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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-25
MEMPHIS TENN. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY Is 1876.

heap of sawdust, letting it filter
slowly, drop by drop, probably for
hours, resulting in a clear, pun
gent, fragrant liquid, black as night,
which, with the addition of twice
its volume of boiled cream and
quantum suficit of crushed sugar
candy (some add a beaten eggl, be-
comes a beverage fit for the gods.
Cheese is not usually digestible
by the sick, but it is good nourish-
ment for repairing waste, and ply
sicians constantly see the sick de-
string it, which craving shows how
much it is needed by them.
Meat has been sent from Buenos
Ayres to France, in perfect state
of preservation, in a pickle COM
posed of two parts of bicarbonate
of soda, two Of boric acid, three Of
saltpetre and one Of muriate Of soda
to 1000 parts of water.
Fresh milk is a valuable food for
the sick, but the least Sourness in it
makes it, of all articles, perhaps
the most injurious. Diarrhea is a
common result of fresh milk al
lowed to become at all sour; nurses,
therefore, ought to exercise the ut
most care in this, Yet, if you con-
slider that the only drop of real
nourishment in your tea is the
drop of milk the great Importance
of not depriying invalids of this
drop of milk is evident.
The Japanese workmen at the
centennial live on soup, rice anC
dried meats, kept in hermetically
sealed cans, which would indicate
that another of our "new ideas,
viz: canning food, has been vel
known in the far east.
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glimpse OF my benign old gentle
man placidly leaning back in his
seat, his hands folded over his we'll
filed waistcoat, and that same be-
nevolent smile petrifed on his
countenance. He was fast asleep.
Immediately tall, cadaverous
person, in q scant funeral garment,
emerged from somewhere, and
touched the sleeper on the shoul-
der. The old gentleman unclosed
his eyes slowly and with difficulty,
and was so far from taking in the
situation that he made a gesture as
if to shake hands with the tall, ca
dayerous person. Then it all
heaped upon the dear old boy, and
he dropped to his knees with SO
comical and despairing an air of
contrition that the presence Of forty
| thousand Popes would not have
prevented me from laughing.
Another dlscOmposlng incident
occurred at this iuncture. Two
removes below me was smooth
faced German Of gigantic stature;
he must have been six or seven
inches over six feet in hight, but so
absurdly short between the knee
cap and ankle that as he knelt he
lowered head and shoulders above
us all, resembling great overgrown
school-boy, standing up as straight
as he could. 1t was SO he impressed
one of his ghostly attendants, who
advanced quickly toward him with
the evident purpose of requesting
him to kneel. Discovering his
error just in time, the reverend
father retreated much abashed.
All eyes wero now turned toward
the Pope and his suite, and thii
triAing episode passed unnoticeC
save by two or three individuals il
the immediate neighborhood whc
succeeded in swallowing theil
smiles, but did not dare glance a
each other afterward. The Pope
advanced to the center of the up
per end of the room, leaning heav
lily on his ivory-handled cane, thu
Princess in black and the Cardinal
in scarlet standing behind him il
picturesque groups, like the chOru
in an opera. Indeed, it was al
like a scene on the stage.
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In the Pope's Audlesce Room.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in the
May Atlantic, thus describes a
"V'isit to Certain Old Gentle
man." The monotonous hum of
conversation ceased abruptly, the
two sections of the wide door have
mentioned were thrown open, and
the Pope, surrounded by his Cardi-
nails and a number of foreign
princes, entered. The occupants
Of the two long settees rose, and
then, as if they were automata
worked by the same tyrannical
wire, sunk Simultaneously in an at
titude of devotion. For an instant
I was seized with desperate desire
not to- kneel. There is something
in an American knee, when it is
rightly constructed, that makes it
an awkward thing to knecl with be-
fore any man born of woman. Per
haps, if the choice were left one,
either to prostrate ones self before
certain person or to be shot, one
might make a point of it-and be
shot. But that was not the alter
native in the present case, If
had failed to follow the immemoria'
custom / would not have had tho
honor Of a fusillade, but would
have been ANONYMOUSLY led away
by one of those highly-coloreC
Swiss guards, and, in my dress suit
would have presented to the gene
raj stare the appearance Of a pre-
tentious ace Of spades being wiped
out by gay right bower. Such
humiliation was not to be though
Of! So, wishing myself safely bacl
amid the cruder civilization Of th'
New World, and with a menta
protest, accompanied by q loft,
compassion for the weakness ant
cowardice Of human kind, | sli'
softly down with the rest of tn
miserable sinners. ] was in tn
very act, when ! was chilled to tn
marrow by catching sidelon
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LEGAL,
Attachmenf Notice.

