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THE RURAL MEW-YORREft. 
..According to Bradstreet’s cjondensed tele¬ 
graphic summary this morning, the wheat 
markets during the wetk have bien stronger, 
partly on reported purchases of spring wheat 
in the winter wheat regions, on rather stronger 
holdings West, and stronger cables from Eng¬ 
land. Indian corn is a Intle higher on specu¬ 
lative inquiry and the general statistical 
position. Total exports, wheat and dour, 
both coasts, fill this week to 1,523,913 bushels 
from over 2,700.000 bushels last week. 
..Hog products, despite heavy realizing sales 
in pork at the West, and strength imparted 
by the position of corn and decreased packing 
oper ations, have been generally steady, except 
for lard, which has reacted some. Nebraska 
farmeis are selling hogs and corn freely. 
Wool is weaker, wiih concessions in some 
instances, and a decline in prices of some 
varieties of one cent against Dec< mber 1. and 
the range of quotations is 10 per cent, below 
Dec* mber, 1886. Manufacturers are buying 
moderately. 
For an Irritated Throat, Cough or Cold, 
“Brown's BronchfU Tioches” are oliered with the 
fullest confidence In their efficacy.— Adv, 
LATEST MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday, Dec. 31,1887. 
NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Hay and Straw.—T he demand was quite light for 
hay and with free receipts the temper wasau easy 
one nav Choice Timotny per luO ft, Mxg,85c: No. 1 
75@80c: No. 2 60@7(ic: Clover mixed. 55"' 70c. clover, 
50 to bOc; shipping. 50 to 55c. Straw. Long rye 80(a85c; 
short do. 50® 55c: oat. 40@50c. 
Hops- A dull and uninteresting market. Quotations- 
N. Y. State new crop best. 15® 17c. do medium, 
to prime. ll(«13c do common 9-t.iOc, do crop of 1885, 
4<a6c: Pacific coast crop of 1887 < ommon to choice. 8 to 
15c; do 1886 common to good 6 io8c; Foreign-Ger¬ 
mans, crop of i887, 20 to 28c; do 1886. nominal. 
Beans — Marrows, new. $2 45. medium, choice, 
new, *2 46: pea new. $2 4t ;red kidneys, *2 05® 210.white 
kidne>s choice, $250; foreign, $1 80@2 10; California 
Lima, $2 3u, green peas, new, $1 c5. 
Cotton.— The quotations, according to the American 
classification, are as follows: 
New Orleans. 
Uplands. and Gulf. Texas. 
Ordinary. 7 11-16 7 13-16 . 
Strict Ordinary. 8 8-16 8 5-16 . 
Good Ordinary. 9% 9% . 
Strict Good Ordinary., 9% 9% . 
Low Middling.... 10 1-16 10 3-16 . 
8trlct Low Middling 10% 10% . 
Middling .... 10 9-16 10 11-16 . 
Good Middling. 10 1.3-16 10 15 16 . 
Strict Good Middling.. .11 1-16 11 3-16 . 
Middling Fair. 1! 7-16 11 9-16 . 
Fair.. . 12 1-16 12 3-16 . 
STAINED. 
Good Ordinary.... 7% Low Middling. .. 9% 
Strict Good Ord 8 5-16 Middling .. 10% 
Poultry —Live.—I n live poultry turke* s are selling 
pretty well wh< n of choice quality, with prices snow¬ 
ing firmness- all others were quiet and easy n price. 
Dressed poultry is a little fhmeron the more moder¬ 
ate receipts and a fair movement. Fowis, Jersey, 
State, a .<! Pennsylvania, per it, 9c; fowls, Western, 
perft.8®9c roosters, old, per tb 5c; turkeys per 
ft 7@11c; ducks. western pet oair, 50375c; chickens, 
near-by per lb. 7@3c - do, western, per n>, 6a.7c; 
geese, western, per pair, 90c@$l 25. 
