The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 27, 1905, Image 2
A ViSIT TO THE OLD FARM.
Can you find the spring in the pasture-lot
Where the sweet-Hag used to grow.
And the garrulous, laughing little brook
Where trout flashed to and fro?
Can you show me once more the broken
wall,
Where blackberries ripened first,
And we crushed their thin and tapering
flasks
To quench our childish thirst?
Oh, take me again to the spicy grove
On the western slope of the hill.
Where we never knew that the day was
done
Till told by the whip-poor-will.
Ah. here is the same smooth, rounded stone
That locked the lips of the well;
How many a sweet and homely tale
That sentinel crav might ted!
Look! through the low and crumbling wall
The old-time berries shine,
Where else but in this sunny lane
Was ever found such wine!
But the hollyhock path to the old farm
door,
Once smooth to feet unshod.
Is thorny now with the brier-bush,
And choken by the golden-rod.
And out of the windows where love looked
forth
Peer only eyes of the dead?
Though I thought I heard the spinning
wheel
That stood by the trundle-bed.
It was only the south wind stirring a
' dream
In the heart of the lilac-tree,
While my soul grew faint at the old perfume
And the lazy drone of the bee.
Now the sun has set; we must both turn
back
From the land of the long ago,
Where blossomed the reddest rose of all
And fell the whitest snow.
For if we wait till night shall fall,
Our hearts may break to see
Xwo children's faces that smile in sleep,
Dreaming of years to be!
?Mary Minerva Barrows.
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I |f THE PRETTY COOK?
.a By MAE MARTIN. e.
JtOK. GAR mother, will be down
3 V on the twenty-fourth, with
O [ I O my friend, Allen Estwald.
. TL*-' ^ He's a splendid fellow, but
rich, and a little fastidious,
perhaps?so have everything
in trim. But that warning is
not necessary; you are always ready.
Your affectionately, Royal Dent."
That simple little note brought consternation
fcno the Dent household,
for the cook and maid of all work
had just taken French leave, and it
jwould be impossible to fill her place
on such short notice, for servants did
Hot flourish readily in the quiet little
' Tillage.
"What shr.ll we do?" exclaimed Mrs.
Dent, glancing around at her three
daughters with an expression or tragic
despair.
"Telegraph to Royal that he must
- bring a cook down with him," said
Ange, the youngest, with an irrepres
cfible smile.
"Nonsense! To-morrow is the twenty-fourth,
00 we shall have to all enter
the kitchen and take our turn,
uhtil I can engage a cook."
"Oh, mother! you know it would
spoil my complexion to bend over that
hot stove. That plan will never do,"
said fair Gertrude, folding her soft,
{illy-white hands.
"And if we do the cooking, who .will
entertain Mr. Estwald?" said Mira.
"Well, you know we cannot get one
now for love or money," sighed the
* troubled matron.
"Yes, you can, mother mine. Here
Is one for love," said brown-haired
brown-eyed Ange. "I will be cook until
you can get one, and Royal's fas\
tidious friend need never know it My
name is Polly Ann, and I'll prepare
tbe daintiest dishes, and you can engage
a boy to wait in the dining room."
"You are making quite a sacrifice,
'Ange, my dear child, and I do noi
*hke to have you banished in dial
style."
"But it is self banishment" said
Ange, gaiiy, giving just one regretful
> , dtgh, and then entering heartily intc
the work before her.
Royal came at the appointed time
accompanied by a handsome man ol
eight or nine and twenty, with fail
hair and moustache, keen, clear blu<
& # eyes, and the winning ease and grac<
|;^ % of one long used to the cultured cir
j'. cles of society.
The Misses Dent were faultlessly
dressed, and charmingly cordial, anc
Mrs. Dent beamed graciously; bu
Royal glanced around with a dissatis
fied look.
? : "Where is Ange?"
"She?she ", the mother begai
and then not being in the habit of tell
ing falsehoods, she broke down.
"She has gone on a visit to Aun
Mary's," said Gertrude, smoothly.
"Must have been rather sudden!" h<
said, surprised.
