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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

hrma, and stood erect. sp@ng from
my hiding place, ordering Hands
up" as I did So He was too we'll
versed in the rules Of that country
to hesitate for n second. Up went his
hands, the tin box rafting to the
ground. He knew IL was all up with
him so he showed no signs Of offering
resistance After removing his pistol
from his pocket I was adjusting the
nhndcuffs to his wrists when he caught
me momentarily Off my piard and
landed q blow on my Jaw that sent
me staggering 10 the ground AS
fell my pistol and the one I had
takep from him. dropped out Of nv
pocket and there was completely
at his mercy should he reach those
guns before I could recover them.
1t was race for the guns and, as we
were an equal distance from tho
weapons neither bad the ADVANTAGE
Both saw the futility Of reaching for
thep for, had either stopped to picp
them up, the other would have
pounced upon his back and all would
have been up with the uuder man
Instead we grappled and for a few
minutes one of the most desperate
life and death battles ever engaged
in followed. Fortunately I am a big
man and my early athletic training
stood me in good stead. The man !
was battling with was possessed of
aim superhuman strength, but for
tunately he was not as MIN bic as ]
WIS and ! had this advantage 70 offset
his superior weight and strength
Clasped in each others arms we
rocked to and fro and each step
brought us perilously nearer to the
! brink Of the precIpice which Gilbert
! had just emerged from. Suddenly II
dawned upon me that he vas playing
waiting game Instead of trying to
trip, or throw me, he was slowly
working me towards the cliffs edge
from which he intended to hurl me
Then realized that 1t was a do or
die effort that must Immediately be
forthcoming If ever expected to
emerge alive from his bear like hug.
Blow To Jaw Saved Me.
After working one arm free swung
a heavy blow to the side OF Gilbert
head. 1t staggered him for a second
and before he could again imprison
my free arm 7 swung another punch
to the side of his head and this sent
him Keeling from me- Before he could
recover his balance had planted a
sleep producing punch on his Jaw and
he went down and out for the count.
In a fifty I was astride his inanimate
form and after adjusting and locking
! the handouts I set to work to revive
him I soon had him conscious. but
decidedly rocky on his feet. He was
so dazed by the blow that he didn't
recall. at first the stirring encounter
| he had just gone through, and his
first word was to inquire If his horse
had thrown him.
l conducted my prisoner back 70
Asheville, together with the tin box
containing the stolen securities and
the greater part Of the cash He wa
tried convicted and sent away to the
Federal Prison at Atlanta for a Ions
term.
Thatwas. but one of many hair raisin 6
encounters I had in the North Caro-
lima mountains. but after that expert
ence we always travelled 10 pairs, tina
encounter proving conclusvely that
lone post Office inspector is no mattel
for band Of desperadoes lurking IL
the hills defying arrest for any on,
of the many acts of outlawry Their
committed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

er satisfied and set to work to turn
my pockets inside out, as we'll as eX-
anime the contents of my saddle BAGS
He finally turned to mo and in that
queer draw peculiar TO the residents
of the Carolina MOUNTAINS. remarked:
IL thought YOU might be one of them
d d Rcvcnues and we don't want
them Kind of critters proving about
these here mountains"
Then he struck of MP the mountain
rail after ordering me to follow him,
which I did with a very poor grace
indeed, after recovering my bullet
puncturod hat. He took me to his
cabin home where n woman. his wife,
quite as wild and unkompt looking as
he wa. silently prepared dinner and
SGT it before ua as brood Of little
children look i at me pop-cycd with
wonder and interest. I learned, how
ever that Tho boil had heard tolline
WAS one by which the mountaineers
living in that immediate vicinity were
warned 'hrt alStrangor was approach
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

