The Straits Times, 19 August 1897

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    12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED, 1831. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1897. NO. 19,306.
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      892 1 f|«t 80BMIOCOMPAMT.L1M11S1> -uiicard Ut* As>nnul<M. S.fwwh C»io« Fin Inaomne* Society i^inM Comjmnj (Vir.) *;Tgo«*Osi Ut* Assunuio. Bod-ty. iv-Oossa >!•"»* !■•■»■■<* Company. oka. M»t^ *—> N«i»ation Vomfmf. MsiWim' Imnnme* CoaapMy. limited. uJar. of th«M ConiuiM, m tho I J, jaUSZmml of THK BOKNKO <OM- Mi AgMU. sIKAMSufr COMPANIES,' OrriCK, COU.TEB tJI'AY,
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      1256 1 i^BUCHANAN WHISKY I Q r- DCT O T BOLK IMPORTER* h-.,.......! ***** I w I rIL D C- O I katz bros, SOLD BY ALL LICENSED BPIRIT DE.VLERB. LIMITED Same as si:ppliki> to the HoriEß or Lorob and Commons and to all good London Cli-bh. 81/ 1- 2 SMOKE "HELIOS"
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      709 1 ixsnuxcKs r pil I BTEAITt lIfBV BA SCf 1 COMPANY. LIMITED. ESTA RUSH ED I*B3. Head (iKKirt, Sincatokk. iHi.itnl Fully Subscribed «B,UX),(iOO Capital Pnid-up iM),i«i Reserve Fund? 168, L'«> Balance of Working A. -count to SHst December, 1806 584.WC, Cash Assets at Slat December, 1896 1 ,5W4,.1 1 A. 8.
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      302 1 LXSURANCES, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED. Capital Subscribed )2,m»io Amount paid up MiO,noO. BaMTvafund I.2UO.UUU. OrriCK, llosoiosj. The unaersigced, having bevn appointed Agettta of the above 'ompany, are prepared to iccept Marine Risks at current rates. A Bon .is is annually paid to VI contributors of bu in.' ivhethur shareholders or
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      221 1 NOTICES. CAUTION TO SHIPOWNERS ANT CAPIAINB. KAHI.IKNS A.NTI-FOIiLINO COMPOSITION. Other makes than oar original manuiac j lares are now sold. I The genuine and only Composition with which Mr Rahtjih himself hasanyconnec I tion I* Hakvmikn's Hahtjens, and pack I age* are marked nitb these words, and the trade mark—
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      827 1 DIARRHEA t'UR£U AND TWO LIVES SAVED. T OVEVILLE, St. Mary 1 Co., Md.-Latt Xj week, 1 received an order by mail for four bottle* of ChambcrlaiD's Colic, Cholera and Dlarrhom Remedy. I packed the medicine and sent it. I received a letter to-day, saying tliat It had saved the lives
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    COMMERCIAL.
    520 2 MNUAI-OKC. U'l h Ar-.VST, 1097. I'KODUt'i:. (Hatet are corrected to ont p.m.) (tambiei 6.76. Copra Bali 8.70 do l'ontianak, fi.lo. I'epiwr, Hack IROO. do White, (0%) 30.50. Sa«o Fiour Sarawak, 3.0). do Brunei, 2.3.V I.- .rl Kago a 3.40. Coffee, Bali, picked MM. Coffeo Palembang, picked 3H.UO. 1 offee,
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    SHAIKH WANTED.
