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monsalth tha Spirit of Agtta
tion Hid Bn Routed.
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The following addret w deli red
recently by the Bfwly elect! president
of on of the leading counoll la Illinois:
"Id accepting thl gol of authority
there nnin to me a snoso of respunsl
blllty which could but wake the tout-
eat tout feel iltirW la lingtb or
the boldest Irit cautious even to four.
Hut ditto J with the me heroic spirit,
lumlauut with the preseooo of that Cud
who conducted our forefather to these
shore, through the flrrt of tho revolu
lion, and by the boys ia blue la toe
late rc hell Ion, and aided bjr the uodl
Tltled loyalty and love of each member
of this patriotic band, I hope we may
be able to uphold that fitg which Paul
Jones and Farrsgut defended on the
ocean, and that Washington and Lin
coin, Gates, Putnam and urant to
nobly and heroically sustained on the
land.
"We are to-night on bis tor lo ground.
Removed but scarce a generation from
the scene of a destructive civil war, the
relics of that Immortal conflict still
are with us. About me are friends
whose love and devotion to country led
them to sacrifice enjoyment, borne and
kindred, that they might surrender to
us one flag, one country and one people,
pledged to liberty and ludepnodcnce.
"The battles of that mighty conflict
were foutrbt Ions before the fall of
Sumter, and before Illinois yielded up
her noblest sons to be slaughtered. AH
up and down this great commonwealth
the spirit of agitation had been roused.
Men In whose hoart burned patriotic
teal, like Paul Revere of old, were
routing lumbering oltliona to duty
and hanging out the signal lights of
danger. Ridiculed and eoofTed at at
fanatics, they continued to warn the
poople of Impending danger, even In
this city voicing sentiments, of loyalty
to the union. Secretly the influence
pread, quietly the work progressed,
hopeful grew their hearts, till finally
on this very tpot, amid a shower of rot
ten rggs, that Immortal prince of pa
triot, Owen Lovejoy, dared to declare,
in the face of riotous opposition, that
this nation, under God, should have a
new birthright of freeiom, and that
this government of the people, by the
people and for the people, should not
perish from the earth.
"Battles such as these determined
the destiny of the republic
"The scene before us to-night taket
many of us back to dayt before the war.
Loyal men and women assembled in
secret to formulate plans for the preser
vation of the government. Speeches
of burning Import were enthusiastically
cheered. Hand clasped hand In friendly
unison, and heart beat In sympathy
with heart in a derire to preserve the
government. The final issue oame.
Many of you remember those trying
time. The awakening guns of Sum
ter paralysed the nation with fear.
Credit was demoralised at home and
abroad. Weak-kneed cltlsens smo ti
ered patriotism beneath compromise.
Some counseled war. Some demanded
peace at any price. Division of senti
ment rent publlo opinion. Bach addi
tional day brought news of fresh adver
saries. The south was rebellious. Arms
had been secured. But the north was
finally aroused. Washington was
stirrred from center to circumference.
Pent-up enthusiasm was burst forth tn
riotous demonstration. Patriotism was
rife. Oratory flourished. There was a
tramping of men. A scurrying of feet.
Demand was made for surrender. It
was hotly rejected. Chivalry out
rivaled chivalry. The stupendous mo
ment arrived. Sense and reason
triumphed. There were tears of joy,
mutterings of treason, throats of ven
geance, curses of disappointment, cries
of triumph, as with one master stroke
of majestic patriotism the chosen son of
Illinois, the soldier, warrior, statesman
and hero, the immortal, martyred Lin
coln oruehed back the vain sentiments
of political difference, cast off the
shackles of party prejudice, unfurled
the banner of undying liberty, de
manded peace, and upheld by a million
waving blades, the prayers of a million
loyal women, the sympathy of the civil
ized world, forever established the
right of democratic popular govern
- ment.
"The present generation has taken
up the work which the fathers defended.
The success of that purging was not
without disastrous results. War and
distrust at home gave opportunity for
another influence to do its deadly work.
