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FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
Published Every Thursday.
13. W. PliCK, Editor. ..
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
Thursday, Feb. H, l'Xio.
Published Weekly. 1.00 per
Annum in Advance.
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given to applications for ad
vertising rates.
Job Printing of every des
cription executed with prompt
ness, in a workmanlike manner
and at consistent prices.
A WOMAN'SSOLII.OOl YIN 151SO.
I From tin- New Orleans 1'ira vunc.
1 know my IiukImiiuI really tries
A pleusunt home to make,
lint ho can't seem to make such lies
As father used to hake.
He kee)s the parlors very neat:
Cure's for the hahy, too
But, oh, he doesn't roast the meat
As papu used to do.
He has good taste in cutting out
And sewing his own clothes.
That means economy, no doubt --
Hut father's cooking goes!
I really must insist that Jake
Shall seek a cooking school
And learn to make such jiies und cake
As father does, by rule.
And then how proud and glad Fll be
When ma brings father hero,
To hear her say, "It's plain to see
Jacob can cook, my dear."
Till: WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Great Britain may well be
amazed at the extraordinary force
required to light the Boers in
Soutli Africa. No less than L'13,
(M)0 men and 4")2 fjuus have been
gathered for the war, although
the Boers are not supposed to
number more than 1)0,000. Of
these LMU.OOO men 10,000 have al
ready been lost in battle and 10,
000 more are locked up in Lady
smith. There are besides 1L000
afloat, lesuvhrg iKt.OOO available
for action. But a large force
must be kept at Cape Town and
other parts of Cape Colony to
prevent an uprising of the Dutch,
who greatly outnumber the Brit
ish even in the British colony, set
that from the present force not
more than 100,000 can be put on
the tiring liue, Winston Church
ill, who had some experience with
the Boers while he was their
prisoner, verities the Boer esti
mate that one Boer is equal to
from three to five British sol
diers when lie is fighting on the
defensive in his own country. If
the Boers have 00,000 men all
told they can probably put ".",( M to
on the firing line, and a force of
100,000 British is not strong
enough to overcome them.
It is now reported that General
Roberts has culled for 1)0,000
more men, and that the Cabinet
is about to send him r0,000 mili
tia and volunteers, and 40,000
militia reserves. This would
raise the army in South Africa
to nearly i!00,000 men. The mag
nitude of the war which Cham
berlain so highly precipitated
may be judged by comparisons.
England sent 80,000 men to the
Crimea; Wellington had only !!",
000 at Waterloo.
President Kruger said at the
outset that the civilived world
would be; astonished at the cost
of a war for t lie conquest of the
Boers, and Great Britain lias al
ready been astonished. More
over, there are some competent
military critics who are becom
ing alarmed because of the uu
prepareduess of Eugland for self
defence. Not only have our sol
diers been sent to Soutji Africa,
but many of her guns have been
taken from the home defences to
supply the demands for artillery
in Natal. What would happen
theu if England should become
involved in war with Prance?
Her navy, if not too much scat
tered, might prevent an invasion,
but it would be the peilie'y of her
enemy to force! an entrance to
British soil at almost any cost,
knowing . that once lauded lie
would lind her almost defence
less. The danger of such inva
sion is very remote, but it is nev
ertheless a danger that, lias here
tofore been recognized by the
Government itself, and that has
been increased tenfold by the
stripping of her forts and garri
sons in order to sustain tho war
in South Africa.
The best training for a busi
ness man is the ability to think.
Why are credulous people like
musical instruments? Because
they are often played on.
What is tho difference between
man and butter? The older a
man gets the weaker he gets, but
the older the butter is the strong
er it is.
My ii i st denotes company, my
second slums company, my third
calls ajcompuuy,my whole amuses
a company. A co nun-drum.
Why is a kiss like a sermon?
because it requires two heads
and an application.
What part of alish is like tho
end of a book? Fin is.
What part of a fish weighs tho
most? The scales.
What tables may be easily
swallowed? Vege-tables.
Why do hens always lay in the
daytime? Because; at night they
become roosters.
"Tho Lay of the Last Hen," a
new poem by the egotistic author
of the foul dead.
