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JOHIV II. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
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VOL.XXIT.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY-, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20.1893.
NO- 16.
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D. U. ADDY, Proprietor,
Leesyille, Lexington County, S. C.
Breeder and. shipper of Lt. Brahmas,
P. Cochins. White and Barred Plymouth.
per 13. Pekin Duck eggs $1.00 for 9.
MammothBronzeTurkeyEggs 25cents
eac:
f^T ffOLLIXOSM
—OFFER8 FOB SALE —
Jersey Heifers and Grades
of best butter families,
REGISTERED BERKSHIRE PIGS,
•Premium Fowls, and Eggs from same.
Invinoible in the show room, my birds
hayejnstbeen awarded highest honors
Louisiana State Fair, Shreveport, Nov.
4th, 1892. Write quick and get my prices
on Lt Brahmas, Fit and Exhibition dames,
Silver Wvandottes, Langshans, Plymouth
Bocks and Buff Leghorns.
Eggs $2.50 and $3.00 per setting of 13.
Address S. Q. HOLLMSSWOBTH,
P. O., Coushatta, La.
O U R,
CLOTHING
—18 ALWAY8 BEADY FOE—
INSPECTION,
We continue to lead the
Clothing Trade.
EADS. NEEL &C0i
-THE OBIGINAL-
Ojie Price ClottiieTS,
Mc©N,kLEORGIA.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
APRIL TERM,-1893, HOUSTON*SU-
< COURT.
We, the Grand Jury chosen and
sworn for the.April .Term, 1893,
.beg l.eave to. offer the following ns
our general presentments., <
The present session being of un-
usual length, it becomes necessary
* that we should state that the crim
inal business has at thia .term of
tne court Been unusually ‘heavy*
and of such a'peculiar nature that
ic demanded the strictest investiga
tion from ojur body, which has tak
en time and much labor.
We have, through the several
committees, examined the various
records of the county officials, and
in the main find them kept in ac
cordance with the law.
We find that the business con
ducted by the judge of the county
court is entirely satisfactory in ev
ery respect, and as he makes his
quarterly report to the county com-
siouers, it is unnecessary to make
further comment.
-We also find the books and pa
pers of the county school commiB-
sioner correctly kept, with proper
vouchers for all receipts and ex
penditures.
We call the attention of the
school commissioner to the reports
before this body in reference .to
parties attending school who are
not entitled, under the law, to the
benefit of tbe school fund.
By examination- of the tax col
lector’s books, we find the amount
of taxes assessed $31,071.49; amount
collected and properly accounted
fqr, $29*285.88; insolvent list, er
rors, etc., $1,785.61.
We made a careful examination
of the county treasurer’s books,
and report as follows:
Oct. 6,1892. Balance on hand, 634.15
April 41893. Ain’t Bridge Fund on hand, 1,665.84
««• h «« «* Pauper 44 44 44 . 1,710.53
it u a ** Jury 44 44 44 2,721.23
m . «* “ «* County 44 44 “ 6,643,22
Total, $13,364.97
vol. 1, pages'134 and 135, concern
ing the registering, etc.; and the
act of the general law, for working
roads by taxation, or chaingang, as
laid down on pages 135 and 136,
section 4, Georgia Laws, 189L
BOARD OF EDUCATION. ‘ .
. We find one vacancy in tbe board,
of education, and have elected Jno.
F. Houser to fill the unexpired
term of" Judge A. G. Riley. -
We recommend that these pre-
fentments be -published in The
Houston Home Joubnal at a cost
not to exceed $10.
In conclusion,. we ’ tender our
thanks to his Honor, Judge Bart
lett, for the very able and impar
tial manner in which he has pre
sided over the court at this term,
and also extend our thanks to the
Solicitor General for. many favors
and courtesies to this body.
W. H. Norwood, Foreman, ’
JP Lester JM McKenzie
F M King O E Houser
B C Kendrick W D Tharpe
W F Killen J F Logan
J B Miller
J W Bashing
W H Roberts
Brown Biley
EXAMINING A WITNESS.
r OVERHAULING the DEPARTMENTS.
