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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
A PERILOUS TRIP ENDED
HARRY DE WlNDT AND PARTW HAVE
CROSSED SIBERIA.
They Pronounce a Railroad Around the
World 20 Be Practically a Feasible
Project.

Seattle, Wash, July 29.--After travelling
for six months across the bea; steppeS
ana frozen mountains OF Siberia. Henry
De Windt of the London Daily Express is
ready to report that a railroad practically
connecting the Eastern and Western
hemlspheres is feasible project Mr.. De
Windt left Paris December 10 last and ar.
rived in Seattle by way Of Berlng Straits,
the Yukon, Dawson and Skagway this
afternoon on the steamer City Of Topeka.
His party encountered great perils from
hunger and cold and attribute to the pres
ence of Americans IN Northern waters the
fact that they are aga.n in civilized roru-
try. TIE party consists of Mr. De Windt,
%iscount De Clpchamp Bellegard, George
Harding, who BIAS been With the leader "
the expedition On many journeys IN the
last sixteen years, and stephan Rasto.
rugyeG, a Cossack. The Cossack will sail
at daybreaE tomorrow for his native land.
The expedition from which the parry Is
returning was undertaken at the Instance
of Alfred j. Pearson. owner of the London
Express and two score other publications,
trip by land from Paris to New York a
feat which has not been before accom-
plished, Mr. De Windt asserts that the
overland journey was much more hazardous
and difficult than he expected and that ne
would decline the trip again; ,u,....
directly north was followed to the borders
of the Arctic ocean. The trail was along
the Lena river which Is one Of the great
rivers of the continent Of Asia. On the
Lena n great find Of gold has been made.
but none but Russians are permitted to
mine IT, To Cape Fast, the country tray.
ersed was covered to a depth of several
feet with snow, the road was untraveed
and rough Dangers lurked almost every
turn The members of the expedition were
treated wlth Kindness. but in many places
the natives we're suffering from famine and
disease and could do little for the visitors,
Many prosperous cities exlst on the map
along the route which tho leaders OF inc
party had selected. When these points
were reached nothing hut a few scattered
huts and half dozen wretched natives
were found Tho people OF the northern
part of the coutinent have been attracted
10 the coast nearest America. as there they
can trade with the American whalers and
suhslst more easily than In their inland
towns and villages.
For several hundred miles directly east
of Bering Straits Mr. De Windt found
many settlements Of the natives and here
ne found food aud assistance. Had he not
met the Slherians he believes he could
never have reached BerIng Straits and 50
his rescue Is due 10 American traders
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
IMPROVEMENTS At SAN AUGUSTINE.
Shipments Over New Roao-New Build
lngs Going Up.


lnas Going Up.
san Augustine, Texas, July 2s.-rhe hus,.
ness men are already utilizing the Gulr.
Beaumont and Great Northern ran,ar
now approaching this place. The ROAD ms
only been received to BROOKLYN RI milo
south OF here, bur 10y courtesy ~
John II. Kearby of the construction corn,
pany, goods are now being forwarded 70
Bronson, II miles south Of this place Jscs
smith and Sassamau are TODAY receir,n',
thelr second carload OF goods ovar ~, ,,,s
road The track is laid 10 Within \ ,,In'
OF thls town, grading Is progressing VII
ana VIII be completed by the t0th M Se,
!rE,Iploeri TRACK laying wiz follow soon afte[
rms crop of cotton Will surely pass Owe.
this road pass "Fes
The town shows many visible sgns -
improvements In addition 10 the w..
story brick house Of Baaget & Hammond
now under way, no less than twelve bsn'i'
some residences are going up Fhe t1Tet
National bank is comfortably installed ~
lts new quarters In the =. =. smith br,ct
Win a nreproof vault joan Lynch h9s
JUST let TWO contracts. one for a ten-roon,
sutton 10 his present residence ana nm.
Qther Tor the erection Of a suburban rest
uenee one mile from town at a cosr OF ssv.
s.l. thoCsand dollars. Prospeclors for m.
Nes1spsnA are daily. on the streets.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
i'm THE RAILWAY WORLD
Meeting of Officials Of the 0. and I.
S. Held al Fort Worth.
TO EXTEND FROM NAcOSA TO HOUSTON
Twelve Miea Of the Limo Surveyed and
Ready for truction----Msterias
to Be Bought at Once.

