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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25
A CONTRACT.

Two men toiled side by side from sun to sun and
both were poor;
Both sat with children, when the day was done,
about their door.
One saw the beautiful in the crimson cloud and
shining moon;
The other, with his head in sadness bowed made
night of noon.
One loved each tree and flower and singing bird
on mountain or plain;
No music in the soul of one was stirred by leaf
rain.
One saw the good in every fellow man. and hoped
the best;
The other marvelled at his Masters plans and
doubt confessed.
One having heaven above and heaven below, was
satisfied;
The other, Disconnected lived in woe. and hope.
less died.
IS. K. B.. in Boston Transcript.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25

II have always considered it treason to
the republic of human nature to make any
mans virtues the means of deceiving him,
whether on great or little occasions. All
imposture weakens confidence. and chills
benevolence. When the sage finds you are
not what you seemed, he will feel the re-
of great abilities, discovers that he has been
tricked by understandings meaner than his
own; and perhaps the distrust which he can
never afterwards lay aside. may stop the
voice of counsel. and close the hand of
charity; and where will you find the power
of restoring his benefactiOns to mankind,
or his peace to himself?"- Rasselas Samuel
JOhnsOn).
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25
system.

While contentedly jogging along through
life, instinctively avoiding the rough places,
we sometimes unavoidably "come against
some obstacle projecting in life's highway.
and in ''backing up" with the view of go
ing around the obstruction we come in
contact with some fellow vOyager in the
rear who will Immediately proceed to bless
you negatively and then deliver you a
lecture upon your want of system.
We have all been advised by parents.
friends, or guardians upon the ACCESSIBILITY
of following some set mode of action In
everything we do, which. like all other adj
vice, is easily given. but difficult in practice.
There may have been period in very an
cient history when system would insure
success. but in this hustling age of the
world we haven't time to apply any partic-
ular studied mode of action. Turning a
grindstone or hand organ is the only vOca-
ton where l imagine system may be
strictly followed in detail.
Instead of system would it not be more
advisable to cultivate quick and accurate
comprehension of the situation. and fac
ulty for rapidly grasping and applying the
means for obtaining the desired result?
Did General Grant employ any particular
system to win his many brilliant victories?
Instead. he possessed and used good judg-
ment combined with an almost phenomenal
faculty for realizing the true position. and
possessed an equal capacity for using the
best means at his command and in averting
or obtaining the result as might be desired.
1t would appear to the casual observer
that the operator of a machine must nee
essarily employ system in the manufacture
of goods, but such is not the case. The
quality of the material used. and various
other causes make it necessary for the op-
orator to change his mode of action to suit
every emergency.
With due respect for the antiquated sage
who admOnishes us to be systematic, will
venture to assert that the man who uses to
good advantage reasonable amount of
good ''mother wit" will be- coming leisurely
in on the home stretch before the systematic
man has turned the quarter pole. F. II.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25
ssTHE CRIMINAL CONSCIENCE,

According to the New Review. Professor Lom-
broso. of Turin. has been for some years collect
ing every scrap Of writing by prisoners on the
walls of their cells. on bits of stray paper and
potsherds and broken dishes, ETC., he could find.
He has classified and studied them. and reports
that he is utterly appalled, by the horrors of de-
basement and degradation which this glimpse
into the dark corners Of the criminal mind re.
Teals. Hardly ever is there seen the faintest
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25

A Minneapolis policeman was caught the
other night in the act of carrying off the
money from the till of saloon he had bur-
glarized. That he did not offer to touch
the liquors is additional reason why he
should make sOmnambulism the grounds of
his defense
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25

P. w. Madden has been appointed as
successor to the wardenship of the Iowa
state prison at Anamosa. which will be va
Gated by the present warden on April 1.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-02-25

A rogue can't escape his own meanness
any more than locomotive can run away
from its own smoke. -Tradesman.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

