davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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satisfactorily explained. a year previous to
this Mr. Manning lost his Wife, and lie en-
gagged Miss Davis, the daughter of an honest
farmer iii an adjoining town, to act as bis
housekeeper. :
is about 80 years Of age, pleasant In face and
agreeable in manner, naturally keen, Dut
not we'll educated, and member Of
the Methodist Church. Miss Gertrude
Manning, with her father, a brother
of Warren, . and 81 years OF age,
has lived here wlth.the old gentleman for
many years, having come to live with her
uncle soon after his sons death. She is 24
years old, and bright and attractive, but
rather retiring In her habits. About
seven weeks ago Miss Gertrude Manning
was taken suddenly iii, and all efforts of her
physician to cure her Of her malady proved
unavaillng. He would restore her for the
time being, but a relapse came In every III
stance, and the patient was again Frustrated.
Miss Davis was Miss Manntng's nurse, and,
from
CERTAIN sUsP1Cl GUS ACTS
Of hers In the sick chamber, one OF the ply
sicians was induced to entertain the idea
that she was III some way connected :Wttn
the sickness of her mistress. 1t was soon ru-
,nored around the village that Miss Manning
had been poisoned, and interest tn the
case soon becalue intense On the 18th Inst
she was arrested, the Doctor appearing
against her. lie strongly believes Miss Man.
ming was victim of arsenical poisoning. and
was willing to stake his reputation on IT.
Miss Manning, who is still alive, but very
low, says the food
PREPARED FOR HER By MISS DAVIS
made her sick, and on several occasions she
saw a green sediment in dishes glitter
taking food and medicine. There had
been a can of Paris green n the
house, but when it was searched for
it could not be found. It was afterward
found III the vault Of the water-closet- Miss
Davis was tr- only one who had access to II
Miss Davis has been held in $4,000 bail.
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4 SENSATION AT MALONE. N. l.
Special Dlpa:eh to The Cateooo Tribune"
New YoRK, Jan. GA special to the
Times from Malone, N. T., tonight, says
that a genuine sensation has prevailed In
that village the past few days over
the examination Of Miss Emma Davis,
the housekeeper of Warren L. Man
ming. on. charge Of having
administered arsenic to Gertrude A. Man
ming. Gertrude is the niece and supposed
heir of Warren l.. Manning, who Is Wild
ower and childless- He has passed
bis soth year, is. very feeble. and
almost in his dotage- About eight
..aora ago his onIv son died
snddenly. and his death has never yet been
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RUN OVER.

: Soeetat Dtsoateh to The Chicago ITtbtsn&
FoET WAIVE: Ind, Jan. 29.-Willie Hahn,
q boy OF II years. was fatally injured to-day
By bobsled running over him. He had
attached his sled to sleigh, and was ran
down By team attached to the bob-sled
which was driven by Intoxicated farmers
who were racing.
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6stetal Dhpatea to 1he Chicago Tr{ouns.
MILFORD, Ind, Jan. c9.-Two freight
trains on the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
eollided near Sparta last night, wrecking
two engines and several cars. Trains were
DELAYED some hours. The train going west
vent By its meeting point with the eastern
lains, thereby causing the collision
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KING CALICO.

ae Lands Id America to See Chicago
A$4ahs and Then Go for 10 Do Europe
u. eAs' FRANCISCO. CAL. Jan. 2a.-Arrtyed.
we steamer City Of Sidney, from Australia,
"a Honolulu. Among the passengers are
nlae Hte kalakaua, of Hawaii, and suite, for the
1astetn States and Europe.
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DETROIT, Mich, Jan. CA man named
I'D. Brown vas arrested OH Thursday night
LOT drunkenness and lodged In the Lake
County Jail at Baldwin. About half an hour
afterwards the structure, a somewhat primi-
1se affair, WAS found In blaze, and was
bis cell.
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JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,. Jan. GA young
man named Frank Early. line-repairer,
while distributing poles from moving train
about nine miles from this city, on the
Farmers Railway, this morning, lost his
footing and was thrown under the car, which
ran oTer and killed him, mangling hin, hor,
rlbly: He WAS native Of England, and had
only been In this country about six months.
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ooIrNBUs, o.. Jan. e9.-John Tucker, a
ooy aged Is years, while sliding upon ice
neat Shadeville last night, fell down and was
20 seriously injured that he died this morn-
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THE INEVITABLE

