The Seaforth News, 1928-07-19, Page 6•
:tory of Envelope
When you have received a letter,
has the • gtaestiort ever dome to you,'
Who was it that invented the euve-
lope''' I
During thoesailde of years of writ -1
ing by roan, no one, it seems, ever,
thought of making just this sort ori
Coyer Por a message er letter, The!
people 'af three or four thoesend years
ago, especially the Babylonians and;
the Egyptians, often wrote such melee
sages on clay plates, 'ellen baked the 1
plates, sprinkled themwith smooth l
powder, and then put an outer covet'-
ing of clay all around the -letter. '"Tide.
outer cover was Sometimes haired also,`
or frequently simply allowed to thy
and then the epistle was -ready to be
sent,
Witen the one for whom it was in-,
'tended reoeived It, he simply cracked• '.
tltie outor clay crust with a tiny ham-
mer, stripped off the broken pieces,'
and found his baked letter ready to'
be read, The powder sprinkled over
it had prevented the covering from.
sticking to it.
Sometimes among the Egypt -la ue
and people of ancient India the letter
was written on dried reeds flattened
out and pressed together into a sort of
paper called papyrus, and thea this
was covered with strips of the same
material placed at right angles to the
message and gummed tog'otiler at the
(earners.
Sealing. Wax
Then for hundreds of years, during
the Dark Ages and the medieval days,
when sheepskin parchment Or a crude
form of paper was In use, it was the
custom to write the letter so as to
leave the back of the last sheet blank
and then fold this sheet so that its
blank side could be used for the ad-
dress. The corners of the folded mes-
sage were held together with sealing
wax a very necessary article on every
writing table in those days'.
It would seem that the first man
ever mentioned as an envelope maker
was 0 Frenchman named de Valayer.
As long ago as 1653 he obtained a
permit from the King of France to
manufacture and- sell In Paris enve-
lopes with stamps on them, or, as we
now say, postpaid, The idea was slow,
however, in being followed, and evi-
dently It was pat until 1799 that Eng-
land began to use such covers. In fact,
the very first time that we can find
the word "envelope" used In the Eng-
lish Language as the name of such a
cover for a letter was in 1714, when
a certain Bishop Burnett wrote down
the word.
Even as late as 1825, Charles Lamb,
the English essayist, mentioned the
envelope as a novelty. And indeed,
even at that time, both the French
and the British looked upon it as such
a luxury that it was made of the dain-
tiest, most expensive paper and could
be afforded by only the most wealthy.
The first man to make a business of
manufacturing envelopes in England
was a certain brewer of Brighton, who
began in 1830 to cut them out by
hand. Here in America they were be-
ing made by Edward Maxwell of Louis-
ville, Ky., as early as 1886; in fact, it
is claimed that he cut out with his
penknife every envelope sold in Louis-
ville between 1825 and 1840. But yet
for as late as Civil War days thousands
that was not necessarily a great many;
of /otters written in America were
still folded with the blank last page
to be used for the address.
The Gummed Flap
In those old days the flap of the
envelope was not gummed as it is
to -day, and every letter 'writer had to
have a tiny wafer of sealing wax on
hand for fastening event a regular or
bought envelope with a piece of gum
about a half-inch square fastened to
the flap, was put upon the market,
and this proved so popular that the
other kind went out of fashion.
When, about 1845, envelope makers
began to gum the entire flap there was
loud complaint from buyers for the
reason that the glue required too much
licking and also had an unpleasant
taste. But by 1850 the use of mint
in the gum had largely overcome this
prejudice, and those who wished to
seem up-to-date, especially in business
circles, bought the new-fangled enve-
lope, As late, however, as 1850 more
than ten out of every hundred letters
mailed in Great Britain used the fold-
ed last page instead of an envelope,
and as /at as 1855 such a substitute
for the envelope was still exceedingly
common in America.
It is a long step from the baked
clay wrapper of the ancient Babylon-
ian letter to the strong, light, dainty
letter cover of our day, but the pur-
pose iias doubtless always been the
same; to keep the message for the
eyes alone of the one for whom it was
intended and to protect it from dam-
age on its journey to him.