Prince Albert Victor, whose marriage en-
pagement to the Princess Victoria Of Teck
was announced few weeks ago, is dead,
after short illness.
Immense crowds gathered about the gates
of Marlborough House, the Prince Of Wales's
London residence. As soon us the bulletins
from Sandringham Hall, where the Prince
was dying, were received by telegraph they
were posted on the gates. Great sympathy
was expressed, AMI many kilograms of in
quiry from other countries were received.
Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward,
K. e., Duke of Clarence and Avondale, was
the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and
was therefore in the line of direct succession
to the throne of Great Britain. He was
born ON january 8, 1864. In
1877 he entered the navy as mid
shipman and passed two years on
board the Britannia. In 1879, with his
brother, Prince George, he went to the West
Indies on the Bacchants, and in 1SS0'S2, still
OH the Bacchante the two Princes travelled
around the world to South America, Aus
tra!ia and the Cape of Good Hope. In
Octoocr. 1888, Prince Albert Victor went to
Tririty College, Cambridge, aud studied
there until the summer, when he went to
Hei ieberg; in 1884 he went to Aldershot to
stuiy military science" aud in 1885 was
made Lieutenant in the Tenth Hussars; in
1883 he became Captain, an in 1889 became
Ma ior; i'm 1890 he was raise1 to the peerage
by the titles of Duke of Clarence and Avon
dale and Earl of Athlone; in 1888 he was
'.invested" Y;:h the Orler Of the Garter.
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s'mised ho was 'xpectin' Mister Roauc
an hind hev trouble In tn near
foochur, which was erect.
uOne day, not long arter this, some
galoot brung word thet th' 'Paches was
out thou muzzle,, an was chawin' ev'ry-
thin in sight-an', moreovermore,
comm our way, an not fur OFF, nuther.
Nope, we didn't wait none. Men tn
ole man ics' TUX all tn dust in tn box,
hid all th' stock we could, nailed up tn
shop-'twas stone-an' lit out fer Hen
dershott's, Z tell them. Thar Skerrett
leaves me, him havin' tn fastest little
mustang in tn kentry, an goes ont tell
folks, cz many ez he kin.
"Wa-al, Hendershott's folks w&
ready, real sudden, only Ole ST, he
wouldn't go. Sez he: Il hain't goin'
one foot. This here's all I've got, 'cept
tn ole lady an Hetty, an Fm goin' t
stay right here an hold it. Eff them
wimmen he'd me an no ranch they'd la
wuss off nor nothin'.' An there Ole 81
stayed, an bundled men tn artist an
the women folks off fer Chloride quick
Th' wimmen was in light waggin, little
Jose, Greaser kid, drivin' an two
Greaser girls on tn back seat. Men
Spenceicy ride bronco back, 'lonside.
"'Long in tn aftcrn Don, bout 3, we
looked over south, an here comes n fell
Ter on hossDack, like II streak o creased
hShtnia', throwin' dust like the very
dooce-au' back o him, bout two r
three miles, come bout dozen r fifteen
fellers-ncar rs sc cd guess-also kick
in up big cloud.
"'Twas a good ten mile t Chloride,
course, we didn't s'pose them last fellers
was nothin' but Injuns.
"Spcnceley set his teeth an looked at
his guns, an so did 1. Then he rid up
t. tn waggin, give Hctty II six-shooter,
sayin' somethin' / didn't hear, an told
tn boy t. make them mules fly. Then
he come back where L wuz an sez, real
quiet: 'D'yc think We kin hold 'em off
long 'nough, Mister Harden?' Iguesscd
yes but great Scott! didn't l wish l
was outer that!
eth lone chap como racin' up. Twas
Perry Roanc, whitcr'na gravcstone. He
didn't stop, oily yelled 'Injuns' au'
KEEP on soin' not stoppin' t say 'HelloH
uctIy III III WaS 5tn-JcS hcP ou,
headed fer Chloride. Tn artist turned
. me in minute, with his mouth curlcd
up, an sez, 'stampeded!
awe waited, all ready for them Iniuns,
but when they come up tn blood sort of
come back t. my heart agcu, cause we
I'd see mile off thet they was white
surveyors an cowboys; some stampcded
themselves, VIC foun' out.
Things got quiet in day r so, fer it
happened thet Uncle Sam he'd :. lot o
sojcrs lyin' in camp near Chloride, an
tn way they KEEP them Injuns movin'
back south was real lively.
oval in week r SO, up come Mister
Roanc jes'z big ez life, an ez clipper.
an goes t Heudershott's when tn old
folks was at tn store and Speucelcy ont
ridiu.' reckon him n Hetty jcs' he'd ,
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oncet, since which time | hcv ben Il
whole lot more respective IN spcakin
of 'cm.
"'Twas in the summer Of IS.
was then workin' fer Ole Harvey Skier
rett, who KEEP store an run II ranch
down at Three Forks, in tn foot hills.
"Near Skcrrctt, bout two miles
away, O.c ST IIcndershott he'd ranch.
He likewise he'd bout tn purticst au'
incest darter thct ever wore millinery,
an ST, he was proper proud of hc", you
bet. Morcovermorc, all of us galoots
round Three Forks was up to our back
hair in love with hcr-plumb, tcarin',
wide awake mashed, rs I've heard say.
But it didn't do none of us no good
leastway$, ouly Que of us. That war
Perry Roanc,a young ranchcr from down
tn creek bout ten mile. Perry, he cut
us all out, 'thout halr-tryin', cause he
was big, han some cuSs, an well fixed,
besides havin' been { school lois when
kid. So he went in an wimncd-almost.
That is t say, he frozo us out au' KEEP
reg lar company with lIctty. [ guess
twas all settled that they was + be
htchcd some time or other, when bout
May, along come II feller from Boston
with letter to Ole ST from some relation
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eostRiGiT 1881

