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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27
NIacaroni Wheat.

Salzer's strain of Macaroni or Kubanka
wheat is absolutely pure and is from seed
obtained from the Department of Agri-
culture. Our strain is Dakota grown
which laughs at droughts and elements
and positively mocks black rust that ter
rible scorch and would be ashamed OF
itself if it did not return from 40 TO so bu.
Of the finest wheat the sun shines on per
acre in good H., Ia, Mich, Wis, Ohio,
Penn, Mo-, Ne5., Kan, and other lands,
and 40 to 60 bu. per acre in arid lands. No
rust, no insects, no failure.
JUST sEND.l0 AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., "a
Crosse, Wis, and they will send you the
most original seed book published, to-
gether with free samples of farm seeds
such as Macaroni Wheat, Billion Dollar
Grass, Victoria Rape, Sainfoin, the dry
soil luxuriator, Bromus Inermis, the des-
ert grassifer, Emperor William Oats, more
original than the Emperor himself, ETC.,
etc, etc.
And if you send lac they will mail in
addition package of farm seed never be-
fore seen by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis. A. g. J..
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BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has
done good literary work, but reared
family, found in Grape-Nuts the
Qeal food for brain work and to de-
Nelop healthy children. She writes:-
II am an enthusiastic proclaimer
or Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. I
formerly had no appetite in the morn
ing and Tor g years while nursing
my four children, had insufficient
nourtshment for them.
Uuabie to eat breakfast / felt
faint later, and would go to the pam
T try and eat cold chops, sausage,
cookies, doughnuts or anything hap
pened to find. Being a writer, at
times nay head felt heavy and my
brain asleep.
When l read of Grape-Nuts 1
began eating 1t every morning, also
gave 1t to the children, including my
10 months old baby. who soon grew
as fat as little pig. good natured
and contented.
Within a week had plenty Of
breast milk, and felt stronger within
two weeks. wrote evenings and
feeling the need CT sustained brain
power, begsn eating small saucer
OF Grape-Nntz with milk instead OF
my usual tndig estible hot pudding,
PIE, ortcake foe DESSERT at night.
"Grape-Nuts did wonders for me
and learned to like It. l did not
mind my housework or mothers
cagss. for I felt strong and full of
60 grew plump, nerves strong,
and wheh wrote my brain was
active snd clear; indeed. the dull
head pain MAYER returned
80 sfe's Reason"
ven by Postum Co., Battle
- Read tsThs Aess T.
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Professional Ethics.

you'll have to send for another
DOCTOR" said the one who had been
called, after a glance at the patient
Am l so sick as that?" gasped
the sufferer.
81 don't know just how sick you
are" replied the man of medicine;
but 1 know you're the lawyer who
cross-examined me when 1 appeared
as an expert witness. My conscience
won't let me kill you, and I'll be
hanged If | want to cure you. Good.
day. philadelphia Ledger.
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OF Her Own Accord.

The day the doctor called to treat
little Kitty for slight ailment, it
was only by the most persistent per-
Suasion that he succeeded in getting
the child to show him her tongue.
A few days subsequent to this the
child said to her mother, ma. the
doctor don't have to tease me to obey
him any morei"
"Why not?'
Cause every time / see him go
ing by the house now, 1 stick my
tongue out at him" -Lippincott's
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Attributlng her recovery to con-
slant prayer, Miss Lucy Mackey,
OF Washington, Pa, who for nearly
twenty years had been confined TO
her bed with her right arm and right
leg completely paralyzed is today
able to walk about the room appar-
emily completely well Heretofore
she had been compelled to lie on her
back In perfectly helpless state.
In regard to her restoration to health,
Miss Mackey said:
attribute my cure to prayer
alone. have prayed almost con-
stantly for the lest twenty years, and
| have always felt that God would
In His own way help me. This morn
Ing | was lying In bed and praying.
All at once something seemed to pass
through my body like an electric
shock. From that moment l felt
stronger. I knew that my arm and
leg had regained their strength. 1
Immediately got out OF bed, but while
my arm and leg had been made
whole, could scarcely stand for dlz-
illness. AS soon as I have clothes
made l will go out and tell the peo-
pie what the Lord has done for me-"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27
COUNTRY MERCHANTS FLOCK TO new YORK
WITH NEWS THAT EVERY SECTION IS PROSPEROUS
Ten thousand Buyers From West With 500 OOO
600 to Spend Tell East TO NCheer In,

