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CURIOUS FACTS.


n carp lives hundred years.
The total number of Moravians is TO-
CSC.
The great New York Orange riot &C.
Cured on July y, 1871.
A monkey in the Geological Gardens at
London, has been taught to count up to
five.
A bottle of the late Samuel Tilden's
whisky sold in New York the other day
for $i1.25.
An experiment recently made Scotland
proves that the tortoise can walk a mile
in four hours.
A Sioux scout, named Mahpeahwakosia,
has Just died of lockjaw, at the age of
nearly 100 years.
A Chicago real estate agent smokes
out Objectionable tenants instead of en-
ploying the sheriff.
A cassava root weighing twenty
pounds, less than a year old, is on ex-
hibition at Barlow, Ga.
1t is said that lad of twelve and a
man six fest and seven inches in height
play in the same band at Eastmanville,
Mich.
The last vestige of snow has disap-
peared off Mount Rose, Col, for the first
time within the knowledge of the white
settlers.
An East Portland, Oregon, fruit
grower raised a peach that measured
eleven and three-fourth inches in cir
conference.
Anew English game called ''naval
blockade" has recently been invented,
which is said to be as intricate and
fascinating as chess.
sohn Culliton, head porter of the
C6snd Pacific Hotel, in Chicago, has q
fHtune of 800, 600 and the reputation OF
zhf = Is Xealthiest porter in the world.
James Miles, an Idaho man, refused to
chip in even a nickle TO bury a fellow
townsman, and a bolt of lightning killed
thirteen horses for him On the day of the
funeral
For the information of those who like
to collect old and curious weapons, it
may be said that poisoned arrows are
very dangerous treasures. 1t has been
found that even at the end of eighty
years they have not lost their toxic
power.
A novelty exhibited at the New York
horse show is the sulky sleigh intended
for winter use. 1t is built in the same
way as the ordinary racing sulky. light
and having steel springs, but, instead Of
the wheels a short pair OF runners is sub
stituted.
There is a bootblack in the Chicago
City Hall who Is quite a curiosity. He
has one arm off below the elbow and
wears a wooden limb strapped tightly to
the stump. To this wooden arm is fas.
tened brush, and he uses it as adept as
the one held in the hand he has remain
ing.
Competition among the New York
oyster houses is so great that their pro-
prietors are continually evolving new gas
tronomic surprises for their patrons. A
Sixth avenue oysterman has evolved
fricasseed crab on toast garnished with
small oyster crabs, and another has
evolved terpsicus, a preparation of lob
ster aud rice charmingly seasoned and
boi ed in cabbage or lettuce leaves, then
served with sauce bearnaise.
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A PhiIadelphia nerenles.

Philadelphia can boast of modern
Hercules in the person of George Sopt-
man. giant in muscle and stature. He
stands feet inches in his stockings,
measures 80 inches around his chest and
weighs BIB pounds, scarcely an ounce of
which IS superfuous flesh. His proper
tions are admirable, and he has amazed
many an athletic expert by his displays
OF strength. Soptman recently paid a
short visit TO a gymnasium on Arch
street and gave an exhibition OF what
he could do. The pupls eyed him
curiously when he picked up the 100
pound dumbbell and twirled it between
his fingers as a dude might do with a
bamboo cane. When he stretched out
his arms and asked all who possibly
could do so to jump on his baek, arms,
shoulders and head to take n ride, eight
sturdy and strong men complied with
the request and, holding on to his ears,
hair and collar-button, they bore their
weight upon him. He carried them
without much difficulty, and the gym
nasts who saw the performance were al
most inclined to think CONTEMPORARY
OF their own comparatively puny ply
siques.
Not satisfied with this the young giant
went to the strengthening scales aud
pulled up the 20O0-pound weight with
ease. he then wrapped two straps
around his shoulder aud back, and fasten-
ing the ends to 1900 pounds of iron, he
calmly raised the weight and took
promenade around the hall with his load.
AS his last act, instead of wrestling with
q Numean lion, as Hercules, of mythology
cal fame, did, he caught hold of bear,
which friend had expressly brought,
md Rugged the animal so hard that it
grunted for mercy. SOptman has yet to
perform seven more difficult tasks. and
then he will pose himself rs & modern
Hercules and the hero of twelve un.
paralleled feats of strength. PiiLadeJ-
pAii Rec0ri.
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Ms. shay the Whistler.

