Scrofula
It is commonly inherited.
Few are entirely free from it.
Pale, weak, puny children are
afflicted with it in nine cases out of
ten, and many adulta suffer from it.
Common indications are bunches in
the neck, abscesses, cutaneous erup
tions, inflamed eyelids, sore ears,
rickets, catarrh, wasting, and general
debility.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Eradicate it, positively and absolute
ly. This statement is based on the
thousands of permanent cures these
medicines have wrought.
"My daughter had scrofula with eleven sores
on her neck and about her ears. Hood's Sarsa
parilla was highly recommended ana she took
it and was cured. She U now In good health."
Mas J. II. Joxes, Parker City, Ind.
Hood'm Saraaparllla promlaam tm
tsurm mnd komaa thm promtxm.
An Absurdity.
"Suppose," paid the friend who had
been reading "Enoch Arden," "that
you went away out on a sea voyage and
came back to find that your wife had
married another man?"
"That's an absurd proposition,"
answered Mr. Meekton. "Henrietta
would never be so careless with me as
to let me go away on a sea voyage"
Hamlin's Wizard Oil knocks the spots
off your throat wken it is sore,, and pre
vents diptheria, quinsy, et.
Sure to Come Down.
Tom Yes, we had quarrelled, but 1
was determined to see ker.
Dick How did you manage it?
Tom When I called I told the maid
to say it was a society reporter who
wanted to see her. Philadelphia Press.
CITC Permanently Cared. No fits or nerrouroesi
rl 19 after nrst Uy'ii n.of Dr. Kline'sGreat Nerve
Restorer. Send for FKBBS-J.OO trial hottleand treat,
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The Fun of It
Knox We went to see the Cadleighs
last night and had a most enjoyahle
time.
Cox The idea! Why they usually
fail dismally at entertaining people.
Knox Exactly. We enjoyed our
selves talking about them on the way
home. Philadelphia Press.
Are Ton Using Allen's Foot-Ease?
It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions.
Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be
shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sam pie sen t FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Too Bad.
"Do you know, Miss Frisbie," said
the large headed young author, "my
most brilliant thoughts come to me in
my sleep."
"It's a great pity that you are trou
bled with insomnia," added the young
lady. Detroit Free Press.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Con
sumption has an equal for coughs and
colds, John F. Boykb, Trinity Springs,
Ind., Feb. 15. 1900.
Family Pride.
"Mr. Cumrox is only suffering from
an ordinary cold, I believe," said the
sympathetic visitor.
"Well," answered Mrs. Cumrox,
"we've done our best to keep it from
being ordinary. We've sent for the
most expensive physician in the city."
Washington Star.
The Modern Play.
"Your friend, the theatrical man
ager, has gone abroad, I believe."
les; he s gone scouring tne con
tinent for new attractions."
"Ah! The American public will get
the off-8courings, as usual." Philadel
phia Press.
Muscular Soreness.
As the result of over-exertion and
exposure to heat and cold, or from
whatever cause, may be treated success
fully by the timely application of St.
Jacobs Oil. A thorcugh rubbing is
necessary. The Oil should be applied
vigorously for at least twenty minutes,
two or three times daily, when all pain,
soreness, stiffness will be removed in
twenty-four hours. It will also
strengthen and harden the muscles.
Football players, gymnasts and all ath
letes will find St. Jacobs Oil superior to
any other remedy for outward applica
tion, for the reason that its action is
more rapid and its effect permanent.
Thousands of people all over the world
use and recommend St. Jacobs Oil for
muscular soreness. A twenty-five cent
bottle is quite sufficient to prove its
eflicacy. In cases where muscular sore
ness is complicated' with any disease
which requires an alterative Vogeler's j
Curative Compound should be taken, j
This prepared by the proprietors of St.
Jacobs Oil, Baltimore, Md., who will '
send a sample free on application. !
Luck? Well i
Brown What a lucky fellow Robin- 1
son is. I
Jones Lucky! I should say he was. '
Why, his fiancxe's birthday comes on
Christmas. !
Half- Sick
" I first used Ayer's Sarsaparilla
in the fall or 1848. Since then I
have taken it every spring as a
blood - purify in g and nerve
strengthening medicine."
S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kans.
If you feel run down,
are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your
blood is thin, then begin
to take the good old stand
ard family medicine,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
It's a regular nerve
lifter, a perfect blood
builder. $.Hs settle. Allsrsrrlsls.
Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayer's
SarsaparUla. H. knows all about this grand
old family medietas Follow his advice and
we will be satisfied.
