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SUES "DAVE" HENDERSON.
VI. DOw-Currie Says She Was
Hurt IN His

Ada NJ. Dow-Currie. the actress, has
sued Dave Henderson, the we'll known
manager. for $4,000 damages. and the
suit will be tried in Supreme court to-
morrow. Christopher Fine appearing for
the plaintiff. and Abe Hummel for Hen
derson.
The plaintiff is an aunt OF Julia Mar
lowe. and was playing in Miss Mar
loves company Mt Henderson's Chicago
Opera-House when, Feb. Is, 1889, occurred
the accident OF which this suit is the
outcome.
The complaint set forth that at n re-
hearsal a heavy iron davit fell from
the flies, striking Ada NJ, Dow-Currie
on the head and frHCturing her skull.
She was knocked down and carried to
the Presbyterian HOSPITAL In a dying con-
clifton" says the complaint. Her Olfac-
tory nerve was DESTROYED. so hat even
the gorgeous stage bouquet no longer
smells sweet to her. An operation was
performed, SAYS the complaint. and she
was in hospita! -four weeks. She was
taken to the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chi
Cago, and there another operation
was found necessary TO save the fair pa
tient from insanity or death, several
%spllnters OF hone that had been pressed
on the brain being removed.
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and tho Committee should not believe n
word u" says
Members Of the Committee tried to
stop him, but nc had his say in spite Of
ticn and would not SIT down. Chairman
LoNuw r"irIkcl him severely.
In answc, TO another question Granger
sail that Kelly. The go.hctwc"n. said
many appointments your father-in-law
must bc getting rich fast"
ConEr, ssman Rn!n"s's name was men
toned ly the witness as having fur
nishud money for sOIne Of the applicants
for appointment known to him. In some
cases this money went through his
hands.
at McCllve's house, l2i West seventy
second street, a policeman named cole
mla CIl'rl there one evening to soc the
Commissioner He wanted to he appoint
81 a rounasman, hut nal not the ready
II ioli him it would probably cost him
500 or S.pn He said he could not pay
more thar $3.50. Finally | told him II he
McClavo and do wat | could for him.
Il afterwards saw Mr., MctIavc, vino
vas busy that night, told him Coleman
was a nice fellow, a good officer an!
had been ON the force scven years, and
deserved the appointment.
"NIr MCClavc said: send him down to
SEQ mo At Headquarters. | sent him down
and he got the appointment In du. time.
The money lid not pass through my
hands. but coleman toiu me he had paid
1t, Somebody ut iOhCe headquarters
got IL.
'iic said 1t was paid in two install
mcntS. as he could not pay II all at
once. | believe tolemnn's father owns
"A farm NJ in sullivan County, and he
got the balance from him.
All these cases were dug out of a
notebook belonging to Granger, which
MIR Gon produced.
When Chairman l.cxow announced at
~ that the Committee would adjourn
TIL tomorrow morning Mr.. NicOll
strongly objected, as he said he wanted
to Cross-eXamine Granger.
AS MIR Goff had not finished with
him, however, the Committee decided
that MIR. Nicoll would nave to wait.
a peculiar TACT In connection with the
Investigation was disclosed this morn
Ing, when II was announced that In
spector Williams was absent or leave,
This. II is said. was the balance of the
twenty days vacation granted him
seven weeks ago.
At that time the Lexow Committee
had just begun It's work and the lnspec-
tor was absent for Just one week:
Now, when the Committee meets again.
It Is remarked as a singular coincidence
that he Is allowed 20 take the remainder
of his twenty days leave.
De Lancey Nicoll. counsel for the Police
Department during the investigation,
called at Police Headquarters this morn
ing and had a long talk with Supt.
Byrnes.
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USED SUGAR FOR A HAMMER.
Bears Drive Prices Down, and
Resist a Rally.
Manhattan Falls Two and q Half
Points at the Start.

