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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;


Containing also Conditions 10 Be TaoorDOrafsF f7
the Contracts 70 the Extent tas Department nag
Deem Proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each inter-
mediate office, when not otherwise specified,
fer asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode OF conveyance
admits OF 1t, the special agents OF the POst OF &c
Department, also post office blanks. msn bags,
locks and keys, are TO be conveyed without
extra charge.
3. "wsy bills" or receipts, prepared by post
masters or other agents Of the Department, will
accompany the mails, specifying the number
and destination Of the several bags, 70 be eN-
aTnined by the postmRsters, 10 insure regularity
In the delivery OF bags and pouches.
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed; snd for each of such omissions, III the
failure be occasion ed by the fault Of the con-
tractor or carrier, three times the pay of the
Tip will be deducted. For arrivals so far be-
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one
fourth OF the compensation for the trie Is sub
ject TO forfeiture. For repeated delinquencies
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penal-
ties, proportioned 70 the nature thereof and the
impOrtaBceof the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admis-
sion OF passengers, or for being concerned in
setting up or running an express conveying in
delligence In advance OF the mail, a quarters
pay may be deducted.
8. Fines Will be imposed, unless the delin-
queDcy be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of pOstmasters or the affidavits
Of other credible persons, for failing 20 arrive
in contract time; for neglecting TO take the mail
from, or deliver IL into post Office; for suffer
ing il to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost; and for refusing, after demand, 70 convey
the mail a. frequently as the contractor runs
or IL concerned in running, q coach, Oar, or
steamboat on q route.
Z. The Postmaster General msy annul the
contract for repeated failures 10 run sgreeably
70 contract; for violating the post oifce laws, or
disobeying the instructions of the Departments
for refusing TO discharge q carrier when re-
quired by the Department TO do %; for running
an express as aforesaid; or Tor transporting per-
sons or packages conveying mailsble matter ont
OF the mail.
8. The Postmaster General NAV order An in
crease OF service on rouue by allowing there
for pro rata increase on tie contract paw. He
may change schedules of departures and arri-
walls In all cases, and particularly 20 make them
conform TO connections with railroads without
increase Of pay, provided the running time be
not abridged. The Postmaster General may
also discontinue or curtsl the service, In whole
or In part, In order to place on the route supe-
rior service, or whenever the public interests,
In his Judgment, shall require such discontinu-
aDce or curtailment for any other cause; he
allowing, as full indemnity 60 contractor, one
month b extra pay on the amount Of service
dispersed nth, and = PTv rata compensation
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BOND.


81 Insert the names OF the principal and
sTe;ies In fall In the body of the bond; also the
cate. The signatures 90 the bond should be wit
messed, and the certificate on the Inside shOul &
be signed by justice of the peace, adding hts
Cficlal title, CT, IL signed by a Notary lb.ic,
he should sffix his seal.
Know al men by these presents, that --
-, OF --, IN the State OF ---. priuci-
TAl, and -- - and - of
IL the State of --, a. sureJes, are held and
ttmly bound unto the United States OF America
In the just and fun sum or --- dollars. Iawful
oney OF the United States, 10 be paid 10 the
said United States or America or it. duly ap-
IoiLted or authorized officer or OF -ers; % the
payment OF which, well and truly 10 be made
and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, eNecu-
tors, aud administrators, jointly and seTerally,
firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals, and dated this - day
Of -, lS1
Whereas, by an act Of Congress approved
June g. 1874, entitled can CT masing apuro-
TristiOns for the service OF the Post ONCE De-
PsTtment for the fiscal year ending June thir-
tietb, eighteen hundred and sevsntv-fve and
for other purposes" II l. provided. that every
proposal tor can wing the mail shall be accom-.
panied by the bond OF the bidder, with sureties
approved by postmaster, ;" in pursuance where
o., and in compliance with the provisions OF
said law, this bond is made and executed, sub
ject to all the teTms conditions, and remedies
scribed, 20 accompany the SfOregoing aud an
neNed proposal OF the said -
Now, the condition OF the said obligation is
such, that If the bidder a. afore-
said, shall, within such time after his bid IL &C
copied as the Postmaster General has pre-
sCTibed in said advertise ment of route No. =, q
Wit, on or before tie LIST day Of June, 1885, entel
into a contract with the United States Of Amer
lea, with good and sufficient suretiss 20 be ap
proved by the Postmaster General, 70 perform
the service proposed in his said bid, and furthe
shall perform said service according to his con
tract: then this obligation shall be void. Oeher
wise TO be in full force and obligation in law.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set on
| hands and seals this - day of -,l Isl
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EXTRACTS FROM LAWS. ETC.