J. C. ATM 00, Lowell. Hats.
THE JEW MUST STRIKE BACK.
By Dr. Emil e. Blrscu.
If the Jews will
learn to strike
when others are
striking at them,
they will be let
alone. Let them
feel our strength
and power and then
they will have a
wholesome tea; of
the Jewish fist and
the Jewish kick.
The world is stirred
by accounts of the
intense suffering
db. e. o. hirsch. among the women
in the camps in South Africa, herded to
gether like so many cattle by the British
soldiers. I have no doubt that the suffer
ing is intense and the hearts of the civ
ilized people are justly touched by the
stories of what they have to endure. But
the condition of the Jews in Itussia is
worse than the worst of the suffering in
South Africa, and yet from one end to
the other of this big world not a voice
in their behalf is raised or heard. Not
one single voice speaks in behalf of
7,000,000 of Jews. This is a sad com
mentary on the boast of progress and civ-
; ilization.
But I can fully understand it they are
Jews. What matter if they suffer? What
concern is it of ours? They have no guns
to back them; no armored ships to light
for them: they are only Jews. They have
suffered for eighteen centuries; let their
suffering go on.
This is a condition of affairs which
! calls to heaven for justice and not char
ity. 1 agree with you Zionists that if
these Jews feel they have no country
they are justified in trying to establish
one. What place can they call their
own? They must do military service in
Russia, and then the Czar says they are
a source of danger to the country. They
are forced to pay blood taxes. I can un
derstand that the country of their fathers
spells "hope;" Palestine means redemp
tion; it makes their hearts feel lighter.
I can understand why they cherish a plan
which seems to mean freedom, justice,
manhood and liberty for their descend
ants. I agree with you that if it were
possible to emigrate from cruel Russia
and cursed Roumania it would be advisa
ble. From the pale of Russia to the sweat
shops of America does not spell redemp
tion to me, but if their coming here would
relieve their wretchedness, I say call
them here.
WORST SIGN OF THE TIMES.
By Dr. Timothy Dwleht.
I heard a prominent graduate
of one of our universities say
that when he was a student
many years ago there was in
the student community almost a
contempt for wealth. The
thoughts and ambitions of the
college men at that period were in the
line of higher things than wealth, and
In their estimate of one another they re
garded this as nothing. The whole life
of the country has greatly, changed since
then. We have become a wealthy na
tion. We have passed from the simple
life of a quiet town, as it were, to the
luxury and abundance of a great city.
The devotion of the people to money get
ting has become so great as even to be
alarming, nnd the one desire which seems
to unite all men together is the desire to
make something in this matter of money
out of nothing.
There is surely no worse sign of the
times in our day than this; but I believe
that much of the old spirit still remains
at least so far as our judgment ot men
goes. If the evil tendencies that are
LAYING A CABLE.
Materials Required for the Construc
tion of the New Pacific Line.
For the manufacture of the proposed
Pacific cable the largest in the world
an enormous amount of material will
be required. It is estimated that there
will be needed 1,089 tons of copper wire,
1,200 tons oi gutta percha, 2,300 tons of
jute yarn, 4,300 tous of compound and
tar and 12,000 tons of steel wire. The
laying of the cable will take four spe
cially constructed ships and a staff of
1,000 electricians, cable engineers, etc.
The rate of laying a cable, in the ab
sence of unforeseen difficulties, is about
seven nautical miles an hour, and in a
couple of thousand fathoms of water
the cable takes as long as three hours
to sink to the bottom. When a cable Is
paid out it runs over a wheel at the
stern of the ship, having to pass on its
way from the tank where it has been
colled through a dynamometer, which
tells the strain to which it is being sub
jected. As soon as all the cable on board a
cable ship has been paid out the end is
sealed carefully and attached to a rope,
the other end of which is attached to a
buoy and dropped into the sea. The
vessel then returns to port for more
cable, with which she steams off again
to the sceue of operations, picks up the
buoyed end, carefully splices it to the
end of the new section which she has
brought out and goes on with the lay
ing as before.
To land a cable some Interesting
preparations are made. Sheaved wheels
are anchored on shore and around them
a line Is passed and carried back to the
cable ship. To this line the end of the
cable to be lauded Is attached and float
ed ashore, buoyed up on inflated rubber
bags. The land end of a cable is con
siderably larger than the part which is
submerged. Once on shore it is drawn
up the beach to Its proper inland posi
tion and secured.
