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Battle FIags at the DAYTON Reunion.

Comrade Ira L. Owens sends us the following
interesting account of the display of flags at
the recent Reunion at Dayton: Among the
many interesting features at the Reunion held
in Dayton, o., was the display of old battle
flags. Many Of the veterans who gathered there
had not seen these flags since the days they
were unfurled in battle array. Numerous
manifestations of the deep interest felt in these
emblems were witnessed. In some cases the
sight of the old flag called up some ludicrous
incident. In Others, pathetic and dramatic
scenes were enacted that brought tears to the
eyes of the listeners. One incident will relate:
A middle-aged man wearing a Grand Army
badge and military hat stood trembling in
front of the flag credited TO the list Ohio His
manners were quiet, but he seemed intensely
excited. He motioned for an attendant within
the enclosure to come to him. and stated that
his son was color-bearer in the 71st and asked
permission to take the flag in his hands. The
flag was handed to the visitor. As he took it
he wrapped his arms around it, talked TO IL and
kissed it as though it had been prattling babe.
Then he burst into tears and cried like child.
"God bless you, old flag he said. You cannot
bring back my boy to me- but your folds can
tell how he died that his country might i've"
Then the old man mused and petted and talked
to the flag as group of men gathered IN deep
and respectful silence around him. No one
dared TO break the silence. After awhile he
returned the flag to the attendant. Then to
the listeners told how his son was shot down
while carrying the flag, but In death clutehed
the staff, and not until his body was pierced
through with seven bayonet thrusts could his
foes tear the flag from his grasp. The capt0rs
did not keep it long, for in turn of battle the
father was among those to regain the flag and
avenge his sons death. Very many of the flags
have brief printed statements affixed, giving a
history of the regiment. The flag belonging to
the 3lst Ohio has bloody record. 1t was
carried through the battles of Chickamauga,
Perryville, Stone River, Mission Ridge and the
battles in Sherman's march to the sea. 1t has 8S
distinct bullet holes in its folds, and 12 men
were shot down in different battlefelds while
carrying it. The flag staff of the 26th Ohio
bears eleven bullet marks. The 74th, Col
Granville Moodys regiment, has its spear shot
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To What Badge Are They Entitledi

To THE EDITOR: Seeing in your issue of
question" To what badge is he entitled ?"-
/ have similar one: A battery was assigned
to the Army Of the Ohio Gen. BuelPs corps
Fourteenth After the battle of Stone River,
when the army was reorganized, it was as
signed TO Gen. McCooks Twentieth corps, and
after the consolidation, in 1863, of the Twen-
tieth and TEenty-frst Corps, belonged to the
Fourth Corps. In the Atlanta campaign the
battery was not attached to any particular
corps, but received its orders directly from the
Department Communication. Thomas. To
what badge are the members of that battery
entitled ed?-JoHN 0TTo, Auburn, Ind.
The badge of the Army of the Cumberland
would, no doubt, be the one to which the bat
terry in question is entitled, inasmuch as it is
the badge of all the corps that composed that
army.-ED.l
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THE QUESTION SQUAD.
Comrades Queries and Replies-0dds a. Ends OF
Information


