THE PATh TO VICTORY.
Though oft your star of hope has palod.
Waste not-your breath in pishing ;
£emembor, friend, you have not failed
Bo lontf as you keep trying.
Woman's Homo Companion.
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A BY EAYMOXD WESTHILL. Q
He was a newsboy, and one of
two creditors who formed an ac
quaintanceship at a debtor's door —
the other creditor was the landlord.
Tim had been pounding on the
door some minutes when the landlord
came.
"Is there no one in?" inquired that
person as he discovered Tim there.
"Now. She's never in when I want
me money,"' said Tim. "She tooked
der papers alright."
"And she never paid you anything?"
"Sure, she did wonst, but I nevei
kin got no money outer her now. Shc
mus' spen' it all fer beer now; she's
alwiz got der price of a pint."
"How much does she owe you?"
"On'y a dollar forty-sevin. She
used ter owe me two dollars an' forty
sevln cents. Dat was when she lived
in Gardiner street, two flights up. I
reckoned it up, an' I went up four
hun'red an' fifty-four flights er stairs
ter sell dem papers, an' laid out one
doller an' thirteen an' 6r half cents,
ter git dem —an' den didn't git paid
all."
"I would come here every week
until she gave me the rest, if I were
you.'
"Yer wouldn't git it den, fer I went
ter her house in Gardner street twen'y
three times in two months an' all I got
was 50 cents."
"Some people haven't any hearts,"
remarked the landlord as Tim paused.
"Dat wus sixty six flights er stairs
more. Den she moved ter Cook av
enyer, but I wusn't goner give it up
an' I found out where she moved. She
lived dare sevin months an' I never
pot nothin' from her. It wus two
flights dare, and went up sixty-nine
times an' dat makes a hun'red an'
thirdy-eight more flights er stairs.
Den she moved ter Wilton street an'
der firs' t'fee months I didn't get
nothin'. I tried nineteen times an' it
wus t'ree flights dare —dat makes
fifty sevin flights more. Nex' time I
went she said she'd gim ma ten cents
er week till it wus all paid. She on'y
gim me thirdy cents in two months.
I'm tired countin' der stairs—l don't
know how much dat made. Now she's
here an' I've bin comin' her fer four
months.
"An'," he continued, getting quite
In a rage; "some of her excusis wus
fierce. She tol' me firs' dat der firm
didn't pay her husban' yet for two
months, an' dat she wus ter law about
it. Den dat gag wore out, an' when
Mr. Braid'd come ter der door an' see
me he'd say 'Mrs. Braid jist wont out,
boy; she's got all der money wid her;
come 'round termorrer,' and when
Mrs. Braid'd come ter der door she'd
say 'Why Mr. Braid jist went out.
Didn't yer meet him? I haven't a
penny In der house. Sorrv; yer'll
have ter come in termorrer.' "
"Such mean proceedings," inter
osed the landlord with disgust.
"Oh, dat ain't all. One day I got
<iem mixed up. Mr. Braid said dat
Mrs. Brnid was sleenin' an' bercause
she had neuralger he didn't want
ter wake her up. I went der nex'
day an' she says 'Why didn't yer call
er little earlier yesterd'y. I jist went
out when yer came.' Nothin' but 'er
big lie."
"Did you tell her you caught her?"
"Naw —wouldn't be no use."
During the last of the conversation
the landlord had taken a tub that had
stood against the front door of Mrs.
Braid's apartment and placed it
against the rear door.
"She'll know who put that there,"
he said assuredly. "She'll be down
to my office tonight without fall to
pay the rent. She doesn't fool with
me."
The next time Tim found Mrs.
Braid in, and she promised to pay
'every cent on Wednesday afternoon
at three o'clock, four weeks from
now."
That afternoon Mrs. Braid was pre
paring to make a "call," and thereby
evade the newsboy, when the landlord
came. She had appeared at his office
thrice with excuses, but no money. He
must have his money. She found sub
terfuge in:"I have only a ten dollar
bill." He insisted upon getting change,
while she argued that' she had an im
portant engagement and could not
tarry a moment. He threatened to
put her and her possessions on the
sidewalk if she did not settle. She
finally handed him the ten dollar bill,
though not before she had gotten rid
of the detaining dilemma. That was
disposed of by her careless nature
when she said:
"Put the change under the mat. It'll
be a dollar and a half—eight fifty for
the rent."
