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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
New stock.
u, 6. TREASURY FINANCES.

Washington. May AT the beginning
~ business to- day the condition OF the
Tinted states Treasury was:
Working balance I'm Treasury offices,
In banks and Philippine Treasury. i5l,-
6e9 435. , s... .,-,.
S125,6l3,94S. -,,-.. -. ..
1O4OiI. with ordinary disbursements OF
The deficit TO date this fiscal year is
si9JS0.4 35. as against surplus OF Sl'55l'-
S25 at this time last year.
These figures exclude Panama Canal
and public debt transactions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
BRIEF NOTES OF FINANCE
Paragraphs of Current Interest
for the Investor.

rbirtv million dollars Of per cent first
,-trare thirty-nine-year bonds have been
an,borized by the St Louis Gas Company,
i. subsidiary Of the North American Com
ANY. This is the first mortgage ever
rlsced on the property, and tho proceeds Of
che sale OF these bonds will be used for now
construction and 10 reimburse the parent
oornnany for money already paid out for
.,ronertv additions and iripr- ements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

,.no following securities were sou $3.50 $50,
-, auction AT the Exchange salcsrooH
I% Adrian II Muller son
- r. account Of whom ~ may concern -.
"a stsres Builders Mortgage company pst
a. Iarss Uome Trust Company ..'.,.;.... 90 90
~ haros pcmsen Realty Company pfcieIIeo -
70 sbsrcs Remgen Bond and Mortgage ons.
panv ............ q. - 90
.of% 4atrs peoples surety Company. :, "
600 shares United Copper Company oo"'''' 90 .
~ share .........'.'' 10 O.. .. -. no.,
-ob sbares United copper Company common; p orr
a. 60 no,,er White Marble Company iifl mo-
/ 100 2 uer cent sinking fund bones oue y
Ssn,bey 1875, interest May and November a., a.
crued interest 20 he charged 49, -, {.
e. oOo tS,Itou street Railroad COMPANY IuS'
,,lortgarc 4 nor cont gold bonds. que No.e i-
h. ig9,. MAJ 1905 coupons attached; lot.~-!
q 10 00n second Avenue Railroad COMPANY His'
rcnsoltGsted mortgage per cent bones "1e
+. i,rt,,fv Ip4s: August. 1908, coupons attncsn
ausfautv Trust Company ccrtihcn'e ot &c
oO0 shares Rock Island Company common - >
~ 4iI7 10000 shares Harper Brothers pr,
fpFfCd 80 - - . o1t
N sharcr HAL signal Company comlnon ..',-1s
A. COS MontfoFe Bond and Realty company So
eud mortgage . per cent bonds due Iny' iSioi
coupons January and July; accrued inierest 70
be charged .....s'''''.' '''''''''''~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
was filed with reports Of heavy iiquidatins
by the large interests.

The price Of cotton in New Orleans broke
nearly 81 a bale in the local future market
yesterday on heavy selling In all three Of
the large future markets Of tho world.
The selling began in Liverpool before the
American markets opened and extended TO
the Southern market on the first call. At
noon the most active options were IS to 80
points under yesterdays close
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, May Although tho wheat market
scored a sharp advance to-day, Isees turned
easy during the last hour and closed at a net
decline Of sale. There were fresh reports OF
crop damage in a few OF the big counties OF
Kansas, but experts declared that the damage
could quickly be forgotten IL the present promis,
elsewhere were maintained. Corn finished isn
lsc down. oats varied from &c off TO hdhc
advance and provisions strung out from q i1o
decline to rise u Toe. Range OF prices:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
NEW YORK PRI' -.
INITRIOR RECEIPT
SEABotRD CLEAR,N'Es.


