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WI LII seli 40 aeFas of i.and.-part of the '.Mes-
i senger" Tract .sn the City If ke.s4ug near tire
Toll gate and adjoining +. W. kilboufnss lst Ad-
difi0n Main siiest and the piAaktsad both rna
through tAis TRAIT. LpNARD KILDUIEAE
inchl1I AZ das Light Co.'S uiiea.
IlIfFoSfs hatugaI H,stery uf Msn, lbs diaha'
L , aaa Vt Qaadrapaais, With additions irpta Iu-
siar, hAct tpsds, anI ether prominent natnralisls
fur tala hy ouDis, BROW LI.L 100.
atfsh
WiLlDM aaif&asy aatssss, apiundld ss.ert.
w most last Isestssaky
aptiid II. IL. ABBOTT AGO.
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Al No. - viii always l., found a good stock and
tho newest stylgs and my friends ard dealers in
my line, i viii oi!gr gIeat Inducements. On hand
ahj FOR sale the Target and best assort /
oI sprIas AID saAauE gauda uaorsd in this city
No 50 Main.st hcVk u, Iowa.
meaisIu NJ. II. RUNNER.
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REAL TATE AGENT
NOTARY PvELTC.
Homes ana Lots fer Sale CHEAP,
Asp ON q sob TEENS.
fARMsIN The skiG flhaRH0UD OF kROkUk
PJa SAL. on nEAsoss FERNS.
ALL NOTARY BUSINESS
ArTEsDEp wITa pEsPArcu
F0~ohce M. Isl Main street between 9Th and
7th streets, in Wood 8 strblen. Drug Store, (for.
meriy ). .Hcimstreet.)
dectI
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:. rssAsfokD, b. D. JOHN " BOND, NJ u
NOTICE.
hhs. SANFORD BOND have this day formed
- GO pArtnenhf in the practice Of Medicine and
.ufgery and ttadtr their seryiess TO the eiIsns of
httkuk and the soroand ding couAtry.
psioe On Aaln-st., opposite the Lae!ede House,
Dee. y, 1896.
Dr. SANFORD tax - this otcssion TO expref. his
graotsde TO The eitxtnp ~ this city, Iowa NILSSON
y and Illinois for their iibersf patronage hereto
Tore exssnds4 10 b nj, snd 70 cordially recommend
hts associate, Dr. BosD, to themn Al eases reauir
ins the services Of Physician or surgeon,
w. \. COT a RAN ~. d.
hffEkN has services TO the citizens of ksokuk
~ asd vicinity In the Practice Of Aedisins, Sur
gerry and Obststricka.
ociee, for the present with DR.. Geo Il Parker
opp2site the LAcisde House
Asfers TO J y. Sanford n. b.
Geo. b. PArksrM u.
j p. Martin NJ. b.
-. q. DEWEY, N. d.,
Phystcia and surgeon.
Once in poatoroe kuilding, "a story, Johnron.st.
my5d kEpkTk IOWA.
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pExNsYLvASiA RAILROAD.
sE y ess y No o.

