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For Lewiston and Auburn
PORTLAND & OGDENSBURG R.R
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

Commencing MONDAY, Feb. 3, 1879.
Passenger trains leave Portland for
E.I-f.H@Upper Bartlett, Fabyans and In
termediate stations 5.15 !. M, and
$50 d. nm.
7.l5 a. m. runs through to Burlington and Swan
ton, connecting at Wing Road, for all points on
Boston, Concord & Montreal r r; at st. Johns
bury with Passumsc r. r. for Newport, Sher-
brooke, &c; at East Swanton with Central YER
mont L. r. for St Johns and Montreal; at Swan
ton with Central Vermont for Odgensburg via
Ogdensburg g. Lake Champlain X. X.
$50 p runs to Upper Bartlett.
Trains arrive in Portland from Upper Bartlett and
intermediate stations at HOO a. IN.
From Vermont S.45 p. IN.
j. HAMILTON. Supt.
Portland, Jan. 81 1879. eb1dtf
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RAILROADS.
Maine Central
RAILROAD.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1879.


Passenger Trains leave Portland for Ban
gOr, Dexter, belfast and Wafefytfic mt
1880. Il 81, aud li45 pm.
For skowheean at 1890, 1885 and 11.45 p. IN.
For Augusta, Haliowell, Gardiner and
Brunswick at 200 a. M, 12.35, 20, and IL AS p.
For n ockland and all stations on Knox and Lin
coin X. X, and for Lewiston via Brunswick at
For Bath at 100 a. M, 1925 and $40 p IN.
For Pennington, Monmouth, Winthrop,
Reade6ld, West WnterviIle and Water
willie via Lewiston at 1880 p IN.
For Lewiston and Auburn.
Passenger Trains leave at Il. 80 and 8 Is p. m.
The train leaving at .45 IN. also has apasseDger
car attached, connecting at Cumberland Junction
with mixed train for Lewiston, Auburn,
Winthrop and Wnterville. The 1890 p m.
is the day train aud H. p m tram is the Night
making close connection at Bangor for all sta
lions on the 4. 81. N. A. Railway, aud for st.
John and Halifax The l1.45 p. IN. Train
makes close connection at bangor for all stations
ON Bangor e. Piscafaquis R. r., Hout-
ton, Woodstock, ST. Andrews, ST. Steph-
en-. FredericktOn, Fort Fairfield, and
Carbon.
Passenger Trains arrive i'm Portland, as
follows:-The morning trains from Augusta. Gar
diner, Bath, Brunswick and Lewiston at S.35 aud
e.4O a. m. The day trains from Bangor, Dexter,
Belfast Skowhegan, Pennington, X. 81 L.. X. r.,
and all intermediate stations at 12.40 and l245 2.
M. The afternoon train from Augusta Bath, X.
Pm The night Pullman Express train at 1.55 a.
m,
PAYsoN TUCKER, supt:
Portland, Feb II, 1879. fel5dtf
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PROPOSALS.
TO CONTRACTORS.

GEALED PROPOSALS will be received for ma.
- terials and labor for school house to be erecLed
in District No in the town of Yarmouth, until the
30th INST, plans and specifications OF which can be
seen by calling upon j. A. Seabury. The Building
Committee the right to reject any all bids
Per order of the Building Committee.
Yarmouth April1S, 1879. ap17d1w
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STEAMERS
Tnnnan Line

UNITED STATES & ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS,
New York 10 Queenstown and Liverpool,
EVERY THURSDAY OR SATURDAY.
City Of Berlin 549l Tons City Of Montreal 400 Tons
City of Richmond, 46O7 q" City OF Brussels 1915 :"
These magnificent steamers are among the strong
est, largest and fastest on the Atlantic, and have
every modern improvement, including hot and cold
water and electric bells in statefooms, revolving
chairs in saloons, bath and smoking rooms, barber
shops, &c.
For rates of passage and other Information, Apply
to JOHN G. DALE. Agent, 81 Broadway, n. Y.
Or to II. II. ,422 Congress 81,
jail PORTLAND. cody
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New Two Story House for Sale.

