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JACKSON HERALD.
ROBERT S. HOWARDS
Editor and Publisher. $
VOLUME I.
C. w_ DUPRE,
Gainesville, Ga.,
IS lIEADQI ARTERS for good reliable goods, and the Reader in Low Prices. My stock of General Merchandise is the
largest I have ever carried, and the most extensive and best selected stock ever brought to Gainesville. My
Dry Groodss Department
Is full and replete in every line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SAT INS, ULAIDS, STRIPES and
HIIOCADKS ever offered here. A superb line of I - L ANN ELS, V\ AI ERPROOFS, UASIMEKES, JEANS, CIA) 1 IIS. Ac.
My stock of LADIES’ CLOAKS will equal that of every house in the city together. This line fs complete in all grades.
Every lady can he suited here. M3'
Glove, Hosiery and Corset Departments
Arc full of the best goods and lowest prices. In MILLINERY, II ATS, RIBBONS and TRIMMINGS, for ladies wear, 1 have
an elegant line, with MISS MARY lIEADEN, a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department.
Clotliing:! Clotliing l
In my Clothing Department may always he found everything pertaining to a first-class clotliing store. This stock is uncqual
cd in this section. “ KEEP’S” Shirts, Collars and Cutis a specialty. No fancy prices. 1 have the largest stock of Boots and
Shoes, for Gents, Ladies and Children, ever ottered to the trade in Northeast Georgia. Ziegler’s Shoes, and other noted brands
in full lines. My stock is complete in every department, and as to prices 1 will guarantee to sell an} r tliing in 1:13' stock as low
as similar goods can be bought in Atlanta or Athens, or any other market. All! ask is an opportunity to convince you.
Conic to Gainesville. Come to see me. C. W. DuPRE.
P. S. —I buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices.
£egtf JWiwtisemeiik
Executrix’s Sale .
A GREEABLY to an order of the Court
J\. of Ordinary of Jackson county. Ga..
gran'ed at the J)icemb:r term, ISSI, of
said Court, will lie sold, before the Court
House door in Jefferson, in said county,
on the first Tuesday iu February, 18S2,
four ecu acres of land, more or less, lying
in the 428th District, G. M., said county,
being a portion of the Wm. Porter tract,
adjoining lands of James Roberts and
Helena Long. Said land lies along the
Gainesville and Jefferson Rail Road, about
four miles from Jefferson, and is the very
best quality of land. Sold as the property
of William Porter, dec'd, for the purpose
of paving the debts of said dec’d. Terms
cash. JULIA A. PORTER,
Executrix of William Porter.
Jackson County.
Whereas. Robert E. Green, Adminis
trator of Caroline A. Colt, dec’d. makes
application to me in proper form for leave
to sell the real estate belonging to said
deceased—
This is to cite all persons concerned,
heirs and creditors, to show cause, if any,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordi
nary, to be held in and for said county on
the first Monday m February, ISS2, why
said leave should not be granted the ap
plicant.
Given under my official signature, Jan.
r. 18S2. H. % BELL, Ord’y.
J.EORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, S. P. Higgins, Administrator
of Mar3 T Simmons, Ueo’d, represents to the
Court that he has fully and completely ad
ministered said deceased’s estate accord
ing to law, and is therefore entitled to a
discharge from said administration—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, at the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, on the first Mon
day in April, 1882, why Letters of Dis
mission from said estate should not be
granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this
January 4th, 18S2.
11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Jackson Countv.
Whereas, G. W. Strickland makes ap
plication for Letters of Guardianship of
the property of Z. T. Hardman, Tildcn
Hardman and Adell Hardman, minors of
Z. J. Hardman, dec'd—
This is to cite all concerned and/the
next of kin to show cause, if any they can,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordi
nary of said county, on the lirst Monday
in February, ISS2, why said letters should
not be granted the applicant.
Given under my otticial signature, Jan.
4, 18S2. H. W. BELL, Ord'y.
Jackson County.
