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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

II Is always easy to construct q
plausible argument upon an assumed
premises. IN an effort TO justify Its
opposition to the subway the morn
ing contemporary says, speaking Of
Cross leyea. 1T surely IL peculiar
law that can take from the city n
leyee belonging To II. and built fer its
protection. and give II to another.
Probably il would be found invalid IL
tested in the courts. "-it is better al
ways to adhere strictly TO the truth
In discussing matters OF public con
Germ. There is no other way to ar
rive at correct conclusions. Cross
leyee has never belonged 10 the city;
therefore could not have been taken
from IL and given to another Il was
built by the Illinois Central company
under its contract with the Cairo
trustees. The city Of Cairo has never
spent one dollar upon il for construc
ton or repairs except to pay a small
portion of the cost of raising il to
the 57-foot grade few years ago
The city wanted the leyee raised fol
its own benefit, just as now ii want.
the leyee cut for its own benefit
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
Cheap Rates Southwest
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, ARkAN.
SAS, LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
Homeseekers' Opportunities.


Here's your chance. Very low one.
way and round trip rates Southwest
this winter-about half the regular
nearby dates are Dec. IS, 1908,
Jan. and 10, and February and I6,
1904 Good time to visit Southeast
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana or Tex.
as and pick out a location.
Round trip tickets permit stop-ov.
or on the going trip, return limit 81
days Write and tell us your starting
point and where you want to go. We
will tell youu exactly where you want
TO go. We will tell You exactly what
your ticket will cost, one way or
round-trip. we will see that your bag.
gage is checked, and that you are com.
fortably located on the right train.
Write for our illustrated descriptive
literature, maps. lists of real estate
agents, and let us help you find bet.
ter home in the country along the
Cotton Belt route.
E w. LA BEAUME, G. P. G. T. A.,
Cotton Belt route, st. Louis, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
DISCOVERS ORIGIN OF TITLE.
"Fsthcr Of Ills Country" Thought 10
4se Becn First Applied 10
aShington in t..o

Jacob Missioner, d curio collector Of
Lancaster, Pa. recently iounc among the
effects Of an aunt living at Masterson.
vile, Pa. a well-preseryed copy Of tho
Frances Bailey Almanac published ia
Lancaster in l17s, ia which the Npres
sion Father of His Caantry. was ap.
piled To Gen GEORGE Washington.
On he first page of The almanac which
Is printed in German, is an alle4oriyat
picture of the discovery OF America ana
other historical events Al the top is &
winged female representing Fame IT.
ore hand she holds D medallion picture
Of Washington add in the other trum
psi. into which she is speaking.
From the trumpet issue the words
'Dcs l.aades Water" meaning Father
OF His Country. So far as known by
historians. this was The first printed alp
peararcs Of the title as applied to wash
mgjon
rhe Bailey almanac has become Very
rare publication, ana there are only
few copies in existence une Of the few
Is IN the possession of Coy Pennypack-
er. of Ptnnsylyauia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

tain John Flanagan was sent over 70
Paducah To take charge nf the Stacker
Ice in his stead
Engineer Ben Fitchner goet oT the
Mary Micheals al Paducah and re-.
TUNED to Che city yesterday
Charles Edberson, chief engineer Of
The eBaver is on the sick list.
The ferry boat could not be held in
the landing at WickliHe yesterday ar
rernm on account Of tho ice. Sha
landed in the mouth of Minor Slough
at Fillmore and put her trip off
there.
Commodore Grapevine. who has
been here looking after The transfer
boats left for home yesterday
The Carrie V got in from below Mon.
day night. and was inspected by Unit.
ed States Local Inspectors Veatch and
Moore yesterday Afternoon,
Navigation is again entirely sns,
pended between here ana ST. Louis,
The Chester and Gray Eagle have
again laid up. They have been max.
ing a great struggle this winter to
keep their trade going but il has been
ike eyeryother day chills
The Exporter passed down at s
4 m. yesterday with coal tow of thir-
ty-iiye pieces, including model barges
casper. Trumpy, Mississippi and pa,
Gota loaded with manufactured steel.
The Exporter is one of the best boats
The Combine have She was built By
The Valley line out Of the John Gil
mora. Since the pittsburgers got holl
II her she has done better work She
made quite a reputation last season
towing coal from here to st. Louis
Jim Stewart was her chief engineer.
and Harry Green and George Mussel
nan pilots. with Don Horton sters-
nan
II used to be quite a popular thing
or old pilots to boast that they ran
he river before there were any gov
eminent lights They would say:
They win do well enough for these
Young fellows, but don't care amy
hing about them ran the river
long before there were any lights
Quite an amusing story is told Of
Captain Charles Sloan, who is at
Thebes on the Morgan. in this connec-
ion lust after the opening Of the
river, some years ago. before th
government lights had been relighted,
le was taking boat from here 70
st. Louis. Darkness came ri Brew
RS Point, but it was shaggy there
md Charlie thought he would 80 ON to
Buffalo Island to lay up for the night
At that time the channel went over
rom Orient Field to Dog Island
hen out to the Stannard field and 50 (
IN Bob Calhound. who now lives .
Il Birds Point lived on Dog tooth /
Island and kept several government .
lights. When Charlie got up TO Orr I
ent Field he started out into the /
crossing with considerable uncertain \
ty there being no lights 1t wasn't |
long ill he hit a reef. She came off /
Of this but got in bad shape and he /.
knew Bob Calhoun kept these lights /.
in fact knew Bob personally He fin
llly got over to Dog.tooth Island, land. /
I'd and sent a man mp TO Bob's hOuse-to I.
ask him the way over it being bad /
llace 10 lay mp After thta be always .
regarded the lights as a good thing. .
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
River Forecasts.