HOUSE No. Ellsworth street. 10 rooms good
- cellar and drainage. Lot 3sx75: The most lib
term OF years at per cent interest. Apply to G,
Pa tTERSoN, Dealer in Real Estate, or Canal
National Bank. mh1dtt
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FOR SALE.

o. One or both OF the elegant Brick DWELLING
@;.; Houses on the corner Of Pine and Carlton
.IlE.sAA Streets, in this city,
inspection. -' WV"
For particulars apply to
r. HI. FASSETT, Architect,
Centennial Block, Exchange Street.
Portland Aug. 5, 1873. au5dtf
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A SMALL, convenient rent, centrally located,
~ Ada ~ "RENT," Press Office, stating price
huihpoi VI ioouis anu loeal1on, ap3dtf
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PORTLAND, BANGOR \ MACHlAS
STEAMBOAT co.
For Bangor,
NIT. DESERT AND MACHsAS.
SPRTNG E-I

xS4HSxs Until further notice. the
MNAAsSsss4sas.s bH HHMHs1o vii f iss7s
80: .:sl.1Gs9i railroad Wharfevery Tues
o'ciock. commenc;n. a All, E1y I'VE at 20
!or as far as the ice will pernit) touching at Il
land, Camden, Lincoinvilie, 1seIfasr
searsPort, Sandy Point, Bucksporf, Win,
ferpOrt and Hampden.
Returning, will leave Bangor every Thursday
MORNING at 9 o'clock, touching as above, ar
living In Portland about P. M. connecting with
Portland and Boston Steamers.
VIII also leave r.. X. Wharf every Eriday
evening at 10 O'Clock, for Machia.uOrf
touching at kockland, Castine. Deer Isle,
sed2Wlck, So. West Har-bor, eSnr Har-
Dor, MIilbridge, ana Jonesporf.
Returning, will leave Machias port every Mon
day MORNING at A 1-@ O'Clock, commencing
April 18th, touching as above, arriving in Port,
land same evening, Usually connecting with Pull
man Night Train for Boston. Wa
Steamer City of Richmond will commence her reg
nlar series Of three trips per week, to Bangor, On
Friday, May I'd. ''-
For mrther particulars inquire Of
GEO. L. DAY, Gen. Ticket Agent,
On c,,,,, Railroad Wharf.
e. GUSHING, General Manager.
Portland. April 10th, 1879. ap,5dtf
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"A RCANA Hall, Williams block, is now offered for
LAaay and evening entertainments on most reason
aole terms and will be leased to the right party at
low rent. Apply to F. G. PATTERSON
apaeodlm No. 3794 Congress st.
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For Sale

fEtHE = story house No. 81 EmerySt The house in
4 good order, gas, Sebago and all modern improve
menus win pc sold low applied for soon. For par.
apldaw JOHN G. PROCTOR, So Exchange st.
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PATENTS 8; G.; !; &C.: :;
= A. - ~ ~ labels, Caveats, Assign
msnts, Interferences, eLS
promptly attended to. INVENTIONS that have been
nNTN nm n N by the Patent ONCE NAV
II Ii'IU | still, In most cases, bs,
X | secured by us. Bein
III HI HHV M | \ opposite the Patent o.
~ II " II " IL - ice, we can make closer
searches, and secure Pat
fonts more promptly and with broader claims THAI
those who are remote from Washington.
TnH MIN n n Qseni US a mode OF
nj III Ii MIHHA sketch OF your de-
n Y vice; we make exam
I'LL 4 nations free ofchdrgs
4Ai U - - " ~ ~ and advise az to pa
tentabilty. All cor
respondence strictly confidential. Prices low, AVID
NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT lr
SECURED.
We refer to officials In the Patent Office, and &
Inventors in every State n the Union.
G. A. SNOW q CO.,
0pposits Patewt O@ce Washington, ID. L D..
no2s itf
JOB AND ROCK PRINTING ueatIy
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TO LET
PLEASANT ROOMS TO LET.

