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ried to the scene and assisted IN rescuing
the passengers in the smoker and day
coach.
When he reached the wreck few
minutes after the collision four OF the cars
were all ablaze, and the heat was so ter
rlhc that 1t was impossible for any one to
get near them. In a few minutes he
thinks that at least fifteen to twenty per-
sons were cremated.
j. u. Young, one of the survivors, says
ne was in the smoker at the rear end
when the collision took place.
1ne front end of the car and part of the
roof was thrown on him, pinning him
down in his seat, but he succeeded in free
Ing himself and escaping through WIN
COW with few slight cuts on his head.
There were about twenty-five persons in
the smoker, and he does not think more
than eight got out alive all of the re-
mainder being cremated. As to the day
coach, Immediately behind the smoker,
he thinks there were from thirty 20 thir-
ty-iYe in it, and TO the best OF his knovl-
edge only two succeeded in making their
escape.
He says that all who were in the chair
car got out safely before the fire reached
1t, also those in the two Pullmans.
Coroner Clark says that only ten bodies
have been taken from the burning wreck.
These, with keenan,, Holland, Hines and
Gordon, make fourteen in all, but there is
no doubt that these are less than half of
those who perished.
The most conservative estimate places
the list of dead at twenty-five to thirty
i've. The remains OF what are supposed
to be ten persons are confined in two
caskets. There is nothing to identity
them, and it is expected they will be
buried here tomorrow or Sunday.
Fred G. Rockwell, stock agent for the
Burlington, who was on the ill-fated
train. was seen by reporter. He said:
Il had Just lett the sleeper in com pany
with gentleman and passed through the
day coach into the next car. We had
barely seated ourselves IN the smoking
compartment when We were hurled vio-
lently from our seats by the shock of the
collision. We got out safely.
"a moment later.a terrific explosion of
gas rent the air and after if came burst
of flame. After getting my bearings l
was horrifed to discover that the smok-
ing-car had ridden over the day coach,
cutting its way almost to the seats and
encaslng the car in such manner as to
shut off all hope of escape.
1T was in this day coach where the
horrible harvest of death took place. 1
procured an ak and with Others managed
to chop through a window and get ont
two women and three men who were
badly hurt and another man who was
struggling to get his foot loose. He was
seif-possessed. and TOLD me he was not in
iured otherwise. He could not free him
self, and l was compelled to >tand help
lessly by and see him consumed by the
flames
The FIVE that we rescued were the only
ones that could possibly have escaped
from the car. 1t was crowded with men,
women and children. l should say fully
thirty adults were cremated there, aside
from the children"
Conductor Hawthorne OF the ill-fated
train does not place the loss of life at so
many as is generally supposed. On
checking up his tickets, as nearly as he
can tell, eight were killed in The coaches.
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Two Men Die in Tor
ture at a Nevada City
Wood Ranch.
George KOhIer ana One of His
Cues Expire and Four
Others Are Ill.
Neighbors Hint That They We're
Victims of an Enemy of the
Aged Proprietor.