Boston Globe.
. General Butler, as counsel for
the plaintiff in a damage case
against one of. the . Boston street
railway companies, someu years
since, turned a point in his client’s
favor and won his case by an adroit
and original move.... :3?he accident
in question . bad taken jilace inj a
A A Smoak
S L Norwood
T H Bentz
B T Smisson
MONEY TO LOAN.
In sums of $300.00 and upwards, -to bo
secured by first liens on improved fariAs.
Long timiy low rates and easy payments.'
Apply to C. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf . Perry. 1 ,pa.
- MONEY LOANS
On Houston farms procured at. the low
est possible rates of interest. -As low,.if
not lower than tbe lowest. Apply to-
W. D. Nottingham,
tf . Macon Ga„
aU.Law,“ . '/
Montezuma - - Ga.
Will practice in all the courts of this
circuit.
MA
Attorney-At-Law,
N, - GEORGIA.
j.u office of Minter Wimberly,
Corner Mulberry and Third Streets.
D 33 N TI8T.
|306 Second ^Street,- Macon, Ga.
-SPECIALIST. CB0WN3 AND IBIDMS
W. 0. DAVIS.
Attorney-at-Law,
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of^thia
circuit. iw; • ' : *
And all Patent business conducted for
MODERATE FEES.,
Information and advicc given to Inventor* without:
charge. Address
* PRESS CLAIMS CO.,
JOHN WEDOERBURN,
Managing Attorney*
P. a Box 463. ■ Washesgtox, D. C.
■ syi'hU Company la managed by a combination of
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i nl :ed States, for the express purpose of pmMel-
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printing this advertisementvouches for the responai-
unity and. high standing of the Press Claims Company.
Subscribe for the Home Journal
RifttU Tabules cure scrofula.
April 4 '93. Ain’t pd out on Bridge Fund, 1,221.95
u “ “ “ “ “ ■ “ Pauper “ 1,085.41
. a •* *: * ' “ “ “ Jury “ 1,546.10
1 n ■ i; *i •> *i “ “County “ 4,425.60
Total,
Balance on hand,
$8,279.06
5,085,91
$13,364.97
We ha.ve made a complete ex
amination of the Notaries Public
ftnj Justices of the -Peace books.
We find quite a number of them
incorrectly kept, inasmuch as they
do not itemize .their bills of cost,
nor hadke entry of dates of suits.
We recommend that dockets with
the printed forms be furnished
them by the proper aothorities.
We have elected J. jP. Lester N.
P. and ex-offi. J. P.io fill the va
cancy in th« 54lBV: Dist. Also re
elected G. M. Feagin N. P; and ex-
off. J. Pj in the 500th Diet., and
S. J. Hose N. P. and ex-off. J. P.
for the 765th Dist. Al?o rbreieeted
H.^H.. Moore. N. Pi* and ex-off: J.:P.
incite 619th Diet
' PUBLlO BUILDINGS.
. We find'the court house, in good
repair, with the , following' excep
tions: New patting V needed ‘on
sdme 1 portions ol the lowei floor;
and muffled doors at head of stairs
would be advantageous in .time of
court on account of the noise be
low. We find more room is neeued-
for the safe protection of the rec
ords in the offices of Ordinary and
Clerk Superior Court.
THE JAIL.
'.y.We find-the jail a substantial
and safe building for tbe keeping
of criminals, and as clean and com
fortable as. a- place of its kind can
well be. We-find some repairs are
needed on the cell doors. We call
the ^attention of the sheriff to the
condition of the yard, and we rec
ommend that it -be thoroughly
cleaned.
THE POOR HOUSE.
We find houses and grounds in
good condition,, with six inmates
cared for by the .county. We rec
ommend that better provision be.
made for inmate Bob Davis, by
furnishing a wire mattress and oil
cloths for his comfort. We also
recommend that Lola Church well
be re-instatedtoirpftnper list.
