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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-08-04
FIGURED POPLINS

FIGURED POPLINS
6 pcs dark shades were 25c yd.
This sale, Ice yd.
COLORED VOILES
5 pcs. plain 40 in, were Csc
yd. 1890. This sale, 19c yd.
WHITE CREPE
Pique weave, was soc yd.,
This sale, 29c yd.
COLORED PARASOLS
$1.75 value =. This sale, $1.39
FANCY TEA APRONS
25c values 49,. This sale, 15c
soc values $50. This sale, 25c
CHILDREN'S DRESSES
4 styles, S1.00 dresses,
Closing soc
SILK PETTICOATS
Tussah silk, white and tans,
were S1.25 :. Closing csc
ENVELOPE CHEMISES
Fine embroidered fronts
$1.0O value ...... Closing 79c
$1.25 value 49,. Closing CSC
$3.50 value 800. Closing 81 20
CHILDREN'S KNIT PANTS
Lace Trimmed
LOG NdIu6 .OIOSIAS IOC Pr
PETTICOATS
Crepe seersucker, white, Sale soc
KIMONO APRONS
Fine assortment,
soc, SOC, soc, zoe and CSC
WHITE MUSLIN PETTICOATS
Extra values ..... soc and CSC
CREPE NIGHT ROBES
Regular $1.00 value Sale, zoe
SHIRT WAISTS
Special lot underpriced,
Sale soc
112 Pc. DINNER SETS
1 only $1,000 Dinner Set,
Friday $5.9S
1 only, $1,000 Dinner Set,
Friday $3.50
TUMBLERS
Common Tumblers,
Friday for &c
Our regular soc doz. grade,
Friday, ACC doz.
PUNCH BOWLS
$3.50 large glass bowls with
stand Friday $1.79
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WASHINGTON.

The War Department has bought for
$50, 900 19.0U0 acres Of landeat Toby
hanna. Pa. for field artillery target
range for both, militia and regular
troops.
The War Department remains firm
in its intention to disband certain
units Of the Colorado National guard.
in spite Of the protests against such
action made by Governor Carlson in
tie course Of conference with Secre-
tary Garrison. IL
Generally optimistic reports on the
nations mineral Industries. showing
they are prosperous and enjoying a
revival Of active development. were
made to Secretary Lane in the geo
logical surveys midyear review OF
nininG ceaditionsl
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GENERAL.

Free speech and free thought, given
to Chinese by the first Republican
parliament, has been snatched from
them. while the gift was yet new, by
the government Of President Yuan Shi
Kai, Sin Lun, former speaker of the
Chinese senate said in addressing an
audience at the International Con-
igreas Of Authors and Journalists at
the frat Of four days session in San
Francisco.
Ttea mills in the Pittsburg district
have received within the last few days
orders for projectile steel which ag.
gregate $4,000 tons.
Governor Whitman granted Charles
Becker, the former New York police
lieutenant under sentence Of death. q
reprieye until. July 26.
More than 200 business and profes.
sional men Of New York City hav,
signified their intention Of taking .
months military training this summer
in q government Instruction camp at
Plattshnrg. ". Y
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VICTIM OF CRUEL DECEPTION
e.,r s...lde Visitor satisfied She Had
Seen Remarkable "oevsrnmsnt
55s.> i. Sailing Apparatus" i-t

They were passing the holiday At
Onset and during the course OF the
sunny afternoon took stroll on the
beach. At one point they came upon
an improvised breakwater, where
some resident had filled bags with
sand and piled them in breastworks
fashion to prevent the sea from en-
croaching upon his land during the
stormy season.
One Of the young ladies' was curious
Immediately. She would know what
the bags were for.
why, it's very simple" explained
her companion with due gravity. "The
water in Onset bay originally was
fresh, popularity Of nature which
has puszled scientists. 1t seemed too
bad to deprive the place Of seashore
advantages SO the government took
the matter in hand, filled the bags
with salt and thereby has impaired
the proper flavor to Onset water"
Far from rebukins him for being
fresh" }" she is now telling her. friends
Of having seen the government salt
ing apparatus" down there.
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suehaLene Time Ase.

