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WHEAT BOOMING.
An Important Advance in the Cereal
i'm All the Markets.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-Wheat
had another and a. more important ad-
vance to-day. There was much i'm
provement in all the markets, and the
whole situation is daily becoming
stronger.
In England futures opened at an adj
vance of ed, and December option in
Liverpool was quoted at is 9$4d. The
advance was maintained up to the
close. The cargo market was quiet and
firm. Cargoes, prompt shipment, We're
quoted at Dos 10lad.
The Chicago market was excited and
higher. At the opening December
wheat, which closed yesterday at
7S1sc, sold at 1919 and May, which
closed yesterday ait SIC, brought S2A a
S212c. Afterward December rose to
S53sc and May to S3hGS4c. These
We're the official closing prices. After
ward, ON the curb, May rose to size.
At the call board in this city futures
lad an important gain, with active
dealings. At 9:15 May wheat opened
at 81 5115, a rise Of l cent above yes
terday's closing, and sold up to 81 5S1s,
closing at 81 371A. At 1915 May opened
at 81 IS, sold up to 81 ISIS, and closed
at 81 DTS. At 11:13 May opened at
81 5S1a rose to 81 1854, and closed at
81 5S9s.
Spot wheat is firmly held ait 81 52la
per GENITAL.
Barley options were quiet. At 11:15
May barley sold at 914c, a decline.
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COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
The Pacific Coast Association Meets
i'm Annual Session.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29.-The Pa
cific Coast Commercial Travellers Asso-
citation held it's sixth annual meeting
to-day at Native Sons Hall. About
122 delegates We're in attendance.
The reports of the various officers
showed that the organization was in a.
most fiourishing condition. The mem
bership is now 80, a gain of forty-six
over last year. During the year just
closing there was also an increase of
s., 900 in the funds Of association. so
that now there is $4,000 on the right
side of the ledger. During the past
year the running expenses were sos, a
decrease of 81, 500 over the year before
The delegates appropriated S115 to
relieve the necessities of some of its
members, and ratified the payment of
two $500 death benefits to the families
OF two deceased members, A. d. Simp-
son and II. Porterfield.
The annual election OF Directors re-
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WANTS HEAVY DAMAGES.
Amount Elder Simmons Values His
Name and Fame at.

SANTA ROSA, Dec. 29.-Elder T. J.
Simmons declares in a complaint filed
to-day that he has been damaged in
name and fame to the extent Of $50
600 by Mr.. and Mrs. j. \. McCrosky;
that the defendants caused his arrest
on the 18th of last March at San Benito
on charge of forcibly abducting An
ME McCroskey, and compelling her by
duress and menace to marry him; that
they had him sent to common jail at
San Jose for sixteen hours, thereby
causing him great mental anguish and
physical discomfort; also, that de-
PENDANTS had an account Of his misfor-
tunes published in the San Jose "Mer-
curry" and other papers, and that they
wrote to divers persons telling them of
the affair, damaging his name and fame
as phrenologist and reader of charac-
ter, and injuring him in the eyes of the
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SEATTLE (Wash), Dec. 29.-TWo
mortgages, the largest ever filed in the
State, were recorded in the Kings
County Auditors office yesterday. They
We're apparently arranged by the re-
organization committee of the Northern
Pacific to secure bond issues. provided
for by that body, amounting to $50,
100000
First came a deed from the Northern
Pacific Railroad conveying all its lands
to the Northern Pacific Railway; then
the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, as trustees decided to the Northern
Pacific Railway all property of the
Northern Pacific Railroad held in trust;
then there was a deed from Master in
Chancery Carey to the Northern Pacific
Railway Company of all property of
the Northern Pacific Railroad and
lastly a deed from Receivers McHenry,
Bigelow and Burleigh to the Northern
Pacific Railway Company of all prop
erty of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company held by them.
Following these came record mort
cages from the Northern Pacific Rail-
way Company to the Mercantile Trust
Company and to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company of New York. The first
of these was for $40. 900 600 to the Mer-
camille Trust Company, covering all
property in this county and other coun-
ties, to secure bonds bearing 4 per cent.
interest The second mortgage was to
the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, as trustee, and covers all prop
erty in King County and elsewhere be-
longing to the Northern Pacific Railway
Company 1t is for 100000, 900 This
is a second or subsidiary mortgage, and
is given to secure. as a general lien, rail-
road and land grant, gold bonds which
bear 3 per cent
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FATAL EXPLOSION.
Two Boilers in Washington Insane
ASYLUM Blow Up.

