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The Malays have marriage customs
OF their own. A gentleman who was
living at Amboyna, an island OF the
Molucca group. about I20 miles from
Batavia the capital Of the Island Of
Java where the recent earthquake
tTanspired, attended a Malay wedding.
one day q strange servant came to his
mouse carrying a tray or platter, on
On which were sdeae twenty differ
emit kinds Of fruit, fishes and d
mixtures. The people in whose house
ne was living explained that there was
% De . wedding in a house near by
ana That n Of his hired men was the
rather Of the bride. The sweets were
intended as presents, and were sent
LOT several days. Next came invita-
lions. They walked to the house of the
bridegroom along a narrow lane which
was adorned with Chinese lanterns.
anu tnronged with men and boys. Next
entering the house where the bride
was waiting to receive her lord, the
piazza opened into a large room con-
tanning many tables which were loaded
Wlth sWeetmeats and Malay delicacies.
concealed by a red curtain was a
smaller room, in which the expectant
Drlde was sitting. Only ladies were
permitted to enter here. Boiling tea
was passed around, and pepper leaves
and betel nuts were taken by the
ladies, while an urn-shaped spittoon
was circulated as necessity for expec-
toratlon demanded. Soon a shrill pip-
ing was heard down the street, and all
rushed out to see the approaching pro-
cession. First came boys carrying
wax candles, then others bearing the
presents of the welded pair. Next
followed the bridegroom and his
friends, who were surrounded by can
dies arranged at various nights on
triangular frames. Dressed in a Malay
suit Of bright red. he wore a gilded
chain. The bride arose slowly as the
bridegroom entered. He put the palms
OF his hands together and bowed three
times, just as the Chinese address the
images in their temples. She returned
this bowling three times. She was
dressed in scarlet. a white Opaque veil
concealing her face and fastened to
her hair. Next came the exciting mo-
ment. While she remained standing
he stepped forward and began pulling
out the pins which fastened the veil
and hid from sight her beauty. They
then sat down and were gazed at by
the guests.
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have been troubled for over twelve years
With a weakness of the kidneys aud bladder,
which the doctors said was diabetes. l could
not at times stand up, and would have to
continually use the urinal both day and night
with intense pains in my back and sides
there was brick dust deposits in my water;
could not rest well Or lie easily in bed in any
posture. I was Mt that time employed by the
Maine Central Railroad. and had to give up
work for a time. Fearing that it would sooner
or later turn to that dreaded Brlght's disease,
/ called In my son in lewiston, who is IN the
drug business, and after consulting with him
az to my case, he advised me to use Hunts
Remedy, as he knew of so man successful
cures that it had made in Lewiston and
vicinity. / at once commenced using 1t, and
began to improve. I h d less pain in my
back and sides, my water was passed naturally
with less color and no pain, and after usln!
several bottles found that my pains were all
gone and The weakness of the kidneys and
bladder were cured, and I have no trouble
with them now. and can attend to my busl-
ness: and for one of my years | am enjoying
good health, and thanks to Hunts Remedy
for it, and / consider it q duty and pleasure
to recommend SO good q medicine as Hunt
Remedy, and I have taken pains to recon-
| mend it to others in this vicinity.
You are at liberty to pub sh this acknowl.
| edgment, hoping it may be the means OF
helping suffering humanity.
e. B. CLARK, Furniture Dealer,
Formerly with Maine Central Railroad.
Newport, Me-, May II. 1888.
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worn with white dresses, 30 are tam

worn with white dresses, 30 are tan.
colored ones.
Very few Of the new cloaks are cut
evenly all round. They are slashed up
either in the back or front.
A0ternd1n toilets for home wear are
made Of silk and cashmere combined
and are cut with sacque necks.
Wide velvet ribbon is fashionable
Tor bonnet strings in lieu Of the two
narrow pairs worn during summer.
AL basques, except those of the
Jersey shape, are cut very short, with
q point in front and fan-shaped back.
The newest habit bodices are point
ed in front and have coat-tails behind
finished with buttons. These are
made of cashmere and are worn with a
gathered w~aistcoat of checkered silk.
In the matter of jewelry the palm
L 49,
may De awarded to spiders. Jet, spark
ling cut silver and jeweled spiders may
De seen by day and by night. in masses
OF lace, in bonnet strings, in bows.
Vatican drapery is no longer con
fined to the back of the garment,
as French contourieres speak Of Wat
teau vests that hang from the throat
and are tied across the bust with vel
vet ribbons.
English travelling cloaks are fur
nished with straps and buttons by
which they can be converted into a
pretty dolman Dr. a polonaise with PAN
iers when the wearer quits the train
and stop at hotels for dinner.
Collarettes of black satin, much bead
ed in jet. cut out in deep points with
jet tassels or balls from the points. are
dressy adjuncts to the toilette for
ladies who always wear black. Loops
of satin ribbon with a silk pompon at
each end, sewn on to a collar band of
satin, are novelties for younger ladies'
wear. The loops are about twoinches
long and one inch and a half wide, not
very close together, and the pompons
are small, about the size of a cherry
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news and votes for women.