He had Just reached the philo-
sophical stage when he slipped into .
restaurant between bars for . bit to
eat. He ordered. Then he sat star
ing ahead, quietly thoughtful in ex-
preston. and waited. l..
It is admitted he did some waiting.
too. What happened to his order
couldn't be understood outside the
peculiar convolutions Of restaurant
kitchen, but, he spent half an hour
sitting there staring ahead Of him.
At last It. came. A.. the waitress
put the order before him be started
from his deep study ~ y he had foFF,
eotten he had an order coming. Then.
looking up at the fair transporter Of
edibles, he said:
"You don't look = day older!"-
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
PRODUCTION OF GOOD BUTTER
hlsh-orads Articles Sent to Market In
Attractive Package viii Appeal
TO Taste Of Buyers.

The essentials IN the making OF
good butter can be secured by anyone
who will take . little pains. There
has been 10 much discussion Of the
subject Of caring for milk and cream
through the columns OF the farm pa
pers that It really seems that . better
grade Of butter could be made now
with modern equipment than at any
time In the past. And II high-grade
article can be produced, andit 10 sent
to market packed in : dainty manner
that will appeal to the eyes as well
as TO the tastes Of the buyers. 1t will
sell at q price that will assure the
producer good margin of profit
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND Asour
THE WORLD.
DURING THEPAsT WEEK.
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvEhTs
cohpEksEp FOR susy 4
PEOPLE.
wes.ern Newspaper Union News ssrvies.
ABoUT THE WAR.

The British torpedo boat destroyer
Lightning was damaged off the east
coast by mine or torpedo explosion.
She is now In harbor. 'itf 81
The Italian ship Sardomene. tim
ber-laden, was torpedoed without
warning five miles from Castietown'
Bearhaven. Ireland. Two OF the crew
were killed.
The British steamship Lomas, bound
from Argentina for Belfast with a car
70 of corn, was sunk by German
submarine sixty miles west Of the
Scilly Islands.
The town Of Halicx In Galicia on the
Dniester river has been occupied by
German troops, according to the an
nouncement given out by German mill
tary headquarters.
An unconfirmed report from Athens
says the allies have taken the Turk
ish stronghold of Krithia, on the
Gallipoli peninsula, to the western
edge of which Gen. Ian Hamilton's
report carried his forces.
A German torpedo boat was sunk
In the Baltic off Windau. Petrogrsd
AuuOuuCGu. N uok hA1A oAeesASA -
one battleship. four Hight cruiserA and
several torpedo boats was put to
flight after sheliing Windau.
German submarines have sunk five
more big ships In the war zone-the
British Scottish Monarch and the Nor
wegian ships Combuskenneth. ajeso.
Katka and Mandel. and the Holland
American line steamship Nieuw Ans
terdam. having . large number OF
passengers ON board bound from New
York for Rotterdam. was run down In
fog by an unknown steamer while
anchored In the Downs.
Twenty-nine persons were lost. at
least twenty Of whom were Ameri-
cans, and many others injured when
the Dominion liner Armenian. which
sailed from Newport News for Avon
mouth on June II, WAS torpsdoded BY
tha German submarine U-as. The at
tack on the Armsnian was. made twsn-
" milss nos4husst. Of Trsyos Head.
Cornwall. England. This Information
wss reported BY American Consul
Armstrong at Bristol. England.
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iwEsrERN.

