Difficult Digestion
That is dyspepsia.
It makes life miserable.
Its sufferers eat not because they eani to,
but simply because they must.
They know tliey are Irritable and fretful;
but they cannot be otherwise.
They complain of bad taste in tha
mouth, tenderness at the pit of the stom-
aeh, an uneasy feelinu of puffy fulness,
beadarhe, heartburn and what not.
The effectual remedy, proved by perrua
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Hood's Sarsaparilla
lioou I'li-LS are the beat caUiuUt,
Erudition,
"Remember," paid tho Boston boy's
Onele, "that children should be seen
and not heard."
".My dear fir," was the courteous
rejoinder, "that is one of the theories
whose Jallacy lias long since been ad'
aaitted by civilired nations. The em
peror of China in about the only person
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lurch to starboard that the waves
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the boat!"
Then Noah seized a handspike and
started below deck to shift the cargo.
Ohio State Journal.
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Mr. Nagget Losing one?
Mrs. Nagget Yes, your temper.
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"Then why not have me looked up?
You would then have known that I
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"Hey!" shouted the cycle police man,
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to go past him like a railroad train,
"Ain't you riding a trifle more
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"You eay his money fell to him?"
"So, he fell to it tumbled through
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TEACHING A SCHOOL.
POSITION OF SCHOOLMASTER IS
NO SINECURE.
Ffltnetlmca He Ha to Fight to Main
tain Discipline One IVdagosrao Who
W hipped tiutireClaea-MueU as Im
portant a Requisite as la Scholarship.
Who hath bleeding at the nose? lie
who teacheth a country school. Where
fore 1 cay unto you, go not gaily forth
to teach them that dwell In the laud
round alwut lest ye have wound and
sores, for verily It booteth more to
compass ye boxe than to read the stars.
O. K., HIS Maxims,
It la truth the poet sings that be who
essays to bundle the uuruly In eouu
try school has educatiou.il work cut
out for him not laid down lu any repu
table text book.
No person on earth la subjected to
as many petty persecutions born of
sheer deviltry as the country school
teacher. For a week, maybe, after be
takes in" the school be has a fairly
easy road to travel; the boys have not
finished sizing btui up. But woe to
bim if he becomes uuduly coutldent.
for things w ill happen not set forth In
the simple rules he has pasted up
above the blackboard. The seeoud
Monday Is generally the time set for
the opening of hostilities. The big
leader, likely as not bigger than the
teacher,, has used Saturday and Sun
day mapping out his program.
Subdued snickers, inattention to the
business in hand, poorly prepared les
sons or lessons absolutely unlearned
mark the day's proceedings. The teach
er reprimands and orders the school to
stick to those tasks until they are
learned. Nobody is kept in at recess or
noou rest, for as yet no open defiance
has marked the demeanor of the pu
pils. They go slowly, for the temper
of the mastery Is not a revealed thing
yet Just before school "lets out" the
teacher rises, taps his bell an I, bavin:!
secured attention, delivers a curt lec
ture concerning what has been doue-
or, rather, not been doneand bis anx
ious desire to see Immediate Improve
ment. Then the bell taps In dismissal
and the boys rush tumultuonsly out.
Bring back bucolic shouts of scorn and
defiance as they scuttle away.
Then the teacher. If he Is wary,
knows he Is In the position of the man
who has bet his sole remaining dollar
on a losing horse he Is up against it
good and plenty. He arrives at the
scene of his labors on Tuesday wltb
tense muscles and hard face, for there
will be some kin 1 of a row before the
shades of night fall. It Is very seldom
that a coward can be Induced to take
a country school, for his dominion will
not last five days. The boys can tell a
shirker at a glance and they lose no
time with such, but get busy at once.
The little boys begin the racket, for
they have been incited thereto by their
elders, who wish to take a few notes.
