unusual is
offered to mel have had the first and last
of that kind of thing that I care for in
India.
Another experience added to my list
to me—two entertain
such a widely different social strata.
thoroughly interested
trasting point of view. Ido wish I
‘see a ‘s entertainment some
the stranger. “the man is in the restan-
runt car, and will return soon.”
There the matter ended until the
express reached Lausanne. when the
owner of all the luggage prepared to
get ont.
“Pardon me.” said the tourist. “that
ngeage does not belong to yon," and
~illed the guard. The latter sided with
« tourist, and the whole matter was
deed before the station master. The
sellish traveler had to prove, piece
by piece, that the luggage on the seat
belonged to him. and he finally was
obliged to pay for two second class
tickets.
The Charm She Wore.
Many are the charms adopted by so
clety women with a grain of supersti-
tion In their makeup, and one of the
most unique Is that worn by a young
matron who spends much of her time
at Atlantic City. Attention being called
to her curious pendant—a polished sub-
stunce set In pearls and suspended
from a slender gold chain—she was
asked what manner of stone it might
be. “Stone? she laughed. “It's just
plain, ordinary wood. You see, | have
a most unfortunate tendency to boast.
and at such times caution tells me to
knock wood. Oftentimes there Is no
wood at hand. so all | have to do to
save myself from my rashness is to
tap my little locket. Simple, ain't it?
-New York Tribune
seat was “occupled.” “Yes,” course, exceptions to the al ate.
| ment, as they have been raised from in-
fants, in schools, and even their relatives
don’t seem to be in the “land of the liv-
ing,” and so no outside, or rather native,
influence, has ever been brought to bear
| upon their lives. But even they have to
be watched and pushed forward and
made to do things a Ba | vrvdgh r noses. Then you would
most feel discouraged with the little work at it and say that the has
accomplished. 2 yond ue! Not at of it.
w y morning.—I had a great that most lung trouble was the result of
| afternoon yesterday. The natives whom | improper brea and therefore she
made up her that her son would
| Lid sufuted to go.10 ste. the fay. bes
| fore, sent around for me and after attend. | breathe properly. Yes, that Indian lived
ing to my work I, with one of the nurs.
es, went in the “tonga” sent for us, to
the hostess’ house. Tomy eyes it was
a large, pretty white building, of the typ-
ical eastern style. At the doorway we
were received by two women and three
men servants; a piece of common bur-| In a dark t a traveler gropes his
lap hung across the doorway as a cur. | Way along a slowly and
tain. The servants motioned for us to | doubtfully. Suddenly a of lightning
shows him that he is on the brink of a
goin and I stepped into a bare room | precipice, having wandered in the dark-
with a stone floor, nothing on the wall, a | ness from the familiar road. What that
single native bed without any bedding on | blaze of ightning is to the Dr.
it, standing in the corner. I passed Pierce's Common Medical
through this room and came into a fairly ito the itd} 2 ol This
good sized court yard, the floor of hard
beaten earth, two native beds, four chairs,
a half dozen chickens and a table with a | {© Pay expense of mailing only.
white cloth over it. Here I met my hos-
tesses, three in number, all smiling, show-
| ment.
“Crooked teeth are bound to get better
attention in the future,” one sci-
| entist who has studied the effects of this |
| type of deformity.
i “It is true that irregular and growed
youngster not only |
| backward but morbid as well. People |
| who are trying to help children, realize |
| that they £an get sympathy for a club-
| footed child much quicker than for one
| with a facial deformity, yet irregular
| teeth are bound to retard the growth
. and the development mentally and phys ¢
| ally. Notice the little girl with bold |
| tusks protruding and you will always
find her at the back of the From
a spirit of reticence she soon to!
shun the company of others and itis only |
a at, Jy [vary 32903.
ng society to , she
develops criminal traits.”
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With the new season's models the waist
has been one way in the girdles !
and sashes of considerable width that |
Smile 3 uber oiic of tht wir inne,
or down the back, and may
either | or short. Nothing impairs
the ness of the girdle it
leaves the waist comfortable in size.
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Pin Party Affords Much Fun to the
Participants.—The hostess pricked out
the invitation to the pin party on a card
which she attached to her ting card
by a small glass-headed pin. After all
| the guests had arrived had a con-
, test to see who could put most pins |
lina in ten minutes. Neatness was |
| coun The next contest was to see
I who could best make their initials in |
| small satin pincushions, which were giv- |
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ble specimen of the spider family,
measuring six inches around the body
and possesding twelve long, hairy legs,
with which it grips its tinny prey. It
attacks fish several times larger than
itself and after hiting them through
the back and stinging them to death
giuts itself by sucking the juices from
the bodies of its victims.
Enterprise.
A well known business establish.
ment recently sent out a circular to the
trude with which it has dealings an-
nouncing the death of the head of the
firm. To the astonishment of the firm,
there was received from a printing
house the following reply to the cir
cular:
“Gentlemen—It Is with deep regret
that we learn by your circular of re
cent date of the great loss sustained
by your firm, and we respectfully beg
, to express our heartfelt sympathy.
“In this connection we observe that
your circular is printed by Messrs,
Blank & Co We feel confident that
had you pinced this order with us we
could have quoted you cheaper and
| better terms than any other firm: con-
: sequently in the deplorable event of a
future bereavement we trust that you
will afford us an opportunity to make
you an offer in this regard.” —Ex-
change.
How Caterpillars Build.
Many clever caterpillars which dwell
habitually in company build a common
nest for the common benefit. Of these
is the famous American tent caterpil-
lar. The tents are really nests of silk
spun umong leaves and twigs. In them
the caterpillars dwell when young, and
to them they resort for sheiter in rainy
weather even when larger grown. Al
led species which pass through the
winter in the caterpillar state con-
struct winter sleeping quarters which
the bookish folk call hibernaculums.
These ure often conspicuous among the
branches during the cold months of the
year. If torn open they reveal a sur-
prising thickness of spun silk, forming
a dense nonconductive wall. At the
center of the mass lie from thirty to
fifty tightly packed cnterpillars waiting
for the return of the warm weather,
when thoy will resume their feeding.
Why They Quarreled.
“1 hear that you quarreled with
Harry.” sald one young woman to
another. “Is it so?"
“Yes, | did.” replied the other girl
“He is a horrid thing. He asked me
how old | was, and | told him twen-
ty-one. and he wouldn't believe me!”
“Indeed!” said the first. “Well, you
should have referred him to Bob Yates.
He could swear you told bim the very
same thing four years ago.”—Detroit
Free Press.
Where He Got It.
Teacher— Now. Willie, where did you
get that chewing gum? | want the
truth. Willie—~ You don't want the
truth, teacher. and I'd rather not tell a
lle. Teacher—How dare you say 1 don't
want the truth! Tell me at once where
you got that chewing gum. Willie—
Under your desk.— Exchange.
llustrative Dances.
“Dances used to originate from tribal
customs.”
“Well, doesn't it seem possible that
some of these popular dances tend to
fllustrate the movements of persons
dodging a flock of motorears?' —Wash-
ington Star.
How to Treat a Wire Cut.
Never let a wire cut on your stock
£0 unattended. Clean out the wound
with soup and water, wash with peroz-
ide of hydrogen and apply a good heal.
ing ointment.— Rural Farmer.
Just a Suggestion.
He—-What: Another new dress!
That's enough to make me jump out
of my skin! She- \Why don't you to it?
Then | can have a helt and hand bag
made of it.—-Ulk.
A man's fatnre is his own. He makes
It himself every day as he goes along
through life.
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