Before P. j. Quigley, Justice Of the Peace in
and for Shelby county, Tennessee N.
Quinn Va. Chris Keegan.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAY
i ing been sued out under section 1856 of the
Code OF Tennessee, and returned before me
levied upon the property of the defendant by
garnishment on the Southern Express Com
pany, who answer they owe said Chris keegsn
enc package said to contain twenty dollars,
and affidavit having been made that the de-
fendant is justly indebted to the plaintiff In
tho sum Of eighteen dollars and forty cents,
by account. aud that the defendant is a non
resident of the State Of Tennessee; tits there
fore ordered that the said defendant make hi
personal appearance before p. J. Quigley, j
p, on the Doth day Of June, 1876, at IL O'CLOCK
M. at his Office. No. ls9 Main street. Mem
phis. Tennessee, and defend said attachmen
suit within the time prescribed by law, or tn
same will be proceeded with OF parte and tina
a copy Of this order be published oncO, weel
| for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger
This 10Th day Of May, 1876.
66-72-7S-A p. QUIGLEY. j. P.
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Curtis Guild remarks that toma-
toes seem to be but little known in
England. A friend, noticing that
there were tomatoes exposed for sale
in a country town at which he was
staying, ordered the hotel landlord
to provide some for his dinner, and
in answer to the question as to how
he would have them served, replied
raw. Imagine his surprise at find
ing, when the succulent fruit was
served, that the cook had scooped
out the entire inside Of it, leaving
but a thin rind to be eaten.
Good cider is beverage Of the
past, but it used to be as common
in many places as good milk. 1t is
now hard to get, and high-priced
when good. Cider has qualities
which make it, in moderation,
most desirable beverage for us, and
it has virtues which give it very
great and a specific value in one o.
the most painful and distressing
diseases. But the cider that il
generally offered is not fit for any
one to drink.
General Sherman says: "To b.
strong, healthy, and capable Of tn,
largest measure Of physical effort
the soldier needs about three pound
gross Of food per day."
Coffee, says Barry Gray, prepared
over night by heaping the freshl.
ground peaberry Of the last seasol
fresh coffee in the east, and | sus
pect elsewhere, is unwholesome) o.
a very fine strainer, then pourin
just enough boiling water on, an
closely covered and wrapped in
piece of blanket, and plunged in
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mo, 2lS4.l I.
NOn-Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-J. A. Anderson, administrator Of
b. +. Norris, deceased, VS.. Mary A. Norris
etal.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
l this cause that the defendant, Il, p.
Norris, is non-resident Of tho State
he make his appearance herein, at the
courthouse, in the city Of Memphis, Ten
nessee, on or before the first Monday in June,
1875, and plead, answer or demur TO complain
ants bill. OF the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to him and set for hearing OK parte !
and that copy Of this order be published
once week. for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 29th day Of April, 1875.
A copy-Attest: 49,.
ByR. j. BLACK. Deputy q. and NJ.
VANCE & ANDERSON, Soils. for complainant.
b0.h9.64-70
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Attachment Notice.


Before ]. NJ. Coleman, Jus ice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn. rs. e. L. Critics
vs.J. ]. Smith. nlg ga bvg .rI.if5.f
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAY-
i ing been sued out under section 1855 Of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property OF the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that defendant is indebted
to tho plaintiff in the sum of one hum
dred and twenty-five dollars. due by
account. and that the claim is just, and
the defendant is a anon-resident Of the State
of Tennessee; il Is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal Appear-
ance before me. on the 7th day OF June,
FT6n F q ss oSis %Smp5 T.RS my OGSd sSd defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex parte; and that copy Of this order be
published once week for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the Sd day of May, 1876.
57-6S-69-i5 JIM. COLEMAN. J. P.
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Isabel of Spain in Youth


