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HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1896.
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N 3VTV K'uroi KT TnK THE HIXTII MS
irlrl. ttuie of ur-g n. l oiiniy of Morrow,
Miner A to, tl, plalutll's.
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J mile e of the r-a In llrppner. in said County
and Sisie, on or l-lire llie snh day ol liereiulwr.
ai in nonf ni i-ii rim t III the alli-rnmin ol
aid day, at my i.ni. In the Mid town tososwer
llie rmniUin ot jjnmr A I o. rt al , Iminilril on
HiM mnlrarU and wbrrelnlhey ili msiid llie
in, n nl tin "mulled Trnty ai! and o m Ital
ian, lor which um Judgment will I rendrmt
asalnst yon II you lall so to appear and ansaet
said complaint.
t(en iiinlrr my hs'id this l.ih ds of Kov.
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VIVISECTOR IN AFRICA.
How s Scientific Gent Was Despoiled of
Five Thousand Dollars.
One of the most curious expeditions
ever planned by man was that once
undertaken by Dr. J. G. Bunting, of
Portland, says the Lewiston (Me.)
Journal. During; all his life, he had
been a close student of the philosophy
of digestion, and for the purpose of his
investigations he had that remarkable
Canadian, Alexis St. Martin, in his
""""" Jvui w
"eh matters and provide facts for
some of the doubtmir Thomases Dr,
Hunting cast about for some one else
upon whom he might continue to ex
permcnt. He could think of but one plan, and
that was to go into Africa, buy two
slaves, and operate upon their stom
achs. By opening the body near the
Cfth rib and perforating the stomach
a condition could be produced similar
to that existing in the person of St.
Martin. Therefore the doctor pur
chased his supplies and sailed across
to Tunis in the north of Africa. There
he hired a native chief with forty of
his followers, paying them a liberal
retaining fee and promising them al
luring largess when the trip should be
ended. They set forth. The doctor
:arried one thousand pounds in H in
side pocket, and thcJn"erpTobabiylay
awake four nights thinking about the
matter.
At any rate, on the fifth night he
sneaked into the doctor's tent and de
livered a little address over the muz
zles of two pistols. When he had con
cluded the doctor passed over his
ducats and the chief passed over the
border along with his renegado band.
They htlped themselves to such sup
plies as suited their artless and unen
lightened tastes. The doctor came
back without a retinue and with a deal
of experience that will never
In a medical work.
appear
A FROGS AND WASPS.-
The Former Eat the Latter and Seem to
Enjoy Them Very Much.
Rome time ago I discovered, acci
dentally, that frogs are voracious eat
ers of wasps. I have in my garden a
tank for watering, with an island of
rockwork, which is a favorite haunt of
the frogs, writes R. E. Uartlctt in the
London Spectator. The wasps just now
are carrying tin a raid against my fruit,
and when I wish to gratify at once my
revenge una my irogs i eaten a ma
rauder between a post card and an in
verted wine glasn, carry him off to the
tunk, wet his wing to prevent his fly
ing, and act him on the rockwork be
fore the frog!!.
After a moment's pause a frog ad
vances, and in un iistnnt the waap lma
disappeared, drawn into th frog's
mouth by a binulo dart of 1K long
tongue. Occasionally the wasp reap
pears, wholly or partially, having ruado
it unpleasant for the frog, but he is al
most always swallowed In the end.
l'Miully oiiiivul .ivo movements nuiy bo
noticed In tin- frog's throat and body,
an though the process of deglutition
were not qmto easy; but that they like
the diet Is evident from the fact that a
single smulllsh frog lia been known
to take three wat.p one after another.
intieen, ii is remnrlinl le what very
small frogs, ijuite Infants v. ill swallow
a wnsp wiili avidity, tine afternoon
a tiny frog swallowed a full-grown
wat p, when a big relative went for Mm
quite savagely, like a big eehooiiM-y
thrashing a small one for presuming
to be hclpr-d before him,
HER DEST.
rslaetle laalaaeea ef the Child's iNallxo
for tan.