A FIRST-CLASS rent at No. 70 Paris st. sebapc
"A and Gas. inquire at No. Exchange St.
apztf ID. w. NASH
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For SALE /!

A story and half House with addition,
stable, OutbnildiDgs and Blacksmith
Snop, all In good repair aud nearly new.
LOC contains about one acre, excellent
garden and well of water. This DrOner.
" Is situated about four miles from Port.
iand On the fray road. good title and
immediate possession will be given. The
ABOVE property Will be sold for 1878. 90.
and is the best bargain In Ueering.
Inquire on the Premises of z. q, LAM
BERf or Of JOHN C. COBB, 81 l-2 Ex-
change Street, POI tIand.
mh25 ds.f
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To Rent

HOUSE No. 70 Atlantic street. convanisrt ona
NJ, sunny; Possession given about the first Of
MAY MAY k Ken S2O per month. Apply to WIN. WEEKS
corner Congress and Franklin Streets.
apr22 ''ees ,u.
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TO Let.

SMALL tenements from to.9 dollars each, with
Seeosago' Apply to w. W. CARR,
ap1I 1877 Newbury ST.
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IOWA FARMING LANDS

RICH farming Lands on the line of Railroads in
- Harrison and Hancock Counties, Iowa. 49,
ALSO Fine Timber Lands in Michigan and Wiscon
sin: For sale low or exchange for pronertv in hi.
vicinity. Vii, STEPH HIENs1M 'nis
Portland, March 81, 1879 mh2Idtf
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QUITE Of rooms on second floor; plenty of sun
~ light, air and water. Heat and gas furnished
ALSO one room on third floor. References exchanged
Stable To Let
Situated in the western central part of city. Ad-
dress L. E. T., Daily Press Office.
ie12 dtf
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WANTS.
Situation Wanted
Wanted.

A WIDOW lady wishes a situation as nurse or
IA housekeeper. Call at 81 Quincy st. -
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Room tn Lat WiH, Doc.

a Moii MUM will be vacant Nav first at the
1jd wei, WEI known boarding house, So Park street
wy. anr rS'noer 10y corner Park and Gray.
"PiEA st.
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To LET.
To Let.
For Sale or Rent,

thE = story brio house No. 1Oi Bracket street.
Tern ana good WELL with about 1000 feet of land If
ant. Inquire of IOHN = PR q sYTI sei-
apr22d1w o1s w. nooAIn'
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JOB AND ROOK PRINTING neatly
executed at Ibis Once.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
What the Farm Should Be.

The farm should be not merely place
where men subsist and rear families in
the strictest economy, starving the soul
to add a few more acres to the fifty or
hundred already obtained, and which in
reality are not thoroughly cultivated,
but a home, speaking of plenty, a home
rich in attractions, buildings well kept,
shade and ornamental trees, lawns with
walks and towering shrubs, not forget
ting the furnished parlor and library
The newspaper, mag azine, pictures and
music, poets and history should be here.
True, the farmers home is of necessity
a busy place, but it should not be all
kitchen and dairy, not all scythe and
pillow, not all an endless routine OF
treadmill duties, but where the farmer
and his wife could find some time each
day to mingle with books and in CONVEX
sation. Away from the hustle and the
chatter of the town, it should be the
place to grow large in judgment and fine
in taste One of the most hopeful indi-
cations of progress is the position occu-
pied bv farmers, and the growing aspect
manifest toward them. For practical,
moral and esthetical culture, farmers
children have superior advantage.
The hills and forests with their brooks
and rocks afford ample facilities for the
study of botany, geology and natural
history. Nowhere are the heavens so
broad, or do the consultations offer
greater attractions to the wOuld-be as
tronomer than upon the hill tops in sum-
mer, or when under the beautiful snow
the earth lies buried at our feet. That
these opportunities are appreciated is
seen in the demand for agricultural col
leges in all our States. 1t is not to be
lamented that all the graduates of these
colleges do not go back to the farm up
on which they were reared. Many of
them become manufacturers, merchants,
LAWYERS, doctors and ministers, carrying
into the town the practical good sense
and thrift that puriies, and into rural
districts with profession, or mercantile
business, inspiration to active social in
tercourse that Overcomes reserve. So
each year the distance between town and
rural life is lessening, the one getting
more the scent of the clover, the fields,
and the pure air which plays around the
mountain top, the other more of the cul-
ture and refinement of the city.-CO71-
71ect5ca1 Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.


