The Lincoln independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1895-1896, November 29, 1895, Image 2

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BY H.HUCKINS.
LIKCOLN,
NJBBASKA.
Men with one Idea nro often worse
Shan those with none.
Queen Victoria's isllvenvaro at Wind
sor sastlo Is valued at $12,500,000.
...Turkey has had a change of cabinet,
but its real need is a change of popula
tion. Tlire arc still more women than men
in Slassachuwtts. but they don't count
politically.
With good flour $3.25 per barrel, ap
ple $1 per barrel and potatoes 20 cents
a bushel nobody ought to go hungry
ihln winter.
The ieenien have already begun to
talk about a poor crop of Ice. They
should not bo bo easily discouraged.
Tiiere may be neveral chilly days yet
I'cfore spring opens.
The Indiana Suspender Company han
8!ped. There is nothing very re
markable in that: it was its regular
Innings to Minpend. Hut It should
fcru.-e ,ip now.
A woman accidentally dropped Into
tier hushand'H office yesterday and dis
covered him using one of her biscuits as
;i paper weight. The neighbors nay the
suspense Is dreadful.
From the number of long dispatches
that the United States and (ireat lirlt
aln are sending each other, it vould
Keern that they hud adopted the prize
ring method of lighting.
That earthquake shock is now be
Ijevfd to have been nothing more seri
ous than un ultimatum on its way from
l.-ngland to come South American re
public on the Pad lie coast.
A Cincinnati policeman has been
fined $100 for klumng a woman while
on duty. For self-protection our own
pretty boys in blue should adopt muz
zlea without a moment's delay.
As the result of a fever Richard
Mar..iill has forgotten the lines of all
lils plays. In Mr. Mansfield's case this
is a misfortune, but wo could mention
Home cases in which it would be a god
p."iid to the public.
Major Quinn, United States engineer
,n charge of the lighthouses In the New
Orleans district, says that the lower del
la and the nea manioc along the dulf
'V'xioo are slowly sinking. For
more than a year experiments with the
gauges have been in progress at tho
mouth of the Mississippi river, and, as
a result. Major Quinn has reached the
conclusion that the level of the gulf
has been raised one foot since 1877.
This the major atti limit d to a gradual
though irregular subsidence of the land
along the coast, and, he believes,
throughout the Mississippi delta and
the southern portion of Louisiana.
The tenth anniversary of lli Intro
duction of the modern bicycle was cele
brated in London last week, when J.
K. Starley entertained a number of per
sons promlr.ent in the cycling world. In
IsS't the Rover safety was Introduced
by Messrs. Slarley and Sutton, und in
that year S. Colder created a world's
record by riding fifty miles on the road
in 3 hours 5 minutes and 45 seconds.
Ten years later last September .1.
Piatt Hetta rode fifty miles on the path
on a Rover in 1 hour 18 minutes and
"S 2-5 seconds. K. It. Sliipton Incl
lientally stated that the first bicycle
was invented by a Scot In 18K5, and Mr.
Starley said the cycling trade- was now
ten times larger than in 1S8M.
Tn a report to the Department of
State Consul Meeker of llradford sayj
that the I'nited States con;:niar nerv
ier in at present lnjitig In Id up to public
icw in Kngland as a model after which
the Fngllsh government should copy.
Th! compliment comes not from mere
tr or theorists , but Is Itestowcd by
a rv eminent authority in the I'niti'd
Kingdom - the rM'utive Council nf the
ambition of Chamber of Cnnimeieo.
The attention of the e.et utivt council
w.i called to the tu-tlon of the govern-in-r.t
of the I'nited States in unpplvlnp
traders and Iiuniws men with In
formation "P 1 date, by mean of con.
fiiiar report, with l.g.uil to oi.'iiiui!
Un iiliiea In foirlgn luoiunr-. and
if.i- boily lias rfpic.,i d the govern
i fii to provide fer connil.ir reporti
I- ,ia are made by 111" I'linxiil.ir cerv
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Woman's Wit.
TOLD BY A SOCIETY GIRL
Something About Morphine. Cnlphur,
Mnlamni mid Other Thing.
From the Kvr nintf News. Kewark, N. J.
Among tho popular society leaders in East
Orange, X. J., Kmma L. SUdl, a eharminfr
young maideu, stands in tho foremost rank.
