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MK HExry BAE>;s. the Tea and Coffee Merchant.
81 Houston Street. NV Haven. Conn, writes on May
lii s.: with feeling of gratitude and desire
to benefit Try f.i:nv man that write You these few
l.-cs tsttoi. tlIr Viiuc Of the greatest of all
medicines E!gh; years have been sufferer from
kidney disorder and Inflammation OF III" bladder
sonnet mes passing water thc pains were some
thing terrible, scairI, burning srlsai ion, with re-
,entinn of urnC with sharp pains in NY side, loiIs.
and back, cAtSndins Gear to ih2 back OF liy head
r,ndc,l TO make lite nil, rattle. have been treated ny
, nunhcr of our best hys.cians and Ii ave used any
number of proprietary medicines all To II" a'ai oo
tanning no Il. i"f How long world have continued
in his WAY do not in fact dcspaircd OF get
ting relief until nci1hbbr who had been very huch
htncntcd by of Hun'S Rene dy advised me to
rv IT and although had no fai;a that II would reach
my case vet rs spoke 50 h!;hly OF rs great merits
dccidcd TO give tra'. AMI fs has hrcn attended
with the very possible results. TweN" hours art
or taking the frSt dose | cNpsrst ncri rcltf
continued on in is until had used hNr bottles
yhcS all he L had vanished. my otherwise goo"
hcoIihrcturncti and free from NIL pains ami am
well man. confident my cure has resulted from
the use of Hunts 1. I:l,t.y. and that alone
What has for me am positive It Will do foD
others You liberty to use my name or this let
te- in any manner you sec ht
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Super>titionS OF Engineers.

..AmStcr,lam is now on the dead list,
said an old mriZZlcd engineer of the New
York Central Railroad. last night, a> he
glanced over the account of the third
fatal accident at the crossing in that
village \ JOurnn reporter was igno-
rant of the significance of the term
dead list He expressed his curiosity.
BY Il dead list | mcan.' said the
engineer. rr>pnn>ivrly. THAT that cross
inm is now out IF danger Three deaths.
Nnu know, baptisc ii. That is what the
bows say. You know they believe that
If one man or woman is killed at a GER
tain point. there are dead sure to be one
or two others before long Superstition?
Yes, that is what it is, and no mistake.
But some of the engineers who have
run Il machine for twenty or thirty
wears, as | have. take stock in IT because
we have seen it proved time and time
apain. don't believe that three deaths
are sure to come one after another, but
can't help wondering why ii IS so often
two. That what they call the duality,
isn't it? When you come to think OF 1t.
everything goes by twos. You have
two leus two ewes. two hands, two ears,
two nOstrils and two rows OF teeth
There are two parts to a day, two di-
visions of the wear, winter and summer,
two orbs of light. The pair is the nat
,IraI number. | have Il record at home
of the accidents that have occurred
while | have been on my engine L
can show YOU the dates to prove that
they have been in eight cases out of ten
two at n time. Several times three
have happened in succession, but two Is
the usual number People would say
that was superstition, but when you see
it over and over again you cant blame
u.s. | know engineers who Will knock
oil for week or after an accident to
their train in which somebody has been
killed, rather than run the risk There
was a case when young Platt 1ruax
was killed near Schenectady, in 1873.
You know they are now trying three
younr fellows in this city for derallnS
the train. A few days before freight
train which he was running had an ac-
cident, in which the fireman was hurt
so that he died-I think he died-but
the accident was not at the same point.
1t was west of Schenectady. The men
told me afterward that Iruax had a
premonition of death. If L had my
book here l could give you heap or
information about deaths on the .rall 10
show YOU that there is something strange
in il. ANYWAY, most of the engineers
have a rather strong fear of repetition
whenever blood is spilled along the
line. OF course, there are those VINO
are superstitious as old women: Ihoss
are the fellows that see ghosts
.'See ghosts?"
..Yes, the disembodied spirits. as the
mediums call them. of people they
have run over. Not long ago an en-
eineer You know by name resigned be-
cause he said the specter of a woman
he had ground to pieces at Fonda used
to appear every night at the exact spot
-Ai5any Euening Journal
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Temperance.
4 SiUDENED HOME.