The "drys" made gains in the Utah
local option elections.
Billy Kersands. once widely
known negro minstrel performer. died
at Artesia. N. NJ, aged 7s years.
'Dry" forces captured three out OF
four. counties voting on local option
IN Minnesota.
Leo M. Frank might have been
free man II his lawyers had asked
former Governor .slaton for a pardon,
The Mormon tabernacle choir Of 200
voices will give series Of four CON
certs at the Panama-Pacific exposi-,
tion., beginning July 21. sss2L
Senator Gore Of Oklahoma. while in
penver, stated that he favored the
capitol OF the Centennial State for the
next national Democratic convention.
Charles Goodnight OF Armstrong
county, Tex, has on his ranch 148
buffalo and 36 ,catalo, the latter a
cross between the wild buffalo and the
domestic Poll-Angus.
A disastrous storm Of hail and wind
devastated parts Of the four counties
OF Adams, Clay, Fillmore and Thayer
in Nebraska. sweeping In zigzag
course over stretch of more than
sixty miles. H
Mine operators controlling so per
cent of the lead and zinc mines In the
Webb City, Carterville and Joplin
Districts in Missouri, announced they
will suspend operation OF their mines
for two weeks pending an adjustment,
Of the strike which saw $500 miner
out of work.
Miss Genevieve Clark. the 20-year-
old daughter Of Speaker Champ Clark
Of the national House Of Representa-
tives, was married at the home Of her
parents in the presence of hundreds
of home folks" at Bowling Green,
Mo-. to James M. Thompson. editor
OF the New Orleans Item.
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SPORT.

+ Naval Flight Lieut.. L. E. Watson
was killed near Eastburne. England
while making flight in a biplane.
George Wingfield's Scarlet Oaks re
peated her ,former two good winf
when she captured the Electric Clut
handicap at five and one.half furlongi
at Overland park in Denver.
/. Burlington and Keokuk in the Cen
tral Association played twenty-five In
nings to scoreless tie at Burlington
Ia. breaking the records Of organized
baseball for the longest game without
score.
Running horse racing for thirty
days. beginning in August, at the
Panama Pacific exposition was ~.
sured with the organization Of the
Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeding
Association.
Star Shooter, which was made the
favorite in the Colorado derby, won
by Stolen Ante. redeemed himself
with the racing public At Overland
park. in Denver by winning the Dry
Climate handicap and reeling off ths
mile In the fast time Of 1899 4-5.
Putting up one Of the best battle
Of his career, Young Abe Attell, tn,
Denver lightweight. was given the de
ci,ion over Steve ketchell. the Wind.
City lad, after fifteen rounds of fight
ing which was crammed full Of action
The bout took place at the Colorad,
Athletic Club in Denver.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
USING DISK sEfdkE pLbWlka
one Of the Most 'ln,pertsnt Practices
In HsndIlAg q sl,eollsrland VIII
Absorb Mors Moisture.

tpv.N =. MILLER. Missouri Expert
- ment 6tation.)
The disking Of stalk or .stubble land
before blowing 10 one Of the most Inn
portant practices in the handling Of
soils. The recent droughts have en-
phasised Its Importance. Each year
larger numbers Of farmers are fol-
lowing this practice; which has been
recommended and used by the Mis-
souri, agricultural experiment station.
The disking Of land before blowing 10
one Of the things which all farmers.
but particularly those located on high
priced corn.beit land. should practice.
Some men have found It profitable to
disk bluegrass sod. but the practice
has its greatest advantage when ap-
Piled to stalk and stubble land.
Tho soil will absorb more water
when It II disked before plowing. This
has been very important point In,
recent years when the soil has been
rarely soaked with water. The more
water stored In the soil. when the
crops are put In, the larger will be ths;
return II the season II dry. The thor
ough mixing OF the stalks. stub
BILE and other surface matter with the
soil, which results from the disking.
10 very advantageous. On stalk land
particularly the weighted disk takes
the place OF the stalk cutter. and this
at the same time thoroughly mixes the
organic matter with the soil. A disk
may also be used to cut up green ma
nure crops before turning them under
and brings about more thorough mix
ing of this organic matter with the
soil. One OF the fundamental prfnct-
pies in plowing any land is to thor
oughly mix the organic matter with
the surface soil. and this is greatly
favored by disking in advance of the
plow.
Land with q pulverized surface can
be turned with plow in such way
as to give much better seeded
than where the disking ID not done.
The land plows more easily. and the
pulverixation 10 at the same time more
thorough. The disk harrow II one Of
the most valuable Of farm implements
and its use in advance Of the plow 10
just ~ important - IT. use following
the plow.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
BEST CORN FOR DRY FARMING
Australian White Flint 10 Hardy.
Drought Resistant and Earlier
Maturing Than Dents

