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A prospective father-in-law of Atlanta ordered large consignment of liquor for a wedding feast and got himself arrested for keeping strong drink on hand. The wedding bells will ring but it Is extremely doubtful whether the guests will wet their whistles or not. Fortunately there are no dues attached to members in the Ananias club For this or some other reason the club is growing so rapidly that 1t will soon be no longer exclusive.
 "A new Kentucky editor opened with 10-word salutatory. Maybe he's a Quaker says the Nashville American. Maybe he's married.
 An old Indian chief ran amuck in Cin- cinnati and stabbed several people be- cause he had lost his overcoat. It would appear that an overcoat is more to be desired in winter than good name.
 PAUL COOK.
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pleasant time was had.
A PHILOSOPHER.

A PHILOSOPHER. Uncle, don't you ever have any desire to get on in the world?''
 Bless de Lawd," answered the old darkey, 'jes' settin' here in de sunshine am good ernuff fur me I notices dat de more people gifts erlong in dc worl', de more troubles dey has, while I ain't got no troubles and no responsibilities, either"
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The bands on the battleship fleet played like the dickens Home, Sweet Home." as the ships steamed into their anchorages in Hampton Roads.
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At last the difference is defined. A suffragist is one who tries to convert women, while suffragette confines her work to men.
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A summer White House should be on the sea or higher up than West Point. It can be hot enough at West Point to make things sizzle.
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The Country White House at West Point would be handy to the expelled cadets who desire to appeal to the President.
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D. H. R. Green, son of Hetty Green is also patron of the Wright brothers who are fast getting onto solid ground with both feet.
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Missouri is about to establish a lit tie Ananias club of it's own, with apolo- gies to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Robert T. Lincoln may prove to be the dark horse in the Illinois senato- rial contest. He has his fathers good sense and tact.
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The wireless is borne by 125 foreign ocean steamers and 127 American ships entering our ports.
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The doctors say that no human spine is perfect, and those supplied to poli- ticians lack rigidity.
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Morgan Goinq to Euypt.

Port Said, February 23.-J. Pierpont Morgan arrived here today on the steam CT Mongolia and proceeded for Cairo.
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The Missouri railroads are making money despite their 3-cent passenger rate.
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NOT IN THE LEAST.

Kate Masterson says all the old cats were kittens once"
 That doesn't alter the fact that they are old cats now.n
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A TRUTHFTIL MAN

A TRUTHFUL MAN There was certain drinking man Who had a little wife; He couldn't tell his love a lie To save his blooming life. One morn he came home sadly Jagged And when she asked him where He'd been, 'At offish, m dear" he said, With most convincing airl
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Ex-Banker Morse will have no auto mobile privileges after he arrives in Atlanta.
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This country consumes more coffee and near-coffee than any other.
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Bulgaria's bachelor tax is only S2 a year, and the bachelors in that land will pay it without grumbling.
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DAD LOST.

When Messrs. Jones and Smithson played A poker game with dad They swore, though dad seemed much dis
 mayed,
 A pleasant time was had
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Midwinter thunderstorms are no novelty this year.
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The Springfield Republican has add ed two stories to it's building. It has skyscraper ambition, but it proposes to get there in a conservative manner.
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The crack in the Liberty bell has nc deeper meaning.
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The new Calaveras forest reserva- tion in California will preserve some of the finest "big trees on the Pacific coast.
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The groundhog did not emerge at the psychological moment.
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TAKING A BIG CHANGE.

"Pshaw, that fellow Withersby won't take a chancer
 ''I don't see how you can say that when you know he's married"
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ALWAYS THE WAY.

AtW Al D 1 1h WAL. I knew a, wealthy citizen Who seldom made complaint, But when called on to pay his tax He fell down in a faint. Recovering, he swore he was As poor as poor could be; His agitation on that day Was very sad to fee. The tax collector let him off, But took a 1.-the from me.
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Wheat is ambitious to get into the egg class. It is going up.
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THE BONDMEN.