Isabel was SO very pretty and
attractive at that time that she
could have had no need to go
begging for wooers. She was plump
to a point of yoluptuousness, grace
full in her movements, full OF
animation. Her dark eyes were
very bright with intelligence, high
spirit aud tender fire. Her black
hair was abundant, her mouth sen.
Suous, but well shaped and oscula'
torily seductive. She talked wei
and her manners were engaging
Moreover, she had degree ol
impudence, not to say audacity
which is captivating to men in any
young and comely women to whom
they are not related by blood ol
marriage. No one who sees hel
now, or who had made her acquaint
ance after she was thirty, would
believe this portraiture correct
The beauty of Isabel, like that of 81
many Spanish womon, passed will
her youth. A homelier, less regina
woman than she has been for tn,
last ten years it would be hard t.
find.
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Wednesday, May 81, 1876,

between the hours Of 10 am. and Bpm the
following described property lying and being
in the county Of Shelby, and State of Tennes
see, to-wit All of that certain tract or par
eel of land lying near Buntyn's Station, about
Eve miles east Of Memphis, on the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, known as lot No. g..
and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at stake on the north side and
line Of Canes avenue and lot No. 8, owned
by N. s. Hallum, and thence eastwardly with
the north limo Of Carnes avenue 58-l0c
chains to a stake; thence northwardly l-l0C
chains 10 a stake in the center Of SpottswOod
avenue; thence westwardly and with said
SpOttswood avenue 5S-l09 chains to a stake
thence southwardly along the east line Of NJ.
S. Hallum's lot No. 8, s l-l00 chains to the be
ginning-containing in all 66-l00 acres See
plat or survey made by ] II. Mcclure, which
is of record in the plat book Of the Register 8
Office Of said county.
BY terms Of trust deed the right Of redemp-
tion is waived. Title believed to be perfect,
but will sell and convey as Trustee only.
47-79 Il. ID. BRAY. Trustee.
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Attachment Notice.


Before j NJ, Coleman, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby County, Tenn.-E. Berry VS..
Hardin Lewis.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
j ing been sued out under section Si55 of the
Code of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property of the defendant by garnishment
on Taylor. Dutin * Co., merchants, who an.
swer they owe said Hardin Lewis s20l 81, and
affidavit having been made that the defendant
is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum Of four
hundred and ninety-nine dollars, due by ac-
count, and that the claim is just, and that the
defendant is q nonresident Of the State OF
Tennessee; il lis therefore ordered that
the said defendant make his personal ap;
pearanoe before me on the 7th dag OF
June, 1876, at II O'Clock am, at my oahiee,
No, 294 Front street, in the city Of Memphis,
Tennessee, and defend said attachment
suit with the time prescribed by law, or the
same will be proceeded with eG parte and
that copy oil this order be published once q
week for four consecutive weeks, in hePuollc
Ledger
This Sd day Of May, 1876.
= JIM. COLEMAN, j. P.
B. B. BARNES. Attorney for plaintiff.
5j-6l-6T-73
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Before John I. Elliott, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county. 1ennessee-J. X. Mur-
rah VS.. David Harrison alias L. Ash.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sued cut under section 3455 of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned by the proper
fendant, and affidavit having been made that
the defendant is Justly indebted to the plain
tiff in toe sum of fsur hundred and ninety-fye
dollars. due by account, and that the defend
see; it is therefore ordered that defendant
make his personal appearance before John
T. Elliott, j. p, on the 26th day Of June,
1876, at his office, No. Sl5 Second street. in the
city of Memphis, Tenn, and defend said at
tachment suit within the time prescribed by
law or the same will be proceeded with OK
parte; and that copy Of this order be pub
iished once o week for four successive weeks
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day of May, 1876.
6S7l-SO-s6 JOHN 7. ELLIOTT, J.P.
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Concerning Lobsters.

