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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
FINE LIST OF ATTRAC-
TONS FOR THE FAIR

The Mexico Fair management hav.
procured amusement features fol
their race meet Aug. 4 to 27, inclu
slse, that will enhance the daily pro
gram materially. Each year the man
asefnent attempts to bettre the meet.
Ing and In every way possible add &c
Its effectiveness. This year there
will be an unusual number of feature
events.
One OF the principal features will be
Tarace BIOS. guideIess PAGER, Tom,
holding a track record OF 2:I6. This
horse will give an exhibition daily
on he half mile track and those who
witnessed a similar exhibition at the
meet last year have much pleasure
In anticipating this event.
There will be a chariot race daily
between a man and woman each
driving a team Of four horses on the
BALI mile track. The final events will
be hippodrome races about the
track. Every event win be present.
ed daily. The report the manage
ment had engaged a street acrobat
who appeared here recently was erro-
neous.
Kelly Quisenberry, who has the
contract to build the new amphithe-
atre and other structures, completed
the work Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
SERIOUS BLAZE AVERT.
Ed IN FRANCIS YARDS

the oil house and contents at Fran.
els was destroyed by fire Sunday
evening about 1880. Had 1t not
been for the heroic work of the nieht
force who placed wet blankets over
the roandhouse windows that struc-
turs would have also been lneinerat-
ed. The eause Of the fire Is un-
known.
There 10 barrels of oil in the
house at the time and fighting the
flames was made more dangerous by
the exploding cans as each broke
into flames. Burning oil was thrown
quite a distance every time a can ex-
ploded and it is miraculous nope of
the men who were trying to keep the
flames from spreading were not seri-
ousiy burned. The oil was valued at
about $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
STOLEN PROPERTY RE-
TURNED MUCH DAMAGED
KNIGHT TEMPLAR PARAPHERhA.
LA TAKEN FROM CHICAGO q
ALTON FREIGHT CAR SEVER
Al WEEKS AGO IS REcov.
Erred.

The knight Templar paraphernalia
recently stolen from a Chicago & AL,
ton freight car and the property OF
members of the local chapter was re.
eeiVed Monday morning by John Alb
bay from the detective OF the road
in Chicago. The greater part Of 1t
was soiled and apparently the thieves
found they couldn't use the lodge par
aphernalia all OF which bore the
names Of the owners. W. w. John
son and Henry Llewellyn were two of
those who has goods in the lot.
Whether the thieves were arrested
and are now pending trial or whether
the goods we're found in a fence
or cached In some den Mr.. Abay
has o been informed. Each Of the
lodge outfits is valued over $50 but
would be of little use 10 anyone not
belonging TO the order.
The robbery was several weeks gao
Where it was committed IL not know
as the car vas broken open on the
road.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
MISS MARIE HOUSTON TO
TEACH N CALIFORNIA
WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE
FRESNO PUBLIC SCHOOL KIN
DEReARTEN-WILL START HER
WORK EARLY IN SEPTEMBER.
SALARY OF 500.

Miss Marie Houston, one Of Mex
ico's most popular and accomplished
young sscmen has accepted a posi-
ton in the Fresno, Cal, public
schools to teach kindergarten. She
will start her work early in septem-
Der.
She was elected to this position
quite recently at a salary of 800 a
month. Miss Houston was graduated
this spring, from the Kindergarten
Normal School Of ST. Louis after com
pletiDg the three year eourse. During
the present Chautauqua she has as
sisted the Misses Chesney in their
work with the children.
Miss Houston is deeply interested
In her work and very ambitious. She
is a student, loving children and her
friends have the most sangulne hopes
for her future. The Ledger joins
her other friends in wishing her the
much deserved success she merits.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
EPH BURKs COHHssEs
AND Then DENIES HE
COMMITTED A MURDER
MYSTERIOUS DEATH or JAs.
sARuLE. coLoRED, or CEN
TRALlA, IN wAsAsH YARDS ~
THIS CITY HAY Dc ACCOUNTED
ron.
Well known Scion Of Famous Rsrks
Family 10 De Taken Before Court
and ouespon Of bic sanity De
eloed.


