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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

CIR.
BY Construction &C, amount ex-
pended for .......... S5,898.2S
By Meter &C amount expended
Tor .................. l,ooV. 10
By Pipe and Fittings &C amount
expended for ............ 46l.S
By Service and Main &C amount
expended for ...>...... 2,650.4
By Coal &C amount expended
for ............ 17,149 40
By General Expenses &C amount
expended for .......... l2,24S.9S
By repairs &C amount expend-
ed for ............... 1921. ~
By Oxide &C amount expended
Tor ...........' ''''..'', to'oo
Bv Lamp &C amount expended
for :. 386.77
BY Stove, Gas Appliances &C
amount expended for -. 1,430.GS
Bv tar &C amount expended
for .......... .......... $500
BY Deposit Refunded $50. IT'S. 90
44,400. 10
By General und, for amount trans
ferred to ............ ll,OuU.oV
Dy balance in City Treasury May
31st., 1915 ..........,... 9OO. "a
$500. 63
Examined and found correct
JAMES BAYNE.
This account has been examined
and found correct by:
j. B. Fitzgerald,
c.. w. Wattles,
A. j. Pohl,
N. j. LaWler,
Jacob Brill.
Committee on Light.
John B. Waller, Clerk Of Gas
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
OFFICIAL
GAS: FUND ID M

Operations of the City Gas Works
for the fiscal year beginning June LIST
1914 and ending May 31st. 1915.
CASH ACCOUNT
John B. Waller, Clerk of gas, in ac-
count with the Alexandra City Gas
Works.
DIR. -s
To Balance in City Treasury June
1st., 1914 /, 1893. So
To Gas &C amount received from sale
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 43, 133. 81
To Coke a-c amount received
from sale of .......... 6,186. SO
To Tar s,-c amount received
from sale of ......... 2,315. AS
To Ammonia a-c amount receiv-
ed from sale of ........ $50. 90
To Stove, Gas Appliance &C
from sale of .......... 1869. So
To Service, Main &C from sale
OF .............. 65.05
To Old Iron &C from sale of :. .89
To Meter a-c from sale of 49,. 7.l2
To Lamp &C from sale of 20
TO Old Darrell &C from sale
OF $500. =. Iva
ToCarbon &C from sale Of. 2.15
To General expense a-c re-
fund on Insurance ........ ia. %
To Personal &C ............ 10000
To Deposit a-c., amount receiv-
ed on &C OF :......;.:. 5000
To personal &C, C. G. Bailey,
Ammonia .-............. 20. 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

$500 to loan on Alexandra C.ty
~ea, estate. Howard ". Smith, LOT
North Fairfax street I1l.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

