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Oscar WILDE,S CASE,
He Is Remanded Again After Several Wit
nesses Were Examined,


nesses Were Examined.
LONDON, April l1.-Oscar Wilde and Alfred
Taylor were arraigned for examination in the
Bow Street Police Court this morning Wilde
was defended by Commoner Clarke. who an
nounced that he would not cro,s-examine any
of tho witnesses until they testified at the trial
OF the charges against Wiidc.i Counsel for
Alfred Taylor examined the young man Park er,
who admitted that he was 81 years of age and
had been guilty of heinuus offences. Parker
also admitted that he received E2O from persons
whose business 1t was to extort money from
gentlemen. Several other witnesses gave testi-
mony against Wilde.
Tho hearing was adjourned for a week. and
Wilde and Taylor were remanded without bail
The Chief Librarian Of the British Museum
authorizes the United Press to deny tho state
ment circulated yesterday, that the books and
Implications written by Oscar Wilde had been
that institution; An act of Parliament compels
tiie museum to keep In its possession and acces-
sible TO tho public copies of all publications
copyrighted in the United Kingdom, except
such as may be personally libe!ous.
The publishing house of Ward & Lock has
Withdrawn Wilde's book Dorian Grey" from
circulation.
Its reported that Wilde has been Ill since his
confinement In Jail.
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1t Is practically impossible to beat up the open
country for the men md 1t is believed TO bs un-
necessary, because it !. thought that they can
.. plateau. surrounded by, higher hills OF
the West Mountains. which among tho
foothills of the Catskill range. and the
country is, steep aud rugged and sparsely
wooded. and In the higher parts thinly settled.
There are. however. some empty houses in the
region. and presumably game and fish enough
for the fugtiyes II they can devise or procure
means for getting at them.
ylt Is believed that the convicts will make for
the cities partly because II is not Perry's nature
TO want to hide in desolate districts. and partly
because Davis and MaguIre have associates In
this city, and O'Donnell and Quigley came from
Astoria and Brooklyn.
Tho men not In convict gnrb. They were
not fully dressed when they rscaDed. and
thoy will be- likely 10 suffer from tho cold
They had trousers and vests and undercl 10TH
ing. but hey could not get ovcrcoats. hats. or
shoes. They wore low leather slippers. gray
trousers, gray vests. hlne coats; blue hickory
updsrclothlnG; Full descriptions and pictures
Quigley is feet inches tall and weighs 80
pounds. lie has sandy hair and blue eyes and
has scar on tho right forehead. His face 10
full and round. and he is somewhat bald. There
isa small mole below tho LEFT corner of his
mouth. His lips arc nrm and close set.
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It IL Estimated that 81. 1.0Oe. 900 Damage
Has Been Done by tho Flood

PORT JERvIs. April 11.-As the flood subsidies
the extent Of the havoc wrought to the channel
and towpath of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
begins to disclose itself. 1t Is estimated that
moro than million dollars will he required to
repair tho breaks and put the canal in condl-
tion for navigation. The towpath has been
washed eway at various places between Port
Jervis and Lackawaxen, and IL Is estimated that
1t will take at least month to repair the breaks
The condition Of the canal between Port Jervis
and Rondout is even worse. There are no less
than four breaks In the vicinity of Ellenville
the combined length of which Is about 900
feet. Between Port Jervis and Lackawa1en
there are eight bad breaks averaging from fifty
to $50 feet in width, some being below the bed
OF the channel. Navigation in consequence has
been suspended Indefinitely.
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THE sToLEy HORSE RAW Await.
An Upset Cnused thc Arrest OF The Drunk en-
Men who stole Him.


Leo Akst, an awning maker OF 141 Attorney
street left his horse and buggy standing outside
his stable at 80 Willett street for n few minutes
about half-past yesterday afternoon. When
he returned It was gone. lie reported his loss to
the Delaney street station. About an hour
later horse and buggy, driven by two young
men apparently intoxicated. crashed into a
truck In front Of 81 Attorney street. One OF
the young men was thrown ont and rendered
insensiblc. He was picked up by Policeman
Mahoney and taken to the Delaney street
station. where he rcEaired consciousness. He
said he was Thomas H. Nethercott. 90. of $50
Water street. His companion gave his name AS
Thomas Carbvrry. 81, OF 81 Ridge street.
The Sergeant, putting two and two together.
locked up both of the men and sent word to
Akst, who appeared. and identified tho horse
and wrecked buggy as his property. Later
Nethercctt's mother called and told the SER
geant that her son had stolen his dead fathers
watch, $50, and all the valuablcs she pos
sessed. and had started on a debauch week
ago. Pawn tickets for n number of his mothers
trlnEets were found in Nethcrcotts pockets.
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A Run by til. M.adowSrool Hunt Club.