The bears made a Vigorous and sue
cessful drive at the market this morning.
AS usual of late. they selected Sugar as
a hammer with which to beat down
ether stocks. using the proposed investi-
cation into the alleged bribery of Sena-
tors against the shares.
Sugar opened at IS. and In less than
fifteen minutes was knocked down to
80 Ia, a decline of fourteen points inside
Of a week.
The railway share list was compare
lively steady for a time in sympathy
with higher quotations from London.
but later weakened. Manhattan broke
2 1-2 to ia. Rock Island fell rs. to
&c l-2: Whiskey l. to q "a: General
Electric 20, to IS 1-2: Su%squehanna pref.
/ 1-2, to SO; Northern Pacific pref. 5-s, to
Is 7-s, and Western Union ga, to 81 1-2.
The decline eliminated around 1890
o'clock. when the bears made an at
tempt to cover. and a rapid advance
ensued. American Sugar was the leader,
s snd SO sSld to q =; Louisville to IS III; y. The to P 3! Afcsi
inson s,s. to 10; Chicago Gas. u. to
Electric "a t. e IS Ii G9rdage IL; to 20;
ferred 10. to l6 1-2; New England l-2, to
s rs, and Western Union 10. to 50.
The rally was of short duration. for
the bears made a sharp drive at bank
rupt properties ike Northern PaSils
down 4 points, to IL l-2, and the latter
! l-s; to 10. The DECLINE was accelerated
Chicago Gas dropped 2 Is. to 65 IA.
Rock Island sold down to 60 7,S, Bur
Union to 81 IA, Missouri Pacific to IS.
Louisville to A IA and New York Cen
trail to 81 1-2. Although London took
about Is. 900 shares OF various stocks,
the effect upon the market was scarcely
perceptible.
During the last hour OF business there
was a sharp change in the temper of
speculation. and prices advanced In the
entire list. Sugar sold at 90 "a. against
90 IA early in the day. Chicago Gas rose
to 81 1-2. an advance OF 2 IA from the
lowest. Northern Pacific preferred rallied
l l-2; Whiskey. is: Manhattan. ! rs.
and other stocks l-2 to l per cent. Spec
ulation left off strong.
The sales of stocks were 235. 200 listed.
In the Unlisted Department ~, 500 shares
of Sugar and 5000 Lead were traded In.
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MORE GOLD FOR EUROPE.
Three Firms VIII ship n Total of
~. 800. 900.

The bankers are starting in early to
ship gold this week, the continued pau
city OF bills being responsible for the
exporting of the yellow metal.
I~idenburG, Thalman 4 Co. and Hell
delbach, ICKelhcimer & Co. Will each
ship $4,000 gold OF to-morrow's Euro
pcan steamers. while l.. Non Hoffman
& co. have taken $500, 600 gold to send
abroad. This makes a total OF $780,
600
All this gold, 1t is said, will he taken
from the Sub-Treasury. l.aZard Freres
may also forward $500, 900,
The steamship La TOuraine, which
arrived from Havre yesterday, brought
$40, 900 francs gold coin to Hoskier. Wood
& CO., and 10000 francs in silver to the
Chemical National Bank.
Handy a. Hartman will ship 100. 900
ounces OF silver. Nesslage, Colgate a.
CO., $4,000 ounces: Zimmermann q For
shay, 10000 ounces and 10000 Mexican
dollars. on the steamer Lain. sailing
tomorrow.
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NELSON'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The Forty-Foot Fishing Smack Al
most Foumdcrcd In Heavy Seas.

