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A good Disinfectant

--The Assistant Provost Marchal to charge of the Military Prison of the Eastern District, has adopted the practice of spreading loam and lime on the floors of the prison, which proved such an excellent absorbent of noxious gasses, that since its introduction, no case of smallpox has been reported. Be are it was sprickied on the floor, one or more, cases used to be reported daily. The remedy is worth a trial.

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