"Oh, yes, Ange, dear child, is s<
flighty," murmured Mira, turning t<
Mr. Estwald with a sweet smile, an<
there the subject dropped.
But passing through the back par
of the house an hour later Royal wa
astonished to find a young persor
half hid in a huge apron, in his arms
to feel the fond pressure of soft arm
around his neck, the touch of a velve
cheek to his.
"Halloo!" he cried, falling back
ftep.
"Oh, Royal, don't you know me?"
"Ange!" he gasped.
VNo?Polly Ann, the* cook," she coi
rected, with a soft laugh.
"What is the meaning ot all thi
mystery?" he inquired sternly.
"Don't speak so loud," she said, an
then explained the situation.
"Hang it all! I'll have a cook, :
I have to go back to town after on<
Here I've brought Estwald down 1
see you, and then find you banishe
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to the kitchen! I've a great mind to |
raise a row."
"If you do, I?I will spoil the din- j
nerl" she cried, in alarm, then disap- j
peared in the pantry.
Royal glowered at the bare wall for j
a minute; then a smile suddenly spread i
over his face, and he went back into :
the drawing room, whistling cheerful- i
ly.
The dinner was faultlessly cooked
and served, and after it was over, '
and her mo .t came out, insisting j
on washing the dishes, tired Ange
bathed her face, put v?n a fresh, white
gown, and taking a book, sought the f
solitude of the orchard.
She climbed to her favorite seat in
the fork of an old apple tree, and had
been there long enough to get rested
and cool, when a gentleman came
sauntering along through the shady
sweetness of the old orchard.
Ange did not see him in time to run
away, or even get down from her
perch, and sat still and almost breathless,
hoping he would pass by without
seeing her.
But he came on, straight to that
particular tree, a fold of hllr dresa
brushing his sleeve.
He glanced up, and said quickly:
"I beg your pardon."
"It is granted," she said, frigidly,
apparently intent on her book.
He stood still.
"I am a stranger here; came down
with my friend Royal Dent this morning.
You are a member of the family
I iresume?" lifting his hat, and
s^eakin^- in the most respectful tone.
Ange raised her sparkling eyes, a
slight smile curling her fresh, red
lips.
"I am the cook, sir."
"Ah, yes! It must be delightful to
serve so charming a family," leaning
against a low, sweeping bough, and
friendly eyes, thought Ange, feeling
a trifle warm.
"Are you laughing at them, sir?"
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"Ao, indeed. i am in rarueau ah?
quickly cried.
"Just as I thought?ready to flirt
with mistress or maid," said Ange to
herself. She stole a glance at him.
"He is very handsome; but beauty
sometimes covers a very deceitful
heart. I shall test this fine gentle*
man."
He interrupted her thoughts. *
"May I have an apple?"
"If you like them so green."
Encouraged by her friendliness, the
gentleman drew nearer, and while
they partook of green apples their acquaintance
progressed rapidly.
That meeting was only the beginning.
A week passed, and every day
Allen Estwald managed to see the
cook, for Ange still filled that position.
At last they succeeded in securing
the services of a stout woman, and.
with a little nervous laugh Ange said
Aunt Mary wished her to return home.
"I will come this evening, and be introduced
at the tea table," she said,
and went away to her favorite haunt
in the orchard. She felt sorely troubled.
It was her duty to betray Estwald,
but she shrank from the task
with trembling dread, and finally decided
to keep silent Just as she had
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arrived at the generous couuiusuuu nC
made his appearance. 1
"So your situation ha* been taken
from you?" he said, with grave com
cern.
"Yes," heaving a sigh.
"What will you do?" ,
"Try to find another."
"I can offer yon one if yon will accept
it," speaking slowly and doubtfully,
and coming quite close to her.
"Yon are kind,"' she murmured,
averting her face. "What shall I have
' to do?"
"The first and most important duty
will be to love me as deeply and as
truly as I do yon," coming nearer
still, and stretching out his arm until
it half encircled her.
| "Mr. Estwald? sir! how dare you?"
she cried out, turning her flushed face
; and flashing eyes toward him.
"Hush, Ange, until I have finished."
"Ange?" You know me, then?"