The FOrty-FOOt ali Smnck Al
most Foumdcrcd In Heavy Seas.
The little ~forty-foot fiShing-smack
Franklin d. Nelson was badly knocked
about by the heavy gale of yesterday.
and her crew consider themselves eN-
ceedlngly lucky to be lying at the Full
ton Market docks this morning.
The Nelson is commanded by Capt.
Charles Jansen, a Norwegian. Fol- three
days up to Saturday last she was fish,
ing inshore, twenty-five miles north Of
lifted her anchor and headed for New
York, with 400 bushels of sea bass, an
unusually large catch. Head winds were
encountered M the Nelson beat slowly
up the Jersey coast, making short tacks.
Yesterday afternoon the gale became
terrific. Sail was shortened until n dou.
ble-rccfed foresail was all she could
stagger under, and that was finally
furlrd to save II from being blown from
the bolt ropes.
Under bare poles the Nelson was
broke over the port how and threatened
to scnd the gallant little schooner to
Davy Jones's locker.
caught up by this sea, swept from his
feet and dashed towards the lee rail:
which is only "A foot high. lie graspei
the Eunwale Of one OF the dOries, lashcd
amidships. and hung on for his life.
Just as he was about to let 60 his hold.
unuer the awful tension ON his muscles
from the force Of the seas sweeping
over him. another sailor grabbed him
by the slack of his trousers and dragged
him to the mainmast. where he chung "a
the running gear until the vessel shook
ON the tons OF water which overwhelmed
her. His escape was n narrow one.
The tubs lines, oars, watcr-CaskS and
hoat-hooks in the dortes were, washed
overheard and the loss Is considered BILE,
The Nelson dashed on under bare
poles and finally ran IN behind Red Hook
and rode out the night in safety with
both anchors out.
can't. Jansen said he did not see any
I other smacks last night, The Nelson
was lowed from Rcd HOOK this morning
1t being impossible to beat up in the
teeth OF the easterly gale.
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EURYBiA ON THE ROCKS.
Commodore Prycr's Flagship De-
serted Mt New Rochelle.

NEW ROCHELLE, n. Y, May 81
The storm is one of the worst that has
ever visited this vicinity. All night long
an easterIy wind blew at the rate of
nlty miles an nOur along the coast, and
the Sound waters were dangerous to
small craft. In Echo Bay the Eurybia,
Commodore Irycr's flagship, of the Cor
inthian mosquito fleet, was deserted by
her captain and mate early this morn
ing. She Is now wedged fast between
the rocks near Potter's Beach.
Hlr.. Fryer left for the East Saturday
morning. The mate said he did not hn!e
sufficient anchors to hold the boat.
When offered an anchor by the captain
of the Livingstone, n three-maSted
schooner, he refused to return 1t to the
pat
Mr.. Harriman's Lethe Is on Mosquito
Fleet Beach with her side stove In. The
CatbOat Ada lies < and dry on Har-
rison Island badly damaged. The town
float. which was put down last week,
is gone and 6. oliver Iselin's float at
All View, Premium Point. Is somewhere
in the Sound.
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LOOKING FOR VINCENT.
He Came from London May g and
Has Disappeared.

II was learned this afternoon that a
young man, giving his name ms +. II
Vincent. who arrived here on the steam
ship New York two weeks ago, had dis
appeared from the Hanover House, @9S
Livingston street, Brookiyn. on Monday
last and had not since been heard from.
lie made the acquaintance OF several fell
low passengers. and told that he was
coming here to reprcsrnt the London
Dnily telegraph. n that he WAS the
writer Of the stories which have ap-
pcirrd in that newspaper under the
heading OF paris lay hv Ira","
Among those with whom ne became
intimai" were Mr.. 4. BriEEs. Of London,
and MIR. \ N. :. Bailey. of Frome som.
ersot. England MIR. briggs had been in
this country before, and ali three, at his
suggestion, went over to the Hanover
House. Vincent borrowed some money
and went away ON Monday. His bag
gage and clothing are SIN a. the hotel,
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Junintn stops Rising.
STORM AND WAVE SWEPT.
Much Damage Done In and Around
This Vicinity.

This is a March day in May. and there
Will be no improvement in the Weather
to-day or tomorrow. according to the
Weather Bureau. There We're high winds
all along the Middle Atlantic and New
and northcasterly winds. with fog along
England coasts. and the danger to ship
ping was increased by fog which covered
the coast like "A blanket this morning.
Railroads in New Jersey suffered
severely from washouts, and on one Sec
ton Of the New Jersey Central along the
coast traffic was abandoned. Great dam
age was don't to telegraph wires. and
tn" service was crippled to many princi-
pal points.
The weather indications, as supplied
by Local Forecast Official Dunn to-day,
give grounds for apprehension that. New
storm. They are as follows:
For Southeastern New York. Long ISL
Cloudy weather and rain; continued
high northcasterly winds, with fog along
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FLESHY WOMEN.
Why Are So Many Women
Fat?
The Causes Of Obesity and the Best
Way o Correct II.
tFrom indianapolis News.)

