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Striped Collars and Cuffs Are New and Smart. _ MANNISH TURNOVER STYLE. The Sets Are of White Linen Worked With Mercerized Cotton In Colored Stripes and Dots?Lining of Lawn Preserves Shape. i The use of striped materials for col lars and cuffs, .says a writer in the Modern Priscilki. seeming at first thought a rather striking innovation, has upon trial proved so charmingly becoming to a majority that its pros tige Is assured, at least until some later fad with equal or greater power to de light* and beautify has received the approval of Dame Fashion. And now comes the unusual tonch which so of ten gives to old ideas the stamp of new Inventions. Oue need no longer search wildly through store after store for material with stripes of just the right'width and coloring, for the latest plan of all Is to embroider the plain linen' or lawn to simulate the longed for stripes, two designs of this charac ter being given In the illustrations. These collars are made Just as the striped ones, on the mannish turnover style which has been in high favor all season. Colored cottons in blue. pink, green or red are used for the embroid ery, one color only entering into each collar, as a rule, and cuffs being made to match or not as desired. The em broidered stripes are usually about a straw's width, although this is of course a matter of taste. They are worked in solid satin stitch over a bit of padding. The remaining features of the design are carried out In French laid or solid work,, and In some in stances eyelets are utilized to good ef fect The scallops are buttonholed in the color appearing in the design proper. After working collars of this kind, with the exception of the scallops, it is a good plan to baste them on a lining of la wn, which will add to their gen eral appearance as well as aid in pre serving their freshness and shape. This lining needs to be basted securely into position and must be piaced so that the weave in both pieces runs alike. It is best to shrink both before making up the collar if possible. The -?ffi TUBKOVEB OF TULIP DESIGN. buttonholed scallops are then worked through both materials and cut out neatly. 1 The collars should be made about two and one-quarter Inches deep and have a band with buttonholes to se cure them to the neckband of the ,waist The Girl Described. ? Men of all nations and all times have recorded their Impressions of women, but it has remained for the small boys in a London public school to shed a new light upon the eternal feminine. .They were asked to write their "im pressions" of girls, aud a little fellow wrote the following bit: "Girls are very abundant in London. There Is a lady near our house that has six girls. Wherever I go" I nearly always see a girl." Another boy was inspired to the following: "Girls hair is aloud to grow long. Girls hair grows quicker than boys hair. Girls fight different to boys. When boys bit girls they are cowards; when girls hit boys they are heroes. When girls grow up they make friends .with the boys. Some girls have red cheeks and ginger hair; all girls are pretty, and as soon as girls are big enough they marry." Still another boy argued that "girls are girls because they can't be boys" and proved his power of observation by setting forth that "some girls have long hair In dif ferent colors, most of it light, which is called blond." Towels For Casual Gu'.nts. Most attractive little towels are shown in the shops measuring only about twelve inches wide and sixteen inches long. They are very useful In the ?bathroom for the use of guests, and they are far less trouble to have .washed than the larger aud handsomer ones. In using towels of this sort it is not necessary to have the coarse affairs commonly placed in clubrooms, but these diminutive towels could be of damask, as the best of the larger va riety, and when they are emboidered .with the initials of the owner they are not only useful, but in the best of taste. ' ' A New Salad. A new variation on the now familiar Waldorf salad has been invented, .where the apple Is peeled, cored and cut in cross slices. One slice is laid upon a few lettuce leaves on each plate, and over it Is put a layer of barleduc and cream cheese, which has been put through a potato masher, while around the whole is arranged a circle of may onnaise dressing. A prettier dish can hardly be imagined, and, by the way, the cheese is never so good as it is .when used in this way or beaten up with a little whipped cream. Chronic