The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 30, 1903, Image 2
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n^^HHBpV^rcful FMilinc.
HBFollow the false doctrine that we
pPouM measure the supply or nutrients
by the yield of milk, and whenever
the cow drops in yield, we punish
her. and through her. ourselves, by
making a corresponding reduction in
the food supply. We forget the drafts
upon the feed other than for the production
of milk, and we forget that
these drafts Increase as the time for
the birth of the next calf approaches.
Remember, ou the other side, the danger
of milk-fever, and guarding ourselves
against it as best we may during
the last three weeks prior to the
birth of the calf, we want to continue
a gcod full ration of roughage and
grain well through the entire period
of lactation.?Clinton D. Smith, in The
Cultivator.
Donee For Smoking Meats.
Many farmers sell off the hogs raised
- on tlie farm and buy the hams and
bacon used in the family, giving as an
excuse 'that a well-arranged smokebouse
is too expensive for them to
have. The smokehouse shown in t lie
illustration, while a homely affair,
gives good service and will co>t but
little to build. A dry goods box or a
piano box will answer the purpose
nicely. The bottom is removed from
the box and a hinged door is arranged
DOME MADE SMOKE MOUSK.
as shown so that the meat may ne
easily put in and taken out. This
cover is arranged so that it can be
fastened with a staple and liook when
the meat is being smoked. The smoking
arrangement of this box is an ideal
1 one. A hole is dug in the ground six
or eig'ht feet from the box and a trench
<lug from the bole to a point about the
>' middle of the box. Have a length of
stove pipe fastened to an old. heavy
till kettle, into which a iiolo lms neon
cut by the tinsmith. When ready to
smoke the meat build a tire of corn
cobs in the kettle, set it In the hole
And 3(ld stove pipe lengths to the centre
of the house, terminating with an
elbow. After the fire is well started
tT, cover the kettle with a piece of tin. to
$ force all the smoke possible through
the stove pipe into the house. All
' crocks about the house should be tilled
in so that the smoke will not escape.
"This is a crude affair, but it does the
work qujto as well as the most cxpen-fcive
appliances attached to smokcJiouscs.
IIott I.nns to Milk ? Cow.
An important aud unsettled question
Is how long a cow should be milked.
Though there are no experiments thai
can be used for guides. Professor llecker
.says the record of the dairy herd at the
Minnesota Experiment Station gives
;?o:ne information on the subject.
It has btcn found invariably that the
cows do better when given a resi of
from six to ten weeks, than when
milked up till a week or two before
-calving. Some cases would Indicate,
however, that cows arc much more
subject to lever after a long rest than
a>. short cue. There can bo no set rule
I as to hew long a cow should be dry.
as tins will depend upon the ago. condition.
breed and quality of the individr.n!
animal. A heifer or young cow
should be milked longer than an old
e cow. I? the heifer gets a long rest the
first year rhe may form the teudeucy
to dry up early. A cow much run down
In strength aud llesh should be given
"timo to build up. A gocu cor.* win
iiiilii longer ilian a poor cow. It would
, be practicable to milk the dairy cow
> *1011 month? in the year, while in the
case cC some common cows it might
not be profitable to mill; more than
5 seven.? Taking it all jn all. it will Inforaid
most practicable to give the
cows about two months rest between
the milking periods.
Decs it injure a cow mnterilly as a
k milker to allow her first calf to run
with her during the summer? That is,
"> when they come fresh in the spring or
: early summer, and are milked after
* stabling time begins in the fall?
This should never he done when the
heifer is intended for dairying. The
first year is by far the most important
in the making of a cow. Letting the
calf suck has the following objections:
The heifer as a cow will take less kind
3y to being milked. The m^b being
drawn frequently by the calf prevents
the udder from developing capacity.
When the calf is removed, the cow generally
dries up. She will not appreciale
tbe change and cease to milk as
a result. A cow nursing a calf will
dry up sooner than if being milked.
Letiiuj: the calf suck tends to shorten
the milking period. It is Larder 011
the cow physically. A calf can le
raised more cheaply on skim milk.
Adja*ta?>J? S nr.'are Cultivator.
