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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, March ,-Cattle-Recepts, 1889
including 5j2 Texans; strong TO lOc, higher
good to prime steers, SG.5Oa7i poor to medium
Si25aG.3O stockers and feeders, - 5Olj,2j; COWS
81 4Oa5.6O hofers, S2,5Oa5GO; Gamers, -, 40
$50; bulls, S2,5Oai,0J; calves, SiaB,iOi TeNa,
fed steers, Si.75a5.15
lIogs-Rccepts today, 2j,OOOi tomorrow, 81
600; left over, 5000; 3 To 10 cents higher
closed weak mixed and butchers, $6ad,JO gooc
to choice heavy, $G.3ja6.55; rough heavy, S6 II
aO.SO; light, S505a6,2i bulk of sales, S6, l0lG 10
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; sheep and lambs
steady; good to choice wethcrs, Si.50a5,2j
western sheep, Si,G0l5,75; native lambs, SiaO, 10
Mesiern lambs, S5.2la0.lO.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
A Printer Greatly Surprised.

~ was never so much surprised in
my life, as | was with the results of
using Chamberlain's Pain Balm" saws
Henry Il. Crook, pressman of the Ashe-
vile, IN. CO Gazette, II contracted a
severe case OF rheumatism early last
winter by getting my feet wet. | tried
several things for it without benefit,
One day while looking over the Gazette
! noticed that Pain Balr;-was positively
guaranteed to cure rheumatism, so
bought bottle OF it and before using
two-thlrds Of il my rheumatism had
taken it's flight and l have not had a
rheumatic pain since" Sold by all
druggists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
Chicago Grain and Produce Market.

Chicago, March 12.-strong bearish argument
the southwestern wheat fields Influenced liberal
sales in both wheat and corn today, but bears
went to extremes and oyersold the markets. As
result a few bits of otherwise unimportant
news started covering and May wheat closed only
shade under, May corn 3salsc. higher and
May oats, 7sc. mp. Provisions gained ~ to Zoe.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Easy; No. 3 spring wheat 73Ac; No.
red, S2I2aS3c. No. oats, 44Jsai5IIc; No.
2 white i6al6Ac.; No. white, l5AaIGc. No.
. rye, 55c, fair to choice mailing, 6OlGic.; No.
/ hlXseed SlGs: No. I northwestern, SI72:
prime timothy seed, 81. $4,000; mess pork Sl5.8O
t535; Land, 1913; short ribs, sides, SS,3GlS. so;
dry sated shoulders, 1lsa7Ac,; short clear sides,
SIS GOlg 20
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Scranton Wholesale Market

Corrected by IL. G. Dale, 81 I.ackawanna Ave. }
Flour-s4GO.
Beans-$2. 40.
Butter-Fresh creamery, asc.; June creamery,
25c.; dairy, 22c.
Cheese-l2laal3c.
Eggs-Nearby, l0e
Peas-Per bllshel sl.75.
Potatoes-Per bushcl, Soc.
Onions--Per bushel Sl.GO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
Buffalo Live Stock Market.

East Buffalo, March l2.-Cattle-Reccipts, light;
steady; veals, tops, S1a77j; Others, S5aG.7j.
liogs-Receipts, 3,i0O head; active and to
10 cents higher; heavy, $06OaO.6j; mixed and
medium, SG,55aG,G0; pigs, generally 50; a few,
$G.0j; roughs. Sj.s0a6; stays, Siai5O,
Sheep and llmbs-Receipts, $500 head; slow
firm; sheep, top mixed, S.25lj,50; Gull, 10
good, s., ,75a5.lj; wethers, S5.5Oaj.75; yelrlngs,
50 7Oa6; top lambs, sc. i0a6GO; few, sGGj;
culls to good, S5aGi5 Weather warm aud un-
favorable
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA

young people of this place, were united
in marriage at Conklin on Monday,
March TO-
There will be temperance recital at
! the Presbyterian church on Friday
evening of this week. conducted by
| Mrs. Carrie Cissen.
The choir of the Presbyterian church
will meet at the home of Miss Maude
Trumbull on Thursday evening, to ar
| range musical programme for Easter
| services.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
LEGAL.

