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Poetry.
An Old German Bali i'd.

A shepherd maiden led her lambs
With mild and graceful air
To greener fields OF clover sweet
Where daisies blossom fair,
Then heard she. In the twilight's fall, ~
Clear and distinct the cuckoo call p
Cuckoo, cuckoo.
She sat down on the grassy bank
And to herself said She
'To pass the time, Ill count to know
How long my life shall be.
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was that ALL
For still she heard the cuckoo call.
Cuckoo.
The shepherd maiden angry grew;
Up from the grass s"e sprang.
Caught up her staff and ran with speed
= To where the cuckoo s.i H.. 5sa-sS s-g'
He saw. and to The wood he few,
Which echoes back his caI-cuckooI
Cuckoo.
She followed with her lifted staff
Still in an angry mood,
And when she turned. she still could hear
His voice within the wood
She hunted him from tree to tree,
Yet still he called out merfiiy,
Cuckoo.
Tired with her chase among the trees.
Irlpatiently cried She
''Sin if youlike, your hateful song,
IT'S all the same to mer'
Turning, she met her shepher swain,
Who, laughing, echoed the refrain,
Cuckoo, cuckoo.
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WHO WON.-Our readers may fine
amusement in solving the following puz
zle:
A crocodile stole baby, sin the day
when animals could talk and was about
to make dinner of it. The poor mother
begged piteously for her child.
Tell me one TRUTH said the crocodile
land you shall have back your baby
again. .....
The mother thought it over and at last
said: "You will not give me my child
back
''fs that the truth you mean to tell?'
asked the crocodile.
Eyes," replied the mother.
Then by our agreement 1 keep him.
added the crocodile; "for if you told the
truth l am not going to give him back
and, if it is falsehood, then 1 have alst
won''
Said she: ''No, you are wrong. If
told the truth, you are bound by YOU
promise; and if a falsehood, it is not ;
falsehood until after you have given m,
my child"
Now the question is, who won?
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A PERPETUAL WEATHER TABLE
The following table was constructed by
the celebrated DR.. Herschell, upon phil
osophlc consideration of the attraction of
the sun and the moon. it IS confirmed by
the experience of many years. observation,
and will suggest to the observer what kind
of weather will probably follow the moons
entrance into any Of her quarters. AS a
general rule it will be found wonderfully
correct:
If the moon changes at IL CLOCK, noon,
the weather Immediately after will be very
rainy, if in summer, and there will be rain
or snow in winter
If between and 4 clock P. NJ. chang
cable in summer; fair aud mild IN winter.
Between and O'Clock P. M, fair both
in winter and summer.
Between and 10 O'Clock P. NJ, in sum-
mer, fair, if the wind is northwest; rainy,
if south or southwest. In winter, fair and
frosty, if the wind is north or northwest;
rainy, if south or southwest.
Between 10 and IL O'Clock P. NJ, rainy
in summer and fair and frosty in winter
Between IL at night and IL o'clock A.
NJ, fair in summer and fair and frosty in
winter-unless the wind is from the south
or southwest.
Between and o'clock A. M, cold and
very showery in summer and snow and
storm in winter.
Between and 6 o'clock A. M, rainy,
both in summer and in winter.
Between 6 and s o'clock A. M, wind
and rain in summer and in winter stormy.
Between and 10 o'clock A. M showery
in summer and cold in winter.
Between 10 and - O'Clock A. M. show
cry in summer and very cold in winter.
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Hon. Judah P. Benjamin whose retire.
ment from the English bar ON account of
failing health has been announced, was a
lawyer in New Orleans, then a member of
the United States Senate, afterwards At
torney General. Secretary of War and Sec
rotary of State of the Confederacy. When
the war closed he made his escape in an
open boat, and landed on the Bahamas,
from whence he afterwards reached Eng
land. After settling in London he was
admitted to the bar. He soon received a
silk gown. or the rank of Queen g counsel,
and was offered judgesh ip, but did not
accept this income being twenty times as
great as that position could have brought
him. Mr.. Benjamin was born in Bermuda
in 1872.
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; A Leaf Of History.