The Ohio AZ Evansville will con
tinuc rising during the next ? hours
come to a stand and thcn fall At
Padueah ANA Cairo. will continue riS-
ing during the next two days. come 10
stand, then fall
The Tenncsse-From Florence to
below johnsonyille. win continue fan
ing
The Mississippi From below st
Louis TO Chester, Will fall today From
below Chester to above Cairo, Will
commence falling today,
Cincinnati reports river fuIl d
heavy floating ice, Mississippi river
bac!, of city is full Of heavy RAINING
ice.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

COnsIucrauip ciOudiness VA re
ported yesterday morning from the
lower Ohio. lower Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys, from along
he northern slope Of The Rockies.
and throughout Tennessee How
ever. there has been very little pre-
eipltation, the only station report
ing an appreciable amount heing
Pittsburg, where only .Ot of an inch
occurred
The temp nature has fallen in
the Ohio aad Middle Mississippi
valleys. in Kansas and Colorado;
elsewhere it has risen or remained
nearly stationary The high" was
central yesterday morning in Min.
nesota, with diminished intensity.
Pressure was lowest in the north.
ern slope Of the Rocky mountains.
From Washington.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Those who have been inclined 70
complain of the long cold spell and
to look forward with displeasure at
the prospect Of two months more Of
titful winter should find consolation
in what the good old winter time nj
ways insures, as for instance:
No mosquitoes. no street ni'
amos, no dust on the payements. no
bicycles TO dodge. automobiles re-
duced to minimum, no veranda
parties to gawp al one, no Sunday
school pienics TO monopoliZe the
street cars. no lawn sprinkling. no
worrying over baseball games, no
cregis days. no saocnng IN PARK
benches. What's The use being \
pessimist. anyway Are not me
joys and sorrows Of life lars ~ II
the viewpoint
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

The difficulty Automobiles find in
protecting heir faces has at last been
satisfactorily solved Ugly masks and
goggles are now likely to be cast aside
for new mask. which is strong and
transparent, and modiiies in no way
the appearance Of fair compilations
II is constructed Of transparent horn
with he usual spectacle glasses, and
thus obsiates the danger OF ere so
much feared with infammable ccllu.
hid masks
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

The mos Capacioua vine cellar in The
world il owned by the Roumanian gov
eminent railway tunnel 600 feet
long between Galatz and Barboshi could
not he used for railway purposes. be-
cause OF inferior construction II was
leased te wine dealer y 10 has turned
u into a storehouse Tor wines.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

1t is said thai MIR Blaine a pro
tectiyc tariff yankee from Maine. will
be the next speak in place Of Colfax,
who becomes vice president. Blaine
will SO arrang3 the .ariff committee
and organize the house that the New
England manufacturers viii have il
all their own way The pressure upon
tie West for an increased subsidy 10
these ccrmorants It is likely will be
greater than ever before
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Some one says with the positive
ness Of authority, that the car went
to church and prayed for the destruc
lion of the Japanese feet When he
came out OF the church, he found that
d mistake had been made in The
transmission Of the prayer and that Il
was his own fleet that had been
bumped.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Everything seems to point now TO
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana as the
Republican presidential nominee.
Roosevelt has asked hi INTO accept the
place. and strong pressure from IN
fluential senators is Supplementary
the presidents request,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

