Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1874 — Page 4

Parents Helping Children in Study.

“Ax Experienced Teacher”writes as follows to the New York Observer: “We teachers feel that the aid which parents win persist in giving to their children at home is a great hindrance to their improvement, and, consequently, a great injustice done to us- The teacher, for instance, gives a pupil a lesson consisting of questions on the map. He wishes him to look for the answers himself, and, by habit, to gain facility in finding places. The child, if he cannot find a place immediately, asks the parent to find it for him. He complies; when, if .he had refused, the child would have found it by himself after a time, and, while looking for the particular place, would have gained a general knowledge of the situation of places on the map which would have been useful at other times. He would also have been forming the habit of self-dependence. “ Take another case. A teacher, after he has, m the class, explained a certain rule in arithmetic, and made the pupils perform examples under that rule till the process has become familiar, gives them some examples to be done out of class. A pupil carelessly makes mistakes in doing them. The teacher would tell him to look till he found his mistake and correct it. This would be a good mental discipline. He takes the example to his parent, who finds the mistake for him, and thus encourages bad habits.

“Again, in arithmetic and algebra, problems are often given, concerning which there are no particular directions in the book, but the benefit of which consists in the thought which the pupil is obliged to exercise in regard to the manner in which they are to be solved. In such a case, if the parent tells him how to do them, does he not injure his child? Who, then, has reason to complain—the parent or the teacher, whose efforts to discipline the mind of the pupil are rendered unavailing by the interference of the parent ? But the parent will reply, ‘lf I do not assist my child, he will lose his marks or his standing in the class.’ If you have committed the training of your child te a judicious teacher he will not make him lose credit because, after having worked a sufficient time over a problem, he has not been able to solve it. He will reward him for the effort, whether that effort is successful or not. If the pupil has made a mistake through carelessness, making him lose his marks will be the best way to make him more careful another time. “ In studies which are not mathematical it will often happen that in a new lesson there is something which a child cannot understand. In such a case the judicious teacher will not blame the child for nothing able to recite that particular paragraph, but will explain it to him, and the explanations thus given help to make the recitation interesting. “ Again, how many parents help their children in writing compositions; thus not only preventing them from strengthening the powers of their own minds by exercise, but teaching them to try to deceive their teachers. I say try, for the experienced teacher will not often be deceived. If he is judicious, he will give the pupil no credit for what he has done with the assistance of another, 4>ut will reward him for his own exertions, however many faults there may be in his style. The object is, not to have a wellwritten essay copied by the pupil, but to teach him to express his own thoughts with facility. “ But it may be said that all teachers are not judicious in regard to this thing. Then let the parent send his child to one who is; and, even if this is impossible, would it not be better to let him lose his marks or his standing in the class than to let him lose the benefits of proper mental discipline? “ I hope that what I have said may lead some thoughtful parents to a different course from that which they have pursued, and I thinfe they will find that their children will have their powers of mind more thoroughly educated (drawn out) than by the former method.” To the above the Observer adds the following: “ These points are well made, and we have but one suggestion to add. Children should not be required nor permitted to take any books home from school, nor to learn any lessons nor to write compositions out of school. Six hours a day in school is time enough for children to be employed in study and recitations. Apply this rule, and there will be no further discussion of the question so well answered by ‘An Experienced Teacher.’ ”

Japanese Fans.

