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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24

the figures OF the last previous statement %
follows .. n,,o,aDca.
S Se. sGa on on n hand Dec ssseSA
Net oI s b5na tenders s742es21 s7sossI Dec $1,000
Actual cash In
Treas'y yaulu
over outstand'g 10000 ,, ar, no. %. IA. ss,o ga
pepds n banks o7 9s$oss77 Dec 1S4so
Net cash balances ssO SOS 1906 Col Dec sss2e4
The foreign exchanges were dull and steady
at quotations for business as follows: banKers
bills. "a "a l-s and "a 81 5-s for long ana sh9ec
sterling respectively; 5.23 Is ana Dip 80 ioe
francs; 50 and 50 l-2 for rechmarKs; AZ Ia
and 40 for guilders. =.
In London British consols were easier az
81 5-16 and 81 7-l6 respectively for money ana
account The open market rate for discount was
3 I-S per cent against the bank rate Of . per
cent. Bar silver was higher at As ISL p pei
ounce. English standard American railways re-
sponded to yesterdays home market with CORE ORE
spending declines and closed quiet az peter tn';,
concurrent home prices % Az y, r'ris and sigbt
exchange ruled at 25.32 francs to the
RAILROAD EARNINGS
MILWAUKEE, LAKE SHORE AND WESTERN.
f s=s': $ $'; g., ] : s.::'I
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE
Number OF miles,. 1877 1917 1,46i
s.. ssg95 sssSSS s sIss
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON.
ssssf' s. s s. :ss
EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE FROM NEw-YoRa.
70, tina week se,so4. COZ s5.o7$o5s esso3,oal
previously repted 2lI71s7o7 2i4. 7ds 22ss9ilss
Total since Jan1 s254 1928 3if s2ie909sl5 s2si79'.'s
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS
LONDON, 23-4 nsols, 81 10 for money ana
o7 T6 Tor the Atlantic and Great western nrN
mortgage trustees Certificates, Ala DO second mortgage.
SD: Mexican Ordinary. As ST. Panl Common, 80;
Mexican Central mortgage bonds 07s4 Reading, "a;
Illinois Central, llOLa -
Bar silver is quoted at 49, per ounce. - 49, a.,
Paris advices quote per cent fentes at 81 isns ~
aud Exchange London at 70 francs
80 centimes for checks.
Money. per cent - A.. ,o.. ...r.
and three months bills ll6 per cent.
Spanish As 72si
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24
CO for May wheat was slls1.s.
PRINTING CLOTH MARKET

FALL RIVER oct o3-hs printing clah market reflected
steady fair business with quotations firm az
1850 for 81 squares and re for j0x56 cloths either
spots contracts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24

HAVANA MARKETS.
HAVANA, oct 23-spanish gold 2io32l0s. Exchange
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24

Actual cash In
Treas'y yaultf
over Outstand'g
certihca tcs.---.
Deposits In banks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24

October o. October %. Differences;
,and sls5 597, 357 s1o6, l29, 1877 Inc. so5l'sW
hand 81 ,24l,9sc 3S,4OS. s2o Dec sSo'oo>
I'is s7,4e6.so 1891 .s8l Dec. $1,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24

The Treasury to-day purchased S777O0 4 IL
per cents at 0S l-2 The re- ected offers included
As s5l,5O0 at 1913. SOB, 400 at 1881 $500
at 129 and 81 100000 at 1870. The daily offers
of 4 l2s Ut the Sc'rctary's figures seem TO he
Wake up, gentlemen, with your 81 600. 600 or
81 100000 Of As If the Secretary after cleo
ton should cease to purchase bonds, you know
ing quotations: ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24

Net gold on hand
Nct silver OF han
Net legal tenders
OH hand. -..--...
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12

Sntseribs for Qhe qlnriop %
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
THE CATOCTIN CLARION
OFFICE -OsIER BUILDING, Northwest cornc
of Church and Main Streets.
Church Directory.

