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Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-17
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

Sheep and oxen possess the sam1 number of teeth as humans.
 A camel can find sufficient beoA where other animals would 0taFve-
 The finest laces In the world are worth much more than their weighs In gold.
 The term shooch" for whisky comes from the word "hoocheno,"' a liquor made by the native of Alaska.
 A favorite delicacy of the Enkime Is a, dish of good or bad eggs, mixed with angelica and crokeberfies. and thrown into c sealskin bag filled with whale oil.
 Nine hundred and ninety seven cut- ting tools alone are required in man- ufacturing a rife. The twist drill ia one of the busiest offhese. To sup ply 100000 rifles s4.ooo,ooo helea must be drilled. In acknowledgment of the great services which Stefansson. the arctic explorer, has rendered the nation in exploring uncharted Canadian lands, the privy council of Canada has issued formal note of thanks to him on behalf of the Canadian government "A Tibetan remedy for pains due to severe cold is the eye of sheep mixed with fat and rubbed on the affected part. Centipede-skin plasters and | dressings of fried mutton fat with chopped onions are also used by the l p1ountaineerB in Tibet for the same l purpose.
 Wild. animals will generally follow the tratl observed on the ground or in the snow, and this has led to the invention of the Turing machine" by Faguyald Leland, of Birch Hills. Can ! ada. pt is a sled which has q mechan- teal kontrivance by which imitation | footprints are made in the snow. Al the machine proceeds. the tracks oi the machines runners, as well as tht Ii footprints of the party pulling 1t art entirely covered. The machine Is COW cred generously with animal fat q
 that the animal will not detect ant strange odors.
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LETTERS WRITTEN BY iwIDE-
 AWAKEs. Y
A Janper.

Dear Uncle Jed: used to live in Adams, Massachusetts. where there is . surplus of snow every year.
 The children there get tired of riding on sleds and bobs 50 they have, manufac- tured something new.
 It is called jumper. It has but one runner and stump coming up from the middle of the single runner, board is laid across the stump forming seat. You sit on the seat and; give push with your feet to go. At first 1t is hard to balance yourself but it does not take long to learn how. Some of the children make their own by using barrel stave for runner, and a piece of wood for the stump, the seat being an oblong board. I thought per. haps some of the Wide-Awakes would 1 like to make one
 ETHELLE PAEKHURsT. Age 1s. Jewett City.
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made a fire. Just as they were getting dry, up stepped Mir. Browni What are you doing, Eom?" he said. Drying ourselves" Aid Dan, in very gem tie voice. Drying yourselves" said Mir. Brown, What has happened?" We had little bad luck" "Well, tell me about it" said Mir. Brown. So Dan told him Tom fell in and I pulled him out. Well. said Mir. Brown. come with me. So they followed MT. Brown. He gave Dan some new clothes and a dollar. Dan was very happy and fIur- the grocer said you are late. Dan then told the grocer of his fortune. When it came pay day Dan got a dollar, extra. He always thought how lucky he was.
 WALTER LEE ROY HILL Norwich
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0ur Farm.

: Dear Uncle Jed: Our farm consists of about 125 acres. 40 acres being cultivated land The rest is both pasture and woodland. We have two hayhelds. one six acres and the other five. They are both above the, house. Several more large hayfelds are situated below the house. We have two cofnfields, one of them con- Sisting of about eight acres and the other Your. ....
 We have ten head of cattle, one of
 them being bull. We also have one horse, which is very good one.
 During the summer we have summer
 boarders and roomers. Every summer
 some boys of about my age come out to
 the farm and we have some fun. Around the house are several large ma pie trees of different kinds. In the peach orchard we. have treAa l which yield many delicious peaches every other year. My mother cans very many quarts of them.
 Vn our apple orchard we have aboui
 40 apple trees which yield much fruit Several other apple trees are scattered around the farm We have about 525 hens and get abou ! 300 eggs day. We also have five in I enbators in the cellar. Ono holds eot eggs, one 400, two hold 25o apiece ant
 the other holds Sses Only. three of tnes, l incubators are running now. but we ar, going to start the others pretty soon. ",
 hope to have very good hatch. BERNARD SCHATZ, Age il, 1 fYantic.
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My Trip to Canada.