Why is an egg like a colt? Be
cause it is not tit for use until it
is broken.
What is the difference between
a young baby and a night-cap?
One is born to wed, and the other
is worn to bed.
What is that which has neither
llesh nor bone, and has four fin
gers and a thumb? A glove.
Why is a dog longer in the
morning than at night? Because
you take him in at night, and let
him out in the morning.
What is t hat which Adam never
saw, never possessed, yet left two
to each of his children? Parents.
What is the difference between
the trunk of a tree and an ele
phant's trunk? One leaves in the
spring and the other leaves when
ever the menagerie does.
What fort is that which is most
stormed now-a-days? Piano-forte.
How long did Cain hate his
brother? As long as he was
Abel.
Why was .1 oh always cold in bed?
Because lie had such miserable
comforters.
What is that which lives in the
winter, dies in the summer, and
grows with its root upwards? An
icicle.
What is the difference, between
a watchmaker and a jailor? The
one sells watches and the other
watches cells.
Wh en is a pi an t like a Ik g? Wl leu
it bogius to root. When is it like
a soldier? When it begins to
shoot. When is it like an editor?
When it begins to blow.
What is the largest room in the
world? The room for improve
ment. Take two letters from money
and there will be but one left.
We know a fellow who took money
from two letters, and tl lore wasn't
anything left.
What is the difference between
truth and eggs? "Truth crushed
to earth will rise again," but eggs
won 't.
Which is the smallest bridge iu
tho world? The bridge over tho
nose.
If a lady, who hesitates is lost,
must it thou be for a lady who
stammers or stutters? -
Why is a son who objects to his
mother's second marriage like an
exhausted pedostrain? Because?
lie can't go a step-father.
Why is a loafer like a woather-
i cock.' isecause no is continually
going around doing nothing.
Why is a well-trained horse
j like a benevolent man? Because
I he stops at the sound of wo.
Why is a domestic and pretty
young girl like corn ia u time of
scarcity? Because; she etught to
bei husbanded.
Why is a mad bull likes a man of
convivial dispesition? Because
he offers a hern te every one he
meets.
Why are the complaints ef mar
rieel pceiplo likrj the noise e)f the
wave's em the shenv? Because
tlie'y are the) murmurs ef the tide
(tied).
Why are' oats likes unskillful
surgeons? Beeause tley mew
till late (mutilate)' anel destroy
putiesiico (patients).
Why is the fate eif Jeian e)f Arc
preferable tei that of Mary Queeu
e)f Scots? Becuuse a hot steak is
bettor than a cold chop.
Why is an omnibus strap like
tho conscience? Because its an
inward check to the outward man.
Why is tho map of Turkey, iu
Europe, like a dripping-pan':1 Bo
cause) there is Greece at the) bottom.
Till: OKKilN OF (.OVI.KN.MI.NT.
Writ ten rev the Ni-H-s liy 1?. H. M.
1 1 appears I'videmt that tho first
governments wero neit the1 result
of de-liberations. The' usage's ef
the; patriarchs, established with
out the- sanction eif legislative us
seinblies, gradually became' the
first laws among mankind; couse-
ir.mtly, the'se customs we're1 the
eu igin of lill political regulations
that have' e-ithor depressed er
anieliol ute'd the coiielitiem of tho
human race in all succe'i'ding
age's. In the; different soeieti'ss
that we're; fermod nfte-r the con
fusion ef tongue's, iiuel the disper
sion of "the peoplo'at the build
ing eif the- Te)Wer of Babel, Were1
persons uote'el for physical pow
er, skill, and bravery. Those
who enjoyed the-se.' blessings soon
aceuiri'el public confidence; anel
admiration. Ilene-e the utility ef
tlie'ir service's, anel the favorable
opinion ef nii'ii, cuable'd them
gradually to acquire deimiuiou.
The records of all nat ions prow
that the first rulers eiwenl their
ascendency to the; services they
Intel reMidore'd seie'iety, eir to. mili
tary prowess.
