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NEW -4URnEr FOR BA4r1EsH1ra
II Has Vertical walls on tho Rear and sides
and o slopiug wall In Front.

Il Mas Vertical walls on the Rear and sides
and q slopiuE wall in Front.
WARRINGTON. July 24.-what is expected to
prove the most invulnerable turret yet designed
for warships has just been planned and ap.
proved by the constructors OF the navy. and Is
to be placed on the new battleships Wisconsin.
Alabama. and Illinois. now under way at New.
port News and Cramps. The turret Is O combi-
nation OF the defective and vertical plan. and 10
believed to be the only one ever invented which
will render the part exposed 10 the encmy's fro
safe from penetration by the heaviest guns. All
turrets on the present battleships and those de-
signed for the Kcarsarge ana Kentucky are of
the vertical type. so that all sides are equally
open to attack and vulnerable. This new
tor Dashiell, will have vertical walls on.
the rear and sides. with n sloping plato
In front or just under the muZzles OF the guns,
thus always presenting this part of the turret TO
the enemy when the guns are aimed In the same
direction. Ample room is thus given to the
turret crew, while. a very heavy plato is pre-
sented Ia. the enemy's fire in front. The plates are
of the uniform thickness OF IA inches. the front
sloping Ar to the horizontal. At such an in
c~lination II will be impossible for any projectile,
no matter how heavy or with what velocity, to
penetrate the plate, while the vertical sides
would Withstand a shot of u 12.inch rife fired at
2.O00-yard range. The Ordnance Bureau has
expressed great satisfaction with the design.
and directs that 1t be placed on the three battle
ships last authorized. The armor makers arc
also pleased. as the shape of the plates are SO
simple as to render machining them very easy.
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THE HOUSE coMM11zEEA
Few Chanees other Than Those Hece-sitaf'
by Change or H1embership.

. -
Few Changss Other Than Thoss Hsce-sitatea
BY Change or Membership
WASHINGTON. July 24.-The House committees
announced tonight by Speaker Rood are consti-
tuted. as far as may be. as In the Fifty-nft h Con
Rress. The changes are such only as are neces-
STATED by the changes in membership Of the
House. The Chairmanships arc as follows, being
tho Same as in the last Congress, except whore
otherwise stated:
E;lsstion.-iNo, I: TAYLOR Of ohio. VIC. Daniels, No
NpproprisiionsYSsnnon Of niinoia
Banking and Currcncy-wniker Of Massachusetts
Coinage. weights, and Neasures-o. ". stons OF
Pennsylvania
Intertato and Foreign commsros-Hepburn Of
Iowa
Merchant Marine and Jisheries-Psyns Of New
York
northumberland Of New York.
Foreign AGairs.Hitt OF Illinois
Military Arair-Huli Of Iowa
Post ofices and Post ~Rosds-Loudo Of California
Public Lands-Lacey OF Iowa
Indian Aralrs-Shermen Of New York
Territores-Knox Of Massachusetts. vice Scranton
Railways and Canais-chicksring Of New York.
Mannfactures-Faris of Indiana. vice Apsisy Of
Mines and -Minins-orosvsnor of Ohio. vice Aitken
Publ buildings and arounds-Mercer of Nebraska.
vice Milliktn OF Maine.
Pacific Raiiroads-Powep Of Vermont.
Levees and Improvement. OF the Mississippi River
-P Bsna",,ano Of d Mississippi. Y vice Ray Of Now York
Of New Jersey. vice Phillips Of
iis-Ma of Illinois.
Patents-Hicks OF Pennsylvania Woe Draper Of
Invalid Pensions-Ray of Now York, vice Picker Of
South Dakota.
War Ciaims-Mahon OF Pennsyivania-
Private Land Claims-Smitho of Illinois-
Revision OF the Lsws-wSrner Of Illinois vice Bow
es Of California.
Reform I'm the civn service-Brosnis Of P~snnsyl
Election OF President. vice-President. and Repre-
s%entstires In Congress-corliss of Michigan. Vice
Alcoholic Liquor T~ramc-Brewster of New York,
Irrigation of Arid L~ands-EIis Of Oregon. vice Her
Ventilation and Acousttcs-Heatwolo of Minnesota.
Expenditure in the State Department. Quies of New
arosvenor; war Department. Groui of Vermont; Navy
Department, Stewart OF New Jersey. vico Thomaas
Pennsylvania. vice Bingham ofPennsyivania Interior
Department. Curtis Of Kansas; Department OF Jus
son; Department Of Asricuiture. Giilett Of New YORK..
On Public Bulldinss-colson OF Kentucky. vice Bet
Aocounts-odell OF New York. vice Aidr1ch Of I'LL
noin.
Library-Harmer of Pennsylvania.
P~rinting-Perkins of Iowa.
w TSs s s15s Means ! y%H sIi0t9yea On 70 the he G SIna1,,s n on
given to Mcclellan OF New York. TSs
most important change in the list was
the transfer OF Barthold from the Chair
manship OF the Committee Of Immigra-
tton. This was due to to the fact that the
last Congress Bartholdt found himself in oppo-
sition to the views Of the majority Of tho COM
mitteo and of the House on the subject Of Immi.
grafton. and the bill reported by the committee
on that subject was piloted through tho House
chairman.
The selection of Mr.. Gardner to be chairman
Of the on Labor will be acceptable 10
the labor organizations Of the country, which
asked that 1t might be made.
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MoRE OFFICES filled.
Noninatiens A1ado BY the President ana Con.
nrDea BY the Senate.