Information.
". III. Pain, Glasgow KY. {Co. N, I1th KY. Cay.)
wants some to give history of the first Salt
vile raid made about Oct. /, IS64-Hirafn Busby,
Co. A 9th Ind, would like to hear from some of
his comrades of that regiment and from any of his
fellow prisoners at Belle Isle in 1s62.-Wiliiam A.
JOY JoyfieId, Mich, Co. II, 18th Ohio who was
Sabine Crossroads, would like to know what be-
came of James Quin, who was wounded at that
battie-David H Smith, Elliottsburg Pa. would
like the address of George Forbes, who was fell
rade Daniel p. Hatch, Co. C, SD H. Bolivar n. Y.
wants the addresses of Comrades Phiander
Brisbin and Adelbert Jones' any of his old COM
rades who could give him any information about
same.--AIrs Robert A. Balm, Canon City Colo
would like the address of any soldier officer who
of Co. X, oath Mich, while he was in the army
w. III. Capper Co. j, 1Ith Mo, Mt. Sterling Ohio
would ike the address of S. +. Beauchamp, Co. T.
lIth Mo.--Mrs Martha +. Higgins Zaieski Ohio
ing persons would furnish her with to assist
her in procuring pension account of her late
husband, w. ID. Higgins, Hospital Steward I'd w.
Va. Cav, viz: George De Busy, Hospital Steward ;
DIR. Gillum, Surg, 2d w. Va. Cav, and VIM. Town
send, nurse in general hospital. Bato., Md, in
Spring of 1865 also of Seneca Cody, Co H, I'd WA
II. NJ c. Savage, Adjutant, L. +. Meagher Post,
Nat. Mil. Home, Elizabeth City, Va would like to
hear from any shipmates of Robert Brown, Captain
of the mizzen top, sloop of war Jamestown.-P.
r. Symmes 69th Ohio, Carbondale, Pa. would like
to hear from of his comrades in regard to the
trouble they had in getting supplies from Steven
son. H., to Chattanooga, Tenn, in the Fall of 1863
II have in my possession engraved silver
corps badge belonging to ]. E. Dawes, Co H 30th
Mass, which was found about nine years since on
Cedar Creek battlefield and will be glad to restore
1t to the owner any OF his riends.-R. T. Bart
lett. Cardington, o.
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THE SENIOR VOLUNTEER.
Which Was the Last Organization Mustered Out
of the Army Claims from Many Quarters.

Which was the Last Organization Mustered Vut
of the Army !-Claims from Many Quarters.
The letter of Col. Chester has brought out q
number of statements from other organizations
claiming that their muster-out dated long
after his, and among them are the following:
Gen. G. w. Balloch, Washington, d. c.,
writes: j was mustered out Aug. 30, 1868, and
have always thought i was the last one.
Joseph w. Hobles, Boston, Mass: My regi-
ment, the 24th Mass, was mustered out at Rich
mond, Va, Jan. 2e, 1866, and the Both Mass.
was not mustered out until some time later.
The 165th ~ Y. will, therefore, have to retire.
James ID. Kemble, Co. q, I'd n. j. Cav, Mad
ison, n. j.: My discharge is dated at Vicks-
burg, Nov. /, 1865 and | was mustered out at
Trenton, N j., Nov. Is, 1866.
G. A. Constantine, Co. A, I'd N. Y. Cav, was
mustered out Nov g. 1865.
Chas. G. OTIS Major and Breyet- Colonel, 21st
N. Y. Cav, Brooklyn: Capt. Henry E. Snow
and Adj't James f. Hill, of my regiment, were
mustered out Aug 81, 1866. These comrades
volunteered the same day President Lincoln
issued his first call for troops.
Chas. e. Foster, Co. G, I'd N. H., Manches-
ter, n. H., was mustered out at City Point, Va,
Dec. 10, 1865.
j. r. Lansbe1g, Oak Point, H.: Nicholas Ap-
plegate, 1st u. S. Engineers, was mustered out
at Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 26, 1865, and James
Travis, Co. I'll, 3eth Ill, at Victoria, Texas,
March 90, 1866. These comrades are members
of Post No. 1885, Hazel Dell, III.
Geo. Sanborn, Fonda, Iowa: The 4th Wis.
was mustered out at Brownsville, Tex, May
%, 1866.
John J. Coard, Pawnee City, Neb.: The 118th
ILL., Mounted Inf was mustered out Oct. l, 1865,
at Baton Rouge, La.
L. II. Felt Hastings, Neb.: The 18th Kan.
Cav, of which / was a member, was not mus
tered out until Nov. 30 1865.
j. H. Dye, Buffalo, n. Y: The I'd N Y. II.
Art. was mustered out at Washington, d. c.,
Sept 20, 1865
ID. D. Blake, Black River Falls, Wis: The
37th Ill. Cav. was mustered out Dec 81, 1865;
the 48th Wis. was mustered out Jan. 20, 1866
the 4th Wis Cav. was mustered out June q,
1866
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The I'd Mich. Cav. and the Raid In the Rear OF
Atlanta.

