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The Morning herald., 1877-01-15
Not being Conversationalist, George
Washington always shaved himself.

Not being a Conversationalist, George
Washington always shaved himself.
Americans are selling munitions OF wal
to both Russia and Turkey, and thus tai
have the best of the case, rs cash accom-
panies all orders.
It is mean to snickerin your sleeve when
a woman slips down and then rush to heI
assistance with tears in your eyes, and tell
her how sorry you feel.
1t may be counted as one of the curious
things Of life, that people who need presents
most get the least, and those who need
them least get the most.
Ifawind that travels forty miles an hour
makes hurricane, what did the recent
wind that passed over Mount Washington
at the rate of 200 miles an hour make
Make noise.
When Quaker sends challenge 70
fight a duel he says: 'If thou wilt eat
twelve unripe apples before breakfast,
will 10 lie same and We shall zee who
urvives."
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ITO BE CONTINUED.
A Race Of Men with Tails Reported

A Race OF Men with Tails Reported
A Wesleyan missionary, Rev. George
Brown, has returned in safety from ar
exploration of twenty months on the I'M
known coasts of New Britain and New Ire
land. He crossed the latter island, which
he found we'll populated. mo white mar
was ever seen inland before, but no oppos.
ition was offered to the explorers. A
difficulty was experienced in getting the
natives to 60 any distance from their vii
lage, as they are so often at war with enc
another. Plenty of proofs of cannibalism
were found. One of the party, on going
into one house to light his pipe, saw wo-
man roasting the thigh and leg Of man
who vas killed the day BEFORE" The ex-
ploring party were interested in the curl.
Gus legend Of the tribe of "tailed men,
which is met with in many uncivilized
countries, but they did not, unfor.u-
nately, succeed in getting any further
than secondhand testimony. "The ma
tives," it is stated, "of Blanche Bay,
New Britain, affirm positively the ex-
istence of race of men with tails at a
place called Kali, and deny Indignantly
that they are monkeys, asking if mon
keys could fight with spears, plant
yams, make houses, etc." But it is sig
ni6cantly added that the interesting race
dwell in the interior Of the country, "where
no white person has ever penetrated" Mr..
Cockerell, a naturalist, who accompanied
the expedition, had special opportunities
Of research. He was detained for some
time as hostage in New Britain, and was
engaged in collecting" upon New Ireland
for five months. He found the natives
very friendly, but he does not otherwise
give them good character. "They are all
dreadful cannibals, and there is a strange
custom in New Ireland which requires
that chiefs daughter shall be kept in a
cage within her fathers house until she is
of manageable age. The cage scarcely
gives her room to move, and she cannot
leave it during any part Of the day, though
she is allowed to take a stroll with her
near relatives after nightfall. When a
chief dies his body is wrapped up and
placed in tree, and the poor people are
put in canoes in the sea to float away. The
natives have large plantations, and work
about two days in the week. They. live
chiefly on bananas, cocoanuts and pork put
they also indulge in human fesh.-"Pall
Mall Gazette" '"fH
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80 ttf ~ 8 :

TO THE WORKING CLAsS.-We are
now prepared to furnish a classes with
constao temployment at home. the whole or
the time, or for their spare moments.
Business new, light aud profitable: Ter
sons of either sex easily earn from 80 cents
TO SIS per evening. and q proportional sum
by aevoting ,heir whole Time to the Dusi
as men, That al who see this notice may
SEND their address, and test the business,
we make this unparalleled offer TO such
as are not well satisfied, we will send on
Full particulars, samples worth several
dollars to co onmence work on, and copy
of Home and Fireside, one Of the large 1T
and best Illustrated Publications, all seut
frea by mail Reader, II You wan per-
GEORGE ETlNsON 4 Co..
ianCtl Portland, Maine.
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PHILADELPHIA MARKETs.
d stock Market.
Phllaaelpnla Trade Report


