Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 13, Number 23, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 December 1882 — Page 1

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Town Talk.

A AOON FOLU'E RBON.ATIOS. Heretofore when a gang of burglar* or thieves arrived in the city they- were able to operate (or some time before the police could locate their headquarter* In a city like thin it is a difficult matter to keep track of transient visitors and t||] their movement* between aunaet ilnd daybreak, but Chief Vandever ha* hit upon a plan which cannot do otherwine than work well and prevent future trouble. Kach officer bat instruction* to keep a list of all vacant houses in hi* district, and report the same ut roll call. He i* al*o required to report all chauges of residence, where to and wliere from, with name* and occupation, and these reports are retarded in a book kept for that purpose at, headquarter*. In this maimer every suspicious character who come* here will lie iqtotted, and when he find* that the police take a deep interest in hi* movement* be will tind it more convenient to move on than remain and get himself into trouble. It will also make the officer*,more active in the dlsehargeof thelrdutle*. Cnder the present management it is a difficult matter for J*t\ «(lender to eiicape. At roll call all oouiruQiilcatlona to the chief relating to crime and criminal* are read to the men, after which each in allowed to express his opinion and tell what he know* concerning any specified cane. In thi* manner any clue which can be obtained i# i/li'.fiih-od. After all instructions have

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been given ,the men are asked to tell what they know regurdirig tlielr respective district*, and after a general exchange of information they are sent out on duty, whilo two,men arc delated for general work and to see that each man

IN st bisjpost. Thu.prewnt chief certainly deserves credit for tho tact and skill displayed by hlu in bringing the force to It* present efficiency, and should the Legislature pan* the Metropolitan Police Force bill thin winter T. T. nominate* hitn for the position of Police Com mi* aionor, a place for which he is eminently qualified.

TilK lU'H.NK'rr ASK.

It seem# a* though the lire chief is to Ixix source of porennlal trouble t«» l»i» friend*, political enemies and the public generally a* long a* h« rotain* hi* present position. No sooner does one charge jrotuiue&ce dying out than anew one I* sprung upon.hlm. The last one was hi* conduct at a lire about week ago. lie wa« charged with knocking one man down, drenching the crowd with water, and then drawing a revolver with a threat to shoot. Everyone know* how well qualified a bystander I* to manage Abe fire department during a fire. There nevpr

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without abutting the chief and Ids men for a lack of ^knowledge or ability, or both. Of courso thi* I* exasperating to

Met of men who^sre, writs pa, risking life and limb and doing all that can be done under the circumstances to save property. From tho'cvldouce this appear* to have been Vhe cause at the recent tire In the cast end. The chief waft late In arriving on the ground, and when he got.therc he found a very pronovineed impression that none but eaat Anders should run an eaat end tire. Men who nwLed property close to the flatnos believed that theirs should be protected, let others take care of themselves, and one more energetic than tho rest undertook to take possession of a noxxle, for whk-h aet of olBciousness he was knocked down snd did not recover consciousness until the following day. The Investigation is over, and the chief baa •gain bean vindicated.) But the result doe* net seem to give satisfsciion—unlets it be to the Democrat*, who see in it a lever which will lift them Into power next Spring.)|During the iinrestlgatlon Democratic councilman were conspicuous by their absence. Not one attended. They had 11 heart! enough previously and had made up their mlnd» what the result would be. Throughout the city the feeling is that the verdict should have been different. No one disputes that Mr. Burnett ha* made a good chief, and has brought the force to an efficiency it never before attained. Ho ba* complete control or his men, and allow* uoquarteling among them, but be doesn't seem to bare control over himself. Men argon thats man who exercises power alovc thst of chief of police should be able to quiet a crowd or quell a disturbance without knocking men down and drawing a revolver. There l*|a feeling of weariness over oft repeated charges, all similar In character, and a firm conviction that where there is -so much amoke there units! be some fire, and that a change would be beneficial even if It did no more than silence such charges. This is not giveu a* individual opinion, /but almost universal. rrnr«A*«xo AHIKJAK,

At regular interval* this subject re* reive* marked attention from the gen* tlemen of the press, and It is right thai

