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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16

SHIPPING A CHINESE SLAVE GIRL AS FREIGHT.
girls were only IS or IA years old. On
one occasion a Chinese girl was sent to
Caribou Grated as freight. At the end Of
the trip she was so exhausted that she
became hysterical and was thus discov-
cred. The authorities say that this kind
Of traffic has been. going on in an under
hand way too long, and people in the
community In which the outrage was per-
petrated threaten to deal summarily with
the offenders. The girls are bright chill.
dren and are very adverse to returning
to their unnatural parent. ,,~.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
An Ink Wiper.

:. Query-Do all knee breeched public
school boys wipe their pens on their stock
ings? The practice seems startlingly gen.
eral. Can public Opinion carry the fas-
tidous teacher here whittier she wouldp
p. 1t is study hour; an ink we'll Is closed;
a notebook pushed aside, down goes pen
to take turn or two about stocking
leg!
"Garvin, Is that O nice thing to dor"
This from the teacher, only loud enough
to be heard by selected neighbor or two
1T don't show" (stolidly). Was there
ever better example from ancient Sparta
to modern America Of that widespread,
deep rooted belief that crime is not more
than half criminal till society's ears have
been shocked and aggrieved by its publ
cation?-Teachers' Maoazina-
The magazines are doing their best to
make our war with Spain ridiculous by
OVERRIDING it. They have rushed to the
chronicling of heroic small beer with
out the slightest sense of proportion,
and have so exaggerated and overpic-
tured and oversung the skirmishes of a
mighty nation with a decrepit nation
that great many people are calling a
halt to this kind Of ELUSIVE literature.
thousands upon thousands of Ameri-
CATS who have not forgotten the males.
tic proportions of our civil war wonder
if these magazines ever heard of that
stupendous contest, some Of whose bat
ties killed more men than were engaged
in the whole Of the Spanish war; It il
well to preserve in literature the BRAY
cry and the patriotism Of our soldiers in
whatever feat of arms these qualities
may be shown. But why lose all sense
Of proportionH Back Of the San Juan
bill and the destruction of Cervera's
ships still looms up the incompatible
crises of Gettysburg and Antietam and
Pittsburg landing, at which the heart
of mankind stood still and all the world
wondered. The courage and daring of
our country are undiminished, but the
demands and the opportunities are not
always the same. We have a great
many more artists at work now than
then. but the canvas is not so large.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
OCEAN GAMBLING.
Crooks Who Work the Unwary ON
Atlantic Liners.

Atlantic Liners.
The Atlantic liners suffer much at the
hands Of professional gamblers, who
cross the ocean more than a dozen times
in year, living in the lap Of luxury, for
no other purpose than to fleece the guilt
BILE people among the better class passen-
gers.
One of the most successful Atlantic
"crooks" was a man who served a num-
Der Of terms of imprisonment and used
so many aliases that no one knows pre-
;cisely what was his real name. Els sue
cess was due to his marvellous skill in Sc
cretly marking the cards with his nails,
which he did so quickly and cleverly that
once a pack had passed through his
hands he could almost invariably identi-
fy the cards by his acute sense Of touch.
His occasional failures were resultant
Of the suspicious aroused by his wonder
full luck rather than by any weak points
in his methods, and no one ever satisfac-
torily decided how he manipulated the
cards to such personal advantage until
one day, when intoxicated, he disclosed
some of his secrets. During one Atlantic
trip he heeced three young men Of an ag-
gregate SUM of nearly $4,000, and on
another occasion, when posing as a Brit
ish army officer, he succeeded, without
arousing any suspicion, in cheating one
Of our congressman Of a considerably
larger sum.
One difficulty which the single handed
sharper has occasionally to face is the
presence on board of rival sharper
whom he did not recognize or suspect,
and this generally means bad times for
both, and sometimes great amusement
to those passengers who care to watch
the card play.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
ANTIQUITY or saws. 9
they weFo - Use CeataRles De1oes
the ChRlstaaa RRa.


