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Carter tfc Heartsell, Putolislaers,
VOLUME XV.
THE 54TU CONGRESS.
routine op house and senate
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Bills and Resolutions
" Presented and Acted Upon.
THE HOUSE.
Two-thirds of the three hours’ ses¬
sion of the house Wednesday was oc¬
cupied in the consideration of a senate
joint resolution authorizing the ex¬
penditure of $55,000 in the prepara¬
tion of plans and specifications of the
Chicago, public building. Iu the
course of the debate the conduct of
the architect’s office was the subject of
considerable criticism. The joint res¬
olution was passed.
The unanimous report of election
committee No. 2, that H. C. Alinor
was entitled to the seat now occupied
•by him as representative from the
ninth New York district, and that
Timothy J. Campbell, contestant, was
not entitled thereto, was agreed to
without discussion. The house, at
2:03 p. m., adjourned until Thursday.
The rules of -the house were finally
adopted Thursday. They are a mix¬
ture of the Reed rules of the fifty-third
congress and the Crisjt rules of the last
congress. The Crisp feature of ap¬
pointing one member from each side
of the house to sit at the clerk’s desk
to note members present and not vot¬
ing was accepted and adopted by
Bpeaker Reed in preference to his own
original method of thc.speaker count ¬
ing them.
During the debate over the rules
Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, made nn attack
on the Crisp rules. Td this Judge
Crisp made reply, showing that Air.
Reed had adopted verbatim the quo¬
rum counting rule of the last congress.
He concluded by stating that Air.
Dolliver in his ignorance had de¬
nounced this rule and iu his earnest¬
ness Lad voted for it, which was re¬
ceived with great laughter and ap¬
plause.
contented Upon the themselves final vote lho democrats
tho by simply voting
once for readoption of the rules of
the last congress. They accepted the
new rules with but a mild protest.
After the transaction of'some roaliue
business the house, at 4:30 o’clock,
took a recess until Friday night’s ses¬
sion, jsvhich was intended for the con¬
sideration of private pension bills, and
at the conclusion of that session to
stand adjourned until Monday.
THE SENATE.
The only incident of importance in
the senate Wednesday was Air. Wal¬
cott’s speech on the Monroe doctrine.
The galleries were well filled in antici¬
pation cf the speech of the Colorado
senator. Most of the senators consti¬
tuting the committee ou foreign rela¬
tions were present. After referring to
the message of President Cleveland on
the Venezuelan question and the ap¬
pointment of the commission to en¬
lighten the country as to the true
divisional line regarding Venezuela
and British Guiana, the senator said:
“The few remarks I shall make will
be chiefly to the effect that the so
called Alonroe doctrine has been mis¬
applied in the pending controversy,
that so much of President Monroe’s
message as referred to the colonization
of portions of America by European
powers could have no applicability to
any boundary dispute now existing in
South America ; that the Alonroe doc¬
trine was in no wise intended as insist¬
ing upon representative forms of gov¬
ernment iu this hemisphere or as com¬
mitting this government to maintain
the doctrine outside its own borders or
except as its own integrity might be
affected; that this country is embark¬
ing upon a new and different policy
from the one laid down by our fathers,
and that from 1821 until now,congress
has uniformly declined to define the
so-called Alonroe doctrine or to accept
it as a rule of action.
“There has been much tension for
the past few weeks. The letter of the
secretary of state to Bayard was, from
a diplomatic standpoint of view, almost
incendiary. The president’s message
glowed with the possibilities of war.
“The South Ainericrn republics
were entitled to our friendly and af¬
fectionate regard. As citizens of a
sister republic we owe them protec¬
tion wherever the interests of free
government or tho cause of civiliza¬
tion wus attacked by assault upon
their autonomy. Beyond that our
obligation ceases.”