Fort Worth. Texas July 29-There was
a conference here today OF officials OF
the Oklahoma and Texas Southern. Il road
projected from Nacona to Houston. About
twelve miles Of the line between Mon
tague and Nacona Is surveyed and ready
for construction. The purchase Of ties
will be made at once aud the rails Will
be contracted for Immediately.
During the past week several large
shipments of rails have gone through here
consigned to the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient, now constructing out of Chihua-
hua, Mexico. North Of Sweetwater. Texas,
the road is graded nearly hundred miles.
In Mexico the work Is being rapidly pushed
TO hold the governments subsidy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
REUNION AT DALLAS.
Large Attendance xpeeted-Lanham
and Reagan Can Not Attend.

Large Attendance xpeeted-Lanham
and Reagan Can Not Attend.
Dallas, Texas July pa good attend
upce Is expected at the annual reunion OF
the State Confederate Veterans association
which begins In Dallas Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock The sessions win be held in
TIE auditorium at the State fair grounds.
The Dallas Veterans viii give a warm wei
come to All who como, Speeches VIII he
made hy Mayor Caneu, Colonel j. p. c.
Whitchcad. K. Lee Cans aud others, AMI
General *. Nj. Van Znudt of Fort Worth.
commanding the Texas division, is expected
10 reply.
Dinucf, both Wednesday and Thursday.
Confedelutes Judge John H. Reagan, who
was expected to be present has written
that he Win not be able To attend, There
was debate over the proprlety OF inviting
amy candidate but Colonel ). W. H. Ian
ham was finally given a cordial invita-.
ton to be present The democratic noml-
nee for governor, however, Will not be
able 10 be present.
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Tho Telephone in Railway Service.

The discussion OF the telephone in rail.
way service goes merrlly on. 1t seems now
TO be the consensus OF opinion that rail.
road telephony Is yet In its Infancy and
must be greatly improved TO be of any
practical use along railroad line. Those
who have tried the phone service started
with flourish. but very soon run into
loose connections, broken insulRtors, wires
broken and fallen down, etc, and they
have had cases where the wires crossed
and neither end touched the ground When
they cut the line for distance of thirty
or forty miles between test stations the
lnductiye influence unbalanced the line aud
&c became too noisy for practical work
The troubles on single line telegraph
circuit are easily reetihed and the wire Is
pnslly Matched
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
Other Ports Gaining on New York.

New York continues the 6ght for com.
mercial supremacy and her merchants
threaten TO enter politics to secure special
advantages such as the enlargement of the
Erie canal. The idea is to reduce che de.
lyered price in New York of farm products
because OF cheaper transportation rate
and the influx Of Western products on that
account. 1t has been approximately re.
marked that New York merchants simply
can not realize that the growth OF The
country requires a wider distribution of
commercial outlets. Galveston, Houston,
New Orleans. savannah, Norfolk and Baltl-
more are constantly growing In Importance,
and while New York is handling larger
amounts than ever it will never again han.
die so large a per cent OF the total.
New York must yet realize that agrlcul-
tural products grown west of the Mississippi
river will Inevitably ind outlet Via the
gulf norris
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
NEW TEXAS TOWNS.

The town of Leroy has been locatcd. flf
teen miles north Of Waco. under the most
favorable auspices. and Penelope, ten miles
further north, will be established in the
near future.
Mann new towns are snringlnc up In Tex
ms. The International and Great Northern
Is laying them out along its new Hue I'm
tho rich territory north Of Waco. The
town Of Mart. McJennan county, is n goOt
example. year ago Il was a mere wild,
place In the rond Today II is hustlinl
city Of 1900 inhabitants
The International and Great Northern
management, having IN mind the enormou
tonnage In sight in this great black lanr
region, Is laying ciFhty-pouud steel rail
upon a grade low that II will allow
their powerful freight engines to pull train
Of nifty cars, loaded 10 the limit. Th
outlook for passenger business Is equal,
promising.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
Postponed Excursion.

The Houston East and West Texas has
arranged 10 run their postponed excursion
OF July 4 on August .. special train
will leave Shreveport at 10 a. m, stopping
at all stations and arriving in Galveston
the same evening. Returning tickets will
be good until $3.50 .. M, August 4,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
Value Of Railway seouri,les

Various reasons have bern gwen for the
rise aud strength OF various railway stocks.
The spectators, however, seem 10 have
overlooked one very Important factor-the
steady Improvement In the physical coudi.
icnl handling OF the constantly increasinr
volume OF traffic, For tho past aya years
the efforts Of managers have been con-
centrated upon the task OF eliminating
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
EarnInn Reports compIIed.