p. Byrnes Of Pueblo. Colo. farmer.
both dry-land and irrigated, and editor,
II . great believer in nint corn. He
writes about It ~ follows:
The Australian white hint corn ID
. hardy, early, drought.reaistant vari-
sty Of corn and for dry farming y
caAnotf ~ ,Sxcsaled. BsSddes haxins
the qualities mentioned In this para
graph II comes in from two to three
weeks earlier than most Of the dent
varieties Of corn and ~ feed for the
live stock runs low In the early fall
It fulflla very important mission.
In wet seasons II sends out long ears
and two ears ON q stalk are NO excep-
ton. Besides, It suckers to large ex-
tent and IL . great fodder producer.
Because Of Its nature to stool out It
should be planted thin and It will then
produce more corn. especially II the
season Is dry.
Australian white hint corn 10 grown
extensively throughout the West. and
1t would be hard to carry on nonirri.
gated farming without 1t.
1t IL hard and very dinty. but II
shelIed and soaked for one hour before
feeding It will be found to have soft
ened considerably and horses eat It
readily. II contains higher percent
age Of nutriment than the soft varie-
ties Of corn and hogs fatten on II
in less time than when fed the softer
dent corn, a. any observing farmer
can verify BY trial.
White nint corn usually yields from
1t to 25 bushels to the acre. but on
irrigated land It runs ~ high as so
bushels to the acre, but much care
should be used In irrigating It, as too
much water Injuries instead Of helps
It because from its nature It grows
with minimum of moisture.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
CYCLONE KILLS TWO
FLYING pGDRis cRueHEs Chill
pREN 70 DEATH.
Doctors Find Over score In Serious
cendltiens as Result Of Tornado
In Littts Hat crssk eeetion.

| . y I - u n II =
Western Nswspaper Union News Service.
Lamar, Coio.lTwo children dead
and TWENTY-FIVE people SO badly In
jured that they are confined to their
beds under nedical care, with heavy
loss to the crops, 10 the result 80 far
compiled Of 4 terrific plains tornado.
accompanied by hall, which ragged on
the night OF the 29th in the remote
Little Cat creek and Mud creek sec
tions. twenty miles southwest. All re-
ports agree that nothing IL left OF
scores OF claim shacks on homesteads
IN the districts
That the storm was . regular Kan
sas cyclone there Is no doubt. As in
vsstiSations Of the stricken districts
progress. new losses are learned and
new accounts Of the freak happenings
that accompany such storms are re-
ported.
The dead are Cletis Baker. 4. who
was struck by debris when the Lon
Baker residence was blown down, and
his sister Letha, 10. who died at To-
cal hospital from injuries received at
the same time, The mother Is pros
trated with grief and Is reported to
be badly hurt and threatened with
pneumonia. n|
Mr.. and Mrs.. Aubrey Markham.
neighbors Of the Bakers. are reported
injured.
Two local physicians who were sent
to the Mud creek district as soon as
news Of the storm reached here, re-
turned with the report that 1t was
worse than had been believed. They
found twenty-five people 80 badly hurt
that they were unable to help them
selves.
Mayor G. r. Cook Of Lamar and
Register A. L. Beavers Of the federal
land office here headed an auto res
cue party, which was hurriediy made
up to carry food supplies into the
Little Cat district when II was learned
how severe tie storm had been.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
Ready 10 Risk L.

"Mr. Jones wants . windy-pane
twilve inches be fourteen" remarked
young Patrick Mullrooney, entering
the glazier's shop.
In the shop was smart young as
sistant who wanted to have a Joke with
Pat.
Haven't any that size" he replied
gravely. "Will sone fourteen inches
by twelve dor"
Pat looked thoughtful for minute.
Then he replied:
Hes wantin It at once. and this
10 the only shop in town. Give me
wan O thin. P'rhaps II we put 1t In
sideways NO one will notice..
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
cotton ln caIIfernIa.