It should. It seems strange that In a city like this, post sawing ss enterprising business men as are to be found in the State, so many shook! go elsewhere to purchase their goods. There are cloth­' ing men who stop here regularly to take orders, and who have regular customers. Ladiee send to other cities to purchase dry goods which could be obtained as well at home, and in some instances at lower prices. Not long since a man whose bosiness takes him over to the cepital every day was heard to remark that his commission on articles purchased there for Terre Haute people add a neat sum to hi* sslsry. This practice of sending sway for articles should be discouraged as much as possible. Each man's business success depends upon the success of others, and it decreases from the business prospects o/ the city city to send the profit to other places which should remain at home. Instead of sending money awayffrom home,every legitimate means should be used to bring it here. The excursions of last summer was a move in the right direction aud should have received general encouragement from the business men of the community. Those who got them up cleared a little on the railroad fare, and had large sales from them in addition. In one day one firm sold *lx hundred dollar* worth of goods to the visitors, and other branches of business must also have reaped a substantial benefit from them. By all rhesus encourage the business men among whom you live and npon

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A Woman's Opinions.

O.NK WKKK.

Another such a weok, in the way of amusements, as the past ha* been, will ruin n* all, both physically and financially. Saturday night was the Gigantean minstrel*, forty performers, all warranted to wear silk hats and try to look liko gentlemen. Speaking of silk hats, tney are no longer the distinguishing mark of a gentleman and probably the day l* not far distant when tho fashionable man will ca*t them aside altogether. They art? tho favorite hat of drivers and the upper grade of servants, and a negro Is never Jso happy a* when hi* shining face i* crowned by a shining hat. The seedy Individual who has seen better days still clings to his rusty ailk hat aa the last relic of former gentility. A young man, well known in Terre Haute, went over to Illinois ot.o hot July to npend a few days at the country home of his aweetbeart. He wore a *11 hat and took no baggage whatever but a box containing another ailk hat. It i* needlean to say tho girl did not marry him. She did not crave life in a bandbox, aa it were. Apropos of ailk hats and gentlemen, how that word "gentleman" Is abused. In one of our daily papers this week it Is stated that a citizen went over to Indianapolis and stopped with "a gentleman who was now driving a street car," and that "this gentleman formerly drove an Ice wagon in this city." A few days ago a lady asked an old man who was collecting rags If lie could send her anybody to take away the slops, and he replied that there was a colored gentleman living next door to him who gathered up slop for a living and he would send him. A man will step up to the bar In a saloon and say to the lowest crowd of loafers, vagabonds and tramps, '(tentleruen, have a drink."

Not but that a gentleman may drive a street car or collect garbage or—or— well, yes, or loaf around a saloon, but we are not apt to'hunt for gentlemen in these placee. Webster says. "In the I". 8. the term is applied to men of education and good breeding, of every occupation," and if people would be guided by this definition, the name need never be mis-applied. There is a foolish pride aaxftig certain class** in regard to this word. They would have had God call •dam and Eve, a gentleman and lady, and the poets say, "A gentleman's a gentleman for a' that," -A gentleman is the noblest work of Ood," Breathes there a gentleman with aval eo dead,'' •te., etc. -But let us hasten oa with the week.

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AMl'MKMKNTS.

So far as amusement* are" concerned, the theater goei has certainly bad an abundance, thus far, thi*season, and the future has probably many more in store for him. Considering all thing*, (he patronage ba* been good, although iranager* have been heard to complain of the scarcity of printer's Ink, and threaten to leave thi* circuit out in the cold, in future. unless there I* a radical change in thin respect. Probably those who spend their time and money on amusement*, are sufficiently well acquainted with actor* and actresses, to knowjwhat to patronize ami what to leave alone, upon tho bare announcement, "r probably the managers furnish nothing but Urst da** entertainments, upon the expectation that they will be well attended, without parading them before the public. The experiment is anew one, and it* au««is or failure will be watched with interest.