Drudging away with a weary heart In the crowded walks of a city; Cold" is the cry in the sordid mart, With never a soul to pity And never A clasp of a friendly hand, Where mate to mate is calling, Nor a gentle word from the frenzied
 band
 To a weaker brother falling.  Drudging away with weary heart To the sound of the city's moiling, Till the shadows gloom and the night
 dews start
 And death puts an end to toillng. And we wonder why, and we ask them
 why
 Who've tasted freedom never They hold to the quest, but they only sigh And the strife goes on forever
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CONSERVATIVE.

Would you put your faith in an air. ship?'
 Well, might put my faith in 1t, but I'm darned if would put my foot in it."
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NOT A RooMERANc

'"The trouble with a little loan" 'Yes?"
 ''Is that it so seldom has a comeback" I"
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Geronimo is a good Indian at last.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffce as second-class matter under act Of Congress March 8. 1879.
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IF. ~. JARRETT .......Ed Editor.
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Washington Bureau Age-H Herald. 1421 G street, N. ".
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To a weaker brother falling.
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L. H. Russ and 2. E. Morgan are the only authorized travelling representa- tives of The Age Herald in its cireula- ton department.
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No communication will be puolished witho out It's auth ors name. Re1ee'eu manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inclosed for that purpose.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
NEARLY THOUSAND MILES.
Many Important Railway Projects
Now Under Way In Texas.

Austin, Texas, Sept. 17.-Nearly
one thousand miles of railroad are
under construction in Texas at this
time, or will be as fast as the propo-
sitions can be reached. The exact to-
tai of mileage agreed upon and part
of which is under construction is 744
miles. The figures for each road fol-
ioW: Fhe Santa Fe cut off from Cole
man to TeXico, $40 miles; the Santa
les San Saba Valley line from Lo-
n'Ctf to Brady, As miles; Santa FEES
extension from San Angelo to Sterl-
ing City, 38 miles; Santa Fe line
from Longview to Red river, which
must be completed by July IL of
next year in order to save the bene-
fits of the act authorizing the line
% absorb the Texas and Gulf, 100
miles: Rock Island, from Arden to
State line, 3S miles Timpson and
Henderson, from Ragley to Hender-
son, 80 miles: Enid, Ochiltree and
Western, Dalhart to Ochiltree, 10S
miles; line already ballasted from
Plainview to Floydada q miles;
Gulf, Texas and Western, Loving to
jeanette, II miles; Bartlett-Florence
Railway, Bartlett to Florence, %
miles; Quanah, Acme and Pacific,
10 Paducah, 38 miles. In one or two
instances the distances given are
probably less than the actual mil
cage will be The foregoing extern
sions are absolutely surety and will
be built as soon as possible. The
Orient is also building from Sweet
water to San Angelo.
In addition to the above there are
many hundred miles projected for
Texas, some of which is regarded as
certain, while little or nothing is
known about several propositions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
SOAP GROWS ON TREES.
Florida People See a New Way Of
Making a Fortune,

Side by side grow the soap tree
and the tallow tree. The soap tree
yields a product from which Is man
ufactured the purest article of soap
that is possible to be made. Indeed,
the pulp of the berry is natural
soap and viii make a lather almost
like the manufactured article. The
soap berry tree is now creating wide
spread interest, and the berries are
being imported from Algiers and
China.
1t will pay to plant the trees and
look after their cultivation. The
product of the tallow tree also en-
tiers into the making Of soap, and
the two together make nice combi-
nation, and their cultivation should
be looked after by those in new In
dustrics. Besides soap, the soap ber-
ries make a very fine oil, and when
the virtues of the tallow tree are
fully known it may also yield fine
and profitable oil. The young man
who now plants out ten or twenty
acre orchard Of these two trees may
drop into an easy fortune.-Ocala
Banner
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
SLAVERY N INDIANA.
Legal Document shows 1t Formerly
Existed in supposedly Free
state