NEVADA, CAL. Sept. 10.-Two dead
men and four who are slowly recovering
from severe sickness are the net result
of eating the food served this week at
George Kohler's wood ranch on the Wash
ington road, eight miles above this city.
Kohler himself died there on Wednes-
day, and his neigh bors, who dropped in 10
enliven the last hours OF the old man,
voted him a victim OF cholera morbus-
While they were caring for him and
keeping vigil with his lifeless body they
partook freely of the supply of food on
hand AMI helped themselves 70 alcohol
from the demijohn which Kohler always
kept handy.
Yesterday they were all seized by
cramps and became partly blind. mani
Testing the same symptoms that Kohler
had in the earlier stages OF his attack.
August Amberg seemed to be in the
worst condition, and this morning he
died in trightfuI agony. o. P. Davis, Sol
Am berg, ". 81. Wrisley and son OF Will
liam Giliett had spent the day there and
they, too, were taken sick
They took emetIcs aud found some re-
lief.
Sol Amberg started for this city afoot
and gave out on the way. He was takon
up by passing wagon and brought to
town.
He says that the food partaken of con-
sisted OF canned sardines, bread, peaches
preserved in alcohol, and fresh .ruit, and
that they drank some of the alcohol.
Sheriff Getcheu and Coroner Hooking
went 10 the ranch to-day and made a
thorough investigation. They interviewed
the neIghbors and got sam pies of ali the
eatabIes ard the alcohol.
They fed can OF the !sardines to cat,
but the animal was not seriously affected
by the meat. They found box of strych-
nine on a shelf, but the men around there
said 1t was only use d 10 poison gophers.
There are all sorts of stories afoat
among the people on ridge and some
OF them hint a the likelihood of foul
crime having been committed.
They say that Kohier has been involved
IN trouble over tim Der lands, and some of
them try to connect his death and that Of
Amberg with that trouble.
Sheriff Getchell, upon his return to-
night, said that he was almost as much in
the dark then az when he started.
He says he has found nothing so far to
show that a crime as been committed,
and that an analysis of the food and alco-
hol may show case of accidental poison
ing.
An inquest is to be held on Monday,
when a searching investigation of the
mystery will be made. There are many
who think that a cold blooded plot to poi
son old man Kohler, of which plot Am
berg and the others became unexpected
Victims will be developed.
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PYLE'S Bn0THER IEo HFiES.
Brother of the Murdered Constable
Gives Strong Evidence Against
McCamjsh.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. 10. - Al
most the strongest evidence vet presented
against Ed McCamish, on trial for the
killing OF Constable Mccoy Pyle at Cas-
taic was given to-day by Everett Pyle.
brother of the murdered man. Everett
declares that there were powder marks
on the face of his dead brother, This, if
believed by the jury, would controvert
the assertion OF Mechanism, that Pyle was
shot by a tramp who was over ten feet DIS
tanr, and would subs tantiate the theory
of the prosecution, that Pyle was killed
while he slept in the little station build
ing. In addition to this, Everett Pyle
swears that his brother was in the ha bit
OF sleeping on his back, with his mouth
open and lower jaw protruding, and that
such was his position wnen he saw him
dead, and before the corpse had been dis
turoed.
The trial, which has been twice inter-
rupted this week by holidays, was given a
sensational turn to-day by the positive
statements OF Everett Pyle, for if his testi-
mony remains unshaken the prosecution
hopes for conviction
The prosecution has not established be-
yond doubt that there was improper inti-
macy between the accused man and the
wife OF the deceased, but there have been
witnesses TO prove that Mechanism has
talked in way 10 cause suspicion of his
sentiments, and thai he had made state
ments intimating that Mrs. Pyle would
soon be widow.
J. 4. Jenkins, memter of the Cor
oners jury, swore that Mechanism told
him that Pyle was shot by one of the
tramps, and specified the position of all
at the time of the alleged encounter. On
cross-examination it developed that Jen-
kins had once been convicted of burglary.
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EOuaIizerS Reduce More
Interior Counties and
Adjourn.
Those Which Asked for No
Decrease Have 1t Thrust
Upon Them.
Black Ryan of Alameda Sends In
an Appeal for the Southern
Pacific.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Sept. 10.-The
State Board of Equalization finished its
labors to-day and the result is that it has
fixed the State rate at 81 cents on each
$lG0 of valuation, a raise of several cents
over the valuation set last year.
When the board convened to-day a COM
munica ton from Assessor BeFkey of Sac
ramento County was read, In which he
asked for a reduction of 10 per cent on
that comfy assessment, stating that his
reason for asking for the reduction was
that it would only be fair in consideration
OF what other interior counties had re-
ceived. The request was granted. Ayes
Arnold Beamer, Colgan and Morehouse.
Noes-Chesebrough
Arnold then stated that he had tele-
graphed to the Supervisors OF Inyo. Mono
and Mariposa. asking if thy desired re-
duction, and had received an answer TO the
effect that the latter two counties did not,
bat that Inyo like Barkis, twas willing" I"
so that county was granted 10 per cent
reduction, the ayes and noes being the
same.
Lake, Modoc and Sierra were then
granted a 10 per cent reduction, and COM
munications were read stating that Las
sen and Contra Costa counties were iully
satisfied with their present assessment
and desired to be left alone.
During the deliberations of the board
President Morehousc received telephone
message from E. Black RYAN asking if the
board would consider an application
for a reduction of 5 per cent on the
Southern Pacific Railroad assessment in
those counties through which the railroad
passed that had been granted reduc-
tions. The matter was laid before the
board and Morehouse read that Sec
ton of the code which declared
that such applications must be filed be-
tween the first Monday in August and
the first Monday in Septem ber, and
pointed out that as the legal time had ex-
pired no action could be taken. Black
was so informed and the board adjourned.
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Trustees Must Provide Funds.

