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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. IN REPLYING CUT OFF THIS ADDRESS AND ENCLOSE IN YOUR LETTER. * * * * * * 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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