Whereas, Marcus L. Sell makes appli
cation for Letters of Guardianship of the
persons and property of A. V. Sell (for
merly Pirkle), John T. Pirklc and Charles
T. Pirklc, minors of John T. Pirklc —
This is to cite all persons concerned and
the next of kin to show cause, if any they
can, at the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, on the first Mon
day in February, 1882, why said Letters
should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, Jan.
4. 1882. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Whereas, W. I. Pike, Administrator of
Lloyd Brooks, late of said county, dec’d,
applies for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to said deceased's estate—
This is to cite all concerned, kindri>d
and creditors, to show cause, if any, on
the first Monday in February, 1882. at the
Court of Ordinary of said county, why
said leave should not be granted the ap
plicant.
Given under my official signature, Jan.
4. 1882. 11. W. BELL. Ord’y.
Q.KORUJA, Jackson County.
Thomas H. Gober lias applied for ex
emption of personalty and setting apart
the same; and I will pass upon the same
at 10 o'clock A. M., on the ISth day of
January, 1882, at my office, in Jefferson.
jan G* 11. W. BELL, Ord’}'.
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| Jackson County.
Whereas. O. 11. P. Pettyjohn, Admin
istrator on the estate of Temperance 4>et
| tyjohn. late of said count}’, deceased, rep
resents to the Court that he has full}’ and
completely administered said deceased’s
estate and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if an}’, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinal’}’
of said county, on the first Monday in Feb
ruary. ISS2, why said Letters of Dismis
sion should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, Oc
tober 2‘Jth, 1881.
H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
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FORTY DOLLARS FOR FOUR TEETH.
A Real Incident.
BY MRS. 11. S. CLARKE.
“ Elsie !”
“ Yes pnpu and the child dashed
away her fetus and sprang to the bed
where her father lay bandaged and
helpless.
That day an explosion had happened
in the mill where he worked, and he was
badly hurt.
“ Water!” lie said feebly.
She gave it to him, and he went on
speaking ;
“ Where's the money, Elsie?”
“ Here, papa," putting hef hand on
the bosom of her dress.
” That’s right. Take good care of
it. God only knows when we shall
have any more. Poor child !” he added
fondly.
‘ Not a bit of it,” she answered gaily.
“ You’ll be at home all the time now.
and we’ll have such a good time to
gethcr.
Her father gave her a loving smile,
and closed his eyes wearily. Elsie
began to stroke his hand, and he soon
fell into an uneasy slumber.
The two were all in all to each other.
They came from England and had been
in America but a few months. Elsie
was a plain, delicate child of thirteen,
hut, Her father called her his dove of
coinfort, and now she was proving her
right to the name. She tended him
day and night, with a cheery, skillful
patience that made everybody love
her.
But the weeks went by, the money
was spent, and still he lay on his bed.
The wolf was at the door. How could
they keep him out?
Then it was that her father said :
*• Elsie, where are the silver spoons ?”
” In mamma’s little trunk, with the
ring and the locket,” she answered.
“ You must get them out and carry
them to Mr. Black.”
‘•Oh.papa.no! It’s all the silver
we have, and mamma thought every
thing of them,” she cried impulsively.
The sick man made no answer, but
lie put his hands over his eyes, and
; soon Elsie saw the tears steal slowly
through his fingers.
“ Papa, dear papa ! I didn’t mean it.
How cruel of me!” she exclaimed,
throwing her arms about him. “I’ll
take them this minute, and when you
get well and earn money we'll have
them back again.”
“ When I get well! I wonder when
that will be?” he said despairingly.
“ Before long,—slow and sure, you
know,” she answered brightly, and in
a few minutes she set out on her first
visit to the pawnbroker. But it was
not her last. Time and again she
went, till every possible thi g had been
carried ; and meantime she was learn
ing cheerfully to bear hunger and cold
r or “ papa’s sake.”
He. too. poor man. must see bis
lading grow hollow-cheeked and big
eyed. with no power to save her. What
could they do but lie down together
and die ?
As Elsie went home from her. last
visit to the pawnbroker she stopped at
a grocery to buy a little coal, and.
while she waited for other customers,
she looked listlessly at the morning
paper lying on the counter. As she
did so, these words caught tier eye:
Wanted—four perfect front teeth,
for which I will gi\e forty dollars.
