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I Tin. "v. - A STRAUSS WOMAN'S SPEtL A Gltl TMnVi That She Was In Peril of Utcoinlng a Victim of Hypnotism. An experience of rather a sensational . character befol a young lady employed in the government printing oflice, an attempt being made to hypnotize or inesmerically control her by a strange woman, who, whatever else may be true of her, seems to possess great mesmeric power. After ac costing the' young lady, who in the daugh- ter of a Presbyterian clergyman, aha at onco entered upon the subject of hypno tism, stating that she had just come from an Interview wit h a lady who had made that branch of mental science a special study, and whoso experience with it had been remarkable and thrilling. TearninK that tho young lady she was addressing was fining to hast Capitol hill. she declared that she was going to Lincoln park herself, and resumed her remarks upon hypnot ism, asking also some ques tions in regard to It. Miss W , as she may be called, is not an i magi native young lady of the emotional school, but a plain, practical, common sense person, 'who has mado good useoi educational privileges, and is the orphan daughter of a well known clergyman. But in spito of her cool head and good Judgment she felt an almost unutterable fear of the strange appearing woman, who seemed bent on following her, and deter " mined that she should listen to her re marks upon the subject. Miss W avers that she felt a strange but unmistakable mesmeric or electric sen sation in her hand and arm nearest to hei chance acquaintance, nearly as pronounced . as that from a lightly charged galvanic battery. Bho could see no policeman, not - any ono to whom she could appeal, and she feared to mako an outcry, as her un welcome companion kept her right hand in a small traveling bag, the contents ol Which could only be surmised. Det ermined to shake her olT she took a direction nearly opposite to her destina tion, but the mysterious woman did the same. Finally they were passing a rustic seat upon which a person was seated with whom Miss W was acquainted, and the latter seated herself and remained till the hypnotic enthusiast disappeared around the corner. Miss W states that during the time she was in the presence of the strange woman she felt obliged to make the most strenuous mental effort to resist tho won derful inuuuuco which seemed to emanate from the stranger, nnd that she could feel it for several hours. A person possessing tho power that the strange woman apparently docs, with a reckless disregard of its use, or who chooses to exercise it for improper purposes, is a dangerous character to be abroad. The in cident will no doubt bo of interest to spe cialists in psychological mysteries, and of Homo possible interest to tho police. Washington i'fist. ' How Heels tint Fair Play for a Darky Tloy. An interesting story is current here about Mr. Heck in tlio early days of his life in Lexington. 1 lo wris always keen to take tho side of tlie weak agaiust the strong. On one occasion ho offered to thrash a .whole circus company, in the slavery days, when, in a circus, a call was made for vol unteers to riilo a trick mule. Fifty dollars was offered to anybody who would stick on. A lil t lo darky came forward and mounted tho mule's back. After going around tho rin.iffifuw times the mule be jgan a series of tactics to dislodge his rider. . Hut tho little darky stuck like wax, and it soon became pretty plain that tho mule, unaided, could not get him off. The ring master, thinking himself safe in maltreat ing a friendless negro boy, enmo up and gave his colleague, tho mule, several sharp fills with his whip that sent darky and innlo rolling over in tho sawdust. Mr. Duck saw t ho fraud. Ho jumped down from his seat, dashed into the ring, and catching the ringmaster with a very lci-Bunsivo grip, administered some Jack souian language to him, and demanded the money for tho boy. Tho ringmaster showed light. This was an easy matter, but it did ,not look so easy when tho whole circus company took sides with tho ringmaster, 'i'lie spectators immediately sided with the man who had championed tho friendless little darky. Tho money was paid over. Washington Cor. - Ciuciuuuti Commercial (iar.et.to. Actor lluhaoti'i Toimorlul Skill. I was being shaved in tho St. James ho tel barbershop when I noticed Stuart Itob bou siUhi.'t next to ni with a waxed linirod razor vlulder st Hiding idly, yet In terestedly, looking on. The famous funny fellow w.