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MUcellantwit
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
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ON ACCOUNT OF
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" CALL AND BEE
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In our lino at tho LOWEST PRICES.
Remember, wo NEVER FAIL to bo continually adding to our
stock and that wo lmvo put
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LADIES' and OKMTLEHEN'H FURNIBIIINQ GOODS, BOOTS and
SHOES, HATH and CAPS, OIL CLOTHINO and RUUBER GOODS,
a lull assortment of Ladle' and Children's CLOAKS and DOLMANS,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, WINES and
LIQUORS, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, PAINTS and OILS, and othor
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A SCIENTIST ON SNAKES.
The Plaltwot Remedies for the Most Vi
olent of Poisons Rattlesnake Dltes.
Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent UfaJ
''To concoivo of an antidoto to nnnlyj
poison in tho truo oonso of tho lonn,"
Hlr Joseph Fayor explains, "ono must
imaglno a substance so subtlo as to fol
low, ovortako and neutralize tho vonom
inuioMood; ono that shall lmvo tho
power of counteracting and neutralizing
tho deadly Influonco It lias oxortcd on
tlio vital forces. Hucli a substanco has
still to bo found and our Drcsont oxnori
oncoof tho action of drugs doos not
lend to hopeful anticipation that wo
shall find It."
With regard to tho many drugs usod
in various countries for tho euro of
snako-htto, it is curious to noto that as a
rulo. they aro procured from tho most
deadly plants. As liko cures like, so
poison cures poison. Pennyroyal, says
Oharas, wan hold to tho noso of a vliwr.
who by turning and wriggling labored
hard to avoid it, and in half an hour's
thno was killed by it. This was in July,
at which Hfiwon thoso creatures aro
computed to ho in tho greatest vigor of
their poison.
Another drug which is poison to a
venomous snako Is tobacco, within tho
rench of most persons. This, among
nntlvo remedies, has alwavs been In
favor, and wo have hoard of its efficacy
ever slnco tho weed wrs known to
huropcAiis. Various speucs of tobacco
and its allies ara indigenous to most
tropical countries, and probably wcro in
tiso for both man and snako bites long
Ix'fora civilized nations took comfort In
smoking. Man carries mora poison in
his mouth than a snako, said an old
Virginian writor, alluding to nicotine.
IIo ran poison a rattlcsnako moro quick
ly than It can him. Nicholson states
that It also rapidly allectfl a cobra, and
ho recommends it, should you wish to
destroy tho snako uninjured. 'You
have,' ho says, 'but to blow into its
mouth a drop or two of tho oil from a
dirty p!K.'
Two young men chopping wood to
gether in Virginia espied a rattlcsnako.
Willi a forked stick ono of them held its
hood closo to tho ground, keeping its
body constrained with his foot, whllo
his comrado took from his own mouth a
quid of tobacco, which ho forced into
that of the snako. Tho reptile was then
released, anu noti not crawled a coupio
of yards before it was convulsed, swell
ing and dying within a short timo.
rjtrychnino appears to havo a similar
effect to tobacco on snakes. Fay re r
found cobras extremely sttsccptlblo to
tho influonco of strychnine An almost
imnalpabla quantity caused a cobra to
twist iUclf uj) in a rigid series of coils
and dlo. Carbolic acid U another drug
which produces powerful oflucts. Pour
ed on tho floor of their cages it will kill
venomous snakes in a very short timo.
A largo Dungorus died in ten minutes
in this way.
Dr. Weir Mitchell approves of carbolic
acid. 'Alio j,ancct recommends every
backwoodsman to sunnlv himself with a
llttlo of it, which is easily portablo and
manageable in capillary tubes. In
soveral of Mitchell's experiments with
crotalus venom carbolic acid applied to
tho wound was attended with success.
But it must bo dono at onco.
Tho wholo secret of cures when cures
can bo effected at all lies in promot-
noss. it is celerity on tno part 01 tuo
Indians which insures their success. In
an instant, if his comrade be bitten, tho
run-ago is on his knoes, sucking tho
wound, grasping tho limb firmly or
strapping it tightly abovo and below tho
bite, knowing quite well tho importance
of chocking tlio circulation. Ho has his
"poison pills," and tobacco in his
pouch. IIo oxplodes gunpowder on tho
wound and Ioscb not an Instant, nor
does tho victim lofio heart. IIo submits
with courage and tonfidenco, and in
these lio another elctnont of bucccbb.