NOTICE is hereby given that meeting of the
Stockholders of the The Title Guaranty and
Trust Company, OF scranton, Penn, will be- held
at the office OF the company l35 Washington ave
niue. Scranton, Pennsylvania on May II, at l0;G
u. M, to take action On approval Or disapproyll
Of the proposed increase OF capital stock of said
company from :3OO,OOO to $7lOO0O,
RALPH s. HULL, Secretary
ESTATE OF Charles llenwood late OF the citysot
scranton, lackawama county, Pennsylvania
deceased,
Letters testamentary upon the above estate hay
ing been granted the undersigned, all persons hay.
ing claims against the same will present them
iur payment and those indebted thereto viii
please make immediate payment TO
ADA r. IiENWOoD, Executrix,
Or j. W. BROWNING. Attorney
30j Mears Building,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
"HaWk'S RooSt."

The Chester De Nonde Stock company gave a
fine presentation last night OF 'IIawks Roost,"
four act drama of absorbing interest. In the
afternoon "The Queens Defender" was the play
presented.
This afternoon "Thc Old Willow Farm" will he
seen at the Academy, and tonight, "A Night in
New York"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
East Liberty Live Stock Market.

East Liberty. March l2.-Cattle-S STEADY; choice,
lIogs-Slow; prime heaycs, SG.6Oa0Gj; best
mediums, S65OaO,5j heavy yorkers, &c. i0aG so;
light yorkcrs, SO2jlG.Sj; pigs, 30 sOaG; roughs,
So 0OaG,OO.
Sheep-steady; best wethers S5.5Oa5.7O: culls
and common, S25Ol3.50; veal calves, S7a7. 50.
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theatrical.
ToDAY,s ATTRACTIONS.

LNCEIM--"Florodora" Night.
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-Chester lie vonde com.
pany Afternoon and night.
SrAR-'lhc Gay Morning Glorcs" Afternoon
and night
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
philadslphis Grain and Produce.

Philadelphia, March -Wheat-Fim; con.
tract grade, March, s6asGl2c Corn-Erm; No.
. mixed. March, Gjiaa60c. Oats-Steady: No. >
white clipped, Sic Butter-Steady; extra
western creamery, 27iac; do. nearby prints, 29c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
For Sale or Rent.

FOR SALE OR RENT-Farm of ninety acres good
soil, we'll watered, good buildings, good fruit,
six miles from Scranton, one and one-half miles
from Clark's Summit Lying on the south side
and joining Summit Lake; fine place for sum
mer home. Price reasonable Inquire OF NJ. IL.
Coons, Clark's Green.
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Oil Market.

oil City. March l2.-Credit balances 81 Is; Ger.
tiHcates, no bid. Shipments, G5.262; average,
72,2li. Runs, lOl,ll2i average, 7O,450
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
NICHOLSON.

Special to the Scranton Tribune
Nicholson, March 11.-Aliss Carrie
Walker, after spending few days
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Miscellaneous.

~>---~-~-~~~-y>~~|-~->~~
AMERICAN DERBN-llow TO play the American
Derby in the winter books SO AS 10 win with.
out fail, send address and &c. stamp 10 r. NJ
Rodgers 4 Co., Roby, Indiana
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
Political.
Rheumatism

RHEuMATlSM-Au parties that wisl, can llbe
speedily and permanently cured OF all fa-
rictics OF Rheumatism by,a vegetable compound.
lor, Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
Storage.

cTODArr Dry, clean and modern up-to
AIVRuHt + date storage; separate rooms;
0IUNHuh individual KEYS; elevator Al
ideal storage for household effects, etc Thirty
separate storage rooms. Scranton Storage com
pany ll3 Franklin avenue.
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Lost.


LoST-A bunch Of keys anywhere between Ilcka,
wanna and Spruce Reward offered, Leave
at Valley House
LOST-Saturday afternoon, between Washington
Avenue, Delaware street, Adams avenue and
Green Ridge street, silver chltcaine bag con.
tanning about 50. Finder will be rewarded by
returning to Tribune Office
LOST-Monday evening Feb IL, between Wyo,
ming avenue and Washburu street, an oval
brooch containing gentleman's picture Finder
tcenth street.
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Auction.