' PUBLIC ROADS. •
As there is a general complaint
about the public roads.of the coun
ty, and past experiences. prove th at
the present' system of working
roads is a -failure;' Therefore, we
recommend that the County Com
missioners put in force the law of
1891, as laid down in Ga. Laws,
W S Scattergood Hardin Stafford
G W Killen ST Hurst
J A King, Sr. W M Stripling, CJk.
Ordered that these Presentments
be published as requested by tbe
Grand Jury. April 13th, 1893.
C. L. Bartlett, J. S. C.
W-H-Felton, Jb., Sol. Gen.
A true extract from the minutes
of Houston Superior Court, April
Term, 1893.
M. A. Edwards,
Cl’k. S. C.
A SISTER.
No household is complete with
out a sister.
She gives the finish to the fami
ly. ; ' _
A sister’s love, a sister’s influ
ence, what can be more hallowed ?.
A sister’s watchful care—can
anything be so fender:?
A sister’s kindness—does the
wprld show anything purer? . ..
Who is happy without-a sister ?
A sister is a sort of guardian an
gel in the home circle.
Her presence condemns vice.
She is the quickener of good res
olutions, the suashiue in the path
way of home.
To. every brother she is light
and life.
Her heart is the treasure house
of confidence.
In her he finds a safe adviser, a
charitaole,forgiving, tender, though
often undeserved friend.
In her be finds a ready compan-
iou. ,
. Her sympathy is as open ks day,
and sweet as the fragrance of flow
ers.
' We pity the poor brother who
has no sisteu—no sister’s love.
We feel sorry for the home that
is not enlivened by a sister!s pres
ence.
A sister’s office, is a noble , and
gentle one., -
Her duty is to persuade to vir
tue, to win some to wisdom’s; ways
gentle, to lead where duty calls;'to
guard the citadel of home with the
sleepless vigilance of virtue; to
gather graces and strew flowers
arouijcL-tbeahome altar.
To be a sister is to hold a sweet
place in the heart of home. ",
It is to minister a holy office;—
Exchange. '
was contradictory and confusing.
The conductor of' the car, on the
witness stand, swore point blank
against the plaintiff. His evidence
was concise, and he~ claimed’to.
have seen all: the occurrences of
the affair, and described them min
utely, disputing the General’s cli
ent at every turn. It was manifest
that if the conductor told the truth
the plaintiff had no case.
The General * took up the crqss
examination, but tbe witness stuck
to his story.
“What is that?” asked the Gen
eral,. pointing to the bell punch
suspended from the witnesses’
neck.
“Bell punch,’* was the answer.
“And what is a bell punch?” in
nocently. inquired the lawyer. And
then followed a lengthy explana
tion of how the machine rang the
bell to attract the passengers’ at
tention that the amount was being
recorded by the machine on the in
side. The "whys and wherefores,
the necessity for th& thing, aud the
company’s rules were gone intohn-
tii the court was well nigh out of
patience and the jury were plainly
wearying.
• “And what do you do if a mis
take is made and you Come out
short when you and the machine
are at variance?” was the General’s
next query.
“They make us pay the differ-
ence,” was the answer. .
“Won’t they, take you word for
it?”
“No.”
“Well, if they won’t take your
word for a nickel, they needn’t ex
pect this jury to believe yon,” said
the General,""and they didu’t, for
they.gave the 'plaintiff a substan
tial verdict. 1 -
I would not have my readers
think the General intended any
slur upon street car conductors,
iybo are as honest and honorabld
as the rest of us. The Geueral bad
a way of “getting there;” no mat
ter who was hit.
... . * " Savannah Morning News.
Clerks in the treasury, interior
and state departments are made
very uneasy by the announcement
in the newspapers that there is to
be-a pretty thorough cleaning out
of the barnacles in those depart
ments. There is some truth in it,
though the removals will be made
AMERICA’S OLDEST TOWN.
Tlie'/Display Of Bridal Gifts.
San - Francisco Chronicle.