 Dear Uncle Jed: As I am sitting and thinking of the trip which my mother, father, aunt, cousin and I took to- Canada last summer I thought would write and tell you about 1t. We started August 1, which was Sunday at half-past six a. m. We travelled. all day, eating the dinner we had brought with us while riding. We slept the first night at White River, Junc- tion, Vt. The second night at Bedford Minis, Canada, and got to my aunt's fer that was where we were going. We spent four weeks fishing. herrying, hay riding, horseback riding and doing many other things too numerous to mention. After these four weeks of pleasure we started looking forward for. our trip back to the good old U. s. A, We started from Can
 ada on Thursday morning and got home 1 tho following Monday, stopping on our
 way back to visit relatives in Springfield
 Mass enjoyed my trip very much, We
 also saw much beautiful scenery. i- I hope the boys and girls of the Wide.
 Awake Circle will some day have ths pleasure of taking this lovely trip. l ARMAND DQY0N, Age 10,. 1 Glasgo
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tion found my friends waiting for me,
 They put me and my baggage into the
 huge sleigh and drove off to the farm
 house. < When got warmed up I went out to
 the barnyard { I saw the sheep and
 cows in their sheds and horses in ths
 stable. learned the names Of some ca
 the horses. In the great old barn I
 found many curious things. In the evening we all gathered around the hearth in the kitchen. Isfound three
 little kittens and had lots of fun watch- ing them play together. Every day I saw something different. I explored every part of the house and barn and when 1t was time for me to
 go home I felt very sorry. never saw anything so wonderful as the things I saw in the country. FRANCES FTLLIGAR, Age Ii Versailles,
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Mx First Attsmpt to Ride Benntx.


 Dear Uncle Jed: I spent my last sum- mer's vacation on my uncle's farm in Oakdale. When I. went 1 took with me Beauty, my Welsh pony. NJ expected to ride quite 8 bit, but Beauty had only been ridden once, and that time by the boy we bought her from.
 One day in the beginning of the second week in August, I thought, as no one was home but myself it would be good chance to ride Beauty. Acting hastily, on that thought, changed my. sport suit for my riding habit, and, for the first time, saddled Beauty. Mounting quickly I twisted the saddle 1 a trifle to / one side. After setting it straight picked up the reins as a signal | for the pony to go. She went, but not 1.-the way I expected her to go. Dashing ahead for few yards, she came to a sud den halt, and putting her head down, and her heels up, she very easily slid me down her neck. A minute later found myself seated not too gently in one of my aunts choicest flower beds. I | Rising hurriedly' and glancing around 1 to sec if anyone had witnessed my lack of skill, I looked straight into the. inno- cent eyes of an old COW. The beast real. ly seemed to be shaking with laughter. remember of shaking my fist angrily ai her.
 l Catching the pony was no easy task Ibut after this was done the next thin. | was to mount again. Standing on tn, doorstep and turning my back squarel! on the COW. scrambled awkwardly on
 Kicking up her heels at the suddel weight Beauty tried the same old stun of sliding me off. Finding me obstinate she finally gave up and cantered yer, Enicely down the lane a" Even now can see the rolling eye
 and shaking sides of that miserable COW Il LORETTA C. ALLYN. | Jewett City.
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Brooklyn Bridge.

Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time have written to the Wide-Awake Circle. although read the letters every Thurs.
 day and enjoy them very much.
 I am writing about the Brooklyn
 bridge. This bridge crosses the East river and
 connects Brooklyn with New York. It lis 8 suspension bridge and with its ap-
 breaches is over mile long and s5 feet high 1t rests on four great cables fast ened to towers at either end. 275 feet high, and is divided into five parallel
 avenues the center one is elevated twelve feet above the others for a footway; the outside avenues are for vehicles and the other two are used by theh cable cars
 This bridge was built by MT. Roeblins and took 500 men about fourteen years to complete it.
 l I am your new friend, | GENEvIEvE WESTMINSTER, Age f2. Norwich.
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RIanchette's Inlurx


 Dear Uncle, Jed: Long ago there was once blacksmith whose pride, and joy was his only daughter, Blanchette. Sas was very pretty little girl and was loved by all the villagers. .t
 One day when little Blanchette was out playing, very large truck happened to come along. The roads were ;slilllefy and the truck skidded, and knocked lit tie Blanchette over. She was, immediate ly taken to the hospital, where she lay for many weeks between life and death.
 The poor blacksmith was grief-strick- en, and did everything for her comfort
 At last however 'Blanchette had a turn for the better and daily her health e$u1E back. .. e ..se~. ta.
 It was joy to the father's heart 4wher Blanc.lette came home. She had. many visitors and with alot of love and kind ness soon was the rosy-cheeked gEt ,o3 old. o< ,fg.e .e
 N VIVIAN McLAUGHLIN, Age. II Jewett City. >-r- .f
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My Trip to The Country.

Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time I have written to the Wide Awake Circle. l am so anxious for Thuhsday to come to read the stories that they write. One day my father said we were going to the country. That surprised me, so I said I am will ing to go. My fatr.1r and mother dress ed up. | put on my coat and hat just as fast as I could and soon we were off. I just loved to pass the trees and houses. Soon. we were there. I fed the chickens, cows, rabbits and dogs. I had Q good time. will be
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wINNERs oF PRIZE BOOKS.

i-Loretts c. Allyn. of Jewett City The Campfire Girls on the Farm. 2-Franees FilliEer of Versailles-The Campfire Girls in the Woods.
 S-Bernard sehatx of Yantic-Boy Scouts on a Long Hike.
 4-Elizabeth MeGOvern of Jewett City Girls and l.
 5-yoseph Gitiin of New London--Boy Scouts on Old Superior
 @Walter L. Hin of NorWich-Bos Scouts in Camp.
 T-Armsnd Doyon of Glasgo-Be5 Scouts in Alaska. s-Albert Krobn of NorwichLBoi Scouts With the Cossacks.
 Winners of prize books living in Nor wich can obtain them by calling at Tn, Bulletin business office after 10 a. m Thursday morning.
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FEEL OF RBAMBLEa.

She will bear him cnlldten with straisht clear-eysd - cSiidTs1. '' with ' unrOubied minds, Mine would have ben bWwB Nm9a,
 ouestioners- With little hoofs, I think; Lovers of wind and rain And twisted brambly paths over tb1
 hills. But he was afrad-afraid of the oroEn-
 hoofed ones; And more afraid that gometimes. As we grew old together, | would slip away from him to the hiiss Where he-because of Eout or Eirths or
 civic dignity Could not come after. He need not have been troubled- Long before that should have loSt tnf
 feel of brambles
 -Hazei Rawson Cades. in Poetry.
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Norwich
A False Alarm,

Dear Uncle Jed: Ruth was trusty girl, but being only eight years of age. her mother had never allowed her to go on errands. One day Ruth's mother had just finished addressing a letter when Ruth said, Mother, please may I go and mail your ,etter?" Her mother, answer ing, said: YAre you sure where to drop the letter." "oh, yes," answered Ruth
 She gave Ruth the letter. and she start ed off WI en Ruth arrived at the post office, she saw three boxes, and did not know in which to drop the letter. Ruth's first thought was to push it in the side one. This she did and immediately bell rang. Ruth was so surprised that she stood there and listened until she saw fire teams coming along. The fremen seeting no signs of fire became angry,
 and Ruth, standing near. was seen. The ;firernen inquired of her if she knew who had rung the alarm. She then told of her mistake.
 IRENE BELLAvANcE. Age 12. Moosup.
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Hue Prints

