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AGRICULTURAL 1
TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Preparing Trees for Planting.
Profe.-8or Maynard, of the Massachusetts
Agiicultural College, advises that
trees be prepared for planting by cutting
the top back in proportion to the amount
of injury done to the roots, which is generally
from one hilf to two-thirds of the
entire top. On this pruning all sh ots
should be entirely cut away that are not
needed for the formation of a perfect i
head, and the others cut bick one-half j
to two-thirds of their length. If the
head is not formed high enough upon
the trunk it may often be carried higher |
by cutting off all lateral shoots, lea\ ing
the moat central one for a leader upon j
which will be formed the new he.td
several inches higher than the first. All !
injured roots should have the ends cut,
smooth with a sharp knife, and with !
small fruits, like the grape, currant, and
strawberry, it is ofteu desirable to cut
back some of the larger ones.
The Feet of Sheep.
"If the "hoof of the sheep is golden,''
that is, will bring money to the farm, it
behooves every shepherd to look well to
onr.on.'1'iffu nf liie l!nr?L' TllAV
constant care aud watching to prevent j
their growing out too long and otherwise
disabling, l'retty much all foot ailments
may be traced to want of care in this di- :
rection. For instance, a distorted hoof
will gather dirt, hold moisture, and
sooner or later contract disease.
At the time of shearing, every sheep in
a flock should be carefully examined, '
not only for surface diseases but especially
as te the state of the hoof. A stout
pair oi nippers ana asnoer s Kmic suouiu
De in the possession of every Uockmastcr. I
All overgrowth should be taken oil, and J
also all dead and useless matter removed.
If the toes arc turned up cut them oH as
near as may be, so you do not touch the
auick. Then brinj; the corners into j
Bnape, ex tmine the cleft, and if there is
ienderne>s there, swab it with a soiuaf
norl\a! ir* find flinn rrivo if o !
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coat of tar as hot as can be borne. In
the autumn, before the sheep are folded
for the winter, they should again be carefully
examined and operated on for whatever
difficulty may be found either iu the
body, limbs or hoofs. In this way, with
? watchful eye during the intervening
periods, there is no reason why sheep
-may not be keDt as healthy as any other
farm stock, ana yet how many are so??
Badger Fanner.
Shabby Potatoes.
This year in many places potatoes are
more scabby than ever before, while in
the 6ame neighborhoods other farmers
in rrrrv tx*i nor rrnn^ r>rnnfl nf !
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fair tubers. It would 6cem that the prob- [
iem as to what causes scabbiness nrght ;
be solved under these conditions. Many j
farmers feel quite certain that worms !
cause the injury, as they are usually, if
not always, found connected with it. |
But this may be rather un effect than a i
cause. Too much fresh manure, coupled '
with dry weather, will aways produce j
Bcabbincss. Manure drying in the soil .
breeds fungus growths. These attack j
the potato and destroy the skin. The i
worms come after when the interior of
the potato is exposed to them. Of them- j
elves ihey cannot penetrate the skin. If |
worms caused the scab we should find :
potatoes sometimes in which they were,
just beginning work. We do in dry !
weather sometimes tind notatoes slifrhtlv
mouldy. If these are dug and put in j
close heaps the mould soon develops into
Tot. If it is mould that causes the scab
on potatoes some preparation of sulphur
ought to be a cure. This is corroborated
by the experience of some fanners, who
have found a teaspoonful of superphos- i
phate of lime planted with the potatoes
prevented scabbine?s. In this case it was
probably the excess of sulphuric acid in '
dissolving the bone that destroyed the
luugus. me ijucmiuu ib wuuuiur
land plaster, which is the sulphate of i
lime planted in the hill with potatoes, j
will have the same effect. Who has tried 1
this? If land plaster will do the busi- i
nessitis certainly cheaper than super-'
phosphates. ?American L'ultirutor.
Feeding Younj? Calves.
