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The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
JOHN STOMN

The Johnstown Disaster IS the sub.
iect Of 1S illustrations in HAnPER's
WEEKLY published June ~, in
cluding t.
The Scene at the Bridge double page
--Gensral View from South Fork
Turnpike double Crossing
Temporary Bridge front page)-Af-
rest OF Plunderers full page)--
Ruined Roman Catholic Church
Main Street After the Flood
Wreck Of Vestibuie Train-Ferry-
ing the Dead at Night-The Bro
ken Dam-Relief Station--Map OF
Johnstown and Vicinity-Waif Of
the Flood.-Locomotive Rescued
Telegraph Operators in the Old Ce-
ment Mill--Carrying Home Coffins
Guarding Supplies--En ampment
Of Relief Parties-Rescues at the
Signal Tower.
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Chesapeake Il Ohio Route.

Schedule I'm effect May IL, 1880.
Trains leave Union Depot, Sixth and B
streets, 1857 a m for Newport News Old
Old Point at $50 m, and Norfolk at 6.aO
pm.
l124 a M Cincinnati Express daily, for
stations in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Cincinnati. Vestibule Sleepers through
without change to Cincinnati, arriving at $40
a IN.
9.4Opm--F. F. V. Vestibule Special daily,
solid trains with dining cars run through
without change to Cincinnati. Vestibule
Sleeper for Lexington and Louisville.
ONCE, 513 Pennsylvania avenue
II. w. FULLER. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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FOR SALE-HOUsEs.

Advertisements uRde, his head, -four lines or
less 25 cents for three insertons so cents for sr.
E'OR. SALE OR EXCHANGE--300 NtASSA-
IL chusetts ave n o.; no prettier, finer fin
ished, more desirable Groom home In Wash
ington; installment plan, cash or otherwise;
$4,000. Call any day from to s p m.
EOR SALE-7.ROoM BAY-WINDoW BRICK
IL house; mod imps; stable; 2l06 Vermont
ave; S3,5 500; 10-room brick house, mod imps,
$4,000 OWNER, 905 U st n W.
E,oR SALE-LARGE BRICK BUILDING,
IL cor 4i and d n W, opposite City Hall,
known as Bradley building; will be sold on
easy terms. For Information apply to II. W.
TAtBOTT, Rockville, Md.
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rllIla., 3 Boston, ! Clev'l'd, Pitts5'e,1
wash, 9 ny, 81 rd,p%Is, . aleS'sso, .
washington D, PhIladephla ed eamel.
Cincin, 5 81. Luis, . Lsvillc, sI Kanciys
colu%ms., 9 Baltmi'e, : Bro'RRSIn,4 rmis., II
GAMES TO-DAY.
Phlla. boston Cleveland Pittsburg
wassslon, wSssl New s yrk, IndHpSll.. chicago. Ca
Sc. Louis
baltimore
The Washingtons showed yesterday
what they could do in the, way of good
and bad ball playing. The first game
was model one. The boys hit timely
went to pieces and presented Phiiadel.
phia with game. IIaddock did poorly
enough, but had he been well sup
ported the home nine would have won.
Swceny has demonstrated his unfitness
TO play third. The baseball people are
wondering why Sam Wise is not put
there. II would greatly strengthen the
team If Morrill, returned TO the bench
for awhile, let Carney succeed him at
first, put Wise on third and play either
Shoch or Mack in right field. However,
the boys have crawled out of last place,
and they may do better as they are now
placed
The Grand Central Trotting Circuit
purses for 1889 will aggregate close 10,
$250,000. Cleveland gives 1000;
Buffalo $4,000; Rochester, $34 900;
Poughkeepsie, $23, 900 or more; Hart
ford. 1888, 900; Springfield, $4,000, Az
bany, SEQ, 1000; New York, $2S,000 and
Philadelphia $4,000 One Of the
classes agreed upon by the Stewards at
Rochester is purse for 5-year-olds.
The official programme Of the circuit
will soon be ready for publication.
ITO play baseball on Sunday is 10
sin under heaven sadly sighs Mr.
Leach, a Western preacher. And then
he shouts with flashing eyes
did Daniel Webster play ball Sun
day2 Did he read the Sunday news
papers2 No. He stayed at home and
read his bible. Think of II : If Sun
day baseball had been played in Web
ster's time, perhaps Webster" would
have been dragged into IT, How that
great man would have deteriorted If he
had played baseball. He would have
sunk into oblivion"
Donovan's Derby victory al EPSON
on Wednesday only confirms the gen
erally-acceptcd opinion that he is far
away the best three-year-old in Eng
land Up TO date Donovan's winnings
amount TO $l03, ,675, which not only
beats Ormonde's record, but Is the
largest amount of stakes ever won by a
race. horse.
Your work must be very arduous AZ
this season, Mr.. Scorecard," remarked
the fair young maiden to the able base
ball reporter. "Well, yes, marm, IL
isl replied the journalist; keeping
the run of baseball game is easy
enough, and aiDt kicking at pudding;
but when get TO the Office and have to
put the derned thing into English
grammar, the way the old man wants
it-oh, that's what takes the edge of
| life, ,"-IPuCk,
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12

