Pike
Press.
VOL XIV.
MILFOllI), PIKE COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 22, 1909.
NO 13
BRIEF MENTION
Born Jan f 11 to John J. Degeti
and wtf of I hia Borough aon.
Borough demounts will bold their
canons tomorrow evening.
Strondsburg will bur two truat
oomp nir. capital for both oas been
subscribed.
Judge Staples, whd i In Pbilade'
phia bnldiug court, was so pleated
this week with Francis Farrell a boy
who gava teaflmony in a mnrder
caaa baiiig tried before him, sat be
i ffered It tbs boy woold attend
school to aid him in obtaining an
education to fit him for the law,
Won't some specialist In henology
explain why the do not lay. Matt
be some kind of a miracle.
Fr an indications at Washt'u Ben.
Knox does dot fbV r the election of Q
F. Oliver of Pittsburg who la slated
to succeed him in the Senate.
The proposition to lax coal in this
state a a revenue raiser has met with
such general oipolliuu that it Is like
ly to be abandoned. It woold only
give the coal companies a pretcnt to
raise the price and the consumer
Would have to (.ay the tax and as
much increase as the corporations saw
proper to make.
Wlllett, a Mew York congressman
hits made reputation for himaell
by calling Piesident Roosevelt auoh
Dames a ga.guyle, pigmy, deaoendent
of Dutch tradea people, hay tedder
and olhera eqna'.Iy choice. Wlllett
will likely go home to bis constitu
ents and plume himself on "bow we
apples swim," in Wsshington.
You might win a silver cup or a
eaab prize by sending your ten brat
eaia of com to tne slate show at
Harrlsbnrg. No barm to try.
The Auditors settlement will be
published next week. It Li a com
prehensive and detailed statement
of receipts and expenditures and will
' enable taxi tn 10 arrive at an in
telligent knowledge of the county fl
fl nances
The County Commissioners have
bot for use of the offioesa computing
machine, which adda, anbtraots and
dividea and will greatly facilitate
work.
Tbe Republican caucus to noml.
Bate candidates for tbe February
leotiou for tbe township of Milford.
will be held Tuesday evening Jan 26
at Brookaide Villa between the hours
of 7 and 8pm
Miss Chsrlotte White bss gone to
Brooklyn, N. Y. and other cities for
visit.
. A fearful murder wat committed
near MiJdletowo, N. Y', this week.
Three Italians were killed and a
young woman either abducted nr
killed aa no trace of her so far has
been foond.
The Senate baa voted a salary of
$100,000 to President elect Taft, but
out of tbia be must pay bia travel
ling expense wbioh have heretofoie
been allowed presidents.
Milford oillsene bsve contributed
upwards of HO to aid the family of
Jerome Cuparman, who wag recent
ly murdered near Tri-States. Tbe
widow aid four children are In quite
destitute circumstances.
A recent number of tbe Brooklyn
News gives an interesting aooount
of Minerva Lodge No 782 F. & A. M
of wbioh Wallace B. Heller, a native
of thta plaoa, la now W. M. A out
of Mr. Hellor accompanies tbe art!
cle.
There were 25,179 licenses issued
to motor Vehicles In Pennsylvania in
loos.
Hon Bole Penrose was reelected
U. 8. Senator Tuesday by tbe leg is
laure by a majority of 163 of all tbe
votes cast.
Ellhlu Root waa chosen U S Sen
ator of Mew York to succeed lion. T.
C. Piatt.
Tbe Republican caucus to nomin
ate township "officers for Dingtnan
wilt be held at the house of E U.
Billlotat Monday, January 25th,
between the bocra of 8 and 4 p. 111.
The Demoorats of the aame town
abip will hold their caucus tomorrow
Siturday evening.
Miss Eliaibetb 8. Col well announ
oea lectures in Hawaii and I. assisted
by Miss Charlotte P Whitd of Mil
ford, Soprano Soloist, who eingi
aongs in Hawaiian.
Misa Col well hasnientfix years on
that Paradlae of the Pacific etudynii
Its history, people and ouslonn.
Richard Nllls of Strondsburg is
making visit in town.
Ex County Treasurer E B L' r
and family have gone to Florida l,.r
a vMoatluo.
