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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

A
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BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Friar's Point, Coahoma..-............-....5 pm
Cincinnati. Cons Millar ......5 p m
ST. Louis, Grand Tower. pm
ARg1VAbs
Steamer Jamss Howard, New Orleans.
John Dippold, New Orleans.
Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
Coahoms, Friar's Point.
West Wind, 0sceola,
Port Eads, St. Louis.
City Of Helena, st Louis.
Golden Rule, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer James Howard, St. Louis.
John Dippold, St. Louis.
Port Eads, New Orleans.
Hard Cash, White river.
A. J. White, Arkansas City.
West Wind, 0@sceola.
Colder Rule, New Orleans.
BOATS IN OFT.
Coahoma, Cons Millar, City Of Helena,
Grand Tower.
Condition OF the EiVers.
The river here is about on a stand
with 10 feet Oh the guage. AT Cairo
it rose 2 inches, with "a feet 3 inches
on the gauge; at st. Louis it de-
clined l inch, with q feet 8 inches
on the gauge; at Pittsburg it de-
clined l inch, with 2 feet 6 inches
on the gauge; at Cincinnati Q
inches, with IL feet inches on the
gauge; at Louisville it Is stationary,
with Z feet in the canal; at Evans
vile it is falling, with 10 feet on
the gauge. Cumberland river de-
clined 8 inches at Nashville, with
5 feet Q inches on the gauge.
Arkansas river is rising at Little
Rock, with Is feet on the gauge.
White river is reeeding, with a COED
stage Of water from Jacksonport to
the mouth.
miscellaneous.
Warm and sultry.
Very little animation on the
levee.
Business yesterday was generally
suspended.
The Mary Houston left Louis
vile this morning for New Orleans.
The j. d. Parker passed Louis
vile yesterday for Memphis.
The Colorado left Yicksburg yes
terday at noon for st. Louis and
leaves here Sunday evening.
The Andy Baum and Golden
Grown passed Cairo yesterday morn.
ing for Cincinnati.
The Port Eads and barges passed
down last evening for New Or
leans.
The safe Of the elevator was re.
covered from the river yesterday.
Its contents were badly used up.
The snagboat O. G.. Wagner j,
making preparations to 60 int
service on a voyage up Red river.
The Charles Morgan will leave
Cincinnati tomorrow evening fol
New Orleans.
The Belle Of Shreveport will
leave st. Louis tomorrow evening
for New Orleans.
Mr.. Allen Collier died at his res
ldence IN Cincinnati, on Monda,
night, of paralysis.
The Hattie Rowland leaves Lit
tie Rock to-day for Memphis anC
will arrive Monday morning.
The Illinois leaves Vicks6urp to
day at noon for Memphis and will
arrive Sunday evening.
The West Wind, with her bi,
trip Of excursionists, returned :
the upper coast last night, after tn
fireworks display was over.
) The j. W. Gaf, from Memphis
, arrived at Cincinnati yesterday an
leaves there tomorrow with a r(
turn trip for Memphis.
The A. @. Donnally, from Gin
oinnati, and City Of Alton, fror
st. Louis, arrived at New Orlean
yesterday.
} The Paris G. Brown, bound fc
Cincinnati, passed VicKsburg yes
terday at 2 Il. m. and is due here tt
morrow.
The City Of Vicksburg, from S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05

MEMPHIS AND Observation-Disclosures
Arrives. Leaves.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 5.-COtton nominal.
Middling, II. No sales.
LIVERPOOL, July 5. $3.50 p~.m.-Cotton is
active and irmer. Middling uplsnds.
SD; middling Orleans. 67-16d. Sales, IS 900
bales, Of which 1000 wore 'or export and
speculation. Rsceips, 5000 bales, Of which
1900 were American.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE R. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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improvements In lhe Ara Of Dress.