Mra. Molrawnrth, who writea'a mov
ing article In Woman's Work, ronrern
ing the oeeealty of obtaining "fun,
food and fresh air" for all elaaseaof
rhlldren, aaya that there are among
Iomlon's pMr thotisanda of little ooea
who never had a toy.
Yet Mill the ehllj a Instlnrt to "make
beHeve" aurmoiinta every practical ob-
stacle, and there la a true atory of one
little suffi-rer from a rhronio diseaMi
wlioae only plaything were the aputa
of damp on the wall lnalde her rsM.
Khe played they were real and alive;
she rave them names and Imaginary
quail tie.
Another true story allowed how far
the little ramtle of a wIm and loving
word mar throw Ita beama. A teacher
at a humUy ss-hmd for ndon'a poor
was trying to lmprt. wp,n hrr little
pujilla koioe l ira of the real mraninf
of irivlnif,
"Whatever It may Im." she said, "our
offering toil should be of our Wat,
of what we prl nv.L"
In one tby heart hrr words f.mnd
ready re.n4. Sm day a little
rreatiirw eonfldml her t.fTrrlns W the
Uaehrr; It wa a rarvfully tied park
ae. e.intlnlnj a few grains of riee.
This was hrr nvt re.-liua and per
hapa her only lrraun-.
Wawheal Half a that.
The people nf Maiiilotl W rre entrr-
! i., r il.iy, asj a eaitre
r,tV.riit .f t!i,. .(,,,r u-pulillean.
t.n p l.. tr i.f n titan arr ) in a
t"t.- sr.iij ! a tr'en 'i1r tra'h, IrtUu
il drop and Um! b-rihir It aaln at
r.ryt.irn. 1 km performer w a a ma a
U l.aa a rrpatation f ir a dialnrllna
tl m to Ulnar, and the iiwkUnl was the
notntme of a wail be aa aaahinf
el.ut the hard lUnr and hi lnal.il. ly
bi f, I w.rfk. A elilrea UM kira he
would Md work If be f t rhaarw. and
tiffi ml hi in fifty rent an hour a Ug
as he wmld carry the atte. To the
inrpriae ef a!l he MeepUsd th 0?r
and tarld oat fray five boar. A larf
rrowd fathered to wiud (b nwrlnrtjr
snre.
n n n
A
W e4 ZZS VaVJ 5
NDIA.
Kercbants Sometimes Come Down with
a Jump tn Their Prices.
Indian travel Js full of , surprise,
pleasant and otherwise. A gentleman,
wishing to purchase some of the beau
tiful Cashmere shawls which are made
not far from Delhi, went to one of the
largest establishments in the city. The
merchant showed him a book in which
was written recommendations of his
goods by Gen. Grant and his son, as
well as by many others.
Among the recommendations was
this one in German: "I have bought
shawls of this man and think I got
them cheap; but do not , offer him a
third of what he asks."' ; '
The . gentleman selected two very
beautiful shawls, and asked the price.
The merchant, after a little consulta
tion with his clerks said:
I have not sold a shawl to your
party. I sell you very, . very cheap.
You may have these beautiful shawls
for fourteen hundred rupees."
"Absurd! Let us go!" said the gen
tleman, having in mind the German's
advice, and he started for the door.
"Don't go," said the merchant;
make me an offer." ;
"I will give you four hundred rupees
for both shawls."
To his astonishment the merchant
replied: ,
"Take them; I will send them to your
hotel." ,
At Jaipur the same traveler lodged
in a hotel conducted by a native, but
owned by. the rajah. He found the
following amusing notices posted in
various places: i
'If visitors are not satisfied with the
food or, cooking they can deduct from
the bill what they consider fair."
"Guests are requested not to strike
the servants." ;,, ..!
"Guests wishing ice are requested to
give a day's notice and name how much
they require."
A LITTLE TOO QUIET.