    34 2 Municipal Debentures 6%. I'o Do. e%. Tanjnni; Psjnv Honda. RewFrye liiver Dock Co. Straits Ice Co. Maynard Co. Raul.s, Contributory. FOR SALE. I'engeran? Planting Shares. SOMKKVIU.E A OUNN, Exhange 4 Share Brokers.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    94 2 Pur 1'rr tlr. Time. To-Morkow. SouniUiyn via ports H. I'nh (luan, 1 p.m. lUteeca Kluiig ttatm-itr, '< p.m. liitu Palmt Ahuj Ann, 2pm Oi'li (iamimfdt, 2 p.m. ilVong <t Shanghai lltinrich, 2 p.m. moy via ports fakthan, 4 p.m. |i.in({kok Oorgen, 4 p.m. BoiinbkJI via port9 Lnertts, 4
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    94 2 I-kom KruoiK:-Hy the M. M.s.a. Yarra. ■111.' on the 2i\\\ instant. Fkom China —By the German steamer Buwm, due on Bandar. •II .sni|;:i|i,irp I>iii- 111 l.nmlc JußSttUl M. If. July i.'lr.l July 7lh I' A O. Aug4tli July lath M. M. Aug7th July ilst J". A O.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    293 2 AKRIVALM. IVi s, ><!///,/,.. from Klang via ports:— Messrs. MoSstL Baldwin, Hicks, Zacharias, Holmes, and .Mr. and Mrs. do Vicq. P.-r-.-. Sumaha from Belaw.in:- Messrs. O. de Tan, Lekefaseh, Klein, Van Kraft, Cottar, Kluit, Mr. and Mrs. Humbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Oldtngs. I'er (termini s t, Prim
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    THURSDAY, 19TH AUGUST. 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    46 2 INDIA. M<>KE FRONTIER TBOUBLKB. London, \9th August. Tlie Afrili tribesmen are marching upon Jamrud on the. N'.rth-Wcst frontier through the Khyber pass. The Orakzai tribesmen are advancing into the Kurrain Valley. The whole of the Xorth-West frontier is practically afl.uno.
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    PRESIDENT FAURE.
    30 2 DEPAKTI'RE KOR HI9SIA M. Fuure haestartedforSt. Petersburg. A canister filled with nails exploded harmlessly at Paris in tho Boulevard Dcriniii, a few minutes after President Faun- had passed.
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    TURKEY.
    30 2 FATAL EXPLOSION An explosion has occurred in the lower portion of the Granl Vizier's lepartmenUl ofKoes at Constantinople. The casualties from the explosion were one killed and several wounded.
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    THE CRISIS.
    541 2 Thk actuality of the present financial crisis prompted the Committee of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce to meet to-day to discuss the wide and vague question of "what is to be done." The meeting held at the Exchange at noon to-day was fully attended, and had the additional
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    245 2 Troubles have thickened on the north-west frontier of India, ever since the tribesmen in the Swat Valley attacked the British outpost at the Malakand I'ass. A fanatical priest set the tribesmen up, ami the movement MM sprea 1 to the neighbouring I'eshawur Valley, near the eastern end of the Khyber
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    13 2 The Police are looking for an owner for a handsome white Persian cat.
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    15 2 Th« dead body of a Chinese pauper waa found near the Boustead Institute last night.
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    20 2 An English export hardware firm advertise* for an agency af Rangoon to collect indents for han Iware and general g'JO<l»'
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    24 2 Tub s.s. Stentor wa» put up by auction t'lie afternoon at Messrs. Powell Co., and was b. mght l>y Mr H Latham for $24,500.
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    20 2 Mk. Wkk Theam Tkw, a Bingappn Chin.iniaii, who basiwooaeafaUy studied iaw in Knfrlnnd arrived this morning by the German mail.
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    21 2 Thb Malay and Dyak Jubilee Police contingents will be inspected by the Governor, at Government Hotue, at half-past four, this afternoon.
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    25 2 The railway extension from Kuala Lumpur to Kajang was formally opened on the 13th instant. The distance between the two places is about fifteen miles.
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    22 2 Two Chinese towkays, at Ipoh, have presented to the hospital there the sum of £60, t0 providea Rontgenraysapparatus as a Jubilee offering.
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    24 2 A mektino of the members of the Church Work Association will be held at Government House, on Wednesday, A imst 25th, at 12 o'clock.
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    34 2 At Rangoon, on the 7th instant, the advance in the price of rice in the Straita Settlements had, so far as shippers to the latter are concerned, been nullified by the fall in exchange.
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    31 2 This afternoon, the Government in reply to Mr. JosMrWsM, promised a Commission to inquire into the points r.used at the Marine Inquiry concerning the loss of the s.s. »Vri Hong Ann.
