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ODE BITS OF HISTORY.

The use Of corals by infants while
teething is at least 200 years old.
The English money denomination
pound was once a pound weight of silve:
in its pure state.
Windmills were introduced in Eng
land by the Crusaders, who had seen
in use among the Saracens.
Long before tobacco was introduced
in England smoking was common. This
favorite Smoke" was the dried leaves
of coltsfoot.
Worsted was first spun at Worsted in
Norfolk, England, in the year 1910
Stockings made of this material were al
first worn only by the common people.
The Oldest brick building in England
except those built by the Romans, is said
to be Hurstmonceaux Castle, in Sussex
which vas erected by Detiennes. treasur-
er to Henry vi. 1t was dismantled about
a century ago.
The earliest mention of bells, as ap-
piled for purposes of Christian worship
is by Polydore Vergil, who states that
Paulinus, bishop Of Nola, a city of Cam
pania. in Italy, first adapted them to his
church in the year 400.
In the seventeenth century a monk
named Perignon had charge of a vine.
yard belonging to the Abbey of St. Peter
Hautvilliers, Champagne, and he also
superintendent the making of the abbey
wines. In the course of his experiments
he discovered sparkling champagne"
Camels in Hungary.
Camels were used as beasts of burden
in Hungary up to the twelfth century.
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E AND THERE.

The acreage in Irish potatoes this
year is reported at 5000. 900, and con
ditions good in all part sof the nation.
Lining of soil. both al a corrective
of sour lands and for the improving OF
ordinary farm lands is a subject to
which some study should be given be-
fore extensive operations are under
taken.
Sorghum is a wonderful plant to
produce a large quantity of feed in a
short time. When the wheat has been
threshed, pillow under stuhble and plant
sorghum If cut when only half grown
it will make excellent feed for stock in
the winter. +
Where rich bottom lands are in
cultivation and subject to be washed
by heavy rainfalls and freshets. they
can be largely protected by planting
basket willows. The willows will form
a solid protection on the bank of the
stream and protect the lands.
One need not become q crank
because he has pure-bred poultry.
There are thousands of people raising
poultry for profit land get III who
never exhibit and never saw q copy OF
the Standard Of Perfection, and don't
know a good exhibition bird when they
see it.
Loose, sandy soils are not adapted
to the production of alfalfa, though
where there is a soil with one-third
humus it may grow. There must be
some lime, fair proportion of clay, and
if there are the alfalfa may do fairly
well although one-fourth may be fine,
sandy soil.
-Renember that the hog is an ami
NAL that must have an abundance OF
drinking water, and it is as ESSENTIAL
that he has a pool of water in which
to battle. He enjoys q bath, though it
may be half mud because his owner
does not provide better. The pool
should be in the shade.
The state of Mississippi has adopt
ed. for teaching in the public schools
the little book, Agriculture for Be
ginners," written by Professors Bur-
kett, Stevens and Hill. Of North Caro-
lima college, to which an appendix ha:
now been added. which Prof. ". r
Massey prepared. on horticulture and
Horticulture.
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Skin Game.

"Things are not always what they
seem, said an officer of one of the big
leather companies the other day at q
gathering of leather men. "Once upon
a time there were six good little goats
in a field. They died young, like all
good little goats with good skins, and
the fellow who was responsible for their
death shipped those skins to a tannery.
When they came out, the skin of one lit
tie goat was an elephants hide, that of
the second little goat was q monkey
skin. that of the third was a sealskin, the
fourth d sea lion. the fifth a green frog
skin. and the skin of the sixth came out
a beautiful walrus hide."-N. Y. Times.
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WRONG SORT.
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for q Time.

