Eczema
How it reddens the ikin, itcbea. oozes,
dries and scales!
Some people.call it tetter, milk crust or
salt rheum.
The suffering from it is sometimes in
tense; local applications are resorted to
they mitigate, but cannot cure.
It proceeds from humors inherited or ac
quired and persists until these have been
removed.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
positively removes them, has radically
and permanently cored the worst cases, and
Is without an equal for all cutaneous
eruptions.
HOOD'S fll.L mx the best cathartic. Frtca Scant
Like Them All.
"This year will be the greatest in
onr history."
"How do yon know?"
"Wei J, why shouldn't it be? Every
other year has been." Indianapolis
News.
Mothers will find Mrs. Wins low's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
Children daring the teething period.
Fearful Thought
A shadow crossed the young man's
face. "Can it be that we will make a
mistake in marrying?" he queried,
anxiously.
"How you frighten me!" ecxlaimed
the maid. "Let's have another wed
ding rehearpel right away." Philadel
phia Record.
CIT Permanently Cure!. Ko fits or nerrousnest
lllO alter iirst -lav's -iterf Ir. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. Snd tor FllEK S'J-OOtrial bottle and treat.
Is. X)s.n. Ji KiiM. ua..uji Arcbst..riuiaaeipma,r,
Explained-
"it seems to me, said the young
housewife, "there's entirely too much
water in the milk you serve."
"It won't occur again, ma'am," said
the foxy milkman. "You see, the
farmers' man has been giving the cows
too much salt and it made 'em very
thirsty. The farmer's got a new man
now." Baltimore News.
Shake Into Tosr Shoes.
Allan's Foot-Ka.se, a powder. It cures painful, swol
len, smarting, nervous feet, and Instantly takes
we sting out or corns ana Dumous. At all urug-
g-ists, cents. Accept xno Muostitute. 'iTiai facte
age Free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leltoy , N. Y,
Steam Laundry in Siberia.
An American company recently
shipped a complete steam laundry out
fit to Vladivostock, Siberia. It is the
first of its kind in that part of the
world, and will be capable of handling
4,000 pieces of linen a dav, with its
washers, its centrifugal wringers and
its large mangel.
Why suffer yourself, or let others suf
fer pain when relief may be had at once
by using Hamlin's W izard Oil.
New Remedy.
German physicians are applying
new remedy lecithine to the cure of
diseases which require treatment of the
nerves and nutrition. Lecithine and
its compounds are said to have a tend
ency to increase weight and growth.
The grocer who wants to sell you
Baking Powder of a certain brand be
cause it is cheap, generally has very
little to say of its quality. Poor,
cheap, alum Baking Powders are worse
than none at all are positively iniuri
ous to health. By a chemical analysis,
Monopole Baking Powder tests higher
in quality and purity than any other
sold in this country. Try it and if you
don't think so your grocer will refund
your money. If your grocer doesn't
handle Monopole groceries, send his
name to Wadhams & Kerr Bros., Port
land.
Caiy Problem in High School.
To see objects at a distance of 100
miles the observer must be standing at
a height of 6,667 feet above the level
of the sea. The rule is that the dis
tance in miles at which an obbject on
the earth's surface may be seen is equal
to the square root of one and a half
times the height of the observer in feet
above the sea level, allowance being
made for the effect of atmospheric re
fraction.
A Sly Dog.
Mrs. Wood by (mournfully) Ah, yes,
tne nre was most disastrous. All our
family heirlooms were utterly destroyed
an irreparable loss, in fact.
Mr?. Pepperv The ideal And didn't
you havo them insurtl at all? Phila
delphis Press.
No Money In Bicycles.
Of all the bicycle factories in Ger
many only six paid dividends la6t year.
Fifteen laruo factories are on the point
of going out of business.
Catarrh has become such a common
disease that a person entirely free from
this disgusting complaint is seldom met
with. It is customary to speak of Catarrh
as nothing more serious than a bad cold,
simple inflammation of the nose and
throat. It is, in fact, a complicated and
very dangerous disease ; if not at first, it
Very soon becomes so.
The blood is quickly contaminated by
the foul secretions, and the poison through
the general circulation is carried to all
parts of the system.
