Th« Hrrat Napoleon.
Bonaparte is of small statue and not
weU proportioned, the upper part of the
body seeming to press upon the lower
?.® **“ *cantyT chestnut hair
and gray-blue eyes, flis complexion
was yellow as long as he was thin, but
later it became dead white, without the
least color. The esoression of his fore
head, the setting of his eyes, the lines
of the nose—all this is fine and reminds
one of antique medallions. His rather
common mouth becomes attractive when
he laughs. His teeth are regular, his
chin somewhat short. He has small
feet and hands, which must be noticed
because he takes good care of them. In
standing and walking he bends a little
forward. His eyes, usually dull, give to
his face when m repose a melancholy
expression, but when he is angry his
glance become suddenly sharp and
threatening. His smile becomes him
well; it disarms and rejuvenates his en
tare person, and in such, moments it is
difficult to withstand his winning ex*
pression, so changed and beautiful is his
countenance. His clothing was always
simple. Usually he wore the unitorm
of his Guards. Cleanliness was with
him more a matter of system than of
inclination. He bathed frequently and
often in the middle of the night, be
cause he thought it good for his health.
Although very remarkable for certain
intellectual qualities, nothing was more
debased, it must be confessed, than his
soul. He had no generosity, no true
grandeur. I never saw him admire
and I never saw him comprehend a
noble action. He always suspected any
trace of a good sentiment; he thought
nothing of sincerity, and never hesi
tated to say that ho recognized a man’s
superiority by the degree of ability with
which he could manage to lie; on these
occasions he delighted to tell the story
that, in his childhood, one of his uncles
had foretold that he would govern ilie
world, because he had the habit of al
ways lying. “ Metternich,” he said at
another time, “ is becoming a states
man ; lie lies well.” All his means of
governing men were chosen by Bona
parte among those which tended to de
base them. ' He feared the ties of affec
tion; he tried to isolate every one; he
only sold his favors in such a way as to
awaken inquietude, thinking that the
true way to attach men to himself was
to compromise them, and often even
disgrace them in public opinion. He
never pardoned virtue except when he
could overwhelm it with ridicule.—
Memoir8 of Madame de Remus at
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Jtm/zNrmE.
K KKBERT Hilton
stood concealed
f behind a dower
ing bush upon
the edge of the
p bay. and watch
ed with angry
face as Koy Dal
las and his
sweetheart, Kit
ne Minium,
stepped gayly into their little cruft
and rowed away across the water.
After they had turned an abrupt
angle in the bank, disappearing en
tirely from his sight, he bit his lip
more viciously than ever and spring
ing into his own boat, took up the
oars as if intending to follow them,
but after another moment of reflec
tion the oars were allowed to rest a
little in their places while his brow
took on a darker frown and his face
grew rigid with a fierce determina
tion.
To know that the woman he loved
preferred Roy Dallas to himself was
maddening enough, but to be obliged
to witness their perfect happiness was
almost unbearable torture, and un
accustomed as he was to disappoint
ment, even in his slightest wishes, the
utter helplessness of his efforts to win
the fair girl's love goaded him almost
to the fury of desperation.
And right here on the water a plan
to end it suddenly occurred to him:
If he could not love her, Roy Dallas
should not, and with this malicious
conclusion in his mind, he seized the
oars again, and with rapid but almost
noiseless strokes, glided swiftly after
the lovers.
Roy Dallas moored his boat at one
of the most beautiful islands in the
buy—an island not half a mile long,
but densely wooded with cool, green
trees, and noted far and near for its
variety of flowers and the pleasing
freshness of its mosses. Then help
ing Kittie to alight, they started,
hand in hand, each with a basket, to
gather whatever of nature’s treasures
pleased them best, and just as their
forms disappeared within the shadow
of the grove, Uerbert Hilton's boat
shot suddenly around the curve; then
pausing, seemed to scan the situation.
There had,been no rains for many
days and the flowers were beginning
to droop a little, but happy in her
lover's presence, Kitty roamed about
among the trees, and before they
fairly knew it they were in the thick
est of the grove, and the afternoon
shadows deepened by the darkness of
the wood, fell about them and warned
them to retrace their steps if they
would reach the mainland in time for
an early dinner.
