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1.-THE Fork of Death.,,

In Eugene Chayette's witty and curious
little volume. ''Restanrateurs ct Restaures''
(says the New York World, some entertaining
portraits are given of eccentric guests cee-
DRAFTED at Partisan cafes. One of the most ia
nous of these was Courier. commonly called
THE Fork of Death" a habitue of the RestaIl-
rant BOayalet. who invited avctim to dine with
him by the year. and slew him with high feed
ing. The first died of apoplexy, after q six
months combat; the second held his own for two
years. and then succumbed to q ''liver COM
plant an indigestion brought on by over-in-
diligence in the liver of the Strasbourg goose,
three days after" as Courier sadly said, when
gazing on the funeral from the window of the
restaurant, 81 had treated him to new hat
for his birthday" A third champion then de-
scendcd into the arena a long lean man named
Ameline. who said as his invariable grace
when sitting down to table with his host
You old rascal I'm going to bury yOul" while
the host gently replied, by way OF ''Amen."
Nonsense; the other two said the same thing"
The crafty Ameline, however, took occasion to
pick quarrel monthly with his amphitryOn, and
retiring sulkily to his tent, dieted himself on
tea. toast and SIENNA, returning to the encounter
Modified and refreshed after an absence of two
or three days. during which Courier lost still
more ground by eating RI idly and inuring his
digestion by solitary ana gloomy reflections
One day. after this duel ha6 lasted three years,
Courier, who had just helped E;m to fourteenth
slice of four year-old Welsh mutton, threw his
head back. His companion, thinking he was
about to sneeze, muttered the customary bene-
dictiOn. but Courier fell forward into the cur
rant jelly. dead as the mutton he 80 dearly loved
He who had taken the fork had persisted by the
fork. He should have initiated the prudent
diner of the cafe Richie. who always had two
dozen saucers piled at his left when he sat down
to table, and wore one between his collar and
the nape Of his neck throughout the repast,
Changing it as it became warm, as o preventive
against apOpiexy
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a story Of the Golden Slippers.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
In Judge Jameson's court yesterday when a
comely French maiden took the stand to tes-
tify against a man who had stolen her watch It
was noticed that the twelve solemn jurymen sat
with downcast eyes throughout the whole time
she was giving her testimony. Those twenty
four windows of the soul were all turned toward
the little platform on which the witness-chair
stood. where two small shapely feet encased in
the tiDiest of French slippers. saucily kicked out
from beneath the folds of heavy silk skirt and
knocked all ideas Of the testimony out Of the
men who sat In Judgment. The Judge looked
severe and then pleased as he, too. eyed tie
pretty feet. The states attorney addressed his
questions to the little slippers and the counsel for
the deiencetried to crOss-eXamine them, but gave
it up and sighed You may 60" The witness
stepped down and the spell was broken. but re-
GREETING the loss the counsel recalled her and
again the little feet kicked out. bringing smiles
to all faces. Three times We're the pretty feet
recalled and three times was the prisoner at the
bar forgotten.
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A BALLAD,
From the INDEPENDENT.

