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EBENSBURC, PA.,
Friday Morning, Jnly 6, 1877.
Jl'DoE IIii.tox, manager jf the Stewart
estate, lias created a sensation by his order
excluding Israelites from the big hotel at
Saratoga owned by said estate, the first
victim of the older, aud the oniy one it will
ever have a chance to reach, being Mr. Jos. j
Seligman, a prominent and wealthy Hebrew J
of New York city. This wholesale pro- ,
scriptioti of an entire race is, as the Frank- ,
lit. .Us ienilr. '
.... . uc uiii.1 .ii.ij iti.., ,.u mo ,....,ufi as the head of a conspiracy to prevent the.
liant to the very spit it of the times in all man though a fool, cannot err therein." w)ll of the people being carried out. Judge
countiiets, that to name the act is to con- ' rt )jas produced widespread consternation ; Black then says :
deiuu it. I in the camp of the office holders, as well as ' "Hut how was the object of the conspiracy to
r j beaccomplishetl? J he house ol represeiitam cs
j among the leaders of the Republican party, was democrat ic, ami without its consent, ex-
John W. Fokney is engaged through ' and yet it is pe.fec.ly consistent with Mr. ! y.
the columns of his paper, the Philadelphia Haves' Jet er of acceptance and his inaug- The tirst intention was the claim that the presi
. , .. . J . i dent of the senate Imd power to determine no-
Vre, in rending all bepublicnnsoutol the uraj address. Although they may de- soluteiy and nrhitrariiy what electoral votes
party who refuse to endorse Hayes' South- 1Klnce aml cnr8e it, they areestopped from ; lnn? uum'jf ""imkhtklt
crn policy, and is socially severe on the setting up the plea of surprise, because "P. and in a speech of surpassing ability, mter
, ,. . ... . nil ' , ly demolished and reduced it to niviBihlc Mtotns.
recent Kepublicau conveuiioti ot Scmiyik.u , when thev voted for Hayes they endorsed It became settled, therefore, that, tho two
county for having ..(Tended in that particu- ! ,lis vievvs'as 8t)t ftM,h in his ktter. That S'the l XMne what 'we're'
lar. Only two months ago, whuu Wade this circular order is based on the solid i votes. It couui not be denied that the voice of
, . r T IT ' ! tho house ':f representatives was at least as po-
Jlamptou, at the request ol mv. nnys, ground wjik of correct civil service ltform, tential as that of the senators; and it was not
visited Wshinpton to consult with him
about the policy to te pur.sued towards;
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South Caroliua, tliis same man P'orney be
came fearfully and wondei fully iudignant
at the d.eadful thought of "the tiaitor,
Hamilton," as lie styled him, being per
mitted to enter the White House. Forney
can adjust his sails to the veering of the
political breeze with all the ready skill of
a practical trimmer. His only rival in thai
line is Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Inte
rior. ... j
la' no office-
1
hen we icad the late oi
Hayes, in which he declares that
holder of the general government will be
"permitted to take part in the management ;
of political organizations, caucusses, con- j
ventions, or election campaigns," we felt a
profound sympathy for a certain govern- j
ment official in this county, who cannot in !
the future, as in the past, coti'ribute his
valuable peisonal and public aid in manijw.
ulatiug Republican county conventions and
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XllCCWIlgS Ol U1U Jfct'l'UUllilll lolllll colli- i
rr, . . e i ... 'it !
inittee. That part of his unofficial busi- !
liAca litro fllliiklTiid nrn t ifi t ion ivil) tin
' , , - , . . . . !
irorie, and hereafter he will, or at least ;
iuicrlit.tr lie. ax cm r fill tint to steit neriisR
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the "danoer ttne as It. behooved au Ander- 1
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sotivillo prisoner to be, well knowing that
n l
I
the punishment would be instant death, j
The pen of Hayes is mightier than th?
word of Giant.
The Russian aimy in effect ing a passage
over the Danube did not meet with as
stubborn a resistance by the Turks as was
anticipated, and although no general battle
lias been fought since the crossing a few
revere and bloody engagements have taken
jilncc between portions of the two armies,
the advantage being on the sitlo of the
Russians. All that can now be said is that !
activo war exists tenth of the Danube, and
if the Turks are compelled to retreat to the dl ml dSteK, a Moines to nom
lialkan range it Trill then be seen whether j m!l,c a candidate for Governor and other
tfce Russians can force their way through
n or more of the mountain passes leading
to (Vmr.antinopl.. This is their most dif
ficult task, find as It must bo attemptedt
the result will soon bo ascertained. Thus
far England and Austria havti maintained
their neutrality.
Genfiiai. W. O. Lr Drc, of Minnesota,
lias been appoit.ted Commissioner of Agri
culture in place of Frederick Watts, of
Pennsylvania, removed. Le Due's qualifi
cations are the following: Fiist, lie for
merly lived in Ohio and grnduatcd at the
(..inin rnll.'tn ( K"i iiii"i in lli.it Stntp at
, , -v. i
Mbich Hayes did : second, ho was au officer
in the army during the late war ; thiid,
i, . ,i i i
since the close of the war lie has been en-
trafred in lin in ft ra ii ron.l a in M i n necoi !i
t .i i r i ! '
fourth, he is a warm personal friend of i
Itodgers, the private Secretary of Hayes, j
Vho will say that Le Due is not the right
ruan in the right place, or that he is not fit
to tread in the footsteps of John Newton,
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ouo of his illustrious preuecessors, who!
boasted that the exjenses of bis Depart
ment "far exceeded his most sanguine ex
pectations?" The Department of Agri
culture is more for orii.iir.ent than use a
nuisance, in fact, that ought to be prompt
ly abated by Congress having since it was
first established cost the government about
four millions of dollars, w hile nil the bene
fit derived from it has uot been worth a
row of pins.
CoKTRAitT to all well grounded Lopes,
tbe?goveitimcnt finds itself involved in an
other Indian war. This time it is a por-
m : - r . i. -x- ti -i-,...
