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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
GRAY HEADS AT COLLEGE.
Full Grown Men Not Uucomtu on
Among Freshmen Nowadays.

Full. Grown Men Not Uncommon
Among Freshmen Nowadays.
1T is remarkable said n man who
is in college as senior, how many
full-grOWn men there are in the col
legoS today.
II have compared notes with follows
from other colleges, and find that it is
quite common to see Il freshman with
gray hair, who will never see hi,
thirty-ffth and possibly his fortieth
birthday again. They are chaps fOl
the most part who wish to take spe-
cial course or two, or If they start out
with the idea of getting n degree they
usually give it up and either disappear
or devote themselves to one or two
branches.
'ln the technical schools you will
find full-grown men boning upon on,
or two lines, men who are doing well
in their business, but feel the lack OF
college training and have the idea that
they can do much better after Il yeal
or so of study. OF course hundreds OF
men feel this way, but only small
percentage of them have the grit to
90 to college among men so much
younger and sit side by side with them
| ID the classrooms. Then, again, it IL
not every man who can afford to leave
his business for such II purpose
at is very strange TO see these me!
ut work, to note their struggles to mas
ter the days lesson. II has surprise.
me many times to see men who have
done well in their business strugglin
over lesson which came as easy Il
pie TO us youngsters 1t is one of tn,
best illustrate MS of the wonderful
difference between youth and even
early middle life that | expect ever to
have presented to me.
Il know one man who entered col
! lege when over 80 and brought viii
| him his wife and two small children
He had no money TO speak of and wa'
| determined TO get full college Cdu
cation, classical His wife was {
plucky little woman and she was right
there at his elbow ut every stage OF
the game.
"This was in a small New England
college. The mans wife opened an
/ eating club and the man looked after
the business end of it. How that WON
an looked after the two babies AID
ran that club ! don't know, hut she
did She was a wonderful cook, and
soon the club had the reputation al
through the town, and the other eating
| club folks began to say unkind things
of this man and his wife. But they
lived ii all down,
THE man had fierce time Of il
keeping in the class for the first year
Half a dozen professors advised hin
TO quit, but he hung on and won out
BE- the end Of sophomore year hC
hadn't n condition, and he graduated
with his class. He wasn't at the bot
tom OF the list, either. lie got his col
lege education and supported a wife
and two children Willie he was doing
it.-New York Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE=RU=NA.
Pe-ru=na Drug Co., Columbus Ohio:
Gentlemen: "ICan CheerfuI!y say that Mrs. SChLey
has taken Pe=ru=na and believe with good effect "
W. S. SCHLEY-Washington, D. c.
hat Mrs. SChIey
IN good effect. ="
= Washington, d. 6.

opposition and has won it's way to the hearts
of the people. The natural timdity which
so many people have felt about giving en-
dorsements to any remedy is giving way.
Gratitude and a desire to help others has
inspired thousands of people to give public
testimonials for Peruna who heretofore would
not have consented to such publicity.
Never before in the annals of medicine has
it happened that so many men of national
ing to give unqualified and public endorse
ments to proprietary remedy No amount
of advertising could have accomplished such
result. Peruna has won on it's own
merits. Peruna cures catarrh of whatever
phase or location in the human body. That
is why it receives so many notable and
unique endorsements.
Address The Peruna Drug Mfg Co., Co.
lumbus Ohio, for free literature on catarrh
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

( A DMIRAL SCHLEY, one of the foremost
notable heroesof the Nineteenth Century.
A name that starts terror in theheart of every
Spaniard. A man of steady nerve, clear head,
undaunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by friend recently, his opin-
ion was asked as to the efficacy of Peruna, the
national catarrh remedy. Without the Slight
est hesitation he gave this remedy his en-
dorsement. 1t appeared on later conversa-
where it is favorite remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the
wonderful hold that Peruna has upon the
minds of the American people. 1t is out of
the question that so great and famous man
as Admiral Schley could have any other
reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna
than his positive conviction that the remedy
Is all that he says it is.
The fact is that Peruna has overcome all
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

Don't let the world kno ennything
about yure trials and tTubbles; 1t willS
excite their vanity sooner than ib
will command their compashuD. :
1t is said that the depression In
the silk hat industry in London 10
increasing and Of the 5000 men en-
gagged only few years ago, more
than half are now oIt OF employ
ment The reason assigned is that
the copper Is no longer the on@
badge Of responsibility In London
business life.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH
SYRUP cures coughs and colds.
N. N. u. eo2 ST. YORK kEea
A POSTSCRIPT.

