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The Rock Island Argus., 1878-05-10

radius Of twentyimiles, and many farmers
who formerly went to Aledo, and other
points give this place the preference be-
cause it is good cash market
Harvey s. Wells, one of the most popu-
lar and we'll informed young men in this
place, will shortly open an office as
Notary Public, possibly adding insurance
to his business. He has splendid abilities,
aud hosts of friends who join with the
writer in wishing him success.
Some of the citizens are agitating the
project of building high school. Such an
institution would pay if properly conducted
and would add considerable prestige to
the town. There are a number of young
lads and misses who would attend from
this and adjoining towns and good sup
port would undoubtedly be extended.
Among the fine residences here the
writer noticed Mr.. Hunnicut's, which
stands on slight elevation and stands out
10 bold relief The architecture is
quantity pretty, and with its green trim
mings looks ike monument of comfort,
Wilfred Pitman also has a fine house.
which is cozily arranged and finely finished,
1t is substantially built, handsomely
painted and adds much to the beauty OF
Reynolds.
Closely nestled among the trees, little
west OF the town, stands Waits residence,
souvenir of cheer. indicating prosperity,
and, with its beautiful surroundings, form
picture of absolute content, as well as
showing the solidity of the town. 1t is a
pretty piece of architecture. and Its
beauty is greatly enhanced by natures
surroundings
Other fiue residences are scattered at
pleasant distances, but the writer did not
learn their owners, suffice it to say that
there is not to-day in Rock Island or
Mercer counties a finer little town than
Reynolds. With its beautiful surrounding,
natural advantages, and the thrift kof its
worthy population 'tis no wonder it has
grown, and in the future, with the same
steady pull and pull altogether" policy
that has characterized its career thus far,
there is no reason why it should not take
prominence as among the hveiest
inland towns in the state. A fine country,
wealthy populace. sound morals, and
magnanimous dealing one with the other
has crowned with success the efforts of the
pioneers. Let us hope that the future
may bring no retrogression but a steady
advance in the stride to presperity-then
will Reynolds become what it is within her
province to be-a thriving commercial
centre. IA"
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Extracts from Various Letters /!

81 had no appetite; Holloway's Pills gave me
hearty one."
"Your Pills are marvellous"
81 send for another box, and keep them in the
house.
''Dr. Holloway has cured my headache that was
chronic.'
81 gave one of your Pills to my babe for cholera
morbns. The dear little thing got well in day.
MY nausea of a morning is now cured"
"Your box of Holloways Ointment cured me of
noises in the head. / rubbed some Of your Oint-
ment behind the ears, and the noise has ieft'
''Send me boxes. 1 want one for poor family
Il enclose dollar your price is IS cents, but the
medicine to me Is worth dollar"
"Send me five boxes Of your Pills"
"Let me have three boxes OF your Pills by return
mail, for Chills and Fever
have over 200 such testimonials &c these, but
want Of space compels me TO eonclude.
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HOLLOWAY'S REMEDIES
Mark THBSR PACTSl
THE TESTIMONY OF THE
WHOLE WORLD.
HOLLOWAY
PILLS !!
aH


az Let the Suffering and diseased read the fol-
owing: .a5t
wLet all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurable, read the following.
EBLet all who can believe facts, and can have
faith in evidence. read the following.
Know ALL MEN BT THESE PRESENTS, That, on
this the twentieth day Of June, the year OF Our
Lord. One Thousand Eight Hundred and SixtY-six
personal y came Joseph Haydock TO me known as
such, and being duly sworn depoeed as follows
That he is the sole general agent for the United
States and dependencies thereof fer preparations
or medicines known as DR.. Hollowaye Pills and
Ointment and that the following certificates are
yerbatum copies to the best OF his knowledge and
belief. JAMES SMEITRR.
IL. ST. Notary Public,
IA Wall street, New York
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zocx ISLAND b PEORIA RAILWAY.

