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aunpowder in the arts of Peace.

The application of gunpowder to the
process of pile driving has come into
considerable use in England, its work
ings have demonstrated that consider
able saving is effected both in time and
cost, as compared with the ordinary
method of pile driving.
This apparatus is described as an or
dinary pile-driviny engine, having a
ram from the upper and under side of
which a plunger projects. The ram is
fitted with an arrangement by which it
may be retained at any desired height
above the pile head. A cast iron cap,
having hole in its centre, into which
the lower plunger of the ram Will fit,
is placed on the top of the pile to be
driven, and in the hole is inserted a
small clfe.fge of powder. On the ram
being released, the lower plunger enters
the hole in the cap, compressing the air
within, generates heat, which ignites
the gunpowder.
The force of the explosion is utilized
partly in driving the pile downward and
partly in throwing the ram upward, the
latter being detained at the required
height, ready for the next blow. Should
the ram be thrown too high, the upper
plunger enters an air cylinder, com
pressing the air and cushioning the
blow. A self-acting feeding arrange
ment supplies ammunition automaticaI-
lv after every shot
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The Champaign county Qll.) farmers
grange applied to railroad for half
fare for trip to Springfield and return,
on the fourth of July, and got snubbed,
as it deserved. After the hard things
the grangers have said about the cold
blooded railroad monopolies it required
pretty hard cheek to ask such favor,
especially as this was one of the roads
that abolished passes and special rates
after July 1.
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MIRTH AT MEALTIME. Everybody
should plan to have pleasant CONVEX
sation at the table, just as they have for
good food. A little storytelling, lit
tie reading-it may be of humorous
things, anecdotes, etc., will often stim-
ulate the joyous element of the mind
and cause it to act vigorously. Try and
avoid going to the table all tired out.
Let all troublesome topics be avoided.
Don't scold domestics. Don't disci-
pline children. Think and say some
thing pleasant. Cultivate mirth, and
laugh when anything witty is said. If
possible, never eat alone. Invite a
friend of whom you are fond, and try
and have good time. Friendship and
friendly intercourse. at table whets the
promotes the flow of animal
spirits. ts.-HeraLd Of Health.
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DR.. A. TRASK'S
MAGNETIC OINTMENT
FOR THE CURE OF
INFLAMMAToRY DISEASES.

Dr. TrasIk was engaged for twenty years in
course of experiments upon the medical prop,
combined. At the age of seventy years he sue
ceeded in presenting TO the world, as the result
ms Per Shinb i; reov;5e ., ;s
eases is uneqIlaled in the annals of Medicine
His discovery consists In combina-
Electricity or Magnetism in the form OF an Oint-
ment
Certain. IL is. that the remarkable and
unprecedented success which has attended its
application in the cure of diseases, stamps IL at
once the greatest discovery of the age, and
calls for a trial and close investigation OF its
ne never fails, while there remains suf-
hcient life 10 restore natural and healthy ac-
ton TO the capillary vessels OF the body, and
equalize the circulation OF the blood BY this
means controlling power is gained over the
be obtained from any other remedy
Such Is the power of this c0mbfna.
ttOm. that IL penetrates to every portion OF
nerve and ligament is searched out and made
sensible of its purifying and healing influence.
Heass it copes as readily with internal as ex-
NaEerous Instances are on record
where this remedy has restored health to pa
tients SO near the grave that the most powe5t9i ,
Such has frequently been the case In lnfiamma-
tion of the Bowels
disease where the Magnetic Ointment can be OBJ
tanned.
For In1a IN maLOrY Ekneum atASm
this Ointment is the most complete remedy ever
prepared. For Diphtheria or Putrid Sore Throat
IL is unriyaled-
In ninefy-nlne cases out of a
hundred il will afford entire relief TO the worst
cases of Nervous Headache in thirty minutes.
For Nervous Diseases this medicine is
of immense value.
Affections of the Spine, Rheumatism,
Lameness. liberated Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Pleurisy, Group, Collie, Cholera Morbus, Ague in
the Face or Breast, Burns, Scald Head, Scrofula,
Salt Rheum. Erysipelas. Infiamed Eyes, Fever
Sores Sores. etc. will be Immediately relieved
ID. RANSOM. Son & Co, Propr's. Buffalo, NY
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scHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS.

