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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-02
A BUFFALO ElAZE,
Music Hall and Catholic Church Burned
An Exciting Scene.


BUFFALO, n. Y, March 26.-As an gt-
tache of the Music Hall was lighting the
gas above the stage last evening a drop ny
caught fire from defective burner. In an
instant the whole stage was in hames and
six minutes later the entire building was
burning. The McCauIl Opera Company
were dressing preparatory to the production
of Falka, and had barely time to escape,
some only partially dressed The company
lost their entire wardrobe for the operas of
Falka, TIE Little Duke and The Queens
Lace Handkerchief. SEoS of the trunks
had been brought TO The building ard the
personal wardrObeS weTe also lost Very
few persons had arrived TO witness the per
formaTce and all cscsped without i2jag.
An hour later the ST. EOuis
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
at tse rear Of the MRsic Hall, was found 10
be iI flames and p was soon evident that
the magnificent egifce was doomed. The
street between IKE Music Hall and the
chCrch was veI7 narrow, rendering IL i'm
possible for tie fire department to da eff
fcctive work. George Smith and Joseph
Green ascendef the ladders in front ct the
church for ire purpose of assisting the
f-emen in dizScting the work The build
ing burned T3pidly and the fremen and
Smith hastiis left the roof, which they had
reached. Pr some reason Green remained
and franticaly rushed 10 the cupeha, climb
ing it in the fill view OF the thou
sasds of spectators. lie clambered to
the liglening rod, but returned and
rushed tei he body of the roof which was
now burRng fiercely. Green hen ran to
the corne. Of the building and, needless of
the cries'0f the fiTemen, YTho hae q tarpauLin
stretches for him, ne made fer the tower
and froy it hung by his hands fully ten
minutes An attempt WIS made to rea:h
him with a ladder, but was unsuccessful,
owing 40 the network CT telegraph wires
surrounding the building At this time the
entire front of the church
WAS ENVET,OPEB IN FLAMES.
When the smoke cleared away he was
still clinging to the edge OF the roof. Then
he lunCed forward, let 20 his hold and fell
He struck on his heaa and was instantly
killed. At go O'Clock the tower of the
Music Hall fell Il and few minutes after
ward the front walls teil into the street
The south wall. which WAS unusually
strongly built as il was within ten feet of
large private dwelling, remains intact. The
fire was finally confined 10 The
Music Hall and the church. The
-Nt'AiS nan was COua lnctcu III 'IOoo, HdHtllS
been a year in coarse of construction,
while the St Louis church was the oldest
Roman Catholic church in the city. The
Music Hallwill be remembered As the place
of holding the graHG musical festival of
1883, the Democratic State convention of
1882 at which Groveg;Oleveland WAS named
for Governor, and the grand music festival
! in which Theodore Thomas and DR.. Dam
rDsch appeared in June, 1884.
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THE SOUOAN WAR.

a BALLOON Corps TaISinG Observations
The Bodies of Women Found Among the
Arab Dead.
SUAKIM, March 26.-Gencral Graham has
moved the headquarters of his camp two
miles nearer Tamai a, convoy of Indian
troops went this morning to McNeiRs zareba
on the Tamai road as an escort for a balloon
corps Arrived at the .zareba the balloon
corps Immediately set to work taking oh
servations, captive balloon being sent up
from the zareba. The aerOnautS remained
up several hours, and they descended with
information concerning the positions and
movements of OSman .Digna'S men. The
grenaUlers and the Surrey regiment re-
! turDed TO Suakim from the Zareba yeSter
day without loss, although they exchanged
shots with hostile ACRbS on the way. The
latest returns place the number of the Brit
ish killed and wounded in Sundays battle
. at $50, including caIrR followers. The total
loss OF the Arabs in last Sundays engage
lment is now stated to be 5000, including
thirty-four women wbC,h been armed as
and who proved IS impetuous and
determined as the men. The bodies of
these amaZons were Sounted on the field
.zfter the fight.
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Cattle Kings Must Go.

