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to the loft, where Mr.. Scots tai
hat" had been stored for years. Mrs
Scott secured the tile and placed il
upon the elders head, and the old man
trudged on toward the schooIhouse.
Arriving there, the elder placed the
hat upon the teachers table. The
bridegroom and the bride-to-be sat
upon the front recitation bench The
service opened Elder Thompson Of
fered a 3O-minute prayer, the choir
sang What VIII the Harvest Be?'
and Elder Swift told the patheucstory
of Jonah and the whale, closing with
a feryent appeal for a collection.
When Elder Hobbs picked mp the old
hat to receive the offering, a score Of
wasps emerged from the roouT IT.
cesses of the tile and instantly al
tackled the congregation. There vas
a shrek in chorus and a wild rush
from the room. Elder Swift was Tho
first to leap through the window c.oss-
ly followed by Elder Hobbs The
bridegroom-to-be carried his falcss
ont bodily. Some of the people went
through the door, while others welE
sailing to safety through the Windows
Nearly all were stung.
Elder Swift was discovered applying
snow to his aching baldhead. The bor-
rOwed hat was wrecked beyond re-
pair. In the crown was found there
mainder Of the wasps' nest. None Of
the congregation attempted 10 re-
enter the schoolhouse, and the patient
and lOng-suffering missionaries VIII
miss one collection.
In the evening the young people
were united in marriage at the home
of the bride by Elder Swift, who wore
a skull cap.
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trOscope," for, by its use, the eye
will be enabled to annihiiate space
through the medium of electricity as
has been made possible for the ear
through the application of the same
agent in telephone form.
THE telelectroscope," Attorney
Cohen declares, has reached a stage
where perfection is practically as
sured. In the inventors laboratory
the device has been tried and tested
and its operation is successful. 1t
only remains to add an Improvement
or two before the mechanism will be
in shape to be put on the market.
Attached to the sending device of
the telephone, rising above and over
it, will be a small mirror-like re-
fiector. The talker, by gazing into
this, will see pictured before him
not only the person talking at the
other end of the wire, but also the
objects surrounding the talker. Pic
lures on the walls. chairs, tables,
and, in fact, all the furnishings with
III ICttSs VIII DC dtCLA IGDIO-
duced in the picturing mirror.
At the same time a device at
tached to the other telephone will
enable the second person to see as
clearly and distinctly as the first.
These sending devices are alwavs
in focus. They can be moved about.
turned from side to side on their
stationary support, to suit the con-
venience and wishes of the talker.
In whatever manner they are turned
faithful reproduction of all that
comes within the lines of the focus
viii be portrayed in the reflector at
the other end"
The receiving device is in the form
of circle, the diameter of which is
five inches. The figures and scenes
are thrown upon a delicate screen
| through the medium of a strong in
candescent light hidden behind the
surface. The sending apparatus is
more complex. 1t operates, however.
much as does the focusing devices
| common on cameras.
The Washington bee., 1902-02-08
HAS WEIGHTY PLANSI
Wonderful Things Promised by an
Indianapolis Man.
Device to See Over Telephone Almost
Perfected Second Invention
Separates Gold from Sand
at Small Cost.

An inventive genius of Indianap-
oils, Ind, whose name is withheld
for the present, within a few weeks
will give the world two inventions
that promise to revOlutionize two
great industries of the world and, at
the same time, to affect other chan
nels of the worlds commerce.
One is a device whereby a man
talking at a telephone may see who
is talking and be seen by the talker,
as well as hear and be heard, no
matter how great the distance sep
arating the two instruments. The
other is a device separating flour"
gold from the sand and foreign par
ticles surrounding it, rendering
placer mining so cheap that the pre-
cious metal may be profitably sep
arated from gold-bearing dirt at ex-
pense so small that the cost of op-
Grafton is, in substance, nothing.
The inventor is represented by At
torney Bernie B. Cohen, a young law
yer who befriended the man, and,
when he was practically penniless,
advanced him funds with which he
might continue his experiments and
bring his machines to the present
state of perfection.
Attorney Cohen declared TO a Chi
cago Tribune correspondent that the
gold separating device will render
the work of separating microscopic
particles of gold from surrounding
sand as cheap as the Edison mag
netic process for drawing minute
particles of iron from other foreign
materials with which it Is mixed.
1T might be called" the inven-
tors representative said, "an 'au-
ronetic' mechanism, inasmuch as it
attracts PARTICLES of the precious
metal as the magnet attracts parti-
cles of iron or steel"
The other invention, for similar
reasons, has been named the telelec-
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ADVANTAGE
OF
BAILEYS
Improved Truss.

