Wife: “Funny about those strawberries I bought. They look red, but they are hard and sour.” Hub.: I 1 My dear, the redness of early strawberries does not indicate ripeness; they are merely blushing at the juice that is charged for them,” “ That youngest boy of yours does not seem to do yen credit, TTnrio - JTose, 11 remarked the minister to one of his negro pansiiioners. "-No, salj; no, sail,” replied the old man, sorrowfully. “He is the wurstess chile 1 ever bad. He is mighty bad. Fact, he's do white sheep of de fam’ly, sab.” The antique dealer gazed with disapproval at the shrewish wife of his more prosperous competitor. “ There she goes,” he said. ” The dearest lot he overbought.” Great hearts alone arc meant for great emprise; Great souls, like stars, to great occasions rise. Survival still is part of Nature’s plan, The hour of crisis brings the needed man. When tearful mothers o’er their babes despond , Fearing the pang that snaps life's earthly bond, For croup they find relief and comfort sure In Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,—[Advt,]
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Evening Star, Issue 18336, 25 July 1923, Page 1
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180Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 18336, 25 July 1923, Page 1
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