|l! batnted Leg.
^ |F Little Girl? Your papa Mm only got
?p _>r? one leg, hasn't he?
Veteran's Little Girl?Yet.
? Little Girl?Where's his other one?
E Veteran's Little * Girl?Hush, dear.
k; ' It'a in Heaven.?Home Herald.
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KLJAs a grows older he sees something
In himself every day that is calculstsd
to make him a little less conjf
5'i i Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulat*
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| Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take.
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^ - There are few shade trees in the
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mj Mrs. Wtnalow's Soothing Syrup for Children
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pain,cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
& " A cheerful liar is more entertaining
& than a gloomy truth teller.'
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CImstmas
Greeting
Br EUGENIA RABBAS
3t?aSKSS??
ooioTigbt mi
SO I am a heartless flirt,
who doesn't understand
the meaning of the
word love, am 1, Mr.
W 11 i 1 am Dunning?''
stormed Marjorle all to
herself. In answer to
the final decree of rage
and defiance wbtch that
gentleman burled at her'
by means of a vigorous
slam of the front door.
"1 believe he would
have shaken me. if he hadn't rushed
out in time to prevent himself from
doing it,M she continued, the ever
ready dimples venturing out of their
hiding places, but she banished them
severely. "I'll never, never forgive
biro, even though he neks mo to, which
of course, he won't! And he calls me
slubbprn!**
Next morning Marjorle was tremen
dously busy wrapping up dainty Utiia
parcels, for the next day was Christmas.
and her many friends must be
remembered, in spite of quarrels and
Billy.
Still, she seemed very much preoocupied
over her work, and quite suddenly
she threw aside the piece ot
holly she had been toying with, and
fairly flew to the telephone.
In answer to her Impatient summons,
she was quickly connected with
Brown & Oo.'s hook store. "Have you
sent out those books that were ordered
for Mr. William Dunning?" she asked
anxiously.
The answer evidently pleased her,
for she breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's all right; I'm glad you haven't,
for 1 have changed my mind about
them. Please cancel the order."
Marjorie hung up the receiver with
an air of triumph. "There. I'm glad I
hnncrht nf thnM Rlllv would have
construed a Christmas present into an
abject apo|ogy," she said, her indignation
rising at the very thought of
such a thing.
But when she went bac-k to her parcels
and picked up the little twig of
holly she had Intended tucking away
into one of them, her face softened. "I
know that isn't the right kind of a
Christmas spirit to have,, but I can't
have Billy thinking that r am admitting
I was wrong, when I know I
wasn't." she argued.with herself.
Meanwhile what would Billy do?
'Would he. too, lest Marjorle might
think he was admitting something, ignore
her existence this Christmas altogether?
She held her breath with the
thought of such a possibility, and in
her heart she almost prayed that Billy,
influenced by the spirit of peace and
good will, which was a part of this sea
son, wQuid hold forth the olive branch
in the form of a Christmas greeting.
The Joyous ringing of Christmas
bells and merry shouts of her younger
sisters and brothers, when they discovered
their stockings the next morn
ing, only served to emphasize her depression.
"Billy nerqr loved me; If he really
and truly did he never could treat me
like this." she told nerseir as sac stoua
looking with unseeing eyes at the
snowy Christmas world.
Just then.a young man, fairly tear
log around the corner, arrested her attention.
It was no less a person than
Billy himself who was coming, poBt
haste, to see her.
Marjorie looked at him in won- j
ier. What had como over Billy'1 ;
Why Ibis sudden contrition, when. sb<
admitted it now for the first time,
sven to herself she had been greatly,
f noi altogether, to blame for their
auarrel. It wasn't a bit like Billy to
?at humble pie at any time, and this
inexpected turn of afTalrs completely
Jisarmed her.
"0, Billy. I am so glad you came."
Billy took some little time to emphasize
his appreciation of her welcome
then "Glad 1 came? Why wouldn't J
come, dear?" he asked.
"Because you vowed you wouldn't
unless I apologized," Marjorie explained
mischievously.
"You didn't think I'd be so narrow
and unforgiving as to ignore your dear
little peace offering? .1 brought one ol
the books with me to read something
to you," be told ber, and diving into
bis pocket he produced a little copy
of "Romeo and Juliet."