kKANsAS CITY, March ga special 10
Ske Times from Arkansas City, Kan. says:
General Hatch has isSuea orders for the de
<trIction CT the permanent improvements
Gsntthe ranches of Berry alrethers and Buckle
* Martin, who for sOsne unknown reason,
bv.orders from Secretary Teller, while Ise
was in charge of the Inferior Department,
liSze been allowed TO hold aheir cattle am
live in peace on the Oklahoma lands
These two widely known ranches are situa-.
ted between Stillwate- and Cimarrur
-siyesS,. right in the center of Oklahoma
aud when Payne was first elected from that
cOuntSy, his wagons burReslHIad broken and
his permanent Improvements. destroyed, he
demafded that the same treatment should
be administered to tie cattle men. They,
however. by orders from the Secretary OF
War sat. Secretary Teller weTe left alone.
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Methodist conference.

MACON, Mo-, March 22.-The business
o. the Conference is being dispatched
rapidly. Bishop Fowler introduced TO
the Conference YESTERDAY the Rev. DR..
A. a Hunt, of New York, Secretary of
the american Bible Society, who deliv-
cred very interesting aSd instructive
addleSs concerning the work being Done
throughout the world by me society he
represents. Bishop Fowler delivered his
address To the yosnG ministers of the
Conference last evening, and it was very
interesting. The appointments Will be
made tomorrow.
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CAThRRH
Suffering wonnnhood.

Too much effort can not be made to bring
to the attention of suffering womanhood
the great value of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as q remedy for the
diseases of women, and perhaps nothing
Is more effectual than the testimony of
those who have been cured by it. Such an
one is the wife of General Barringer, of
Winston, n. c., and we quote from the
Generals letter as follows: "Dear Mrs.
Pinkham: Please allow me to add my
testimony to the most excellent medicinal
qualities of your Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Barringer was treated for several
years for what the physicians called Leu
corrhea and Prolapsus Uteri combined. L
sent her to Richmond, Va, where she re-
manned for six months under the treatment
of an eminent Physician without any
permanent benefit She WIS induced to
try your medicine and after q reasonable
time commenced to improve and is now
able 30 attend to her business and consid-
ers herself fully reIiered." General Bar
ringer is the proprietor of the American
Hotel, Winston, N. c., and is widely known
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outside Pursuits of English Judges.

Being free from all anxiety-for no
servant of the State has so secure q
position as a Judge. who can only be
removed from his Office by joint adj
dress of both Housewife congenial
work, with regular hours, and regular
holidays, a Judge ought to live to a
great age Most of them do so. Sew
eral among them have intellectual pur-
suits other than the law, and enjoy
ample time in which TO crafty them.
One of our Judges is devoted to physi-
cal science, and is said to know even
more of it than of law; another is q
skillful painter and has been hung on
the line. Another is a considerable
Greek and Latin scholar, and would
probably edit classical books sooner
than do anything else, if he thought
that a Judge might decorously do 50.
Another is an ardent essayist. Another
is learned and widely known musician
and a skillful performer on the violin.
Another is understood to legislate I'M
officially for what is commonly called
our greatest of National sports, and, if
so, must have enough to do.-St. James
Gazette.
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SrekinraN .rDenot.

SEnssEtA- March 25.-SiRee tisS burning
of the Garrison house the s.reetiGEDf n new
uniOn oepet has been the absorbing theme.
and mas vsSsws have been put forth hy
various parties The most feasible ami at
the same ti,ne most cOnyeaieGt Cor the
public and she city, is that the depot be
made to front west upon Usage street, al
lowing thai street TO be continued Gorth.
:stnd that Pacific street be the no,1h frGet Of
1he depot, with che tracks to the south
1'his plan u0Wld give access fdT baggage.
wagons and LaekS, and do away with the
necessity of every perSOn who went 10 or
from the depot havs1g to climb over rars sor
ruSI among the engines or wait GGtii Ia
traiEs were gone before going up tOxn.
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AOuiet Piece % Sarcasm.

