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LOSS AND INSURANCE.

The aggregate loss will approximate etc, 900,
divided es follows: Church, including furni-
ture, S1c5, 900; organ, s12, 900 sunday-school
library, 200; hyrnn-books aud Bibles, belong
ing to individual members Of tho congregation,
81 500; piano in the Sunday-schoo1 room, s600
The insurance amounts to S118, 900, Of which
s110, 900 ia on the church, and $500 on the
organ. Subjoinad is :liet Of the companies
having risks:
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contained was taken out At time when it was
thought tha. tic whole neightortood WAS DOOM
ed to destruction, and in the transfer it suffered
slightly. Beyond this, Mr. Goodwin met With
no personal loss. His library, as mentioned
elsewhere, was saved from the burning church,
and it is safo to say that he would rather witness
tho demolition Of his household furniture than
have his va1uablo collection OF books eaton up
By Tho flames. frame residence on tho south
end OF the church. on ANN street, and 4 number
OF barns belonging thereto, also escaped without
3 Fcorch, though >''
IMMENSE VOLUMES OF s,IoEE
burst over its roof from tue large Circular window
By which Il is co7ered Dr. Ihompsons resi-
dence, On tho soqthoass corner OF Wash!nston
aud ann streats, had its west lace slightly IN
1ured IN the early part or the nre Inc unmage
consisted maialy Of broken windows md
crenched furniture: Mono OF the other build
inSs on the east sldeof Ann street we're affected.
though tue wind drove tho nest anu uane IN
that direction. When the rapldity with which
the ire spread in the interior OF the church,
and the inttammable material OF which tho
neighborhood is constructed, aze taken into con-
sideration in connection with
TIE BITTER COLD WEATHER ...
and the difficulties encountered hy me aremen
~ moving about on the ice~cogefeu streets and
aldewalks, the manner IN whlcn the hre was
confined oy the Nalshais ana suootmnates can,
not but oe conmended as unnsuaAy sa1t1al
, 1873-01-17

Total estimated revenue. sac, $40
This sum deducted from the amount Of sala-
ries viii leavo q deficit of $244,73o, to which
must DO added the @63,00o for jurors and Sta
tiouery, making 5s12 700 to be raisod by taxation
for salaries end Office expenses.
The reader will observe that the salaries Of the
shoritis Office aggregate s36, 900, and that the
entire fees Of thai Office which are to be paid
into the County Treasury amount to but IS, 900.
Are VIC to understand by this that the Sheritf's
Office has been rim at loss to tho Sheriff OF
5000 year? If The present Sheriff and al
his predecessors only obtained 9s 900 in fees
from the office, low did they manage to pay
$4,000 salaries without being ruined by the
operation? If the sherifr'a Office has been run
heretofore at profit upon tho fees alone, why is
il that it cannot he done now, without an addi-
tional cost OF $4,000 from the Troasury2 Tho
ninth section Of the tonth article Of the Consti-
tuition can only 10 construed correctly by re-
quirirg that all the salaries Of the Gheriff's
Office shall be paid oxcluaiyely ont Of the fees
Of the Office. 1t was never intended that merely
tho salary Of the Sheriff alone should be paid
out Of such fees. The Constitution intended
that that office in this county should not only
pay its own way, but be source Of revenue to
tho county. Instead Of that, the Office has been
made an expense to tho county Of over $28, 900,
in addition to the foes. Not one dollar in excess
Of the fees OF tho onica should be paid for sal
aries to the Sheriff and his Deputies
, 1873-01-17

Nevs from Livingstono, .da!od Nov. 80, state
tlat tho last train of supplies sent out had
reached him, ana that ho has begun another
tagrch into tho interior Of Africa.
, 1873-01-17

Iny Gould, according to onr New York advice5,
says that his clique control the Chicago &;
Northwestern Railroad, but he denies that To il
ct work in tho Illinois Legislature. .,
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This is tho eum paid for salaries for county
officers, excluding the Offices Of the County,
Superior, and Criminal Courts. It does not in
cludc any cost for stationery, which aggregate
1000, nor pay for jurors, $4,000, nor coal,
gas water, nor any supplies for the hospitals,
asylums, nor poorhouBo. It is simply tho pay
roll Of wages. Against this bill Of Salaries we
have the following estimatos Of fees, which will
bo turned into the County Treasury under tAe
Law:
Circuit Court fees. 81 200
s9AEA44A oY1VV
.soA1-ta1 wv
County Treasurer aud Collector. r............ 5O000
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MYERS OPERA HOUSE-Monroe street, between
Sia:e and Dez-bnr71. Arlington Cotton kcmblc's
btiastra! aad Bu1lcsque Troups Ethiopian
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TO.pAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

