20 IRVIN COBB TELLS OF WAR TRAGEDY Brings Tears to Crowd in Re vealing What Red Cross Women Do Philadelphia, April 16.—Patriotic outbursts of applause alternating with suppressed sobbing frequently Inter rupted the talk given by Irvin S. Cobb, the noted war correspondent and writer. "Thrice Is He Armed That Hath His Quarrel Just" was his sub ject. The lecture was under the auspices of the Independence Square Auxiliary of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Cobb made an earnest plea for assistance for the Red Cross. He said: I think people in peace, notably many women —I know this from my own observation in Europe— have a mistaken idea of what the work devolving upon the Red Cross, both at home and on the bttle front, means. I used to think the conception of the average women before the lesson was brought home to her was that she wore a most becoming and spotless white uniform, and in a beautiful hos pital, filled with the perfume of flow ers, she ministered to the wants of a hero who looked something like Jmm What Surely ; is a healthy, active, in- < dustrious liver. i Small doses, taken reg- < ularly, insure that. Maybe You Need a purgative sometimes. 1 Then take one larger 1 dose. < Keep that in mind; it will pay you rich divi- 1 dends in Health and \ Happiness. CARTER'S WITTLE HIVER 1 €tnufne bears S/gnturt Colorless facet often show the absence of Iron, in the blood. I CARTER'S IRON PILLS j will help this condition. ————MMMM| ii IIPMTEMENT Harrisburg Druggists Give an Apt Illustration THEIR VIEWS ON VINOL WORTH LEARNING This Is the Preparation That Is Bclna: Much Talked About A reporter asked in talking with the druggists whose names arc appended to this article the same question that hundreds have asked the last few years, "Just tell me precisely, please, why Vinol is better than cod liver oil Y" One of the druggists mentioned be low voiced the sentiment of all when he replied in his genial way, "You have given me a rather difficult task. I can explain to you in a few minutes the advantages of Vinol, but to do it in a half dozen words would hardly be possible. Perhaps 1 can illustrate its value, however, in a brief manner. Sup pose you had never seen a hen's egg. A man who knew of them should tell you to eat three every day. 1 do not say that you would, mind you, but 1 am inclined to believe at the start you would make an heroic effort to get away with the whole thing, shell and all. The meat of the egg would be what you needed, the shell rather superfluous. In fact, as a matter of nourishment not quite the thing for your stomach. "There you are with cod liver oil. In it .vou have a medicine, or rather in th-> liver of a live cod there Is a med icine known to be valuable for certain forms of disease, a great strength cre ator and tonic reconstructor. Doctors have administered it for years. They were like the man who had never seen an egg before. They gave it to their patients, just as they found it, shell and all. Yes, that is exactly It. The grease was useless and as bad for the stomach, almost as would have been | the shell of the egg. The kernel, or the meat of the remedy, the vital prin ciples that they were after, were con tained in It. Science has stepped In nnd done exactly what the man with the egg might have done—found a way to separate the healthful interior from the worthless husk. "Now we have the active' medical principles of the cod's liver. We have thrown away the useless encumbrances that formerly encloaked it. namely, the objectionable fat. We have taken this extract, placed it in a delicious table wine added boef peptone, Iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates ai . , ncre .vou are. Patients who have needed cod liver oil and could not take it, have no trouble in taking Vinol. Why, you would en- 1 joy drinking It yourself, so pleasant is I it, If I did not tell you it was any thing but a mild table wine. If you needed It. however, for a medicine, you would soon find it to be something dif ferent. The medifdnal properties of the cod's liver together with the other ingredients above named, create strength and revitalize weak, run down, debilitated, feeble old people, delicate children and as a constitu tional remedy for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis there is nothing like it, and the same principles give strength to the weakened digestion and enable the poor sufferer's worn out stomach to digest nnd obtain nu triment from everyday food. "Yes, I am glad to have you come any time that you care to learn any thing more about Vinol. It has al ready proved itself to be a winner. George A. Gorgas, Kennedy's Medicine Store, Kltzmlller's Pharmacy, C. F. Kramer.