Constipation Cored One who suffers from chronic con stipation is in danger of many se"r-' ious ailments. Foley's Orino Laxative! cures chronic constipation ?s it aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels, restoring the natural action of these organs. Commence taking it today and you will feel better at once. Foley's Orino Laxative does not nauseate or gripe and is pleasant Dukes, Lowman Drug Co. CHOCOLATE SWEETS. Tried and True Recipes For Making Delicious Candy. The combined flavor of vanilla and chocolate seems particularly pleaslug to the American palate, and when pre . paring sweets for home consumption or sale tue amateur caudy-maker will do well to bear this fact lu mind. As church saies are uow in order, here are some reliable recipes for chocolate sweets that are sure to find ready sale: Chocolate Kisses. ? For this sweet powdered or confectioners' sugar (XXX) is best. Pound together in a mortar one pound of the sugar and two ounces?or squares?of unsweeten ed chocolate. When thoroughly mix ed pass through a flue sieve and add the whites of two eggs beateu to a stiff froth. Have ready a sheet of tiu without any sides and covered with buttered paper. Drop the mixture on this, a heaping teaspoonful ut a time, and bake slowly. Chocolate Macaroons. ? Grate four ouuces of unsweetened chocolate and sift with oue and oue-half pouuds of powdered or confectioners' sugar. 31anch and grind in your*me'at chopper twelve ounces of shelled almonds. This meaus that the almonds must be weighed after shelling, uot before.. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth. Mix the above ingredients and a teaspoonful of vanilla together in a procelaiu bowl, drop on buttered paper and bake in a moderate oven. Chocolate Fudge.?Place in a porce laiu saucepan one pouud of granulated sugar, half a teacupful of sweet milk, a level tablespoouful of butter and two Btinces or squares of unsweetened choc olate and boil for about fifteen minutes. Remove from the fire, add one tea spoonful of vanilla and beat with a fork until it begins to cool. Do not stir while cooking. Pour into buttered square tins to the depth of half an inch. Before It gets cold dip a knife into ice water and mark off into squares. A ROYAL BUNGALOW. Alexandra's Boasts a Boat Seat and Is Altogether Cozy. Within a pleasant motor drive of Sandringbam Is the beautiful stretch of lonely seashore to which Queen QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S HOME ON THE BEACH. Alesander is fond of wending her way with a favorite friend. It is there that her majesty is haviug erected a modest bungalow, whence It will be possible even on a rough and windy day to en joy the sea air and the fine sea views. Both the queen and her sister, the dowager empress of Russia, have a peculiar love of cliff and shore scenery, and an attractive feature of their joint holiday home in Denmark is a sandy beach, where they often spend pleas ant hours working and reading during their autumn sojourn in their native land. One odd feature is the boat seat. A boat has been sawed through the mid dle and not ouly adds to the quaint uess of the bungalow, but forms an al luring seat in which to take a sun bath. Roots Get Albums as Souvenirs. Albums filled with photographs of travels are becomiug popular as gifts. Secretary of State Boot, his wife and their daughter, Mrs. Ulysses S. Graut, will receive iu a few days a beautiful and lasting memento of their visit to Mexico. The gift consists of fwo large albums containing photographs of places seen and visited by the mem bers of the Root party. The albums are the highest product of the book maker's aud jeweler's art. They are fif teen inches wide aud twenty inches in length and are five inches thick. One set will go to Secretary and Mrs. Boot and the other to Mrs. U. S. Graut. Similar albums will be given to Presi dent Diaz aud to Foreigu Mmister Mar Iscal, and these will repose in the slate department The albums have beeu prepared by the order of the commit tee which had charge of Secretary Root's visit. To Serve With Salad. Instead of serving plain crackers and cheese with salad, a delicious substi tute may be used by preparing tiny cheese and nut sandwiches. Cut very thin and remove the crusts of brown or whole wheat bread. Spread lightly with butter aud lay on each slice a thin shaving of cheese. Cover the cheese closely with freshly shelled black waiuuts sprinkled with salt; then put another slice of the cheese aud buttered bread. Cut the saudwieb.es