There was great throng at CHECKER
ing Hall on her opening night in New
York City to hear Mrs Alice Shaw, the
whistler. Seven numbers were heard be-
fore Mrs. Shaw appeared. To most OF
the audience she was a novelty, and not
even Josef Holman was looked upon with
keener curiosity at his debut than was
she as she walked from the waiting
room to the footlights She held
piece Of sheet music ''Mia Piccirella, by
Comes, in her hand Just as though she
were going to sing from it. Nobody
knew which was to have turn tirst,
the whistle or the piano. 1t was the
piano. A short, meaningless prelude
began the affair, and then Mrs. Shaw
held up her head and put out her fexl-
bic lips like a pretty school girl under
the light of the moon. The sound that
followed was not suggestive of the moon
lit scene. 1t was a soft, silvery trill, that
hung for an instant at the same note and
then darted away in liquid melody.
High and low, presto and adagio, 1t
went. now clustering a forte like mad
winter wind around a house corner, and
again waiting sentimentally after the
portamento fashion of lover tenor. 1t
was an interesting performance, and
when the piece was finished the applause
was genuine and hearty. OF course she
was recalled and the second piece was as
GOOD and as well done as the first. Then
there was more applause, and after com
ing out to bow her acknowledgements
four times Mrs. Shaw whistled a third
niece. Mrs. Shaw was a sensational
pouting success. - Chi'ag0 Times.
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A Scheme to Remodel the Horse.

A Northumbrian agriculturist gravely
proposes TO remodel" the horse, which
at present appears to him to be too
"stilted.n So he always appears to me,
and unless he gets much nearer to the
ground than he stands at present, l
shall never patronize the horse again.
The method seems to be very simple, and
beats the efforts OF evolution into fits.
The task he would suggest to breeders"
is 10 shorten the cannon bones about one
half. and TO give what you take off them
to increase the length Of the thigh and
shin bones. Whether this is 20 be done
with Ratchet or some other ingenious
instrument he does not tell us; but sup
posing the operation to be successful, can
It not be applied 10 human beingsi l
know heaps of people who are far ''too
stilted, y and TO whom any alteration on
the lines suggested would be an advan-
Itage. At present, except an endeavor
here and there ito take them down
lpee or two" no improvement has been
attempted. -Noio YofE independent,
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What Scots Emulsion Has Done!
Over 25Pounds Gain Ten Weeks.
Experience Of a Prominent Citizen.
TEE CALIFORNIA SocrErT FOR The J
SUTFuTssroig or VICE.
T1rrr TQcH

I took a severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention;
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall of the same
year I was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or.
dered me to a more eongeni-
al climate, and l came to San
Francisco. Soon after my
arrival I commenced taking
Seott'S Emulsion Of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites reg
ularly three times a day. In
ten weeks my aVoiPdupois
went from 1875 to $50 pounds
and over; the cough mean.
time ceased. CIR. BENNETT.
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''Yes, itpays." said big. fat physician, with
name which is known throughout the medi-
cal world. Il have practice worth $4,000 a
year Women Yes, you've guessed II
first time. They pay SO every time they come
you she staysi'' and DR.. II laughed long
and loud. This is quac6ery- gilt-edged, gen
teel quackery-tO keep suffering women pay
ing tribute year in and year out, and doing
them no good. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton cures the peculiar weaknesses and dis
eases Of women. 1t does not lie to them nor
rOh theru
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THE YOUTHS COMPANION IS a welcome visitor
weekly more than 10000 families, and has
publication. II is always safe pure, instruc-
i've and entertaining. The Onder is how any
family can do without it. Any new subscriber
sendinr Sis now, can have THE COMPANION
free very week to January /, 1883, and for full
year from tina date. Sam1le copies free. Ad-
dress THE NOurH'S CONVENTION. nston, Mass
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Il SAY, Robinson, why don't you wear
that new derby 1 saw on you the other
day? I'm sure the weather is fine
enough" "My dear boy, l will tell
you confdentially that it's in soak.
am saving up to pay for my wifes
Easter bonnet. "-Nel0 HaUell NelUS.
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It was an Ohio man who set fire to his
store, cut his throat and laid himself
down among kegs of powder in the burn
ing building, yet is in a fair way to re-
cover, although the building was shat
tered.
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To The EdftOr-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which ] warrant 10 cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its viz
tues that will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who viii give
me his 7 o. and Express address. Resp'y,
III. g. ROOT. VI. @ lSi Penrl 81. New York.
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A perfect speciac-Dr. sage's Catarrh Rem

