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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
ST. LOUIS is to have a watermelon in
spector this summer. What snap!

LEWIS PIERCE Of Batavia, N. Y, was
wounded twice in the last war, and has
been struck by lightning once, twice
shipwrecked at sea. and smashed and
crushed in several runaways. The
other day he had a finger crushed.
LEWIS is seemingly doomed to be killed
on the instalment plan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12

Our own President ANGEL Of the
University of Michigan declares that "a
university that has no wants has al
ready begun to decline and die" This
proposition augurs long life TO Brown.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12

NEWFOUNDLAND has taken example
by the United States of America and
temporarily got around its financial
necessities by borrowing money.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12

"what shall I do9" is q readable, profit
able, sttractively printed brochure Issued
by the Bryant a. Stratton Business Coll
legs, II. b. stowelI, principal, aa "a
friendly letter to young naen aud women"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
2o6 FOUNTAIN ST.
Thursday and Friday,
June 13 and IA,
At 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Sharp, Each Day

This Is a good clean lot OF Furniture,
most of 1t Is modern style and in first-
class condition. would advise my
friends and patrons to attend. There are
several hig gh-class Chamber suites, Brass
and Iron Bedsteads, 2 Hne Parlor suites,
Solid CHARTERED Oak Dining Room Suite,
Chiffonier, all kinds of Carpets and Rugs,
Bookcase, Ladies' Writing Desk, Hall
Tree, Wardrobe, Lounges, Couches, Fancy
Chairs, Rockers, Onyx Tables, Piano and
Banquet Lamps, Mirrors, Pictures, Books,
Vases, Mantei Bed, Lace Dreperies, Linen,
Silverware, Refrigerator, Springs, Mat
tresses, Bath Tub, Bedding, Pillows and
Bolsters, Dinner Service, Toilet Sets and
a large aud varied assortment OF useful
and ornamental House hold Goods.
Sale Positive, rain or shine. Goods on
view Wednesday, June 18th, and morning
of sale,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12

VlGILANT, Volunteer, jubilee and Co
lonia IN racing trim, will give Defender
a fine chance 10 show what sue is worth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
IHE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
PUBLIC HEARING.
omee ., ,he Io.p.o,o, O, pnlIdinr,.

ONCE of the Inspector Of nuildings,
city Hall, Providence. June n, 1895.
The Inspector Of Buildings 20 whom ives referrsd
the petition OF Michael Daley 20 build barn on
rear No. 20 Belmont avenue. hereby gives notice
that by order II tho Board Of Aldermen he will
give public hesrine upon said petition In Com.
mittee Room n, City Hall. on FRIDAY, June 10,
AZ O'Clock p m, when all parties Interested
therein are notified 20 appear aud be heard
thereon. By OTd.< Of
sPENCfR q HOPKINS,
G. u. MYERS, lnspoctOt Of Buildings.
Clerk. IliN
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12

Jusr wait until the new woman catches
her breath, and Bishop DoANE will have
to duckl
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
Bathing Suite.

They have arrived, and now is first.
class time 10 pick out a choice. The
new stock comprises suits in all wool,
flannel, serge, mohair--from 4year-old
size TO 4i-inches-and the prices from
81. 75 to So.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12

BY AARON MILRMAN.
AUCTION SALE.
HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
POSITIVE AND UNREsERVED.
POSITIVE AND UNREsERvED.
AUCTZO NEERS.

Contents OF an 1s-roomed house, by
order of the owner, MRS. M. PECK, who
has given me instructions to sell the
entire contents OF her residence,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
Young Girls Suits

Four to fourteen years-of denim and
duck-sailor effects, combination collars,
immensely pretty. wearable and mex.
peasive at the prices-sl.75, sees, aud
1926.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
Boys W. aists Llundared

These attractive waists are all Of the
famous Mothers Friend style - of
Chambrays, Percales, aud Lawns-and
for these high-class productions, we are
Offering them Mt a price probably lower
than they can DO bought anywhere else.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-12
Il. W. LADlDCO.
A Remarkable Exhibit
OF CHOICE.
Shirt Waists
Imported Cottons |!

