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MO OF 40 YEARS AGO
Steam-Driven Machine Now on Hx
hibilion at a Lowell, Macs.,
Oarage.
ECCENTRICITY OF INVENTOR
Worked on Ills Contrivance During
llvil War and Exhibited Hesult
Throughout Country.
In the show rooms of one of the lo
cal garages at Lowell, says the Bos
ton Herald, la on exhibition what is
believed to be the first steam-driven
automobile ever Invented In this coun
try, one which served the Ideas and
fulfilled the expectations of Its builder
perfectly. The machine, a rather odd
looking affair as compared with a mod
ern car, was the invention of William
W. Austin, who died last year In Win
throp. Mr. Austin waa born in DIghton
eighty-five years ago, and at the age
of 9 was left an orphan. When a
young man he became apprenticed to
a blacksmith and after remaining at
his trade for a few years went to
Boston and eventually to Lowell.
In 1860, at the very outbreak of the
Civil War, be started to work on his
first automobile. His second effort
was the machine which Is now on ex
hibition here. He took his invention
to the larger cities of this section of
the country and on his return to Low
ell some time later he brought with
him 114,000.
Eccentric in some particulars, Mr.
Austin, Instead of placing the money
in the bank, burled it and made a map
of its detailed location. When he left
the city some months later he placed
the map in what he considered safe
keeping, but on his return It was gone,
and, not being able to remember just
where he had placed the money,
mourned it as lost.
A few years later, while away from
the city, a mental picture of the spot
where it was buried flashed into his
mind, and he returned here with all
haste and after some efforts located
the notes where he had burled them.
Decomposition had destroyed the outer
edges, but he appealed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and the notes
were redeemed.
CANADIAN WRITER AND
EDUCATOR WHO IS DEAD.
Professor Goldwln Smltu, one of tho
most distinguished educators and writ
ers of modern times, died at "The
Grange," his home in Tonrto, recent
ly, at the age of 86 years. Since the
deatff of his wife lust summer the in
firmities of old uge have been creeping
rapidly on Dr. Smith, and several
months ago he guve up all his literary
work. On the morning of Feb. 2, aa
he was walking through the hall of his
home, he tripped and fell, fracturing
his thigh bone. On account of the pa
tient's advanced age the bones would
not knit, and from tho first there was
no hope of his recovery.
Ooldwlp Smith wns born at Reading,
Ooldwkn Smith.
England, on Aug. 13, 182. He was
educated at Eton and Oxford, and be
came In 1847 a fellow of 1'nlvernlty
College. He was Regius professor of
hUtory at Oxford from 18G8 to 18t6.
In 1868 he was elected to the chair or
English and constitutional history lu
Cornell University, and In JS71 he set
tled in Canada, where he davoted him
self largely to Cunudian Journalism
and to literature. His pleasant home,
the Grange, is situated In the center
of Toronto. His various A'orks, lit
erary and polltlral, make ,ij u very
fine record, but to ninny be is of inter
est aa a leading figure lu kiow-forgot-ten
controversies In which btth Mr
Gladstone and Iid Beacousfleld took
part. In addition to his work In bi
ography, criticism nnd political essays.
Goldwln Smith was a poet.
WITH THE SAOE3.
matmwwl 'ilimjli'mMW HI I li ii
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Whoso es' ji-ea a duty avoid a gain.
Parker.
Who is fr .' Tbe man who master
bis own re !"ViicteM!8.
To CUltlV Mod tllO'.l'.lU is lo be
loyal to oi -r If. l.ee.
Tbe gM ! il.r:::a or thla IJ.'u
are frk:: . i -.V tlcn. Kcbert
aon. No on im t.'.U world who
lightens . i' for auy en
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MILLIONAIRES ON A HUNT
MAY SEEK NORTH POLE.
Paul .1. Uaincy, millionaire turfman
r.nd polo player, who Is said to have
spent nearly $1,000,000 on the turf, has
decided to give up raring for good
Many of his hornes have already been
sold. He in Roing to the frozen north
for a six months' hunt after bf
game. Mr. Kainey plans to penetrate
the wilds of Ibrador and perhaps
even make a dash for the north pole.
He will hunt all over Ellsmereland.