Reformed Church A. B Stoncr, pas
tor Weekly Lectures Tuesday evening
Meeting of Ladies' Aid Society every second
"Wednesday evening. Regular services by
APPOINTMENT from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rcv J. H. Barb, pas
tor, Services. Sunday 10 \. NJ and $50 T..
NJ. Sunday School, .. p NJ. Prayer Meet.
Ing. Wednesday, G.45 T. NJ.
Moravian Church, (Mrchanicstown) Rev.
r. W. lIrrbSt Pastor. Preaching every sun
dnv, alternating morning and evening
Prayer Meeting every Friday evening sun
dav School O'clock, a. III.
Moravlan Church lGrarcham) Rev. II. ".
Herbst, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday, alternating NOR.
hing and evening.
Mite Society every Monday evening
PRAYER Meeting every Wednesday evening.
United Brethren Church Mite Society
Second and Fourth Wednesday,
Sunday school > F. NJ.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening,
Regular Services by appointment from the
pulpit.
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. Q
Belt, Pastor Services every alternate
Sunday at 10 4. ". Sunday School \. VI
Praye! Meeting every Thursday evening at :
= A.
United Brethren Chnrch--Rcy g. J
RouJabush Pastor. Services every aItcrua:"
Sunday at 3 p IN, Sunday School every
Sunday At ?p IN. PRAYER Meeting every
Thursday evening at : = III.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
Family Newr ndepen Politics Devoted Literature Local and General News

inc Your business here
Didn't you expect me- said Mr.
Prodgltt.
mo, sir, | didn't said the Major.
Il telegraphed a week ago" said Mr.
Plodgtt. d.
yes, sir said the stcrn.eyed Major
we received your telegram. Here it Is
Where were You p
why, I'm here ! said Mr. Prolgltt.
with an exceedingly puzzled air. 1t
says Tuesday, don't il. ? And this is
Tuesday,
Yes shouted the Mayor, and that
was Tues lay. And it was my daught-
er's wedding lay. Folks don't get ready
to be married here, sir, and invite all
their friends without getting married.
She is Mrs. Philip Peters now
If Mr.. Prodgitt's hair had been his
own he would have torn it frantcally
Under the circumstances he dealt gent
ly with his wig, and merely smote his
brow.
Don't know anything about Tuesday
the tenth ! said Major Follett, swell
ing ont like poutcr pigeon. 'Ioul
Telegram said Tuesday. Ny daughter
was married on Tuesday, the third
That's all know. And now, if You We
no particular business, I must beg YOU
excuse me- And so by the meorest IN
adverteuce, Mr.. Pro]gitt lost his wife
He went away unwcdded, and rem ain.
ed wwodlcl, to the last day Of his life
"1anle Fo!!ctt suited me exactly,
said he Il dent care a fig ior any
other Woman
But this was exactly the case with
Phil Peters, too.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
Mcchancsbvn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday April z 1885,
TO A MAID DEMURE.

Often when the night is come,
With its quiet group at home,
While they broider, knit or sew,
Read or chat in voices low,
Suddenly you lift your eyes
With in earnest look, and wise
But | cannot read their lore -
Tell me less, or tell me more.
Like IL picture in a book.
Pure onl peaceful is your look,
Quietly you walk your ways;
Stcadrrst duty fills the days.
Neither tears nor fierce delights,
Feverish days nor tossing nights,
Any troublous dreams confess
Tell me more, or tell me less.
Swift the weeks are on the wing;
Years are brief, a thing
Blooming, fading, like a flower ;
Wake and seize the little hour,
Give Inc welcom or farewell
Quick . | wait and who can tell
What tomorrow may hottll-
Love me more, or not at all.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
HiNby was Cai;n.