A little st. Paul girl had a very
largo family connection 70 pray for,
and enc night when she arose from
her knees, her mother said:
"Why, Edith, you forgot grandma p
She got right on her knees again and
said:
"Oh, God, wouldn't that give you
cold feet fuIg t grandma; &C.
NJ. b. IL Lippincott's.
The man who kant blush IL no
wuss of than a mule IL.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

Wit IL apt to make one CRATE mis-
take-it would rather lose frien d
than joke.
Yung man, If yu expekt to suck.
coed, don't offer to settle with the
world for fifty cents on the dollar; if
yu do, the chances are that yu will
git cheated out ov yure whole cllim.
Customs are stronger than laws,
bekause they are older and more nat
uIal, ! suppose.
The strongest pashun OF the female
harte IL to please sumbody, and be
admired in return for il.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
A NATION OF INVENTORS.

Foreign Visitor. ITO what do you
aScribe the remarkable inventive in
genuity Of AmericansT"
Host-"Puritan mothers.n
81 do not understand
"a boy With that kind Of a mother
has got to cultivate his inventive
faculties if he is going to have any
fun.
To listen quietly to a SANDER il to
be a silent partner in the concern.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
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Henry Labouchere, as q young dip
lomat, was fond of amusing and bewil-
derlng his superlors. For instance, 1t
is said that once he was inS ructed to
come home TO London from COnstan-
tinople. He wasn't heard of for some
time and was apparently lost In the
midst of the Black Forest, or some OF
the other lands that interviewed be-
tween him and home He was at last
traced; and then calmly wrote that he
was Obeying orders, and was making
his way homeward; but that as his
chief had forgotten to send him any
money to pay the expense by the ordi-
nary methods of travelling, he was
working his slow passage on foot!
When the late William Ernest Hen
ley was editing London, he had no one
on his staff of writer's whom he valued
so highly as Robert Louis Stevenson,
who prepared for him the brilliant
series of stories that are now called
"Thc New Arabian Nights" 1t is re-
lated that one night they sat down to
play game of poker. The luck from
the start was with Henley. He won
pot after pot Stevenson was lucky if
in any deal he got pair Of treys. Dis
gusted. ut last, with the turn the cards
had taken, he threw up his arms and
| apostrophized fortune in this quaint
way: Fortune, tickle wench, it Is
true that you car make me lose, but
on N mn
Bishop Watterson tells a story of
how he was once taken for n drum
merS by travelling salesman who was
riding on the same train. What house
do you representa- he was asked.
Lord & Church." replied the bishop.
HIM" unused the drummer; never
heard OF It. Any branch housew
Branch houses all over the world"
said the man of God, easily. That's
queer!" went on the drummer who
boastful representative of some small
concern. "Er-boots and shocs?'
NO" said the bishop. DRY goodsY'
asked the drummer, beginning to dis
play irritation. well no." said the
bishop, some folks call 'em notions"
Justin Mccarthy says that Thack-
| cray often created quite erroneous i'm
presSions of himself by indulging in
Irony in the presence of people who
were incapable of understanding it,.
| One curious instance which he gives
Is this: 'Hhackeray had been dining
ut the 'Garrick,' and was talking in
the smoking-room after dinner with
various club aCQuaintances. One of
them happening to have left his cigar
case at home, Thackeray, though dis
| liking the man, who was n notorious
tuft-hunter, good naturcdly offered him
one Of his cigars. The man accepted
the cigar, but, not finding it TO his
| liking, had the bad taste to say to
Thackeray, 4 say, Thackeray, you
won't mind my saying l don't think
much of this cigar Thackeray, no
doubt irritated at the mans ungra-
| ciousness, and bearing in mind his
| tuft-hunting predictions, quietly re-
| sponded, You ought to, my good fell
! low, for it was given me by lord.
| Instead, however, Of detecting the
| Irony, the dolt Immediately attributed
| the remark to snobbishness on Thack-
eray's part, and to the end of his days
went about declaring that Thackeay
| had boosted that he had been given a
| cigar by a lord!"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
Gund IIu,Lnesa

The dear exclaimed the angry
poet. The idea of your giving me 80
cents for that sonnet! DO you think
that fair transaction
We'll" replied the editor, Il really
believe there was more cents than
poetry In tt."-Philadelphia Press
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
Inhabited Volcano.