These Pills are composed exclusively of vegeta-
bic ingredients, and although they entirely super
sede the nse OF mercury, do not leave any OF Its
Injurious effects They act directly upon the liver
and are valuable remedy in all cases OF derange-
ment resulting from disOrdered state of that or
esti- Liver Complaint, bilious disorders indiees-
tion. sick headache. typhoid and other fevers etc
DRAKE Pills.
For Saie BY all druggists and dealers.
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The vital Drain.

1t is necessary to the heal - the body that its
exhausted and refused particles should be carried
of by the excretory organs. and it equally
sary that the waste matter thus expelled should
be replaced by new elements derived from digested
and assimilated food. 1t is evident therefore, that
good digestion and perfect assimilation are essen
tal to bodily vigor; and it is because Hostetter's
stomach Bitters powerfully assist these processes
that it is regarded by the intelligent classes whose
opinions are founded on observation. as the only
absolute specific for dyspepsia and It's attendant
Ills, at present known. When the system, either
from constitutional causes, overwork, excess anx-
iety, actual disease. is in unnaturally
laxed condition. something more than its ex-
hausted particles passes through the pores. Vital
ty leaks through these ventages. Elements
which shonld remain in the blood and enrich it
are evolved, and that fluid becomes then watery
and incapable of removing the solids of the body
as fast as they decay. The consequences are
emaciation, debility. nervousness loss OF spirits,
or a general. or perhaps a rapid. decline of all
powers of life. 1t in cases like this that the
storative properties OF Hostetters Btters most
conspicuous. The first two three doses some
times produce change in the feelings and aspect
OF the invalid that Is perfectly astonishing and DY
persevertng OF this superlative vegetable
tonic and alternative the vital drain is TO be
arrested the strength renstated, the flesh restored,
the constitution reinforced, and the brain relieved
Of the cloud that Obscured IL.
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If horse has a good constitution,
and has once been a good horse, no matter
how old or how much run down he may be, he
can be greatly improved, and in many respects
made as good as new ly liberal use of
Sheridans Cavalry Condition Powders.
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Cholera !!

This terrible scourge is threatening
this country again. This fact is we'll
calculated to impress our readers with
the necessity and the advantage of life
insurance, and will greatly increase. as
the war did, the number of persons
seeking insurance. It is good time now
for any one fitted therefor, to secure the
agency of a frst-class company. The
National Life Insurance of the United
States of America, chartered by con-
gress, with a capital of one million dol
lars, and charges for insurance only
about three-fourths those of mutual in
stitutions, is a company of which any
agent or policy-holder may well be
proud, and we cheerfully advise all per
sons looking for insurance or for en-
ployment to address that company at its
branch Office in Philadelphia.-C01
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THE PUREsT AND SWEETEST CoD-LIvEA On
is Hazard 4 Caswells, made on the sea shore,
from fresh, selected ivers, of the Cod only, by
CAswELI, HAZARD Il Co., New York 1t is alb
solutey pure and stoeet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
ciaIis have decided it superior to all other oils
market.-C Conn
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A VALUABLE LOAD OF BRICKS. An
important shipment of silver bars were
made by the Swansea silver smelling
and refining company, last week, from
the banking Office of Adam Smith &
Son. The shipment consisted of 149
silver bricks, which contained 1912
ounces of pure silver and 5000 ounces
of gold, and was valued at $40, 900. The
work was the product of seven days
smelling at the works, which are now
turning out 80 600 worth of gold and
silver every day. A shipment equaling
In value this one is made each Satur-
day to the United States assay office in
New York, where the bricks are again
smelted, and whatever good they con-
tain extracted. The bricks are sent
through in the care of the American ex-
press company, and are not encased or
protected in any way. In looking at
them one would be easily deceived as to
their weight and value. The 149 bricks
shipped last week made load which
two large horses hauled with difficulty.
Chicago Tribune.
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VIZ see that PRoCTER & CANDLES
EXTRA OLIVE Soar is becoming very
popular in our city, its quality we know
is superior, and being nicely perfumed
we are not surprised that consumers
prefer it, and that it has large sale.
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SUCH herrid feelings as I experience
no one can imagine. l feel despondent, as
though something awful was going to happen.
Use Simmons Liver Regulator, if you would
avoid snch feelinos-
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WHEN we read we fancy we could be
martyrs when we come to act we find
we cannot bear provoking word.
Hannah Moore.
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A GENTLEMAN afflicted with the chronic
rheumatism says, No description of my
case can convey the vast amount of benefit
have received from the use of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment. 1 believe it is the best
article in the world for rheumatism.
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Rockbridgc Alum Springs, Y