One Of the Bixbv children was seized
with a fit Of Group the other night
Bixbv heard the little fellow abored
breathing, and bounding over the foot.
beard Of the bed, yelled "croup,' in
a5ou, the same voice that the escaped
idiot vpIls fire :" at the theatre.
Then h. tried TO put his trousers on
over his head, but finally got them on
wrong side out, and tor. into his shirt
with it wrong side in front.
".Jump ~ he screamed 10 his wife
"Therc isn't a second to lose. Get tho
syrup Of souiIls. Put on q tub Of hot
water, Give him something 10 drink.
Get hot nannels on his chest instantly.
IInrrv Hurry ron't lie thers doinr
nothinp while the child j. choking to
death. F,v around"
Mrs R;xhv < ono of ho.a ,oae), bpt
e,o;oantIv aarsfhra and nract;cal little
,.,,,,o, y,h,. .,a-,r ca+ , ta,,,], n,rt or
tho orodit s,r rho ,,,o,] ,bar a. IN this
vor,d Will. R;yhv was rac;no mn
and down stoirs daclar;no that noboav
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
a Life fora Letter.
THE SAVING POWER OF \ MOTHER S LOVE E
MERCY CONQUENS JUSTICE

leFe IS a F"'l'l"I representation "i
" '"I''oFn!a arrest ""' coN''v"oh' "P'
p'"I ahd reversal OF VeF'I''' oF RAIN
or verdict set aside
n man h"1 robbed " co'cA running 8
between Stockton ana o''oEa' eo"c'''-
ca 'ne money al he co"'' carry "o'"'
hls person. sought IodGln1' not 50 lar
away, and IN the n'5ht "ad riseN' sto4tn
" horse, ana struck Il o'e''Iil" across th1
country toward a station "hsFe ne
con'| Gel 4u'cN Transportation 10 can
Francisco, Ntendln- to start hr nom"
by steamer. lie belonged IN Ark4n :
S"s' In the morning the morse ana r.
der were missed a party started III
pursuit, and IN twenty tour hour' ha1
MS morse broken down ana "'Nl co'"'''
cd. lie saw his game was up and cool
y waited the result 4Ae parry over
hauled hm at dawn
'Go'd morn1n stranger
'Go9t,morn.
Seen anything OF man about your
size st"1i.e sorrel mare lookln a
heap like the one YOU rite
no, | haven t.
What IS a purity good mare o' Yonri1'
Yes. she is worth Il cool live hundFe1
bOt she IS a little Wlnded now: say, mis-
ter, | II give You FIVE hundred clean
boot for that one OF yourn, and stop the
deal
He was maaiAg cool b.utf, and al
though he kne" he was reco5n'Aeo' MS
would pay we'll for the broken-doWn
horse, and he hoped that his money
would save HIM. lie counted "''hoo'
his host.
That u a straight blind of yonrn,
pard, and 1t strains lis to come ~ oN'
we'cr thar, and hold you over. You
look little played out, as well as the
mare. If You st git down and JON
our party it'll stretch your legs, ana
maybe You need stretching all over
lie blanched title, bat obeyel in
dogged silence. The pursuers all dis
mounted, and the spokesman approach'
ing, thew over his head moose, and
passing the other end of the limb of a
tree that overshadoWed theni called
the other members of the party around
him.
The culprit stood erect not muscle
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
No. 50

Tell you "ildt 10 say.
The executioner had already passed
rope to his comrades, and they had
drawn it tant, H. took the letter, and
as the party stood around him ready
to run up the cuprit at the first signal.
lie opened it and read aloud:
B., Ark Jan. 10, is.
"My Dear son James For long.
weary days ! have waited for news
from you s.nce your last kind letter to
yolr Old mother, God bless you.
James and answer my PRAYER that this
letter may reach y0u, thanking yon for
your ewes thoughtful care OF me in nv
old age. received the money, and
it kept me from sore need. Bnt once
more, to look in your in face and feel
that you were near ne wonld cheer my
old heart more than to possess all the
gold in California. When are you com
ing home? Ion promised ne that
you would come back to me. May God
prosper you and return my dear boy
to my arms before | die. From your
| loving mother, -.
! He began the letter In strong, clear
voice. but before the closing words the
reading Was hardly audible, and tears
stood in the eyes Of the rough men who
listened to its contents. The rope had
sIackend until it dropped from the
hands Of his comrades. Silence tor q
few minutes, then, reyerently folding
the solled letter, the reader passed 1t 10
its owner, aud without a word slipped
/ Ike moose from his neck. In tones az
gentle as a mothers lie asked
Were You going home, stranger
Yes
! Good bv
The stranger dared not trust his voice
! in thanks, bat drew from his belt small
BAG Of twentes ana offered it to the
leader.
'Uoss.'
No take her, and -Sood-bye.'
He mounted the mare and slowly
moved away, while the party watched
him out Of sight, thcn turned and 81
leutly retraced their steps to camp
The rourt was aGiOurunl
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12
sBulsEes Wedding Day.