A surface cultivator which can readis
Hy lie adjusted to various widths hcjj>;
tweea rows, and to which cultivator
teeth or small plows may Le quickly
attached when it is desired to cultivate
the ground more deeply, forms
the subject matter of an'invention recently
patented by Mr. W. S. Xeal, of
Alabama. This device is adapted to
be moved by a single horse and guided
hand. With the shovel blade at:
tachracat it will be found particularly
-useful- fe removing any vegetation in
\ Its path, and likewise will destroy any
BEp Vp
^B^xlmmip^Tlipshovels used 5a tiiia
| implement are detachable, and of varying
sizes suitable to the width of the
space between the rows to lie cultivated.
The ends of the shovel blade
extend backward at an angle to the
body of the blade, so as to shovel the
soil laterally among the plants in the
drill and cover up any little vegetation
i that the blade cannot reach without
I cutting the plants. Another type of
! blade also is provided, which will lie
found useful for certain conditions.
This blade, as shown in the engraving,
is rounded at the lower corner of each
end. so as to prevent injury to the
! plants.
These blades are sufficient for ordinary
surface work, but when deeper
cultivation is required, cultivator teeth
may lie attached to the shovel blades, |
as shown in the sectional views. These
teeth are of various sizes ar.d shapes
to suit different requirements. Some
ot the biades employed may be turned
backward, others downward, and others
again may lie made with turned
ends. The object of turning the teeth
backward is to shovel the dirt in
the drills among the plants.
The implement is very effective and
of a simple construction. It is also
very light, and by its use plants may
be readily kept under required cutivatiou.?Scientific
American.
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The Apple Orchard*
Xo particular kind of soil is indispensably
necessary for the success of an
apple orchard. But a good, eveudraincd
soil is indispensable. Low. Hat
laud, holding stagnant water below
the surface, is not suitable for tree
growth, as it tends to the production
of soft wood, and the fruit will be
lacking in color and form. But Holds
nearly level, if somewhat elevated, and
possessing natural or artificial drainage.
may be excellent for orchards.
Sandy soils are not best adapted to the
apple, as they seldom possess or long
retain the fertility that is essential. It
is a good plan to f>st a soil intended
for an apple orchard with some annual
crop, say corn or potatoes. A good
yield will indicate that the ground is .
lit for the trees, while an inferior crop j
will show that it should be kept under j
cultivation and well fertilized until it j
is bnuiffht into good condition.
Whether the previous treatment of the
soil, in the spring, before planting, the
orchard ground should receive a liberal
application of barnyard manure,
or other fertilizer, followed by careful
plowing and thorough harrowing. The
| best fruit growers consider it absolui
tely necessary to till the orchard
ground lor tiie first three or four
I years, to produce a thrifty growth of
[ the trees. Without it. the young trees
will become more or less stunted, and
f the time of fruiting will be delayed.
Louring the tfrst six or eight years certain
crops may be secured for the labor
expended, but the crop selected
should always be one that will require
or admit of cultivation. Hay or
grain crops are out of place in an orchard.
If the annual plowing and cultivation
of the land has been properly
practiced in the young orchard, it is
I :.n easy matter to continue the custom
after the trees begin to bear fruit.
Such tillage has n great advantage
over the ordinary sod treatment. Tillage
should come in July, to Insure
the ripening of the newly-fouiul wood
and buds. At tills time some cover
crop, such as crimson clover, red clover,
cow peas, or even rye, may be
sown. Such fall growth will add
plant food and improve the general
condition of the toil when plowed
down the succeeding spring. The best
trees to buy are those which are two
years old from the bud, of medium
size, not stunted, with straight, stiff
trunks, abundant fibrous roots, and
free from insects. When trees are
taken from the nursery row. the root
system is reduced often oue-half. or
even more. When the young tree Is
set out the top should be pruned to
make a corresponding reduction, otherwise
moisture will be evaporated from
an extensive leaf surface more rapidly
than it can be supplied by the reduced
root system, and in a dry time the
tree will die or suffer greatly. A distance
of forty feet apart is not any too
much for such varieties as Baldwin.
Belltlower and Rhode Island Greening.