WASHINGTON. Siarch 25.-Thers is 8
new picture of Arthur WHICH has just been
added t. the Presidential portraits in the
GercoraA Gallery of All. This picture is by
Healey, axd is one of the best portraits that
artisS painted during his stay here last wiz
ter. The picture is very clean aad clear in
color. Thepase of the head is very natural.
1t is iiIreee1arters view and il turned
toward the speesator, as if the subject had
Just been addressed question. Mr. Healey
has given an air OF a artneSs and life TO The
face which is moi gene rally seen in the eriS
inal much before two O'Clock in The morn
Ing.
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A NYSIcIEg,S ADVICE.

II you are suffering from general de-
bility, nervous prostration, sinking
spells, etc, suDerinduced by impure
blood, weak kidneys and liver, etc, do not
resort to alcoholic compounds, nor use
remedies that cause too great activity
of the parts affected. IL is far more wise
to use mild Alternative like DR.. Guy
sott's Yellow Dock and SarSa-
parilIa. This remedy contains nothing
injurious to the most delicate constitu-
ton, and its use gradually builds up and
strengthens, while diuretic and cathartic
compounds tear down, wear out and de-
stroy.
Dr. GuvSOtt's YeUOW Dock and SdrSdpG-
TilLG restores impaired or lost organic
functions to their normal condition, and
it invariably gives satisfaction TO all who.
use it
Do not forget that any druggist will
procure the remedy for you, especially
when they find you will not be persuaded
to try some other preparation on which
they make more money. You will find
its effect most wonderful. Your Old
energy viii return, your natural force
come back, and you will feel altogether a
new person, lul OI hesulh, slreugtu anu
vigor. Former invalids speak highly of
the preparation, and all acknowledge it
u perfect health restorer, especially in.
diseases of a facilitating nature having
a tendency to poison and thin the blood
thereby weakening the urinary and di-
gestive organs, and exhausting the
brain and nervous system
Ray~ Worn out and enfeebled con-
situations, suffering from dyspepsia,
impure blood, weak kidneys, nerv-
business, etc, can be cured by
using this remedy. Take no other
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He Was Evidently Insane.

WHEELING, W. Va, March 2s.-Fralk
Cottrill, an actor, insane. at Harisville,
las fretted constantly the last three or
four days about his wife, Bessie Clark.
An effort TO reach her by wire was made,
but without avail. Yesterday he was
seen porting over, q letter which
he had in his pocket. Later
in The day he became possessed
with tie idea that il WAS from his wife,
and that she refused TO come and see
him. lie could not be persuaded other
wise, and, in the absence of the watch
man, hanged himself 10 the VIII dow graf
ing with his silk handkerchief. His visit
was simply one on business.
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HUMOROUS.

Girls who wish to have small.
prettily shaped mouths should repeat
at frequent intervals during the day,
Fanny Finch fried five floundering
fish of Francis Fowler's father"
Edith: They sat in the cleaning"
means that they occupied one char.
A cleaning may be obtained at any
furniture store. No parlor
is complete without it.-N Y. Mci.
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"Over and Over AGAIN.

Repetition is sometimes the only way to
impress q truth upon the mind. Accord
ingiy take notice that DR.. Pierce's " Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets," (the original Little
Liver Pills) continue to be wonderfully ef-
fective in cases of sick and nervous head
ache, constipation, indigestion, rush of
blood to the head, cold extremities, and all
ailments arising from obstruction of the
bodily functions. Their action is thorough
yet gentle, aud the ingredients being en-
tirely vegetable, they can be taken with
All druggists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-02

The VoLTAIC BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send tn cir celebrated ELECTRe-VoL-
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
matism neuralgia, paralysis and many 9TH
er diseases Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 80 days. trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-02

Plies TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, 25c.
GlCHn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Buttons.
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ALWAYS in use-The letter S.

a BosTON girl never says butter. 1t is
always "butta." A longer word would
melt before she got it out of her mouth
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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,Iuninr ITce Commander.