C has. Dow, Dentist,
No. 5 K street.
FIRE PROOF MESSENGER BOXES
The poor little face flushed scarlet
with a sudden hope. ” Perhaps lie
would take mine,” she thought;
•• Mother Savage said yesterday she
wondered how such a homely child
came to have such handsome tenth.”
She seemed to herself to be dreaming.
“ Forty dolh.rs,” “ Forty dollars,” k< pt
saving itself over in her brain, and
when the shopman turned to wait on
her .dm was gone. A few minutes
after, stie stood in the dentist’s office.
“Please, will you sec if my teeth
are good enough to buy ?” she asked
timidly.
The doctor was engaged in a delicate
ope-alion, but he stopped to give the
teeth a hurried examination.
“llow beautiful! They arc just
what I want. Come to morrow,” he
said, going back to his work.
The rest of the day Elsie's father
thought her won lerfully gay, but he
could not think why. for she said
nothing of her plan, about winch she
began to lose courage when the first
°xcitementof itsuhsi led. Hard things
look easier in the morning than they
lo at night; and as she sat in the
twilight, studying herself in a bit of
looking-glass,she thoughtsorrowfully :
” I shall be homelier than ever when
they are gone; but then how silly if
me to care about that. Papa will love
me just the same. But it w ; ll hurt 90
to have them out,” she went on think
ing. and every nerve •in her body
quivered at the prospect.. •* 1 fit wa-n’i
for the rent, and the medicine for papa
and ever so many other things
I never could beg. never. Yes. Elsie
Bctison, it’s got to be done, if it kills
you !”
The next morning she entered the
dentist’s office by the mere force of will.
Her courage was all gone. Dr. Dow
was alone, and said “ Good morning.”
very kindly ; but when he saw how she
trembled, he put her on the lounge and
made her drink something that quieted
her. Then he sat down by her, and
said : “ Now tell me what your name
is, and why you want to sell your
teeth.”
He spoke so gently that at first Elsie
could only answer him with tears : but
at last he contrived to get all her sad
story, and his eyes were wet and his
voice husk}’ several times while she
was telling it.
“ You are a dear, brave child.” be
said when she finished. “Now lam
going with you to see your father.”
“ Butyou’ll take the teetii first, won’t
you ?” she asked imploringly. “ I shall
never have courage to come again.”
“Never mind that. We'll see if
t here isn’t some better way out of this
trouble,” be answered.
80. hand in hand, they went back to
the sick man ; but I cannot tell you
how happy and proud he was when the
doctor told him alxntt Elsie, or how
gratefully he fell in with the plan of
going to a nice hospital, where he soon
got well enough to work in the doctor’s
handsome grounds ; while Elsie, in her
place as nurse to the doctor's baby,
rolled it over the gravel walks.
So, though Elsie kept her teeth, they
saved both her and her father from pov
erty and distress.
Solid Advice About Mothers-in-Law.
“ I vas dalking mit old Mrs. Robs
de oder da)’, Herman,” said lioffen
stein, “ und she dells me dat she heard
you vas going to get married in de
vintcr. Vot haf you to say to dot?”
Herman looked confused for a mo
ment, hut finally controlling his cm
harrassment replied :
“Veil, I did dink, Misder Iloffen
stein, dot 1 vould marry Rachael Go
slinsky in de vinter, und den I dinks
dot it vould be pctter if I vait undil I
got a leetlc money in de pank.”
” Dot vas righd, Herman,” said Ilof
fenstein. with a smile of approval.
“ Safe up your money so dot yon viil
bafsomcding to sdart mit, und ven
you get married dake ray advice und
keep your vile's moder avay. All uf
de drouble vot I have mit my family
vas caused by my vife’s moder ven
she came to lif mit me afder her bus
band, old Moses Heidenheimer, vas
deadt. Sl:e dells my vife pefore she
vas dere a veek dot I must get car
pets, und vindow curtains, und a whole
lot uf oder dings for der house, vot
cost money, you know.
“My gr r-acious, Herman, my vife
she gets der same grazy notions in her
headt, und I dinks at von time dot de
oxbenses vill prake all der sdore up.