OATH OF NAIL CONTRACTORS AND CARRIERS,
REQUIRED BY ACT OF COrGRRss, JUNBS, 1872,
], -, do solemnly swe IT (ur affirm that
will faithfully perform all the duties required
Of me, and abstain from every thing fer biddeu
by the laws in relation to the establishment OF
POST ofhces and post-Ioads within the United
States; and that 1 will honestly and truly &C.
count for and pay over any money belonging TO
the said UniteO States which NAV come into my
possession or control. So help me God.
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NoTR.-When the oath 81 taken before a JUS
tce Of the peace, or any other OFF ser not using
seal, except judge OF United States court,
the certificate of the clerk of a colrt or record
must be added, under his seal of oiice, that the
person who administered the oath Is duly quail
Inc Il A. such officer.
BIDS 4 .OO0 Gsd Upscdri must b dccon pGnisi
~ certified check or draft, on Some so'rsaf VA
ttoRGl bank, payable % TIE order of tts Postmaster
General, equal 70 3 per ceBiHn on ths present an
Hudt pay on fhe roBts; tH case Of aeB sgrrt-s,
not iegS than ; per cestuHs Of ne cnl0uaf 4 fhe
'ond accompanying TIE btd, " SAID bond cxcseds
s. eco.
The proposal must be signed by the bidder or
biOders. snd the date OF signing sffNed.
Direct tu " Second Assistant Postmaster GEN
ersi, Post Office Department, Washiugt0u ID.
O., marked 4" Proposals, State CT -"
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CERTIFICATE OF PosrMAsrER.

NEEIIFIUATE OF PDtTMASTER.
L, the undersigned postmaster at -, State
OF --, after the exercise OF due diligence to
inform myself OF the pecuniary ability aud re-
sponstbility of the principal and his sureties in
the afOregoing bond, and of the unincum bered
real estate owned BY them, respectively, do
hereby approve said bond and certify that the
said sureties are suficent-suficient to insure
the payment of double the entire amount of the
said bond; and do further certify that the said
bond was duly signed by - =, and =
- and = his sureties, before sign
ing TINS certificate. - -, Postmaster.
Dated Isl
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STATE OF --)
COUNTY OF = Sc

NOlNIh OF -
L. -, clerk of the - the came
beng Court OF Record, do hereby certify to at
- -, whose genuine signature appears TO
the foregoing affidavit, was, at the time Of sign
ing the same, justice OF the peace in and for
the county and State aforesaid, duly qualified.
and that al his official acts as such are entitled
to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set ms
hand as clerk, and affixed the seal OF said
court, on this - day OF -, Isl.
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Witness;

On this = day OF -, lS1 personally
appeared before me - aud -
sureties in the aiOTegOing bond, 10 me knoEn 10
be the persons named in said bond A. sureties
and who have executed the same as such who
being 10y NE duly sword, dePOSe and say, and
each Tor himself depOses and says, he has exc
Cuted the within bond, that his place of resi-
dence Is correctly stated therein, that he Is the
owner OF real estate worth the sum hereinafter
set against his nSme over and above all debts
due and owing by him, and all judgments, mort
cages, and executions against him, after allow
ing al exemptions Of every character VIII atsTer,
the total sum thus assured amounting 70
So - dollars.
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NOTR.-when the above oath is taken before
justice of the peace or any other officer not
using seal, except Judge of a L. ). Court,
the certificate of the clerk of a court Of record
must be added, under bis seal of Office, that the
person who administered the cath is duly Quail
lied as such officer.
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By section 16 of the act Of June 6, 1872, every
person employed in the postal service is subject
10 ell the pains, penalties, and fOrfeitures for
violation CT the laws relating 10 such service,
whether he has taken the above oath or AFR
nation or Lot.
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Coa1sSs tCA "a ossIc ...,, go z .a p,
s 8. siS. hepsy sosss5 q q love isvs - (
.eSsssasss osssnss os1ss II q 49, 8
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OATH REQUIRED BY skCrION 2t5 OF An ACT OF
CONGRESS AFrRovED JUNE p, lS1i, To Rs
AFPINRD TO BACH BID POR CAERVtNG TIA
NAIL, AND TO BE TAKEN BEFORR AN OFFICER
oUALIFIED TO ABNINIsTsR oATHs.
I,-- OF -, bidder fOT carrying the
mall on route No. -, from - to, do
swear that have the ability. pecuniarilv, 20
fulfill my obligation g. such bidder. that the bid
L. made In good faith, and with the intention 70
enter into contract snd perform the service in
case such bid shall be accepted.
Sworn TO and subscribed oefore me,
-- for the - OF -, this
cay OF -, A. ID. Isl sud In testi-
mOny thereof hereunto Subscribe nv IsEAI 4
name and sfiI my Official seal the day
and wear Aforesaid.
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Subscribed AID sworn before me this - dav
Of -, Isl
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MISCELLANEOUS

