Straits Echo, 13 August 1912

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR Eac. 'GENERALLY- VOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, lath AUGUST,. 1912.« Single Copy, It cati. No. 184
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      1033 1 ro« require a Tonic >nd! «onw* to nourish you, Drink] Dog’s Head .Guinness's Stout, and look v; for this Sr label V 4 to Hoe that you got it. TTANQ LEE A Co., Bole Agents. Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY 8 Co., AGENTS FOR PENANG
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      33 1 Order it In Nip Bottles Dog's Head Guinness's Stout. The Tonic that cheer* and soothes and doesn't harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANG LEE A Co., SoU Agenu.
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    The Duchess and Mrs. Bill Sikes at Home.
    1726 2 By Spencer Leigh Hughes Sub Rosa” The recently formed National Society of Law Breakers has, I understand, succeeded in bringing together members of different sections of society—ladies and gentlemen who have hitherto stood aloof from each other, and have sometimes been in
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      63 2 ♦m4tm+t+*++++++***+++*'» +4i I +j THIS IS IT! WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil CompoaDd sstr. c.< TASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and super- sedes the old fashioned emulsious which upset X the stomach. Highly re commended by th
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      55 2 AbsU Colds Seme G si Advice. Don t trifle wiih a cold :s good advice for prudent men and women. It inav 1« vita! in case of a child. There is nothing better than Chamberlain's Cough liemedv for coughs and colds in children. It is safe and sure. For rale
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      2080 2 mm;. mm. M m W»Z:+V, mm i trpi mmmWh7//m m tib /4' T.M' Imliilllll mu m r l f k. $P5^5 =-TI V Mi T?_ it is sxa'iy rrmark&hsc that ro one le ms to have been struck by the fact that, in spite of the regular daily cleansing with
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    26 3 Veue U b rom Agents Jhu I‘- A life Singapore B.M.AJo. 18th Aug. Colombo BM.ACo. 15th Ihd»i Colombo AG.ACo. 22ml •triWia Singapore A,G.ACo. 23rd
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    SAILINGS.
    22 3 For Agents Leaves p Aiid P Ludmu I*iu, A read, a Colombo BMACo.. 8ing*pore B.M ACo Singapore A.O.ACo. Colombo A.O.ACo. Aug.
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      298 3 Miwtwl Arrivals and Departures Mail Service Outward. Au«. 22 India connecting with Mooltan fcept 5 Devanha Macedonia 19 China Morea Homeward SPECIAL THROUCH STEAMER. R M S. India April 4th. [ARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st class 2ndelass To London by Sea $565-72 $377-14 To Marseilles or Gibraltar $528-00 $358-29 extra
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      1150 3 (SHIPPING.) nmm llotd, Bremen. GERMAN MAIL LINS riTHE fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen JL Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa Naples (connection Marseilles, Alexandra and vice vena). Port Said, Suez, They are due in Penang on or about the undermentioned dates
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    THE STRAITS ECHO.
    97 4 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THf CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang Price. Daily Local 524 per annum Out station... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $l7 50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 SB. —All business ormmunicstions
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    “BARGEES AND GUTTERSNIPES”.
    953 4 BARGEES AND GUTTERSNIPES”. I was full of ideas as I rode to office this morning, and I had hopes of writing quite a deceut article. They have gone. Other pressing jobs, aod interrupt ve callers, have scattered them, and now I have small inclination to attempt a thesis. Let a
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    The Assizes.
    156 4 (Before Mr. Justice Ebden). The case against Lee Cheng Huan, Ki Sek Chang and Ku Seng Chi, who were charged with forgery and using as genuine a forged document, was concluded yesterday when the jurors returned a unanimous verdict of guilty against the first accused and a verdict
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    Full Court of Appeal.
    196 4 Gan Ngoh Bee vs. Ng 800 Bee. Iu the full Court of Appeal before the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyudman Jones, Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden and Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule, the hearing was begun of the appeal of Gan Ngoh Bee against the judgment.
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    The Crescent Football Club.
    71 4 At a Special General Meeting of the members of the Crescent Football Club held on August 11th, the following office-bearers were elected:— President—Tuan Chee. Vice-Presidents—Pah Etam and S. Mobamed Han iff. Honorary Secretary—O. K. Merican. Treasurer—M. C. Mohamed. Auditor—E. Merican. Football and Cricket Captain—S. M. O.
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    July Rubber Crops.
    138 4 lbs. The Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Limited 2,000 A tram car collided with a steam-roller near Prangin last night, owing to the steamroller not showing any lights. No serious damage was done to the car. Famous Pirate Chiep.— It is rumoured that the famous pirate chief, Leung
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    ST. XAVIER’S DIAMOND JUBILEE.
