OXFdkD PUBLIC LEDGER. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910.
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Money in Raising Mules.
several
ad vantages
mules the
The
which
draft
are
t'i,i breeding of
nnimni nt' the South,
oflers
over hore
are in part,
"breeding cf
breeding. uncse itu-
thoe which nirtte
firnft horses the
most
wo lit able for
the
h Xrr ! . i e?n i1 i iil - -
i..
u,.ow horses are not
it'll . j. - i
South and pov
" . 1 ' - . 1 . . ri 1 ' f'L'' ,! I
climatic reasons
far p. we must
either breed lig-ht
...-,n?b horses cr ?o 10
the ruil-?. The nord.r' d. the.
nr' h r. s s r e n n i r ; s t : t a i. . r
clas
8 Mil
r.r.d care, a larger
v...t-,Vii.- ,1 ir- p. ltd
investment tor
heavier exrensos
1j, trainlrg i nd fitting tor market
In mule racing a cheaper grade
of lJv may be used, -hile at the
Kim?
farm
time tnev aie ut-
work hors and the young anc-
mais are move ta
i' Tiifi'cf'T. Jit an
;irv raised. ?o en to
early
ae and iv-
q-iW no special fating or education
to r.nd r ta-m xii.-?.
Wt-. no net acr:e that
a
mule can
vi?cpi us cheaply s a
steer, n-1'
1 ,kelv to be th
most profitable ca
vourua Cdieiii'
without
abr.iuiance
of feed
but on
and
eood nte'.l:gent ct;it , uut -l-h
lar&i which will prcdr.ee good pas
ture and with liberal feeding, .the
rcrV?KS of nml-s at present prices,
offers' profits no le-;s attractive than
ir.-ent catton and 75-cen.t corn
Counting the work which the brood
mares and the young knules will oo.
and which iis so much needed on our
farms in order to cultivate them eco
Tcniiailv. the average cost of ra-s;ng
v.
mule need no-
i iw- ip nioro tuan cuc--
half tht
seM
ing price, in rt1-
Cr r.t years.
Cr.urtiiis the dcpreciatien
in
tne i
value
nt -i mare ana n-e aiuifi
O'll
a i
V. . -,T1- l"Vtt(:1 "ill i r 1' at
vear 'afbv: $10 as the service fee ;
cf Viie j" 'k and calculating one mule i
colt to two mares, we have $50 as
the co-1 of the mule colt. If to this '
we add $25 a year for its feeding, i
we b ive a two year-old mule colt at J
v coiit cf $1 - or a thr?e-year-old ;
nule at a cost of $125. Of coarse j
fit will cost more than 5
ly grow a roui? from :
cf ase. but d iring this
?. to proper-
to 3 years
time he may i
be broken and earn
in work perform-
ed a good share of his keep, t-ven-jare
on his liberal estimate a profit of
from S75 to $100 may be made on
each 2-vear old mule. This alone
cn thonh there were no other
TfPMr.c! whv we should not grow
should be sufficient to induce j
mor
friv farmpr to consider the
direct
profits of mule raising most favora
bly. Ralieigh (X. C.) Progressive Fai
Etr and Gazette.
The Sleeping Sickness'.'
The first
life i's the :
this can be
two weeks ot a cnicK s
weeks
icst critical time, and it
tided over, given a half
a chance it w 11 live to .inatudity.
rIppfiv chirks and bowel trouble are
unheard cf where chicks
been fed to eari!y in their
Mites and lice frequently
nav:
not
chicks on very short notice, -and no
one who pretends to rait chicks
should think of removing them from
under the mother hen to the brood
coop without greasi'lng them on the
top of the head and under thie threat,
and repeating this every week or
10 days until the hen leaves them.
For ch-cks that are drooping and
have bow; trouble there are several
remedies, though it is hard to effect
a cure when diBrrn-ea makes us: ap- j
pearar.ee. Scraped raw Irsh potato i
is good, so is rice boiled in milk and :
led cold, eneaan red mixea w .in
Venetian
wixn
meal
until it is pink
in color
moi.s
tenerl with bOittecl milk is also sooa.
& -
-Uncle -To. in RaMgh (X. C.)
gressive Faarmer and Gazette.
I'ro- i
The Deadly Fly.
