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Frost Caused Damage

Houston. Tex, April 12-The heavy frost of last night caused much alarm among fruit and vegetable growers all over Northern Texas, and this morning all be- lieved their crops ruined, but reports to- night are that small damage was done ex- cept in the extreme northern portion of the state.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
Boers in Basutoland

London, April 13.-A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Lourenza Marques, dated Thursday, says:
 It is reported from Pretoria that Boer command is moving through Basutoland. This is said to be a clever ruse to draw the British away from Wepener
 About 2000 foreigners constitute the new foreign legion in Pretoria, including some Cossacks in uniforms. Several French re- cruits left here for Pretoria today under command of a French captain, brother of the late General de Villebois Mareuila.
The age-herald., 1900-04-13
Roberts saving His Men

London, April 13.-The Bloemfontein COZ respondent of the Daily Telegraph, tele- graphing Wednesday, says:
 Lord Roberts wisely declines to exhaust his men and horses in hunting the elusive Boers until his preparations are completes He will leave to the enemy the barren comfort of the occupation of few farms for a short time"
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Roberts to Prince of Wales

London, April 12.-The Copenhagen COTS respondent of the Daily Mail says:
 Lord Roberts, in telegram to the Prince of Wales rendering congratulations on be- half of troops in South Africa upon the escape of the prince at Brussels, spoke very hopefully of the situation at tho front.
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THE WEATHER

ALABAMA-FAIR AND WARMER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY; LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS.
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Waited Reasonable Time

''Within a reasonable period after every one reached his home, the local commit tees composed, of three men under the jur- isdiction of each division. acting under in-
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SHUT OUT ON A. G. S.
No Response Could be Got to Calls at
 Any Stations

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 12.-The strike of the telegraph operators of the Alabama
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

10 show our neighbor States of South
America what We have to sell. and We hope
1" acquire through the Pan-American Ex-
position large portion of that vast trade
winch Is now going tn Europe. If ST. Louis
makes creditabie display in Buffalo. II
will not only advertise the resources Of the.
State and the city. but vii! also be Il great
advertisement Of the Louisian: Purchase
Exposition. a commission has already been
appointed by the Missouri Legislature TO ar
range for a Missouri exhibit at the EXPOSE
ton to be held In our city. but no ap-
preparation has yet been made These are
some Of the matters ! wish To discuss fur
Their with the men who are At the head
Of the Worlds Fair movement for 1885
Mayor Dichi expressed himself a. being
highly eratifei h. the result Of the Kan
sas City convention. THE ticket is un-
douhtedly "A strong one he said. and the
platform is one that should win. j believe
the Democratic party to be- stronger to-day
than IL was four years ago.
Mayor Diehrs party called Mayor
Zieghenhein at the latter's office in the n W
City Hall. the Mayor of Buffalo being from
the same province in Germany the faith
er Of the Mayor of ST. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
AT BRYAN'S BIRTHPLACE.
Nomination Gratifies His Many
Relatives and Friends.

