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The R3inanoff`Faluily^=The Influenza in
London -The Popes Health. '
The deterioration in the ltomanoffs as a
family. is again forced upon public notice by
the death of the Czar's unole, the Grand
Duke Constantine, who was laid yesterday
in the crowded interior - of the fortress
church of Saints Peter and Paul,' where un-
der huge marble coffins, covered with red
velvet palls, all the scions of his race
since Peter sleep. Constantine, like the
other sons ofNicholas was much su-
perior in intellect to the present gen-
eration, but, more than this, he had
a finer mind than any of his brothers. To
his inspiration was largely due the liberal
imi.ulses characterizing the earlier years o
his brother Alexander's reign. He accepted
the Governorship of Poland thirty years
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Said Cardinal Manning once : " Tile Eng-
lishman drinks from brutality, the Irishman
froth joviality, •aid...it is ninth easier to re-
form an Irish drunkard than an English."
Spare and temperate indeed was Car,
dinal Manning's diet. When a guest at
the most splendid banquets he would dine
off a potato, a bit • of meat, and a glass of
water. Wine he.never drank, •
A Russian scholar asserts his belief that
the libary of Ivan the Terrible was not de
stroyed in the burning of Moscow, ant at
tempta have been machete obtain ,permission
to explore the Kremin in the hope of find-
ing some trace of the 800 Latin and Greek
manuscripts wl1 ch the collection 'eontain-
ed.
The short story and the novel are begin-
ning to do not a little in the way of reveal-
ing to the public the methods of work and
types of people in a. great newspaper office.
Now itis planned in 'Washington that there
shall he delivered a series of public lectures'
by well-known newspaper then, on different
phases of newspaper work.
A. man much. talked of a few years ago
was New York's swell, Fred Gebherd, who
for so long was first gentle -man -in -waiting,
so to speak, to the " Jersey Lily." Latter-
ly he has gone the ways of a cosmopolitan
rounder, and now his friends have got him
to try the Keeley euro for drunkenness at
White Plains, N. Y.
Something like the original spirit of Pro-
testantism seems aroused in England in op-
position to the proposal that a statue of
Cardinal Newman shall be set on the finest
square in Oxford, "within a hundred yards
and in immediate sight of the spot where
Cram, r, Ridley, and Latimer were burn
ed at the stake."
ago, with the loftiest aspirations to do good
to that unhappy country. How his efforts
were neutralized by the ecounclrelism of his
Russian assistants and the insurrection
provoked by the very agencies lie relied on
for peace maybe told someday, if his talent
ed second son and namesake finds himself
free to do so.
The plague of influenza is not stayed, but
increases. In Lt•ndon the death ,rate has
risen to forty-six. Deaths from influenza
are twice as many as last week, not counting
those of which this malady is the indirect
cause. Altogether there were 3, 761 deaths
in London, which is 1,762 above the average
In other parts of England things are even
worse, though some provinces are almost
exempt, and in some great cities the death
rate is less than usual The Government is
stirring -if stirring be the word to apply to
a movement so deliberate. The President
of the Local Government Board is in com-
munication,' whatever that may mean, with
the President of the Royal Colledge of Phy-
sicians. It is probable that some form of
inquiry will be agreed upon by the time the
epidemic has run its course.
There is still grave uncertainty as to the
actual state of the Pope's health. Quite ex-
plicit denials that he is ill are being circu-
lated, apparently upon the authority of the
Vatican official. On the other hand. Roman
Catholic prelates in this and other coun-
tries are getting reports which prepare then.
for news of his death any clay. When. it is
remembered how the last illness and death
of Popes has been historically a matter for
mystery, often reaching the point where
charges were made that the death was con-
cealed for days after occurred, it is not to be
wondered at that it is difficult now to get at
the entire facts.
SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH.
A $5,030,000 SLEIGHIiIDE,
The 3lost Costly Trip on Runners Ever. Re-
corded.
Winter has its joys, unsurpassed by any
labial slimmer can, afford. Who can forget
5h0 merry sleighrides of youthful' c'aya ;
young men and maidens .crowded together,
the moonlight, the fringe of the forest,, the
vast expanse of snow, the jingle of the bells,
the shouts of laughter, perchancethe over-
turn into the feathery drift, the country
tavern with its blazing, crackling fire of
wood, the stamping of the young meu•beat-
ing the buow from,their boots, the table
spread with all .luxuries, the music aid.
games, the return song after midnight 1
There was a sleigh:ide in Russia, more
than a century ago, of such magnitude and
splendor as to have been deemed worthy of
historic commemorating. Russia's immortal
historian Karalnsin'has devoted to its record
several pages.