New York City. - Ten thousand
business men and women from the
West and Southwest are in town
spending, it is estimated, 100000
900. They have driven pessimism
from the great downtown sobbing
district with stories of assured pros
perity and are spreading joy and cash
among the hotels. theatres and other
amusement places.
This is the annual buying period
for the spring trade and reduced
rates on the railroads are bringing
merchants here from the small towns
In lar away Texas as well as from
chicago, st. Louis and the big CEN
tres. The registration at the Mer-
chants Association is within a hun
dred odd of the phenomenal registra-
ton last spring, when prosperity was
at Its height. Nearly 1000 buyers or
their representatives, about one-half
OF whom are women, have registered.
They are coming at the rate of nearly
zoo day. AS only a portion take
advantage of the special railroad
rates 1t is estimated that the total
number of buyers at present here is
about 5000.
Hotels Are Crowded.
Every hotel that caters to the out
of-town custom is crowded. the big
hotels have all they can handle and
~ family hotels are turning hun
people away. The buyers
L-S-being entertained at clubs. din.
ner parties, theatres and with auto
mobile trips by the merchants who
are receiving the benefit Of their
trade
S. c. Mead, secretary of the Mer-
chants Association. said of the influx
Of buyers:
1T means that the country is all
right. The men who are coming to
New York now to lay in their spring
stocks are mainly from the West and
southwest. / have not heard one of
them talk about hard times. They
laugh at the idea, and l tell you their
optimism is having big effect here
In New York. Our merchants rather
had the idea that-trade was going to
be dull this spring, but they have
changed their opinion in the past few
days. Buyers have registered here
from towns of not over 1000 popula-
ton In Texas, the new State of Okla
homa and the entire Southwest as
We'll as from Chicago, st. Louis, In
dianapolis, Detroit and the other big
cities
The most encouraging reports are
brought from Texas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas, where the crops have been
good. have been surprised at the
number OF new faces and have been
told that scores of new business
houses are springing up"
In the shops of the H. B. Claflin
Company, Tefft, Weller G. Co., c. B.
Rouss, the Chelsea Trading Company
and others extra employees have been
nired to take care Of the increased
trade. There has also been a boom
In the mail order business, while re-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

Only One of Its Banks Failed
as a Result.
Wakenlan Reports

New York City.-Astonished that
the recent panic affected the South so
little, Wilbur F. Wakeman, treasurer
and general secretary of the Ameri-
can Protective Tariff League, re-
turned from the cotton belt. He said
only one Southern bank crashed in
the course of the disturbance. Sew
eral banks carried from f1fty-five to
seVenty-five per cent. of their depos-
Its In cash from October /. One sold
100000 OF currency here early in
December.
The possibilities of the South -
Wakeman continued, ARE scarcely
yet fully understood by industrials.
UP the Savannah River there is 2OO,-
600 horse power going to waste every
day. That covers the region above
Augusta, Ga. OF virgin soil there are
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27
Farmers Buy Michigan Prisons
Output of Binder Tuir

Jackson, Mich.-The State Prison
Board has just sold the output of the
binder twine plant in the State prison
estimated at 100000 pounds, for
the next year, to the Order of the
Cleaners, an organization OF farmers.
Representatives of the International
harvester Company and other dealers
also bid for the output. The Clean
ers will pay eight and one-ffth cents
pound and the Irvine will be sold to
farmers at this price with only the
cost of handling added.
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Prominent People.

