St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 March 1893 — Page 2

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CHAPTER XI. BOMB REFEHEXI IB TO THE PZSC WHICH IT IS necessa tv to undekstano. Colonel Graham was a very weak I ma i, and at best a very angry one, i though it would not do for him to show it. He played sick and he cursed—to himself—the doctor who had turned his mean pretense into a frightful reality. He was in no amiable moo I when Othello came in on tip-toe, and, in re- ! spouse to his master's demand to know i “who was making that noise out there,” ■ made answer: “It's my granny, sah.” “May the devil fly away with the I lack ■ hag! Why he Im u L done so 1 cforn is ' a mystery. What does she want.'” 1 lie Colonel pushed himself higher up on the pillows and g'ar d at the black man, as if rea y to slay him if he did not at ■ once give a satisfactory ans ver to the | question “Sho wants foh to see yeh,” said Othello, his tremulous voice indicating i the fear he felt of his master. “Yes, en I’ze g tto see ye. No use a j tryin’ to keep mo out Es yer sick, j I’ve got yaibs to cure yo; so in 1 c mies t —en 'ow des yeh do, mo lod?" The door was opened and closed wilh a sudden tang, and Dinah stood in the middle of the llcor, bowing in away that to any other man than that silting bolt uprig it on the great “four-poster ’ | bed would have been extremely ludicrous. “I am sick, woman, and want to be alone,” said Colonel Graham, but ev. n Othello noticed that he did not speak with the p« remptory voice t at usually distinguished him. “So ye does.” The old woman turned to her grandson,and enfoveing her command by extending her lean, I la ok arm > in the direction of the door, she continued: “Git out, ’Thello me en jer n as’r wants to be ’lone. Don’t ye go foh to stan’ dar grinnin' v d aer mouf open, but go out. Tell ’im to go odt to > once.” Dinah turned to the be I. and t' e colonel, falling back on his pillows w th a sigh of mingled wrath and pain, said. “Leave me a one for a little while, Othello.” Amazed at his grandmother’s audacity, Othello w mt out, but he did n t go out of hearing. His (uries ty was aroutod, and he made up his m n i to barn, if possible, the secret of the old woman’s power. So far it had been his firm belief that there was not in all the world a being who would dare to oppose the wishes of his fierce mast r. Dinah had not been in town for some days, and though she had heard of the departure of the Wanderer, • h.- as yet <lll not knpw that uuipU Denham 'M-’ left on thT .mee 1 nave offered you gold to leave me alone and to keep your cursed t ngue quiet,” said the colonel. “Now, wh t do you want?” Before replying to this the old woman 1 drew back the bed c. rtam, s > that she j might get a better view of his face, I and then, coming so near that she could look into his cold, glittering gray eve ; . said in a voice that was not a whisper, but which sounded far away and 1 sepulchral: "I want to keep on leadin’ of a bettah life, en I can’t go foh to do it w en yer roun’.” “Leave me alone, and I’ll soon b ■ > away. The col< nd throw a plb w un ler his sho Ider, so that he could rest on his elbow, ami returned the woman's look without flinching. Suddenly, . as if he had decide . n differ ul ta u. s from those he wcu’d pu’sne if lie continued acting in accordance with his feelings, he said: "Sit down, Dinah, an I lot us have a ch. at; let us be friends, as we were in the old tim s. You must ex. u-e m•. but I have been sick in min 1 and body for" some time.” “I’d rather stan' up.” replied I:nah, and she p ace I both hands on the top of her long staff, and, re-ting her chin i thereon, she still watched him. After a pause, she continue 1: "Ye’z sick in min’ > n 1 ody, en no wondah. W’y ye’z alive art, r all de min’ <n body sickness ye’z had yarsel en made cd lers foh to hab is he n o? ’sprisin’ t ing I’ze ever heard on, en I’ze been libbin’ now n gh onto sou-ah s ore en ten ” “Never mind that," interrupted the Colonel, restraining with a terrib e effort his tendency to anger. “Let us talk about yourself and what you have 1 een doing since last I saw you. Let me see, it must! e cne-and-twenty y. ars < ago?” ‘ | “Jos’ dat time. I couldn't fohgit it, i en you couldn’t fohgit it. We was KD in Bermoqda <1 n, en I was th.- sluv of ’ de Gov-nah. Does yer remimber who that Gov-nah war?” The hag cocko i bur head to one side, ; and leaned forward on the st a I Ur an answer. Colonel Graham shot a glance at the ! d>< r mi saw it was close I. Hun he thr w back the curtain still iurther an 1 [ looks I over the room before he said: “The Governor of Bermuda, at that time, w’s my brother. “En dey called ’im Colonel Gra’am, too'?” “You know they did, Dinah.” “Ln if he’d libbed den dat Gov-nah’d been Lo’d Paliton?” “What of it?” “But dat Gov’nah didn’t lib. Ea:e wy? Doan’t you know, sah? “He died,” replied th- Colonel, with another impatient glance about the room. “En w’v did ’e die?” It is so difficult io reproduce with accuracy the strange dialect of this woman, that for the present we shall discontinue it, and give a summary of the facts developed by her shrewd questions and her ready and frequently grotesquely humorousanswers. Twenty-one years before the date ol our story, Colon el-the Right Honorab e Ralph Denham Graham, the eldest 6 on of Lord Paliton of Ayr and Cumber-