She is of a lovable disposition and tho light
of the social set iu which sho moves. For
two years sho has been a sick girl from in
ternal troubles peculiar to women, and hav
ing recently recovered, has given our
roporter the following interesting account:
"lustcad of improving under tho earn tf
my physician 1 became worse. For fivo
wofcks I was unable to get out of bed ami
about six o'clock each morning I suffered
horribly. My lips wore 're and lacerated
from the marks of my teeth, fcr in my efforts
to keep from screaming 1 sunk my teoth
deep into my lips. At such times I rolled
and tos.HPiliuit.il tho bed shook likeantpea
leaf and it finally got so serious that tho
doctor I won't tell you his name gave mo
pomo morphine pills to take. The very
thought of thcrn now makes mo shiver.
Those morphine piilssimplyput me to sleep
for awhile, and when 1 beciimo conscious
again my ngony was renewed.
"Tho piiin in my stomach and back was
more than 1 could stand. 'Your blood Is
poor,' said tho doctor, 'takcsulphur and mo
Jasses,' und 1 did until it was it great won
der that I was not a molasses cake. It was
time wasted in taking it bee an no 1 was not
benefited in tho leant; my suffering con
tinued, but by a mighty effort after being in
led so long. I got up. Oh, but I was a sad
sight th on. From 112 pounds I had fallen
to ninety ; my checks wer palo and sunken
nnillliuipe.il; yes. actually hobbled from
the oxtrenift pain in my sido. Then I read
of Dr. Williams' Pink Villa for Fulo People
and tho testimonial in tho Xnws inspired
mo with hope. I got tin) pills and took
them. Hefore manv days 1 began to im
prove and before I had finished one box I
felt as if I could go out end walk for miles.
I soon stoppod limping and through the
Pink Pills I soon bid goodbye to my head
aches while tho pain in my stomach and
back slowly but surely succumbed to the
influence of thesn pills that seem to bo ablo
to pi ii u ado all pain to leavo one's body.
Now 1 am as I used to boj well ond strong,
lighthearted and merry but never without
tho pills. Hie i have got some of them
now," nud from a nearby desk she banded
out one of tho boxes.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, fn a con
dojsod form, all the elements necessary U)
give new llfo and richness to the blood and
restore shattered norfrs. 'J hey ore oho u
spcrifio or troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions, irregularities, and all
forms of weakness. 'J'hoy build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health to palo
and sallow cheeks. In me.' they effect a
radical euro in all cases arising from mental
worry, over-work, or excesses of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxesfnever
In Joo.so bulk) at 60 cents a Iwx or six boxes
for $2.50, and may bo had of all druggists,
or direct by mail from Ur. Williams Medl
cluo OouiDanv. tiuhencctadv. N. Y.
MghtliiB a Lump With an Icicle.
The most curious experiment imajj
inablo is that of lighting a lamp with
an icicle. Vet, remarkablt; as it may
seem, it can easily be done, provided
you pet the right combination i con
nection with the ice. The experi
ment is very simple. Procure a smull
pieee of metallic potassium and place
it across tho wick tube, the wick junt
timeliing- tho metal. Now touch tho
potassium with tho ico and the water
thus chemically generated will in
stantly lake firt; and light the wicif.
Ito very careful, as a larjfe piece of
tho potassium is likely to explode.
Illuming IIihiIiIb 'uiarlty.
In the year 1S91 the Ue Knlb Fence
Co. of Do Kalb, 111., doubled tho ca
pacity for producing their lines over
lSUa", which gave them an output of
20 miles per day. The demand for their
goods has been so great the past sea
son, that in order to be nble to supply
their trade, they havo been compelled
this year to double the capacity of 18'J4,
which now gives them an output of 40
miles per day.
This In itself speaks well for their
product and merits the attention and
inspection of our readers, and all that
are in need of smooth wire fencing of
any kind, and it will be to your inter
est to write for their catalogue which
describes in detail their goods, com
prising tho largest and most complete
lines of smooth wire fencing now pro
duced by any one plant in the country
See their ad In another column of thi3
paper.
A M;h Wlltir.
