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arrmnmsi ,ef-SSi5W;aSSjC r 9 B 0! ft $ &' V1 2' 1 l1 Established Mat 11, 1870. Columbus fjouroal. Columbus, Nebr. Entered at the Poetoffice, Colomboa, Kebr.. i aeooad-claas mmil matter. - PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS BY Columbus Journal Co., (ISCOBPOUATED.) TKBHS OF 9UBS0BIFTIOM: One year, by mail, postage prepaid tl.80 Six months Three montha.... WEDNESDAY, DEC 27. 19S5. IZZSESttS S. ABBOTT. Uttsr. RENEWALS The date opposite your name on ronr paper, or wrapper shows to what time your subscription is paid. Tltns Jan05 shows that payment has been received np to Jan. 1, 1903, FebOS to Feb. 1, 1905 and so on. When payment is made, the date, which answers as a receipt, will be changed accordingly. DISCOXTINUANCES-Kesponsible subscrib ers will continue to receive this journal until the publishers are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearages must be paid. If yoa do not wish the Journal continued for another year af tor the time paid for has expired, yon should previously notify us to discontinue it. CHANGE IN ADDBE8SrWhen ordering a change in the address, subscribers should be sure to give their old as well as tneir new address. IMPOR TANT ANNO UNCEMENT. The Journal in its last issue of the old year conies before its readers with an announcement for the New Year which marks the most important step ever made in the evolution of the newspaper business in Columbus a step for which the business men of Co lumbus and the advertising public of Platte County have been longing for years. The Columbus Journal already en joying the largest circulation of any newspaper in Platte County will ac quire on January 1st, the subscription list, subscription accounts, advertising contracts and good will of the Platte County Argus and the Argus will be merged in the Journal and cease pub lication. On the same day the Journal job plant and the good will of the Jour nal's job business will pass into the hands of B. IS. Green, secretary and treasurer of the Columbns Printing and Specialty House, formerly editor and publisher of the Platte County Argus, and the Columbus Journal will cease to conduct a job business. Columbus has always been the home of several good newspapers but it has never had a newspaper that has made profits commensurate with the energy expended in its publica tion. This iS because the field here has always been occupied by too many newspapers and not because Colum bus merchants have lacked in busi ness enterprise which always finds ex pression in liberal advertising. A year and a half ago when the writer assumed editorial management of the Jo..rnal, there were four Eng lish newspapers in Columbus. Be lieving at that time that the only so lution of the newspaper problem in Columbus which would place thebusi ness on a paying basis was to reduce the number to two English papers, we made a start toward that solution by buying the Columbus Times pub- lished'by Will B. Dale, on April 1, 1904, and added the circulation of the Times to that of the Journal. Since that time we have worked , cpntiuuously to bring "about the con solidation of the Argus with the Journal which has just been consum mated. In acquiring the Argus we are not "buying a dead horse." The Argus, until'the Journal made its campaign for subscribers, enjoyed the largest circulation among the farmers of any paper in Platte county. It is the of ficial paper of the city and has always enjoyed a liberal advertising patron age. The acquisition of the Argus sub scription list will give the Journal a circulation of 2,000 for its first issue in 190G, and we have made plans by which we feel sure we can promise our advertisers a list of 2,500 within the next sixty days. This places the . Journal among the first country newspapers in Nebraska in point of circulation and for the first time in the history of Platte county offers an advertising medium so large and com plete that it will not be necessary for an advertiser to use the columns of any other count- newspaper, except for supplementary advertising. But the advertisers are not the only beneficiaries of the consolidation. The improvement in mechanical equip ment made possible by the change will enable us to publish more news in more attractive form. Since the Journal's circulation has been at the 1500 mark it has often been difficult with our-press facilities to get out the paper on time. On the other hand, the editor of this paper, freed from the burdens of a job business can devote more time and energy to the newspaper. B. B. Green, the retiring editor of I i ' i M"?""MM"M'" n'f1r ' the Argus, has made many friends during his editorial management of the Argus. He has always said what he thought without fear or favor, and the independence and moral tone of his utterances have inspired the confi dence of his readers. It is gratify ing to us to enter into so close a busi ness association with Mr. Green and it is with pleasure that we commend the job patronage of the Journal to a man'of such excellent character and