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WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi¬
cine Co.
Women who are well often ask "Are
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?” ‘‘Are they truthful?”
“ Why do women write such letters ? ”
In answer we say that never have wa
published a fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
lull and written consent of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful Medicine letters to the Lydia E. Pink¬
ham Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
It has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis¬
placements, inflammation, ulceration,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
It is impossible for any woman who
is well and who
has never suffered
to realize how these
poor, feel suffering when wo¬
men re¬
stored to h ealth;
their keen desire to
help other suffering women
who are as
they did.
WHTMOTTwr POPHAM'S !
ASTHMA MEDICINE
| Gives " Prompt Sold and by Druggists. Posittve Relief in Every
—e. Trial Package Price 11.00.
by Mail 10c.
| WILLIAMS MFD. CO., Props. Clerelfud, 0.
Unfortunate.
Howeli—He's an unlucky fellow.
Powell—Yes, he is always Johnny
on the wrong spot.
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out th*
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
In* with “La Creole” Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
»gly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.— Adv.
Overheard in the Zoo.
Eagle—How are things with you?
Owl—On the blink.
DON’T LOSE ANOTHER HAIR
Treat Your Scalp With Cutlcura and
Prevent Hair Falling. Trial Free.
For dandruff, Itching, burning scalp,
the cause of dry, thin and falling hair,
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment are most
effective. Touch spots of dandruff and
Itching with Cutlcura Ointment. Then
shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot
water. No treatment more successful.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept.L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
A merchant can get along without
advertising and so can a wagon with¬
out grease, but it goes slow.
Important to Mothers bottle of
Examine carefully every
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of _ rTrr - - -
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
One Definition.
“What do you mean by reverting
to type?”
“Lugging a controversy into the
newspapers.”
PIMPLES
Ire Dangerous
They are a sign of poisoned blood,
inactive liver, biliousness, indi¬
gestion, constipation or even more
serious conditions which if not re¬
lieved in time make you a miser¬
able invalid for life.
Dr. ThacherV Liver
and Blood Syrup
is a remedy that goes back of the
the mere symptoms, and RE¬
LIEVES THE CAUSE. It is
purely vegetable, a gentle It laxa¬
tive and tonic combined. can
be taken by all, young and and old,
male and female. 50c $1 bot¬
tles at your dealer’s.
THACHER MEDICINE CO M
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.
PARKER’S BALSAM
HAIR
4. toilet preparation eradicate dandruff. of merit.
Helps For Restoring to Color m*d
Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
Me. and *1.00 at Draggirt*
Buy KILL-TICK
A Medicated Salt Block. SAFEST, EASIEST and
BEST WAT to kiil ticks. No round up, no dip¬
ping. If you want HEALTHY CATTLE get KILL
TICK from your dealer, or send us your order.
*3.00 per 50 pound block, delirered your station.
McColm Sales Agency, Grand Saline, Tex,
APPENDICITIS
If iron hare been threatened or b&ve GALLSTONES, rumCDEC
indigestion.gas or pains in the
•Ide write for valuable Book of Information TUfcfc
L. t tonics. B 1 TT. W-I. tl» 5 BliEBOU si., CBIUSO
Larvae of Beetles Feed on Un¬
derground Stems of Plants.
WIREWORM AND ITS CONTROL
Several Hundred Kinds of Beetles
Found in Nearly All Parts of
United States—Many Are
Very Destructive.
(By EDMUND H. GIBSON.)
The injury by the corn and cotton
tvireworms is caused by the feeding of
the wormlike young or larvae of slen¬
der beetles, known as “click beetles”
or “snapping beetles,” upon the roots,
sprouts and underground stems of
plants, which are thereby weakened
and stunted or killed.
These wireworms have been known
to totally destroy corn throughout
fields of large acreage. However, this
is not usually the case and the attack
is most frequently concentrated in
“spots” scattered throughout the field,
the plants in these spots being wholly
destroyed. In other parts of the field
there may be slight injury as shown
by the dwarfed appearance of the
plants, which may later produce 50
per cent or more of a normal yield.
The wireworms are ravenous feed¬
ers, often cutting off all the roots of a
plant. They are especially destructive
during the two months before they
transform to adults. A single half
grown wlreworm Is capable of killing
a,young corn sprout and severely in¬
juring a plant from six to eight Inches
in height. Therefore it can be seen
that when there is a concentrated at¬
tack by many wireworms in one hill
the plants have but small chance of
surviving.
The pa rent of the corn and cotton
wlreworm is a small dark brown click
beetle, or “snapping-beetle,” measur¬
ing about one-fourth of an inch In
length. The young wireworms, or lar¬
vae, after hatching from the eggs are
minute, measuring from an eighth to
three-sixteenths of an iuch in length.
