ANCIENT HISTORY. 1
The Chicago Evening News Telle of lh
Klee of St. Loul,
St. Louis now clalir a population
of 600,000, which, 1* supported by
figures, makes the Missouri metrop
olis the fifth la size of the larje cit
ies of the United States.
St. Louis was founded in the year
SOOI B. C. by a protoplasm who was
off Ills feed and didn't care what he
did. Having started the place, how
ever, ho didn't feel like leaving and
did not leave until ho discovert 1 that
It was no place for a live, g >ahead
proto—and he left. As nothing was
ever heard of him afterward, it Is be
lieved by eminent authorities that ho
went up Into the Ozark hills and
kicked himself to death for having
boomed such a town.
About tbo twentieth century, B.
G the late Mr. ( hedorlaomer made
an expedition to St. Louis and up
to the day of his dcatu he regretted
It. In his memoirs he says: "Of all
tho deal, past-duo burgs that I ever
honoreu with my presence St Louis
takes the cheese." Mr. Chedorlaomer
was a close observer and knew what
he was talking about. The t"Xt per
son of note to visit the town was
Shalmanescr In the year 701 B. (J.
He mistook It for a nation: ceme
tery and dhl not stop off, 1 it pro
ceeded on to Keokuk, lowa.
The town wabbled on with indiffer
ent success until William t a Con
queror's time, when some lb ■ busl
ness man built a morgue ai l then
It began to grow. Abe Siupsky's
discovery of the Mississippi in 1421
gave the towi a boom and thi census
of 1426 glvesilt a population >f 106.
When it Is ibcailed thai only 4,500
years before j 11 that there wa- of St..
Louis was a protoplasm thl rapid
"rowth Is fniight with intere . Dur
ing the last .suo years its j ogres*
has leen a trfle slow but stea y
Mr. Chedcslaomer would s arcely
recognize tlit St. Louis of to-d iy. It
has several msiness blocks, post
ofllce and an ilroad lands freli ht and
passengers * thin walking d dance
of tho town pump. Travel rs be
tween the u -th and south • op off
for lunch, ju busiucss It is retro
spective.
ClrC'ti Ills Own Price.
Though Mr. F. Marion Crawford
probably earls more money by Ills pen
than any olher living writer he is
perhaps not so well paid In propor
tion to tho i mount of work t at he
does as Is llr. T. B. Aldrtch. As a
matter of 1 ict, Mr. Aldrich Iways
puts his own price on his wor , and
he Is always sure of getting It One
magazine o New York City takes
everything that he sends i 110
simply writ( the price In a cor ler of
the MSS., aid it Is paid. Wha a de
lightful aspe t of literary, u ce s this
presents! I few weeks ago an alitor
wroto to Mr. Aldrich: "Won t you
please drop i poem Into our ,1< , and
draw out as :uuch money as yob want
for it?" Mr 1 Aldrich dropped a lozen
lines, ns dlr< 'ted, and drew out $20."
—New York Recorder.
TOT YOU: O DOCTOR —"Just mink,
six of my patients recoveret this
week." 'lll old Doctor—"lt's your
own fault, i y boy. You gpen too
much time the club."—Life.
TSVTRII J ige a woman s co -klnsr
by the cake she takes to a d urclJ
locial. —Texts Slftlnus.
Dr. Kllm< r's Swamp-Root "u \a
nil Ki'ht / awl D 1 adder trouble i
Puntplil tnul Consultation 'r> .
Labrat ry Bingham pton,N.Y.
Geologists 8a Now Orleans will soo|i sink
out of sight.
111-IPs Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 750.
Soap Is one o the brat sterilizers of impure
water.
Karl's Clover Hoot, the ereat blood piHfler,
givey froshiio-- md clearness to the <•>* plex
-1011 and cuius oust iputiou. 25 cts., 50 cts>l.
Sweeping is 1 -w done with a hoso at I on
air pump.
The Magic Touch
OP
Hood's Sarsaparilla
You smllo at the idea. But if you are
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And indJ rest lon, try a bottle, and bo
fore you have taken half a dozen
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exclaim ' That just hits it!" " That
Mood's Sarsa
m. JL parilla
soothing effect £ "▼ t 1
is .1 ir BKle I UFCS
touoh ! ' Hood's
Sarssp rill*
gently toieg and strengthens the stom
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the liver creates a natural, healthy
desire foi food, gives refreshing sleep.