Poultry, dressed, lurseys fancy, per pound, at 
13@14c, do good to choice, 9 <ol2c fowls, Jersey, prime 
lUc; fowls, western, 8®,9c Squabs, while, per 
doz. $1 01; squabs. dark, per doz. $2 00; 
ducks, Philadelphia spring, per lb, I2@14c: do 
Jersey, choice, 12@14c; do old, choi e 9311c; do State 
ll® 12o; do southern ll •< 13c do western 11 <tl2c;do com¬ 
mon 9 '10c- Geese, good to enoice, per ft, 8ai4e do 
common, 6 «,8e: chickens. Philade phla. per lb, 13® 14c: 
do Jersey, choice, p. r lb 12<sl2%c do western, per 
lb. 9x.iuc; do state. 10c chickens and f wls, mixed, 
choice, per n>, 8®,9 do do common to good, 6® 7c 
Game.— Grouse prime per pair. 90e@ 1 00- Partridges 
prime, per jair. 75 to 9oc Quail, cuolee. per d- z U0; 
Wild clucks, canvas, per pair, $4 50®5 do redhead, 
*2@2 25, no mallard. t>t@fcOc; do teal, 50®btc. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS. 
Fruits. resh.— Quotation for. Appl- s. King, per 
bbl, $350<24 00: do. Greening, si <5 <225: do Baldwin,*2 
(a 2 50: do Spitz, $3 50 ®4 00; do inferior, per bbl $1 2V® 
$1 50; Grapes, per lb, 4 <.?e cranberries, Cape Cod, 
fair to prone per bbl $8@lt; do do do common, per 
bbl. t6@7 no: do Jersey, per crate. *2 50 3 00 or 
anges- Florida, fancy, per box. *3 25<t8 50 do do choice 
$2 Mt< 8 00 do do rair to good, $2 00®2 25; do do 
common, $1 55 a. 1 75, 
Fruits.—Drii- d. -There is very little interest shown 
In the market on account of tbe holiday period. The 
position as to prices is unchanged. Apples.— 
Evaporated, Choice to fancy. 8®luc: do com¬ 
mon to prime, evaporated 7 i%c: do sliced, new, 
5 7c; do chopped, 2 % 3c; do cores and skins. 
1%®1%C; Apples.State.quarters, new. 5% 16 c: '"herrles 
— pitt d, Ib e2lc; Kaspoerrles-evaporated, new ,22 
@24c do sun-dried, 2U «.21c; Blackberries, 8%c, Huckel- 
berrles new 10 He; Peaches, sun-dried. peel*-d, 1 -.® 
19c Plums, State, 10<®12e: peaches sun-dried, un¬ 
peeled, 6%®7c. 
Nuts.—P eanuts have moderate jobbing demands at 
steady prices. Fa<<cy hand picked quoted at 4%'«4%c 
and farmers’ graues at 3%®3%c: hickory nuts at $1 25 
@1 78 per bush. 
Vegetables.— Potatoes have a fair sale. Choice on¬ 
ions are not plenty aud are held to full prices. A 
quiet trade in turnips. ThS quotations ars for; 
Potatoes State Burbank, p- r bbl »2 25<®2 10. 
State Hebron, <2 (5® 2 25- State Peerless, per bbl. 
$2 13@2 25: Scotch. Magnum, per sack *2 60 ®2 10 
Nova Scotia, per bbl *2 00<®2 40: German, per 
sack. $i OOu.l 50; English, $2 00 sweet, Jersey per 
bbl S3 50a8 75 On o s, Connecticut red per bbl. 
$8 00<»3 75 do. Orange County red, per bbl, $1@2 75; 
do, yellow, per bbl., *2 50 8 00: Cabbages, Long Isl¬ 
and. per 100, 8<®9. Turnips, per bbl 80c. 
Philadelphia, Pa. Potatoes.—Pennsylvania and 
New York Early Rose, choice. White per bush, 73 
@75c; do fair to good. 6U®65c; do do Burbanks and 
White Stars, choice, 15 7sc; do do fair to good. 
65 to 7uc; Hebrons. choice 70 to 73c; do fair to good, 60 
to 65c. Pennsylvania Mixed. 55 to60c. 