A change to the right kind Of food
can lift one from q sick bed. A lady
In Weldon, ILL.,, says:
"Last Spring I became bed-fast with
severe stomach trouble accompanied
by sick headache. | got worse and
worse until I became so low l could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though l tried every kind. | had be-
come completely discouraged, had
given up all hope and thought I was
doomed to starve to death, till one day
my husband trying to find something
could retain brought home some
Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me-, digested perfectly and with
out distress. / began to gain strength
at once, my flesh (Which had been
fabby) grew firmer, my health i'm
proved in every way and every day,
and in q very few weeks I gained 20
pounds in weight. l liked Grape-Nuts
80 well that for 4 months I ate nc
other food, and always felt as well sat
isfied after eating as If I had sat down
to a fine banquet.
81 had no return Of the miserable
sick stomach nor Of the headaches,
that l used to have when / ate other
food. / am nov q we'll woman, doing
all my own work again, and feel that
life is worth living.
"Grape-Nuts food has been q god
send to my family: 1t surely saved my
life and my two little boys have
thriven on It wonderfully" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek,
Mich.
There's a reason.
Get the little book, 'sThe Road to
MELVILLE" In each pkg.
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fronvright, 1905, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
I lest had a letter from viii and Helen
Smith. a real affeetionate letter, sayln'
they wus comm tomorrow visitin'. |
shall be glad enough to see EN- and
dretful glad to see the baby. Helen
writ me 1T wuz a lovely child and
looked just like WILL" and Will writ
s.it wuz a beauty and the image OF
Helen" Well, i dare presume it looks
like both on 'em. there wouldn't be no
law again it, and | couldn't tell which
wuz the best lookin. How time does
run along. TO be sure; it don't seem
more'n a month or WI ago since Will
and Helen wuz here, she sick as death
and he doctorin' her.
1t must be three years ago that viii
Smith come here n stayed most a
year, he's second cousin on my side.
and we'll OFF, and he thought he'd come
down and stay a spell with us, He had
a step-ma, and there is as much differ
ence between step-mas as there is any
thing; some steps harder than others
But this is a steep subject and a dell
cate one, as I'm a step myself, so more
anon.
Will wuz a splendid young a He'd
studied for a doctor, had been educated
high in the best schools here and in
Germany. He'd studied so hard his
health wuz run down and he wanted to
go into the country and work outdoors.
He liked us, and Wisely versey, and
Josiah hired him regular, and his
health improved wonderful. He wuz a
good looking young chap, with keen
gray ewes and eyebrows that sometimes
kinder drawed together when he talked,
a broad white forward with light brown
hair and mustache the same color.
And he looked at you sometimes as
If he wuz lookin' right through you and
studyin' into the mater of the hair
comb at the back side of your head.
And agin his eyes would look laughin
and as good natered as anything. He
wuZ a master hand for fun, he and
Thomas j.. fairly reveled in each
others company. They didn't either
on 'em have to have a joke labeled and
pinned up in front on EN- in order to
see it. Oh what times them two boys
did have when they got together.
Josiah would hold the world bottom
side up for hours and shake himself
laughin' behind it. And | pricked my
fingers time and again when I'd set
darnin' stockin's, I'd laugh so I'd jab
my fingers in spit, of myself.
But Will wuz jest as sot to do every
thing right he undertook, in spite of
his fun, and we knew he would make
a first rate doctor when he got practicin'
on folks. He wanted to be outdoors
every minute of the time. and Josiah
wuz willin' he should, for farmers have
q good deal of work in the spring,
though Ury Still took the brunt of the
hard work. And Philury wuz trusty
and there wuzn't nothin' to bender
Josiah and me from goin' off on a tower.
Josiah wuz kinder spindlin' and |
needed a change. Josiah wanted to go
to New York and | did too, SO we got
ready and went.
Well, we got there safe and sound
and put up at a good tavern and went
round and see the sights happy Is a
king and queen. And we called on old
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friends and they on us, and we bought
a lot Of new things for us and the chill
dren, and wuz havin' a real good time
when one afternoon a startlin' incident
took place. We had been to See some
dissolvin' views and the last one havin'
dissolved we come home and wuz jest
ente";n' our door when a pale, delicate
bean boy, lookin' half froze (it wuz
a bitter cold day for the time of year,
come up to us and wanted to sell a
paper. He looked pitiful, a pretty boy,
too, he wuz if he hadn't been SO pale
and had been dressed decent.
l seq, "Tll buy a paper" and
looked in my pocket for change, but
hadn't a penny, and Josiah said he
hadn't. so / SEE, Come up to our room
with us and I'll take a paper" | had
some cookies there and some oranges
and laid out to give him some, for
liked his looks. He looked good, but
oh So pale and wan and cold. He fol-
Tered us up to our and took the
paper and emptied all the change out
of my portmoney into his little, cold,
scrawny hand.
He looked up and tried to thank me
and fell down a white heap at my feet
He'd tainted dead away, and for all ne
must have been ten or twelve years
old, Josiah picked him up as easy as
a baby and laid him on the lounge, and
SEE. He's nothin' but skin and bones
We sprinkled some water in his face
and held camfire under his nose and
pretty soon be come to and his mrs
words wuz Where is Helen?'
And as he looked round and see ne
wuz in a strange place he cried out
ssHeIen is starving, dying, let me 80 g
her. You gave me some money, let me
Get some bread with Y! Helen 4
dyfng!p He tried to get up, pul leil
back again white As 2 corpse ! lll.eo
bis head and give him 2 glass q MIX
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Had Many Dupes.

