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HOW WASHINGTON LOOKED,
THE PORTRAITS THE FATHER OF
HIS COUNTRY SAT FOR.
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Statuesque Pose and a Hitherto Un
published Description of His Ap
{ pearanco—A Giant in Size.
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1 General Washington sat many times
for his portrait to different artists, says
the New York Tribune. The most cele
brated portraits of him are those of
Stuart, Trumbull and the Peales. The
first portrait painted by Sir Charles
Wilson Peale was executed in 1772.
Washington was then a Colonel in the
Virginia militia, and in the portrait he is
represented as wearing a silver gorget
engraved with the royal arms such as was
then worn by officers of the British
service as a badge of authority. A
feature appearing in a later portrait by
the same painter, after the Revolutionary
War, is a blue sash or scarf, said to have
been at the time the insignia of a Field
Marshal of France.
The Houdon head of Washington,
which has received the approval of the
Government by being printed upon post
age stamps, is the standard head. A cast
made by Houdon himself from his life
mask is now in New York in the posses
sion of the daughter of William Macdon- j
aid, the sculptor. It was preserved at
Mount Vernon for sixty years. In 1849
the late Clark Mills brought it to this
city to use in modeling the equestrian
statue of Washington, for which he had
received a commission from Congress.
Mr. Mills sent a counterfeit back to
Mount Vernon and kept the original life
cast in his own possession until 1873,
when he presented it to Mr. Macdonald,
from whom it passed to his daughters.
This head is exquisitely modeled, and is
much finer and, it is said, more truthful
than the head lioudon subsequently made
for the statue he was employed to make
for the Virginia State House. The Hou
don head in New York is all in plaster
except the tip of the cue, which having
been broken off was replaced with wax.
Houdon, who at the time was at the
height of his fame as a sculptor, was
chosen by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin
Franklin, then in Paris, to execute the
statue which the Legislature of Virginia
had ordered. He came to America for
the purpose, and arrived at Mount Vernon
iu October, 1785. He was hospitably
entertained by Washington, who took
great interest in all the details of the j
sculptor’s work. It is said Houdon j
sought iu vain for several days to catch
Washington in a statuesque attitude, and I
finally almost despaired. One day a man :
came to sell Washington a horse, and
asked an exorbitant price for it. Wash- J
ington fired up indignantly, and in his
anger assumed the attitude that Houdon
wanted. The sculptor whipped out his
crayon and made a rapid sketch of Wash
ington as he denounced the horse jockey.
Houdon not only secured a cast of Wash
ington’s head, but also took back with
him to France casts of different parts of
his body, and accurate measurements !
from life. For his work he received a
thousand guineas and expenses. He ac- !
cepted the order, it is stated, on the
promise of his distinguished patrons that j
they would exert their influence to secure j
for him the commission for the equestrian
statue which Congress had resolved to
have made, a project which was not car
ried out until many years had elapsed.
It may be well for Washington’s
memory and for the standard of art in
America that the original plan of Con
gress, agreed to August 7, 1783, to have
an equestrian statue of Washington made,
was not executed. The resolution di
rected “that the statue be of bronze; the
General to be represented in a Roman
dress, holding a truncheon in his right
hand and his head encircled with a laurel
wreath. ” The statue was to be made in
France, but an American sculptor named
Joseph Wright was employed to secure a
a life cast of the face. Wright was a shy
man and trembled with awe when in the
great Washington’s presence. When he
had removed the mould from Wash
ington’s face, in his trepidation he let it
fall and it was broken. Washington would
not then permit a second trial. It is
supposed that Wright gathered the
fragments of the broken mask
and put them together. A head
said to have been cast from this mask
stood in one of the rooms of the Capitol
and it is thought to have been destroyed
in the burning of that building in 1814.