Thornton Hnines, who wns tried
at Flubbing. L. I., for aiding in the
killing of W. E. Annie, who wns
shot by liia brother P. C- llninca Jr.
at Bayside N Y wns acquitted by the
Jury.
J. B F. R!i!nehart, the former
Waypesburo; banker, having held
thn positions of cashier and vice pre?
ident 1 f the Fiwmer and Drovers
National bsi'k ass found guilty Irs
week uf wrecking; tun institution
and sentenced to 15 years In the pen
itentiary.
A. D. Brown and John C. Wiirner
spent part of the week 111 New York
Wednesday morning gave ns t
touch of genuine winter weather,
Tbe thermometer went to eight be
low aero, and though there wns but
little snow the sleighing is excellent
R-ubeu A. Skinner died at bis
home in Miitnmorag eirlv last Mon
day morning aged 62 years.
Harry P Nyoe of Strnudsbnrp,
whose eyes wore injured some weeks
ago by nn explosion of dynamite hn
hnd 01. e of them taken ntit in n Phil
adelphia hospital. He is reported
now as improving.
A Southern State is considering 1.
law compelling! piMol toters to Weui
badges distinguishing them Irom or
ditinry citizen. Wesuggest convict
gt ripes.
No free government can survive r
people's indolent sense of pnlitica
doty. No truly republican form ot
government can be perpetuated,
which is resting npon a sleepy put
lio conscience or a decadent sense o
individual duty and consequent re
sfnusibility at the ballot box.
Tho next belligerent Teuncsseeai
wbo feels tbe approach of an irre
gistable desire to go "uigbt riding'
will do well, we think, to have his
wife lock him securely in the barn
until the desire blowa over.
A mar rin go license wat granted
Jan 18 to LafayetrnGiiswole andlna
Quick both of Lnckawaxen.
No man knows what a Secret 6ar
vice agent may bring forth nowa
days.
Only the truly righteous can evade
and defy tbe law.
Kvnngelist Gypsy Smith haa gone
to Pittsburg for tbe purpose of trying
to Induce the people of that city U
be good. Gypsy has a job that if
likely to keep bim busy all wintei
and well into the spring.
Ben Beardsley and wife of Tucka-
boe, N. Y. visited relatives in towt
this week.
Wm F. Sheen of Mntamoras died
recently at tho age of 22 years.
Already a bill has been introdnod
to repeal the act permitting carp,
catfish and tuckers to betaken by fi-l.
baskets.
W. J. Knapp of Matamoras hiif
been appointed messenger in tin
House.
The Dispatch says the name of F
F. White ia being iiientiontd for
Chief Burgess.
Cut polities out of your local nomi
nations and look only for the mei
who will best serve the pub ic inter
ests. Bo doing you will hud your
schools and roads improved and tin
general result will be a great giin
What you want, la the best possllilt
administration of your township af
fairs. Economy and intelligent man
agement and oversight are essentials
to a prottpeioua condition. II. iw cai
you b.st obtain tlieui. This should
be your guide in nominating candi
dates.
Measles have appeared In town.
Senator Rowland has been place!
on the following (oniiiiiltees: Agricul
tore, Congressicnal appcrtiunment,
Federal Relations, Judicial apportion
ment Legislative Appnrli. iniieiit, Lib
rary and Public supply of light, heat
and water.
There wl I be a meo'ing of tin
Managers ol the Mi for. 1 Bridge Com
pin tomorrow at 2 p. ui to rent the
bridge for t:ie next fiscal year.
Senator Webster Grim of Bucks
will Introduce a bill to provide for a
commission to be appointed to confer
with New Jersey t'onmissioners in
regard to ubolUhing toll bridges over
the Delaware, bills will also be in
1 1 Oil need to dam the river bnt if dams
are to he p-nnitted they should lie
owned by the status and tha xier
s Id to corMrations desiring its use.
Slate SiiH-rintendeut N C. Nchaef
f r has notified the Normal Schools
that the state aid fund is exhausted,
which means that students will have
to p. y tuition for pan of the present
and all the s; ring term.
Henry M. Court ight of Cona
sUauif u is quita 111.