Hood's Pti S 'ire prompt and efilcient.
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a patent. PAT it 1 IK, o'FCAHKELL, Washington. D.CJ.
With many friends to love you,
Whose hearts are warm and true,
Bbould fortune prove a traitor
You must not make ado ;
And as the clouds are gathering
Upon hope's future son,
And pleasure's fickle spectre
Leaves naught of joy with thee— "V
Pause and think I
Think of truo souls and kindred-*
Lovod ones, though far away,
Whose tears of warm affection
May consecrate the clay
That shall lie heaped above you
When life's short dream is o'er,
Of who'll strive to moot you
Upon the other shore-
Pause and think *
An 1 when tomptntion's linger
Shall beckon yOu to stray,
Or siren-voice of pleasure
May lure to evil way,
WIIMU right aud wrou,' ronton ling—•
Both seeking to control
The best and worst within you
To save or wreck your soul—
Pause and think!
Th'nk that a step ouco taken
Can never 1o retraced,
That naught's so hard to burnish
As character defaced,
And ere in some weak moment,
You listen to the foe,
Fray heed the admonition,
Before you further go—
Fauso and think!
Ee'oro we censure others
For follies they have sown,
It would seem most consistent
To contemplate our owe ;
An I ere our tongues be loosened
At character to strike,
Let this fair thought come to us .
"llow much wo are nliko"—
Pause aud think 1
Think that a word ouco spokeu
An 1 passed beyond control,
Tor goo 1 or evil bearing,
Adown the years may roll;
An 1 in tho distant future,
No knowing when 'twill be,
The fruits of what you've spoken
May all come home to thee—
Fnuse and think!
—William Erickson, in Ilomo and Country.
"OLD LANTERN"
BY HI-—: T'ORREST GRAVES.
sft IE O," said old Mrs.
. 'l\ I Hall—"no, I can't
\ I \'l ' JUy uo tinware this
I JJ- J Jj morning, nor vet I
j/a i hain't no old rags
jil-yKA saved tip. No, I
tell you. What lie
ye stoppin'for, .Take
if VjMy jj/ Martin? 'Tain't a
i wcu 't since you was
y hero before."
"Got a passenger
for ye, Mrs. nail," cheerily responded
the peddler.
Autl out from tlio glittering fcr
toous of tin dippers and wash hand
basins a young girl sprang lightly, u
nmile striving desperately with the
traces of recent tears on her cheeks.
Rather an unconventional tableau
was this under the yellow June sun
shine, tlio narrow road fringed with
tall white daisies, and the gnarly old
pear trees tossing their snow-white
boughs above the one-storied cabin,
111 whoso doorway stood old Dorcas
Hall, with her wrinkled hand held up
to shield her eyes from the sun.
"Why," she exclaimed, "it's Kitty
Colton, ain't it? Or be I dreamiu'?"
"No, Mrs. Hall," sa'd Kitty, witli a
little quiver in her lip, "you are not
dreamiug. It's really me."
"And what brings you here?"
Kitty's blue eyes shone through a
medium of tears starting suddenly
from some hidden spring deep down
in her heart.
"Because—because I've nowhere
else to go!" she faltered. "The auc
tion was this morning, and everything
was sold—and oh, the old house is so
dreary! I couldn't stay there. I
thought perhaps the woman who is
moving in might want mo to help with
the housework ; but she has two grown
daughters of her Awn."
"La!" said Mrs. Hall. "So you
come to me, did you? Well, I ain't
very rich, but what I've got, Kitty,
you're welcome to."
"Didn't I tell ye so?" said Jake
Martin, who, up to this period, had
been energetically chewing a straw.
"Mrs. Hall, she never went back on
no 0110 yet. It'll be a roof over your
bead, anyhow, and if there's a brand
new tin wash basin wanted in Kitty's
room, here it is, free gratis," and ho
unearthed from its bed of straw a
shiniug new article. "And I only
wish I could do more."
"I need a new tin dipper awful
bad,'' observed Mrs. Hall. "My
boariler, he's a great liaud to drink
fresh, cool water oaten the well, and I
declare to goodness I'm ashamed of
my rusty old cup'thout no handle!"
"Will, I won't be mean. Here's a
dipper for ye, too," said Jake—"not
quite tho biggest size, but I guess it's
large enough. Mind, though, Mrs.
Hail, you don't patronize Tim Hawk
ins uext time you need a wash-boiler!