—Adv. WEDNESDAY EVENING, Hackett, but more like Faversham, wearing about his brow a slightly blood-apotted bandage. I saw the actual fact In stables crawling with vermin and heaped with the accumulated filth of months and with the unutterable odors of the living flesh that rotted on the dead bones. I saw noble women, tired and bedraggled, and worn and weary, doing the most nauseous, the most self-sacrificing, the most noble things any human being could be called upon to perform. I never knew that a slop jar could be as sacred as an altar vessel until I saw it carried from the side of a dying soldier by a tired, weary woman. I saw in one hospital at the front, three women engaged in a common service, and one, they told me, was a countess, a nobly-born woman, no longer young, and plainly not strong, but to the best of her ability and to the limit of her strength doing what ever service she might be called upon to do. The second member of the trio, and the head of the force, was a professional trained nurse, and to her, 1 suppose, this was part of the routine of her avocation, although she was bringing to it a full measure of mercy and kindness to tlie poor, stricken fragments of humanity lying there. And the third was a prostitute from the city sidewalks, whose lover was at the front, and she, too, had volun teered, and, wearing, the same uni form and sharing the same fortune, for the time being, as her more fa vored sisters, on tlie same social level with the others, she was doing with them those beautiful services for the afflicted. And the old doctor looked at that j woman, and said to me, "My son; in this war every day somewhere, over | and over again, the story of Mary j Magdalene is repeated." Must Expect Some Losses Personally, I confess I have not much sympathy with the people who believe —and there are many of us who do believe it—that we can go to war against another nation and not have war made on us in return. If vou knew something of the spirit be hind all'wars, and particularly the spirit behind Germany in this war, you would know that that cannot be. We have got to give a measure of our manhood to die on the field. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. And every one here, and every man and every; woman and every child in America is i going to have to give, and give, and give, and keep on giving. I have no j doubt that there are mothers in this j audience who will give their sons to ; die for their country, and sisters who j will send their brothers to death, and I every one of us who does not go to j the front must serve behind the lines, j either in money or in the work of our hands, or in that which means more j to a nation in peril than any material i force, in whole-hearted loyalty to our i flag, our President, our soldiers and | our country. It was because I did see what war meant in Europe and some things so unutteralJly horrible that I dare not try to tell them, and because I realized then as I never had realized before j that given similar conditions and a i similar foe to fight, our soldiers might j suffer what I had seen the soldiers of • Belgium and France suffering, and; our own American people, might be visited by the same afflictions which lie so heavily on poor little Belgium, that I. who am the son of a soldier and the grandson of a soldier, and | had been brought up to believe mill- | tary service might be a beautiful and | noble and glorious thing, came home j cured forever of that delusion, and j because I did come home cured and hwause I realized tliat the country which puts itself into the state of a large, ripe, rich flabby oyster without! a shell, is only inviting qu'-k destruc- j tion, and because I realiztu that the j best life insurance ever conceived was, a state of complete preparedness I against the other contingency, im bued with the idea that our country, not to make war, but to keep it away, should have the best army, the best navy, the strongest coast defenses American dollars could buy and American manhood could man. Conduct Efficient Warfare And still another thing we must re member is this: We must remember that to the German —T have no word of reproach for the German soldier; 99 per cent, of the German soldiers I saw at the front struck me as being courageous, manly men, and by the same token 99 per