"Yes," he said and boldly took her
. hand.
"Now, how long have you known?"1
' she faltered, blushing deeply.
"Royal told me the first Cay. I fell
; In love with your ficture before I
; saw you, and Royal's account of your
| manifold perfections determined me
[ to see and.win you, if I could."
He talked eloquently, and must have
won her complete forgiveness, for
when he lifted her down from her
' perch, he kert her close in his arms a
. minute, and stole a kiss from the sweet
lips unrebuked.?New YorK News.
Do Vegetable! Breed Typhoid?
One of the theories concerning the
! origin of typhoid fever ascribes the in.
fection to the agency of vegetables
grown in contaminated soil. Some renrnarimonte
mfldp in Enrone to
{ ICllt CAptlluavuvw _
determine the facts had interesting re?
suits, which are described in Harper's
Weekly. A thorough test was made
5 with cultures of bacteria applied in va3
rious ways to peas, radishes, cress and
i other vegetables. The results showed
that in only one of the four experit
ments could any typhoid bacilli be
s found, and the final conclusion was
lf that "even in the event of bacteria being
present on the roots or leaves they
s were not able to reach the interio'
l structures."
A Cheerful Giver.
a Bobby's father had given him a tencent
piece and a quarter of a dollar,
telling him he might put one or the
other on the contribution plate,
r- "Which did you give. Bobby?" his
father asked, when the boy came from
s church.
"Well, father, I thought at first I
d ought to put in the quarter," said Bobby,
"but then just in time I reinemif
bered, 'The Lord loveth a cheerful give.
er,' and I knew I could give the ten:o
cent piece a great deal more cheerfully,
d I so I put that in."?Youth's Companion,
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2 SOUTH CAROLINA 1
\ STATE NEWS ITEMS, g
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Stnalls Execution Delayed.
Bob Smalls, the white man sentenced
to be hanged at Darlington on May
5th for the murder of a negro, will
not be hanged according to the pro|
tram. Notice of perfection of appeal
to the supreme court was received,
| in Columbia, just in time to save him.
! The governor has notified the sheriff
' to hold up.
!
May Merge Warehouses.
i I IltJ /I51L IU Uill UJL'O. liiU pcxoL, nt^j\ I
! cf Daniel Sully, the great cotton bull, |
is expected to result in the merger.
o? all the larger warehouses of the
state into one concern backed by Columbia
capital. These warehouses are
valued at five million dollars and the
new company would represent all the
officers of the smaller companies with
a central governing board in Columbia.
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Engineering Department Planned.
A most important movement in the
interest of Newberry College is now
being agitated by the friends of the
institu'ion in the Southern Lutheran
church. This is the addition of a mechanical
and engineering department
and the erection of another building
on the campus for the use of the department.
The movement is meeting with
much e ncouragement and it is probable
tuat the new building will be
erected during the summer months.
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Publishers to Meet in Charleston.
The annual meeting of the Southern
Newspaper Publishers' Association
? ;n v.. i /.u i. Pha.lacf/in \Tatt 9. nnri
Will UC iiciu JU ^uaiibuwu ?
3 at the Charleston Jhotei. Over one
hundred representative ^publishers are
expected and the sessions will be interesting
and pleasant The Charleston
committee, composed of members
council, the Commercial Club and
local newspaper men, "have arranged to
give the visitors a delightful time, the
program including trips to the Isle of
Palms, the navy yard, magnolia gardens
and a reception and banquet.
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.laMed on Arson Charge.
Henrv Hollins, the negro charged
with the burning of a barn near Campobello,
and who it was reported was
taken from officers and lynched, was
given a preliminary hearing before
Magistrate Pasley at Spartanburg and
committed to jail to await trial on the
charge of arson by higher court
Hollies was tried with his father
some time ago on a charge similar to
the one under which he rests at the
pi esent, and the elder negro was given
a sentence in the penitentiary, but his
son was released, there rot being sufficient
evidence to connect him with
the first crime.
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Flag Belongs to Georgia.
