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tat di too' gotrer.
Dennis O'Rafferty to the Readers of
the "Journal."
The fop of the rnornin', kind friends, to you all,
I jilt want tell you, I'm no', lead at all ;
It'a work I've been sakin', hid couldn't get time,
To bore your fine ears wid —e stale Irish rhyme.
But nine° I've a moment now at me command,
I'll just throw together a poem, so grand
That each happy reader will scream out witl joy,
" Och, isn't ould Dennis the broth of a boy ! "
'Tis thrue, me uuld ruti,e has been dragged in the
duet,
Until she is somewhat corroded wid rust,
But sliure, I've the ile in a bottle close by,
To grase her stiff jints—"tis the essence of rye.
I'll take a wee dray, now, before I proceed
Whin min undertake a herculean ac(l,
They'd fail widout somethin' tot uoy up the soul,
And put perseverance 'twist them and the goal.
A bit of philosophy here strikes one mind ;
What various natures 'mengst poets ye'll find :
While one wid a pint can Calliope court,
Another can't kiss her with less than a quart.
Begob ! that last stanza was right good, I think ;
I'll bath it, I know, with another small dbrink ;
So here gees—och, !norther ! I've finished it quite,
The nixt. thing I know meold muse will be tight.
Whaek ! hoorah for Kilkenny, and Finnegan's
wake,
Let all merchants fail, and eaeli hankin'-houm
break,
Let money get tight as it tilszes me b'y,
The dieil a dime can get tighter than I.
1,1 milLonaires work wid Pat Quin in the ,rnite,
And blister their hands for a morsel to ate ;
Lot bankers go beggin' and lie at the dare;
I !quip:aid:cc wid thin], for once I was poor,
Bet I must reminiber that these scalawags,
Though now they are covered wid vermin and
rage,
Yet still they are human—like me made of duet ;
"John, give that oil fellow a bit of a cruet."
O:h hone ! botherotion what's ailite me now :
Me thoughts are it II mixed in a murtherin' row ;
There's somethin' the matter, I think, wid me
head,
Och, Biddy, rui tick, can't ye put me to bed
?At toteg-Ztllvr.
A GOLDEN BULLET.
in 1851, when new gold fields were be
ing discovered every day in the eastern
portion of California, there was a number
of persons who, tired of the uncertainties
of mining, were looking around through
the valley for some spot to settle down in
to agricultural pursuits. Several families
crossed the bay from. San Francisco, and
pitched their tents on either side of' San
Leandro Creek, about eight miles above
Oakland, at a point less than one mile from
the foot the mountains.
Among these settlers was a carpenter,
named Robert Gilmore, originally from
Pennsylvania, where he had a family.—
Deserting them for a woman named
Elizabeth Miller, the two proceeded to
the Golden State together; and after a
lot of hard knocks, we find them keeping
an inn at the foot of the mountains noir
San Leandro. At this time, about the
only frequenters of the house were the
Spaniards and -greasers ;" and as money
was very scarce with them, the Gilmores
did a very poor business in the way of
cash.
Robert Gilmore was the most consum
mate scoundrel the world ever produced.
He was apparently about 45 years old,
and carried a face that would deceive any
one. He must have belonged to a good
family; for, besides a thorough education,
he was polished in his manner, clean in
person, and careful in dress. At a tale of
want, his fine, open countenance expressed
commiseration in every feature, and he
would be the first man to decry villainy
of any sort. Ile enjoyed the confidence of
a great many of the early settlers, and his
tavern was sometimes frequented by cap
italists and stock dealers from San Fran
cisco.
It was in the early part of April, and
near the hour of midnight; black clouds
had been scudding along the mountain
tops, and the wind was howling against
the swinging sign of the "Gilwore's
Ranch," as the inn was called. Big
drops had commenced to fall from the
heavens, and all nature seemed convulsed
in agony as thunderbolt after thunderbolt
reverberated through the gorge. It was
a night that was long remembred. Rain
bad seldom fallen so late in the season,
and a thunderbolt had never been wit
nessed in that valley before. Soon the
water was pouring
down in torrents and
the creek was sending an angry flood-of
fering to the bay.