"It will not be safe there."
"Oh yes it will. I've placed things
there loads of times."
About twenty minutes after Mrs.
Braid had sauntered out of the house
Tim, fifteen minutes late, was rap
ping at her door; but, of course, it
remained closed. He made up his
mind to fool her "jist onst" in his life,
so he placed the tub where the land
lord had put it.
"Now," he said to himself with a
giggle, 'she'll go down ter his office
fer nothin'! Dat'll be a wild goose
chase fer her."
But somehow the tub would roll
away from the door, and he felt for
the supposed disturbing piece of coal.
It was not on top of the mat, so ht
felt under. His hand struck sorue pa
per and he picked it up and took i
to tho light. To his astonishment thi
paper contained a dollar and a half
and writen across it was the wort
"change."
"Alright," said Tim out loud, "I'l
give her der change, an' I'm might;
glad yer honist at las'." He placed
three cents change in the paper anc
put it under the mat.
He joyously rushed out of the houss
and off to a fruit store, where he puv
chased a large bag of fruit —"Now, 1
he said, as he came out, "Mom'll hav<
fruit like everybody else."
In front of the landlord's office ;
crowd had gathered, for within an un
conscious little form was stretchcc
on a desk. It was none other thai
Tim's. While caring for his fruit hi
had slipped, and l'ell, striking his heac
cn thi? sidewalk. When he did opcr
his eyes the first thing he said was
"lt's me own fault. I got it ber
cause I wus goin' ter give her £
wild goose chase. Dat's why I got it.'
"What woman, Tim?" quickly in
tcrrogated the landlord.
"Mrs. Braid. She left der monci
whot she owed me under der mat, an
I bought der fruits wid it."
The landlord said nothing; but t
few minutes later, when the lad ap
peared to have recovered enough t(
go home, the landlord started for Mrs
Braid's apartment.
Half an hour afterward Mrs. Brait
took from under her mat a dollar anc
a half, and remarked:
"I knew it woud be safe." —The Cri
terion.
AN EASTERN NATIONAL PARK.
A I'rojoct for Omo in New England,
Kinbraco raits of 'lliree State*.
There is talk of a national park ir
New England, including part of Maine
as a forest reservation. The entire
area of forest reservations and parks
approximates fifty million acres. Tut
parks diifer from the forest reserves
in that no lumbering can be carried
on within them, and their game ani
mals are protected. The mining laws
do not apply within their territory,
except in Mount Kanier Park, anc'
they are in care of government troops
The forest reservations, on the othei
hand, are administered by the secre
tary of the interior, through the gen
eral land office. Maine and New-
Hampshire already have state and
forestry commissions, and it might be
practicable to secure their coopera
tion in the control and direction ol
such a reservation as is suggested
While several states have acquired
fores:t reservations or have taken meas
ures to protect such areas, the Fed
eral government possesses the facili
ties for controlling such reservations
in a broad way, unaffected by 10-jai 01
private interests, upon plans that wil!
permit the use of private forests thai
remain, directing with intelligenct
such cutting as is proper, and promot
ing new growth on the denuded areas
The subject is exceedingly important
in its relation to the prosperity of the
farmer, who is largely dependent on
climate and rainfall; to the greal
manufacturing interests, more or less
dependent on the water power furn
nished by our rivers; to the rapidly
growing cities and towns whose watei
supply is drawn from our northern
lakes, and to the health and pleasure
of thousands who annually visit the
mountains and uplands of northern
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
The White Mountain region of New
Hampshire covers an area of mort
:han 1200 square miles, between the
lake country of New Hampshire on the
south and the valleys of the Ammo
noosuc and Androscoggin on the north
Connected witn it easterly are the
great forest areas of Maine, extending
to the Canadian frontier, and on the
west are the contiguous mountain dis
tricts of Vermont.
