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SAN joaquin VALLEY ROAD.
The Secretary Directed to Advertise
TOR steel Rails.

Inc oeCESI1fS DifSCLGu TO ADVERTISE
Tor steel Rails.
SAN FRANCISCO, March THE direct
ors of the San Francisco and san joaquin
Valley Railroad, al meeting this after
noon, showed their intention OF going
right ahead with the work before them.
by directing the Secretary of the company
to advertise for bids for 10000 tons of
steel rails. The bidding will be closed on
the 10Th inst, and the first lot of >. 600 tons
must be shipped within thirty days OF the
acceptance Oh the bid. II is estimated
that 1000 tons OF rails VIII lay 100 miles
of track. and that about 80, 900 tons of
rails viii be required to buIld the line as
contemplated.
The Directors Of the San Francisco and
San joaquin Valley Railroad met in ex-
ecutlVe session tins afternoon. ImmedI-
ateiy upon adjournment Claus Spreckels.
j.. +. Preston and other directors went
TO Sacramento and Stockton TO consult
prominent interior citizens regarding the
route OF The road.
The Committee of Promoters will meet
tomorrow afternoon, when subscriptions
will be announced bringing the grand
total up to =, JOO,0 900.
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SUICIDE OR AN Acc1DESrs
A Young Girl Shoots and Kills Herself
in Riverside County

A Young Girl shoots and Kills Herself
in Riverside County
RIVERSIDE, March "details of sui
eide which occurred Tuesday last, near
Radec. remote settlement in the east
END OF the county, were received in this
city to-day, when the Coroner returned
from the scene. The unfortunate victim
was l6-year-old girl named Carrie Z.
Trlpp. who for some cause unknown
ended her life by shooting herself. The
Coroner held an inquest yesterday, and
the jury returned verdict of suicide.
Miss Tripp was young lady of cheerful
disposition, and her relatives are at loss
TO account for the rash act. There is a
strong belief that the shooting was acci-
dental.
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AMERICAN CLOTH IN ENGLAND.
Being Sold Right in tho Heart of the
Manufacturing Districts.

Delh2 sofa RlgnC IN tho Heart of the
Manuacturing Districts.
w WASHINGTON, March 7.-Anomalous as
it may appear, American cloth is being
sold in the English markets, and right in
the center Of the English cloth manuiact-
uring districts. United States Consul
Meeker, who has reported the fact to the
State department., says this seems to
justify the predictions made at the time
of the passage of the Wilson Act. He
states that a representative of an Ameri-
can house has been buying English cloth
in England, and has at the same time
oeen selling cloth here. The American
cloth is woolen stuff suitable for coating
and mems suiting. selling at from 90 to 90
cents yard. The English merchants
pronounce it to be superior cloth for the
grace, made OF short wool, and cannot
see how it can be produced and sold for
the price.
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YACHT RACING,
The Britannia Beaten by the AiIsa at
Cannes.

Cannes.
CANNES, March THE yacht race be-
tween the Britannia, Aiisa and Corsair
was won by the Ailsa.
The Corsair, which started in the lead,
was soon length behind, and the race
was between the Ailsa and the Britannia.
The latter had the lead up to LIS P. NJ,
when the Ailsa passed her to windward.
Times at the finish were: Ailsa, 2:2l:22;
Britannia, 2:24:0S. The Ailsa won by 2
minutes and 80 seconds actual time, but
allows the Britannia l minute and Il sec
onds, and, therefore, wins by only l mill
ute and "A seconds, corrected time.
Henry Aliens American built 10-rate
Dakotah won the race for her class.
The match was for the Ogden Goolet
and the James Gorden Bennett challenge
cup No. l, held by the Britannia. The
Ailsa. which may race at New York for
the Americas cup, allows the Britannia
only l minute and II seconds,
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both these issues. A twenty days stay of
proceedings was granted upon motion of
counsel for the widow. The case will be
appealed to the Supreme Court. The
appellants now have control of the
S2,000,000 estate. Pending the appeal to the
Supreme Court, Attorneys Delmas and
Morehouse will file motion for the revo-
cation of the will. The trial was in pro-
gress five weeks
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Smallpox at Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 7.-Smallpox has
broken out in a colony Of Tennessee col
ored people who recently settled in West
Lake street, and five cases have already
been found by the authorities. There are
100 men in the COLONY, and as all have
been exposed more cases of the disease
are expected. Another case has been
found at the Poor House at Dunning, and
health officers fear another epidemic.
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Schooner to be Tibeled.