Boston.— Apples Baldwins, Sia o? 25 per bbl Hub- 
bardstou. $2 2 50: Spitz, S2ui2 50: King $8 50 to 3 25 
Greenings, $1 J5<®2. At New York quiet King, S3 25 
@8 75. Spy, $2 < 2 50: Spitz. $2 25 to 4 25 Greenings, 12 
to 2 25 Baldwins, 82 to 2 25 Potatoes Early Hose, 10 
to 80c; Beau y of ebron 75 to 90c Burbaux, 8 >c; Peer¬ 
less. 85c Scotch potatoes. 55 to 80c At 'ew York- 
Early Rose $2 to 2 50 per bbl: prolific S2; Burbank. $3 
to 2 50; Hebron $2 o 2 12, Peerless, $2 12 to 2 2;>; Nova 
Scotia stock, $2 25 to 2 8i. Vegetables.— Cauliflower, 
*2 to 2 50 per doz: beets, 60 to 75c per bu; carrots. 50c; 
turnips, 40 to 50c; parsnips, 75c to »1 is; spinach, 40 to 
50c; .ettuce. 25 to 80c per doz; celery, $3® 4 per doz 
box; hothouse cucumbers. $10(316 per loO. radish, SO to 
75c per o z tomatoes. $1 per tb; leek. 15c to $1 per doz: 
f ariic. $1 to I 2;> horse radish, 8 to 10c per ft; parsley. 
1 per bu mushrooms, $1 to • 25 per ft; squash, *1® 125 
per bbl: cabbages. $1 10<«<1 20 per bbl red do, $1 to 1 25 
artichokes. $i .5 to 2 per bush; chicory, 50c per doz 
Brussels sprouts. $4 25 to 4 75 per bu; cress, 40c per doz. 
PROVISION MARKETS. 
New York.— Provisions.— Pottk.— Mess, quoted $15 50 
@*16 00 rot one year old; family mess, $15 25@17 25; 
short clear *15 75®17. Beep City Extra India tiess, 
*14(315 Extra Mess. In barrels $8 0F38 25; Packei, 
$8 50. Plate $8(38 25. Family Mess, $9«9 5U. Beef 
Hams.— Quoted at $17 50. <Tt Meats. Pickled Hams 
10c; Pickled Shoulders. 6% to 7c; quoted 7%c for 12 ft 
avera e pickled b> llles; Pickled Hams. i'c Pickle. 
Shoulders, 6% to 7c; Smoked Hams.ll to ll%c; Smoked 
Shoulders, 8c Dressed Hogs-. City Heavy to Ligh . 
7®7%e; Pigs. 7%c. Lard. Western steam spot. 8 ’o 
8 0 ; City Steam, tea. 7.S‘.C’ Continent 8.1oc. *outh 
American 8.35c: January. 7 92 « 8.03c; February 8.08® 
8.13c; March, 8.15 to 8.21c; May,8.28@8.84c; June, 8.87c; 
July, 8.42c. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—Provisions.-Beef.—C ity fam- 
!*y». Per bbl, $9<r 9 50; do packets, *8 50; Smoked beef, 
I2@i3c Beet hams, *17 50@ 18 50 Pork.- Mess, $lb@lH 50; 
niess < new - ® 14 50 ‘< do, do, family, $16 00 
(o L 00. Hams- smoked.II%®I2%c doS. P.cured In tes, 
10@llo; sides, clear ribbed In salt.8%® 9c: do smoked 
9%fo 10c; shouloers In dry salt, fully cured. 6%@(i%c; 
do smoked, 7e; shoulders, plekle cured, 7(< ,%c do 
smoked, <%(38c: bellies In plekle, 9®9%c. do break- 
fsst bacon, 10@llc. Lard.— Firm City Refined,*8 2o; do, 
Steam, $s *0. 
GREAT LUCK. 
Good Fortune that C’ame by Chance and 
liusincHM Sagacity. 
One cannot help being struck with the im¬ 
portant part the element of chance plays in 
the history of most men who acquire great 
St DOfts.—Provisions.— Pork, new mess, 314 75; 
Lard,-P rime steam $7 87%. Dry Salt Meats.- Boxed 
lois, shoulders, *5 76® 6: Long clear. $7 68%@7 75: clear 
ribs, $1 67%(®7 75. short clear, »8 00 Bacon- Boxed 
Shoulders, $6 50 Long char 38 50: clear ribs. *8 50; 
short (dear. *8 67%. Hams, steady at $10 50,. 12. 
Chicago.—Mess Pork.- *14 90®<15 00. Lard.- Per 100 
lbs, «i 75. Short Rib sides loose). 1 7 70: dry 
salted shoulders, boxed, $5 90® 6 00; short clear sides, 
boxed $8 05 . 8 10. 