Some interesting law Oh the question of pro-
vlding funds for school purposes was handed
down by she Supreme Court yesterday. The
trustee OF the Chico High School, who are
also the Board of Education of Butte County,
sought to compel the Board of Supervisors to
provide appropriations for the support of the
school, inasmuch as portion of the county
as well as the town itself, a city of the fifth
class, included in the school district.
Failing in this the board attempted TO have
the Auditor include the item in the tax levy
A writ of mandate denied, which action
wes approved by The Supreme Court.
The court held that the municipal law, sec
ton 295, was amended in 1891 so that terri
tory added to a city school district shall be
deemed part OF the city ana shall constitute
q separate precinct for the purposes of school
elections, land the electors therein may vote
for Board OF Education, and such outside
territory shall be deemed part of the city for
ali ma tiers connected with the sch ool depart.
ment."
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SLAGEL SEEN IN STOCKTON
One of the fen Who Attempted to
Rob the Los Angeles Express Be-
turns to tie City.

STOCKTON. CAL, Sept. 10. = Dick
Grove, who works on Union Island, came
in from there late to-day and tonight told
The CALL CORES spondent that Williams
and Slagel who attempted 10 rob the Los
Angeles express, near Morrano, Wednes-
day night, were seen by him on the Union
Island road at 11:30 o'clock last night.
Grove knows them both, and stopped to
ask what they were doing there. They
told him that hey were out on a dove
hunting expedition. The woui d. be train
robbers were driving one horse in a light
spring wagon.
seen by Grove In town. AT that time
Grove did not know anything of the
hold-up OF Wednesday night, and did
not, for that reason, report to the authori-
ties
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PACIFIC GROFE ITINERANIS,
Cluo Menb-rs Co tinme to Discuss the
Duties IF tn. Pastor.

Club Members Co time to Dis scuss the
Duties IF tn. Pastor.
PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, Sept 1O.-The
Itinerant Club OF the California confer
ence, which began its annual five days
work here last night. gives promise of
an unusually successful conclave this
year. The club is composed of laymen
as we'll as clergymen, banded together for
intellectual advancement, and is in a
measure a preparatory school for the
work of the ministry.
The first session to-day was called to
order by President A H. Needh ham a.
7:30 NJ The topic for study was Church
Management" and was taken up after
preliminary business and devotional ser
vice, prominent Methodist clergymen
considering its various departments.
Rev. DR.. F. F. Jewell talked OF the pastor
in relation to the quarterly conference; !;
Rev. H. B. Heacock of the pastor in re-
Iaticn to church benevolences; Rev. w.
W. Case of the pastor in relation to the
young peoples societies; Rev. F. A.
Morrow of the pastor anu church finances.
The discussion W hich followed the lectures
was general and interesting.
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FIRE DESTROYS LIVESTOCK.
COnfagrnti in the Chine,e Quarter at
OroriLle.