It is not an unusual thing for a man as he sp-
but It is undoubtedly true that there are more fat
women than tat men. There are several reasons
for this: In the nrst place. women as a rule take
less cxercisa than men This Is especially true Of
women who are beginning to grow heavy; exercise
becomes uncomfortable and so they refrain from 10
with the result that they get still tatter.
And then, too. women are more nervous than
men-and. strans" as 1t may seem. excessive flesh
Is due largely to disorderei nerves: especially the
gastric nerves. They do not properly discharge
their functions. and instead Of converting food into
blood and strength. they turn everything into fat.
which not only becomes = great burden. but is .
distinct danger. pressing upon the vital organs and
greatly hampering their proper work.
DR.. Edison's treatment for reducing fat has Teen
wonderfully successful. It is a double treatment
external and internal. Externally It consists Of
wearing his Obesity Band. which not only relieves
one of the uncomfortable sensation OF sxcessivs
weight but reduces that weight. The internal
treatment consists of taking DR.. Edison's Obesity
Pills and Fruit Salt. The pills and salt may DE
which case the cure is generally more rapidly
effected.
Obesity Fruit Salt is a true laxative, q specific
for constipation. 1t cures numerous diseases re-
sulting from this trouble. Pleasant to take. re-
duces fat fast.
A few CT the many gratifying testimonials that
DR.. Edison's Obesity remedies have elected arc
given below: :
NEW STYLE SPECIAL OBESITY BANDa.
ALSO SUPPORTING BANDS. .
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TWO CITIES
UNDER water.
fCor,irUOi nom First Pd0r. '

1882. This is the district which was
wiped out by that disaster. with "A loss
Of siXty-nine lives. Men are watching
the tanks around the reiinCrIes north of
the flats. ready to notify the citizens to
get out at the least sign of danger.
In the business portion of the city the
water has reached n depth of eight
feet. and shows no sign of receding.
in torrents. The loss has already
reached more than a million dollars.
and unless relief soon comes. 1t VIII be
three times that much. No trains have
arrived or departed from the city for
twenty-four hours.
Pennsylvania Road blocked.
PITTSBURG. May 2l.-The floods have
stopped traffic completely on the Penn
sylvania Railroad east OF ~Greensburg,
which Is but twenty.eiEht miles IRON
arrive vas the Chicago Limited. which
reached this city at 10 o'clock last night.
Since then no trains have arrived from
or departed for the East. The trouble
is between Jamestown n Altoona.
The tracks are submerged in four feet
of water from ~Conemaugh to Benning-
l,5O0 feet of track, together with the
Conemaugh bridge. have been washed
|. il win take two days to make the re-
pairs ard In the mean time all Pennsyl-
vania trains will go over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, connecting at Con-
nellsville. Pa. Passengers for Harris
burg will be compelled to first go to
Baltimore.
breaks In II Reservoir.
Inst night there was great alarm
when 1t was reported that the reservoir
at Kittannlng Point. n few miles west
OF Altoona. had broken. Fortunately
the break was not as bad as at first
Four large crevasses were dug down
the face OF the dam by a wave which
rolled across the lake and over its edge
to the low lands beneath. The wave Is
thought to nave been caused by a cloud
, burst, and this theory Is borne out by
the fact that there was but the one, and
that water Is ~" running oyer ne
dam has beef weakened. and there may
yet be trouble, although work is now
being done To strengthen It,. The men
and horses who are engaged upon the
new reservoir Immediately below the
present one have been removed to higher
ground for safety.
The Flood at PittaburE.
In this city the rivers are still rising,
but a stage. OF more than twenty-five
the low lands and cause Il suspension
Of work in the mills and factories along
the banks of the streams, but will dc
no other damage. Trains on the Balti-
more and Ohio. Allegheny Valley and
the Western roads are arriving on time.
Unless there Is more rain the worst In
inns section Is btlltN'l 10 ne over. Inc
weather. however. Is sim cloudy and
threatening.
Junintn stops Rising.
NEWPORT. Perry County. Pa. Ntay
2l.-Thc Juniata River is twenty-five feet
above low-water mark, about FIVE feer
lower than when the terrible food OF
1859 occurred. Families on Front stree,
have abandoned their homes. the waite,
flooding the first stories Of their houses
Gregcr e Shrefler's planning and "a
mills are under about five feet OF water
and about $1,000 worth of lumber has
been swept away
The water Is now Mt a %standstill. The
loss will be very heavy.
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he coast, stationary temperature to