NVkkVU VI SSssSs's'ss
Since cotton was hrst planted In
Imperial valley. California. % an ex-
pertinent. about eight years ago, the
acreage has Increased yearly until it
Is now $1,000. yielding 10000 bales
The United States department Of agri-
culture says the valleys production
per acre is more than twice that Of
any other part Of the country. In the
valley there are nineteen cotton gins.
three cottonseed oil mills. and three
congresses. Over half the acreage is
In the vicinity Of Calexico. there be-
ing there eight gins, two oil mills,
and one compress. all busy day and
night during the winter making by
products like cottonseed oil. cotton.
seed feed and hulls.
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Woke Him up.

The young man was rather slow.
So the girl thought It time to give
him hint.
Gracious" she exclaimed sudden
ly, 1--WE bruised my lip! Do you know.
Mr.. Jenkins, my mother always used
to kiss hurt place to make 1t well?"
And did It do any good?" asked
the young man. failing to see the
point.
II don't remember" replied the girl.
getting desperate: but those old'fash-
ioned remedies are sometimes very
good"
Then he got busy.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
. tt.6RfloM.s

According to the London Daily
Telegraph. Great Britain for the last
three months has = casualty list Of
e,43S officers and 100000 men.
Three hundred people Carransa
soldiers. their wives and children
were killed. and several hundred ~
tured in wreck OF . military train
near Monte -Morels- between Tampico
and Monterey.
Z Tbs nucleus Of. ! Chinese trans
ocsanic merchant mzf1nt-Hiii be pdrs
chased soon ip-the vniteA States. &C.
cording 10 AN Fung-Su who arrived
at Honolulu on the Chiyo Msftl. bound
for San Francisco. fTsis ~
( An Amsterdam dispatch to the Ex.
change Telegraph Company says that
the Dutch government has decided TO
issue new war. loan Of 900, 200. 900
fiorins (sse. e.00O. .OO0) to pay the cost Of
mobilization and other war expendi-
lures. 5% ~ A5se g=.
One year ago the Austrian, archduke.
Francis Ferdinand, and his wife were
shot and killed In the little Bosnian
town Of serajevo by Garvio Prinzip.
II was the act Of Prinzip, poor stu
dent, which ultimately resulted In
eleven nations going to war.
A Reuter- dispatch from Alexandria
says that the United States cruiser
Tennessee has arrived there from Bel
rut. She had 900 refugees aboard.
among whom were 100 Americans and
45O Italians. Twelve consuls also
were brought to Alexandria by the
Tennessee.
The fate OF one.half of the Jews Of
the world is trembling in the balance
as a result of the great war in Europe,
according to Rabbi Moses J. Cries OF
Cleveland. president OF the Central
Conference of American Rabbis, who
addressed the twenty-sixth convention
at Charlevoix, Mich.
Countess 0lanotti. widow Of the
project Of the royal palace under both
Kings Humbert and Victor Emmanuel.
died at Lake Constance. Countess Ga
anotti was q daughter Of Francis
Sherwood Kenney. the tobacco manu-
facturer. who died in New York in
1908. leaving an estate Of @1z.000.000.
A verdict of guilty was brought in
by the Jury in London in the case Of
George Joseph Smith. who was
charged with the murder Of three Of
his wives. It had been alleged BY
the crown that Smith had killed his
wives while they were In their baths
and had collected insurance money on
their lives. Smith was sentenced 70
death.
During the latter part OF August
and the early days Of September next
several important changes will take
place among the higher personnel Of
the Panama canal The resignation
OF Mnj. Gen. George w. 0oethals. u.
8. A.. ~ governor Of the Panama ca
nal and his departure from the 18th
muA whore he has been In supreme
command for the last eight years. win
be the beginning Of other changes.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
ssr.tten Aeme n.. s,.oooooo A...ts.

