Straits Times Weekly Issue, 8 July 1886

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    26 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. Published fok Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. [Pkicb 40 Cents VOL XLTT. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, JULY JHfiO. NO. ;U574
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      36 1 On the 17th June at PcnAng the wife of Captain R. Davire (formerly of Singapore) of a daughter. On the Ist .July, ill-- wife of Captain J. < 'my, of the s. Banca, of a daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      38 1 Graynor-Hunter. .\t Singapore on the Ist of July by the Rev Pere Barillon, Brian G-ay-n(>i:. Assistant Freasurer, Perak. elded son bf Major Francis Gaynor (late 99th) to Adab llajit, second daughter of Hemy Hunter of Hobart, Tasmania.
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      DEATHS.
      57 1 At Singapore on the End Instant, Q-kobge LA.UBKNCE HaBRISON, infant son of Hugh Bfuirhead, aged two months. At Go Lwood, Singapore, on the 4thinstant, Dici Guthbie Davidson, infant sun of Jame G-ui hris Davidson. At Tamaraa Estate, Langkat, on the 2nd June, 3.30 a. m. A. Schwalki, late of
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    THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY. 8th JULY, 1886. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    201 1 THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY. 8th JULY, 1886. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. oiirojLPOßi Bth July, 1886. Produce. Gambler ♦;.!.*>. Cube do. No, 1 8.10. do. do. No. 1 7.60. Copra Bali 1 1., do. Pontianak Black Pepper 19.374. Sago Flour, Sar l.r;\~ Pearl S:».go 2.65. Coffee. Bonthine l:>.-j:». Tapioca, small Flake 4.75.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    837 1 The las. homeward mail was despatched on the Ist instant per M. M. CVs steamer Djehu/ah, and the present mail is taken on per P. &O. .steamer Roeetta. The London mail of the 1 lth July was delivered this j morning [>er P. ft O. steamer
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    Government Gazette, 2nd July.
    387 1 The Secretary bai been pi to extend, for six monthi from the 6tfa Instant, with half-salary, tbe Leave of absence granted to H. Bins Esq. Master Attendant, It is hereby notified that the appointienl of i be Son'l J tin Anderson ;■> be an Qnofficial Member
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      769 1 FILES. FILES. FILES. OUY.DIRECT at 00 and gl per cent off _JT) trade list delivered f. o. h. any port m Engand and instruct your Bankers to tell their nis m England to pay us on receipt of BilU of Lading. Mates Receipt &c. We will pay freight and consign
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      64 1 PASSENGERS 1 i on the 29th .1 one. For Siuqapo From Calcutta Lieut (J. P. L. Pembert< The Bull's. and Lee Choc Gnan. From Penang: Messrs. Y. C. Davidge, M. Sarkies, and Captain G-ieche and servant. For Hongkong. Prom Calcutta: Captain Treivin. Dr. Anderson^ .Messrs. Allison. John Hishop. F. Thureton,
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1872 2 Tin: number of men who made use of the Sailors' Best m June was 1,261. H.N.M.'a steamer Bromo, having docked and repaired ai Tanjong Pagar, Nit for Hat a via yesterday. Tin: total return of visitors t«» the Raffles Library and Museum during the week ending Friday,
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    Naval Movements.
    650 2 he French cruiser Primauguei left Shanghai on the lsih June for Hankow: she will return to Shanghai i>v the middle of July. Dhe French corvette Roland, at present ai Nagasaki, will, 01 ling to UEeho d( Shanghai shortly Leave for France. The Italian corvette Eaj ido. Captain Cravosio,
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    Havas Telegrams.
    1639 2 Journal 0 i Cochin Chin. I Parit, I'M, J ,1 ft rery o f Toll kin Medals to the military wh< m the expeditionary force will take place on ill.- occasion the national It!) July. The Chamber of Deputies bat ihe formal ion of the Comte de ol
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    Naval Movements.
    996 3 Tli' British double-sere^ gun- vessel Mi>l<i- Commander Roubillard, left Hongkong on tbi 21s1 instant for Foochow. The 15)"ifi>l! ■>!.■"(» Albatross, commander BLicks, arrived at Hongkong on the 18th »tant from Fooeliow, and will ihorth leave for home, having 1 n relieved bj the corvette Satellite. The British slooj
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    The Late Revd. A.L. Daguin.
    322 3 It is with feelings of deep regret that ire hear of the death, on the sth June, at the S 'liiinarv ..f Foreign Mission- at Paris, of the feevd. Father Daguin, Vicar of the Church of the *Good Shepherd" here, and a missionary who had
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    Loss of the S.S. Ly-ee-moon.
    262 3 Perth W. A.) Inquirer, 2nd J> At about noon to-day the following telegram was received from Sydney: "The steamer Ly-ee-moou has been wrecked on her royage from Melbourne to Sydu She now li.s total wreck on Green Ci baying struck the reel just under the
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    The Hok Canton Tragedy.
