II
NEW MARKET FOUN
side or the other I -would not believe that
we have many good policemen in Port
land." SECURES SEATTLE HOTEL
THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1903.
One-Fourth of Northwest
Wheat Crop Diverted,
GOES TO AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA
Ilcnvy Flour Shipment From Port,
land to South Alrlca Transporta
tion Easier to Secure Than
for Oriental Trade.
One-fourth of all the -wheat and flour
exported from Oregon, Washington and
Idaho for the first half of the current
cereal year has been shipped to Africa
and Australia, the former country alone
taking nearly one-fifth of the entire
amount exported- Last year with prac
tically the came shipments to all ports,
the first eix months of the season showed
the African shipments to be but one-
fiftieth of the total amount sent out, while
nothing was exported to Australia. From
one-fiftieth to one-fifth Is an astonishing
Increase In the proportions of the ship
ments to a new field for trade, but from
present Indications this ratio of Increase
will not only be maintained for the re
mainder of the cereal year, but is in a
fair way to be surpassed. The total ship
ments to the Dark Continent from July
1 to January 1, from Oregon and Washing
ton, were (flour Included) 3.576.292, while
GS0.C04 bushels were shipped to Australia,
making a grand total of 4.256.S96 bushela
out of total ohipmente to all ports of 17,
S22.613 bushels.
Portland's flour shipments to Africa were
218,480 barrels compared with 142.S35 bar
rels from Puget Sound. To Australia
Portland shipped 335.713 bushels of wheat
compared with 244,891 bushelo from Puget
Sound. Wheat shipments to South Africa
were C3S.C50 bushelo from Portland, and
1.303,618 bushels from Puget Sound. That
the business will hold up to present pro
portions, and perhaps exceed them, is al
most a certainty, from the fact that there
is a large amount of tonnage already In
port under charter to load for Australia
and South Africa. The Australian steam
ship Klek will, today, finish loading a big
cargo of wheat and flour for South Africa,
the Allerton Is in the stream ready to
clear for Australia with a wheat cargo,
and the British ship Fulwood will leave
up from Astoria today, to load for the
Antipodes. The Norma, now discharging
Inward cargo in this port, will also load
for Australia, and three other shipe now
In the river will load for South Africa and
for the first time on record January wheat
shlpmcntn from Portland to outside ports
will exceed those to the United Kingdom.
Puget Sound will not make such a good
showing for the last half of the cereal
year as she made for the first half, as
wheat has been more thoroughly sold
out of the country tributary to Tacoma
and Seattle than is the case In Portland
territory There are three ships at Ta
coma, or due at Tacoma, under charter
for Australia or South Africa, and a few
more will undoubtcdy be loaded for thoee
ports before the end of the season. Frpm
Portland and Puget Sound the shipments
of wheat and flour for the entire 12 months
of the 1902-03 season will undoubtedly
reach a total of over 6,000.000 bushels, or
about one-fourth of the exportable surplus
now in sight. The demand from Australia
and South Africa at the opening of the
season wan almost exclusively for blue
stem wlieat, but' the stocks of that variety
have become so small that red wheat and
Walla Walla is now going forward with
the demand etlll unsatisfied.
Flour shipments from Portland and
Puget Sound to South Africa, when com
pared with, those of the Orient, Illustrate
In a striking manner the disadvantages
which Portland has labored under In get
ting direct sarvlce to the Orient. The
African business was handled in sailing
vessels, or n tramp steamers, which were
taken up by exporters as they were
needed. The same method was employed
on Puget Sound, and as a result Portland
shows flour shipments to South Africa of
218.4S0 barrels for the first six months of
the cereal year, while the flour shipments
from Puget Sound were but 142.833 barrels.
In the Oriental flour trade, which was
handled on regular liners, the figures "were
reversed, and so much of Portland's flour
was shipped through Puget Sound ports
that the figures for the first six months of
the f?eason show shipments to the Orient
cf 188.193 barrels from Portland, while
6S2.053 barrels were sent from Tacoma,
Seattle and Vancouver.