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    PRYE RIVER DOCK.
    43 2 Tm report and accounts of the New I'rye River Dock Co., lA., were adopted and passed at a meeting held at Penang on Friday last, and a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 4',{ per annum was declared.
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    WHAT COMPANY?
    59 2 A CORREBPONUKNT tells tilt- I'intlnq Gazette that it is not generally known that a company, sailing vessels out of Singapore, force their Masters to make ><ooa any damages they may cause, at least a good half, or resign. In two cases lately, the Masters have had to pay
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    STEAM COMMUNICATION.
    53 2 At Penan<;, attention has been drawn to the imperfpct and irregular communication by sea, exintina at present between tin- three Settlements. The remedy proposed is that the Uov-mii inent should subsidise a line of steamer to run continnnlly for postal puipoees between Singapore and Penang, with Malacca as
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    THE MURDER IS SIRANGOON ROAD.
    72 2 An inquest was held yesterday on the body of the Javanese who is alleged to have been murdered by another Javanese, named Sahud, 'i» a garden oil Sirangoon Hoad. A verdict of wilful murder against Sahud was returned. The woman, who Was formerly wife of
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    THE PROJECTOSCOPE.
    131 2 It is advertised that, on Saturday evening, Edison's Projectoscope will open in a tent at the foot of Fort Canning. The great fight between Corbett and Kit zsimmons will be shown and the public of .Singapore will also have .111 opportunity of witnessing the Jubilee procession. The invention
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    THE NEW BARRACKS AT BLANANG MATI. BLAKAN'G MATI.
    418 2 THE NEW BARRACKS AT BLANANG MATI. BLAKAN'G MATI. (From a Correspondent b seems but yesterday, thai Singapore was seething with agitat ioa n the subject of the Military contribution, and it will be mmabtrad that the' <iue$tiou of now barracks for the troops at Blakang Mati was Icing ami keenly
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    GOLD OR SILVER
    1124 2 THE COMMISSION FOIR TlAfc A Qo Ix 1893, the (iovernment of th Colony upi>ointed a CommiB»i un inquire into the currency Question TU members consisted of Messrs v Maxwell, H. Trotter, T. Shelford W Kdelmann, M. Meyer, K. K Is.-i,,,,,' J. I{. Outhbertson, W. H. 0. Van
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    265 2 TO THK KrilTOK OK TIIK STIIAITS 1l>lt:S Bu, The question whether oui cm rency should be baaed on a silver 01 gold basis Mfroased public attentiui lour years ago, and the Governor of tl| '■ay, Sir Cecil Smith, appointed Commission to inquire into the w The Commieitoa could not n.-
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      544 2 NOTICES, NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. j Manufacturers of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS EXPORTERS OF: All nuns or SAPETY FUZE AJID ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. 111 l ABOVI KIPLOSIVBS, BBIMO ALL AJICfACTCBBU IW GBBAT BRITAIN, ABK MAIiB TO riSS THB HIUH STANIIABII OP FUBITY AJID SATBTY TBSTS IMPOSBD BY
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      890 2 NOTICI-X TOWN HALL. MONDAY, AT'G. 23™, 1897. GRAND nl'l MN<; XIOHT. POLLARIVB LILLIPUTIAN OPERA OOMPANY. IN 1 GILBERT A 61'I.I.IVAXS (JREATEST RUCCES?: THE MIKAIH). TfISDAV, AiuLMtl, Th. Mikado. WamraSMT, ifi'" I.a Mascotte. TIIIRSIMY, iOtll, I and > Boccaccio. Frii>\v, 27th, Satirijay, 28th, Dorothy. Plan now open at W. RoßiMsos 4
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      901 2 LATEST A4)VKHTISEMKNTS. FITZSIII M( >NS v. (ORBhIT. THE JUBILEE PROCESSION. I.IKKLIKE REPUESEXTATIONS. The most wonderful scientific apparatus in the world is now in .Singapore. AT THK FOOT Off KOKT CAXXIXO. BDI3ON*S PRO.) XC rOSOOPE. 3 ExiIIHITION- XIUHTLY: 6.a0, 8.:», 0.30. Commencing Saturday, 2\st August, 1897Pricks of Admission Front Skats Jl,
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    BY GERMAN MAIL.
