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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08

tissue paper you may put pink or
blue spread under it and then the de-
sign will snow beautifully. The same
effect will be very pretty for the pill
low shams.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08

soothing falsehoods, and succeeded at
last in reducing her from violent
grief and despair to kind of plain
tive faith and confidence in all going
we'll, that was far more touching.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
KINDNESS TO ANNALS.

Little children, never give
Pain to things that feel and live;
Let the gentle robin come
For the crumbs you save at home
AS his meat you throw along
He'll repay you with a song;
Never hurt the timid hare
Peeping from her green grass, lair.
Let her come and sport and play !
On the lawn at close of day.. q.
The little lark goes soaring high =
To the bright windows of the sky, =
Singing as if 'twere always. spring,
And huttering on an untlred wing
O! let him sing his happy song,
Nor do these gentle creatures wrong.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
NEEDS MUST.
the militant

"John," demanded the militant
wife, "will you always love me?"
81 reckon So" was the answer. 81
don't see any way to get out of it. ~
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
WHERE HE MISLAID THEM.

Surgeon-"Where the deuce can l
have left my glasses?"
Wife-"You haven't been perform
ing an operation to-day, I suppose.
-Pele Mele.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
Holds EN- Better.

The anti-kiss button is all right in
principle, but so many ladies use
hooks and eyes.-Chicago Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
LOSING HIS SENSES.

A mischievous boy, having got pos
session of his grandfather's specta-
cles. privately took out the glasses.
When the old gentleman put them
on, finding he could not see. he ex-
claimed: Mercy on me, I've lost
my sight!" but thinking the impedi-
ment to vision might be the dirtiness
of the glasses took them off to wipe
them, when, not feeling them, he, still
more frightened, cried out: "Why,
what's come now? I've lost my feel
ing, too. Ideas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08

In the matter of density of popu-
lation, Paris and Berlin lead all the
European cities.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
NOT WORTH WHILE.

81 notice that you usually tell the
truth"
"Yes; 1 found that telling lies gets
you into almost as much trouble -
Louisville Courier-J
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08

HOW TO MAKE A BOX BED FOR
THE PAPER DOLL.
1t is quite easy to make a very nice
bed for the paper dolls, and even for
other dolls if you so desire, from
Dasteboard box. The box may be
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08
To be Continued.

The 1000 Osages in Oklahoma are
the richest community on the face OF
the globe, and they are getting rich.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08

IN ESCROW.
81 inherited my fathers brains,
Otherwise | am completely bust"
But he turned quite red when the lady
said:
'Who's holding your inheritance in
trust?"
Town Topics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10


First d.. Morris Orion. Jas. Broenahan
Second Ward ......J. j. Mahoney R.. T. Burke
Third Ward ......A. R. Marshall, Chas. Haugh
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Education-John
Mahon Chas. Hunter, W. B. Dickson, Z j..
Fox, j. j. Mahoney.
Treasurer. ......J. D. Milne.
Clerk e. Truax.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
A New Cassie Chadwick.
Woman Found Poisoned In New York Apartment Had Many Names
and Posed as Friend of Great Personages
Who Say They Knew Her Not.

Facing the prospect of imprisonment
for contempt of court, process servers
and angry bill collectors crowding in
upon her from every direction. hrrctt
of her liveried servants and literally
at the end of her rope. 4 beautiful Wo,
man who called herself Mrs. John
Van Ness Roberts and Mrs. Catharinc
~Stuyvesant Roberts. but who is said
to have been non other than Louise
Vermeule. alleged shoplifter. died of
poisoning in her elegant apartments at
DOT Riverside drive. New York.
For several months she had been
behind in her rent, it is said. and to-
ward the last she was afraid to EN-
ture out on account Of duns and proc
ess rye
Considerable mystery surrounds the
circumstances of the woman's death.
She had been i'll for some time of Il
weak heart and had been attended by
DR.. Edward Peterson of CT West Six
ty-eighth street. who had been pre-
scribing strychnine tablets. Belle Ken
nedy, the maid. the only Il of the
woman's retinue of servants left in her
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

directory OF Harvard graduates failed
10 discover any one of that name. Mrs.
StuNyeSant Fish says she never knew
the who posed rs her friend.
it was also said that while acting in
a business capacity for the Mutual
Life Insurance company she so i'm
pressed tho officers of the concern with
the story that sh" could greatly in
crcHSc its business through her wide ac-
Quaintanccship with prominent mem
bcrS of society that she secured adj
vanCeS on her commissions to the
amount of $500. For eight months
she drew $50 Il week as her salary md
in that time never earned a commits
sion. Her clever tongue won the con-
fidence of the hard headed business
men who We're officers of the insurance
company. In getting her position as
insurance solicitor she said that she
was related to the ~Stuyvesant family,
that she was a cousin of ~StuyveSant
Fish, that she had gone to school With
the two daughters of the late Senator
Fair. now Mrs William X. Vanderbilt.
Ir.. and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
SERVERS.