From the INDEPENDENT.
Between the outer Keys,
Where the drear Bahamas be,
Through crooked pass the vessels sail
To reach the Cartb Sea.
TITS the Windward Passage, long and dread,
From bleak San Salvador;
(Three thousand miles the wave must roll
Ere it wash the Afric shore.)
Here are the coral reefs
That hold their booty fast;
The Sea-fan blooms in groves beneath.
And sharks go lolling past
Hither and yon the sand-bars lie,
Where the prickly bush has grown,
And where the rude Sponge>1Sher dWellS,
In his waited hut, alone
Southwark amid the strait,
Is the Castle Island Light;
OF all that bound the ocean round
1t has the lOnelieSt site.
'Twixt earth and heaven the waves are driven
S0rely upon its flank;
The light streams out for sea-leagues seven
TO the Great Bahama Bank.
A girded tower, furlong scant
OF whttened sand and rock,
And one sole being the waters seeing,
Where the gull and gannet flock.
He Is the warder Of the pass
That mariners must find;
His beard drifts down like the ashen moss
Which hangs in the southern wind.
The old man hoar stands on the shore
And BODIES the whitening gale,
or wonders whence from the distant world
VIII come the next dim sail
From the Northern Main, from England,
. from France, the craft 90 by;
Yet sometimes one will Stay her course
That must his wants supply.
In Christmas storm the "Clarfbel" struck
at night, on the Pelican Shoal,
But the keepers wife heard not the guns
And the bells implorins toll
She died ere the gale went down,
Wept by her daughters three
Sun-necked, yet fair, with their English hair.
NymphS OF the wind and sea.
With sail and oar some island shore
At will their Skfff5 might gain
But they never had known the kiss OF man,
Nor looked on the peOpled main,
Nor heard OF the old man Atlas,
Who holds the unknown seas
AMI the golden fruit that Is guarded well
by the young HeSperides.
Who looks on Castle Island Light
May hear the Seamen tell
How one, the mate, alone was saved
From the wreck OF the ''CiariDei:"
And how for months he tlrried
With the keeper on the Isle,
And for each OF the blue-eyed dau rhter3
Had ever word or a SMILE
Between the two that loved him
He lightly made his choice,
Ana betimeS a chance snip took them of
FRAN the fathers sight and voice.
The second her trouble could not bear.
SO wild her thoughts had grown
That She lied with Il lurhi.G s,nugyler,s crew
But whittier Was never known.
Then the keeper aged Ike Lear,
Lett with one faithful child;
But twas Ill to see maid 50 young
VINO never sang or smiled.
TITS sad to bide with an Old, Old man.
And between the wave and sky
To watch all day the Sea-foHf. play,
While lone ships hasten by.
There came anon, the white full moon
That rules the middle year.
Before whose sheen the lesser stars
Grow pale and disappear.
1t glstened down on lighthouse tower.
A beach on either hand,
And the feature wan Of gray old man
Digging grave in the sand.
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
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STEAMERS. DC.

STEAMER "MATrANO-
= = les.es 9TH tte,gt wharf at c'c'ock q. m. for
VITO &c RIVER LANDINGS fcl,ovs.-sln Tues
'gss Tor Niri; on IhurstssE Tor Rrtk ialse l..nd-
~ - osioCs ,rFsl and Msttpx Creek SUNDAYS
; " hAita~ gaaan and MsstHN Creyks. rOturlIie
ttrnHie GaNs. t7Tchi.c gt intermediate 81 anan
-1l'T and rs,lrnipg; also STOPS AZ MSttaWomsn Cnek
e.saa4 AMI Fridays az.
M G. +. JONES. AGENT
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NEW YORK ROTTERDAM.

The frs class Steamers Of this Lima
'AMSTERDAM, ''EOrTERDAM,"
''SCHlLDAM.' Nv. A. SCHOLTEN,"
Up. CALAND,n and ''MAASs
Carrying the u s. Mails to the Neerlands leave WsA
SGD Stores, Brooklyn, regularly, ON WEDNESDAY.
first Cabin. $50 80. ID Cabin, $50 Storage S26
81. CAZAUX, General Agent % South William street
New York. For passage apply to W. q. METZEROTf
Co, 925 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, II.
d. JOHNSON, Agent National Safe Deposit Binding.
corner New York and 10th northwest 1al1
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Philosophy and Big Hats.


