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OLD SAWS U REETME.
A.otiiont spcnl; louder than words ever de; •
You eery': stat your cake, and lipid on toit
too8
'Wen te gatis away, then the little -rice
1)10a
Where .t sere isa will there is always a
wad,
Ona's• sleep in the Mud as the other in
tuiiil;
Don't jtttpt from the frying ran in the
fire.
There's no use crying o'er milk that is
spilt;
No aeonser is needed by conscience of
wilt.
Thererust be some fire wherever is smoke;
The pitcher goes oft#to the well till it's
broke. �4
By ropes falling otift honest Leen get their
due;
Whoever it fits, to must put on the
shoe.
All wort: and no It ay will make Jack a
dal boy;
A. thing of much b1anty is ever a joy.
A. half loaf is better than no bread at all ;
A.ud pride always g�oeth before a sad fall.
Fast Lind and fast "incl, have two strings to
your bow:
Contentment is b!tter than utiles, we
know.
The devil finds wor ^' for hands idle to do ;
.A. miss is as good as a mile is to you,
r .io appear;
speakt •i he's su e
Fon of he $e, 1, PP +
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's
ear, !
A man by his comp ny always is known ;
Who lives in a glass house should not throw
a stone. 1
When the blind leach the blind, both will
fall in the ditch:
It's better born 1uky than being born
rich..
Little pitohers havelbig ears ; burnt child
dreads the fire.
Though speaking th truth, ro one credits
a liar.
•
Speeoh may be silver, but silence is gold;
There's never a fool like the fool who is
old.
;—Detroit Free Press.
•
A GIRL G4ADUATE.
BY CYNTHIIa BARNARD.
It was examine 'on week at Mouut
•• Seward College, b t most of the Work
Istudentsweret o
was over, and
a ,
waiting ie,
rxl
tt u 1 fever of anxiety
the us
u.1 .I]r y
their papers,
learn the
verdic of her
to � Pn ,
representing so m ch toil and pains.
Some of the girls were nearly as
much concerned a ` out their gradua-
tion gowns as aboitt their diplomas,
• but as inch:pendenae was in the air
at Mount Seward, ihese rather frivo-
lous girls were in the minority.
During torr tune rte students wore
the regulation capi and gown, and
partly owing to th?e.fact that Mount
Seward was aeolle a with traditions
of plain living an high thinking
behind it, `parts_ because the
youngestand best. loved professor
was it woman of' 'are and noble
characteristics, a wiroman who had
set her own stamp OA her pupils, and
furnished them An ideal, dress,
THE E WIV. NGU A11 TIMES, , ►.iYGUST 0, 1894
to whom: the unopened letters in her
hand signified; so inuelt.
Which should she read first ? One,
in a large square envelope, addressed
in li bold, business -like band, bore a
had l
wester!). postmark, and l a t te
printed order to return if not deliver-
ed in ten days to xIi1ox University,
Colorado. The other; in a cramped,
old-fashioned hand, bore the post-
mark of a hamlet in West Vfrginie,
It was a thin letter, evidently belong-
ing to the genus domestic eori espond-
ence, a letter from Margaret's home,
Which should she open first? There
was an evident fitruggle, and a per-
ceptible hesitatioe. Then she laid
the home letter ]resolutely down on
the pillow of hart bed, and with a
hair pin, that wwOman's tool which
suits so many use§, dexterously cut
the envelope of the letter from Hilox.
It began forrnalty, and ended very
brief:
"My dear Miss ee ; The trustees
and faculty of Hi ox University have
been looking fora woman, a recent
graduate of dist"- action from some
well established (Eastern college, to
take the chair of r Greek in our new
institution. Your have been recom-
mended as thor . ghly qualified for
T1
the position, >'! e salary is not at
gresent large, b our university is
rowing, and, Ave offer a tempting
tie and ambitious
e write you more
est, if you are inclin-
vacancy into your
ratiou ?
spectfully yours."