III Z NfeAt LchIthI NsatN VshhtttAhk EHt AIIAn
i i,c eit.os .sa WeAteru, ,.sor;hWestetn aud south
western states, by a cDa-auous Railway direct.
This road also eonRccts Of fttsburg wi b ia ly line
VI steamers 10 all ports 40 WcstoFn Rivers, and
at Cleveland and Ssndnky With Steamers 70 all
ports On ,he Nor hwestara Lakes; making The most
direct choapsst aud reliable route by which Freight
eau be forwarded 70 and fro he Great West.
RATES gErwgeS PHILA 5KarHIA AND rIrrsnuRe.
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a GAED.
| HAVE this day sold 20 u. n. Runner my entire
L stock Of Hat. Gaps. Millinery Goods, etc., and
reeonmcnd BAN " the pubic OK per.enced In nd
al the business and worthy oi their patronage.
March II 1897. j. l. HUMPHREY
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HATCH THOMPSON,
DAhIittBAk X attention paid to olections, and
i rsmittanos made nj earren rates.
All buslacss sppertsislpg 70 Bsaking promptly
sttsnded to.
Exchange on EnglAnd, Ireland. and the Conti-
nent. b. w. BAILEY Cashier.
REfEREscks:
}. N. Morrison, Cashier Manhattan Co., N. Y;
thas u. fDote, cash'r Cvmmereial Bank, Gin;
kinney. EsIy To-, Cincinnati;
Z. III. BaiIsn,cash' r Bank Kentucky ,Louisyille;
= turtis d Warren,
Northsrn Bsnkof kentu ~ sxington;
Iayivr, Shelby d Co.,
Farmers Bank Of Kentucky, frankfort
lemmerciSi BaIk Of kentucky, .'
Darby a bark sdaie, ct. Louis;
pittman Bro nor,
H. L. IlE kman A TO-, Chicsro;
Mitchell A Iabu Eock lsland ftayl "A
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mchlad sAM.L O. BRIDGES.
New watch, Clock. silver ware ana
JEWELKy STORE.

vNHf andersigned. late from one of the hrst
l class establishments In Bss,en, Mass, tahss
pleasure IN infotmlnsthe citizens II he0k sk AAd
vicinity that he has taken the sleek and stand sl u
Main-st., bet. Ind and 81, and intends to keep
Grst class store, with choice and we'll select
ea stock Of Watches, Silver Ware, Jewelry and
Fancy floods, which be offers for sale At reasonable
prices. The public invited 10 call and nins
the goods, SAM l. u. HElIGEs.
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SAMuELG. BRIDGES, No. 81 Main st, hsffo
Dale Asheraft's celebrated steapl- Gaages, 10
Steamboats,, Locomotives, aud Stationary In
10 Is the most perfect Gnage, and extensivs1y
used IN The kast and Canadas, than any other
gnage, Engineers and others are invited to call
and examine. as1
am sssO preparedto furnish steam whistles
OF all szes. on short notice.
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I'HE public will al~ays Cad . good sssertnsat
J. of Clocks at 81 Msin-st,, sad .. th. heat maA-
utscsnre, which Will consss II thirty day, thirty
nour and eight Try; for bank gallery, hal, oGes,
low and warranted, by
mchIzi SAINT, q; RVrD0Rs
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nRDERs taken for hair work Of every dsserip-
~ tion. Having hsd experience for the past ave
years an this line, des gning patti ac dstter
myself that can please those Who may favor me
with call Pertens can rely en- hBvirg the hai
used IN the article ordered, on returned TO themI
deficient. Work onntod TO order, any styie de-
SIRED The psbiie are invited to call and examine
patterns at bI MAln-st.
mehlsi SAMI,G BRInGgS
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EAtnAAAsE AND BANKING HOIsE.
Gcorge q. Anderson.
Thr3 Street bet. Main and Joanson, kcokuk, Iowa.
NI1LL byy Eastern and Southsrn Exch ange at
w best rsfes.
ES-stnrtAttentiop given 70 col Ice tons and pro-
eceds tamttsd at curnt rates of oxehan ge free of
charge.
49, Usual banking facilities granted to ou,.
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q. a. -. ,.
X Eokbk Lodge 30. IL, L. O,o.f., sw
1Amests every Monday night at s .xEKNk
O'Clock, ~ Old Eeilo~f' Hall, corner Ts[Sr;N
Fourth and Main streets
PsehsehetucE Lodge, No. ~, ]. O. O. r. meets ev-
sry Friday night al O'Clock 81 Odd felows all.
Pueheehstuek kneampmeut No Z, msets on the
sfst and third Thursdays ei erery month at .
seioek p. n, At odd Fellows Hall.
All brethren IN good standinS ipyited ~ attend.
nys11y ISL IL II ii Il - y n
J.. ~. OF s II.
RANSER Lcdgt Nc. 20, l. O. VI q. I. meets -
- every Friday Evening, al Temper rsnce va
HAL, ON Man Ats.st, 81 u O'clock. AA~D
meinbsrs ~ the order IN good standing, ars( 81
invited to attend.
mY2o-diy
MAINIIAN Lodge, ae.s9, 4. a.. TT.
Msv s,sry Tuesday evening Al TEs"xsAEcs
HALL, on Main stTsst, between sth ard 9Th Mem
bsrs in EcQd standing are iAyltea 10 attend. 8
! - w. BbHur, ". CT.
I WI. ncssroRp, VS.. dee6m.
/ wkea.s ~ n. H1Ak T., s.ssr e osaK
! A RCHlTkCT. ufnee In hilbourne's Diask On
IA Main-st., bet 81 and I'D, keok uk, Iowa
fs12sd
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J. II HNONhON, M. ID.
lFfitEiu Burrows Block, Nain-sl. Inquire
-. at Tue CITY Dfug store Of James Reynolds.
Aeier to ID. w. kiibUurno and Dr. J. y. Sanford.
aUAisi r.reHae
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II. r. INhILR,
A IfoksEf.Ai LAs, viii Practice IN Lee and th
II ,glEA; esaIsass, AMI In the Ssfs sns 0SussA
OIies With Rankin Miller.
hat1r. s, dss.s susas ic, Chi "a sssbaa 0s.. Col
San H. yt4tts. 5uf as tat gen, Cox d bAsiNy,
aal f.stsIr n AAp lord. s8 lauGD sall I.
JAaEs W. FINLEY, w o. fpsKgousEE
FINLEY FUNK ~ OUsER,
t)R3pplE.s uonuiiss lon and Ferwsrding Nsss,
chsuts, corner Of stats and Issth Mater street,
chicago, ui. fehl2du
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23