The following letter written by Jefferson
Davis two months before the battle of
Manassas, is publ shed in the Alexandra
Gazette. In the light of subse quent events
it is interesting reading
MONTGOMERY, 25th May, 1851.
Gentlemen. receive with sincere pleas
ure the assurance that the State of Mary
land sympathizes with the people of these
States id their determined v1ndication of
the rights of self government, and that the
people of Maryland ''are enlisted with
their whole hearts on the side of reconcile
alton and peace" The people Of these
Confederate States, notwithstanding their
separation from their late sister, have not
ceased to feel deep sollcitude in her well
fare, and TO hope that. at no distant day,
state whose people, habits and institu-
lions are so closely related and asst INFLATED
with theirs, will seek to unite her fate and
fortunes with those of this coule ieracy.
The government Of the Confederate
States receive with respect the suggestion
of the State of Maryland, ''that there
should be general cesse ton OF hostilities
now impending until the meeting Of The.
Congress IN July next, in order that said
body may. If possible, arrange for an ad-
justment of existing troubles by means of
negotiation rather than the sword, - but is
at loss how to reply without repetition
of the language 1t has used on every posi-
hlQ npnaSiOn thot huo tod cin "a
the establishment of it's independ -uce. In
Difference to the State of Maryland. how
ever, it again asserts, in the most emphatic
terms. that its sincere and earnest desire
is for peace; that while the government
would readily entertain any proposition
from the government of the United States
tending to a peaceful solution of the pend
ing difficulties, the recent attempts of this
government to enter into negotiations
with Tat of the United States were
attended with results which forbid any
renewal of proposals from it TO that gov
eminent.
IT any further assurance of the desire of
this government for peace were necessary,
it would be sufficient to observe that, being
formed into confederation of sovereign
states each acting and deciding for itself,
the right of every other sovereign state to
the same self-action and self-government
is necessarily acknowledged. Hence. con-
quests Of other states are wholly inconsis-
tent with the fundamental principles, and
subversive of the very organization Of this
government. Its policy cannot but be
peace peace with all nations and peoples.
Very respectfully,
| JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Messrs. McKaig, YeIlott and Harding
Committee of Maryland Legislature.
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A BOARDING-SCHOoL STORY.-It is re.
lated that in ladies' college not far from
Hamilton, a few weeks since. the scholars
and teachers were assembled for morning
prayer. The reading and singing were
over and all were resuming their seats,
when one of the young ladies of a very
short and thick stature, missing her chair
seated herself with ''thud' on the floor.
Nobody smiled all were too decorous for
that. The fallen one embarrassed into a
momentary loss of common sense. retained
her lowly seat, opened her prayer book and
appeared to be earnestly engaged in ex-
aiming its contents. This was almost
too much for her companions, and smile
began to struggle on many fair counte-
nance, when the teacher rose and COM
menced reading the first morning lesson.
She read from the fifth chapter of Amos,
as follows; "The virgin Of Israel has fall
len she shall no more rise she is forsaken
upon her land there is none to raise her
up" This was too much. The voice of
the teacher trembled as she looked up and
saw the fallen virgin the scholars turned
red in their faces, and the exercises were
brought to hasty close.
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WHY THE FARO BANKS WIN.-There
is something that great many clever
men who play great deal against faro do
not know. 1t is not that there is steady
percentage IN the banks favor in the cases
of ''splits," but that the banks play with
the most money and the bank always wins
in the end. That is simple enough PROPOSE
ton, but is seldom understood. A bank
with $25 900 cash has as many more
chances of winning in the end the money
Of a player worth 500 as the banks CAPT
tai is greater than the players. The play
er can only loss his 500 once the bank
can lose two hundred and fifty times be-
fore it has reduced its chances to the play
er's. In other words, the chances IN favor
of The bank. as quoted, In addition to the
Percentage on ''splits'' ia two hundred
and fifty to one. This is susceptible OF
mathematical demonstration, get will be
read with amazement by many who buck
the tiger. The ordinary player who goes
, with ten or twenty dollars in a bank hav-
ing 100000 to lose, can do little Sunday
morning work in figuring out his chances
of beating the bank.-San Francisco CALL
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The Southern Tribute to the Yankees.