DR.. Felix Adler praised Governor
Hughes anti-race track betting rec
concentration
William j. Rolfe, the Shakespeare
scholar and critic, passed his eigh-
tieth anniversary In Cambridge, Mass.
The recent break down of Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister
of England, was undoubtedly due to
overwork and the strain on his vital
ity.
Brand Whitlock. of Toledo, Ohio,
Mayor and novelist,is afraid OF germs
on old paper m&8y and Insists that
h hIS salary be im in crisp new
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Demonstrated.

Returning to Japan the spy report
ed that America was preparing for
war.
Your proof" demanded the Elder
Statesman.
Il have evidence" resumed the
spy, "that the yellow journals have
laid in enough red ink for a long
and desperate campaign.
Apprehension in their eyes, the
Elder Statesmen sat In silence.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger. 80
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hundreds of thousands of acres. Fer.
tiilzers are in great demand, and
when it was pointed out to me there
were millions of tons of natural fer
ulizer accessible by stripping the land
of five feet of surface | thought Noah
must have left the balance of the
world in the neighborhood of Georgia
and South Carolina.
There is general enthusiasm
throughout the South regarding the
betterment of waterways, which nat
urally will have an important effect
on transportation of freights." He
intimated convivial Georgians were
not suffering from prohibition, as he
understood each colonel had laid in a
household supply so Iavishly as to
cause a temporary local financial
stringency.
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Newsy Paragraphs.

The Irish Parliamentary party af.
ter seventeen years of schism is now
united.
letter just received at the New
ark postofice was mailed at New Or
leans In 1854
Joseph Duyeen suggests that sim
pie cleansing process with soap and
water would greatly improve the
paintings in the Louvre and other
museums In France.
Wholesale forgeries OF princely I'll
ties were. discovered by the College
Of HsE 5issssia. I'rahscauca-
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None of Cuba's Sugar Mills
Grinding Near IFS Ca

Havana. - The Agrarian League
has appointed committee to memoir
ialiZe Governor Magoon and urge him
to use the $1.00O,0OO the last Cuban
Congress voted to promote immigra-
ton.
The league bases its action on tie
present scarcity of canecutters, which
is due to bodybuilding and other pub
lie works.
None OF the sugar mills is grinding
more than three-quarters of its ca
pacity.
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STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO.

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that no !.
senior partner of the firm of +. j CHENEY 4
Co, doing business in the City OF Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said
hrm will pay thesum of ONE HUNDRED Dol.
LARS for each and every case of cATARRu
that cannot be cured by The use Of HATS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December. A. ID
1856 a. w. GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
tree. L. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution
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ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FNE YEARS.
Suffered TOrments from Birth-In
Frightful ConditioE-GOt No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

81 had an itching, tormenting eczema
ever since came into the world, and l am
now man fifty-fve years old. / tried eli
kinds of medicines heard of, but found no
relief / was truly in a frightful condition.
At last broke out all over with red and
white boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great pain
and misery, but kept from scratching as
well as l could. l was so run down that
/ could hardly do my work. used Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills
for about eight months, and 1 can truth
fully say am cured. Hale Bordwell, Tip
ton, Ia, AUG. IL, 1907"
II cheerfully endorse the above testi-
monial. 1t is the truth. know Mr. Bord-
well and know the condition he was in.
Nelson Il. Burnett, Upton, Ia"
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Family PhyBician--Now. there Is
nothing wrong organically with your
father. He needs rest, that's all.
As for oQcuphtson, let him DO some
thing which viii neither tax his mind
nor carry with II any responsibility.
Son q the Patient--I understand,
Doc. TIL set him on the board OF
directors OF some trust company
Puck.
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A Bargain.