OROVILLE, CAL. Sept 10.-A fire
started this afternoon in barn back of
Chinatown. The Chinese hose company
was prompt in getting stream on the
blaze, but was unable to check it. An ad-
joining shed filled with wood was suon on
ire, and by the time the hose com panies
got streams OF water going five Chinese
stores and dwellings were being con-
sumed. By dihgent work The FIRE was
confined 10 the e buildings.
The Chinese in their excitement forgot
about the horses in the corral and stable.
One horse was released alter being so
nadIy burned that it will have to DC killed.
Three horses were burned to death in the
barn, az were also thirty-five hogs belong
ing to Wo Lung, and kept in a pen back
of his store. The total loss Is about
$1,000, with light insurance.
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Some Law on Contracts.

The Supreme Court has decided the long
draw h-out dispute between the Pacific Rolling
mills and w. d. English A. C. Paulsell and c.
o. Alexander, the former Board of Harbor
Com missioners, over the construction of Sec
ton of the seawall against the mill COM
pany The contract for this section OF the sea-
wal was let to J S. Anto2elli, who in turn,
let it to the San Francisco Contracting Com
pany under terms that provided for reserve
OF the price being held until the work was ac-
copied. The contracting company failed to
finish the job, signing its claim to the roll
ing-mills. AntoneiH Completed the work
assigning his claim for the guarantee to the
Kennedy & Shaw Lumber Company. The
roll ing-mils brought suit to determine 10
whom this reserve belonged and were nom
suited IN the lower courts. The Supreme
Court sustai ms this decision.
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yhc .ALbien at san Dteao.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Sept. 10. - The
steamer All bion, Caps ain Tn~ing, arrived
to-day, twenty days from San Benito,
Mex She brought $500 in gold bullion
and a small cargo OF coffee and Mexican
fruits. After going on the marine ways
here she will sail for San Pedro and go
southwark on her return trip about the
goth. The Albion is the first vessel of the
Lower California Development Compapy's
new line to arrive mere. On her next trip
down the coast she will take party OF
twelve Los Angeles and San Diego mer-
chants to work up Mexican trade.
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PREFERS & UELTr cHARG E.
Mrs. Mary 4. Lomnibo,ts' Suit for Legal
Separation.

Mrs. Mary n. LoHutbOtts' Suit for Le1nt
Separation.
SAN JOSE CAL, Sept. 10.-The divorce
suit OF Mary A Lounibous against James
6. Lounibous was called for trial before
Judge Kittredge this morning, but after
hearing some of the testimony it was IN
definitely continued because of an insult
ficiency of violence to sustain the charges
and in order to allow the piaintiff furt er
time TO produce proof. Mrs. Lounibous
charges her hus band, who is a wholesale
Iiquor-dealer in San Francisco, with
cruelty and desertion. She desires half
OF about $1,000 worth OF community prop
erty and $50 per month allmony.
Shortly after the divorce suit was COM
menced Mrs. Lounibous sued ]. Louni-
bous her husbands father, 10 compel b m
to convey to her piece of properly at Ell
Verano. which it is clsimed he father-ln-
law promised he plaintiff if she would re-
turn TO ner husband when she once left
him on account of his cruelty. Mrs.
Lounibous returned to her husband, but
the deed was not forthcoming.
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DROWNED ~ yoLF CREEK.
j. p. Bruce, Ue T. kHoign Arizonian
Loses Rfs life Mar Mayer.