A horseman, dripping with wet, dashed
to the inn, threw himself from his steed,
and dropped with the butt of' a heavy
whip on the door.
"What ho ? House, I say !" he cried.
Lights were lit within, the bolts thrown
back, and Gilmore threw open the door
of welcome to the drenched stranger,
"A fearful night, sir ! You are lucky
to find a shelter so soon. Take something
to drive out the damp."
"Thank you; I don't care if' I do,"
answered the guest. "And I'll be obliged
to you if I can get a bed. I don't s'pose
there's any use in trying to do anything
for my mare, is there ?"
"It won't hurt her, my dear- sir. A
California horse don't want anything to
keep out the damp."
And the glasses were filled with liquor
and drank off, Gilmore taking an inven
tory of the stranger's effects.
"He carried a "blacksnake" heavily
loaded at the butt, as could easily be seen
by the swing of the whip, as the stranger
caught it near the middle, and swayed it
backward and forward like the pendulum
of a clock. It was only an involuntary
movement; yet its motions did not escape
the quick eye of the landlord.
"That's a heavy whip you carry," ob
served he, as the stranger looked up and
caught his eye on it.
"Yes, I reckon it is," answered the man
laughing. "It's pretty heavy," repeated
he ; and unscrewing the flange poured out
on the redwood counter a mass of gold
pieces.
The inkeeper's eyes sparkled at the
welcome sight. lle turned the old day
book that was used as a register toward
the guest, and striking an attitude that
would have done credit to a first-class actor,
he laughingly exclaimed, A bed? Ay,
ye shall have the best bed the house af
fords ! This castle is at your service, sir
—command me "
The traveler took the proffered pen,
and tracrd the entry in easy, flowing
hand : Isaac Askew, Supt. Yellow Jack
Mine, Virginia City, Nevada.
"Ah, you're from the Comstock Lode 1
How are the reines working now, sir ?"
"Beyond all expectation, the richest
lode in the world. But the storm still
rages, and that poor mare of mine needs
some care. I've rode hard to-day, and,
but for the storm, would have made San
Francisco my stopping place. Let us
drink and let the storm take care of
itself."
PRINTING
The miner shivered as he looked out in
to the night, and drew a long breath of
satisfaction that he was so securely housed
from the storm. Ills dress was the or
dinary one of a miner in all its outward
seeming ; but as he threw off an outer coat
of pilot cloth, the white shirt, stylish cut
waist-coat, and carefully tied cravat, be
trayed his status at a glance.
Isaac Askew was one of the best met
allurgists on the coast ; and to his skill
and energy the success of the new mines
at Gold Hill and Virginia City were
mainly due. Under his management the
rich deposits of silver were brought to the
surface in immense quantities, an his
mine was becoming famous throughout
the land. Ile was now on business re
lating to the company, and carried a con
siderable sum or money on his person.
The cupidity of the innkeeper was
immediately aroused on beholding the
shining mass of gold in the possession of
the miner ; and although he affected a hi
larity in keeping with his open manner,
he was busily concocting a plan t., relieve
him of it.
The inn fronted towards the north at
Mission San Jose and the Castro Canon
road, while the rear of the buildiLg over
hung the creek, with a series of piles in
support. Beneath this portion of the
struetuin the turbulent waters were boil
ing and bubbling io a fearful manner, and
threatening to carry off the frail-looking
support.
The miner drank and grew merry with
the avaricious landlord, arid told marvel
lous stories of the mines in Australia,
where lie had spent a considerable portion
of his life. Ile had traveled in many
lantL, and told his stories with great hu
mor. Among the miners of Peru and
Mexico he had witnessed exciting inci
dents, which lie related in rapid success.
In the meantime the innkeeper plied
his victim with liquor, and at length lie
began to succumb to its potent influence.
" I think I'll go to bed, land!ord." he
muttered, his head falling on his breast
wearily.