Varieties like Northern <6py, Ben Davis
and York Imperial, with less spreading
heads, may be planted thirty feet
apart, or better, thirty-five feet. Pruning
of bearing apple trees requires
judgment. It cannot be entirely neg '> > 1
** ho nvoiv1r?n?:_?
ICL ICU, I'Ul It UJUJ wv w ? -w- -v-v.
Connecticut Farmer.
Sold m Fox Skin For S3S.
Recently Mr. William E. Thompson,
of Green County, bought of a young
man named Skaggs, of the same vicinity.
the hide of a silver-gray fox, for
which he paid eighty-live cents. Neither
of the men had any real idea of the
value of such furs until it was put on
the market in Louisville, where It
brought the nice sum of $35, and had
it not been crossed with other species
of the fox tribe it would have brought
well up in the hundred dollars. The
hides of the thoroughbreds sell at from
?50 to $325. The silver fox is not a
native of this country, but they arc
plentiful In some parts of the old
country.?Ilcdgcnville (Ky.) Herald.
Imagination.
It takes imagination to plan great
deeds and lack of it to accomplish
them.?New York Press.
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There Is nothing more common than
to hear farmers in all the eastern section
of the country say "we cannot
grow apples any more as we once did."
Now, thy climate is net to Maine for
this, and if apples once prow well with
you is it not worth while to study the cause
of their failure now? i
Men realize that for the growing of |
their annua! crops they must cultivate ]
well and keep up liie fertility of the
soil. They do not try to grow coin j
and wheat at the same time on the
same held, for they know that it cannot
he (lone successfully, but when it
comes to the orchard they assume that
a tree can not only take care of itself
like the trees in the forest, hut that
they can crop the iand for other things
at the same time and still get crops of
apples. Herein lies the greatest of all
the troubles i:i apple growing. So long
as the sol! was a virgin soil anil
abounding in plant food the trees
throve in spite of neglect, but as they
gradually robbed the soil assisted by
the crops planted among them there
was soon a failure, for trees as well as
other crops need plenty of available
plant food in the soil.
Another thing that apple trees especially
need is an abundance of soil
moisture. It is useless to apply fertilizers
to any plant if there is not moisture
enough in the soil to dissolve them.
Hence the importance for providing a
soil abounding in vegetable decay to
retain the moisture needed for the solution
of the piant food applied. Few
growers fully realize the amount of
the various forms of plant food that an
apple orchard takes,from the soil. At
the recent American Apple Growers'
' Congress in St. Louis Professor Clothier
gave some very striking figures
In this regard which were taken from
the experiments made at the Agricultural
Experiment Station of Cornell
University. He showed lhat with an
average yield (and this is a small one
in a good orchard) of 200 bushels per
acre, that this 200 bushels of fruit
would remove from the soil thirteen f
pounds of nitrogen. only one pound of i
phosphoric acid and nineteen pounds
of potash, and the apples alone would t
remove from each aero S2.43 worth of
plant l'ood. Then the growth of the
wood and the leaves of the trre must v
"l>e taken into account, and it takes a *
very eonsiderabl amount of food to c
keep up the activity of a large tree, a
Altogether there was i:i the orchard a *
demand for plant food to a total value of
$9.01 per acre.
He compared this with a crop of corn g
making fifty bushels per acre, and fi
showed that the corn removed little j
more than the fruit trees, "ml yet every e
farmer knows that he cannot expect c
fifty bushels of corn per aero unless he t
keeps tin the fertility of the soil, nr.d (
yet we see the same men trying to get ?
apples from a soil that has been drained *
by th? tries in this way for a generation.
and not only drained by ilie trees,
but called upon to grow a bay crop or .
