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BOARD AND ROOMS.

BuAfiD-First-class board at reduced
rates; nicely furnished rooms and good
table beard, $3.50 per week; transients
sohcited; close in. Cali at 1V7 Austin
street a
FuRNISiIED rooms, with or withont
beard bath room and everything con-
venient; newly fitted up: call, il YOU
need a nice room. 800 Louisiana street.
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A. BOY, II years old, wants M
kind, office, shop or store; r.
man and English; Willing y
to leave city. STATE waSul
address l.. A. Fink. Houstu1
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THE old reliable Houston Steam -C,,,r-s,
Cleaning Works renovatess Carna,s
Crutno Cloths. Rugs. Feathers and Mai,
tresses upholstering and furniture re
pairing. Gslt edge references Henry
renndorf. corner Smith ANA McKinney.
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POSITION by first-c.ass all a.
white man, ten years expen
order. hotel, restaurant, boaf9
camp. Address Charles = =
ton, Texas.
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YOUNG MAN with seven M
ence as collector, saleSmln I
ping clerk wants position u I
best of references and bod
1855, this office.
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ViANI REMDDIES-HOME TREAT.
MENI Please cal. and investigate nj
STATE headquarters. 400 B:ax Buildsnr
Adyice and health book free Lady al.
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WANTED-Situatlbn by
young man: willing 10 oo,s1
honest work. in or out o. o'H|
1892, this office,
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sfruAT1o,