Nimroel was the founder eif the
first empire' ef which wo have any
uutheutic account. We are iu
formeel by the sacred historian
that he? was a mighty hunter; anel
we are loel te iufer that the peo
ple' we-re e)fte'ii with him, that
tlie'y gradually put themselves
under his authority, and, iu pro
cess of time, he ce)Uue're'el na
tions, increased his powe'f, anel
femueh'd the Babylonian, eir Assy
rian empire1, feir he became; a
"mighty one in the earth."
It is a remarkable1, but irrefu
table fact, ihat the first human
governments wore; eif a despotic
(character; yet they we're baneful
iu the-ir eperation, anel signally
failed iu securing either the er
de;r, harmony, prosperity, or
tranquillity eif individuals peace
be'twee-n tribes aud nations, er
the permanent power anel mag
nificence ef empires. The de
le.'lorious influences ef arbitrary
will and unbridle;d passions eif
rulers, the; usurpation of human
rights by petty chiefs aud mighty
monarchs, affected all classes,
and universal contamination and
depravity prevailed. Oooel rulers
raise nations to the palmie:st
heights of preisperity, power anel
happiness. Bael rulers depress
the'iii to the lowest elepths of eor
rupfion, depravity aud misery.
In eiur country, them, how im
portant it is that the poetple
sheiuld be thoreiughly educated,
that they may sele'ct goeiel rulers,
anel cause1 wise laws to be emact
e'd and sustained; how important
it is theu, fer every erne to under
stand the elements of political
science, andposse'ss a knowk'dge
ecf thes laws which are! de'signesd
alike to geivern and protect the
rich and the peior, the ruled and
the rulers. "Siue; lego, est sine
ratione1, mode), ordine." "Tei be
without law, is to be; without roa
st iu, eirder, and safety." The!
ohniuiclos of tho day discleise the
existence! eif crime, and violatiems
eif the1 laws tei an alarming extent
iu eiur be'loveel country; frauds,
breaches of public trust, thefts,
incendiarism, mobs, rohherie.s,
murders anel other reveiltiug
deeds haves attained a prevalence
at which all patrieits may be just
ly alarmed.
We are1 perhaps, all teiei certain
that our Country is rapidly ad
vancing tei power anel roneiwu
teiei insensible eif the; accumula
ting growth eif ignorance and im
morality teiei iudifl'oienl to the
gradual but silent progress they
are mailing teiwards sapping the
founelalion eif eiur laws, anel over
whelming the; institutions of the!
public. Let us awake anel be
vigilant.
At the present day a eonti'st is
ceimmeucing, mightier than ever
be'feire wagesd the strife! of iea
son against error the! contest eif
the frie'iiels eif republican liberty
agtiiust the benighted anel inter
ested friends of kings aud noble's.
Our feire'fathers fought with per
ishable? steed feir tiie) liberty eif a
single) country; we tight with im
perishable; reason to sustain what
the y avou, anel for the national
liberty of the whole world. Let
corre-ct education pervaeh) eiur
land, le't the pi'ople1, legislators,
and rulers, hi'steiw upon it their
utmeist aid, aud tyranny iu every
part eif the weirlel will givo place
tei wise) laws and' enduring liber
ty, and euable all to attain tho
Christian's highest reward.
i WIDOW'S INFANT Ill RNF.I) TO
A F.KISP A T DRY Rl'N.
I
i On last Wedneselay ewuingtho
I alarm was given in Dry Uuu,
j Franklin county, that the heiusn
(if Mrs. Belle Delhi was em lire1.
At once the citizens hurrie;d tei
Mrs. Delhi's home to find that
tho he tu so was safe, but that a
wen'so catastrophe; hael taken
plarv,1. Mrs. Drill's youngest
child was burned to a c risp. Mrs.
Deihl is a poor woman anel a wid
ow and be-ing eiut eif fuel she went
to the; heiuse eif u neighbor, some
twei eir three bundled yards dis
tant, tei get an armful eif wooel to
det over night, leaving Mamie ami
Boy, her ne.vt oldest brother, in
the; heiuse. She had been gone'
but a short time when she heard
semie; one screaming and looking
back she! saw it was lloy.
