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AN AUTUMN SONC. Again the old heraldic pomp Of autumn on the hills; A scarlet pageant in the swampj Low lyrics from the rills; And a rich attar in the air That Orient morn distills. Again the tapestry of haze Of amethystine dye Encincturing the horizon ways; And from the middle sky The iterant, revcrbant call Of wild geese winging by. Again the \\ois of the wind Attuned to one soft theme? Here, every burden left behind, O love, would it not seem A near approach to paradise To dreum and dreamland dream! -Clinton Scollard, in the Woman's Home Companion. QOOOOOOOOOCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOg gftje Annexation of Euty.| ? An Kpiftode In the Life of Mrs. *3 X Wigjii of the Cabbage Patch. q O O OOCOQOOGOCOOOOGQCQOGOOGOGQ "TT" NEW humorist. Miss Alice /\ Caldwell Hegan. contributes AA to the Century a short story ? about the physical salvation of a horse. The Wiggses lived iu the Cabbage Patch. It was net a real c-abbagc patch, but a queer neighborhood where ramshackle cottages played hop-scotch over the railroad tracks. The Wlggs family consisted of Mrs. .Wiggs and five children. The boys were named Jim and Billy, but it was Mrs. Wiggs's boast that her three lit tie girls had geography names. First came Asia, then Austral.':!. When the last baby arrived, and Biby stood looking down at the small bundle, ho asked anxiously: "Are you goin' to have it for a boy or a girl, ma?" Mrs. Mrs. Wiggs had answered: "A girl, Billy, and her name is Europena." Hard work and strict economy were necessary in the little household. Mrs. ,Wiggs took in washing. Jim worked at the factory, and the others helped as best they eonld. The direct road to fortune, however, according to Billy's ideas, could best "be traveled in a kindling wagon, and while he was the proud possessor of a 'broken-down wagon, sole relic ol' the late Mr. Wiggs, he had nothing to hitch to it. Scarcely a week passed that he did not agitate the question, and as Mrs. Wiggs often said: "When Billy Wiggs done set his honrl tn a thins' hp's .is srood as cot it." Consequently she was not surprised when he rushed breathlessly into the kitchen one evening about suppertime, and exclaimed in excited tones: "Ma. I've got a horse! He was havin' a fit on the common?, an' they was goin' to shoot him. an' I ast the man to give him to me." "My land. Billy! what do you want with a tit horse?" asked bis mother. " 'Cause I kuowed you could cure him. The man said if I took him I'd have to pay for carl in' away his carcass, but I said all right. I'll take him anyway. Come on, ma. an see mm: And Billy hurried back to his new possession. Mrs. Wiggs pinned a fbawl over her head and ran across .the commons. A group of men stood about the writhing animal, but the late owner had departed. "He's 'most gone," said one of the men as she came up. "I tole Billy you'd beat him fer takin' that ole nag affen the man's ban's." "Well, I won't," said Mrs. Wiggs, stoutly. "Billy Wiggs's got more sense than most men I know. That boss's carcass is worth somethiu'. I 'spect he'd bring 'bout $2 dead as' mebbe mqre liviu'. Anyway, I'm going to save him if there's any save to him." She stood with her arms on her hips and critically surveyed her patient. "I'll tell you what's the matter with him." was her final diagnosis; "his lights is riz. Bill. I'm goin' home fer some medicine. You set on bis head eo's he can't get up, an' ua'll be right back in a minute." The crowd which had collected to isee the horse shot began to disperse, was to be .1 christening, it must be at once. "I'd like .\ Jography name," suggested Billy, feeling that nothing was too good to bestow on bis treasure. Mrs. Wiggs stood with the soup dripping from her hands, and earnestly contemplated the horse. Babies, pigs, goats and puppies had drawn largely on her supply of late, and geography names were scarce. Suddenly a thought struck her: "I'll tell you what. Billy, we'll call him Ouby! It's a town I heard 'em talkin' 'bout at the grocery." By this time tbe tallow was melted, 1 and Mrs. Wiggs carried it over to the ' horse and put each of his hoofs into the hot liquid, while Billy rubbed the : legs with all the strength of his young 1 arms. | "That's right." she said. "Now you 1 run home .'in' pit that piece of carpet | by my beil, an' we'll kiver him up. I 1 am poin' to f.it them fence rails over yonder to Keep tne lire som . Through the long night they worked with their patient, and when the first glow of morning appeared in the east a triumphant processions wended its way across the Cabbage Patch. First canio a woman bearing sundry pails, kettles and bottles: next came a very sleepy little boy leading a trembling old horse, with soup all over his head, tallow on his feet