A numb;
of counts of
a large number
disease
germs upon
of flie;4 1
examined, showed a range from ;50
to GO. 00. 000 germs, representing ty
phoid, consumption, dysentery, not to
speak of the presence of filth upon
their bodies, collected from their
visits to every sort of haunt, Xot
onlv do i'liies transmit disease! through
ineir capacity to carry aissase germs
upon their feet, wimgs and bodies, bul ;
often in ieeding they take germs nto
tneir bods, many of which in Pai-
ing tnvoucn t.ie digestive tract, not ;
onlv rimain
numbers so that fly '
been found to contain
'specks"
a large
have
num- I
b?r of (
: a s ? -1 ) r c d u c i n g g e r m s .
It is disgust! as to read
things, is it not? I5ut it
th cut thr. se
5 rot mere
dissustjr.g thun to see these same j
flies after th-ir repast of fif th, dro'vvn i
in the milk pitcher, drop their!
specks en a frosted cake, or clean j
their feet on the bread. Is1 it pleas-!
ant to .ee r.Tes that may have been i
feasting on the sputum from a con-1
snmptive cr upon the waste from a j
typhoid patient crawl over the lips cf j
a, sleeping baby or gather on the r.'.p-!
pie of its nursing bottle? Thesfe are!
daaily occurences in some homes un
L. Stevens, in Starksville (Miss,) Pro
protected. L. Stevens, in Starksville
(Miss.) Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette. Six Things to do For The Baby.
it.,.
(1) -Remember that a mother must
be trained to know, not to guessi.
(2) Secure a reliable book upon the
care and feeding of infants and be
gin to study the first principle of
inteliligent baby culture.
(3) Remember that every year in
calculable damage is done to the
eyes of babies where mothers have
not thought to protect thevn from
the glare of the sum.
(4) Let the baby have a bed to
himself, if it be only a clothes basn
ket, or a clean, dry wash tub, or
dry goods box. Have the mattress
firm and soft and the cover warm
but light.
(Z) Avoid soothing syrups and
soothing "teas." Keep in mind that
so-called soothing syrups advertised
as harmless contains morphine, opiuu
cocaine, or other harmful drugs in
da ngerouiM Q uantiti e s .
)6( Remember that the baby iM the
most important thing in your life
and don't neglect him in any way for
any thing else. Mrs. F. L. Stevens,,
jn Raleigh )N. C. ( Progressive Far
mer and Gazette.
LUTE i
NECESSITY.
can't have! paying farming
That you
on a one crop
basis- this was the
beainning ot wisaom 'lihat me w io-n-ia
farmers learned when Prodigalr
r.i;e, and also like cur own cotton
farmer s he "came to him self," after
riotinz in the riches of a mew,
stran-
ge country. And hits next
lessoni was !
lice
unto'
Ti vrvn r-3ii'r 11111(1
( Ilk v4 VI -v
up land wniiout.
live stccx. .-iture
has decreed that where grass! ana. ve&
i etaiiou grow there mast atii'raals' fe?a
: and i,ji.urn the fertility to the earth
i and Xairre's trimity the soil, the
plant, the anonial, and back again
I through the same cycle over and ov
! er is as inseperable as the links in
' a ch.tiu.
Wisconsin turned to dairying l)e
cau :e of climatic advantages for) this
form of stock-raiising, and now in
stead of her land getting poorer, it
is getting richer every year and
.this in-scite cf the fact that Wiscon
iisin"s total fertilizer bill is lss than
(the tonnage tax cu fertilizers, in
North Canolina. In other words,
: where we spend one dollar for ferti
lizees. they spend one cent.
Wisconsin farmers b.ave learned to
i grew corn, too, although thrirty -years
ago the common variietiet of dent
; corn would not mature in this sec
! tion. But this did not faze thebi,
! end they set out to breed a type
i that would mature in their little ov
! er ir'nety days of assmred grow.'aiig
! season. Tbis tJiey sociii accomplished
! and by the aid of other work in
I Wisconsin has now become one of
! the best corn States :.n the AmeTi-
can Union. Raleigh X. C. roress
! ive- Farm or and Gazette.