,!bABfIoS, Long Island, Jan e9.-John
A4nnemund was killed to-day By the dis
ttaearse OF gun. He was drawing it toward
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COASTlNG.

% nasss1nE' Is n. j., Jan. s9.-sel'na refers
ssea l., WIS killed coasttng. Several com
panlons we're severely hurt.
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II the Editor Of TIE Chicago Tr!bMne-

ID the Editor of TIE Chicago 7rsbH'e-
CHICAGO, jan. 20.-There are always Jew
persons In every audience who eau and WILL ma
In tho entertainment presented to them some
thing to gzowt and grumble about. Or this class
"S-H. E." the author OF an attnck upon Frot-
Stoddard' s. presentation Of the 81 Passion Play
Of Oberaumerxuu, published in to-day's TR1B-
usE. Is very evidently one. Wishing to be the
would be champion OF something,-he knows
not what,-he 1u:kes T. relentless attack upon
the most popular-and observation-disclosures Ct
the day.
This woi,ld-be champion thinks that the pub
lie went to Central Music Hail last "Wednesday
evening simply to see pictured before them ana 5
heir plAtulY tofd the srt]ry ut the SuHerin8s anu
death and Ut the meekness OF Christ.
Not so. The public went there u hear from
Passi"n plav, and whom they believed udequa1e
to preseD, it in harmless and reSerens aae man-
ner description Of it. We wished 70 nave de-'
Play. the manner in which It Is presented: @ ta tne
stlae fixtures aud appliances used IN tnat pres
ness something Of the domestic life and hahits
OF these rude peasants OF OoerummeeKau: q
tho correctness With which tney psesens .ae sua -
interest manifested In its production by the peo-
bear ts T from the Professor his private opnon as
to the degrading or the eevatlng influence ex.
crtnd upon the people by the performance OF
'n,s And IN bis description Of MalFs land some Of
the other actors> domestic life, OF bis nan'ts, OF
| the manner and. Ut the reverence or MS pof.
| trayai OF the leading characters. OF tne a.uaH
| compensation desired by hiH,-tn all this Frot.
| Stodd ard grusitiel many of our wishes:-an na
did it In perfectly reycrcnt manner, IN Keep
| in1 with the intelligence Of his audience
/, ut COURSE, We also expected and wtsheQ 70
| :. witness the presentation under the magic In
| t,uence OF his lenses OF pictures upon which We
are glad to look quietly and 1everently wnen
| shown IN canvas" and this " Ism "as certainly
Snd now as. H. K" attacks Prof. Stoddard
| for lack Of reverence in presenting the subject
| Us he toes, broadly insnua&iny intadellsn or
| UnttarianIsu. This portion Ut = Il. MS
! letter to THE TRIBUNE deserves. however, tne
silent dsdaiu OF tho Professor, and lis 1raenos-
| the public. ..., ,,,. al.
| timed 1nsomuch as we were desirnus or Know
,u1 something OF this slaodeged man VINO poS-
And whose business Is 1t whether Mair IS the
| PTofessurs friend or not: II he is, taen 10 tae
| Professor even better able to tell rs "nat "e
| are dcsirous OF knowing. .,x
acter was perfectly consistent ana. tnsteau VI
| shnckfur the audience as "-S. H. r. seems to
| intimate, it, to use n vulgar phrase. oE31us4t
| down the house," It WIS Simply an atIen!pt 20
| bteak down the undeserEed lns the FroIessot
thinks prejudice and bsgotEy OF sucn pesSoaa
Prof. Stoddard will continue to present thta @
| lecture whenever he sees fit. and the puoNc VII
| cnntinue TO attend that lecture. TO listen % u
with interest, and to applaud the lsctuFe1. 9et1
respectfully, eAa1oS u0eA'
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4 WATER-BACK EXPLOSION.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Jan. 29.-An explosion
q The water-back In the residence Of William
T. Greene, at River Point, this morning, de-
mollshed the range, wrecked the kitchen,
anu cut and seriously burned two domestics.
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GEN.. FRY.