There are other heads extant said to have
been modeled on another life-cast made
by Wright. These heads are distinguished
b y a peculiar twist of the mouth. This
is explained by a statement made by
Washington himself to a member of his
family. When the mould was made the
sculptor had Washington he down upon
his back at full length on a cot. Then
he oiled his features and daubed them
over with plaster. Mrs. Washington,
who was not apprised of the proceeding,
entered just as the sculptor had applied”
the plaster, and the sight was so unex
pected and startling that she gave an in
voluntary scream. Washington, appre
ciating the ludicrousness of the situation,
could'hardly control the muscles of his
face,and his efforts to repress a smile have
been recorded and perpetuated in marble
and bronze.
Washington, according to Houdon s
measurements, was six feet two inches iu
height. He was a giant in size and phys-
strength. Looking over the exten
sive collection of old letters and memo
randa relating to Washington, in the
possession of Doctor Joseph M. Toner, of
this city, who is now engaged in editing
Washington’s diaries, I found a copy of
au interesting account of Washington s
personal appearance, written by one who
had seen him. It was a letter penned by
David Ackerson, of Alexandria, \a., in
1811. in answer to an inquiry by his son.
Mr. Ackerson commanded a company in
the Revolutionaav War.
“Washington was not,” h •wrote,
“what ladies would call a pretty man.
but in military costume, a heroic figure
such as would impress the memory ever
afterward. 1 , ,
The writer had a good new of Wash
ington three days before crossing the
Delaware.
“Washington,” he says, “had a large
thick nose, and it was very red that day,
giving me the impression that he was not
so moderate in the use of liquors as he
v*ns supposed to be. I found afterward
that this was a peculiarity. His nose was
apt to turn scarlet in a cold wind. He
was standing near a small camp-fire, evi
dently lost in thought and making no ef
fort to keep warm. He seemed six feet
and. a half in height, was as erect as an
Indian, and did not for a moment relax
from a military attitude. Washington’s
exact height was six feet two inches in
his boots. lie was then a little lame from
striking his knee against a tree. His eye
was so gray that it looked almost white
and he had a troubled look on his color
less face. He had a piece of wollen tied
around his throat and was quite hoarse.
Perhaps the throat trouble from which
he finally died had its origin about
then. Washington’s boots were enor
mous. They were No. 13. His
ordinary walking shoes were No. 11.
His hands were large in proportion, and
he could not buy a glove to fit him and
had to have his gloves made to order.
His mouth was his strong feature, the
lips being always tightly compressed.
That day they were compressed so tightly
as to be painful to look at. At that time
he weighed 200 pounds, and there was no
surplus flesh about him. He was tre
mendously muscled, and the fame of his
great strength was everywhere. His large
tent when wrapped up with the poles was
so heavy that it required two men to place
it in the camp wagon. Washington w r ould
lift it with one hand and throw it in the
•wagon as easily as if it were a pair of
saddle bags. He could hold a musket
with one hand and shoot with pre
cision as easily as other men did with
a horse pistol. His lungs were
his weak point and liis voice was never
strong. He was at that time in the prime
of life. His hair was a chestnut brown,
his cheeks were prominent, and his head
was not large in contrast to every other
part of his body, which seemed large and
bony at all points. His finger-joints and
wrists were so large as to be genuine
curiosities. As to his habits at that
period I found out much that might be
interesting. He was an enormous eater,
but was content with bread and meat, if
he had plenty of it. But hunger seemed
to put him in a rage. It was his custom
to take a drink of ruin or whisky on
awakening in the morning. Of course
all this was changed when he grew old.
I saw' him at Alexandria a year before he
died. His hair was very gray and his
form was slightly bent. His chest was
very thin. He had false teeth which did
not fit and pushed his under lip outward.”
A Captive Sea Cow.
There has been on exhibition in Thomas
ville, Ga., a manatee or sea cow.
