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GERMANY MAY STRIKE !. 5.
 HARD BLOW
TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES INVOLVES
 CONTRACTS OF $3O,OOO,O 1000. .
SUPPLY OF POTASH EXPORT TAX WOULD CRUSH AMER
 ICAN FIRMS.
Especial from United Press.)

! (SQoc1dI PrGSS.1 l Washington, Jan. 12.-A serious sit
 uation involving the negotiations for
 a trade agreement between the United
 States and Germany to take the place
 of the agreement existing, next month, l is likely to follow as the result of the apparent failure of the representatives
 of the German Potash Syndicate to
 adjust their differences with the l American Fertilizing interests.
 1 Contracts amounting to approXi-
 mately $30,000,O00 entered into by Ger main mine owners with American inn l porters, are at stake. If the German government, at the dictation, of the | agrarian party, passes the measure | now before the Reichstag providing for the imposition of a countervailing
 duty or export tax, the contracts made with the American firms will be | invalidated.
 1 As Germany has a natural monopoly I On the worlds supply of potash, which | is an essential part of fertilizer, the l situation will be a serious one in the | United States.
 Up to last summer the Germans
 regulated the price of potash by means of a syndicate. At that time the
 agreement with the syndicate expired 1 and the Americans took advantage of l this to enter into contracts with in dividual German mine owners.
 l Despite these, the government pro
 poses restoring the old syndicate prices | largely with the view of obtaining l revenue through the export tax and | to give the German traders the ad- vantage of lower market prices. So 1 for the present the State Department | has confined itself to instructing every | American member in Germany to ex- | press the diplomatic interest of this government in the situation. The pos | sibility, however, that this action
 might be construed as discrimination and lead to differences in the nego- tiation of a new tariff agreement, makes the incident of momentous inn DOTtance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12

walking in the street were unable tc get out of the way.
 Shot In Quarrel.
 Amido D'Aprile, stone mason, $ years of age, expectorated on the floor at the boarding house of Mrs Antoionella Altieri, at Stamford Thursday night. and thereby brought about a quarrel which ended in the shooting of Mrs. Altieri and D'Aprile'. son Enrico, 26 years old. They are in the hospital, the young man in z critical condition and Mrs. Altier not so badly injured. D'Aprile whC did the shooting, is under arrest. Hi. Justification is plea of elf-defense
 Peculiar Fire.
 The residence of Mr. George L Rogers in Cranbury narrow escaped being destroyed by fire, Wednesda. morning, when a basket of clothing took fire in some unknown manner The house was damaged to the ex tent of about $100. Frank Roger. had his hands badly burned, and Joh1 Williams was burned about the face and neck, and his hair and eye brow. were scorched.
 Fined $1OO and Costs.
 At Darien. Thursday, John Otte mas, an employe of a Stamford liquor dealer named Papapolli, was fined $100 and costs, which were paid. The arrest was for peddling liquor il Darien without a license.
 Deer Feeds on Apples.
 A large deer has been making ar old deserted apple orchard in Green. winch his haunt for the past few days. He is an antlered beauty, be- ing sleek and fat. He seems to have a preference for russets, which he digsc out of the snow with his feet or roots them out with his nose.
 Struck By Train.
 Oscar Krokstedt had Q narrow es cape from death, Thursday morning when he was struck by an expres: train at Sound Beach and throwr down the embankment. He was walking the track from the station tc his place of business, and ins the storm failed to see the train comins ahead of him, but turned to see il there was a team behind, just as the express whizZed by, striking him up on the shoulder. In turning he stepped one foot off the track, and to this act he owes his life. He was badly bruised and shaken.
 Hurt While COasting.
 Wesley Eckman of Greenwich suf. fers from injuries received while coasting Friday night The boy. in company with other lads was on a bob, when an automobile came in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12
RELIEVED FELLOW
 PRISONER OF CASH.
Unusual Procedure at Police Head quarters Causes the Veteran
 Attaches to Gasp.