What" exclaimed the husband.
You drew your savings from the
bank, went to a brokers' Office and
bought H., X. and Y. stock at IL,
when it has been dropping like j
rock?"
But, my dear" argued the wife.
1t was such a bargain. Why, during
the short time l was in the office ]
saw the man mark it down to Ia
from 45!"-Successs Magazine.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

Consul General Frank Dyer Ches-
ter calls attention to the Fourth In
ternational Automobile Exposition
to be held in Budapest, Hungary.
IN the month of May, 1908, as of
especial interest to the American
automobile and agricultural machin-
cry exporters.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

Two railway lines are now under
construction In the Malayan State
OF Pahang; they win open regions
or great mineral and agricultural
possibilities.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

From October to May, Colds are the most
Frequent cause of Headache, Laxative
Brotnc Qpinine removes GAUGE. E w.
Grove on. boz. csc.
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A Gallons Crew.

"And you refuse to cat your rubber
boots?"
with provisions plentiful, persisted
the men, I'VE do "
'Rahl' snarled the Arctic explorer
Do you care nothing for the success of
my lecture; thenl''-K0nsas City Jour
nal.
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There is no doubt whatever that
the drinking habits of the nation,
and especially of the women of the
nation, are doing more harm to our
financial and social position than is
any depression in trade or other
economic causes.-British Journal
Of Inebrity.
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Digestive difficulties? HeadacheY SaIlow
complexion? The remedy is simple. Gar.
heId Tea, the Herb laxative. Write for
samples. Garfield Tea Co., BROOKLYN. N. Y.
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Live Stock.

New YOrIO.--Beeves--R Receipts, I,
092. No trading; feeling steady.
Calves - Receipts, 444. Market
dull and unchanged. Ordinary to
good veals sold at $50 08.5O per 100
lbs; February calves, $50.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 6,782.
Sheep almost nominal and unchang-
ed; choice lambs firm; others steady.
Good sheep sold at ATS per 100 lbs;
good to prime lambs, 1916.
Hogs-Receipts, 1,450. No sales;
feeling firm.
Chicago. - Cattle = Receipts esti-
mated at about 1000. Market
steady. Sheers, 4.25 06.15; COWS,
3 OATS; heifers, 2.5005.25; bulls,
1926 a 4.50; calves, 2.7507; stock
ers and feeders, 2.75 @4.9O.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at about
900. Market steady to 10c. high
er. Choice heavy shipping, 4.6O a
40; butchers, 4.5504.7O; light
mixed, 4.50 % 4.55; choice light, 4.6O
q 4.65; packing, 4@4.6O; pigs, $50
@ 4.40; bulk of sales, 4.55 @4.6O.
Sheep = Receipts estimated at
about 1000. Market active to 1Oc.
higher. Sheep, 4.25 q $50; lambs,
6 07; yearlings, SIS a 625.
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Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore.-FIour-Quiet and un-

Oats-Ouiet; No. white, $50
57h; No. 2 white. 54@57; No. 2
mixed, 54@54h; receipts, $50
bushels; exports, lao bushels.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 Western export,
SO; No. 2 Western domestic, 90 "a
81; receipts, 1894.
Butter - Firm, unchanged; fancy
Imitation, 5026; fancy creamery,
$40 So; fancy ladle, % 024; store
packed, 90 @22.
Eggs-Steady at "a.
Cheese-Quiet, unchanged; large.
14%; flats, 14%; small Is.
New YOrk.-Wheat-R Receipts, u.s.
600 bushels; spot firm; No. 2 red.
97B elevator; No. red, 9S1s Z. o.
b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth.
1,12h I. Q: b., afloat; No. 2 hard
winter, LOT II Z. o. b., afloat.
Corn-Receipts, 100, 400 bushels;
exports, 49,S42 bushels; sales, 49,
600 bushels; spot steady; No. 2, 6S
elevator, and 81 f. o. b., afloat; No.
white, 81 ", and No. 2 yellow,
81 " f. o. b., afloat.
Oats - Receipts, 1880 bushels;
exports, 2,11O bushels; spot barely
steady; mixed, &c a 80 pounds, 81 II !;
natural white, &c a 80 pounds, 81 n
a 81 "; clipped white, 80 % 40
pounds. so % Sc.
PhiIadelphia.-Wh steady; con-
tract grade. February, 94@941
Corn steady; February, 60 a 60 NC.
Oats firm; No. white, natural, 81
@571h.
Butter firm; extra Western cream
cry, 3S Y c.; do. nearby prints, SO.
Eggs nc. higher; Pennsylvania
and other nearby, firsts, free cases,
26c., at mark; do, current receipts,
in returnable cases, 25, at mark !;
Western, choice, free cases, 20, at
mark; do, fair to good, free cases,
"a a %, at mark.
Cheese firm; New York full creams,
choice, Is q 016c.; do fair to good,
10 OILS n.
Live poultry unchanged; fowls, 10
a 4c.; old ROSTERS, 010c.; chick
ems, IL Ola; ducks, Is @16; geese.
IL OLA.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

