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New-York tribune., 1903-01-06

American Express Company
ANGLo-iNERIGlA PARCEL POST.
The American Express Company having
become the
RWARDING AGENT
within the United States
of the
BRITISH POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Is prepared to handle parcels Of II lbs or
less under the British Parcel Post System to
and from all points in Great Britain and Ireland
including the Channel Islands and Isle OF Man,
also 10 or from all points in the following
countries beyond Great Britain
AUsTRIA-HUNeART- GEEEcE
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bazarl. ITALY 0nelEdinS sar Ma
Pos.ssiO1. liacIudinE ITALIAN coLoNT
Bunder Abbas Bushtre. JAPAN dncloains EorzasAa
sr.s:.., IRs =. kESEssEao KoSENsEaso
sigtins SahsEnAs;f f.,;sss sss- NoR%2Y N9sSSY
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Eoa5dand EanG Islands and '" iaaas po.sso. asssr.s
eziNA eanslAiiA PoRTGGTEss coLoNzt
SORFA RUSSIA dacIutfrx FfnAaa6,-
DENMARK fincludfnz SWITZERLAND
Farce Islands. Iceland and SERVIA
--eenIaud0 SIAM CBanzkox cn3enEnaA
EGYPT Gncluding ths Lanapang Facxr4ncof
Egyptian Soutsrl Csaxon sawsn1 and Pa
FRANCE Including Nor henE cnlyG
SPAIN
FRENCH COLONIES SWEDEN
c-TRM1NY TRrPOrI (At~1ca1.
GERMAN PROTECTO- TCNTS
RATES ard Foreign Pos TURKEY
sessions
Parcels TO be sent Eastward by the Anglo
American Parcel Post must be 50 marked
when delivered to this Company. or n sent
from points at which this Company IL nof
directly represented, tho pafcel must Dc
marked to ssCare of American Express Conn
pany, 65 Broadway, New York. for ANGIE
American Parcel POST.
For rates and conditions on which sucE
business Is handled. or for further fnrorma~
ton, apply 20 Manager. Foreign Department.
of Company, o5 Broadway, New York, or To
any office Of the Company.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-06

For detailed infor-
ia.fFon address Tour
ti-f Agent. 2fiss E1fth
.nue View YORK
tCfty. or Geo. ~ BOYD
sssf. General Passen-
t,@er Agent. broad II.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
PHILADELPHIA PAINTER
USES HENS AS MODELS

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch,
Copyright. 1909
PARIS, March l4.-.Bcn Austrian the
Philadelphia artist, has broken the rec
ord in the quantity and peculiar quality
Of his pictures during the past three
months. During this quarter of year
which he has spent In his Paris studio
he has painted twelve pictures. and in
every case has used hens or chickens as
his models. He Is the only painter IN
Paris who uses hens as artists models
French painters like Carolus-Duran,
Jean Berand and the venerable Gcrome
are surprised and delighted to find that
hens will pose quietly and gracefully.
The aged Gcrome payfully remarks that
It remained for an American TO teach
French painters that a pullet will pose
more trananlly than many young girl.
When Austrian pointed out that the hen
has n special cackle for each emition,
Carolus- Duran said:
My faith! these Americans will soon
make hens teach elocutOn.f
Austrian induces his hens to pose at
their best BY coaxinE them and his chick
ems by frightening them. John Wanna
maker Is the owner Of one of Austrian's
hest&pen pictures a@.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
THE MAlIS;ONS
in AUGUSTA
Enjoyable Anniversary Meet
ing Held In Creenesvllle.
WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL
The Board Adopts Resolutions Appre.
siative Of the Faithful and Valuable
Services Of Dr.. G. Q. Conway
Who Died Recently.
fspecInl ia rho Times. Dlspntch. ]