Roy Dallas reached out playfully to
snatch a flower from Kitty's hand,
when suddenly his eye caught a vivid
glare of something far off among the
bushes, something that almost made
Ms blood run cold, for as he gazed a
uoment with a cautious, anxious
tare, a thin, red streak of flame ran
apidly up the trunk of a distant tree,
FOl’JCD BY A PARTY FROM THK MAINLAND,
splitting and spreading among the
branches until, with an ominous hiss
ing, crackling sound, the leaves burst
out in a sudden blaze and the wind,
now blowing freshly toward the bay,
caught it and carried it along with
almost lightning-like rapidity.
Seizing Kittie by the arm, he said
as calmly as possible, “We must hurry,
darling—see? The woods are all on
fire,” and Kittie. fearless as himself,
took one swift look in the direc
tion of the blaze, then dropped the
basket of treasures she had plucked
and with Roy's hand to guide and aid
her, ran fleetly as possible across the
moss and in between the trees and
uufeues.
It was a terrible race, for tlie fire
was gaining at every step and the
wind . seemed blowing1 harder and
harder and, panting now with fear
and weariness, poor Kittie stumbled
anil nearly fell across some straggling
branches.
Lifting her bodily in bis arms, Roy
Dallas rushed onward toward the
shore, the smoke following in great
volumes in his wake and even sweep
ing by him in clouds as he stumbled
along at breakneck speed and when,
with the hot breath of the fire beat
ing full upon his back, he at last
reached the water's edge, he was
horrified to find that his boat was
gone, and witb it. lie, for one sicken
ing second, firmly believed, his only
chance of saving Kittie from a watery
if not a fiery death.
Without a moment's hesitation he
plunged into the bay, drenching the
woman that he loved to the very ears,
but carefully holding her head above
water and shielding it from the clouds
of smoke and embers as best he could
with his own broad shoulders.
Only a short half hour sufficed for
the llames to sweep along, leaving a
! hurt', burned trnet behind whore onec
were beds of flowers and mosses, and
| almost exhausted, Roy Dallas crept
! ashore and laid poor Kittle down on
the blackened ground. It had been a
i fierce experience. but the worst was
j yet to come, for with the drenching
I and the fright there was every chance
of a serious illness for his loved one,
I but how was ho to got her home from
I this now barren island without a boat
; and with two good miles of shining
I water between her and her father's
home.
The question was a difficult one. and
one that Kitty, with all her woman's
ingenuity, was hardly able to answer.
At last they sensibly deeided that
inaction would not do, and slowly
and carefully they made their way
along the very edge of the water in
an attempt to explore the entire j
island, to find, if possible, some *
stranded craft that might bo hated and |
caulked with withered moss sufficient- '
ly to enable them to risk the home
ward journey.
The fire still raged at one extremity
of the island, but at the other the
blackened and dismantled trees stood
out like skeletons nmong smoulder
ing underbrush und fallen branches.
Suddenly Kittie exclaimed with a
happy laugh, ‘-See, dearest! There is
Herbert Hilton's boat! How strange
it should be here without Us owner,”
and the face,'at first illuminated with
a happy smile, was suddenly shaded
bv an anxious look of terror.
‘•It is strange,” Roy Dallas answered
her a little soberly, as the thought
flashed through Ids mind also that
Hilton might, have been either per
petrator or victim of the sudden con
flagration, but without hesitation he
seiz6d the painter and drawing the
boat up closely to the shore lifted
Kittie in before even he glanced
about to see if any one was near him.
While her lover held the boat as
steadily as possible, Kittie made her
way carefully to the stern but before
she had fairly reached her scat the
sound of a blow fell upon her ear, and
turning, she was just in time to see
her lover fall head-foremost on the
ground, when Herbert Hilton cut the
dangling rope and springing in pushed
the frail craft far out into the water.
Kittie shrieked aloud in agony as
she saw her lover fall, but the man
who held the oars stood threateningly
before her and, grasping her wrists
firmly in his hands, ho muttered
fiercely between his teeth, ‘‘He still,
Miss Minturn, if you would save your
own sweet life! I saw you when you
started for this afternoon's excursion
and have followed solely to secure re
venge for the misery you have brought
upon me. - I
i loved you once anil ottered you
iny heart and hand, which, as you re
member, was refused by yen with ab
solute indifference.