Tim, lie's a drelful, oily-tuugued fel
ler, but his wash-boilers is jest whited
suppulchres—that's what they be.
'Mornin', Mrs. Hall! Keep up good
courage, Kitty ! '
And he climbed to his high seat
among tho pie*plattera and pudding
basins, and shook the reins as a signal
for the old horse to leave off munch
ing daisies and resume his leisurely
pace down the road.
Kitty sat down on the doorstep and
burst into tears once more.
"If you've got a boarder," said she,
"I surely can't stay !"
"La, child, don't fret!" soothed
Mrs. Hall. "He sleeps out in the
barn, for coolness sake, and ain't no
more trouble'n a kitten."
"Oh, Mrs. Hall, it isn't a tramp?"
"No ner yet a book-agent,"
chuckled the old woman. "He's ft
travelin' photographer—that's what
he is. And ho don't mind cold ment a
bit, and he says my riz bread and
cookies is jest what his mother used to
bake, and he's jest as reg'lar with his
five dollars a week as the Tuesday
mornin' comes 'round. What's that
you've got in the basket, Kitty—a
cat?"
"Oh, no!" Kilty answered, spring
ing up with sudden recollection. "It's
a fowl, Mrs. Hall—it's Old Lantern,
the speckled Dominique hen. They
couldn't find her when Eli Wardwell
bought in all the others for two dol
lars and a quarter—and some of them
real White Spanish, too. So, when
she came clucking and cawing up from
tho swamp, the auctioneer said I
might keep her. Such a gentle old
thing! She used to eat out of grand
ma's hand. I may have her here,
Mrs. Hall?"
"Of course you enn," assented the
good old woman. "Mine is nil Blftck
Top-knots, but I guess they'll agree,
ftud she'll pick up her living somehow
round the yard. Now come iu and
lmve some dinner. I've got h'iloil
pork and dandelion greens to-day.
Mr. Higgs ho nin't to hum, an' it's
kind of a scrappy dinuer, but there's
plenty for you an' me. Bet down and
eat all ye can. There's some folks
finds fault with dried apple pies, but
I guess this ono's pretty tol'able good.
I put plenty o' feunel seed in it."
And when Kitty Colton had eaten
and drunk of the humble fare, she was
better able to her story to Mrs. Hall
—how the old homestead, with all its
outfittings, had boeu sold to satisfy
the accumulation of debt which had
been rolling up since her mother's ill
ness.
"I surely must find somo way of
earning my brend," Baid the girl. "If
only I knew which way to turn!"
"It's u pity, ain't it," said Mrs.
Hall, industriously shaking the table
cloth out at tho hack door, greatly to
Old Lantern's satisfaction, "tliatObed
Stilton ain't back from sea? Second
inato he is now, ain't he?"
Kitty colored deeply, and dropped
a "flowing bine" cup ou the table,
! fortunately without its sustaiuiug any
damage.
"It would make no difference tome,
whether he was at homo or not," said
she.
Mrs. Hall stared.
"Why, ain't ye koepin' company?"
slio bluntly demanded.
Kitty shook her head, and stooped
to pick up a two tined fork—vain de
vice—to hide her blushes.
"No," said she, "ivo never were en
gaged!"
"But ho used to come to your house
Sunday evening*, steady ?"
"That WIIH nothing."
"Obed Stilton was a real smart fel
low," observed Mrs. Hall, as she
spread a red-and-black table-cover on
the table.
Kitty cried a good deal the first
night or two of her sojourn at the
Widow Hall's, but youth aud health
are cheerful elements, and presently
she began to smile again, especially at
the gradually revealed oddities of Mr.
Benjamin Higgs, tho boarder.
"Isn't ho homely?" said she to her
hostess.
"Well—no—not jest exactly home
ly," said Mrs. Hall. "I don't deny
that his nose is a little to one side,
and his eyes ain't a pretty color, nor
his teeth ain't exactly reg'lar. Of
course he ain't got a profile like Obed
Stilton had. But lie's got a dreadful
pleasant face, especially when he
smiles, and he is handy 'bout the
house. lie whitewashed my buttery
ceiliug better'n old Jubal Jones
could'a done it, and tho way he fixed
the stove-oven can't be beat."
"Do you think he is young?"
"'Bout thirty, I guess."
"Oh, ho must be forty."
"There's older folks than forty in
tho world," said Mrs. Hall. "Young
people, they don't think nobody has
no business to live arter they're six
teen years old. But they find out
arterwards."
