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a period OF four years, so there is elbow
room for verification.
Then my companion took his turn and
the answer relating to the uuestioner's
general fortune concerns no one else so
closely and may be omitted here And
then We talked through the interpreter
Mr. Ito, about the mystic art
Peculiar as IL may seem" he said.
the principle OF the Takashima divina-
ton IS not a revelation of "A sporta-
neous nature, but Is a mental science
formulated and elaborated by half a
dozen Chinese sages. The principle Of
Ell and Ekiyo was first formulated by
n Chinese sage named Fukki and
greatly developed by the combined ef-
forts Of the great Bunno and Shuko
rs well as Confucius himself. These
three" he added, are considered the
chief sources Of all Chinese scholar
ship and civilization"
Relative to predictions he said:
"Eki has something IN common with
Budch5m, enCe when the Buddhist re-
lgion was born not only was a future
existence preached but prediction Of
the future events ~ the present life
was one OF its features Later on II
was that the latter WAS dropped from
Buddhist teaching
In ancient China as well az in old
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Just then. and became SO Cncery that
his iailers marvclled greatly. And he
was justified, for presently the real in
cendlary confessed and once more he
was n free man.
He went to Yokohama ard his frank
manners and CHEEKY personality be-
spoke his welcome. He devoted him
self TO promoting foreign trade. and IL
was observed that all his ventures pros
pered. He claimed no virtue for this.
simply asserting that he only interested
himself in the directions that his little
bundle Of slim rods pointed. He UNDER
took great enterprises. drained marshes
and profit.d hy the zeal estate he
thereby created He had his spoon IN
every profitable pie. and once he had
the honor of receiving personal visit
from the late Emperor to witness the
results of one oi his huge undertakings
To finish with him, il may be- said
that he headed all the pioneer work IN
Japan OF his time. and after marrying
his three daughters To- q Prince. a Baron
and a Lieutenant g eneral roma ned at
the top Of the tree popularity. socially
and financially. and said in the closing
days of last September To his family
that he would l.ivc this world at 3
=. VI. on October ID. 1919 Mere scnic
vaporing of a man Of foursCorc" they
said. and went their ways. hut promptly
at the minute indicated he closed his
eyes and II over reupencd them. There
was Ekigaku for you.
This was the man who called Den
sho Kodama TO him and made him his
chief disciple. and CounSolled him at
the same time bringing him into his
household, Thus IL was that during the
following twenty years he deeply dolvod
into the mysteries Of Eklyo and f.ki-
gaku. the theory Of which he .clrnhd
from the profound oriental scholar Dr
Nemato ard tn, art from Mr. Taxa
Shima himself, who Was fair TO make
his pupil answer questions ~ the fu-
ture for his patrons and friends s.
1t was that he was brought 90 The i'm
perial palace and sat m ecstasy and
answered questions for tho Mirado',
family and the court and Wls sluch,
by merchants and statesmen and sol
diers Of renown to tel them things f"r-
mentnG as projects in their busy .lapl-
nese brains tr under way In active
works
At the suggestion If Mr. Tlkashima
kodama went to pek.n. and SO great
a favorte Of President Yuan Shin l. nj
did he become that he remained a whole
year, He keeps a book Of autographs,
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In the ecstasy of Ekigaker.