" Well, come along, then, old boy, we'll
take care of you,"
rind assisting the miner
to his feet, he led him to his apartment. a
room over the bar or office.
"A fitting night for a good job," he
muttered, " the elements are at war with
all the world. And I, too ! "
The miner, overcome by the liquor he
had drank, was buried in profound slum
ber. He grasped the whi,p tightly in his
hand, as though he was aware of the ef
fort being wade to rob him. no bad
merely laid aside his outer clothing, and
on throwing himself on the bed. had car
ried it along with him.
The innkeeper disappeared from the
apartment, but, in a few moments he re
turned, accompanied by a woman forty or
forty-five years of age. She was the oppo
site cf her companion in every respect ;
for where his features denoted intelligence,
hers were almost idiotic, except when her
eyes blazed out with fury and greed at the
sight of the sleeping miner. She glared
'down on him as though she were filled
with a hatred nothing but death could ap
pease.
His money is in the whip, Liz," he
whispered ; " lots of it, too."
" What are you going to do with him,
Bob ? " asked the woman.
" Take the money, hide it securely, and
.cave the rest to chance," he answered.
"Chance ! Fool, would you go to jail
for chance ? " the woman sneered out.
" Take him by the heels and throw him
into the creek. It's a fearful night, and
many a man has periShed since sundown."
"That's the chance I intend fur him.
Do you think I'd have a lot of fellows
spying about here, as they would be if his
money was lost in this house. No, I ain't
such a fool as that," and added, "I go in
for silence ! "
Amid the raging of the storm the
bloody deed was committed, and the body
of Isaac Agnew, the miner, with the skull
crushed in by a blow from the whip he
he had carried through dangers in
many lands, was thrown into the tor.
rent below.
Towards daylight the storm ceased, and
when the sun shone out on the beautiful
face of nature, all evidence of a dreadful
deed having been committed at the cross
road inn was obliterated.
* *
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•
"Murder will out," at least in this ease,
was brought about in so summary manner
as ahunst to look like the work of an
avenging spirit.
The public mind was agitated over the
discovery of gold in Alameda county, and
San Francisco was in a ferment. A nug
get weighing about an ounce and a half
had been found on Sau Leandro creek,
and was on exhibition in 'Montgomery
street.
The excitement was intense, and hun
dreds were leaving for the new fields
daily. It was so entirely unexpected,
that it carried everything by storm.
The whole valley had been prospected
thoroughly as was thought, long before,
and not a color was found.
The office in which the nugget was on
exhibition was thronged with an excited
crowd daily ; and on satisfying themselves
as to the reality of the drift, they would
strap on their blankets and break for the
prominent El Dorado.
The mysterious absence of Isaac Askew
from his post at Virginia City, excited
much surprise among the directors of the
mine ; and as he had never been seen by
the officers after leaving the former place,
it was surmised that he had fallen in with
a party of robbers who then infested the
State. It was a common event in the
early days, and only lasted until a new ex
citement arose.
A friend who had accompanied him
from Australia was the only one likely to
be worried about the affair. This friend,
named James Price, was als) in the em
ploy of the same company ; and the two
men were so often seen together that they
were called "the Australian brothers."
Price, becoming tired alone in the moun
tains, wandered from camp to camp in
search of tidings of his lost partner, until
he reached San Francisco. All interest
was centered in the hope of finding him.—
He cared not for all the gold in the country,
as long as his friend was missing. They
bad often perilled their lives for each
other, and lie would have willingly laid
down his life for that of his comrade.
The What Cheer house was the favor
ite resort of the honest miner, and thither
he repaired. An excited state of affairs
existed here also, the all-absorbing topic
of conversation being the new gold dis
covery. It was contended by an old gray
haired miner, that the nugget exhibited
was a fraud—that there was no gold on
the Pacific slope like that found, or said
to be found at San Leandro.
Price did not sleep much that night.
He was in a feverish state of excitement,
and tossed on hia bed until a daylight.
He then settled his bill. and took the ftrst
boat for Alameda Point. where he fell in
with a party of five or six old acquaint
ances, and together they proceeded to
wards San Leandro.