To THE EDITOR: In your paper of July 81,
in an article headed Cavalry Raids" you give
the I'd Mich. Cav. as one of the regiments which
composed Gen. Croxton's brigade, and which was
with him on the unfortunate raid to the rear
Of Atlanta, July %, 1864. This is mistake.
At that time the I'd Mich. Cav. was IN Tennes-
see, along the line of the Nashville & Decatur
Railroad, and having just returned from vet
eran furlough were not mounted. A small de-
tachment of the regiment (non-veterans) was
in the Atlanta campaign, from Chattanooga to-
wards Atlanta, until Lost Mountain was reach
ed, when they were ordered back to Nashville
TO join the veteran portion of the regiment.
This portion of the regiment was in Chatta-
nooga July 4, 1864, and reached Nashville three
days later, and three days after reported to the
headquarters of the regiment at Franklin.
The regiment was not under Croxton until af-
ter his return from the raid mentioned, or
until about the LIST of September of that year
w. 81. TALLMAN, Capt, Co. d, I'd Mich. Cav,
Hillsdaie, Mich.
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Tho Ohio Militia.

The Ohio militia has at last been brigaded,
and viii go into camp this Fall by brigades.
The Third Brigade consists of the I'd, 5th, Sth.
and 10th regiments, the Toledo Cadets and
the LIST, Sd, and 9th Batteries. Col. ]. ID. Nor
ton, of the 18th, commands the brigade he
has appointed as his staff Maj. H. s. Bunker,
Acting Assistant Adjutant- General; DIR. j. T.
Woods, Brigade, Surgeon, and Lieut.. Z. B. Ter
ry, Brigade Quartermaster. These are all off,
GERS of the 18th regiment and old soldiers of
good records. Maj. Bunker was the Commits
sary Sergeant of the Goth Ohio; DIR. v. DDS was
Surgeon of the 99th Ohio and afterwards Divis-
ion Surgeon, and Lieut.. Terry was Sergeant
in the Sd Ohio Cav. The brigade will go into
camp at Woodland Hills, near Cleveland, from
the 18th to the 26th inst, inclusive.
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and brother of Commander of Lincoln Post, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, who served in the same regiment.
Mary N. Disbrow, 10, Clay Center Kan. daugh-
ter of Comrade Disbrow Adjutant, Clay Center
Post, and served in Co. A, 2lst ILL., aud I'd Ill. Cav.
Mary would ike some one to send her the : Bat
tie OF Belmont
Willie Plumey IL, Bloomington, H.: daughter
of Comrade Plumey Sth Mo-; served five years
the Relief Corps.
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Hard to Believe.

It is hard to believe that a man was cured of
Kidney disease after his body was swollen as
big as a barrel and he had been given up as
incurable and lay at deaths door Yet such
cure was accomplished by Kidney Wort in
the person of NJ. Nj. Devereaux of Ionia, Mich,
who says: After thirteen of the best doctors
in Detroit had given me up, was cured by
Kidney Wort. l want every one to know what
a boon it is.
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Ayers Hair Vigor is safe, agreeable and bene-
fetal. 1t is the most elegant, and its effects are
very lasting, making it the most economical of
toilet preparations. By its use ladies can keep
their hair abundant and natural in color, luster,
and texture.
The National tribune., 1884-08-14
Our weekly Ekperlence meetlng.
A LINK WITH THE REvoLUTIoS-BARBARA
FRTFTcdTE or MARY orANTRAL