SATURDAY, January ID.
otton Is less active and held t1rInly at
former quotations. Sales of Middlinss Ia
lots at 1870 for Upland, 1910. for alabama
and 1870 for New Orleans and Texas.
Coffee rules firm. Sales OF $50 bags of Rio
at l7@l2c15, so do. Lagua,la at 2lNc., 20
do. IAN d III lingo at $40; SS DO, Santos al
2Olc, l5O do Maracaibo at 2lA@22c. and 500
mats Java at Ac. al gold.
sugar-in raw nothing doing Refined
sugars are in alr request atlz19c for cut
loaf, l2Ac tor crushed and powdered. =, l2c.
for granulat-d, and llhc for A.
In IL GLASSES, nothing doing.
Cloverseeu is tax en- at l413al5c.
Timothy is held at 81 80.
Flaxseed is scarce and in demand at III 55
al go.
There is a steady local consumption for
Flour, but the high views of hoIders serve
to strict transactions. Sales OF LOCO bar
rels Minnesota Extra Family medium gOOu
at Sc 75a$7 OO: do. do. do. choice at " 70; 40.
do do, low and good at IS 4OaS7; 90; 90.
choice At " 25; and high grades at $8a9 %.
Rye Flour sells at "a 371a4 oz19.
In Corn Meal nothing doing.
Under light transactions wheat Is held
firmly. Sales OF I,2OO bu., Pennsylvania
red prime, at 81 5O; Amber, good, at $l.5la
Rye sells at 77a79e in the cars, and SIC
Corn ia In good request at au improve.
ment. Sales of 5000 bushels southern,
Pennsylvania and Western new yellow, san
,ta57c. southern, white, on The track at
Oats are in fair demand with sales of 6. 500
bushels, low, Oh and other Westei
white at 40 4sc, for fair AM prime.
WHISKY is he'd firmly at 81 IL for West
ern iron bound.
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HIN0-PRACTICAL UMBRELLAA
X MAKER, Repairing Speciality -
Any one having a good frame ON
mbrella can have the same made a.
a0od AZ new at half price, at
ep2k-tf a. w. Corner Fourth d VAIN VI
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A SPLENDID OPPOnTUNII Y TO WIN
n A FORTUNE;-sAC COND GRAND
DRAWING, 1877. At New Orleans, on
Monday, February B.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CON-
PANY.
This Institu ion was acknowledgements Iated
by Lhe Legislature of the s, at- for tduca-
ton / purposes, in 1868, with Capita!ot
81 .OOO, 900. to " hich has since been aud d
reserue fu d of $35O,OOO | > GRAND SIN
GLE NUMBER DRAWING will take
Mace monthly. 1t never scales or post
pones, Look at thefollowing scheme.
CAPITAL PRIZE, S25,OOo.
10000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
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APTER XXI
IVING BUSINESS.

Yet that runs from Broad
Wall Street, there was
'ith dingy panes Of glass,
p sign which bore the fol-
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JANUARY.
lYx. Q. HAR8AoH.


lld. and biting is the blast;
I earth seems hardened into
dale the snow is falling fast,
md is desolate and lone.
hans beneath an icy shield.
ksin tops are capped with
|of snow;
winds DER forest, vale and
songs Of misery and woe.
II marks It's course with 10y
songs are frozen in the food,
whose thunder woke the
hrs softly in the silent wood.
bes their winter jewels wear,
spring is frozen in Its bed:
10y disturb the chilly air.
eeps as silent as the dead.
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pught up on the Malabar
ke pearl fishers, and can re-
Yer for an incredible space of
hope to find means which
myself to go down under
p. This will be our object
Deeds, then we can gain our
we must think Of some-
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AND CRERSR.
|HAPTER. Xxx.
RANKS STORY.

LILA 1 / AZAS AA~As
hanks STORY.
u Franks story Louis gave
|of his own adventures, omit
! all mention Of Beatrice.
Ithing for his own heart, and
Ps ear.
(he letter and MS. p
b them"
the treasures and handed
He read them in silence.
you yet ~
Frank said Louis; "you
at last to live for."'
|tW
+ cried Louis, with burning
repeated Frank, without
eeance! What is that to
hope to give peace to your
(naicting suffering on our
bat can they possibly suffer
or what they have inflicted?
IN feel is as nothing COM
it we have felt. Vengeance!'
lsingly; ''and what sort of
build you kill them =? What
ct? Would he be more
he is? Or would you feel
piness2 Or do you mean
far-reaching than death ?"
Louis, "is nothing for such
inaict suffering, then, and
Nv ell, after all, do I want
Do l care for this mans
That are they or what can
He stands on his own
cath me; he is a corse ami
perhaps, suffer from nothing
lin. Should | inflict that on
would it be to me? And
e other that l can nfict."
bust have transformed you,"
th his spiritual ideas.t'
or perhaps the fact that l
Jed upon the face of death
the threshold of that place
THE infinite Mystery. So
k of mere vengeance my
respond. But there is still
p may make a purpose as
ance."
intolerable wrong!" cried
ment tones "the presence
II in the home of our ances-
xile. and all the suferings
) you think that | can endure
ust have vengeance"
n9geance."
fied Frank, starting to his
strict, stern, merciIess; and
pms 10 me all that you mean
Jet us make war against him
forth while life lasts let us
e power Of the law, and let |
ction on him for his crimes Il
put and fling him from us to |
Oh can 6ttingly condemn. l
ind despise his suferings. |
1 give me no qualification.
Rt a base nature can suffer |
hg to me-he suffers only |
less To me, and with a
vengeance is possible, and
H.
you will have a purpose,
be points to the same result
this possible ?" said Frank. |
Ind we are weak. What
!" said Louis. "You are
AXE any thing. You do
life. There is one thing |
us. 1t is desperate-it is
/; but we are both ready to
1t?
from the dead" said Louis, |
Frank that letter from the
hich be himself had 90 often |
going to try this ?" |
n. I must first find out the
ence."
Cato yet ?"
k~
bught up on the Malabar
ke pearl fishers, and can re-
er for an incredible space of
hope to find means which
myself to go down under
p. This will be our object
leeds. then we can Gain our
we must think Of some-
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LIST OF PRIZES:

5.O22 Prizes ,.amountiningt Sill, 100
Write for Circulars or send orders to
CHAS T. HOWAnD,
New Orleans, La.
or WILLIAMSON q Co.,
jan6tf 3l7 broadway, N. T.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

bucks die to smear their faces with
tar, and not to again entertain
thoughts of matrimony until the
tar has worn oil. Judging from the
unusual number of females thus
arrayed in mourning who have
visited the city this spring, the last
winter must have witnessed the
transformation into 'sgood Indians"
Of very many of the children of the
forest. Even this, however, serves
to illustrate the power Of fashion,
as it is evident that the widows, one
and all, have taken pains to arrange
their symbol of grief in such a man
ner as to present the appearance of
the sprouting of a thick crop of
a la mutton chop.
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The Latest from Asia Indi-
Gates More Hopeful Pros
poets for the Turks.
A Battle Soon 10 be Risked in
Arixes Valley.
The Ascot Racss-Gsneral Grant in
Attendance.

LONDON, June l2-The government
has taken into favorable consideration
the case of Fenian Davitt, undergoing a
sentence of fifteen years penal servi-
tude.
The Times says the speeches of the
Marquis of Salisbury and Earl Derby,
at the banquet OF the merchant %tailors'
school last evening, coming Immediately
after the presentation of Gortschakof s
letter, will give intense satisfaction to
the whole country by showing that the
government, while watchiul OF all real
British interests, will not pour out the
blood and treasure Of the country in de-
Tense of nightmares or chimeras.
1t is very doubtful whether General
Grant will find time to come to Oxford
to receive the degree of D. G b, re-
Gently rendered him. His decision will
b. known to-day.
The Ascot meeting opened brilliantly;
the thunder storm last evening cleared
away the atmosphere and improved the
turf. The Prince and Princess Of Wales
and ex-President Grant occupied the
royal stand. The crowd is immense.
The race for her msjesty's gold vase
brought out seven starters and was won
by 5kylark, Roseberry second and Rhi
dorrock third. The Prince of Wales
stakes was won by Glenarthur.
vienna, June II = kilograms from
Asia seem to indicate that there is no
longer the feeling of dependency which
was so marked in late accounts from
Turkish sources, and that a battle will
be risked in the Arixes valley. The only
question is whether the Russians will
attack the Turks in the position they
have chosen, or push forward a column
coming frem 0lti toward Erzeroum, and
thus turn the Turkish flank. The flying
columns which Mukhtar Pasha has sent
against the Russians at OH show that
the Turks are aware of this danger, but
it remains to be seen whether they can
obviate il, and spare sufficient force to
check the eventual adyOucs of the Rus
sians over the Pass Of Keretshli Dogh,
leading direct from OH to the head of
the valley Of Western Euphrates and
Erzeroum.
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10! the Poor IudIan In His Degen.
crate bays.

Sacramento Union.l
Salmon having commenced run
ming up the Sacramento in great
numbers, the Indians of the foot
hills are making frequent visits to
the city to lay in a supply. They
travel free, Notwithstanding the &C.
ton Of the last Legislature prohibit
ing deadheadism on railroads, al.
ways occupying the platforms of the
mail and express cars, and usually
filling the said platforms to their
utmost capacity when they are re-
turning home, as each individual
Lo, no matter how thin he may be
when he comes here, gorges himself
during his stay until he can hold
no more. These children of nature
would form an interesting study for
ladies and gentlemen who dote on
"Hiawatha" and are charmed with
the "Last Of the Mohicans." There
is SO much food for reflection upon
what "might have been," mixed
distressingly, however, with doubts
as to the question, "Were they ever
differentl' Imagine Miss Mime
haha, or a possible Miss Hiawatha,
in the person Of one Of these dusky
females. as she stretches her any
thing but supple or graceful form,
clad in a filthy combination of rags,
upon the ground by the little camp
fire on the river bank, and with a
dexterous movement of one of her
horribly dirty feet turns over a
piecc of salmon that it may receive
a little more smoked 1t is custom
airy with these squaws when their
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ST LOUIS.
Several small FIrea-suIcide of IA
Stranger,