James H Heller, the new deputy
tretsurer, seems perfectly at home In
his new ofllce. He Is courteous and
obliging and will thoroughly inform
himself as to all tl at pertains to his
duties so that those havirg buslnrss
with the treasurer will easily obtain
a'l necessary Information
S. G. and E. F. Peters of Bnsbkill
and Van C. -Peters of Stroud.-burg
h ve gone on a trip South.
Isaac Eckcrt la a guest at. the Crlss
man House. J B. Hamilton of Port
Jervis recently recovered a judgment
for 1 100 and tomorrow will sell some
of hia personal property be attached
there.
G. E. Berkes of Newport, R I.
and Mrs. Josnphins A. Beardsler,
formerly ot this place were married
in New York Jan 14th by Rev C. A.
Evens.
Tbe financial statement of the D.
V. T- Co. for the year 1908 just Is
ued shows the Co out of debt and a
bilnnce in the treasury,
Representative Marvin haa bpen
appointed on the following House
Committee: Electilo Riilways.
Fisheries, Forestry, Chairman, Game
111 J judiciary Ktwctnl. He will be a
may mini during the session
Miss Emily Warner is visiting in
New York.
Mrs. Jennie Shearer has gone to
BlooinQeld N. J.
The Cuperman Murder
So far no clear evidence has been
lisclosed to fasten the crime ot kil-
ing Cuperman, the peddler who wi s
ecently mnrdered near Tri-Statea,
n any person. Henry Brink, who
ives over ill Montague has been held
n Goshen jail as a witness and there
re cironmstunces wbioh seem to in
licate that he may have knowledge
d the affair.
He went to Port Jervis with a
torse and wagon about the time the
p 'ddler would be near where he was
mud dead, and arrived there near
I o'clock p. m. He displayed money
nore than it seems he can account
or. A black jack which appears to
lave been recently used was found
1 1 hia room, also a felt boot on which
here was a stain of blood. Brink
duims the jack was not his, and
hat the ataiu may have come from
dose bleediog or from a pig which
tie helped to kill about Christmas
His accounta are somewhat contra
lictory and he disputes the testi-
nony of reputable witneiees
ilaines, in whose house Brink lives.
ind who he said owned the jack, de
ties that it is his. It would nol
torn material who owns the weapon
ft long ns it was in Brink's posses
ion at tbe time the murder war
mmmitted. The blood stainv mm
nive been made in the way be says
Vitv fact that he was on tbe road to
Port Jervis st about the same bom
is the peddler is a circumstance, bu
f itself proves nothing, There wen
tliers known ta be on the road aid
here may have been some who nrr
ot known There ia no evidence si
ar made public that any spot ha-
mu found where there were trnce
f a atrnggle, and no blood beyond
t!ie stain on the boot has bean allewd!oause " he s"y8' "he ,akes 8rcat
o be found on Brink's clothing.
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NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON
Evei ance the oommand from li e
White Honse went forth that army
and navy officers would be reqnired
jo nm,urK0 . ,,, physical endur
ance test there have been mcflled
protests. As a nsr.nl thing army
and navy men over forty years old
do not. keep themselves In training
and it Ir snspected that a majiwity of
them after a horseback ride of ten or
fifteen miles would experience con
siderable fatigue and sorenes. The
test require! by the President was
a horseback r'.de of ninety miles in
three consecutive days, a pretty
severe test for soft men of middle
age, the majority of Ibem weighing
perhaps two hundred pounds? The
man weighing that much is proba
bly not in good health and has spent
ton many years since be wag thirty
in sedentary eating and drinking.
Be Is too heavy for an ordinary horse
and extraordinary horses are hard to
find. A rider in practice has an in
durated sent and can eisily ridu 30
miles a day not only lor three con
secuilve days but fcr ten or thirty.
Well, tbe grosus and the protest
nl the captains, colonels and mnjors
came to the ear of the Presidei t
and he determined to show them
what the Commander In Chief of the
Army and Navy could do and to
that end one day this week be got
op between three and four o'clock in
the morning mounted his horse and
with three companions rode to War
ronton, Virginia where he ate lunch
eon and, after n rest of half an hour.
rode back to the White house arriv
itig about eight o'clock at night hav
mg covered in the round trip a dis
'ance of ninety eight miles ; In other
words, having ridden in one day
eight milts more -than he has re
quired regular army and navy offl
oera to ridj in throe da vs. The
President weighs two hundred
pounds but he is bard and tough as
nails. He has been riding constantly
for years probably about eighteen
miles a day and was of course in
trainiug. There can be 00 doubt but
that there is too muoh effeminacy
ind softness among the officers both
f the army and of the navy. Mr.
hViosuvelt doubtless remembera the
striking example of General Sbafter
who was in command of the Cuban
rmy sent in midsummer to Cuba.