tion with perfect safety.
All uncomfortable and Injurious steel
spring pressure is avoided.
The pad is held in place by woven
bands, which retain an equal pres
sure IN all positions of the BODY.
1t can be worn in bed, a great desId-
eratum TO the young as tending to
perfect cure.
1t IS the only suitable truss for clII-
dren and females.
The proper amount of pressure can be
Wrought to bear and maintained in
ny position without pinchinp or
b. IN to the wearer.
1t vi. sure hernia If placed on the pa.
item efficiently early.
Excepting umbilical, it is the best
truss ever offered for all kinds OF
hernia.
1t is so perfect and comfortable in its
adjustment that the patient in a
short time forgets he is wearing il
lSee the cert .fCate of Mr.. Daniel
JohnSon.)
Sent postage paid to any address on
receipt OF price; s. for single and 81
for double truss
In ordering, give location of hernia.
right or left sid d measurement
Satisfaction give money refunded
when the truss IS returned in rood
order Address:
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HEAR T'OTHER SIDE.
Skinny McSwat Submits Some
Valuable Observations.
Cincinnati EnquIrer's Special Phil
OsOpher Thinks That the Oe-
cnsIOnaI Thief Merely Proves
Honesty OF the Majority.

"Huly Gee!" said Reddy Maginnis.
Here's another bank cashier done de
swift glide wit half a million!"
"H'm!" said Skinny McSwat, dat
sounds familiar! Was he well respect
ed?"
He was. An
"And had he de unwaverin' conf
dence of the whole community"
''Yes. And he was pointed out as de
model"
Cert. Dey always are. And dis feet
guy wit the kleptomania and the am
bitiOn to travel sudden-was he min
gled up wit de stock exchange?"
Yes. Hegot caught in Amalgamated
Co"
'Cut il out, Reddy! Dat's an old
song! But, of course, de poor victim
of dis terrible disease known as KEEP
tomania was undoubtedly de victim Of
some terrible and irresistible influence
and wasn't responsible fer his ac-
tiOns?"
Oats what his friends say!"
new whislIers. The mans name may
be different, but the plot is the same,
and it's as old as the great American
play, wit its hero goin' to de war, de
heroine bein' made to marry the heavy
villain and the &aro dOin' de swift re-
mig in time to save her and holler
'Ahan
1T don't make any difference who a
man is; if he's bad, he's bad-and all
the silk hats and sign-board collars,
wit a shave four times a week, ain t
going to make him good.
mo matter if he does take bath
every morning, dere's always some
thing in a man dat won't wash out"
But he'd been a trusted and highly
respected empIOye for 20 years!" said
Reddy.
Course he had!" said Skinny "Dey
always are, tell you! Dey're like dat
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The theft Of the last 500 on Es"
Years day again reused the sa-'.1
keeper to an Investigation, and i-1
North Halsted street police "e-0
called.
Several detectives Of the sheE-o'A
Holmes type were put on the '@5s.
They work long and hunted ta1' '-s
all in vain. A bartender and an e'i--- --
boy fell NJ -er sus pieion and "efa --7
charged, t'.1Jgh the evidence "17 -''
sufficient 10 warrla arrest.
..You kI ow. &c Mas 5000 last sumner
and $500 more latfr, and now a-o.--
hundred" ..-zs
"Oh. rats!" said one Of the ir-7---'
who doubted the story.
This gave the cle,w to the detee.'5s'
who were standing by. They eA- exam
Ined the cash draNe er and found ma.
rats had gotten inkoit Behind a Pl.5 P5
tition hastily torn away Reiner lo--5 ,-.,e
$50 in bills; i trther search revealed 90
more. Six carpenters were Pu1
work tearing up the flooring j. - -
basement and the walls. They Pc
up hundreds Of dollars in bills toL-L-.-
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WASPS IN HIS HAT
Why an Imposing CereH.oBv =
Pennsylvania schOOIhOuse Wa,
Hastily Postponed.