Madagascar, with the exception of
a few years, has been ruled by women.
a ladies' vigilance committee has
been formed at Gait, Cal, for the ex-
termination of dogs.
Professor Schilling took his own
daughter as the model for the great
statue Of Germania, to be unveiled
next year by the emperor.
Miss Lydia Poet, having gone
through a regular examination has
been admitted as a lawyer to the bar
Of Toronto, Italy, with eight votes to
four.
Miss Sarah Turner Of New Haven,
Is asking for compensation for services
during the war. She says she served as
orderly in the 105th Ohio volunteers,
being dressed in male attire and known
as a.Jim." She shows the scars Of
several wounds.
a society lady is wearing upon her
forehead pretty rings made from her
deceased husbands hair, which was
very curly. AS her own hair IS straight,
and as gray hair is expensive. we have
here an ingenious combination OF the
useful and economical, not to mention
the tenderIy sentimental. - Boston
Journal.
Mrs. i. May Wheeler writes from
Minnesota: aMiss Mary N. Carey,
young, fair and gentle Is employed BY
the ST, Paul, Minneapolis q Manitoba
railroad at Nazata, as depot and ex-
press agent. She has charge Of yard
work and signals around the station
she is ii her post from s q. m. to Top.
M. much Of the time. She is respect
Cd by ali, and understands her duties
thoroughly. she is the eldest OF four
orphan girls, who live and keep house
together. we should like TO add that
the post Is much too hard. From s
o'clock in the morning till 10 al night
Is TOO much for any young person,
male oil female.
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Flowers In Potatoes.

60
A gentleman from Utica, in Louis
vile, who wished to send some beauti-
full flower buds to his wife, was at a
loss how to do so. a florist friend
said he would fix them. He cut q POI
tato into two pieces and bored holes in
them, into which he inserted the stems
of the buds, and placed them in q box
with cotton to support them. A let
ter from the recipient acknowledged
the remembrance, and said that the
buds had developed into full blown
flowers. There is sufficient moisture
in a good sized potato to support a
flower for two weeks in a moderately
cool temperature. Flowers from bou-
quets may be preserved in the same
way. The potatoes can be hidden by
leaves OF mossess
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She Tried.

Always" said papa, as he drank his
coffee and enjoyed his morning beef
steak, always, children, change the
subject when anything unpleasant has
been said. It is both wise and
polite"
That evening on his return from
business he found his carnation bed
despoiled, and the tiny imprint of slip
pered feet silently bearing witness to
the small thief.
Mabel he said to her, "did you
pick my howers?"
"Papa," said Mabel, "did you see a
monkey in town."
Never mind that. Did you pick
my flowers, Mabel2"
aRapa, what did grandmama send
me?'
"Mabel. what do you mean? Did
you pick my foWersP Answer me,
yes or no."
Eyes, papa, I did; but I fout I would
change the subject
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Delicate and Feeble Ladies'.