8unday brought with it a whole crop of Thanksgiving sermons. There has never, perhaps, been a time when there was as much talent distributed among the pulpits of the city. Some one church has generally bad a monopoly of the eloquence but this winter the ministers divide the honors. The prinitive idea that it was a solemn duty to go to church, no matter how prosy the preacher, is not so strong as it used to be and the majority of the people must be pretty sure they will hear an interesting sermon if they give np their morning nap, their Sunday paper and their easy chair. The~old-fashioned, church-festi-val oyster soup, used to contain only one oyster .but that won't do for moderrf sinners the soup must be full of oysters and the sermon full of ideas or the people will go awsy hungry and not come back any more.

Mr. Croft's sermon of last Sunday was so exceedingly ricn in thought and originality that it deserves mention among the events of the week. A man who can take the JrevoltingJ story of Dives and Lararus and explain it iu

Monday night Was pretty well given up io CluJw, Historic Clul*, Utaguy. Clubs, Art Clubs, Dancing Clubs, Poker Clubs and Policemen's Clubs. It i* not the intention to say anything about the Poker Clubs, for, although there are half a dozen of them in town and every man on the street knows here they are, it is not thought host that they should become known to the Policemen's Clubs.

Tuesday night was devoted to the Csoking School Supper by Mrs. Ewlng and her talented assistants.

Wednesday night East Lynno was on the boards at the Opera House. This play ^always recalls an incident which happened a lew years ago. A young gentleman and lady, together, attended a performance of l4Ust Lj'iine they saw the seduction of the young wife,* her desertion of her husband and all the shame and sorrow and ruin that followed, and both were very much affected. A short time afterward this lady was marriedjto another gentleman, and within one Jyear she had betrayed her husband, broken up her.home, and destroyed her character for this same young man who had sat by her side and wept with her over East Lynne. Crime and its terrible .consequences may be portrayed upon the stage, it may be written in books or preached/rom the pulpit yet it cannot be painted so dark but that it wili repeat Itself day after day in the live* of frail mortality, and the more prominently It is brought before the public the more apt it is to be imitated by weak men and women.

Thursday evening brought the dedication of the elegant G. A. R. Hall, "One Woman's Life,"and the "Oratorio of Elijah." We are not particularly interestd in One Woman's Life no matter what its experiences, its joys or its griefs, they could not be different from those of hundreds of others. Even at ita best, a woman's life has many trials and if the whole sex could express a wish in regard to their state in the next Irorld, they would s*v, "l^et us be men instead of women."

The Oratorio on Thursday evening was one of the most delightful musical entertainment* ever given in the city. None were present but invited guests and the large Normal Hall was filled with our most cultivated people. The Oratorio of Elijah is more beautiful than the Messiah many parts of It are sublime in tbeir dignity and harmony, litis music must be heard over and over before it can be thoroughly app« eclated, but after/ne becomes accustomed to it there Is nothing which can take iu place. Our Society in Terre Haute does not receive as much sympathy and encouragement as should oecause people do not

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TERRE HAUTE, INT)., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2,1882.

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ble and reasonable a man tier that a child can understand it and a grown person cannot dispute it, is worth listening to one hundred times a year. He tbiuks that in this world every man is free to elect or choose what kind of a life his shall be, one of sin or one of purity, aud it is not probable, iu the next world,that bis tastes and inclinations will be very greatly changed, or that he will care to mingle with the pure and good. This theory takes away the uncomfortable sensation one cannot help having at the thought of mingling with thieve*, ruffians and^the many murderers who, repenting at tho last moment, have taken a bee-line heavenward from the gallows.

Mr. Croft's sermons have two distinguishing',characteristics, their simplicity language and their sterling common sense. So strongly do®? he appeal to the reason and to tho judgment of men that in a number of instances the most positive infidfl* have been obliged to agreo with ins *untiroents and could not answer his arguments. The sermon Sunday evening was a beautiful picture of the New England Thanksgiving and a tribute to home life, and when that sweetest of all sweet singers, {Helen Jeffera, arose and sang in her matchless manner, Home, Sweet llomo, every heart was stirred with tender emotions. The audience was so moved by the services that they all arose and went straight "home."

