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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

II could not help stealing Ihe'e was
thing in me that could not resist was
PLANTATION given by young "on'd. .o,,o
rested in Newark. An irresis''o'e u''', 49,
so. a,a,,, belong TO them has brought trouble
49,. soor =, ,bousands but few of the thieves
...o. NJ, ,ba,r EXPLANATION In just that vay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18

Chief OF Police Donovan. OF HoooKen' Is
against any increase In the NUMBER OF SALOONS
IN that town. There are already too many
row. not only In Hoboken, but in Newark. Jer-
soy CITY. Paterson and New-Brunswck.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
A BiCYCLISTS' DUEL,
Mounted on Wheels and Armed with
Swords Two Frenchmen Fought.

Mounted on Wheels and Armed with
Swords Two Frenchmen Fought.
The bicycle has already played many
parts, but 1t has been left to certain
Partisan students to use the accom-
modating machine as war horse In
what their ancestors vailed gentle
and joyous passage of arms" The
students were returning from a suburb
an run when quarrel arose. Fists
were proposed to settle it; but one of
the party had aesthetic tastes and two
old sword bayonets, and he suggested
the merits of the latter so persuasively
that before long the disputants found
themselves facing one another at fifty
PAGES, weapons in rest. The first as
sault failed entirely, but the second
was less fortunate, and in the crash
of the charge not only the combatants
but their seconds were disbicycled.
All four were more or less damaged,
but worst of all one of the principals,
who Internationally played the An
cient Roman and fell on his own
sword. One feels curious to know
which of the four feels that honor
has been satisfied.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Commissioner Carroll ID. Wright has
issued a statistical report on convict
labor in the United States. The total
number of convicts in the various
penal institutions of the country has
risen from 41,SS7 in 1885 to 1924 in
1895, and the number engaged in pro-
ductive labor has increased during the
same period from 30,S53 to 3S, AIS. The
total value of goods produced or work.
ed on in the United States in all the
state prisons and penitentiaries was
SIS, 042,47 in 1864 decrease. In 1855
the total value of the product of con-
Wet labor was $2S,753,999, and the
wages paid for convict labor in that
year aggregated $3,512,9 $40; at the pres
ent time the total value of convict la.
Dor does not exceed $4,000, 900. The de-
cline is made clearer by an enumera-
ton of the states in whose penal in
situations it has taken place. These
are Arizona. Arkansas, California, Col
orado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine.
Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ne
vada, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Tennessee and West Viz
glnia. In the remaining states there
was an increase.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
A CONVENT OF Ch-oRED NUNS
Founded long Ago h. a We --hy Col
Ored IL y.

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Founded long Ago h. We --hy Col
ored IL
A sight which invariably attracts the
attention of strangers in New Orleans
is the colored sisters. One so seldom
hears OF M roes protesting the Roman
Catholic fan that when he meets a
colored nun for the first time he can
put gaze after her in open-mouthed
wonder. Accustomed AS we are, more
over, to associate the black robes of the
nun with white, pale faces, the effect
is little startling when a nearer view
OF sister of charity discloses the meek
Drown face OF mulatto. This little
Dand IN New Orleans is known as the
Holy Family of Sisters. 1t was founded
as far back as 1912 by four free colored
women, who, educated and wealthy. re-
solved to devote their time and money
to those of their race so much less for
tunate. The oldest of the four became
Mother Juliette, who continued at the
head of the sisterhood till her death.
eight years ago. The convent is what
was once the famous Orleans-street
ballroom, and many are the tales which
are told of the dancing and revelry
which for years held sway within its
walls. The building is an immense
brown structure fronting directly on
the narrow French street. The great
windows have shutters, always closed,
and there was such an air of quietude
when visited the place that / quite
started when the bell gave a loud
clang, as l pulled it. felt that had
aroused unwilling echoes-perhaps
awakened the ghosts of long ago and
was almost tempted to run away when
l heard footsteps within coming to-
ward the door. But instead of meeting
froWn OF disapproval, as | half ex-
pected, | was admitted by a dark faced
nun, who appeared to consider it no
unusual occurrence that a stranger de-
sired permission to enter. The hall
was dim and wide, with a gray stone
floor and white pillars at the farther
end. While | was inwardly comment
Ing upon it's severity and scrupulous
neatness, Sister Frances came to show
me about. She was rather a small
mulatto, with slender, interesting
face, black eyes demurely lowered, and
long brown hands meekly folded. Her
uniform was of black serge, with
wide white linen guimpe, a white lin
en- bonnet, the customary black veil,
and the inevitable black beads and
cross. We assembled the wide, easy
staircase. and on the first landing /
was confronted with the words: IT
nave chosen rather to be an abject in
the house of my God than to dwell in
the Tabernacle of Sinners"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

