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The evening times., 1900-05-12

WESTMINSTER, Nd. May 12--James
Hopes, colored widely known barber,
dropped dead in his shop in Westminster
Thursday night from an attack of apo
plexy. He was ffty-seven years OF age.
He had been in good health ~ to half an
hour before his death. The only person
present at the time of the attack was
Edward H. Manning who had just seated
himself in the BARRIERS chair when the
fatal stroke came.
For twenty years James Hopes, who
was familiarly known in Westminster as
Jim" was the servant or valet of the
actor Edwin Booth. He was therefore well
acquainted with Mr. Booth and his hab-
its, eeeentrieities, and many quiet deeds
of charity. While in Mr. Booths service
he dressed him for nearly all Of the ac-
tors famous characters He first saw Mr.
Booth in the Richmond Va. Theatre in
1851, when IL was under the management
Of Messrs. Ford. Moxley & Kunkel. Jim"
was boy employed about the theatre.
Joseph Jefferson was the stage manager
and in the company was Miss Mary Dew
lin, who afterward married Edwin Booth.
Jim" had an excellent tenor voice, he
NSli On ana GUITAR, ana
was something Of an elocutionist He
once undertook TO play "Richeiieu," and.
II is said, with some degree of success.
He was a strikingly neat and handsome
fellow, and well fitted to be the valet Of
such a man as Mr.. Booth.
OF the actors habits his former servant
said Mr.. Booth always took a nap 10 the
afternoon; during the course Of the play
at night he smoked a pipe he was an in
veterate smoker: later on he limited him
self TO a cigar af er meals Matinees. he
used 70 say broke him up badly He
never cared for social attention. and his
whole life was devoted TO the stage. and
he gave away literally Of his large earn
ings.
Jim used to tell many stories Of his
0Wn franks while in the theatrical pro
fessfon as Mr. Booths servant. Among
others was one in Philadelphia While
going home one night a seTenadiug party
was singing Come Where Ny Love Lies
Dream ing" They had no tenor aud jim
supplied the deficiency. for which public
service he got himself into .ae watch
house On another occasion he plaved on
his ma ster a trick such IS other Wallets
nave often played on their masters He
asked permission to 20 10 a wedding. and
Mr. Booth gave him money for a carriage
10 which 10 carry his girl Instead Of
hiring be ordered Mr.. Booths carriage
from the livery stable and went in state
lie was discovered. but was forgiven.
Hopes left a widow snd an adopted
daughter whom he named EdWina. in re
membrance Of Mr.. Booth
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TRANSFERS OF PAINTINGS.
The MOdus Opernndi Described by
m Art CoanOirNeur


From the NV Orleans Times. Democrat)
Did you ever hear of transferring an old
oil painting tc new canvass" said a
well-known art connoisseur OF this city.
'One would declare at first blush that the
thing was absolutely impossible. but
have recently seen it done with a picture
over eight feet square, and the operation
was a perfect success. The painting to
which l refer had been a fine example of
the early Italian school, but il had lain
forgotten in a garret for many years and
had become so incrusted with dirt and
CRIME that il was impossible TO distinguish
any Of the details. Ordinarily il could
have been cleaned without trouble. but the
damp and mold of two centuries had rotted
the canvas until it was ready to fall apart
at a touch and scrubbing was. of course
out of the question.
That was the condition of things when
il was taken in hand few weeks ago by
an expert restoTer from Belgium. who hap
pened TO be in the city The first thing he
did was to glue {. huge sheet of thick Ma
Mia paper firmly o the face Of the picture.
Then he turned it over and carefully picked
off every particle Of the old deeaying can
vas, revealing the rear surface of the paint
Itself IL was big job and required no
end Of patience, but the last thread was
finally removed and nothing was left but
the fragile shell of pigment. That he COW
cred with the strongest fish glue and a
new sheet OF canvas was spread over il
and pressed down. In few hours it was
perfectly dry and the painting was as firm
ly attached to its new foundation as if il
had been there from the start Nothing
then remained but TO take of the Manila
paper. which was readily done with he: va
ter. After that the surface was thorough
ly cleaned and the picture is now almost as
bright and clear as it was when it left the
pailter's easel The owEer could hardly
believe his eyes. II seemed TO him that
Yeritable miracle had been accomplished 4"
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STEEL COMPANIES AFFECTED.
A Treasury Department Decision Re-
gardingi Crop Ends.