"A SIN ch'med IN comfortable Mis-.
Peters, VINO looked IKE l'''her Pli'
10" ued IN the middle, ana whose eyes
were as blue AMI bright as those OF
two ycar.oId chlId.
"a disgrace Soeroi pnII, the taII
son " ho VAS IN the telegraph office, and
ANi just been promoted TO sntAelent
salary 10 enable him 20 keep wife,
AN onjna,on. declared Rose,
tie 3.mp'e daughter who read George
Elliot, o"0 had aspirations when she
nightly lottcd down IN padlocNed
"D',ry.
IN circumstances such as these, sad
I'll. squire, s,lem2Iy whipping out tn"
lu..Ie Of Ll- lat with his yel.cw silk
pocket handkerchief, i thjnk a Young
woman IS justified IN setting her par
cuts It lct.auce.
"Oh, "a don't talk 50 I" said Mrs.
Peters, with a terrified look.
"Nhy shouldn't | talk so ?' demand,
ed the squire, "!f tv"I 50 %'
"R,:Yto the children, pleaded Mrs.
Peters.
The squire hrmmcl and nawcl and
made Great fuss IN turning the eat ont
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-12

LAptIl Hie lucH>'dy. hNNuihe o'hiN
day. Seven in The evening.
NJ. PRoDGITT.
Ten words exactly. Mr.. Prodgitt
WAS not man to spend his money un-
necessarily, even Oh wedding bullet
n.
'Confound the feIlow,' thought he
savageIy grinding his teeth as he copied
off the dispatch, enclosed it in the reg
lA,ion buff envelopes, addreS3e il to
Major Follett, No.--Main street, and
fun g it towards the messenger boy, who
was playing jackStraws IN the corner.
"Here, Dick = said he. "Look alive
The confusion and hustle produced
in the FoIlctt family by this unexpcct-
ed miysiye can easily be imagincd.-
Word was promptly sent to the dress
maker, the milliner and her assistant
were summoned ut once. Miss Hannah
He'd tev.NithOut whom neither wedding
christening nor funeral in Hollow WI.
larc was complete, arrived in the Fol-
lett house With Il flat hand-bag, her
book of receipts and ner dark pair Of
Spectlcles. and all was life and activity
with the saitary exception Of the bride
elect who persisted in stayinr up in her
room and cyvrng.
Rut nevertheless when Tuesday eve.
ntnp came all was in readiness. The
cake baked and frosted under Miss Han.
nah IIrdyey's especial eve was mira.
ole Of sp,rLljng sugar roses, with liz
,lo Cnnjl shoo+jnr his bow on the crest.
The lra.s or white silk was pronounced
f,nItIass the veil had arrived in an oh-
long noror box like a small coffin, and
the wreath WAS gracefully on JAnie's
n,y o,lt h,;r
49,. ..., ,,.., ,,:..
:,
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''',' y''" }.,.(,. ~. ''I:,. 49,. ,.n hor
-. " - ''' ''
"-,'., ','' 49,, ~
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07
BLOOD POISON.

