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DICHMoND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD
H. COMPANY
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 90, 1891.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 26 1891.
All trains leave and arrive at Pennsylvania
passenger station, Washington, ID. G.
$50 q. mLDaily for Culpeper,. Charlottes-
Greensboro, Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte, Co.
lumbia, Aiken, Augusta, Atlanta, Birming-
ham, Montgomery, New Orleans. Texas and
California. Pullman Sleeper New York to At
lanta and Pullman Sleeper Atlanta to New Or
leans. Pullman Sleeper Danville via Column
bia and Augusta TO Macon; connects at Lynch
burg with Norfolk and Western Railroad for
Roanoke, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga and
the Southwest.
1910 p m.-Daily, Washington and South
western Vestlbuled Limited, between WASH
ington and Atlanta, composed entirely OF Pull
man cars, on which an extra rate OF fare is
charged; arrives Atlanta z u. NJ. next day.
Consult time table for stops.
$50 n. m. and 2:26 p. m,--Datly except Sun
day, for Strasburg and intermediate stations.
435 p. m.-Daily, runs to Lynchburg; carry
ing Pullman Sleeper TO Memphis via Lynch
1lOO p m.-Southern Express daily for
Lynchbnrg, Danyille Raleigh, Asheyille,
Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta Atlanta,
MEnsoqPH nSW ssSe ahS Ua to
New Orleans via Atlanta and Montgomery.
Pullman Sleeper New York and Washington to
Asheville and Hot Springs, n. g., via Salisbury.
Also Washington to Augusta via Charlotte and
Columbia.
Trains on Washington and Ohio division
leave Washington 800 q. IN. daily, 6:25 p. IN.
turning arrive Washington $40 o. m and 5:45
p. m. daily and G:53 a. m, except Sunday.
Through trains from the South via Charlotte,
and Danyllle arrive in Washington s:is
a. M, 1925 a. m. and S:55 p. m; via East
Tennessee, Bristol and Lynchburg at 3:05 p.
IN. and s:55 p. M. Strasburg local at 10:47 a. m.
Tickets, sleeping car reservations and infor-
nation furnished and baggage checked at Of
hCe 1900 Pennsylvania avenue, and at passen-
ger station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Sixth and
Il streets.
JAS. l.. TAYLOR Gen. Pass. Agent.
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ELoRlDA

FLoRiDA
Lands held in reserve for serveral years by
the State Government are now opened to set.
tiers at their actual value.
These reserved lands lie along the eastern or
Atlantic Coast, between st. Augustine and Bis
cayne Bay, one-half mile to six miles from the
ocean, a arge portion being ia below the
frost limits.
This is the only eastern section in the United
States where II Is possible to raise semi-tropi-
cal fruit, and where carly vegetables and fruits
can be raised in time to catch the highest
Northern prices.
Much of this land is owned by the Florida
Coast Line Canal and Transportation Com.
pany, and bears a fine growth of timber,
from which large sums may be realized The
section along the Indian River and Lake Worth
is well settled and the land is the most valua-
bic in the State, the east coast being tapped by
four railways, and the rivers along the coas
being navigated by steamboats,.
Improved transportation facilities and de-
lightful climate (being so near the ocean the
air is much more bracing than further inlandl
make this an excellent opportunity for actual
settlers.
Prices OF land range from per acre upward.
We shall be pleased to send maps, township
plans and full information to all who are inter-
| ested
FLORIDA COAST LINE CANAL AND
TRANSPORTATION CO.,
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
JOHN W. DENNY, President.
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DALIIMoRE q oAIo RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect April 10, 1891.
Leave Washington from station corner OF New
IprspY nYnnnn and q street.