It has been generally conceded
that St. Angustine, Fla.; is the old
est white settlement in the United
- ; y ■ y
Stages,having been founded by Me-
crowded street; find the’_ testimpay- -fQ E cause only. And the civil se’r-
The Poor and the Rich Thief.
vice rules will not be violated in
the leash
In all of the foregoing depart
ments there are men and women
who render practically no service*
There are even- men holding po?i r
tiohs of great* responsibility who
have never taken the' trouble* ;to
make themselves acquainted with
their duties. They depend' wholly
upon their clerks, who not inf tie
queutly are as.inefficient as their
superiors
Quite a large jnumber of employes
in the interior department have al
ready been discharged. The work
of tbe dedartment e'an be carried on
satisfactorily without them," or,at
least with the assistance of a few
additional competent and energetic
men; The state department is said to
have more than its bhare barnacles,
some of whom have lived at the ex
pense of the government many
years without doing mnch for the
salaries they receive.
The purpose is not to .displace
good man, but to get'rid of the
worthless ones. ;
It is pretty safe to estimate that
tbe services of several hundred peo
ple could be dispensed with in the
departments at Washington wit h
out injury to the service. For years
and years the heads of the depart
ments have been making places for
the friends of -senators Und repre
sentatives Wbtil the departments
ate so crowded that the clerks are
in .each other’s way. Three or four
clerks do the work, in not a few in
stances, that one competent clerk
coaid do with ease. Plhces once cre
ated remain in existence- because
ho one takes the responsibility ,of
abolishing them. ( ■ '
It looks as if this administration
was going to give the departments,
a thorough overhauling. They cer
tainly need it. By tne discharge
of useless employes .and making
those? retained do a full day’s work,
many hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars.annually could be saved. .
A pretty, young scbbolma’am. in
Klamath county, Oregon, puzzled
the powers of pronunciation of her
class recently with the word “hus
band” chalked on the blackboard.
To. help them out, she asked:
“What, should I have if I should
get married?” “Babies, ma’am,”
shouted the class in unison.
Now Try This.
It will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have a.
Congb, Cold, or any trouble with;
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption; Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to give* relief, or mon
ey will be paid back. Sufferers
-from La Grippe found it jnst the
thing and under its use had a
speedy and perfect recovery. . Try
a sample bottle a£ our expense and
learn for yourself just how good a
thing it is. Trial bottles free at
Holtzclaw & Gilbert’s Drug Store.
Large size 50c. and $1.00.
Ripans Tabules are always ready.
The poor fellow who stole an
eight-cent loaf Of bread in New
York the other day, was required to
give a three hundred dollar boud.
The world remarks that the bond, is
six thousand times-as much as the
value of the property he was ac
cused of stealing. But when men
like Eno appropriate one or two
millions to their own use they eith
er get away without the annoyance
of giving bail or the amount is put
at about one-huudredtb part of the
amount stolen. The constitution
prohibits excessive bail, it is true,
bat was not the $300. required of
the haegry bread thief excessive?
Euo could furnish bail to the
amount of $1,000,000 mnch easier.
The moral is, don’t steal bread,
steal currency anb government
bonds, and plenty of them.
We -have asked no favors ot the
present administration, but we now
make application to Mr* Cleveland
as .follows: Understanding tbat
there is to be a change in the man
in the moon-we .want the position.
—Trox Bankston, Ringgold New
South.
It is the “change” yon, no doubt
want, but as the man in tbe moon
gets full ^very month and you get
full’on every,;-“quarter” yooi get,
why-you-would keep the moon dry,
and a dry moon is not good- ;-for
growing-vegetation,' What you want
is to be Consul to Havana. See?—
Marietta Journal.
The most miserable man on earth
is be who “nhrses his wrath to keep
it warm.” The vindictive person
is to be pitied and'shunned as well
as blamed. How terrible it must
be for a man to go through -life
carrying in his heart enmity, hatred
and malice. What a burden he
must have to bear. And after all
it is'only himself tbat is injured.
Vindictiveness is constitutional
with some people, and no doubt to
some extent with others it is culti
vated. Life is too short to,, worry
over real or imaginary injuries and
happy is he who lies down at night,
after the trials and vexations of the
day, without enmity in his heart
for any mam—Waycross Herald.
lendez- in the year 1565, but there
is evidence to show that the town
qf Tucson, in Arizona,antedates St.