This whole section, including parts
of the three states named, is of the
highest scenic interest, comprising
mountain, lake and river. Dominated
by Mount Washington and the Presi
dential range, flanked by the Fran
conia and Sandwich ranges, it includes
also groups of lesser peaks covered
by forests, inclosing mountain-walled
lakes of surpassing beauty, feeding the
Connecticut and Merrimao rivers, the
Saco, the Androscoggin, the Kennebec,
the Penobscot, and many tributary
streams, the source of the water power
of hundreds of manufacturing villages
and cities, to which the growth and
prosperity of New England are so
largely due.
It is a region of great historic inter
est, closely associated with the past
and present life of New England, in
terwoven with its romance, poetry, art
and tradition. The territory is easily
accessible from every point, and avail
able to a large percentage of our
urban population. The eastern sec
tion is well stocked with fish anj
game, and other parts might under
proper conditions be restocked. Each
year, however, marks the cutting tor
commercial purposes of many acres ol
its forest growth, and the encroach
ment upon its borders of the expand
ing life of the towns is constantly
more obvious. —Lewiston Evening
Journal.
Incr«»R*« from Onn Potato.
An interesting agricultural item it.
reprinted in the London Times: "A
Mr. Vacher of Hcckford Farm, near
Poole, last year planted one potato,
which produced him 325 in number,
and there would have been still more,
had not a boy lost one of the eyes
after the potato was cut in pieces.
The farmer having saved the whole
of them, had them planted, which ha
has now dug up, and finds that they
have multiplied to the number of 92:,T
■jnd weigh 13 cwt., 3 qrs., which cer
tainly is a very great increase from
one single root in two years."
l''gffs by tlie round.
There has been much talk about sell
ing eggs by the pound. In and around
some of our larger cities there arc
n-.any sold in that way, but they are
not sold in the shell. Cracked eggs
and the larger ones among the dirty
eggs, if fresh, are broken out, and the
white and yolk well beaten together.
Some packers use a churn to thor
oughly mix them, which is important,
as if they are put up just as they come
from the shell, the yolk becomes dry
and mealy. They are then frozen solid
and Kept in cold storage until wanted.
They are packed in tins of from ten to
forty pounds each, and of course the
demand for them comes principally
from the bakers for cakes and similar
purposes. It is said that a pound of
the frozen egg is equal to ton eggs of
the average size. They will not keep
sweet long after they have been
thawed out, so that it is important
that the user knows how many pounds
he needs at one time, and opens no
more than that. Packers who arc
careful to avoid nutting in any tainted
or spotted eggs get about twelve to
thirteen cents a pound, while other
grades not as carefully selected have
to be sold at ten cents.
Value of Drainngc.
More than one farmer who has put
tile or other underground drains in
his fields, or a part of them, learned
this year the value of drainage in a
drought as well as in a wet season.
It gives the circulation of air through
the sou that keeps it light and friable,
so that the roots penetrate through
the soil to find the moisture they
need. The soil does not pack after a
rain, partly owing to the coming up
of air from the tiles through the very
channels that the water followed when
it passed down to them. Some noticed
that the rows, particularly of corn,
which were almost directly over ine
line of the drain, kept green longer
and produced a better crop than those
which were between the drains, and
the poorest rows or parts of the field
were those farthest from the drain.
Some say the yield was doubled in
the close vicinity of the drains, in
which case we should think the drains
were too far apart for a very dry or a
very wet season. But this is not all
the value of drainage. Land that is
properly drained can be worked much
earlier in the spring, and is much less
affected by the frosts in spring or fall
because it is dryer. Wheat and clover
are not so often lifted, ».id the roots
broken during the freezing and thaw
ing of the winter, and is thus less
liable to winter kill.
Corn and Fodder for Winter Fee^Unjj.
This year we used a corn harvester.
Much oi the corn was down badly.
It did the work entirely satisfactorily.
Its greatest advantage, however, was
found in filling the silos. Fewer
hands by five did the work in less time
than we had ever before been able to
accomplish it. The corn being bound
in bundles was much easier loaded and
unloaded. We should now no more
think of filling tho silos without the
help of the binder than of cutting
wheat with a cradle.