several small FtreR-9utctde of a
Stranger.
ST. Louis, June l2.-Six small fires
between 6 and IL o'clock last night de.
stroyed about twelve thousand dollars
worth of property.
Between 5 aud 6 o'clock last evening q
well-dressed man about six feet tall and
finely proportional vent into the pawn.
shop Of Benjamin Meyers, 3l7 Market
street, and asked to be shown some re.
v%olvers. He selected one of large cali
Der and requested Mr.. Meyers to load it.
On receiving it back from Mr..
Meyers, vino supposed that the stranger
intended to purchase it, he suddenly
placed the muzzIe TO his right temple.
and before a movement could be made
to stay the act, he discharged the weap
on, sending a ball clear through his
head. He fell to the floor UNCONSCIOUS
was removed to the city d%ispensary, and
died in about an hour. The man was a
stranger IN the city, and had nothing on
his person by which he could be iden.
tilted.
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A witness

New YORK, June l2.-Henry P. Nc
Grath, the well known owner of race
horses, was on the witness stand yester-
day in the John f. Chamberlain case
Es was asked if he was interested with
Chamberlain in 1876 in bis business al
Long Branch. He replied, IL haven't
set up as late as 9 O'Clock for three
years" During the last few years he
had a conditional interest in Chamber.
laiu's business; he was to share in the
profits but not in the losses. 81 haven
seen any profits out Of that place in a
long time" In the days Of the club
houses prosperity he had a per centage.
He was asked what business was carried
on in the house. and in an easy manner
said: You want me to state that John
Chamberlain kepta gambling house, and
won't do it, and now you lave got all
out of me that you can"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

WARRINGTON, June l2.-For Tennes.
see and Ohio, the upper Mississippi aud
lower Missouri valleys and lake region
stationary or falling barometer, and sta.
%tionary or rising temperature, with the
Winds mostly from southeast to south
west, partly cloudy weather and occa-
sional rain areas, except in the lower
Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys.
The Missouri and lover Mississippi rivers
will generally rise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

New York, June PA match for
$4,000 q si5e was made last evening be-
tweea P. Loriliard's Basil aud r. A.
Clabaugh's Glover Brock, both we'll.
known three.yesr olds, and the latter the
winner Of the valuable Belmont stakes
last Saturday. The race is to be one
mile and a quarter, and will be ruu at
Jerome Park rext Saturday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

Two delegations from Alabama,
respectively ultra and moderate Re-
publicans of hat State, held sepa-
rate interviews with the President
yesterday. In response to their
representations the President ap.
pears to have said in substance that
the changes he'made in the Ala
bama officers were in the interest
Of the Union Republican sentiment
of the State, and hat he would
make no changes except for inefi-
cheney or corruption. lie further
said that in making appointments
he would select men who have ma
terial interests in the State.
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River Kilograms.

CAIRO, Juue l2.-Arrived-St. Gene
We've, Vicksburg, 4 am; Thomas W.
Means, St. Louis, 8 am ; Bee, New Or
leans, 10 q NJ Departed = Schenck,
New Orleans, IL pm; Coal Hill, Ohio
river, 2 am; St. Genevieve, St. Louis,
Z am ; Thomas Means, Ohio river, 8
am Bee, St. Louis, noon. Light rain
last night; clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, June l2.--River rising
Weather clear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

The subscription price Of the PUB.
Lie LEDGER is IS per anaum for
The Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Reekly-POstage free.
Persons leaping the city for the sum-
msr can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tpo dollars for
three months, in adoance. NTH the
privilege Of changing pOsto6ice.
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Texas municIpal EIection

ST.. Louis, June II. The Globe-Demo
Graf has a special from Denison, Texas,
which says that r. NJ. Grubbs, Republi,
can, was elected mayor yesterday by a
plurality Of l6S votes and Q majority
Of 80 over both Of his Democratic com.
petitors. The assessor, collector, mar
shall, treasurer and oil but one Of the
councilmen we're elected, and are North.
ern meL,
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TIE IRON KOuEraIE RAILROAD.

