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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DIR, Herr, a foreign electrician, has
shown chat it is possible to telephone six
hundred miles.
M. Alder has just been awarded
5000 francs by the Paris Academy of
Sciences for his advances in. phonetic
telegraphy, as also telephony.
Wines are said to extract yearly
from the soil only about three-fourths OF
the quantity of potash and phosphoric
acid that the cereals take up.
Paris has oxygen gas works capa-
BILE of supplying about 1900 cubic feet
of oxygen daily. Nothing is known as
to the method of producing the gas, as
the establishment is still in its expert
mental stage; but if the oxygen is of the
purity claimed, and can be sold at a rea-
sonable price, the enterprise bids fair to
succeed.
M. Lefranc has called attention in
the Journal de Pharnacie to wooden
mattresses as a possibly fertile midas for
disease. In large city such mattresses
may represent millions of feeces that
have been only partly cleared of grease,
and have, moreover, been affected by
long use through successive generations.
They are rarely efficiently purified, and
might become an active medium for the
propagation of infection.
"A suggestion to employ artificial
lights for the capture and destruction OF
noxlouS insects has found considerable
favor. A medal was awarded at the
last exhibition of agriculture and in
sociology in Paris for lamp especially
adapted for catching insects. The cleo
trio light has been found to be a very
effective insect-trap, and its eventual
coming into use for this purpose in bug
infected gardens and orchards may be
regarded as among the things that are
possible.
M. Muntz's experiments (the iodo-
form reaction) show that alcohol is to
be found in all kinds of water, except
very pure spring water. Rain and river
water contain about one gram per cubic
meter; snow and cold rain q little more.
1t also exists in the earth, even poor
soil, in the quantity of 100 to 200 grams,
giving the iodoform reaction. The
diffusion of the substance in nature is
accounted for on the theory of the de-
structlon OF organic matter by various
agents of fermentation.
"A thermometric bureau has been
established in connection with the Win
chester Observatory of Yale College,
for the more accurate graduation and
verification of thermometers. The ther-
mometers in common use are, as rule,
not graduated with any approach to
scientific accuracy, and the best of them,
however exact they may be when new,
increase their readings rapidly within a
few months, so as to become as much
as % in error in the course of year.
This is matter of particular importance
with clinical thermometers, of which
several thousand are bought every year !;
and to instruments of this class special
attention is paid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04
PITH AND POINT.

The weight of the world-about
twelve ounces to the pound. Detroit
Free Press.
"A move in the right direction pre-
vents collision when teams meet.-N. o.
PtcGyune.
"A tooth-pulling shop is known as a
sore gum mandatory. Philadelphia
CbgonicLe- Herald.
-" What is the moon good forP'
asked Prof. Miller. "What are its prin-
cipal usesP" And the smart bad boy
looked up from the foot of the class and
said, "To rest the gas companies. y
Burlington Haa0keye.
The man who knows the most is not
an owing man.-Man is like carpet
when he is kept down by tax.-Man is
like pin; the size of the head does not
indicate how sharp and pointed he may
be- Whitehall Times.
Specimens of the mephitic plant
known as skunk's cabbage are sold in
the streets of New York under the at
tractive name of California lilies, and
they smell so much better than the
streets that there is quite demand for
them. Anything is welcome as a change.
Boston Post.
Tight lacing caused the liver of an
Indiana woman to grow fast to the
epigastrium, causing her death. Ladies
can not be too careful in guarding
against such calamity as this. When
tight lacing must be INDUCED in the
epigastrium should be removed and
locked up in the bureau drawer for safe
ty.--Chicago Tribune.
She was young lady fresh from
boarding-school, and she went into the
laundry to learn how to iron shirts. She
did not succeed very well, and she said,
"Oh, Katy, shall never be able to get
any polish on this bosom" "Sure,
MISS" was the answer, "you want to
put little elbow grease on it. "Please
get some for me right away, Katy" was
the innocent response.--Bostos Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04