Ford Hits New Records For
May Production
Ford's May output is estimated at
around 62,000 unite, againet 36,470 i11
April, 1928, according to figures given
in the Boston Newe Bureau, C. W,
B,arron'e financial newspaper. This
survey Is as follows: "A good in-
crease in Ford output during May as
well as heavy schedules of outer low-
priced motor ear prodtIOero, prinripnlIy
Chevrolet and Whippet, enabled tiro
11 .
motor inciuslry to sat a recnrcl in pro-
duction for the mouth, closely ap.
ploachiug the treasonal monthly peak)
ootablislied On April, 1926.
"Last mouth's Output 08 453,032 cars
and'trucks in the United States and
Canada, comparIrl whit 402,800 in
Apr1,1 1026, att;i 434,429 in April of
this year."
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MOYSSY BUILDING, 242 BAY ST., TORONTO
Direct Private Wires 80 all Offices
This is the first time this heading
has appeared in your paper. Week by
week we will give you the latest bul-
claims, until October. Prospecting,
however, is being done,
Kirkland Lake's present depth pio-
neer—the Kirkland Lake' Gold, is re-
ported to resume drilling from a flat
hole at 2,875 -foot level at an early
date.
The rich vein cu Wright -Har-
greaves' 1,750 -foot level appears, ac-
cording to a despatch from the north,
to be the apex of three ore bodies,
The vein is said to be steadily grow -
letins of interest to that great public ing richer. Millheads are improving
which wishes to know authentic hap- rapidly, and July looms as a month
penings in the financial and mining of record production.
investment world, Tough -Oakes is still plugging away"
The news we give is as authentic and hanging up records for persever-
es is possible to get, and the sources ante. The sinking operations are be-
ef our information is authoritative. ing conducted by working two 'eight -
Nothing of a misleading nature will hour shifts and work is being aco0m-
appear in this column with our knowl-
edge and consent. We give You the
beet and latest and hope it will be of
value to our many readers.
SOME CHANGES IN STANDARD
MINING EXCHANGE COM-
MISSION .RATES
At a meeting of directors of the
Standard Stock and Mining Exchange
yesterday afternoon a change in com-
mission rates covering stocks above
530 was inaugurated. According to
President N. C. Urquhart, the new
rate on stocks selling between $80
and 5100 per share will be a fiat 525
tor a hundred shares. The old com-
mission rate, which has stood for sev-
eral years, called fn,',,,,te of $25
plished at a cost of approximately
580 per foot. It may be seen, there-
fore, that the continuation of the
shaft to 2,000 feet this year will not
impose any very serious financial de-
mand, While milling operations are
confined to treatment of tailings until
possibly the end of October, and while
milling profits will not be large, yet
the income will carry part of the over-
head involved In thesinking program
—including the cost of hydro -electric
Power.
le. W. Crossland, consulting engineer
for the Woodbine Gold Mines, adjoin-
ing Premier Gold, B.0„ has made the
announcement that a conservative es-
timate of the ore blocked out is
on stocks selling between $30 and $50,1900,000 tons at 510 per ton. Ile
but directors found it had become II recommends the erection of a 200-tou
antiquated. No other changes in the I mill. The company is erecting an
commission rate were made. The
mining issues immediately affected by
the alteration of the commission rate
will be International, Coast Copper
and Noranda, the latter having had
unusually heavy trading for some
weeks.
assay office and has engaged T. Com -
ole, formerly assayer for B.C. SIlver
Mines. Diamond drilling is to be start-
ed, for the purpose of outlining the
ore bodies before erecting a mill. The
snow has been late in going; this has
delayed seasonal work throughout the
Strength in Potterdoal may be at- Portland cement district.
trlbuted to the fact that reports from Ribagi is still pursuing its search
the north state they are in 100 feet of for mining properties. It is reported
ore on the 225 -foot level. Although that the company has now optioned
this is not official, the report comes the Sunders and Bradley groups ad -
from a very reliable source. It is the joining the Treadwell Yuyon. These
intention of the company to drift have a combined acreage of 640 acres.
on this ore for a time and thea pro- A directors' meeting will be held to-
ceed with shaft sinking. Nothing has morrow at Haileybury, and It is un -
been heard lately regarding the galena derstood that a new company, to be
stripe. This vein, only 6 inches on known as the Ribago Sudbury Exten-
sion Mines, will be applied for. Ac-
cording to the report, Ribago's at-
tempts
btempts to get in on the property was
contested by the Chelmsford Mining
Corp., who had similar intentions.