Another short cut with the corn
crop we learned last year was to run
the shock corn through an ordinary
wheat separator. Thus the corn was
shelled and the fodder rhredded all at
one handling. Next to putting the
crop into the silo, with us this is tho
most economical and satisfactory
method of caring for it. We had not
the least trouble in saving either corn
or fodder last year, but they were very
dry when threshed. This year we pro
pose doing the work earlier and
mixing oats with the grain and straw
with the fodder. With this precaution
we shall put 300 bushels in a bin. We
run the fodder into the barn. The
machine expense was only four cents
a bushel. Those who have tried it
say the corn does not keep well into
tho following summer. We shall husk
enough for next summer feeding.—
Dr. H. P. Miller, in New England
Homestead.
Overcoat* for the Meet.
"Overcoats" for each hive of bees
cost about a trifle. These are called
winter cases by the manufacturers,
and may be bought for a small sum.
They are cut out ready to put to
gether, and when thus shipped in the
fiat the freight is very low. We can
still get something cheaper if we care
to work out the cheapest plan, and <;an
buy boxes of about the right size at
our neighboring stores that dry goods
and groceries have been shipped in.
It matters not only for looks, whether
they are all one size or not. But they
must be large enough to cover the
hive and come down on the ground or
sunk a little in the ground. There
are always many good tight boxes,
that are made of matched lumber,
that are absolutely tight, and we want
no cracks for the snow and wind to
blow through.
The hives should be set down elo'3o
to the ground preparatory to receiving
these boxes, and of course all the
upper stories and supers must be
removed, so that a box say fourteen
or fifteen inches deep will answer.
After making these boxes absolutely
tight except one side, turn it down
over the hive bottom up, fitting it
closely to the ground, and cutting an
entrance just opposite the entrance
In the hive. Thin entrance must be
fixed nicely and conveniently for the
bees to ccme out and pass in at their
pleasure, and need not be very large:
an inch or inch and a half hole will
answer. Fix an alighting beard in
front a foot wide, as a board Is bettei
than the earth banked up, for it will
warm up and dry off better than the
ground.
With this arrangement we do not
use any chart cushions, or chaff pack
ing anywhere, but close the hive up
tightly with the ordinary lid that be
longs to it. Chaff cushions and chaff
packing go with the regular chaff
hive, and perhaps the chaff hive sys
tem is the most complete method of
wintering bees out doors, but it is not
practiced to such extent as formerly,
owing to the expense of such hives.—
A. H. Duff, in Farm, Field and Fire
side.
Treatment for Smb.
True scab is a familiar disease to
sheep raisers in every part of the
world. The most prominent symp
tom is an itchiness of the skin com
pelling the sheep to rub, scratch or
bite itself whenever possible. It will
scratch and kick itself with its hind
feet, thus destroying the wool wher
ever the feet can reach. It will also
bite itself, and will become extremely
restless, more particularly at night,
preventing the animal from resting
and make it nervous and irritable.
The treatment of scab is a very
simple matter, if taken in the start
before there is much irritation of the
skin. The parasite does not penetrate
the skin, like those producing mange
in the horse and dog. The parasites
producing scab in sheep live on the
surface, like lice, so most any of the i
ordinary dips applied to them will !
come in contact with the parasites
and kill them, but may not kill the
eggs, which will hatch out in from 1
ten days to two weeks, when the ap- 1
plication must be repeated. If the dis
ease has been allowed to become |
chronic, then there will be scabs j
formed so that enough parasites will i
get under and not come In contact !
with the medicine, and they will still
live to perpetuate their kind.
In order to treat scab successfully j
the wool should all be clipped off, so as
to expose the skin as much as possible
to the air. Like mange in the horse, |
tho diseased animal should be separ- j
atcd from the well and should be well i
fed, to nuild up the physical strength j
as quickly as possible, as it is a well- j
known fact that parasitic life lives I
at the expense of physical life. Build |
up the physical strength, and the bods '
offers greater resistance to parasitic !
life.
After the animals have been dipped J
they should not be turned into pas- I
tures where they were while suffering j
from the disease. The parasite is not
long lived, consequently animals kepc
out of an infected pasture for a couple
of months can then be safely turned
in again.—Dr. William McLean, State
Veterinarian of Oregon, before the I
Northwest Wool Growers' Association, j
Potatoes for Profit.