Harry Whitney and Mr. Ralney
have gone to Sydney, C. P., where Uiey
l
tv-: Jiff
mi
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will Join the arctic ahlp Beothic, which
they have chartered for the trip into
the northern latitudes. Capt. Bart
lett, who accompanied Peary on the
Roosevelt, will command tlwe Beothic
and have a crew of twenty-nine. This
entire expedition Is to be recorded in
photographs, and in this respect It
probably will differ from any eimllar
undertaking. There will be ten cam
eras with duplicates of them all to
be used in case of accident. Some of
tbe cameras are especially adapted
for over-Ice photography. There will
be motion pictures of all the hunts
and of the fishing, the harpooning of
walruses, the fights with polar bears,
and the caribou chases.
NEGRO CADDIES DOWN SOUTH.
Olillirlnar and Cheerful Helpers the
Ultima; Uolfer Find Them.
Ths winter resort golf player meets
a refreshing novelty in the negro cad
dy. Sometimes the "boy" is a grizzled
old fellow rising 50, who totes the bag
of clubs about with the alacrity of
youth.
The caddies come in all sizes, from
six feet or more with the muscular
build of a prize fighter down to lads
just about able to handle tho bug; but
no matter w hat his age or size, the ne
gro caddy has infinite ability to bo
cheerful. He doesn't adopt the some
what cynical manner of the white cad
dy, and his manners are better.
For another thing, the black lad
ordinarily has the eye of a hawk and
traces the bnlls with marvelous sure
Hess. One caddy said he hadn't lost a
ball in the two years that he had been
caddylng, which Is a remarkable rec
ord.
The negro caddy conies Into his work
with an Rinlable Idixi that he is the
partner, of his employer. The ball la
"ours." "Whose ball Is that near the
nln?" nsks the golfer. "That's ours
sir", the (addy says.
When the golfer gets a good long
ball from the toe, the caddy does a lo
of (inlet rooting. "Illde on, ball, rld
on," he calls, much as If ho were roll'
Ing the bones und rooting for his num
ber to come up. He does his best to
coax the ball Into the cup, too, In much
the unmo way, but his sense of eti
quette Is too strong to permit mm to
make any noise whilo the play Is ac
tually being made.
No mutter how much of a dub he 1ms
for a boss at the time, a writer In
'.he New York Sun says, he doesn't
rneer or say, anything impertinent
which is a relief to the player from
up North, who knows the unpleasant
IvihIM of some of tho white cuddles.
The only bad habit the bey has Is to
gamble on the result of the match he's
accompanying. It can be seen what a
ten of cheerfulness It Is for blni when
his player Is a dun and misses an tasy
id-ot for the hole and so throw away
tho bet.
'Hie Hlilmlynt I to U.ie.
A can of mieent.ish beneath a t-ou ;b,
t"o:ne turnips, beans, and peas for nio
anil thiui!
Tbe while tbe Meat Trut howls In
futl!e woe
We're learnlrv to eat vegetables now.
Ko.-tU.'.i Traveler.
Inih nnd Credit.
"Father, witt it meant by bunk
if.ptcy?" "'lankrup'.cy I" when you put your
nroney In your lilp rocket and let your
creditors ta'Kc your ccr.t." rUi 5 ndo
J'.acito
nirn wttt it
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EN years nno It was found that It was possible to cross tho
cow with the native American buffalo. In fact, the cross was
made, and the herds have been developed until at present there
are moro than 300 head in the United States. "Buffalo Jones"
of Arizona has a thriving herd, and another of even greaier
numbers Is that on the Ooodale ranch In the panhandle of
Texas. Great, shaggy, high-withered steers stalk about the
mm
fields, overlording their domestic ancestors In no mean manner.
This Is a creature that never existed In the world until recently, says
the Washington Post. All the suns that shone in the paat failed to see Its
like. It Is a new thing In the world. The Important question is whether
it Is a useful thing. This question is not yet decided, but It Is well within
the range of possibilities thRt It will prove more profitable to raise the hybrid
than the cow, and If this Is proved the latter will pass away and in Its place
will remain the new creature, the cattelo, for so It Is called through a com
bination of the names of its ancestors.
