Bedford. Presbyterian Church _for Wilmington, N. C._ 11.60

Brookline. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.96

Center Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.61

Colebrook. E. C. $1.; J. A. H. 50c. 1.50

Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $38.94;--W. H.

Pitman, $2 _for Mendi M._ 40.94

Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.15

Hillsborough Bridge. J. D., Mrs. J. G., Mrs. E. T.,

and Mrs. D. W. $1. ea. 4.00

Hillsborough Centre. John Adams, $5; O. C. $1 6.00

Keene. Sec. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $50,; “A Friend,”

$56.24; Mrs. N. R. C., 60c.; Mrs. E. A. W., 25c. 106.99

Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $59.99;

--Ladies of First Cong. Ch., bbl of C. _for

Talladega, Ala._ 59.99

New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $4.69; Ladies

of Cong. Ch., box of C. and $2 _for freight_;

Mrs. Dr. G., $1 7.69

Orford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00

Pelham. “Friend” 15.00

Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $4.14; H. E. W., 35c. 4.49

Sullivan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00

Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00

Temp e. Cong. Sab. Sch. 14.00

Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00

Wilton. A. B. C. 0.50

---- “A Friend” 803.25

---- Geo. Cook 5.00

VERMONT, $208.46.

Barre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.33

Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. 66.62

Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.61

Burlington. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 50.00

Cambridge. A few Ladies, Box of C., by Mrs.

Madison Safford; Cong. Ch., Communion Set.

Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.10; Mrs.

L. G. S. $1 17.10

East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox 5.00

Fayetteville. A. Birchard, $5; Mrs. L. C. C. and

Mrs. A. E. K. H. $1 6.00

Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.26

Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Quechee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.04

Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc 0.50

West Brattleboro. Mrs. F. Gaines 5.00

Weston. Mrs. C. W. Sprague, $2; Lucy P. Bartlett, $2 4.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $977.42

Abington. Mrs. S. B. F 1.00

Acton. Mrs. H. C. L. _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.00

Andover. Misses McKeen, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 2.00

Ashfield. Mrs. G. B. Hall 5.00

Auburndale. Cong. Sab. Sch., $28.75, _for Tougaloo_;

--Mrs. D. W. Scott, $5; Mrs. D. W. Scott and Friends,

bbl. of C., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 33.75

Barnstable Co. “A Friend” 20.00

Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50

Beechwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.45

Belchertown. D. B. B. 0.50

Billerica. H. B. S 1.00

Boston Highlands. E. E. B. 1.00

Braintree. J. M. L. 0.12

Cambridgeport. Mrs. L. D. C. 1.00

Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 104.65

Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. 56.11

Danvers. First Cong. Ch. $6.25, and 10 bbls. apples,

_for Atlanta, Ga._ 6.25

Harvard. Mrs. C. S. 0.50

Haverhill. R. S. C. 0.50

Holbrook. Miss Sarah J. Holbrook, _for Student Aid,

Tougaloo U._ 25.00

Hyde Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid.

Hampton Inst._ 70.00

Lowell. L. Kimball, $25; H. M. Hunt, $5 30.00

Millbury. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student

Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00

Milford. Mrs. B. H. 0.50

Middletown. Mrs S. Fuller, 3 bbls. apples; Mrs.

W. W. Fuller, 2 bbls. apples, _for Atlanta Ga._

Natick. ---- 0.10

Northampton. “A Friend” 100.00

Oakham. Cong Ch. and Soc. 65.00

Reading. “A Friend” 2.00

Rockland. Cong. Ch. $50 _for Missionary Work_;

--Elijah Shaw, $20 70.00

Salem. J. H. T. 0.60

Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00

South Boston. Miss J. A. 0.50

Southbridge. “A Friend” 3.00

South Deerfield. Mrs. Mary C. Tilton 2.00

Springfield. South Ch., “E. M. P.,” $10; Mrs.

R. K., $1 11.00

Sunderland. Dorcas Soc., bbl. of C. _for Atlanta,

Ga._

Topsfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of C. Watertown.