-is shaving himself, and the sound of that blado traversing tho stubblelleld of Lis physiognomy was lihe unto the gentle touch of a small boy, a short stick and 4 lulling fence, lie won't allow a barber to tlivest him of that hirsutu wire which adorns his face, and tho greatest joke about tliifj idea is that ho doesn't know bow to slwivu himself. He looks liko hu needed a shave, ni matter how often tho habit has leeu Indulged in during tho week. Anothc'st!Ujg feature of this jugglery is flint instead of i)i'. Hobson shaving him self down, ns other mortals do, he persis tently pushes tho sharp steel up against the grain of the beard. The barbers all Stand back aghast and wonder how he sur vives such an ordenl, but no ono is mora complacent than ho when the job is done. The clever comedian then seeks the wash stand, nllouing the bowl lo bo filled with cold water, into which ho plunges his whole head and face, holding his breath ns long as possible. After this the poor bar ber gets a chauce at him. Cor. 1'ittsburg Jjispateh. Oil from Corn. ' Oil from corn is ono of the latest prv ducts which modern science every now and then throws upon the world. Tho utilize, which is now grown in tho United States nt tho rate of some 2,000,000 bushels per year, has !een experimented with and found capable of yielding 8; per cent, of its weight in oil, tho germ of the kernel .lining tho part from which the oil is ex tracted. The new material is of a pale yel low color, somewhat rhicker than either tho olive or cotton seed oil, and does not seem to be readily available m ft substitute for them, but it is well adapted for lubri cating purposes, and may be used as a salad dressing, while it seems to lie adaptable for liniments. Philadelphia ltecord. The Kail of tha World Calculated. A Trench stat ist lci.in who has been study ing the military nnd other records with view of determining the height of men at different periods, has reached some wonder ful results. Tho recorded facts extend over nearly three centuries. It is found that in 1010 the average height of mania Kit rope was 1.73 meters, or say 5 feet D inches. In 1700 St was 5 feet 6 inches. In lS'Sl it was 5 feet B inches and a Jt acl ion. At t he present tlm Jt is 5 feet ;l inches And three-quarters. It tsea-W to deduce, from these figures at a ;rat of regular and gradual decline in Juinmn Mature, nnd then to apply this, working backward ami forward, to the past find to the future. Jiy this calculation It is determined that ihe etnture of the first men attained the surprising avcrago of 10 feet 9 inches. Truly thi-re were giants on tho earth in those days of I )g. nnd Goliath was quit a slegeiHTHto offspring of tho giants. Com Jug down to later times wo find that at the Bwipuuing of our era the average height of jnan was ) feet, and In the time of Charle anagneit ,is 8 fit-t 8 inches, a fact quite sjutlicient to ik count for the heroic deeds ot ,the Paladin. But the ni'"t iv-;tonlhing result of this tcteutiflc study comes from the application jf the same iucxni-ublo law of diminution to the future. The calculation shows that t'Jthe year 4UW A. U. the stature uf the average man will be reduced to fifu-eu inches. At that epoch there will be only Lillputiaim on the earth. And the conclu sion of the learned statistician is irresisti ble that "the end of the world will certain ly arrive, for the inhabitants will have bo- come so small that they will finally disap pear" "finish by disappearing," as the French idiom expresses It "from the ter restrial globe." Philadelphia Times. Before a Fall. It is never wise to boast. A haughty spirit will always make enemies and bring its pos sessor into contempt. The Christian Advo cate knew a boy who had won a prize for learning Scripture verses, and who was too much elated by his success. lie was asked by his minister if it took him long to commit what he had recited, "Oh, no," said the boy boastfully, "I can learn any verse la the Bible in flve'nim utes." "Can you, indeed t and will you learn one for met " "Yes, sir." "Then in five minutes from now I would like very much to hear you repeat this verse," said the minister, handing him the book and pointing out the ninth verse ol the eighth chapter of Esther: "Then were the king's scribes called at that time In the third month, that is, the month Si van.on the three and twentieth day theref; and it was written according to all that Mordecal commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the province's which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and -seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and ac cording to their language." Master Conceit entered upon his task with confidence, but at the end of an hour, to his mortification, he could not repeat it without a slip. Are Hand Grenades Frauds? There Is a gentleman, now a wealthy resident of Brooklyn, who made a small fortune out of the sale of hand grenades for extinguishing Ares. I happened to be at his home one day and expressed my sur prise that he did not have a hand grenade in the house to protect himself against fire. "I made money out of the hand grenades, but I think that was because they were never used in case of Are. Of course when I went into the business I thought they were all they were represented to be, and as soon as I found out the fraud in them 1 sold out my interest. The hand grenade can no more put out a fire than will any amount of water equal to what it