There are a number of points in which the rattelo surpasses the do
mestic cow. It Is of greater activity and can find a livelihood where the
cow would starve. Mountain fastnesses and barren plains lend themselves
as pasturage for It where herds of cattle could never graze. Llkewlso tbe
frozen north countries lend themselves to the grazing of cattelo where cows
could not resist the cold. The cattelo ha a shaggy coat Inherited from its
wild ancestor that la without a peer as a reslster of cold. Interior Alaska
might be induced to yield up billions were cattelo brought there to pasture.
But there Is still another of the brand-new animals that appears more
attractive than all the rest. This Is the zebrass, offspring of the royal zebra
of Abyssinia and the plebeian ass of the west. It has been developed under
the special care and guidnnie of the United States government itself, and
the hope Is strong that there will result a bearer of burdens and drawer of
loads that will surpass any domestic animal now known. Five years ago
King Mencllk of Abyssinia sent to President Roosevelt the finest zebra In all
his domain, and the Abyssinian zebras are the largest and handsomest In
the world. As his back yard was already filled with things from the wild,
the President turned the zebra over to government scientists of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who, being agog with the newly found Idea of the times,
that of Inventing new animals, set about using his royalty of the stripes for
that purpose.
The asses they already had in plenty of the variety of the patient -Mexican
burro that bears the packs of the prospectors of the west. The experi
ments were carried on at the experiment station at Bethesda, near Washlng-v
ton. To-day there are rive young hybrids running about the place and de
claring themselves tho very latest things In animals. The oldest zebrass, the
first of its kind, was born a little more than a year ngo. It Is a male, and
those that followed are all females, this fact offering the possibility of devel
oping the herd very rapidly. Animal growers throughout the country are
waiting with great Interest the further development of these strange crea
tures. And the possibilities loom large to all appearances. The zebrass seems
to have combined many of the good qualities of both Its parents, and Is one
of the prettiest creatures In the world. It has the heavy coat of hair of its
mother on the body and the short coat of Its lather on the head and legs,
thus exaggerating Its already apparent tiimness. The stripes of the male
parent are present, but greatly dimmed on the body, while vivid on the legs.
The greatest hybrid that the world has ever known is the mule. This
is a cross between the horse and the ass. The resultant mule was, however,
barren, and the possibility of developing
tion did not exist. The mule had to be
of. At that he has borne the brunt of
the nation's cannon Into the ever advancing frontier. He has surpassed In
many ways both the horse and the ass that bred him. The zebrass Is evi-
TO WOOD PILE
Modern Methods Have Killed the
Picturesque Sentinel of the
Cigar Store.
WAS VENERATED BY DEALER
City Ordinances Against Obstruction
of Streets and Other Causes
Hastened Downfall.
The wooden Indian has gone to th3
attic, the basement and the wood pile.
He no longer Is the recognized sign of
the tobacco store, says the Chicago
News.
Time was when the proprietor of a
tobacco store considered the statue of
the American aborigine standing at
the entrance of his doorway a neces
sary adjunct to his business. It was
regarded by the proprietor with the
same feeling of pride that now swells
In a man's boso.ni when he watches
his huge electric sign attracting the at
tention of the crowds in the street.
When a new coat of paint covered the
front of his store the Indian was adorn
ed with a new suit of attractive colors.
At night the statue carefully was re
moved within the building, and the
first duty of the Janitor the next morn
ing was to put the sign on duty In its
accustomed place.
A few tobacco dealers Btill have tho
Indian sign. They consider It now
more as a keepsake than an asset to
their business, and don't Ive It the
caro and attention It demanded former
ly. They bought It many years ago
wen Its presence was considered nec
essary to the Bule of tobacco and their
attachment for the relic prevents them
from using It for kindling.
The retail tobacco business has un
dergone a revolution during the la.it
fifteen years, and the Indian was ono
of the old customs slated for the tobog
gan. When modern ways and .modern
stores began to encroach upon the din
gy, untidy tobacco stands of the pio
neers, tho reformers chose to regard
the absence of the Indian as a mark of
-i their kind. The electric sign or the
unassuming "Cigars and Tobaccos" ou
tho windows downed the chief.