Mite Box, $2.50; Mrs. E. S. P., 60c. 3.10

Webster. Rev. B. F. P. 0.50

Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $119.63;

Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n, bbl. of C. 119.63

Went Cummington. Rev. J. B. B. 0.50

West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.87

Westminster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 67.00

West Newton. J. H. P. 0.50

West Stockbridge. Geo. W. Kniffin 10.00

Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 28.00

Williamstown. Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D. 5.00

Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., bbl. of C., _for Atlanta,

Ga._ Worcester. Union Ch., $60.29; M. F. W., $1;

G. M. P., 50c. 61.79

Wrentham. J. M. P. 0.60

RHODE ISLAND, $32.00.

Newport. Rev. T. Thayer 10.00

Providence. Charles St. Cong. Sab. Sch. 22.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,292.90.

Bozrah. Miss H. Maples. $5; S. A., $1 6.00

Bristol. Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN A. WAY, MILES L.

PECK and W. H. NETTLETON, L. M.’s 94.26

Collinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.00

Cornwall Bridge. Geo. H. Swift 10.00

Cromwell. Mrs. S. Topliff 5.00

Derby. First Cong. Ch. 25.00

Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,

Atlanta U._ 31.95

Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. 2.69

Hadlyme. R. E Hungerford, $50; Jos. W.

Hungerford, $50 100.00

Hartford. Mrs. Lawson B. Bidwell, $30, to const.

SAMUEL NOTT, L. M.; Mrs. P. Johnson (_of which

$1 for Mendi M._), $1.50 31.50

Huntington. Cong. Ch. and Friends 7.50

Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss 10.50

Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 17.90

Meriden. The Chas. Parker Co., 9 doz. tea-spoons

and 6 doz. forks, _for Atlanta, Ga._

Middletown. ESTATE of Mrs. Anna H. Phillips, by

J. M. Hubbard 300.00

Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. 130.00

New Haven “A Lady Friend,” $5; “A Friend,” $5;

M. N., $1; Rev. S. W. Barnum, 6 copies “Romanism

As It Is” 11.00

New Milford. Miss Susie F. Nettleton, $5;

Mrs. F. G. B., 50c. 5.50

Norwich. Park Ch. (of which $30 from Mrs. Chas. Lee,

to const. REV. LEONARD W. BACON, L. M., and $30

from Miss S. M. Lee, to const. EDWARD T. CLAPP,

L. M.) 694.76

Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $250;

Buckingham Sab. Sch., $20; Second Cong. Ch.,

$128.22; S. H., $1 399.22

Norwich Town. Samuel Case 10.00

Old Lyme. Miss E. M. P. 1.00

Plymouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for College Farm

Talladega, Ala._ 100.00

Prospect. B. B. Brown 10.00

Stamford. J. A. Rockwell, M. D., _for Student Aid,

Atlanta U._ 20.00

Stanwich. William Brush 100.50

Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 27.37

Unionville. First Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 36.73

Wapping. Second Cong. Ch. 20.26

Washington. Cong. Ch. 14.65

West Haven. Cong. Ch. 20.61

Windsor Locks. Mrs. L. P. Dexter 6.00

Winsted. Dr. Lyman Case 10.00

Woodbury. Mrs. E. L. Curtis 10.00

NEW YORK, $454.16.

Black Creek. Cong. Ch. $1; Miss M. T. $1. 2.00

Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5.00

Brooklyn. Mrs. Lewis Edwards, two valuable quilts.

Brooklyn, E. D. David D. Nicholson 15.00

Cambria Center. Cong. Ch. 15.00

Canastota. E. B. Northrup, $5; R. H. and Mrs. R. H.

Childs, $5 10.00

Clear Creek. Cong. Ch. 3.50

Eagle Harbor. A. P. 0.30

East Palmyra. Mrs. Laura E. Dada, _for Student Aid_ 5.00

Ellington. Cong. Ch. $9.08; and Sab. Sch. $8.02 17.10

Fredonia. Mrs. Sarah D. Chandler 5.00

Greenville. Mrs. H. M. Wakeley 5.00

Griffin’s Mills. Dea. Henry Moore 15.00

Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 10.75

Harlem. Cong. Ch. ("of which $10 from W. W.