a single line in the abstract OF the
title OF the property known az the
Buschmaun block has attracted much
curious attention from all who have
seen 1t. This line would seem to in
dictate that at one time, and as late
as 1871, there could be property in
Indiana in slaves.
The Buschmann real estate was
once owned by John G. Shaw, who
signed himself as of Marion county,
Indiana, in a will bequeathing this
property and his personal estate. The
will was dated July rs, 1S41, and
contains this paragraph:
Il do hereby bequeath to my wife
my negro slave, Charles Cook The
will is attested by Austin w. Morris
and John S, Bobbs, both among the
best known of the earlier citizens of
indianapolis, the latter being famous
as a surgeon even in that day. 1t
bears the name of Robert b. Duncan,
father of the present lawyer, John
S. Duncan, as clerk of the court.
This is strange record, as Indi-
ana came into the union in 1916 as
free state and slavery was not toll
Grated here. When a slave crossed
the Ohio river from Kentucky he
could be returned to his owner, but
that he could be held as slave in
Indiana was not possible, certainly
not as late as 1871, when sentiment
against slavery had been greatly
strengthened. One explanation of
this singular line in the Shaw will is
that the slave here named might not
have been in Indiana, but was prob
ably in Kentucky, though the will
gives no intimation of his residence.
Indianapolis News.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Sheriff or Amy Constable Of
Ellis County, Greeting:

To the Sheriff or Amy Constable Of
Ellis County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to
summon w. ]. Lee by making pub
lication of this citation once in each
week for four successive weeks pre-
vious to the return day hereof, In
some newspaper published In your
county, to appear at the next regular
term OF the district court of Ellis
county, to be holden at the court
house thereof, In Waxahachie, On the
4th Monday in September, A. D..
1909, the same being the 9th day
of September, A. D. 1909, then and
there to answer a petition filed In
said court on the 26th day Of Au-
gust, A. D. 1909, in suit num-
bered on the docket of said court
No. 1851, wherein Mary J. Lee Is
plaintiff, and w. J. Lee Ia defendant,
and said petition alleging In sub
stance:
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married in Blount county, Alabama.
in June, 1898, and lived together I'M
til November, 1908; that defendant
was guilty of cruelty and outrageous
treatment toward plaintiff; said
mistreatment and abuse beginning
several years prior and continued up
to the time of said separation; that
defendant was intimate with other
women, towit: Helen Reed and
others, and thereby contracted We
nereal disease of such serious char
acter as affected their unborn child,
causing it to lose one of Its eyes;
that about 1900 defendant knocked
plaintiff down with a stick of wood;
that defendant possesses an ungov-
ernable temper and would often fly
into a rage, when he would curse
and abuse plaintiff; that about the
time defendant left plaintiff lie called
her God damned bitch and
whore, liar and fool, and often re-
peated these epithets. which were
false and untrue; that defendants
conduct was of such a nature as to
That plaintiff and defendant were
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
FROM CRANIUM TO TOE.
New Train on the Katy WIZ Have
New Equipment i'm Its Entirety.

For some time past much interest
tact trains wrich the Katy is to In
stall some time during the cocnig
nontn, and in this connection d little
inf, nation au"nt tue new ir>in
rG SHIT be Of lnte"-s;.
The trains w;'; be numbered !?
and TO- Nos. and 10 will be new
from pilot nose TO the knuckle on
the coupler back OF the observation
new engines, new baggage cars,
new coacnes, new chair cars and new
sleepers. All the equipment has been
delivered to the Katy with the ex-
ception of some of the sleepers, this
portion of the equipment order hav-
ing been held up by the Pullman
company on account of the great
amount of work necessary for cars
needed to fill orders for travel to
the Seattle exposition, these having
been received ahead of the order
from the Katy.
In addition to the statement that
the equipment will be new through
out, it might be well to state that it
will be the very best that Is possible
to secure and up to date in every re-
spect. The engines are the finest on
the system. The cars will be OF steel
underframe construction, with some
late improvements, one of these be-
ing brace running from the steel
girder several feet from the end of
the car, SO arranged that 1t will be
absolutely impossible for them to be
telescoped, and will be painted the
standard dark green already In vo-
que on the Katy. The sleepers, which
are being built by the Pullman peo-
pie especially for these trains. &C
cording to plans and specifications
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
TOILET ARTICLES SOARING.
Imported Perfumes and Soaps Adj
vance Because of New Tariff.


