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CONQUERING OLD AGE.
Keeping Young by High-Frequency
Electric Currents.
A method of retarding the approach
ol old ago by treatment with high fre-
qu en c y electric
currents is report
ed in the Medical
Times by Dr. Sam
uel Tracy of New
York. In Dr.
Tracy's opinion,
senility is a nat
ural process, and
should coma on
grad 11 a lly and
painlessly. Owing
to inheritance or
predisposition, as
well as to the strenuous modern life,
it creeps up before we are aware of
it. aed this Is the time for the phy
sician to protect his patient. When
a man begins to get old, says Dr.
Tracy, much can be accomplished to
retard the svmpfaij. He goes on:
"It it> admitted by many of our pro
fession that arteriosclerotic ( with loss
of elasticity in the walls of the arter
ies) is really the beginning of old age
The changes in the wall of the blooJ
vesrcl are said to be due to li.vperten
tlon and to vitiated blood. The con
dition of the blood is due to nutoinfec
tion and the floating in the blood
etreain of waste materials.
"The waste material found in the
blood Is due to overeating, excessive
drinking of alcohol, and autointoxica
tion. In the latter case the chemistry
of the system is unbalanced. . . .
There is more waste than repair; the
organs which preside over elimination
of waste material being overtaxed are
unable to efficiently take care of the
excess, and consequently some waste
material floats in the blood-stream,
acting as a poisonous substance, vitiat
ing the 'rivers of life,' and degen
erating the 'river beds." ....
"When arteriosclerosis has mani
fested itself by hypertention in the
blood-vessels, strong emotions, exces
sive mental excitement, or physical
etrain is likelj to endanger life by a
sudden rupture of a small vessel in
the brain. . . . An artery of the
body can be compared with a flexible
rubber tube, used for a drop-light, and
filled with illuminating gas. Continual
overpressure of gas within the tube
will affect the walls of the tube, and
diminish its elasticity. If the tube is j
slightly damaged or obstructed, in
creased pressure of gas may cause a ;
fissure in the inner wall of the tube.
To make the tube do good practical '
work it is absolutely necessary to mod- |
erate the pressure of the gas.
"So it is with our arteries. When
arteriosclerosis first makes its appear- i
ance wejmust reduce the pressure in 1
the blood-vessel.
"While old age cannot be prevented,
we have agencies at our disposal
which will materially assist in retard
ing it, and in making its symptoms
more comfortable. These agencies are
high-frequency electric currents, diet,
end hygi'T.e. The physiological effects
of high-frequency Current are due to
the spark, or condenser effect, which
produces mechanical effect on the tis
sue, an increased heat in the body, and
the formation of ozone and ultraviolet
light. The local action is accom
plished by a general reaction, the
blood-pressure is lowered, and com
bustion through the lungs is increased.
The eliminative processes are general
ly stimulated."
It is claimed that very interesting
results are obtained by the use of such
high-frequency treatment, combined
with proper diet and hygienic precau
tions.
FOR AMATEUR ELECTRICIAN.
How to Make a 110-Vclt Transformer
That Will Work.
Secure two magnets from a tele
phone bell, or a set of magnets wound
for 2,000 ohms. Mount them on a bar
IJ j
O o
o
o o
V -J
rij. i 1 1
Parts of the Transformer.
of brass or steel as shown in Fig. 1.
(let an empty cocoa can and clean It
pood to remove all particles of cocoa
and punch five holes in the cover, as
shown in Fig. 2. The middle hole is
to be used to fasten the cover to the
bras a bar with a bolt. Tho other four
holes ?r,- for wire terminals. A piec3
nf rubber tubing must be placed over
the wire terminals before inserting
them in the holes. Fill the can with
crude oil. or with any kind of oil ex
cept kerosene oil, and immerse the
magnets in it by fitting the cover on
tight (Fig. :■!). The connections are
made as shown in the diagram, Fig. 5,
says Populai Mechanics. This de
vice may be used on 110-volt current
for electroplating and small battery
lamps, provided the magnets are
wound with wire no larger than
No. 40.
SHORT-CIRCUITED CONDENSER.
