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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-11

tween two State officers would cease, and
that the Committee on Appro opriations had
given the matter their attention.
Mr. Gair said the bill was precisely like
all previous appropriation bills Of similar
character. The constitution provided that
the money should be in the treasury. and
ne believed. and all believed i. was there.
Mr.. Mathews said that hs had received
some blame because OF the defect IL the
previous law. He would call the attention
of the members to the fact that when that
bill was reported by him he had told them
the thirty per cent additional was in viola
ton of the constitution. Except that Ge.
feet. the bill wa, perfect. This bill was
drawn in the only proper way to get the
money.
NJ. Gair's motion prevailed. and the
House, after receiving the report of The
committee of the whole, and agreeing to it,
passed the bill to its third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Young. it was ccnsid'
cred engrossed and passed.
The House then adjourned to Monday at
twelve o'clock.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

CADEMY or MUSIC.
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& GRAN' AND iAN.' Di'h
:,::oU!iDE iND CALICO Ba..
- -: s-IyEH So
:'.:..ycsauce Fire Compan! 30. IL.
At ODD FELLOWS HALL.
d.: saturday Evening, January FL. lss 1.
:'yr the B.aef! o. thei: Relief Fun!
aoxmITrEa oe aRRAS'.rMESrs:
JOSH LaPMANs Chairman.
:ohu Fitzpatrick, G. r. Hino:scht
Applications for Ia fies Invitations 10 be lots at
the hall OF the company
Proposals for barroom and RESTAURANT 20 Dc 1eis
at the hall of tie company
TICKETS two DOLLARS. All ~
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NsOCkATION FOR THE KELlEf UF
:Ew,sI! WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
Nr, Oa.Y,s.. January TO- 1874.
~. .ee ration of tAe Nineteenth Anniversary
ofthie ASSOCIATION will take place at the home.
corner of Jackson and Chippewa streets on SUI
DAY, eleventh instant, At ll:Jo a. III. 1he ouS1c
arc respectfully invited 70 attend.
iaO 2t EDWIN J. KVR>HEEDT. Sefret"'"
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tamely. We had no expectations Of
making money the first year, but here
we were nearly fonr hundred dollars
bettor of than when we began the year.
We devoted that money TO purchasing
q piano, and Fannie made many o
stormy evening pass away pleasantly rs
we listened to her simple songs.
Tho second year was a much better
one than tho first. Our strawberries
alone gave us four hundred dollars, and
our raspberries were also very profit
able. Our receipts were over twenty
two hundred dollars, and our expenses
about seventeen hundred. The year
was pleasanter, too, because We had
made many pleasant friends in the city,
and were rarely allowed TO want for
callers. Our friends found 1t pleas
ant ride from the city, and We enjoyed
their presence very much.
We now know that our experiment is
a successful one. We have good
health, kind friends, and pleasant
home life that we mako for each other.
When I read Of girls wearing their
lives away in the cities over shirts and
vests at starvation prices, ] cannot help
thinking they would be wise to go into
the country, rent bit OF land, and at
least have health and independence,
And It's for such as these that Ihaye
written this.
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Chinese Servants.

II a Chinese servant is discharged
mud about 10 leave, in q few we'll.
chosen but mysterious characters, he
sets forth the causes, either upon
scraps OF paper, or on the walls Of the
rooms be has occupied. II there has
been any difference Of opinion about
wages, any exactions OF services not
agreeable, or other real or,fancied griev.
ances, these matters are set forth in
these few characters, which can only
be read by the successors OF that par.
tiuulHr servant. In ono instance, re.
lated by San Francisco paper, a fam.
lily had q succession Of servants, com.
ing and going all tho time. AS they
treated their servants well, the work
being light and the pay liberal, they
could not for . long time divine the
cause. II finally occurred to them that
some months before they had been
obliged 10 dismiss q refractory servant.
It turned out that this servant had left
his cabalistic sign. He had got even
by showing up tho family TO all his
successors, The Oriental document
was eflaced from the wall, and there
has been no further trouble. When
tho wrath OF John Is kindled and he
writes on the wall or other place, II is
said he Is neither very delicate nor
truthful in his statements.
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pa THE NEW IMPROVED =; :
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p Sewing Machine.
'sl.9 AWARDED
The Medal for Progress
! AT VIENNA, 1873,