REPTBLI6' SPECIAL.
tentralia Ill. July Here In Marion
County. where W. ]. Bryan was born and
i1is cd there L. probably more personal
STaiincat!oa over the renomtn ton of Mr.
Bryan than almost any other place Ev-
trybCdy here speaks of Bryan as though
ne were an intimate friend. They all know
MN. and many are relatives. To those
who 90 not support his party or even
Mr. Bryan, there Is personal satisfaction 10
their Voices when they speak Of the Ne
bilska Sta;esmars success.
The Jennings family here Is a large one
and oil are related to Mr.. Bryan through
his mother. They include many who are
prominent in county and city politics. Cf-
cult Judge s. L. Dwight of this city mar
ried cousin. Ex-Mayor Hapsslee b one
OF the Republican relatives hy marriage.
ney fer a number Of years, Is q cousin. Hn1
so IL goes Not all of these relatives SUP
rort Mr.. Bryan. but they all admire hin
and speak well OF him at all times.
AT Salem. where AIR. Bryan was more In
timately associated. the interest always
runs very high with natives and ytatorsL
Many of the Eastern drleR ates went to
Kansas City via the II. & o. S-W., and
not carload went through Salem WITH
out getting out OF :he cars to take .
look at the city. The residents near the
DEPOT were much Interested in these dele
cations. and watched for them.
The admirers of Mr.. Bryan and his rel
atives here had another reason to be sat.
; Jennings. cousin of Mr.. Bryan and
n brother of c. f. Jennings Of this coun-
~ was nominated for Governor of Florida
by the Democratic Convention.
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president Of the Negro National Anti-Im-
rcrial ANA Antitrust League. and vice
presid ut of the National Negro Democratic
League. which met at Kansas city last
week. The latter organization WIS repre-
scented ny - delegates from twcnty-eiSht
States IN the UaIOr. ard the COW. ution Was
solid fer Bryan. anti-iml crlalism and hi
mstGi!sm. ". T. Scott was chairman Of
the temporary organization Of this negro
convention.
Referring To the part & be played by the
negroes league in IN" coming campaign.
Delegate Scott SAID. TIL. league. with its
thorough OGgarli4dtiuu III each State.
headed as II will be 10y an acknowiets 1d
.cader ana organizer. Will cast Igj.Hh yo-es
Cor that inafchieSs statesman ana champion
Of the common Ptoplc-Wiiliam j. Bryan.
THE Constitution is broad and strong
enough L. protect the huIab.est citizen when
properly enforced. as it will BE- by The party
Of the people. ucliev" that - per cent o.
:he Intelligent negroes Of the country are
against William Mckinley ana his i'm
prriaiistic administration. My advice tn
aHay nom political masters AMI vote fer
iha party and the principles which repre-
ats to them to-day the Jisht. only IN
division Ot tn. negro vote can the negro
question ever I've Sr.vcd.
Delegate Scott was he first negro in the
United States Ia own and edit daily
Democrat. newspaper. He established the
Cairo Gazette at cairo. Ill. and in 1874 the
paper supported Grover Cleveland Tor the,
presidency.
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MISSOURrS PRODUCT.
Enormous Surplus Was Marketed
During Last Year.
REPUBILC SPECIAL.


jefferson City, Mo-. July The tabuia-
ton Of the matter for the State Labor Blu
reau's annual surplus shipment map has
Just been completed by Labor Commissi Jner
/. +. Rixey. and the map will be ready for
distribution BY August IL.
BESIDES showing the productions of al.
kinds marketed by every county in the State
during 1888. classified summary II the
States total productions and their value. Il
table of aggregate values of all productions
by counties. marginal groups Of the Cuun-
ties containing coal, lead and zinc. list Of
of the railroads. county seats and railroad
tai mileage Of steam railway and the aggr.-
CT the best expUsitions OF Missouri >
productions. resources wealth and material
progress ever published.
The total value of the commodities mar
keted In 1899 as compared with the previous
year. show an Increase of over &,.000.0I
the aggregate value of las. years produC-
tions being sl35,OI0,2ss The standard by
which the computation Of values was made
was obtained from an average of the pre-
vailing current prices la forty different To-
calities OF the State
AS compared with the reports for 1895 last
years marketing Of live stock shows some
decrease. but in this Missouri is not an ex-
Ception, as the decrease applies to the
whole United States. y very material in
crease is shown in eggs, butter. wheat tim
othy seed, fruit and vegetables. mill prod
ucts, wool, coat. lead and lumber Will.
poultry. hay. broom corn and tobacco show
a tremendous increase.
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MAYOR DiEHL OF BUFFALO.
Visits ST. Louis and Talks of EX-
positions.

Doctor Conrad Diehl. Mayor of the city
OF Buffalo y. Y. his son. George c. Diehl.
and +. T. Reynolds, member of the Bureau
of Buildings of Buffalo. were in St. Louis
yesterday on their way home from the
Kansas City convention. TO which Mayor
Dehl was delegate. The party took "a
carriage and drove over the city, visiting
the principal institutions and calling upon
many prominent men, among them being
ex-governor Francis, whom Mayor DiehI
wished to see in regard TO the Missouri ex-
hibit at the Pan-American Exposition TO be
held at Buffalo. beginning May /, 1901. and
continuing six months
Referring TO the st. Louis Exposition,
Mayor Diehl said: ''Of course. my principal
thought has been given TO our own EXPOSE
ton. now so close at hand. but ! can say
that | am heartily i'm sympathy with the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. and hope to
see 1t the great success which IL deserves
to he. L have discussed our exposition the
Pan-American. and the louisiana Purchase
Exposition with Governor Francis before
ana he has assured that Missouri will
make q creditabie exhibit at the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition in 1901. This / consider to
be sound business policy for St. Louis.
Even with a great International exposition
on her hands, this city cannot afford 70 ne
glect the exposition in Buffalo. Many ex-
hibitors from the South American Repub-
lies will bring their exhibits direct from the
Paris exhibit to Buffalo. There the people
of the Western Hemisphere will meet and
commingle. We will have the opportunity
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
DYNAMITE PLOT FRUSTRATED.
Plan Was to Liberate Welland Ca
nal Convicts at Kingston.