TTlHTs CELEBRAT ED WATERING PI
i Is now open 20 receive guests. Those VIII
afflicted with scrOfula, giandular swelling
cutaneons eruptivc diseases. erYalpiins. q
eczema. etc. Chronic diarrhoea. aud dyaen
dyspepsia. bronchitis. chronic thrush. drops,
piles, should lose no lime in COMING % this
tain Of health 10 be healed. For the cure % Ii
Of the above diseasez. this water stands unrIY
among the mineral water 0f the United state
Jas. A. FrAzIEH. PrOprici
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DIR. j. Walkers California VIM
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found ON the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, F'Wh&t is the cause of the
unparalleled suceesAf VINEGAR Be-
TERsRD Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect RenoyatOr and Inyigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Yisceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties Of DIR. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter-ITitant, Sudorific, Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilious.
r. II. MCDONALD & CO..
Druggists and Gen 4 gts San Francisco California,
and cor. Of Washington and Charlton Sts- y. Y.
sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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The steamship Atlantic, after having
successfully encountered violent storms.
was wrecked when almost in sight of
the harbor she was seeking. MANY a
man has acquired fortune by patient
industry, and lost it at the last, leaving
his family destitute. 1t follows that
every man should insure his life. Life
insurance affords absolute protection to
the family. Be careful to select good
company, one that you can always de-
pend upon. The New York Life Insur-
ance Company offers every inducement
to insurers, having assets amounting to
800, 600, 900, and every desirable form of
policy. Full particulars can be had by
addressing the home office at 346 and
34s Broadway, New York, or by calling
on one of their agents. GOOD agents
wanted everywhere.
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Kenmore University High Scho
Amherst Court-House, Va.

TO the universii yiof Vail
IL Strobe (Math. MedAlliSt ". Na.,l PRINCIPAL
Instructor In Mathematics. ii. &. brOck. II.
u, Va. frecently Asst Prof. Latin, II. Na.,l
atructor in Greek. Latin. French. German
RQiapy Thia ~ one o. the leading hlfh Hclof
~" ~ ,,,,..t ~tf,,I.,9f. ~,
ceived for the summer. New session begins 2
18th. is77. For Catalogue, address the ffinri
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A FAMILY FRIENDIl
FEVER AND AGUE

Prevailsathere is no remedy held in greater es-
TEEN.
pa Directions accompany each bottle.
Price, 25c., Soc, and IL 90 per bottle.
Sold by all medicine dealers generally.
For sal . by all Nashville. Memphis, Louisville
and other southern druggists
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Physiognomy.

There is no science in their preten-
sions TO which mankind are more apt to
commit grevious mistakes, than in the
supposed very obvious one of physiog-
nomy. quarrel not with the princi-
pies of this science, s.s they are laid
down by the learned professors much
less am 1 disposed, with some people,
to deny its existence altogether as any
inlet of knowledge that can be depended
upon. L believe that there is, or may
be, an art to "read the minds con-
struction in the face" But then. in
every species of reading, so much de-
pends upon the eyes of the fadef if
they are blear and apt to dazzle, or in
attentive, or strained with too much at
tention, the optic power will infallibly
bring home false reports of what it
reads. How often do we say upon a
cursory glance at stranger, what fine
open, countenance he has, who, upon
second inspection, prove to have the ex-
act features of a knave ! Nay, on much
more intimate acquaintance, how a de-
lusion of this kind shall continue for
months, years, and then break up all at
once Ask the married man, who has
been so but for a short space of time,
if those blue eyes, where, during so
many years of anxious courtship, truth,
sweetness, serenity seemed to be writ
ten in characters which could not be
misunderstood ask him if the charac-
ters which they now convey be exactly
the same if for truth he does not read
dull virtue (the mimic of constancy),
which changes not only because it wants
the judgment to make a preference if
for sweetness he does not read animal
tranquility, the dead pool of the heart,
which no breeze of passion can stir into
health ? Alas, what is this book of the
countenance good for, which, when we
have read so long, and thought that
we understood its contents, gives as a
countless list of heart-breaking errats
at the end Charles Lamb.
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LAuGHTER pne of the very privi-
leges of reason, being confined to the
human species Hunt.
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THE French are the court-players of
the dear Lord. French history some
times seems to me like great comedy
which is being performed for the
amusement of all mankind. Heine.
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MANUFACTURERs OF HAIR CLOTH
Hair cloth is made from the hair of
horses tails, which is brought, some of
it from South America, but more from
Russia. In the latter country it is col
lected at the great fairs of Novgorod,
Mimi and Isbilt. It is of all shades
and color, and for use is dyed black.
The poorest quality sells for about fifty
cents a pound the best for 81, the
price rapidly increasing as the length
exceeds twenty-four inches. In the
fabrication of hair cloth the hair is wet
with water, and when we'll soaked is put
in loom to be woven with a cotton
warp. The weaving mechanicism is so
perfect in its operation that if one of
the hairs forming the weft is missed,
the device acting upon it continues to
work until it has grasped it, all the
other parts of the machine standing |
still
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Miss MARGARET FoLEY's design for
fountain for Lincoln park, Chicago,
which was ordered before the great fire,
has just gone into the hands of Roman
workmen to be cut in marble. 1t is a
basin with rocks in the center, to which
two little boys and girl are clinging
and playing with the water.
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To DRIVE IMPURITIES FROM THE BLOOD use Dr.
Jayne's Alternative. remedy that stimula ties the
absorbents, and impArts vigOr to the whole system
The Hickman courier., 1873-07-19