The big boys have said they are behind
the little ones and they are', so far be
hind that no help comes In the long
aching day. Some small boy falls to
learn his lesson. When asked why, be
says with a wildly beating heart, but
bold front, "I don't have to." This
causes a snicker to run all over the
room, wherein the bold youth Joins,
closing with a gasp as the ruler drops
on some soft spot In his anatomy. He
knows he cannot whip the teacher and
looks in vain for the promised help.
80 he takes hIs Hlng and snufllingly
(promises to be good. Rage is In his
heart against the teacher and the big
boys both.
Possibly three or four such happen
ings reduces that school to a condition
of somber thought; the teacher Is not
so easy after all. Morning recess calls
for a conference. Usually the teacher
stays inside the school house in deep
thought. He sees his work and plans
to have it out as soon as possible, for
delays are dangerous. He sits at his
desk, fingers his ruler and once In a
while glances out of the window. He
marvels that the children do not seem
to be playing, but he has things to
chain his thoughts and falls to hear the
stealthy footfall on the roof. Then as
the children file In, bobbing In awk
ward courtesy as they enter, be be
comes aware of a large amount of
smoke in the room. He is being
"smoked out."
"Jack Simpson." he says to the big
fellow he has picked out as the ring
leader; "see what Is the matter with
that stove."
Jack obeys It Is part of the play
and a huge volume of white smoke
rushes out Into the room. He closes
the door, coughs explosively it Is all
put on and backs away. "She's full o'
sumpln'." he gasps.
"Why Is the pipe choked?"
"S wallers must 'a' built their nests
in the chimley."
This sally is greeted with a roar.
"Silence!" cries the teacher, his
words cutting like knives. "I will do
the laughing for this school. That chlui
uey was not choked wheu school as-
AS LOVELY A BICKER AS EVER CAME OFF IN A SCHOOL HOUSE FOLLOWED.
sembled this morning; why la It la
this condition now?"
"Reckon they built them nests w'Ue
we wui at recess,
"What were you doing on the roof a
while ago?" ' ,
"Wuzn't up on no roof 'talL
"Open those windows. Nobody la to
leave the room uutil bid," aays the an
gry teacher, aelalng the ruler lu a ttrtu
grasp. "You stuffed something lu that
chimney, Simpson, and you're going up
there and take It out right now."
Think so?" la the Impudeut retort,
"You will cither do It or I will have
to puulsh you severely."
"Heckou you better lick me if yo
kin," says Jack as be defiantly faces
the pedagogue.
This places the school and teacher on
1 war footing. The ultimatum having
been delivered the teacher either goes
In and fights a winning fight or loses
all control of the school. It admits of
no alternative. For the honor of the
profession, be It known. In most cases
war medicine of a tierce and eager va
rlety Is speedily mixed. In the early
clash bone and sinew on the side of the
big boy tells and the scholars dance
about, hoping for victory. In the cud
in most cases skill, endurance and high
er nervous energy turn the scales and
in almost record time Simpson Is a
licked commodity. He may not actual
ly ascend to the roof to correct bis er
ror of Judgment, but the thing la done
and the "smoke out" la a dismal fail
ure.
In Kansas after the close of the war
a set of boys from New York arrived
In a little village to And homes. The
village school waa taught by a former
trooper who still wore his blue uniform
vest, une or me xsew lorkers was
the soul of mischief. He signalised the
coming of winter when Ice was good
and skating flue by putting some aw
ful things on the big cannon stove.
The smell sent the school to the tall
grass outside, Wilson was charged
with the trick, but denied It stoutly
Then the school reassembled and the
usually mild eyes of that teacher bias
ed. Wilson was as big as he and fun
was sure to come.
The boys commenced to whistle in
concert with the shrill piping of the
wind. One small boy was detected In
the act and received a hot ruler on
his crupper when Wilson interposed
and said he alone was to blame. The
pedagogue then allowed he would have
to whip Wilson, so the action commenc
ed without time wasted In prelimina
ries. Wilson sent the teacher In under
form In the first clash. The teacher
rose and staggered to a clinch. Then
he got busy over Wilson and pounded
rhaf wri-inn . 1 1 ,-. -w t s. f 1 T V - I '
,UuS icnu nBui merriiy, iau ,
a dozen of the bigger boys yelled foul
ana went to the rescue.