Especial u The fines. Dlspatch.)
.sTAUNTON, VA: March 1i.-1The Mn-
sons of Greenesvlle, this county, report
that they had quite an enjoyable Tine ut
their anniversary which was held at the
ME-. Church In that town on "Wednesday SOL y
ana Thursday Of this week. On We'd
ncsdny evening an interesting address
was delivered by the Rev. j. II. Light
5 OF Lexington, VA, IN the church. There
was good music and a number of first-
class REGULATIONS. The ladies Of Grecnes-
Vile held a supper In Masonic Hall OH
4 "Wednesday and Thursday evening, and
did n5flno business. hn supper consisted
or oysters meats, chocolates. ice cream,
cakes, ETC., all OF which were served In
their dantest styles. and by attractive
young ladies' e
ON Tuesday evening the Board Of d.
4 rectors Of the Western State Hospital
met in the hall At the hospital. II was
called meeting and for the purpose OF
discussing and settling the coal con-
tracts, which 1t seems there has bccn
some conflict In. Resolutions OF aprrc-
citation and roTrct were read and adopt
edsln the ms yory Of pr G. G. CONWAY,
Who was a fnthful member OF the
board. and who. up to his death. proved
was an earnest worker. ana 1t was a
4 rare thing for him to miss q meeting
OF the board. and he often attended Their
q meetings when bis health whs so bad
s that he was hardly able to get here
After the meeting the board made q tour
OF Inspection Of the buildings and wards,
with which they all seemed pleased ard
70 expressed themselves. After this
Inspection the members were served with
bountcous dinner ut the hospital.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Miss Alice Roberts. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Roberts, Of this county.
WAS on Wednesday married to Mr.. Har-
rysT Fisher. Of Spring Hi. The :ccTe!
mony took place Mt the home 0. l..
Il c. Foley. and the ,parlors had been beau
tifuIy decorated With cverErcens for
the occasion. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Kiracofe. pastor Of
Elk Run Baptist Church. The bride was
alfred in q tnilor-nada suit Of gray.
With white satin waist and gloves ard
hat To match The maids Of honor were
Miss Beatrice Foley. cousin nf the bride.
and Miss Eta Roberts. sister of the
bride
After the ceremony the bridal party
repaired to the home Of the groom. where
{; cordial reception was rendered them.
Mr.. ana Mrs Fisher vii! make their
future homo ut Spring Hill. where the
groom Is In business. Ih" bride Is an
unusually beautiful and charming young
lady. 3G
There will he n special missionary SER
:. vice at the Methodist Church here Sun
{ day By The SundaS-schaol class. and an
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IN WILLIAMSBURG
Cards Announcing the Marriage Of Rev
HIT, Louthnn and Miss Hart.
(speclul to Tho Times. Dlspatch,,

b WILLIAMSBURG VA. March IA
Cards are out announcing the marriage of
Miss Elizabeth Rowland Hart, Of King
William county. TO Rev Henry Thomp-
son Louthan, Of this city, to take place
on Wednesday, the 25th Instant, at hlgh
noon, Mr. I.outhan Is the popular pastor
OF the Baptist Church, and Miss Hart Is
tho only daughter of Mrs. Anne Ewing
Thomas Hart. of Retreat King VIII
liam county After bridal tour they VIII
be Eat home" to their friends at Mrs.
Ida IIenleys, on the Palace Green,
The jury to-day acquitted Nancy,
Thornton the negro conjurer, charged
With the murder OF her husband, There
was really no evidence except of slight
lcircumstantial character tending 70 cop-
yict her. The jury was unanimous for
her acquttal, County Court adjourned
about 1890. Immediately after the return
of the verdict Of The Jury
b ohm I3ahn, our plonSs sreal estate man,
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: ! !
q lI
Ray Z III" PREVENTS PNEUMONIA.
At druggists. 81 cents or mailed.
Humphreys Med. Co" Cor williams
nnd John Streets, New York.

