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Household Remedies.

Half teaspoonful of common table
salt dissolved in little cold water, and
drank, will instantly relieve heartburn
or dyspepsia. If taken every morning
before breakfast, increasing the guam
tity gradually to teaspoonful of salt
and tumbler of water, it will in few
days cure any ordinary case of dyspep-
sia, if at the same time due attention is
paid to diet.-There is no better rem
edy than the above for constipation.
As a gargle for sore throat it is equal
to chlorate of potash and is entirely
safe. 1t may be used as often as de-
sired, and if a little is swallowed each
time it will have beautiful effect on
the throat by cleansing it and by al
laying the irritation. In doses of one
to four teaspoonfuls in half a pint to a
pint of tepid water it acts promptly as
an emetic, and in cases of poisoning is
always at hand. 1t is an excellent
remedy for bites and stings of insects.
1t is valuable astringent in hemorr-
hages, particularly for bleeding after
the extraction of teeth. 1t has both
cleansing and healing properties, and
is therefore an excellent application
for superficial alterations.
Mustard is another valuable remedy.
No family should be without it.
Two or three teaspoonfuls of ground
mustard stirred into q half pint of
water acts as an emetic very promptly,
and is milder and easier to take than
salt and water. Equal parts of ground
mustard and flour or meal, made into
q paste with warm water and spread
ON u thin piece of muslin laid over it
forms the often indispensable mustard
plaster" 1t is almost a specific for
collie, when applied for few moments
internal pains and congestions there is
no remedy ofsuch general utility. 1t
acts as counter irritant by drawing
the blood to the surface hence in
severe cases of Group a small mustard
plaster should be applied to the back
of the child's neck.-The same treat
ment will relieve almost any case of
headache. A mustard plaster should
be moved about over the spot to be
acted upon, for if left too long in one
place it is liable to blister. A mustard
plaster acts as we'll when at consider
able distance from the affected part.
An excellent substitute for mustard
plaster is what is known as mustard
leaves" They come a dozen in box,
and are about four or five inches i'm size.
They are perfectly dry, and will keep
for a long time. For use it is only
necessary to dip one in dish of water
for moment and then apply it.
Common baking soda is the best OF
all remedies in cases of scalds and
burns NAV he uSed on the surfa az
of the burned place, either dry or wet
When applied promptly the sense O
relief is magical. 1t seems to Withdraw
the heat and with it the pain, and the
healing process commences. 1t is tn,
best application for eruptions caused
by poisonous plants, and also for bite.
and stings of insects.-HaII's journal o
Health.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

PEANUT FLoUR.-No doubt ere long
peanut flour" will be an important
product of the South. Virginia is set
down this year for 100000 bushels,
Tennessee for 250,000 and North Caro-
lima at 1S5.OOO bushels, these being the
chief States engaged in their cultiva-
ton, and those In which it was first in
trOduced from Africa.
In Virginia they are called peanuts, !"
in North Carolina, ground-peas, in
Tennessee goobers," and in Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi pinders."
Virginians are beginning to turn the
peanut into flour, and say it makes a
peculiarly paletable biscuit" In
Georgia there is a custom, now grow
ing old. of grinding or pounding the
shelled peanuts and turning them into
pastry, which has some resemblance,
both in looks and taste, to that made
of cocoanut, but the peanut pastry is
more oily and richer, and we think
healthier and better every way.
III, as some people believe, Africa
sent q curse to America in slavery, she
certainly conferred upon her blessing
in the universally popular peanut,
which grows so welt throughout the
Southern regions that we shall soon be
able to cut off the now large importa
ton altogether.
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Sawfsh.