The diplomatic correspondence on
our side was, the senator thought, un¬
necessarily irritating and the message
of the president ill-advised. There
would be no war and it would be
avoided not because our position to¬
ward Great Britain in her dispute with
Venezuela is tenable but because Great
Britain will yield the whole Contro¬
versy rather than face the horrors of
war over such a question.
Mr. Sherman, republican, Ohio, re¬
ported adversely from the foreign re¬
lations committee the resolution of
Mr. Call, democrat-, Florida, directing
the secretary of state to send to the
senate the dispatches of United States
consuls in Cuba. The resolution was
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ISPRlNG PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 30.1896.
about Air. to be indefinitely postponed,but
at Call’s request it was placed on
the calendar.
Air. Mills, democrat, Texas, intro¬
duced a bill in the seuate Thursday
to repeal the refunding act of 1870 and
the specie payment resumption act of
1875. Air. Mills said he would|Callnp
the bjll Friday and seek a vote on it.
A resolution offered by Mr. Perkins,
of California, was agreed to, request¬
ing the secretary of the interior to fur¬
nish information as to the extent of
the illicit traffic iu liquor in Alaska
and to suggest remedial legislation.
Air. Vilas, democrat, Wisconsin, re¬
ported favorably a bill to prevent the
carrying iu the mails of obscene litera¬
ture from one state or territory to an¬
other.
Mr.Ci.offered the following: “Re¬
solved, That a special committee of
seven senators shall bo appointed who
shall be charged with the duty of in¬
quiring into the imprisonment of Eu¬
gene V. Debs, for nn alleged contempt
of court, and who shall report to the
senate and recommend such legislation
as may be necessary for the enforce¬
ment of fho law and the protection of
citizens from arbitrary and oppres¬
sive excess of judicial power. ”
Air. Call said he would call up the
resolution Friday; Air. Warren, re¬
publican, AVyoming, was then recog¬
nized, and spoke on the shrinkage in
the value of farm animals. He attacked
the Wilson tariff. A message from the
president, transmitting and'Armenia, correspondence
relating to Turkey was
received. At 2 :30 o’clock the bond
silver hill wns taken up and Air. Du¬
bois, republican, Idaho, advocating addressed
the senate. In addition to
the passage of the free coinage substi¬
tute for the bond bill, Air. Dubois out¬
lined the position of republicans in
the silver states.
Many memorials concerning the
Turkish and Armenian question were
presented to the senate Friday and
this led Mr. Hill, democrat, New
York, to ask what had become of the
resolutions for energetic action by
the president. Air. Culloro, republi¬
can, Illinois, who reported the Turk¬
ish resolution from the committee on
foreign relations, said ho desired the
speediest possible action and would
ask for a vote on the resolution. Af¬
ter some routine business the resolu¬
tion was called up by Mr. Cul
lorn. The senator spoke of
the serious conditions prevailing
in the 'Itirfish empire, saying he
was appalled by the carnivul of blood
prevailing. A massacre of innocence,
on paralleled for ages, had been per¬
petrated. The evidence of the bloody
enormities was given by all classes
and nationalities until it was the be¬
yond the slightest doubt. A Turkish
army had bayonetted, robbed,murder¬
ed and flayed alived the people of Ar
! menia. There was no war, but a pit¬
iless, merciless tornado of ruin, blood¬
shed and death. The demon of fanat¬
icism had been let loose. There was
a responsibility somewhere. It did
not rest with the slavish ruler of Tur¬
key. disputes the sultan. Back of this were
the of the countries of the
European alliance, seeking their ter¬
ritorial advantages. These countries
■were responsible. The sultan was but
a puppet in their hands.
Air. Blaehard, democrat, Louisiana,
said that for more than a year the
world had been shocked by the mas¬
sacres iu Turkey. Not only was there
murder and massacre, but in the cases
of women, worse than massacre. As
a great free nation, it was the duty of
the United States to express its official
repudiation and protest against the
course of Turkey.