That philosophy which secures ADVANTAGE
from disappointment is oneof the best of pos
sessions. This was excellently illustrated at
the Patti concert on Saturday afternoon. where
young mathematician, who was unable to see
anything by reason Of huge hat which was
worn by young woman betaFe him, set himself
about utilizing the structure in the interests Of
ms iavorlte science: He observed that as he sat
back In his seat the hat completely filed the
stage from side to side. and. taking out his pen
Gil and calculating that theg affair was two feet
in diameter and his own position three feet be-
hind it, he had the exact dimensions of the
singers field OF action to eAdd to his store Of
knowledge by the time the entertainment was
over. SO he went home serene in the conviction
that after all his expenditure for q seat had not
been wasted. The moral sOf this instance ia
eyident-those Of rs who propose to attend
public assemblies frequently this winter should
Immediately begin the study Of mathematics.
ssYOU ARn ON THE WRONG TACK" said the
pilots wife. when the hardy son Of the loud
sounding sea sat down on It and arose with the
usual Explanations. .'No,s he replied, after o
critical examination. TIN on the right tack,
but shoot me dead II / Amt on the wrong end OF
tt. ~. HdspkeNA
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-S~O-------
As Usual.

The commercial traveller of Philadelphia
house while in Tennessee approached ii stranger
as the train was about to start, and s,i,i:
care you going On this train?'
81 am"
''liaye you any baggage?"
NO"
''Well, my friend. you can do me a favor, and
1t won't cost you anything. You see I've got
two rouSng big trunks and they always make
me pay extra for one of them. You can get one
checked on your ticket, and Wen eucher them.
See?'
Yes. see: but haven't any ticket"
But thought you said you were going on
this tramp
$50 l am. I'm the conductor"
''On!"
He paid extra as usual.
A STREET GAMIN was overheard In crowd
arguing: BILLY. how many Sunday schools do
yer belong to now:" I've joined two till after
Christmas Billy replied. well. I've Joined
three of these heayen-eiical ones but if them
Christmas trees don't pan out more for me this
year than they did last Iii jine the Universalums
next year. They bleeve all fare alike, and if
any snOozer there hangs seal-skin frOck on the
tree for his girl. sp0se they manage to give
sealskin all round. 4 pair of sealskin gloves
would fit me bully." After this speech the
youngsters dispersed NOrcicli Bulletin.
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GERMAN LLOYD.

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
A\ STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN New YORK, HAvRs
LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
The steamers of this company Will sail EVERY SAT-
UkDAl from Bremen Pier foot Of Sd street. Hoboken.
Rates of pzsssge:-From New York b. Hxvre. London.
SouthamI ton and b emon. first cabin 500: second
cabin 500 steerage, $50; PREPAID Storage certlncates
x25: For freight or passage apply to ORLRICliS& CO.,
Bowling Green, New York w. q. METZEROTT &
CO., 925 Pennsylvania avenue northwest Agents for
washington. anl2
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What Dealers Say About the Idol
Market.

TALK WITH CHINESE AND JAPANESE MER-
CHANTS-BARNUM'S NEGOTIATIONS FOR MON
sTER MAGE-ENGLISH IDOLS AND BIBLES FOR
THE HEATHEN.
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NOTICE.
FOR POTOMAC RIVER IANprSGs