Hereafter the man or woman who
feels that the finest imported soaps,
perfumes, toilet waters and tie like
are the only goods of these classes
that may be used as compared with
goods of domestic manufacture, will
have to pay a material advance over
former prices, if there be continued
indulgence in these Injuries. That is
what all these things are termed, in
their relation to the new tariff,
which has enforced an advance of
about 10 per cent on the average,
in the imported articles mentioned,
as well as fancy goods which drug
gists sell. The advance in tariff
rates is from 50 per cent, the old
rate, to 60, as new basis.
There is no attempt to advance
all along the line, for the increase is
chiefly on imported soaps, perfumes
cosmetics, toilet waters, etc, which
as one leading member of the drug
trade says, people can buy most sat
isfactorily from the quantities Of
insistence on having. only the finest
imported quality of this or that ar
ticle. then one must expect to pay
correspondingly Bristle goods, such
as brushes of all kinds, are not af-
fected by the advance.
There has been no combined eff
fort or agreement on the part of the
retail druggists to make this advance
but all have acted Independently, fol-
lowing the lead of the big wholesale
and iobbing houses which import
these foreign articles, and which
have been obliged to meet the new
tariff changes. In the opinion OF
leaders in the trade and those well
informed regarding such matters,
this advance ought to prove of bene-
fit to American manufactures, for
these, 1t is stated, now make excel
lent qualities of all the goods found
in the lists of imported articles. The
American goods remain at former
prices, and it Is thought that the
general public will begin to inquire
regarding their qualifications for
favor, and that gradually the sales
of American goods will increase to
large proportions over those of the
past. Boston Transcript.
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render their living together insup-
portable that of said marriage there
were born two children, Nora, aged
Is years, and Marie, aged u years.
Plaintiff prays for citation on de-
PENDANT to answer this petition and
that on final hearing thereon she
have judgment dissolving the mar
riage relation between her and de-
PENDANT, and that she have custody
Of said two children, and for such
other relief as in law and equity she
may be entitled to.
Herein fail not, but have before
said court, at its aforesaid next reg
ular term. this writ, with your re-
turn thereon, showing how you have
executed the same.
Witness, AMZI CAROTHERS,
Clerk of the District Court of Ellis
County.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said court at office In Waxahachie
this, the 26th day Of August, A. D.
1909. AMZI CAROTHERS,
Clerk OF the District Court OF Ellis
County. 142
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
Testifics After -Four Years,

Carlisle Center, N. T., G. B. Bur-
hans, writes: About four years ago
wrote you that | had been entirely
cured OF kidney trouble by taking
two bottles Of Foley's Kidney Rene
pleased to state that | have never
had any return Of those symptoms,
and ! am evidently cured to stay
cured" Foley's Kidney Remedy will
do the samefor you. B. w. Fearis. d
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Read what the advertisers say.
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A HAIR DRESSING
That is Guaranteed to Make Wom-
ems Hair Lustrous and Beauti-
full. or Your Money Back.

Women of culture want perfect
hair dressing; one that is delicately
scented and that will make the
head feel better the minute it is put
on. They want a dressing that is
not sticky or greasy.
And above all, they want a dress
ing that will make the hair lustrous
and fascinating; that will kill the
dandruff germs and Danish dandruff,
and that will stop falling hair and
itching scalp.
Partisan Sage, now sold in Ameri-
ca, will do all these things, or mon
ey back.
That's the offer Hood &c Curtin
bake after investigating the mer-
its Of Partisan Sage.
A large bottle only costs SO cents,
and leading druggists everywhere
sell it. The girl with the Auburn
hair on bottle.
Partisan Sage rids the scalp and
hair Of dandruff, makes the growth
of hair profuse, and leaves a silky
fluffy, luxuriant appearance. We
are glad to endorse the use of Par
isian Sage John Null, 81 10Sth
Street, Wheeling, w. Va.
Partisan Sage keeps the head cool
in summer, and drives away disa-
greeable odors arising from perspir-
alton. 134-1 42-l52
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
WOMAN RETURNS TO TENNESSEE
Victim Of Abductor Departs Tor Her
Home in Giles County