J 12 7 Dlckfas eerfmt off
I a School hoilHtt fnllnxvori Tho hnra
In a school house followed,
had the teacher In under the desk,
which was upset the forms were
marked by bunches of hair as some
head went against an Iron standard,
the dust of battle covered the strug
gling heroes, but the teacher would not
yield. The small boys and all the girls
were howling In concert, scared into
fits, for all thought murder would be
done. But this kind of thing must end
- - 1
and It did very suddenly.
The non-combatants were gazing eag
erly at the place where the row went
In behind the dust clouds, ghouts,
blows and howls broke the veil, but
nothing could be seen but an occasion
al protruding head, arm or leg whlchl
was promptly smitten. Tiie assailants
being over eager and lacking the cool
skill of four years' battle with the
"Johnnies," were buffeting each other
In high vigor while the teacher dodged
In and out missing a punch here and
giving one there. At last Wilson sud
denly shot out of the cloud aud strik
ing his shock head against a foot of
the stove upset that and lay out
In time too short for record the big
boys were fleeing while the teacher
camped on their trail, laying about
with a thick cane. He was something
careless concerning the part of the
anatomy, but be landed. He drove the
mob to a corner of the room and con
tinued to baste those boys even after
they had all made submission. Ho In
tended to settle the bossism of that
school right there, and he did. Then
as the smoke from the stove filled the
room he marshaled his enemies and
standing over them forced them to
right the stove and pour cold water
on Wilson.
The teacher's bead bad a series of
bumps much resembling a map of the
Big Horns. But others also displayed
mountainous regions where naught but
hair had previously existed. - Black
eyes once blue were frequent In fact,
the teacher was the only one In the
bicker to Ignore his bruises. The oth
ers lay on bands and emitted short,
poorly suppressed groans at Intervals.
Wilson craved and obtained permission
to speak and made a manly apology be
fore the whole school. This ended the
war and It was never resumed.
Alt there Is to some celebrations, you
bustle to get there, aud bustle to get
back.
I "-
THROUGH THE TELESCOPE.
Humble Tragedy of the Men of Lady
mlth,
When the Roers besieged I.adysmt'u
they permitted a "camp of refuge" and
a field hospital to be established at In
tombl, a few miles dlstaut Here the
uou-combataiits were gathered. Aud lo
the hospital, writes Ueorg Lynch lu
the Loudon Dally tixprvss, came ever
utorutttg the tralu from Lady smith.
bearing Its burdeu of sick aud wouud
ed.
To the dwellers at Intombl that tralu
brought the history of the siege, tho
dally bulletin written lu blood and dl
ease. Wonivti who had husbands and
brotbers nud sous In Ladystulth crowd-
ed around always to see what news it
brotght, aud went away with a sigh of
respite and relief when It carried uoth-
lug for them.
And yet, after a fashion, these wom-
eu at Iutombl were more fortuuate than
the men lu tadysmith, since they could
learn from the new arrivals bow their
loved ones fared. Hut men were not
allowed to go backward and forward
to Intombl; those who went had to re
main, aud somehow or other Utile or no
news seemed to reach the garrison.
In the dearth of news one uiau lu
tadyauitth had arranged that twice a
week, when he could get off duty, his
wife at Intombl should go at 12 o'clock
ami stand iu front or a big marquee
Kwhere Ire could see her through the
ship's telescope at the 4.T battery.
She went there regularly with her
child, and straining her eyes toward
that sandbagged point above Convent's
Hill, sometimes fondly Imagined that
she could see him. And as the months
passed her child, like the others In the
camp, grew more sickly, thin and pal,
till It seemed as If the Erl King spirit
of the mlasuilc fog had wrapped It
round and entered It. and made It a
changeling of bis own.