Perhaps 90 per cent, of the young men
that are in the employ of farmers, and j
probably 50 per cent, of the farmers
themselves, do not know how to
feed calves properly, says J. N. Muncey j
in the Farmer and, Feeder. I think I
have always instructed my men how to '
feed. The practice is in this vicinity, 1
as I have observed, to give young calvcs, !
weighing 10i) or 120 pounds, about one- t
half a wooden pail full of skim milk
morning and even:ng. Seldom have
I seen any hay or grain in the calf pens.
The practice is a positive loss to the farmer.
He cannot allord to feed young
calves in this way, unless ho is rich and
is trying as an experiment something
new to him. Young calves weigh
usually an average of eighty pounds at
birth. Probably not more than two per
c?nt weigh ninety pounds at birth, and
proDaoiy oniy one-quarter per cent,
weigh 100 pounds at birth. I allow
young calvcs to suck the cow for about
three days. Usually the milk is good
enough for use at this time. I then put
the calf as far away from the cow as pos
sible and teach it to drink new milk. I
sometimes feed the fresh milk a week,
sometimes fifty days. In one day or less
the calf is taught to drink, About 15
pounds of average new milk per day in
three feeds is enough to make the calf
grow If to 2 pounds per day while
young. .Before discontinuing the lrcsh
milk the calf should be laught to eat uufround
oats. Take some in a twoushel
basket, which is large
enough so that when he throws his
head mound he will waste none, and
put the oats in his mouth. He will suck
your hand some after giving skim milk.
Repeat giving oats several times and
you have the calf soon taught to eat
them alone. Keep plenty of oats in a
box before them all the time. About
seven quarts per day in three feeds of
skim milk is enough for calvcs weighing
80 to 100 pounds. If calves refuse j
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ions quirk, the inference is that they j
have the scours. In such case give an j
egg and cut down on the quantity of
skitn milk for two or three time*. More
calves ares|>oi!e i on feeding skira inilk
than in any other way. 1 presume then,
too, if you overfeed you fail to realize
the real value of skim milk. If the skim
milk is worth 25 ceuts per 100 pounds,
you probably do not realize one fifth of
that amount when your calves are out of
condition a id h:ive the scour-.
I am thoroughly convinced from analysis
of oil meal that you cannot afford,
at present prices for young stock and $ .'5
per ton for the meal, to feed it. If a
calf on skim milk and unground oats will ,
gain fifty pounds per month, you cannot
expect much better by adding a reasonable
amount of oil meal to the ration. j
Brief and Diiect.
Farm animals :t?e hurt more by medi- :
cine than by the lack of it. WLen an
animal ueeds medicine, it needs n competent
physician.
Pure water aud a variety of wholesome
food regularly given, with comfortable
shelter and kind treatment, are the best
preventives of disease.
"We are yet [Dec., 1887] in search of
the man who at harvest blamed himself
for cultivating the crop too well, or who
| in his old age regretted that he had not
| endorsed for a friend oftencr.
I A niortirnire on the home makes the
! fireside gloomy, for it shuts out the sunj
shine of prosperity and freeheartedness.
Some men look at the sky only to forecast
the weather, see more beauty in a
dollar thnn in a bed of flowers, and will
hear the crow in a cornfield quicker than
the lark in the air.
Say to your work as Christ said to
Satan: "Get thee behind me." Work
travels fast when once it gets in the
lead.
It is easier to destroy the weed in April
than in July; and a weed allowed to seed
the land will plague you like a Banquo's I
ghost.
Rotfor ?c t.i Jinrimnfl imir of trousers I
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with money in pockets, than two pairs
with empty pockets.
The man with clean stables and fields,
well-housed cattle and implements, and
who has dollars for books but not a cent
for rum, is a desirable debtor. But he
does not borrow often.
Three fourths of us unknowingly reduce
our capital each year. For the fertility
of our laud is our capital, and this
we lessen.
The horse knows all that the colt
learned, and boys tormenting the colt
are not teaching it what it should
know.
Men do not gather roses from thistles,
nor plump, bright gooseberries from the
b.ish that grows in the sod, and is
pruned only by nature.
It is better and cheaper to mend the
fines in midwinter than to build a new
house in spring, though the insurance
company contributes to the new building.