SPOKANE (Wash), Dec. 29-The in
mates of the State Asylum for the In
sane at Medical Lake were terrorized
last night by the explosion of two boil
ers in the basement, which wrecked the
boiler-house and partially destroyed the
west side of the main building, besides
breaking every window in the large in
stitutiOn. Three hundred patients made
mad efforts to leap from the upper Win
dows, and were only prevented from do
ing SO by the iron bars which restrained
them. Many We're injured by flying
glass and in fighting to escape Fritz
Theilman, fireman on duty, was found
in the ruins unconscious. He will die.
The building was damaged to the extent
of $4,000
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J. ROSS JACKSON.
No Immediate Danger From the Oper-
alton Performed

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-An oper-
alton was performed on j. Ross Jack
son, the veteran journalist, to-day by
Doctors Keeney and Morse at the Wal
deck Sanitarium. a rumOr was pub
lished in one of the evening papers that
he would die as a result of the operation,
which was to remove a cancer This
was contradicted by DR.. Keeney this
evening, who said that Mr.. Jackson was
rallying well from the operation, and
the physician also expressed the opin
ion that Mr.. Jackson was liable to live
for a long time. In other words, there
WAS no immediate danger of death
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Colonel William rIorris Dead.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29-Colonel Will
lam Norris died to-day at his home in
Brocklandyille. Colonel Norris was
born seVenty-six years ago. He was a
graduate of Yale in the class of 40
practiced law in New Orleans and went
to California in 40. While there he
was appointed Judge-Advocate of the
Pacific squadron. When the war broke
out he returned to his native State and
entered the Confederate service as Cap
tain, and was subsequently made Chief
of the Signal Service. In 1860 Colonel
Norris was made Commissioner of Ex-
change.
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DAVIS SLOUGH.
u. S. Attorney FOote to Investigate the
Charges of 1t Being Distracted.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-United
States Attorney Foote has received in
structions from Washington to investi-
gate the charges brought by the Sports
mems Protective Association that GER
tain parties had placed distractions in
the Davis Slough, Suisun Marsh, there
by interfering with navigation. 1t is
admitted by the lessees that piles have
been placed in the stream at irregular
intervals, with a view of keeping out
side sportsmen off the marshes. 1t is
also contended that these Instructions
do not interfere with ordinary naviga-
ton. The instructions of the Attorney
General in view of the evidence in his
possession, is regarded as defeat for
the Sportsmen's Association.
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HARVEY WINS HIS SUIT.
Indians to be Elected From the War
ner Hot Springs Property.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. % - The long
standing case brought by Ex-Governor
John q. DoWney, and after his death
continued by his administrator J. Dow
ney Harvey, against several hundred
Indians to recover possession of the fa-
nous Warner Hot Springs and a large
portion of the Warner ranch, in this
county, containing ~ 900 acres, was de-
c-ded to-day by Judge Pierce in favor
Of the plaintiff. This means that the
Indians who have for generations held
and cultivated portions of the ranch
ard derived large revenues from the
Aqua Caliente Hot Springs are to be
fcrcibly elected from the premises. The
not springs are visited annually by
hundreds of tourists and health-seek-
erS.
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Large Shipment of Coin to Hawaii.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-The
steamship Australia, which sailed for
Honolulu this evening, took away an
unusually rich cargo. Among it was
500. 900 in American gold coin, S1O,-
coo American silver dollars, 81, 900 in
American dimes and 800 in American
nickels. This is by far the largest ship
ment Of American money ever sent to
Hawaii at one time. From this it
would appear as though the Hawaiian
Government had decided upon adopting
the coinage of the United States
The record-union., 1896-12-30
EVIDENCE OF MURDER.
Fragments of Human Body Picked
Up i'm Oakland.