{ / saw at Cape May last week the
greatest fish, perhaps, that has been
caught on our coasts for years, saw
fish (Pristis antiquarian p, that weighed
], 200 pounds and was nineteen feet
long. 1t had been taken two days be-
fare came to view it, in the shoals of
Delaware Bay, where Mr.. Denizot, an
inn-keeper, was fishing with small
seine for pan-fish. Probably pursuing
these small fish into the net, the saw
fish eptangled his saw, which is about
a yard and quarter long, i'll the frail
cordage. A terrific battle took place
the net and beach were torn all to
pieces, and the expiring monster died
like a giant of the deep. took hold
of his great saw, like brOad-swOrd
blade, of fine bone, in which were set
fifty-six teeth, twenty eight on a side,
and generally opposite each other or
nearly so, the teeth squarish and stand
ing outward, and as l raised the saw
his eyes, white and dead-like, came up
with a relentless look as if he were the
executioner of uneomprehended de-
crees in the depths of the sea. His
mighty back ballooned him up; his
| three fins were like the mainsails on
three-masted schooners, cleanly apart
upon his long hull. 1 said, what 'evo-
luton" gave this solitary and infre-
quent ghost his most accurate saw, the
which, propelled by that vast weight
encountering any obstacle, would saw
it in twain like butchers saw driven
by an elephant? The teeth were an
inch long perhaps in his world beauty
is estimated by teeth, because the nose
which we regard as the ruling feature
of the face, is the progenitor in the fish
of the saw. He was like dentist who
made set of fierce white teeth aMC
affixed them to the nose and remarked
No need to grin, my master, wher
thou art proud of my workmanship !'-
Cor. ~ Y. Tribune
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DELAWARE STATE FAIR.-The pre-
MUM list of the Delaware State Fair,
to be held at Dover, September oath to
29th, is now ready for distribution and
can be had by addressing the Secretary,
D. p. Barnard, Jr. The premiums Of
fered amount to $1,000 and entries
close September 18th. Excursion tick
cts will be sold on all railroads on the
Peninsula during the fair and freight
for exhibits will be carried one way
free. Four restaurants are to be
erected on the grounds. There will
be two musical concerts daily. A strong
and efficient police force and corps
of detectives will be on duty day and
night. No betting, gambling or drink
ing will be permitted on or i'll the
vicinity of the grounds and intoxicated
persons will be arrested and prosecu-
ted. The Board of managers announce
that they will maintain and enforce the
good order which characterized the
last fair. The superintendents of the
different departments are as follows: ::
Division A, horses and mules, J. Frank
Denney; Division b, cattle, John
Heitshu Division C, sheep and swine,
John Moore Division d, farm pro-
ducts and fine arts, William p. Seward;
Division f, ladies' department, Will
liam G. Postles; Division f, farm i'm
plements and machinery, J. Colby
Smith; Division G, manufactures other
than domestic, Robert Denney Divis-
ion II poultry, Wilbur III. Burnite.
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sNoREl sNoREl sNoRE!

Hear the mutter Of the snore,
Awful snore:
What blast of suffering is inflicted by the roar.
How 1t mutters, mutters, mutters,
In the balmy air of night,
While the candle dimy splutters,
Showing shadows in the CUTTERS
AS 1t Quivers in alright,
Keeping time time time
In restless, nightmire rhyme,
To the fearful sternuation of the steamboat-whis-
tie bore,
2 With his snore, snore, snore, sHore,
Snore. snore snore,
His ripping unending, frtghtful snore.
Hear the snorting of the snore,
Snorting snore;
Would to heaven we could never hear II more
Up and down the hotel halls,
Like bass horns at German balls,
Hos; it filings
Ones religion far and near,
~ he rings
Those lungs of six inch bore
Which can father such a snOre.
How 1t groans,
How it moansl
Better far we were no more
Or away from such roar
Hear 1t pound,
This thunder sound
of the snore, snore, snore,
The snore, snore, snore,
Snore, snore, snore,
The sneezing and the wheeling of the snorel
Merchant Traveller,
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It is next to impossible to hire kitch-
en- help on the Delaware Peninsula, at
this season of the year, for any reason
able wages, as the canneries absorb all
the laborers. They make from sew
enty-five cents TO $3.50 per day in the
canneries and eyaporating factories.-
Milford Chronicle.
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WOODBRIDGE, TRAVERS & CO., Importers,
BUCHANAN'S WHARF, Baltimore.


lang
Qhia
Orhls
G have en using
chila like itso well that do alyhhg eae'
ItciiHy
OrIhna"
used il
ey In fact our wheat who declined to use now using
on
last fail 0ra G9ano $50 pounds the eed
ROBINSON
0rch fail which pounds
uzes
DOWNS
this neghbohood thi fall
AGENTsWM HEPBRON, Lynch' Kent County, Nd. W. c. SAT
TERFIELD Greensboro Caroline County, Md. july 253n
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HAY FEvER.-I have been afflicted for
twenty years, during the months of August
and September, with Hay Fever, and have
tried various remedies without relief /
was induced to try Ely's Cream Balm;
have used it with favorable results, and can
confidently recommend it to all similarly
afflicted. ROBT. w. TowNLEY ,(ex-Mayor)
Elizabeth, N. ].
have been a Hay Fever sufferer for
Balm spoken of in the highest terms; did
not take much stock in it because of the
many quack medicines. A friend persua-
ded me to try the Balm, and l did so with
wonderful success. This recommendation
you can use for the benefit of Hay Fever
sufferers. T. S. GEER, Syracuse, n. Y,
Price so cents
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A VOIcE FROM THE NORTHWEST
MiLwaukee, Wis.-The Daily Sentinel,
which is the leading morning paper of
this State, writes: "St. Jacobs Oil, the
wonderful remedy for rheumatism, has
been used by a large number of people
in this city, and with effect truly mar
yelous.u
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On THIRTY DAYS TRIAL.-The Vol
taic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Vol
taic Belts and Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men (young or
old) who are afflicted with nervous de-
bility, lost vitality and kindred troub-
les, guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration of health and manly vigor.
Address as above. N. B.-No risk is
incurred, as thirty days trial is al
lowed. .t...... = .'.f . dec 27.1v
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