Many cases aro on record of jxjrsons
being at death's door through fear alone,
whon bitten by a harmless snako, but
recovering on being assured Uiat tboro
was no danger. And other coses aro
well known where bitten persons havo
diod of fright and tho depressing in
fluence surrounding tho accident, whon
Uioy might possibly lmvo recovered.
Anu now tor a tow worus auout 1110
most popular and perhaps most attaina
ble of all remodlos alcoliol. No wonder
tho backwoodsman resorts to this,
which, without any chopping off of
fingers or toes, or personal pyrotechnics,
or other local tortures, deadens his
sensibilities, renders him unconscious
of suffering and sends 1dm into a happy
obliviousness of danger. It is not a re
fined mode of treatment nor ono that
presents many opportunities of exhibit
ing professional skill; and it is no doubt
somewhat derogatory to admit that to
bocomo dead drunk is an offectivo
victory against snako venom. During a
solourn in Iowa soma years ago, whon
wild and uncleared lands formed tho
'streets' of tho town in which I was
staying Lyons, on tho Mississippi
river, and as a lovely a spot as artists
and botanists can wish to revel in it
was by no moans an Infrequent occur
rence to hoar of rattlesnake bltcB.
"What was dono to tho man? Is ho
alive?" wore questions naturally askod.
"Ho drank a quart of raw whisky and
got dead drunk."
Gonorally a quart had the desired
effect, that is, of causing intoxication.
Persons unused to intoxicants might bo
affectod by a less quantity, but so
(ffelontis tho combat betweon venom
ami wntsky tuat a largo dose must bo
swallowed before any effects nt all aro
produced. I heard of a man in Nevada,
George Torhuno, a teamster (I glvo his
namo, having reasons to boliovo tho
truth of tho story), who was bitten in
tho hand by a rattloBiiako whllo stooping
to roach oomo wator out of a spring.
Tho man was alono far away from ,ijUu
man habitations. It was au instinctive
and momentary business first to kill tho
snako ; thon rusidng to his wagon, ho
drew tlio bung from a keg of whisky and
took u largo draught of tho contents.
After swallowing as much as ho could,
ho took somo tobacco from his pocket,
saturated that with whisky, and applied
this poultice to his hand, Ho then pro
ceeded with his team, drinking whisky
at intervals, until ho reached a dwell
ing, whon ho removed tho poultice and
found that tho wound had turned green,
Applying anothor of tho sarno kind, ho
resumod his journoy and his potent
doses, reaching his destination next day
M sober as a judgo, having imbibed
onough flro water to intoxicate a dozen
men.
Tho quantity sometimes swallowed
uudor such circumstances is utterly in
credible l'rofossor Halford describes
a caso of snako-bito, near Melbourne, In
which two bottles of brandy wcro drunk
without any symptoms of intoxication,
and another of a girl of 14, who, when
bitten by nn Australian snako, drank
thrco bottles without being intoxicated,
Blio recovered.
Alcohol has noworful attractions for
oxygen, writes Professor Halford, on tlio
theory that tho vonom has produced
foreign cells in tho blood; so that if
alcohol ongago tlio oxygen absorbed by
tho poison, tho colls perish and recovery
ensues. Dr. Shortt, of Madras, says:
Bring tho patient undor tho influonco of
intoxication as speedily as possible;
make him drunk and keep him drunk
until tho virus is ovorcomo. Dr. Weir
Mitchell states that delicate women and
young children under tho influence of
snako poison could take quarts of bran
dy without injury and almost without
effect. Ono man a man of temperate
habits took ono quart of brandy and a
half-nint. which onlv sliahtlv intoxicat
ed him for about four hours. Another
man, bitten in tho throat, was cured at
tho end of '24 hours, during which timo
ho had 'two quarts of whisky in ono
night, and renewed, as the pulse fell,
besides red pepper and other stim
ulants. A Dog and Snake Story.
A snecial disnatch from Williamsnort.