improvements Ia abe ART OF Dress.
Harper's Bazaar.l
Great improvements have been
made lately in corsets. AS the
princess dress now worn defines the
hip IS plainly as The waist, all cor
sets have been heightened both in
the bnsks and over the hips, where
they fit as smoothly as a glove fits
the hand. Stiff busts formed by
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05

EVnFoH9 daily IUAUUFE A - ~
Saturday. ......... .......- s.W n oiA'So
Mail Train ....... ...........--. SD W-U
Accounted MEX. Sunday a.4O
Depot at head Of Main street.
Ticket Office, Isl Main street, corner OF
Madison.
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merchants Wholesale cash Prices.
Cbamher If Commerce Official Statement

Chamber OF Omcial btatement.
Flour Quiet; superine, 81 25@4 so;
double extra, 81 1905; treble extra,
IS 50@5 10; choice family, S. 1906 90;
fancy, S. 25@6 so per barrel.
CoRNMEAL-Firmer; k~iln-dried, 81 600
2 20 per barrel.
CoRN-Fair demand; mixed, 484050c;
white, 52@53c; ear, 52c per bushel-l3c
higher from store.
OArs-Steady; mixed. 37@3Se; white,
40e per bushel
BRkE-Quiet and steady, 70@75c.
HAY-Steady; stock light; choice
western, $l6@l7; prairie, uominally So
az 50i mixed, $l3@l4 per ton.
BULK PoRK-Advancing; Shoulders,
dc; long clear, &c; clear rib, 6bc; clear
sid.s. Csc; casked, &c higher.
AcoS-lLoose)- advancing; shout
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-05
T%ELEGRAPHIC MARKETs
STOCKS n BONDS.

LONDON, July Is, $3.50 p.m.-Consols
for money are IS ll.l6; on account
United States 6ve.twenties of 1861. 1853.
United States 6ve.twenties Of 1867, 1913:
United States ten-forties, 1861; United
States new four-and.a-halfs, l06t; United
States new fves, l09
New York, July 5, ll:20 a m.-Gold
1909; United States skies Of 1881, regis.
tered, lO7s@l074; United States skies Of
1881, coupons, ll74@ll73; fve-twenties
of'65, registered, new Issue, 1890,
6ve-twenties Of '67, l051GI06; FIVE
twenties of '6S, 1881 ~ten.forties, lO9G
@l09f; coupons, lO9t9-; new fives
lO7B@l07lj coupons, lO7b@-; new
four-and-a-halfs, lO4B@l04a; coupons
l041@l04s; currency skies, POLO
new tours, lOOf@lOO8; coupons, 1904.
B~READsTUFFs,
LIVERPOOL, July 5-Flour, 22s Od6
24s Cd. Wheat, winter. 9s 3d@lOs %
Milwaukee red. IS 8d@9s I'd; Californi,
white, 90 lld9lOs Sd; California club
los 3d@l0 Sd. Corn, new. 22s 6d@
% 81. Pork, 48s 6d@- Cd. Beet, 72s Cd
Bacon, long clear, Us Sd; short clear
Dos Cd. Lard, 35s 81. Tallow, 37s Sd.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

H
The BosI on Post paragraphs thus:
Butervlile is only flag station
Another B B. is coming East
His name is Ben Bristow Eds
gene Hale still talks in his sleep,
hut his appetite is improving. "A
down East, soft money orator says:
"Fiat money enough I wouldn't be
preaching this d77d nonsense. -
Hale and Gorham. dealers in hard
andlsoft money, is the name of u
firm with headquarters in WASH
ington. Butter quotes Whittier,
but Whittier doesn't quote Batter,
and If he did IL would be at mighty
low figures. Thomp pson can
spare the navy little while, Robe
son would like to borrow it long,
enongh to sail into Congress-
The Blddeford Journal thinks
Smith ought to be the next Gov
ernor OF Maine in preference to
Garcelon. Probably the editor mal-
ried a Sn1ith,TWote fe eilaires,yote
with caire, vote IN presence of the
inspectaire, but in the name of all
that's decent and faire, do not vote
for Ben Butlaire.---The ignorance
of the people is Eugene
Hale's excuse for his defeat
in Maine. Singular, when he
claims to have had them wholly
In his keeping so long. He should
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