n Medical OAce-To the AGicted-In this age of pro-
progress when science almost miraculous everything in
place looked upon not worth notice In view
Of this fact Dr. Young (corner OF Montgomery ana oa
forna Streets stairs has concluded to leave the beat
en- track hitherto pursued by most scientific physicians
(hat of waiting for the public to find aone and pub
lish the world much may be, his knowledge Oh
the healing art to let those in need OF assistance know
where they can find relief without being imposed upon
In continuation of this subject DIR. Young would say
that for the past ten he has pursued the practice Of
medicine in of the largest cities in the United States
with the highest success and that his standing as ply
scian without reproach having at one time been lee
turer at the University of Pennsylvania venrea diseases
Upon these considerations DIR. Young has confidence in
introducing himself to the public knowing that they VIII
sustain well earned merit.
The following a few Of the many testimonials which
have appeared in the public journals within the last few
years:
TFrom the Boston Medical Journal
Although opposed to the system Of advertising,
for good and sufficient reasons still deem 1t but justice
to that Dr. Young is Of the most industrious and
ndefatguabe votaes Of medical science in the United
States.
TFrom Professor Jackson
The subscriber is personally acquainted with DR. Young,
and has much of his practice and bear testimony
to his merits a practitioner.
[From the New York Herald.
The emnence of this distinguished gentleman in his pro-
ession and the very extended opportunities POSSESSED by
him for the observation of veneea disease makes services
invaluable to those afflicted with the above complaints
[From the Wing and Advertiserl
An afflicted with pr vate complaints should possible,
consult Dr. Young whose medical education is not sur
passed by any Physician in the Country. In his skill hon
or and integrity all may rely with safety while most o
the medical practitioners in this city without honesty
respectaby, their pretenson being grounded in gno
rauce and assumption.
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23