The
Funereal Silence That Pervade the
Channel Islands.
Jersey and (Guernsey are. gardens,
says a recent French visitor to the
Channel islands. The fields are so neat,
so carefully kept, that they seem rather
like garden plots. . The least corner of
earth is cultivated tho roadsides,
every little hollow, and even "an inch
of earth on the end of a rock."
But these fdens are silent, the trav
eler goes on to say. Now and then
people on the islands smile; but no one
ever laughs. Laughter is unbecoming,
and to laugh aloud would be scandal
ous. The birds sing, but not the people.
Even the children are sober little men
and women rather than children. The
trees are yews, cypresses and weeping
willows.
When the people go to walk, they
take to the cemeteries. Lovers ex
change vows upon tombstones, and
house that are near graveyards rent
more readily and at a better price on
that accouut.
"We are admirably situated In our
new house, "snid a young Jersey woman
to the French writer; "we are right op
posite the cemetery, and I can see the
tomlw from the windows of my bed
room. In the moonlight the view in
lovely."
And still the Frenchman has to ad
mit that there Is something very at
tractive In this solemnity and stillness.
The longer he remained In the Islands
the lesa he felt like coining away.
',Hw te rare all Bala Dior ear. "
Simply apply "Swayoe't Ointment."
No Internal medioios required. Cares
tier, rrsvms. itch, all ere pt iocs ea the
'ace, bands, anee, e., leaving the skin
steer, white and healthy. lie treat b ed
nf and corstiv powere are poeeeeeed
by tn o'hee rem lv. Ask yoar dm-
gist for Hwayne'a Ointment.
NORWEGIAN CUPERSriTIONS.
Men or hi meg rrra an4 the lleinga w
the af.it II Verl4.
Tim simple faJth of the Norwegian
peaaanta la that ll aeeing or not ar
Ing tif Wlnga of the other world ia
mere question of strong or weak
nerves, unly reversing, aaya All the
Yrar Kound. the generally accepted
Iw-llrf, It la the Northman of strung
nervra wio has power to aee the un
seen. And he who area It fears It Bol.
"H yon have the gift," ear my In
fur man t. "yoa may aoe doaeaa and
aeorea of forms pa your door, bat
yon know not what It la Ui feel alarm.
"There's a fh.t on every ahlp.
eoya uie ame auiriority. -My own
enrle, e,o saw the anaeen plain from
hi rMld'isl, was married to a woman
v. l o could not believe in apu-lu. II
had a Ashing smack of bla own, and
saw strange thing of algkta. One
atg ht be aaked her to go oat with him.
nd she went. 'If I are enythtnf
will rail for yon.' be aaid. and she
agreed to Iw In the dark middle of
the algbt be emild aee three men eonta
walking- oo the water toward the little
teaeeL He went and called bis wife.
saying:
" 'Look vat aow; d ye aee aoth-
IhffT a
" '.Ko.' aald tbe wife. 'I aee aotbiaff
bat the water and the dark new.'
"Well.' aaid be. 'there are) three
wta there, plain to - aee. and aow
I'll f l and get op tbe net, f.ay a sOa-m
ia srly svitnlng.'
"Two orbk waa the wonted bowr
for f'tllnf op the n la. bet wait be
onid not, la apite of all bla wife ml4
ay to Un.
"When leo s'fWli e en a theaeteof
allUie other eah.rwiae wr i.Mt tn,
taelr boau aarly wrecked la a endd,,
freet shovm thai , t.utaynrie
waa well o.ft nf it. and aa h'4 i
eafy. toae b r.mi.l rva 1 tae
sf&e they rvi all bJiod to
rti ii lit
BARGAINS
WILD HOGS IN ARIZONA.
Large Droves of Degenerate De
scendants of Tame Porkers.
The Thrilling Experience of an Over-Con.
fldent HuDtcr Who Went Out to
Bag; a Tender Yo-jnir Sucker
A Bad Old Boar.
