liOIJBEItS OUTWITTED.
BY MYRON D. GIBSON.
The war had made able-bodied men
so scarce that in the fall of 1862 the
freighting- and purchasing of supplies
for a small settlement on the Minne
sota river devolved upon four young
fellows from fifteen to seventeen years
of age. They had made several trips
with loads of wheat to the nearest
town on the Mississippi, and laid in a
winter's supply of provisions for the
whole settlement, and on this, their
last trip, were to sell their wheat for
cash and bring back loads of freight
for an old Frenchman who kept a
trading post near the settlement.
A1 Talman, the oldest of the boys,
who was intrusted with the buying
and selling, sold the wheat for a high
price, and, countingt he gold he received
for it, dropped it into a buckskin purso
and thrust it deep in his pocket, taking
little notice of the crowd about the
warehouse oflice as he did so.
While the boj's were loading the
trader's goods into their wagons, a
well-dressed stranger sauntered up, and
after cracking a joke or two, careless
ly inquired where they were freight
ing.
"Out to the Le Sueur settlement,"
replied Al.
"Is that so?" exclaimed the stranger.
"Why, that's the very place I want to
reach! I've an uncle out that way
somewhere," he continued, us he i
glanced at the name on the boxes und !
barrels. "lie's a trader by the name of j
Verdicr. Do you know him?"
"I guess I do!" replied Al. "Why, i
these are his goods we are loading !
with, See his name here on this box?'' !
"Well, I declare!" exclaimed the fel- !
low, stepping up to examine the name j
as if he had not read it before. " 4An
toino Verdire!' That's the name sure
enough. And say, my young friend,
can you carry me out there with you?"
"Of course I can," answered Al, glad
to be of service to a prospective neigh
bor. "1 suppose you'll take up land
and go to farming like the rest of us?"
"That's just what I want to do," re
plied the man. "Is there any good
government land near my uncle's
place?"
"Oh. yos, plenty of it," said Al, "and
the folks will all bo glad to have an
other neighbor."
"I'm glad to hear that," said the
stranger. "I came up on the boat just
the other day, and was afraid I'd be
too late to g-et any good land. I'll go
up to the hotel now and gxst my things
ready—that is, unless you'd like my
help about loading."
"Never mind that," said Al. "You
go and get ready, and we'll soon have
these things aboard."
"Say, Al," spoke up Frank Gibbs, as
soon as the man was out of hearing," 1
believe that fellow is lying. If I'm not
mistaken, I've seen him hangingaround
nearly every time we've been here."
"I wouldn't wonder if Frank was
right, Al," added August Shacfer; "I
think myself I've seen his face be
fore."
"Oh, pshaw!" said Al, who did not
relish this imputed want of sagacity on
his part. "It's some other fellow that
you've seen. What's the difference,
anyhow? I guess four of us needn't be
afraid of a fellow of his sizo."
"Yes, but we ought not to take any
chances," persisted Frank. "All that
* money and these goods are enough to
tempt robbers if they knew we had
them aboard, and you know the folks
warned us not to take up with stran
gers."
"That's so, they did," admitted Al.
"But I don't see how we're going to
get out of it now."
"Just in time, ain't 1?" said the man,
stepping briskly up with his bundlo, as
the boys wore ready to start, and
climbing Into the seat side of Al. "1
thought I'd get back in time to eat din
ner with you, so I brought along some
sandwiches."
"Time enough yet," said Al. "We're
loaded heavier than usuul, and thought
we'd eat as we rode along, to save
time."
"A very good plan," assented the !
stranger, who was soon sampling Al's j
doughnuts, while the latter returned !
the compliment by helping himself to
the stranger's sandwiches.
The goods of the trader consisted of
the dry goods, groceries, medicines,
ammunition, etc., commonly kept in
backwoods stores, not omitting the I
baleful "fire water" that rendered bar- !
ter with the Indians so profitable to ;
unscrupulous traders.
"What's that uncle's got in there?'
asked the stranger, pointing to a box,
the lid of which had become loosened.
"Some kind of liquor, I guess," re
plied Al. "I see it's full of bottles."
"Well, if -that's the case, we must
have something to wash down this
lunch," exclaimed the stranger, as he i
leaned over, tore oO the lid and began
handling over the bottles.
"Hold on!" cried Al. "These things
don't belong to me, and I'd rather
you'd let them alone!"