Before the Issues of that conflict had
been fully settled the priesthood of the
Roman church had commenced an in
iquitous crusade. With north and
south in deadly feud, the pope in his
den of infamy on the shores of the
Italian sea saw this magnificent land
buried in civil strife. Ia his despotic
dream he beheld a country fertile with
every resource bestowed by God on
Bis chosen people. He was conscious
of untold wealth from eihauttleM
ml, glittering ia the offer of the
lloulsh fieri y. lie beheld vast store
t f golden grain, forett of valuable tlm
her, wharves of prlcele werchandlM
all consecrated to hi pernlf lousend.
Secretly he called to hi side the Jesuit
ministry, dispatched efficient political
prleet to our iiiore, and gave them
the blowing of God to carry on thU
despicable campaign. Eipe'led from
every civilized land, the J suit found
rvfuire in America, and the work of
undermining our institution rapidly
began. That they have bita highly
uecetiful, no one will deny. For years,
unheeding their dangorou practice,
we have been attempting to restore our
land to lU pristine peace and prosper
ity. With scarcely no opposition, they
have secretly attacked our institutions,
stolen our money, and looted our treas
ury, till finally we have been aroused
only by their daring and Insolent de
mand. They have entered the politl-
cal field, and desire in open combat to
tout our loyalty for those belief and
principle which have coat tbi nation
over two millions of precious live and
four billion of money. Thl Is the
reward of faithful protection. Thl I
their mark of gratitude.
"My very tout was stirred with Indig
nation whoa I heard tbe teaching of
tbat degenerate son of a great father,
Tom Sherman, as he attacked estab
lished principle, the bulwarks of our
liberty, and swept tbem away like pup
pet before the relentless crusade of
Roman anarchy. 'Rome does not
recognize the majority. We may be
governed by it, but we do not recognize
It,' said Sherman. That was ono of
his theories, and that has always been
a doctrine of Rome, and I am here to
sty that in the eyes of modern economy
the harangues of Herr Most and the
Haymarket rioters were mildest an
archy In comparison to this insidious
thrust at organised government. Ye,
Tom Sherman, if the Church of Rome
promulgates suoh principles as control
in this civilized community, I agree
1th you when you say that ho who
shoot an anarchist is a publlo bene
factor.
"Romanism must go. The political
horizon Is roseate with the dawning of
another day. Tbe trump of the morn
ing has sounded in the ears of organ
ized patriotism. Tbe first grey streak
ings of gloaming light beholds an army
sprung full armed from the loll. Deeds
of darkness must be put away. With
steady tread this invincible band of
soldiers, clad in the armament of right,
wielding tbe sword of truth, bearing
aloft that ensign of free speech, free
press, and free education, the little red
school-house, has turned the flank of
the Roman force, has spiked the guns
of Satolll's thunderings, and as the day
advances the watchory of Rome's great
est senator, 'Caithago deknda est,' Is
hurled back In loud defiance, 'Botnam
ih Icmin m,' (Rome must be destroye 3),
while the sun in its midday course re
veals no other portentous omen to this
host of foreign foes than the hand
writing of eternal truth burnished on
the face of the evening heavens, "Bo
ware of the A. 1. A."
"I need not remind you of the Import
ance of this noble order. We are
pledged to equal rights and honest
measures. We are a political organiza
tion, and as sucb. we have a mission to
perform. Tbe past Las been a series of
undimmed victories. Abused by poli
ticians, shunned by many well-meaning
ottizens, our numbers have grown till
we are a vast and moving army. We
are on the eve of an Important political
campaign. It is always well in any
great undertaking to count the cost.
The importance of the ooming year can
scarcely be estimated. There will be
no room In our ranks for faltering
courage. The eyes of the American
politicians are upon us. We are the
aggressive party. In my opinion, it
we fail the coming year, our cause is
wholly lost. There are many cheerful
omens. The ringing news from Ken
tucky, from Wisconsin and from Ohio,
makes glad our hearts. But there are
still many reforms needed, national,
state and local. I do not wish it under
stood that I am in any sense a pessi
mist, or that my wisdom is of much im
portance; but it seems to me that there
are a few places In our political struc
ture which could well be strengthened.