The new raciflc cable will be S.000
miles long. Xo other cable in the world
is half as long. When the new cable is
laid there will be sufficient length of
submarine cables in the world to girdle
the earth at the equator eight times
and something to spare, or enough to
reach two-thirds of the way to the
moon.
IMPORTED FROM THE ORIENT.
"Chit," a Praiseworthy Institution,
Enforces Honesty in Servants.
What is a "chit?"' This is a word that
has crept into the English language
of recent years, and, although fairly
common In England, its use in this
country dates from the Philippine cam
paign, the war with China, and the
6till more recent immigration of Japan
ese into the United States. Its use is
common in Chinese and Japanese ho
tels and restaurants, while the origin
and meaning of the word are as follows:
J---"n" " ."'- -.' "- -- ;- "-- ' ".- -1"-.-:"
manifesting themselves so strongly
among our people are to be checked and
the glory of the old ancestry is to be
preserved, the result -must be accomplish
ed through the influence of educated men.
Those who go forth from the universities
and colleges must show by their living,
by the estimate of things which they
manifestly form, by the energy they dis
play In the pursuit of the higher and no
bler objects of desire, by their exaltation
of learning and mental culture and the
power to do good service to the world and
of honorable character above all external
things, and, if we may use the strong
expression, by a contempt for wealth,
what the true life for the nation is.
FOOT-BINDING AMONG THE CHINESE.
By Wa TlnM Fang.
i. he Umnese are
abandoning foot
binding. It ia a
fashion that is go
ing out like waist
binding among the
Caucasians. At
tempts have been
made to uproot it
from time to time,
just as your doctors
have preached
WTJ TrNO FANG.
against waist lacing, which is a greater
menace to the human race than foot bind
ing. It shocks a Chinese woman just as
much to see a laced waist as it does a
Caucasian to look at a bound foot.
The Emperor Shun Chih, who reigaed
from 1644 to 1662, issued an edict against
this fashion, positively prohibiting it, but
it had been a practice of Chinese women
since the year of your calendar, 970, un
der the last Emperor of the Sung dynas
ty. This Emperor had a beautiful wife,
who delighted to please him by dancing.
To make her feet look more beautiful,
she used to bind them with strips of satin
until they resembled a crescent moon or
a bent bow. Thus the fashion began.
During more than .a thousand years it
became general, and what was intended
first for beauty became a deformity.
The methods of binding in vogue in
China and the period of commencing the
practice vary, but the bandages are ap
plied at from 5 to 8 years of age. The
general process consists of two stages. A
piece of strong cotton cloth, about two
yards long and three inches wide, is first
bound around the foot, leaving the great
toe free, and doubling the others under
the sole so that the toes of the right foot
peep out under the left or inner side of
the foot, and the same method is reversed
for the left. This reduces the width.
Each succeeding day the bandage is
tightened both morning and night. For
many months after the binding is com
menced the little girl is compelled to run
up and down on her aching feet to pre
vent mortification of the flesh and ten
dons setting in.
This process of binding continues for
one year. The next stage is the shorten
ing of the length. The bangages are
then so arranged as to draw the fleshy
part of the foot and the heel close to
gether. When accomplished a deep
groove between the fleshy part of the
foot and the heel, somewhat the shape
of the clinched hand with the ball of
the thumb pressing against the fingers.
The process is not considered complete
The dishonesty of native servants is
proverbial among the English and
American residents in India, the Phil
ippines, China and Japan. Consequent
ly, if one is living in any one of these
countries, and a friend were to send a
basket of fruit by bis native servant,
or a shopkeeper sent one of his em
ployes to deliver some articles that you
had purchased, the servant or employe
after delivering whatever he had
brought would hand the recipient a
small slip of paper upon which appears
in the handwriting of the sender the
number and description of the articles
sent with a polite request that, in case
you found the articles as stated, you
sign the slip of paper and deliver it
back to the servant. This form of re
ceipt Is a "chit."
The sender also asks in the "chit"
that in case the articles are not deliver
ed as described you will state the same,
and hand the "chit" back to the ser
vant to deliver to his master or mis
tress. The "chit" is to enforce honesty
on the part of the servant, and to pre
vent him from stealing all or a part of
the articles intrusted to his care. If
the sender should neglect to send a
"chit" along with the articles that he
has sent the chances are about one to
a million against you ever receiving
them. An oversight of this sort on the
part of the sender would appear in the
nature of a windfall to the average
East Indian servant, who would re
gard the articles placed in his hands for
safe conduct and delivery as his legiti
mate prey.