5Ne llun AT vIENNA, 1873. \
Inn nioHrsr ORDER o, "Mrplbn AwAnpsp A,
firf N nTHr HxPnsfTfoh eh;Ii1
No Snphtg MSsiiae Received a Higher Rist
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5,-Runs LtaHr, eHooTH; NouItlls and RABtp
b,K combination ofquallties. ..h 4,.9
-Ruisfcr Years without Repairs,
B.-wRt DO az parfstte. u Work and Fan1
Stitching in superior manner. lasy.tli
Oils Mot Easuv Managed By tho operator
Length OF stitch may be altered while running,
aud machine can he threaded without pAttin
thread through holes. 1l 81 }aa
7.-pSsign Siwpis, fnptnio,i,, Eseant, forming
the stitch rttho,tt the use Of Cog wheel Gears,
Rotary Cams or lever Arms Has the Automatit
Drop Fed, witch irErss uniform isHqth u stitch
al any sped. HAS our new Thread Controller
which Allows easy movemnn, n tesdlc.bAr and
rvtwHts iajarv 10 threae. 'N 4nI
s.-comTRueTios most edrc,f and rnfSHrp Il,
il Manufactured By the most ,tiltti and esptri.
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chicago. Iii.i 21b superior ST., cleveland,
o. 1871 Fourth ST., Cincinnati, o., 400
Main st., buffalo, N, Y.i 5Jh Warrington
ST., Boston, mRss.J $40 chestnut bt.,
Phiiadeiphia, Pa. y 10 sixth ST., Pitts
burgh, Pa. 4t'f al'
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Torture Of Animals.

BerRh, The animals friend, OF New
York, in o letter to tic officials Of Belle
vue hospital, says
Even though these living dissections
were productive Of all that their adyo.
Gates claim for them, in the language
OF learned writer on this subject,
mankind have no right TO information
thus acquired" The beneacent Crea.
tor never designed that IN immortal
work OF His hand should be thus tor
tured and dis6gured even in tho inyes-
tigation Of His physical laws. Accord.
ing TO my informant, numerous races OF
animals are at times TO be found within
your operating premises in various
stages OF mutilation and torture; "some
are to be seen with the Uranium re-
moved and the brain taken out" an
other, "its abdomen opened, and the
vessels leading 10 the liver tied in such
manner as to allow nothing to enter
or escape by the main channel |" "The
agony Of this poor creature, inparticu.
lar, says the writer, during this ex-
pertinent, which was prolonged six
weeks, was something e1cfuclntlnBt anu
its dismal bowls were frightful to hear,
as It's whole frame was racked 10 pieces..p
Another experiment was that Of q goat
with its back opened to the spinal mar.
row, in the attempt TO perform fiend.
ish operation which forty years before
had been effected and known TO all the
medical world. While reading these
frightful atrocities, perpetrated on in.
nocent, unofending animals, the inquiry
springs TO the lips, Dan the perpetrators
Of them be human beings? Can the
brain that conceives them, The heart that
tolerates and the hand that executes
them belong to that being who, 1t is
said, was made in Gods own image !?
As q natural and inevitable sequence to
these dark deeds, Of which the defence.
less brute Is the victim, rumor ascribes
to the hospital in question the infection
OF cruelties on the unfortunate human
beings whom accident brings within its
walls as merciless in the extreme, and
which, IL true, merits that the denuncia-
ton OF Dante should be inscribed over
Its terrible portals. II f-Nf =
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We were o good deal amused ct an
anecdote we heard the other day, Of Q
certain preacher, whose calling confined
him within the limits Of old Kentucky.
He had preached in his parish many
years, and Of course, ran rather short OF
the eloquonce 80 much needed TO keep
practitioners awake and astonished.
Let him preach ever 80 we'll, 1t made, no
difference they had got used to him,
and used TO sleeping, and sleep they
would, TO his great annoyance. AT last
he hit upon an expedient to bring EN-
all up standing, as the saying Is. He
procured small tin whistle, which he
took with him TO the pulpit, and after
taking his text, and "blazing away"
till his lungs were sore, and his. hearers
all comfortably doing and nodding ap-
proyal to each other, he suddenly drew
II forth, and gave o Bhrill too-a.too. In
an instant The whole congregation was
awake and upon their feet, staring OF
each other and wondering what in the
name OF pickles and human nature, as
Sam Slick says, was TO come next.
"You're o set Of smart specimens Of
humanity, amt you r. said the divine
whistler, as lie slowly gazed around on
the astonished assemblage. "When /
preach the gospel 10 you, you will go
TO sleep but the moment l go to play,
you're wide awake, up and coming, like
q rush Of hornets with polo III theft
nestI
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An Iowa BOYS Idea Of COnlessIOn.

