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The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-13
THE LABOR WORLD.
3. The women compositors Of Boston, Mass.
have been organized.

. The women compositors Of Boston, Mass,
have been organized.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. has eight carpenters
unions with about 140O members.
RUSSIA is rich in coal and iron, and its
mines for the want of labor remain unde-
veloped.
THE extreme heat is having a fatal effect
on Hungarians working at the Pennsylvania
coke ovens.
ABOUT 800 japanese miners recently left
Kobe for Mexico, where they will be en-.
ployed in copper mines.
NINE years ago there were only eleven
State labor bureaus in this country, and
nov there are twenty-eight.
THERE were more strikes and demands
for higher wages in May among the silk
workers than in the entire year of 1891.
DELEGATES from fourteen labor organi-
cations in Boston, Mass, recently formed a
new Amalgamated Building Trades Coun-
Gil.
The telegraph operators in Spain ave
struck, and communication with the prov
inces is suspended. The wires are being
worked by the military.
ELECTRICIANS report q more urgent de-
mand for appliances than ever before
known, and all of the we'll satisfied works
are crowded with contracts.
TIE cooperative factory established by
the Cigar-Makers' Union of Hamburg,
Germany, employed about 1850 people last
year, and the surplus was S2412.lO.
ATLANTIC CITY IN. j. walters are pro
posing to establish a graded tip system
ranging from a ten-cen5 tip at a two-doliar
hotel to fifty cents at n swell house.
IT is stated that tho average wages paid
.machinists in %shipyards is about $40: only
very few men in New York shipyards have
ever received more than SIS per week.
AT Pittsburg, Penn, the demand for
finished iron is good, the prospect of wage
difficulties stimulating, the workers demand
ing last years scale end the manufacturer:
q reduction.
The guards, Or ~brakoinen, on English rail
WAYS receive, On commencing, eighty-sever
cents per day, and after 4 time get a dollar
The drivers. or engineers, Gnt SLIP, and get
mp to $1.25.
GLASGOW, Scotland, has IN industris
home where women who have come out o
tSrison get a home provided for them an.
where thsy-ers employed in laundry work
tor which they receive payment.
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covered at a more unfit 9th, two
important items in securin, bod, even
stand. When the seed is sown by hand
it will aid in securing a quicker germina-
ton II the seed is moistened and allowed
to stand twelve hours before planting.
Have the rows about three and a half
feet apart, so as to give plenty of room
to cultivate. One advantage in planting
an early variety is that it will ripen, and
can be worked up out of the way before
the fall work, like sowing wheat and
cutting up the corn, becomes pressing.
In many cases it will pay to roll the
ground after planting the seed, as it
helps to make a better termination, and
also fixes the soil in a better condition
Tor commencing tine cultivation. AS with
nearly all other crops the harrow can
nearly always be used to good advantage
IN commencing the cultivation. In no
other way can the weeds be destroyed
and the soil be fined so close around the
plants. Often two borrowings can be
given with profit and then the cultivator
can be used. In an average season two
harrowings and three good Civilizations
will be all that is necessary; as often the
plants make a sufficient growth to iade
the ground, very little cultivation will
be needed.
1t is the early cultivation that is the
most important, and the more thorough
ly this is given the better will be the re-
suits. Care should be taken not to al
low the plants to stand too thick.-St.
Louis Republic.
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vIoLETs.

There is a great diversity of opinion
as to the best methods OF outdoor cult
walton for vlolets. T. D. Halted saws
in the Garden and Forest:
"My experience has shown that violets
luxurlate in rich soil, plenty of moisture
and full exposure. Some growers take
their stock plants in winter, try roofing
the runners, which is a good plan when
there is danger of disease, but generally
old plants are divided into two or three
crowns Until last year l had kept all
runners clear off during summer, but I
found where a few had been left, when
transplanted into the Towering bed along
with the old plant, they bloomed well,
and will make very good plants for out
doors this season."
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There's a niae difference