Just now the lobster question is
being discussed in Halifax with a
great deal Of animation, 1t has
been said that there is a great fall
ing off in the product of the Nova
Scotia fisheries of this kind, and an
order has been issued forbidding
any person from fishing for, buying,
selling, or having in possession any
Holsters between the 10th of July
and goth of August of each year.
This prohibition has excited oppo-
sition, and one man, largely en-
gagged in canning, contends that
the supposition that the production
is falling off is an erroneous way.
He says that on the American coast
lobster fishing is good, and is briskly
carried on through March, April,
May and June, the close season not
commencing there until July 1st
Further north and east the season
is much later, and along the shores
of Nova Scotia no fishing can be
done to pay before the first Of June.
1t is not because the spring is SO
much behind in Nova Scotia as
compared with Maine, but because
the coast waters, are chilled by the
drift-ice from the Arctic regions,
thus keeping back for several weeks
that rise in the temperature of the
water without which the lobster will
not seek the shore. Further north
and east along the shores of New
foundland, where, as this writer af-
firms, there are lobster fisheries
practically inexhaustible, though as
yet scarcely utilized at all, the sea-
son is still later, owing to the abun.
dance Of ice coming down from the
far North.
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A rrl mo. 222S.l
NOn-Resident and Creditors
Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby County.
Tenn, Michael. Cooney ct al. vs.. Francis
Baird, ex'tr Of Joseph Wright, decd, ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendants. Francis
Baird, executor Of Joseph Wright. deceased.
Hannah II Gibson, George Gibson, Elizabeth
A. Wright. Joseph Wright. Martha. g.
Rodgers, Thomas Adamson ct ux, Sarah v.
Adamson, Francis Baird and wife, Mary Ann
Baird, Benjamin Wright and other unknown
heirs and deVisess Of Joseph Wright de-
ceased are non-residents Of the State Of Ten
nessee; ii is therefore ordered that they
and all others interested in. the estate Of j.
Wright, deceased, make their appearance
herein. at the courthouse In the city
Of Memphis, Tennessee, on or before the
frst Monday in July. 1876. and plead,
answer or demur TO complainant bill, OF
the same will bo taken for confessed a.
to them. and all creditors will appear and
file their claims against said estate by said
time, or the same will be barred, and the
cause-set fer hearing ex .parte; and that
copy Of this order be published once a
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger. fLU llfia IlUOi. Nl.lit
This 18th day Of May, 1876. ..
A cepy-Attest:
EBMUNDA. COLE, @. and M.
ByR. j. BLACK. D. G, and M. .lg sE
GEO. CAN'T, and MoDOwELL X BURROWS
Sol. for complainant. b5-Tl-T7-S3
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NOW lOIk Almos'l
AT the Methodist preachers
meeting yesterday Rev. Mr.. Bow
ditch, on behalf of the committee
appointed to investigate the sub
iect of providing unfermented wine
for sacramental use, reported that
good unfermented wine, which will
keep for Iany length of time, can
be made as follows: "Take any
kind of ripe grapes and boil with a
small quanty of water until reduced
to a pulp; strain through fine mus
lin, and to every gallon Of juice
thus obtained add from three tc
four pounds of common sugar; then
hoil the juice over again, and pour
while hot into air.tight jars or bot
ties, which must be closely sealed
The wine will begin to ferment il
a few days if exposed to the air
The cost of this wine is about ONT
dollar per gallon The repor
was accepted, and the meeting
shortly afterward adjourned fO
one week.
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Trustees Sale.

ON MONDAY, THE 29rH DAY OF MAY.
" 1876, within legal hours, in front Of Plant
ers Insurance building, Memphis, Tennessee,
will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, lot
No. IS, block / Of A. Wrigbts subdivision.
fronting 80 feet on Wright avenue and run
ming back $50 feet to an alley, with the i'm
l9rOVements on same. n
/ sell as Trustee under a deed made to me
by Mrs. G. Wright and Thomas Wright, re-
co unity, Tenn. Book 81, page 1885, 10 which
&c. JONES. Trustee.
T. r McRIptANn Attnrnev. SLIT
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THE AGER.'