10000 YARDS CARPETS, oil cloths and mattnes
one ton table silverware, one ear load linen
Sheets table cloths, napkins, pillow eases, Io%cl
300 pairs fancy lace curtains Many other thing,
too numerous to mention. At auction l2G Wash
ingon avenue, opposite Connell building. sales
10 i. M, = and p, M.
CUMMINGS BROS, Auctioneer'.
HORSES AT AUCrION--ThC undersigned will sell
at public sale at the Cusick Stables, Scran-
ton. Pa, saturday, March -, at l0SO Il. M, one
carload Farm, Carriage and Drly Horses Sale
positNc-rain or shine Clark Brothers,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
Business Opportunity.

SToCk AND WHEAT TRADERS without delay,
Write for our special market letter. Free on
application. S. NJ. IIbbard & Co., members y,
Y. Consolidated and Stock sXchange. A and 10
Broadway, New York. Established lS6i. Long
Distance Phone 23sS Broad
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Money to Loan.

$500, $1,000, $500, larger amounts at five AMI
six per cent. Scott Attorney, l0l2 Mclri
Building.
ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LOAN-Quck.
straight loans or Building and Loan. At
from 4 to @ per cent. Call on y, v, Walker,
Sll3lj COnnell building
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-13
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Quotations-All Quotations Based
on Par of 100.
STOCKS.


Scranton Passenger Railway, first
Mortgage, due 1920 ............... l15 49,,
Peoples Street Railway, first mort
gage, due 1918 ................. ll5 go
Peoples Street Railway, General
mortgage, due 1921 ...;........... llj go
Scranton Traction per cent. .... ll5 "
Economy Light, Heat Il Power Co.. -. O7
North Jersey Pocono Ice Co ..... -. OF
Consolidated Water Supply Co...... -. lOj
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Agents Wanted.
Real Estate.

FOR SALE-1.room cottage AT Glcnburn, one acre
land; all kinds fruit; cheap Address Frank
Hall.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16
An Old Enemy.

Persons who rise in the world are no,
always as frank about their former
place in life as good sense and humor
might lead them to be. Dean Hole, In
his book of "reminiscences, Now and
Then" tells a little story of one whose
humor did not desert him in time Of
prosperity.
A footman who had begun life as a
doctors boy grew interested in the
study of medicine, andsspent his leisure
hours reading medical books. He came
to the United States, worked hard as
student and as a physician for many
wears, and attained large practice.
After some years of absence he re-
turned to England. Seated one day at
luncheon with those whom he had for
merly served, be suddenly astonished
the company by holding up the. mus
tard pot and addressing it with, Hast
thou found me, o, mine enemy"'
Afterward he explained that the only
reproof he had incurred from the lady
who was then at the head of the table
was evoked by the neglected condition
of the mustard pot.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16
The Kind Of Seeds That Yield.

Like everything else, there are good
Eeeds and bad seeds. Seeds that grow
and seeds that don't grow; seeds that
yield and seeds that don't yield, and
q little thought given now to the 6, le :
tion of the seed you'll need, will be
found time we'll spent, though realized
much better at the harvest if you select
the world famed Ferry's Seeds-the
kind that always yield. For nearly
half century Ferry's Seeds have been
known and sown wherever good crops
are grown, until farmer and gardener
alike have learned to depend upon their
wonderful reliable growing and yield
ing qualities, year after year, to the
exclusion of all others.
Unfortunately the seed business
seems to afford a means for many un-
ecrupulous people, who aim to blind
the unwary. to quality, through little
ness of price and boastful claims; who
in reality have nothing to substantiate
their claims, no reputation at stake,
no past record as proof. 1t is better to
| pay little more for the seed and be
assured OF great deal more at the
harvest by sowing Ferry's Seeds. The
1908 Seed Annual, which is sent free,
postpaid, will be found unusually in
teresting and instructive. Write for il
to-day. Address D. M. Ferry & Co.,
Detroit, Mich.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16
L BEAR TRAP.