It was the month of December, 1769. The
celebrated empress Catharine II. was upon
the throne. Frederic of Prussia and Cath-
arine wero conspiring together for an attack
upon Poland, that they might divide that
kingdom between them. Frederic sent his
brother Henry to St. Petersburg, ostensibly
for a friendly visit, but in reality to mature
plans for the treacherous invasion. During
Prince Henry's stay Catharine gave in bis
honor a moonlight sleiahride..
The sleigh which convoyed Catherine and
the Prussian prince was a beautiful parlor,
capacious, and furnished with every luxury
of the time. It was covered and inclosed by
double glass in large plates, so that every
object without could be distinctly seen,.
Mirrors were also ingeniously arranged so
as to multiply and reflect all the scenes
through which they passed. This imperial
sledge, with its gorgeous decorations, was
drawn by 16 horses. e. retinue of 2,000
sledges of nobility followed. These were
alae constructed for the occasion, at a vast
expense, and embellished in the highest
style of art. The groat dignitaries of the
empire, ladies and gentlemen, in showy
costumes, crowded these vehicles which
were drawn by four, six and eight horses,
Expense seemed to have been utterly disre-
garded in the preparations of the pageant.
Every person except the empress and her
guest was dressed in faucy costume and was
masked•
The progress of death was uniquely re-
ported by the dying Dr. Richet to his son,
a European professor of physiology and his
physician. As his end approached ho care
fully described to tiled every perceptible
sensation. At the moment when they ob-
served unmiatable signs of immediate disso-
lution, he surprised them by saying „ 'You
see I an. dying."
The most rustic in appearance of all the
alliance Congressmen is Clover of Kansas
who looks and drosses line a farmer and
talks as if he were engaged in con
troversy with a mowing machine. But
he is a man of many origtual ideas and was
smart enough to boat Bishop W. Perkins,
the new Kansas Senator in the race for Con-
gress. In fact, his constituents think that
Mr. Clover will make a fine arti:le of hay
'when he gets an opportunity to spread out
in Congress.
Princess Helene, of Orleaus, daughter of
Count of Paris, had a tender feeling for the
Duke of Clarence. In 1.800 she visited the
Pope, who reveals this bit of history : " I
received the young Princess at a private
audience. She desired to confide in me and
spoke about the project that was on hand
of marrying her to the Duke of Clarence.
She asked me for my advice, and I believed
that it was my duty to dissuade her from
becoming the Duke's bride. ' How many
difficulties would arise,' I said, c if a Catho-
lic Princess were to become Queen of Eng-
land?' 1 dick not lay stress upon the confos-
aional difficulty which inch an alliance could
not fail to produce, for I saw that the young
people loved each other. The poor Princess
took my advice kindly and followed it con-
sistently. To my intervention is due today
the loss not of one but of two nolle and
charming princesses."
Dld the Illustrious Barth Die of '[nen
au0nia !—A Plausible Theory.
Americans and English alike are entrant
ed with Shakespeare. They love the man
and all belonging to him, and now they are
discussing the question, " Of what did
Shakespeare clie?" Following np this in
quiry a writer in the Now York Modica
Record communicates that the poet died o
some respiratory lesion, probably pneu
monia. The evidence on which this theory
rests is worked out somewhat as follows :
The ago ontho poet at death (52) is con
netted with a period of life when the mor
tality from pulmouary diseases is definitely
increased in proportion to other causes. His
death ocourted during the month of April
(23rd), which "in England is a month of
treacherous changes in temperature and in
weather." Some time prior to bis death, it
is urged, he passed an interval of excessiv-
conviviality, and quite likely of deep in
toxieation, in the companionship of conviv-
ial friends." That means that he placed
himself in a situation from which reek
less personal exposure would naturally
arise. Hero aro three factors which favor
tlmonia and the le
of no
the development
P
,
1 st drinking bout 11
that nttiela d e
u ruus
gend
g
contracted a fever,from which he died
" Fevers," says the writer, " do not come in
this way ; pneumonias do."
