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Middletown transcript., 1898-01-15

further advanced at the close of the
present collegiate year, in June, 1898.
An acquaintance with technical En-
glish Grammar, although req quired of
candidates, is not held so important as
practical skill in composition. 1t WAS
shown by The entrance examinations of
June and September last that candi-
dates who are able to pass a fairly cred
liable examination in technical gram
mar may be utterly unskilled in COM
position, so much so indeed as TO bs in
capable of putting together half dozen
written sentences with decent regard
for grammatical and rhetorical con-
struction. Twenty out of rather more
than fifty applicants for admission to
the Freshman class of the present col
legiate year were rejected, and of these
twenty not one could have passed a
much easier ex mination in English
composition than that required Of
them.
Some suggestions will be made as to
the best method of shaping instruc-
tion to advanced classes in English
Grammar SO as to make such instruc-
tion a di-ec. aid to improvement in
composition, and specific suggestions
as to instruction in the latter branch
will also be made.
Candidates for admission 10 Delaware
College are required to pass an examina-
tion in English reading. THIS examine
tion is directed less toward ascertaining
theprofcieney of candidates inthe graces
of elocution, though fair elocutionAry
skill is demanded, than toward deter
mining their taste in literature as evil
denced by their appreciation of an au-
thor's sense, and their familiarity with
the pronunciation and meaning Of
words. An accurate tasteful and ap-
preciatiye reading of literary selections
will be held to give valuable testimony
as to the fitness of candidate to pur-
sue the study of literature.
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What Everybody KNOWS,

Or ought to know, is that health and even
life itself depends upon the condition Of
the blood. Feeding, as it does, all the
organs of the body, it must be rich and
pure in order TO give proper nourishment
Hoods Sarsaparila makes the blood pure
rich and nourishing, and in this way
strengthens the nerves, creates an appetite
tones the stomach and builds up the health
Hoods Sarsaparilla wards off colds, pneu
monia and fevers Ii; Ii are prevalent at
this time.
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DELAWARE COLLEGE.
BY a Member Of the. Faculty

BY a Member of the Faculty.
Candidates seeking admission to the
Freshman class of Delaware College in
the year 1889 will find the entrance
requirements in English somewhat
more difficult to meet than those of the
current year. In view of this fact this
newspaper will publish from time to
time during the next five months arti-
cles intended to aid such teachers as
are engaged in preparing students to
enter the college. These articles, to
be prepared by member of the College
Faculty, will point out specifically the
sort of instruction needed by such stu
dents as wish to pass with credit the
examinations in American Literature
and English Composition. This, the
first of the articles is intended as gen.
eral introduction to the series.
Young men hereafter seeking admis-
sion to Delaware College will be re-
quired to give evidence of some ac-
quaintance with the lives and works of
Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Bryant, Long
fellow, Holmes and Whittier. Candi-
dates are not expected to have a criti-
cal acquaintance with The works of
these masters or a minute knowledge
of their lives, but TO give evidence of
having read upderstandingly specific
poems, stories or essays, TO be hereaf-
Ter indicated, and to have such bio
graphical knowledge Of the authors
named as is furnished by text books al
ready used in the schools. In case
these textbooks do not contain the Sc
lections recommended for reading OF
the biographical information required,
these articles will point out other
sources of such material.
1t is not expected that ti1o afTeddy
over burdened teachers of the public
schools will materially add to their
labors by reason Of the suggestions con-
tanned in these articles. On the con-
trary the aim will be to suggest meth
ods whereby the ends sought can be
compassed with The least expenditure
of labor. Much of the preparation need
ed by those about to seek admission to
Delaware College ought, indeed, to bs
made by the candidates themselves
with little other aid from teachers
than such suggestions as these articles
m sy seem TO demand.
Entrance examinations in English
composition we're advanced at the close
Of the last collegiate year and viii be
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THE PRIVATE DA1RYMAN's OPPORTUNITY.