land—was the Governor General of the Bermudas. He lived at Hamilton, the capital, I which was located on one of the Bermu- j da group, known as “I ong Island," i though it is mu h less in area than its ■ namesake In New York. Col. Graham was a knightly man. greatly devoted to his wife and only child, a son, at that time aged between five and six years, and named after his father. The climate no agreeing with Lady Denham, she went to England, but at the earnest re uest of her husband she left her little boy with him. Capt. George Graham, a younger and on y brother i f the colonel, lived in his ’ family, and acted as “colon al secretary,” a position which had but little labor connected with it a :d considerable emoluments. As the Go ornor was a nan n good health and on the sunny side of forty, ' there was every reason to believe that he would survive his lather, th n an old man, and fa 1 heir to his titles a id the large estates thereunto belonging. But should the governor die, his littlo I son, Ralph, would, in the natural course । of events, succeed to the rank of Lord Paliton, Earl of Ayr. I But should the governor and his son j die, then < apt. George Graham would iuI herit the titles and estates. . , . - j Many thou^ w >»«* a good thing i that ( apt. George Graham’s chances were so small, for he was a harsh, cruel, j domineering man, who seemed in re- , beliion against his ( roator because ho i was not I orn first. I Capt. George Graham was, however, ’ an accomplished hypocrite, for he suci eroded in making the Governor believe that he was the most devoted brother ! that ever llvt d. Bermuda does not bubble over with excitement even in these days of elec- : tri ity and steam. It is a by-way oIT i the great ocean routes. At this time th ' ofllcers sent there on duty looked on it as a mild sort of exile, and did everything they could to get ord tie I home. ; Yachting > asa s; ort in which ( 01. I Graham d lighted at home, but here ho ' found n it on ■ source o’' amusement on which lie could dm emt to break up the ennui. His brother < eorgc was also son 1 of ya hting, and the sloop in which they took their pleasure was eommam'.e<l, or rather sailed, by a daring, hamLoiro young i ii-lishman of sixteen or sc- enteen named William Kidd Young Kidd was a great fa orite with Capt. Graham. He was a bold, ambitious youth, with a natural aptitude so his ea ling, and a mind far above the average. Having a -quired m> p' ;m iple of right, and being wholly dotleit'ut therein by nature, William r.idd had m> scruples that w. u'd lea I him to r< sist the schemes of the Capta n. 1 hey held tb.eir eonsu .tatioi.s at the : ca’>in of an old n uro woman, the Captain’s slav ■, named Dinah. There it was de ided that Cue next tim ■ the Govt moi went out with 11mm to sa 1 that the beat shouhl ■ a; -i, e. and that the fatli r and his little bo . should be dr wned. This programme was enni" 1 ou'. 'll'. ' Governor < c üb! hnve >axed him>olf hml not his unmitura brotiu r leaped upon him ami held h.m under witer. The ITtle bo, .^-bailor. KHd *"• ” ’ YrTG < ap m m m> non d for h m to do wn the child, the i 1 ;tent spark of humanity in the fellow's breast l ied up. M ith a dan rerous 1 ,!r in ids fierce blue eves and a sav ige ea h on h.s j b ■..rdless li r> . he -ad ' No. sir! \\e ve do .e enough for one ’ day. The youngster's arms ate a ; out my ne-k, and mny I .-ink to the loti >■;> with his fath rifi do not sa e h Ue. You can hide him away. “But it was your bargain," urg l I th > Captain. “Men that I arga n to : ur'b'r -;ot be held to m count if i! ey d n■: 11 • < contract. This boy urns' liv •, a d 1 must know tha he liv s. o', rw.s. I will turn t.ueen’A < vldeneo an 1 t- d th,, truth." r 'pl •' i K i Id. The result c.f this peculiar ! a ga ning, under su h eiivum tan wa< tha‘ the child w i-eerried as’iore and go • u mt , tim cha ge of the ob! m uro w- man, Dinah. Here little 1 alpl, wa r-teduit.i the st »ry of h.s death wa ■ t’rmly believed on the is’an Is and tn ’mglan !. Then the Ga tain -now th' I iuht Honora le George < raham an 1 Wiliia n rid i smuggled The > k.hi to 1 ong Island, in the I‘roxlnee of Ntw York, where lie was disposed of, as has already I een s'ated. The hss of h's son and g;and.-on so prostrated old Lord 1 aliton that he did not long survive them, an i so the Captain achieved the cue great object of his ambition. Soon after this, old Dinah disapp are i, and it was gem r dlr leli-ved that she was drowne 1: l u’, as she was old and not particularly liked, her loss soon ceased to be a math r of specula- , tion. But Lord Paliton was not destined to enjoy his criminally procured future : undisturb d. The young sailor, Kidd, became a j man, and with his increase of years ! there came an increase of ambition and i a decrease of prtn inle, if that were i possible. His old companion in crime was now i a great p rsonage in the world, and, • ; havmg consider aide power at court, nidd was just the man to rise by cling- : ing to his skirts, or, if need be, by plac- । ■ ing h s feet on his patron’s shoul lers. I । Ki Id < lung to him, as the old man of the sea clung to Sinbad. I Aga.n and auain, ( olonel Graham —*o give him the name he had as umed for use at Sag Harbor, had tried to put Kidd ! out o. the way, but he was always I । lolled. । At length Kidd, as a means of se- ' | curity, .•onceab d h s friend—Guy Fre- I j nauld, a young sailor of fortune—where j । ne < ould hear himself ; n I Colonel Gra- , ham diseasing the awful past. Then. .th an ej e t o dramatic etYect, Kidd । I rought I renauld out, and the Colonel i saw he had two opposed to him, and !; giving up the contest, entered into a i compact with the young m n. It was through Col. Graham that - | Kidd got command of the Adventure - ; Galley, and it was partly through his - ! confidence of his friend’s powerful ind : fluence in the event of detection that he - j became a pirate on the high seas, whil • - ; bearing the Lucen’s c immission. ! It is useless further to disguise the f ’ fact that Fox and Kidd were one and - j the same person. t i But there were some grounds for - J change of name in ship and captain.