either round or in small diamonds or squares and press slightly between weights to blend tuera well together. Gifts For Countess Gladys. Countess Gladys, formerly Miss Van derbilt, got many beautiful presents, but the "tea room" which her brother in-law. Count Dionys, gave her is a lit tle different from most wedding gifts. It is for 5 o'clock tea. and every piece of furniture Is haudmade throughout, each chair requiring two months to complete. The room cost $30,000. Her husbaud's mother gave her an ebony casket filled with luces that have been In the family for from 200 to 300 years and the necklaces of pearls that she herself wore on her wedding day. Weak women should read my ,'Book Xo. 4 For Women." It was] written expressly for women who are| not well. The Book Xo. 4 tells of Dr. Shoop's "Night Cure" and just how these soothing, healing, antiseptic suppositories can be successfully ap plied. The book, and strictly confiden tial medical advice is entirely free. | Wrte Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. The Night Cure is sold by Dr. J. G. Wau namaker Mfg. Co, PESJS OF THE SUMMER. Undesirable Tenants That Make. Life Sad For Housekeepers. Is there any other feeling quite akin to that which is aroused in the breast of every housekeeper when her vision rests upon the first fly of the season and ber hand, raised ;j strike, falls upon thiu air. while that same insidi ous visitor sails off into space? Unless she is a very unusual house keeper lib other feeling quite equals this one. Just as the buds are bursting and the smell of spring in the air fills her with all manner of fine sentiments about how good it is to live that first sneaking fly goes sailing by just to re mind her of the stern realities of life. It's a call to armsi a signal post that there's danger ahead. "Flies." she says. "I will not have in my house. "We may huve dust on the piano, finger marks on the chaire. cookie crumbs on the rug. but flies buzzing over tlie luncheon table, caught in the butter and drowned in the cream never." So with the adveut of that first mis erable fly of th? season the irate house keeper is for ordering a ream or two of sticky flypaper. But it's n question as to which is worse. Hies or flypaper. The dainty housekeeper who knows how to conceal her housekeeping under dainty devices says, "Don't do it. have mignonette instead." Flies hate migno nette aud will not stay near it. Sow the seeds right away. Keep pots in a warm place, and the seeds will soon sprout and hloom early. In the rooms where there is plenty of mignonette there will be few flies. Of course it goes without saying that no device will take the place of screens. One good way to keep the bouse free from flies duriug the long hot summer is to keep them from getting a start in the house lu the spring. This naturally means that the screens must be put up early. The clear glass windows on a bright spring day seem much more at tractive without them, but the wise housekeeper will choose the lesser evil to the greater and bring them out early in the season. A Geographical Table. Two circular tables are prettiest far a supper to round out a frolic. Instead of the conventional white cloth, covers are especially made of pale blue silesia. These covers are painted to represent the eastern and western hemispheres. For centerpiece have a tall flagpole wound with ivy or stnilax, surmounted by an American flag. So far as is consistent with appetiz ing qualities, the supper menu can in clude the products and national dishes of all the nations of the globe. A sug gestion for such a bill of fare would be: English beef soup. French bread (the yardstick sort), Hungarian steamed chicken, rice (Japanese style), creamed Spanish chestnuts, Russian salad, ?Swiss cheese, toasted English muffins, Arabian coffee, Euglish plum puddings (individual), neapolitan Ice cream, Scotch molasses cakes, Turkish fig paste. Brazil nuts and Malaga grapes. After supper the national hymns and songs of different nations should be sung in .chorus, with piano accompani ment, euding, of course, with "The Star Spangled Banner" and "America." A Coi'ple of Cleaning Hints. Knife cleauing may be made easier by dipping a piece of raw potato in the scouring material, rubbing with that instead of a cloth. The juice of the potato is not only a good cleaner in itself, but it keeps the scouring paste moist Tan leather bags may be cleaned by rubbing on a thick layer of pure white soap. Apply with a sponge, rub hard and let lf.ther remain on