""' "iB terces tiioe, liuiaoiiing
the ex'iemo northern porlion of the Tesrr j
Inrv .'if Tilnlin that lias Klir'nil on llio uir i
Iatu. The Nez Forces have always been
at peace with the whites, and are regarded
as the roost civilized and intelligent of all
the Indian tribes. , Tho cause of tho pies- i
eut outbreak is the same old, old story.
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Joseph and White Bird, the chiefs of one
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ji ftoju vi iuq ii iuu, ntriu uiuuruii oy me
,. . . 1 .1 . a '
I" 'UaVe ,UB C"U""J :
they lived Mid which they had never ceded j
to the government, and settle on a distant 1
;
leservatiou, and were told tliat if they and
the Indians under them refused to do so !
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peaceably, they would be compe led toem-
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grate uy .oice. osepu ana nue iM.o, ;
A K F - .. I . . J t ' T-k-
knowing that this threat would be carried i
out, commenced the war by murdering a '
n !
number of white settlers near Mt. Idaho.
A company of troops under Col. Perry,
wblcli was sent ou. to subdue them, were !
defeated with serious loss. The Indians '
are encamdon Salmon nver in a strong
position, and that Christian warrior. Gen.
O. O. Howard, at the head of a body of
troops, is marching against them. Great
consternation aud alarm prevail among the
white settler, who have fled from their
homes and sought refuge at a distant mili
tary post. Owing to the peculiar nature of
zbe country and the advantages possessed
by the Indians, the most serious trouble is
jutieioaled.
K.XF.crTivE Mansion, I
V."asiiin;ti., I). :.. Jm.o 22. 1
PlR I ilesiro to i'ti 1 1 your attention totht-fnl-iowinir
iiriirrnn!i hi the letter mliireseed by me
, to th: Secretary of the Treasury on the conduct
j to be observeil nv oinecisni tite ireneim k' "'
I nient n relation Co flections: "No officer
' phould be required or permitted totakepart in
' the inanmreiiiciilnr potitieal oiKHnizjitioii,-au-ciisses,
fim vcntioiis or election Ciinipiiiirns.
Ttioir i iirht to vote aii'l to exjiress their views
nn utlic questions, either orally or throuirh
the press, is not denied, provided it does not in
terlt r with the discharge of their ollicial tin -ties.
Mo assessment tor political purposes on
olhcers or smbor lirnitcs Simula he allowed.
This is upplicahle to every department of the
civil service without distinction, an.j this noli-
oti
its req linemen ts.
Very respectfully.
K. II. Hates.
Such is the sweeping interdict issued by
the commander-in-chief to his office-hold-
n army.
It is so plain and concise that
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Ltinuvi. in imt iivu t . wi vuv
who is familiar with the manner in which '
the Republican machine lias been inn bv .
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scurvy and corrupt party leadeis. It re- ;
quired a great dca! of courage on the part
. o
of Mr.
Hayes t issue Such an order, and if j
ie fearlessly executes it and shows that he
is determined to "hold the fort," he will
have performed a task which was never at
tempted by any former President. It re
quired courage to pionmlgate it, because it
raises the strong arm of the executive
branch of the goveinmeut against the very 1
m0" U W,,(,S aCtiVC eff0, t8' """' i
.money from Pennsylvania, Mr. Hayes was !
indebted for the vote of his owo State,
without which he would now be Governor
of Ohio and Tilden would be I'resideut be-
ynd the interposition of an electoral com-
mission or any other iniquitous tribunal.
While the Piesideiitial edict closes the
mouth of the office holder, it souuds the
death-knell of the Republican party dur-
! ing Hayen' term of office at least. It will
,
cripiile, if not destroy, the compact organ
. . ' . . ,
i iz'iiiou oi inai party in me iortnern nines
and in the South, where its only strength
is the colored vote, it will fall to pieces, for
and in the South, where its onlv strength
. . . . .
the reason that to the active working of
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Kn - iiiiuiiii UUlLlilinil niuiiciriicu llJIclLCVCI
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vi'.amy u posiscssco. nen ue issued lr,
Hnyes placed the last straw on the Repub
lican camel's back, and deliberately knock
ed from under him the ladder by which he
himself had climbed into power.
Only eight months ago the Republican
party of Iowa ratified the nomination of
Rutherford Ii. Hayes for President by a
majority of ovei Jifty-nin. thovmnd votes,
and was hailed as the banner Republican
State, of the Union. On last Wednesday
week tho Ilejriblican convention of that
'""".'-' ni.no man e.gnt nnn-
1 r .1 . ,. . :
State officers. In the platform which was
adapted the name of R. H. Hayes is con
spicuously wauting, -and instead of an en
dorsement of himself and his administra
tion both are contemptuously ignored. It
is very evident from the proceedings that
the friends of Mr. Hayes in the convention
were few aud far between, and when one
of them threw himself into II. e breach and
offered a resolution declaring that the
Southern policy, as inaugurated and pur
sued by Hayes and his administration, is
in accord with the principles of tho Repub
lican party, it was greeted with a storm of
jeers and hisses and was laid on tlie table
by a three-fourth vote. Such is Iowa Re-
... .
.'uunu.misii:. us voice is still i or war anu
iii opposition to peace and good will be
tween the Notth aud South. It would still
advance the bloidy shirt to the front, and
. . J noni. n
follow it wi h all the fanaticism and hate
of Wendell Phillips. Hayes rewarded the
j Iowa Republicans for the unequalled ma
. j rity they had given him by conferring on
f tits,:.. f . xr ir.fi
vuv ju loud m i ii'l- , ouuiiit' iiicrarv.
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, -ue Minn; m oeci t iai j-oi ar, ana upon
j another, John A. Kasson, the mission to
j Austria, and now the Republicans of the !
! t.,. ,,. .t, i . ., j
j ruate tuin upon the man who has thus
j honored her, and in tones of thunder re
i pudiaio and disown him. The only cause
I for regret is the renewed evidence it af
j fords of the existence in the Republican
'. party of Iowa of the same old iutense fuel
ing of hatred towards tlie white people of
tho South ujvn. which it has fed and nour
ished ever sinco the close of tho civil war.