WHEN A BAIL TO THE ACRE IS
The average cotton crop of the
whole Cotton Belt is less than two
hundred .pounds of lint per acre, a
gCod deal Sess. And yet, when we
know that all over the South there
are here and titer e men who sieldcm
faM to to make five hundred pounds
and aa smaller number who make
more than tins, and now ama tnen
one who makes a thousand pounds.,
it is evident tiliat to make this low
average there must be many who
growing cotton at an actual loss,
j fcr 200 pounds hardly pays more thai
j the cost of growing it. In fact it
does not pay the cost of those who
are carried by a merchant. If every
farmer in the Cotton Belt
made a
bale an acre, it would not take half
the area to make the usjual crop,
and the remaining acres could be
arowi'ns: something: to feed the land
or the cattle, and helping to improve j
the land so that one-fourth of the J
area now planted would make the i
crop.
I may not live to seeit, but it is
coming when a Southern farmer wilt
be ashamed of a crop of half a bale
an acre, and will be disappointed at
less than a tale. The leaven is work
ing, and as the young men come to
CROP ROTATION AN
eicstanee. 'Ke cuarge or auaurs. ineie is
vtil voanziing to be a general breaking away
from all methods. XV. F. Massey. in I
Ralighe (X. C.) Progressive Farmer !
and iCazette. j
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The Farm Woman's Ncble Work. !
Where the farm woman's work is
lightened by labor-saving convenien
ces and where she is studying her
wcrk and trying to learn, about j
foods and food values, sanitation, arc J
also about how to make the most i
spi.ondid examples of phvsicaal and
moral ma.n:hocd and womanhood out
of i,pr rhiMrpn wpII siIip has a chan-
ce to fjd ten times as
c T f5 d t times as much joy
n i1f1
sweetness in life asl the wealthy '
society woman in town who fritters
more importance than now to piay
bridge or how to deck her body a
little differently to-day from what
she diid yesterday. It seems to me
that I should as lief not live at all
as to reproach my Creator with a
life wasted in such aimless'uess.
Clarence Poe, in Raleigh )N. C.(
Progressive Farmer and Gazette.
- HIU fll IUi
What I Did Not See.
The writer has just returned from
r tmiv ftf cuc-VcitqI It nnrl rr. .-1 roilcc? rf
&vm countries in Illinois and
W!isccnsin. among SOme of the richest
a,n1 most progressive farmers in tire
,vorld- 1 dm , to tell what I saw
th:. PXT.l2.iaa "the almost, tinm railed
exftaias
prosperity cf these farmers, but Per
haps a better
explanation may
be
ex-
found :a what I did not see For
j ample take this list.
Xc mrlos.
I Xo cabin;,
i Xo gulirs.
j Xo old iields.
Xo. forest fires..
I Xo big plantation.
-No cue horse plows,
j Xo loafeirsi at depots,
j Xb sheep-killing degs.
I 'No small work horses,
i Xo 'Stii.mp.s i,ni the field.,
Xb commercial fertilizers.
No factory-slave children.
No farm homes unpaiiinted.
XTo one-room schoo.IhouseSj
No farms without live! stock.
No anaemic-looking children.
No land without cover crops.
Xo cows or mules with ribs! show
ing.
X'o burning of vegetable matter.
No parasite store at every cross
road. No farms cut up into piddling
patches.
No surface-scratching miscalled
plowing.
No farm home without sianitary
convenience.
No farmers "bossing" hands wajth
out working himself.
And it might be said in conclu
sion, that there were no negroes
and consequently no white men and
women either waiting for negroes to
do work they might do themselves,
or abstaining from what their hands
found to do from any absurd idea
that it was beneath them." Clar
ence Poe, in Raleigh (N. C.) Prog
ressive Farmer and Gazette.
If you have intelligence enough to
manage two horses profitably, then
you tie up half your power, -you
throw away half your intelligence,
kill haK your profits, wThen 3rou use
only ens horse.
When you cajE usie two 'hands prof
itably, what would you tbijrik of tying
one hand by your side, and using only
one? And yet, the economic effect is :
almost the sajme, if you can uisle two
norses prcuta.piy ana are content to ;
use only one. Raleigh (N. C( Fro- j
gressvv - Farmer and -Gazette.
Supersentiveness to Criticism.