SAN DIEGO, March 7.-Collector of Gus
toms Fisher has gone to Los Angeles,
where he will bring libel proceedings
against the schooner Wahlberg for fine
OF $500. The last time the schooner was
sold by the Government il brought 81, 800
The Captain has disappeared, and no in
formation has beens obtained regarding
his whereabouts.
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Prices of ORANGES Reduced.

Los ANGELES, March THE Fruit
Exchange has decided. in favor of the
strong competition of Sicily Seeding
oranges and the stress of hard times in
the Eastern markets, to reduce the price
OF Southern California seedlings ten
cents box. This will make the prices
81 90 for fancy, Sl % for choice and 81 IL
for standard.
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REAL ESTATE SWINDLBRS.
A Well-Laid Trap for a Land Sale
Accidentally Discovered.
FORGED DEED FOR PROPERTY AT
SAN DIEGO

n Young Girl Shoots and Kills Herself
in Riverside County. the Coroner's
Jury Returning a Verdict of sui
cide-AIva johnson, the Roscoe Train
Robber, Changes His Mind About
Refusing to Testify, and Announces
Breast of the Whole Business.
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Cruelty to Live Fowls.

SAN FRANCIsCo, March tt. De-
martini, poulterer, was arrested to-day
by Officer Holbrook of the Humane So
ciety Tor cruelty in plucking feathers
from live fowl. To obtain evidence for
the arrest HoIbrook selected fowl al
Demartinis stand and requested it
plucked arresting Denartini when the
operation was concluded. Demartini has
sued Holbrook for the price OF the fowl
and costs.
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BARRON WILL CASE.
The Jury Renders a Verdict In Favor
of the Contestant.

AIl9 lry 1NctlNlSIS % ' SrQIcb Favor.
of the Contestant.
SAN JOSE, March The trial of the
great Barron will contest closed here to-
day with verdict in favor of the con-
testant, George Barron. The jury, after
six hours deliberation, brought in YER
dict embracing two special issues. They
found the testator, Edward Barron, was
of unsound mind when he executed his
will on February4, 4, 1892, and also that he
had been unduly influenced by his wife.
Eva Rose Barron. The jury stood nine
TO three in favor of the contestant upon
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THE ABEL BANK RoBBER.

A MOD OF Masked Men Try to Take
Him From Jail.
ST.. LOUIS, March IA special tele-
gram from Adel, Iowa, says that a mob
of masked and well-armed farmers,
mounted on blanketed horses, rode into
town about O'Clock this morning and
demanded of Sheriff Payne that he give
them his prisoner, Crawford, one of the
men who robbed the bank Yesterday.
The Sheriff told the crowd that he would
deiend the prisoner with his life. After
the Sheriff had promised that he would
not remove Crawford from the county
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Fire on Board a Transnort.

BosToN, March Fire broke out on
the transport Fern during her trip from
Philadelphia to the Boston Navy Yard,
where she arrived last night, and it was
only by hours of hard fighting on the
part of the officers and crew that the
flames were kept from the magazine,
where 800 pounds Of powder were stored
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The End of the World.

TOPEKA Kas.J, March THE Rev.
j. H. Allen of Oakland, Cal, who is con-
Quoting a series OF revival meetings here.
announces that the world will come to
an end in September, 1896. Heis causing
some excitement
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American Vessel Rurned.

SoUTHwICK (England), March THE
American schooner yacht Mohican, be-
longing to DIR. Conyers Herring. which
left New York in December last with DR..
Herring, his bride and Miss Letita
Thompson on board and arrived here
from Plymouth last week, burned this
morning.
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Murdered His Family.

LONDON, March IA plasterer named
Taylor, living at Lower footing, near
London, cut the throats of his wife and
six children this morning and then took
his own life. All the family are dead ex-
cepU one child, who is at the point of
death,
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The Roscoe Train Robbery.

Los ANGELES, March 7.-Alva John
son. the convicted Roscoe train robber.
who refused to testify against Kid
Thompson, who is charged with being an
accessory, has changed his mind and he
viii make clean breast OF the whole
business hen next called upon to tes-
uly. IhompsOn's relatives, who reside
III the East, and are reputed to be we'll 10
90, VIII make strenuous efforts to save
the Kids" neck.
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Sunset Irrigation District.

