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"Very well,” the merchant « i d coldly.
* l f you insist on it, it must be done. Buc,
of course, it would make a great differen t
“ Eh?"
"You are at present getting fifteen
pounds a month, and five per cent com
mission. T h e « are exceptional terms in
consideration of any risk that you may
run. We shall dry dock the Black Eagle,
and your salary is now ten pounds a
month and two and a half commission. ’
"Belay, there, belay 1” the sailor shout
ed. Hia coppery to£e waa a shade darker
than usual, and bis bilious eyes had a
venomous gleam in them. "Don’t you
tout me down!” be hissed, advancing to
the table and leaning hia hands upon it
while he pushed his angry face forward
u t i l it waa within a foot of that of the
merchant. "D on’t you try that game on.
mate, for I am a freeborn British sea
man, and I am under the thumb Of no
man.
You’d reduce my salary, would
>e?” roared Captain Hamilton Miggs,
working himself into a fury. "M e that
has worked for ye, and slaved f i r ye, and
risked my life for ye. You try it on.
guv’nor, jure you try it o n ! doppose 1
let out that little story o' the painting
' frteoda. \ ( is true that at tlaiee ba al
1 laded in a modest way to hla "little
place,” and even went the length o f n*-
I marking airily to new acquaintancw that
j he hoped they would look him up any
! time they happened to be la hia direr
tioa. Aa he carefully refrained, however,
from ever giving the slightest indication
of which direction that might be, hia ta-
| ' Stations never led to any practical re
sults. Still, they had the effect of filling
the recipient with a vague sen-* of prof
fered hospitality, and occasionally led to
more euhotaatial kindness in return.
The gallant major's figure was a famil
iar one In the card room of the "R ag and
Bobtail," or at the boar window of the
Jeon ease Doree. Tall and pompons, with
a portly frame and a puffy ciean-aharcn
face which peered over an abnormally
high o lla r and old fashioned tinea cra
vat, he stood as a very type and emblem
of staid middle-aged respectability. Tire
major’s hat was always of the glossiest,
the major’s coat waa without a wrinkle,
and, in short, from tho summit o f tne
major’s bald head to his bulbous finger
tips and hia gouty toes, there waa not a
Aaw which the moat severe critic o f de
portment could have detected. Let ua add
that the conversation of the major was
as irreproachable as his person— that be
was a distinguished soldier and an accom
plished traveler, with a retentive memory
and a mind stuffed with the good things
o f a lifetime. Combine all these qua’ I-
o f Girdlestone be then?
I g u « s you’d muffled brogue ss if be were speaking
*8re here
rather double my wage than nave that from under a feather bed.
now. Girdlestone— this is Miss uetltis
yarn gain’ about.”
Snackles, o f Snsckleton, s cousin o f o*J
"W hat do you mean?”
The major tapped his
"W h et do I mean? You Jon’t kn->w Sir Joseph."
I mean, do you? O f course not. It thumb with the silver head of nis walk-
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_
maiden
wasn’t you as set as on to go at night ing stick to represent
nod paint out the government Plim sdl Snackles.1 "She marries Craw lord, of tee
■arks and paint ’em in again higher up. Bine«— one o’ the Warwickshire Craw
so as to be able to overload. That wasn’t fords: that’ s him” — here he elevated his
stubby forefinger— "and here’s their thr.ie
you. won it?”
"D o you mean to assert that it was?" children, Jemima, Harold and John.” L'p
“ Ip course I do,” thundered the angry went three other fingers. "Jemima Craw
ford grows up, and then Charley Clutter-
The senior partner struck the gong buck runs away with her. This other
which stood upon the table. "Gilrmy,” he thumb o’ mine will stand for that young
■aid quietly, "go out and bring in a pa divil Charley, and then my fingers----- ”
"Oh, hang your fingers,” Qirilestone ex
Bremen.”
Captain Hamilton Miggs saemed to be claimed with emphasis. " I t ’s very inter
somewhat startled by this sudden move esting, major, but it would Ire moan in
o f his antagonist. “ Steady your behn. telligible if you wrote it out.'