The wildest of wild hosrs live both
above and below Yuma, on the Colo-
rado river, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. While the steamer was ly.
inj at Castle Dome landing a few days
since, loading with ore, a fine band of
them on the opposite shore came down
to the river to feed on the banks, where
the grass and weeds were green, and to
get a drink of water. Thev paid no
attention to the boat or to the Indian
at work. After loafing- a ron ml for
awhile an old boar came out of the
brush, and, on spying us, gave a
"swish," and away they all went.
Hardly a day passes that the Indians
and cattlemen do not run upon them.
These bands seem to be more timid
than ugly. When the late Thomas
lllythe was trying to settle a colony at
Lerdo, forty-five miles below Yuma
on the Colorado, he set down a large
number of very fine f all-blooded lierk
shire and Poland-China pigs, and turned
them loose on the banks of the rive'
near Lerdo, where they lived on the
roots, grass, weeds, tules and mesquite
beans; bred, multiplied, kept fat and
miea , the low and tule lands with p
large number of fine porkers. Nevei
seeing a human being, except now anr:
then a lone Indian, they soon becann
wild, and wilder still, and scatters!
until the low lands and woods wen
full of them. Notwithstanding that
the coyotes slaughtered tho little one
in great numbers, they have inereaser
until it is estimated that at the pres
ent time there are more that ten thou
sand of them roaming up and dowr
the Colorado and Hurdie rivers, from
their mouths up as high as tide runs, oi
from sixty-five to seventy miles thii
side of the gulf.
' ' They go wherever they please; noth
ing stops them in their course. When
the Colorado is at ita flood they will
cross it from shore to shore, even near
the Hardie, where it is four miles wide
when at its highest gauge. Their ranrc.
gives them the finest of feed wild,
sweet potatoes, tules, stray fish, clams,
dead turtles and seaweed along the
river bank at low tide. They are un
molested, except now and then by n
hunter who finds his way down the
river. Most of the hunters give the
wild swine a wide berth, except now
and then as they happen to spy a nice
nttie rooster on the bank and within
easy rlflo hot. - - -
A lew years ago a mnn and hlafumlly
cre living a few miles below the col
onyonthe bank of the Colorado. He
t a m
nan a pair or very line, large stiif--hounds,
which the owner claimed could
run down and kill any wil l hog In that
region, (hie day he took dogs nnd rilht
and went for a nice lilllc one, just right
for the oven. Ho had not gone far be
fore he found n large bond of hogs, nnd
turned his dogs loose tin them. No
sooner had they started when out of
the lules near by jumped in enormous
boor, a monster, who, with month wide
open, paying no attention to the di-n.
made for tho hunter. The latter drew
up his rifle nnd fired, but on came the
boar, the dogs nipping him at every
Jump. The hunter fired a second shot,
but on came the Wast. The Imnli-r
turned and ran fora mcMuit trees few
yards distant, the hogrioae to his heel.
Ho droptwd his gun and jumMd fur
life, grasping a limb of tho tree Just as
the hog grahls-'d his punts and tore one
half of them from him. hut he wsa mifc.
Juat out of reach. The dogs all tlii
while mn grabbing the hog by the hind
legs, to which the beast puid no atten
tion. The mad boor M-led the bark i.f
the tree In his great tusk and tore It
Into shreds. Finally he turned tisni
the dogs. Instantly killed one and
wounded the other so that It died soon
after. He then turned hi attention to
the tree where sat the hunter. He
guarded him until it was dark. Twl.-e
did the man get down and try to get
hla rifle, but his Um was on guard and
drove him laek up the tree. During
the night thetioar left. Daylight came
and so did help. The men had hardly
rr ached the river and got In their boat
when down came tle old bog after
them In vain pursuit.
Vapolwaoee lsnr4.
