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Timber Culture, Final Proof.
Notice for Publication.
TJhitbd States Land Offici,
The Dalles, Oregon. Deo. 1, 1896.
"VTOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT RICH-
ard W. Kobison, of Eight Mile, Uregon,
has filed notice of intention to make final proof
before J. W. Morrow, county clerk, at his office
in Heppner Oregon, on Saturday the Kith day
of January, 1897, on timber culture application
No. 2'65, for the N W J4 of section No. 25, in town
ship No. 8 south, range No. 24 east
He names as witnesses: John W. Allstntt,
Charles Ingraham. John S. Ingraham, Aaron
8. Haines, all of Eight Mile, Oregon.
4tf8-6.il jab. jr. muukis, register.
McClure's Magazine
For 1897
SEVEN GREAT SERIALS
Notice of Intention.
rAND OFFICE AT THE DALLES, OREGON,
J Dec. 3. 1896.. Notice is hereby given
that the following named settler has filed no
tice of his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before Joseph L. Gibson, ll. S. Com., at
Lexington, Oregon, on January 29, 1897, viz:
JUSTUS A. MILLER,
Hd . E. No. 6482. for the NE4 See 81. Tp 1 N, R
26 E, WM.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
OHn 8. Hodsdon, William Browning, Edward
F. Browning, Jeff Evans, all of Lexington. Or.
J AS. F. MOORE,
499-109 Register.
Notice of Intention.
QgTIOIA.Tj BIBBCTOBT.
United States Officials.
f resident Qrover Cleveland
Vice-President Ad ai Btevenson
Beoretarjr of State Biohard 8. Olney
Secretary of Treasury John Q. Carlisle
Secretary of Interior E. R. Francis
ttocrelary of War Daniel 8. Laniont
Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert
Postmaster-General William L. Wilson
Attorney-General Ju.lson Harmon
Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton
State of Oregon.
Movernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H. R. Kinoald
Treasurer Phil. Metschan
Bnpt. Public Instruction t. M. Irwin
Attorney General C. M. Mleman
u . ( G. W. McBrirle
Senators J H. Miihll
t liinaer Hermann
Congressmen w K- EUi
Printer ....W. H. Leeds
!K. 8. Bian,
F. A. Moore,
C. K. Wolverton
Sixth Jndlelul District.
Circuit Judge Stephen A. Lowell
Prosecuting Attorney U. -
Morrow Conuty Glacial.
I AND OFFICE AT THE DALLES OREGON,
J Dec. 17, 1896. Notice is hereby given
that the following-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before E. L. Freeland. U. S. Commissioner, at
Heppner, Oregon, on February, 6th, 1897, viz:
HARRISON CUMMINGS,
Hd. E, No. 28fiS, for the NW1 NW)4 Sec 27, Ntt
NE!4andSvU4NE4 8ec28, Tp5 8, R25E.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
Charles H. Bullls, Jamfcs H. Wyland, Joseph
Bannister, Walter Bennett, all of Hardnian,
Oregon. J AS. F. MOORE,
503-13. - Register.
i
A New Life of Grant by Hamlin Garland. The first authoritative and adequate Life of
uraut ever puoiisiiea. (Begins in December.)
Rudy&rd Kipling's first American serial, "Captains Courageous." (Begun In November.)
Robert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives.", The only novel of Stevenson's still unpublished
(Begins in May.)
Charles A. Dana. "Recollections of War Time." Mr. Dana was for three of the most critical
years of the Civil War practically a member of Lincoln's Cabinet, and is probably better
fitted than any other man living to give an authoritative hiBtoiy of this period from his
recollections and correspondence.
Portraits of Great Americans. Many of them unpublished. In connection with this series
of portraits it is intended to publirh special biographical studies under the general title of
MAKtti.3 ut run uimu;m irom waamagton to Lincoln.
Pictures of Palestine. Specially taken under the editor's direction.
Stories of Adventure. A serial by CONAN DOYLE, in which he will use his extraordinary
uuei i ior mystery ana mgeuuity wnicu nave, in tne "aneriocK Holmes stories, given nim
a place beside roe and Uabonau.
TEN FAMOUS WRITERS
IAN MACLAREN, All the fiction that he will write during the coming year, with the exception
oi two contributions to another publication which were engaged from nun long ago, will
appear in Mc'Clukk's Magazine.