Mr.. A. G. Afford, Junior Vice Depart
nept Commander of Nd, G. a. R, Balti-
more, Nd, writes: 81 have kert ST. Jacobs
Oil b. me and always found it a ready
remedy for pains, aches and bruises. When
suffering terribly Il few weeks since with
al liberated tooth, 1 could not get any rest,
and applied it. was instantly relieved,
and ny suffering ceased from that time"
a YOUNG lady has written book called
'My Lovers" 1t begins, of course, at
Clap L
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of the urethra, speedily and permanently
cured by cur improved methods. Pam
phlet, references and terms, two three-cent
stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical As
ISOLATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-02

"ORDER SLATE" is the injudicious adj
vice suspended before certain coal offices.
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THE seal is gentle and harmless, and
rarely retaliates when attacked, SAYS an
exchange. This is because it is = fur bear
ing animal
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'T'vE got the bulge on you" was tho
taunting expression of the swollen Jaw
to the acrobatic toothache. - Nhitead,E
Times.
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TENNYSoS says: "Men are Gods trees"
Some, however, who call at newspaper Of
hces are not. They never leave.-Sda
Francisco Examiner.
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IT takes money to start business, but
it will stop without any.
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EVERYBODY does not have the same
opinion of roller skating. 1t depends prin-
cipally upon their experience, the way it
strikes them.-TecGs Siftinqs.
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WHEN everything else fails, DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy cures.
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IT is not the change of scene that cures
so many travelling invalids. Il is absence
from the doctor.-PaiiGdelphia CGl.
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Downright Cruelty.


To permit yourself and family to
"Sufferr'
With sickness when it can be preventSd
and cured so easily
With Hop Bitters!lI
Having experienced great deal Of
"TroubleI' from indigestion, so much 50
that came near losing my
LGci
Ny trouble always came after eating any
However light
And digesuble-
For two or three hours at time had 10
so through the most
Excruciating pains,
land the only way ever got
"Reliefr'
Was by throwing up al my stomach
contained. No one can CONCEIVE the pains
that had to go through, until
Twas taken! $50 thai for three weeks I
lay in bed and
Could eat nothing!
My sufferings were so that l caSied
two doctors to give me something that
would stop the pain; their
Efforts were no good to me.
At last l heard good deal
"AboIt your Hop Bitters!
And determined 10 try them.'
Got a bottle-in four hours / took the
contents of
One!
Next day l was out of bed, and have not
seen
"Siekr'
Hour, from the same cause since.
have recommended it to hundreds OF
others. You have such
Advocate as / am."-Geo. Kendall,
AllSton, Boston, Mass.
Columbus Advocate, Texas April 81, IS
Dear Editor:-I have tried your Hop Bit
ters, and find they are good for any COM
plant The best medicine l ever used in
my family. H TALENER-
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A CYNICAL old bachelor says that '9ov-
ers are ike armies; they get along well
enough till the enGa cement begiEs."
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CHIMNEY sweeps prefer to wear dark
scots. This smutch can be said in their
favor.-MdDic Leqt.
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TOMATOES were formerly called "love
apples" They are certainly very soft and
easily mashed"
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WHEN ones tile is old fashioned, adding
an rs" will make it (s) tileish again
LOaceU Courier.
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A COUGH, COLD, OR SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs give prompt relief. % cts. box.
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WHEN is a Scotchman like a donkey:
When he stands on the banks and braes.-
EcchdRqe.
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4 FUPPY's joks is not very funny. but
there Is something waggish about q dogs
taiL--I'.cIS SsftinGS
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A CATS heart beats one hundred and
twenty times minute, but it never breaks
-LOlceH Courier.
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eV None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pois-
onous stun with kHop"O or Hops" in their mama
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Old Inveterate Structures

In these shutting down" times it is evil
dent that ten mills do not make a cent
LINN Item.
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IN THE SOUDAN.
Sanguinary Tight Between the Arabs and
British Near SuakiIn.