Marjorie was surprised for a second,
then it flashed over ber what it all
meant. Brown & Co. had forgotten ti ;
cancel her order and Billy bad re I
- ? rain- 1
celved ine noos?. mni uau usu <
her sending them into n humble plea I
for forgiveness.
He most probably wouldn't have
come at all if it hadn't beeu for that, j
She stiffened visibly and all her love
was swallowed up In a wave of rebel
I lions pride.
"You are mistaken," she commenced
coldly, but Blily interrupted her
| "Here. 1 have found it.
"'My bounty Is as boundless as the
sea.
My love as deep, the more I give io
thee.'
"The more 1 have, for both are inilnite."
he was reading, and the simple
beauty of the lines awoke something
10 Marjorie strouger than pride or resentment
and she only smiled when he
added tenderly: "My Christmas greeting
to you. dear."
Potato Crisps.
Cut co.'d-boiled potatoes of uniform
size crosswise in slices, half an Inch
thick. Drop them In a deep pan of
hot fat or brown carefully on each
side In a well-greased frying pan.
Sprinkle with fine minced parsley and
salt to taste as soon as they are removed
from the pan.
Cleaning Lamp Chimneys.
If cold water Is poured through a
smoky chimnoy all the black will
quickly disappear; the chimney should
then be polished with ar*soft cloth.
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A FEDERAL HEALTH BOARD.
It is gratifying to note that the tiill
for the creation of a. federal health
board will not be allowed to pass without
a protest Reports of organized
rlslstance come from all parts of the
country, and it may be that the opposition
will soon be sufficiently solidified
to defeat a project that promises
infinite mischief for the community,
and suffering and injustice foj* the individual.
The proposal is based upon those
specious claims that are notoriously
hard to controvert. If a federal health
board were to confine its activities to
the promulgation of salutary advice
upon hygienic matters, to the abatement
of quackery, and to the purity of
drugs, it might be possible to say
much in its favor, although it would
still be difficult to say that such an
organization Is needed. But we know
that It will attempt to do far more
than this, seeing that Its adherents
have loudly proclaimed their intentions.
Indeed, there is no secrecy
about them. It is confidently expected
that the board will conslBt of advocates
of one school of medicine only
and that the methods of that school
will be not only recommended, but
enforced upon the nation. Indeed a
board that was in any way representative
of the medical profession as a
whole would be stultified by its own
disagreements. Outside the domain
of simple hygiene, for which we need
no federal board at all, there is no
single point of medical practice upon
which allopaths, homeopaths, eclectics
and osteopaths could be in unison.
Any board that could be devised by
the wit of man must be composed of
representatives of one school only,
and this means that all other schools
are branded as of an inferior caste,
even though nothing worse happened
to tbem. And something worse would
happen to them. If we are to establish
a school of medicine, if we are to assert
that the government of the United
States favors one variety of practice
more than others, why not establish
also a sect ot religion and be- !
stow special authorities upon Baptists,
Methodists and Episcopalians?
An established school of religious
conjecture seems somewhat less objectionable
than an established sect
of pseudo-scientific conjecture.
Thos? who suppose that a federal
board of health would have no concern
with individual rights are likely to
find themselves undeceived. It is for
the purpose of interfering with individual
rights that the proposal has
been made. We need no special
knowledge of conditions to be aware
that what may be called unorthodox
methods of healing have made sad inroads
into the orthodox. Homeopathy
claims a vast number of adherents
who are Just as well educated and Ju6t
as intelligent as those who adhere to
the older school. Osteopathy, eclecticism,
and half a dozen other methods
of practice are certainly not losing
ground. Beyond them is the vast and
increasing army of those who may be
classed under the general and vague
name of mental healers. Those who
are addicted to any of these forms of
unorthodoxy need have no doubt as
to the purposes of'the federal health
board. Those purposes are to make
it difficult for them to follow their
particular fadB and fancies, to lead
them, and if necessary to drive them,
from medicAl unorthodox*- <> medical
orthodoxy.