“ And ao I shall, me boy!' the major
governor,” he mid. “ What are ye up to
cried enthusiastically, by no rnjans abash
mw
ed at the sudden interruption. " I ’ll draw
" I ’m going to give you in charge."
it np on a bit of foolscap paper. L et’s
“ What f o r r
"F o r intimidating and fining threaten see. Fencharch street, eh? Add-ess to the
ing language, and endeavoring to extort offices, o f courre. Though for dint mat-
ter, ’Girdlestone, London, would foind
money under false pretenses."
you. I was spakin’ o f ye to Dir Mot-
• “ There’s no witnesses,” the -allor « i d
grave Moore, of the Rifles the other ds.v.
la a half-cringing, half-defiant maimer.
"Ok, yes, there are,” Ears Girdlestone and he knew you at once, Girdlestone Y
remarked, coming into the room. He had eeys he. T h e same,’ says I. ’A mer-
iye he. T h e same,’ says
been standing between the two doors chant prince?’
which led to the counting bouse, end bid I. ‘ I ’d be proud to meet him,’ says he.
He’s the beat
overheard the latter portion of- the con ‘And you shall,’ says L
versation. “ Don’t let me interrupt you. blood of rounty Waterford."
"More blood than money, I suppose,"
You were saying that you would blacken
my father’s character unless be increased the young man mid. “ I ’ m due in the cky.
The governor leaves at four. Cood-by ;
yonr salary.”
shall I see you to-night?"
" I didn’t mean no harm.” said Capta n
“ Card room, as per usual,” qnoth tho
Hamilton Miggs, glancing nervously iro n
clean-shaven warrior.
He looked after
Ike one to ths other. He had been fairly
the retreating figure of his late compan
ion with anything but a plea-ant expres
Joys, sad had no desire to renew the ac
sion upon his face. The young man hap
quaintance.
pened to glance round as he w&i half way
"W ho painted out those Plimaoll
down the street, on which the major smil
■arks?" asked tbe mere haut.
ed after him paternally, and gave a merry
flourish with his stick.
A t lest be hailed a passing bus, into
"Shall I rend in tbe polidcmsn, sir?” which be sprang. After a drive which
brought him to the other side of the city,
asked Gilray, opening the do>c.
“ Ask him to wait for a moment,” Gir- he got out in a broad, busy thoroughfare,
dlestone answered. “ And tow, captain, lined with large shops. Down a somber
to return to the original point, shall we avenue the major strutted witn all his
dry dock the Black Eagle and reduce th^ wonted pomposity, until about half way
tall
grim-looking
salary, or do yon see your w iy to going down be reached s
bouse, with many notices of "apartments"
bock in her on the same terms?”
The major
. " I ’ll go back," sa.d the captain reck glaring from the windows.
walked briskly up the stone steps, ard
lessly. “ When d’ye want me to start?”
"When site’s unloaded and loaded op pushing open the great splotchy door,
again. Three weeks or a mouth yet. I which bore upon it a brass plate indicat
expect that Spender will have come in ing that the establishment was kept by
a Mrs. Robins, be walked ‘ nto the hall
arith tbe Maid of Athens by tm t time.”
“ Unless some accident happen* on the with the air of one who treads familvir
way,” « i d Captain Hamilton Miggs, with ground. Up one flight of stairr. up two
■ leer. “ He was at Sierra Leone when flights of stairs, and up three flights o f
are came op the coast. I say,” be contin stairs did he climb, until on the fourth
ued, giving hia employer a confident is I landing he pushed open a doo.* and found
nudge with his elbow, “ suppose we’d gone k’mself in a small room, which form -J
down in the bay this last time, you’d ha’ for the nonce the "little place” about
been a bit out in your reckoning— eh, which be was wont at the club to make
depreciatory ■•Huskroe, so skillfully intro
what?”
duced that the listener was left in donbt
“ Why re?”
as to whether the major wav the happy
“ WeU, we were over-insured •*) our out
possessor of a country house and groan 1«,
ward passage. An accident tnen might
or whether he merely owned a iarge sub
ha* put thousands in your pocket I know.
urban villa. Evtn this modes; sanctum
Coming bock, though, tbe cargo was
was not entirely the major's own, as was
worth more than the insurance, I reckon.