How It Can Easily Be Cleared and R»
stored to Perfect Order.
The accompanying diagram showj
how to apply the electric current to a
condenser that may have become
short-circuited by the tinfoil, through
a defect in the paper insulation, mak
ing a contact one sheet with the other,
as shown in Fig. 1.
Connect the contact point, A, Fig. 2,
toon« side of the source of current
and the wire, B, to the other side, con
necting this wire to the condenser as
shown. Then by means of attaching
the contact point, A, to the condenser
'frT\
Condenser \
% , tf
Cleaning Out a Condenser.
terminal, X, you will succeed in burn
ing out the short-circuited portion of
the condenser, says Telephony. He
sure to insert a fuse wire between tie
contact point and the source of cur
rent, which will blow out at about five
amperes, and it is well to simply make
passing contacts between A and X un
til you have observed that the short
circuited portion has been cleared. 0
represents the eo'irce of electric eur
rent, which may be the regular 20 oi
40-volt storage battery or it may be a
110-volt lighting circuit. Either sys
tem will serve so long ao it in a source
cf direct current.
In Fig. 1 ia shown the tinfoil, T, and
the paper insulation, P. D shows the
defect in the paper where the tinfoil j
has forced itself through in contact
with another sheet. It is this contact
point which is burnt out when you
"flash" the condenser in the mannei
described.
WHOLESALE TELEPHONY.
Talking to Thirty-Five at Once Ovei 1
the Same Wire.
Dependent for many years on an an j
tiquated system by which it was neo j
essary to call up each station house i
separately, thus losing much valuable
time, the Philadelphia department ol
public safety, which has charge of the j
city's police, recently installed a sys- I
tem of simultaneous telephony by j
which a message may be sent from a j
single transmitter to 35 points al j
once.
The wires are so connected that, by 1
throwing a single switch, all the sta |
tions are brought into the circuit and
the words spoken by the operator at
the central station are heard at each !
of the outlying stations simultaneous i
ly. The operators are provided with a j
harness holding both transmitter and J
receiver to their head so that their !
hands may be left free to operate type- j
writers to take down messages.
When the switch at the central sta- !
tion is not thrown into the circuit the i
telephones may be used to converse j
with a single station as usual without |
necessitating the use of another tele- !
phone. Similarly it also is possible j
to have a message coine from any one j
station and goto all the others simul- j
taneonsly without waiting to be re- j
peated at the central office. t
The system, says the Technical '
World Magazine, has been perfected
by a Philadelphian, after ten years'
experimenting. It is said that a Vi
enna newspaper has a somewhat sim
ilar apparatus by means of which it
sends out news by telephone to up
ward of 800 subscribers.
NICKEL PLATING.
How the Process Can Be Managed
Without an Electric Current.
A light coat of nickel may be de- j
posited upon brass and copper articles j
without the use of the electric cur- I
rent. The deposit is hardly sufficient |
to stand heavy bufling, but it may be j
lightly treated without cutting
through.
A solution is made up as follows:
Water gal. 1 j
Double Nickel Salts oz. 8 i
Sal-ammoniac oz. 8
The salts are dissolved in the water,
and the whole is then heated nearly to
boiling, says the Brass World. The
brass or copper articles are immersed
in the solution and some piece of
aluminum are placed in it so that they
come in contact with the brass or cop
per. The aluminum may be in the
form of sheet scrap or granulated. A
few pieces only are necessary.
Oas is given off from the aluminum
and within a minute the article will
become covered with a white coat of
nickel. In a few minutes a fairly
heavy deposit will have been produced.
The nickel deposit is not quite as
white as that obtained by electro
deposition from a good nickel solution,
but it is the equal of an ordinary
grade, it has a dark shade resembling
the nickel obtained in an alkaline plat
ing solution.
Violins Aged by Electricity.