Nominntons Made By the Prosident ana Con.
nrned ~ the Senate.
WASHINGTON. July 24.-The President to-day
sent the following nominations to tho Senator
Collectors Of Internal Revenuo-John G. Entrekin-
for the Eleventh district of Ohio; Philemon b. Hunt.
for the Fourth district Of Texas; James D. Brady, for
the Second district of Virginia.
EnKineer.in. Chief John wikfe Collins of New York
to be Captain of Engineer in the Revenue Marine
service.
ouinby Vance. surveyor-aenera of New Mexico.
Robert A. Cameron. Register Of the Land onnco a1
Aiva. Oklahoma
Henry D. Bowman. to be receiver Of public moneys
at Las Cruces, n. ".
Abial Lathrop. United States Attorney for the Dis.
trlct OF South Carolina
Postmasters-Mary B. Grtswold, Guilford. Conn,
oramel Murray. Ptttsneld. Me-; William n. Dunn.
watervuIe.M Me-, c. H Meal, West Acton, MasS., J. y.
Lieut., junior grade. Hugh Rodman, to Be Q Lieu
tenant.
These nominations were confirmed BY the
Senate to-day.
Rear Admiral John O. walker. y. g. y; Capt.
3serlin N. Gsrt 81 he u m .; A. AND Of Levi tSs E,, N; ne msugs Of
Commission.
southern Galesn district hstfSs 81 4ia5ama; williSm D: s WHEAT.
eastar IN district or Tennessee.
Creighton N. Foraker. United States Marshal for
Albert i. Elliot of the District of Columbia. Clerk
OF the DBtFlrt tbuTt OI hihbAA-
Collectors OF Internal R~evenue-Andrew L. Nor
rison. district OF New Mexico; John c. Lynch. First
distrc ct Of California; John Q. Entrekin. Eleventh
district OF Ohio; Philemon B. Hunt, Fourth district OF
Texas; James d. Brady, Second district Of Virginia;
Henry Rucker. district Of Georgia
Percy G. Henninghausen. Commissioners Of Immt
grafton at Baltimore.
Carolina.
Quinby Vance. surveyor-Generai of New Mexico.
Robert A. Cameron. Register OF the Land once a.
Alva, Oklahoma.
Henry D. Bowman. Receiver of Public Moneys. Las
Cruces. n. NJ.
Ensineer'in Chief John wilkie Collins to 10 Captain
OF Engineers, Revenue Marine service.
william s. Clanton. Gs6ysr and -Meitep OF TIE
Assay ONCE at Charlotte, N. @.
George ID. Greene and Miles CayanAugh Of Montana
and William II. Manning OF Iowa, Land Grant Com
missiOners at Helena. Mont.
Navy-capt, N. II. FArquhar TO DO Commodorot
Commander Charles o'Setl TO DO CAptaini Lieut..
Commander Walton Goodwin to be Commander,
Lieut.. Wainwright Kellogg to be LieutenantCom.
nIRnder.
ostmasters-Dwight H. Bruce at Syracuse, N. T.,
Richard W. Box at Pulaski. N. Y; George n. Winner
At Palmyra, NJ.
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! 800 copies Of q compilation Of treaties now IN
countries.
(. A resolution offered by Mr.. DalSell was agreed
70. giving, the session employees their salaries
for tho full month of July.
The House then took q recess until. $3.50. At
that hour the Clerk read tho committee assign
ments. .
Messrs. Grosyenor and McMillin appeared,
and reported that they had notified the Presi.
had been informed that no had no further
communication to make. His message OF con
graduation and goodwill to the House was 70
utes then remaining, they were utilized by tho
members in saying farewells to their associates.
At one minute OF 8 the Speaker said that the
message of the President received to-day would
be referred TO the Committee on banking ana
having arrived. in accordance with the terms
Of the concurrent resolution, and by virtue OF
the authority conferred thereby, 1 announce
this House adjourned without day.
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HE WANTS HIS "PETETION."
Tho Complaint . North Caroiinian Sends % tina
Post once Department