cent, of their of ficers were what we call rotters —but we have got to remember that, train ed as they are in the system in which they are trained, war to them is not a time for mushy hysteria, not for wav ing the flag, but conducting warfare after the most efficient and incidental ly the most barbarous and the most thorough-going fashien ever devised. And should the Germans succeed In invading our country, as they might, I can imagine a picture like this—and it is not beyond the bounds of imag ination to conceive it; it is shown by the facts of what has been done in Europe —I can see the mayor or the congressman or the leading citizens, the principal clergymen of some Pennsylvania town held as hostages, to be shot against the wall should an other John Burns get out his gun and tight for his home and fireside; and did another Barbara Friotchie lean from the casement and wave the flag of her own country in the face of the STOPS HEADACHE, PAIN, NEURALGIA Don't suffer! Get a dime package of Dr. James' Headache Powders. You'can clear your head and relieve a dull, splitting or violent throbbing headache in a moment with a Dr. James' Headache Powder. This old time headache relief acts almost magically. Send sciue one to the drug store now for a dime package and a few moments after you take a powder you will wonder what became of the headache, neuralgia and pain. Stop suffering—it's needless. Be sure you get what vou ssk tor "AfteTthe War Whit?" Q Free Public Patriotic Q Lecture 9 "After the War— S I What?" □ D b * D g Frederick C. Howe }jj mi V. S. Commissioner of mi 111 ImmigraUon lii 0 Wednesday, April 18. M Q 8 P. M. □ E3 Technical High SQ 111 School H fkek El Q PUBLIC INVITED FREE U "After the War What?" RAILS ARE STRONG FEATURES OF MARKET United States and Bethlehem Steel, Republic Iron and Anaconda Copper Higher With Upward' Tendencies Registered by Other Leaders New York, April 18.— (Wall Street)-r- Rails were the strong features at the irregular opening of to-day's market, g Beading and leading Pacifies rising a j point or more while some of the minor issues of that division notably Pitts- j burgh and West Virginia common and c preferred, also made striking gains, j Other leaders, including U. S. Steel, ? Bethlehem Steel, Republic Iron and An- s aconda Copper, were higher by half a point to a full point, with heavy ten- j dencles in Utah Copper, Industrial Ai- J cohol and Distillers' Securities. The motor group was again heavy to weak. J Changes in shipings were slight but Ohio gas gained over four points. The uncertain tone of the morning's r trading which was marked by alter- J nate rallies and declines, left little i doubt of its speculative character. Prices became moderately unsettled ' soon after the opening on the set back J in motors but hardened again on a general inquiry for steels, except | Sloss-Sheffleld, which lost 3% points r on the passing of the dividend. Rails, : oils and shippings also improved and ' Utah Copper more than recovered its i early loss, Ohio Gas meanwhile ex- | tending its gain to 5%. This was off- j set by a break of 6 % points in Detroit I Edison Company. At midday most j gains were largely surrendered. Bonds ; were steady. NEW YORK STOCKS Chandler Bros. & Co., members New ; York and Philadelphia Stock Ex- ' changes* 3 North Market Square, Har- j risburg; 1338 Chestnut street. Phila delphia; 34 Pine street. New York, , furnish the following quotations: i New York, April 18. < 2 p. m. ! Open. Quot. { Allis Chalmers Amer Beet Sugar 93 93,4 , American Can <5 44% I Am Car and Foundry Co 66 Vi , j' Amer Loco 17% ®'s? I 1 Amer Smelting 98% 98 ,i j , American Sugar 112% 112 Anaconda 79% 79 | Atchison 102% 102% j Baltimore and Ohio .... 76% 76% 1 Butte Copper 43% 43% | California Petroleum ... 20% 20% < Canadian Pacific 161% 162% i Central Leather 84 84 % ! Chesapeake and 0hi0... 60% 59% Chi Mil and St Paul 80 80 , Chicago R I and Pacific. 36% 36 % Col P'uel and Iron 47 47 % Consol Gas 112% ' Corn Products 23% 23/4 ! Crucible Steel . . ' Distilling Securities .... 12% 13% .; Erie 2 !% 27%!; General Motors 105% 103% ( Goodrich B F 49% 4 ®% " Great Northern Ore subs 31 31V* , Inspiration Copper .... 55% Ro% Kennecott 42% 4.1 H i Lackawanna Steel 83% Lehigh Valley 65% 65% Maxwell Motors 46 Merc Mar Ctfs 26% 2b % Merc Mar Ctfs pfd o?ix Mex Petroleum 88% 87^4 Midvaff Steel 57% 58 , New York Central .'1 „ NY X H and H 43 % 43 % Norfolk and Western 128% Northern Pacific ? j? Pacific Mail 21% 21% Pennsylvania Railroad.. 