There's a ride difference
between She help that's talked Of
and the help that's guqrantce6.
Which do you want, when you're
buying medicine?
# you're satisfied with words, you
get them with every blood-puritier
but one. That one is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. With
that, you get a guarantee. If it
doesn't help you, you have ycur
money back. On this plan, g medi-
cine that promises help is pretty
sure to give it.
But it's because the medicine is
different, THAI it's sold differently.
It's not like the sarsaparillas, which
are said to be good for the blood
in March, April, and May. At all
seasons and in all cases, it cures
permanently, as nothing else can,
all the diseases arising from a tor
pid liver or from impure blood.
It's the best blood purifier, and
it's the cheapest, nc matter how
many doses are offered for a dollar.
With this, you pay only for the
good You get.
Can Won ask more?
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The First "Human Ostrich"

The first case on record of a human
being Unfortunately %devouring every
thing that came within his reach is that
of the French boy, Tarare, who first gave
an exhibition of the capacity and strength
Of his stomach by eating q full peck of
carrots and seven bars of soap with ap-
parent relish. Of course, he was not
always a boy, and as he grew up the
freakish antics of his stomach took many
varied twists. On one occasion, when
a druggists back was turned, Tarare
hastily swallowed a couple of dozen of
corks of all sizes. At last, his stomach
being full of such indigestible matter, he
becama the victim of violent attacks of
collie and was finally compelled to seek
the advice of M. Girard, of the Hotel
Dieu. Girard called a council of ply
sieians and Tarare's case was thoroughly
discussed. They tried to explain to the
man what would be the final outcome of
such performances, but were greatly sur
| pr1sed, if not angered and chagrined, to
find that he had actually swallowed a
watch chain, seals and all, beside bunch
of seven keys and a glove hook which
were on an ivory ring nearly two inches
in diameter; all this while the learned
gentlemen were lecturing himi At the
time of this examination he regularly ate
twenty four pounds of beef a day, be-
sides other v~lctuals in proportionate
quantities. lie now entered the French
Army, being first attached to the Ninth
Regiment of Hussars, Major Courville
retaining him as a freak. He was daily
allowed the regular rations of three men
and the right to the refused scraps and
other pickings. When on the march he
would catch cells and serpents and swallow
them whole. On one occasion he ate a
cat, bones, fur and all. Colonel Marpel
| and General Beauharris both make aft
davit that they saw him eat thirty pounds
OF liver at one sitting, and others declare
that he once ate a fourteen months old
child!-St. Louis Republic.
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PRO- L PEOPLE,

PRINCE BISMARCK says he will never again
take Office.
KING OSCAR, Of Sweden, is ole of tbs
losers in the Panama Canal scheme.
GoUNoD. the composer, has twelve uufin-
ished operas lying in his desk awaiting his
finishing touches.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY. the African explorer,
as a candidate for a seat in Parliament will
be an interesting character in English poll
tics.
ELAINE GooDALE, the New England
poetess, who was married to DR.. Eastman,
an Indian, has presented her husband with
a baby.
DR.. JOHN TYNDAL, the eminent scientist,
began his career in 1S43 as an assistant on
the staff of the British Ordinance Survey at
S. a week
TENNYsoN, the poet, allows nothing to in
terfere with the luxury OF smoking, of which
he is extremely fond. His pipe is rarely
away from his lips.
IT is officially announced that the Gar OF
Russia has invite the Austrian Emperor to
go hunting with him in the autumn, This
is taken as an indication of peace.
THE household of ex-President Hayes at
Fremont, Ohio, is presided over by his onlg
daughter, Miss Fanny Hayes. The two
younger sons of General Hayes also live at
home.
GOVERNOR BoIEs, of lowe, is a widower
but he has two sons who are practiciag law,
at Waterloo, and a married daughter, Mrs.
j.. W. Carson, who resides at Mount Yer
non, Iowa.
SIGNoR GIoLITTI, the new Italian Prime
Minister. prides himself upon deSpising the
mandates of fashion, and wears at all times
an old-fashioned rusty black frock coat that
reaches nearly to his ankles, to the great
satisfaction of the political caricaturists and
cartoonists.
The Wanamakers have four homes-the
residence in Washington, one in Phila-
delphia, a cottage at Cape May Point, called
the Lifemyn cottage, from the names of the
two daughters, and ~Lindenhurst, a very fine
residence aud estate, about fifteen miles
from Philadelphia.
THERE has been a curious dispute among
the biographers regarding the age of Grover
Cleveland. By some CT the campaign his
torians he is said to be fifty-seven years old,
while others make him fully five years
younger. Mr.. Cleveland himself, in answer
TO numerous inquiries sent him some time
ago. is reported to have given his age as
dfty.fve.
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A PERFECT SOD