HEMPsTEAD, L.I.. April ll.-Another exciting
cross-country run by the Meadow brook Hunt
Club took place to-day. Mrs. James l.. Ker-
nochan. who has not missed hunt this season.
was the only lady In the saddle, She took every
fence. regardless Of height. and was among the
first in At the finish
the distance covered In the run WAS about
nine miles and was over what is known AZ the
" dat course" The hunt met at the Meadow
brook Club house, at MeadowbroOk. at 3:i5
O'clock The hounds led tho party from tho
easterly 70 the Barnum estate, thence westerly
70 East Meadow, where the kill" occurred and
the hunt party broke up.
The last hunt % the season will take place on
Saturday. 1t will be gala day.
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hair. but is bald over the temples His eyes are
gray.
All the men were clean shaven aud their hair
was short.
George A. Haines q night watchman in the
New York and New England Railroad freight
night. he saw several strangers board an out
bound freight train.
James McCarl. who Is employed In the same
Yards said that about midnight he saw bare
headed man In the yards at the time when two
of tho asylum attendants were on the wetch in
the New York Central yards.
The men around the railroad stations said
Perry's escape was causing u good deal OF worry
to the New York Central and the American Ex-
press Company officials. and that there was
good deal OF activity among them regarding tho
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tho car roof slid down tho other edge until he
WAS In front of the door. Then he burst two
panes OF glass. and showing his revolver through
the opening. made the messenger hold up his
hands. Ho was sentenced to forty-nine years
and three months imprisonment. This was on
May -. 1892. his health was broken. and 1t
was not thought he could live long. One day at
the Auburn prison nc attempted TO stab keep
locked up in his cell. The next morning he was
missing, He had dug a hole in the flour OF his
cell with knife he had obtained in some way,
and had escaped into the next cell.
Detective Sergeant Mctlloskey, who Is in
charge OF the Detective Bureau, had . dozsn
men out yesterday morning looking for the
escaped men. About O'Donnell and Quigloy
little Is known by the local police, but Davis and
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OTTAWA. April ll.-When the late Premier
Sir John Thompson. died. a national subscrip-
tion for his family WAS started. and the amount
subscribed reached S35, 900. The Government
undertook to have a state funeral. and it is said
that the funeral ceremonies, payment for
masses, and all expenses. amounted 10 over
$4,000 Although the funeral took place be-
tween three and four months ago the trades
people and Others who had bills against the
Gover1nsnt for goods supplied or work per:
the matter will 10 brought up in Parliament
when 1t meets next week. In addition TO this
Lament to vote a pension for the Premiers
widow.
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JO7TINGS ABOUT TOWS.

All the downtown exchanges will be closed TO-DAY
Tho banks and the Custom House will he open
Ata meeting Of tho sinking Fund Commission ges -
terday afternoon the Comptroller was autlotHou 70
renew the lease Of the Harlem Hospital Tor nvo years
at more than $1,000 year.
Judrmcnts Of absolute divorce were granted In
these ses Yesterday: Ry Judge Ingraham TO Jssss
a. Brrchstcd from Henry T. IiurChsted and ~ Judge
ma n and TO Alice J. A. Tiers from Joseph L. Tiers
John H. Fisher OF Eo'ton had Oliver Goldamith ofbt
Rroan street arrested again yesterday In civil suit
70 recover moneys. whicI ne says he ssnt 70 Gold.
smith 10 speculate in cotton with. Goldsmith gave
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Held Up by Jersey Tramps.

ELIZABETH, April ll.--Edward Stockton and
Daniel Mccarthy, two journeymen tailors from
Hartford, were held up and robbed by gang of
tramps last night near North avenue. The
tailors were on their way to Trenton. where
ton had Sl3 in pocket, and that tho tramps got.
. Eight Of the tramps were afterward caught
tify them they were let go.
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A Tux to Sock n Starring MN Adrift.