 Prosecuting Attorney Delaney of the City court succeeded by dint of threats ill forcing Cyrus Faust, an iron moulder of Lansing, Mich., to return $1.50 he took from fellow occupant of cell at police head quarters yesterday when Faust was liberated on bail. He promised to get some food for the fellow prisoner, John Bloomer, an oyster opener, and suffered lapse of memory when he reached the street.
 Faust, with John Simons and Mari ano Goldi. the two latter of New ! ork, were arrested at the Pacific Iron Works yesterday for creating a disturbance. They were called away from their work by union officials, on the ground that the shop was non- union, and they demanded their money so vehemently that they were arrested.
 Faust was fined s5. He was charged with drunkenness and brea ch of the peace. His companions were freed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12
WALL STREET TO-DAY,
Especial from United Press,

New York, Jan. 12.-Opening)-T There was a generally strong tone at the opening of the stock market with the prices of the majority of issues above yesterdays close. Reading, Union Pa cific, Southern Pacific, Peterborough Metropolitan and Steel Common were prominent
 Il a. m.-Although heavy pressure on Rock Island was evident through the first hour the general market con- tinued strong. Brooklyn Union Gas advanced 2 1-2 points and other is- sues showed advances. At the close of the hour Rock Island recovered it's losses.
 Government bonds unchanged; other bonds irregular.
 Noon-The market held firm during the late forenoon. Brokers attribut- ed the advances to covering of room shorts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12
MONROE.

Mrs. Myron Clark is sick and under the care of Df. Wales.
 Theodore Nichols is home from Bridgeport, sick with scarlet fever
 Fred Sherman moved his family to Bradleyville this week. where they will reside with his father.
 H. J. Lord and family of New Ha- ven, are visiting their parents, MT. and Mrs. Marshall Beach.
 Harold Edwards spent Sunday with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry w. Edwards.
 Miss Sadie Burr was a guest of her sister Mrs. s. B. Hurd, Saturday.
 Mrs. Andrew Rau has visited friendn in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Oliver s. Blakeman attended the funeral of her uncle, Warren Stowe. at Stevenson. Saturday after noon.
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PUBLISHER
 DIES IN THE SOUTH.
Especial from United Press.1

(Specia1 from United Press.l
 Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 12.-Gen. Rufus Rhodes, editor of the Birning- ham News, and one of the best known newspaper publishers in the south. died here today of Bright disease. General Rhodes was born in Pasca goala, Miss, June 5, 1856. In 1888 he founded the Birmingham News and has since been it's manager and editor. He was second vice-president and director of the Associated Press and a Brigadier General in the Birm- ingham National Guard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12
MISS sTooKER TO SPEAK.

At the regular meeting of the Teach CT Training class which is being con- ducted jointly by the Y. M. C. A. and the Bridgeport Sunday School Super intedents' Union, Thursday, at 8 D. m. at the Y. M. c. A., Miss Stooker of Hartford will give an address on the Junior Department of the Sunday SchcoT', and an effort will be made to organize the workers in that de- partment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12
sHAKE OFF THE GRIP of vour old

SHAKE OFF THE GRIP of your old enemy. Nasal Catarrh. by using Ely's Cream Balm. Then will all the swell ing and soreness be driven out of the tender infiamed membranes. The fits of sneezing will cease and the dis charge, as offensive to others as to yourself. will be stopped when the causes that produce it are removed. Cleanli- ness, comfort and health renewed by the use of Cream Balm. Sold by all druggists for 50 cents. or mailed by Ely Bros. 56 Warren Street. New Vnrt<
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See Show Windows Special Bargain Attractions DspIayed

opposite QIrectlOn. In order to aVOlQ a, collision, Eckman steered the sled stump. He was thrown forward, striking his head on a rock. The boys hip is broken He is 13 years of age.
 In Snow Is Hours.
 With .his right leg broken as the result of fall, and lying in a bank of snow for eighteen hours, without food or assistance. with his clothes frozen tight to his body, and the mer- perience of Charles Carr, one of the men employed at Hoyt's nursery in New Canaan, Saturday night. Carr fell on the New Canaan road, and in awful agony, managed to crawl under a tree in 8 lot dragging his fractured limb behind him on the snow. It is Q lonely section and his cries brought no one to his assistance. Two young boys, returning across-lots to their homes from skating, were seen by MT. Carr, and he shouted to them. They found him lying, nearly frozen to death, and suffering great pain. He will recover.
 HOdgkin's Disease.
 Hodgkin's disease, an extremely rare ailment, was the cause of the death of Mrs. Ella Bennett, widow of Charles w. Bennett, which occurred at Danbury, Thursday night. Hodg- kin's disease is characterized prin- cipally by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands and in this case the glands in Mrs. Bennett's neck were swollen to great size and be- coming hard actually choked or strangled her to death. She suffered greatly.
 Caught An Opossum.
 Peter H. Fenne1l, of Brookfield, while in the woods near his home last week captured a real possum, said to be the first one trapped in that section in a number of years The. possum resembles the raccoon with the exception that it is more gray in color and has a rat-like tail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12
DONOVAN DENIES
 SALE OF HIS CAFE.