interesting programme has been ar
ranged, the features of which will be
The rendering Of Nearer MY God. TO
Thee BY a class OF deal m,ites from
the Deaf and Blind Institution hore.
rendered in the sign language.
Messrs. II. y. and s. D. Tlmberlake.
large dry goods dealers of this city.
have bought out the shoe business Of
A.. Leo Knol,lcs. Of this city, and will
take Charge after April 18TH.
l4 SECOND AMPUrAT1ON.
William 3. Collins. the janitor at the
Stanton postofllce. has suffered fro a
long time wltllsa leg that was taken off
during the civil, war Hs leg was first
taken of about four inches above tho
ankle. The doctors came to the conclu-
sion that tic only way for Mr.. Collins
"a gel relief was to have his leg taken
Off again, and Mr.. COINS has undergone
Inc operation and had his leg taken off
about three inches higher up. MIR. Col
Inns, was member OF the staunton po-
leo force for number Of years
Mrs. Or. J. s. Sellers. OF the county
who underwent an operation at Johns
Hopkins, In Baltimore. has returned
home much improved,
Charles tenie. aged about nineteen
years. who lives near shcndun. while
in tho woods Monday choppIng wood,
on seeing n rabbit running near
him, picked the gun up which he had
lying near him. and the hammer got
caught on a brush. dlscharging the gun.
nnd the whole load entered his arm near
the elbow Medical aid was summoned
and his arm was amnuated.
MIR Charles IIeq,1cmbourG and Mr.. IS.
IL. Elcrson. Of the Virglnia-Caroina
Chemical Company. are IN the city.
Hon. John W. Churchman. after lUcnd-
Ing few days al his home. has re-
turned to Richmond.
Miss Katie Burnett Is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. Nicholas Cooke. Of Richmond.
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has determined to locate In Richmond,
where he will engage In the same BUSH
ness. His son, Mark Dahn, will so to-
Toledo, Ohio. where he has secured a
very lucrative position.
Local option Is the all-absorblng ques-
+ tlon In Tidewater, as 1t is in other parts
of the state. a local option election has
hcen ordered In tile district Of Powhatan,
to be held on the 27th Of next month
Should this district go dry" James City
will take its place among the dry counties
OF the state, Jamestown district having
gone dry two years ago.
IN Judge Smith will ii, next Monday or
der an election In Bruton district, YORK
county. for the same purpose. to be held
some time during the coming month.
Messrs Warburton and iBogtlrth are
putting up a mammoth saw and planning
mill on. College Creek, about a mile and
half from town. The plant Will cost
about $4,000 They have also erected In
town n large hardware and building es-
Establishment, where everything III the
hardware line may be had, from horse
shoe nail to Il steam engine. and anything
In the building line. from a window sash
to the full material for a house OF any
size.
MrJ. II. Seymour Is erecting resi-
dence Son his lot recently purchased from
IT ID, Cole. n part OF the plot OF ground
attached to the residence OF the late COL
onel Robert a. Armlstead
The directors of the new bank nave
petltloned tho City Council to lease a part
of what is known MS the Baptist Church
lot. II their petition is granted they VIII
erect this spring q handsome two-story
brick building The site is on DUKE or
Gloucester Street, just east Of the alley
leading to the old Powder Horn,
The postion Of cashier Of the new bank
Is much sought after, there being now
Ave applicants for the place, hhe last be-
Ing MIR. Fl. NJ. Sweeney, tho present tray
cling agent OF the Eastern state iospl-
tai,
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II. Where there is hurry, there must