An anecdote of the first Naplen
la told In a story, forming part
Of the recollection of the two
artclee of the writer, dearrlla-d a
fav.llrV, of Naix.lc.n III , r ins as
follow: fmee. hunting with the rm
prror, they wrre roliai.led by him f.,r
their had ah.e.linif. With the aaaurmire
that the firt Nni,l....n vrn a
Worst shot than tln-y, Il a.- ins thai
whenever a slag was br-tihl to bay.
It wa oaual to leave the an out. I til he
billed by .Na.lr.in. Ihi one tci,,i,
Napoleon eould led I f- niid, and the
ftiaatrrof the l.ouh Is did the l.-i-l
aeaa, hu-l Iri.ly N.ic.i ariltfl
and the alajr was hitn. Ilr .r..jM-l up
on his leg- willi irre mmitU. 'I he gun
was handed to him and he fine-1 at t ie
t whk'h. if r-nfe. f II Ii the
g-r-rtitel. w h lo a pi' oa -, lone from e
limibd slum. 1 tJis,t , ,ih t lull ft. (TrfrH
fnwa a d.-. sUg !. h.t .air-m
Wa eonv.lrtrly il-rlr. .1, and t.lna rel
"Af'rf all, I um ti 4 Uleeh'-tas
they try iik ie otjt,"
th fWat r-ai I '
I hi..,' ree A n'g-lae'et r.'nh
s daegeimie, ftli.n it at itr ih
rti.ll-Vs ' f"t l y Well
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BOB LOST HIS GEtSE.
low aa Alligator Occupied His
Time During the Summer.
.pare;
Six or eight years ago Bob Vorus
started a goose farm on his mill pond. .
He knew the value of feathers, and
thought the people would appreciate
the opportunity of obtaining them
near home for making pillows and beds.
His big mill pond was such a fine place
for them to swim and live and raise in.
So he got up five or six hundred pairs
of geese, and put them on his pond.
They were in their glory, and the
water was dotted from morning till
night as they gracefully glided along
over the placid expanse of the pond.
Their nests were built in the rushes
along its sides, and their melodious
voices reverberated along its banks
from erd to end. But they did not in
crease according to Bob's notion their
numbers were diminishing perceptibly.
A dead one could be seen occasionally
drifting along the edge of the border
ing rushes. At first Bob thought it
might be minks, otters, skunks, 'pos
sums, or what not that were destroy
ing them, but Boon found out that it
was alligators, for he actually saw one
day one of the ugly reptiles catch a
goose and pull it under the water.
Partly-eaten geest ewould sometimes be
found. In the course of a few months
Hob had the same big pond of water.
but not a single goose.
Bob hates an alligator, and he and
ids ten boys have been occupying the
dull summer months in killing them.
They bring into town two or three
every week for the children to get
frightened at. The other day they
brought up the biggest one yet. It
meusured nine feet and a half in
length and weighed somewhat under
four hundred pounds. It waa forty
seven yenrs old by the rings on Its tail.
Ithu l nlreudy begun to stow away pine
knot i for the winter's supply. Its ap-
pi tile kc med not to be confined to
tree- o i. ml light wood knots, for an au
topsy discovered in its capacious cold
storage reservoir pair of brogans and
a pipe.
LUCK IN THE MINES.
The Joke That IMd Net llavo the Sequel
VI hlrh Waa Intended.
Not ninny miles from Shnsta City, In
Culifiiriiiii. is a gulch of which a
st.-niige story Is told. It Is a deep ra
vine, wil i roi-k showing all the way
up the .1 It" a. Gob! in paying quanti
ties Im-i been found along the st renin.
I .lit It seemed to dinapiM-ar a few .Vet
from tin ehiinuel. tine day, ssy the
Youth's I'oiiinnnlon, while a gang of
men were t illing in tho atnaw-w a
-.triinger. evidetiily Ignorant of ...in
n r. e:ime along and leaned on his
ni; I-I i Mm.w to watch the rosults of
lln ir lilor.
'l "ne i.i!:ier Hear hllll liaik out a five
doliiir iiiiu'i-t. ami anxiety overvalue
the i -iioi;i t stranger.
