to heart failure was familiar
with these facts at the time.

"Another famous statesman, who was as bald as he was absent-minded,
once mailed a testimonial to the manufacturer of Blank's Hair
Restorer, enclosing a photograph of himself. In their next
advertisement they made two cuts from the picture, painting a
profusion of wavy hair upon one, and ran them over a reproduction of
his letter, labeled, 'Before and after using.' When the old gentleman
saw it he was so pleased with his appearance in the latter cut that he
straightforth bought a wig and ever afterwards kept up the delusion.

"Then there's the man who is cured by X-Y-Z Cough Cure, or Blither's
Sarsaparilla. He may not be known to half a hundred people before
he tries this wonderful stimulant; but after he takes half a dozen
bottles and is 'snatched from the jaws of death,' his name and
features become familiar to several millions of people. I know a
carpenter in a northern county who resorted to this method and was
so well advertised that, when the national representative for that
district died, B---- was nominated for Congress and elected by a big
majority.

"There is a saying that 'some men are born great; some achieve
greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.' I don't know who
made this statement, or why it was made, but it's dollars to doughnuts
that the fellow who did was saved from an untimely grave by the
curative powers of Bunker Hill Stomach Bitters and rose from obscurity
to high position as a result."

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[Illustration: "They usually read * * * Dante's Inferno and think how
sweet it is to suffer."]

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AMBITIONS AND THINGS.

"Ambition is a good thing," said the Observer, deftly flicking the ash
from his cigar. "It provides one with a certain amount of incentive
which may prove useful in developing latent resources, but it ought to
be carried about in a glass case and labeled, 'Handle with care.'

"Caesar had an ambition, but he overworked it with disastrous effect.
Napoleon got good results from his for a while, but it finally gave
out on him, and William Jennings Bryan, the latest prominent victim
of ambition is in such a bad way that he has to ride on tourist
cars, like 'common people.' This may be due to a beautiful spirit of
consistency on his part, as editor of the 'Commoner,' but it is not in
line with his ambition. All of which goes to s