the coast, stationary temperature to-
morrow.
The storm centre" said Mr.: Dunn.
cover the e3untry 9her the ONO ana
1t has spread out considerably, and al
though not as well defined as yester-
day 1t still continues with high north
easterly winds along the Middle Allan
tic and New England coasts, and the
conditions are made more dangerous by
the fog which prevails along the coast.
The weather is generally clear over the
South Atlantic coast.
THE wires are down at Sandy Hook
and we have been unable to get the
velocity Of the wind at that point. It Is
Island. The storm to-day is most sever
along the lower New England coast"
The Western Union. Telegraph Com
rany suffered greatly from the storm in
New Jersey and PENNSYLVANIA, and the
Company Is more or less crippled in
every direction. Along the, New Jersey
the wires are pretty well wrecked. but
the Company is not entirely cut off
from the coast.
At the main office of the Postal
Telegraph Company 1t was stated that
they were not experiencing any serious
trouble except to Philadelphia and Buff
falo.
The south track of the Southern ,Divi;
Is washed out for quite n. distance be-
tween SeabrIght and Hl-hland Beach,
and sand washed up by the waves which
broke over the track is piled ten to ff-
teen feet high. Normandie station Is
entirely coverd by sand. Between Nor
gan and South Amboy, on the New York
and Long Branch Railroad, the sand is
piled ten to fifteen feet high on the
tracks.
Commuters n other passengers for
New York, who come via Sandy Hook,
had to come in to-day via ~Branchport,
and all trains over this division were
half an hour late.
In the fog late last night the bark
Ludgate. from Shanghai, foaled the light
barge West Poin Just below Liberty
Island The plate on the West Points
sustained no damage.
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AND WHEAT ADVANCE
Scare Still Holds md
Strengthens the Market.

On the strength of another frost scare
wheat and cotton prices advanced ma
terially at the opening. There was
much excitement here and at Chicago,
and prices f%1uctuated wildly during the
first hour, to-day.
Foreign houses purchased wheat free
ly and local shorts did a good deal of
buying. There was a heavy and UNI
looked-for decrease in the amount of
wheat afioat in Europe. The American
wheat market opened with a rise Of
3-4c. to lc. a bushel. the latter at Chi
cago, but afterwards sold off about 1-2c.
and then rallied again. July sold at
the start at 60 1-Sc.
Corn md oats were quiet, but some
what firmer.
Cotton prices advanced about six
points at the opening, with August SELL
Ing at 7.0S a TOO; July. 1903 a 7.05. and
September at 7.l2. There was more
outside buying than usual. while local
shorts covered.
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PROPOSED IRON ORE TARIFF.
Aldrich Uses 1t to Club the Demo
cratic Conservatives"
Tells the Senate that New England
Rcformers Have Been Cheated.