Pa., contains tho following remarkable
snako story: John Davis and George
Miller drove from Collonsvillo to this
city on Monday. Whon they wore cross
ing tno mountain at a place Known as
tho Old Hermit's, a valuable coach dog
which accompanied tnem ran on into tno
woods. Boon altorwaru tlicy heard him
folplug in a peculiar manor. Iiotli men
umped from tho wagon and hurried in
tho direction of tho cries. They came in
siuht of tho doit in a small hollow and
found him in a fight with soveral rattle
snakes, wincli surrounded mm on a
largo flat rock, and struck him from
every sldo. Miller and Davis each
seized a long club and went to the dog's
assistance. They killed 11 rattlesnakes,
and many others escaped amonir tlio
rocks. Tlio largest ono was 4 feet long
anu Jiauiv rallies, wniio 1110 men wcro
buxy cuttinc off tho rattles of the snakes
thoy had slain, Miller was ovorcomo by
tho peculiarly offensivo odor that char
acterizes rattlesnakes, and Davis was
obliged to help him from tho spot. It
WKJ several minutes before ho revived
from tho effects of tlio poisoned air.
Tho dog was nowhere to bo seen. Davis
went back to tho woods to look for him.
In passim; by the spot whore tlio snakes
liad been killed, ho saw a number of
live ones which hod coma out of their
holes among tho rocks, gliding round
their dead companions, springing their
rattles and every motion denoting fury.
Davis beat a retreat and wont off in nn
other direction, calling his dot;. Sud
donly ho caino upon tho dog with his
body imbedded in a mire holo in a swam
py spot. IU head alono was abovo tlio
surface. Dogs bitten by rattlesnakes in
stinctively seek sucn places and uury
themselves in tho mud. Old snako
hunters say that if a dog is nblo to find
swamp mud and cover himself with it, it
will Invariably draw out tlio poison.
Davis left his dog in tho swamp and
drove on to this city with Millor. Lost
evening tho dog arrived homo apparent
ly nono tho worso for its oncounter
with tlio -venomous reptiles, although it
must have been bitten by them many
times, Tho spot where tlio snakes were
killed is n famous rattlcsnako den. A
hunter known as "Twoliuo" lived in
tho hut near tho den for many years,
and killed scores of its Inmates annually,
f rying out tho oil and selling it to people
who camo long distances to obtain it, tho
belief in its efficacy as an ointment be
ing universal in that neighborhood.
A Baby Balced to Death.
Last year Mrs. Anno Bullen, a widow
woman, married John Freeman at
Goose Creek. Kansas. Freeman's first
wifo had died a short timo before, leav
ing an infant aged four months. It Ib
said that ho married ngain in ten months
after his first wife's death to lmvo his
llttlo boy properly cared for. Mrs.
Ilullon professed to havo great lovo for
tho child, and could not do enough for
it. Itcforo tills she had been working at
Frooman's house as a nurse. Thoy had
been married scarcely n week whon her
inhuman treatment of tlio child attract
ed tho attention of tho neighbors. Ilullon
was frequently reminded of this, but tho
woman seemed to lmvo bucii an in
fluence over hlra that ho could do noth-
ing, IIo diod suddenly alout six
months ago, and by his will left his
property, consisting of a 108-acro farm
well-stocked, and bouio money, to tho
child, and $3000 to his wifo. In tlio will
was a proviso to tho effect that In tho
ovent of tho death of tho child tho entire
property should revert to his wifo. After
ids death all tho woman's pretonded
lovo for tho child vanished, and bIio
treated It in a barbarous manner. At
ono timo an attempt was mitdo to havo
tho guardianship taken out of her hands,
but, by tho aid of false witnesses and n
stupid country justice, sho was enabled
to provo that tho child was woll caied
for. Mrs. Ilullon now tells the neighbors
that tho othor afternoon, while sho was
baking bread, tho child cntwled into tho
oven, shut tho door after it, and was
found by her burnt to a crisp whon sho
went to take out tho bread. The neigh
bors think alio placed tho child in tlio
oven witlt tho deliberate intention of
cooking it alive. Slnco tho infant's death
it has boon rumored that sho poisoned
her husband. Sho is now iu jail in
Jefferson county.