John Howard Payne gave to the world
\ grand. if no: n match3sS iay,
In which his pen the joys uniurled
OF his own home while TAR away
Home. sweet home" it seemed to him.
Was one OF the most blissful Things,
And made all else look cold and dim
As he pursued his wanderings.
Would that some pen like Paynes could be
Employed to give. in fitting lay,
Found in some hoIres of this our day.
The homes referred to are the ones
Made desolatc by rum and gin,
AS well as vocal by the groans
OF children and sad wives wltn1n.
A vivid picture, thus portrayed
In proper colors, and put up
In places where the drunkard maze,
Would be reflected in each cup
Such portraiture within the view
Of victims of strong drink might mako
Some of these wrctchcs il but few,
Stop short for wives ana chlldrcn sake.
a semblance of the rags which cling
To drunkards offspring might DC showns
But yet there is no living thing
Can bring to view his wifc's sad groan.
If Payne had cause to speak of home
In the sweet, charming style he used
What would he say of homes thit rum
And poisonous whisky have abused!
'Twould be, we might suppose. in verse
Somewhat like that which 1ollowS thlS'
But more expressive, far. or course,
Without a syllable amiss:
Home, sad home, once sweet hut Dllghted-
Saddened now at every turn
Aching, too this heart so sighted,
And of departed hope the urn
NV day dreams. and my dreams by night,
All tingcd with sorrow and with gloom,
Keep me in constant dread and fright,
Only to cease within the tomb.
Alas my pale-faced, sickly child,
Doomed to inherit shame and grIcfs
Your fearful sobS will set me wild
Unless i'll death / find relief.
Vendors of rnm, are not the walls
OF widows, made SO by strong drink,
Enough to raise and brush the scales
From your dull eyes, and make you th1nkf
Home, sad home, it makes me shed
Bitter and unavaiing tears.
And wish myself and children dead,
And has done SO for many years.
Tear down the green but cOwardly screens
Set by the doors where rum is Ncndcd;
Long have they hid the wicked scenes
Which oft in murder vile have ended.
May God forgive the liquor vcnder!
For pandcmOniumS he has made
OF homes once ''Swcct''-hiS heart make tende
Who long on widows peace has preycd!
-HcrdId and Fresbyter.
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Extending to the end of my toes and to
my brain!
(Which made me dehrious!
g From agony.
at times!
But to no purpose.
Morphine and other opiateS
&c Had no effect!
after two months was given up to dieI
g when my vito
heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her, she at once got and gave mo
some. The first dose caSed my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system
for the pain.
- The second dose eaSed me so much that
! slept two hours, something ] had not done
for two months. Before l had used five
bottles was well and at work, as hard ~
any man could for over three weeks: but
worked too hard for my strength, and TAX
ing hard cold, l was taken with the most
acute and painful rheumatism all through
my system that was ever known l called
the doctors again, and after several weeks,
they left me Il cripple on crutches for life,
as they said. met a friend and told him
nv case and he said llop B.tterS had cured
him and would cure me. poohed at him,
bat-Ac was so earnest / was induced to use
them again. In less than four weeks
threw away my crutcheS and went to work
lightly and kept on using the bitters for five
weeks, until l became as Well as any man
living and have been SO for six years since.
1t also cured my wife, who had been SO for
years; and has kept her and my children
we'll and hearty with from two to three
bottles per year. There is no need to ba
sick at all if these bittcrs are used.
J. j. BERK, EX-Supcrvisor.
"That Door invalid wifeI
Sister!
4" Mother!
cor Daughter!
"Can be made tho picture Of health with
n few bottles of Hop BitterS!
- JTIL yOu let them SUDCr2'
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HURT BY n FALL.

When only a boy some thirteen years old was hurt
ouftc badly BY fall and severely !njurcd my back and
kidneys and Gocturyd hy on: cst physicians and
tricd many remedies and they all failed, until HUNTS
Remedy was recommended to us by friends that had
s,d Il here In Manchester with the greatest success
We purchased bot:, from T.. Foster Campbell drug
store and found hat improved very rapidly, was r."
lcycd of the pains i'll back and after using several DOT
tlcs found that complete ly cured. and can not
over estimate the good Hunts Remedy las Conc me
and can most heartily recommend Ii to iLosc tronDcu
with kidney complaints and you can us, thu letter Is
you choose, f,spcciiuI.y yours
AIOxZo u. MARSHALL
90 ora,rc St Manchester n. H., May I. 1888
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Advice to COnSumptiNes.