Augustine by at least thirteen years'
In the year 1552 Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain issued a charter
to and for the pueblo of Tucson,
which, after having been nfislaid
for a matter of three hundred years
or more, has recently been discov
ered among the archives of the
Church of San Xavier del Bac,
which is situated about ten miles
below the present' town or Tucson
Accompanying the charter of the
pueblo of Tacson is an account
written in the handwriting of Pa
dre Marco Niza of the founding
of the pueblo. Padre Niza was a
Jesuit who accompanied the expe
dition organized in the City of
Mexico for the exploration of. Ari
zona and New Mexico, uuder, the
charge of Coronado, the function
of the worthy Padre having been
the Christianizing of the natives
and the recording of lhe progress
and exploits of the expedition. If
his account is to be received as his
torical—and every presumption i9
in favor—a church was founded at
Sab Xavier del Bac and a small
town began to support and protect,
the church on the site of the In-
dian villiage of Tucson, the / name
having been preserved until the
present day.
Questions of priority of settle
ment and location are of more, ar
chaeological than practical interest,
but/when we go on the Pacific coast
and hear of the Dutch settler^ of
New York, the Pilgrim Fathers of
New England, theF. F. Vs of Vir
ginia and the Huguenots of the Car
olines we may be pardoned if we tell
them that they were ageneration too
late to be deemed true pioneers, and
that Arizona and South California
are entitled tp the honor pf being
the earliest European' settlements
in what is now the United States
of America.
“Darling, don’t you think little
Johnny resembles you more and
more every day?”
“Do you think so dearest ?”
“Yes, love. If you notice you
will find that he always wants the
best in the house, and that he nev
er does as you want him to, and tbat
he is continually overeating, and
yesterday he kissed, the servant
.. “That will do r Maria”
State of Ohio, City of-Toledo )
Lucas County. ... } ss
Frank J. Cheney - makes oath
BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE.
The Best^Salye in the world
for Cats, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Pifes, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give system. Send for testimonials,
perfect satisfaction, or money re-! free. F. J. Cheney & Co.,
funded. Price 25 cents per box. i Toledo, Ohio.
For sale "by Holtzclaw & Gilbert, j g@“Sold by Druggists, 75e.
that he is the senior partner of the
firm of F. J; Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and
that the said firm will pay the sum
of bNE HUNDRED dollars
-for each and every case of Catarrh
tbat cannot be cured by the use of
Hall’s Catarrh Cube.'
Frank J. Cheney.
-< -Sworn, to before me and sub
scribed in my presence,.this 6th
day of December, A. D. 1886.
c ) - A. W. Gleason,
^ st^al ^ Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Care is taken in
ternally, and acts dirpctly on the!
Vegetarians say it is a popular
fallacy that meat is needed for
strength. One prominent exponent
of the faith says it is a fact .that the
strongest animals in the world are
vegetarian and not carnivorous. It
is the ferocity of the lion rather
than his strenght that makes him
formidable, i n elephant is a match
for. several lions, and is a vegetar
ian. The animals .with most speed
and endurane'e, the horse, the rein
deer, the antelope, and others, are
also vegetarions.;Dog trainers, says
this authority, always feed their
trick animals on a ; strictly . vegeta
rian diet, and many hunters do the
same thing. Senator Palmer is said
to have a yegetarian aog that is 22
years old.
A scientific paper says “it is
quite within the bounds of possi
bility to convert an old linen shirt
into sugar and alcohoK”> This is a
very simple operation. Linen is-
composed chiefly of cellucose, and
when immersed in sulphuric acid it
is resolved into glucose. From this
alcohol may be obtained by fer
mentation .
4 ‘Fashions in New York remind
one of the scriptural allegory relat
ing to brevity of human life. Anew
mode springs up in the night-time,
is freshened into blooming by the
dew of popular favor, then, like a
fragile flower, withers in the noon
tide heat of neglect, or is cut down
aud cast iuto the fiery' furnace of
oblivion. I was last week moved to
this profound reflection at a fash- -
ionable wedding-reception, where
all the bridal gifts were displayed.
