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[A FEW PRACTICAL FACTS FOR SENATOR EDMUNDS]
[IRAR'S PEARL]
[THE FIRST REGIMENTS OF U. S. COLORED TROOPS]
[THE OLD TUNE]
[BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTER]
[IRISH NORAH TO ENGLISH JOHN]
[BELLA'S BUREAU]
[A SHOT ON THE MOUNTAIN]
[EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT]
[THE PASSING SHOW]
[REVIEWS]
[A STORM ASHORE]
Belford's Magazine.
Vol. II.FEBRUARY, 1889.No. 3.
A FEW PRACTICAL FACTS FOR SENATOR EDMUNDS.
I am a physician practising in a small manufacturing town, and am doing very well so far as getting business goes—might even be able to save a little money if it were not for the bad debts. They make my income pretty small, considering the amount of hard work I am compelled to do; and the time spent in endeavoring to collect my bills takes a great many hours which, in justice to my patients who pay, ought to be used in brushing up my medical studies and trying to keep abreast with the rest of the profession.