Those langnjd, tiresoms sensations. causing you tS
feel scarcely able to be on your feet; that const mt drain
that is taking from your system all its former elasticity;
driving the bloom from your cheeks; thst continual
strain upon your vital forces, rendering you irritable
and frstful, can easily be removed by the use OF sha1
marvellous remedy. Hop Ptttcrs. Irregularities and
distinctions of your system arc relieved at once. while
the special cause OF periodical pain are perm 'nently
removed. None receive go much benefit. and none are
SO profoundly grateful and show such an interest In
~mmen Hop Bitters as women.
Feels Young Again.
s'My mother was afflicted a long time with neuralgia
and o dull. heavy. inactive condition Of the wholS
system; headache, nervous prostration. and was almost
helpless. No physicians or medicines did her any good.
Three months ngo she began to use Hop Bitters With
guch good effect that she seems and feels young sgain.
although over seventy years old. We think there is no
other medicine fit to use in the family."-A LADY. in
Providence.
BRADFORD. Pa.s May 8, 1875.
II hiss CURED me Of several diseases, such as nervous.
ness. sickness at the stomach, monthly troubles. etc.
have not seen q sick day in a year, since 1 took Hop
Bitsers. All my ~nsighbors use them.
Mrs. FANNIE GREEN.
ky DU AQETS- IA gOu1 W HAASRS eA@b
.'done me less good than ons bottle of Hop Bitters:
,st,,ey also cured my wife of fifteen years. nervous
'.weakness. slseplessnsss and dyspepsia.
"R. NJ, Auburn, N. T."
High Authority
Hon Bitters is not, in any sense, an alcoholic beverage
or Houor, and could not be sold for use except to persons
dssirous of obtaining 9 medicinal bitters.
GREEN B. RAuM. u. S. Com. Interl Rev.
SO. B-LooM1NavILLE. O., May ]. 10.
grns-I have been suffering zen years. end ] tried
YOUR Hop Bittsrs. and it done me moro good than all
4ha aocears. MISS 8. 8. BOONE.
Baby Saveds
We ore 90 thankful to say that our nursing baby was
permanently oursd Of . dangerous snd p~rotracted con,
animation and irrsgularity of the bowels by the use OF
Hop BittsEs by its mother. which at the same tina
restored her to perfect health and strangth.-THE
PARENTS, Rochester, N 7.
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ass EksaMeife Ia 1sssafs.

NW MIM
sSetts W Tunis requires that the
sA1 RAe d tosucceed aruler should BIZ
2Ataly ignored. No minister 81
saIeer could visit him or COM
'ssa'saee with him without running
s E|sk q DOSING bis Office or Of his
szilaa Even the representatives
i governments may not visit
IS as1f: and personally be is quite
saaNA A them. For 4 native to
s7' lllm nv mark Of attention would
8ls treason, and such set BY
consul would beregarded Is
n& q want of respect for the hey
msaaaion CT regard for the
tantamount to 81 intention
lea to tha transitory power Of
and ID his eventual death.
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Pulling the Assayers.

A clerk in a New Orleans freight
office recently sent q silver dollar to
the Office of the mint to ascertain ii it
was genuine. The assayer made a test
with acid and pronounced it counter
felt. It was then found to weigh one
half grain more than the legal limit Of
the standard dollar. It was measured
and found to be correct In diameter.
The reeding was counted and found to
correspond with the genuine dollar.
The gentleman from whom the mint
received the dollar, having been tele-
phoned that 1t was counterfeit, and a
base one, gave permission to make a
thorough assay, and the assay proved
it TO be q genuine daddy dollar, and
somebody had niekk it.
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A SbhoolbeY on Corna.

Corns are of two kinds-vegetable
and animal. Vegetable corn grows
IN rows, and animal corn grows on toes.
There are several kinds of corn I: There
IS the unicorn, the capricorn, pop corn,
corn dodgers, field corn, and the corn,
which is the corn your feet feel most.
1t is said, I believe, that gophers like
corn, but persons having corns do not
IKE to Ego fur" if they can help it.
Corns have kernels, and some colo
nels hove corns. Vegetable corn grows
on the ears, but animal corn grows on
feet, at the other end of the body.
Another kind of corn is the acorn !;
this grows on oaks, but there is no
hoax about the corn. The acorn is a
corn with an indefinite article added.
Try it and see. Many a man when he
has a corn wishes it was an acorn.
Folks that have corns sometimes
send for a doctor, and if the doctor
himself is corned he probably won't do
SO well as if he isl't. The doctor says
corns are produced by tight boots and
shoes, which is probably the reason
why when a man is tight they say he
is corned.
If a farmer manages well, he can
get a good deal Of corn on an acre, but
l know Of a farmer that has the corn
that makes the biggest acher on his
farm. The bigger crop of vegetable
corn a man raises, the better he likes
it but the bigger crop Of animal corn
he raises the better he does not like it.
Another kind of corn is the corn
dodger. The way it is made is very
simple, and it is as follows-that is if
you want to know You go along the
street and meet a man you know has
a corn, and a rough character ; then
you step on the toe that has the corn
n it, and see if you don't have occa-
sion to dodge. In that way you will
find out what a corn dodger is.
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Cooking.