Rut deltcnte as the child was, the
mother was the first to fall sick, and
the news of her illness reached her hu
band by his seeing one tiny figure
standing alone at the appointed place,
waving a handkerchief. And there came
a day when it too. was no longer t
be seen. He could not go to them, but
bad to stay and fight on with bitterness
In his heart '
A Vanishing Bird.
If the north German farmer looks
with equanimity upon the gradual dl
appearauce of the stork, the Northern
tourist In quest of the quaint and pic
turesque will hear of the vanishing of
the long legged, red-beaked bird with
uumixed regret And w hat will the
children say, whom Hans Andersen has
toiri rnrto. r ..,,.1. ...i
!t,iat the bl"l sms part and parcel of
v.i 1 -..J ....... . . . . . . I
raiuiauui cut ine mors nr rnnf uMh. I
' - 1
in me last joair century the number of
storks In Schlesw lg Holstein bos stead
Ily decreased. Villages which used to
be the home of over sixty families of
storks, and where sometimes six stork
nests could be counted on the roofs of
one farmer's buildings, hardly show a
single nest now. Yet the arrival of the
stork was always hailed with delight
ty tne natives, and It was counted as
much a sign of good luck If a stork
built on a roof as In other parts of Ger
many it Is to have a swallow build un
der the eaves.T-PhiladeIphIa Record.
He Liked the Place.
lie nad sidled into u cheap restaurant
not beyond earsliot of the Herald
Square clock, and hung his high hat of
a low peg. As became one of those un
placed Individuals who loiter In swell
lobbies and eat nt uncertain intervals.
he tried to Ignore the casual acquaint
ance who sat opposite, but with a per
sistency peculiar to casual acquaint
ances that person wouldn't stand for
It. He butted In. so to speak, and th
tenant by courtesy of hotel rotundas
felt that It was up to him to say some-
thing. 2
"Do you know," he began, "I like this
place. The cooking is so iomellke, the
griddle cakes so delicious; they are Just
like my mother er mother er moth
er's servant used to serve." New York
Telegram.
A Phenomenon Explained.
"Why Is It." said Mrs. MIggs, "that
a single man is so anxious to take a
girl to the theater, and seems to care
so little about plays after be Is mar
ried?" . -
'That's very easily explained," an-
I . 1 , , MA. I ,
by, ereu hit uusuatiu. 11 is one to a
certain deplorable but Inevitable mas
culine vanity. When he takes the girl
to whom be Is engaged to the theater
he knows she Is comparing him with
the handsome hero of the play, and to
the disadvantage of the hero. Aftei
marriage sue doesn t hesitate to tell
bfm flatly, that be looks like the low
comedian." Washington Star.
Money Is the Magnet.
Some men excel in talking much,
And some in talking loud,
But the man who lets his money talk
Is the one who leads the crowd.
-Washington Star. .
MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
Aarlut f.M.t.i. nf tit 1.. I-
Ilia 8ut.iK..ml lt..rUI IM-.