WELL ANSWERED. correspon-
dent writes to the editor of the Chris
tidB AdrOcate and asks the following
question "Do any of our Bishops be-
long to secret organizations ?" The
editors reply is short and to the point.
He says: ave never took the trouble
to ask them. we should expect to be
rebuked for impertinence if we did.
We have no doubt, however, that they
do. Most of them are married"
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We pass often from love to ambition,
but we seldom return from ambition to
love.
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Important to Farmers!
Continued reduced price of
SHELL LIME
For the Year 1888.

AS an experiment, and tOmeet the necessities Of
the times, we decided two years ago To lower the
price of our LIME % per cent, making it 6 cents
per bushel, instead of cents as formerly, The
success of the plan was such that our sales were
MORE THAN DOUBLED, and we concluded TO
oOnfinua tho nrica ~
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Tho failure of several Western Banks
has created feeling of unrest in busi-
ness circles.
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IIIREL"ItlES
AGENTS:

AGENTS:
ANDREW J. WILSON. General A.,r, I.,+,
Gep. " Williams N.,rark 81 Er.f,,. g...t,.,s.
Gro II. MpHcg Dti Cttg. L.lsu.l y Ua,J,. -
u. II. MdI0Htg I0,cuaild. J.ht r. W..ti,n -
j.. ) HHWhgt"H, >mgrHd. H1try Ir Baker Nair.
4. JGckSH. Jr.. CumdfH. H. I Ihar,ig5 49,,
j. y. AHdcrsDH. FFtdcrict h,,ru
ReVHeGr HWjdmS Nljyfd Innss E,nj,r uh-
Ge0rqe Moore. FcliDH B.. ?. Wagas,.s -.
CJHdrriHJt0H FdrmiHg >n..fl
TN.
J0'm p. Nudire GrseHs,orasg 4.
Jeremiah e. Fletcher Ir.stJii. M
james tdhnoH Nllisu-. n
+. f. HGLmcdy. Berlin. Nj.
Vim. O. Dick'HsiH FiIa,Bnt, Oh n
All bus ness communications shuuld be- adirss~.
to
WM. DENNEY. SeeJ,
March 4. lSN3 BOWER pgl
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.ATAR q

allays inflammation, protects the membranal lin
ings OF the head from additional colds, completely
heals the sores and restores the sense of taste and
smell. Beneficial results are realized by a few
Unequaled for colds in head. Agreeable to use.
Send for circular. Sold by druggists. By mail
soc. package-stamps.
ELY BROTHERS. owero. NY
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HAY-FFVER.

l can recommend
Ely's Cream Balm to
all Hay Fever suffer-
ers, it being. in my
opinion, fOun ded
upon experience and
a sure cure. / was
afflicted with Hay
Fever for % years,
and never before
found permanent re-
lief. WEBSTER II. Has
KINs, Marshfield, Vt.
Apply by little fin
fer into the nOstrils.
By ABSORPTION it ef-
fectually cleanses the
nasal passages of ca
tarrhal virus, causing
healthy secretions, II
al. ~
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advantages resulting increased YIELD
of the soil from the abundant growth OF
grass which follow.
thing. For eighteen it has been
stood the AT first,
WILL have reward
the
ding year. best friends
extensively Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia,
justified
Soils No fertilizer for your
continued popularity Some OF
three almost exclusively
Successful Natures provision for her
hausted fields
the OF manu-
high commercial value base its
price solely o import
refer you 6eo1y of the farmers aOho haue used it, and ask
you 10 enquire of them ID its merits.
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1t is surprising that five millions of
" Trade " dollars, which is said to be
the sum that is in circulation in the
whole country, should cause so much
disturbance and annoyance, as they
are doing. This coin when authorized
in 1873 was worth one hundred and
three and a-half cents in gold, and one
hundred and eighteen cents in green
backs, and was provided to take the
place of the Mexican dollars used in
trade with China and Japan. Only
about thirty-six millions were coined
at that time, and none since. 1t was
then legal tender to the amount of five
dollars.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