In a general way the clearing of so
much flour from Portland and Portland
territory does not make very much dif
ference with this port, as the wheat i3
bought and the flour milled by Portland
Arms, or by firms whose business Interests
are closely identified with Portland. At
the same time, Portland would like to
have full credit for the business that orig
inates In her territory, and will; undoubt
edly, fare better this year. The Portland',
& Asiatic Steamship Company, which
put ships on the route after th6 business
had been played into the hands of the
Puget Sound lines, has encountered dif
ficulties in getting the business on a satis
factory basis again, but before the be
ginning of another season expects to have
a sufficient number, of steamers on the
line to handle all of the business that
can bo secured In this territory. The
flour trade slacks away during certain
seasons of the year, and a special effort
will be made to secure a sufficient amount
of through freight at such times to pre
vent the steamers going- out light, as was
the case last Summer with, both" Portland
and Puget Sound lines.
MAYOR HAS TO LISTEN.
He Finds Many People Ready to
Boost or Knock.
The first legal day of the new year
.found Mayor Williams confronted by
snore business than on any other day
since he has been in office. Correspond
ence was littered here and there, and
wherever the Mayor's eye could reach
there was an envelope.
"I really think that I need a stenog
rapher," observed the Mayor, as he looked
upon the stack of letters he was ex
pected to answer.
"Aren't you allowed one by the pro
posed charter?" was asked.
"I am allowed a private secretary, but
I shall see that he Is a stenographer. ' I
really need him, as my daily visitors do
not give me much of an opportunity to
answer letters."
"The applications for positions on the
police force undoubtedly take up much of
your time," was remarked.
"Yes, they do. A man comes here and
tells me what a good policeman he is.
Some of his friends step in and tell me
what a fine fellow he is, and suggest
what I ought to do in making appoint
ments under the new charter. Then some
of his enemies call to see me and tell ma
how unworthy he is for a place on the
police force."
"To all of which you have to listen?"
"Certainly. I wish to give every man a
fair hearing, and he may talk as long as
he wishes. Some of them do stay longer
than I think is absolutely necessary," con
tinued the Mayor, with a yawn, "but I
always hear them. I do not limit the
time of my audiences, nor shall I limit
the time of hearing. Every man will
have a hearing until the new charter
takes effect."
"The applicants have some opponents,
do they not?"
"They do," emphatically, "if I were to
take the" word of half the people on one
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
To Be Held In Honor of Solomon
Hlrncli In Temple Beth Israel.
Services will be held in memory of the
late. Solomon Hlrsch. at the Temple Beth
Israel Sunday, at 2 P. M. The programme
follows'
Orcan prelude "Aae's Death" (from
Peer Glnt Suite") Grieg
Anthem "O Lord, What Is Man?"..
Schleslnger
Scripture reading and prayer
Rev. T. JL. Eliot, D. D.
Address
Hon. George H. wiilfams!
Reading of resolutions adopted by the
congregation
Anthem "Why Art Thou Cast Down.
y So"1?" Stark
Address
Rabbi Stenhen S. Wl3c. Ph. D.
Soprano solo "Hold Thou My Hand"..
. Gounod
"Olenu" Adoration
"Kaddls-h" Mourners' prayer
Anthfcin "My God. the Soul Which
Thou Givest" Hast
Benediction
Postlude "Dead March, from "Saul"
.. Handel
Killed by Dynamite.
POTTSVILLE, Pa.. Jan. 2. A quantity
of dynamite exploded In one of the gang
ways of the Oak Hill Colliery, one mile
north of Minersvillc. today. Instantly "kill
ing three miners and severely injuring
a dozen others.
The dead:
Michael Onder. 37 years of age, mar
ried, wlfo and four children.
Andrew Ondor, married, wife and four
children.
Joseph Prokop, married, wife and two
children.
MANAGER BOWERS, OF THE PORT
LAND, CLOSES A DEAL.
Will Become Proprietor of Lincoln
Building; and 3!ulcc It Flrnt-ClnRS
UoHtclry on American Plan.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 2. Negotiations
are pending, and In all probability will
be closed in a few days, whereby H. C.
Bowers, manager of the Portland Ho
tel at Portland, will become proprietor of
the -Lincoln apartment building, which
It Is his Intention to tum into a first-class
American plan hotel.