All stages of the insect are spent in
the ground except the adult or beetle,
which only enters it at the time of egg
deposition.
Reports show that the corn and cot¬
ton wireworm has been destructive in
the Carolinas, Illinois, Missouri, Ar¬
kansas and Mississippi. This would
indicate a wide distribution, probably
a wider one than the mere records re¬
veal, and it is possible that the species
may occur throughout the entire east¬
ern half of the United States. Its oc¬
currence Is closely related to the dis¬
tribution of soils of light, sandy type,
as It is known that the immature
stages exist only in such soils. Occa
ionally an adult has been collected
went I miles from sandy locations, but
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Corn and Cotton Wireworm— a, Adult
Beetle; b, Larva.
its presence there was more than like¬
ly due to its own flight from the field
of its origin. In some localities this
species is referred to as the “sandy
spot wireworm.”
Corn plants infested by this wire
worm become wilted arid stunted, with
leaves of a bluish shade, brown at the
tips, which stand out from the stalks
stiffly instead of bending over grace¬
fully as In a healthy plant. Deprived
of most of the roots through the work
of the larvae of this wireworm, the
plant can be pulled up with little ef¬
fort. Weak plants soon succumb, leav¬
ing gaps in the rows, but the more vig¬
orous plants put forth new roots in
abnormal numbers. These are matted
together and distorted, and although
the plants survive, only “nubbins” are
produced. The infestation is not con¬
fined to the impoverished areas, for
there may be larvae among the roots
of tall and apparently healthy plants.
Rolling land infested by this insect
presents a patchy appearance, the
sandy knolls standing ont distinct and
bare, although overgrown later with
weeds, particularly crab grass, briers
and morning glories. For a long time
there was a theory among farmers
that lightning caused the injury to
corn which is now rightly attributed
to this wireworm.
THE CLEVELAND COURIER. CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
m
In the case of cow-peas, the fibrous
roots suffer most, the thicker roots be¬
ing perforated, so that the plants be¬
come yellow and dwarfed, and fail to
vine.
Cotton is injured in the early stages
by larvae boring into the seed and in¬
juring the very young plants, checking
the growth so much that the plant dies
or struggles filong only to produce lit¬
tle or no cotton.
Beetles of the corn and cotton wire
worm are abroad in the fields from
early June until the last of August.
The eggs, which are laid in groups of
from three to twenty in the soil about
the roots of corn, cowpeas and other
food plants, are deposited, for the
most part, during late June and July.
These hatch In from eight to eleven
days into the young wireworms or lar¬
vae, which immediately commence
feeding upon the roots. Each full
grown larva constructs a small earth¬
en cell in the soil and in this it
changes to a pupa. The pupal stage
averages 12 days in length and during
this time the pupa is almost motion¬
less and takes no food. After this tt
transforms to the adult or beetle.
The larvae, or wireworms, feed upon
the roots of their food plants through¬
out the summer months and up to
about the first of October, and during
this time are found within 18 inches
of the surface of the ground, the depth
depending upon the moisture content
of the top soil. During a hot, dry
spell the wireworms remain from 12
to 18 inches below the surface, but
after a rain they can be found within
two inches of the surface.
With the approach of cold weather
they begin a general downward move
B ‘ ■*
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Larvae Likely to Be Mistaken for
Whiteworma—a, False Wlreworm; b,
Mealworm; c, Thousand Legger.
ment, which accounts for the farmer's
inability to locate them during the late
fall and winter months. They have
been found in the sand at the remark¬
able depth of five feet. From these
facts it will be seen that fall or winter
plowing would be useless as a control
or remedial measure.
As soon as winter breaks up, the lar¬
vae gradually make their way to with¬
in two to three feet of the surface. By
the middle of April they are numerous
within six Inches of the surface of the
ground. From the time the larvae
travel dow-nward in the fail until they
return to the top soil they eat prac¬
tically nothing. In laboratory experi¬
ments, larvae remained alive and
healthy in cages of moist pure sand,
without organic food, for six months.
Late fall and winter plowing us u
method of reducing the numbers of
the pest by turning up and exposing
the larvae to the elements Is of no
value, as the wireworms are at this
time at such depths in the soli that
they would not be disturbed by tlie
plowing. Plowing or cultivating for
this purpose at other times of the year
is of little avail, as the wireworms are
so quick of movement that almost as
soon as exposed they are again hidden
in the loosened soil. Even chickens
or turkeys are not sufficiently alert to
catch many.