Other things, too, aided custom lu
discarding the wooden Indiun. On nar
row sidewalks the life-sized statue
mounted on a largo base was a serious
obstruction and often It was necessary
for pedestrians to pass it in single fib
This led to ordinances and laws
against street obstructions, and the
woodeu Indian became ill. At this
stage In the history of the retail tobac
co business window decorations came
into vogue. The big signs prevented a
view of a clever window display and
discretion led the shopkeeper to aban
don the old scheme for the new.
Tho use of an Indian statue as i
t'.-u of a tobacco store is commonly
accredited to the fact that tho red man
waa the first to use tobacco.
BIRD CHAT.
The Chinese eat "rotten"' eggs that
la, eggs preserved In lime until they
get a consistency like that of hard but
ter.
A fosll rahphoryueus, a bird of 50,
000.0)0 years old, sold for $9,000 re'
ccntly, the highest price ever paid for
a bird.
Cardinals have been known to alight
upon window sills of housus and peck
ai the pane, probably attracted by
their reflection In the class.
re hew fmmjv
a more perfect type through selec
taken as he was nnd made the most
cornfield labor at home and tugged
WIFE AND CHILD OF
Dot. Oi tferavwu. Hvi.
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After waiting a year for the return of her husband, who left hiB home
to go to a neighborhood store, Mrs. Sophie Oiserman of Chicago has asked
the police to assist her In finding him. Oiserman and his family lived at
589 Sangamon street. According to the wife's stcry they were happy and
never quarreled. He left the house, waving a good-by to his little daughter
Dora, then 1 year old, and he has not been seen nor heard from since by any
member of his family.
Month after month thu wife sat waiting for the return of her husband.
She would not call the prlce Into the search, believing that soon he would
be back. She taught her kittle girl to lisp the name of her father and pray
for hla return.
BOY IS VICTOR OVER
TWO BIO BALD EAGLES.
Ten-year-old Ira Cunningham, son
of a farmer in a remote section of
Pennsylvania, known as Rligdale, had
a fight with two huge bain eaglea for
his life, and he will carry the marks
of their taloaa to the grave. He was
returning home from school when two
eagles swooped down upon him, knock
ing him down and attacking hJm
1th great fury. - They repeatedly
tank their talons In hla shoulders and
tried to carry him away. The bay
fought plucklly and, gettlag hold of
a club, resisted the birds so sturdily
that they abandoned the attempt and
sailed away.
llltfh Finance.
"Why do you keep asking people for
change for a dollar, and then asking
other people to give you a dollar for
your change?"
"Well, somebody may make a mis
take In change, sometime. And, be
lieve me, it won't be me!" Cleveland
Leader.
Mere Mention.
"Did you uncle mention you in h
will?"
"Yes; ' In very uncomplimentary
terms." Louisville Courier-Journal.
N'j;. Jl
dently a creature superior in every
vith selection and scientific breeding.
will tend to retire the latter and possibly the horse from the field of action.
But of the new turn taken by scientists is a great law of heredity which
vas deduced first by an Austrian monk, Gregor Mendel, who lived half a
century ago. This monk In his cloistered garden studied long the laws that
govern the things that grow and their relation to the parents that bred
them. He established, in the first place, the fact that all things having life,
be they plant or animal, are controlled by the same laws. Then he worked
on the hypothesis that given trait? of either or both parents would occur
in generations that followed In certain
together for many years plants and animals having certain dissimilar and
readily reecgnized qualities and noted the recurrence of each In the genera
tions that followed. Finally he worked out of these figures the greatest law
of heredity that science has ever
Little was thought of It at the time,
past ten years, it has been hit upon,
sand times and finally has been established as the one great and correct
law. This law the government has
MAN LOST A YEAR.
Sophie Oi eetw&xi-
All the seats were occupied and the
straps were coming into demand when
the woman boarded the street car. She
was beyond the age generally consider
ed attractive, her attire was unfash
ionable, and she was undeniably fat.
There were several men, but no one
of them rose as she reached vainly for
the strap that eluded her short arm.