DAIRY AND EGG MARKETS. 
New York.— Butter- Creamery Elgin extra, S3® 
34i'c; Pennsylvania, best, 38c; Western, best. 
She; do, pnme 25 to .8c, do, good, 21 to 24c; 
do poor 18@21c. do June, 17<< 22c; State dairy, 
—Half-flrkins, tubs, best, 25®26c. do do prime, 
21- 28c: do do, fine, good, 19^-20c: Welsh 
tubs best,—c: dodo fine, 21(®28c; do do good, 19 to 
20c: Art ins and tubs, best, 28 c: do do fine. 21( 22c: 
dodo good. 19« 20c do do poor, 16® 18c. firkins, best, 
22c; do tine, 20 cents do good, 18 o 19c. 
Wesu rn— Imitation creameiy, best. 2.3®25c: do. 
line. 18(3 21c; Westeri dairy, fine, 20® 21 c: do, 
fair, 17@19c; do do poor, 15 to 16c; do, factory, 
best, 22® 22 %c: do do prime, 18®20c; do do good, 16® 17c- 
do, poor, 14c; rolls, 1. @21. 
fortunes. 
It is peculiarly illustrated in the career of 
Thomas B. Williams, a California six-million¬ 
aire. He went from Kentucky to the Pacific 
slope in 1849, and settled in Virginia city. As 
attorney for a mining company, he acquired a 
claim against it for $1,500 for services, and 
when the company failed he bid in its mine 
for tbe amount of his claim. 
He moved to San Francisco; years rolled on 
and the transaction had passed from his mind, 
when he was one day approached by a repre¬ 
sentative of Flood, Mackay & O’Brien, who 
offered him $100,000 for his long-forgotten 
mine. 
He was not a greenhorn and he at once re¬ 
fused the offer, as he did successive offers of 
Cheese. —Factory. Fancy, ll%@i?c; choice do. 11% 
@U%c: do, good. 10%® I ic- light skims, best 7%if>8c; 
do common. 2<u4c- Ohio factory. Hne.ll%@ll%c; Skints 
, Pennsylvania, 1 to 2c. 
Egos.— There Is a better feeling on all desirable lots 
of fr sh g< ods. Receipts are very moderate, and are 
moving out fairly inferior lots continue quiet 
Limed stock of choice quality Is held to steady price 
Yvlth more Inquiry. Near-by, fresh, 2fcc. sou It rns 
fresh-laid per qoz, 28®24c. Western, fancy fresh, 
25c do fair to choice. 23%«24c, limed, 15%®17c; 
late packed, 20®22%e. early packed, 14®20c. 
Philadelphia, Pa. Butter.- Pennsy'vanla cream¬ 
ery, extra 2<@80c; western do do,.9 KOC; i' C and N. 
Y. creamery extra, 25®26c; packing butiur, l(Wi8c. 
Cheese quid. N. Y. full cream. 12%c. Ohio 
flats, choice, tl%c: do fair to prime, ll@l:%c. 
Eggs were steady, Penn, firsts, 25c; Ohio aud other 
western firsts, 24e. 
St, Louis. Mo,—E ggs. -18%c. Butter.— Was quiet. 
Creamery at 25 to 30c; dairy. 22 to 28c. 
Chicago, Ill - Butter. Fancy creamery, 30@31c; 
dairy. 25®26c Eggs.—23i®24c per doz 
Albany.-Butter.— State creamery, choice, 3 32c; 
Western creamery choice,28® 80e, State dairy, 20 to 26c 
fair to good, .8® 22c, Western dairy, c olee, 22@24e, 
Cheese.— state fac ory. full cream, 13c, dairy, 
good to fancy, 12 to r2%c, ordinary, 11c. 
Boston.— W'estern creamery extras, 29 to 30c; extra 
firsts, 26 to 2cc; factory, choice, 21®22c New York 
< reamerv extras 27 to 2sc; Vermont extra, 28 to 39c; 
dairy, choice, 20®22c, eastern creamery, choice, 25 ® 
26c. Cheese—Northern choice, 12@12%e; Ohio choice, 
ll%@l2c; Northern sage, 12 to 18c. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
New York.—Wheat. No. 1 November. 93 l-16c. 