flour AND NEAIl-Tiour inactive, ahI
little business was done except where hola'Is
wore willing TO NAH" concessions -prlus
pat,nfs s. go So winter i'raiEhs. :" I'H
IS 20. vintor patents Z" 2oH s. %. sPruS
clears. 81 dO4s4 90. extra 40 vlulrr. ~ ." e.
s. 40. extra 80 winter. 81 lpHE' 70, haHt' b
,fralghts. sjlOaS5 %: fancy spring patents
Sc 7OTsG o. RYE FLOUR-Firm talr 10
good. $50 81 10. choice 20 fancy. - - q :. 49,
CDRNMEAT,-Stcady. Kiln dried, 81 ~. DAG
NEAI-Fins white and Yellow, 81 NJ q 81 80
cos REQ 81 7JHSt 40. FELIr-WcstrFn sprung
SIS s5d 500. standard m!c ding, $-N % ~.
aour 90. s8I: rcd dog. s32 %. city bran 80 ~
hulk. $50 80 sacks. niddiing. S3opS@- 80. rcd
dog. SO. homin" chop. s:H1 $50 DUH. F"' ~
q S5l 20 sacks, oimNal SIS uS3|
COTTON-TheTr waa uig break uhh' T
what appeared 10 be sensation1lly heavy ana
general liquidation Nav contracts snid bclot
Tbo Tic level while july touched lI"5c ana
October lIlOc, these pricrr representing a
decline 81 from 81 20 80 points from The clos"
~ Tuesiay. and a break ~ practically - a
hale from tho high records Of only wees
ap, last Mouday Tho close Was barely steaIy
and AZ practically tho lowest level of the DAY.
II was estimated that Leading spot interests
Rad cold not less than quarter or iniih"A
bales ia Liverpool and New YORK comnInT1.
II Is reported thai spot cotton IN the houtl
vas NOT following tho break IN futures and
fiat holders were Withdrawing their oherlngs
rather than meet tho decline. southern spot
markets were unchanged 20 "-lCc lower. Local
contract prices
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

only routine business was transacted
YESTERDAY at the meeting Of the Tennessee
Copper Company. II the dividend question
Vas discussed no action was taken. The
next monthly meeting will be held on the
FIRST Wednesday in June. The results OF
Yesterdays meeting Will be disappointing
10 many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

.neculation In demand sterling vas re-
s,onsiblc for recovery around midday
,esterday. Short covering was response
n. for an advance of 10 points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

Assistant General Manager Fripp of the
New York Central & Hudson River Rail
road Company to-day announced tho APP
poiutment Of Edward J. Wright, OF the
Hudson division, as superintendent Of the
Eastern division. Cornelius Christie. SUI
perintendent OF the Rome. WATERFOWL &
OGdcnsburg division. takes Mr. Wright's
old place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
Their deposit 20 those who have been de.
layed in making their deposits

1.-THE Journal Of Commerce" gives the
following new financial operations for
April as setting a new high record for that
month:
The total was $26S 800. an increase over
April. 1871. OF $S9,02l 800. most OF it being
accounted for by the industrial corpora
tons. The railroads put out an increase
Of S2692.j0o in bonds and an increase of
S25i5S901 in stocks. notes decreasing So
$1,000. 50 that the net gain was SssS5.5OO
The induStrials increased their bond outpu;
over ApriI 1911, by $40. $50 600. their notes by
$4,000 and their stocks by $24Sl6,O0o, q
total Of $50, 1876 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

The reports from the oregon wheat fields
srs--irirhlv promising. Winter wheat has
PASSED through the season with no APP
parent damage, and spring wheat acreage
las been Gown under very advantageous
conditions II is estimated that there are
about 5000 900 bushels OF wheat IN interior
warehouses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

Tho European visible supply OF copper
yesterday amounted 70 49.1SQ tons, an in
crease Of $40 tons. Stocks decreased 1850
tons and the amount aloat increased 1870
tons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

sstween 10 per cent and 50 per cent Of
me Allis-Chaimers Compsny's bonds have
slready been deposited with the Central
trust Company OF New York under the
reorganization plan Also number Of
bonds have been placed for deposit \
srss amount Of preferred and common
stock has also been deposited The re-
examination committee win meet to-mor-
row ana II Is expected that a reasonable
0tsnston Of time will be granted for fur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

The structural iron workers OF Chicago
have accepted compromise Of two cents
an hour increase IN wages. which prac-
,lcally settles the final differences I'm the
building industry. Most Of the labor con-
tracts are for one year and contain pro-
visions against sympathetic and juris-
dicticnal strikes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

Rumors flying around the Street that
Nevada Consolidated may increase its divi-
dead find no confirmation among ths direc-
tors Of the company Naturally, if the
price Of copper metal keeps up 20 around
&c cents the increased earnings Of this
company would warrant an extra distri-
button.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

The European wheat crops Of practical
~ all the leading grain countries begin
10 look better from reports received IT
Is now estimated a total production OF
100000 900 bushels OF combined winter
and spring wheat will he the crop. France
win show an improvement and may reach
her one-time average Of about 35o.00o.oo0
bushels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