Dear Uncle Jed; My fest experience with blue prints was on 8 warm oay during vacation. Max he is my chum) ana 1 were working in the attic on, a blue print
 First we took piece of tracing paper and drew with red drawing ink tool post. Then we made the room very lark. We took out out our roll of blue print paper, which. WaSd5nsa tin can. When we bought the paper it was green 90 we put it in the tin can to ikedo it out of the sun for 1t turns bine In the sun, Then we found a frame about the sizs piece of glass to 1t the frame. While the room was still dark we cut a piece of blue print pal,er 4t.de size of the trac Ing paper. Then we cut piece of thick cardboard the same size.
 First we put the tracing paper on th' glass, then we put the blue print eape with it's face facing the wrong side of aie tracing paper. Third we put the piece Q, cardboard on top of all these 10 keel them in place. Then held it out in th
 sun for three minutes. In the close where 1t was dark we had basin O
 water. When the three minutes were ul we took the blue print and put it in tn, basin of water. If it had been correc the blue print would have turned blu
 and the tool post would nave come oa | in white Hines. But alas! our hRst blu, print wasn't q success for we had het' h in the sun too leng, for the right tim | Is around two minutes, and when We tool
 It out it was all blue.
 ISs We wern't bafhed and tried and trie again until our fifth one was a success 1 We have made many more designs an | blue prints. We think 1t great fun. - IF JOSEPH GITLIN, Age 12.
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flowers would scatter on the ground
 But one usy she got even with me. With her basket full of tulips she was passing along slowly, waiting, I after wards learned, for me to bob out of my hiding place.
 When spied the basket I crouched under 1t and gave quick jump upward. Of course, the flowers tumbled out as before, but something else did, too. What do you think Wilhelmina had hid den in her basket? The bottom was filled with wet. muddy sand and out hoped big bullfrog. splashing mud over my face and hands.
 Well, 1t was her turn to laugh at me until was ashamed. From that time on we were better friends than ever, and you can just bet never kicked her basket after that" JOSEPH CIR. Jewett City.
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held our meetings here and at any time could come up and read. We had large bookcase, with many books in it, At the top was large red, white and blue. ban- ner. We had two floors the library or sitting room. and the kitchen. We had a 'woodstove so that on cold days we could be more comfortable. Un this stove we cooked our potatoes and other Vegetables. When we had saved up enough money we would have .0lg par ty. We would have cookies, cake, lemon ade, vegetables and other good things too numerous to mention.
 ELIZABETH MGOVERN, Age. 14.
 Jewett City.
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Making n Cabinet for Sister.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day when was kept home from school ,olt account of a cold, I thought I would do a little work. My little sister was always complaining about not having a cabinet. so I set to the task of making one First I went down cellar and got nice board. Then I cut it in the form of triangle. Tho next thing to do was to- get some. naila. so took some of my mothers brass up- holstery nails. first nailed two near the ton, then three in row below and then still another row of four. drove a nail in the wall and then tied string to the two ton nails. and hung it on the nail in the wall. It was very simple
 cabinet, but my little sister was very much pleased with it.
 F' M ALBERT KROHN, Age II. Norxy:oh
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Norwich.
A surprise,

Dear Uncle Jed: Near where I live the woodchoppers board. They took jug of water and their lunch to the woodlot with them. They worked hard all day. At last they left their saws andNxes in the woodlot and came back. When they got home they emptied the water from the jug. It didn't want to come out. At last a dead rat fell out. This is true story. The woodchoppers set a trap for another rat and caught one. They gave it its freedom. The cat sprang at the rat and they had fight. After it all the | cat ate the rat.
 MIRIAM PARKER, Age 12.' | Mansfield.
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Mary Gallagher Of Central Village 1 received my book entitled "rhe Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake" and have read t and liked 1t very much. It is very interesting and I thank you very much Tor It. ?
 Norman MeFan of vofuntown-I re- ssived my prize book entitled "Cai2tives Three" and thank you very much for the same. I have read it through and find it very interesting.
 Earl r. Rabesek of Ledyard--I thank you very much for the book Far Past the Frontier. It is very interesting. -
 Christina AF. Clark of Moosup- Thank you very much for my book, 'SThe Camp
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THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE s3A. Boys' and Girls Department,
|s' Department,

Fire Girls on the Farm" received the book yesterday.
 Mary smuckIer of Salem-I received the book which you sent me. 'sThe Campfire Girls on the Manch," and many thanks for it. s4 ;9r,
 Mary Maynard of lNorwich-Thank you for the book you sent 'Ene, Little Prudy's Cousin Grace. I knew I shall enjoy read ing it. &
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Photography,

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell you how photography was first discov- cred.
 Daguerre was lying on couch in his attic abode and saw a sunbeam fall upon a. spot in the darkened room He was startled to see the, Objects on the street vividly portrayed in all of 1thelr colo-s-in fact panorama of the incl dents outside He studied the subject and his search in the mystery was the beginning of all that is beautiful in photography today. DAISY D. CULVER. 1 GriSMold.
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My Cats.

Dear Uncle. Jed;- I have three cats. Their names are Trixey, Christine and Niger. They are all very frisky ex- cept Christine. Nigger is black. Trixey is grey and Christine is black and white. They are all very clever when you don't hurt them. Nigger likes te sleep in the clothes basket Trfxey likes to sleep on the bed. Christine likes to sleep in chair. if it has a cushion in it.
 YBRNA scARBoRoUGH, Age 1G
 Wexford. .t.. @ 9 'f. TT
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Our Clah