FETETcaIE Or MARY QUAETEAL-
To THE EDITOR: have read Willie Jasres'g let
Ter. aDc although not boy, would like to bring
chip 70 sonr campfire. My father was in the
Revolutionary war. -Four Of my half brothers
were IN tie Of 1872, and was IN Co r. IIIIh
Ohio, IN our late This may seem strange TO
your readers yet when you hear that my father
was 75 years Of age when i was born and So when
he died aud ] now So years Of age. IL viii not
seem 50 strange.-N- Z. Gilbert, Mark Center, de-
nance Co.. q.
BARBARA FRIETcHm Oh MARY oUAETRAL-
The writer Of the following says she was an
eyewitness TO the heroism Of Mary Quautral
81 Frederick City, which is cur reason for In
trcdncing 8 subject long under controversy.
The matter has frequently been brought to the
attention OF Dir. Whittier, author OF the poem,
Professor Tyler, OF Georgetown, having taken
special pains to supply him with exact data.
The poets silence, however indicates his faith
IN his fagOritc heroine, and il is altogether
probable that Barbara Frietchie viii continue
70 live ID story, whatever history may do, as
the type q the loyal woman OF Maryland.-ED.
10 TIE EDgToR: L wls reading ia THE TRIBUNE
The Love OF Country" by Rev. c. A Hammer
u which y few Eles abeut Barbara Frietchie at
Frederick. Did. I would like to correct IT, a. the
heroine Was NOT Barbara FFietehe, but Mrs Mary
Quantrsl, school teacher. Mrs QuaIlfral lived
on the main street ia Frederick City, which is
called beneetown, above the BeDsesoVn bridge !;
barbara fFetellie below the bridge Barbara Friet-
chic had nothing 10 do with the nag
Mrs etus4nirai came ont The porch with the
flag and waved ii over the sidewalk SlonewaIl
jackson rode up and very politely demanded the
nag. she told llm he could not have IL; that she
would be very glad 10 give j TO him if he were
fighting for the flag but a. he not he could not
have AZ. he talked quite q while and advised her
70 take the flag Gnd 20 IN the house As there were
al kinds Oi men passing through with 1e army ii
would Do hard 10 tell what they would do; that
la1y brave enough 10 bring ont the Stars and
stripes Has too brave 10 be injured. And he rode
away MR.. QuautTal kept her post and Stoneps4Il
jackson haa rot gone more than 40 yards when a
soldier cUt u cut Of ber hand with his bayonet and
tore u 70 pieces under his feet. The rebels thought
~ very hard 70 walk under the Stars and Stripes
" hen tlle flag fell they cbeeTeG and Jackson rode
back &Ilc ordered the man that had destroyed the
hag put under arrest. since he had demanded the
Tag, alfd nobody else had any right 10 destroy i;
when sae would not give Il 10 him. II was no
sooner destroyed than she had another and stood
in the door where they could not reach it, / know
this 70 be true. Maggie HopwoOd and my sister
Laura BitesbeY. and myself were the ponch
~1th Mrs Quanirai al the tiIne.-Airs. Mollie Nor
rison, Youngstown, q.
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EoHErHIEe 70 Do-A VIGOROUS DEFENSE BY
OUR WESTERN GIRLs-MR. NOBLE CALLED
TO ACCOUNT
DEAR CoSgERskgIoS Glib: May come In and
JON your merry Circiel You surely viii not re-
fuse, for Like Agnes Riley, came from way out
West though hot from the same State am the
daughter oi a soldier y. q. Stone vi ho enlisted Ia
the LIST Iowa IA 1861. He l. how Commander Of A
A.. Mason Post No. l69, Department Of Nebraska
GAR We all enjoy reading THE TRIBUNE very
much T. IS. Noble, j am surprised that YOU a
Western lad, should think that we girls haven't
anything to do but sleep aud eat wash dishes
sweep, and play few tunes Oh the organ. i don't
believe you really think Now, do you? You Just
eag that because you know the girls have got ahead
OF the boys You surely not blessed with
sister, or you wouldn't think 50. Oscar T.. Kelley
did you see your shadow Minnie Easterbroois
viii yon correspond. or Lydia E. Day Inez L.
Soodin, or amy Of the young people Of the club7
--EdYa ID Stone Grab Orchard. Aeb.
As MUCH TO DO AS BOYS
DEAR CosvERsATIoE GLIB: ] should like TO de-
fend the girls against what Mr.. T. B. Noble has
accused ue 81. j think, a. a general thing the
girls are o. much engaged in work as the boys
i somewhat agree with Charles c. Walsh when
comparing the boys 70 the Rr0nnd- hog In the way
of writing, ! have never the paper vet that
can comPete with THE TRIBUNE. 1 especially
enjoy reading the letters Of the Conversation
Club" My father served three years In the war
20. III, 15tb Iowa. He went with Sherman on his
march 20 the fighting with him in all The battles
fron Arkansas Posi- 20 Raleigh. n. q. He belongs
70 joe Ross Posi-. Sidfaey, Iowa May the sons Of
hnese brave veterans be ever ready 10 defend our
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Rough on Itch" cures humors. eruptions,
ring-worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet,
chilblainx.
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Prevalence of Kidney Complaint in America
Buchu-paiba is a quick, complete cure. ST..
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Night sweats, fever, chills, malaria, dyspep.
sia cured by Wells Health Renewer,n ST.
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LOYAL W0MkNS WORK
Home Life and Home Labor for Wives
and Daughters.
The Honsehold.
Iconducled sr Ea,e B. sher.O0od.l