'TI,REAsURY DEPARTMENT, MAY q, 1889.
i Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of the Superintendent for furnishing
supplies for use of the Treasury Department,
In the city of Washington, ID. c., for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1890. Proposals will be
opened at o'clock p. M, on the following
named days: For removing Ashes, Cleaning
Carpets Washing Towels and for Ice, MON.
DAY, June IL 1889; for Lumber, Forage, Fuel
and the purchase of Waste Paper, TUESDAY,
June 10, 1889; for File Holders, Painters Ma
terials and Plumbers Materials, WEDNES
THU RsDAY, June 20, 1889; for Miscellaneous
Supplies, FRIDAY, June 81, 1885, Printed
schedules containing Instructions TO bidders
may be had at the Office of the Superidtend.
ent. The Department reserves the right to
reject any and all bids, or parts of any bid,
and to waive defects.
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12

WAsnINeToN, ID. C., May 2S, 1880.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Department until SATURDAY, the 18th
day Of June, 1889, at IL O'Clock noon, for fur
nishng ertain letter balances, scales, type
writer paper, rubber stamps and press.oopy
books being Items SO, 93 01, 05 90, 97, 100, 101,
159a, 100, 18i and 1872 In accordance with the
IN the departmentai schedule under date of
March ~, 1889, in such quantities and at such
times, and from time TO time as the. same
may BIO ordered during the fiscal year begin
ming July ], 1889, and ending June 30 1890, for
any branch Of the Departmental or Postal
Service.
The Postmaster-General reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, TO waive technical
defects, and to accept any part Of any bid
and reject the other part.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Postmaster. General,
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No. 937 Penn. Ave.
NEAR TENTH ST.
Telephone, 18

During the summer we
clean up and clear out in
order to get ready for the
Fall and Winter trade. So,
if you wish to buy a Piano
or Organ, that has been out
at rent or taken in exchange,
by buying now you can get
the advantage Of summer
prices and save a great deal
of money. We have Up
right Pianos at all prices
from $Ia5 upwards; Organs
S22, S27, and so on. All
kinds of Musical Inst:u-
ments at a reduction. We
want rhe room, and we must
get rid of the goods. Now
is your great opportunity.
We are sole agents tor the
Bohemian Music Paper
straw tinted-and will not
blot or spread the ink; only
40 cents per quire.
And also for "Harris'
Sheet Music Binder,n for
repairing torn and damaged
music. A box containing
sufficient to mend forty
pages of music only IS cts.
The Arion Guitar, only
$Ia; the American Conser-
vatory Guitar, only SIS; the
Washburn Guitar, from $25
upward. All America n
made; guaranteed not to
split or warp, and to be
fretted absolutely correct.
We keep everything kept
in a first-class Music Store,
and we do not hesitate to
say our Sheet Music De-
partment is the largest and
most complete in the city.
Special terms to teachers
and those entitled to a dis
count. Come and see our
store and avail yourself OF
our summer prices.
| .|0HN F. FUIS K CO,,
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- at the Office of the Supervising Architect,
United States Treasury Department, Wash
ington, ID. O.. until O'clock p. m. on the
TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE, 1889 for the
labor and material necessary In the extension
Of tho boiler vault, removal of old steam
boiler and furnishing and puttlngln place com
plete two new steam boilers In the southeast
ID. I'm accordance with the drawing and
specification, copies of which may be had on
application at this office.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certi-
fed check for 500.
JAS. II. WINDBIM,
Supervising Architect.
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12

I oTs-FoR SALE.
Il ! ave. bet 1dth and 18th SITS, 81 by average
1876, with brick house. e...:..:..., $3.50 per y.
18th and A SITS n Q, 8 to 14inclusive, SO. 100,
wide front, short depths. ......... f5c. per IT,
Cor. ID and South Capitol SITS, ,75x68. roc per IT
s. W. cor. Georgia ave, X and l2th SITS e, 3
fronts, short depths, space for houses,
Mt Pleasant, lots 81. SO, 80, "a, Browns sub
division, containing s0,5G0 square feet, large
oak grove. ye...,;,.;,..;.'''''''''''' ''2oc per II.
81" b. il. GILBERT & CO.,
raaa 625 II st n W.
Managers Takoma Park.
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l,E.RsONAL.