A BEAR TRAP. three inches In di-
ameter, and should be Of such length as
to reach a height of four or five feet
when set in the ground. The width OF
the pen should be about three feet, its
depth about four feet, and it should be
rooted over with cross pieces of timber
to prevent the bait from being taken
from above. A straight log, about eight
inches II, diameter and six feet in
length, should now be rolled against
the opening Of the pen and hemmed in
by two upright posts, one on each side,
directly in line with the sides of the
pen.
In order to understand perfectly the
arrangement of the rest of the trap,
we will give rough drawing of 1t, with
the pieces in place as they should ap-
pear when set. Drive post (A), at the
upper end of which you have cut a
notch, with its fat surface down, into
the ground at the left-hand back corner
of the pen, leaving three feet above Inc
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16

trans for securing small animals alive.
It In simply long square box about
two to two and q half feet In length
and about nine or ten inches square,
each end supplied with a heavy lid
working on two hinges. To each Of
these lids is fastened slight strip of
wood so long that when the lids are
opened level with the box the sticks
will nearly meet over the top. In the
middle of the box on the top, at the
point where the two sticks come togeth-
er, bore a small hole a third of an inch
In diameter. Tie to the end Of each
strip of wood a couple Of inches OF
string with a large knot at the end.
The method of setting this trap is
simply to open the lids until the strips
of wood are parallel with the top of the
box: drop the knotted ends OF the
strings through the hole and secure
them there by lightly plugging the hole
from the inside with a stick, to which
a piece Of bait Is attached When the
bait is seized the stick is at once loos-
ened and withdrawn from the hole, re-
leasing the strings and allowing both
lids to fall shut at once. On the outside
of each end of the bottom boards should
be fastened tin catch. This is simply
a piece of tin some two inches in length.
One end Is bent out at sharp angle
and the other fastened to the box, SO
that when the lids fall the bent end
will snap over and securely hold them
shut. W. Brownell,, in Montreal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16
FACTS CONCERNING SLEEP.

Even a Midday Nap Is Better than
the Noon Meal.
The scholar and professional man,
like the anxious housewife, Is apt to
carry his cares to bed. and insomnia
becomes a curse. Men and women who
are busted in getting and gaining. the
merchant, the banker, all alike, fail to
secure that self-control which can
manage the mind as well asleep as
awake.
Normal sleep should be purely ply
siological repose similar to the rest OF
animals, who 60 to sleep with the
darkness and awake with the light.
Some one has said that sleep is like
hunger and thirst, representing d1-
minution of energy throughout the en-
tire body. l hardly think this can be
true, but in my judgment sleep rather
suggests the diminution of the energy
of the brain, and he Is a wise man who
takes the hint when brain fag sets In
of an evening and goes comfortably
and properly to bed.
OF course 1t goes without saying
that night is not the only time for
sleep. Men and women who are busy
could steal just a few minutes before
or after the MONDAY luncheon to catch
little nap, and, indeed, 1 am nearly
sure that the MONDAY nap is worth far
more than the monday meal. for the
digestive processes are surely hinder
ed during the periods of mental activ-
ity, and it is the exceptional person
in this busy world Of ours who Is not
called upon to use all his brain and
Drawn to make q living. 1t has been
my habit to advise mothers to steal a
while away from every 'cumberine
care" and even If sleep fails to be
wooed to take about twenty minutes
every day in absolute peace and quiet
ness. divertipg the mind from all anx.
ieties and relaxing all the muscles. A
habit of this kind Is easily acquired
and we might have fewer neurasthenie
women whose nerves make life hideous
to their families, II word like this
spoken from considerable experience
were heeded.-Pilgrim.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16

In every country of the civilized
world Sisters OF Charity are known.
Not only do they minister to the spir-
itual and intellectual needs OF the
charges committed to their care, but
they also minister to their bodily
needs.
With so many children to take care
of and to protect from climate and dis
ease, these wise and prudent Sisters
have found Peruna q never failing
safeguard.
DR. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DIR. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:-The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from laryngi-
tbs, and loss of voice. The result OF
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use of the medicine we hope
to be able to say she is entirely curcd." ,"
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care OF
the Sister of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re-
suits, as the above letter testifes.
Send to The Peluna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, for free book written
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16

