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A VICTIM OF GRIPPE. 8 a A S a 7 6 9 W i«h St., Los Angeles, Cal., President Roman's Benevolent Asa'n, writes: •'l autfered with la grippe for seven and nothing I could da or t*k% *lp*d aw until I tried Peruna. "I felt at once that I had at last the right medicine and I kept improving. Within three I was fully restored, and I am hat I gave that truly great rem- ytdy a trial. I will never be without •it- again." s. L-4? In a letter dated August 31, 1904. Mrs. Marsh says: "I have never yet a? hoard the efficacy of Peruna question ed. -We still use it. I traveled through Kentucky and Tennessee three years •8». where I found Peruna doing its good wortc. Much of it is being used here, also."—Henrietta A. S. Marsh, "'i- Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus 5"Ohlo. Druggist tor a Almanac tor 1905. Sharks and Mackerel. Sharks, have been commonly sup to be nothing but enemies to BUt Mr. Afialo, in a naturalists' maintains that they are very to fishermen. lackerel hear the shark jump ing about in the water they get horri bly alarmed and huddle togtehefr. This habit of-"shoaling" enables fishermen to catch enormous quantities' of them. If it were not for sharks they would not "shoal," and mackerel would be tar less plentiful.—London Mirror. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern inventors. .Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 and 912 Pioneer Press building, St. Paul, Minn.: Frank Dahlund, 'Esmond, N. D., door brace Andrew Larson and B. C. Dunbar, St. Paul, M^inn., floor scraper Carl and H. T. Nelson, Brooten, Minn., stove- Albert Ozlas, Minneapolis, Minn., balance scale Theodore Samp son^ Bue,: N. D.t wrench Gustave Sip polls, Minn., steam logging Maurice Wurts, St. Paul, Minn., drafting instrument.. How He Felt. Hungry Harry (as. he reaches the point of satiation)—I was starvin', lady, before I begun on this beautiful -.ThanksBlvin' meal. Mrs. Handoutte—And how do you w, poor man? Hungry Harry (equivocally)—I feei if I'd like ter be starvin' all over, lady.—Judge. •lit te Mothers. ereiy bottle ofC ASTORIA. tafeandaata nsm& for tnjiatts and cbiliiea, Hot Over 80 Yean. Ibe Kind Too Dm Ahraji Ooo|bt a1-' Punch. .MUns WAR Urea Peruna m&i- A Puzzle. "Here, take this rifle!" cried the ex showman. "The leopard has es If you find him shoot him on s-spot, sir?" gasped the tent boy.—Exchange TO OCBE A COLD IN OKI ,tlT« Bromo Quinine Tabl.M. AU 4ru the' uonqr It ft ftlti. to care, i, w, Atiure cm aachboi. 'Oc. A Delicate Surgical Operation. .: Piano—For.immediate disposal, pow erful-toned upright iron grand, re from a lady in dlfflculties.—Ad aent Glasgow Evening Jievytr— itbtu. aoftensttweaid, rip&.eaiH«MaMl8. SetkoiM. an keeps better the secrets of than his own a woman guards her own than those ofothers. Perfection in false tefth and imlta tioa typewriting is due more or less aperfect appearance thereof. Importing Canadian heat Is a fact. .orbnr caattatat.aal tkto mr wlllbtabeet maijUtlac n, Canada, or lou of Imml J" FBlla#, ClUtoM ortK In tnc galaxy of grocery-stove liars, "Hez" Davis easily occupied the soap box throne. He was a sort of living refutation of the claim that truth Is mighty- and will prevail. In fact, He zekfah Davis was a most marvelous and conscientious prevaricator. None believed him capable of telling the truth, hence no one expected him to spealt aught but falsehood—except on one occasion, and even then repent ance followed quickly.- So gracefully, tenaciously and pious ly did "Hez" Davis lie, that away back In the nebulous state of Time, he had been dubbed "Lying Deacon Davis." The "Deacon" portion of the appella tion was applied because of his strict attendance upon church services and the wonderful religious lies associated with his ecclesiastical wool-gatherings of a night, when Morpheus and Me phisto were playing him tricks- and fashioning for his imaginings strange visions, were little short of miracles as related to a news-famished commu nity next morning. Then, too, "Hez" occasionally acted as grave digger for the village dead this, and lying, being about as much as one able-bodied man in a quiet rural community could be expected to attend to well. But, after a time, as "Hen's" lying became more chronic, and his grave digging less pronounced, the "Deacon" joint In the cognomen of his name was dropped, and he approached the sun set of life with the short and undesir able- significance of "Lying Davis." As suc-li was he known on a bluster ing, winter nighf two- days before Christmas, 1902, as he shambled into the "Corner Grocery'.' and took bis ac customed placc among the members of the town "Strategy Board." The accustomed grin of quasi-ex pectancy, tinged with a curl of dis dain/tin which pity- and jealousy were strangely mingled, greeted his entry into the liars circle about the cavern.