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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-04-24

Pastor Arrlves.-The Rev. John w.
Stage, d. D., pastor-elect of the First
Presbyterian church, is registered at
the Hotel Hillman. He arrived last
night on the late train from Atlanta.
DR.. Stage is from Charlotte, N. c., and
only recently accepted the call of the
First church to succeed the Rev. DR..
A. B. Curry, who was called to one of
the Memphis churches.
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I68 tell a story of marvellous re-
suits This medicine has more rejuvenat-
ing, vitalizing force than has ever been
offered. Sent by mail in plain package
only on receipt of this adv. and 81.
Made by its orginators. c. I. Hood Co.,
proprietors Hoods Sarsaparilla, Lowell.
Mass.
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Betrothal.-Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Gold
ing ANNOUNCE the betrothal of their
daughter, Miss Louise, to NJ. L. Marx
of Memphis.
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other way. This side leads into the
toilet room. saw Lathem when he was
lying IN the barroom. ] saw a pistol I'M
der him. It was between his knee ana
his shoulder. I think 1t was six inches
to two feet from his pocket. The barrel
was pointing towards the bar. I did not
examine the pistol. I did not see the
man who was firing the pistol.
Cross-examination by Mr. Morrow
I was in the act of turning around
when the shots were fired 1 did not see
any Of the shots. I do not know what
Lathem was doing before the first shot.
could see the door to the Mushroom
from where was standing I saw no one
but Lathem at this time. I could not see
towards the Nineteenth street entrance.
did not look towards the elevator.
Policeman Given Testifies.
Policeman r. J. Given was the next wit
ness. He was the man who took the pis-
tel from under Lathem's body while 1t
was lying In the barroom. Witness said:
1 am a member of the police force and
have been for something over a year.
l saw the man who was killed In the Nor
ris hotel last Friday. He was lying on
his stomach, face to the floor. His hands
were by his side, and stretched out. The
man was dead when reached him. A
pistol was under his stomach, the barrel
towards the bar. l did not know the man
but was told his name was Lathem. L
took the pistol and examined 1t. Every
chamber was loaded but none of the car
tridges had been discharged. [ gave the
pistol to Coroner Paris.
| arrested Havis in the Florence hotel
barroom. He was inside the saloon and
leaning against the counter He said he
did not care to make any statement but
that he did the shooting. I carried him
to the city jail He told me he had given
the pistol to the barkeeper at the Flor
ence hotel I went back to get the pis-
toll have 1t In my possession now.
QIere witness produced the weapon). The
barkeeper took out two loaded cartridges
and three empty ones in my presence and
then gave me the pistol. It was Smith
& Wesson, 3S-calibre pistol 1t is a self
acing, double action, hammerless pis-
toll.
Cross examinatlon by Mr.. Morrow.
The pistol 1 got from under Lathem's
body was 3S Smith & Wesson, double
action. self-cocking pistol. 1t had ham,
mer. That is the only difference between
the two weapons.
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CITY ITEMS.

Fined $25.-Alex Shelton, a negro,
was yesterday fined $25 by Judge Fea-
gin on a charge of petty larceny.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-04-24

mA Those suffering from weak
~ nesses which sap the pleas
~ nures of life should take Ju-
-.---u.ven pills One hnffIa will
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-04-24

Tonight the Franklin Literary So
ciety of Howard college will celebrate
its forty-ifth anniversary in the col
lege chapel. A very interesting pro-
gramme of a literary and musical char
acter has been arranged, and the meet.
ing promises to eclipse all former rec
ords made by this excellent society.
e. R. Norman will deliver the address
of welcome. T. D. Ray will be the
declaimer, and p. G. Barley will de-
liver cae grafton.
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Ledger Reporter.