Air. Frye, republican, Alaine, took
the floor for a speech of such vehe¬
mence that the galleries quickly filled
to overflowing and he was repeatedly
interrupted by long continued ap¬
plause. Air. Call offered a radical
resolution demanding that by either
peaceful negotiation or force of arms
the Armenian atrocities be stopped.
The resolution was defeated without
division and the resolution reported by
the committee on foreign relations
passed unanimously.
STUCK IN MUD.
The Steamer St. Paul Runs Ashore at
Sandy Hook.
The American liner St. Paul from
Southampton for New York, struck the
outer bar, off Hotel Brighton, Long
Braneh, N. J., during the dense fog,
between 1 and 2 o’clock Saturday morn¬
ing.
Her passenger list is a large one.
She also has on board $1,300,000 in
specie, and 200 bags of mail.
The vessel struck head-on on a sand¬
bar, about a quarter of mile from the
Iron Pier. Her nose ran about 100
feet in the sand before her engines
could be stopped. '
She sailed from Southampton on
January 18 and was in charge of Cap
..tain Jamison.
At the time the St. Paul ran ashore
4t is said that there was only four feet
of water over the bar. Some of the
old seamen along the shore say that
the vess£ may not be floated for sev¬
eral days. She is imbedded in about
six feet of sand.
General Thomas Ewing Dead.
General Thomas Ewing, ex-member
of congress from Ohio, who was struck
by a Third avenue cable car in New
York Monday, is dead, the result of
.injuries received.
“Toll tne Trutli.”
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
GOSStP OF WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
i i
The treasury gold reserve Thursday
stood at $50,343,556. The withdrawals
reported for the day were $250,000.
A sub-committee of the senate com¬
mittee, ou Saturday, heard Alajor
Quinn* tho engineer iu charge of the
improvement at the mouth of tho
Mississippi river, on the proposed
construction of a 150 foot lock near
the mouth of the,Atchafalaya. This
lock will cost one million dollars..
Committee on elecj^ms No. 3,of the
house, heard arguments in the con¬
tested case of Johnson against Stokes,
from tho seventh South Carolina dis¬
trict. This concludes the hearing of
the cases, interest to which was added
by the question of constitutionality of
the registration law of the state being
brought in. The committee is now
ready to finally consider the cases.
Orders for Silver Coinage.
Orders were sent Saturday bv Mint
Director Preston, by direction of See
retary Carlisle, to the mint superin
toudeuts at Philadelphia, New Orleans
and San Francisco to resume tho coin
age of silver dollars Horn the bullion
purchased under the act of July 14.
1890.
The amount of silver bullion to be
coined monthly “uutil further orders”
ia $1,500,000, divided between thu
• three mints as follows:
£100,000; New Orleans, $500,000, and
Hun Francisco, $100,000. Under .the
act of 1800, the treasury has on hand
177.000,0U0 of silver bullion, against
which there are $137,000,000 of notes
outstanding. Of the bullion purchased
under this act $40,000,000 has been
coined.
... Manta , National .. .. .. l ulvcrsUy. .
A number of distmghished me a
gathered in the room ol the house
mu toe on education to urge action on
the lull to.establish a university ot the
United States a Washington.
I Lose present mcluded
E ninnds. ex-1 resident Wm. 1 effm j
University Ot Pennsylvania: Hpn
drew D M bite, ex-presulent Cornel!
I Diversity; ex-Governor John Lee
Carroll, of Alaryland ; General John
Easton, ex-commissioner of education;
on. (mrdiner G. Hubbard, ot the
. istncfc ot Columbia; Simon l\ow
combe, Hon. A. A. Hasson G Brown
Goode ex-Governor John W. Hoyt.
Half a dozen of these gentlemen ad
tressed the setting forth
in detail the reasons why tho govern
ment should establish such a university
at the capital oi the nation.
Tho Garden Seed Row.
Congressmen arc very much annoy¬
ed over the hundreds of applications
they get froip home for garden seeds.