Itandall stands un liko a llttlo man for
tho democratic duplex tariff plank, lie
finds it un intelligent and businoss-llkq
utterance, iu spite of the fact that lieu
Ilutlorwau tumble to understand it. IIo
ciphers out of it incidental protection,
Wattors.on, Mnrrison nd Iturd insist
thin it means tlio sarno thing as tho
declaration of four years ago for a tariff
for revenue only. What tho words actu
ally usod may bo construed to mean
is of much less consoquonco than what
tho jMirty itself moans, and that is to bo
gathorod not from an occasional profess
ion, but from its public acts and ly tlio
expressions of its leading mombore, Tlio
groat majority of tho democratio party
aro frcc-tradors, and, if they had tho
ijwur, uioy woum attain as nearly as
possible to frco trndo by reducing tlio
tariir 10 a strictly revenue basis, regard
less 01 its onccw on American industry,
Thoy tried to effect this last winter.
Thoy tried tho sarno thing In tho forty
fourth and forty-fifth congresses tinder
tho inspiration of Morrison and Fernan
do Wood, and they will attempt it again
if tho people aro so ill advised as to glvo
them another opportunity to disturb tho
industries of tho county.
MYSTERIES.
Warm calms of heaven o'erbrood the earth;
On scented sward my feel are pressed;
Spring breezes make melodious mirth,
Yet silent awe pervades my breast:
To-day by nature I am shown
Her marvelous elements alone.
I Hnrjer where the daisies throng1,
With golden disk on supple stem,
And, careless of their beauty, long
To unreil the Impulse guiding them;
And wondcringly my soul receives
Tho resurrection of the leaves.
I cannot praise the emerald meads.
Where pomp of lengthening clover peers,
Nor that green radiance of the reeds .
That cleaves the marsh with slender spears;
My reverent heed alone I give
The miracle that has made them live.
These blossoming trees whence odor floats,
The full-fed rivulets Joy Intense,
The ecstatic trills from feathered throats
Pierce me with strange bewilderments.
In all things lovely I would guess
The mystery of their loveliness.
But while I muse the weltering day
Drops from the horizon's dunask air;
The pastoral distances lum gray.
New mystery deepens everywhere,
And high eight brings, released from thrall,
The mightiest mystery of all.
Edgar Faucitt.
Blaine as a Professor.
fSL Louis Globe-Democrat
It was in 1851, while I was engaged
in running a lino between Louisville
and Newport, Ky.. for a railroad to con
nect these cities, that I had my office at
urennon springs, nenry county, Ay.,
tho seat of the military institute in winch
James G. Blaino was at that timo Latin
professor. Having been a graduate the
Juno preceding. I was allowed quarters
in the barracks with my assistant (also
an ex-cadet) and wo were permitted
somo privileges which discipline denied
tho cadets.
Ono evening, having just returned
l.W.U WJf UUIIIVi A. lllfllVlLIUUl JL 1,117 1,'
dets to a good spread, and to prevent
ntitrnnlnn anf 1)m i imn nf nftftp "Inna "
or 10 o'clock, when all lights must bo
out, and all In bed. Wo were all ready
for a set-to. with keen appetites and a
relish for tho dainty fare, when a tap at
the door caused a stampcuo ot our visit
ors, two under the bed, and two behind
tho -wardrobe curtain.
On opening tho door who should our
now visitor be but Prof. Blaine, on duty
to see that all lights wcro out. and all
cadets in bed, and being attracted by
the light from our transom ho stopped
In to seo that we bad no company, and
also to have a quiet chat about George
town. Ofcoursowo were glad to see
him, althoughunexpected at snch a timo,
and politely invited him to take a bite,
which ho readily did.
Tlio suppor was tempting a boiled
ham (that had been packed a year in
hickory ashes in tho old stono smoke
house at home), a roast turkey, pickles,
beat biscuit, lemon pies, blackberry
jam, spongo-cako and Catawba wine.
Ahd how ho did enjoy it several slices
of ham and turkey, many biscuits, pie
and jam, and soveral glasses of native
Catawba to wash it all dow n, and good
natured chat to keep company until 11
o'clock, and tho professor arose reluc
tantly to go, remarking with a smiio:
"I am glad I happened in ; bnt was not
that rather a largo spread for only two?"