whose work in governing the Alaskan
Indians is widely known and who is
called The Apostle Of Alaska" says
that after a residence of ALMOST fifty
years he has become convinced that
the popular theory that the totem is
the mark Of the tribe Is falacious. He
! points out that each band OF indians
Us divided into classes or clans and
the totems have toSdo with classes or
CLANS, which is a much closer reia-
! tionshjp than tribal. AS result these
! totems are erected before the door
ways of Indians residences and sepe
as doorplate or better still convey
meaning similar to the Scotch plaid.
Father Duncan is emphatic in assert
ling that these totens are in no sense
idols and that the carvings represent
some deed Of which the clan is proud
or a legend of the earth, or sky or
air. They are no more objects OF
worship than the symbols of Masonry.
He adds, "A stranger. with or with
out his family in visiting an Alaskan
village never need be at a loss for
shelter AL he has to do is to take
the house belonging to his crest, and
which he can easily distine ish by the
totem pole In front of It. There. no
is sure of welcome and OF the best
the host can afford. There. he 10
i accounted ~ brother and is treated
and trusted as such. Another promi-
ncnt use made by the natives Is that
! they take from these signs of heraldry
names for their children. For in
stance, Wee-nay- ach. hig fin (whale);
Lee tahm-lach- taou, sitting on the ice
! leagle) Utah Co-am-alyah the first
! speaker Craven in the morning.; Athi-
kah- kout, the howler travelling (wolD.
And last but not least the kinship
claimed In each tribe by the crest has
much to do with preventing blood
shed and I'm restoring peace when
quarrels and fghtinss have ensued."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

~OR many years Post once In
d. spcctor's PRINCIPAL work con-
sisted Of stalking that peculiarly
desperate and constituencies
criminal, the yeggman, whose graft
was blowing and rifling post office
iafoJ in remote sections of the rural
districts, yet the trail often leads to
queer places where a mans life is
worth about as much as that of a
squirrel. OF all the experiences l look
back upon none clings more tenacious
ly to my memory than those that had
to do with the months l spent in the
mountains of North Carolina. where
the majority of the mountaineers exc
out miserable existences by illicitly
distiling that brand of whiskey known
as lincolnshire" and on which an In
ternal revenue stamp never appears.
These stirring events occurred at a
time when I was attached TO the
North Carolina Division, with head
quarters at Greensboro. There had
been a number of robberies of post
offices in the rural districts and we
were fully alive to the fact that an
especially brazen band of yeggne on
were at work. Not only were post
offices being rifled Of their contents,
but even the banks of several small
towns had been attacked, their safes
dynamited and strong boxes looted of
all they contained.
These yeggmen were combining their
operations to the western part of the
state and it was imperative for me to
get TO the scene Of their operations
with all haste This meant trip by
train TO Asheville, from which point
[ was to make the rest Of the Journey
on horseback and through a noun
famous and densely wooded country
with which I was totally unfamiliar
Before reaching Ashevillc. however,
I learned that a band of yeggs had
emerged from their mountain retreats
and struck out for the open. evidently
intending to tap the railroad at some
point and thus insure a quicker get
away. Emhpldened by the success
they had met with in ripping rural
post Office safes and those Of few
banks IN the small towns they passed
through. the yecgs decided that the
browning achievement Of this raid
would be to hold up n mail train and
make a clean up that would really be
worth while. They evidently were
heading towards Charleston, S. C.
where they could take refuge in a Grill
run by a man named Ravens who
though leading an ostenshly respect
able life, yet, in reality, was one OF
the most notorious fences for bur.
glars Of the yegC type IN the country
My fears rs to their attempt to hole
up a train were not long unfounded
had no sooner reached ASheNill lie
than I learned that a train on tho
main line had been held up and while
the yeCEs did not succeed in gottina
al the safes in the m2il and express
cars. nevertheless they did succeed il
giving the passengers the worst scare
of their lives. The messengers ir
these cars Were better prepared for the
attack than the yeges had supposed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19
" eird and Grotesque,
THEY'RE Of Especialln-
terest To the Tourist
Representing Woman s
Precedence Over Man
Among the Indians.
BY KATHARINE l.. SMITH.