tanned in the report for the fiscal
wear ending May 81, 1915, as COM
pared with the corresponding items
contained in the report for the fiscal
year ending May 81, 1911.
Personal &c
amount charged to
profit and loss -. S4.22 Increase
Amount expended
on Service and
mains ...... 80. GILL: Increase
Amount expended on
pipe and fittings 409.8S Increase
Amount expended on
Coal 1900. 81 Decrease
Amount expended on
Oxide 225. IA Decrease
Amount expended on
Meters =. 24.95 Decrease
Amount expended on
General expenses 334.4S increase
Amount expended on
General repairs. 4'h.h' increase
Cash received from
sale of tar. 2S1 .06 Increase
Cash received from
sale of coke 80. l'l.30 lhcledHe
Cash received from
saln of old iron IS. 46 Decrease
Gross profit on gas
consumers go. Sl3.bG increase
Net earnings upon
gas sold consumers. 1871 S3 Increase
Amount of Gas used
by the city 2bl. oo Le"rcaSS
Net earnings upon
gas sold consumers
and used by the city ,410.33 Increase
Amount of gas bills
outstanding at end
of fiscal year :. 1854 Increase
Cash received from
sale of gas 331. go Increase
Discount allowed con-
sumers 231. 81 Increase
Amount of gas pro-
duced CUBIC Ieet 1885 90 increase
Amount of gas sold
consumers cubic Icat S03,IeO Increase
Amount Of gas used
nv city :. 261, 800 Decrease
Amount Of gas un-
accounted for cubic
feet :. 1,312,SO0 Increase
Amount expended
for gas stoves G70.97 Decrease
Amount received
from sale Of gas
stoves :. =. 45l. III Decrease,
Amount tiue account
gas stoves :. 1887 Decreas.
Amount gas stoves
on hand >. 394. S7 Decrease
John B. Waller. Clerk of Gas
Examined and found correct:
JAMES BAYNE
GAS FUND
In account with the City Gas works
for the fiscal year ending May 81,
1915.
RECEIPTS
June !. 1914 to balance in city
Treasury, .... -. -. Sl''"o 30
To deposits by John 3. Waller, Clerk
Of gas for June /, 1914 to May 81.
inclusive 24,"oI %
$4,000 IS
DISBURSEMENTS
By warrants paid from juno l.,
1914 to May 81, 1915. inclusive, as
per vouchers filed with auditor
.. 44,400. 10
BY amount transferred
to general fund ...... 11,0OO.GG
Nav 81. 1915, by balance
in city treasury ....... Vh0.4a
$4,000. go
Examined and found correct:
]. B. Fitzgerald
G.. W. Wattles
A. J. Pohl
n J Lawler
Jacob Brill
Committee on light
Thomas W. Robinson. City,
Treasurer, Alexandria, Virginia, June
s, 1915.
GAS FUND
Recapitulation
Net earnings amount Of. upon
gas ect. sold consumers to
May 81, 1915 ....-. S560,636 S.
Net earnings. amount Of, upon
gas ETC.. sold consumers to
May 81. 1914 ...... :. 541.685. loI
Net earnings. amount Of, upon
gas ETC.. sold consumers from
June / 1914, to May 81,
1915 go. -. 1881. Isl
Net earnings. per cent for
fiscal year 1914-15 based upon
cost of construction
t2I7.S06. 16) .............. o.o
Net earnings. amount of. gas
/ used by the City. from June :.
81. jfa14.s1to .May:a31.: lal5a.3,6ls.6oi
Net earnings, amount of. upon =
gas etc, sold to consumers
and used by the City from
June /, 1914. to May 81.
1o15 22.56e. So
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21


manufactured during fiscal year end.
ing May 81. 1915, and disposition OF
same.
Cubic feet.
June, 1914, amount produced 4,2s4,Oo0
July, 1914,amount produced 4,218,OoO
August, 1914 amount pro-
duced 4,z4 ',ooo
September, 1914, agg pro. 49,
duced ......... 4'4oz'oo"
October, 1914 amount Tp-
duced 80. -. 4,709,OOp
November, 1914, amount pro- ,,o
QuCeQs -. f,fA",ooe
December, 1914, amount pro-
duced -. $50. o,ool,ooo
January, 1915, amount pro- :, mr.,
duced -. o,14o,ooo
February, 1915, amount pro, - ~,
duced -. 4,434,000
March, 1915, amount pro- ooo
duced ...... 49,. -. 4,oo3'ooo
April, 1915 amount pro- ,a,, ooo
duced 49,. 4'SS4'oo"
May, 1915 amount produced 4,S25,OOG
Total produced during
wear -. 54,611 900
Amount sold con-
sumers ........ 42,913,S00
Amount used by City 3,616,6OO
Total consumption 80. 46,53O. 1uo
Amount unaccounted for. 8,08O,6oo
Percentage of gas made and
unaccounted for 49,. l4.D
John B. Waller, Clerk Of Gas
Examined and found correct:
JAMES BAYNE
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT

Showing the amount OF increase OF
decrease in the following items con-
tanned in the report for the fiscal
year ending May 81, 1915, as COM
pared with the corresponding items
contained in the report for the fiscal
wear ending Nav 81, 1911.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21
GAS FUND

Statement showing amount OF gas
manufactured during fiscal year end.
ing May 81, 1915, and disposition of
same.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

Pipes and Mains in Rose ~ m
To IS new service put in dur =,
ing year ..-...... -.
To .209 fec, new mains put
:, J,,,;no re.r 1923. "A
To cost of Gas works to May
1nIS u ,SUD. jt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

NEWELL s eEEENAwAy, CLERK.
By Reginald F Cox, D. C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-21