and a strip of rag carpet tied about his middle. Thus Cuby. like his geographical namesake, emerged from a violent or- | deal of reconstruction with a manglel constitution, internal dissension, a decided preponderance of foreign element. but a firm and abiding trust in the row power with which his for- i tunes had been irrevocably cast. ! One Cent For Profit. I A flustered young woman, cut of ( breath as though from walking fast, rushed up the cteps of the mint and j asked to be directed to the bureau of < information. "There icn't any," re- < plied the uniformed messenger, a very i fat man. "Perhaps I can tell Vou what ycu want to know." "Perhaps | : you can," said the young woman, ) : producing a copy of a frivolous week* i ly paper. "I want to know if this is true." She pointed to a paragraph which read: "Among the curiosities i of collecting is the fact that 1901 cents now bring about $19 in the coin market." The fat messenger adjusted his glasses and scrutinized the paragraph. While lie was thus engaged the young woman explained that she < had four 1901 cents, and wanted to know what made them so valuable, and where she could realize on them. Then the fat messenger grew purple in the face from suppressed laughter, which finally exploded, and seemed in momentary danger of having an apoplectic tit. He called the attention of the other messengers to the paragraph. and then followed combined roars of merriment. In the meantime the young woman with the four 1901 cents wondered if she had strayed by mistake into a lunatic asylum. Finallj the fat messenger regained his breath sufficiently to gasp:. "It's a joke. Don't you see??I'll give you $19 for 1901 pennies, and I'll be a cent aheao of the game. See?" A great light seemed to drawn in the mind of the young woman. "I dare say it's very funny," she said, "but I don't think for it was supper time, and there was nothing to see now but t'ie poor suffering horse with Billy Wiggs patiently silting on bis bead. When Mrs. Wiggs returned she carried a hot tie and what appeared to be ? large marble. "Tbis here is a calomel pill." she explained. "I jes' rolled tbe calomel iu with some soft light bread. Now yon prop his jaw open with a liitlc stick, an* I'll shove it in; then hole bis head back, while I pour down some water an' turkentine omen this? bottle." It was with great difficulty that this was accomplished, for too oid nor so had evidently seen a vision of the happy hunting ground, and was loath to return to the sordid earth. His limbs were already stiffening in death, and only the whites of his eyes were visible. Mrs. Wiggs noted these discouraging symptoms, and saw tha> violent measures were necessary. "Getter some sticks an' build a fire quick as you kin. I've gol to run oysc home. Build it right up dost to him, Billy; we've got to git him het up." She rushed into the kitchen, and taking several cakes of tallow from tbe shelf, threw them into a tin bucket. Then she hesitated for a moment. The kettle of soup was steaming away on the stove, ready for supper. Mrs. iWiggs did not believe in sacrificing tbe present need to tbe future comfort. She threw in a liberal portion of pepper, and seizing the kettle in one band and the bucket of tallow in tbe other, staggered back to the bonfire. "Now. Billy,*' she commanded, "put this bucket of tallow down there in the hottest part of the tire. Look out, don't tip it?there! Now you comc here an' help me pour this soup into the bottle. I'm goin' to git that ok boss so bet op he'll think he's bavin a sunstroke. Seems sorter bad 1<: keep on pesterin' him when he's sci near gone, but this here soup'll feel good when it once gits inside him." When ?lie kettle was enintv tl>?? ?rmr was impartially distributed over Mrs. .Wiggs and the patient, but a goodlj amount bad "got inside," and already tbe horse was losing bis rigidity. Only ouce did Billy pause in hi? . work, and that was to ask: "Ma. -what do you think I'd bcttei name him?" Giving names "was one of Mrs [Wiggs's chief accomplishments, anc usually required much thoughtful con eideration, but ic this case, if then sueli things ought to be printed." Anc she made her exit sorrowfully.?I'hil adciphia Record. Prehistoric Bones Found. The Carnegie Museum at Pittsburg will shortly receive a consignment from one of its collectors, a Mr. Petersou, which will probably cause important discussion in the scientific world. Mr. Petersen has discovered in and below the bed of a creek running near Harrison, Neb., six skeletons, perfectly preserved by petrification. These are the bones of horses, beyond possibility of scientific refutation, but from their size they prove . conclusively that the pre-historic hor9e was much smaller than the animal as it appears nowadays. Although the skeletons have not