OAKLAND, Dec. 29.-Fragments of
a human body scattered along the rail-
road track from the foot of Peralta
street in Oakland to the second tower
on the land end of the mole were
found yesterday morning, and every
circumstance indicates that death was
the result of murder. The remains
We're collected and identified as those
of John Conlon, a lather residing at
Col Linden street. A portion of the
dead mans hand was riddled with bird
shot, and from the way in which the
body was mutilated the police believe
that Conlon was first murdered and
then thrown on the track
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suited as follows: J. c. EubankS, B. B.
Galland, W. f. Peterson, A G. Balder-
mann, H. Morgenthau, A. Hampel, II.
l.. Judell, G. B. Tamson, A. We'll, and
Nate Jacobs The Directors then met
and reelected as President j. G. Eu-
banks and A. c. Baldermann as Secre-
tary w. F. Peterson was selected as
Vice-P President and b. B. Galland as
Treasurer.
At night the delegates had a high
links in the lower hall of the Native
Sens building.
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NEVADA POLITICS.
An Editor Appointed Private Secrtary
to Governor Sadier.

RENO New, Dec. 29.--It is reported
that Governor Sadler has appointed E
D. Kelley, editor of the Nevada State
Journal" as Private Secretary, vice j.
r. Judge. The appointment was made
several days ago. but was not to be
made public until January 1st
Senator Jones passed through to Gold
Hill this morning. The announcement
of George Nixon as a Senatorial candi-
date probably makes it necessary for
the Senator to look to his political
fences
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MAIL CARRIER MISSING.
Believed to Have Been Drowned While
Crossing a River.

EUREKA, Dec. pa letter received
here from Garberville to-day brought
news of the probable death of another
mail carrier, +. S. banners, who has
been missing since Thanksgiving. DAM
ne1s was employed by the mail con-
tractor at Kenny to ferry mail across
the south fork of Eel River during the
high water. No mail has been lost, but
it is supposed that he was drowned in
attempting to cross the river He was
an old resident of southern Humboldt
County.
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Cyclone i'm New South Wales.

MELBOURNE, Dec. "a cyclone
that passed over a portion of New
South Wales has virtually demolished
the town of Nevertire. 1t is reported
that there We're a large number of cas-
ualtfes. but as the storm destroyed the
telegraph wires it Is impossible at pres
ent to get any details.
The record-union., 1896-12-30
San Joaquin Valley Road.

OAKLAND, Dec. 29.-The San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway
Company filed a blanket mortgage on
all its property in this county yesterday
in favor of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany of New York, TO secure an issue
of SG,000000 worth of bonds The
fling of the deed is considered signifi-
cant as showing that the company ex-
poets to do business in Alameda County
IN the future
The record-union., 1896-12-30
Suicide at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, Dec. Go. NJ. Black of
Los Angeles registered at a hotel last
night, and was found dead this morn
in. He left a letter to the Coroner
With $50 for his burial. He said that
he was tired of life. He bequeathed
his personal effects to the Salvation
Army. Death was due to laudanum.
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Doubts the Truth of the Report.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29-Vice-
President G. F. Croker of the Southern
Pacific does not believe the report from
Sioux City that the Pacific short line is
to be pushed through to this city He
says he never heard of Donald Mclean,
and does not think he could command
sufficient capital to build the road.
The record-union., 1896-12-30

Association of Baptist ministers, of
which organization he is a member in
good standing.
He alleges that the charge of abduc-
ton brought against him was dismissed
the day after his arrest. and that $780,
600 and costs will alone heal his wound
ed feelings
The record-union., 1896-12-30
Civil Service.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The Presi-
dent to-day amended the civil service
rules so as to include in this service all
employees of Government penitentiaries
in the United States who are subject to
classification.
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Incorporation Defeated.

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 29.-The cleo
ton held to-day to decide whether Ba-
xersfield should be incorporated re-
suited in a majority of II against the
proposition. Little interest was taken
and a Hight vote was polled
The record-union., 1896-12-30
Coast Defense Vessel MonadnoCk.

United States coast defense vessel Mo
nadnock has been ordered to sea and
will sail tomorrow morning. Her OBJ
iective point is Santa Cruz.
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Shot Five Times.

NEVADA, Dec. 29.-Last night Dr.C
W. Jones of Grass Valley shot five
times at Thomas Koran, wounding him
in the wrist. The trouble was over
Horan's attentions to Mrs Jones.
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Auction Sale To-Day.