THE PRIVATE DAIRYMANS OPPORTUNITY.
Creamery butter is the standard in the
markets because it is uniform and can be
had in quantities sufficient to supply the
retail trade. The creameryman, however
has his trials. The impossibility Of over
seeing the production and first handling of
the milk is a serious difficulty, often caus-
ing lower grade product. Unless a first
class buttermaker can be obtained, much
loss will result in many ways.
1t is because of these drawbacks that
there is still an opportunity for expert pri-
vate dairymen to make butter far superior
in quality to the average creamery product.
There are people i'll almost every village
and town who are glad to obtain for family
use strictly gilt-edged article at its true
value. To limited extent This demand
has been met but am led to believe that
the field is by no means fully occupied.
To succeed in this it will often be neces-
sary to lay aside preconceived ideas. Tenn
pering cream by the sense of feeling or
determining acidity by taste, will not an
swer. Butter owes its good qualities very
largely to its treatment in the ripening vat
and only to small degree to the worker.
The essential features of good butter max
ing are, pure, sweet cream of prop er con-
sistency ripened rather slowly at temper
ature of So to 50 degrees, or a little higher
with or without starter. The acidity at
churning time should be not far from OF
per cent, preferably under than over,
though the writer has recently made a
sample of butter which scored ninety-nine
points in a possible one hundred from
cream which at churning time showed 0.745
per cent.
I Churning temperature is governed by the
per cent of butter fat and degree of ripe
ness of the cream, also the character of the
herd and period of luctation. The temper
ature should be such that from 30 to go
minutes is required for churning. Cream
ought never to be churned when it breaks
in from five to ten minutes, as such treat
ment is ruinous in point of quality and
economy.
Excessive washing of butter is always at
the expense of the favor. If in just the
right condition. IT requires very little wash
ing. Some prefer washing Of brine at q
temperature of 54 to So degrees. Good re-
suits are obtaiued in this way. The flavor
is supposed to be removed in less degree
than by the use of pure water. Color and
salt of the bestquality are to be used in
quantities to suit the trade. Working is
important l. e., it is as important to dojusi
as little Of it es will answer the purpose OF
evenly incorporating the salt and remov-
| ing moisture.
Strict cleanliness is 10 be rigidly observed
with every implement and in every opera
ton from beginning to end. not one day in
even only, but every day in the year &C
long as the business continues.
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Of Interest
to Farmers
HIRING FARM HELP.


1t is always best to employ only efficient
help on the farm. A few dollars extra a
month will be repaid many times over in
the course of year by the difference in the
work between first-class hand an inetfi-
cient one, and it costs as much to board
one as the other. A careful man, who has
Judgment and uses it in doing his work,
will save his employer great deal IN the
use of tools alone in single season. Inc
careless inexperienced hand will break and
iniure the implements he uses far more than
a good hand will. 1t does not take many
breakages to come to as much as a mans
wages for month.
There is also great advantage is employ
ing competent men if the farmer wishes to
leave home occasionally. He can feel that
the work will go on in his absence the same
as if he were there. If anything gives out
his man will know how to repair the break
age. His Judgment can be relied upon as
TO how much a team should do in day,
and he willsee that they do it. A man
who is kind and careful in handling horses
| is worth more than one who is the reverse
| Very Fsw farmers care to hire aTough talk
| ing, swearing man. Good ones can De
found who will be choice in their language
Certainly we may expect that he whom we
are to have about the house, who will eat
at the same table as his employers family
will not be uncouth in table manners
There are very many farm hands who are
so disgusting in their table habits as to be
repulsiye to refined person. 1t is not al
all necessary to hire such. After years Of
experience in managing farm requiring
q great deal of hired help. l find that 1T IS
not difficult to obtain desirable help. 1t in
ducements by way of good wages, fair
treatment, and not too long days in the
field are accorded, which any intelligent
farmer is perfectly willing to give to the
right person, one will never have any tro-
BILE in securing the class Of help he would
like.
1t never pays to exact too much of help
They will become dissatisfied at unjust de-
mands, and the employer is certain to be
the loser in the end. Most will work
cheerfulIy and heartily as long as they feel
that nothing unreasonable is asked OF them
but all will rebel at injustice. Nine or ten
hours in the field is enough for man or
team. Most farmers have chores enough
| to fill out the days work sufficiently then
When satisfactory man is found it is not
best to let him 60 if little extra induce
ment will persuade him to stay longer. A
man needs to work more than single sea.
son to become familiar with his employees
methods of work. The longer he remains
the better hand he will be. Hiring by the
the year is perhaps the most satisfactory
OF course this cannot be done with all help
as the summer requires extra help. But
wherever practicable, secure the same help
for succeeding seasons when you find re-
liable one. This is as beneficial to the far
mer as to the merchant, who finds his
clerks are more valuable to him the longer
| they stay. The trouble is that the best hired
men soon 60 to farming for themselves
American Agriculturist.
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-15
POULTRY NOTES,

