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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. APRIL . 190.
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COBALT AHEAD OF KLONDIKE
Such it the Story Told by Illinoii Man
from Both.
SILVER THE CHIEF ONTARIO ORE
Hr1U Walsh, vtlth Stork to "ell,
aye Conditions Hit Mot
' "Been Overdrawn at
(.bait.
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100.00 Yards of
American Foulards
in good colorings and
new designs for 1900, go
Special Sale Wednesday.
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American Foalards
are Specially adepted fori
economical Summer
Dresses. They can be
washed again and again.
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Martin Walah. an Illlnolsan. but now of
Cobalt. Ontario, was In Omaha Tuesday
mornrng, registered at the Merchants.
"Tha mining conditions at Cobalt have
not bfl overestimated." said Mr. Walah,
"arwl I am not here to boom Cobalt or- any
of tha adjacent terrltot-y; neither have I
any uttvcKa or bond to sell. Cobalt anil
lke Ntpleslng.' Copper . Cliff, Sudbury and
Lake Larder speak for- themselves. It ta
tha moat remarkable silver mining camp
aver developed In America. 1 am Just en
touta home on a visit and stopped over In
Omaha on a Utile private business. 1 have
been In tha Cobalt country for shout two
yesrs," eomlng there from the Yukon dia-.
trlct. and I 'am, free to ssy that the silver
camp about Cobalt 4a really richer than the
Klondike. '
"At Cobalt the mining ta largnly of rock
deposits, which indicate permanence, while
thaae of the Klondike are placer mlnea,
which Indicate early exhaustion. The great
mining headquarter a or the Cobalt diatrlct
la Halleybury. four or five miles from Co
balt. The mining recorder's office la lo
cated there, and It'alse) Is tha rcaidential
district of tha country.
Far silver Chief Ore.
The railroada have already penetrated
the country. While conaiderabln cobalt Is
mined an Jta supply la.' limitless, more at
tention la paid to getting out the pure sil
ver, which Ilea In erratic vclna of from one
Inch to thitiy-aix Inches in thickness, the
latter figure being the thickness of the
great Temlskmlng vein. vThe average thick
ness of the veins Is about five inches. Of
rotirse the mining in these velna Is ex
tremely difficult and blasting has to be
resorted to la order to get out the silver.
There are a number of smelting concerns
in the district, but much of the crude silver
la sent to the smelters of New Jersey and
Colorado for final reduction.
"There are many quarts formations In
the country,'' rmt these quarts veins run
In various widths and, strange to say, most
of the silver Is found In the Intervening
veins of country rock. Silver is governed
wholly by -the) New York market prices
and when I left Cobalt a couple of days
ago the figure for crude silver was 65 cents
per ounce.
Mark Geld la Foaad.
"The prospectors who do the best In that
country are the 'tenderfcef or inexper
ienced miners, who go at prospecting on
the catch-aa-catch-can order. Americans
own many of .the most valuable mines and
there Is very little of the foreign element
in the district, except those of Canadian
extraction and a few 8wedea. Americans
are largely predomlnent.
"purlng the last, year a number of valu
able gold leads have been found. This Is
particularly true of the Lake Abbltlbbl
district, about 130 miles north of Toronto.
Oold haa also been discovered In the Lake
Larder district. which will run from $800
to tlO.OOO to the ton. The gold deposits are
found la the quart formations.
"The entire country covers an area of
about 104 mile ) which lies 300 miles north
of Toronto, and about the same distance
oorth of Montreal. The trip can be made
ty rail In about nine hours. Mining Is done
ip there at all seasons of the year. The
whiter a do not Interfere, as the snow per
mits the. hauling out of the ores from the
remote camps. Much of the mining Is shaft
mining and continues uninterruptedly
throughout the year."
These costumes represented
here are all made from the
American Foulard 24 inches
wide 'the most : economical
width for cutting.
The Standard Patterns for
which we have exclusive agency
in Omaha get out these same
designs for our 24-inch fabrics
and pattern envelopes show the
exact quantity required.