JOEL CHANDLER IIARRI3. A series of new animal stories lu the same field as the "Brer
Rabbit" and the "Little Mr. Thlmbleflnger" stories.
RUDYARD KIPLJNO. Besides "Captains Courageous." Kipling will contribute to McCWRK's
an oi me snort stories ne win write miring tne coming year.
OCTAVE THANET is preparing for the Maoazinb a series of short stories iu which the same
characters win appear, altnougn eacn will be complete in itself.
Anthony Hop Bret Hart Robert Barr
Frank R. Stockton Stanley Weyman Clark Russell
EXILES FH0AL RUSSIA.
Remarkable Sucoosa of the
nonites in Kansas.
Men
A 8elf-8usta!iilnr and Independent People
Who Have Nothing to lo With
the Outside World Save la
a tom.iicrclal Way.
yuick as are Americans to criticise
the manners and customs of Russia,
and inferior as the subjects of the czar
are frequently considered, the settlers
on the western prairies might well
learn a lesson of the Russians who have
their unique settlements among them,
The Mennonites, exiled from southern
Russia because, of their religion, made
as systematic an exodus as did the Is
raelites of old, says a Kansas corre
spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
They sent out their agents to
spy out the land, and purchased one
hundred thousand acres of the Santa
Pe and Kansas Pacific railways for
Highest of all in Leavening Powr. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
mm
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BOHEMIAN FELINES.
Country Oats and Their Perlpa
, tetlo Propensity.-
They Pretend to Be Exclusively Somes
to la Their Tendencies, But They
Are Base Dutslniula- ,
tors.
.
All cats are more or less Bohemian,
though many, owing to circumstances
homes. Then the people packed up beyond their own control, are precluded
Bret Hart
Stanley Weyman
will all have stories in McClure's for the coming year.
Notice of Intention.
t AND OFFICE AT THE DALLES. OREGON
1.J Dec. 21, lH'.Ki. Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before i. W. Morrow, county clerk, at Heppner,
Oregon, on teurnary i, imi. vis :
DV.VID BAKER,
Hd E. No. 5981, for the 8WU See VI, Tp 1 B, R W
, W M.
He names the following witnesses to prove I
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of snld land, vis:
Beniamln F. King, William T. King, James I
M. Hamblct, Thomas . WUinelm, allot lone,
Oregon.
JAS. F. MIIIIKK,
503-13. Register.
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LA aSAMDSL OL
O F Wll.n Roalater
J. H. Kobliina Umivr
N JUSTICE'S COURT FOR THE H1XTH Dis
trict, State of Oregon, County of Morrow.
Minor it Co., et al., l'laiutllls,
vs.
Ben Honnen. Defendant.
To Ben Poppen, llefeudant:
in me name oi me rinie oi reion. we com
mand yon to appear before the undersigned, a I
Justice of the l'eace In Heppner. in snld County I
and rttaUt, on or before the atth day of December, I
1W. at the nour oi tzo ciocg in tne anernoon oi
snld day, at my nltlce In the snld tow n to answer I
the complaint nf Minor al.. founded on I
express contracts and wherein they demand the I
sum ol one Huimreo 1 w.niy sn ami lo-im uoi-1
lira, for which sum ludaineiit will be rendered
iKnlnut von If tou fail so to appear and answer I
sain roinpiaini.
oiven miuer my nana mis i7in nay or nov.
. P., 1 '.. . A. Kll llAKUKUW,
411.1.06. Justice of the l'cce.
ssJDomjBT socximxa.
KAWLIN8 POST, NO. IL
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MwUatlsiintton.Orth Im Batordar ol
ark month. AirveUnas are Invited to V.
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Adiataot, tf Coalman' If,
D. J. McFaul, M. D.
At Mrs. H. Welch's Residence.
Night telephone eonnortion with
the i'atoo Uutel.
E. L. FREELAND,
-Ml? COLLECTIONS,
w'Tia INSURANCE,
wff ABSTRACTS.
U. S. LAND COMMISSIONER.
Land mingl and final Proofs Taken.
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SUMMONS.