been set up by Mr. Petersen, they are complete. From the measurements taken it is apparent that the horses of the time when these were 1 alive were about tbe size of a twomontbs-old colt of the present day. Mr. Peterson found the skeletons while prospecting for relies for the museums. A small bone, seemingly an ordinary stone, gave him the lirst clue. Following up his find, he arrived at a point indicating to his scientific* discernment that more hones were to he found by digging. Three of the skeletons were found one above tbe other, though a short distance apart laterally. The other three were in different parts of the creek bed.? New York Times. A Musolino Craze. The seeming impossibility of catching the brigand Musolino. for whose capture a large price bas been offered by the (iovernment. has led to a considerable "Musolino literature." Professor Eertolini. of Bari, says that in that town alone three "lives" of the brigand bave appeared, and that in all he is described as a "perfect gentleman." Boys in tbe street play at " * '* ' ?'it. ".MUSOJlDO. aruieu wiiu kuivcs. iijuiiouette theatres perforin plays, of which the brigand is the hero, to applauding audiences and generally in youth Italy he is considered the victim of society. Not long ago the Syndic of Africo, Mut-olino's native place, went to Home io petition the Government iu favor of i his countryman. Alusolino promised , to give himself up to the police if the (.Jovernment would guarantee an i inquiry into his first trial, when, as lie says, he was condemned wrong' fully, lieiug then an innocent man, > This was refused, and tiie bandit is i still outlawed and?still untaught.? I LoDdon Daily News. I >o Further Use For tiie Leg;. A singular disnute has arisen be , tween the officials of the Miners' Asso. ciatiou of Essen and the widow of a deceased member. The latter some ; years ago lost bis leg in an accident. and was supplied by the association . with an artificial one. When the man died, his false leg was buried with him, and now the association is callI iug upon the widow to have it ex. humcd, the limb not having been sold, ? but lent.?London Globe. nedium size, eleven and three-eight ards of material twenty-one inches vide, eight yards thirty-two inches vide, or five and three-quarter yards orty-four inches wide will be rejuired, with ten yards of applique. I PCT? ~ I * 11 1 Now York City.?Tasteful, comfort- i able breakfast or morning jackets are 3 essential to every woman of taste. ^ The novel May Manton design illus- \ ? f BREAKFAST JACKET. trated combines all the essential fealures. is loose enough for comfort, yet ] pracefnl and becoming. The original t * * ? - ??_ -Ml. nliAmlnrp lilllO . is maue 01 maia. sh*. suvmufc. I .. Ligures on a white ground: but wash- ( able materials and soft, simple wool- j en fabrics are equally appropriate. ( Tbe full fronts and back are simply t gathered and joined to a square yoke j of lining or to tbe fitted lining that s extends to the waist. The deep yoke $ shaped in effective scallops is included ] with the box pleat that closes the j fronts, but tbe lower edges may be i linishcd free with bolero effect or j stitched over the gathers if so pre- s ferred. The fulness is gathered at the waist line in back and a ribbon passing around the waist confines the fulness in front. 1 The sleeves are in bishop shape, but i finished with turn-over flare cuffs. At < the neck is a turn over collar that is ^ high enough for style yet soft and eminently satisfactory to the wearer. To cut this jacket for a woman of medium size four yards of material 1 twenty-two inches wide, two and ( three-quarter yards thirty-two inches 1 FANCY wide or two and one-eight yards fortyfour inches wide will he required. 1 A Charming Costume. 5 Combinations of tucked with plain ^ * 5 ~,1.Wn material, or cream iace uuu >yimv * fabrics, are in the height of style and ] appear to pain favor week by week. The very charming May Manton example illustrated In the large drawing shows tine batiste with cream < Cluny lace, the insertion run with '* narrow black velvet ribbon; but the ' design is equally well suited to vari- < ous other materials. The foundation is snug fitting and closes at the centre front. When a diaphanous effect is desired it is well 1 to make it of the material or of mous- 1 seline. The yoke front and sleeves I are of lucked material. The back 1 yoke is faced onto the lining, but the ; front is separate and closes fit the left ' shoulder and beneath the fronts prop- 1 er. The blouse is plain at the upper j portion with scant fulness in back 5 find gathers at the waist line in front. 1 The fronts part slightly at the centre ( and turn back to form pointed revers. 