IT is said that kerosene viii soften
boots or shoes which have been hard
ened by water, and render them as plia-
BILE as when new.
MARBLE soon molders into dust of
carbonate of lime, but hard, well-burnt
eIav endures forever in the ancient
landmarks of mankind.
A MIXTURE of equal parts of plaster
of Paris and powdered pGmice stone
makes a useful casting for articles that
are to be soldered or brazed.
SHAvINGs from a planning mill in
Chicago are, by an air-blast, blown 700
feet, through 15-inch sheet-iren pipe
to distillery, where they are burned
for fuel.
ROAD locomotives are coming into
considerable use in France. One of y
tons weight recently dragged a
piece of artillery of IS tons from Vim
cennes to the Point d'Austerlitz.
A NEW hay-press has been patented
in France and England which delivers
the bales in the form of solid uniform
cylinder about two feet in diameter,
which may be rolled along by one man.
LEAD has been easily detected by
Poucbet in the saliva of persons suffer
ing from lead-pOisoning, but no trace
was discovered of arsenic in the case of
patients under arsenical treatment.
WHEN gun-cotton is 1decompOsed in
closed vessels it gives rise to products
which are few in number and simple in
character, namely, caPbonic acid, car
bonic oxide, hydrogen and nitrogen.
MANY coal-mine explosions which
have been thought mysterious probably
resulted from the sudden burning of dry
coaE-dust iii the air Cotton gins are
frequently set on fire by the ignition of
fine particles of cotton in the air.
THE substances known as Persian or
Dalmatian insect-powders owe their ac-
tivity to the powdered flowers of various
! species of pyrethrum. They have been
employed with good effect in destroying
flies, coelroaches and bugs.
DR.. RoYsToN PIGGOTT has found
that, by making miniature of an OBJ
| iect, such rs spider line, and examin-
inc it with q microscope, objects as
small as the milliOnth part of an inch
could be seen, and in a late communities
ton to the Philosophical Society, Cam
bridge, he took exceptions to the view
generally prevailing among opticians
that it is useless to attempt further per-
/ fectiOns of the microscope.
In late number of DiegJer'S Journal
the composition of L. Won Faber's vari-
ously colored pencils for writing on
glass, porcelain, metals, etc, is given as
| follows: Black-Ten parts lampblack
forty parts white wax and ten parts tai
low. White-Forty parts white lead
twenty parts wax and ten parts tallow
Blue--Ten parts Berlin blue, twenty
parts wax and ten parts tallOw. Dark
blue-Fifteen parts Berlin blue, five
parts gum Arabic and ten parts talIow
Yellow-Ten parts chrome yellow
twenty parts wax and ten parts tallow
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
The Most Married OF women.