Ribago is now said to be the winner,
with Chelmsford out of the picture.
Mandy is reported to have com-
menced diamond drilling in the hope
of picking up exteusions of the known
ore zone between the old shaft and.
the Flin Flon boundary. The new
shaft is now nearing completion, 625
feet. The stock was quite 'strong re-
cently.
Area has commenced diamond -drill-
ing close to the Amulet boundary,
where chances of picking up exten-
sions of the Amulet ore are considered
surface, had widened out to 3 feet at
27 -foot depth, where a shaft was put
down by hand steel. The ore was
exceptionally rich.
Directors of Windfall Rouyn Mines
have just issued a progress report
covering the various operations et the
company. The properties dealt with
are in Marsltay and the Sudbury
Basin, 1n the Sudbury district, On-
tario, and Clericy and Malartic in
Quebec. Drills are busy on the Sud-
bury Basin and Clericy holdings,
yielding indifferent results. Camps
are being erected on the Malactic
Pro/tarty and equipment is being sent
in. Owing to fire laws, no surface
trenching, test pitting, stripping, etc.,
can be carried out on the Marshay
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ALSCH t AC
A SECOND
TECK-HUGHES MINE
$70 to the Ton Across Shaft!
Some Facts About Development Work on The
ALSCHBACH GOLD MINE
KIRKLAND LAKE DISTRICT
9 Veins Upon the Property.
Average assays 0f 570 per ton at depth of 45 ft. over full width of street.
Exceptional geological structure, with veins running practically in
parallel and increasing enrichment with depth.
This property is in charge r,f Mr. Clarence Alschhach, who sank the
original shaft at Teek-Hughes, and is in the heart of the active
development going on in the western end of Kirkland Lake District.
WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE PURCHASE OF THIS ISSUE.
Mnctinepl"s Report and Prospectus mailed upon rctern of attached
coupon to
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W. H. DE UDY & COMPANY, LIMITED.
TORONTO investment Brokers MONTREAL
W. H. DE UDY & 00. LTC.
755 Yonge St., Toronto.
Flews mail me report and prospectus or The Alscbbaclt Goid
Mhripg Co. Limited,
Name
geed, according to news remelt'', the
.city from Rouyn,
Shaft sicking at the daclsson-81ahton
is nearing a depth of 200 feet, and
should arrive At the first obi:,ettiro
of 250 toot by the 1lihldl0 et July, The
crosscut run from the lee -foot horizon
dieelosed 4 vein width 08 Over tett
feet, together with logit valttae in gold.
No drifting hoe 'been clone (teet110 vein,
however, but •with the Completion of
the shaft to the 25040ot level, a crass,
eat will be to Ihit vein from • that
depth and drifting Started. When in-
ter'3ected at tato 125 -foot level, the
vein showed greater width, together
With an Mere:lee in volute. 118 C0111'
pared with theta, tri evidence on the
surface,
ST VITUS DANCE
A Trouble That Usually' Attacks
Young Children. '
St. Vitus Banco is the name gen-
erally given to a disease described
by medical emu as chorea. Tbis
trouble usually attacks young chil-
dren, though older people may be
afflicted with it, The ntost common
symptoms area twitching of the face
and limbs, As the disease progresses
the twitching takes the form of
spasms, in which the jerking motion
may be confined to the face or all the
limbs may be affected, Frequently
the patieut Is unable to hold anything
in the hands or walk eteadtly. In
severe cases the speech is often af-
fected. The disease is due to debility
of the nerves and relief t comes
through an enriched blood supply,
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have been.
