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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-29

Mrs. Antonio II. Sawyer, contralto. will
be in Waterville during July and August
While in Watervllle, Mrs. Sawyer will re-
ceive a limited number of pupils in voice
culture. If IA class in Augusta or other
nearby cities should be formed one dav
in a week could be devoleu to it. tor
terms and particulars address, Mrs. An
tonia H. sawyer, 90 tn Avenue, New
York apr25 diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-29

Two tenements in the rear of Whitney
house, Winthrop street. Inquire of Thos.
Leigh, Jr. APRIL diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-29

Experienced young lady stenographer
and typewriter desires situation. Adj
dress, Box $50, Skowhegan, Me.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-29
FOR SALE.

Ladies' and gents high grade. second
hand bicycles. Inquire al II South Chest
nut St apr2i. dive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-29

In Augusta on Western avenue, two
acres fine garden land; six room house:
stable. 40x2O; water pped to house and
stable from never failing well. Enquire
OF 1nomas j. Lynch Water street. or
JAS J. Bailey on premises.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-29

My friends ana customers to know that
| shall handle corn. feed and groceries
a my place at NasSalhoro and shall meet
old and new friends. s. l.. Dodge.
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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
LOWELL DIAMONDS
STAND THE TEST.
Board of Experts
So Decide.
Remarkable Investigation From Which
tho Lowell Diamond Bicycle Cams
Out Ahead Of al Competitors.

Where there are so many makes Of b!-
cycles on the market, all OF which at first
sIcdt seem 10 be ON an equal footing 20 tho
casual observer, and still the fact Is well
knowuthat there is no article in common
uso where 1t Is so easy for the manufacture
cr to cover up the impcr.-:;ons rs In tho
bicycle, both In material aud workman
saip, and which cannot be detected until
the machine has been given test Oh che
road, such an investigation as has Just
been completed by the bes. experts in the
country, under the supervision OF the
Western Review OF Commerce, is likely to.
be Of great value to the riding public. The
honor OF producing the best wheel among
the thirty-seven well.known makes that
were tested fell to the old established house
ofJohnP. Lowell Arms Co.. OF Boston, Mass,
manufacturers Of the celebrated Lowell
Diamond. The investigation was made
in n thorough manner by competent ex-
Icrts In the cOns;ruc tion OF wheels, and
before them were placed thirty-seven Of the
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
Five Years In Search of N Cow.

Five years ago young Barley
Geary, son of a farmer living near
Westmoreland, was sent 10 bring up
the family COW. Nothing was seen or
heard of him until one night recently,
when he drove che COW upto the barn,
entered the house, hung mp his cap on
it's accustomed peg, aud told his
mother that he would milk after sup
per. He refuses to tell where he
spent the five years, beyond declaring
that he was ont hunting the COW. -
Kansas City Star.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
Cousecrated TO Food.

Food plays an important part in the
worlds history. A number of days
are con Secratei to some article Of
diet. Chief TO the American is Thanks.
giving, with its turkey and cranberry
sauce; to the Englishman, Christmas
and plum pudding; Christmas Eve
and suap-dragons; barley, sugar and
oranges on 81. Valentines eve; Shrove
Tuesday and pan cakes; hot cross
buns and Good Friday; salt Goldfish on
Ash Wednesday; goose on Michael
mas day; gooseberry tart on Whit
Sunday, and roasted nuts on AL
Hailow eve.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
"I Feel Like T. New Person."

Mrs. GEo. LEACH,
1909 Belle St., Alton, H., writes:
Before began to take your Ncge.
table Compound | was a great sufferer
from womb trouble. Mcnscs would APP
pear two and three times in u month,
causing me TO be so weak | could not
stand. lcould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked so badly my friends hardly
knew me.
"Itook doctors medicine but did not
derive much bcned; from IL. My drug
gist gave me one Of yoar little books,
and after reading it | decided 20 try
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. | feel like n new person. l
would not give your Compound for al
the doctors medicine in the world. l
can not praise IL enough.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
A TRYING SITUATION.