The fan, which with us is little more than an article of necessity in hot weather, holds in Japan a very high place in the personal equipment and social amenities of both sexes. Comparing its use in the two countries of Japan and America, we find in each the antipodes of etiquette. With us (I mean Americaifs, though I am writing in Japan) the fold-ing-fan is the ladies’ own; the flat fan appertains strictly to the males. Imagine a gentleman walking down Broadway and winnowing his face with a foldingfan, or a lady, in full dress, flirting with a “palm-leaf!” In Japan, however, the fan which opens and shuts, called the ogi, belongs exclusively to the men; and the flat fan, called uchiwa, is used only by women. For a Japanese gentleman to carry an uchiwa in the street would be such a dire breach of etiquette that I doubt whether any sane one ever did such a thing. Moreover, it is exceedingly impolite to use a flat fan in the presence of a Japanese gentleman; and neither’by man nor woman must a flat fan be taken out of doors. The masculine native of the “ Land of the Gods” invariably carries a fan in his girdle or in the bosom of his flowing dress in hot weather; and not a few carry them all the .year round. Among the lower classes the fan is stuck in the back or over the neck under the collar, and is even safely stowed under the projecting cue of hair which lies like a gun barrel on the smooth-shaven scalp. Formerly all Japanese gentlemen wore two swords in their girdle. The custom was abolished in 1872; but not a few of them, being long used to their swords, and feeling the absolute need of something

to thrust in their place, bought fans on purpose to have one always in their belt. It is very probable that at least 60,000,000 fans are made in Japan every year. They have now becom e an article of export to many countries. They are cheap editions of Japanese works of art for the rich and poor of all the world to look at. Some people have an idea that tlie pictures on them are exaggerations or mere imagination. This is not so. In general the representations are strictly true to life. The Japanese have no immense manufactories employing hundreds of operatives; no centralized capital; and 'the division-of-labor principle is hardly known among them. Hence, fans are made by thousands of independent workers all over the country in hundreds of cities and villages. The place most noted for its productions in this line, however, is Nagoya, in the province of Owari. Most of those which come to America are from this fourth Jargest city in Japan. Kioto is famous for very fine fans, and her artists excel in delicacy*of tints and richness of coloring. Tokio (formerly called Yeddo) also produces several millions annually. Ivory boned and handled fans, made for foreign ladies and richly adorned with gold lacquer, mosaic, silk cord, etc., are especially made in Tokio. There are a great many varieties of fans, and they are put to a great many and curious uses. Besides those in common use, the umpire at wrestling and fencing matches uses a heavy one shaped like a huge butterfly, the handle being the body, and rendered imposing by heavy cords of silk. The various motions of this fan constitute a language which the wrestlers fat fellows, who look as though stuffed with blubber by means of a sausage-blower—fully understand and appreciate. Formerly, in time of war, the Japanese army-commanders used a large fan having a frame of iron covered with thick paper. In the center of the fan was a red ball on a golden or silvern field. The red ball represented the sun, the martial symbol of the Japanese nation. The fans of the present day, having a large red, silvern or golden ball on a colored or white field, are in imitation of the old war-fan with which the Japanese hero used to signal in the field. In cases of danger it could be shut, and a blow from its iron bones was no light affair. From this and other fans, arranged in various tasteful figures, were formed the crests of several daimios, including those of the renowned Satake family, as well as that one of the Matsudaira clan whose ancestor led the army that slaughtered the 27,000 Christians, with the aid of Dutch cannon, at Shimabara, in 1636. All the varieties of fans known among us have been made for centuries in Japan. One notable variety is made of water-proof paper, which can be dipped in water, and which creates greater coolness by evaporation, without wetting the clothes. The uchiwa, or flat fan, is fre quently made of feathers, leaves or fine silk. It is oftener made of rough paper and used as a grain-winnow, to blow the charcoal fires, and as a dust-pan. Probably it is on account of these menial uses that it holds the lowest grade in the caste of fashion.

