Straits Echo, 25 April 1906

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE EAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL 4. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 25th APRIL 1006. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 92.
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      1360 1 HARDENS IN A hh\V HOURS Passed municipal iksis. r. **r 2° »P <%> s <m+y& H.IDM3aiS aUSM. HDIH SUITABLE FOR Al l. PURPOSES BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY «OVAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Paid-up-Capital Reserve Fund—s 10.000.000 Capital Paul up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability
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      14 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANG LEE Co., ms Or; r* 1 50 SOLE AOEMTS. BASS’S ALE
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    The Tomato.
    1124 2 '1 lie re is ho doubt that tic tomato is! increasing in public favour every you. We l find it grown on a «calc so large now that one wouders where the demand comes from. In America the tomato is one ol ti e industries1, both as a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      72 2 What Chamberlain’s Pain Balm Will Do For the alleviation oi' pain Chamber!,n\. Pain Balm has no equal Son in ss of the Oiuscius, sv\( liiuys ami lameness are quickly relieved by applying it. One application will promptly quieL a j ain in the side or chest, and nothing will tempi.a*
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      470 2 NOTICE. ON and after this date, all small advertisements intended for insertion in the Straits Echo must be paid for in advance. LIM SENG HOOI, 25th July 1905 Managing Director. NOTICE S herebv giveu that from this ate Mr. I.iin Cheat! Kent lias ceased to sic»» our firm and that
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      2051 2 r U'l f. V K LI bte > Half the wear of clothe* washed with Impure soaps is duo to the rubbing: and beating neeaed to remove the dirt. Sunlight Soap does the washing itself, being a pure soap, nothing but soap. ?t dissolves ail impurities, and when the clothes
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      32 3 Canton, Br. s g., 105, Meiican, 25th Apr, Teluk Anson, 24th Apr., Geu., Ah Hing. G. Apcar, Br. s.s., 2,941, Olifent, 25th Apr., Calcutta, 19th Apr., Gen., —A. A. A. &Co.
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      DEPARTURES
      51 3 25th April. Mary Aunt in, for Port Sweftenham. Outnpere, for Tong kali, Kopalr, Keiioug, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavov. Tong C/tay Un, For Batu Bahr.t and Asaliau. G Ajwar. for Singapore and Hongkoug. Fitzpatrick, for Rangoon. Fly ng Dragon, for Port Weld and Taipiug. Langkat, for Paugkor and Teluk
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    EXPECTED.
    52 3 Vetxei x r i Vnm Aijenth Due Andalusia 1 Hamburg B.M.&Co. 27th Apr Ben «Ice |Sius>apore SB &Co. 30th Hellas Hamburg B.M.&Co. 7th May. Beuloinoud Loudon S. B.&Co. 7th Ambria Hamburg B.M &Co. 18tl. Beuavon Loudon S B.&Co. I9tii When iilia Hambu rg B.M ACo. 24th Beaartv London 8.
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    SAILINGS.
    58 3 1 etna/* For .4 •iru In Leaves Andalusia Siugapoie B.M ACo. 27th Apr Beiiijloe London 8. BA Co. 30 th Hellas Singapore B.M.ACo. 7t,h May Beuloiiioutl Singapore S B ACo. 7th Atnlrria Singapore B M ACo. 18th Benavon Siugap >re S B ACo. 19th Rliena nia Singapore B M
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    75 3 For Deli— 1 vagyee, to- aQ< Kdie, T. Beinayve ro .inor ro w, 2 p.m. China and Japan—Per Dongola to-morrow, 4 p.m. Pangkalau Brandan—Per Petrel, tomorrow, 4 p.m. port, Swetteuham and Malacca—Per Cornelia 27th instant, 1 pm. Port Swetteuliam and Malacca—Per Perak. 27th instant, 1 p.m Asaliau— Per
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      1121 3 (S HIPPIN G.) <V s. N. Co. Lisped ed Anirnh ond Departure*. Mail Service. Outwards April 26 s.«. Dongola connecting with 8.8. China May I*l x.B. Oceana 24 s.s. Arcadia J aue 7 h.h DtU i do do do H.B. Moldavia 8.8. Mongolia 8 8. Britannia Homewards. TAKES BY MAIL
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      177 3 NOTICE!. A vagyee will l>e dry docked«ou 1 her return from Deli on the 20th inst., am] will resume her run on Thursday, the 26th iust. KOE GUAN Coy., 18 4 06 242 Owner». For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. f|THE <Henfalloch will leave for the JL. alx*ve ports, ou
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    The Straits Echo.