Post once Department
WARRINGTON. July ga proprietor Of q loan
and discounting house in New Berne N. c.,
writes to the Post Office Department as fol-
lows:
! am astcnished to feel called upon TO have TO
write you this under this administration had found
hopes that everything would run smoothly along for
me under this administration. l went through
enough. ! thought. to establish this administration
two years prior to Its existence to guarantee to me
rest and ease OF conscience.
Complaipt-I ask that you send q Post once deteo-
tive TO WI S. Hyam. Senator Pritchard's private secre-
tary. aud demand OF him to deliver up n paper-a Pc
tetion-sent him through the United States mails,
containing a stamped envelope. 1t being properly bo
longing TO me. l sent him this petetion In proper
writing, with a request that lie return 1t by return
mail. signed or unsigned. / have written him one
dozen times TO return the petetion and he does not
ever answer me my letters. Am / 10 be- wronged In
such u way under this administration God for
bid! An administration | think so much OF. Why
should w. s. Hyam be permitted to retain my prop
erty. my stamped envelopes. my petetion, that cost
me money to Retp IL does not belong TO him. Il bo-
longs 10 me. and has valuable names ON Il. 1t Is no
good TO him in any way. What In the name OF God 10
he trying to do by keeping II from me? Because he IL
against me, he must not keep my papers and not 40
count for them. II you can give me no relief / know
OF NO other remedy at the present time other than
give IL to the press.
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HoUID-BE TRAIN ERECKER FOUND.
Burns Placed the Rail Across the LonE Isiant
Tracks and Then Discoverea Il.