that cooperation and that that man
belongs to another. In nine cases
out of ten these aspersions have abb
solutely no foundation. The pos,
session of law practice Of twenty
Eve thousand dollars year, Qua
mans merits as q lawyer, are not
suficient to protect him from these
gross asperslons. and If be happens
to be poor he is supposed to be ve-
nal as a matter of course. Any
properly constituted person must
have a hearty contempt for such
infamous brutality. Col. Joe Hoge,
as self.respecting man as lives in
California to-day,-dii- not escape
these low insinuations. In his
speech at the conference of the
Non.Partizans defining his posi-
ton in allowing his name to go be-
fore it as candidate for President
of the Convention, he said: +" I
"almost beg your pardon for al
" "luding to it, but the idea that !
I" belong to anybody-to any cor
poratiop; that am owned; my
!" God, MI. President, I am
"asha med to allude to it," +
There ts one consolation discov-
erable, and that is that We have
descended so low in this regard In
the United States as to be almost
at the bottom Of the ladder. We
are therefore permitted to hope
that the people will some day take
it into their heads to ascend in
stead Of descending in tire scale of
manners and morals.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

PRESIDENT HAYES eertainly
does an uncommon amount of trav-
cling. Thus far he has swung
around the circle at q rate which
would have dazzled Andrew John
son and which leaves the perform
ances of Grant away:in the shade.
He was to have inaugurated a new
era Of official propriety, and yet
his Cabinet officers have been Dip
ping freely into the campaigns In
Ohio and other States. 1t proba-
bly, makes little difference where
Hayes is, but he is really carrying
his mania for electione ering-such
it really is-to indecent extremes.
He has lately boxed the compass
from Washington to Bismarck,
and no sooner was it tannOanced
that he had returned to the capital
than we agaln hear OF him in New
York. He will be known in his
tory as not onlysthe Eight to .Sev-
en- but the peripatetic President.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

THE venom with which Ben
Butler is being bounded by the Re-
publican press and stumpers of
Massachusetts is sight to see,
even in these days of malignant
political diatribes. The journals
in the interest of the bond-holders
take y. wild. delight in describing
Butler as a "deviP' and th g en-
bodiment of everything naughty.
Meanwhile, the strabismie3 states-
man holds The even tenor of his
way, giving as good as he gets,
and perhaps little better; for,
Whatever other virtues Butler may
lack, it has never been denied,
even by his enemies. that he has
a tongue hung most accurately in
the middle and a mother-wit Sec
Ond to that of no created mortal -
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

PERHAPs no single thing could
show more conclusiveIy the grasp
Ing character OF the American cor
porations than the policy which
has been pursued by the Standard
9h gompany towards the infaut
0tffnterests- Of California. The
Standard Company Is one of the
wealthiest corporations in the
world. II has gone on absorbing
lesser fish till now it Is perfect
'Eeviathan and controls absolutely
:tA4. whole trade of the United
States, and even the world. y Its
policy has always been to buy out
or crush out all opposition. From
tlie'first formidable showing of the
oil wells of Southern California,
that corporation has adopted the
policy Of selling refined oil at a
yeiy low figure on 1.-The Pacific
Cosst. Ordinarily the immense
freight charges ia transporting pc.
'troieum from the Pennsylvania oil
weHs to California would be lu.
Sretiye prea.ium to our local pro.
ducers; but, large corporation
ftself and dealing with large cor
p6rstions, the STANDARD Company
has obtaii,ed rates which enable il
20 coPpete with G ,lifnruia oil pro-
ducers on the Pacific Coast it
'teif. r This cannot last always.
notwithstanding this Unfair
.opposition, the production of the
SWsIls VI aLas Angeles county has
gone on Increasing from year to
year. The product is twice what
IL was three years ago, and the sue
ceSs OF those who have already
sunk wells and been rewarded by
( heavy Yield of oil is attracting
new capital to the Southern Cali
,tsrnIa oil fields. We merely men,
t1ph The fact Of this unfair compe-
tlticu Of Eastern with Western oil
producers as another Instance of
the Jealous eye which all corpora
tions direct towards any growing
Interest which may menace their
lnpn0poIy.ssa ~ 9t.a.f,..4 4t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