to pasture stock. Is it any wonder that ,
we cannot grow apples as well as we <
once did? 1
The statement we have given shows (
that the demand for phosphoric acid is (
very small as compared with that for *A
nitrogen and potash, and the trees will *
demand more potash than a crop of
corn of fifty bushels per acre, and do- <
raand it every year, for there can be
no rotation of crops here. In their J
young state. wlma growth is what we ^
want, applications of stable manure j
will be of groat help, not only in fur- >
nishing nitrogen but in sriviujr some mi- i
in us making matter to the soil. If Kninlt
i:as boon used in the preservation of
this manure ii will not only make the
manure better in preventing the loss
of nitrogen. but 11 will adil potash that I
Is needed. When the trees have 1
reached maturity we advise the seed- t
in^ down to .crass. Rut not in grass to
be cut for hay. but grass to he cut only ,
as a mulch for ihe trees and left on the
ground, cutting it several times during (
the season. Thru give the grass a top '
dressing annually of a fertilizer eomposed
of SOO pounds of acid phosphate. 1
800 pounds of cottonseed meal and 400 <
pounds of muriate of potash to make a :
ton. J'se this liberally and get a good ]
growth of grass and every time you .
rut the grass spread it to decay under
the trees as far as the limbs ex- ,
tend and a litlle further. Then if you j
attend to the spraying you can grow j
apples just like you did in your boy- |
hood and probably better.?W. P. Massoy.
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A VERSATILE PEERESS. 1
One of the most interesting and versatile
duchesses is her Grace of Suth- <
orland?"Miss Miulcent Sutherland," j
as an innocent reviewer spoke of her
'? reviewing her last book of stories. 1
Politics and literature claim the great- 1
*.r part of her Grace's interest. She
tias been writing since she came of :
age, when she told the world the story j
of how ohe spent her twentieth year,
and it is said that she learned socialism
at a Sunday lecture at Leek, near
Trentham, where she sat among the
audience and listened to an elquent address
by a lady, whose friendship the
Duchess afterward sought. The Duchess
lias shown her interest in practical
politics by inducing the government to
investigate the question of lead poisoning
in the potteries.
Her Grace is the daughter of the
fourth Earl of Rosslyn, and married '
the Duke of Sutherland when he was
Marquis of Stafford. Her house in
town has been the scene of many brilliant
functions for charity's sake.?
Black and White.
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New Masonic Grand Lecturer. i
James C. Carr of Oshkosh has been |
chosen grand lecturer of the grand
chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Wis- (
consin. His predecessor, the late M. ;
L. Youngs of Milwaukee, held the po- ;
silion for more than forty years. <
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Weekly Bulletin From the Depart*
ment.
The week ending 8 a. m., Monday,
April 20th. had an average temperature
of 57 degrees, which is about 8 degrees
below normal. The temperatures were
low enough for light frosts on the
Loth, 16th, 17th and 18th, and some
!rost was noted on each of these days,
aut on the I8t.h only was it general.
These frcsts did no perceptible injury,
;xcept to check germination, and
jrowth of crops that are up. The rains
etarded farmwork in the west until
tear the close of the week, so that
leither plowing nor planting made
nuch progress, but in the eastern and
:entral divisions, both progressed rapdly.
Some hail was noted on the 14th,
ind snow flurries on the 15th in the exxeme
west.
Plowing and farmwork in general are
nore backward in the western division
han usual. A small portion only of the
ipland corn crop has been planted, and
lone on bottom lands, and cotton
danting has only begun. The weather
:onditions were more favorable in "the
:ast, where upland corn, cotton and
ice planting are almost finished, ex:ept
the low-lands in the Georgetown
listrict devoted to rice that continue
oo wet to work. More than half the
ohaceo acreage has been transplanted,
ind the set plant3 are doing well, alrmst
all nf them beine alive, the
veather having been suited to this
rork.
Much corn has oome up to from poor
o fair stands, and some has been cultivated
but stands were thinned by birds
tnd worms in places, necessitating
eplanting.' The cool weather caused
oung corn, cotton and rice to look
ickly and yellow. There is, however,
>ut little cotton up.
Oats improved in a few sections. aJhough
generally they deteriorated beng
still infested with lice, and the cold
vcather is said also to be injurious.
*ust is prevalent on both wheat and
ats. Oats are heading in many places,
md in Charleston county will soon be
ipe. Wheat is heading also, but is unuomising
owing to rust and insects.
The fruit prospects are good in most
ections. although uncertain in others,
iltbough the frosts did no injury to
;eaches. Gardens are improving. Truck
hipments continue heavy, especially
>f strawberries. White potatoes are in
>loo:n in the coast truck districts, but
.Colorado beetles are numerous aud detractive.