In l'ove for
tiie soute i yieit to no i
mmi living. If I
have any master 1
passion,
it as the
to make my li?ie j
service to her and her Peo-
- -Jf
pie.
and
My father fought im her armies,
I pity the man who does not re-
spond to the
tor Carina ck's-
partriotism, ot
Sena-
eloquent declaration :
"I was borne of that land; I was n
tured at her besem, and to her everj
drop of my blood, every fiber of my
beihig, every pulsation of my heart,
is consecrated forever."
But how are we going to sierve the
South? Certadnf.y it wift never be plaj
i.ng the ostrich and hiding our heads
in the sand in order to keep from
seeing facts as they are. The mis
erable flatteries that the Soarthern
people have toleratd so. long in a
certain type of politician and dema
gogue makes me wonder sometimes
if Dante was not right after all in
putting flatterers in one of the low
forgers. If you are going into trail
ing to struggle for the mastery, with
some powerful and muscular wrest
ler, that man is not your friend who
flatters you with a thousand lulling
complmients about your strength
and your superiority over your op
ponent . Your real friend is the man
I vh- t pIIs von the pxact. truth about
the strength cf your rival who
tells j-ou how necessary it is that
you put yourself in the very best
of training, on the very best of diet
and who. urges you day after day to
avoid every weakening and debilita
ting influence, who encourages you,
indeed, for every well-meant effort
you put forth, but who never lulls
you into a siense of ease and fafee
security that would only ruin you in
the end. Clarence Poe, in Raleigh
(N. C.) 1 'regressive- Farmer and Ga
zette. A writer in one of our exchanges
tells cf finding a school house in
a prosperouisi village, with the doors
unlocked for the summer, the desks
disa.tr anged, the books in the libra
ry scattered about and mistreated,
the glasla) broken in the windows,
the floors dusty, the whole building
open to any one who chances to
come b5. Such neglect of the school-
house discredit's the community, and
the com miss oners iinje uubmlc-s. h
is to take care of it, and the patrons
whose self-interest should prompt
tern to do it, cughht to feel asha
med whenever such abuse or neglect
of the school buildimg is permitted.
Raleigh (X. C.) Progressive Farmer
and Gazette.
The planting of the early potatoes
that have been kept in cold storage
is a perfect successs, and will give
a good, if not better, seed than the
real second crop, and planted in
July will make a larger crop and bet
i ter tor table use. t wotuci piani.
them in a deep furrow and cover ver.
ng&tly til they grow and then work
the earth to them till level and
wou(j not at all as we do early pota
toos, theobject being at that season
to retain moisture. v . Jb . Massey,
i in Raleiigh (N. C.) Progressive Farm
I er and Gazette.
-9-m
Before we shall ever have the
work stock to properly and econom
ically cultivate our crops we must
breed them, and before we are likely
to breed them, we shall probably
find it necessary to grow more feed
for live stock: but we are going: to
produce more horses; and mules be-
do good tarmjng. J-et us, theretore,
make the start thisj year, and make ii
right. There are just two important
points at which we should careful!! y
try to avoid mistakes. We need to
grow larger hcrsies
to feed them better.
mules, and
If we do these,
we will not fail, but wrHl find the
business! of raising farm work a prof
itable branch of farming .Raleigh
(N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette. VERDICT OF JURY 12 MEN
What they Had to
Say
About John
son's Chill and Fever Tonic.
"I think it the best Tonic on
earth." T.
ville, La.
T. Bienvenne, St,
Martin
earth." "The best Grip cure en
Cedar Bluff Woolera Co.. Cedar
Bluff,
a
"1 think at the finest medcine on
earth" G. W. Morrow, Sherrill Ark.
"They say it is the best medicine
in the worjtfl." We take i't. J. E.
Bayliss, Paster-La, Ark.,
"I think your Johnson's Tonic is
the best medicine on earth." L. Dur
ousseau, Flynn, La.
"The best onj earth". Ecksl'f Phar
macy, Crowley, La.
"Best on earth. Sell 50 bottles to
one of any other kind." J. F Nulch
olson, Cheap Hill, Temn.
"Finest in the world." W. P. Lips
comb & Co., La Giran-ge, Tenn.
"I think Johnson's! Tonic is the
best medicibe on earth." A. Baker,
Hurricane Mills, Temn.
"It is the best Tomic of its kind 5n
the world. Everybody thinks so." A.