Benjamin Abbott, one of our old citi-
zens, died in this town Saturday last in
the eighty-secOnd year of his age. He
was a nephew of the celebrated Rev.
Benjamin Abbott, the great Methodist
revivalist of the early part of this cen
fury, and came to this State from New
Jersey when young man, and settled
in the q Neck" east of this town, where
his active life was mostly spent. But
the notable feature in Mr.. AbbOtt's other
wise uneVentful life is the remarkable
fact of being the seventh husband of his
widow, who survives him. This much
talked-of and much-published event
(for it went the rounds of the press of
the natiOn), when he for the second and
she for the seventh time bowed before
the altar of Hymen, occurred on June
so, 1875, he then being rs and she 80 years
old. Mrs. Abbott's history in the mari
tai relations of life stands perhaps with
out a parallel in the records of the ma
ton, and tradition has it there is to be
yet another. 1t is currently stated with
out contradiction that some years ago
she had a vision in which eight men
stood before her in peculiarly impress
i've manner which she has ever regard
ed as prophetic of the number of con-
quests she was to make. The eighth is
just as likely and as reasonable as the
seventh, and already public gossip is be-
ginning to mark this and that man as
the victim of next conquest. Her maiden
name was Williams, and she has been
successfully Mrs. Traux, Mrs. Riggs,
Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry,
Mrs. Pratt. and Mrs. Abbott In every
instance, save the first, she has married
widowers, some of them with a good
number of children, and on one occa-
sion in her early married life she went to
the almshoUse and took therefrOm three
children and raised them. She never
had any children of her own. All her
life has been spent in this vicinity, and
all her husbands were buried by the
same undertaken. ~ Smyrna (Del.).
Times. t..' -A1 d
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
A Prodigy.

There are many persons who, if we
are to place full credence in their biog-
raphers, must have been extraordinary
marvels of precocity and cleverness.
Anne Maria Schurman, for example,
who was the boast of Germany, was one
of this description. AT lineage of 6, and
without instruction, she put in paper the
most delicate figures; at she learned
in few days to paint flowers, which, it
should be added, were highly esteemed :;
and two years later it cost her only five
hours application to learn the art of en-
broidering with elegance. Her talents
for higher attainments, we are told, did
not develop themselves till she was u
years of age, when they were discovered
in the following manner: Her brothers
were studying in the apartment where
she sat, and it was noticed that when
ever their memories failed in recital of
their lessons, the girl prompted them
without any previous knowledge of their
tasks except what she had gained from
hearing the boys con them over. In her
education she made extraordinary prog
ress, and it said to have perfectly under
stood the German, Low Dutch, French,
English, Latin, Greek, Italian, Hebrew,
Syriac, Chaldean, Arabic, and EthiOpi-
an languages. Her knowledge of
sciences and her skill in music, painting,
and sculpture were also extraordinary !;
and her talent for modelling was shown
by the wax portrait she contrived to
make of herself with the aid of mirror
When it is added that her letters were
not only valuable for the elegance of
their style, but the beauty of the written
characters, which caused the said epis-
ties To be preserved as cabinet curiOsi-
ties, we may judge what a prodigy Of
cleverness was forshadowed by the tai
ents she displayed as a child.-C bGns-
berS'S Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
SEAsONABLE RECIPES.