The difficulty of raising good pota- :
toes is due as much to the soil, seed .
and climate as to any method of cul- j
ture, and it is often useless for farmers I
in one section of the country to at
tempt to compete wim those in more
favorable places to raise fancy pota
toes. Yet I believe it is only the fancy
Ftnnl; tt-it pays. Ordinary potatoes do
not pr.y any more than ordinary yields
of a crop prove profitable. We must i
be able 10 raise large, lancy potatoes
and extra large crops, to make this
business pay. Then, indeed, we have
a specialty that one can depend on
to prove very profitao.e.
As I said at the beginning, potatoes
are largely a matter of location, cli
mate anu soil. If these are not natur
ally supplied, I consider it profitless
work to attempt to raise these prod
ucts for commercial purposes. It is
far better to devote the time and
attention to other farm crops. But
supposing these to be supplied. It is
then only necessary to study the most
approved methods of potato culture to
find success. The first essential is to
see what the market demands. So
called fancy potatoes are always of a
fair uniform size. The abnormally
large potato is neither profitable to
raise, nor in great demand. It takes
too long to cook it, and housekeepers
do not want it. A moderate size and
uniform throughout is the most desira
ble crop that we can desire. Plants
that yield heavily of such potatoes
are the best for commercial uses.
Next to size the color and condition
of the skin should be considered. The
delicately pink-tinted potato is the one
that attracts attention, and invaria
bly receives the prize. To obain this
the eeed must first be selected with
that in view. If one can give the
potatoes the right soil and fertilizer
this tendency to a thin, pink-tinted
skin will became emphasized. Un
doubtedly both the appearance and
quality of the potatoes are greatly
influenced by the soil and fertilizers.
Some soils produce fine commercial
potatoes without much effort on the
part of the farmer.
The potatoes require particularly
an evenly balanced fertilizer of nitro
gen, sulphate of potash and phos
phoric acid. This should be supplied
in the proportion of about four per
cent, of the first, eighteen per cent,
of the second and six per cent, of the
third. This fertilizer is strong enough
however, at first to burn the young
sprouts of tho seed, and consequently
it must be putin the trench or hill
long enough before planting to permit
it to become dissolved and chemically
mixed with the EOIL In any case the
fertilizer should be mixed with the
soil so that it will not come in direct
contact, with the potatoes. A light
soil with plenty of the right fertilizer
will keep the potatoes from growing
muddy and soggy in appearance, and
tinge it with the bright pink color
that is so much desired by housewives
and marketmen. —W. O. Haverland, In
American Cultivator
TRAINED TO SAVE MONEY.
London's Hootblacks Have Their In
terest. Carefully Looked After.
Among the established and familiar
sight of the streets of London is tho
red-jacketed shoe black with his box
and brushes. Now, in its jubilee year,
the Central Red Society numbers be
tween forty and fifty members, with a
permanent home in Great Saffron hill,
under the supervision of Mr. Bird and
regulated by a committee of great in- 1
fluence. Here most of the boys sleep,'
receive their education in classes un
der the dominance of the education
department, and spend their evenings
pleasantly and healthily. On admis
sion they are provided with uniforms
and imprements free, but any renewal
of either has to be borne to tho ex
tent of one-half the cost by the boys
themselves. Roughly, they goon duty
at 7:30 a. m.and return at U p. m. The
metropolis Is divided into stations.
One of the classes consists of regular
stations, at which the shoeblacks are
stationed. The other stations are oc
cupied by the boys in turn, three days
r.t each being the maximum stay. Nat
urally there is great emulation in or
der to reach the regular posts, which
are generally the most profitable, espe
cially in perquisites. It i3 an open
secret that Charing Cross railway sta
tion is the best post In the whole me
tropolis, but Ludgate station is a close
rival, and there, we are officially in
formed, is posted the very best shoe
black in London —a genius in his way,
who, be the weather wet or dry, turns
out a boot of gloosy brightness with
great adroitness. It is apposite to
mention here that the harvest time
for the shoeblack is a warm, sunny
day after a rain. For very iliame
then the city man must be brightly
shod and the red-coated lad appeals
with almost certain success.—London
Telegraph.
Tho Art of Skipping.