A Columbia news item says: Gov
ernor Terrell of Georgia has proved
Georgia s claim to the Sumter flying
artillery battle flag which the war
department sent to the South Carolina
Ponlvinir a Ipftpr from
Governor Heyward, Secretary of War
Taft has written that upon further investigation
he has discovered that the
flag belongs to the Sumter flying artillery
of Georgia, otherwise known as
Battery "A," 11th, or Sumter, Georgia,
artillery, and not to the Sumter battery
of South Carolina.
"The official records show," says tho
letter, ' that the last named organization
was discontinued in January, 1865,
ai.d, therefore, could not have lost
a flag at Appomattox on April 8,
1865." The flag will at once be sent
to Governor Terrell.
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Inspecting Good Road Work.
A party of Abbeville men consisting
of the mayor of the town, two aldermen
and the county supervisor, were
ir. Spartanburg a few days ago for!
the purpose of inspecting the work
of the county good roads gang and
the machinery near Cedar Springs
with the view of purchasing a plant
and begin permanent improvements
on the highways in their county. Spartanburg
s fame for excellent road
building is known and visitors from
other piaces frequently go there for
the pcrpose of seeing how it is done.
The methods in vogue are thorough
becauso the county is by nature a difficult
proposition in road building, and
it is a safe test when the work is
such as to withstand the usual difficulties
encountered in working out
the plans of the engineers.
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Mob Kills Negro Farmer.
Abe McDaniel, an industrious ne
gro farmer and land owner, was killed
ir. his house, fourteen miles southwest
of Laurens, late Saturday night by a
party composed, it is said, of white
> men of the same community. Members
of the mob attempted to enter
i the front door and were fired upon
i by McDaniel. The fire was returned
by the mob with fatal effect.
At the inquest McDaniel's daugh'
ters, who were taken out of the house
' subsequent to the killing of their father
and whipped by the mob, swore
that they recognized Powell H. Bald
' w:n as one of the parties. A warrant
was issued by the acting coroner for
Baldwin's arrest, and he was arrested
ai'd placed in jail at Laurens.
Baldwin says he knows nothing .of
the affair. He admits that he had
trouble with the negro a few weeks
ago, but the matter was settled and
he denies any connection with the
work of the alleged mob.
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Rails Being Laid Hapidly.
The rails in the new railroad connecting
Union with the Seaboard AnLine
are now being laid rapidiy. A
large force is already at work without
the corporate limits of Union,
and rails would be run right into
where the new station will be located,
were it not necessary to build a trestle.
The new railroad has been fortunate
in securing one of the most practical,
hard-working railroad men in the
s*ate, Colonel P. I. Weiis of Columbia
to be vice president and general
manager. Colonel Wells was, for a
number of years or.e of the best superintendents
in the south employed
by the Southern railway, he relinquishing
this position to become general
manager of the street railway
system of Columbia.
It is reported that when the new
line is put into operation trains will
run from Union to Prides, over the
new road, thence over the Seaboard
Air Line into Chester. This cannot,
however, be confirmed.
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Doctor Jailed on Bigamy Charge.
Upon information furnished by parties
at St. George, Chief of Police Fischer
of Orangeburg arrested Dr. Kenyon
V. Millard of Indianapolis, Ind.,
nnon the charge of bigamy.
Dr. Millard was married to Miss j
Sallie Kenyon of St. George by Rev.
Mr. Lightfoot at Orangeburg recently,
a minister at St. George refusing to
perform the ceremony on the ground
that Dr. Millard was a divorced man.
It was said the coupie intended to
go to Augusta to have a second ceremony
performed under the Georgia
laws but for some reason they did
rot do so. v
After his marriage Dr. MBllard attended
prayer meeting of the Baptist
church of Orangeburg and upon the
pastor's invitation addressed the congregation
speaking in a general way
of his work and travels.
The coctor has been' placed in jail
in default of $500 bond. Millard was
detained at a boarding house for sev-1
oral days under the guard of an officer,
but was later locked up.
Attorneys for the family of his
bride are now at work preparing their
case, and as much of the evidence
is to come from Pasadena, Cal., where,
it is said, a living wife resides, it
will be at least two weeks before a
p-eliminary hearing can be had. In
the meantime his new wife has returned
to her mother's home at St
George, to await developments.