Tho following clever parody, by Professor J =.
P. Stelle, editor Of the Progressive Farmer
and Of the Agricultural department OF the
Mobile Register, has been repeatedly pub
lished. though generally in a mutilated form
Once upon an evening bleary.
While l sat me, dreamy, dreary,
In the sunshine. thinking over
Things that passe' in days of yore;
While1 nodded nearly sleeping,
Gently came . something creeping
Up my back, like water sSeping-
Seeping upward from the floor;
IT'S q cooling beeeze." muttered.
From the regions meath the floor
Only this and nothing more"
Ali distinctly remember
twas in that wet september.
When the earth and every member
OF creation that IL bore
Had for days and weeks been soaking
a. In the meanest, most provoking
EogRy rains, that, without joking,
We had ever seen before;
n 30 l knew II must be very
Cold and damp beneath the floor
Very cold beneath the floor.
So sat me. nearly mapping.
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
Craving water. but delighted
With the breeze from meath the floor;
Till found me growing colder;
And the stretching waxing bolder,
And myself feeling older
Older than I'd felt before;
Feeling that my joints were sitter
Than they were in days Of yore-
Sitter than they'd been before.
AN along my back the creeping
Soon gave place to rushing, leaping,
Asf countless frozen demons
Had concluded TO explore
All the caVities-the "varmints"-
'Twixt me and my neither garments.
Up into my hair and downward
Through my boots into the floor;
Then l found myself shaking,
Gently first, but more and more
Every moment mere and more.
Twas the Ager, and It shook me
Into many clothes, and took me
Shaking to the kitchen every
Place where there was warmth in store
Shaking till the dishes clattered,
Shaking till the tea was spattered.
Shaking, and with all my warming
Feeling colder than before;
Shaking till it had exhausted
All its power /. shake me more
Till It could not shake me more.
Then 1t rested till the morrow,
| Then resumed with all the horror
That it had the face TO borrow,
| Shaking, shaking as before;
And from that day in September
Day that l shall long remember
1t has made diurnsl visits,
| Shaking, shaking, oh, so sore
Shaking off my boots, and shaking
Me to bed. il nothing more
Fplly this, If nothing more.
And to. day the swallows fitting,
Round my cottage see me sitting,
Mo0dily within the sunshine
Just inside my silent door.
Waiting for the Ager, seeming
Like 0 man forever dreaming,
And the sunlight Oh me streaming
Throws no shadows on the floor,
For am too thin and sallOw
To mako shadows on the floor;
Nary shadow-any more
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9th Day Of Nay, 1875.

at 12 O'clock M, on tho northwest corner Of
Main and Poplar streets, in the city of Mem
phis. offer for sale at public outcry, to the
highest bidder. for cash, the following de-
soribed real estate, to1wit: Three certain
lots OF land situated in the county OF Shelby
Memphis and Ohio railroad, IN the south halt
Of lots Nos 50 and 81; t2l one lot twenty I'VE
feet front by sixtv-tWo feet desp. being part Of
lot M. 5S OF the plan Of Haysville. AlsC
north half Of lot No. 50 us laid down on tn,
plan Of Haysville, and recorded in Book Sc
page 5S1.
| The title of this property is believed TO b.
perfect. L57 76l w. ". GUTHRIE,
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Trustees sale.

TTNDER A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED
y to me by Wallace B. Scurr and john W.
corded in the Registers Office Of Shelby
county, Tenn. on May Is, 1875, 10 Book No,
S, page l4l, will sell to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the court house door, on Main
street, in the city of Memphis, on
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LEGAL.


VIRTUE or THE POWER AND AU-
- thority conferred upon me in a certain
deed of conveyance recorded In the Register 8
Office Of Shelby county, in Book 96. page 1853,
the notes therein mentioaed being due and
unpaid, will, on the
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Saturday, June 8, 1875,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
and IN the city of Memphis, to-wit: The
mansion house and residence lots occupied by
Wardlow Howard, deceased, at the time Of
his death, situated on the east side of Shelby
street, between PontotOc and Linden streets,
fronting on said Shelby street 60 feet, and
running back between parallel lines lS5 feet,
and known as lot No. 3 of Topp' subdivision,
the hsuse being designated in the numbering
Of city houses as No. 46S Shelby street.
Also lots Nos 81 and 3S, in block No. /, on
batture at Fort Pickering, being each As by loo
feet, near the city of Momphis.
Terms of Sale 0ne-third cash; balance in
one and two years, with interest at 10 per cont.
from date, and notes with approved security
lien retained 70 further secure same. otc.
This May 8, 1875.
ByR. j. BLACK, d. @. and M. .-.-.
WRIGHT 4 FoLKEs, and j. W. ScALEs,
Attorneys. b9&
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mo. 76OR.I
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby County,
Tennessee B. Hewett. by nextfhend,
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0OUTORY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above cause
ON the 18th day Of February, 1874, and re-
newed. etc, April 10, 1874. September
Is, 1875. and May 4, 1876, | viii sell at
pubiic auction, to the higest bidder, in front
Of me Clerk and Masters office. courthouse
building, Main street. Memphis, Tenn, on
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MISSISSIPPI & TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule

MRMPHIs. TENN, April is. 1873.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, APRIL TO-
" 1876, trains will run as follows;
Leave. Arrive.
Nav orIaans mail. daily. 300 pm. 12:40 p. m
Ncepss cspt Sunday. p m. s:S5 am
Freight and Ao'midation, - ,o :,
daily Except Sunday).;:; $3.50 An; SlO pm
1SI-t i Oh. Onhn. ouP V