ALABAMA was settled in III at Mobile; ed-
mitted into the Union December "A, 1919, and
contains 80, $40 square miles.
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Mn. JoHY MIzzLE of jersey City Ret
that Cleveland would be elected. The
majority was against John, and as
penalty for Lis deficiency in judgment
he sat for two hours on a sharp-point-
ed iron picket fence. Then he mizzled.
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q. 7 n Il U EIHWIItEa
HISS ROAD, NIAGARA Co, n. Y,
NT.,.ch % 1909

% II I
March "a, 1856.
About a year ago I was taken with a severe
pain in both lungs. Twas first attacked witha
violent chill, then dreadful pain and then
cough accompanied by considerable fever. 1t
looked very much like a bad attack of pneumo-
MIA a friend Of mine procured five ALLCOCK's
PLAsIERs. One he put under each arm, one
under each shoulder blade, and one on my
chest close around my throat. In a few hours
the cough ceased, the pain gradually abated
and broke out in a profuse perspiration- 1
fell into a profound sleep, and the next day
was almost well. Iwore the Plasters eight days
afterwards, and have never had any trouble
since WILLIAM A. SAWYER.
w.. ., 80, -, " : IT,, 100
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Tom SAVERS belt, which was given
him after his fight with Heenan in 1860
by George Wilkes, is offered for sale,
At Sayers' death the belt was pur-
chased by Glen, his trainer. It is Of
massive silver, inscribed, and would
form a fitting ornament for some mod
EN- bar-room.
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column, and we peruse with / pitating inter-
est the details Of the catastrophy, and are
deeply impressed by the sacrifice Of human
lives involved. Yet thousands of men and wo-
men are falling victims every year To that ter
rlble disease, consump ion (scrOfUla of the
lungsl, and they and their friends are satisfied
TO believe the malady incurable. Now, there
could be no greater mistake. No earthly
power, Of course, can re tore a lung that Is en-
tirey wasted, but DIR. Picrcc's Golden Medical
ID scovery will rapidly and surely arrest
The ravages of consIrnntia-. if- taken in time.
DO not, therefore, despair. until you nave triud
this wonderful remedy.
CALIFoRNINs production Of dried fruit has
increased from 50l0,000 poun Is in 1883 to b.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Duchess.

Mrs. Hamersley, now the Duchess
of Marlborough, was always an inveterate
cigarette smoker, and she has not
abandoned the practice upon her eleya-
ton to the peerage. Just now the shops
are showing little ladies' smoking
jackets, said to be patterned after the
one worn by the Duchess when she joins
her husband in the smoking room after
dinner, for that Is her custom, I am told,
by those who have been to Blenhelm
under the new regime. ChicagO Nelos.
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THE tiara which the Duke of Aosta
gave his wife conta ned 1,150 stones
and cost $50, 600 1t must tire her to
wear it.-Loi1eH Courier.
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IT was maxim of Marshal SAKE that every
soldier killed costs the enemy his weight in
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Money in Chickens.