N,v1CErR,S THEATRE-Madison' street, between
s:.tc aud Dearborn Engagement OF Dion noucieault
rad wife. "Ar1nh- h-na-Pogue.".
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC HAlstcd street, south Of
Nss7a Engagement of John Collins, tho Irish CONF
d,aa and Baadtst- Paul Clifford " - His Last Legs.
, 1873-01-17

A1EES'S THEATRE-Nabaxh avenue corner Of Con
errss street Engagement Of Joseph Proctor. mick
o. the Noods,n
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: DESCRIPTION or THE. CHuR{

: = DESCRIPTION OF THE. CHURCH.
Every resident Of the city il familiar with the
generl outlines OF this graceful and imposing
church structure. one Of the grandest eccleaias-
tieal buildings N tho country. Tha following
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Ul)eUl)mapn Uril,n,ae.
friday Morning, January IT, 1873.

Tl.a next State Fair will be hold at Peoria, to
last ono wock, beginning Sept. Is. j.:
, 1873-01-17


DR.. McCosh, President OF Princeton College,
ut the recent opening Of the second term Of that
institution, made his usual address, in the
course Of which he gave HIS heaTticst indorse-
ment to the schemu for the reform OF the Civil
Service, and urged the Importance OF takinga
pretty high literary standard in the competitive
examinations, upon the ground TINT it would
secure men Of undoubted ability, and would also
afford guarantee thai the applicants had not
spent their carly yeara iu indolence aud vice.
Dr.. McCosh furthermore believes tlat, il the
test is properly applied, it will be q
powerful means Of promoting ednca-
ton. The best .educated States will
receive the largest number Of appointments, and
the other States will DO spu1red up to equal
them. Schools and col1og gcs will DO instituted,
as they ere III Germany, to train young men for
the public service. He also believes that when
the country offers its places to the ablcst men,
and: pays them according to their ability, one
cause Of the public corruption will be removed.
According to the Doctor, tstho timo has now
come for proc1eiming that it is cheapest to pay
men in public Offices 1t much the aame rate rs
men III private Offices" -
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The Chicago produce markets were stronger
yesterday, and brcadstnffs wero more active.
Mess pork was quift, and 1o@15c higher, closing
at s11. 1.G5@1l.70 cash. and e1e. e.o0@912.25 sellcr
March Lard WAS active and 1o@15c per 100
lbs higher, closing at s7.25@7.3o cash, and $3.50
@7.55 seller March. Meats were less active, and
about, NSc per lb higher, ut sss<@335c for shoul-
ders; 5s@52c for short ribs; &C for ellort clear,
and 719@s]]ssc for green hams, averaging 16 to Is
lbs. Dressed hogs were active, and 10c per 100
lbs higher, ct S4.5o@4.60- Higlwines were dull
and shade easier, at s3@531zo per gal
Ion. Flour was firm and loss active. Whcat IVES
actire, and nc higher, closing easier at :1.213l
cash, and s1.2s1s@1. 1853 seller February. Corn
WAS more active, aud 7s@}lc higher, but closed
dull at 30225c cash, and 3o556@so3ic seller Febru
ary. Oats we're in moderate demand, and q
shade frmer, Ut a5114@2535c cash, and 251G@
255Sc eeller February. Rye wes active and
firm, closing at 6711z@5sc for car lots. Barley
was active, and advanced 115c, closing Mt 7o16c
for No. 9, and about 59@591;c' for No. 8. , Lire
hogs wore active, and hrmer, advancing to s3.65
@3.95. The cattle and sheep markets were
active at about yesterday prices.
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GLOBE THEATRE-Desp1aino street, between Aadl
ecu and Washington. Dramatic and Bfusitai Varieties
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regulate transportation companies and prevent
unjust Determinations in freigh. charges.
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Wagcs. 6aeeEs ktteatIan