most successful in reaching tees trove
ble through their specific action on
the blood, which it enriches and puri-
fies. The following instance proves
tbe value of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills
In this trouble. 131re. Thomas Bowen,
Bath, Ont., says:—"Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills have been in use in my
family for years and always with good
results, I believe they saved the life
of my only son. At ten years of age
he grew very nervous and the trouble
developed into St. 'Vitus dance. Ills
legs and arms would jerk and twitch,
then his speech was affected, and hie
condition was pitiable. Just then
there came to me a little book telling
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I de-
cided to give them to him. Bythe.
time two boxes were used there was
au. improvement in his condition and
by the time six boxes more were
taken all traces of the trouble had
'disappeared, and be was well and
strong. I have also given the pills
to my growing girls, and I know of
no better strengthening medicine., I
may axle that the same applies to
grown-ups as well."
You can get these pills through any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., ,Brockville, Ont.
_moi
to
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O.W. L..
(ON WITH LAUGHTER)
Backing out of a close place isn't
difficult if your wits are sharp and
your fenders already crumpled.
Ta get rich, get a good reputation.
Tourist (to native); What do you
think about .the weather
Native: Well, sir, I've thought
about it for forty years an' I've cone
to the conclusion it's changeable.
Falling in love is about like loaf-
ing.
oafing. If done properly neither leave
very much time for business.
"They tell ins you have a trial
wife."
"Well, she's a trial to me."
"So you have twins at your
house," said Mrs. Besumbe to little
Tommy.
"Yes, ma'am, two of 'em."
"What are you going to call them?"
"Thunder and Lightning,"
"Why, those are strange names to
call children."
"Well, that's what pa called them
as s0011 as he heard they were in the
hoose."
"I'd like to hug you mighty well,"
said the daring sheik to his flapper.
She replied: "Well, if you are going
to hug me that is wbat I would pre-
fer."
When a man has a birthday , ire
takes a day off. When a woman has
one, she takes a year off.
"What shall I do to keep from fall-,
ing in love?"
"Try pricing a.partmente."
WHO' ZIS?
Maybe on a party line
To say "Who' zisV' is right,
But it makes us mad as sin
To answer calls by day or night
And have the one who's ealliug
Say—"Who' zis?"
A lot of1
pc;op o never say their
prayers pratese they want something,
A Ault answer tln•ntth away wrath'
telt it takes the bare sash to turn
away the installment ooliector,
Says 70% of Fires are
Preventable
Seventy per cont, of aha halted/lion
Area ill the 'United States each year
aro preventable, .deelat'es Chuuneoy
S, S, 1i2Aler of the Nol•t11 Doltish and
Mercantile Insurance Co,, Ltd„ in as
article In the July issue. of "Your
Home Magazine."'
According to thls expert, losses by
fire, instead of being on tiro down
grade its is popularly supposed, are
etoadily'Moreasing, To -day, Mr. Mil-
let' .reveals "tire aveal ge annual.
are lose per person In the United
Stetee le more than $5.00. In
!other countries; where life is not
so easy and prosperity not so great,
losses by, fire are co'mpar'atively low,
In 'Holland and Switzerland the losses
are as low as fourteen cents per 'pee,
son and about sixty cents in France
and Great Britain, Of the thirty ode
traceable sources of fire, the largest
Bingle oontributirig cause Is 'matches:
smoking,' Defective chimneys and
flues come next. Inflammable root'9
are a close and growing third in the
rave for first prize 111 national careless-
ness:"
RED HOT ELY DAYS
RD,ON THE BABY
Q
July --the month of appreeslve heat;
red-hot days and sweltering nights;
1s extremely Hard on little Dues.
Diarrhoea, dysentery, colic and chol-
era Infentum Garry afl; thousands of
precious little lives every stammer.
The mother must be constantly on
her guard to present these troubles,
or 1f they come on suddenly to fight
them. No other medicine is of such
aid to mothers during the hot summer
as is Baby's Own Tablets. They
regulate the bowels and stomach,
and an occasional close given to the
well child will. prevent summer com-
plaint, or 1f the trouble does cone on
suddenly will banish it. The Tablets
are sold by Medicine dealers or by
mail at 250 a box from The Dr, Wil-
liams' 9dediolne Co., Brockville, Ont.
