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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
BONDS.
COTTON.

Liverpool, January 12- p. m.-Cotton-
Spot, good business done; prices un-
changed; American middling 3 7-32d. The
sales of the day We're l., 600 bales. of
which 1000 were for speculation and ex-
port and included II, 300 American: re-
ceipts $500 bales, all American. Futures
opened quiet with a moderate demand
and closed steady.
American middling, low middling clause:
January 3 1O-6id sellers: January and
February 3 9-64d buyers; February and
March 3 9-64d buyers; March and April
3 9-64a3 10-64d buyers: April and May
5 lO-64d3 11-6id buyers: May and june
3 1l-64H3 12-64d buyers; June and July
3 12-64G3 13-64d buyers; July and August
3 13-64I3 14-64d buyers; August and Sep
ember 8 14-64d3 15-6+d sellers: Septem-
Der and October 3 15-64d sellers: October
and November 3 15-64d3 16-6id sellers;
November and December 3 16-64d value.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Steady at 512c; net receipts
10. 7O6.
Norfolk-Dul at SIC; net receipts l,625.
Baltimore-Nominal at 59sc; gross re-
ceipts 1.215.
Boston-Quiet at 5 15-1sc; net receipts
1,537: gross receipts 3,127.
Wilmington-Firm at ) 7-16c; net re-
ceipts 1855.
Philadelphia-Quiet at 3-16c: net re-
ceipts ass.
savannah-Quiet at sac; net receipts
1920.
view OIledns-edsy at o4c, net re-
ceipts 20, 116.
Mobile-Quiet at sac: net receipts 3.13C.
Memphis-Steady at ) 5-16c; net receipts
1851: gross receipts BIZ.
Augusta-Dull at 5 9-16c; net receipts
3s6.
Charleston-Steady at SIC; net receipts
2,055.
Cincinnati-Quiet at size; net receipts
1,AS.
Louisville-Steady at size.
St. Louis-Quiet at ) 1-l6c; net receipts
al: gross receipts 4.259.
Houston-Steady at 5 7-1sc: net receipts
), 994.
GRAIN y PROVISION.
Chicago. January I2.-The leading fu-
lures were as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
What Everybody Knows.

Or ought to know. is that health and
even life itself depends upon the condi-
ton of the blood. Feeding as it does, all
the organs of the body, it must be rich
and pure in order to give proper nour-
ishment. Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and in
this way strengthens the nerves, creates
an appetite, tones the tomac and builds
wards off colds. pneumonia and fevers,
which are prevalent at this time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
NAVAL STORES.

NAVAL STORES.
Spirits OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES barrels
quiet at 32i2c; country barrels quiet at
&C.
Rosin firm at s1.15 and $40.
Tar firm at S1.05.
Crude turpentine steady. hard $40;
yellow dip $50: virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits tur-
pentine 25Ac and 25Ac: rosin $40 and
sL45; tar S5c; crude t~urpentine $3.50 and
s1.S1.
Receipts today-G4 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 697 barrels rosin. 200 barrels tar,
4 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day sast year-6l casks
spirits turpentine. 142 barrels rosin. 3S9
barrels tar. Il barrels crude turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina. prime 55d60c
per bushel: extra prime. coo; fancy. 12iEc.
Virginia-EXtra prime. 40M Acc.
Rice-Uplands, 654SOc; lowlands, $l.l0I
$1.15.
Corn-f1IaM50 SOC.
North Carolina Bacon-Eams, 10G11c;
| shoulders, 606hc; sides, 71&GSc.
ChickenS-Duil: spring 10c1Sc; hens
1Sd25c; ROSTERS. 1S022c..
Turkeys-(Live). I to l0c per pound.
Eggs-Dun at y TO 13c.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch. hearts and
saps $1.50U2. 10: six inch, S2.50G3.50.
Timber at $500 TO $500 per 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14