New York. July THE city OF Kingston.
Canada, was greatly excited last night over
news that band of unidentified persons
had been trying to blow up the Kingston
penitentiary and release Nolan. Walsh and
pullman. the men who were sentenced to
the Kingston peniteDtiaFy for life for at
tempting to blow up the Welland Canal
with dynamite.
Every precaution has been taken to guard
against the accomplishment of the scheme.
This week two Dominion Governme mt de-
tectives have been in the city. They ex-
pect an outrage by fenians. For two NIGHTS
I'm succession a close watch has been main
tanned. both inside and outside the walls
of the peuitentary. This watch will be
continued day and night until all danger Is
passed.
The plo; was discovered by a man who
was running a searchiight on a passenger
steamer. When she passed the penitentiary
at night the light was thrown on the In
stftution. and on several nights men were
seen digging on the wharf at the west
side of the institution. When they saw the
light they ran away. What they we're do
ing has not been discovered. The Govern
ment has issued an order that no visitors
he allowed TO enter the peni:entiary.
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children and our children's children Gov
eminent founded in the wisdom OF the Ia.
Tiers maintained by the blood and treasure
of its citizens and perpetuated as price<
less heritage.
IndOrse Stevenson.
''Impelled by these considerations your
National Committee has determined that it0
duty I'm this hour Is 70 indorse Honorable
Adlai Stevenson as our candidate FOR Vice
President, in order that the opposition 10
the gold standard. trusts and monopoltee,
Imperialism and all its attendant evils may
concentrate It's votes at the danger point
and accomplish the triumph OF those ~
ciples SO dear to us.
at is but simple justice to say that IN
taxing the action indicated We are following
the advice Of our distinguished leader. Hon
crable Charles a. Towne. g
Let us express the hope that our friends
will lay aside whatever of disappointment
they may feel and join In a united effort to
secure the triumph of our principles at the
coming election.
,SignedD
-. y. TII.LOTSON, Kansas.
Chairman National Convertion
'E. S. CORSER. Minnesota
Secretary and Treasurer.
FRED T. DUBOIS. Idaho.
Chairman Executive Committee. :
JOHN F. SHAFRCTH. Colorado. -
IS. ". BROWN. Ohio. -,-
-. FRANK POWELL. Wisconsin.
NATHAN COLE Jr. =
Executive Committee"
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TwEvT1-sEsE NTh DISTRICT.
Contest for Senatorial Nomination h
Incoming Interesting.

The contest Tor tine senatorial nomination
on IN. i,t mu,IatlC tiCk,s III the Twenty 10
seventh District Is rapidly approaching tHy
boiling UulEt. IN, convent. II Will lac held
at Rlchidnd ON "Wednesday and from tn
way the candidates have been hustHnS II
promises To To- 4 t!gat race from thc start
ht. candidate axe JUagc Z,y-ly Of ttIS-.
r. MeTiwrther OF fheIp.. Jack STATE q:
al.i-s I.aIk.n JOHNSON OF Pulaski and +
T.. L.uCk.tt 81 Jr.c.
80 Gar no caad.Iat. M, :, Iced. Each Is
backed ~ his uw. q C.ty. J.dsc E'N-lE
mas the d-isGat"s i.O.A Al'l.sr !HStru, = -
Tor him. IL gives INN u snShi !'.;u re
,Iictious OF a deadlock axe m.uc t.lcn
candiCats L. particularly strong ii his 80"
county and tie counties !rohaolS |ll Hn.d
to their men as long IS possible. III i'l-+
is the case. the convent on may last several
days before the nuninatt n = made.
II Ii ECfIt nSCh;iu .CJ EOlia, who's" term
a. senator expires, l. making no c.i.'N"r
for denomination. IL has bscn sdEg's.ec
that II u deadlock prevails . dark horse
may be sprung n tEe convention.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
ALMOST BLINDED BY
A POWDER CHARGE.
Blank Cartridge Was accidentally
Exploded in Miss Lulu Hath
Always Face.
ON A TRAIN AT THE TIME.
Permanent Disagreement May Re
sult-Young Lady Is Averse
TO Discussing the Circum-
stances of Accident.