The rains caused some of
he clay lands to become packed and
lard to plow.
MARKETS.
rotton 10 1-4
3ats 33
Sugar, Granulated ">3-4
- AtfS-A 1.0
r^anuts * -little,
live 2@4
?orn 42
A'heat S3
Sacon 12 1-2
.arc! 12 1-2? 13
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
The grain and provisions market exlerienced
another weak session and
losing prices were lower all around:
day wheat being off 1-4; corn 1-4
ower and oats down 1-4?3-8; provisions
were from 12 1-2 to 22 1-2
ower.
Insurance Statistics.
The Comptroller General's office is
preparing th<> annual bulletin of the
lusincss done in this State by the for:Jgn
insurance companies last year. By
'foreign" is meant all companies
vhich have agencies in this State and
lot chartered under the laws of the
State.
There was a great advance in the
volume of insurance and in the amount
if premiums. It is a fact worthy of
A# nrfiminroe noiH
lULU LLiU L Uic UUiUUUb UI piciuiumo ^U?u .
jy residents of South Carolina tothese
nsurance companies was more than
louble the amount received into the
State on account of losses. The following
advance figures will be of in:erest
to the great army of insured in
3outh Carolina:
Foreign fire insurance companies
wrote risks of $31,549,428.41. Premiums
received we re 1336,350.06, and losses
paid were $226,707.07.
United States fire companies?Risks,
558,464,785.42: premiums, $804,517.31;
losses paid, $467,153.16.
Life companies?Risks, $15,803, 007.10;
premiums, 2,030, 480.11; losses paid,
5898,677.65.
Accident companies?Risks. $21,322,220.49;
premiums, $123,308.61; losses,
paid. $341,165.59.
The total volume of risks written by
life, fire and accident companies in
1902 wrs $127,139,442.02, an increase of
513,883,924.54; the total amount of premiums
received in 1902 was $3,294,656.)9,
and increase of $403,876.62, or an
innrpaap nf n\*Pr tr> ner rent.: the total
amount of losses for 1902 was $1,626,>54.46,
an Increase of $200,005.80, or
aver 20 per cent, above last year.
The following license fees were received
by the State from the Insurance
companies, $3,681.75; from United
States fire insurance companies.
$13,352.40; from fidelity, accident and
3urety companies, $2,916.54; mortgage
company, $100; fraternal societies.
5175. This makes a total of $28,448.27.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Reports from over the Virginia lin?
Indicate considerable damage to
crops by frost last night. In tne trucking
region, Irish potatoes are said to
tiave been cut down, and strawberries
to have been seriously Injured. Tobacco
seems to have escaped unhurt
A New Kent Court House, Va.. special
reports the discovery of oil in an
ibandoned artesian well sunk about 17
rears ago, at Talleyville, New Kent
county. A good flow is expected.
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Miss Agnes Mille
to young women at
Menstrual Period ? t
suffering and remove
Lydia E* Pinkham's '
"To Youxo Women:?I suffe:
rhea (painful periods;, so much so
knew it meant three or four days
this was due to an inflamed conditio
by repeated and neglected colds.
"If young girl* only realized h
this critical time, much suffering w
for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetal
medicine which helped me any. W
take it, I noticed a marked improv<
the time of my next monthly period
ably. I kept up the treatment, and ^
another person sinee. I am in perfect
added 12 pounds to my weight, my
happy."?Miss Agnes "Miller, 25 ]
The monthly sickness reflect
health. Anything unusual at
and proper attention. Fifty thoi
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget
struation and makes those perio
READ WHAT MISS
severe bearin;
W ^ men;t ^ ^
'mm' jsas
Lynn, Mass., her advice is free a
ing: woman who asks for it. H<
more than one hundred thousai
it, my sick sisters?
tnnnn forfeit if cannot fnrthTrl
v v U U Uftbov* te,tiaw>niai*> wi?'ch jT
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(cartridges and shot shells \i
are made in the largest and |
. best equipped ammunition I
(factory in the world. $
A TbiVJlTTdTTIOV 9
gg nrii'iuii* n
| of U. M. C. make is now M
3 accepted by shooters as v
"the worlds standard" for U
I it shoots well in any gun. J
Tour dealer sells it. ?