h. the Christian ERa.
" Saws wore used BY the ancisnt Egayp-
tians. One that was discovezed with sev.
Ieral other carpenter 3 tools IN q peivats
tomb atThebes u now preserved IN the
British museum. The blade, which %.
pears to be Of brass, IL l0H inchss long
and ~ inches broad at the widest part.
The teeth are irregular and appear 70
have been formed BY striking 3 blunt
edged instrument against the edge Of tho
plate, the bur or rough shoulder thus pro-
sdsced not being removed. -.
!. A painting copied In Rosellini's work
on Egyptian antiquities represents a. man
using a similar saw, the piece Of wood
which he 10 quitting being held between
two upright posts. In other representa-
lions the timber is bound with ropes to .
single post, and in one, also copied by
sRosellini, the workman 10 engaged In
Tightening the rope, having left the saw
sticking in the out. In an engraving
given in the third volume of Wilkinson's
Manners and Customs of the Ancient
Egyptians" a saw Is represented of much
larger dimensions, Its length being by
comparison with the man not less than
three or four feet. 1t does not appear that
the Egyptians used saws worked by two
men.
J The invention Of saws was variously
attributed by the Greeks to two or three
individuals, who are supposed to have
taken the idea from the jawbone Of snake
or the backbone of fish. There is very
curious picture among the remains dis
covered in the ruins Of HercuIaneum, repre-
senting the interior of carpenters work.
shop, with two genii cutting a piece Of
wood with a frame saw, and on ar altar
Rome there is perfect representation of
a box saw, exactly resembling, in the form
of the frame and the twisted cord for
Tightening it, those used by modern car
pentors. From these remains it Is evident
that these forms of the instrument were
known to the ancients. London Arohi-
teCt.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
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NEW LIFE SAVING DEVlcE9,

DUOy 0a4O ~ Reindeer Hlo0-0oRs
/. Ds.taas Deat . - Tested. ,.
The board annually appointed BY ne
treasury department. TO examine new
methods Of marine life saving has made
q report TO tho department on IL In
vestigations in 1899. AZ 1 series ot
meetings recently held IN Boston the
board examined models and descriptions
of 46 life saving appliances. Az Is
usually the case, only few Of these
proved to be worthy Of serious consid-
Grafton. Nearly every year one or more
designs for an improved lifeboat are
submitted for inspection, but it is a re-
markable fact that the lifeboat now
used on all our coasts il modified only
very slightly from the boat invented by
an Englishman a century or more ago.
This year the board examined several
designs for improving the lifeboat. but
none OF them seemed worthy.
The board was very favorably i'm
pressed with new kind of life saving
buoy manufactured from the hide Of
the reindeer, and test of the buoy is
ordered to be made on Lake Huron.
This material is said to be equally
buoyant whether wet or dry, and it is
more durable than cork. 1t may come
into general use in the manufacture Of
life preservers
g. One of,the most interesting devices
submitted to the board this year was
apparently. at first sight, crank in
vention, but upon examination it was
decided to order an official test. This
is serpentine boat, SO called by its in
ventor, who lives in Jamaica, N. Y.
The inventor describes his device as
moving rapidly, with a spiral move
ment, backward as we'll az forward.
He claims that this boat can be driven
swiftly over the surface of the ocean to
reach wreck and that it can be used
with equal facility on the! beach. An
official test will be made =. Jamaica
bay, where the inventor says he has
used the machine successfully.
The board decided to adopt a rope
throwing device as part of the regula.
ton life saving paraphernalia. This
consists of gun for throwing rope
over a wreck and is so light that it
can be adjusted for use from lifeboat
An oil distributing device was sub
mitted by one inventor, but the board
decided adversely. Officers of the life
saving service assert that while oil Ia
very, useful as means of stilling the
waters in a storm it has no effect on
shallow water near the shore or on
breakers, which are such a dangerous
factor in the case of most shipwrecks
New York Srn.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
Gsnss5sse sold IN ossr Bottles only,
VITA B,sf Wrappers and Landscape
Ir01e-1ark.

~Note our name on label and wrapper.
foNpsEx1RAcT CO., NV ywk aad leadsh
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
Horrors Of Chinese Slavery.

Vancouver advices speak of the sale Of
two Chinese girls into slavery by their IA
ther at Quesvelle. A pioneer Of the Carl
bou district is reported as saying that in
his experience this has occurred more
than once, for girls have been brought all
the way from China to be slaves of bach
elor Chinese, who live by mining or fish
ing in the interior. He says that as high
as $500 has been paid, and then the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16

A Case OF Diamonds or Stripes.
Teacher-What is the difference between
lying and perjury?
Tommy-Paw says man lies because
he wants to and commits perjury because
he has to-Indianapolis Journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-16
Slow of Speech.

The man VINO always stops and thinks
before he speaks frequently doesn't speak,
because somebody steps in ahead of him.
The world doesn't lose much, though
Somarvilla IOnrnal LEX ~ Nv. b :. x No.,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
SUDDEN DEATH.