BALTIMORE, April 1.-THE tug Peerless was
chartered to-day to 20 in search Of two barges
adrift in the open sea with q starving man
aboard of one of them. The tug Thomas A.
Balm left Delaware Breakwater on Sunday
morning with two Atlantic and Danville Rail-
road barges In tow, which she lost fifteen miles
east Of Cape Charles l.ightship. Il. G. Boyd of
Virginia was aboard one OF the barges and has
been without food since Sunday. The Balm
searched for tho barges until the supplies gave
out and hunger made them beat for Norfolk.
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The King OF Slam Sends ThIrty-nine Hooks
to Harvard.

BosTON. April 1.-THE King Of Siam has just
presented to tho Harvard library thirty -nine
volumes of a Siamese book-tho "Tripitakn," or
sacred books OF the southern Ruddhists. They
are printed in coarse Snmese type and the char
acters are curious. The paragraphs are indented
at the right hand margin of the page and the
lines read from side to side instead OF in verti-
cal column. The books are bound in yellow
leather of primitive workmanship. and the pn-
per IL Of the dark. smoky kind used in tho ex-
treme East. The Typographical work is good.
The gift, which was forwarded by |. T. Smith
the Consult General of Siam. was made in COM
memoration Of tho twenty fifth anniversary of
the Kings reign.
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Contempt Proceedings Against Ex.Coroner
shea.

Charles II. Hawkins, butcher. who obtained
judgment year ago for S"43 against x-Cor-
oner John b. Shea for meat furnished for the
free lunch counter in the Curio saloon. on Centre
street, moved before Justice Van Wyck of the
City Court Yesterday to punish Shea for con-
tempt OF court for disregardinG orders to appear
for examination in supplementary proceedings.
MT: Shea made affidavit that his omission. to
Wyck said that re would hold tho motion in
abeyance pending an examination, which he set
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Notes or Foreign Happenings.

An outbreak of cholera in Macao. in the Por-
tugucse settlement in China, is officially an
nOunced.
cable has been laid from Mozambique,
beyond London is S"47 per word. messages
must be written In plain English, French, or
Portuguese, and are subject TO censorship.
Major William Ludlow, the retiring military
attache OF the United States En- bassy in Lon
don, will sail on the steamship Berlin for Amer
icA on Saturday.
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JURIES GITE SWIM TOO MUCH.

creasinE Judgments Against the l.. I. Il. II.
The General Term Of tho Supreme Court
handed down yesterday decision in the case OF
Edward II. Swan AGAINST tho Long Island Rail-
road. In which it reverses the Judgment OF tho
lower court and orders new trial. unless the
plaintiff stipuates that he will take a verdict Of
$4,000. Mr.. Swan was hurt by the explosion
$1,000 damages. An appeal was taken. and
the General Term ordered a new trial on the
ground that the verdict was excessive. AT the
next trial the company put in no testimony and
the verdict was 100000. The court now holds
that lie must accept $40, 600 or take third trial
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Gov. Mnryil hurled.

LAUREL. Del. April 1.-THE remains Of Gov.
Joshua Marvil were buried to-day. Twenty
clerGvmen participated in tho services. The
Governors staff in uniform acted as honorary
pallbearers. They were followed by a tremen-
dous concourse of relatives and friends. Among
tor Higgins. J. Edward Addicks Congressman
Wells, Chancellor Wolcott. Chief Justice Lore
and the associate Judges. eX-GovernOrs Ponder
and Reynolds and the members of the Legisla-
ture,
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A.M.-e:20, 10 Dry Dock street. n Schwartz. dam
age s25; 8o5, 81 Monroe street. Max Gurler. damage
$40; s. 246 East xtyeighth street. Abraham Her.
man. damage 81 800: $3.50, l4s West lOIst street,
Harry Silver. damage $40: 1873. 1852 West Eighth.
second street, Mrs NJ B. Dover damage $4,000.
damage $3.50: 3lo 100 West Thirtythird street, Mira
Ryan and Rusley. damage sS5: 8:45. SO5 Columbus
avenue; Rosa Conrle, damage 5000; g. ~ PM Pn2
avenue Joseph Newton damage Slb; $3.50. 2o Walker
street. schapiro Manufacturing Company, damage,
o., ,30O y, 70 West Snety-fOurth street Colonial
Bank and others, damage slOO 900. extended TO ~
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MUST EXAMINE rLUMBER KELLY.
Tho EKaminlng Board of Plumbers Hears
from the General Term.