Ferrier, _for Student Aid, Atlanta and Talladega

Colls._"), $35.64; Cong. Sab. Sch. $10 45.64

Havanna. J. F. P. 1.00

Lima. Delia A. Phillips 25.00

Moravia. First Cong. Ch. 11.92

Mott’s Corners. Cong. Ch. 2.06

New York. S T. Gordon, $100; Miss P. T. Magie, $5;

--Meriden Cutlery Co., 4 doz. Knives _for Atlanta,

Ga._ 105.00

Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00

North Winfield. Miss E. J. Alexander, _for a

Teacher_ 10.00

Otsico Valley. ESTATE of Mrs. Olive S. Frisbie, by

I. T. Frisbie 50.00

Patchogue. Cong. Ch. 17.06

Perry Centre. I. M. 1.00

Plattsburgh. G. W. Dodds 5.00

Rochester. Mrs. A. E. Albright 5.00

Syracuse. “An Old Friend” 10.00

Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan, $10.10; Mrs. Fanny

D. Duncan, $5 15.10

Verona. Cong. Ch. 19.23

Walton. Chas. S. Fitch, _for Mendi M._ 5.00

Westmoreland. A. S. B. 0.50

Whitestown. James Symonds 5.00

NEW JERSEY, $20.76.

Bound Brook. Ladies of Cong, Ch., _for Tougaloo_ 13.00

Colt’s Neck. Reformed Ch. 5.76

Millstone. Mrs. J. T. C. 1.00

Heart’s Content. “A Friend,” bbl. of C. Trenton.

Mrs. E. B. F. 1.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $46.00.

Minersville. First Welsh Cong. Ch. 10.50

Philadelphia. S. A. J. 0.50

Pittsburgh. Third Pres. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,

Talladega, C._ 25.00

Troy. C. C. Paine 10.00

OHIO, $367.38.

Bellevue. J. S. 0.50

Belpre. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.80

Bucyrus and Sulphur Springs. “Friends,” box of

Sundries, _for Tougaloo U._

Burton. Mrs. H. H. F. and Mrs. H. F. 1.00

Cincinnati. Rent, _for the poor in New Orleans, La._ 67.20

Cleveland. Rev. H. Trautman 5.00

Delaware. Wm. Bevan 5.00

Greenwich Station. Wm. M. Mead 5.00

Huntsburgh. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,

Tougaloo U._ 12.30

Jefferson. “Friends,” box of Sundries, _for Tougaloo

U._

Lenox. A. J. Holman 5.00

Madison. Mrs. H. H. Roe and others, $35, _for

Tougaloo_; Cong. Sab. Sch., $3, _for Student Aid,

Tougaloo U._ 38.00

Medina. Ladies Benev. Soc., _for Student Aid,

Tougaloo U._ 9.00

Metamora. Mrs. M. S. 1.00

Napoleon. Mrs. N. B. P. 1.00

North Benton. M. J. H. 1.00

Oak Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.12

Oberlin. ESTATE of Miss Mary J. Hulburd, by Hiram

Hulburd, Ex. 32.00

Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $19.42; Mrs. C. C. W.,

51c.; R. M. K., $1 20.93

Painesville. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Cong. Ch., by

Stella H. Avery, Treas 25.00

Ravenna. S. H. 1.00

Ripley. Mrs. Mary Tweed 2.50

Rock Creek. L. C. 0.50

Sandusky. First Con. Ch., $78.43, to const. LEWIS

MOSS and E. E. UPP, L. M’s.;--by Rev. J. Strong,

$5 83.43

Saybrook. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Tougaloo, U._ 7.00

South Salem. Daniel S. Pricer, $2; Presb. Sab. Sch.,

$1.10; Miss M. M., $1; Mrs. M. S., $1 5.10

Steubenville. Women’s Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch.,

by M. J. Leslie, Treas. 10.00

Toledo. Mrs. M. A. Harrington, $5;--Mary R.

Pomeroy, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._, $3;--Mrs.

P. G. H., $1 9.00

Wayne. David Parker 5.00

Weymouth. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 2.24

West Mill Grove. Rev. S. S. H. 0.76

INDIANA, 24c.

Putnamville. R. H. 0.24

ILLINOIS, $184.38.