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understand it, hut with such singers as Mis. Gould, Dan Davis, Mr. Alder and Mrs. Glover it will never fail. People who are familiar with this music say that there is not leader in the country superior to Professor Shideand very few pianists equal to Mrs. Haborly. They will give the Messiah, Christmas and it is to be hoped that !n time the popular taste will be educated up to this high standard of sacred music. I

Fridsy evening Rose Michel was on the stage at the Opera House, and this evening we are to have the great Tomasso Salviui, or Thomas Sullivan, as some prefer to call him. At two dollarsaseat it is safe to say that there will be good society upstairs. To pay four or si* dollars fo| one eveuing'sentertainment, a family Jbught to have a large income. When people of small means pay such prices as tfcis, wear diamonds and sealskins, keep a carriage aud indulge in like extravagances, two questions are always suggested: Do they deny themselves th$ necessities of life to enjoy the luxuries^or do they go Iu debt wherever they can fcet credit

Among the pleasant events of the week we must not omit to mention the beautiful festival of Thanksgiving, now become a national holiday. It is almost the only holiday that is not perverted. We are spared the senseless explosion of powder that shatters ono's nerves on Christmas, New Years, Washington's Birthday and fourth of July. It is a day th.it everybody should observe for it has a softening, reiiuing influence that men need. Tbore is never a tiuio when we cannot compare our lot with that of other people and find something to be thaukfulfor. All the good gifts are not bestowed upon one person nor all the misfortunes upon another and everybody has some cause for thankfulness. There are many people in tho world fretting and repining ju«t for the need of some great trouble to make them appreciate their blessing*. Wo hever justly value the smooth, t-alm waters over which we glide till wo have been buifeted by the winds and submerged by the waves. It is not until trouble and sorrow have crushed and overwhelmed us that we can bear with patience the little vexatio"ns of life. There is always a peaco and quiet about Thanksglvingday that is very grateful. Last Thursday, especially, the sky was so soft and .beautiful that It seemed to hang over the earth like a benediction, aud in the evening to grow rosy and radiant with hope aud promise for the future.

Spoaking of the weather recalls to mind thaLiJixMbunday all tho churches are iVq«»td&lo pray -fort -clear weather on, the Gth of December in order that afew men looking through telescopes may observe the Transit of Venus, jNow this a very important observation to the scieneo of astronomy, and if any event could induce the Kulor of the Universe to change his plans in regard to the weather it would probably be this, but peopleof any common sense whatever willqucHtion whether or not the wiuds and the storms, perhaps even now on their way from tho north and west, will lay over somewhere a day or two to accommodate the astronomers. If tho weather is fair on the 6th of December we "will give the credit to Providence, but if it should be cloudy, who will shoulder the blame And since the weathor seems to be governed by fixed and unchangeable laws wouldn't it be a better plan to pray that if the day be disagreeable Venus will put off her transit till some other time

And speaking of tte stars reminds us that a comet has made its appearance iu the newspaper firmament, at least we will call it a comet till we see whether it is to be swallowed up by the other papers or to become a fixed star. Brilliant and flashing, it has come npon us unexpectedly and ita effect is already felt upon the climate in tbh locality between some parties it has creatod a decided coolness and for others has made it uncomfortably hot by its charming compliment* it has caused some of our dtixens to feel warm to the roots of the hair, and by certain other paragraphs has made several men actually boil over. The name of this comet is the "Democrat" and it was discovered by the p*rty of that nsme while looking at their late victory through the little end of a telescope. The paper is full of spice and if the editor continues to deal out "taffy" as be ha* begun he will have a corner on the molasses market before Christmas. IDA A HARRM.

is A YIXGS AND DOINGS.

Even a mud-hole may look romantic to the right sort of a young lady. A Joliet paper Is entitled to the credit of the discovery that Guiteau shot Garfield because he was disappointed in a love affair. "In choosing a wife," says an exchange "be governed by her chin." The worst of it is that after choosing a wife, one is apt to keep on being governed in the same way.

A scientist asserts that all babies are deaf for some time after their birth. This Is mighty lucky for the babies, for they don't bear the miserable gush that la always uttered about thla.

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Our Breakfast Table.