contains. The exhibitions of its efficacy, you will re member, were all made with burning structures having three sides. Had a board been taken out of the back of one of the boxes which the agents set fire to all the hand grenades in tho market would not have put it out. But as there was no drafit and a great deal of blaze and smoke but little water was required to extinguish the flames. I suppose millions of hand gre nades of various makes have been sold asd I doubt if the fraud has been discovered yet." Brooklyn Eagle. Helping; the Memory. Inexpensive as are good books and pa pers, there are still households in the coun try in which not a book, excepting, per haps, an unused Bible, can be found, and the only literature on which the family feeds is the county paper. A correspondent who spent a night with one such family says that he picked up the county paper, which was an unusually poor sheet, and found nearly all of its contents marked with a blue pencil. Kveu the ad vertisements were thus marked. Turning to an old lady who sat near him, he said: "I have been wondering why nearly everything in this paper has a blue mark across it." "Oh, I'll tell you," replied the old lady, pleasantly. "I make 'em myself. It's my way of telling whether I've read such and such a piece or not. Soon as I read it I mark it with a blue pencil, and next time I pick up the paper I know just what I have read and what I ain't read, and 1 duu't lose time reading the same thing twice. It's a real good way to help out n body's mem'ry." Youth's Companion. Some Fueglan Traits. When a song was struck up by our party, I thought the Fueglani would have fallen down with astonishment. With equal surprise thoy viewed our dancing; but one of the young men, when anked, had no objection to a little waltzing. Little accustomed to Europeans as they appeared to be, yot they knew and dreaded our firearms; nothing would tempt tbem to take a gun In their hands. They bogged for knives, calling them by the Spanish word cuchilla. They explained also what they wanted, by acting as it they had a piece of blubber in their mouths, and then pretend ing to cut instead of tear it. It was as easy to please as It was difficult to satisfy these savages. Young and old, men and children, never ceased repeating the word yammersehoouer, which means "give me." After pointing to almost every object, one after the other, even to the buttons on our coats, and saying their favorite word in as many intonations as possible, they would then use it in a neuter sense, and vacantly repeat yammerschooner. After yammer schoonei'liig for any article very" eagerly, they would by a simple artifice point to thoir young women or little children, as much as to say, "If you will not give it me, surely you will to such as these," "Darwin on the Fuegiam and Patagonians" in Popular Sci ence Monthly. About nig Shoes. 'Ji it hard to black a pair of shoes that have recently been oiled f" ''No, unless they are badly wrinkled. There Is only about one in a hundred whose shoes fit. , Take a person who has tender feet and a corn on each toe. and he believes he must wear a loose (boe. So he gets a pair about (wo sizes larger than he requires, and in two reeks they look like a corrugated elephant's ear. Instead ul Boding comfort in his pon toons the pain Increases and bis life becomes a burden to him. When I strike a pair of leathers of this description they send a chill down my back. The man with the sore feet always oils his shoes when it rains or snows. B thinks it softens them. The moment it clears off he hastens toa bootblack for a shine. I baveaptut twenty minutes over a pair of moccasins of this description, and then turned out an unsatisfactory job. But where the shoe is close to the foot I don't rare It the oil is sn inch thick, as I can bring out a pollh that you can see your face In." Interview in Uostou Herald. Take Note of the Danger Signal, A nervous headache is a danger signal. If it be frequent the danger is increased; if it be continuous a catastrophe is imminent. The driver must put on bis brake at all haz ards or he will probably soon have a leap for his life. TkuTfi are very few sets of circum stances in whk-h it is a man's duty to go on with his work when he is In ti.it condition, at all risks. Eveu a threatened bankruptcy had lietter be risked than a threatened life. Be sides, a man who is in the unyielding grip of a permanent nervous headache is not really the best judge of his own circumstances, lie magnifies and distort things amazingly. ll takes counsel of hi fears aud alutudons his bM and courage altogether. Het, imme diate aud sui'leient rest, is the sovereign remedy. A fortnight at once may be betuqr than a year six weeks hence. American Analyst. preferred Her Qntet. Fainter I assure you, my dear sir, the portrait of your wife will turn out a speak ing likeness. Customer Speaking? Great laveusl eau't that be altered Der Schnlk. Stolen Sweets; A prominent local railroad man made