COOKIES Two eggs, half a cup of
butter, or half lard with the butter, one
cup of white sugar, flavor with lemon
extract and nutmeg, three teaspOonfuls
of baking-pQwder sifted with flour
enough to make the consistency to roll.
COCoANUF CAKE.-W hitesf of four
eggs, two cups of sugar, One-half cup Of
butter, one cup of milk, one teaspoOnfUl
of cream-tartar and one-half teaspoon
full of soda, four cups of flour. Bake IN
layers. For filling: Take whites of two
eggs; one-half tea-cupful of sugar (pul-
verized) and thicken with cOcOanut.
LOAF SEED CAKE.=Take one loaf Of
dough, one cup of brown sugar, half
cup of butter or drippings, half ounce of
caraway seeds, or a quarteF-pOund of
currants, a little spice, two eggs; mix
thoroughly with the hands and set to
rise. Do not bake until real light; bake
in deep tin.
GRAHAM CRACKERss-O pound
Graham flour, half cup butter, little
salt, mix thoroughly with sour milk, in
which soda has been dissolved, ron and
beat with rolling-pin, then roll again,
and cut into round crackers. Bake real
brown. These are real good when
warm. Soda must be dissolved in a lit
tie water ...
LEMON PIE.-To be economical, take
the yelks left from the eggs in the CO.
cOanut pie, two spoons of sugar to each
egg; three lemon rinds and juice; three
spoons of butter, and make alemOn pie.
Line the pie-plates with paste and fill
with the mixture and bake. Serve with
the coeoanut pie.
CoCOANUT PIE.-Pare the brown
e 4
wash them in cold water Weigh half Il
pound and CRATE it. Cut up one-quarter
of pound of butter into the same guam
THY of sugar and stir them together.
Beat the whites of six eggs until they
stand alone and stir in the grated cocoa
nut alternately with the butter and
sugar. Lay puff paste around the pie
plates and putin the mixture and bake
until brown on top. r ..r-
HEN 's-NEsT PUDDING ELL nine egg
shells that have been emptied by break
inc a hole ON the side, with firm blanc
mango. Take the rind from two lem
ons and cut it into fine straws with
shears; boil the straws in little water
until tender, then put in three spOOnfuls
sugar, boil ten minutes longer. Fill a
round glass dish with thick custard or
whipped cream, place the straws around
the edge, break the shells from the eggs,
place them carefully in the center,
smooth side up. @ .it
CREAM CAKE.-Three eggs, one and
one-half cups of sugar; beat eggs three
minutes; put in sugar and beat ten min
utes one and one-half large cups OF
flour, half cup water, large teaspoOnful
baking-powder; bake in layers same as
for jelly cake and put the cream in be-
tween same as jelly. The cream
Three-quarters of a.cup of milk, hall
cup powdered sugar, one tablespoonful
corn-starch, lump butter half the size OF
| an egg; favor to taste; mix corn-starch
in half of the milk cold while the Other
half and the sugar are boiling together
then put all together and stir briskly
while boiling from three to five minutes
This makes an elegant and delicious
| cake. -'s' -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30

PLACE a tube by the side of, and at
right angles with, looking-glass. By
looking through the tube with the right
eye, and looking at the glass with the
left, hole viii appear, rs though the
frontal bone was perforated, and by
shifting the tube by the side of the glass
and altering the angle, other parts Of
the face may be subject to the same pro-
cess with like results. Note: Quite a
long discussion is being carried on in a
London scientific journal on the cause
of the above singular phenomenon, and
many opinions are put forth to account
for it, among others the following APP
pears to be probably correct: 1t is sim
ply a case of the -superpOsitiOn or bring
ing together of the images received sep
arately by each eye, such as we are IA
miliar with in the case of the stereOscOpe,
depending on the point on which the
eyes are focused, and the more bril-
liant or striking image overpOwering
the less.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
Epilepsy or Failing Fits.

Z In the Presbyterian Journal of December
u, 1873, a letter from the Rev. Peter
StrYker, d. D., from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts: son our way back' (from a
summer tour 'we met friend whom We wish
We could introduce TO all the sfn cted DR.. A. l..
7. A distinguished practitioner in Philadel-
phia said to US: sThe only physician / know of
who seldom If ever fails TO cure epilepsy, is
DR.. t. We h3lOl0 OF a number Of severe cases
OF this terrible disease which he has cured;
and entirely unsOught by him, and without
any motive whatever, other than that of be-
nevoleDce, we recommend him to all who are
thus suffering. He is no quacl, and uses no
specific u Ich case is treated separately and
successfully, and with mO1CrlJe charges"
Having known Dr. STRIKER for years, first as
pastor of North BrOai Street Presbyterian
Church in Ihilafelphi', ami now as pastor of
a church In Saratoga Springs, y. Y, was well
aware such statements from him were Of no
common importance. Having dear friends
afflicted with these terrible falling st., l made
further investigat Ous, and found that this
cure is remarkable. Most sufferers do not
want their names published ana regular ply
sicians are shy OF Advertising. Those wishing
to communicate with this physician may Sc
cure his address By writing 70
A q Rpy is ~ Phiio deI Dhis