REFLECTIONS ON METHUsEIAH.-How many
men are there who have ever taken into their
minds the full meaning of those nine hundred
and sixty and nine years which measure the
life of the ''oldest inhabitant?" Figures OF
arithmetic are empty symbels-we measure
them by deeds One summers life in busy,
fruitful lands seems longer to mans heart than
centuries at the frozen pole. Yet, though his
tory records nothing of the labor of Methuselah,
we know that his hours did mot "slumber nor
sleep" They were the same wingless messen-
gers that outran cashless debtors and cut short
lovers dreams. They we're the same swift
sleeping elves, 0 faded beauty whose forked
teeth trod thy dimples into wrinkles. The time
that waited so long on Mcthusclah was the same
stridng skeleton that swings q pitless scythe
in the pages of New England primer. His
fields were moved less frequently than now,
but they yielded heavier crops. "For there
were giants ia those days. We have the age
of Methuselah only by the sun dial. Let us take
the coil of life, the nine hundred and sixty and
nine years of bis pilgrimage, and roll it out
from this present over past which history has
lighted. 1t stretches back beyond the landing
of the pilgrims beyond the brightness of the
ages; back beyond the new birth Of a continent;
beyond Agincourt, and Cressy, and Hastings,
and over the graves of twenty-five generations,
to the very childhood of the English people.
William the Conqueror, If be should rise at this
day to confoHnd the ambitious names which
claim to have "come over" with him. would be
younger, by one hundred years. than Methu-
selah was when he diedl
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23

i female is in trouble afflicted with disease and re-
qures medical surgical aid the inquiry should be where
is there physician who is fully competent to administer
relief whose knowledge of the female system perfect
and who thoroughly understands the application of mcd
cine to disease and whose scientific aainments SURGE
ry have made him pre-emnent in his profession, and
whose respectable standing in society recommends him
to the confidence of the community Unless these and
many questions be satisfactorily answered. the
afflicted should pause before consulting any Consid-
erng these things in their true light the celebrated j. c.
YOUNG corner Of Montgomery and California streets has
concluded TO advertise his place Of business to the public
stating that he has been professor of obstetrics and fe
male diseases for the last fourteen years and is fully quail
ed to administer in all diseases both medically and
gcally not in superficial manner but in thorough
manner years of study and pracce-both in hospitals
and private families, make therefore, families can
rely upon him father All in afction find in him
one who sympathize with and berend them in troub
le one in whose secrecy the utmost confidence be
placed Come all that afflicted and in trouble and
you will be relieved cured. Apartments privately ar
arranged to preclude the possibility of exposure.
N. B-All letters incoSing $40 will receive prompt at
tention, and the best advice and instruction
j. C. YOUNG, NJ. ID.
Corner of Montgomery and California streets, up stairs
opposite Wells, Fargo, 4 Co.'S Express Office.
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23
READ A n D REFLECT.

nR CHARLES II. T0ZER'S CARD to the afflicted OF Cali
~ fornia In approaching any new course of systemat
c inquiry there certain points concerning which the
qurer should always be careful to satisfy himelf He
should comprehend distinctly what the subject Of inquiry
s-Health and Diseases.
five can form and fix in minds clear conception
of the state of Health shall have no difficulty in under
standing what was meant by Disease But beyond though
body have another and still nober end. II is to lay
before you in such plain terms that you cannot be msta
ken and will know where to apply for relief
use the word disease generally and before speak of
the signs Of particular Diseases 1t will be proper to take
general view Of symptoms. When person is troubled
afflicted with disease which weakness of the back
and limbs pain in the head dmness Of sight loss of
cular power paptation of the heart rrtabity
ness dyspepsia arrangement of the digestive functions
general debility symptoms Of consumption and many 9th
which better explained than put paper and
aure Medical Surgical attendance II would be well for
them 10 inquire there Is physician who is competent
to attend them and who understands the application Of
medicine and whose Scientific Aainments in his profess
ion and whose age and experience entitle him to your
confidence Considering these things, Dr. Chas H. Tozer
has concluded to inform you that afflicted advertising
his place of business stating that he has been successful
practitioner for over twenty-five years, and has
Attended and Cured Hundreds,
when they have been considered by other physicians and
have been pronounced by them past recovery Therefore
you may rely upon him as one in whom secresy and the
utmost confidence can be placed.
DIR. c. II. T. would invite all that afflicted to call
him and he does not administer for them there will be
charge made Let false decacy prevent you but ap-
ply Immediately, aud yourself from the dreadful
sequences which must follow those who neglect to receive
attendance.
Dr. c. H. Tozer's Office is 9th street. near the Belvi
dere Hotel between and streets. His are
ranged that the Doctor be consulted without the fear
Of molestaton
RTJ- Office hours from in the morning until in the
evening. c. II. T0ZER, NJ. d.
lily 9Th ST., between ] and X Sacramento.
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23
STILL FURTHER TESTIMONY.
WEsr KILIINcLEy. Conn. June 4