RW sPRIEG STYLE OARRIAGEsI71=S
10 Of the lstes New York styIes Of : -
fsrk sD1 Pony Phsts1s, Tor and No &&
1Cp BCRgies, essk aud Low Door and N-@x&
yump-ssst Carriages. Secondhand Carriages taken
% sSehsnge, Osn before purchasing elsewhere.
tween and =, Washington, and 81 W. TsYett1
street, Baltimore. nd. naJfI-,Y-
n IHEi LTNEII TTNETI
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n 1HksUfhI5SFF S SSEsTSt IhI DlsfsiOl

hclLnTKR Is. McALTsTER, q az no. So, Equity
Ordered By the court this Sd day Of December,
1874 that the sale made and reported 10 the
confirmed, unless cause q the contrary thereof be
shown on OF. before the 20 DAr OF J.NUARI, A. ID.
published In the Evening star, newspaper printed
each Of three successive veeks next before the ssd
"a day Of January. A. ID. 1873. The report states
By the OCurf: A. WYLIK.
a.,., 4 4 true oepk-Te,nsi r,es u.r. ana -.
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wooDBURET LINN.
- cents per barrel.
THOMAS FAaEr,
sss street, bet. lOth snd lltb n -
srATEE ISLAND, NJ, DYING TsTAa
- LleHAEkT-KSTABLIsHE 1873,
Ite Oldest aud largest Of its Eind Is the country
nay be IN the world A. TISHER, Aren't.
ols Sh street, between II and q.
y. b-Gusrantee given thst no color rubs on !:
oEias your articles soon, % get them bsok 70 tine
A, FIsHKB, FIRST GLASS sOOuRHR,
DIS SD street, opposite Patent once
ePhClALTIES or HIS SOLE PROOEss
Ladtts DrGSSss cleaned without tsFfne them arart
SssI.traez'S C.0fsss cleaned without ehrinflnG
show again.
Kid Gloves cleaned on short notice, Prioss mo
este; punctuailt guaranteed. seri-ly
az a LII "a D IBsl
yOHu G. BARTHEL,
AEhAh!DIEE AND ScUSdkE,
&c. llA ECur-sn1-a-RaF street, zone door aOSEf
OF Colonization Hail.
- =. eles dresses OisAssd sna DYED without bsinx
drinking.
ia Gloves, Shoes, rurS, ETC., Cleaned 81 segrt-a
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SECTIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS "ro BE-
WISE, CONSOLIDATE, AND AMEND THE STAT
UTRs RELATING TO THE POST OFFICE DE-
PARTMBET,r APPROVED JUNE &, 1872.
The Postmaster General requests that bid
deTs, guarsntors, sureties, and all persons con-
cerned, or intending to be concerned, in mail
contracts, will carefully read and critically ex-
anime the abstract of laws here preser ted, aud
also the forms and instructions at the end of
this advertisement, in order that bids may be
made az liabilities assumed understsndiDgly,
and that all misapprehensiOns or cause of COM
plant hereafter may be avoided.
POstm ssters are required to make themselves
familiar with these laws and instructions, that
they may be able to inform and direct others.
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BALTIMORE ADVERTISEMTS
IL TIE SUPREME ooURToF THK pIsTKIOr
OF COLUMBIAN

RoldtHg Syeoial Term NOrsHlber f4fk ls7s
nths case q J Inn Patch, administrator, Of bob
,nr.. q DD i, aeoeeseq, the s1minis rator
Court Of the District Of Columbia 1foressid. an
pointed TUESDAY, December 3ad, A d ls7I "a
the nna settlement and distri b0tlOn OF the per,
Is ate 81 said deceased and Of the assets in hand a.
Tar as the same have been ceIlected and turned ff
money; when sne where ell the Creditors ana heirs
o. said deceased are notified &c attend with their
Claims properly youched, OF they may otherNfss bT
law be excluded from all beneht In said decessedi.
estate: Prertded, COPY q this order be published
preyiou. . the said DAY; Test:
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BIDDERS NOT RRLRAsED UNTIL A CONTRACT
Is ENTERED INTO AND SEEVGCK BxGAN.
SIC. 252. That 10 bidder for carrying the
II ale shall be released from his obligation IN
der bis bid or proposal, notwithstanding an
award made TO a lower bidder, until a contra Ct
for the designated service shall have been duly
executed by such lower bidder and his suretie-
and accepted, and the service entered upon BY
the contractor to the satisfaction CT the Post
master General.
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FORM OF PROPOSAL, BOND, AND GER
TIFICATE.
PROPOSAL.