• the signature of the
x ; a man whose
field to an ewer
woman. May w
fully on the sub
ed to take our
favorable eonsi
Very er -r
I Then followed
president of Hi!
name and fame] were familiar to
Margaret Lee. The girl's cheek
glowed; her dark eyes deepened ; a
look of power aid purpose settled
upon the sweet, :full lips. For this
'she had studied itt1entlessly; to this
end she had look4d; with this in view
I her four years' course had been pur-
`sued with pluckiand determination,
. The picture of Toanna Baker, as
i young as herself, climbing easily to
• the topmost roue of the ladder had
fired and sitmula d her, and she had
allowed it to be :flown that her life
was dedicated toy learning, and by
and by to teaching.
All the faculty] at Mount Seward
knew her aspira
the professors h
in securing he
had not expee
ions, and several of
d promised their aid
a position, but she
d anything of this
kind so soon. >i
, Why, her di]loma would not be
hers until next week ! Surely there
must be some benignant angel at
•; work in her ehalf. But—Hilox !
'Had she ever t et anyone from Ili -
,lox!
Suddenly th light went out of her
' ardent face, an a frown crinkled the
smooth fairness of her brow. This,
then, he had d ' ed to do!
Memory rec lied an episode two
:years back andth<Llf forgot:en, Mar-
1g'
lar-
t garet had been, pending her vacation
and fashion were sect ndary considers- , at home in the Vest Virginia mount -
tions here. Ther were no low sins, and a alai bad fallen in love
emulations•at Mount Seward. ; with her. T11 re was nothing re -
A group of girls a bay window rlrarkable in tit for a beautiful girl
'overlooking the cam p us were discuss- : of twenty-one, graceful, dignified,
ing the coming :Commencement, a accomplished, nd enthusiastic, is a
From various rooms:came the steady, ! very lovely sreature. A visiting
patient sound of *nos played for , stranger in the rliage, the minister's
practice. On the +green lawn in ,
front of the president's cottage two
or three inteilectuaa'�t looking profes-
sors and tutors wanted up and down,
evidently clisens:singt an affair that
interested diem.
The postman srolled over the
Campus wearily, as if to say: "This
is my last round, rend the bag is
abominably heavy;
He disappeared 7vititin a side door,;
and presently the}•e was a hurrying
and scurrying of 'resh faced young
women, bright-eyed and blooming
Under the mortarchps jauntily perch-
ed over their braids and ringlets,'
rushing toward that objective point,
the college post -office. One would
have fancied that letters came very
seldom, to see their excitement,
Margaret Lee received two letters.
She dict not open either in the pres-
ence of her friends, but with a swift
step and a heightened color to her
own suite of rooms. Two small
off from a pleasant
alcoves, curtained
little central sitting room, composed
the apartment Margaret shared with
Iter four years' chum, Alice Raynor.
• Alice was not there, yet Margaret
slid not seat herself in the room
th bit entered her own
alcove, drew the portiere, and
sett down tr't �ttr• to -'r' r•fthe iron bed,
nut larger theft zt soldier's camp cot.
Xt was= fxtstere little cell, simple as
sides liEtm'%, with the light failing from
Wee narrow window on the pale fake
a brown hair of the young girl,
cousin, had bee much in her father's
house, had wal ed and boated with
her, and shares her rides over the
hills, both on s 1•e footed ponies. As
a friend Mar ret had liked Dr.
Angus, as a co rade had found him
delightful, but her' heart had not
been toueheci. "What had she, with
her Greek pro ssoriate looming up
like a star in id -heaven before ilex
—what haci s e to do with love
and a lover ? be had managed to
make Dr. Ano s know this before 118
had quite co itted himself by a.
proposal ; bu she had understood
what was in h thoughts, and she
knew that he knew all about it.
And Dr. Angus had remained and
settled down a, a practitioner in the
little mountain own. The town pact
I
a future before•it, for two railways
were projected o •cross• it, and there
were eoal 'mine in theneighborhood,
] C] hborlro
ocl
g r
and, altogethera man might do worse
than drive his ,;roots into this soil,
She hadt••
S t 1 e.ttcl now •L
o and then of Dr.
Angus sine° titian summer ----her law
vacation had:them spent in Nest
England -•–and be was said to be
courting a Mrs. Atitrray, a rieh and
°harming neighbor of her father's.
Dr. Angus had friends in Colorado.
Now she rementberecl he 1tacl a rela-
tive who had helped to found Hilo;
and bad endowed ft, °hair of langu-
ages or literature ; Cie was not eels
Wain which, So it must be to him
she was indebted, and, oddly, she
was more indignant than grateful.