Austin. Texas. July 2e.--H G. Askew,
auditor OF the railroad commission. has
completed the compilation Of report
OF the earnings and operating expenses OF
the principal railroads Of the State for
the year ending May 81. 1902. The re-
port will be given ont In a few days by
the railroad commission.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30

curves. strengthening bridges, reducing tho
maximum grade. thorough ballasting, In
provsments secure heavier loading Der car
and heavier tons per train. Expenditures
for improvements the past year and the
growth in population seem 20 Justify the
Increasing repute OF railway securities.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30

eeres, with contents were DESTROYED nv
nre last night about midnight. Loss Sboni
$1,000; Insurance $1,000 Very little was
saved from the fire. As there was no ono
IN the building yesterday and no IRAN
passed tha building during the n CHIT h is
thought that it may have been set on fire
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
children Lie n

a'My little boy took the Group one night. -
says r. ID. Reynolds OF Mansfield, o., "and
grew so bad you could hear him breathe all
q few doses Of One Minute Cough Cure re.
lieved and sent him 20 sleep. That's the
last we heard 81 the Group" One Minute
once. For coughs. colds. Group, grip, asth.
ma ard bronchitis.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30

1t is reported that II. J. Berwind of the
Pennsylvania system owns block of So
O00 shares of Santa Fe At present the
'Pcnnsy' does not compete In Gould ter.
ritory by going east. II II believed how
ever, that If President Cassatt gets thr
Atchison he will have potent voice west
Of the Mississippi as well as east Of It,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30

The city council Of Memphis, Tenn, has
passed an ordinance requiring the rail-
roads In that city to provide gates at all
street crossings In complying with the
ordinance the roads will have to maintain
seventy ye gates.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
BELMONT coLr,pGp

for Young Women. Nashville, Tenn. Prin.
cipals: Miss Hood. Miss Heron. '"Tbc ideal
or send for handsomely Illustrated blue and
bronze catalogue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
ROCK ISLAND RuMOR.

Said that II Will Use Tracks OF the
Santa Fe into Galveston.
Austin, Texas, Jnly 2o.-It is reported
here that the Rock Island when u goes
into Galveston will do so over the tracks
OF the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
way. II is said that deal has been
closed whereby the Rock island has
leased the tracks Of the Santa Fe for TINT
purpose. The details of the transaction
were not learned
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
sHERIEFs, DEPARTMENT.


All officers look out for and arrest n
young white man for theft OF a horse and
buggy. This man gave his name as H. l.,
Hutson. Is white. smooth face, about ID
years, old. slim built. weighs about lo5
pounds, light complexion long face, fairly
well dressed. had on blue coat light pants.
black cionch hat. height about feet 4
.nches; Had in his possession red steel
with spot In face, Liberal T reward "0r For
horse. buggy and thief
Strayed or stolen from D. d. Armstrong
2s14 jackson street one bay horse o years
old, IS or ID hands high. cross on loft hir
with circle ON each arm OF cross: SIS reward
A. II. Anderson sheriff
Wharton. Texas. July 29.-strayed or
stolen from q. W. Anderson. Cortes, Mat.
agorda county, Texas. two brown mare
mules. branded DH. about 1917 hands
high; roach name and tail. Five dollars
reward for mules or information LEADING
to their recovery. Notify y. w. Anderson
Cortes, Texas, or r. b. Davis, sheriff
Wharton county. Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30

FULTON, Mo--Rev. Robert Morrison, one
Of the founders OF the Phi Delta Theta
Paternity and prominent In educational
work for many years. is dead, aged so
SsaF>
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

President Williams of the Senboard says
the Southern Securities company will not
get his road.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30

II is believed by interests identified with
Rock Island that the new bonds should
sell well around par. That means s per
cent.
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Warehouse al Gonzales.

Gonzales, Texas July 2s.--rhe orlea ana
Warehouse OF I. Q. sspssas Wholesale see;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.