The more often the currycomb rub3
against the horses's sides, the more days
his sides will rub against the harness.
The man who buries his wealth in the
earth is blamed; yet the farmer who
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is wise.
Two many forget that only from the
best milk can the best butter be made;
and that only from the best cows can
the best milk be obtained.
System worked ten hours a day, and
was done. Haphazard got up at four in
the morning, hurried all day, and was
doing chores at half-past nine at night.
There are men who compel their wives
to milk cows, sitting in the snow on the
lee side of a rail fence, yet who declare
themselves to be Christians.
The Jack of all trades is master of
none, yet a good farmer may with profit
become a fair carpenter. A workshop is
a better stormy day retreat than is a
corner grocery.
Job had much patience; yet it was
fortunate for him that he did not join
fences with a neighbor who had breachy
stock.
The man who fills his icchouse provides
himself with a conservator of
health, and a servant of pleasure.
What is said about keeping animals
warm during the winter, docs not apply
to m nure. Smoking is more injurious
to the compost heap than to boys.
It is cheaper to keep a pound of flesli
on the animal in February and March
than to regain it in May or June.
Depending upon novelties for your
principal crops is breakfasting on elation,
dining on hope, and supping on
sorrow.?.4m; rican Agriculturist.
No Care for Leprosy.
Some thirty years ago a well-known
English physician said that he could
cure this loathsome disease, and he went
out to Jerusalem, where it is so prevalent,
to put his theory into practice. For six
nirttifV>a Via camp inl-n rlnsn pnntaet with
the lepers, taking no precutions while
trying to cure thcin. He caught the disease
and was reported to have committed
suicide, preferring immedinte death to
dy'ng by inches. Since then it has been
conceded by alL physijians that leprosy
is incurable.
Iu Jaffa, Jerusalem, Ramleh and other
cities ic Palestine the traveler has to pass
lepers d lily, begging in the streets, and
they will often pluck people by the
sleeve or coat-tail with their stubby
fingers to obtain a "sahtont" (fifth part
of a cent).
Leprosy is not as catching now as it
ueed to be. A person is only liable to
catch it if he touches or comes into close
contact with a leper. It could easily be
exterminated if the Turkish Government
would prevent lepers from intermarrying.
The children look robust and
healthy until tiicy arc about twelve years
old, then the di?ea?e first appears. The
fin<rors.toes and no e are first eaten up by
the disease, thjn the arms and legs, until
there is nothing but the hulk of a body.
Finally it commences to cat round the
internal organs, and the person is delivered
from his living death. Last winter
a fellah (peasant) near Uatnleh caught
the disease and shot himself. There are
occasionally similar cases.?New York
Wurld.
The Lips of Wind-instrument Flayers.
The manner in which players of wind
instruments keep their lip muscles hardened
often excites curiosity. This is
only attained by constant practice, and
the more perfectly a performer plays the
more nractice is needed to keen him un
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to the mark. Many performers on wind
instruments, and especially coruetis's,
frequently lose control over the muscles
of their mouths and' are aflectcd by
what is known as the "frozen lips." In
this case the lip sometimes swells to an
enormous size, and in many instances the
performer is obliged to take temporary
rest from playing. Too much smoking
is also bad for the lips, as it makes thein
dry and feverish. While the use of too
much liquor wo:ild, of course, be bad
for any performer, yet when used in
moderation it sometimes ha-; a beneficial
effect upon the i>layin<r. This is espe
cially true when a very heavy programme
is rendered.?Ncto Y r!, Journal.
The Longevity of Birds.
The huamn race is not the only one
that has the privilege of furnishing centenarians.
There are several birds that
have the pretension to easily reach tho
age that 31. Chevrcul, the French chcmist,
has attained?101 years. Among
the candidates for the prize of longevity,
says the Prls Elcceur, must be
cited the eagle, the swan, and the raven,
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parroquet, as well as the heron, is eonlent
to become a sexagenarian. The
sparrow-hawk lives to the age of forty,
which is the age likewise reached by the
duck and pelican. The pea fowl lives
to be twenty-five, the goldfinch fifteen,
tiie lark thirteen, the black-headed
war bier fif een, the b'a';kbird twelve,
the canary bird twenty-four, the p'iea<ant
fifteen, the rush ten, the domestic
cock ton. the red throat twelve, and th<
wrea three.