ACCOUNTANT OF .I,ssss 49,
wants position IN cotfs
coed references. AddsS
sol CONGRESS avenue. Nh
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NDAT, clean oolored man y,
tion as butler CIR hoaisemal; 4
understands housework and IN
reference good. Address
RunnelS street,
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WANTDD-A situation by sn
colored woman to cook and
housework. Henrietta BuftM
vile, Texas,
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ASSISTANT bookkeeper w.
am quick and accurate q
give best of city referene|
typewriter. Address 1888, ~
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WANTED Situa ton as gaisss)
will be disengaged on tine "a
a first class place accep;
Work. this office. - -
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WANTED-In job printing p(tnl
by young man, experienced; r.
ences; must have work. ~
this office.
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ARE you READY?-Yes. to dye. clear
after, repair ladies, gents garments Of
Parissan Steam Dye Works. SIS Travis.
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WANTED-By first-class
baker and pastry. hotes,
boarding car or camp
in cr cut of city. Addfe
flee. -
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ALL ROUND hotel cook vssS
boarding house or hotel; rDutt
ct, no REMEMBRANCE: colored n
st. Clair. Corpus Christi, Ten
NANTED-Positicn by YOUR
years CT age, of refined tasil,
ITS, as teacher I'm public =
school; teaches Latin, MATHS
the sciences. Address 1Ns, n
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by colpr3
hostler or waiter. Address nj
avenue. j. w. Gouff,
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MANIFESTATIONS BY ~
old, place with family, W.
of flowers. gardening, nv;
ihousework; wages no o
nj, p. this office. .1r
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wANTEDA sit,patsor ~ 3
% years old, white. -
shop or foundry. OF: n,osf ~
able and willing ID 49,
w. Herridge. HempstcSS H
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WANTED-At once, capable person with
some capital to handle standard attrac-
ton as advance manager. Address Har-
old "A. Dawn. Mexia. Texas. s
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MANIFESTATIONS as ul3
florist; come well recornme
dress 1888, this office.
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BY A YOUNG man 10 Coz,
in short order house N
town. Address 1908. this W.
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FOR sALE--Chcap for cash a No. 1
bakery with a fine run of custom, build
ing. lot and stock. For particulars call
or or address j. +. Durant, ALVIN, Tex IL
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WHITE woman wisf,es sss,4
cook In priv alta fatrilv.
dining room clean. ApniV
GNcntte. a.
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$50 CASH will secure position of $50 per
month and an interest in established
investigation solicited. Address No 1895.
This Office.
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"Nf> IIi1--i3y 3 yOdnf
man: hrs i hnd . e hoo
give the best OF reco9
dress N. III. Hillyard S;sz
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ANssOONIANT Of ab!lftS
wa'sts P0sition IN cottqS:
sol Congress avcnnc y.
va 4 Ns-rfcT, : - :. !. IN IN
% wasrs IA s.tuataon W
shop or toitniry. or i,oSi n
able and willing 10 MI
w. Herridge, HempstcSS
StT,fATroNr v,a,,.,, q q 49,
err. ADDRESS isai' shHiss NJ W
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neutrality-suspicious. ~ NJ
N1nl;,n: Apply .NS San r.
WHITE. woma, ,v,..,. y % 49,
ccol, In pris ata famiiv. H.
dining room clean. Ann
avenue. ~ J.,
----'----- - |
house or hCssi , ~ no4t9
ea!arv Addrss. ~ tnse
: - -.nr.ssiaN
YOUNG German. with $780, r.
Gerry business. also saicS Z
counter; spenks English. (I51I|
lsh anu Polish. WAITS
oress lssl, this Office.
"a, >-rrp r,o.,, I u :. :: m
,ei.h n,,,r ,s.',, ~ coNet
scinn,es cnrne, NyS Snsc.
'---------------'------ --o9.S.
NANTED--By rrst.clnss ~,j;is5'z
try. hotel or res ram, ~ ny.
or camp; baker; Il years ss'..
ors,-a 1919 WIS oIIlce. I.
SITUATION wanted M. -
White cook and baker
cfiice. ag
ro.,,r,r~-
iGto.dol wanted by exreku
l'i..iiu.a... eNnert iumherm6a
ash,ua LAM, wno Is also m
anything; Ills, this Office. q
C,,,,,,>,c /, ------------ '''...'ss;]
~ ~. I'M wanted TO DO bysS
Address 1863. th;s offi,,s nsss
I,,,,,.
"A - W puprs OF music ~
cos,lGuent young lady teAok13
per month. Address issf e. ,e
wv NyrE Sly, pc.,i,1o..
"n ~, - oS ~. N store \ [
VT WAN ~, ~ "a reIcrenck
=w..-..t-s uil.ee.
" s,le MN ins, S;eui,g man.
Thing sxcent ,:n,,ors. A ~
dress NJ II w this' o e tele'
", >,n.,,r ,,-... -.s - o,lnc.
W." r , n,rosit,on as bookhS
cnces. Address 1873 tSis M.
r,,,op 81 ---...- -.s, s.ss'
o Wy sodns dasM clothius
i nur e',,p, ,,id WIN one Of Te11
German Address ina MN ths wv
11,,>,r,- - - - =.
wv" IN E doi,,, orN On farm Or
good Tsferencas wasSn, ~ w ~
avenue. pp's -
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ALL hOu NJ hctel COOK wanh|
uoaron's mouse or hotel; mutt
81 Cioir Enrr 49, 81, Soi9re9 Y
VI, ,,,r,, n.isa: W.
VAN lEL1-Po'Ntlcn by young
cafs W age, on reilnsd tastn(
l.s, as teacner an public a
the sa,iences fl.as. qssS H.,
WA Nr,CI, e.. - /. 3 :. 80 !, ~: y
a. az fore,,,aa ny sngle !
charge of farm. have thrss !,
rlence i'm grain business Al i
years in hardware. Adds,3
Schroeder, Osmond. Neb.
w 1n,,ri,r> ---,--------,,.---
ton as cook or n,ana q ro,,nS (
dress Jim Harris ism Ssnhi
Houston. Texas M
WIN; N; ,;-- = =,
class bread and cake. tweri,
perience: sober: reliable.
Henri, COZ Fannin street.
yyTA,NTEo-lC ttn,o 49,, -. 49,
,hostie1r or v,ai,ar &C., cU ~,
aWe,,,,,a " 80, laie ~
- =. w. S0u.t.
Nv vo,,nn, ~, Joo prlm. ", ~.
ences. must Ihaya unnrt
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ADlEs' Chlchoster's English PennyroyaI Pins
y rsls sc o. SS.aad RIA are the Best.
for LADIES'" IN Ixrrxn bv y ~ !sr''essis ks~i
Chichester Chemical c.. iPhilaaain raff s.-
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MADAME II. JOSEPH has decided 10 STAY
~ Houston TIL January ana viii con,
Little 70 sell Al imported novelties ana
trimmings at 6ac ON the dolalr: 705 Main.
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YOUNG colored cnar, ao
,rious: would like q )osx
w.Tlt around house. Au
office. -
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| TWO large, neatly furnished soufhe,S,
rooms to gentlemen or parties without
Snnaren, wsth or without board. 7io Ia.
1 @
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sEN ERAL choice rooms enc with privaf,
naun; good table and attentions ana ali
I,oaern conveniences; very central. 10Oo
~'~'N "'N'suS. q
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FOR SALE-,At sacrifice. owner leaving
city. gooo paying grocery store. stock.
fixtures horse and wagon. Two lots
store on one. dwelling on the other. For
particulars write z. ]. Robinson. Waco.
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POCKET BOOKS.
RIBBONS.