The Memphis Appeal remarks that the
impression still obtains that the Southern
people cherish such a deadly hatred to
Yankees That they will neither smell,
taste, touch nor handle anything contain
mated by Yankee hands. This IS most
egregious error. The Southern people love
the Yankee, and they show this affection
i in a thousand different ways. When they
retire at night they Inhibition Yankee but
! tons to Yankee-made coats, waistcoats,
pantaloons, shirts and drawers. They pull
off Yankee boots with Yankee bootjacks,
and divest their feet of Yankee socks
They march to YANKEES bedsteads, turn
PROSTATE themselves on Yankee mattress
ses and lay their heads on Yankee pillows.
The bedbugs are the only things not made
by Yankee hands and imported from the
! land OF the Yankees. On rising in the
morning we tread Yankee carpets. STUN
BILE over Yankee chairs and sofas, build a
fire with Yankee coal taken from Yankee
scuttles, in Yankee CRATES, catch the ashes
: in Yankee pans, and use Yankee pokers,
Yankee shoyels and Iongs. We repair to
\ ankee washstands, pour water from Yam
kee pitchers into Yankee bowls and wash
i with Yankee soap (: then use Yankee tow
els and Yankee tooth brushes. Next we
, march to Yankee bureau, stand before
Yankee glass; and use Yankee combs,
Yankee brushes, Yankee powder, ankee
cologne, in Yankee bottles. We sic down
! in a Yankee chair to a Yankee table COW
cred with Yankee cloth, Yankee knives
and forks. Yankee dishes, and feed upon
Yankee food. We call for Yankee tooth
picks. seize Yankee hats from Yankee
racks, turn the key toa Yankee lock, open
a Yankee door, enter = Yankee buggy,
seize the Yankee relns to a Yankee har-
ness, and repair to our places of business,
and spend the day in trading on Yankee
ndustry. The South is rich in resources,
but our people are so fond of the Yankees
that they lavish their wealth upon Yankee
enterprise.
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! Scarlet Fever
Cured.

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof.
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid As disinfectant and
detergent it is both theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which am ac-
quainted.-N. 7. LUProN, Prof Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, of Georgia
Rev. CHAs. F. DEEMS, DID,, Church Of the
Strangers, N. Y;
JOS LRCoNrE, Columbia, Prof, University S C.
Rev A. J. BATTLE, Prof, Mercer University;
Rev. GEO. F. PIERCE, Bishop NJ. E. Church.
INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless. Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast.
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get Of your
Druggist pamphlet send to the proprietors,
j. III. ZEILIN & CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA.
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hCfSI pSCi hlONA IL Spi
used. Yellow Fever has
black vOmit had tai
cases of Diphtheria yield
Feveredand Sick Per
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat it is 2
sure cure.
Ssntagion destroyed.
br Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, Pile S,
Chafngs, etc.
rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
il can't be surpassed.
3 Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnsrelievedinstantly.
Scars prevented.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
: An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, etc.
l used the Fluid during
our present affection with
Scarlet Fever with de-
cided advantage. 1t is
indispensable to the sick
room. VIM. F. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
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CREAM CABBAGE. together the
yolks of two eggs, one-half cup of sugar
one-haIf cup Of vinegar, butter size of an
egg, salt and pepper. Put the mixture into
a saucepan and stir until it boils, then stir
in one cup of cream. Pour over the cab
bage while hot.
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Diphtheria
Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in the treat
ment of Diphtheria.
A. SToLLENwERcK,
Greensboro, Ala.
letter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases ofDeath it
should be used about
the corpse it will
prevent any unpleas-
ant smell. ..
The eminent Ply
stefan, j. MARION
SIMS, NJ. D., New
York, says: 81 am
convinced Prof. Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid is a
valuable disinfectapt ,.
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THINGS WE HAVE NoTICED.-Weh have
noticed that when a horse gets up he gets
up forward first and jerks his hind parts
after him, while a cow will get her rear
half up all right and draw her forward half
up in place; also, when drinking. horse
will draw in rapidly with every breath
the cow, on the contrary, will suck in one
continuous draught as long as she can hold
her breath.
We have noticed that sheep and goats
are both buffers, yet sheep b Is to run a
few steps backward before he can butt,
while the goat has to "a lse himself on his
hind legs to execute the same movement.
One is called buck sheep, the other bat
tering ram. They are the only two ami
mails we know of whose butt ends are IN
front.
A squirrel can run down a tree head
first The cat and the bear must get down
tail first (if left to themselves).
If your dog finds bis way into your cellar
and sees nice steak he will steal it and
run out, but ii your cats gets in and finds
a steak she will sit right down and eat what
she wants (lf not surprised before).
We have noticed that leather strap
buckled about the heighG of yourself
a ound young tree in few years will be
far beyond your reach, but if nailed at the
same distance will never get any higher
(only the outer shell runs up).
Although turkeys are much more swift
on foot than geese, yet in weeks drive a
flock of geese will come in ahead, for geese
you can drive at night especially moon
light nights, but when evening appro aches
turkeys will roost.
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The lie adins Scientists of to day agsee that most
diseases arecauseds by disordefed Kidneys or Liver
II, thel efore the Kidneys and Liver are kept In
perfect order perfect health will be the result This
truth has only been known short limo and for
years people suffered great agony wi n9ut being able
to find relief. rhe discovery of warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure m'rks new era In the
I tr atment Of these troubles. Made from simple
tr pcai leaf of rare value, it cntalns just the ele
ments necessary to nourish and invgorate both of
these great organs and safely restore and Il, Keep
the diseases that rains in the lower part OF the
bOdy-for Torpid Liver eadaches-Jaln
| DiZziness-Gra Ague-M alarial Fever.
and all difficulties OF the Kidneys, Liver aud Urinary
II is an excellent and safe remedy for females dur
ring Pregn ncy 1t will cont Of Menstfuation and Is
invaluable for Lencorrioea or Failing of the Womb.
As Blood Purifier it is unequaled, for it cures the
| organs that make the blood.
i his Remedy, " hich has done such wonders, is put
! up in the LAR les I SIZED BOTTLE of any medi,
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ali dealers az 81 Is per bottle, For diabetes. en-
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" H n, WARNER & CO..
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june2 Tyr
HISTORY OF AUGUSTA COUNTY,
I'll VIRGINIA
BY JOHN l.. PEYTON.
ONE VOLUME. SVO, AGO PAGES.
PRICE. $3.50, Postage 16 Cts
USUAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE.
s. M. YOST & SON, PUBLISHERS,
STANTON VA