ability. Mr. Green is an expert designer, and associated as he is with a man who has had years of experience in book supply business, and with his time free to devote all his energies to his specialty, he will make the Co lumbus Printing and Specialty House one of the strongest job printing plants in the state, equipped to bring money to Columbus from all parts of the state as well as to handle all local job bussiness. In closing this announcement we desire especially to urge the busineas men of Platte County to give to Mr. Green the patronage his large and complete printing plant and his su perior qualifications merit. For the Journal we have asked no pledges of support from the business men as a condition to the consolidation which primarily serves their interests, and now that the consolidation has been effected, we ask only that support dictated by their own self-interest and we shall expect the Journal to .grow and prosper only in proportion as it helps Platte County and Platte County interests to grow and prosper. The Journal plant will be moved on January lt, to the old Columbus State Bank building on Twelfth St., under the same roof with the Colum bus Printing and Specialty House, leaving the building on Eleventh St. which h:is housed the Journal since the early seventies. We pause long enough to remark that the New Year is almost here and that "tainted hundred" is still unpaid. It is to be hoped that the presi dent's "big stick" will not stop swing ing until it makes enough sore heads in Nebraska to demand homestead legislation for western Nebraska in harmony with the great cattle indus try of that section of the state. The appointment of Chairman W. P. Warner to succeed T. L. Mathews as Deputy United States .Marshal will meet with general favor in Ne braska notwithstanding a majority of the people feel that Mr. Mathews was a victim of circumstances and that the "big stick" broke the wrong head Mr. Warner is a man . of force and ability and his feet are plenty large for the Mathews shoes. Sherlock Holmes "It's this "way, -5rF."ITohnes. As 1 have said, I am the skipper of the Rug ger team of Cambridge varsity, and Godfrey Staunton is my best man. To morrow we play Oxford. Yesterday we all came up, and wo settlod at Bent ley's private hotel At 10 o'clock I went round and saw that all the 'fellows had gone to roost, for I believe in strict training and plenty of sleep to keep a team fit. I had a word or two with Godfrey before' he turned In. lie seem ed to me to be pale and bothered. J asked him what was 'the matter. He said be was all right Just a touch of headache. -I bade him good night and left him. Half an hoar later, the por ter tells me, a rough looking man with a bean) called with a note for Godfrey. He had not gone'to bed, and the note was taken to his room. Godfrey read it and fen back In a chair as if be .had been pole axed. .The porter was so scared that he was gotag to fetch me, out Godfrey stopped him. had a drink of water and pulled himself together. Then he went downstairs, said a few words to the man who was waiting in the hall, and the two of them went,o9 together. The hut that the porter saw of them they were almost running down the street fn the direction of the Strand. This morning Godfrey's room was empty, his' bed had never been slept In, and his things were all just as I had seen thenr the night before. Ho had gone 'off at a moment's notice with this stranger, and no 'word has come from him since, I don't believe he will ever come back. He was a sportsman, was 'Godfrey, down to his marrow, and he wouldn't have stopped his training and let In his skipper If It were not for some cause that was too strong for him. Jro; I feel as tfjhe were gone for good, and we should never see him again. Sherlock Holmes listened with the deepest attention to this singular nar rative. "What did you do?" he asked. I wired to Cambridge to learn If anything had been heard of him there. I have had an answer. No one has seen hftn.! "Could he have got back to Cam bridge?" Tes; there is a late train quarter past IV "But, so far as you can ascertain, he did not take itr M2Ho; he has not been seen. "What did you do next?" I wired to Lord Mount-James." "Why to Lord Mount-James?" "Godfrey 'Is an orphan, and Lord Mount-James Is his nearest relative his uncle, I believe." "Indeed. This throws new light upon the matter. Lord Mount-James is oas of theNflcheat'iaen in jft'gH'MlJ Return of.... I "So Fvts heuiu GoCrFey tay." "And your; friend was closely re lated?" Tes; he was his heir, and the old boy is nearly eighty cram full of gout too. They say he could chalk his bil liard cue with his kuuckles. He never allowed Godfrey a shilling in his life, for he is an absolute miser, but It will all come to him right enough." "Have you beard from Lord Mount James?" "No." "What motive could your friend hava in going to Lord Mount-James V" "Weil, something was worrying him the night before, and if it was to do with money it is possible that he would make for his nearest relative, who had so much of it, though from all I have