A noted violinist and violin maker
believes he has discovered a method
for giving, by the aid of an electrical
machine, the same quality of tone to a
violin that age has been credited with
providing. The theory of the violinist
is that it is not the age of the violin
which really gives it its superior tone,
but the amount of "bowing" or vibra
tion it has received. By the use of the
electrical machine the violin is ex
pected to get as much "bowing" in 30
days as the same instrument would re
ceive in 50 years of ordinary use. The
details of the machine, which works
tbe bow across the strings with almoat
human touch, ar« aa >«t a secret
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1908.
HORIICpTIHE
IRRIGATING A GARDEN.
Cheap Sub-Irrigation Plant Which the
Gardener Can Install Himself.
The garden plat should bp nearly
level, and near enough to the force
pump or supply tank to be supplied
from a hose. The pipes used come in
eight-foot lengths, are of galvanized
Iron and one inch in diameter. They
are not soldered, bo have an open
seam the entire length. These lengths
are fitted together like stove pipe, so
you can add as many as you need.
The supply pipes are two inches in di
ameter and soldered. 1 have three
boxes, explains the writer In Farm
ers' Mail and Breeze, made of one by
six fencing 16 inches deep, tight at
bottom, but loose cover on top.
<•<* un en*
A] J\. JL
112 t r -"Ti I it
LtADINO TO fclfPU TANK
Showing Pipe System.
Where the supply pipe enters bore i»
iwo-ineh hole four inches from bottom
»nd let the pipe fit in closely. Where
the small pipe enters boxes bore a
one-inch hole two inches from bottom
and fit pipe. Dig your trench for sup
i ply pipe 11 inches deep, so that when
I In place only six inches of your box
I will be above the ground. Dig the
long trenches eight inches deep and
leave open until you connect the en-
I tire sysem, being sure that the open
j seam is at the bottom of long pipes.
| Put corks in tlie end of long pipes
. (not in the box), then drop the end of
I your hose in one of the boxes.
If your pipes are level the water
| will trickle out evenly from the hot
j torn of all three long pipes, and you
| can then fill up your trenches, turn
I off the hose and plant your seeds,
j Then turn on the water until you see
: damp spots on the surface of the
1 ground, then turn it off. The long
! pipes cost one cent per foot and the
two-inch two cents. I bought mine of
' our dealer, but think it is made at
■ Oakley, Kan.
Each long pipe waters the ground
j for four feet on each side, making ir-
I rigated plot 24 feet wide.
If you want to shut off one .long
' pipe, put a cork in it at the supply
' box.
This plant is cheap, a ten-year-old
I boy can make it. It docs not cause
the top of the ground to bake, and
produces excellent results in every
way.
HILLSIDE APPLE ORCHARD.
An Ideal Place for the Setting of Fruit
Trees.
If possible, select a hillside for the
| new apple orchard.
Have it on the side of the hill that
} gets fewest of the heavy windstorms.
This will often save the apple crop.
Plow the land deeply, running the
i furrows across the hill to prevent
I washing. If the soil is very light,
i leave an unplowed strip here and
i there to further act as a check to
I washing.
If the trees are to be set out ttois
| spring, manure heavily in the furrows.
| This will secure the full benefits of the
S manure and prevent some of it being
I washed away.
If the supply of barnyard manure is
J short putin phosphorus, potassium
J and nitrogen in some form or other.
I Give the trees a good start so they
can make good roots the first year.
Use varieties that have been demon
strated to be the best for the locality
and go slow on the kinds that have
not been sufficiently tried.
Head the trees low, swys the Farm
ers' Review. This is the more neces
sary if they are on high locations ex
posed to the winds. Low headed trees
lose fewer apples than high hea.®d
ones.
On the hillside do not plant other
crops except grass, if the land is very
sloping. The ground should be en
couraged to grass over and form a
good sod as quickly as possible.
GARDEN NOTES.
Much of the fruit shipped to mar
ket is picked when too immature.
The tomatoes need to be started
early, so that the plants will have
obtained good size by the time they
can safely be set out in the spring.
Iteraember, the currant and goose
berry worms can easily be killed by
spraying the bushes promptly with
one ounce of while hellebore dissolved
in three gallons of water.
Pick off all the blossoms from uew
Iv-set strawberry beds, thus you send
all the plants' strength back into
themselves —into growth. It is unwise
to let plants fruit the first season.