I Kidd, by an act of unp&r^dleletl ! treachery, had’ murdered a e^ltahT named Fox, and all his otllceis and . crow, ’n the Indian Ocean. Thtn, appropriating the papers and such plunder as was valuable. ;ie caused the ship to i be scuttled, and sailed away to inaugurate a career of crime which, for successful audacity and heartless cruelty, j has not been e pialed in the annals of marine robbery. | j All these facts were not Lroifchtout during the talk between toT?wSraham an i Dinah, but those with ^hich she was better acquainted were elaborated with an attention to detail that placed Graham in a mental treadmill, and proved that age had not dimmed the old woman's memory, while time had made her iegret the part she took in the cruel conspiracy. “ I tell you, it took mo long j^uff time to flu’ dis odder Long Isian’, mt I did it, an’ I’ve sta d liar nigh dat by, never portindin’ nollln’ but u est a-’ ratchin’ En now, I tell ye de time lev come when jo.-tis has got for to be di I.” “Dinah, you are altogether wrong. But as I believe you mean to d> right, I will tell you now that 1 camo hAe to do ju-tico. There Is only one pei/lm who can preventit, and I think sdKjias got too mu< h wisdom and too mus love tor Captain Denham, to balk mo with her i interference," said the Colonel,evidently wearied by the long, agonizing conversation. “En ye mean foh to say “Den of T Koh- bn.-k.r_ ,-E * 1 “I tut nd meeting C New I ork in a few dajL e j him independently rich* “En w y doan’t ye tell ’lA'^gjpw*” “He is not here.” v k “War’s’er gone?" i “To New York." “Won?" “This morning: he sailed with Captain l ox on board the Wanderer." “Wid Cap'n Dcbbel! ye doan’t mean ; foh to go en say to me cz Ralph D< n'm ; hoz gone off wid dut red-head, d inu'd'rer! Did you sea' ’im? Hev ye come toh d 4?" . 4Th ■ hag reached out her "long, black lingers, the nal 3 of whk h were like claws, and gathered herself as if al out to spring < n the nan in the bed, and ren l him in her fury. ' I te Uhe tru‘h, woman!" cried the Cob nel. his auger making him desperate. "Make a disturbance li re, an i I will kill y<>u and throw you out the w ndow. L u hag. you lorget dint you are my runaway s ave, and that I hold yourw irtlde j s life in my hands." He >m ang out of bed an 1 be tan dressing, .'ailing at the same time for Othello, wke enmo in wiih an unusual display of white at out Ids eyes, for he ; Lad L-'en 1 Men ng to the whole c‘»n- I r-ution, end was now in that con liHon w.dch i- !r>'pie itly describe! as j “thundor-stru k." The old woman did not move, did not I manifest any fear; on the contrary, she ’ I o:e horse.l like one who wusemsdouS ! that s o had prowl herself io b» the j mi tie s of the situation.' and wan conti- j dent of her ability to maintain It against j all comers, Ind more rartcularly ' aga 11st the O| ponent now tn the Held. I i 'arm ho.ild come to Ma » Ralph Den’m, -n it so la 1 it so, well soon . kno • it. den dar'U be lots enrols of | trubble to dem e • as b • light al^dla on. j Mark dem words c.. I fl-s- apyke," ■.ill I 1 .11. it’, tim dir'*r| •>. of * the do r. ut st .1 k» .