Burns Placed the Rail Across the Long Island
Tracks ana Then Discovered It
RrvERHEAp, N. Y, July 24.-The would.be
train wrecker, who placed an immense steel rail
across the track Of the Long Island Railroad
near this place, turns out to be Robert L. Burns,
the young employee Of the company who discov-
cred the dreadful plot. This morning young
Burns was arrested on complaint Of Train
master Sarvis, who with q detective had worked
up the case. When arraigned before Judge
Stackpole, Burns broke down and confessed his
guilt. He gave bail in the sum OF 81. 900 to ap-
pear before tho next Grand Jury, after which
he WAC released
Burns aa.d that he placed tho rail across the
tracks with the aid of q crowbar. He had read
how a similar attempt had been made on ono of
the Coney Island lines, and how o reward of
81. 900 had been offered by the company to any
person who found and removed obstacles from
the track. Burns is only 16 years old. although
he appears much older, being very large for
his age.
He was employed az a messenger by the COM
pany. and tho height Of his ambition was to gain
promotion on the road. He believed that by
placing the rail on the track and discovering Il
In time to avert a serious accident he would
gain recognition from the officials of the road.
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1 6O-62West Esd St. {
WILLIE MOORE, san, OF NENro1n
Hs's q Colored MAN with One Hand. buS Ne
Plays Two Instruments ut Onoe..

He's q Colored Man with Ono HAND. bus Ro
Plays Two Instruments ut OuoA.a
Mammal" shouted An excited small Giri,
dancing around her mothers akirts, "it's to
music car and the colored gentleman" 4.
The two were at Second avenue and Diehth
street waiting with transfers in their hhndn
for q car that was rocking leisuroly toward
them down the avenue From tho car came .
volume of music that would have done credit to
q Sound steamer going out through He'll
Gate. A big negro sitting on one
Of the middle seats, facing backward.
was making all the music. In his arms he held
a banjo, and by wires twisted about his shoul.
ders a harmonica was supported in his mouth.
A chime of miniature bells was concealed some
where about his person
He ceased playing to smile warmly upon the
transfer passengers who climbed aboard. He
made a low bow to the little girl who had been
30 joyful over his coming. Then when the car
started he pulled his instruments together and
Look Alike to Nc" When he. began to sP play
used the banjo by hitting the Strings with a
stick that was fastened to the stump. of his
i nrm Of 9y bis st II. wire wire. The resonance and rapid.
this apparent drawback. He went from ono
swtasin she aaF asly sn tn .@ aa s55S Ssas'; asSst ss, r;
sh1skie when they smiled back at him. a1 ones IN
ehoe 49, vi HE UAII.
somebody dropped a coin into. the lap Of q aim
colored woman who sat beside him. He laughed
loudly then, but somehow the harmonioA
,.That's his fourth trip in . week with me.'
said the conductor. "and he makes moro "a the
trip than do. lpever makoaa Kick. i if6sr II
and the passengers seem to, and he neveP asks
for money. Tho only trouble 10. whom i getd0wn
below Houston street tho kids mob the car They
won't get of and they won't pay faro. They
come a-runnfng for blocks to hear him. I some-
times wonder II there are any kids left in the
east side after he goes through"
The musician himself talked right joyously.
My name, sab, is Willie Moore, sab. Of New
port, sab" he said. I'm New York I have resi.
dence at 224 West Twenty eighth street, san.
Most usually ! pass the summer season in Now.
port, but persons of wealth is not SO freauent
there as formerly, at least, especially they Is NOT
30 free with their wealth as onct. So / come back
harmonious presumption Yessir. that's Il.
And more beneficial with their acciimatiEationc
Of money, Yessir; No. I don't do the strees
When l come downtown in the, cool of the.
evening to buy a set of strings,, I most
always in general comes this road. And IL
things comes my way because of the pleasure
has recited to my fellow passengers, most Al
ways l accompanies my car fare and that Of my
wife's daughter. Miss Ollie Moore, who does me
the honor to bear me company. Yessir. II the
ladies and gentlemen fools like helping along
and truly reeiprocates the music. Yessir. N4
otherwise. Sesslr."
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FOX THRASHED RAWLEY.
Rawley Visited Mrs- FOX when Her Husband
Was Supposed TO he in Albany.