Such was the original meaning and
application of the word "ehit," a cor
ruption of a Hindostanee word which
has the same meaning as "receipt" in
our own tongue, but. as in all similar
cases, the term "chit" has been broad
ened in its application so that to-day it
has other meanings. In addition to the
foregoing a "chit" is also a sort of prom
issory note to meet small obligations.
A man takes a drink at the bar, and not
having the money to pay for it he gave
the bartender a "chit." A man borrows
a dollar from a friend and gives him a
"chit." Thus a "chit" is in the nature
of a bond that enforces honesty wher
ever it Is In use. It is really a praise
worthy institution, as every person who
has lived in the Orient will admit.
IMPRESSING SEAMEN.
The Old Women's Sewing Circle Was
Abruptly Broken Up.
Oue of the causes of the War of 1S12
was the impressment of Americans to
serve on British ships. The practice
was so extensive that when an English
ship came to an American port able
bodied men hid in disguise for fear of
being seized.
John Bull at that time claimed the
services of every British sailor, wheth
er the man had ever voluntarily en
tered the navy or not; and If the sailor
could speak English he was assumed
until a Chinese taeL a coin about the siM
of a silver dolla-, can be hidden in this
groove. The first two years of this pro
cess are terrible.
In China fashions do not change so
readily as among the Americans, but, I
am told that the reaction against foot
binding is general, and that a large per
centage of the eirla whose feet would
have been bound during the last two
years are growing up naturally and able
to romp and play like other little girls.
One of the great evils of unbinding the
feet is that -after the deformity of the
foot -Is attained the unfortunate must
suffer great pain if the bandages are re
moved. It has, however, in many in
stances been done slowly and the women
can now walk, and say they suffer no
pain.
GREATEST NEED OF NATIONS.
. By lord Kosebary.
The greatest need
of the nations
f the earth is
trained men and
women. The nation
that has the bright
est minds in the
various lines in
which it is brought
into competition
with the world will
best maintain its
place in the strug
LORD ROSEBERT.
gle for national su
premacy. It is the duty of the nation to
cultivate indeoendent thought, keen pout-
ical training and a divine discontent. The
nation that does this with the greatest
success will be the nation that is strong
est, for if the nation is politically and
commercially trained, eager to better it
self, it cannot fail to maintain its place.
The nations need to rear a race of men
and women alive to the demands of the
age and of their country, and able to
cope with the needs of their country and
their time. If the education fails in this,
it is futile, and the nation must inevita
bly decline.
What race is best fitted to receive this
training? I unhesitatingly answer, the
Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxon stock is
capable of anything, whether it be the
Anglo-Saxon of America or of Europe.
cannot help believing it to be the noblest,
except, perhaps, the Roman at his best,
and capable of indefinite possibilities be
yond the conception even of the Roman
with training, intelligence and determma
tion. It is the Anglo-Saxon that is des
tined to dominate the earth.
LIFE OF EASE NOT A HAPPY ONE. .
By RasseU Sage.
Every man has a right to live
his own life and when he has
money to spend it as he sees fit.
Having in mind the recent re
tirement of Mr. William C.
Whitney, I cannot see how a
man of talent who has led an
active life and been a factor in great and
diversified business undertakings can sud
denly sever all business connections and
really enjoy himself as much as he had
hitherto. Such a man s mind must con
tinue active, and after his experience I
should think it would be difficult for him
not to wish to keep in touch with the
changes and the - march of business
events. It is hard to overcome habit,
and in success in business lies a very
keen pleasure.
A successful man usually strives for
new and greater successes, and as these
come his enjoyment increases. I am un
able to think of a life of all ease as a
happy life. It is a great satisfaction to
make a thing grow and watch its growth.
Every man to his liking. Mine is to sit
at my desk and keep close to what is go
ing on in the changing world of finance
and trade.
to be an Englishman and forced, to
serve. No doubt many of those who
were impressed were really British de
serters; but many others were Ameri
can citizens, and the compulsion to
serve on British ships was a wrong.
The diary of Captain Hoffman of the
Royal Navy, which has been published
under the title of "A Sailor of King
George," contains a story of masquer
ade which must have been amusing
from a British point of view.
Hoffman had been sent to a house in
Jamaica where able-bodied seamen
were reported to be in hiding. When
the party - entered the house they
found three slovenly females sitting by
a table darning stockings. Near by
was a cradle covered with a net. In
the bed, also covered with a net, was
a woman lying ill. Still auother wom
an was near the bed, persuading the
invalid to take the contents of a bot
tle of red mixture.