Noii'E
FOR POTOMAC RIVER IaNprSGs
,s or end ste, NoyFNkEr 81 rssi. tho steamer
Aio =, Nl = Nis ile her Saar i%s Of I'll .s,
S Snnah Fs 81 IS an On NoNpan Z, Ear as
nan. On sAIi isDAi. CurrI'ansn aud LeonAsatowa.
o2s JOHN 4. Moon. Assent.
lSoR NORFOLK. PokrsslnuTH. foRTRI.ss
Il NoNAo t,, SiNf t1o k9lAF AND
coNNEGTi%& WITH TIE BOSTON AND PRovI.
DfNCE sfEANkEs IN NORFOLK.
Steamer ENCtl SlOR on TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS
and SAT UkDAiS NJ pm.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS. BEGIN.
MING OCTOBER isr.
I.Ts:-c,nss fare 60 Norfolk and Fort Monroe w 81 SO
second class farc 60 FORTRESS Monroe and Norfolk l. 50
trst-caSs fare t. l1ey Point sId FONT Lockout. 20
SECOND class to iley Point AID Point Lookout. IS
nished ii d W RcSds sis isls street n"rt6we 1
Is. -. Tcke; oce, 1851 Icnnsyiyania avenue north.
ice; and at Compauy's Ofiics> 7th street wharf.
VA. p WEIGH sTert- GA
NORFOLK AND Nkw YORK STEAMERS.
STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE
win leave hes wharf GOT nj 9th street every MONDAY
NJ ra1 n Nh. End f. q. at oosck touch
Excursion tickets viii he issued follows:
coNNEcrtSN S at N2KE@rk NTH TIE BOSTON
Firstcass Fare to Fortress Monroe aud Norfolk g. 70
SecSnG rs,s rSri p, mSn5 and sSr g
s to SSTss oE nd Pps Lo9sS Is
DAYS ana ga It Difs Il four ociooe p m THURS
, skets s and d sta,ersms can + ssrures At general
Bans Bnan nun or At the a N se Gin sso0'.n
TUE NEW YORK STEAMERS
s ',sf psF k.
~. and Georve,own every FRIDAY. at am. For
ALFRED WOOD, Secretary,
o22 6ls 18th street opposite u. $. Treasury.
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w II. wREATLEYS
STEAM DYEIN0
AND WET AND DRY
SCOUTING ESTABLISHMENT.
WI call for and deliver WORK anywhere I'm The d.
u1ct upon receipt Of address by mail otherwise.
Goods received and returned by mail aud expreB frm
snd 70 al parts Of the country.
No. 1068 GOLD 40 JEFFERSON STREET
ep0 NEAR BRlD0E. GEORGETOWN. ID. O.
r MARTIN I co.'s PULP NORTX6
Tor Br7ckiayors Ueo.
Where Black joints are Required
0eet in the word. Only black thnf nsv1r faosa
J. II. JOHNSON CO., AoExrA
sp27 18th street Wharf end 12o2 stxsst northvuA
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CONNECTING WITH TIE BOSTON AND pROyI.
DfNCE STEANEEs IN NORFOLK.
Steamer ENCEl SlOR on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS
and AfURDAlS AZ pm.
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lSoR NORFOLK, r0krsNuUTH. FogIRi.sS
AOAaDt. rINEN POINT AND
FONT fDDEnI
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FALL AND wITJER ARRANGEMENTS. BEGIN