Now the Argonaut holds no brief
for any of the excesses and the superstitions
connected with the care of the
body in which this age is so rife. But
it does feel concerned for the preservation
of human liberty and for the
rights of the individual to doctor himself
in any way he pleases so long as
be does not indubitably threaten the
health of the community. He may
take large doses or small ones, or no
doses at all; he may be massaged,
anointed with oil, or prayed over, just
as the whim of the moment may dictate,
and probably it makes no particle
of difference which he does. But
he has the right to chooee, just as he
chooses the color of his necktie or the
character of bis underclothing. It is
not a matter in which any wise government
will seek to interfere. This
Is precisely the liberty that the health
board intends to take from him.
Orthodox medicine, conscious of its
losses, is trying to buttress itself by
federal statute, to exalt allopathy to
the status of a privileged caste, and
to create an established school of
medicine just as some other countries
have allowed themselves to create an
established school of religion. It is
for the common sense of the community
to rebuke tha1 effort and to repel
an unwarranted invasion upon ele
raentary numan rignis.?tsan r rancisco
Argonaut.
A Drain of the Company.
On his way home from the theater,
where be bad seen a performance of
wOtbel!o," Bobby was unusually quiet
# Qjdn't you enjoy the play," his
^75i,d!ather asked at last.
\5^tvjes. very much," replied Bobby.
"But. Jmdpapa, there's one thing I
don't quite understand. Does the
black man kill a lady every night?"?
Youth's Companion.
. Natural Deduction.
"Papa, are lawyers always bad-tempered
7"
"No. daughter; why do you ask
that?"
"Because I read so much In the papers
about their cross-examinations."
Kindred Spirits.
"Lady," said Plodding Pete, "1 ain't
had a square meal in two days."
"Well." said the resolute woman.'
as she turned the dog loose, "neither
has Towser. so I know you'll excuse
him."
:
Its Status.
"Our congress Is the 3ncst legistsI
tlve body going."
"No, the British house of commons
Is, and I can prove It"
"How so?"
"Why. you must admit the house of
commons is without a peer."
A Business Connection.
Messenger Boy?Who's the swell
| guy ye was talkln* to, Jimmy?
Newsboy?Aw, him and me's wolked
togedder for years. He's the editor
one o' my papers.?Life.
A Prefernnee.
"I shall leave my reputation to oe
Judged by posterity."
"That's a good idea," said Senator
Sorghum. "The way things are going
I'd much rather take my chances with
posterity than with an investigating
committee." ?
A Hot One.
Maud?I am really surprise when 1.
consider what a lot of homely women
get married.
Ethel?Surprised and encouraged,
eh. dear?
SOMETHING NEW IN LODGES
In View of Extraordinary Occasion
"Plnkey" Might Well Be Ex.
cuaed for Absence.
"Pinkey" is the nlokname of the
chocolate-colored Chesterfield who
presides over the bar In a small,
unique and out-of-the-way liquid refreshment
establishment In Washington
patronized by newspaper correspondents,
visiting celebrities and government
officials. He is a great
"J'lner," and devotes his one evening
"off" a week to his several lodge duties.
Being missed on one of these
occasions by one of his friends and
patrons, who had lugged to his place
a suit of evening clothes which he
thought would fit the Plnkertonlan
form, on the next evening regretful
reference was made to It, the suit
having been bestowed on another, a
tn a Hval hostelrv.
"I'se mighty obliged to you, sah." !
groaned Pinkey, 'mighty obliged, Jes'
the same. Tbis'll teach me a lesson
to stay on the job."
"Attending one of your lodge meetings,
I suppose?" queried his friend of
the dress suit.
"Well, not exactly, sah," replied
Pinkey, "not exactly, sah. You see,
we was jes* organizing the colored
Hibernians."
WISE MAN.
1
Wilson?I understand you've broken
up housekeeping and gone to board- j
lng. Why did you change?
Bilson?My wife started to attend a I
cooking-school.
Men Who Live Long.
The longevity of artists is almost
proverbial, and the case of Mr. Thorn-"
as Robert Macquoid, who at the age of
ninety-one IB still painting, ih reiuai*able,
but not unparalleled. T. S. Coop- 1
er, Ft. A., exhibited at the Royal academy
for several years after passing
his ninetieth birthday; John Massey i
Wright, a water color artist, born In
1773, was fully occupied and In active
work up to the time of his death at
the age of ninety-three. Most notably, j
however, was Titian, who, born In
1477, lived just one year short of a
century, and continued to paint pictures
until the very last.?London
Chronicle.
Great Scheme.