BALTIMORE. May 12.-The United
States Treasury Department has just
made decision which will affect every
manufacturer Of steel in the United States.
Il was made in response to an applica-
tion by the Maryland Steel Company Of
Sparrows Point in regard to the allowance
OF drawback on sO-called crop ends. :"
The department has decided that no draw
back can be allowed and the application
has been denied
Upon the expectation of steel rails man
ufactured in whole or in part from i'm
ported materials drawback equal T. the
duty paid. less one per centum, is allowed
upon the imported material used. and an
additional allowance for the imported ma
terial that is represented by the waste
or scrap which is incidental to tAe manu-
facture Of the exported article is also
allowed, according 10 the relative value
OF the scrap as compared with the ex-
ported rails.
Maryland Steel Company has desired 10
obtain upon exported steel crop ends,
which are the pieces OF steel cut of from
the ends OF rails to reduce the rails TO a
certain length, and are included in the
general designation of scrap.
These crop ends have been found to be
exceedingly valuable and useful in various
forms of manufacture, and large quanti-
ties have been exported by the company.
which has come TO regard them as one OF
the products of the manufacturing which
II conducts at Sparrows Point. In this
view the company considers the steel
crop ends as being fairly within the des-
ignation of manufactured articles. being
the result of intricate methods Of manu-
faeture, and having as definite and GER
tain market as the rails. When exported
the crop ends were thought by the com
pany to be exported articles within the
meaning OF the drawback statute and en-
titled to drawback under the law. The
department. il is thought by steel com
Pany officials. decided that this product
was mere waste and refused TO make an
allowance
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NEW CHARTERS ISSUED.
Corporations Licensed Under the
Laws Of West Virginia

CHARLESTON, ". Va. May l2.-The
following charters have been issued 10 new
corporations: The Maxwell Sayler Com
pany. Of Fairmont, W. Va. for the pur-
pose of canning and preserving fruits
meats, and vegetables, capital $3.50; Ritch
Contracting and Stone Company. OF Green
wieh, Conn. capital $50. 600: the Boston and
Georgia Manganese Company. OF Boston
Mass; the AlbemarIe Zinc and Lead Com
pany. of Washington. d. c.. capita; Sl2 coo:
American Railroad Company. OF New York
capital 81 GOO; Delong Hook and E=5 Com
pany, OF Philadelphia Pa. capital $500:
POcahontas Supply Company. OF Cass. W
Va, capital $500; the Central Insurance
Company. OF Chicago. Ill. capital s.. COO:
Pittsburg Manganese Company. OF Pitts
burg. Pa, capital S12, 500: Produce Cold Air
Company, Of Chicago. Ill. capital $500. coo:
Harris Company. of Chicago. H.. dealers
in jewelry and pawnbrokers capital $50
coo; the Little Superior Gold Mining Com
pany, OF Philadelphia, Pa, capital 81 400
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INVESTIGATING A PRISON.
Federal Authorities Looking Into the
Raleigh Penifentiary.


RALEIGH, y. c., May 12.-B. V. Ladow
and r. J. w. Brewster. special agents Of
the United States Department Of Justice.
arrived here yesterday to investigate
charges of cruelty made against peniten-
tiary officials here by some Federal prison
ers confined therein They went TO the pen
itentiary directly after arrival. Warden
Green said he had been expecting them
three weeks and that he thought there
was no special significance in their visit
just now.
LadOw and Brewster are reticert. mere
" saying they came to investigate condi-
tions. Warden Green was at Washington
recently and made an effort 10 have Fed
eral prisoners from other States sent here
as was the case up to last year For twelve
months the only Federal prisoners sent
nave been those convicted in North Caro-
lima The prison authorities were anxious
10 get more, as they can employ them in
side the prison and send State convicts to
work on the farms near Weldon The spe-
cial agents are devoting most Of their time
to separate examination Of each Federal
prisoner. OF whom there are eighty-hve
Each prisoner is given full opportunity to
speak conddentially.
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PROPOSALS.
ANNI-AL srPPIIEs FoR II UNITED sTATEs