Captain W. H. Squires, who exhibits this
queer animal, said to the reporter:
“This cow is ten feet long and weighs
1000 pounds. Its tail is twenty inches
across. We caught it in the inlet to the
St. Lucie River, which drains the Ever
glades of Florida. We used in the cap
ture a seine 300 feet long, made of inch
rope. This is a very small cow. They
grow from fifteen to twenty-four feet
long, and to weigh from 10,000 to 50,-
000 pounds. They are very powerful,
and often break the strong rope of the
seine like spool cotton thread. We at
tempted to net one, fifteen feet long, just
before we caught this one, and it tore our
seine to pieces. Their bones are like
ivory, and worth 6l a pound. The meat
iu the markets of Havana is considered a
delicacy, and sells at 15 to 25 cents per
pound. There is but one live manatee cow
on exhibition in this country besides this
one. It is at Jacksonville, Fla. There
was one, known as Old Columbus, at the
Zoological Gardens in Cincinnati, but
they killed and mounted it. There was
one also at Philadelphia, but it died and
was mounted. We caught all of them.
Old Columbus and the Philadelphia cow
weighed each 2000 pounds. They make
a fearful struggle when first caught, but
soon surrender like a sheep, and become
very docile. Though creatures of im
mense power, they are easily controled.
They have grinders, and eat grass like a
cow. The eyes are about the size of a
buckshot. The head tapers to a point.
There are two flippers in front, no legs
behind. The sea cow is found at only one
place in North America, the Jupiter Inlet
of the St. Lucie River, on the coast of
Florida. They are found at three places
only in the world—the mouth of the
Amazon River, the mouth of the St.
Lucie River, and near Cape Town, onSthe
Cape of Good Hope iu Africa. They
seem to have their habitation in the warm
waters of the Gulf Stream and its
branches. .The Gulf Stream begins at
the Amazon River and runs very near the
mouth of St. Lucie River, missing at that
point the shore only three and one-half
miles. They leave the Gulf Stream here
iu pairs and enter the St. Lucie River to
feed upon the tender blades of the mana
tee grass. They leave in winter and re
turn by pairs late in the spring. Another
curious thing about this queer animal is
that it has one hair, about a half-inch
long, that stands out perfectly straight
from the body to every square inch of
surface. It lives in salt water, but feeds
in fresh water. When in captivity they
are kept in warm salt water and fed on
common grasses, spinach and celery.”
A Model Industrial Town.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company
is about to build a Pennsylvania town on
the model of Pullman near Chicago. The
site is Wilmerding, on the line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, near Pittsburg.
Six hundred acres have been purchased,
on thirty of which the air-brake manu
factory is in course of erection. The
balance of the land is to be divided into
forty-two plats, containing 742 building
lots, upon which dwellings will be erected
for the 1200 workmen in the employ of
the company. One million dollars will
be expended on the manufactory proper,
and not less than §3,000,000 in building
and beautifying the miniature city.
Natural gas will be used for light and
fuel, and water will be suppled from the
Monouga’nela River. Two hundred houses
are already in course of erection.— Tim*«-
Democrat.
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW.
Many of our readers have often asked “What
Li Bright's Disease o f the Kidneys, about which
we hear so much?” To answer their question
wo have secure l the following explanatory ar.i
clo, written by a competent authoiity:
One of the worst physical scourges of the
world to-dav—notably in England, Germany,
Aiuirica and Au tralia—is Kidney Disease. An
alarmingly large proportion of the population
of the countries named is aiU cted wiih it, in
one form or another.
The symptoms of Bright’s Disease (which is
but an advunced iorm of Kidney Diaeasel differ
in different individua s, but geueraly the pa
tient presents a tl. bby, bloodless look, is drow
sy and easi y fatigued, has pain in the back,
\ oiniting and febrile disturbance. Dropsy, va
rying in degreo l'rom slight puffinest of the
face to an accumulation of the fluid sufficient
to distend the who e body and to occasion se
rious embarrassment to respiration, is a very
common accompanim> nt. '1 he ur no is reduced
in quantity, is often of dark, smoky or bloody
color, and exhib.ts to chemical reaction the
presence of a large amount of albumen, wliila
under the microscope blood corpuscles and casts
arc found. Very often dimmss of vsi n, due
to a morbid condition of the retina of the eye,
and aso hypertrophy of the heat, leaning to
fatal apoplexy, ate accompaniments of the dis
ease.