A telegram was received this
morning by Judge Thos. Carson
from S. a. Belden, SRI da5ed at
San Antonio. informing hin that
Mrs. Belden was taken seriously
Ill on the train before reaching San
Antonio and died few hours al
ter their arrival there.
The news Of Mrs. Beden s death
causes grief among a large nam-
Der of relatives ard friends whom
she leaves in Brownsville. She
had only lett here last Saturday,
with her husband, Tor San Anto-
Mo, where they vent to reside.
She was native Of this place. and
had resided here all OF her life,
being aged about forty. years Be
sides her husband, one daughter,
Miss Pamela, and two sens, 5. a.
Belden, jr, and Master Harry, sar
vive to norm her loss. Tie
eldest son did not accompany the
family to San Antonio, but remain
ed here, holding the Office of city
attorney Of Brownsville. Sincere
sympathy is felt for the heroaved
family, whose loss seems doubly
sad, in losing the wife aud mother
when Just entering their pew
home.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
EQUIPPED FOR FAME.

II think, said the Fiji Islandery
THAT I'll pack up and go the
United States
"Think you'll make your for
tnneg"
"I'm sure Of ii. I'll 60 strnight
into politics. Every once in d
while you hear of man who
makes hit by getting Up on a
platform aud making a speech
without his cost On. Then there
was the man who became famous
IS leaving OF his socks, and every
now and they stop to take notioo
of some one simply because hs,alas
no collar aud neektie.'' =
We'll. what OF It's,
why, look at ne. I never wear
any CLOTHES at sll.-W asLing.on
Star.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
The Colunabia's Time

New York, Oct. lS.-The CoIum
bias time in yesterdays race was
three hours and thirty min
utes, about one hour and sixteen
minutes better than in the first
race
The next race viii be rim tomor-
row. There was 30 race today, ow-
lug to the Shamrock undergoing
repairs, necessItated b. yesterday
accident.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
E1eafaess Cannot be Cared.


Deafness Cannot be Cured
bylceal appIieations,as saeE cannot
reachthe diseased portio. ofthe ear.
There IS only one way to cure deaf
ness, aud that IS by CONSTITUTIONS
remedies. Deafness IS caused by
an infaned condition Of the
Eastach!n Tube. When this tuhe
gets lufaned you have a funbliug
sound OF Imperfect hearing, and
when It IS entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the IL
tia:nination can he taken oGt and
tube restored - It's normal
condition, hearing will Be destroy
ed forever; nine eases est Of
zen gre csaSed By catafsh, witch j
nothing bat an indalnoG condition
Of ths Eaeous surfaces
ne viii give Oae Hundred Dol
lars for any eSse Gf Deafness
(caused by catarrh) that can noi
be cared ~ liaii's Ca5arrh Cure.
Send fer eiTeliiars, free.
+. J. CHENEY 8 co,
Toledo, Chic.
Sold BY druggists, 15e.
Iiaii's Family Pillsare the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
sg;rsniSh at Spy ttfontein.


London, Get. 1.-THE Gk;r:nisi
near spytfontein was quite lively.
an arlnored train accompanied by
q detachment approached unmolest-
ed mill within range, when the
Beers opened FIRE. The Britis!;
instantly set their aaxim guns
10 work and did great execution
among the. borgbers. They also
used artillery, bat Intellectually
The armored train returned to
kimberly unframed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
MRS. REoH's CASE
Her griiai Fixed for Get. Has
Ne Lawyer

81 Paso, Texas, Oct. I4-Nrs-
John D Rich. accused Of murder
ing her husband in Jgarez and sur
rendered 70 Mexico under the terms
of the new treaty. he's been IN jail
at Juarez since suly q, and today
she appears to be nc nearer d trial
than when she was taken across
the border wrapped in an American
flag Today Masr Rich sent a let
ter to a local paper saying that her
trial had been postponed from time
to time, owing to her inability to
procnf6a lawyer and to her absolute
refusal to be trid by Judge Domin-
guez at Juarez.
When arraigaed before Judge
Dominguez she says she was told
that a judge for Chihuahua would
try her case if she objected to the
Judge OF letters. She objected, but
since then she alleges Dominguez
las stated einphatieally that she
must be tried before him ard has
fixed the date Of her trial for Oct.
II. The United States govern
ment,has done nothing for Mrs.
Rich since her surrender aud al
though she is too poor to employ
counsel none has been provided for
her by TIE government. It's said
she is partly deranged.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
Thrice ReDursed.

