Judge — October 17, 1908 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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PERFECTLY GOOD FLIES. om said the quiet », who had been lis- conversa: as such a one as a group of human beings will ometimes get into and no one seems to know how to stop—-that had covered pretty nearly every inable iniquity of the apparently about to again, “flies are telligent.”” The others stared at him, Intelligence had not been gener- to the creature ‘a ally attribu under discussion. “When they act together,” added the quiet man, as if mak- ing an explanation, ‘THE WRONG CARD. “Tean‘t say that I ever saw “ Weight 207 lbs. them act together,’ said his Yow are a great favorite among the ladies.” neighbor doubtfully. “ When Iwas a young man,"* continued the other, ‘* half a dozen of us built a little camp house in the woods. Screens weren't as common as they are nowadays, and our house was very badly protected. We had flies.”” “The best kind of screen" began a man who had already advanced his opinion on this phase of the subject. But the others paid no attention, They were interested in the story of the camp house. “As L was saying,"? continued the narrator, we had flies—big flies and little. They came in families, and then the family would settle down and send alittle boy fly off as fast ax he could go to call all the relations, It was the annu: The fly family,” ted in statistics, embraces thirty thousand variet T TIME, exclaimed the pious visitor to Convict No. 164, ‘that you see the error of your way “You bet I do!” was the ready response; ‘‘and ve got a new system all framed up. “T do not ALLEN 'S doubt id cee" For Gampaign Marching Clubs, “1 suppose pl How often alter marching or walking you hear Ay paper capresion: "My feet feel damp and. sore.” in't been ins ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, a powder to be vented, as well shaken into the shoes, relieves Sweating Feet, absorbs moisture, prevents friction and. allows the feet to move more freely in the shoes, thus keeping n- them easy and comfortable. It is always in de- other listener. ™ feat Leather Shoes, for Dancing He evidently | Patties and for breaking in New Shoes. e evidently | “You can march twice as far and you won't get Of ‘tired if you shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- . Its a certain preventive and cure for Tired, Aching, Chafed or Sore Feet, and for every irritation or in- fiammation of the feet. creens,”” ark treating a ous matter too light a Sept a0, Int Dear $ FOOT-EASE we find the: sed when ‘Drill sed fecornmced ‘We will send for Each Member of Marching Clubs mh if you will give us the address of the er,** fortunate- Captain oe Secrcary. "Sold, evry ly had been in- where, 25c.. of by mail. Address ited. Th [Teagan FREE Samples vented. That) geeAuem? ALLEN S. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N. Y. is what I am coming to when I speak E Ss T Oo of concerted action and a CIGARETTES high order of | “NESTOR” “IMPORTED” “ROYAL NESTOR ~ Tur Tabet intelligenc To make a long | THE Original Brand of Over 30 Years story short, spirit. paper, "replied the story-tell-) {34 eta purchased several thousand shi I should sh of the stuff, and put it round in different places. It attracted the flies immensely, In fact, they liked it so well that when one sheet was full, two or three flies t together and pry a fly off and then fight for It seemed foolish of them, but the way we argued it out was that the fl t the flies t ves and ¢ would 4 his place. on the paper we served summary tre mers found themselves considered th ing pigs of the Of course, when the new icking, it was a different matter. The audience gasped, but made no remarks. Ti night in camp I shall never forget,"* went on the story-teller, with a touch of reminiscent melancholy. “It was a warm night with a full moon, and, as I was more imaginative and nervous than the other fellows, the buzzing of the flies kept me awake. There was one paper of them on the table, not far from my bunk, and I got to watching it. Well, about midnight, all at once those flies stopped buzzing and seemed to be trying to lift the paper by all moving their wings together. They tried two or three times, and then, by gracious! up the paper flew and out through the door like one of these modern aeroplanes.” “That's all very pretty," remarked one of the lis- teners; ‘ but they were still stuck to the paper.” * replied the narrator ; “* but they flew to the nearest pond and soaked themselves off. EXPERIENCED. MOTHER of a seven-year-old lad, who was daily pecting a visit from the stork, found the little fellow's conduct so trying that his father was culled upon to interfere. “Bobby,” said papa, ‘mamma is quite ill, and we are afraid that if you are not a better boy and mind your mother, it will bring on ac Now, my son, perhaps you do not know what a crisis is?”” “Oh, yes, I do, papa," cried Bobby blithely; ‘it's either a boy or a girl.” JS GENERAL it isa bad thing to lose one’s reputa- tion, and yet there are men in this world who find that the chief obstacle in the way of their progress is that their reputation sticks and refuses to be lost. comicbooks.com