TANT The World Watch Stationery Package
ANT is the fastest selling article in the mar
ket. Contains Is sheet Note Paper Is
envelopes, Pencil, Pen-H Holder Pen and hand
some piece Of Jewelry. Retail price 25 cents
-four dozen for $500 a watch guaranteed with
every -FOUR dozen you order. For 25 cents in one
or TWO cent postage stamps, we will send a COM
plete sample package, with elegant Gold Plated
sleeve Buttons, Gold Plated Studs, Gold Plated
ColIar Button, Handsome Watch Chain, Gold
Planted Ring and elegant Scarf Pin. Register
large amounts. 4S-page illustrated Catalogue Of
Guns Selfcocking Revolvers Telescopes Spy
GLASSES, Watches, Accordeons. Violins Organettes,
&c, free. Write at once to the M MtAwgaW
Nassau Street, New York. W. bGGs
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Price for The Year 1883, 6 Cents Der buShGl.

SPECIAL RATES OF FREIGHT at alI stations
on the railroad.
Orders filled promptly for any amoun, from one
car load To ten thousand bushels As the Spring
trade promises to be unusually heavy this year il
would be well to send order, in early
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lO47 KENT COUNTY nv
Mutual tHSuraRceCp
DOVER, DEL.

.lhsurcs against los 10y lire issuing r,g,,...
cles only under which payment, nr- l.-t i'
nually III advance during m,ll.t.r,p,,' -'' -, e.
ceasihg TO be members Whatever re.I.r,r. ~. ..
Pendeu aitcr paying l">>e>, cXpru,,, sri +.
at cost. lag '''' .il.I
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6 Cents per Bushel

Until further notice. The superior excellence
and cheapness of Shell Lime for agricultural pur-
poses can be attested by hundreds of the best
farmers of Delaware and Maryland and the
mountaineering demand is the best proof of
It's merits. Now is the time to improve lands
at small cost
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

THE CABBAGE WORM.-This pest
will son be making its presence known
on the cabbage plants. TO such an
extent has it damaged cabbage in some
sections heretofore that people will
not try to raise these vegetables, excel
lent as they are. Various remedies
are suggested but their application fails
of good results very often. Hot water,
salt, saltpeter, boracic acid, etc, have
been tried and the trial only resulted
in failure. DR.. Sturtevant Of the New
York experiment station has given his
attention to the subject he finds that
the most satisfactory remedy is a mix
ture of half-pound each of hard soap
and kerosene oil, in three gallons of
water. This takes immediate effect
and is detructive to the insects.-More
than one application of any remedy IS
essential, since the caterpillars conceal
themselves in the curled leaves.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

GIVE Your NAME.-Printers have
their own time with names. They
carry several thousand on their books,
and most subscribers expect to be rec
Ognized. They know the editor, and
it is hardly possible for him to know
all of them. He does know their faces
well enough, perhaps, and he tries to
think of their names, but the effort is
usually fruitless. The subscriber, as
rule, says s. wish to pay my subscrip-
ton. ."-BridgetOn Star. The editor of
the Star hasn't learned the ropes. All
that is necessary is to ask the visiting
subscriber his first name. Nine times
out of ten he will give the full name.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

AGENTs.-WM. HEPBRON, Lynch's, Kent County, Nd
TERRIFIED, Greensboro, Caroline County, Md
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22
TRY IT! TRY IT. TRY
SHELL LIME

The principal agricultural papers of the country
have decided that weight for Meight
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

Purely Vegetable ; No Gl
Druggist.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22

WM sATTEREIED Greensboro Caroline Co. Nd August @ says 81 have
Grchfla. a land.
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One Inch Square Me,,

Iari''- "I'lering Netting Or Sejr....,
cnglh ami depth required wba, b.,,'' D give.
n'1w ~ Nv "ne ,n lhlrd for rigging that !, W T.. e' A.
liz iine" % wv y@LS long and 10 feet dr,, "g -
100 YARDS,
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Is preferable to Stone Lime and with the uresent
extremely low price and advantageous freight
rates, it is decidedly the CHEAPEST AND MOST
RELIABLE FERTILIZEK for PENINSI,LA a nse
Smyrna times., 1883-08-22


orchia fall wheat
increase pdouAn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-06-01
New Postal Regulations.