The Japanese gentleman—l mean one of the old school —who never wears a hat, uses the fan to shield his eyes from the sun. His head, bare from childhood, hardly needs shade, and when ic does he spreads an umbrella. With his fan he directs his servants, and saves talking. Within-doors the graces of the Japanese maiden and the dignity of the wife are enhanced by the fan. To the Japanese actor the fan is indispensable, and he brings down the house by his deftness displayed in opening or shutting it. The Japanese dancing-girl makes the fan a very part ot herself, the most graceful motions being performed by its help. Those very large, highly-colored, gilded or flowered fans, so much admired at fashionable watering-places of late years, at home, are exclusively in use among the Japanese singing-girls, and belong to the dance which, in Japan, consists in posturing, gestures and expression, and not in active motion. These girls, or artietee, are public characters, and a Japanese lady would not, by any means, use one of their gaudy toys. To the juggler the fan is a necessity, many of his cleverest tricks, including that in which he makes a butterfly hover up and down the edge of a sword, being performed with bits of paper and a fan.— Appleton'e Journal.

"Don’t Wake My Mother.”

Among the passengers by the west-ward-bound emigrant train which arrived yesterday was a Mrs. W. 8. Crediford, an aged lady from Albert, Me. Poor, feeble and alone, she left her home to cross the continent on an emigrant train to see her children, residing in this State. Two grown daughters awaited her at San Jose, and her son had gone up the road to meet her. He found her worn out with the fatigues of the protracted journey in a comfortless emigrant car, and very weak. About six o’clock in the evening she reclined her head on her son’s shoulder and fell asleep there. Just after the train left San Leandre a gentleman who had got on the train at that place, noticing something peculiar in the attitude and appearance of the old lady, approached her son and inquired: “ What is the matter with that lady?” “Hush!” said . the young man; “don’t wake my mother.” “No fear,” said the gentleman; “she will never wake up again in this world.” He was right. Quietly leaning on the breast of her son, the poor old lady had yielded to fatigue and peacefully fallen into a slumber, from which she passed into that deeper sleep that knows neither waking nor weariness. The emigrants composed her limbs to rest and brought the body to this city for the bereaved children.— San Francitco Chronicle. The most astonished jury ever seen in Connecticut is one that has been serving, off and on, for three weeks, and now finds that the law creating the Norwich City Court makes no provision for the payment of jurors. —The highest prize in a Chinese lottery is twenty-nine cents, and the man who draws it has his name in the papers and is looked upon as a heap of a fellow.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Indian Cake.—Two cups sour milk two tablespoons good molasses or sugar, one teaspoon soda, a little salt, half cup flour and Indian meal to make a very thin batter. An egg improves it. Bake a nice brown. Oyster Omelet.—Whisk four eggs to a thick froth, then add by degrees one gill of cream; beat them well together; season the eggs with pepper and salt to taste. Have ready one dozen fine oysters; cut them in half; pour the eggs into a pan of hot butter, and drop the oysters over it as equally as possible. Fry a light brown and serve hot Something Better than Short-Cake. —Make nice, light, white gems by mixing flour and milk nearly as soft as for griddle cakes, and bake quickly in hot gem-pans. Break, not cut, them open and lay in a deep platter and pour over strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, or even nice stewed apples, mixed with sugar and a little rich cream, if you have it. Ten times better than any pastry or short-cake, and you get rid of soda or baking powder and shortening.—Laws of Life. To Bake a Beef’s Heart.—Cut it open, remove the ventricles, and let it soak an hou? in lukewarm water to free t from the blood. Wipe dry with a cloth and parboil in a little water for twenty minutes. Make a rich stuffing, fill the heart with it and secure it with a string. Let it bake an hour and a half or two hours, with a half pint of water, in the oven or dripping pan. The gravy will not need any thickening. Serve in a chafing-dish, and with currant or acid jelly. It is wrong to hold up a fainting person, and especially to keep the head erect. Fainting'is caused by a want of blood in the brain, the heart failing to act with sufficient force to send the blood against the laws of gravitation. If, then, you place a person sitting whose heart has nearly ceased to beat, his brain will fail to receive blood; if you» lay him down with the head lower than the heart blood will run into the brain by the mere force of gravity, and, in fainting, in sufficient quantity, generally u to restore consciousness.

