iful musical effects.
* AEOLINE--A soft or breathing stop.
* VOX HUMANA--A baritone solo, not a fan or tremolo.
* PIANO--Which will never require tuning.
Few are aware of the perfection the Parlor Organ has reached, the
variety of musical effects of which it is capable, and how desirable
an addition it is to the parlor. These instruments have created much
interest and enthusiasm by reason of their quality of tone, elegance
of finish and musical effects.
The Profession and Public generally are earnestly invited to examine
these beautiful instruments at our own or agents' warerooms, and
compare them with other instruments of their class.
Correspondence with the Trade and Profession solicited.
Agents wanted in every town. Circulars containing music free.
GEO. WOODS & CO., Cambridgeport, Mass.
WAREROOMS,
* 66 & 68 Adams St., Chicago.
* 33 King William St., London.
* M.G. Bisbee, 920 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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ANGEL AGNES.
May God protect you, reader of this book, from all manner of sickness;
but above all, from that thrice dreaded pestilence, yellow fever. Of
all the scourge ever sent upon poor sinful man, none equals in horror
and loathsomeness yellow fever. Strong fathers and husbands, sons and
brothers, who would face the grape-shot battery in battle, have fled
dismayed from the approach of yellow fever. They have even deserted
those most dear to them. Courageous, enduring women, too, who feared
hardly any other form of sickness, have been terrified into cowardice
and flight when yellow fever announced its awful presence.
Such was the state of affairs when, a short time ago, the startling
announcement was made that yellow fever had broken out in Shreveport,
Louisiana, and that it was of the most malignant type. At once
everybody who could do so left the stricken city for safer localities,
and, with equal promptitude, other cities and towns quarantined
themselves against Shreveport, for fear of the spread of the frightful
contagion to their own homes and firesides.
Daily the telegraph flashed to all parts of the land the condition of
Shreveport, until the operators themselves were cut down by the
disease and carried to the graveyard. Volunteers were then called for
from among operators in the places, and several of these, who cam
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