Til. MOItNlNU ASTOttlAK ViiibA,; fcmEMiilk iii, liioiii 8T0R3 CLOSES AT TP. Our stock of BLANKETS Is larger than ever But that is not all. It is better than ever, inasmuch as it contains greater values than ever, You can buv blankets at money. Not much of the latter is Headquarters for Dry Goods CONFERENCE FUTILE. Railroad Men Say That the Meeting of Western Presidents Will Amount to Nothing. NEW YORK, Sept, 20. The Times Bays: The optimistic view of the result of Tuesday's conference of western pres idents, as expressed ty Chairman Jef frey on Tuesday, art not generally shared by freight representatives and other railroad men in ihls city. That the absence from the conference of rep resentatives of the Northern Pacific was more or less of an intentional slight and that It forboded 111 for the future of the St Paul committee was shown by a statement from President Mellen of the Northern Pacific. "Will the Northern Pacific.' he was asked. "Join in the organisation of the proposed St Paul Traffic Committee?" "The Northern Pacific," answered JJr. Mellen. "will undn- nc circum stances Join In any pool trade commit tee or other such agreement and Mr. Jeffrey has received no assurances from us to the effect that we are favorably disposed to such a plan." This statement was made very em phatically, and. as it is hardly probable that th nthpr road will organise a committee without the Xorihern Pacific, the territorial committee's plan may have to be abandoned. But aside from thU it was pointed out by railroad officials that. In spite of all statements. It was evident that the conference had ag-iin fallad to accom plish anything. "The appointment of committees Is nothing " more ' or less than pro crastination." raid a frt-'ght rffl.lal "The committees may consider as much as they pleas'; when It comes to re porting their deliberations at the next conference it will be found that no con clusion has been reached." Another official whose knowledge of the freight situation throughout the country is very accurate said: "The great question uhlch the presi dents have not answered and cannot solve is 'what shall be done with the low rate contracts entered Into between the western roads and their Central Traffic Association connections, on bus iness originating in trunk line territory for which low rate contracts do not expire until the next year.' The ans wer to this question Is the explanation of whv nothing definite has been done and why the committees have been or dered to report at the December con ference. Nothing can be done until these contracts have expired, which will be sonn after the December conference. One of the principal items of freight covered by these contracts Is the tre mendous apple crop of New York State, a large part of which will be moved west at low rates." It is understood that one of the mat ters under discussion at Tuesday's con ference, and one which raised quite a disturbance, was the demand that the Chicago and Great Western return to the roads the sum of $50,000 which it w;is claimed It had received in excess Cf its share In the freight pool. Report has it that 'he representative of that road made most strenuous objection to this demand and that the matter is not yet settled. ENGLISH POLITICS. On Account of the Approaching Elec tions the Foreign Office Is Stif fening Its Diplomacy. NEW YORK, Sept 20. A dispatch to the Tribune from' London says: The press is filled with election Intel ligence but the contest is too unequal to be Interesting. A Unionist victory Is concede! even by the Liberal political managers, and the only question in doubt Is whether the government will have a larger or a smaller majority In the new than It had In the old par liament. There will be little political oratory and the details of the settlement In South Africa will not be explained, al though this Is the issue upon which the government asks for seven years' exten sion of Its lease of power. The elec torate which has been artificially res tricted by the disfranchisement of an enormous body of voters under the old registry will be called upon to arm the government with a mandate to convert Dutch Africa into British Africa so that the work can never be undone. Public Interest centers In the recon struction of the cabinet rather than In the result of the elections, which Is a foregone conclusion. Lord Lansdowne Is marked out for slaughter and Vis count Gross will also be forced to re tire. It Is also rumored that the Duke of Devonshire will not be a member of the ministry after the elections, and that Lord Lansdowne's resignation from the war office will be the signal for the retirement of .Mr. Goschen from the admiralty. If thcie forecasts are fulfilled, Mr. M. EXCEPT 8ATURDAT. this store with confidence ami needed. on the Lower Columbia. Chamberlain will be almost the only prominent Liberal-Unionist In the cab inet and ought to have a most con spicuous office In order to Illustrate the principle of the survival of the fittest. There are. however, a good many up erannuated Tories who would adorn the privacy of retirement and their fate has not jet been settled by the rumor mongers. One theory Is that Lord CrO' mer will be brought Into the foreign office and General Kitchener into the war office and that Mr. Balfour. Mr, Chamberlain and Sir Michael Hicks. Reach will be left where they are. The "AUlershot gang.'