The net earnings Of the International
Taper Company for the first quarter Of
1912, ended on March so, were more than
four times as large os during the same
months IN 1911. In February and March,
lq1t. the company did not earn its bond
interest hut II Is estimated that earnings
on $50, 100000 preferred will approximate
10 per cent for the twelve months Of 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
AM. LIGHT & TRACTION YEAR

John \ Phnbrck has been elected d.
rector of the Fidelity Trust Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

Behind the scenes where only the choice
spirits dwell there comes an echo OF the
recent Reading rise in some gossip which
Elves the outsider an idea OF how some
times the powers catch one another AS
the story runs. a heavy operator who
va short OF Reading and another well
sa2s'n in the legal world were caught at
an opportune time by the leading bulls
With heavy short interest, and the story
Of what ~ cost these shorts may be esti-
mated BY tho rapid climb OF Reading and
TIE scampering OF the shorts TO cover.
william Solomon e. Co. have under
written 100000 per cent cumulative
nrst preferred stock Of the Loose-Wiles
Biscuit Company, which has factories I'm
hansas City, Boston. Chicago. st Louis.
Minneapolis. Omaha and Dallas The
company Is the second largest manufact-
urer Of biscuits and fancy crackers in the
United States A new company OF the
same name as the present organization Is
70 take over the present company and it's
subsidiaries. The capitalization OF this
new company consists OF 100000 Z per
cent cumulative first preferred stock.
s1'V0o000 per cent cumulative second
preferred stock and 3S,OOO,OO0 common
STOCK. II IS understood that the bankers
wiz offer the new stock 10 the public in a
short time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
SECURITIES AT AUCTION,

he following securities we're sold ester ester,
=, - auction al the Exchange salcsroo'h
, -. ~ MnllGr e Son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02

Erie net earnings for March will show
decrease Of $4,000. as compared with
March. 1911. This loss is attributable TO
the suspension of coal operations in the
anthracite fields and much unfavorable
weather
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
HIS TROUBLE
NOT OF HEART
Real Facts In Regard To F. R.
huffman's Illness. Relief Oh.
tanned By Curing Ills
Stomach Ailments.

WaynesviIIe, N. C.-Mr. F. R. Huffman,
of this city, says: 81 suffered dreadfuIly
with what ! thought was heart trouble,
and tried various medicines in vain.
After other remedies had failed, Thed-
ford's Black-Draught restored me to
health. / would not feel safe without
Black Draught in the house. consider
it worth its weight in gold.
1t cured my indigestion, and by this
means ! was restored to health. can
not express my gratitude for its benefits"
Good health depends on the condition
of your digestion. Poor digestion and
good health do not 60 together.
Thedford's Black-Draught will
thoroughly cleanse and set in order your
digestive system.
II has done this for others, during the
past 10 years, and is today the most
popular vegetable liver remedy on the
market Tryit.
Insist on Thedford's. Price 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
STAGE STRUCK GIRL IN
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

Galesburg, April 16.-Romana
French, alias Dorothy o. Farrell, a
! 4-year-old girl whose home is said
to be in Quincy. and who came to
this city a day or two ago with the
intention of joining another girl and
going on the stage, failed in an at
tempt TO take her own life at her
rooms, through the fact that the po-
lice matron of the city learned of
her whereabouts and called upon her
in an effort to get her to return
home.
The girl was intending TO leave for
Oskaloosa, Iowa, to join a stock COM
p9ny and take up stage career. She
had read in a newspaper yesterday
afternoon that her leaving home had
attracted a good deal of attention and
given her much notoriety, and going
to a local drug store she purchased
two ounces of belladonna and took
II all. Her condition was serious
when she was discovered, but the
physician was Immediately called and
she was revived and she will recover.
The girl is said TO be a daughter OF
Mrs. w. II. Zimmerman of Quincy
and the family is one of high stand
ing in that city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
KEATS LOVE AFFAIR.