Will TV.. ., t: ... c. .
n 1.1 ,Uie Kepuolican State convention of 1
1 onnsylvania follow in tho footsteps of
Iowa ? That question can only be answer-
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0d by Simon Cameron and the clan that
trains under Liin obedient to his inijieiious
Will.
T.. . t- ,
IHE 1 lesliytsi lan Ecumenical Council i
met in Fdinburg, Scotland, on Tuesday, i
for sl iseccinti nf bavah A ii t. i
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i..... n "in.iigimiii me
U'm-lrl
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the doctrines of Galviuism are represented i
S.. l, to o-.,i.t.. ...j -ii ... . . . .
, in in aviiiuiy, gnu an tlie I'reROy tciian
Churches in America. xnt tl. n.' i
j,, w,jCn
is not Galvinistic iu doctrine
. . .
"-... u..cn,ue,
have sent delegates. The object of the
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i "Vimil id ti ftnucino. ni.n..i:..... . r . :
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interest to Presbytei latnsm, church woik
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traminer of ministers. iitor.iro.,n ot. i
! training of ministers, intemperance Sab-i
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"a"v' . ',,,,le"ry. 5 it it ;
P?W" r to """ e, fe,e wil1' Hieexist-
1110 creed nr nmctil nllm, ..T n ( -i '
ing creed or constitution of any Church in j
the alliance, or with its internal order nr '
cxfernal telations."
. " . - v-"""c" ,s com
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T .?Ut representing !
llicant8 and a Presbyterian pMlon of '
not less than twenty millions. The United ;
States and Canada sent 120 delegates.
Tkis page of the Freeman whs
ft
SO lar
advanced when our Washington letter ,
reached us that we could not possibly make
room for it, and the list of patents accom-
panviiiff it was so inHiKiiitt
panying it was so .nd.stmcHy written for ,
the most part that we did not have the
heart to wrestle with it. Better luck next
tl,ue-
Eight to Seven,
JUDGE J. S. BLACK ItEVIEWS THE ACTION
UK THE KI.ECTOKAI, COMMISSION.
The North American Review for July
contains the promised article by Judge Jer
emiah S. Black on Ihe character and acts
of the Electoral Commission. The article
is entitled The Electoral Vontpiraey, and
the title is the key-note to the eutire tone
and scope of the production. To say that
it is ably and eloquently written is to say
wiiat does not need announcement.
Among the prominent points in the earlier
noi l ions of the article, are the description
f . Caruet Bairtrer." his descent upon
Louisiana, and the condition of things lie
brought about. The .Returning board is
analyzed, us scope una ...c.uoeo,
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SCIIUecl, HIIU I IWIUSUI VTtnov ..
supposed that the house would nutrer a irau.i
ai ir 1 1 1'l I
so irlnrinu- ns this to 1 thrust down the throat
"f eountry 'against the stomach of its
consistent results or the count, and proclaim
ffense.
Itut if the two bodies would declare in
the election of diff- ri iit I'rcSideiits, a elate of
,iiiirs mifht come which would subject our
'llfl,lll,!V,,s to strain severe enouKi. to en-
dttiier Miem trr'ntlv. It wns lit llit.e illtlli-lllt
circumstances that a mixed commission of lit-
I ... .. . .w-.; t 1 - ic i ti i.l frl.'ji a.at.i t,ra
nvc representatives, and five ju.lKcs of the su-
preme court.
J he mode ol uppoint uijr them
tiuide it certain that fourteen would be equally
divided tietween the patties; and as tile tiltii
juiliiv woulil be named by the consent of his
brethren on both sides, he iniirhl tie expected
to stand between them like a daysman, with a
hand as heavy on one head us on the other.
The democrats consented to this in the liclieT
that no seven republicans could be taken from
the con it or from
f ra'!" IVVuXn '
versai ies' hunt ety, t
coiikicss wlio would swear
und then uphold a known
in that opinion ot their ad-
thcy fell sure, at all evcins.
that the umpire would be a fair minded man.
' They were bitterly disappointed ; the comtins
! sion went elrht to seven for tlie great fraud
; and all its branches ; for fraud in I lie detail and
; in the ajrrcKate ; lor every item of fraud tout
emlit to seven ail the time.
e luust look at the slate or the c.ise n it
went belorc the commission. Tilden and Hen
dricks had ltvl electoral voles clear auu lr-e of
all dispute, one less than a majority of the
whole number. They also had in iooisiuna
eiKht, and in Floi iJa four, appointed by tho
people, but falt-eiy ccrtiiied to Hnycs and
Wheeler by the tfovertior, but ug:iinsl whom a
popular uiujoi ity had been cast tor an ineligible
candidate. To elect Jlnjts it was necessary
that each and everyone ol these thirteen votes
should be taken irotn Tilden nd jfiven to
Hayes. As this iejuiic; until y uir-Unct rulings
based upon contradictory grounds, the path of
till commission was uot only steep but crooked.
"The rreMt and important duty cast upon the
commission by a special law and by a special
on th ot each member was to dccid-, in tin- case
of contested votes from a state, "whet her any
and what von 8 Irom such state are tlie votes
provided for by the constitution of the I nitcd
Slates, and how many and what persons were
duly appointed electors in such siale.- It Is
not denied that the sole power ol appointing
electors for the states of Louisiana au.i i-'loridu
Is in the people. It was t hen and si i II i an ad
mitted tact that the people had exercised tha
power ot appointment in the presci-.neu and
proper way; they did duly make an appoint
ment of electors, and their act urn- only re
corded, and so made a perpetual tucmoi y . This
thiiiir was not lone in n corner:' it was "seen
and known of nil men. That each ol itietwo
states named tiad diilyappointed '1 ildt n elec
tors at a regular election held lor that purpose
ontheTthof November, in pursuance of law,
was a part of their history as much as the fact
that they were states of the L'uioii. All the
members ot the commission kuew it as well as
they khew the geographical position oT Talla
hassee or New Oiieuus. It needed no proof;
but it specincevidence had been required, tnei e
was the record, Irom which the truth rl.red
upoi. them as clear as thesun. They cliiiiltheir
eyes upon the record, and refused to see 'how
many and what persons were duly appointed
electors' by the people, tint listened eagerly to
the evidence (aliunde thoutrb it whs) which
showed "how many and what persons' had been
designated by the rctoriiinif officers. It was
ultimately held (eirht to seven) that the ap
pointees of the ieturiiio- board were duly ap
pointed, and the appointees ol the people were
unduly appointed. Did the eiKht suppose that
the h ftal power to make such an appointment
whs vested by Jaw In the returning board ? Hut
they think it was not vested in the people?