My vife’s moder don'd do noting but
cadt, und ven she vasn’t eadin’ she
vas dalkin’ like a vind-mill. und I haf
no beace mit my family. Somedimes
1 vished dot she vould get someding
de matter mit her und die, but she
vouldn’t. Vliile some uf der best
l>eeple aroundt vere I lif vas dyin’ mit
der gonsumption und der heart dis
ease, dot old voman, Herman, got so
fat dot she vas a gouple uf dimes big
ger dan a car mule.
“ Veil, von day vhen I vas almost
grazy mit drouble, my vife sent word
to me dot her moder vas all divested
mit der grumps, und dot I mustpring
a doctor righdt avay. I vent dree
miles out uf der vay to get the doctor,
und ven lie looked at my vife’s moder
und says dot she vas deadt, I vas so
happy, Herman, /lot I feels I could
lift myself up mit my susbenders.
** Der old voraan’s body veighed ofer
dwo hundred bounds, und ven dey
brought der coffin to der house, I dook
her up und put her in it raidoudt any
drouble. She feels to me no more
liefy as a leetle fedder, und I could
haf put her in do eofli-t if (-In’ veighed
a dousand bounds. Recoiled vot I
dells you, Herman, und ven you get
married keep your vife’s moder avay.”
—New Orleans Times.
A Corner in Corncobs.
“There is a corner in corncobs some
where,” said a New York wholesale
dealer in pipes. •• for iho demands of
manufacturers of corncob pipes can
not be met. even at advanced prices.
There has never been such a scarcity
in the supply. The pipes, too, veetu
to be in _n aLer demand than ever.
Many men won't smoke any other
kind. I know one rich society man
who would be in disgrace if he was
seen in public with a corncob pipe in
bis mouth, but who keeps his pipe in
his bedroom and has a quiet smoke
before he goes to bed. The man who
invented the process of hardening
a corncob lias become independently
rich. Some cob pipes are costly be
cause of the silver mountings, but the
pipe that sells for five cents is the
most popular. Smokers say that the
corncob pipe is sweeter thr n any oth
er. Southern negroes who know what
is good from a hooeake to a possum,
wouldn't give a cobpipe lor the liuest
meerschaum if they could n’t get anoth
er. I suppose the short corn crop has
had something to do with the scarcity.
The cobs of a poor crop arc not fit to
make pipes out of.”
Signs of Good Luck.
Wearing out your shoes at the side.
Meeting with a white dog.
Having a strange cat come to }our
house and take up her abode.
If you wish to prosper keep a black
cat.
To put your left boot on your right,
foot.
To find old iron—particularly horse
shoes.
To prevent disease among your pigs,
nail a horseshoe over the door of your
stye.
To dream of finding eggs.
To dream of a funeral.
To break a needle in making a
garment is a sign that yon will live to
wear the garment out.
Great Smokers.
The Hollanders arc more given to
smoking than any Northern people—
“ dreaming with the eyes open.” The
boatman of the Treschkrit, the aquatic
diligence of Holland, mcnsuredistance
by smoke ; from one place to another,
not so many miles, but so many pipes.
Entering the house, your host offers you
a cigar, often insisting on filling your
cigar case on leaving. Some go to sleep
with pipe in their mouth, relight it on
wakening in the night, and in the morn
ing before getting out of bed. Diderot
says : “A Dutchman is living alembic.”
File cigar is not the companion ofindo
lence, but the stimulant and aid to
labor. Smoke is called their second
breath, and the cigar the sixth finger
of the hand. A Frenchman tells the
story of a rich gentleman of Rotterdam,
Van Klaes, surnamed Father Great
pipe, being old, fat, and agreat smoker.
Asa merchant in India he had amassed
a fortune. On his return he built a
palace near Rotterdam, in which lie
arranged, as in a museum, all the
models of pipes from all countries and
of every time. This was open to
strangers to whom, after his display
of smoking erudition, he gave a cata
logue of the lnuseu .ti, bound in vel
vet., with pockets of cigars and tobacco.
Mynheer Van Klaes smoked 150
grammes of tobacco per day, and died
at 98 ; from 18 years of age lie smoked
4.333 kilo grammes—making an un
interrupted black line of tobacco of
twenty French leagues in length.