BY the accidental discharge of ? blank
cartridge On the Fourth of July. Miss Lulu
Hathaway OF No. as Carpenter place
daughter Of T. T. Hathaway. was probably
disiigured for life. The unfortunate incl
den; occurred on Il train. bound from this
city 10 Clifton Terrace. just north of Alton.
H. None of those in the party could be
induced TO disc, IS the accident.
Miss Hathaway and Carl Wigs, travel
ing salesman for the Graham Paper Conn
rany, were occupying a scat together she
being next to the window. Wigs. To dis
play his patriotism. drew a revolver loaded
with blank cartridges to fire it out of the
window. AS he made the movement. a
friend grabbed his arm, Yah the view IF
preventing Shot Immediately in front of
Miss Hathaway. Wiggs's aim was detected
and sufficient pressure was produced on the
trigger to explode the cartridge.
The muzzle Of the pistol was only a few
inches from Miss Hathaway's face. the
waddng in tine shell producing a slight
abrasion Of the skin on her neck and the
powder taking effect in her face. burning it
badly. The pain was intense and for time
it was feared that the sight of both eyes
had been destroyed. Later, however, II was
discovered that her eyes Were not seriously
injured and her vision would soon be re-
stored.
Miss Hathaway was hurried to Clifton
Terrace. where Doctor Henry j. Scherck Of
st. Louis. who was there in attendance up
a patient. was called in. He picked from
her face more than a hundred grains of
powder and advised her to return 70 St.
Louis and obtain the services of "A special
ist. Accordingly Miss Hathaway came home
at once.
ut was only an accident" said Miss
Hathaway yesterday, land do not care to
have anything said about it,
Those who have seen the young lady say
that il is most likely she will be powder
marked for life, as it is impossible for any
surgeon to entirely pick out the Particles of
powder which are lodged under the skin in
her face
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
FOUR NEGRO ROBBERS.
Held Up d st. Louis Man in Web
Ster Groves.

Charles Winters, a lahoring man who has
been working on a farm near Webster, was
held up and badly beaten Yesterday after
noon on Shady avenue in Webster Groves.
-Four negroes did the deed and they es-
capped into the thick brush. which skirts
both sides of the road at this place.
winters was ON his way TO Madden's quar-
~ at brentwood. When he got near the
eastern limits of Webster he noticed the
negroes ahead Of him in the road. They
appeared 70 be shooting dice. When he ar
rived abreast Of them one deliberately
struck him in the face. Another graspad
him about the waist and threw him down.
he made an effort to escape them and they
kicked him several times in the side.
They searched his pockets and got sl3,
ali the money Winters had with him. After
the negroes left him he managed TO crawl
TO the Tuxedo Laundry. which was but IL
snort distance away. Here Z. q. Mincke.
the manager of the laundry. talephoned for
MARSHAL Mace of Webster Groves. who came
shortly after. Winters's face was badly con-
fused from blows received. and il was
thought that the kicks in his side had
broken several ribs
winters is unmarried and his home is in
St Louis at No. 1901 North broadway
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
DAVIS HAS MANY FRIENDS.
Grent TrepiGation Within the Ranks
of RcpubiicHns.

RevublicanS in Missouri, are very bitter
AT N ebster paws because OF his dcs"rtion
of the party From one end ~ III" state he
Is 6eine denounced and ca!umny is thrown
at him Ia large chunks.
MIR Davis. how, yer. has Il h II of friends
who promise To stay by HIM TINS means
Davis has been Republican leader In
Missouri long enough to become firmly e.
tablishcd. Before tine convention the idtd
that he would take the part OF the Beers
even u the desertiCn Of his party was
scoffed at Now that ne has renOunvcd
allegiance 10 the party or MARX Hanna
H. has many friends In Missouri. and the
majority are with him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
YOUNG MEN NEEDED IN INDIA.
Missionaries Are Breaking Down
Under the Strain.

Chicago. July THE Chicago India
Famine Relief has raised a fund of over
s.. 900. to be sent the famine sufferers in
Ipdia.
The Bishop OF Calcutta has written that
the missionaries are breaking down in
their efforts to help the sufferers and has
asked for young men who will take the
places OF missionaries. who have died or
been invaded TO England 1t is probable
a number Of young men Of this city will
answer the call
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
VAGT HELD FOR ARSON.
Charged With Setting Fire To 4
HobCken Tenement.

New York. July s.-On the charge Of hav-
ing get fire TO the tenement In Horokan, the
destruction Of which on Tuesday morning
last caused loss Of thirteen lives Henry
Vagt, a saloonkeeper. has been arraigned.
The two most important witnesses against
N3gt were Joseph Cab. street musician,
were burned II death.
Vagt denied the charge against him. He
said that he was awakened by the smoke of
the fire. and that he carried his wife
through a window to a shed. and that they
both escaped in that way. Vagt was held
Ssx the Grand Jury on charge Of arsoa.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

REPt Bise SfE'lAL
Washington. July Major John h. Ba-
ker. Paymaster, United States Army De-
partment of the Missouri, will proceed TO and
ner N Slaughter, additional paymaster
now on duty at st. Louis, will proceed to
and take station at Omaha
First Infantry, now on a furiouvh a. Ia
Grange. No., will be discharged the service.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
Contest. Referred Hack to wards.