Retracing her steps quickly,
she; entered the heiuse anel was
horrified t see the awful specta
cle of .f little throo-yenr-old
daughter completely ouwletped
in Jlanies. Quickly she; throw a
blanket around its beidy, but she
was toei late; the flames had done
their work. Every vestago eif
chillies was burned from its beidy
and the charred body was laiel
upon the bed writhing in ageiuy.
Dr. Sheipe; was summoned who
came in a few minutes and all he
could do was to ease its suffering
as far as possible. He at once
saiel ieeevery was impossible; aud
that at meist a lew heiurs would
end its misery. The sad news
hael quickly spread anel within an
hour a large; number eif the; sym
pathetic citizens of Dry Bun, men
women and children, had called
to see the; little sufferer, wholly
unrecognizable, but still living
and never had any who called wit
nesses! a sight se distressing.
Little; lloy whei is about five
years eilel giws the following tic
count as to heiw it occurred: He
said the child was sitting iu front
eif the ceieik steive with a straw in
its hands, which it inserted
through the open grate and when
ablaze; withdrew it, letting it fall
upon its dress, which at once ig
nites! aud burst into a blaze. The
mother with the three remaining
chilelrem are; crazed with grief
anel have the deepest sympathy
eif the entire commuuity.
SUNDAY SCHOOL IXPANSION. h.'Minx.-' futn,
I JVHJA'X0V1.14,H;l1&1fl Jf
j In Ihe'se! days eif national ox
' pansion the! Sunday se'heiol people's
! are we'll up tei dale. The Ponn-
i.i i tl.ll.jl.
. syivania iiuuo .laooaui ncnooi
association, !)li! C rower -buileling, j ,n,K
Philaelelph'ui, iinds the Home1 De-1
purtmont expanding so rapidly
that one secretary, Kev. E. P. j J,?
Fale;s, is giving his time to that j
department aleme. What is the J
Home department of tho Sunday I pk
scheiol? tt is a remarkably sue-! '
cessful effort to includes parents, :
I iavaliels, those eiblige'd to work em !
Sunday anel travelers in the plan j
eif Bible study by systematic j Ja,
visitation anel friendly he.'lp. This
i ft. W. Rftisnftr
wi m -w i m mm em m jvj v a r JmM Jfv
:,i:n
are determined to close out aiv rye
winter stufl's. and it will .l
i.
Siue.
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is a great extensiem eif the Bible
.school. But there are others like
the. Bible Union for Men anel
Women neiw taught by such le
markable nii'ii us ex-Governor
Pattison, with live! hundred in his
class; Assetciiite' Justice of the!
Supreme Ceiurt David J. Brewer,
several bundled; Hon. John Wan-
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tn your pocket to nval;,. hw)
nnrrlrme-i llir-te C"ntl
Dress Goo!s
that to-day could not be bout r.Hrk'
qis ei
Thr
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Jvnnt1-
i; maker, eiver two thousaud;Jam(ss i cfa.
McCorniiclr, Esej., with tliree;
hundresd; and many others. And
(mother expansion is tho beauti
ful Cradle roll, which gathers all
the; babies anel their mtttiicrs un
der the sheltering care eif the
school.
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Parties wishing to enter a
printing office at this se'asem
sheiuld be governed by the feillow
iug rules. Advance te the inner
door givo three distine-t rtips eir
kick the deior down. The "devil"
will attend to the alarm. Yeiu
will give him ytiur name, post-
eiflice tieldretss anel the length of !
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iiniej yeiu lire; uwuig 101 me paper. 1
He will admit you. You will ad- (f
vance tet the centre of the roemi j 5S
iniu ovuuii n iv, i:mivi;i 1 11 1 tin;
following cetuutersign. Pjxteud
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der 20 cents, they will sell heu
16 -simply as example of
you can do there.
They have a few very nice
LADIES
yet that you can buy very ch !
good styles and qualities.
they say of one article, or onfnter
jevtr
will apply all through the stor. isho:
Remember that in order toldu
full stock of everything that pe ',ave
to a large general merclwn
business, they are receiving t'8
New Goods Tl
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Tjrer
so that you always have the 'Sews
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PIONFFR AMOMI JOKF.S.