r.s~ All communications intended for publication
fn this department should be forwarded direct 10 Ihh
NArloNAL tribune. Washington. ID. c.
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Conversation Club.

soNETHIse 70 Do-A VIGOROUS DEFENSE BY
OUR wEsTERN GIRLs-MR. NOBLE CALLED
TO ACCOUNT
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DEAR TRIBUNE: Papa was soldier. he Was
living with rebel when the war broke out Sol
diers were enlisfing on both sides-Union and Con-
federate He started morning to drive the
home, and gone three years and four
months. He was only Is when he enlisted in Co.
A. 18th KY. He was in the second days fight at
Shiloh also, in the Knoxville and Georgia cam .
psigns. We could not do without THE TRIBUNE
and its stories OF the war.-Enma Mitchum, Mon
roe XIV
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-23

HE FEELS LTKE A NEW Man.
az have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
tion, two years, and have tried ten dinereni
Kinds of pills, and TUFTS are the hrst
that have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. My apostle Is
splendid, food digests readily, and now
have natural passages. feel like new
man" W. b. EDWARDS, Palmyra @.
Soldeveryxhere, use. Office, II Murray St-,E-Y-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-23
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

When hattery is unsuccessful, it is
but the fault OF the fatterer.-Lewis.
A good surgeon must have an eagles
eye, a lions heart, and a lady's hand.
The cup of pleasure sometimes has
dregs that one must drink long after
wards.-Ouida.
Education is at home a friend, abroad
an introduction, in solitude a solace, in
society an ornament.
He that is choice of his own time will
also be choice of his company, and
choice in his actions.-Paley.
Good taste rejects excessive nicely; it
treats little things as little things, and
is not hurt by them.-Fenelon.
A great name is like an eternal epitaph
engraved by the admiration of men on
the road of time.-E. Souvestre.
Simplicity, of all things, is the hard
est to be copied, aud ease is only to be
acquired with the greatest labor
Steele.
The generalization of death is the
generalization of liberty; he who has
learned to die has forgot to serve
Montaigne.
Commonly, physicians, like wine, are
best when they are old; and, lawyers,
like bread, when they are young and
new.-Fuller.
He that judgeth, without informing
himself to the utmost that he is capable,
cannot acquit of judging amiss.-Locke.
That state of life is the most happy
where superfuities are not required and
where necessaries are not wanting
Plutarch
There is but one Philosophy, though
there are a thousand schools, and its
name is Fortitnde-to bear is to conque.
our Fate.-Bulwer.
Mark this well, We proud men of act
ionl Ye are, after all nothing but I'M
conscious instruments of the men of
thought.-Heinrich Heine.
The permanence of marriage is indis-
pensable to the security of families,
and families are the beams and girders
which hold together the State.
Be always displeased at what thou art
if thou desire to attain what. thou art
not; for where thou hast pleased myself,
thou there abidest.-Quarles.
Never hold any one by the button, or
by the hand, in order to be heard out;
for if people are unwilling to hear you
you had better hold your tongue than
them.
Strength must be found in thought, or
it will never be found in the words. Big
sounding words without thoughts cores
ponding, are effort without effect.-
William Goblet.
The best are accused of exclusiveness.
1t would be more true to say, they separ-
ate as oil from water, as children from
old people, without love or hatred in the
matter, each seeking his like.-Emer-
son.
When a mans finger is not like those
of other people, he knows how to feel dis
satisfied but, if his mind is not like that
of other people, he does nos know how to
feel dissatisfied. This is called iguor-
ance Of the relative Importance of things
Hindu.
Good manners are not a plant of court
growth; for if they were, those people
who have understandings directly of
level for such requirements, who have
served such long apprenticeships to moth
ing else, would certainly have picked
them up.-Swift.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-23
Hints for Housewives.