Ungraded Red, 87®95cNo. 3 Red, 91%« 92c in elevator 
93 to 93%c delivered: Extra Bed, 94c no 2 Bed. for De¬ 
cember 91% to 9i%c* uo for January 91 %®9l%c; do 
for February, 92%@93%c. do March 98%i« <4%e; do 
April. 95%c: do May 95 3-16 y 95%c, do June. 8 %®6c; 
do November, 98c on ror December. 98 9-16® 99%c. 
harley.—Ungraded Canada, 96c,slx-rowed tate82%® 
85c Barley Mull —Did four-rowed State, 98c unit $11 15 
@1 20 for Canada city made Coax. Un«iui>ed Mixeo, 
60%. 61c No. 8, 59%c steamer, 60% to 60%c in elevator 
62c delivered; No. 2 ■ 1% 62c In elevator; 63%@63%c 
delivered; no. 2 for January. 62®,62%c: do forFebiu- 
ary, 62%@62%c do for May, 62%@63%c. jats. No. 3, 
38c; do, White 39% to 40%e No,. o8%c do Whli., 
41<i41%e; No. 1 unite. 42%c: • lxen Western. S7(a> 
»9%c hlie do, 40' 45c vo. 2 for December. 38%c, 
do for January, 88%c do for February 33%c; do for 
May. 40% to 40%c; o 2 White for January 41% to 
41 %c; do for February, 4l%c, No 3 white, January, 
39%c, 
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— Wheat.— No. 2 Red In export 
elevator, S9% C ; 'o 2 Red for December. 89%®>9%c 
do for January, 89%- 89%c, do for February, 91® 91%c, 
dc lor Maicn, 92% to 98c, do for May, 94% to 95c. Cohn 
— No. 1 mixed In gram depo,. 55c; No. 2 do do, 56c. No. 
2 yclU.w in grain depot, 58%c. No. 2 Mixed for De¬ 
cember, 56 56%c ao for Januaty, 56%«.57c: do for 
February, 58®i58%c do for March 59®6"c. do for May, 
HI-61C, iats. Rejected white, 39c No 3 white, 
40%c, do short storage 4.’c: do choice, 41c. No. 2 white, 
42>gc; do sh rt storage, 42c: do fancy, 43%e. 
Chicago, Ills.—N o, 2 spring wheat at 7?%®78c; No. 
3 do ai 6i® 68c-No. 2red at a'c. No.2 corn, 49%c. No. 2 
oats. 31%c:No. 2 Rye, 62; No. 2 Barley, 77@80c 
St. Louis, Mo.—Wheat-No. 2 Ked Cash. 82% to 83c; 
December. 82%c: January, 82%c, May, 86%c asked. 
Corn—Cash, 47 to 4l%c; January, 4?%c; May, 50%e. 
Oats Cash. 3l%c: May. 33% to 33%,c 
Milwaukee, Wls.—Wheat-Cash, 76%c; May, 83%c. 
Corn—No. 3, 47%c. Oats—No. 2 white, 33e; Rye.— 
No. 1, 65e. Barley- No. 2. 74%c. 
LIVE STOCK MAKKiUUS. 
New York, Saturday, Dec. 31. 1887. 
Beeves.— Chicago Steers, 1.094 ft. average, at $4 60 
do 1.1721b. at *4 95,(10 1285 lb at *4 95 do 1222That 
$5 30 do 1302 1b at *5 35; Kentucky steer*, 1265 lb at 
*4 85: Chicagodo 1444 lb at S5 15 do, .2U8 lbai*4 80; 
Ohio do 1*08 lb ai *5 21% do 1399 lb al $5 15 Ken¬ 
tucky Dry Cows, 1463 fts at *4 35: bulls 1169 lb at 
*2 40: State Oxen. !9*u lb at 4 bt): do 1.415 lb at *4 50; 
Ohio steers. 1385 ft at $5 5; do 1281 it at *5 07%: do 
1450 lb at *4 90: do 1046 ft, at *3 90; bulls, 12GI lb at 
*2 6u Ohio steers, 1462 ft at *5 25 uo 1403 ft at $5 25; 
do 12i 0 ft at »5"5 do 1277 ft ai *1 95 do 1201 lb at $l 10; 
do 1483 lb at $5 40: Indiana steers. 1117 lb at ti 50; In¬ 
diana bulls. l'UO lbat >3. do 1343 lbs at 2 75; Chicago 
do ll 13 it, at *2 50 Chicago steers, 130 lb at S5 6U: do 
1314 lbat 5 45. do 1254 T. at *5 10 do 1291 lb at *5 20; 
do, 124n lb at <5; do 1025 lb at 4 90: do IU98 lb at *4 50. 