TIE lhON
1t is announced by telegraph tina
the decision of Judge Miller, Q
the Supreme Court, in the suit q
! the Union Trust Company, of Nev
York, and Barring Bros. 4 Co., Q
Londsn, for the appointment Of
receiver for the st. Louis, Irol
Mountain and Southern railroad
which has been anxiously looked 70
for some days past, reached St.Loui
last night by mail from Leayen.
worth. The application for a re.
ceiyer is denied, the evidence moi
being sufficient, in the judgment
of the court, to justify the APP
pointment of one to interfere with
the present management of the
road" This defeats the hope;
of many on this side of the river,
aud at present is a serious blow to
the commercial interests Of Mem
phis and the railroads e~entering
here, as well as to the trade of Lou
@isyille, Cincinnati and other locali-
ties. No point south Of st. Louis
can trade successfully with Texas
or Southwestern Arkansas. The
Iron Mountain railroad discrimi-
mates so positively in favor of st.
LOUIS that we are e~ffectually ex-
cluded. Even travel is forced
around $50 miles out of the way,
and agents in Texas refuse to sell
tickets to New York by way of
Memphis. We are cut off entirely
and st. Louis has a bold and un-
concealed monopoly. All the val
liable trade Of the immense State
of Texas, which has an area six
times as large as Tennessee, not
reached by the Houston and Texas
Central railroad, is drained by the
Iron Mountain artery. In one
sense We are rather glad the decis-
ion is in favor of st. Louis; it will
force the business men of this city,
of Louisville, and various rail
roads and interests to unite in
building another through and COM
peting line to Texas. That road
will be naturally and necessarily
from DevalPs Bluff, Arkansas, TO
Jefferson or Marshall, Texas, thus
opening up and securing the
trade of the richest portion
of Southern Arkansas aud connect
ing with the Texas system of rail
system of more than 5000
miles Of splendidly equipped roads
~permeating the richest country on
the continent. The Iron Mountain
road is secured to st. Louis for
years to come; outsiders may pro-
test in vain. The only practical
remedy is to build 145 miles of
road, and thus pierce the Chinese
wall that fences out the commerce
of a dozen States carried BY as
many railroads. This must be
done or Memphis will die of dry
rot, and several other cities will
suffer from the contagion. We
must have an outlet and more en-
terprise or shrink up to be an old
dead town by the wayside.
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SUPREME COURT.


Proceedings at jackson, Tenn.
Special to the Ledger.l
JACKSON, Tenn, June delivering
q Brady vs.. Norville, Boone q Co., cred
TORS petition to modify the decree as to
those not giving appeal bonds was re-
fused McKeon's claim to homestead
was rejected, but a claim TO dover left
open, with leave to test the same by
original proceedings, and the sale to be
subject to dover rights, if any are estsb'
lished; Scott rs. Johnson, rehearing re.
fused and the decree Of the defendants
counsel to be entered, with modification
as to computation Of interest.
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FUNERAL NOrICr

Died. at Mountain Valley, Thursday, June
7th, ats o'clock p. m, LILLE l.. DEA, only
daughter Of Michael and M. L. Dea, aged l6
years ! month and 7 days.
Funeral will take place at 8 o'clock to-
morrow WEDNESDAY afternoon, from the
residence of her parents, No. ID South street.
Carriages in attendance at their residence.
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LEGAL.


In. the Chancery Court of Shelby County.
T~enn.-John P. Trezevant ct al. VS.. Chas'
Hewitt ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
4 this cause. that the defendants, Charles
Hewitt and +. G. Flanagan ~(citizens of ST.
Louis, MOI and the Life Association Of
America are oil non-residents of the State Of
Tennessee; that complainants filed their bill
herein June 4, 1877. alleging an indebtedness
due them from said Hewitt 4 Flanagan in
the sum of about 1915, as evidenced by an
open account, ETC., aud that a writ of attach
ment has been Issued and returned levied
upon the property Of eaid defendants,
situated in Shelby county, Tennessee; it
is therefore ordered that they make their
appearance herein, at tho court-house.
In the city Of Memphis. Tennessee, on or
before the first Monday in August, 1877.
and plead, answer or demur TO comDlain-
ants bill, or the sam will be taken for con-
fessed as to them aud set for hearing OK parte:
and that a copy Of this order bs published
once q week. for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of June, 1877.
copy -Attest;
EDMUND A. COLE, C. and ".
BY X. j. BLACK, D. G. and M.
Meteaif 4 Walker, Soils. for complainants.
S9.9i-l0I l07
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OARn.

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early decay. loss of manhood, etc., 1 will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
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by a missionary in South America. Send a
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