Gilmore's Ranch. - was the only house
open at the time as a driukit►g place ;
and here were congregated the prodpect
ors as Price and his party came into view.
"The fraud was played tly :iorne ‘ - ,ne
make money out of it," cried a man with
a pick and shovel across his Moulder ;
"and who would or could slake anything
out of it, except a man who Ills got whisky
to sell. and who'• got whisky
but Bob."
Here he threw hi. impletn , •nts in the
ground and proposed to 5 , ,:ht filo inn
keeper.
When Pr;ee looked in the face of Robert
Gilmore, he shook bin head, and muttered
to himself. '•I ain't on the right trick,
after all. If he is the man that turned
that up, I might just sa well go back. -
Tbe pugnacious man would toot be Ap
peased, and strutted and bellowed alaint
until the hostess made her appearance
upon the scene, armed with the identical
whip that formerly beloaged to Isaac .la
kew. Pike knew it as soon an be sew it,
and he uttered an exclamation that broth„ ht
the attention of all to him.
"Where's the owner of this whip'" he
shrieked, matehin7 it fmm her hard ;
"where's the mart who had it in his poses
sion less than one month :iv, Ammer
me, or I'll do ye harm."
'•No one but my old MUD there h3s
that whip in his possession We've had
it ever since we came to the country." was
the undaunted answer of the woman.
"You lie, you hag," retorted the ruiner
"Sec here. men. Thi3 whip behoNed to
my partner; he carried it, to nay certain
knowledge, for the last twelve year 4, /wp
m-id in Australia. The butt was hi' .rn
imen case, and he had void from ev , r7
part of the world in it. • See erif! , l.
as he unscrewed it.
Eager faces pressed .:19*: awl
behold ! there was the name engraved in
full on the inside plat,. "Nene Askew.
Sydriey, Australia."
The inkeerr way shaking :1:4 if in an
ague fit. All hiA confidence seenA to
have deserted him in an instant.
When I heard that the nugget said
to hive been found up here was foreign
gold." resumed Price, "I suspected that
it was some of my partner's that hail been
used as a decoy, and so I came up to work
it out. I've seen the game played before.
but never raw it work so we 11...
Robert Gilmore W 2-4 arrested for the
murder of Isaac Askew, and at the first
session of the County Court wa= convicted
and sentenced to death.
The evidence was circumstantial, 'our
no doubt existed as w his guilt. lie con
fessed that he had moulded the nugget
found from a $2O coin. which he fired
from a gun into the earth, yet died pro
testing his innocence of the murder.
A few days after the execution, a body
was found lodged in some bushei that
lined the San Leandro ('reek, a short dis
tance from Gilmore's &welt, and was
identified as that of the missing miner .
* * =
Years after this occurrence, a woman
laid on her dying bed in Stockton. and
among other crimes confesied was the
murder of the miner. whose astrrosin was
brought to punishment by mean ..t* a
golden bullet.
gentling fa the -:: Min.
Tattling.
In all the black catalogue of vices. which
unhappily debase the character of the sons
and daughters of Adam, tattling well nigh
holds the pre.cminence. It is the meanest
the most detestable of all habits. and.
when once contracted, clings as it were,
with the tenacity of a demon. In view of
its depravity, and of the many and fearful
vices followed in its train, the Lord com
manded Moses to "speak unto all the con
gregations of Isreal and say unto them :
Thon shalt not go np and down, as a tale
bearer among the people," and iu the sa
cred psalm it is written, —Who so privily
slandered his neighbor, him will I cut
off."
The rabid dog, let loose in a community
to bite whatever man or beast he meets. is
not as dangerous as the tattler. ,The ilog
kills only the individual bitten, while the
tattler's venom poisons, ma dly an d f a t a lly,
the whole community. Ile goes to a neigh
bor's and, listening attentively. hears, per
haps, something said that may be nod to
the disparagement, possibly, the ruin of
another, which he drinks down with the
avidity with which the thirsty toper does
the fiery fluid, and then goes forth with
venomous tongue to disseminate suspicion,
distrust and rankling hate, where het:,re
was the abode of neighborly love and (-no
fiding trust.