~, Z. & <aH 4OWo y
woman's suffering ard woman's
weakness. DR.. Pierce's Favofits
Prescription puts stop to it. lt's
remedy for all the delicate de-
rangements and disorders that make
her suffer, and cure for all the dis
eases and disturbances that mako
her weak. It's legitimate medi-
cine, that corrects and cures o
tonic that invigorates and builds
up; a nervine that soothes and
strengthens. For bearing down
pains, displacements, all the funSr
tional irregularities peculiar to thet
sex, it's a safe and certain remedy.
Other medicines claim to cure2
That's true. But they don't claim
to do this: if the Favorite Pre-
scription fails to give satisfactionr
in any case for which it's recon-
mended, the money paid for it 10
refunded.
Judge for yourself which is likely
to be the better medicine. I
And think whether something else.
offered by the dealer is likely to be-
"just as good"
You pay only for the good you get,
On there terms it's the cheapest.
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real lovely row. He he'd tn gall t. tell
'cr thet he was jcs' ridin' fer doctor fer
sick cowboy, an hadn't heard o. no
lnjuns. Hetty was onto him, though,
an talked real rough t. the cuss,
reckon.
'Bout 5 o'clock, little Jose come
ridin' t tn store in hurry, an toll US
he'd ben listcnin' t Hetty an Roane
talkln', an all Of sudden he heerI n
little scream. Mex thing, he seen Roane
carryin' Hetty outer tn door an putin
FER in his buggy-she lookin' like she'd
Gainted-an' Roane draw OF, an Jose lit
out fer tn store, ,mcctin' Spenccley on tn
way, an tcllin' him.
eth ole man an [ guessed tn same
thing-he'd dopcd tn girl with
caloryform, r somethin', an lit out for
Mineral Point, whar Eph Hines, a
justice of tn peace, lived. 1 don't
know how We come t. think of it; but
he'd read q scch things, an SO had Si,
reckon. Lord, but tn ole chap looked
tur'blc! lie didn't say nothin', but he
looked like nc was thinkiu' lots, an it
didn't take men him long t git t.
Mineral Point, fifteen miie-bad trail,
too. When we got near tn burg, Ole 81
loosened up, an eff he didn't cuss fer iif-
teen minutes, I'm a jay.
"We rid up t. Illness, ready t. shoot,
an 81 kicked tn door open AN there,
on tn floor, lyin' tied hans -an-e-..,,'-'',
Rer;r:. R,es.r;r..ti, -, ppenceiey, KIND OF
Illustrated, but smilin', riz up an point.
in t Hctty, who was settln' in cheer,
lookin' kind of pale, sez: Gentlemen,
let me interjuce my wife,
"'Twas this way: Roanc-ic's doin'
time, now-hedn't drugged tn gyurl,
only gagged 'er, an, between thar an
tn Point, he'd made 'er premise t. marry
him an make no fuss, r else he'd kill
him an her both-au he mesut it.
Hines was jes' gettin' rca ly fer th' ncr-
formance when Spencclcy rid up. Perry
reached for his gun, but Spencelcy was
too sudden, an caught i'm in tn gun.
arm, an him an Hines, who tum5,ei
at oncet, tied tn cuss, arter which ho
ast Hetty t. marry him on tn spot aa'
she done it.
"No, 1 don't never play low on nd
tenderfoot - IN San Eraacisc9 Arq9
naut.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
NEWSY GLEANINGS,
THE railroads are all busy.
THE coffee harvest is short.
WE have 400 electric roads.

