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otto Funerals Continue Despite Strong Tendency Modernz
agncene Marks Old Fashioned Italian
Spared for Bands Flowers Horse Anything Else Adding
Greeks Proacd Services Impose Test
Holding Contempt for American Ways Tapping
ooD-by, Brookleen. never
T come back any more'"

It@ooD-by, Brookleen. never
7 come back any more!
~ This Is the pathetie
farewell Of the Italian children who
collect around the great doors Of the
italian churches in the old Sixth
ward on the occasion of notable flu
nerals.
The funeral service is over and It
has been long and high: the coffin
most expensive casket. covered
with a pail Of black velvet and re-
lieved with silver. is being borne out
TO the hearse, while friends and smote
relatives hang on 1t, as it passes the
portals. wreaths of black, lavender
and white beads. Then the band of
small girls all in white fall in near
the hearse and cry piteously, Good
by Brookieen. never come
back any more!"
And with that last farewell the
corpse starts on its last ride to Cal
vary Cemetery.
Only now and then is the old fash
toned italian funeral to be attended
nowadays. 1t used to be very COM
mon but Italians are becoming Amer
icanized and in spite OF q repressed
desire to do the old time honors to
their dead they have been driven by
the opposing wish to be modern to
give up many Of their former customs.
Their Rites Are Lavish.
One which they will never give up
Is spending all the money the family
and friends can scrape UP to pay for
a magnificent funeral. And by this
is meant the most expensive. 1t is
nothing for q family in Italian quar-
tiers uptown and down to pay $1,000
for a casket, and they hand on. as
freely for anything else which will
add to the glory of the funeral
All are members of some funeral So
ciety; they Join before even they take
out their first papers of citizenship
and they remain in these societies,
paying so much every time there is a
'morte" with the certain conviction
that they will in turn have a fine
(and not a merely decent) burial,
should fortune do them an i'll turn and
prevent their heirs from spending
money on it because they hadn't got
1t to spend.
1t is possible to see an old time
Elegant funeral if you wait patiently
till an old timer dies. Then the
meagre ceremonies to which good
taste restricts their children are not
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contained more money tnan / ever saw
in my life or ever expect to see again
Gold and silver coins and bank bills,
Grabbing a handful Of them all he paid
the bill without a word"
Only the family and the leaders Of
the tribe accompany the corpse TO Its
resting place in the cemetery. Al the
grave no ceremony is observed, the
gypsies merely watching with bright
and steady eyes the work of depositins
the casket in the grave prepared for H.
Each one throws q little earth on the
uncovered face and bears away with
him n little more of the same earth
When the coffin lid has been closed
down again they leave the place, after
instructing the undertaken to see that
all Is done in accordance with the
usages. Utterly unlike the Italians
among whom in Italy the elders OF the
Westchester tribe are said to have been
born. the gypsies display no signs OF
grief in public. And the keepers Of
Greenwood testify that these strange
people very rarely visit the graves Oh
their dead.
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young Italian, with q soft felt hat
having a feather In It, q long frock
coat, striped gray trousers and an UNI
brolla- With his soft brown beard and
pensive air he resembled an Italian
translation Of Alfred de Musset.
Nothing has been said Of the scenes,
common enough, Of almost theatrical
grief. After the principal In this latest
funeral had been disposed Of fittingiy
families strolled over to their own
plots and tombs, where large ladies
We'd with their large husbands in CIV
ing vent to grief. Neither sex made
any effort to hide emotion. and al
though one felt that these people had
done the same thing often before they
had the air OF weeping and waiting
over their lost ones for the first time.
Surely this emotional people are wholly
devoid OF that sense which gives a-dec-
orous primness OF Anglo-Saxon woe
In fact, 1t is impossible for US North
erners to live our lives as naturally
and naively as the unlettered Latins OF
to-day. These people might be living
in a previous epoch, where hot blood
ran Unexpectedly and loud sobs or
loud laughter were its chief EXPOSE
ton.
The Greeks More Thrifty.
A different funeral but one quite as
exotic may be witnessed at this cere-
mony when 1t is observed at the Greek