.' which planned the holiday promenade to Pretoria a year ago, will find Itself "between the devil and the deep sea" when asked to choose between Mr. Chamberlain and General Kitchener. Another mystery which fascinates the rumor mongers Is the probable selec tion of the new lord chief Justice. The lord high chancellor ordinarily makes all Judicial appointments, but the prime minister Is responsible for the choice of lord chief Justice. Lord Salisbury and Lord Halbury are Intimate per sonal friends and will talk over the matter, but the decision rests with the prime minister. Sir Edward Clarke would have been Lord Russell's natural successor If he had not gone wrong on South Africa and been forced to abandon public life. Sir Richard Webster has excluded him self from the chief seat on the bench by becoming master of the polls. Sir Robert Flndlay has been attorney gen eral only a few months and his ele vation to Lord Russell's place would be considered premature. Some most astute lawyers and officials are predict ing the appointment of Sir Francis Jeune. He has been president of the (treat divisions of the bench and has great Influence at court and In poli tical circles. Some Unionist journals are seeking to create the Impression that Germany and England are leading and controll ing the other powers on the China nuestlon. Germany has taken, without doubt, a line of her own. but the Brit ish foreign office has made It clear that It preferred to follow the other powers and was unwilling to lead the way. The German emperor's circular Is now commended by the English press as the wisest deliverance yet made on the Chinese question, although It Is not explained how any black list of guilty mandarins can be provided which will omit at the top the name of the em press dowager as the chief conspira tor against the foreign embassies and mission stations. The candid English Journals tell the plain truth about the diplomatic situa tion, namely, that Great Britain by remaining In the background and waiting for other powers to take the initiative has lost the great opportu nity ifor Justifying Its position as an Asiatic power and exerting moral In fluence In the world. England has1 been adrift In China without a defi nite polk-y. Now that the elections are coming or. the foreign office is stiffening Its diplomacy and receives credit frcm the Unionist press for mak ing strong demands at Pekin. REPORT OF NORTHERN PACIFIC. Prosperity of the West Enables the Road to Make a Good Showing. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. At a meeting nf the board of directors of the North ern Pacific, the annual report has been approved and will probably be given out tomorrow, says the Times: The traffic agreement between the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul, for use by the lat ter between St. Paul and Duluth, was approv-d and It only lacks the approval of the MIlwauk?e's board of directors. President Mellen, after the meeting. in sneaking of the business conditions in the west said that Washington. Ida ho and Oregon were exceedingly pros perous and that it was entirely due to' the earnings of the western part of the road that the shoeing was good, as the west division surplus overbalanced the deficiency in the eastjrn part. On the eastern division the traffic was 2'i0 cars per day less than last year, due to the failure of the crops. The addi tion of the St. Paul & Duluth'g earn ings should make an increase of about $3000 per day. If earnings for the next few months showed an average Increase of less than this amount It would have to be assigned to the failure of the eastern division of the Northern Pa cific to keep up Its earnings. FLOUR GOES UP, Minneapolis Mills Announce an Advance of Twenty Cents Per Barrel. . CHICAGO, Sept. 20. The local agents of the standard Minneapolis brands of spring wheat flour have notified the wholesale trade of an advance of 20 cents per barrel. The new price will be $1.70 per barrel. AMERICAN TURF CONGRESS. Adapted a Rule Restricting Racing Dates at Various Tracks. CHICAGO, Sept. JO.