I never knew if ho suspected our four
visitors hid in tlio room, while ho was
enjoying tho feast, but always thought
lus eye caught sight under tno ward
robe curtain of two pairs of feet, belone-
ing to two trembling and hungry cadets,
who dared not move, but listened Im
patiently to tho professor's chat. If ho
saw theso pedal extremities ho must
havo enjoyed not only the supper, but a
huco joke on tho two boys, yet ho never
let on, for It would havo been his duty
to havo ordered them under arrest fpr a
gross violation of disicpline, in having
been out after "tap." Ono of tho boys
is now stato treasurer of Arkansas, and
another, I beliovo, is ono of tho supremo
judges of Louisiana.
Bee Notes.
J. M. Hicks in Commercial Gazette.
It is nothing uncommon to hear of
cases where a boo hlvo has produced POO
pounds of honey, from a single colony of
bees, in ong season. I lately had a re
port trom a co-worker, who has taken
673 pounds from ono stock of Italian
bees, up to July 20. This was dono by
tho uso of ono of tho I.X.L. honey ex
tractors, which takes all tho honoy from
tho combs neatly, and freo frvm a par
ticlo of beo bread not strained honoy,
but extracts it as it should bo, it desired,
in its purity. This is, abovo all, tho
most healthy mode of procuring tho pre
cious nectar.
In order to fo.rco a stock of bees to
raiso and hatch a queen for themselves,
you flrst render thorn quoonless by tak
ing their mother queen from them. Bo
sure thoy havo plenty of fresh eggs, as
woll as young bees hatching from tho
boca, which aro under 14 days old, con
struct tho royal colls nnd mako proper
selections ot eggs or larvtc, trom winch
tho young qucou is to bo raised.
It is truly a ploasuro to ono who may
no quito well posted in tno uenerai nan-
its of tho honovbeo to bo able to dis
criminate and to classify tho different
workers within tlio hives, such as
"guard," "wax-workers" and "nurso
boes," nil of which aro departments to
bo flllod by tho bees in tho different
stages of life, which aro appropriately
filled, at various agos, before thoy go
forth as iionoy-gathorers.
It is also a well-known fact that all
beos do not attempt to porform any out
door labor, such as gathering honoy,
water or pollon, until thoy aro 14 days
old; but thoy are constant workers with
in tlio hlvo. performing such labor as
cleaning cells, preparing food for tho yet
uulmtchod nnd looking aftor tho general
crood of tho colony.
Wo suggest that in raising a queon for
a colony of bees, In all cases tho tcm
twramentof tho older bees should be
looked after, and if they possess a mild
and gcntlo disposition, then it will bo
commendable to hatch tho young queen
from such brood. With bees, as with
men and horses, "blood will toll."
A thousand queens can Imj raised In
ono season from tho eggs of a single pro
lific slock. It is also equally true that a
hundred stocks of black bees can bo
well and perfectly Italianized in ono sea
son from a single stock of Italian bees,
nnd leave tho mother queen In her old
home all tho time.
Handlo your bees but llttlo, if any,
during tho dog days. To do so is hurt
ful to km and would bo worso than
useless? But keen them stron? in titirfS
bore, bo that after tho dog days aro over
mo v wm again go to woric gathering
and storing lionoy.
Prairie Dogs Devoartag Texas.
Tho march of the prairiodog, says tho
Albany (Tex.) News, is a standing
threat against tho future prospects oi
the grazing districts of tho state. Draw
a lino from tho Red river, south to tlio
Colorado, so as to run about tho western
lines of Throckmorton, Shackelford.
Callahan and Coleman counties, and
you mark tho front of the greatest Im
migration army ever dreamed of by
man. From this lino west 250 miles
every square milo is infested by theBo
devouring pests. They thickly inhabit
a Eccuon oi country saw miles long and
250 miles wide. The adrent of tho whito
man into this country lias but increased
their numbers, as man has destroyed
tho wolves, badgers, rattlesnakes,
panthors and other animals which prey
upon tho prairio dogs. Thoy eat tho
pass in the summer and tha grass roota
in tho winter, and tho consequence- is
that what was but a few years ago tho
finest grazing region in America ia fast
becoming a verdurcless desert. Unlike
all other animals in America, the prairio
dog is migrating, not west, but east.