There ia a man living on Fifth street
who is q good man, endeayoring to train
up his children in the way they should
60, and rs his flock is numerous and
two Of them are boys, he has anything
but o sinecure in this training business.
Only q day or two ago, the elder Of these
male olive branches, who has lived
about fourteen wicked years, enticed
his younger brother, who has only had
ten years experience, to go out on the
river in boat, q species Of pastime
which their father had many a time
forbidden, and had even gone so far as
to enfore his veto with q skate strap.
But the boys went this time, trusting
to luck to conceal their depravity from
the knowledge Of their pc, and in due
time they returned, and walked around
the house, the two most innocent look
fng boys in Burlington. They separated
for a few moments, and at the expira-
ton Of that time, the elder was sudden
" confronted by his father, who! re-
auested private interview in the usual
place, and the pair adjourned to the
wood.shed, where, after o brief but
highly spirited performance in which
the boy appeared most successfully. as
"heayy villain and his father took his
iayorite role OF "frst old man, tho
curtain went down, and the boy con-
siderabIy mystaed, sought his broth
or.
"Johp," he said, "who do you sup
pose told dadH Have you beenilieked
yeti
Johns face will not look more peace.
full and resigned when II is in his coffin
than 1t did whom he replied: q
"No, have you?"
"Hav0IP Come down to the COW.
yard and look OF my back"
John declined, hut said:
"Well, Bill, I'll tell YOU how father
found us ont / am tired OF acting In
this way, and I amt agoin to run
away and come home and lie about it
any more. I'm going TO do better after
this, and 80 when I saw father / couldn't
help 1t, and went right to him and con-
fessed."
Bill was touched at this manly action
on the part OF his younger brother.
II found o tender place in the bad boys
heart, and he was yisibly affected by 1t.
How did j. happen the old man
didn't lick you2' .f 49,
"well," said the penitcnt young re.
former, "you see, 1 didn't confess on
myself, / only confessed on you; that
was tho way Of It."
A strange cold lightglittered in Bills
%only confessed on mep" he said.
"Well, that's all right, but come down
behind tho cow.shed, and look at my
And when they got there, do you
suppose John saw tho first mite Of Bills
backg All, no, dear children, he saw
nothing bigger than Bills fists, and be-
fore he got out Of that locality, he was
tho worst pounded John that ever con.
fessed on any body. Thus 1t Is that
our coming reformers are made and
trained. Huntington Hdtckeye.
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Tho Austrian Polar Expedition.

The scientific world will receive with
peculiar qualification the intelligence
not only OF the safety OF tho members
OF the Austrian Polar expedition, sent
out some two years ago, but that the
expedition has added another valuable
contribution 10 the map Of the Arctic
seas. ssAt or near the eighty.third de-
gree north latitude, the highest point
reached by the expedition, and north
Nova Zembla, q tract OF land was dis
covered which may prove to be, from
further explorations, q large island or
one OF an extensive group OF islands,
like that ct the head Of Baian's Bay.
II SO, then we may have the fact es.
tablished that the only possible prac,
ticable route for sailing vessel or
steamer 10 the North Pole is the route
Of the Pacific Equatorial current
through Behripg Strait. The full re.
port OF this returning Austrian expedi.
ton will, no doubt, largely contribute
to the settlement Of this important
question. Captain Hall has shown that
the difficulties OF reaching the North
Pole, against the strong outaowing and
ice. packed current OF Bafllh's Boy and
Davis Strait are perhaps insurmount.
able and now, II the route from Nor
way be proved impractcable from q
group Of islands with narrow passages
blocked up with ice, Behring Strait
going in with the Pacific Equatorial
current. may be the proper route for
the next Polar expedition, whether
from Europe or America. t,
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Hats and Cans.

The hats and caps-in fact all head
gesr worn by male storage passengers,
sometimes affords one a subject for
serious contemplation. Every shape
and style is seen, from the emaciated
and moth eaten stoye.pipe TO tho brim-
less straw, frescoed with many kinds
Of dirt. Some poor fellows are abso.
lutely hatless, and we have seen them
on tile deck OF an Atlantic steamer in
midwinter, with o bit Of carpet tied
on their head. Heaven only knows the
privations and discomiorts these poor
people are willing TO undergo to reach
"Ameriky r.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