RIBBONS.
SPECIAL-20O Pieces All Silk
Roman Striped Ribbons the very
newest thing for neckwear, at 1Oc
and 124C yard.
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THE largest stock of boots and SHOES in
the South for sale; business established
% years, In the thriving city of Corsi-
cana, Owing to the death OF the propr.
etor,. we wish 10 sell either in bulk or
job lots; 1T will pay any shoe merchant
to correspond with us before buying
elsewhere. Address, for particulars.
PostCffice Box $685. Corsicana, Texas. 4
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CAPES.
LADIES' UNDERWEAR.

I~FN DII@AJ OINDI4T< w Il ANe
Ladies' Fleece Lined Vests, all
sizes, at 1SC each.
Ladies' Derby Ribbed Maco Yarn
Vests, at Csc each.
Ladies' Heavy Wool Vests, with
new "Axford Gussets," all sizes at
75C and 81 each.
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SITUATION WANTED ~
as clerk; has had two
In the general rnercns<
speaks English and der
sist In bookkeeping.
Mc'ultcn, Texas.
WANTED-Posltson by
can do carriage painting
smitkinK: can give GOV 4|
dress lly7. this office.
HOUSTON SHORTHAND
WRITING SCHOOL,
Alice #. Harper. prl
ambidops and VII
got to tAkA . bue1oe
With ". I. &
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A YOUNG man with ~
az bookkeeper and s<
hardware business a
speaks German. Aous
fira 1(1
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FoR RENT-Room, with best OF table
beard, IN private family, to couple. for
SSo.o9. on car line and paved street;
i5Gveiy neighbors; no objection to chill
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ManiAMsi oDENCRANTZ. p.aaiste. re-
Seives beg smers ard advanced pupils:
especial attenttoa given to techni,pe : nj
eApresslon OF music. terms 81 and 4;
monthly. Residence, 1908 Dallas. 3
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THE DINING room at 500 San Jacinto
street mas changed hands and will re-
reasonable rates: references excha ,ssed :
u
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
Reading Telecrans hv Snnnd.

The late Charles l.. Chaplin was prob
ably the first man 10 read telegraphic
messages by sound. When he was in
charge Of Cornell's line from New York
to Erie the lettered dial was universally
used, but he taught himself TO read
the messages by sound. The operators
under him had been in the habit of
sending private messages over the wire,
and it was impossible to stop them.
Finally an operator tried to get cXcused
for days fishing. lie telegraphed to
the operator in Mr.. Chapin's office,
asking TO get Mr.. Chaplin TO let him off.
Mr.. Chaplin was sitting with his back
10 the instrument when the message
came in, and, without turning around,
he said TO the operator: Tell him mol"
The man was so surprised that he al-
most fell off his chair. Eventually Mr..
Chaplin divulged his secret. and now
reading by sound is universal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
Ionu-Distonce Riding.

For riding long distances, the great
secret is-keep an even, steady pace,
and cut down the stops. Order your
meals to be ready beforehand, if posi-
bic, and avoid strictly any unnecessary
delays on the way. such as stops for
altering the position of saddle or
handles, which should be placed abso-
lutely right before starting, dismount-
ing TO ask the way-which ought 10
have been made perfectly familiar by
previous riding over the whole course,
part at time-or pauses to extract
small eatables, etc, from a bag-all
things that may be wanted should be
carried in a light basket fixed upright
on carrier, and easily unfastened with
one hand while riding. says the Irish
Cyclist. The comfort and ease of long
ride depends immensely on the proper
management of such small details as
the above.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
BURMESE GIRLS.
Gossiping and Flirting as They FIJI
Their Jars at the Well.