According to correspondent Of ~.
Chicago Inter Ocean, writing fro-'
Susquehanna, Pa, the congregation =
the little red schOOlhouse az Grar,-
Corners was unusually large on -
cent Sunday, it having been nofSsa
abroad that at the close of the service
two popular young people of theBeigb-
borhood would be united in marrisga
by visiting Elder Eckanah Swift.
Before starting for the schooIbouss
Mrs. Scott, who had entertaiu4l H.
elder at her home, insisted thg. ba
should wear a silk hat, as the oc..s
sion was a very unusual one. GoDp
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Origin of the Word "Toast.,

The drinks most in use in the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries were
sack. canary, claret, sherry and 9TH
ers. to which it was customary TO add
honey, sugar, ginger, cinnamon and
other ingredients; also a piece of
toast. which fioated on top of the
liquor. and was supposed to give it an
additional flavor. Later on, in the
eighteenth century, DR.. Johnson re-
lates: a certain beau, being at bath,
pledged a noted beauty in a glass of
water taken from her bath; where
upon another roysterer cried out he
would have nothing TO do with the
liquor, but would have the tOast-that
is, the lady herself" From the Incl
dent, il is said, arose the habit of Civ
ing a lady's name to preface, or flavor,
the drinking of wine. Hence a popular
lady whose health was often drunk
became "a toast" or "a great toast"
Later the word has come to mean any
sentiment which prefaces a drink.
A Giant Among Horses.
Tbara ara few horses over II hands
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SeInries In Great nrf.ain

The lord lieutenant of Ireland. now
Earl Cadogan, gets 100000 a wear
which is said to be the biggest salary
paid in Great Britain. The yieerov Of
India comes next with about SIS. .O00
year. The tbree bishops have the
pleasure OF h4'fiing from $4,000 to
$4,000 year ind after that the gov-
ernors Of co OF les and the ambassadors
receive frou s 10000 to $50 900 a wear
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Good Country for women.

In a mining center some so miles
from Coolgardie, in western Australia,
a carpenter died and his widow had Of
fers of marriage from the doctor who
attended the deceased, the undertaken,
the clergyman who read the burial
service, the local apothecary who made
up the medicines prescribed for the
departed, and the custodian of the
cemetery where he was i-11-rsd IT,
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RATS STEAL BIG SUM.
Use SaIOOn-K eeper's Currency IN
Making Comfortable Nests, but
Cash Is Recovered.

There was a great mystery for .le
police. Bills to the value Of $1,000 had
been stolen gradually from the els-
drawer in the saloon of Jacob ReLrL,
Q Lincoln avenue, Chicago, and al. -i-
forts to find the culprits proved tc-.s,
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jackass dat was good for five years just
to get a good chance to kick! The
better the man the bigger the rake
off! See? Same's any other graft.
'I tell you, Reddy, there's a lot O.
guys dat has a reputation for good
ness dat never had a chance TO be bad.
A mule is a good citizen. when he's over
the fence, but you toin him loose next
to a cabbage patch and watch the sliv-
ers fly from his character!"
'It's enough to make a guy want
to go away and die!" said Reddy Ma
ginnis, loftily. 'It'sa sign dere's mighty
few honest men in de world!"
Back up!" said Skinny. "It's a sign
dat dere is a lot o. honest men! When
you t'ink of the millions and millions
of the big iron dat passes t'roo mems
hands every day and not a cent of it
copped out its something to make you
| toin on de weep woiks wit admiration.
Mind, I amt saying dat dey'd all be
honest if dey didn't have to be! But
| when a mans honest give him what's
comm 10 him, even though he's forced
to be good. It's more respectable to
have neighbors who are supposed to DC
honest-even. though we know in our
hearts dat dey'd steal De nails out of
our coffin If dey had de ehance!"
"But what comfort is all dis to de
poor depositor who has all his saw
| ings run of Wit by de cashier?" asked
Reddy.
'Well, at any rate, he has de comfort
of KNOWN dat his money was stole
| by a gentleman" said Skinny Nc
Swat.
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A Giant Among Horses.