howley NlDtuco MFD- toH Ntn0u NheF Bu0b0n0
Was Supposed to he in Albany.
Charles Rawley. an aged hotel keeper of Nil.
ford street and Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, 40
cusod Frederick Fox of $40 Glenmore avenue Of
assault, in tho Gates Avenue Police Court yes
terday. Fox is IS years old, and his attack on
Rawley was tho result of a visit tho old man
made to Mrs. Fox during the supposed absence
of her husband.
Some time ago Fox. 1t is said, heard that his
wifo was receiving visits during his absence
from Rawley. One day last week Fox told his
wife that he was going to Albany. Instead of
leaving town he watched his house, and late ut
night he saw his wife and Rawley enter. An
hour later Fox entered, and found his wife en-.
PERTAINING the hotel keeper. While Fox was
beating his wife's guest Mrs. Fox loft the house.
Rawley testified yesterday that he was in Mrs.
Fox's house at her invitation. He said he had
been drinking, and when he had accepted Mrs,
Fox's invitation to lie down and rest Fox ap-
peared and attacked him without provocation.
Fox admitted that he thrashed Rawley. Justice
Worth suspended sentence on Fox.
Fox has begun two suits, one against his wife
for an absolute divorce and the other against
Rawley for $4,000 for tho alienation OF Mrs.
FoX's affections.
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LAwsfger D6poh. snys, inst exactiy as thsy
aflect those on L. TouraineL
Boston, Mesa, July ocean hnern
came into port today just in time TO come under
tho old tariff law. The Roman from. Liverpool
and the IepAnto from Hull had light carEoes,
but tho big Cunarder Sylvania had 1000 bales
q wool aboard consigned to Stoddard, Haserick
3 Richards Of this city. As the average weight
rate Of duty imposed by the new tariff
ranges from cents to IL cents, q
pound, the ~Sylyanias arrival hero to-day
means q large saving TO the owner of the wool
and q corresponding loss to the Treasury. with
the exception OF the. arrival OF the steamers
thoro was nc rush OF business ct the Custom
House, which, however, remained open until 4
O'Clock. this afternoon. Boston merchants have
taken time blythe forolock and have boon Gotting
In. sugar and wool for months past instead OF
waiting until tho last moment
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DANCED AND SANG At Houn

Nhereupon . Policeman Entered the Msao
and Arrested tho Three Dancefs.
PArthur Sprague. who lives on the third aoor
of 275 Eighth avenue, complained to Sergeant
Arneth of tho West Twentieth street station
last night that a party of women In tho hat
above him were acting in o disorderly manner.
Detective Devine was sent around to inyesti.
singing.
He arrested them, and they wore looked nm In
the West Thirtieth street station. MrS. Mary
van Houten, 80 years old, who said she was the
wife OF a Jersey City policeman, said she was
tho lessee OF the fiat.
She denounced her arrest as an outrage. and
Mary johnson and Mary Smith.
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-Four Injured By = Fall.

A scaffold upon which four mon were working
taking down an old wall in 1891 street. between
Lenox and SeveRHb avenues, collapsed yester,
day. and all four were thrown to tho ground.
forty feet below. They were all injured, inter
nAlly and otherwise. Tho men were Henry
Hanly OF 476 West Seventy-fourth street, vii.
liam Hopwood Of 767 Columbus avenue, Alex
ander Davidson of 479 Monroe street. Brooklyn.
The police took Hanly and Hopwood to the Har-
lem Hospital and the others to the Manhattan
Hospital.
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Forth Atlantic Squadron TO Rendezvous 81
TompkinsvtlIe.

WARRINGTON, July 24--Tompkinsvillo. Staten
Island. will DO the rendezvous of the North At
lantic squadron at the beginning of Its summer
evolutions. Tho vessels will assemble there on
July %, and sail for Newport on Aug. 2. Orders
have been issued attaching the battleship Iowa
and the cruiser Brooklyn TO tho fleet. which will
lhagship). the battleships Indiana, Massachu-
sets; Maine and Texas andSs monitor
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BEDFORD, Ind. July 2i.-Butler Record, aged
"a years. yesterday shot and killed his brother.
Morton. aged 80. at Dresden, ten miles west of
here. They are sons OF George Record, OK.
was committed In the presence Of their parents.
The sons were not on friendly terms, Young
Record says he shot In self-defense.
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snve ana Copper ON Eal.oa,s Land.