It is not so very'Iong ago that the
practice was voted yulgar, ostenta
tious, -aud indiscreet. Without a
word of warning whatsoever, we
found our honest prejudices cast in
our teeth, and an irresistible de-
taand made that we accept the new
regime with shouts of joy. Yes, to
day it is highly commendable to
display wedding gifts for the edi
fication, amusement, or admiration
of one’s guests. •>
The library is now deemed the
proper plcae for the holding of the
exhibition, and no ordinary amount
of taste is shown in the grouping
and placing of it. China; -silver,
glass, napery, brie a-brac, books,
pictures, bronzes, marbles, and even
ponderous peices of furniture, are
set about with admirable taste.
Here, after congratulating' the
bride, guests hurry to see what has
or has not been given, and to gauge
the state of the De Jones’ finances
by the present they offered: Every
one’s card is carefully laid on or
nearthe gift given; and at the last
wedding of the kind I attended, a
flunky in simple livery lingered
carelessly iu the doorway. He was
there ostensibly to render any ser
vices needed; but from excellent
authority I hear he was in realty a
private ..detective.’ —From “Society
Fads,” in Demorest’s Family Mag
azine for May.
It is very probable that,
health’s sake, there will, after a
time, be universaheremation of the
dead in cities. Burying in the earth
is said to be very inimical to the
health of cities. Then there will be
no ground to spare for burial pur
poses in course of time*. It i3 prob
able that the dead will be quickly
and effectually reduced to nshts by'
means; of electricity. The remains
of a human body that has been cre
mated w,eigh only eight ounces—
no matter how fleshy and heavy the
corpse may have been. —Exchange.
Toba told that we are separated .
from the molten liquid-with which
the earth is filled by a crust only
eighteen miles in thickness is’ at
first thought a little alarming. That
however, is view to which Alfred
Rnssefl Wallace lends the weight
of his authority in the Fortnightly
Review.
A Maryland woman entertained
three guests some time ago, stran
gers to her and to one another,
named Mrs. Sprinkle, Mrs. Show
er and Mrs. Storm.
A number qf Quakers, from all
parts of the country, are to be found
in a colony in Marion County, Ore
gon. They have secured 2200 acres,
over half of which will.be planted
in fruit treps.
Wheu you feel ail tired out and
broken . up generally, you need a
good tonic. Hood’s 'Sarsaparilla
is the best. Try it. .
Fresh milk, applied every week
with a cloth to boots and shoes,has
a freshen ing and preservative effect'
upon the leather.
Mrs. h. Townsend.
Rising Son, Delaware.
Good Family Medicines
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Pills.
“I regard Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s
Mis, tbe very test family medicines, and we
are never withont them. I havo always been
A Delicate Woman
and began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla three
years ago forthattiredfeeling. It built me op
so quickly and so well that I feel like a diileren:
woman and have always had great faith in it. I
give it to my children wheneve- “
trouble with their blood, and ii
My little boy likes it so well 1.
canpot And words to tell how highly I j
We use Hood’s Pills in the family and
Act Like a Charm
I take pleasure in recommendin;
monthly by thousandsTjf La* | ®mss to all my friends, for 1*1
lies. Is the only perfectly safe
and reliable medicine dlscov-1
ered. Beware of unprincipled
druggists who offer Inferior
blood and mucous surfaces of the
. return mall. _
envelope, to ladles t _.
Address pond Lily l —
No. 3 Fisher Block, Detroit.Aflefc.
would onlvke.,
Pills at hand as we do,
faring would be prevented.”
i end,Rising Sun, Delaware.
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Sold in Perry by Holtzclaw & Gilbert,
and druggists everywhere.
Hood’9 Pills act easily, yet promptly and
j efficiently, on the Uver and bowels. 25
Ripans Tabules: a family remedy.
Kipans Tabules ; one gives relief.
Ripans Tabules cure dizzim