Their constituents do not understand
that tho government no longer fur¬
nishes seed for distribution. Hereto
fore $130,000 worth of seed have been
distributed annually among the cou
gressmen to be sent to their constitu¬
ents. But last fall Secretary of Agri¬
culture Morton took it upon himself
to abolish the seed division of this de¬
partment. The congressmen have
raised a great row about it, and a res¬
olution instructing Air. Alortou to buy
seed has passed the house. It is now
pending in the senate. But should it
pass now no seed for distribution could
be gotten until next fall. It is useless
for tho people to annoy their congress¬
men with requests for seed. They can
get none, because there are none.
Canadian Sealers’ Claims.
Tho suggestion for tho settlement
of the claims of Canadian sealers
seized prior to the sitting of tho Paris
tribunal of arbitration through the
appointment of a commission have
been approved by the British govern¬
ment and its acceptance was formally
laid before Secretary Olney last Sat¬
urday by Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador. The next move
iu the matter will be submission
of the plan agreed upon between the
two governments for its approval. It
is understood that the president of the
Swiss republic has expressed a willing¬
ness to act as umpire of the commis¬
sion or to appoint a representative if
ho be asked to occupy that position by
tho two arbitrators, one American and
one British, who are given the right
under the arrangement to select an
umpire. The British government de¬
layed its approval of the plan uutil tho
Swiss president could be heard from.
Daniel on Monroe Doctrine.
Senator Daniel spoke in the senate
Thursday on the Alonroe doctrine. He
said that least of all the nations of the
earth could Great Britain fitly object
to the assertion of the Alonroe doc¬
trine by the United States, for iu the
language of Edward Everett, it was
announced not merely with the appro¬
val of the British minister of foreign
affairs,-but had his earnest and oft-re¬
peated solicitation.
Least of all nations did it become
her to contend that it wus not recog¬
nized as international law, because it
was not founded on the general con-
sen; of nations, for Great Britain her*
t>eB"invekcd the United States to its
nttcranee, not only without the con*
but against the strong menaces
of Prance, Austria and Prussia.
Least of all the nations could Great
Britain fairly controvert that govern¬
mental policy which underlies the
Conroe doctrine, for she, foremost and
nx> conspicuously of all nations, had
ini- evened in the affairs of the world
at large, not only whenever her peace
ft.n>i safety were remotely involved, but
also wherever and whenever capita
could he invested, her commerce ex¬
panded, in or territorial aggrandizement
exercised. Even us to existing dis¬
putes With Venzuela wo perceived>the
outcropping of her own Monroe doc¬
trine, * i to speak, by her demand in a
cession to Venezuela, at one time
proffered, that no portion of the tor¬
i''(orv proposed to be ceded should he
alienated at. any time tq a foreign
power. *
And with no better grace could Great
Britain persist in repelling the mani¬
fold overtures made to her for arbitra¬
tion. The senator referred to the’ two
sets of resolutions pending in the sen
al e. Time proposed 'by the committee
on foreign relations he regarded as
simply of the'.Monroe embodying a detailed statement
doctrine as embraced
in the more general language in ivhich
it was uttered. The resolutions offer
r.d by the senator from New Jersey
seemed to him ('Mr. Daniel) to “mis
interpret the history and to pervert
the plain language of tho Monroe doc
trine,”
MONEY OBJECTS TO MONROE.
America „
'• ajs Should Avoid all Rosal¬
blUty ot' AYar.
A special from Jackson, Alias., says:
States accepting senator the Colonel nomination Money as United
himself iu direct arraigned
AIcLaurin opposition to Goveru
or on the Venezuelan '%» con
trover*/. Aruchig -other 7 ,
» meinffe* things, he said: “A 8
a of the comuritbpe of .foreign
affairs,I have nlwa_ been conservative
in our foreign polioK 1 hold the views
of address, George to Waring n,?hm«n«es on in his farewell
have but corn
mercial ones, and secef th-w, of Thomas
Jefferson, in his bjumual raes-
8ag<> , to avoi( , all entangling alliances.