Church in East Seventy-second street.
There the only thing wasted Is time,
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che can call It SOY of artificial flowers,
votive wreaths and sprays, circles and
crosses made of beads. There is
nothing quite so depressing to the
spirit as the beaded things Italians and
French deposit in their tombs and on
their graves. White beads. lavender
beads, yellow beads. black heads, espe-
cially black beads. bloom on every
stone and mound, in a strange and to
an Anglo Saxon mind a theatrical sem
tlmentality. Death in such scenes
seems TO have doffed its dignity.
Glass Shields the Treasures.
Sometimes the Imitation flowers and
beaded wreaths are protected by glass
shades in which also crouch little fig
ures OF saints in plaster. lead or mar
BILE. Here and there one sees a porce-
lain angel, generally shy wing and
with the heavenly smile wiped of by
the rain. In one of the larger vaults,
open to the air except for a grating.
stood a large white urn, on which had
been painted a woman's and q mans
hands c.asped, with the words In a
scroll beneath, 81 Promessi Sposi."
These words gave no clue as TO which
one, husband or wife, had gone before,
but perhaps II didn't matter.
Quite near group OF spacious fam
lily tombs, with plenty OF room inside
for the ghosts 10 turn around in, is a
large tract of wild ground, and further
are some simple mounds that offered
an aspect OF really touching sorrow in
their plain stone and simple inscrip-
tons and without the beaded wreaths
that make the pretentious tombs ap-
pear so falsely sentimental. This UNI
adorned simplicity had apparently no
attraction for the italian guests OF the
graveyard; one figure only bent over
a mound there sadly. He was a lean.
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enough. There must be at least one
band and preferably two, the hearse
must be drawn by eight horses, all
white horses If they can be procured,
and there must be a wilderness of
wreaths and gardens despoiled to pro-
vide flowers. In addition as a neces-
sary mark OF honor as many coaches
as the undertaken can supply must
be filled up with members OF the
funeral societies and their wives to
drive out to the grave with the de-
parted.
The famous Bacigalupo establish
ment. which has buried the Italian
residents for more than half q CEN
tury, Is taxed TO its utmost to satisfy
the real aristocratic funeral pomp.
There Is no Racigalupo now in the
business. but the place is still in
Mulberry street and the SUCCESSOR.
who was long a trusted assistant,
Keeps up all the high traditions of
the place.
An Elaborate Funeral Chanel,
1t Is provided with a chapel of Its
own with an altar beneath which. nm
DER glass, lies the fun length effigy of
The Saviour after he had been taken
down from the cross. Urn and pvx
and sacrificial vessels are there as in
. church and II it should be necessary
priest can be called In ana admin,
lister the prayers for the dead 10 the
satisfaction OF the family and friends
During an EPIDEMIC like tina. prevail.
Ing last fall this private chapel was
often called Into use. Deaths nup,-
Ltred 200 on some days, ana no cburc,
was prepared for such wnoleso,o frI
perals. i"'
fhe three churches most in favo,
-ep< Italian funerals in the sown Ia,ol
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fully cast him off. At that frightful
moment Lippo caught sight of the
grinning tailor and without q bit of
evidence to go on he knew instinc-
lively that it was to this rival he owed
his shame.
Uttering a cry "BestIa di Diavolo!"
(Son of the devi), Lippo precipi-
tated himself on the tailor and Joined
in what looked like deadly conflict,
Carmela screamed, the old aunt faint
ed; before Lippo had been dragged
of he had time to search the tailor's
pockets and find the raped coat
tail! This was evidence indeed which
saved him from n fine from the magis-
trate before whom the pair were hus-
tied and which restored Lippo to
Carmela's favor.
The drive across the bridge and
through the crowded streets into the
semi-country of Calvary is a treat to
the Italians which amply repays them
for the dues they have paid into the
burial society. 1t Is frankly taken as
a diversion by everybody. including the
family, who find their grief as
suaged in a measure by the countless
carriages, the majestic hearse with its
nodding plumes, the mutes who look
like masqueraders, the bands OF chill
dIen all in white and the bands, all
the swelling bands that soon change
the lugubrious strains OF the Dead
March to more lively music.
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It's All Like a Masque.