"Oh, never fear!" laughed the man,
as ho continued rummaging among the
bottles. "I'll make it all right with
uncle. Why, lie wouldn't like it at all
if 1 didn't help myself to anything of
his."
The box contained all sorts of drugs
and medicines, but at last the fellow
found what he wanted and held up a
large bottle labeled "brandy."
"Hero wo have it!" he shouted, and,
after Al and the other boys had de
clined to drink, the fellow took a long
pull at the bottle and set it back in
the box. He did not forget where ho
put it, however, but paid his respects
to it quite often during the afternoon.
Al carried a shotgun in his wagon,
and when they stopped to make camp
at the upper end of Smoky Hollow
that night, the stranger, with Al's
permission, shouldered the gun and
started up the bluff to kill some par
tridges, while the boys fixed camp and
cooked supper. The boys waited some
time after supper was done, and then,
as it was getting quite dark, they
squatted about tlio fire and began eat
ing, expecting every moment to sec !
the stranger walk into the camp. But
no stranger came, and the boys began
to grow uneasy. Thinking he had per
haps lost his way, they built n huge
fire and shouted loudly, but their own
voices, echoing from the hillsides, alone
j answered.
The younger boys became frightened
as they remembered their fir.it sus
| picioos, but Al, although a great dread
had sprung up in his own bosom,
laughed to scorn the fears of his com
panions, and set about stretching a big
: canvas over his wagon as usual, weight
, ing it down on all sides with rocks, and
forming a snug tent for their beds,
which they spread on the ground be
| tween the wheels of the vehicle.
Reassured by his confident manner,
the tired boys were soon sleeping
soundly, when Al slipped quietly out
of bed and paced silently up and
down the road. Not a sound could bo
heard save the champing of the horses
at their feed boxes; and after untying
a sack of horse feed and shoving the
money down among the oats as far as
he could reach, lie tied up the sack
again and crept back to bed, but not
to sleep. Several farmers had been
robbed in the vicinity of Sinolcj' llollow
that autumn, and the more Al thought
of it the moro he became convinced
that his passenger was a spy acting
for the band that committed these
crimes. He lay awake for hours. No
sound but the hootings of owls broke
the stillness, and he was just falling
into a doze when the rush and clatter
of a troop of hard-riding horsemen
came to his ears.
"Doys! boys!" he whispered, as he
shook his sleepy companions. "Wake
up! quick; Somebody is coming, and
I'm afraid it's robbers. Now, mind
what I tell you," he continued, as the
sleepy lads sat up and stared at him by
the light of the lantern. "That scamp j
was spying, sure enough. Hear them
coming? Hut don't you get scared.
I've hidden the money, and if we keep
our wits about us wo can stand them
off in some way."
At that moment a wild yell, accom
panied by several pistol shots, iang
through the woods, and half a dozen
riders dashed into tlio camp and sur
rounded the wagon tent just as the
boys came stumbling out.
"Throw up your hands!" ordered the
leader, as he and one of his men, ensity
recognized as Al's passenger, covered
them with their pistols while the other
four dismounted and began searching
the other boys for money.
"Look'c here now, my young
friends!" shouted the leader, when the
men reported the result of their
search, "our time is precious, and we
ain't the kind of men to be fooled
with, so the sooner you hand over that
gold the better it will be for j r ou!"
"What gold arc you talking about?
We haven't a dollar in our pockets, not
one of us," boldly answered Al, who
did not know the spy had seen him re
ceive the money.
"That may be," replied the robber,
"but if you haven't got it in your
pockets it's hid about your wagons
somewhere. There's no use of your
trying to bluff me. My man here saw
you get the money and watched to see
that j'ou did not spend It, so just fork
it over, and be lively about it; do you
hear?"
A1 heard all too plainly.
"If that sneaking blackguard knows
where there's any gold, let him find
it!" he answered, hotly.
"I'll do that in a hurry, cap," replied
the man, who was about to throw him
self off his horse when the leader
checked him.
"Keep to your horse, Bill!" he or
dered. "You're sure they had the
money when they left the landing?"
"As sure as I sit on this horse," an
swered the spy. "That feller there,
the tall one, had it in his pocket in a
buckskin bag."
"Do you hear that, youngster?" said
the chief, turning upon Al. "Now
we're here after that gold, aud, what's
more, we're going to have it. Will you
hand it over or must I make you do it?"