u. p. Bruce, Ue T. -kuoign Arizonian,
Loses H{s iffe Near Mayer.
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., Sept. 10.-Word has
just reached Prescott from Mayer that
j. P. Bruce, who for the past twenty years
has run a freight contracting outfit. was
drowned this afternoon while attempting
to cross Wolf Creek couple of miles from
Mayer. George Harrington was with
Bruce in a light wagon. When in the
middle of creek which is ordinarily a
dry wash, the horses lost their footing
and the wagon began to float. Harrington
became alarmed and prepared to jump.
The wagon was washed against tree
branch which Harrington seized as the
wagon with Bruce turned over. Up to the
time of the sending of the report neither
Bruce. the wagon nor the team had been
iound. Bruce was well known and quite
prominent Mason.
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KILLED BIZ "a. y EXPLOSION
Butte County Min-r Mdngled by Giant
Rnarder

CHICO, CAL. Sept. 10.-Word has
reached this city of a fatal explosion of
gi ant powder at 2 O'Clock OF Wednesday
afternoon on Bull Greek, forty-three miles
from mere. T. b. Bennington, an old
miner OIL Butte County, had taken several
sticks of giant powder into blacksmith
shop. A o'clock terrible report was
heard. The 13-year-old son of Benning-
ton hurried to the Gene of the explosion
to find the blacks mitn shop blown to
atoms and the mangled body OF his father
living forty feet from the wrecked build
ing.
Bennington had always kept giant pow
der stored in a hollow oak tree some dis
tance from the cabin, but had taken sew
eral sticks OF the explosive 10 the black
smith shop near the mine. He was aged
4S years and leaves q widow and three
children.
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have taken treatment for my kidneys, winch
nave bot hered me for long while also catarrh
Of the stomach. and also chronic diarrhea and was
cured in two weeks by DR.. Tom She Bin also ulood
poison in my thumb Nm Z BRYAN,
Martha place. san Francisco
SAN Francisco, March 6, 1897.
had gravel NJ kidney trouoe four years My
friends sent Dr. Tom She Bin. He felt my
pulse and ne TO what trouble had Iput my
case ii his hands AID took herbs twice day. In
four weeks my troubles were at cured. Now my
hash is all goud he lasl three four years
went white d octors, but never did me any good.
Now have got well and am in good health.
JLNS J. JENSEN,
2131a Clara street, san Francisco Cal
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Edwin H. Hosmer wanted.

The Auditor OF the War Department has ad.
dressed letter to Internal Revenue Collector
Lynch inquiring as to the whereabouts of
Edwin II. Hosmer, son of Thomas Hosmer.
late private of Company E, One Hundred and
Tenth New YORK Volunteers and One Hun
dred and Twelfth Company. Second
Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps. The letter
states that Hos mer resided in San Francisco
three or four years ago.
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winthrop to Say In Jail.

The app. .icatou of Oliver W. Winthrop for a
new trial has been denied by the Supreme
Court. Win throp is now serving lie sem
tence in San Quentin for robbery His kid
naping and abduction Of millionaire James
Campbell OF Honolulu from the OcciuentaI
Hotel was like chapter from the deeds OF the
bandits OF Italy. but Judge Wallace and a Jury
could see no romance III 1t, hence the decision
of the Supreme Court yesterday that Win
}hrop must stay in jail.
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kORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD

Via SausaIito FerryJ.
From San Francisco, Commencing May q 1897
WEEKDAYS
For Mn Valley and Rafael-7:oo, sS:ls
s9:4s. Il 80 A.. NJ; %1:&5, $50, 4:00, 5:l6
$500, 8 80 NJ
Extra trips for san Rafael on Mondays wednes
days and Saturdays 1t IL 80 p
SUNDAYS.
For MIL Valley and San Rafael-rs :0o, s9 800
$1,000 Il 100 Il 80 \. NJ: :0U. *l:&5 *2:3U
400, $50, 6:45 IL 100 ".
IL :00 n. does run 70 san Rafael: $50 and
II 100 P. ". do 10 Mil Valley.
Trains marked run to San Quentin.
THROUGH TRAINS.
100 A. II. weekdays for Cazadero and way sta
tions; l :45 r II. SATURDAYS for Cazadero and
way stations; 500 - n sundays for Cazaaers
and ~ stations: 800 A sundays for J ONT
HA~e- .
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Accused of Gra.,d Larce,v

NJ. J. Cavsnaugh, a. recent arrival from Ta
coma, appeared before Judge Conlan yesterday
on charge of grand larceny He is accused
by William Leavney of stealing So and two
neckties from him in q saloon ON Howard
street, where they had been drinking together r
Thursday night Cavanaugh denied anv
knowledge OF The crime, and the case was con-
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Farmers, Institute at Hen,d,smro.