It was appropriate to talk of Mrs. Ewing and her wonderful cooking, wrf Mrs. Comfort hopec} in her next week's course she would remember that eggs were thirty cents, and still rising. "I would like a receipt for cake, with only one egg in the house!" "Borrow them," said^Jack. "Tried it—neighbors out,'too that is why we all want one—one egg, mind you, and a cake that you couldn't throw over the Catholic steeple." "You'll get it but send Laura and Clorinda, the «cook, to get it—one to learn something, the other to learn more." "That sounds spiteful. What is the matter with you "Ob, I heard you last night—discussing the Professor aufl myself. See here, Professor, this young lady was entertaining Mrs. Midas. Very much dressed up she was, her new gown and hef company voice on, and she was abusing the young men," "No such thing," replied Laura. "Mrs. Midas said the Professor aud one other were tho only young gentlemen in town." "Whew Ono other! A certain young journalist, I suppose!" "Yes. You were about the only one* that observed the bieMeancts of society." "In English, the proprieties, I suppose." "Yes she hadn't^seeu any others since her last party—never expected to. Don't you know anything about party calls?

Oh, I forgot. Going next week." "Yes, you all forget. It is the Terre Haute style to forget. I liavo a quarrel with every out-of-town girl that comes here defending you. Rich or poor, young or old, you treat 'em all alike, I must say—profoundly indifferent."

Well^ I'll study up the Professor and your other thoughtful friend," and he turned te interrupt the Major with "Burnett, did you say? Burnett must go. Everybody says so." "I don't *ay so," replied Derby. "It has become the fashion to abuse Burnett. Things in him are worse than they would be in some oneelse. He ha* beeu unfortunate."

Said McEwan: "Then you ought to drop him. Unfortunate men that make mistakes suffer as much as guilty ones. To hold on to him is for you Terre Haute Republicans to make tbq same mistake that your party has inaile everywhere. You are always defending some hian you say is abused. What is the difference hbir good Robeson or Keiffcr-or Dorsey are, if they are credited for being bad. So with Burnett people outside believe what is said, and he will cost you huudreds of votes." "Oh, you Democrat* and the Gazette use him for a handle." "Do wo? Well, he Is continually sticking a handle at us to catch on. Here are four distinct counts already. I hope you will go on, aud that your Republican eouueil will endorse him. It suits us." "The Majof said "I will have to propose my committee of citizens again to look after things. Now that trial wa* badly managed. No doubt with the best intentions in the world that committee put itself in a bad light. It seemed to think it wa* its duty to defend its officer against all charges. It was his business, not theirs. You noticed that the last thing Grover Cleveland did, as Mayor of Buffalo, was to veto a bill allowing an officer bis expenses for fighting charges of evil conduct Just so I think we are not right to furnish a defence here. The citlcens had as good a right to have their case put in good shape by the city attorney as the accused did— both or none."

The Professor said "I believe you are talking for .nothing. I do not think very many care. 1 don't, for 1 have no houses to barn down." "Well, that is what we want to find out. The citisens will let us know if they care in two ways. By petition or by vote—but bang ft all, tbey are very apt to keep still till election aud then go bolting." "While you speak of the people waiting till election to say what tbey think," remarked Derby, "What do you think was the meaning they expressed on the seventh of last month "Principally that they wanted retrenchment! With all the money we make our personal and public expenses increase frightfully," said the Major. "Do the people want to retrench, or want Congress to do it ••Both, of course!" "Do you think TerreHaule.l*anllous enough for it to go without its public building for a few year* Do you think our Republicans would petition Congren* to skip the appropriation, say we believe that we do not are to draw |130,000, a very small part of which we furnish ourselves, from the treasury. We do not think either the collector or the postmaster will mhn any sales of stamps wbere tbey are. We do not fear that any officers will resign on account of their quarters. In feet, we will contribute oar chance to the public good/'

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"Derby, yotf are an eccentric genius and quixotic." "I kn^w it will look that way, but I am merely suggesting that while the people continue to grab for mony, Congress will have to do the same. I wouldn't bet one to ten that we will need la revenue office five years hence, and certainly no business man would baild a house under such conditions. I tell yoo how it will go the next Congress will discharge a thousand clerks and w* wrii continue to pull suags out of Paupuaky creek and build buildings for show." __________