"Take my seat, .ma'am," piped a
voice i small, red-haired boy had
risen,
The woman stared at her diminutive
benefactor. Then she recovered her
self, thanked him gratefully and tried
to take the proffered seat. '
Of course everybody was looking on
by this time. But the lesson that
should be conveyed to the seated speci
mens of mankind threatened to be lost.
The boy was not over 11, and small of
his age. The efforts of the portly wom
an to Insert herself Into the space left
by the boy were fast becoming ludic
rouB. Broad grins were appearing, and
a girl or two giggled.
The boy, who was of the "red-haired
temperament," began to blush
furiously, and was evidently embar
rassed at the turn events had taken.
"I'm sorry I ain't bigger, ma'am," he
said to the woman, letting his shrill,
thin voice go distinctly through the
car, "but If I'd 'a' been big enough to
leave a good-sized seat, mebby I'd 'a'
forgot to pull all of me up out of it
when a lady come along!"
SPLINTERS.
Graie work grinding horse-radish.
It is a mistake to aim too high with
a short-range gun.
A level-headed man is not necessari
ly a flat-headed man.
It you don't ask for too much you
will find more cheerful givers.
Bowers She was safe In challenging
that fellow 10 guess her age. Powers
Who is be? Bowers The weather
man.
DRIVEN HOME. N !
way to the mule, and, It Is believed.
It will take a place in the world that
mathematical proportions. He bred
known and set it down for posterity
and It was neglected until, within tffe
has been proved and re-proved a thou
taken great pains to prove.
COLUMBIA PROFESSOR
SUED FOR HEART BALM
Suit for $50,000 damages for alleged
breach of promise of marriage has
been brought In the Supreme Court at
New York by Miss Esther Quinn
against Prof. Harry Thurston Peck,
A. M., Ph. D., L. H. D., LL. D., holder
of the chair in Latin at Cokvnbla Unl
verslty, president of the Latin Club of
America, member of many prominent
literary clubs and associations, maga
zine writer, critic of the fair sex, and
essayist on morals.
The first wife of Prof. Peck obtained
a divorce In South Dakota in Septem
ber, 1908. The grounds were deser
tion. On Aug. 20 of the following year
he married Miss Elizabeth D. du Bois,
a teacher of classics in the Morris
high school. Miss Quinn in her com
plaint alleges that her friendship with
the scholar-critlc-writer began In Juno,
1900, and continued until Feb. 3 last,
when she heard for the first time of
bis marriage to Miss du Bois. In the
same document Miss Quinn asserts,
through her lawyer, Daniel O'Reilly,
that in September, 190S the month lu
which his first wife divorced him
Prof. Peek proposed marriage to her
rnd the accepted him. The Columbia
professor Is 54 years old. Miss Quinn
is much his Junior. Through his at
torneys, Tappan & Bennett, Peck has
entered a general denial of the charges.
The woman's lawyer will offer In evi
dence on the trial of her cause more
than a hundred letters written to her,
she afflr.ms, by the famous litterateur.
It is a remarkable collection of letters
with dates running from 1900 to 1909,
crowded with tender phrases, many of
them filled with expressions of adora
tion, declarations of unswerving devo
tion, sobriquets of endearment.
Are They Uurnr
Mr. Penman It Is computed that 70
persons are born every minute.
Mrs. Penman And from observa
tion, I should say that a large propor
tion of this number consider them
selves poets. Yonkers Statescnan.
No ttxeaae.
"Why do you smoke cigarettes?"
"Why not? Robert Louis Stevenson
smoked them!"
"Yes but be went and lived on the
Island of Samoa while he did It."
Cleveland leader.
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fi rUTCTIIH l-A
1621 Christening of first child born of
French parents In Quebec.
1672 War declared In Boston agulnst
the Dutch; the first declaration of
war In the colonies. .. .Union be
tween the colonies of Massachu
setts, Plymouth and Connecticut.
1680 Elizabeth Morse Imprisoned In
Boston for witchcraft.
1778 The ltritlsh under Sir Henry
Clinton held a council of war and
decided to evacuate Philadelphia,
187 First cotton mill In the Unite!
States started at Beverly, Mass.
l"9;i A Democratic society was form
ed In Philadelphia.
1800 Connecticut yielded all claim ta
Western territory First munici
pal court established In Boston.