J. Gilllen, Maxeys, Ga.
"The best on the top side of this
mundane sphere." J. L. CorBett, Bish
opville, S. C.
"Best on earth." M. E. Lott, Quit
man, Miss.
The combined ratiing of these 12
merchants is $200,000.00.
Napoleon's Grit.
Was of the unconquerable, never-say
die kind, the Mod that you need most
when you have a bad cold, cough or
lung disease. Suppose troches, cough
-syrups.or doctors and all have
fail don't losie heart of hope. Take
Dr. King's New Discovery. Satis
faction is guaranteed when used for
any throat cr lung trouble. It has sa
ved thousands of hopeless sufferers.
It masters stubborn colds, obstimatt
coughs hemorrhage, iLagrippe, croup,
asthma hay fever and Whoop ing,cougl
and is the most safe and certain
rnaigdy for all bronchial' affections.
$1,00, -Trial bottle free at J. G.
Hail's.
Vortham.
Mrs. Mary
Jones Yrortham died at
a, pr ,ome npir Prnvirieno rnin
home
Co N c. on the 8th of Julv 1910
in the 54 year of her age.' ' She
leaves a devoted husband, four chil-
Ul Cll, t":ic o.ila dliU Ulie U'O .
At ei-even years ot a.sr3.
Sister
Wortham professed f&ilth in Christ.
and joined Mt. Carmel Methodist
Church. When that church. wont
down, she joined Enon Baptist
Church, where she was a loved and
; honored member. When Beulah Bap
tist Church was organized at Provi-
j dence, she, with other membersi of
the family moved their membership
to this church, she- was
lyoal, lov-
ing, useiuli church member,
was respected and loved by all
knew her, she was an- angel of
She
who
mer-
c.y dai every Home she ccuid reach,
where there was sickness sorrow
or need of help and sympathy.
She loved her Bible, arid had more
than an average knowledge of its
teachlngisi.
Her burial! services were conducted
by her pastor, at the church she
loved so well, in the presence of am
unusually large concourse of people.
After this! service the tody was laid
tn rPRt ,iin tfl a rti rl taroi. v hiirvini? i
ground, at the home of her brother
Mr. James Renin.
"And I heard a voice from heaven
saying, blessed are the dead, who
die in the Lord, for they shall rest
from their labors, and their works
do f elbow them. J. A. S.
Flat River Baptist Association.
This body met July 12th, and 13th,
with Mi'Ui Creek Church in. Person' Co.
N. C.
Rev. P. II. Fonta(ifo, the foreman
moderator, was kept away on acccunl
of an injury received by his horse
runnriaig away with him. Dr. A. B.
Dunaway was1 elected moderator J.
C. Howard Clerk, and Snijth Humph
ries Treasure.
The business of the Association
was greatly hampered, by the fail
ure of a number of Erethern appoint
ed last year to make reports cm dif
ferent subject& to be present and
failing to send in. their reports. Tlhe
reports from the churches showed
an improvement over the reports of j
last year. j
Visiting Brethern were remarkably j
scarce. The crowds were large, and i
was a pleasant and profitable meet- j
ing.
Rock-Spring and Virgilina churches'
asked for the next session to meet
with them. The contest wras sharp,
but friendlj', Rock-Spr'tng wone by
a safe majority. Delegate.
m mm
Second or Western Tour Oxford Or
phanage Singing Ciass of 1910.
After almost a month at Oxford,
following its first or eastern tour,
the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class)
will, about July 21st, start upon its
second or Western tour.
Tbilisi far this year the Class has
seemed to meet with exceptional suc
cess and excellent are the prospects
for the second or Western triip.
The concert of the children aire of
great merit, interesting, refreshing,
helpful. They are really worth more
than the price of admission.
The Oxford Orphanage is nowr at
tempting to care for about 330 of
the hrjtmeliess children of our state
and to prepare them for useful' lives.
Since its establishment in 1872 5t
has been a greatly used agency in
the salvation of souls', in the rescue
of lives for service to God and hu
manity. The visits of the?? brrlhht, attract
ive, welll trained children, who give
a delightful concert, cannot fail to
deepen interest in this institution
and in. the ether splendid orphanages
We bespeak fcr the Oxford Orphan
age Sing'aig Class of 1910 in its) tour
sos oon to begin even larger pat
ronage than ever before from all
cf our people.