Dear Uncle Jed: suppose some of the Wide-Awakes have clubs, so I am going to tell you about ours.
 One day my friend stopped and asked me if I would ike to join a cluD. l sAia yes would. so we met at half past seven. was appointed waitress and there were two others besides me. We had a secre. tary, treasurer. president, cook, doorkesp. CT. and vice president. Our password was had page of rules which we were to obey. Among them was no bad talking. The meetings were to be held Tuesdays and Saturdays. If we were not present at these meetings we were obliged to pay penalty. Our dues were to be paid once q week,
 ], wtn tell you about the club room. ws
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Of Pe-ru-na, the we'll known catarrh remedy, but rather a mature, sober opinion formed after a full years trial.
 This is the way MT. Michael Fako of 906 East Palmer Avenue, in the Michigan Metro polls, writes: After using PE-RU-NA for about one year will say I have found it a very good medicine for ca tarrh. It has helped me a great deal and I
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The statIoa Master's Dot.

Dear Uncle Jed: A friend of mine has a dog named Prince. He is black and white. He lights with our cat. Every time he goes down to the store he begs for candy, He is the station masters dog.
 The other day he came to the door and wanted to come in and the cat growled. Then he went and still the cat growled. -s.--l
 LOUISE JONES, Age. 9. Gales Ferry.
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Gales Ferry
On Our Farm.

P Dear Uncle Jed: Some of our dumb animals are cows and horses. We have about twelve COWS and pair of horses. The COWS give about S3 quarts of milk which makes three and a half cans of milk a day. The milk man who comes and takes the milk to the station at Willimantic from where it is carried on the train to Providence and then sold.
 FLOYD M. DANIELS.
 Mansfield.
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WillinnantiI
The First Robin.

Dear uncle Jed Monday afternoon when I was coming home from school saw a robin. He was on our cherry tree, He had a straw in his bill. I think he had the straw to build nest. This was the first robin have seen this SuA..
 HELEN WARAKOWSKI. Age 12. Norwich. --.
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THE
Rul.n RoF Yoang WFltsFs.

Rniss TeR yeang WTlessN
 l-wrtts plainly. on cne side cf tns paper only, and nunber the pages;
 a-Tss pen and ink, not pencil ,A rivrr preference. Do not use over SSV WortiA .,,, I-+originA, stories or letters only "IA be uBed. E4+ .A -Write your name. age and aauress plainly at the bottom of the story;
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glad to write some other time. I hope
 all the other Wide -Awakes will tell me the good times they have. MARY KoNICKI, Age 10. Jewett City.
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Mx Yislt te tle CeuntrT

I Dear uncie Jed: I am eleven years old. For many years I've been wishing to visit my grandma who lives in the epuntry. At last my mother decided that | wac old enough to travel alone, and wrote saying that could spend a week with her.
 It seemed very eayly In the morning to me when the express train carried me of b the little village near which my grand lived. enjoyed my ride very much. My clothes, were nicely packed in 8 small yalsse. .s-'s-}.y z: :
 1tie train flew % fast that ! could hardly see the fences and telegraph poles by the side of the track. About noon the train reached the village and at the sta-
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After Thorough Trial a Detroit, r
 MlCh., Man Endorses Pe-Tu-na

The following letter written from Detroit, Michigan is no snap judgment expressed on the merits
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stamford.-Dr. Peter Van vleet. 7S, died Saturday. He had practiced nnedl- cine here since 1884, was graduate Of Syra 1sc university and the Bellevue Medical school He is survived by . daughter.
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' ..-s. '. aL.S-s. Th.E sOaS.l ban sh.d by few doses of soley's Honey and Tar. Mrs. Anna Stein. 4lo Western
 Ave, covingtor, Ky. writssi rsur opr little son. He is subject to brvnehis tla The first deses helpsd him" 0eoA l for all sorts of coughs colda. crouR whooplng cough and grip couEhA Leo q 1 Osgood Co.
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PE-RU-NA as long as Hive and recommend to my friends who are troubled with catarrh."
 Nothing can be more convincing than an en- dorsement of this na- ture from an actual user. There are many people in every com munity whose e1peri- ence in using Pe-ru-na, has been identical with MT. Fako's. It is the standby for coughs, aA1Io 0oforrh ek1,,,onh
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"PE-RU-NA has done wonders and to me is worth its weight in gold. l shall continue to use
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am very well satisfied. l have gained in weight, eat and sleep we'll, my bowels are regular and better color in my face.
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COIubi CdIuI III, cVJIIIdCH and bowel disorders and all ca tarrhal conditions,
 Put up in both tablet and liquid torm. SOLD EVERYWHERE.
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