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The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

here. When little Sivl Frances haG
accidentally had enc of her fingers
smashed by a BANNER in the hands OF
one Of her brothers. The brothers
and tAeir sister, Mrs. Towne. noticed
that the aged Indian woman had an in
iured finger and asked her how II had
been hurt Then she told them that
her little brother had let hammer fall
on her finger when she was a little
girl In the home OF her father, so
they knew that this was their long
lost sister.
She told them that on the day when
she was carried away the Indians mad
taken her to cave in the mountains
where she cried all night until she
went 10 sleep. The next day she saw
her fathers party hunting for her, ouE
an Indian stood over her with a knlte
and threatened to kin her II she Ut
tered a sound. The Indians then tooA
her to Niagara. where the chief hao
her face painted, her hair dyed and she
was dressed in Indian fashion, AtieE
two winters the Indians went to De
troit, where they lived for three years,
Then they moved to Fort Wayne and
lived there twenty years. Later
Frances was taken to live near Peru
Ind. She was married 20 Delaware
Indian. but afterward became the Wite
of the Miami chief She-fan-ean-oh-
She was given the name OF Mahcone-
qua, or Young Bear" and she had two
daughters and two sons, By her
strength Of character and purity she
gained great influence among the In
dians and they yenerated her as their
queen.
The emotions OF the brothers and
Mrs. Towne on behold!ng theiT sister
was intense. but Frances SlOcum was
hardened. stoieal, emotiouless Indian
woman In reply to their eutreAties TO
go home with them she replied: i
cannot, cannot; am an old tree.
cannot move about ! was a sappling
when they took me away. / am afraid
should die and never come back.
shall die here and lie In that grave
yard. an glad to see my white rela-
tives. but / cannot 20. l cannot so.
have done" This she said in her In
dian tongue. as she had forgotten the
use of English She did pay visii
later to her old home, but returned and
died March 3, ls4T, at the age OF 40
years. She said she bad always re-
reired good treatment at the hands OF
the Indians and size took loving care
Of her children Nov the descendants
OF her fathers family are going TO
erect stone to mark her grave
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to this city to speak in the streets and
distribute her tracts She says she in
tends to distribute the tracts free to
the poor and to sell them for a penny
each TO persons able TO pay. She says
she has sgeAt SIX years In this work,
and in her travels has visited the Holy
Land. italy, Egypt and England She
cane here from Chicago. where she has
EGsn & work fer the last two months
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CHILD OF WYOMING.
ROMANTIC HISTORY OF uNFoR-
TuNATE FRANCES SLOcUM.
stolen in 1878, When an Infant, by the
sIarauding Indians-Sesrly sixty Years
Eiapse Before Friends Trace Her
would Not Go Home.
wabash. Ind, Letter.l

Charles E. Slocum, a banker Of De-
f1ance. Ohio, has determined to erect
monument to the memory of Frances
Slocum, known to history as ''the lost
child OF wyoming This untor-
tunate woman possesses a history as
romantic as any that ever was known
in this or any other country. As
child she was stolen by Indians ana
carried away into the wilderness in the
early days OF the republic. She was
not discovered by her anxious rela-
tiyes for nearly sixty years. Banker
SIocum Is a granddaughter Of Frances
and recently visited the lonely little
cemetery eleven miles west of this city
where the dust OF the lost child re-
poses.
The Sloaums came over from Eng
land in the early days of settlement on
these western shores. As early as 1887
there is record OF one Of them, An
thony slocum, purchasing land near
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what Is now Taunton, Mass His son,
Giles, was a member of the Society Of
Friends Of Portsmouth. R l., in 1888.
Giles had a great-grandson. Joseph,
who lived in the Wyoming valley.
Pennsylvania. in the latter half of the
eighteenth century. II was July 3.
IT'S, that the Indians, melted by the
British, scattered death and destrue-
ton throughout the valley, shooting.
scalping and burning. Most OF the sur
viving members fed toward the Della
ware river. Joseph SlOcum and his
family remained to face the danger.
On Nov. OF the same year four In
dians from the Delaware tribe came
toward the house. Two boys named
Kingsley. who had escaped from In
dian captivity. were standing near the
door. One OF these was shot and
scalped. Mrs. Slocum was the only
grown person in the house, as iona
than SIocum and his fathsr-in-laE.
Isaac Tripp, were absent from home
She seized her baby and rushed to the
woods. Little Mary. her I2-year-old
daughter, picked up Joseph. aged ?
years. and ran after her mother. Little
Frances. aged 5, hid under the stair
way, but the Indians spled her feet
sticking out and dragged her from her
hiding place. Ebenezer slocum and
the other Kingsley boy were also
seized
Then the mother ran from her re-
treat with tears pouring down her
cheeks and besought the Indians to
spare her children. Ebenezer, she said.
could do them no good. as he was a
cripple. So they dropped the boys and
kept Frances only. A searching party
was at once organized and it secured
the country for the lost child, but with
no success. So the weary weeks passed
into months and no tidings came Of the
little girl. The frantic mother lived in
uncertainty as TO her fate. Six weeks
afterward Jonathan Slocum and Isaac
Trip we're shot and scalped By the IN
dians and the little home was left in
mourning.
The search for little Frances, the
lost child Of Wyoming" was taken up
by the brothers Of the poor girl. In
1884 they went as far as Niagara in the
hope OF finding some trace of her and
again IN LaeS as EaT west as the wilder
ness Of Ohio. The next year council
of all the Indians was called at Tiuga
Point and the mother walked the entire
distance thither to try to find her child
IN 1891 the four brothers started again
n search OF their sister. driving cattle
80 cover up the purpose of their expe-
l.tiOn. One Of them, Isaac. came
through the wilds Of Canada as far as
Letzott, where he arrived, nearly dead
fer want Of food and exhausted with
IS long journey. In 1T9S the broth
nzJe another trip, but like the
rmer enc I: was unavailIng. In 1907
mother died, leaving as 2 heritage
charge 70 aer sons thar the search
EcEt zip. For twenty years they
Z ~ {: ~ a-sl'y iocerlns her near
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srArE or oHIo, crrr o. ToLEpo. !,