There died in Reading, Pa, q few
days ago a certain DR." Hageman,
who enjoyed a great practice in sew
eral counties and is alleged to have
amassed a considerable fortune. He
was not a licensed practitioner. versed
in the arts Of scientific healing. but q
witch doctor" He dealt in amulets,
charms, nominations and the Lille.
Frog bones, lizard tails, bat winAs.
mole hair and such things were. us4i
by him for the casting out Or bringi4k
ii Of evil spirits. He boiled pots q
herbs, meanwhile chanting incanta-
lions over the broth. and thus removed
or laid on spells"
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Pheeder-The shape of a mans stomach
is round, amt it, Doc?
DIR. Weeder-Nearly SO. Why?
"Ain't it funny that nothIn' fits it so
well as a square meal?"-philadelphia
Press.
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Gold has been discovered in a Nebraska
baseball field. But many baseball diamonds
are little bonanzas, owingt to thepopular love
for the great American sport. Troy
Times.
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Sometimes a blunder turns out to be
profitable, but under such circumstances
it isn't called a blunder.-Town Topics.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaili-
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
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ny
JOSIAH ALIENS
WIFE
AND co.

Marietta Holley C"Josiah Aliens Wife,,
Author Of My Way ward Partner" My
Opinions and Betsy Bobbett's." "Sa4
mantha at Saratoga" Samantha al
the ST. Louis Exposition" Etc, Tells
How Samantha Helped a Starving Girl
in New York.
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w N G. s r T. r

"~NUBLAcK" BLACK POWDER HELL
The "Nublack is a grand good shell. 1t is
good in construction, primed with a quick
and sure primer, and carefully loaded with
the best brands of powder and shot. It is a
favorite among hunters and other users of
black powder shells on account of its
uniform shooting, evenness of pattern
and strength to withstand reloading.
A [ [ D z A 1 e e S S E I 1 7 Il e M
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Camels in Hungary.
Camels were used as beasts OF burden
in Hungary up to the twelfth century.
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A W0MAN's ORDEAL
BREADS D0cT0R's QUESTIONS
Thousands Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, and Receive Valuable Advice
Absolutely Confidential and Free

There can be no more terrible ordeal
to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions in regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician, and many
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heart, While some OJneTS Seem1n jest
as good has to hang round on the out
side and can't git in, never can |
loved that poor girl, sweet, abused
c~reeter. and wuz bound 10 do by her as
I'd want our Tirzah AEI done by if she
wuz in her place.
AnG thought, now these folks Helen
worked for, probable Industrious poor
folks, will be thankful to know about
her. Miss Murphy said they didn't live
over a quarter of a mile away, and I'll
go and see EN- this very night and if
they hain't sufferin' for things them
selves, which I'm afraid they be,
scrimpin' her down so on the price, |
know they'll feel it a privilege to help
her, probable they'll come right here
tonight and do for her. The doctor I'd
sent for had come and gone; he said
it wuz hard work. cold and hunger that
allied her, but with good care she misat
| git well. The warmth and food which
I had sent made Dick comfortable but
drowsy, and he fell asleep on the floor
by the stove, and Helen lay white and
still, only openin' her big eyes now and
then, but havin' her senses, I see,
though she wuz too weak to talk.
Oh, poor girl, poor girl! KEEP sayin' to
/ myself, for her story hanted me, and my
tears seemed fallin' in q bitter rain on
my heart as | thought ont. | looked
round the low, poor freezin' room, SO
poor and cold that Josiah wouldn't let
- -ZAkAF:L - X-~- ks~ 4.vr rae :.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Why Meredith Changed Plans.

1t was at one time arranged that
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. his brother
William and Swinburne and George
Meredith should live together in a
certain house. Meredith happened to
see Dante Gabriel Rossetti at break
fast and changed his plans. Meredith
himself tells the story. "It was past
noon," he says. "Rossetti had not yet
risen, though 1t was an exquisite day.
On the breakfast table, on a huge dish
rested five thick slabs Of bacon. upon
which five rigid eggs had slowly bled
to death. Presently Rossetti appear
ed in his dressing gown, with slippers.
down at the heel, and devoured the
dainty repast like an ogre" That meal
was too much for Mered1th-and he
sacrificed three months rent rather
than see it repeated.
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All but One.