IL Was But Another Disaster of the
Last Days of the Poets Life.
Keats way of love was by no means
a way of happiness The object Of
his passion was Miss Fanny Brawne,
whom he had the fortune or misfor-
tune to meet at the bikes house She
has become fairly well known in Keats
photography as "a brisk and blooming
very young beauty of the far from I'M
common English hawk blond type"
Her affection for Keats seems to
have been real, but limited by a rather
shallow emotional capacity. His for
her was enfevered with doubts and
questionings not only about the real.
ity of his feeling toward her, but
about his falling health and his uncer-
tain prospects. Disease had already
weakened him when he met her. and
between the fire of disease and the
fire of love his vitality was rapidly
consumed. Love proved to be but an
other disaster to heighten the tragic
suffering of the last eighteen months
of his life.
When, finally, he went to Rome, ac-
companied by the artist. Joseph Sew
ern. he turned his back on love along
with the rest of life. He died In Feb
ruary, 1921. and was buried in the
Protestant cemetery, a place made so
beautiful by the flowers that grow
there the year through that 1t makes
one '1n love with death to think one
should be buried in so sweet a place"
as Shelley wrote not long before he,
! too, died.-New York Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
DHULSTER PAYS
FOR SUNDAY SALE

Victor Dhulster, the second offend
er against the Sunday liquor law,
plead guilty before Justice ]. H. Gle
land this morning to selling liquor on
Sunday, and paid a fine of $50 and
costs, the penalty inflicted for the Of
Tense. Dhulster conducts a dram
shop at the corner OF Twenty-fourth
street and Fifth avenue. Like Julius
VanNevel, proprietor of the saloon a
block north of the Dhulster place,
Dhulster was dispensing Rock Island
beer to several patrons who were gath.
cred in rear room. VanNeval plead
guilty to the charge yesterday and
paid like fine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Keeps the white ones and returns the

Keeps the white ones and returns the
red.
The kola tree is much respected. and
the belief Is strong among the natives
that IL one of them plucks a flower 1t
will bring him bad luck. Among the
Bagas a tree is planted at each birth
or notable occasion. In the Diorugu
region when a chief goes through the
ceremony of naming his child he
plants a kola tree. and this afterward
belongs to the child.
In the whole of the Sudan region
the kola nut is a symbol of friend
ship, and as it Is an article Of luxury
the act Of offering 1t as gift is taken
as a mark of the wealth of the giver.
! Eating the kola nut together is a sign
of friendship, and 1t would be a great
offense to refuse to do this. Treaties,
vows or compacts are made binding In
the same way.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Musical Conductors.

1t is a significant fact that most OF the
great conductors have spent their ap-
prentice years in mastering some solo
instrument which they have used as a
stepping stone to the broader and ultt-
mate work of conducting an orchestra.
Arthur Nikisch was at the beginning
of his career a violinist in the royal
orchestra at Vienna; Richard Strauss
made his formal debut not only as
leader of the Meininger orchestra, but
as a pianist also. playing concerto by
Mozart. Felix Weingarther. DR.. Muck,
Emil Paur. Rothwell and Oberhotfer
were first pIanists of distinction before
becoming conductors. This list could
also be carried back to Hans Won BIZ.
low. the prince of pianists and con
ducters. and to Felix Mendeissohn, who
inaugurated the famous Gewandhaus
cOncerts-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
TOWN ELECTIONS ARE
HELD In THE COUNTY

At the various towns and incorpor-
ated villages in Rock Island county
and fin fact all over the state, cleo
tons of town officers were held today.
For the most part there were not SER
ious contests, in many of the towns
there being but one ticket up for cleo
ton. The towns in Rock Island coun-
ty at which elections were held includ-
ed Sears, Milan, Coal Valley, East Mo,
line, Silvis, WATERFOWL, Colona, Anda,
lusia and Port Byron.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
GROCERS ADDRESSED
BY SALES EXPERTS

Two exceedingly interesting and val
liable addresses on Craftsmanship"
were given at the regular meeting OF
the Retail Grocers' association at Tur-
ner hall last night, by c. Steinberg Of
and D. NJ. Cohen of the Corn Products
Co. Both men are specially statesmen
with years of experience, and their
talks proved of vast benefit to the To-
cal men from an educational stand
point.
At the conclusion of the program
an excellent supper was served, which
was followed by q social session.
About 20 men were present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Davis Buys Moline Property.