Frank J. CAenev makes cath that hs Is the
senior partner % the Erfn q r = GhG1sy A ca
doing business tn the CITY of Tu2esin. CCuasF
and State Aforesaid ApI that xzif HF-D sill pay
he sum of OssE HUNDRED poi.LAEs fas
each aaa ever ease o CstAEra taks e@azot %
cured oy ne use Of HAIR CztzFrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn 70 hrtprc nr ard subscribed IL say
presszes, iris sta Gay q pe-ozlber, 4. d tsaA
ISEALl - " :, ~ ~ :, ts,,i,,-
Halls catarTh Cure ts taken lssEFaAI2y. aaa
acts dtrectly % tie hlnsaG and a1ucossx surfaces
ot tAe system ScuH for trsstl elausasS frxs.
p. }, CHENEY s CO. Teir1c, O
Sold BY DrllEgLgts, Ttc
Eail's Family Palis aFr tAe best
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Nnn-sinlr,l,Ir nnats.

The latest invention for saving life Is
a non-stnkable boat II people would
pay as much attention to the preserNa,
ton OF life In other ways there wouli
be a Cerat improvement. Hostctter,s :
Stomach Bitters Is a life presssryer- 1t
cures dyspepsia. indigestion and all
forms OF stomach trouble. II IS an eN-
cellent tonic.
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rhrnI, Mtni.r r.rnI..l

Tho Santa Fc Route Ntu sch stcksts 20
Phoenix. Arizona, and return Ga Dec. Isl
and IND with isr14t % thlrEY days. a. rats
OF 1aS farp pics s1.Ga gHs round trtp. Tsis
gives all a splgn6it opportunity 10 visit
The Carnival whtrh Niil be held Epc- ssh
to Slh at u vere luW rate
Fail particulars and descriptive matter
can Se obtRISsd by addsczsgaE
= r. HALL
General ACeRt Santa - R81tr,
LtRaNas ElslH
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what makes gou Hnrk Na hard eag
and uiEhtT I want 70 set rtck. as
spcresi the industrious man y rant u
save 20 enough monsl 20 ef1abfe me -
put IN ali nv ftrno argocAEtnE a. equal
dtsITiuGiiou q EcAlta- - WEsistrisElsn
Star
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NDUx0ENT
MOTHERS

Many a young girls bea
time OF menstruation. Z
mistaken kindness permi
abou, physical health.
MISS CASSIE NJ. LAas.
Mss. PIskHAN-A year
irregular menstruauon
and leucorhma. My
appetite was variable.
St Ash sour and bowels
we not regular. and
was subjec; 10 pains like
cole during meustruation.
/ wrote you and began to
take Lydia e. PinkhAm's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanasive Wash. Youcan't
imagine my relief. Ny
courses arc natural and
general health improved "
Mss MAMIE ADKINS.
La Due. No. writes:
"DEkE Mas PISsItsx--
! feel !, my duty TO tell
YOU of the good yo=r
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold aSoay a;
time Of rnenstruaiion be-
fore taking your medicine;
but the Compound has
relieved the pain. given
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Ran. l.,,r, D.,l, ,h.r..r