The natural intervention of a friendly was due the college; she thought, atnd
baud, its the matter tool: Sal the she pointed ottt the fact that Mr. Lee
satisfaction out of her surprise. had not asked her to leave until the
Not that she loved Dr, Angus! lint exercise's were over,
she did not choose to be under an But Margaret had only ono reply
!
obligation to him. What girl would illy mother needs rile • 'must go! ,
under the circumstances a? g g
�,t wweel:, later, at sunset, the r]lda
Mb this time the letter from horn° lumbering stage rolled over the steep.i
lay overlooked 0n the pillow. If at hills ;end the smooth dales drew up.
Could have spoken it would have tp- at Margaret's home, Tired, but with
preached the daughter for her absorb a steadfast light in her eyes, the girl
tion in its companion, but it bided its stepped ed down, received her father's
Presently 1p
1 U ares t •l eci
rset flu tri, -
ti a. 1 ° n .. t
time.
Y �'
with a start, saw it, felt at remorseful Masan-idwaiting went straight to her mother,
stab, and tore it o ,c u. with the aid, of in the doorway.
1 I tial clad-- glad you have come,
the hair pin,. I my .darling 1 said tl,{��� mother. 1Vltile
This is wlutt the home letter had you are here I can give everything
to say. It was from Margaret's up. But, ray' level; t is not what we I
father, and be seldom wrote to her, planned. 1
leaving as inany inen do the buil:
of correspondence g With absent mom -
that
my clearest, aid the girl, but •
Ucrs of the fattzilt• to be the acro of that is of no.y. eons ueneo. I wish 1
Itis wife and children. 4h° felt a had known •'sooner how much I was
cemonitor thrill'wanted at home
n The Lees were i very aifeetionato But you will not be a Professor of
and devoted hous hold, clannish to at Greek! salt ▪ the nether that: night.
degree, and t -demonstrative • as ( It was all arrange 1 tor the operation,
mountaineers oft n are. The deep, which was to tai place in a week's
well of their love clld not foam and I time, the surgeon to conte from the
ripple like a broo , but the water was nearest town. `1`h. mother was brave,
always there, to draw upon at will.; gay, heroic. Margaret looked at her,
The shallows ]nit noir, but the deeps iwondering that one under the
are dumb. It w s so in the house of shadow of death :°ootid la, and
Duncan Lee. •tall: so briglhtly. >f
"My Dear Dttu liter Margaret (the i No. I' will be li something better,
Letter began)—I ope these lines will she said, tendert ; 1 will be your
find you well, an your examination nurse, your con rt if I "all. If I
crowned with °cess. We have had only known, there are. many
I.
thought and ta1 ed of you much . things 'better tha Greek that' might
I
rhave learned .4e d
t wecouldbe with lately, wt i,.l c cot 1 w t t{
you to see you wv en you are grade-; Hilox did not get its Greek profes-
ated. Mother wt• old have been glad • sor, but the ettltur of Mount Seward
to go, but it is mt sad duty to inform' was not wasted. ' Mrs. Lee lived
you that she is rot well. Don't beg years, often in an uish unspeakable,
anxious, Merger . There is no int- relieved by interv, is of peace and
mediate dange , but your dear freedom from pal The slaughter
mother has beei more or less ailing • became almost t o mother in their
since last March, , and she does not intercourse as tin passed, and the
get better. We Hear there will have bloom on her cheek paled sooner
to be a surgical operation—perhaps than on her mother' in the depth of
more than one. 1Sllo ]nay have to her sympathy. Bt the end °ante
live, as people often do, for years; at last, suffering lif went out with a
with a knife altw tys�,over her head. 1 soft sigh, as a child falls asleep.
We want yon to chine home,Margaret i On a little shelf i Margaret's room
as soon as you ear. I enclose a ,
cheque for all empenses, and I will
see that you are stet at the railway
terminus, so you ;geed not take the
long stage ride all' y yourself. But
I am afraid that I have not broker it
to you gently, mS dear, as mother
said I must. For' 'e me ; 1 ani just
breaking my heat n these days you
as much almost as nether dots.