HEALDSBURG, CAL, Sept. 1O-The
two days session of the Farmers Insti-
tute began in Healdsburg this afternoon.
Professor Koebig, Professor Jaffa and
Douglass T. Fowler of the State University
were in attendance. The afternoon was
taken up with the analysis of su-ar
beets, which demonstrated that the soil
OF Sonoma and MendocIno counties was
admirably adap:ei 20 their culture. A
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EI,ct.d Clerk of Butte County.

OROVILLE, CAL, Sept 10.-Henry D.
Lauson was to-day elected clerk OF Butte
County by the Board of Supervisors, vice
Ed Harkness, who resigned TO accept
position as assistant cashier OF the Bank
of Butte County at Chico.
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smnsri.d ooas Sc I'd.

Customs Inspector Campbell found 700
cigars slowed away in the forepeak of the
steamer City o. Syduey, which arrived from
Panama last Thursday. Yesterdas on the
same teamer he foug and seized 225O cigars
and bot OF silk cloth. The articles were CON
fscsted.
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F,o,r,.y conturc, IA, Man.

EUGENE, Or, Sept 10. - Deputy
Sheriff Frawley OF Modoc County, Cali
fornia, returned to Eugene to-day with
Cornell, the California cat.le-tnief, whom
ne has been chasing. He caught his man
las: evening on the railroad bridge near
Jefferson. The prisoner VII be taken to
California as soon as extradition papers
are obtained.
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TnTrey Road Trains TO Vi,nIIa,

VISALIA, CAL, Sept. 10.-Regular pas
senger and freight train service on the
Valley road between Fresno and Visalia
was instituted to-day.
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T,syor. Co.aty H,u ..dp.ri{s,.

VISALIA, CAL. Sept. 10.-The Board
of Supervisors to-day appropriated $500
toward the maintenance of an exhIb of
fruit this winter in New York.
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number of specimens were brought by
the farmers. The highest percentage of
sugar shown was in beets raised by
w. n. GLADDEN.. Among the exhibits OF
fruits and vegetables in the ball was
52-pound watermelon grown by Charles
Mather,
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DIED.

CHRISTIAN-In this city. at his residence, 613
Octavia street, Charles Christian, 9 native Of
Switzer land, aged 40 years.
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ALL kinds OF job printing at The Star. 429
Montgomery street. Phone. Main 3oS. LW.
LoYey.
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MOUNT TiMlLpiIs SCEN,C RAILWAY

CVia Sausaiito Ferry)
Leave San Francisco Commencing NAV
=, 1897:
WEEK DAYS-s:45 A. NJ. / AS 5:l5p "
sUNDAYs-s:Oo, s:oU, lo:0o II A n; l:4k
$50
July 3, 1897, trains will Sunday time
Tlckets ,sr sale at Mill VALLEY or THOs
cock d son. 62l Marke; st. San Francisco ,
fundsT Palate EstelI Telephoae n Ain kp62
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MISCELLANEO
''CUPIDENE e"

This great Vegetable
Vitalizer, the prescCip-
tion Of a Z am Gus
E'r enc h physician,
viii quickly cure you
OF al. nervous or dis
e;tses OF the genera
I've organs. such IS
Lost Manhood. Insom-
MA Pains IN the Back.
Se minal EN-! So ons,
Nnrrnna Dn.il
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san LEANDkO AND HAYMARDS LOCAL.
fEnOt OF Market Street