American Foulards
Are copies of the French Im
ported Foulards which sell up to
$1,50 ,a yard. No other wash
fabrics are so pretty and so eco
nomical. You can afford several dresses
at the ordinary price of one.
Wednesday Wc Announce a. Special Showing and Sale of These Summer Wash Fabrics
: In Exact Copies of Fine Imported French Foulards.
AMEMCAM FOULARD
By Special Appointment of the Makers We Are Made Omaha Agents for These Beautiful and Practical Wash Goods.
Among the most desirable
new designs in American Foul
ards are the light and dark
Indigo shades (reproducing im
ported Foulard ideas), and new
Scotch Ginghams (reproducing
exclusive Scotch Ginghams).
These wash fabrics make
pretty and durable school dresses
for misses and children.
American Foulards
Are Absolutely Fast Colors
Blues are dyed with pure in
digo redt and blacks arc fast
colors. These fabrics can there
fore be laun lered time after time. Careful
making will repay you.
Costume of Amer
ican Foulard In Cal
cutta blue, trimmed
with plain materials
to match.
Dress of American
Foulard, plain Alice
blue, Princess style,
with deep tucked
flounce.
Gown in American
Foulard, mercerized
Bingham style, black
dots on colored
plaids.
Dress of American
Foulard, indigo blue
with bands and
shawl collar of
white pique.
Gown in Amerlcau
Foulard, black and
white check with
touches of red.
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Four Windows in This Store Devoted
to American Foulards.
These
American
Foulards
at
Yard
A
Special
Price
'.CI...
See Bnnieis Window Display of
These Fine Fabrics.
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3g3IJlJIs3ageaiS3
Balldtaa: Permit..
Omaha Electric Light and Power com
pany, Thirtieth and l.Mrlmor alreela, brick
substation, tS.OiW; Met Milling and Con
et ruction company, Twenty-fifth and Iav
enwrtb streets, frame mill house. $3,500;
Klmtr I Fehr, Twenty-seventh and Cali
fornia alrenta, frame dwelling, t2,&rt; L. T.
Hinderland. 1323 South Thirty-second street,
alterations and repairs to frame dwelling,
12,500; A. A. Egbert, Forty-first avenue anil
Chicago street, frame dwelling, $2,000; Ader
L. ' Dwnton. Thirty-first street snd Ames
avenup. frame dwelling. I1.80U; J. O. O'Con
nell. Fortieth and Cuming streets, frame
tore, 11,600. . .
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Bryan to Make Eaater Address.
VTICA. - N. Y., April 7. William J.
Bryan wltl address a meeting of the Young
Men'a Christian association here on Easter
Sunday, April 19.
flFTEEII YEARS OF
ill JPIG
Rheumatism Developed Burning,
Painful Sore$ on Legs Tortured
. Day and Night-Tried "All Kinds
of Remedies to No Avail Wifa
Had Debility and Pains in Back.
BOTH USED CUTICURA
AND ARE WELL AGAIN
Stjr husband had been a great suf
farer with rheumatism for nearly fifteen
years. At first it was in his bones, but
after a while it was in tha flesh and
finally running sores broke out on his
legs, from below the knees to the ankles.
There are bo words to tell all the dis
comfort and great suffering he had to
endure right and da jr. Ue used every
kind of remedy and three physicians
treated him, one after the other, with
out any good results whatever. So
one day I happened to read about
CuUcura Remedies. I asked him if
would cot try them. 'No,' said he,
Hi's no use, I've spent enough money
dow.' The neat day I ordered five
dollars' worth of Cuticura Soap, Cuti
cura Ointment, and Cuticura Hasolvent.
' He began to um them without oonfl
oenr but after threw weeks all tha
aoree ware dried up. Tha burning
Are stopped, and the pains became
bearable. After three months ho was
quit welL Two years later the pains
and sores cam back after he had been
working hard and had taken cold.
But as soon aa he used Cuticura again
it cured him. Two years ago I used
Cuticura Pills for general debility. They
did me rreat deal of nod and mad
' me well. Three months since I had pains
" in niy back and Cuticura took them
. ir, too. I ran prove this, testi
monial at anv time. Mrs. V. V. Albert,
Vpper Frem-hville. Me., July 21, 1907.''