Many Old People Suffer From
Bronchial Affections, particularly at
this time of year. Browns Bronchial
Troches give immediate relief.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

FITS St Vitus'D Dance IN ervous Diseasesper-
manently cured by On. Kine's Great Nerve
Restorer. 80 trial bottlo end treaties free
Or. II. R. Kline, Id, o8i Arch ST., Phils Pa
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PILES Cured in 8 to DAVIS.

Pazo Ointment IS guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind Bleeding or Protr1,dino
Piles in to IA days or money refunded. soc
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

Mrs. Winslow' sSoothing Syrup Tor Children
teething, softeus thegums, educesinflamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25ca bottle
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

A dairy started at Tsingtau IT
years ago now sells more milk to
the Chinese than to foreigners.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

The negro population of New York
city is estimated at $4,000, one
tenth of the number being West
Indians.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

A man can always be popular with
women by quoting to them some of
his old love letters to his wife.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

inc one ;.. e the worst things about be-
chance to do anythinE for yourseis
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The neighbors may know what you
nave got, but what they, don't always
know is how you got It.
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Still Treasured.

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,

: -TOT InIFJy years Lydla u. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tiDroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
n,dizziness, or nervous prostration.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

The eagle can Withstand 2S-day
fast.
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1t was In the days when Louis XIV
1.-THE Grand Monarchy was dazzling
Trope. His Minister, Louvois, was
4 perintending on the Kings behalf
building of the Palace of Trianon
the park at Versailles. Louis in
fcted the buildings one afternoon,
declared one of the windows to
out OF shape and smaller than the
{. This Louvois denied, and the
pg had the window measured,
h the result that he was proved
be right, and he openly before all
court ridiculed Louvois.
But the Minister had his revenge,
with the angry ejaculation that
would find better employment
- a monarch than that of insulting
his favorites," he embroiled France
by his insolence in a quarrel with
the powers, which ended years later
only in the Peace of Ryswick, after
war which entailed the loss of
many lives and the expenditure of
large sums of money.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

only One "Bromo Quinins-
That Is Laxative Brono ouininN rooh
tor the signature OF E. w. Grove. Used the
world over TO Cure Gold In One Day. 95.a
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27

The back is the handspring OF
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains In the
loins, weight in the lower part OF
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause.
and restores the feminine organism
to q healthy. normal condition is
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27
LYDIA e. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Will Young, of Columbia
Ave, Rockland, Me-, says:
was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backaches and pain In my
side, and was miserable in every way.
doctored until L was discouraged and
thought would never get we'll. I read
what Lydia e. .Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided TO try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that never felt
30 well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
Il had very severe baclxaches, and
pressing-down pains. could not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like a new woman. y
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-27
Window Caused War.

A terrible war was once caused
by window.
1t was In the days when Louis XIV
The Grand Mnrarchl 1rrnc n