In every household the daughter has
her appointed work In all but the
richest merchants houses the daugh-
ter's duty is to bring the water from
the well evening and morning, says
Blackwood's Magazine. 1t is the Cos
siping place of the village, this well,
and as the sun sets there come running
down all the girls of the village. AS
they fill their jars they lean over the
curb and talk, and it is here that are
told the latest news, the latest firta-
ton, the latest marriage, the little
scandal of the place. Very few men
come. Water-carrying is not their
duty, and there is proper time and
place for filtration. So the girls have
the well almost to themselves.
Almost every girl will weave. In
every house there will be q loom, where
the girls weave their dresses and those
of their parents. And very many girls
will have stalls In the bazar. Other
duties are the husldng of the rice and
the making of cheroots. Of course, in
the richer households there will be
servants TO do all this, but even In them
the daughter will frequently weave,
either for herself or for her parents
Almost every girl will do something,
If it be only to pass the time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
HE HAD NERVE.
The Average Drummer WouIdn't He
I'm 1t with This Young Man.

Talk about the drummer having
gall" said the man who had paid for
the last round, reports the Pitts
burgh News, "the worst case l ever
heard of was in plain, everyday coun-
try boy he was wild, and got into so
many scrapes at home that his folks
sent him out west. He disappeared for
a year or two, and in the meantime l
got married. My wife and went west
for our honeymoon, and on a train
about 100 miles from Tacoma 1 found
this country boy in the car sitting be-
side big, stout, coarse man. Bill, the
boy, had the other felloN shackled TO
him. He recognized me, and began in
quiring after the folks at his home
After awhile he said:
" I'm getting along all right. Folks
up here, where / am, think so well of
me they made me sheriff I'm just talk
ing this chap down to the pen. Oh, yes;
I've reformed, and you can tell the folks
so when you get back. l don't have
time to write them
when my wife went ahead into the
sleeping car the coarse, stout man
turned to me, asked if I knew Bills
folks, and when ! said did, he replied;
Wall, tell them what you please, but
I'm the sheriff"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
gHE ZONE OF FIRE IN CUBA
People Seem tn lie Stupefed by Their
Suffering and Misery.

1t can be truthfully said of the whole
province of Matanzas that it resembles
nothing so much as a great ash heap.
And the same is true of the three other
western provinces, says the Review of
Reviews. But there was n radius of
five miles around the city of Matan-
zas that had not been destroyed in
January. This has been pointed out
as the zone of cultivation, where some
day, some. remote manana, the land
would be allotted TO the pacificos, and
in March the destruction of all this
property, and even the growing crops,
was decreed by Gen. Molinas, the mill
tary governor. The last time l stood
on the summit of Montserrat there were
three great fires burning TO the right
and to the left of me, and before me.
Everything was on fire except the sea,
which cannot be made TO burn, even
by royal decree. And for a week Matan-
zas, usually so bright and clear, was as
smoky and sooty as Birmingham.
Here in Matanzas, as elsewhere at
every station of RECOMMENDATION, l no.
ticed that the people are without any
organization whatever and they seem
10 be lacking absolutely in the Anglo
Saxon faculty of combination, by which
they might possibly make their wants
and their grievances heard. They have
no committees and no selcctmen. Each
family starves alone. Not but that
they are very kindly and charitable
the one to the other. They are help
full to one another to a surprising de-
gree, but they do not organize for self
preservation and do not seem to un-
derstand the suggestion when it is made
TO them. | found them everywhere in
the same state, completely stupefed by
the sufferings and the misery they had
undergone and the prospect of impend-
ing famine, starvation and plague which
confronts them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
iNFALLIBLE SCIENCE.
Figures for Once This Professor Had
TO Admit Were Wrong.