ONCE address is -, county of -, State
OF -, proposes to carry the mails OF the
United States, from July /, 1915, TO june 80
-, State Of, under the advertisement
of the Postmaster General, dated October 4,
1874, "with CELEBRITY, certainty, aud security q
proposal Is accepted he win enter into contract
with sureties TO be approved by the Postmaster
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BISATIoN, TO PAW ENr BIDDING PR O.
HIBITED.

BINATIoN, TO PRIV ENT BIDDING PR o.
SEC. 250. That no contract for carving til :,
mail shall be made with any person who hag
entered, or proposed to enter, into any comb ma =
ton to prevent the making Of any bid for car
rying the mall, or who has made any az ee
ment, or given or performed, or promised 20
give or perform, any consideration whatever TO
induce any other person not to bid for any such
contract and If any person 30 offending is a
contractor for carrying the mail, his contract
may be annulled; and for the first offense the
person so offending shall be disqualified to con.
tract for carrying the mail for eve wears, and
fer the second etfense shall be forever disouali-
fed.
FAILING BIDDERS AID CONTRACTORS CON-
TRACTS MAY BE RxTENDKD, AND TEMPO
RARY CONTRACTS MADE.
SEQ. PSI. That after any regular bidder whose
bid has been accepted shall fail to enter into
contract, for the transportation of the mails ac-
cording TO his proposal, or, having entered into
contract. shall fail to commence the perform
ance Of the service stipulated In his or their
contract as therein provided, the Postmaster
General shall proceed to contract with the next
lowest bidder for the same service who will
enter into contract for the per for nance there
OF, unless the Postmaster General shall CONSIDER
such bid too high, in which case hs shall re-
adverthe sach service. And IL any bidder
whose bid has bsen accepted, and VINO b as en-
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The Postmaster General has no potver Erde
the lac, 20 release bidders and contractors ana sf
sETetiss from their liabilities on the allegation o
real or supposed mistakes Of any kind in nakia
proposals. He particularly requests Tat, befor
made in regard 10 the route, distance, service
f0eigh Of mails, cost Of stock, feed, and all e.
pens6s eziSting and likely to occur during the CON
tract term, and tcih due consideration of he eonss
qUences imposed by laIv on deliHguents.
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rosTMAsTERs, CLERKS, &c, CANNOT BR CON-
TRACTORS.
SRo. a. That no postmaster, assistant post
master, or clerk employed in any post office,
shall be contractor or concerned III a contract
for caTryiI tie NAL.
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FAILING CONTRACTORS GUILTY OF MIspR


NO PAY TO BE MADE UNTIL CONTRACTS ARE
EXECUTED.
SEC. 259. That no person whose bid for csrry-
ing the mail is accepted shah receive any p.y
until be has executed his contract according 10
law and the regulations OF the Department.
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SERVICE TO BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BID
DER. BIDS OF FAILING CONTRACTORS MAY
NOT BE CONSIDERED.
SEQ. 2i9. That all contracts for carving the
mail shall be in the name of the United States,
and shall be awarded TO the lowest bidder ten
dering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
Torrance, without other reference to the mode
OF transportation than may be necessary to pro-
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and securi-
ty thereof; but the Postmaster General shall not
be bound TO consider the bid of any person VIII }
has willfully or negligently failed to perfol N
former contract.
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CONTRACT TO BIB EXECUTED AND PILED n
THE DEPARTMENT By THE FIRST DAY OF

THE DEPARTMENT By THE PIRsr DAY or
JUNE.
Under the provisions Of section 2i5 of the act
approved June %, 1874, the Postmaster General
has prescribed the LIST day of June, 1878, on or
before which day the contracts OF accepted bid
ders must be received at the Department in
Washington, executed in due form.
Accepted bidders not complying viii Gis reould-
tfon shall be considered having failed TO comply
t0lth their proposals, and the Postmdster General
may proceed to contract for the service sgiA other
parties, according to lao.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED AT THE DEPARTMENT
AFTER JUNE lsT WILL NOT BIB CONSIDERED
BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-27
GENERAL NEWS.