n. = r. O. n. IA.
Grand Central Depot
Leave ~ 4. 7.00Am Ariys No s..s.2sp
s Lev: n ::ISsSss sy: Ne Ne g. SS
4. = \. o. n "A.
Grand Central Depot
I.s: Ne s 1884, t sa,S. Ne Ne 1893 M
Lave No - SO an Arrive No s,'io so m
O.. II. = .. A. RI.
Grand Central pepo,
k:,y. NJ slis IN nm Ss' Sss ssSSS
g.. b. q n. n. n.
Crsnt Central Depot
Leave No ,..io.os m Arrive No :. 900 an
::s: Ne Ne A Ay: e. e. ~ s. pm pm
Nos eand Sundays Only
y. r., Il. a NJ. e. "a.
Grand Central Depot
Leave No rsi.i0.I5 q. Arrive No rsa, 3.3s N
q. A. a A. p. nv.
Grand Central Depot
leave No. I. .o.55 a. Arrive No 6.2s pm
O.. o. a s. r. r. H
Grand Central Depot
leave 1000 ~ Aulve. s.s5nm
leave.........7.A5 p m Autve.,.. 9.2O pm
Galveston Trains
Leave .........7 90 a. N, Arrive ....... $50 pm
Liave........ LAS . N Arrive. $500. 100 pm
Additional Sunday Specials
Leav. ....s.s5 m Arrye........s.%0 a. N
leave. i.50 ?. m Arrive .....e go IN
lumsse trains leave the Santa Fe Congress,
ave. EeTot 10 minutes after thar the above
". II. d w. IT. r.. r.
leave 90 am Express Train Arrive 90 p. 10
Leave sos ?. m ....,.....--. Arrive 9.02 a IN
Altrsns leave Crnnd Central Depot
NJ. n. a Y. II. n.
NIX. & I. Depot Ffth Ward
leave o.3Oa IN ................ Arrive 8 SIS am
leave TAO p m ........... $40. Arrive 5 so pm
For Galveston Trains see G., H. s. H.
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700 am Express Train Arrive 9 10 p. ~
Sos = m -.....--. Arrive 9.02 a IN
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tlltbese iraius leave the Santa Fe Congress
Ave. EeToi 70 minutes after thar the above
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Grand Central Depot
Leave No Isi,i0.15 a. m Arrive No. rsa. 3.3S p m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-03
and advertise inzthem. The Graphic has a circu-
laton that can't la to bring profitable results
IMPORTANT AENOUNCEMEN

Dr. NJ s. Cohen the wFknown Specialist recently
added his heretofore extensive Office
the sfIl
Chronic rheumatism, Swollen
without
the United Europe
OF cf
a Of the blood:
Throat Piles
method Cohen
phia He
pas East and
refer to hundreds OF satisfied
him their ailments
which
fed the skill of other physicians
Will carefully and tell
not Examination will nothing spectaces
and scientifically fitted
Permanent Offices 10 Store Pine
Bluff Ark Office hours, o and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-03
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On September II Is. and 16 the
COTTON BELT ROUTEwill sell round
trip tickets TO Birmingham. Ala. at
rate of one fare fol round trip. Re
turn limit Sept nth Account Ma
tional Baptist Convention (colored).
On August the ., the Cotton Belt
will sell round triI, tickets to Calves
ton at rate of Sc Returning leave
Galveston August 6. Account special
excursion to Galveston. Tickets Oh
sale for train No. 3. August ..
On August to TO- Inclusive. the
Cotton Belt route will sell tickets to
tain Will sell tickets TO Monteagle :.lId
Salt Lake City. Utah. and return at
the rate of S35. limited to Sept 80. re-
turning on account of Annual Meeting
Grand Lodge Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks Some stop over and
diverse routes are obtainable.
On August to 10, round trip tickets
will be sold to San Francisco, Cal,
at $47.50, limited until September go
on account Of biennial meeting OF
Knights of pythias. Tickets for the
tain stop-oyer privileges and diverse
routes will also be obtainable.
On August :. S. 9 and 10 the Cotton
Belt route will sell round trip tickets
trip tickets to Monteagle, Tenn. and
fare for the round trip, limited until
August 25 returning. on account OF
Monteagle Sunday School Institute.
)nlt
route will sell tickets to Atlanta. Ca,
and return at the rate of one fare plus
sl.50. limited until August IS and re
turn on account of Neg. > Young Peo-
pies Christian and Educational Con
gross
On and after June l the Cotton
Belt Route VIII sell daily tickets to
all summer resorts north. east. south
and west. Inquire in person or by
phone for fuii particulars.
National Convention Christian
Church Omaha. Neay October Is to
23-ON Octohe. 15, &c and IS the Iron
Mountain vii sell tickets to CmaAa
and retan. oue fare S2a o., tickets to
be good reWrninG leaving Omaha not
earlier than October 1G. nor later
than 0etahe, p, eNeent that by DE-
posit Of ticket with JOINT agent and
payment OF SO eeuts retunn ticket
raay he extended 70 iuc,Ude November
70.
Or June 1st to sept. 20th the Cot.
ton Bolt route viii sell tickets ta Sc
arcy. Ark. and Ravenden, Ark. at
the rate OF si1o and S4.75. respective
".
w. P. M'NAIR. Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-03
BUSHES DIRECTORY
of Pine Bluffs Progressive Business rouses
now rslsnop vnIPpie Keacneo we