Only a year or two ago his eastern lino
was about tho western line of this coun
ty. In a short timo ho has advanced
his frontier cast about five miles into
Shackelford, Throckmorton and tho
other conntics lying north and south of
Shackelford. Unless checked he will
soon ravage all mesquite gross land in
the state and will then descend in count
less hosts upon tho black, waxy farm
ing land of Tarrant, Dallas, Collins and
the other counties east of us. It is no
exaggeration to say that $10,000,000
does not exceed tho value of tho grass
annually consumed by tho prairio doga
of Northwest Texas.
A Frigatfol Tragedy.
CflicAao, August. 13. Henry M. Col
lison, formerly pastor of the Fullerton
avenue church, yesterday afternoon
shot his wifo, killing her instantly, and -then
attempted suicide. .Collison baa
been deaf all his life. This affliction in
terfered with his success. In February
last ho resigned his position as pastor of
the church, but it was not accepted.
Subsequently he again resigned and left
the church. Since then he has been idle,
and financial troubles caused him to bo
very melancholy and eccentric. About
2 : 30 o'clock Mrs. Burgess, a friend of
the family, camo to take Mrs. Collison
out riding. After entering tho carriage
Mrs. Collison got out and went into tho
house to speak to hor husband. Sho
left 1dm to return to tho carriage. He
followed, and at tlio foot of tho stairs shot
her in the back of tho head. Sho fell
dead. He stepped over tho body and
shot himself in tho right temple. Tho
ball went through Ids right eyo and
threw it out on his face. The ucrvo of
tho left eyo was cut and tho eyeball
turned around. Ho was taken to tho
hospital, where ho now lies in a critical
condition. Ho may recover, but will bo
blind in both eyes and insane the rest of
his life. Ho is 45 years old and his wife
30. He was bom in England and lived
sometime in Canada before coming
hero. Mrs. Collison was a most amisblo
and estimable woman, lovely aliko in
person and character. There aro four
children, and tliedomestic relations of
the parents were of the happiest charac
ter. The tragedy created a great sensa
tion. Shavingin China.
Chinese shaving is a slow process.
Tlio customer seats himself erect on a
Btool or bench, with tho knowledge that
an hour must pass before ho can bo re
leased. Tho barber begins operations,
by carefully washing tho victim's face,
cars and hoad with very warm water,
wiping off tho dripping ports with a wet
towel. IIo then begins shaving tho
head, or rather around tho crown whoro
tho cue begins, commencing over tlio
right car and moving along until tho
forehead and lower part of tho backhead
aro cleaned. Ho next passes to the face
and afterward to tho neck. Tho ears
are shaved and carefully brushed out
and cleaned with delicato brushes
and ingenious instruments. Tho face,
neck and head aro then rubbed until
tho skin assumes a healthy ..pink.
Tho second jwirt is somewhat liko tho
"Swedish movement euro." Tho bar
ber begins to turn and manipulate tho
head and neck until overy cord and
musclo has been stretched, pinched and
pulled. Tho shouldors, arms and back
arc also scientifically pounded and pull
ed until the, victim expresses a desrra to
havo the, manipulator stop. Tho cuo is
then unbralded, combed and cleaned,
and again braided up and put in place.
Occasionally, when a barber desires to
show great attention to a distinguished
customer, ho rubs and pulls his lingo ra
and oven his toes until tho joints crack.
Thomas Adonis Hendricks is busily
engaged in remodlinghis lettorof accep
tance of 1870. Ho proposes to add a
front bay window, put in a now side
board, enlarge tho coal holo, orect a now
cupola and paint tho entire ediflco pink.
Until theso improvomonta aro com
pleted tlio establishment will bo closed
to tho public.
The Philadelphia Ledger remarks that if peo
would give half as much atteatioato their diet
as they do to schemes for recovering their health
after It has been impaired, they would run very
little risk of needing the advice of a doctor or
change of air.
No two men were ever put up for high office
who needed vindication more than Cleveland
and Hendricks. The futt has lived a grossly
Immoral private life, while the last was JmI)1
to his country in its time of greateM trial.
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