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they were entitled to his life insur-
ance. Not so the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals, which refused
10 depart from the precedents, and
whose decision is reported in Case
and Comment" as follows:
The innocence Of an insured who WAS exc
cuted after conviction Of a capital crime does
not change the rule that insurance cannot be
recovered upon the life Of person who was
executed for crime even II the policy makes
no provision for forfeiture on that account.
In commenting upon this decision
the "Press" says:
A man who obeys the law and does his full
duty by the State and denies himself that he
may leave sufficient insurance to support his
family after his death may, under d false
accusation of murder, forfeit his life This is
hard, but under this decision his family loses
also, through no fault Of his or theirs. the
provision his affection and forethought had.
he believed secured for them This also is
hard, but it is gratifying TO know that the
precedents sustained and that things estab-
lished are not disturbed
We can only add that it seems to us
a triumph of unreason over common
sense. No wonder it makes many an
honest man think at times that the ad-
ministration Of human justice is a
mockery of every law divine.
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European Press Controlled by Jews.


1t is somewhat strange that no one
has as yet seen At to call attention 10
the fact that Mr.. Braham, the CORE
spondent Of the London Times" recent
ly expelled from Russia, is by race, If
not by creed. Jew, a fact in itself cal
culated to prejudice the Muscovite au-
thorities against him in the event OF
their having any fault to find with his
dispatches. 1t is probable that the meas
ures adopted with regard TO him at st.
Petersburg would have been less rigor-
Gus had he belonged 10 some different
race.
1t is a race. however, which figures
largely among the foreign correspond
ents of the London Times" Mr.. La
vino, the correspondent Of the "Times'
at Paris, is. like his famous predecessor,
NJ. de Blowitz. a Hebrew, and il is the
same with the Times" representatives
in many other capitals. fact perhaps
due TO the circumstance that Lord Roth
schild has for the past fifteen or twenty
years been justly credited with the ac-
quisition of a sufficient amount Of
Times" stock to give him a con-
trolling interest in the newspaper In
deed the Jewish race controls most o.
the leading newspapers of Europe. Thus
the Oppenheims virtually own the Lon
don Daily News" while the proprietor
OF the London Daily Telegraph" Sir
Edward Levy Lawson. who has just beeh
created a peer. is also Hebrew. The
Barons Heine, who own the "Fremden-
biatt" at Vienna. are of the same race,
and, in fact, 1 might enumerate most II
the big organs of the European press in
support OF my contention.
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Has No Life Tenure.

Anent the Iowa situation It is said
that the Hon. Bob" Cousins has not a
life tenure on the Job which he now
holds representing the Fifth district In
the House. Bob has the reputation Of
being a capital good fellow. an excel
lent mixer" and he is one of the best
II not actually the best spread eagle"
orators IN the House. He can take a
sentimental topic and dress IT up IN Ian
guage that would turn an adamantine
heart to love and sympathy; he can take
a patriotic subject and handle 1t with
such effectiveness as 70 cause "a regi-
ment Of traitors to turn and fight unto
death for their country but when it
comes TO actual work such as making
laws. getting postoflce buildings. and
hustling for his constituents, the genial
Bob" is out with the boys.
His brilliant, soul-stirring oratory IS
all too seldom heard in the halls OF
Congress. but usually It breaks forth In
one grand spell Just before the final
adjournment which IS to be followed by
an election. Then the news OF it gets
Oul 70 NeudI 1Napluss MAI dISudAAlONut anu
the other little cities and villages OF
the district, and the voters sit around
and talk about Il for weeks. One or Two
such speeches as that, crowded with eu-
phonious seven-sy syllabled words deilv-
cred in the district. and Bob" gets the
nomination without opposition aud wins
the election without a struggle. Then
he is fixed for two years more.
But IT is said that this sort OF "doings'
Will some day come to an end. One
reason why Cousins wins so easily, 1t Is
said, is because there are so few real
statesmen In the Fifth, while they are
as thick as flies in June In the other dis
! trlcts Recently the Hon. James l.. Trs
win. a prominent and wealthy lawyer
has moved into the district with the
secret purpose OF running for Congress-
when he becomes politically acclimated
TO the district and little better ac-
quaiuted with the people therein. TheI
Cousins will be obliged TO do something
| besides crate. 1t would be too bad tC
/ lose him, for one Of those grand, eloquent
| speeches of his Is reward enough to tn
public at large tor sending him to Wash
| ington, but there Is trouble ahead foi
Bob" which it will require somethiE.
| besides oratory TO remove.
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Italian Rulers Visits.