~NNN~NN NNNN>N ~. ~ : ~~'->J>'~
AdrtftistBifnfs under Mis hedd, -four lines or
ess, p5 cents for three Insertions; 10 cents for str
V,HIS is THE SEASON OF THE YEAR TO
Il adorn and improve your honses by put
ting on new coat OF paint. r. M. BROWN,
on the corner Of .th and N SITS n W, Is just the
place to buy the material, and don't you for
get IL.
1UsTII's OLD STAND is THE ONLY
81 place where frst-class secondhand cloth
ing can be sold at respectable prices. Ad-
dress OF call at 619 d st. n. W.
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
HOUSES FOR SALE
FoR SALE .ASD RENT.

VTOW~W(U~Wl|JIVDVW |o0II~
DEAL ESTATE BULLETIN
In -BY-
THoS Z. wAGGAMAN. o17 r street.
Changes made Wednesdays and Saturdays.
2-STORY BRICK AND FRAME HOUSES
FOR SALE.
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
Save Your Hair

PY timely use OF Ayers Hair Vigor.
- This preparation has no equal as
dressing, 1t keeps the scalp clean, cool,
and healthy, and preserves the color,
fullness, and beauty of the hair.
81 was rapidly becoming bald and
gray but after using two or three
bottles of Ayers Hair Vigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored. MELVIN Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, n. III.
"some time ago lost all my hair in
consequence OF measles After due
waiting, no new growth appeared. l
then used Ayers Hair Vigor and my
hair grew
Thick and Strong.
It has apparently come TO stay The
Vigor IL evidently great aid TO nature"
j. B, Williams, Floresville, Texas,
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
the past four or five years and find II a
most satisfactory dressing for the hair.
II is all / could desire, being harmless,
causing the hair TO retain its natural
color, and requiring but small quantity
10 render the hair easy TO arrange. -
Mrs. NJ. A. Bailey, 0 Charles street,
Haverhill, Mass,
81 have been using Ayers Hair Vigor
for several years, and believe that it has
caused my hair 10 retain its natural
color. Mrs. II. j. King, Dealer in
Dry Goods, &c, Bishopville, Md.
Ayers Hair vigOr,
PREPARED ny
Or. ]. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by Druggists and Periunsrs.
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12
S3rcoNFECTIoNERY,

Confectionery, Pure Candies, Cakes, Pies,
Nuts, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, at
GEORGE w. WElDMAN'S,
ava q
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-0s0<<Af~NfffsfsoSNfN<SNfs Y ~ Y y
NOR SALE--A nAR.R0OM IN SOUTH
H. Washingtoni cheap for cash. Apply 2Oi
virginia kyo,S W,
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THE SPORTING WORLD.

Tl1ia., Boston, j CievTd, Z / FiIis5'e-7
vast 81 ~ ,a,ng,. 81 ,s,so a.
Washington o Philadelphia cd Eamel.
cinci9r s. L'gIs,0 LsyilIc' Kanc,i'ys
colum, 9 Ballm,e, : pro,k,lu. 4 rhlla.. II
The Washington critic., 1889-06-12

Phila. boston Cleveland Pittsburg
at at at az
Wash'ton, New Yrk, Indplls. Chicago.
Sc. Louis
at
baltimore
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STORES, OFFICES, ETC.
Y ave, bet 18th and 18th SITS, $50
MONEY TO LOAN.

Ny~-N~]N-O>0-O~O-NJ~sN- J~sN-NsN~N<-~~0s~~0~~~~~
Advertisements under MS head, four tines
Tess, 25 cents for three Lnserti0ns so cents for 81
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
THE TAI MIDDLE.