Schedule in effect April TO- 1891.
Leave Washington from station corner OF New
Jersey avenue and street.
FoR CHICAGO and Northwest, Vestibuled Linn
tied express daily 1l.3O Il. M, express $50
FoR CINCINNATI, st Louis and Indianapolis,
- express daily, $50 and II, 30 p. M.
FoR PITTsBURG and Cleveland, express daily
1l.30 and 80 p. m.
FoR LEXINGTON and points in the Shenandoah
Valley, tl0.40 a. IN.
ToR WiNcnEsrER and way stations 1880 p. IN.
For LuRAY, $3.50 p. m.
For BALTIMORE week days, 4.05, 500, 635 7,20,
7.30 600 45minutes), $50, 9.35, Q0.O0, 11.00,
n. m, 1900 noon, 45minutes), 1910, 2,l5, $50,
(3.15, 45-minutes), 325, AIS, 43O, 4.55 (j1O 45-
minutes) 5.3O GIG, GEO, T.15, 7.30, 900, 1920
and 1l.3Op m. Sundays, 4O5, 7.sO, 73O SD,
9.35 1000 a. m, 1900 noon, d5-nnutes), 100,
215, $50 3.25, 4.30, 4.55, G5.10 d5-minutes),
615, $50, 73O, 900 1890 1i.3O p. m,
For ANNAPOLIS, G.35 and $50 q. M, 1s10 and
4.25 p. m. Sundays, $50 q. m, 4.30 p. m.
For FREDERICK, tll.30 a. M, Sl,15, 1880, ti.3p
FoR IIAeERsTowN. +1O4O a. m. and 1880 p. m.
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
FoR NEW YORK, Boston and the East, s405,
$500, $1,000, q. m, Dining Carr, *l200 noon.
$3.50, ,F5l0 Dining Can, and (fs:3O, *1O3O pm.
Bunet Parlor Cars on all day trains. Sleeping
Car on the 1O3O p. m; open at 1900 D. III
| For BOSTON, f2.5O p, M, with Pullman bunet
Sleeping Car running through to Boston
without change, via foughReepsle brldge,
landing passengers in B. q Nj. station at
Boston.
| FoR PHIIADELpHIA, "4,O5, 1900, 1000, a. m,
F1200 noon, $3.50, 1910, $3.50 and 5000 p. m.
FoR NEWARK, DEL, Wilmington and Chester,
Ei.05, tS.tO Il, m, 1890 noon, $3.50, $40,
$3.50 and Tl0.3O D. m. Limited express
stopping at Wilmington only, 1900 a, IN.
| For ATLANTIC CITY, d.O5 and 1000 a. M, 1200
noon. Sundays, i.05 a. m. 1900 noon.
For time OF suburban trains see time tables
| to be had of all ticket agents.
| tEXcept Sunday. #Daily. SUNDAY only.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels
| aud residences by Union Transfer Company on
orders left at ticket offices, Gl9 and 1851 PenD-
| sylyania avenue, and at Depot,
| j. ~. ODELL, ClIAS. o. SCuLL,
| Gen Manager, Gen. Pass, Agt.
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enable us to turn out-the very best work
mansnip and most perfect fit in our Gus
tom department. and our stock of i'm
ported and domestic fabrics have no equal
as TO variety and completeness. Eiseman
Bros, Seventh and II,
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CITY SPECIALS.

SOIe Agents lot INC AIDHny Nenetlan
Blind.
W. II. Houghton Manufacturing Company
are the agents for the Albany Venetian blinds
We are prepared to furnish the "Albany''
blinds in any wood, natural finish or stained
to match. On Jobs of any size we gladly send
sample blind for inspection. We guarantee
carefully selected woods, kiln dried and thor
oughly, carefully and properly finished. Our
finish IL unexcellcd.
w. Ii. HoUGHToN MANUFACTURtNG Co,
1918 and 1920 street northwest.
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No better whisky in the market than
Berkeley, at Tharp's, 8lS f street north
west.
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ManY Persons nro broken

down from oyerwork or household cares
Browns Iron I3itters Rebuilds the
iystem, aids digestion, removes excess OF bile,
and cures malaria. Get the genuine.
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Congressional Hotel and Cafe.

This HOTEL AND CAFE is situated ad-
Joining the Capitol on the most elevated point
in Washington. From Its balconies a beauti-
full view can be had of the entire City OF Wash
ington, Arlington Heights. Potomac River and
the Capitol grounds.
Guests accommodated with delightful, airy
and well-ventilated rooms at special rates.
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Customer-Are you sure this bread is fresh
baker?
Fresh Bakcr-Wen, should say 30 its to
morrow's. IHe IdilSRQR.
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And now Vesuvius is grumbling. II she
does not like her situation she may throw it
up. The world cannot wait.-NeW orleans
PiCdyiiRf
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1t Il sad to see family relics sold at auction,
but the most painful thing under the hammer
is generally your thumbnail ,- IeGdS SUiHGS
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Every cxtrayagant young man has a sinking
uud IDGlldS Mars
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The haberdasher may not he much of a poll
tician, stlll he has party ties, ,-Eln'ird Gazette
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"1ake up your bed and walk Is nota sea-
sonable injunction to the gardener; he lays
out his bed and walks.--B0StOR Courier.
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Average Woman--Whatl Not going to
church tO-dayy
Average Man-Nhat's the usey Our preacher
II 30 nearsighted he caunot tell whether we'ro
there or not .-N6lU York Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05