rush. Where there is hurry, there must
be reason.
Indeed, 1t would be greatly to the adj
vantage Of honest promoters, bankers,
and investors, If instead Of immediate
incorporation there was an enforced
delay Of one year from the time Of APP
plication for corporate powers to the
granting of the certificate and the law
made 1t compulsory for each of the cor
porations about to be mergedgt to publish
full, explicit and detailed statements oe
every expense. source of income, prop
cry, etc. Mr.. Weidenfed will have to
storm the quick made clnmor.- and re
may yet senve UP to the public a pic
ture of the game of finance as 1t is played
In these early days Of the twentieth CEN
turly. In such a case, Vedenfeld will
prove himself a public benefactor.
Street Cleaning Commissioner Woodbury.
lis the only departmental head who Is
ever seen working In his shirt sleeves. He
hustles every moment Of his working
hours. and at times his Language is as
ago he had an appointment with President
vi. III. Newman. Of the New York Central
Railroad, Major Woodbury. kept the en-
gagencnt punctual!y, but President New
waiting for about fifteen minutes tho
Commissioner lost patience: Stridlng into
Mr.. Newman's office he said to the great
"What in bazes do you mean by keeping
me kicking my heels outside your office
after making an appointment, Damn 1t,
sir. I'd like you to understand that | am
city official and that my time is every
bit ms valuable as yours" Mr.. Newman
apologized.
Borough President Cantor referring to
the Commissioners aggressive manner In
demanding money from tho Aldermen for
needed improvements, once said to him
jokingly: Major. you ought to go to
work more quietly. You're, likely to got
hurt one Of these days"
s"Do you know, Mr.. President that I
held tho amateur heavyweight boxing
championshiplfor four. years?" Major
Woodbury. replied: IF there is any ono In
The Major is about 6 feet tall and
punches the bag every day,
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MUCH
BEHINDHAND1
Weather Conditions and the g
Scarcity OF Labor Said L I. 9. d
because Of Trouble.
(Spcs.lan 10 The Times Dispa tch. )

(spcslan 10 The Times Dlspa tch.) III ~. Il
FII5ATFlBvAn4LE, VA. March HOW
Ing to tine rurlfayorabe condition Of the
weather since Hte opening Of this year. the
farmers are very much behindhand. The
months OF january and February are
usually devoted to preparing the fields
for cultiwpt,ar, such as building fences
grubbing El1'H cleaning up new grounds. NJ
Some years lmllcl, blowing Is done during
these months, but the farmers are now
doing this work. THE rains have been so
often that VERY few have been able to-
sow English peas, consequently tho acres
age Is vefy lSnlal l. III 8f3$
For the piasl two or three years the
farmers have by degrees been changing
tho mode OF thelr operations. and are
adopting " system better suited to the
time. There are n1slny reasons why this,
change has been so necessary, chief
among thsse Ibeirg, the scarcity of labor
during crop season Often when q farm
or needs lNbuRcrs most they have either
gone North NO work, where they claim
they are bceter paid, or are attending
their religious meetings. which last about
six weeks TrNorefote, the crop must Of
necessity BIO salsthtell. and Of course, does
not yield as ii would have done had II
>becn thoroughly cultivated. This year the
farmers will uot cultivate as much land &
M otoioyfet but will devote thelr en-
4 tire time mllA attention to a few acres.
d Many ol lNlue Nsllermen have put out
their traps a.ld have made several good
catches OF s(lad and herring Those who Y
have not Vol. put ont their traps are in i
q great sItaGe OF excitement and have
driven many thousands Of trap poles this
week and wIll 10 ready to begin fishing
tho early pa4rt OF next week.
Tho nuNnen0'ls Cplored societies here Is
have been holr|Ing .neetlngs at their lodge
halls which have been largely attended. @5
ana 1t is sholght rhat these meetings and
tho activity AMONG the race just now (
have somcl relation ITO the anti-Constiturt
ton moveMtemr,. but pf course this Is only
&C lecture, ltpr no one outside OF the
members at tH:a organizations Knows any,
thing conse-uIng tho object Of the meet
iugs.
The largest srowt that has gathered In
gHcathsvlIo' ltpr Ssars came to. attend
County Court which convened on Mons
day Notwithstanding the threatening
weather.. I'm
Miss corlnre Hazard has gone to Bal
timore, where She has ACCEPTED posi-
ton with oLrH1pst rongl Gator and Company.
Mr.. NIaurlce, BroME and his family. who,
have been living un their farm IN West s
moreland enlumty, have moved TO Wash.
.ington. y, Oh IA.
Mr.. Warren, Courtney Is having large (
cannery buitp at Hlmsale,
Miss IAlIIan AshbMrp, OF Lodge. Is visit Il
lns friends Hn. NORFOLK this week.
Mrs, A. TX. rralHe- who has been visit I
Ing relatiNes at AlHndy Point, has re-
turned homie = Nh Is . Il
lngton for 1apRslical treatment,
\.
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WOULD lNJURE
RETAIL MERCHANTS
.Fduquier and Wdrrent0n Mer
chants Opposed to Reduc-
ton Licenses Of Peddlers.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. !