Your loving father,
jDuxoax LEE,"
A vision rose before Margaret, as i
with tear blurred eyes she folded her i
father's letter an replaced it in its'
cover. She bras ed the tears away i
and looked at thesdate. Four days
ago the letter haci been posted. Her
home, an olcl he estead in a valley
that nestled deep' and sweet in the'
heart of the gra] motultain range
. e,.
g;ttuam� it on c,v ry side lo;;e before
her. She saw be ore her her father;
grizzled, careworn, old fashioned in I
dress, precise int manner, a gentle-
man of the old *hoot, a man who
had never much ]Taney, but who had''
sent five sons and/ one •clan„liter to
college, giving th m what the Lees
prized most in lifel a liberal educa-
tion. She saw her bother, thin, fair,
tall, with the golden hair that would
fade but never turn! gray,. the blue,
childlike eyes, the etistful mouth.
Mother ! she gasp d, mother !
The horror of thelnalady-that had
seized on the beautif' 1, daiuty; lovely
woman, so.jike a rincess in her
bearing, so notable in ]ler house-
wifery, so neighborly, so maternal,
swept over her in a hot tide, retreat-
ed, leaving her shivering.
I must go Volae, she said,' and at
once ! With feet that seemed to her
weighted with leadishe went straight
to the room of the 1 Dean, knowing
that in that graeiou woman's spirit
there would be instals comprehension
and that she would c receive wise ad-
vice.
.t
hth
Mydear said 1
heard front Hilox, h
are proud:ot ;you;
represent o r collo
our g
there. I is a, tna
t
ity, 11Margaret. !.
'Tice Dean was v y short-sighted,
and she did not eat 1 at first the look
1 Y
iiI11 <r s face.
on < t c.t
answer t1
Yes, she alts v ,z d, in a voice that
sounded muffled at Ci lifeless, 1 Have
heard front Hitox; dI bad almost for-
gotten, but I must nswet' the letter.
Dear Mrs. Wade, have heard from
hotne, too. My mo • ler is very flt,and
She needs ane. I st go at once—
to -morrow :norma I eannot wait
for Corn]nenaetnent The Dean 'asked
for further infor tion. Then sire
urged. that Namara ,should wait over
the annual great oe Aston ; so nmtteh'
De �nhw
Dean, so have
iven't you ? We
sve want you to
and our culttir
e
&cat opportun-
her old text books, elclonr opened,are
souvenirs of her u y life at college.
Her hand has lean cd the eunnieg
which concocts d my dishes and
lucent jellies ; her housekeeping and
her hospitality aro famous. She is a
bright talker', witty, charming, with
the soft inficctions, which - make the
vibrant tunefitlnes of the Virginian
woman's voice so rider and sweet a
About Tuberrculosis, the local boarid of health lady deal
~~ ^^ with the matter in mishit way as wjll •
TIU i'r;uvrlcctzn.r. WARD xti<� ill AT.i.'x best servo to protect the employes.
Rin Trig; z.St'aiit,zsriAt>+a't' i (4) In all cases where the local
Or HONES rjOts 0O;4StatIn'zw'ES. ;board learns that any apartments.
have been vacated by it tuberculosis
. At the recent meeting of the Taro- patient, either tht'ough death or re-+
vinejal l3oard of Ilealtlt, held in trioval, it will direct the cltslnfection
presented
a ed the ries ittoc on epiclettrics , ofl tale almrtluents tnicl of rill articles
presented at sones of propositions rot liable to contain infection, according
tuberculosis, as follows: ; to ilio titles published lay tltc I�rovin-
1 iec .it
That the a s l t t 1 1 fo cl I t
att pt v Llei eo aft :bate: to , tial board of has tl t g,
sisin Ontario, both inrnenand cattle,:contagious diseases, and wall prevent
calls for the active interference of all 'further residence in said apartments
authorities to whom is delegated the !until satisfied :list siloli disinfection
proteetiolr of the pt brie health. I has been carried out.