Perhaps the colder blooded Ameri-
can felt throb of sympathy at the
church, where the grief appeared to be
so deep and to be shared by every
tody. Even there. however, the
see ne was like a play to him, still a
something theatrical to which he
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ENGLAND'S OIL BELT,
Moneyed Interests Skeptical as to
 The Present Tests.

That England, in the Hardstoft we'll at Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, has the beginnings of valuable oil producing industry, is the opinion of Carl K MacFadden, chairman of the board of the Carib Syndicate, Ltd, and long associated with various oil fields of the United States MT. Mac Fadden has just returned from Eng land, and while there was given an opportunity to make an inspection of the Hardstoft and other tests, as well as the prospective British oil districts. He was given every facility for examining the Hardatoft we'll, through the courtesy of Dr. A. C. Veach, in charge of the geological work for s. Pearson and Sons, Ltd, who are now drilling on II locations in the British Isles, under an agree- ment with the British ministry of munitions. sI ass g,,g>
 If the we'll had been brought in 1t wildcat territory in the United States, MT. MacFadden declares, it would have precipitated a typical American oil field rush. In England typical conservatism and other conditions are operating to make impossible, for the present at least, virtually all new development work except that ori- ginally contracted for Points of is- sue have been raised as to the owner- ship of Hardstorf ~No. r. and -.as~.stost. royalty and contractual privileges and payments to those identified with the undertaking. Furthermore, pro- verbal British characteristic seems to have cropped out in the attitude of the business and Investigating public which, although capable of backing to the limit oil enterprises in other parts of the world, however remote, preserves an indifferent, not to say skeptical, state of mind in connection with development right at home and of vast potential possibilities.-O Trade Journal.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans. Get. & Higher prices pre- vailed in cotton today from opening to cloSr new high levels being reached for the bull movement now underway. Further Improvement in the spot situation was mainly responsible for tn" buying. which was strongest ill the early HftcrHnau when October traded to %3.1o Spots here were marked Up q sent n pound to :s;.G3 fo.' milding sales of about 5000 ba les. and interior points as well port markets reported q good demand at higher prices IivcrpoolS sales 2O,OOO bales on the spot created considerable stir.
 in the carly trading prices were about d half cent higher on good cables, favor able spot messages and the rains in the western belt. Fo, owing the rise there was a period of small reactions, due to realizing by longs Last prices showed net gains for the ray ol 1S to a points,
 The weekly crop reports were considered unfavorahlc but had not great influence
 High Low Close Close
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SAGE TEA DANDY
 TO DARkEN HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to Bring Back Color and Lustre to
 Hair.

You can turn gray, faded hair beau- tifully dark and lustrous almost over night if you'll get bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Con- pound at any drug store. Millions of bottles of this old famous Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, are sold annually, says well-known druggist here, be- cause it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that no one can tell it has been applied.
 Those whose hair is turning gray or becoming faded have a surprise awaiting them, because after one or two applications the gray hair van- ishes and your locks become luxur- iantly dark and beautiful.
 This is the age of youth. Gray haired, unattractive folks aren't wanted around, so get busy with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com. pound tonight and you'll be delighted with your dark, handsome hair and your youthful appearance within a few days. adv,
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By KATHLEEN FOX

wife dld-Mrs. Hayes," MT. Boyd ex- plained.
 Record for What?" demanded Crit tenden, looking first at Mr. Boyd and then at me.
 For the swim in from the intake, explained Mr. Boyd. Trying to kid me-" asked Critten- den, somewhat impatiently. Not at all" grimned Br. Boyd. She swan the whole way-behind you until the last few strokes" he added, significantly.
 Then Crittenden looked full at me. lie was furious. l could see it in the change that came over his face.
 You are a wonderful swimmer. Mrs. Hayes" MT. Boyd complimented, adding, unconsciously, to Critten- den's discomfiture, and thus making the situation harder for me later "she's got it on you, old man." Mr. Boyd apparently was oblivious to the fact that Crittenden was a volcano inside. It was plain enough to me.
 Crittenden spoke in an undertone to me.
 "1'm going, in a few minutes. You come, too, for I've got something to say to you-when I get you home," he added, threateningly.
 To the surprise of the Boyds, we left beach shortly afterwards and walked home in silence. With every nervous step that he took Crittenden became more furious. I did not fear hlm though, for l thought he soon would get over it. To my surprise and dlsmay, he lashed himself into such "a fury that when we got home he was a towering menace. | had tried to pacify him but had failed miserably. The thing was im- possible.
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den and me. had not fallen in with the idea at first, but l suddenly re- membered how Crittenden had ac- cepted daddy's prediction that he could beat me in theiwater. That set tied it, and l struck out harder, using my best speed. r-, Yi..
 Two-thirds of the way in l overlook Crittenden. He locked .tat me for the first time and srniled. Apparently he was under the impression that I had waited until then to- leave the boat But as matter of fact 1 had covered the same distance as himself.
 We swam shoulderb.to shoulder for another hundred yards, when look ed back and saw the Boyds wildly gesticulating. They were standing up in the boat urging me on. looked at the lifeline near the beach, the goal for which I knew Crittenden was making and swam at top speed. passed him in a sudden sprint and clutched the lifeline three strokes ahead of him.
 Crittenden let down at the lifeline and turned toward the boat a few yards away. The expression on his face plainly indicated that he believ- ed he had broken the record for the distance.
 'Did I break it?" he asked MT. Boyd. "No," was the answer, "but you tied it."
 "Well, that's not so bad," Critten- den said, pleased to have equalled the best time for the long swim. "I'll try again some time."
 But she broke it," said Mir. Boyd.
 "Oh, I'm proud of you Bee," chim- ed in Marjorie, as she dived out of the boat and swam in to me. l only smiled. "She-what are you talking about ?" inquired Crittenden, puzzled. "Why, she broke the record-your
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BULLISH CROP NEWS
 CONTINUES TO CAUSE HEAVY COTTON BUYING