A man may Dc horo
In most any walk OF life;
But certain situations
Mako him falter In the striici
And one that tries his mcttlc.
Till warm beneath the collar,
Is when ho comosto parting
With his last and only dollar
He'll laugh nj old misfortune
When he hears the dollars clinI,
And be brave for any danger,
When he knows he's got the "ch'nki
But he sings u different measure,
When his hoard Il growing smaller,
And he finds he's come To parting
With his last and only dollar
You speak In praise Of striving,
And OF cOnquering adverse iatS
And prove how off the humble
Have been truly good and grcat'
But philosophy II anquishcd
BY both tho bOor aud scholar,
When Il comes To final parting
With the last and only dollar!
detroit Free Press.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
Feeding Army EIephants,

Elephants in the Indian army are
fed twice day. When meal time ar
rives, they are drawn up in line be-
fore row of piles Of food. Each an
imal's breakfast includes ten pounds
Of raw rice, done up in fvetwo-pound
packages. The rice is wrapped in
leaves and then tied with grass. At
the command, Attention." each ele-
plant raises its trunk and n package
is thrown into its capacious mouth.
By this method OF feeding, not a sin.
gle grain Of rice is wasted.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01

reading makes. The machines were all
marvels OF the most recent ideas o; me-
VnhnIcaI construction, and were brought
toRctner without the slightest intimation or
knowledge TO the manu- iacturers that sucb n
test was TO take place. The practical pynerts
composing The Investigating board gradually
Wecded the machines down To n small mum.
per- anu after several days Of careful test.
Ihs Oh .he relative merits OF the ma
verdict that the Lowell Diamond WA nm.
doubtediy the best wheel made and So re-
ported 10 the paper, the prcsi lent Of which
immediately wrote the J. L. Lowell Arms
company Informing the latter OF the ,nves,i-
Raion made and the decision rearbaJ n,d
,pls was the FIRST in,imation that the Lowell
company had OF the matter The.
statement that the Lowell Diamond IL the
vos. bicycle built Is based upon the fact
.nM every part OF the machine is made M
t,''. , omn factory. Previous TO and inciud-
OF the Lowell Diamond was mannfact"rad
Iof the John T.. Lowell Arms Co. Lv ont
s,ue PARTIES, but beginning with the season.
. ~. to'', every part OF every machine bearing
snon name plate has been CONSTRUCTED a, The
aaclory on the John T.. Lowell Arms 10 az
south Portland, Maine. This iaet easily
" s.T ,vr,the proven supremacy OF the
Lowell Diamond' over all other leading
n.n,' -, We world. The Lowell Arms Conn
r""y na,e three stores In Boston, Washing
a,.' ee., proad street ami Massach u setts
Mass, Providence. n. l., Pawlurket m II
rouland aud Bangor, Me-, besides having
aHch'- IN nearly every city and tow5
throughout the couniry. Their new .nts-
,sosuc, FAMOUS Diamonds OF the Wo-ld ~
Tree on application. ~ "0''''
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
RECLAIMED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs Pink
hmm From Happy Women.
"I owe You Ny Lifc.'

Mrs. Il. WooGuIsER,
Mills, Ncb., writes:
"DEAR Mns. PINHIrAM:-I owe my
life 20 your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said had consumption and
nothing could he done for me- My
mcnstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water.
had several doctors. They all said l
couldnotlvc. Ibcgnn the use Of Lydia
+. pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and It helped me right away menses
returned and have gained in weight.
| have better health than have had for
Years. lii wonderful what your Com
pound has done for me.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
DinCrcPabic Flowers Made Fragrant.

Artificial flowers now initiate the
natural ones so truthtuliy that they
are much used in room decoration, and
the practice has become much more
widespread siuce manufacturers have
succeeded in giving them lasting
perfume. But still more remark
able fact, says foreign paper, is that
Dutch horticulturists have produced
delicatey fragrant varieties Of flowers
among those species which usually
have disGGreeahle odor. Thus sun
flowers exchange their pungent smell
for the scent of the rose, camellias
are made 10 smell like yiolets, the
faint perfume of primroses is intensi-
fed aud the large cyclamens acquire
the exquisite aroma of the Alpine vio-
lets. The process is still a secret, but
it il said that horticultural science
will soon be prepared to disclose it,
New York Tribune.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
HUMOROUS.