The Hill Dweller
He dwells alone among the tall,
plumed pities,
His lint upon the green hill's mete
breast,
Gazing day long upon the serried lines
Of mountain squadrons trooping to
the west.
He dwells alone, they say, nay, hardly
that,
For in the rain the fleecy clouds, •like
sheep,
Browse round the little house; at dusk
,1,1 iN0
—pjiILl.UP$ -
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doe to Acid,
j0D1055r1ON
ACID0TOMACH
HeAWMUaN
HEAOACHa
eA5E5-NAUSEA
mist a tasteless'- close of Phillips'
Milk of Magnesia itt water, That is
an alkali, effective, yet harnrieee, It
has been the standard antacid for 50
7e5r8 among physleielne ev'erYlehere.
One spoonful will neutralize at once
many times. Its vo13me in acid, It is
the Wight way, aha quick, pleasttut and
efficient way to kill the excess acrd.
The etamaele becomes sweet, the pain
departe., Xou are happy again lis, live
nurtures,
Don't depend on crude methods.
;Employ tile beet way yet evolved In
all the veers of searching, That 'is
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia,
Be sure to get the genuine Phillips'
r )a 1'
Milk of Magnesia prescribed by 11 Ys
clans for 50 years in correcting ceases
acids. I+Jacli bottle contains full direc-
tions—any drugstore.
Drug Peddle- rs'
Methods Exposed
Narcotics Smuggled Into jails
In Most Unusual Ways
The devious ways in which uar00-
tics are smuggled to the inmates of
penitentiaries are told by Jack Hyatt,
veteran journalist, in the July "Plain
Talk",
Forty per cent. of the Inmates of
every prison, it was recently estimat-
ed, are drug addicts in some form,
Oue of the meet popular methods of
"snow sneaking" Is described as feel -
lows,—'
"Tara guards on each of the four
walls of the prison. Plight men, each
man a area shot, Back and forth
they pace, tirelessly, rifles 1u bands,
prepitred for anything. Within the
enclosure, the New Jersey State Pri-
son at Trenton, several hundred PIi-
eonere are 'stretching', getting their
daily oxol'cise, From the warden's
home autslde, directly opposite the
front prison wall, one ,sees the two
guards on tills wall pause, then slow-
ly pace onward, their eyes on the
street fronting the prison.
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Femininity
Do not get the false idea that fend-
; minty should be associated 'with, -
`weakness. A- woman can 1)e just as.
strong in her femininity as a man
can be in his inasouliility. And the
vitality and buoyancy associated' with
etrong =soles acct firm tissues are,. Len
important tactor in beauty ;culture.
Mlnard's Llnlmentheafs cuts, brulsea.
HELP- IN *THE DAILY
HOUSEWORK
Numerous little aids in the kitchen
and elsewhere around the hofise cer-_
tainly cut down the time needed to do
odd jobs and make the doing of them
a bat much more pleasant! Here are a fele
now ideas.for the home:
Stirs in the friendly eaves, and fresh 1
Keep a button -hook near the stove
from sleep to pull forward hot pans in the oven.
Patrols the doaryrd on his veering Try pasting the oilcloth on your kit -
An table. It 37111 not slip when wash -
Of
orchestra of katydids strikes ep Ing,
A dance for all the little creeping To measure three-fourths oira cup
things of shortening, 01I measuring cup 0110-
0E Held and wood, while in the sap fourth with hater, and add shortening
plsfre Cup enough to raise the water to the top.
Of heaven the moon of mellow Roman
Halt an apple in the cake box, the
Lights him to bed where lother half in a covered dish with the
peaceful cheese, will keep both telco and choose
dreams enfold. fresh indefinitely,
—Charles Grenville Wilson. ...•e
Hls Business.
When one is offered such a tre- Warden—"We lot the p)isoner's
menden: adventure it would bo too work at their own trades here, the
enartistic to refuse it: Amelia Ear- same as when they are free: Black-
ham. emath, carpenter, or whatever it may
be. What Is your trade
Prisoner—"I ant a traveling sales-
man, sire
't. uchWater
Shi�i rid, Baby Get?