about II, and dinner from six to seven,
The best cooks are Chinese.
There is great deal of dram-drink-
ing among the people. Gin is the fav-
orite liquor, and large quantities of it
are sold, but did not see anywhere a
drunken man. Smoking is as universal
and constant as breathing, but l saw no
ladies smoking, though no one refrains
from smoking because they are present.
Cigarettes are more frequently used
than cigars. No apology is required for
introducing them, and no one asks his
visitor or companion to join him in
smoking because he assumes that the
visitor has his own tobacco in his pocket
and would light his cigarette if he wished
to do so. The only places where one
can't smoke are the churches and the
theatres. At the opera I saw man
who had begun to smoke in the parquet
compelled to quit the indulgence; but at
the same time cloud of smoke blown
from one of the private boxes back of
the proscenium excited no attention
whatever. In the railroad cars every
body smokes without restraint and
special car for the purpose would be
ridiculous.
There are few railroads in Cuba, and
some of them are in good condition.
The irst-class cars have cane seats, and
all the cars are shabby. In some cases,
however, the road-bed is smooth and in
good order. The trains are slow.-C.
a. Dana, in N. Y. San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04
A Kentucky Bird Convention.

A sight so strange that it would pay
strangers to come miles to see, occurs
every night five miles south of this place,
on the Cedar Bluffs of the Cumberland
River. Every evening, just about sun
down, the sky is darkened as far as the
eye can see by great fiocks of birds com
ing to roost in these cedars. Your cor
respondent, accompanied by native
and lantern, spent couple of hours
last night among the cedars, watching
this wonderful Congregation of birds of
every tongue, plumage and almost every
country this side of the tropics. Startled
by our approach, great crowds of the
chattering tribe would rise from their
perches in the cedars and fly off with a
noise like deep and distant thunder. We
had to scream at the top of our voice to
hear one another speak. Large limbs
of the trees were broken off, caused by
the accumulated weight of birds. Hum
dreds, blinded by our lanterns, would fly
into Our faces. We could pick thou
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Queen Margherita is one of the most
skillful sewing women in Italy.

Queen Margherita is one of the most
skillful sewing-women in Italy.
The Empress of Austria recently
sent to reporter a dressing-case en-
bossed in silver, as mark of her pleas
ure at his account of some of her ex-
ploits in the field.
The Princess Dolgorouki, beside
innumerable Jewels and other souvenirs,
has received from the late Gar legacy
of about $10,000,000, which at her death
will 90 to her children. Most of the
money came from the gold mines of the
Oural and of Siberia, which belong to
the reigning Gar of Russia.
DIR. Kidd, who was Lord Beacons-
fields regular physician, has the largest
regular practice in London, and is an
eclectic. With the exception of this
gentleman, it is curious circumstance
that all around the bedside of the dying
ex-Premier-Dr Quain, Lord Burning
ton, Lord Rowton, James McClennan,
his servant, and the two nurses-were
Irish, sentimental and self-sacrifcing
race as he has styled them.
Many Russian young ladies of posi-
ton appear to have been beguiled into
more or less completely with the Nihilist
party. 1t is said that an intimate friend
of the Duchess of Edinburgh, a young
lady who only the other day was one of
the party who officially received the
Duchess on her arrival in St. Peters,
burg, has since, under the pangs of re-
morse, confessed to a very close &C
quaintance with Nihilist leaders.
The Middlesex magistrates in Eng
land have been using their power and
have stopped religious service in a
music hall. Great Indignation has been
aroused; the Home Secretary, the Earl
of Shaftesbury and others have been APP
pealed to, and the meetings have been
held in the open air pending some re-
dress from the local authorities or else
regulation forbidding the use of theaters
and places of amusement for religious
purposes.
Lord Beaconsfeld had two brothers
james, deceased, and Ralph. He
never associated with any of his kindred,
but he appointed James, in 1852, when
he became Chancellor of the Exchequer,
a Commissioner of Inland Revenue, the
salary of which is $4,000 q year, and
his brother Ralph was, at his request,
appointed by Lord Chancellor Cairns,
in 1867, deputy clerk of the House of
Lords, the salary of which is FL, 200.
They both, particularly James, bore a
strong likeness to their remarkable
brother.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04
sands of them from the branches of the