The writer supplements his arguments by
referring to the casts from the mask of the
face taken after death, from which the
sculptor has copied the face of the great
man. The inocle of death leaves somothinw
of the character of the fatal disease on the
dead face. "Sudden, violent death arrests
the muscles in their last contraction. Froin
the soldier's half -parted lips the oath or
battle cry seems just to have sped. The
brakeman, gone to immediate death iu a
crush, bears upon his face the imprint of his
last thought -of duty, of home, or what
The expression of lingering or wasting dis
ease touches the physiognomy differently
death stands near so long that the body be-
comes accustomed to his presence, and lie is
not unwelcome, At the end his hand is
often gentle, and the features of the dead
simply betoken placid rest."
On the other hand, the course of death in
pneumonia "is laborious." "Toward the
end the expression of the face becomes like
that of one who is toiling under a burden,
breathlessly and without rest. The close of
life is the first pause from utter weariness
and exhaustion,' and "the characteristic
pneumonic expression remains after death."
On comparing the Shakespeare death mask
with the face of the dead of his time of life
from pneumonia the identity, the author
thinks, can scarcely be mistaken. " That
which Mr. Carpenter has described as a
look of ineffable sadness is the true poen
monie physiognorny-the look of one who
has been tired --painfully tired unto death.'
AN INSANE YOUNG- WOMAN,
Who Created Consider able Exeftentetlt at
Suspension. Bridge.
Niagara Falls, Feb. '..2. --There was much
excitement in the Grand Union station in
Suspension Bridge to -day over the actions of
a handsome young girl who was evidently
insane. She was about twenty=three. years
old, of fine figure, and gave her name as
Katrina Steen, She was on her way from
San Francisco to Germany. She would sud-
denly rush. out on the railroad and look about
wildly. Policeman Jenny took her in charge,
and for few moments she was quiet. Then
she climbed into the windeiv of the Western
Union telegraph office and, embraced' opera-
tor M. J. Donohue. He ran out and she
took possession of the office. She finally
wandered into the Grand Trunk ticket
office and affectionately embraced the agent,
Charles Smith. Then she had a tussle with
a large woman whotn she wanted to love.
Mr. Jenny then locked her in a side -room.
She left Germany four weeke"'ago to go to
San Francisco to visit relatives. When she
arrived there they sent her back.
There is a tide in the aaairs of Hien which
if not skillfully dodged at the. props Lilne,
drowns then
A Story of a Guinea.
An Irish gentleman, who was very mull.
annoyed at the late hours kept by his sons,
gave strict orders to John, a faithful old
butler, to lock the door every night at
eleven o'clock, and not to open it after
that time. The young gentlemen wore
punctual to the hour ; but ono morning
Master Tom was not home till ono, when,
seeing a light in the hall, he tapped gently
at the door, and the tol!owing dialogue
took place between Master Tom and the
butler
" Who's there ?"
,
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t,
Ws • Open the door."
John.It I
It's I,
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"
011 be as
Master lam- tw l k
couldn't, tIat
T Cott c
much as my place is worth."
"Olt; you must let mo in, John 1"
"I couldn't, indeed, Master Tom but
have you a guinea in your pocket, M;aster
Tom ?"
"I have, John -I have !"
"Put it in the keyhole, Master Tom, and
I think it will open the door."
Master Tom did as the was told and the
door instantly opened.
"Thank you, Johu-thank yon, John 1
There's half -a crown for you ; just run
round to the stable with my horse."
"Yes, '`baster Tom." And John took the
horse to the stable, Upon his return he
found the door shut, and tapped for ad-
mission, when Master Tom played the but.
let's part over again, and told him there
was an alteration in the lock, but if he'd
puts guinea and half-a-crown in, they would
open the door.
To Blanch Celery.
While some are enjoying nice blanched
celery this winter, others are going without
or else had so mueh wok and trouble in get-
ting it in condition that they do not get
enough enjoyment or money out of it to feel
paid for their pains. To such the following,
taken from Farm and Home, will be pleasant
information. The writer says :
The method of blanching and storing
celery in a cellar for winter's sale isa'simple
process. If the cellar is moist, so much the
better. It is supposed that the celery has
been properly handled, so that all leaves
stand upright. Remove all decaying leaves
with a sharp knife down to the roots. Begin
at the cellar wail and set arow of celery up
right. Place some moist earth around the
roots and put another row against the firs,
one, always close together. Put earth
around the roots again and continue
until you have a bed eighteen inches
wide.