1 The sleeves can be in elbow or full 1 length as preferred. The neck is fin- 1 ished with a stock that should be lined only with the material and stiffened 5 with wire to be in the latest style. It < closes with the yoke fastened at tile 5 left shoulder. 1 To cut this waist for a woman of J medium size, one and seven-eight < yards of material twenty-one inches wide, or one yard thirty-two or forty- i four inches wide, with one and threequarter yards of tucking for yoke, front and sleeves, three and fiveeight yards of insertion and one yard of edging to trim as illustrated. To make with sleeves of plain material, three and a quarter yards twenty-one inches wide, one aud three-quarter vards thirty-two inches wide, or one and a half yards forty-four inehcs wide, with three-quarter yards of tucking for yoke aud front will be required. i The eminently smart skirt illustrat- j ed shows a novel arrangement and j one that is admirably suited to the soft clinging wool and silk materials now in vogue as well as to the innumerable washable fabrics offered. The skirt is cut in seven pieces and Is laid in three narrow tucks at each front and side seam, the fulness at . the back being laid in an inverted < pleat. The tlounce is tucked at the 1 upper edge, but falls in graceful folds i as it approaches the floor, ; To cut this skirt for a woman of < ind ?lace squares according to size o trim as illustrated. Mink Cape For the Duchess. The women of Ottawa are to pre;ent to the Duchess of York upon the jccasion of the royal visit to the capial a gift that is thoroughly typical )f Canada. It is a cape of the finest nink procurable. The collar and flare iround the edges will be lined with ?rmine, while the body of the cape ivill be lined with white satin. The larment, which reaches to the knee, s fastened with gold clasps fashioned n the form of a maple leaf, the emblem of the Dominion. The gold for hese clasps comes from the Canadian fukon. A Handkerchief Sachet. A handkerchief sachet seen recenty was made of white linen, the sort hat is bought at the art needle-work hops or counters. Four pieces were rut the size of a lady's handkerchief mrtMn+o/1 nn twn rtiopoc nf liiU vycic UJUUUIW v/ju m v iyvwu w ardboard, the outside piece embroidered in a suitable design. These were >ut together with ribbons, the sachet square being a separate mat of thin ;ilk matching the ribbons in color In this way it was easy to renew the jerfuming powder without taking the ivhole thing apart. Veil books were nade in the same way, the removable sachet pad being again employed. Chiffon Veils an Hat Trimming. Chiffon veils are much in evidence, jut more as hat trimming than for face protection. They are generally lotted aud the favorite colors are vhite, blue, gray, black or brown. Favorite Color Combinations. Black and pale blue is a combina* j ion that this season has divided favjr with the ever popular black and ivhite. TUCKED SKIRT Old-Fashioned Brocades Revived. It is predicted that old-fashioned jroc-ades will be introduced this season, at least brocaded effects in silk, faffeta chiffon, which combines the jualities of both these fabrics and ouisine, are l'avored silks. A Tint Much Worn. Apricot, a soft and generally becoming tint, is much worn in Faris ?n(l in combination with creamy lace ind a touch of black velvet it is exceedingly effective. Woman't Walking; Skirt. The smart, well cut walking skirt hat comfortably clears the ground las become a necessity and makes lart of every wardrobe. This graceful, becoming model is the very latest \Iay Manton that has appeared and ncludes many desirable features. The jack is cut with the new ripple that 'alls in graceful folds from a few nches below the belt, and the flounce neans both flare and freedom. The jriginal is made of homespun in iiixed shades of brown and tan, but ill checks, cheviots and skirting rna:erials are appropriate. The skirt is cut in five gores the ;ide gores being narrow and is without fulness at the belt. The flounce s graduated in Avidth and is seamed n tli? Inreor oflrro At lllf? rifrht KlflP s placed a patch pocket with a turn>ver flap. To cut tliis skirt for a -woman of nedium size six and one-eight yards WALIIING SKIRT. )f material twenty-seven inches wide, three aud seven-eight yards forty-four j inches wide or three aud three-eight rards fifty inches wide will be renuired. | THE GREAT DESTKOYEB SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. intemperance In Decreaftine, Declai'eR tli? Atlanta Journal?The Business World Han No Place For the Man Whc l)rlnk?. The "fresh" young roan who feels obliged to carry a bottle with him to all places where he thinks he will not be offered something "to wet his whistle" i? rapidly passing away. The business world has no place for him and he is growing into disfavor socially. The evidence oi this is seen on every hand. A few days ago M. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador to this country, said in an interview at Paris in speaking oi the American people: "There may be some hypocrites among them, but the vast majority abstain from strong drink." In commenting on this statement edi torially the New York Sun says: "It is true, as general observation must have discovered. that prudence in drinking all kinds of alcoholic liquors has increased, and that total abstinence from them is relatively much more frequent than formerly." It is plain that the business conditions of to-day require the services of sober men. No others need apply. Great enterprises can only be carried on successfully by those who utilize fully their natural mental gifts and their physical energies. The hard .drinkers cannot command the confidence of business men, hence those who indulge immoderately in the use of strong intoxicants sooner or later become loafers. It is a noticeable fact that the thriftiest communities after they get settled down to business produce fewer drunkards than those where loafing is the rule. Only a few days ago the news columns of the Journal showed that fewer licenses to liquor establishments were granted in Atlanta during the first six months of this year than for the same period of last year, although the city has in the meantime grown largely in population. Ambitious men have learned that success can only come either in business life or in the professions to those who keep their wits about them all the time and preserve themselves so as to be able physically to perform great labor. This 6tate of things has had its influence socially for apparent reasons, and hence those who at dinners and other sorial entertainments habitually indulge to the extent of obvious intoxication are no longer regarded with amusement but with commiseration, arid as needing such tender care as is given to a sick man. It has always been a matter of remark that in the clubs in Atlanta there is very little immoderate drinking. The young men are busy here, and understand that the enterprise and sobriety of their competitors will not suffer them to destroy or weaken their capacity by indulgence in the use of strong stimulants. The New York Sun says "even the Tammany General Committee, once called a collection of red noses, is now full of total abstainers; that none of the great polifinnl 1/inHoro nf flip nrpepnt. ia ji hard drinker; that many of them are total abstainers, and that the same is true of the great leaders in finance, in trade and in the professions. Strict abstemiousness is the rule among them and a reputation for intemnerance is always injurious." Archbishop Ireland was quoted in the newspapers a few days ago as saying that temperance is increasing, and his conclusion was based on information obtained from the Total Abstinence Society of America, a Catholic institution. It will be noticed that the observation of the French Minister has been confined to the large cities of the West and the East where temperance is not enforced oy law, but is simply brought about by Sueiness and social standards. , The Sun arrives at the conclusion that is a result of increasing temperance imong the people the liquor question 'has been nractically eliminated from politics, for the evils of alcoholic abijse are -ecognized by all parties and by liquor iealers not less than by the rest of the jublic." Whether the Sun's conclusion in this particular is correct or not it is gratifying :o note the evidence* of the fact that ours ;s becoming more and more a nation of soDer and temperate people.?Atlanta Jouraal. I)nn?eri of Alcoholism. Tt is nppHlpfia tr> pntfr intn retails as to :he consequences entailed by overindulgence in the use of alcohol. Most of us ire familiar with cases of ruined lives and wretched homes as the result of the fatal fiabit, and in these days of high pressure iving it is becoming more ar.d more cornlion. Mental worry, overwork, ill-health, want of sufficient nourishment and clothing, tend to swell the numbers of chronic llcoholists, and the habit so easily acjuired is extremely difficult to relinquish. The real danger to the race, however, lies in the fact that the great majority of inebriates need no incentive to acquire :he habit; they are born with the tendency, and it is to this cause chiefly that we must ascribe the increase in the number )f deaths from chronic alcoholism during the last twenty-three years. A reference to the table of statistics shows that in 1875 twenty-seven persons in 1,000.000 died >s the result of chronic alcoholism: in 1898 these figures had more than doubled themselves, the number then being returned as sixty-five per 1,000,000 of population. The following quotations point to the conclusion arrived at by