WEST kILLINGLEY, Conn.,, June 18th, 1857.
Messrs. A. b. & ID. SANDS Gentemen,-The following
case came under my observation in which your Sarsapa-
ra effected the cure of Of Chronic Rheuma.
tisn The patient Mr. Joseph X. Green has been afflicted
attended with fever and nnt on an acnte form in ~
days He used various remedies under the advice of his
physician which produced but partial roef and in reply
to his inquiry, if something could not be done to effect
permanent cure advised him to use your Sarsaparia
lie accordingly commenced its and the effect so
lively free from pain He continued it. and before he had
taken twelve bottles he entirely free from the disease
and has remained since being able to pursue his bus
ness and is representative for the of Brooklyn
in our Legislature. Very respectfully yours,
WM. A. BREWSTER, MD.
Prepared and sold by A. II. & ID. SANDS, Whole.
sale Druggists 100 Fuonstreet corner of William New
York.
For sale by DEWITT, KTTTLE h Co., H. JOHN.
SON h Co. and REDINGTON & Co, San Francisco
RICE " COFFIN, Marysville; R. H. MCDONALD &
Co, Sacramento; and by Druggists generally.
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23

FRAn MoRrALITY.-The tomb Of ex-Presldent
Madison, who was inferred in 1886, has lately
been opened for the purpose of erecting mon
ument. A newspaper correspondent says;
ain digging for suitable foundation, it be.
came necessary to go below the coffin, which
was consequently exposed to view. The boards
placed above the coffin had fallen in upon it,
and every thing appeared to be as when the
coffin was deposited there, except that the coffin
lid was slightly out Of place, allowing partial
view Of the interior. AS there were no fasten-
ings to prevent, the part Of the lid covering the
superior portion of the body, was raised, and
the several gentlemen present looked in upon
the remains Of the great Virginian. The oofin
itself, of black walnut, was in perfect preserva-
tion, and the interior was nearly filed with a
species of moss, which adhered pertinaoiously
to the wood.
Beneath this, and partially hidden by it,
were few Of the larger and harder bones. The
lower jaw had fallen away, the bones of the
breast and the ribs were gone, and the only
parts of the skeleton which remained, were the
skull and portions of the cheek bones, the vsr-
tebre of the neck, the spine and the large bones
Of the arm. All else of the upper part of the
body had returned to the dust from whence it
vas taken, and in a few years more every trace
# the body will disappear until the trumpet
Il the resurrection shall re-unite the scattered
articles. The body had been inferred just
wenty-one years GeF
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23
Important to Miners, Travellers, &c.

TNhere is malady Of deeper Importance either in a
medical or moral point of view to which the human
family liable than that arising from impure con-
nectionS.
As n medical man IT is the duty of every physician to
look at disease it affects health and life and his sole OBJ
ject should be to mitigate far a lies in his power, the
bodily suffering. Human nature at best but tTal all
are liable to misfortune.
OF all the ills that affect man. more terrible
than those of private nature Dreadful is in the
person who contracts it, ghtfu Its ravages upon
his constitution, ending frequently in destruction and
loathsome grave it becomes of still greater importance
when it is transmitted to to innocent offspring Such be-
ing the how becomes that every one hay
ing the least to fear that every having the least
to fear that they have contracted the disease
should attend TO IL at by consulting physician
whose respectabty and education enables him to warrant
a safe speedy, and permanent In accordance with
this necessity DR. YOUNG feels called upon that
BY long study and extensive practice he has become
feet master OF all these diseases which under the de-
nomination of venerea and having paid attention TO
that branch than other physican in the United
States, he feels himself better qualified to treat them
Syphilis in all its FORMS such Ulcers Swelling in the
Grons Ulcers in the Throat Secondary Syphilis Cutane
Erupons Clceratons Tetuary syphilis, Syphilis in
Children Mercurial Syphilc Affections GonOrhea Geet
Structures False Passages inflammation Of the Bladder and
Prostrate Glands Excavations, Tumo Postules &C.
familiar to him the most common things of daily OBJ
servaton.
The Doctor effects in recent in few days
and finds difficulty in curing those of long duration
without submitting the patient to such treatment will
draw upon him the slightest suspicion, or oblige him TO
neglect his business whether within doors Without
The diet need not be changed except of
nama tion. There in California patients (amountng to
two thousand in the past year, that could furnish
proof of this but these matters that require the incest
secrecy which he always preserves.
All letters enclosing $40 will be promtly attended to-.
Office hours from A. NJ, to P. NJ, Address
j. C. YOUNG, NJ. u.
Express Building.
Corner Of Montgomery and California sts., Wells
Fargo & Co.'S Express department.
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23