The arrest Of Eph. sgr1s, col
ere6, Saturday, In = craze Of alec.
hoile frenzy may result IN clearing .
pail Of saysteY which hangs over tire
peculiar oeses Of Jas. Barley, col
orea, VINO ~as found mangIe6 in the
Wabash ralIrosd yards Of tala city, a
little Owe q year age. 5vrks con-
tossed 70 the killing while locked Up,
but later with I~nterrosstsd upon the
matter ssaunehIy maintained ne was
Innocent
He is a scion Of the famous BHrks
family which almost sfped ont the
city night police force several years
ago. When under the influence Of
liquor the police sIlege he is a des-
perste character. Upon being search
prst ehAraescer. Upon being search.
ed Saturday after being taken into
custody, he was found armed to the
teeth. a question as 20 his sanity
has arisen and the city viii turn him
ave to county for the purpose Of
deciding whether he win be sent to.
Fulton or not.
The confession came to light in a
rather peculiar manner. John Lyons.
colored. vas calling on Burks in the
city holdoyer Saturday. During the
cali Burks made the confession Of
having killed Jas. BARLEY in the
Wabash yards Of this city near the
present site Of the passenger station
Of THAI road. Judge Williams, Of the
city police court, was sitting just
outside the entrance Of the follower
and overheard the conversation. Bar
i1eys death vas thought to have been
beneath the cars, though sorns ad-
vzneed the thAory he had been
there.
Whether the tale Is true or not is
purely a matter Of conjecture. Later
wher Bzrks "a guerSed regarding
hjs confession he denied the whole
stoT- Some Of those about the
City Han place ersdsAce IL hia coa-
while Others believe It to be
merely q fancy Of a crzzed mind.
Drs. Cave and Gibbs examined
Burks Monday and pronouneed him
He viii likely be sent TO
Fulton. where b. was az one time
inmate Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

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TO all my frienda"--Mrs. w. s. FoRD,
1855 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Nd.
The most successful remedy In this
country for the cure Of all forms Of
female complaints Is Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound It has
stood the test Of years and to-day "a
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. y has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infam-
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regularities periodic pains. baekacha,
that beaungdown feeling, latulency,
Indigestion. and nervous prostitution,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any Of these
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have given Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn.
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health. free Of
charge
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
MONSTER CROWD VOTE
TO MAKE CHAUTAUQUA
PERMANENT INSTITUTION

At the session of the c~hautauqus
Assembly Sunday evening a tentative
vote was taken regarding the contin.
rance Of the chautauqua as a per
manent institution here. Every per
son gathered in the auditorium ten,
arose to their feet and eheered en-
Enthusiastically when IT was put to a
vote. At the session this evening all
those interested should be present
when . mass meeting will be held
for the purpose of f~urtaerins plans
for next year.
Sunday was another great day at
the Chautauqua. A great crowd was
present for all three sessions and
many from the country drove In. Mr..
Vending spoke upon Robert E. Lee,
and with telling force related the
story and biographical points of inter.
est closest to the true life of this
great soldier. Mrs. Bingham in her
lecture on THE Holy Grail" was
greeted by the largest Round Table
audience Of the week. Her lecture
was most entertaining and instruc-
tive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

us name-"Gofden Medical Discovery
was suggested BY D Of its most import
ant and valuable ingredients - Golden
Seal Fo1G.
Nearly forty years ago, DR.. Pierce dis
covered that he could, by the use of pure.
uipie-rehned ~glycerine, aided by a GER
Tain 0egfee Of constantly maintained
neal and with the aid OF apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose. ex-
tract from cur most valuable native me-
dicinal roots their curative properties
nndeh better than by the use Of alcohol
90 generally employed. So the now world
famed Golden Medical Discovers for
b cure Of weak stomach. indigestion tr
dyspepsia. torpid liver, or bi-lIousness and
kindred dersngements was first made. "a
y ever since has bAen, without q particle
OF alcohol Id It's maRe-up.
ents. printed 81 er ~ so n y aglee1-
VIII show that Il Il haAe from the mosk
valuable medicinal r06zsNfoand growing
N our American foresfAsA All these ine
SLeqlenfE lave EecelYsd the Ef11Resf r1-
EelzeMe1I Iron Us Iealallg hedIcT &c
R5S@}sz
Decentralization eU
S&A1EzaasIles IN The dlseasea Tor WhIcR
DSglAE4 4E1leAEIAze1xeET EdyIsad.
a little Duok Of these end0FsemehTs EaE
been compiled by Dr., r. ". Pierce. of
Buffalo, N. X, and will be mailed free TO
sily one asklng same by postal card, or
letter addressed 70 the Doctor 81 above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books Of all the differ
ent schools Of practice, II will be found
that the ingredients composing the Gold
Rn. Medical Discovery = are advised not
only for the cure OF the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure Of all ca-
safrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges.
h~oafsensss. sore throat lingering. or
hatg-on-coughs, and elf those wasting
Affections which, n not promptly and
EtopHfly AreHte6 are liable to tarminate
y consumption. Take Dr.. Piefce's Dis.
1oyffy IN time and peraevere IN is (
Until you give Il q fair trial and Id e md
slkAlr % dissppoint. Too mach must not
~ ssRestod Of n II wifi not perform
n IT. advanced STAGES. ma mqjielne vii
y sts1 cure the affections that lead III 10 |
conauHaptions u taken IN ttsss.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
APPLEMAN CHAPEL ROAD
CASE SETTLED MONDAY