One of the old houses of Paris, situ
ated at 17 Hue Heautrvlllla, la about to
disappear, aud the place thereof will
know it no more. It baa becu buuded
over to workmen, who will demolish
It to make room for a workshop. Rue
Rcautrcillla la au ancient and narrow
street which the omnibuses do - not
penetrate, remnant of the times wheu
the I'lace des Yosgcs was the I'lncs
Royal aud the home of beaux, "p
ruked," and red headed. In the gar-
deti of the doomed bouse, fatuous lu
times past as the rvaldcuee of dlstlu-
gulshed .tersous. Is a grave which local
tradition snys Is the resting pluctt of
that mysterious figure lu history the
Man with the Irou Mask, aays the
I'arls correspondent of the Tall Mall
Gazette. One remembers that this re
markable person died lu the Rastlle In
17011 aud the local register aays be waa
burled lu the parish of St Raul. Now,
this garden undoubtedly forma a part
of the ancient cemetery of St Raul,
and the church. Itself, Is near at baud,
set lu tho midst of a cluster of old
uousc. u is in me garden mat
famous Iron Mask Is said to have beeu
burled, and tho spoils the Mecca of
daily pilgrimages. Outwardly, the
place Is utilovely enough, ragged and
uncultivated. A few poor bedraggled
flowers try to live on, cut off from the
suusniue ny ine over-topping nouses,
ittd prematurely faded by the smoke
from a uelgultorlng Wash-house, out of
sneer respect for a great name. Iu a
corner, where are tlw decayed truuks
of some acacias, and w here a pool of
stagnant water gives au additional as-
poet of melancholy. Is the reputed
crave of the Iron Mask. Tho old at-
teudant will tell you that the water
does uot run away because there Is a
vault beneath covered over with a
thick bed of cement. In the middle of
the carden there In a subterranean iiaa.
sage which leads by gentle descent
direct to the cave of burial. The ques-
tlou which Is agitating the minds of
the "Old Paris" society which watches
over these matters Is whether the
oones of this fascinating figure of a
former century are really there. This
will be settled, perhaps, when the
tomb is opened. Will tho strange In
strument that he wore for so many
years be fouud. rust-eaten, among the
remains? Actually, there Is ou the
grave a column which bears an Inscrip
tioncut with a knife, ''Here lies Mar-
chlall. the Man with the Iron Mask."
It would appear that the inscription
was copied from a stone, which was
formerly in place there. The ancleut
cemetery of St. Paul Is now almost
built over. Here, however. If oue may
again believe the tradition of the quar-
ter. have lain the ashes of Rabelais, of
Mansard, tlie architect who built the
Rank of France, and the hotel, now
the Musee, Carnavalct, of Moll ere and
his spous Armande Rejart '
Another lllusiou Dispelled.
Ruthless bacteriologists destroy one
by one our fondett Illusions. Now faith
In the purity of glaciers must go the
way of other popular fallacies.
Hitherto the man in the street bad
imagined tl vt were all the waters of
every city and plain polluted be would
still find Immaculate springs In the
Alps. Rut M.- Rlust w ho presides over
a chemical laboratory at the Pasteur
institute, having no such faith, obtain
ed some ice from the glaciers of Mont
Blanc Itself and placed It under his
pitiless microscope. His verdict shat
ters the dreams of mountaineers. It
appears that even the summit which
so long remained untrodden by human
feet has lost Its purity, if It ever had
any.
The Ice In question, and water melt
ed therefrom, were found, ou bacterio
logical analysis, to be "peopled with
colonies of microbes." The statement
which follows Is particularly terrify
ing. It appears that "the germs In
question were found to belong to the
most varied families of bacteria."
M. Rlust accounts for the pollution of
the Mont If lane glaciers, says the Lon-
don. Telegraph, by surmising that the
. " '
..... . v-'v .7 .iu , " I IJ1 i.v me
mir-mitra uri luun ,.nt.o,i
mountain peaks by the winds sweeping
the cities in the valleys.
Criminal Carelessness.
A woman was recently robbed of
$3,000 In bills at 8 o'clock at ulght.
her dress being literally cut from her
body by the thieves. An unprotected
woman has no business to be carrying
$3,000 at night anywhere unless she
is prepared to take the consequences.
Within the past year the newspapers
have recorded hundreds of cases of
murder, assault, torture, robbery and
arson, all due to the criminal careless-
ness of people keeping In their bouses
or on their persons, large sums of
money which should be safely lodged
In the banks. Many people are preju
diced against the banks, but where
there Is one bank failure there are a
hundred robberies. It Is easy to take
proper precautions but practically Im
possible to catch thieves.
An Economical Parson.