No, that Is impossible. Hut they may have
conscientiously believed that tne ltitcrM of
their fncliou ould be well served by Hayes'
election. Tin j may have been prompted by a
virtuous ad m ir.i lion of carpet bag jro vcrn ment,
and were sincereiy anxious to save It from
Tilden 's rcloi in."
The action of the Commission in the case
ofthe disputed States is then dealt with in
detail, and the article concludes as follows:
"Af!erRll, there was but one question before
the commission. ' Hadihe American people a
tijfht to elect their own chief maxim rate if
They had the riifht. Their ancestors slrutrult d
tor it lontr, fought for it often, and won It fair
ly, Itel.iK ciniteddcd in their constitution, it
cannot be destroyed except bj a force strong
enough to overthrow tho orirauie structure of
the Koveriiment itself. Legislative enact
ments or judicial decisions are powerless either
to strengthen or impair it. '1 he leerdemaiii
of lnw-cratt, the inches of speeim pleading,
the suapparadoes ot practice do not help us to
decidea matter like litis. A rrt at nation must
not be impaled upon a pin's point. Precedents
which tn it: lit bind n court of cjuai ter sessions
dclermliiiiiir the settlement ol a pauper cannot
tie up the handsof tho supreme legislature dc
1 end in a t tindameiitai right of the people.
When Green ville, in KUi, cited the authority
f liitcrs cases to show that Americans miiriit
be tnxcri without riitt.cni..ii.t. M .. l.;.
nnsw red : I come not here armed "at all
Points, with the stalute book doubled down in
do 8 ear?, to dettnd the ' of libertv. i
! can acknowledge no veneration for mi i i. ,.,....
dure, law, or ordinance, tli.it is repugnant to
reason and the tirst principles of our constitu
tion. I rejoice that America has resisted.' So
spoke the Reliant friend of our race in ihe pres
ence of a hostile parliament ten years beloie
the declaration on independence. And now,
altir this loiiif Interval of time, we behold our
Ifieatest nlit the nKht on which all other
i ijrhts depend s u cccssl u 1 1 y assailed in our ow n
t-uiiKrcss with the same small weapons that
(jiccuville used, ir brute force had crushed it
out we in in lit have borne the cahiriiitv with
iiiaime; out in see it circumvented by
knavery und bcttilORKed lo dea tli. is too much
to be endured with anv show ol n inet-. o
"IT the majority of that commission could
rut have realized their responsibility to tiod
and man. if they could only have understood
Unit in a free country liberty and law are in
separable, they would have been enrolled
among- our Rieatest benefactors, for they
would have added strength and Krandeur to
iMiigiHiii. uiu nicy com i not come uo
o the height of the reat subject. Party pns-
hV'secmed.S
cattiti in c:onf!irt with roho. n . vn m,..,., c.
ed by artiticiul reasoniiiK, and drawn from the
Slllmosr-fl Annloiriea rit tf.i.linii.ul . ....
, s ue constitution was. lu men Judgment, out-
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weighed by a void statute and the 'action of
Co'r"tt returning board
i"a oe rememiieret ny our
cmuircn scnihlrcu ; and II the Iriendsot free
-er aain have such a eon-
test, let thenj take eare how thev 1 eavn ih i
oih,, of it to a tribunal like that which be-
t rayed the nation by eutbromutr tdu Ureal
trved tho n(
i'ruud of JS70.
by euthroiiinjf tho Great
, ,
A ew l ork letter says :
Selimi ni tb i.ini.. : ,i "
tngmaii, the banker, is the
Mr. .TtisAnli
St'li"n,a"' the U!nker l'on ofthe
bour, even that of the tribe of Judah. He
.
')...-, even that of the tribe of Judah. He
i8 a mAH nr great wealth, great liberality
ente. tains with marked hospitality ; is a
m.iii nf niiniiiniiinliiiil l..;. ...... .i... j
,mul of dis ingnished business talent and
of g,r.at P1"'- He is one of the syudi-
j cate, director in many banks, Vice Pres.-
et of the Union League, aud in religion
i a rudical, being a leading member of
8 told by them Ivho know him well, JU
B" 1ees'iu' one. He came from Ger
many and landed on our docks all unknown
and peuniless. His first job was to cat rv a
Valise till tliA wharf. Uo inuaci n.
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eilied in shitia t,?itw. . a... ..r ii..
of his papers he purchased a small stock of
C,MKlst which he carried around in a tray.
iIe "sfJb,ihed rimte, Rold articles at a
fa,r pnco' aud ,bose wbo tMJed with him
once traded with him again. The spirit of
thrift, industry, integrity, which marked
ni earlier tradings, Las followed him
through life.
Destructive Storms.
HEAVY RAIN FALL ASP DAMAGE FHOM THE
LIGHTNINO.
There 'was a prevalence of terrible storms
along the A lanlic coast and throughout the
Eastern Slates on Sunday. In wes-ero and
central New York they raged with great
fury. A despatch from Utica says : "At
intervals since Saturday night we have had
the heaviest fall of rain which has occurred
here for years. The canal has ovei Mowed
all along'ihe line. Lightning struck Wil
liams V Owens' diy goods store and the
Western Union telegraph office at 2 o'clock
this morning. The stock, valued at $9,n(Ot
is almost a total loss. It is insured for $3,
(XX). The Mohawk river overllowed the
Hats more rapidly than ever before, and
heavy damage to crops is anticipated."