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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
Boys Spoiled BY Kindness.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
What sins parents commit in fancIed
Kindness to their children Here is a
bright looking, well dressed young man,
probably q years old, looking for job.
To speak more accurately, he Is looking
for a salary; the job is immaterial. for he
has no aptitude, as far as he knows, for
yet learned to do anything we'll Ills
is a bright face, fashionable clothes, good
health and a need OF money to pay his
way. He has lived in a good, comfortable
home and has been the idol of his mother
and the special care of an indulgent faith
er who has no business to which the son
can be trained
II ne goes to the city. what a dreary
waste of unemployment there Is before
him. at this time. If he goes to the coun-
try, what a lot OF hard work there Is
for his hands unused to manual labor and
the luxuries that have now come to be to
him necessities. 1t Is hard choice to
which he has come utterly unprepared.
And who are at faultH The blame can
come naturally into his love for fine
clothes and easy money. He has vaguely
realized, perhaps, that back. Of 1t all IL
nsP6rm out ne mas a tSs yssaa of bs o
he has been protected from the hard
ships OF life by the persons who love him
most. But how inadequately has that love
been expressed. IT has safeguarded the
boy till now, but it has presented him a
sacrifice to the struggle for existence. His
good qualities may save him yet, but why
were they not supplemented by an ade-
quate training for an early success? Why.
at any rate, has he not learned the truth
that opportunity Is always right at hand
and that small, independent beginnings
may make the greatest endnRs and never
fail to make for success In that field or
another? These are questions which he
may one day ask his loving parents and
which they may In turn ask themselves In
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
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CARE OF AuTo on WALL

Y v
Methods and materials for finishing
the bodies and running gear OF motor
cars have been brought to a high state
of perfection. but it is we'll to remem-
Der that there are certain abuses
against which no finish however perfect
and durable, can long endure.
No varnish will endure being scrub
bed with q brush or with hot water.
No varnish will Withstand the chemical
action Of ammonia or any kind of I've
soap nor any OF the common washing
fluids or powders. No varnish VIII stand
having dust or mud rubbed off nor
will 1t endure the grits OF dust and mud
driven into 1t by the water blast from
a high pressure hose to which 1t Is
often subjected.
Use water at 60 degrees or lower
and a soft. clean cloth or sponge. 1t
is best to use no kind of soap unless
It be pure CASTLE. Mud, wet or dry
should be removed with flowing wa
ter squeezed from a clean sponge or
flowing from a hose with little press1
ure-never with a water blast.
When not in use keep the car COW
cred with a soft lined cover. All
dust contains grit and all smoke con-
tains acid. and against these a cloth
cover offers adequate protection.
However we'll varnish has endured
our weather testing, 1t may be Sc
rl0uSly affected by instant extremes
of temperature. A glass dish may
be filled with boiling water Slowly
without cracking 1t and may be flied
with ice water (slowly), but 1t will
invariably crack IL plunged instantly
from boiling water into ice water
and vice versa.
Some useful "don'ts" follow:
Don't allow curious persons to lay
their hands on the varnish Of Tour
cart creates instant change OF
temperature.
Don't keep your car In a stable or
near horses. Ammonia fumes are
deadly to varnish.
Don't keep 1t in the coolest pos
sible place. Long continued cold
freezes the wood and fills the metal
with frost. which affects the yarnish.
If you cannot have artificial heat In
the garage. at least have 1t warmly
built. Keep out drafts and keep 1t
clean.
Don't assume that any varnish can
last forever. Good varnish lasts
reasonable length Of time, even with
careless treatment; but 1t lasts two
or three times as long II you treat II
well.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
DIDN'T WANT TO MEET him
GAIored Parsons Description Of His
Satanic Majesty Brought Converts
to Mourners' Bench.

The late celebrated Peter Vinegar,
who in days gone by used to make
periodical visits to Danville, says the
Advocate, for the purpose of deliver
ing his sermons, remarkable on &C
count of their startling texts, on one
occasion spoke to a large assemblage
of the colored population and few
whites at the old colored Methodist
church on Walnut street. He arose,
raised his spectacles from his eyes.
and said:
my beloved brederen and sisteren,
I take my tex dis evenin' in dat por-
ton Nv de Scriptur' whar de 'Postle
Paul pints his pistol at de 'Phesians,
an whar it says, 'Whar de hen
scratches dar's de worm, 'cetpin' de
case whar sum previus hen hav bin
dar.'" He then proceeded to tell his
hearers what a horrible personal ap-
pearance the devil presented, with the
following description: His eyes look
like two balls NV fire, his teef like two
skinned saplins, his ears hang down
ike 'baccer leaf an his bref smoke
like a tar kittle." That night Peter
made many converts.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
ThA Shirt of ENGLAND.