beard he would not have much chance of getting it. Godfrey was not fond oi! the old man. He would not go if he could help it" "Well, we can soon determine that. If your friend was going to his relative. Lord Mount-James, you have then to explain the visit of this rough looking fellow at so lato an hour and the agi tation that was caused by his coming." Cyril Overton pressed his hands to his head. "I can make nothing of it." said he. "Well, well, I have a clear day, ami I shall be happy to look into the mat ter," said Holmes. "I should strongly recommend you to make your prepara tions for your match without reference to this young gentleman. It must, as you say, have been an overpowering necessity which tore him away in such a fashion, and the same necessity is likely to hold him away. Let us step round together to the hotel and see if the orter can throw any fresh light upon the matter." Sherlock nolmes was a past master In the art of putting a humble witness at hi3 ease, and very soon, in the pri vacy of Godfrey Stauntonls abandoned room, ho had extracted ali that the por ter had to tell. " The visitor of the niglit before was not a gentleman, neither was he a workingman. no was simply what the porter described as a "medi um looking chap." a man of fifty, beard grizzled, pale face, quietly dress ed. He seemed himself to be agitated. The porter had observed his hand trembling when he had held out the note. Godfrey Staunton had crammed the note into his pocket. St-iunton had not shaken hands with the man in the hall. They had exchanged a few sen tences, of which the porter had only distinguished the one word "time." Then they had hurried off in the man ner described. It was just half-past 10 by the hail clock. "Let me see. said Holmes, seating himself on Staunton's bed. "You are the day porter, are you not':" x "Yes. sir. I go off duty at 11." "The night porter saw nothing',' I sup pose?" "No, sir. One theater party came in late; no one else." "Were you on duty all day yester day?" "Yes, sir." "Did you take any messages to Mr. Staunton?" "Yes, sir; one telegram." "All, that's interesting. What o'clock was this?" About C." "Where was Mr. Staunton when he received it?" "ncre in his room." "Were you present when he opened ft?" "Yes, sir; I waited to see if there was an answer." "Well, was there?" "Yes, sir; he wrote an answer." "Did you take it?" "No; lie took it himself." "But he wrote it in your presence?" "Yes, sir. I was standing by the door and he with his back turned at that table. When he had written it he said, 'All right, porter, I will take this myself.' " "What did he write it with?" "A pen, sir." "Was the telegraphic form one of these on the table?" "Yes, sir; it was the top one." Holmes rose. Taking the forms, he carried them over to the window and carefully examined that Avliich was uppermost "It Is a pity he did not write in pen cil." said he, throwing them down again, with a shrug of disappointment. "A you have no doubt frequently ob served, Watson, the impression usually goes through a fact which lias dis solved many a happy marriage. How ever, I can find no trace here. I re joice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a broad pointed quill pen. and I can hardly doubt that we will And some impression upon this blotting pad. Ah, yes, surely this is the verv thing!" He tore off a strip of the blotting paper and turned toward us the fol lowing hieroglyphic: Cyrlf ' Overton was mucii excited. "Hold it to the glass!" he cried. "That Is unnecessary," said Holmes. "The paper Is thin, and the reverse will give the message. Here it is." He turned.it over and we read: "So that Is the tail end of the tele grani which Godfrey Staunton dis patched within a few hours of his dis appearance. There are at least six words of the message which have es caped us, but what remains 'Stand by us for God's sake! proves that this young man saw a formidable dan ger which approached him, and from which sonic one else could protect him. 'Us,' mark you! Another person was Involved. Who should it be but the .pale faced, bearded man, who seemed himself in so nervous a state? What, then, is the connection between Godfrey Staunton and the bearded man? And what is the third source from which each of them sought for help against pressing danger? Our in quiry has already narrowed down to that" "We have only to find to whom that telegram Is addressed," I suggested. Exactly my dear Watson. Your re- I I 1 I -M iteciiDnrcsougTs profound, ""had already crossed my mind. But I dare say it may have come to your notice that If you walk into a "postofflee and demand to see the counterfoil of another man's n:es:nge there may be some disinclina tion on the part of the officials to oblige yoi! There is so much red tape in these matters. However. I have no doubt that with s little delicacy and lincsse the end may be attained. Mean while, I should like In your presence, Mr. Overton, to go through these pa pers which have been left upon the ta ble." There were a number of letters, bills and notebooks, which Holmes turned aver and