DR.. Pierce's Compound Extract Of
Smart. Weed, or Water Pepper, Is not recon.
m0nded Ra q cure-Rll. II should not DO clAased
with tho patent nostrume Of the day, com.
pounded BY Quicks, INDIAN Doctors (so..
called, } and those possessing no knowledge OF
the delicate and Intricate structure OF tho
human syatemnor Of Chemistry and the scien-
tho preparation q medicines, No pAtent has
boon obtained or asked upon II, II 10 not
secret medicine, tho chief Ingredient being
made known In tho nAmo chosen to designate
II, But II Ia claimed 70 DO superior Extract,
made In scientific manner, from freali plants
aud roots, by, q cold process, heat, which u
used In making ali other Rxtracts OF Smart
Weed, being Objectionable, as II destroys most
OF the medical virtues that reside in the
plant, as stated In The American lDispe
and by other most excellent authorities. In
tho modest looking little weed, found growing
by tie roadside, IA found more eiiieaeious
remedy when combined with Jamaica Ginger
and other modifying agents, for piarrhnA,
Dysentory Summer Complaint, Pain and
Collie than has heretofore boon known TO the
medical profession. DR.. plerce's Extract Ia
sold by druggIats.-Coin. IN F
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21
Medical lIaaIaes.

There are numbers Of medical men
so welded TO the old formulas, that au
changes seem 10 them like innovations.
These medical MANAGES are, fortunately,
incapable OF much mischief in their
practical age. While the Vinegar Bit
tiers are curing Indigestion, Nervous
Debility, Constipation, and countless
other diseases that defy the remedies Of
the pharmacopuia, II IL impossible to
thrust down the throats Of intelligent
inyalids "heroic" doses Of mineral
poison, or TO persuade them TO take
adulterated alcohol, impregnated with
cheap astringents as q healing balm
or ''balsalnic preparation" Vinegar
Bitters, a pure botanical tonic and
alternative, guiltless Of the curse Of
distilled or termented liquor, isactually
accomplishing what the mineral and
alcoholic cure.mongers have so iAces.
santly promised but have never yet
performed. Under these circumstances
Il is no wonder that this medicine has
taken precedence Of all those burning
fluids mis.called tonics. Com. 'sH ~
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

The Rice Divorce suit for fraud in age, is
causing great excitement in Boston. II should
warn young men not 70 marry in haste. Rice Is
bu.22; his bride 81, he swears tina. she mad
him believe she was but his own age, By uslnv
MAGNOLIA BALM upon her face, neck and han
Poor youthi No probably found her elbows
kOten't quite 90 son and pretty. Ought Hagan TO
DO ibdictedt We know Of macy similar. cases
This Balm givcsa mos. wonderfully peAriy and
natural complexion 70 which We don't object. We
like pretty women TO anilh the picture, thoy,
should use LIoEs KAFitAmoH upon the hair
with peaIiy chin, rosy cheeks, and fett luxurious
trosses, they become Irresistible. 1a '.lf1
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g.ll irem a l.alisoael e!a.f, ava a.AIly sssl,

Fell from a1,aiiroad car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him MP, rubbed him with
MEXICAN MvsrAsa LnnnSr, aud sent him on "
the mex, train. Falls, bruises, cuts, eontusions,
lsmpneSs and such accidents arc constantly ocenr.
ring. There 10 nothing 20 sure, ilio, cheap and
convenient As tho celebrated MusTASo LiNirESr.
1t costs butb cents and tt.oo por bottle, and no
Family or owner Of Horses tho uld DO without IT.
There Ia no flesh, bono or mu tsio ailment upon
man or animal, like rheumatism, pruiles, SPAWN
ana LauoneSs, which II will not alleviate or cure
why will you suffer Navarro W ccuntetfeits! II
Is wrapped in . lteOl.plate engraving, iigned
no. W. wes.btoot. chemistn s,llI-.,l
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$40 to $1,000 invested in Wall Street
often leads TO 4 fortune. Pamphlet with e1-
planations and statistics Of Railroads., Stocks,
Bonds, &c, with other valuable information,
mailed ON receipt OF 30 cents. Address Alex.
Buckingham 6 Co., Dankcrs and Brokers,
u Wall Street, Now York-Ooll. flfs =
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the Great Prsseryer Of usalth.-TAn-
pAxI'B EnERyIsemr BnMxIn AGtnrtsr can
Always DO relied upon As a pleasant, mid, speedy
and positive cure In All cases Of coItyeneSs, pTs'
pepIlA, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Indigestion.
Dsmf stomach, tayer Complaint, Bilioutne,s,
Piatuieney, Fuineas Of BLOOD, and AiiiInhAmma-
tory Complaints, whsTe gentle, cooling eAthaftte
is ftqnifSd q 10 says the ohemist;g 20 sa{s the
phy1,eiAn 20 say. The great Ame,ean pgPhh ~ 3,
without bottle In the house. Before LIE 10 I'm
psrllad, deal adicinu1ly with the Gymptotns Re.
mem her III u thu slight internal dtoruef OF to-day
may beeome an obstinate, inrufAbla disease to-
.mnftlM. sold hY ali dfnRllltl. n -lL.-- II
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