HAII.STOXES IS CONNECTICUT.
A dispatch from Wraterbury, Conn., says:
"The most terrible hailstorm that ever oc
curred in this vicinity struck Wateibury
at seven o'clock last evening and did great
damage. The gaiden creps are almost
ruined. Greenhouses and conservatories
s ii He rod severely, hardly a pane of glass
escaping. There is not a whole skylight in
the city. The hailstones were as large as
butternuts ; the ground was white with
them and strewed with leaves and twigs.
The rainfall was heavy and the streets and
roads weie badly washed. The glass in
nearly everjr stieet lamp was. shivered.
The streets are filled with people viewing
the devastation. Il has not yet been learn
ed how extensive the storm was, but noth
ing like it was ever seen here."
HUKRICANK THROUGH CESTI1AL OHIO.
Another terrific hurricane swept through
cential Ohio on Satutd.Ty night, doing con
siderable damage to crops, fences and out
buildings and in some instances causing
more sei ions losses. Near Richmond, Ind.,
a large tree was blown upon a bridge while
two men were crossing in a buggy. Chas.
Brown was struck by a limb and instantly
killed and W. .T. HiaM dangerously injured.
A number of dwellings in the course of the
storm were damaged, but no other casual
ties are repotted. Springfield, Mount Ver
non, Zanesville, Canal Dover and other
smaller towns suHered considerably from
the violence of the wind.
Oil. WOKKS STHCCK I1T I.TOnT.- INO.
I)u ring the pievalencu of a heavy storm
early Saturday morning lightning struck
the agitator and cooper shops of the Liber
ty oil works in Lawieucevillc, Pa., and set
them ou fire. The cooerage machinery
and about two thousand empty barrels
were consumed. The lire communicated
w iih the oil in two large iron tanks close lo
the cooper shop and they with their con
teuis, about three thousand ban els of crude
oil, were totally destroyed. Tho loss is
estimated at $U0,0()0, and is fully insured,
principally in foreign companies. The
woiks are owned by .J . A. McKee & Sons,
who were only carrying a small stock. The
fire in the two tanks burned fiercely all
tlay, and the scene was visited by thousands
of people.
At Laconia, N. II., lightning struck the
Catholic church, burning it to the ground.
Loss ifG.000 ; fully insuied.
In Biddefoid, Me., there were heavy
thunder storms Saturday, eight inches of
rain falling in three hours. Many of the
streets are impassible and are damaged to
the extent of over $2,000. A house belong
ing to a Mr. Towusend, at Kennebunkpoi t,
was struck by lightning and two ladies se
verely hurt.
At Waverly, Johnson county, Indiana,
about 9 o'clock Saturday night, the storm
struck the residence of George Dressier,
blowing it entirely awiy, and leaving fruit
cans in the cellar undis' urbed. Dressier
was found near by, with his feet larcerated
and bis chest badly injnred. His wife and
two children weie killed. Another child,
aged twelve years, died on Sunday, while
a fourth child, nine years old. received a
bad scalp wound and had its ankle disloca
ted, and is not expected to rocover. The
residence of James Armstrong was nearly
blown down. One child ws killed and
another has since died. Near St. Paul,
Tnd., barns, dwellings, a church and school
house were entirely destroyed. Michael
Mebeslich was killed ; Mrs. Richer "vas
fatally injured ; C. Juppenlatz internally
injured ; and John Lewis had his collar
bone broken. At Jolly, Lid., a new church
was completely torn to pieces. The farm
ers loss lose very bea.ily, in the vicinity of
Columbus, Ind., the lowest estimate of the
damage is $30,000.
The house of Mr. Brummer, near Frank
lin, Ind., was demolished, killing the en
tire family of five persons, and the honse
of Ocorga Fleshier was also torn to pieces,
killing the eutii family of six persons.
The cattle, standing crops, barns, forests
and orchards suffered severely. In Morgan
county several houses are reported blown
down and many persons injured, two ot
them children who have sinco died. A
school-house w as carried fifty yards down
hill. Another school-house was carried
across a field and the school furniture scat
tered for half a mile. One house was be
spattered with mud, supposed to have come
from a stream half a mile away, as no rain
accompanied the storm which was half a
mile in width. Great damage to houses
and crops was done, as in o; her counties.
A train east ward bound on the Pan-Handle
road was overtaken by the tornado near
Knitfhtstown and a tree, fell across the for
ward end ofthe postal car, crushing it,but
doing no other danimago, as the train was
moving slowly.
Death of a Centexaiuan. A ppecial
dispatch from Williamsport to tho Phila.
Tirne, dated July 1st, says : The funeral
of Joseph Mishow, who died Friday night,
took place this afternoon and was largely
attended. The deceased had reached the
extraordinary, age of 10:1 years. 3 months
and 23 days, and at the time of his death
was, without doubt, the oldest man in
northern Pennsylvania, ifjnot in the State.
He was of French origin, and was born in
the village of Madawuska. now embraced
in the State of Maine, in March, 1774,
where he resided for a period of ninety-one
years. Mr. Mishow was married in 1794,
and his wife die?! in 18f4, after they had
lived together for seventy years. In 1875
he removed to Williamsport. He was the
father of fifteen children, only four of
whom attained to manhood. ' The youngest
of the family died in this city about two
years ago, aged r0 years. The oldest of
the three sni vivois is about 77 years of ago
and they all reside in one of the Western
Sta es. Mishow enjoyed remarkably good
health for about a hundred and one years
when the Infirmities of age gradually be
gan to show themselves, and from that
time forth his decline was steady. He was
not afllicted with any disease, but died
purely of old age, beinp reduced to a mere
skeleton, iind resembling an Egyptian
mummy more than a living being months
before death came to claim him. He died
a devout Catholic, and was buried with
the forms and ceremonies of that Church
Kev. Father Gai vey officiating. '
Seven miners, while engaged a few
days sgo in drawing a bucket filled with
zinc ore from a mine in the mountains be
tween Wateilooand Newton, Sussex coun
ty, X. J., accidentally caught the iope on
a sharp stone, and cut it in two. Five of
the meu were thrown into a washed-out
mine, and four of them Baxter Jones,
Wm. Carvejr, Henry Peters, and Richard
Apgar were so badly injured that they
died next .noruiug.
yews ami Offier Jsotlngs.