Stratton AenAe Has 47.ooo,ooo Asssts'
. Colorado springs.-The report Of
the annual audit Of the Myron STRAIT
ton Home Corporation shows assets Of
b7,346.67 at the close Of the fis-
cal year. The report covers all sub
salaries Of the corporation, including
the Intermountain Realty Company,
the COLORADO Springs and Interurban
Company. the stratton Cripple Creek
Mining and psyelopment Company
and the Arcadia, Granite Hill. Matoa,
Reno. sacrameato. StayrsKing and r.
noAta Ainss. ecsjpts for Ne yeer
we're S2ls.i1AAoShds disbarssmsnts to-
tailed ess.oss,ss Cash on hand was
s.s11.l2. fnvestnents made totaled
pl69.ssz.ss. Taxes on property In
Colorado Springs and Denver were
paid for . total Of ~ .asb.o5.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
Lawyer. condsmss' psnsatIon Law

Lawyers Condemn cemPsnsatIon Law.
Z Colorado sprinss. Speakers at the
quarterly meeting Of the Ei Paso Bar
Association were practically unani-
nous In their opinion that the work
mems compsnsation law. which be-
comes effective Aug. !, IL far from q
good lsw-in fact, can easily become
distinct menace. Reasons advanced
were that the commission was given
too much power; that the commission
IL incompetent; that the act was
framed solely for employees. and that
II was misguided. Only one-senator
w. C. Robinson. vas In favor Of the
act, and he said that he could not &C
cept 1t q It stands but that II was .
step in the right direction. &
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
Boy Run over BY Auto Asks for Soda.

Boy Run Over by Auto Asks for Soda.
Grand Junction. from the
curbing to q bandstand on Main street
to Join his playmates. Kenneth Ken
nedy, years old. was struck by q
rapidly driven automobile. and al
though rolled under the car for Axty
feet. he was taken from under the
machine with only 3 few bruises. The
first thing he asked for upon being
picked up was an ice cream soda
This was quickly served him at the
nearest drug store.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
save Vegetable seeds.

b II you have some extra good kinds
Of vegetables, 1t pays to save the
seeds Of the best plants. Watch your
peas, beans. tomatoes. and other vege-
tables, and save for seed the eafliest.
extrs-good ones you have. BY doing
this you will be able to improve the
stock . little every year. and have
the satisfaction Of knowing what you
are planting.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
PelIe. patrel Hlse EdIter,s car.

Denver. - Racing ct high speed
eight police officers and three uniden.
titled prisoners had . narrow escape
from death when the auxiliary patrol
wagon, returning from Overland PARK
racetrack. and an automobile driven
by Clarence A. Whittier. editor Of the
San Luis Valley Graphic, Monte Vista.
Colo, collided At the corner Of Fourth
avenue and Broadway. The police
men were slightly injured. but the
prisoners escaped unscathed. =
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
Aueu,t MuntzlNa Drops Dead.

Denyer:-An hour after he delivered
. stirring address pfucisiming the
merits Of eastern Colorado to Denver
business men, August Muntzins. pio
neer land man and attorney Of Akron
dropped dead on Stout street.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
Denver. chlsf Of police SUSPENDED.

Denver.-Chief Felix o'Neill was
suspended as head Of the Denver
Police Department pending hear
ing on July 18th Of charges that
he failed to enforce the laws In
relation to the sale Of liquor
gambling and vice. ~
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09

Lightning Kills Msn Amid Family.
Golden. william smith, SO years
old, was instantly killed when struck
by lightning while reading a newspa.
per in the sitting room Of his hong
In South Golden.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
Rsvsnae!

Mollie--what are you letting your
hair grow SO long for? Going to be .
musician?
Chollie No; I've got q grudge
against the barber.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-09
MAxx wAm ZONE uOsPTrArs

Hsvs ordsrsd ;Alisn's Foos-E the aatisspte
powdss. for use among the ecnvslcsesnt troeps.
Shaken into the shoss or dissolved In the foot
hsth, Anen's Foot Esse gives Refreshing rest md
com1ost and prevents the fest getting tired o.
foot soes. TN II TODAY. D.nt secept any sub
s4ittfs Sold Everywhere. 76c For FREE sam-
pls, addrsss. Allen S. oimstsd. LsRoy. N. Y.-Adv.