The progress of science has scarcely
affected the methods in use in the
kitchens. Few cooks know that in
boiling meats and vegetables it is the
heat which does the work, AID so they
keep the pot boiling vigorously all the
while, simply to evaporate water,
which must be replaced by repeated
additions, when a constant tempera-
ture near the boiling point would ac-
complish the same result with no boil
ing, and a great saving Of heat. Sub
stances conta. ming albumen, like meat
and fifth, are put into cold water, which
allows the albumen to be dissolved out
and wasted, the most nutritious part
of the food, when they should be put
into water nearly boiling hot to form
a hard coat over the outside and pre-
vent all loss. But this pointing out of
mistakes and abuses will not a,s !; we
will try to show o better way.
1 Eggs are usually oiled three or four
minutes. This is a mistaken method.
To cook an egg properly, the white, or
albumen, shou d be just G. .rdled, while
the yolk should be hardened. Now,
thesyok hardens at tempreture when
the albumen curdles. But il cooked
in boiling water the albumen is hard
ened, since it hardens at that temp
erature, while very often the yolk is
not hardened. because the egg is re-
moved before the yolk is properly
heated. The correct method, then, is
TO place the egg in a small amount OF
boiling water, remove the vessel from
the stove and let it cool. After ten OF
ffte,n minutes remove the egg and il
will be found prope. " cooked the al
bumen coagulated but not hardened
the yolk hardened.
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Fashion Notes.

=
Jerseys are generally worn.
Dress buttons remain shall.
Hats are faced with dark velvet.
Jersey ottoman cloths display great
elasticity.
Corsage bouquets for evening wear
are larger than ever.
Clothss-pins furnish the latest de-
signs for lace pins.
White dresses continue fashionable
for children Of al ages.
boiling turn-dewn collars are seen on
some Of the new dresses.
Corded wooden atuffs come II
checks, plaids and even figures.
some Of tho round skirts hare no
trimming except folds Or bands Of yel-
vet.
a Begonia leaf IN velvet, with Y
plush stalk for 4 handle. Is novelty
Ii fans.
There il talk If i polonaise for win
tsg wear with 4 fun waists 70 be worn
with i belt.
White undrsssed lid gloves szs
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AnYTGE NO CoNsUnTPTTYFs.

On the appearance Of the first symptoms
LAS general debility, loss OF appetite, pal
Tor, chilly sensation, followed by nightsweats
and cough, prompt measures of relief should
be taken. Consumption is scrofulous dis
ease of the lungs; therefore use the great
a~nti-scrofulous or bIood-puriier and
strength-restorer, DR.. Fierce's sGolden Med
zeal Discovery" Superior to Cod liver oil
as a nutritive, and unsurpassed as q pectoral.
For weak lungs, splitting of blood, and kin
dred affections il has no equal. Sold by
druggists. For DR.. Piercess treatise on con-
sumption send two stamps. WoRLD's DIs-
pzHsAEx MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, NY.
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-

YALpAaAIsc. rHE1I-Senor Kicar-
do Stuyen, q leading commission mer-
chant Of this place, after having
exhausted all other remedies has been
completely cured Of rheumatism by the
use Of st. Jacobs OH, the great pain
banisher. He makes this public.
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a woman said in q police court the
other day, that before marriage her
husband pretended to be much struck
with her. but now she was every day
struck BIZ him.
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' A1inserIng states that . vessel
Of paper was recently
81 Petersburg. She II
~ steam. Fer dimensions are:
ssnsy-Hve feet; tie greatest
Aze Feet with only d 1ew
&C. saaght 81 water. Tho recent
PAPER for railway material
oBrna adds, has led ID I'll
Segment. Eor many years
have beer made ma used
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MENsMAN's PERFORMED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nsttri-
tious properties. 1t contains blood-making,
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly il resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Otswell, Hazard d
Co., Proprietors. New York. Sold by druggists.
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Young and middIe-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred affections
as loss Of memory and hypochondria, should
incloso three stamps for Part VII of Worlds
dress WoRLp's DIspENsARY MEpIOAL AssoOr-
ALTON. Buffalo. IN. Z.
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when Won have tried everything else and
failed. try our Carboline and be happy; 1t
viii prove its merits. Onedollar a bottle, and
sold by all druggists.
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D~ARDANEL1E, Ark.-Dr. M. M. Groom says
ssBruWn's Iron Bitters Is the best medicine in
the worId, and is efecting miraculous cures
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All the wooden nutmegs come from Con-
necticut, but Maine furnishes all the sar-
tines. Boston attends to the sluggers.
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Give me the benefit of your convictions,
if you have any, but keep your doubts to
yourself, for ] have enough of my own.
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MI. j. e. Harvey, 14O Bridge ST, Brooklyn,
says; I nave no more dread of infammatory
rheumatism since DR.. Elm. cre's Rheumatlne-
Goutaline brought me cut of the terrible
condition ] was in last year."
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For aged man, women, weak and sickly
children, without q rival. viii NOT cause
headache. Browns Iron Ritters.
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The man who persists in discussing che
tariff is generally The chap who couldn't de
fine the word to q his soul.
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SArrMARsH, Ala.-Dr. Jas. B. Mills says;
"Several of my patients used Browns Iron
Bitters for chronic Indigestion with benefit"
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Maintain dignity without the appearance
of pride, manner is something to everybody
and everything to some.
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HIa Sonia Advice.