When homeward came the prodigal
Who'd wandered far away.
And spent in riotous living
His substance day by day,
And said he was not worthy
To be called his fathers son,
And asked for husks and servants hire
To atone for what he'd done;
When hearts welled up with gladness
And smiles greeting gave
This prodigal. repentant-
This most detected knave-
VIII you tell me who alone bewailed
That unexpected scene.
Whose eyes filed up with briny tears,
Who knew a sorrow keen?
There was one whom none could comfort
Out on the farm that day,
Who had no joy to celebrate,
Who would the feast delay;
He certainly knew real misery
The bitterest cup to quaff-
And I've always felt sorrow for
That unfortunate fatted calf
Henry De Berniere.
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Fish Had Swallowed Nettino,

A singular instance of tenacity in
the digestion of fish is reported from
Sheffield, England. The fish. ling
four feet long. had what appeared to
be an abnormally hard liver. But the
cutting-up process revealed something
far stranger. The supposed hard liver
turned out to be piece of stout net
ting over two yards long and four
teen inches wide, which had been
pressed into the form of football.
How this mass came to be swallowed
is mystery. It was suggested that
the fish caught in the tolls of fish
erman's net, had tried to escape by
devouring his prison walls.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
A Square Meal.

A round-shouldered man with a
round face and a round head, wearing
a round straw hat, entered a restau-
rant round the corner. He partook of
soup in a round dish. with a round
roll, cut from round of beef with
round potatoes round it, and some
round dumplings, followed by a round
roly-poly and some round Dutch
cheese afterward. He finished up
with some round apples, and then said
he had had Square" meal.-Phila.
delphia Bulletin.
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Dancer in Crowds.

Experiments which have been car
ried out on the weight of crowds go
to show that the loading of eighty
two pounds to 102 pounds per square
foot, usually assumed in Germany in
floor design. and prescribed by the
Ministry of Public Works for this
purpose, is far too low to allow for
conditions that may frequently occur.
1t is urged that this figure should be
raised to at least 1913 pounds to 1873
pounds square foot, otherwise the
assumed factor Of safety may be en-
croached on materially.-London En-
gineer.
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Church Notes.

Baptist Church-Bible School 10 a
m. preaching II a. m, song service p.
M, preaching 7:30 p. M, prayer meet
ing, Wednesday, 1880 p. m.
THos. G.. MAGRuDER. Pastor.
M. E. Church-Morning subject:
"The Main Issues" Series, Sermon II,
"The Kingdom" Evening: Thoughts
of the Heart"
Epworth League 6:3O, Junior League
2:3O, Sunday School 10 q. m. Mid-week
prayer service Thursday evening at 1880.
o. w. AUMAN, Pastor.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Stockholders Meeting.

The regular annual meeting of stock
holders of the First National Bank OF
Lamar. Colo, will be held at the bank
ing room on Tuesday, January 10, 1905,
at o'clock p. M, for the purpose Of
electing board of directors for the en-
suing year ana the transaction Of such
other business as may properly come be-
fore it.
w. c. GOULD, Cashier.
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Notice is hereby gwen to stockholders
of the Lrmar Creamery Co., that a meet
Jan. 10, 1905. Important that all mem
bers attend. G. S. BLossER, Pres.
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with the people and leaves host of
friends to mourn his death. A wife,
two daughters and one son sur vive him,
and they have the sincere sympathy OF
the entire community in their loss.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

DR.. A. w. Seabury, physician and
surgeon. Offices on second floor OF
Irwin building, East Main street.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

FOR TBADE-First-C Glass Stock
Ranch, IN Baca county. Well improved
plenty of water and timber. Will trade
for good alfalfa farm under Fort Lyon
canal. G. S. SMITH.
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Fine limo of Stationery and Books
just in, at McLeans Drug Store.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

For Chapped Lips use Rapid Cure
Cream, Myers Pharmacy.
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Curfew Notice.