Salves, washes and sprays are unsatis
factory and disappointing, because they do
not reach the seat of the trouble. S. S. S.
does. It cleanses the blood of the poison
and eliminates from the system afl catar
rhal secretions, and thus cures thoroughly
and permanently the worst cases.
Mr. T. A. Williams, a leading- dry-gcoda
chant of Spartanburg. 9. C, writes : For :
mer-
yeais
I bad a sever ease or
auual Catarrh, with all
the eHaaaraeable elects
which belong; to that
disease, af which
make life painful a ad
Madura bl. I used
medicine prescribed by
taacjiaa; physlciaas ana
eugf estea by nvusbers
f friends, but without
mttiar any better. I
Ohs began to tah f. 3.
at It a the desired
affect, a d cured
mhmr V ) v IvatMa
bottle. In my pinion S. S. U the only medi
etas now la nan that will effect a permanent cur
is the only purely veg
etable blood purifier
known, and the great-
est of all blood medi
cines and tonics.
If you have Catarrh doa't wait until it
hacamis dap-aated and chronic, but be
aria at once the use of S. S. S., and send
for ur book on Blood and Skin Diseases
vbA write our physicians about your case
v TNI ;WlfT IMCIHC ATLANTA,
of Catarrh."
xfelilvention
Three electrical furnaces of 500 horse
power each have been erected at Ca-
monica, in the north of Italy, where
the manufacture of vis iron by the
Stassano patent will be engaged in.
The Chinese court may appoint six
foreigners,-' expert specialists, as au
thorities on international law and
finance, and on military, naval, parlia
mentary, domestic and governmental
affairs.
South Australia possesses one of
those rarely occurring sink-holes, the
bottom of which lies below the level
of the sea. An expedition, led by Pro
fessor J. W. Gregory, has started out
to Investigate this Australian depres
sion, which is known as the Lake Eyre
Basin. One object of the explorers is
to obtain light on the unexplained na
tlve traditions concerning giant ani
mals said formerly to have inhabited
the basin.
Not long ago the perfectly preserved
body of a man was discovered In
sealed-up cave in the French Pyrenees,
where stone was being quarried. Be
side him were some implements of
stone and a drinking cup made of bark.
There were also the remains of a fire,
and some bones of animals, which fell
into dust soon after being exposed to
the air. The body was wrapped in what
is probably the skin of a cave bear. The
man must have been large and athletic.
The Cunard Company has ordered
two new ships intended to excel any
nitnerto planned in their ocean-going
speed. Twenty-five knots, or 28.8 miles.
per hour will be the contract speed, to
develop which engines of 47,000 horse
power will be required. The turbine
principle may be employed instead of
engines of the usual form, and this is
expected to afford a very desirable ab
sence of the vibration which Is so dis
agreeable to many passengers in the
swift ships hitherto built
Several methods of applying electrici
ty to hasten the growth and develop
ment of vegetation have been tested ia
Germany. One plan is simply to elec
trify the air about the growing plants
by passing a current through a system
of barbed wires from the points of
which the electricity is discharged. An
other way Is to submit the seeds to an
electric current before they are planted
or sowed. Both of these methods are
said to have given favorable results.
but the best plan yet tried ia that of
passing a feeble current of electricity
through the soil. A market gardener
near Taterson, X. J., Is said to have
trebled the productiveness of his beds
of carrots, beets and other vegetables
by sending through them a current de
rived from the power cable of a trolley-
line.
A Hungarian chemist has discovered
that some of the salt lakes in Transyl
vania present the peculiarity of a layer
or warm or even hot, salt water, be
tween two bodies of colder water. Thus
In the Medoc Lake the surface temper
ature in summer is about 70 degrees.
but at a depth of a little more than four
feet the temperature becomes 132 de
grees, but declines again to 66 degrees
at the bottom. The surface water is
fresh, but the warm water beneath is
intensely saline, and the explanation of
the difference of temperature is that,
since the specific heat of salt water is
less than that of fresh water, the salt
water Is more easily heated by the sun,
and haviug risen to a higher tempera
ture than that of the overlying fresh
water, retains its heat because the
fresh water prevents its escape by
radiation, it is suggested that some
use might be found for these natural
reservoirs, or a'cu'uulators, of solar
heat.