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Skating is of great antiquity. It ifl
first mentioned in a work entitled the
"Edda," written 800 years ago.
The speed of the crow is 25 mile9 an
hour, the cider duck 90 miles an hour
and the fiawk 120 miles per hour.
A young society man, of Keokuk,
Iowa, won a wager, made in jest, by eating
thirty-six bananas at a sitting.
A black, bas9, it is said, will kill from
mere love of killing, and thousands
of pickerel are so destroyed every year
by it.
The average time of homing pigeons
is 1,000 miles in one day. On short distances
pigeons have made 100 miles in
one hour.
The earliest coinage for America was
made in l(il2 for the Virginia Company.
Massachusetts made the first colonial
ro'ns in 1652.
Fire ships were first used in the sixteenth
century. They were first employed
by the English navy in the engagement
with the Spanish Armada,
July, 1588.
A hen in Woodford County. Illinois,
chased a cat away from two kittens and
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them, and when she clucks the kittens
have learned to hover under her wings
for protection.
Not one of the govern ers of the original
thirteen States in 1787 had middle
names. This year the governors of the
same States have middle names, with the
exception of Oliver Ames, of Massachusetts,
Henry Lloyd, of Maryland, and
Fitzhugh l.ee, of Virginia.
A mule died from fright at Sumter,
Ga., the other day. While be.'ug driven
through the streets the wind caught up
a large piece of blue paper and whirled
it directly before the animal's face. The
mule started back in terror, trembled
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The statistics of the ascents of Mount
Blanc show that sixty-one women in all
have made the ascent: Englishwomen,
thirty-two; French women, fifteen;
Prussian women, lour; American
women, three; Swiss women, two, and
ltussian, Danish, Hungarian, Italian and
Austrian, or.e each.
A large fish, apparently in great trouble.
was seen by A. D. Winfield swim
ming on the surface of Lake Hopatcong,
N. J. He passed a net under it, and
brought a black bass, weighing 3$
pounds, with' a sunfish fast in its jaws.
The sunfish could not move, neither
could the bass eject it.
Paper bedclothes are made at a
factory in New Jersey. They are doubled
sheets of manilla paper, strengthened
witn twine, and valuable by reason
of peculiar properties of paper as a nonconductor
of heat. They have a warmthpreserving
power far out of proportion
to their thickness and weight.
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The keenness of the sailor's organs of
sight, says Francis W. Johnson in Good
Uou<tknejring, is almost proverbial. This
effect has two cause1?. The cold, salt
spray, dashing into the seamen's eyes
strengthens and hardens them. Also,
the mariner's practice of constantly
piercing the atmosphere to see something,
often absolutely uudiscernible, greatly
trains the organ in clever acuteness. A
thought is immediately suggested; would
it not be beneficial to teach children to
test their ability to see distaut objects?
The hands of the court house clock, an
in-rominrr vessel, a faintlv annearinir
train, the rapidly fading forms of birds '
in flights, and many other objects that
the little ones would be eager to notice if
so directed, would aid to expand and perfect
the various delicate and minutely
beautiful parts which compose tfte eye.
Infants are frequently born with eves
bo weak that they "water" upon exposure
to wind or light, even when judiciously
advanced to these. This weakness
may be cured by frequent bathing
with water of the saltness and temperature
of tears, or, as in niy experience has
been of more value, dashing cold water
over the eyes each time before
taking out and never bathing
the baby's face, especially about the eves,
with warm water. L'oici tea is also
recommended, and may do the work for
some and fail in other cases. Incipient
and even sometimes either acute or
chronic inflammation of the eyes may be
soothed by laying over them a cloth
saturated with extract of hamamelis.
There are few people who are not occasionally
annoyed by an aggravating
twitching of the mnsclc9 of the eye.