E. E. Leavens, manager of
the Manufacturers hotel, Moline,
has secured three-year lease
on the old Browning building,
which faces Sixteenth street and
is across the alley from and south of
the hotel. The building will be re-
modelled and will be used as an annex
to the hostelry.
A deal for the property was closed
Saturday, S. S. Davis of Rock Island
purchasing it from the executors of
the Browning estate. The purchase
price was $4,000. Mr.. Davis now
owns the property from the Burling-
ton tracks TO the alley. Mr.. Leavens
leased the Browning building from
Mr.. Davis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Notice to Tax Payers.

Advertising cost will go on April %,
16 cents on lots, &c cents on other
descriptions of real estate. On May
a penalty of l per cent of tax will
be added, on June per cent will be
added, tax sales will commence second
busy in my Office, so l would ask tax
payers to kindly bring a last years
tax receipt with them when they come
to pay taxes, so that no time may be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Indigestion Is Poison

gestit"-little tablets that contain
all the ingredients necessary to digest
food. A couple of ''Digestit" tablets
will digest all the food in your stom-
ach, kill poisonous gases, make you
feel fine. II has relieved thousands.
Their own statements are proof. You
can try it for yourself Your money
will be refunded IL "Digestit" fails
so cents. Ask at the Harper House
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

Thousands OF men and women are
suffering from diseases caused by foul
decaying food in their stomachs.
This causes dangerous poison gases
which makes the breath unbearable,
poisons the blood, deadens the brain,
skaters the nerves. The evil effects
Of indigestion and dyspepsia are too
we'll known TO be dilated upon. The
new remedy for these troubles is
natural and harmless one called "Di-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Almost a Miracle.

One Of the most startling changes
ever seen in any man. according to w.
y. Holsclaw, Clarendon. Texas, was
effected years ago in his brother. He
had such a dreadful cough" he writes,
that all our family thought he was
going into consumption. but he began
10 use DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
was completely cured by ten bottles.
Now he Is sound and well and weighs
21s pounds. For many years our fam
fly has used this wonderful remedy
for Coughs and Colds with excellent
results It's quick, safe, reliable and
guaranteed Price so cents and $1.00.
Trial bottle free at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Personal Points

The republican delegation to the
congressional convention at Monmouth
tomorrow will leave over the Rock Is
land Southern at s o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. Mary Huesing, 10O6 Twenty
third street, sustained a fractured hip
yesterday when she fell in her home.
Because Of her age, the injury is ser.
ious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
THE KoLA NUT IN AFRICA.
IT Plays an Important Part In the Lives
of the Natives.

! In the parts of Africa where It
grows the kola nut is much esteemed
by the natives on>account of its slim
ulating and other properties. and 1t
occupies. large place in African le-
gends. as well as in ceremonies and
cults. These tribes have been aware
of its power as a stimulant from time
immemorial, and 1t Is also used as a
remedy for marsh fever and othes
maladies.
1t is used as a pledge Of friendship
or affection. as an offering to fetch
men and also as money or for paying
tribute. In the Bambara and other
regions a young man seSds a basket
of white and red kola nuts to the IA.
Their of young woman whom he de.
sires to marry. If the father consents
he keeps all the nuts, but IL not he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

Every family ana especially those
who reside in the country should be
provided at all times with a bottle of
Chamberlain Liniment. There is no
telling when it may be wanted in case
of an accident or emergency. 1t Is
most excellent in all cases of rheuma-
tism, sprains and bruises Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Furnishing Bachelors.

This punishment Of the bachelor has
been common in many ages and coun-
tries and extended down to the early
days Of our own history. In Con-
necticut in 1886 a law was passed
which would not allow any young
unmarried man to keep house." and
Hartford taxed lone men 20 shillings
a week" for the selfish luxury Of SOL
itary living" In 1852 { special town
order gave permission for two bache-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Lodge Notes

The regular meeting of the Rock
Island lodge, No. $50, B. P. o. E. was
held in the Elk lodge rooms last even
ing, and after the regular order Of
business, 10 candidates were initiated
into the membership Of the order.
Following, luncheon was served and
a social hour enjoyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

lost in making out receipts. In order
that you may avoid tax sales read the
delinquent advertised list and see that
your property is not on it, or if it is see
to it that your tax is paid.
W. H. WHITESIDE,
County Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Puts End TO Bad Habit

Things never look bright to one with
the blues" Ten tO one the trouble
is q sluggish liver, filing the system
with bilious poison. that DR.. King
New Life Pills would expeL Try them
Let the joy OF better feelings end 'the
blues" Best for stomach, liver and
kidneys. 25 cents at al druggists.