Any system of crop rotation after
harvesting the corn may be carried
out, and a winter cover crop such ns
wheat or rye is advised. Pasturing
this during winter months and turning
It under in the spring is very benefi¬
cial, since humus Is thus added and
the sandy soli is thereby stiffened. An
infested field should not be planted to
corn two years in succession.
If a catch crop of red clover can be
obtained it is an excellent one to come
In the rotation for two or three years.
Such combinations as wheat and clo¬
ver not only afford two crops a year
from tfie same field, but also permit
the soil to remain undisturbed during
the period when the female beetles are
laying their eggs.
The manuring of infested areas has
long been recommended as the best
control measure. The theory was ad¬
vanced, especially by some farmers,
that the manure turned under is ac¬
tually distasteful to the larvae and
kills them outright. Although this is
not the case, nevertheless the turning
under of manure and cover crops lias
the effect of adding humus to the top
soil; and, as it is known that the lar¬
vae cannot long survive except in
sandy soils, it is well to spread as
much manure as possible on infested
areas and to turn it under.
If it were practicable to allow the
infested fields to lie idle, or “lay out.” I
as It is termed, for a period of three |
years, this would uo doubt prove the
most effective means of getting rid of
the pest, since by leaving the ground
undisturbed a crust would be formed
on the surface through which the ma¬
jority of adult wireworms could not
emerge. It would also serve to pre¬
vent the few emerging adults, as well
as those flying in from other fields,
from entering the soil for egg deposi
tion. However, this practice naturally
will not often appeal to th« farmer.
STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED
Atlanta.—Flood sufferers of Georgia
who need government aid from the
120.000 appropriated for supplying
seed cannot participate in the fund
except through county organizations.
Atlanta.—Spot cotton took a sharp
jump, advancing 25 points to 14.55,
the highest price since early June,
1914. This is the second time spot
cotton has reached 14 1-2 cents since
early January, 1910.
Columbus.—About two hundred em¬
ployees of the Girard cotton mills are
affected by a strike of the weavers,
which was brought about by advanc¬
ing the grade of cloth that was being
handled.
Augusta.—John Lockhart, a negro
employe in the store of W. C. Powell
of Pansy, Ga., has been arrested in
connection with a chain of systematic
robberies extending over a period of
several months, which have been per¬
petrated in the postoffice.
Bainbridge.—The city of Bainbridge
has at last purchased an automobile
truck and fire engine. The company
endeavoring to make the sale placed
the engine here some time ago, but
an agreement was not reached until
last council meeting.
Carrollton.—Dr. V. B. Bishop, a
prominent physician of Carroll coun¬
ty, who, with his son shot and killed
Jabez B. Spier, a son-in-law, in the
streets of Atlanta last January, was
himself shot to death here by Floyd
Crawford, a well known farmer.
Tifton.—The banks of Tifton paid
out over $80,000 in cash for cotton in
one day. They were crowded ail day
with farmers cashing cotton checks,
and the difference was quite noticea¬
ble among the local merchants. The
dragon receipts passed the 1,200-bale
mark.
Waycross. — Two persons were
injured, some of the musical insru
ments ruined, and over fifty seats on
the first floor of the Grand theater
wrecked at night when a horse that
was to appear in the opening act of
of a show here became unmanageable
and jumped from the stage.
Columbus.—After a spirited cam¬
paign which has been waged for the
past six weeks, the voters of Mus¬
cogee county indorsed the proposi¬
tion to levy a special tax not to ex¬
ceed two mills, on all country proper¬
ty the proceeds of which will be used
to build and operate the schools of
the rural precincts.
Brunswick.—Hundreds of piles have
been driven and 400 tons of cement
have arrived for the building of a
huge bulkhead along the quay front
at Jekyl Island. The millionaires are
spending quite a sum of money there
to Improve the appearance and use¬
fulness of the approach to their fsland
paradise.
Atlanta.—Because of the act by the
legislature apportioning the convicts
of the state to counties according to
rural milage instead of population,
the model convict camp established
in Fulton county last January by the
United States government for the
benefit of convict systems through¬
out the country, will be abolished.
Moultrie.—The plant of the Moul¬
trie Co-operative Creamery company
will be finished within a few days,
and the creamery will be in operation
by September 1. The railroads enter¬
ing Moultrie have agreed to return
the empty cans in which cream is
shipped here free of charge, provided
the distance is not over thirty miles,
Jackson.—The twenty-sixth annual
session of the Indian Springs Holi¬
ness eampmeeting, which closed here
after being in session ten days, was
the most largely attended and suc¬
cessful in the history of the associa¬
tion. It is reliably estimated that
there were from ten to twelve thou¬
sand persons in attendance on the
last day.