Asa self-governing people we have
/ f minri it to on , profi t and happiness
. fa, attend strictly j.iteyferl to ftni own business
«nd m,f to . relations in any respect
w it,h tho politic of any oilier
country. I stand lorn policy that
means peace, plenty and high prices
f or onr products; that will keep open
to us the markets of tho world and
promote commerce and good feeling
with other nations. 1 shall not yield
to the war spirit that seems to ‘have
swept ]iko wuve ovei . the natioUi
Onr people hnvd war-like instincts and
nro jealous of the national honor and
can bo too ren diiy induced in their
generosity to interfere in affairs when
their protection is invoked.
“In my judgnient the most unhappy
consequences would follow a war be¬
tween our country and Great Britain,
the two English speaking nations.
We are descended from them and have
their blood, their language, their lit¬
erature, their religion and are con¬
nected by a thousand business and so¬
cial ties. They are our best custom¬
ers, and close relation with them will
not only insure to us and them per¬
petual peace as between ourselves, but
will also be a guarantee of peace to the
world.
“With the United States and Great
Britain determined upon peace no
other nation is powerful enough to
make war with auother if they forbid
it.
NOW DEADLOCKED.
Result of the Third Ballot iu Ken¬
tucky’s Senatorial Race.
The third ballot in tho senatorial
race at Frankfort, Ky., Friday, re¬
sulted iu a deadlock. There was wild
excitement among the Hunter faction
during the latter part of the joint ses¬
sion, when it was discovered that
Populist Poor was not in the joint
session.
As it was the ballot resulted as fol¬
lows: Hunter, 07; Blackburn, 58;
AIcCrary, 4; Buckner, 2; Willson, 1;
Hazelrig, 1; Carlisle, 1.
A sensation was caused by the ap¬
pearance of ex-Governor John Young
Brown on the scene. Several myste¬
rious caucuses were held at his head¬
quarters and his entrance into the race
is looked for. Then, too, Congressman
Evans has suddenly wired that he
would be ou hand.
This is accopted as an indication
that Congressmen Lewis and Colson,
who are now in Washington, had re¬
ported that things were ripe for his
appearance at the state eapitol and
that Hunter could be forced from tho
fight.
Hunter One Vote Short.
A special from Frankfort, Ky..
states that tho Hunter people an
nounced that on Wednesday in th<
joint session they would elect Hunter,
but when the result of the first ballot
on joint sossiou was announced in the
evening Hunter was still ns far froa
the senatorship as before the join!
session convened.
It is better to take a second look
than to love at first sight.
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SI a Year lix Advance
TO COIN SILVER.
Secretary Carlisle Gives Orders to that
Effect.
Secretary Carlisle has directed Mint
Director Preston to prepare to coin
standard silver dollars at the Philadel¬
phia and New Orleans mints. The,
amount of coinage to be executed has
nlfc'yet been determined, but staidifird probably
not mote than 7,000,000 sil¬
ver dollars will be coined. The seign¬
iorage on this will also tie declared and
coined, and this will not make, all
told, more, than $10,000,000.*
- Two things will happen as the result
of the decision to coin standard silver
dollars, viz: The reopening of the
New Orleans mint on a small scale and
the continuance of coinage operations
at.the Philadelphia''mint. Mr. Pres¬
ton says that by Tuesday night next
all the gold bullion at the Philadelphia
mint will have been coiued and he
does uot think that any gold bullion
will be Irausferred from subtreasuries
or mints elsewhere to Philadelphia at
present.
As the appropriation for. coining is
well nigh exhausted the force at the
Philadelphia mint, would have been
furloughed without pay, unless the
coinage of standard silver dollar, for
which he had a sufficient present ^p
propaiation, bad been decided upon
There was, he said, pressing need
the coinage of subsidiary silver and as
soon as the necetsary money was pro¬
vided by congress this class of coinage
would be resumed.