The Jubilee gifts received by the Tope
foot up $l,y42,000.
President-elect Tilden has postponed
bis contemplated trip to Ktirntie.
A thirty-two acre field of wheat in
Lancaster comity is expec'.ed to produce
nearly 1,000 bushels.
Johaun Gartner shot and killed his
wife at Cincinnati on Thursday evening.
Cause, jealousy. Ga"ti"er hi rested.
Mr. J. K. Sharple.ss, of Cttawissa,
Columbia county, has rWr, a new variety
of strawberries, nineteen ts.' which weighed
one pound.
Frank Kelly, acquitted of two charges
of murder in Philadelphia, is to be tried
soon for another, alleged to have been com
mitted by him in 1871.
ISaiulolph township, Crawford county,
boasts of a bottomless spiltigof pure wa
ter, about SO feet squate. It is situated ou
the farm of Walter Holmes.
Father Curtis, Secretary to Archbishop
Bay ley, denies that the lat'er is sufleiing
from Softening of the brain. His trouble
arises principally from gout.
Dennis Canning, cx-county delegate
of the Mollie Maguites, of Xort hutnbe: land
county, is visited daily in the Pottsville
piison by his pretty young wife.
Johann Gartner, who murdered his
wife, Thursday, at Cincinnati, in a fit of
jealousy, hung himself next day in the
county jail, where he was confined.
George L. Crosby, his wife and I wo
children were drowned while crossing a
bridge over a creek swollen by the. heavy
rains near Hannibal, Mo., on Wednesday.
One cf the attendants in the British
Museum was recently frightened into con
vulsions because he thought an Fgpytian
mummy, four thousand years old, spoke to
bin).
While a compositor on the Montreal
THnc was selt'tig up an advertisement
f a lost canary a few days ago. the bird
flew in at the office window. This shows
the value of advei Using.
Harry Mabia, while haulincr logs into
rho creek at the month of Lanieniation,
Forest county, on Saturday week, found,
it is said, one which was imbedded in over
a foot of solid ice. Mabia so.
Near Ply mouth, Mass.. the steamer
"Lady of the Lake," exploded her boiler
at Silver Lake, Thursday afternoon. Six
persons were severely and perhaps fatally
scalded and twelve less dangerously.
Father McGovern, of Minersville,
Schuylkill county, on Sunday preached
against the Mollie Magnires and declared
that he would break up the organization if
hcjweie diagged from the nlfai fo so do. ie.
The poiaro field at Mulhema, nesr
Cologne, on which the Colorndo beetle
made its appearance, has been covered
with petroleum and tanbrttk, and set on
fire, the Government indemnifying the
proprietor.
At Vienna, Mich., a few days ao, at
a golden wedding, Mr. Louis Jacobs, who
was one hundred and six years old, the
father ofthe bridegrom, opened the dance,
leading out as his paituc. a young lady of
seventeen.
Maud Oswald tried last week at Chi
cago to ride 300 miles in twenty-six hours,
but was wit hd: awn after going 105 miles,
through her doctor's orders and against
her will. She was wietchedly mounted
for the feat.
George L. Crosby, wife and two chil
dren, were drowned in a creek, near Han
nibal, Missouri, Wednesday, w Lile crossing
a bridge over a small stream swolleu by
the recent rains. The bodies have all
been recovered.
Henry D. Newton, cashier of the
Standard oil woiks, while on his way fo
pay off employes, in New York city, Sat
urday, was waylaid by two men in a wagon
and robbed of two thousand dollars. The
robbers escaped.
There is au old colored lady in the
Berks county poot house who in aged 102.
She was mat lied three times, and bad
twenty children. She is active, enjoys
perfect health, and hxjks as if she might
live twenty years longer.
All of the seventy-two puddling fur
naces in the American iroti works, Alle
gheny county, were fired up tin Thursday
for the first time in several months. The
works are now running in all departments,
and the double turn has been resumed.
In Harrisburg, on Wednesday last,
there was a shower of toads, and myriads
of small ones, black and blown in color,
came down with the rain. Scientists of
that city are somewhat divided as to the
cause of such a wonderful phenomenon.
A farm house neai Sterlingville, N. T.,
occupied by a family named Patterson, to
which a tramp was refused admittance,
was burned tho same night, and a child
perished in the (lames. The remaining
members ofthe family nairowly escaped.
Saturday, during a light thunder
storm, Frank I lawn, accompanied by a
boy named William Kelly, drove a tea?n
of horses under a large tree, near Younts
town, Ohio, fr shelter. The tree was
struck, killing Ilawu, Kelly aud tho horses.
A wild cat, weighing thirty-five pounds
and measuring three feet in length, invaded
Titusville on Thursday night.' It entered
a grocery store and killed some kittens.
The proprietor then set a steel trap for the
animal and it walked into it, when it was
dispatched by means of a revolver.
The statue of Charles Carroll of Car
rollton, which has been erected nn the Cen
tennial grounds by the Philadelphia Cath
olic societies, was publicly.unveiled on tho
4th of July with appropriate ceremonies,
including an address by Hon. John Lee
Carroll, the Governor of Maryland.
A farm laborer near Seilhac, in France,
while plowing somewhatdeeper than usual,
found his plow arrested by w hat he thought
to be a stump. It proved to bo an ox hide
filled with gold pieces of the reign of Fran
cis I, worth $00,000 for their weight alone,
without .eckoiiiug their special value as
rare coin.