At a meeting Of the Republican City Gem
trail Committee yesterday at the Merchants
League Club. IL was decided that the con-
tests for committeeman In the Tenth,
Twentieth. Twenty-fourth ana Twenty
eighth wards should be referred back To-
the wards for settlement. This was the
result OF the recomne ndation made by the
Subcommittee on Credentials, which met
Friday to hear the evidence in the contests.
IL the different factions In the wards can
not agree upon a suitable committeeman
within ten days. then the matter is to be
referred back 10 the Central Committee.
which, az Il whole. will select the members
to represent the wards.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
Naval Promotions.

Washington, July THE President has
made the following promotions In the navy:
Commander NJ. r. 8. Mackenzie. to b
Captain; Lieutenant Commander Geofee p.
CoIyocoreszes. 20 be a Commander; Leu
tenant Commander Charles E. Colahan. to
be a Commander; Lieutenant James p. Par
kerr TO be i Lieutenant Commander; L1o1s
tenant Ben W. Hodges. to be Q L3eutaao1t
Commander: Ernest v. Sandstrom- to b. q
BoatSwain IN the navy. IS
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DEMOCRATS TO CELEBRATE.
w. ID. Oldham Will Address'Jeffer,
son City Meeting
REPUBLIC SPECIAn


Jefferson City. Mo-. July THE Demo-
Gratis OF the State capital are preparing to
yenscn on next Monday night. w. d. Old
ham OF Nebraska, who made the nomi-
mating speech for Bryan. is here visiting
his mother. and he will be one Of the.ora-
tors at the meeting
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CcntrnI Republican L.nguc Club.

The Central Republican League club on
July elected the following officers: J. r.
Husman. president. J. II. Ahrens. first vice
pres;d. mt: George W S,rodtman. second
vice president; J.. Wolff, third vice pref
dent. Byron chare. treasurer; Alfred HUH.
sergeant arms. Henry Eierman. assist
ant sergeant alarms: and g. W. HUH. sec
rotary. The following members were elect
ed delegates 20 the State Convention f Re-
publican League Clubs: Louis Fl. Waitke.
Theodore n. kalbfell. j. ii Ahrens F.
i.autZ. Ernst Richter. August Herman
Geor.e W. Strudtman. David Grahar1 Fred
FL kohring and John Diesel.
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
jefferson City. Mo. July I.-GOvernor Ste.
phcns to-day commissioned omcers OF tho
National Guard of Missouri as follows:
James h McC.rd. Major and Inspector q
Small Arms Practice. First Brigade, wiSo
rank from July
j. NJ Allen Captain: Percy H. Barney.
Erst Lieutenant ana 10 eph W. Bees,
Second I.ieu;enInt of Company e.. Second
Re.irnent Of Infantry. with rank rom
June r. 1870 a;s
ID. L. Humfrevilie. Captain and Assistant
Surgeon, Fourth Regiment of Infantry
with rank from July 2, ieco.
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building Bonds Registered.

jefferson City. Mo-. July State Audi
tor Seibert to-day registered eight building
bonds for 500 each Of School District SIS
II. Galloway County, dated July l. with
per cent interest, and twenty bufldfA9
bonds of 500 each. of the School District
of CRANKY. Newton County. dated July y
with per cent interest
The State Auditor was notified that the
following bonds were called in for redemp-
ton: Bui.dp: bonds numbered Is. 1S. IL.
Is and ~ $500 each. OF Richmond School
District Ray County. on August 10. at tne
County Treasuref's office in Richmond.
Bonds dated October ], 1851. -
One fer SEQ of the city of Carthage.
sued August l. ISL. with . per cent mte4.
es1. to help build County Courthouse aSna
City Han. payable at the Continental Ne.
,ional Bank I'm St Louis. Mo-, on August
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
NEGRO DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE.
W. T. Scott Declares That IL VIII Cast
100000 Votes for Bryan.

Among the delegates TO the Kansas City
convention who passed through 81. Louis
yesterday en- route bone were W. 7. Scott
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TO.DAY'S REPUBLIC:

The Special Mail Edition b
Prinf-d In Thr>e Paris.
The Sunday Magazine Is
Printed Ia One Part