“Now I will have my turn! I will
denounce you in the village and swear
that the blow I struck your lover was
solely to defend your weakening' hon
or! I will swear he cut his boat adrift
for the purpose of keeping you hero
all night, and your fair name will be
smirched forover, unless”—but Kittie
had endured enough without waiting
for his villainous conditions.
With one sharp wrench she tore her
hands from his and threw herself
across the boat in a wild attempt to
see her lover, and Herbert Hilton,
moving quickly to preserve the bal
ance of the little craft, stumbled and
fell clumsily ahead and in another
moment was floundering in the water.
Quick as thought Kittie seized the
oars ana pulled madly for the shore,
and Hilton, recovering from the shock,
struck out boldly as possible as he
started after her in fierce pursuit.
The race was short, but what would
be the ending? Kittie turned her head
and saw her lover still lying helpless
on the sand. He could not defend her
from this angry man, and she gave a
quick, despairing glance in the direc
tion of the swimmer.
Another minute and he would reach
the boat, for Kittie was unskilled at
the oars, but even as she felt her
strength give way, a great, black ob
ject rose upon the water immediately
behind the struggling man and, drop
ping her oars with a warning shriek,
the poor girl fainted at this added hor
ror.
A moment later the bay was tinged
with blood where Herbert Hilton dis
appeared beneath the glassy water.
Wind and tide alone drove Kittie's
boat upon the shore and grounded it
beside her injured lover, and when, a
half hour later, a party from the
mainland, attracted by the smoke and
tire, came suddenly upon them from
the bay, it required much vigorous
skill and action on their part to re
store either Roy or Kittie to their
reason.
A few days later some one rowing
by the place discovered Herbert Hil
ton's body lying on the beach, and
when approached the awful fact was
revealed that both his legs had been
devoured by a shark, but no one ever
knew the entire circumstance of his
death; for Roy and Kittie, shuddering
at his fate, decided he should rest in
peace after so fierce a retribution.
An Old Compliment.
One of the neatest and most adroit
compliments ever turned out was
| probably that of Cr jesus to Cambesy s.
: That hare-brained monarch once,
I when the Persians and Croesus w;re !
sitting- with him.asked what sort of a j
man they thought him compared with :
his father Cyrus. The Persians, of |
course, like courtiers, replied that !
he was better than his father, for'he I
had all Cyrus’ possessions and Egypt
j and the sea as well. Thus spoke the
1 Egyptians. Croesus, however, not
| being pleased with their opinion,
spoke as follows: ••Now to me, O
sol of Cyrus, you do not seem equal
to your father, for you have not such
a son as he left behind him in you.”
—The Westminster Kevieiv.
THE HOLY OFFICE.
A Religion* lluity Componil of Many
Olrtiratrd Homan Theologian*.
Thero uro two different tribunals
*t Homo to which is intrusted the
judgment of books, pumphlots. ar
ticles, and other writings roferrod to
them as liable to n charge of endan
gering faith and morals. One of
thoso is tiio congregation <if the iioly
oflico. or inquisition, and the other
is tho congregation or the index.
The very name of the former of
theso will oauso it thrill of horror in
the minds of thoso whoso knowledge
of the inquisition is derived from
the calumnies and exaggerations
that have boon heaped upon it by its
enemies, says the Nineteenth t’eu
tr.ry.
It is not my business to dofend it
in my present paper. 1 would only
remind tho reader that it is most
unfair to impute to tho ltoman in
quisition tho cruelty and injustice
of tho Spanish tribunal, against
which tho popos again and ugain
protested. 'J'ho Spanish inquisition
is now .happily dofunot, and tho
Homan congregation of tho inquisi
tion alone survives. It is u perma
nent committee chosen from tho car
dlnnlitian body, and holds its moot
ings always within tho precincts of
tho holy city. It was instituted In
tho year lo42 by Haul III. by the
constitution beginning with tho
wordB "Licet ab initio.” and had for
its chief object to an est tho progress
of. tho doctrines of Luther.