Now put a wide board upright against the
celery, and against this planeanother row
of celery ; continue in this manner until all
is stored away.
To blanch celery, all light must be ex
.eluded. Cover•with boards or darken al
windows.
Having an upright board,every ghteen
inches, keeps the plants from heating, and
also enables you to cover them up easily.
For early winter use blanch in September
Put in seetiens every two or hree weeks,
until November.
•
For Knocking Ont Wrinkles.
Take one ounce of white wax and malt to
a gentle heat. Add two ounces of the juice
of lily bulbs, two ounces of honey, two
drams of rosewater and a.drop or two of at-
tar of roses. Apply this twice a day, rub-
bing the wrinkles the Wrong way. Use
tepid water to wash the face. The wrinkles
soon disappear.
Vhildren Cry for Pitcher's •Castoria.
The ()end -actor's Stolt'
IiY MAUIRICE L M'LA4friT1LIN.
"When a man has been rn•ilroadin' twentylong
110 koars
its kinder hardened an' tough
An' scenes of affliction don't trouble him much,
Clause his nater' is coarse -like 0.5 .rough.
But a. scene that' took place in my train one cold
night
Would, a' molted the heart of, a stone,
An' among the adventures which I have been
through •
That night get stands out alt alone.
""Twos a bitter cold night' an' the train was
jam full,
Every berth in the sleeper was taken
The people had jlat turned infer the night
An' the train for Now York was a'makin',
When, jist as the people to snore had begun
An' I with n satisfied .sigh
Had sat down in a chair for a short rest, I
heard
The sound of a young baby's cry.
"
/:t was one o' those loud, aggravatin'-like yells
0' the pattern that makes you jist itch
For gee or an axe an' excites up your mind
With wild thoughts o' murder an slob.
It wont through that carnal' I needn't remark
That the snori.n'stopped right there an' then
An' that sleeper was filled with a Winn' hot
crowd
0' mad women and wild, swcarin' men.
"The curtains jist then that: concealed berth 16
Were opened an' out came a man,
As fine a young fellow as creel seen,
But his face was all white -like an' wan.
He carried the kid that was raisin' the row,
An' commenced welkin' down through the
aisle
A-tryin' to stop its loud sereeehin'-but pshawl
It seemed to get wuss every mile.
"An idea seemed to strike one old feller jist
then,
An' lie said to the pale -faced young man,
'Itseems to me, stranger, that kid could be
By a
stilled
simple an' feasible plan •
Tho natal that it's melon' betrays what it
needs -
The child wants its mot her, that's plain ;
An' why don't you call her/ Ten chances to
one,
She's sleopin' somewhere on the train.'
"A look then came over that young father's
face,
A look full of anguish an' pain;
A loos that will haunt mo as long as I live,
As long as 1 work en a train ;
Apt' he nilawered that hall in a hoarse, stifled
Thatsouvoicended as though front afar---
"iier merrier Iasleeping aboard of this train
Ina box in tho baggage ear."'
The night was calm and clear, not a
breath of air was stirring, and thefall moon
Inde brilliantly through the star-sprent
skies. Tho road, upon which thouaanua of
laborers had been employed to remove
every obstruction, wound all through val-
leys and forests and mountain gorges.
Early in the evening, and with military pre-
cision, the brilliant pageant swept from the
palace through the streets of St. Petersburg,
When two miles from the city,the train pas-
sed through a triumphal arch, blazing with
variegated light.
Every mile of the drive was thus marked
by some grand structure, which with its
blaze of light outshone the splendor of the
moon ; and in the ingenuity of its devices,
with flames of every hue, extorted incessant
exclamations of wonder and delight. There
were shafts, temples, pyramids, colonnades
illuminating the wintry scone. Opposite
each of these structures ball-rocms wore
reared, the sides composed of double glass,
so that everything within could be distinct-
ly seen. Here the peasantry were assembled,
in each one np,rroup of afew hundred, from
some particular province of the empire,
dressed in the gayest of their provincial
garb and engaged in their rustic games and
dances. Tho variety of costumes and of
sports was infinite, and often grotesque and
amusing in the highest degree. Tltesledges
went slowly by, that all might witness the
entertaining spectacle, and then passed on
to the next tbeatrio show. All the games
and national dances wero thus witnessed.