The Appleman's chapel road case
was finally settled by the County
Court Monday when they denied the
petition presented by Sam Boune. The
case has been more or less prominent
In the northwest part of the county
since the matter has been agitated.
A road which has been In use for
SO years, we are told, Is charged by
Mr.. Boune and others as being on
the property belonging to the chapel.
Mr.. Boune was at one time road over.
seer Of this district where the chapel
is located and interested himself in
the matter.
The court decided against the pc
after thoroughly investigating
III the points connected with the case
The chapel ia northwest Of Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

a MEXICO LADY VISITS JAMES nov,
HOME NEAR KEARNEY, MO.
TO the Ledger Wise Owl:
Away up in the northwest mart q,
snis state, about three miles east n
Aearney, NO., in a quiet little home.
stead. lives the aged mother mt
zerelda Samuelsl of Frank and Is,s"
James. Although old In years shs
moves around like a woman Of 90 I'M
n.a nss'er, cleaner house was ever
IMAM hers, and she attends n
y ner household duties herself ev.
cepting what little helm she reca,sn.
rom 1he gardener. She is q pleasant
a,osa salnef and any one having The
pleasure OF visiting this famous littls
arm viii certainly enjoy it. Dnr,ns
W. year OF 1908 nearly 5000 peopls
visited the James farm, each yIs Srs
psy'ng a sum Of Is cents as adrnis.
sion. They are c~ourteously sbown ~,
shfough the house and over h r,ai
Ieps yafd, and the grave where Jesse
lanes les. laia for over twenty YEAR,
= Aop' In as good condition AZ
Enough he still rested there Ms
inherent Kind of flowers and vines
around a small wire fence thu,
enciicies the grave and the visitors
are invited to pluck a few as !
remembrance Of their visit. The wri.
ser q Inls article had the pleasure OF
visiting MRS. samuels and the cbild.
home Of her sons a few DAYS aao
ana she certainly enjoyed the trip ana
'ays 10 will always be remembered
great pleasure by her. Uro.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
City of Mexico, July 81

Five persons are known to be dead
and a hundred injured as a result Of
an earthquake that rocked the City
OF Mexico and the %neighboring coun.
Try at AIS O'Clock Friday morning.
Several dwellings In the poorer qua
ters were destroyed, but the rest of
the city suffered little damage.
A message received last night
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
Louisiana Mo. Ane. !

The old settlers meeting and an.
ntial homecoming held at lola satur.
day was attended largely. The
speakers were NJ. J. Jones, Repre-
sentative from this county; DR.. J. w.
Crewdson, Ras. Pearson and Mayor A
NJ. Walker, Of this city.
DR.. w. H. Pollard, In introducing
DR.. Crewdson, launched the doc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
.KEETUGKIlA CHARGES
TOBACCO POOL WAS A
FRAUD WANTS DEBATE
cAsSIUs ~. CLAY, BROTHER or
COL GREENE CLAY, OF THIS
CITY ASKS DEBATE ON ToeAc-
CO MISREPRESENTATION d.
WDEo REGARDING MATTER
Challenges President Lebus and
Miss Lloyd. Press Agent, Of 5griey
Society 10 Meet Him To-dsy on
Platform When Campaign Opens.

Charging that the Burnley Tobacco
Pool Of the crops OF 1906 and 1907.
as conducted by the Burnley Tobacco
Society and the American Society Oh
Equity. vas a failure, a fraud and
a sham. CassIus NJ. Clay, Of Bourbon
county. has issued a challenge to
Clarence Lebus, president Of the
Burnley Society. and Miss Alice
Lloyd. press representative. for a de-
bate on the subject at Paris tomor-
row.
II is believed in many quarters TO-
night that the stand taken by Clay,
backed as he is by a large element
Of independent tobacco growers, viii
have & serious effect on the efforts
of the society 10 pool the 1909 crop.
cassius NJ. Clay is a brother of Col
Greene Clay. Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

Incidentally, he broke ali speed rec
ords over = measured course and es
tAblished beyond dispute the practiea
bnify Of the aeroplane in time Of
peace and in time OF war.
wright's speed was more than forty
two miles an hour He made the ten
mile flight in IA minutes and for
tytwo seconds. including the more
than twenty seconds required for the
turn beyond the line at Shulsr Hin,
the southern end OF the course He
attained a height in crossing the
valley OF -Four Mile Run of nearly
SEQ feet. and the average altitude Of
his practically level course was
about 200 feet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
washington. July 81.