Different kinds of punishment are
good for unruly children, bns rs II
general thing spanking takes the
palm.
whats Old Calamity bowling
about now?" because he can't get
as much for wheat here Nv you are
paying at the Klondike, L"
Wallace presume You are aware
that money is great carrier OF boc.
terra? Hargreaves-Yes. That is
why burn it as fast ~ get it.
"And why" said the youngporker,
"do you feel so sad whenever you see
a hen?" "My son." replied the old
hog, 81 cannot help thinking OF ham
and eggs"
First Hen-What are those young
bantams fighting about? Second Hen
OH they are disputing about the
question, Which is the mother Of the
chick the hen that lays the egg or
the incubator?
Lounger--Do cook-books form m
importan. item in your sales? Book.
seller-Yes, we sell them by the thou
sand. ''The women appreciate them,
eh:" ooh, the women don't buy
them; thei? husbands do"
"Pat, you complain of being ont Of
work, aud yet I heard that coal dealer
offer You II job to drive one Of his
carts, not ten inmates ago." "Yis,
sor; but I'm blamed ii I'll freeze me-
self to death TO keep alive, hegob,
Manufacturing fashion plate Papa
that's the way | would look if | had
II sea'skin sacque. Maids Father
Showing Advertising pictare labeled
Before taking" And that's the way
/ would look, dear, when the bill came
in.
Papa" said Sammy Snaggs, who
was seeking for information, 'how
much is gold worth an ounce?' II
can't tell you what gold is worth an
ounce here, but in the Klondike / I'M.
derstand that gold is worth it's weight
in doughnuts.
Mrs Askem--It's the unluckiest
store to shop in, dear. Mrs. Priceit-
Why? Mrs. Askem-There isn't n
thing you might ask for they haven't
got, and everything they have is so
lovely you're forced 10 buy without
going further"
She beats the bars of her prison in
her wrath. ''Release me, she
shrieked, "or / shall break out-if
not in one way, then in another"
The warden tremhed If she proved
to he II poetess of passion, would he
be responsible?
YOU" said she, as she came down
leisurely pulling on her gloves-"'you
used to say / was worth my weight in
gold" "Well, what if did, he
asked, looking at his watch. "And
now, you don't think am worth wait
of two minutes.
"iou enjoy coaching. do You? Tnever
could see where the fun comes in. One
looks so like blamed fool, sitting up
on a three-story coach and cavorting
over the highway footing of horn"
Il know it, but it isn't every blamed
fool that can afford it,"
Johnnie-Papa, is mamma the bet.
ter half OF you? Father-Yes, my
son, that's the way they put il. John,
nie--And are all wives the better part
of their husbands? Father-CoYtain-
~, my son. Johunie-Then. what
part OF King Solomon were his wives?
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01

Johnnie-Papa, is mamma the bet.
ter half OF you? Father-Yes, my
son, that's the way they put it. John,
nie--And are all wives the better part
of their husbands? Father-Coytain-
~, my son. Johunie-Then. what
part OF King Solomon were his wives?
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
THE RIDDLE OF THINGS THAT ARE"

We know that tho problems OF Sin and
Pain,
And the passions that lead 20 crime,
Arc the mysteries locked from age 10 ago
In the awful vault Of Time;-
Yet we lit our weary feet and strive
Through the miro aud mist to grope
And iind u ledge on the mount OF Faith
In tho morning land Of Hope.
William II. Hayne, In Harper's Weekly.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01
A MOther'S T1iStake.


closing the door Of the room where
She kept the precious souvenirs of
her boy, she followed her husband to
the dining room. Everywhere the
bowed shutters kept out Gods sun
light, and the house was as dark and
gloomy as il a corpse awaited burial
there.
Awcd by the fathers grave face, the
mothers look OF woe, the children ate
silently, gladly scrambling down and
escaping to Mamie and the nursery
whom the dinner was over
Come, Susy," Fred said, 81 can
afford To take few leisure hours to-
day. l will get carriage, and we
will take the children out. A run on
the seashore will do us all good, for
the weather is getting hot"
ooh! Fred, drive me to Greenwood.
II is nearly month since we were
there"
"Well, as you wish, said Fred, pity.
ing the pale face aud really fearing
that he was growing heartless. 1--WE
can take the children down to Bath
aftcrward. "
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01

We walk IN n world whore no man reads
The riddle OF things that are
From a tiny fern In the valleys heart
To tho light Of the largest STAR
Yet we know that the pressure OF life Il
hard
And the silence OF Death Il deep,
As we fall and rise on the tangled way
That leads to the gate OF Sleep
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01