At 10 a. m. to-day Bell & Co. Will sell
at auction, at 800 K street, the we'll
known Lunch restaurant, with its en-
tire and complete outfit. Everything
is nearly new.
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Southern California Harbor Contest.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.-The main
evidence in favor of San Pedro harbor
was submitted to the Harbor Commits
sion to-day. Testimony in rebuttal will
be heard tomorrow, when the daily
sessions viii probably be concluded.
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TOO Big MORTGAGES
FILED At SEATTLE.
One a Hundred and Thirty, the Other a
Hundred and Ninety Million.
Cover All Properties Owned by the
Northern Pacific Railroad.

Mangled Remains of an Oakland Citi-
zen Found Strewn Along the Rail-
road Track i'm That City-The Dead
Mans Head Filled With BuCkShOt,
Indicating That He Had Been
Murdered and the Body Thrown
Upon the Track to Conceal the
Crime.
The record-union., 1896-12-30

A leg of mutton is easily eaten and
Gigested by a family of six or seven
but if the family suffers from Dyspep-
STA the mutton is never digested. Good
digestion comes from using the herb
remedy, joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla-
Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla cures. and
the druggists know this even when they
try to substitute something not so good
for joys.
THE WEEKLY UNION-THE BEST
weekly on the coast.
The record-union., 1896-12-30

The Metropolitan Theater was
crowded last night to see The Old
Homestead" The Thompson & Warm
ington company presented it faul;lessly.
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and gradually increased my weight from
one hundred and twenty five to two
hundred pounds. Since then, 1 and my
family have used this medicine when
needed, and we are all in the best OF
health, a fact which we attribute to
Ayers Sarsaparilla. I believe my chill
dren would have been fatherless to-day
had 1t not been for Ayers Sarsaparilla,
OF which preparation I cannot say too
much."-H. o. HINsoN, Postmaster and
Planter, Kinard's, s. G.
Ayers Only Only S~arsapari||a
RECEIVING MEDAL At WORLDS FAIR.
AYERS Pills Save Doctors Bills.
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The IDEAL Panacea.

James L. Francis, alderman, Chi
cago, says: II regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery as an ideal panacea for
coughs, colds and lung complaints,
having used it in my family for the
last five years, to the exclusion Of ply
sicians' prescriptions or other prepar-
ations.n
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes ~ have been a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for fifty
years or more, and have never found
anything so beneficial, or that gave me
such speedy relief as DR.. Kings New
Discovery" Try this ideal cough
remedy now. Trial bottles free at
Murphey-Van Petten Drug Co.'S.
drug stores, Las Vegas and East
Las Vegas, at wholesale by Browne
q Manzanares Co. Regular size, fifty
cents and 81.
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A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison, OF Worthington,
Ind, Sun, writes: "You have a val
liable prescription in Electric Bitters,
and | a cheerfully recommend 1t for
Constipation and Sick Headache, and
as a general system tonic 1t has no
equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 1926 Cot
tage Grove ave., Chicago, was all run
down, could not eat or digest food, had
a backache which never left her and
felt tired and weary, but SIX bottles Of
Electric Bltters restored her health and
renewed her strength. Price. fifty
cents and 81. Get a bottle, at Muir
phey-Van Petten Drug Co.'S. Las
Vegas and East Las Vegas, and at
wholesale by the Browne g. Manzan-
ares Co.
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During the winter of 1898, F. M.
Martin, of Long Beach, West Va, con-
tracted q severe cold which left him
with a cough. In speaking of how be
cured it, he says: II used several
kinds of cough syrup, but found no re-
lief until l bought a bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, which relieved
M almost instantly, and in a short
time brought about a complete cure"
When troubled with a cough or cold
use this remedy and you will not find
it necessary to try several kinds before
you get relief. It has been in the mar
ket for over twenty years and con-
stantly grown in favor and popularity.
For sale at 30 cents per bottle by X. d.
Goodall, Depot drug store.
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Tin. bub1