]. William Donovan, reporter for the
Ledger, who saw Wise and Havis soon
after the shooting, took the stand. He
said.
l know the defendants. 1 saw them
last Friday and within an hour after the
killing. l saw them before they were ar
rested l saw Wise at his place of busi-
ness at the Florence hotel and Havis at
the barroom at the Florence They were
not together l first went to the Morris
hotel and saw the dead man. l talked to
Wise first. l asked him what he knew
about the shooting. He said he was not
there and knew nothing about It, In a
few minutes / saw Havis at the bar. l
saw him walk from the wholesale depart
ment. He was alone. A crowd came in
and Wise also walked In among the peo-
pie I asked Hayis what he knew about
the shooting. He said On little" He
also said he was not there. He said he
had been at the office of the Southern
Express company and heard a man had
been shot at the Morris hotel. / was In
the saloon when the officers came in.
Havis was arrested by Captain johnson
and Policeman Given. They took him
out through the pool room. When the
officers came into the saloon Wise walk
ed with the crowd. l did not then know
he had been arrested. Wise went to the
chiefs office. then heard he had been
arrested. When I was talking to Havis
I asked him If he knew Lathem. He re-
piled that he did Before the officers
came he denied shooting Lathem. When
the policemen entered the bar he said:
well, boys, it's all off; they have got
me. I did it,"
Cross examination-Mr. Morrow:
Havis said something to Captain John
son about telephoning, but do not know
what 1t was about.
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The Bazaar.-The crowds at the ba-
zaar at ST. Paul's hall for the benefit
of the orphans home grow larger
from night to night The attendance
last night was the largest Of the week.
Among the winners in the bouquet
contest were Miss Jessie Blanchard and
Miss Annie Peace. In the first of the
two contests the sum of money real
lied was about $40 anu In the second
little more than $50. The pony con-
test increases In interest. The vote
was not announced last night, but it
will be tonight. This pony contest will
probably close tomorrow.
arr age Licenses.-Marriage
licenses have been issued to the follow
ing: J. H. Nicholson and Berta Tucker,
S. f. Cornelius and Jessie Mae Dean,
John H. Chew and Rebecca D. Donel-
son, J. M. Pruitt and Ada e. Patterson,
r. NJ. Hernandy and Bessie Chilson,
Levi Green and Margaret Walden, Al
len NJ Tharpe and Annie Tritt, Nicho-
las Lehman and Mrs. j. G. d. Denker,
C. p. Park and Lena G. Doyle, J. G..
McMurray and Mary Ridgeway, Samuel
e. Jones and Kate Patterson Giles,
Frank p Reynolds and Annie Paisley,
T. P. Robinson and Mrs. Louisa Hug
gins, J. 7. Burgin ana Mrs. Petty l..
Ozley, F. H. Brown and Mary ]. Win
steQ.
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Last Witness.

The last witness was Mattison Green,
negro bellboy, who was on duty at the
Morris at the time of the shooting.
| saw Mr.. Lathem in the hotel Friday
morning. l was sitting on the bell boys,
bench when the shooting began. Three
men were talking near the check room. 1
saw the three men fighting. Mr.. Wise
had something in his hand with leather
on it, and he struck Mr.. Lathem with It,
Something In what he had in his hand
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Hand out Your brains!

To many a man in misfortune, prob
ably nothing is SO bitter as the fact
that no one will help him to think.
One friend will kindly lend him a hun
bred dollars, just to keep the wolf
from the door; another will give him
a letter of Introduction; a third will
wish he could do something for him;
a fourth will advise him to keep his
eye open; a fifth will be glad to see
him looking so well-and so forth
All will feel sorry for his trouble, but
not one will help him to think his way
out of the darkness into the light.
Why should W. not help our neighbor
to think, as we'll as to laugh and to
eat? It is as incumbent on us to hand
out our brains as our money. "We
that are strong ought to help the
weak" And at one time or another We
are all included in both classes-Sk
Times.
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A Farmers Good story,

Velpen, Ind, April 6th:-Wm. OBJ. Sui.
ll,yan, a highly respected farmer of this
place., tells a personal experience to show
that there is still some commences and hon
est worth to be met with in this age in which
sos many frauds are reported.
Yes, l have been humbugged," said Mr..
Sullivan, land when l was so i'll with the
Rheumatism, Kidney and Heart Trouble. ]
used a good deal of stuff that claimed to be
remedies for these diseases only to find
them worthless.
But, as you know, / did find the genuine
remedy after all and l had not been taking
Dodd's Kidney Pills very long before | knew
that they were an honest remedy that would
do 10 all and more than was claimed for them.
They cured me, made a well man of me and l
am now as sound as | ever was.
L can testify that Dodd's Kindey Pills
are a genuine remedy for Rheumatism and
Kidney Trouble"
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pills without benefit. When l beran
taking Peruna l grew steadily better,
my nerves grew stronger, my rest wal
no longer fitful, and to-day / consider
myself in perfect health and strength.
My recovery was slow but sure, but I
persevered and was rewarded by per-
feet health.'-Mrs. Lulu Larmer.
If you do no derive prompt and salts
factory results froIn the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman ~Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
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THE FAST TRAINS TO CHICAGO.
New York CentraT's Express Service
Added To.