Mercury is the nearest to the sun.
Venus is almost the same size as the
earth and rotateS on her axis in near
ly the same number Of hours Mars
is smaller than the earth, has two
moons and is most like it as regards
possibilities of habitation; water and
land are equally divided on Mars, and
the poles Of the planet are icebound.
Jupiter, the giant planet, is 1890
times as large as the earth and has
four moons. Saturn has gorgeous
system of rings which completely sur
round it, and in this respect is unlike
any other planet. Uranus is seventy
four times as large as the earth and
has four moons. Neptune has one
moon, is 105 times as large as the
earth and is the furtheSt planet from
the sun yet discovered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
nasicns for Marking Linen.

The pretty old fashion Of marking
linen with daintily wrought initials
or monograms has been revived OF
late years, together with other de-
vices of the accomplished needle
women of the early part Of the pres
ent century. The graceful initials in
the cuts are japanese in design, OUT
lined with bamboo stalks and decor
ated with birds in various positions,
each holding a spray of foliage and
berries. An escutcheon is attached to
EACH inclosing a smaller letter stand
ing for Christian name. There are
several ways of executing these in
itials Crewel work may be used for
the birds and well-padded satin
stitch for the jointed stems of the
bamboo, as we'll as for the leaves and
berries; or, to produce lighter eff
feet. the twist stitch may outline the
rounded coil, seed stitch filling it in
and giving it body. Applique work
offers another mode of displaying to
great advantage this uncommon de-
sign. The letters are prettiest, per-
haps, worked in white or colored silks
effectively set off with washing gold
thread Since they are adaptable to
every kind Of decorative work dinner
services as we'll as bed linen may
easily be ornamented with them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05

We recently witnessed a very in
teresting mode of obtaining a foun-
dation for a new building. A hole
was bored in the ground (Which was
previously damp from 10 to II feet
deep and II inches wide, and string
of cartridges was lowered into it.
The subsequent explosion not only
produces a cavity yard in diameter,
but also drives the water out of the
surrounding earth by means of the
expansive action of the gases. The
water does not return to its former
place for nearly an hour, so that an
opportunity is afforded to fill up the
cavity with quickly setting concrete,
and a rapid rate of working is thus
.attained.-Indian Engineering.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
Heat from the Moon.

Mr. G. Vernon Boys has been max
ing measurements Of the heat of the
moon by means Of his very delicate
acknowledgements, says the Scientific
American. His method WAC to focus
the rays of the moon on the face OF
the radiomicromcter by a rejecting
telescope of Is ms. aperture. In the
case of a new moon, he found that
the heat coming from its disk dimin-
ished as passing from the convex to
the cOncave edge, and that from the
dark surface was so slight as not to
affect the apparatus. The maximum
radiation Of heat came from points
of the disk itself, not from it's limbs.
At full moon the maximum point was
at the center of the disk. The side
of the moon which had been exposed
to the sun for fourteen days was not
warmer than that which had been
exposed for seven days. No sensible
heat was observed to come from the
stars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05

Some years ago, a wealthy manu-
facturer in the West, employing near
ly a thousand hands, established q
model" city, thus giving the work
men and their families many COM
forts and luXuries that they could not
have attained unaided. OF course,
there were regulations to govern the
model city, which as rule were
eheerfully observed.
There were fault-fnders, however,
and especially a newcomer named
Bascomb. Among the rules was one
forbidding the burning of soft coal,
on account Of the odOr and smoke,
and Bascomb objected strongly
"My goodness" demonstrated a
friend, 81 don't see what you are
growing about. We get hard coal at
cost, and as one ton goes as far as
two of the other, you amt out of
pocket"
"Tain't right to forbid it" asserted
Bascomb.
"See here" demanded his friend
edo you really want to burn that nasty
stuff"
mo, I don't wanter," replied Bas-
comb, "but l wanter have the right
in case | wanter."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
An Insurmo untabIe Objection.

Although the people in the north
ern part Of Georgia have the finest
soil on earth for raising vegetables,
they stick year after year to cotton
and corn, and import vegetables at
heavy cost, says the New York Her
aid. The country is developing rap
IDLY, and the manufacturing towns
Springing up give an increasing mar
ket for all kinds OF stuff called garden
truck; but the farmers go placidly
along in the footsteps Of their faith
crS, and raise cotton or corn whether
they make money OF not.
"Why don't you plant potatoes?"
said recent arrival from tie North
to u farmer who was complaining
about the small profits of cotton
growing.
"Oh, 1 can't raise no pertatoes,
said the man, despondently.
why not?" persisted the North
erner. You have lots Of land just
right for potatoes, and you can get 81
a bushel for them right here in town.
Why, man alive, you can get SIS bar
rel for all you raise"
mo use tallIin," says the farmer;
cant do ii noways."
well, but why not?"
why, yo' see, boss, where'd / get
the barrels?"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
A Noble Girl.