The Living Age remarks that some
of the fundamental principles of the
useful art of skipping are suggested by
Mr. Anthony Deane, in the following
passage in the London Pilot: When I
meet a paragraph which begins, "It is
now necessary to retrace our steps
somewhat to explain;" or, "The crim
son sun by this time neared the hori
zon. Far over the hill 3 stretched a
vault of heavy cloud, its strange, pur
ple tints fading and dissolving into"
—or, "But the contents of this room,
his sanctum sanctorum, deserve mora
detailed description;" or, "O strange,
unfathomable mystery of existence,
compelling our purblind race" —when,
I say, 1 meet a passage in a novel
which begins thus, I skip like anyi
thing.
A Christina. Philosopher:
HP asks three great gifts -Health, Wealth
*nd IlappinoHS ! Then give him Garfield Tea,
it bringn Good Health, promotes Hapnincis
and makes I ho puiauit of Wealth possible.
Australia is exporting pickled sheep
skins to the United States.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottloand treatiso free
Dr. 11. U. KLINE, I.td., 981 Arch Bt., I'hila. I'a.
A chestnut tree has been known to live
for £OO years, oak 1000 and yew 2800 years.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain, cures wind colic. '2scabottlo.
A solid cubic foot of anthracite weighs
in round numbers 100 pounds.
alias ■"" IW, MJ 1
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£g3n I How Truly the Great
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| ham's Vegetable Com
\ pound Justifies Her Orig-
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Womb troubles, causing pain, weight, and backache, instantly re
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Kidney Complaints and Backache of cither sex the Vegetable
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Unable r» Stand For Moni ,^1
Sprained Ankles.
Ct'KKI) BY ST. .JACOBS Oil,.
(From tho Cnrtliff Times.)
Among tho thousands of voluntary endorse
ments of tho great value of St. Jacobs Oil fot
sprains, stiffness, and soreness, in that of Mrs.
O. Thomas, 4 Alexandra I toad, Gclli, Ysbrod,
near Pontypridd, South Wales, who says:—
"It is with great pleasure that ladd my will
ing testimony to tho invaluable excellence of
your celebrated St. Jacobs Oil, as experienced
In my own case. I sprained both my ankles
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pain I suffered was most sovere, and nothing
that I used holpod mo until I applied St.
Jacobs Oil, when they immediately becamo
hotter daily, and in a short time I was able to
go about, and soon after I was quite cured. I
am now determined to advise nil persons suf
fering from pains to use this wonderful rem
edy, which did so much for me."
Mrs. Thomas does not enlighten us as to
what treatment 8110 pursued during the
months she was unablo to stand, and during
which time she was suffering so much, but wo
venture to suggest that had she called in any
well known medical man he would have at
onco have prescribed St. Jacobs Oil, for it has
conquered pain upwards of fifty years, and
doctors know there is nothing so good. The
proprietors of St. Jacobs Oil have been award
ed twelve gold medals by different interna
tional exhibitions as the premier pain-killing
remedy of tho world. The committees who
made the awards wero in each instance com
posed largely of tho most eminent medical
men obtainable. Mrs. Thomas evidently die'
not know the high opinion in which St. Jacobr
Oil is held by ulmost every progressive med
ical man.
China is greater than Russia, Groat Bri
tain, Germany, France, Japan and the
United States combined.
Naturally neople want to be Well for Christ
mas, lor nothing so promotes happiness and
good che* r. Therefore, tako (iarticld Tea
now; it cures all derangements of stomach,
liver, kidneys or bowels : it clenmes the evs
t m and purifies the blood, thus removing
tho cause of rheumatism, gout and many
chronic diseases. It is good for young and
old and has been held in the highest repute
for many years. Physicians rocommend it.
The United States continues at the
head of tiie list of the world's exporting
nations.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not stain tho
hands 01 spot the kettle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Procrastination is now tho kleptomaniac
of time.
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least ono dreaded dis
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dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
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Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Columbian half dollars of 1893 are quoted
at sixty to seventy-five cents.
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the winter rosorts of Florida, Ooorgla, tha
Carolinas and tho South and Southwest, an
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Sitka is the oldest settlement of impor
tance in Alaska.
Or. Benermann's Healing Salve
; Used in his priYiite practice for ftO yenin, now flr«
j driven to the public lor old ulcrra nnd rmin'iij
i that your phymcpin hatt failed to rure. Trj
i it. aft < outs. I'rejtared only by his dauvhter, >rs
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