Al hesitated. lie knew ho had des
perate men to deal with, but was de
termined not to yield until obliged to.
"Look here," thundered the rullian
leader, exasperated by the lad's stub
bornness, "I've fooled away all the
time I'm going to with you, young fel
low. Do you see that horse there?"
pointing his pistol at one of the teams.
"Well, I'll givo you just one minute
to hand over that gold, or down goes
that horse; and if that don't con
vince you, I'll down the next, and
the next, and every hoof you've got.
And if that don't fetch the money," he
added, with a fierce oath, "I'll take a
shot at youl"
AI saw the fellow meant what he
said, and, as further resistance would
have been foolishness, he untied the
sack of oats and handed the money to
the robber, who, after counting it, put
tlio purse in his pocket.
"All right, boys!" he called out.
"And now, my young friends, when
we've troubled you for a look at some
of those goods, wo will lyd you good
night and bo off. You see, our out
door occupation demands warm cloth
ing and plenty of powder and lead, and
if you have such things aboard, you
will save much damage to the rest of
your loads by showing us where we
can find what we waut."
"You might as well do it, Al," wliis
pered Frank. "They're bound to have
it, anyway, and will only tear things
to pieces if you leave them to hunt for
it."
"All right," said Al, "I'll show you."
Boxes and barrels were quickly
opened, and each robber soon had a
bundle of clothing, blankets, ammuni
tion, etc., strapped on behind his sad
dle.
All this time Al had been trying to
conjure up soino plan to outwit tlio
thieves and save the money and prop- 1
erty in his charge. lie felt that his
own carelessness had brought this disr.s
tor upon them, and would gladly have
embraced unyoopportunity, no matter
how hazardous, to retrieve that repu
tation for shrewdness and sagacity that
had won for him this position of trust
and responsibility, to which all the
other young men in the settlement had
aspired. But the robbers were well
armed, aad far too cautious to allow
their victims any visible chance to turn
the tables upon them. When they had
secured as much plunder as they
thought safe to burden their horses
with and swung themselves into their
saddles, Al's wrath and despair knew
no bounds. He stood before the tent
covered wagon, with the lantern in his
I hand, watching the robbers as they
i mounted, when the spy suddebly called
| out to the leader:
"Oh, say, cap! I almost forgot about
it, but they've got some good spirits in
that tent wagon, and we must have a
clrop before we go."
"Is that so, Hill?" responded the
leader.
"Needn't take my word for it, cap,"
replied the spy. "Hero, young fel
low," he ordered, turning to Al, "go
and bring out that bottle of brandy.
; I'll make it all right with uncle,
| you know." And while Al went into
the tent with the luntern the man,
with great glee, told his mates how he
secured a ride with the boys by mak
ing them believe the trader was his
uncle.
No sooner did the fellow mention it
than Al started for the brandy, his
Urst thought being that perhaps if he
could lind enough liquor the robbers
would make themselves hopelessly
drunk as soon as they reached their
own camp; but while clambering into
the wagon a daring idea flashed into
his mind.
Reaching the box containing the
spirits, medicines, etc., he searched
among the bottles, while the highway
men were laughing uproariously at the
narrative of the spy. Hottle after bot
tle he snatched up and held to the
light of the lantern.
"Come! Come! Don't be all night j
in there!" shouted one of the robbers.
Just then Al found what he wanted i
—a small vial labeled: "Laudanum."
"Wait till I And it, won't you?" j
he shouted back, and, quickly empty
ing the contents of the vial into the
brandy bottle, he replaced the cork,
gave the bottle a good shake and came
out with it in his hand. "Here it is,'"
ho said, in as quiet a manner as he
could command, as he handed it to the
spy-
The woods rang with laughter as the
bottle went from mouth to mouth, and
each robber drank to the health of
Bill's uncle. All were in too good
humor over the success of the expedi
tion and Bill's joke to notice the agi
tation which Al found impossible to
conceal. lie trembled lest Bill's pota
tions during the afternoon had drained
the bottle so low that it would be emp
ty before it reached the leader, who
was the last to drink.
There was enough to go round, how
ever, and when the robber chief had
swallowed the last drop he dashed the
bottle against a tree.
"Your uncle keeps pretty good
liquor, Bill," he laughed, "only I don't
just like the flavor. Say, young fellow,
bring us out a few bottles to take along
with us, and we'll be off."