ANNUAL SUPPLIES FOR THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS - Headquarters United
S;ares Marine Corps QuartermasIer's 0fhoe,
Washington D. c. April 81. I9O0- Sealed Fro-
posaIS. IN duplicate. viii be received al this Of
nee until L O'CLOCK NOON on NAY %. 1909.
a-l then b. publicly opened. for furnishing mill
tary supplies 20 be delivered At Philadelphia Pa
and Washington. d. c. Sealed proposals, IN cupll-
cate Viii also be received al this oifce until
% O'CLOCK NOON on NAY >. 1870. and then be
publicly opened for furnishing ice and stationery
al Washington. D. c., laundry work, fuel and
forage a. Annapolis. Nd, atiOns- launcTy WORK,
fuel and forage at Portsmouth y H Boston,
Mass Neupcrt r / Brooklyn. y. Y. Phiia-
delphi2 Pa League Island. Pa. Washington, D.
C Norfolk. Va. Port ROYAL, : C.. Pensacola
fla Mare Island. Cal, and Bremertou, Wash.
Blank proposals. specifications. and other infor-
nation can - obtained upon application % the
commanding officer. Marine Barracks. AZ the sta
tions named Standard samples can be examined
al This Office AT 100 South Broad Street. Phiis-
delphis. Pa; at Marine Barracks. Boston. Mass;
BROOKLYN, y Y. and Mare Island, Cal All bids
accepted and contracts awarded subject 70 sp-
preparation by Congress 10 meet the eXpsnSe- TINS
Office reserves the right 10 reject any and all bids
and TO waive effects Bios from manufacturers
or regular dealers only VIII be considered r l.
DENNY, Colonel, Qusr,ermaster, L. 5 Marine
Corps mXl2rl
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HISTORY TO REPEAT ITSELF
Modern Weapons Demand kniEhtIy
Armor of Ancient Days

Armor of Ancient Days.
(From the New Orleans Times -DemocratA
Mark my words said an observant
gentleman, who takes an interest in mill
tary matters. the soldier Of the future
will wear armor We are about 10 revert
TO first principles and will again illustrate
the weH-known fact that fashions move
in cycles No; l am Eot joking. The
conditions of modern warfare make armor
eminently practical a small calibre
high power rife VIII carry two miles
and it is next TO impossible for troops to
advance through their zone Of fire. il ii
is continuous and well directed. But sup
pose there was some method by which
they could approach within say half that
distance of the enemy and keep I'D a
steady fusillade without special danger
TO themselves-it goes without saying
that they would win the day. and there
is exactly where armor comes in Sew
eral OF the European Governments are
now experimenting with movable shields
which may be pushed in front Of soldiers
as they advance.
There is nothing particularly new in
that idea-it was used IN the siege OF
Troy-but it's not so bad, and ] see that
General Miles predicts that IL viii be the
next accepted novelty in war. From nova
Bile shields to a protective garment is
merely a developmeH of the same thought
My notion of the coming aTmor is a chest
plate, leg greaves and a mask made Of
Krupp steel. a Quarter-inch thick. That
would turn rifle bullet az a mile range
and be sufficiently light for any strong
man to carry II wouldn't be necessary TO
shield the back aud sides, the troops pro
tected as ! suggest could push into the zone
Of fire with comparative impunity To be
sure. they couldn't make a bayonet charge
but bsyonet charges have gone out OF date
anyhow. They would be long-range fight
ers, exclusively.
The evening times., 1900-05-12