A Useful Hint.—Very often a screw hole gets so worn that the screw will not stay in. Where, glue is handy, the regular carpenter makes the hole larger and glues in a large plug, making a nest for an entirely new hole. But this is not always the case and people without tools and in an emergency often have to fix the thing at once. Generally leather is used, but this is so hard that it does not hold well. The best of all things is to cut narrow strips of cork and fill the hole completely. Then force the screw in. This will make as tight a job as if driven into an entirely new hole. The Miller’s Toll.—People who send grain to the mill are often disposed to grumble at the small quantity of flour or meal which they receive after the grinding. That there are many dishonest millers there is no doubt, just as there are a good many dishonest farmers; but probably honest men are often unfairly blamed. Farmers who are careless as to the conditien of their grain are often the most apt to find fault. It is surprising how effectually a little chess or trash will reduce the weight of a bushel of grain. Every one has an easy safeguard against rascally millers at his disposal in weighing the grain before it is ground, and afterward weighing the flour, bran, etc. Allowing say two pounds per bushel for waste, the combined weight of the grist should equal the weight of thegrain. No honest and fairly good-tem-pered miller should object to an occasional double weighing to oblige a customer.— Wooneocket (R. I.j Patriot.

Hollow-Horn.

From this until next May is a good time for cattle to get that fabulous disease called hollow-horn. Exposed to cold rains and winds, with little to eat and no comfortable place to sleep, is enough to give cattle any kind of a disease. But. how our ancestors and our contemporaries ever discovered that there was such a disease as hollow-horn is hard to account for. In our earlier days we have seen the horns bored, and if they were hollow it was pronounced a serious case of hollow-horn; when in fact all horns are or should be hollow on healthy and thrifty animals. It is their natural condition. Cattle may and do have catarrh of the head, but not of the horns. And the owners of some cattle would have catarrh if they had no better fare, day or night, than shivering beside some three-board fence, and never think of calling it hollow-horn. Cattle may have diseases of the horns, but it is seldom. But the best way to cure the disease popularly called hollow-horn is to give the animal plenty of good healthy food and dry and warm quarters, with pure water, and if the medicine is rubbed down with a curry-comb so much the sooner will the patient recover. It is too late a day to talk of the loss of the cud and hollowhorn as diseases. Diseases may cause loss of appetite for the cud, and disease in the head may cause apparent disease in the horns, causing coldness and other symptoms attributed to hollow-horn. There are veins and arteries in the horn, and some diseases of the head or even of the animal may cause congestion in the horns, as well as the limbs. Anything that will cause a morbid action of the blood would tend to coldness of the horns, which has so long been adduced as evidence of hollow-horn. We may in these ideas run contrary to the opinions that hoary error hat inculcated for years, but many of the deluslonrof the past are fading away.— lowa State Register.

Frost-Proof Walls.

I have just finished banking up my house in preparation for winter. It has cost me at least four dollars. It will cost another dollar to rempve it in the spring, to say nothing of the unavoidable litter attending, and all simply because I have not a frost-proof wall under my house. Such a wall is very easily made, thus: In laying up the main wall of stone, at a point below where the frost can reach, a jog outward of four inches is made; upon the inner edge of this jog, brick is

laid up edgewise In mortar, reaching to the floor, securing a dead-air space of two inches in the wall; thus making it proof against frost entering through it. By this simple and not expensive way of building cellar walls or the walls under our houses the annual expense of banking and clearing away and the nuisance of litter necessarily attending the doing of it are avoided.— Cor. Germantown Telegraph.

Presence of Mind.

An English paper says: “ A remarkable example of presence of mind in a railway porter is afforded by an incident which occurred as the down train from Perth to Aberdeen was leaving Guthrie Station. A newsboy who accompanied this train while in the act of stepping into a carriage missed his footing and fell down between the platform and the wheels of the carriages. As the train was by this time in motion any attempt on the part of the boy to get up would have infallibly resulted in his instant death. Nine persons out of ten witnessing this accident would have turned pale and either shrieked out at the top of their voices advice of various kinds, or remained awe-stricken and motionless, abiding the issue. Fortunately, however, one Of the station porters was master of the moment and of the situation, and, rushing forward, lay down on the platform; then, seizing the boy with his hands, held him flat on the ground till all the foot-boards of the train had passed over him and the danger had ceased.”