There are few horses over II hands
The Washington bee., 1902-02-08
They Say.

There are some timid politicians
in town.
One by one roses fall and fade.
Ho< do you like the wizard Ct
Tuskeegee?
There are some dinners that do
you great BARN.
Executive dinners are too much
for negroes.
Colored men are easily satisfied.
Do your duty and say nothing.
The negroes should not be afraid
to speak their honest sentiments.
There are things seen and heard.
Great men and great deeds are
seldom seen,
COlOred men are afraid to speak
now.
Where can you find an pnselfsh
negro representative.
This is what the people think,
The negro politician is a coward.
Senator Fairbanks will be the
next presidential nominee.
Woodruff will run with him.
You cannot make great men out
of small men.
Successful men never desert their
friends.
Honestmen willnot do dishonest
deeds
The Police Department is alright.
Major Sylvester doesn' disorim-
mate.
He has as much respect tor poor
man as he does for a rich man.
He does his duty no matter what
people may say Of him.
The republican party is not the
party of Grant. Sumner, Bruce
and Douglass.
Slowly but surely the cOlOred
southern politician is passing by.
He is no longer the dictor of his
own destiny.
This is what you should say.
l am man, citizen and no
trimmer.
Never become actuated by pre-
judice.
Read THE BEE. if you want q
fearless advocate.
Some colored men will run from
you when you defend them.
Why doesn't attorney Shoemaker
tell at whom he is aiming shots?
District attorney Pugh does his
duty.
The noble man, the good man
the truthful man will be respected
Senator German won his fight
Watch his presidential boom.
Defend your rights st any cost.
Let us have suffrage in the Dis
triet Of Uolumbia, 5
There is to be a new Excise
Board.
Speak gently to your friends.
Your friends are the persons il
whom you may conhde.
Don't tell them anything that
will incriminate you.
1t is safe to keep yourown secrets
Read The BEEif you don't think
Great things are done by small
men some times.
It is generally an acciden MT how
ever.
the acts of a hypocrit are toe
glaring sometimes
You can never satisfy some peo
pie.
If you hav, a good friend kesl
him.
Be careful aud don't allow you
enemiessto betray you.
The Washington bee., 1902-02-08
Wire, Stretched On sno,v

According to he experiments con-
Quoted BY Mr.. d. Jansen on Mont
Blanc, it is not necessary to erect poles
for stringing telephone and telegraph
wires in snow covered countries. If
The Washington bee., 1902-02-08
BIggest nc In the wor1d.

The largest tree in the world is to
be seen at Mascah, near the foot Of
Mount Etna. It's trunk is 304 feet in
circumference. The largest tree in
the United States is said to be the
gigantic tree near Bear creek, ON the
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n. & T. C. Low Rates.