SHORTEST ROUTE TO The EAST AND SOUTH.
JEAyE ARRIVE.
Thro'h F'ht 3Oam Galva Ac. $50 a, m.
Mail & Ell. $50 p. m. Mail 8 Ex. 1:15 p. m.
Galva Ac. $50 p. m. Thro'h F'ht 4:4b p. m
The 80 D m train makes close connection at
Galva with C & @ for points west; arriving at
Galesburg at 500 p m; at Burlington 7:16 m; at
Keokuk 9:25 p m; and at Quincy 9:40 m; also
making close connection at Peoria with Il W
and P & w roads for all points east and south.
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Important Caution.

None are genuine unless the signature OF =: =.
nA1pocK, as agent for the United States @
eacn pox OF Pills, and Ointment handsome 81 81
nsra VIII be given to any one rendering soIn I snv
.o.mauon as may lead TO the detecu99an 9al;Oas or
paIsy or parties counterfeiting the meon3ons
ssh1lng ne same, knowing them 10 be spun pnr HoI-
s~coid at the Mandatory OF Proiess0t iOactabIe
i6oWAy Co.. New York, and ny az sliorn,bont TN the
I,lsggsts and Dealers in Medicine tnio 90 ants and
81 each.
larger sizes.
y, 2; directions for the guidance .. P9'4
every disorder are affixed TO es3h po4'
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"Dr Bells Fit Cure has stopped the
attacks upon me where everything else has
failed. | recommend the medicine to the
afflicted. Reuben l.. Brunson, Wahoo,
Sandees county, Neb." Price 50. Address.
Specific Medicine company, e04 Washing
ton avenue, st. Louis, Mo.
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N MmAFWfs obtained for mechanical de-
UHYsEHlsEN vices, medical or other com
NM ~ pounds, ornamental designs,
III &1kW Il - trademarks and labels. Ca
Yeats, Assignments, Interferences, Appeals, Suits
for Infrngements, and all cases arising under the
PATENT LAWS, promptly attended to.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
N N Tn nmMMn by the Patent Office may
u REETEW STILL IN most cases, be pat
III III I'll. Rtl ented by US. Being opposite
ANAO n U u M0 the Patent Office, can
| make closer searches, and secure Patents more
promptly, and with broader claims, than those who
| are remote from Washington.
INVENTORS +: $ $::. s.: IS;
patentability. All correspondence strictly conf
| Dental, Prices low, and NO CHARGE UNLESS
| PATENT Is SECURED.
We refor TO officials in Patent Office, to our clients
| In every State of the Union, and to your Senator
and Representative IN Congress. Special reference
| given when desired.
| Address G. A. SNOW & CO..
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
LIVER REGULATOR

If you feel drowsy, debilitated, have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite and
tongue coated, you suffering from torpid liver
or ''biliousness," and nothing will cure you &c
speedily and permantly as to
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ROCK ISLAND 4 MERCER CO., R,R,

Leave Rock Island at 100 a. m and 3 80 p. m. Ar
irving at Cable at II 10 q. m, and 500 p m.
leave Cable at $50 a. m, and 12:45 p. Arriving
at Rock Island at $40 a. m, and 100 p. m.
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Railroad Time Table.
caIoAao. soox ls1Avp > YAclrlc 3. ,

aoINa EAST TRAINS LEAVE
at 90 q. m. 4:30 p, m; and 9:35 p m Tfainh
arrive from west as above.
soINe WEST TRAINS LEAVE
At 6:45 g. m. 1918 g.. m, and 70 :05 p N. Train
arrive from the east as above.
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1T HAS NO EQUAL
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
LIVER DISEASE and
j 81 digestion prevail! to a gre
clERRE lWcg er extent than probal
StM NJ UNS Isl any other malady, and
III lief ia ALWAYS anxious

is Regulated in It's action health Is almost invrra
DIV secured Indigestion want of action in the
Liver causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice,
Pain in the Shoulder, Cough, Dizziness Sour JStom-
ach, bad taste in the mouth bilious attacks, palpi
taton of the heardepession OF spirits or the blues
and hundred other symptoms. Simmons Liver
Regulator is the best remedy that has ever been
discovered Tor these ailments. Ii acts mildly, ef-
fectually and being simple vegetable compound.
can do no injury in any quantities that it may be
taken. II is harmless i'll every way; it has been
used for forty years and hundreds from all parts of
the country will vouch for its virtues, viz: Hon.
The Rock Island Argus., 1878-05-10

AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
For all Diseases Of the Liver, Stomach and
Spleen. The Cheapest, Purest and Best
Family Medicine in the World!
ASK the recovered dyspepics, Bilious Sufferers.
victims of Fever and Ague, the mcrcurial diseased
patient how they recovered health, cheerful spirits
and good appetite-they will tell you by taking
Simmons Liver Regulator.
PURELY VEGETABLE.
Is harmless,
Is no drastic Aiolent medicine,
Il cure to cure If taken regularly,
Il no Intoxicating beverage,
IL the cheapest medicine In the world,
Is given with safety and the hRppiest results to
the most delicate infant,
Does not interfere with business,
Does not disarrange the system,
Tax es the place of Quinine and Bitters of every
kind,
Az a Remedy in
MALARIOUS FEVERS. BOWEL COMPLAINTS
DYSPEPSIA MENTAL DEP RESSION N RESTLESS
NESS, JAUN DICE, NAUSEA. SICK HEADACHE
COLIC, CONSTIPATION and BILIoUSNESS
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Sufferers from Headache.

Elixir Of Honey, is a sure cure iol
whooping cough and Group.
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CUTAIROUS DISORDERS,
Disorders of the Kidneys.

Id all diseases affecting these organs, whether
tney secrete too much too little water; wheth-
er they be afflicted with stone gravel, or with
aches and pains settled In the loins over the re-
gions OF the kidneys. these Pills should be taken
according TO the printed directions, and the Oint
ment should be well rubbed into the small of the
PACK az ped time, This treatment will give almost
immediate relief when all other means have failed
The Rock Island Argus., 1878-05-10
Jane 1st. iss6.

Jane 1st, 1865.
DIR. HoLLowAY:-I take my pen to write you Of
my great relief and that the awful pain In my eide
has left me at last-thanks to you Pills. oh, Doc
tor, hoy thankful am that / can get some sleep.
l can never write 1t enough. thank you again and
again, and that you are really the friend Of
all sufferers. could not help writing to you, and
hope you will not take 1t amiss.
JAMES MYERS, 116 Ave. D.
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WESTERN UNION RAILROAD.

FOR RACINE & MILWAUKEE,.
LEAVE ARRIVE
Day Express and Mail. .9:05AM 6D0 AN
Night Express. .IU.Io "'OO -
The night express leaving Rock Island every
Sunday night at 10 15 connects with the train arr
wing in Chicago early Monday morning. NO lay
over checks given on through tickets from ROCK
sland to Chicago. Through tickets only good on
thistJan.
c., B, & Q. 3. 3.
ST Iou,s Mail . S:OOAM S:45 A. M
81 Tonis Exnress T 100 p M 9:40 P. M
Sterling Accommodation 800 NJ 9:20 A. NJ.
Mendoza Accomlon - 6:4bAM S:00P. M
LEAVE. ARRIVE
The Rock Island Argus., 1878-05-10

The following is an interesting case Of q man EN-
ployed in an Iron Foundry, who, in pouring melted
iron into flask that was damp and wet, caused an
explosion. The melted iron was thrown around
and on him in perfect shower, and he was burned
dreadfully. The following certificate was given to
me, by him, about eight weeks after the accident:
The Rock Island Argus., 1878-05-10

| Alexander Il. Ste
pheDs, of Georgia /;
/ Bishop Pierce of
\ Georgia; John Gill
Shorter,o of Alabama
1 Gen. John b. Cor
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New YORK, Jan. II, 1886.
My name is Jacob Hardy; am an Iron Founder
was badly burned by hon iron In November last;
my burns healed, but had running sore on my
leg that would not heal. tried Holloway's Oint-
ment and it cured me in few weeks. This is all
true and anybody can see me at Jacksons Iron
Works, I'd Avenue.
j. HARDY, 11s Goerch Street.
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This is to certify that I was discharged from the
army with Chronic Diarrhea, and have been cured
by DR.. Holloway's Pils. WILSON HARVEY,
New York, April z, 1865. 81 Pitt street
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-14
RdItorIal Notes.