Traveller: Do you know, Doctor, / never
go on trip without a bottle of Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey in my satchel
Doctor: Young man, TIE best travel
ling companion for anyone is a bottle
OF DUFFY'S PURE MALT. Ii has
saved great deal of suffering during
the last forty years when people travel
ing have been taken with chill or
sudden cold You should never be
without IT. You can buy II at any drug
gists or grocer or direct from Roches-
ter, express prepaid. for 81 4 bottle. Be
sure you get the genuine, Send for their
tree book, II win tell you all about il.
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IN A LEPER SETTLEMENT.
Ihe Case of John whey, a Monsy
King at NolokaF

Grom the PiJtsburg DiSpatcE)
Sixteen years ago John C Whey landed
at honolulu from a sailing vessel young
strong. and ambitious. He settled in the
prosperous island community TO make his
fortune. and for years worked hard al his
trade as a carpenter He became a pros
porous contractor Now. with an income OF
over $500 month. he is a money king Of
a leper settlement. only living cut the days
that must elapse before the most dreadful
OF known diseases shall end his wrecked
career
Whey went to San Francisco in 1890 1t
was in that year that he began to suspect
that he had fallen a victim of the mali iy
once so prevalent in the Hawaiian Islands
but now, thanks to the Anglo-Saxon
methods Of quarantine, very seldom seen
away from the Island OF MOlOkai
One night Whey lifted hot lamp glass
in his home where he was entertaining a
friend The glass was so hot that smoke
rose from his scorehed fingers. and the
friend uttered an exclamation of horror
but Whey showed no signs of having fell
the pain He saw the smoke II was a
grim confirmation of his worst suspicious
The thickening skin that comes with the
nrst advance Of leprosy could not have
been shown in a more startling manner
The friend thought nothing of 1t at the
time. but John Whey knew what il meant
After that nigh; Whey stunned his
friends He was seen walking along the
water front of San Francisco. with his hat
over his eyes. buried il thought He avoid
ed speaking to anyone. A close observer
might have seen, perhaps, that his eyelids
were thicker than they should have been,
and that his fingers were thick and shiny.
Whey was contemplating the step ne final
ly took. of placing hfmsef under the
guards that hem in the thousand or more
lepers of Molokai
IT was terrible step to consider. In
all the world there is probably no more
horrible place TO live than in a leper set
tlement. where among a thousand COM
panions there is not one with the hope
that belongs 10 the average man.
Many have committed suicide rather
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NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 12--The new
eisy officers elected by the councils at
their last meeting will all be in Office be-
fore the middle of next month. City
Engineer Holcombe will begin work en-
Monday, and the next day Superintendent
Of Gas Bailey will take charge Of the gas
works. School trustee Normoyle will lie
sworn in at the June meeting of tie
school board
Applications for liquor licenses at the
May term OF the court have been forty-
nine in number, about the same as last
year.
Frank l. Entwistle, the well-known
grocer, and Miss BERTHE Spence of this
city were married in Washington yester-
day.
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Maryland Basket-MaLers Strike.

CAMBRIDGE, Nd. May 12.-About thirty
men and boys employed in the basket fac
tory Of the Cambridge Manufacturing Com
pan; went on a strike yesterday for better
wases. The company is now paying g. so.
ar. 80 cents per hundred for making the
various styles Of baskets The strikers de-
mani 20. so and 81 per hundred for the
same work. a raise OF 10 cents per hundred
on each style The strikers say they can
not make even reasonable wages on the
scale now paid by the company. The bes-
ket factory is a new branch OF industry
established when the company passed into
the hands OF Cambridge men
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Pedngogue with The Gold Fexe

MEDIA, Pa, May 12.-Media Academy.
where boys have been educated for twen-
ty-six years. has closed its doors because
the principal. Charles W. Stuart. is going
TO hunt for gold. The professor viii start
for Alaska today. He. with United States
Marshal John B. Robinson, County Solicit
or T. Speer Dickson. two other Media men
and Bernard Jeffrey, Of New York, have
formed a company 10 mine for gold at Cape
Nome. The school, ii is said, may be
opened again next year under new man
egement. The owners have not decided
what they viii do
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ing on, with a noble courage that defes
all the world can DO to down man.
One Of his wOrkingmen's tools is sup
posed TO have carried the germs of lep-
rosy 10 Whey He was in the habit of
working in his own shop, and frequently
used the same tools as the other men A
case Of leprosy developed among his en-
plOyes. and the man was sent 70 Molokai,
followed later by his employer.
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LoNDoN's TRACTION FIELD.
First Step Toward an Invasion Oi
American Enterprise.