NASHVILLE, TENN, and return SO q
on sale June ~. -, -; July 3, 4, 8. Limit July
81. Tickets will be extended 10 Sept 20 n
ticket IA deposited with Joint agent, Nashville.
on or before July 81 Payment 10 cents fee.
ONE FARE, plus $500, 20 sumner resort In
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Colorado.
Long limits.
CHICAGO. ILL. and return ........s % 70
On sale June IS, 10. %, 23-four days only. FL
nal limit Sept. %.
ST LOUIS. MO-, and return ...... 49,. "a 90
On sale June rs, 10, %, p. Limit Sept %.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. and return. .. Is %
On sale lune 90, -, q. Limit July q Tickets
viii be- extended 10 Sept, 10 II deposited with
loint agent, Chattanooga, on or before July q,
and payment OF 20 cents Zee.
MONTEACLE. TENN, and return .....4 " Is
On sale June -, July 1, ?, p, y, %. Fgnai
lindt August 70.
KNOXVILLE. TENN, and return ........ % IS
on sale June rs. 10 ". a, q, %, July TO- H. T.
Limit August IS Limit will BE- extended 10
Sept %. II deposited with Joint agrnt on or be-
fore August o. ana payment OF 20 cents Zee.
KANSAS CITY, NO, and return ....... q %
On sale June 10, 10, 20, p. Final limit Sept. 10
HOUSTON aud GALVESTON Tickets on sale
June "a, ig2. Houston and return 81 75s Gal
weston and return q o. Good 10 leave Houston
not later than l0idOa. M. train Jnre p. Good
70 leave Galveston not later than 900 a. M.
train June p.
EPwORTH LEAGUE -NAvAsorA-on sale
June 10, Y. Round trip st.i5. Limit June ~
ny. r. U.-f.A PORTE, TEX.-On sale June n,
IS. Rocnd trip Sass. Limit June -
BATTLE MANILA and fRuPTlON MOUNT
pELEE-For train passing Bryan June rs, $50
a. M, n & 7. g viii keli round trip tickets 20
Houston and retnrn, si.i5 Limited 10 leave
Houston evening train June TO-
HOusTON--lune IS 10 p inclusive II. a T. G.
will sell round trip tickets 70 Houston. Pare
$50. limit June %
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Mrs. Fritz Herring.

Mrs. Fritz Herrling died Of ty-
phoid fever in Dallas Sunday
morning, and the remains were
brought to Bryan Monday and
taken to Kurten for interment
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Herr
ling was formerly Miss Gussie
Kurten, a daughter Of Mr.. Henry
Kurten. She was born and raised
in Brazos county, and was greatly
beloved by a large circle Of friends
who deeply deplore her death.
She leaves a husband and two
who with her father, have
the profound sympathy of all.
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MONEY PAID GOMEZ
THE PAYMENT JUST
He Says Cuba Owes All 10 Gomez and
/ What Has Been Done for Him
Has Been Ratified by the
Cuban Congress.

Washington. June i7.--secretary
Root has assumed full responsibility
for the payment OF money TO General
Gomez By General Wood during the
American occupation of Cuba. and II
congress asks for an explanation OF the
matter he stands prepared TO furnish
what he regards as the most convlnc-
Ing proofs that the payments were die
tated by the wisest statesmanship.
At the war department a high Of
fetal stated the position OF the war de-
partment In the matter. as follows:
THE conditions in Cuba two years
ago were precarious. Not Cuban be-
lieyed that the United States govern
ment ever would withdraw from Cuba.
and the half famished veterans OF the
Cuban army were In n dangerous mood
and cIamoring for their pay. General
Gomez was the head and front OF their
army and had served the revolutionary
cause as It's principal leader without
having received cen; OF pay. General
Wood thought. and Secretary Wood
thought that General Gomez was cntl-
tied TO consideration 70 the extent OF
a home. which was supplied him and
IN which he entertained his comrades.
and to an income which at least might
be set down as a small Offset to the
money due Gomez from the Cuban Re-
public. That the cuoans themselves
regarded the matter in the same light
was shown by the passage by the pres
ent Cuban congress. among the very
first OF IFS acts. Of a bin providing a
liberal pension for General Gomez.
THE necessity being present. in Sec
Rotary Roots view. the only other
point was tho legality and propriety
OF the payments. He soon satisfied him
self that there was not he slightest
doubt on that score. The military gov
ernmenf was Obliged 10 assume the re-
sponslblllty for his disbursements and
TO exercise his discretion. General
Brooke did this and after him General
Wood and Secretary Root now fully APP
proves Of everything they did. lnclud-
ing the payments 10 Gomez"
II Is pointed out az the war depart
mont as a curious fact that congress
has been IN fun possession Of the In /
formation that Gomez had been re-
celving those payments for no less |
than two years past. The war depart
ment that far back submitted to con-
sress the full statement OF all expenses
IN Cuba. and included In the list was
a statement Of the payments TO Gen.
Gomez.
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COTTONWOOD.