Tho congregation of the holy
oiiieo. or inquisition, holds tho drst
place among Homan oongrogutions.
its members are some do/.on cardi
nals, mure or less, selected by tho
popo mi account of their knowledge
of theology and canon law, and their
skill and energy in tho transaction
of ecclesiastical business. It has
jurisdiction over a ilold of greater
importance than any other tribunal
whatsoever, for it has Intrusted to it
tho guardianship of tho purity of
faith and morals throughout the
Christian world.
Alone of all the Homan courts it
lias for its otllciul president tho pope
himself, although in point of faethis
multitudinous duties rarely permit
of his presence at its meetings, and
his place is tuken by one of the car
dinals chosen by him. who lias to ro
port to tho holy father the same
evening all that takes place during
its session. Besides the cardinal
who acts as president there is a sec
retary. who is usually tho seniorcar
dinul present; a commissary, whoso
business it is to decide what ques
tions shall be referred to thoconsult
ors for their opinion, and who is al
ways a Dominican,a promotor flscalis
or public prosoeutor, who conducts
the case, and an advoeatus roornm
or counsel for tho defendant, who
seeks to clear the writings of the
charge of false doctrine.
In addition to tho cardinals who
compose tho tribunal there is at-'
taclicd to it, us I have said, a num
ber of consultors, and of these a cer
tain cumber are selected, under the
name of qualitieators, for what is the
most difficult and dclicato part of the
work entrusted to them. Tho con
sultors include the most celebrated
of tho Homan theologians, secular
and regular.
Stale arul Fresh (trend.
It is generally supposod that the
stateness of bread arises from its be
coming actually drier by the gradual
loss of water; but this is not the
case. .Stale bread contains almost
exactly the same proportions of water
us new bread after it has bocome
completely cold. The change is
merely in the internal arrangements
of the molecules of the bread. A
proof of this is that if we put a stale
loaf in a closely covered tin, expose
it for half an hour or an hour to a
beat not exceeding that of boiling
water and then allow it to cool, it
will be restored in appearance and
properties to the state of the new
bread.
Of Course.
Year after yc;v. and all the time
the criminal reports of tho city are
vastly more favorable to women than
to men. The law-breakers of the fe
male sex are but few here, in com
parison with those of the othor sox.
After examining the ' police returns
for the iirst quarter of this year,
and comparing them with the re
turns of various terms of other years,
we are able to say that there is
statistical proof that the moral iza
tion of womon is far superior to that
of men.—New York Sun.
Coffee Wa* Forthcoming:.
“Lady, could you give a poor man
a cup of coffee?’*
Mrs. Xuwife—vNo, breakfast is all
over.
••Well, I’ll say this, that I’ve
tramped for two years and its the
first place that I’ve smelled genuine,
first-class coffee yet.”
“Never min’d your feet; they don’t
look muddy. Just sit down here at
the table. Do you take oreara and
sugar?”—Chicago Intcrocean.
Changed tier Mind.
A short time ago a colored woman
appeared at Shelbyville, Ky., and
announced her intention of giving a
lecture and reading at one of the
colored churches. A* large audience
assembled to hear her, but she failed
to put in an appearance, but instead
sent a note saying that her principal
reason for her nonappearanco was
found in the bible, and was that she
did not believe it right to “cast
pearls before swine.”
Hurd Luck.
(iayleigh — Cheer up, old man,
don't be down hearted; remember
“everything goes” in this world.
Sadleigh—That’s just the trouble,
everything goes and nothing comes
in. —Truth.
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they are enabled to eat them with per
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Royal Baking Powder is composed
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bicarbonate of soda, and is an actual
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Two Tntlift.
An English lady, having been nuked a*
to the propriety of attending on Sunday
an exhibition of Hilda pictures, replieil
with an illustration which illuminates a
wide range of duties. She said:
Along tile South Downs ore two paths,
one a very few inches from the edge of
the clifl', another ubout two yards off.
Many have walked, and walked safely,
along the first path, hut it was danger
OUH.
One step to tlio left, and they would
have fallen, perhaps, several hundred
foot into the sea below; or, if a piece of
loose rock suddenly separated from tho
other parts, it would have carried the
person who' chanced to be heading it,
down, down with it, into the abyss.