A jingle Treatment . "
Consisting of a warm bath with Cutl.
eura Soap, a gentle application of Cuti
rura Ointment, and a mild dose of
Cutioura Kesolvent or Pills, is often
uffkaent to afford Instant relief,' permit
rest and aleep, and point to a speedy
cure. of torti'Ttng, disfiguring ecaemas,
raahea, itching. Irritations, and inflam
mations of tha skin and scalp, from
. infancy to ag, when all else fails.
nttkrtu Bo. i3 V Olntmeal ttOr 1. MnlvMt
lAOc v p'-.v xje. Pr vwl ot frH .r. .,4
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NOTES ON OMAHA SOCIETY
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Mr. and Mn. Henry Lemere Celebrate
First Wedding Anniversary.
SMALL THINGS ENLIVEN WEEK
Mrs. E. D. Vaa Caart Eatertalas Smart
Laacheon Party Compllmeatarr
to Mies Florence Lewis, at
Prospective Bride.
Mrs. Van Gleaon entertained very In
formally Monday evening at her home In
Dundee to celebrate the flist wedding an
niversary of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Lemere.
An Informal muslcale program was given
during the evening. Those present were
Miss Mildred Merriam. Mies May Murphy.
Miss Rich of Williamsburg. Pa.; Mlaa Lucy
fpdlke. Mlaa Thomaa, Mr. W. R. Wood. Mr.
Ward Palmer, Mr. George Later, Dr. Rob
ert Holllster. Dr. C. W. Pollard, Rev. and
Mrs. T. J. Mackay. Dr. and Mrs. C. O.
Rich, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Armstrong,
Dr. and Mrs. Lemere and Mrs. Van Gleson.
Per Miss Lewis.
Mrs. t. D. Van Court was hostess at a
delightful Informal " luncheon Tueaday.
which was grven In honor of Miss Florence
Lewis. White tulips snd narcissus adorned
the center of the table, around which were
seated Mlaa Lewie, Mra. E. V. Lewis,
Mrs. John Lewis, Mrs. Chsrles I. Fowler,
Mrs. Jack Hllchman of Mexico. Mrs.
Chsrles Van Court, Miss Virginia Van
Court, Mrs. Van Court. .
Treble Clef Clab.
Miss Blanche Sorenson 'was hostess of
the meeting of the Treble Clef club Mon
day. The guests were entertained at
luncheon, followed by a muslcale program
given by Mra. B. 'J. Scannell. Miss Marian
Ward, Miss Edna Jensen, Miss Etta
Crelghlon, Miss Grace Sorenson and Miss
tllanche Sorenson. The club will be enter
tained hi two weeks by Miss Marian Ward.
Barprlae Party.
Mr. and Mra. Charlee Schlank. who have
recently returned from a southern trip,
taken for Mr. Schlsnk's health, were
l!raianlly surprised Monday evening by
tlie Pleasure Whist cluh. which gave an
ivenlng party at the Hungarian hall at
Twenty-fifth and Cumlnga street. At lh
game of whlat the prises were awarded
to Miss Eva Gladstone, who won the first,
and Mrs. I. Bommer, the second. Mr. C.
Brhlank won the first prise for the men
and Mr. I. Bommer eecond. A pretty deco
ration of ferna and palma was used. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Schlank, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Gross. Mr. and Mrs. M. Meyer,
Mr. and Mra. M. Cahn. Mr. and Mra. B.
Wells. Mr. and Mra. I. Bommer, Mr. and
Mrs. 8. Sommera, Mr. and Mrs. Hertsberg,
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Brown, Mr. and Mra.
John Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Singer.,
Mr. and Mrs. Urmr Celener, Mr. and
Mra. I. Rosenthal. Mr. and Mra. A. Hene.
Mrs. F. Frince, Mra. E. Pinion. Miss Eva
Gladstone and Mr. I. Muskowlts.
vVeek'a-Eail Party.