land there you may read df you CAM
the bold ideographs OF Yuan. the less
forCeful signature Of the former En-
peror OF Corea and the cursive perpen-
dicuar OF tho Prince OF Mongolia with
hundreds OF others.
After his return TO Japan. Mr.. Taxa
shima suggested to Kodama that he
should see more OF the world and. II
possible. demonstrate his art to the
white peoples OF the West. Last March
he sailed for Honolulu. and after a
few weeks stay went over TO san Fran
cisco, whore he was cordially welcomed.
and hc made tour NJ the Pacific coast.
In Hawaii and on the coast he was
consulted by many Americans whom
he met through introductions by the
japanese Consuis. Many Of his answers
evoked surprise at their accuracy as
to conditions not revealed to him by
the quest!one-s and sent them away
wondering how closely his predictions
would resemble the outcome.
Seated at ore side Of a table with
you opposite him. with great delibera-
tion he arranges his modest paraphcr-
MALTA bundles Of sticks. tho six ebony
domirocs and the books of Ekigayu.
Inserting q single stick Of delicate In
ceusc IN a .ow bronze incense burner.
h. lights il. and a long, thin, little shaft
e scented smoke asccnds II wrcathc,
and wrcathcs or flowers at the top.
The great brown eyes are gazing into
yours. He asks your age and writes
It down and gnZes again. You ask your
questions. lie bows his head. i've
times he c'aps his hands and bows his
| i
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DOWN EVERYTHING GOES

THE gulping down ~ 'ov aro
mobile honker by Charles VALLEY.
deck. Ave ycar-old hov n.
Brooklyn, the other day adds aro,N.,
item 10 the already long list ~ 'A,rv,
dropped stomachward ny children
Charles had fixed his cheeks FOR
mighty blow on the honkor when =.
suddenly caught his breath and down
the horn went. He was hurried ~ re
hospital and X-rays.
Many stories are told 81 surgeons rro
have carelessly sewed up things In mon.
bodies that had no business or function
to perform there. Pieces 81 sponge are
often thus lost The largest foreign
material inclosed within tho human
frame is declared to have hoon ra,'
of forceps
4 well known merchant ~ Nv = *
has a S. gold piece that he >Wil.oN.i %
a child Of immediately after q, n-as.
entation to him. Doctors We. SIN
moned by twos and thr,os and s'uma .r
pumps brought in a hurry. WI.
Waiting the little chap cried and cr.es
refusing to he soothcd. II NO.. Or.
huCging and moaning over her hp' s 49,.
posed the cries meant pain.
Just before tho doctors CANE" 81 "
ever. sharp inquiry ny Tn, d.., -
the gold piece brought ont tie ne
statement by the little chap '..' "a
wasn't in pain. but he wanted i
piece back. Immediately ann'.,. ....-
vas placed in his hand and a.W.-' n.
mediately his cries ccasce
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Japan,' he went on. 1.-The art OF divfna-
ton was practised by the high priests.
Religion indeed plays it's part, and an
important one, for In practising II 1t Is
absolutely necessary TO put oneself in
communion with the Supreme Being,
the Creator, the Great Cause of all
things.
"All material thought. all sense or
worldiness, must be put aside and
sense OF the lofty and the pure he
reached before this communion is pos
sible. The tension OF being at the
moment comes of the effort to cleanse
and clear the mind making soul
vacuum as 1t were. into which the
Great Mind may enter and have Its un-
obstructed way. Then comes the separat-
ing of the rods by which one Is enabled
to make the prediction. For this state
even the burning of the incense pre-
pares the way. ito odor having prop
erty of tuning the mind, as 1t were
for the effort"
am reminded Of one ! saw In the
temple grounds at Kioto In his simple
RAPTURE OF a sunny morning. He turned
10 the books 10 read the answer. !
asked Don sho Kadama why he did
not and tho disciple of the wonderful
Kosmon Takashima tapped his fore
head:
1T Is all here"
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"HE precise formula of the Wlteh
of Endor for her predictions Is
not recorded in the old Testa-
meut. but IL is interesting to re-
member that the art or science OF DIV
ination was respectable enough to he
recorded in the Bible IN reporting the
ROYAL dulngs Of 5000 years ago IN the
Hebrew corner Of Asia. The chinese
echot4rs assert and who hereapou'
viii contradict them?-that the science
OF sun and moon in relation to foreshad-
ov.ng human events was practised III
The Celestial Empire 1000 years ago
The oracles Of Apollo at belph' OF
whose mode Of delivery We know some
ching. were 70 doubt later echoes vi
practices stil older by centuries IN the
pasinism Of Greece, as the sioyis OF
Roman .egcnd were doubtless OF more
ancient Egyptian or north African
maternity. All of which is preface 10
saving something reassuring about the
ly,paku. the thousand year old divina-
ton science Of Japan, which came TO
the Land of the Rising sun from emma.
Particularly do | want TO speak OF II
as practised before me the other day
at the Nippon Cldb, in West Ninety
third street, 10y the newly arrived pro-
fcient, Den.ho kudama.
Here. indeed. is an cXcmplar worth
while. He comes in his robe with the
bundle of dainty bamboo div!ninS rods
in a cylindrical case of god ana black
lacquer. his six ebony domnoes IN
scribed with gold idrogrdphS. ms incense
burner II bronze and his face OF the
dreaming Armida Bdddha That lfts us
great curl covered head To the skies
amid the groves and temples o. IA
makura His hands are Oft and ShApely
and ne IS black bearded in the japanese
style. with thin, why beard ana mus
tachc. His forehead - broad and hlgh
and his thick back hair has modern
trim. but al. the soul of him looks at
you out OF a pair Of large, luminous.
grave, brown eyes.
Hs art and its prescience are what
concern one mos but II he lie. as those
who have known him in Japan an
nounce, the truly sanity and foremost
divinator Of Japan, his personal MS
tory and the genesis of his learning
he insists il Is learning should he in
terosting. II is.
DClsho KodIma was born forty
eigh, years age at obi, in the Island
Of Kyushu. and belongs to the SamurIi
clan of Lord Ito. lie Is distanty re-
lated to the late Marquis komura as
his grandfather was cousin of the
Marquis. Brothers and sisters has he
none: his mother left this word when
ne was g. and his father followed her
trail through the skies when he was
s years old. So it fell out that he had
q lonely childhood as his grandfather's
boy.
Old Japan had passed away before he
was born, so he was reared IN the era
Of primary and grammar school OF New
Japan and was duly graduated from the
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THE EYES AND THE LIGHT.