5 3 Brf Ray Con Copper 29% 29/4 Reading j}j% Republic Iron and Steel. i 8 % i 9 % Pacific Ktudebaker 87 % 86 I Union Pacific US I Alcohol 109% 109 | U S Rubber 68 58 TT K StPPI 11l 11 174 | ill S Steel pfd 117% i ; Utah Copper 109 10®% j \ Westinghouse Mfg 49 4 9 j Willys-Overland 30% 30Vi invader, I promise you, from what 1 j have seen, that if it were a Prussian Stonewall Jackson they would shoot j her old gray head. And an American Molly Pitcher, serving the gun at which her husband was killed, would be shot on the spot if she were cap tured: for what we in America call acts of patriotism they call acts of the franc tlreur and punish with instant death. , And that is the enemy we fight to dav, and he is going to employ against us the same methods and the same re lentlessness as against those countries over yonder. • Mr. Cobb told of his experiences in the war zone, many of them humor ous, many of them pathetic. He told of how he and another "were caught and brought before" a German gen- I eral who "had so many medals on that he made John Philip Sousa look i positively nude." And of another be speckled individual, all covered with medals, "who was the fourth son of the Kaiser" and whose "pictures look just about as inntellectual as he looks." "And let me tell you another thing about the family," he said. "That family is the only prominent one in Europe that so rar has not lost one of its members.. Draw your own conclusions." He told of a trip In "a prison train." in which he "slept in the aisle, and was continually annoyed by strangers, whom I really did not know at all. walking all over me," and of how, outside of Louvain, an old priest said that, "Your great and wonderful j country will not permit them to wipe I my little country from the face of the I earth." He told of the murder of the little Belgian girl, who, after her fam- | ily had fled, stuck to her post, tele-1 phoning information ,to her nation's army. "And that is just the way they I would treat our own girls if they ever get the chance," he said. "What I want, to see now," he said in concluding his address, "is Old Glory floating over a trench In Flan ders. I want to go and see. There is an obstacle in the persons to whom I am closely related by marriage. But I will do my bit. We all must. That cablegram," he said, referring to the Northcllffe message, "now shows that hands across the seas is a fact. We are in it, and we are going to win." The stage was draped with Ameri can and Red Cross flags, and Boy Scouts stood about it at attention. At the conclusion rousing cheers for Cobb were given, and the "Star Spangled Banner" was sung by the entire assemblage. Uncle Sam Honors Aged Deputy Dispatch Agent London, April 16.—The man who for the last fifty years has handled Uncle Sam's dispatches and mall for his naval men whn thev happened to be on this side of the Atlantic, has just been singularly honored on the occasion of his entering upon his fif tieth year of service. He is G. T. Peth eriek. Deputy United States Govern ment Despatch Agent in who remembers Admiral Farragut when the latter was commander-in chief of the European station in 18BS and who was a close friend of Ad mirnl Dewey and other United States naval officio HARRISBURG tfSBV TELEGRAPH PHILADISI.PHIA PRODUCE By Associated Press Philadelphia, April JB. Wheat Steady; No. 2, red, spot, $2.45@2.50; No. 2, Southern, red, $2.43®2.48. Corn Unchanged; No. 3, ycl °w, $1.59® 1.61; No. 4, yellow. $1.57® 1.59; No. 5. yellow, $1.55T 1.57; South ern. No. 3, yellow, $1.58®1.60. Oats The market is steady; No. 2. white. 77@78c; No. 3, white, 75® 7 DC. Bran The market is firm; soft winter, per ton. $47.00@47.50; oprins:, per ton, $45,500)46.50. Refined Sugars Market steady; 7.60 (ft) 8.60 c; tine granulated, 7.50^8.60c; confectioners' A, 7.40(8> u.4oc. Butter The market is higher; western, creamery, extras, 47® 48c; nearby prints, fancy, 50c. Eggs— Tlie market is higher; Pennsylvania. hiiu "tliei nearby tirsts free cases, sll.lO per case; do., current receipts, free cases, $10.95 per case, western, extra, firsts, free cases, sll.lO per case; do., firsts, free cases. $10,95 per case. Mve Poultry Quiet; fowls lower, fowls, _4®2sc; staggy roosters, 18©20 c; JJ®' roosters, 16©l"ic; spring chickens, (lucks. 22&24 C, geese. 19®22C. Dressed Poultry—The market is firm; fowls, fancy, 27 ©27 do., good to choice, 25% ftj)26Vic; do., small sizes, 22® -oc; old roosters, 22c; roasting chick ens,, western, 23®28c, Drolling cnickens, western, 20©26 c, do., nearby, 50®65c; M n ihti Uuina, tieui uy, au, western, 22024 c; geese, nearby, ID© 21c; do., western, ls®2oc; turkeys, fancy, large, nearby. 