    752 3 Gazt 2nd July. t )ji the eve of tli.' 22nd .Tun.- I iment s. S. Z retained from Ui_.i>. bringing the dead l»odv ot' <'apt. baafsma who died on board 11. N M. Lruiil-.ii Palembang, baring r ived serious ill juries through a fall 01 I
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    A New Motor.
    467 4 Says the London A u< w motor which prop prove a powerful rival to the gas eiiLrni-- has recently been introduced into this country from Germany, where it is already m considerable use. This i- Spiel's petrol, •inn ti_ine. the working of which we recently inspected, the
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    New steamer for the Singapore and West Australian trade.
    410 4 New steamer for the Singapore and West Australian trade. Che following particulars of a Dew steamer to ply between Fremantle and Singapore, over the route now taken by the Natal bave 1 n given to a W.xt Australian paper by Messrs. G. K. Shenton, tli.- Perth agents of Messrs. Trinder
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    A Maa-Killing Elephant.
    543 4 A horrible oecvrenee took place m the «li«-.--ti-ict ofSultanpore m Oudh last month, where .•in elephant broke loose and turned to murder. It appears that on the morning of the Mli April t]»e elephant was being ridden I>\ Baren, its driver, who gave the animal proa with
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    New Local Companies.
    548 4 W Etake the Allowing particulars of two newly registered Local companies from the Investors' Guardian of 29th May. •l" i'»i:i: DETKI^PIfSirT COMMITTKB, Lm m;i>. This company propose! toacqaire property n the tenitories of the Sultan of Johor£ m the M., .i.v Peninsula, for mining and other purposes,
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    The "Camorta" and the "Glenfrain."
    502 4 I\ the Admiralty Court, Hongkong before the Hon. Uussrll. Acting Chief Jua m the 23rd June, this case again came uj». The Acting Attorney General (Hon. B. .J. Ackroyd) nskrd leave to mention this Be said this was a matter m which His Lordship ha<l
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    Sarawak News.
    508 4 {Sarawak Qastette, Ist July.) The 3rd June being the aimiwrsarv of H. H. the Rajah's birth-day was observed as a general holiday m all the publicoffiee*. The fort flagstaff and the ■hipping being decorated with Rags ami a salute of twenty one gund was fired from the Fort.
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    A Curious Case.
    502 4 Thi following insuraooi m which tli.' point oi tli.' lawfulneM lnan-i.ii:. on shipboard o raised recently came before v V Zealand UOUli A iii.-m rained H 1 hi* life, and thru iliKappeared. Bom time rarda his reputed widow claimed th« |M>ii.-.\ bnl tlie company <i u til
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    The Afghan Boundary Commission.
    426 5 ]Prom tl" EngHshmau.) As we hay* already indicated, the Afghan Boundary Commission was only approaching the real scat of difficulty as it neared the < >\us. Close <>n the £amoQS river there arc two disputed I'm* one Leading to Karkin, the other to Khan-i-Ab (not "Kh.nniab"
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    The Kimberley Gold Fields.
    772 5 F Perth n Herald, 29th May. The following infoiniation respecting the Kiinberley Gold Fields and the rout.- thither i^ collated from an exehauge, and as the names of the parties supplying ii are genuine, there ia no reason to doubt it-- accuracy The gold is being
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    284 5 For StraiU Time*. Parliament. London, 290k June.— The New Parliameat will meet for the Autumn Session on the 5tfa August. Bulgaria. London, 3Otk June. Tin- Journal de St. Peii nbourg publishes ra article dwelling upon the indulgence tfaown by the Porte towards Prince Alexander, which it declares to
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    472 5 (Rangoon QoMttte.) fVady-kalfa, tstk June. Then- is much sickness among the British troops at Assouan no less than 150 men h a ve lately died of enteric fever 700 invalids are ing to Cairo. London, 20(h June. In a s\>eech made by Mr. Gladstone at Edinburgh he said
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    EDITORIALS.
    784 5 San it ;it ion \iihmi- (hiiicM". A.B will have been seen from our Afauila Dews, our Spanish neighbours m the matter of harassing legislation have gone further than our lawmakers here have ventured to «!<». The Chinese there arc t«> have their time-honoured uncleanly and unbecoming ways interfered with
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    Inquests on Fires.
    471 5 v July Some time ago attention was .1 raw our columns to the n.-«'.l for holding inquiries or inquests into the can in i which iikiv chance t<> break out here. '1'!'" sugg* b1 ion we threw out shared th*u i! fat.' of most ideas in the
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    Forestry in the Straits Settlements.
    680 6 S. T. July 2.) ma) not be known to manj of the and gentlemen who lend life and ation to our Gtordens m the cool of \> ning, that the pleasure grounds m form l»nt a small part of a very a m of arboriculture.