cepKKaFE1p, ILL.,, Jan. 2299.-The funeral OF
zen yen Jacob Fry, Of Greene County, will take
= luce IN this city on next Monday afternoon
oe FILL .be buried with military honors.
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:. The British Minister at Brussels has nothing ~ ~
Tie world TO do except to send fancy crackers ~
bfys Victoria He must be great deai sr4 aas4 -
St. lames'. whose whole time IL occupied ihIen.
inR american tourists what the ean-ia!e ~ tro'A
lie LauRham Hotel to Euston' Railway s1aoon-
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Ihave the most uubounded confidence e. 10 a tns
auariIiu-W. r. Preston, Portsmouth, NJ d
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MR.. sToDDARD ON THE PASSION PLAY.

=
CHICAGO, Jan. IA criticism OF my lecture,
which appeared tn morning In your columns
over tho signature as II. K. Is evidently based
On such Misrepresentation OF my motives us to
call for few words Of explanation
l. The public was invited to witness, not q
"Dlyine lesson on canvas" but an illustrated
description OF the Passion Play at Oberam-
merguu. rs beheld By me last summer.
Q "S. II. e. feels aggrieved that used the
..tat name Of Meyer instead OF that Ut the Saw
for; regarding the substitution as "sacrelglous
and irrevcrent Extraordinary indeed does this
seem to me! 1t was precisely to avoid uli possl-
b,lity pf irrcyerence that spoke Of the leading
motor in Che Operammergsu Passion Play ns
,.Meyer." Other performers could be spoken ot
DMeyer's ever acting, to speak VI Jesus" doing
this or the "SAviur" dong th1at or the curtain
rising upon some fine posture or acting o1 me
ent but shocking to all Who regArd Jesus or
Nazareth as the incarnate Son OF Gnd-
5 Your correspondent is indignant that !
should spend 70 much time in analyzng nnd
| prafstnX the uctux Of Meyer, and defendlnR MS
| private character from SANDER
But this seems to me the most necessary oI
ali duties 10 describing this Dlvarlan dr1ma~ X
Meyer be untitled to enact the purt OF jesus II
he offend us IN his dellncaion OF ehat chArnctes:
| or Ii he be such an avAricious or vulgar man as
| some correspondents hnye represented Nun,
| then, indeed. Is the O5eratnnergnu play larce:
nay more disxEsiceful performance. iorefane a,
instead OF elevatins' immoral lnsteao VI GU
nobling- s.,;;.
follow his rendition Of the various scenes. ana
prove his spirit reverence his simple plety, nls
spotlcss character, and his unquesdouao'e
genius us un Actor-
/. As to my own religious views, which seem
IA perptextug to "S- II. r.. as the solutions OF
| the l3-lEl5 puzzle" have no reason ~ ot-
lieye thnt the public cares to know anytnn4
| about them. II have mysttbed IS. H. r.. lH
regard tu them, It s because he is medd!iug wlsn
| something about which he need not have me
| slightest concern. l purposed to describe
me Baynrian P,,ssion plny, and G:ve OF
| it as truthful and. accurate g. p9rtraysl
| is | was capable OF presenting. In this snngne
| neither to advance any theuloR1caI tenets OF uy
| own nor tu medtlle with those OF any Of my
auditors: But the words OF my peroradon l
Whatever may be our individual beliefs In
| regard to the nature Of Him whuse life has been
thus drutnattzed II our souls ure truly respof1-
| siye to all that IS dtvueiy great and pure IN
every form Of faith, we shall easily and our
selves in sym puthy with these BavAran Villagers
who regura tie performance OF this drama as q
| religious duty and precious legacy; and having
once attained tnis sympathy, hs we S1oe 10TH
! 'frum this secluded valley to mtnglu once mo: Q
with the outer world. the fueulury Ut this idylllo
| hnmlet IN the nights ind the grand dsssna q
| rhere performed will constantly recur 70 US, as
| though some spirit from better world wefe
| breathing on our souls Its bencd!ctinn- =
]. L. SrODDARp.
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DESTRUCTION OF CATTLE.
Special Dsspatch to The Chicago Tribune.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Jau. ga reliable party
from the cattle range In Western Nebraska
, 1881-01-30