The Overland Lluaiied" va linton Pa
e!nc for California and the Ezr4EG nnFtt
west 1Utcsrs; time and GnsSf aS-Glg ;
meat Ticket Once, 81 I1ta street
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

Weather Man-"Its gpipE 10 De aR.
fully EoEEy tonight" Asfrguumcr-
Then ia rush uUt an announcement o'
another brilliant Eaetcor shower,
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

n TANY dutifui daughter pays in pain for b., 49,
INI ignorance perhaps neglect.
ANA The mother suffered and she thinks b.- :
r,ust suffer also. This is only limited
excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should in
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption has b@cn
a God-send TO tHc.-wg- b. McClallAa,
Chester, Florida. Sept IL, Isss4
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

They say Iurk8a - very ktfnFF.
"SttngYE Hes 50 HlinEY that he srtltsi
ens bis postage stamps 0zsiT At the etsi
rsss.N
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u suspect that oHr urW ecakssrFles !
a retired aCtUF, Does be s4ffks Ihaag
real attitudes - rNo hul he sASs 'e,Eaai
when be means 'EDsh
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

EsE Bszos-co Cesnbtaatsaa E.re-.ssas P.-s
Gsaas Egz-c- = Eszar. hisFrstkft = Fssss- Ae-a
sA=t14 N-DJCAa.-sli a Cs--lSg sxs<rsarqss Csse.s
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

wtEEs--''ifcnP<cE Is very funa % eNtsr-
tNtnirE tsns hFT WaEgs-H-ras hls
wife = alSays gisnslnI Shsn tAsrs,A COM
E5aug rg-ergut 20
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MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
indianapolis letter.

Bend, this state, who says she has a
special message from heaven. has come
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06
rpE aHIr ouRr rnAr pors cunr.

Laxative BrNHan CgEiEiae E'aasras fssrs8we5
thr raese taat prosioers Ia Nrpp%- l. w
Nr1re.s klsnAlsrn y "a eaeA haA- e
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

FITS rsEsnszsallFgS = - asess
tsss @at - -. kllEs GsssN Asssa EsatalssE
s=ss far FREE SG.1a tst.l sztsss - tFsz1a..
bE r II kLIsr La IA Afra "a Fsstalsssssa.- o..
The Lamar register., 1899-12-06

Living in nat Isn't so had" why
HotT we are always invited out 20
dinner Thanksgiving Day
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Sold bY NFIll1slst Elc.
HaiIs Family P.lis HTc Ire best

Cousin ArahCli& has had 70 give az
playing Wagner AftoEviher. Why
'Eyer5 time she bcEan. her AnEura cat
had a at
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self for her own sake and - !:
for the sake Of her daughter r
to Mrs.. Pinkham. at Lynn, w..
for her advice about al -.
concerning the ills CT the t.-s..
organs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