Thus the peace of society is marred. of
ten disrupted confidence destroyed ; friends
made foes ; discord and strife created, awl
all the diabolical schemes of the father of
lies, used to destroy all that is lovely and
of good report, furthered by the tattler,
who may well be campared to the viper in
the fable, that, warmed and brought to
life by the care of its kindhearted bene
factor. turned and stung him to the heart.
Religious Knowledge in Texas.
T, escape a thunder shower I
sought refuge in a cabin among the
mountains, where there were three
little boys. I asked the eldest who
made him ? Alter thinking over it
he answered, "God," I asked the
next, "What did God make you
for ?" He laughed as he replied,
"I 'spect for to raise calves." I
asked the youngest why God made
him ? Ire thought it was "to pick
up Alps." I asked thefirat, "Who
was the first man ?" This was be
hond his depth; grasping a tuft of
is yellow hair he gave it a pull, but
the answer did not come. His tli
ther, who sat in the corner puffing
tobacco smoke from a corncob pipe,
became quite excited, and giving a
twitch to his pantaloons and looking
as wise as an owl, he yelled out, ••I
say Jim, tell him Job was the first
man."
-~-
Aleck Stephenson, a negro, who assas
sinated James McNeil. last Friday, near
Scanlin's Landing, Ark., was arrested on
Saturday and committed without bail, he
having been identified by several persons,
McNeil's hands, as the negro seen passing
when the shot was fired. It is believed
Stephenson was instigated to kill McNeil
by other partie4 .
A Cam if PoNast Y.
Only the children -.how rrfeet
faith tap Older pea,.
ple niay believe, but the little pet%
ple alone exhibit the gimp/Deity of
perfeet trnst. An incident littlish
cornea fruit the Kan affords &pima.
ant illustratimb. It w:i in a region
where they have had less rain than
hat' cum.. here, and at nne rime in
the sea; :on the crixa really needed
moisture. One : 4 cindirjr morning
the elerzyman at a certain Ovvirgrii
in the fgatriet mentioned tool( for
hia text "Frijah'4 faith :** srof how
the rain , anlP in answer to hi.
prayer. The past4w, in the ennv
of the 4erninn referred to the pre
vailing through,, and exhorted his
congregation to pray for rain.—
Among his hearcr4 7. aw a little
When starting f'nr the afternoon arr
viee 4,he Rao nh4en-pd *skint.; her
umbrella fler father amid : • What
are yon taking rm. umbrella for
She finietly ••Beesnow Mr. T
Anifi we mist prey int rain: . The
father ovniiesi at the Auld'. naso
- la. the 4nn was ahin int( brightly .
hut allowed her to her nay.—
firming the Aerviur a brisk efsower
ourpri-ieff the andienee, and n ow*
had an umbrella. They hart a'i
larked faith. Ever the papers , was
nnprnvided ! ft was an invite...At a,
make a very food tea' In :LOW
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items of Merest.
The f ii.. v f.-vrr !rt. •Imppir...re.l at V ice
1141r4r1.-)4
Ilear4 ht.'s :Law; phrip, ' I t '•
talk it wrer with 4 -1.3 n
wrath—r thi- _
tun.• frt take thatlrielf oni
l:rl.•rt Grifeh wlsole.PaiP f.
eer.. 'Uproot.. have nowise se rust .
Minne4nta . . wheit 41V Mw: b one
need.. will this year he':-1.090,091 hoebeis.
If the market ais't sletteri with
peaches, I 111111,.. rimeris nor Jog.. u.
.bier a pit at the ogee est.
I' Brown. a Montr.al brnlter hat
made an *alignment In 31 IT *Tower
The Habil-hie. are MO.**
.1, freight train on the Texas Vasil*
Rai:reed wte ditelted st lestriene.
Moseley sight, hales; s htsbeeess.