lsTss-ciass fare g. Norfolk and Fort Monroe $500 80 SC
second class farc 60 FORTRESS Monroe and Norfolk l.
t4rt-cls~s fare - l1Eey Point sId Point Lockout n
SeeOnde - lllsey Point AID Point Lookout z.
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Japan they make these things very costly some
times know Of one image in Toxic which is
valued at between 5000 and $4,000. If you
want to see idols in endless variety you want to
go among the Buddhists. They have more gods
than any other people ON the earth. As for
devils, they have them Of every shape and color
blue devils, green devils, red devils, yellow
devils. We haven't one in the store. or would
convince you" The demand for these idols
was so limited. he added, that the firm seldom
imported them. Possibly the popular craze for
art decorations might after a while include
unique heather images, and then there would
be a squirt in gods which would encourage
dealers to import them in considerable num-
berS
In vantine's, near 14th street and Broadway.
the reporter found Simon Pure American. who
was fresh from the countries where idol worship
Is at its height. He charged upon English man
ufacturers the responsibility of supplying the
worsh pers of Buddha with idols. 'They make
'em in Birmingham" he said land ship 'em to
India by the cargo. I've heard it said that YES
sells have come into port with boxes OF heather
gods on one deck and Bibles on another
the bane and the antidOte, you see. waited by
the same wind to the heather shores. They
call these Birmingham idols 'Brummagen
gods, and ready market is found for them
among the Hindus. They are made of wood.
bronze and clay, and you will see them ranged
along the shop shelves, and just as much re-
cognized article of commerce in that country
as children's toys are here. We haven't got q
bona fde god In our whole store. Formerly
these gods found ready sale in New York and
other American cities, but for months there has
been little or no demand for them. Curiosity
hunters are pretty well supplied now, and only
the most unique god finds a purchaser. heard
While IN India OF negotiation which Barnum
was making for Japanese god This was a
two-storied affair, built of wood, and having a
head big enough to contain 40 persons. It was
genuine curiosity, 50 l am told, and informa-
ton Of it's existence was transmitted to the
Snowman by Frenchman who was in business
in Japan. The price of the monster was fixed at
$4,000. and only the interference of the gov
eminent prevented the negotiation being car
ried through and the transplanting Of the figure
to American shores"
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Who was? i am not easily startled, nor am I
supersttiOus but Is 1t to be wondered at that
felt. to lay the least Gureriy. knowing mystic
rious beings were around who could make them
selves heard, yet could neither be seen nor felt?
Then i argued to myself, this whisperer is evil
IDENTITY friendly. as accidents do not result from
beng under short sail. while many terrible ones
have resulted from carrying too much: reasoning
thus. although the stars were still as brilliantly
shining. the wind gently blowing. and the
ship a. quietly sailing as when my watch COM
menccd, and although there was not a cloud to
seen, ] gave orders
'.Furl The royals and stow the flying jb;" then
ofdefeG The watch to remain on their feet not
to lie down any more, but to see and keep every
thing clear for shortening sail; after this | went
forward on the tOpgalant forecastle. looking at
the h riZon from all points OF view there, but
nothing could be seen indicating a change.
AS t3ssed down the forecastle ladder on my
way aft, each one Of the idlers seated forward
greeted me with
''Halloo. Bluegrass; what's the natter"
''Why are you taking in saiI?"
''Are there any squalls brewing?"
As l could give these questioners no good
reason Tor my action, preserved a dignified 81
ience and continued on ny way resuming nv
walk upon the poop, where in less than five
minutes time and while | was in the act of
walking the deck, that same mysterious voice
whispered once more
"You had better shorten sail"
This WAS the third time of he warning and
- At the previous time so nowhere was no
one in sight or near Who could have spoken.
was aloaei
Hesitating no longer, I made every prepara-
ton for stripping the ship Of her canvas, but
before giving the final orders to do so examined
again the horizon to windward, and there in the
fhr dist ance perceived q misty appearance. as OF
IN Indian summer haze and also thought ]
could hear q sound hike unto that made BY
wind Is il soughs through q forest in winter
time. Ordering the quartermastef to make a
judicious iuf and lift the weather teaches OF the
tOpgall:at-sails. took them in and was about
ordering them furied, when there came a sound
srushing sound, increasing Instantly to roaring
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-13

luck. ii fortune frowned to-day, she
would brightly smile across the green
cloth tomorrow II gold is not in this
plittering, cheating mica, it is hidden
elsewhere, awaiting him who is bold
enough TO risk the chances OF winning.
The same trait is deeply marked in the
American of our generation. Mining
is a business to which all other occupa-
ton is dull and tame, The Jumps Of
soft blue-looking rock, not much hard
er than clay, streaked and spangled
with shining threads, are dear to the
American rs they were to the Castilian
heart and eye.
A man undertaking scheme in
which the odds are 500 to l against
success, might be considered a simple
ton elsewhere; but not so on the from
tier. Thousands, armed with pretend
ed stoicism, fevered with anxiety, rush
West "to look into the mines little, "
dig deep, and find at the bottom of the
shaft what the gods of Olympus sent as
underlying all the ills-hope.
at is certain as the sun rises and
sets that the gambling and not the
commercial instinct predominates in
mining transactions" The fascination
is in the hazard. The spell, SO blind
ing usually; is not of avarice, but lies
in that dangerous, feverish, intoxica-
ting charm of chance. To borrow tho
words of one who has tried it: There
is delight in its agony, sweetness in
its insanity, a drunken, glorious inten-
sity of sensation in its limitless swing
between a princes treasures and a beg
gar's death, which lends life a sense
never known before; rarely. indeed,
once tasted, ever abandoned. Mrs.
Coz Leu Wallace an the ~. Y. hide
pendent.
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Piles! Piles!! Piles!!!