Buluwayo, which two or three years
ago was the site of Lobengulas royal
Lraal is lighted by electricity.
The leaves of the arum or preacher
in-the-pulpit, large, arrow-shaped and
glossy, have often caused death.
The second largest draw bridge in
the United States is being built be-
tween Duluth and Superior, Wis.
The only fur-covered, four-footed
member of the animal kingdom which
lays eggs like a fowl is the native
beaver of Australia.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

The horse, Of all animals, is the
quickest to succumb to cold.
People who wore shoes in Italy dur
ing the fourteenth century had to pay
a tax for the privilege.
In Germany the men as well as the
women wear wedding rings. When
either dies the survivor wears both.
Fashion plates containing designs fol
clothing for pet dogs are regularly
issued by some of the Partisan tailors.
The longest tunnel in the world il
st. Gothard, which is 4S,840 feet. The
next longest are Mount Gents, 39,Sst
feet; Hoosack, 25,0S0 feet; Severn, o..
992 feet; Nochistongs, q $50 feet; Suits
q, 120 feet.
In Russia the forest area covers 4;
per cent of the whole surface; In Swe'
den, IS per cent; in Austria, SO per cent,
in Germany, 26 per cent; In France, II
per cent, and in Great Britain and Ire.
land, only 4 per cent.
The following are said by Swis.
hunter to have been found near the
nest of an eagle recently discovered
in the Alps: A hare, q chamois' feet
4. pigeons feet, 80 pheasants' feet, II
heads of fowls, Is heads OF grouse and
the remains Of number Of rabbits
marmots and squirrels.
A careful examination OF the trees
that are struck by lightning shows that
over half of them are white poplar.
From this fact scientists conclude that
the poplar has some value as a con-
ductor of lightning. This being the
case, agriculturists are advised to plant
these trees in the vicinity Of their farm
buildings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
ORTIZ KNOWING.

1t Is lawful in China to kill a grave
robber the instant he is caught In his
underhanded work
Sir Henry Bessemer has paid upward
OF $4,000 in patent stamp duties on
his various inventions.
The only quicksilver mines Of i'm
portance in this country are located
in southern California.
The old house in West Brownsville,
Pa. in which James G.. Blsine spent his
boyhood has been torn down.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
PEOPLE,.

Lord Salisbury is an enthusiastic eel
entiflc amateur in electrical matters.
DR.. Walsh, archbishop of Dublin, is
regaining his health by riding BIZ
cycle.
Justice Hawkins of the English
bench will be eighty years of age in
September.
r. P. Heating, who died in Virginia
City, New, last week. left mining for
tune Of between $1,000,00 and $4,000
900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
PERSON AL.