sands of them from the branches of the
trees.
But what seemed so strange about
this bird convention was the seeming
peace and harmony that existed be-
tween the birds. The hawk and dove
roasted in peace on the same branch,
while hundreds of robins and sparrows
circled in perfect safety around the
perch of large owls. In the early morn
ing, when these songsters of the groves
left their perches in the cedars for the
fields OF the open country, it was most
beautiful and gorgeous sight to behold.
With the blue Of the jay, the crimson
and red of the fence wren and red bird,
the yellow and gray of the yellow and
sparrow birds seemed like some grand
and splendid panorama of the floral
kingdom endowed with the power of
music moving through the air in pro-
cession composed of all the colors of the
rainbow. Hundreds of people 90 every
night to see this strange wonder.
Somerset Special.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04

There was cry of fire in a theater
in Lyons, France. A rush was made
for the doors, and many persons were
wounded. After the panic the audience
returned to their seats, but found that
thieves, who had raised the cry of fire,
had meanwhile made way with the
shawls, cloaks, opera-glasses and other
property left on the floor and the seats.
The Figaro advises the Parisians to
keep cool when they hear anybody cry
/" fire " in a theater and collar him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-04

In North Carolina q woman was re-
Gently admitted to the bar because, as
the Chief Justice said, there seemed to
be no law for or against such admission.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25
fFoN THE NEWS AND uERALp.l
GREELEf on REAL ESTdTR.

Hints for Reflection for Those Ipterestetl..
Points that may be Pondcrea and Dis.
Cusscd.
Geo. II. McAaaer, Esq.,:
DEAR SIR---A matter of vital inter
est 10 the farmer is not only the pres.
cnt hut Tic prospective values OF his
real estate; and it bchoovcs us to have
a care that our management is such as
to inclcasc the value and market price
Of same from year to year. The in.
creased values Of realty is, in nearly
all cases, "',r Of the principal sources
Of increased wealth from farming.
The soil is the basis of all values,
and its cultivation and extent of pro.
ductivcness measure the wealth Of q
country. Its values are generally dc.
tcrn,incd, by the amount of surplus
pir rductions it yields for sale or OK.
change, after giving support and fair
remunerative wages to the husband.
man engaged in its cultivation. And
while communities, or even nations.
may grow wealthy by trade or manu-.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25
ATTENTION.
LADIES ! !

HAVING determined to CLOSE
OUT our stock of Spring Dress
Goods, we offer you from this date
unusual bargains in same. We have
complete line of these goods, and
parties will do we'll to call, examine
and plico these before purchasing.
We would also call your attention to
onr line Of Fancy Muslin and Linen
Lawns In white goods we arc "Full
Up" Our line of these goods con.
sists OF Linen Lawns, Victoria
Lawns, Bishop Lawns, Plain, Plaid
and Striped Nainsooks, Jaconets,
Cambrics, Piques, Plain and Plaid
Swiss, &C., &c. Laces, Laces.
Laces. Edgings, Edgings, Edg-
ings.
CALL AND SEE FOR YOUR
SELVES.
McMASTER, DRICE g. KETCHIN.
may 7
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

THE break having been made, there
appears to DO no stopping it. A New
York firm has begun the publication
rof the 'NeAy Testament as revised by
thc American committee, which is to
'be known as :"The American Vcr-
sion." Many Of tho American ,rccom-
:mendations have been omitted in tho
present revision, and this new publ
cation will contain them, incorporated
into tho text. At this rate, every
prominent publishing house will hire
Its revising committee and publish its
ow',SVersion, even as the prom:ucnt
English and American publishers have
their own literary or illustrated peri.
-odicals.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25
EGA AIS for the MHELUONy
FOO CHOO'S BALSAM of SHARKS or