STANTON, VA.
This interesting work contains the history of Au.
gusta from Its first settlement by europeans to the
present tlme,-a county once extending from the
Blue Ridge TO he Mississippi. and embracing the
present states of Ohio Kentucky, Indsna and
IlnOs.-aso of the Indian tribes. their habits, Gus
TOMS antiquities &c accounts of pioneer fimilies.
biographical sketches OF indian warriors, colonial
heroes, and sugustas distinguished sons.
From the Richmond Dispatch.''l
"COl John L. PeytonS work is an essential con-
trbutiOn to Virginia history. 1t is characterized
by careful eSearch and fullneSs of deta,"
[Frem The VALLEY Virginian"l
1.-THE work displays the syste matzing capacity Of
the author. 1t ahoundS in glowing
descriptions of nature profound thoughts and lofty
sentiments the sly being every where character
lied by warmth and animation"
[From the 'New YORK Publishers Weekly"
"The work will be found full of interest and in
formation"
From the Spectator
'Col. Peyton's style is concise and vigorous His
Judgment clear and impartial. He displays great
ability in the of his mai eral"
From the "Staunton vindcator"l Sd
"This work wi at once take its proper position
among the standard histories of the country"
does 3m
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NOT ONE FARMER in ten appreciates the
value of ground feed over corn in the ear,
The fact has been tested thousands OF
times that one bushei of meal will put az
much fat on an animal as five pecks of
corn fed in the grain. The saving of one.
fifth Of the corn farmer has grown will
pay for mill in one winter, and yet have
the mill in good condition to repeat this
process for dozen years to come.
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Eggs may be kept in good order for six
months by dipping them into warm tallow,
and after they are cool packing them in
sawdust; cover with sawdust and make as
nearly air tight as possible, and put away
lin dry. cool place.
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NOTICE TO SETTLE!

we have placed our accounts in the hands OF Mr..
M r (;[LKESON for sett emsnt. and we urgently
reuuest pers ms owing US TO call on him at
He can be found at the store of Berkeley, Allen &
Co. ma
does sm BERKELEY %.
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TERMS TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

TERMS TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
The several editions of the SUN are sent by mail
postpaid, as follows
DA1LY-55 cents MONTH s6 so a year. with Sun.
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matter OF the daily issues an agricultural depart
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the WEEKLY SUN the newspaper for the farmers
household. To clubs of ten with $40 an extra
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Address l. w. ENGLAND Publisher
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PERSONAL To Men Only!