examined with quick, nerv ous fingers and darting. ieuetrating eyes. "Nothing here," he said at last. "By the way, I suppose your friend was a healthy young fellow uothiug amiss with him?" Sound as a bell." "Have you ever known him 111?" "Not a day. He has been laid up with a hack, and once he slipped his kneecap, but that was nothing." "Perhaps he was not so strong as you suppose. I should think he may have had some secret trouble. With your assent, I will put one or two of these papers in my pocket in case they should bear upon our future in quiry." "One moment one moment!" cried a querulous voice, and we looked up to find a queer little old man jerking and twitching in ' the doorway. He was dressed in rusty black, with a very broad briai:::ed top hat and a loose white necktie the whole effect being that of a very rustic parson or of an undertaker's mute. Yet, in spite of his shabby and even absurd appearance, his voice -had a sharp crackle and his manner a quick in tensity which commanded attention. "Who are you, sir, and by what right d you touch this gentleman's papers?" he asked. "I am a private detective, and I am endeavoring to explain his disappear ance." "Oh. you are, are you? And who instructed you. eh?" "This gentleman. Mr. Staunton's friend, was referred to me by Scot laud Yard." "Who are you, sir?" "I am Cyril Overton." "Then it is you who sent me a tele gram. My name Is Lord Mount Janies. I came round as quiekly as the Bayswater bus would bring me. So you have instructed a detective?" "Yes. sir." "And are you prepared to meet the cost?" "I have no doubt sir, that my friend Godfrey, when we find him, will be prepared to do that" "But if he is never found, eh? An swer me that!" "In that case no doubt his family" "Nothing of the sort, sir!" screamed the little man. "Don't look to me for a penny not a penny! You under stand that, Mr. Detective! I am all the family that this young man has got, and 1 toil you that I am not respon sible. If he has any expectations It is due to the fact that I have never wast ed money, and I do not propose to be gin to do so now. As to those papers with which you are making so free, I may tell you that in case there should be anything of any value among them you will be held strictly to account for what you do with them." "Very good, sir," said Sherlock Holmes. "May I ask in the meanwhile whether you have yourself any theory to account for this young man's disap pearance?" "No, sir, I have not He is big enough and old enough to look after himself, and if he is so foolish as to lose himself I entirely refuse to accept the responsibility of hunting for him." "I quite understand your position," said Holmes, with a mischievous twin Id? in his eyes. "Perhaps you don't quite understand mine. Godfrey Staun ton appears to have been a poor man. If lie lias been kidnaped it could not have been for anything which he him self possesses. The fame of your wealth has gone abroad. Lord Mount James, and it is certainly possible that a gang of thieves have secured your nephew In order to gain from him some information as to your house, your habits and your treasure." The face of our unpleasant little vis itor turno-i as white as his necktie. "Heavens, sir. what an idea! I never thought of such villainy! What inhu man rogue? there are in the world! But Godfrey is a fine lad a stanch lad. Nothing wocld induce him to give his old uncle away. I'll have the plate moved over to the bank this evening. In the meantime spare no pains, Mr. Detective? leg you to leaw; no stone unturned f bring him safelyjback. As to money, well, so far as a fiver or even a tenner goes, you can always look to me." Even in his chastened frame of mind the noble miser could give us no infor mation which could help us, for he knew little of the private life of his nephew. Our only clew lay in the trun cated telegram, and with a copy of this in iiis hand Holmes set forth' to find a second link for his chain. We had shak en off Lord Mount-James, and Overton had gone to consult with the other members of his team over the misfor tune which had befallen them. There was a telegraph office at a short distance from the hetel. We bait ed outside it. "It's worth trying, Watson," said nolmes. "Of course with a warrant we could demand to' see the counterfoils, but we have not reached that stage yet. I don't suppose they remember faces in so busy a place. Let us ven ture it." "I am sorry to trouble yon," said he in his blandest manner to the young woman behind the grating; "there is some small mistake about a telegram I sent yesterday. I have had no answer, and I very much fear that I must have omitted to put my name at the end. Could you tell me if this was so?" The young woman turned over a sheaf of counterfoils. "What o'clock was it?" she asked. "A little after G." "Whom was it to?" Holmes put his finger to his lips and glanced at me. "The last words in It were 'for God's sake,'" he whispered confidentially. "I am very anxious at getting no answer." The young woman separated one of the forms. "This is It JTbere is no name," said