The lieutenant assured them that he
entered with reluctance upon the duty
he had to perform, but as he had in
formation that seamen frequently the
house, he must search it,
A coxswain who had been examin
ing the features of one of the women
at the table, exclaimed:
"If I ever saw my old shipmate, Jack
Mitford, that's he!"
Another British sailor whispered that
the baby in th s cradle was the largest
he had ever seen. Thereupon the door
was locked and the officers insisted on
knowing who the women, were. Hoff
man discovered upon the sick woman
a close-shaved chin. The dying person
was a fine young seaman about twenty-six
years old, who, when he was de
tected, sprang out of bed, and joining
the others, attempted to resist. Then,
seeing that they were outnumbered,
they surrendered.
The infant in the cradle proved to be
a fine lad sixteen years old.
"This was a good haul, eight sea
men," remarked Hoffman. "We got
them without accident to the boats."
Encroaching on the Sea.
The growth seaward of JDungeness
Point, in England, caused by the east
ward drift of shingle, has caused the
erection of a new lighthouse there to
become necessary, and the contract has
been placed with a Deal firm to carry
out the work for $30,000. This will
be the third lighthouse erected upon
Dungeness Point, The first, built about
sixty years ago, is now a mile inland,
and the lighthouse which superseded
that one is now about half a mile from
the seashore.
Old Women in London.
Among the 'twenty-four inhabitants
of London who are over 100 years old
nineteen are women.
Oil and truth are bound to come t
surface in due time.
TO FIND YOUR WAY.
Woodcraft, aa a Texan Told It to a
Tenderfoot.
"When yon discover that yon are lost.
first stop and poll yourself together. Re
call the direction In which you started
from camp whether you went north.
south, east or west. Ton can always do
this, If yon try. The next step is to fix
the points of the compass. When that
Is done, you will be able to go in the
general direction yon wish. Find a ma
ture tree that stands apart from its fel
lows. Even if It is only slightly separ
ated It will do. The bark of this tree
will be harder, drier and lighter In color
on the south side. On the north it will
be darker, and often at the roots It will
have a clump of mold or moss. On the
south sides of all evergreen trees, gum,
which oozes from wounds or knot
holes, will be hard and amber-colored;
on the north this gum is softer, gets cov
ered with dust, and is of a dirty gray.
In fall or whiter, trees which show a
rough bark will have nests of insects in
the crevices on their south-sides. A tree
which stands in the' open will have its
larger limbs and rougher bark on the
south side. You have many evergreens
In your part of the country, cone-bearing,
or coniferous, trees firs, spruce,
cedars, hemlocks, pines. ' They ought to
be good compasses. Hardwood trees
the oak, the ash, elms, hickories, mes
quits, and so forth. have moss and mold
on the north. Leaves are smaller, tough
er, lighter in color, and with darker
veins on the south; on the north they are
longer, of darker green, and with light
er veins. Spiders build on the south
sides. In the South air-plants attach
themselves to the north sides. Cedars
bend their tips to the south. Any sawed
or cut stump will give you the compass
points, because the concentric rings are
thicker on the south side. The heart of
the stump is thus nearer to the north
side.' All these things are the effects
of sun. Stones are bare on the south
side, and If they have moss at all, it will
be on the north. At best, on the sunny
side only a thin covering of harsh, half-
dry moss will be found. On the south
side of a hill the ground is more noisy
underfoot. On the north side ferns,
mosses and late flowers grow. If you
are on a marsh, small bushes will give
you the lesson; their leaves and limbs
show the same differences. Almost all
wild flowers turn their faces to the
south. There are many other signs, but
I reckon you will find these enough."
St. Nicholas.
Unbidden Guests.
Many Insects migrate from one quar
ter of the globe to another by means of
the vessels which ply between distant
ports. Indeed, the spread of nearly all
kinds of living creatures has been de
pendent upon the ships of civilized na
tions. Winged pests and blessings have
been steadily carried to new countries
by this means, and the invasion of our
land by Insects, bugs, and crawling
things in recent years has caused not
a little talk of legislation against the
admission of tropical fruits and seeds
until they have been examined and
quarantined. Not long ago a ship from
one of the tropical countries was fol
lowed by a flock of butterflies, which
persistently circled around the rigging
of the vessel until the shores had faded
in the distance. Then the insects alight
ed on the masts and deck. A few dis
appeared in the night and were destroy
ed in the water or reached shore in
safety. Some of the others crawled
away in the cabins and hold of the
ship. After a trip of thirty, days the
vessel reached - New York, and from
their hiding place in the ship a few of
these butterflies emerged and flew
ashore. Thus an entire new species of
butterflies was introduced into this
country. This authentic instance of the
migration of butterflies is but a single
illustration of how sometimes ships
bring into the harbor desirable and un
desirable immigrants whose names are
never entered on the books of the com
pany. She Had Improved.