"Dear me," said Mrs. Housewife. !
with a deep sigh, "I can't manage to
keep a cook a week."
"You should copy me," observed her ,
friend. "Since my husband learned i
Ftench I can keep one a year."
Mrs. Housewife looked surprised. "I
don't see the connection," she said.
"It's simple enough. He now swears !
at her in FYench Instead of English,
It gives him a vent for his temper,
some valuable practice?and the cook
thinks he's making love to her!"?
Satire.
Up to Both.
Harry Lauder, landing from the I
Saxonia, told a New York reporter a j
new story.
"It's a story," he began, "about one i
o( your American peeresses, a lady of ,
striking independence. She rang for
her maid the other afternoon, and
said very sharply:
" Yvonne, if I catch you and my
husband kissing again, one of you wilT
have to go."' ,
Wonderful Statistics.
When it is considered that the percentage
of deaths from consumption
is 91 per thousand against 63 per thousand
of any other malady, how important
to guard against a slight cold.
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullein is the great medicine
for coughs, colds, consumption, Whooping
Cough, etc.
All druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 a
bottle.
Wh?r? Th?v Lav.
A physician, finding a lady reading J
'Twelfth Night," said: "When Shakespeare
wrote about patience on a 1
monument, did he mean doctors' patients?"
"No," replied the lady, "you don't
Ind them on monuments, "but under
them."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signatured
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria i i
Kindly Repartee.
"I refused him because I want a |
husband who has known sorrow and 1
acquired wisdom."
"But, my dear, if you had accepted
him he would soon have met your re i
quirements." 1
AS 'A REMEDY FOR MALARIA
n any form Elixir Babelc lias no equal.
t cures the most obstinate and long ,
Handing cases.
"!i glv.-s pleasure to certify that the
IOIIxIr Rabek* cured no- of chills and
nalarial fever, with which 1 have suf'ered
for a long tinn '?August Epps
Vance's Shops. V.'i.
It contains no (|itlnin>- and is euually
; >eneflclal t.< j tung and "hi.
Elixir Ma lie k. ."il r. ts. :.ll dr igtr -ts
>r Kloczewski .v Co., Washington. It. C. 1
Both Sides.
She?Just look at the troublt
Honey can get you Into.
He?Yes, hut look at the trouble It i
i :an get you out of.
ro DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND Itl'ILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the 014 Standard GKOVKS TASTKLKS;
JUILL TONIC, foil know what you are taking
Clio formula It plainly printed on every bottle
ibowlng It Is eltnpl, yuinlnr and Iron In a tasteles* '
lorm. and the most effectual form, k'or Kruwt I
>eople and children. ?0 cents.
A woman who beats the 6treet cai
j company out of a nickel and puts it
In the church plate may believe It i
the eternal fitness of things.
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Tightness across the chest means a cob
an the lungs. That's the danger siznaj |
Cure that cold with Hamlins Wizard Oi
before it runs into Consumption or Pneu
mocia.
The defeated candidate is Burprlset
at the number of misguided men wht
failed to vote for him.
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iNIDMnONAL.
SUNMSftlOOL
Lesson
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 24
MALACHI REBUKES JUDAH.
LESSON TEXT?Malachl 3:1-4:3.
MEMORY VERSES?3:16, 17.
GOLDEN TEXT?1. "Return unto me,
and I will return unto you, salth the
Lord of hosts."?Mai. 3:7.
2. "Unto you Is born this day In the
city of David a Savior, which Is Christ
the Lord."?Luke 2:11.
TIME?Some time during the age of
Ezra and Nehemlah, but it Is not certain
whether about 458 (Ezra) or 444 or 430.
PLACE?Jerusalem and vicinity.
CONTEMPORARY HI8TORY - Alciblades
at Athens. The Peloponnesian
war (431-404). The republic at Rome, governed
by consuls and military tribunes.
About this time Socrates was teaching
the only approach to a pure morality
which Athens ever knew. Herodotus was
nearly through his travels (484-400). Plato,
the philosopher (430-350), was now a boy,
listening to Socrates. Xenophon (444-354)
leads the retreat of tho ten thousand
back to Greece (400). which retreat he
has Immortalized In his Anabasis.