she, smoothing It out upon the counter. "Thenthat, of course, accounts for mygefTIng"uib"answer,"1 soul Holmes. "Dear me, how very stupid of me, to be sure! Good moruiug, miss, and many thanks for having relieved my mind." He chuckled and rubbed his hands ' when we found ourselves in the. street once more. "Well?" I asked. "We progress, my dear Watson, we progress.' I had seven different schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly hope to succeed Nthe very first time." "And what have you gained?" "A starting paint for our investi gation." He hailed a cab. "King's Cross station," said he. "We have a journey, then?" "Yes, I think we must run down to Cambridge together. All the indica tions seem to me to point in that direc tion." "Tel! me," I asked, as we rattled up Gray's inn road, "have you any sus picion yet as to the cause of the dis: appearance? I don't think that among all our cases I have known one where the motives are more obscure. Surely you don't really imagine that he may be kidknaped in order to give informa tion against his wealthy uncle?" "I confess, my dear Watson, that that does not apical to me as a very probable explanation. It struck me, however, as being the one which was most likely to interest that exceedingly unpleasant old person." "It certainly did that, but what are your alternatives?" "I could mention several. You must admit that it is curious and suggestive that this incident should occur on the eve of this important match and should involve the only man whose presence seems cssemia! to the suc cess of the side. It may, of course, be a coincidence, but it is interesting. Amateur sport is free from betting, but a good deal of outside betting goes on among the public, and it is possible that it might be worth some one's while to get at a player as the ruffians of the turf get at a race horse. There is one explanation. A second very obvious one is that this young man really is the heir of a great property, however modest his mpa:i: may at present be, and it is not impossible that a plot to hold him for ransom might be con cocted." "These theories take no account of the telegram." "Quite true. Watson. The telegram still remains the only solid thing with which we have to real, and we must not permit our attept'm to wander away from it. It is t.i gain light upon the purpose of t!r : teVjfam that we are now upon our v ;" t Cambridge. The path of our 5. Ration is at present obscure. l.:;i ! hall be very much surprised if H"re evening we have not cleared it up or made a con siderable advance alorg it" It was already dark when we reached the old university city. Holmes took a cab at the station and ordered the man to drive to the house of Dr. Les lie Armstrong. A few minutes later we had stopped at a large mansion In the busiest thoroughfare. We were shown in and after a long wait were at last admitted into the consulting room, where we found the doctor seat ed behind his table. It argues the degree in which I had lost touch with my profession that the name of Leslie Armstrong was un known to me. Now I am aware that he is not only one of the heads of the medical school of the university, but a thinker of European reputation in more than one branch of science. Yet even without knowing his brilliant record one could not fail to be impressed by a mere glance at the man the square, massive face, the brooding eyes under the thatched brows and the granite molding of the inflexible jaw, a man of !eep character, a man with an alert mind, grim, ascetic, self contained, for midable so I rovtl Dr. Leslie Arm strong. He held my friend's card In his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon his dour features. "I have heard your name, Mr. Sher lock Holmes, and I am aware of your profession one of which I by no means approve. "In that, doctor, you will find your self in agreement with every criminal in the country," said my friend quietly. "So far as your efforts are directed toward the suppression of crime, sir, they must have the support of every reasonable member of the community, though I cannot doubt that the official machinery is amply sufficient for the purpose. Where your calling is bicp open to criticism is when you pry into the secrets of private individuals, when you rake up family matters which are Copyright Dr. Leslie Armstrotuj. hotter hidden, and when yon incidental ly waste the time of men who arc more busy than yourself. At the present mo ment, for example, I should he writing a treatise instead of conversing with you." "So doubt, doctor, and yet the con versation may prove more important than the treatise. Incidentally I may tell you that we are I i'.nz the reverse of wiiat you very justly blame. an.I that we ate endeavoring tj prevent any thing like public exposure of private matters which must necessarily follow when once the case is fairly in the hands of the official police. You may look upon me simply as an irregular pioneer, who goes In front of the reg ular forces of the country. I have come to ask you about Mr. Godfrey Staunton." "What about him?" "You