In bis invaluable library at Independ
ence o; COCO volumes DR.. W. Carey
Crane has all the public documents
and private papers affecting the rela-
tions of Sam Houston to the Republic
and State of Ttxls. Among them is
the following letter from Andrew Jack
son introducing Gen. II. to Thos. JEFF
ferson:
HERMITAGE. TENN, Oct. 4, 1928.
Thomas Jefferson, ESQ:
Dear Sir-This will be handed YOU
by Gen. Sam Houston, representative
to Congress from tins State, and par
ticular friend of mine, tn whom beg
leave to introduce you. have know n
Gen. Houston for many years, and en-
tertaining for him the highest feeling
of regard and confidence, recommend
him TO you with great safety. He has
attained bis present standing without
the extrinsic advantage Of fortune ard
education, and has sustained in his va.
rious Promotions from the common
soldier to the MajDr General, the char
acter OF the hIgh minded, honorable
man-as such present him TO you, and
shall regard the civIlities you may ten
der HIM as great favor.
With sincere wish that good health
and happy days are still yours, re-
msIn your friend and very obliged ser
want, ANDREW JACKSON.
THERE'S wisdom in the direction OF
the minutest matters affecting the
prosperity of the vigorous, enterprising
Kansas City Times. The name of the
postoflics aud state is printed on slips
and pasted on each paper in la-ge,
black capitals while under these wordE,
in smaller type, appears the name OF
the subscriber. P0stmasters have no
trouble in directing the paper to its
destination and it comes like clock
work.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-14

a farmer ought to be not only an &C.
comphshed tiller of the soil, but also
an excellent mechanic, fair harness
maker, and member of shoes, a tolera.
BILE carpenter, a pretty good black
smith or machinisy, and also wide
awake, thorough judge and breeder Of
stock, knowing how, and caring for
their ailments-not only horses and
cattle, but sheep, hogs, mules, poultry,
or anything that money can be made
out of. With all this he should be a
civil engineer, acquainted with levels
and hydraulics and repairs of pumps,
and il in addition tn these require
M tS, he understands laying stone
anil brick, and putting on plastering.
as we'll as mixing and applying paints,
he Will lind plenty to do, TO say moth
Ing of what he ought to know abou
grain and milling it. His wife, and
in fact go d housewives generally,
must not only understand housekeep-
ing, but she must he n good CO, k,
baker aud confectiener, know how to
make and TT garments of all sorts for
both sexes, and not only be tailores +,
but milliner and mantua maker alsu.
S e must understand canning fruit and
vegetables, and making both pickles
and preserves. With these accom-
plishments for TIE farmer and his
wife, success will attend their efforts,
and the Preside will be surrounded i'm
time with intelligent and happy chill
iiren.
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About Governors.