Cottonwood, Tex, June 49,
Rev. Bishop has recently returned
from Japan and begun a protract-
ed meeting at the Christian church.
Mr.. Bob Nichols went to Marlin
last week.
A. ID. Edge was in this vicinity
today.
The people Of this place are an
tlcipating a great time at the an
nual picnic at Cedar creek on the
4th of July. The important fea-
ture Of the day will be baseball be-
tween Edge aud Henry Prairie
The candidates and business men
are especially invited to attend.
Mrs. S. A. Edge OF Kurten visit
ed here today. III
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Die. In the o.nrthnu...

Beaumont. Tex. June IA death
which will lay a precedent In law prac-
tice occurred Monday in the Jefferson
county courthouse In this city. &. w.
Bullock. aged about so years. dropped
dead suddenly on the landing OF the
staiwary leading to the second floor OF
the courthouse. He was plaintiff In n
suit for the possession OF forty acres
OF land and his case had just been
argued and the jury retired 10 DELHI
crate on the verdict. Mr. Bullock went
downstairs and was returning when he
met his counsel on the landing One Of
the lawyers spoke 10 him. and just as
the aged man opened his mouth 10 re-
ply he pitched forward and died in
stantly without speaking. Judge Mar
tin called IN the jury and dismissed
them and postponed the case.
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The present administration has
been mainly concerned with three
things: With domestic affairs,
with the Philippines, and with
Cuba. We have three correspond
ing scandals of great magnitude.
The people Of the United States
have never suffered under a sharp
er oppression than that of the beef
trust. The Philippine atrocities is
about the biggest and blacklist
scandal with which any admins.
tration in any country has ever
been besmirched. And this latest
Cuban scandal, involving Governor
Leonard Wood, the presidents
protege and the Administrations
chief officer in Cuba, showing him
to be the ally Of the sugar trust, is
the great sensation Of the day
Houston Post.
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Ca. AraIn., Roger. DI.mI..ed.

Sherman. Tex. June 1.-THE case
OF Wesley Rogers. who has been under
Indictment for twenty years for the al
legged murder OF a man named Thomp-
son a; Whitesboro. and who was ar
rested only a few months ago. was dis
missed. The defendant has been I'M
der bond since his arrest
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ohin.mnn WIN L.nrn.r

ri Paso. Tex. June 1.-THE lnspec-
tors OF the government immigration
Office report that on last Friday n
Cinnamon terribly afflicted with lep-
rosy was seen In Jr7rez. and he 10 sup
posed TO have come across the border
70 III Paso that night The Cinnamon
Il reported 20 be in a horrible condl-
ton. his hands and face showing in
marked degree the progress OF the
dlaease.
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Km.a ~. Brla- aud shielded.

indianapolis. June i7.-Andrew Delss
OF Peoria cut the throat OF his bride
az the home Of her mother and then
killed himself by swallowing carbollc
acid. Mrs. Delss. who is rs years old.
Is perhaps fatally injured. Deiss was
placed under arrest. but while waiting
for the patrol wagon died In awful az
ony. lie was 30 years old. The mo-
tive was Jealousy.
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The prospects for the Central
Texas Fair are very bright. The
directors are well up with their
work in the arrangements. Keep
the dates-October IA to II inclu-
sive-in mind and help all you
can to make the second annual
fair a greater success than the first.