Maximum tenoerature, II; minimum, IL
sAGtted SHOW.
tToo small 10 measure.
1ESkKAL oBSERvATIoSs.
CHICAGO. Jan. a9-l7:13 .. "a.
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HOIsE CLEANING .

It's MORN On leaving home around I glance,
All there is luxury and elegance;
The dog and cat upon the hearthrug lie
NV sweet wife kisses me; and says good-by
While servants bring my hat and coat and cane,
With 50 ualch comfort, how could man complaint
It's noon. As to my home then draw near.
/ hear the sound Of blows. The atmosphere
Is but Sitting binding cloud Of dust;
IT'S from the carpets beaten. ] mistrusti
And. horror-stricken to the house fly.
scene of desoation greets my eye.
The CARPETS UP. curtains down fires out,
Furniture all upset and piled about;
While back and forth. with heads IN towels
bound,
With skirts Topped ny foot above the ground,
And arms all barred, fy creatures-ean it be
NV lovely wife and servants neat / see,
Tearing about in these outrageous buds,
And stirring up this awful smell Of sGds
While in their eyes there CLEANS dangerous
light,
sight
The dog. once scaIded from them keeps aloof;
The eat has sought for safety on the roof,
And in the dining-ro0la where had thought
To find toothsome dinner, they have got
4 fiend Of Afric blood who joys to swing
A whitewash brush and spatter everything.
But I am not forgot. Ny feast is spread
Out in the w00dshed on a barrel head.
One slice Of bread a plate Of warned-up beans
Some water in a mug dish of greens.
Oh banquet riohi and best Of all, you see,
I've brought a fellow home TO dine with me.
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my firm belief that Mr.. Bramleigh
could only have been induced to make
such a will by unfair and foul means.
Although have been the cause of an
arrangement between father and
daughter, cannot think that ne could
so far forget his love for her, as to strip
her of everything. 1t is my intention
for her sake to contest this will; and it
is with this view that / have requested
my old friend, Mr.. Robson, to be pres
ent to-day as my legal adviser"
His frank, manly face was flushed
with excitement, as, leaning over the
back of his wife's chair, he took her
face between his hands and kissed it.
''For your sake-not mine, dearest"
heard him whisper.
read the viii slowly and distinctly.
1t was very short. Save the annuity of
ESQ to Hannah Churton for life, every
thing was left to DIR. Ramsey and my
self in trust for Magdalen Maitland, to
be settled on her as We, in our discre-
ton, think fit.
Astonishment is mild word to ex-
press the feelings of those present, nor
will | attempt to do so. My tale lies
with Hannah Churton. Starting to her
feet she pushed the chair from her, and
stretching ut one arm, gave utterance
to fierce torrent of inveetives. The
veil was lifted; the native coarseness of
the woman's nature stood revealed. 1t
was as [ had feared. Unmindful of the
bounty of but too generous master,
she heaped obloquy on his memory,
and fearlessly asserted that she had
wasted the best years of her life in his
service
Magdalen Maitland covered her ears
with her hands to shut out the hard
words. Her husband led her towards
the door, but Hannah Churton inter-
cepted them. Tearing her cap from
her head, she threw it ON the ground
before the frightened girl.
"Trample on it p she cried, in a
frenzied voice. "Your fathers victim
has no right to wear it p / must admit
that she looked grandly tragic as she
acclaimed these fierce words. / felt
half sorry for the poor defeated crea-
ture.
Nine years have passed since then
and Mrs. Maitland declared that there
are "silver threads among the gold"
The cares of a young family have some
what marred her good looks, but they
will live again in my little god-daughter
Magdalen, who promises to rival her
mother in beauty.
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where could view them at my leisure.
Pretty soon a nicely-dressed gentleman
stopped and began looking at them
very attentively. Presently he entered
the store and inquired if they were for
sale. / told him no, that they were
made for one of my customers. He
looked surprised, and asked the lady's
name. ! would not give him this
much satisfaction, but told him where
she lived, however. | was consider
ably surprised TO learn afterward that
he was calling at the house, and more
surprised still when the lady, accom-
panied by the gentleman, called at the
store three months later. She called
him dear" then, so guess they were
married.
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months since / first commenced using that Or.
on my horses, and l shall continue 10 use il.
happened TO commence using ST. JACOBS on ON
horses in this way: My father is over eighty
years of age and is subject 10 many of the
ailments incident to old age. Among other
things he has Rheumatic attacks pains in his
limbs and joints. and aches in different parts of
his body. He commenced using ST. JACOBS on.
several months since and AFTER rubbing himself
freely with the liniment night and morning, ac-
cording TO the printed directions he obtained the
most decided relief. Whenever he has any pain
now he uses ST. JACOBS on. and il always drives
the pain away. Now fully know from personal
observation that Whot is good for Is good for
beast Further reports bring the gratifying in
telligence that AriStides Welsh, Esq, of Euden-
helm Stock Farm. near Philadelphia, Pa, the
breeder of that famed racer IroquoiS. above rep
resented, uses and strongly endorses ST. JACOBS
OIL as a wonderful remedy in its effects upon his
stock. His experience with the Great German
Remedy justified him in giving his unqualified
Endorsement of it. AMI in saying that ! is chief
groom should always use it ON the farm. %
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GEN. SHERMAN.
He Writes Letter Full of Historical
Points to His Friend the Private
DaizeII.
(vbicagn TriLuua
FIGHTING AT LIMERICK.