George H. Daniels, General Passenger
Agent of the New York Central Road, talk
ing yesterday of the company's fast train
service, said that, in addition to the new
twenty-hour train, there are now four twen-
ty-four-hour trains to Chicago, and two EN-
pire State expresses daily.
The Twentieth Century Limited, twenty
hour train, leaves New York every day at
PAS p. NJ. and arrives at Chicago the next
morning at Gas. The Lake Shore Limited
leaves New York at $50 every afternoon,
arriving in Chicago the next afternoon at
4:30. The Fast Mail, a fine twenty-four-
hour train, leaves New York at S:45 A. NJ.
every day, reaching Chicago the next morn
ing at $50, by both the Lake Shore and the
Michigan Central. The noonday Chicago
Limited leaves New York at l P. M, reach
ing Chicago by the Lake Shore the next
morning at ll:50, a Neutrality-suspicious. train,
really twenty-three hours and fifty minutes.
The Detroit and Chicago Limited leaves
New York at 4 p. NJ, reaching Chicago the
next afternoon, a fourth twenty-four- hour
train.-From The New York Times.
Note.-The New York Central also has
Is trains a day between New York and Buff
falo and Niagara Falls; 5 trains a day be
tween New York and st. Louis and Cincin-
natl; 4 trains a day between New York and
Montreal and by its Boston and ALBANY
division 4 trains a day between New York
and Boston via Springfield.
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U HIM OUT.
Thought He Had the Grocer Thrown
OF the Track, But Was
ken.

Mind, l was in a strange town dealing
with a strange man, and l tried not TO act
strange, and stin the fellow found me out"
said the newly married man, according to
the New York Times. my intended wife
and | had a sentiment about spending our
wedding night in our own home. The honey
moon trip was not to begin till the following
morning. That required laying in a stock
OF provisions for breakfast.
"On the morning of the wedding day l
called at the nearest grocery store and or
dered a supply. There was butter and salt
md eggs and sugar and-well, everybody
knows the string! Understand, l did every
thing a bridegroom is not expected to do to
throw the fellow off the track. l ordered
things of-hand, o from a fool slip of
paper, but from memory. l talked to the
pretty cashier and ate an apple out of a
barrel as if l had been born in the place,
like the store cat. Everything conceivable
l did, and thought l had the grocer COM
pletely fooled when, on handing me the
packages, he said:
We'll, sir, l hope you'll give US your trade
when you get settled"
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He'd Boen to Market.

Arthur was one of the little unfortunate
army of hve-year-olds that lives on Fifth
avenue, where he has everything to his
hearts content except mud pies and things
one Of Arthurs uncles bought a country
seat on Long Island-barns, horses, cows,
chickens, and other rural conveniences in
Guided. Recently Arthur was allowed to
visit the farm" and to inspect the same
at his leisure. One of the first things he
saw was a strange creature on two legs, with
wings and a mania for scratching gravel.
..T Masss : sha ebi shh,ns55 w hs a skeia;ned.
ooh, no." he said incredulously, "you
can't fool me; that things got feathers on
tn. Y. Times.
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Have you got nerves? Well, you
ought to have nerves. But they ought
to be strong nerves, good nerves. Does
your hand tremble? You are living too
fast. Does your heart futter at times?
You had better call a halt. Americans
live too fast. They crowd too much into
a.single day. They have too little lei
sure. The hospitals and insane asylums
are filing up. The quiet, pastoral scenes
of yore are becoming rare. It's time
that we quit this sort of business.
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ten supposedly in commemoration of
the great deliverance of Jerusalem
from the mighty Assyrian army. 1t
was during the reign of the godly
King Hezekiah that these remarkable
events t~ranspired. They are full of
thrilling interest. Following the Wig
orous religious and political reforms
with which Hezekiah inaugurated his
reign, he boldly threw off the yoke
of the Assyrian king and refused lon-
ger to pay him tribute. Later the
northern tribes of Israel were taken
captive and their country laid waste
by the A%ssyrians, and this exposed
Judah to fresh attack. Many of her
strongholds were taken and the vast
Assyrian army under Sennacherib
came and encamped against Jerusa-
lem. The city was ordered to IT.
render in the most insulting and
blasphemous language. The God of
Judah was defied as being unable to
save them from the iron hand of the
great conqueror. In the hour of
peril and desperate need Hezekiak
lays the matter before the Lord and
obtains word through the Prophet
Isaiah that the Lord has heard his
prayer and will deliver the city out
of the hands of the enemy. And it
came to pass that night hat the
angel of the Lord wenteut and smote
in the camp of hesaAssyrians an
hundred four score and five thou
sand: and when they arose early in
the morning behold, they were all
dead corpses."
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How to Get Strong Nerves.