Ow that the long evenings are
M here one danger OF the season
Is fast approaching. Many
women will injure their eyes while
they are making their holiday gifts.
not because of the actual work but
through the wrong use OF lights Most
people think that II they have a bright
light il In sufficient. As a matter Of
fact It is better to have a moderate
light which is properly adjusted than
to have a brilliant light which is not
adjusted properly.
In the first place the position Of the
worker must be considered. The light
must not come from :he front of the
work. Sit with your back to the table
with the light falling over your Shout
ders onto the work. This gives one the
proA.r lighting on all sides OF the work.
while II one sits facing ii. the light
falls from the side or front only on a
part OF the work.
one should he sure 70 see that the
light from under the globe docs not
strike the corner Of the eve. This will,
in time, almost blind one. The eyes
become in1amed and the sight dull in
a very short time. II can no avoided
by raising or lowering the light or by
the workers changing from low TO
higher chair.
Another thing which is important Is
the selection OF the work II woman
IS employed all day using colored ma
t-Tials she should always select white
materials 10 sew on in the evening. at
least for "A time, in order To relieve the
eye strain. II she has been using white
materials she should select colors II
You have been closely confined to a
typewriter or have been working on
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made his fourteenth move rs he did black opening
the aitackng line himself
y There Il no sufficient defence here If for
instance Il III Il Is III kil. e ~. - ktN
R' oh, IL r. 20. y k3 aud wins The Russian
paper from which the score OF the game and the
ANALYSTS is taken oNcrlo0ks . mate rs follows
20. Q-K3. Qsll mate. The move Il 1T Is
scarcely comes into consideration. iuastnuch as
white can win the exchange 10y H. o. More
over. the continuation sclocicd By white Wouid
have been good enough against III II
"a lf Is kt-Ri, q mate In three follows hr-
ginning with QSl'i Oh. and II IT Is, 9 ~ fol-
lows. threatening RNp. Sc
~ On account of20 QNp,k XII o KS ch
black could Rot plaN pNR
% Protects the IOok aud knight and threatens
al the same time ltABp.
80 \ hlunder would have been BXR Nothing
more can he done against tho tcNt move
ttl Tryiag a last "SNiudir."
10 splcnd'dly PLAYED game hs Hartmann
PROBLEM NO SIS BY W p RICE.
Blacks pieces
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END GAME STUDY 40 20 ny \
TkpITZEN
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The untimely death OF Miss Eliza Camp
bell Foote mas made the women's con-
gress, which was to be opened in this
city on January |, ar uncertainty. How
ever. a meeting of the members of the
Women's Chess Club will be held this
week when 1t will be decided whether
20 have the congress opened as per sched-
ule or whether 1t would be wise to post
pone It until the spring. In connection
with the congress long letter was re-
ceived at this office from :. \. Burgess
q son OF Mrs. Burgess. the present cham