CHICAGO. May 12.-As a first step in
the reported plan OF Charles T Yerkes to
invade the traction field of London. D. H.
Louderback will leave for England on
June l. According to the reported state
ments by his friends there he will assume
personal direction of the work of building
great underground tunnels through elich
II is proposed to handle vast traffic and
relieve the congestion of surface traffic
IN nine miles Of street Of the English me-
tropolis
Mr.. Louderback, who Is President of the
Lake Street and Northwestern Elevated
Roads in which Mr.. Yerkes is heavily in
terested. declined either TO affirm or deny
the report.
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T. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBI HOLDING A SPECIAL TERN
FOR ORPHANS COURT BUSINESS In the
matter Of the estate Of JEANETTE {. CAM
MACK Administration Nc. 92SI. Doc. No. 20
Upon consideration Of the cavezt fled IL the
above entitled cause and the answer thereto II Is
tbs sJTII DAE or MARCH. A d. 1860 ordered
that the following issues be. and they are here
bv certified for trial by jury IL this court
l. Was the paper writing bearing date the 10Th
dav of April. Isg9 and offered for probate and
record a. the last VIII and Jestsment Of the real
estate and personal property Of the said Jeznnette
c CauImack procured by the undue influence q
John Miller Of any other person pers0nsf
, Was the said Jeanette c Camnack zt the
;iiae Of the execution Of said paper writing bear
inl, date the 10th day Of April, ls9s. and offered
for probate and record a. the last VII and tesla
msnt q the RAJ estate and personal property q
Jeanette G. Cammack. CT sound mind capable Of
executing a valid deed or contract?
CHAS- C. COLE, J.
A true cOpy-TeSt:
LOUIS A DENT, Register Of Wills. District
Of Columbia
Nay ?, 1900 mys-5s-ls, Ie Is. .2s-2s
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PROPOSAL FOR LIBRARY BUHDING--Offce Of
Superintendent Of Construction. Library OF
Congress, Washington, D. C., April 25- 1890.
Sealed proposals for the construction Of the build
ing for the Washington Public Library on Mount
Vernon Square, in this city, viii be received at
this Office at , O'CLOCK D m. ON SATJ RDAY.
TIE 10TH OF MAY, 1870. and then publicly
opened. Specifications. general instructions, and
conCil ions and blank forms Of proposal may be
had and the drawings seen on application 20 this
Office. OF to the architects, Alderman Ross.
I56 Fifth Avenue New York City BERNARD Il.
GREEN. Superintendent OF Construction
ap95 % 27 2S myI2Is
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BANAsTAR SOLD AT AUCTION
Last Years brooklyn Handicap Win
ner Goes for $1,000

NEW YORK, May 12-The magnet at
Norris Park track, in the absence Of
racing, was the dispersal sale on the fine
stable of thorOughbreds of the late Will
liam H. Clark. There was a big crowd
around the impr ovised ring in the pad
dock, but prominent horsemen were not
largely represented. The red letter event
on the catalogue was the sale Of Banas-
tar, last years Brooklyn Handicap winner.
only few showed any desire TO bid on
the noted five-year-Old. but Billy Oliver
at once came TO the front with an offer
OF $4,000 c. W. Wadsworth. Jack Joyner.
and McCafferty raised each other $500 un
I'll hye figures were reached.
Then Mr. Wadsworth bid s11 600 and the
horse was knocked down TO him. Ban
astar looked well and Trainer Allen as
serted that he is as good as ever he was
in his racing career. Unfortunately. the
horses early engagements are void. but
be has been entered by the Clark estate
for four important handicaps at Saratoga.
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SAN TOY fONG IN COURf
A Dainty Chinese Woman TeSiifleS
in Lawsuit.