sheep and Lambs —Michigan Sheep, 9-1 1b average, 
at $5 50 per 100 lb; western Lambs, 61 ft at *6 12%; 
do 62 lb at *6 25; do 71 ft at «h 60. Ohio sheep. 79 1b 
at 4%c per lb Canada and Ohio do mixed 99 lbs at 5%c 
Ohio do 1.6 ft at 5%e; uhlo Lambs, 86 ft, at ic: state 
Lambs, 8c lb at 6%c per lb; Michigan Lambs, 61 lb at 
6%c per lb. State sheep. 105 ft at $5 30; Canada Lambs 
94 lb at *7 12%: uhlo Sheep, 91 lb average, 5%c per lb: 
Kansas sheep (porri 90 ft at‘3 8J; western do 78% 
lb at <4 30’ Canada Lambs: 87 ft average, at *7 10: do 
liitiib, at »7 25; state sheep, (7 lb at 5c per lb, State 
Lambs, 67% lb at 6c. 
Hogs.—W estern Pigs averaging 111 lb, $5 60 per’100 
lbs. 
St. Louis, Mo. -Cattle.- Choice Heavy Native 
Steers, *4 35 ®5 10: Fair to Good, $3 80@4 40; Butchers’ 
Steers. Fair to Choice, 3 10@4 00 stocke s 
and feedets. fair to good, $1 90 3 00; Hangers or¬ 
dinary to good, $2 20 « 4 20 . Hogs— Choice heavy 
ano Butchers' Selections, *5 50@5 70; Packing and 
Yo kers medium to prime, *5 20 < 5 6u; Light Grad< s, 
(’ommon to Good, *4 90 5 25. sheep. Market steady. 
Fair to Chok e. $3 15@4 10. 
Chicago.—Cattlk. Choice shipping steers, $5 00® 
5 40. inferior to good, *3 OO.t.4 7e siockers and feed¬ 
ers, *2 25@8 40- Cows, bulls and Mixed. $1 35<>2 90; 
Texas steers $2 50@3 00.. Hogs.- Mixed *5 15(a5 60 ; 
Light, *500®525 skips. $3'5@4 75. sheep. Natives, 
$3 0035 15: Western, $3 50@5 00; Texans, *2 50®8 75; 
Lambs, $4 50®5 50. 
$250,000 aDfl $500,000. But when a member of 
the great firm came to see him with proffers 
of negotiation, they were not rejected and re¬ 
sulted in the reception of the firm’s check for 
$ 6 , 000 , 000 . 
It was a great piece of luck, but the luck 
was supplemented by keen business sagacity. 
In April, 1887, Charles W. Sprague, an 
orange grower at Chaseville, Fla., was lying 
in bed, suffering the “torments of the cursed,” 
with disease of the kidneys, with which he 
had been troubled for two years. He had 
been under the treatment of an eminent phy¬ 
sician but kept growing worse. One day 
when, as he says, “even hope itself had be¬ 
come inanimate,” a casual acquaintance hap¬ 
pened in and advised the trial of Warner’s 
safe cure. 
He hesitated, because it was a proprietary 
medicine, but the testimonials of its efficacy 
were so convincing that, as a business man, 
he could not doubt the wisdom of trying it. 
The result was that May 20th. 1887, he wrote: 
“From the first dose I commenced to improve, 
and have now recovered my health..” 
Mr. Williams owes his large fortune and 
Mr. Sprague owes his life to chance, supple¬ 
mented by good business judgment. It is no 
doubt true that fortune knocks at least once 
at the door of every man, but it is not every 
man, it seems, who has tbe good judgment to 
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weeks, and could not lie down. I 
took a dose of Piso’s Cure that night 
before supper, and fine at bedtime, 
laid down and went to sleep, never 
waking till morning. Have not lost 
a night’s sleep since. This was three 
months ago, and now I have almost 
forgotten my cough.” 
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