It was sot (meetly s leek feillere as
San Franciaco the saw isp. Is was the
collapse of so inflated podsliewhessa
Six yes will be h.. at rot Smith
Ark., oirrirlay. ?Ivey were ansteneed st
the last feral of tha Federal rows Le
murder.
J. R. K losterume. resSimst tam
Kaman Bnitdiag nod davits,
of Covington, Ky.. is said to be s4s alter
in the .ao, of p5,90n
Two new eases of yellow fever are Pl
pork,' from Fort Pieties.. onw Sager
day and one yesterlay. The troops were
moved into , Rolp • , utftitie the fort .
The reports Aent fro Masten, rieetrre
to namerms Waree appear to hers bees
exaggerated. Osly fear or Ave mod ivy
boasst assigned during Ire west
The strike of mil operativeeiw Darin.
England. coatinar. : bin is Wilma to lie
nesring it 4 end_ Nertiati.wol an tie prm
grew. 6 , 7 r 3 rotarrlawise. in'i 3 .3ti•eartnry
r".su I 14 x pectApri moor.
The National Rank Kanonner frov the
Pacific ;1,4 has been directed by tit
Comptr , iier of thi Carrawcy to esaaawee
int.) the affair* or the Natives! Gold Rash
Trrt Company nt
The habitual dritakani:' map a 'ems
peritnee writer. •• ran never ,viers primps
decision in an ease. rge:try •• Thai may an
be ; and +till we Deter as the whi toper
yet who t- , ,u1.1 be wade n salt, water •
The slight ezeiteerent to &otos Uwe--
dent to the caiiCirnia failure-3 4 hiwt meet
eno to have 4aboided. It de mi Roe ap.
pear that that leetion .4 the rrasairy Ina
suffer much the fai!rirz ea.! Resit eit
California.
The Atlantic Mills at Listener. Mao .
itaite.l op Ito Monday. after hetet: idle
serrli weeks. The .tork , in howl hs3 bon
*Ad t vivaretaz , Mery pram
pf.,7t. now for -np!oyntent R.. Ave
thorreind basks
.1 boy ref-rattly f.und 3 poek,t tap , it as i
returned it to it 4 ownc-. who :rare him a
tivc-cvit piecf• Tb- 1, , ,y :ooiseti at :It.-
etnn an instant. and then hanlide it re
la.-tantly back. an4ihly si ;: h.-1.
• I can't rhatr:e
fn \VAC , . Trim.. a .I*-1 fni-,:ht
Sunday niest in the 'lark. diseases fiezr
feet. we3p.o_4 4i it ter.. ;meliorate Charles
Carrick And J. M Turner Twee 411.1*
were fired. Turner vra4 k .t
quarrel ara, , the f-au..e
The (%,:iri,r .1,a,-,441 .4 tryint t.) ,ros
eastern journalists to come
by rvprenting that the Agee etairetsy ie
er,,wded all night by dele.zati.lne the
neighbor 4. Winging in len s ,, nai le.
cream and raisin cake
The Mormons of Beaver. U T., are
about to tender John D. lee wbn war
lately tried fir ltiA enameling with the
Mountain Meadow Massacre. sad aegainial
by a disagreesest of the 07. a paired:
reception and triatirtk:t Birds of a hea
ther," etc .
The question is being atritatai im Wash
ington ota new roots to the Chewy=imp
by a narrow gunge railroad from thug oily
to Fair Haves. sbellt CM" MN MAIO
east by load frost th• navy yarl, Wash
ington. awl about fifty miles *nab by tie
water from Baltimore.