The new shah of Persia is anxious
to open the country to international
commerce and favors the introduction
of electricity and steam.
Gurdon w. Wattles, vice-president of
the Union National bank of Omaha.
has been chosen as president of the
Trans Mississippi and International eX-
position, to be held in that city in 1898.
M. Osiris, the banker Of Paris, who
recently bought Malmaison, intends to
restore the palace and grounds, both
OF which are now in a most dilapidated
condition, after which he will make a
gift of the property to the state.
Elam Russell, weight 200 pounds, of
Plainfeld, Ind, is the proud father o:
a ten-inch baby which weighed only
one pound and a half at it's birth and
at the end of three weeks weighed
three pounds Mrs. Russells weight is
$50 pounds.
The French people have not yet
erected statues CT Balzac, Alfred de
.Musset and Victor Hugo, but they have
just set up one Of Francois Quesnay,
the physician of Nine. de Pompadour
and the author OF several works on po-
litical economy.
E. A. Mcdowell, the American COM
poser, has been appointed TO the head
of the new musical department in CO.
lumbia college He is of the same age
as Paderewski, and the New York Post
says of him that he has no superior
among the living composers of Europe"
Frederick William Nichols Crouch.
the author of Kathleen Mavourneen,"
who died few days ago at the age of
88, had been married four times and
was the father of twenty-seven chill
dren. He was a native of London, but
for nearly fifty years had lived in Bal
timore.
The younger Dumas casually opened
medical work one day in 1873 and
read a chapter on the poisonous eff
fects of nicotine on the human system.
He was so impressed with it that he
threw away the cigar he had just light
ed, and he never smoked even so much
as a cigarette thereafter.
The Campbells of Argyll began in
1880. Tallyrand dates from 1899. Bis
marck from 1870, the Grosvenor family,
the dukes of Westminster, 1866; the
Austrian house of Hapsburg goes back
to 952 and the house of Bourbon to S64.
The descendants Of Mohanmed, born
: s7asA are all registered carefully and
authoritatively IN a book kept in Mecca
by the chief of the family.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony.

When two Negritos, people of the
Philippine islands, are to be welded,
the whole tribe is assembled, and the
affianced pair climb two trees growing
near to each other. The elders then
bend the branches until the heads Of
tho couple meet. When the heads have
thus come into contact the marriage is
legally accomplished, and great rejoic-
ings take place, fantastic dance COM
pleting the ceremony.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
MEN AND WOMEN.

Sir Arthur Sullivan as boy was one
Of the members of the choir of the
Chapel Royal, st. James.
Postmaster General Wilson is said to
have received an offer OF the presidency
OF a western college and may accept 1t
when he leaves the cabinet.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, who is
making a reputation as lawyer in
Washington, is the widow OF the late
Gen. r. D. Mussey. who made credita-
BILE record in the civil war.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Mrs. Mary Svabek, 1895 South 14th
St., Omaha, Neb., writes: II have
been sick three years with headache,
pain In stomach, dizziness and no
appetite. l tried three doctors and all
kinds of medicines, all of which failed.
have since used two 25-cent boxes of
DIR. Kay's Renovator and l have no
more headache; good appetite and
stomach in good order as well as my
whole system" Sold by druggists at
rs cents and 81. See advt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Low Rate Excursion south.

On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month till October about halt
rates for the round trip will be made
to points in the South by the Louisville
q Nashville railroad. Ask your ticket
agent about it, and if he cannot sell
you excursion tickets write to C. p.
Atmore, General Passenger Agent,
Louisville, KY, or Geo. b. Horner, ID.
p. A., st. Louis, Mo.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Land aud Water.

The total area of land surface Of the
earth is calculated to be 1873 per cent,
and that of sea III of the earths sur
face, certain assumptions being made
for the unknown polar regions. The
ratio of land to water Is thus l to 2.54.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
PENCIL POINTS.

A good corn country is never a sum
mer resort.
People who can't make coffee. never
stop trying.
The devil hasn't monopoly Of the
hell business.
Do love affairs finally give the victim
heart disease?
When you loaf remember the rights
OF busy people.
That man or woman never lived who
was not a coward.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Comfort to CaIifornia.