J +
WARRENTON, VA, 81 March 14.-Thc
probable favorable action Of the Fnanta
Committee of the Legislature in reducing
the peddlers' license from 500 to $50 is
bitterly opposed by the business men o.
the town and county. The representa-.
tives in the Legislature from Fauquier
have been appealed to by representative
business men to oppose vigorously. any
move looking to a reduction in this
license. The untold injury to the bust
ness of the town and county merchants
cannot be estimated.
The estate of the late G. ]. Holiday,
near Cntlett. was sold this week by X,
II. Rush, auctioneer, for u. S, Turner,
trustee, to Captain j. ii. Mckee, for
$1,000 The tract Of sland contained 33t
acres
The remains of Mrs. s, Nj Withers, who
died at her home at the Fauquicr Springs,
h on Sunday last, were Inferred in the
Warrenton Cemetery on Tuesday after
noon
Nfessrs. Samuel Wlllets, Robert Graves
and j. Clnch Smith. of New York. wero
hero this week looking over the local
horse market presumably to purchase
some of the we'll known hunters in this
section.
The Masonic Lodge of this place has
the honor this week Of entertaining Mr..
w. j. Hubbard. of Lynchburg. who
Is the Past Grand High Priest of tho
State This Masonic officer is here to
lecture and otherwise instruct the local
brotherhood of Masons
Fnuduler farm lands continue to be III
demand. A party OF land buyers from
Shenandoah county We're here this week
looking at numerous farms
Tho Lenten season has brought with It
n perccptlble lull In tho usual social
gayeties Of the town. The close of the
Lenten season will be marked with social
functions of unusual rillIancy-notably,
the annual point-to-polnt races of the
WarTenton Hunt Club, and this to be fol-
lowed by tho hunt club ball.
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/ BRIcKLAYER's TROWELs.
Modern Changes in Them.-Differen'
Styles Used.

E. . III % & 7. K.
''The bricklayers trowel" said n dealer
In such things, might have seemed long
ago to have reached Its final perfected
shape, never to change again; but as a
matter of fact 1t has been In the past
dozen years altered considerably In its
proportions the better to adapt It to mod
ern conditions.
ing bricks with mortar; but now bricks
are laid more commonly With cement,
which is used in a far more nearly fluid
state than was mortar and the old style
trowel wouldn't take UP enough Of it.So
masons were continually callingfor WI
dor trowel, and in answer 10 this demand
the trowel has gradually been wldened
until now it Is an inch or more wider
than 1t formally was. u Is also MADE
nowadays a little shorter tnan Formerly,
sand of trowels IN general there are
oIoM HIIsulloJ eleQl uu4l salAs ,oIou' Mou
duo to the greater complication Of mod
ern construction, and the greater need
and wider, as / have described It to YOU,
is now the standard hereabouts, brick
layers throughout the country do not
everywhere use the same Kind Thus,
while we use hore a trowel Of certain
form and dimensions, they use In Call
tifornia a trowel with bigger and thin-
er blade than that of ours; mere they don't
cut and trim bricks with mo edge ofethe
trowel, but use n chise that Is made for
the purpose. But then, men IN differcnt
parts of tho country have different me-
thods in bricklaying practise, rs we'll as
different tools X,
IA Western mason, for Instance, Will
spread his mortar or cement along and
lay three or four bricks az once, while
n & Boston mason lays bricks singly,
don't know that one method ls any fas-
eli than the other" al = Az
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tGooliEyidence.