some of the most eminent men of the day: "Heredity as a causation is estimated to be present in nearly sixty per cent, of all ;ases of chronic alcoholism." "Sur ninety-seven enfants nes dc parents ilcooliques fourteen seu'ement etaient sains." "There are not a few human beings so saturated with the taint of alcoholic heredity that they could as soon 'turn back a flowing river from the sea' as arrest the march of an sittarlr nf " Much that has been said respecting; insanity applies equally to inebriety. Both belong to the group of diseases of the nervous system, showing a marked tendency to degeneration, and both are liable to be transmitted hereditarily. ? Westminster Review. Opinion of the Highest Authority. For we cannot shut out of view the fact, within the knowledge of all, that the public health, the public morals and the public safety may be endangered by the general use of intoxicating drinks; nor the fact, established by statistics accessible to every one. that the disorder, pauperism and crime prevalent in the country, are in some degree at least traceablc to this evil. ? The United States Supreme Court, 1887. The Crueude in Brief. A movement .has been started to cstalv <ish a chair of temperance in London University. A pro tori al edict has been issued at Oxford reviving the prohibition of undergraduates entering any hotel or tavern. iVIost drunkards commence on beer and wine, and finally drink the stronger beverages. A beer drunk is the worst kind of a drunk.?L. D. Macon. M. D. The great and dreadful cause of crime in this country, the overwhelming curse which debases and ruins the lower class, resides in the ale-bouse.?The Kev. .John day. ol Kngli'.r.d. Nearly <v.:y St::to has enacted laws to protect birds, game and !i?hes; why not enact laws to protect our boy? After ildinf so inilt'li fnr hirdc ;in/l fialioa *vl>u license a business which slaughters our boys? , It' the sale of liquor in camp is accessary to keep the American soldier sober, why should not railroad companies establish saloons at every terminal where their men can drink in moderation under the eye ol their superintendents? To investigate a statement publicly made that seventy-five per cent, of Milwaukee beer was unfit to drink, the Health Com mil tee ol the Milwaukee City Council has been instructed to inspect all beer pipes and tubes in saloons, hotels and restaurants. / consolation and Comfort* Who is it that does not wish to be ont in the opan air or alive in some field of eport, whether it be with the bat, rod or gun ; whether we go coasting over the hills and vales on the wheel or sailing over rough waves or into serene coves, it is all sport, and the springing muscles eeem to need it. It i3 bound to happen that some mishap will occur. Thus it is that we have sprains in abundance. Light sprains, sprains that cripple, sprains that give great pain, sprains tLat rob us of sleep, but sportsmen of all kinds have come to know that there is nothing better than the old reliable 8t. JacobB Oil. Have it with you for ui#; you may rely on its cure of the worst sprain and restoration to the comforts of life. Responsibilities of Editors. "Upon publishers and upon editors rests a responsibility," says Mr. Allen, in Harper's. "They will fall both of their duty and of their high privileg2 in so far as they yield to the importunities of a capricious popular taste. If they surrender their business to wholly mercantile purposes, regardless of the best interests of literature, and compete with each other in this facile and fatal descent, then a general publishing syndicate, upon a purely mercantile basis, will be as natural and inevitable in its application to literature as it has become in < the control of railroads and the pro- 4 duction of steel. Fortunately, the 1 great publishers of books and periodicals in this country have maintained a 1 united front against perilous tenden- ( cies, and Their competition has been ] In the line of ascent." , -i Easy Come, Ea*y Go. j The man who creeps along bent over, wit his spinal colnmn feeling in a condition to snap like a pipeetem at any minute, would readily give a great deal to get out of his dilemma, and yet this is only the commonest form by which lumbago seizes on and twists out of shape the muscles of the back. This is commonly known as backache, a crick in 3 the back, but by whatevar nann it may be 4 Irn/vnm an/1 Kfl/1 If TT? O ltA 10 miTl- 7 utes' vigorous rubbing with St. Jacobs Oil on " the afflicted part will drive out the trouble ; and completely restore. It is a thing bo easily saught, it may be wondered at why there is ]! not more of it, but be:auee it is so easily 1 cured by St. Jacobs Oil may be the very rea- ,, ion that we hear so little of it. 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