~ NE of the most interesting sec
tons of the PACIFIC Coast is that
stretch along the southeastern
" shores of Alaska. The water
route Is called THE Inside Passa gc'
because it is bordered on both sides
by tall mountains. 1t has been chris
tened THE Yosemite Flooded" 1t is
here that one sees the most marvellous
glaciers yet discovered in America and
it is along these shores and short
way inland that the interesting totem
pole villages of North America are To-
Gated This is totem pole country.
This is the land where these strange
crests,-mute monuments Of family
pride,-rear their picturesque heads
among the trees, or serve as supports
to the Indians huts, or figure as mon
uments over shamen's graves These
totnms are of such great interest> and
chronological value that Congress has
been petitioned several times 10 pre-
serve them and il is hoped that vigor-
Gus measures will be taken to save
them from dest ruction.
While it is true that totemism is
found among other North American
indians, among the aborigincs of Aus
tralia, the Hottentots of Africa, the
hill tribes of India and that the Obiib-
way Indians alone have no fewer than
twenty-three different totems wbic h
mark out the wolf. bear, beaver. bird,
fish and snake, the totems Of the Alas
ka Indians far exceed those Of other
tribes in tribal bondship and history
They should be of peculiar interest
to women for they illustrate woman's
tribes. The Indian children take the
mothers crest and are incorporated
as members Of the mothers family.
More than this they barely consider
their fathers family as relatives, and
when II comes to inheritance an Alas
kan Indian does not leave his prop
erty to his son but to his maternal
nephew or sisters son. This makes
the genealogy of the Alaskan Indian
an interesting affair, especially as the
children often elect to leave their
fathers tribe and to cast lots with the
relatives of their mother.
Old Kasaan.
The most remarkable totem village
in Alaska Is old kasaan, settlement
which was deserted by the Indian In or
der that they might live nearer salmon
canneries and obtain employment. In
this little village which fronts on a
bay of the same name there are eighty
before their owners nuts and tell q
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descending.
Elaborate Carving 4 Feature.
Most of the totem poles of Alaska
are carved on the sides and hold on
the top the figure OF an animal,-the
frog, toad, bear or whale being favor
ties because these with the raven and
eagle are the chief representatives,
and. as tradition relates the progeni-
tors. These animals are sort Of in
sigma and in commingllng as in the
case of marriages they become the
family crest. Most of the poles are
from twenty to sixty feet high and
from two to five feet In diameter, the
carving is the front, and the rear por-
ton Is hollow to make them light
enough to erect, In some of the
totem poles placed among the Haida
villages, where the Oldest and best
specimens are to >be found. door
way is cut through the trunk Of the
totem for egress and ingress. Some
odd poles are surmounted by tall hats
of the Boston" men. In early days
the white traders were called "Bos-
ton" men and the owners of the poles
take This method of showing the
family's association with them. Many
of the most interesting of Alaska's
totems are over the graves Of shamen.
AS these chiefs or medicine men are
always buried above ground the large
wooden animals on top Of the boxes
are carved carefully and painted Won
derfully.
Significance OF The Totem.
The white man has never been very
successful in getting the Alaskan In
dian to tell the true significance of his
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19
New Mail Robbery Reported.

SO aoooSr had finished up my
work in Charleston than | learned that
a. big mail robbery had been perpe-
trated somewhere between Asheville
and Burnsvillc y. c. The road winds
through some Of the widest country
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

APost Office Inspector Experiences In the North
Carolina Mountains Where He Was Confronted
By Train Robbers 'Moonshiner" WhoShot
His Hat From His Head, and Later Bya
Thieving Star Route Carrier With
Whom He Battled for His Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19
Significance OF The Totem.

The white man has never been very
successful in getting the Alaskan In
dian to tell the true significance of his
totcms, However, Father Duncan,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19
Elaborate Carving 4 Feature.

imprint OF human feet ascending and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

~ NE of the most interesting sec
tons of the PaGfc Coast is that
stretch along the southeastern
" shores of Alaska. The water
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-19

0OR many years o Post Office In
- spector's PRINCIPAL work con-
sisted OF stalking that peculiarly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-22
New York Cotton.

Now York, May 21.-Cotton showed
 bnewed firmness this morning OH 6ntinued covering and after opening the advance of to 9 points, sold hout ' to 14 points net higher dur 6g inc early trading. May was rela- |yelv firm on final squirt of cover kg as trading in that delivery will
 bd at noon, while later deliveries [ere influenced by relatively steady bh]es and apprehensions that lower kmneratures, following the present howers in the Southwest, may check bs favorable progress of the crop. [While demand seemed to taper off Tom the Jearly advance, later the |arkct ruled steady with active Sonths selling s to 10 net higher. fiohr recessions followed around Iid-day under scattered realizing,
 |1t offerings were too light to cause
 hy material weakness.
 1 The market eased back to within
 ko or three points of last nights iosg toward t middle of the after
 lon, under continued light realiz-
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NOTICE.
Sewer District No. l6,

Including l'arrow's addition; Cock Till addition, Ilolderncss-Sc -Scnyard ad- dltion, Culpepper's addition, Brun- sons addition.
 The tax book for the collection of special assessment upon the real property in Sewer District No. 16 In the City. of Pine Bluff has been placed in my hands.
 All owners of real property lying in the district are required to pay their assessment to me within thirty days from this date.
 If such payment is not made ac- ton will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of such assessment, and for legal penalties and costs.
 Given under my hand this 5th day of May. 1915.
 WM. V. HUIT, City Collector. 1 Office, City Hall, a. m. to 3 D. m.
 5-6-1m
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FREE! FREE! FREE!
We Want to Work.