On one occasion, in a caso as coun
sel ami tpier,tionin!f a witness, Sir
Francis .loliii-.on, afterward chief
justice of the superior court of I'm
pruvitic. of .aclifc, hail: "I want to
know, did you see il done'.''' Witness
-No. I v.a-t not tin eye-witness, but
an ear-wit iii"... "All." remack "tl Sir
Fraiiei, ' n near witness an I not a
iii-,ii witness? That Is what I cull a
Ui-.t Miction without tt ililTeivnci'.''
A ll.iilo .ty Inn i ll.
At c!,'lit-wlie 'led rail wa? church
lias just Iim"! ttiii-diuil al Till it, in tho
l.ietorv of tho 'l'r;i:i -Can.' isiau rail
way co'iipiiii, fo.' use nto.ti,' tho line.
Ii is Mirtu.iiiiit 'd by a I'l'n.i al nun
eti I. un I it t the nt her there is li bin I
muiio b.'lfrv with three bells. I! 'sides
llic iliiii'tli .ioii'i', it has up.ti t infills
for the iiiin'wli-r. It can uf.uta'ily
oe.it s.vi'iit , p.T.ttis. Tlii! altar is
I .a le uf t-.ir t'. oak,
lli.n I lot!
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SEXATOJiS NOT UNITED
REPUBLICANS DIVIDED ON
ORGANIZATION.
A Majority of the Sennto Appenrtn Atl
vtitnle nu J:rrirt at. Iteorgauizsit Ion in
Itepnlill. nn Lines, lint Olifrr Memhi-rs
are Opposed to Such ftlnvemunt.
WAsmxfiTox, Nov. 2o. Opinions ara
decidedly at a variance amout' the I!c
publican Senators witli reference to
the reorganisation of the tscnate and
nothing definite will be known until
after the convening' of that body. Sen
ator .Sherman, who is chairman of tho
Republican caucus, expressed the
opinion to-day that the Republicans
would hold a conference early in tho
session for the consideration of this
question. A majority of the ltepub
lican Senators here appear to advocate
an effort at reorganization on Repub
lican lines, but some of tho older and
more conservative of t hem oppose a
Movement in this direction, contend
ing that it would be impolitic to as
sume control of uB'airs and take
charge of the committees without hav
inc; a working majority in the Senate.
Some Republican senators who favor
organization advance the idea that tho
Democrats will not demand a division
when the election comers, but allow
the Republicans to take Jt by default.
Democratic senators here tlo not con
firm this view, and the indications are
that they will hold the olliees until
the Republicans show themselves able
to take them. To secure this, the Re
publicans will have to obtain some of
the I'opulist, voles.
Senator l'cli'er, who is generally re
garded us the leader of the third
party, is advocatine; the maintenance
of mi independent position, and it is
considered probable that this advice
will be followed to the extent of put
ting a ticket in the field at the beifin
niptf of the contest if the Republicans
attempt re-organization. The Repub
licans are claiming, however, that
they will secure Senator Stewart'
vote and that Senator Jones also will
probably stand with them. These ac
quisitions would besutlicienttocnabli!
the Republicans to take the organiz
ation. It appears altogether probable that
the question will be postponed until
after the seating of the L tali senators,
which cannot happen until some time
in January or February, tlepcndmir
upon tin; expedition displayed in their
election by the L'tali Legislature. II
is altogether probable that by that
time the Republicans will bo in condi
tion to claim the organization and that
they will take it.
There will be an effort on the part
of some of the senators to compromise
the claims of the hiiver and anti-silver
Republicans in connection with tin
committee on finance by enlarging the
committee to eleven and giving the sil
ver men one of the new places and the
gold men the other.
CANAL FICURES TOO LOW.
XU';iratia I'oiiiiiiIkhIiiiii'iii' rirt. I'ar
I r n tit ( lifpilns.
WAsnrxoTov, Nov. "'i. A s-ions
Mow has been dealt to the Niearageun
Canal Company's project for the con
struction of a water way uero.-s the
Isthmus by the report of the Nicara
guan canal commission. Inevitable
delay and a further and more thor
ough investigation of the entire sub
ject arc declared to be necessary be
fore even the engineering feasibility
of any canal across Nicaragua can bo
decided upon.