A. A. Wright, son-in-law of Mr. Bow
ers, who was chief clerk of the Port
land for the past several years, will be
manager of the Lincoln. Mr. Wright re
turned from the East a week ago and he,
with Mr. Bowers, will arrive in the city
Sunday, when It Is expected the lease
will be drawn up and signed, and as soon
thereafter as possible the new manage
ment will take charge.
The Lincoln was erected at the corner
of Madison street and Fourth avenue In
1900, and for a time was rented In flats.
Later a dining-room was established on
the ground floor, and since then It has
been a family hotel. It Is one of the
substantial buildings of the city, and is
well suited to the needs of a large, first
class hotol. In the center of the building
tnerc Is a court, tho lower floor of which
is marble, and the same material faces the
walls. In the center of the court is an
active fountain.
The rooms throughout the building are
of a good size and well lighted, while the
TALES OF THE TOWN
THERE are no exact records to show
it, statistics on the subject not be
ing kept by those In a position to
do so. but it may safely be said that
about the usual number of new leaves
were turned over in Portland yesterday.
As always happens, the first of the year
there was an appreciable falling off In
the saloon trade, and the proprietors of
well-patronizpd bars noted without com
ment the failure of many regular custo
mers to put In an appearance It will be
a wefk or two before they come back
again, say the proprietors, and some may
stay away for a full month.
Municipal Judge Hogue has administered
the oath of total abstinence to a good
many, most of whom swore to keep away
frcm 'malt, vinous und spirituous liquors
for the period of one year, commencing
January L 1903." Judge Hogue said yes
terday: "So many people come voluntarily to
swear off, and so many accept that as
my alternative for the rockplle in passing
Judgment that I keep a stack of printed
pledges always on my defk. I use up a
good many during the last few days of
December, and so do the notaries about
town. Frequently we have to draw up
special affidavits covering other promised
reforms, such as the nonuse of drugs and
tobacco or the dlpcontlnuance of gambling.
Onc a man took solemn oath to cult
beating his wife, and I kept an eye on
him for some time afterward."
"What proportion of the people, who
swear off keep their pledges?" was asked.
'T am sorry to say that a majority of
them don't. Of course, we never know
what happens In every case, but where
It does come under our subsequent obser
vation our experience has not been en
couraging. Humanity is very frail, as we
see It in the . Municipal Court, but the
oath so often does work a reformation
that we administer It .whenever requested.
A man with strength of character enough
to break away from a bad habit does not
need to make an affidavit, but there aro
some whom nothing but an affidavit will
Influence."
A notary in town has a record of
"swearing oft" a Christianized Chinaman
frcm smoking opium, and some mission
workers who watched the man afterward
say that up to date John has not lapsed.
75" GUEST at the Portland Hotel said
to Manager Bowers last nlcht:
"Things must be looking up in this part
of the country."
"They arc," replied the manager. "Ore
gon has nothing to complain of, and pros
perity has come to Portland to stay."
"That's what I thourht," replied the
guest. "I went to a New Tear's recep
tion at the residence of a business man,
and whisper."
Manager Bowers leaned forward and
his ear met the other's lips,
"They were burning real coal!" was
tho awed announcement.
THE officers of the Seventeenth Regi
ment of Infantry, now stationed at
Vancouver Barracks, have learned with
delight that they are all to bo sub
jected to a special examination, by order
from the War Department, before the reg
iment starts for the Philippines. Many
of thm saw long service In the Islands,
and the prospect of a speedy return was
not a bit attractive.
"Our commanding officer in the Philip
pines," said one young officer yesterday,
"was Brigadier-General Jacob Smith, re
tired, who now appears so frequently in
print as 'Hell Roaring Smith.' author of
the famout 'klll-slay-and-burn order that
followed the massacre of Company C, of
the Ninth Infantry, on the Island of Sa
cnar. General Smith was promoted from
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Twelfth to Colo
nel of- the Seventieth, and I tell you he
kept the regiment on the hike from the
moment he took command. He was an
actlvo and aggressive commander, and
he does not deserve all the criticism that
has been passed upon him. But the War
Department has taken cognizance of the
fact that we saw a couple of years serv
ice under hfm In the tropics, and that is
why we are likely to be continued on
home duty for a little longer time."