Gen. L. L. Wigfall, of Coafeder-
ate fame and honor, died in Texas,
last week.
DR.. Dio Lewis is leading the wo.
mans temperance crusade out West.
The movement is spreading East
and South, and the whisky traffic is
in suspended animation" The
women in Greenville, Tenn, candy
Johnson's home,) have closed all the
bar-rooms in that place, by "prayer
and singing"
Rhode Island, in spite of its small
size, does a good divorce business.
Seventeen applications were recent
" made in one court in single
day.
Chicago doesn't expect the pray
ing bands. She has ordered a mil.
lion tons of ice for next summers
refreshments.
IT is proposed to appeal to Con-
gress to dam the Ohio river. One
would imagine that the CALCULATIONS
of passengers on board steamers that
have been "stuck on the sand" at a
low stage of water were sufficient to
answer all purposes in that direction.
Coffee, which has been so high,
has taken a tumble in New York.
Owing to its high price the demand
was not so great, and the stock in
creased, and down she went.
An exchange tells of an under
taking wisely abandoned before it
was begun"
An impecunious citizen said the
only change he was allowed was that
of the weather.
A Pennsylvania farmer offers a
premium chrome with every load of
manure bought of him.
A butcher recently found shawl
pin in a COW he was cutting up into
steaks. 1t is supposed the animal
had swallowed a milkmaid.
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Cherokee Georgia.

The Air Line Railroad has opened
up section rich in its resources,
but the building of the Marietta,
Canton and Ellijay Railroad is far
more important and wonld open up
a richer country in every respect
The wealth locked up in these
mountains untitled, is a shame up
on progressive civilization and the
want of railroad facilities to devel-
op this rich mineral and agricultural
country, not only deadens the cner-
gies and keeps these people in Cher
exec Georgia cramped in remunera>
tive industry, but keeps many dol>
lar out of the State Treasury and
deprives lower Georgia much that
would enrich her people.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-27
Artificial .Guano.

No. Take one barrel hard
wood ashes one barrel bone dust
six barrels rich earth-mix well.
No. .. Take 40 pounds Nitrate
of Soda; 90 pounds Sulphate Am
monia; 30 pounds common Salt
Dissolve number two in just suffic>
lent water.
Then add that to number one and
mix we'll. Then add to the whole
one barrel of Land Plaster and mix
we'll again. 1t would be we'll to
have the whole to pass through a
sieve, say of three quarter inch mesh
made in the same manner as the
mason's sand riddle or sieve.
This mode of mixing, by passing
through riddle, m 'kes the fertiliz-
err more uniform and free from
Jumps and stones which might be in
the six barrels of rich earth.
The above is supposed to be
equal to one ton of ordinary guano
as sold by the dealers and good for
almost if not all crops. This mix
ture has been tried in Cobb county,
as we'll as in many other counties,
and is essentially the same as sold
under the name of "Home>made
Guano" and by other names.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-27
A PLEASANT REMEDY.

The change in the weather has given great
many persons Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Sore
throats Hoarseness, &c.
Instead of nauseous medicines, stews and
vilanous compounds, our citizens are using that
pleasant and delightful remedy. Globe Flower
syrup which always affects cure in few
DAYS. and somtimss in a few hours. Neglect a
cold and pay either doctors or an undertaker's
bill. The list ofdiseases and the great number
of deaths resulting from simple cold, are
friehtful, and may be avoided by having
always at hand bottle of Globe Flower Syrup,
which is equally and certainly remedial for all
stages of Lung and Bronchial disorder from a
simple cold to Il confirmed consumption BE
wise in time, It's madness to defer. Next day
the fatal precedent may plead and you may
drop into an early graye-all for want of one
bottle OF GLOBE FLOWER COUGH SYRUP.
At least 5000 bottles Oft this medicine We're
consumed in this city during the last winter,
and all who have used it speak in the highest
praise gifts virtues.
Mothers, remember that GLOBE FLOWER
SYRUP is a specific for GROUP, and children
love TO take it. Never be without this inval
liable remedy, to administer on the first alarm
of Group Cut Ibis out. 1t may save your life.
and with sound lungs and healthy organiza-
ton, live long to bless its discovery and praise
its great merits
1t is sold by first class Druggists and Chem
ists.-Atlanta Constitution.