2, Tliat the p valence of the i (5) The authorities of all public
disease depends (a upon the direct ;institutions, such as hospitals, ctis-
ino lation with the• bacillus oi' germ ' perlsaries, asylums, prisons, homes,
of erculosis, at d (b) upon .causes ore., will be required to notify within
which either retina the resistance to • seven days the local board of health
the contagion of tit disease, or which ,t of the municipality wherein they .arc
increases the clstng. r of inoculation situated of the name, sex, age, oc-
by increased expo ure to the germs � cupation and last address of' every
of tuberculosis, tuberculosis person cotningr under
8, That boards f health are tittle- their observation.
fore called upon to investigate and (6) That every institution receiv-
romecly to the gre:,test extent within ing either municipal or government
their power such 'unsatnitati'�' condi- aid shall, under penalty of the with -
tions, whether tau liclpal, dotmtic or I drawal of such aid, provide separate
apartments wherein consumptive
patients shall be maintained, •
that
(7) That its view of the filet t a
there are on an average in the older
settled counties of the province 50,000
inhabitants, exclusive of the large
cities, aucl that there is an average
of 50 deaths a year in each from
consumption, or probably 100 cases
es •oi -
any
b 1county at a
CO
disease 1
of the to
I
3'
given time, it seems a necessary part
of any scheme for effectively dealing
with this disease that one or more
"domes for consumptives" bo estab-
lished within the Province either by
the Proyipcial government or by a
nutnber of comities combining to-
gether for the purpose. It will be
seen'.that such a scheme would not be
impracticable when it is remembered
that there were in 1;39 2, 4,231 in-
mates of our Provincial asylums.
How They Come Upon Us.—
Daring the green apple season,
cramps come upon us like a thief in
the night, and reniain with us until'
the nearest physipian is called in,
or the pain is driven away by a
, r_
RY Da PIA
or two Pix D . A
se ort of a;
do
Rxrz,ER,. the celebrated cure for all
summer complaints, from simple
cramps to the most aggravated forms
. of cholera morbus or dysentery. Ne
household should t be without the
PAIN -KILLER, unless there is a drug.
store next door. Every reputable
druggist sell the . medicine. Only
25e. New large siz'.
•
Iiobt. llcCortliic a market gar
dener, who reside a utile this side
of Paris, has four eros of land. On
it he has planted 20,000 cabbage
plants, 30,000 cele y, 2,000 tomatoes
1,000 red cabbage' and half an acre
of potatoes. His crop promises well
and if he sells thee: at a low price,
say celery and cul;liage at 2e. each,
and estimating 15� bus. potatoes and
250 bush. tamatoe at 25c per bush.
the erop will brings $1,130.
thing in the car. Mount Soward is
to her the Medea of memory. If
ever slie had a dh:aghter she will
send het there, ants—who knows ?—
the girl may be prf essor at Hilox.
For though Margstret is not absent
from her own household, she is not
long to be Merger Leo. The wed-
dineeako is mad and is growing
rich and firm as awaits the day
when the bride yill out it. .The
wedding gown i ordered. Dr.
Angus proposed 't last.; he had
never thought of cooing or winning
anyone except t. j e fair girl who
caught his fancy and his heart ten
years ago, and wet n Margaret next
visits her New En land relations it
will be to present 1 r huebatici.
The .professor, who had been her
most dearly beloved friend " during
those happy college days, her eon=
lidante and model, said to one who
recalled ;:Margaret Lee and spoke of
her as a great di t.ppointnrent, my
dear.
Yes, we expect l her to nutke a
great reputation or herself and
Mount Seward. S c Wisdom better.
Site has been enabl 1 to do her duty
in the station to wh h (rod has called
her—a. good thin, for any girl
graduate, it seems o
me.—Harper's
Bazar.
individual, as are snow known to pro-
mote the disease.
4, 'Etat inastu cit as inoculation
with the bacilli of tuberculosis is
direct (i. o., by heir inhalation into
the respiratory ract as dust) or in-
direct (i, e,, by being taken into the
body with food Air drink), the sani-
tary treasures to be taken for its
'Retention mus extend tQ the 1
+ whether of infection- � hctlner fts source bo
infected person , houses, and articles
exposed to it feetion, or infected
cattle, the pl. des occupied by them,
and the food a d milk. obtained from
thein. . '
5. That th 'first .step:: to lessen the
spread of ii fection front persons
tubercnlized c pends so far as health
authorities ar concerned upon the
notification b- persons, householders,,
_ and physician of existing cases of the
disease.
6. That wit t this end in' view,
physicians aiJcl health officers are
everywhere advised to take advant-
age. of the futilitiestt lie the
ag s np d by l e
Provincial board of health for an
examination oft the . sputum of any
suspected case f the disease.