Such of the officers as will be relieved by
the examining board from foreign service
will be given the privilege of exchange
with other regiments.
INCIDENTALLY, it Is well to be re
minded this morning that the figure
"3" goes after the "190" in the date lino
of your letter heading. j
THERE Is a report current that Miss
Olive Celeste Moore, the beautiful
young contralto singer who took Jessie
Bartlett Davis' place as Alan-a-Dale in
the Bostonlans' "Robin Hood," is engaged
to be married to Roy Pike, a wealthy so
ciety man of San Francisco. Miss Moore
was a guest of Mr. Pike's sister, Mrs,
W. B. Fuller, at the Palace Hotol during
!er stay in San Francisco, and was the
only professional performer who appeared
at some society private- theatricals given
for the benefit of charity under the stage
direction of Mr. Pike. The young couple's
many friends on the Pacific Coa6t have
been discussing their affairs for some
time, but neither will say anything. Mr.
Pike came part of tho ,way with Miss
Moore to see her off on her Journey
north.
fg DON'T know if it Is anything more
i than a curious coincidence, or if it is
a real psychological phenomenon," said a
cigar dealer on Sixth street, yesterday,
"but every time we have so much weather
in Portland as we have had, for tho past
few days wt get a flood of Canadian silver
coins. It happened one Autumn several
years ago, and it happened late in the
Spring only two years back. Sounds like
a fake, I know, but it's the truth, and I
have heard other business men speak of
It. A week before Christmas, Detective
John Cordano was In here, and he passed
me a Canidlan shilling. I'd been getting
diver vith the head of the late Queen
"Victoria in a regular stream, and I was
getting anxious.
' 'Where does It all come from?' I asked
John.
" 'I gtvo It up,' he says, 'but they're
passing It off on me every time I breik a
dollar. Mebbe somebody has got a corner
on It and is working it off on Portland.
"Then I told John that we were going
to be In for a pretty good bunoh of weath
er for the holidays, and he was in here
only this morning to ask me what the
climate would be next month. He's got u
confidence in me that rightly belongs to
the Canadian coinage, but I'm darned If I
can explain how it is."
A YOUNG broker of this city, who read
In the foreign correspondence to one
of the leading American financial Jour
nals that Sir Thomas Lipton had recently
been a heavy loser In a grain speculation,
cut the printed item out of the paper,
pasted it on one of his own letterheads,
and wrote:
Sir Thomas Lipton bought some wheat
A batch of Roodly size
Because ho had a hunch that wheat
Was very near a rise;
But wheat went down the day he bought.
And now he rues the hour
He learned the cereal story taught,
"When Knighthood Was in" Hour.
The which composition he sent to a
young friend of his who Is a subject of
King Edward VII, and who spends his
time In Portland guessing what the next
grain rates are going to be. .
NE of the officers at Vancouver Bar
racks, who was formerly stationed at
Fort McPherson, in Atlanta, Ga., met on
the streets of Portland the other day the
shambling figure of a negro whom he had
known quite well In the Southern city.
"Mawnln', Kurn'l," said the colored
man, doffing his hat.
"Good morning," responded the officer,
who Is full three grades below tho rink
given him. "What are you doing away
out here?"
"I ain't doIn' nuffln, Kurn'l," was the
roply. "I'm jes' a-lookln fr a job."
He got it The ofllcer took him over to
the barracks, and he was given a place
where his food and lodging and a few
dollars a month were Insured, and he
was and Is contented. But the wife of
the officer, who also knew him in At
lanta, asked him, when he came to serve
milk to them yesterday morning:
"Joslah, weren't you married when you
worked at Fort McPherson?"
"Yuss'm," said Joslah..
"And where Is your family now?'.'
"I never had no fam'ly, ma'am, sav'n
B'llndy, an' I don Ios' her In de census.
Is yo' want on'y two-bits' wort' dls
mawnln' er mebbe "
Two-bits' worth will do. But how did
you lose Bellndy bocause of the census?"
Joslah hitched one big foot around an
other and swung his milk can In half a
moment's Irresolution.
"I wuz de supernumerator o de cen
sus." he said finally.
The officer's wife recalled the fact that
Joslah had won some sort of Republican
prominence In Georgia, and that he had
received a Federal office In reward for
his party efforts. She said as much.