The Princess Charlotte, daughter of
Oeorge IV., was a young woman of
great spirit and originality. Oue day
one of her teachers chanced to enter
the room when the princess was revil
ing one of her attendant ladies in great
wrath, and, after giving her a lecture
on hasty speech, he presented her with
a book on the subject.
A few days later he found her still
more furious and using language even
more violent.
'I am sorry to find your royal high
ness In such a passion," said he: "Your
royal highness has not read the book
I gave you."
"I did, my lord," cried she tempestu
ously. "I both read it and profited by
it. Otherwise I should have scratched
her eyes out!"
Both Come in Bottles.
The father was testing his little boy's
knowledge of the story of Noah, which
he had carefully rehearsed. The boy
had been thinking bard, says the New
York Times, and his answer to the first
question showed that he had at least
the virtue of originality.
"Now," said papa, "can you tell me
how Noah knew that the waters had
gone down?"
The boy hesitated a minute, as if
seeking for proper words to express
himself; then be said:
"Noah knew the waters had gone
down because the dove came back
bringing him a pickle."
Olives and pickles were synonymous
terms in the small boy's mind for
things which come in bottles, and
which he did not like.
Cheap Oil.
Cottonseed oil is soon to find a rival
In oil from the Seed of the sunflower.
Experiments made by German chem
ists have convinced them, it seems, of
the availability of this cheap raw ma
terial, and it may become a valuable
article of commerce. It is said to be
convertible to many uses, and, besides
having possibilities as a lamp oil. may
be used for dyeing purposes and will
be of service in soap-making.
A Coolness.
"The boys all say I'm a 'brick,' "
gushed the yellow-haired girl as she
passed the cream to her lips.
The young man gazed sadly at the
four empty saucers and said: "Then
I guess you must be a brick of icecream."
What io
Ovaritis?
A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by a sense of tenderness and heat low
down in the aide, with an occasional
shooting pain, indicates inflammation.
On examination it will he found that
the region of pain shows some swell
ing.' This is the first stage of ovaritis,
inflammation of the ovary. If the roof
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Yon need not, you ought not to let
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Mas. Astsx Aston.
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" I was suffering to such an extent
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Not What He Required.
"You ought to try this," said
druggist, as he held up a bottle.
the
It's
the best thing out for dyspepsia.
"If that's the case I'll keep it out,"
replied the victim. "I've got all the
dyspepsia I want right now." Chicago
Daily News.
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Brlc-a-Brac
"Lizzie! Lizzie! That
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"Oh! And just think! I came near
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Fatiguelnj.
"Come on," said Weary Waggle", as
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"Naw," replied Willie Wontwalk,
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"Wot made youse tired?"
"1 dreampt I wuz wurkin," replied
Willie. Ohio State Journal.
The Usual Procedure.
"What is the usual procedure
in
marrying an heiress?"
"Tell the lady how much you love
her and tell her father how much you
owe."
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ULCERS.
Sores and Ulcers never become chronic
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is me oniy purely veg
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Little Boy When I'm grown up I'm
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my nurse.
Little Girl Policemans don't have
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Little Boy Don't they? I guess
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Horrid.
Harriet Sadie's husband never gets
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Estelle Yes. The horrid thing.
He is simply exasperating. Brooklyn
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Humorously Handicapped.
Bibbs It is very amusing to watch
Sellers play golf.
Gibbs Why?
Bibbs He has an impediment in his
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The Farmer's Interest in It
Farmer Wayback Those pesky boys
tied a tin pail to that dog's tail and
then ran him 11 miles. I'll sue eml
Mr. Cityman Was it your dog?
Farmer Wayback No: it was my
pail. Somerville (Mass.) Journal.
A Definition.
First Boarder What is the exact
meaning of "viands?"
Second Boarder Oh! Things you
get to eat when you don't board.
Puck.
Precedent Established.
"What makes you think she will
marry you?"
"She has married other men"
Puzzled Him.
First Tramp (in the road) Why
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Don't you see him waggin' his tail?
Second Tramp Yes, and he's growl
in' at the same time. I dunno which
end to believe. Tit-Bits.
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