<pin; "T ■ ! hril r.i to • "Wh. ie yo: > homo, where •’ ’Co i spe ik to you without be ng dt tmir^d?” | a- <-d the Colonel, despr rat,.tv, yet plead ngly, “U < : a ye w in!- foh to tin' me ax j any of de bm-kriia at de inn. but doan’t : ye go foh to frah ez we won't meet agin. Ve can’t git ..way, en 1 not know it. Es so b > I was to ax foh yer life, i a'un rd Montauk men ‘el git’ uni *ar low- and lie in de wo ds war ye was ^v. j. . Mins halpl: Den’m ce’ez uot To co a-- !a -k sale < n somE. You ’ears j "Go, Di: nh, go, and 1 will come to I see you." 1 i:e Co|< nel looked as if he were' m gio fa n!, a:: 1 the old womm wen! | y i f the C.l- s of p JCV- ; imtni.i wh ch ;.re e< u tantly rept» t r d ’ < • e I i ■ . \. -ii ;. e to m Ugenc '. Th ' di ca-c. which cw:.>i'is in an in:! muni ti on u the proper subst ;nce | i t the langs. often brought on by ' : ex sure to cold; and it is o ', aw . a; g i ■ as can lb -.en by th • w< hi;, records of mortality i i ’ thiscity, whichsh wvs that it destroys ; mure Hv. > here than any otter dis-j ease. Th ordinary symptoms of it are coughing, pain in the side, for r- ; i- ti<ace ui’ at cd I nathing: and just a- soon as any one is affected by these -ymt toms a doctor should T sent for. while th" > ilferermus* kw; indoors The doetor wi lat on< c or- I I der the path nt to bed, if lu ie not ’ there, and tl.en try to give h m reliel by the a Iministration of those drugs that'have fre approval of experience. A cure can thus be eilevici in a good ’ ; pro] onion of the casesof pnenmdom- I Many of the diseases that prove fatal can be s icces.-fully treaNd. if 1 treated in time. Amc-icans. vuren taken ill. are apt to j ostpone rthe duty of sending for a do tor, fancying that they will so n be well again: they dislike to 1 e ordered to bed and kept away from their Busin ss, they can’t Lear to make a fuss ov 'r their ailm nts: they bate to take medicine; they wutild ratlier not run up doctor's bills. Lives are very often lost because of such foolishness. Innumerable | eople would live throughdis- | eases that prove fatal to them if they ; would act with judgment and pruI donee when first taken ill. Better be pa: ticular about catching a cold at this season of the year, and in all th ■ olh r seasons. If you catch it, Letter try to get rid of it as soon a- you can. Many are the diseases to which it renders people liable.— i lx rvv York Sun. I i^urps on <’oal. Tue pro Suction of bituminous coal in • the I nited States is now double that of anthracite, in 18’32 there were no . ; g e.uon tons of bituminous < oal mined ■ against 52,<H)C,0(:0 tons of anthracite’ : 1 he area of production of soft coal is ■ ten limes greater than the area of pro . 1 duction of hard coal. In the form o f | coke, bituminous coal is constantly Pn r croaeh ng upon the field of anthrakna | produetion. -cue