A man arrived in Buffalo, recently,
who had come a long distance to plce his
mother in an asylum for lunatics, lie went
to bed in a hotel, saying that be bad beeu
so nervous about his mother that he could
not sleep for many nights, and in the
morning was found to have becomo a rav
ing maniac.
A fire broke on! in the flue of the plan
ing mill of H. II. Keller, at Lewistown, on
Saturday.which lasted ftfrlv mlmit.ee l.n ru
ing the planing mill and destroving a largo
portion of the machinery. Loss about 3,- i
o00 ; no insurance. The fire originated
from a piece of pine wood put in the boiler
to got up steam.
Near Williamsburg, Ky., on Tuesday
evening, during an altercation between
Thomas Redd and William Little, brothers-in-law,
the former shot the latter, in
flicting a mortal wound, when Little re
turned the shot killing Hedd. A feud bad
existed for many years between tho fami
lies of Hedd and Little.
In Chesterfield county, Va., live two
bachelor brothers, twins over seventy
years of age. who look so much alike that
Vfcpy caunot be distinguished from each
other easily. One never asks or answers a
question that the other does not echo him
and any action of the one is immediately
repeated by the other.
The Philadelphia Timet, of Saturday
denies the .cport of any murders having
occurred in the coal regions since the hang
ing of the Mollie Maguiies. The reports
which have beeu so iudustriotisly circulated
through the public press have all Inen
manufactured from a railroad accident
w hich happened there some Iao weeks be
fore the hanging.
m 1 ImttlwIltiX t I I Vu LJ I f KJ f 1)1
All the best talent, experience and ndvap.tiw., v,..
pun command, continued ot OAK HALL, to prcd j,.
BEST and CHEAPEST CLOTHING for man and boy.
For sixteen year we have liver! nttheoH crrr.erc'
SIXTH and MARKET, and the business done therein,
been so satisfactory to the public and oume'ves, U.s;
havs decided not to change or mova the C'.o;..Cj
business away. "Tae people iikethepiacennj 'C.kt-o
please the people, and we believe that v.-e can ca ;t
better than ever at the od place.
The sales of the past year far surpassed anything
we ever dreamed of.and this puts it in our power t3
start the Spring of 1877 with a STILL LOWER SCALE
OF" PRICES, and a class of goo3s oc eiint tha; wear
not afraid to follow each ale with our wt.rrantts.cr
receive back the goods unworn end hand cvtr to t.,e
customer the money paid.
The etore has been largely refitted, nnd th r.ve
was such a splendid stock of Men's, Boys' and Ci.i'.i r. n s
clothing under the roof, nor were we ever tLie : ; Foli 6?
cheaply. Our word, for it, and we aro your fr.enii, t,i
ixtoeri years.
THE OLD PLACE,
6th & Warkfti.
Mrs. ( icncral Mict man in tn rect-ivc the
"Golden Hose" from Ihe Pite. Thi is
ciuiMtlered a high honor, aoniy thire j-er-Mns
have icceivvd it dnrlng the thirty
years f the teijzn of the present pontiff,
namely : Maria Teitsa, (Jueen f Naples,
the Krrpress Kupenie. of Fiance, and the
Km press Klizahcth. f Austria.
V. Mari-hal Ponplas, of South C'arn
lir a, son of the l.i e Stephen A. Pmiglas. is
beiiig inves. ifjated for crookedness. I)oc
umentaty evidence has been introduced t j
show that fi pudr.lem pay-vouchers wetc
common in Pou;l;is" t fT.ce, nnd th.tt vari
ous sorts of fi ,nid.s ere wanted to for the
pit i pose of robbing ihn piivernmi-nt. j
A queer ca-e of action on contract has
been iiictilimd at C'at.ai auus, N. Y. A
young woman, the plaintiff, sets forth that
her father, the defendant, in tti:sed her
5O0 commission if she would proem e him
a vife. She did it, and lie man ied :he wo
man, hut now refuses to pay up, declaring
indignantly that he did his own couitiui;.
A Jesuit missionary, who h.id just ic
t timed from among t tie Indians in (begun,
told a Cincinnati ( ?f rci-il rwrter that
for ten years of his life anioi.g the s:ivages '
he did not see a white man or a newspaper.
Dining thieo mouths he lived ou horse
flesh. Ilread was unknown by ihe tr;bes
in rhich he labored, and their chief f.od
was a root called cttnas. j
Heaver hunters in California live in
aiks or lloating houses, in which they
move from pJaon to place on the streams
and ponds. The one small room on each
critft contains benches for several meu,
cooking utensils, hunting ai tick's, and a
stock of provisions. The bun'e.s are a l.tzy.
card-playing and careles lot. but live com
fortably and ni:ike the business pay. j
A London manager, Felix lingers. Ins '
boa ten Cleopatra with her lcgeudaiy '
swans, lie has pci formed the feat of.
sailing in a tub draw n by four geese, bar- :
nt ssed to the pole, front Battet.-ea to Wtr.-t- i
minister Riidge, the time occupied being
one hour aud twenty minutes, lie w .is
dressed in a naval captain's uniform, aud
received a salute of four gnus, one for
each goose.
Wednesday mnrntng four men, named
Marks Coveit, Webster Fetter, Cjtus Ihin- ;
kloberg aud Kichclber. fKhing from a boat
fastened to the dam in the Susquehanna
river at Claik's Ft t ty. were upset over the i
dam on account of 'the stake which held
the boat giving way, nnd all weie drowned
except Kichclber. The bodies were reov- j
eied. Covert, Fetter and Puukelberg ;
were telegraph repairmen from Sunbnry. t
A special, from Meadsvil'.e, Fa., to the j
Pittsburgh Comvttrei'il Gtizttte, says that '
railroad engineers and other train men
from the east Friday night and Saturday .
morning, report a snow storm at Kennedy, j
X. Y., abou4 nine miles northeast of James-
town, on tho A. & . V. lla.lrotd. Tl e j
snow was eight inches deep on a level, and '
covered a licit about 0110 mile wide. Tho !
cold wave was felt for many miles this side '
of the storm's path. The pota-ocs, includ- t
ing the bugs, and the fields of grain are !
entirely destroyed.