HORSES have the grip in California.
The cocoa crop OF Ecuador is failure.
LONDON, England, has 75 0G0 Germans.
The grip is spreading rapidly in England.
WE made 40, 900, 600 false teeth last year.
MAINE reports the warmest season yet on
record.
THE Russian Government has ordered four
new ironclads.
The Bermudas arc now connected with the
continent by cable.
BARON HIRscH colonies have been estab-
lished in New Mexico.
RUssIAs force on tho Austro. Russian
froltier is 80, coo strong.
AMERICAN florists sold over $4,000, 900
worth of flowers last year.
1T is forbidden to use the word ''hunger''
or famine" i'll Kazan, Russia.
The New York Central Railroad will put
IN the block system at n cost OF $3.50, 900.
THE Mexican Government offered re-
ward of $50, 900 for Bandit Garza's head.
The orange crop OF Florida is 75O, 900
boxes greater this season than it was last.
DURING 1891 the United States Treasury
Department paid $9G?, $50 bounty on sugar.
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER says the cost of
the Eleventh Census will not exceed $1,000.
600.
The business failupes OF 1891 wore moro
numerous rnan in any other year since
1857.
ONCE more the Messiah" craze has broken
out among tho Cheyenne and Arapahoe In
dians.
A VEIN of black marble worth millions
has been discovered at Rodach, in Saxe.Co-
berg, Germany.
MIXED blood Indians are organising to de-
mand the same treatment the Government
gives full blools.
SoUrH DAKOTA has a troublesome pest
which has been named Russian thistle. It's
also called stumble weed"
GREAT damage to numbering operations iu
Maine was done by rains. All the swamps
and low lands were flooded.
REPoRTs from all over the country state
the spring crops to be in much better oon-
dition than at this time last year.
The membership OF the Farmers Alliance
is now estimated at 4, ,0)0, 600, and that of the
Colored Farmers Alliance at !, 800, 900.
1T Is literal fact that millions of people
are starving In Russia, and that there is no
possibility Of adequate relief reaching the
sufferers in time.
TwENry-osE railway properties, with a
total mileage OF 83,s miles and capitaiiza.
tIon of Sos, 100000. were sold under fore
closure last year.
The annual report of the General Superin-
tendent of the Railway Mail Service shows
that thirteen clerks were killed ami 182 in
jured during 1891
The proposed Congressional excursion to
view the progress made on the Worlds Fair
grounds at Chicago has been postponed TIL
February 20, and it Is proposed to entertain
the members there on Washington's Birth
day.
CIROULARs have been sent to lawyers and
Sudges throughout the country notifying
them that subscriptions are being made for
the maintenance OF Mrs. Samuel r. Miller,
widow Of the late Justice Of the Supreme
Coust of the United States.
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.-----7 ga. ~, ..,.npcu rFSnJ aC ois Ter
the summer. He was one of these here
artist chumps-not real, gcnooinc