openfa seaay y advanced with wheat.
H-1,! yder prospective colder
- Eeased receipts. closing
Nv ci~. january closed al Else:
oas |duil: No. . sSz4c. Options
-. Erely steady. closing ~upchaug-
Ihet ewer. February closed ~
~ closed Mt -StSc.
NFfrm: western steamed $50.
- nominal; refined steady.
fk-Steady.
Ers-ouief: state and Pennsylvania
az: western fresh 100 &c.
c0fee=options opened steady at un-
changed prices TO 5 points decline: ruled
generally inactive and featureirss with
weak undertone following u~nfavorahle
European cables. heavier receipts NJ Rio
and Santo1 and slack demand for spot
coffee. selling arrested by decided in
crease in United States warehouse de-
.~!verses: closed quiet with prices ) 10 10
points net decline. Spo cofee-Rio dull:
Nc. : invoice 6.c: No. = iobbing sac;
mild quiet.
Sugar-Raw steady: refined firm.
NAVAL STORES.
New Yorh-Rosin steady. Turpentin.g
steady.
Char!exton-Turpentine market firm at
Sit.c: sales 2one. Rosin firm and un-
hanged: sales none.
Savannah-Spirtis turpentine firm at
sc: sales -: receipts N. RoSin nrin and
unchanged: Sale Ass: receipts 4.5t5.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
easy: No. 2 yellow corn. 26Izn3s4c; No. 2
spring wheat. si-c: No. 3 spring wheat,
26nd2s4c; No. . oats. FAC: No. 2 white.
f. o. b., 2iI2i1zc; mess pork. per bbl..
ss.31hGs.45: lard. per 100 lbs. 40; short
ribs sides, loose. ALJon4-70: dry salted
sides. boxed. A.sga4O; whiskey. distil-
lers' finished goods. per gallon. si.Is.
New York. January l2-F7our unusu-
ally dull, and closed rather weak with
the late drop in wheat.
Wheat-Spot weak: No. 2 red $1.01L.
Options opened easy under cable news.
rallied sharply or scattered covering
prompted by a strong home situation and
better late cables. but broke badly near
the close under realizing and the small
export trade. closing IsIasc net lower.
January closed at ssSc; May closed at
s2sc.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2 sinc. Options
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
FINANCIAL.

New York. January 12.-Money on call
steady, actual transactions ranging at
219d3 per cent: last loan at 3 per cent;
closing bid and asked at 3l2 per cent:
prime mercantile paper at 3Am4l4 per
cent; sterling exchange weak, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at $i.S434I
4.S4% for demand and at $~4.S22sn4.S2as for
sixty days; posted rates $i.83I4S3i2 and
A.S51aG4.S commercial bills at S4.SlA:
silver certificates at 57405S; bar silver
at 57h: Mexican dollars at 461s: govern
ment bonds strong: state bonds dull;
railroad bonds strong.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
RTORDAN & co.
By Associated Press.)

New York. January l2.-open}ng
easy at unchanged prices 10 a decline
Of > points, the cotton market showed
a further TOSS GfI2 To ) points. more
directly due to ~iudlcious pounding Of
the bear interest in the absence Of sup
porting features. \ large Greek n
a large Philadelphia house, which have
been steadily selling OF late. continued
to sell today. Later. There Were some
buying orders, in good part. it was
claimed, for Wall street accoun mis-
arrested the downward tendency of
the market and led to conservative
covering. The market was finally oasy
at a net loss Of I to 6 points.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
Especial TO The Messeng

Especial to The MeSsengsre
New York. January l2.-The hquda-
was fairly literal again today and
values slowly gave way. Tae spot
business in Liverpool was large. but
prices there were practically lower and
the report was not considered good.
Our market opened N point down,
May selling on the first call al $50.
In the morning the trading was eS-
tremely dun. bu in the afternoon the
heavy receipts caussI many dlscourag-
cd holders to unload and the market
weakened. May declined 10 5.Sl and
closed at the thai figure. with the tone
OF the market easy. This chances seem
to US to favor iCwer prdces.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-14
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
COTTON REPoRr.

COTTON R[PoRT.
- WlmingtonN. G.. January T.
Receipts OF cottqI ~today-l.Gs bales.
Receipts same Ly last year-S3 bales.
This seasons receipts to ~.o>6
bales.
bales.
The quotEtions posted at 1 o'clock to-
day at ne exchange:
C~ottoD/irm.
OrdinaTy........ ........... ......... 5
Good rdinary........ ............-. sic
ISONr
God middling......... ............... ) Ills
y Same day last year, Csc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
To Change Ocean Currents.