    470 4 Illvmia lion» at the School. The public baa often been treated to splendid illuminations at St. Xavier's, but those of last night seem to hare eclipsed all previous efforts in that direction. The building lends itself to such nightly displays and the very fullest advantage was
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    St. Andrew’s Society.
    439 4 Abb#»I General Meeting. The Eighth Annual General Meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce Building. Present: Rev. Ernest Lawson President in the chair, i Messrs. R. T. Reid, C. T. Durward, J. L. Ldnie, R. D. Young, A. W. Blackstone, J. A Argyle Robertson,
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      TO-DAY’S RUBBER MARKET.
      49 4 London, August 13. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Bousteid Co.) Price unchanged. Market quiet. (By Courtesy of Messrs, bt Co.) Fine Para Rubber, spot... S S First Latex crepe, delivery next three months ...3s. 10d. Market quiet in view of the 700 tons at to-morrow’s London auction.
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      Singapore Rowing Club.
      52 4 (Echo Serial.') Singapore, August 13. At the rowing club meeting satisfaction was expressed at the credit balance. It was decided to canvas for members and to contribute to the cost of two new fours and twelve oar and to hold an international race shortly. Mr. Darbishire was
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      Necrology.
      38 4 (Echo Special.) Singapore, August >3. The death has taken place of Mr. J. H. M. Butt, known as “Jumbo”, from heart failure following dengue. He was a very popular fellow employed in the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.
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      Constantinople Earthquake.
      97 4 Reuter.) Constantinople, August 12 The latest estimate of the killed and injured is 1,200 throughout the whole area. 19,000 Homeless. Constantinople, August 12. 15,000 people are homeless in the whole of the south western part of the vilayet of Adrianople which is the greatest sufferer in tho earthquake.
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      Law and Carson Denounced.
      252 4 (Reuter.) London, August 12. Mr. Winston Churchill, in a long letter to the Dundee Liberals, denounces Mr. B. Law and Sir E. H. Carson for inciting the Ulster men to civil war. He says: They would be shocked and frightened if the melodramatic stuff exploded and
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      M. Poincare Feted.
      104 4 (Reuter.) London, August 12. M. Poincare was much feted at St. Petersburg. He had long conversations with M. Sazanoff, Russian Foreign Minister and M. Kokovtsoff, the Russian premier. He lunched with the Tsar yesterday. Object of Visit. M. Poincare yesterday inspected a camp of 60,000 at Krasnoselo
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      TURKISH TROUBLES.
      68 5 (Reuter.) Albanian Dtmi-.a». 1/ondon, August 12. -pi,* Albanians presented thirteen de.and* te the Gov#rnment, including the of arms, educational reform, the r n »trurtion of roads, assistance to agriculand the application of rerenues to j' j purposes. It is expected that the government will accept terms. Turk» and
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      The Midlothian Bother.
      103 5 (Renter.) London, August 12. The Master of Elil>ank, in a statement, laid that he hoped his Midlothian friends would un reserved I j support Mr. Shaw, the brilliant voung politician. He acted as a private individual iu his advice on August Hi in tbe hope that it
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      Morocco’s Sultan Abdicates.
      43 5 (Reuter.) London, August 12. Mulai Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, has slxlicated in favour of his brother Mulai Yunef. He goes to Vichy for his health and will probably make a pilgrimage to Mecca before taking up his residence at Tangier.
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      Aviation.
      41 5 (Reuter.) London, August 13. The army aviators gave tine exhibitions on Salisbury Plain. The experts say that the exhibitions rival those of any army in the wor d. A British record for altitude, 9,500 ft, with a passenger was made.
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      Turco-Italian War.
      43 5 (Reuter.) Belated. Hodeidah, August 13. The Italian cruisers Piemonte and Aretusa drellel the military who were building a 'amp outside the town throughout July 2'i. Two magazines exploded causing a conflagration lasting two hours. The damage is Sat imated at .£BOO,OOO.
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      Railway Accident.
      42 5 (Reuter.) London, August 13. William Anderson, aged 18, a son of a icuoral commanding in South Cliiua was blled l»v the Calais-Halo Express at the level crossing near Boulogne His mother and her two sous who wore accompanying him escaped.
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      Panama Bill.
      64 5 (Reuter.) New York, August 12. The provision of the Panama Bill excludships owned by American railroads hum the canal is arousing the fiercest opposition in railroad circles which declare that the provision has established tnonspoly of the coast wise trade. The American Press combines to attack the B
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      Eighth Test Match.