Apparently anxious to get back TO
her husband and children, Mrs. Liz
gie Grfggs, the woman who claims
to have been abducted from her
home in Giles county, Tenn, several
days ago, boarded the Katy Flyer
in Waxahachie Friday morning for
Pulaski, the nearest railroad station
to her home. Mrs. Griggs has been
with relatives near Rocket since last
Friday. An uncle brought her 10
town Friday morning and assisted
her in buying a ticket and getting
on the train.
About fifteen days ago Mrs. Liz
zie Griggs got off southbound
Houston and Texas Central train at
Corsicana at night and in half
hysterieal condition went to police
man and told him that she had been
kidnapped from her home in Giles
county, Tennessee, and at the point
Of a revolver had been forced aboard
a train at night and brought this far
by man named Tom Day. She
claimed that she eluded him when
the>train reached Corsicana, and
was penniless
The woman was taken to the
county Jail, where she was cared for
two or three days, when an uncle,
living at Rocket, learning of her
whereabouts and condition, went for
her and took her to his home.
In the meantime the sheriff of
Navarro county communicated with
the sheriff of Giles county, Tonnes
see, and was informed by that Off
cial that the womans statement was
true, and to arrest the man Day.
Saturday Sheriff Clayton of Ma
varro county received a phone mes
sage from the constable at Thornton,
had arrested Day. Sheriff Clayton
went at once for him, and the man
was lodged in Jail at Corsicana that
night.
The prisoner admitted that he was
the man, but claimed that the wOm-
an came with him voluntarily.
A Tennessee officer came for
Day this week and started back with
him Thursday morning.
The woman said her home was
near Pulaski, enn., where her ia
Their and husband live. She claimed
to be 81 years of age and the mother
OF five children. She said that when
she went out to drive up the COWS a
strange man came to her, presented
a pistol in her face and told her il
she made an cutlery he would Kill
her. He then tied a handkerchief
around her mouth and forced her to
follow him, taking her to railroad
station, where they got aboard a
train.
She said she could neither read
nor write, nor had she ever before
been on a train. The man, she said,
did not mistreat her in any way, She
said she did not know what roads
she travelled, but they changed cars
time or two,
OF her escape from the stranger,
she said that the train was so crowd
ed that someone asked the men in
the car In which she and her I'M
known captor were seated to go III
to another car, in order that the la
dies might be seated, and that hel
unwelcome escort there left her for
the first time in their long journey
and that Just as soon as the train
stopped she got off.
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furnished by representatives of the
Katy, will be models Of comfort aud
luxury such as is surpassed by none
OF that company's creations. They
will be electric lighted. with individ-
ual berth Lights quite an improve
ment over the ones now in USE
Dcnison Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
Road Making.

Some Of our citizens who are in
terested in good roads have found
useful information in the books
named below. Probably others will
be glad to learn that the volumes
are readily accessible, being in the
Sims Library.
Baker, I. O., Treatise on roads
and pavements.
Shaler, N. S., American highways.
Spalding, F. p, Textbook on
roads and pavements.
Tillson, G. W., Street pavoments
and paving materials.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
Will Organize Choir,

All singers in the Central Presby-
terrain church are earnestly request
ed to be at the church Saturday
night at 1880. Prof. UT will be
there for the purpose of organizing
a choir and desires the assistance Of
all who can sing In any way to aid
him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-17
Are Your Kidneys Vel?

Bright's Disease, Diaperes, Rheu-
matism, Govt, Gravel Dropsy, lnfla-
nation of the Bladder. Bad Blood
and Nervous Troubles caused by sick
Kidneys.
Hood & Curtin. the we'll known
druggists of Waxahachie. know by
experience that HINDIPO will cure
all forms of Kidney and Nervous
Troubles, and will guarantee It in
all cases.
Can't you afford to try 1t at their
risk? 1t costs you nothing II 1t don't
dc the work.
Sent by mail to any address, pre-
paid, on receipt of so cents. Six box
es, $3.50, under q positive guaran-
Gee. fit