ASPARAGUS CULTURE.
Same Valuable Hint# from One Who
Has Grown Vegetable.
In a recent letter, Mrs. E. E. Crimes,
one of the most successful asparugus
growers in the nation, has the follow
ing to say of the culture of that ex
cellent plant:
"There are two methods by which
plants can be secured —from seed and
from roots. If the roots can be ob
tained from a reliable firm, this is the
quickest way to start a bed, and the
earlier returns will more than pay for
the plants; but roots should not be
over two years old. Stunted roots and
two vear-old-roots are so nearly alike
in appearance that an unreliable firm
will sometimes palm the former off
for the latter. Some time ago the writ
er ordered 250 of the two-year-old
roots, and, at the same time, planted
roots grown from seed from the home
garden. Those from the nursery did
not show a spear above the ground,
while home grown plants have formed
a thrifty body, but roots can be pur
chased from reliable firms with good
results. The writer has had good
success taking up the young plants
that had grown from a fallen seed in
an old bed. These plants should be
taken up after a rain, being careful
to take up enough soil so as not to
disturb the young plants. If plants
form a clurnp, leave them together;
dig a hole large enough to set the
roots ia as if they had giov.u tbero;
place in rows or beds in a shady
place, where the ground is cultivated.
These plants should nut bo disturbed
till two years old.
"if one cannot secure plants from
an old bed, buy seed from a reliable
fir:n. The seed should be sown early
in the spring and when plants are two
years old transplant into a bed where
the roots can remain permanently. If
properly cared for the bed will be
profitable for 25 years. The selection
of the ground is quite important. If
for early use, or for market, and if rap
id growth is desired, the soil should
be a little sandy and should lie where
It can have the direct rays of the sun.
The ground should be as free from
rock, rubbish and weeds as possible.
This soil should bo heavily covered
with well rotted manure. The ground
plowed deeply and well pulverized.
The rows should be marked out with
a IOW, making a furrow six inches
d' ,'pin which to set the roots. The
r ws should be four feet apart. As
paragus should not be cut till the
second year after planting, and the
season's cutting should not be pro
longed later than the middle of June,
as this would be Injurious to the life
and vitality of the roots."
A POLE LADDER.
For Many Uses, Especially In Or
chard, It Can't Be Beat.
Here is a plan for making a ladder
from a pole. The accompanying il
lustration shows how it is made. I
used one like it 40 years ago, says a
writer in Prairie Farmer and I
thought it a "daisy." It is not original
/
A Single Pole Ladder.
with me. I took the idea from one of
the agricultural papers at the time.
The pole is sawed to A where an
iron band is slipped on from the top.
At C is a wooden step which keeps
the foot spread. The rungs, B, 16
inches apart, are one-half inch iron.
I used machine bolts.
My plan for testing the safety
strength of any ladder of which I am
in doubt, is to lay it horizontal with
both ends off the ground, stand on
the middle, and if it will hold me, it
will bold in any other position.
Ireland Needs Reforesting.
Ireland pays $5,000,000 a year for
timber imported from other countries.
Only l'i per cent, of its land is in tim
ber and much of this is of little value.
A popular objection to reforestation has
been that forest plantations offer less
employment to labor than equal areas
of agricultural land. It was shown,
however, that a certain 50-year-old
forest, although planted on poor
soil not valuable for agriculture, had
employed four times as much labor
as has been employed upon equal area
of agricultural land and was more
profitable to the owner. Within the
past year $50,000 worth of timber has
been sold from this plantation, and
much remains to be cut.
Fruit Commerce.
It is only within recent years that
fresh fruits have become important in
commerce. Formerly only lemons,
oranges and apples were sent far.
Most of the export fruits were dried
prunes, dates, rasins and figs. The
coming of the demand for transporta
tion brought into existence the great
cold storage arrangements in our
ocean steamers, by which it is now
possible to send even perishable fruits
from one part of the world to the other.
Both market and competition hav<r
been enlarged.
DAD AND HIS MEMORY.
Old Gentleman Really Had Very Lit
tle to Brag About.