Capetown, Oct. l7.-From Coles
hurg come persistent reports that
the Beers have been thrice repul-
sed at daFeking, with heavy loss.
Smallpox has broken out here
among natives from Johannesburg.
Eight eases have discovered.
1t is reported that the Beers
have had another encounter with
an armcred train from Rkodesia
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
PURELY PERSONAL.

Frank Rivadulla returned from
fhe Point last evening.
Ch ri=s Champion returned 10
Che Point this morning.
Il. A. Lieck retained 10 the Point
this morning, after { short visit IN
town.
Rangers.Ii Lynch au.l Miller left
this aflerHooa On a scouting exps-
dltion in the back eoeairg
Capt. Wa.. Anderson spent the
day IL tie ey, eoHs:ng up frcni
the Psiut hy iast evening 5 train.
Mss Nary Doag.ss a;it Master
Douglas sshres went 10 he Point
tAis maraing 81 visit SIrs. 5as.
Hill.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
Killed in Battle.

London. Oct. IA special from
Capetown says three hundred Beers
and eighteen British have been
killed in battle at Nafeking.
Col. Powell made a .sor.ie from
Mafeking and attacked the Beers,
who we're investing thu town AT
Ger frieee fighting Pie British car
ried the day.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
{. w =
1ta1L .

Rn'lolph-I am going to al
vertise for a wife that can COOK.
Pvt this in the Per sonal''
column, please.
Clerk-Cau't do it, Al adver.
tisements for cooks must 90 under
Help Wanted-Felaales. "chi-
cago News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
The Ladies.

The pleasant effect and perfect
safety with which ladies may use
Syrup Of Figs, under all condi-
tions, 1iiakes it their faverite rem
edy. To get the true and genuine
article, lcok For the name Of the
California Fig Syrup, CO. printed
nnear the bottom Of the packag
For sale by III druggists.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
B3ERs REFUSED.

Ioureuzo Marquize. Oct. IT,
Refugees from the Transvaal re
port tIla5 the Beers have been re
pulsed at Mafekins, sustaining
very heavy losses.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
AH0Ur IONN.

Capt. Robt. DaIzell Is reported
better today
Fresh magnolia soda crackers by
This steamer Tor sale by Lucio
Bonis.
The celebrated chihuahua forest
Onions just received ard for sale
by Lueio Boais
IS reported that Roman Aba
die, a son Of the late John AsJadse,
who left here several years ago for
Monterrey, died lately in that city.
Court met this morning and ad-
journing until tomorrow, no bust
ness appearing for transasti m
The grand jury has made no re
port since early last week.
. Mrs. Robt. Marcy of San An
tonic aud Mrs. VIM. 7les5ey of
Waco are expected to arrive this
evening, coming to attend their
father, Capt. Z. DaIzeli, who is
still quite i'll.
Z, Born, to Nr. and Mrs. Andrew
champion, a son, on Saturday,
Oct. IA, 1899, at Santa Mara,
Texas. The new BABY is reported
as 6ne, bouncing boy, who tipped
the scales at l01f pounds.
THE HERALD was mistE'zen in
stating that the negro s. Q was
convicted end sentenced to the
penitentiary for stealing a watch
was a former soldier. lie was only
a sort Of hanger on aboat the post
In the case of Juan Calandris,
which was tried yesterday, the jury
returned verdict Of guilty, asses
sing the punishment at two years
in the penltentia.y. a motion for
a new trial was at once fled by
counsel for the defense, en- the
ground that the jury separated at
hoon yesterday.
BangerO, n. Bell aud Depaty
Sheriff Anicebo Guznan left this
morning for San Diego. They 90
to receive AID bring to Brownsville
one Eucarnation Guerra who was
arrested there lately, and is wanted
here on charge Of forgery alleged
to have been committed about
seven months ago.
Another Hidalgo boy, George
". OdelI, has donued the uniform
Of Uncle Sam, and IS now ca the
Pacific oeea3 en- his way to Manila
His friends I'll wish him success,
and when be aud Manuel Banado
return we will meet them With
a brass band and Kill the fatted
calf. Good luck to you boys
The Sentinel.
There nov! Don't be enehering
the printer ont Of his DIES By Dor
rowing The HERALD, when yoh
are able to pay for 1t yourself
There are many weli-to-do persons
in Brownsville WHO sre reading q
borrowed copy Of the paper daily
They shoslld bs progressive enough
to contrihate to the support of 4
paper v7lich they ind worth read
Ing.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
T0DAYS
TE[EGRhMS.
SOUTH AFEicAN WAR.
Beers Reported rs Worsted.
Heavy Fightirsg at aaafesSing-
Lively Skirlaish Near Spytfonteia.
Treat Exeeu6icn Among the
Boers-Smallpox at Johannes
burg.