The undersigned
respectfunyean a.
-ention of person
contemplating the
purchase of watch
es TO the superior
ity of the celebrat-
ed Nickle Move
ments, manufac-
tured by Messrs.
B0KEL It C0UR.
VOISIER, of Neu
ehatel, Gents ano
Ladies' sizes, Key
and Stem W Under,
On arfp rn at I
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1his dntv virtually prohibits the impOrta-

this duty virtually prohibits the importa-
ton OF foreign copper.
Now, be it remembered that while %
cents pound duty on copper cannot pos
sibly make barren mine pay. and there
fore would only serve as corrupt swindie
TO fleece the consuming public, yet to the
rich Lake Superior mines this duty gave
perfect monopoly.
Mr.. johnson ordered the then Commits
sioner of Revenue, David A. Wells, to in
vestigate the question and give him the re-
suit in writing. Mr.. Wells stated the facts
as they were to the president, and he IN
turn vetoed the bill on the ID of March,
1859. But, as might be expected, the
small majority for the original bill in both
houses Immediately sweled into two-thlrd'
majority, simply because the unpopular
President dared to veto the most shame
full, corrupt, swindling bill that ever was Ian,
, before a President,
Such is the origin of the copper duty
Copper is virtually monopoly in the hand
of two or three rich mining companies
: who divide the most fabulous amounts year
! "; and the worst oft is, owing TO no CON
petition, they actually only produce lin
. tied amount in order to keep the price u
! and TO control the working men. Is IT NJ
time to break this robbery up?-N
, World
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The Copper Monopoly.
fFrom the Cincinnati Gazette


"Nni now 10 lift this declaration Of ~ princi-
plcr ont 81 The range n platform plati udes and
paltyrHg, VIII me V0rd inform ~ what are the
monupolisa u would break down; how n would
abolish our irrrdrcmahir currency how 70 would
make tariff that shall not be protective and that
shall produce the revenue needed aud what con-
stituuohaL legislative urladmnisiratvc changes are
required to establish farmrrs' rights rs means Of
equal and exact Justice 20 all meu''"
We find it again appropriate TO demon
strate, for perhaps the fitieth time, that
the duty on copper is a swindlc, and that the
latest outrage in the duty on copper I'm
1869 when it received the very last veto Of
President johnson and was carried over
his veto as usual was the most impudent,
corrupt aud disgracetul piece OF lepisla-
tion in modern times. The duty on cop.
per from 1861 up to March 4th, 1869, was
as follows
Pigs aud ingots &c per No.
sheets .......,..... per cent
Thus it will be seen that IS per cent on
rolled was the highest duty. inasmuch a.
p cents per pound on ingots or pigs j.
about Is per cent al valorem. There i.
always a lot Of worthless mining stock IN
the United States, and copper mining
stocks in all States are plentiful enough.
Some genius started the idea in $3.50 that
it an outrageously high duty could be im
posed on copper this worthless copper
mining stock might be galvanized int
giving few live kicks, until placed amone
the unwary and innocent public Thi.
swindling scheme, to the shame Of the
rich and solid copper mining interests b,
it said, was heartily Endorsed by the Calu
met aud Lake Superior companies, elias.
Of people who actually mine copper which
only cost them II cents per pound. Thi,
scheme, conceived and carried out in cor
ruption, caused the following duties to be
imposed on copper in march, 1869, by both
houses but by very small majority, viz
Ca,rss, V ~ 80. a cent? per pound
spps, ~ p,saAnd ignots. IS cents per POND
f*|.|& N''"eeS'. ''''''s's't,.... As per cent.
was well understood at the time tha
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tNiCTEMA X!
z. ~ EalYe,a Tn9.L.y

&. ;'&X Saiye,e IGG.l!y
is .e.. % cents.
It lel., without a scar. No
family should be without it.
Wewarrant It tOcurc Scrofula
Sores, Salt EbeUm, Chiiblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and SprainS.
II has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
1t has no parallel-haying per-
fectly eradieated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. Ii is compound OF
| Arnica, with many other FIX
tracts ard BalSams, and put uI
in larger boxes for the samf
price than any other Ointment
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

"FoR wAYsTHArARE DARK AsD TRIcKs THAT ARE
VAIN it is said that the ''heathen Chtee Is peca-
lar This is doubtless true. Bus these features are
also apparent within the ranks Of the American peo-
pie We would suggest 10 those unfortunate persons
who have been in the ''ways that are dark, or who
have inudiciously practiced tricks that are VAIN,
that there is help for them. Or x. j. Reynolds, OF
Rochester the great friend to errins Humanity the
person furnish the proper and speedy relief and
cure. The advertisement Of DR. Reynolds win be
found in this paper and from his success In the
branches Of the profession towh,ch he has devoted
so many years ofhs ife he is very generally conAd
At IN
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FARMER FOR PRESIDENT.