      80 5 (Reuter.) i Difficult Wicket. London, August 13. 1 l*e eighth test match between England ml South Africa took place in cold, threaten--IDKweather. 8,000 people were present. The *icUt was difficult. South Africa scored laylor contributing 23 and Snooke 23 towards this total. Barnes took 5 wickets t
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      Splendid Grouse Shooting.
      31 5 (Reuter.) London. August 12. «rome shooting opened splendidly. This .'p. e H“°ially good season in the north. King joined the Duke of Devonshire’s l* rt v Bolton Abbey.
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      303 4 FRED LANDER, TURF ACCOUNTANT, HAS OPKNII) HIS BOOK ON THE TAIPING RACES. FIRST DAY. AUGUST I3TH. Trebles 1,000 to 30 on Races 1, 3 7. Trebles 500 to 15 on Races 1, 4 7. Double Events Straight Out on A l l Events. All communications Must Be addressed to HEAD
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      33 4 Dr. Boss of Strassburg introdnsed Gono san in the treatment of the most painful is diseases to which mankind is liable. It of better, safer and more effective than other Cubeb or Plain
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      29 4 Gonosan capsules contain only the purest East Indian Sandalwood' oth and Ka** Kawa. The first dose quickly removes violent inflammatory symptoms, bots of capsules, at all dealers and chemists.
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    "ECHO” APPEAL.
    2948 5 YESTERDAY’S REPORT CONCLUDED. JUDGMENT RESE TVED. BUT WRIGHT S THINKS HE’S LOST. The Echo went press yesterday just when a rather lively v t>etween Judge and Counsel was comm ug. I may as well say here that Mr. Br del! pleaded splendidly. I shall never d< ire an
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    P. L. R. C.
    92 5 Penang, 12th August. H’cap. 150 yds. Total. Miss Wemyss 86 33 34 72 Miss Mclntyre «3 31 -34 32 Mrs. Hamilton 88 28 34 16 Mrs. Bayley -89 27 3412 Miss J. Smith *74 30 33 70 Mrs. Webster 67 29 33 02 Winner. 100 tdb.
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    P. C. C. Tennis.
    115 5 Following were the results of the ties played yesterday: Championship. Faslam l>eat Craigen 4—6, o—B, 6—l. Mason beat Whitlock 3—6, 6—4, B—6. Sing’e Handicap A. Waugh wo. fromSyer. Perrin beat Neubrouner 6 —2, 6 3. Single Hand cap Tt. Millington beat Goodrich 4 —6, 6 2,
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    SHIPPING.
    142 5 resides general cargo the s.s. Japan is discharging 4,071 bigs of rice and 5,644 bags of paddy. Messrs R. T. Reid Co. received a consignment of 695 casks of Green Is’an 1 Cement "by the B. I. s.s. Itinda from Hongkong. There were also, 2,000 l>ags of ft >ur
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    Tin and Rice Quotations.
    60 5 The following busmens in tin has lee I done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 6} tons at $102.65 Straits Trading Co., 100 103.50 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 100 103. Total 206} tous. Tin is quoted in London to-dav at cash and .2201 10s three months’ sight.
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    FIXTURES.
    35 5 To-day Ist Day of 7th Moon. Voluuteer Maxim and Bearer Sections. League Football P. F. S. vs. C. R. C., Free School. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. George Town Oinen atograp’i, Kuala Kangsar Road.
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      54 5 Curt for Biliousness biliousness in due to a disordered condit n 1 K, oniaeli. Chamlterlain's Tablet* *«**ntially a ktomach medicine, intended Mt on that organ to cleanse •'Wt.jtUfii it, tone aud invigorate it, to uuiate the liter and to tanish biliousness Ue, T an< i effectually. For sale by all
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      74 5 How a (rat Reputation Was Wca. You are not experimenting on yourself when you take Chamberlain’:! Cough Remedy for a cold a* that preparation has won It's great reputation and extensive sale by its remarkable cures of colds, and can alwar* be depended upon. It is e*jua'lv va’uable for adults
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      213 5 STEWARTS TOURISTS GUIDE TO THE FAR EAST. A Complete Handbook with Note» on Burinah and the Malay States and detailed information and description of the voyag r FRO M SOUT H\ M PTON TO TOKYO. $1 per copy 2 6 each. Pritvhaid Co, “Straits Echo”, Criterion Press, Pinang Gazette Office
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      ARRIVALS.
      132 6 Belle of France, Br. s.s., 2,468, Rudolph, 11th Aug., Calcutta, 4th Aug., Coal.— A. G. A Co. Olenogle, Br. 2,399, Grav«i, 12th Aug., Amoy, 30th July, Gen.—B. E. J. 8. K. Torilla, Br. s.s., 3,189, Swanson, 12th Aug., Yokohama, 14th July, Gen.—A. A. A. Co. Ekma, Br. t.s 2,356,
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      DEPARTURES.