It was a severe trial to Mr. Harding
that his only son's memory was not
all that could be desired. "Where in
the world he got such a forgetful
streak from is beyond me." said the
exasperated father to his wife on on*
occasion.
"What has he forgotten now?"
asked Mrs. Harding, with eyes down
cast and a demure expression.
"The figures of the last return from
the election on the bulletin-board,"
and Mr. Harding inserted a finger in
his collar as if to loosen it, and shook
his head vehemently. "Looked at 'em
as he came past not half an hour ago,
and now can't tell me.
"As 1 said to him: 'lf you're BO
itupid you can't keep a few simple fig
ures in your head, why don't you write
'em down on a piece of paper, as I do,
ind have done all my life, long before
I was your age?'"Youth's Com
panion.
SIOO Reward, SIOO.
The reftdera of thin paper win be pleated to learn
thai there U at least one dreaded diaeai6 that science
bat been able to cure la all Ita stacei, and that la
Catarrh. HfcU'a Catarrh Cure !«,tbo oaljr positive
eure cow known to tbe medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional dlseaae, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure 1* taken In
ternally, acttag dlrectly'upon tbe blood aud mucous
surfaces of (be system, thereby destroying tbe
foundation of tbe disease, and giving tbe patient
strength by building up tbe constitution and assist
ing nature In doing Its work. Tbe proprietors bare
so much faith In Its curative powers that tbey offer
One liunaied £ollai* fcr Any casa tb«t It fatlo to
cure. Send for Hut of testimonials-
Address T. J. CHKNEV * CO., Toledo, <#.
Bold by all Druggists, 75c.
Ta*e Hall's Family Pills for const!pa'.loiw
Mlgj.t Miss Something.
tdylh—l told him there was :o® una
wasting his time, as I didn't intend
to marry him and that if he wrote to
me I would return his letters un
opened.
May me—Oh you shouldn't have done
that. He might have inclosed matinee
tickets in some of them.
!n a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE
A powder. It cures painful, smart
tng, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad
dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Looking Forward.
"Don't you get tired of being re
ferred to as the representative of
medacity ?"
"Sure, I do," answered Ananias. "I'd
rather be something profitable, such
as a malefactor of great wealth." —
Washington Star.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
In Vse For Over JiO Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Brought Humble Flower Into Favor.
Lord Heaconsfield's love for the hum
ble primrose has been perpetuated by
the foundation of the Primrose league.
For Any Disease or Injury to
tiio eye, u»e PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, al>-
.'oiutoly harmless, acts quickly, 25c. All
druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y*.
Nature Is sometimes kind. Occa
sionally a red-headed man gets bald.
Mm. Wlnslow'B Soothing Nyrap.
For children teetblug, softens tbe gurus, reduces In-
Humiliation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
It's a wise wife who knows her own
husband.
n , I-, _ • "lf'nxltlvglv cured by
CARTERS ''H*;
They al«o relieve Din
treat*from Dyspepsia, In-
I n I digestion ami Too Hearty
|jl I f~ H Eating. A perfect reui-
Hsj Q||| edy for Dizziness, Nan
il r ILL deft, Drowsiness, Bad
r Taste in the Mouth, Coat
apfamSß ed Tongue, Pain in the
5™™!5SS! I Hide, TORPID LIVER, j
They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
PA DTE DC I Genuine Must Bear
UAHICno Fac-Simile Signature
J PMLLs! !
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Have you the blues? ™
Tone up your system and I CURES
everything will brlrfhlen MAI AD I A I
up. Mulled on receipt IVIALfIMIA
of price, 125 cents. Lb-mhbbbbbmbbbbimbbmmJ :
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125 E. 23rd Street, NEW YORK
NOTARIES and JUSTICES HANDLING
DET MQ 8 A l\| voile honishould write for cash ;
■ tliOll/il otr«T to t.miku x Whitman
Co., Wubhintrton, U. C. <Ovur *27 years' experience.) '
NORIIR Not ft soa P- Us*d for extracting dirt from rlothen in
■ ■ I»W U washing without rubbing them. Kave« labor. Contains no
WAQUIMft '."'i' 1 ? no 1!, l' o ' !lKh - lN harmless. Will not injure t.>,e finest
WW /AOn 11l V 3 fabrics. Send 10 centß for fr.'jUage. XJous ihre« waahiuuu
fk n | Agents wanted. "
' AOLt I WOBUB COMPANY, Dept. W. St. Louis, Mo.