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How to Get it $ r aa
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their household goods and came to
America. On the depot platforms they
landed, wearing sheepskin coats, the
woolly sido out, and black kerchiefs
over their heads. They carried iron
teakettles and regarded the gazing
Americans with as much curiosity as
they themselves attracted. They built
their villages of yellow limestone, the
houses having queer hip roofs, green
bunds and double doors like those seen
in a mill. Curious ovens in which
prairie hay or straw could be burned
overcame the lack of fuel, and a street
looked for all the world as though it
had dropped out of an illustration in a
Siberian sketch. Such names as "Catlv
from iriving free pluy to their propensv
ties, which accordingly remain unde
veloped all their lives. But country
cats h ave every opportunity of Indulging
their tastes for a more wild, irregular
and lawless life than the domestic
hearth affords, and not a few avail
themselves freely of the chance. Of
this class of cats there are several va
rieties; but three are sufficient for the
present purpose.
There is, first of all, says the St
James Gazette, the dissimulating cat,
which pretends to be an exclusively
domestic animal, lives a great deal in
the parlor or drawing-room, and gener
ally reminds one of the stories toia oi
A BULLET-PROOF ERE ASTPLATfc
Che Invention of a German Tailor to
I Protect Soldiers.
Frojectile makers in recent years
, have expended much money, time and
' ingenuity in increasing the efficiency
of the various missiles that come with
in scope of their endeavors, and they
have undoubtedly achieved some won
derful results. But of what use is it
all? No sooner is the projectile im
proved to the extent of demolishing
the likeliest object of its attack than
some counter improvement is made to
defeat the improved projectile. Armor
plate is made too strong to be pene
trated by missiles of the greatest
known penetration, and then missiles
are made to penetrate the armor, and
stronger armor has to be made. So the
inventors in the two lines keep playing
seesaw with one another, now one up
and now the other, until it seems as if
their rival efforts must produce about
the same result as if neither had ever
begun, and as if the host way to end it
all was to mutually agree to do noth
ing.
Here is a German tailor in Mann
heim, for instance, says the London
News, who had apparently defeated
erine stadt," "Leberthal" and "Pfeif- burglars ana otner cnmma u the lately gained and much lauded in
fer" grace their towns, and no man not posed before the world as exemplary A penetratiiig power of the Ger-
QHPflBflLLELEQ
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NOTICE OF INTENTION.
f AND OFFICE AT THE IMLLKH, ORF.OON.
I j Nov. HI. 1HUS. Notice la herely given that
the followlni-iiamed settler has tiled notice of
her Intention to make final proof in smort ol I
hir claim, and that snld proof will he made I
before J. W. Morrow, County Clerk, at llcppuer, I
Oregon, on January '.'in, I.', vis:
MARTHA C. F.MRY, ft Martha C. Hosklns,
Hd. No. XW, lor the N W and N BW
I. To li. R E. W M.
he name trie following wimeaoa to prove i
her continuous residence upou and oultlvatlon
of, said land, vis:
Nrlaon Complon, James H. Bmltn, K" inert
Kntshtra. Weeley Comiwn. all of llardmaa, I
"'"'
4' -06 Register.
Notict of Intention.
T AND OFFICE AT I.A ORASIiK. ORKOOM,
I J lee. a. IKM. Notl.-e la hereby given thai
tlx foliowlng nanied settler haa fllad nolle ol
his Intention n make fliwl prip( m Siitn ol
Ma claim, aol tnal aM proitl will n aaie tm
lore County Clerk of Morrow ronntT. Oregon,
at Ueppaer, Ornron, n January 1 WTJ, VU;
THOMAS MrlSTlKK,
H. R Ko. lor tb KEU fta 19, Tp I H, R IS
K. W M.
II name I he I.. Mowing wit neves to prove
his eonllmiotis realdenr upon aad cultltalloD
el, aald land, vis;
Thomas illRllln, A let Cnrnett. Jama Me
Inllre and Jama Johueun, all nf llepmier. Or.
a. r. wiij!.
loo 10, swetater
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01 rf .il yt r I . . , t i 1 i. . i .
SilI.U.iir !' ii't '.f lnlil k' 'a'
' tk I aiVa-l ktaW. i. Wot b d.
of Mennonite persunsion is allowed in
side the limits aa a resident, though
risitors are cordially welcomed.