"Some jokes are so old that the
chances tire! that they will never
age," says an eilel iheiteigrapher,
"and repetition seems emly to in
creases their value. Forty years
agei I went into a gallery to learn
the art of pheitography. A pretty
girl came in tet have her picture
taken. As she peiseel beforo the
camera she remarked with a
smile te the operator: "Loeik out,
I'm so htmiely I may bleak the
glass."
"I laughed iinineiderately at the
thought eif rays from an ugly face)
bedng set strong as to fracture
glass, but the eiperator never
smiled. When the girl went eut
I asked the photeigrapher why he
didn't laugh, as I thought the;
joke was gen id.
"I did laugh at it thirty ye?ars
agei," said he, 'when I first went
into the business, and my in
structed told me that he; hael
laughed also, when he tirst began
his work. I've heiarel that jeike
many time's a day since;. '
Well, I went into a plieitograph
gallery the either day, having
been out eif the! business for sev
eral years. The tirst thing I
Imard iu the eiporating room was
tin; same joke.
"Ileiw many time's a day do you
get 1 hat'?" I asked the operator.
"Hard tei say," was his leply,
but at li'ast live! times. "
"Neiw, there) are 100,000 photo
graph galleries in tlii! country,
i anel that me;ans that the joke1 is
, repealled TiOO.doo times a dny. I
have a reoeird 01 it lor seventy
years, and it seems that under
going such us;ige as that it is
bound to be eternal."-- De-treiit
Free 1 'ross.
! the right hand about twe feet
I freim the body, with the thumb
j aud fingers extended, the thumb
land index finger clasping a $10
I bill, which elreip into tin; hand of
I the editetr, at the same time say
ing: "Weroyeiu loeiking for ine'?"
The editor will grasp your hand
and tho bill, anel pressing it will
say: "Yen be-t!" After giving
him the news cetucerning yetur
locality yeiu will be; permitted tei
retire with a receipt for an eibli
gation preiperly discharged.
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TIIK IJOFRS AI)VANTAiI
ONF. STAMP SKLLS FOR .'rU,7lO.
One postage stain) brought:?!, -710
re'ceutly at the sale of theceil
hetion of F. W. Hunter, eif New
I York City. This is the largest
The ability of a race eif bravo j y stamp bus brought in
marksmen behiud entrench-1 H'is ceiuutry at auction. It was
uumts, tei make a feirmidable re-1 specimen of the first issue eif
sistence to assault by the very British Guiuea in 18:?0. It is the
be'st veteran soldiery is a fact fa-! tvet-ceut deuenniuatieiu, printed
miliar to all persems eif historical in black on a pink ground and
intelligence. Tho repulse of the I wiihetut preforations. Postmas-
British regulars twice by eiur
embattled farmers' lino at Bunk
er Hill; the dreadful repulse eif
Welliugtem's sesiisemeel "Peninsu
lar war" veterans, 14,000 strong,
under Pakeulu 1111, by i,000 IsTen
tucky aud Tennessee hunters
anel Iudiau fighters at Ne;w Or
leans; the; destruction wrought
by Heifer and his rifle?nien in the
ranks eif Marshall Lefobie's
corps eif Napoleon's army in the
deliles eif the Ty role?se; mountains;
the successful resistance tei the
Kussian army offered by tho
Turks under English officers at
Plevua, are; case in point. Peirt
land Ori'gemian.
te-rs in the comny in those days
liad to separate emo stamji from
another in a sheet with scissors.
The stamp was purchaser! by a
prominent stamp and coin com
pany eif that city, who represent
ed an English ceillector. Mr.
Hunter benight this speeiniou for
SI, 710.
James 11. Adams, for years a
well kueiwu baggage master em
the C. V. li. 14. aud later a ce,u
eluctor em the; South. Peuu. rail
road, die'el at his heime in Chatn
bersburg, last Friday meaning.
The cause of desath was consump
tion, from which he hael been
suffering for some time. Mr.
Adams' health became sopeiora
number eif months ago that he
was conipi'lle'd to give up his
place em the railmad, which time
lies had been cemiined to his home:. I 4i'!