King Victor Emmanuel is indeed un-
fortunate in the matter OF his exchange
Of visits with his fellow-r rulers, boycott
ted as he Is by all the Catholic monarchs
Of Europe. I related the other day how
Emperor Nicholas on account Of the
abuse to which his name had been sub
jected in the Italian national legislature
had refused TO return at Rome this fall
the visit which the King paid to him at
81. Petersburg shortly after his aeces-
sion, and now after all the arrangements
had been made for the Kings visit to
Paris. he has been obliged to abandon it
In consequence Of the Pope's death Cor
dangerous illness) his presence at Rome
during the election OF new Pope being
rot only polite, but also imperative.
OF course. that means that President
LouDet viii not go to Rome. thus aug
menting the growing number of rulers
who find It prudent to avoid the Eternal
City. MARotuss DE F,oNrrSov
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The Field of Politics.
Pessimistic View.

~SSSAAAAA0NAS
Sufficient time has elapsed since the
recent Iowa Republican convention was
held for a number of stories Of Incl
dents which occurred at that gathering
10 be waited eastward. and they tend TO
throw light upon the attitude of several
Hawkeye statesmen toward the revision
plank in the platform. 1t appears that
some OF the irreconcilable "stand-pat-
ters," such as Representative Lacey and
Representative Cousins, who believe
that the Dingley tariff law IS a sacred
thing and must never be touched by pro-
fame hands, not even by Republican
hands. took a most pessImistic view OF
the Cummins-Allison tariff plank.
1t is related Of Major Lacey that fol-
lowing the adoption Of the platform he
met the permanent chairman Of the con-
vention, the Hon. Nat Kendall, and the
next speaker Of the lower house Of the
Iowa Legislature, ana with sorrOwful
voice asked Kendall how he expected
that he lacey could ever go before the
people OF the Sixth district in support
of such a platform and ask them 70
vote TO return him to Congress. Now it
seems that the Hon. Nat Kendall, VINO
also resides In the sixth district. has
Congressional aspirations, and is anx-
iously awaiting the time when he may
be able to corral sufficient strength TO
defeat Major Lacey for the nomination.
Well. major" replied Mr.. Lacey's
would-be successor. don't have any
concern about that matter, won't have
the least hesitation in going before
the people of the Sixth and asking them
to support me for Congress on that
platform"
| Another incident occurred while the
/ convention was in session which illus
trated Major Lacey's feeling toward Tho
declaration Of principles. After the plat
| form had been adopted there were calls
| for the various leaders, Cummins first
then Allison and then for members of the
delegation In the House. Finally there
was demand for Lacey. The member
/ from the Sixth occupied a box ncar the
stage, which was crowded. He vaulted
over the railing and found a vacant
space upon which TO stand in remote
corner. Il find myself" Le began. liable
TO stand upon one coruer OF t5is plat
form. as upon the one just adopted"
These stories fairly illustrate the feel
| ing OF the Iowa "stand-patters' toward
the Iowa platform. In this connection
1t might be added that Major Lacey s
district is the only close one in Iowa,
with the exception Of tie Second. and his
majority has been gradually dwindling
and, although he has a long record OF
faithful service. he is likely 70 lose his
hold upon the district at any time.
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What Do They Think of 1t?
The Business Men Of the City and
District Affairs.

We are told that the real trouble
about the auditing of District ac-
counts-or, rather, the total absence
of It for years-has been that Con-
gress has failed to appropriate the
necessary amount of money for clerk
hire. This, in substance, was the an
swer of the Collector of Taxes, the
Assessor. and the Auditor, when
called upon to explain why they
hadn't obeyed an order Of the Com
missioners, issued several years be-
fore.
What, we are tempted to ask, dc
the business r1en of the District think
of such methods of conducting the
public business and of such explana-
tions made by public officials7
Can daily flow of oratory, fra
grant with asseverations Of the
spiritual growth of the city, hoodwinl
them7
Can the great banking and mercan.
tile firms of the city be deceived by
such excuses7
The Riggs National Bank does al
annual business of S150,000,00O-o
thirty times more than the entire rev.
enues Of the District Of Columbia
And yet everyone knows that thi:
bank, like all banks, settles its "cash'
before it closes each days business
and as to clerks, the District Office.
have the greater number.
The United States Treasury afford.
q still more striking example. It
monthly debt statement is a balanc'
sheet of the vast operations of the
Government in all its branches. Com,
rared with this, the financial opera
tions of the District government
scarcely take rank above the daily
business Of the popcorn merchant a
the street corner. And yet years ar
permitted TO pass without a settlement
of "cash," upon the boyish exeus'
that ~Congress has not given clerk.
enough"
What, we repeat, do the plain busi
ness men Of the District-the taxpay
ers-think of it alli
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FOREIGN CONSULAR
OFFICERS RECOGNIZED