To be thin, Tor a baby, Is
to be deprived Of its natural
ease to suffer and not be able
to feel it; o.wear a sad pinched
face; to live on the edge Of
sickness; to grow imperfectly;
and to lose the power Of re-
sisting disease. When a baby
is thin 1t needs more fat than
it gets from its food It is
starved, fat-starvcd. SCOTS
Emulsion is the easiest fat
1t can have; the fat 1t needs.
soc. and $i.oo at all druggists.
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Soothing, healing. cleansing, De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is the enemy
to sores, wounds and piles, which it
never fails to ure. Stops itching and
burning. Cures chapped lips and
cold sores in two or. three hours.
Winters drug store.
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Tired Women

Need to have the action of the kidneys
stimulated and the system toned up
Parks Sure Cure is the best remedy to
accomplish this. Many a woman finds
that she is tired out by work which
ought not to tire her at all. She fears
that her system is broken down, and
she is a hopeless invalid, when a few
doses of Parks Sure Cure would make
her look at life from a different point
Of view. Don't delay. Every bottle
is guaranteed. Sold by 0 G. Schaefer.
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piles. Piles Pflea.

A sure sure for Blind, Bleed:
ing and Itching Plies. DR.. Kinks
German Pile Ointment has cured the
worst cases Of ten years. standing by
three or four applications. No one
need suffer ten minutes after using
DR.. Kinks German Pile Ointment
Our agent, Mr.. Goodall, will warrant
every box. Price @1.00. Sold at
Depot drug store Las Vegas
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BuckIen's Arnica saIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheun, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. It is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
Murphey Van Petten Drug Co., Las
Vegas and East Las Vegas. At whole
sale by Browne & Manzanares Co.
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This is to certify that on May 18th, l
walked to Melick's drug store on a pair
of crutches and bought a bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm for inflam-
matory rheumatism which had Grip
pied me up. After using three bottles
| am completely cured. / can cheer
fully recommend it.-Charles H. Wet
eel. Sudbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
on August 10, 1894.-Walter Shipman,
j. p. For sale at so cents per bottle,
by K. D. Goodall, Depot drug store.
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jest now everybody is beginning to
take "a spring medicine. And it is a
good thing to do, provided you take
Simmons Liver Regulator-the best
spring medicine. 1t is a sluggish liver
that clogs the system and makes bad
blood. A dose a day of Simmons Liver
Regulator will make a new man out Of
you. and a new woman, too. Look for
the Red q on the package. 1t is SIM
mons Liver Regulator you want.
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As badness makes n look prema-
turely old, so a full head OF hair gives
to mature life the appearance of youth.
To secure this and prevent the former,
Ayers Hair Vigor is confidently recon-
mended. Both ladies and gentlemen
it to any other dressing.
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Frank Nichols, superintendent Of the
Silver City water works, put a force of
men at work sinking a new we'll to
tap the great subterranean water chan
mel, which has been found In the Parker
and Heather wells.
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J. w. Pierce, Republic, Iowa, says:
81 have used One Minute Cough Cure
in my family and for myself, with re-
suits so entirely satisfactory that l can
hardly find words to express myself as
TO its merit. / will never fail to rec
ommend it to others, on every occa-
sion that presents ITSELF" Winters
drug store.
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The latest results Of pharmaceutical
science and the best modern appliances
are availed Of in compromising Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Hence, though half a
century in existence as a medicine, it
is fully abreast of the age in all that
goes to make it the standard blood
purifier.
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MY lady looks into the mirror
And her face 1t CLOVIS with delight,
As she sees the vast improvement
Since she used Parks Tea each night.
She Is never tired or weary,
Her Ills and her pains have ned;
Since she drank OF Parks Tea each evening
A cup full on going to bed.
Sold by .. G. Schaefer.
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t will be an agreeable surnrise r

1t will be an agreeable surprise to
persons subject to attacks of bilious
collie to learn that prompt relief may
be had by taking Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrh@a Remedy. In
many instances the attack may be pre-
vented by taking this remedy as soon
as the first symptoms of the disease
appear. rs and 30 CEN bottles for
sale by X. D.. Goodall, Depot Drug
Store.
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Chamberlain's Eye ana Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids.
For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box.
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Quick IN effect, heals and leaves no
scar. Burning, scaly skin eruptions
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Applied to burns, scalds, old
sores, it is magical in effect. Always
cures piles. Winters Drug Co.