The Menonnites number several
thousand, but they are never heard of
in politics. They are busy tilling their
one hundred thousand acres, raising
stock, planting orchards and piling up
wealth. The wide-awake westerner,
standing on the street corner explain
ing the "contraction of the currency"
to a knot of listeners, sees a half-dozen
odd-looking wagons come toiling up
the road. They are loaded with wheat
and solemn-faced Mennonnites,' who
guide the soberer teams, pocket the
payment and trudge homeward. The
orators hold forth in the country
schoolhouse, and the eager real estata
agent plats additions to the towns, but
the Mennonites pay no attention to
either. They keep on selling wheat
and corn and cattle until they have
become the richest class of farmers.
probably, their number considered,
that Kanaaa affords. They take few
papers, they do not vote, they cara
nothing whether the government is re
publican or democratic in its manage
ment. They are as isolated as though
they were upon a sea island, except ai
they bring their produce to the station.
It is noticeable that nearly all the
lands are in the much discussed "arid
belt," yet the Mennonites never ask
aid or seed wheat. They prosper every
year, and their homes are veritable
storehouses of garden and field prod
ucts. To step into them ia like a visit
to the land of Volga. Curious furni
ture, strange garb and peculiar hab
it impress one with the feeling that
he Is in another land and another age.
The house ar for the most part sur
rounded by atone wall and old coun
try fashion in fencing barns, and Im
plements are everywhere apparent
Thry have their own minister, their
own church and their own school.
When a "higher" education I desired
(and tome of the young people are as
forward In their ambition for learning
a American youth) there I plenty of
money in the village bank lo arnd
them to Kurope or to some eastern col
lege to acquire It During the last
year, when common complaint of hard
time went np from the dwellers on
the plains, when seed wheat has been
arnt by the thouaand bushels to Amer
ican settler. Hi Kusaiana have con-
thrive. Their old-fashioned
re come regularly lo lh
railroads, and ear-load after car-load
of wheat ha been sent aaU Lumber
dealer in the towns wlirr they do
their buying aay that there lis been
no diminution In their purrhaars, and
that by far the largrr prtton of their
yards' aalea bav gon lo their Kuaaiaa
euatomrra, Tber I an Important lea
aon in their uecra. Thry bav ahowa
by their work what Industry and fra-
gatlty ran accomplish upon the prai
rie, and what can L done with lh
rbbt bind of effort. Mill It I doubt
ful If tb Amertraa aettler eotjhl bring
almarlf ami bl family lo lb grinding
sntium y of Lnrtipraa peasant III
which lb Mennonllr bav lra
MsaWd la their settlement.
Re lealeruhk) Wkll Tra valla
la aool thr, Tb Uaton l'ertfl
system hU it train throagho! by
learn heal from lh sogin. tbua mk
leg tvery part of all It ear plal
and omf or table, ll alao ligbt lis ear
by lh MlehraUd l'lalanb LaaUl maklag
IUm brllllMl at Bight ranfr
rarrtrd daily on th fast malt, for
laafieg ear rrvUaa, lirku, or I-
formal k, rail rm or addr R W.
lunar, 0a. At, IK Third bL. Port
land, Oragoa.
! ....I a. 4eaMae
Tit ili womf 1 1 of e ! v!lr
Ibrtl litt leir l !.. fttot i:inif or a
aleaini r ba li r awd "i itiui h with
i Inrrvaaai In i;.c .f-. f lr that
nvet Ut u.rii I, . le-en ina'U Into
lha anl Jrel With h W tt ni.allfjlag
lli lnnrnU in ranged ! rHKaan-
ger. An 'J-f!ut baa leB ilrviaad
f.i miiriritf '1 frf llr rlnf lh k
l.rali.m A il th irU
ga.ix-l with r : r i. and UtrmA
li. vil.'at.' li I si Urn i,l.rv. In
re.r l I oe tm m I 111 Urira fast snr
rhBt ill mrntmr. i he ail Idea I Ibal
Ibia ! i l' lo eti"B f
l,e Jem. i "ul i , giif Tin. b.nar.
a etn.iirt.il , f..r , imh found that
l, it r I, iiU'i '.' !y l'i Ilia einiwm)
al(tt the l.rtlt.l t ri'f revolwli.is. sf
Ik f r'a tt.d lb BUBter f IW
at'ea f lis akin.
citizens for years, have perhaps been
church wardens or elders, and all the
time have been pursuing the most ne
farious practices in secret A cat of
this kind, however, is not, strictly
speaking, a gypsy cat Iler domicile is
always the same. She merely slips out
on the sly to enjoy a little sport by
niirht. while all her friends and rela
tiona. that believe strictly In her vlnue.
are sound asleep. She is out long
enough, however, to do a good deal of
mischief; and when she comes in with
the milk looks as innocent as if she hod
never heard of fur or feathers. She has
probably had a game supper, which ac
counts for the heavy sleep In which sh
Indulges during th remainder of the
day, and which Imposes on all but thos
who are behind the scenes.