1'he Immensely stout old General
weighed probably throe hundred
jnd fifty pounds but in the way of
baggage ha was like a three hundred
.d fifty ton millstone around the
neck of an army. His headquarters
were miles in the rear of the arrny
tnd thore on a couch groaning with
out be aweltered in the humid
tropical July climate.
Tbe lives and tbe treasure lost to
the country thro promotion by geni-
rity of unfit man will never be
known. The only road to physical
fitness is thru exercise and abstenx
lousuess. There can be no sufficient
-xeroise without abstemiousness.
Rockfeller's doctor has just predict-
d that the multi millionaire will
Iiv3 to be a hnndred years old be-
leal of exorcise in open air and a'.
ways leaves the table hungry." fjt
course the doctors prophesy is not
proved but it may be assumed that
Uockfeller has about as good a phy
sicinn and as wise ss money will buy
and this hint and suggestion in the
xay of preventive medicine ia one
that every reader may note and
profit by without paying tbe bill
that Mr. R. ckfeller doubtless pays
his doolor.
To Raise 'Salaries
That the present congress is of
the opinion that the big President
elect is worth fifty thousand dollars
a year more than the Pi evident who
has been flourishing the big stick Is
plain to see. Last week Stnator
Cnllotn reported the legislative, ex
ecutive nud judicial bill to the Sen
ate. Tbe most promiuent feature
of this bill ia an increase of the sala.-y
of the President of the Unite! Sules
to one hundred thoosand dollars a
year. The same bill increases the
salary of the Vice President to 211,000
dollars, and that of the Speaker to
tbe House to twenty thousand
This is a doubling ot the salaries fcr
all three offioes. Until the election
of President Grant the salary of the
President of the United States was
only twenty five thousand dollars a
year and now after thirty seven
years at fifty thousand dollars it is
proposed again to double it. Tha
wealth ot Ihe country lias more than
! double 1 since tbe President's salary
was )ti-t lcc. eased and (hero ars a
nnniber of men, presidents of mnch
smaller corporations than the United
Slates ot America, whoare receiving
a yearly salary of more than it is
now proposed to pay the President.
Tbe branch of tbe Government
I however In most urgent need of an
I increase of salary is the Federal
i Judiciary. The Justices of the Sa
! preme and Federal Courts. These
jare tbe men wbo hold the scales ol
1 corruption and tne ordinary cares of
life that they may be able to admin-
ister the law In an atmosphere of
serenity and calmness far removed
from secular concern. Complete
consecration of such men cannot be
expected, unless tbey shall receive
compensating salaries.
It is refreshing to know that the
retnrning Congressmen from Pana
ma speak hopefully mni encourag
lngly of the Progress of tbe Panama
Canal and add their voices to tbe
prediction that it will be finished in
six years.
Real Cause of the
Divorce Evil
Decay of Family Life ia Bssponaibla
for it.
If the one million divorces in the
country during the last twenty years
ha been granted for trivial causes,
tbe outlook would be bad enough,
bot the situation becomes all the
more serious when the separations
take place for grave moral reason.
It is generally recognized that such
causes as adultery, desertion, cruelly
imprisonment for crime, habitual
drunk nness and neglect to provide
are grave reasons for divoroe ; and
while some of our Statea have omni
bus clauses in tbelr divorce law.
these six principal grounds are the
oats recognized by tha majority of
States.
Moreover, the statistics of divorces
grand show that ninety eeven per
cent of all divorces are granted to
these six principal grounds. Only
an inaignifioant fraotionof thedivor
ces in tbe United Statea are granted
for trivial reasons, such as "incom
patibility of temper." Again, over
sixty ger cent of the dlvoroea in the
United 8tates are granted for the
two most aerioos grounds of all
adultery and desertion. In other
words, in two thirds of the cases di
vorce waa granted after husband
and wife were already practically
separsted.