The report of the Nicaragua canal
commission, now in the President's
bauds, points out that it is not prac
ticable nor advisable to attempt tho
construction of the Nicaragua canal
upon the data at present available,
and that the undertaking' would be
fraught with hazards too obvious to
disregard. That knowledge may be
had of the physical ami topographical
conditions u fleeting the const ruction
and maintenance of a canal across
Nicaragua, upon which to form u haul
judgment as to the feasibility, per
manency and cost, the commission
recommends an appropriation by Con
gress of S.'i.iO.o.io for evtensive ad
ditional surveys liiiil e.Mtaiiiiat ions,
covering a period of eighteen months.
With t!ie data al baud, howev -r.
the commission makes a provisional
est iui.tte of cost M i:l, iT '.s.t i ,p nearly
double that of the Maritime ('anal
Coiiipaii'.'s unet nil'.tiinial estimate of
'-ii'i.-.i t.i.i'iii. The e tniiiii --.ion makes
its estimate 'provi limial.' for the c mi-mi:--ioners
h i.. that tlii c' t iiig t!:'. : ;i
are inadequate as a Im-.h for esti
mating the cost of many struei ,n-cs.
Sunn' portions of the work will net
more; nt hers less Tberep nt savstbe
nil!. Milt estimate by the couipniv uf j
fc'.;i.s',i i,i,i,ii i, jiiMidu'ic ut fur the work: I
tli.it iu M-v.-ral iiiipm tact t a .es tin'
tpiaiit it i.'s m ii it be increase I and. in
numerous t ,ie . I lie unit pi i.n s tiuii.it
make proper nil . Malice fur l be iliiV -r-
ciiec iu I he i I of the umU let cc:i
the I nitcd Guilts un. I N ii 'ir.i .hi i,
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TAYLORS STILL AT IT.
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HLPOBT OF COINAGE.
Value of Gultl ami hllver Deposited at
the .Hint During I.ant Fiscal Year.
Washington; Nov. L'O. According
to the annual report of the direc
tor of tho United States mint, the
value of the gold deposited at the
mints and assay ofilccs during; tho
fiscal year was SSTSl'.O;-, of which
S'i.'i, 101,007 were original deposits and
S:J2,3Jl,2J were re-deposits. The
classification of the original deposits
of gold was: Domestic bullion, $44,
,'iTl,'.)49; worn, nncurrent and mutilated
gold coins, SI88,:.'.riS; foreign bullion
and coin, Sl'i.DOT.OtO; gold plate, jew
elry, etc., S-V; 13,8(1'.'.
The value of the fdlver deposited
during the fiscal year was $l,"i,714,3i!,1,
of which Sl.V-'H, Too were original de
posits and SlT'J.Oti."; redeposits. Tho
value of tho deposits ot domestic sil
ver bullion at the mints during tho
fiscal year was fcS,M0t,:iil'i, and worn
ami mutilated domestic coins, at silver
dollar value, S-',k',j'.,;;,j:j; foreign bullion
and coin. 1.7s0,0'.'3; old plate, jewelry,
etc., $7r0,0til.
Tho coinage by the mints during
the year was: Cold, SM:),!:n,47.; silver
dollars, Si:i,'.).Vi,01 1; subsidiary silver
coins, bi,40;i; minor coins, S7l.'.',.V.M;
a total coinage of S"''l,71.1.5 111.
In addition to the coinage executed
by tho mints during the year, gold
bars were manufactured of the value
of &lJ,l.v:,370, and silver bars of tho
value of $l0,:il,.vi'.).
The average Loudon price of silver
bullion during the year was ;.". pence,
epii7alent to iWi.H cents. The highest
price of silver during the year was US
cents, and the lowest price 59. H, At
the average price of. silver bullion
during the fiscal year, the ratio of
gold to silver was J to 32. .1, and the
bullion value of a l.'nited Mates bilvcr
dollar was $!).'t..ii;ri.
The value of the gold and silver es
timated to have lieen used iu the in
dustrial arts during tho calendar year
was approximated at $21, ft HAV.',
of which $I0,(l.'i8,ii0t was gold, anil
SlO.HHj.o-H was silver.
The estimated metallic stock in tho
I'nited States on .July 1, 1 H0.", was:
Colli, $-ii:iri.23t,8;'"'; silver, $i't2.'5,H.')o,'al'.;
a total of Sl.l.'il-.'.OH'.TTl.