A little japanese village, some thirty
miles from the town of Kumamoto, is
situated in the crater of a volcano
which may some day become active
again. The village, lying 900 feet be.
low the top of the volcano, the walls
of which are very steep, is quite hid
den from sight. It's 1000 Inhabitants
seldom leave this place.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
Seven Natives Equal One White Man

In the government Of their East In
dian possessions the Dutch have law
which provides that the testimony OF
one white man shall be equal to that
Of seven natives, and the German Co
lonial Union is urging the adoption OF
a similar law by the German govern.
ment I'm its dependencies.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

A Pitsburg minister was in the
county Jail, doing missionary work
among the prisone S He found dlrky
scrubbing the floor on one of the up
per corrid rs, and asked him if he was
in for disorderly c,ndu +. "No, sab, "
Indignantly replied the negro. 'I'S no
common criminal; rs highway rob-
Der"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
ASK Your Druggist for free Peruna Almanac for 1904

A steer weighing two tons and
measuring IS feet 4 inches from the
end of his nose to the tip of his tail,
will be exhibited in the live stock
department at the Worlds Fair.
This monster OK is the properly Of
eight young men Of Greentown, Ind.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

One ov the most difikult things
in mau's karakter to estimate IL
the aktual amount ov happiness he il
possessed ov.
Adam committed the most sin with
the least amount Ov tenn tashun Ov
ennv ov our previous TelashunS.
Very sedatc children have often
been known to gro into harum- skar.
um yruths, aud finally settle back
into stupid old men.
The only pedigree worth having IL
the one man makes for himself and
transmits for example.
Thare IL the vulgar in hi life az
well az low, and the hifaluting vul.
gar are the most disgusting.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
HIS PLANS.

He-"You know, my angel, it will
have to be case of love in a cot
tage."
She-"That will be just heavenly.
Where is the cottage?"
He-"Um-I haven't got the cot
tage yet. You see, l am saving up
money for bicycle first; much
cheaper than boise, you know"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
RIGHSr OF PEDESTRAINSN.

RIGHST OF PEDESTRAINSN.
Winks-"What are you carrying
that boat horn around for?"
Jinks-"Tahts to blow when l
want automobiles and bicyclists to
get cut OF my way.
IN THE PARLOR, TOO.
New BOaIder-"What Is the land.
lady's daughter playing?"
Old Boarder-"A mixture OF airs
from a lot Of old operas-a sort Of
musical hash, you know.
Policemau-"You must be near
sighted. You can see by the bills al
the front Of the house that 1t isn't
a dance hall. It's sacred concert"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
We'll Remembered

Valley City, N. Oak, Dec. 14.-LTwU
years ago Mrs. Matilda NJ. Boucherl
of this place. suffered great deal with
a dizziness in her head. She was cured
of this by remedy called Dodd's Kid
ncy Pills, and has not been troubled
since.
Shortly afterward she had a bad
bilious attack and for this she used
Diamond Dinner Pills and WINS COM
pletely cured i'm short time.
In January, 1903, she had nm attach
of Scintlca, OF which she says:
81 was almost helpless with the Sctd
atica, but remembering what Dodd'G
kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner PILE
had done for me before, l commences
n treatment of these medicines and in
three weeks l was completely restored
to health. l have great faith in these
medicines, for they have been OF ca
much benefit to me-"
Dodd's Kidney Pills are very popT-
lar in Barnes County, having made q
great many splendid cures of Sclaticns
Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles.
Many families use no other medicines
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS VII.


DO not give EAR to counsel bad,
For ev'ryone NOSE that makes one sod.
The worst advice that TONGUE c0n tell
Is, TAKE this soap twin do as WELL
Just put your FOOT down firm ana
strong
And ten the clerk hts BRAIN Is WRONG.
And you've experience quite In point
To put his statement OUT or JOINT
Just NAIL his Hes and let him know
Your HEART Is set Oh SAPOLIO!
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
medicine | have ever found for coughs
and colds.-Mrs. Oscar Trip, Big Rock.
H.. March 20, 1901.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

Any one can dye with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYE, no experience re-
quired.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