BETTER THAN WORTHLESS DUKE
Carnegie's Niece Married Poor But
Honest Riding Master.
It became known at New York Wednesday
that Andrew Carnegie's niece,
Nancy, was secretly married about
n TrooT npTi to a ridine master named
Heaver, whom she met at Newport.
The story was confirmed by Mr. Carnegie.
"Miy niece was married to Mr. Heaver
in New York about a year ago,"
he said. "Mr. Heaver was a riding
teacher in the family. Thev family
has no objection to the match. Mr.
Heaver is an hoqest, upright young ;
man. I would rather Nancy had married
a poor, honest man than a worthless
duke. We want no rich men in
the family." Mr. Carnegie said Mr.
end Mrs. Heaver went to Europe immediately
^fter their marriage. They
returned t few days ago, and are now
on a visit to New England.
Mr. Heaver was formerly coachman
for his wife's mother, Mrs. Thomas
ML Carnegie, in Pittsburg, and at
her winter home In Fernandina, Fla.
He was a widower with two children.
PRESIDENT
GOE8 TO COLORADO.
Leaves for Fresh Fields After Bagging
Elghteer Wolves in Oklahoma.
The president's great wolf hunt li?
Oklahoma ended Friday, eighteen of
these animals being the total number
captured.
The special train left Frederick at
8:15 o'clock over the St. Louis and
San Francisco railroad, arriving at
Vernon, Texas, at 9:10 o'clock, where
the train was transferred to the Fort
Worth and Denver railway and the
Journey to Colorado begun.
win he no dearth of game
for the president. He will have all
the Colorado bears he wantp and h*e
oan choose his own methods. He
may chase with the dogs, beat through
the district with twenty-five men or
personally track and kill at close
quarters.
HEALTH ON I8THM.U8 GOOD.
Only Eleven Deaths Among Nine
j Thousand Employes During March.
The March health report of Colonel
W. C. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer of
the isthmian canal zone, received In
Washington Sunday, shows a steady
improvement in conditions there.
There were about 9,000 employes
of the commission at the end of the
month. The sipk In hospitals numbered
153, and the total deaths' for
the month were only eleven.
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A Chicken-Feeding Machine
By XV. Frank McClr-re.
j>. RATTENING fowls for the
m = mi ,J-V mer.ns of ma||
jp | chinery. 011 first thought
|" L41 to most people seems ridta)
vS? ieulous, hardly more so.
however, than the hatching
of chickens by means of an incubator
a few years ago. Ihe incubator
has come to stay, and the chicken feeder,
although an innovation, has found
a place in some of the largest poultry
yards. Modem genius in recent years
has affected the poultry farm just as
decidedly as it has the apiary or the
stock farm, and its problems have offered
a wide field for scientific study.
It is claimed that chickens fattened
by machinery comprise sweeter and
tenderer meat than those fattened in
the ordinary way. Fowls are fed in
this manner for two or three weeks
prior to killing, and in that time increase
in weight from two to three
pounds. The chickens are not allowed
exercise in this time, and are allowed
no other food than that which is received
from the niachine. The feeding
is done twice a day, and one man
can feed 300 chickens in a day. It is
a patent liquid food that it is fed in
this manner, the ingredients of which,
of course, are known only to the maker.
The feeding machine is nicely illustrated
in the accompanying photograph.
The food is forced through a
tube by means of a suction pump,
which in turn is operated by a foot
pedal. The tube, which is about ten
inches in length, reaches through the
chicken's mouth into its crop. In the
photograph this tube is shown on the
ontsido of the fowl's.neck, reaching
to about the same point as when inserted
in the mouth. When the crop
is full the flow of liquid food stops instantly,
and the chicken is not injured
in the least. This needing by machinery
is done chiefly in the preparation
of roasters for the market and
for finishing the fattening* of broilers.
Notable progress has also been made
among poultry raisers in the increased
production of eggs. It is claimed to-day
that it is within the power of the poultry
owner to make his hens lay on an
average three years' crop in two years,
and that even moulting is controlled
at the will of the owner. This is an important
discovery in this day, when
the demand for eggs is so enormous
and the price so high. In the last annual
report of the Secretary of Agriculture,
a statement is made which
gives an idea of the size of the annual
consumption of eggs in this country.