      62 6 13th August. Indragiri, for Deli and Langsa. Perak, for Deli. Malacca, for Tongkah. Kalmoa, for Deli and Langsa. Jin Ho, for Trang. Bwaerdecroon, for Singapore. Omapere, for Port Swettenhairi and Singapore. Hebe, for Taluk Anson. Pangkor, for Bindings and Sitiawan. Mambang, for Setul. Klang, for Port dwottenham and Singapore.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      244 6 Fob Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Isabella, tomorrow, 8 a.m. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Egypt and via Naples, for Europe etc.—Per Prin-ett Alice, to-morrow, 10 a.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Sabang and Olehleh—Per Atjeh, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan Per Prinz Ludwig, 15th instant, noon. Port Swettenham
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    EXCHANGE.
    116 6 Pmrawa, 13th August. (By courtesy of Ike Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4, 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4A 3 Credit 2/4* f 2/4*5 Calcutta, Demand Bank Re. 1744 8 days’ sight Private 1754 Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 173* 8 days* sight Private 176 Madras, Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    226 6 Gold Leaf 164.60 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 33. sales Trang Pepper 23 75 nominal Cloves M 35. nominal Mace 120— tellers Pickings 112 —tales Nutmegs 110 s. ...28. sales SNo. 1 8.20 sales 2 8.10 sal s Basket 5.15 buyers Copra (mixed) 9 buyers f Tahbun 190.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    178 6 Phkano, 13th August. 1912. Bkkf cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue... 55 Fbdt 15 Heq.rt 30 Liver see per catty 55 Pork— Pork per catty $2 Pig’s Head.*. M 2 n Feet
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    SHARES.
    1869 6 4 Capital. Number of Shares issued. i9OP 1905 1 :'»10 1909 1906 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 #904 1909 1909 \909 1905 1909 1910 1904 1906 1909 1909 1909 1909 1903 1910 1909 1909 1905 t 905 1906 1909 1909 1907 1905 1910 1909 1906 1910 1910 1909 1905
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      40 6 All barristers, actors, clergymen, Bookmakers editors, farmers’ men Rat-catchers, wearers, bachelors, Old maids and widows, cricketers Footballers, soldiers, milliners, Golfers, clowns, cowboys, and cbaffeurs All people that on his earth do dwell By taking Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure keep well.
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      38 6 The Best PUster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on over the affected parts is superior to a plaster and costs only one tenth as much. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      35 6 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. THE CURE OF CONSUMPTION Active > Principle of Cod Liver Oil with Creosote. (Chapoteaut) RELIABLE AGENT IN TREATMENT OF v TUBERCULOSIS > OR PULMONARY PHTHISIS Sold by all Chemists.
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    What if A Horse Did it?
    408 7 i “If a driver whipped up this team of horses and came galloping down the street at a rate very often reached by the silent and swift automobile, what would happen to that driver asks the Montreal Star. His team would be stopped; he
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    Local Steamer Service.
    279 7 The Companies Jo not guarantee the dates of arrival of these vessels but will cndeavoui as far as possible to ensure punctuality. Prom Alor Star, (Kedah) Kedah, August 2,4, 6. 8, 10, -2, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 and Tong Chuan, August
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    Loss of Weight in Malaria.
    425 7 How Doctors are Working to Restore it. The loss of body weight is one of the most noticeable of the direct consequences of M ilaria. Obviously, therefore, it is one of those most distressing to the patient as well as to his friends, for it
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      76 7 jdimiUuiUiitiuiiiiitiiiiiitiuuuiiiuaautiiumutiiuiiuiMUiMMHUiiuuiuiiuttiiiiiiiiumiUMiitiiiaiiiflmmß THIS IS IT i WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound TASTELESS ODORLESS Stu C.i The latest scientific pre- je paration of COD LI VLR p OIL. Docs all that is p claimed for it and super- p sedes the old fashioned F emulsions which upset p the stomach. I
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      152 7 For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cuie. CL6ANS6 VC'JR BLOOD *mtm GH1MAUC7 c da /> pA;>;i a 1 A. vv./ I a I; f r 3> -■o > i 9 i > 5 f.fT7 H m The original sarsaparilla, tecumtrended for the last 40 years icr lymphatic
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      915 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Utc of Or. Alta f Co.. Pka, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free BXBIDINO AT Aro, 21 a, Penang Road, k few Jooii from the Eastern ikd Oriental Hold. ',CHOP Gl m Seng Moll., 203, Main Road, Taiping, TECK COMPANY, Shanghai Carpenters', V Furnishers, 4,
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