Habits are soon assumed; but when we
strive to strip them OFF it's being fiayed alive.
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That Husband of Nine
Is three times the man he was before using
Wells Health Remover. 81. Druggists.
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Nothing has ever remained OF any reyolu-
ton but what was ripe in the conscience of
the masses.
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TuR WEAKER REx

are immensely strengthened by the use of
Dr.. B. V. Pierce's fFavorite Prescription"
which cures all female arrangements, and
gives tone to the system. Sold by druggists.
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cntarrIl of the Bladder
Singing irritation, Inflammation, Kidney,
Urinary complaints, cured nv ~BuchupaibaSl.
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The habit OF running over boots or shoes
corrected with Lyons Patent Heel Stlaner.
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Instantly Relieved,

There is both warning aud encouragement
in the saw, "a man, as he manages hlmself,
may die old at 30 or young at ~"
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Ills q strange truth that only in the agony
of parting do We look into the depths Of love
The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-01

What an uproar it made in comforting the
title of colonel on Alfonso. They do things
NOR quietly IN Kentucky.
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Mrs. Ann Lacour. of New Orleans. La, writes:
have o son who mas been sick for rwo years; he has
been attended by our leading physicians. but all to
no purpose. This morning he had his usual spell OF
coughing. and was so greatly Frustrated IN conse-
ouenee that death seemed imminent. We had in
the house q bottle of Or. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs purchased by my husband. who noticed Your
advertisements yesterday. We administered It &c
cording TO directions and he was instantly re-
Msysd.
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"RouEh on Corns."
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns. '15c. Quick
relief; complete cure. Corns. warts, bunions.
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Durno's Catarrh Snuff cures Catarrh and all affec-
lions OF tine mucous membrane.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-12
Vital Questi0Dsi

Vital QuostiODsi
Ask the most eminent physician
ut any school, what Is the best thing I'm the
world for quieting and allaying all irritation
of the nerves and curing all forms OF nervous
complaints, giving natural, childlike refresh
ing sleep always?
And they will tell you unhesitaiDgly
'Some form OF Hops ~
CHAPTERI.
Ask any or ali OF the most eminent physi-
clans:
what is the best and only remedy that can
be relied on to cure all diseases OF the kidneys
and urinary organs such as Bright's disease,
diabetes. retention or inability TO retain urine
and all the diseases and ailments peculiar to
Women -
sand they will tell you explicitly and en-
pbatically '.Buchu."
Ask the same physicians
''What is the most reliable and surest cure
for AL liver diseases or dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, biIiousness, malarial fever, ague, &C" !"
, and they will tell you:
Mandrake or Dandelion ="
Hence, when these remedies are combined
- with Others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such
wonderful and mysterious curative power Is
developed which is 80 varied in its operations
that no disease or Ill hea lth can possibly exist
or resist its power, and yet 1t Is
invalid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTERu.
patients
almost dead or nearly dying"
For years, and given up by physicians OF
Bright's ard other kidney diseases, liver COM
plants, severe coughs called consumption
have zen cured.
Women gone nearly crazy!
From agony OF neuralgia, nervousness
wakefulncss and various diseases peculiar tC
women.
People drawn out OF shape from eXcrucia
ting pangs of rheumatism,
Infiammatory and chronic, or suffering from
scrofula!
Erysipelas
Salt rhum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia, intlt'
gestion, and in fact almost all diseases frail
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters. proof o
which can lie found in every neighborhood il
the known world. aprl4lmdT, Th&S
TOP BITTEKS FOR SALE AT n. n
Ill Cochran's Drug Store, l37 and l39 Nortl
Queen street. mar23md