"Br'er Williams, all thoo de winter
season you wuz preachln' red-hot ser-
monts on hell fire, en now dat de spring
come you ain't got a word ter say 'bout
hell fire. How come?;
"Br'er Thomas, de wayfarln' man,
do' mighty foolish, mout er knowed
why dat wuz. In de winter season,
Br'er Thomas, coal wuz $0 a ton." At
lantic Constitution.
In Installments.
Mrs. Gay But I told you to Itemize
the bill.
The Milliner The. bill I sent you on
the first was Itemized; every Item was
there.
Mrs. Gay Gracious! -You don't un
derstand me. I. want you to send only
one Item each mouth, or my husband
will never pay It Philadelphia Press.
Foreshadowlngs.
"Sonicthln' Is bound to happen to old'
Jones If he keeps on the- way he's
goin'."
"Think so?"
'Yes. He'll either git kicked by a
mule or run for the legislature." At
lanta Constitution.
There ate -certain words one never
meets except in a description of a wed
ding, or some other society event, aud
we hate every one of them. I
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I ThS follottlnj MbU Should B4
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The bent material (or Rinding Twine
l'ur Manila fibre. The poorest ma
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The best Rinding Twins Is l'uie Ma
nlla, selected fibre, (1.10 foot to
the pound. The next grada la made
partly of Pure Manila fibre and runs
tiOO feet to the pound.
Twin made of Sisal fibre cannot be
spun longer than 600 feet to tho pound
with proper strength and evenness.
Tint great question is how many
bundles eau you bind with one dollar's
woith of Twine? Not lea tho length,
per pound and figure how many feet of
Twine you get for a dollar. The mixed
fibre twhitt is SO per cent longer than
tho Sisal grades. The I'tira Manila
Twine is SO per cent longer. It is a
simple problem in arithmetic. Use a
little "borsj amine" and you caunot
fall to decide right.
standard Twine is Hlsal Twine, col
ore,! or dyed to imitate Manila, and is
Mme length to the pound as Bital, Is
the same strength aud same price at all
factories where it is made. Pont
dealers are sellinn it for a better trade
than Sisal, which it is not. When
they "misrepresent the twine and use
deception to enlarge their profit do
uioy deserve patronage?
Twine Is made of rure Manila
fibre to tag attached to each ball will
always bar the words ''Pure Manila."
II Twine contains any Manila libr
tho word "Manila" will always appear
on the tag, for no dealer or maker will
o P on the labels any fact which
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" recommend Ins goods.
Kwl Clover I-eaf" is the best
on wine mtde and is the favor-
lw w" rmers ail over lite I'acme
na w guaranteed lengui and
a If . a . .
BlrenSln
The Manila grades are the smoothest,
I eveneat and most satisfactory in every
respect
The Sisal grades are rough, coarse
and harsh; they wear out the knotters,
twine guides and twine holders on the
binders very fast and are so stiff and
unyielding that the knots are more like
ly to slip and become untied when the
bundle drops from the binder or in
shocking and hauling.
Some twines are add merely by the
name of the manufacturer and the
salesman is careful not to mention the
grade, or quality. In buying always
require specific information as to the
quality of the Twine, and, moreover,
M very careful to inspect the tag at
tached to the balls. The buyer, if well
informed, cannot lie deceived.
Manila fibre is all brought from the
Philippine islands. Tho Pacific coast
should especlslly encourage trade with
these islands, for they now belong to
our country, and in Asiatic trade lies
our best hoo for the future, for the
reason that wheu this trade is devel
oped tho Pariflo coast will control it
land our commerce will increase a
thousand fold.
The only check that can be nut upon
the rapacity of the producers of Sisal
fibe in Yucatan (which is -the cause of
the present high price of twine) is the
largest possible use of Manila fibre.
Reduce the demand for Sisal Twine
25 per cent and von will roe twine
prices decline at once
Owing to possible market changes we
itn tint mint.. nl.4,a tn t t a I. .. .
au turn ai mm, uui
we will at all times sell at reasonable
pikes based on the cost of the soods.
and we will tell the truth about
the twine and will not resort to any
misrepresentation.