On the appearance of the first symptoms
as general debility, loss of uppctt tie,
pallor, chilly sensations, followed by night
sweats and cou9h-prompt measures Tor
rel EFF should be taken. Consumption Is
scrofulouS disease of the lungs there fore
ust. the great anti-sci of,ila, or blood puri-
tier and siren gth-re storer,-Dr. Pierce's
"GoIden Medical Discovery" Superior to
Cod liver oil nutritlve, and unsur-
passed as a pectoral. For weak lungs,
splitting of blood, and kindrcl Il affections, it
has no equal. Sold by druggists the world
over For DIR. Pierce's pamphlet on Con
PENsARY MEDICAL Ass'TIoN Buffalo, n. u.
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Among the curiosities ia ken by
Joseph Bonaparte from Madrid was Il
ring containing a lock of Queen Eliza
beth's hair when fourteen years of age,
that period of life when Blanche Perry
describes her as ''my lovely young mis-
tress' The ring is additionally glori-
fled by a pervading belief that it was
presented to Elizabeth by Sir Thomas
Seymour, her earliest lover, who had in
her youth so many opportunities of
'beseeching the golden honors of her
0uccnly hair
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Miss Carrie l.. Davis was tripping
gaily down the steps of a brown stone
front in Brooklyn the other day when
one of her feet became rntangicd in her
dress and she fell head foremost to the
stone sidewalk. She was picked up
and carried into the house. but died III
an hour. BrookIyn IN. ~ E"Jlc.
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A CANADIAN contemporary asks: "Does
Goldwin Smith"-now stop right there,
please. Gold wins a great many persons,
but when you tackle the Smiths you've
got large family to purchase.-Boston
Star.
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Windows with sashcs which draw
up are regarded with horror by the
French, who call them guillotinc win
dows, and have almost entirely aban-
doned their use. "A few of the old case
ments, however, are still left in France,
and one of them lately caused a tragedy
in Havre. While looking out of such a
window in a house in the Cue de lHos-
pital, an old woman named Bassel was
caught bv the falling frame, which de-
scended squarely upon her neck. PIN
ioned it to the sill, and choked her to
death before the Mortified spectators in
the street. below could reach her.
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BALTIMORE, MD.-Dr. Irwin H. E]deridg'
saws: 81 would recommend trial o
Browns Iron BitSers in all cases of anmmi'
debility or when a tonic or appetizer is in
dicated."
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A Boston man who went down to
Marblehead and drowned himself, con-
sidcrately left Il note pinned to his coat
on the shore. saying that the writer was
insane and not responsible for his act,
and giving his name and late
place of residence. This settled
the matter, of course, and pre-
vented speculation as to the cause
of suicide A man does not always
know when he is crazy, but with his
word for it that he is it ceases to be a
matter of dispute if the lun'
stic is dead. Indianapolis Jour7sdI
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THE difference between a bakery and a
printing-of office lies i'll the fact that in the
former the pie is formed while i'll the lat
ter occasionally the form is pied.--.SOn,eT-
ViIe Journal.
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HAY FEVER. l can recommend Ely's
Cream Balm to all HayFever sufferers, it
is. in my opinion, a sure cure; l was al,
flictcd for % years, and never before found
sure relief. w. H. HASKINS, Marshfield, Vt.
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OWENTON, KY.-Dr. I. F. Mundy says:
AZ have found Browns Iron Bittcrs one OF
the best tonics, and prescribe 1t fire.
quently."
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HAY-FEvER. have been il Hay-Fever
sufferer for three years; have often heard
Ely's Cream Balm spoken of i'll the highest
terms. used il, and with the most won
derful success. T. S. GEER, Syracuse, NY.
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Cancers and Other Tumors
Are treated with unusual success by
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n. Y. Send stamp for pamphlet.
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.Younp Mrs. Susan f. Roberts.