The State Department today an
nounced that the following foreign con-
sular officers have been recognized: Jose
Alexandra Huau. honorary consul of
Cuba at Jacksonville. Fla.
Antonio Diaz Carrasco. consul of
Cuba at Key West. Fla.
Bolanos Alvarez, consul of Nicaragua
at New York.
Jose Aguirre Aeha. consul general of
Bolivia at New York
Jose Manuel Espin, honorary consul
of Cuba at Baltimore. Nd.
Alfred Leblanc. consul of the Argen-
tine Republic at New Orleans, Ls.
James F. Ferguson, consul OF the Ar
gentine Republic at Baltimore. Md.
Clarence w. Small, consul OF the Ar
gentine Republic at Portland, Me.
William Wallace White, vice consul
of Paraguay at New York.
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YOUNG ROOT ENDS TRAMP.

NEW YORK. July 14-Tired and dusty
with their tramp Of nearly 200 miles.
about half way across the State. Elihu
Root jr., son of Secretary of War Root.
and his classmate. Fredericw B. Bas-
tinn. reached New York city about s
o'clock last evening They we're two
weeks on the road from Clinton. Oneida
county. where they have finished The
year at Hamilton College.
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Tuscan Princess Under IncOgnita.

Princess Louise of Tuscany, while re-
siding at the chateau OF Ronno In the
South OF France. has. in Difference to
the wishes OF her parents. assumed the
incognita OF a countess of Montigneso
the latter being the name Of one Of her
mothers many castles. BY thus adopt
ing an incognita during her residence in
France. she dispenses the French au-
thorities with all those special arrange
ments which they would otherwise be
forced by international etiquette to
make by way OF acknowledgement of her
rank, and relieves them of the obli-
cation Of according royal honors TO a
princess who is still under cloud. and
barred from appearance at the various
royal courts OF Europe.
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PROPOSALS TO COMPLETE
REVENUE CUTTER MOHAWK

Proposals will be received at the
Treasury Department within a few days
for the contract for the completion Of
the revenue cutter Mohawk, which was
begun by the TrIgg Shipbuilding Com
pany. at Richmond. Va. After the fail
ure OF the company the cutter was tied
up for several months through the ef-
forts Of the creditors Of the company
to hold the cutter. After filing stipu-
latIon In the State courts. the Treasury
Department was permitted to remove
the cutter to the Government yards at
Norfolk, Va. II IS expected the cutter
will be completed In time to be com
missioned by October l.
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ATLANTIC CITY HOLDS
TWO BIG CONVENTIONS
High Jinks" Will Be Feature of the
Saddlery Mems Conclave

ATLANTIC CITY, July 1.-THE
Wholesale saddlery Association of the
United States and Canada and the
American BillpOsters' Association are
both holding big conventions here.
A feature OF the saddlers' meeting will
be the High Jinks" entertainment, to
be given Wednesday evening by an auxll-
iary society of the Travelling Mems Sad
dlery Association.
To President Roosevelt's third son,
Archie, has been presented a handsome
pair Of cowboys spurs by Capt. Seth
Bullock. of Deadwood. Col, who is a
delegate. The spurs are handmade and
represent the highest skill in forging and
finishing. They are the regulation cow
boy pattern.
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PENSIONS GRANTED
I'M THIS SECTION

The following pensions have been Is
sued:
District OF Columbia-Frederick G. H
Bradford Sc: Edward w. Woodruff.
Mary Jones, each IS: Henry Harris. Sl2.
Maryland-John MOHles. Joseph Brun-
er. Samuel q. Doman. each IS; John X
Fossett. Vincent Valentine. each SlOi
Charles Baker, John W. Iler. James
Faulkner, each SO: James Bacon, 81;
James Lindsey, S55.
Virginia-John Roach, James W
Cruise Thomas DoOley. each IS. MARTIN
Johnson. Adonirsm J. Swift. Isaac
Wark. Martin Woodhouse, each So
Charles Hoffman. $40.
West Virginia-Jvseph Conehiever'
$40; Henry Eddinger. Charles p GrlI-
nth. Nathaniel Mcdonald. John Brown
John NJ. Colerider. each IS; William N
Morgan, S12.
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WINS IT'S FIGHT.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 14.-Judge
Sneed decided the railroad injunction
cases in which the Louisville and Nash
willie and Southern Railroads were in
volved In contesting the same right Of
way in South Knoxville in favor OF the
Louisville and Nashville. The decision
gives the Louisville and Nashville the
chance to reach several large industries
in South Knoxville
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Pay or Die.