A NEAR-SIGUTED CITIZEN.
Citizen (excitedly) -Onicer, there
is a dance hall open around the m
err. I heard the music. And on Sur
day night tooH
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

Mrs, Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
drrn teethlug, softens the gums, reduces inna-
nation, aliays pain cures collie. PIlce 25c bottle
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS VII.
HISTORY

WHEN cTusty old DIOGBNBS went on q
daytime chase,
With lighted lantern held before his phn-
OsOphlc face,
He did not seek an honest man az hists-
rlps declare,
But searched for n dishonest man and
sought him evCryW here
For a dishonest grocer bad palmed or
him some soap
That failed 10 clean his lantern and se
night had made MIN grOpe.
So now he sought that rascal man round
Athens, high and low,
To make the man refund the coin or give
SAPOLlO!
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS V
ARITHMETIC.

TO MULTIPLY your pleasure each dny
SUBTRACT all dirt that comes your wsyb
But to do this, you ought to know,
You first must ADD Sapolio,
Which win DIVIDE by 3 your mol
And require but n FRACTION of formes
toll
For "thc Rule OF Three" as may be seen,
IL DIRT plus SArOLIO equals CLEANe
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS TX.
MuAIC

1T Is matter OF general NOTE
That into house or FLAT will float
Dust and dirt to take their place
In n fashion that's impoltr and BASR
For never mind how SHARP you are
Their sly invasion you cannot RAB
Unless the proper KEY yon know
Which Is, OF course, SAPOLIO-
The soap that brings you REST uFhS
soon,
And keeps your house or FLAT In
TUNEl
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS vi.
GEOGRAPUY.

IN life, whatever IL your SPHERE,
IT'S safe to STATE dirt will appear;
And this must qnite annoying he,
For dirt IL no delight to SEA.
But though II be piled MOUNTAIN high
IT'S PLAIN that II viii quickly fly,
If you've a notion (8N OCEA&) to OBEY
And follow what the wisest say
And all OF them SaypOLEo,
For that makes everything clean as SNOW
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chit
dren.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse In
the Childr ms Home in New Yor cure con
stipatron, Feve ishness. Bad stomach, Tech
ing his rider move and regulate the Bowel
and DeStro' Worms Over 80 600 testimonials
At all druggist, 25c. sample FREE. Address
A. y, Olmsted Leroy, n Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
HER LOVE AND HIS

Grimes-Gillot's wife evidently
thinks good deal Of him. See what
trouble she pu,s herself to to have a
nice dinner for him when he comes
home.
Grant, should say rather that he
thinks a good deal OF her. He has ia
eat of her cooking you know.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Genuine wit and good sense are
usually found In each others CON-
pauy.
Don't expekt mulch in this world
and then ifyu don'tgit mutch you'll
think its all right
Thoze who read every cook they
can git hold ov swallowing them
whule kontIakt literary dispepShea
bard to kure.
Dandys are quick study; after
you have looked one over fuI a min
nit, you hav got the size ov the
whole ov them.
Whether amung men or animals,
yu Will notiss one thing-all the very
cunning ones haV small beads.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
ylATEJIlIl

A DEFlCIEN L EDUCATION.
a brilliant young woman named
Nudge,
The child Of talented Judge,
On desert isle cast
Had to painfully fast,
Tor she could make nothing but
MISREPRESENTATION Star.
Thare IL this difference between
wize man and phuol-the wize man
learns Stumbling from every one he
meets, while the phool tries to teach
SUmthing to every one he meets.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS XI.
SHORTHAND

THE cleVerest hands, both short and hong
Are far too clever to purchase wrong;
So they buy the soap with the little ShOr
hand
soap that dirt cannot withstand A
For the soap with stenographic speed u
Is the sort Of cleaner that people need Y
To handily handle IN handsome hands n
Hand Sapolio only meets the demauL
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS ~.
PUNCTUATION.

WHEN you have put coal on q the IRE,
Perhaps You, too, flame up with Ire,
And with an exclamation mark %
Your hands are now n shade too dark.
But then may come ~ happy thought
or wonders which that soap has wrought,
Whose widespread use through period ~
long,
Beyond all question marks (222D II strong.
So you ditto c0 the course you always go
And make a dash ~ for SAPOLIO.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
The DISTRICT School of spotIess Town.