The Postmaster General has issued
an order that after the first of July,
whenever a letter prepaid at less than
one full rate of postage, or any parcel
Of third or fonrth class matter is not
fully prepaid and being otherwise
mailable, is deposited at the postofiice
of the first second or third class, and
consigned to any other postoffice with
in the United States, it shall be the
duty of the postmaster to send to the
address postal card containing a no.
tice of the detention, and a request to
remit the proper amount of postage to
entitle the letter or parcel to be for,
warded to its destination. This provis-
ion applies only to matter not bearing
card or address of the sender of such
card, and as matter must be returned
Immediately to the party mailing it.
The law requires that matter not fully
prepaid shall be sent to the dead letter
Office, but under this order, where the
sender is not known, the address is tc
be given an opportunity of paying de
ficient postage. This plan has beer
tried for year at the letter carrier Off
ces, and over eighty per cent of the ad
dresses notified responded with the pos
tage,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-06-01

The man who thinks that his boy can
hoe in a garden while circus process
sion is passing is always the man who
has front seat when the performance
begins. ,itlft
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-06-01

TO CURE MALARIA In the Sanitary
Engineer a correspondent recommends
garlic and onions as preventlves of ma.
laria, which he claims is often the fore
runner of diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid
fever and other zymotic diseases. The
editor in reply remarks facetiously that
such simple universal panacea as is
proposed "has long been sought for,
and number of people believe they
have found it, The majoriety of these
people at present are cared for in insti-
tutions especially provided by the State
for that purpose, and are happy in their
faith, which we have no desire to dis
turb Diphtheria, pneumonia and ty-
phoid flourish where there are no sew,
ers and no malaria. And our friends
in Arizona and New mexico, who are
familiar with the sight land smelly of a
Mexican, reekng with onions and gar
lie, and shiyering with ague at the same
time, will have their doubts as to the
] theory propounded.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-06-01

AdycrtisIug Cneats!!

| cit has become so common to write the
beginning of an article, in an elegant, In.
terestng manner,
"Then run il into some advertisement
that we would avoid all such,
"And simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bittors in ny plain honest terms ms
possible,
"To induce people
ITO give them one trial, which SO proves
their value that they will never use any.
thing clsc.n -
"TnE REMEDY so favoraby noticed In
| all the papers,
"Religious and secular is
"Ilaving II large sale, and is supplanting
all other medicines.
"Thcrc is no denying the virtues of the
| Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop
| Bittcrs have shown great shrewdness
"And ability ilt0
an compounding medicine whose
virtues arc so palpable to every ones OBJ.
seryation.
Did She Die9
"No!
"Shc fingered and suffered lhlong, pining
! away all the time for years"
"lhc doctors doing her no good !"
"And Mt last was cured by this Hop Bit
| tcrs the papers say so much about"
| "lndccd! Indeed"
'IIow thankful we should be for that
medicine"
a Daughters Misery.
| eleven years our daughter suffered on,
a bed Of misery,
"From complication of kidney, liver,
rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility,
Under the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief.
| "And now she is restored to- us in good
health by as simple remedy rs Hop Bit.
tiers, that we had Stunned for years before
using it."--TuE PARENTS.
| rather is Getting wei.
| "My daughters say:
"How much better father is since he used Hol
| BitterS"
Gle Is getting wen after his long suffering from
| a disease declared incurable"
Sand we are so glad that he used your Bitters,'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-06-01
A Snooeasfnl Year.

The Managers of the American Bi-
ble Society have just presented their
sixty.seventh Annual Report.
During no previous year of the his
of the Society have so many pages OF
the sacred word been issued and only
a single year-the last of the great civ
il war--ranks the one just closed in
the number of volumes distributed.
In the United States the Fourth Gener
al Supply has been auspiciously inaugu-
rated, and in foreign lands the society
has entered new fields, while in coun-
tries where the work had been prev
ious established it has b. en- pros, cut d
with remarkable vigour and success,
Three hundred and eleven colporteurs
have laboured in this country, and
two hundred and sevcnty-six in for
eign lands.
The receipts for the year for general
purposes were $59S, GAL 81. OF this
amount, $2S3,90S SO were received for
books and on Purchase account $lS4,
l70 20 from legacics $50, 367 33 in
donations from auxiliary societies,
churches, and individuals S32,294 AZ
from rentals, and the balance from in
terest and other sources. Besides
which, 1923, have been added to the
trust fund, the interest of which alone
is applicable for general purposes.
The disbursements for manufactur.
ing and for all other general purposes
were $599,206 80. For the foreign
work of the Society, to be expended
during the coming year. the amount OF
$l64,9S6 s5 has been appropriated.
The number of copies of the Scrip
lures issued during the year is 1866,
532. ... ... ..s
The issues of the Society during
sixty yseven years amount to forty two
millions, eighty-three thousand, eight
hundred and sixteen. (42,0S3,8l6.)