These cats, if they have reputable be'
lontrinffa, will not be deliberately shot
by the neighboring game keepers; but
their respect for Farmer So-an-So, or
lor the clergyman or th doctor, will
not prevent them from setting trap
where kuch cat are likely to prowl,
and if pusa walks into one they cannot
help it. Some fine morning she is
probably missed from the breakfast
table; and when in lime it Becomes ev
Ident that she will return no more th
virtues of the deceased are extolled to
the skies, and the wretch who would in
jure so harmless and amiable a pet con'
slimed to the bottomless pit.
A more straightforward and Indepen
dent cat ia the one that cares very little
for the comfort of civilization and
rarely sleeps in any human habitation.
but divides it time between the woods
and fields in fine weather anil barns.
arables and outhouses which it fre
quents in th winter. This cat, of
coarse, la m systematic poacher, though
It will take to rata and mice when ther
la nothiuj betUr to b bad, while at the
same time It keeps np connection with
Bome eottaire or farmhouse to which it
can fiy for refuge in emergencies. Thla
cat will lie In the turnips like a hare ur
rabbit aa long as it la dry weather, and
when disturUHl will dart oft to the cot
tage aforesalil, and, jumping upon some
coign of vantage, will stand with lull
erect, swearing in a moat prepoaU'rous
fmhlon and making bellrve all the time
that It bi the cat of the hoiia. This, we
mean, Is what It will do if it eariipr
with life from the shooting party who
first roused ll; but, a It usually lias to
run the ordeal of live or sis barrrls, th
chance are considerable aginat it
'While it lives, however, the eat In
question ba a pleaaunt and eomforta
bl eiintrncw. In the aiiniiin r and early
autumn It lie about In the c- ,
brilge-rows and standing corn, living
delklouaty on young rabl.it, partriba,
and whatever rise 11 ran catch of flesh
or fowL A tb weather grow cooler
It return to th anug winter quarter
In the old barn or hayloft, whrre It
nestle warmly In the straw, and whi n
tin d of vermin fln.la a pleasing variety
In the sparrow. TM rat ba hi regu
lax wtutrr and sumimr hsatita, drpi
l) rvatrsliiU of dtimaaiirkty. ami, aa
Maeaaley l of lkyo and havagn, la
aa Irreclaimable a th wild aa. Mill
b la not altogether a wild eat II I
on frb ndly term with U.o wagoner
and thraebor, and on very cold night
Will aotnrtlllir ron.h'errnd to li U f .r
mttkg" Br. Hut them I BlMdher
animal wlwiin e-mnlry awi1 grin-rally
call a wild rat, ami who really ib - re
th name, th-rtiifli riot U longing to th
grnuin wlld-t eprrlr With tlwi abort,
Stumpy tall, wlm h la now all but s
tinrl In the aouUirru j.aru of lirwal
LUiUln.
.Raw I Cr all Rkl Masaaea
HimpXf apply "risya' OlnlmflL,
Ui latarnal mUnia rqairL ('ir
tall, iimm, lleb, all vpimia o lh
faa, baada, v. A., Ivlag lh sain
bar, bibtaadbaaltby. It '! b.,l
Mg sad srUv Oowar ar pMael
by ao ciba rnidf. Ask year drug
gist for Bwat't Oialnsact.
man riflo bull. He has Invented or dis
covered some substance which resists
bullets in a way that greatly astonishes
military men, and the army magnates
are after his secret. Military commis
sions have inado numerous tests and
declared the results most satisfactory.