To BREAK up colds, fevers, infamma-
tory and bilious attacks, take fuR cathartic
dose of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei
let's when the attack first comes on and follow
with two or three Pellets each day until per-
feet cure is effected. They cure these cases
by arousing all the seeretions, relieving OBJ
structions, thus reducing the action of the
heart, relieving the congested blood-Sessels.
sOftening the pulse, producing gentle perspi-
ration, and subduing the heat and fever
Twenty-Five cents a vial, by all druggists. 64S
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THE late Gov. Geary pronounced DR.; shallen-
berger's Fever and Ague AntidOte public bene-
faction. A single trial Will establish It's merit.
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OPIUM z EQRPI gIlI9 B

Medicine compounded by a sufferer. sur
:. A. Also cures Drunkenness. u
cures. send for work on opium eating
Cure to W. y. SQUIRE, n D., Worth
Greene County, Indiana.
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Care of Planted Trees.

As hot wea approaches all newly
trasplanted Il equire mulching. In
most cases m earth forms the best
mulch and ircle about the tree
several feet in diameter, is kept
clean and we ~ ltivated the moisture
in the soil be maintained, and a
fine growth \ y the result. An adj
ditional muld viii be necessary on
very dry sol or in an unusual dry
season. Yocherry trees form an
exception, y should always be
mulched bS Y hot weather of sum-
and commenS lrowing, the leaves Of
ten wither an, the trees die under hot
suns. Seerd incUs of old straw or
grass timely Ander the tree VIII save
it. The n hing should never be
omitted with Gerry trees the first year.
Watering tre. should never be en-
ployed, EXCEPT in extreme cases. The
practice destoys many more trees than
it saves. If tfy are well set and the
earth kept myEow, they will not need
it. A neigh l2T6 out thirty cherry
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CHICAGO conducts her murder trials
on business-like principles. Philip
Brown, a colored barber. was placed on
trial at half-past 10 o'clock, the other
morning, for smashing in a fellow
creatures head with a sauce pan, April
p, and at 10 p. m. they had him con-
yicted of manslaughter and nicely SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for five years.
Il takes a New York criminal court
longer than this to decide not to accert
The services of the first Juror.
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NICK Within the past three years,
more especially since the discovery of
practical methods for electro-plating
with nickel, the demand for this metal
has greatly increased, and its price has
advanced. 1t has risen from 81 to SO 10
per pound, and its expense has become
so great that substitute for it in the
art is now sought. A good substitute,
it is stated, may be found in the metal
manganese. DR.. Percy, In letter TO
the London Times, states that twenty
years ago he made an alloy, in which
was used in place of nickel,
and the resemblance of the alloy to the
German silver was perfect.
Copper rs per cent, manganese 25 per
cent, makes an alloy resembling Ger
man silver, and better in its qualities.
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GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL.