The estimated product of gold and
silver in the United States during tho
calendar year 1KH was: Cold. SU'.t,
;Vi'),00f); silver, $!),.-,0o,00:t line ounces,
of tlie commercial value of $:i 1, 4 000,
and the coining value of iff. 1,000,000.
The estimated production of the world
for the calendar year was: Cold,
SIH'Vc'ii.lOO; silver, coining value,
S..lo.H!i2,:.'0i'; commercial value, S10'!,
:.e'.!'oo. The coinage of gold and silver by
the various countries of tin: world, so
fur as the information has been re
ceived for tbecalendar year, ld'.i4, was:
Cold, 3227,2I,o:t2; silver, $MW,:jS3,!i.v;.
in his report Mr, Preston gives an
estimate of tho approximate htock of
money in the principal countries of the
world. He places the stock of gold at
fjl.OSii.sOo.OOO; the stock of full legal
tender silver at $:s,4:i!', :soo,0o0; stock of
limited tender silver at $0aT,2X), mak
ing a total silver toek in the world of
S-l,o:o, ;i0o,(i(i(); the uncovered notes are
placed at S'.'.tti'.'.iiOU.OOO.
.Mr. Preston, in a review of tho mon
etary legislation of the country, states
that the real demonetization of silver
took place in Is-i.'t, when tho weight of
tin! divisional coins was reduced about
7 percent. This, he says, was not an
accident, or an oversight; it was ex
pressly declared in the house of reprc
sentatircH that the intention was to
make gold the sole standard of value
in the large transactions, ami silver
subservient to it for small ones. The
act of i7.'t, be says, was only nominal.
In bis report the director of tin; mint
soys that the result of the currency
legislation of the United States for
over a hundred years has been such us
to leave an incoherent monetary sys
tem as inconsistent, illogical and ex
pensive as can well be imagined, thai
inspires little confidence at home, and
is not conducive of our credit abroad,
and its reform is one of the most im
portant and urgent political and linau
eial quest ions of the hour.
lie says that on January 1, 1 S7!, the
date of the resumption of soeeie pay
ments, theonlv currency, except coin
certificates, retjuired to be redeemed
in gold coin, wu the S.ii'i,osl,"i'i legal
tender notes then outstanding, which
the then secretary of the treasury "us
of t lie opinion that a gold reserve of
100.00.1,0 "I would be snllieient to
maintain, but tho paper currency re
deemable on presentation has been in
creased to t he extent of S I "'','' I '. ooo.
issue I iu payment of the silver bullion
purehiisc'l under act of .Inly I I. I -: ".
it'siili's these, there were oiitst:: iiiling
November!, 1 '.". 5 l.'.l, l.'iii, '.'.Vi ill -il-ver
cert i'ieati'i, aid as the act of .Ii.lv
It. I Vi K tl.'.-iaiv.l it tube the citab
le bet policy of the United Mutes t.i
maintain the tun metals at parity
uith i:itli ot her." there was tow a
total of :. r. '.i. !. '.i.' ' ! resting on the
I a .is of the gold reserve 04
5 Kill, Ol.o, OlKI.
DRICHTEI? IN TURKcY.
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A PATRIOTIC PIGEON.
How After Four Years taptl-lty Id a
Foreign I anil 11 Flew Home.
Many instances are on record of
tenacity of memory on the part of
carrier pigeons, who are said never to
forget their first cote. None of these
instances are more remarkable, prob
ably, than that recorded of one of the
birds employed to carry messages into
I'ar is during tlio siege. These birds,
domiciled in Paris, were taken out by
balloons, and after being laden with
tidings from without were liberated
and made their way back to their
homes.
One day a pigeon from one of these
balloons was captured by a German
soldier of the besieging army, lie
gave it to his ofliccr who presented it
in turn to his commander. Prince.
Frederick Charles. The prince sent
it as a gift to his mother in Germany,
who happened to bo somewhat of a
pigeon fancier.
"The princess, delighted with the
gift, placed the captive in a great dovo
cote, where it was surrounded with
every luxury that the most exacting
bird could ask for, but whence it could
not escape.
Here the French pigeon lived, ap
parently happy enough, for four loncf
years. Put it did not forget its
fatherland.