DAMAGES WERE RECOVERED.
Employment Bureau lias to Make Good
Loss by Theft of Domestic.
One morning a few weeks ago a
dentist with a large aud lucrative prac
. lee in Paris, awoke to make the very
disagreeable discovery that a maid
whom lie and his wife had engaged
some days before had flitted, carrying
nvay with her all the money and jew
elry on which she could lay her hands.
together with gold which he used for
professional purposes, and last, not
least, a goodly collection of sets of
false teeth belonging to or destined
for different patients. One of these,
indeed. Is said to have been the prop
erty of a former minister of world
wide reputation, while it is even assert
ed with bated breath that a certain
ootli, which had also been annexed by
the girl, who Is evidently no respecter
of persons, had garnished the mouth
of a policeman who is in such an ex
alted position that he acknowledges no
superior.
Be that as It may, the robbery was
extremely annoying, since, besides the
loss of the valuables, the worthy dent
ist was placed on the horns of a di
lemma with regard to some of his
most eminent patrons. The maid had
been secured by him and his wife at
a registry omce, Dy which she had
been warmly recommended as a young
woman of the utmost honesty, who
had recently come up from the coun
try, and was therefore without gnlle.
So her employers imagined that they
had lighted npon a veritable treasure,
and great was their disappointment
and Indignation when they realized
the extent of the diaster which bad be
fallen them.
Their wrath increased when the den
tist betook himself to the prefecture
of police to report the theft and to
stimulate the energy of the authorities.
He was shown the photograph of the
girl, who had been "wanted" for some
time, and with good reason, for, as
one official put it, "yours Is the eighth
place which she has cleaned out in
this way, and we have been looking
for her for months."
But." objected the dentist, "at the
registry office, where I picked her up.
I was told that she had just arrived
from the country with the best of
characters."
"Well, that Is a good joke," replied
the functionary. "Why, we had sent a
photograph to that very house with a
note to the effect that we were In
search of her, as she had committed
seven robberies. They packed the
young woman off to you instead of to
us. although we. too, ad a. plae for
her which, when she is caught, she
will keep for some time."
On the strength of this disclosure the
dentist took legal action against this
particular servants' registry office,
claiming damages to the amount of
401). The ease has come before the
civil court of the Seine, with the re
sult that 200 has been accorded to
the plaintiff, the judgment setting
forth that as these offices enjoy a
regular monopoly it is their bounden
duty to be careful and not to welcome
all the adventurers who may apply to
them. Meanwhile, says the London
Telegraph's Paris letter, the thief has
successfully defied all the exertions
which have been made to find her.
WIVES AND BEATINGS.
Women Discuss the Amount of Abuse
Their Sex Should Endure.
"How much beating should a wife
bear before she made up her mind to
leave her husband?" was one of the
main subjects discussed to-day at the
women's conference of the In-His-Name
Society in All Souls' Church, at
Madison avenue and GCth street. In
the opinion of Mrs. Louise Seymour
Houghton, editor of a religious news
paper, the wife should submit rather
than leave her husband to be at the
mercy of bad influences.
Mrs. Hougton said that, although
there were times in the present state
of society when a divorce seemed neces
sary, a higher and more ideal state
would make such a thing impossible.
She called attention to the stormy do
mestic life of the prophet Hosea, in
order to show to what extent one part
ner should bear with the indiscretions
and the sins of the other.
The sentiments produced a sensation,
and there was a murmur of dissent.
One of those present asked if the
woman Injured by an intoxicated hus
band should remain with him. Mrs.
Houghton said that she had known
many noble wives and mothers whose
husbands had beaten them every Satur
day night. The speaker said that it
would be better for the family If the
injured wife had the grace and the
strength of mind, and, above all, the
love for her husband, to hold to her
family relations.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis suggested
that such treatment of a wife on the j
part of a husband was degrading to the
marriage relation. Mrs. Houghton an
swered that one soul could not degrade
another without that soul's consent
She said that she had known in the
lower walks of life of husbands who
had beaten and Ill-treated their wives,
and that, after all, they had come
around all right; whereas, if the wives
had left their lords and masters, the
men might have gone irretrievably to
the bad.