Occasionally science must admit fail
ure. One night young man in Divinity
hall at Yale undertook with toy rifle
TO hit a lamp. But his aim was poor
and the ball passed through the window
of an eminent and venerable professor
of science and embedded itself in the
wall.
This was the opportunity for the pro-
fessor and for science, says the Hartford
Courant. lie set TO work and computed
the curve. and with the exact skill of in
fallible figures he traced the ball right
back TO the room of an innocent col
league who didn't even know the rifle
had been fired.
The unnedged minister fatty denied
all know ledge Of the affair. But men,
even ministers have been known to
make denials i'm self-defense, and the
professor had the proof with him.
There was the bullet, there were the
marks Of its course, and there was the
computation worked out. 1t looked as
if pulpit career was to be nipped in the
bud.
But the guilty student heard what
was going on. He called on the pro-
fessor, confessed the offense, pointed
out that the man of science was 200 feet
out in his computation, and advised
that the matter be dropped right where
it was.
And that was done.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
CRITICAL AGE FOR GENIUS.
Host of Eminent Men who Have Died
at the Age of Fifty-Six.

Fifty-six years seems to be fatal
age for people of genius. Among those
who have died at that age may be men
toned Dante, the Italian poet; Hugh
Capet, king of France; Henry Will,
king of England; Henry ", emperor
of Germany; Paganini, Italian violin
list; Alexander Pope, English poet;
George Sala, English orientalst; Mar
Gus Aurelius, emperor Of Rome; Fred
srick l., king of Prussia; John Han
cock, American statesman; Marie
Louise, empress of France; Philip
Messenger, English dramatist; Saladin,
the great sultan of Egypt; Robert Ste
phenson, English engineer; Scipio At
ricanus, Roman general; Helvetius,
French philosopher and author Hen
~ H.. the first of the Plantagenet line;
the elder Pliny. Roman naturalist and
author; julius Caesar: Charles Kings
ley, English author; Juan Prim, Span
ish genera and statesman; Henry
Knox, American revolutionary general;
Thomas Mifflin, American patriot; Mar
ryat, the novelist; George Whitefeld,
English founder of Calvinistic Method
ism; Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester,
favorite of Queen Elizabeth; Johann
Caspar Spurzhelm, German physician
and phrenologist, and Frederick H., en-
peror of Germany.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
MUSCLE.MEKYNG FApS.
Exercises That Keep Athletic Girls
Abreast of Their nrothers.


The fad for fencing at home has
led many girl to set up in the privacy
of her fathers residence a private gym
nasium, or, as she prefers to dub 1t,
an "armory," where she practices with
the aid of an instructor and in COM
pany with a few of her intimate friends,
says an eastern exchange.
Many girl can do her trick on the
flying rings or the parallel bar In a
manner that makes her college-bred
brother hustle for his laurels. And
he'll have to hustle still more when
the glorious May days come and she
can show the result of her secret train
ing on the golf links and the tennis
court.
The Vassar girls and students at other
OF the famous women colleges and CO.
educational institutions have estab-
lished gymnasium classes and are hard
at work preparing for the coming sum-
mer. The Wellesley girls train with
II special view of developing the mus
cles, necessary to become expert at the
oars, and their famous tours and Fights
are expected TO beat all records this
season.
Bowling has its devotees and many
of the fair sex have proved themselves
experts on the alleys.
The most usual place for practicing
bowling is at some Of the large ath-
letic clubs, which generally have one
day in the week, known as ladies
day"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
A Champion Came SLAYER.

Earl de Gray holds the champion
ship among the worlds hunters for the
quantity of game killed by one man.
He is now 35 years old, and during the
past 20 years has averaged $4,000 head
of game each year. On one occasion he
shot at 80 pheasants in three minutes
and killed all but one of them. He has
killed IL tigers, number of elephants
and rhinoceros, bears and lions.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-09
GRAND MAS TEA, only 10 cents
small in price great in results.
Try Grain-o! Try oraln-o!

Ask your grocer today TO show you a
package of GRAIN.O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink il without in-
jury as well as the adult All who try
II, like II GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but il is made
from pure grains. and the most delicate
stomach receives il without distress. a
the price Of coffee. l5c and 25"ts per
package. Sold by all grocers.