Many, too, and 1 am among them,
have trodden the path farther in; we had
ns pleasant a view, with this great dis
tinction from tlio more danger-loving
passengers, we were safe; if we took a
step to tho left, wo were still on solid
ground; if the edge were jagged, or even
a huge moss of rook fell, we only saw
unevenness, or felt a slight shock.
A gust of wind could not hurl us over,
neither would sudden giddiness send us
rolling down the precipice.
Wlncli path was best, was wisest, wns
safest? “The last," you say? Yet both
liuvc been walked without accident.
I do not lay down a rule tiiut every
one would 1st doing wrong in going to
see a collection of pictures illustrating
the Bible on Hnnday, but I do say there
is a South Dowu called Hnnday; it is
high above the six miles of the country
surrounding it; along the edge is writ
ten ; “ Keinember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy.”
There ore two paths, one called “ re
ligious pleasure," the other. “hours for
Ood alone.” Which is tlio happiest, the
safest, the wisest, the best ?
Frequent Onslaughts
On the delicate membrane of the bowels and
stomach with drastic purgatives must, have
their natural consequence—to weaken and
disable both organs. Nature exacts severe
penalties for Infringements of her laws, and
there is no more gluring one tlmn that which
consists In frequent and unnecessary dosing
with violent cathartics. This is, however,
the course pursued by many unwise people
who seem to think that the bowels, unless
constantly relaxed, are not In a healthy
state. When a laxative Is really needed,
Hostetler's Stomach Hitters is the safest
und most thorough. It neither gripes nor
operates violently or excessively. It Invig
orates the intestines and stomach, and
arouses she liver. Itegulurlty and vigor
ure guaranteed by its use. Hleep promoted,
appetite restored, are among Its benign
effect*. A tendency to rheumatism and kid
ney t rouble Is nullHed by It, and It com
pletely eradicates malarial complaints.
WHAT IS IT?
What is’t that every fiber thrills,
That every some of beiug fills.
Tnat memory robs of other things,
Of otb.* thoughts quick surcease brings?
What U’t that makes the strong man weak,
That makes the robust pine and peak,
That makes the ruddy face turn
That makes the heart of bravest
.What makes the knees together beat?
What makes one limp from head to feet?
Wlut makes one writhe in sore distress,
And bends him up like letter 8?
What causes groans with every breath?
What reconciles to instant death?
What U’t that makes the baby weep?
What 1s t that vlsita him in sleep.
And prints the semblance of a smile
Upon his lips that doth beguile
The womeu-folk—queer, foolish things—
And make them talk of angel-wings,
Of cherubim and seraphim—
Those creatures of that old wife’s whim.
That, when in sleep a baby smiles,
The angels whisper it meanwhiles?
What makes that baby from his dream
Awake with calllopic scream?
Wr»at stakes that precious baby wake?
Good friends. It is the stomach-ache 1
W. H. GRIFFIN, Jackson, Michigan, write*!
“Buffered with Catarrh lor fifteen years, Hall’s
Catarrh Cure cured me.” Sold by Druggists,76c.
&
Where False llalr Comes From.
Several tons of loir hair are annually
exported from France to England and
Germany. Tho most luxuriant heads of
hair in France are to be found among
the peasant women of Normandy. Brit
tany yields plentiful crops, but of coarse
quality and lacking in luster. Limoges
and its neighborhood are productive of
exceptionally long and glossy block
hair. Throughout the North of France
dull hues characterize the growths, a
fact which the dealers attribute to the
influence of the sea air upon the human
hair, which, in inland mountainous dis
tricts, is generally found to be dark and
bright in color, and to grow with great
rapidity to abnormal length and weight.
The French hair-dealer's chief customer
is America, whither is annually exported
as much of the commodity in question
as is sent to Great Britain and Germany
together.
Ilsgtonmn’a Camphor lc* with OIjrrarlM.
Cur*;* CtutnfMNl II and* and Face, Teodor or Sorts Feet,
Chilblain*, File*, Ac. c. U. Clark Co., New Haven, Ct,
American women are growing taller,
while the men are getting shorter.
The State of Texas contains 274,356
square miles of territory, being larger
than either the Anstrian or German
empires, than the United Kingdom of
Great Britain, or than France, Portu
gal, Belgium and Switzerland combined.