leather for a few minutes to soften grease. Itub dry with a clean piece of flanuel. To avoid staining use no more water than is necessary to make the lather. Graceful Little Wrap. This graceful little wrap Is one of the newest designs Imported from I Paris. It is simply made, the ma terial being fine cloth, aud the only or naments are silk tassels on the corners and silk cord scrolls on the front and of obotfon broadcloth. in the back where the surplice ends fasten over the back part of the gar ment Made of taffeta silk in a light becoming shade, a wrap of this kind is a comfort on cool summer evenings to throw about one's shoulders. Renewing Furniture Covers. Let me tell the housewives who have faded, forlorn furniture slips they feel they must throw away what I did with ; mine, says a contributor to the Deline ' ator. A single package of dye?the sort for cotton?made two large chair cov j ers an exquisite shade of green with a silky look and ornaments to the room in place of eyesores. There is a Pink Plain Tablet made by Dr. Shoop, that will positively stop any pain, anywhere, in 30 minutes. Druggists everywhere sell them as Dr. Snoop's Headache Tablets, but they j stop other pains as easily as Head ache. Dr. Shoops Pink Pain Tablets I simply coax blood pressure away from I pain centers: that is all. Pain comes from blood pressure; congestion. Stop that pressure with Dr. Shoop's Head ache Tablets and pain is instantly gone. 20 Tablet 25c. Sold by Dr. J. IG. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. ussier ?._i No. 174.?Hidden Town Puzzle. The Census Man?No age? No age. madam? Why the thing Is absurd! Wherever were you born ? The name of the town where the wo man was born is hidden In the man's remarks. No. 175.?Beheadings. Behead eon fusion. aud leave one of Adam's sous. Behead a speech delivered In public and leave a fixed daily allowance of provision, drink aud forage assigned to each soldier in the army. Behead a child and leave to merit or deserve by labor. Behead a month and leave a concave or hollow structure of stone or brick supported by its own curve. Behead disinclination aud leave a po etical stanza. No. 176.?Charades. L My first do students everywhere; My second Is a dwellng; My whole's a treasure often sought, Unhapplncss dispelling. II. My first's a place where all must learn Sometimes life's called the same; My second, to It you will turn When you my first shall name. My wholo was built within this land As soon a3 men were able, And many days to come shall stand The base to make states stable. ?Youth's Companion. No. 177.?Postman's Bag. L A part of a stove lost a letter and became an opening. 2. A nut lost a letter and became a grain. 8. A part of the head lost two letters and became a receptacle. 4. A part of the year lost a letter and became an Insect. 5. A musical instrument lost a letter and became chance. 6. A tool for shaping metal lost two letters and became a droop. No. 178.?Numerical Enigma. I am composed of eleven letters and spell the name of a famous artist My 1, 4, 11, 9 is unusual; my 8, G, 10, 1 is a unit of iime; my 3, 2, 10, 11 is acid; my 7, 10, 1, 3, 9 is one who takes care of another in Illness; my 8, 9, 11, 5 Is a medicinal plant. No. 179.?Diagonal. L A consonant 2. To tell. 3. Not on time. 4. Teu hundred. 5. A sover eign. 6. A reptile. 7. Prompt 8. To hallow. My whole is a day. No. 180.?Suffix Puzzle. 1. Prefix the suffix of wit to the suf fix of wordy and get ill tempered. 2. Prefix the suffix of belonging to man kind to the'suffix of one who does wrong and get method. Classifying Him. The pimply faced youth had thrown a pop boltle at the umpire. A policeman grabbed him by the col lar, jerked him to his feet and removed his hat Then he took a tapeline from his pocket and measured the fellow's head. "Size G." be said. "That lets you off this time, young man. But don't do it ugnin. or back you go to the 'sylnin for the feeble minded." No more pop bottles were thrown from that particular section of the bleachers' during that particular game. ?Chicago Tribune. As to Happiness. "Here's a man who says that happi ness depends on the wife." "Oh, I don't know. It .'may depend upon the fact that you haven't got one."?St Paul Pioneer Press. Wouldn't Recognize 'Em. Patience?I was up in your town the other day. Patrice?See anybody you knew? "Not much. I was in an automo bile."? Yonkers Statesman. Key to the Puzzler. No. lGG.