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Evening Star, Issue 7406, 29 December 1887, Page 4

An elegantly-dressed lady requested to see some Valenciennes lace, but withdrew without making any purchase. , She had, however, observed by ope of the shop--1 men, to slij> a piede of thp gobde under her shawl. On reaching the door Of her house she 1 was accosted by a ‘messenger, who banded bet'a small parcel a'M a letter, thus wooded : “‘Madam, lam afraid the fifteen yards of lace which you selected in my shop will not be sufficient to trim your dress; I therefore take ,the liberty of sending you a second piece of the Same pattern. I beg to be informed whether yoh accept it.” The signature was that of the'blaster of the. establishment.lt js needless to say that* the lady was only too glad to escape by prompt payment for the whole. Dr Frank Ogston, late Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the Aberdeen University, died on September 25. He was eighty-five years of age. Balmy sleep, good digestion, rich blood, elastic step and cheerfulness in Dr Soule’s American Go’s. Hop Bitters. Read and believe.