The Alpha Gamma Phi club apent a most
enjoyable afternoon Saturday at the home
of Miss Llla Petersen. . The time waa apent
at rarda. Miss Beth Holler making the
highest More. Luncheon wss served at
small tables and places were msrked by
dainty Easter souvenirs. Those present
were Misses Loretta Kane. Dora Olson,
Eslclla Jensen, Grsce Morphy, Myra Park,
Claire Mealy, Beth Koller, Helen Rossen,
Ruth Dolan, Marian Polan and Francea
Nelman.
Aaalver.ary IMaaer.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newman entertained
at dinner Sunday at their home, 1911 South
Sixteenth street. In celebration of their
second wedding anniversary. Covers were
la'd for Mr. and Mrs. Blostes. Mr. and Mrs
Armbrust, Mr. and Mra. D. Newman, Mr.
and Mra. John Newman. Mr. and Mra Wil
liam Altatadt. Mr. and Mrs. Tuchengea,
Mra Ratlelf, Mlssea Ann Breads. Mary
Grapengiser, Bophie Newman, Frieda New
man, Hulda Armbrust, W. Armbrust, Anna
Tuchengen, Loretta Newman, Messrs.
Theodore Grspengiser, Henry Grapenglser,
Fred Armbrust and Albert Tuchenhagen.
Come aai Go Gossip.
Miss Florence Deverell has returned after
an extended visit In Chicago and Evans
ton. 111.
Mrs. James C. Kinsler and small daugh
ter Jahe expect to leave Tuesday for Gal
veston, Tex., to visit Mrs. Klnsler's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. P. Mlstrot.
Miss Blanche X'nterklrcher of Burlington
la., is expected Thursday to be the guest
of Mrs. Robert Lee Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Updike returned
Monday from a short visit In St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens of Minneapolis are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gould Diets. Mrs.
Stevens wss formerly Miss Nellie Stickney,
whose family lived In Omaha p.xvious to
their residence In Minneapolis.
Miss Grace Morphy left Monday for
Ames. Is., to aUend the Phi Gamma Delta
dance and will spend the week as the guest
of Mis. Galen Tllden.
MR. MORGAN'S GIFT TO QUEEN
Presents Her with Mack Admired
Mlnlatare of Daagster, Prim
es. Maad.
Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan of New Tork has
become an accomplished courtier.
When Queen Alexandra and her sister,
the dowager cxarina, visited Mr. Morgan
recently In London to view the art treas
ures of his residence at Prince's Gate the
queen Immensely admired a miniature by
Smartt, a remarkable likeneas of her
daughter Maud, the queen of Norway.
Quen Alexandra dwelt on the miniature
with the greatest Interest, and when she
was about to depart Mr. Morgan aa gen
erously as courteously offered It for her
majesty's gracious acceptance. The queen,
of course, hesitated to deprive him of such
a treasure, but she confessed she had fallen
in love with It, and finally permitted Mr.
Morgan to give the miniature to her
equerry, who took It to Buckingham palace.
Next day Mr. Morgan and hia daughter,
Mrs. Herbert 1- Satterlee. were the queen's
guests st Buckingham palace. Then her
nTUjesty showed htm the miniature he had
given her. She had placed It next to some
atrocious modern portraits of Queen Maud.
The Juxtaposition, the contrast, so enhsnced
the beauties of the miniature that Mr.
Morgan must have realised how much he
had sacrificed to hia courtesy.
SIMPLE BUT EFFICIENT CUTS
Effective Imported Models (bat May
v Be Copied.. juHaae with
. PrasU.
The models sketched for this page are
ot the adaptable sort. It is probable that
no copy of any one of them will be as at
tractive as the original, but any faithful
copy executed with even moderate skill
should have charm. The rather severe
frock of soft heavy raw silk In the cut in
a yellowish biscuit tone Is, possibly, the
SI RK (TRK KOn BABY'S ITCH.
Oil of WlnteTRrwn in External Mash
Produce Remarkable Results
How To tiet PreecriplioB
la your baby burning up with tortur
Ing Itching Ecsema? Is he tearing nls
tender skin to shreds vainly trying to
scratch away the terrible agony?