know him, do you not?" "He is an intimate friend of mine." "You are aware that he has disap peared:'" "Ah indeed!" There was no chanze oUicr's Weekly. -y of expression in the rugged features of the doctor. "He left his hotel last nlght-te has not been heard of." "No doubt he will return." "Tomorrow Is the varsity football match.' "I have no sympathy with these childish games. The young man's fate Interests me deeply, since I know him and like him. The football match does not come within my horizon at alL" "I claim your sympathy, then, la my investigation of Mr. Staunton's fate. Do you know where he Is?" "Certainly not." "You have not seen him since yester day?" "No, I have not" "Was Mr. Staunton a healthy man?" "Absolutely." Did you ever know him HI?" "Never." " Holmes popped a sheet of paper be fore the doctor's eyes. "Then perhaps you will explain this receipted bill for 13 guineas paid by Mr. Godfrey Staun ton last month to Dr. LesHe Arm strong of Cambridge. I picked it out from among the papers upon his desk." The doctor flushed with anger. "I do not feel that there is any reason why I should render an explanation to you. Mr. Holmes." Holmes replaced the bill In his note book. "If you prefer a public explana tion, it must come sooner or later," said he. "I have already told you that I can hush up that which others will be bound to publish, and you would really be wiser to take me into your com plete confidence." "I know nothing about it." "Did you hear from Mr. Stannton in London?" "Certainly not" "Dear me, dear me the postoflce again!" Holmes sighed wearily. "A most urgent telegram was dispatched to you from London by Godfrey Staunton at 6:15 yesterday evening a telegram which Is undoubtedly associ ated with his disappearance and yet you have not had it 'It Is most cul pable. I shall certainly go down to the office here and register a com plaint" Dr. Leslie Armstrong sprang up from behind his desk, and his dark face was crimson with fury. "I'll trouble yon to walk out of my house, sir." said he. "You can tell your employer. Lord Mount-James, that I do not wish to have anything to do either with him or with his agent. No. sir not another word!" He rang the bell furiously. "John, show these gentlemen out" A pompous butler t:r.hered us severely to the door, and we found ourselves.- in the street nolmes burst out laughing. "Dr. Leslie Armstrong Is certainly a man of energy and character." said he. "I have nt .seen a man who. If he turns his talents that way. was more calculated to fill the gap left by the illustrius Morlarty. And now. my poor Witson. here we are. stranded and friendless in this inhospitable town, which we cannot leave without abandoning our case. This little inn just opposite Armstrong's house Is singularly adapted to our needs. If yon would engage a front room and purchase the-necessaries for the night 1 in iy have time to make a few In quiries." These few Inquiries proved, however, to be a more lengthy proceeding than Holmes had imagined, for he did n3t return to the inn until nearly 9 o'clock. He was pale and dejected, stained with dust, and exhausted with hunger and fatigue. A cold supper was ready up on the table, and when his needs were satisfied and his pipe alight he was ready to take that half comic and wholly philosophic . view which was natural to him when his affairs were going awry. The sound of carriage wheels caused him to rise and glance out of the window. A brougham end pair of grays stood before the doctor's door. "It's been out three hours." said Holmes. "Started at 6:30, and here it is back again. That gives a radius of ten or twelve miles, and be does K oace or sometimes twice a day." "No unusual thing for a doctor hi practice." "But Armstrong is not really a doc tor in practice. He Is a lecturer and a consultant, but he does not care for general practice, which distracts him from bis literary work. Why, then, does he make these long journeys, which must be exceedingly irksome to him. and who is It that he visits?" "His coachman" "My dear Watson, can you doubt that it was to him that I first applied? I do not know whether It came from his own' innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough to set a deg at me. Nei ther dog nor man liked the look of my stick, however, and the matter fell through. AH that I have. learned I got from a friendly native in the yard of our own Inn. It was he who told me of the doctor's habits and of bis daily journey. At that Instant to give point to his words, the carriage came round to the door." louldyou not follow it?" (To be continued. ) fj CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm This Remedy Is a SpocHle, Sura to Civs Satlsffnetlsn. CIVKS mUBF AT OHOC. It cleanses, soothes, heals, sad protects the diseased membrane. It cues Catarrh sad drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste aad SbmU. Easy to use. Contains bo iajmioas drags. Applied into the nostrils sad absorbed. Large Size, 60 cents at Draughts or by mail? inu ouv, xw ceaia oy awi. 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