plon. Objections are made to holding such
a congress with the intention OF having
the championship decided in a tourney
Considering that Mrs, NiXdorn has over
and over again tried to arrange match
for the championship, that the cham
pionshlp was created by the Women's
Chess club Of this city, that Mrs. Bur
CESS, by challenging the winner, recog
nl2ed the justice and right of the
Womens Chess Club to have such a con-
gress. 1t is almost inconceivable on what
grounds Mrs, Burgess suddenly can make
any objections to such an arrangement.
Some remarkable results were re-
corded in the third round OF the
championship tournament of the Met
ropoltau Chess League week
ago Saturday. The Brooklyn Chess club.
although playing away from home, adj
miuistered an overwhelming defeat to the
strong North Jersey combination AT Ho-
bokcm while the Manhattan Chess club
just miaaged to beat the Lyceum men
OF BruolilSn by the odd game As was
the ease in the second round the Man
hattdns We're unable to get their best
team into the fight Neither was It OK.
pected that the Newark Rice propl, would
whitewash the men from Ocean I'M n o
other results, the defeat Of the QUEENS
Gdmht Association at the hands uf
station ialrud aud the prcgresslvoH Vie
tor over Washington lIcights, were not
unexpected.
b'd>chc S'h0chJ id' ttD' the organ OF
th' i"unau Chess Association, in it's last
nu'uh"I Prints a. list Of members Of the
Hss""lt'ph who have gone to the front
Ih'.' arc -lG m mhrrs ON that list
from All pants Of Germany Eleven q,
me" nave already been decorated with
the non c.uss, ten have fallen in BATH,
ana twenty ON" were wounded. EuuI
fntmpr's were previously reported al
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w hI.t z" p.t' ana WIN.
SOLUTION re- so ,l7
Eth4 threatening Il q. and ~
Nla'h has 'h"'k~ vita tAs u, also th"
moves u kHa. kNta. also H-Kt1 aud
B %, forcing white fo certain u mpNts.
:! IS" RS : B-El. ,h Sc
SOLUTION To ESD GAME STUDY SO 10
T. n ~. IFS co. P--KtS .,Ep.
ch, X kii. 4. H--llt,, On, Is any. I. P-KtS
co.. rye etu'"Utt,.
II a. R4r, !? r II. 4 ks, 3. RxR,
r>H. :. h>l> E.-Ntt, "a. .H-HI
Correct solutions received to No ~ amt
N"y ro.coh, y. y, Robert II. HiAon. sew
Nu'h city
ro,I,c, solutions received to- No 81 from
W NJ W"m'r por'trpcck y. j. Viuhm
Macon 6~uolIyu y y. \ l.. H,rr, NOW
Nurh ,'N. -. l. Wilson. F.u River I..-
Addl .iuutl correct ~p.u'ious r,,ti,,I fr,.n
" W. M"pr'. Anchorage, Ky
u. \ thrr. Nn1oula, Conn, y. Lame.
Sew York cIiy.
CORRESPONDENCE
g W Lowe. Jcr,oy riV y i n d.
R>R, BAR. q ~ Oh, k-Qa aud no
WHtc
: \ burgess, =, Louis. Mo Above Won
viii nnd reference 10 Your l,,lrr Mrs
Ni>dorr lrNri 'iorr US corr ,pondcu,,
Nrich prove. thu on three occasions Mr
burgess vu- prevented from playing tho
mach although MI. N,dnrU u ZACH an.
stdn," Nuluuic r,i tu make tnr win - 81.
l.oui.. la f1'. pos u"ring q Eirpprau trip
for tho purp ,or. llrloc il ,auno' he san
int TuI Si\ made an unfair ~ .t,mt M
whrn r'f'rring TO tho Wom MS chc,- con
Er'r~-
" " Moorc. Anchorage, *, No' vt
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The Best Fashions!