- W W ous stove that glowed and flushed, as if fretting and blushing for the out rageous falsehoods that- nightly held their rampant sway about its metal sides. As tie adjusted his coat tails care fully behind the soap box on. which he sat "Hez" surveyed the group crit ically. ..:"y ''Got a spade I kin borrer. to-morrow mornin', Bill," addressing Compton, the grocer. "I broke th* handle of mine ylstaday pryin' up a hoss-radish root.'' "Goto' .inter gardenin'?" inquired Alt FIskin, slyly nudging Hank Som erB. !alongside him on a sugar barrel. "ciin't be ye've had no revelations o' late,-'Hez,* Are ye goln* t' turn farmer fer a livin' and give up lyln'?" interjected Roger Craig, taking a lib- Like buoyant, birds that scorn the nest Aqd long to try frail, downy wings, The snow fell on the earth's- brown breast, The sbacklcd stream a captive sings,. Hoarse wlnd» are' shrieking with delight, ^hetr manlac message all forlorn— TW thousand years ago to-nlkht. Tbe Erlnce ot Peace our Lord was ,born! __ "'•WfSjfiiiV'"* i1--. Upon-the dusk, brow oF the night, splendid star, biased like a gom, Hope's harbinger,. whose eral bite off a slice of. black plug and smacking his lips. A suppressed titter rippled about the grocery, stove at the prods admln istered-in an evident effort to awaken the frequently dormant sense -of lying that, half-comatose, had its home within the graying head of "Lying Da vis." But "Hez," refusing to accept the challenge, merely shook his head sad ly. "This ain't no time to be tellln' lies, boys." Here, the town liar cast his eyes meekly toward the soft-pine floor and sighed. "Taint no time t' laugh an' be gay with one o' our best country residents dead o' heart disease!" He paused in solemirmien, his head low, his hands clasped between his knees.. Wary glances were exchanged be tween the strategists. None cared to make the sally. "Died an hour ago. Snuffed out like the candle in a draught. Fell dead upon the milk-house floor," resumed "Hez" sadly, softly, much affected. "Who's dead"?" blurted Andrew Shrader, aiming for a knot-hole in the floor with a kernel of corn and misa ing it. "Who's dead?" "Lying Davis" took a lQng, deep breath, and looking up suddenly, de manded: "What's th' matter with you fellers? Don't ye know that Hiram Squires is no more? It aint no subject fer jokln' er stringln' ye know he's dead as well as I do—and a mighty sad Christmas it'll be fer his poor wife and children, left with a big farm on their hands and none on 'em'able t' take keer of it." "You don't mean to say that Hiram Squires is dead, 'Hez'?" interrupted Horace Grant, editor of the Weekly Clarion, who had entered at this junc ture to get the copy for a Christmas "A Mighty fine marTwaaHlram Squire*."' (bcacon light Flushed tho bJoak plaln of Betblehcm. dray, hbarjr 'Sages strained their eyes,. And mar%*eled ati'lts .olfln glow, Our Savior's, fclrthmark ln the skies. The Llglit Ibat leads' u's here ~-lpelow/ The drifting snow whirled througfi the -air,-. And Bethiehem'B plain was cloaked In whlte.« The rabbit eblveicd In bis lair. Gray squirrels scampered in affright. And''shepherds walchcd -tlielr lambs- and shetp, vAr.d housed' them snugly In the folA: *ftfe from tjio fierce wolfs, averring leap. ?tlat .ycljte »ii4i m«'M cut In the £oid. 1- 4 2 K*4, jl, N advertisement of the "Comer Gro cery," "Died less'n an hour ago," replied the indomitable Davis, illy concealing the gratification he felt at being inter viewed by the intellectual head of the leading village paper. "Wan't feelin' well fer a day or two, although I 4o believe he was in town ylstaday—wan't he Compton?" turning questionlngly toward-the groeer who was busily engaged in tying up a 50 cent package ^bf light brown sugar tor a customer. "Hiram Squires? Yes, he was in early yesterday morning. Came to town with" a load of hogs. Stopped here on his Way back from the depot to buy a calico dress for Mandy. Must a bin mighty sudden." "So rheerd," acquiesced "Lying Da Housed from the blast. In' stable rude, His crib a mkhger—scurvy bed—5\': He boie It all with fortitude, Life? He had no place, to lay his head. Thrust from-, snug threshhold of the inn By pampered, menials sleek and warm. The King of Kings, sought cattle bin, ''To shield him from -the shrieking ''.