This report states that the hens of the
United States lay 1,666,000,000 dozens
of eggs a year, the value of which in
one month is enough to pay the interest
of the entire national debt for one
year. There is little question that the
scientific study that has been giver
the subject of poultry raising in re
cent years has added materially tc
this annual egg production over what
it otherwise would have been. Propei
housing, for example, has come to bt
recognized as an absolute essential
Also, as pure air Is required for the
healthy human being, so also the wellbred
fowl to-day is given plenty ol
m *- -i? ?t.ii? ?* rta oq mo Hrrw
uesii an, vviiiiL at
drafts are avoided.
It is not unusual nowadays to se<
numerous small chicken houses scat
tered over a large field where th<
poultry business is carried on upoi
an extensive scale. This arrangement
of course, admits of the various flocki
being housed separately. Artlficia
heat is seldom resorted to in heating
these houses, except in extreme col<
weather. With all surroundings con
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How an Antoinobilist Lost His GirL
A Parisian to whom the newspaper
refer as "Count Albert H." invited hii
fiancee and her sister for an auto trip
Caught in the evening by an approach
ing storm near Nantes, when riding a
great speed, he noticed a severe jol
as the machine jumped a trench 111 th<
road, swerving badly. Devoting all hi;
attention to steering, lie did not turi
to speak to the girls for ten minutes
Then he discovered that the rear sea
was empty. Horrified, he returned t<
the point where the jolt occurred. Botl
ducive, it is not unusual for one hen S
to lay sixteen dozen eggs in one year, 9
and even better records than this are -jl
often made. Few poultrymen, how- \t
ever, attain such records with their 3
flocks unless they have made a study jl
of the numerous scientific methods of M
caring for them.?Scientific American' '9
SCALES OW THE TRUCK. 1
Automatic Weighing Device on Freight
Carriage* 9
In the operation of unloading vessels 9
and cars at important snipping points i*
most of the work is done with great* 'W
rapidity by machinery designed and m
built especially for the particular work
demanded. This holds good particularly
where the freight handled is of' |j
the same character, like ore, metal and '
TTK2GHING TBUCX. 9
such commodities, but where it is of 9
mixed character, like that handled by; >3j
river steamers or about railroad!
freight yards, the old methods of; '^|i
trucking still prevail. i m
Where it is necessary to weigh this. 9
freight, as is often the case, much 9
i time is lost la transferring it to audi
i from the scales, and in order to over-i
come this a new invention combines afj |
truck and weighing scales. The latter] 9
x woinr fftt-W - -M
l I are auiumauu auu ic^uu^ iu^ _
1 addition to the regular construction off V ,
. the truck. The invention provides for. ; 9
; a skeleton framework of metal whichj fl
t adds very little weight to that of ?hej fl
l truck and is said to Increase its* S
strength materially. : 4*
> When it is not desired to make use m
i of this feature of the truck it is out off x J
t the way, but to weigh the load of thej . . j
truck it is only necessary to operate ' M
> a lever which raises the weighing plat- *
t form slightly above the truck frame J
: and records the weight of the load on via 1
i a dial.?Philadelphia Record. I
; Oar Share of the Ocean Carrying; Trade. * J
1 American"ships "now carry about J
I one-twelfth of our foreign trade and ]
I foreign ships about eleven-twelfths; j
We use to have almost all. ,1
; ENS BY MACHINE
?From the Scientific American. . ?
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| women had been thrown over the back /Jj
s I of the seat and were found lying, un- &
3y hurt, in the mud at the bottom of the- sj
, trench, unable to extricate themselves.
[ They insisted .upon being taken to the
t railway station at Nantes ana on ret
turning by train the following dqy.
e The automobilist received notice from
5 the girl that * their engagement wa' ^
1 cancelled.?New York World.
t The Siamese Navy possesses seven- p
3 ty-oue vessels, the largest one being a
h cruiser of 3000 tons displacement v -Jj