n man who devoted q years
OF his life toCONnUCTING
a POULTRY YARD AS A
BUSINESS. not As a pas
time. As the living Of him
scls and family depended
on it. he gave the subject
such attention as only 4
need OF bread viii COM
maud. and the result was a
GRAND success. after he had
spent much money and lost
hundreds of yaiuabie chick
er-i experimenting. What
he learned in al these years
is embodied in this book.
which we send postpaid for
25 cents in stamps. i
teaches you how 10 Detect
and Cure Diseases. how to
Feed for Eggs and also for
Fa1entng. which Fowls 70
Save for Breeding Purposes
and everything. indeed, yOu
should know on this subject
BOOK PUB HOUSE
l34 Leonard ST.. y. \. City.
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If afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
son's Eyewater. Druggists sell at &c. per hottls
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And each day and night during the week you
can get at gil druggists Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to DO the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough. Asthma, and Consumption. Get bot
tie today and keep it always in tho house. so
you can check your cold at once. Price 50c
and 81. Sample bottles free.
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ESTIMATES of the number of dogs in the Uni
ted States fix il at 100000 and their cost of
keeping at S3000OO,0-0 per annum-
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Communication with Us, his wagots coming
and gong perpetunlly. and IN the rest Of my
discourse ! viii show you what the wagons
bring and what they take back.
IN the first place, ike those that came from
the E.srptian palace, the Kings wagons now
bring Us corn and meat, and many changes
Of Taime1t We are apt to think Of the
fields and the orchards as feeding US; but
WEomakes the fax grow Tor the linen, and
the wheat for the bread, and the wool on the
Sleeps haeki Or, / wish we could see through
every grain field, by every shsep-fold, under
lne Trees Of every orchard, the King 3
wagons They drive up three times day
morning noon, and night. They bring furs
sIo,n tAe Arctic, they bring fruits from the
temperate zone The King looks out,
ana be says: There are twelve
huiefei millions OF people to be fed
81 eiy,lieo- % many pounds Of meat SO
many barrels OF flour, SO many Yards Of
cloths and hnen and flannel 50 many hats,
80 many socks 50 many shoes;n enough for
All ave mat We VINO are greedy get more
SHOES tnan belong to ia, and others 20
barsiootcd- None but God could feed and
clothe the world. None but "A Kings corn
CRIB could appease the worlds famine. Nons
but KING could tell how MANY ,vagons Ia
send. and how heavily 70 load them AMI whom
they are 70 start They are coming
over the frozen ground today Do Won MT
hear their rumblingi They viii stop At noon
at your table Oh, IL fora little while they
should cease, hunger would come into the
nations. as 70 Utica when Hamilcar besieged
Il, and as in Jerusalem when Nespas!an sur
rounded II; ana the nations would be hollow
eyed and fan upon each other in universal
canni5alisin; and skeleton would drop upon
skeleton; and there would be no one 10
bury the dead; and the earth would he a
field Of bleached skeletons; and the birds of
prey would fall dead, flock after flock. with
out any carcasses 10 deyour; and the earth
in silence would wheel around, one treat
black he1rsel All life stopped because the
Kings wagons are stopped Oh, thank God
for bread-for bread
I remark again, that like those that came
from the Egyptian palace, the Kings wagons
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NEVADA contains 1Oa,7iO square miles; was
settled in 1850 at Washoe. and was admitted
into the Union October 81 1861
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ONE HUNDRED
PAGE BOOK

We offer. embracing the
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES Of
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bring us good news Jacob had not heard

bring us good news Jacob had not heard
from his boy for great many years. He
never thought of him but with hesrt-ache.
There was in Jacobs heart room where lay
the corpse Of his unburied Joseph; and when
the wagons came, the Kings wagons, and told
HIM that Joseph was yet alive. he faints
dead away. Good news for jacob Good
news 'or usl The Kings wagons come down
and tell US that our Joseph-jesus is yet
alive; that He has forgiven us because we
threw Him into the pit of suffering and the
dungeon Of shame. He has risen from thence to
sts nd in palace. The Bethlehem shepherds
were awakened at midnight by the rafting Of
this wagons that brought the tidings Our
Joseph-Jesus sends US message Of pardon,
Of life, Of heaven; corn for our hunger, raj
mont for our nakedness. Joseph-Jesus Is yet
alivel
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19

Tbs d5dfcafdfy s6rxires or the new
church building Jtssbe Pedricktown
p~sptistssvBl he held to,l1 maxi, sWednes
iayafndfT Thursday esd and . 24thb inOn
"Wednesday evening istrsjtsas wnil BeRtn
1t 7.s0 when the following aiyJes1Sa rs
expected to be present and coiduotoths
services, A. H. Sembower, of Salem;
J. J. Pierson, Of Woodbury.; Isaac
Leonard, Of Clayton and F. W. Aver,
President Of the New Jersey Baptist
State Convention.
Services on Thursday morning at 10
O'Clock, Thursday afternoon the ser
Vices will be conducted ia German,
when the following German pastors Of
Philadelphia and Wilmington have
been invited to conduct the services:
Rev. H. Schulz, Rev. J. T. Tinker,
Rev. J. G. Schmitt, and Rev. G. A. Gu
,sther. A cordial invitation is extend
ID to all.
The hours Of holding services at the
church have been changed and are now
- follows: Sunday-German Bible
School ct O. preaching at 1890. Bible
School at Q, and preaching at 7 O'Clock.
Services through the week on Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings at 7.30.
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at have used Ayers Cherry Pectorai
In my family for thirty years II nave
Always found it the best remedy for
croup,t to which complaint my children
have been subject ."-Capt. U. Carley,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
"From an experience OF over thirty
years in the sale OF proprietary medi-
cines. 1 feel justified In recommending
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. One OF the
best recommendations Of the Peetoral Is
the enduring quality OF its popularity, II
being more salable now than It was
twenty-five years ago, when Its great
success was considered marvellous -
II. s. Drake, NJ. D., Beliot, Kans.
"My little sister, four years OF age,
was SO i'll from bronchitis that we had
almost given up hope Of her recovery;
Our family physician, a skilful man ana
OF large experience, pronounced IL use
less to give her any more medicine ;
saving that he had done all it was pos
sible to do, and we must prepare for the
worst. AS q last resort, we determined
to try Ayers Cherry Peetoral, and | can
truly say, with the most happy results.
After taking a few doses she seemed To
breathe easier, and, within a week, was
out ofsaanger. We continued giving the
Pectoral until satisfied she was entirely
we'll. This has given me unbounded faith
in the preparation, and recommend u
confidently to my customers. y w.
Lepper, Druggist, Fort Wayne, Ind.
For Colds and Coughs, take
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Ii ~cOnSEssBsx.

