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Show Swindled the Czar. Early In his reign, a Russian czar caught a bad head cold, and asked a humble subject how this annoying ailment ail-ment could be cured. The advico given giv-en was that the imperial nose should be anointed at night with tallow from a common candlo. Years rolled on, and ono day, by a mere accident, tho czar had the chance of looking through a book of household expendl tures, and was amazed to find ho had been charged for a pound of tallow candles every night since. |