'J here are several forms of the ma’ady, but
their common prominent cha’acteristic is the
presence of albumen in the urine, and fte
quently also the co-existence of dropsy. Tliese
aisociated symptoms, iu connection with Kidney
Disease, were lirst do-ertbed in 1827 by Dr.
ltichard Bright, au English physic.au, who fust
inves'igated them. Sum times there is a de
generation of the tissues of the kidney into fat,
thus impairing the excret ng powers of the or
gan s > that the urea is not sufficiently sepa
rated from the blood. Tbs flow of the h ood,
when ehargtd wiih this urea, is retarded
through the minute vessels, congestion ensues,
and exudation of albumen and fibrin is the ie
su t. the disens3 is often accompanied by
eruptions on the skin, as boils, etc., and is fie
quently associate l with enlargement i f the
heart.
The causes of th's terrible ma’ady are, indul
gence in too much ice-wa er as a beverage,
strong drink, high living, indigestion, expo
sure to wet and cold, various kinds of fevers,
malaria, pregnancy, and oth rbo :ily derange
ments, such as a complication of certain acute
diseases, 1 ke erysipelas, diphtheria, anil espe
cia ly scarlet fever (of which it is one of ihe
most frequent and serious alter affects), dis
eases of hones an 1 other scrofulous affections.
The kidneys being tha most important excre
tory organs of the hotly, their derangement may
speedily destroy life.
Common-sense treatment of Kidney Di-it as
of the character referred to necessarily involves
remotalof ths causes, rectification of other
secretions and in renso in the number of bloo !-
red corpuscles, by the administration of Ear
ner's Safe Cure. It is arp :c;flc even iu the ad
vanced stages, when the blood has poisoned the
nerve < en res. res oring the secret on of healthy
fluids and rel.ev ng the congestion of the brain.
It speedily arrests the i flammatory action,
which is marked by an increased amount of
urine. The ulbunn n gradu.i ly disappe at s. the
dropsy subsides and the pat ent recovers There
is no s'andstill in advanced Kidney Disease ;
those who are afflicted with it are eith r con
stantly gi owing better or worse. How inq ort
ant, therefore, that this terrible disease betaken
in hand in t.rne a d irc.it d w’ith a known spe
cific.
The Co-operative Era.
[From the llamiltoi, Ga., Journal.]
Co operation ii the business watch
word of ihe age we live in. The news-
Er, the pioneer of all progress, lias
benefited no less by co-operation
than other institutions of the age. Com
pare the weekly paper of to-day with
the paper ift; nor twenty years ago. It
is as much an improvement upon its fore
runner as the irighty mogul that draws
its train of palate ears sixty miles au
hour, is upon the littleengine with which
Stephenson ii fitted the revolution in
the world’s traffic and travel.
The magic wand of co-operation is the
goldeu crown of all.
"What the news assoc'ations have dona
for the daily press, the various ready
print concerns have done for the weekly
press. Where twenty years ago were
two score sickly newspapers in the em
pire state of the south, there are now
nearly two hundred and fifty thrifty
local newspapers. The Journal to-day
presents a sheet fresh wiih telegraphic
news not two diys oiler than its latest
local mention, together with a mass of
other miseellanious matter, the cost of
which, if gotten up solely for its own
use, would take its revenues for a half
jri ar. Co-operation only makes it possi
ble. The excellent sheets used by the
Journal are furnished by tho Atlanta
Newspaper Union. They have the latest
news by wire up to toe hour of going to
press and for excellence of piiut and
general character of contents are not to
be excelled.
Growth of the Postal Service.