New York, Oct. K Thc continued bull- iSh character of crop and spot news served to stimulate buying in the cotton market today aud there was further advance of approximately cent Il pound. December closed al 33l2 with the general list clos ing firm near the top at net advance of !W tu llJ points.
 The market opened firm at an adyauc" and sold higher during the first few min utes i'll rrspUIlSr tu the strong cables Of an active spot demand, There Was som" realizing and local selling late ron a belief that the bulish weekly report of the weather bureau had been discounted, but th" offerings Wrr" absorbed and tEc mar. kct soon firmed up again
 Reports of an advancing spot basis and an agfiv" demand from shorts for October shipment were the prominent fra- lures of the afternoon advance.
 High Low tI0Sr Close
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CROP PREDICTION
 FOR 918,471,O0O
 BUSHELS OF WHEAT

Washington, Oct. 8.-Crop pre- prediction this year, based on De- tober 1 indications was announced by the Department of Agriculture to- d4y as follows:
 Spring wheat, 203, ,170, ,0O0. All wheat, 918,471 ,000. Corn, 2,900,511 900. Oats, 219,521 00O. Barley, 198 ,298, ,000. Buckwheat, 17,99O,000. White potatoes, 350,070 00O. Sweet potatoes, 99,4l3,00 Sweet potatoes, 99,413,000. Flax, 10,652, 2,000
 Rice, 44,261 ,00O.
 Tobacco, 1,278,062 900 pounds. Peaches, 5l ,327 900.
 Apples (total crop) 156,721, ,0o0 bushels.
 Apples Commercial 23,177,0OO barrels.
 Sugar beets, 1903 ,000 tons. Kafirs, 127 ,053,0OO bushels. Beans, 12,690, ,000 bushels. Condition of the crops October 1 was:
 Corn, S1.3 per cent of a normal. BuckWheat, 88.1. White potatoes, 679. Sweet potatoes, S3.9. Flax, 52.6.
 Rice, 91.3.
 Tobacco, 73.1.
 Sugar beets, 79.1. Kaffirs, 86.3.
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Tomorrow-The Storm of His Fury

 Lilah McEntire, administrutrix. Estate of F. M. Kavanaugh, deceased: : Robert Kesterson, administrator Estate of Lawrence M Knox. minors: Frank Thompson guardian Estate of Mrs. Rosetta Leach, deceased: Amos w. Troupe. eXecutor Estate of Martha Venable deceuscd. T .C. Freeman, administrator Estate Mary E. Lloyd, deceased. :. Ralph Robinson. administrator. Estate of Frank Zangerl deceased. !. Theo. Wolerman, administrator. All persons interested in any of these settlements of the accounts will come for ward and file their exceptions, if any. they nave before the second day of the next term of the Probate court of said county, or they will be forever barred from OK. cepting to said above accounts, or any part thereof.
 Witness my hand and the seal of said court at I'ine Bluff. Arkansas, this the Sth day of October, 1919
 L. T. SA.LEE. Clerk
 A. NJ. BARROW, b. C. iSeal)-1O-9-2t
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Free Ports in U. s.
 To Be Discussed

Washington, Oct. 7.-Inquiry into the advisability of permitting estab- lishment of free ports" by American states and municipalities will be be- gun next Friday by the House ways and means committee in open hear ings on a bill introduced today by Representative Nolan, California, at the request of the National Free Zone Association of which Arthur McGuirk of New Orleans is presi- dent.
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CONTINUED SETTLEMENTS.
$. F. VACLX. Clerk. 0, k. REEVES. ID. C.