FOO CHOO'S BALSAM of SHARKS OIL
Positively Restores the Hearing and Is the only
Absolute Cur" for DeatGcss kuown.
This oil is txtrac ed from n p.cr';nr
species of small HITE SHARK canett in
tho Yellow Sea, known rs Carchoyod,n
hondcte'H. Every Chinese fisherman
knows it. Its virtues rs restorative Of
hearing were discovered hy II Buddhist
Priest about the year l4l0. Its cnres we're
so numerous and many SO seemingly Mi
racnlous, that the remedy was officially
proclaimed over the entire Fmpire. It's
use became so universal that for over 800
years no Deafness has existed among tho
Chinese people. Sent, charges prepaid,
to any address at 81 per bottle.
Only imported by IIAYLocK & CO.,
Sole Agents Tor Amer1c,. : Dcy St., New York.
Its virtues are unqncstionahle and its
| curative chnractec absolute, as the writer
cnn personally testify. both from expert
! ence and observation.
! Among the many readers Of tic Rcri,,s
in one part and another of the country, it
| is probable that numbers are afflicted with
! deafness, and to such it may bo said
"Writc Mt once to fIaylock & Co., 7 Dey
street, New York, enclosing 81, and YOU
Will receive by return q remedy that will
enal y"n to herr like anybody else, an 4
whose curative effects will DO permanent.
ion VIII never regret doing so - E1no,
! Gt Mercantile Reric,c. Jun 25-3m
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25
ITISA WELLKNOwN FACT

among. physicians that Buchu JuniDer and
parcrn Brava IN combination are the best
IcmeulrS IN the world for disease OF the BIad-
ueI or hi1neyS. and that not less than one. ha il
o me numnn family. both male and female.
Sui"r from arrangement OF those organs and
@ @nvSiSct or inil. TO use proper remedies hurry
nations have been tried for Gravel, Brick Dust
deposits Brlghcs Dicease. Weakness n Back
anu lips produced BY arrangement o Bladder
unu kloneyS. Dut none vii h such napny results
as Rnnk Extract OF Bucflu md Juniper II
you %" s9er from any DISEASE or 1hoss organs
Prepared only by Hunt, Rankin & lamar
DRrmgglsts' R,i' Atlanta, Ga, and for. sale by ali
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.CoEuMpEs. Ga, April II, 1879.

VoEoHbFs. Ga, April II, 1873.
pr. c. J. Moffctt-Deaf Sr-My wife and N.Y.
S Seit are satisfied that the life OF our teething
GIGethlng powderS>. when other remedies had
lanru to relieve him Te hare been Geiighfsd
N,th hs S7,c"dn Gnd permanent ye'ief 0ipen one OF
or Hh!tdrth from st0ere attack of ChGieIa Morbus
,lcetnlna a. Indispensable tn uH. aud should be
kept py all parents having small children.
Respectfully, ETC.,
JESSE B WRIGHT
Foreman EnQuirer.Sun
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

D, Coregol
has
raise" Tins school to the highest place einc"oa institutions e a
comfortable
accomplished teacher
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

RAILROAD men may discuss learned,
~ about the pooling system, and ad.
duce most srecious arguments in dc.
fence of tic practice, but it is not con-
'sistent with the public welfare. Pool
ing destroys competition and puts the
shipper in the power Of monopoly
Prevent pooling and competition will
regulate frciShts just as it regulates all
trade. But let two or three railroads
divide all the profits equally anon.
them; and the interest Of each road
will virtually be to repel business and
force II upon the other lines; as fifty
per cent. is more profitable when the
road does absolutely nothing than
when it has to haul half or all the
freights. a corner in bacon orlar.l or
grain is, or used to be, an offence
against the law. Why should not a
corner in freights be subject to the
same law?
We'll enough is it to talk about re.
pclling Northern capital by discrimi
mating legislation, but far better have
no Northern capital than lave it hold.
ing native noses down to the grind.
stone. The halt:starvcd mountain,
wolf refused to charge places with the
sleek mastitf that wore masters col.
lar. Northern capital TINT brings
Northern collars is not what we wish
and we will Mot have Il as long as the
people scndincorruptiblr legislators tc
Columbia. We welcome foreign capi
tai down here, provided it recognizes
that the State is suprcmc; but whel
huge railroad mpnopolics assume to
make and nnmake cities and towns
and thus to build up one section al
the expense OF another, it is time ,c
call them to q halt.
We trust the Legislative Commits
sion will look only to the genera
good, and, while not expressing, will
hold the roads to strict accountable
ty. These corporations are mild Il.
doves when IN danger, but when the,
have things their own way, theiy mild
ness ond gen,lcncss are microscopic.
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IHE CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE,
REV. WIN. II, ATKINSON, PRINCIPAL,
VAsAEsL0TTK1, N. 6.
.O-O---~-sA-