One day a door of tho great dove
cote was left carelessly open. The
French pigeon flew out. It was never
seen again by its German hosts, but
ten days later it was beating its wings
against the doors of its old cote in the
I'.oulevard do Clichy, Paris. It was
recognized by its old keeper, and re
ceived the welcome duo to a patrijt
returned from a long captivity.
A MARK TWAIN JOKELET.
He 1'roved to Mr. Mown Ihitt Ho Had
it Hilar anil Ntit'Ulhi.
There is a story told in Hartford
about Mark Twain which is more
characteristic than funny, but it sug
gests a comfortable fashion. Mrs.
Harriet IJieeher Stowe lives a few
doors from Mark's house, and one fino
hot summer morning tha bolietniau
jester, while strolling out before
breakfast in a smoking jacket and
blippc.'s und without either collar or
necktie, found the venerablo au
thoress sitting on her veranda, and so
went insitle and made a morning call
of a quarter of an hour or so. Then
he lounged homo to breakfast and
shocked his wife by telling her that
he had been calling on Mr,. Stowe.
She advised him to dress after break
fast and call again and apologize.
Mark knew a better way. He sent a
collar and necktie by one of his chil
dren, by way of sample, nnd Mrs.
Stowe expressed herself as perfectly
bati.slicd.
Couldn't Smell In the lUrli.
An old gentleman too impatient for
his hot water ami a light to be
brought rushed into tho kitchen,
seized hold of the f':.st p:tn on tho
utovc nnd dashed away with it to hi.t
dark room. On plunging his hands
into tho wash hand basin ho was
amazed to find that it contained some
thing thicker than water -that he had,
in fact, spoiled tho first couro of his
dinner by trying to wash in the soup.
Polling over with passion ho began
to upbraid his wife, and on her sug
gesting that he might have smelted it
was soup ho thundered: "How in thj
name of fortune could I smell iu tho
dark'."
One of tlie (llilrst Trent.
1 One of the oldest trees standing in
England is the "Tortworth"' chestnut,
which, so far back as the reign of Ste
phen in ILL", was so remarkable for
its size and antiquity that it was r c
ognized U3 the terminal boundary of
tho manor of Tort worth in Glo s-
tershire. The womlrously old tree
was cited by Dr. Kueard in his con
troversy with Dailies Harrington as a
convincinc proof of the chestnut be
ing indigenou.s toCrcat I'.ritain. It is
supposed to have attained it maturity
in tho reign of Kgbert. In JTimtho
Tortworth chestnut was .".0 feel in cir
cumference anl f.'j feel high, and
many more centuries of tranquil ex
ibteuce Were predicted fur it.
KMIimI Iit it iiiiti-ft 1 a 'krr.
A water turkey, one of those vieioii",
lotig-niM.-kevl and sharp-billed birds
that cry so weirdly along the water
ways of Florida, Hat eui'jlit recently
by a small boy, who exhibited it. A
passer-by fctooped tlo vn ami peered
bet ween the slat t at the bird, when, 1
quick as a flush, the Imi-f stiletto- j
shaped hill shot out an l pierced tho j
pupil of his eve. and, entering into j
the brain, caused his death a few 1
le mi's later. I
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A Sa'et Kntrelopa.
A New Jersey woman has patented
a device for aa improvement in en
velopes, in answer to the recent in
vitation of the government to submit
ideas and designs for means to detect
tampering with sealed letters. Her
invention is very simple, merely tho
printing of a small device of. any
bhape on the under sido of the flap of
the gummed envelope in a sensitive
fluid, fixed when dry, but which will
run or spread on tho application of
steam or moisluro, thus showing
'vhether tho seal has been molested.
It is a Pleasure
To recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla to all
alllicted with blood or skin diseases. My
blood was out of order, and I suffered for
years from psoriasis, I tried several
remedies without benefit. After taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla
for two months I was restored to my for-inei-good
health and feel like adittVrent
person. As a blood purifier I think
Hood's Sarsaparilla lias no equal."
ClUS. L. Coc'KKi.UEAS, Irving, Illinois.
Hnn'l't' f: 1 1 ii'tt harmonitiuslv with
I1UUU 3 r HIS Hood' Sursaparllla. iiio.
t World's I air I tllliMI Sl AWAkl).
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