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Show Where Oil Was Needed. He ' was dying, ho the schoolbook Siys, ' 'dying In Algiers; ,,,,. , There- wns lack of antiseptic's and drttrth of woman's 'tears; Jf 2J ,"" But a Ited Ci-osa mant approached him and ho murmured'soa'and low Thnt up upon his cistern some on would have lo go. " t ' . Now, this holdlcr of tho IcglonVkneV English Eng-lish words a few, ' fF -" ; And to him the sound of 'telstern" was not exactly new. trmr- Still the woid conveyed but Uttlo to his U'nt-eccpttv snlnd. And ho naked In slmplo language for a plain reply .In. kind. , Then they spoke In ne'eenfs'- soothing, how this oil tho germs would kill, And the wlclced stcgomyla "would become tho same. a nil. , '.v,r But still they had to tell hlmnnd mako It to him plain "' That he had been mlstakcnland that no one who wns sano ' ?f Could ever think thnt "clstern.'the samo ua "system" meant--, .."! That never oil excepting '.T:od was on tho "system" spont;'.fi And ko he died a pea'cefulSuenth and never was dlsinnycdflZH- ' -, When ward clubs came lnjhlsb'ack yard and kerosene wns sprayed! , New Orleans Tlmes'Juomocmt. |