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    The vegetable Products of the Straits Settlements.
    968 6 The vegetable Products of t he Straits Settlements. (8. T. July 5 Besides the many native trees which afford exoelleni timber, then arc other tr©4 and plants cultivated by th<- Superintendent of the Forest Department which posBeBB an especial interest, the>.- are the varieties which swell our export returns l»y
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    Singapore Recreation Club Athletic Sports.
    837 6 PIRSI Dw. .Ii i.y Ut, 1 The first day of the Sports, it mat be sai«l ut the outset, wu a decided success, and the Eurasian community have \«-r\ reason to be proud of their Club's maiden venture m undertaking such "big thing" as holding
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    First Heat.
    1838 7 D'Cruz 1. Chopard j. Time, 1")A seconds. SSCOJTD 11 EAT. Four started. After a good race Eberweiu came m winnner with Valberg a good second, the others close behind. A. Eberwein 1 H. E. Valberg L. Van Cnylenberg J. De Bonza 4. Times, 13 seconds. The ne\i race
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    The Municipality.
    567 7 Minutes of Proceedings of the Municipal 'ommissionen on Wednesday the l«>th June, I*^s. I rmmissi* ni, Hon. Major McCallum, a. c., President. Colonel S. tunlop, c. .m. Dr. J. H. Robertson. .1. P. .I*>;i(juiin llv.j. C. E. Crane, Esq. Tli»« Minutes of the last Meeting were read and
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    Malacca News.
    1155 7 (Froii t Malacc J Thia morning < lonstable j'_rlii up before the m cruelly iili reating his wife bj bela r writh a broom and robbing chillies iv her eyes. He was found guilty and sentenced t«> three weeks rigoroui imprisonment. Two Mala\ > r I 1 1
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    Netherlands India News.
    866 8 Translated for tin straits Time*. The Netherlands Consul at Penang, m his report for last year, gives the following particulars regarding the line to India run l»v the Netherlands India Strain Navigation Company: "Between the Straits Settlements and the coast of Coromandel, the N. I. 8. N.
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    Netherlands India News.
    1149 8 (Translated for the Strait* Times.) l'»v last advices from Soarabaya, the commercial outlook was gloomy indeed from the rapidly increasing number of Chinese insolvencies withoul any prospect of improvement iii the near future. Some ides ofth< reach of the evil may be formed from statistics bearing upon
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    Deli News.
    697 8 Vr %9i iU dj >r t; i It would be no easy taak Joins to iassn'v under any oth.-r heading, the different items of news coming to our i IV A and their moveI iertaintj trength and proceedings of the different band unattainable by the autl: .or i,
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    Peuang Centenary Races.
    462 9 is the programme of the Penang < in Races Pot 1--EXCEI B GOVERNOR. The Sultan <>t' Johoro The Rajah of Quedah H. B. M'a Resideni in Perak. Ti: I i\ of Perak Hon'ble <'..!. Ir\ Qcillor <•!' Penang. The Hon'ble J. M. Venn The i ii'ii'i John
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    The Straits Insurance Company Limited.
    727 9 rhas be< n lsbik «1 Shareh< lompany. (Ji ISBO. I 0 fit*' S Your Dir< ctors, p very ion, have decided m lay bei proposals for the construction <<i" ;i npany to be work* 'I iv contion with your Marii Fou will y admil re
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    Second day.
    243 9 Saturday, i ith August, 1886. FlRfiT Race. The Pbkang Grand National, sj. t( and $25 to -2u(\ pony. Hurdle Race for nil ponies, over 8 flights of Hurdles. Weights .'is follows. Arabs, Australians aud 0. Breda 11. st. 7 lbs. Chinas. Javas A. Penang Breda 1<». s t.
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    Shorthand Ueuort of the Legislative Conneil.
    2928 9 lt, 22: s 1886. T II is Excellencj the tovernor. (Sir Predi rick A. Weld, I H.G.) The Hon. th j- g th< I. F. 1 >tter.) tli- < !olonial Bngim er (Majo H of Land i 3eah. Shelford. T. < !athb >rt iderson.
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    Monday. 28th June. 1886.
    2549 10 1 I Uj Milt \V.| rision v tiioli w the fill. said Sir. with re Hon We the attorney. B aboul the .r-ri.-Vit M:ll!1 l" unless the <Utching and its u.-i-h, are stamped there will i.c facilities for fraud. datohing is not .-I balance soale, l.ut
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    Draft Minutes of the Legislative Council.
    441 11 Tfl ÜBLD vv. IBT J 1 SBtf PKBBENI Hi- F.\o» Uenc} I Frederick A. Weld, GA M.< < officer Com. the Troop i i i: tii- Col. s» cretarj (J. V. Dicks the Attorney-General T W. I'on-. the A.v :.t< r < teneral, (H.