Washington, July 81
orvilie Wright last evening a
saihed the zenith Of hardearned sue.
cess.
In a ten-miie cross-country flight
In the famous aeroplane built by him.
self and his elder brother. Wilbur
and accompanied by Lieutenant Ben.
Jamin d. FoaIois. an intrepid officer
of the Army Signal Corps. he not
only surpassed the speed require
Of his contract with the Gov
eminent, but accomplished the most
difficult and daring flight ever plan
ned for a heavierthan-air flying ma
chine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

Arthur Sharp and wife have re.
turned from Paris, where they attend.
ed the reunion of the Sharp family
held at the home of a sister, Mrs.
Kate Furnish. near there last Thurs
day. Mr.. Sharp reports a most pleas
ant day spent. May the members of
this excellent family enjoy many NOR
such reunions, is the wish of the Led
ger. The reunion is held with some
member Of the family each year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Ito Row to Texas following a SOatl
AReFiczn toar on which be says h.
yin Stad this fall.
4 an not going to seek eleetiOl
to the Senate from Nebraska" h
said I am not going to be = Ne
braskaa. for l an going to move Il
Texas. Before I move. however,
an going % tour South America
shah visit al the Republics there"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
MOTION PICTURE ACT
RESS HERE THIS WEEK
MISS ARTiE MAY BLACKBURN,
APPEARING AT THE AIRDoME
THIS WEEK A GRADUATE OF.
LATEST HisTRioRIc SCHOOL.
a GREAT TRAINING

Did you eyer realize just what it
takes TO make a moving picture &C.
tor or actress?
Miss Atie May Blackburn. leading
LADY with stateFs Madison Square
Co, playing the Airdome this week.
has graduated from the moving pic.
ture stage into repertoire. Many of
the local patrons OF the picture shows
have seen her In the beading parts Of
Eitagraph dramas and thrilled with
~excitement over the dangerous situ-
atoms she has eczped from after
the william has done his worst.
In speaking Of the work Miss Black
burn says: The part Of leading
oms In & moving picture establish
merN Is anything bur an easy one. 1t
Heesssitates hours Of unceasIng prac-
tiee 50 when the costly films are QUO
started In she machine no hitch may
occur in the play to mar them.
One especial advantage Of train
ing In this character Of work is, Il
develops ones facial expression as
well as proper understanding Of ease
before al audience. When you have
no one watching you, IL Is much as
fer 10 interpret a role than when you
feel a thousand critical eyes boring
through the air In front and taking In
to consideration every detail.
After you have been in the pic.
ture work a short timee you forget
about any such thing as an audience
existing and when you do appear be-
fore them you have lost all your for.
mer apprehension. Il is a great
school for players and some Of the
most rising Of the present younger
generation Of actors received their
basic training in the motion picture
work"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

Bsllefcnt1iEs. July -
WIlliAa jennings Bran has an
n0znoed his inieutioa OF making his
future home IN re1aS His intention
70 quit Nebraska vas made known
in a casual way n The eourse Of an
interview preceding the delivery Of
his address On The Prince of Peace
before q crowd Of Ie.oe0 here.
Mr. Bryan declared be intended
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

iregalzn
ties, terrible drag.
ging s~ensanonS
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling In my
stomach. l had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when / began to
take Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
/ felt as though
.a- ll4a ~ 49,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

The Mexico, anita Fe & Perry Trae-
ton Co. makes public the following
statement:
On June 3rd. our Company enter
ed into an arrangement with the
firm of John F. McDermott & Co, Of
st. Louis. for financing and building
our road.
These parties came to US well
vouched for and had a plan that
seemed admirably suited to our con.
ditions. and as we thought most like.
ly to bring success. and at the same
time give to the people along the line
a chance to participate in the profits
that promised to accrue from putting
the enterprise through. These gentle.
men have failed to make progress
with their plans. due to causes wholly
aside from the merits OF their plan
or the strength Of our railroad prop
osition.
The arrangement with them has
therefore been called off, and our
company has opened negotiations
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

child uFinztes. 800 often, hthe urine sczds
the flesh, or i, when the child reaches an
age when il sho1A Be able 20 control the
passage. il Is yet afflicted with bed-wes-
ting. depeBdupoa II, fhecause q the diE-
Guilty Is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these inporzantoTgan This unpleasant
trouble is dne % q diseased condition Of
the kidneys and bladder and no to =
habit ss most people Suppose
Women as well g men are made miSer-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the am great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Svomr-Root is o realized It ssold
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