Chicago. Union Park Ch. 33.07

Delavan. R. Hodgton 6.50

Elgin. Cong. Ch. 6.24

Evanston. Cong. Ch. 14.06

Galesburg. J. G. W 1.00

Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 54.51

Geneva. “A Friend,” 5.00

Hamlet. L. C. 1.00

Lisbon. G. K. 0.50

Port Byron. Ladies, Box of C. _for Tougaloo U._

Rochelle. Mrs. A. C. F. 1.00

Rockford. “A Friend,” $25;--Mrs. Penfield, $10, _for

Student Aid, Talladega C._ 35.00

Rock Island. “A Friend,” 10.00

Roseville. Cong. Ch. 15.50

Tonica. W. B. 0.50

Wilmette. Mrs. A. T. S. 0.50

MICHIGAN, $901.60.

Adrian. ESTATE of Sarah M. Wolcott, by Wm W.

Brewster. Ex. (ad’l) 13.00

Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. 46.10

Blissfield. W. C. 0.50

Calumet. “A School Teacher,” _for Straight U._ 5.00

Detroit. F. M. S. 50c.; S. Z. 50c. 1.00

Dowagiac. “A Friend.” 1.00

Hillsdale. M. J. 0.51

Homer. A. R. B. 1.00

Jonesville. R. D. N. 0.50

Kalamazoo. ESTATE of Mrs Clarinda B. Safford, by

J. B. Cobb, Ex. 396.57

Memphis. Ladies’ Missionary Soc., _for Lady

Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00

Olivet. Mon. Con. Cong. Ch. 8.92

Parma. Mrs. M. B. Tanner 3.00

Richland. S. M. 1.00

Saint Johns. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20; G. V.,

50c. 20.50

Thetford. ESTATE of Amasa Carrier, by Wm. C.

Mathews 400.00

WISCONSIN, $98.75.

Brandon. “Friends,” box of C., _for Tougaloo U._

Cooksville. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Fulton. Cong. Ch. 4.00

Menomonee. Cong. Ch. (in part) 5.00

Oconomowoc. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 12.50

Ripon. J. D. 0.75

Salem. Wm. Munson 50.00

Union Grove. Dr. Adams 5.00

Windsor. Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.50

IOWA, $247.70.

Davenport. Capt. E. A. Adams, $50 _for Student Aid,

Talladega. C._;--Geo. W. Ells, $11 61.00

Dubuque. ESTATE of Calista C. Rogers, by Dr. R.

Clark, Ex. 100.00

Dubuque. Cong. Ch. 15.00

Eldora. C. McK. Duren 5.00

Grinnell. Prof. B. 0.50

Iowa City. Mrs. E. A. B., $1; Miss H. C., $1;

J. T. T., 50c. 2.50

Lyons. Cong. Ch. 50.00

Tabor. “A. C. G.” 1.00

Toledo. Mrs. E. N. Barker 5.00

Traer. “Little Ones of Cong. Ch.,” $5; _for Student

Aid, Fisk U._;--Mrs. C. H. Bissell, Box of C., and

$2.70 _for Freight, for Tougaloo U._ 7.70

MINNESOTA, $36.38.

East Prairieville. Union Sab. Sch. 9.00

Hersey. Cong. Ch. 5.60

Leech Lake. Rev. S. G. W., $1; Miss S. B., $1. 2.00

Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 13.52

Sleepy Eye. Cong. Ch. 5.26

Tivoli. L. H. 1.00

Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. Quar. Coll., $15

(incorrectly ack. in March number).

MISSOURI, $18.75.

Kidder. S. C. Coult 5.00

Laclede. E. D. S. 1.00

Saint Louis. Mrs. P. Penrose 4.75

Warrensburg. Rent 8.00

OREGON, $1.00.

Forest Grove. J. W. M. 1.00

CALIFORNIA, $109.71.

Benicia. Mrs. N. P. S. 0.51

Oakland. S. Richards 100.00

Santa Barbara. Mrs. H. M. Van Wrinkle 9.20

MARYLAND, 50c.

Baltimore. ---- 0.50

VIRGINIA, 50c.

Farmville. F. N. W. 0.50

TENNESSEE, $428.25.

Chattanooga. Rent, $150; Cong. Ch., $2;

Individuals, $2 154.00

Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 109.75

Nashville. Fisk University 164.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $136.12.