Young Mrs. Susan Z. Roberts: a
summer guest at Saratoga, accompanied
an excursion party to Lake George and
in the words of one of her companions,
was w the gayest of the gay throughout ut
the entire trip. On the return OF the
narty Mrs. Roberts took arsenic and
died. leaving Litter to her absent hus-
band. the contents of which are un'
known.-Troy IN. T. Times.
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Tho Peculiar Old Mystery! !!

was pccuaes Of the old soned Doctors that they
what they prescribing for them hey sd
good to know and that you'd only De graft %
knowing
in atm SO that most patients c0uu not
takes He weak he dySpepc and
troublesome liver winch he wants
oht oheta about
mystery preparation of iron IN the world IN COM
bination strength 1t
enfeebed svms blood feminine
1t what want and druggist
hasit
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SEND SIX CENTS FOR POSTAGE
For the magnifceptly illustrated catalogue
Of the
MERMOD & JACCARD JEWELRY CO.,
Fourth and Locust Sts., st. Louis, Mo.
1t presents very plainly their beautiful
goods and
You ,cill be surprised to learn at 1ohdt
Low PRICES THEY SELL THEM.
Tthen in st. Louis call and see Us.
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Cancers and Otllt

IN the dim dictionary of Wall street
Toronto Globe.
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Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice,
crows, cleared out by Trough on Rats. 'l'c.
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Fits. Fits. Fits

CAN an upright man be downright hon.
est t?-Chic0yo Tribune.
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Is THE black man who runs the three
card game a native of !-Cin
ciRn0i Irdreier.
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A SERVANT girl fell on bracket,
Her skull, she did nearly crack it,
St. Jacobs Oil applying,
Saved her from dying
1t proved to be Just the racket"
A steamboat Captain from Goshen,
Was hurt by boiler explosion,
On the pains in his hip,
st. Jacobs Oil got the grip,
He calls it the all-healing lotion.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-15

ONEpair of boots or shoes saved every year by
using Lyons Patent Metallic Heel StincncrS.
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THE worst punishment you can inflict on
a Chinaman who has committed a crime is
to exqueueS him.-LOrpU Courier.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-15

GIenn's Sulphur Soap
Is fnfalliblc when the scalp is annoyed with
dandruff. Hills Hair Dye, black or brown, 5Jc.
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"PA, rogues always fall out at night. u
" Al night? How do you know that:" u" Be
cause, pa, when rogues fall ont, honest
men get their dews. .''-LOuiSriie Courier
.InIIl.nnI
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SOMETHING
EVERYDAY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists means Of Sc.
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is a
delicate and harmless arti-
Gle, which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, Redness,
ROughness, EruptiOns, Vul-
gar Flushings, etc. etc. So
delicate and natural are its
effects that its use is not
suspected by anybody.
No lady has the right to
present a disfigured face in
society when the Magnolia
Balm is sold by all druggists
for Is cents.
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Successfully trea ed by Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association. Address, with staml
for pamphlet, Buffalo, n. y.
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PROFESSOR in physics: "What is Boyle's
law:' Student, with a carbuncle: ITO
break out i'll the most inconvenicnt place. !"
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Boston should make Sullivan professor
Of the Howness of the Forccful.-OH Clty
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BEER AND INsANITr.-Insanityi is in
creasing to an alarming extent in Ger
many, and it is an established fact that
there are more cases of insanity among
the Germans of the United States than
among the people of any other nation
ality. Lager-beer drinking is said to be
the cause The slop which is manufact-
ured and sold for beer nowadays pois-
ons the system, causes serious diseases
of the liver, kidneys and stomach, stu
pefies the brain, and drives hundreds of
Germans to suicide annually. Bright $
disease of the kidneys alone carries off
large percentage of beer-drinkers.-
Chicago NeUs.
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Singing, irritation, all Kidney and Blad-
der Com plants cured by "Buchu-Paiba." "F1
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Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Remover"
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
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BLEACHED mouse is the latest favorite
shade. This will probably be followed by
the rat tan.-iSO1acrrilic .JUurRul.
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$500 DREW ARD will be paid for any case OF
chiIIs that CHILLARINE will not cure. Try it,
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REDDING's Russia Salve is an invaluable
dressing for inflamcd and sore joints Price 2oc
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NERVOUSNESS, debility and exhausted
vitality cured by using Browns Iron Bit
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"a SCENE of bare beauty" is the way
Rawlins IN. c. paper puts it i'll giving
description of a ball.
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VESUvIUS threatens another " alarming
eruption" 1t is high time for Vesuvius
to be evaccinated.-Iiusbur Telegraph.
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A GIRL who runs away to sea has a
naughtygal inclination.-IHe Judge.
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Don't Die in the House. "Rough on Rats"
clears out rats micc, flies reaches, bcd-hugs 15c.
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If afflicted with Sore Ewes. DIR. Isaac
ThompSoil's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. a5c
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FULLY one-half of the State of Mary.
land is said to have local Prohibitory
Liquor laws. applying in some cases to
districts, in others to whole counties.
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If your horses have sore shoulders,
scratches, cuts or open sores OF any KIND,
use Stewards Healing Powder.
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Wells'"Rough on Corns." I5c. Ask for it.
Complete. permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
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A DANGEROUS Case.