The Union Metallic r
i Cartridge Co. E
Bridgeport, - - Conn. |
f apudine
Cures Nervousness
AND NERVOUS HEADACHE.
10c. 25c, and oOe. at Drugstores.
tmiH^^iStMa^BlgHTHrHTant ,'g gnmfiwTxrtnwrt
Wwu)
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] The Standard Rhe
~ QTAMHADn because able physiciai
a of AllilAlVll cure for rheumatism
g ====== physician recently saici
8 prescription that will cure rheumatism, c
| dies do incalculable harm to the digest
3 pletely overcomes this difficulty?benefit
i digestion?hence it can be taken for an i
\ be, to effect a permanent cute."
The Doctor quoted covers the cjsc exactly,
All Druggists, $i.oo, o
\ Bobbltt Chemical Co.,
3 i- mr. mi mi .? ! Ill ! It 1 III 111 III 111 iirMTFTHi iM fintTT^HTWrM
M?cfflM?q?KPgaq?HM?groemixraj^
r, of Chicago, speaks
>out dangers of the
low to avoid pain and ,
; the cause by using
Vegetable Compound
red for six years with dy3menorthat
I dreaded every month, as I
of intense pain. The doctor said
n of the uterine appendages caused
ow dangerous it is to take cold at
ould be spared them. Thank God
le Compound, that was the only
ithin three weeks after I started to
;ment iri my general health, and at
. the pain had diminished considervas
cured a month later. I am like
health, my eyes are brighten I have
color is good, and I feel light and
Potomac Ave., Chicago, 111.
& the condition of a woman'?
that time should have prompt
isand letters from women prove
able Compound regulates mends
painless.
LENDBECK SAYS:
[us. Ptnkham:? Lydia E. Pinkable
Compound has greatly benewill
tell you how I suffered. Mv
ainful menstruation. I felt as each
>y that I was getting worse. I bad
j-down pains in my back and abdol
advised me to try Mrs. Pinkham's
did so and am now free from all
ny periods."?Jessie C. LixDbeck,
et, Rockford, 111.
E ADVICE TO WOMEN,
jmber, every woman is cordially
> write to Mrs. Pinkham if there
ig about her symptoms she does
id. Mrs. Pinkliam's address is
nd cheerfully given to every ail- '
er advice has restored to health
id women. "Why don't you try
th nrodn-e the nrlzln.nt letters and signatures ot
e tbelr a')?d]iite (retiiiln*iiess.
E. Pinkham Medicine Co.. Lynn, Mass.
Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold in balk.
Beware of the dealer who tries Jo sell
something just ?3 good."
A red-en ored solution now obviates the
need of a dark room in photography. 80. 18.
FITS permanently cured.No lltsor nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Norver.estorer.$2~trial bottle.jid troatiaeiree
l?r. K.H.Kline. Ltd., 931 Arch.St..Phils.,Pa.
A girl may make a date with a fellow and
not carc a tig for liir-.
DrspKrstA, Indigestion and all stomach
Lis positively cured by Tabkb's Pepsiw
Compound. iOe. size mailed free to Rny address.
Write Dr. Taber Mfg. Co., Peoria,111.
The average woutun is more apt to rpealc
her mind than to i^ind her speech.
Piso's Curo cannot bo too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.?J. W. O'Bmts, 322 Third
Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn.,Jan. 6,1900.
The average man is known as a "good
fellow" until his money is all gone.
Putnam Fadeless J)ves do not stain
the hands or spot the kettle, except green
and purple.
The few men who know themselves thoroughly
keep quiet about it.
H. H. Gbeen's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists In the
world. See their liberal offer In advertisement
In another column of this paper.
1
lumatic Remedy. |
is declare that it is the only absolute g
in its various forms. A prominent ^
I: "I have rever been able to write a a
iwring to the fact that the usual reme- ?
ive organs.. RHEUMACIDE com- ^
s rather than injures the organs of a
indefinite period, or as long as need 5
" Sheumjtdde " is ahsolxticly htrmless.
r expressage prepaid.
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