WASHINGTON. May Elm pursu-
ance OF the order adopted last Friday,
the Senate met at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Only twelve Senators listened to
the prayer of the blind chaplain. and
an order directing the Sergeant-at-Arms
to request the attendance of absentees
was necessary to drum up "A quorum.
At 1890 the Tariff bill was AXE up
at the metal schedule. The first amend
ment was that reported from the FL
nance Committee, placing II duty of 40
cents per ton on iron ore. including
or residuum from burnt pyrites.
Mr.. Aldrich CRep.. r. L. Immediately
took the floor and drew a graphic pic
ture, of the anomalous position in which
he claimed the proposed duty on iron ore
placed the Democratic party in, New
England. For six years, he said. the
Democrats Of New England had fought
Ing free raw materials. Three years ago
Mr.. Mills had made n stumping tour of
Massachusetts. Everywhere. he said.
Mr.. Mills had taken free raw materials
as his text. He had held up the glow
ing promise of free coal and free iron ore
when the Democrats obtained control of
all branches of the Government. lie
had gone further. He had advocated
free bar iron.
Massachusetts hal no Democratic
representation in the Senate. Why was
not MT. NlllS mere 10 champion neT
cause. He was not even in his seat.
What had become of the promises held
out to New England? He vas not COM
of New England, but he knew that the
p~eople-some of them-had been deluded
by these promises. He read some rcso-
buttons passed by the Young Mems
controlling organization in the Demo-
cratic party in that State. declaring
that unless coal and iron ore were
placed on the free list the ground upon
which Massachusetts Democracy had
fought Its battles would be swept away.
The evening world., 1894-05-21

Justice Ingraham, In the Special Term OF the
Court, this afternoon heard the suit, OF
Mrs, Hannah Hurd for an absolute divorce from
Frank |. Hurd, Mrs. Hurd, who Is very pretty
and but nineteen years old. is the daughter OF
William Cohn, manager OF the Germania Life
Company She alleges that her hus-
band war guilty OF improper conduct with several
women at 26S West One Hundred and Twenty
ninth street, an apartment-house, where the
Hurds formerly lived. Hurd made no defense.
reserved.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
THE STORM IN BROOKLYN.
Trees Blown Dovn--TeleErnph and
Trolley Wires Crossed.

The storm did considerable damage in
Brooklyn to-day. Many windows were
broken and several trees were blown
Town.
A trolley wire fell across a police tele-
graph wire on Fulton street, and the cur
burned out a small switchboard. Line
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NV Trade

will tax nything | givcthem;
they believe what | tell them;
and | mean to sell them what
| make the most on" That
is what one grocer actually
gives as a reason for selling
washing powdcrs-imitations
instead Of the original and
best washing compound
Pearline. If grocers and Gus.
TONERS were all like these, the
millions of women who are
now blessing Pearline would
still be doing useless hard
work. But when you come
across such a dealer, don't
let him put you off with any.
thing except Pearline. 80,
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siiverware Dealer Assigns.

Harry II, Simmons, dealer In silverware. at $50
East seventy-ninth street, made an assignment to-
day 10 Philip Trautfeld. with a preference for
$500 to Matilda Simmons.
The evening world., 1894-05-21
Ex-Gov. Price No Better.

~HAcKENSACK. N, j., May H.-The copdi-
tion OF sx-Gov, Rodman T. Price, who ID dan
gerously III at his home In Oakland. Is IN
changed, The attending physicians express Nd
hopes for his recovery,
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Could Kot See to Read
INF ANIMATION IN THE EYES.
4 Businr.- Nan Cured nv Hood's-Per-
feet Ey csigbt Restored.

ITci ISesigbt ltrst0red.
Read IN. letter of Mr.. II. y. Pnrkhurst, a
dealer ~ mamie ana manufacturer Of granite
umsnts at Barre. Vt:
sec. !. Food A Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Las, winter | was taken. with scrofulous sore
eye, wa totally blind IN one eye and the
other was 50 badly affected that
Could Not see
20 read or white. My eyes panied me very much
Tor Tire ~ iOur months, and for about three
weeks before ! went 10 Burlington Tor trest-
% EFT. TIE ram was hardly endurable. On my
return from Darlington IN AIril last. ! could
rp' t.s ans h+t'er than before | left home. At
'lGs u'nF commenced to take Hoods S4rsa-
Ianl,a and tay" nov taken two bottles.
an Now sec
- wed O. = oforn the sfiIcuon. eau see to read
aud CORY on nv business, that o. a mAnufac.
'ufsr q gTspI- monuments, without the all OF
I.asses. When ! eft the doctors care | could
Itrl'3 Dssr 'he hgut or my eyes. and had TO he