Yes, and economy, too, If you take the
Burlington Routes personally conducted
excursions which leave Omaha and Lin
coin every Thursday morning. Tourist
sleepers--clean, bright, comfortable
through to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Second class tickets accepted. Only s. for
a double berth, wide enough andbig enough
for two. Write for folder giving full in
formation; or call at the depot and see the
local ticket agent.
j. FRANCIS, Gen. Pass. Agent, Burling-
ton route, Omaha, Neb.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

pains caused by Ovarian and Womb
troubles. cannot express my graft
tude. hope and pray that other suf-
fering women will realize the truth
and Importance of my statement, and
accept the relief that is sure to attend
the use of the Pinkham Medicine. y
MRS. JAMES PARRISH, 2501 Marshall
st., N. E., Minneapolis, Mimi.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
No time should be Lost

By those troubled with constipation in seek
ing relief from Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers. The disease is easily relieved in its
earlier stage, and as it is utterly subversive
OF the general health, postponement of the
remedy is is unwise. The same holds good
of delay in cases OF fever and ague, kidney
nervousness, debility and
rheumatism. ailments to which the Bitters
is particularly adapted.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Mabel-How many engagement rings did
you bring back from the seashore.
GertrUde-None.
Mabel-Why. how did that happen?
Gertrude-Unluckily got in with the
same crowd that | met last year
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Don't tobacco SDit or Smoke Your Life AWAY

II you want TO quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be made
well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and
yigor. take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. Over 100000
cured. Buy No-To-Bac from your drug
gist, who will guarantee a cure. Booklet
and sample mailed free. Ad. Sterling Rem
edy Co., Chicago or New York.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
A Definition.

Professor of phrenology-Now, Go re-
capitulate, will some one be kind enough TO
tell me the name of the organ of drunk
enness.
Voice from the rear-The barrel organ.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
At tho Inauesf.

Coroner-Is this man whom you found
dead ON the track total stranger9
Witness (whU had been told by the COM
pany to be careful in his statements)- No,
sor. His leg was gone intorely. He was q
partial stranger, sor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Doubtful.

'Shall I say au revoir and not good-bye2'
he whispered, soulfully.
4 Her long lashes swept her damnsk cheek.
Il hardly know" she faltered Your
French is pretty rank, but then"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
In Purse and STRENGTH,

Rural host-Well, goodbye, goodbye; l
shall expect to see all you folks back again
next summer.
Town lott daresay, as we'll have a
chance to recaperate during the winter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
A Substitute,

"Benson, you know, went to Africa, and
there met his death"
.'Poor fellow But his body was brought
home and given decent burial, wasn't ita"
swell, they hung the cannibal, and then
brought home his body and buried it."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

! shall recommend Piso,s Cure for Con-
sumption far and Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead. Kent, England. Nov s, 1895.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Signs.

"When the sun looks misty it is sign of
rain, isn't its'
''Sometimes it is only sign that your
spectacles need polishing"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

DIR. Rays Lung Balm is the safest, surest
and pleasantest cure for oil coughs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

The telegraph messengers IN populous
French towns use bicycles for the distribu-
ton of their kilograms
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Just try a l0c box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Daniel Campbell and his wife, of Walton
county, Florida, are said to be respectively
III and liz years old
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Man 10 reasoning, rather than reason
able animal-Alexander Hamilton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

StatisticiaDs agree that the population of
the world averages 100 women TO every 100
men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Albany and Boston have the finest state
buildings,
Thirty-fve million human beings die
every year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

In France, when "A railroad train is more
than ten minutes late, the company is
fined
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicken, weaken OF grippe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Il don't quite see why you call Mr.. Biggs
lantern-jawedn why, because his face
lights up SO when he talks"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
That Joyful Feeling

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
Illness. which follows the use of Syrup Of
Figs, is unknown TO the few who have
not progressed beyond the old-tme
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted
by the well-informed.
A blackberry lodged in the throat of Miss
Della Thorpe of Fairfield, Conn, and choked
her to death.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

Mrs. WINSTON Soothing syrup
For chilren teethiug softens hes ums reduces nlam
nation aays pain cures wind collie. IS cen Is bottle
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

SiiSii hoNiNC, Ouo loAiiti
until I took Lydia !
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Oh! what
a relief it is, not to i
have that tired feel !
ing day after day, in
the morning as much
as at night after q
hard days work, and
to be free from all
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
Goes Cough Ra,sam