1t is nearly seven years now since
Baby Willie was laid TO sleep in
Greenwood. Two little girls are
playmates for Eddie and Charlie in
Mrs. Aiken's nursery, and another
little grave marks a second bereave-
ment. But the mother has learned
we'll the lesson impressed upon her
heart when the selfish sorrow so near
ly bighted her home.
The little ones God has taken can
never be forgotten. Tears still fall
over their pictures, the silent souve.
Mrs of their brief lives, bat the duties
to the living are never forgotten in
sorrowing for the dead What God
has taken TO His own care the mother
has learned to resign submissively,
thanking Him for the blessings spared,
shutting ont no sunlight He gives and
treasuring gratefully the memsries Of
brightness with the sorrow of the little
lives ended. New York News.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-01

tality and want of feeling for her sor.
row. But / must escape. am be.
coming unfit for business, and
Mother, / have actually been tempted
to join bachelor parties to get rid Of
tho necessity Of returning home TO
meet only darkness, tears and repiu-
ing!"
"Oh, Fred, you brighten mel"
81 brighten myself! IL is because
I am losing my strength to resist such
temptations that / am considering this
California offer. Susy will then have
no one to consider, and | will have at
least air and light out of business
hours. Mother, advise me! What
can l do? If it is cowardly to run
away, shirk my duties is husband aud
father l will stay; but / tell you
franaly / am afraid shall be driven
To- neglect home, wife and children if
l find nothing there but gloom and
darkness"
There was rustling noise in the
sleeping room as Fred ceased speak
ing. and the door, which had stood
ajar, was pushed open. Susy stood
upon the threshold, her heavy black
draperies still clinging around her,
but her face lifted with look upon it
that went to Fred's heart. 1t was
the expression of so much penitence,
such heartstricken remorSe, that ne
held ont both hands, to gather her
closely in his arms. Then she spoke:
Forgive me, Fred, aud stay with
me! l did not mean to be an caves.
dropper, but / heard all you said, and
] SO how wickedly selfish | have been.
You were SO kind, so tender, that
did not realize what l was doing in
my neglect of you and our boys. DO
not 60 away, Fredv'
"Neyer, Susy, if you bid me stay"
az do. Mother,y you will help me to
keep him."
mot now! must give my answer
this morning. / am of now, but I
will be home to dinner"
1t was still daylight OH the summer
afternoon when Fred Aiken came
home, Before he entered the house
he drew u deep sigh of relief, seeing
the shutters of every window opened
ana the light shaded only by inner
curtains. In the sitting room Eddie
and Charlie, long banished because
they were noisy, were binding block
houses. Their dress showed plainly
that Mamie had no longer sole con-
troll Of their appearance, and on each
little face was II serene happiness, as
ii some loug.feltre 'traint was gone.
Susy,in dress of black, thin goods,
had pu. snowy ruttlcs at wrists and
throat and, for the first time since
her baby died, had arranged her hair
iashionNbly and bccomingly. Upon
her face, still pale and thin, was
smile Of welcome for Fred, and the
kiss Of greeting he gave her was corr
daily returned.
"Papal" the boys shouted, "see us
Tumble down the tower mamma
built"
And down came the rafting blocks,
without any quick cry of restraint for
their noise or the gleeful shouts of the
little ones.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09

William Moss, a l,lmberman, re-
ccived what are thought ito ibe fatal
injuries at a log chute above Nc
kcen's mill, near Bonita, Saturday
night. He was riding down the
chute on a log when it was struck
from behind by another that was
moving moving more rapidly. Moss
was thrown off, and his skull frac-
tured.
William Eccles, from Pyrites, made
complaint last week against f. N.
Jameson, charging the latter with
drawing a gun on him. Mr.. Jameson
was arrested and gave bonds for his
appearance next Saturday before
Justice Knapp. Eccles was then ar
rested for disturbing the peace, and
was fined 81 90 and costs, which he
paid. The REPUBLICAN does not
know the facts in the trouble be-
tween the two men. and so refrains
from comment.
Assessor Smart has been at work
fixing up his values on different lots
and lands in the county. III Stevens
vile the values Of lots run from $40
to $275, in Hamilton from s15 to
5000, in Victor from IS to $50, in
Corvallis from SIS to $40, and in
Darby from IS to $40, n few out
side lots in all the towns are a tritle
lower than the lowest figure given.
On farm lands Mr.. Smart has made
the following values: First-class hay
and grain land, SIS per acre; second
class, Sc to s12 per acre. Grazing
land, not susceptible Of cultivation,
81 to SIS per acre, no discrimination
between fenced and unfenced land.
Timber land, suitable for saw logs,
So to $S per acre. Lands increased
in value by close proximity to towns,
800 per acre.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
Apple Tree Talk