Our grades and brands are: Pure
Manila, "Red Clover Leaf" brand, 660
feet to the pound. Mixed Fibre
"Manila, 00 feet to pound. Colored
Sinai, "Standard," 500 feet to pound.
Sisal, "Pure Sisal," 600 feet to pound.
THE PORTLAND CORDAGE CO.
Patronize home manufactures. All
our twine is made in Oregon. None of
the money goes out of the state except
tne Dare cost 01 the raw material.
Proves ills Heroism,
"Did you say," asked the author's
friend, "that your hero, who is poor, is
to marry the rich heiress"
"Yes, that is tie way be proves his
heroism.' Indianapolis News.
Reasonable Inference.
"Did the evidence in that divorce
suit indicate that Mrs. Flash was gid
dy"
"I guess so. The Judge and five of
the jurors wanted to marry her."
Brooklyn Life.
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"Two years ago my hair wis
falling out badly. I purchased a
bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and
toon my hair stopped coming out."
' Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, III.
Perhaps your mother
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If your flnnrjriM cannot aily yon,
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yon a nettla. Ma sura and alts His nam
at WurMNtraaistniWMftffli. Ailtlreaa,
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PattBt Had Explrtd,
Lou Field met (Jus Rodgers on the
Rialto a few days ago. After talking
a few minutes Field said:
"Uui. what's become of those ia tent
leather shoes you wore last winter?"
"They have gone to the wall, Louis."
"Why, wasn't the leather good?"
"Yea," said UuswIU. a sigh, "but
the patent expired." New York
Times. .
Somsthlnj Wren,
Windtg I make it a rule nsvor to
talk on any subject of w'. ich I know
nothing." ' A
Jabber If that's true, It's mighty
queer.
Windig What's mighty queer?
Jabber The fact that yon are con
stantly talking.
Slllt Rscla la Oaicony.
UqUI very recently hardly any fes
tivals took plate in the villages of Gas
cony without stilt races. The prises
usually consisted of a gun, a sheep, a
rooster, or something of the kind, and
young women took part in the exercises.
Ails' It's liKursbla.
Judge What is your profession?
Witness I'm a poet, your honor.
"Huh! That's uot a profession: It's
a disease!" Cbb-ago Paily News.
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OKMiUN.
roil 11. AND-
St. Helen's School for Girls.
Thlrtr-thtrd jrssr. Commodious hiill.t.
Inst. Mmtorn itpilpmnii. Aaiirmla
and rollre preparatory rouraas. Sw.
rial couraa in innate and art. Ulna.
' tratl caialu. AU departments will
reopen Srrtember IS,
MIHS Et.KANOK TKBRKTT4, Principal
HOITT'S SCHOOL
Parents denlrlns hoin Infliienwi, beautiful
surroundings, perfect ellniale, rareful atipar.
vision, and ihorutigh mental, moral and phys-
vision, ami inorungn menial, moral and phys-
lr1 yi'n i?r their uy. win find ail thee
requirements fulls met at llottt's School, Mentis
Park, Man Mateo C ounty, cal.
pen a lor i.eiaioRiis.
Twello rear begins Aticuat VHK
1UA U. HOITi', Ph. P., Principal.
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stands for all that la beat in Coffee, Spire,
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Oysters, Kto. They are emfesedly the
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WADHAMS A KERR BROS., Packers.
Portland.
JOHN POOLE, PORTLAND, ORE.
Foot of Morrison Street.
Can rive you the best bargains In Boilers
and Engines, Windmills, Pmnisaitd tlene
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specialty. Hea us before buying.
HOW ABOUT IT?
When you strike a stump with the ordinary
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howu In the above llluatratlon, and I her are
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This serve to show that pressure against the
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traction and cutting power. With the Cham
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sure agaliiNt the bur In hsavy muting gives
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The merit or the HprlngMenn Medicine t'em
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Complication, many which have haitla-d medi
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