    122 4 j«<ic9 -nUalt®* everybody and justice alone.- 2m who... Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.» AT TUB CRITERION PRESS, No. 22<> —232. Beach .Street, T’RTCE DAILY LOO AI, l*-i per annum OUTSTATIONS I'ostaire Kxrra. MAIL EDITION (Post Kioe> tli OAKI.K AIMUIKSS; Echo—Penanj*.” Teleplioue N«». |HH Editor-iu-Ghief
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  • Current Topics.
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      Rowdyism.
      127 4 Rowdyism appeals to la* on the increase in Penang and we are told that the police would bo able to make some nice little hauls now and again if a little more attention were paid to the neighbourhoods in which our theatres are kept. We are informed that there
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      Is It An Earthquake?
      144 4 One of our Berlin wires ibis morning reports the breaking of both the New Zealand and Australian cables. hfortuuateiy the telegram is rather vague, as there are several cables connecting An»irdi& and New Zealand, so we are at a ioss to know ex icily where the
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      A Wink.
      168 4 I hat portion of Carnarvon Street between Chulia and Campbell Streets is in a shocking state and a journey down it in a rikisha is anything but pleasant. As this is a very busy thoroughfare and contains a market, the Municipaiitv might well turn their attention to it
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      The Silly Season.
      1085 4 The silly season seems to have arrived before its time this year, if we may judge by the British «v e* j press. 1 rue, we have not vet struck that hardy annual, the bitr gooseberry, nor have we l»eeii treated to the latest sight of the
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    The Assizes.
    285 4 Km 8. I Thornton, p„; Jvilye.) Penang Roap Murder Directly the Rope Walk murder c.sh over yesterday afle.uoou, Pakir, and (L** den wer,' amused on tour clla murder. 'Wore• 0..-.. ~leaB «e-e Ukeu fcj ever, Mr. Wnglil N. irou. euuurel I, r T accused, raised an iJ.K-liou lo
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    As Others See Us.
    681 4 I he Jury Question. Thus the Ve ok Pioneer Several of mi. Straits contemporaries have taken up the woes of the Peuang special jurors who have likewise our ny m pathv iu then i.ihulation in rendering valuable public s. 1 by a j f ij np
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      190 4 1-15 i -K. t J M» LIGHT! Highest Award, Philadelphia, 1899. Gold Medal, Paris, 1900. Diploma Glassgow, loOl. Medal of 3lerit, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 19o2. mi V. t Most Brilliant Eight in Existence. X nr i. Used in all principal thoroughfares throughout the World ri a V KH SON PRESSURE
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      San Francisco.
      86 5 THK DOCKS TiIKKATKNKD. Japanese Sympathy. (Supplied by It»'u If London, 24iii April —There i* a lenewed ~u t b’«*ak of tiro at Situ KiaucKco and the dorks are tine ilened. Rain isdeidetiiug the jjn.s, but is terribly increasing the misery of tl>«* thousands wlm are sleeping in the
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      Tibet.
      81 5 The New Treaty. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 84th Api il.— Reuter’s Shanghai correspondent wires that the Anglo-Tilietau Treaty has l**eu aigue 1 at Pekin; and provides for the recognition of a Chinese protectorate over Tibet, Britain undertakes not to interfere iuteruallv in Tibetan affairs, uuless other Powers do so.
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      Germany.
      73 5 The Triple Alliance Thj Ostasiatischer Lloyd s Service Berlin, 25th April.—Prince von Bulow has received Count Tschirsky, who will immediately report to Hoir.burg. Ihe Italian Government is avoiding discussion on the subject of the Triple Alliance with Berlin aud is working to regain the sympathy of the German Government.
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      France.
      80 5 The Morocco Conference. (The Ostasiatischer Lloyd V Service.) Berlin, 25tb April. —The Freucli Government is preparing a Yellowbook ou the Morocco Conference. The Miners’ Riots. (Supplied by Renter.) Lou ion, 24*Ii April.—Numerous arrests are now beiug made in the Leas district, in France. The rioters seem to have been
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      South Africa.
      29 5 The Natal Rising (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudou, 24th April.—The Transvaal has made au offer to Natal to furnish, equip aud maintain a force of five hundiel volunteers.
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      Belgium.
      37 5 Training-ship Capsizes (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudou, 24*h April —The Belgian Government training-ship Denayer, with a ciew of fifty-four, iuclu ling thirty cadets, iias '•>U)si/.rtd iu a gale iu the Bvy of Lisciy. < Lily «twenty-six were saved.
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      The Colonies.
      25 5 Cables Interrupted (The Ostasiatischer L'oyiVe Service Berlin, 25th April.—lt in reported that I Kit h the New Z«ilaud ami Australim cables are bnuljpu-
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      Russia.