D. r. Beck Of Missoula, REPRESENT
ing the Bankers Life Insurance Co.,
and NJ. Mcdonald of Salem, Oregon,
president Of the Oregon Wholesale
Nursery Co., We're in town last night
and a portion Of today. Mr.. McDon-
aid, who is spending the winter en-.
joying the balmy weather Of Mon.
tana, has lately sold Marcus DAILY
$4,000 fruit trees for his Bitter Root
fruit farm at Hamilton. He says
Mr.. DAILY has an orchard that is ar
orchard in any country, for he al
ready had 3d. 900 trees before he gave
this order. Mr.. DAILY must have at
the least calculation $50 acres set
out in fruit trees and like everything
else has his orchard arranged as wei
as it possibly could be done. This
with the proliticness Of the soil ir
the. Bitter Root makes his orchard
a bower Of beauty during the sum
mer time. Mr.. Mcdonald called
upon John S. Dougherty this morn
ing and will, in the near future
secure large order for fruit tree:
from Mr.. Dougherty for his fruit
farm near Corvallis, which is tho
second station north of Hamilton
and only short distance from the
north end Of Marcus Daly's estate
Messrs. Beck and Mcdonald went tt
Butte this afternoon on.-Anacond;
Recorder.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
Hamilton Happenings.

From the News.
Dr. S. w. Minshall last Monday
sold his residence in this city to j..
S. Douyherty of Anaconda. Mr..
Dougherty will probably move his
family here about May l, at which
time the doctor gives possession.
Mrs. A. NJ. Dunham received a
letter from Mrs. II. e. Cleveland the
first Of the week that contains the
intelligence that Mr.. Cleveland stood
the trip splendidly. The physicians
were yet unable to report as to the
exact condition and the chances OF
recovery Of the sufferer.
Miss Emma DeSmyth who for
some time past has been the head
mlliner ia the A. c. NJ. Co. store
left for Seattle this morning. AS
soon as the way is open she expects
to so to Dawson City, in the Klon-
dixie, having contracted the gold
fever.
From the Times.
Tom j. Phillips, who has been en-
ployed in J. W. Nelson's wholesale
liquor establishment for the past
year, severed his connection with
that institution the first Of the
month.
Sam Freeman took Monday morn.
ing's train for Butte, in quest ol
employment. Sam is the best al
around baseball player in the state
and ought not to experience any
trouble in securing employment ir
any town large enough to support
baseball team
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
The Democratic Programme.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-The Times-Hcr-
aid prints the following Washington
dispatch: There is a new scheme
afoot to restore harmony in the
ranks Of the democratic party. 1t
is plan to declare for free coinage
Of silver, leaving the question Of
ratio to be determined by legislation
and circumstances. For some days
the plan has been under discussion
among certain democratic senators
and representatives. They have
made some headway and being en-
couragcd by a number Of converts
they have won are now preparing to
lay the idea before a large number Of
democrats throughout the country.
It is claimed W. e. Whitney has
been consulted and has given his
sanction to the scheme.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09

Strayed from my place, near Py-
rites, one two-y -year-old COW, branded
on left ribs. left ear split,
pale red on sides, back white. A
suitable reward will be paid for its
return or information as to it's where.
abOuts. JOHN W. MAYAEW,
Pvrites, Mont.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
Notice to Teachers.

An examination of applicants for
teachers certificates will be held in
the court house, at Stevensville: Feb.
Is and 10, 1898. The questions in
examination, as far as practicable,
will be based upon the Reading Cir
Gle course of study.
Kittie Dstermeyer
County Supt.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
Faster Time on the y. p.

Tacoma, Feb. 6.-The Northern
Pacific next Saturday will put on a
fast train from St. Paul to Tacoma,
shortening the present time five
hours. The change is made to ac-
commodate the Increased Alaska
travel from Tacoma. If the traffic
is sufficient to warrant it other trains
will be added.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
HERE ARE some OF The: BARGAINS.

3 Yards SIC. Outing for l 5 cents.
81 Yards l2Ac Outing for IS cents.
j Yards 3Oc Wash Goods for Is cents.
5 Yards 2Oc Wash Goods for 50 cents
Yards l5c Dress Goods for 50 cents.
ST Yards 25c. Dress Goods fof ST. so.
30 Yards 81 50 Dress Goods for $500
Yards ST 90 Dress Goods for 81. 25.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09

The ncatest job work in the county
is done by the REPUBLICAN
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lie Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor, take Noro'
Bac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or ST. Cure guaran.
tecd. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York