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Show Wallace Drug Co, PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Drugs, Toilet Articles, Perfumes Protect yourself against a cold by purchasing a chest protector before too late 224.Q Washington Ave. Bell Phone 2QO-Z; Ind. Phone 349 Girls Look Here! The latest styles in Spring Millinery arriving daily. Call and see us Leading Millinery Co. Washington Avenue THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER; but ours has just begun, so come in and see the new clothes and big bargains we have to offer you. We sell everything Z.= C.= M.= I. Hair Ornaments SHOULD be selected with care; the color of the material should harmonize with that of the hair. If the piece is mounted with gems, they too should be of a color which will not be out of harmony Perhaps it is because we have combs from the best French makers that our assortment is large. The French are the best comb makers in the world. Combs are easily imitated; inferior materials are not detected by casual examination; indeed the expert is sometimes fooled. We overcome the risk in buying from those who are tried and true on whose word we can rely. The lady at the Glove Counter will gladly show you the newest styles and shades of combs prices 15c to $5.00 Wright's Vol. 3 No. 3 FEBRUARY 1906 The ACORN The Story the Valentine Told A rustling, crumping sound was heard, the valentine dropped into the waste basket, and the sound of pattering feet died away. The valentine gave a sigh of relief as it nestled among the papers. Started by hearing a voice beside it, it turned and saw a crumpled envelope. "My dear friend," it cried joyfully, "much different this is from the flax field." "Yes," groaned the envelope, "much different, look at my sides. There were no holes in them then, nor any wrinkles in your back, nor tears across your face." "Nor any black marks under my collars," replied the Valentine." "It were much better to have died flax than to have passed through all this," grumbled the envelope. "A very hard life of it I've had. After we parted I was made into an envelope, as you now,see. With a streak of mucilage dobbed over my mouth, I Was put with many others into a large box and taken in something which went spinning along. I was nearly scared out of my senses by a great noise and I heard someone say, 'The train's come. Help me unload this wagon.' We were hurried out of the wagon and felt ourselves sliding along; Some one called, 'All aboard,' a bell began to ring; the great noice was heard again; and the train moved away. "After a long time, during which the train stopped and started so many times that we began to think we should never end our journey, some one called out, 'Weston.' The train slowed up and stopped. We were again hoisted into a wagon, and hauled clattering over the road. We were loaded out into a large place. Here we stayed for a whole, week, so I heard a man say." "One day a man came in and we heard him say, 'Oh. fiddle with Bankter. He uses more envelopes in one day than I would |