shown by the presence of a ruddy-faced
You’d ba’ beea out o’ pocket if we’d foun
man with a long, tawny bea.-J, who sat
dered.”
on one side of the empty fireplace. Aa
"W e take oar chance of there things.” the other entered ,fhe man in .he chair
the merchant « i d with dignity.
gave vent to agnttnral grunt, and Major
“ W e ll good morning. guVner," Cap Clutterbnck returned the greet1 ng with an
tain Hamilton Miggs M id bruaqnely.
off-handed nod. Ills next pro«•ceding wee
As he pa «red oat through tbe office. to take off his glossy hot, and pack It
Earn rejoined hie father.
away In a bat box. He then removed his
" H e ’e a ram chap,” be remerked. Jerk coat, his collar, his tie and his gaiters
ing hie head in the direction watch Miggv with equal solicitude, and pu; them In a
tod taken. “ A useful servant, though.” place of safety. After which ne donned
"T h e fellow’s half a « r a g e himself,” a long purple dressing gown n-.irf a smok
hia father sold. "H e ’s ia his element ing cap, in which garb he performed the
among them. That’s why he gets oa so first step« of s mazurka as 1 eign of the
well with them.”
additional ease which be experienced.
" H e doeen t seem much the worse tot
“ Not much to dance about either, me
the climate, either.”
boy,” the old soldier said, seating bints >!f
"H is body does not, hut hia ideas are ia ■ camp chair aad patting his feet upon
shockingly immoral I However, to return another one, “ We’re all on the verge.
to business. I wish you to ere tbe un Unless lack takes e tnrn there’s no « y i n g
derwriters and pay the premium of the what may become of as.’*
Black Eagle. I f you are your way ta It,
"W e have been hedder than this before
Increase the policy, hut do ft aarefuily, now many • time,” said the yellow beard
Ears, and with tact. She will start about ed man. In an accent which proclaimed
the time of the equinoctial gates. I f any him to be a German. “ My money v II
thing should happen to her, it would he come, or something will arrive to set all
as well that the firm should have a mar things right.”
gin « a the right side.”
Bigtomond von Baumser was a political
refugee from the Fatherland who hid
managed to become foreign clerk to •
■ « M l o a d « fine, a « occupation which
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ATEMPERANCE WORKER
expenaee, and at the anas time secure i
tgreesble companion, for the veteran was
•
.
a sociable soul in his unofficial hours, and
lJy T w t
A*
j F T Y v l 'V. " / '
had all ths Hibernian dislike to solitude- , *
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The arrangement commended i t a a l f I * -------
the German, for he had a profound Nd- ‘ - J P
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miration for the other’s versatile talents
w m w w w v
and varied experiences, so be granted an
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acquiescence and the thing -vaa dsno.
Because o f the permanency o f habl-
Wh* n * * “ */or’s
tadon on a farm tho g r e a t « ! care
were brave »times ia the little fo u r t h ___ «_
r r o a e a M ilk .
W henever milk la scarce to the dtiee
somebody c o m « forw ard and suggests
that it be chipped from distant points
in a froaen condition.
This Idas baa been frequently dug- '
gested during the peat yean , but It d o «
not aeem to be coming into p ra c tic a l'
use. The latest suggestion la that the
O lZ S ^ ° “ortti « ° ! i ^ e ,T 1ih i, < 5 i plan* fo r dwell togs, barns, I a n « and fresh m ilk should be froaen by aub-1
man's way. the major had a fair share of tr* * Plantln*. Unllk# the town resident merging the sealed cans to brine chilled
the prosperity. -During the hard tlaaea who *• »»•*• to-day and aw ay to-mor- fa r below the melting point o f Ice. The
which intervened between these gleams of row tho owner o f a farm becomes at- milk would not only be froaen, but .
opuleoce, the pair roughed it uncomplain- , tached to h it home and can look for- would be cooled still further to a b a rd ,,
ingly as best they might.
| ward confidently to leaving it to his dry lea, which, it ia claimed, would re
"H ave you had your letter?” the major • oq , an<) grandsons a fter him. The main in the solid form after rem o va l;
a^ed. The German was expecting t.U „ te fo r tha houa<, haTtn( b ^ n fixed ths
tor « day or tw o before the entire
quarterly remittance from his
j other building« w ill group themselves m a n would rlae to a melting point, l
both anxiously
-
home, and they were
the keeping qualities being much so-1
awaiting it.
perlor to that o f m ilk which la merely ,
Von Baumser shook his heed.
frozen at common temperature.