SAN FRANCISCO, March An action
has been commenced to disorganize the
Sunset Irrigation District of Fresno
County and set aside all the acts of the
Board of Directors so that certain capital-
lists can step in and complete the work
originally planned. To this end an ap-
pIlcatlon will be made to the Superior
Court of Fresno County for an Injunction
restraining the Collector of the district
from selling the property Of those who
have not paid the last assessment The
dlsorganizatiOn suit will follow, fraud be-
ing alleged on the part of the old Board
OF Directors.
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ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE
a Man Shoots Woman Twice and
Takes His own Life.

Takes His own Life.
SAN BERNARDINo, March John w.
>kellett entered the Rose cottage this
evening and shot Nettie Jones twice,
once in the face and once in the abdomen,
and then killed himself Nothing is
known of the cause of the shooting.
Both parties are of ilI-repute. The girl
came from Los Angeles about week ago,
and kellett followed her here for the pur-
pose, 1t is supposed, OF inducing ner TO
live with him, anu upon her refusal he
committed the crime. KeIletrs sister
lives in the same house.
The Jones girl was seriously wounded
IN the lace, but the cheek bone turned the
bullet outward, causing an ugly but not
dangerous wound. The second bullet
barely graZed the abdomen, and is not
considered dangerous by the attending
physician. The inmates OF the house
either know nothing of the cause of the
quarrel or are covering the truth of the
story.
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Cherries From vacavIlIe

VACAvILLE, March The first box
of ripe cherries for the season was sent to
Sacramento Monday. Tney were nu~,,Io
Guignes, and were forwarded to Assem-.
blynan J. NJ. Bassford, owner of the
orchard.
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pioneer OF Irtah mead.

SALT LAKE, March Hon. Abraham
o. Smoot, second Mayor of Salt Lake
City and a pioneer OF Utah, died at his
home in Provo yesterday afternoon from
diabetes.
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Prospective Boxing Contests.

CHICAGO, March Although definite
arrangements have not been made as yet,
the acknowledgements and Ryan-Tracy
boxing contests will probably take place
on March 10th or 18th.
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Dixon Wins to Fight.

New York, March 7.-George Dixon
was awarded the decision in his fight
with Samuel Bolen at the New York AIh-
lectic Club rooms tonight.
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Fighting for the Reward.

Los ANGELES, March 7.-Since the ar
rest OF Alva Johnson, convicted for the
second Roscoe train robbery, no less than
thirteen applicants have presented their
claims for the$l, 800 reward offered Jointly
by Wells, Fargo IL Co. and the Southern
Pacific Company. In order 10 determine
the question as to which of the persons
claims is well founded, the corporations
jointly commenced an action to-day in
the Superior Court against the thirteen
claimants, which in effect is an order to
deposit the $1,000 in court, and let them
hight it out among themselves,
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snoup Re-EIected senator.

BOISE CITY Qdaho), March 7.-Georpe
i. Shoup has been reelected United
States Senator. The vote was: Shoup u.
Sweet II, Crook ii, absent l. Necessary
TO choice, II.
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I'd q rIarrr Life.

Los ANGELES March Otto Raacke.
the son Of wealthy brewer of St. Louis.
was arrested here to-day at the instance
oI his wife, for non-support. Raacke is
said to have spent 500, ,00din TWO years in
a merry lie. He has been resident of
this city Tor several years. He was for
merly newspaperman. lie is well edu
cated ana has pleasing address. lie
two children.
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The EIbe Disaster.

WAMEGo (Kas.), March John Wen
eel, passenger in January on the
Crathie, the boat that sent the Elbe to the
bottom of the sea with her cargo Of hui
man freight, is visiting his brother near
here. He claims that at ) O'Clock, when
the boats collided the sky was clear, with
no fog, just the reverse Of what was testi-
fed to by the officers of the Crathie and
that the latter deliberately backed off and
left the Elbe to her fate.
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the mob departed. Crawford has made
an additional confession to the effect that
the gang went to Indiauola Monday to
rob the bank, but were frightened away.
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Evidence of business revival.

SAN Francisco, March 7.-As evil
dence of business revival, W. H Mills,
Land Agent of the Central and Southern
Pacific Railroads. says the present de-
mand for town sites and lumber lands is
greater than al any time during the past
ten years. Applications for lots and
school sites since January 1st have been
greater than during all OF 1894. Recently
a purchaser was found for 300 acres of
land owned by the railroad at Horn
brook, on the Oregon boundary
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Insureents Defeat snnnIsh soldiers.