Written and illustrated by the foremost fashion chroncers
IN America Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd and Abby E. Under
wood the Sunday Suns two pages of complete fashions
are sought after by both the dressmaker and the well
groomed woman
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j. |. c. Clarke Pays Visit to Japanese
Sage With Face Of a Buddl1a and
Bunch of Dvini1g Rods.

April when of
fighting
follow but the
searching
bring back deserving members Union will
will lasting the
all will look bright the
party villa split parties"
of the Democratic will smoothly
friendly
leaders and the file
Through will be difficult
will look dark
powerful the Republicans
the power-From the predictions OF Den
Kodama
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killed. so that fourteen in all have paid
with their lives the defence OF the father
land.
Roy 7 Black. champion Of the Brooklyn
Chess Club, informed The sun by telc-
phone on Friday that he had eloped with
Miss Adele Page OF 557 Seventh street
Brooklyn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Page. They We're married al ~, stephens
Church, Manhattan. on Thursday after
noon. They left on Friday for honer-
moon at Old Point Comfort and Washing
ton.
The two famous Russian experts 4.
Hartmann and ~ Niemzowitsch. engaged
recently in the following game at the club
at Riga:
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WIT" IIarlmnnnl II pieces.
H2e. X, : H Mk :sS tay S2H'
" ltSl' Ql'- on - QNp Oh R2
Wh NJ ltAP rs Rkt7l kt5R XXX
~ . M Il rs 20 OH ch Ncsrnsi
tdl In ease white had decided upon Withdrawing
me biShnp black would probably have replied
,n I Unnecessary. 1t 10 would have been
much stronger
,c' considering the little weakness of blacks
nlhlh move ~" text move is perfectly proper AZ
lhtrf an AZ advance "f the pawns IN the king 8
Side would bc In order
'd As VIII le intended 10 play y kkti. kR kt
would nave been m" proper move here,
te Now white need not he sorry for having
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
A REMARKABLE WAR STORY
Frederick Palmer Now Witnessing
Fuifllmsnt Of Prophecy Described
In "Ths Last Shot,"

Frederick Palmer. the author Of the
remarkable story, The Last Shot," is
q typical cosmopolitan. He not only
knows war and the men who make
war. but he knows the world and has
been practically all over It.
Mr.. Palmer IL 4 native of Pennsyl.
vania, born at Pleasantville In that
state In 1878. He was residing in Eng
land at the time the Grecian.T Turk
ish war Of 1895 began and went to the
front as q correspondent. At the close
Of this war he went to the Klondike
as q correspondent. He was In the
Orient In 1898 when the wal between
the United States and Spain began.
and was with Admiral Dewey at the
battle Of Manila. reporting 1t for the
London Times and q number Of Amer.
lean newspapers. He remained with
the American army In the Philippines
throughout the campaign against
Aguinaldo. When the international ex.
petition for the rescue OF the foreign
residents In Picking VAS organized at
the time of the Boxer uprising in
China he Joined it In the capacity Of =
correspondent for his papers.
+ From 1900 to 1903 Mr.. Palmer saw
service In the Central and South
American and the Macedonian insur-
rections. With the breaking out Of
war between Japan and Russia he
Joined the first Japanese army in the
field as the representative of the Lon.
don Times and Golfers Weekly. and
was almost the only correspondent
who saw active service with the Jap
aness army. He was In CONSTANT
nople during the Turkish revolution
Of 1909. and was with the Bulgarian
army throughout the Balkan war OF
1918.
In addition to this active career az a
war correspondent. Mr.. Palmer has
circled the globe with Admiral Dewey,
and again with the American battle
ship feet In 1908. He is familiar
with every capital Of Europe. and has
q personal acquaintance with a very
large number of prominent European
government oficials and military and
naval commanders.
Mr.. Palmer is now at the front re-
porting the present war for the papers
he represents. and is witnessing the
fulfllment Of the prophecy contained
In his notable story. THE Last Shot"
We have arranged to print Mr.. Pal
----- ktTI- --k
Shot," serially In these columns.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
Best Cough Medicine for
Children