The District School OF SpotIess Town
principal of the District School divId-'
ed the years work into eleven classes,
and asked that the head Of each de-
partment should put into verse the
first lesson of the year. The resule
was very interesting. and we are glad'
to reproduce II for the amusement and
instruction Of our many readers.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
THE ALPHABET.

AN Mt head or Ma
Can learn the Alphabet to say,
But u e IL takes the clever ii
or one who liz little wy
To e that when rccitcd true
The Alphabct's dirty through and throughb
But take this q, the Alphabet
very thorough cleaning will get
II u Will UUUU Sapoio,
For IL finds dirt an NJ foe.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
CLASS III
READING.
THE short word READING, II twisted, tn

THE short word READING, II twisted, tn
said,
win prove we GAIN by all we've RED:
But READING Is such valued thing
Its merits In no EAR I'll DING.
For he on earnings road must lag
Who falls TO RIDE that gentle NAG.
III Just point ont one handy rule
You'll always find there is A POOL
Wherever there's SApOLIO,
And so for water need not COL
Each combination has the same letter. az
the word READING. ''IS A POOL" h&a
the same letters as SAPOLJO.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-12-17
Inc lTOoT.
abe ID sfgb jklmnopq n . II uvw1
CLASS II.

SPELLING.
PROPER enough, no doubt, 'twOuld he
II you spelled "clcnnllncss'' with C;
But better way to spell II ] know
just S-A-P-O- lilo.
For that famed soap doth work Bpen
And leads to Cleanliness SO well
That all pronounce the two the same
Identical meaning though different nama
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-04
mARsnALLTowN MARKETS.
Quotations on Staple Products Having
Market in Marshalltown.

Quotations on Staple Products Having
a Market in MarshaIltown.
The following prices quoted are as
nearly correct as it is possible to OBJ
tain from Marshalltown dealers. The
quotations are for prices paid by deal
ers, corrected this afternoon at )
O'clock.
w. H. Sloppy quotes the following
prices:
New Oats-271a cents.
New Corn-31 cents.
The Marshall Elevator Company -
quoting IS cents for new oats.
Glucose quote 32lla cents for new No. .
corn or better at 20 pounds per busneL
LIVESTOCK.
Receipts yesterday 500.
Britain & Co. are paying the folio7'.
ing prices for hogs in wagon load lotAs
All hogs, over $50 pounds, $50.
Hogs, 200 TO $50 pounds, 6.5O.
Hogs, 100 to 200 pounds, 6.25.
POULTRY, EGGS AND BUTTER.
Armour & Co. are paying the follow
Ing prices to farmers for different vart-
eues of poultry, eggs and buffers.
Hens-9 cents.
Old cocks cents
Culls-SR cents.
Springs-s1a cents.
Stays cents.
Old toms-10 cents.
Hen turkeys-15 cents.
Young goblers-13 cents.
Guineas-1.50 per dozen.
Ducks-8h cents.
Geese-7 cents.
Butter. packing stock-12 cents.
Eggs-12 cents.
Swift & Co. quote the following
prices to farmers for poultry, eggs and
butter:
Buttar-packing stock-12 cents.
Eggs-Fresh $500 per case.
Springs-S1l5 cents.
Hens-SE cents.
Young roosters-9 cents.
Old ROSTERS cents.
No. hen turkeys-12 cents.
No. / tom turkeys-12 cents.
Young tom turkeys-12 cents.
Geese cents.
Ducks (fat. full feathered)-S cents.
Green hides-51a cents.
Tallow-4 cents.
Marshalltown grocers quote the fol-
lowing prices for country produce:
Potatoes-New, so cents per bushels
in trade.
Eggs-1s cents.
Butter-18 cents.
HIDES. WOOL AND TALLow.
II. Willard. Son 6 Co. are paying the
following prices:
TaIlow, No. 1T cents.
No. green hides-6 cents.
No. green hides cents,
Pelts-30@60 cents.
Horse hides-1.50@2.25.
Medium wool-1O@15 cents.
Fine wool-e011 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-04
wakeful Children.

For long time the two year old
child Of Mr.. p. L. Mcpherson. SO N.
Tenth street, Harrisburg, Pa. would
sleep but two or three hours in the
early part of the night, which made
it very hard for her parents. Her
mother concluded that the child had
stomach trouble, and gave her half of
one Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. which quieted her stom-
ach and she slept the whole night
thru. Two boxes of these tablets have
effected a permanent cure and she is
now we'll and strong. For sale by all
druggists.