First, repair the injury already done
to your nerves. The way to do this is to
do exactly as did Matte 3. Curtis, Sec
rotary of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel
Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a re-
cent letter: 81 suffered for over a year
with general weakness and debility
manifested in severe headache and
backache. l took four bottles of Peru
ma, and for two months have been en-
tirely free from these ~maladies."
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Miss Helen Whitman, $685. Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
"There is nothing like Peruna for that tired feeling which gives
you no ambition for work or play. After a prolonged Illness, about
a year ago felt unable to regain my health, but four bottles of Pc
runa made a wonderful change and restored me to perfect health.
As long as you keep your blood in good condition you are all right,
and Peruna seems to fill the veins with pure, heahhfuI blood. /
thoroughly endorse it," MISS HELEN WHITMAN
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HE words of our
text, lik e t h e
triumphant shout
of a returning
army proclaim
ing the prowess
of the great gen
eral who has led
it to victory,
sound forth from
the 46th Psalm,
which 1yaS writ.
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Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colored, pain in passing, drib-
bling, frequency, bed wetting. Deans
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
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HOW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ESCAPED
SPRING CATARRH by USE OF PE-RU-NA.
Nothing Robs One Of Strength Like Spring Catarrh--
Spring Fever is Spring Catarrh.
Nervous PrOSfrati0n.