Moultrie.—Colquitt county came for¬
ward this year with a gain of nearly
two hundred thousand dollars in its
tax returns. The table property of the
county reaches a little over seven
million dollars, consolidation of the re¬
turns show. Twenty years ago the
taxable property of Colquitt county
was given in for $ 1,120,230, records in
the tax collector’s office show.
Bainbridge.—The Decatur county
tobacco crop has been cut and is now
practically all in the packing houses.
The yield this year was more than
2.250.000 pounds. At the prevailing
prices, this will mean more than a
million dollars to the tobacco growers,
as much as the cotton crop of the
county will yield. One hundred thou¬
sand dollars was paid out for labor
for handling the crop.
Macon.—The middle Georgia farm¬
ers who participated in the motorcade
through southwest Georgia and south¬
east Alabama recently to see the ef¬
fect the boll weevil has had in that
territory, reached Macon, the party
containing ninety farmers, breaking
up at Andalusia, Ala., from where
they scattered to their homes. All
of them are convinced that the much
talked-of boll weevil is not a myth
Rome.—Capt. John J. Seay, former
mayor of Rome, and leading citizen for
many years, died suddenly from a
stroke of paralysis at his home here.
He is survived by his wife and sev¬
eral children.
Moultrie.—Cotton receipts have
been heavier here than they have
ever been before in August. When
dusk fell Saturday more than three
thousand bales of wagon cotton had
been weighed at the |local ware¬
houses. The hot weather during the
past several days has resulted in the
staple opening rapidly.
CALOMEL WHEN BILIOUS? i! STOP!
ACTS LIKEJTNAMITE OH LIU
I Guarantee “Dodson’s Liver Tone” Will Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had—Doesn’t Make You Sick!
Stop using calomel! It makes you
sick. Don’t lose a day’s work. If you
feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti¬
pated, listen to me!
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that aw¬
ful nausea and cramping. If you feel
“all knocked out,” if your liver is tor¬
pid and bowels constipated or you
have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, if breath is bad or stomach
sour just try a spoonful of harmless
Dodson’s Liver Tone.
Here’s my guarantee—Go to any
drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone. Take a
Conversational Pitfalls.
First Girl—You remember Kitty
Fowler, don’t you?
Second Girl—No.
First Girl—Oh, you must remember
Kitty. She was the plainest girl in
Blankvllle. But I forgot—that was aft¬
er you left.
HAVE YOU ASTHMA?
If you have this will interest you. Mr.
and Mrs. H. Brown wrote us as follows:
“We have a son who had asthma for nine
years, and we spent night after night try¬
ing to enable him to breathe. We con¬
sulted physicians and used their prescrip¬
tions. We also used other famous asthma
remedies, from which he advertisement got only tempo¬ of
rary relief. We saw an
Lung-Vita and have used several bottles.
If he has asthma now we can’t tel! it. We
are no longer disturbed and distressed
about his condition. He enjoys life, and
so do we.” Mr. Brown is a member of
the H. Brown Furniture Co. of Nashville,
and lives at 1020 16th avenue, N. Lung
Vita ing cough, is for colds, consumption, and asthma, bronchial whoop
bles. Get bottle grippe dealer today trou¬
a from your
or, if he does not have it send us $1.75
for a thirty day J, treatment. Nashville Medi
cine Co., Dept Nashville, Tenn. Adv.
You Bet Paw Knows.
Little Lemuel—Say, paw, what is
the difference between a statesman
and a politician?
Puw—A statesman, son, is a poli¬
tician who has made his pile and a
politician Is a statesman who ts still
poor.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Tales the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds op tho system. 50 cents.
An Elaborate Dinner.
“Was it much of a dinner?”
“I should say it was. There were
seven different kinds of forks at each
plate.”
From a toper’s point of view a soft
drink is synonymous with hard luck.
WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY
is her hair. If yours Is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre¬
ole” Hair Dressing and change it In
the natural way. Price |1.00.—Adv.
Time’s Revenges.
“The authorities wouldn’t let me
wear my new battling costume,” said
the queen of musical comedy. “They
said It was too riskay.”
“And you had to throw it away.”
“Oh, no. I’ll wear it in the show
next season. Then they'll pay money
to come and see it.”
Somewhat Different.
The honeymoon had slumped the
slumps. "On our wedding day,” she
said, “I was under the impression you
had filled my heart with sunshine.”
“Well?” he queried, after the man¬
ner of his kind.
“But I find,” she continued, “it was
nothing but moonshine.”
MOTHER, ATTENTIONI
Gold Ring for Baby Free.