-Hidden Birds: 1. Wren. 2. Owl. 3. Raven. No. 1G7.?Connected Circles: Initials: Edgar Allan Poo, Horace Greeley. A to B, Earth, Diana, Globe. Angle. Row el, Auger, Lydia, Latin, Anvil, Nones. Plane, Ounce, Equal. C to D, Horse, Ozone, Rowel, Acorn, Crown, Eland. Grave, Rifle, Ewers, Eight, Libra, Earth, Yokes. No. 168.?Charade: Infatuate. No. 1G0.?Palindromes: Hannah, An na, Ada. No. 170.?Arboreal Puzzle: Baseball. L Bircb. 2. Apple. 3. Sumac. 4. Elm. 5. Butternut G. Ash. 7. Linden. 8. Locust No. 171.?Jumble: Fruits and Flowers. No. 172.?Additions: L Cow-slip. 2. Ear-nest. 3. White-bait 4. Part-rldge. 6V Via-duct No. 173.?Pronouns: 1. Courteous, us. 2. History, his. 3. Hermet, her. 4. Specimen, L "Health Coffee" is really the clos est Coffee Imitation ever yet produc ed. This clever Coffee Substitut; was recently purchased by Dr. Sboop of Racine. Wis. Not a grain of real cof fee iu it either. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an exeprt; who might rlriit. for coffee. No 20 or 30 min utes tedious boiling. ".Made in a min ute" says the doctor. Sold by A. L. Dukes. BABY TORTURED FORMS By Terrible itching Eczema?Face and Head a Solid Sore?Spread to His Hand and Legs?Would Scratch Until He Bled?Tiny Suf ferer Immediately Relieved and ENTIRELY CURED IN 2 MONTHS BY CUTICURA When my son Walter was three weeks old, eczema appeared on his face. We did not know what it was so went to a doctor who treated him for three months. Then he was so bad that his face and head were nothing but one sore and his ears looked as if they were going to fall off, so we tried another doctor. He said he could cure him and we doctored there four months, the baby never getting any better. His hand and legs then had big sores on them and a-; for his sleeping, we could not J think of it, the poor little fellow suf fered so terribly. First I tied his hands to the crib to keep him from scratching, but when it got so bad I tied him in a shawl or he would scratch himself all bloody. When he was seven months old we tried a set of the Cuticura Remedies. The first application of Cuticura let him sleep and rest well, in one week the sores were gone but it stayed red and sometimes it would itch so we used Cuticura for two months, then he had a clear and white face. Now he is two years and seven months old and has never had eczema again. I hope this letter will help some who are suffer ing from skin disease. Every mother who has a baby suffering with skin disease should just try Cuticura; there is nothing better. Mrs. Louis Beck, R. F.D.3,San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, '07." A single sot of Cuticura. Remedies is Often sufficient to cure torturing, dis figuring, itching, burning, and scaly humors, eczemas, rashes, and irritations, from infancy to age, when all other remedies fail. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every XJumor consists of Cuticura Soap, <25e.) to Cleanse the Skin, Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin, and Cutlcurn Resolvent (50c.), (or In the form of Chocolate Coated 1'llls 25c. per vtal of CO) to Purify the Blood. Sold throughout the world. Potter Drus <fc Chcm. Corp.. Sole Props., Boston, Mass Car Mailed Free. Cuticura Boot; on Skin DjgcMCj, STERLING SILVERWARE Did yon know t ' .cor-? can place before yo-' n ?v?;* o' dependable goods in *?rlinw Silverware? We do not toucn frything that we are not glad fe -?p-o? tce?and handle f**h'n*** the output of the ? *?l *'*u??ms makers. Now, it ought to e th a good deal to yon f . this. You need never b ^''i about the probable quality c* ???^tiling in this line if yon o'mc ~e for it?because we at30M< '1 re sponsibility, an'' j?'?ivelp guarantee our Steru.i? "V Y?r? ware. There may be su" i ij, ai. Silverware imcertiir?J*?? br* you couldn't get tl e?> . ?, at. matter how badly yuc. wanted them. H. Spahr & Son. 46 W. RusseU, Street. ORANGEBURG, S. C. Rheumatism I have found a tried and tested cure for Rhen, fnatism I Not a remedy that will straighten the distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor tum bony growths back to flesh again. That is Impossible. But I can now surely kill the pains and pongs of this deplorable disease In Germany?with a Chemist In the City cf Darmstadt?I found the last ingredient with Which Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remody was made % perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last ingredient, I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, ltuni formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wastes, found In Rheumatic Blood, seem to dissolve and pass away