One day, howevor, Kitty—who had
gone to the barn after eggs —came
crying back to the kitchen.
"I'll never speak to that man
again!" sobbed she—"never! Ob, I
hate him—l hate him!"
"Laws sake, child, what's the mat
ter?" cried Mrs. Hall.
"Old Lantern is dead. I saw him
shoot her!"
"Mr. Higgs! Shoot Old Lantern?"
"She sat there right on her nest in
the haymow, under tho big beam
where the sunshine comes in. She
kuew me, lor I saw her black eyes
sparklo liko glass beads, just as they
always do when she catches sight of
me ; and then—and then—oh, I never
can forgive him!" wailed Kitty.
"But I never heerd no gun go off,"
said Mrs. Hall.
And at the same moment Mr. Higgs
cair.e iu, beaming and exultant.
"I guess I did it that time," said
he.
Kitty could only flash an angry
glauce at him, but Mrs. Hall eagerly
inquired:
"Done what?"
"Got a first-rate picture of that old
speckled hen ou her nest in the hay.
That's the sort of picture," he added,
complacently, "that sells better than
all the waterfalls and picturesque
ruins going. A baby in a hammock,
a dog asleep ou the kitchen floor, a
kitten playing with a ball—that's tho
thing that catches tho public eye.
And I've turned a trump card this
time."
While Old Lantern herself, flying
cackling past the window, set her lit
tle mistress' heart at rest.
"I took his camera for a gun," she
confessed to Mrs. Hall. "Oh, how
foolish I was!"
"Shoot your pet Dominique, Miss
Colton! Why," cried Mr. Higgs,
"what do you take me for? I wouldn't
harm a leather of her old head, nol
for a dollar 1"
And Kitty whispered to Mrs. Hal!
that night:
"I think he is nice-looking when he
smiles and shows those white teeth of
his—don't you?"
Before the little green pears on tho
big tree had assumed the sizo of
vest-buttons, Benjamin Higgs had
asked Kitty Colton to bo his wife.
"I'm not a rich man,"said he, "but
I'm able to keep a wife. And that
photograph of Old Lantern on her
nest —it just went off liko wildfire.
The barn interior, you know, and the
wisps of hay in the sunshine that camo
through the cracks, and tho big beams
overhead—everybody bought it. I've
tried half a dozeu times to repeat the
experiment, but sho never would sit
still for me."
Kitty bent her head down over
Lantern, who was contentedly pick
ing corn out of her hand.
"Tho dear old thing!" whispered
she. "Good luckcame hero with Lan
tern !"
"Wal, I swan!" said Jake Martin.
"Engaged to that feller 1 Why I was
a-calculntin' to ask her to go pardners
with mo iu the tinware business one o'
these days!"
"You're too late," said tho Widow
Hall.
"And Obed Stilson, he's camo homo
from sen, and he's askin' questions
pretty lively about Kitty Colton,"
persisted Jake.
"He's too late," said Mrs. Hall.
"Wal, I don't so much kecr," said
Jake, "if the photograph man makes
her happy."
"I guess ho will mako hor happy,"
said Mrs. Hall. "He's buildin' her a
nice now house on Blueßiver, and Old
Lantern's to have a first-class hennery.
Yes, he will make her happy."—Sat
urday Night.
SCIENTIFIC ANl> INDUSTRIAL
Male mosquitoes do not bite.
Bees fly from cignteen to twenty
miles an hour.
Soap is one of tho best storilizers
of impuro water.
Gold leaf 1-250,000 of an inch thick
was rolled in Elwood City, Ind., re
cently.
A long, strong thumb alwayß indi
cates great will power and force of
character.
There aro venomous fishes whoso
spines inflict dangerous wounds, much
liko the stings of snakos.
Vassar College, at Poughkeopsie. N.
Y., is about to collect, on a large scale,
the nests and eggs of birds native of
that section.
Where telephone wires are overhead
the speed of transmission is at tho rate
of 1(1,000 miles a second; through
cables under tho sea tho speed is not
more thau GOOO miles a second.
A composition for hardening stool,
named "Durol," has been tried for
two years by such firms as Krupp,
Mannes, Manns and others in Germany
and is said to give entire satisfaction.
On tho highways of Great Britaia
moro than 8000 steam engines are in
use for transport services. A trrctiou
engine, on good roads, can draw a
moderate sized train ol wagons sixty
miles a day.