1t is for this reason that we sometimes
rear OF young men going TO the length
OF stealing their mothers Jewels, or Of
forging the name Of their dearest rela
tives (as did the son of an English peer
the other day.. for the sake of paying
their debts Of honor, falling which they
can no longer hope 60 retain the social
status OF gentleman. One has heard Of
men committing suicide-like Count
Alloys. at Vienna, and the last MARQUIS
OF Hastings. in London-because they
were unable to pay their debts OF
honor" But one has never heard of a
nobleman taking his own life because
he could not pay his tailor or his wine
merchant
Indeed, the late Lord Esher, master OF
the rolls, when presiding over the high
est court Of appeal In England, with the
Lords Justices LOpes and. Chitty beside
him, declared from the bench that "the
idea that there is any shame or disgrace
in debt and IN bankruptcy is an exploded
one" This judicial utterance was made
in response to a pathetic petition pre-
sented by Lady Oxenden for the arrest Of
the decree Of bankruptcy which was
about to be Issued against her husband.
The poor woman pleaded that IL was
through her that Sir Percy Oxenden had
become involved in financial difficulties,
which were about TO bring him 20 shame
and ruin
In the majority of cases the so-calIed
debts Of honor have been illegally and
sometimes dishonorably contracted, and
as such are unrecoverable by law,
whereas debts legally and honorably
contracted are in nine cases out OF ten
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ALLEN WILL INSPECT
FOREIGN PATENT SYSTEMS

Friends Of Frederick /. Allen. Com
missioner OF Patents, have received dis
patches announcing his safe arrival at
Havre, France. Mr. Allen will remain
In Europe for five or six weeks. and ex-
poets TO visit the patent Offices of Great
Britain, Germany, and France before
his return to this country. He will also
visit Berne. Switzerland
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As to Debts of Honor.

Count Boni de Castellane has re-
Gently come before the public once
more at Paris in connection with the
charge. brought against him IN court
by the Marquis de Dion. of not paying
his debts Of honor. 1 do not usually
appear in these columns as an apollo
gist for Count Boni de Castellane, but
IT must be confessed that In this in =
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BATTLE WITH NEGROES.

BARBOURVILLE. Ky. July IA
desperate fight occurred near here last
night between a band OF eight Clay
county negroes and deputy sheriffs of
Barbourville. The negroes attempted to
rob stores and the posse pursued them.
Twenty shots we're fired, one negro being
dangerously wounded. The negroes
escaped TO Clay county.
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THE KASER'S DAUGHTER
TO WORK IN KITCHEN
Must Be Model Housewife, Says En-
pe.Or William.

BERLIN, July 14.-Emperor William
is having a kitchen fitted out In the new
palace at Potsdam for his daughter.
Princess Victoria Louise. Here the
princess Will learn TO cook. When Civ
ing the necessary orders for the kitchen
the Kaiser said:
My daughter must be a modern Ger
man housewife and be able to fry saus-
age, roast joint. or bake a cake, as
though she had to earn her living as a
cook She must be womanly woman CT
the good old-fashioned sort"
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zoo BEAR ESCAPES.

BALTIMORE, Nd, July 14.-Judy, the
brown Russian female bear that clawed
and injured Winifred Reilly. the little
girl. in Druid Hill Park Zoo last Thurs
day. escaped from her cage yesterday
and was finally killed after twenty bull
lets had been fred into its head and
body.
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not debts Of honor in the accepted sense
Of the word. Boni de Castellane's ooli-
cations to NJ. de Dion are certainly not
debts of honor. no matter which way
one looks at them, and George Gould's
French brother-in in-law has in no way
infrtnged the ethics OF old World honor
by relegating the Marquis de Dion to
take his chances along with his other
commercial creditors.
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Daily Calendar of American Histor1
July IA.