There Is no certainty as to the
definite time when Malachi uttered
his prophecies, because no data is
given In the book, and the sins which
he sought to reform were present
throughout the whole period of Ezra
and Nehemlah, from 458 through the
rest of the century. Most place him
soon after Nehemlah's second coming
to Jerusalem, between 433 and 430.
He is plain spoken, and direct, without
high eloquence, or supreme poetic
power, but abounding In effective
similes, metaphors and imagery which
hit the mark, and do the work. What
a London paper says of a distinguished
man's straightforward
speeches applies well to the sermons
of Malachi: "A sound and healthy
gospel doubly welcome because 'the
world Is waking to the consciousness
of Intellectual and moral hunger
which only these trutha can satisfy.'"
If we read the later chapters of
Nehemlah and compare the sins and
evils which Nehemlah labored to re- J
form, with the sins and evils which j
Malachi denounces, it will be seen
that both are laboring for the same
ends, and realize the same necessity
of reform. God was dishonored, and 1
religion made a mere form and farce,
by offering mean things for sacrifices,
as polluted bread, and lame and sick I
animals, by refusing to do the simplest
service in the templo without
pay, by refusing to pay tithes for the
iV_ * n^..v,lr> y -
oupjjurt UI IIJC ICIIiyir "UIOUIJ/, MJ I
being weary of serving the Lord, by j
intermarrying with the heathen. In 1
all these things they broke the dl-j
vine law; they showed that their
minds were all wrong.
One of the peculiar glories of the
Bible is that from the very beginning
its golden age 1b in the future, not, as
in other ancient nations, in tho pasL
And ns the golden age must have a !
maker, God's revelation soon brings
into view the one. the Messiah who
alone can make the age of gold which
is the Kingdom of Heaven. Isaiah ,
tells us that "unto us a child is born, j
unto us a son is given; and the gov- i
ernment shall be upon his shoulder; |
and his name shall be called Wonder- ;
ful Counsellor, the mighty God. the ,
everlasting Father, the Prince of i
Peace."
In the last book of the Old Testament,
about 400 years before Christ
was born, the last prophet brings the
hope and ideal and goal in the person
of the Messiah, Christ, the Jesus who
was born on the true Christmas day.
Behold I, God, will send my messenger,
one coming In God's name, and
bearing a divine message, whose
work shall be to prepare the way before
me, the coming of God himself. '
This messenger, interpreted by our |
Lord himself on two occasions, was
one who should come in the spirit j
and power of Elijah, dofhg the same |
work, rebuking sin. denouncing all
wrongs, calling men to repentance,
awakening the consdlonce.
It is possible that these words had
a partial fulfilment in Nehemiab, a
foreshadowing on a smaller scale, of
John the Baptist who completely fulfilled
the prophecy. Nehemiah's reforms
were a part of the preparation
for the coming of the Kingdom of
Heaven, and fixed the eyes of the
people on tho great ideal toward
which they were slowly moving.
Thara 1c o natural rnnnortlnn hp.
tween religion, morals, generous giving.
devotion to God, on the one hand, j
and a general condition of prosperity,
on the other. They tend to cultivate
those higher moral and spiritual qual- j
It<es which are. the source of mate- j
rial civilization, and which are the |
great enemy to the vices that are the
source of poverty. Rut especially do
they transfigure all earthly things. 11
and enhance their value, and bring ;
into life the love and Joy of heaven. j
There is no greater prosperity thar j
the privilege of having some part In '
the elevation of man. in the coming
of God's kingdom, and in the songs of
final triumph, and in the blessing,
well done, good and faithful!
Supose we make two maps of the
world on the plan furnished by the
United States census to show the degree
in which ignorance, certain diseases,
and many other things prevail,
by means of higher and ^arker
Bhades. On one map we will note the
countries where the purest Christianity
prevails, by white. A darker shade
will mark the more imperfect forms,
and then let the shades grow darker
and darker through Mohammedanism,
and the various forms of heathenism
till we come to the blackness of the
lowest fetishism.
Then, with entire independence, i
make a similar map of the moral and i
intellectual condition of men Where
there is the most manhood, the noblest
womanhood, the highest morality.
the host sor'ai conditions, the
ni >.-t done for the sick and suffering,
the most of all that elevates the people.
and brings the greatest happiness
?these put in white. Itarken the
. 1, <??? .,11
Blin'irn nw uicoc tiuu^a fiiuw irrn, un
we come to the blackness of the lowest
savagery. The two maps will al- I
most coincide. Where there Is the
most Christianity there will be the
most that is good for man.