Inhuman Meanness.

In a certain town in Rhode Island the parents of two children, a boy and a little girl, died, leaving them to the cold charities of the world. A meeting of the local Authorities was held to decide upon action that would relieve the town of the expense of supporting the children. The matter was discussed freely, and at an adjourned meeting, held at a private residence, the children were required to be present’, and this was the way the case was managed: The boy was told to go into an adjoining room, where he would find a man asleep, in a certain described pocket of whose clothing was a five-cent piece, which he was to bring to the committee. The boy obeyed the order. The girl was sent to another room where a woman was sleeping, from whose pocket a piece of money or scrip was to be taken. She also obeyed the instructions given her, and the children were afterward arrested upon a charge' of petty larceny, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the State reformatory school during their minority. Correspondence Providence Journal. An Allegheny (Ta.) eating house keeper was fined a dollar and costs the other day for ringing his dinner-bell too loud. The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills, constructed of crude, coarse and bulky ingredients, are fast being superseded by Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or SugarCoated, Concentrated Root and Herbal Juice, Anti-Bilious Granules—the “ Little Giant” Cathartic or Afultum in Parvo Physic. Modern Chemical Science enables Dr. Pierce to extract from the juices of the most valuable roots and herbs their active medicinal principles, whlch/\when worked into little Pellets or Granules, scarcely larger than mustard seed, render each little Pellet as active and powerful as a large pill, while they are much more palatable and pleasant in effect Dr. Ira A. Thayer, of Baconsburg, Ohio, writes: “I regard your Pellets as the best remedy for the conditions for which you prescribe them of anything I have ever used, so mild and certain In effect, and leaving the bowels in an excellent condition. It seems to me they must take the place of all other ca thartic pills and medicines.” Lyon & Macomber, druggists, Vermillion, D. T., say: “We think they are going to sell like hot cakes as soon as people get acquainted with them, and will spoil the pill trade, as those that have used them like them much better than large pills.”