Three years ago l contracted blood pois.
on. | applied to physician at once and
his treatment came near killing me. | en-
ployed an old physician and then went to
Ky. then went to Hot Springs and re.
manned two months but nothing seemed to
cure me permanently, although temporary
relief was given me, My condition grew
desperate and applied to noted quack,
but did not improve. then used pre-.
paration which was prescribed gratis
but it contained too much alcohol and ag
gravated my sutierings. i then placed my
self under the treatment of a noted Nashville
physician and for time was benefited. but
by fall returned home a ruined man phys
ically and financially, with but little pros.
pect of ever getting WELL My money be-
ing exhausted, did not know what to do.
In May, 1885, my mother persuaded me to
get bottle of B. B. B. (made in Atlanta)
and | did so to crafty her, but to my utter
establishment | had uot finished my first
bottle before every ulcer had been healed.
To the present time / have used five bot
ties and have received more benefit than
from all the rest combined and ! am salts.
fed that B. B. B. is the most wonderful
blood purifier ever before known, and urge
all afflicted young men to try one single
bottle and be convinced. ! can truly say
! think it the best medicine in the world.
u. 7. HALLERToN. (
Macon Ga Nav l. 1885,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07
KEEP OUT OF DEBT.
rather ClarksOn, of Iowa, Talks About til
Mortgage Evil.


Father Clarkson, of Iowa, Talks About the
Mortgage Evil. J
1t is probable the writer is radical
on the subject of going into debt.
But when man is right it is difficult
to be too radical We do know, that
with farmers. debt contracting is q
rapidly-growing evil. There are more
than twenty farm mortgages to where
there was one fifty years ago, in pro-
portion to the number of farms. And
at that time chattle mortgages were
unknownin the law books, the public
records or in practice. And after the
trouble and misery, the alienation of
friends, separations of families, pow
erty and distress, and the suicides, all
caused by the careless contraction of
debts, which we have witnessed in
sixty years, it is no wonder we are
radical on the subject Were we to-
start in life again, if our income were
only fifty cents per week we
would save half of it. and buy
peck of corn for ton cents,
parch it, and eat that alone and
provide clothing with the other fifteen
cents before contracting debts to live
on. 1t is better to go barefoot when
1t is warm enough not to need shoes
to keep warm, and make coat and
pants OF coarse horse blankets, than
to plant the seeds of debt to harrass
the days, and disturb the sleep. We
do know that the hasty and greedy
practice of spending all ones wages
or income, and providing nothing for
sickness, misfortunes OF lack of en-,
ployment is all wrong No matter
how small the income or wages, econ
omy ought to save q portion of it.
The requirements to satisfy the appe-
tite, strengthen the body for labor
and protect the system from exposure
are more or less fictitious, extravaganza
and useless. Fashion is the most
tyranical ruler that ever cursed man..
kind. Her power and despotic
way enter into all departments
of society, causing foolish NOR
tails to contract debts, mortgage
property and render families mis-
cradle for life. A farmer can live
happier in his old house, out of debt,
than he can in new, fine one with q
mortgage on it. A family can wor-
ship more devoutly going to church in
farm wagon, when they are not
afraid of any creditor meeting them,
than to go in fine carriage with a
chattel mortgage on the horses, sub
ject TO be foreclosed at any time.
Hence we beg of farmers to so live
and SO economize that if in debt, the
amount shall be greatly and gradu-
ally decreased each year. Discard
the idea of adding luxuries to house
hold furniture, to clothing, or build
ings or carriages, musical instruments,
etc., until you have the ready cash to
pay for any OF all of them. Come
back to old-fashioned economy. old
fashioned contentment and happiness,
old-fashioned industry and plain liv.
ing until the financial condition will
justify luxuries, and even then they
will conduce little to health or happi-
ness. -DeS Moi11eS Register.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07
When to Cut Hay.
American Dairyman.