Is made in our second floor department.
These are the very finest productions IN
in the way of shirt waist made In the
world. We have them exclusively. The
effects, designs of fabric, and models are
new. They are lovely goods in every
particular.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13
SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District Of the State Of Ne.
vada, in and for Elko County.
Maggie Lille, Plaintiff, vs.. Samuel w.
Lille, Defendant.
Action brought in the District Court
of the Fourth Judicial District
Of the State Of Nevada, in and for
Elko County, and the Complaint
filed in the office of the Clerk of said
District Court.
to: Samuel w. Lille, the defendant.
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above-named plaintiff in the District
Court Of the Fourth Judicial Dis
trici OF the State Of Nevada, in and
TO" the County of Elko, and to an.
swnr the Complaint filed therein,
wi hin ten DAYS, exclusive of the day
of service), after the service on you
OF this Summons-if served within
H. County; or if served out of this
C'unty, but in this District, within
tv onty days otherwise, within forty
dI rs-or judgment by default will be
tn en- against you, according to the
payer of said Complaint.
he said action is brought by the
Plaintiff to recover against you a
ju lgment of said Court dissolvipp
thu bonds Of matrimony, existing be-
tvs Zen Plaintiff and Defendant, the
Gu tody of Lorene Lille, an infant
child and costs of this action. The
I cause alleged in said Complaint for
said divorce is that the Defendant
has neglected, since about the lst day
OF August, 1893, to provide the com
mon necessaries for the support OF
the Plaintiff and said infant child
and that such neglect on the part Of
the Defendant is not the result of
poverty on his pnrt, which he could
not avoid by ordinary industry, all Of
which will fully appear from said
Complaint, a certified copy OF which
Complaint is hereto attached and TO
which reference is made.
And you are hereby notified that if
you fail to appear and answer said
Complaint as above required, the
said plaintiff will apply TO the Court
for the relief demar ded therein.
In Witness Whereof I, William A,
Massey, an Attorney of record of the
District Court of the Fourth Judicial
District Of the State OF Nevada. in
and for Elko County, and the Attor-
ney in said action for the said plain
tiff, have hereunto set my hand this
Bird day Of June, 1895,
w A. MASSEY
Attorney for the said Plaintiff.
ijy3l
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13
, AUGUST 10 1895
TUESDAY
An Ir:cverent Farmer.

The official in charge of the cores
pondence of the Agricultural Depart
ment in Washington few days ago
was gentleman OF education and
polish, says the New York World.
But, above all, he was conscientious
and consumate letter writer. All
the courteous expressions Of govern
mental epistles were at his finger
ends and it was pleasure to him to
impart to them a gracefulness that
governmental letters sometimes
lack.
He received a scrawly letter one
day. 1t was from Hosea Jones of
Goose Run, Wis. It was addressed
to the agricultural Deptment De-
partment, Wash'nton, d. c." and it
said: SSir, I want agreecultral re-
po'r an bein' in the farmin' bushes 8
orter git it."
Now there are many agricultur al
reports of many dates and Of
lhhhJ UOPASoJ o1N IONuCoI luz
one or more Of these valuable
and absorbing volumes should
of necessity be more specific than Mr..
Jones's request was. The official,
having plenty of time and seeing a
chance Of harmless pleasantly, in
dicted an elaborate letter to the farm
or, informing him of the eagerness
with which the Government desired
to give the husbandmen of the nation
all the information it had obtained as
the result of scientific and practical
research. This and more he wrote of
the Agricultural Departments soIici-
tude for the farmer, and then indicat-
ing the desirability of a specific
statement as to the date or the sub
ject of the report desired, he closed
with the assurance Of the secretary's
esteem.
Mr.. Jones responded proptly and
somewhat laconically. IL don't give a
-" he wrote, "what the book is
about or when it was rote. want it
fur a skrap book"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13
A CORNER FOR WOMEN.

THE British matron is nettled by
Daudet's caustic observations on her
lack of physical charms and of her
taste in dress. She says in reply that
the French novelist saw very little of
England
JIM FISK was worth about two mil
lion dollars when he was killed by Ed.
Stokes. To-day Fisk's widow is living
in humble frame house in the tene-
ment district of Boston on an income of
fifty dollars a month.
RUFUS WAREHOUSE, a wealthy man.
ufacturer of mems furnishing goods in
New York, recently deceased, has left
legacy of two hundred the Island dol
lars to found consumption ard in st.
Luke's hospital, to be nameG in honor
of his deceased wife.
MRS. CLEvELAND's great lness for
flowers is we'll known, and e., has an
especial fancy for great covering
plants, but Is enthusiastic o.. all flow
ers, from the most modest vi flower
to the conservatory-bred Tt =, and or
child.
LONG as she has resided ! .,ngland,
the princess of Wales has :. yer mas
tered the English accent. ..,hannel,"
for instance, she pronounce hannel, I"
and there are many other !. -, difficult
ties of speech which betray st she is
a foreigner born and bred.
Mrs. IDA BUXTON COLE. Comment
among suffrage speakers, ys: eve
read in the Bible that after !, Israel
ties were all worn out with ranging
and discussions God gave them a
woman-Deborah--t judge lem; she
ruled over them for forty yc" IS, and we
read that then they had n rest"
AN appeal has been issued to the
women of the south for funds with
which to build monument to the
mother of Gen. Robert e. Leo. An as
ISOLATION formed for the purpose has
the matter in charge. II is proposed
to erect the monument in the church
yard OF Christ church, Alexandria, Va.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13
MICROBES IN CLOIH.
Germs and BRcilli Have Been Found In
Now Stockings and Gloves-