KEY WEST fla, March The report
is received here of an engagement OF
Tuesday near Santa Clara, Cuba, between
band of insurgents and battalion of
Spanish soldiers. The Government forces
were defeated with the loss Of several
men. y corporal was wounded. The
Cuban loss is not stated.
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Outbreak bv Yaouf Indians.

UREs State of Sonora, Mexico), March
IA courier has just arrived here, bring
ing news of another outbreak by the
Yaqui Indians. A band of about\ fifty
hostile natives left their rendezvous in
the mountains and struck the YaqNi
River Valley. They attacked a number OF
ranches and killed seven persons, among
the victims being two women. Large
quantities of grain were also burned.
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Penn Held to Answer.

SANTA CRUZ, March Alex Penn,
who attempted to murder his wife, was
to-day held to answer before the Superior
Court.
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Utah's constitutional Convention.

oCahS constitutional Convention.
SALT LAKE, March The Constitu-
tlonat convention met at P. NJ. to-day,
and the President announced that be was
not yet ready TO report the standing COM
mIttees. Alter the transaction of some
business of minor importance. the con
yention adjourned to O'clock to-mor-
row.
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Marriage OF a Youthful Couple.

WOODLAND, March 7. - Miss Matte
Woods of Colusa, aged Is, and boy
named Estes, II years old, from Marys-
vile, arrived here to-day and were mar
ried by contract by Judge Ruggles The
children were very anxious to keep the
marriage secret. and left on the afternoon
train, the groom buying ticket for Ar
buckle and the bride one for Colusa. The
girls mother is Mrs. Mary Jane Woods
of CoIusa, and she had no objection to the
marriage. The boys parents. however.
were unwilling that he Should marry.
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Death OF an Old ResIdent Of stocl,to,

OeaIh VI an Olh heSIoenC OF stockton.
STOCKTON IMarch Robert c. Patten.
an old resident of Stockton, and agent
here for all the mountain stage lines to
Milton for the past twenty years, died
to-day after an illness of only few davs.
He was 10 years OF age, and was pioneer
resident OF ruolumne County He was
known to every body who travels over
the stage lines, and was very popular
man, having warm friends in all parts Of
the state. The funeral will be held on
Sunday.
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site for a soldiers, Home.

SANTA CRUZ, March THE committee
ofladies of the Grand Army appointed to
select a site for soldiers home are favor
able to place near Twin Lakes Park.
and will SO report to tho annual meeting
OF the society at the Grand Army of the
Republic encanpment to be held in Sac
ramento next month. At the encamp-
ment in Oakland last year S., 900 was do
mated for the home. This year the balance
necessary Will be raised. The Last Santa
Cruz Railroad is to be extended to the
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Cstherins's Generals,

The soldiers to whom Catherine was
indebted for the glory of the Russian
arms included Rumiantsof, the conquer
or of Kagoul; the savage Kamiensi,
who would bite pieces Of flesh out of his
men at the maneuvers and who stripped
his prisoners in 30 degrees of cold and
dashed cold water over them until they
were literally frozen; the Prince of Mas
sau-Siegen. who was beaten by Gustavus
Of Sweden Ut Svenskund; Joseph Ribas,
upon whom was written the unusual
epitaph that "by his own wits he be.
came good general, an excellent dip.
lonsat and even an honest man," and,
most famous of all, Suvorof. or Suwar.
row.
This celebrated general, who figure.
inaccuIately in Byron's don Juan, ~
was never defeated in the field. He wa,
short Of stature. being only feet 4
inches in height. Suvorof was idolized
by his soldiers. He had implicit faith
in his star, his conceit was unboundcd,
and he behaved sometimes like ravine
lunatic. He would come out of his tent
stark naked and turn somersaults on the
grass. His other eccentricities wers
equally amazing. At times apparently
humane and averse to the shedding Of
blood, ON other occasions he sanctioned
the most awful massacrea It was hiI
deliberate conviction that there wers
only three great generals in the history
Of modern warfare-Turenne, Laudor
and Suvorof.-Saturday Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Divorce In Burma,

Divorce in Burma is free. It can be
claimed by other party for any good
reason. such as incompatibility Of tenn
per, and carries no slur with it. Nc
lawsuit is required. They go to the vii.
lage elders, in town to the elders Of
the quarter, and . divorce paper is
drawn mp that defines all arrangement
as to property and children.
The law as to property is this: Each
retains his or her own property, and all
property acquired Jointly during married
life. rs by troding, is divided equally.
But the claimant Of the divorce must
leave the house and all the household
goods to the other. II it be the woman,
she may remove her loom; il it be the
man. he may take nothing. Thus there
is a certain penalty ON claiming a di
vorce. but it is not q large one.-Black.
woods Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
WHY LATIN IS USED.