Photographer, but one Of tn sort that
carries Il lot Of paper, an pencils, an
colors in little lead squirt-guns, and
draws red, white an bilfG sunsets, like
wise funny lookn' trees an powders lie
talked like book an called all tn
boys mister besides saying 'bcg plrd-
ing if he didn't hear what yc said first
time.
':Surc 'nough, we guycd the chap lots
at first; but Spcncclcy wuz tn
tenderloots namc--was so doygoncd
nice an pleasant, an took Il Joke so easy,
we all t likn' him tiptop. All 'xcept
Perry Roanc. lie hated him lots Soon's
he seen him. Cause why! jest cause
Srcncccy was under tn same roof with
Hctty, an he knowcd that it might t,wn
out kind Of bad fer him 'specillly rs he
knowcd right thcn-whch nobody else
did-that lIctty want much stuck on
him, anyhow, an had only promised t
marry him t please tn ole man. Yc
sec, Perry was good deal Of Il bully, an
drank considerable. an then there was
an ole story bout his havin' skipped out
from tn States, lcayin wife that died
IL little later. But this didn cut no fig
ger with 81. He had his eye on Pcrry's
pile, an was wiliin' t. take cnancca on
maxim Perry treat lictty first rate, cause
tn o,c man was tolct'b bic dangerous
cuss himself
"Wcll, tn artist lclicr got t fcclin
sort of soft on Ictty himself, au' most
ev'ry day they'd go wandcrin' round tn
country, drawin', an iishin', and SO on,
an in tn evcnin' when Perry come over
t set II while he'd find Mister Artist
there i'll tn scttin'-room, cool rs Il cIcum-
Der an polite rs polite, him not KNOWN
that Perry had Il first iilin' on tn calico.
An IIetty, jest like any woman, 'njoyed
it all immense.
''But Perry wasn't tn clap { stand
this very long; 50 one mornin', happen.
in t be at tn store an meetip,, &c, SnqHRlffSs qHRlfs
lev there here, my palc-fa faced an weak eyed
consumptivc. Dye know whose toes
you've been stcppin' on2'
"Spcnccicy looked at him kind OF
queer, but said he didn't know as he'd
hurt anybody.
"'WclI, says Perry, its my toes, an
it'll pay you { climb from under, fore
somcthin' draps ON yc. Dye know who
Las tn first claim on Miss Iicmdcrshotts
company! Better lind out an take care
OF YOURSELF An Perry started t. 90
out, swaggcrin', but tn artist SAYS, real
sharp, 'Mr. ROanc, ! wasn't aware that
was intcrlcrin' with YOU. 1t am,
however, an you don't like it, I'm sorry:
but wish you Z understand that nyther
you mr. any other rowdy can bluff me
one bit. Dye understand!
''Perry turned like he'd ben kicked.
1t was tn first tine we'd ever heerd him
sasscd, an we was lookin' fer tn artist
fcllcr t get bruised whole lot. But he
wasn't-not any. Perry looked at him
whole minute, an seen there was no
scare there, so he je;s turned an walked
out, grumblin' an cur.in'.
Somebody. hid. took a shot at
spencelcy few nights later, brt he
never kicked none, only come up Z tn
store an blowed hisself in fer forty
four an took shots at mark ev'ry day
jes' fer sport, he sez; but 1 kinder
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22