Get a 25c Bottle of Baby Ease from
any drug store, mail coupon as di¬
rected and gold ring (guaranteed),
proper size, mailed you. Baby Ease
cures Bowel Complaints and Teething
Troubles of Babies.—Adv.
Candor.
“In one respect she’s like all other
women.”
“Meaning she thinks she’s so differ¬
ent.”
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re¬
store it to its former beauty and lus¬
ter by using "La Creole” Hair Dreas¬
ing. Price $1.00.—Adv.
No Damage.
“Oh, tell me quick, officer, was my
husband shot in that saloon fight?”
“No, madam, only half shot.”
It is easier for a man to be the archi
lect of his own fortune than to be
the builder.
Sold for 47 years. Far
Malaria, Chilis & Fever.
Also a Fine General
Strengthening Tonic.
60c sad $1.00 at all
Drat Stuns.
spoonful and if it doesn’t straighten
you right up and make you feel fin*
and vigorous I want you to go back to
the store and get your money. Dod¬
son’s Liver Tone is destroying the
sale of calomel because it is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable, therefor*
it cannot salivate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson’s Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels of that sour bile and consti¬
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
I guarantee that a bottle of Dodson’s
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam¬
ily feeling fine for months. Give it to
your children. It is harmless; doesn’t
gripe and they like Us pleasant tast*.
—Adv.
Accurate Information.
“Is woman really the weaker ves¬
sel?”
“Only when she is unmanned.”
Spunky.
The Lawyer—The precedents are
against you, madam.
The Lady—Well, sue them, too, then.
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the Imita¬
tion has not the worth of the original.
Insist on “La Creole” Hair Dressing—
it’s the original. Darkens your hair In
the natural way, but contains no dy®.
Price $1.00.—Adv.
Making a Start.
Little Louis was a smart boy and
very anxious to forge ahead in the
world. He got a job in the local bank.
A wealthy uncle met him on the street
one morning and said:
“Well, Louis, how are you getting
on In business? X s’pose the first thing
we know you will be president of the
bank?”
“Yes, uncle,” replied the boy. “I’m
draft clerk already.”
“What!” exclaimed the uncle.
“Druft clerk? Why, that’s very sur¬
prising, but very good.”
“Yes, uncle,” replied the lad. “I
open and shut the window’s according
to order, and close the doors when
people leave them open!”—Youth’s
Companion.
Bad handwriting Is often used to
cover a lot of poor orthography.
Housework Is a Burden
It’s hard enough to keep house If
In perfect health, but a woman who
is weak, tired and suffering from an
aching back has a heavy burden.
Any woman in tills condition has
good cause to suspect kidney trou¬
ble, especially If the kidney action
seems disordered.
Doan’s Kidney Pills have cured
thousands of suffering women. It’s
the best recommended special kid¬
ney remedy.
A Florida Case
Mrs. Ella Con¬
nors, 22 8. Rues St.,
Pensacola, Fla.,
says: "My back
was as lame and
painful as could be
and mornings the
trouble was worse.
I could hardly do
any housework and
had trouble with
the kidney secre¬
tions. Doan’s Kid¬
ney Pills made me
feel like a different
ing 1 . back -1 and person, strengthen¬
my removing the other
ailments.”
Get Doan’* at Any Store, 80c a Bos
DOAN'S VXLY
FOSTER-M1LBURN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y.
ECZEMAS
"Hunt’s Cure” is guarant .ranteed to
stop and permanently cu ro that
terrible itching. It is
pounded for that purpose and
your money will d« promptly
refunded without question
if Hunt’s Cure faJls to cure
Itch.Bczema.Tetter, Iting Worm
or any other skin disease. 60c
the box.
For sale by all drug stores
or by mall from the
A. B. Richards Medicine Go,, ShermanJti.
DE SALTER’S EYE LOTION
CURE
SORE EYES
Eolieres, Help* cures sore, inflamed eyes In M to 43 hour*.
weak eyes, SALTJCR’s-uuly curing without pain. .Ask druggist
or dealer for frooi KKFOUM
DIHPKNSARV.aS.-i. Broad, ATLANTA,GA,
' Bet ear* e_f/mitationj -
ANTISEPTIC POWDER
FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE
Dissolved in water for douches stops
pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflam¬
mation. Recommended fay Lydia E.
Pinkham Med. Co, for ten years.
A healing wonder for natal catarrh,
sore throat and sore eyes. Economical.
I I Hr* Sample[Free. extraordinary 50c. doming ail and germicidal power.
^^iwi3jTli^PaxtoBTojle<C^nipany^o«too^2*2^^ druggists, or postpaid by
W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 35-1916.