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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