: 4 = ~ - q
| KING CAUCUS seems to be as
serting himself in the Constitu
tional, Convention as freely MS in
the cut and dried assemblies of
political parties. We regret to see
this. An august body entrusted
with the framing of the organic
law of O State should know moth
ing of. the machinery of political
conventions, We thought that
party nominations vas the best
means of bringing 10 the front the
right class OF men for the Couven-
ton; but we are surprised to see
the. Non-Partizans of that body
adot, an agency for facilitating
sheir deliberations of which even
parties are becoming ashamed.
This line of policy naturally sug-
gests the inquiry as to whether the
Constitutional o. Cenventjon-is' to be
m ade the inst rument for-tbe for-
NATION OF a new party?
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04
.sMsrai Axr,cu,su-e.,

sl--thn.4 -1lornaons- --by--no- means
edse In Utah. The other day, in
New York, q man who gave his
name ~ Eckstein, was arrested
at the suit Of his wife, on q charge
Of bleamy. At the preliminary
hearing 10 his case no less than six
Of his wives put In an appearance,
his ease being adjourned till 10
o'clock the next day. AT that hour
no less than fifteen women, all
claiming Eckstein as their hus-
band, and all ready with their
marriage certificates, were on
hAfd. The much married Eckstein
rejoiced In innumerable aliases.
Curious to relate, his wives were
qll widows. He would learn of the
Whereabouts OF some well-to-do
and buxom widow-if fat, fair and
forty so much the better-and
would at. once begin his assault.
He sported superb solitaire dia.
mond ring and other jewels, with
which he dazzled their eyes, max
Ing them believe that he was .
AAn Of large means. In addition,
he would take his Dulcineas on
slat<1e psOmenades and show them
handsome blocks of buildings
4 which hs alleged belonged to him.
Having thus undermined the
citadeko the widowed heart, he
would make an assault in force aud
success crowned bis efforis.in every
instance. A few days after his
! marriage he would feign sickness
aud leave for a couple Of weeks
trip in the country or at the sea-
side to rehabilitate his health.
I, While there he would write, to his
.seMi y made wife an account Of taee
failure Of certain remittances, his
having to make large advances to
repair his property. etc., etc aud
demand all the ready money he
knew her to have athand. In fhis
way he obtained large sums. I'm
fortunately. for Eckstein his last
widow wife. was not of so confiding
. disposition as her predecessors.
She discovered large sized Afri-
can In the marital wood pile. 1t
occurred to her that it would be a
good idea for her to interview
: some of the tenants of Eek
stems numerous buildings and
when she learned that they had
!. never heard of that worthy she in
akftnted Inquiries which unearthed
other Mrs. Ecksteips. When the
flftseu widows stood in the police
court the scene was heartrending.
They proposed to the justice that
7Eckstein's diamonds should be
taken. from his person and divided
amongst them. share and share
alike. a,! ssifti iltsif - 80 :
As . moral agriculturist Eckstein
must be pronounced the success
.of the season. He throws
our own Dievendorf completely in
the shade. In view Of his signal
.ttltn phs over the whole. widow
guild, We must alter our opinion
OF the supposed sagacity of the
moufniag sisterhood., We shall
never again, attach the same au-
thority to old Tony Weller's i'm
. 'pressivs injunction to his son,
"Samivel, Samivel. beware o. vid-
dsfs.n1 -. s.,.l..a sio'i..,a,, TO- oa.',,-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