one of a party which recently went up for a little shooting trip in the neighborhood of Turner junction; While tramping over the country one day the sportsmen ran across a large bee tree,' heavily luden with magnificent honey, and they suggested cutting it down and stealing the sweets. It was resolved to do this at, night, and, in spite of a heavy rainstorm, the five hunters started out with a wagon, axes, etc. Lots were drawn, and the railroad man and a friend were chosen to fell the tree. The other three were to be posted near by where they could notify the amateur woodcutters of the approach of the farmer who owned the tree, in order that they might escape in time. The plut was well laid, and it looked very much like a successful one. When the big bee tree was reached the railroader and his partner took their axes and started in. It would have been a pretty good job for professional wood chop pers, but for these amateurs it was hard work and lots of it. But they labored away in the rain, and finally had the satis faction of Beeiug the great tree topple over in response to their efforts. It fell with a crash, and just then they heard a shot and a yell. This was the warning signal which their friends were to give when the farmer appeared. Dropping their axes, they plowed through the mud and reached their wagon by a toilsome and circuitous route. They drove like mad from the place and reached home covered with mud. The:r friends returned soon afterward. At breakfast hot biscuit were served, and there was a big bowl of honey placed upon the table. This demonstrated to the railroad man and his friend that they had been vic timized the night before. The alarm they had heard was a false one, and as they ran off through the mud their three compan ions went up with buckets and stole the honey from the tree they had felled with so much labor. Chicago Herald. Great Men's Doubles. There is one strange coincidence that al ways happens here when any public man be comes prominent or does something es pecially to make him the hero of the hour. That Is, his "double" immediately appears and makes himself as conspicuous as pos sible. When everybody was waiting, ex pecting somo news from Mr. Randall's bed side, a man who bears a remarkable like ness to the dying statesman was seen here, there and everywhere about the Capitol. He made his appearance first in the rotunda of the great building and seemed to be in tently gazing at tho paintings in that large hall.. His face was the fac-similo of Ban-. dall's when the Pennsylvanian was last at the Capitol. The double dressed liko him and even affected his walk. He seemed to enjoy the attention be attracted and re mained in the corridors near the house of representatives nearly all day. , About inauguration time the man that looked like President Harrison seemed ul most ubiquitous. Ex-President Cleveland even had his double, and at one time a newspaper correspondent saw him in the street and attempted to Interview him. When a prominent senator makes a great speech his double is always sure to turn up the next day and parade about the Capitol. It was strange, but, after Kincaid shot Ex Congressman Taulbee, it seemed as if you met Kincaid's double in every street car or hotel you entered. Kincaid had a peculiar ippearauce, nnd the frequency of his doubles became a matter of comment. Postmaster General Wauamaker's friends are sometimes bothered by seeing his double, cither at tho Capitol or on the street, and often they stop to speak before they discover their error, Cor, Nevp York Mail and Express. The Echo. Did you ever figure on th exact distance that one may be removed from a reflecting surface and yet hear the echo of his own voice9 It is said that one cannot pronounce distinctly or hear distinctly more than five syllables in a second. This gives one-fifth of a second for each syllable. Taking 1,130 feet as the velocity of sound per second, we have 224 feet as the distance sound will travel in one-fifth of a second. Hence, if a reflecting surface is 113 feet distant, the in itial sound of an uttered syllable will be re turned to the ear from a distance of 112 feet, just as the next syllable starts on its journey. In this case the first fifth of the second is consumed in the utterance of a syllable aud the next fifth of the second in hearing its echo. Two syllables would be echoed from a reflecting surface 224 feet distant, three syllables from S3o feet, and so on within the limit of andibleness. It Is evident that a sharp, quick sound, the duration of which is only one-tenth of a second, would give an echo from half tho distance, or fifty-six feet. The above estimates are for a tem perature of 01 degs. Fahrenheit, at which the velocity of sound is a little over 1,118 feet in a second. The velocity of sound when the mercury stands at freezing is 1,088 feet per second. St. Louis Republic Sarcastlp Oscar Wilde. At a gathering in London not long ago Oscar Wildo was approached by a Bmall