1S5S-Commodore Perry, with a squad
ron of seven vessels, sailed for ia
pan with a letter from President
Pierce 10 the Tycoon soliciting a
treaty. Crystal Palace exhibition
opened in New York, President
Pierce present.
1S62--Major General Pope takes COM
mand or the Army of Virginia.
1s70-Pension OF $4,000 granted by Con-
gress to Abraham dncoln's widow.
Congress PASSED act authorizing
the refunding Of the national debt
at .. AZ, and 4 per cent.
1901-Monument TO Commodore Perry
unveiled at Kurihama. Japan.
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The Power of Precedent. "
against Stupidity Even the Gods Con-
tend in Vain"

tend in Vain"
The philadelphia Press" draws at
tention to a ease recently decided by
the United States Court Of Appeals
for the fifth circuit, which illustrates
to the lay mind, at least-the ex-
tent to which the juggernaut of
"preeedent" dominates the Anglo
Saxon system Of jurisprudence.
A man of the name Of Burt was
carrying insurance on his life for the
benefit, we presume, of his family A
murder was committed. Burt was sus-
peeted of being the murderer; the ev-
idence convinced a jury of his guilt,
and he was convicted and hanged
for it.
When a sentence Of death has been
executed as result Of a conviction
for crime, it has been decided by the
courts that insurance cannot be col
lected on the life of the criminal.
This seems fair enough in the case
of ordinary murderers. But Burt was
not an ordinary murderer; in fact, ev-
idence produced after he had been
hanged showed that he was not a muir
derer at all, and that he had been
convicted "under a mistake"
The members of the unfortunate
mans family were no doubt gratified
to establish his innocence, and they
thought, under the circumstances, that
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CELEBRATE BASTILE'S FALL.

CHAUTAUQUA. N. Y, July 1.-THE
anniversary of the destruction OF the
Bastile was celebrated here yesterday.
The "Marsellaise" was sung by the
Chautauqua choir and an audience Of
5000 persons.
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out of the sun as much as possible, ard
do not stint yourself in the matter OF
sleep. Those who obey these rules keep
out of the lists of dead or prostrated
by heat" as a rule.
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SUMMER IDYLLS.
A Tete-a-tete,

There was a young person named Tate
Who dined with his girl at SOS;
At this very late date
'Twould be hard TO relate
What Tate and his tete-a-t tete ate,
Tete.a-tete at sos.
New York Sun
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In a China Shop.

John with his arm around herr:
The rose is red.
The yiOlets blue.
Sugar r. sweet
And So are you.
She (struggling):
Now don't. Let GO!
Upon my soul.
You want 70 break
The sugar bowl.
Augusta Chronicle.
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STEEL STRIKE ENDS

HAMMOND, Ind. July 14,-The strike
at the Indiana HarbOr plant of the In
land Steel Company has been settled
and 500 men Will return to work today.
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REVIVAL SERVICES.

The Rev. ANA Smith. o. Indiana. and
the Rev. c. E Cornell. OF Cleveland.
Ohio. will hold a revival service at the
Pentecostal Church. Ninth and ID Streets
northwest. this evening, beginning at
1880 > ~
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No matter how high the Thermometer
may climb. the coolest place in the
world to a small boy, is the inside of
circus tent
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Hot weather advice will never be a
chestnut" until death and suffering
become such. And the advice for hot
weather Is to keep as cool as possible;
do not worry; keep IN the shade; eat
spsringly and especially Of meat and
other heating foods, and drink more
spariugIy Of alcoholic beverages; keep
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FIRST PAID VACATION.

ARDMoRE. Pa. July 1.-THE Lower
Merton police have been given their first
weeks vacation. with pay. this summer.
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One Of the ways of preventing race
suicide is to give the children good milk
to drink
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-08
Bachelors Odd Club,

Bachelors Odd Club, composed OF
the High School seniors, entertained
some of their friends at Park hall Sat
urday evening. Ping pong, dancing
and refreshments were the three chief
events of the evenings enjoyment.
Those who were present were:
Misses Hayden, Salters, Huntzinger,
Schuster, Fox. Neher, Dobson, Kunz'
Teller. Mitchner; Messrs. Holman,
Strumquist. Anderson, Pratt, Bearrup,
Scottie, Springer, Stamm, Rhodes,
Neher, Tascher and Strong. The gay
crowd was ch%aperoned by Mrs. Saddler
and Miss Leavitt. Miss Hawthorne fur
nished the music.
Every one had a good time.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-08
STARTLING Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR..
<ing's New Discovery for consumption,
Coughs and Colds to be unequaled A
expression from T. J. McFar-
land, Bentorville, Va. serves as exam
pie. He writes as follows: 81 had
bronchitis for three years and doc
red all the time without being bene-
flied. Then | began taking Or. Kings
New Discovery, and a few bottles
wholly cured me-" Equally effective
in curing all lung and throat troubles,
consumption, pneumonia and grip.
Guaranteed by all druggists. Trial bot
ties free, regular sizes soc and S1.00.