There was intense excitement at Kel
ly's Island, Ohio, on Friday, over thp mys
terious disappearance of Mis. Sol To, a
widow, who has resided for a number of 1
years on the island. It was at fust sup- J
posed sho had left home while laboring ;
under temporary aberration of mind. There j
is now very little doubt that she was '
waylaid, outraged, niuidered peihrtps, aud j
throw n into the lake. Some clothes were !
found on the beach. The people of the is- !
land are out en masse searching for her. j
Suspicion attaches to a certain Tnau, whoj
has leen arrested. f
The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
says that a pigeon lit on the minute hand !
ofthe clock in the tower of Trinitv church, I
at a quarter before eleven o'clock, Friday
V . . .... ' . '
loienoon, ana seemed so delighted with its
perch, and the little hoist it got at every
tick that it kept its place until its body
was securely fastened between the two
hands. When it attempted to fly it could
not stretch its wings and in a few seconds
was squeezed to death. The ponderous
machinery was stopped by the .sex ton, but
thn dead bird could not be taken out uutil
the hands were unshipped.
Albert Day, of Helleville, Mo., quar
relled with his wife and son. and became
so incensed against them that he de-vised a
novel method of revenge, -ahich was to
blow them up with gunpowder. One night
Mis. Day and her son sat in second-story
room, afraid to go to bed, lecause Day had
made vague threats of killing them. A
terrific explosion below shattered thehouse,
and set it on fire, but they were not harmed.
The explosiou injured only the man w ho
naa Ciiusv.l it, ror he used short fuse, and ;
the powder w as imited before he could irtt i
way.
iy. lie was very seiiousl? buiucd.
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IN THE OLD PLACE AT THE OLD TRADE.
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OAK HALL,
nun inn rtt:i
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mare (;i i'e i,;n
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on the Oi ' ;' T A
five (I 1 vs. by a .i:'t
brousrbt o ili" f
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t-a'.d liat slif is v'tv f ;vt
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part ntetit of b
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habltanis f l e i' :
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phice. desit.-yinj "v
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a se; i-s uf In.
butviiitr sere; a'. i t:..-i
number of .;i'ii!i t !, i!i !
in 1 nips is n'!...ut It !i. u i'i
iH'iM' i; h !;ii !i t ; i i ii ! ;
cotnprni.-d :- l' i'1' .i '
miles. The i':l..i'uii.ii t I..'
t-scape uiili theii I.o-. (
piopi'i ! j is ( :;', 11: .
A fie.il i'lL"' "'i iT
bit! il :t:i;l I 'I. ;! '
miles. e:inu' 'X. " lei".
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cxci'ed cM.-iih-i.i!'.'' t
fiiiieiers. There wei-:w
'I he lt.st 'A -is w..:i !.v l
bitd tti:u!e tlie -i a m
quick titni' ef tv"
in tit 11: t s. Ar l.vr ('!'
p: iz" : I tnie. t 1. mis- '
and thiity si r
ll.llloti. t;iee h-i'tts
The fouith I r vl : -.u: i
hours .I'.'l t , !n' it
tlie lif;ii biid ;..i i'-
If il hi t ! l". s:
that I?ish"p 1 - 1 . -1 1' ' '
nyi" in! e l as U t f- !-. :" '
Closkev ill the A e! i- ; -
Yoik iii.' Ca. !..:-
congtatn'.i'ed. 1 l'r ' '
the l"n:t u ?::ites :. i- 'r. '
heltis fn.tii the ihij 1 ' '
aftei vv;u!s Catilit .;.l A 1
deaiiN. d v!i t.' "i' '' "
lia& li i;l no i."1 m 1 t.l i
than 1;
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'he protiioti"" 1 f !': S ,''
timt !-.e is an .n;i".."
fli'sreudatit of A :'e: ; ''
du'y nit'ifu'.ly t" tli-':r c y'
das of the greit '
We hope the st ... ..-1 '
prove to be w-di f 1 ,!' . r .
The oldest h-.ii. - 5.
is Senoia lVras OU-u. a,-'',
w ho lives in :in " r . ;
tiia. Slie is 14." years ,;;..
clared to be a n-attei , f : , ;'(': (
She w as born i" I. a ,
moved to San V '!: 1 ;
was then ieciste"il ''' ': ,.t
old missi .ti. I" i" '' '
Gabriel Mission, wl't-ie , '
since in an a.l. l'e l:"'i-('. ; ' i
Ulht. She eatsotM -'tpi .
has iK-en a tob.v-co y.r '
til l. vears n". L'U ":f
new leaf, sii'neu tho k .
and unit di inkieg
She w as tua: 1 nM
I'".
r. n.tiJMi she is t) ,rt
fniini'wt a h;i5v ef v,-
A
in llochestei. N. "V .
ancient dame, !.ml i." -graphic
ami steie.-'-'T1''
is a singular fact 1ll'l,.;-';r! :4.ii"i
as snow, is now tut'i'''- '
If she lives another ba-t . ; .
w ill, at ibis 1 ate. l' ":" "l ,
A NFwsr Ari u n.ati y
ing .lack Keh.v. the ".it '
the Mollies, lie l-:' ...w
of parlies about l"wr c' ;
Paidonsat dtheb.vef
He said to the conS"4ml P'
Thev htinir three i -"
slr-fsrroil. I! "iri'y it";".,.,, -
aiui wtien 1 or
,ma t,l I'll
or hiiv frtii-imu le i ue"1
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t.rleve mtueh "i """T . f
his roefcet. win-" h"'"', I'
ment on the trull''""-fh(I, '
I'm sorti-r 1-t t 'r"' ,
knew. He ms A !l,V ..t '1
to ttecenov "! ""'''' 1
stiolt tuell's evel' nee.
Col. S-fno'el A
frten.b'tit of ' ' '" ' "' ,
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st 1 v .1 in 1 rrt? .!. , x ...
of iitwrititi"
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