man, who slapped him familiarly on the back, exclaiming: "Holloa, Oscar, d'you know every time I see you you get fatter and fatter?" "I don't know who you are," replied the apostle of u'stheticism, looking down from bis advantage of several inches, "but every time I see you you get ruder and ruder." Keedless to say the too friendly acquaint ance vanished abashed iuto the crowd. "Can you tell me," asked Oscar, turning to a lady with whom he had just been talk ing, "who that dreadful little cad isf "That, Mr. Wilde," returned the lady, with a frigid glance and haughty manner, "is my husband." "Is it, indeed?" replied he, with an agree able smile and holding his ground. "Then what a pity you don't teach him better manners!" Loudon Letter. A rhllologloal Negro. A remarkable linguist is "Ed," the col ored porter on the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street station of the Sixth nvenue elevated road. Ho la a stout and jolly look ing man of aliout 45 years, and he furnishes any amount of amusement for himself and the bystanders by opening n torrent of good Italian upon the groups of laborers of that nationality that use the station night and morning. He speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese quite as well as he does Italian, but has never met a Portuguese since be came to New York ten years ago, and he is afraid that he is losing his hold on that language. But to make things even ho is working away at German under the tuition of one of the ticket box men, and is fast mastering its idioms. "Ed" was bori) in San Domingo, and spent tho greater part of bis life In the Spanish and Italian navies, picking up his knowledge of Kreuch, English and Portu gese in his travels. New York Times. I(y Special Train. A woman was at the Third street depot the other day to meet a train from the west which was an hour late. She of course made uiquiries as to the cause, and an official finally replied to ber: "I believe, tbey found a culvert washed out, ua'aui." "Oh, that's it t Well, cant yon send one out to them by special train r Detroit Free Tress, Bon of Colors. Turkey red is made from the madder pMai, which grows In Hindoostan. The yellow sap of a tree of Siain produces gamboge; the na tives catch the sap in cucoanut shells. Raw sienna is the natural earth from the neig-h-borbood of Sienna, Italy. Raw amber is also an earth found near Umbria, aud burnt. Medical and Surgical Reporter. MY HAPPIEST DAY. Sou ask the happiest day of all my life. And guess twas spent with one I loved. "Not so. 'Was crowned with victory of war?" Ah, no The conquerlnr ol roe la mortal strife?" Nay, friendl Wiy hurt me with these questions rue In treason to our nobler selves? Why know Ye not within the heart of man does glow A source of joy above the love of wife, Host helpful to mankind to win success, Denied to none, no matter bow uncouth, The surest means to lasting happlns? I've been its votary since early youth; Its graces now are all but numberless My happiest day was spent in finding Truth. Jackson Boyd in Louisville Courier-Journal. Hew to Preserve Strawberries. There is no berry more delicious when preserved than the strawberry, and none more difficult to put up successfully. The flavor of the berry is so evanescent that it entirely disappears in canning. It requires a rich sirup to hold this delicate flavor, and therefore strawberries should always be preserved. Select perfectly ripe, fine flavored frnit for this purpose. The most delicious preserves in the world are made of wild strawberries. Hull the strawber ries, and as soon as you have about a pound ready weigh them and put them with three-quarters of their weight of sugar in a porcelain lined kettle. Continue till the kettle is nearly full, then set them at the back of the stove. When the strawberries are well covered with juice bring them for ward where they will boil up rapidly, Stir them only enough to prevent their burn ing. After they have boiled .rapidly for ten minutes skim them carefully and be gin putting them into bottles which should stand in boiling water to prevent the hot preserve cracking them. Seal them up instantly as tightly as you can. Wipe oil each bottle as it is filled and sealed and stand it on a paper on the kitchen table till cold. When cold screw up again and set it away. These preserves will keep more securely if the bottles ore packed jn sawdust. Another method is to preserve the berries exactly as directed, using a pound of sugar, In place of three quarters of a pound, to every pound of ber ries. When the preserves are ready to put into bottles, pour inb tumblers instead and set the tumblers covered with glass in a "broiling" hot sun for two days. At the end of this time cover them with brandy papers and seal them up under a layer of cotton wadding tied or sealed closely over tbem, but not in such a manner as to rest on the preserve. If you prefer seal up the preserves in paper instead of wadding, though this is not the