You will allow me to briefly state them:
"We owe our first duty to our publlo
school. This is the primary cause of
the beginning of the order. In times
past there has been no organized op
position to the candidates of this order.
They have always received handsome
majorities. But it is still the duty of
this order to uphold our system of free
schools and to place such men on the
ticket as candidates as are pledged not
only to defend the school, but also
pledged to remove all Roman Catholic
teachers who persistently use their
office for the teaching of the Romish
catechism and Roman doctrines from
their positions, and supply their places
with true and loyal Americans. It is
the duty of every member of this coun-
oil to turn out and arouse this com
munity, expose the frightful plans of
the Jesuits, and so thoroughly canvass
this cltv that when the votes are
counted the Romish slave will be com
polled to seek again his castle and his
nuns, never to enter politics again.
The speaker here outlined the plan
of campaign in the city and county, the
duties of tbe council, and closed as
follow:
"It I ;h duty of thl order to fur
nish true citizen, Tbe true cltlaen,
regardless of party affiliations, un
trammel.d by personal malevolence,
patriotically sacrifice all selfish con
sideration fur ths welfare of the peo-
p e. Tbls Is the spirit which elevate
the American commonwealth to the
very pinnacle of human excellence, and
upon American In die eternal stamps
the seal of greatness. lie who repre
sent other than the true Interest of
the people 1 a traitor to his country
and hi God. 'What, traitor, wouldst
thou seize and wear with shame the
diadem of aCa-ar? Upon the rubl
coo of a people' cherished hope thou
art pausing. Acros it crystal tide,
bidden la tbe dark, deep gloom of Ro
manism, lie the crown. Sbouldst thou
plunge, America shall be free no more.'
Moral integrity (hall hang her illustri
ous bead la (came, ana civil uoerty
wing her sad flight to more congenial
climes. No, metblnk I hear across
the sounding waters which separate us
from the land of eternal promise, tbe
voices of the millions whote arms were
bared ia defense of that which we hold
most dear, and as they speak to us of
future hopes, their uomlstaken accents,
clear and Invincible, ring In our ears:
Thou too, sail on, O ship of Statu,
Hall on, U Union, strong and (real!
Humanity with all Its fears.
With all lu hopes of future year.
Is banging breathless on thy fate.
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
Tla of the moor and not the rock,
TIs but the flapping of a sail,
And not a rent made by the gale.
Hal. on, nor fear to break the sea.
Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Are all with thee, are all with thee."
Traynor Was Right.
In spite of the fact that a captious
oritio here and there has sought to be
little and lnduoe the A. P. A. to re
pudiate Mr. Traynor's recent circular,
siys the Patriotic American, which, far
from being repudiated, has received
tbe general endorsement of the order
tnroughout the country, there is one
portion of the address tbat relative to
the Venezuelan question which the
following Item from the New York Sun
more than bears out, especially as the
fact is well known that F. R. Coudert,
the Jesuit, was Mr. Cleveland's chief
adviser in the matter. The item reads
thus:
"A fact heretofore unknown, and
which we learn from documents re
cently published, is that before having
recourse to the United SUtes, the gov
ernment of Venezuela, desirous of ef
fecting an equitable delimitation of the
frontiers with British Guiana, solicited
the arbitration of the holy father.
"England would have been well in
spired had she accepted the proposi
tion. Thus she would have been spared
the shock of the message of the United
States. But if the intervention of the
sovereign pontiff failed, the republic of
Venezuela it none the loss to be honored
for having asked it, and the letters ad
dressed by President Crespo and his
minister for foreign affairs at the Ro
man court show with what magnanim
ity Leo XIII. accepted the mission of
justice and peace that was offered him.
1 'Although the result of the dignified
negotiations that were undertaken at
the order cf your holiness could not, on
account of special circumstances, cor
respond to the elevated views by which
they were inspired,' writes the presi
dent of Venezuela to the holy father,
tevertheless.the republic of Venezuela
and its government cannot fail to ap
preciate at its just value the recognized
Importance of the steps taken by the
holy see in this delicate affair, and
must always remember them, as if the
efieots had been those that your holi
ness expected and that the republic de
sired.' "
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The Priest Struck Her.