Pretoria, Transvasl, Oct. IT,
Further dispatches to the govern
ment say fighting continues north
OF Matching. The British, after
a second engagement retired in the
direction ef tie town, but resumed
the attack afterwards. I've burgh-
ers were killed and three wound
ea. The command. engaged was
inpeded by want Of heavy artillery,
which was subsequently obtained
from General Cronje.
Heavy fighting took place this
morning north of hiafeking. An
arlnored train sent to repair the
railway opened FIRE on the Beers,
one burgher being killed aud two
wounded.
Yesterday while the Beers troops
neared broken bridge, a train
loaded with dynamite was fred up
on aud blown up. No casualties on
the Boer size.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
ISABEE ITEMS.
home

Special correspondence of THE HERA D
Isabel, Tex, Get. IA delight
full sail eeross the bay was ep5eyed
by the Young people Of Isabel last
evening. 1t was given by Capt.
VIZ. Anderson of Corpus in hiss
pretty yacht Viva We landed at
Brazos, and after STROLL on tho
beach. returned, and found q
sumptuous lunch prepared for us.
Fair '.Enna" sent forth her bright
est beams on the Jolly crowd, and
al5ho' the picnic season is over,
all declared that they had ''pic-
ME" Your correspondent enjoyed
it hugely.
Capt. Anderson expects TO sail
Wednesday for Corpus and he has
orr best wishes for a safe and
pleasant journey home.
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FoUNp-Ai tie ferry landing q
fat key, with number 81 on 1t and
letters. Loser can have same by
calling at this gGes aaa payiag for
aeEise
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18

FoR sAI.E-A residence and
business horse on Washington
street ( sso.h a,lsoining) For full
particulars apply - Mrs. Ellen
t:eyaard, Esos Angeles. Gss'iIernia.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
PROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF

PROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF
ard mutton. -Ofiee Chief Commissary,
ian Aato 10, Tex, Get. ., 1902. Seal
"a proposals will be received here until
II \. NJ, November 9, IS 9, and oreI--
ed, for furnishing and delivering Fresh
Beef and Hutton. called Tor by Commits
earies at Forts Bliss. brown, Clark, Nc
In,osh. Ringgoid, Sam Houston, and
Camps At Eagle Pass ard Galveston.
Tex, dining six months commencing
Jantiary I, 1890. Proposals received and
opened SANG hour BY Commissaries Of
those posts, each receiving proposals for
his own pest oniy. Proposals viii also
be received stating prices at which BID
der viii deliver fresh beef and alton of
terapera.s;resnoi greater than so degrees
Fahrenheit Information furnished on
application. Envelopes containing pro
posals sbou!d be endorsed Proposals
Fcr Fr.sh Beef AMI Mutton" aud ad-
dressed 10 UNDERLINED, or to Comiaissa-
ry al pest BID fo-. Chas. Z. Thompson,
Major. Ciief Co.n'y.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
WINNING BY PROXY.

LIS right to paddle one 5 own canoe,
We agree, my brothers,
Bat l know some folks, and SO do
you,
Who seek to have their whole lives
through,
Their padding done by Others.
llss:lrsstt 5 Magazine
Prime western. cheese by this
steamer for sale by
:ie ISesis
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18
Sign ERs FOR MEDIATION

New York. October 14-Amoag
fle names signed toiay 70 tie pei
ton 70 the president to offer the
friendly services Of the United
States N mediation between Great
Britain and the. Trausyaal, were
United States Senators Teller Of
Colorado and Mallory Of Florida
and Coagrs ssmaa Shepard Of Tex
a.
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Notice

The Jersey Dairy having chang
ell hands, to take plaae on the lst.
proximo, the present proprietor
recommends all patrons 10 the new
owner and proprietor, who viii be
prepared TO put or general delivery
service, to delNer fresh Jersey
piilk morning and evening, as may
De desired, 10 monthly customers,
for future price aud delivery.
Thanking tie public in general
most cordially Cor their liberal
patI Snage for the past ten years,
or Gore, I predict suece aud z 'od
in future frem the new
manSgz
''s94 a.55". Proprietor.
sTGxTeRS FOR MEDIATION.