80. The VOLTAIC BELT co. Marshall, Mich.- will
Sr nqr u u Dyes CELEBRATED ELECTRO VOL
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afiicted with N aaAs to men (ynung and Odd who are
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red as thirty DAYS trial Is allowed Ian inSa
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W MEDICAL STUDENTS have for sale ,braa
vols and aa ' so, msa he y works IDS Practice,
ry second hand, hut la first RAT. renar an1 ,
Inquire at the VINpIcAToR OFFICE febs IL
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NOTED MEN !.

VUIEU WEN /!
DR.. JOHN F. HANCOCK,
late President of the National Phar-
maceutical Association of the United
States, says:
Browns Iron Bitters has
heavy sale, is conceded to be fine
tonic; the character of the manu-
facturers is a voucher for its purity
and medicinal excellence"
DIR. JOSEPH ROBERTS,
President Baltimore Pharmaceutical
College, says:
81 indorse it as fine medicine,
reliable as Strengthening, tonic,
free from alcoholic poisons."
DIR. ]. FARIs MOORE, PHI.
D., Professor of Pharmacy, Dalti-
more Pharmaceutical College, says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters is a safe
and reliable medicine, positively
free from alcoholic poisons, and can
be recommended as tonic for use
among those who oppose alcohol
DR.. EDWARD EARIcKsoN,
Secretary Baltimore College Of Phar-
macy, says.
az indorse it as an excellent
medicine, good digestive agent.
and a non-intoxicant in the fullest
sense"
DR.. RICHARD SAPINGToN,
one Of Ealtimore's oldest and most
reliable physicians, says;
"All who have used it praise its
standard virtues, and the we'll
known character oftle hcuse which
makes it is sufficient guarantee
of its being all that is claimed, for
they are men who could not be in
duced to offer anything else but
reliable medicine for public use.''
A Druggist Cured.
Boonsboro, Md, Oct. u, 1850.
Gentlemen: Browns Iron Bit
tiers cured me of bad attack Of
Indigestion and fullness in the ston-
ach. Having tested it, l take pleas
ure in recommending it to my GUS
toners, and am glad to say it gives
entire satisfaction to all"
GEO. w. HOFFMAN, Druggist.
Ask your Druggist for Browns
IRON BITTERs, and take no other.
One trial will convince you that it
is just what you need.
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REM EDIES.
DARBYS
PR0PHyLACTIC
FTHTD
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
Typhoid Feyers,
Diphtheria, Sail
walton, liberated
Sore Throat, Small
Pox, Measles, and
IS. Persons waiting on
ly. Scarlet Fever has
ad where the Fluid was
cen cured with it after
IN place. The worst
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Hotels.
RIChMOND, VA.


T. RIChMOND, VA.
$50 PERDAY, $3.50 PER DAY
Situated in the heart of tn city. commanding fine
viewS, and adjoining the CaptOls,luare and Cover.
nor's Mansion.
THIS splendid new hotel, the OILY one situated !
the fashionable portion of the city, and adiOnngti
beautiful Capital Park, with its sttuary monuments
fountains and flower bedS-is newly and elegantly
FURNISHED throughout and its bill of fare is not
celled in quality and variety by any house in the
State.
There has been recent additions of sevefasplend
rooms to this spacious house, together with large
and elegantly arranged reception room.
Spt cal suits Ut rooms always r,ady Tor wedding
and large travelling parties The arrangements are
frst-class every respect. The price OF board has
been fxed--owing to the great scarcity of money
at the reasonable sum of
$3.50 PER DAY.
The patronage OF my friends and the travelIn
public are invited to make FOrds Hotel their home
A. j. FORD, Proprietor.
Late one of the Prop'rs of the Exchange Hotel
P.s.-My coaches run to and from all depots and
steamboat landings dec23
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Ask your Druggist for Browns
IRON BlTTERs, and take no other.
One trial will convince you that it
is just what you need.