And yet Texas is only a small portion
of the United States.
Minna E.
A correspondent of the Chicago In
ter Ocean write*: Yon newspaper
men liavo been publishing aa something
marvolons a string of verses in which
the letter “E” is “conspicuous for its ab
sence,” as the phrase goes. Pshaw I
That letter is very much over-estimated.
One hardly misses the little joker if h«
gets used to doing without him, pro
vided he is allowed to write as poets
generally do, witliont sense, too. Thuai
John Knnm «u a wight of wondrous mights
And hla word* raug high and shrill.
For bold autl stout waa hla spirit bright^
And atrnug wus Ills nl*1 wart will. •' • ‘ f'^>v
Kings songbt lit vatu hta ntlnil to chain, -V*
And that giant brain to ooubol, > ^
But naught on plain or st irmy mala
Could daunt that mighty soul,
John would alt and sigh UU morning oold
1U shining lamp* put out, 4<- Jrr
For thought* untold on Ula mind laid hold.
Ami brought but pain uud doubt.
But light at last on fils aonl waa oaal|
Away Bank pain and aorrow j
Bis aon) la gay In a fair to-day,
And look# for a bright to-morrow.
And so on ad Infinitum. So. you see,
s fellow can write with ease without E’s ‘
(if you will forgive a aheap pun).
Sblloh’s Consumption Can
!* «ohl nn tv gnaraii!#»«, It omra Jnciplt*nt (Jomuiftip*
Uoii. It M tbv boat. Dough Ourm. Jfouia..flUoU* « 91& it
An Undergraduate’* Excuse.
An undergraduate was summoned be
fore one of the Dons for not attending
the 7 o'clock morning chapel. “ Sir,
said the Don, “let me hear what yoa
have to say in excuse of your persistent
absence from morning prayers.” “ Sir,"
replied the delinquent, “ the service is
too late for me to be present.” “Too
late, sir 1 How con 7 in the morning be
considered a lute hour?" “Well," re
plied the ingenious offender “were the
hour 4 or 5, or even 6,1 might mannge
to be present: but to expeot a man to J
ait up till 7 o'clock in tho morning ia
order to go to cburch is more than hi*
man nature will endur —Chamber<f
Journal.
The Ladles
The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the Califor
nia liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs,
under all conditions, makes it their
favorite remedy. To get the true end
genuine article, look for the name of
the California Fig Syrup Co., printed
near the bottom of the package.
Noodles. — Take two eggs, a little
•alt,mis stiff with flour; rollout thin,
rub with flour, fold and roll up, out flue
with a knife; put on a spider very neat
full of boiling water, put a little salt in
the water; put in the noodles and boil
five minutes, tum off the water and fry
in a great deal of butter (delicious).
Wno svmiis with his liver, constipation,
bilious His, poor blood or dizziness—take
Heecham's Pills. All druggists. 25 cents.
There are 4,000 south African war medals
awaiting clamant* In England.
Bnffalo la the onlr city In the United
States that has furnished two presidents.
“Hanson’s Magic turn Nalira.”
Warranted to cure or mnney l'vtuoUeU. *»k your
Srugglsi for it. Prim 13 cent*. ■
In Finland and East Turkestan thunder
storms are wholly unknown.
The United Btates used about |23,00'>,OM
in gold in the arts alone in 1801.
Billiard Table, second-hand. For sale
cheap Apply to or address, H. C. Akin,
Ml 8. 12th St., Omaha, Nets , .
Uncle Sam has a volume of money at this
time of about $1,500,000,000.
The art of dressmaking, as distinct from
tailoring, originated in the preeentcentury.,,
A BAD TKMFEB
and a bad liver—
you’ll always and
joined together.
Make a note of this,
and «ee if it ini
true.
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i your naturally sun
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Keep a vial of these tiny Pellets in your
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The makers are so sure you’ll be satisfied
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For twenty-five years these Pellets have
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when P. P. P. are “ guaranteed” t
There’s nothing likely to be “yust as pood.*
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a floe Panel Picture, eutttled
“MEDITATION ”
in exchange tor II Large laig
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our other fine premiums, Indus
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