A SURE CURE FOUND AT LAST. NO ONE NEED
SUFFER.
A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding,
Itching and liberated Piles has been dis
covered by DR.. Williams ian Indian rem
edy), called Dr. Williams Indian ONT
ment. A single box has cured the worst
chronic cases Of % and 30 years standing
No one need suffer five minutes after apply
ing this wonderful soothing medicine.
Lotions, instruments and Electuanes do
more harm than good Williams Oint-
ment absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after getting
warm in bed, acts as a poultice; gives
instant and painless relief, and is prepared
only for Piles, itching of the private paris
and nothing else.
Read what the Hon j. NJ. Cofiinberry, of
Cleveland, says about Dr. Williams Indian
Pile Ointment; 81 have used scores Of
pile cures, and it affords me pleasure to say
that have never found anything which
gave such immediate and permanent relief
as DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
For sale by all druggists, or mailed on
receipt of puce 500.
FRANK s. HENRY & Co.,
Sole Props, Cleveland, o.
For sale 10y GEO. Z. O'HARA, Druggis.
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Too Literal,

The shorthand reporters of Sidney,
N. S. W., having been found fault with
for their method of reporting the
speeches in the Legislative council, re-
taliated by giving the speech Of one OF
the council exactly as it was spoken, rs
follows:
"The reporters ought not to--the
reporters ought not TO be the ones to
Judge of what is important-not to say
what should be left out--but-the mem
Der can only Judge of what is important.
AS las my speeches-as the reports
as what say is reported sometimes,
no one--nobody can understand from
the reports what it is--what / mean.
So--it strikes met has struck me GER
tain matters things that appear OF i'm
porlance--are sometimes left out
omitted. The reporters the papers
points are rcported--I mean what the
paper thinks of interest--is reported"
This was taking very cruel revenge,
but then, oven reporter is huTan.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-13

The soluble phosphites aud the other fe.sustain-
ngprincples composing Fellows uypuphosphjtes
are so carefully pr0pOrtiOncd and 20 judiclously
cles and membranes In Importing vitality, strength
and healthy action II geuer ily apparent within
twentyfour hours, and the good effects experience
ed are OF permanent character
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS.
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The japanese authorities have a
troublesome question to face. 1t is the
custom in Kuikui TO disinter and wash
the skeletons of the dead on the third
anniversary of their decease, but Kui-
kui was decimated by the cholera in
1879, and it is feared that opening the
graves Of the victims will produce an
other epidemic. yet" says the Japan
Mail, ito forbid the thing by edict
would have pretty much the same eff
feet as to make waking corpses Grim
insl act in Ireland"
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The dollar Mark

1t has been supposed that the dollar
mark is a union of the two letters U,
S., but such is not the fact. The two
parallel lines represent the pillars of
Hercules, which, according to ancient
stories, stand at the Straits Of Gibraltar,
one on the rock of Gibraltar and the
other on Abyla or Centa, on the Afri-
can coast. These mountains, which
stand at the entrance to the Meditorra-
mean, are still known TO sailors as the
"pillars.' Charles l., of Spain, adopted
these pillars, held together by u scroll,
as his device, and he had the mark
placed upon the Spanish dollar.
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Set Back Az Years.

81 was troubled for many years with
Kidney Complaint, Gravel, &C.; my blood
became thin; was dull and inactive;
could hardly crawl about; was an old work
out man all over; could get nothing to help
me, until got Hop Bitters, and now am
a toy again. My bleod and kidneys are
all right and am as active as man Of
30, although | am 70, and | have no doubt
it will do as well for others of my age. 1t
is worth trial-(Father.) y Sunday Mer-
curry