    3354 3 111K KIMM) IN CHITKAL. :>.. Political (Mem at j-.it* that practically all :,.,w joined in the late „,..k-..,, M«lak.-ii,.L K.t.il, I ip names of tin nearwali Mid am Dii 700killad Altogether ■rounded arc eorapated 1,000 Siitiiii.-avy meet lisheartsned the tribee- probability there will lie ure actual rarittajMa.
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    2345 3 From the Time* of Crylon." I-osdoi,7Ui August. A Greek circular to the Powers propones a new loan for the payment of th' indemnity to Turkey, to t>o «nfe-cu trdixl l-y a Commission appointed by the va iouf finineial hou-en. that .illeviatine the asesassty of an intenritionil coilr
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    A THREATENED STRIKE.
    58 3 RiMoiß at Penang alleges that the marine engineers have sent in an ultimatum to dillV-rrnt shipownors, that if their salaries are not increased to the following rates Cliief $220, 2nd Sl5O, and :trd SlOO, on the Ist of September, a general -tr will talc-- pjnos in Hoßf
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    NEW BORNEO COMPANY.
    84 3 Thk Borneo Tobacco Estates, Limited, w is registered on July v. by E. Flux and Leadbittcr, 144, l.'ea lenhall-.-trept, E.C., with a capital of X:tO,(HiO in £1 shares. Object, lo acquire the undertakiag of the Born.-o Tobacco Estates Syndicate, to adopt an :iereenient with K A. Wclion,
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    HAT-SNATCHING.
    110 3 Hat-snatchinu is very prev.ii.-nl juel now, as it always teems to be during the "sembayang bantu." The Police in i ualatl i»o of these .tenders yeater* lay in Beach Ko^d. The hat-«natehers usually work in gaagS of three Onn -nal. lies the liat and passes it to a teoond,
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    PENANG.
    112 3 THE JKITV SIIKHS At the meet inp of the l'cnans Municipality, on the lath instant, the question of the storage of goo.io at the Jetty -Sheds was discussed. The President said that action was imperatively necessary He knew a rcei nt case in which a Ban had had only
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    LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    106 3 YESTERDAYS RKSUI-TS. CHAMITOXSHII'. Mrs. Stokes v. Mrs. Adams (postponed). cauanowMD* pajbs. Hfrs. BaJcmana and Oapt Panooa beat Mr. and Mrs. Ken. 0-1. (i-:i. Mi- M ttogie a.i i Surg -Col. Stokes o*a< Mrs. Kynncrslcy and Mr. l.ovell. lil. Hi. B. MIXED DOinl-ES I'lhlll. Mrs. Hooper and
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    S. V. A. OIL'S ORDERS.
    142 3 1 1 v I yiAHi;:K M 1 Id Mnomport, \Wh Auyurt, 18S>7. I, Orderly (Mfewf f'jr Hi ensuing week Li. lit. (i. A! beriick. Orderly Sergeant lor tli.' .•inning DWk: tafft H. A. E. Thom-on. •J. The following gentlaOMD having been duly •leotod nn pn-t.-
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      72 3 UOVAL hah: i)i:i>>lN<; SALOON, R Ml 1.1- li V I Ml; U HADATIKB beat to notif) Uii 1 Hid the 1 h. ol Ih* srrlfal 11 ir-c] ■1- 11. .in V 1 H mi 1- HI IV I c il-.-111-ed 1. a. .-ml ll.iil on. 1 h.ic nre mm il
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      543 3 FORBALK; KMI'Y-OYMENTS: TO LET: AND PKRSONALS. [In TIME, 16 cent* a line; 2nd and Brd times, 10 cent* a line 4th to 6th timea, r-enU n line; 7tli to 18th times, 3 centa a line; afterward*, 2 cants n line;l>ut no charge Iran tlikn one dollar. Thua, a threelinr advertimment.