composed granite. now places being
sought when the SOLID rock ~ reached,
Large fires are built a. aid In the work.
Crcafiug, nut seems 90 have neun great
these mines was estimated az about
a,iuO tons In lhi1, AMI only about 1000
tons Ia 1885. The prices of tho mica
range from a. To or 4 cents per pound
Comparing the records for ffty-unc
years nNti-isgD Mr. 4. n, Mucpownii
hndH that the temperature Of both
Greenwich and chicago was above the
average during sixteen winters, and
below during fourteen, There were
nine seasons la which Greenwich was
warmer and Chicago colder than the
averaged ana twelve In which Groen-
wich was colder ana Chicago warmer,
European meteorologiSts have reached
tho conclusion, contrary 10 current boz
lief that there ~ no connection be-
height of the barometer. as n lH quite
ns often cold when the barometer Ia
below the average as when above.
The aluminium furnace having made
II p0sslbl, 10 produce very pure ehrom-
ium at "A small cost, Dr, doldschmidt
makes tho Interesting suggestion that
this metal would be much superior to
nickel Tor plating u II could be uac,i
FOR that purpose. II N morV stable
than nickel, being ~ little liable 10 oxi-
diAation as gold. No method OF plating
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sldorahiy below the surface and about
half an inch from the lead ana Nhen
tho current IL turned on, a rapidly IN
tormittcnt are, with a probable tru-
quenoy OF some hundreds per tHeuni
a,ulna tn pass between TINS wire ana
the terminals Of the secondary OF thr
coil The current ia passed dlfvciiy
through The primary ~ the con nom
the platinum wire and leRh plate no
eondenaer being used,
An Indicating rule for dotarmlninn
the probability of ne D. stated ny NJ,
Schooling. nf Brussels, 90 have been
worked out hy be Moivtc, "a French
mathematician Who removed 60 ENG
land On isCi. ID u simply necessary 10
subtract olo'n age from 80, and 10 d.
vide the remainder by :, the result he
Ing the number Of years one II likely
to live, The chance of living one year
beyond ono's present ngc ~ found by
n. schooling TO be- Q "a az birth, iip
To / az Q years. hi2 90 at 10 years,
az TO / az rs years .01 TO ! NJ 20 years,
i20 To ! at 80 years, and Is 10 | az 90,
OF 600 persons 81 90 years 500 VIII i've
10 20 yeara, i2o la 40, ana ii 10 20,
The idea n gainlng ground IN France
that alcohol from htetrpot ETC., can
be- made 20 compete with petroleum for
lghting purposes, ana that TINS use or
alcohol would give great encourage
mcnt 20 French agriculture,
Late repairs on the roof-beama OF
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inr 90 prove that tho phenomenon Of
'irtiflr taste o. an rlectr0lyllr one.
iupffiHilt,, the Wuoi.pulp artificial
stone of IT, 0ohrr ~ Zurich. IL very
hard md light iu weight n l. a non.
conductor 0f heat ana noise. II mex
prnslNr, ana a. especially Intended for
roofs and floors. although u may hs
expected ~ prove useful Tor other pur-
poses,
The plague ~ Uganda o. described BY
ihr hight Rev, lilshup ilnniun as akin
10 The historical black plague of Lon
don, ~ begins suddenly There IL
hirh fovrr and swelling usually un-
der the armpit IN the mild Form OF
boo disease, tho swelling moves about
over the body. often causing death
when II approaches tho heart or gets
into tho throat. In the severe type.
the swelling seems stationary, aud The
patient dirH speedily n not given uffec.
tive attention. This form IN considered
very infectious, exciting great terror
among the natives \ native remedy,
kept ready prepared by the mission.
arlfH. consists ~ thr crushed bodies ~
u c0momn African hy mixed with vince
gar tho mixture being rubbed on the
swelling.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

with chromium is yet known. but. ~
u could be- used a. a soluble unndr. n
" believed that a practical process may
be devised ere long. n appears that
the metallic chromium can be- reduced
IN considerable quantities Tor a fraction
Of q dollar per pound.
A now Industry Tor Australia h prom
ifed hy the valuable Eucalyptus, or blue
gum tree An explosive. which has been
named kallunlte. 10 made from the
lcnvoH, and this n Hnid 90 have i've
or ia times the strength of dynamite,
ana 90 d. Inexpensive 10 manufacture,
" further experience justineH the
claims made the new material may be-
expected To become one ~ Australia b
Important exports,
A remarkable account Of the vitality
~ dlrnHr germs comes from SWitFor-
land In the Hnarlem epidemic ~ 1860
"a family Of plague Victims WAS buried
In N, Hnnrlrm church, ana the vault
containing the hodioH was opened thir-
~ or forty years ago by some masonH
repairing the building The wnrkmen
We're nll attacked with the infectious
Tluulular swelling, although nat with
the reyrrsrt form ~ the plague,
The sensation ~ taste produced hy
an electric currunt passing through tho
tongue n found hy Ieynek. n German
electrician. TO denend on voltage. sud.
den changes N current and voltage pro.
duced changes of taste sensation. SEEM
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

Tho new current intorrupter OF Dr.
A. wehnelt Of Charlottonburg. Is
pointed out by Mr., A, a, G, swinton a.
much the most notable Improvement
u many years IN connection with the
Induction coil, ana a. likely TO nnd
many important applications In N-ray
work. wireless tclography, otc. with
tlnuous current inta a hlEh-frequency
alternating one. The apparatus II slim
ply glass NesFel MED with dilute sui
phuric acid, into which dip two oler-
irodes. one being a plate OF lead
" conslderahle erea, and the
mercury and having D protrudlng BIT
OF platinum wire sealed into its boitnni.
one OF the Wires from a source NJ con-
ilnuour ourrent dips into the Mercury.
The wire OF the tube II immersed con-
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

fhs inhue,,"n Coil Improved The Chance.
81 Lising -Aleohaias an iilan,innni a
tathsdrsi-esier-saiics Mining nritish
aud American Winters chromium
Plating haiienite vitality ~ Germs
Ia ro'nh' Electric raste-,toae from
Puip.
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THE NEW CUBA