CATTLE^ AT THE FAIR.' big exhibit of high-grade JERSEYS. Milkers Valued at 915,000 that Produce I ounds of Hutter Annually—halves from Which a Veal Cutlet Would Cost 817,500. Costly Cows. Chlcasro correspondence: Trudging away down in the southeast corner of Jackson Dark, .visitors to the giounds occasionally meet a man in top boots, with milk spattered < n them, and with a milk^ail of p-^ter or less capacity in one hand. There is a su '- gestiveness of the country al out him not in keeping with the World’s Columbian Exposition, Visitors who have drunk Chicago milk down-town can t reconcile the man to the scheme of metropolitan life. It looks like a mistake. It is not, however. Down in cattle house No. 1 are the most famous of America’s Jersey milch cows and every morning the milkman squeezes the udder of a cow valued at sls,ft 0. There are forty-four of these animals

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gathered by the American Jersey Cat- 1 tie Club, of Now York, from twen:y-two States. They are entered in the great dairy competition, by which Is to be determine.! the I o>t gra<b» of dairy COWB. Faller <1 by twos in double rows - J V i Titi; 15. i CO < ow. of stalls eeparated by a passageway twenty feet wide, t -sJ anima s enjoy a uniform temperature «>f to degrees. They are b< LI. I i nee d- q> in ,-trnw, an ! an air of udim ss yrev.i Is quite

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in keeping with animals value 1 nt sls a pound. Among the States represent d in this ' stable are Alabama, s Connecticut, '5; lowa, 3; Illinois, 2: Kentucky, C; ! New York, 7; New Jer'sey, 4; Massa- > chusetts, 3; Nii began, 1; Minnesota, 1; • Ohio, 1; Missouri, 2; W.sconsln, 2: ■ Pennsylvania, 3; Vermont, 1. Alabama । leads with the champion butter-maker ! jof America. This cow is Signal’s Lily Flag, with a record of 1,047 pounds of ■ butter in one year. She is the property i of W. E. Matthews, of Huntsville. Ala., j and she is valued at $15,000. Massachusetts comes nexfln order with Euro- ' tissima, an ex-champion, with a record I of 947 pounds of butter in a year. This animal is owned by D. F. Appleton, of the Waltham Watch Company. Islip Lonx, with a record of 700 pounds, ranks next. She is cwned by Judge Foster, of Minnesota. Little Goldy, belonging to Mr. Matthews, of Huntsville, Ala., has a record of 34 pounds ounces of butter :n one week. Alteration, of the same her I, has a record of 24 pounds and i an ounce for the same periol. Taking the past records of the forty-four cows, their average, per head, is 19 pounds of butter each week. Separated from the cows in little pens are four calves, the oldest but three weeks old, and yet it was chewing hay, ■when your correspondent made his visit, with the gravity of a pine-woods ox. As a general thing kind-hearted people who see these little animals quit eating veal. They are of a beautiful fawn color, slender in limb, and out of their great black eyes is a look of innocence that might well make a butcher falter. However, veal cutlets are seldom made out of these animals. Assistant Superintendent Goodell estimates that an average cutlet from one of these calves—breaded, of cour^, with potatoes on the side—would come to about $17.50. The first of the calves born on the