Dorkings are favorites wherever known,
and the English consider them superior to
all others as table fowl unless it be game.
They have large proportion of breast
meat, and the cocks usually weigh from
eight to ten pounds, They are not superior
as egg producers. Their large size and
rapid growth and early maturity cou mt
much in their favor. They are gentle in
disposition and excellent mothers. As lay.
ers they make an excellent cross with
Brahmas or Cochins.
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THINGS THAT HAVE sEEN,

have seen seen farmer bnild a hou Sc
so large that the sheriff turned him out of
doors.
have seen young man sell good
farm, turn merchant, and die in an insane
hospital.
1 have seen farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking after.
have seen rich mans son begin where
his father left off, and end where his father
began-penniless.
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A correspondent asks what is the best
breed to use for caponizing. This is hard
to answer. The Light Brahma will make
the largest capons, but We would prefer the
Langshan or any of the Wyandottes or the
Plymouth Rock. As to crosses to use as
capons, they are various, Wyandotte on
Light Brahmas, Leghorn on Wyandotte
Langshan on Wyandotte or Leghorn. and
Indian Game on any of the varieties named
will make good cockerels for caponizing
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The Langshan is strictly fanciers fowl
for they have the good qualities of hens
practical and usefel, thus paying the fan
cier for his time and attention given in
raising them. They are the best winter.
layers of the Asiatic class, laying large
rich, brown shelled egg. They grow to a
large size, the cock weighing at maturity.
ten pounds and the hen eight pounds. The
flesh is white tender and JUICY, making q
good market fowl.
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Coughs, colds, pneumonia and feyers
may be prevented by keeping the blood
pure and the system toned up with Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
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How to Make Money