Pc praBsrad for ksmergeneies.
When q cold comes to you-or in your
Gamily-or q sudden chiil-if you lett alone
you are making recovery hard. A teaspoon
full OF Perry Davis Painkiller in half aglaas
Of hot water or milk will be the thing tosave
later and greater trouble. his old reliable
family remedy sells by millions Of bottles
annually. 35c. (the new size) and 50c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

Jefferson CHy, jury ~.
The ProhibItionists are evidently
preparing to submit a constitutional
amendment to a vote of the people at
the election next year. through the
initiative and referendum. chas.
E. Stokes. who has been foremost in
prohibition movements for the past
ten years. has written to Secretary of
ate Roach asking for the number Of
signers that will be required under
the law to submit Statewide prohibit
ion at the November election, 1910.
The Secretary has made an esti-
mate Of the vote cast for President
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

including many OF the thousands d testi
moniai letters received from sufferers
who found SwaEp-Root 70 be Just the
remedy needed. IL writing Dr.. Kiluler
& Co, Binghamton, n. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
binghzntoa. y. Y, Oa every bottle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

Aug. LIST the mints OF the United
States began to turn out copper cents
of a new design on which a head Of
Abraham Lincoln will replace the ia
miliar Indian head. The sculptor of
the Lincoln head is Victor Bremen
Of New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
Washington, July 80.

Extreme pressure by President
Taft. including the threat Of a veto
transmitted in a written message to
the conferees. ended the last phases
Of the tariff struggle Thursday after
noon The bill was adopted by the
Republican members of the conferen
at 5 O'Clock in the afternoon. All
the Republican conferees, including
Mr., Payne, signed the report.
1t is to be submitted to the
House at noon tomorrow and will
go over for n day under the
rules. The plan that it shall pass
House Saturday before adjournment
and Is to be taken up in the Senate
on Monday. The measure is expected
to be signed by the President to be-
come a law before next week is out.
President Taft made 1t clear to
the c~onferees that he would veto
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

HSU GE1 CEcGI13-
ness soou dizrp2r
when The E51euE ara
CT ct order q di-
Gsed
kiereyruub,e has
become 50 prevalent
that Il IS not guco-.-
mon for a child &c be
born afzicted With
weak Eduez Hthe
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

the bill If Il contained rates on hos
iery and gloves higher than those Of
the Senate bill, and If the tax OF
raw luber were put above SLIPS a
thousand feet. This ultimatum, car
rying with it also his demand fol
free hides and the lower leather rates
reached the conference when it as
sembled this morning.
Reductions from Senate rates in,
fluenced by President Taft.
Rough lumber, from $3.50 to 1925
a thousand.
Iron ore, from rs to Is cents a
ton.
Coal, from 60 to 45 cents a ton.
Hides, from Is per cent ad val.
orem to free list.
More than 100 per cent reduction
on ladies' gloves.
Twenty per cent reduction on hos.
iery. :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
Montgomery, July 81. ion the first ballot.

Miss Alice Arnold, on trial here this
week, charged with the murder Of
her baby, whose body was found in a
trunk at the home of William An,
derson, near Rhlneland. Mo-, was &C.
quilted, the Jury being GU only a
short time. Eight were for aequittal
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

at the last election. and on this bA
SIS has replied to the prohibition
leader that the total number of sign
ers required will be 22.769
Five per cent Of the legal voter:
in two-thirds Of the congressional dis
trscts is what the law specifies. Mr.
Roach has left the two St. Louis, the
Kansas Sits aud 81 Joseph districts
out of his calculations and makes his
estimate by districts as follows:
First. 2.1ls; Second. 2,I02; Third
1864; Sixth, 1852; Seventh, 2.49s;
Eighth. 1865; Ninth, 2.261; Thir-
teenth, 1,TS9; Fourteenth, 1928; Fiji,
tenth, 2.433; Sixteenth, 1896.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

tors candidacy for State Senate,
from this 1.-THE Eleyenth) district. tc
III the vacancy caused by the death
Of Senator Il. w. Stark.
DR.. Crewdson said he knew of M
more opportune time of place N
make this announcement Of his can.
didacy. as It was In old Prairieyille
be made his start as a physician 20
years ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05

by druggists, in city,
cent and oae-dollaf
sire bottles. You may
have q sample bottle
by mail free. also a
pamphlet telling all
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