At Vladivostok, a prominent Russian
port and the terminus of the Siberian
railway, for over four months of win
ter the port is blocked up with ice, rem
derlng shipping traffic impossible. For
many years the Russian authorities
have been endeavoring to overcome
these natural difficulties, and some
time ago ice-breaklng ships were intro
duced to break open the ice, an opera
ton, however, which has proved prac-
tically useless. 1t is now reported that
"a certain engineer" has proposed a
plan for retaining the narrowest part
of the Tartar strait between Saghalien
and the Russian mainland. The theory
of such an undertaking is that If this
Is done, the cold current which enters
the Japan Sea from the Arctic. via
Behring Strait, viii be checked, and
the passage of the warmer tide, coming
from the south through the Tshuma
strait, will make the water on the
coast of Japan as warm as Vladivc-
stok, and the later will be warm all
year round. The expectation Is enter
tanned that this remarkable engineer
ing work Will be entered upon after the
completion of the Siberian railroad
Scientific American.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

But the demon of evil in few
| months again took possession of Hirri-
hugua. and his daughter saw that even
her entreaties would be unavailing Sh :
was betrothed to Mucoso, the young
chief of neighboring tribe. Their love
had been plighted, that God-giv love
that rules the savage breast.
Her loving heart told her that Ortez
would be safe in Mucoso's keeping. At
the dead hour of night she accempan-
led him beyond danger and placed in
his hand such token as Mucoso would
recognize.
'.She acted none too soon. AS the sun
rose over this spot, its rays fell upon
the maddened chief calling in vain for
the in nded victim of his vengeance.
His rage was such that 1t dried up the
wellsprings of parental affection and
he refused the marriage of his daugh-
ter unless Ortez was surrendered But
that Indian girl. although 1t broke the
heartstrlngs of hope, sacrificed her love
to humanity, and Mucoso sacrificed his
bride upon the altar of honor
"OrteZ lived TO welcome De Soto. Tell
me-aye, tell the world-where bright
er example of nobler virtue was ever
recorded Where In history do yoa end
more genuine and more touching illus.
tration of love, charity and forgive
ness'-the very trinity of earthly vir-
tues, and the brightest jewels of the
Christian heaven?
Wat captivating theme this Flor
ida Pocahontas should present to the
pen of imagination, picturing this spot
then and to-day associated with ro-
nance rich in historic love. Savannah
| News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

ment of tolence. he Furnishes himself
py refusing to Go the work at his hand
But favor as we'll as fear is in the
uisciphne at Waupun- The grading
syStem Is just being developed by War
den Roberts. There are three grades:
the lowest are to wear red suits. which
VIII be discreditable even in conyiets,
eyes, and the first are to wear a mod
est uniform and to enjoy certain privi-
ieges There are but seven in the third
grade at present Well behaved con-
victs are allowed to see relatives and
friends once month. 1t is the chan
lai1s duty 70 listen to all the CONVEX
satlan, and as nsag be expected. there
are some fearful and sorrowful inter
views, especially with children. God
Pity the convict's child. to all an object
Of curiosity, and to Its pharmacies too
often an object Of seorn There are a
rev trustees about the prison. con-
yiets who can De trusted to go after
WOOD, or to the sand pit. or for freight
without an escort. Each conyict's term
or Imprisonment is capable of reduc-
ton by reason Of good behavior, and
THIS IS cogent indue cement for prison.
ers to behave themselves.
MutiBy When Potatoes Were High.
Prison mutinies are interesting INCL
dents, though Waupun reports none of
late years. Clerk Fuse remembers one
under Warden Carter. 1t was at a time
when potatoes We're $3.50 a bushel and
homjny and other substitutes were re-
serted to- There was tremendous
shouting In the cells and a riotous ont
break until bread and water diet for
two or three days compelled a cessa
ton. The most notable escape in the
history of the institution was a tunnel
ing under the walls that must have
occupied the participants for eight or
On months. 1t recalls the sous ern
PRISON thus connected with the outside
world. when the earth was removed by
the handful. "Repeaters' are familiar
in the annals of crime, and Waupun
holds men who have served in some
prison i've or six times. Burglary brings
most of them; liz of 81; 16 others were
in for forgery; As larceny. Since the
prison was instituted there have been
206 prisaners for life" The death pen-
atty in Wisconsin was abolished in 1875
All of these were murderers, except s
rapist and ! deserter The history of
these cases is full of significance to
those who believe the pardon business
is overdone. II zoe. So have been freed
on the governors pardon; were ia
vored by "habeas corpus" proceedings;
/ was set free by the secretary of war;
8 had their sentences committed
(shortened); 10 were "remanded for new
trial." which means that many of them
got off," IL were sent to the insane
asylum; 80 died; 2 committed suicide:
2 escaped. ORLANDO BURNETT.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Body in a Lake.