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      284 3 WTKATHIR BIPOBT. ITiwrfeiti Ewsasi ffetaftal, i-(/i Ays, Ms*. 9«.m.8p.m.0p.in. BBMABSS. Brir. s».mi MJMi.sAait Fcrap. HIS B4jO 800 *J VV. BMbTher 780 7!io 77(1 >.c liir.ofWind B.E. s.s.E. 5.1".. -HJ Max. Tamp. Wi \ln... 756 ftfaz. la BonjloOO fz I'rrr. rad. 6«a fe's Iti.infall Nil. I v/KATHKR TKLK6KAJI. (K. F.A.XC. Nfraph
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      130 4 Underthisbeading the following abbrevia tions are used :—str -st*amer ;sh ship bq.-barque: EHt.-British; V. 8. United States; Fr. French; Ger.—6erman; Dut.--Dutch; Joh.-Johore; Ac, O.c, General cargo d.p.-deck passengers; U^7 U"cci;" tain T. P. W.-Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.-Tan;ong Pagar Dock B W. Borneo Wharf; J. W.-Jardine's
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      TRADING VESSELS
      1641 4 arrivals smci Noon of Yestrrimy Bengloe, Brit. str. 1,983 tons, Capt Thorn son 19th Aug. From Antwerp, 13th Jul>. Gc' and 6 d.p. P.Simons and Co. Fop Hongkong, 20th—W. Ganymede, Brit. str. 136 tons Cspt Russell IBth Aug. From Penang, 16th Aug. G.c. \V Man»fi>'d and Co. For
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      437 4 Same, port, probable date of arriinl, n name ol agent: Bhundara, Calculta, Aug 23; BoiiKi.ad. Bayern, Hongkong, Aug 22 j Behn Meyer. Bt-ularig. H'kong, Aug 24 P. Hinibiir. C. Apcar, Calcutta, Aug 26 8. 4 MosM. Ceres, Hamburg, Sept 0 Rautenlxi Cylun. Hoofkong, Sept 11 P. O. Chelydra,
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    CLEARANCES.
    142 4 Datk. Vkssil'i Nahi Flao&Kiq Captain Dutinatioii Aug 18 Ainara Brit str. Kent Samaian K and Souralmwi in l.oo.hana Mr. Hardaaatle Mailriw via portIfl Au-tmlin-l Htr. Mills Krriiiaiitlc via i> o rt, 18 CheangChew gtr. Webb !V ri an K 13 I.oiiKslnps »tr. Mi 11,.,'. sli B n K li
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    ARRIVALS.
    207 4 i KSSKL's XaMK. A To.NB CAITAIN FttOM MAILED CoNBIONKiS Kiu. 1* Astral Brit str. 1471 Major I. K.'iiiilnn \un 1«T. C. Boganrdt 18 Aurora str. IMWi flrven Calcutta Aug 88yme and Co. i» LochTay -t' 1 *»l- r > Young Cardiff .Inly la I- EUu str. MO Bator Saigon
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      1138 4 NOTICES, EABTKHN MORTGAGE AH> AGKNUY COMPANY, LIMITED. Aothnri*pd Capital f\«ir,,nOO Bui- nl-l bUO.-.'SO Ad»anr<-« mod* upon MorUage of Kreebold« Stork*. Sh-iir«, and other approved lecuritn-K «t.it". Municipal, and other Publi' Loan* nagotiMod aud issued upon ihe U»<ni H irt* PATEIvSUN, aWMOICfI 4 Co. At-nts tJl.MiAl'UltE BPOBTHq OLUB. The Auiiimn Rr.c
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      355 4 NOTICES. I For Constipation I and BiliouMneasl A >ic< ad rtwij Im l.di.. ..J cUUtn v I Xl fntlr but ptOKCllr upon <>• lit", lloaackud inl.llin.i Fruit JulUm cur., h.b.i0.l ci otlip.lioo. ofi.ntivt brtath tod •ick-h»ijt.h«. JOLIEW, m« V»Tt>nn>. PAWS R.oowotJ Phniciani prncritw Gnauali't Mnico H th« moll «.n»r «nJ
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