32©33 c; do., west ern, fancy, large. 32@38c; do., western, tuir to guoa, 3u®3lc. do.. cuinuK/u ii SPURTATION EXCHANGE DE PARTMENT, 27-2!) North Cameron Motorcycles and Bicycles FOR SALE Single-cylinder, 3- speed lUIS model Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Fully equipped. Needs no repairs. Kun less than 2,000 miles. Call Bell phone 3!>26R. Legal i\otices NOTICE The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company of Pa. for the election of Directors and the trans action of such other business as may lawfully come before such meeting will be held at the office of the Com pany, 227 Federal Square. Harrlsburg, Pa., on Monday, May J, 117, at 2:00 P. M. O. K. KINES, Secretary. NOTICE LETTERS OP ADMINISTRATION testamentary on the estate of Mrs. Eleanor E. Brown, late of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, re siding in Harrisburg, Pa., all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment, and those hawing claims will present them for settlement. MRS. MARGARET A. GOHL, Executrix, 1416 N. Second St.. Harrisburg, Pa. FOR RENT > Miley Apartments 1128 N. Sixth St. New, modern, 2 and 3-room apart ments with bath and kitchenette; gas range, electricity and steam heat; also large storeroom; all conveniences. Moderate rentals. Immediate Possession COMMONWEALTH TRUST CO. 222 Market St. ' \ It doesn't make any differ ence what kind of a bug it is our Knockout Bug Killer destroys them all. It leaves no muss, no odor, no fuss or bother to use it. the Pint Forney's Drug Store Second St., Near Walnut Book Binding The Telegraph Printing Co, Motorcycles and Bicycles FOR SALE A Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, 1916 model; electric equip ment; with or without aide car. Ap ply Bowman & Co., 318 Market. FOR SALE—Useu. Rebuilt Motor -1914 Excelsior Twin (125 1915 Harley-Davidsou Twin (180 1916 Rogers Side Car (55 1915 Excelsior Twin (175 1915 Harley-Davidson Twin *175 1914 Harley-Davidson Twin (115 11EAGY BROS., 1200 North Third St. Open Evenings. MOTORCYCLE BARGAINS Come In * and see our selection before buying. Dayton Cycle Co., 912 North Third street. INDIAN MOTORCYCLE—AIso Thor and Harley-Davidson for sale cheap; just been overhauled; all twin cylln- ders and In good condition. C. 11. Uliler, Seventeenth and Perry streets. BICYCLE BARGAINS 25 wheels lo select from; prices from (10 up to (45; easy terms; pay while you ride. Day too Cycle C... 912 North Third street. Garages and Repairs CAMP CURTIN GARAGE SEVENTH AND CAMP STREETS Large brick building equipped with, best lacilities for storage and care of cars. Repairing by experienced me chanics. All work guaranteed. Let us quote prices. BELL PHONE 1093 W. BRING your car to us. Experts ou ignition and carburetor troubles. High est grade repair work. LEMOYNE AUTO SHOP, Lemoyno. Both phones. WM. PENN GARAGE, 304-6 Munech street. Limousines for funerals, parties and balls; careful drivers; open day and night. Bell 4564. THE REX GARAGE 1917 North Third street, is the logical filace to store your car. Live storage ncludes cleaning your car daily, de livery and calling for It. Let our rep resentativi talk this over with you. VULCANIZING Tires and Tubes rebuilt. Work guaranteed. Auto Sup plies, Accessories and factory seconds. West End Service Station, 1717 North Sixth street. Bell phone. TIRE REPAIRING Best of worli guaranteed at reasonable prices. Call and give us a trial. Good Service 'lira Co., 1019 Market street. FEDERAL SQUARE GARAGE Court and Cranberry streets; storage by day or month; moderate rates; 24- hour service; repairs, gas, air. BLACK'S GARAGE—Live and dead storage; new fireproof building; full line of Tires, Aceessorles. Repair shop next door. 203-205 S. Seventeenth St. Legal Notices PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg, Fa. MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH, Governor; A. W. POWELL, Auditor General; R. K. YOUNG, State Treasurer. In compliance with the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Board of Commis sioners of Public Grounds and Build ings invites scaled proposals, in dupli cate, for contracts tor furnishing such supplies for the Executive Mansion, the several departments, boards and commissions of the State Government as described and below such maximum prices as shown in the scnedules for the year ending the 31st day of May, A. D. 1918: Schedule A —Paper and envelopes. Schedule B—Typewriters, adding, addressing and duplicating machines. Schedule C—General office supplies, wood and metallic furniture. Schedule D—Engineering and la boratory supplies. Schedule E —Brushes, soaps, mops, brooms, and cleaning supplies. Schedule F—Painting, upholstering, and general hardware. Schedule G—Miscellaneous books. Schedule H—Conservatory supplies. Schedule I— Lumber, general re pairs, the removal of dirt and refuse Schedule J—Plumbing and power plant supplies. As the various classifications of the schedule will be bound in pamphlet form for the convenience of the bid ders, It is therefore desired that in re quests for pamphlets the parties indi cate the section desired by retereuce to the above letters. No proposal will be considered un -1 less such proposal be accompanied by a certified check to the order of the | State Treasurer, or by a bond in such form and amount as may be prescribed by the Board of Commissioners of 1 Public Grounds and Buildings. (In struction will be found in each sched ule). Proposals must be delivered to the Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings on or before twelve (12> " o'clock, meridian, Tuesday, the eighth day of May. A. D. 1917, ai which time 3 proposals will be opened and publish ed in the Reception Room of the Ex ecutive Department, Harrisburg, and : contract awarded as soon thereafter as practicable. Blank bonds and schedules contain ing all necessary information may ba obtained by communicating with the Department of Public Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg, Pa. 1 By order of the Board, JAMES C. PATTERSON. Deputy Superintendent. I L W. MITCHELL Secretary. 1 NOTICE Letters of Administration on the Estate of George Roush, late ot Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., de ceased, having been granted to the un ' dersigned residing in said city, all per sons indebted to said estate are re ' quested to m.ike immediate payment, • and those hazing claims will please • present them lor settlement. ! GERTRUDE R. PATTON, 1815 Sisquehanna Street, • Harrisburg, Pa.. 1 Or Administratrix. 1 PAUL G. SMITH, i Harrisburg, Pa„ Attorney. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been issued to • the undersigned ft) the estate of Alice E. Dougherty, late of Harrisburg, Dau l phln County, Penna., deceased. All per sons owing the said estate will please make settlement at once and tliise having claims are requested to present them without delay 111 proper form for settlement to . HARRISBURG TRUST COMPANY, Administrator, No. 16 South Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa. NOTICE Letters or Administrates on the Estate of Charlotte Marshbank late of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa„ deceased, having been granted to the undersigned residing in said city, all persons indebted to said Estate aro requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims will please pre sent them for settlement. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY, Administrator. • SEALED PROPOSALS will be re ceived by the undersigned, at his of \ tice No. 112 Market Street, Harris burg Pa., until 12 o'clock noon, fc'ri uav April 21, 1917, for furnishing one motor police patrol wagon at a cost not exceeding twenty-live hundred dollars. , ~ , , , Said wagon shall be equipped with 'a bodv, closed front and back, the lower "panels of which body shall be of steel and the upper Veasote. The steps in the rear shall be constructed so as to automatically rise and fall, when the door Is closed or opened,? The front back of the driver's seat shall be provided with a good sized plate glass opening, protected by a wire guard. The driver's compart ment shall be equipped with doors ot the limousine type, with drop sash. Bids mav be submitted for a wagon using a % to one-ton truck chassis, equipped with cushion, airless or solid tires, or using a touring; car chassis, equipped with pneumatic or airless tires. The separate price for equip ping with each of the tires aforesaid shall be specified. Otherwise each bidder shall submit his or its own specifications. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check equal to ten per cetft. of the bid. and the successful bidder will be required to tile a surety com pany bond for 25 per cent, of tne con tract price. / The right is reserved to makn - minor changes in the construction and equipment of said wagon, and to re ject any or nil bids. Bupt. of Public Affairs. >• E. 8. MEALS.