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Now I am entirely well, and the pimples have all disappeared from my face. I can truthfully say that Cascarets are just as advertised; I have taken only two boxes of them." Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, Ind. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sickun, Weaken or Gripe. 10c, 26c, 60c. Never sold in bulk. The tren . uine tablet stamped CCC, Guaranteed to cure or your money back. n n is the word to remember when ycu need a remedy r uuuu y Colds Dirt a Taoasand Feet Talck. China has its "bad lands," all dust and dreariness, and its irrigation wheels, and Us "soul appalling" Gobi desert, along whose southern boundary lies the Qreat wall. In some of these regions tie famous .yellow dust of China lies to a depth of 1,000 feet, and when the lnd blows the whole land scape is obscured. Yet it is upon this dust that the fertility of northern China depends. The Chinese call it "ginger powder." 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France has 1,500 for each mile of rail way, and the United Kingdom 1,821, In India there are 10,119 people fof each mile of railroad. In the United States there are 13.61 square miles of territory for each mile of' railway; in Canada 161.8. square miles; in the United Kingdom 5.29 square, miles, and in France 8.46 square miles for each mile of railway. , - THE APPROVAL , ' of the most EMINENT PHYSICIANS - and its ' WORLDWIDE ACCEPTANCE by the WELL-INFORMED, BECAUSE IIS COMPONENT PARTS ARE KNOWN TO BE HOST WHOLESOME AND TRULY BENEFICIAL IN EF FECT, .HAVE GIVEN TO BZIXIRofSENNA THE FIRST POSITION AMONG FAMILY LAXATIVES .AND HAVE LED TO ITS GENERAL USAGE WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, MWMSBUYTHE GENUINE Manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 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