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FOR NIGHT DRIVING or HUNTING. Can be used on any shaped Dash or on any kind of Vehicle. Gives a powerful light 100 feet ahead. Burns kerosene_perfectly without chimney. Splendid Barn Lantern. Try one. Price DO, C.O.D. Privilege of examination. Also, Improved Stage-Coach Lamps. WRITE MANUF*Ttnt>C COMPANY, Skridgrp.rt. C«m>. Card to the tor th« past few yrxrx ritriou, perron, han rought, by xrtfullj-worded xdrortaeroente, to ImproM upon the public mind that I, Nathaniel 8. Dodge, M. D., wm with them, or IsKxn. way oonneeted with them proteMlouUy: Now tbi, wto doo. without my knowledge or ootuent, ax mt xamb 1. riant.U-r mt TKxnrwAXx; therefore, I hare been forced to make knows in thia public manner the abore facta, and that I hare no partner or agent, and to protect myeelf and I*, public hare been at the expenae of a ateetplato engraring of mrielf, which may be ordered from me (price 25 cental at IM South Haleted St., Chicago, IU. My epeelalty la the treatment of Chronic Waeaaea, and tbooo peculiar to the female MX. The poor receive presoriptleaaa free. Ido not keep open office, and thooe wiehlng to eonsnlt me must do ro pentooally or by letter as My course of lectures to student, will commence on January 6th, 1375, and continue eight weeka. I hereby caution all perrons against using my name In connection with any other percon or persons, professionally, as such persona using my name will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Hhould the public meet any such parties using my name, I trust that they will treat them In the manner that they so luatlydewnre. ' lour obedient servant, NATHANIXL 8. DODGE FOR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS THE RICHMOND PRINTS Have been held In high esteem by those who nee a Calico. They are produced in all the novelties of Changing fashions, and in conservative styles suited to the wants of many persons. Among the latter are the “STANDARD GRAY STYLES,” Proper for the house or street—beautiful in designs and pleasing in coloring. “ Chocolate Standard Styles, ” In great variety, and widely known as most serviceable prints. Nothing better for daily wear. These goods bear tickets as quoted above. Your retailer shouldhave fliern,«tn<i your examination and approval will coincide. TSE « FAMILY FAVORITE.* EASY. SIMPLE. DURABLE. RELIABLE. Made of the best materials, parts interchangeable and few in number, easily learned, doing a great variety of work without extraattachments. We emphatically deny thestatements madebyagenui of other machines concerning our goods and our business standing. mn Sew Machine Co., JJ ISE State St., Chieago, 111. THE PIANO-HARP Cabinet Organ. Pattenled Ibremhw, MT*e A new and beautiful musical instrument—or Im--6rovement upon the Cabinet Organ—being a combinaon of the pianoforte and organ. To a complete FiveOctave Double Reed Organ is added a Piano-Harp, the tones of which are between those of the pianoforte and harp, it has a pianoforte action; is played by the same keys with the organ, and may be used separately or with one or all the stops of the organ. It is not liable to get out of order and does not require tuning. Having thoroughly tested this beautiful improvement, we offer It with great confidence to the public. Price of PIANO-HARP CABINET ORGAN, being a Fivk-Ootavm Dovblx Rxkd Okg am, Six Stops ; with Vox Humana, Automatic Swxll, Kmxx Swmll and Piano-Habp, three and a half octaves; in Elegant Upright Resonant Case, S3OO. Circulars free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 25 Union Square, New York; 154 Tremont St., Boston; 80 & 8» Adams Sfo, Chleago.

TRYING ON THE BOOTS! tTMs Mlow Is In trouble. And no wonder! For the new boots he has bought, without first try in? them on,will not fit He might learn a lesson from the little fellow who sent the following letter tothePnbllsher of the Yonng Folks* News: "Dear Sir— Having heard of the Young Eolkb’Nxws, I send for a specimen copy lalwaysfindit the best way to try on my boots before I buy them. _ Fbbddib B. boon afterward came another .etter, as foliows: "Dear Sir— My little boy has examined the specimen numbers which yon sent him, has tried the boots on, and likes the fit. So please send him the Young Folks’ News for one year. Fbbddu’s Fathbb.” Send a three-cent stamp for a Specimen Copy. Tn/ on the boots first. They are sure to fit Price, only 81.25, and warranted to last for one year, with a handsome Chromo given “ to boot.” The paper for one year, postage paid, and the choice of four Chromos, 81.35. Or the paper, with either Chromo mounted, 81.50; or with too Chromos, mounted, $1.75: or with/our mounted, 82.25. Mounted Chromes are ready for framing. OUBLE BARHRD GUN; warranted real English : barrels, patent breech, a good shooter, with Fhuk, :h and wad-cutter. Sent C. O. D., with privilege to el-

Dr J. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters ar© a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly worn the Dative herbs found on the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountaina of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question la almost daily asked, “What is the cause of th* unparalleled success of Vineqab Bitters?” Our answer Is, that they remove the cause disease, and the patient recovers bis health. They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tome, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr. walker’s Vimboab Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alterar live, and Anti-Bilious. Grate Ail Thousands proclaim . ikmgar Bitters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond Bilious. Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our great river* throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roanoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, througliout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs, is essentially neCosSary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily remove tlifi darkcolored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring th© healthy functions of the digestive organs Fortify the body aguiiipt disease by jrtirifying nil its fluids witfiWiNEOAK Bitters. No epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Pam in the Shouklers, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, tation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. On© bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement.

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