under the action of this remedy at freely as doe3 sugar when added to pure water. And then, when dissolved, these polsonoiw waste* freely pass from the system, and the cause of Rheumatism Is gone forever. There Is now no real need?no actual excuse to suffor longer with out help. We sell, and in confidence recommend Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER. "What would you do, dear, if I were to die?" asked Mrs. Darley. fondly. "I don't know," replied Darley, thoughtfully. "Which isyour choice burial or cremation?" The Judge Uses Forcible Language. Judge W. B. Simmons of Fincas tie, Va., told the reporter that L. & M. Paint was usuea on his residence in 1882, and held its color well for 21 years; he furthermore said that 3 years ago he was induced to use another paint and is sorry he did, because the other paint, didn't make good. The Judge will now always use L. & M. because he knows if any de fect exists in L. & M. Paint, the house will be repainted for nothing. The L. &. M. Zinc hardens the L. j & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. Actual cost of L. & M. about ?1.20 per gallon. Donations of L. &. M. i made to churches. Sold by J. G. I Wannamaker Mfg. Co, Orangeburg. Plain Talks on Fertilizers How to Get the Greatest Possible Yield per Acre It is a well-known scientific fact that in order to produce the very greatest possible yield from any soil it must contain an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly be made on it by the plants. Many farmers will feed their stock as much nourishing food as they can possibly assimi late, yet will starve their crops on the mistaken notion that they are "economizing" on fer tilizer. The experiences of farmers, government experts, and agricultur alists every where confirm the fact that plants, like ani mals, need the fullest possible amount of nour ishment l h a t they can obtain if they are to be developed to the utmost. The economy in fertilizers is not in the amount used but in the ratio of quality to cost. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers are the best in the world for the least money. More than one million tons were sold to Southern farm ers last year; and every year the demand be comes greater. The best results in producing corn, the good old stand-by crop of the South, follow the application of 200 to 300 pounds of the right fertilizer. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers will greatly "in crease your yields per acre" of corn or any other crop, even on poor land?and the most wonderful results are produced through its use on good land. Write today to the nearest office of the Vir ginia-Carolina' Chemical Com pany for a copy of their latest Year Book or Almanac,alarge 130-page book f the most valu able and unpre judiced informa tion for planters and farmers. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond, Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. Baltimore Md., Atlanta. Ga. Columbus, Ga. Savamv*h. Ga. Shreveport, La. i I !?! I IUI M J. C. PIKE 21 RUSSELL ST. Next Door to Geo. Zeigier. WE ARE SHOWING A BEAUTIFUL AND WELL SELECTED LINE OP SUMMER AND WASH GOODS. All our patents are the newest made. Compare our prices before buying, and you will buy from us. OUR PRICES: 12 1-2 cents Batiste, dots, stripes and checkt*.8 1-3 c. 10 and 12 1-2 cents Percals, 100 patterns.8 1-3 i\ 8c and 10c Eeautiful Figured Lawns.r?c. 10 cents ?Cham brays.0 l-4c. All our Calicos, Light and Dark. .5c. Apron Gingh'ams.3c. 20c Dotted Swiss. . .. .. ..12 1-2c See cut 10 and 15c Laces Choice.Sc. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUNDED. J. C. PIKE, JR. & CO You may at first 1m> puzzled to deride what vehicle to buy when seeing so many different makes represented by as many diffrcnt prices and con sider this a hard proposition. You will however be surprised how easy it is to make a selection when examining all the qualities together, as we have them on display, and decide that the real "Hard Proposition" lay in selecting makes with more behind them fo be proud of than these rix: "COURTLAND," "ROCK HILL/1 "HENDERSON," ,'COLUMBIA," "WHITE HIC KORY" and "LION" BUGGIES AND HARNESS in all styles und prices, sold on terms to suit everybody. See us before buying and save time and money. SIFLY AND FRITH. Post Cards at Sims' Book Store. Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. Cures Backache Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having Bri^ht's Disease or Diabetes LOVVMAN Dil UC CO. Dr. >?.. C. DIKES.