REMARKABLE CAsE-INsANITY OF A JUROR
At the trial, last week, Of A. J. UT for murder
in Christian county, an incident occurred which
we presume has no parallel in legal practice
The prisoner was acquitted, but it seems that
one Of the jurors during the trial was so i'm
pressed or affected that he became perfectly in-
sane, though the fact Of his insanity was NOT
known to the Court until after the jury was
discharged. He was observed to act very
strangely, while in the jury box, Frequently
shielding his face from the counsel and at other
times dodgipg from one side to the other, but
his conduct attracted little attention. When
the jury retired to make up their verdict, he
seemed to think that he himself was the crimi-
nal and for long time refused to sign the YER
dict, alleging that he would be brought to
trouble if be did, and insisting that the prisoner
should be fined $1,000 instead Of hung AS
soon as the jury was discharged he started
through the woods apparently on his way home
which is six miles distant from Taylorville, but
he has not since been seen or heard Of. Much
anxiety exists as to what has become of him.
Illinois Journal.
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23
OoNsTITUTIoNAL DEBILITY. OR SEMI

~ nal weakness-Dr. j. c. YOUNG addresses those who
have injured themselves by private andmproper ndugen-
in that secret and solitary habit which the body
and mind uniting them for either business society.
The following Of the sad and melancholy effects
produced by the early habit of youth viz Weakness of
the back and limbs pain in the head dyspepsia nervous
ness irrita6ility, symptoms of consumption &c.
MENTALLY the fearful effects on the mind more TO
be dreaded Loss of memory confusion of IDEAS depress-
ion OF spirits, evil orebodngs aversion of society self
dstrust, love of solitude timdity &c of the
evils produced.
All persons who afflicted with any Oftheabove symp-
toms should not fail call Dr. Young and be at once
restored to perfect health Let false decacy prevent
you, but apply Immediately and yourself from the
dreadful and awful consequences of this terrible maady-
Weakness of the organs Immediately cured and full vgor
restored
DIR. J. C. YOUNG,
Corner of California and Montgomery sts. up stairs
The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23

SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN IN PARIs.-We trans
late from the Paris Droa, of October goth, the
following :-"Some time ago there arrived at
the hotel of the Neuve st. Augustin, Mr.. Ed
ward NJ, an American, aged about forty years.
He engaged in operations at the Bourse Two
days ago it was remarked by several persons
that he was very sad. Day before yesterday,
as he was not seen anywhere, some uneasness
was excited. The door of his room which was
locked on the inside, was opened by double
key, and he was found reclining in an arm chair
The Commissary Of the Italian section was sent
for, and with the aid of a physician, proceeded
to an investigation. 1t was discovered that the
American had blown his brains out, but no re-
port had been heard. This was explained by
examining little pistol found under the body
1t was an air pistol; the compressed air pro.
duced without noise the same effect as a gun.
powder pistol. 1t was supposed he had been
dead for twenty hours, and that the cause Of
his suicide was disappointment, produced by un.
successful speculations."