"What I wish to ask," said Mrs. Ar
thur Smith, "is, how long should a wife
submit to beating before she leaves her
husband?"
"Mrs. Houghton, if I understand her
correctly," replied Mrs. Grannis, "said
there was no limit. Now, there was
John Wesley, whose wife dragged him
around the house by the hair of his
head. It seems to me that it would have !
been more dienified had he resented it." i
New York Correspondence Baltimore
Sun.
Fatal Mistake.
A new member of Congress was very
anxious to get upon the good side of Su
perintendent Smith of the botanic gar
dens, so that some flowers and potted
plants might be sent to his home. As
every one knows. Smith is a fine old
Scotchman, who worships the memory
of "Bobbie" Burns, and has pi-obably
the finest and most complete collection
of editions of Burns' works in the
world.
When, therefore, the new member
went to Smith he resolved to say some
thing which would please the lover of
Burns. When he entered Smith's II
brary he looked with interest upon the
books.
'I always did love Jimmie Burns'
poems, remarked tne new member. "1
never saw such a fine collection of his
works. I think Jimmie Burns was - j
of the greatest men who ever lived."
At this point Mr. Smith could contain
himself no further. " 'Jimmie' Burns:''
he exclaimed, angrily. "Tommy Well
ington! Sammy Bonaparte! Get out!"
And then the new member realized
that he had made a mistake. Washing
ton Post.
At an Abnormal Angle.
Any one who rests his head on a pil
low and bolster while he is sleeping is
slowly but surely committing suicide,
says a French physician. The only nat
ural position for a man while sleeping
Is the horizontal one, and the first thing
to do in order to accustom one's self to
it is to remove the bolster. Within a
few months one will be able to sleep
much more calmly than ever before,
and, moreover, the general health will
be much improved. This statement is
not made lightly, but is the result of
long experience. The next step is to re
move the pillow, for not until then will
the circulation of the blood be as free
as it should be. The pillow and bolster
keep the head and neck at an abnormal
angle, and consequently the sleeper's
entire body remains during the night
in an uncomfortable position, and one
which impedes the free course of the
blood through the vessels and organs.
A Trust There, Too. -
"But." we say to the Intrepid polar ,
mlAua 'H A vman a- fAnta a)-ia nnai til
Lpiwx, w m
come depressed for lack of home ties
ana nome i-uVu m.e m iuB iroeu
, , v.:i it. I
north v
Oh, I don't know," he carelessly re
sponds. "Why, it is very homelike up
there. Fresh meat is quoted at 55
pound." Baltimore American.
In the Campaign.
"I believe," said the candidate, "that
the State wants me."
Terhaps," replied his friend. "But
the voters may refuse to honor a
requisition." Atlanta Constitution.
When I die," said a man the other
day, "I don't want any one sent for. I
don't want a crowd around to see me
die, and I want to be buried as quietly
and quickly as possible."
When you abuse any one, and your
listener says nothing when you get
through, how flat you feel.
If you work for a woman, you have
to earn every cent coming to yon.
NATIVE OF MARTINIQUE.
Empress Josephine, Wife of Napoleon,
Bora There
of especial historic Interest is the ill
fated island of Martinique, whose
blackened, lifeless ruins tell the story
f a lery visitation exceeding that of
Pompeii. It was on this isle of tropical
luxuriance that the Empress Joseph
Ine, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte,
was born In 1753.
Her father came from an estate near
Blois, France, emigrating to Martnique
ad locating In the little hamlet of
Trols-Ilets, to serve as a naval officer
mndor the Marquis de Banuharnais,
thea ia command of the island. Her
mother. Rose Claire de Verges de San-
nols, belonged to a family which had
likewise settled In the colonies.
A long, low building, set in the midst
of a picturesque and richly wild
growth of wood and tangled shrubbery,
was the home in which was born the
child, Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de
la Pagerie, destined to one day grace
the court of an Emperor.
Her days of childhood were spent in
this smiling atmosphere and it was
here that the warm, free, generous
BIRTHPLACE OF JOSEPHINE.
characteristics that made her the re
cipient of a nation's homage and love
were imbued Into her nature. She had
servants to attend her every wish from
the time she was able to lisp a com
mand. Her life was free from care;
there was nothing but laughter and
gaiety for the youthful Josephine. She
was really a queen before she could
talk, an empress in face before she
ever saw the shores of France.