employ. told the coroner she had seen
her mistress take rs many as six of
the s~trychnine pellets at one time. The
attending PHYSICIANS said this might
account for her death.
After funeral services at the Church
of the Holy Name the dead woman's
body was taken to Long Island City.
The stories told by the woman's
friends and acquaintance reveal her
as a worthy rival of Cassie Chadwick.
Colonel Robert j. Haire, who was
counsel for Louise Vermeule when she
was arrested. tried and acquitted on
account of her extensive operations
among dry goods merchants in New
York city in 1897. said:
"Sone time after the acquittal of
the Vermeule woman l met her on the
street. and she told me she was pass
ing under the name Of Mrs. John Van
Ness Roberts and Mrs. Catharine
~Stuyvesant Roberts Both names We're
purely fictitious. nor had the woman.
so far as | ever knew. the slightest
relationship to the Stuyvesants. Her
maiden name was Mabel FINLEY. She
was born in Philadelphia and became
the wife of Richard w. Roelofs. Her
son by Robots is now with his father
in Cripple Creek. Colo"
Mrs. Roberts appeared in the New
York City Social Register. the blue
book Of the elite, as Katherine Stuy-
vesant. She was well known in ex-
elusive circles and was Il guest at the
famous ball on the flagship of Prince
Louis of ~Battenberg. On that occa-
sion. it is said. General James Grant
Wilson was her escort. She claimed
to be an intimate friend of the Grants.
and on her table were found the visit
ing cards of General Frederick Dent
Grant and Lieutenant General Corbin.
Photographs of General Grant, Prince
CantacuZene, General Miles and other
eminent men were found in her rooms
Mrs. Roberts often stated that Jacob
A. Riis, President Roosevelt's friend,
was executor of her mothers will and
had treated her badly. Mr.. Riis de-
clares he never wen heard of her.
One Of the stories Mrs. Roberts is
credited with is thai she had at one
time acted as the secretary of Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst. This has been denied
at the Hearst offices in New York city.
Neither General Grant nor his wife
can recall, they say, ever having en-
tertained Mrs. Roberts at any of the
functions on the island, and Mrs.
Grant says that neither she nor the
general ever visited the apartments in
Riverside drive. When search was
made in Yonkers for Mrs. Roberts
summer home. Cloud Rift, mentioned
in the Social Register, it proved to be
as elusive as a cloud. Residents Of
Yonkers never heard Of any such
place, they say. According to Mrs.
Roberts friends. she told them her
husband was John Van Ness Roberts,
graduate of Harvard. gentleman of
leisure. Diligent search through the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
HUNTER g. STEVENSON. uNCDoN, Nd.

saw one, and the girl l had met was
not only a lady, but a very innocent
and refined one. Why did she make
the Identification through the dollar
bill l had changed? Because. Of course.
it was the best and only sure means of
Identification.
This dollar bill was all l had to re-
mind me of the girl who had given it
to me. | had transferred it from my
pocket to u box of trinkets on my
dresser. folded just as it was when l
received it.. Something. | know not
What-one of those mysterious point
ers of the brain perhaps that come to
US on occasion-prompted me to go to
my room and have a look at the bill.
I lost no time in doing SO. and when l
unfolded the crisp bit Of paper my
eyes hulged from their sockets in as
tOniShmen;.
1t was a thousand dollar note.
Now | saw il all. The wording Of
the advertisement. instead of indicat-
ing that the girl was familiar with
methods of designation, showed her in
nocence or she would not have used
it. 1t was evident she had inferred
that I had discovered the denomina-
ton of the bill. and she gave me the
means of communicating with her to
return it.
I took the midnight train for Cleve-
land and the next morning went to
the postofficc. where ! learned that
box No. = belonged to a family named
Worthington. Later in the day I call
ed at the address. which l had also
received at the p%ostotfice, and sent up
my card. on which | had written.
sThe gentleman who changed the bill"
I soon heard Il rustic on the stair
case. and E. V. W. came hurrying in.
anxiety on every feature. to know if
her money was safe. l FASTENED to
reassure her by handing her the note.
She had received it from her father
in New York. who was at the moment
engaged in making a cash payment on
a piece Of real estate. and had mad
vertently given her the wrong bill.
Within Il year I married her.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