Argument was heard in Camden on
Saturday before Judge Garrison, and
the lay judges Of Gloucestsr county for
a new trial for the condemned murder
err. Jos. Hillman. On Tuesday County
Clerk Loudenslsger, received : commu-
nicstion directing him to enter upon
the records OF the Gloucester County
Courts a record that both mOtions BY
counsel for Joseph N. Hillnnn, the
condemned murderer, N to change
the verdict, and the other 10
grant a new trial. were unanimously
refused BY the court Hillman has made
a confession that he was home ON the
9th of last November, which admission
destroys entirely the line Of defense
the alibi-, which was set up at his
trial. with this confession be made q
charge that the murder was committed
by another man living near the scene
Of the tragedy who took no part In Hill
mans conviction.
Young Joseph Hillman has practic-
ally confessed the murder Of Peddler
Seidmann, for which he was convicted
and sentenced to be hanged ct Wood
bnry, N. j., on November IS. Thscon-
f~esslon, is that seidemann stopped at
Hillman's house on ~ fatal day, Nov
ember Q, and went Ii him 70 Pros
ser's mill to help David McGnl to UNI
load a lot Of logs. While the msn
we're at work the ''twister''-a tool
used for turning Iogs-slippsd. accord
ing to the story, and. striking Seids-
mann. killed him.
Hillman is reported a. telling other
tales, but as be Is such = notorious nnr
it is hard to decide the truth. :
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19
cxoUCrsTER COUNTY NOTES.

W
Reed Lloyd. a Clayton young man,
WAS fined $40 for shooting two quail
last week.
Geo. Meley's Lance wood, Of Swedes-
boro has won eight hundred dollars for
his owner this fall.
DR.. Wallace McGeorge, Of Wood
bury. has been reelected Secretary OF
the New Jersey State Homeopathic
Medical Society.
Gloucester county Democrats met in
convention in Woodbury., last Satur-
d.. Belmont Perry was elected Chair
man. John Long, of Glassboro, was
nominated for Assembly, and John +.
Truitt, Of Bridgeport, and Thomas d.
Andrews, Of Woodbury., for Coroners.
A commission in lunacy at Wood
bury on Saturday decided that Mrs.
Amcs Peaslee, of Mickelton, Glouces-
ter county, WIS insane and unable 70
take care Of her property. Mrs. Peas
lee is said to be worth 100000, prin-
| cipally III real estate in ths vicinity Vi
| Clarksboro.
Henry c. Garrison, of Swedesboro
wore . novel campaign badge at Gen.
Grubb's recent reception In Camden
which attracted considerable attention.
The badge consisted Of a piecs OF blue
| ribbon on which was printed the letter
"E,n and beneath the letter was q
quantity Of canary seed glued Oh the
ribbon. "E. Burd Grubb." Don't
| you catch ON.
Last week Albert, q son OF Albert
Champion, of Clayton, loaded a piece
of gas pipe with powder, plugging up
the end. Laying it on the ground be
got a companion to light the hole lead
ing to tile powder while he got on the
ground and sighted along the pipe.
There was an explosion. and the pipe
| flew backward, and striking the boy in
the forehead, entered his brain. Death
took place on Wednesday.
Seventeen persons in a boarding
house In Woodbury. were taken violent
II i'll on Monday night after eating q
supper, Of which stewed oysters form
ed part. Two doctors give it as theil
opinion that those afflicted had symp'
toms Of mineral poisoning. Prompt
medical aid has brought all the people
out Of danger, but as nothing was LEFT
Of which an analysis could be made, II
will be impossible to show just wha'
lcansed the sickness.