-At t o'clock the American' Tui't Congress, after an all night session, adjourned until 10 A. M. Just before adjournment a rule was adopt vl restricting the racing dates In Chicago and St. Louis to the time be tween June 10 and October !4, appor tioning the root of the time to southern tracks, thus giving thorn no opposition. TVs measure was proposed a year ago but failed In its purpose. Last night when everything was go ing smoothly and the local men were practically off their guard, the nuas ure was brought up and passed-by a vote of 7 to 5. This vote came only af ter an hour of filibustering and protest from the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans delegations. James Howard, the newly elected president, hurriedly called another to the chair that he might .trgue the measure. But the rep resentatives of the smaller tracks hod counted noses In advance and knew where their majority stood, so all efforts to defeat the rule were unavailing. Fin ally, the local men and their allies se cured an adjournment until this morn ing at 10 o'clock, when the defeated faction will endeavor to secure a re consideration. James Howard, of Washington Park; Robert Aull, of St. Louis; C. S. Bush, of New Orleans, and Martin Nathan son, of Chicago, left together after the meeting to caucus as to the best plans of Procedure for today's session. The vote by tracks on the question was as follows: Yeas Louisville. Latonia, Nashville, Little Rock. Memphis. Newport and Highland Park. Nays Washington Park, St. Louis, (Fair Ground track), Harlem, Haw thorne and New Orleans. The resolution was as follows: Ruled That the New Orleans meet ing close March 23. 1901. and that the dates for that year thereafter be al lotted from March 25 to June 8 to Lit tle Rock. Memphis, Louisville, Latonia and Newport, as they may apportion the time by agreement; from Monday, June 10. to Saturday, October 26, to the Chicago associations and the St. Louis associations, as they may apportion be tween themselves; to the California as sociation such winter dates as they may select. Any tracks outlde the Juris diction of the Turf Congress racing against the date as herein allotted sha'l stand outlawed. This resolution does not affect In any way Highland Park dates after June 10. This measure, which was sprung by Judge Perkins, of Latonia, came as a bombshell Into what the local men thought was to be a harmonious meet ing. The report of the license commit tee, on which a fight was promised, was adopted unanimously. No proposi tion was made In regard to the pur poses, and the threatened opposition to James Howard for president failed to materialize. The election of officers resulted as follows: President. James Howard. Washington Park; vice-president, Robert Aull. St Louis; secretary. E. C. Hopper. Coving ton; assistant secretary. John B. Dil lon. Covington, Ky.; treasurer, E. S. Lee, Covington, Ky. President Howard Immediately an nounced that he would appoint Mr. Aull a member of the commlltoe on ap peals to succeed Judge Perkins. Jan uary 1. Other business was the refusal of the dominant faction In the congress to accept, the application for member ship from Lakeside, the new track at Worth. Ills; Lexington and Kinloch Park (St. Louis.) Another lule was that all suspensions against Jockeys, owners cr stable should be recognized at all turf congress tracks. PARTY CAN BE TRUSTED. Congressman Dalzell Says That the Republican Party Will Settle the Cuban Problem Success- , fully. NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-;ongTehsman John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, Is In the city. His attention being called to the statements of Cubans, elected Tues day as members of the constitutional convention, that the convention would adopt and follow an Independent policy throughout and would not be influenced by any representative of the United States, be said: "The resolution of Intervention pro vided that Cuba should have an Inde pendent and stable government. The promise of Independence was Indefinite as to time. There was nothing In the resolution which would confine the Cu bans to the establishment of any par ticular form of government, but they must form a government which will give every form of stability. As to Just how the United States government will act In working out Cuban Inde pendence In accordance with the prom ise given, It Is Impo3Klble to say. The problem Is a new one to us and each phase of It will have to be met as It comes, up. Thus far no mistakes have been made and I think the Republican party can be trusted to work out the problem successfully and honorably." CHANCE FOR INVESTMENT. . Vice-Consul-Gcneral at Frankfort, Ger many, Advocates the Establishment of American Department Stores There. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Vice-Consul-General Hanauer, In an official report to the state depart ment from Frankfort, Germany, advo cates the establishment of American department stores abroad as a means of Increasing the export trade of this country. . ' "In Ccrmary and most other con tinental countries." the vice-consul ays, "thtre are large retail warehouses which seU different lire of dry goods and clothing for female wear. Depart ment stores on ' the order of our own, containing almt everything for hu man needs, are hardly known here, Consequently on finds In an Euro pean city hundreds of retail stores car rying small stocks and selling articles at high prices. "I think department store would find conditions more favorable here than at home In amount of sales and return on the capital Invested, but the Import ance cf the plan consists In the Im mens Imretu thy would give to the sale of American specialties household articles of all kinds, clothing, kitchen mid Iron ware, small machines, tools and Instruments, toys, carriages and vehicles, oltlce and dwelling furniture, fruit and meats, etc. "I am confident that such a concern established In Frankfort could within a few years sell American specialties alone to an amount of $3,000,000 to $4, OoO.omi annually and distribute further Quantities by giving agencies to lead ing dealers of Interior towns and cities. In shoes alone It could transact a large trtde. Our manufacturers need, then, but offer their products to the home purchasing office !n order to do a for eign trade." PARTICULARS FROM M'ARTlll'R. Details of Recent lbavy Fight With the Insurgents. WASHINGTON. Sept. JO.-A dispatch has been received from General Mac- Arthur which confirms the report ca bled to the Associated Press from Ma nila concerning the itctlvlty of the In surgents. The dispatch Is ns follows: "Manila. Sent. 20. Adjutant-General, Washington. There Is considerable ac tivity throughout Luion. Fighting Is reported in the vicinity of Carlg nnd Estella Isabella provinces. Insurgents, estimated at 500. probably much exag gerated, but sufficient In force to make trouble In a district heretofore quiet. In the llocan provinces Samuel 11. M. Young (brigadier-general) reports ru merous small affairs, and has called si emphatically for more force that Kingsbury's squadron, Third cavalry, ond Pordon's battalion, Fifth Infantry, have been sent him. and another bat talion will be given the same destina tion, upon arrival. "Country north of Taslg. Including nil of rtulncnn. Is very much disturbed, nnd numerous contacts with small par ties throughout that district, south of Paslg, Including Tayabas province (Luzon), where same conditions obtain. This activity has been anticipated and reported upon In letters of August 23 and cable August 71. "On September 1. David D. Mitchell (captain Fifteenth Infantry). 90 men. Company L, company Fifteenth Infan try from Slloan, Lnguna province, at tacked the Insurgent general Callles. who had 500 men In position at Mavlluc, same province. A desperate fight en sued, which was pushed from the front with great pertinacity by Mitchell across a causeway and through water waist deep. "The attack wis under George Cooke, captain, with Vs men, Company K, Fif teenth infantry, and ten men, Company B. Thirty-ninth volunteer infantry, could not reach the enemy's position becausj of high water In the arm of a lake which could not be crossed; entire country was afloat In conse quence of recent rains; this very much Impeded offensive action. After an hour nnd 20 minutes' fighting, the command withdrew to Slnlloan., Upon renewal of operations on the ISth found that the insurgents had escaped from Mavl tac the previous night, most of thern no doubt going back Into contiguous Barrios to appear for the time being or until called Into the field ngaln as peaceful Amlgos. MacARTHUR." Proposed fish trust. Fulton Market Men Say Sea Food Mar ket Cannot Be Controlled. NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-Eugcne S. Blackford, of Fulton market. Inter viewed concerning the report from Min neapolis, Minn., to the effect that an organization has b?en formed to con trol sea food, said among other things: "I do not think It possible, however, to control the market for sea food In general because It Is too large. No single organization could ever hope to control the entlrj output of the whole seaboard cf the United States. If this cea food company had limited Itself to one or two kinds of fish Its enterprise might not seem