That 1t c0slis q great deal to publish.
newspapers ia,l evidenced by the fact that
nearly evenly city Ia the Sopt y has con
solldated las dalllTA INFO one morning
and one eNHning paperir-ssh NC y anaoaR
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special representative PhadephiaA
/ Newspaper, "The North American:" 6ss@6
will hardly believe when tell there time when
body condition Tint relatives and friends would
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

II Rts tie story Of who deaths door and
saved by Using Swanp-Roo s
said "NY friend. do sitter With Kidney
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

ND this only mans ory the average reader Of
paper could be persuaded read the thousands Of such es
which Dr. Klmers Swan2oo the kidney
these testimonials prove beyond doubt that the
cure for kidney, liver and bladder troubles is g83$s
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have, at rrc tAu1e, been surprised to learn
Of my dcht1n. III v'us Ill dno to kidney
trouble, for which i could secure no r.; I;
lief. / was ur1,ler The care Of my family
physician for Il Jntmber Of years, but he /
was unable To du me any good. I also
consulted two noted specialists on tid.l
ney diseases, butt they were unable to 1
give mo r,otc tlan temporary relief. u
had already hade application to jo1r /
the army, btlt was turned down on Sac@S
count Of ny had physical condition.
IT was advised 10 try that greatest
Of Ill rcnetbes --sNVAA1P.ROOT.
II wrote to Dr. Kilmer & Co., at Bing-
hamton, N, VI, for n sample bottle, and
it's effect upon me was 80 noticeable B
that went Immediately and bought q
supply frum my druggist, with the e
suit that in a comparatively short time \
r had entirely recovered and became the 4
man YOU aee me now. AZ IA II. FL n
IT served a number Of years III the
army, and for the past four years ~
{. have been connected with the Phila-#
delphia Fire .Depmrtsn Ny work, both !.
{ in the army and fighting fires in Phila.$
delpha, hasihcen of tho most ard,lo,ls,
3 md work tl1ait r could not do, did "a not
have a STRONG physique. 55a 81
IT do not Know what The words Kid M
ney Trouble mean now, and do not ex-a
poet to. cannot speak too highly 81 4
& Swamp. Foot a fnw3 bottles Of this Z
great REMEDY did more for me than q 4
dozen iphysitlans could % &a5 81 AIS
(SigneGy HUGO HUTT 3aS8SS
s05 tStilEman ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Mr. Hutt known the strongest the Fire Department and
has taken at athletic tournaments for his the
field OF sports.
lie is also ex-sergean Of the United States Infantry having
several been stationed Niobrara, Ncb Mr. utt
also served w1t Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment during the
An1crca nuar 4. h aEl VI .lE
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Fire=Fighter's Story

How Man in the Philadelphia Fire Department
His Strength and Health BY Using
Swamp Root, the Great Kidney and Bladder Remedy
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Kiln1er's SWan1p-Root
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-15
Maps Free.

The Illinois Central Railroad office, at
Portland, Oregon, has small supply oil
nicely mounted wall maps OF the United
States, SO b. 80 inches, also Cuba and
Porto Rico, enlarged If you will send
us ten cents, in stamps, we will prepay
the postage and send you one Of those
handsome maps, by return mail.
If you intend going east, or know Of
any one coming west, from any point
east or south OF st. Paul, Omaha or st.
Louis, we would appreciate the
opportunity of writing to you or your
friends about the details. To say that
is the purpose OF this advertisement,
but tie maps are free. Address B. II.
Trumbull, 142 Third Street, Portland,
Oregon.