that she had two policies about to be
concluded for $4,000 and 100000
which she would talk" to the Mutual.
At the Mutual Life offices Mrs. Roberts
is remembered as q woman of mar
velous personality" 1t was said there
that she possessed the ability to tell
the most convincing stories. but she
brought forward a mythical seeker
after insurance. obtained $50 on q
note on the strength of that and her
connection with the company ended.
Mrs. Roberts showed one of her
friends Il gold cigarette case which
she said E. II. Hartman had sent as
a gift to her. She attended Prince
Henry's ball. where only /, handful of
the elect We're present. When she met
Prince Louis. according to a MAJ who
was present on the flagship Drake. she
talked to him as if she knew him well,
and it was said at the time by the
prince. says this friend. that he had
met Mrs. Roberts" in London.
1t was also said that Mrs. Roberts"
introduced Il Of her friends as Colo
nel Morehead. son of a former govern
or of Kentucky and u friend of her
mother. Mrs. Stuyvesant." Mrs.
Roberts was also often seen at studio
receptions.
Richard Roelofs when seen at the
Cresson mine in Cripple Creek. Colo.
said:
"All this is humiliating to me. but
the incident is now closed. don't
care so much for myself. but my heart
simply bleeds when | think of my little
son. who has been kept in ignorance
of his mothers eccentric conduct for
years. | have done all that l can when
sent money to provide a decent flu
neral for her. She was not in her
right mind for at least fourteen years"
Roelofs went to Cripple Creek to
carve out his own fortune. He entered
the grocery business. and later his
wife went to Colorado and joined him.
Mrs. Roelofs had an inordinate desire
for fine clothes and jewels. and when
her husband acknowledged his inabil-
ity to supply her wants she adopted
other means to get them. She would
borrow money in her husbands name.
Ib cay IL A1N->S SlN u uOl c
INC finally began making friends
among wealthy mining men. These
men were fascinated by the woman's
beauty and were willing to advance
her money as long as she smiled upon
them.
In a telegram to the New York au-
thorities Mr.. Roelofs said he wanted
the hOdy of his wife hurled in phila-
deiDhia by the side of that of her
mother. Mrs. FINLEY.
The Union Trust company of Phila-
delphia. the executor of the estate Of
Mabel Tinley's mother, had recently
made the last payment Of the income
Of the estate to Mrs. Roberts. The
company sent one of it's officers to
New York city to arrange for the
transfer Of the body to Philadelphia.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
..-rly twenty Fest Ia.

C:.r&- ..~riy twenty Feet Tai.
T& -.,at !p.r3@u$. Who was slain
w "a +tn' ihe nephew OF Charlie
maggie. Wa>. it is alleged. eighteen feet
high. He always accompanied tie
army Oh foot. there being 10 horse tail
and strong enough to carry him. Pla-
terus in his published writings tells OF
a giant whom he examined at Lucerne
foul inches and three lines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
Never Opened His Mouth.

"Not infrequent rays of unconscious
humor illumine the otherwise impossi-
BILE stories that come to my desk from
amateurs" says u reader for n of
the magazines. Recently I CHANGED
upon this choice bit:
"'John, the husband, and Grace. the
wife, ate OF together in silence. There
was Individually an ill feeling between
them. The husband devoured a plate
of soup. half a fish, an entree or two,
a piece of roast beef, together With a
sweet, without ever once opening his
mouth"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
HumOr and
Philos ophy
BY DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Marrying a rich wife is undoubtedly
q strenuous and hazardous way of
earning a living and collecting it after
it is earned.
The mar who does the most for his
friends is sometimes the one that re-
moves himself from their circle.
1t is a good thing to be happy today,
for you don't know what the chances
may be for it tomorrow.
Sleeplessness rarely bothers much in
the early morning.
Be kind to your family. for they
have so many intimate chances to get
back at you if you don't.
1t is easy to see why our next door
neighbor is always making mistakes
and getting nowhere. but these things
can't possibly apply to u own con-
dition.
There are lots of admirable people in
the world who never have learned
how to cut a long story short.
1t is easy enough in the abstract to
do a thing that you don't have to do.
but when the necessity ONE then is
when we wonder how anybody could
have the conceit to think that he knew
anything about it.
Evidence Enough.
"Do you think love is blind?'
II do"
"Why do you think sol?
sDidn't you get marriedp'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