ROCHESTER. juno !. 1882 Ter
Years ago | WAS attacked with the most
Intcnsc and dealhy I-ains in my back and
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A Nebraska thief devotes his time
entirely to the larceny of hogs, and with
great success. He goes forth by night
armed with long stick. to which
a sponge is fastened, and bot
tie of chloroform. The porcine victim
is lulled to rest by the anaesthetic, and
then borne silently away. The other
night one of the slumbering hogs rolled
out of the thief's wagon. a kind-heart-
ed farmer who came along the road as
sisted the thief to load up again. amid
profuse thanks. When the farmer
reached nome he discovered that the
PIG was from his own sty.-Denrcr
Tribune,
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TWELVE HOURS AFTER.

WIsE's Axle Grease never gums.
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Onium Dens in London.

An alarmist cry has been IA sed by
missionary lately returned from China
as to the spread of opium-smoking in
London. The Rev. George Piercey,
whose pamphlet, The Chinese in Lon
don," has recently been published at
66 Paternoster Row, asserts that
opium-smoking is on the increase in
London. and that unless vigorous meas
ures are taken forthwith we shall be
face to face with a vice compared with
which even intemperance Is compara-
lively innocent. Six opium dens, he
says, are known to have been in exist
ence in the east of London in 1881, and
their number has probably increased.
AS vet, although he believes the num-
ber of secret ..lay-Outs" for opium
smoking is increasing. it is not in this
country but in America where the
growth of opium smoking can be most
clearly traced in all its baneful conse-
quences. There are twenty opium dcns
in New York, and no fewer than 10000
white men and women who are regular
or occasional opium smokers in the
United States. In San Francisco the
vice early assumed such serious dimen-
sions as to lead to special Legislation
against it. The opium smokers not OF
Chinese extraction in that city are said
to number POO. In New York they are
300 strong. "All towns of any note in
the United States, and more especially
in the West. have their smoking dens
and their habitues." Regular opium
resorts have been established at Mar
burrh, and at Philadelphia the opium
parlor kept by Mrs. Chism, pale, re-
tined-looking woman about thirty-ilve
years of age, is said to be frequentcd by
some of the wealthiest ladies in the City
of Brothcrly Love. Much more lauda-
mum is taken in England than most
people imagine, and it is quite possible
that the habit of opium smoking may
establish itself in this country. AS yet,
fortunately, the opium business is not
a vested interest with which it is dan
gerous to meddle, but who knows what
may not come'to pass in the next dozen
wears ?-IuU Mall Gazette.
, 1883-02-15
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to encourage all to lay aside bashful-
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mined upon an inducement that is
worthy of consideration. Having
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enable us to offer that paper as a
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additional cost over the price of the
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, 1883-02-15

RoUGH on ScoTT.-Prof Scott, who
was here with the magic balm last
fall, Joined Emerson's minstrels at
San Francisco as middle man. A
few days ago his wife got decree Of
divorce from him and on the evening
of the day on which the decree was
granted Scott married another wo-
man. Then his wife, finding the de-
cree had not been signed by the
Judge, had him arrested for bigamy.
The officers had a hard time getting
him to jail, where he remains.