7. That, to t e end of accomplish-
ing, these results: it is expedient in the
public interest' that the Provineial
board of health does by resolution
recommend that- an order-in•council
be passed placing tuberculosis on the
list of contagious diseases, -requiring
notification in the' same manner as
diphtheria and other communicable
diseases.
S. That, therefo e, the provincial
board of health, wh n informing local
boards of health, p ysicians, and the
general public o the regulation,
should add in • thei circular of re-
commendations to l cal boards parti-
culers for their g idaxncc similar to
the .following, most f which are now
adopted in New Yo k city :
(1) The local boa' el ,pf the munici-
le name, address,
person known
Fom tubcreulosis,
'clans and house-
{ secretary of the
of tuberculosis
Irot.:.raUttr.�� a Piens,
--Diseases and casuatti44
itieidental
to youth imty be safe y treated by
the use of these excel! It Medicaments
according to the prix ted directions,
folded round each pot and box, Not'
is this Ointment alone applicable to
external ailments; c \jointly with
the Pills itexercises th most salutary
iufltte]tco in Orating inflammations
situated in the interio of the body;
when rubbed upon th aekanci chest;
it gives the most sen bre relief in
asthma, bronchitis, lour'isy, and
threatening consumpt n. Holloway's
remedies are °sped ly serviceable
in liver and stomach mplaints. For
the cure of bad ' le s, all sorts of
wounds, sores, and li ewwisc scrofula
and scorbutic affections, this Oint-
ment produces a coaling and soothing
feeling most acceptable to the ouf
fever.
f Y
11. C. is marked, . rompt said
Iustnig in its ei eots.
parity will register
sex and age of ever
to it to be suffering
and request all phy
holders to notify t1l
board of any cases
within their charges This informa-
tion is principally fpr statistical pur-
poses, and no visits to any premises
where such patients: reside will be
made, nor will anyat surveillance of
theta by the local 1 oard take place,
except where the p rsons reside in a
betel, boarding house or tenement
house, unless the ho.rseholder or phy-
sician requests thae an inspection of
the premises be ,road°. In these
eases, where patients reside in hotels,
boarding houses clr tenements, the
local board will no visit the premises
to make stceh inspection, if requested
by the attending physician not to do
so, and it said plttsieian is willing
hilnsef to deliverirculars of instruc-
tions and to take !measures intended
the e umunication of 1
to prevent the
disease to others.
(2) Wherever the local board of
ns of to existence of cases
health Zeal as s
of consumption n hotels, boarding
houses and tette lents, not dealt with
as aforesaid, the; board will inspoet
" es mai supply the patient
the premrs pp yp ] G
and fancily with circulars of Worms. -
tion regarding •ineitsures to be taken
to guard again .t the spread of the
disease. Whorl: necessary, the board
will dircet the cleansing of apart-
t•.
g
l th en of t 'o t
apart -
matte with end d°s i yit b
therein c;dstin eontagion.
(3) In work 'oonts,factories,, etc•,
whereWhere r lize;i persons are em -
played. and • vhere, owing to the
nature of the 1 ork er the number of
persons angag . , there is danger of
on of the infection,
the dissemina
FRANK LEis1 a'F-
Osha -a, Ont.
Pains in the Joints
1aii.
�
.3mt'rratoa•y
fling
by Hood's Cotes'
rill w
Caused by
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Svv
A Perfect Cur
"It affords inn mu'
%toast's
Sarsaparilla.
great pain ht the •
swelling so bad that
to bed without crani
was very ani:iotis al
h pleasure to rnenmrlt+tnt
Aly
sou was antlered wt,.t
chits, seeontlmulr,l v.l: t
to could not get lip stairs
ng on hands ant knees. I
out 1.114 inid having' read
1aarsa ltd v "
00 i
t
pte
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so fetich about 1•fooct'a Sarsaparilla, 1 deter-
mined to try it, nod got a half-dozen 1,nttlr r,
tour of svhtcli etttlrely curt'. lilm;" ;thte. Al. A.
/Am oshawn. Untarto:
N+ BY Ire sure to get:food's Sarsap:trill,.
ItlOOd'iti '11I tet easily, yet 1,rtoniuly a:cix
.11teiehtty, on the liver and bowels. :t1e.