The national airs were sung or performed
by the best trained bands, and all sorts of
gymnastic feats, such as vaulting, tumbling
and performances on the tight and slack -
rope, were exhibited. .
Through such scenes, incessantly repeated
the imperial pleasuro•party rode, until a
high mountain arose before them, which was
opened to their view throughroig
h a broad avenue
cutin the The
mountain was arranged
by a display of fireworks to represent Mount
Hada in one of the most violent of its erup-
tions. The earth seemed to quake beneath
the terrific explosions. Vast billows of flame
and fiery missiles, of every form and hue,
were ejected from. its glowing crater hundrds
of feet into the air, descondin_ upon the
hill -sides and rolling down the crags in a
shower of fire. The spectacle was so sublime
as to be almost appalling. In mute astonish-
ment, the pleasure -patty gazed upon the
wonderful phenomenon, in which artseemed
to outvie the most mighty of the energies of
nature. The region for leagues around, was
illuminated with the lurid glart,,whicbsenta
thrill of terror to the peasants far away on
the distant hill -sides and in the valleys.
Again the horses were pushed on,' and
before the spectators had recovered from
the surprise the volcanic mountain had
created the train suddenly entered a Chinese
village, which had been reared for the oc-
casion upon the exact model of one of the
must picturesque of Chinese towns, and
inhabited by crowds of men, women and
children in the garb and engaged iu the
traffic and sports of the Chinese on a festive
day. The long street through which the
train passed was brilliantly illuminated,
and presented a spectacle as novel as it was
entertaining.
The train passed slowly through the
street, and then found that it was only the
-majestic portal to the itnpsrial palace of
Tzarkoselo. As the sledges drove to the
door, they were speedily emptied of their
contents, and the whole courtly throng of
over 4,00 1 was sauntering in those saloons
which were amply spacious to entertain
them all. The palace was lighted with a
countless number of chandeliers and wax -
candles. The imperial bands were there,
and for two hours the pleasure -seekers
forgot time in the mazes of the cotillion. In
the midst of the exhilarating scene, the
heavy report of a cannon was heard, and
instantly every musical instrument was
still, every light was extinguished, every
voice was hushed, and there was a moment
of silence and darkness.
Suddenly a magnificent display of fire-
works blazed up, extending in front of all
the windows of the palace. A,s the display
faded out, therewas another report of can-
non, and, as by magic, the candles blazed
ane w, and a sumptuous entertainment was
served. Every luxury which Europe or
Asia could afford was supplied for the oc-
casion. Dancing was again renewed, and
as the dawn of the morning dimly appeared,
the revelers returned to their homes:
This is undoubted;, the mostbrilliant
sleighride on record. It is said to have cost
$5,000,010. To enablekings and nobles to
indulge in such voluptuousness, the millions
of Russia were enslaved, doomed to mud
hovels,, ignorance, black broad and joyless-
ness from the cradle to the grave.
Itis not slang to remark " shute the tobog
gan."
Mosses From an Old Manse:
BY GEO. P1108. DOWLING, D.1),
The Minister's wife had just #finished her
chores,
By calling on all the c birch t t t t
And some she'd found open as both the church
,
And sonodoorsshe's found stiff a3 the steeple.
For while all the deacons had slept on the
wall,
A committee had come like a Iton;
And by giving Iter husband a generous call,
Had shaken the bulwarks of Zion,.
Foryears they had paid him who taught then.
the Word,
Abort six hundred dollars or seven:
For they felt that a preacher should "trust in
tbo Lord,"
And growfaton the "manna from heaven."
And so the cash question had comp to an-
noy ; '
Which with so many ministers rankles;
For the Lord had sent children ; three girls and.
a boy,
And the boy -hollow down to the ankles.
Sister Blodgett, the wire of "a pillar," had
" Bewa
criedre..
the had
lost you sin stgainst Ued,"
(Tlloy supported a carriage and horees).
sighed ;
"A rolling stone gathers no mossee."
The preacher looked up front the boort which
ct,
Andhe Itisreamerry eyes twinkled with Jewetter.