Thousands of cases might be quoted
in which Peruna has been used to rescue
people from the perdition of deranged
nerves, and put them on the good, solid
foundation of health. The County Aud
itor of Erie county, New York, Hon.
John w. Neff, in a recent letter written
at Buffalo, New York, stated: ~ was
persuaded by a friend to try a bottle of
your great nerve tonic, Peruna, and the
results were SO gratifying hat | am
more than pleased to recommend it."
A Spring Tonic.
Almost everybody needs atomic in the
spring. Something to brace thenerves,
invigorate the brain and cleanse the
blood. That Peruna will do this is be-
yond all question. Everyone who has
tried it has had the same experience as
Mrs. ID. w. Undertake, of Lynchburg,
Va, who, in a recent letter, made use
of the following words: 81 always
take a o of Peruna after business
hours, as it is a great thing for the
nerves. There is no better spring tonic,
and l rave used about all of them
Catarrh in Spring.
The spring is the best time to treat
catarrh. Nature renews herself every
spring. The system is ~rejuvenated by
spring weather. This renders medicines
more effective. A short course of Pc
runa, assisted by the balmy air OF spring,
will cure old, stubborn cases of catarrh
that have resisted treatment for wears.
Everybody should have a copy of DR..
Hartman's latest book on catarrh. Ad-
dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Column
bus, Ohio.
Mrs. Lulu Larmer, Stoughton, Wis,
says:
For two years 1 suffered with nerv-
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While our leading novelist was grubbing
stumps last Wednesday, some person who
is undoubtedly a friend of the reading pub
he stole the manuscript of hislatest novel;
Atlanta Constitution.
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Ouo IIOuDlc anu
stomach disorders
until it seemed
that there was
nothing to me but
a die of
nerves L w a S
very irritable,
could not sleep,
rest or compose
myself, and was
certainly unfit to
take a r of a
household I took
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HOUSTON, TEX took the sample of
Doan's Kidney Pills with such great benefit
/ bought a box at our druggists. Used over
half and stopped, because my urine which
before had only come dribbling, now became
SO free. l had medicine enough. / had lum-
bago and the pills rid me Of It. I should have
written sooner, but you know how soon a well
person forgets about being sick.-Mr. C. II.
HoENcKE. No. 2319 McKenny Ave, Houston,
Tex.
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CURTICE, OIL had such severe pain in my
back that / could not walk. / used the sam
pie of Doan's Kidney Pills with such good re-
suits | sent to Toledo for another box, and
they cured me.-SARAH E. CoTTRELL, Cur
tice. O.
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reached up by way Of the covenant
promises of God and obtained the
needed protection and help. To be
able to claim the God of Jacob as
refuge is to put confidence in a God
Who has met every human need and
given protection in times of greatest
darkness and danger. This is the
kind of a God we need! This is the
kind of a God we have!
S1UT not every one can claim that
~ "the Lord of Hosts is with us:
the God of Jacob is u refuge" Even
Christians oftentimes cannot make
this proud boast, because sin has
drawn them from Gods side, and be-
cause, when in difficulty and distress.
they have turned to human aid in
stead of looking to God. Not all
churches that are founded in the
name of the Lord of Hosts can claim
in truth that He is with them. MANY
churches in their methods and prac-
tees, in their worldly-minded activi-
ties, are not in the blessed
of the One Whose name they bear.
They may feel that they are further
ing the cause of Christ's kingdom,
but they are seeking to perfect in
the flesh that which has begun in the
spirit, and are walking with the
world and not with God. It means
much to say, "the Lord of Hosts is
with u.s." Who may make that claim?
How may one know that the Lord of
Hosts is with him? Let us consider
these all-important questions.
First, who may claim that the Lord
of Hosts is standing with them, that
the omnipotent power is linked with
human weakness in invincible union?
He who by a threefold act of will and
heart has turned towards God, las ac-
cepted Him and is walking with Him.
1t is a matter of attitude towards
God, of choice between self or God,
and of conduct following the choice.
Right attitude towards God will all
ways discover His dwelling place;
right choice will always place human
feet on the pathway along which God
moves, and right conduct will keep
the soul in step with the Divine will,
so that it can confidently claim, "the
Lord of Hosts is with me; the God Of
Jacob is my refuge" This three
runged ladder must be used by saint
and sinner alike in gaining the realm
in which God moves.
There is a sense in which the Lord
is always with the soul which has been
born again, whether that soul is liv-
ing in obedience to His will or not,
for He knows them that are His-and
none shall be lost, even though they
are at last saved, $50 as by fire." There
is a in which the Lord is always
with the u~nregenerate sou of man,
for Scripture declares that God stands
at the door of the human heart and
knocks, and the sinner is told to call
upon the Lord while He is near. But
neither saint nor sinner can make the
boast of the text unless his attitude,
his choice and his conduct are right.
In the case of the saint it is the renew
ing of its broken relationship with God.
With the sinner it is the hegirning Of
a new experience, in which the atti-
tude of the heart is toward God, the
choice for the first time is made for
God and the conduct is with God.
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WEST HAVEN, CONN., Eight months ago I
took a severe pain in my back. The sample
box of Doan's Kidney Pills helped me SO
ond box. My heart does not bother me as it
used to and / feel weIl.-SARAH E. BRADLEY,
No. 377 Elm Street, West Haven, Conn.
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why, Willie said mamma, you're
pulling the cats tail" Mamma, / amt pull
ing her tail. I'm only holding it, and she's
doing the pulling. Humane Society Bull
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Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the
Arabian proverb, and he will come up with
a fish in his mouth.-Willis.
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Whoever are least disturbed in mind by
calamlties, and In act struggle against them,
these are the best men in states and in pri-
vate life.-Epictetus.
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FALMOUTH, Val suffered over twelve
months with pain in the small of my back.
Medicines and plasters gave only temporary
relief. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me.-F. 8.
BROWN, Falmouth, Va.
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Shake Into YOur Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting. sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy: Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. N. Y.
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The essence Of knowledge is, having 1t. to
apply 1t, not having it, to confess it.-(on.
iucinS
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Thin people VINO var to appear stoutcr
have been known to lie in wait.-Philaiel-
phia Evening Bulletin.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
bic remedy for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j.. Feb. L. 1900.