Three years ago when | was
living in Pittsburgh one of my
children had ga hard cold and
coughed d~readfully. Upon the
advice of a druggist l purchased
a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and it benefited him at
once. L find it the best cough
medicine for children because it
is pleasant to take. They do not
object to taking it," writes Mrs.
Lafayette Tuck, Homer City, Pa.
This remedy contains no opium
or other narcotic, and may be
given to a child az confidently as
to an adult. Sold by all DEALERS
Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
Advertising for Bids

The u. s. postoffice depart
ment is advertising for bids for
carrying the. Ava and Hartville
mail, bids to be received up till
4:3O p m Jan. -, 1915 The con
tracts are for four years from
July l, 1915. Both mails are to
be carried twice daily. Under
the present arrangements there
are two mails daily to Ava and
one to Hartville. M. Hodge now
has the contract for the Ava
and Jake Hoover for the
Hartville route.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
Will Make the Race

Prof. Arthur Arnold came in
Saturday from Phillipsburg, near
where he is teaching, to spend
the week with home folks. About
100 of the school children met
him at the train-a tribute he
greatly appreciated. He expects
to return in January and make
an active campaign for county
superintendent of schoOls-a po.
sition he is amply qualified to fiji
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
Lower Wolf Creek

Old Jack Fiost has come at
last and painted everything
white for a few mornings.
Halloween has come and gone
with very little damage done on
the creek, but the boys had u
great deal of fun, | suppose.
Lon Campbell's dined with
Roscoe Skies and wife Saturday
O.P. Wilcox spent Friday night
and Saturday at the home of his
daughter on the creek
Mrs. Robert Claxton met with
quite a painful accident Friday
afternoon. Her father and hus.
band were cutting wood a quar-
ter of a mile from the house and
she took them a drink. While
there she picked up the axe, and
thought she would split some of
the blocks they had sawed off.
when the axe slipped and shaved
the flesh and nails off of a couple
of toes on her right foot. She is
getting along as we'll as could he
expected.
Misses Emma and Louise Oct
ting spent Wednesday night aud
Thursday at the Harve Young
home
Roscoe Skies and wife and jeff
Coday and wife were guests of
Lon Campbell and wife Sunday.
Mesdames Harvey Coday and
Oscar Duggar spent Saturday
with Mrs. Skies
Mrs. Byron Shanes spent a
few days last week with her mo
ther. They expect to leave for
Kansas soon.
Mrs. Harrison Coday called on
Mrs. Tom Holland Saturday aft.
ernoon.
Harve Young, wife and mother
dined with Tom Young and wife
Friday.
l am sorry Walter Beach dis.
continued his articles to musical
readers in the Mirror, as | was
becoming greatly interested in
them, and | trust others were,
too
You GUESS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
Will Move to Clinton

W. T. Pollock has traded his
l2O-acre farm 4 miles north of
Mansfield to Arthur Stafford and
Otto Brentlinger for a 40 acre
farm near Clinton and Clinton
city property. He win have a
sale Nov. II, for which bills were
printed at this Office, and he and
his family will locate at Clinton.
While regretting to lose them
we wish them prosperity in their
new home.