The body of Thomas Fitzgerald. who
was drowned N Delavan lake June 5, was
found by some fishermen floating In a
little cove near Lanfels, south shore
resort. Fitzgerald had gone to the lake
with Michael Whalen and the two went
from place to place up and down the lake
drinking and carousing all day. AT one
place they had an alteration. The last
time Fitzgerald was seen alive was when
he left Hoag's saloon to row across the
lake with Whalcn. Whalen was found
on hotel piazza asleep. He said when
aroused that Fitzgerald was at the bot
tom of the lake. Whalen's stories were
so contradictory that he was held in the
county JAIL The medical examination of
the remains disclosed number of gashes
on the head.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
FLoRlDA'S POCAHoNTAS.
A Romantic Story as Related by Go
B1oxham to the Fishermen.

A Romantic Story as Related by Gov.
Bloxham to the Fishermen.
Gov w. B. Bloxham incidentally re-
lated the following legend in his adj
dress welcoming the delegates of the
N"tional Fishery Society to Tampa,
Fi-rida:
You meet here upon this historic
ground, where the footprints of some
of SPANS greatest cavaliers and
Americas noblest captains can be
traced. While it is not my intention to
recur to their heroic deeds or to offer
you cup filled with the ambrosia of
ancient story, yet there is one romance,
based upon historic fact, associated
with this very spot that l feel you will
kindly indulge sho I'D brief reference
be made thereto.
wherever the history of America is
The romance is most captivating, and
some Of Firginia's most honored sons
trace back a lineage to this daughter of
the forest. But the historic fact that
a similar scene was enacted on this
very spot quartels of a century
before the name of Pocahontas was
ever lisped by English lips is unknown
to even many Floridans. 1t was here
in 1923, twelve years before De Soto
landed on Tampa Bay, that Juan Or
tez, Spanish youth of IS, having been
captured at Clear Water, was brought
before Hirrihugua, the stern Indian
chief, in whose breast was ranking
vengeance born of the i'll treatment of
his mother by the followers of the i'll
fated Narvarez. Ortez was young and
orders, and here was erected a gridiron
of poles, and young Ortez was bound
and stretched to meet the demands OF
a human sacrifice. The torch was be-
ing applied, the cracking flames began
to gather strength for human holo-
caust, when the stern chiefs daughter
threw herself at her fathers feet and
interposed In Ortez's behalf. Her beau
ty rivaled that of the historic dame
whose heavenly charms kept Troy and
Greece ten years in arms The soft
language of her soul flowed from her
never silent eyes as she looked up
through her tears of sympathy, implor-
ing the life of the young Spaniard.
"Those tears, the ever-ready weapon
of woman's weakness, touched the
heart of even the savage chief, and Or
tez was for the time spared.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Burglar Proof Shutters.

A German safety shutter, which is
invulnerable to burglars, is made on
the principle of the roller shutter, the
strips of hardened steel t ree-quarters
of an inch in diameter placed over
rods or on piyots. The sides, the only
vulnerable points, are hidden in
groves, and, as the tubes reyolye free
ly, the burglars tools can obtain no
purchase upon them, thus rendering
strong rooms. etc, absolutely inacces-
sible. Theater curtains constructed on
the same plan would also prove invalu-
able for the preservation of life in case
of fire,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Triple Crime by Burglars,

The family of Thomas Seldom, farmer
living two miles northeast of Pepin, went
into town the other day to attend the re-
union of the G. A. r., leaving their daugh-
ter Mary, 16 years old, at home. About
3 O'Clock word came that the house had
been burned. The family at once hurried
home and found the house a smoldering
ruin, and investigation disclosed the char
red remains OF the girl in the cellar. There
was $500 in the house, $685. in gold and
he rest in silver and paper. No trace
Of this money can be found. 1t is bcliev.
ed the girl was murdered and the house
robbed and burned to cover the crime.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Strikes an Open Switch.