so Impracticable, be cause It Is frequently possible to control the catch of a single kind of fish. This has already been done In the case of halibut, for example. "The great difficulty that this com pany will have to contend with Is the extent of the field It has apparently proposed to cover. The fish trade Is different from other trades In that Its stork is ro extremely perishable. Fish cannot be 'cornered.' You cannot put fish on the shelf and wait until people are willing to pay your price, but you must sell and soil at once. The ele ment of 'cornering, which Is generally the means of such an organization as the sea food company, to attain Its end, Is thus Impossible. Indeed I fall to see how the company hopes to succeed." The Howard Searles and H. S. fiearlcs mentioned In the dispatches are not known In Fulton market. NO RELIEF FOR 20 YEARS, "I had bronchitis for twenty years," said Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, 111., "and at times have been bedfast. I never got relief until I had taken Foley's Honey and Tar. It Is pleasant and gives quick relief, and Is a sure cure for throat end lung fllneae." Take nothing eif,e. CHAS. ROGERS, Druggist. RAILROAD SCHOOL. Engineer Advocate 8wcll Training to Prepare Young .Men for Service on ths Railroads, SARATOGA, N. Y Sept.' M."Th Eastern Hallway Maintenance of Way Association, a New England organisa tion of which E. A. Haskell, of Spring, field. Mass,, Is president, I In session here. Walter fl. Berg. 'chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley railroad, read a paper entitled "The Education of Railroad Men for the Subordinate Rank for the. Maintenance of Way Service," In which he advocated the establishment of special ralroad trade school to bo de voted to the teaching of practical rail road work, the entrance requirement of which will be limited to general comntoul school education. The school should consist of a regular course of one yar and of an advanced course of one year In addition to a gen eral course. Scholars for the regular course should be boys direct from pub lic schools and young men who, after few years work In a shop, office, store or railroad .lepartmen, begin to re alise that their rapid success In life may demnd largely on a better general knowledge, or familiarity with one sub ject or some specialty. The advanced course would be open to scholars who had completed the reg ular course and men whose former education and subsequent railroad ex perience would qualify them to omit the regular course. The general course consisting (if lectures on the general ralroad subjects would be open to all comers In order to spread a better knowledge of the general condition, laws and public policy governing rall rouds, aiming the general public. TEXAS rOPULlSTS. Falling to Effect Fusion They Will Make a Thorough State Canvuss. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Sept. :t).-Thc Populist executive committee, having failed to make n fusion arrangement with the Republican party of Texas, has revised Its entire state ticket and will make a thorough state canvass. Hon. Jerome Kerby, the Populist nominee for governor, w ho Is Ml and un able to make a .canvas, was pulled down, and In his pi ice Judge T. J. McMInn, a well-known lawyer of Pan Antonio, was substituted. Two vacancies on the ticket were also filled ns follows: For associate Justice of the court of criminal appeal. George J. Todd, of Jefferson; for associate Juitlce of the supreme court. George D. Green, of Cleburne. A NEW SAFETY MATCH. A mntch has nt Inn been discovered which can be manufactured absolute ly without the aid of phosporu. This safety match contains neither red nor yellow phosphorus nor a compound of phosphorus, but possesses the great advantage of being able to be manu factured with the plant and machinery hitherto In use. Invention still strides onward through every line, and yet there some things which seem Imper ious to Improvement. For Instance. Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, that fa mous medicine, has stood unequalled for fifty years as a corrective of stom ach disorder. Imitations have sprung up about It. but like a beacon light, it hsi stood Immovable, pointing the way to health from all such ailments as constipation. Indigestion, dyspepsia. biliousness, sluggish liver or weak kid neys. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ASTORIA, At Astoria In the Stata of Oregon. At the Close of Business, September 6, im RESOURCES. Loans and discount $256, Overdrafts, secured and unse cured 2, U. S. Bonds to secure .ircu- ,7.13.34 ,679.49 500.00 124.09 ,414.63 ,090.01 ,939.11 831.65 8HS.30 95.00 68.19 Intlnn 12, Stocks, securities, etc 61 Other roil eHtate owned....... 