      41 5 The New Parliament (The Oetasiatischer L oyd's" Seunce.) Berlin, 25th April.—The Tsar will personally open the Dunn and linperia °i u cil ou 10th May. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 24th April.—Abyssinia lias beeu grauted a vote iu the Postal Congie#s.
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    Mecca.
    132 5 Distressed Pilgrims. It is stated that there is g.eal distress among tin* Mecca pilgimis this vear. Dr. I Suleim iu Bay Hanrada, delegate of the (Quarantine Board in tire Hedjaz, has telegraphed that great poverty exists among a large number of the pilgrims, especially the 20,000 Indians, 11,00*1 Javanese
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    Pahang.
    205 5 A Peculiar Conspiracy. The peculiar antipathy of Pahang Malays j towards Chinese is illustrated by the subI joined report of a case recently disposed of j bv the Chief Judicial Commissioner. Two Temerloh Malays, named, respectively, Awaug Ngali and To’ Muda Audak, and a Malay woman uaimul Saerah, were
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    Prophecy Fulfilled.
    462 5 A special, to tin* Chicago Tribune from New York, written several weeks ago, says that Prophet Spauglar, whose predictions are taken seriously by the Ghetto lesideuts. warns the world of inauv diie calamities in 1906, including Dissolution of Russia Overthrow of Turkey. Assassination of the i’sar. Prevention of
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    Kelantan News.
    1278 5 Kelautan, 17tli Marcia. The Adviser. Mr WA. Graham, arrived here, some two months since, from leave, and one would have thought that the petis j question was dead aud buried. Currency Grievances The finances of the State are still, however, in >* great disorder, though nominally controlled bv
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    Siam.
    100 5 M r Rivett-Carnao. Mr. Rivett-Cai nac, Fmaucial Adviser to the Siameie Government, and ComptrollerGeneral of His Siamese Majesty’s Revenues to give him his full designation, who has so creditably worl e l out the financial salvation of Siam, will pndiably l»e 'eiving Baugkok for home on or a'.vout. Mav
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    China.
    107 5 The i«us ian Demands. A Chinese paper states the Ku*sian demands in the tie*'y with China to be as follows 1 —The retention of fl*e Muho, Knaiiyingsbao, and otner gold mines iu Heiluugkiang by Russia, because the Russian Government lias sj eat la-ge sums of money on I hem
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    FIXTURES.
    72 5 To-dav. 2nd Day. 4tb Moou. Town Band. Esplanade, to 7 pm. Parsee New Klpliiusto *e Theatrical Company. King Street 1 lieatre. 9 p.m To-morrow. 3rd I n y, 4lli M<***n. Town Bind. Chinese Recieation Club, 5 to 7 p.m. Football Match F’. S. is. Y. M. C. A Parsee
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    THE MOON.
    30 5 F rst Quarter May 2nd 269 am. O Full Moon Stb 99 7. pm. (.La*l Quarter 15tli 2.2 7. P.M. O New Moon 23rd 36 6 pm. i
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    MAILS DUE.
    22 5 English Dongola 26tb Apr. Cbiua (Arcadia) 28th China (P. Rttel Friedrich) Ist Mav. German (R on) 2nd Indian (Thougwa) 3rd
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    42 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service i Outwards. H<>mkwari»s Dongola Apr. Arcadia 'iH Apr. i Oceana W Way. Devanha Pi \f<iy F.xtra Service. j Outwards. Homewardi 1 Pefhaicur 5 May. Socotra 11 May i Pahna Hi Manila W For mil licillars soe i’age
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      14 5 The French Confectionery. 17a, Northern Roatl. TO-NIOHT Romfanj. a vfti iHjr of Kaucy Coke»-
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      76 5 Highly .Esteemed. No liniment stands higher iu the estimation of those who know its real value than Chamberlain's Pain I»alm. There are thousands who feel that they cauuot get along without it aud always keep it in their b' mi's The pain from cuts, burns, bruises aud like irjuries is
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      589 5 To-day’s Advertisements. WANTED. BACK AGAIN TOR A SHORT TIME. HUGE SUCCESS! HUGE SUCCESS!! '■r.ii iTviir IV i t ii c* Several Chantcf, Chinese Magazine.* Ad.lilions and Alterations. WONDERFUL THEATRICAL FEATS, Magaz price offered Applv at olio* to 19-4 16 tic 240 “S. C. M e (i Strait E-lto. Penang Orchestral
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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    Dr. Reich, Plato, and the Passions.