It is estimated nt the Post Office De
partment that the deficiency in the rev
enues of the postal service of the fiscal
year just closed will be about $4,000,-
000. Last year the deficiency was some
thing over $5,500,009. Owing to the
cheap rates of postage, especially for
newspapers, the bulk of mail matter has
increased at such a rate that the cost of
the service has grown immensely. The
force of employees, especially in the
large offices, is taxed to hundle the
quantity of matter that daily comes
pouring in. In some instances the
newspapers are not sent to the post
office at all, but are weighed and stamp
ed at the office of publication by some
one authorized to do the work, und the
bags are sent directly to the railroad
depots. If this were not done, it is
stated that some of the large post offices
would be overwhelmed, and that it
would be impossible to handle tho mat
ter with any dispatch or accuracy, It is
thought by the post office official that
the statistics for the year just ended will
show a large increase iu the number of
letters mailed. At present England is
ihe greatest letter-writing nation in tho
world. The annual ratio of increase iu
this olass of mail matter is much greater
in this country than in England, and if
the present rate continues, in a few
years the United States will stand at the
Lead as writing more letters per capita
than any other nation. The bulk of
mail matter, or the number of pieces
handled by the United States Postal
Service is now greater than any other
country, but this is mainly due to the
extensive circulation of the newspapers.
Washington Star.
Colors From Coal-Tar
Coal-tu r , formerly a troublesome waste
of the gas industry, affords us ab .ut
sixteen dLstinct yellow colors, about
twelve oranges, more thin thirty reds,
about sixteen olues, seven greens, nine
violets, and a number of browns and
blacks, besides mixtures of several c< m
pounds, producing an almost infinite
rumber of shades aud tones of color.
B. B. B.
RAPID CURE OF CARBUNCLES.
Sam M. Leeman, May 7, 1888, writes: “I hai
boils all over my body. Less than one full
bottle of B. B. B. caused them all to disappear,
and I have not been bo tin red Bince."
INFLAMATION OF THE EYES.
O. P. Shell, Warrenton, N. C., April 17,'
1888, wtifes: “In the morning my eyes would
sting and burn, and if robbed would ingame
and swell up. Two bottles of B. B. B. made a
firm cure.”
A QUICK HEtLTH ItENEWER.
William R. Talley, Neals’ Landing, Fla.,
writes: “Four bottle.! of B. B. B. healed up
ths broken out placjs on my limbs, aud my
general health never was better than now. My
appetite is good and all I eat agrees wiih mo.
A lIFALTH PRESERVER.
P. A. Shepherd, Norfolk, Va., August 10,
1888. writes : “I depend on B. B. B. for th*
preservation of my health. I have had it injgy
f until v now n> arly two year’s, and in all that
time have not had to have a doctor.”
HE BECAME BALD.
1,. Johnson, Belmont Station, Miss., writes :
“B. B. B has worked on mo like a charm. My
lu ad and body was covered with sores, aud mv
hair came out, but B. B. B. healed me quickly.”
One Still Unaccounted For.
Warde tells a good story. It is, I
suppose, a chestnut. I never heard a
theatrical story that was not. What
proves it to be an old one is that Warde
names the place at which it occured.
He was playing Yirgiuius in some small
place. You will remember that Appius
Claudius’ client, who doea the dirty
work, conies on in the last act, has a few
words with Appius Claudius in prison,
and then goes off. That is the last that
is seen of him in tho play. When the
curtain fell on this performance of
“Yirgiuius’ - in this small place Warde
retired to his dressing room and pro
ceeded to become the Frederick Warde
of every-day life. The manager came
in.
“Mr. Warde, the audience has not
gone.’’
“Well, I can’t help that. The play is
done. There isn’t any more of it in the
book.”
"But they don’t go.”
“Turn down the footlights.”
“No use. They won’t stir. Won’t
you go and speak to them ?”
“What! Co and tell them the play’s
over? Egad—l will! That will be a
fuuny experience.”
Warde stepped in front of the curtain;
there the audience sat quite still.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the play is
over. Virginia is dead; Dentatus is
dead; I am dead; Appius Claudius is
dead.”
Just then a voice sang out from the
gallery:
“What did you do with that other sou
of a gun ?”
She Loved Him.
A Newport clergyman tells this of s
recent marriage whioh he performed :
“The parties wore foreigners, both good
looking and well dressed and appearing.
The groom presonted his license, and
this being correct in all particulars the
clergyman began to read the service.
The groom was befittiugly solemn for the
occasion, but on the face of the bride
whs a smile which broke into laughter
before the ceremony was half completed.