Is the oldest and best 1t will break up cold Quick
than anything else. 1t is always reliable. Try il.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20

II suffered with terrible pains in my
left ovary and womb. My back ached
all the time.
II had kidney trouble badly. Doc
tors prescribed for me, and l followed
Arizona republican., 1896-10-08

train No. 1s, ,eastbound, passing Bowie Juno ton at 7:50a. m
 Train No. 2 connects with Southern Pacific train No. 20, westbound. passing Bowie Junc- ton at 6:35 p. m.
 Trains and run daily except Sunday and connect with stage line at Pima to and from Fort Thomas, San Carlos, Globe City and Tonto Basin.
 The company reserves the right to vary this schedule as circumstances may require.
 VIM. GARLAND. President.
Arizona republican., 1896-10-08
PHGNIx & MAkICoPA.

Sleeping Car coupons sold to all points on the Southern Pacific and connecting lines.
 Train No. l connects with Southern Pacific l9, passing Maricopa st Il 80 p. m. Train Mo- 2 connects with Southern Pacific 20, passing Maricopa at 4:55 a, m. Connection made at Mesa with stages for Goldfeld. Connection points in northern Arizona via the s. F.. P. 6 D., B. R. Trains stop on signal
Arizona republican., 1896-10-08
SAVE TIME AND MONEY

By taking the cheapest and quickest route from Solomonville to Sheldon station and Clifton, or from Clifton to Solomonville. Only nire hours making the trip either way Greens regular mail hack leaves SOlomonville for Shell don station every Monday, Wednesday and rys:so 9. m ms king close connections h with the train from LordsDurg to Clifton Return ing from Sheldo on to Solomonville on arrival of train from Clifton every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, arriving st Solomonville by 4 o'clock p. m. We shall spare no time or ex. pense to make it to the interest of all who will fas or us with their patronage. Commercial men and others who have to travel on odd davs
 can alway be accom- modated by timely notice
 Fare, $5 round trip $7.50. We have corral at
 Solomonville, where we give animals good care and plenty to eat and drink. Saddle horses, teams and buggies to let Thanking
 the public for their liberal patronage hereto fore bestowed and asking continuance of the same, we remain yours respectfully,
 N. GREEN & SON. soLoMoNVILLE .Ariz. March IA. 1894.
Arizona republican., 1896-10-08

Santa | g, Presco t N Phoenlx Railway, With the Atchison, TOpeka & Santa Re Railway, is the shortest and quickest rou; to Denver, Kan sss City, St. Louis, Chicago and ail points east.
 The scenic line Of Arizpua The best route uo California. The only North and South line In rizOna to the Grand anon of :he Colorado. Petriied Forest, Great Pine Fores5, Cliff Dwel ling Grea tsalt River Valley and other points of interest.
 Through tickets to all points ,n the United States, Canada and Mexico.
 All the comforts and convenience oI frst | class road with superb equipment. Close connexions made at Ash Fork with Santa Fe route fast trains to all points east and west Trains for California leave Ash Fork at 80 and 825 p. h., arriving in Los Angeles next afternoon at l :05 and San Francisco sec | md morning at l0:45. 1 Parties desiring to remain over at Ash Fork will find excellent accommodations at freo | Harvey's hotel. The dining cars on the Santa Fe route are also under the management o1 Fred Harvey with his unexcelled care and at 1 tention to guests.
 | No. and connect at Jerome Junction w1tf l trains of U. V. & P. By. for Jerome. | Connecting at Prescott with stage lines fo all principal mining camps; at Congress witt stage lines for Harqua Hala, Stanton and Tar | nell; at Phoenix with the M. & F., & 5, K. v By. for points on the s. P. Ry.
 E.W. GILLETT, GEO. M. SARGENT,
 Acting Gen'l Agt,' Gen'l Pass'r Ag't
 Phoenix, Ariz. Prescott, Ariz RE. WELLS, F. M. MURPHY,
 Asst Genr Mgr, Pres't & Gen'i Mgr,
 Prescott, Ariz Prescott, Ariz