"Yuss'm," replied Joslah, "I got ap
pointed supernumerator en de tent deea
tric o' DeKalb County whar' I lived, yo'
understan. President McKinley he sign
do paper, an' he sen' me a bundle o'
books blggcr'n de Kurn'l got w'en de
war bruk out Yuss'm. Hit require me
fo' t fin' out all erbout de folks whut
live in dat deestrlc', en de white people
come across easy. Wld de nlggera I had
Gawd's own trubble. Yuss'm.
"But my own wife wuz de wuss. I let
her to de las', an' rode up on my mule one
mawnln. w'en she war' choppln' wood.
Yo know how me 'n' her never did disa
gree, an' how I use' ter hav t sleep in
de gyardhouse mo'n once, to git peace
uuan yo luss m. Well, I tole her, I
sas: 'How ole Is you?' says. 'What do
yo' do fr a livln?' I sez. 'Why ain't yo' a
better woman?' I sez. 'How many chil
dren have yo',' I says, 'whut k'n go f de
publick schools I sez, 'widout er cerklfi
davlt frum yer husban'? Whut's de name
er yore great-gran'-mother? I sez, an' den
I'm so busy dodgln hick'ry klndlin I
cyant perceed wld de cross-examination.
Yuss'm.
"But I tole her I don' got f ter fill In do
paper, an I put hit all down, except how
ole she Is, which I dldn' know. I sez:
Looky here,' I sez, 'I don' want fr f pry
yore mouf open like a. mule f r t' fin out
how ole yo' is, but I gotten do hit if yo
resist' Yo' know B'llndy yo'se'f, mis
sus, an' yo know, o co'se, I never got de
figgers, but I put down de neares I could
get at
"An' in d' las' column o my book wuz a
blank space f r remahks, an' I collected
dera while I rode off 'bout free feet ahald
o whut wuz left o' de woodpile. But I
never sen' dem remahks ter President Mc
K.nley. Nuss'r. I never did. I jes wrote
him dat I couldn' do hit, an I explain f
him how pussenal dey wuz, and a man
wrote back f r me f never mln'. I don'
my P5' 3es' d0 same, but w'hen
B llndy foun' she weren't In de census I
Jes hatter cum Wes. Yuss'm."
The officer's wife, who during the re
cital had kept her face rigid and her eyes
tightly fixed on a far-off spot, asked in a
smothered voice:
"And Isn't Belinda In the census at all
Joslah?"
"No'm," was the prompt reply. "An'
any time yo hear any o' these know-it-all
folks a-sayln' dey Is wise as f Jes' how
many people live in de United States, yo'
Jes' bet dem dey are one shy o de facts,
an yo sen' fr me t furnish de expur
gated evidence. An If yo're writln' homo
any day, I would'n min' 'f yo c'ud put en
yore letter dat you'd read 'bout me bein'
killed in d' Phll'pincs Jes cz a favor V
roe. Yuss'm."
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But in spite of ail this opposition, the output of the great
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The matchless reputation obtained by the Dueber-Hampden
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arrangement Is such that they can be
occupied singly or en suite.
While all the details have not been
settled, it is believed to be the Intention
of Mr. Bowers to take charge on Janu
ary 15.
Mr. Bowers has been looking for an
opening In Seattle for the past year,
and tho present deal has been pending j
since December 1. He has been in the
city twice within the past 10 days con
sulting regarding the lease, and It Is prac
tically settled that he will take the
place. When seen at the Rainier-Grand
last Sunday, when he was here, and
asked concerning his plans, Mr. Bowers
had nothing to say, and last night J. A.
Moore, who has charge of the building
for Eastern capitalists, refused to mako
any statement. However, in other cir
cles It ig stated that the deal will be closed
when Mr. Bowers arrives here Sunday.
Some days ago when an Oregonlan rep
resentative questioned Mr. Bowers on the
subject of the foregoing dispatch, the ho
tel man deprecated any publicity of his
plans until they had been consummated.
Yesterday he denied that his negotiations
were practically completed, but admitted
that the deal was pending.
watched the various markets closely and
have not found any coming In. Many
times we were told that the clubs and
other places served quail at- times, but it
did not occur to us to watch the Chinese.