Germs and BRcilli Have Been Found In
Now Stockings and Gloves
''Microbia," or the science of mi
crobes, is becoming more and more an
exact study, and theories which lacked
confirmation few short months ago
have now become medical facts. Per-
haps, says the New York World, the
latest discovery in the realm of bacteri-
ology is regarding the enormous guam
tity of bacilli that are TO be found in
cotton and wooden clothes. Herr Seitz,
a savant and physician Of Munich, has
recently made a series of careful in
designations of bits of cotton and
wooden goods, and the result of the re-
searches, as he gives it out, contains
information that is startling and
worthy of careful attention.
Herr Seitz's experimenting has been
done with pieces of cloth about one
eighth of an inch across. In the aver
age bit of wooden goods of this size he
discovered nine hundred and fifty-six
microbes. The pieces examined were
cut from a wooden stocking. In a
piece of like size cut from a cotton
stocking he found an average yield of
seven hundred and twelve microbes.
These bits of cloth had all been worm
But Herr Seitz's experiment did not
stop here. He carefully tested bits of
glove that was quite new and fresh,
and had never yet been upon any hand.
In that thirty-three microbes were dis.
covered on the average, all the pieces
examined having been of the above
size. Other experiments quito as in
teresting this German physician made,
with the result of formally establishing
the theory that microbes exist to a
greater or less extent in all wearing
apparel.
1t must not be supposed, however,
Herr Seitz contends, that all the vari.
cites of bacilli found in clothing are
breeders of dangerous diseases. Some
of them have been proved by science to
be quite harmless, but the mere fact
that microbes can and do exist in
clothes, and grow fruitful and multiply
there. is an alarming one. With this
theory made into fact, the peculiar
spreading of contagious diseases can be
traced much more easily and precau-
tions more readily taken. Accepting
the fact that nearly all clothing is the
seat of some type of bacilli, it is not
difficult to see how certain sporadic dis
eases spring up.
One especially valuable bit of medi-
cal data has come to light through these
experiments, and that is to the effect
that the bacilli of typhoid fever can be
preserved in wool, under ordinary con-
ditions, for twenty-five days. A vlgor-
Gus application of this knowledge may
do much to ward off typhoid fever in
future
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13
Omaha Stock Market.

OMAHA, Aug. 12-Cattle are strong
and active, and 10 cents higher.
everything sold. Good Beeves are
scarce and in demand. Western steers
3'oo@ AGO; Gamers, 1.50@2.4O; stock
ers and feeders 2.sO@4!Oo; calves,
2oo@4'29; snecp, market steady and
fair' to choice westerns, 2.25@325:
common and stock sheep. 2.OOa9.OO
lambs, 3m3,5O.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13
Whatrl Happen When Women vote.

What'll Happen When Women vote.
"Rockaby, baby, your mamma is
gone; she is out at caucus and will
be TIL dawn; she has worn papa's
trousers and in them looks queer, 80
hushaby, baby, your papa is here.
Rockaby, baby your mammals a ter
ror; she has run three conventions
declared for their fellers; she's great
on straddle way up on vote; so
hushaby baby, your papa's agote".
Rockaby baby, the dishes are clean;
papa's done scrubbing and put on the
beans; your mamma is late, she seems
always to lag; but heaven help papa,
if she comes home with Gag. So
rockaby baby, I'm glad you can't talk
for papa got lonesome and went for a
walk; he was met by a widow, reg
ular "dream", and your papa's a
dandy-day not of the scream. So
hushaby baby for FITTINGS not sin:
your daddy was tempted-she tickled
his chin; she was 30 plump, so pretty,
80 neat and SO trim; 30 hushab badly
your dads in the swim"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13

l. Burkhart is ready to do all kinds
of painting, paper hanging and deco.
rating on short notice. He guaran
tees to give satisfaction. Go to him
when you need anything in his line
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13

Children, especially infants, are soon
run down with Cholera Infantum or
Summer Complaint" Don't wait to
determine, but give DeWitt's Collie &
Cholera Cure promptly, you can RELY
on 1t. Use no other. l.. r. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13

Cholera Morbusi is a dangerous com
plant, and often is fatal in it's results,
70 avoid this you should use Dewitt
Colo d Cholera Cure, as soon as the
first symptoms appear. +. +. Muller
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-13

Hoods pills are the best after-dinner
pills, assist digestion. cure headache. DO
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Manufacture OF wild Men.