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    Paris Letter.
    2473 11 From our mm Q ,/j Paris, stk June. The great si r-j apparently that can be addressed I >a republican is to accuse him <•!' being a coi vative, did such eTen imply conservation of the Republic itself. This apj the question of the separation of Church and
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    Presbyterian Mission Work at Singapore daring 1885.
    1392 12 (Presbyterian Messenger 28th May.) The Herd. J. A. B. Cook, m his report for last year, pleads most earnestly for his own field of work. He points out the special claims of the field as an integral portion of th" British Empire, its
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    The P. and O. Company.
    2554 12 9lsl half-yearlj --n. -r.il meeting proprietors of this compan) was held oa 3rd June, at t offices, Leadenhall-si London. ■fr T 3 Li 'ami. MIV. prided, and m moving the adoption of th.> report given m l observed that during the halfyear two vessels had
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    International Complications.
    1255 13 Translated from the Deli Conrant of 26ik J a m < t once more a tragedy haa taken place m the Bay of Rigas on the West Coast of Sumatra out of which we presume international complications will arise. The ransacking of the s. s. Hot Crnnton and
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    VARIETIES.
    482 13 A at French chef used to say t,, those customers who praised liis dinner.* V lM,:ist Of li;i\ in^ dined well till tile D6Xi d.i M i;. Smith." asked the professor of natural bistory, M which animal exhibits the greatest Bnseeptibilitj for attaching itself t«* the human race?" Smith
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      348 13 fti /A. Lon ith ed last week that the Home Etii c Hill was moribund ami could survire. Eta actual d >oease awaits the definite action of 1\" joining division, which will i. taken on Monday next. Mr. Chamberlain eloquently and at length on Tuesday nighi and his arguments should
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    949 14 Land Tekui of Mu\< Me. Editor, In mj hist letter entured to offer some comments and irka upon the Hills now before the islative Council anent the Land Tenure i Mai;i< i, and the injustice as well as i those measure it' made law would lit
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      497 14 A I? RIVALS. Kl j mk A i aPTAiM From Sailed Consign q kut Brji Hongkong June 22 Bebn Meyer A Co. R Btr. 1 1'.» d< Palembang Jun< 28 Lim Lan A <'-». I [A Labuan June t Bucephalus str. 1192 !>'-• N'castleNBWiJun( S McAlister A Co. 236 Mai
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      556 14 CLEARANCES. Date Vessels Kami Fla. a. Big Captain I»ks!:n Umv 0 tra str. Chriatenaen Koihotr, 3* m 89 Paknam Brit.str. la ria porta 29 Bantam Dut str. Hlruismaiio Madrai na ports 0 BCaha Vaptrunhii >tr. \*:*.n Bataria via ports 89 P. Pr fttr. Kryge< i I', aangr, A.che< i Monfl
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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      305 15 POWELL CO., SIXGA P O B E All. fea Bed-room Suites Screona Book Cases Book Stands lm Billiard Tables Matl ird Tables Chairs (Mian; 1 Cabinete Chests Drawers mda j s ironft [>•.,.. ig-room thinjr.Tar« Dinner Waggons is Dining Tables bios Dressing Tabi Towel Bon Dress Stands Toilet Glasi Door
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      1063 15 WINEwithEXTRACTofCOD LIVERS m nj PREPARED BY ""I"" M^KW 5 iS^ IHB^Bi >'»»»»». s»,^v^^^. ,r.r^^^n ria uu<tt n X all lust Chemists fIV fIHUB j JH BBSS) ISi ISSBSI BBSTVLSSI BSSB H BsW G-Gncral Dot. > i>m; m.sts mVI m\ mWE%.vM m m |j Jgm "A m paris HBSsf Llßßn DBbJsHBhJ
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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      543 16 YARROW'S. CALL STEAMBBS AND STEAM LAT'NCHES. WITH SPEEDS ftUTOIHfI 11' TO 26 MILES AN ROTO. j Pi V. ITU DRAM KA.\<HN<; DOWN TO INCHES OF WATKK. STERN WllKF.i WITH VERY SHALLOW DRAFT ESPECIALLY b Sii; ABLE FOR BIVEB NAVIGATION. MACHIWBBI I ONSTBUCTBD FOR BOATS BUILT ABROAD. g YARROW CO., POPLAR,
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      599 16 SCHWEITZER'S OCOATIX A Anti D /<)■■ ''■>' < '!,t,cnl<it>> Vow JUARANTEED I OF THE I [TH B VDMIXTI The Faculty prouounce il Use untritioua, perfoctlj Zunche i, or Supper;*" nnd table for invalids ru<l Yonng children. Beißg irith the i f t.it extracted, In four times Mie f prepiutitious tJiickened
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