',Why didn't you tell sister Blodgett," ho
said,
"'That moss isn't what, we are after 1"
-•thew York Independent.
"Boots and Saddles:"
WILL T. J.1:1tE3•
What trooper ever mustered on the field
Whore battle wrests the trophies lost and
,
Exposed wento peril, with but Fate to xlrield-
A. living target for the foemmns gun,
Has sf felt
nothrill wlen on a dar s
night,
.
When forefolt omens -why,
he can't ac-
seone
utntto—
him predicting alleleofight,
The starting trumpet sounds the call
to
mount /
Itmay bo for some venturous raid or, worse,
The interception of a midnight march -
Ho seldom knows the risk ; commands aro
rs
No titemee has he to guess, Tho lantern torch
Illnmes familiar things as he equips;
His eyes rest tenderly on those from home.
Perchance he lifts a keepsake to his lips.
Remembering ono he left, in youth, to roans.
While saddling for the expedition, he
Forgets he ever had a home ; but when
The squadron forward trots, and thought is
freTo conjure up old Inemoriesagain,
He then bethinks him of the journey's end,
From which alive he never may return
To camp, to home, to mother or to friend.
Nor to that ono for whom his heart doth
yearn.
War's but a game of chance -the wager life.As some must lose and others win at dice.
So must some die and some survive the strife ;
The bullet finds its billet in a trice.
Among the dead and dying have been found
Both stood and rider that obeyed the call
Of "Boots and Saddles" near the marshalling
},•round.
Witphm1 orpse for comrade -darkness for a
But there's exhilaration in its notes
For him who has to warfare been inured:
The pulse of courage recklessness promotes,
Nor. At hill flinch when hardship is endured.
Music hath more in it than soothing charms;
It can arouse as well as lull to sleep ;
Its brazen tongnc can trumpet war's alarms.
And oyes it oped to laughter cause to weep.
British Columbia Toothpicks.
The British Columbia Mill, Timber and
Trading Company shipped last week some
large spruce timber for dredges for the Mon-
treal Harbor Commissioners. One piece is
36 inches square, 63 feet long ; three pieces
36 inches square, 68 feet long; five pieces
14 by 16 inehes, 80 feet long; twelve other
pieces over 60 feet long. three cars are
required for the longest pieces, which are
labelled "British Columbia Toothpicks."
These aro the largest pieces ever shipped
from the province.
Even vinegar has to work in order to be
svorth anything.
AFact
WORTH knowing is toot Mood
eases which all other remedies fail!
to cure,. yield to dt fer'sSarsaparilla..
Fresh confirms-
tion of this state-
ment comes t0
had doily. Even
inch deep-seated
and stubborn com
plaints as Rheu-
matism, Rheumy,-
tie
heumstie Gout, and the
lilts, are thorough -
1y eradicated by
theuseaf tlii-
derful alterattiYswone.
Mrs. R. Irving
s �, r Dodge, 110 West
nasi+. _ .` 125th street, New
Yorlr, certifies :-
" About two years age, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
gout, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, I saw by an advertise-
ment in a Chicago paper that a man'haci
been relieved of this distressing com-
plaint, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. I then decided to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months. I stn
pleased to say that it effected a com-
plete cure, and that I have since bad no
return of the disease."
Mrs. L, A. Stark, Nashua, ;eT. H.
writes; "One year ago I was taken ill
with rheumatism, being confined to my
house six: months, 1 came out of the
sickness very mirth debilitated, with no
appetite, and my system disordered in
every way. I' commenced tdaiste Ayer's
Sarsaponce,.
ainina in strnd ength and improvean to ooe.
covering my usual lhealth. I cannot say
too much in praise of this well-known
medicine."
"I have taken a great deal of medi.
eine, hat nothing has done me so
much: good as Ayers. Sarsaparilla. F.
felt its beneficial effects before I bad
finished one bottle, and I can
freely testify that it is the best blood.
medicine I know of." -L. V. Ward, Sr.,
Woodland, Texts.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
YICEPARED BY
Jr. J. C. Ayer & Cc„ Lowell, Mass.
Price $1; els hottlea. tS. •^•', •"'i a battle.
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me of neuralgia, and it
RHEUMATISM. 001,. DAVID W 9IE,
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