There arc many curious trades In tho
world, but tho most strange must surely
be tho artificial manufacture Of wild
mcn." Yet we'll known English doctor
in China has just certified from his own
personal experience that this art is regu-
larly practiccd in the Flowcry Kingdom
First youth is kidnapped, then bit BY
bit he IS flaycd alive, and tho skin Of a
dog or bear grated pieco by picco upon
him His vocal chords arc next destroyed
by the action OF charcoal to make him
dumb and the double purpose Of causing
"ctiolation" Of tho skin and utter degra-
dalton of tho mental faculties is effected
by keeping him immurcd in perfectly
dark holc for u number of years In fact,
by treating him like brute for sufIi-
GENTLY long time he is mado into one.
At Inst ho is exhibited to tho entirely
crcdulous Chinese rs wild man of the
woods, and his posscssors reap a rich har-
vest
The priests, 1t seems, are adopts Mt tho
art. When n kidnapcr, however is caught
by the people, he is torn to pieces, and
when tho authorities get him they torture
him and promptly bchcad him. Such is
life under the rule of the Son of Heaven
baltimore American.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, May 14.-Wheat TO-DAY
made bold advance of 30 per bushel
In the face OF battery Of bearish sta =.
tistics, but the price was beaten back,
and at the close was &c lower than on
the day before. Corn and provisions
suffered likewise.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows:
Wheat, No. 2-May, opening, 64h
closing GAN; July, opening, 65sS@e4X'
closing 65; September, opening. IS.
closing, 65%. Corn No. 2-May, OPEN
ing, 5oH@5oA. closing. 5oM; July,
opening 51@51A. closing, 5OX; Sep
TENDER. opening, 51&@51A, closing,
SIX. Oats No. 2-May, opening, %,
closing, %; June, opening, 2s4; clos.
ing. 27H; July, opening, 2SH; closing,
27H@2s. Mess pork. per bbl.-July,
opening, 12.07H, closing 1192N; Sep.
tember, opening, 1225, closing, 12.15.
Lard, per l0olbs.-July, opening, 6.72%,
closing, $40; September. opening, 6 90.
closing, oS5. Short ribs, per loo lbs.
July, opening, 6.17N, closing, e.07M;
Septem Der, opening, 6.25, closing, G. 20.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; winter patents. 3.J0@
$40; winter straights, 2.9o@ Is; spring
patents, .20@3.75; spring straights, 3. 90
@3.25; Bakers, 1s5@2. 40; No. 3, spring
wheat, 6sH@6sss; No. spring wheat
nominal; No. 2 red, 64H@e4sS; No, Q
corn, 56%; No. yellow, 49@5O; No. Q
oats, 27sl; No. white, 32N@32X; No.
white, SO; No. rye. Ga; No. 9 barley,
SIX; No. 3. 4s@5OM; No. 4, At; No. /
haxseed, LAS; prime timothy seed, 90:
mess pork, per bbl., 11sO@1l. 90; lard
per 100 lbs. GEO; short ribs sides, (loose),
6.00@6.05; dry sailed shoulders (boxed, !
81 @5ss; short clear sides, (boxed), 6s6
@6H; whiskey, distillers' finished good g
per gallon, 1.24; sugars, cut loaf, 40;
granulated, AIS; standard A, AJAX.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Quaint Judge CuIbcrson.

Somebody has been sprcadin pis'n, -
Congressman Culbcrson is wont to say
with mysterious frown.
Judge II fellow statesman will ask,
when something hasn't turned out ms OK
pectcd, what do you suppose it mcans?"
Somebody has been sprcadin pis -
the shrcwd old philosopher would reply,
with meaning shake of the head
"Sprcadin pis'n, interprcts itself Put
ting ono scheme to work to chcckmatc an
other, In politics, is "sprcadin pisn." And
Judge Culbcrson has the reputation of be-
ing past master in tho art of "spreadn
pis'n." There is another of tho congress
mans picturesque cast Texas expressions
which Is familiar to his colleagues.
better look out" the old veteran in
legislation will say; somebody's goin to
float log down on yc." Then the person
warned knows without further words that
Judge Culbcrson means to put him on his
guard against some unexpected opposi.
tion.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Why the Bell TolIed.