Exposition grounds Is the property dj Frederick Bronson, president of <llO New York Coaching Club. Chief Bu- I chanan has asked the privilege of nam- 1 ing the little aristocrat, but while he is searching for a title, John, the colored ff “EUKOTISSIMA. ” attendant, has dubbed her “Baby Bronson." John watches over the baby in her crated b>x as solicitously as a nurse would w itch a princess, and he declares his Ward has as muc h sense as most babies.

The whole her.l of Jerseys is in charge of V. E. Fuller, Super nten lent for the American Jersey < attic Club, which makes the exhibit. They were selected from 3 ’.O to standard-bred cows. The roster of the exhibitors includes the ' thr.-c Vanderbilts, John D. Rockefeller, ITI eodore A. Havcmevcr, C. I. Hood, j 11. M. Flagler, all New York n.illionI aires; John Boyd, of Chicago; Ayer i and McKinney, "f Philadelphia; an I J. iJ. Richardson, of lowa. It is said the । club membership rej resents more ■ wealth than any other organization in the country. With such wealth to back the manaaej ment the cows are treated like royal beings. They are bedded as luxuriously as can t e with straw, the flours are s.-rubbodUaily with a solut on of lime and water, the drains a~o purified with dilute sulpliuric acid, and their diet is ns hygienic as if they were patients in i a hospital. Milk from the Jerseys is sold to people who call for it. and Hie demand is much arca er than the supply. “There ! arc no! les» than ten babies," said As- - stmt Super nto: dent Goo,'ell, “whose 1V 'S depend Oil these COWS. Physi- ! cians had given them up to die, pre- I ser.bing as a lot resort the milk of : th se rsey.s. Yuu cau imagine .with what eagerness the parents of these ! children applied lor the privilege of ! purchasmg. In nearly every case the \ babes improved from the first.” A shipment of Guernsey cows was re- 1 , co u-d the o her day and the animals i installed in shed 2. There are twelve 1 of these cows from the States of Massa -hu^etts and Coune'ticut, but keepers in charge are under Instructions not tn give out information. The shipment is th- first s. nt out by the American

' Guernsey Cattie Club, with headquarters at Farmington, Conn. Other shipments are expected in a few days. Currencies Condensed. The Missouri Senate killed the antipool selling bill. The Ann Arbor railway strike is prae- I tiealiy ended. The free ^old id the United States j Treasury now amounts to over $5,0C0,000. George Winn, a vagrant negro, was sold under the Missouri vagrancy law

I ______ ' MW “BABY BRONSON.” at Fayette, Mo., to Charles McCampbell, of Glen Eq’en Springs, for S2O. The Whisky Trust passed its dividend. It is said none will be declared for a year. Warden Brown, of Sing Sing prison, has tendered his resignation, which ■ will be accepted.

An Officer’s Battle He Might Have Lost but tot Assistance Office? Eugene Christine Os Philadelphia. “I was troubled the worst way with dyspepsia. Why, I could not eat anything at breakfast without distress, and when I did manage to eat a little it would all come up again. I bitten « ver vO»in K I beard of to tnd relief but at 1111 Buuereo. ai last 1 was toll Just now Hood’s parilla Cures I felt and what Hood's Sarsaparilla would do for me by an advertisement in a paper. I decided to try the medicine, and realized al’ the benefit promised. It was what Hood's Sarsaparilla actually did for me that convinced me of its merit.” Offices Eugene Chsistixe, Tacony Station-House, Philadelphia. HOOD’S PILDS cure Nausea. Sick Headache, Indigestion. Biliousness. Sold by all druggists ON C KIVJOY® Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts । gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever proj duced, pleasing to the taste and acl ceptable to the stomach, prompt in , its action and truly beneficial in its । efleets, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it ■ to all and have made it the most 1 popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and SI bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any i substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.Y. ^WEBSTER'S f F INTERNA TION\L | § DICTIONARY^

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