THE Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
will pardon us when we say its attacks
upon that feature of our tax laws which
apply to the taxation of municipal and
other bonds, and of shares of foreign rail-
ways, are somewhat incorporate, and, we
believe, are not founded upon sound
reason. Taxes were lower in 1851 than
now, as the Commercial Gazette says
The reason is the art of stealing, of grab
bing everything that is within reach, and
the luxuriant living that characterizes
to-day, were then unknown. As result
of these things, extravaganza prevails in
public affairs and jobs flourish.
As rule, personal property of all de-
scriptions is much more productive than
real, and depends more upon government
than does real, indeed, without govern
ment, most of it would have no value
whatever 1t should, therefore, bear its
full share of the burdens of government.
Possibly, because the laws of some COM
monwealths especially favor that species
of property, Ohio cities may suffer for a
time; but public attention everywhere is
| being directed to the inequalities of tax
alton, and the probabilities are that the
people will not anywhere much longer
submit to a system of taxation which
permits the most productive species of
property, the value of which depends
wholly upon government, to escape its
fair share of the support of government.
What is needed in every county and
township and municipality in Ohio is an
accountability and respect for law upon
the part of all men who are charged by
law with the disbursement of public
moneys. We need more Rufus Kings in
our boards of all kinds, and more E. W.
Kittredges, who will enjoin attempted
unlawful payments and compel respect
for law. When we have these in every
community, and the people Loyalty up
holding them-when all men appreciate
and act upon the theory that boards and
disbursing officers have no discretion
whatever-when courts, even, will no
longer do violence to the laws and when
all men realize that the penitentiary is
yawning for an officer who will divert
public money from the use for which it
is intended-then men will make honest
returns of their property and pay taxes
with some degree of grace, and not until
then. But it will not do to exempt pro-
ductive property because men will not
fairly list it for taxation. The State
must not take the position, virtually, that
it can not protect the visible property of
the people from the rapacityand greed of
lawless and unconscionable men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
CYCLONEINS
ttshurgh Commercial Gazette.

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The frequency of destructive storms
has suggested the necessity of the form
alton of companies to insure against
risks incurred by high winds. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says: "We have
railway accident insurance companies,
plate-gl insurance companies, and
risks are assumed upon various other
sources of danger. There exist many
reasons why an insurance company
against the devastating forces of the
elements is timely, and, indeed, de-
manded by the frequency and unexpect-
edness of these terrible devastations.
One of the effects of the organization
of such company would be greater
care in the construction of buildings,
and the use of such other precautions as
might tend to render damages from cy-
clones and tornadoes less severe. The
losses consequent upon the cyclone Of
Wednesday last will count up into mil
lions of dollars. The little town of Nj
agara Falls alone sustained a loss of
million, while the damage at Buffalo,
Reading, Pittsburgh and other points
was very heavy.
There is no reason why a farmer
should not insure his dwelling or barn
from being blown down; a manufactur-
er his shop or factory, and the real es-
tate owner his warehouses and dwellings.
The idea is not new one, since similar
companies have been formed in various
parts of Germany.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
THE MILD WINTER.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
From every quarter come ereports of an
unusually mild winter. They are making
hay along the Hudson instead of gath
ering the usual crop of ice from that
river. In New England they are gath
ering blossoms in the garden. On the
plains of Texas, where cattle starved
and froze to death last winter, the
grass is green and mild breezes are
blowing. People are beginning to be-
lieve that the Dakota boys really held a
picnic in the woods recently, as they
claimed, and that they enjoyed it
Around Cincinnati there is no hay
making or outdoor flower gathering,
but the turf is unusually green, and
honeysuckle vines and rose bushes are
in full leaf. Frequently farmer is to
be seen blowing in the field. We have
in this region, in late years, been so ac-
customed to moderately cold winters,
with sharp snaps that caused thermom-
eters to mark zero and below, that we
are disposed to look upon these mild
months as unreasonable and unhealth-
full. Pleasant as the weather is, diseas-
es lurk about, and physicians report an
unusually large number of cases. Coughs,
colds, pneumonia, measles, scarlet fever,
typhoid fever and all the train of suffer
ing and sorrow are prevalent this sea-
son, and in some places to an alarming
extent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
ARIsToCRATIC DEMOCRACY.

ARlSIOCRAIlC DEMOCRACY.
Baltimore Sun DemOcrat!c).
Passing by the President, the four
years Democratic regime now about to
end was remarkable and singular in an
other respect. The Cabinet, while they
may have been clerks, assumed an atti-
tude of official and social intercourse
which was not Democratic and not Re-
publican. Until 1885 visitors to the Cabi-
net officers, when officially engaged,
were not required to go through any
fOrmalities. Entrance to the Office of a
Secretary was easily obtained, although
properly and naturally no time was or
could be wasted upon those whose busi-
ness did not demand it. This was all
changed. Doors were closed, door
keepers were put at them, and all visi-
tors, high and low, were required to
send in their names. This innovation
was much resented, and not few prom
iment men declined to go near the Cab
met officers under such regulations. 1t
was also the cause of some very strong
language on the part of leading Sena-
tors and Representatives. On one oc-
casiOn hot -blooded Senator, who was
stopped by colored messenger at the
door of the room Of the late Secretary
Manning, sent message to him in the
hearing of all in the corridor which
must have made every nerve in his body
tingle. Mr.. Manning afterward sent a
written apology to the Senator for the
refusal to admit him, but he did not
open his doors, like Mr.. Sherman and all
other Secretaries before him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17