"All right!" said Al, now anxious to
detain them. "There's plenty of it,
and it will be all the better for the In
dians if you drink it instead of them."
Going back into the tent he opened
a case of whisky, and, after poking
about us long as he deemed safe, with
the robbers shouting to him to hurry
up and not keep them waiting, he
emerged with half a dozen bottles in
his arins.
"Bully boy!" shouted the chief, de
lighted ut the prospect of plenty of
liquor for some time to come. "You
know how to treat gentlemen, after
all, if you were a little crabbed at first.
And now," ho went on, as he and his
men stowed the bottles away in their
bundles, "siuce you're so clever I'll
give you a bit of advice. The next
time you come home from market with
a bag of gold in your pocket, beware of
strangers, especially chaps liko iny
man Bill, here, who want to ride out
in the country to their uncles'."
At this they all roared with laugh
ter, and, putting spurs to their horses,
dashed out of sight in the darkness.
A1 gave a shout of delight when once
the robbers were out of hearing, and
lest he. lose track of them in
the darkness and give them time to re
cover from the effects of the laudanum,
he hastily explained to the other boys
what he had done, and mounting four
of the best horses, they rode swiftly in
the direction the robbers had taken.
Scarcely a mile away, the prostrate
form of one of the band was found
stretched across the road, and a little
farther on their horses grazed in a
group by the wayside, while the high
waymen, wrapped in deathlike sleep,
lay curled up under the trees. The
boys bound the sleepers' hands and
feet; then, returning to camp, they un
loaded one of the wagons and, hitch
ing a team to it, came back along the
road and picked up the unconscious
robbers. It was hard work getting
some of the heavy fellows into the
wagon, but A1 was afraid the lauda
num might prove fatal; and leaving
Truman and August to look after the
camp, he and Frank drove with aM
speed back to the landing. They
stopped several times at watering
places and dashed cold water over the
faces of their prisoners, and when, at
break of day, they arrived at the
landing, all had gained consciousness.
Their friends at the settlement were
much alarmed when the boys failed to
return at the usual time, but when
they arrived a day later and related
the cause of their delay and its happy
ending, all the people gathered to
gether and a great supper was served
in honor of the plucky lads. The stolen
gold and the goods of the trader, I
which the authorities retained as evi- |
dence against the robbers, were
eventually returned to their owners.— !
N. Y. Ledger.
—Giving Iliin Hope.—The pretty girl
was lavishing a wealth of affection on
her mastiff and the very soft young
man was watching her. "I wish I
were a dog," he said languishingly. j
"Don't worry," she replied, "you'll
grow.''—Detroit Free Press.
—
—The trouble with culture is that it
has to stop at the surface.—llam's 1
Uoru.
Steering Clear of Sin.
Milkman—Johnny, did you put wa
tii* in the milk this morning l ?
New Assistant—Yes, sir.
44 Don't you know that is wicked,
Johnny?"
"But you told me to mix water with
the milk."
44 Yes, but I told you to put the water
in first and pour the milk into it.
Then, you see, we can tell the people
we never put water in our milk."—
Texas Sittings.
A Fair Partnership.
Stranger—Boy,there's a dime museum
somewhere around here, I understand.
Do you know where it is?
Boy—Yessir. I wish I had a dime ter
get in.
Stranger—Well, you conduct me to
the place, and I'll give you the dime.
Boy—All right. That's a fair part
nership. You furnish th' capital, an' I
furnisli th' brains.—N. Y. Weekly.
Has It Como to This?
Wo have boiled tho hydrant wator,
Wo have sterilized tho milk;
We havo strained tho prowling microbe
Through the finest kind of silk;
We have bought and wo havo borrowed
Every patent health device:
And at last tho doctor tolls us
That we've got to boll tho tcc.
—Chicago Record.
TOO MUCH COMPETITION.
Tillic—What are tho wild wave?
saying?
Willie—Can't hear them. The bath
ing suits are too loud.—St. Louis Re
public.
Disappointment.
"lie comes not."
The forsaken bride wept amid the
gorgeousness of the wedding feast.
"lie comes not," she wailed.
They tried to tell her that he was un
worthy, but she heard them not.
"My dreams of wedded bliss—"
Her voice rose to a shriek.
" —are shattered. I will have to keep
right on wearing shoes two sizes too
small for inc."-Detroit Tribune.