Beginning Dec. 18th the fire alarm
whistle will each evening at 8 o'clock
blow single blast as curfew notice
BY order of the Town Council.
G. w. HEAToN. elk.
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Parties wishing to sell town lots or
land should call on w. j. Millsap in the
Huddleston building.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

$50, 600 just received for farm loans.
No delays.
L. WRIT MARKHAM.
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Tennis Rackets and Balls at cost at
McLean's Drug Store.
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$50, 600 just received for farm loans.
No delays.
L. WRIT MARKHAM.
Denning's gallery Is open at all times.
Call and see his new pictures.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

@. b. Thoman has the best line Of
fire insurance. He writes farm risks.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

II you want Pepso- Quinine we sell it
at lOc box. You take the risk Nc
Lean Bros.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Chaps cured by Rapid Cure Cream
Myers Pharmacy.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

For chapped hands and face try our
Moss Rose Cream. Mclean Bros, the
reliable druggists.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

For bargains in farm lands go to
O. b. Thoman.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Rapid Cure Cream samples, Myers
Pharmacy.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Chapped Hand? Try Rapid Cure
Cream. Myers Pharmacy.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

For cheap town lots see O. B
Thoman.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Pepso- -Quinine at McLean's Drug
Store 10c.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Nanton, Alberta, Canada, now boasts
a Masonic lodge and a paper from that
town tells US that w. NJ. Hanna is the
Worshipful Master and w. G. Russell is
Tyler. Lamarites always get TO the
front.
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@. b. Thoman has the best line OF
fire insurance. He writes farm risks.
II you want Pepso- Quinine we sell it
at lOc a box. You take the risk. Nc
Lean Bros.
Tennis Rackets and Balls at cost at
McLean's Drug Store.
Fine limo Of Stationery and Books
just in, at McLean's Drug Store.
For Chapped Lips use Rapid Cure
Cream, Myers Pharmacy.
Chaps cured by Rapid Cure Cream
Myers Pharmacy.
For chapped hands and face try our
Moss Rose Cream. Mclean Bros, the
reliable druggists.
Rapid Cure Cream samples, Myers
Pharmacy.
For bargains in farm lands go to
O. b. Thoman.
Pepso- Quinine at McLean's Drug
Store 1Oc.
Chapped Hand? Try Rapid Cure
Cream. Myers Pharmacy.
For cheap town lots sec O. b
Thoman.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-16

Commencing Sunday, November 10,
train No. 9. the Royal Blue Limited. will
leave Grand Central passenger station
Chicago at 8 p. m, instead Of $3.50 p. m.
and will arrive In Pittsburg at o;35 q.
m, Washington at 4:40 p. m, Baltimore
$3.50 p. m. Philadelphia, s;ls p. m. New
York l0:40 p. m. the same as with the
old schedule. thus reducing the time
one hour and thirty minutes. No excess
fare will be charged on this fast limited
train. All other trains will arrive and
depart the same as formerly. stop.over
Is allowed at Washington. Baltimore and
Philadelphia, not TO exceed ten days, at
each place, on all frst-class through
tickets.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-16

Helena, Dec. l0.-As a result OF the
organization Of the Montana Rate Asso-
ciation in this city yesterday, Governor
Toole will be requested 10 call the leg
lslature In extra session 10 pass rail-
road commission bill. At the last ses-
sion Of the legislature bill was passed
on the last day Of the session and u
wac vetoed by the governor on The
ground that II was unconstitutional
The resolution adopted by the rate con-
yentions directs the executive commit
Zee 10 ascertain II the governor will
issue call for a special session Of the
legislature, II he is assured a majority
Of the members will support a measure
that will conform to his ideas as ex-
pressed In his veto message last year.
The executive committee Of the as
sociation was directed 10 collect data
showing discrimination by the railroads
In Montana and TO bring proceedings
before the interstate commerce commits
sion. Arrangements were made to pro-
vide funds to carry out the instruc-
tions.
F.J. Edwards Of this city. was elect.
ed permanent president of the associa-
tion, and II. A. Fraser also OF Helena
secretary.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-16

New York. Dec. ib.--At q meeting Of
tie executive committee Of the Trunk
lines association yesterday the aboli'
iion Of free passes on the railroads In.
eluded In the association were discuss.
ed. Any decision In the matter Of ab.
olisbing passes, II was said. rested I'm.
ally with the presidents Of the several
lines. The committee adopted . resolu.
tiou recommending that all passes de-
signed a. Inducements 70 secure busi'
ness be discontinued. The question ol
atolishing passes altogether was lsfi
10 the individual lines.