John T. Donovan, proprietor of the busy cafe and Park City bowling al- 1eys at 166 Fairfield avenue, said to- day he had not sold out his business TheEe have been negotiations he said bul no definite conclusion has been reached. It is understood Stamford interests are seeking the place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12

walking in the street were unable. to l get out of the way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-12

Lavender in the bluish shades. tea rose, plum, grayish rose tints and na- " blue, is fashionable for middle-ag- ed women.
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| see 1t! I consider 1t a most impor
tant clew"
Won't the description do?"
Not as well as the original"
We'll. I'm very sorry | said, as
calmly as I could. 1.-THE thing Is
lost. lit must have fallen out OF
box on my dressing table"
Whatever he thought of my expla.
nation. and knew he doubted It, he
made no sign. He asked me to de.
scribe the link accurately. and I did
so. while he glanced at list he took
from his pocket.
"One set monogram cufr.links." he
read. "one set plain pearl links, one
set cun.links. woman's head set with
diamonds and emeralds. There Is no
mention Of such link as you dc.
scribe. and yet. II your theory Is right,
Mr.. Armstrong must have taken back
In his cuffs one complete cufr.link, and
n half. perhaps. OF the other"
The idea was new to me. II It had
not been the murdered man who had
entered the house that night, who
had It been?
There are a number OF strange
things connected with this case" tho
detective went on. Miss Gertrude
lnnes testified that she heard some
one fumbling with the lock. that the
door opened. and that almost immedi.
ately the shot was fired. Now, Miss
1nnes. here is the strange part OF that.
Mr.. Armstrong had no key with him.
There was no key in the lock, or on
the floor. In other words, the eyi.
dence points absolutely to this: Mr..
Armstrong was admitted to the house
from Within
1T is impossible" | broke In. mfr.
Jameson. do you know what your
words imply? Do you know that
you are practically accusing Gertrude
lnnes of admitting that man2"
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| windows; one was unlocked. and of.
fered an easy escape. The window or
the door? Which way had the fugi.
tive escaped? The door seemed most
probable. and I hoped II had been SO.
I could not have borne. Just then. to
think that II was my poor Gertrude
we had been bounding through the
darkness. and yeti had met Ger
trude not far from that very window.
went upstairs Mt last. tired and
depressed. Mrs. Watson and Liddy
were making tea in the kitchen. In
certain walks OF life the ten pot is the
refuge In times Of stress. trouble or
sickness: they give tea to the dying
and they put II In the babys nursing
bottle. Mrs. Watson was fixing tray
to be sent in to me. and when asked
her about Rosie she confirmed her
absence.
She's not here" she said: but
would not think much of that, Miss In.
mes. Rosie Is n pretty young girl
and perhaps she has n sweetheart. 1t
will be good thing II she has. The
maids stay much better when they
have something like that to hold them
here
Gertrude had gone back to her
room. and while I was drinking my
cup of hot tea, Mr.. Jameson came in.
We might take up the conversation
where we left of an hour and a half
ago." he said. ''l'ut before we go on,
want to say this: The person who
escaped from the laundry was won.
an with foot Of moderate size and
we'll arched. She wore nothing but
a stocking on her right foot. and. in
spite of the unlocked door. she es.
capped by the window"
And again I thought Of Gertrude's
sprained ankle. Was 1t the right or
the left?
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Innes. spinster and guardian Of
Gertrude and Haisey. established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
merous difiicuities the servants deserted.
A. Miss Innes locked up for the night,
she was startled by a dark figure on the
veranda. She passed a terrible night.
which was niled With unseemly y1a noises; T.
strange link cuh. button In a clothes
hamper. Gertrude a and Hal Aaissy .. asgavso awsS.
sned BY rsyolver shot. A strange ,ns nsii man
It proved to be the body Of Arnold Arm
strong: whose banker fsther ,o%nS oWnsd Haie the
sey:s revolver. on the lawn. He and and JACK s
tective Jamieson and the coroner arrived;
Gertrude revealed that she was engage S
talked in the billiard room a few mo, mo,
Rsnts before the murder. Jameson tolo
Miss Innss that she was hiding evidence
from him. He Imprisoned an intruder IN IN
an empty room. The prisoner escapea
down a laundry chute. 1t developed that
the intruder was probably woman.
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Diplomacy.