The inventor has made the material
into a sort of cuirass or breastplate in
tended to be fastened to the uniform at
the shoulders and the thighs and
weighing only six pounds. The sur
face of the breastplate is of ordinary
military cloth, and the resisting sub
stance is put underneath. Uf course it
leaves the head, arms and legs ex
posed. At one of the tests a life size
dummy figure of a soldier was dressed
up with one of the shields and set up
to be fired at. Ptotoncof the bullets
that struck tho figure went through
the materiul. They were found Im
bedded in the coat, all of them flat
tened by the resistance oUcred. In or
der to find the probable eiTectof the
bullet'! upon a human body the dummy
was covered wilh soft material under
tho breastplute, and the effect upon it
was but a slight ih-presMon, less than
a tenth of mi inch liein-ath where the
bullet struck. It seems likely, there
foro, that a soldier wearing the itrnior
would suffer some pitiu on being struck
by a bullet, and lit a t.hort distance
might even bo rendered Insensible, but
It Is thought he could tmt be si-riously
injured.
SHE GAVE HIM THE GRIP.
And Thereby Caused a I iiiiiiiiolloii In lh
1 healer.
At the theater one night two g.Mitle
ien sat In the trout row, next to the
orchestra, liirm lly behind them sat a
gentleman and his wife. A few Mo
ments Ik-fore tho curtain vt cut up one
of the gentlemen In the front row put
his ami on the back of his companion's
cat.
While talking to bis friend he felt a
slight pinch on the arm. On loolilng
arutind he wiw that the lu.lv twhind
him hud turiiud to look up I i Ihu bal
cony, and In so iluln f ha I pl.i.-ed her
hand on hU unti. Ki-ali.tiig Hint ah
had done a-i unuoiiia ioiii.lv. lm did not
move bis briti, an tUu lUx-lii-alrr
I'nlon-Adverti.er.
So. m, however, he felt a lu.r I plm lu
Thinking that tint bent wny to rail th
ludy'a attention to whttt she tvaa doing
would In' to a k if anyihiiig u
wunted, the gi-iitU'iuun turned and
Bhlo-.l:
What U II. nmdunir'
"Mr?" wti.l th.. l.i.ly. and iiumrMliah.
ly the liUhbulid bli .1 lip,
"Wkul do you ini nn l y sin aUliig to
tny wife?" ho iI.'iiihii'I. d.
"Ikiu't nn-nn BiivtHing,n wasther
ply, "but I would like to know what
your w ifr tiiesna by pint hig my arinT
Then Im.IIi iii.-ii I.Kikcl a I lint lady'
ham!, whi. li i.l. II rv(rd on Hi arm.
Itotli siinli-d. Im i hiiim a I. tMu m-rvou
and x.hitl' d. I Miriiiir th rrsl of
lh (rf..rmain the U ly kept bet
hand In her tn'ifT.
HOnT .NO 0VECT.
Tai ala.otwi.unn lirlng fligktl
feiU Bl bttliU rnl.lt t.
A I ti hi Jiw d-e-a not always glv
light to tlie roiintel ainr.
Tsrrt.rat.f tl. f-ir Indian snj
the r I n.lia'i w HI Ih blr of yon.
As lihlo ;lil h f'.nr rve. Iler rrlt
Iclama on le.i.iit Is ate aai.l li la Worth
brsring
la sj.il -f th. ir pr..i -rbtal alrrw.
hr, t I- fraph rneeii' r g about
w ills a gn al it. al of tli. pat. li.
Tnr man Ihul r! I it h"l la
.r,at a, limy ! bandy al fatlitlral
li.e, t.i.'s t ! I' i.lhrr felbrsr
b'Mita - T Its .f lis '
raea Caaeaala.aal a Will.
Tb Infftnttma nHl rm I n -t In
vent a qtsaernr l.itl.ltg !rllil
lka t re.fle. fr. r al I f' I f IM
Msin I aruer 1 1. ai l I aed
bp on tl. l-arliii'tn of a . I, a
plar vf I iMtwr lat U .t t II,
and U.era it rm,i. ! t-f y t. i .t.
bil IS." titlK"f n'n.l..i'i lU t tr,
After th U-.ta'.-f lie d Ml fit -.t.g ut
it Xmr4 lie brow a -f u rru-taj
avd Us ytf aawa Vjail l- ea-.
IflOU I HAL ITIMJ.
I;tl r..t.i..s III 'Id barrel of
a t ! n HI .la 'r.
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