c. d,
large animals, and another Of the three
sticks used in setting it.
These sticks, of course, are Of no
regulation size, but should vary accord
ing to the size Of the trap you wish to
set; they should all be square, however,
and from half inch to an inch in thick
ness.
For animals the size of a rabbit the
following dimensions will answer: The
bait stick (A) should be about nine or
ten inches in length, one end pointed,
and the other furnished with notch
as indicated. The upright OBJ should
be little shorter; one end beveled and
the other square. About three or four
inches from the square end, and on the
side next to that beveled, a quare notch
should be cut, one-third of an inch deep
and just wide enough to relieve the
bait stick (A) without holding it fast.
The third stick &C. should be seven or
eight inches in length and have one
end whitfield to bevel, the other being
notched as shown in the cut.
To set the trap, place the upright
stick (B) with its pointed end upward.
Rest the notch Of the slanting stick
10 on the summit of the upright,
placing the stone or box, or whatever
you may choose to use for the trap, on
it's end. Now by hooking the bait stick
(A) on the beveled end of the slanting
stick, and fitting it into the square
notch of the upright, the whole will
catch and hold itself in position until
the bait stick is disturbed. The bait
should be placed on the sharpened end
of this stick, and always project be-
meath the trap.
This Is one of the best and simplest
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16
The Breakfast Food Family.

The Breakfast Food Family.
John Spratt will eat NO fat,
Nor will he touch the lean.
He scorns to eat of any meat;
He lives upon Foodine.
But Mrs. Spratt will none of that;
Foodine she cannot eat.
Her special wish is for dish
Of Expurgated Wheat.
To William Spratt that food is fat
On which his mater dotes.
His favorite feed-his special need
Is Eata Heapa Oats.
But sister Lii can't see how Will
Can touch such tasteless food.
As breakfast fare it can't compare,
She says, with Shredded Wood.
Now, none of these Leander please;
He feeds upon Bath Mitts.
While sister Jane improves her brain
With Cero-Grapo-Grits.
Lycurgus votes for Fathers Oats;
Proggine appeals to May;
The junior John subsists upon
Uneeda Bayla Hay.
Corrected Wheat for little Pete;
Flaked Pine for Dot; while "Bub,
The infant Spratt, is waxing fat
On Battle Greek Near-Grub.
Chicago Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16
STICKS FOR F1eURE-FoUR TRAP.

ground. Another post (B), having a
notch near the top, with its fat sur
face uppermost, should be driven into
the ground at the outside right-hand
side Of the pen, and on line with the
first. 4 third post CO., with notch at
its upper end, should be planted outside
the pen on the right-hand side, and in
q line with the front. Now get forked
branch about three feet In length, and
fasten a square board across It's ends.
At the juncture of the forks bore an
auger-hole. This is the treodle 60. In
to the auger-hole insert stiff stick
about three feet in length Cd. Next.
procure two poles q and E), and you
are ready to set the trap.
Pass the pole CD between the stakes
of the pen, laying one end in the notch
of the post (A) and holding the other
beneath the notch of the post (B). The
second pole (E) should then be adjust
ed, one end being placed in the notch
pole Co and the other caught beneath
the projecting end of the pole CD. The
deadfall, which should consist of log
some fifteen or twenty feet In length,
should now be placed in position across
the front of the pen, one end re- ing on
the ground and the other elevated and
resting on the projecting end of the last
pole adjusted (E). The treadle should
next be placed In position over short
stick Of wood Cd, and the upright stick
at the bac-, secured beneath the edge
of the latch-pole D). The deadfall
should then be sufficiently weighted by
placing heavy logs against its elevated
end; and, having -, this, tE- trap Is
set.
The best bait is honey, which no bear
can resist, and this should be placed
on the ground at the back of the In
closure or smeared on a piece Of meat
hung at the end of the pen.
This is the most effective deadfa1l for
bears, because the animal, in seeking
the tempting feast of honey, passes be-
meath the suspended log, and, resting
his heavy front paws on the treadle,
pushes up the upright, thus forcing the
latch-piece from the notch and releas-
ing the heavy log, which, If sufficiently
weighted. will fall on his back with
enough force to kill him.
This is one of the oldest as we'll as
most useful Of oil the traps which can
be made. 1t is ingenious, easy to make
consisting of but three sticks), and easy
to set. 1t possesses the added advan-
tage that it can be used in variety
of ways, from the supporting of a
heavy deadfall to light box for catch
ing small game alive. 1 am giving two
illustrations, one Of trap set and sup
porting a heavy stone as a deadfan for
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-16

tlnuoQ us6 VIII 1UI- .
ly eradicate a disease of thirty years.
standing. ."-David Meekison.
DIR. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate
Peruna. It was through his genius
and perseverance that it was intro
duced to the medical profession of this
country.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, CIV
ing a full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, U.