TOWN A XD CO (7NTH 1". The reign of winter is much lessapparent in town thau in the country. In town we are scarcely reminded that summer has gone, except by tho snow and ice the cold air and cutting winds. Most of the landscape is iwedo up of tho unchanging work of man—of house* and streets and pavement*. In the country the case is reversed. Nature makes up mo»t of the view, and house*, fences and farms come in by way of variety. Tho wide expanse of snow, the sameness of color, and the lack of noi*e and bustle, give an air of desolation to the count ry. You miss the bounding, active life of the town. The cattle aw either ontirely out of sight, in barns and sheds, or huddled together bn corner* and aholtcred nooks. Tho feathered songsters aro gone, and hardjy any sound breaks the stillness but tho click of tho woodmau'sax. But no gloom ha* winter for the town. Ifer sights and sound are but little changed. Everything is aa lively as in midsummer. We have the satno bustle of machinery Iu our shops and factories, the some shriek of the steam whistle, the same coining and going, buying and selling, working and lounging, as in summer, except that the useful gentlemon engaged in tho latter mentioned business, Hhow a little less affection for the street, and mere disposition to hug the stoves ©f barrooms and'Falcons.

THE BETTER WORLD.

CUUItCHBH, PAHTOtt ANl) PBOPLK

Sunday evening at Dowling Hall, at locture by Thos. Parry. Subject: "The Kings of Men and Masters of Circumstances."

At Centenary M. F*.Chureb: Services on Sabbath morning, thoiwe—1"Elijah.'» Service* in tho evening.

Evening services, at St. Stephen'* Church, will be held, until farther notfce/arTSJO p. in. To-morrow, Hie 1U. Be v. Dr.

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will preach, at both mo-ning aud evening services. A clergyman In Kansas City last week announced that he would hold in hi* church "a solemn service of reparation to Almighty God" for the sin of having "Col. Bob" Ingersoll lectivre in the*amo town, thosame^vening, o»"What Shall I Do to bo Saved? The service was to consist or the liUtuy, *peei»l prayers for unbelievers, penitentiaf psalm* and an addross. Somo may object that this mode of counteracting the famous Jnfldel'* inlluence is quite aa senutional as his own modes of propagating his nnbelief. _______

ABOUT WOMEN.

I»es M»lnes ha* a pretty milliner who has been the cause of four divorce*. A Philadelphia preaeher told the wootr en of his congregation that Divine truth •ould not tind fcta Into hearts that were vamped by corset*.

A Nebraska girl of 1ft poisoned her mother rather than see her wedded to a third husbaad. Anew stepfather every three or bar years becomes monotonous. toaehUdur'

A writer upon art ha* been measuring the waist of the Venus Medici, acknowledged to be the finest specimen el femalaphysU^ue attainable, and find* it to be-twenty-tour inches around. This is, of oourse, without corsets, undergarments, or ovevgarinents, for we have no knowledge that Venn* wore this sort of thing —at least this picture was taken without them. If this statue is to be accepted as the model of womanly beauty, the waists, of the women of to-day a~" nnder-*iw, as tbey measure only an average of twenty-one Inches.

MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses hav* been issued since our last report:

PutbofTTaylor and Harah 1 rick«o«. Charles Yaw and Cora B. lllpfdeThomas N. Ballard and Mary Ruamtaler. ilirum Ihivi* and Untie Young. Marion M. Thomas ijrmway and BriAjpt Urfffln. James K. Jones and K*t- Y**kleWilliam Btweh and Anita M. K. Boenhent. Edgar H. Honttli and A1W* PlrUe. fimnp. W. Mndwtftt and I»ny. Thoma* A. Wood «nd Mary I Cbaa. M. Utl*wald and Phtohr ft, Uarrteuo. Conrad Hrtne and Harah AIW-«* Utmwft. Riipy Poqua and Hanulck. Alvr'r Fr«*n*n awl Mfrni* J*rrt**l. tit*.- .. a K. M««i*wt and MollW- Ollaslian. Chane* R. Met 'rw* and Ne ll# M«••«*. Thomas Flntey At' v*ud#T •Inf.-: {{. l/i*(''MHIKill"HIWKV.McConaell,AnnaIHIHKiandIVsi-torr1 JohnII. H«rtfn*Tm*nd HutdaBa*k. Stinwl A. Dicker**! mid Tud«* Tnbw.

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