A passenger train on the Chicago, Mil.
waukee and st. Paul Railway was wreck.
cd short distance west of Racine June.
ton. The accident was caused by an open
switch, which was manipulated by the
operator in the tower at the crossing
Fireman Harrison had his knee broken
and his arm injured and will probably lose
his eye. Many of the passengers were
badly bruised.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
pensation for Wisconsin Postmas-
ters-Body Found in Delavan Lake
Awful Death of Young Gir1-Train
Wrecked at Racine Junction.
Readiustmcnt Of safaries.

The first assistant Postmaster General
at Washington announces the fifteenth
annual reimbursement of presidential post
masters salaries, the changes in classifi-
cation and salary to become effective July
l, 1898. Under this reimbursement the fol-
lowing changes in classification and in
crease or decrease in compensation will
occur in Wisconsin:
osl kosh Is advanced from second to first
class; Morrill, is advanced from third to Sec
ond class; Portage Is relegated from secord
to third class; Fox Lake Is relegated from
third to fourth class.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
-tirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Purities from the body. Begin to-day to
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, -beauty for ten cents. All drug
2lsts, satisfaction guaranteed. Toe. 25c. SOC.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Ferns.

Ferns have always been regarded by
mankind with considerable amount
of superstition. They have been en-
dowed with the power to work charms,
discover treasure and terrorize the evil
one. 1t was formerly believed that the
sap of ferns would confer the blessing
of eternal youth on those who drank ii,
and that biting the first frond seen in
spring would insure one against the
toothache for the rest of the year.
II the root stock of the bracken or
eagle fern be cut crosswisa, the section
viii show quite plainly o figure which
has been likened to an oak tree or
spread eagle. BY cutting the rootstock
in this way it is said that one may de-
termine whether he will be lucky or not
in any particular undertaking. The
more perfect the representation, the
more lucky the person will be. To the
little m:onwort was attributed the
power to open or loosen anything. The
stoutest locks were supposed to fly open
at once If this plant was merely put
in the keyhole. Since ferns do not bear
flowers and seeds like other plants, the
ancients asserted that they had none;
but that imagination was equal to the
task of supplying flower and seeds is
proved by the beliefs regarding them.
Once a year the fern was supposed to
put forth, at dusk, a small blue flower
which soon withered and produced a
seed that shone like fiery gold and
ripened at midnight. This was called
wish seed, and was said to bring it's
possessor all sorts of good fortune. 1t
was also credited with the power of
making invisible those who possessed
it. Several of the old writer's allude to
the belief
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Bucklen's Arnica Saiye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
cores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
-orns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t il guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale by E. Fl. Craig
A 90.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
The Noble Mudiokiyis.

He Killed the noble MudJOkivis,
With the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur side inside;
Made then. with the skin side outside;
He, to get the warm side inside,
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side inside.
That's why he put the fur side inside,
Why he put the skin side outside,
Why he turned them inside outside.
Author unidentified.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

Children are becoming so smart these
days that they are graduated from
school while they are still young
enough to be spanked.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

system that Childbirth is made easy
and the time of recovery short
ened-many say stronger after
than before confinement" 1t in
sures safety to life of both moth
er and child. All who have used
"Mother's Friend" say they will new
er be without it again. No other
remedy robs confinement of its pain
IA customer whose wife used Mothers Friend ,
says that If she had to 60 through the ordeal
again, and there were but four bottles to be
obtained, and the cost was $4,000 per bottle. he
would have them GEO. LAYTON, Dayton, Ohio
Sent by express. on receipt OF price, si.00 PER
BOTTLE. Book to "EXPECTANT MOTH
ERS mailed free upon application, containing
valuable information and voluntary testimonials.
rHE BRACfiELD REGULATOR Co, ATLANTA, CA.
SOLO sT AL DRUGGISTS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29
Little
Pitnples Turn
to Cancer.

Cancer often results from an inn
purity in the blood, inherited from
generations back. Few people are en-
firely free from some faint in the blood,
and it is impossible to tell when it will
break out in the form of dreaded Can
Ger. What has appeared to be mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
II had severe. Cancer which was at first
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

Educate Your Bowels with Ctsearets.
Candy Cathnrtic, cure constipation forever
Zoe, CSC. If G. c. G fail, druggists refund money
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

thinks of opening her husbands mail
unless it Is marked private"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29

Consumption,

It's prevention and cure speciality at
dowKLL's MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INsTI
FUTa. La Crosse. Wis.