::ti," ! u.'.dil, "where ran I go to
dii...'lu' to hii I it like thatr"
The liunly miner stopped hla work.
stiii iviier the wink to alt the bovs so
Unit fie J'.' e xhoul 1 Hot be lost, pointed
up to tin l.iirr.-u rocks where no gold
had evt r liecti found.
"Vuu Me that Mugh-liMikin' plac?
"e.. suld the nmv hand.
"W . II. Hiur it Is rich. Jes' you slake
nuts t-luiiii uit' go to work, an' when
we firit.h here we'll roino up. ton.
The new hand thanked the miner
and the Ihivs all grinned their appre
ciation of the joke. That afternoon a
solilary ligure was seen pinking oa the
hllNiile, and every time the miner
lisiked up they roared with laughter.
but lli'i in st day the new miner
struck a porkrt, and took out awveral
lliuiiaiiil nf dollar In gold. Then he
rainael thanked the miner who had
w lit him up there, and went down Into
the taller and bought a farm, while
the otliir liilner dotted that aaune
r.ky hillside for day w itl.oul fnillng
atsa ket. They agreed that It wa a
joke, but not el art ly uf the klodrtiey
had lute tided.
SIMPLI MEAN A.
The Bevel
tsHSdesaeel I e4 t I
t.mm trmm a Wall.
A r' "I workmaa like good .al.
but In an etigeniy be ran get along
with verv simple and homely con trie
snrrs IheM. Ixrala ttlutes Issnxsrrat
rite a striking rsample,
A well wa to be rlraned, teat the
man who bail aadrrtaken tbe job wae
afraid to go down Until be bad tested
the quality of the air at the bottom.
He let down a lighted randleaad when
it wa aVmt all fret from the bvttnta It
went out a sud.tr aly aa If a whiff of
wind had strat k IL
1 hat told the mi a all be aeeded t
Whow. The well waa fall of potauoous
rs He I'e.k a small nmbrella, tied a
airing to the handle and toweree) It
,.n It to the well. Thea be strew It
up, rarrted it a few feet frma the wail
ei.'l u-el It. Ihia nperathww be re
I 4'r.i twinty or thirty tlaea, Willi
t'.e I i tamli r. who are never a I we tit
ii tn. h larreabtt -a, all leaf king atbsta.
All. r th. he let down eaotaer caa
He It bin I clearlr tva at Use
m I -fore golrf dowa tobiawtwll
tf 'sine. to those w bo ba4 bee
t '.ig fun nf bin that the gee la u
e. (.' arid rsa. wbfb I
- r t si ar. end lhrfw"a MeaeJ ,jiws ate rat. furl-if
t'trf It aa tel-r&e a If It lJLy.i nt i i ti:. .f t i ' .
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CHEAP RENTS.
Uewthe Railroads Have Affected Branches
of Old Mobile' Business.
A portion of the glory of Mobile,
Ala., departed when, after years of la-
bor, the railroads from the north were
able to surmount the difficulties pre
sented by marshland and bayou and
continue their lines to New Orleans. .
This affected certain branches of the
business of the city materially, prac
tically ruining the heavy trade in re
shipping merchandise at Mobile to
New. Orleans, leaving giant warehouses
tenantloss and docks to rot and become
grass grown, t ,
The extent of the depreciation in
value of some of the shipping property
can be inferred from the following ob
servations of a recently returned com
mercial traveler.
In walking through one of the old
streets recently h'saw on the ground
floor of a huge five-story warehouse the
striped pole and the sign of a barber
shop and boot blacking establishment.
W alking in to have his shoes polished
he Inquired of the proprietor how much
of the building he rented.
I'AU of it," replied the man. .
,"What, all of this immense build-
ng?" asked the drummer in surprise.
Why, how can you afford it? What
do you pay for it?"