-storm! Scant' welcome had he ef his. own, NO sumptuous palace greets his quest. He tames the thunder 'neath hfai^ throne, }lo. rules the North, the South, the 'West. fto ..wields the lightning's lance of Ore And hurla th3 bolt- 'thwart shaggy sea. He curbs the fierce volcanoes'. Ire.», And bids, red roses nurse the bee.i-.: Pure, stainless maid his Mother smiled, bxcast. he pntied. m§m vis," surrsptltlouslr reaehing for a sit vftr from the tail of a cod-flsh that pro truded from a near-by box, "He want feelin' overly scrumptious though fer a weeks I heerd his darker say so as I cum by, there jest now from spearln' up in Dry Run. Been complainln' of a pain In his appendix and had a cold sweat an' a bad dream t'other night that wan't partlcklarly gratlfyin' fer a man o' his calibre. T'day he was standin' by the milk-house churn, stoopin' over like, flxin' the crank er something—and all to onct he uttered -a faint groan and fell right where he stood! Pitched forrard in a heap and never knowed a thing! Gasped once arter his wife got there and that was all! A mighty fine man was Hiram Squires. Give money and vegetables t' th' poor and always allowed that all his stock could eat wan't wasted! "Boys," here Hez cleared his dry and rattly throat with an effort. it'll be our turn next!" Deep silence greeted the forecast. "What'd you say about that there spade, Horace?" resumed "Hez." "Kin 1 borrer it long enough t' dlg,a grave fer Hiram in th' mornin'? Funeral's day after termorrer from the house— 2 o'clock." Armed with the spade, "Lying Da vis" shuffled out of the grocery, fol lowed by the editor bent upon learn ing more of the details for his paper, already being "made up" by the fore man that an early start might be se cured for press day. The Weekly Clarion was in the post office by 10 next morning, and sincere was the mourning for Hiram Sqiures. The merchants, possessed of that hu man sympathy always uppermost in a rural community, laid aside their busi ness prejudices and decided to attend the funeral In a body. Despite the fact that the evening of the day of the funeral was Christmas Eve and many trinkets for the Christmas trees in the churches and homes were sclll unpur chased, they set out dutifully toward the home of the deceased, six miles west on. the Pike road. There were something more than a dozen vehicles in all and the procession was a solemn one. As they rode along through the crunching snow, facing a biting De cember wind, they spoke softly of the virtues- of Hiram Squires. Even his 8pent Christmas With John Doe. A story written by Dickens while he was editor of All the Year Round is comparatively unknown. It is call ed "Christmas in the Company of John Doe." He says: "It was Christmas eve, and I—my name is.Pru^per—wad taking my walk abroad. I walked through the crowd ed Strand, elate, hilarious, benignant, for the feast was prepared and the guests were bidden. Such a turkey I h&d ordered! Not the prize one with the ribbons—I mistrusted that— but a plump, tender,' white'breasted bird—a king of turkeys. It was to be vbroiled with oyster, sauce, and the Ball ad of B»thlehem and th* Divine Bab«= "Gol durn yer blankety blank picture!" CAROL She soothed and cherished and beguiled The Dove Dlvfnc who dared the storm Soft mother love gleamed In her eyes As she hugged the prattler to her breast She saw no Calvary's sacrifice— No crown of thorns, to scourge his rest! And wise men journeyed from afar, To View.'the wondrous Babe dlvlne, Le(! by the splendid, sparkling star— The hope of our erring wayward line. And hoary age knelt to the ChjDd— Sole rSfuge of our guilty race, The Heavenly Hostage blithely smiled AAnd brought the world celestial grace. Hope'of the world, the .sages cried— The Babe of which .the prophets told, Tou erushed the haughty serpent's pride And brought the lamb within" the fold. pagans sang your praise. boys the ground and Grocer Compton had thrown the robes over the dash-board to liberate bis legs, when there arose from behind the barn a series of blar ing yells: "Hi there! Gol durn yer blankety blank picture, git Inside that pen, will ye? Whoop! Here, you gol darn ig noramus, what th' great