To KEEP knives and forks in good
condition, wash them after every meal.
WHES a baby cries all night do not
become impatient. BE thankful that il
isn't twins.
To CLEAN mating boil it in mix
ture of bran and water. A boiler ten
feet in diameter will do.
To KEEP door-knobs clean, train the
children to carefully wipe their hands
on the table-cIoth before leaving the
table.
To KEEP the curtains of the smoking
room from becoming scented with tobac.
co make your husband do his smoking
in the back yard.
JEYELRY may be nicely cleansed by
dipping in hot, soapy water and polish,
ing with little white powder and a
piece Of channels. 1t is better not tC
try this too often with gold watches.
CLoTHEs-PIHs boiled a few minutes
and quickly dried once or twice day
for a month become more durable. Five
cents WORTH of clothes pins can thus
be made to last twice as long simply by
a little extra trouble and the consump-
ton Of a few dollars worth of coal.
AT the present market price of celery
one hungry guest can eat about dol
lars worth without winking, and it is
well, therefore, when there is only ten
cents worth on the table to remind
visitors that celery is a mere brain
food, and only those whose brains are
in a very weak and sickly condition
ever crave it.
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How Not % Grow Ola.


It becomes evident, therefore, that
living moderately and as much as posi-,
bic on a diet containing a minimum
amount of earthly particles is clearly
most suitable in order to retard old age
and thereby prolong existence. The
most rational treatment with view 20
Fetard old age is IN the first place to en-
deavoI as far as possible to eounteract
the excessive action of atmospheric oxv-
gen; secondly, to resard the deposit Of
ossifie matter. and as far as possible TO
dissolve partially formed calcareous con
eretions. Distilled watea and diluted
phosporie acid are believed by 1lr. de
Lacy Evans to have the desired effect.
When considering theiF special action
We cannot but fully coincide With him
as to their efficacy in fetardine old ace
by their combined chemical action. Now.
distilled water alone has powerful ac-
ton owing otis solvent properties, there
By dissolYing and excrefing the excess 81
earthly salts which otherwise would be-
come blocked up IN the system, gradual
" storing up those brackages which ii
time cause old age. The solvent proper
tics Of distilled water are 80 great PER s
that on distillation in vessels il actually
dissolves small PARTICLES Of them. Now.
the generality of waters contains more or
less carbonate Of lime and are TO le aT0is
"a especially hose from chalky soils.
tending they do 70 produce cal cariou
deposits The action Of distilled water Is
Beverage IS bfieIly As foIloWs: First. is
absorption into the blood i rapid sec
ond e keeps soluble those salts already
existing IN the blood, thereby producing
lheiI uhdne deposit third. & facilitates
II marked degree their elimination 81
l1eans 81 excf6fIon After middle sIe 5
dailr nte AZ distilled water s highly ben.
eI|t|aI Is those d1i1ol|< 81 retatIIIne old
-. and i /. 'r11 useful a1idnck fof
1ftrti1r 10 "a bladder and I'D
nels