newest method. The last preserve is very rich, but too candied and sweet to bo agreeable to every one's taste. New York Tribune. Driven to Suicide by Ills Victim's Ghost. John II. Smith, a giant oil well driller, of Pittsburg, committed suiculeby tym a fire escape rope around his neck and swinging himself out of tho third story window of Boley's hotel, on Diamond street. The noise of his dead body swing ing against one of the windows led to the discovery of the act. Smith was 0 feet 3 inches in height, anil was known throughout the oil country as "Murderer John Smith." He was very gloomy at all times, and other drillers would not work with him, as he was looked upon as a Jonah. Many years ago ho and a companion killed a mun at Edenburg, Clarion county. Smith turned state's evi dence and was released. His companion fled and was never captured. Ever ulnee Smith was said to have beta haunted by the ghost of his victim, and has attempted to commit suicide In several different ways. Once he tried to shuffle off by the aid of a can of dynamite, but was caught and his life saved. Another time he contemplated self destruction and three revolvers were taken from him. Again he walked into the river. He tried to borrow a revolver from the clerk of another hotel than the one at which he was stopping, but it was refused. Then he went to Boley's and hanged himself, Philadelphia Times. To Hide Tears and Stains. A tear on the shoulder of a waist is hid denand prettily by bretelles or suspend ers of ribbon that meet, perhaps, at the waist line, back and front. These useful ribbons of silk or velvet, or bands of gimp or embroidery are at once sorviceablo as well aacrcanieiita! to over strained seams, that so often disfigure an otherwise good dress. The numerous fanciful "gilets" (vests) and fichus and chemisettes cover a multi tude of sins in the fronts of bodices. An unlovely spot on a perfect fitting bodice, made by a spoonful of ice cream that went astray, was covered by a lattice of narrow ribbon velvet woven with dia monds to form a pointed yoke. Thread bare spots, made by bones, along tho lower edge of a basque, may be covered with a girdle of silk, velvet, passementerie, braid ing or what best suits the dress material. Boston Globe. Gen. O. A. Foe. Many peoplo turned to look at a tall, massive, handsome roan with a genial face, who was strolling along Broadway the other day, and no wonder, for few men bear a more striking personality than Gen. O. A. Poe, of the United States army. He was Sherman's engineer-in-chiof during the late war, and distinguished himself by doing all sorts of unheard of . things in clearing away roads and obstructions. Ho was the officer who in the early part of the war created a sensation by cutting a chan nel through the swamps facing Island No. 10 on the Mississippi river, and bringing transports loaded with troops to New Mad rid. Gen. Poe always passes several months of every year in New York, and is quite n prominent club man. Since the war Gen. Poe has been engaged in various engineer ing enterprises. New York Telegram. A Chinese Lawyer. A motion was made by W. H. dicker ing before the supreme court that Bong Y'en Chang should be admitted to practice law in the courts of the state. Chang is an intelligent Chinese, about 28 years of ngo. He was two years at Yale college and grad uated from the Columbia Law school. He was naturalized in 188T, and admit ted to the bar by the New York court of appeals. This city having greater inducements to offer, he concluded to come here, and has been reading for some time in the law of fice of Olncy, Chlckering & Thomas. The motion was taken under advisement and is considered a very difficult cose by the jus tices. It is expected that; there will boa hard legal fight under the Burlingnme treaty act. Chang is preparing a volum inous brief in his own behalf. San Fran cisco Chronicle. A Defect in Railroading. All over the country, when trains draw up under covered depots the passengers step out from them into a deafening, be wildering noise of discharging steam, clam orous bells, rumbling wheels, and, some times, shrieking whistles. I wish to reoc.rd the fact here that the day is near at hand when a railroad president or smx-rinten- dent who permits a locomotive engine to precede a train jntq a terminal depot will not dare to confess himself a railroad man. It should be so today. He is a bungler at bis business who with one lobe of his bruin provides the most finished facilities for speed and comfort, and with the other lolxj ignores the minor ileoeuclca of his calling. -Julian Ralph in Chatter. Or the Barber XJed. Barber I guarantee this magic hair re storer. It has nsver been known to fail. Jones But, my dear sir, I tried it and it had no effect whatever. Barbr Then there Was something the atter with your bead. Texas Sittings. Save Your Hair BY a timely use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. 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