The other evening a Mauayunk
man came home and found his
wife hadn't supper ready. Did he
kick things areliffd and growl and
swear? Z Mo, he walked quietly
down to the cellar, ate whole apple
pie. half a jar Of preserves, and top.
ped OFT with half q watermelon, and
before midnight he had the cramps
so bad that for four hours on q
stretch 1t kept ak women busy
making mustard plasters to slap on
him. Truly, virtue hath Its own
reward. So. & .sas--s-%--
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

Neil Cow, the fiddler, was thor
oughly Scotch in one thing-he
loved his whisky and seldom went
travelling either short dis tancss or
long without frequent "revivers.u
One morning he had an appoint
ment with "a noble patron at
Dunkeld, but at the stated hour
had not arrived at the castle. The
duke waited till he got tired of
waiting indeed, until he was
obliged to drive off to keep another
appointment. On the road he met
the fiddler, staggering. ".Ah,
Neil,n said the patron, Sits q, long
road to Dunkelt this morning ],
"Ah, ma laird" said the fiddler,
..it's mo- the length, but the
BREADTH ..'...............
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

Ten years ago Jonathan Brinton,
of Washington, Iowa, had q vision
that the glory of Jerusalem was
about to return, and became poss-
essed with the idea that the Saviour
had commissioned him to open an
inn near the Holy City. He left
half of the $4,000 he was worth
with his wife and son. who pre-.
ferred to work on the Iowa farm
and with the rest opened a hotel
two miles east of Jerusalem, where
he has had such success that Mrs.
Brinton has sold out the Iowa
property and gone with her son to
rejoin her husband.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

The New G.Nernnr of Canndn.

QUEBEC, Oct. Sd.-The Marquis
of LofDe and Princess Louise will
sail for Canada OH the 14th of No
vember. The Allan steamer Sa.
marltah has been chartered 0 con-
vey the new Governor. General
and bis royal cOnsort. The Samar-
itan will be met ut sea by the Brit.
ish North American Squadron now
In port aud escorted to. Halifax,
where it is definitely arranged the
Marquis and Princess will first set
foot on Canadian soil. 80 ~
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

Who, asks the Boston TRANSCRIPT,
would be q csndidate for the Cow
efiloIsbip. spd fardels bear lwhat-
ever fardels are), when baseball
catcher Is the hero of the men and
the darling of the ladies, with
81 1000 year. ns.1.]
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

The School Board of Sheerness
were recently discussing the sub
ject@of corporal punishtHents Two
of the memhars- got so excited that
one of them broke his umbrella
over the others head, and was In
turn kicked down stairs. ,VqlGt
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

Mrs P Partipgton says shsis much
disinfected WITH her new residen &c,
caparisoned with her old one,
which was on the road to a popu-
lous symetery, where she was en-
liveped somatimes by seeing q
dozen funerals in a day. ..otti
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

4f - fItttt4i .tti aliN1ifi ff4 is s.5f 70
4 THERE is too much disposition
nowadays TO asperse the motives Of
public men. Notably is this the
'6ass 10 California ~ 1t islso cons
mon - not 10. excite remark to
heas that this man is influenced by
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04
Herald Steam Printing House.

rhe Herald steam Printing House is
not surpassed by any job Pripting office
on the Pacific Coast. outside of San Fran.
olsco. In facilities for doing job work
Low prices. good work and expedition
nay Be relied upon at this office.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