It is reported that a vein of sylvan
ito ore, from two to four inches thick,
has been struck in one of tho mines at
Cripple Creek, Col., which will run
8150,000 to the ton. Sylvanite is na
tive tellurium with a large proportion
of gold and silver.
By a simple rule, the length of tho
day and night, any time of tho year,
may be asoortained by simply doubling
the time of the sun's rising, which will
give tho length of the night, and
doubling tho time of setting will give
the length of the day.
Bathing is often answerable for
aural diseaso when ducking tho head
is practiced. The car is intolerant of
cold water, and, in addition to this,
tho stimulating properties of sea water
render it irritating to the ear, and
liable to set up inflammation.
An automatic apparatus for indicat
ing to passengers in railway cars tho
name of the next station lias been
adopted on the underground railway
in Loudon. As each station is passed
a card bearing the name of the next
station drops into place in a glass
covered frame and an electric bell
rings to call attention to the change.
Tho attempts to sccuro au alioy of
aluminum and platinum have at last
beon successful. • Tho alloy is of a
handsome yellow color, not unlike
gold alloy with five per ceut. of silver,
and is suitable for protecting steel
articles from rust. It contains only
a very small proportion of platinum,
aud, therefore will not be expensive.
Korean Sports.
Curator StuartCulin,of tlioUuivers
ity of Pennsylvania Museum, who has
gathered together the finost collection
of games ever made iu the world, lias
made an interesting discovery iu his
study of Korean sports. Tho Chinese
games are all marked by a literary
character, the game of logomachy, or
word-buildiug, which has gained such
popularity in this country, having
been played long ago by Korean school
children. "A number of their games,"
he declaros, "had their origin from
mystic coucepts. Many of the child
ish sports had orginally a serious
diviuistie or expiatory significance.
Tho tug-of-war, for instance, was
played by tho people of villages
and districts to ascertain which would
be tho luckier. Kites were used as
scapegoats, being released with in
scriptions to the effect that they were
carrying away misfortune. Mere toys
were not numerous. Some of the
games possess a decidedly ethnic char
acter, and their study promises to fur
nish conclusions of some importance."
—Philadelphia Record
THE LONG-LIVED TORTOISE.
AN ANIHAL THAT FREQUENTLY
LIVES FOB CENTURIES,
A Giant Specimen That Carried Clill
■ dren on Its Broad Back, and Lived
" 200 Years.
IF you want to be old, observe and
imitate the tortoise. That reptile
apparently knows how to live as
long as it likes. It is rather hard
on man, who is constantly being told
that he is tho highest of the animals,
that he should be so inferior to the
tcstudinal family in this important re
spect.
It is impossible to say how long a
tortoise, under favorable conditions,
may live. There are tortoises in the
Galapagos Islands, off South America,
where the species with tho handsome
shell is mostly found, that wero prob
ably alive before the discovery of this
continent by Christopher Columbus.
In the Zoological Garden at Philadel
phia there is a snapping turtle from
the Mississippi whose age is calculated
at 800 years. He is moss-grown, but
halo and hearty, and his jaws are as
vigorous as an alligator's. A small
tortoise that had lived at the time of
Charles I. 's Archbishop Land was killed
by a cart in tho grounds of Lambeth
Palace a few years ago. He was doing
his best to get out of the way, but a
tortoise, though sure, is no match for
a horse.
There are now many famous old tor
toises and turtles in the world. One
of them has just died at Colombo the
capital of Ceylon, one of the stopping
placos on the route from Australia to
England. The tortoise was of the
species testudo elephantopis. He
passed the greater part of his life at
"Uplande," a resort on the coast near
Colombo, where he was visited by
thousands of passengers annually.
His age was estimated at 200 years,
and he measured six feet from snout
to tail, the shell alone being four feet
six inches in length. The species to
which ho belonged originates iu the
Seychelles and Mauritius Islands. But
from early times they were found con
venient to carry on ships as a reserve
supply of live fresh meat. Now they
are almost extinct. They were pre
served from total extinction by Sir
Arthur Gordon, who as Governor of
Mauritius, ordered that two specimens
should be sent to him annually by the
natives as tribute.
The Colombo tortoise was sent from
Java to the Governor of Ceylon, which
was then a Dutch colony. When the
British annexed the island in 179G the
tortoise was transferred to their care.