A graceful incident occurred the
other day at the commencement Of
the girls high school in Brooklyn.
Among the graduates was colored
girl, who had made an honorable
record in her studies and had passed
the examination successfully. When
the time came for the distribution Of
the diplomas, the young women
marched to the platform, as usual in
couples, each choosing some favored
companion. The colored student
arose with the rest and looked timid-
ly about, expecting to have to cross
the room alone, but Miss Holden, the
most popular girl in the class, hold
ing the position of its president,
stepped to her side and accompanied
her to the platform. Such an act of
considerate kindness stamps Miss
Holden as woman CT noble heart,
and Of courage also, for it needed
some heroism to do what she did
The career of such girl may be
looked forward to as promising eX-
cellent things. New York letter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
What ChaT Is For.

The Chaff which surrounds all Kinds
of grain has very important economic
uses. In it's wild state this chaff
saves the seed from exposure to
weather, sometimes in severe seasons
only one or two grains escaping dam
age by winters exposure. When first
cultivated most kinds Of grain had
doubtless much more abundant chaff
than now. The original wild Indian
corn, in which each grain has a husk
of its own, is an illustration Of this.
But chaf even now serves a very i'm
portant purpose. 1t allows the grain
to dry out in stacks, and mOws with
out heating, SO as to injure the seed.
Grain threshed before this drying out
is accomplished heats much more in
juriously in the granary.
Sometimes in threshing oats that
have been drawn in wet we have seen
the straw blackened by heating
around the bands, while the heads
kept separate by the cha1f showed
each grain bright and uninjured.
Wheat that has strong bearded
chaff is usually strong grower, as
it's terminating power is less apt to
be destroyed by heating in the NOW.
This fact secures the continued pODu-
larity Of these sorts, despite the I'M
pleasantnesS Of working among
bearded grain. Reaping machines
that bind grain with Irvine as soon as
cut make the chaff even more neces-
sary. 1t is not any more difficult to
work among, and it does help to keep
grain from being injured through
imperfect drying before moving
ow9V
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
The Ancient RhinocerOS.

It is very interesting to look at the
pictures Of the world in the long past
ages that geology presents to our
imagination. We see that there was
a time when even the polar regions
must have bloomed with many of the
splendid and varied forms Of life that
now adOrn the tropics.
The fossil remains Of these ancient
forms preserved in the bosom Of the
rocks carry us back perhaps millions
of years in the earth's history, and
show clearly what wonderful reVolu-
tions the surface Of the globe has
undergone since the first plants and
the first animals appeared upon 1T.
Who would think Of meeting a
rhinocerOs nowadays on the prairies Of
northwestern Canada, unless, per-
chance, travelling menagerie should
pass that way?
Yet at one time, as recent dis
cOveries prove, creature closely re-
sembling the rhinoceros of India and
Africa dWelt in that now compare
lively cold, snowy and barren region.
Remains of these extinct ancestors
of an animal that in our day thrlyeS
only in the tangled tropical forests
and under the hot equatorial sun have
been found buried in the Canadian
rocks, where now the cold blasts Of
winter blow over trceless plains and
sweep the tanks of icc-incrusted
mountains.
The rhinOCeros Of that remote age
was no less formidable beast than
his defendants, for the skull Of one Of
the skeletons discovered is three feet
long, while some Of its teeth are four
inches across.
The fossil remains Of many other
forms Of animals have lately been
found there, including extinct species
Of the horse, the deer and the turtle.
In some PARKWAY time perpetual
summer must have rcigncd in regions
where ice and snow now prevail for a
large part Of the year, or else animals
that to-day love only the sun must
have been Injured to a more rigorous
climate.
Geology has evidently only just be-
gun to unfold the wonderful story of
the worlds history.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
The Pests of Australia.