Habitual
Constipation
May bo permanently overcome |)y proper
personal efforts >vitK tKe assistance j
of the onj truly Qenej<asl laxative
remedy, Syrup of figs an<j Ll'uir ojSfnnc,
wKich enables one to £orm regular
nabits daily So that assistance to lia*
lure may be gradual/ dispensed w»tK
wrven ho longer needed as the best of
remedies, when required, are to assist
nature and not to supplant the natum.
a)functions, vKicK must depend ulti*
m«tely upon propev nourishment,
proper efforts, and living generally.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine
, •nonuJ<Lct«r«'tl by Hit
CALIFORNIA
Fig Syrup Co. only
SOLp BVALL LEADING DRUGCISTS
one sue only. price 50? ftr Bottl#
IPeeriess
Dried Beei
Unlike the Oi dinar/ dried
beef —that sold in bulk—
Libby's Peerless Dried Beef
comes in a sealed glass jar
in which it is packed the
moment it is sliced into those
delicious thin wafers.
None of the rich natural
flavor or goodness escapes
or dries out. It reaches you
fresh and with all the nutri
ment retained.
1 Libby's Peerless Dried
Beef is only one of a Great I
number of high-grade, ready
to serve, pure food products
that are prepared in Libby's I
Great White Kitchen.
Just try a package of any
of these, such as Ox Tongue,
Vienna Sausage, Pickles,
Olives, etc., and see how
delightfully dif
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Typical Farm Scene, Showing Stock Raisin* in
WESTERN CANADA
Pome of the choicest lands for grain growing
stock raising and mixed farming in the new dia-'
trlcts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have r®'
cently been Opened lor Settlement under the
Revised Homestead Regulations*
Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain!
conditions), by the lather, mother, son, daugh'
ter, brother or sister of an intending home-'
steader. Thousands of homesteads of IflO acres
each are thus now easily available in these
great grain-growing, stock-raising and uiixe4
farming sections.
There you will find healthful climate, good
neighbors, churches for family worship, school*
for your children, good laws, splendid crops,
and railroads convenient to market.
Entry fee in each case is $10.()0. For paniph*
let, "Last Best West," particulars as to rates,
routes, best time togo and where to locally
apply to
H. M. WILLIAMS.
Law Bul.'dintf. Toledo. Ohio*
A'r"" V HAIR BALBAM
P<mw and btaatiflac th« halt.
Prompt— a luxunaut growth
HaoCtiKr wMNever Falls to Restore Oray
-jBMI Hair to Its Youthful Color.
Mfe ■ ■ ■— ANAKE3IBgWo"I"«t^
■H ■ ■ IP final relief. 18 A SIM PI.K ( I K*.
U■ H H— II at drugirtatH or by wall.
mm Mm ■■ m hami'le FKKE. AddraOL
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■ V HBa ftAS Tribune Bldg. c Umw Yowl
"7 p— It/| A Tetter. Itching Piles,
tllVlM, Pi ui pins, Kryslpolas,
l iltß. Barns. Old or Scrofulous Mores and
all Skin Diseases positively cured by the um
of Itovd's Ointment. At your druggiS
I or M) cents by mail. BOYD OINTMENT COMPANY*
j Kittunuintf. Pa.
A TCMTC w»uon 112. ruicmin, Patent Attosw
rSk I tW I A? e> - w «»-i>inKtoi».l).0. A.lvlo*
; B 9% I I vfroc. iornutiow. liiaheat raf.
I WIDOWS'" I " 1 " NEW LAW n*
PENSIONS WauhlugKiij, 1). U. '
"i™"ul2! Thompson's Eye Watsr
1 A. N. K.—C (1908—24) 2234.
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