“ They should have cent a wake ago."
"B u t you— how do you stand for
I l l s operating plan would be to ee- ^
money T ’
-
tabllah a freealng plant at the cream-j
Major Clutterbuck took ten sovereigns
cries and milk station», th e ' froaen *
out o f his trousers pocket sad placed
product to be shipped in ordinary cans,1
them upon the table.
"Ton know me
thus doing away with the preseat high I
law," be « i d , " I never on any conaidMW-
coat o f refrigerating earn.
tion break Into these. You can’ .' sit down
I t la claimed that froaen milk kept!
to play cards for high stakes wtth less
over 'a month in i refrigerator room
in your puree, and if 1 was to change one
showed no change to taste on thawing,
they’d all go like a whiff o’ smoke. Bar
this money I ’ve hardly a penny.”
and that the cream remained evenly
"N o r me,” « i d Von Baumser, despond-
mixed throughout the solid mass, mot
rising, as it would when milk Is merely *
" I my, Baumser, I can’ t stand that
kept liquid at low temperature. Milk I ,
young fellow Uirdleetone. I ’ll have to
fo r freealng would need to be In fresh, *.
aback him up. He’s a cold-blooded, flinty-
dean condition when froaen, e l « its ,
hearted, calculating sort of a onap.”
gardens, d r iv e w a y « lawns and shrub keeping period would be very short ,
"W hat for did you make him your
bery should be completed in all their' a fte r melting. I f this plan ever c o m « j
friend, then?”
"W ell,” the old soldier onfeseed^ " h details. Indeed fo r best results It 1« Into favor. It would greatly increase ]
seemed to me that if he wanted to fool well that most o f this work be done the competition in the buslnese o f eup <
hia money away at cards, Totoias Clut gradually though having all the time plying milk In the great cities.
i
terbuck might as well have tne handling a fixed plan in view. Land la not ao
" I know o f nothing whioh to b e » «
of it aa any one e l « . He plays a safe valuable that an acre or tw o cannot be
to build up hbs strength o f a young
game for low stakes, and never throws devoted to artificial adornment
m o t h « , in fact a ll the ailm en t« peon*
away a chance. I think I ’ve been a loser
I t is the role o f life to provide first
1 1 « to women, so I am pleased to g iv e
ia pocket by knowing him, walls as to fo r necessities, then fo r comforts and |
it m y hearty endorsement.’ ’
me character, I ’m very sure I ’m the worm
finally fo r treasures. Moat o f oar coun- |
Dr. Hartman has prescribed Parana
there."
try is too new to permit o f much atten- ,
for many thousand woman, and ha
“ Vat's the matter mlt blm?”
never tolls to receive a m ultitude o f
“ What’s not the matter with him? It tion being given to landscape garden
letter« like the above, thanking h im
he’s agreeable he’s not natural, and if h f i ing. Th e efforts o f the people have |
lor the wonderful benefit« received.
natural he’s not agreeable. 1 don’t pre been directed to the acquiring o f lands ,
tend to be s saint. I ’ve seen some fun and buildings. The illustrations given
Man-a-Hn the Ideal Laxative
in my day, and hope to see some more herewith are Intended to offer sugges
before I die. but there are some things tions fo r improving the appearance o f
that I wouldn’t do. I f I live be cards the farm home without any consider- ,
able expense. The first shows a farm
through the year. Again, at billiards I
may not always play me best, bat that’ s
generalship.
Yon don’t want a whole
room to know to a point what yonr game
is. I ’m the last man to preach, bat I
don’t like that chap, and I don't like (hot
handsome bra sen face o f hia. I ’ve spent
the greeter part of my life reading folks'
faces, and never very tor out, either.”
“ Vat did you eayjhi* name was?” Vo*
Baumser asked, suddenly.
"Girdlestone.”