Insanity.
Most insanity is caused by business
and pleasure engrossment. Very few
people go Insane over religion. They
may talk about it after the bra'.n becomes
addled, but that usually Is because
they neglected it in tho sane
days. Today people have a notion
that, religion is a pastime or glass set
In a ring to wear on the finger.?Rev
C. F. Reisner, Methodist, New York
City.
The surest way of climbing up to
heaven is through a laugh.
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HUSBAND WAS A LAWYER.
w?i^
The Tombstone Man?What kind of
a monument do you wish put over
your husband?
Mrs. Weeds?You can carve any
figure, I suppose?
The Tombstone Man?Oh! yes,
ma'am.
Mrs. Weeds?Then make the
statute of limitations. I've often heard
my husband mention that
ECZEMA DISFIGURED BABY
"Our little boy Gilbert was troubled
with eczema when but a few weeks
old. His little face was covered with
sores even to back of his ears. The
poor little fellow suffered very much.
The sores began as pimples, his little
face was disfigured very much. We
hardly knew what he looked like. The
face looked like raw meat. We tied
little bags of cloth over his hands to
prevent him from scratching. He was
very restless at night, his little face
itched.
"We consulted two doctors at Chicago,
where we resided at that time.
After trying all the medicine ofi the
two doctors without any result, we
read of the Cuticura Remedies, and
at once bought Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the
result, and after four weeks, the dear
child's face was as fine and clean as
eny little baby's face. Every one who
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura
Remedies was surprised. He has a
head of hair which is a pride for any
boy of his age, three years. We can
only recommend the Cuticura Remedies
to everybody." (Signed) Mrs. H.
Albrecht, Box 883, West Point, Neb.,
Oct. 26. 1310. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere, a sample of
each, with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. 14 L, Boston.
Baltimore French.
A Baltimore bonlface tells of a
waiter in that city who lately announced
that he had taken up the
study of the French language.
"Do you find It necessary here?"
asked the patron to whom the man
confided thlB bit of information.
"Not here, air," explained the waiter;
"but I've been offered a steady
job in Paris at one of the hotels if I
can learn French."
"But Paris is full of French waiters,"
said the patron. "I'm afraid
you're bping deceived."
"No, sir," said the man, with much
earnestness and absolute simplicity.
"The proposition's a straight one. The
proprietor of the hotel says that the
waiters he has can't understand
French as we Baltlmoreans speak it,
and that's what he wants me for, you
see."?Lipplncott's.
Read it Differently.
A man was charged with stealing a
sheep belonging to Sir Garnett FltzMaurlce.
"I found the poor creature strayin'
on the road, me lord, an' was just
drivln' it home," pleaded the accused.
"fan von read ?" asked his lnrdshin.
"A little, nie lord."
"You could not have.been ignorant,
then, that the sheep belonged to your
landlord. Sir (Jarnett Fitz-Maurlee, as
his brand, 'G. F. M.' was on the animal."
"True for ye. me lord, but sure I
thought the letters meant 'Good Fat
Mutton!'"
Such a Difference.
I'sher?Are you afraid of the
.room?
Madam?Oh. my, no! I'm the
>rlde's mother.?Judge.
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N. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 51-1911. I
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monia.'s are From Peopie of I M
igence and High Standing I fl
i/iHiam*. Manager Cry?tal Ice and Power Co.. L |B0
Ea-CLicf of Police, writea: For the pa?t fire 0
g an attack of eryaipilia my foot as J ankle in- fl
ral month* at the eame time ercry year. Laat
jymptom* began to appear. I to a iome of your
entirely relieved. No return of the trouble eince.
Irigg*. Sec y if Tree*. Weetbrock* Elerator Co..
Bank of Danriilc. write* About ten year* ago
an to fa l. ... I couulted acvcral reecialcf
until abcut two yeara ago. wa* adviied notb- J
he done. . . . consented to take Milam diJ
Id hurt me. About tie week* noticed ir.proreu
been *teady ever tince. A . . Now read
itbt with ordinary flat*-s. . . . No trouble
my dutie* aa executive of a large corporation.
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