An Active Woman.
Husband (breathlessly)—l must rush
off on very short notice, for an extend
ed trip, and I can take you along if
you can get ready. Do you think you
can do it in two hours and a quarter?
Wife—Easily. I can pack the trunk
in five minutes, and that will leave me
two hours and ten minutes to dress.—
N. Y. Weekly.
Mrs. Smythe—There's otir Johnnie,
now, without a single thing to do; the
devil will surely find work for his idle
hands!
Smythe—Don't you worry! Even the
devil couldn't got a hustle on that boy.
—Truth.
She Was Particular.
"Let us go to the beach and bathe,"
suid Mrs. WiiTells to Mrs. Vaddells.
"Thank you, but I prefer not. I
think it is unsanitary under present
conditions. When individual oceans
are provided for bathers I will go in."—
Judge.
No Comparison.
Cleveiton—Do 3'ou regard an engage
ment as serious as marriage?
Dashaway—More so, old man. The
most serious thing I ever did was to be
come engaged to three girls at the
same time.—Brooklyn Life.
How the Trouble llrgan.
"I wouldn't wear bloomers for any
thing," said the thin girl.
"Neither would I—if I were you," re
plied the plump girl.
And that's why they do not. speak
now.—Chicago Post.
A Slight Alteration.
Ada—Do you think the word "obey"
should bo omitted from the marriage
service?
Ida—Omitted? Certainly not. It
should merely be transferred to the
other party to the contract. —Truth.
When Adam Married.
Two children are "making up" con
undrums at a party. One asks:
"At what time was Adam married?"
"(Jive it up."
"Oh, on his wedding Eve."—Philadel
phia Lutheran.
Menace to Pedestrians.
"Beverly ought not to bo allowed to
ride a wheel."
"Why not?"
"lie's so thin you can't see him when
he's coming toward you."—Chicago
Record.
The Street Car Ads.
Time was. when truths thoy wished all men to
heed
Wero written so that "ho who runs may read."
Hut now wo very sensibly decide
To put them whero one who reads may rlda
—L A. W. Bulletin.
Too Soon.
"Docs the widow refuse to be com
forted?"
"Oh, I fancy she hasn't had any
chauce yet!"— Puck.
Not a Hut-cess.
Wife—What do you think of Bridget's
cooking?
Husband—l think if she tried to boil
water she'd burn it.—'i'ruth.
Quito Naturally.
Mills—What parts do you take in
this new marine drama?
Bills -Oh, divers roles. -N. Y. World.
fcITTLE CULLINGS.
A NEW restaurant was opened at El-
Jin wood, Ivan., a few days ago by Mrs.
Feeder.
TIIE color of snuff depends on the ex
tent to which fermentation has been
allowed to go.
CAMELS are probably the only ani
| mals that cannot swim. Immediately
after they enter the water they turn on
their backs and are drowned.
PHILADELPHIA vegetarians arc going
to form a colony in the city limits,
where they can, by cooperation, be
enahied to live according to their die
tetic ideas.
A PIiiLADELPIiiAN who regularly vis
its a barber shop on Ninth street has a
hirsute horror in the shape of a mus
tache which measures twenty-two
inches from tip to tip.
SEVERAL Georgia watermelons weigh
ing more than fifty pounds have been
brought to market this season, but it is
likely the record will be carried by one
weighing a trifle over seventy-five
pounds, cut recently on a Thomaston
farm.
IT is said that cut flowers will keep
very fresh if a small pinch of nitrate
of potash or common saltpetre is put
in the water in which they stand. The
ends of the stems should be cut off a
little every day to keep open the ab
sorbing pores.
ANATOMISTS to separate the hones of
a skull frequently fill it with small
beans and place the whole in a basin j
of water. The beans swell and slowly |
split the skull. The force which beans ;
arc capable of exerting under these :
conditions is equal to the average press
ure in the boiler of a steam engine.
MRS. ZOE MA HOOK, aged seventy
3'ears, of Fond du Lac, Wis., has just
brought suit for breach of promise of
marriage against Francis P.dlant, aged
eighty-one years, or Martinette. Mr.
Pellant avers he is and always has
been ready to many the lady, but there
seems to be some difficulty interposed
by his children.
FRENCH GOSSIP.
STEAMERS of 1,000 tons can now go
up tho Seine to Paris with their own
steam.