The question is already being strongly
apitatcd among the Oranges, about a far ,
mer candidate for the next President.
They say: l.
Among six million farmers in the United
States, is il impossible TO tiud one who will
walk uprightly in the footsteps OF the illus
trious farmer Of Mt Vernon? Such 9 far
mer would do for President, to be selected
by free and honest people, Just one hun |
dred years after the Declaration OF indie |
pendence Of the thirteen British colonies. |
What say the farmers Of the Northwest to
this SUGGESTION Every Southern State
would rejoice 10 vote for such candida te,
regardless Of all political parties Lawyers
aud professional politicians should cheer
fully wait decade for the industrial classes
10 recuperate, and increase their means to
pay enormous fees, high duties and I'M
precedented taxes.
They refer to the early days Of the Re
public, when the expenses Of the whole
government for four years administra-
ton Of its affairs cost fraction less than
one dollar TO each person year, and con
trast il with 1878, when, in a tune Of pro
found peace, the army and navy expendi
lures amount to four and a half times Al
much as the whole government, including
pensions, army and navy, forty-six year
ago, Evidently there is necessity tina
men more Injured to strict economy in ex
penditures should take the control Of on
governmental affairs, if We would arre'
impending bankruptcy. The farmer
movement may bring to the surface SON
Cincinnatus that can safely leave the plo
and the harrow, to assume the reins
government But they are 'few and f
between" Honesty and integrity c;
readily be found among that class, b
these are nothing without acknowledg
ability and stamina, and enlighten
craftsmanship. The Presidential campai
in 1910 gave the country what was term
Farmer President a man Of integri
and Of some ability, but not Of suffice
stamina TO Withstand the onslaught Of
willy, crafty politicians, who sought
make him a tool to carry into effect tt
partizan purposes. Let us look for
qualities Of Armness and sagacity VIII
General Jackson had as well as for the
tegrity and uprightness Of farmer Wa
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THE NEW REMEDY FOR RUPTURE.

A most Important invention Sold by the Elastic
Truss Co, No. 6S5 broadway, y. y. City. 1t ~
talns Rupture absolutely in and comOr1, night
and day at all times and under all circumstances,
without any exception whatever in any case, and
should never be taken oil during the shor! time
requisite % effect permanent Clire- Sent by mail.
Circulars free ANY Druggist or Physician will or
der this new Truss Tor you without charge.
4-iTdtfs NWrOWly
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AGENTS WANTED.
m, GARVINlS ELIXIR OF TAR,
Darts from the Devil; or Cupid Abused

book Just issued, exposing the personals that
have appeared in the New York Newspapers their
history and lesson, STYtIsH krLLAns PUtLT EN-
PusEn. Advertisements from desperate men to
beautiful women; Clande-ti meetings; how
frustrated; The history OF the GoopETcH TRAGEDY
the result Of personal" Description OF Living
Broadway Statues. EXPOSES SOCIAL CORRUPTION
Sent on rccciut Of 50 cts Address, Unique Printing
House. So Nesey st. y Y.
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CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,

DC, DC.
OSMI-N'S COD LIVER OIL AND LACTO
u Phosphate of Lime cures Con ump ion Scrou u
la Coughs and Coidz. Asthma, HOarseness, Brou-
rhiti- sc. In Pm monary Consumption, this prep
aration far exceeds IN efficacy any other remedy or
combin ton of remedies, ever employed. In the
various scruf lous disc such external CLAN
duar srrofuEa dis q the joints and spine,
rious ulcers rick Is. &c. the result has been mo-<
gr .iifving. Id by druggists at 81; bottles -
CHARLES A. OSMUN, Chemist and Druggist,
49, nth avenue, New York,
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when thsrr l. No lung disease and only Liver
Complaint and Dyspepsia. Scheng's Seaweed Tonic
and Mandrake Pii's sufficient. without the Pull
monte syrup Take thu Mandrake Pills freely in all
bilious complaints. rs thew perfectly harmless.
DR.. Schenck. who has enjoyed uninterrupted health
for many years past and weighs 225 pounds,
was wssted away to q mere skeleton. IN the very
last stage Of Pulmonary Consumption. his physicians
hayinE pronounced his case hopeless and abandoned
him his faIr He was cured by the aforesaid med
icine- and since hi- recovery many Thousands Tin
iarly afflicted have ased his preparations with the
same remarkable success. Full directions aceompa-
ny each making 1t lot absolutely necessary 10 per
s9nally DR.. setback, unless patients wish their
lungs examined.
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MOFFAT,s LIFE PILLS
aud
PHOENIX BITTERS.