"r iftuen dollars a month," was the
answer, "I use only what I want of
it, but my lease covers the whole prop-.,
crty." ,
Inquiry from merchants of the city
confirmed the man's statement. The
class of property had become absolute
ly useless by the altered conditions,
enabling the barber to secure for fif
teen dollars a month a building which
formerly rented for thirty-five hundred
or four thousand dollars a year.
ONLY A FEW OF
THEM LEFT.
Xlphtold Whale Which Belong-
to Long
fast Oeologlnal Ages.
Prior to 1883 the naturalists of Amer
ica knew nothing of xiphloid whales
except from comparisons and the fossil
records of the geological ages. During
the year mentioned, however, one of
tnese queer cretaeeans was stranded
upon the sands at liarnegat City, N. J.
J. II. Uidgeway and his assistants
managed to save the specimen, and im
mediately telegraphed for tho officials
of the National museum of Washing
ton. They went, of course, and toolt
all the apparatus necessary for preserv
ing such a unique curiosity. Among
these Smithsonian worthies were se.
enlists of international reputation. yet
the creature lHforo them could not be
aasigued to its proHT class until after
the brain was critically and scientific
ally examined this on account of Ita
great rarity. Before removing the
flesh preparatory to "making a skele
ton" of the great creature's Ismcs a
plaster east of the exterior was made.
After Ihia operation hod been finished
In all its 'minute details the meat waa
rut away and the bones carefully artic
ulated. A scientific report of tbe Inci
dent, quoted by the Ht. Louis Republic,
cloaea aa follows: "The xiphloid
whales have a most Interesting his
tory. ee j-j,ey really belong to
the geological ages, and perhaps only
a few atrairglrra are now leftla remote
quarter of the globe. It Would aeem
that they are but the atirvivlng relies
of a great raee, which declined long
ages le fore man apared upon the
earth."
The wtfeef Mr. Leonard nella, nf F,t
Ilriinflsld, Mae., had been offerlnf
from araralgla Inr lr date, rnd b'irg
able la steep nr Lsfilljr keep 1111, a In a
Mr, fluldee, tbe taerohtnl Iter eeut tier
bottle of Cbamberlain'a Pale Balm, and
asked Ihaiabeflveitatbftvoagb trial. Oa
meeting Mr. Wells Ibe oeit day be wsa
I old tbal she n-ee all right, Ibe psin hi
left Ler wiltla lo boors, and 111 tbe
bottle nl Taia Halm aae aottb I "it Oil
H eoqld eot;u bad for leee. fr-t le at
CO e. nig ter bottle by (reser A ltiork.
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t llasw Amt MS tl rlelw -a
Sta ftim.t II r,K
In the riHii .f 'r f I.. I. ., at
I'hlladi IphU. llie l- t.-.ii f..l i. Hla)
eiHitigh to gain h-lnn .i.i, 1'
louis II. (ml. lie. lull s. e ',. t r -s.l or-
whu h all naliiral. t etc lu iinhn. u , im
proaowileiiig ll.r I i-1 r i.l .l i e
of the l.i-.fi .1 aitiiuul j .. . 'I !o an
imal la Bot aluc to ,l'i. r i It t t re so
far aa fleah and I am i .i . . tucl,
bat to the li.l.il.;i I. who tar -a
only fiaT the f.iifl U.i..-. t:.n ar
mea I perfect It n. i I..rj- r tia
a yrarbitg ralf. ate I n it i.rat j- i t'l,
and wa f Mind In tl.e . I rm r ro.i
tryiaUomlng l'f--f t j i" i. im.. I it
lnenrol .ina.iM u II
trat diaror.l. gi ,i.f it ai ... . . i.-
ton that it wa a', in It a , n
WhUh Wa f iuri.l a. . ir! )rars n't II
t run (the i.1m.u,i i.'.i.,i. si. 1 -, i... U
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an gfiurk lr.Mil.lt to ! ,fr, M tie
lima fit Htm ilv .' t m 1 r -to Ii
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