AN international conference on the
protection of wild birds useful to agri
culture was held in Paris in tho last
da3*s of June.
LORD DUFFERIN has been obliged to
discharge all the French servants at
the British embassy in Paris, as they
have repeatedly been discovered tam
pering with dispatch boxes.
CADLES will connect the Eiffel tower
with turrets of the Trocadero palace,
during the 1000 exhibition, and upon
them light passenger trains will be run
by gravitation.
FRANCE proposes to put an end to
racing by ocean greyhounds by enforc
ing the regulations of ISBB, limiting tho
speed at sea. A new hill drawn up by
the marine ministry, imposes heavy
penalties for excessive speed.
IN France the Budget committee has
decided to remove the taxes on wines,
beer,cider, and other ''hygienic drinks,"
and to increase the duty on spirits with
the exception of alcohol used in the
arts. The manufacture of alcohol will
be a state monopoty.
BEE farming has become a nuisance
to the sugar refiners at Gennevilliers,
near Paris. The bees swarm in the re
fineries and alight on the workmen.
Every hive, the manufacturers assert,
carries off five dollars' worth of sugar
a year; that they can endure, but not
the incessant buzzing and the irrita
tion of the workmen.
THE OPERATIC STAGE.
IIF.HR GURA, the baritone, tho orig
inal Wotan in 44 Der Ring des Nibeluii
gen," has been discharged from the
Munich lloftheater, as his voice is no
longer fresh enough, lie will confine
himself to concerts.
44 Li MASC," a live-act comedy in
Provencal, by A1 pliose Tavan, one of
the founders of the Felibrige, the so
ciety for the renewal of Provencal poe-
U*3 r , lias been given with great success
at Vancluse.
SAINT SAENS has composed the last
two acts for a grand opera Fredegonde,
of which his friend Ernest Gueraud
had written the first two at the time of
his death. It will be given soon at the
Grand opera.
AT the Theater Libre next season
operatic pieces will be given as well as
plays. A curious performance of King
Lear is also promised with a novel ar
rangement of scenery that will make
possible the sudden transformations
necessary to present the scenes in their
original sequence.
"TANNHAUSER" was given nine times
out of the fourteen performances of
grand opera in Paris during the month
of May, the receipts averaging 22,000
francs a night, 5,000 francs more than
the average of the other operas, which
were "Faust," "Sigurd" and "Samson
and Delilah."
THE WORLD'S WONDERS.
THE tunnel at Schemmitz, Hungary,
is the longest in the world. It has a i
length of 10.27 miles, costing over $5,-
000,000 to construct. Completed in the !
year 1888, it was commenced in the >
eighteenth century.
Tine smallest city in the world is the j
miniature place known as Steward j
City, Alaska, U. S., its three inhabit
ants being, respectively, mayor, chair
man of t he board of aldermen and pres
ident of the common council.
THE most remarkable whirlpool is '
the maelstrom of the northwest coast
of Norway and southwest of Mos
kenaesol, the most southerly of the
Lofoden isles. It was once supposed j
to be unfathomable, but the depth has 1
been shown not to exceed twenty
fathoms.
THE longest bridge in the world is
the Lion bridge, near Saugang, China.
It extends 5!4 miles over an arm of the
Yellow sea and it is supported by 300
huge stone arches. The roadway is 70
feet above the water and is inclosed in
an irou network. A marble lion 21
feet long rests on the crown of every
pillar.
for infants and Children.
Do You Know that Paregoric,
S?< W Scl Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Soothing Syrups, and
most remedies for children aro composed of opium or morphine f
Do Yon Know that opium and morphino aro stupefying narcotic poisons f
Do Yon Know that In most countries druggists arc uot permitted to sell narcotics
without labeling them poisons ?
on Know that you should not pchmit uny medicine to bo given your child
unless you or your physician know of what it is composed ?
Yo** Know that Castorla is a purely vegetable preparation, and that a list of
its ingredients Is published with every bottle ?
on Know that Castorla is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher. •
That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castorla is now sold than
of all other remedies for children combined ?
Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of tlio United States, and of
other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to uso the word
" Castoria " and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense ?
Do You Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was \
because Costoria had been proven to bo absolutely harmless?
Do You Know that 35 average doses of Costoria aro furnished for 35
cents, or one cent a dose ?
Know that when possessed of this perfeot preparation, your children may
be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest ?
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The fac-simlle
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