There is an Italian residing on Jef
ferson street, between First and Second,
Louisville, Ky., who has lost all faith
In the Roman Catholic church, particu
larly the parochial school branch of it.
He has several little children, and one
of them, a girl between eight and nine
years of age, he sent to the public
school, believing that she would get a
much better education than could be
obtained in any parochial school. She
had attended the publlo school but
a short time when a priest connected
with an East Eud church called and
persuaded the Italian to send his
daughter to the Cathollo school. The
change was made, and recently the
priest called several of the little girls
before him and proceeded to "annolnt"
them. Ho held a large, heavy candle
In his hand, and this he rubbed over
the neck, face and arms of the little
girls, telling tbem as he did so that it
would ward off disease. The Italian's
little daughter was among the number,
and, being ticklish, she laughed aloud
when the priest rubbed the candle
around her neck. This enraged the old
beast, and drawing back the heavy
candle, he struck her with all his
might along side the head, raising a
lump as large as a hen's egg. The
little girl told her father, and the latter
visited the priest, and besides cursing
him as only an Italian can curse, dared
him out on the sidewalk so that he
could kick the head off him. But the
priest refused to come out. The Italian
at once removed his daughter from the
parochial school and put her back in
the publlo school
WILE EH BOOTH'S DOUBLE.
Cartas and Tragic KUry f the Kev.
Jhs U. Anastreag.
From a romaotie point of view, tbe
most Interesting subject of all about
tbe old Monumental Church at Rich
mood, V., it the pbotograph'of Wilkes
Booth's double. It haogt in a dark
corner of tbe old-fashioned vestry
room, and represents a man in the
prime of life standing beside a table,
hi long clerical garments giving him
increased dignity. The long, straight
hair 1 brushed straight back from the
high, broad forehead, and the face in
it every lineament is said to be the
Image of Wilkes Booth as he would
have appeared at that time. Tbe i
semblance is certainly most remarka
ble the deep, black eyes, the shape of
chin, mouth, cheeks, forehead, eye
brows and nose and, moreover, there
I a subtle similarity of expression to
member of the Booth family that de
fies description.
Thl man was the Rev. John G. Arm
strong, pastor of the church from 1878
to 1884. Even to this day, strange
rumors of the final end of Wilkes Booth
are to be heard in places where his
friend and intimates lived and talked
long after the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln had passed into history.
There are tales of a mysterious grave,
of a body that tallied in some of its
marks with those of Wilkes Booth and
differed materially in others, and an
intangible fabric of 'Supposition built
about a series of gossiped Incidents.
However valueless these may be his
torically, they show an undercurrent
tbat found an outbreak In the romance
of Mr. Armstrong of Monumental
church.
The likeness of Mr. Armstrong to
Wilkes Booth was so startling that
some people who had seen both men
found it hard to believe that they were
not the same. The preacher's manner
might be called dramatic Hit move
ments and gesturei had the repose
and breadth that most actors acquire
in following their art and living and
working before an audience. He was,
moreover, slightly lame, as Wllkts
Booth would probably have been in
consequence of the injury to his leg
sustained in jumping from President
Lincoln's box. Aside from this fact,
Mr. Armstrong's manner, voice acd
tomperament led to the conviction
that were he not a priest he would have
been a great actor. It is said that his
daughter did subsequently go upon
the stage, rnd met with great success.
No subject of discussion was more
constant in Richmond than the possi
bility that Mr. Armstrong and Wilkes
Booth were one and the same man. Mr.
Armstrong strenuously denied the
identity, but such denials could not si
lence the rumors. There seemed more-
rover' 10 e a adow over his antece
dents. He came to Richmond a com
parative stranger, and claimed that he
was a priest ordalnod in Ireland. An
investigation was quietly started to
clear up the facts as to his past, but it
did not give entire satisfaction. In the
minds of the constantly reiterated dec
larations and denials, the clergyman
was accused of irregularities in his
habits, and this again called forth the
charge that he was not all he seemed
to be. He finally resigned the rector
ship of Monumental church and went
to a city in the extreme South. Shortly
after he left the ministry he sank
out of sight, and died in obscurity.
