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' If you take
f 1 , advantage of our
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iALL . .
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PAPER
t' offerings , you will
, , assuredly save money ,
There is practically no limit
to Colors and Designs. Our
L ridiculousLY low prices will
4- make you an eager buyer.
L Borders to match theSic1ewalls ,
Decorators and Paper rrnttgers
' will find it greatly : to Uidr
advantage by trading with tis.
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If you need any Anti - ConsUpaion , Little
Liver , Blood Restorative or Toni Pills ,
on't fail to ask for DR. SCALES'-thcy
the Best. Don't fail
arc to procure at our
store a FREE copy of U The Naked Truth. "
' . Y ou'l1 enjoy it.
, A FULL LINE OF
. , DRUGS CIGARS
t. , ,
f TOILET ARTICLES , PAINT ,
A " OILS , ETC.
\ A. G. WAN N E R
j OPP. COURT HOUSE.
live Poultry
: . ' , ' Wanted
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lowing cash prices for
Poultry delivered at the
F , C. P. B. & Egg House
Saturday April 29
Hens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < ) j6 cts
Young and old Roosters. . S3 cloz
Ducks fat and full feathered..7 c
Geese fat and full teathered..6 c
" Hen Turkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13c
' Tom Turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .llc
Eg-g-s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13c per doz
Poultry must be free from feed
Sick or unmarketable ] poultry not
wanted Remember the dates
and bring in your poultry.
Palls City Poultry '
, Butter & Egg Co.
t Block west B. & M.depot
' 'l1ose Kisses.
UI'uYcp-\rhit'h , oue ( of those
girls is it that you don't like !
G Ind 'H-Sssh ! She'll hear you
Then the crowd comes up I'll Ids :
, . . ' her twice-Louis\'ilIp Courier-
, " j J0nrnaL
; DIsappointe
"Bow do you like your govern .
ment position ! "
"I'm greatly disappointed. I
have to work as hard to fill th e
place as I did to get it.-Chicago
JQul'nal.
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WIG CAUSED LOSS OF BET.
II'Put Up Job" Puts End to Boasts of
Man Who Could "Lift Any-
body by the Ht\ir/ '
Not long ago , during the shearing -
lug season , an IIl1lubing ineideu t
was witnessed in New South
\\Taes ) The shearers gathered
ogl'thel' t for the t occasion repre
seated : various t.\1)'s ) ( of men , but
1I0ue among the ) number attracted
serb general ] attentiuu as a big ,
muscular fellow , who loudly ] dl '
eland that he ( was well able to
lift bJ" the hail' any man ill Ow
whole district at least ( : : ; one foot
from the ground , says 'l'it.llits
There was , however , considerable -
able indisposition : to accept the
t'hallengl' , and for a time not one
of the men appeam'ed at all inclined
to allow this modern Samson to
tl'\ ; ' his bo.wtpeJ . ( tTPngth. \t last
the strong mun's vaporings bew
cause inSUliel'able , und his fellow
workmen dptpI'minl'd ( to stow
t 11 < 'm.
Amnng the shearers was a
stout , Ifood'-natul'ed fellow , whose
head was adorned with luxuriant
black locks , both thick and 10ngI
1'Itis individual , who was generally ] -
ly ! known as the "Professor" be.
' lUse : of his abundant hair , of.
' 'red to lay a wagel'of ' \ ten pounds
Jmt he , at any rate , could not be
lifted from the ground by the hail'
'Phe mighty shearer at once alc
'pted the challenge , and , after
the dar's ; work , t here was a get
PI'a ) gathering in one of the shear
ill -sheds to witness the
illsheds performance - !
ance
1'he tm'psonw "Professor" '
stood calmly in front of the boast .
fail sheu'el' : The latter ) mounted
a low box and prepared to demonstrate -
strate his strength. Be twisted
his ! : ; fingers among SOllle of the
long locks which afforded him
such ! an excellent grip , then tightened -
Plied his muscles and Jifted-thl'
hair from Ow "PI'ofpssor's" head !
The Shearer ) ) , seeing the hair in
his hands , believed for the nmo
IHl'nt that he had pulled off the
. .