The clergyman stopped-rU)looked rath
< r severe. The-groom,Too, was troubl
ed, and saw that same explanation was
necessary. He looked at his bride help
lessly a moment aud then said: ‘She
understand not a word o’ English or
what you sain.’ Sho I]
I tink she luv me, all tho same.’ lie
ceremony was completed.” —Woi ftr
fy'J- *
A ’aogiwcorpse is used to deceive (lie c-har
itibiein Atlan'a.
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Tlic anarchists of < hieflgo. 111., are very
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you a work in which you can be happily and
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Why will you suffer with indigestion, consti
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enough to relievo your distress at once and ef
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Nothing so completely robs confinement of
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If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
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ASLEEP ON THE RAILROAD TRACK.
A little child, tired of play, had pillowed his head on a rail and fallen
asleep. The train was almost upon him when a passing stranger rushed forward
and saved him from a horrible death. Perhaps you arc asleep on the track, too.
You are, if von are neglecting the hacking cough, tho hectic flush, the loss of
appetite and growing weakness and lassitude, which have unconsciously crept
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The Co-operative Era.
[From the Hamilton, Ga., Journal.]
Co-operation is the businesi watch
word of the age we live in. The news
paper, the pioneer of all progress. 1 at
been benefited no less by co-operation
than other institutions of the age. Com
pare the weekly paper of to-day with
the paper of ten or twenty years ago. It
is as much an improvement upon its fore
runner as the mighty mogul that draws
its train of palace ears sixty miles an
hour, is upon the littleengine with which
Stephenson inriated the revolution in
the world’s traffic and travel.
The magic wand of co-operation is the
golden crown of all.
What the nows assoc ations have don«
for the daily press, the rations ready
print concerns have done for the we *kly
press. Where twenty years ago were
two score sickly newspapets in the em
pire state of the south, there are now
nearly two hundred and fifty thrifty
local newspapers. The Journal to-day
presents a sheet fresh with telegraphic
news not two days older than its latest
local mention, together with a mass of
other miscellaneous matter, the cost of
which, if gotten up solely for its own
tine, would take its revenues for a half
year. Co-operation only makes it possi
ble. The excellent sheets used by the
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press and for excellence of piiut und
feneral character of content* nre not to
e excelled.
Kates of the Pulse-Beat.
In a new-born child the pu’se beats
150 in a minute; at one year old, .110;
at two 75; from seven to fourteen, «5;
in the adult, man 72; and in a woman,
80. Frequency of the pulse-beat is in
creased by drinking hot water or tea,
diminbhing by drinking these cold.
Adding a warm covering to the clothing
of the body increases the pulse by about
ten beats a minute. MJal activity dimin
ishes it more or less.
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B trial convince the most skeptical.
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Werless D?is
] In ISS3I contracted Wood Poison
I of bud typo, and was treated with
j mercury, potash ar.d sarsaparilla
| mixtures,growing worse all thotime.
II took 7 small bottles 8.8. S. which
I cured me entirely, and no sign of
I the dreadful disease has returned.
J. C. Nance,
I Jaa. 10, ’3O. Ilobbyvillc, Ind.
j Ny little niece had white swelling
J to such cn extent that she was con
-3 fined to tho bed for a long time.
| More than 80 pieces of bone came
j out of her leg, and the doctors said
j amputation was tho only remedy to
I save her life. I refused the operation
land put her onS.S.S. and she is now
5 u p ;.i..l active nad in a 3 good health as
a any child. Mias Asms Ocesuno.
j Feb. 11,’CO. Columbus, Ga.
a Book on Blood Diseases sent free.
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/ C WIT OF BINGHAMTON,
r BINGUAMTO.t, n. y. .
CONSUMPTION
1 h r»e a positive remedy for the above disease . by its use
thousands of cases of tho orst kind and of lonor standlnr
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15 i prescribe and folly an
ffl do rse Big «as the only
specific for the certain euro
Of this disease,
id cot .1 (i. li.INGRAHAM, M- D-.
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