Ifyou are out of employment and want q
position. paving you from $50 to 500 monthly
Clear above expenses by working regularly,
or, If you want to increase your present in
come from 500 to $500 yearly, by working at
St., Phila, Pa, stating age, whether married
or single, last or present employment, ana
you can secure position with them by wh1c q
YOU can make more money easier andfaster
than you ever made before In your life.
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days, aSl3, *9S9 *ll.24, 1850, 1921, n Il,
P6:iadeIphia, weekdays, ts.1s. $50, $40,
ti2IS, 12O t2si, 1859, 4.io 352i $50. tSli, o.i5
tIlGO e IF F. d M s1ndsys @ fs5a 75 go sSS
q Chester, Weekdays, tsIa. $50, $40, r15,
Es sai 4o e sa ts S lp tiGas s5 8S fl a. SS ESS
IS SsliS{l 81, I So @ "a Si5: IIioo, ?. m m
90 atlantic A. CITY, weekdays f7i5, a. M, t12l9.
Cape May, weekdays, M, t5.5O am, Sun.
Baltimore and Washington, weekdays, t4.ls
1918, t8 04 t9.u p. M. Sundays t4.lS TIO f8 S5
M, il257, I5.Os, f,O4. t4.57, 1904 fS.ii D. m
Baltimore and way stations. daily. 7.l0. a. m
ii q a.m..tla57 aCl, Il o. t157 M fsis IS 7s2isi III
Sundays, t4.ls. TO- 1885 a. m. 1857 s.O4
Pittsburg. wfeS days, 1886, m 1918 p. M,
Sundays 49, In IA 81 % nj.
Chicago, daily, 35 M *I.57 m.
1885 m daily.
:, Cincinnati and st.Louis, daily ts.S5 m
Toledo and Detroit, s9.ll m daily to
Toledo and daley except Sunday to Detroit.
..NOH OAiCdllo anu M0LlpQlS via Br1StOl and
Chattanooga, t6l> pm. daily. weekdays 4,57
sundays ThToug hsleepers to Memphis and
New Orleans.
Singerly accommodation, daily 7.IO. a. M.
S04, 7.S5s l0.5b p. m: Sundays, 7.l0 m 3.o1,
7S2 p m.
Landenburg accommodation, weekdays.
1.lO 1000; q. M, S.O4 4T, p. m. Sundays 10,
q. M, 4.57, p, m.
Leave Market Street Station for
Philadelphia, weekdays, 8 so pm
Baltimore. weekdays, 6s5 q m 255 D. M
Landenburg and way stations, week days
645, s55, q. m. Q IS. $40, p. m. Sundays, 955
q. m, 5. 10 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street
Station for Wilmington, weekdays, ts.s6, 6IO
tIS5, zoo 1890, t4.9o 430, IS Is, t5.42, 6OO $50,
Ui sGndayss. siiSys iO ISIS, b. iSoo, 900. n.so am
HtI2M2O, Il 10 tl;s, 200, t4.2o. t5l6, $50. t7's0
Telephone, 1893.
Rates to Western pointst lower Ian via any
other line.
D. B. MARTIN, Manager of Passenger Traffic
w M. GREENE. General Manager.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.
Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. Q. y. A. M.
Meets every Monday uight in McWhorters g
Hall at O'Clock. =.
first tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 9, /. .. o. F.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorters
% Damon Lodge, No. 12, K. of P. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhoraer's Hall at
Major John Jones Post, No. q, G. A. r.
ing at o'clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night In K.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. U. W., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorters
Hall.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets drst FRI
day night of each month in Hose House.
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81 WONDER" said the man of a sta
tistical turn-s'I wonder how much
powder is destroyed daily in useless
salutes2"
"There must be lot," said The friv.
olous girl. "But l suppose women
will go on kissing one another Just the
same"
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The TRANSCRIPT S1.00 per year.
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BRANCH ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations 1879 m. week days, 81 u M Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. Returning train
leaves Franklin City $50 a. n. week days, and
I.42 tuesdays, Thurs and Saturdays only.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (vis
steamer Lag p. m, week days Returning,
leave Chineoteague 442 a. M, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewea
at lO.3 a. m, 6.37 p. m. weekdays. Returning
leave Lewes 6.45 q. m.,3 IL p. M. weekdays
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 10 SO a. m week
days and 637 p m. Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and
saturdays Returning, leave Berlin 6.57 a. m.
week days and 2.43 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R.-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations 22 a. M, and
5.32 M. week days Returning, leave Centre
vile g. 80 a. M. and n p. M. weekdays.
DELAWARE CHESAPEAKE r. R-Leave Clay.
ton for Oxford and way stations 3.38 a. M, and
6.47 p. NJ, week days Returning, leave Oxford
6.40 a. M, and 40 p. M, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & SEAE ORD r. R-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations ll.I7 a.
m. and IA p. m. weekdays, Returning leave
Cambridge 6.2Oa. M and lbs p. m. weekdays
CoNNECTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At Clayton
with Delaware Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore Delaware Bay railroad. At Har-
rington, with Delaware. Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge & Seaford
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, Phila-
delphia q Norfolk, Wicomico & Pocomoke and
Peninsula Railroads.
]. B. HUTCHIsoN General Manager.
]. r. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
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Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Demar.
''f' Stops only on noticet to conductor or agent
OF on signal.
'p" Stops to leave passer gers from points
south OF Delmar, or take passen gers for Will
ming and points north.
''f' Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
''t' Stops to let off passengers from Har-
rington points south.
NEW CASTLE ACcoMMoDATIoN TRA1Ns.-Leave
Wilmington 8.l3, ll.04, g. m, 25l, Al, and
. 55, p. M. weekdays Leave New Castle s3I
9.4d, u.O2 a. M, AL and 35 p m., week
days.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos a. M.
and arriving at 6.53 p. M, weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porte1
and Newark.
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BANKS.
Peoples National Bank.-President, g. w,
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo. d. Kelley; Tell er
w. G.. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-President, Joseph
Riggs: Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, -
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
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Rents Boxes

In its New BURGLAR and Fire-prcc
Vaults, Makes ample provision in it
Store Room and Vaults for..the safe keer.
ing of Securities and Valuable package
placed in its cussody.
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rIiddletown Directory.

MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
President-G. w. w. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; Charles II. Howell.
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Attends to the

Management of Real Estate and to the
Collection and Remittance of Rents In
terest on Securities ari Dividends
Stocks.
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J. R. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-05-10

and sluggish never fail to find course
of Pe-ru-na to clear the skin, invigo-
rate the system and enrich the blood.
Chronic catarrh in all phases and
stages, cases that have defied the best
of treatment for many years, take a
few bottles of Pe-ru-na to their en-
tire relief. Nervousness, debility,
weakness of both sexes, sleeplessness.
irritsbility, dependency, hypochon-
dria, all these disappear when Peru
ma is used according to directions.
One of the most instructive books
ON chronic catarrh ever furnished free
is being sent by the Pe-ru-ns Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio. This book is very instructivelY
illustrated with expensive drawings,
and will be sent free to any address.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-05-10
Circuit Court.

On Thursday Judge Cooper over
ruled the demurrer to the answer Of
tie defendant, Anderson Chenault, in
the case of Bishop Clay and others
against Anderson Chenault. This is
a decision in favor OF Chenault.
On Thursday Sheriff Jonestook to
Frankfort the men convicted at last
term of Court.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-05-10
He Knew Them.

An Edinburgh paper says that a
young advocate before the Scotch
lords of session, on hearing deci-
sion against his client which he
deemed contrary to law and justice,
so far forgot himself as to exclaim
that he was surprised at such a
decision" The lordships were an
CRY and were considering how to
mark their sense of the advocates
impertinence when a pawky old
counselor arose and besought their
lordships' forgiveness for the slip
his young advocate had made. 1T
was purely lack of experience that
led him into error. Had he known
your lordships half as long as have
done I'm hanged if he would have
been surprised at anything your
lordships said or did,"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-05-10
THE BATTLE.

It's utterance seemed unpremedi-
tsted, but was evidently in every
mans mind, and now that the mo-
ment had come to make adequate re-
ply to the murder of the Names
crew, every man shouted what was
in his heart. III ..... &. -n
The Olympia was now ready to be-
gin the fight. Commodore Dewey,
his Chief Staff Commander Lamber-
ton and Aid and myself, with Exscu-
tive Officer Lieutenant Rees and Navi-
gator Lieutenant Calkins, who con-
ned ship most admirably, were onIthe
forward bridge. Captain Gridley
was in the coming tower as it was
thought unsafe to risk losing all the
senior officers by one shell.
"You may fire when ready, Grid
ley" said the Commodore, and at Al
minutes past 5 o'clock, at a distance
of $500 yards, the starboard eight
inch gun in the forward turret roared
forth a compliment to the Spanish
forts.
Presently similar guns from the
Baltimore and Boston sentH250-pound
shells hurting toward the Castillo
and the Reina Christina for accuracy.
The Spaniards seemed encouraged
to fire faster, knowing exactly our
distance while we had to guess theirs.
Their ship and shore guns were
making things hot for us.
The piercing scream of Sshot was
varied often by the bursting of time
fuse ahells, fragments of which would
lash the water like shrapnel or cut
our hull and rigging.
. One large shell that was coming
straight at the OlYmpia's forward
bridge fortunately fell within less
than 100 feet away. One fragment
cut the rigging exactly over the heads
of Lanberton, Rees and myself.
Another struck the bridge gratings
in line with it. A thirds passed just
under Commodore Dewey and goug-
ed hole in the deck. Incidents like
these were plentiful.
Our men naturally chafed at being |
exposed without returning fire from
all our guns, but laughed at danger
and chatted good-humoredly. A few
nervous fellows could not help but
lodging, mechanically when shells
would burst right over them, or close
aboard, or would strike the water
and pass overhead, with the peculiar,
spluttering roar made by tumbling,
rifed projectile. @m e.. |
Still the flagship steered for the
center of the Spanish line, and, as our
other ships were astern, the Olympia
received most of the Spaniards' atten-
ton. Ma
Owing to our deep drsught, Com
modore Dewey felt constrained to
change his course at distance of
1000 yards and run parallel to the
Spanish column. 2N ~
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-05-10
You Can't Get Rested

Because that tired feeling is not the
result of exertion. 1t is due to the
unhealthy condition of your blood
This vital fluid should give nourish-
ment to every organ, nerve and mus
Gle. But it cannot do this unless it ia
rich and pure. That is what you
want to cure that tired teeling-pure,
rich blood. Hoods Sarssparilla will
help you " get rested" 1t will give
you pure, rich blood, give you vigor
and vitality and brace you up so that
you may feel well all through the
coming summer. If you have never
tried Hoods Sarsspsrilla, do 80 now
and see how it energizes and vitalizes
your whole system.
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