Here is a story about diplomatic
negro waiter: also about two we'll.
known Kansas men. who can go by
the names Of Smith and Jones. Just to
tell the yarn.
Smith and Jones look much alike
and are frequently taken for each
other. One day Smith was In a Ger.
tain big hotel not thousand miles
from Kansas City and went into the
dining room for dinner. The negro
waiter busily brushed of the crumbs
and said: why. how Is you. MIR
Jones. how is you? is glad to see you
hasn't seen you since I waited on
your table when you all used to have
a little game upstaihs."
I'm afraid you are mistaken" said
Smith. very quickly. My name isn't
Jones. You have the wrong man."
"Nufr said: nun said" smiled the ne.
gro. with much bowling and scraping.
"Ah knows all righ, when to keep
nah mouf shct: All knows all right.
Mr.. Jones. Kansas City Journal.
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CHAPTER VII.

The Other Halt Of the Link.
Miss Innes." the detective began
what is your opinion of the figure
you saw on the east veranda the night
you and your maid were in the house
alone?"
1T was . woman" said positively.
And yet your maid afhrms with
equal positiveness that 1t was a man"
Nonsense" broke in. "Liddy
had her eyes shut-she always shuts
them when she's frightened"
And you never thought then that
the intruder who came later that
night might be . woman-the woman
in fact. whom you saw on the veran'
DAT"
"I had reasons for thinking 1t was
q man." I said. remembering the pearl
cuff-link.
Nov we are getting down to bust
ness. What were your reasons for
thinking that?"
hesitated.
IT you have any reason for believ'
ing that your midnight guest was Mr.
Armstrong. other than his visit here
the next night. you ought to tell me-
Miss Innes. We can take nothing for
granted. II, for instance. the intru'
der who dropped the bar and
scratched the staircase-you see.
know about that-if this visitor was
a woman. why should not the same
woman have come back the following
night. met Mr.. Armstrong on the cir
cular staircase. and in alarm shot
him?"
1T was a man." I reiterated. And
then, because I could think OF no 9th.
er reason for my statement, told
him about the pearl cuff-link. He was
intensely interested.
will you give me the link" he said
when l finished. "or. at least, let me
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BABY'S SCALP CRUSTED

Our little daughter. when three
months old. began to break out on the
head and we had the best doctors to
treat her. but they did not do her any
good. They said she had eczema. Her
scalp was a solid scale all over. The
burning and itching was SO severe that
she could not rest. day or night. We
had about given up all hopes when we
read Of the Cuticura Remedies. We at
once got a cake Of Cuticura Soap. q
box Of Cuticura Ointment and one bot.
tie Of Cuticura Resolvent, and fol.
lowed directions carefully. After the
first dose OF the Cuticura Resolvent.
We used the Cuticura Soap freely and
app"ed the Cuticura Ointment. Then
she began to improve rapidly and In
two weeks the scale came on her
head and new hair began to grow. In
q very short time she was well. She 10
now sixteen years Of age and pic.
ture Of health. We used tho Cuti.
cura Remedies about five weeks. reg.
ularly. and then We could not tell she
had been affected by the disease. We
used no other treatments after we
found out what the Cuticura Remedies
would do for her. J. Fish and Ella NJ.
Fish. Mt. Vernon. KY. Oct. ~. 1909"
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)TTT TCRCULAP STAIRCASE

en-; the door to the basement stairs
was double-barred, and had a table
pushed against 1t; and beside her on
the table was most Of the kitchen par.
aphernalia.
did you see II there was any one
missing In the house?" I asked, ignor-
ing the array of sauce pans. rolling
pins and the poker Of the range.
Rosie is missing" Liddy said with
JUNCTION. She had objected to Rosie.
the parlor maid. from the start. Mrs.
Watson went into her room. and found
she had gone without her hat. People
that trust themselves q dozen miles
from the city. In strange houses, with
servants they don't know. needn't be
surprised II they wake up some morn
ing and ind their throats cut"
After which carefully veiled sar.
casm Liddy relapsed into gloom. War.
ner came In then with q handful OF
small tools. and Mr.. Jameson went
with him to the basement. Oddly
enough. I was not alarmed. With all
my heart wished for Halsey, but l
was not frightened. At the door he
was to force Warner put down his
tools and looked at 1t. Then he
turned the handle. Without the slight.
est difficulty the door opened. reveal.
ing the blackness of the drying room
beyond!
Mr.. Jameson gave an exclamation
OF disgust. "Gone!" he said. Con.
found such careless work! I might
have known"
1t was true enough. We got the
lights on finally and looked all
through the three rooms that con.
stituted this wing Of the basement.
Everything was quiet and empty. An
explanation OF how the fugitive had
escaped injury was found in a heaped.
up basket Of clothes under the chute.
The basket had been overturned. but
that was all. Mr.. Jameson examined the
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Not to Be CajoIed.