We must conclude, therefore, that
divorce is prevalent not because of
tbe laxity of our laws, but rather be
cause of the decay of our family life.
The real evil is not divoroe, but the
decay of the very virtues npon which
the home rests. Tbe problem in
American family life is whether we
are able to build up tbe virtues upon
wbioh a new and higher type of fam
ily may be founded, higher, that is,
than the despotio, semi-patriarchal
type of family of our fathers whioh
is now passing away or ia, rather.
already extinct. It must be retnem
hered, however, that the first essen
tial clement in tbe home life of a
people is stability. Chas A. Ell wood
in the February Delineator.
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NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON
.Talking about the bids made fcr
the Stanhope-Newton McAdnm road
the partiea whose bid was accepted
found they bad made a mistake in
their figures and backed out. The
next bidders offered to take tbe Job,
and after some talk it wag accepted.
A certain Freeholder remarked
when talking about the matter that
he said to the Board, ' Better be
careful or it may cost yon more than
buvlog votes.'' To what did be
refer?
Cnirles Vail now occupying the
Club Farm near Tnttle's Corner bas
rented tbe fajtn of Evan Bevan on
the ridge.
George Van Sickle of Walpaok will
move from hia farm to tbe Berk
farm rented by his brother John J.
The stories told of the recent mur.
der near Trt-Stateg all vary and no
two tell the game story. The only
true etory go far are the facts aa biot
out at tbe inquest.
About all tbe ice houses in this val
ley are filled with fine ice averaging
about one foot in thickness. There
Is lots of time for tbe making of ice
yet.
Jersey gents who make periodical
visits to the vicinity of Dingmang
dear bunting on Saturday nights
must have enjoyed their trip last
Saturday night.
There is one consolation about Sat.
urday night sparking and that Is
both partiea can tae their bleep on
Sunday.
The Grangers are preparing for an
Oyster Supper on Thursday evening
of this week at Asher Snooks near
Cnlvermere A good time is antici
pated. Ralph Vansickle is suffering from
an attack of measles at hig home
neai Layton.
The Christmas Dinner
In apite of the fact that the word
dyspepsia means literally bad cook,
It will not be fair for many to lay
the blame on the cook if tbey begin
the Christmas Dinner with little ap
petite and'end it with distress or
nansea. It may not be fair for any
to do that let us hope so for tbe
sake of the cook! Tbe disease dys
pepsia indicates a bad stomach, that
ig a weak stomach, rather than a bad
cook, and for a weak stomach there
is nothing else equal to Hood's Bar-
giparilla. It gives tbe stomach vigor
and tone, cures dyspepsia, creates
appetite, and makeg eating the pleas
ure it shculd be.
This Is Worth Reading
Leo F. Zelinskl, of 68 Gibson St ,
Buffalo, N. Y., says: I cured the
most annoying cold sore I ever had,
with Buckleu'e Arnica Salve. I ap
plied this salve once a day for two
days, when every trace of tbe sore
was gone." Heals all sores. Sold
under guarantee at both drug stores,
25o.
Marked For Death
"""Three years ago I was markfd
for death. A grave-yard cough wae
tearing my lnrga to pieces. Doctors
failed to help me, and hopo had Bed,
wnen my husband got Dr. King'g
New Discovery," sayg Mrs. A. C.
Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first
dose helped me and improvement
kept on until I had gained 68 pounds
In weight and my health was fully
restored. " This medicine holds the
world's healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat dis
easeg. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at both drug stores
50o and (1.00. Trial bot'le free.
Real Estate Transfers
Frank Simons and others to Walt
er J. Keesler, 439 aorea Margaret
Stocker Green. 439 acres aa John C.
Stocker. 803 acrea as Joseph Herit
age Green (5000.
Walter J. Keesler to Chas Sproakg
139 aorea Green, Margaret Stocker
No 187, also 439 acres John C. Stock
sr No 105, also 803 acres Heritage
No 177 (2500.
Wilbelmina Kramer to Georgian
na Dennis, lot 156 Matimoras.
Robert Anderson Executor of Rob
ert Anderson deo'd to Edward R.
Merrell, 200 acres Lehman (900.
Silaa J. Dickinson to George F.
Ramble, 77 acres Green. (2500.