Like most tortoises he was of a placid
and peaceable disposition, but seems
to have been by no means averse to
human society. From time to time
he carried children on his broad back,
a task which he performed with ap
parent cheerfulness. On one occasion,
however, he successfully resisted the
efforts of seven men to remove him
from the garden where he resided to
the grounds of an exhibition.
Recently the local government ac
quired "Uplands," where the tortoise
lived, as a graving dock. He was re
moved to Victoria Park, about a mile
inland, where ho sickened and died in
a short time. Had he been left iu his
accustomed place he might have lived
to a far greater age, as ho had shown
no signs of ill health prior to his re
moval.—New York World.
The Coffee Lands ot Mexico.
"I have just returned from an ox
tended tour through Mexico," said
Milo T. Jarvis, of St. Paul, "and am
convinced that the coffee lands of that
country are only inferior to those of
Brazil iu extent, while tho variety
and quality of the Mexican product
is by far the superior. The only rea
son why so many of these fields re
main idle is the lack of capital and
enterprise. The topographic and
climatic conditions of the country aro
especially adapted to the productions
of varieties and grades of coffee as
large in size and as rich in flavor as
that produced on tho island of Java
itself. The few who have availed
themselves of the great opportunities
in tho past now congratulate them
selves not only upon the result of
their work, but upon tho largo for
tunes already made in the enterprise.
There is still plenty of room and the
same opportunities still exist. To
men of industrious habits desirous of
carving out a fortune, theso new and
hitherto untouched lands will afford
tho opportunity with but little capital
or labor."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Denmark's Wealth in Relics.
The most remarkable crown jewels
and silverware are to be found in Den
mark, a country not generally regard
ed as exceptionally wealthy. They
are the result of 300 years' collection
and resemble nothing that can be seen
anywhere else. Part of the throne it
self consists of three solid silver lious,
life size, and in the chaucel of the
royal chapel tliero aro solid silver
statues of tho Twelve Apostles.
There is also an equestriau statue in
solid silver of King Christian IX.,
mouuted or horseback, with groups oil
the base representing the various arts
and industries which go to make Den
mark prosperous. The country has
been reduced in area and importance
by various ways, but the royal dignity
has remained unimpaired and is in
many respects greater than that of
monarchs of very much larger coun
tries.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Lived 011 Chocolate lor Sixty Days.
A French womam has just concluded
a remarkable and very interesting feat.
With a view to testing the sustaining
powers of chocolate, she has lived upon
that preparation alone for sixty days,
and has lost but fifteen pounds in the
interval. —Rochester Post-Express.
!Thc Royal Baking Powder is in- ; ;
dispensable to progress in cookery £
and to the comfort and conve- |t
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& Royal Baking Powder makes hot &
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Reflections or a Cat.
Tlio nicest bed is a pan of rising
bread.
The old maid is the cat's good Samari
tan.
If it wasn't for the rat I would be an
outcast.
I think I hare a protty noso when it
ain't scratched.
The oven was about tlio hottest place
I was ever in.
I am blamed for a great many things
the girl breaks.
In all my experience I never saw a
cat hit with a bootjack.
Every cat that gets on our back -
fence doesn't como to see me.
AVhon people go to sit. down they
never see I am asleep in tlio chair.
When I can't get the ribbon off my
neck I try to drug it in the dirt.
If I hadn't the talons the small boy
would lind no fun in uullinar mv tail.
IV hat Is In a Trade.
A trado makes you independent.
A strong erutcli upon which to lean.
It is a passport to all countries and
climes.
A demand note which passes current
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Something which can bo carried in
our heads and hands.
The only property which can not be
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It is a calling which can bo declined
or taken up at pleasure.
The ono thing that can not be learned
in an neademy or collcgo.
A tiling about which neither friends
nor kindled can auarrcl.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
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less expenditure, by mora promptly
adapting tho world's best products to |
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the value to health of the puro liquid j
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Its excellence is duo to its presenting
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ant to tho taste, tho refreshing and truiy
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation, j
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with tho approval of tho medical
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every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c anil $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by tho California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whoso name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you wiJl not
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is your ambition?" "I'd like," said
the boy, putting down his yellow
covered story of the plains, "to have
people tremble like leaves at tho
mere mention of my name."—Ray
mond's.
"THAT'S what I get for my pains,"
sobbed the small toy, as lie swallowed
a doso of castor oil. —Philadelphia
Record.
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C You should build your
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