This is caused by abuse of the organs or
general weariness of the whole system,
and the remedy of course, is rest.
Students, and others compelled to use
the brain a great deal, often complain of
a deathly sleepiness, an utter inability
to hold the eyes open. This is not at all
a disease of the eyes, but merely nature's
demand for her just dues. A physician
of my acquaintance, in such a case,
recommended a week's sleep, and it sufficed.
Where the eves are fo afflicted
that rest and simple remedies fail to restore
them, no time should be lost before
consulting an oculist and submitting
these valuable organs to skilful professional
treatment.
One important thought ia almost forgotten.
It is very injudicious for the
sick, sitting or recumbent, to read or
use the eyes closely; the eyes, probably,
from their intimate relation with tho
brain, are sympathetically affected by
every ill that may attack any other part
of the body.
Novel Way of Hnntins Birds.
The natives of the Queen Charlotte
Islands, off British Columbia, have a
novel way of hunting birds, using, instead
of a bow and arrows, a peculiarly
shaped hurpoon. This instrument is
about five feet long, the point being
made of a piece of walrus tusk ten inches
long. The stick is of Cyprus, and about
half way up three fish bones are arranged
around the stick, these points extending
outward in order to stick the bird in
case the point on the end should miss.
This harpoon when used is held in the
left hand. In the right is a paddle of
hard wood eighteen inches long, on the
face of which is a groove extending almost
to the end. The tip of the hurpoon
is titled into this groove and then the
weapon is thrown with double force.
The native can sirike a fowl in water
fully one hundred feet distant. A
hunter usually carries with him a number
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A Descendftnt of Washington.
' Speaking of Washington, writes F. G.
Carpenter from the National Capital, we
have, I understand.one of his descendants
in this Congress in the person of Joseph
E. Washington, who succeeds Representative
Caldwell, of Nashville. Washington
is a young man not over thirty,small,
stout and light-haired. He does not
show much evidence of the Washington
features in his countenance, but he is, I
understand, worth a million dollars, and
the most of his property comes by inheritance.
It is a curious thing that a
descendant of Washington t-houla repre
cnt the district of Andrew Jackson.
buffalo hill abroad i
A Little Lave Affair?What the Cawbsyi
'i'Lluk of it.
The success of "our own" Buffalo Bill?W.
F. Cody?in England is -very gratifying to
his thousands of admirers on this side.
There was mora truth than many imagined
in his reply to the inquiry:
"What are you doing in England?"
"Chiefly playing poker with Duchesses."
The Engli-h nobility quickly "cottoned
to" Buffalo Bill, because they recognized that
he belonged to a higher order than their own
?Nature's nobility. Despite his wild life he
early managed to awmire an education and
the polish which makes him easy even in
royal society.
His polish is the bitter fruit, it is said, of
young love experience. When a young man
on the plains, wild, woolly and unkempt in
appearance and character, ha fell in love
with a dashing little school teacher. Fall of
pluck and faith in himself, he proposed to
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uur. duo icuiguuu uuu aiiu no?
After a time he braced up, bought some
books, and began to study.
Hi* defeat proved his victory. The girl
was his mascot, and his successes are due to
her.
Magnificent specimens of manhood though
they be "Bill's boys" are not perfection.
Under date: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Co.,
London, Sept 19, 1887," D. W. Shoemaker
of the Cowboy Band, writes: "Some weeks
ago I was suffering from great disorder of
tho liver and kidneys and general prostration.
I was forced to quit work and take my bed.
I called in a physician, who only afforded
temporary relief. A friend induced me to
take Warner's safe cure, which afforded
almost instant relief, and after taking three
bottles, I find myself in as gool health as at
any time in my life."
Two other members of the Wild West
how, Mawe BeardMey, pony express rider,
and Jim Mitchell, a cowboy, add to this
statement of Shoemaker's, that in tlioir long
experience on tho plains, from change of
water, climate and mode of life, and severe
riaing, tney oecame suojecc to iiver onu
kidney diseases, and tliey have found a sure
remedy for these troubles in Warner's sife
cure. Mawe Beardsley says: "I constantly
recommend it to my friends."