A gentleman who was travelling from
the north had occasion To stop at Il country
village some 30 miles from London.
Having u few hours to spare no went
round inspecting the places of interest in
the ncighborhood to pass tho timo pleas
antly away.
About midday the bell of tho village
church began tolling
His curiosity being aroused, no stopped
boy who happened to be passing at the
timo and said:
Can you tell me, my little man, why
that bell is tolling?'
Course cam" said tho promising rus
tic, cause the sections pulling tho rope. I"
London Spare Moments.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Remarkable Rhyming Epi.aphs.

The village Of Pownal, VT, surely
once had q poet who had missed his
calling and become marble cutter. Be-
low are some specimens of his famous
"rhyming epitaphs, samples Of which
are still to be seen in the little cemetery
adjoining the town mentioned:
Hero lies In silent clay
Miss Arabella Young.
Who on tho twenty -hrst Of May
Began to hold her tongue.
Hero lies the vito OF Simon Stokes,
Who lived and died like other folks
Hero lie. and no wonder I'm deod,
For wagon wheel passed over my heed
Hero lies John Hill, man Of skill
His age was five times ten.
He never did good, nor never would
Had he lived as long again.
St Louis Republic.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
THE INQUISlTlvE CLERK.
He Failed to Get Any Satisfaction From
the Solemn Looking Man.

He Failed to Get Any Satisfaction From
the Solemn Looking Man.
Tho fnquisitiyo clerk is everywhere, and
everybody has had IN experience with
MIN. Ono OF tho genus was called down"
In u remarkably funny manner in west
end drug store this week. A tall, solemn
looking man camo in and asked for q half
dozen six ounce bottles
"Bottles?" asked tho clerk.
YES, bottles, f" responded the man.
with or without corks?' asked he.
with corks," was tho response
want EN- emptyp''
Certainly"
"And new?"
DO you suppose I want bottles you've
been keeping strychnino inP''
Tho clerk said such On idea had never
entered his mind and then asked:
What do you want them for2''
TO break" responded tho impatient
customer promptly.
,"What?'
Tho customer bcckoncd to him to lean
over the counter and caught hold Of the
lapel of tho clerks coat and whispered:
wouldn't want tho ncighbors to get
on to 1t, but rather like to hear 'em crack
Just whim Of minc. It's better than
breaking windows and gives mo ms much
pleasure, but my supply has given out
and want q few to hold mo over until
tho next carload arrives"
Tho clerk looked Mt tho customer
doubtfully.
"Oh, well, of course it's nothing to me, I"
he said.
"Then what made you ask about FTP"
demanded tho customer.
Tho clerk mado no reply, but got the
bottles AS no was making change, how
over, tho spirit moved him to ask, "What
do you do with tho corks?''
"Chew en- was tho reply. "Its good
for tho digestion. Try it some time -
Then the customer walked out, and the
clerk shook his head and tapped his fore
head, but he asked no moro Qunstions.-
St. Louis Post Dispatch
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Red Wine Vinegar.

Red vino vinegar is made just like
cider vinegar, shade greater care be-
ing taken, perhaps, to keep it clean and
pure. The wine used comes largely from
California and Ohio, which of late years
has been making n good deal of it. The
factory can easily turn out so barrels e
day, and where ono considers that tea
spoonful at q meal is very large aver
age for the ordinary adult it will be
seen how far such quantity will go.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15
Gent For Gentleman.

The use of tho word "gont" In place Of
the word gentleman" is not OF such re-
cent origin rs somo may imagine. In a
complaint made by Thomas, sixth Lord
Clifford, against his own son, Henry,
who afterward became Duke of Cumber-
land, wo find tho following: Certain evil
disposed persons young gents, as we'll rs
Others" This must have been written
early in the sixteenth century, because
Thomas died III 1523.-St Louis Repub.
lie
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-15

WHILE in Stockton, CAL. some time
ago Thos. E. Langan, of Los Banos,
that State, was taken very severly with
cramps and diarrhna. He CHANGED to
meet Mr. G. III. Carter, who was simi-
larly afflicted. He says: II told him
OF Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiaorhGa Remedy and we went to the
Holden drug store and procured bot+
tie OF 1t. Itgave Mr.. Carter prompt re-
lief and l can vouch for its having
cured me-" For sale by the Chas. Lyle
Drug Company.