UC uuHU tU VVAAs
 Patronize the o. K. Pressing ant Tailor Shop to the extent of three dollars and get Triple Plated Berry Spoon, also box of Toilet Articles Free. if you will give us three dollars worth cleaning and pressing work Here's what we give you free of cost One box Dainty Violet Complexion Powder, price, soc.
 One bottle Dainty Violet Cucumber Cream, price soc. One jar Dainty Violet Wrinkle Eradicator, price soc.
 One box Dainty Violet Palm Olive Soap, price 10c.
 One bottle dainty Violet De Luxe Pefume, price soc.
 One Triple Plated Rose Pattern Berry Spoon, price $1.50.
 We don't require you to give us $500 worth of work at one time, neither in one week or even month. o. K. Pressing & Tailor Shop
 Phone 931.
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How's Tilisf

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure e.-.-----= --.-
 r. J. CHENEY 6 CO, Toledo, o. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
 Toledo O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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St. LOuis Produce.
St. Louis Live Stock.

St. Louis, May 'n.-Hogs-Receipts, 5000; higher. Pigs and lights, $6.25 @7.75; mixed and butchers, $7.55@ 7.z5; good heavy, $760@7.65.
 Cattle-Receipts, 700; steady. Ma tive beef steers, $7.50@900; yearling steers and heifers, $S.O0@9.30; cows, $600@7.5O; stockers and feeders, $6O0@S25; Texas and Indian steers, $5.25M$7.50; COWS and heif:rs, $40O @$600; native calves, S6.0O@$9.OO
 ISheep-Receipts, 1,50O; steady Clipped native muttons, $6.50@7.35; clipped lambs, $S.5O@9.S5; clipped yearlings, $7.75@9.1O; spring lambs, S1O OOMS12.5O
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In the whole field of medi@in" thore is not a healing remedy that will re- pair damage to tue flesh moro quick ly than BALLARD'S SNOW LINE MENT. In cuts, wounds, sprains burns, scalds and rheumatism, it's healing and penetrating power is ex- traordinary. Price 25c, soc and 100 per bottle. Sold by w. l.. Dewoody S Go.
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,0T70N PRICES
 RISE, THEN DROP
broit- Taking Offsets Bull |;sh Tendency Due to Poor Growing Weather.

NOW orleans, May 2I.-Better ca T than due put the price of cotton .on noints over yesterdays close in
 on trade today, but the rise did not ly ala well. Buyers of yesterday were ,oait pna takers and half an hour after ~ opening prices were two points Esr yesterdays final. nonort of hostilities on the part of .slr were sustaining influence, [.,t ,ba market had little life.
 % Tho market was barely steady in ,a afternoon, because of uncertainty
 ruronean complications.
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NOTICE
Paving District No. 31.

Pine street from Fourth to Ninth aveNucS.
 The tax books for the collection Of special assessment upon the real property ill Paving District No. 31 i'll the City of Pine Bluff: has been placed in my hands. <
 All owners. jof real property lying in the, district are required to pay their assessmcn1sstp nmfwilbin thirty days from ssttEiss date z-.
 IT such payment is not If iade action will be commenccd at the 9nd of that tinh>t, for the collection of such as- se.sssment, .s and for segaAl peHaltles nd cost. IT GaEt} Given under my hand this 9th day of May 1915.$
 WiM. v.}Hu1'r, City collector. Offioe, City Hall, a. Ill. t4 p. m. ..<r 5-s-1m
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Infection .ID tila Air.

Medical authorities agree that colds are infectious. In some cities children with colds are barred from schools. Springs changing weather brings many colds. The quickest and safe way to stop colds, coughs and croup is to give Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-22

Just as the flying machine mark the advanced form of locomotion-sd the Modern American Laundry marks the advanced method Ls washing
 American Excelsior Laundry. tt
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FOR RENT-FOK RENT.
LOST ND FOUND

LOST OR SI'IiliY iYED-SETTER FER DOG, white and black tlcked. Answers to tho name Pete; liberal reward; telephone 1979; A. w. Scruggs.
 5-14-6t HOSTILE NNRAT DIAMOND RING on Elm, 2nd or Main streets, $2o reward if returned to Graphic of lice 021-6t
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New Orleans Shot.