9, Due from National Hank (not Reserve Agents) 11, Duo from State Banks and Bankers 35 Due lnim approved reserve agents 112 Internul-revenue stamps Notes of other National Bank Nleki-ls and cents Lawful money re serve In bank, viz: Specie $131,020.00 Legal-tender notes.. SO. 00 132, 000.00 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer fj per cent of circulation) 625.00 Total $838,999.71 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $50,000.00 Surplus fund 25,000.00 undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid 30.013.10 National Bank note outstand ing 11.900.00 Due slate banks and bankers. 2.581.49 Individual deposit subject to check $406,801.30 Demand certificates of deposit 112,703.82 519.505.12 Total..... .'...$038,999.71 STATE OF OREGON, County of Clat sop, ss; I, H. S. Gordon, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear tnnt the above statement Is true to the bfiU of my knowledge and belief. 8, S. GORDON, v Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of .September, 1800. v. HO&ivi'irm, Notarv Public. Correct'-Attest: . Jacob Kamm, W. F. McGregor, W. M. Ladd. Directors. . STATE NORHAL SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONS CiVft Alls Bertha linrtln's Decorative Art Room. I IUoiu BSO lfcni Hullilluf, til) WE 0 i- S-(S KOPP'S BEST A Delicious and Palatable Drink Absolutely Pure The North Paolflo Brewery, of wblrb Buttled beef tor family tiso or kef UrJoha Kopp it pror-ictor, makes beer beer supplied at any time, delivery ti (or domes'lo and export trade. (be city free. " North Pacific Brewery MOUNT ANGELL COLLEGE Conducted ty the Benedictine Fathers THE IDEAL PLACE; Will Reopen September 5,11900 We Rent New FOUNDED SUN INSURANCE OFFICE fr LONDON THE OLDEST l't'RKLY 1TRK OFFICE IN THE WORM). Ch A. Sii.n.Ki.ooo h Amt In I'nlttd Htir, a.om,ti.ia J. B.F. DAVIS & SON, WINFIELD 8. DAVIS HURT 215 Sansome Street, - SAMUEL ELMORE rOWEHS SAYS 'TWAS NO JOKE. Will Make a Determined Fight to fle cure His Seat In the Senate. SAM LA KB. Utah, fltt. 20. -The Dnsi-rt News prints the following: .TikIko Towers, when Interviewed and asked whether, his appointment for United States senator by Actln Oliver, nor Nebecker wan Intended as a huae nrnrtleal lokii or was to be tak'-n In seriousness, replied emphatically that It was irlous In every sense of the won. '"Whether 1 will be recojrnlBed by the United fltates senate as Junior mem ber from Utah, I cannot say. However, I propose to make a Icht for the place. I will Immediately file my reslRnailon, as presidential elector on the Demo cratic ticket, with the state. Democratic commute. This will leave me free and unhampered to make the contest which I presume I will be obliged to make." ROOSEVELT AT OQ DEN, . Limited the Number of His Speeches to Five Yesterday. OODEN, Utah, , Sepf, 20. Governor Roosevelt limited the number of his speeches today to five, Inoludlngt the nlKht meitlnn at this place. His spec ial trAin left Pocatello at this morn- In and arrived at bgd"n at 6 this even ing, where, a stop was made for the nixtht. ' 'GOOD ORDER PREVAILS. Few More Miners Joined the Ranks of the Strikers. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.-"Every-thine Quiet and orderly," Is the report MONfHHJTII, ORIJUON. rl Term nieiii sitrnilirr Isih. Tu indent nf the Nuriiml SchwH (reNKl Inks Hi mat Cvrilncsi lmmdlely on rsdu' Stloil. ... I.tsitiutet reedllf secure pwdliillkiii. Kwn.i'f rr Imum flJOi. llfO. Sltou Sioilemie mill I'miMHtHi' ri'nrr. i'.M ....l,.l ill In Maiiimt Tlllnlllf WmII kiOn... .1 ItttiiiiMK liniftrtnieiil Pur cinliyiio rutitsliilus lull iiiioMiii'ni .!.. TMlCAMI'MM. b. yrW, A WANS. I'tMlilelltv ro t nl r'suiiliy. - 0H0CKS S0LICITI0 rll Us ol Newest Cmbrnld. . cry fUtirUls. laltlili Specialty. Cknlci StWctloi ol 9 ittplai Dtilusi. S'snring Nmlj Doii. a WmIiIhiIou Sn., forlUnd, dr. Sy) 34' SXf Si (ftTtS FOR YOUR BOYS Typewriters. Many new IniiiroreinciiUj rtlilel. 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PORT TOWN8END, Sept. 20.-The Republican Judicial convention for nominating a superior Judge for the dis trict of Jefferson, Clallam and Island counties after being In session since August LI, adjourned sine die today.' One thousand and flfty-clght ballots were taken without a choice. Judge 'J. O. McCllnton and W. W. Felger will be candidates by petition. George C, Hatch will withdraw from tho Held. Corrects all blemishes of JJ tha face, , removes blot ches, pimple, tan, sun . burn, freckles and makei J?nn OTlilTlO A beautiful Complexion. JUU Ci L11IU it i nao tha best tooth - wash, and eicellont for deranged stomach. Foley's Kidney Curo run L O N L aJ V "A