Sanguinary Tight Between the Arabs and
British Near SuakiIn.
SUAKIM, March pa supply train
conveying water and supplies to an ad-
rance zerebu near Tamai, was surprised
yesterday iay several thousand Arabs.
The Berkshire regiment and a detach-
nent of marines, which were guarding
The train, hastily formed square and
net the Arab charge calamity, though
greatly hampered by the confusion
INTO which the troops had
oeen thrown, and despite the fact
hat the animals were stampeded and the
amp followers denOraliZed and utterly
helpless, they were kept inside the square
md each successive. assault of the Arabs
vas met with a muTderOus fire. At the
moment of writing this dispatch the bat
lie is still raging, and further details are
InXiously awaited.
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"WHAT is the stuff that dreams are made
cf:" passionately inquired poet In one
brief word, STRIPES.
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
ThOnpson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c
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Latest Market Rennrf.

KANSAS CITY, March 21.-The following Sre
the latest quotations te.egraphed from Chi
cage, New York and St. Louis:
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LATER.

SUAKIM, March 23.-The Arabs were
3nally repulsed leaving 800 dead upon
he field. The British loss is 10 killed
ed wounded
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few extracts from the hundreds of endorsements
already received:
Gen Benz. i. Butler. says: ut Is the most timely
book that has been published. and piece OF book
making it's execution is very remarkable. lie also
n the book 70 President Arthur 10 be read and IN
letter accompanying said: i think IL VIII do the
same service the country In regard 10 the misuse OF
our Land System that Uncle Toms Cabin did WITH
regard 10 slavery =,
Hon. b. +. ShiyeIy OF Indiana says: 1t is I'M
possible 10 sufficiently commend your book lt comes
like TeeelatOa IL deserves AID will receive larger
circulation than any other book OF history OF hctOn
published within The present century,
The author writes % correct great WRONGS ana
fortines.his statements BY fdcts within the kn0wleds
Of intelligent readers Since the day that HTs stowe
wrote the doom OF the ssvedrlver In Uncle Tom
Cabin vigorous blow . been struck In favor
Of the rights Of the lGbOrer C7secG7 liner OcsdH.
Jan. %. 1876.
at touch responsive chord in every justice
loving heart. The mass OF our people seem eith-r
Ignorant Of Indifferent 10 the cruel conflict now rag
ing between honest OF toll and Tut h-ss corpora
lions Let be deferred from reading this Yalu-
able book. "-Chic9D0 r. Dune, Jan. B.. los<-
I" IL deserves place by the side Of L ncie EoIns
Cabin and n1t fail TO bear frut IN the struggle
between the organized rzpaety Of capital and The
rights OF humanity"
Hon. Geo. W. Julian; for many years Chairman Of
Committee On Public Lands.
Large y mo- clSth 81 pages, illustrated. Price.
SI..10. Extra BEl5iE2- $50. Canyassers already
work having remarkable success Scnd for CIR
cuiars ard te7rIs W.. 4. kSA CROFT 81 Co.,
Publishers Agents, los Wabash Ave- Chicago, III.
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SIS YOUR master busy?" asked the tailor.
mo, he is out" But l just saw him al
an upper window" "Well, l just asked
him for money, and he said he was out"
''Oh, il that's the case l am out, too."-
Chicago Times.
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From Col. C. II. Mackey,
sd Iowa Infantry: / have
used Ely's Cream Balm
for three months and am
experiencing no trouble
from catarrh whatever. /
have been a sufferer for
twenty years. - C. H
MLcKzY, Sigourney. Iowa.
My son was afflicted with
catarrh; Ely's Cream Balm
effected a complete cure.
W. E. HAAMAN, Druggist,
Easton. Pa
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Wheat-Apr .T75ki Rheat-April sod Wheat April s
July 50 May .s21I May. s
SoTp-Aprl- 81 sCcrl-Apr1i -5e1Sl Corn-April- s
July. Asy ...5QJ May. IS
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Cream Rain f.

Cream Balm Is q
remedy based upon 3 cor
rect diagnosis OF this dis
ease and can be depended
upon. 80 cents at drug
lists; 60 cents by mail reg
.stered. Sample bottle by
ELY BROTHERS,
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Having experienced q great deal Of
"Trouble,'' from indigestion, so much 50
that came near losing my