from tho General Term.
The General Term of the Supreme Court has
directed the Examining Board of Plumbers to
reexamine Thomas J. Kelly upon his application
for a plumbers certificate. Kelly is the man
who applied fourteen months ngo for certii-
cate as master plumber, and. upon tho Boards
refusal to grant 1t, declared that he was barred
because ho had failed to secure the endorsement
Of Jacob Seabold. a Tammany district leader.
He then obtained a writ Of certiorari. In the
decision Justice Folett said:
The Examining Board of Plumbers is an important
body created to protect the health OF the public and
IL Its powers are wisely and mpartally exercised
pursuant to the nxed and proper regulations It may
be productive OF good. But on the other hand II its
duties are not SO discharged 1t will surely become
means OF oppression. destructive OF the rights OF
petent mechanics and OF all citizens who have
sion to employ them, and will end in building up
instead Of promoting, the public welfare.
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Mrs. Bernard- Beere Sues Amsrical NJ ana


Mrs. Bernsrd-Beers. tho actress, through
Howe Ilummel, has brought an action in the
City Court against Marcus r. Mayer. Charles B.
jefferson, Marc Klaw. aod Abraham B. Err
LANCER 10 recover Sl,250. The money Is tho
amount of royalties sho had 10 pay to Charles
Wyndham for the play The Friends OF
says the American MANAGERS are responsible
for II under their guarantee to her.
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The Campaign In ChitraI,

CALCUTTA. April lit is reported that
serious detection exists among the followers Of
Umra Khan, many of whom are deserting
Advices from Chitral say that Col. Kelly with
500 men from Gilgit succeeded on April 7 in
crossing Shandar Pass. which is 10000 feet
above the sea level Many of tho men were
frosthitten and stricken with snow blindness
The party are now within sixty miles OF Chitral.
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MARIE BURR0UsHs,s SUIT
It 10 Thought She Has Abandoned Msr
Divorce Case.

Divorce Case.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1l.-Marie Burroughs,
the actress. has virtually abandoned her divorce
case against Louis A1assen. Last week the Com
missioner appointed to take testimony declared
that she must give further evidence Of certain
points or he could not grant divorce Tho
actress agreed to give this testimony, but on
that col ion between herself and Massen was
too plain. for she lett here suddenly. She is re-
ported to be playing tonight in Kansas City.
Her failure to testify kills her divorce case a,
everything pointed to collusion between hus-
ship for two years since the alleged adultery Of
Mhssen with an actress in New York.
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A New Jersey Town Treasurer Short In
His Accounts,

GLOUCESTER. N. j.. April 1.-THE expert who
has been examining tho books of City Treasurer
George f. King tonight reported that King
10 short $4,000 In his accounts. King disap-
peared some weeks ago. and nothing is known OF
his whereabouts. He was under S25. 900 bonds
and his bondsmen are liable for the deficit,
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Candidates for Labor Clerk.

Twenty applicants were ex xsmined by the Civil
Service Board yesterday for the place OF labor
clerk 10 tho Board. The labor clerk will have
charge OF the registration of all lAborers en-
ployed in the city departments under the new
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Private Secretary Thurbsr Rents Bus.
Yards Rny COttare

BUzZARD's BAY, April ll.-President Glove
lands private secretary. Henry w. Thurbcr.
leased a cottage at Marion, eight miles across
tho head Of the bay from Gray Gables. for the
season,
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Attendants were hustled ont Immediately in
tho direction in which tho three men seemed to
be taking when they disappeared, and
general pursuit pursuit was begun almost al once
wired tn Poughkeepsie and New York,
and telephOned 10 other places nearer by,
storm King. Gold Spring. and Peekskill. and
Danbury. Conn. As soon as daylight came he
sent men twice around the mountains, and sent
others to cover the various roads out of tho
MaLtsawan region. a relief force went out to-
night to cover what Dr. Allison called the night
roads.
Or. Allison doubts II the men have gone far
from the roads. He thinks it is almost impos-
sible for them tn get over tho mountains.
He has guarded the Storm King TO the
south. which afford. the only road to
Cold Spring and Fishkill Mountain. to the
east. He said this afternoon that il tho men
were moving he thought no should have heard
from them; but that. Of course. If they were in
get out Of the neighborhood they might lie low
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Deputy Comptroller araa.ur Dying.


WASHINGTON. April 11.-Deputy Comptroller
Mnnsur's condition is extremely critical and his
death before morning is not unexpected.
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Princeton Honor Men.

PRINCETON. April 1.-THE faculty this after
noon announced the senior honor men fol-
lows: w. d. Ward of Rochester. n. Y, Latin
salutatoran; r. d. Hatch. New York city vale
dictortan; ID. F. Platt of Englewood, n. j., Eng
lish salutatorian.
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Teun...e.,s senate for Free Silver

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 11.-In the Senate
to-day the Stoval resolution requesting Congress
ratio OF 10 to ! was adopted by a vote of II to
10. nine not voting. The resolution was much
diacussPd
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A Plan for Reform In Armenia.