Gregory Mason, IN tne OUTLOOK.
Germany seems TO have counted upon
the psychological value of the naval raid
more than upon any direct strategical ad-
vantages that she might get from it.
In that she was disappointed. Not only
has the morale of the British people been
mistaken by the terror that files by night,
but 1t seems to have gained new firm
ness. I'D
This spirit was exemplifled by the rec
tor of St Peters at Yarmouth who said:
'It is our privilege who i've on the east
coast to be on the firing line, and we
should brace ourselves to face the posi-
ton with brave hearts" ~
' A privilege indeed!' A privilege to live
I'm an unattended coast town which any
day may be battered to dust by swift
cruisers slipping in from the sea, and
which any night may be blown from it's
foundations by leviathans wheeling in the
impenetrable sky! This is Ne spirit OF
Nelson at the Nile 1t il the spirit of Dun
can facing the whole Dutch feet off the
Texel with only two vessels of his own,
II is the spirit of Sir Richard Granville,
to whom 1t was privilege" to hurl the
cocky little Revenge alone against 90 gal
Icons OF Spain. But observe that the
speaker this time is not an adventure
hardened English admiral. but a respect
able English clergyman, who probably
loves his Christmas plum pudding and
wears rubber overshoes when Ii rains.
This is a spirit that is yet to be reckoned
with by Germany-a nation itself which
breeds as few towards as any.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
Death Of the "Buy a .BaIo" Movement
Lrro,,, he


More than 100000 bales OF cotton,
worth 800 900, have been marketed by
growers out of the 1914 crop. OF this
quantity more than 100000 bales, worth
$160 900, 600, have been exported.
The figures are here given to show the
foolishness of all the projects proposed
in the weeks following the outbreak of
the war Ito help Tie soutS." There was
the buy BALE movement, the $135, 900. Goa
loan pool, the efforts. by southern con-
gressmen to push bill through congress
for the issue of paper money to buy cot
ton and numerous others.
The "buy q bale" movement was moth
ing but noise. Only $4,000 OF the SIS. 0Oo oo0
loan fund pledged by bankers wAs ap-
piled for. Thanks to the positive and
clear opposition Of Secretary McAdoo, the
congressional aid schemes failed.
Meantime 1t has been demonstrated
that the south could take care OF itself;
that its last cotton crop had q substan-
tiaI value and could be sold az soon az
the worlds markets became readjus.ed to
the extraordinary conditions arising from
the var.
much lower than in recent years, but II
is also true that the price is high enough
to put hundreds of millions Of dollars in
circulation in the south and to give q
marked revival OF business in that part
of the country.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass Of Salts to Flush Kid.
neys II Bladder 5others YOU
Drink Lots of Water.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
Ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then we get sick. Nearly all rheu-
matism, headaches, liver trouble, ner-
Tousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
Kidneys. -r.
The moment you feel dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or il
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full OF
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation Of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
OF Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
q tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast and in a few days
your kidneys will act fine. This IA
NOUS salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
in urine so it no longer causes irrita-
tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves-
cent lithia .water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure. thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.-Adv. ~
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees With Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: "In the prac
tice Of my profession have found SO
many points in favor of Grape-Nuts
food that unhesitatingly recommend
it to all my patients.
1T is delicate and pleasing to the
palate Gan essential in food for the
sick) and cen be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream for
babies or the aged when deficiency Of
teeth renders mastication impossible.
For fever patients or those on liquid
diet l find Grape-Nuts and albumen
water very nourishing and refreshing.
This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak a teaspoonful
Of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white of an egg and a, spoonful
of fruit juice for favouring. This af-
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assimi.
late without any distress. ri
my husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders it
many times for his patients. -
Personally regard dish Of Grape
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone-well or
sick" II.
In stomach trouble, nervous prostra,
ton, etc., a Today trial of Grape-Nuts
will usually work wonders toward
nourishing and rebuilding and in this
way end the trouble. Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above IetterT A new
ONE appears from time to time, They
nre genuine; true, aud full of humaD
interest. ....
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
Germany Threatens Piracy.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Between the action of Germany In pro-
claiming war zone and the action of
Great Britain In proclaiming a war
area" there is an obvious and vital diff
other a justifiable measure of war. Any
discussion of the subject which does not
keep this difference In mind must rest
upon incorrect, premises and proceed to
which have made the North sea dangerous
to neutral shipping are wholly unlike
those which will make the English chan
mel, the Irish sea and all the waters sur
rounding the British isles much more dan
gerous.
Great Britain has taken every possible
apparently does not intend to take any
means whatever The mines in the North
sea, which were not laid by the British
admiralty until self-defense compelled 1t,
are in well defined sections. Merchant
vessels are warned to keep away from
these, but safe routes are laid out for
their protection and pilots are furnished
to take them to port. No wholesale de-
struction Is contemplated.
German naval authorities, on the other
hand, propose to leave such vessels to
per- blockade, not only of British, French
and Belgian ports. but of Dutch, Norwe-
gian, Swedish and Danish. No protection
against the threatened peril is possible,
because 1t Is a constantly shifting peril
which no human foresight can avert
Submarines. with which Germany In
tends to prey upon commerce, without
overmuch regard for the nationality of the
victim, are entirely unified for such work.
Their sole aim Is to destroy, and they
have no facilities for taking off non-com-
batants. If an ocean liner were sunk, the
passengers would have to be turned adrift
In small boats and the mails and cargo
would go to the bottom with the hull. 1t
Is needless to say that this is little less
than sheer piracy 1t betrays a shocking
disregard for all the rules of warfare, for
the principles of international law and for
the considerations of ordinary humanity.
Such a policy is as stupid as ii is cruel
Neutral nations are bound by self-interest
as well as by morality to protest against
II.
Germany has sacrificed her good name
for a mess of pottage.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
chanaina IDEAS of Luxury.