It is repined in sun.: parts of .krian
sae the public •choois Jr* in sn panty
stricken a condition that 911114 awl paned
sticks arc tt.ed invtead of binebbesede in
illustrations Ih>•htless, however. the av
erage juvenile .Irkansais prefers this to
any other stile of Send Picric
The first regular through trade over ;be
Atchison, Topeka It Saabs Fe Railroad no
Lou .toimos, Coierado. left Kamm, Illy
on )londay. li.:.tises City has been ash
the eastern terminus of this rend, and
hereafter all passengers will be transferred
at that place. instead of at _ttehi.es. Kan
sae, as heretofore
Disustistaetion at the freight charger ef
the Peawybrasia Raitreed, riagastieg she
lumber, nil and cool Memo el hare
resulted in a cull Porn arm motion le he
held es Moeda, eight. maim the seitiose
of the Board of Trade .1 permit al se
foot le Wild a railroad from kris bather
to Cambridge and Meadville. awl theses
to the Baler eael and oil heido. is or
der to seenre ehoip freiebto for thew p r ,
duet
Mb Ana
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to the Niswar• view
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[.wens •Rigury bat afrold Adis&
am Or fIrpOUPINISIerr• is Or Ibis ieasue
time
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taws sad 111 , .. 4wiefist. dle was,
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bar :: Ml* ishollinsis
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names. hem rapipped, se tar din 4
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byis k Imo% ter bed imire -.11.4
asselessier ar limp illwr
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lies Amp limb ea fira.assiiiailasa
by 011eurta
4 ss.v.s.,l -441IerAs' irs.r4 if
The papaws 4111pper goy lbw andisto
bes shry sir ea gni& WV= VINT
bow.- rwi.lll4 illimeskar ammeek
el bop, o •S• Lap bowing Or por
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bore iiitevig AIM% MA 11111111 g.
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mar, se amifireat as IL
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raise Moak elholoolel
famish:ex viair. Sow Talk
se Newel /be
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rempllllaar 4 tie earramry friar:.
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ami Try* Clappiey ftie Iremionw
Mg Adroit sib s laresses, ibm
started Mommkg,Aber bin idb now
oink. Thr ••••• 1r boos asii
to :nod wilrammage Mow
snot ~ v o..iv ..upping es sR
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Pr Limirruma.. Drees.. 4 silo ra.i
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woes 4 th• Nonioni __ ill m 4
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lireitrirs taw ANA d railiesis Am.
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*time 4 ',so 4 bat.
inspromeible reveirk suiripia. is dr
seggibliirlinvi 4 saw aim wish
fakieni
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Treseirse wish so err W...r mow
alga. Pismo is cogisaii elsibi isor
zoom SIMI IMAM
sem elk it dlimioso of
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wes/pi ewer, im tie mar 4 fir Mt lo
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gimp thaw W. swirioirigi frame Es *n—
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bold at A. C....stry Preiporise Chergre
es liariort Tbr abiesory survier+ ow--
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r. 111..r+ via, may oft; Awl brorrobes
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aminifartervirtr lopoorpolook aorpors
tiir. dismismig ibmiess.
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brim. boom elm demi The
thot •-no, of &Woo eel 4 a.
el The lemma Illso base alliestad
sostroia
rawly Ilmis.
The Strive Wale team re ash lbws
faighessi sow 40 11.1101111111111 r< 11111
ber pf asiseterfoits riperimi is eirreirsi..
Arror•ing to Amid repro, if p"
mar erre Ihrourbstil le Morin limorp,
Xs/ sod Cheteher. hot year, by thr RV.
gine rortryroompric
It her bora litlitsiasty matia thee &mg
the vigil fof tie Priest of Wake lair
Leal lariereete. the eimemejt iiamt.
perseenue se Awe ammiew
k it gni a shish dim Om iihmslir ,
4 lima mike vssissiodlg, kr weir
sip•kgisie law lie ell tabs aso ors.v.
sod ast 4 tie sew asisissioe pore 4
as lisssimmi. amiss.
cases tosairowli. ismedisisils are
l•apriameilit so divissia is de reser
er Waireiriag is sow posilio
ad lime, • sad stesioners Ilhe
ides iv •• pie r/ Its
et tie tem se els Isms poillb boils
mras. ism spirribi Mow
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eseestisg s bur 4 Sir air bank iv
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wak Casio, Mreedis" Ship
our of se ises;k ihsay; Willosismil
Ile geese as bum
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do pry ef imposi ail akm a ear
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Wham Oie As 111411 relhomp
ISsiamy vs sy air 4is sirs
NO. 35
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