The meadows and pastures of this
country do not produce half what they
should. Walking owe an average we'll
seeded field one finds many bare places,
or only saved from baroness by the in
evitable weeds which occupy where the
valuable grasses have failed. Part of
this failure comes from imperfect prep
~aration of the seed bed and deficiency
of seed sown. Besides, there is not
enough variety Of grass to secure the
largest crop. Two, three or four kinds
growing together will yield a greater
amount of hay and of better quality than
any one alone. We have often thought
that if farmers knew the value of thor
ough seeding they would take greater
pains to secure it. Not long ago we saw
such a field kept as pasture for q herd OF
Jersey COWS. The land had been close
cropped in the fall. but the young green
heritage was already starting. All the
droppings from last years p~asturing had
been knocked in pieces and scattered
bver the sward. It was soft and springy,
hs il one walked on velvet, and not 9
bare place nor a weed was to be seen ex'
cept near the fence, where some shade
trees had led to trampling the grass roots
Immediately around them. The field hao
| been seeded two years after two years
| cropping with potatoes well MANFRED.
AS the cows pastured are granted be
side, the fertility of the soil constantly
increases. After another year it is the
/ purpose of the owner totplow and reseed
after growing another potato crop
Boston Cultivator.
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4 Tow Industry Festival.

a remarkable token of the Importance
Ief the toy industry in the ancient city
os Nuremberg is afforded by the great
gathering in one Of the public halls at a
banquet in celebration of the completion
III he three hundred thousandth model
steam engine by a well known maker.
Among the guests were the heads of the
municipality and of several industrial
and commercial corporations. The little
model which marks this stage in the toy
making ind ustry of the Nuremberg firm
was constructed with the latest improv-
ments. II was adorned with a laurel
wreath, and exhibited in the hall side
by side, in order to show the progress in
construction, with a model Of the date
1915. 1t is said that this factory alone
has also turned out more than 325, 900
magic lanterns.-London Onticiaa-
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A Hand Made Fifty Dollar Bill.

A particularly bad counterfeit was de-
tected at the Sub Treasury, in New York
City, the other day. It is the produc-
ton of a pen-and-ink artist, who did his
work so well that the bill passed through
one of the city banks without any sus-
picion arising as to its commences. At
the Sub Treasury its character was at
once discovered. The counterfeit is of
$50 greenback. The operator first
photographed a genuine bill, getting a
light picture but sufficiently distinct to
aid him in subsequent proceedings.
Then he went over the photograph with
ink, turning out a marvelolsly fine piece
of work. fine coloring is excellent, the
design clearly reproduced, and the letter
ING far more accurate than is usually the
case. The paper is good and has almost
The right ~''feel.h One or two details
were neglected, but they were not of a
Kind to attract attention. "Act of
March 5, 1852 appearing over the Wig
nette OF Fra4klippaaQn the genuine bill was
omitted on tee Jurl nterfelt. "EngraVed
and printed ordain Bureau of Engraving
and Printineapd. also missing. Con-
sidering thf moved and care necessary to
turn out thGsertdngt is doubtful if the
counterfeiter of Ntted greatly by his
labors. Sevefon; fears ago this same
artist turned olhviFeme tilties of edrlier
issues than that a 1880, but most Of his
work has been dcenowith t"entles. The
new bill is the clt: Igest example of his
gkille yer run aero" the Sub-Treasury.
The counterfeit w~a,usqspected by a num-
ses of bankers, AMI % nelged the respect
fgl consideration it 1nprt ved.-St. Louis
Republic, Hl?pt.
ROM
There are 257 reo Deus sects or de-
nominations in Great f. lain. This emu
meration counts all theBe itmouth Broth
lon, Va WYNN nav" to prOct
bodies, as one sect. to law
the 90
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GROWING SORGHUM.

It is important to plant sorghum cane
under as favorable conditions as possible.
1t makes a slow growth as best at first,
and when planted with the soil wet.
cold and i'll prepared the seed is slow to
terminate, while the plants make . very
unsatisfactory growth. In nearly. all
cases it will pay to wait until the soil
is reasonably dry and warmed up before
planting the seed, and then if the seed
Is Of q good quality and the soil is il
4 good filth d quicker and better ger
mination will be secured.
II pays 10 harrow Of work the soil well
before planting. When the plants first
come up they are small and tender, and
as they grow slowly the weeds will often
oct the best start before the cultivation
can be commenced.
The seed need very little covering, and
Ii to be sown by hand care must be
taken to run the burrows out very shal.
low il order TO avoid &C vering too deep.
One Of the advantages in using the drill
"a planting Is that the seed : be dis
tributeS mere sysnly IN the rsNS and he
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Where Wolf Hunting Pays.