David J Baker Ir, has announced
himself rs a candidate for the vacant
iudgeship in this judicial circuit. but
will submit his claims most probably
10 the decision Of the next con
vention to be- held at Metropolis on
Saturday next As an attorney Mr.
Baker IS conceded very fair abilities
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
8 YEARS AGO TODAY.
From The Bulletin. Wednesday,

From The Bulletin, "Wednesday
Feb. ~, 1869
A dispatch from Washington I'M
dor dage of the 18Th. inst, says: The
remains OF jno Wilkes Booth we've
quietly removed from the arsenal
genund, where they were buried in
April, s.. and were delivered to his
friends iar transmission to Balti.
more. where they are again 10 be re-
inferred by his mother The presi-
dent ord red the remains 10 be given
up ON the application Of Edwin
Booth and others Of the family Har-
rold. Booths companion, was disin-
TERED yesterday and his funeral took
plaC1 today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Excavations conducted by Irof. Airolt
in Rome's Forum prove. he says. that the
Eternal City existed long tefore the
time OF Romulus its supposed founder.
Prof Airoli asserts that Etruscans es-
tablished the eitg Q. Rome on AeentiHe
hill. from which they descended to fight
the Sabines
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Seal brown slene is hgHtcnej and brads
these being used az binding and also medaions The Et9n jack
Ct fits suHgy with ehasute collar the shoulders and sleeve
showing modified wrist skirt has
yoke which is continued In sash being
trimmed with The brown and effected
by OF tint tucs The hips binding finishes
the hem
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Feb. iG-Illinois-In.
creasing cloudiness and not so cold
wednesday as nov IN north and rain
or snow in south portion Wednesday
night or Thursday: east TO southeast
winds increasing in force.
Missouri Cloudy and warmer We'd
nesday, probably followed By snow:
Thursday fair. colder in west portion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
To Cure Cold in One psy.

Take Laxative Bromo QuInIne Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II II fails to cure. T. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. &c.
many Of his hearers:
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Mrs. Ascum But why don't you
buy the material II you like It? Mrs
Nurich-The salesman said il was
domestic dress goods. Mrs. Ascum-
Well? Mrs. Nnrieh- You don't sup.
pose would wear anything meant for
domestics. do you2
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

According to late reports the Of
fetal headsky of the Russian navy
in Japan is about to come ofrsky,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Napoleon vas inspiring his soldiers.
1T will be no trouble to cross the
Alps he assured them. We will
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

IL BOOK MAILED FREE.
a.lFEyERs, touEestioas, britannia
CURES .fOns, Lung Fever. MiIk Fever.
Is. u. spa AIMS, Lamsness. Injuries.
CURES Rheumatism.
&. = SORE THROAT. euinsY. EplEoosie.
UU1Es Dis.emper.
i y; y; WORMS. Bots. Grubs.
Il. 4. 1CoJGII-, CoIds Influenza, Infs med
CUES Lungs. Pieure-fn umOnia.
r. n. lC0LIC, Beliysche. Mind-Biown,
CUES i4rfhea. Dyseatefy.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
s y; y: KIDNEY 4 BLADDER DISORDERS.
IL. skIS DISEASES. Mango, E-uptions,
cgsEs tieeFs. Grease. Fnrey.
LII. iiAg CONDITION stirring Coat.
CURES Indigestion. stosnnrh stagsers.
<as. each; Stable Case. Ten Specifies Book. &C., q.
atGraggists, or sent prepaid on receipt OF price
HUMPHREYS Medicine Co. Cor. William , John
StTtess New f5rk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

simply 60 bellywhacking down like
we did when we were boys
With a wild cheer they prepared 10
invade Italy New Horl, sun
Oh, FUDGE
A party whose candor was shocking
Was once reprimanded Tor knocking
Because he had said
OF the heiress he wed
She carries her coin In her cbatel
ainc'
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
THE MANY THOUSAND

Who Owe Their Extraordin.
airy Success in Business Largely to
Right Method of Advertising Viii Not
Deny That Advertising Pays Any More
Than That Twice Two is Four.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
Fun And PHILOSOPHY.

A person whose maners were brusquc,
Had scented his garmcts with
musquc.
When he went TO the 200
The beasts murmured. "Phew.
And the elephant sneezed on a
tusque.
Success may sometimes come uneX
pectecdly, but work alone can hold
+. w Murray
Mamie-What Is biology? Gladys
II suppose its the science of shop
ping.
Springtimes will delight the soul.
The violets will bloom again;
But, oh, the many tons Of coal
That we will have TO buy ere then.
Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

President lladley of Yale says the
young man who wants to prepare for
politics should begin with Journalism OF
law Still. remarks the Denver News
a brief course in seven ay-ln-the.
week Kind OF mlisi9D might not be 0
bad starter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
snringtlmes wilI deIight lhe sonI.