When but a few days left to complete
his 98th year, lie suddenly felt his end
approaching, and sent for his notary,
a smoker of great merit, and said:
"My good notary, fill my pipe and
your own ; I am about to die.” When
both pipes were lighted Van Klaes
dictated his will, celebrated over
Holland.
After the disposal of the bulk of his
property to relatives, friends and
hospitals, he dictated the following
articles:
“I desire that all smokers in the
country shall be invited to my funeral
by all possible means, newspapers, pri
vate letters, circulars and advertise
ments. Every smoker who shall accept
the invitation shall receive a gift of
ten pounds of tobacco and two pipes,
upon which shall be engraved my name,
my arms, and the date of my death.
The poor of the district who shall
follow my body to the grave shall re
ceive. each man, every year on the
anniversary of my death, a large parcel
of tobacco. To all those who shall be
present at the fnrreral ceremonies, I
make the condition, if they wish to
benefit by my will, that they shall
smoke uninterrupted during the cere
mony. My body shall be inclosed in
a case lined inside with the wood of
my old Havana cigar boxes. At the
bottom of the case shall lie deposited
a box of French tobacco, so-called capo
ral, and a parcel of our own Dutch to
bacco. At my side shall be laid my
favorite pipe and box of matches, be
cause no one knows what may happen.
When the coffin is deposited in the
vault, every person present shall pass
by and cast upon it the ashes of his
pipe.”
The will was carried out. The
funeral was splendid and veiled in a
thick cloud of smoke. The poor
blessed the memory of the deceased,
and the country still rings with his
fame.
How Camels Thrive in Arizona.
Some years ago a number of camels
were brought to this territory by the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
under the supposition that they would
do better service than horses or mules
in traversing the then barren wilds
through which that road was to pass.
Ilewever, after trial, they did not meet
the expectation of their owners, and
were soon turned loose. Since then
they have thrived remarkably' well
and increased in numbers. Occasion
ally one was caught or killed by the
Indians, but a greater portion were
unmolested. Not long ago Mr. R. B.
Smith, of North Rase, Wayne county.
New York, conceived the idea of ob
taining a number fur Sells Bros.’ cir
cus having ascertained that they could
be secured more convenient and at
less expense than if imported from
their native country’. Having made
a satisfactory con fact with Sells Bros,
he came here not long ago and sue
ceeded. with the assistance of Pantha,
chief of the Navajos, in corraling nine
camels about forty miles from Gila
Bend, at a cost to him of about SSOO,
and much finer specimens of the spe
cies than arc exhibited in the travel
ing menageries. Mr. Smith passed
through this city Thursday evening
with his cargo, and feels greatly elated
over his success. Two of the beasts
are very young, and it is feared one
will net be able to withstand the cold
weather experienced during the pass
age East.
Signs of a Stranger Coming.
A cat washing her face. To spill a
cup of tea. To drop a dishcloth. To
see a cow. To sneeze before break
fast. To have your no3e itch. • The
entranoe of a bumble bee into the
house. The crowing of a rooster on
the doorstep. The breaking of the
clothes iine.
Dropping your food on its way to
your mouth is a sign of the coming of
a stranger who will be hungry. Drop
ping a fork, or a pair of scissors, if the
points penetrate the floor. Upsetting
a chair. The running down-of a clock.
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Men of ax-shun—Tramps.
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
( SI.OO for Six Months.
A Wonderful Dwelling.
Captain Martin Van Bitren Bates,
who lives on a farm near Seville, 0.,
is seven feet eleven and a half inches
high and weighs 479 pounds. Mrs,
Bates is seven feet eleven inches high
and weighs 413 pounds. It is auifflcult
matter to convey an adequate idea of
the proportions of such a dwelling as
the one occupied by the Ohio giants.
A door that is six feet six inches high
is a large sized opening in the side of
a house—that is a dwelling house, not
a cathedral. But the doors in the
domicile of the Bates giants are ten
feet high, and the knobs are nearly as
high as the reporter's head.