Buffalo Bill has pluck and courage and
hard sense, and not only controls all the wild
elements that make up the Wild West show,
but controls himself.
His experience as a scout makes him wax7,
discreet and shrewd. He quickly learns the
best way to secure results, and, like a true
man, has no prejudice against anything that
proves its merits.
Buffalo Bill is so popular in England he
may come horn? a ''Sir William." But if not
he will probably enjoy himself quite as well,
having secured a fortune ample enough for ;
all his wants, title or no title.
A BLOOD-RED owl was caught in the woods j
near Jac ksonville, 111., the other day.^U is the j
oniy une ui me r.mu ever bccu m iuc >nuiv> I
A PR0M1XENTMEIkYhANT WRITES, j
1 Was Bound to Keep Trying an l,one as '
Life Lasted.
WORTHVILLC, N. Y., Sept. 19,1887.
Dr. Kilmer, Dear flir? I wrote you some time
ago about my < ase, without the 1 ast faith that
you could do anyihi g for mo, ns I had six different
phjsicia b and got no relief.and was repeatedly
told that I cou d not bj cur d, but I
was b)und to keep trying as long as 1 felaste!.
I was urged by my wife to write you about my
ca?e, as I did In th; spring. You wrote me to
try your Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver and I ladder
cure. I used it as direct d and the result
was, before I had tak n the third bottle I was
entirely cured, and have be- n gaining ever
sine. My cas; was a Hemorrhage of the Bladder,
wh ch had been draining my li:e for two
years, and I can say to-day that I c n eat, sleep
and work better than I have before in twenty
years, isayuoa oiess >ou, anu uiuy uie uiflicteddoas
I have done. Us; Swamp-Rood
and be healed. You s truly,
GEO. D. MACOMB ER.
Don't neglect early symptoms. At druggists
$1.00 per bottle, 0 bottles 8 .00, or by express,
Dr. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y.
American Pearls.
Only one pearl of any kind i9 found in
a hundred shells, and usuully one in a
thousand of any value, so that it is not a
very profitable pursuit. The ind scriminate
killing oil of the musclcs in fishing
and by poisonous sewage will eventually
lead to their extermination. The greatest
destroyers, however, are the hogs, which
kill off whole banks in a single low tide.
Pearls are also secreted by the common
hardshell clam, these are usually white,
tinged with purple, or almost black.
The latter colors are preferred, although
they have little value. They sell at
from $1 to $100 each, and ate found as
large as a hazlenut. The common conch,
fished extensively on the Florida coast for
bait, often contains the so-called pink
pearls. Although they are not true
nearls. thev have sold at SI.000 each.
Our oyster pearls have neither value uor !
beauty. ?liarper''s Magazine.
In a Hnrry.
A landlord met a tenant wag
And said: "Without a doubt, sir,
Unless you pay up, Mr. Bragg,
You surely must get out, sir."
Then, promptly, did the other say,
His tone his hurry proving:
"Excuse me, sir, I'm rushed to-day,
And really must be moving."
?Boston, Budget.
"The play's the thing,
Wherein I'll rear h the coneclenceof he It ins."
An I equally true is it that Dr. Pierce's
"Peasant Purgativ- Pe lets" itlie origi al Little
Liver Pills are the most effectual me ns
th t can be used to reach the seat of disease,
cleansing the bowels ami system, and assisting
nature in her recuperative work. By druggists.
In Michigan two bucks that had th ir horns
locked so that they could not get apart were
killed by hunters recently.
Any Sinnll Boy, with a Stick,
can kill a tige-.if the tiger happ -ns to be found
when only a little cub. o consumpti n, that
dea liest a id mostfearei of disease , in i hi-t
country, can assuredly b" conquered and destroyed
if Dr. Pierce's "Go den Medical Discovery"
be employed early.
A California tramp set fire to a lot of railroad
ties in order that he might be sent to
btate prison and learn a trade.
The "Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierc *
cures " emale weakness" and kindred affection8.
By druggists.
A COOHDINO to President Willis, more than
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