Fom KENNEDY Lieutenant Of South
1Eoi" g it. This derived
e"ti" but health honele
farorlly linn
The slloo D..
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

TESTIMONY OF DRUGGISTS.
We have bee selling 'SvEts Syphi lie spo
CHE 10" Years AMI c",rl 1t tar superior to
ahvnn,ng e. Know to .ci"n 2, for the dis"a ses it
$. J. C:ASS!LS. Thorn ,svllle, Ga.
l.. r GREER & co FORSYTH Ga
Im.NT, RANKIN 4 LAMAR. Atlanta Ga.
lant,., Ga. 1A'
wos., ATLANTA. GA: July1, 1874.
cihc";!n the trestmeH, y. uoHvicts Tor The iast
year, and bciieyeit it Is the only certain kno,on
rtn'e"g that VIII effect n permanent cure OF dIs
eases for which tG Is recOmmc n,led
GRANT. ALEXANDER 4 co.
$1,000 REWARD
VIII be paid TO anv chemist who viii find. on
ahNlySlS OF one hundrrH bottles OF s s. S. ore
particle OF mercury, .dilc potassium, or any
ml!enl substance. '
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. pr.nr,a,
Tors. Atlanta. Ga
Sold by all Druggists
Call FOR Il copy OF Young Mems Friend"
MAKING WATCHES.
Defective Watch Cuscs are one OF the chief
causes OF so many watches not being cooo
time pieces The cases heipg thin and not fit
'lrg well. admit dust and dirt to the m We
mcht, which soon intcrtcrcs with the running
part" or the watch ncress!tating cleaning, re-
pairing, &c, AMI the amount thus paId out II
applied toward buying 81 od CASE. IN the be-
ginning, would hny" saved all this trouble and
expense We have recently seen Il case th; t
meets oil these r qu1re mCnts, 1t having been
carried for over twenty years and sttll remains
perfect. We refer 10 the JAS. BOSS Patent
stiflened Gold Case. whi,h has become one
OF the staple articles OF the Jcwelry trade,
possessing as II doc; so many ADVANTAGES over
AL other watch cases, being nude OF two
heaVy plates OF solid gold over plate OF com.
position. And we advise nj! our readers to ask
thr'r JrSclcrfor card or catalogue that vii;
explain the mariner which they are made.
II Is the only Stiffcncd Case made with two
plates or gold, seamless pendants, ana centre,
solld joints crown pieces, &C., all OF which are
covered by letters patent. Therefore bu. no
case 'eIorc consulting n Jewrlcr who keeps the
JAS BOSS Patent stiffened Gold Case, that
you may learn the difference betwc cen It and
oil imitntions that claim 10 be equally good
For sale by all responsible jewelers.. Ask ia
see the warrant that accompanies each case,
and don't be persuaded that any other make OF
case Is as good. on,e
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,LUDDEN & BATES
SOUTHERN NJ USIC HOUSE,