There are two beings in us the
actor and the spectator. Sienkie
wiez.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17


Late Adit Vol. Liens. e.. s. n.
JAS. b FULTON.
late Chief Eng Miss Squadron.
l.. JORGENSEN.
Late A 4 Paymaster r. S. y.
u. n. CANDEE.
Late A. A. Paymaster, r.. 5. ~
H. a. HARMON.
Late Act. Ensign T.. S. n.
G. F NELL1s.
Late Asst Ensign u. s. n.
Committee
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
Naval Reunion.

The uceting of naval officers for
Thursday Feb 49, 1863, Cairo H..
and a cordial invitation is extended
to all both officers and sailors to
meet with us on that occasion. Mess
mates and shipmatcs. come one.
cnmn Ill
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17
NEWS OF THE WEATHER
Results OF Government Observations
With Prospects for Cairo and
Vicinity Today,

Indications for Cairo and vicinity
today, Continued cloudy; rising
temperature.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-17

Stage nc Cairo, Febwary NJ, 1908.
49.9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

The condition Of winter wheat as
reported by the agricultural depart
ment is 71.70 per cent; spring wheat.
93.4; acreage spring wheat, 1TL40 800.
Since the beginning of the present
year gold TO the value of $23, OSS, 5GJ
has been shipped from the United
States TO all countries.
Lawrence Hutton, the author and
essayist, is dead at Princeton, n. j..
aged 81 years.
Pope" Schader head Of "the Di-
vine Catholic church." has established
headquarters in Chicago.
Two employees of the Central bank.
of the City of Mexico. have been ar
rested for a defalcation officially de
clared TO be $4,000. but believed to
reach $2S0.0OO.
Jonn Alexander DowIe has an
nounced his intention to establish
Zion forty miles from Berlin.
Mrs. J. c. Wilson died ut Knoxville,
Tenn, from the effects of bite from
a black spider.
Absolutely no. Under no circum-
stances would l take the nomination"
is what Grover Cleveland is reported
to have said TO a friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Excursions for the Fourth

via the Nickel Plate road, at one fare
for the round trip, plus 25 cents, July
,, 3 and 4, within radius of 200 miles
from starting point. Return limit
July ). Three daily trains in each di-
rection, with modern coaches and YES
tibuled sleeping cars, to Cleveland
Erie, Buffalo, New York. Boston and
New England points. Passengers to
points east of Buffalo have privilege
of stop-over at Niagara Falls, in eth
err direction. and also at Chautauqua
lake. during excursion season, by de-
posting tickets. individual American
club meals, ranging in price from 81
cents to 81. served in Nickel Plate din
ing cars; also service a la carte. No
excess fare charged on any train on
the Nickel Plate road. Chicago depot
corner LaSalle and Van Buren, streets,
the only depot in Chicago on the Ele-
waited Loop. City ticket offices, III
Adams street and Auditorium Annex.
Telephones, Central Posi- and Harrison
22OS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Going to the Worlds Fair:

Your best route is over the Chicago
d Alton railway. All lines of railway
will sell you tickets over this line
whether you decide to go via Peoria
or via Chicago. The rates are as low
as by any line, and your home ticket
agent will be pleased to sell you a
ticket over the Chicago & Alton Short
Line if you ask for it. Direct connec-
tons with all railroads at Peoria and
Chicago. Superb day coaches and
Pullman parlOr cars, Pullman sleeping
cars and both cafe and dining cars
Ask your home ticket agent for a
ticket via the Chicago & Alton Short
Line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
THE LADIES' TAILOR.
He FIourIsbed In France Three Cen
turtles Ago.

He FlourIsbed In France Three Cen
turtles Ago.
The ladies' tailor does not belong to
this century or to the last: 300 years
back he fOurishcd in France The
court beauties employed him during
the reign Of the last Of the NalOis.
Nine. de Sevigne gives an elaborate de-
scriptiOn in one of her letters Of
gown made for Nine. de MOntCSpan
and mentions the name of tue tailor
Langlee. the son of one of the serv-
ants in the household of Anne Of Aus
tria. Indeed. women We're not allowed
in those day to enter into competition
with men in the production of outer
garments, even for their own sex. 1t
was Louis NV. who looked fayorably
on wOmans work for hcr own sex
and granted letters patent to- the senIp-
stresses TO form themselves into 4 cor
poration, though It was not made easy
for them. and they only, after all.
made up ladies' own materials, even
as far back as that. BY the aid of the
pUupccs which went the round of sOci-
city exhibiting the passing modes lie
Roy found favor with the bellies i'll
che beginning of the seventeenth cen
fury, and when we sec. as we may
do now at the Crystal palace. even the
silk bodices that were made then we
cannot but very much wonder that
they were more fitted for tailorS
board than for feminine fingers, so
hard. so thick, so heavy were they
London Ouppu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11