The most Successful Medicines
In the world.
Established in 1885, by one OF
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine in eases of diseased
Liver, Blood, or Skin, Indiges-
tiOn, COStiveneSs, Bilious Com
plants, Rheumatism, and Fever
and Ague.
Thousands of certificates are
in our possession, giving detailed
accounts OfperfectC CT RESeifect-
ed BY these invaluable Medicines.
They regulate the System, and
put all the functions of the body
in healthy condition.
-" Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. P. MILLS, Sole Prop'r.
- LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK.
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PRICE OF YIIhk Is

PRICE or TICKETS.
Single Tickets, $3.50; Eleven Tickets,
S25. 90: Fifty-six Tickets, $1,000; One
Hundred and Fifteen Tickets, $250.00.
The drawing will be made under the Fuperiu-
tendcncu Of a committee appointed by the highest
officials in the State duly sworn 10 the faithful per-
formanc, Of the duties assigned them.
The highest officials both of City, County and
Stay. have not only iudorsed Mr.. Abeles, but also
Ms scheme.
The demand for tickets IA unparalleled. and all de-
string 10 participate in the drawing should at once
form their clubs and send In their orders.
Aqsnts Wanted IN all States, CITIES and
T9rns in the L. S. and CdRdias
sas~ Money should BE- sent by Registered Letter.
p % Order or Express with the full address OF the
purchaser in plain writing.
Every package of Ii tickets has chance to win II
prizes but positively certain to win one while one
person ont Of every ten who purchase package OF
II il bound to win two prizes
For further Information and particulars send fol-
circulars 10 the Manager and Proprietor, and ad
dress SIMON ABELES.
g-aO-tts3u LEAvENwoRTH, Kansas.
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Sweet Norwegian Cod Liver Oil

from the celebrated fisheries at Aalesund Norway
pronounced by physicians the most delicate, ef-
Gent Cod Liver OIL in the world.
1t tseasily taken, toera ed by the weakest stom-
Achs, digests readily, never becomes rancid and Is
almost entirely free from the usual disagreeable
characteristics OF Cod Liver oil.
For every use OF Cod Liver OIL Mr.. Wilson's dis
covery il OF the greatest value
For the safe internal administration OF Carbolic
Acid Mr.. Wilson's method Of combining IL with Cod
Liver Oil is absolutely necessary
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THE BECKwTTH $40 PORTABLE FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL
many advantages over all. Satisfaction guaranteed
or $40 refunded Sent complete with full directions
Beckvith Sewing Machine Co, sGa broadway, n. \
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a - Go, nmeut Tor hOFs OF grls u Is entlrVIy
without a rival. Most youths, aside from their
studies perfectly capable of doing all the job
printing in their fathers business.
branch Office, SAB Bro sGway and IS Mercer SITS.
New Yok Kelly, Howell Il Ludwig, 81 Market
street Philadelphia, 1027du
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GHAPPED HANDS.

In healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the same purpose as oiling leather. Dur
ing warm weather this secretion, in com
mon with all the other secretians Of the
skin, is more abundant thanin cold. When
it is insufficient the skin becomes dry and
harsh and on those parts Of the body
where the skin is thick and subject to
motion as on the hands, it readily cracks
or assures The amount Of this secretion
is so much reduced in cold weather that
the frequent washing of the hands with
soap causes them to chap readily, and this
the more certainly if the soap is not wash
ed of. The alkali in soap is usually in ex-
cess, and this combines with the oilv Sc
cretion, and so deprives the skin of its nat
ural iubricator. To prevent the hands
from chapping, then, be careful to wash
all soap from them thoroughly in clean
water. This will ordinarily suffice but, if
not, it will be necessary to lake good the
removed oil by using KENNEDY SALT
RHEUM OINTMENT, sure cure for all
skin diseases of whatever name or nature.
z.
PRICE SO CENTS. Sold by druggists.
3-ldly
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Red EEE
CARDOLIC TR0CHES

A SPECIALITY FOR SORE THROAT. THE CAR
n bolic Acid, Of which the Troches are. in part
composed. actin. a. HEALING AGENT and curing
all forms Of uLcERArEp and INFLANED surfaces Of
the Iarynx and cpiglottis.
specially for hOarseucss. the CLEANING power
Of the Carboic Acid tending 20 expe all collcc-
tiou- and formations OF mucous matter. phie I'm,
etc and restoring healthy action 20 the sensitive
and delicate organs Of the throat and windpipy.
A speciality against contracting Infections dis
eases. The peculiar properties Of CarhOlic Acid
in preventing infection and CGutagioU have long
been known; and EUEI-S CARBOLIC TKOCHES
may be safely relied on a. preventive IN cases OF
SMALL PON, NAHIoLoiD, etc. etc.
specially for common colds, coughs, and all
disorders uf the throat, chest, and lungs.
Price - cents per box. Sold ny Druggi-t- very
where.
JOHN ?. HENRY, cUaRAN & co.,
SOLE ProDrietors,
9-2JdsatSwty