Claims Certain Property, Which She
Said Was Purchased by the Sale of
Her Wedding Presents-NniVely
Takes the Oath Throagh an Inter
Preter-An Interesting Question.
The evening times., 1900-05-12

Heurich's Senate Is ike Heurich's Naerzen
growing daily in popularity because IL = pure
and wholesome. Phone e3I, Arlington Boiling
Co. foT a case
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DEATH OF BOOTHS VALET
James Hopes Expires at Westmins-
ter, Maryland.

Served the Great TheSpis-u fOr Tween
ty Years and Dressed Him for
fers-Met Him i'm Richmond,
Va, Theatre when Mere Boy
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THE KISKADDEN CLAIM
A Favorable Report Made by a
Committee OF the HouSe

The Petition Arose From an Army
Contract i'm Colorado February -
IS62-Bnsed Upon the Cnptsre by
COnfederutes of Mules, Wagons,
and Harness-Cause of the Delay.
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N THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA HOLDING A SPECIAL TERN
FoR ORPHANS COURT BUSINESS In the
matter q the estate Of JEANETTE C. CAM
MACK. Deceased No s3Sl- Doc. No. 26
Upon motion Of James II. West, cayeator, BY
his attorneys, Douglass & Douglass and Levi n.
David il Is this. the Isl DAY Of May. 1900 or
6fred that Lille Edna West Cor Taylor Is hereby
uo-ihed that the issues heretofore framed this
case relating the validity Of the paper writing
bearing date tie 10th day Of April. I599. pur-
porting TO be the last VIII and testament of
Jesnuette c. Camnlack, deceased wiIl be tried IN
this court the 18TH DAY OF JUNE. 1900.
Il IS further ordered that copy Of this order
and . copy q The Ezid issues heretofore framed Be
published IN The Evening TINES for a persod Of
twice WeeE for four successive weeks
CHAS- c COLE. J.
Attest
LOUIS A DENT. Register Of Wills.
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NegIige Shirts, CSC
French Bal. Underwear, 4Sc
LEGAL NOTICES.


or COLUMBIA, THE 2IST DAY or APRIL,
IgO0-AMELiA E. LESTER, Complainant,
Va MARY F. WILLIAMS et al, Deieudants.
Equity No MES Equity Docket IS
On motion OF the plaintiff. by Nr- Wilton J.
Lambert her solicitor. il i ordered that the de-
fendants Mary Z Williams. Michael MeEv0y,
John McE.xoy. Lawrence McEvoy, NAY AcEvoy,
Walter NCEVOy. Joseph McEvoy. and irene Nc
EvaFy, cause their appearance % D. entered here
in o. or before the FIRST rule day occurring forty
DAYS after this day. otherwise the cause viii
be proceeded with a. in case o. default The ob-
iect Of this sgit Is FOR the assignment q dover
in or sale of %; numbered I3G. IN square So IN
proved by premises 1926 F0ur-a and-s-hzlf Street
southwest, IT the city q Washington. District q
Columbia. and for the assignment Of dover from
the proceeds thereof. Provided a c5py q this
order b. published oEce q week for Ihree success
sive weeks in The w Washington Law Reporter
and IN the Washington Times.
By the Court
(Sealb JOB BARNARD Jastice, Etc
True Cory Test.
J. r. YOCNG, CLERK, Etc
APPS my5.l2
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O. T. Crurnp, Richmond, Va, writes:

r several weeks before commenced using Paines Celery
Compound had tired and all feeling blood became
and daily losing flesh. of friends advised
Panes Celery Compound the
bottle. used three
strong, my blood pure and muscles firm"
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attest
LOUIS A DENT. Register Of Wills.
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