stand as a lien and a cloud upon the
title held by the Camp Mcclellan Land
company, and until sufficient and
satisfacto bond is given there can
be no plating of the land filed for
record. The court has fixed the bond
of the company at 100000. and this
must be signed by three freeholders,
or absolutely guaranteed by surety
company acceptable 10 the clerk of
the court.
The 54th regiment, Iowa National
Guard, will camp this year from July
Il to p. inclusive. orders To this eff
feet having been received at regimen
tai headquarters in Muscatine. The
place is not yet selected where the
be decided later.
Yesterday at st. Anthony's pioneer
school hall occurred the closing exer-
cises of the parochial school at which
the tuition has been free since the be
ginning of the present year. The pro-
gram. consisting of recitations, songs
and play entitled Carries Present. .
was presented by the children. y
medal. given by the sisters in charge
Of the school, for amiable and polite
department. was awarded to Miss
Pearl Traynor. At the end of the eX-
ercises Rev. ID. J. Flannery, the pas
tor, made an address TO the children
c. p. Johnson, the carpenter who
was identified as the man who has
been annoying young women near
fremont avenue and Case streets by
hugging them. was fined $50 and costs
in the court of Justice Roddewig yes
terday. Johnson was identified by the
young woman whom he had attacked
and three other young women of that
neighborhood also brought charges
of Il like nature against him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
July 3

The Nickel Plate road will run an eX-
cursion to Chautauqua Lake and re
turn at one fare for the round trip
from Chicago, with return limit OF
Aug. Q, by depositing ticket. Trans
portation good on any of our three
daily trains. Cheap rates to other
eastern points. No excess fare charg-
ed on any train on Nickel Plate road
Individual club meals, ranging in price
from 35 cents to 81; also service a la
carte. in Nickel Plate dining cars
Write John Y. Callahan. general agent,
lib Adams street, room 296, Chicago,
for particulars. Chicago city ticket
offices. III Adams street and Auditor
ium Annex; phones, Central 2057 and
Harrison 220s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Stop and Think

If yon Vant to go to Chicago you
can take he of the c., NJ. g. st.
fine train, ard make an easy and rap
id journey. Trains for Chicago leave
Rock Island as follows: At AIS a. m,
arriving at Chicago at 1888 a. m; at
1858 p. m. arriving at Chicago at 9:55
p. m, and at 1850 P. M, arriving at
Chicago at 1855 a m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11

Low round trip summer tourist
tickets now on sale via the Rock ISL
and to eastern as well as northern
and western resorts. If you are fig
uring on a trip either by water or
land let us figure with you. The round
trip to Colorado Springs or Denver is
S26.4O. Call or drop a postal to f. II.
Plummer, c. =. A., Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Ten Years In Bed.

Il. a. Gray, j. p, Oakville, Ind,
writes, For 10 years l was confined to
my bed with disease of my kidneys.
1t was so severe that | could not move
part of the time. | consulted the very
best medical skill available, but could
get no relief until Foley's Kidney
Cure was recommended to me. 1t has
been a Godsend to me" All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Method In His AIndness.

Mrs. Wick-What is the Use of stand
ing there and calling the stove names
That won't make the fire burn any
better. Mr. WiCk-I thought that may
be if could insult the blamed thing 1t
would get hot about 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Fourfh 0f July.

One fare for the round trip, plus %
cents. July ,. 3 and 4. within 200 miles
from starting point. on Nickel Plate
road. Return limit July 5. Chicago
depot. LaSalle and Van Buren, streets;
city ticket offices, Ill Adams street
and Auditorium Annex. Telephones,
Central 2O57 and Harrison 2206.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
UnprOfected.

The stage manager catches one Of
the actors smoking behind the scenes
Here! You can't smoke ON the
stage- lie says.
whats the odds? The scenery is
fireprOof"
But you're not"
AS the actor discovered when he got
his two weeks nOtice.-Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11

Central. Tickets on sale daily. Best
service. Quick time. Write or call on
us for full information. City ticket
office 329 Main street, Peoria, III. G..
A. Smith, general agent. Phone NJ,
500.