LODGEOF Observation-Disclosures No. 8
shir" thursdays of each month at the Masonic
Aemple
W. F. WINTER, v. M.
ROBERT WORK. Sec'y,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

A. F. & A. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
'-cond I'd fourth Fridays of each month.
j. kELLAND, w. M.
j. H. Balm, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

o. f. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular COM
ndnications on the first and third Tuesdays of
~ach month at the Masonic hall.
ETHEL WALKER, MRS. SADIE MILNE w. NJ,
Sec'y. HUGH MCDONALD, W.P.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

&C F. No. SOS-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays of each
month in their hall over the Mooney State
Bank. JOHN SHEEHAN, G, R,
Jos q. SCHILL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Vice resident james S. Sherman
CABINET OFFICERS.
Secretary of Treasury. ...... Franklin McVeagh
Attorney General .........Geo N. Wickersham
Secretary of War:".."....Jacob N. Dickinson
Secretary of the Interior. Richard A. Ballinger
Postmaster General Frank g.. HitchGeck
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
O.. s. SENATE.
NJ, N, johnson. Devils Lake
CONGRESSMAN.
A, j. Lakota
FEDERAL OFFICERS.
.. S. District Judge...."""....C, F. Amidon
Clerk {. 5. Court..........:.J 4. Montgomery
National Bank anil S. Tyler
Collector of Customs. .............N. E. Nelson
Deputy US Revenue Collectors. Elton
land M. oihclalr
STATE SUPREME COURT.
Ghief Justices II f. En9erad, 4: j. nof FisR
John Carmody and L. S. Ellsworth.
CLERK Rsnar 81 s of sspSeG Geq Gtnrt:.:""l:. =. " Ho Afaes
STATE OFFICERS
dOVernOr.. ouibe
Lieutenant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3 >: LeW Is
Secretary of State ...........Altred BIalrsdeli
STATE x - Ri ni eht bii1
Com'r of Insurance. y. Cooper
Com of Agriculture ".......... " .Gllbreath
Attorney General =: ....".1MAndreW Miller
State Land Com'r.............Alex. MacDonaid
Adjutant General. ........".. Amasa Peake
State Bank Examiner ..."....D. 4: BTlghtolil
state az Gnm 1es maraen F. a. Wilson iiinlson
com'rs Of Railroads: CT s. Disem, chairman
E. Stafne, Simon Westby, j. W. Foley, secy.
DISTRICT COURT.
Judge Seventh District. .......W w. J. Kneesh W
LEGISLATIVE.
STATE SENATORS.
Eighteenth District. ......... Henry Mclean.
Fortieth D district. Chas. W. Plaln.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Eighteenth District--Chas. G. Crawford and
Usher L.. Burdick,
Fortietb District-E. J. Moen.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Register of Deeds Allan Pinkerton
County Treasurer".."IhW8s = she n e
sSher1tM :indea Il. E. DorVaiI
County " BR3 GGfoP saboo,s rs s; & /, G Gros@
S Snp p rS a1r0eyoru M. Darling
sop't Bo nnrYe Of Health Jas. semple
Clerk of Court;.."-...:."..A: q. st0rl!e
Public Administrator ............Adam Reld
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ss acon 9i pigtIict: r. W fepsshe
InlrQ D1SCrlcC.... SeoAey'
Fourth Dl6trlCC... 1. dJe"ry.
Fifth District. Russell
CITY OFFICERS.
i. FOX
C1ty AUDITOR. ouoeudu
C1ty treasurer. mllhe'
Chlef OF Police y. morgan
Assessor. .auduA poIu
City Attorney. NJ. Price
City Justice j. j. Souch
Police Justice A. Farrell.
ALDERMEN.
First Ward.......Morr Orton. Jas. Brosnahan
Second Ward .......J. j. Mahoney R. T. Burke
Third Ward ......A. R. Marshall, Chas. Haugh
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Education-Joh
Mahon Chas. Hunter, W.. B.. Dickson, Z j.
Fox, j. j. Mahoney.
treasurer. la
CloTK Ia 1TudA<
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