There are but five States in the Union
where the Chief Magistrate is elected
annually. They are as follows, with
the amount of salary appended
Name, salary $500; Massachusetts,,
$4,000; Michigan, $1,000; New IIamp-
shire, $1,000; Rhode Island, $1,000.
The following States have terms Of
two years: Alabama, salary $4,000
Colorado. ; Connecticut, $4,000
Iowa, $4,000; Minnesota, $4,000; Ne
braska, $2500; Nevada, $4,000; New
York, $40, 900; Ohio, $4,000; South
Carolina, $500; Tennessee, $1,000 ;
Texas, $4,000; Vermont, $1,000; Wis
cousin. $4,000.
The following have terms Of three
years: New Jersey, salary $4,000
Pennsylvania, $40. 900.
The following have four-year terms {:
Arkansas, salary $500: Californi4,
$4,000; Delaware, $4,000; Florida,
$500; Georgia, $1,000; Illinois,
$4,000; Indiana, $4,000; Louisiana,
$4,000; Kentucky, $4,000; Maryland,
$500; Mississippi, $40O0; Missouri,
$4,000; North Carolina, $4,000; Oregon,
$500; Virginia, $4,000; West Virginia,
$1,000.
BY this it win be seen that of the
thirty-cight Governors, five arc elected
for one year, fifteen for two years. two
for three years, and sixteen for four
years. Four of them receive $1,000,
one $500, two $4,000, four $4,000, four
$4,000, five $4,000, three $500, four
$4,000, one $4,000, eight $4,000, three
$4,000, one $4,000, while two get $40,
600, making a total of 1888 200 in SAL
aries tc the Chief Executives of thirty
s;Yen States, one being unknown.
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OLD ST on Hell.

While they were resting from work
at noon yesterday Amos said:
81 heah'd er white man reed;n' In de-
paper dis mOrnin' dat folkes was bat
in now whudder dere wuz envy he'll
or not!"
"Shucks !" sand old 81, "you'se got
dat wrong eend fo-must, shol"
mo, sab dat wuz what he re / in
de paperp
"Whudder dere wuz emmy hcll?" re-
peated 81.
"Yes, sab; whudder when er mar
give up hyar he went to hell, or Jess
dissolved TO dus' a9inl"
''L1okie heah l don't want no 'spute
wild nobody, but eff emmy man come
foohn' round me wild dat sorter skrip
tur he's gwine ter heah me git up van
der inter shoutin' tonesl" said ST.
"Why is dail'
''Kaise ta'nt gwine ter dol Yer jess
make er niger belebe der amt no heah
after, an see what yer comes ter. Ed
cry second house'll be er cnart house,
an de houses 'twIxt 'em'.l be i4lc
houses. Hts moughty hard ter keep
'em strate now wii de sheriff an hell
bofe fore dar eyes ~
I'd n you'se on de side ob de fab an
brimstonep
''You'se right, honeyl Efyou tink
you'se gwine ter leebe dis wourld ter
play snow ball somewhere you'se 'rong.
Oars er warm place beyont heah fer de
managers ob de freedmen bank an
chickin lifters centrally, else Use gwine
ter swap my Eim-book fer CT pack er
kyards. "-AtLdata Constitution.
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The sabbath ana s.rone Drink.


For the sake of the working men
and their families. for the sake of the
good name AMI prosperity of our beau
tiful city. and above all and beyond
all, for the sake of morality and re-
ligion, the drink traffic should be abso-
lutely prohibited on the Sabbath 10
this city. The effects OF the drink
traffic on Sunday tend to draw men
away from home and from the churches
TO places OF public resort, to saloons
and beer gardens, where, observed only
by those similarly employed, they can
speHd the sacred hours in drinking,
and often in reckless reyelry aud de-
bauch, IL which the moral percep-
tions are terribly blunted, and in
which all social distinctions are
forgotten. The traffic on Sunday
should be inhibited, because if men
spend the Sabbath soberly they will be
more likely to spend Monday and the
other work days so also. III the work
ing man can save the wages received
on Saturday, and keep it over Sun
day, he Is more likely to keep it
through the week. It ia estimated by
the chief Of police of New York City
that the closing of saloons and beer
gardens on Sundays saves the work
ing men of that city over one hundred
Thousand dollars each Sabbath.
But again, the Sabbath was ordained
by God at creation expressly to mInis-
ter to the noblest being and his i'm
mortal interests. Now, whatever
makes war upon the day set apart by
his Maker for especial attention
to those interests makes war
upon what Is worth more to
to mankind than ''much gold and sill
ver." Very certain it is that the world
can never he redeemed without the
Sabbath. 70 convert 1t into a day of
profane dissipation and brutalizing be
bauch is to close the window of heav-
en- itself and to hurry men into Yeri-
table hell.
Notwithstanding the great power of
this evil, Notwithstanding its hand is
lifted in defiance and is feeling for one
of the central pillars that prop the tenn
pie of religious liberty, it will go down
TO rise no more forever il we do our
duty. Let us, then, be true to our
selves and to our God. Let us work,
work, work. Let US carry the "morn-
ing sunshine into the night of igno
rance and sins" then shall our paths
blossom everywhere, and the conquest
be won and man, pure, noble and good
as he came from the hand Of his Crea-
tor, will be reclaimed, refined and fitted
for the kingdom of Heaven.
HARD Brick.
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CoTToN-15 CENTS.