The great Piano md Organ House of
the South, to furnish Southern bu, ers
with Pianos and Organs from standard
makers, at lowest factory Wholesale
prices. Established IN 1870. and now a1l
immense Music House. Magnificent Dou-
BILE store. sixty feet front, three stories
above basement Two hundred Planes
nm Organs in stock. Thousnnds Of in L.
strnments sold yearly. Onr field the
tai ample. Musicians Ourselves. An
army Of employees. Branch I]onsrs in
seven cities. Our traveller, evervwhcrc.
Exclusive control of tho hest instr:,ine ents
| III tho world. Direct connection with
manufacturers. Always pioneers in low
praoes. Able and willing to compt to with
the world. Pledged and sworn to do it,
AND NOW MARK US WELL.
Don't waste time answering absurd and
deceptive advertisements. If you want
cheap instruments, We hive them ,\and ut
less than tho lowest. We compete with
Beatty, or Marchall 4 smith. or any otLer
| man, no after where he lives or how
much he bl 'ws. 265 different STYLES and
prices to select from, and sncn makers rs
.htcke1inG, Matlushek, Arion, Southern
Gem, Nason & IInmlin, Peloubet j. Co.
and Sterling. Sent on test trial. Lew
freight guaranteed. Stools. Covers, Music
and Musical JOURNAL given free A little
cash now, and balance in the fall. is all
we want. Special terms for midsummer
trade. secondhand Pianos and Or
9nns. in good repair, to be Gle sed out
cheap. Write for Catalogues, prices and
terms It will pay YOU. Address
LUDDEN BA ATEs, Savannah, Ga.
N. B.-'enh also i"r Catalogue Of Sheet
Music, Music Books. Eialins, Guitars,
Flutes, Band Instruments, Drums.
Strings, Orguinettes, Zithnrs md all
small Musical Instruments Immense
stock. Lowest prices South
may "a
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

PILLS. I1hey arc harmless to tho most delicate
byssm sd sehy ahSy eSe eisRe s
Sold Ss dfasstsi tits seH coany. csn'S per 00S'
RHLsIA, Ala. AprilS 1875.
Sir,J. J, Goodwin, Agant--Dcar Sir: / take
naye nse nseH S"nr Me1
psrior;, 4 therefore recommend t,ls medicine
ITO be- Very respeeifuiy. AKAYsER h!ssfaso'
ErFAuIA. ALA. July. 1873.
r., .hlr. Shocnfe.d: uS,d one sack OF yaur stock
suits. She hHd recently dropped her. calf, anu
si Ss,s In p poor condition. and by the use OF your
Sfh mE hSe0 she ysry %as fSp improved in sh
sold by the druggists OF tptsuoHnty. : 'Ni:
DR. A. X. Norton. OF savanpah, writes; I ns-
aNrc you IT affords me pleasureto give my ap-
:pioyal and certificate In favor or your Lulig
'hsr OF cases who're II proved sNccets in The the
treatment OF. oDchills and Cor Sumption.
eve yEHIs & ego m my wtfeSSa> far gone, in, com
SGi,ullon she had rfcn cGiiinf q TO her bpd the
Hectic Fever every day oEd lind but little
with me blessings OF God, her Lungs nre nov nov
rrIrctly sound. gave her no other Lung
Mcdicine than yours and n cough syrup make.
lN.tFe generally given them together as have
strong faith In both succeeded In curing n
runocr OF hopeless eases and regard Brcwers
Lung RtStnrtr as q TaNs,ble prrDa ra, ion
Please send IN" per express three dozen as nm
nearlt out. Sc. d bill OF same and l will remit
pfohptly. Wishing you good success, remain,
Yours respectfully,
A Il. NORTON Nj D.,
Corner West Broad and Harris Sls. Savannah.
Georgia.
Macon, Ga.
McsSrs. Lamar, Rankin Lamar Gcntlemen<
One &c bnttle OF Brewers Lung Rcstorer cured
diie or BrnnchitlS In weeks time. Will want
u !ew more ooItles soon. I Intend Keeping It in
Ky mouse all thc time, as IcOnsjdcr IT, q Vuluss-
ole medicine. Yours Respectfully,
Sold BY. the: Druggists OF this countTI