Harry P. Gariea adm of William
Sohuppe to Wm Sohnppe Jr., 70
aorea Lehman (550.
AdvertlM la the Ptuns.
OBITUARY
Henry Wilmkr Clare
Henry Wilmer Clark, who was
born at Greenville, Orange County,
New York, February 15th, 1862 and
waa a aon of Sarah M. and Henry D.
C ark, waa taken with pneumonia
January 9, 1909 and on tbe 16th day
of ssid month the people of this
community were greatly shocked to
hear be bad passed away.
Mr. Clark's parents moved to Pan.
pack during his early boyhood, at
whioh place he spent the greater
part of his life until several years
after hia marriage with Marilla A.
Williams of Uswick in August 1872.
He finally purchased Mrs. Clark'a
girlhood home at Uswick, where
they resided until 1899 when they
moved to the old homestead whioh
hag been their place of residence fur
tho past ten years.
Five c) "dren were born to them.
Two boys died in infancy. Two
song. Clay, of Madisonville, Ky ,
George, of Sioux City, Iowa, one
daughter, Mra. Riobard Phillipg,
who made her home with her par
ents, bis wife and one sister, Mra.
Edwin Keliam, of Paupack are left to
mourn hig loss, besides a large num
ber of relatives, friends and acquaint
ances who extend to the bereft fam
ily their heartfelt sympathy.
Mr. Clark wag a member of tha
Masonio Lodge of Hawley also of
the P. O. S. of A. Lodge of Lake
ville. Tha funeral waa held at the lata
borne of tbe dewaaed, Monday, Jan
uary 18th. His brother Masons
took charge of the services Rev.
W. 8. Peterson of Hawley officiated
and interment made in the Paupao
Cemetery.
Mrs. Hannah L. Van Gorden'
Mra. Van Gorden, widow of tbe
late Randall Van Gorden ot Ding
man's Ferry, died at her home Mon
day Jan lath, after a brief Illness.
She waa a daughter of Peter Decker,
who formerly resided in this county
and waa married in Milford in 1863.
Her husband for many years was
proprietor of the Delaware House
and after bia death in 1901 aha con
tinued the business. She waa a
woman of refined tastes, affable
manners and her pleasant personali
ty gained ber many friends. She is
survived by four daughters Hattie,
Charlotte E., Linda D., Elisabeth
wife of Floyd Bevans, and one son
Warren K.
The funeral was held today aad
interment in Delaware Cemetery.
Hyman Westbrook
Mr. Westbrook, a former resident
of this oonnty, died at tbe boms of
his son in Wantage, N. J., Monday,
Jan. 18th, of paralysis. He was
born in Delaware township Nov. 14,
1826 and waa a aon of Jacob and
Hannab, Van Auken, Westbrook.
For many years he followed farming
on the placa known aa theWbitesell
farm and nearly thirty years ago
want to Port Jervis where he lived
until about seven years ago when he
removed to Wantage, N. J. Ha
married a Miss Bnckley, now deo'd.
One son Charles B. with whom he
lived, and one daughter Florence,
wife of G. E. Roaencrang of Port
Jervig survive bim. Tha funeral
was held yesterday and interment in
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Next Week's Corn Show
The man who grew the Grand
Champion ear of corn at tha lata
National Corn Show at Omaba, will
send bis boot ear to tbe Pennsyl
vania Corn Show to be beld at Har.
risbnrg January 26-29, ao our corn
growers can compare notes. Every
Pennsylvania corn grower should
send ten ears of his best oorn to W.
H. Moody, Chestnut Street Hall,
Harrisburg, at once, and try to win
one of the nine silver enps or one of
the 45 cash prizes offend for good
oorn by the Pennsylvania Live Stock
Breeders Association. There are no
entry fees.
Mkdicine That Is Medicine
"I have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
I have now fuund a remedy that
keeps me well, and that remedy ia
Electrio Bitters: a medicine that ia
medicine for atomach and liver
troubles, and for run down condi
tions," aava W. C. Kiestler, ot Halli.
day. Ark. Elegtrto Bitten purify
and enrich tha blood, tone up the
nerves, and impart vigor and energy
to the weak. Your money will ba
refunded if It fails to help you.. COo
Ut both drug stores.