Are you or any member of your family
lufferlng with an aggravating persistent
skin disease?
Oil of wlntergreen mixed with thymol,
glycerine, etc.. In D. I). D. Prescription.
It will give Instant, relief.
Oil of wlntergreen, thla simple everyday
oil of wlntergreen. mixed with other heal
ing herba and vegetable Ingredients, cures
the worst forms of skin d I sense, and
the remedy is so easy to apply, Jiut in
external liquid wash. . No drugs or
medicines. Just a few drops of the wash
applied to the Itching, burning spots,
then Instant re'lef. The Instant the
oil la applied the Itch is gone.
To secure the proper results from this
soothing curative remedy. It Is :is;:aary
to uaa oil of wlntergreen conipjunded
with other mild Ingredients. This com
pound known aa D. D. D. Prescription,
not only relieves but permanently cure.
Just try D. D. D. Prescription. Try a few
drops and note the relief. We positively
vouch for the merits of the remedy.
Sherman A McConnell Drug Co., Itth
and Dodge tta. Owl Drug Co., llth and
Harney Hia,
NEW COURT HOUSE MUST BE
Aged Lovers Find it Difficult to Climb
to License Office.
BOTH IN GEEAT HURRY TO MARRY
Couple Can Scarcely Walt Lntll They
Kcach the Parsoa'a House
He Forgets Ills Bride's
'ame.
NATURAL PONGEE.
one of these frocks which would suffer
most In the reproduction because the sim
plicity of Its clinging lines calls for per
fection of cut, but we have Included it in
the group because It is Illustrative of the
general tendencies In the new modes.
It hss the clinging pitncess skirt, de
fining the curves of the figure from the
bust line down, yet loosely fitting, with no
suggestion of tightness at any point. It
Is this festure of the smooth fitting prin
cess which baffles tha ' ordinary dress
maker. Given perfect cut and supple
fabric, there Is no occasion for tightness
In such a gown, but the bungler attempts
to achieve through drawing the material
very tightly oven the figure what she can
not obtain through cut, and so fails In
models of this class.
Another argument has been found , for
the speedy building of a new court house.
Aged lovers find It almost impossible to
climb the steep steps to the ni irrlage
license department and Marriage License
Clerk Furay believes the work of ne de
partment Is hindered by that fact.
Martin V. Tarington, aged 68, and Mar;
Mack, aged 63, both of Council' Uluffr,
secured their license under dlfflculilos.
They came to Omaha to be married, hut
when they reached the foot of the court
house steps the bride decided thore v. tie
too many for her to climb. So rhe Bent
the groom ahead to secure the license
while she waited at the bottom of the
first flight.
But the groom's memory Is not as good
as It was forty years agq and he forgot the
name of the bride's father. Ha feouly
clambered down the atairs to the nailing
bride, secured the Information mid men
climbed back again, but before he reached
the license clerk's office his memory had
gone back on him the second time. He
climbed down the steps again and tills
time he refused to trust his treacherous
mind, but made the bride climb the
steps herself. She arrived at the license
office out of breath and had to rest a few
minutes before she could give the desired
Information. Both she and her husbiind
berated a county that would foroo such
hardships on aged lovers.
In Harry to Get Married.
But the venerable lovers got hack their
wind. They finally regained their poise
and when they did they started at a rapid
rate for the residence of Rev. Charles W.
Bavidge, sway in the north end of the city.
"Come, Mary, let us be on our way," said
the groom-to-be, as anxious as though 'he
were but a third his years. "We must get
to the parson and get married Just as
quickly as possible."
"All' right, grandpa," calmly replied the
matronly bride-to-be.
When they reached Parson Savidge'a
home the scales of snxiety hsd turned and
the bride could scracely wait.
"Here, grandpa," she said, "get them
papers out of your pocket and give 'em to
the parson and let's got married; that's
what we're here for."
Mr. Yarlngton dived Into his pocket and
passed over the credentials and it was over
In a minute or two.