" Is his father a merchant? One who
trades with the Afrikaner?*
“The same."
Von Baumser took n bulky podketbook
from his inside pocket and scanned a long
list of names therein. “ Ah, it ia tho.
to emphasise his remarks, “ in three or
four months, or a year at the mort, thee«
wilt be no firm of Girdlestone. They are
He blew sn I in
rotten, uselei
aginary fest her up into the sir to demou-
strate the extreme fragility of the hocre
in question.
(T o be continued.)
S tu m b les
M a n y W o r d ».
A certain business man in Seattla
waa married recently to a girl who
a fter a few weeks o f wedded life be
gan to fear that tier husband Indulged
too freely In the cup that cheers. Sha
determined to find out beyond doubt
whether her suspicion« w ere well found
ed. From a friend she learned tbat a
man even slightly Intoxicated cannot
prouounce words o f any length. Where
upon the yrife decided tbat she «would
try this test.
,
When next the friend met tbe lattet
«be asked If her suspicions bad heed
verified. The w ife burst Into tears and
m id they had. “ I handed him thlg
list," ahe said, between sobs, bring!off
"A nd,” ahe continued while her
friend read the list, “ he missed nearly
h alf o f them.” — Seattle Poet-Intelligen-
tion a minute too la te )— I f you hadn’t
taken so mnch time with your toilet,
we wouldn’t have been too late.
W ife — And I f you hadn’t made m#
run, we wouldn’ t have to w ait so lonf
fo r the next tra in ' -Translated
~
for
Transatlantic Tales from Meggendorfeff
Blatter.
Mo s e n w ill and Mrs. Winslow’ s
Trap the tKOt rsmsdv tu tue lac ta*L
w ring tho trethln g period!
H a « Name.
not a model to be follow ed in detail,
but embodying some general principle«
that may be adopted.
Straight lines and square plots so
d « Ir a b le In the laying out o f fields are
not the most desirable fo r the home
grounds
Carved lines especially for
the drivew ays take away the stiffness
and add naturalness to the scene. In
the Illustration the double drivew ay in
fron t makes too complicated a plan for
the ordinary farm. A variety o f trees
and shrubs should be used around the
house without having them too dose
to allow free circulation o f the a ir and
a view o f the roadway in fr o n t— Mon-
Teal Star.
H fb e r a a t lo a • « B o ll W e e v ils .
"Going to w rite a book, eh?"
“ Yep. thought 1 would.”
"Gong to tell about your early strug-
g to a r
'
"N o p e : never had no early a t r u g g l« ;
didn’t get married till I waa p u t 40.”
— Houston Post.
Carleton R. Ball, o f tbe Bureau o f
P ra fn iM Cos
Plant Industry, was w n t t by th
the
e De- by
bv local applications,
sppiu-*u<»ni, aa
• they cannot reach the
m r im
in , k „ dlwseed
portion ot the ear. Thera la only one
partment o f Agriculture m
early
ea riy In
in tbe
tne * way to cura dealneu, and that la by conitttn-
year to make an investigation in s e v -1 tlonei reaied!*«. Deafness
i>«*
la caused by an In-
.
wl_ ____
• flamed condition of the mucous lining o f the
eral o f the G o lf States In
] nis report guetech tan lube. When this tube lelnflamed
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7 ®» have
•, rumbling
Mr. Ball says,
amongst
other
things: sound
P or Imperfect hear-
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_
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,
In*,
unH_
_
>
*1 and when it Is entirely closed, Oeafncn Is
T b e production o f Southern hay has the remit, and unless tbs inflammation can ba
out and this tube restored to lu normal
been a question long nnder discussion, . token
„M U
l t o r « » '* « w
* ill be destroyed forever:
Tbe amount produced and tbe yield per nine rues out
of i ten are caused by Catarrh.
uh . v
but an Inflamed condition of
acre have both Increased steadily and which
~ * la nothing
tbe mucous
mrfacea.
fe w i We will give One Hundred DtAlars for any
encouragingly daring the last
ease of Deafness (cauaed by catarrh) tbat can
y e a rs On every hand it is admitted not ba cured by Hall’a Catarrh Cara. Bend fog
that it Is both possible and ne cere ary circular«, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO.,Toledo, 0
to raise all that la needed fo r home
Sold by Dmrglata 75o.