American Dairyman.
The farmer seems to think that it
is all very well for men to write about
hay with the bloom on and an odor
like southern breezes over a bedofvio-
lets, but when it comes to feeding the
old COW he wants to see her chew on
something that will keep her busy
and will last a while. The green
tinted hay stack melts before a herd
of COWS like a snoWbank in a hot
sun, while the dry old yellow article
remains a monument of the hay
field until the green grass makes its
appearance once more. To be sure,
the COWS are somewhat thin,
perhaps, and no profit has been made
out of the cows for milk, but there has
been no worry about buying ground
feed or fodder corn to help carry the
herd through the winter. Somemen
can suck consolation out of mighty
dry substances.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07

little thought Of. These possibilities
he implied to his hearers in the
expression aye shall be as gods"
There are some who don't care to
live forever. Their lives are so hard
and it costs so much to live, and it's
such hard work to make both ends
meet, that they are glad to meet
their latter end. Well, perhaps the
law as it develops itself will meet
their case and make the burden
easier-perhaps take it off altogether.
Is does seem as if our race had suf-
fered long enough for one mans
delinquency, prompted by one
woman's curiosity.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07
"ROBINSON CRUSOE."
A Work Very Much Like Defoe's Written
in the Seventeenth Century.

A Work Very Much Like Defoe's Written
in the Seventeenth Century.
A German writer named Grimmel-
shausen gave an account of man be-
ing cast away on an uninhabited
island. This he did in work enti-
tied The Adventurer Simplicius Sim
pliscimus, published in the year
1870, and therefore some forty and
more years before 1.-The Adventures
of Alexander Selkirk' were known,
and fifty years before the appearance
of Robinson Crusoe." Grimmel-
shausen does not work out his story
in great detail, as Defoe did, but in
many ways he anticipates him. The
coin cidences are interesting. His hero
is wrecked on an uninhabited island
in the tropics, rich in vegetation, with
a warm climate and periodical rainy
season. He builds himself house,
and has, further, cave TO retire into.
He makes clothes for himself of skins
of penguins and other birds He keeps
register of time by cutting notches
on stick. He experiences an earth
quake. He moralizcs on the useless
ness of some r.oney which he gets.
The island Is visited by ship, the cap
tain of which offers to take him away.
There is visit from savages in boats,
who carry him of. There is very
strong religious element introduced
into the story. In one point their is a
marked difference. Grimmelshausen
deals largely with the supern atural.
which Defoe does not. To pursue the
subject a little further, Grimmelshau-
sen in the history Of his hero gives
accounts of the Thirty Years. War
and of various naval adventures,
which at once remind one of the
Memoirs of q Cavalier and of the
Life of Captain Singleton. Grim
melshausen was o multifarious writer,
like Defoe, though not quite so pro-
ductive; still, he produced eighteen
works within ten years. Notes and
! Queries.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07
The Fortune Of the First Napoleon.

Family Fiction.
They are making another attempt
in France to discover what Napoleon
Bonaparte did with the enormous
fortune he left somewhere when sent
to st. Helena. In 1912 he told
Marshal Berthin, land also Bourrienne,
his private secretary, that he had
nearly 100,000,000 francs-or $40, 000,-
600 in our money-to his personal
fortune. That he did not eXpend it
is certain, for there was no occasion
to do so. Then, as Emperor, the
national eXchequer received and
honored his drafts. In 1905 Napoleon,
after having enriched all his family,
had $15,000,000 of his own. The
money received from the United
States for the Louisiana purchase he
used in re-equipping that grand army
that fought and won at Austerlitz
and Wagram. At least $5,0OO,OOO of
that money was never accounted for
by the Emperor. Where did he
hide this enormous sum? He was by
far the richest man in Europe in
1914, and not a trace of the money
was left behind him. The French
government thinks it has clue. The
result will be watched for with the
greatest interest.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-07
II. w. BROOKS,
WACO, TEXAS, May 8, 1888

WACO, TEXAS, May 8, 1888.
Gentlemen: The wife of one of my
customers was terribly afflicted with
a loathsome skin disease, thatcovered
her whole body. She was confined
to her bed for several years by this
affiiction, and could not help herself
at all. She could not sleep from a
violent itching and singing of the
skin. The disease baffied the skill of
the physicians who treated it. Her
husband began finally giving his
wife Swift's Specific, and she COM
menced to improve almost mediate
ly, and in a few weeks she was
apparentlywell. She is now a hearty,
fine-looking lady, with no trace of the
atflictiOn left. Yours very truly,
J. Z. SEARS,
Wholesale Druggist, Austin Avenue.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseas-
es mailed free.
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