LONDON, April 1.-The Central News is In
formed by its Varna correspondent that. in
obedience to tho Sultan's orders the Grand
Vizier and tho Ministers OF Jnstice the Interior.
and Foreign Affairs conferred recently concern
Ing plan of reform for Armenia. They sat five
hours. The result OF the conference is not
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COLUMBUS. o., April l2-Charles Hart was
hanged shortly after midnight in tho State
prison for the murder Of Elsie and Ashley
county on Nov. 4, S94.
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express company's money cars on to-niehts
trains.
Division Superintendent S,lleck. It is said.
wired from Albany carly this morning asking II
Perry had escaped. and before an answer could
reach him came down himself to see about 1t.
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Advertising In New YorL CIty Cars.

It's big business. and broker MT. A. j. johnson
OF 2ni Broadway places nearly all OF it. Advertisers
who contemplate using the cara would do well 10
write TO Ar Jolnson for partlculsrA-Adp.
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Falling or In Exports OF Breadstuns and
Provislons.

WARRINGTON. April 1.-THE Chief Of tho
Bureau of Statistics reports that tho total
values OF tho exports of domestic breadstuffs
and provisions from the United States during
the previous month were as follows:
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What blase bird must that canary be that
swings in his brass bars at the Irving Place
Theatre and lends the local color to the domes-
tic scenes in the plays that are given the-e!
Small wonder that he bundles himself into a
sullcn lump and gazes from his perch with
the abstraction of safety. He knows what's
coming. and he's resigned. He can tell
as soon as tho curtain rises on the
scene in which he is telling detail that
some man of higher rank is going to seduce the
daughter of the humble person that runs him
and the room. It's no new experience for him
to go down in the wreck of IN honest family
caused by just this painful state of affairs He
did it first in "De Ehre," when he had only a
few sproutinG feathers to his back, and he's
teen doing it with more or less regularity ever
since. Die Haubenlerche Z" brought him down
with crash. and that was early enough in
his theatrical career to give him o start
and the gongs on in tho living room
of the house In which Willy Jdnis0,r boarded
still cause him to remember "Sodom's Code"
with parE. But the rest of tho domestic
scenes In which he has played part have loft
him unmoved. What canary that was reared
on Sudermann and Wi!denhruch's mood of
"I.iebe Won HcuteT"
Theatre. Its title was Love VI to Date, accord.
probably, something more literal would better
convey the idea. II these plays that are coming
chronicle OF the time. only one % Question
seems to interest the German mind. That
is. the seduction Of women by men their
psanr in s or ohe 'n'f sSyS. s np. np
than tho lady with "a pas" "fs Is probem a"S 9is is
ours ours and and foreigners might readily conclude thi,
events this maiden, complacent at first and
fearful later. seems 70 he Inevitable in the
Germa9 plays to-day, she's not half SO interest
Ss 80 raths ~ on nos OF
Written 'it y "fa e pry las, Teh wa.
Young girl. educated in the house of a wealthy
Sdo and vulgar aunt. won the love OF ono of those
the army. She had to leave the house for doing
Then she went nome TO her father and gave piano
lessons. she was rather an invertebrate young
act when the hero Let 1t be seen that He Was
tIreh of htr. But she came To the house when
he he was lnnehLng with friends, and her iooSs at
that Time were enough 10 upset any party. In
the fourth act he became engaged to her cousin.
siid she came to see tho young couple She
dress, so she puts this on for her visit and
brought gun in her jacket. But she didn't use
take. SO she gave the gun to him and contented
Worthy hs"S"s each 10 tss
out. the curtain fell. and The play WAS over "'n'
1t hnd II good strong scene in the third act
but before that /, wa, dull, and after il duiier
the scene ffteen minGtes IL cannot be said 10
have redeemed the play. There are TWO genuine
family ,sketchsd the father and the paryenue
aunt; This time the young woman got into
hnaily appears. has not a monopoly of such
att alton as the canary bird enjoyed. 'A' usual
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When You AreWeak

as usual To my surprise it completely curet
me OF catarrh, which had for year. whel
don't feel well take Hoods Sarsaparilla for
few weeks. and II never fails 10 benefit me-
n. BCRNHAM. Rochester, y. II.