But even to the end, the doubt as to
his identity hung like a shadow
over his life, and when on his death
bed his last words were a denial a
pathetlo, heartbroken denial that he
was Wilkes Booth. Journal, Feb. S,
1896.
Wisdom and Virtue.
The Catholic Iierieto is quoted by a
contemporary as saying:
Illiteracy is no bar to patriotism.
George Washington eould not Bpelloor-
reotly, and many of the Heroes of val
ley Forge could not read. The country
needs to fear it corrupt citizens more
than its ignorant citizens men who
buy votes, men who sell their votes,
judges who wrest the law in the inter
est of the classes, and all dishonest
men in public life. Virtue is needed
more than book learning.
Nevertheless, education always has
directly affected and always must
directly affect the virtue of individuals
and of communities, if for no other
reason than that by the cultivation of
intelligence it must always appear that
virtue pays. It is for this reason that
the world grows steadily better. It is
Impossible for the human mind to con
ceive of a world that would not improve
in morals as it improved in age, be
cause the inevitable increase of know!
edge points out the use, the . conven
ience, the desirability, of virtue. Only
an unthinking conspiracy that might
somehow prevent the increase of know!
edge in tbe world could ever prevent
the increase of morality in the world
It is extremely doubtful whether
"the country needs to fear its corrupt
citizens more than its ignorant citi
zens." Nothing is more notorious than
that fools do more harm than knaves.
Moreover, if we should admit the su
perior badness of the corrupt citizen,
we should have to remember that the
corrupt citizen Is created by the fool
citizen. One cannot exist without the
other. The number of corrupt men in
office is always in precise ratio with
the number of fools in a community.
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foollsbnefs, you attack corruption by
the most direct method; and it is al
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other way.
In other word, the general question
is not so much one of goodness and bad
ness as strength and weakness. Edu
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The Gates Still Open.
It is never safe to predict what Con
gress will do, but it is reasonable to
suppose that the immigration question
will not be entirely neglected during
the present session.
The president has called attention to
the persistent violation of the law now
on tbe statute-books, which prohibits
the immigration of aliens under con
tract to perform labor in the United
States. The penalty for this offense is
severe. Nevertheless, by the so called
padrone system, large numbers of men
are annually brought to America and
farmed out In various parts of the coun
try. Italy has been the chief field of
v Derations of the contractors who thus
violate our laws.
Tbe report of a special commission
which our government sent abroad sev
eral years ago to investigate the sources
of European emigration furnishes abun
dant coafirmation of the president's
sta'ements. It was found that hun
dreds of agents, scattered throughout
Italy, were actively promoting the
movement of the discontented classes
toward America. j
Two of the commissioners, represent
ing themselves as persons looking for
contract laborers, found agents ready
to supply them. But surprise was ex
pressed that the applicants had come
across the ocean on such an errand; for
they were told that they could have
been accommodated without difficulty
by a concern In Mulberry street, New
York, with which the agents in Italy
were connected. Surely some means
can be found to make the existing law
more effective.
The Immigration Restriction League
asks Congress to raise the tax on Immi
grants to ten dollars a head, and to ex
clude entirely "all persons between the
ages of fourteen and sixty years who
cannot read or write the English lan
guage or some other language." A
bill with these provisions has already
been introduced. If enacted and en
forced, it will operate as a powerful
check on the Influx of ignorant and im
pecunious aliens. Youth's Companion.
Tarty Idolatry.
"Party Idolatry, more than anything
else, cave our abominable financial sys
tem, is bringing destruction to the
country. I do not want to be a voter
under the present system," said Mrs.
Luclnda B. Chandler at a meeting of
the Citizens' Sovereignty Association
at the Sherman House, Chicago.
H. F. Bartlne, in speaking on "Best
Money," said it was "the money we
have in our pockets."
In speaking on the Monroe doctrine,
the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones said:
"We are as surely approaching a fed
eration of nations now as we were a
federation of states before the Revolu
tion. The Transvaal is nearer Chicago
now than Maine was to South Carolina
in Monroe's time. We must be citizens
of the universe before citizens of Chi
cago. You may talk of your little re
forms and these questions to-night and
work for them, but the worldis not go
ing to the demnition bow-wows if we
don't get them. What we need is the
establishment which will protect the
right of humanity anywhere and under
any circumstances."