QUEEN CHARLOTTE OF wURTEMBERa.
The accompanying cut is made from the
latest photograph OF Queen Charlotte OF
-yr-~tvr-turs, whoss husband lately ascend
ed the throne. King William III. OF Wur-
temberg is the nephew of the late King
Cherries, and for many years represented his
uncle at the imperial court at Berlin, where
King Charles refused to appear, as he could
ncvsr overcome his personal prejudices on
the subject. The King married for the sec
ond tune in 1856 Princess Charlotte OF Sch
au nburg Lippe whose portrait we give,
his first wife. by whom he had one daughter,
Princess Pauline Olga, having been Princess
Marie OF Walueck-Pyrmont. Queen Char
lotte is "A highly cultivated woman, great
lover OF art. music and historical research,
and, in addition to this, her hensvolence u
unbounded.
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Curious Relic or Indian Ow,er.v,iu

HanginGon the wall of real estate
Office in Boston is curious relic OF the
days of lfdiau wnsrship-a deed con-
vveying soac land, near Buzzard's Bay,
from the lqdian chief, popularity known
as king Philip" to john Crooke, of
Dartmouth.A The deed is executed on
parchment and is genuine indenture.
The edges arc cut in a curiously irregular
way, so that the piece of parchment
which King Philip retained would fit ex-
actly into the "indentsp OF this one. In
that way the Iuaisn assSsred himself of
tho genaineness of the contract convoy
Ing the title OF his land. This was be.
fore the days of the Torrens system of
land transfer. King Philip made his
mark in the shape Of a letter ssP." The
other chieftains jntesested made simply
cross; but the heroic young chief had
received the rudiments OF an English
education and so made capital initial
as a signature. - Picdykne.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
A Chute 10 the Laundry

An ingenious local architect is design
ing model tenement house. Tn9 moss
interesting feature yet developed is his
wilted-linen chute, leading to the c,m-
mon laundry in the basement. 1t is so
constructed that it can be flushed Mon
day mornings. The occupants who have
lived in blocks provided with similar
postal convenieuces will be cautioned
against sending their correspondence, to
bo washed. .-tSpring,asM (Nass) Repu5-
Acan.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
DREAM AND DEED.

What OF the deed without tho dream, A
song
Reft of its music and n scentless rose.
Except tho heart outsoar the hand, the
throng
Will bless thee little for thy labor throes.
gold
Paled, ere it wake tho hills, to misty gray.
Except the hand obey the heart, behold,
Thy grievei angel turns his facs away.
katharine Lee Bates
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DONALD X EN- N EDY,
OfRoxbury,Ma Says:

Strange cases cured by nay Medical Discovery
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Bindncss--dHd the Grip. Now how does NIcdi-
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all IlunOT.
NIR|i3A CITY, NEVADA. S'pf. oh, 1891.
DOnHid Kennedy D-DC0r SIR: win state my
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my left side, and the best doctors gave relief
for two years, and was advised try your Dis
COycry. which did its duty, AMI in n few months l
was restored Ia health About four years ago be-
came blind In my left eye Icy u spotted cataract
Last March | was taken with Ia Grippe and was
confined To my bed for three months At the end Of
TINT tmc as In the start, then IL struck that
Discovery was the thing for me; 80 got u bottle
and before II was half gone was able to lso Ia my
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~ .I-s.<N sA<--A
fij6 fhf- left fycperhaIs some twenty OF thr-but
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left my right eye but one: and. thank God bright
light OF heaven * once making its apIcgrnurc
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yours truly, HANK WHITE.
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SUDDEN CHANGfs OF WEATHER cause
Throat Diseases. There is no more etfectual
remedy for CQu his Colds. etc, th'n Browns
BRONCHIAL TRcCHEs Sold only in bores.
Price 20 cents.
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If you are constipated, bilious OF troubled
Immediate relief. OF druggists. - cents.