PI'ofessor's" st'alp , and turned
pale with fl'igh Those who wPl'e
IIJ the joke and knew that tile
"Professor" wore a wig fell into t
tits of laughtl' )
The shearer paid the bet , and
during tw ) lime lw remained in
that t neighborhood made no fur
titer aJlllsion to his strength
JAP FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
Thoughts Which Floral Beauties Con-
vey Are Represented in the Sys-
tem of Placing
The general ideas of Japanese
tlOJ'a ] ' ' . ' ' '
al'1'anige'lnents are SUlllnUII'- -
ized in this way :
Each ietIiug ; of flowers 01'
plants must represent ] earth , aim
and water , 01' heaven , earth and 1
mau. In placing blossoms iu a i
vase , the ) ease and water arc : >
earth , the short-stemmed flower : : ;
man , and the ) tall ones heaven ,
The ramifications of this princi-
lIe ) , the delil'atp subtle meaningr- :
and proprieties ) , are infiui te ,
There are flowers which represent -
sent months and flowers which 1
represent ) ) days , and as every JUp
a anese house contains flower ; j
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they I form n ll'mll1l' for the ini
tinted ,
Every family of standing has
art istica1JJ' ( 'OI''P.t ) ( VflSPS , vase
holders and tlC\\'P's.II1H1 ) the t nisml '
nor ) of l'utl'I'lainiug' :111 : honored !
"iHifor is 1.0 rile him to al'l'auge
sonic flowers The guest I is go I ( I\ "
el'I1ed by rigid la ws , "
He must t nol make 100 pIn b01'1I I I'
1111 nrI'lIuI-W11lPIII , for fllld takes
O\'crIHu'h limp Ill' IIlwlln , offers .
fers to destroy what t Iw has lone ( ,
to pI'd\'e he considers ' it valueless.
OnIJ' when lIP is \I1'g'pd hy his host
does he leave if-thpsp at'eeXlmn- ) (
pies of the long list [ of I'psLl'i ' (
i onH. : l'he Japanese J ] Imows them
liS Ill' Imo\\'s his language and his
literature. J i
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Makes a Difference
II
BoskJ'-1 sa\ , , doctor ' , 1 want ,
you to look at a horse Ill' ' here ' at
the stable ( : and tell mp honestly
just what you think about him ;
whether hp is sound 01' unSOIllI(1.
Vetel'inHrJ"-1 always tell just
what I think By the way , is it a
horse you think of buying 0) ) one
have for sale'l-lloston ' '
you sale-Boston'.L'ran -
script.
Long Trip
New Missional'JT-Cau [ you tell
111 ( ' what has become of my pl'el1l'-
i 1' ' Hor' ? !
( lnniba : I Chief-Be Illade trip
:1 : 1&1 t0 the inte 'iol' . 'VashillgtOl :
Life.
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STREETS REALLY WASHED.
Number of Bacteria : reduced in Proportion -
portion of 460 to lO-Cleaning ,
Thoroughfares
.All example of what can be He-
coutplislicd ) bY Honest l'IHleavo ) ,
controlled ) } by scientific knowledge ) .
: edge , in the adminisl-ra of of
fairs concerning the public is fur
nished bJ' the work of Street
Cleaning Commissioner John M. [
\Voodblll'J' , of New York , says
American 'dicille. 1
Not satisfied with the old ) ( and
'tIieient ( method of cart sprit
hung and sweeping , he introdll'pd
the plan of washing ) the stl'epis ' hY
means of ( 'OllllH'l'Ssed ( ail' mat
chines , OJ' with hose from the hJ'-
dl'ants Instc.1Hl of laying flu
dust by SH'illkIin" ) ' he says till >
strpets sholll 1 lw washed so clean
1I1'l'e will be no dllst.
During I > the last yett' an average '
or GO ( ) stiles of street has been
washed dailY , between the hours
of one and fOil o'ock ) in t tic .
1II0J'lIing. nr w\r.1Jing : \ , PI'TOO [ .
bury means applying ) the watom '
with suni'ien force to I'emo\'l' fht'
gum whi'h chugs to the sun ! face '
of the asphalt ; this , he says , is the
olllY sanitary way to clean such
pavement.