Delta Waking Up.
Delta, Colo., February 15. EDITOR
American: Last evening Friend Par
ish and I came down from Montrose to
attend the open meeting of.Council No,
60 of this place. We found our friends
here very enthusiastic in-the work,
and doing a great deal of good for the
cause. At 8 o'clock the hall was nicely
filled up with friends and their wives
and families, with a goodt many stran
gers. County Judge,Welch was chosen
chairman, and the meeting was opened
with an invocation by thejPresby terlan
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minister, after which "America" was
rendered with a gusto by all present.
An elegant program was then rendered,
including music and recitations, an
original poem by Friend Baird. Friend
Parish gave an excellent talk on the
school question, that wai attentively
listed to by all. Friend Beckwith then
eave an explanation of the principles
of the A. P. A. and of the work that is
intended to be accomplished by the
order.
All present expressed themselves as
being highly pleased with what they
had heard, and many expressed a de
sire to join. The order here is having
a wonderful giowtb, and will exert a
great influence in the elections in this
county in the future. Thecouncll is
making arrangements to give ,a grand
ball on the eve of Fehruaryo22; and
will undoubtedly have an enjoyable
time, as a large number of tickets has
already been sold.
Yours In.F., P. and' P.,
Deputy".
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Morgan's KinglagiWerdg.
The second (letter of General T. J.
Morgan in reply to the (dastardly and
cowardly attack of P. C. Yorke on his
character, published in the Call of last
Wednesday, was the vindication of a
gentleman and a patriot, whose name
should not be mentioned In the same
breath with Yorke's. The closing
paragraph of the ge aeral'sj letter is
worthy of the man. It has ,the noble
ring of genuine Americans patriotism,
unvitiated by the bogus foreignism of
Romish ecclesiastics. Thepassage re
ferred to is as follows:
"In conclusion, let me say that I re
gard the conflict now raging on this
continent betwesn1 Proto8tantlsm anil
Roman Catholicism, between the civil
ization of the nineteenth century and
the seml-clvilizatlon of the sixteenth,
between the liberty of our republican
Institutions and the despotism of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy, between
our free public schools, with all their
broadening and uplifting qualities, and
the narrow, pr jvincial, belittling, be
numbing parochial schools, is a conflict
in whloh every lover of his race, every
lover of republican institutions, every
lover of Christianity, ought to be found
on tne side 01 tne nag ana the little
red school-house. This is the 'side of
patriotism, of philanthropy, of prog
ress, of Protestantism." San Fran
cisco Patriot.
Want Quality.
LORDSBURG, February 13. Lords
burg Council was organized here
on February 2 with 14' charter mem
bers, besides several applications to act
on next meeting night, which will be
on Monday in J. I. C. Hall. I think
now, Mr. Editor, it is getting to be
quality we want, and not quantity, as
there are a great many who wouldjike
to be admitted who are looking to their
own special benefit. I do not think
they have the good of the order at
heart at all. With best wIshesfor the
order, Lucille.
To again Be McKlnley's Secretary.
Columbus, Ohio, February 10. A"
letter received to-day from James
Boyle, who was the private secretary
to Governor McKinley when he was in
the executive office, says he will return
from Palm Bsach, Fla., the latter part
of this week and go to Canton to be
come his private secretary again dur
ing the presidential canvass.
Is a Confessional a Inviolate!
Grandby, Quebec, Feb. 15. The
Rev. M. Gill, curate of the Church of
Notre Dame, has been committed to
prison by the magistrate for refusing
to disclose the secrets of the confes
sional in a suit at law in which he was
called as a witness.
Deafness Cannot be Cored
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that Is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an Inllamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless the
inflamation can be taken out and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but
an inllamed condition of the mucous sur-
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafntss (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall' Catarrh Cure.
Send 'orclrcula,cfree.NEy fc Q
y Bold by Druggist, 75c
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