I. 0. o. F.-Meets every Tuesday night in
hall over First National Bank.
FRANK CAMERON N. G..
n. A. JOHNSON, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-03-10

10. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
Of Foresters, meet in the Workmen hall, the
arst and third Tuesdays of each month.
W. A. FERGUSON. c. R.
j. H. Balm, Rec. Sec'y.
Evening journal., 1910-10-20
NO CUTTERS, But
PLENTY OF WEEDS
Pine Street Residents JuSti-
fled in Their Crouch
Against City

The lack of cutters and the growth
OF weeds in the bed Of Pine street
near Thirteenth has caused persons
living in the neighborhood TO make
vigorous complaint, and the Board of
Street and Sewer Directors may be
asked to remedy the condition.
The weeds extend from the vacant
lot opposite Kirkwood Park at Pine,
near the bathhouse, into the center of
the street, obstructing the flow of
water from the cutters on the west
side Of Pine street. and causing it TO
become stagnant and otherwise OBJ
noSious. In addition to the weeds,
which extend into Pine street for
about 80 feet, the residents complain
that Pine street, almost from Twelfth
street, Is without cutters. Because the
street has not been graded properly TO
the curb. the waste water from inc
houses opposite Kirkwood Park flows
practically down the center OF the
street
Evening journal., 1910-10-20
SURELY BREAKS
UP A BAD COLD
Most Severe Cold or the
Grippe Relieved in
Several Hours

II is a positive fact that a dose Of
Papes Cold Compound taken every
two hours until three consecutive
doses are taken will cure Grippe or
break up the most severe cold, either
In the head, chest. back, stomach or
limbs.
You distinctly feel the cold break
ing and all the disagreeable grippe
symptoms leaving after the very first
dose. II promptly ends the most
miserable headaches, neuralgia pains,
dullness, head and nose stuffed up,
feverishness, sneezing, sore throat.
running Of the nose, mucous catarrhal
discharges, soreness, stiffness and
rheumatic twinges.
Pape's Cold Compound is the re-
suit of three years research at a cost
OF more than fifty thousand dollars
and contains no quinine, which we
have conclusively demonstrated is not
effective in the treatment Of colds or
grippe.
Take this harmless Compound as
directed, with the knowledge that
there is no other medicine, made any
where else in the world. which will
cure your cold or. end Grippe misery
as promptly and without any other
assistance or bad afteg-effects as a 20
cent package Of Papes Cold Com.
pound, which any druggist in tho
world can supply.
Evening journal., 1910-10-20
WANT MILLION TO
FIGHT THE PLAGUE
Red Cross Society to Sell
Seals on Larger Scale
Than Ever

What "A Million for tuberculosis
from Red Cross Seals" will do in the
checking of consumption has been
figured out to a nicely, and is ex
planned I'm a statement made by the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Counting every available bed for
consumptives in the United States,
even those in almshouses, penal insti-
tutions and hospitals for the insane,
there are accommodations for hardly
10000 tuberculosis patients. This is
Just about one bed for every 10 in
digent consumptives. and if all tuber-
cuiosis persons in the country are
counted. both rich and poor, hardly
one in every 25 or 80. II sufficient
hospital accommodations are provided
only for those who are too poor TO
pay the full price for their treatment
fully 275.000 more beds in special in
stitutions for tuberculosis would be
needed at once. The immense outlay
necessary TO provide and maintain so
many beds in hospitals makes it inn
perative, the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis declares, that such institutions
be erected from public money, either
municipal. county or State. in order to
get appropriations for public hos
pitals for tuberculosis. agitation is
necessary, and IN order TO create a
campaign Of agitatiQR Organization
is demanded But in order that an
organization may carry on an ef-
feciye campaign. funds arc needed.
These funds Il is proposed TO secure
IN as many communities as possible
from the sale of Red Cross seals.
The National Association cites one
/ Illustration OF the way in which a
small sum spent IN education has Sc
cured large appropriations. The New
York State Charities Aid Association
IN the three years 1903. 1903 aud 1910
has spent in the NJ State portion OF
New York about $55,O0O IN arousing
the people to the dangers of tubercu-
losis. AS a direct result OF the pub-
lie sentiment produced by this out
lay. the State. county and municipal
authorities have already appropriated
for tuberculosis work 81 500. 600. and
appropriations for hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars are pending. Hun
dreds Of hospital beds have been pro-
Vided, and the Association already
aims for mo uncared for tuberculosis