One of the m Led institutions of the
outGrowth OF 4pur larger centers of
population Is the lotel, and no feature is
more notable an. lable in New Chicago
than the vast G kies that are to make
her the hotel ci ointment The larg-
est hotel struc 5Ea aworld, is the Grand
Pacific, a cut - <|S give in this issue,
at once the pr k&[zEE marvel of the Gar
den city. Its be and elegance are
well indicated Es5<&5 ~ raving, and very re-
liable IN suggt j to the appointments
and adonmel 49, Interior. The Grand
Pacific covers 600 square feet, an
entire block, bf $50 Clark, Jackson, La
Sale and Quincy <& Opposite, on Clark
street. Is rapidly 3e vast government
building, also oce-t f@L4n entire square The
material of the II fhe great hotel is the
beautiful olive-t. tS<hio sandstone. The
structure cost oF million dollars, and its
furnishing by tn n. T's. Messrs. George w.
Gage, David A. 81 ,hd john Rice, nearly
four hundred tk-9.-s = dollars, an expendi-
ture warranted - tlelr twenty years lease,
and securing throughout richness elegance,
and solidity that wlagiEe enduring attractive
ness to the hotel, ad carry its fame among
travellers all over he globe. The carpets Of
the house. Axmlnser, Aubiason, Wilton and
English Brussels, Te all in new styles and
largely in special dfigns, and aggregate over
six acres. The iful carpets of the corri-
dors, eleven y ~ .e, amounting to over a
mile in length, features Of the hotel that
most strike thl ~ and guest are the two
immense intes =, used respectively for
the grand off the Office arcade The
principal diniI @; 135 by 60 feet; the Ia
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UTHEN writing 10 advertisers please mention
w the name OF This paper. No. 80, 3. N. U.
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WHEN a ] of students had in
weighed Dam TT, the great Ameri-
can traveleF. small, close room,
which they Iorously filling with
tobacco sme in his mild way, re-
marked Gg p, your speaker amt
a ham.
MAJ REPORTS.
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DIR. WHITTIER, s4E i s tSsIs. cssEIi; \

Longest engaged and most successfui physical 4
the aes. Consultation or pamphlet free. tuli
write. Just published for the benefit Of younk u|
who 81 Tier from nervousness, debility, etc. trI
tise Of 70 pages for two stamps: n book, % pad
illustrated. for fifty cents, postpaid
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TTIEA.-TEA AGENTS wanted In town II
IL country 20 sell TEA, or get up club orders.
the largest Tea Company in America: lmporte
prices and Inducements 70 agents. send tor CIR
lar. Address ROBERT WELLS.
~ Vesey street. New YORK
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$40 TO $50 r.s rnss.1s Rhs; s1rs. sssss'''s sss''
FSrficninra free. A. H. BLAIR a CO. - ,-.- -
pnnn.. =. ReDS.. :. p ~ ss :. -. -.
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! :. :. : !. !
y thousands
natIe EASEMENT. Her
mlnlIA given employ
ment t6myrl Hanics and labor
ers. She is - u promise to the
fortune SEEK But the Golden State
has lately seIns a new treasure. Her
last nugget iDr. Walkers California
Vinegar Bi rs. The health-giving
principles cortned In this curative are
a more preci y boon than gold. In all
affections ofle liver and stomach, re-
mittent anS Satermittent fevers, rheu-
matism, and lmonary diseases, it may
be relied uPa- AS blood depurent
and invigSran it q unequaled, purify
ing the clrcuation and infusing new
vigor into th.debilitated frame 1t
conquers thkA lost unyielding OF all
complaints Ppsia, and we know of
no other that can accomplish
this. Its -eedom from alcoholic
spirit, whld BIS and neutralizes the
effect-of an licine, and which forms
the basis of py of the pseudo bitters
and tonics, dAy enhances its value to
the sick. bapers of the United
States vie one another in doing
honor to DValker. We. too, add |
our voice, an all honor to the man |
whose sciep d skill have enabled |
him to draw he vegetable kingdom |
such balsal human suffering.
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DO lO PAU "a. an ciss'ea % woT
lug people. OF either sex, young or old. make mo
money az work for Us, In their spare Inotnenls
all the time, than NJ anything else. Iarucuin
free. Address q. sTIN8oN a Co. Portland.
Howard Association, Philadoiphia, Pa
Institution having high reputation for honofnt
stacles 10 Marriage sent IN sealed enye.ope-' u
of chaIge. Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, n
2 south Ninth ST., Philadelphia. Pu.