The house was built by Captain
Bates in 1876, and is elegantly furnish'
ed. In the main building on the
ground floor are, besides the spacious
hall, the bed chamber of the giants, a
.sitting room and a parlor. The conch
upon which the big couple sleep was
made especially for them, and it is a
curiosity to look at. It is extensive
enough to give the great people room
to stretch in, and it looks as big as an
ordinary-sized floor. It is really ten
feet long, wide in proportion and about
twice as high as a common bed. The
magnificent dressing-case is also a
huge affair, with a glass upon it nearly
as big as the side of a house. In the
sitting room is a piano of ordinary size
itself, but it is mounted on blocks two
feet high, so that the instrument is
away up in the air.- out of the reach of
common folks. There are two rocking
chairs in this room that are so big that
the reporter had to climb up into one
of them the same as an infant would
clamber up into a “ high chair.” It is
very expensive for the giants to live,
as they have to pay such an exorbitant
price tor everything they wear. For 1
instance, it costs the Captain thirty
dollars a pair for boots.
It is a most-astonishing sight to
come across the two giants out for a
drive. City folks who have seen thc !
ponderous wagons with wheels reach
ing to the second story of a bouse,-
used to haul stones weighing tons and’
tons, can form an idea of the vchiole :
U9ed. It is pulled by six stout Nor
man horses, and it is enough to make'
a man think he has got ’em sure, to’
suddenly meet such a spectacle on the :
road out in the country. Passing;
wagons have to let the rails down ana
drive into the adjoining fields until the
giants go by. —Cincinnati Enquirer.
Father is Getting WeiL
My daughters say. “ llow mueft
better father is since he used Hop Bit
ters.” lie is getting well after his'
long suffering from a disease declared
incurable, and we are so glad that ho
used your Bitters. A lady of Roches
ter, N. Y.— Utica Herald.
Novel Argument in Favor of the
Stock Law.
Yesterday while a large number of
colored men were discussing the stock
law now before the Legislature, an
old man in the party used this pointed
argument in favor of it; ,k l>ar is oner
ting you niggers aint tinking of in dis
matter. You se dat big rock build in’*
down by de ribber ? Well, dat place i
chock full ob niggers. llow come 80?
I’ll tell you. De buckra cow, he hog.
and he sheep dey runs through de fields ?
some ob dem same niggers see ’em in
de woods and kill ’em and etvt ’em,
De buckra find ’em out and dc nigger
got no money to pay for ’em and den
he go to court and den to de peniten
tiary. Now, when dis stock law done
pass and de cows and de hogs all perv
up, de tempta* ion dun gone, and yon
won't see so many niggers in dat rock
buildin’. I’m talkin’ and you'll see.”’
—Columbia (S. C.) Register.
After Twenty Years.
Memphis, Tcnn., April 13, 1881.
IL 11. Warner & Cos., t Sirs —Your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, in roy
case, cured a confirmed sickness of
twenty years. 1 believe it to be the
remedy for all female disorders, and
can cheerfully recommend it.
Mrs. B. N. Bolton.
Valuable Tables
The following table will show the
number of checks or hills contained
in an acre of ground at certain di&-
tanecs:
1 foot apart each way 43,56(1
2 feet apart each way 10,890
3 feet apart each way 4,845
4 feet apart each way 2,722
5 feet apart each way 1,740
6 feet apart each way 1,210
0 feet apart each way 597
10 feet apart each way 435
12 feet apart each way 502
15 feet apart each way 195
20 feet apart each way 108
25 feet apart each way 69
30 feet apart each wa3’ 48
40 feet apart caeh way 27
The Spring Place Times records a
terrible accident which occurred to a
son of Mr. Jas. Groves, near Holly
Creek, Murray county, some days ago.
It seems the little boy, aged about
eleven years, was riding a spirited
horse to water, when the animal took
fright and dashed his youthful rider
against a tree, causing almost instant
death.
Nearly all the ills that afflict man?
kind can be prevented and cured by
keeping the stomach, liver and kid-
I neys in perfect working order. There
is no medicine known that will do
;this as quickly and surely, without in
terfering with your duties, as Parker's
!Ginger Tonic. See advertisement.
NUMBER 49.