    1311 6 Love and Amusement in a Novel Aspect. HuMyUK, Cynicism, and I’hiloeophv that Amuse Mayfair. I There was another great exodus from Mayfair and Belgravia to Claris's <»u a recent afternoon to hear Dr. Reich eoutiuue hrs lecture on Plat:» and the Passions For those
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penang, 25th April. (litj courtesy of the Chartered Haul: London Demand Bank 2/4& 4 months’ sight Him 2/4 1 7 3 Credit 1 3 Documentary C Calcutta, Demand Bank IL i/04 3 days’ sight Priv-«»*» 178 Bouiiiiir, Demand Hint 175} Mounnein. Demand Bain l *4l 3 days’ sight l*nv:«
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    PRODUCE.
    222 6 Gold leal 05 B. Pepper VV. o**a» 1 311»*.-»•»/. i .-/«>0 White Pepper 28. —bi t tr.<. Trane Poppet 21.50—-nominal Cloves (picked) 42.— sale* Mace 81 —buyers Mace Pickings* 70. —tellers Nutmegs lids 33. sa'i** (No I 030 sales Sugar i 2 ii" slock-. Paste' 280 sales Tapioca K
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    SHARES.
    602 6 o Number of T p Capital. Sharps v J 8 6Ue Last Dividend. Name. Quotations. r Value, .z. at issued. a Zu Mining 1900 175.000 14,000 10 It* llersawab Gold Mining Co. Ltd. .$1 9 teller*. 1901 600.000 60 000 10 If Bruseli Hydraulic Tiu MiningOo. Ltd$1150 rates. 1903
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    PENANG TURF CLUB Proposed Programme for Autumn Meeting,1906.
    1240 6 PENANG TURF CLUB Proposed Programme for Autumn Meeting,1906 Tuesday, 31st July, c Thursday 2nd August and 1 Saturday, 4th August. To be Considered at a General Meeting to be held on Monday, 30th April, 1906, NOTICE. 4 11 No amendments to this Programme will! be considered unless due notice is
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      123 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. G/es/ers' Champagne, THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN James BUCHANAN Co.’s CELEBRATED RED SEAL AND BLACK AND WHITE WHISKIES. IN RED CASES. -mulilnnrls, Rtiiterv Co. Andrew Usher Co.'s SPECIAL RESERVE SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS. PE NANO <* PE ISA K. O.V.G. Whisky SANDIL4NDS, BUTTE 10 Co., AGENTS
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      248 6 BURRELL Co.’s BOILED RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS TURPENTINE TO BE HAD RETAIL FROM ALL THE LEADING STORES. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Co., Sole Agents. Penang F. M. A THE REMEOV TRACE MARK> „c. essful ami higl.lv popular utal Honvtal* bv Ritord. Kostin. Jw* rt- c~ II .1,«. desiderata to lx- sou*" 1
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    Railway Extension.
    117 7 A project is on foot which will ren* del Moiiliiein a future railway centre of importance. The railway from Pegu to Muimeiu is nearing completion, and now two additional schemes of railway extension aie being seriously considered. From information tete ved from the Straits it appeals that a
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    “A Nation of Commercial Suicides.”
    370 7 I hear on very good authority,” writes Aiert ill tlie Pitot'rier, that a group of Germai. bankers, who had agreed to lake up some large and important South African interests, have wi'lidrawn their guarantees in constqueiice <*f ihe policy of the Government in regard to
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      392 7 p, hl.Or (.‘nines’ CVL.INDEK O.L*Sand'dand*. /<•#'/»*# i «v C«. I’etter’s Patent Petroleum Engines. 1HE1031 PERFECT MOTOR OF IRE DAY. for Quotations and Catalogues API'LY TO SANDM.ANHS. BUTTERY Ce Sole Agents, l J EN NO F. M S Jeyes’ 5 Purifier, NOTICE. r AUK undersigned l.eg to inform Lite public of
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      324 7 WROUGHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. Stock Always on Hsa.nct. ADAMSON, OILFILLAN CO., LTD. CHIN JOO CO., fc--95 A JSS Heach Sfr et, H AYE JUST RECEIVED I A Large Consign >i *nt of mod Provisions, Scent d Soap ami Perfumery of tl.o Best, lily. Fire-proof Iron Safes, ami a aried Assortment
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      85 7 Every Bottle Warranted. Chamberlain's Pain Balm will not cost you one cent if it does you no good. Give it a trial if you are trouhied with rheumatism. One application will relieve the puiil. Pains in the side or chest, soreness of ihe muscles or stiffness of the joints are
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      1139 8 Lim Sun Ho, chop Hfc'NC MOH He C«* It, 4. bench Street. Vena lift. importers of a!» kind s of European Cloth a nd General Commission Agents. 61(i dentistry. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha. U.S.A. THEAN GHEE k Go dentistry. Dr. F. A. MOPPATT, RXI
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