drove out the front walls and they fell
upon the pavement with a crash which
startled pedestrians for squares. Both
floors were carried away, and the building
looked as though some great bolt from the
skies had dropped and buried itself there.
Further up the row ragged holes were Wis
IDLE in roofs and walls of buildings, show
ing how widespread the wreck had been.
Even the tail l-Eichbaum building in the
rear had its roof stoved in. and so heavy
were the missiles punctuating it that some
of them found their way down into the
private Office of the firm on the first floor.
As there was no front to the Wiley
building'little damage was done on the
opposite side of Diamond street. Broken
windows in several saloons and the Ger
mania Bank building, and pile of bricks
in the barber shop beneath Reineman's
restaurant, were about the only marks left
of the wreckage across the way.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
THE GREAT STORM.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The midWinter storm that swept
across the country the other day, devel,
oped in places hurricanes of the widest
fury ever known in midsummer The
lesson is that we may look for such dis
turbances in any season. But there is nc
satisfactory proof that storms of great
violence are more frequent in later than
in former years. The destruction is
greater, of course, because there is more
in the tracks of the hurricanes to de-
stroy; and we hear more of these storms
because seldom does one of great ener-
gy occur that is not reported in the
newspapers. Audubon, the naturalist,
tells of one he saw passing in Southern
Indiana three-guarters of century ago.
Its track was traced, showing that it
had torn through the forests Of Indiana,
across Ohio and into the mountains of
Pennsylvania. There is no record of
the loss of human life. But were there
a like dance of the winds along that old
track to-day, the ruins of cities, towns,
villages and farm-houses would strew
the path of disaster.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
THE GREAT STORM

Concerning the wonderful storm which
swept over the country last week, the Sig
nal Service reports that it had its origin
in Eastern Mexico, moved through Ar
kansas, thence to Michigan, and thence
Southeast to the Atlantic Ocean. TIE
diameter of the general storm was about
500 miles. Wednesday morning the tenn
perature in Florida was above 700, while
in Pennsylvania it was below 80. The
hot air was struggling to get North and
the cold air struggling to get South. AT
the point where the cold and warm airs
came in closest contact was the line
where the ternadoes were generated.
A tornado is funnel-shaped column
of disturbed air, generally about forty or
fifty yards in diameter, which revolves
with great rapidity upon an axis almost
perpendicular, and moves with tremend-
GUS velocity and almost irresistible power.
Electricity is generated within the col
umn, and it is that which gives it such
tremendous power. TOrnadoes form in
the upper air, and gradually work down
to the earth, and after travelling twenty
five miles, or thereabouts, upon its sur
face disappear again into the upper air.
Here we were close on the border line
of tornado. All the conditions seemed
to be at hand. For several days almost
summer temperature had prevailed,
and in the morning the barometer stood
about where it did on the morning of
that fateful April day two years ago.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17

THE hostile cry now raised against
the stream of immigration pouring into
this country excerpts the current that
sets so strongly from Norway and Swe,
den. Though in the last year 51,6E9
Morse immigrants landed at Castle Gar
den they are all welcome. They are
healthy, strong, industrious and thrifty
people. They do not settle in the cities
as is true of the worse classes of immi-
grants, but as soon as they arrive in
New York strike out for the Northwest
to take up farms, where they very soon
prosper and become thoroughly Ameri-
canized. Their native country, with its
small population, views with alarm the
heavy exodus constantly taking place to
the New World and strenuously tries to
keep its people at home, but news from
those in America on their prosperity
nulIify all restraining efforts. s.-PittS-
6urgh Commercial Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-01-17
53rI,itu,tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1889.

GENTLEMEN of the Ohio Legislature,
in all earneStness we beg you to realize
that the need of the hour is not an in
creased basis for taxatiOn-which would
simply afford the tax-eaters and jobbers
better picking, and give increased facil-
tiles for jobs and corruptiOn-but, in
stead, better protection and reasonably
honest disbursement of the moneys col
lected off the people. Little wonder men
seek to shirk taxation, when they know
so much of the money collected off the
people is diverted from the uses which
the laws contemplate.
If the People can not be trusted to elect
Assessors, we are quite certain Auditors
Treasurers and Commissioners can not
Equalize the tax laws, if you can; but
hands off of all matters like this, and
give the People some sensible and prac-
tieal relief from the rapacity and greed
of unconscionable men VINO may be au-
thorized to disburse public money.