But as she advanced in years her
life became more ruffled with the
cares and disappointments of the
world. When but 16 years of age she
was married to the Viscount de Beau
harnais in France. The marriage prov
ed an unhappy one and the couple
were subsequently divorced.
In 1790 she became the wife of Na
poleon Bonaparte and until he separat
ed himself from her to marry Maria
Louisa in 1S09, she followed him in his
checkered career with unfaltering love
and devotion. By her Invariable good
ness she won the hearts of the people
and even the admiration and esteem
of her opponents. When Napoleon di
vorced her, the crowned beads of Eu
rope offered her protection and estates.
but sne remained at her former court
of Maimaison until death claimed her
in 1814. Her remains now rest in a
marble tomb within the. church at
Hueil.
WINDS LIKE A WATCH.
In Santa Anna, Cal., is a man who
has built for his own use an automobile
that is certainly a curiosity. It is built
on the Waterbury watch idea. Its pro
pelling power comes from a huge
spring. There are three other smaller
springs from which power is also ob
tained It uses no fuel, and all that is
necessary to get it ready for the start
is to work a lever which winds up the
spring.
The Santa Anna man has made nu
merous excursions on country roads
with his curious little machine, and
has never had a breadkdown. The en
tire machine weight but 410 pounds,
and it has attained a speed of fifteen
miles an hour on a level road. It Is
not good at hill climbing.
The machine will run under ordinary
circumstances about ten miles on one
winding. The Inventor does not claim
that he has made any great discovery,
and does not propose to build machines
for the market. He built this one for
his own use and amusement.
Are You There?
If a story told in M. A. P. be true
in all particulars there exists a man
who has cause to regard the telephone
with an unfriendly eye. It is related
that one evenlng.when Prince of Wales,
the King was at a public dinner at
which, he was to speak. During the
meal he told an equerry to send to
Marlborough House for a book, to
which he wished to refer for a fact.
The equerry gave the necessary In
structions, and the hotel manager rang
the royal residence up on the telephone.
After he had made himself understood
; wag of m minuIes
n rang again, then again, until at
. f ,"L nat-,onot ht. iitPr.,iiv
-
shmlted. "Are-vou-there? What in
shouted: "Are you there?
the world do you mean by keeping His
Royal Highness waiting? Can you
. find the book or not?" To his angry
Arvnafnlo t!nna o ma ri a n 11 at Q nsil'Pr.
"We are very sorry to keep you wait
ing; we are doing our best to fin.l the
book, which shall be sent on at once.
Please tell my father this because he is
so particular." Tableau!
Hazarding a Guess.
"They axe all talking in Boston about
the greatest beauty at their uorst
show."
"Some out-of-town girL of course."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Book Agent (at door) Are you the
boss of this house? Henry Peck No;
I'm the boss' understudy.
Talk to a hundred different men, on
any subject, and you will get a hun
dred different opinions.
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Of the United States Treas
ury Recommends
Pe-ru-na.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, medical ex
aminer for the U. S. treasury depart
ment, graduate of Columbia college,
and who served three years at West
Point, has the following to say of Pe
runa: Allow me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from
your wonderful remedy. One short
month has brought forth a vast change
and I now consider myself a well man
after months of suffering. Fellow
sufferers, Peruna will cure you."
Feruna immediately invigorates the
nerve centers which give vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
A free book written by Dr. Hartman
on the subject of catarrh in its differ
ent phases and stages, will be sent
free to any address by The Peruna
Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Catarrh is a systematic disease -curable
only by a systematic treatment. A
remedy that cures catarrh must aim
directly at the depressed nerve centers
This is what Peruna does.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, president of
the Harmtan Sanitarium, Columbus, 0
She'll Sing Hereafter.
A charming young lady, who glories
in the possession of a wealth of bright
auburn-colored hair, is the teacher of
a Sunday school class. On a recent
Sabbath the rector made the announce
ment of a hymn to be sung, and, rising,
waved his hands, and the organ pealed
forth.
"Now," said he, "ready sing."
A small and precocious youth in the
young woman's class said :
"Why don't you sing, Miss Frisbee?"