Fifteen ccnts rer pound is offered Col, N
T. Slaughter, I J,iTsrson, Texas. for all the
: Pearcc Cotton" he can raise in 1878. Within
the last i've years the Pearce cotton has hecn
thoroughly tested in Virginia. Georgia and Tex
as, and although a long staple cotton, resem-
hing il nos 20 Ialiag. the staple 4 the cele-
bratyd Sea Island varie y, is unf 10 p sSess
IN; following cry greet advantages over the
sho staple varieties 80 Ion : grown in the cot
ton States:
!. Ii natures from. four !, six weeks earlier
IL harder, a7G with the SANE treatment at least
80 per cent more prolific.
:; 1t adheres toihe boil, Nes not drop ont
and yet l. eSsily picked; has longer bolls, which
open wide, and fewer a d liz ter seed and turns
OF more linf than short stasIle cotton
IL has mole and Longer limbs, v 18th shorter
joints and larger hollis; they gin at the ground.
ard the stalk Is OF CO zeal shape, whith supports
itself and fruit
8. 1t commands ssls per cent. 1rore than short
stable cotton, as shown by Mr. Pear. cs sale in
Philadelphia In 1878. and by te-ts made in Geor-
gia ami Texas ia 1871
These important chSracts ristics, accorded only
TO the PSarce cotton, and which are &c I e d To
oy those who have tried it, eeriaiuly warrant
The prediction that 80 no distant day Il win Le
planted exclusively throughout the entire cot
ton-growing region Tbs Pearcs cotton Is no
fancy improvement upon the short stspie.~ a.
are the heaiham, Herlong, Dixon, etc, but
separate and Cfztinct species Of :. long slap -
and better suited 20 the ST ties than thu short
saple and doubty odtahlc Every cot on
grower - onld seize The opp, riuniiy sud get in
iced 81 this CO ton eosr, the cost OF the recd
Is trih'nc compared with the Increased quantity
and price, 20 say nothing OF he value OF the
SGD raised for sale and 70 plant am keeping
3 record OF every mans address who pian's this
cotton, and viii buy by sample his cotton for
the manufacturer who pays the best price, there
by securing TO him ths real vaiue Of his fne lint
and 70 the manufacturer ths entire crop Of ISIS
rAised by my patrons. Manufacturers and farm
ers viii be Furnished samples ana circulars on
applicA ion The lint OF this rotten il very fine
and measures fr0m one anc haif 20 two inches
In lcngth
P.isss tor seed sacked and on beard Of cars are
Per pound. and les than 4 hashel- 8 Sss
One-h m bushci ....... 90
Prom one 10 I've bushels, per bushcl %
Fog ave oushels and upward. per bashei 500
One bassel. When rolled and dropDed- VIII
plant non Ave 20 eight acres. accordii Z to sol
pay ior largest yield On - scres - ISIS SO 90
pay for largest ia OF - acrcs IN ls-s 10 d
/ paw for largest yie 4 On 5Ec-es In ISIS o0
Ageefs vii be p9ld = liberal c1nrnissfon.
Sen1 tncncy b. registered letter, postoalcr or-
der q exptess 10 undersigned ~ AESTIS.
Ik1AS Nonc hal cash ord r d'ted- Onc3
viii Hooper = Co Eucces<ors 70 lust. sDinkf1s
4 Cc- f,c1n strect. sid puiess glIhoil d.
lay. Rep cifniiy, AIS HURST, Aefnf.