Raleigh. Washington Sch. 33.40

Wilmington. Normal Sch. $99; First Cong. Ch.,

$3.22; P. J. I., 50c. 102.72

SOUTH CAROLINA, $288.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 288.00

GEORGIA, $1,189.12.

Atlanta. Storrs School, $256.60; Atlanta

University, $190.50; “A Student, Atlanta U.” $3 450.10

Brunswick. Risley School, _for Mendi M._ 1.00

Macon. Lewis High Sch. 50.65

McIntosh. Rev. Joseph E. Smith, _for Student Aid,

Atlanta U._ 50.00

Ogeechee. Miss E. W. D. 1.00

Savannah. Beach Inst., $630.54; Cong. Ch., $5.83 636.37

ALABAMA, $212.

Childersburg. Rev. A. J., _for Mendi M._ 1.00

Mobile. Emerson Inst. 36.00

Montgomery. Public Sch. Fund 175.00

FLORIDA, 50c.

Orange City. Mrs. M. D. H. 0.50

LOUISIANA, $110.25.

Orleans. Straight University 110.25

MISSISSIPPI, $47.93.

Deasonville. H. L. B. 0.50

Livingston. “Friends,” _for Tougaloo_ 10.00

Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., $27.43.;--Rev. G. S. Pope,

$10 _for Student Aid_ 37.43

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Total 9,809.33

Total from Oct. 1st to Feb. 28th $65,733.41

H. W. HUBBARD,

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Receipts for Debt.

New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Sarah A. Hibbard 10.00

Rockville, Conn. Ladies, by Mrs. H. F. Hyde 25.00

Whitneyville, Conn. Ladies in Cong. Ch. by Elias

Dickerman 26.00

Ashburnham, Mass. Collected by Mrs. E. L. Evans 23.00

Haverhill, Mass. Gyles Merrill and Wife 100.00

Campello, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.69

Millbury, Mass. Tyler Waters 5.00

North Abington, Mass. Cong. Ch. $7; Mrs. Noah

Ford, $3 10.00

West Roxbury, Mass. Rev. Edward Strong 25.00

Griffin’s Mills, N. Y. Dea. Henry Moore 25.00

North Winfield, N. Y. Miss E. J. Alexander 10.00

Rochester, N. Y. Collected by Mrs. M. P. Porter 17.00

Spencerport, N. Y. Mrs. Upton. $1; Mrs. Jones, $1;

Others, $3, by Mrs. I. B. Clark 5.00

Baltimore, Md. Collected by Mrs. Martin Hawley 25.00

Illinois. “A Friend,” 1,388.58

Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer 500.00

College Springs, Iowa. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Iowa. Sales of Iowa Mortgages 10,669.51

S’kokomish, Wash. Ter. Rev. Myron Eells and Wife 25.00

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Total 12,801.78

Previously acknowledged in January receipts 11,587.19

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Total $24,488.97

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East Hartford, Conn. Abraham Williams 100.00

Meriden, Conn. Mrs. J. R. Yale 10.00

Plainville, Conn. Ezekiel Cowles 5.00

Waterbury, Conn. Charles Benedict 100.00

Palmyra, N. Y. MRS. MARY A. WOODWARD, $50, to const.

herself L. M.; MRS. HARRIOT H. SEXTON, $30, to

const. herself L. M. 80.00

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Total 330.17

Previously acknowledged in January receipts 1,297.00

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Total $1,627.17

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IS THE BEST.

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A Few of Many Testimonials of its Value:

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CRAMPTON’S

PURE OLD

PALM SOAP.

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For the Laundry,

The Kitchen,

AND FOR

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MANUFACTURED BY

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Send for Circular and Price List.

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MANUFACTURERS OF

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All goods bearing our NAME are fully guaranteed.

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MARVIN’S

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SAFES

COUNTER PLATFORM WAGON & TRACK

SCALES

_MARVIN SAFE & SCALE CO.

265 BROADWAY, N.Y.

627 CHESTNUT ST., PHILA._

]

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PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT

SUI GENERIS

]

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☞ To meet the popular demand, prices have been reduced 50 per cent.

PRICE LIST FREE.

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