The lady OF the house hesitated.
Are my answers all right" she
asked.
Yes. madam" replied the census
man.
Didn't bother you q bit. did II"
mo. madam"
don't you?"
"Yes. madam"
Then. perhaps. you won't mind tell.
ing me how old the woman next door
claims to be-"
Good day. madam" said the census
man.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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500 Reward, 500.

TIE resdsrs OF this paper viii BE- pleased to learn
that there h At least dreaded dsrase that scsence
has been abic to cure In ali It's stAxes. and that ,
CAtArrh. Hairs Catarrh turr b the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. CAtArfh
being constitutional dtsras-. requires . constitu.
tionai Treatment, Hairs Catarrh Curr taken IN.
tefnaliy. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of tho system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the dssasr. and giving tho patient
strength by building the constitution and assist.
ing nature In doing Its work. The proprictors have
much faith In Its curative powefs that they ofes
One Hundred Dollars for any that II falls v
0ure Send for list Of testimonials
Address =. }, CHENEY co. Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. ;Sc.
Tnke Halle Family pills for constipattoo.
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trouble with the
kidneys. Doa MS
Kidney Pills 70.
move the cause.
Mrs. Joseph
Cross. Church st..
Morrilton, Ark,
says: For weeks
I was bent double
BY pain in my back
and the kidney -.
cretions were pro-
fuse, MY feet and
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Good Illustration,

Mrs. Bridgewhist-What Is the sub
ject OF Mrs Suffragette's lecture this
afternoon?
Mrs. Clubwoman-The disasters of
married life.
Mrs. Bridgewhist-I suppose she
will have her husband on the platform
as an exhibit?-Stray Stories.
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ankles were badly swollen and I had
headaches and dizzy spells. Six doc
tors treated me without relief and
finally began taking Doan's Kidney
Pills. They cured me-"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. 7.
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An Offset.

This anecdote you have printed Is
rather DID,"
But the congressman | hitched 1t
to Is comparatively new Just serving
his first term"
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so you are sure the comet has
nothing to do with the weather on
this earth?'
absolutely sure" replied the SCI
enlist.
well. considering this years oil.
mate. l don't blame t"-Washington
Star.
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Appropriate Pain.

How 10 Aunt Emmeline?"
"She complains Of stitch In her
side"
Then l suppose she Is only sew
sew."-Baltimore American.
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Perspiring Vegetation.

The eyes of little Washington
miss were attracted by the sparkle OF
dew at early morning. Mamma" she
exclaimed. its hottcr'n | thought 1t
was
What do you mean?"
Look here the grass is all covered
with pcrspiration. .'-l,aptist Common.
wealth
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The Outlook,

me OUTLOOK.
You were very cold last evening""
.phoned the young man to the girl he
had called on. What Is the outlook
for tonight?"
Fair and warmer tonighth" came
the answer. promptly.--Rocky Noun.
tain News
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WoMEN's ILLa.

Many women who suffer with back.
ache, bearing-down pain, headaches
and nervousness do not know that
those ailments are usually due to
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The success of n scheme depends
largely upon the man behind It,
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Everybody's EIance

They say she has been engaged
more than twenty times"
That's right. She was never known
to turn down anything but the gas."-
Louisville Courier.Journal
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Politics Of Noah.

Noah mused.
This Is just the result OF local rains
In several spots at once" he cried.
Thus We deduce the fact that he
was a good, old Republican.-New
York Sun.
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Success FOR SEVENTY .,

Some men put on hotel airs on I
boarding house salary.
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Slightly Twisted.

0UUHtty TWBt0os
please, sir, kin | go to the funeral
game?"
What are you talking about.
johnny"
Il mean the baseball ceremony"
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New Game.

New Game.
I'VE had an African explorer at the
club last evening. He talked OF Pro-
gressive Abyssinia."
Sounds interesting: how do you
play it?"-I-Ouisville Courier Journal
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Mrr. winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children t~ethns sDfrns tho Gums, reduces in.
namma Allay palm cures lind collie &c bottu.