Work OF Reconstruction Admirably eesun-cubans Young
and DID, 6usly Studying our tanauoae-Enslish as
She ls Spoke. According castlen Authoros--An
can Charities in the lslandoosspy Bits Of Interruption.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

For cough and colds there Is no medi.
cine 10 rnccilNo as bALLARDs
HOREHOuD SYRUP u Is the ideal
remedy Price, 20 cents aud 50 cents.
Y, q. ~ Drug Department.
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Winchester cathedral two-thlrds ~
which were 30 badly worn-catcn ~ 10
require replacing With now oak. have
made conspicuous the work OF a re-
mnrlnbic insect. The decay has beon
nr the hnrn-tiled snw-ny. The fully
developed insect Il somewhat less than
two inches long. resembling large
wasp. and The fomnie ~ armed with a
long aud powerful ovipouitor with
which u hnres holes into wood Tor de-
posting It's ogfs, II IN the gruhH
Matched from these eggs that honey
comb the wood, especially nr. creating
rad havoc, The actual bDrofr of the
parent insect, according 10 Rev. J. "a,
Wood. ~ marvellous Instrument, be-
INK straight, Htlf. and a. elastic aa
Toledo rapitri ana the microscope
shows that lts head IL provided with
long sharp teeth. slightly ourying In
ward AMI serving like carpenters
conler-hit, while the SHAFT n armed on
each side with Hharp-edged ridges act
ing eNncil nH do tho sharp ridges ~
"a coree-mil. No more effective i'm.
uiemont could be devised. and the hor-
Ing tools ~ modern mechanics are
baaed on the same principle. though
perhaps less perfeHt.
The principal supply of mica comes
frnm mines In BENGAL. These says
AR. A. Mrrvln Smith, have been 0pef-
utcd irnln very ancient period the
mica being atill-aa for centuries -only
taken out from open cuts In the de-
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With the Inevitable result for all COR
JAILED therein Of short route Ia glory
VIA typhua and diphtheria, II such u
he condition of one OF the best houses
In cuba. what must h. that ~ the poor
etf The owner theieof-n proud hldalgo
of hlgh degree. hut like hiH ancestral
casa. somewhat down-at the-heel In
ihrse nefaHti dihr " caban fortunes-ia
wiling To lavish paint and gliding ga-
lore, for a liberal monthly consldera-
lion, but cannot be made 10 comprehend
the necessity Of Improved plumbing.
lie merely ahrugs his arlstocratic
hhonldefH and gibbcrs IN mingled
Ffenrh and Spanish concerning the un-
reaHonablenoas ~ the Americans In de-
mAndlnR changes which his progvnltOra
never thought o.. Finally. when the
government Inspector condemned tho
beautiful place as unht for human
abode, my lord gave IN ungracofully
aud hired some native workmcn % tenn
pnrarlly remedy tho evil. according 10
thelr llghtH, by the aid ~ bricks and
plnster paris. The Inspector says Il viii
remain IN tolerable condition for about
q year, and then the plaster-pnriH win
rive way and the poisonous gases again
invade the casa. You say. why not give
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28

Cox told how his car was passing Devils
adero street on Geary on the night OF
Sunday, March u, and how he took on
board a S a passenger the woman he AFTER
ward saw in the City Prison, Minnie
Adams She seemed to be waiting Tor the
car, he said, and although she made no
signal to him TO stop. when ne dld stop
came out from the sidewalk ana poaroed
the dummy 1t was just as he started on
again that he saw and recognized ferll N
standing on the corner and watching the
woman.
He described the woman as being
dressed in a dark dress. dark cloth cape
with fur trimmings, and brown sailor
hat He refused to commit himself as 10
the presence or absence of veil, ana de-
in response to the Judges query, ne point
ed out the defendant as the woman VINO
had been his passenger. 49,,
1t was on examination tnat tHS
seven unaccounted-for minutes were raKed
up, although no direct mention was mace
of them Cox was questioned Closely as
to the time schedule of the road, ana 1t
ket at S:4S. and arrived in time to PICK up
the defendant on Devisadero street at
9:O2
Testifying further under cross-eXam1nac
ton Cox said when he saw the story or
the child's death in the papers on the
following Tuesday, he thought he recog-
nized in the mother his Sunday passenl.s
ger, and he came to the prison TO see II
She could be the same. He was allowed
to see her and identified her.
The defense also brought out the inter
esting fact that Cox has now on hle IN
the Chiefs office an application for po-
sition on the police force.