"You see," he kald, as he implanted a
resounding kiss on the cheek of his bride,
"we are so terribly In love that we couldn t
"alt. we .lust Imd to eet married. We both
have homes, so that If we can't agree I csn
' go to my home and she to her's. But we
Just had to get married, we loved each
other so."
j "I don't blame you," said Mr. Bavidge,
who has married 1,611 couples. "If I only
had two weeks to live on earth I'd get
t married."
special could not leave until U':J8, ' ind
reached Lincoln at 1:33 p. m.. a run of
flfty-fiv miles In 1:06.
COURT .FIGHT OVER AN AUTO
Floyd Fllnn Sacs Fredrlck.nn , and
Latter Seeks to Jn.liry
His Action.
Floyd Fllnn. an autnmohiU livery man,
has begun suit in district court against
Henry E. Fiedrickson. tho aulo ili-alcr, lor
13,505, asserting Fiedrickson assaulted hint
and took possession of hia Bull k niHchlnc.
Fllnn says his face was scratched and h!
teeth loosened and he asks 12.000 for tlilx.
He also asks $1,130 for the machine and 7i
for Its use.
H. E. Fredrlckson says he is simply hold,
ing the car for pay for somo parts of tli
car which he, says belong to him. Saturdaj
the car wasjdriven in front of he Frtd
rlckson garage for a rent load, when Fred
rlckson says he noticed a Pres-O-Llte tans
and some inner tues which he says he.
longed to him, so he drove the car lnsld'
the garage until Mr. Fllnn settled for tin
part. He says he Is still holding the car
for his pay.
NICE RUN F0RJV1ADAM YAt,E;SHELDCN HEADS DELEGATION
Barllnarton Pats the Besstr Specialist
Over the Tracks on Fast
Time.
The Burlington made a nice run from
Omaha to Lincoln Monday, At 11:36 a. m.
the officials received a telephone call from
the manager for Madam Yale, stating that
a mistake in arrangements had been made
an dthat Madam V ole would like a special
train for Lincohi i-i order to fill an after
noon engagement. U the theater. O. L
Dlckeson, superintendent of trar. iportatlon,
and J. E. Buckingham, assistant general
passenger, agent, personally looked after
the matter of getting the special started
from Omaha on Its fast run. The telephone
call was received at 11:36. The officials had
to send to Gibson for a crew, baggage car
and coach. The train was ready to .leave
at 12:11 p. m., but because of an incoming
passenger train being In the blocks the
Governor Is Elected Chairman of Ne-'
braska Representation to the '
Chicago Convention.
The rrembers of the Nebraska delegation
to the Chicago convention held a meeting
for Informal organisation Immediately
after the Taft luncheon Monday. Tem
porary officers were chosen as follows:
Governor George L. . Sheldon, Nchawka,
chairman. ,'
W. H. Huse. Norfolk, secretary,
J. H. Arenda, Syracuse, treasurer.
National Committeeman Morrill and Ex
ecutive Committeeman Schneider werf
both present and gave the delegates the
benefit of their advice as to ticket .accom
modations and other matters connected
with the convention. The arrangements
made by Mr. Morrill for hcaduuartrs were
approved and some other detsils outlined
and left to the chairman and Mr. Morrill.
Sen Foam.
Pop corn and select carefully all the best
part; make syrup with one pound of light
brown sugar, one-halt cup of water, one
half cup of vinegar. Let boil until it
strings, pour over corn, stir well, let cool
a i'ttle, dip hands In cold water, and make
balls' quickly.
To keep popcorn crisp when already but
tered, keep it In the warming oven of a
range. I pop a large quantity at a time,
then put some aside In a crock and In two
weeks it may be: placed In a moderate oven
and heated, then buttrede, when It becomes
more delicious than when first poped.
P.pe.ra Heel pes.
I'se two cups of best brown sugar, put
enough water on to melt sugsr, boll until it
can ba made In soft balls; beat white of an
egg stiff, pour the syrup on In small stream,
beating hard at the time. Beat until almost
cool, then drop In little cak.-s on buttered
piste.
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Babies ktraaajled '
by croup, roughs or colds are instantly re
lieved and quickly cured with Dr. King's
New Discovery. 60c and (1 DO. For aalo
by Beaton Drug Co.
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