The wolf farming industry around
Galena, Ill. received a big impetus at the
last meeting of the County Board, which
placed a bounty Of ten dollars on. old
wolves and five dollars on whelps. AS a
result the county has spent $500 for
wolf scalps in the last two months. One
individual brought the scalps of twenty
eight wolves to the County Clerk in one
day and received $50 bounty. The
big bounty makes wolf hunting so profit
able that it is alleged that nimrods of
contiguous counties drive the wolves
over the border and round them UP in
10 Davies, where they kill them foT the
bounty.-Chicago Herald,
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FARM AND GARDEN,
USE OF A PICKET ROPE,

The safest way to picket a horse is to
use a broad leather strap around the fore,
leg' below the knee, and have the rope
fastened to the strap. The horse will
rarely ever get fouled in the rope, aud
If he does he soon frees himself without
BARN. The picket is a short, stout stake
driven in the ground, and the rope ID
fastened to it at the ground. Once d
horse is used to picketing there is not the.
slightest danger, and very little anyway.
with a rope SO arranged.-New York
Times.
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Electric Test for spurious Gains.

Some interesting tests with alter
mating currents and a particular
form Of magnet have been made
in England. Among the experiments
shown was one which illustrated a new
method of detecting counterfeit coins.
The method Of a genuine coin, being a
good conductor, was held between the
poles of the magnet, but a bad coin, not
possessing that necessary qualification,
Immediately dropped when placed in po-
sition
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sv;.h locaI applications, as they cannot reach
Y, WM al 81 the disease. Catarrh is a blood or con-
s.tnittational disease, and in order e e !, r. it you "S
nave Il Is taken internally and acts directly on the
SnLg md mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
e9ss ID no quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
Syone Of The best physi clans in this country
lor snosed of the best tonics known, combined
sx;1b the hest blood purifiers, acting directly
W the mucous surfaces. The perfect combi-
nation Of the two ingredients is what PRODUCES
snrb wonderful results IN curing catarrh. SEND
I'm testimonials free.
= II j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo. o.
sold By druggists, price 7sc.
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Value of q Cherrs Tree.

A question as to the value of a cherry
tree has just been decided at Nieder-
lahnstein, in Germany. The ground
wherein this cherry tree stands is re-
quired for the widening of q railway
station at that place. The owner Of the
tree put in a claim for $500 which he
said wa the amount he obtained yearly
for the fruit the tree yielded. After
some spirited contention on both sides,
the owner somewhat reluctantly com
esatsd to accent S600.-London News.
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Efectually yet gently, when costive or bill
icus, or waen the bleed is impure or sluggish.
20 permanently cure habitual constipati on.
10 awaken the kidneys AMI liver to a healthy
activity, without Initiating or weak ening
them, to aispel headaches, 9eld or fevers, ass
GKYap Of FAas.
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800 - ~ IINFD IIH WVIVDE
These is q inch display advertisement In
this paper. this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
d.. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a
Crescent" on everything they make and pub
iish. Look forit, send them the name of the
word and they will return you ooK BEAuT
TUL AUTOGRAPHS or AMPLE REF.
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no YOU READ ADVERTISEMENTS

A WHAT WE WANIT To fIND oUI
To the first 20 who mention this paper and ASK
for free MIA of our 3 SO lots on 81 monthly pay.
ments in GRjFFITH, Ghicago's coming fact0.
ry Suburb we win send a receipt tor S1O, gooo
on any lots hereafter bought of us; to the next I'VE
tree admission to the Worlds Fair. Try IL!
lAY DWEGGISS & co. 400 Chamber OF Commerce. Chicago
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My wife has used Bradycrotine for headache
with the best imaginable results. I state this
without solicitation. J. w. Mashburn, Able
vile, Ga. All druggists, fifty cents,
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Iy your Back Aches. or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it is general debility.
Browns Iron Bittcrs " II cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give q good ap-
petite-tones the nerves.
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THE minimum age OF employment ON the
Continent is generally twelve, or from twelve
20 fourteen.
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WHO WOULD be free from earthly ills must
buy q box Of Beecham's Pills. 25 cents a boz
Worth q guinea,
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The absence OF tourists in Germany IS
b great source 81 compliant from the
hetsl keepers.
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To Cleanse the system