Mr. Adams was one; of the) best i ',;(
Ne), Maude e ar, we; wouldn't
aelvise yeiu te) go te) the dentist
lor an extract. Try u drugstore.
Little girls be;lie.'Ve iu the man
iu the nieieiu, Wheu tliey gretw
older, limy be'lie;ve iu the man
in tho houeynnion.
Accetrding tei the; returns of thes
ass'sseirs Franklin county has
within her borders, and owned
by individuals it.L'wM bicycles. The
Ceiuuty Commissieiners Avill levy
a tax eif euio dollar upon e'lie-h bike
which will go to tlm bicycle )iith
fund.
The last report eif the; civil ser
vice ceim mission shows that res
m ovals from the' classified service
:i erage emly abenit etue-half eif
lionairo eif
siderable; in ti
through the c
Ac
is one eif the i; roei
from the r:iul ptt.
spent his lit' fas t
Haven, iu Fiijv tc
sylvtmia, anil r
knew him sayt t
farmer, and :i f,,(
uot owning the
lived, anel Clur
Suce
ml
farmer's buy tftt
Addeid to tliisilKh
an overgrown,
kot
erne per cent, a year. Evidently
the administration cannot justly
accused of uufriei'.dliuoss tei
civil services law.
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I The homliest man 111 Congress
! is said to be Mr". Eeldy, of Miu
1 nesota, and he! rattier prides hiin-
se-lf em this fact. Some of his pei
e!lie:al adversaries emce nc.etuse'el
liini of de'eeit fulness and hypoc
risy, but he rose) tei tho eiccasiein.
"The;y say I am two faced,'' said
Mr. Eddy. "Now, gentlemen,"
looking mournful and heunlier
than usual, "do yeiu believe that
if I hael two faces I would be
wearing this one'?" This did up
all his critics.
known railroad nun iu this set!-1 livery old soldier who has
lion eif the state) aud there is ! i' :i -heel the agei ef Gli years is eu
hardly a person who has traveled i titled t i f lu; minimum pension of
on tho South Penu. railroad who ! S(i whether lm is disabledair not,
didn't kueivv Jim Adams, as h; ! auet every sohlior who has reach
was familiarly calltsd. Mr. Adams i eel the age eif 7ii is esutith'd to tho
youihaud, tliP1;
ladies, his lark jf1
against him,
ular as a bcr p13
mind that was
and beneath tl: 1
ness" lies Wits ' f
He deteriuincil r
world, aud lie d r
iug to Meiut;'.i .r '
success eif tii'r
canies back tn liL
a milliemaire; an '
Contact with f !
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the; fanner's
marrie'd tei a
a sistes eif Mr
Gre.'ensburg, L
t lie; West. His
creased, until i
come estimiiti'il
rr
1 01
it:
n
11 r
t
Willie Be-itcli.
1
tJr
was born iu Chavubersburg and
was aged "i t years, 11 months
and 17 days. For a number of
me mtlis he was a resident of Kie-h-
mond, his employment necessi
maximum pension under the law
wl'i-h is twelve dollars a month.
With tho American mule, the
American Hour, the American
horse and various other Ameri-
tatiug his residence there for j (;an agencies helping Great Brit-
Unit length of tune. Ho was ti
member of Corpus Christi Catho
lic church, from which place his
f uuoral was conducted last Mon
day morning.
ui:i iu South Africit, it becomes a
questiem eif heiw much of a fight
our friends ticreiss the sea could
put up without their Uuclo to
saw wood.
had toothache i;:
iiud comiilaiiu'i' I
to tile pi;oilis ''
Cumberlaml cm"
Win. Ahlanel V
ueit piriict ii-it'g d'
it is alleged,
him, and iiilh'(l
pair of jiineers.
Li'gul action f
beSiin begun, tl'1'
iug 1000, cimrj:1
result of the "1
jaw was broke''1 :
was for some t'11
whereby his fu1'1
loss und oxpcu''
tion, brought h)'
through his ue
000 damages for
formity, ouojii1
er than the; ouV1
J
.
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