Settlements continued at the July term ll919l for confirmation at the October term Q91W
 Estate of Durand and Cynthia, Marie Tomlin. minors A. k. Cooper, guardian.
 Estate of John w. Graves. deceased; :; Mrs Virginia l.. Dorsey, ahlninistratrix. 1 Lloyd, guardian.
 Estate of S Cunningham. deceased Cot ton Belt Savings and Trust company seXecutor.
 guardian < Estate of W. A. McEntire deceased
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ONE 19iS--5 passenger Dodge car; new top. patent lense, new tires. d dandy good car, at S75UW; one 1918 j passenger Ford, with Hassler Shock absorbers instrument board, bargain Ut $375.0O: one . pas scnger Cadillac, new Victoria top, new paint, brand new Willard battery, new tires, fine motor, and d hitting dude, $12oo.o0; one , passenger touring car, with new tires, ill Al shape for $25OOO one Smith form-a truck, complete with body, S615.UU; cash, bonds or terms. McGehee Motor Sales Co.,, 114 West Bar rauue St. Zone GOA. .--.....,....,-.. 1,191S, , PASSENGER CHREVOLET with four new oversize tires; d dandy bar gain. 1-5 passenger car with new tires; bargain at $25O.0o 1-5 passenger Cadil- lac; new paint, new Victoria top; new tires and battery; a dandy bargain: has only been run 12,OUO mlles. Cash, bonds or terms. McGehee Motor Sales Co. III w. Barraque, Phone GOA.
 AUTO EXCHANGE AND GARAGE want second hand cars to sell. We have most anw make at the right prices, see us, if you want second hand car. We do first cla.s repair work all makes of cars. Satisfaction guaranteed, also striped pouIes built by first class body man. We make them any style and make you proud of your old car. Prices right. 117 Olive street, phone 1886 G. C. Payne Mgr.
 7-22-tt
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CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago, Oct. S.--Correct anticipations that the government crop report would prove bearish as to corn had much to do today with declines which took place in the corn market Prices closed unsettled I-4 to four cents net lower with December 22 to 1.22 l-4 and May 1.2O 5-S to i 20 B.. Oats finished unchanged to 1-S0i1-4 cent higher. In provisions, Q outcome varied from 45 cents off rise of 9 cents.
 The longshoremen's strike operated also as an element of Impressions.
 Oats displayed strength owing to no. ticeabe absence of selling pressure.
 Weakness in the hog market pulled down provisions
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Germany Complains
 of Conditions in
 U. s. Prison Camps

Copenhagen, Oct. 8.-According to a dispatch from Berlin the Tage- blatt asserts that Germany has sent a note to Switzerland asking amelio- riation of the objectionable conditions under which German prisoners are confined in American camps.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Liverpool, Oct. S.-Cotton spot in good dcnand prices steady. Good mddling 2l.11; fully middling 2l.Il middling 2O.5l; low middling 1S..,6; good ordinary 16T :; ordinary 15.71. Sales 2O,OoO bales including six thousand Americans Receipts 1000 bales including 1O,OV American. Futures closed steady. Oct. 2o.S2; Nov. 2O.7S; Dee. 20. D; Jan. 2O.69; March 2O.AS; May 2O.2S; July 2O.O3.
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COTTON SEED OIL.

New York, Oct. S.~-cottOn seed oil was sharply higher on urgent demand from shorts and commission houses by being in- spired by bullish crop news and the strength in cotton. Final bids were 2G to i: points net higher. Sales 11.2W barrels Crude quoted 17.50: prime summer yellow spot 22.0o; Oct zI.7o; Nov 20S5; Dec. 2o5o: Jan. 20.G1; Feb. 2O.Go; March 2O70; April 2O.75; May 2l.0S. Prime winter vel low and summer white 23.JO
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WARNING ORDER.

Case No. 7241 Ill the Chancery court of Jefferson county, Arkailsas.--B Bessie R.. Pnkley. plaintiff. ys. Andrew Pinklcy defendant. The defendant Andrew pinkcy is warn ed to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plain tiff Bessie E. Pinkley. Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 24th day of September, A. b., 1919.
 $. F. VAULX. Clerk.
 0. F. REEVES, D. C.
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F. ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK.

East St. Louis. Oct. S-IIogs 9,ODO. High CT top 15.6O: bulk 15NO0L15.4O; heavy 14.5OU 15.OO: medium 15.0oMI15.G0; light 1375Ql 15.5j; pigs 13.000l14.M
 Cattle 6,5OO; steady. Choice heavy steers 16OOM17.JO: medium 1O.75M16OO; com. mon S75M1075 choice lights 14.00Gl 17.25; common S.OOM14OO: butcher heifers 7.25M16.0O: cows 6JOGi HOO; canners 5.250 65O: calves 15.OOM1S.OO; feeders 75O6l 12.OO; stockers 6.5ONi0.7j.
 Sheep 5000; no sales.
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A MASSAGE FOR THE MIDDLE.
 AGED

Foley Kidney Pills give quick re- lief from kidney or bladder troubles that have not reached chronic or bad stage. They stop bladder irre- gularities, strengthen the kidneys and tone up the liver. Don't suffer when relief can be had. Get rid of backache, lameness, rheumatic pains, and stiff joints. Mann's Pharmacy adv.