Druggist Gives Reasons Why Preecrip-
lions Cannot be Written In English.
II don't see," said the man who
was leaning against the drug store
counter. why . doctor can't write
his prescriptions in English instead
OF Latin. Suppose I need some
whisky. Suppose my system abso-
lutely requires whisky; that my
health and future usefulness to So
ciety depend upon it. Well, 20 to
my doctor and get . prescription.
II calls for spiritus frumenti. Now,
that aiO't what I want. I want
whisky. Why can't he come out
hat-footed and say SO? But I sup
pose he thinks that would be giving
the game away. ! suppose he would
rather I'd take his wisdom with q
grain of chloride of sodium than
with grain Of salt. Isn't that it?'
The druggist smiled and said
you've got the same idea most pco-
pie have. You think, I suppose,
that the doctor writes his pfescrip-
ton in Latin 90 it can't be read so
easily-so the lsyman can't steal his
trade aud learn what he Is giving
him. But that's all wrong. In the
first place, Latin is . more exact and
concise language, does not change,
as all living languages do.
"Then, again, since q very large
part Of all the drugs in use are b.
tanical. they have in the pharma.
copoeia the same names that they
have in botany-the scientific names.
Two-thirds Of such drugs haven't
any English names, and so couldn't
be written in English.
Some Sound Reasons.
"But suppose doctor did write a
prescription in English for an uned.
ucated patient. The patient reads
it, thinks be remembered it and SO
tries to get it filed from memory the
second time. Suppose, for instance,
1t called for iodide of potassium and
he got it confused with cyanide oil
potassium. He could safely take 10
grains Of the first, but one grain OF
the second would kill him as dead a.
. mackerel. That's an exaggerated
case, but it will serve for an iIlustra.
tion. Don't you see how the Latir
is q protection and safeguard to
the patient? Prescriptions in Latin
he can't read, and consequently doe.
not try to remember.
"Now for . final reason. Latin il
. language that is used by scientific
men the world over. and no Other
language is. You can get a Latin
prescription filled in any country or
the face of the earth where there i.
q drug store. We had a prescrip.
ton come in here the other day
which we had put up originally, and
which had since been stamped by
druggists in London, Paris, Berlin
Constantinople, Cairo and Calcutta
What good would an English pre-.
scription be in st. Petersburg:"
"Got any good tooth powder?'
asked the man leaning against the
counter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

About q quarter of century ago Be.
rangers "Grisette" was performed al
one of the theatsra The part of Lisette
was allotted to virginie Dejazet This
popular actress, then advanced in years,
had lost all her teeth. and to do justice
to her new role she had ordered q fresh
set. As the teeth felt uncomfortable she
took them out when the play was owe,
and put them in her pocket. When in
the greenroom. she incautiously sat down
and Immediately . jumped up with. Q
scream.
what is the natter" inquired oul
jolly old friend, Adolph Dennery.
Nothing" said Mile. Dejszet 81
have ouly bitten myself "-Revue The.
atrale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
euro Versus Preveptien.

Ono curicusly Observation-Disclosures ID
the conduct Of government and society
is the lavish expenditure for cure com.
pared with the pittance spent for pre-.
ventiOn. We lavish thousands upon oul
asylums, which proper attention to
medical education and sanitary precau.
tions would render tenantless. We elect
rogues to Office and maintain at great
expense of time, labor and money a vol.
untary system Of espionage to prevent
their robbing u.s. We build costly jail
and prisons and support expensive courts
of justice and allow uncared for waits
by thousands to throng our streets and
.abodes Of evil 1t is truth which ha,
become trite that prevention would b
vastly more economical and beneficia,
than these only half effective cures, yel
we go on day after day in utter disre
gard Of its teachings.-Chicago Ad
vance.