New Orl,ans, May 21.-Spot cotton
 tet; unchanged. sales on the spot,
 D; to arrive, HOO. Good ordinary, |9; strict good ordinary, 7.55; tow |ddling, SIS; strict low middiing, B; middling, 300; strict middling, B; good middling,. 9.57; strict good
 Adlingg, 9.94. Receipts, S.66; stock,
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FOR k E. N T -BY- c. s. M N FEW
IO6 PINE STREET

AVU D HHVEE F. G11 POS Georgia, rooms, city water,
 close in ------------------------ 800 1921 E. Seventh, i rooms, hall, city water, gas ---------- $1J.OO 903 w. Second 6 rooms, hall modern; will repair to suit tenant $25.00 18th and Linden, rooms and hall, bungalow; is in excellent con-
 dition ----------------- $20.00 SOC and SIP w. 22nd, brand new bun
 salow; gas, lights and bath; two
 blocks of car line $16.00 1902 East 7th, rooms, strictly mod
 ern Sl4.Oo l412 w. 6th 6 rooms; now being
 newly overhauled throughout; mod
 ern 5000 11O2 Beech; rooms; modern ill ev cry respect l6.OO 7OS Walnut; rooms, modern and
 newly papered and painted; close 710 Walnut, rooms; modern; new ly papered $20.00I 720 Walnut, room bungalow, mod
 efn; close III $2O.OO 3 room flat, modern; close in; fur nlShed = $1b.CU AT w. Sth; 4rooms, lights, gas, sink; 1 close in -------------------- l2.5O Furnished rooms for light housekeep- ing; close in on Main street.
 1904 B. 7th; 4 rooms, lights, gas and
 bath ------------ $1400 612 Beech st., rooms, modern $1S.0O 1212State, 6 rooms; city water--$11.OO Brook Hill Hotel, 22 rooms; fur
 nished.
 Two brick store roolAs on corner,
 3rd and Alabama.
 S16 Main, rooms, lights, gas, bath. 320 Beech, 5 rooms, modern, close
 in ----------------- % 716 Chestnut, rooms, two halls, mod
 close to business section----$15.00 1406 State, rooms, hall, modern in
 every respect. on newly paved street $l6.OO 1109 East 3rd, rooms, lights, gas
 bath ------------------- |2O09 E. Pullen, room---s------$7.50 510 D. 12th, rooms, modern except
 bath; large garden spot -----$l2.50 701 N. End, rooms, modern except
 bath ------------------ $2O.JO 107 E. 17th; 3 rooms, city water; on
 paved street $8.OO 1902 East Second, rooms, gas,
 lights = ..----------------- $12.5O 1902 ". 8th. rooms, modern..-$ 25.O 2300 w. 1lth, rooms. well, outbuild-
 ing, two lots .............-..............-$10.00 121 Georgia, s rooms, city water,
 close to business section......$1 $12.E0 141S E. 9th. 5 room bungalow, newly
 papered .. bC
 FOR SALE
 10-9 ere tracts on Dollarway road.
 HOTEL, THE BROOK HILL corner 3rd and Alabama sts.; part cash, balance easy. 32 rooms, kitch- en, dining room, office room, two store rooms; on 3rd avenue; good re-
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FOR RENT-TWO ROOMS FUR nished or unfurnished for light housekeeping. Apply 316 w. Pull
 len, or phone 2029. 5-5-lm
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New York Spot. CIV York, May 21.-Spot cotton st; middling uplands, 9.75c. No $.
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FOR RENT-STORES Ill AND 115
 East Second Avenue. See John Del
 mon 1l3 E. 2nd Ave. 5-16-6t
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Your clothing Viii be washed cleaner, with less wear. The clothes will be absolutely sanitary, and will smell clean and sweet. American Ex- aelsior Lalndr2 Coas q
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Liverpool Spot.

Liverpool, May 21,-jSpot cotton |ady; middling, 5.70d; middling, B; low middllng, 4.SSd. Sales, B. bales, including 300 for specula- D and export. Receipts, 26,300. Futures steady.
 iay-June, 5.2Sd; June-July, 5.25d;
 |y-August, 5:3S1ad, lAugust-Sep- pber, 5.4712d; October November,
 pd; January-F February, 5.74d; Mar fil, 5:Sld; May-June, 5.SSu.
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CLASSIFIED w Y = Bring Results---Try One

FOR KENT--TWO DOWNSTAIRS rooms, furnished for light house. Keeping. Also one Single room furnished Close in. All modern convenlences. Apply 706 w. Third
 or telephone l3zI. 2-23-tl.