horn spoons be ve a doin' there? Spot! Here, one gross fault, .an habitual use ol' OLD OAMC OP TIT FOR TAT. qualifying adjectives, frequently slg nifleant of blasphemy, was forgotten. Tourist Gave Bad Money to Conductor He was a good man and God rest him! Who Wouldn't Stop. This was the sentiment of brotherly The conductor was talking to tie expression voiced by those who had motorman, both looking ahead, as the known him best. car bowled merrily on. A woman Nearer and nearer they drew to tho standing in the rear seats motioned in snug farm residence where grief, like vain for a stop. Nlobe, all tears, was domiciled, and "lley," shouted a man In golf clotlics where the Black Camel of Death knell and a tourist's cap, "this lady wants to at the gate in mute distress! get off." Meanwhile Boroas and Jack Fros Another twist of the lever und the were ripping and biting at the noses car ran with greater speed. and the toes of the mourners as they "Oh, dear, dear!" erclalmcd the urged the horses on over the last mile woman. of the wind-swept way. Slowly they This remark was not especially ft il lumed In at the side road thai lnd tu dressed the man in the tourist's enp, the farm home, Kdltor Grant and fam- but he thought II was. .lumping fioni ily in the lead. One by one they reined his seat he grabbed the lfailier cord their horses into the farmyard and nearest him and yanked It viciously stopped. live times. Spot, sic 'em! Take 'em! HI! Hi! Sooey!" Suddenly there burst Into view from around the barn a contrary hog, dashing at full speed for the open, followed by a Scotch collie dog— and—yes it' was!—it was—Hiram Squires himself! His face was red with exertion ana rage, one mitten was gone and he breathed hard as he swung into full pursuit behind the barking dog! Then, his eye caught the group ot open-mouthed spectators, the sleighs and the steaming horses! "Wal, by hlck'ry," he shouted, catch ing at bis breath, "what be all you fellers doln' here?" There was a deep and eloqudht si lence for a brief interim, during which Editor Horace Grant looked sheepishly into the eyes of Grocer Compton. Grocer Compton shifted bis gaze to ward the pure, white snow and kept his peace. "I reckon we'd best go back t' town and ask 'Lying Davis,'" said Henry Somers, clambering into his vehicle. "Gidap!" rest of the dinner was to consist of that noble sirloin of roast beef and that Immortal cod's bead and shoul ders! I had bought the materials for the pudding, too, some half-hour pre viously the plums and the currants, the citron and the allspice, the flour and the eggs. I was happy." But just then a minion of the law laid hjs hand„on Prupper's shoulder and hustled him off to the jail be cause he had, in the excitement of getting his Christmas materials to gether, forgotten to obey a summons to attend at court. Thus ho spent his Christmas in the company of John Doe. Doomed like a thief to die in pain. On Calvary's cross to end your days! Crucified-on Golgotha's plain. And shepherds sought the Savior's shrine, Gaunt pilgrims journeyed from afar. To gaze upon the Babe Divlno As sailors hall the Evening star. A stable was their dwelling place. Where oxen shivered In the cold. And yet the wise men sought bis grace. Which poets sung and prophets told. They prayed to Him In foreign tongue. Incense they brought Him rich and rare Jewels and gold, and yet He clung The closer to His mother's-care. Her arms then circumscribed his reign And guided well.bis baby stride. Safely they shielded Him from pain To slumber lulled Him by her side. Their crystal challenge to the sky Keen Christmas bells are flinging' gay. Their mellow murmurs, pealing high,' Proclaim their blithesome roundelay. What matter. If our purse be light So ore our hearts that-bear no scorj Two thousand years ago to-night. Tho Prince ot The editor was preparing to leap to' "Who did that?" asked the conduc tor, savagely. "I did," yelled the man. "I'll Pencil you to rnn past, three streets without paying attention to your passengers." "And I'll teach you to ring up fares without paying me," retorted the con ductor. "That bit of exercise will cost you 25 cents." "Take It," scornfully remarked the man In the tourist's cap. handing over a coin. The conductor gave him a quarter In change and did not discover until ho cashed in at the end of the run that, he had been taking bad monej.—New York Press. Sport. 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