both sporting nreffI becnune fu.-
volved in an alteration on Geary
street this morning, when Tyler
drew his revolver aud discharged
one shot at Marcus without doing
any damage. This afternoon Tyler
was arrested on charge of assault
to murder.
Talk OF n Mimiag tsslsnprosnise.
SAN FRANcIsco, Oct. Sd.-There
has been rumor on the street that
the contest between Sierra Nevada
and Union Consolidated, relative
to two hundred feet of disputed
ground, had been settled, or was in
fair way of compromise. This re-
port is. denied by, oficerssof the
Union, who state that they are sat-
isfied with. the standing. of their,
claim and feel confident of result
in their favor.
Money MHrkes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3I.-The
brokers furnish the following quo
tations for legal tenders and silver
coins: Legal tenders, 993 bid, 99s
asked; Mexican dollars, S9t bid, 80
asked; trade dollars, 964 bid, 81
asked; half dollars 9S bid, 9S9
asked. s,.v..n
D. san j Jose Haces. 81
SAN JOSE, Oct. 3d.--In the 2:30
class race to-day Doty won in
three straight heats, beating Nut
wood and Gates. Time 2:23, 2:2l3
and 2:2I, the best trot yet made OH
the coast for this class of horses.
Fr.ud Lodge OF 1. y. g. T.
VALLEJO, Oct, 3l.-The Grand
Lodge I. o. G. r., has elected Off
GERS as follows: G w C Il, Will
D Gould, Los Angeles (re-elected);
u w G, Robert Thompson; G w
7, Kate 8 Hart. Visalia; G WS,
Geo b KatIenstein, Sacramento,
(re-elected); g w T, I 8 Halsey,.
Vallejo, (re-elected); Superintend-
ent Juvenile Templars, Emily Pit;
Stevens, San Francisco, (re-elect-
ed); Grand Lodge Trustees, A ]
Stevens, John + Pinkham, w w
Likins; Orphans Home Trustees,
IL s, Halsey, A G Clark, Samuel
Kitto. The next session is to be at
Stockton.
A Phemssnemni Jury.
VELLEJo, Oct. 3d.-The jury in
the case of the People vs. James
lLowther, charged with the murder
of John Thompson, at Rio Vista,
June 10th, which has been on trial
at Fairchild since last Monday,
were discharged this afternoon,
having been unable to agree. They
were out 20 hours and stood ten for
conviction and two for ,acquittal..
Bail was fixed at. $4,000. The
facts of the killing in'ti,fs case were
admitted and tile. plea Of the de-.
fense. was emDti Dnal insanity,
caused by the seduction of defend.
ants sister by Thompson under
promise OF marriage aud boasting
Fof the exploit by Thompson among
the acquaintances of the girl. The
trial lasted three days and excited
much interest l. = : a.1.
Lesis,"tIon Against Chinan,cn.. .. 4
PORTLAND, Ogn., .Oot.. 3-Post-
master General Key will return
this evening from a trip. ny the Co.
lumbia, 40 i+,J o's.,4.tl.-ls %
The Legislative Committee on
Federal Relations has reported H.
b. 10, prohibiting Chinamen from
being employed on public works,
favorably. An amendment was Of
fered that no Cinnamon shall be
allowed TO employ white men to
work out his tax. Lost. t....a4.,...
i- lt-i.#s zi# -.-..t1i i,ii". 't l,'a 5T#t49 5.e
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04

The Philadelphia Chronicle pub
fishes these paragraphs: Butler
says she laughs best. who laughs
last.'l He is in favor of green
backs. the resurrectiOnists
let Boutwell, alone? He's got a
life job b.revisipg, the statutess----i
The Presidentmay 59bt-6e a. great
man, but he has visited power
ofagricultural fairs.--Don't be too
lhafa-Son Cohen. the. Washington
agitstor. Perhaps he's the indiviJ-
ual Mr.. Hayes left behind to run
the Government Western
hotel.keeper whose bill of fare bore
the announcement, breakfast to
g." had it scratched off the morn.
ing the President took ,raS meal
there. He was afraid the figures I
to s would recall painful recollec-
tiops TO the % indof hjsgpest. :.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04
: Latest Eastern Views.
.iltit-L.s l.f4s
OLeRry's Waik.

New York, Oct. 3.-At ten
O'CLOCK this morning O'Leary fin
ished his 270th mile; Hughes 242
miles.
Haatoa Scu,tinr
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-04
NEW TODAY.
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Wanted.

Byayouug Rirl,,a situation as Cham
bermafd ana Nurse; can make he erself
useful. Enquire at this office.
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