"Me? Oh, I never sing," replied
the teacher, smiling her prettiest.
"But," exclaimed the boy, "the
minister says you must. Didn't he
just say, 'Now, Reddy, eing?'"
Smelling salts and numerous other
restoratives had to be used to bring the
teacher out of her faint.
Compensation.
Highblower My first daughter mar
ried a poet, my second an artist, and
my third a railroad magnate.
Dimpleton And which couple is the
most fortunate?
"Oh, the first two of them. They
are supported by the husband of the
third." Life.
Surprise.
"Were you surprised when I pro
posed?" he asked.
"Well," she replied, thoughtfully,
I wis not so surprised that you pro
posed as I was that you did not propose
on some previous occasions." Chicago
Poet.
The Freedom Seemed Queer.
"Of course vou were eiven the
free-
dom of the city?"
"Yes," answered the distinguished
visitor, "hilt T had tn Irnan an rlrtsta tn
a recular schedule, under the pfript sur
veillance of so many committees, that
it was hard to realize how free I was."
Washintgon Star.
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Newest hi Deg Cellars.
Dog collars are made of all sorts of
semi-precious stones in effective de
sligns. One fashionable style is of
many rows of coral beads .with a large
clasp of brilliants. A fantastic collar is
of imitation pearls, with a large vampire
like buckle in front, the wings being
of odd bine enamel and the eyes of
blazing red stones.
Dundonald as an Inventor.
The Earl of Dundonald, who is com
ing to Canada in command of the Do
minion troops, won. distinction as a
soldier in South Africa and has given
his country some valuable military in
ventions, notably the Dundonald gun
carriage. He married Miss Winnifred
Hesketh, a Welsh heiress who owns
Gwyrch castle, a beautiful place near
Abergele.
A Modest Request.
An omnivorous reader down in Ken
tucky wrote to Senator Deboe for a copy
of every document issued since the
government was established.
"I am sorry," answered Deboe, "but
all the freight cars hereabouts are
busy." Washington Post.
Not to Be Drowned.
Gyer Queer thing about the Niagara
Falls, isn't it?
Myer What's there queer, about it?
Gyer There isn't enough water
goes over it to drown the noise.' Chi
cago News.
A Wandering River. "
During the last century the Chinese
Yellow river changed its course 22
times. Its present mouth is 600 miles
away from its mouth of 1800.
In Memory of Dr. Johnson.
Dr. Johnson's long association
with
0
the Strand, London, is to be comroem
orated by placing a beautiful stained
glass window in St. Clement Dane's
chapel.
THE TWINE SITUATION.
Market Has Been Advancing and Prices Are
Firm.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
sales of twine may be gained from the
fact that during the first nine months
of the current fiscal year, the value of
fiber imports into the United States
was nearly $23,000,000.00.
Every man in the Northwest who
has to do with the harvesting of crops
is interested in this matter. Many
have pursued the old time policy of
"waiting" for a break in the prices be
fore they buy their twine, but, for
many reasons, this year prospects are
that prices will remain practically un
changed, and certainly not lowered,
as as the fiber for this harvest's twine
has been already purchased. Some of
the largest houses have sold all the
twine they will be able to produce for
the coming harvest, and are therefore
out of the market. In a few instances
it is known in the trade that travel
ing ealesmen and manufacturers have
cut wholesale prices in order to induce
dealers to enlarge their orders for im
plements, etc. But this has not been so
largely done as in former years, and
probably will not affect general prices
at all. Prices have rarely been so firm
as at present; that is to say, there has
seldom been so little shading of the
established prices. In past seasons at
this period, manufactureres and jobbers
complained frequently of cutting by
competitors. Just now no complaints
of this kind are heard.
To sum up the situation theie is not
in the fiber prices any warrant for re
ducing the quotations on twine, and it
probably is the best advice that can be
given to dealers generally to suggest
that they do not hesitate in buying all
the twine they need at the present
market price.
We note that the sales of Standard
Twine are not nearly so heavy this year
as they formerly were. This is only a
repetition of all past experiem e, that
when an an article is gotten up to de
ceive or in imitation of a better one, it
is only a question of time when it is
found out and is forced down to its in
trinsic value.
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