We shall soon have cool weather, and
then every man and boy ahonld wear Elmwood
Collara, You need not adopt the Mexican
costume, but can wear something between the
collar and tpurs.-Com.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

on Everybody,a -Euiogipnl q
tbs Rrca. National RsstnOrator OF Health, PtAsTA.
TiOs BrrTISS, arc on eycrybodyS tongue. This
gratuItous viva poee Advertising ID better Ia all
thu paid.for pufanRto which tho owners Of DO Us
bltters arc obliged 10 result. II has spontaneous
hsaEtIneta about IL whith carries conviction TO
the mind OF The auditor
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

AuxsTs WANTED for THE CENTENNIAL
"a GAZETTEER shc ,aS p ny s,a maze 70
suits Of our iirSt 100 leAFs.s kyefyh body buys
nS,,s ssnS ~ siteSlAs Zlsslsss = mouray,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

Important new discoveries Of salt
springs have been made in the val
ley Of the Saginaw. WI
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iINlE VEIIS [, EIl9ilNS

Wanted, Young Men 8 Ladies
sssS9s a se es
losue 70 q. i. BRf Ant, eupt., BnttAloi y. u.
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OPTICS NEW BOOKS.

THE COMING wAv1j or Tho Hidden
Treasure Of High Rock l6mo, Illus. $3.50.
SUNNY SHORES, or Young America in
Italy and Austria, 16mo., Illus, sl.eo, 'F
,,,.N.. ,.o,n,,a ..r, .,a,,,.id nm reeeipt Of The
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

TTNuR TRUTHS or RELIGION AND THn lIBLEi
Al Ieen by the Light u the hlneteenth gen.
tnfy, ny .. WILSON, A. y. lor sac ~ INC
Author, RewArk, Wayne Co., y. Y.
ss IN WEEKLY, TO Agents. BARNETH a
SOU CO., 70 ChApGi Street, New Haven Conn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-30
THE STRANDED FRENCH STEAMER.

An unsuccessful attempt was made yesterday to
noat Of the stranded French steamer Alexander
Lavaley now stranded at the beach at S0uthamp-
ton, on Long Island telegram notifying Captain
John Young, OF the Coast Wrecking Company. in
this city, was received yesterday afternoon, stat.
Ing that the vessel had been hauled OF the beach.
where she frst stranded, to distance of about 800
Ieet seaward to sandbar, but had not been
hauled across on account OF the tide. The
vessel had been subsequently noated back from this
place to prevent any oanger OF "hOgging" her or
breaking her back
Captain Young states that she will draw about
thirteen Ieet when she crosses the bar. he SAYS
that the wrecking steamer Relief has taken out
great deal OF her cargo, and the vessel Is still
tight and in good order. The cargo taken from her
Is on the Reie which is Of about 400 tons burden,
and remains alongside. The pilot who was on the
French steamer and Is alleged to have been below
when she struck has joined the vessel again.
HELPING ANOTHER WRECK.
The wrecklng steamer Lackawanna, with thirty
i've men on BOARD, including divers. engineers and
wreckers has lett this city to try and save the
$4,000 cotton cargo Of the schooner Queen or the
South, ashore at Watch Prague Inlet, ninety miles
below the capes OF Delaware.
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THE sTARKwEATHER LETTER.

NORWICH, Conn.,, Jan. 20, 1874.
The Norwich B,I'etts OF tomorrow will contain
substantially the following in explanation OF the
starkweather letter to Mr.. Huntington Mr..
Huntington was Treasurer of the Republican Con.
gresslonal Committee, ana had previously offered
to send funds into the State to be used in elecunp
Governor Jewell, and also to elect Mr.. stark.
weather. This had been done several times BEFORE
The money was raised among republicans in wash.
lnRton. MI. Starkweather himself had given
money on several occasions TO he used in the elec
ton OF others. He and Mr. Huntington were old
acquaintances When Mr.. Starkweather reached
that time the District government was not organ
ized nor was It until June, 1871. Mr.. Starkweatner
mao never peen interested in the AFFAIRS OF the Dis
Columbia committee in December, 1871. Until
then ne never knew member Of the Board of
Pubic works, and never since has he recon-
mended anybody to any once under the govern
ment or ior any contract, nor has he In any way
the committee.