TEE Princess of Wales is said to have
saged', very materially since the death of
hor IA vorita son.
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THE sponge industry Of the Bahama ISL
ands employs 500 boats and nearly 5000
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CfNADAS internal revenue for 1891 was
e1,0c0,000, or $500. GEO less than in 1890, the
decEesse from SPIRITS being over 81, 600. 900.
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WHENEVER / see

IL afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-Water Druggists sell st 25c. per bottle
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The above picture contains four faces, the ma.
and his three daughters. Anyone can find the
mans face, but it is not so easy to distinguish the
faces of the three young ladies.
The proprietors Of Ford's Prize Pills will
give an elegant Gold Watch to the first
person who can make out the three daughters faces;
to the seeond will be given a pair of genuine
Diamond Ear-Rings; to the Mi1a a hand
color to the fonrth a Coin Silver Watch.
and many other prizes in order ofmcrit. Every
competitor must cut out the above puzzle picture,
distinguish the three girls faces bYsnarking a cross
with lead pencil on each, and enclose same with
fifteen U. S. two cent stamps for one box Of
FORD'S PRIZE PILLS, (Which will be sent post
paid, duty freel addressed to TEE F0aD PILL CON
EAEY, Wellington st. Toronto, Can: The person whose
first prize, and the others in order of merit. To the
person sending the last correct answer will be given
an elegant Gold Watch, Of fine workmanship
and frst.class timekeeper; to the ne.tt to Tie LJsta
pair of genuine Diamond Ear-Rings: TO
the second to the last a handsome Silk Dress
Pattern, IS yards in any color to the third
to the last a Coin Silver Watch, and many
other prizes in order Of merit counting from the
last. WE SHALL GIVE AWAY
1OC VALUABLE PREMIUMS Should
there be so many sending in correct answers Ne
charge is made for boxing and packing of Pc.
miums. The names Of the leading prize winners
will be published in connection with our advertise
ment in leading newspapers next montlb. Ezra
premiums will be given to those who ale willing to
assist in introducing our medicine. Notbins IS
charged for the premiums in any wav, thew are
absolutely given away to iatrsd1ce and advertise
Fords Prize Pills, which are purely vegetable and
Bowels dtispeinES Headache, Feyers and Colds,
cleansing the system thoroughly and cure habitual
constipation. They are sugar-coated, do
not grippe, very small, easy to take, one pill a
desc, and are purely vegetable. Perfect digestion
follows their use. AS to the reliability of our COM
pany, we refer you to any leading wholesale drug
gist or business house in Toronto. All premiums
viii be awarded strictly in order of merit and with
perfect satisfaction to the public. Pills are sent by
mail. post paid. When you answer this picture
puzzle, kindly mention which newspaper you saw
it in. Address THE FORD FILL COMPANY, Wei.
iin1ton St, Toronto. Can.
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The Only One Ever Printed.

Our Of the 240, 900 domestic servants In
London it is estimated that 10000 of them
are alYaYso out Of empioYment.
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Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Malas
YiA Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aid Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers. weak women and children.
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w Hoods Sarsaparilla
I want to bow and say
Thank You.' was
badly affected with Ec-
xema and Scrca17s4
Sores, covering almost
the whole of one side Of
my face, nearly to the top
of my head. Running
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FARM help is in great demand I'm North
Dakota.
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hrs Paisley. cores dlscharged from
both ears. NV eyes were very bad. For nearly
ayear I was deaf. took HOODS SARSA.
PARILT.A and the sores on my eyes and in
nv ears nealed. / can now hear n see as well
as ever Mrs. AMANDA PAISLEY, l6 Lander
Street, Newburgh, n. Y.
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! HARRYWR1GH says CorkhiI, of Pittsburg.
Ii the king Of outielders.
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Flower

Miss c. G. McCLAvE, School
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
country school / was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that
take August Flower. The very next
day I purchased a bottle. / am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me SO that / have quite re-
covered from my indisposltion Q
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Can You ask more ?