1.'he proof of his assertion is
found , not only in the ( 'omparati\'l'
freedom from dust but also in il
more positive ' )
way by bacteriologist -
ist tests. The latter show that
bacteria are very largely : removed 1
from the : streets bj' washing them l
as descrihed
.An agar plate exposed at a a
point ill Fifth avenue just after ! '
the passage of a slB'inkling wagon
developed MiO colonies of bacterial
A second plat exposed at time >
same place J ) for an equal ( time after
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toi' ; . . . .L r.'J. ; . . : ! ) r. . . . ta.-- .
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I1ppro'Ted flush lug of the street I ;
showed only ten ( 'olouies , ° ,
Anolfier proof of the ement'y : .
of Uw pIau adopted ( ] i8 the tow "
( ] path call' itl the port of the city
which ( has ! IIl''n AO ( 'leaned for II
'
considerable ( ) period } < 1 of tillW.
KEEPING uJOHN" AT HOME.
Wife of Olubman Solves Problem of
Malting Fireside Attractive
for Spouse
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Less than \ two years after his
uuu'riage ( OaJ'mu Iwgan to O\'l > I' .
look his promise to slay away
from the clllb ftPI' \ he reached
haute lit night HIIYH the New York
'I'intes. 11f I liI'HI he ] 1 ( moved cau ' '
Iiausly , plpudillg' [ U hllHinl'JiS ap
poiutnlcnf there ( sled ) promising' tn
bl' buck ill UII hOlll' Soon that
III'Oll1iH b'i. ( ; , UII 10 slip his miud.
amid : ( ; Il' ( 'Uill ( ' haute at 1 all \ . hom'H
He : did nol ( , \,11 ( gin' , all ( PXCUS for '
geeing l\II'H \ ( J :1."lIlIn : : did not rush
home io her ( mot I1l' ) ' , She did 1I0t.
appeal 1.0 his 11101 hl'l' . "lie played
her own game. One evening ,
when OU\'IIIUII showed no incliJlu-
t.iOIl to leave Ilse t house , she said :
.JOhll , drat' ) , \011'11 he late at the
club. "
"How do , \'oll'mow ] Pill going ! "
lie ask'd. (
"Not going ! Oh-afl'ectillg
intense ( 'onf'lIsion"itwOllld
- - wOllld Iw
most HwkwUl'd ' , Ihut is-hut of'
course' .YOII'"P " ( gning'Y (
"rl'lI " he ' ' "I
, I'ppli'd , must just
run :11'011I1(1 ( fol' i hove : ( un appoint- :
lI1'nt. ( Him t I shall be ( back in two .
hotll's. "
TIe was ba'Iill one hour , and ]
seemed astonished to find his wife
alone , 1'l'lling. : ( Ile ( was glum all
the e\'l'Jling , sllowing fl'quent ! -
position to go out ag'uin Bllt the
same galllP pals worked ever
s.i II ee ,
Extravagant 1tIonarch.
\Vithin t.lIl' lill1its of his ability
ale sllltan [ of Mol'wCO ' is among
ne : most extravagant ' of nloIl .
tll'chH. ITe hUH spent in the few
years since he ] 1 took 11) ) ) t.he reins
of governnu'ul ) ! not only ] the whole
l'l'\'PIltW of JlisCountry1)11talso ) the
saving of his prpdpcessol'S Few
of the timings he bought gave him
any pleaslII'l' Photography
amllsed him for a time A camera
of' gold ) at t $10,000 tine from Lon-
don ; 0,000 francs' worth of photographic -
tographic [ paper arrived in one
day : front Paris
Radium Mine in France
1 tis ) mown at Paris that the as-
shdant : of PI'Of. Curie , who , with
his wife , discovered radium , is ex.
ploring a mine of this rare element
in the department of Saone-et-
Loire , FraI1Ce.
Overheard in Picture Gallery
Husband ( art : eonlloisseul'- )
'Vhat a perfect enamel ) !
Vire-You mean the one in the
black hat'l-Punch. ?
Earned Her.
Ethel-b'rank : was desperately
ill love with Priscilla 'VhJ' , hp
used to send her the most expensive -
pensive flowers and presents neal'-
IJ' every day for nearly . three
years !
Mabel-Did he finally 1 win her ?
"No ; he earned hm' ! " -New
Yorker.
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