Here is a symbolic story that is going
the rounds OF the Kansas press: Twenty
years ago l bought pair of So kid gloves
NV salary was $1S a month and board
Five years later I found myself with a
salary of $50 a month, one good wife and
both of us to feed and clothes. bought
myself pair of 81 gloves. Five years lat
er there were two children, my salary was
SIS a month and found that 80 cent pair
of yarn mittens about fitted my case. Five
years later my salary had increased to 500
a month, my family numbered three be-
sides myself and wife, and pair Of rs
cent mittens covered my hands This year
airy of SIPS a month. four children, one
good old wife and, durn my skin, I went
down town and bought me a pair OF cot
ton flannel gloves, 10 cents pair, six
pairs for 30 cents"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25

Upon her throne beauty queen
In regal robes she proudly sits,
And DER her kingdom rules serene.
In royal state that well her fits.
From her exalted royal seat
She issues forth her high commands
Through winters cold and summers heal
Kept busy are hsr nimbls hands.
This goddess In her royal state
with power rules that Is supreme
Dispose she may Of life and fate,
Help realize q mortafs dream
with steaay hand the rod she sways
And as her mind is ever clear,
The element her will obeys, =
While she distributes Life and cheer.
No royal hand did ever sway
A scepter with a calmer mind,
Than does this queen that we portray,
Supreme she reigns among her kindi
Who IL this sceptered beauty queen
Whose standard we for you unfurl7
Through out the land she can be seen,
Is known TO uB as telephone girl
"A. G.. LehS.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
Much More Cheerful.

"a scientist says that the sun will
lever cool Off"
I'm very glad to hear that" 49,.
What difference does it make to-
you who will be dead millions of years
before anything of the sort could hap
pen, anyhow"
well, it's more cheerful to think Of
his old world, so good in spite of all
its faults, rolling along through the
sunshine 10000, 900 years from now.
with warm, throbbing load of hu-
man freight, than to picture it a DESC
late ball of ice plunging through eter-
nal darkness"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-25
BILIOUS, HEADACHx,
SICK "CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while -.-
you "leep.
Get a 1O-cent box.


Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
enfng headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10.cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.