Take
Hnll’a
Family
Pills tot constipation.
consumption. A lfa lfa , Bermuda grass,
Johnson grass erabgrass and cowpeaa
furnish an abundance o f hay o f the
very best quality. This hay can be pro
duced much more cheaply than an
equal quality can be shipped in from
Northern and Western States
W ith
better transportation facilities and an
m
I t b u been often noticed that In a
wooded country boll weevils appear
first In spring along the borders of
fields next to the woods and gradually
work Inward from the edges, ao that It
seems probable that In a wooded coun
try most o f them hibernate In wood
land. Around outbuildings and barns
also are found favorable p la c « , ns
there are alw ays more or less rubbish
and protection in such situations. In
1903 more than five tim e« as many wee
vils were found In a piece o f cotton
near the Texas State College barn,
where cotton bad beeu grown the pre
vious year, than w ere found In any
Regular Fee«lag Bag Varlotr-
other locality In that neighborhood. It
T w o things are essential to the th rift
1« also noticeable that w eevils are al o f animals— a variety In their food and
ways more numerous near gins than at regularity In its receipt One article
a distance from them. Unfortunately, o f food cannot supply all tbe necessary
where much rubbish and grass are sustenance, because It may lack some
present and where the soil remains o f the essential elements, and Is almost
loose and la not packed by rains, large acre to have some Insufficient quanti
numbers o f tbe weevils winter In the ties. Animals do not thrive aa well
cotton fields
when fed Irregularly as when they get
tbeir food at certain aeasons.
The
fm rtm rr’m Bath.
AH farm ers do not feel able to a f more regular the food Is «applied the
ford a bathroom and furnishings. But better the reealts.
what d a « o f people need an evening
Repat F lag L e a k y Roofs.
bath more than a farm er a fter a busy
T a k e coal tar and sift coal ashes U
day In ths dusty fields? A good bath
at night should be a necessity that until the th lc k n e « o f stiff mortar. Plas
ought not to be neglected, and h a t ter It around leak«. I f used on elate
band and hands should h are a bath roofs the snow and rain cannot blow
«v e ry night during hot months
Bat In. T h is cement w ill harden like a
bow? W eil, get some empty oil bar •tone and it apparently as indestructi
r e ls knock out one end and let oU ble. I t answers admirably fo r paper
gvaporate, and yonr bath barrel is rooms and If properly put bn It seem*
ready. F ill barrels at noon (h a lf or to be there forever.
m ore) w ith water, let set to ra n ; at
r a t m Nates.
night put a gallon o f hot w ater to each
The crusade against tuberculosis lu
barrel and when darkness baa fallen
then take a hath, and w ith thin gauze cattla may ultim ately lead to colder
undershirt sqd drawers they are ready « t a b l « and blankets on the cattla.
A p p e a sin g a T h irst (o r K n o v rleigo .
Caller— I wish yon Would tell me what
the real difference is between a Stradiva
rius and any other violin.
Information Editor— Well, sometime*
It is as mach « ff».000.
Truth
and Quality
Appeal to the W ell-Inform ed In e v e ry
w alk o f life and are essential to per
manent success and creditable stand
ing. Accordingly, It 1« not- claim ed
that Syrup o f Figs and E lixir o f
Senna ie the pnly remedy o f known
value, but one o f many reason« w hy
it is the best o f personal and fa m ily
laxative* Is the fact that It cleanaea.
sweetena and relieves the Internal
organs on which It acts without any
debilitating after effects and without
having to increase the quantity from
♦ime to time-
I t acta pleasantly and naturally and
truly aa a laxative, and Its component
parts fire known to and approved by
physician«, os It ia free from o il
objectionable substances. T o g e t Ita
beneficial e ffe c t« always purchase the
fo r bad. T b eir sleep w ill be sweeter
Food floor« fo r hog« «a r e feed, keep genuine— manufactured by the Call-
and the w ork lighter oa the poor wasb- the animals healthier and make it poa- | fornia F ig Syrup Co., only, and t a
a liti« to keep the quarters cleaner.
sale b y all leading druggists.
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