"There is absolutely no diminution
in the rabbit pest in Australia" said
Fl. T. Aubrey, of Melbourne. 'In
New Zealand from 5000, 900 to 90
900, 900 rabbit skins are sold annual
w. This is all the more remarkable
when it is considered that until 1851
not one of these animals was to be
found in the colonies. In that yea
a gentleman who was visiting En-
gland thought it would be a fine
thing to have some rabbits in the
antipodes, and so he returned with a
cage full Of the little animals. For a
year or 50 all that he bred were dis
tributed through the colonies, and
hence the terrible result. Thousands
and thousands of acres of land have
been devastated, and hundreds Of
farmers ruined financially.
another source of great trouble to
us has been the thistle. That pest
we owe to a Scotchman, who carried
one of the flowers out to Sydney with
him. It's arrival was made the occa-
sion of banquet, and the thistle
was planted with elaborate ceremo-
MES. The plant grew and thrived,
and in time it's seeds were scattered
by the winds. 1t has now rooted out
the native grasses on millions Of
acres, destroyed sheep runs by the
hundreds, and caused no end of losses
and trouble"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
Courteous.

Most of us are apt to omit toward
those of our own family many of the
outward tokens of respect that we
habitually show to our less familiar
friends and acquaintances. To this
rule, as to all others, there are, of
course exceptions.
Those who pass a certain house in
a town not far from Boston on their
way to business in the morning, often
see what is to them most beautiful
and touching sight. Down the front
steps comes gentleman about sixty
five years Of age, but evidently hale
and vigorous; in the big bay window
can be seen his wife, feeble, siclIly
lady supported on her crutches,
watching her husband on his way
The old gentleman walks brislly
on until he reaches the street corner,
some PAGES away: then he turns,
chances back with smile for the low
ing face in the window, throws it a
kiss, and raising his hat in the most
ceremOniOus manner, bows low and
passes around the corner out of sight.
Such things as this show that
courtesy toward ones own household
is not thing of the past, that famil-
iarity does not always breed contempt.
Well would it be for us all to heed
the lesson!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
Conscientious.

Many a good story is told Of school
where the boys are remarkably con-
scientious. One day the principal
was lecturing them on the subject of
cleanliness, and asked, "Is there any
boy here who has not taken thor
ough bath this morning." One lad
only a pattern Of neatness, pleaded
guilty.
"You, Harris" said the teacher.
Il am surprised"
II tried, sir" said Harris, stoutly,
"but there's one spot under my Shout
der-blade that I'm not sure ! touched.
So | can't call it a thorough bath.
Harper's Magazine tells a story OF
an equally good little girl.
Marion, a child of or 7 years,
attends the primary school. She was
reciting in mental arithmetic, and
the teacher told the class to write the
answers on their states. Finally
there came hard problem:
add four and three"
Il couldn't do it, mamma" said
the child, as she afterward related the
incident, till | put down three
straight marks on my slate, and said:
-Four, five, six, seven But then |
thought that wasn't mental. So,
though | knew the answer was
seven [ wrote down five ,"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
The Last Letter Written by Dickens.

Charles Dickens last letter, one of
the most interesting that he ever
wrote, came into the market few
days ago at Bristol, England, and
was speedily snapped up for a couple
of guincas. 1t was written to Mr..
Makcham, and runs as follows:
at would be quite incOnccivable to
mc-but for your letter-that any
reasonable reader could possibly at
taCh SCriptural reference to pass
age in a book Of mine, reproducing a
much abused social figure of speech,
impressed into all sorts of service on
all sorts of inappropriate occasions,
without the fainteSt connection of its
original source. | am truly shocked
to find that any reader can make the
mistake.
Il have always Strivcn in my writ
ingS to express generation for the life
and lessons Of our Savior, because |
feel it; and because | reWrOte that
history for my children-evcry one Of
whom knew it from having it re-
pcatcd to them long before they
could read, and almost us soon as they
could speak.
But | have never made prOclama-
ton Of this from the hOusetOps."
Mr.. Makcham explained in the
London Daily News the circumstances
under which he wrote to Dickens
after the nOvelist's death. The fig
ure of speech Of which this gentle
man complained was drawn, he says,
from a passage of the Holy Writ
which is greatly reyerenced by a
large number Of his countrymen as a
prophetic description of the suffer-
ings of our Savoir, and is to be found
in the tenth chapter of edwin
brood"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
A Good DiSinfeCtant.

Great need is often felt Of good,
reliable disinfectant in such quanti-
ties that the amount of the purchase
money precludeS it's use. An ounce
of pcrmanganate of potash, which
may be obtained Of any druggist,
will make bucketful of as good a
deodorizer and disinfcctant as can be
obtained. 1t only needs to be dis
solved in water, and can be kept in
crystals until needed. This solution
is sold in bottles at a large price in
England, under registered name,
and has an enviable and well-merited
reputation York Recorder.