Chicago Tribune.
CALDWELL, o., Oct 10.-Sherman's
full letter is as follows:
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AR
MY, WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. S.-The
Hon. j. VI DaiaeA, CdIdmeH, 0.-DEAR
DALZELL: AS you request in your letter
of Oct, 4th, return herewith the letter
of Thurlow Weed, which you ought,
of course, to preserve. How Mr.. Weed
was instrumental in bringing me back
to the military service in 1860 am, OF
course, unable to say, hut his statement
with reference to his Intervention with
President Lincoln and Secretary Cam
eron is all news to me. | cannot recall
ever having met with or seen him till
long after the War was over. / have
great respect for the old gentleman, but
am reminded of the infirmity of age by
his laying down my route from Atlanta
to Richmond as through the States oil
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and
the Carolinas. That surely would have
keen a swing around the circle. | am
sure appreciate the partiality of friends
such as Thurlow Weed and others, but
am more and more convinced each day
that this world will move in its usual
orbit; that man is mere atom of little
influence; that each year and each
epoch creates its own agents; that the
great men of 1875 were not suited to
1872; that these again fell short in Is
IS; and these in 1861. Each epoch calls
for new agents, and should the year
1900 call for new men, the Grants,
Shermans, and Sheridans will fail as
signally as did the st. Clairs and Huils
of 1912, the Woods and Worths of 1916
AS long as our country is in the ascend
ant, statesmen will arise equal to any
occasion, but when the time comes for
decline, then no personal effort will
avail or succeed. Ohio has succeeded
Virginia. Now look out next for Iowa
and California. You seem to be gath
ering data of the past. Better the
present and the future. Always wish
ing you all honor and success in the
career,of your choice, l am, with re
spect, your friend, w. 7. SHERMAN.
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Sickness q Disgrace