ALTOONA, Pa. July 24.-Discoveries OF silver
and copper have been made in a tract OF South
Mountain land, near York, owned by Thomas
A. Edison and Congressman SulZer OF New
York. Some new devices OF Edison's are to be
used In the copper mining, by which the cost OF
production will be reduced.
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Funeral services over the remains of the Rev.
John NJ. Currey, assistant pastor OF st. Mlchael's
Church. Thirty-second street and Ninth avenue,
were held at the church yesterday morning
The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev,
DIR, Edward Hanna of Rochester and absolution
was pronounced by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Mooney,
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The torpedo boat Porter. In command Of Capt.
J. G. Fremont. left tho navy yard yesterday for
Newport, r. ].
The monitor Puritan will leave tho yard for
tho Tompkinsville anchorage to-day.
The New York will not go into dry dock at
present. but will go to Tompkinsvillo on Thurs
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divorce from him in Westchester county on
Tuesday Of last week, was married at Hartford,
Conn.,, yesterday, to Mrs. Mary e. Seaton.
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washington Notes.

WARRINGTON, July 2A-Secretary Long left
Washington last night for q trip to Old Point
was accompanied by his daughter.
acquisitions for $l3. 800, 900 made by the SEQ
rotary OF the Interior TO cover pension pay
ments for August were signed by assistant Beo-
rotary Vanderbilt of the Treasury Department
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5000 for Ellis NJ. Roberta.

WASHINGTON. July 24.-Assistant Secretary
vanderlip Of the Treasury Department to-day
signed q warrant for $500 In favor of Ellis H.
imburso him for the loss of that amount in the
Sub-Treasury In New York when no relinquished
his Office as Assistant Treasurer there. The
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Or. sidney m Acquitted or aurdeI

PoNcA. Nob.. July 24.-The second trial aIbr.
Sidney Goodmanson for the murder of his Me
closed to-day with q verdict OF not guilty. Tia
first trial resulted in q conviction. Goodman
son Was accused of poisoning his wife In order
TO marry ANOTHER woman
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TIVE workhouao Prisoners Escape from
Bellevue.

Maggie Kirby and AMMO West, Q negress.
each % years old, workhouse prisoners em-
ployed at Bellevue Hospital. eluded the Wig
ilanco of Matron Hoi on Friday night, broke
into the laundry, and exchanged their striped
dresses for black dresses owned by laundry en-.
ployees and escaped over the First avenue wall.
Both were serving sentences for disorderly con.
duct
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Contribution for sahrinE.

tn o received $40 yesterday from Abner
Hendee Of New Haven for Frank SahrinR of 500
East Seyenty-sixth street, the painter whose
child died of starvation.
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SIOUX FALLS. 8. d.. July 24.-Tho week has
been propitious for crops. Wheat Is in good
places noxt week. Five thousand tramps are In
the State, yet farmers find u scarcity Of harvest
hands.
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bowden LithiH spring Water promotes the normal
uauoaA. and A0NYe; IL sslists nature. I5l W.A2d.-Ada
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. RELIABLE
Present 1sYFeSt Condition and What
Brought 1t About.

Brought It About.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.-"My daughter, who is
Just entering ~womAnhood, was feeling very
poorly andI gave her three bottles OF Hoods
ssrsaparilla. 1t made new blood for her, gave
her . good appetite and built up her health.
She Is now In excellent health and we attribute
1t to tho use OF Hoods sarsapariila." MRS.
JENNIE PFALGRoF, 424 Warren Street.
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nood.s Pills ssS Operate a : nI e s alsi Easy