Must be Above Suspicion.
Kidney and Bladder ailments are;s(
serious aai their consequences, and if
unchesked so often fatal that any
remedy offered for their cure must
Pills contain no harmful drugs, and
have successfully stood a long and
thorough test. j
Sold by all Druggists. I
I
a-9m j
A Wonderful Discovery Which Pract-;
icalfy Eliminates the Dangers of j
t
Death by Catarrh or Disease
Which Originates vlth Catarrh.
(From the Patc-rsou, N. J. Guardian)
Ninety four per cent of all the di
seases with which the human; system
is afflicted, orrig'jnate cr turn into
catarrh; assuring himself of this fact
IV. Barker gave the matter of catarrl
his entire time and study, and after
several years of the most through
research for a remedy which would
positively cure catarrh in any form,
prepared a prescription he used
in his private practice without a sin
gle failure of any case of catarrh, (he
treated. After a considerable amount
of persuasion he consented to put '
prescription up in convenrifent form,
so that sufferers frcfcii this terrible
disease could purchase; the treatment
at a normal cost. The prescription
will be found i)n most any drug store
in.the Uniited States under the label
bloodline. In a recent introductory
sale in the city of New York, more
than 20,000 bottles were sold fax. a
single week.
I am so confildent that bloodine
wiH cure any one afflicted with ca
tarrh that I will gladly supply it to
any patient on a positive guaran
tee to cur or money will be as
cheerfully refunded as it is taken.
If your druggdist does not keep blood
ine you can be supplied by The
Bloodlilne Labotories, Boston Mass.,
at 50c a bottle or six bttlesfotr 2,50.
Hamiiilton Drug Company.
A Few Short Weeks.
Mr. J. S. Bartwielil), Edwardsvi'lle,
111., writes: "A few months ago my
kidneys 'and hips. Foley kidney pills
ere backache .and pain across the
kidneys and hips. Foley ddroey Pills
promptly cured my backache and co
rrected the action of my kidneyg.
This was broughtabout after hiy us
ing them for only a few short weeks
and T cam. cheerfulllv recommend thorr
1 Sold by all Druggist,
if
1 1 1
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Pinnix & Pinnix,
Oxford, N. C,
Enclosed find a dollar for which send me
the Ledger for one year, i understand that
unless I renew, you will stop my paper when
the twelve months has expired.
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Address
enclose
Mower, or Rake vou
want, then Davis is the man 3ou
want to get in touch with, for he
handles the International line, and
it is the BEST in the Reaper or
Mower. Write at oaice to SAMUEL
DAVIS, Clarksville, Va., for prices,
and catalogue."
ATTi
ill Cut this out
,
V js
f it is a Mower, or Rsk von
EMTOM
Now that the wheat crop is be
ing harvested, permit us to suggest
that you exercise great care to
house it thoroughly dry, if you de
sire the largest yield of good, pure
flour out of it As soon as your
wheat is well dry, we invite you to
let us mill it for you. We offer
you now the best advantages that
have ever been available to the
farmers of Granville County for
getting out of their wheat the larg
est possible yield of pure, white
flour. By all means, however, see
that your wheat is dry. All that
we ask is a trial. We know we
can please you. We have the ma
chinery and the facilities to get out
of wheat all there is in it in qual
ity and quantity. Our
has made a hit, and taken front
rank in popular, as a high grade
flour. Many users will have no
other. If you will bring us good,
dry wheat, we will make you flour
of "SUN RISE" quality, we know
that will please you.
Some have asked us if we vill
have the time from our merchant
milling to handle custom ex
change. In reply to all, let us say
that we will; for while we are al
ways busy we have large capacity,
and provided large capacity in or
der that we might do justthis;that
is, handle our merchant customers,
and our custom exchange as well.
We assure you a cordial welcome
Tar Valley 1. 0
W. R. KIMBALL, Sec'y.
Route
a dollar and send it in.
Foley's kidney Remed5T will cure an:
case of kidney and bladder trouble
now- beyond the reach of medicine
Xo medicine can do more. Sold by ail
druggists.
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Smoke Manila Stogies. They are
fine. 3 for 5 cents. Lyons Drug Store.
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