IR’LAURIN INSTALLED
As Mississippi’s Governor, with Ap¬
propriate Ceremonies.
The ceremonies attending the inau¬
gural of Hon. A. J. AIcLaurin, as gov¬
ernor of Mississippi, whioh took place
at Jackson last Tuesday, were the
most imposing ever witnessed in the
history of the state.
It was a big event in the history of
Jackson, in spite of a downpour of
rain and six inches deep of mud.
Twenty odd companies of the Nation¬
al guards of the statp-were in line with
bands of musio playing and gay ban¬
ners flying. The program was to have
the oath of office administered to
Governor AIcLaurin ou a plat¬
form in the open air, but ou account
of the rain this ceremony* was per¬
formed in the house of representa¬
tives, which \y«8 packed to overflow¬
ing. The only reconj mendation in the
governor’s speech was for a deey
water harbor op the Missis¬
sippi gulf coast. The new gov
ernor held a public reception
at the mauaion at night, and the visit¬
ing militia were given a grand ball at
Lusk hall.
INDORSE THE PRESIDENT.
Florida Bankers Want Only Gold as
America’s Currency.
The Florida Bankers’ association
held its eighth annual convention at
Jacksonville Friday. Officers were
elected and the following resolutions
in regard to the monetary question
were passed:
We heartily endorse the financial
policy of Grover Cleveland and his ad¬
ministration, and declare ourselves in
favor of honest money and opposed to
inflation and fiat money.
We are strongly opposed to the free
coinage of silver except by an interna¬
tional agreement.
We favor a currency sound, elastic
apd good as gold ; good everywhere by
the standard of the world and good in
the markets iu the world; as good in
the hands of labor as in the hands of
capital.
Resolutions were adopted denounc¬
ing tho money order business of the
expressing companies anil calling for
its suppression by federal legislation.
The rates charged by express compa¬
nies were also denounced, and their
regulations by the interstate com¬
merce commission were demauded.
ELECTORS PREFERRED.
North Carolina Populists Want No
Gold Standard Men.
A special from Raleigh, N. C., says:
It has been assured for some months
that fusion between the populists and
republicans in North Carolina was
certain, but a great sensation is now
sprung in the shape of a letter signed
by the populist chairman and Senator
Marion Butler aunouncing that popu¬
lists would snpport only electors
pledged to vote for no man who favors
a gold standard and stating further
that it is more important to have the
electors than to have the governor.
A STATE TICKET
Completed by the Populist Committee
of Louisiana.
The populist committee of fifty-two,
authorized by the recent convention
in Louisiana to complete the state
ticket in the interest of fusion, met at
Alexandria and nominated the follow¬
ing ticket: I
Governor, Captain J. N. Pharr, of
St. Alarys; lieutenant governor, J. B.
Kleinpeter, of East Baton Rouge; at¬
torney general, L. F. Suthon, of Ter
ribone; secretary of state, J. W. Mc¬
Farland, of Clairbone; treasurer, John
Pickett, of Winn; auditor, H. P. Ker
nochan, of Plaquemine.
NUMBER 49.
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal card or let¬
ter stating -where you are going,
when yon are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
bagotige you have;
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illtt) '.rated land pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands >iri Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
GALLAGHER, 1
I A.
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific FTw'y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
0HARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J m J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections and
criminal practice.
Y m L. WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA. '
Prompt attention to all business.
L. HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits ram natranaas
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
THOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought tho entice Livery
business of Calaway Sc Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
L. P- BAGWELL, M.
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to tbs
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to tho
people of this section. Call* cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A, PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple Honse on ths
first Tuesdays in each month for ths
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
We have Money to Loan at 6 percent.
On farm or city property in any sao
tion of country where property has ft
fixed market value. Money ready f»r
immediate loans where seonrity »nd
title is • good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN * CO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. 1.