All bodily ailments are more or less
urgent appeals for help, nor can we
doubt in what that help should consist.
The more fully we understand the ma
ture of any disease, the more clearly
we see that the discovery of the cause
means the discovery of the cure. Many
sicknesses are caused by poisons, foist-
ed upon the system under the name of
tonic beverages or remedial drugs; the
only cure is to eschew the poison.
Others, by habits more or less at vari-
ance with health laws of nature; to cure
such we have to reform our habits
There is nothing accidental, and rarely
anything inevitable, about disease;
we can safely assume that nine out of
ten complaints have been caused and
can be cured by the sufferers Tor their
nurses) themselves. "God made man
upright" every prostrating malady is a
deviation from the state of nature. The
infant, mewling and pupling in its
nurses arms" is an abnormal phenom-
enon. Infancy should be period of
| exceptional health; the young of other
creatures are healthier as well prettier,
purer and merrier than the adults, yet
the cnllQnOOQ years OF the nuIIlan All
NAL are the years of sorest sickness;
statistics show that among the Caucas-
ian race men of 80 have more hope to
reach good old age than newborn
child has to reach the end of its second
year. The reason of this: the health
| theories of the average Christian man
and woman are so egregiously wrong
that only the opposition of the better
instincts helps them against their con-
science, as it were, to maintain the strug-
gle for tolerable existence with any
thing like success, while the helpless
| infant has to conform to those theories,
with the above results.
81 have long ceased to doubt" says
DIR. Schrodt, "that, apart from the eff.
fects of the wounds, the chances oil
health or disease are in our own hands;
and, if people knew only one-half the
facts pointing that way, they would fee
ashamed to be sick or to have sick
children. "-Dr. FeliI L. OsaeoId, ia Pop
,tlar Science Monthly for September.
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Nine. lussaud is coming to New
York from London; not, indeed, in the
flesh, for the venerable lady died in
1851, aged 80, but her wonderful col
lection of figures of celebrities and the
Napoleon |. relics, and those equally
interesting ones connected with the
French Revolution VIII be imported to
Americ.. for season in 1888.
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A Romance Of a Pretty Foot.

/ don'tknow that there is anything
in the world that is so well calculated
to excite envy as pretty foot, and
when a person can boast of such q
possession he or she is very apt, il
poverty doesn't stand in the way, te
make the most Of it. A pretty foot il
a pretty fortune to woman. Last
year made a pair Of shoes for a lady
who had as pretty as were ever fash.
toned. 1t was a pleasure for me te
make the shoes, and when they were
finished / put them in the show-win.
dow in a very conspicuous place
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tom hole and at il we went, and when
we got through we counted up and had
thirty-five grown rats. So returned
the box to its place and continued my
operations until | had eflectually thin
ned out the rat crop. You see they
would always find the box under the
corn and adopt it as a denning place.
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WHAT PHSsfSIANs SAY.

SAN LEANDRo CAL, January 6. 1877.
DIR. r. V. PIEscE, Buffalo ": Dear Sir
have employed your Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets" in my practice for the last four years. now
no other Alternative cathartic medicine in all
chronic arrangements of the stomach liver and
bowels. / know of nothing that equals them.
j. A. MILlER NJ. ID.
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A Holyoke, Mass, exchange alludes
to the cure of ID. 0. Judd, Esq, U. S.
Supervisor of Postal Card Mandatory,
who was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of
rheumatism and neuralgia Bridgeport
Co9131 \ StnD1or1