1819 Cornerstone laid for the Pe
syivanm state capitol at Harris
bun,'. 1835 Railroad line between Boston
und Lowell opened for trafilc.
1838 Karl of Durham arrived In Can
ada to assume his office as governor-general.
1845 Fire in Quebec destroyed more
than 1,000 houses Sir John
Franklin sailed on bis last expe
dition to the Arctic.
1846 A convention met at Albany to
revise the constitution of New
York.
1848 MaJ.-Gen Winfleld Scott received
by the municipal authorities of
New York.
1859 First sod of the Georgian Bay
canal was turned near Toronto.
1861 Savannah blockaded by Federal
squadron Union troops destroy
ed the railroad between Alexan
dria and Leeshurg, Pa.
1862 Gen. Ranks defeated at Winches
ter nnd driven across the Potomac.
1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne burled in.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord,
Mass. .. .Sidney Edgerton appoint
ed first governor of Montana ter
ritory. 1865 Galveston, Texas, surrendered te
the Federal troops.
1869 The Massachusetts State Senate
refused to grant the right of suf
frage to women.
1878 One hundred houses destroyed1
by tornado at Richmond, Va.
I881 Award of J15.00J) made for the
attack on American fishermen in
Fortune Day.
1886 Haymarket anarchists indicted
in Chicago for murder.
1888 Boston Corbett, slayer of J.
Wilkes I'.ooth, escaped from an
,1 asylum In Topeka.
1889 Flood at Johnstown, Pa., result
ing from the breaking of a dam,
destroyed 2.295 lives.
1891 The "modus vlvendi" coercion
act passed by both branches of th
Newfoundland Legislature.
1892 The "High-Water Mark" monu
ment at Gettysburg dedicated.
1893 Body of Jefferson Davis taken.
irom tne tomb in New Orleans for
removal to Richmond.
1896 Coronation of the Emperor ar,
impress of Russia at Moscow.
1898 Gladstone's body lay In state in
London.
1899 French Court of Cassation decid
ed In favor of the revision of the
Dreyfuss verdict More than one
hundred buildings In St. John, N
B., destroyed by fire.
1900 Welland canal dynamiters sen
tenced to life Imprisonment....
Gen. John Ti. Gordon elected commander-in-chief
of the United Con
federate Veterans.
1905 W. W. B. Mclnnes appointed
governor of the Yukon Territory.
....President Roosevelt offered his
services as a mediator to end the
war between Japan and Russia.
1909 William Lorimer elected United
States Senator from Illinois after
four months' deadlock. .. .Andrew
Carnegie gave $1,000,000 for a hero
fund in France. .. .Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition opned In Seat
tle.... Great street car strike was
begun In Philadelphia.
Pnper Makers' Strike Settled.
The mills of the International Papr
Company at Palmer Falls, N. Y., and
at points In New England have resum
ed operations during the week past,
with the striking employes all taken
back after ten weeks of Idleness, men
employed as strike breakers being sent
away and the company of State militia
on guard at Palmer Falls sent home.
Chairman Lundrlgan, of the New York
Board of Medial ion and Arbitration,
said the men returned to work under
h. ennLrticL which HimiiHneH n nn.Tk
work, mukes an increase of about 5
per cent In wages and fUes eight hours
a day aa a maximum In machine rooms
except In emergencies. He believed
they had settk-d a most complex sit
uation to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. Peace Conference Hopeful.
At the closing session of the Lake
Mohonk Conference on International'
Arbitration, Secretary Knox, through
Solicitor of the State Department
James Brown Scott, announced the
probable early establishment of an In
ternational court of arbitral Justice.
The dean of Worcester, England, and
Rev. William Thomas, of London, dele
gatei'for the British and German em
pires, urged the American churches to
Join In a world peace league.
South American War A rerted.
The offer of mediation made by the
United Stales, Brazil and Argentina
was definitely accepted by the govern
ments of Peru and Kcuador, and the
diplomats hastened the work of or
ganizing a Joint conference. Pending
this action, however, the feeling be
tween the two rivals continued at high
pitch, and there was no let up In tae
the troops are to be withdrawn from
the frontier. The boundary dispute
was still pending before the king of
8 ualn
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