If the law permitted Chinese quail to be
shipped In, a protection would be given
to tho Chinese, and It would bft verv trou
blesome to keep them from dealing In na- '
tlve game under the cloak that would be
thus afforded them."
Ross Must Turn Over HIm Office.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 2. A special
to the Deseret News from Boise, Idaho,
says:
The Supremo Court today granted a
writ of mandamus directing that State
Engineer Rosa turn over his office, thus
recognizing as valid his removal by Gov
ernor Hunt a few weeks ago. Ross re
fused to recognize his removal, and man
damus proceedings were .accordingly re
sorted to. Tho removal of Mr. Rocs, it was
stated at the time, resulted from a disa
greement between him ard Governor
Hunt over a state Irrigation enterprise.
CHINESE QUAIL SEIZED.
Game "Warden Quimby Places Celes
tial Owners Under Arrcjit.
About ZOO quail that were on sale at a
Chinese restaurant on Second and Pino
streets were seized yesterday by Game
Warden I. P. W. Quimby. Four China
men were arrested on the charge of hav
ing kept game for other than breeding
purposes. The Chinamen profess not to
have known that . they were violating the
law, and their story Is believed to a cer
tain extent. The quail that were seized
are of a different variety than the Oregon
or California quail. They have no tail
and present a peculiar appearance in
many ways. The Chinamen say that they
wero raised In China, and shipped here,
and experts say that they are indeed
very similar to the Chinese variety.
George C. Stout, attorney for the China
men, says that his clients should not bo
convicted, as they have in no way vio
lated the spirit of the law. He says that
the game laws are for the purpose of pro
tecting the game of our country, and are
intended for native-grown birds. He
thinks that If quail are shipped In from
China they should not be considered as
coming under the law, as dealing In such
birds can in no way affect the amount of
game along the Coast.
Game Warden Quimby says that tho
law simply says quail, and mikes 'no dis
tinction. Besides, he does nefc credit the
story that they were shipped in from
China. He says that they look much like
the Arizona quail and that he thinks they
wero trapped In Arizona. At any rate, the
law forbids tho selling of quail at this
time, and he proposes that the law shall
be enforced. In order to make sure that
the birds were -for sale, and not to bo
used for breeding purposes, he sent his
deputy, H. W. Prettyman, to buy a pair.
He was successful, thus proving beyond
a doubt that the blrd3 were on sale. The
entire amount were at once seized, and
the owners placed under arrest.
"We have known for some time," said
Mr. Quimby last night, "that quail were
being sold here, but were unable to find
who' was bringing them In. We have
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or mothers, that thoone simple, wholesome remedy
which acts gently and pleasantly and naturally, and
which may he used with trnly beneficial effects, under
any conditions, when the system needs a laxative is
Syrup of Pigs. It is well known to bo a simple com
bination of the laxative and carminative principles of
plants with pleasant, aromatic liquids, which are
agreeable and refreshing to tho taste and acceptable
to the system when its gentle cleansing i3 desired.
Many of the ills from which women sufFer are of
a transient nature and no not come from any organic
trouble and it is pleasant to know that they yield so
promptly to the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs,
but when anything more than a laxative is needed it
is best to consult the family physician and to avoid
tho old-time cathartics and loudly advertised nos
trums of the present day. When one needs only to
remove the strain, the torpor, the congestion, or
similar ills, which attend upon a constipated condi
tion of tho system, use the true and gentle remedy
Syrup of Figs and enjoy freedom from the depres
sion, the aches and pains, colds and headaches, which
are due to inactivity of the bowels.
Only those' who buy the genuine Syrup of Figs
can hope to get its beneficial effects, and as a guar
antee of the excellence of the remedy the full name
of the company California Fig Syrup Co. is
printed on the front of every package and without
It any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs is fraud
ulent and should bo declined. To those who know tho
quality of this excellent laxative, the offer of any
substitute, when Syrup of Figs is called for, is
always resented by a transfer of patronage to some
fir3fr-class drug establishment, where they do not
recommend, nor sell false brands, nor imitation
remedies. TlTe genuine article may be bought of all
reliable druggists everywhere at 60 cents per bottle.