When called to take UP the new mis-
sion of the holy communion, Chicago,
he fCund busy railway yards close to
his chapel. He asked tie cA.ef engl-
neer how to reach railway operatives.
Read Lardner's Railway Economy
until you are able to ASK a question OF
an engineer and he not think you
fool" SO instructed. he dropped IN one
day on group cleaning an engine and
ventured a question: Which do you
like the better, inside or outside con-
nections?" 4 torrent of discussion fol-
lowed on connections, steam heaters,
exhausts; and at the end Of half hour
he remarked. in leaving: Boys,
have a free church in Metropolitan
hall, where | should be glad to see
you" The next Sunday every man
was there--The Century.
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Hrac,<ctt Ieirs' Dreams Vanish.

EX-Judse ;,rGch Foster As counsel
for tie Anthony Bracket heirs, who
clajm So zoe o0o worth of property in
tha heart u the business section of
Portland Maine, and nearly the whole
Of Peaks Island, has Informed them
that they have net a ghost OF a show
10 recover possession Of this small but
valuable piece of land. He presented
proof that tie occupants, whoever they
might be. gained ownership by adverse
AMI undisputed possession for twenty
years. and chat after forty years of
such possession no petition at law
could be maintained by the courts. The
heirs decided that this was about right
and will hereafter console themselves
with holding an annual reunion at
Peaks Island with J. w. Bracket at
Greenwood Garden and be proud of a
name which Tor two centuries has been
honored and urblemished
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CHICAGO IS FOURTH GREAT Port
@Noeei"d IN TonHa - ouly by london,
New Nork an, Hamburg.

exceeded in Tonna4e only by london,
New York an! Hamburg.
In the thirty years since 1870 Chfca.
COS shipping has more than quaIru-
pied and in the tonnage of arrivals
and cicarances Chicago now ranks
fourth among the ports of the world
following London. New York and
Hamburg.
The latest figures relating to this
matter are: Loalaa. 16,529 ,0"5 tons.
New York, 16445 .320; Hamburg, H.
l9S,slI; Chicago, l4,1S6, 100; Antwerp,
l5,5'3,412; Liverpool, II SIS, 900. aud
Marseilles, 9,629,l11.
Chicago leads all United States ports
except New York in tonnage. and tic
constant extension of lake traffic has
added not only to the commerce of
chicago, but likewise very largely to
the commerce Of Cleveland now very
important port Of entry; Detroit, Buf
1alo, Milwaukee. Duluth and Toledo.
Inc chief articles of commerce on
the lakes are wheat, -four, coal. iron
and lumber. In 1871 the number of
oushels OF wheat passing through
the 500 canal was ,376 ,105, while last
year the number of bushels was Co
o00,000, or more than forty times as
much as in 1877
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The Ubiuuitous Scot,

Mr.. J. Eos eg fraser. Who. not con
tent with cycling around the world,
lately returned from a railway trip
through Siberia and other far east tern
parts, tells a story about the ubiquity
of the Scot Once he landed at u
place in the Persian Gulf which sound,
like Bunderabbus-ey if it is not
spelled so-4nd asked whether there
was any Britisher aoout He was di-
rected to an isolated cottage or CORFU
gated hut. which was the abode, he
Was assured, OF a man who had been
sent there to keep an eye on the
plague. He knocked on the door and
was invited come in Il hear you
are Britisher," he said my name
is Fraser, and | come from Edin-
burgh All. that is interesting"
said the solitary plague inspector. my
name is also Fraser and was born
at Aberdeen "-l.ondon Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-03
EGisoas Eair't Wit.

There ! 4 spa9N..1-. even dazzling
quality in E.!ss2a'@ sefa1tee which is
usually a 81 pre- 70 steangers. Pee
pie generally approach Vie heavy. self
contained looking figure expecting re-
plies OF p0aeieroGS technical import
hence their surprise.
The wizard was approached the 9th.
er day by an enterprising lightning
rod agent anxious for some word OF
praise for his wares from the great
man. Edison was non-committal.
Well" sad the lightning rod man
at last, do you approve of lightning
rods, anyway"
1T depends upon the building" said
Edison.
But is it any sood in any case:
Would you advise their use on church
es, for instance?" ve;itured the rod
man.
Well" replied Edison, with twin
kle, they might be of some use on
churches 1t does look as though Prov
idence We're bit absent-minded at
times. Galveste, News