Famous Authority'sRule
`By 7Zuth Zirittain
Baby specialists agree nowadays,
that during the first six months, babies
must have three ounces of fluid per
pound of body weight daily. An tight
pound baby, for instance, needs twin-
ty-four ounces of fluid. Later oa the
rule is two ounces or fluid per pound
of body weight. The amount of fluid
absorbed by a breastfed baby Is best
determined by weighing him before
and after feeding for the whole day;
and it is easily calculated for the bot-
tle fell one, Then make uP any de-
ficiency with water.
Giving baby •stifll.clent water often
relieves his feverish, crying, upset and.
restless spells. If it doesn't, give him
a few drops of Fletcher's Castoria.
For these and other ails of babies and
children such as colic, cholera,
diarrhea, gas on stomach and bowels,
constipation, sour stomach, loss of
sleep, underweight, etc„ leading
physicians say there's nothing so ef-
fective. It 1s purely vegetable—the
recipe is on the wrapper ---and millions
of mothers have 'depended on it in
over thirty years of ever' increasing
I use, 31 regulates baby's bowels,
makes bite sloop and eat eight, enables
i him to got full nourishment from lila
food, 50 110 lnevonSes in weight as liu
he s1'tould, ' With 0001 package you
get. ar '"ook-o1r 'Motherliood worth its
weight in gold,
300)5 of cent
• T .In sure the pubii't 'will ttllderr, the
a Look for
stand, (';:lone] Robert Stewart, the signature oO Clips. be Pletcher' of
file .package 60 you'll, be enl'e to get
HE Firestone
Gum -Dipped
Tires hold the
longest mileage
records. You get
more for the money
because Firestone
builds in extra miles
with special pro-
cesses, including
Gum-Dipping—and
the scientifically de-
signed Tire Tread.
The largest bus,
truck and taxicab
fleets who demand
"mileage use Fire-
stone Gum -Dipped
Tires. See your
nearest Firestone
Dealer- he will save
you money and serve
you better.
Always put a Firestone steam.
welded, leak -proof tube in
i
Jour Firestone
tire.
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have 00,000 for July and August. Write
for fres oataicgtto. A. 11. Switzer,.
Granton, Ontario,
71- 277 L 17 UIiD.1BR'NOOD TTPII-
J1.J 11 M:VIR, needed in sooty home—
sent for your approval. Pay a few dol..
monthly' For nartioulars write
Underwood, 1136 Victoria Street, Toronto.
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Baby ` ogres
A Bath With
Cuticura
Soap
1, end nn,1 eootlrin 0. To Om
A
vely
gl &�'oiV Tei •e,ot'e'
Soft, glowing color and velvet smooth-
ness are the skin's reflections of "blood
health" within.
TRU-BLOOD, the pleasant - to - take
blood tonic, by acting directly on the
blood and driving_ out impurities, corrects
the underlying causes of skin affections
and gives natural color and beauty to the
complexion.
When taking TRU-BLOOD use Bieck.
ley's OINTMENT as an external treat-
ment. This magic Ointment does wonders
in correcting skin blemishes, in softening
and beautifying the skin.
Read what these users say. One writes: "Tru•
Blood. is workhrg marvels with mo."- ,Another
says: ' I recommend TrhBlood. to my neighbors
have eyerSused.."it b Still anothethan r wn es1 preparation
Praise it enough. As long as I live I will never
be without Tru-Slood."
You will sing its praises, too
Go to any good druggist for these proven
"Buekley's'' Products—and acquire "The Skin
i That Chsrnu' .
Tones the Blood
Clears the Shin
Tennis.
After a brisk game of tennis
prevent stiffness by Using
Minard's.
COULD NOT
ORK FOR
MONTHS
Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Port. Elgin, N. 13,—"Por three
months, 2 was nervous and weak with
tired feelings and
could ROI do my
worts. A friend'ad-
ised mo to take
Lydia E. Pink -
ham's Vegetable
ompouir:a and 2
have got good re-
sults irornit and
mnd it to
01130r-9.0 TATATAYLOR, Port El-
girecomn, N Be
This dependable
medicine is sold by druggsets every-
where.
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